Kirei's POV:
"I'll be fine from here Yamasaki-san!" I said to my main guard. "Arigato gozaimasu, thank you everybody! Traveling with you was really fun. See you in two weeks!" I called out to the rest of the team of shinobi who brought me to Konoha. I grabbed my pack from one of them and fell to the floor. "Geez that's heavy," I mumbled to myself as I watched the ten water ninja walk away from the Hidden Village of the Leaf. I turned to show a few documents to the kunoichi stationed at the gate. She smiled at me and let me through and I walked in, marveling at the size of the pretty city. I looked around again, wondering how I was going to find Hinata in the unfamiliar city. Sighing, I started walking, adjusting the heavy pack, and started looking for a map or something.
I slowed down and started taking in the scenery. The sky was clear and a bright blue, different from the everlasting fog over my village. The buildings were a bright sand color, not a speck of mildew in sight. I hadn't been in the Leaf Village since Hinata's 10th birthday, even then the place gave off a cheerful aura and the people were all smiling and talking to each other. The five faces on the Hokage Monument were fierce and powerful looking; you could hardly see the Mizukage statues in the Mist Village because of all the fog. I stopped and peered at them closely, there seemed to be, ever so slightly, a bit of green paint on one. The rest seemed to have paint on them too; there was some red under one eye on this one and blue on the other one's nose. I tilted my head at them quizzically, how could that have happened?
"Hey little girl, are you lost?" somebody behind me asked, tapping me on the shoulder. Annoyed, I turned around to see a girl bending down and smiling at me, "I'm not a little girl!" I said rudely before mentally slapping myself and saying in a nicer tone, "And actually, I am a little lost, I'm looking for the Hyuuga compound." The girl started looking me over, her eyes lingered on my ninja headband and my jewelry from the Village Hidden in the Mist. The girl had a big forehead and her leaf headband held her strange pink shoulder length hair back, making it seem even bigger. Her dress was red and plain, cheap. "Oh, I'm Haruno Sakura," she said, obviously not caring I was supposed to be somewhere. "Katsumi Kirei," I said, but she wasn't listening, staring at something behind me. I spun around on one toe. Hinata never understood why I didn't just turn around like a normal person but it was more fun whirling around. I froze still on one foot before I lost my balance and almost fell. There behind me were two boys, and one of them was, very, very, very hot.
They were walking up to us, both about Sakura's age. They stopped when they were about five feet away. The shorter one was blond with eyes like mine but lighter, he had whisker-like markings on his face. The taller one had black hair and onyx eyes and was, defiantly, the hot one. He was obviously the one Sakura was looking at and judging by her reaction she had the same taste as me. "Sasuke-kun!" she squealed, running up to him and trying to hug him, I panicked, he wouldn't go out with her would he?. He wrinkled his perfect nose in disgust and pried her off him; he was obviously used to girls being all over him. I sighed inwardly, he was a fan girl magnet, but at least he wasn't going out with the pinkette. I had dated a few boys like him and I knew just how to get to them. "Hey Sakura-chan!" the blonde boy asked her, trying to talk quietly, "Who's the little girl?" I looked at him annoyed but then thought of something and flashed him a flirty smile, "Ohiyo I'm Katsumi Kirei, and I'm looking for the Hyuuga compound." I said, looking at him with big eyes, batting my lashes, making sure that Sasuke could see me flirting with his friend. Sakura looked over at me and then back at Naruto. Smirking to herself she grabbed Naruto and dragged him to me, "Hey Naruto you can take Kirei-san to the Hyuuga compound okay?" She obviously wanted to get rid of us so she could flirt some more with Sasuke. She smiled at Naruto and put her hand on my shoulder, way harder then she needed to.
Her fat arm on my shoulder and the weight of my pack decided to make me fall, bringing down Sakura with me. Naruto, liking the idea of walking with me yelled, "Yeah I'd love to wa- Oh Kami! Are you guys okay?" and wouldn't shut up. I slipped off the troublesome pack and helped up Sakura who started yelling at me so I started apologizing. Sakura looked like she was going to hit me so I was reaching slightly for my senbon holder. Naruto looked at Sakura and jumped in front of me and started calming down Sakura, he seemed to be used to her crazy yelling. He said something about leaving and grabbed my pack. I giggled at him and after we passed Sasuke I turned called out, "You know, you should tell your girlfriend that dying her hair doesn't hide her forehead!" before grabbing Naruto's arm and laughing as we walked towards Hinata's house.
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Sasuke's POV
I tuned out Sakura's angry ranting as I watched that girl walk away with the dobe. She had, totally ignored me and latched onto the dobe. I could count the number of girls who had ignored me on one hand, all three of them too old, too young, or preferred girls. Those people I didn't care about, one senile, one a toddler, and one with a girlfriend, but this was different. I was ignored for the dobe, of all people! I closed my eyes, picturing the confusing girl who was so close seconds ago. She has long black hair down to her knees with side bangs hiding one of her deep blue eyes. Compared to my fan girls she was pretty, and she was tanner than most shinobi. Funny because she had a Mist headband and it's always foggy there. Hmmm… Maybe she knew Yurei?
Sakura latched onto my arm, still ranting about how rude that Kirei girl was. I pried her off of me and surprised not only Sakura but myself by saying, "Hn. She's not too bad." Sakura gawked at me like I had grown another head, "Sasuke-kun," she whined, "you don't really like that short little brat do you?" she asked me, about to latch onto me. I sidestepped her quickly and didn't bother answering her, still thinking about that girl with the blue eyes that never once gazed in my direction. Was she playing hard to get? Girls had tried that before, staring at him when they thought I didn't notice and pretending they didn't care when I walked by but turning really red. No she couldn't be... Realization struck me hard, dismayed I borrowed a word from Shikamaru, "Hn. Troublesome…" I mumbled before walking in the direction of the Hyuuga compound, leaving a very confused pinkette behind me.
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Kirei's POV
"So, Naruto-kun, do you know Hinata-chan?" I asked the loud blonde. "Oh yeah Hinata-chan's really cool but she turns red a lot, she's kind of weird." I pondered that, knowing Hinata is naturally very pale… Oh no! "Kirei you baka!" I thought to myself, remembering one of Hinata's letters. "Dear Kirei-chan, the Chunin exams were awful, but I'm sure you've heard about it already. Thanks again for the herbs you sent me; they made my healing salves so much better. I made three containers, they were small but the salve is very strong. Father approved of the one I gave to him and I kept one for myself. I gave one to Uzamaki Naruto because he works so hard, I really admire him. I'd write a longer scroll but I have to go train some more. Love, Hinata." She wouldn't give that healing salve to just anybody, she knew how expensive those herbs were and while Hinata was many things but she was defiantly not wasteful. I had immediately assumed that she liked him and asked her about it, she confirmed my suspicions in her next scroll. So this was the boy who Hinata liked… He was defiantly a looker even if he wasn't my type. He was so… Innocent, so much like Hinata but so much more outgoing. I mentally switched from flirty to friendly but thankfully Naruto didn't notice. After a while the conversation died out awkwardly. Scrambling for another topic I remembered what I saw earlier. "Oh, can I ask you something?" I asked him, biting my lip, I was afraid of looking stupid. "Sure!" he said brightly, grinning at me. "Uhmm… Why do the Hokages have paint on them?"
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Yurei's POV
I was leaning against the trunk of a giant oak tree on one of its large branches. I was pretty close to the Konoha training grounds where mostly little Genin were training. Shifting my weight, I thought idly to myself, 'I wonder if Sasuke-kun got my scroll?" Hopefully he wouldn't mind me coming a few days earlier than planned. I watched nonchalantly as my black raven flew towards the tree and landed on my shoulder. "Hey Kuro," I greeted him; "We're going to visit my cousin Sa- OWE!" I glared at him while rubbing the scratch he had given me on my shoulder, "Thanks a lot," I grumbled to myself before starting jumping from branch to branch again. 'That stupid bird and I basically have a love and hate relationship,' I thought to myself, irritated, 'for him of course, it's mostly hate.' I slowed down to check out a girl walking up to a tree, she had short hair and a fishnet shirt with a bulky jacket wrapped around her waist. She looked around and I stared at her eyes, smirking. 'Time to have some fun,' I thought to myself, she's a Hyuuga.
Hinata's POV
'Okay, time to practice to get strong like Naruto-kun. I need to hurry though, Kirei-chan will probably be here soon.' I thought to myself. Warily, I looked around to make sure nobody was there to watch me. I took a deep breath and positioned myself in my Gentle Fist fighting stance, "Byuaku-" there was a huge crash and I watched in terrified amazement as a boy in full ninja gear full out of the large tree in front of me. He had medium length hair, spiky with side bangs, a handsome face, and a dazed smile. Strangely enough, even with all his weapons and other ninja gear, he didn't seem to have a hitai-ate. His deep onyx eyes looked me up and down before lingering on my one. Looking away, I felt a heavy blush cover my face.
"W-w-who are you?" I asked him, trying to hide the panic and fear in my voice. He tilted his head and flashed me a teasing smile, making me blush again.
Scared, I mumbled, "I-if you d-don't tell me w-who you are and w-where you c-came from, I-I'm going to have t-to-" Gasping, I shut my eyes tightly as he jumped up and pinned me to the tree I was standing next to, when I dared to open my eyes again I blushed even deeper, his face was only inches from mine!
"Hmm, your kind of cute," he said slowly, his deep voice soft and lilting, he was a head taller than me and his dark eyes sparkled with mischievous thoughts. He leaned in even closer, his obsidian orbs never looking away from me as I stared at my feet. Lazily, he moved one of his warm hands from my shoulder to my cheek, tracing trails from under my eye to my chin.
"G-get away f-from me!" I gasped, my mind whirling in confusion. 'Why is he doing this?' I thought to myself franticly, 'Is he a missing-nin or a rapist or-'
"Hey relax, I'm harmless. Or at least I am right now…" he said calmly. I looked up into his eyes in fright and gasped again as he leaned down kissing my neck, planting soft kisses up to my chin, then to the corner of my mouth and then… 'Oh Kami!' I thought to myself before falling into a black oblivion.
Yurei's POV
"What now…?" I said to myself, scratching my head and sitting on the grass. The girl was lying unconscious at the base of the tree, completely out of it. "Hn. I didn't know she'd take it that hard…" Looking on the bright side, I winced at the thought of what would happen if my dad found me, "Why are you terrorizing girls instead of training for future missions you baka?" he would ask me, glaring at me disapprovingly. Sighing I reached over to the girl and tucked a bit of her stray hair behind her ear. "Hey you, what the hell are you doing?" came an annoyed voice behind me, 'Shit,' I thought before turning around and facing an irritated… Sasuke. "Hey Sasuke-kun, I'm early!" I said, grinning widely. The funny feeling I had when I was flirting with the Hyuuga disappeared in the presence of my childhood friend. "I noticed," he said dryly, "What the hell were you doing to Hyuuga-san?" he looked behind me before looking at me and raising his eyebrows, "Never mind, don't tell me…"
"It's not my fault! She overreacted… I was just… playing." I protested lamely.
"Whatever, she need to get up again, or else…" Sasuke muttered, walking over to Hinata. "Hey Hyuuga… Hyuuga… Hinata!" her eyes fluttered open and she jumped up.
"Oh Uchiha-san! I was t-training and I s-saw this gu-…" she started, looking around uncertainly, "It's h-him!" she squeaked, hiding behind Sasuke and pointing at me. Sasuke chuckled and said simply, "It's okay he's my cousin, Uchiha Yurei. He looked at me and said in a bored tone, "Apologize, that's Hyuuga Hinata." When he saw me hesitate he elbowed me in the ribs, hard. "Owe!" I said glaring at him before turning to Hinata, "Gomenasai Hinata-san," I said, bowing slightly. "But…" I said winking, "I stand by what I said earlier." Hinata turned pink again and mumbled something along the lines of, "Creepy weirdo." Laughing, I turned to Sasuke, "Sasuke-kun show me where you live!" I ordered him. "Hn. Whatever…" he grumbled and stalked away as I followed him, leaving the girl all alone.
Hinata's POV
I made sure they were gone before breathing out a sigh of relief and sinking to the ground. That boy, he was so… I blushed and softly touched my lips, 'my first kiss… Uchiha Yurei' I thought to myself before shaking my head to clear away those silly thoughts. I couldn't believe that stoic Sasuke and that flirt were related. I shuddered; I planned to avoid Sasuke and his cousin for a while. Suddenly remembering Kirei was coming, I jumped up. I started walking home, hoping she was there so I could talk to her about the strange boy and my first kiss.
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