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Chapter Ten

Sasuke took out a kunai and ran towards the enemy. The man smirked as he thought that Sasuke was foolish to try to attack him from the front. Suddenly Sasuke disappeared from the man's vision. He was surprised when he appeared in front of him and slashed at him. The man managed to block it, but Sasuke twisted in the air and kicked him on the side. The man fell back a few feet. As he stood up Sasuke threw some kunai at him and the man was pinned to a tree behind him. Sasuke smirked and knocked out the man.

After he had taken care of him he went over to where Rei was. He crouched down next to her and checked to see if she was fine. He sighed and picked her up. He left the man tied up and the thugs trapped by Rei's jutsu as he left to find Kakashi.

Soon he found Kakashi with Naruto and Sakura. They had managed to capture the other thugs and the rogue shinobi. They were all surprised when they saw Sasuke carrying Rei.

"What happened to Rei-chan?" Naruto asked worried.

"We ran into the other thugs and they were accompanied by a rogue shinobi. We managed to capture them and I left them back where we fought. Rei should be fine in a while, she just needs to rest."

"Well, then we better head back to the inn." Kakashi said.

"Shouldn't we turn in the criminals?" Sakura inquired.

"Rei has to rest. The criminals won't go anywhere." Sasuke said coldly.

Sakura frowned wondering why he cared so much about the girl.

"Sasuke's right, we should let her rest. You guys head back to the inn and I'll turn in the thugs."

Kakashi left and they headed back to the inn. Sasuke took Rei to her room and laid her on the bed. He removed her weapons and shoes and covered her with the bed sheets. Naruto helped him and then left to his room. Sakura watched with envy as Sasuke helped her.

"Let her rest for a while. She'll be fine, she just needs to sleep." With that Sasuke left.

A while later Rei woke up in her own bed. She sat up and found that her neck hurt a bit. Then she remembered what had happened and wondered how she had gotten there. The door opened and Sakura stepped in and stopped when she saw Rei.

"How do you feel?" She asked.

"I'm fine. My neck just hurts a bit. How did I get here?"

"Sasuke-kun carried you here."

Rei raised an eyebrow in surprise. She just couldn't picture Sasuke doing something so…nice. She stood up shakily and went outside.

"Hey, where are you going, Sasuke-kun said you should rest."

"And since when is he a medic-nin?" She said as she kept walking.

Rei walked down the hall and stepped outside. She decided to go for a walk. As she was about to walk off into town someone called out to her. She turned around to meet the person.

"You should be resting." Sasuke said in his usual tone.

"Yeah, well, I got bored with just lying there doing nothing, so I decided to take a walk." She said smiling.

Sasuke smirked.

"What's this, you actually have another expression aside from scowling?"

"Shut up." He said, although he was still smirking.

"Well, come on. I'll join you in your walk."

"Aww, are you worried about me?" She said mockingly.

"No, I just want to make sure you don't pick anymore fights you can't finish."

"Hey! I could have beat that guy. He just caught me off guard."

"Whatever, let's go."

They began to walk towards the town. Rei glanced at Sasuke and remembered that he had helped her and carried her back. She sighed. As much as she hated to she would have to thank the cocky jerk.

"Sasuke, thanks."

Sasuke turned to look at her.

"You don't have to thank me."

"Yes I do. You helped me and carried me back. Thanks."

"Well, as annoying as you are I couldn't just leave you."

She smiled and let the comment about her being annoying slide. She figured she would smack him the next time.

They walked for a bit and then sat down to rest. Sasuke turned to Rei. There was something that he had wanted to ask her.

"Rei, what was that technique you used back there?"

Rei frowned.

"It was nothing special. Just something I picked up a while ago."

"Hn." Sasuke knew she didn't want to tell him and he wouldn't push her any further.

"We should head back. The others don't know where we are."

"Yeah."

They began to walk back to the inn. They walked in silence. As they got closer Sasuke had an idea.

"Hey, when we get back to Konoha…would you mind…training with me." He turned his face to hide his blush.

Rei smiled.

"Sure."

"Just don't forget like last time." He said smirking.

"Hey, I thought you had forgotten about that."

Sasuke chuckled. On some days she could be really annoying and sometimes he seriously considered tying her up to a tree and gagging her, but on other days she was alright. She was definitely better than Ino and Sakura. He shuddered at the thought. She noticed and smirked.

"Oh, are you thinking of your fanclub again? Does Sasuke-kun miss them?" She said mockingly.

Sasuke's eye twitched and he could feel a headache coming. Today was one of those days in which she annoyed the living hell out of him.

End Chapter Ten

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