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Chapter Thirty-Five

Rei went up with the others and her old friends from Kirigakure went over to her and the others.

"Hey, you guys, shouldn't you be with your sensei?"

"He's not here. He had to stay in Kirigakure to complete a mission." Okoru said.

"Yeah, but we think he was just too lazy to come." Zakyo said.

Rei grinned.

"Well, you guys can watch the fights with us." Naruto said.

"That sounds great!" Zakyo said energetically.

Rei smiled at her, but Okoru noticed that it looked like something was wrong. He watched as she looked down towards Sasuke and his opponent. He went over to her.

"Rei, don't worry, he's strong."

Rei turned to Okoru and smiled.

"Yeah, you're right. Besides, he's too stubborn and proud to lose. I'm sure he'll win."

Okoru nodded and Rei grinned before looking back down. The fight began and she watched as Sasuke managed to get a hold of his opponent. She smirked, but then Sasuke's opponent managed to get a hold of his shirt. She watched a sSasuke began to shake slightly. When she looked at him carefully she noticed that he seemed weak and tired. She frowned and hoped that he was alright. She watched as Sasuke just laid there while the other approached him ready to attack.

"Sasuke!"

Sasuke felt weak as his energy had somehow been drained by his opponent. He laid there until he heard Rei call out to him. He got up quickly, but it was too late. His opponent held his head with one hand and Sasuke felt himself growing weaker.

"You're…feeding off my chakra…"

"…Heh heh…finally figured it out, eh?"

Rei watched with concern as Sasuke laid there while his opponent held him down by placing his hand on his forehead. Sasuke screamed and Rei had the urge to go down there and help him, but she knew she couldn't.

"What is he doing to Sasuke?" Okoru asked.

"I think he's taking away his chakra…" Rei said uncertainly.

Okoru was surprised to hear that it was possible to do such a thing by just touching someone. They watched as Sasuke managed to kick his enemy away. He stood up and looked at the others.

"Hoe can you still call yourself Sasuke Uchiha!?! You're a disgrace to yourself!!! Aren't you embarrassed to have everyone see you as a big loser!?!" Naruto yelled.

Rei looked at him and smiled weakly. She looked over at Sasuke and frowned.

"Sasuke, you idiot, get up and fight!!! If you lose I'll never let you forget it!!!" She said.

Sasuke glared at her, but he knew she was trying to get him to fight because she was worried. He looked at the others and as he saw Lee he had an idea.

His opponent rushed at him, but he managed to kick him and sent him flying up into the air. He jumped up after him and got below him. As he was about to attack he felt a sharp pain and knew it was the curse mark. He felt the pain spread throughout his body.

Rei watched as the mark on his neck spread. Okoru looked at her and frowned. He placed his hand on her shoulder.

"He'll be fine." He assured her.

She nodded and looked back at Sasuke.

Sasuke thought about the others and about how much they worried about him. He glanced over at them and frowned. He saw Rei with Okoru. She was looking at him with eyes filled with worry.

'Stupid girl, she should know better than to worry about me. I told her I would win and I will.' He thought.

The curse mark receded and he kicked his opponent on the chest. He sent him back down. He spun around and kicked him again, slamming him into the ground.

"Shishirendan! Barrage of Lions!"

Rei watched as Sasuke managed to beat the other guy. She smiled as Sasuke was declared the winner and ignored Naruto's mocking remarks. She wanted to go to him and help him, but Kakashi was already there. She watched as the Medic-nin arrived and were sent off by Kakashi. Then he left along with Sasuke. Still, she knew not to worry too much. She knew Sasuke was fine when she saw him smirking at her before he left in a cloud of smoke. She smiled knowing he was safe.
Rei was bored. After Sasuke had fought Shino had fought against one of the Sound ninja. Shino had won and everyone had been surprised by the match. She guessed she would have been surprised to see him use his bugs to blow up a person's arms if she hadn't seen stranger things while she was with Orochimaru. Kakashi had returned and she had been relieved to hear that Sasuke was fine and that he was just sleeping at the hospital. After that one of the shinobi from Suna, Kankuro, had fought against the remaining member from Kabuto's team. The fight had been somewhat entertaining, but short.

She was about to fall asleep when the next fight was announced. Okoru shook her and pointed to the screen where the fighter's names were shown. Rei looked at the names of the next fighters and a feeling of dread overwhelmed her. She frowned and turned to Yu. She was smirking widely and Rei knew why. Her opponent was Sakura and Rei knew ever since Yu had mocked Sakura in the forest that she wanted a chance to fight her. Yu knew she would win, she just wanted to show Sakura that she was weak. Rei looked at Sakura who was looking at Yu with something that resembled fear. She turned around and began to hear down the stairs to the fighting arena. Rei went over to Yu.

"I guess you're next."

"Yeah." Yu said smirking.

"I guess I shouldn't expect you to wish me good luck since your teammate is my opponent." She said smirking.

Rei sighed.

"Just don't overdo it." She said seriously.

Yu frowned slightly, but quickly regained her composure and grinned.

"Don't worry, you know me, I won't do too much damage."

Rei frowned as Yu turned to leave. She held her arm and Yu turned to look at her friend. She wa a bit surprised to see her so serious.

"Yu, don't do more than is necessary. I mean it."

Yu sighed and frowned.

"Fine."

She left and Rei watched her walk away. She walked back to where the others were and leaned against the railing. Okoru looked at her.

"What did you tell her?"

"The usual."

"Do you think she'll listen?"

"For her own good, I hope she does."

Okoru frowned and shook his head.

"You two never did get along too well."

"We get along fine. It's just that my idea of entertainment doesn't involve mentally abusing others."

Okoru looked over at the two girls about to fight. He knew Yu would win and so did Zakyo and Rei. Yu knew she would win as well. Still, he knew she would just toy with Sakura before getting serious. He sighed. Zakyo leaned up against the railing next to Rei.

"Rei-san, do you think Yu-chan will win?"

Rei looked at Zakyo strangely.

"Of course she will."

Zakyo turned to Rei and raised an eyebrow.

"Shouldn't you say no? After all, Sakura is your teammate."

"Zakyo, it doesn't matter who she is, Yu will beat her. You know that, or at least you should."

Zakyo frowned.

"What do you think Yu will do to her?"

"I don't know, but I don't think she'll do too much."

Zakyo looked at Rei uncertainly. She was curious as to how she could be so confident of the fact that Yu wouldn't do too much. Okoru noticed this and turned to her.

"Rei warned her. She told her to hold back."

"Oh." Zakyo said.

Rei frowned and glared slightly at Okoru. She looked back down at the two girls who were about to fight. Sure, she didn't like Sakura, but even she didn't deserve to see all of Yu's power. Rei sighed remembering the last time she had confronted Yu about her style of fighting.

Flashback

Rei watched in horror as the man screamed for Yu to stop. He wasn't seriously injured, but he was doubled over and trembling. He was holding his hands on the sides of his head and screaming. She looked at Yu and frowned as she saw her smirking. She ran through the field towards Yu.

"Yu stop!" She commanded.

Yu glanced at her and scowled.

"Leave, this is my fight."

Rei frowned.

"This fight is over. It was over the moment you caught him in your technique and you know it. Now, stop this. I won't allow you to use this man as your entertainment."

Yu glared at Rei

"You won't allow me!?! And since when do I require your permission to do something. You don't tell me what to do. Besides, this man is a criminal. Whatever I do to him, he deserves."

Yu smirked and watched as the man continued screaming and trembling. Rei growled and moved behind Yu. She was quick and Yu had not been expecting her to move. She held Yu by the back of her neck.

"Stop or I'll make you stop." She said sternly.

"Tch, fine." Yu growled.

She made some signs and the man fell unconscious. Rei sighed in relief. She let go of Yu. Yu turned to her and glared.

"There, happy?"

Rei sighed and shook her head.

"Yu, you have to stop this. Okoru told me about-"

"Yeah, I know, Okoru told you about my horrible way of getting the bad guys. Look, you have a way of doing things and I have another."

"It's not about how you do things, it's about what you do and how far you take things. People aren't toys! You have to learn to respect your opponents."

"It's not my fault they're so weak! Why don't you just leave me alone! Go back to your new master! I don't know why you bother pretending you care about us when you hardly ever come back! Besides, I don't think you should act so innocently when you kill people all the time! You might think I go too far when I fight, but you're the one that trains by killing."

Rei was surprised to hear that as she hadn't told anyone about her training.

"That's right, I know about what you do with Orochimaru. I know you haven't told Okoru or Zakyo, but I know how ruthless you are so don't try to act innocent with me."

Rei just looked at he before looking down at the ground and Yu looked away. She knew what she had said was wrong. She heard Reisigh, still she knew she was right.

"You're right, I'm nothing but a killer. I kill all the time and I never complain, but that doesn't mean I enjoy it. In fact, I hate myself for it and I hate myself for being so weak. I never wanted to hurt anyone and if I had a choice I would have never become a shinobi. However, I know that I have no other choice, but every time I kill I grow to hate myself more and no matter who it is that I kill I always ask for their forgiveness, even though I don't deserve it. Because of that I have always tried to keep you and the others from becoming like me. I don't want you to suffer and hate yourself everyday. I don't want you to have to live like I do, searching for forgiveness and trying to redeem myself, but never accomplishing it. I know that it's wrong and that it's selfish of me to ask for my sins to be forgiven so easily. I'm sorry for lying to you and for being such a hypocrite."

Yu didn't know what to say. She looked at Rei and she turned away.

"Tell Zakyo to stop trying to be like me and tell Okoru to be stop fighting so much with Zakyo…Goodbye, Yu, I'm sorry."

Yu watched as her friend left and felt a pang of guilt.

"You know Zakyo won't listen and neither will Okoru. They'll be upset when they find out you left."

Rei stopped and turned around. Yu was surprised to see her smiling.

"I trust you to keep them from killing each other and as for Zakyo, she'll see the truth soon enough."

Yu smiled at her friend and it was the same arrogant smile she gave her.

"I f you say so…Goodbye, Rei."

She left in a cloud of smoke.

End Flashback

Sure she had always argued with Yu, but she was her friend and she would do anything for her. However, she wouldn't allow her to cross the line in this fight. Rei sighed, but smirked. This would be an interesting fight.

End Chapter Thirty-Five

Hope you guys liked it and I wanted to make it longer, but I started typing late and I'm tired. Anyways, hope you guys liked the little look into Rei and Yu's relationship. As always I'll try to update soon. Thanks to all those who read, review, favorite and alert. Please review, the sooner you review the sooner I update and the more reviews I receive the more I write. Sayonara!