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"Second time's the charm"
Sasuke's second encounter with the disgraced, former Hyuga heiress was through the form of village gossip. Sasuke was used to them whispering about himself or that blonde idiot Naruto, but it was the first time he heard anything about the Hyuga clan, aside from snide insults about their stoicism.
He didn't even whom they were speaking of until he was a small girl being trailed by an older man. A bodyguard, he noted distantly as he took in the man's protective stance and positioning. He wouldn't have bothered noticing the girl if it had not been for her defeated posture.
The girl's shoulders were curled protectively inward and her head hung low; Sasuke was disgusted. He couldn't fathom how or why the girl acted like a kicked puppy. He would never let anyone see how much he was effected by something.
Shrugging inwardly, he moved by the girl and her bodyguard, only muttering a single word loudly enough for her ears as he passed. "Pathetic."
