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After leaving Uruwashī, Seitsuki and Hinata walked down the streets of Konoha, both holding a bag in each hand.
"Thank you so much for taking me shopping, Hinata!" Seitsuki said with a glowing smile.
Hinata laughed quietly at the girl's brightness. "Of course, Seitsuki. I-It was my pleasure."
Seitsuki chuckled a bit. Hinata was clearly starting to feel more comfortable around her since she wasn't stuttering that much. "No, really! I mean it! This couldn't have been easy for you."
Hinata tilted her head slightly, "What do y-you mean?"
Seitsuki gave her a small smile, "I mean that.. Well I'm the strange new girl and from the little that everyone has seen of me.. Well I'd hardly blame you if you thought I was completely crazy." She said with a sad, quiet laugh at the end.
Seitsuki didn't like the impression that everyone had started with, she wasn't herself at all when she woke up. She was still dealing with the big trauma from remembering everything. But now she was trying to let that behind her as fast as she could, in hopes that she'd be able to actually belong here.
Seitsuki continued, "I know that none of you guys know me.. So it can't be easy to trust me or just suddenly be friendly towards me. Between never really coming in the village much while I was growing up, and my entire clan being gone and disappearing for almost five years.. I guess I'm kind of an outcast." Seitsuki kept her smile in spite of all her words. She hoped that if she did, she'd be able to ignore that depression that hit her from saying all of this.
"T-That's not true!" Hinata suddenly exclaimed with a serious look on her face.
Seitsuki looked at the girl with complete shock. Up until this point, Hinata was so quiet and just smiled. But now the look of determination on her face made her seem much more bold.
Hinata continued, "I-I'll admit that I was a little afraid of coming today.. B-But that's only because I couldn't imagine what it'd be like to go through what you have! I was afraid that I'd upset you.. O-Or that you'd feel that you didn't want to be around anyone. But today you showed me how kind and friendly you are.. Y-you aren't an outcast! Everyone in this village will accept you with open arms! That's Konoha's way!"
Seitsuki stood there and looked at the girl with shock and slight tears in her eyes. This quiet and shy girl had opened up to speak so fondly of the village and Seitsuki herself.. There's no way that Seitsuki would, or could, possibly doubt the girl's words.
Seeing the tears shinning in Seitsuki's eyes, Hinata quickly looked away with a deep blush on her face. "I-I'm so sorry!.. I.. T-That was r-rude.. I sh-shouldn't have y-yelled like that.. I-I'm so-sorry that I upset you.."
At that Seitsuki started laughing and let a few tears fall from her eyes before she wiped them away. Hinata looked up at the girl, a little shocked and nervous by her reaction.
"I'm not upset." Seitsuki said as she wiped away the last of the tears. "I'm just happy." Seitsuki said with a bright smile crossing her face.
Naruto rolled his eyes at Sasuke's response, "That hardly tells us anything!"
Sasuke would have turned to glare at Naruto, but he was too wrapped up in his own sense of happiness. It had been so long since any memories of the past had brought a smile to his face, and he wanted to hold onto that for a bit longer. Screw Naruto. He'd just ignore him for now, as usual.
Sakura was now also looking down, getting more and more depressed over Sasuke's words. He already thought so highly of her, and she'd only been back for a little over a week. At this rate, she'd have no chance with Sasuke..
Kakashi laughed at Naruto's response to Sasuke's words. But what Sasuke had said only confirmed what he already knew, that Seitsuki was acting as a light for Sasuke. If Sasuke really believed that she was still pure, then maybe she really could pull him from the darkness. "Naruto has a point." Kakashi said with a laugh.
Sasuke looked up now, his face completely blank as usual. "I guess." Sasuke replied with a shrug.
"Come on, Sasuke! Tell us about her!" Naruto whined, slightly annoyed with the silence.
Sasuke tried to think of words to describe the girl that he couldn't get out of his mind since her return. "She's.. really energetic." He said the first word that came to his mind.
"Like she likes to run around a lot and stuff?" Naruto asked brightly, happy that Sasuke was actually responding.
Sasuke shook his head, "I wouldn't say that exactly.. I guess playful might be a better word.. Or maybe curious."
Kakashi laughed a little as he tried to follow Sasuke's train of thought. It was funny how Sasuke just couldn't seem to come to an answer of something so simple.
Naruto just pouted, "You're not making much sense!" He grumbled with annoyance.
Kakashi smiled, "Maybe you can try to explain."
Sasuke sighed, this was much harder than he thought it would be. "She just.. She likes to try everything."
Naruto smiled big, "So she'll actually want to hang out with us?" He loved the idea of having someone else around for their every day actives.
"I wouldn't go that far, she'll want to hang out with cooler people than you!" Sakura finally spoke up and rolled her eyes at Naruto. She meant was she said, but it was more like she didn't want Seitsuki to want to hang around with them. But she knew that it was inevitable, considering the fact that Sasuke would want her around.
"H-Hey!" Naruto said with a pout.
Just then Sasuke turned his head to hear the familiar laugh of the very girl they had just been talking about. He leaned back slightly to look outside of the ramen stand, past Kakashi, to get a better look. Seitsuki was walking down the street with Hinata. Clearly they had just left from shopping somewhere. The two girls were talking and Seitsuki had a big smile across her face. She looked so different now that she was out of that hospital gown. She seemed full of life now, as opposed to her depression before.
As Sasuke was looking at them, Seitsuki had looked forward to see Team 7 sitting at the stand. A bigger smile spread across her face as she saw Sasuke looking at her, and she ran towards him. "Sasuke!" She exclaimed happily.
"W-Wait up!" Hinata said as she hurried after Seitsuki.
Sasuke turned in his seat, now facing outside of Ichiraku's to meet the girl. She ran up to him and smiled big, holding up the bags in her hands. "I got clothes!"
Sasuke let his signature smirk go across his face, it was the closest he'd allow to anyone seeing a smile. He looked over to Hinata for a quick moment as she caught up to stand beside Seitsuki, noticing the bags in her hands as well. "Clearly. You should try not to spend all our money in one day." He said, with his normal monotone voice.
But Seitsuki knew better than to take him seriously. "I can spend as much as my half as I want!" She said before she stuck her tongue out at him, causing the smirk to come back to Sasuke's face.
Kakashi laughed and turned to face the girl as well. "I don't think we've been properly introduced." He held out his hand to her, "I'm Kakashi Hatake, and I'll be your teacher."
Seitsuki looked down to his hand before she placed one of her bags on Sasuke's lap, forcing him to hold it. She used that hand to shake Kakashi's, "I'm so pleased to meet you! I'm Seitsuki Uchiha. But I guess you already know that." She said with a nervous laugh as she retreated her hand to nervously scratch the back of her head.
Naruto turned as well to get a better look of the girl. "Hey, Hinata! And it's nice to meet you Seitsuki!" Naruto said from his seat.
"H-H-Hi Naruto!.." Hinata said before she looked down with a huge blush on her face. Seitsuki just looked over to him a smiled! "Hi! I don't think I've caught your name."
At this Naruto just smiled big, "I'm Naruto Uzumaki! And you're looking at the next Hokage! Believe it!" He said with a chuckle at the end.
Seitsuki smirked and raised an eyebrow at that, "Really? Well I hope you can back that statement up!" She said with a laugh and Naruto just smirked back. Seitsuki looked over to the silent pink-haired girl sitting between Sasuke and Naruto. She had only turned her head just enough to look at Seitsuki.
Seitsuki could sense that she didn't really want to talk to her, but she felt the need to introduce herself anyway. So Seitsuki put on her best smile and held her hand out to the girl, "Hi there! I'm Seitsuki Uchiha! I assume you're the only girl on the team, so it's nice to meet you!"
Sakura couldn't just get over how upset she was over Sasuke's reaction to this girl, but she knew that it wouldn't make anything better if she was rude to her. Especially in front of Sasuke. Sakura turned and put on her best fake smile, "I'm Sakura Haruno. It's nice to meet you too." She said as she shook the girl's hand.
It was quick and Seitsuki quickly retreated her hand, she could tell her presence was unwanted from Sakura. Kakashi spoke up quickly, sensing that there could be tension. "So it looks like you bought all the clothes you'll need." He said with a smile.
Seitsuki returned the smile, "Yeah! I made poor Hinata here go through all these clothes with me, isn't that right?" She said looking over to the pale eyed girl. But she was just staring at the floor, clearly nervous about something. Hinata nodded quitetly, keeping her gaze down.
Kakashi laughed, "Well I'm sure you girls must be hungry then."
"Why don't you guys join us?!" Naruto quickly exclaimed, finishing Kakashi's thought.
Seitsuki laughed nervously, already knowing that Sakura probably didn't want that. "O-Oh.. We don't want to intrude.." Seitsuki said as she eyed Hinata.
"It's fine! We were going to invite you anyway!" Naruto said as he got up and took that bag from Seitsuki's hand and then both from Hinata before sitting back down.
Seitsuki looked nervously over to Kakashi, "Are you sure that's okay?"
Kakashi could tell what was bothering Seitsuki and he was slightly impressed by her ability to read the room. But they'd all need to be a team, "Of course it is. It's my treat, for both of you."
"O-Okay then!" Seitsuki said as she took a seat next to Naruto, and then Hinata next to her.
Hinata sat quietly with a blush across her face, as she pushed her two fingers together. Seitsuki just sat with her hand on her lap as she looked down at the counter, clearly nervous. Naruto sat with a smile as he looked over to Seitsuki, ready to ask her a series of questions. Sakura looked very annoyed at Naruto for insisting that Seitsuki join them. Sasuke just looked at the counter, his eyes shifting to Seitsuki over and over. He obviously wanted to be closer to her, but he wouldn't dare say it. And Kakashi sat on the end, looking over the group as he ordered two more bowls of Ramen for them.
'This will be fun.' Kakashi thought with a smirk.