Kohana: HI Y'ALL!

Saki: Since when do you speak honky?

Me: V.V; I resent that.

Saki:(Hugs me) But you know I love you!

Kohana: VampireGirl-88 does not own Naruto, if she did we would be real. But she does own us!

Girls hug.

All: ENJOY!

Me: Before I forget I'd like to thank Midnight Mel who has been a constant reviewer for me and has kept with me through most of this story even when no one else was. I'd also like to give a big shout out to AnimeXisXmyXstye and to DarkGoddess14 for their encouraging reviews which will keep this story going.

Kohana fell to her back to take in the stars above her head in the clear night sky; Sasuke was oblivious to her as he kept throwing kunai at the targets. Sitting up, she frowned at the raven-haired boy. For the last month, he had basically spent every waking minute training non-stop with Kakashi for the Chunin Finales. She was almost 100% positive that she could count all the times she'd seen him on one hand and still have fingers left over. It pained her to admit it, but that kind of bugged her.

"Sasuke," Kohana yelled as he pierced another target, "Has anyone ever told you that you're a friggin pessimist?"

"Nope."

"Well you're a pessimist you emo freak."

He turned to see her smiling brightly at him just waiting for his reaction.

"Whatever…monkey."

"HEY!" she yelled jumping on his back not noticing the little slope they were on. Since gravity was working, it decided to send them tumbling down the little hill. When they finally stopped rolling, Sasuke ended on top of a crimson red Kohana. "…My…bad…" she mumbled, finding it incredibly hard to breathe as she stared up into Sasuke's onyx eyes.

Sasuke couldn't help but gaze at Kohana as he pushed himself up to his arms, hovering above her. He had never thought she looked more beautiful than she did right now with her hair all screwed up, pale face flushed, and eyes twinkling with the night stars in them. In one flash his lips were on her own in a tender kiss, which of course soon changed. Kohana tilted her head to the side making the kiss deeper as she threw her arms around his neck pulling him back down to her.

After a few minutes they broke away; both were breathing heavily. "Has anyone ever told you that you're an awesome kisser?" Sasuke asked with an amused look on his face that made Kohana roll her eyes as she pushed him back so she could sit up.

"Hm, let me go ask Kiba really quick," he growled in response as his arms shot out to wrap around her waist pulling her down with him. Kohana giggled hysterically because she knew that was the exact reaction she was going to get out of the Uchiha. Laying her head on his shoulder she gazed back up at the stars, "Are you scared?" she asked softly.

Sasuke looked down at her. "No, why should I be?" he asked egotistically making her frown as she sat up leaning on her elbows to glare at him. "What?"

"Oh please you're not even the slightest worried about the finals?" she eyed him carefully gauging any reaction he gave.

He shook his head, "Nope, not worried or scared whatsoever."

She rolled her eyes before lying back down. "Well I am," she said honestly looking up at the sky.

He cast a glance at her, "Haven't you been training with Hokage-sama?"

She nodded as her fingers rubbed her pendent, "But . . . I just have this feeling that something bad is coming and it's going to change everything forever."

With a sigh he wrapped his arm around her waist, "You can honestly worry to much when you want to, you know?"

She smiled a little, "Yeah I get it from my mom."

"Everything's going to be fine, you'll see."

"You promise?"

"I promise."

Saki stared at the full moon above her head as she let the wind play with her tousled strawberry blonde hair. The foreboding feeling lingered in the warm nights air. The same stars that reflected in her twin's eyes reflected in her own only with a slightly different light. That's the thing about the Sarutobi twins though, they may be identical, but there had always been a slight difference to them since the day they were born.

Saki had always been the feisty one that wasn't afraid to fight till either she was a bloody mess or the one she fought was, but Kohana was the sympathetic one that was willing to save anyone that needed her help.

As she took in the moon she couldn't help but remember the same moon shinning down on her on a different night years ago…

An eight-year-old Saki sat on the railing of the balcony of her room watching the full moon. She knew the same thing was shinning down on her sister and brother back in Konohagakure. It still hurt a little when she remembered the tears on her siblings' faces as she had been lead away by the hand to live with the Kazekage. There were times she wished she was back home with them, but those days became fewer and fewer.

"Bonne nuit cher enfant
Dans tes langes blancs
Repose joyeux
En revant des cieux."(1)

Fear seeped into her as the lyrics to her mother's old lullaby sounded from behind her. A violent shiver passed through her when the pair of familiar hands ran through her hair in an old comforting motion. "K-Kyo?" she whimpered making a chuckle come deep from the chest of her 'visitor'.

"Hello little sister," Kyo whispered leaning down to press a kiss to her head still keeping her turned away from him so she couldn't meet his eyes. "It took me a while to find you; have you missed me?"

She couldn't believe it! Her brother was hear in Suna acting as if nothing had ever happened, as if he had never . . ., "Murder," she whispered with hatred in her voice as her body shook in fear and loathing, "I hate you."

Warm arms wrapped tightly around her as he laid his chin on her shoulder. "Ah, now don't say that Little Bud," he said sounding sincerely hurt by her words, "I've missed you and Little Blossom so much that the next time I see you I promise that I'll take you with me."

Saki began struggling in his arms, "I never want to go anywhere with you! I promise that I'll kill you if you ever touch Kohana or Konohamaru!"

"Such harsh words little one from some one so small," his voice lost the fake carring, "Just remember this Saki, the thirst always wins(2)." She let out a gasp when she felt two canine fangs pressed lightly against her throat where her scar resided.

"HELP! SOMEONE HELP!" she screamed only to be thrown to the stone floor lost in a daze as Kankuro and Temari ran in behind their father. Her older brother jumped the balcony to the ground below as he looked back at her with hate filled crimson eyes that would haunt her dreams for many nights to come. Later that same night, while everyone else was asleep, she chopped off her long hair to her chin. This angered not only Temari but also Gaara, though he was a little more reserved about expressing it.

"Why do I have this feeling that something horrible is going to happen and I'm going to be right in the middle of it?" Saki asked herself, returning her thoughts to the present.

Kohana stood by her grandfather's chair looking down at the stadium that would in an hours time be filled with thousands of people to watch her and her peers fight for the right to be Chunins in their respective villages. "Ugh, I'm so glad I didn't eat breakfast like you suggested Papa," she groaned already becoming nervous.

Saki giggled a little but otherwise remained silent because she too was scared already.

The Third Hokage smiled at his granddaughters. "Don't worry about it so much," he said patting their heads making them both frown as they tried to straighten their hair out. "Your parents would both be so proud of you," that made them smile and momentraily forget their perturbedness towards him for their messed up their hair, "And I'm very proud of you both of you girls. You have grown into fine young women."

"Gawd Papa," Saki sniffed wipping tears away from her face, "Do you have to be so mushy?"

He laughed a little before wrapping them both up in a loving embrace, "Whatever happens today I want you both to remember that I love you."

Instead of trying to get out of his embrace in embarassment the two sisters savored their grandfather's hug as they took in the familiar smell of tobacco that always lingered around him, "We love you too Papa."

As the two walked away to leave their grandfather to his business a thought crossed Saki's mind, grabbing Kohana's wrist she pulled her to a stop making her sister look back at her in confusion, "What's wrong Saki?"

She shook her head, "Nothing's wrong, but I want you to make me a promise before the fights."

Kohana nodded her head motioning for her to continue. "If we have to fight, I want you to fight me as if we weren't sisters. I don't want you to for Konoha and just like I won't fight for Suna. Just fight so you and me can prove which one of us is stronger."

Kohana smiled as she locked pinky's with her sister, "Promise."

The cheers of the stadium echoed in Kohana's ear as she leaned against her best friend for support. "I think I'm going to be sick," she muttered looking rather in green in the face.

"Don't worry so much Kohana," Shikamaru said monotonesly with his arm crossed over his chest, "You'll do just fine."

Naruto nodded in agreement, "The Lazy Ass is right Hana-chan, you'll do great! Belie-…"

Kohana slapped her hand over his mouth giving him a death glare from hell, "I already feel like I'm on the breaking point of my sanity, I don't need you to be the finale straw."

"FIRST FIGHT, SARUTOBI SAKI VS SARUTOBI KOHANA!"

Kohana's usually pale face turned ghostly white as she felt herself going weak at the knees. "OhmygodI'mgoingtodie!" she cried starting to hyperventilate; when she made that promise with Saki she had never really thought that they would fight each other.

"Go on Hana-chan," Naruto said giving her a encourageing push forward.

With a gulp Kohana headed down to face her destiny . . . and her sister.

Saki watched as her twin sister walked down the stairs to meet her in the ring; she could see the pure fear and nervousness in her eyes. Of course she was almost positive that she herslef raidiated the same thing. Her main goal since she was a small child had always been to protect her siblings from harm and here she stood getting ready to fight her own twin for the right to be a Chunin.

'It's no fair,' she thought sadly looking at the Suna symbol she wore around her arm on it's red band.

Life isn't fair child, you've always known that to be true. You made a promise to your sister to fight with your all, keep that promise.'

'Don't worry I will.'

The two sister's met in the middle and shook hands. When the ref jumped back telling them to begin, they remained in the middle staring intently at each other with identical expressions on their faces. Everyone in the stands held their breath waiting for one of them to make a move or say something witty. They were all surprised when Saki untied her Sunagakure headband and tossed it too the side.

"Remember what I told you earlier Little Blossom," she said knowing that everyone was watching and listening to her with the utmost attention. She didn't care because right now it was only them, "Just you and me, sister, just you and me."

Kohana nodded as she too untied her headband from around her forehead and tossed it to the side. "Just you and me," she agreed.

With one last finale look of pure understanding the battle between the Sarutobi twins began.

(Definitely a loud YAY! Symbolic and clear while staying true to your style, its fantastic!)

Both girls stared at each other as they panted and gasped for breath, so far their epic fight had last a grand hour(not sure how long you want to make it, but Genma and the other Jonin were amazed when Sakura and Ino's fight lasted 15 minutes!) and the way it was looking out, it seemed that both girls were on the brink of exhaustion. Neither was ready to give up and back down.

Both Kohana and Saki had landed succesful attacks on the other and Saki couldn't help but let a little grin spread across her sweat covered face. She knew that too the ever alert audience and too Kohana(I'm not exactly sure what you mean by this, but if you remove the highlighted portion, it's gramatically correct, just capitolize 'It') it probably looked like Saki had an ace up her sleeve, but in all truth she was secretly proud that her baby sister had grown into a true fighter even though she herself didn't see it yet.

"I didn't think you would be this much trouble Hana," she chuckled trying to not fall to her knees as she was on her last bit of her chakra.

Kohana winced a little as she held onto her side. She was pretty sure she had a cracked rib, but that wasn't going to stop her. "I didn't think you were still this damn stubborn."

Both were surprised when the ref jumped in, but neither let their eyes stray from the other as he spoke.

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"Ladies and Gentlemen this is a first in the Chunin Exams! Since it has been proven that neither of these lovely ladies is willing to give up till they're both dead, it has been decided by the Kazekage and Hokage that this match will be called a draw and that both participants will be promoted to Chunin in their respected village."

The entire stadium broke out into an uproar of cheers.

"YEAH KOHANA!" Sakura and Ino yelled jumping up and down for a split second before turning their backs to each other with sour looks on their faces.

The cheers abrubtly stopped when both girls began to move forwards looking as if they were still going to fight. Yells to stop came from the Jonins of their respective villages as they warned them about them about the death that would come if they used anymore chakra. But neither listened, they just kept moving.

The Sandime couldn't help but laugh as the two girls threw their arms around each other before collapsing to their knees. They both began giggling hysterically. Everyone in the stands let out a sigh as they realized that the sisters were merely hugging one another.

"I can't believe that they thought I was actually going to kill you!" Saki laughed feeling sleeper then she ever had before.

"I can't believe that they actually thought I'd let you kill me!"

Both girls were pulled apart after being told Naruto would be fighting next. Baki carefully picked up his student while Naruto picked up his friend internally grateful that she was incredibly light.

"Hey Kohana," Saki called out making Naruto stop so that they could listen, "I'm expeting a rematch sometime in the future."

Kohana's eyes went wide, "You got to be kidding me! Never!"

Saki's laughter followed them as they went back up to the other Leaf ninja who all congradulated the exhausted girl. As soon as Naruto layed her down, she was out of it and fell asleep from the exaustion. Naruto being Nartuo, he started to completely freak out screaming that she was dead. It was only after Shino hit him over the head that he figured out that she had merely passed out from exhaustion and needed her rest.

Unbenownst to the Leaf shinobi, the same thing had happened to Saki only it was Kankuro that freaked out and it was Temari that did the hitting. Gaara looked down at his worn out companion with a curious expression on his face.

'IS that how you truly wanted it to end Saki?'

The lullaby is from Celine Dion and is Braham's Lullaby. It's just a little bit of the whole thing and I'm not for sure but I think it's French. I was looking all over for a lullaby and that was really the only one suitable for the scene. So if you don't like it, sorry.

And yes I did use that line from Blade but it fits the twins and you'll see that in later times.

I also have some news on the story. It is not dead but I am going to take a break from it. You see my beta left for camp yesterday and won't be back til sometime in August. She's kept me going even when I feel like giving up, so it doesn't feel right to go on without her. But when she gets back I'm more then certain I'll have this whole story done and a little bit of the second one. So please be patient and maybe read DarkGoddess14's review for my story. Maybe then more people would like to review. That'd be nice.