Chapter 20: Love Blossoms (Part 3)
"Where are you all going?" Sasuke was curious where everybody were going.
"We're going to the training grounds." Rebecca replied.
"Oh..."
"You want to come along?"
"...It's aright."
"Don't you dare plan to escape or burn down the headquarters or you're so dead the next time we get you." Kakuzu warned.
"Come on, just come with us." Rebecca pulled Sasuke along with them.
"They sure are getting comfortable with each other." Jonathan said with a pinch of jealously.
"Stop feeling jealous. You've got Hinata anyway." Regina reminded.
"And you got Itachi!" Jonathan shouted and ran to Hinata's side.
"Just you wait till later, I'll definitely use my nails against you." Regina thought.
"Why am I coming along with you people?" Sasuke asked.
"Because you have nothing to do in the headquarters anyway, coming out to train with us is much more productive." Rebecca grinned.
"I don't want to be at the same place as Itachi."
"You've been sleeping under the same roof as him for a few days already, why are you complaining now? Anyway he'll be training with nee-chan so it's alright. They'll be quite far away from us."
Sasuke kept quiet and Rebecca just continued pulling his hand walking ahead of everybody.
"So what are you training on today?" Sasuke kept asking questions about the training.
"We're training on our skills using our weapons. Then in the afternoon we'll train to use our elements with our weapons."
"Oh."
"Then in the evening, we'll start fighting each other." Regina interrupted.
"That's right. Just a friendly match though. Well, unless Itachi is fighting with nee-chan or if nee-chan is fighting against nii-chan." Rebecca added.
"What about you?" Sasuke asked.
"Just sit by the side and watch."
Sasuke looked at the side of Rebecca's face for a very long time till Rebecca looked at him too, "Haha, I was just joking. Everyone doesn't really go all the way when they're up against me. They think I'm still young and everything so... yea, that's about it."
"Don't you think they're being unfair?"
"Nah, it is ok for them to think I'm still young. They'll give in to me all the time! Well, except for nee-chan though. She treats everybody the same. Worse if she doesn't like you."
"Alright, let's not waste anymore time, split up into groups with your own sensei." Pein ordered and strolled off with Konan.
"Well, so I'm going. Itachi's training me first." Rebecca excused herself.
"Right, then I'll just walk around first." Sasuke told Rebecca.
"How about being my teacher for a day? You use the sword to right? You'll just have to correct my movements and comment on the amount of strength I used when I wield the sword."
"...Would that be alright?"
"It should fine. Itachi would probably appreciate to have some time off to watch nee-chan."
"I'll wait here for you while you go inform Itachi."
"Sure!" Rebecca ran off to inform Itachi while Sasuke just watched her from behind and began to observe the surrounding.
In the evening, when everybody was gathering around and getting prepared for the match.
"Rebecca and Sasuke, the two of you shall have a match first." Pein instructed.
"Yes sir!" Rebecca shouted while Sasuke look dumbfounded.
"Why should I?" Sasuke questioned.
"Just get up there and stop wasting all our time." Regina complained.
Sasuke frowned and went up into the middle of the training grounds with Rebecca.
"Don't worry; I won't use my full ability against you." Sasuke said to Rebecca.
"It's okay if you use all your strength. I learned how to heal with my chakra so I also know how to protect myself with chakra as well."
"Let's begin." Pein interrupted.
Rebecca took out her swords and made use of her water element and elongated her sword as well as making it wider. She froze the water on her sword into ice to make it sharper while she was running towards Sasuke for her first attack.
But when she wields her sword towards Sasuke, all she hit was a log. Sasuke had use the replacement jutsu and switched places with a log. He appeared behind Rebecca and was about to attack her but Rebecca turned around in time and accidentally pushed him down to the ground.
Sasuke grabbed for the nearest thing which happens to be Rebecca and he pulled her along with him and tumbled onto the ground. Nobody could make out what had happened in the few seconds but all they could see was Rebecca lying on top of Sasuke and their lips were touching each other.
Rebecca stared with her eyes wide open and pushed herself off Sasuke and ran off towards the headquarters out of embarrassment.
"We need to talk." Konan said and dragged Sasuke to room, when Sasuke came out he was as white as a sheet of paper.
"We need to talk as well." Jonathan said and dragged Sasuke into the same room that Konan dragged him into. Sasuke came out paler than before.
"Poor Sasuke," Regina whisper to herself. Sasuke quickly ran to Rebecca's room and knock on the door.
"Who's there?" Rebecca asked.
"It's me, Sasuke. We need to talk." Sasuke replied.
"Sorry Rebecca is not in at the moment please leave a message after the tone, beep."
"Please open the door now."
"Thank you, your message will be send to Rebecca in ten years time"
As Itachi passed by Sasuke he open the door and said "Foolish little brother, the door was not even lock." Itachi then turned round and went back to his room.
Sasuke ignored Itachi and walked in then turned to Rebecca and said, "Rebecca we need to talk."
"Why the hell are you in my room?" Rebecca exclaimed.
"Well the last time I checked, I sleep in this room too." Regina said behind Sasuke.
"Not you nee-chan I mean Sasuke."
"Hey, you are right what are you doing in our room Sasuke? The last time I checked, you don't sleep here anymore." Regina asked and before Sasuke could open his mouth, Regina kicked him out of the room and slammed the door. Sasuke knock on the door again and Regina opens the door and asked "What do you want?"
"I need to talk to Rebecca." Sasuke stated.
"Rebecca is not in at the moment." Regina replied in a nonchalant tone.
"But I just saw her in the room."
"She just went out of the window."
"..." Sasuke went out of the headquarters in search of Rebecca in the forest and found Rebecca in the training grounds.
"Rebecca, we need to talk." Sasuke said from behind.
Rebecca ignored him and continued practicing.
"I'm sorry for what happened earlier." Sasuke apologised.
"It wasn't entirely your fault." Rebecca blushed when she remembered the scene earlier on.
"I'm still very sorry."
"You don't have to apologise as I was partly at fault too for bumping into you which made you fell. It's a human reaction to grab something near us to make ourselves steady again. A pity this time it didn't work out as wanted."
"So you're not angry at me?"
"No."
"Then why aren't you looking at me at all?" Rebecca kept training without stopping to look at Sasuke even once.
"..."
"I knew you're still angry."
"I'm not." Rebecca said after a pause, "I'm just embarrassed."
"Oh... I'm sorry for being insensitive of how you're feeling."
"It's alright. I mean, that's why guys are from mars and girls from venus."
"But you don't have to be embarrassed since the people here are already like your family."
"That was my first kiss." Rebecca blushed crimson red.
"I'm truly sorry. I'll make sure that it'll never happen again."
"Oh... Right, okay." Rebecca looked dissapointed.
Sasuke caught a glimpse of her face and his face brightened up.
"Well that is unless you want it to happen again..." Sasuke said very slowly while observing Rebecca's expressions.
Rebecca face turned red once more and glanced up Sasuke to see him grinning.
She frowned and punched him lightly on the shoulder.
They made up and headed back to the headquarters.
Back at the headquarters
"And where have you been?" Jonathan questioned.
"The forest." Rebecca answered while walking back to her room. She walked out and asked, "Where is nee-chan?"
"She went out with Itachi."
"Oh."
"Hello, Rebecca I see that you're back as well," Regina said from behind.
"Nee-chan, I thought you went out with Itachi?"
"I did, but I came back first." Regina grinned.
"Oh."
The next morning
"Good morning." Rebecca greeted.
"I'm very hungry." Jonathan complained.
"Who cares, I'm not hungry." Regina scowled.
"I care." Jonathan retorted.
"But we don't." Rebecca interrupted in the conversation.
"Exactly." Regina backed her up. "So, what are we going to do now?"
"I don't know."
"I know I know, let's eat." Jonathan jumped to catch their attention.
"NO!" Regina shouted at him.
"I don't know about you but I'm going to train." Rebecca said while walking out of the headquarters.
"Hey, wait for me!" Regina followed Rebecca out.
"I'm going as well!" Sasuke shouted from behind and ran out after them.
Jonathan slumped on the chair hungrily since Hinata was out with Konan to do the shopping and the rest of the Akatsuki settling their own matters.
At the forest, they met Itachi who seems to be waiting for a long time.
"Hey, Regina want to go out with me?" Itachi asked Regina out on a date eagerly.
"Alright." Regina replied after some consideration.
"Nee-chan you are going to leave me here all alone?" Rebecca complained.
"You are not alone you have Sasuke with you."
"B-but..."
"No buts." Regina cut her off and left with Itachi.
"Fine, I'm going back to the headquarters." Rebecca sulked.
"Are you sure you want to do that?"
"What do you mean?" Rebecca asked.
"Well your nii-san is currently making a big fuss that he's hungry, so unless you want to torture your ears then, fine go back." Regina shrugged her shoulders as she walked on.
"No way."
"Continue with your training then."
"Never."
"Too bad." Regina said.
"Let's just walk around first and wait till Konan and Hinata comes back before going back to the headquarters." Sasuke took Rebecca's hands in his and walk around in the forest.