I got really bored last night so I spent most of it or at least til about 2 in the morning working on it. I know that at least in the manga the second test took place right after the first but I didn't want to do that, so the next chapter will be for that entire test. I really hope you like this.

Sasuke walked behind Naruto and Sakura completely blocking out their annoying arguing. Even though it wasn't obvious to anyone he kept looking around for any signs of Kohana. None of her teammates had seen her all day long, which was very odd.

Especially for Sasuke

Ever since the night of the Sakura Festival, the two were almost inseparable. It was a safe bet to say that when you saw Kohana, Sasuke wasn't too far behind. The youngest Uchiha was surprised by the worry that was settling in his stomach; he was really worried about her.

"Hey is that Kohana?"

Sasuke followed Sakura's gaze to that of a girl around their age with short choppy strawberry blonde hair and hazel green eyes.

She looked a whole lot like Kohana but it defiantly wasn't her.

"Saki," He stated making the girl look at him. The other three with her turned as well.

"Well if it isn't the Great Uchiha," Saki said with amused grin on her face before looking over at the other two beside him. "Hey Naru-kun it's been a while," she smiled at her old friend as he gapped at her, "Haruno…nice forehead."

Sakura silently fumed but kept her mouth shut. She remembered that Saki's temper was ten times worse then that of her twins and she wasn't as laid back as Kohana either.

"You know them Saki-Chan?" the blonde girl asked moving next to Saki.

She nodded, "Classmates when I lived here." She then turned to Naruto, "Have you seen my twin?"

"Twin?" the boy wearing a black masked asked a little fear in his voice, "you have a twin?"

Saki nodded before turning to Naruto with soft eyes, "Have you Naru-kun?" she asked using his old nickname.

"Has he what?" Kohana asked with Konohamaru trailing behind her, "If your asking if he's gotten his brain back the answer is no. The aliens still have it…God only knows why."

"OHMYGODTHEREISTWOOFTHEM!!!" Kankuro said all in one breathe before he started hyperventilating.

The two sisters giggled before embracing each other for the first time in years. When they pulled away Konohamaru flung himself into his older sister's arms. The three siblings enjoyed their reunion momentarily forgetting the others.

"Kohana, Konohamaru; I want you to meet my team," Saki said motioning to the three with her. "The blonde is Temari-Chan," she nodded in greeting, "The guy in the mask is Kankuro-Chan," ("HEY!") "And the quiet one is Gaara-Kun." Kohana was the only one who noticed the soft edge to her twin's voice and the faint flush that had rushed to her cheeks when she introduced Gaara.

"So where's your team?"

"You're looking at them," Kohana said looking over at her silent teammates.

Saki's eyes widened, "You mean Papa put you on the same team as Uchiha and Haruno?" she placed a hand on her sister's shoulder, "I am so sorry."

Kohana shrugged, "It's not that bad. Sakura-Chan's pretty smart," Sakura could help but smile. "Naru-Kun's annoying yeah, ("HEY!") but he never gives up. And Sasuke is…really…strong."

Sasuke couldn't help the smug grin as it crept up his face for two reasons. 1) Kohana thought he was strong and 2) she hadn't called him Uchiha like her sister did…that meant…she cared about him…right?

Saki noticed the faint blush that had lit her sister's face up for a split second when she mentioned the Uchiha.

'No….way…..'

"I think us sibs have some catching up to do," Saki announced grinning at her little brother with affection. "I wanna see what's going on in this twerp's life and make sure Hana here is taking care of him."

Konohamaru snickered a little, "Kohana's always being mean to me and won't let me work on big bro's-," Kohana hit him over the head using only part of the super strength she had inherited from her mother a great medic nin (not Tsunade).

"No way Konohamaru, don't even finish that sentence," Kohana warned giving Naruto a death glare as he hid behind Sakura.

"You don't mean?" Saki asked with wide eyes looking at her sister.

Kohana nodded and the sisters gave the shivering blonde boy a twin death glare that nearly gave him a heart attack.

Saki turned to Konohamaru with a serious look on her face, "Konohamaru if I ever find out that you perfected that technique there'll be two funerals. One will be Naruto's and the other will be yours. That is disgraceful to women."

Konohamaru might have been young but he had enough common sense to agree with his sisters, even though he knew he was going to perfect that technique even if it was the last thing he did. Not even his sisters could stop him.

"Saki," Gaara said making the girl look up at him with a bright smile.

"Yeah Gaara-Kun?" she asked turning to her teammate.

"Be back before nightfall," he ordered before walking off without another word to anyone.

Temari looked at her friend with serious blue eyes, "You better listen to him Saki-Chan. He's serious this time."

Saki nodded as she waved them off, "I'll see you guys in a while."

Kohana turned to her own teammates, "I'll see you guys tomorrow. Then we can train for the exams." Both Sakura and Naruto nodded before deciding to go get some ramen. Sasuke caught Kohana's eyes and he instantly knew she wanted to see him later that night at their spot (abandoned building). He nodded before turning to follow his other two teammates.

Konohamaru ran ahead of his sisters happily chattering all the way not noticing his sisters were deep in a conversation all their own.

"So…," Saki started placing her arms behind her head, "You and Uchiha, eh, for how long?"

Kohana blushed a deep scarlet color; there was no point in lying to her sister about something like this, "Since the Sakura Festival I guess. It's not like anyone knows though."

Saki was well in tuned into her sister's emotions to see the pain in her eyes at the words even thought she made it look like she didn't care.

"Do you love him Kohana?" she asked with a serious face.

Kohana looked at the ground for a while before whispering, "Hai."

"So tell him."

Kohana shook here head her head, "He's so absorbed in avenging his clan that nothing else matters to him most of the time…he doesn't care about love."

The sisters were quiet for a bit as they watched Konohamaru greet his friends.

"Do you love Gaara?" Kohana asked her twin.

This time it was Saki's turn to blush and stare at the ground.

"Hai."

It was silent again before Kohana asked, "Does he know about…it?"

"No," Saki answered sharply, "Does Sasuke know?"

Kohana shook her head no.

The two sighed as they watched Konohamaru drag his friends toward them.

"This can only end badly ya know."

"I know."

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Kohana sighed as she let her body fall to the ground in a tired heap, they had all spent the last three hours training non-stop. Ninjutsu, Genjutsu, Taijutsu, you name it and they trained it today.

"I've brought unbearable pain to muscles I didn't even know existed until right now," she whined a little staring at the darkening sky.

"Ugh," Sakura groaned slumping down by Kohana, "You're telling me. My body's telling me that I can't go anymore."

Naruto winced a little but otherwise remained on his feet, "Aw come on you wimps we haven't even gotten to the good stuff yet!"

Two identical veins appeared in the middle of the two girls' foreheads momentarily making the blonde ninja regret his words, but luckily for him the Kunoichi were truly wiped out.

"He's not worth it," Kohana groaned sitting up to lean against a tree followed by Sakura who nodded in agreement.

Naruto smirked. He understood that if he ever had an opportunity to bad mouth his two female teammates and not get hurt for it, now was the time to act, "Man you two are acting like pansy's…I bet Ino-chan could do better then both of you."

Before either girl could blink Naruto found himself tied up, cattle roppin' style. The blonde glared up at his smirking raven-haired rival as he stared down at him, both girls were holding onto their sides with tears of pain in their eyes as they laughed.

"Oh my, gosh," Kohana gasped through her laughs, "It hurts so bad!"

"But it's so funny!" Sakura cried curling into a ball.

After a while their laughter died down to occasional giggles until Sasuke freed a still silently fuming Naruto. He couldn't meet the eyes of any of them out of embarrassment. Course Kohana wasn't looking at her friend, she was looking at Sasuke in amazement, "How are you still going? I'm completely wasted here."

Sasuke shrugged a little keeping his own fatigue hidden from his teammates, especially Kohana, "Why are you so beat? We just trained-,"

"For three hours straight, no breaks," Kohana cut him off with a serious look on her face, "And it was more like fighting training which has never truly been for me. I'm a born medic-nin just like my mom. Fighting has never really been a part of me, though I know enough to keep me and those I care for safe," she looked over at Sakura with a thoughtful look. "Maybe medic-nin is more your style Sakura. No offence but your not much of a fighter either."

Sakura didn't take offence to it, in fact she had been thinking about studying to be a medic-nin ever since she became friends with Kohana. The hyper girl was always looking for something new to learn in the field and it actually interested Sakura, "Maybe you're right."

"Well medics are a cool and all," Naruto said pushing away the 'incident' to the back of his mind, "But can we please get back to training for the exams?"

Sasuke nodded but both girls' groaned in unison waving the two on, "You two spar we'll sit here and . . ."

"Give moral support," Kohana said without even thinking about it.

Sakura nodded, "Yep we'll give you moral support."

Both boys rolled their eyes but nodded they could see the fatigue on the girls faces so they left them be not truly paying attention to their cries of encouragement or (In Kohana's case) occasional bits of sarcasm. It took them probably two hours into their spar to realize the cheers had stopped. Both Kunoichi lay sleeping under the tree, oblivious to the world around them. Without a word, Sasuke gently picked up Kohana who merely stirred in his embrace before returning to her deep slumber. The boys nodded as they split ways taking their exhausted comrades to their own homes.

When Sasuke arrived at the Hokage mansion he was met by the Third Lord himself who just smirked merely shaking his head as he motioned up the flight of stairs, "It's the third door to the left."

Sasuke nodded before heading to the direction not noticing the old man's eyes on him as he carried his granddaughter up the stairs, 'Reminds me of how the years have gone by,' he though with bitter sweetness before heading into his study to finish some last minute paperwork.

Sasuke had made it to Kohana's bedroom door when he ran into a snag.

How the hell was he supposed to open the damn door?

Kohana had a tight grip on his neck and though she was an incredibly small girl for her age and he was pretty strong, he was not strong enough to hold her with one arm. Just as he was about to wake her up from her peaceful sleep, a rather irritated voice said softly, "I've got it."

Konohamaru had spent the entire night waiting for his sister to come home, he had even went and asked Saki if she'd seen her running around. According to his older sister, their other sister was spending the day training for the Chunin Exams. Konohamaru couldn't help but be a little mad at Kohana. Ever since she had became a Genin, she spent all her time with her team either going on missions or training, heck even on her days off she was with them doing something! She never had time to spend with him anymore and what made him madder was the fact that she was spending A LOT of time with Uchiha.

Konohamaru didn't trust the raven-haired Uchiha clan member. For some reason he thought that he could only bring his big sister pain. Though he wasn't anyway near as strong as Sasuke, he had vowed on his parents' graves that if Sasuke hurt his sister the Uchiha was going to die, slowly and painfully.

So it was with bitterness that Konohamaru helped Sasuke out that night. He would have loved to see Sasuke fail but he could easily see the exhausted look on his sister's pale face. Besides, Kohana only let Papa touch her while she slept (1), anyone else got sucker punched in the face.

Sasuke nodded his thanks to Kohana's little brother not even remotely sensing the boy's growing resentment for him as he headed into the semi-dark room that belonged to Sarutobi Kohana. As his eyes took in the scenery he couldn't help but not be surprised. The room was a mesh of purple, black, silver, and little hints of red; all of which were Kohana's favorite colors. It was semi tidy with a few papers, books, and a couple of articles of clothing (pj's he thought as he never saw her in them) lay on the black-carpeted floor. Gently he lowered her to the bed having to sit down beside her to un-pry her death grip from around his neck.

Once he was free, he couldn't help but notice how peaceful and beautiful she looked when she was sleeping. His attention was quickly averted though when he noticed the framed pictures on her nightstand. One was of their team from just a couple of weeks ago. Sakura and Kohana stood in the front with their left arms latched and their right hands up in peace signs, Naruto and himself stood behind them with identical sour looks on their faces not bothering to stare at the camera while Kakashi stood behind them with his hands messing up their hair with a dorky smile under his mask.

A little smirk lit up his face as he stared at the picture of perfectly identical twins with strawberry blonde hair and hazel green eyes; one had the Hokage's hat on her head with a goofy smile while the other was wearing his white robe with a familiar sly smirk on her face. The smirk fell from his face when he stared at the picture farthest to the back. He instantly recognized Kohana's parents; their mother had strawberry blonde hair and hazel green eyes just like they did. In the picture she was smiling kindly reminding him of Kohana on a good day, in her arms was a small bundle that was more than likely Konohamaru. Then their father, who had brown hair and eyes just like Konohamaru, was holding Saki and Kohana in each arm with a smile on his face. But the thing that caught him off the most was the rip in the picture where someone had obviously ripped out a person.

He had the strangest feeling that he should know who was ripped out of the picture but he just couldn't place it. It was like having something on the tip of your tongue but not being able to say it. Kohana shifted onto her side mumbling something about a stupid fox and cookies made him realize that he was pretty much over staying his welcome. With one last look at the still sleeping Kohana he gently brushed away a stray strand of her hair before placing a tender kiss on her cheek. A prideful smirk crossed his face again as Kohana smiled in her sleep, her cheeks going a faint pink color.

She really was something special to him and he was willing to do anything for her.

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Saki watched Sasuke leave her grandfather's home with a look of abhorrence in her hazel green eyes. Just like her younger brother, she too could not shake the feeling of her twin's impending pain and the last Uchiha was the main cause of it.

"Shouldn't you be sleeping?" a cold yet familiar voice said from behind her.

Saki shrugged a little keeping her eyes trained on her raven-haired peer, "Shouldn't you not be sneaking up on people, Gaara?" she asked with slight amusement in her voice.

"Hn," was his only respond just as she knew it would be, "what do you know about him?"

Saki turned to stare at the famed Suna demon with a raised eyebrow, "Uchiha? He's a spoiled little boy, who always thought he was all that. From what my sister's told me, he's bent on getting revenge on the guy who slaughtered his clan."

Gaara was silent as he stared up at the full moon above their heads, "He's strong isn't he?"

Saki stared intently at him for a second before shrugging in a resigned way, "I suppose. You forget Gaara, I left this village when I was merely six. Since then my old friends have grown and changed, I wouldn't doubt that Sasuke's strong but my money is on my sister or Naruto-kun."

Gaara stared at his female teammate and only real companion with emotionless eyes, "And why's that? From what I can see your sister's not that much of a fighter and that Uzumaki boy is merely a loudmouth."

Saki smirked a little, "Don't underestimate my sister Gaara. True, she's not a fighter, she never has been and never will be, but she's willing to fight hell for those she cares about and for those that deserve it. Naruto-kun . . .he's a loudmouth that's for damn sure but he's got an ace up his sleeve for everything, or so it seems."

Gaara looked at her noticing the hate that burned in her eyes as she glared at Sasuke as he rounded the corner heading to his home, "Why do you stare at him like that?"

She looked up at him with a look of such innocence she could have fooled anyone of her true feelings, "Like what Gaara-kun?"

He frowned a little but ignored the kun part as he always did, "Like you'd like nothing better then to rip out his throat with your bare hands."

The innocent look quickly fell from her face as her hazel green eyes became incredibly soft as she stared back at the Hokage mansion, "I have this odd feeling that he's going to hurt Kohana and that alone is enough of a reason for me to kill him if needed be."

Gaara looked at her carefully, "Why do you care? You've been gone for six years, as you said."

Saki looked over at him with a hard look in her eyes, "That doesn't matter, she's still my sister, and Konohamaru is still my brother. My only goal in this life is to make sure that they never have to go through another night like that again."

This time Gaara was confused, he had not clue what she meant by 'another night like that,' but before he could say anything she excused herself to get some sleep before the test the next day.

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Kohana fidgeted a little as she headed for the first half of the exams. Her grandfather had lectured her on how extremely hard and dangerous the exams were, he had told her there was going to be people from all over the land of fire taking this test, but only those with the true will to go on would pass. Then he had spent ten minutes telling her how proud he was of her and how proud her parents would be.

She jumped and squealed when she was suddenly grabbed around the waist only to find a smirking raven-haired Uchiha, "SASUKE YOU EMO FREAK!" she yelled glaring at him intently while her insides were all mushy, "Don't do that!"

Sasuke chuckled a little, "But it's so funny watching your reaction."

She frowned at him as she played with the end of her ponytail, "It's not funny, and I'm a nervous wreck as it is."

Sasuke's smirk dropped as he took in the look of pure seriousness that never graced Kohana's face for more then a few seconds. It didn't seem right, her acting all somber and worried while he was perfectly calm and in a surprisingly good mood. It was like they had switched roles for the day and already was having major difficulties.

"You'll do fine," he said walking closely beside her, letting his hand brush against hers, "Besides, I'm right here if you need me."

A sly little smirk crossed Kohana's face, "And who's to say I'm going to need you? You're kind of full of yourself aren't you?"

He smirked, glad that her usual sarcasm was still intact. Quickly he grabbed her wrist pulling her into a secluded spot, "Like your really going to go to Naruto?" he asked leaning his forehead against hers making her shiver from the cold metal of his headband.

She chuckled a little under her breath, "Not really, at least not for the comfort I want." With that she pressed her lips against his own in a gentle kiss, which of course Sasuke happily returned. They stayed like that for a couple of minutes before Kohana reluctantly pulled away to lay her head on Sasuke's chest enjoying the warm, safe, feeling that the Uchiha brought her. The knot that had been tied up in her stomach since Kakashi had announced he had nominated them for the Chunin Exams was finally gone and though she didn't really want to admit it, she knew it was Sasuke's doing.

Sasuke held onto Kohana contemplating the whole feeling that was in his chest. Ever since his clan's massacre, he had this huge hole in his chest that seemed to eat up everything he felt, but ever since he was put on team seven with Naruto, Sakura, and Kohana, the hole seemed to be slowly filling up. They all played an important part in it, Sakura, Naruto, Kakashi, and especially Kohana; though her part was much larger in the grand scheme. Every time he was around her, he couldn't help but actually feel optimistic and . . .happy.

With a groan Kohana pulled away from the warm embrace making Sasuke frown at loss of contact, "Come on, we've still got to find Naru-kun and Sakura."

Sasuke reluctantly nodded as they both headed back to their previous location where they were quickly bombarded by Naruto and Sakura.

"You guys ready?" Kohana asked with her normal calming smile.

Naruto nodded his head in his animated way, "BELI-,"

He was stopped when Kohana sent him a death glare from the very pits of hell, "I swear to all that is holy if you even finish that sentence in your mind, I will go and set every noodle bar on fire!"

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As soon as they were dismissed from the test Kohana ran up to Saki and gave her a hug, "Good job sis."

Saki smiled as she held on to her sister tightly, "You too and hey who knows, maybe we'll get to fight in the finals."

Kohana groaned a little in pain at the mere thought of fighting her older sister, "No way! You'd kick my ass in three minutes flat."

Saki chuckled a little knowing that he sister didn't really see her own self-worth, but she would soon enough, "Maybe, maybe not. You better go to your teammates, they're waiting for you."

Kohana turned to see Naruto, Sakura, and Sasuke all waiting at the doors with giant smiles on their faces . . . well except for Sasuke of course. His smiles were merely smirks. She smiled as she waved at them before giving her sister one last hug, "I'll see you later."

Saki nodded, "Sure, later."

As soon as she broke free Kohana took off to run at her teammates.

"WE MADE IT!" Sakura, Naruto, and Kohana all cheered while Sasuke just watched with amusement on his face.

"AND WE'RE ALL GOING TO GO ALL THE WAY!" Naruto cheered before stopping to hear his stomach grumble, "But first can we get something to eat?"

Kohana and Sakura giggled while Sasuke just rolled his eyes following them all to the noodle bar where they celebrated their passing of the first test.

I don't want people to think her grandfather molests her or anything. Kohana just doesn't like being touched in her sleep so she lashes out at anyone that touches her. Sarutobi is actually the only one that can touch her without getting hit.

I hope people review, they really keep me going. SO PLEASE REVIEW!