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Because of You - NT

"Hands on the mirror, can't get much clearer

Can't make this all go away

Now that you're bleeding you stare at the ceiling

Watch as it all fades away"

Neji glared at his reflection in the mirror his hands were gripping the sides of. His knuckles were a frosty shade of white, a shade of two lighter than his usual skin tone, showing how hard his grip was. She wasn't... she wouldn't die. Not with him alive – there was not a chance in hell. But damnit it, she'd better listen to him next time. Again, the proud Hyuuga male was swearing to himself he wouldn't be there the next time, just like he had every time before. He knew in the back of his mind that the little whisper of 'You lie' was true, though.

"From what you do, because of you

You know I can't be there

Each time that you call

I swore not to come, but I m here after all

I know by the look that I see in your eye

I won't stand around and I won't watch you die

From what you do, because of you"

He whirled around at her chuckle. Her usually tan face was a bit pale from blood loss, but other wise, she looked like her normal chipper self. She was ready to pester him again, to say he lied. He was there. He was always there. After he died would he not be there by her side. After all, how could he watch her die? Not after he had let Lee die, right in his grasp… not after Hinata had passed away of grief after recently giving birth to Naruto's son who was being taken care of his aunts and uncles for both his parents were deceased. Neji wouldn't even recognize him as his second cousin to top the matters.

"What you do, what you do

What's become of you?

What you do, what you do

What's become of...?"

He could remember the gentle 12-year-old TenTen. She had manners, self-conscious, and never started a street brawl with Kiba or Lee or Chouji or Ino or Sakura or… anyone she started a street brawl with. Well, it started in the streets and ended in the training grounds somewhere. She never started one with him. He always started one with her. That way their cover was never broken… never shattered to a million pieces or more. Neji's snow-white eyes narrowed at her, almost menacingly even though she knew he'd never hurt her… like that.

"Now that you did this, you ask for forgiveness

Doctor could you be my priest

You say you're mistaken, but look what you've taken

You laugh as you lie through your teeth"

"I'm… sumimasen, Neji-kun. I shouldn't have tried to take on 30 bitches at once… It wasn't a normal one, y'know – Sakura and Ino were there! Helping them! I swear, both of them have become as desperate as Kiba these days…" TenTen explained, smiling at him gently. She knew that smile, the one that reminded him of the innocent young girl he once knew, always won him over. He growled at her, causing her to laugh, even though she tried not to. Neji would never change.

"From what you do, Because of you

You know I can't be there

Each time that you call

I swore not to come, but I m here after all

I know by the look that I see in your eye

I won't stand around and I won't watch you die

From what you do, because of you"

"What if that happens again, and I'm not there, TenTen? Just because you're ANBU doesn't mean you can do the impossi… no, what you can't do yet. Nothing is impossible with you…" Neji sighed, emotionless face going slightly sincere. He knew nothing was impossible with her because… she changed him. Him. Hyuuga, Neji.

"But, Neji-kun, it wouldn't happen if you weren't there, baka! Honestly… you should have better drawstrings…." TenTen said, this time her laughter wasn't being held back at the memory. It was her fault, actually, that the ANBU teichou's pants had fallen… but it was his fault that he had cornered her in the alley.

"What you do, what you do

What's become of you?

What you do, what you do

What's become of...?

From what you do..."

"Honestly, what happened to the calm TenTen? Not that your… ah… feral side isn't… appreciated…" Neji sighed, remembering the event as well. He blamed it on… well, Kiba. After all, it was Kiba who had said things about her.

"Uh, she passed away recently, mind visiting her another time? Honestly, Neji-kun, it's your fault she is gone. You're just a wild, horny, sex-machine. No one in the whole fucking world can stay calm after a few fucks with you." TenTen said breezily, smirking at the now blank Hyuuga. He wasn't a… well… no. He was not. Just because she was…

"Kiba's fault. Damn dog boy talked about claiming you as his… as if… but, really, he was there watching. I was… stirred… earlier, and, fuck it all. Get your ass over here." Neji commanded, leaning on the chest of drawers.

"No, you were fucking horny and were having a erect –"

"- Just come over here."

"Hands on the mirror, can't get much clearer

Can't make this all go away

Now that you're bleeding you stare at the ceiling

And watch as it all fades away"

Gentle was not a part of any Hyuuga's vocabulary – save for Hinata – and, thus, Neji was not an exception. He was rough, alluring, mysterious, detached, sexy, horny… everything, all wrapped in one package. Except gentle. TenTen surprised a scream as Neji growled into her neck, sweat trickling down both their bodies. Her hands were turning the same pale color as his usually were as she gripped the sides of the chest of drawers he had her on, her red blood staining and slipping down from where her hands were. She stared at the ceiling as Neji bit, not nipped, bit, her neck. Stupid Hyuuga pride.

"From what you do, Because of you

You know I can't be there

Each time that you call

I swore not to come, but I m here after all

I know by the look that I see in your eye

I won't stand around and I won't watch you die

From what you do, because of you"

So… the whole ordeal was Kiba's fault… along with Neji's unpredictable hormone urges. Usually, he waited to fulfill the latter until he had her in a private, secure spot to "keep her all to his own". The village of Konoha now knew of the affair held by old teammates of Team Gai, now ANBU partners – him the teichou, her his favorite ANBU to take on two-man missions. It al seemed to make sense now… and Kiba was now open again, free of wanting. Naruto would have laughed his ass off in his face, saying Kiba owed him fifty bowls of ramen because he'd won the bet… if the hyperactive blond was still alive. Hinata would have felt the "celebration" later in the night form him, possibly making another child to form in her whom.

"What you do, what you do

What's become of you?

What you do, what you do

What's become of...?"

A strong kunoichi… scars laced her body like only two marred his. One was right over his heart, only centimeters away from it. The other was low, near his right hipbone. Neither was large – they were actually the size of pinpricks because of Shizune and her team's careful work. What they had done in the past ten or so years in the line of duty had changed them. No ninja had ever lived his or her life unchanged as the years passed and the more murders they committed. TenTen, Neji decided, was a hell of a lot different that she had been when he'd met her when he was 12. She was no longer the one he needed to protect, the one to catch her when she fell; she never needed help in serious fights anymore and she never fell. He slightly missed catching her in his arms, gazing coldly into her eyes to make her guilty of the mistake or fault. Perhaps it was his fault, after all…

A/N: I was looking for Photograph lyrics, and I found this song. I liked it, and this immediately came to my mind. Dunno how. Anyways, I like writing song fics sometimes, and I'm gonna make a series of one-shot song fics. This just so happens to be the first one. R&R, mates? Please?

~ Tobi