Disclaimer: So far in the story I do not own any of the characters. I do not own the Naruto or Naruto Shippuden characters or the programs themselves. This is just the prologue, but I hope you enjoy.

P.S. Just so you all know, I named the story Simple and Clean because:

1. It sounded cool

And

2. I thought that the song Simple and Clean would be a nice theme song for my character who might or might not show up later in the story. And by Simple and Clean, I mean the rock version that has no singing. You can find it at the following link for my MySpace.

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The sound of light breathing filled the air in the small clearing. A breeze rustled the branches of the Birch trees. A few leaves fluttered to the ground. One of the leaves was blown toward the face of a young boy, resting in the shade of one of the trees. He looked to be about fourteen years in age. His black hair came to the middle of his back and was tied into a loose ponytail. His forehead protector covered the strange markings on his brow.

Just as the leaf was about to touch his cheek, his hand shot out and grabbed it. His light grey eyes blinked open. 'Whoever is out there really is terrible at cloaking their presence,' he thought to himself. Yet when he smelled the leaf, there was no unfamiliar scent present. 'Come on!'

"NEEEJJIIII!"

"I knew it," Neji groaned, covering his ears in protest against the summons. His philosophy for when dealing with that boy was 'maybe if I ignore him long enough, he'll go away.' However, as the call sounded again, Neji knew that his philosophy had long been proven ineffective. Never did work...

Just as he was about to get up, a green blur jumped from the trees and flew towards the Hyuuga. "NEJI! YOU SHOUD NOT BE SLEEPING ON SUCH A GLORIOUS DAY AS THIS!" the blur shouted, reminding Neji why it was that he did not like him; he had an enormous amount of excess energy.

The other boy nearly kicked Neji in the head as he landed, but, possessing the speed that was one of the many characteristics of his clan, Neji made it out of the way just in time. 'That was actually a close call.'

"Damn it, Lee. You almost took my head off!" Neji said, his left eye beginning to twitch in annoyance. Usually he was pretty calm in character, but there was just something about Lee that could set his nerves on high at a moment's notice.

"WELL, WHAT WAS I SUPPOSED TO DO, LET YOU SLEEP AWAY THIS BEAUTIFUL SUMMER DAY, WASTING AWAY ALL THE TIME OF YOUR YOUTH?" Lee countered, pointing a finger at Neji. It was shaking with the force of what Neji presumed was anger at being yelled at. After a few seconds, he seemed to calm down a little as he turned with his arms crossed at his chest with a sigh. "Besides, you should not blame me. I was just coming to get you. We have been assigned to an A-ranked mission. We are supposed to go to Lady Tsunade's office immediately. Besides, all I did was try to wake you up! Stop acting as though I was trying to kill you." Lee looked over his shoulder, a teasing glint in his eyes.

At the mention of an A-ranked mission, Neji gave Lee his undivided attention. "Then we had better go," Neji said as Lee finished his 'rant'.

This is just the prologue but I think that it turned out pretty good. Sorry for the Lee fans if I made him seem a little out of character. I just HAD to make Lee and Neji angry with each other. I have always wanted to see that... because it also puts cool, calm Neji so out of character. 8D