Well, this is the sequel to Rewriting Determination.

*grins*

I had good help from Karkatsbabe for several ideas to get the story going.

I don't own anything over than the OC.

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Saiya stood besides the brothers and Sasori as they looked at the state of the main house with raised eyebrows. It looked like it hadn't been touched and only needed to be dusted. She looked at Itachi and Sasuke as they seemed to be off in their memories and sighed when she sent a glance to Sasori, who shrugged and motioned for her to move, then nodded and took a few steps forward to be in front of the group. That seemed to snap the two back to the present and watched as Saiya pulled her long black hair up into a high ponytail, "I know this will be difficult for you both but you know that we need to do this, right?" They nodded hesitantly as she continued, "Do you know if there's any dusting rags, brooms and any type of cleaner around?"

Sasuke looked lost while Itachi nodded and motioned for them to follow him as he led them to a long hallway and opened a door to the closet and stepped aside. Saiya grinned and took out a broom, handing it to Sasuke and ignoring the indignant look he sent her, took out several rags and cleaner and divided them among Itachi, Sasori, and herself.

Before they started, she sent Itachi and Sasuke a calm look, "Your parents' room?" She left it at that and waited as the pained looks crossed their faces and shook their heads. She nodded, "Will you show me?" she asked looking at the younger raven.

Itachi sent her a look but she shook her head as she followed Sasuke quietly until they stopped outside a room. His hand shook when he reached for the door slat, nightmares flashing past his eyes until a warm hand rested on his gently. His eyes snapped to her calm ones, seeming to realize where he was and together, they gently opened the door. Saiya wasn't sure what she was expecting and neither was Sasuke but when they peered into a normal looking room, besides the dust covering everything, there was nothing else to see.

He let out the breath he had been holding and watched as this new girl, that seemed to worm her way into their world, walk softly around then opened the rice paper doors to outside and began to gently place picture frames on the bed and cleaned the dresser completely before she carefully cleaned each picture and placed them back to where they were before. He noticed she never made a sound as she cleaned, but seemed to hold everything sacred that she touched.

She took the pillows and bedding outside to beat the dust off then easily remade the bed before moving to the various weapons that rested in their mounts. Sasuke looked to his left when he heard footsteps to see his brother beside him and noticed the red head further down the hallway cleaning a bookshelf, then looked back as Saiya walked over to the weapons and cleaned each one before laying them on the bed to clean the mounts before replacing the weapons.

Sighing softly and wiping the sweat from her forehead, she glanced over to see the two standing there quietly and smiled. "Can I see the broom?" she asked with her hand outstretched. The young raven nodded mutely as he walked closer for her to retrieve said item then started from the corner closest to the door and made her way towards the outside, easily cleaning out from under the bed and nightstand until she reached the outside walkway, sweeping the dust onto a piece of cloth she had laid out when she dusted the linen and gathered it up after wiping her feet then walked back into the room, leaving the door open to let the stale air out. She glanced up and blinked as Itachi and Sasuke watched her every movement, "What?" Itachi shook his head with a smile as Sasuke continued to stare at her, "Do I have dust on me? Why are you still staring at me?"

Sasuke shook his head a few times as he took the broom back from her, "No," he sighed and ran a hand through his hair gently, "What do you plan on doing now?"

She sent the two a grin making them nervous, "Well, I could always start cleaning your rooms out now."

"Don't even think about it," Sasuke narrowed his eyes.

She chuckled, "I doubt your clothes will still fit you. For now, would you wear something of Itachi's? I can't stand seeing you wearing that stripper's outfit any longer."

Itachi laughed as Sasuke bristled, "Strippers outfit?"

"Yeah," she nodded, "How much do you wanna bet that your clothes are only being held up by that purple rope?"

She went to reach for it when he jumped back and grumbled about cleaning his room as she laughed then looked at Itachi, who had a small smile, "Thank you."

She blinked confused, "For what? Trying to strip your little brother?"

He snorted and shook his head, "No. For helping him start to act like he use to. And for helping us," he said as he motioned to the now clean room.

Saiya smiled, "Don't worry about it. And since Sasuke has nothing else to fuel his anger, he has nothing to do other than go back to how he was." She chuckled as they watched Sasori try to clean a picture frame on the wall and almost drop it, then looked back up at the other raven, "Why don't you go find some clothes for your brother? There has to be some around here for him. I'm going to help Sasori before he decides to break something on purpose."

Itachi chuckled and began to walk towards his old room when he was stopped by a warm hand on his arm. He turned halfway to see Saiya watching him intently; "It'll take some time for him to come around completely. We both know that." He nodded as she grinned, "When we get done cleaning, lets meet in the kitchen." He raised an eyebrow as she snickered when they noticed Sasuke and Sasori watching them intently and spoke louder as she looked between the three, "After we finish cleaning, meet in the kitchen. We need to make a list of things we'll need to buy like food and clothes."

Sasori nodded as Sasuke walked out, "When will we start on the other houses?"

She thought for a minute, "How about we wait a few days and just rest? We can make notes of what needs to be repaired for now, then we can buy what's needed. But before anything like that can happen, we need to restock the food or we'll all starve," she held her hand up to silence the group, "And I do not want to eat out all the times, thank you very much."

Itachi and Sasori nodded as they went back to what they were doing while Sasuke watched her intently, catching Saiya's attention. She walked over to him and glanced briefly into his room then looked at the raven as he studied her, "How can you do that?"

"Do what?" she asked confused and tilted her head.

He shrugged out his shoulder as she walked into the room and began to take the linen outside his room to clean. "This," he motioned to her as she had walked back in the room to remake the bed, "How can you just take on this roll so easily?"

A light bulb seemed to go off in Saiya's head as she made a small 'o' with her mouth then sighed as she motioned to the bed for him to sit down. When he didn't move, she huffed and pulled him over to sit down beside her where she kept a firm hold on his wrist. "I've had to take care of myself since I was 14. My parents didn't want anything to do with my brother or me and left us. They just packed up and left us in the house with a large bank account and that was it. My brother was a few years older than me and took on jobs to take care of us but it got too much for him. He left when I was 17 and I haven't seen him since." She let go of his wrist when she felt his muscles relax and looked ahead of them with distant eyes, "I've had to do as much as I could to lighten the load for him but he still left. It hadn't been easy but I grew use to it."

He watched as she blinked away the tears that had started to form, "Are you nii-san's age?"

She sat there and thought for a minute then shook her head, "Nope. I'm older."

He blinked as he studied her face while she grinned at his confusion, "You don't look older than him."

"I'll take that complement and beat you to the guessing game," she chuckled, "I'm 28, remember?" He stared in disbelief as she laughed, "I'm serious! Here, c'mon," she stood up and pulled him up with her, "I'll help you clean." He shook his head as she started dusting off his bedside table while he started to sweep the dust from under the bed, "Hey Sasuke?"

He grunted as he stood up straight from the bed, "What?"

Her eyes never left the picture of him and his brother she was cleaning very gently. He could see her reflection and stared at the tears that gathered in her eyes as she softly trailed a finger over their faces, then looked over her shoulder at him with teary eyes but gave a smile, "Give your brother a chance, okay? He's trying so hard for you to have a good life."

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