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Chapter Six

Rei woke up and laid in bed for a while. She sighed and got up after she looked at the clock by her bed. It was a quarter to ten, she supposed she should get up. She stretched and took a shower. She got dressed and didn't remember that she had a previous arrangement for that day. However she was reminded of this when she heard someone calling. She went to se who it was and the previous night suddenly played in her mind. She had forgotten that Sasuke would pick her up at ten to show her around town. She was lucky to have woken up early enough for her to get dressed.

Sasuke looked at Rei and saw that she had obviously forgotten about their previous arrangement. He could tell because when she opened the door she had looked at him with a puzzled look which was replaced by a look of comprehension followed by an attempt at her usual expression. He sighed as he was annoyed by the fact that she had forgotten.

"You forgot about me showing you around didn't you?" He said annoyed.

"No, of course not! Just let me get some of my things."

She didn't give Sasuke a chance to answer as she shot into her house and disappeared from Sasuke's sight. He sighed and stepped in. He walked to where he heard some noise and found her searching her room for her shuriken holster. She looked up at him and grinned.

"Sorry. I suppose you already guessed that I forgot." She said sheepishly.

He sighed.

"Just hurry up."

A while later they were finally able to leave. They had some breakfast and Sasuke showed her around. He took her to the Academy and showed her the marketplace. Sasuke then took her to the top of the Hokage statues overlooking the village. They had a very good view of the village. Sasuke used this to point out the other important places of the village. They walked back to the marketplace and went to Icharaku ramen to get lunch.

"Thanks for showing me around Sasuke."

"Hn, it's not like I had a choice, after all I said I would."

"But, you did have a choice. You didn't have to do this if you didn't want to. I appreciate it."

She smiled even though on the inside she wanted to smack Sasuke for acting so smug. But, luckily for him, she knew by now that he wasn't the type of person that would show that he had willingly helped someone. He was the type of person that could save your life and say that he had done it out of boredom not because he wanted to. He knew him because she could relate to him. She had once felt like him, but she had discovered that there was no point in avoiding people and keeping your feelings locked inside. She had found out that pushing people away only prolonged her pain instead of making her stronger like she had initially thought. She had at first seen friends as useless connections that only served to make you weaker and intrude in your life, but she had changed and she was happier now.

Sasuke looked at Rei and felt the sudden urge to smile back, but managed to catch himself in time. What the hell was he thinking? Since when did he smile at girls he had just met? Since when did he smile? He sighed. She was definitely a strange person if she could get him to smile. He stuffed his mouth with ramen to keep himself from doing something out of character. As he ate he tried to ignore the strange looks she was giving him.

They left the shop and began to walk back to Rei's house. On the way they ran into Sakura. She walked up to them and turned to Rei.

"Rei-chan, I thought you said you were busy today." She said suspiciously.

Rei laughed nervously. She had forgotten that Sakura had asked her to spend some time with her. She had told her that she had to finish arranging her things at home, but that was before Sasuke said he would show her around and with Sasuke there was no use arguing.

"Well, actually, I was going to spend the day cleaning up my house, but Sasuke offered to show me around the village."

Rei missed Sasuke signaling for her to stop. He sighed when she told Sakura that he had offered to help her. He watched in despair as Sakura got an evil look and felt the killing intent emanating from her.

"Oh, did he? Well, I hope you enjoy yourselves. I have to go pick up some things for my mom. I'll see you tomorrow." With that she left.

Rei stood there looking a bit puzzled since Sakura had sounded a bit strange. It was like she was upset, but why? She turned to look at Sasuke and saw him glaring at her.

"What? What's wrong?"

"Great job, now we have to listen to her incessant whining tomorrow."

He walked away and Rei looked at him wondering what he was talking about.

"Hurry up, I don't have time to wait for you."

Rei frowned and walked up to him thinking that he didn't have to be so rude.

"What do you mean about Sakura whining?"

Sasuke sighed, he hated explaining this type of thing.

"She's always trying to get me to go out with her like Ino and most of the other girls. She'll be upset tomorrow."

Rei tried to hold in her laughter, but couldn't. She laughed while Sasuke glared at her. As he watched the girl laugh he thought that he would like nothing more than to kill her. She stopped laughing and wiped a tear from her eye.

"You mean you have a fan club?" She said smirking.

Sasuke glared at her. Maybe if he glared hard enough he could burn her to a crisp. It was worth a shot.

"Wow, I had no idea you were so popular."

"Shut up." He turned around and began to walk.

Rei followed after him.

"Oh, come on. I was just kidding. You're so serious, you should really lighten up and talk more to people. You know, make a few friends."

Sasuke had had enough of this girl. He turned to look at her and grabbed her by her shirt.

"Shut up. Don't talk about things that you know nothing about. It might be easy for you to be happy, but not for me. I have no use for friends or companions. I am an avenger and my purpose is to avenge my clan. Because of this I can't afford to be soft like you and the other worthless people like you. My goal is to kill the person that wiped out my clan and to do that I must be strong so I have no time for you or anyone else."

He let her go and she just looked at him, but there was something different in the way she looked at him. Her eyes looked different, they were no longer full of joy, but they held a look of sorrow and pain. He was amazed at how much they resembled his own.

"You're wrong Sasuke. Just because you have led a hard life doesn't mean that you are the only one that has suffered. My life has been filled with sorrow as well because I am also alone, but there is no use in living with that pain. I was once like you. I thought that people were worthless and that they only served to make others weak with their foolish bonds, but I saw that I was wrong. People don't make you weak, their bonds make you stronger. They give you something to fight for, to live for, and to become stronger to protect. There is also someone I want to kill, but I won't let my life revolve around him. I want to lead my own life without regrets and I know that if I only lived to kill him that I would regret it. So you see, I know how you feel."

She began to walk away to her home. She stopped.

"I'm sorry for wasting your time." She said without turning to look at Sasuke and left.

Sasuke stood there thinking about what she had said. So she was similar to him. So she had also suffered and was also alone. Sasuke sighed and turned to go home. He felt bad for having been so harsh with Rei, but he thought that it would be better to wait until the next day to talk to her. As much as he hated to he would have to apologize. He had to admit that he had really screwed up this time.

Rei arrived at home and began to work on unpacking the rest of her stuff. She did this for the rest of the day and then went to bed. As she laid there she thought about what Sasuke had said. She had been surprised to learn about his ambitions and now understood why he was so serious all of the time, but she was also upset with him. She knew how he felt, but she also knew that he was wrong. She knew that it was wrong of him to live for the sole purpose of revenge.

She sighed and turned in her bed. She wished she could make him understand that he should forget about revenge and just enjoy life. She was mad at him because of how he had reacted. She had only wanted to help because she knew that even though he said he didn't need anyone he was probably suffering on the inside. She knew that he must feel lonely and sad. That was why she wanted to help him and before she fell asleep she decided that she would become his friend no matter what.

End Chapter Six

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