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Chapter Thirteen

Rei woke up and blinked several times as her eyes adjusted to her surroundings. She groaned as her head and neck hurt badly. She tried to move her hand towards her head, but found that she couldn't. She looked around and saw that she was in the forest. She couldn't move her feet or hands as they were tied up. She found that she was tied to a tree. She was confused and then she remembered being taken away while she was walking home with Naruto. After she realized what was happening she became alert and tried to locate whoever it was that was holding her captive. Soon she sensed someone approaching.

Three figures emerged from among the trees. Two of them were men and one was a woman. She saw that all of them wore headbands from the Village Hidden in the Mist. She frowned. She suspected what these people were after.

"So, you're awake, good. Now we can keep moving." The woman said.

One of the men walked up to Rei and picked her up. He swung her over his shoulder. Rei tried to get free, but it was useless. Then she had an idea. If they were leaving then it would be harder for someone to find them and help her. She had to distract them for a while so that if someone was out looking for them they would be able to get closer. She looked at the woman.

"Who are you?"

"That is none of your concern girl."

"Maybe it's not, but I would like to know the name of the old hag that kidnapped me." Rei said.

The woman turned around and glared at Rei. Rei just smirked at her lad that she had gotten her attention. Maybe if she managed to get under her skin she wouldn't notice if someone approached them. That would make it easier for someone to make a surprise attack and help her.

"What did you call me you brat!?!"

"I said you're an old hag. What, are you so old you're deaf?" Rei smirked.

The woman looked furious. She bean to walk over to Rei, but one of the men stopped her.

"Calm down Shiwa."

Rei began to laugh. She looked at the woman.

"Your…name…is…Shiwa!?!" She said between laughs.

The woman glared at the girl.

"Shiwa…as in…wrinkle!?!"

Rei could see a vein throbbing on her forehead. She smirked.

"So, grandma, what do you want me for?"

"Shut up you brat!"

"You know, you're mean for an old lady."

A kunai scratched Rei's cheek, but she remained calm. Shiwa smiled wickedly.

"You know, you really shouldn't mess with a rogue shinobi when you are being held captive. Bad things could happen to you."

"Really? Then how would you explain to the person that sent you to get me the bad things that you would do? I don't think that they would be too happy to see me dead or seriously injured, at least not until they got what they wanted."

Shiwa just glared at Rei as she smirked. She had an advantage over her captors as she had an idea as to why they had taken her. They had obviously thought that she was not informed of why they wanted her, but it was their bad luck that it wasn't so.

"Shut up. Don't act as if you know what we want."

"If you are so confident that I don't know your purposes why don't you tell me?"

Shiwa scowled and turned away.

"Let's go, we should hurry we already took too long thanks to the brat's whining."

The men followed her as she jumped from branch to branch. They moved quickly and Rei hoped that she had stalled them long enough.

Team Seven traveled through the forest as fast as they could. After a while they finally sensed the chakra of their enemies. They could also sense Rei and they sped up to catch up to them. Sasuke was anxious to get Rei back. He felt a bit guilty for not taking her back home. It was because of him that she had been out so late anyway. If he hadn't asked her all of those questions about her past she wouldn't have been out so late. He sighed. There really was no point in blaming himself now. He would just have to get her back.

Rei was still traveling through the forest with her captors. She closed her eyes and tried to see if anyone was following them. After a while she finally sensed someone. She recognized the chackra as that of her team. She could tell that they weren't too far and she was glad, but she had to find a way to help them get nearer. If she had noticed them the enemies would certainly be able to sense them too. Rei was thinking of a way to help when they stopped.

"It seems that we are being followed. Shogai, stay here and stall them."

The man nodded and Shiwa took off again followed by the man carrying Rei. She hoped that her teammates would be able to defeat Shogai.

Team Seven continued to travel trough he forest. Suddenly Kakashi stopped and the others saw why. In front of them stood a man with a headband from the Village Hidden in the Mist. Sasuke glared at the man.

"Where is Rei-chan?" Naruto exclaimed.

"That doesn't matter now as you will die here."

Shogai threw some kunai at them and they dodged them easily. Some of them were lodged into the trees. Kakashi looked at them and back at his team.

"Quick, get back!"

They managed to take cover before the tags on the kunai exploded. Shogai charged at Kakashi and punched him. However, Kakashi had used the substitution jutsu and so a log appeared in his place. He appeared behind Shogai and kicked him back into some trees. He turned to the others.

"You guys go after Rei. I'll take care of this guy and catch up soon."

They got up and left before Shogai could stop them. Kakashi hated leaving them to deal with dangerous shinobi, but he had no choice. If they stayed with him they would lose Rei and he was confident in their abilities.

Rei could hear a battle being fought in the distance and she hoped the others were fine. She sighed and tried to see if she could pick up any traces of their chakra. Soon she sensed Sasuke, Naruto and Sakura behind them. She smirked. They stopped once again and she could see that Shiwa was frowning.

"It looks like someone thinks you're worth pursuing." She said.

"Sadly I can't say the same of you." Rei said smirking.

Shiwa scowled at her. Suddenly the others emerged from the trees. Rei smiled when she saw them. Then she heard Shiwa laughing. She turned to look at her, wondering what was so funny. The woman looked at her in return with a wicked smile.

"It seems that not even your village wants you. They sent a bunch of brats to get you instead of real shinobi."

Rei scowled at her.

"Let her go!" Naruto said.

"Sorry brat, but if you want her you'll have to come and get her from us."

Naruto growled and took out a kunai. He charged at them. The man holding Rei dropped her on the ground and blocked Naruto's attack. He punched him and sent him back. He turned to Shiwa.

"Take the girl and leave. I'll take care of them."

Shiwa turned to Rei and picked her up. She left with her. Sasuke watched as she left and turned to Naruto. Naruto looked at him and stood up.

"Sasuke, go after her. I'll take care of this guy."

Sasuke nodded. He knew tat Naruto still felt guilty for letting them take Rei. This was his way of saying he was sorry and redeeming himself. Sasuke took of after telling Sakura to stay with Naruto and help him.

Shiwa ran with Rei slung over her shoulder. She sensed Sasuke following them and frowned. She was getting annoyed by now. She stopped and dropped Rei roughly on the ground.

"It seems your friends are very persistent. No matter, they're going to die anyway."

Rei growled. Shiwa took out a kunai and pulled Rei up. Sasuke emerged and saw shiwa holding a kunai up to Rei's throat.

"Let her go." He said venomously.

Shiwa chuckled.

"I don't think you should be demanding such things. After all, if you make one bad move your friend will die."

Rei tried to speak and tell Sasuke that she wouldn't kill her, but Shiwa covered her mouth with her hand and pressed the kunai closer to her throat. Sasuke growled. He tried to think of a way to get Rei free without hurting her, but it was too risky. Shiwa looked at him and smirked. She knew that he wouldn't attack in fear of what she would do to the girl. She failed to notice that Rei had managed to take one of the shuriken from her shuriken holster. However, Sasuke noticed.

Sasuke looked at Rei and he could see in her eyes that she wanted him to attack. She as confident in herself and she trusted him to help her. He wouldn't let her down. Rei worked on cutting the ropes on her wrists. She saw Sasuke taking out a kunai. Shiwa tensed. She couldn't believe that he would risk the life of his friend.

"You idiot, don't you care about her? If you try anything I'll cut her throat."

"Why should I care? She's just an annoying girl."

Sasuke smirked and threw the kunai. Rei managed to cut the rope and get away in time. Shiwa dodged the kunai, but it scratched her arm. Rei ran over to Sasuke.

"About time." She said.

"Shut up you stupid girl." He said smirking.

Shiwa got up from the round. She looked at Rei and Sasuke with fury in her eyes. Sasuke stood in front of Rei protectively.

"You brat! How dare you!"

Shiwa took out some shuriken and threw them at Rei and Sasuke. Sasuke took out his windmill shuriken and blocked all of the shuriken with it. The shuriken flew towards Shiwa and she dodged it. Sasuke appeared behind her and tried to hit her. She blocked his punch and kicked him He spun in the air and regained his balance, but not before Shiwa managed to punch him sending him back. Sasuke hit the ground hard and Shiwa ran at him with a kunai. She stopped and turned in time to block some shuriken Rei had thrown.

Rei chared at her and tried to punch her, but she blocked all of her hits. She jumped back and made some hand signs. She landed and turned to look at Shiwa as she charged at her.

"Fire Style: Great Fireball!"

Shiwa dodged most of the fire, but she received a few burns. She charged at Rei, who blocked her punches. She finally managed to hit her and then slashed at her with a kunai. Rei jumped back, but received a large cut on her side. She winced and held her cut as she crouched on the ground. Shiwa smirked and approached her. Rei stood up shakily and took out a kunai to defend herself. Luckily she didn't have to as Sasuke appeared in front of Shiwa and kicked her. He punched her and sent her back into a tree. He threw some kunai that dug into her arms and clothing. She was stuck and she growled at Sasuke. Sasuke walked up to her and tied her up. He then went over to where Rei was sitting on the ground.

Rei looked up at him and grinned. Sasuke sighed and knelt next to her. He looked at her injury and frowned.

"You idiot. You should have stayed out of the fight."

"Geez Sasuke, yes, I'm fine thanks for asking."

Sasuke scowled.

"Come on, you brat, we have to get the others."

He helped her up and she flinched at the pain in her side. Sasuke sighed and picked her up.

"Hey."

"Shut up. It'll be faster this way. Besides I don't want to hear you whining about how much your cut hurts."

Rei frowned.

"Did anyone ever tell you how nice you are?" She said sarcastically.

Sasuke smirked. Soon they ran into the others. They had managed to defeat the other shinobi and so they headed back to the village. Rei was taken to the hospital to get her wound treated, but she was released afterwards. Sasuke walked her home as he still felt guilty.

As they walked Rei thought about the events of that day. She recalled how angry Sasuke had seemed and wondered why. Was he really that worried about her? Did he really care? She glanced at him and sighed. Sasuke would never care about her that much. Sure they got along well, but that didn't mean he cared. Sasuke stopped and looked at her.

"What's wrong?" He said tonelessly.

"Nothing, just thinking."

"About what?"

"Well you're quite the nosy one aren't you?"

Sasuke frowned and turned to look away. He mumbled something that Rei couldn't hear.

"What was that?"

"I said. Stupid girl." He said.

"Shut up you moody jerk."

"Make me you brat!"

"You stupid nag!"

"Incompetent kunoichi!"

"Arrogant bastard!"

"Idiotic girl!"

"Fire breathing asshole!"

"Whiny bitch!"

Rei growled and jumped on Sasuke. He caught her wrists and tried to hold her back, but she kept struggling. They lost their balance and fell. Sasuke landed on top of her. He found himself staring into her sapphire eyes. He had never seen eyes that bright before. He could see the shock in them and then he realized how close they were. He got off of her hastily and sat on the ground. He looked away and could feel his face burning. Rei sat up and didn't look at Sasuke. She knew that she was blushing because she could feel her face growing hot, but she didn't know why. Why was she blushing? For God's sake it was Sasuke! He was one of the most arrogant people she had ever met! Suddenly a hand appeared in front of her. She looked up to see Sasuke holding out his hand to her.

"Come on, I better get you home."

"You don't have to do that you know. I can get home by myself." She said looking away.

"Yeah, well, I would fell better if I knew you got there safely."

Rei looked up at him and saw him looking away. She smirked and took his hand. He helped her up and they began to walk. She smirked and turned to Sasuke.

"Oh, Sasuke-kun I didn't know you cared!" She said and hung onto his arm.

Sasuke pulled his arm away from her.

"Get off!"

Rei burst out laughing.

"You really are hilarious, even if you're a moody jerk." She smirked and walked ahead of him.

Sasuke smiled and followed her. He was glad to have her back, even if she was annoying. Of course, he would never tell her that. That would be like telling one of his fan girls she looked nice. To put it simply it was like suicide.

End Chapter Thirteen

Hope you guys liked it. Shiwa means wrinkle in Japanese and I thought it would be funny. Usually my characters have common Japanese words as names, so pick up those books and start figuring out who means what. Please review, the sooner you review the sooner I update and the more reviews I receive the more I write. Sayonara!