Friendship

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Despite being able to travel long distances without any sort of rest, the three of you decided to take one. Only one more day before you all arrived, and then you'll see your parents.

Although you didn't need the rest, a bath wouldn't be too bad. Where you stopped, a lake was close by so, it would feel great to have clean on your body. The others left to gather wood and food, or at least that's what they said.

So, that left you to take care of business. You got undressed and placed your things under a tree but before you did anything, you concealed your chakra to prevent any enemies to notice your presence. Now in the nude, you jumped on the pond you scrubbed your body to get rid of any grime and dirt of your body. You then proceeded to scrub your scalp and then clean your hair.

Once done, you dove under the water. With your eyes opened, you looked under the water. It was so quiet down here, so tranquil. Bubbles left your nose as you began to swim more, after  minutes of staying down there, your lungs were beginning to ask for more oxygen. It's strange, before you were not able to stay under water for too long but after some modifications, that you didn't even ask for, you can now control certain things of your body. Take for instance the amount of time under water, you can slow down your breathing so slow that the oxygen you take before you dove under can last you so much longer.

Releasing the last oxygen into the water, you begin to swim back to the surface of the water. Once you get rid of the last bit of water from your eyes, you begin to make your way back to your clothing.

Just as you stand up only to freeze when you feel a set of chakras. They move too fast to even get to your clothing in time, and soon enough you are left to stand in front of...Your friends.  For a moment you're left unclothed for their eyes to feast until you flash to your clothing, and have time to cover your intimate parts with  your (choice of clothes).

TenTen, Neji, Lee and their squad leader are watching you. You can see their blushing from where you are standing, and even their opened mouths. How embarrassing. "Sorry! We apologize!" Might Lee apologized looking away."We'll be on our way."

Huh, they can't recognize you? Have you changed that much. And then, Itachi and Sasuke appeared as if knowing that something was happening. From the glares being shared you guessed that even if Sasuke and Itachi had been forgiven, there's a bit of hate? No, that'll be going to far, perhaps it was distrust.

Team 9 glanced from the brothers to you, perhaps wondering about your identity. It took them a little while before Neji's eyes widened, his pink cheeks reappeared once more.

TenTen raised and eyebrow rather curious as to why Neji was blushing once more. You grinned amused, Might Guys was still trying to cover their eyes but since the others already knew who you were, they were even more curious. "No way! [Name]?"

But before TenTen could rush to you, Neji held her back knowing what would happen if the female tackled you into a hug. "We can't stay any longer, we are on a mission."

Lee's and TenTen's smile was gone as they knew that that was true. "We'll see you at the village!" And off they go leaving you with Sasuke and Itachi. You cleared your throat, their eyes boring into your own. Their gaze is so intense that you wouldn't have minded if it were not for your nakedness.

They turned around to give you some private yet did not leave. As you got dressed, you couldn't help but a part of you felt irked. Do they underestimate you? Do they think you're unable to protect yourself? With a long sigh, you continued dressing up. Whatever, you won't have to deal with that again once you are on your own.

That was the last time  you'll bath when traveling with anyone.

Ah, how much has the village changed. It changed a lot, it looks much more modern but it's people remain as friendly as ever. Or at least some, just like everywhere else, there are those who are cold.

Has your parents' home changed as well? How about the location? You would have preferred to see your parents first but it seems that it won't be such a wise idea after all. But wait, you looked at Itachi and Sasuke, maybe they know. "Do you guys know if my parents live at the same place?"

They shook their head. "After the village was attacked, most of the houses were destroyed. But we do know where they live." The older brother told you.

"It would be best to speak to the Hokage, they must have sensed our chakra." The younger one mentioned and he's right, you don't want your reunion to end so soon.

"Yes,then we should go." But you have a feeling that Kakashi as the Hokage, will probably meet you before you arrive at the building. But then again, he is really lazy when it comes to arriving early.

It's strange, as soon as the three of you began to enter the village, the glances and whispers didn't go unnoticed. Perhaps it was because you are new but chances are that those were glares . Despite being pardoned, Itachi and Sasuke have yet to deal with the distrust of the villagers.

It's quite easy to judge, but they don't know what it is like to live on their shoes. They suffered and those within the village were responsible for it, how can they be so judgemental? Perhaps because they are afraid? It's sad either way, especially when they decided to protect the village without anything in exchange.

From the corner of your eye, you can't help but send them a soft glance. You've suffered,yes, but compared to their pain is not half that pain. They don't have any more family members other than each other. Itachi was forced to kill every single Uchiha member, including children because he wanted peace. Sasuke had to deal with the pain of losing everything as well, and also had to carry the hate and vengeance. It's hard to kill, but to kill your own brother?

You? You've suffered great physical pain but your emotional pain isn't that demaged compared to theirs. You have your parents, you have friends who had lent their hand to help you. So yes, you feel for then both.

Now that you are back and now that you realized how precious they really are, you're going to fight for each and one of them.

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