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One of the communities left me, either that or it was taken down; I am still saddened by it a little bit. But I know that it won't stop me, I am very tenacious.

Chapter 21

Tsunade is an even worse slave driver than Kakashi was, the woman would throw large sports balls at me and even boulders at one point, she would then have me read for hours, sometimes I would be placed in the hospital so I could work on my healing.

It's been a week and so far, everyone is training, I've seen Neji and Hinata training together at least once when I passed by the Hyuuga compound. At this moment I am currently trying to rest my shoulder, I took one of Tsunade's punches and damn did that hurt like a bitch. I eventually got it to stop hurting, I swear if it wasn't the kekkei genkai arm I would've had a dislocated shoulder and that would've been difficult to heal. Difficult but not impossible. I closed my eyes and tried to relax a little bit, I felt a chakra come towards me, but I didn't sense danger.

"D-Difficult training?" A way too familiar voice asked.

"Maa, perhaps." I said as I looked up to see Hinata standing there shyly twiddling her fingers, "Is everything alright?" She blushed deeply and gave a nervous chuckle.

"Y-Yes, but I was sent with a message for you, from Temari no Sabaku." Hinata told me, handing me a piece of paper.

"Thank you Hinata." I said with a sweet smile, she smiled back and I thought of an idea, why not have a somewhat normal friend who doesn't give others crap, "Would you like to get some lunch with me?"

"R-Really?" Hinata asked in surprise.

"Of course, it sounds like fun." I said as I got up to my feet, ignoring the slight pain in my back as Hinata shuffled nervously on her feet.

"I would like that." Hinata said with a small smile.

"I'm glad, I was thinking of some sushi, it's something light and if you wanted to do training afterwards it would help to keep one for getting sick." I said with a small smile as we started to walk to the sushi bar that was a few blocks away.

"R-Rin-chan, I never got to thank you for helping me during the chunin exams." Hinata said as we found a booth that was away from the entrance and was a normal spot for the Jonin since the advantage point was perfect in case of an attack.

"Don't worry about it, you're my friend and I would do anything for my friends." I told her as we waited for a waitress to come by. Hinata seemed surprised when I said that and became a light pink, I looked behind her at the mirror and I noticed a familiar face.

"Oh, Neji entered the sushi bar, should we invite him to join us?" I asked Hinata, it was her call. Hinata blinked in surprise and thought for a few seconds and then smiled and gave me a nod. I smiled and turned out of the booth, I took out a piece of paper from my pocket, that wasn't the message that Temari sent me, and I chucked it at Neji, he caught it easily and I waved him over. He looked surprised and came over to the booth.

"You want to join us; it's the best seat in the whole bar." I told him, he looked skeptical as I scooted over, he eventually sat down and Hinata looked elated at that, she seemed to be having fun watching Neji and I sit together.

"I am curious at how this is the best seat." Neji said, Hinata blinked in slight surprise.

"There are many advantage points, plus the booth creates a small shield to keep projectiles from hitting a person, and the mirror allows one to see the front door. The Jonin usually sit here because of that." I calmly explained. Neji nodded in understanding and his eyes flicked to the mirror once and I inwardly smiled at that, at least he seems to have calmed down a little bit. A waitress finally made an appearance at our booth.

"Hello, what can I get you three to drink?" The waitress asked.

"A-A small chai tea." Hinata said.

"Black tea." Neji stated.

"A green tea please." I said with a smile as the woman took down what we wanted to drink. The waitress shuffled off quickly as Hinata started up a conversation about books.

"Hmm… I mainly read scrolls on jutsu's and medical books." I said with a sad smile, "But I do enjoy…romantic novels." Yeah, that's a good name for the books that Shizune writes. I rubbed the back of my head at the surprised looks on their faces.

"I-I didn't take you for someone to read romance." Hinata said in a good natured way, I gave a sheepish chuckle at that.

"It's interesting to know." Neji stated, I was a little confused at that, but I didn't comment on it. The waitress came by with our drinks and we all knew exactly what we wanted to order.

"A classic roll." Hinata ordered.

"Spicy tuna." Neji stated.

"A crunchy roll." I ordered, preferably with anime. I doubt that will happen though. The waitress smiled and nodded, she once again shuffled off. I wonder if I've ever been that loud at walking.

"How goes the training?" I asked the two. Neji made a small face at something and I was wondering if Lee was being rowdy, well more than usual. I hope that Lee is doing so; Lee is a joy to be around.

"It, is difficult to train against Lee, we want to make sure we don't push him to harm, but he'd call us out if we went too easy on him." Neji said.

"That sounds just like him." I said with a small smile, "I can't blame him; I just hope he takes care of himself."

"I've been training a little bit; I'm trying to create my own style of fighting. Neji is helping me and I am thankful for that." Hinata said, she was starting to get used to Neji and I, I could tell since she wasn't stuttering as much anymore.

"That sounds awesome." I stated with a grin as our food was placed in front of us, Neji was being rather quiet, but I knew that was normal for him. We picked up our chopsticks and began to eat. Of course I finished before them, used to eating quickly due to boot camp back in, I guess I should refer to it as the non anime world, if you didn't finish your food you were done, you had to go. It sucked but one learns to eat rather quickly, it's a skill when you can do it cleanly. I quietly figure out the bill in my mind and the reason why I enjoyed this particular bar appeared, the prices were phenomenal, for the three of us to eat it was about 17 U.S. dollars, hell I could go to one in the non anime world and it would easily be $25. I rather like most of the prices here in Konoha, most of them were rather pleasant and didn't harm my wallet too much, though I am dreading this Saturday since Tsunade and Shizune have the day off and want to make sure I have clothes, other than my uniforms. I think they also want to pick out paint and furniture. Neji finished right after me and I simply took a sip of my green tea, enjoying the fact that the people here put honey and ginger into it, it made it sweet and I appreciated that.

"Rin-chan, I was wondering why you chose to focus on speed during the chunin exam." Hinata said, I smiled at her, she was an adorably curios person, I think that she wasn't thinking when Neji died, it hasn't happened so I'm not going to hold it against her.

"If I got put against Gaara I would've been killed, Lee is just as fast, if not faster and he was seriously injured, I figured that if I focused on getting my speed up I would be okay." I said, my left arm tensing slightly. I had lost a limb and Lee almost had to stop being a ninja, I was able to grow my arm back and Lee had the surgery, but if he didn't he'd no longer be a ninja.

"True, but you never once took off your weights when fighting; you can match Lee without his." Neji told me, I raised a brow at that, I didn't think I was that fast to be honest, then again I use moves like the body flicker technique and the hiraishin way too often, I guess I got used to the speed they gave. I understood where he was coming from.

"I never noticed." I quietly said as the waitress came by with the bill and I looked at it, I was right. I quietly took my wallet out of my hip pouch before counting the right money and placing it in the little holder the bill came in. I'm just glad that leaving a tip is considered rude here in Konoha, they seem to have the same rules as Japan.

"Thank you for lunch Rin-chan it was nice." Hinata said with a smile, I smiled back at her as Neji even gave a small smirk. It was almost unnoticeable, but I don't care.

"See you guys around, maybe one day we can spar together." I said as we all began to leave the bar, Neji nodded in agreement and Hinata looked slightly nervous about that before gaining determination in her eyes. She gave me a smile and I waved as I headed back to the Senju compound, Shizune was writing at her desk when I got back, and I sent her a smile before going into my room and passing out for the day, I needed the sleep and honestly I haven't been having good dreams, they've been pretty bad lately, but I'll be fine.