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Chapter Twenty-Five

Sasuke and Rei trained for a while until Sasuke thought that they should stop. He didn't want Rei to get hurt and she had just gotten out of the hospital so he had been holding back a bit. He hoped she hadn't noticed. He knew she would be annoyed if she knew. He walked up to where she was laying down and sat next to her.

"Sasuke, you jerk! You were holding back!"

Sasuke sighed and cursed his luck.

"What's the point of training if you hold back!?!"

"Rei, calm down. I only held back because you just got out of the hospital. If you strain yourself you could get hurt."

Rei smacked him on the head and Sasuke frowned at her.

"What was that for?"

"For being a moron! I don't care about getting hurt! How am I going to get stronger if I never get hurt?"

Sasuke looked at her and smirked.

"Fine, I won't hold back anymore."

"You better not!"

Sasuke sighed and laid down next to her. She really was different. He smirked. He was glad she was different or things would be boring. He heard her yawn and looked over at her.

"Are you really that tired? I didn't know training with me was so hard." He said mockingly.

Rei glared at him.

"Keep it up Uchiha and you'll be single again."

Sasuke smirked.

"Hn."

"Okay, honestly, you have to stop saying that. It's not even a word." She said annoyed.

"Hn." Sasuke said smirking.

She glared at him and he chuckled.

"And you say I'm annoying."

"Hn."

She turned to glare at him again and punched him lightly on his arm. He just smirked and she sighed.

"You know, I still don't see why you have so many fangirls as annoying as you are."

"That's strange, after all, you're the one dating me."

Rei frowned and stuck out her tongue. Sasuke chuckled.

"You look cute when you do that."

Rei looked at him in mild surprise. Sasuke turned to her and grinned.

"What's wrong?" He said amused.

"You just said I was cute. Are you sick or something?" She said.

She placed her hand on his forehead and he chuckled. He pulled her to him and kissed her. He broke the kiss and smiled at her.

"Well, like you said, there's no one around and the whole village probably knows by now. Besides, I always thought you were cute, I just never admitted it."

Rei smiled.

"Oh, so the great Uchiha actually likes girls? I thought you were disgusted by them."

"Shut up you brat."

Sasuke wrapped his arm around her waist and they just laid there for a while looking at the sky. As they laid there, Sasuke remembered that there was something he had to tell her.

"Rei?"

"Yeah?"

"Remember that I told you there was someone I wanted to kill?"

"Yeah, you said it was the man that killed your clan."

"That's right. I never told you who that man was."

Sasuke felt her shift next to him.

"It's your brother, right?"

He turned to her, surprised and saw that she looked serious.

"How do you know that?"

"When I met you I thought that you and I were similar. We both had lost our family and we were both alone, but we were different. You're always serious and I wanted to know why you always shunned those around you. After you told me you wanted to kill the one who had murdered your clan I found out that your brother had done it."

"Why didn't you say anything?"

"Because it doesn't matter, at least not to me."

She turned to him and held him as she buried her face in his chest.

"Sasuke, I don't want you to be sad, so please, stop thinking so much about revenge."

Sasuke just laid there. He didn't know what to say. He sighed.

"I'm sorry, but I have to avenge my clan."

He felt her grip tighten as the words stung her. So his revenge was worth more. She released him and sighed. She stood up and Sasuke followed. She began to walk away and Sasuke just stood there. He sighed and then she turned to him and he was surprised to see her smiling.

"Well, are you coming? I don't know about you, but I'm starved."

Sasuke smiled and walked up to her.

"Fine, but I'm paying and no complaining."

She smiled, but Sasuke noticed that something wasn't right about the way she smiled. He knew that she was still upset about his vow to avenge his clan. He didn't want her to think that she didn't matter, but he had to kill Itachi. She was the most important person to him, but he couldn't just forget about his promise to kill his brother.

Sasuke sighed and ignored the glares that were directed at Rei as they walked through town. He had to admit, those girls really had it in for her. He guessed he would just have to stay close to her to prevent someone from trying to kill her. He smirked and Rei looked over at him.

"Why are you smirking?" She asked suspiciously.

"It doesn't matter."

"Riiiiight." She said.

They ate some ramen and Rei noticed with much amusement that Sasuke became a lot more relaxed when he saw that Naruto wasn't at the shop. She chuckled and Sasuke tunred to look at her.

"What's so funny?"

"Oh, nothing. But you're going to have to deal with him sooner or later."

"Deal with who? I don't know who you're talking about."

Rei smirked.

"Suuure you don't."

They finished their ramen and went for a walk around the village. Sasuke then took Rei to the top of the monument to the Hokages as he knew she was getting annoyed by all of the glares the girls shot at her. Still, he couldn't help but chuckle at her. When they got there they looked out above the village. Sasuke turned to Rei and smiled as he saw that she was no longer in a bad mood.

"Sorry about the fangirls."

Rei turned to him and grinned.

"That's alright, although I still don't get why they like you so much."

Sasuke smirked.

"Well, why don't you find out?"

Rei stared at Sasuke.

"Please stop doing that, it creeps me out."

Sasuke's eye twitched and she laughed. He smiled and looked over at the town.

"Sasuke?"

"Hn."

"Thanks for being honest with me."

He looked at her a bit confused.

"What do you mean?"

"Well, you didn't have to tell me about your plans to kill your brother, but you did. I know that you vowed to get revenge for your clan and although I don't like it I know that there's nothing I can do to change your mind. Still, I'm glad you told me. You gave me a choice, although you didn't say so. You made me choose if I wanted to stay with you even knowing about your goal or if I wanted to leave you."

Sasuke looked at her not knowing what to say. She was right, that was what he had meant to do. He had given her a chance to change her mind about being with him.

"I know that to you getting revenge is very important and I know that it is your top priority, but I want to be with you. I don't expect you to put aside your plans for me and so I made up my mind that I want to help you. If it's the only way for me to stay with you then I want to help you get you revenge."

She held Sasuke who just stood there stunned.

"I care about you and that's why I don't want you to have to go through with this by yourself."

Sasuke couldn't believe what she had said. He knew she was upset about it and although he knew she understood his reasons he had never expected her to want to help him. Then again, she was similar to him, she had also lost her family and now that he thought about it, it was only obvious that she would want revenge on whoever was responsible as well. He guessed that was why she understood him. However, he felt bad for making her think that she didn't matter. It amazed him that she was so willing to put him and his goals before herself. He sighed and held her.

"Rei, I care about you too and that's why I can't let you help me. Things might get too dangerous. You're right, revenge is important to me, but you're important to me too."

"But which matters to you the most?" She said in a low, pained voice.

Sasuke didn't say anything. He didn't know what to say. He didn't want to hurt her and so he didn't answer. Rei composed herself and smiled at him.

"Well, it doesn't matter for now."

"Yeah."

Sasuke looked away. He was still thinking about what had just happened. It always amazed him how fast she could recover and get back to her old self. But he knew that wasn't true. Even as he glanced at her and saw her smiling he knew she wasn't the same. He sighed and looked down. Rei frowned, but quickly smiled again and walked up to Sasuke.

"Stop being so grumpy. It's still early so why don't we go to the park?"

Sasuke looked at her and smirked.

"What are you too afraid to go somewhere close to any fangirls?"

"Shut it you moody jerk."

He grinned and they walked to the park. They sat in a high branch in a tree and looked up at the sky. Sasuke smirked as he felt her lean into him. He looked down at her and saw that she was starting to fall asleep. He didn't say anything to wake her as she had worked hard during training and he knew she needed to rest. It had been a long day and to be honest, he felt like sleeping too. He held her close so she wouldn't fall and after a while he jumped down with her in his arms. He sighed and began to walk to his house. He knew she would probably be annoyed in the morning, but his house was closer and he didn't feel like carrying her all the way to her house.

When he arrived eh laid her down on his bed and sighed. He looked at her and smirked. She looked peaceful while she slept and it was funny to him as he knew she was anything but peaceful. Who would have guessed that she was really on annoying, clumsy, stubborn girl? Still, he was glad she was like that. He was glad to have her there for him and to have her care so much about him. He stifled a yawn and sat on the bed. He laid down and held her. He saw no harm in staying with her for a few minutes. Unfortunately, he fell asleep while holding her. The next day would prove to be interesting from the start.

End Chapter Twenty-Five

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