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Family Dearest

By Nyteness

For miles around, everything was peaceful. The Haruno residence, a grubby little apartment in the middle of a big city was especially quiet. Usually one of the four occupants would be arguing their heads off or screaming at the top of their lungs.

"YEEESSSSSSS!" Whoops, spoke too soon. The shrill sound pierced the air startling the birds that had perched on the balcony and a girl reading inside.

"ONEE-CHAN!" Fifteen year old Haruno Sakura screeched at her oldest sibling. Sakura had longish bubblegum pink hair and glittering green eyes that were glinting with anger. Her miniscule fists were clutched in balls as she got upset that her careless sibling had disturbed the peace and quiet she had wished for. Sakura had been reading on the couch in the living room, catching up on some of her favorite stories on this lazy Saturday afternoon.

"What's Mi-nee-chan screaming about now?" Haruno Tenten poked her head out of the room she and Sakura shared. Tenten looked nothing like her younger sister, also being older her than her by a year, with her chocolate hair and her mahogany eyes. Tenten was tall and muscled, compared to her sister's petite and delicate form. Tenten was taking advantage of the past peace and quiet to listen to some of her music and polish some of her favourite blades. Even though she didn't sound annoyed, you could tell by the killer aura rolling off her in waves.

"OH MY GOD, KURO PROPOSED!" Haruno Miyuri, the last Haruno sister came bouncing out of her room with star struck, green eyes. Her long blond bounced around, nearly coming undone from their loose pigtails. The twenty four year old was so happy, she acted 10, bouncing around like a boy just asked her out on a date. Miyuri was the oldest of the siblings and the one that was charged with custody over them since their parents had died. She had been dating Kuro for 2 years now, and since they had just graduated from University, it was a perfect time for them to marry.

"What's up, Mi-nee-chan?" Uzumaki Naruto stuck his head into the apartment. Naruto was "The little boy" of the group, even though he was only a few months younger than Sakura. Naruto was adopted into the family years ago, when he was about 6. He had grown up extremely close with the family, so close they accidentally called him Haruno Naruto sometimes. Naruto had bright blue eyes that sparkled with mischief and a messy blond hair that wouldn't go down no matter how hard he tried. He was extremely protective of his sisters though, and it didn't make life easy for any of the many guys that approached Sakura or Tenten.

"He proposed!" Miyuri looked as if she was on cloud nine

"Congrats!" Tenten clapped her hands happily. Her ear phones hung loosely around her neck as she bounced on her heels.

"Yay! It's about time!' Sakura dropped her book and hugged her older sister, temporarily forgetting her irritation.

"Does that mean I get to skip homework because of that?" Naruto asked cheekily.

"Hmm. . ." Miyuri tapped her chin thoughtfully, "Alright, it won't make much difference anyways,"

"WHAT!" Sakura exclaimed. She looked at her sister as if she'd gone mad. Even Tenten looked shocked out of her regular laid back attitude. Naruto was grinning.

"See, I'm going to take you out for dinner, in celebration, because after Sunday, we're moving," Miyuri explained, "So you're not going back to school, but you do need to say good-bye to your friends and tie up all your loose ends."

"Sweet! No more picky Nakamura-sensei!" Naruto danced around in circles. Sakura and Tenten were rather relieved at the news. They didn't like their school much, having only moved here when Miyuri went to University here. Everyone in the school were air heads, or at least the ones they'd met. Besides, it was worth not having to do homework.

"Get to your rooms and change, because were going out!" With a laugh, the whole family went to change into something more presentable and enjoyed their last few days in the big city, to a world of the unknown.

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The screech echoed through the ritzy penthouse, on the other side of the city from the Haruno Apartment, far away. Uchiha Kuro sighed, letting out the long breath he had been holding. He had just proposed to his girlfriend a few minutes ago and invited her and her siblings to come live with them when he and his brood moved back to Konoha. As mushy as it seemed, he had met her in a parenting class two years ago and couldn't let her go. So he did the next best thing, and asked her to marry him, even if it was by phone. She hadn't seemed to mind.

"She accepted, Nii-chan?" Uchiha Hinata stuck her head out of the kitchen where she was cooking. She had lived with the Uchihas ever since she had been found on their doorstep fourteen years ago. At the age of Fifteen, She fit just as well into their little patch work family with her odd eyes and dark purple hair than as if she'd been related by blood to the Uchihas. She was shy, quiet and rather isolated, being the only female in the family for 4 years, but she was motherly to both Kuro and his little "brother".

"As you should be able to tell, from the loud shriek," Sasuke Uchiha was strumming his guitar in the corner of the apartment. He and Hinata had accompanied Kuro here for him to finish his university course and take over the Uchiha Corp. After the Disaster years ago, Kuro had always been under constant pressure. Even though he wasn't expect to take over the Corp. (That was Sasuke's position) he need to fill in for another 6 years, and then help Sasuke continue. Sasuke himself was rather indifferent with his future, all he wanted to do was hunt down his traitorous brother, Itachi. You see, even though Sasuke and Kuro were related by blood, they were only third cousins. He was the only Uchiha Survivor besides Hinata and Sasuke though, so Kuro was stuck raising them. Sasuke was a heart throb with raven hair and obsidian eyes, but the only thing he seemed to love was his patch work family, his guitar and the idea of revenge.

"She and her siblings will be living with us so BE NICE," Kuro directed the last part at Sasuke especially. He had a talent for scaring off girls, and his girlfriend-fiancée had two younger sisters she was looking after.

"Yeah, yeah," Sasuke waved him off, still strumming some chords.

"Dinner's ready," Hinata called cheerfully. She placed some bowls of steaming chicken stir-fry on the table while Sasuke lovingly put away his guitar and Kuro made his way to the table. They sat there in companionable silence, like almost every day. There was a different type of feel to the air, a feeling of excitement and anticipation filled the air.

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"Hurry up!" Sakura had already slung her bags in the back of the rented car they were using. Naruto and Miyuri were already in the car, their stuff stowed away in the back.

"Be patient!" Tenten grunted as she dragged her bag down the grubby street, "It takes a long time to stick all the weapons in the right places!"

"Yeesh," Sakura rolled her eyes at her sister. Tenten loved her weapons and paid for her own martial arts lessons with her own money. She was pretty darn good at it as well. Sakura was a fighter too, but she preferred her fists and her needles which she kept strapped to her wrist. Tenten also flung her stuff over the back of the car and joined Miyuri in the front, while Sakura had to push Naruto off her seat.

They drove for hours past the luscious country side until they made it to a city, tucked into a quaint valley. Sakura, Miyuri and Tenten were glad when they had finally arrived. Naruto had decided that, after he finished "99 bottles of beer on the wall" and went straight into the Negatives, he'd start singing the "Song that gets on everybody's nerves." Sakura was pretty close to strangling him when the car stopped outside a huge mansion at the edge of town.

Sakura gasped as they got out of the car. The estate was huge! There were milky cherry blossoms in the front surrounding a crystal clear pool and emerald rolling hills in the background. The house itself was a picture straight out of a fairytale; a looming structure of mahogany styled in the old Victorian age. The whole place was protected by a wrought iron gate.

"Sugoi!" Tenten gasped. The place astonished her as well.

"Yay!" Without thinking, Sakura ran through the gate and started playing in the sakura blossoms. She loved Sakura blossoms; they remind her of her mother. Tenten yelped and followed her sister into the field.

Tenten found Sakura looking up in the fields with her arms spread wide and a look of pure euphoria. She relaxed and leaned against a tree, it had been so long since she'd seen her little sister like that; relaxed and peaceful. The city had really take its toll on her.

"It's so pretty, isn't it, Ten?" Sakura looked up at the sky contentedly. There was no answer, "Ten?" Sakura turned around, getting worried. No Tenten. She didn't have much time to think about it though, before she was gagged and darkness blanketed her senses.

TO BE CONTINUED!

A/N: How'd you like it? I know, it's evil to end on such a… grisly note but you'll just have to wait for the next chapters to find out! Reviewshappy menew chapters, so please review!

I should warn you, there will be some Major OCs in the story so if you don't like it, don't read. I hate god modeling so I definitely wont stick it in my stoies. If you have any problems about the fact I've changed a few last names, it'll all come together eventually, so don't worry, ok?

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