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Chapter Twenty-Five: Breaking Away

It wasn't long before Sasuke started seeing a pattern.

Whenever he was with Hinata, Naruto was nowhere in sight, and whenever he was with the dobe, there was no sign of the Hyuuga heiress.

It was only obvious to him because they were such stark contrasts to each other, and because

Hinata had always been by his side before.

He thought for sure she'd show up to the official announcement of Tsunade's successor.

He scanned the crowd with narrowed eyes, his expression causing more than a few hardened shinobi to flinch.

He was wrong. She hadn't come to see him.