Kiyoki was still sat motionless on the bed by the time the sun crept over the horizon the next morning. Her eyes were badly bloodshot from lack of sleep, and her finers were stiff from holding the picture all night.

'Why is this happening to me?' she thought 'what did I do to anyone to deserve this?' She sat pondering for what seemed like hours, when suddenly she heard something. A knock on the window that made her jump acros the room, her entire body ached. When she looked up, she saw the pink haired girl from the day before, Sakura, was it?

Kiyoki kneeled in the middle of the room, staring at her face in the slightly dingy window, and anger roared through her, as it so often did recently. Sakura was looking through the window, her face was scrunched up slightly, like she was struggling to see. As she moved out of sight, Kiyoki ran for the door, grabbing the handle in her left, while a kunai she had found on the floor was at the ready in her right, she was not going to be a prisoner, not when she had came this far to find her brothers.

But the handle did not stir, and no noise came from beyond it. Kiyoki loosened her grip on the door handle before turning around to see Sakura sat exactly where she had been on the bed, leaning back, resting her weight on her hands,

"You didn't really think that you could hide HERE of all places did you?" she asked, almost mockingly. Kiyoki gripped the Kunai handle titghtly and said,

"How the hell did you get in here?"

"Simple really, this was Naruto's house. We were team mates, and he was always getting himself in trouble, or training way to hard. You have no idea how many times me and Kakashi-sensei had to carry him back here unconcious"

Kiyoki's arm was in total cramp, she couldn't move it at all, and from the looks of things, Sakura knew this. She stood up slowly, the beginings of tears starte dswelling in her bright green eyes.

"Look, i want to find Sasuke too, maybe almost as much as you do, but this isn't the way to go about it. You're going to get in trouble, or worse, please come back to see Lady Tsunade with me..." tears were now streaming down her face.

"DON'T YOU DARE CRY OVER SASUKE INFRONT OF ME! YOU'RE NOT HIS SISTER, I AM! WHAT GIVES YOU ANY RIGHT TO CRY OVER HIM!!" Kiyoki screamed, tears now flowing down her own face. Sakura just looked at her, and said blankly

"...Because......Because i love him" and with that, Kiyoki's angered dissapated, she dropped the Kunai and fell to her knees, exhausted.

"Wha.......what was he like? i mean, as a person" Kiyoki sobbed, some of the tears were drying on her face, and her eyes were stinging.

"You definately have the same temprament as him, and you look a lot like he did...." her voice was wavering, and her eyes started to get the look of someone faraway in thought. They sat in silence for a short while before Sakura eventually stood up and walked over to were Kiyoki was kneeling on the floor and knelt beside her. Then something happened that Kiyoki did not expect.

Sakura put her arms around her and held her, still sobbing slightly, and said in her ear,

"I'm so sorry. I couldn't stop him from leaving, maybe if i'd been stronger he'd still be here."

Kiyoki was totally taken aback. She didn't know what to do, how to react, or if she should even react at all.

Eventually, Sakura let go and sat infront of her. Teary and bloodshot, she stared into Kiyoki's eyes, as if searching for something.

"I should probably leave" Kiyoki said eventually, and Sakura looked confused.

"W...Why? you haven't done anything wrong. You're upset, and knows that. It's just..."

"Just what?"

"Well......as far as anyone knew, only Sasuke and Itachi were left from the Uchiha. And for you to turn up out of the blue like this, surely you can understand why we're all curious about you. I mean, you haven't told anyone about yourself yet"

Kiyoki stared off into nothingness, thinking hard about what she should do next.

"I'm sorry about my temper" she said, feeling very embarrassed "It's just, all these years, i've wanted my family back. I don't even know why I was taken away from here, and I guess now I never will"

"Your anger's understandable, just remember that not everyone is very patient right now. We've got a lot going on, what with the Chuunin Exams comin up, everyone's raring to go"

Kiyoki sat contemplating for a short while, before standing up, helping Sakura to her feet and holding out her hand

"Please accept my apology, i didn't want to come here and fight, i just wanted to find my family" Sakura took her hand and gripped it firmly

"Don't worry about it, just try to keep your temper under control, before it gets you into some serious trouble." she grinned and giggled a little. Kiyoki smiled slightly, before asking

"Erm, can i ask you soemthing?"

"Sure, go for it"

"That boy who was in the hospital ward with me, Rock Lee..." Kiyoki flushed a slightly darker shade of pink

"Yeah...what about him?"

"Well......Where does he like to hang around?"

Sakura grinned cheekily

"Yeah, I think i know where you'll find him, but it'll have to wait till tomorrow now. Why? "

Kiyoki blushed redder, and Sakura grinned broader.

"No reason really" Kiyoki stammered "I was just hoping to do some training with him that's all"

"Yeah, training, if you say so"

They left the apartment together and started walking through the streets. Not long after walking around the first corner, Kiyoki's stomach gave an almighty growl.

"Yeah..." Sakura said "...I'm a little hungry too. What do you like to eat?"

"I'm not very fussy, but i do remember seeing a Raman stand somewhere when i was running about. I think it was called Ichi......erm....Ichi.."

"Ichiraku" Sakura helped

"Yea, maybe we could try there?"

They did. Kiyoki and Sakura sat in Ichiraku, talking about likes, dislikes, boys, training, more boys, more training, and eating the best ramen in the land of fire.

Things seemed to be starting to look up for the lone Uchiha girl, and even more so when Sakura told her that she and Naruto (the blonde kid who she had met in the forest that day) were on a mission with no time limit, a mission to bring Sasuke back to the village.

The two Kunoichi spent the rest of the afternoon and majority of the evening with the Hokage, explaining how things wokred in the village, the general day to day running of things, and all the intel they had on Itachi, Sasuke and Orochimaru.

Kiyoki felt drained. Her limbs and eyes were heavy, and all she wanted was to fall off the plain of conciousness into a long, deep sleep.

"Tomorow..." Tsunade said as they were leaving "I would like you to start training as a full fledged Leaf Shinobi. I can see a lot of talent and potential in you, lets not waste it"

"Yes Ma'am" she said, and she left with Sakura to get some rest.