Okay I'm back for a while! So this one is a lot different than I originally planned for, but hopefully it'll be a nice chapter for you guys. I would like to specially thank SilverLugia because I think I've put more detail into this work. So read and enjoy!

Disclaimer: I own NOTHING of Naruto, only MIYUKI, and newly released, SANO


There was an eerie silence through the house. Today most people would be mourning, standing outside the crisp late summer air, the trees ready to change, to let their leaves fall off, and ready to have a long slumber of preparing for the winter by getting set for the fall season. The sky had given off a grey tint in the atmosphere, and with it, the house was darker than usual, just perfect to fit Miyuki's out look.

Her eyes concentrated on the ground, she became engulfed in the carpet, her whole body stiff in the chair, her breathes so slow and even. She didn't leave, she didn't see the need, her heart was barely pounding it seemed, and she tried her best to ignore it; for every time she recalled feeling her heart beat, she felt another sickening stab wound. How was she going to stop this? This heart, the constant reminder on everything, her mistakes, her loses, her guilt.

The silence was broke by a muffled sob, and bending over, she buried her head into the pillow. She should have died, there had been so many opportunities, and the first one had been stopped because of the Third Hokage.

The Village Hidden in Dragon's Lost Souls, was her original home. Recalling it, she could still hear her brother outside practicing, his groans of defeat against her father, his growls of frustration of not being able to get a tactic down. That was what Miyuki wanted, she wanted to fight, she wanted to feel the rush of adrenaline run through her viens, to know that you could be in control at one moment then find out you don't. Yet there was a problem with Miyuki's wish, her Village had a strong belief of no female shinobis. There had been one example in Miyuki's life that she had seen it broken, and that woman's punishment had only furthered Miyuki to want to break that rule. Punishment of a woman fighting was punished by death, fighting insulted the 'natural' laws of women, who should stay home and cook, clean, take care of children, take care of the husband.

Miyuki had broken that rule, but never was caught, until her father found her. She still remembered that day, the sheer horror that he might lose his daughter and the constant search for a village to take her in, the only way to save her.

That's were her father's old friend came into place, Sakumo. Sakumo talked to the Third Hokage about it and, as long as Miyuki was under Sakumo's care, she would be allowed into the Village and be a shinobi. It was the Third Hokage that made sure she was in good hands, and even after Sakumo's death, he made sure she stayed in the village, for he knew if she went back to her village, death surely awaited her.

The stabbing pain in her chest ran through her, the pain was increasing. How much could one person lose in a life time before giving up? That was the constant thought that ran through her mind as she felt and saw the tears run down her pale cheeks and hit the pillow. She had lost her mother, in one travel she had lost almost all connection with her village, and then when she thought it was over, it came again. This time her loss was a man she considered her second father, Sakumo. It seemed like then it went down hill. Her first crush, Obito, her sensei, Minato, her comrades she couldn't protect, Rin and Hiku, and now the man that not only saved her but so many others.. How much more could she take?

Oh she knew there was a way out, she knew the painless path, but to her that was the stupidest thought that passed through her mind, quickly pushing it to the darkest depts of her mind. She had seen first hand what it could do, and she refused to do it. Even when she was at that hell hole, going through so much pain, so much agony, she refused to take her own life just so she could be at rest. She knew she would never deserve to rest peacefully, not after letting then die and not doing anything.

Again, she composed herself, taking deep breaths to calmly stop the tears scaling down her face. But again, she continued to let the carpet engulf her, she felt the world slip away, all her fears, all her sadness was taken away just from staring at the carpet.

The sound of the door opening snapped her back to reality and instantly she felt the pain come back. Figuring it was Kakashi, she only resumed looking down, her eyes becoming distant.

"You're not going to look at me after all these years?"

Miyuki, not believing who she thought it was, stood up staring at the man that stood before. He had the same black hair as her, the same red eyes, and the same face.

Before her stood none other than Sano Ryu, Miyuki's twin brother. He stood clad in the traditional Ryu attire, His dark blue shirt was a bit over sized for his well toned body, his right arm was exposed, showing a black tattoo that was a dragon wrapping around his upper arm, and then on his forearm, Saisei* and Eikou* trailed down his arm in a dark green ink. His left arm was cover completely by a loose dark red sleeve, and his dark pants came down, stuffed in his high sandals. Two belts slanted on his waist, both revealing assorted weapons ranging from seabon needles to a katana. He too, like a twin, had a scar, but unlike his sister his was placed on his left cheek, forming an 'X' shape that almost looked like it should have been there.

Sano's first observation towards his sister was slight hate. He felt it slowly creep up more as he saw her blood shot eyes, and he couldn't help but to narrow his eyes. Sano was strong to the village tradition, but he felt himself break down when he heard his sisters name, he couldn't abandon her, no matter how much he hated how she had put the family name in such awful disgrace.

Miyuki looked at her brother, how he wasn't that little boy, and how he had grown up so much that it was hard so say that they were twins. She didn't move, she still remember the mouthful she had received from him before she had left.

Sano closed his eyes, crossing his arms, "Rude as ever aren't you? Not going to invite me in?"

The shock was in her eyes as he had no hatred, no detest, just plain and almost bored. "Uh.. Y-yeah, sit down.. Do you want anything to drink or-"

"No thanks." He said walking past her, and taking a seat on the couch, he glanced around the house, at least she wasn't living in a slop of a place. His eyes continued to look around until they landed on his sister. Her eyes had lost something, something that she always had, and now he felt the anger return. "Sit down."

A smile almost crept on her lips as she heard the half venom slip out of his mouth, she now knew she wasn't dreaming. Taking a seat, her eyes never wandered from her brothers. "Why are you here?" She said with slight confusion. Sano hated her, at least that's what she believed, he held strong with the traditions, but how far he would take it she didn't know.

There was silence, almost like Sano was lost for words, he could feel the creeping ugliness that was ready to force itself out of his mouth, and although he fought hard to try and take it in a more gentle tone, it didn't come out that way. "You need to get over it."

This time, the silence was a tense one, and since Miyuki wasn't going to fight back, Sano believed to take the lead. "Look at you. Sitting here with guilt and sadness. What the hell is wrong with you? You disgraced the family name once damn if I'll let you do that again. Do you know the hell you put Dad through because you just had to fight? Well?"

The hate was showing again, and Sano wasn't even trying to fight back anymore as he stood up, the pure rage in his eyes as he took his hand and pulled his sister up, and started walking out of the house.

Miyuki stumbled her way through the forest, "Hey! Let go, Sano what are you doing?!" She half screamed, her fist pounding on his hand. The sun was still hidden through the clouds, but Sano didn't even slow down as the forest lighting was dim as though it was evening. Reaching the clearing, she was almost thrown in front of her brother. His eyes almost cold with hate.

She took a few steps back, actually intimidated by her brother, and not knowing what he was planning to do, it probably wasnt good.

"Miyu-chan?"

Both Ryu's glanced to their left seeing the pink haired shinobi. Sakura's first glance at Miyuki told her that something was wrong, but seeing Sano and how much he resembled Miyuki it almost calmed her nerves until her eyes met his; the cold hatred still in them. Sakura even felt herself take a step back. "Miyu-chan, who... who is he?"

Miyuki glanced to Sano, "Just get out of here Sakura." Her voice almost snapped at Sakura but the hints of concern was still able to shine through. But when she saw the girl still there, she didn't have time for it, "Sakura get out of here now!" She yelled, scaring Sakura to high tail it.

Sano's eyes found their way back to his sister, "Why didn't you let her stay? Or are you worried you might not be able to save her?" The ice cold venom shot Miyuki's pride down another three notches.

The only thing Miyuki felt she could do was stay quiet. She didn't know what was going on through her brother's head, why he was acting so strange. "Sano, what are you doing?" She said calmly, trying her best to keep herself from lashing out.

"You tell me." It was only a matter of seconds that he was in her face, and the searing pain lashed into her stomach, causing her to fall back and skid across the uneven ground.

She turned over, just missing the sliver glint of his katana as it dug into the ground. Quickly getting up, she tried to figure out what he was trying to get at. "Sano! Get a hold of yourself!"

Miyuki only dodged, she didn't want to fight, there was no need for any of this. Finally. Sano's kick nailed her right in the side, causing her to lose balance and crash into the tree. She was even able to get up when his foot landed on her back, keeping her down.

Sano looked down at her, there was hate and rage, but more importantly, there was something else, sympathy. He had known his sister, he had heard how she had became this great assassin, this great warrior, how she was starting to become accepted as a Ryu, and it broke his heart when he learned that she was missing, that she could have been dead. "Look at you." He started off, rage slipping. "Look at you... Becoming this worthless person, so caught up in your losses and not your gains. You sicken me." He almost spat at her.

Reaching down and grabbing his sister's collar, lifting her to his eye level, he ignored the fact that there were other shinobi there, ready to fight him. It was Jiraiya who stopped the other shinobi, "Wait a minute, lets see what happens."

"But, Jiraiya, he's going to kill her." Genma said, half shocked that Jiraiya was allowing Miyuki to be beaten by this intruder,

"Take a closer look Genma," Kakashi defended, "That man looks like Miyuki, that's her brother, I don't think her brother would come to kill her.." He was exactly sure on that statement though, Sakura was half scared out of her mind when she ran to him.

Sano held his sister, his fist clenching harder on her shirt, "You're sitting there, so mad at yourself that you can't do anything, so frustrated that you're not getting any stronger, just get over it!" With that, he threw her, and like a rag doll, she fell and struggled up. "You think every thing's going to get better like that? Open your eyes Miyuki! If you just keep wasting on all the wrongs you're never going to get anywhere and that constant pain is going to continue to stay there!"

It clicked in her head, her brother didn't hate her, he may have been yelling at her and beating her, but she understood why, he was only trying to help her. A full blown smile came to her lips and she stood up, her bangs covering her eyes, "Alright Sano.. you want me to get over it? Fine!"

As her bangs moved, Sano finally saw what was missing. Her Defiance. "How are you going to take this defeat?" He said with a smirk.

"Please." She responded taking a stance, "That was just a warm up, you're about ready why they call me Tatsu no Aku."

It was now just a game, the tense air had ridden away, and both siblings had an amusement smile on their lips, and with that, Sano stood ready, "And you, my dear sister, are going to see why I'm Seika!" he said, snapping his fingers, and white flames swirled around him, raising his chin length hair into the air gently.

There was only a hesitant pause before both siblings rushed forward, one with new gained confidence and the other knowing full well he had his sister back.

Saisei- Rebirth

Eikou- Glory

Seika- Sacred Fire


Well there you go! Aren't you guys glad I didn't take the original? there was no fighting, and her dad came instead. so yea, and if anyone wants to know why i choose those three terms listed above, don't hesitate to ask! Remember, review please!