Now What Have I Gotten Myself Into? ~Enter Konoha's number one knuckle head

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I had drug him all the way to the dango shop. He had tried to tell me he wasn't much for sweets and didn't want to go in at first until I gave him a smile and told him that here had the best green tea I've found in this village. Which is what led us to this particular booth and me wiggling in my seat as I sip my tea. "So you were made into a child again after you spent 40 something years in another world and sent to this one. Only he locked this world off from yours so you can't leave." He sums up the gist of my age problem he was having a difficult time believing. "And you aren't human, you survive on human blood but you can drink tea and eat... that?" He continued before pointing to my dango stick I had left on it's plate to turn my attention back to my tea. I sigh but nod to him holding my tea cup up near my lips as I watch him.

"I have found that a steady diet of coffee or tea helps curve my hunger. It effectively allows me to get by on less blood so I don't have to worry about rationing or blacking out in a blood lust and killing someone." I explain to him and take another sip of my tea. "And this Taiyo guy you mentioned earlier was actually your adopted son of the man you were with in the other world." He speaks more to himself before he takes a sip of his own tea, I believe he called it oolong. Even though he said it casually I could see a tick working in his jaw just from the thought of Light. "Those are some secrets you were keeping." He gives a short chuckle as he sets his tea down. "And my brother, he knows?" I give him a nod as I pick up my dango stick and use my tongue to slide one off of the skewer. "Among other things. Such as he knows that I know too much about everything in this world. I knew what was going to happen that night I showed up in your family home, I knew what he was going through, I knew you were going to go to Orochimaru, I knew he was going to mark you. Excetra. Kakashi, Tsunade, and of course Aphrodite knows that much as well. The others like Naruto and Sakura only know how old I really am, that I stop aging at the age of eighteen, and I drink blood." I found myself shrugging and licking off another dango from the skewer.

Sasuke sets back in his seat his right arm hooks over the top of the booth as he looks away from me in thought. Picking my tea cup back up I take another sip acting like none of this was bothering me. Even though on the inside I was already weighing the probable outcomes of this conversation and figuring which one would most likely be the one to win out. With Sasuke's temperament and personality, I would have to say it's a 75% chance he'll end up storming out of this shop. Then again, he has grown. With this thought I found my gaze moving over his shirt, his chest muscles have filled in nicely making the fabric cling to them with his position. He was definitely not that twelve year old boy any longer. Just like the other boy that we had on team seven, he has become easier on the eyes with his age. Though still too muscular to really match my type. But to find someone with the studious bookworm build in this world is impossible.

Shaking my head I stand leaving my last dango on the plate and my cup empty. My movement catches his gaze as I pause next to his bench. "Let's go." I state and nearly cringe when my voice leaves me emotionlessly again. Once he gets up I leave the shop and begin walking through the streets. His silence continuing even though he did decide to follow me. Ignoring the ones who have been tailing us I look over my shoulder at the none too happy Uchiha. Looking ahead of me again when he doesn't even look in my direction I make a turn taking us up the stairs towards the Hokage faces. "Why are we coming here?" He finally asks as I fold my hands behind my back. "Because, I wanted something to look at other than your brooding face." I retort lightly causing a grunt from him. With a glance back over my shoulder I smile lightly seeing that smirk back in it's rightful place.

Once we are at the top I glance around remembering the last time I had been up here. I had confronted Aphrodite with the intent to defeat her not caring if I would end up killing her. Her anbu team were hanging out beneath that tree as if this was their normal spot. Seeing no one I allow myself to relax as I move to the railing just above the faces. Resting my elbows on the metal as I lean forward I look out over the entire village. "Sasuke, there is something else about me you should know." I speak quietly as he comes up next to me. His gaze silently on the village as well. "It seems once I reach my mature age I have something about me that makes people trust me. I call it a spell or a curse. I'm telling you this because while we were on team seven it wasn't in place yet since I was technically a child so on the off chance that knowing this may cause you to question anything about me. Know that as team seven, our friendship, was real."