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Chapter 14

What to do, Battle or Sleep?

"Sasuke, why are you always so quiet?" Rei asked her brother one morning as they ate breakfast together. The sun shone through the window and poured onto the ripe fruits in the middle of the table. You could see the little specks of dust drifting in the air that was alight. The scent in the air was of fresh hibiscus flowers. The apartment had dreary air to it, but Rei shone in the light as she brightened the room up with her talk.

"Why do you ask?" Sasuke countered, shoving some eggs in his mouth. Rei shrugged, "I don't know, it's just as if you never let anyone inside."

"Inside?"

"You know, let someone see the real you! As in, you don't let people get attached to you and you to them. Why?" Sasuke looked away, his elbows on the table, with his head resting on his hands.

"'if you want to kill me…curse me! Hate me! And live a long and unsightly life. Run away…run away…and cling to your pitiful life.'…These were some of the last words Itachi had told me right after he had slaughtered my family…our family," Rei gave Sasuke a serious look as she spoke her next words.

"And this is why? Do you not hate him? Do you not want to do everything he tells you to?" Sasuke lost it and jumped up, banging his hands on the tabletop.

"Of course I hate him! Every nerve in my body hates him for everything he is! He took so much from us! How can you not see this?" Sasuke yelled at her.

"Two things: Stop crying over spilt milk. What's done is done, and it's not as if you could've done anything about it-"

"Why do you not feel the will to kill him? I can still do something about it! He still slaughters people! Innocent people!"

"The second thing: If you hate him so much, why do you do as he tells you?" Rei asked, not losing any cool. Sasuke looked shocked. It now a cured to him: If he hates Itachi so much, then why does he do what Itachi told him to do that one uneventful day? He looked down, calming himself down.

"No…I do it for myself…" Rei slowly smiled at her brother. It was so fun for her to twist with men's' minds. Especially the Uchiha Sasuke's mind, even more when the out come is so interesting.

"Don't sweat it. It's not a big deal at the moment," Rei said, picking up the now empty dishes.

"How can you say that…?" Sasuke asked, calmly following her into the kitchen. Rei turned on the faucet and out came rushing water. She let the rushing water run through her hands as she washed the dishes with soap.

"Well, easy, I don't remember anything. I don't have anything against him since I don't know how he used to be like," Rei said calmly. There was a little pause as silence over took the room.

"Well then, I'll take you to…our old neighborhood," Sasuke said, smirking while leaning on his kitchen tabletop. Rei smiled back at him.

"We'll go first thing tomorrow!"

Kinu rolled over in her bed that morning. Her silky light blue hair was cast across her bed. She took in a breath of the familiar scent of home. It felt so good to be at home again. Her and her team had gone on a long series of missions that changed her drastically from when she left. She wondered about her forever rival, Tenten, Her crush, Neji, and most of all her family.

Kinu sat up in her bed, and with the bands on the tabletop, she put up her hair into its normal position. What shall I do today? She thought to herself, changing her clothes to something preppy put silky. Something that accented her light blue hair. Maybe I should go challenge Tenten into a battle. Let's see how much she's improved from our last encounter!

This thought exited her very much. After Kinu changed, she jumped out her window, not bothering to eat breakfast. With out knowing, that would be a mistake later…or maybe something that would be the best thing in her life…

She was waving her hand at him from a little way off as she ran towards him. No one never shown this much eagerness to see him before. At least he knew that someone would be at his funeral if he died.

"Hey Rei," he said. Before he new it, he mentally kicked himself for sounding so mean and stupid. As if he could care less about her.

"So, what are you and Akamaru doing?" The dark haired girl asked him, with that same sweet smile she always gave him so willingly. Wait…Akamaru…oh yeah…I'd better answer her.

"I don't know really…why?" The boy asked her. The girl sighed, as if she was expecting something more. As if he had disappointed him somehow.

"Really? Nothing you want to tell me…at all?" She asked him. The look on her face dropped his happiness, and some how felt her sorrow. What the heck? If he was ever going to do it, might as well it'd be now.

"Well, actually, there kind of is…I think I…like you…" He could feel his cheeks burn.

"Like as a friend, right?" she sighed again, "That's what I thought, not love?"

"Truthfully and really…I think I…love you." He replied. He prepared himself for anything she might try. Her face was unreadable until finally she ran-

BriIIIiiing! Bring! Kiba cursed his alarm clock as he turned it off, about crushing it in the process. Why was it that his dreams always seem to end at the high point of it? Slowly, he felt the drool he left on the pillow. He hated it when he did that. He sat up and turned the pillow over. With the back of his hand, he wiped off the rest of the slobber around his mouth. Why was I drooling? Is it normal to dream about crushes?

He looked down at himself. His loosely worn jersey and his underwear. No, he didn't wear pants as he slept. That was one thing he hoped no one would know. It could mean black-mail, which was very common for people like Tenten or Naruto. If the information got into the wrong hands, it could mean a world of trouble for him.

Kiba looked up into the mirror of himself. His messy hair stood everywhere. Why would someone so nice and pure like someone who looks messy all the time? He felt his chin. And my chin, that's another thing. It's so…so…pointy! Kiba sighed as his head dropped down. He cursed himself so much. Even though he only encountered Rei on three occasions, he thought that she probably didn't like him. The first encounter was…worse than not knowing her. The second was more relaxing and made up for the first, though it was kind of surprising about how much she knew about guys. The third was the best. The flower she had given him that day was now in a single decorated vase on his end table.

Kiba changed and slowly woke up his dog by scratching him behind the ear.

"Wake up, Akamaru! It's morning!" he said soothingly. Akamaru stirred and rose his head at Kiba. "What should we do now? I think we could afford a day with out training.." A thought entered his mind. I wonder what kind of Jutsu Rei has! Perhaps, he'll go and ask her or talk to her today. He'll talk to her if only he wasn't so scared today…scared of rejection from her.