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Chapter Seven

Rei woke up and got dressed. She took an apple and headed to the training grounds where she was supposed to meet her team. About halfway to the training grounds she saw someone standing against a wall. As she got closer and saw who it was she frowned. Sasuke stood there apparently waiting for someone and she knew who he was waiting for. Still, she chose to ignore him as she was still a bit upset about the previous night. She walked past him without turning to look at him, but he began to walk with her. Still, she did not acknowledge him. She heard him sigh next to her.

"Rei, about last night –"

"Don't."

Sasuke looked at her, but she didn't look at him instead she began to walk faster. Sasuke sighed as he stopped walking. So she was still upset. He didn't blame her. He had been harsh with her, but as he thought about how he should apologize he wondered why he was even thinking of apologizing. It was indeed the first time he had ever even considered doing something so…nice. However, she was the only normal one out of his team and he wanted her to stay that way.

Soon Rei reached the training grounds and was glad to see Naruto's smiling face. It was much better than a scowling Sasuke. Kakashi wasn't there yet, as usual and she noticed that Sakura seemed upset. She wondered if it was because of her not spending time with her. She shrugged it off and went over to where Naruto was standing.

"Hi Rei-chan!"

"Hi Naruto-kun so, Kakashi-sensei isn't here?"

"No, he's probably going to be late again. He always is." Naruto said annoyed.

Rei sighed. She knew he would be late, but she had hoped that for once he would be on time. She really didn't want to stay with a brooding Sasuke and a grumpy Sakura. At least she still had Naruto. She sighed again and turned to look at Naruto as she was intent on ignoring everyone but Naruto for the day. She really had no option as she knew Sakura was upset and Sasuke was probably still in his jerk mode as she liked to call it. She began to talk with Naruto and after a while Kakashi arrived.

"Hello! Sorry for being late. You see I was on my way here when I ran into a little girl and-"

"LIAR!" Naruto and Rei said.

Kakashi noticed that Sakura, who usually screamed at him as well, was unusually quiet. He glanced at Sasuke and saw that he was looking at Rei and frowning. He wondered what had happened, but decided that he would find out soon. Even if he didn't he trusted his students to solve their own problems.

"Well, today we have a C-rank mission. It should be simple."

"What is the mission about?" Rei inquired.

"We are supposed to take care of some thugs that have been causing trouble in a nearby town. It won't take long, but it will be a good chance for you guys to practice your fighting skills. It shouldn't be too dangerous as it is just a couple of thugs."

"When are we leaving?" Naruto asked.

"As soon as you guys are ready."

"Alright then let's go!"

Naruto grabbed Rei and dragged her away towards the village gate. Rei sighed as she was dragged away. Soon the others had caught up with them and they were all traveling together. After a while of traveling they reached the town. Kakashi talked to the one that had hired them and made arrangements. The sun would go down soon and so they would begin their mission in the morning. They asked around the town about the thugs and went to rest at an inn. Rei and Sakura shared a room and so did Sasuke and Naruto.

Rei and Sakura settled into their room and Sakura remained silent. Rei wondered how long she would keep this up. Was Sasuke really that important to her? Hell she could have him if she wanted. Still, she knew she had to say something.

"Sakura, are you alright? You've been so quiet lately…"

Sakura turned to look at her and Rei could see the anger that she had been holding back during the whole trip. She glared at Rei.

"How could you take Sasuke away like that!?! I thought we were friends! You lied to me to et me out of the way so that you could spend time with him. How could you do something like that!?!"

"What are you talking about? I didn't want to take Sasuke away from you and I didn't want to get rid of you. That night Sasuke walked me home we ran into Ino and Sasuke had to lie to her to get away from her. He said he would show me around the village so that he wouldn't have to go out with her I never asked him to do it."

"Stop lying!"

"I'm not lying. Why do you care so much? I don't like Sasuke and I don't wan to take him away from you. All I want is to be friends with him so that we could function better as a team. I want to be friends with all of you and be a good team."

"You just want Sasuke-kun for yourself! After all the time I've spent trying to get him to go out with me I won't let you steal him!"

Rei was really upset by now. How could she worry so much about some guy she liked and so little about her mission.

"Well, maybe if you were a true shinobi and didn't spend all of your time trying to seduce him he would pay more attention to you instead of trying to run away from you. You should be ashamed of yourself. You may know all of the rules and theories by heart, but it's of no use if you can't remember that the most important thing is your mission and teamwork. Why don't you grow up and then see if he likes you better."

With that she left slamming the door behind her and leaving a fuming Sakura behind.

End Chapter Seven

Hope you guys liked it and sorry for the shortness, but I've been busy studying for my AP exams. I'll try to update soon. Please review, the sooner you review the sooner I update and the more reviews I receive the more I write. Sayonara!