This is my fourth and one of my most serious fics. I'm making this a multi-chapter fic, updating it whenever I feel creative enough to make it good, because I'm really keen on this idea, like the pairing and enjoyed the title mix-up (Yes I did borrow it from Twilight. I'm hoping Stephanie would understand.) I hope you enjoy reading along and seeing where it goes, chapters won't be too long each time because my biggest annoyance is a really long story with extremely long chapters. Nobody can have enough energy to write 60 chapter story's with about 100,000 lines in each chapter! So there may be a lot of chapters, but they will be easy enough to follow and read :) I hope you enjoy it and please review if you get a any ideas about where you want the story to go, i'm open to good suggestions!
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto, any of the character's used from the Anime/Manga and I don't own Twilight.
And so the beast fell in love with the bird…
It was a beautiful summer's day. The birds were signing gently, a light breeze wafted through the village and all anyone felt like doing was relaxing in their gardens with a nice cold jug of water and some sweets.
Well, apart from two ninja that is.
"COME ON LEE; LET'S SEE THOSE MOVES IN ACTION!" Konoha's great green beast, Maito Gai had dragged his team out for some training. After all, any day as perfect as this had to be spent productively right? Behind him, his precious pupil, Rock Lee was working on his Leaf Hurricane technique, making it faster and stronger. Tenten was panting after going through some serious weapon throwing, everything hitting their targets perfectly. After her disastrous match against Temari, there was no way she was ever going to lose in a battle again! Neji on the other hand was not working as hard as his team mates and sensei. He had a more pressing matter on his mind.
After the talk with his uncle about how his father had really died, Neji had been thinking a lot about his life… how he lived it… people he'd been ignoring… people he didn't want to ignore. And suddenly, that seemed to include his very loud, very exuberant sensei. Neji had been expecting his first crush to come along soon. He could feel himself slightly checking other people out hen they walked by in the street. He had noticed himself spending a bit more time getting ready in the mornings, making sure he looked good. Oh yes, Neji Hyuga had been well prepared for his first crush to happen. He just hadn't expected for it to be Maito Gai.
At first he had tried denying it. Tried convincing himself there was an innocent explanation for why he grew jealous when Gai spent a lot of time with Lee. Why he always tried to catch his sensei's eye during trainings and missions. Why he showed off a lot more than he used to around Gai. And most of all, why he had begun to walk behind Gai when the group were walking together, just so Neji could stare at Gai's…
"RRR this is not happening!" Neji screamed out in his head. Glancing over to where Gai was reprimanding Lee for not paying attention to where he was going when attacking with Leaf Hurricane. "Why do I have this feeling when I see him? He's my sensei and another man for crying out loud! Even if he wasn't my sensei, we'd still never be left alone to be together, my family wouldn't allow it!" Lost in his thoughts, Neji didn't notice Gai walk up to him until he felt a hand come down on his shoulder.
"Why Neji! I haven't seen you move since we started training! What's wrong?" Gai looked down at Neji, concerned for him. He may only show it in public for Lee, but Gai was always very proud and very worried about his students, especially if something was troubling them, or if they went away on a ninja mission alone. They were all very precious to him and he didn't think he could stand seeing any one of them upset or worse, going to an early grave. Neji looked back up; nearly jumping off the rock he had been sitting on in surprise. Blushing furiously, he looked down and stammered out an apology. Gai threw his head back and laughed. "Ahh Neji, there's no need to get upset. As long as nothing is causing you to worry or be sad, I am happy for you to sit and think. Thinking clears your mind and helps you focus on getting stronger in your youth!" Flashing his teeth and giving Neji a thumbs up, Neji nodded and ran off near Lee to train with him and some sparing.
Gai sighed. It was obvious that whatever was causing Neji to be so distracted was not something he felt he could talk to his sensei about. He sighed again, louder this time. "Come on, get it together! This is no time to be thinking about Neji like this!" Gai had been suddenly feeling strange surges of affection and adoration for the genin. It was strange, weird, un-youthful and wrong to think of Neji in this way. After all, the boy was not even half his age and was probably interested in girls (after all, he could have his pick of the village. He rivalled Sasuke in good looks.) In Gai's mind there was absolutely no way Neji would ever have been interested in him.
END OF CHAPTER ONE. INTERMISSION FOLLOWS.
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