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Chapter Three
Rei woke up the next day and got ready to go train with her new team. She showered and got dressed. She smiled as she placed her new Konoha headband on her forehead. She had a quick breakfast and left her house. As she stepped out she realized that she wasn't completely sure of where she was supposed to meet the others. She sighed and hurried to try and find the others. She would have to ask one of them to help her find her way around town.
Sasuke, Naruto, and Sakura were waiting for Rei and Kakashi in the training field. They were used to Kakashi showing up late, but they had thought that Rei would show up in time since it was her first day working with them. They stood there waiting for them to arrive and after much waiting something occurred to Naruto.
"Hey, you guys, what if Rei-chan is lost?"
Sasuke and Sakura looked at each other. They had to admit that it was highly possible that she was lost, after all it was her first day walking around the village by herself. They sighed, they would have to go look for her.
"Well, we should go look for her, but what if Kakashi-sensei arrives and we're not here?" Sakura said.
"He can wait for us for once since he's always making us wait." Naruto said.
"Alright, then how about we split up and look for her. We can meet back here in half an hour."
They nodded and split up.
By now Rei was upset with herself for getting lost and being late on her first day with her new team. She looked at the clock and saw that she was already late for about an hour. She sighed and gave up. She sat down on some stairs and sighed. She figured since she was already late she might as well rest for a few minutes before starting off again.
She stood up to leave and was about to start off again when she felt someone watching her. She turned around and saw a boy around her age standing in front of her. He was wearing a green jumpsuit and had a red Konoha headband around his waist. She couldn't help but notice his hair and eyebrows. His eyebrows were large to say the least. Still, she smiled as she really didn't know who this guy was, but he seemed nice enough. Besides, she really needed help at the moment.
"Hello, are you new here? I haven't seen you around here before."
"Yes, I just arrived yesterday. My name is Rei Hatori."
"I am Rock Lee. It is a pleasure to meet you. Are you a Gennin?"
"Yes, I am. In fact I was supposed to meet my team in the training grounds, but I got lost on the way."
"I could help you if you want. I could take you to the training grounds."
"I would be very grateful if you could."
"This way please."
Rei smiled and thanked God she had run into Lee. She only wished she could have met him sooner, then she wouldn't be so late. As they walked they talked and she saw that he was really nice and polite. He asked where she was from and was very interested in her story. She in turn found out that he specialized in Taijutsu. He seemed to be proud of what he had accomplished through his hard work and she could see that he greatly admired his Sensei. She wondered what his sensei was like and how strong he was. Before she could ask him anything about him she heard someone calling her name.
"Rei-chan!"
She turned and saw Naruto running towards her. She stopped along with Lee and Naruto stopped in front of her.
"There you are. I've been looking everywhere for you. Sasuke and Sakura-chan are looking for you too."
Rei smiled sheepishly.
"Sorry about that. I got lost while I was on my way to the training grounds. Luckily I ran into Lee and he offered to help me."
Naruto looked over at Lee. Apparently he hadn't noticed that he was there.
"Oh, hey, bushy-brows! Thanks for helping Rei-chan."
Rei got a sweatdrop at hearing Lee's nickname.
"Well, we should go Rei-chan. We're supposed to meet back in half an hour."
They waved at Lee as they left.
"Hey, Naruto-kun, sorry for being late."
"Don't worry about it. Kakashi-sensei is always late and he never has a good excuse. It wasn't your fault that you were late."
They arrived at the training grounds and saw the other two waiting for them. Rei smiled and rubbed the back of her head as they approached them.
"Sorry for being late. I got lost on my way here."
"It's alright. At least we had something to do while we waited for Kakashi-sensei." Sakura said.
"You mean he hasn't arrived?"
"He has a habit of being late."
A while later Kakashi finally showed up. After getting scolded for being late by Naruto and Sakura he told them about their mission.
"We are supposed to deliver these documents to another village. It's not too far from here and it should be an easy mission. You should go gather your things and we will meet here in three hours. You are dismissed."
With that he left in a cloud of smoke.
"Man, he made us come here just to tell us that?" Naruto complained.
"Well, it's not like he hasn't done that before." Sakura replied.
"Yeah, I guess." Naruto said, then he got an idea.
Naruto turned to look at Rei hoping that he would be able to walk her home. If he was lucky she would ask him to show her around the village.
"Hey, Rei-chan, do you-" He was cut off by Sasuke.
"Come on, I'll take you home so you don't get lost again." He said in his usual neutral tone of voice.
"Thank you Sasuke. Bye Naruto-kun, Sakura-chan."
Naruto watched in despair as Rei walked away with Sasuke while Sakura watched in horror as her beloved Sasuke-kun left with another girl. She cursed her luck.
'Why couldn't we get another guy in the team?' She thought.
Sasuke and Rei walked in silence. Rei didn't really mind. At least Sasuke had been nice enough to help her. She was going to ask Naruto, but she didn't want to bother him. Luckily Sasuke had offered although she didn't know why.
Sasuke walked next to Rei glancing at her from time to time. He was confused by his actions. He wondered what had made him offer to help this girl. Well, at least they were almost at her house. They arrived and she turned to look at him. She smiled and Sasuke found himself tempted to do the same.
"Thank you for helping me Sasuke. I guess I'll see you later."
She turned to go into her house, but for some reason Sasuke spoke again even though he had done what he was supposed to.
"If you want I can come back for you later and we can go beck together."
Rei stood there looking at him strangely. Why was he being so nice? She was confused, but she couldn't deny that she really needed the help.
By now Sasuke was ready to beat the crap out of whatever part of his mind that had made him say that. Still, he couldn't go back now.
"That's alright I don't want to bother you anymore. You've done enough for me already. Thank you Sasuke."
"It's fine by me. We're heading to the same place so it doesn't matter."
"Well, okay then. I'll see you later."
She went inside and Sasuke walked away.
'Why the hell did I just do that? Why do I care if she gets lost? Dammit, now I have to come back.'
Later that day Rei was waiting for Sasuke to show up. She was done packing and she was sitting outside her house. She looked up at the sky.
'Looks like it's going to rain.' She thought.
Sasuke was walking to Rei's house when he heard someone running behind him. He turned around and saw Naruto. He stopped when he saw Sasuke.
"What are you doing here? Shouldn't you be at the training grounds?"
"I could say the same for you, loser."
Naruto glared and Sasuke just walked off.
"Hey, where are you going?"
"I told Rei I would take her to the training grounds."
Naruto couldn't believe it. He wanted to walk with Rei that's why he wasn't at the training grounds. He was heading to her house.
"Where are you headed?" Sasuke asked.
"I was going to see Rei-chan and walk with her so that she doesn't get lost."
"Well, you don't have to do that anymore. I'll take care of it."
Sasuke walked off and Naruto followed. Sasuke didn't bother with arguing as he knew how stubborn Naruto could be. They reached Rei's home a few minutes later and saw her sitting out in front. She looked surprised when she saw the two boys.
"Hi Rei-chan!"
"Hi Naruto-kun. What are you doing here?"
"I thought I should come see if you needed help getting back to our meeting spot."
"Well, Sasuke offered to take me, but you're welcome to walk with us." She said smiling.
Naruto smiled and Sasuke just stayed silent. In truth he was a bit annoyed at Naruto's intrusion, but he didn't know why. He looked at Rei.
"Let's go."
And so the three shinobi left to meet Sakura and Kakashi. They were about to depart on a mission that they would always remember, a mission that would claim their remaining sanity.
End Chapter Three
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