Kakashi: Yo Cherry what's up? *Waves while reading his Icha Icha Paradise book*

Me: I need you to say the disclaimer.

Kakashi: Can't too busy. *Sits on the couch still reading his book*

Me: *grabs the book and summons fire in her other hand*

Kakashi: *gasps* You wouldn't?!

Me: *places fire hand closer to the book* Try me.

Kakashi: NO!!! FINE! Sakura_blossom21 does not own Naruto, the plot, or any of the characters that are in this story except for Emiko-chan, Kyoko-san, Emiko's teddy, and more that may be added. They belong to Masashi Kishimoto and TV Tokyo. NOW GIVE ME MY BOOK!

Me: Thank you. *Tosses Kakashi the book* Hentai.

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Emiko's POV

Beap! Beeaap! BEEEAAP! BEEEEEAAAAP!

I slammed my hand on the alarm clock and snuggled myself deeper into the blankets. My eyes snapped open when I realized something.

I don't own an alarm clock.

I sat up in my bed and turned to my left to see Kakashi sitting on the ground clutching the top of his head. I could already see that a bump was growing. I snickered as he groaned in pain. Hidan's sadistic ways were beginning to affect me. I snickered again and jumped out of bed and kneeled in front of Kakashi. Smiling at him, I allowed green chakra to wrap around my hand. I moved Kakashi's hands away from his bump and began to heal it. As I was doing so, Kakashi was just staring at me with fascination. Once I healed the bump I smiled and let the green chakra dissipate from my hand.

"Is that better Kakashi-oji?" I asked as I rubbed my eyes still tired.

"Thank you Emiko. It feels much better. You hit hard by the way." Kakashi said.

"That means you forgive me right?"

"Yes I forgive you."

"That means I'm still a good girl! EMIKO IS A GOOD GIRL!" I yelled, imitating Tobi, or Swirly-nii.

Kakashi chuckled and stood up from the ground.

"Yes, Emiko is a good girl." He said as he ruffled my hair.

I pushed his hand away and began to fix my hair. I froze when I suddenly remembered something.

"Kakashi-oij, when does the Academy begin?" I asked.

"8:30." Kakashi responded as he rubbed the back of his neck sheepishly.

I ran downstairs and glanced at the kitchen clock. I gave a small squeak as I read the time. It was 9:00. I'm already 30 minutes late. I ran back to my room where I saw Kakashi just casually standing. I pushed him out of my room so I could start getting ready. I jumped into the bathroom where I took care of my hygiene. I ran out of the bathroom once I was done and bounded towards my closet. I opened it up and took out my undergarments and one of the regular kimonos I bought yesterday.

I slipped on the kimono and fixed up my hair. After I placed some kunai, shuriken, thread, and senbon needles in a weapons pouch. After I strapped that on my leg I took a step in front of my full body mirror to inspect myself. I smiled and gave a small twirl. I was wearing a pink kimono with some dark pink floral designs and an orange obi. I was also wearing shorts underneath. My hair was in two high pigtails with some front hair hanging loosely framing my face. My weapons pouch was hidden beneath my kimono and was strapped onto my right thigh.

After one more inspection I ran out the room and into the kitchen. I grabbed the toast Kakashi was eating and ran to the front door. I slipped on my black shinobi sandals and scurried off to the academy after waving goodbye to Kakashi. As I ran, I forgot that I didn't know where the academy was. I stopped and looked around me. I sighed when I noticed that I was lost. I walked towards a ramen shop called Ichiraku that was a few feet in front of me. I walked under the red curtain things and saw an old man cooking ramen.

The old man was wearing a white kimono like shirt, white pants, and a white hat with red kanji characters on it, and a blue apron wrapped around his waist. He looked like he was in his 40s and a kind man so I sat up on one of the stools. The man looked up when he saw me on the chair and smiled at me.

"What can I get you little lady?" The man asked.

"Umm... I'm not really here for food mister. I'm new to the village and I got lost. Do you know where the Academy is?" I asked politely.

"Oh, a newbie eh? Well, if you walk 2 more blocks up a head and turn right you should see that Academy. You should see a series of buildings with a large tree in front of it. The entrance has a large kanji sign for fire on it. It's not that hard to miss."

"Thank you mister. My name's Emiko Uchiha, and before you ask, I was hidden from the clan a few years before the massacre."

"Oh, thank you for explaining. I was surprised to hear that another Uchiha has survived. The name's Teuchi."

"Nice to meet you sir. Well I should be going now. I'm already late."

"Nice to meet you too, and when your finished school come back here and I'll make you some ramen for free."

"Really? Thank you. Well, goodbye for now. See you later Teuchi-san!" I waved goodbye and followed the directions he told me.

Soon enough, I was standing in front of the Academy. I walked inside and saw a lady sitting behind a desk. The lady looked up and immediately gushed over my cuteness. I sweat dropped at this and sighed.

"Excuse me miss, but can you please tell me where my class is? The Hokage explained that I'll be in the graduating class since I'm very advanced for my age." I explained.

"Oh what a polite girl. So your the child the Hokage was speaking so fondly of. Your class's sensei is Iruka Umino. His class is on the second floor, last room to the right of the staircase." The lady said.

"Arigatō miss." I smiled and bowed.

The lady squealed and walked around her desk and hugged me.

"You're so adorable. Is it alright if I take you to your class? I'll explain to Iruka that your the new student." She asked.

I smiled appreciatively and took her hand in mine. The lady smiled and got up from her kneeling position that she was in when she was hugging me and led me to my class. When we were there she told me to wait outside while she talked to my new sensei. I nodded and followed her orders obediently.

After a few minutes, the lady came back out and told me that I could go inside now. I bowed and thanked her for her help. The lady smiled kindly at me and gave me a loving kiss on the forehead. One that reminded of what a mother does to her child. I smiled sadly as I remembered that my mother was no longer with me. Sighing I waved as the lady left and entered the classroom.

The chatter that was happening in the classroom suddenly died down as I entered. Some of the students were smiling and had hearts in their eyes as they gazed down at me. Others were just blushing as the stared at my small form. I smiled and waved at them which caused most of the girls to squeal. I giggled and turned to the Chūnin who was standing in front if the class, beside a podium.

The Chūnin was a man of average height and build. He had brown hair that was kept in a ponytail, dark eyes and a scar running across the bridge of his nose. He wore the standard Konoha shinobi outfit complete with a forehead protector, sandals, and flak jacket. His sleeves were rolled up about ¼ way.

I giggled when I saw that he was blushing and mumbling about trying to get his composure back under control and that I was so cute.

Finally the Chūnin regained his composure and coughed.

"You must be Emiko-chan. The Hokage had told me about you. I'm Iruka Umino, but you can call me Iruka-sensei. Now Emiko-chan why don't you introduce yourself to the class. I'm sure they're eager to know who you are." Iruka-sensei stated.

Hmm.. maybe I should call him Ruka-sensei instead.

"Hai, Ruka-sensei!" I smiled and giggled when I saw Iruka-sensei blush at the nickname I gave him.

"My name is Emiko Uchiha," Everyone gasped excluding Iruka-sensei.

I'm guessing he was notified on who I was in advance. One of the students stood up and banged his fists on the desk. He gave me a death glare that should've made me pissed my pants but I stood my ground. I just stood there and stared at him along with the rest of the class.

I examined him like I did with Iruka earlier. The boy was a fair-skinned shinobi who had onyx eyes and black chin-length hair. His hair is spiky in the back with bangs that hung on both sides of his face to roughly frame his cheeks. The boy was very handsome and I could tell that many of the girls were very infatuated with him.

The boy's clothing consisted of the traditional Uchiha clothing: a navy blue, short-sleeved shirt with a high collar and the Uchiha crest on the back and white arm warmers.

"That's a lie. There is no way that you could be an Uchiha. They all died four years ago excluding myself and him!" The boy seethed.

"So your an Uchiha. Then I guess it's time for a proper introduction. My name is Emiko Uchiha. I'm 8 years old, soon to become 9. I am the daughter of your brother Itachi Uchiha. It's nice to finally meet you... Sasuke-oji." I said.

Everyone gasped once again. Sasuke's jaw dropped as he stared at me with wide eyes. Everyone suddenly burst into whispers as they muttered things to each other. I smiled as I kept my eyes on Sasuke.

Someone coughed and we all turned our attention to Iruka-sensei.

"Now that we're done with Emiko's introduction it's time to start a new lesson. Emiko-chan, please sit in any of the empty seats." Iruka-sensei explained.

I nodded and looked around the room. My smile widened when I saw a familiar lazy boy. I ran up to him and hugged him.

"Shika-kun!" I squealed.

Shikamaru chuckled and hugged me back. I took the empty seat the was on his right. No one but Shikamaru was sitting beside me since I was sitting on the end of the bench. I smiled as Iruka-sensei began the lesson.

Sasuke's POV

I sat silently in my seat while resting my chin on my folded hands that were being supported by my elbows. I stole glances at the new student who was sitting a few benches behind me on my right beside the lazy Nara boy.

She was happy, smiling, living without a care in the world. If she were an Uchiha, she would not act this way. I understand she is only 8 but she is his daughter. He must have taught her how to control her emotions and such. Unless her mother is

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A/N I was going to stop here but I don't want to make a lot of chapters and I wanted to make this one longer. So your lucky.

KYOKO UCHIHA!

Kyoko-nee was like a sister to me. She was always there for me when Itachi couldn't be. I looked up to her. She was always so bubbly and happy. She made everyone in the clan smile. It was terrible when she died when I was 4. That day, everyone in the clan went to the funeral. We all loved her dearly. No one knew why or how she died. She was an orphan so she didn't have any parents. That's why she was always taking care of me when I was little. My parents took care of her even though she lived in a separate house than us.

I didn't know Itachi and Kyoko-nee were dating, much less had a baby together. That's probably the reason why I didn't see Kyoko-nee a lot when I was 3 and 4. I gazed at Emiko and noticed that she looked much like him. But her personality was almost identical to Kyoko-nee.

I sighed and placed my forehead on my folded hands and gazed at the desk as I sorted out my thoughts.

Emiko Uchiha is the daughter of that murderer who was my brother. She is 4 years younger than me and is my niece.

She is my niece.

The only other family I have.

I have someone to call family.

I smiled slightly at the thoughts as I stared at Emiko.

Maybe this wouldn't be as bad as I thought.

Emiko's POV

I sighed as I placed my head on my arms. I gazed out of the window as Iruka-sensei continued lecturing us on the basic Jutsus and chakra. This lesson was boring. I learned this and memorized all the basics that was needed for the Academy.

"Emiko-chan!" I heard Iruka-sensei call.

I lifted my head and sighed.

"Hai Ruka-sensei." I said.

"Since it is your first day here I'll let you off with a warning for dozing off if you answer my question correctly." Iruka-sensei explained.

I nodded, "Okay, what's the question?" I asked.

"What is chakra?"

I sighed in annoyance. This is one of the most basic questions in the shinobi world.

"Chakra, is essential to even the most basic technique; it is the moulding of the physical energy present in every cell of the body and the spiritual energy gained from exercise and experience. Once moulded, it can be channeled through the chakra circulatory system, which is to chakra as the regular circulatory system is to blood, to any of the 361-chakra points in the body. Through various methods, the most common of which is hand seals, the chakra can then be controlled and manipulated to create an effect that would not be possible otherwise, such as walking on water, exhaling fire or creating illusions.

By moulding different ratios of the two energies, new colours and much stronger types of chakra can be formed. Most ninja have a natural affinity to one type of chakra, but they have the capacity to create elemental chakra apart from their own affinity. There are five basic types, each stronger and weaker to another, but their relations, weaknesses, and strengths to each other are all explored. There is also the dealing of Yin and Yang and the balance of mental and physical energies. In addition to these five elements, certain kekkei genkai can mix elemental chakra to form new natures, for example it is possible to mix water and wind into ice. While many ninja can use more than one type of chakra, very few are able to use them simultaneously." I explained bored as I gazed out the window.

I turned my head and saw that everyone was staring at me with dropped jaws. I tilted my head to the side slightly. A habit I inherited from my mother whenever I'm confused.

"Did I say something wrong?" I asked softly.

"N-no, t-that was a p-perfect explanation Emiko-chan." Iruka-sensei stuttered out.

I nodded slowly and turned back to the window. Soon the class continued on normally.

Time skip - end of the academy

Sasuke's POV

I stayed in my seat when the bell rung, seeing as I won't be able to go out soon with all the students pushing each other out of the classroom. I stared at Emiko and showed a shadow of a smile. She was laughing as Shikamaru lifted her up in the air and spun in a circle. Sighing, I stood up and walked towards the duo.

Shikamaru stopped lifting up Emiko when he saw I was coming towards them. He stared at me quizzically and sighed something about being troublesome.

"Can I speak to Emiko alone Shikamaru?" I asked as politely as I could.

Shikamaru stared at me with a raised eyebrow. He probably was surprised that I actually talk to him without pushing him away by insulting him.

"Sure thing Sasuke. See ya later Mi-chan." Shikamaru then gave Emiko a lazy salute and walked out of the class.

I sighed and stared at Emiko. Even though I wanted to talk to her I really don't know what to say.

"So what did you want to talk about Sasuke-oji?" Emiko asked.

When she called me Oji I felt a bit happier. I finally have someone to call my family. Before I did anything I looked around the room. No one was here anymore. Even Iruka-sensei left.

I kneeled in front of Emiko and placed both my hands on her cheeks gently. I sighed as I felt tears come into my eyes. I closed my eyes shut so they wouldn't fall and hugged Emiko to me. I sighed as I breathed in the scent of her hair. She reminded me so much of Kyoko-nee. I felt the tears I was holding flow down as I hugged Emiko closer and cried into the crook of her neck. I felt Emiko sigh and wrap her arms around my chest. She stroked my back comfortably.

After a couple minutes of staying in that position we finally broke apart. I kept Emiko's face in my hands as I wiped away my tears on my shoulder.

"Sorry Emiko. It's just that, since the massacre I had no one to call my family. Now that your here, I finally have a reason to live besides revenge. I can now protect you and call you my family." I explained.

"I understand. The only person I had was Papa but he'd usually go on missions and left me with some of his friends. It gets really lonely especially since there was only one girl there and I grew up without Mama since Papa said she died when I was born." Emiko said.

So that's how Kyoko-nee died.

"Why don't we go out today Emiko? So we can have some bonding time." I asked.

"Sure! Let's go to the ramen place Ichiraku! The place owner, Teuchi said he would make me some Raman for free since I'm new to the village." Emiko exclaimed.

"Then let's go Kyoko-chan." Then I froze.

I accidentally called her by her mother's name.

"Kyoko?"

"That was your mother's name. I'm sorry. You just remind me so much of her and she was like a sister to me."

"It's okay Sasu-oji, I understand. Papa makes that mistake too. I don't mind you calling me by my mother's name. It actually makes me happy knowing that I'm like her in some way since many people say I look like Papa."

"That is true."

"Sasu-oji?'

"Yes?"

"Did you know you have duckass hair?"

I sweat dropped at this then suddenly turned back to normal when Emiko's words finally processed in my mind.

"Where did you learn that word?" I asked surprised.

"I had a big lesson from Cussy-oji. Now I know every cuss word known to man." Emiko explained.

My eyes narrowed.

"Remind me to kill this Cussy-oji later for teaching you these words later. For now, let's go to Ichiraku now... Hime-chan." I said.

"Now why are you calling me Hime?" Emiko asked.

"Because from now on I'll be protecting you, my Hime."

Emiko smiled and nodded. I took her hand in my own and led her to the Ramen place Ichiraku. We spend the rest of the day with each other and getting to know each other better. By the end of the day I learned many things about her and was relieved to know she lived with one of the Jōnin in Konoha. When I dropped her off at the house she was staying I placed a small kiss on her forehead. I was hesitant at first since I've never done this to anyone. Emiko smiled and waved goodbye as she went inside. I smiled and turned toward the Uchiha compound.

Now that Emiko's here, I finally have someone to call family, and another reason why I should look forward to tomorrow. Another reason to live besides revenge.

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Hentai - pervert
Nii - short form for brother
Hai - Yes/Okay
Kekkei Genkai - bloodline limit
Nee - short form for sister

Okay, I know I promised that I would post it in the last 3 days and didn't. I'm sorry. I've been really busy with things. I'll be taking a short break so I can post several chapters at the same time after this. For now please vote, comment, share, or add to library. Oh, and HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! WELCOME TO 2014 EVERYONE! Till next time,

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