Soft fingers ran down his chest and Naruto arched his back in pleasure. A soft gasp escaped as a pair of warm lips pressed to the skin above his navel, 'N-Neji…" he whispered quietly. "We… we shouldn't b-be doing this…"

"Who's going to stop us?" asked the boy with a smirk as he looked into blue eyes. Naruto blinked and Neji took that as a sign to continue. Pressing his mouth against the sensitive skin on the smaller boy's thigh he gently began to nudge open his legs…

Neji sat up in his bed. The cool night air began to dry the sweat that covered his body and he looked around to see he was in the Hyuuga manor… in his room… alone. He sighed his eyes still searching for the blue eyed boy he had dreamt about just a few moments sooner only to sigh again when he didn't find him. He looked out of the window and shrugged in discomfort as the night sweat started to feel chilly and sticky. It was a few hours until dawn judging from the position of the moon in the sky, Neji figured that it was late enough that no one would notice any strangeness in his behavior if he woke up now. He had been known for getting up well before dawn by his family anyways, so who would really care if her took a bath now. He looked at the clock beside is bed just to make sure, it was about forty-three minutes past four, late enough. Neji slowly slipped his legs out from under his tangled sheets and grabbed a pile of clean clothes he had setout late the other night. Stifling a yawn he slid open the door that lead to his private bathroom and turned the faucets on the bath. He gasped slightly as he lowered himself into the steaming water and the warmth made him wince slightly.

He closed his eyes leaning against the edge of the bath and sighed his mind traveling back to the loud-mouthed shinobi he had been focused on lately. He took a deep breath and plunged under the water in a futile attempt to clean the thoughts from his head. Taking a breath as he surfaced he growled in his throat, "Damn you Uzumaki, why do you haunt my thoughts so?" Frowning he grabbed the soap and started to scrub at his body furiously.

Scrubbing his hair dry with a towel Neji walked back into his room only to freeze dead in his tracks to see a familiar face waiting on his bed. "How did you get in here Tenten?" he asked continuing scrubbing his hair. Tenten just smiled at him.

"You always look your best when you're getting out of the bath," she teased before standing up and looking at him in a more serious manner. "I need your help," she said the teasing tone in her voice gone. Neji narrowed his eyes.

"With what?" he asked frowning.

"I need to get away from the village fore a week or so without drawing suspicion from everyone else, I've already arranged something with Tsunade but I don't want Gai or Lee to find out what I'm leaving to do."

"What are you going to be doing?"

"I'm going to be meeting… someone at a teahouse to discuss some," she paused and chewed on her lip, "Personal matters concerning them."

"Meeting with Temari to discuss your feelings for her?" Neji said simply as he grabbed his brush off his nightstand and started to drag it through his long hair. Tenten gawked at him,

"How…" she started.

"It's obvious they way you two looked at each other all the time, plus… you don't exactly know how to be cool when she's around. You start babbling and blushing like an idiot," Neji said working on a particularly tough tangle. Tenten blushed and hung her head. "Don't worry, I'll tell Gai and Lee that you are leaving to go look at some new weapons that a friend of your family recently received at his store," Neji said. He opened his mouth to say something else only to be cut off as Tenten tackled him.

"Thank you thank you thank you!" she repeated over and over before releasing him and forming a few simple handsigns. In a puff of light purplish smoke she disappeared leaving Neji shaking his head and rolling his eyes at her outburst. He was fully dressed and in the process of tying his hair back when he glimpsed the blood red of the sun licking at the horizon. His hands stopped their usual motions and his eyelids slipped down to cover half of his eyes. Naruto would love watching the sun rise… I heard him talking about it to Sakura not so long ago… I wonder where he is right now. He shook his head to try and rid himself of the thought only to curse as his hair pulled out of his hands and draped over his shoulders.

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"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!" Naruto covered his mouth with a single hand as the other wiped away tears that had formed at the corners of his eyes.

"That was a large yawn, Naruto," Kakashi commented as he looked up from his book.

Naruto glared at him, "It's your fault that we're out here so early in the morning, Important mission my ass!" Naruto said sticking his lower lip out as he continued to look around the dark training grounds, "Why are we out here so early any way?"

Kakashi smiled through his mask, "Because I said so," he responded chuckling as the small blonde ninja began to shout at him. "Actually, we're here to hand you over to Jiraiya for a week of special training."

Naruto tilted his head to the side, "What type of training?" he asked frowning.

A puff of smoke to his right told him that the previously mention sennin had arrived. "Hello my friends!" the old man exclaimed one arm in the air as the other angled towards the ground. He had one leg lifted off the ground and was smiling like the moron he was.

"Yo," Kakashi said flicking a few fingers at him before returning to his book.

"Pervy sage…" Naruto said stifling another yawn. His eyes turned towards the horizon where the first rays of red were beginning to show, he smiled slightly as a single cloud drifted by, tinted a light pink by the sun's light. The color of Sakura's hair… he thought lazily before turning to listen to what the oldest man was saying.

"What do you mean he's gone for the rest of the week? Where did he go?" shouted the pearly eyed boy as he glared at Kakashi. He took a deep breath and bit his lower lip before restating the question in a controlled monotone voice.

"Jiraiya took him to the hot springs for some training in toad summoning, apparently he is weaker in the summoning jutsu then originally expected," Kakashi said bored not even looking up from his book. A pale hand cover the page he was reading and he looked down in the sparking eyes of the angry Hyuuga.

"Which hot spring?" Neji asked with a dangerous voice.

"The one on the outside of the village, it's only a few miles away…" Kakashi said his visible eye widening. "Why are you so interested?"

Neji didn't respond, he only took his hand away and jumped to the nearest roof. Kakashi watched him go with a confused frown… was Neji mad at Naruto?

"What was that about?" asked a smooth voice from behind Kakashi. Kakashi turned to look at the young Uchiha standing behind him.

"I honestly don't know…" he said shaking his head slightly as Sakura walked over to them.

"Hey guys!" she said with a smile before handing a bottle of ointment to Kakashi, "Tsunade said to give this to you for your muscles!" she said tilting her head to the side slightly and glowing, "It's made to help pulled muscles and cramps. It also helps strengthen them against future tearing and ripping from the normal stuff like bending weird or dodging flying shuriken." She looked to the side and spotted Sasuke, "Oh! Sasuke-kun! I have something for you," she exclaimed happily reaching into her pouch and withdrawing a thick scroll. "It's a scroll housing several new taijutsu techniques! Lee and Gai have already memorized it so I thought you might like a look at it!" she said with a huge smiled as Sasuke took it. His hand gently brushed against her fingers as he pulled the scroll away and Sakura began to blush furiously.

"Thanks," Sasuke said, his tone said he was almost bored. He looked at the label on the scroll before tucking it into his supplies satchel; he looked at Sakura's face only to look away again as his eyes started to look at her growing figure.

"I have to get back to Tsunade-sama now! She gets angry when I take more time then needed!" Sakura said tilting her head to the other side before running off again. She waved at the two until she was out of sight.

Sasuke sighed, "So I guess I should take a look at this scroll huh?" he said waving a hand towards his satchel, "I mean Lee and Gai have already seen it, so why not?"

"Hai," Kakashi said simply before he began to stroll towards the training grounds.

Neji arrived at the named hot springs shortly and he stood looking around. He smoothed a loose hair back into it's place as he spotted Naruto trying to pull Jiraiya away from the ladies bath. He calmed his heart down and walked towards him, "Naruto," he said in a smooth voice as he closed in towards him. Naruto whipped his head around with a slight smile.

"Hey Neji! What are you doing here?" he asked still tugging on the large pervert.

"I came to ask you something," Neji said completely avoiding the topic that his inner self was telling him to tell him.

"What did you want to ask?" Naruto grunted out pulling extra hard on the man's arm. He gave up with a sigh as he released the man's arm and stuck his bottom lip out in a pout. Neji brushed away the sudden urge to kiss his lip to try and get back the smaller boy's treasured smile.

"I was wondering that you might train with me if you weren't too busy," Neji said shifting his weight to his other foot. Naruto looked slightly confused, "You see… You're one of the only people who has ever beaten me in an all out fight and I was thinking that it might help me to become even stronger if I was to train with you."

"Sure! I'll train with you!" Naruto said a smile coming to his face. He looked back at his supposed to be sensei, "Hey Pervy Sage!" He said loudly, "I'm going to go practice with Neji with a little while! You can find me when you want to work on that summoning jutsu!" He walked towards Neji lacing his fingers behind his head. Neji restrained the urge to run his fingers through the younger boy's hair as he walked past him.

Pearly eyes cast a second glance at the sennin before turning his head back to Naruto and following. They arrived at the same training ground that Kakashi and Sasuke were at. They took positions at the opposite from the other two and took fighting stances with out speaking. They nodded slightly before Neji activated his byakugan and Naruto formed a quick handsign. He was gone in a puff of smoke leaving Neji to stand perfectly poised waiting to be attacked. Several Narutos attacked, jumping at him from several different directions, Neji barely flinched. Quickly he ducked, side stepped and twirled hitting each clone in a vital spot without wasting his time. They disappeared easily only to have Neji being forced to jump as Naruto attack him from below. He flipped once in the air and landed gracefully on his feet his hair streaming behind him as his hair tie fell to his feet. He glanced at it, "You cut my hair tie," he stated raising his eyebrows. He shrugged and took position for another attack, this time though he didn't wait. Charging he thrust an open hand towards Naruto's chest hitting him squarely and sending him flying backwards. Naruto slumped to the ground as he hit only to disappear quickly.

Neji didn't even blink as he turned quickly and lunged his hand posed to hit a vital chakra point as the real Naruto landed. The blonde turned his chest quickly and caught himself with one hand as Neji bent low and hit his legs out from underneath of him. With a smirk Naruto balanced on one hand thrusting his legs out towards Neji. Neji's eyes widened as his opponent's foot grazed across his arm as he tried to weave around it. He rolled his shoulder and grabbed Naruto's ankle hitting a pressure point as he yanked harshly. Naruto winced and swung his leg back around. Neji jumped over him and pushed Naruto forward gently, just enough to set him off balance. As Naruto steadied himself Neji took the chance to connect his palm to the base of Naruto's neck. Naruto went stiff and fell forward. He hit the ground with a slight thump causing dust to rise around him. Neji took a fighting stance again his eyes narrowing as he noticed the disappearing chakra in the body on the ground. He stiffened as he felt the steely tip of metal touch at the base of his neck.

"I win," Naruto said in Neji's ear. Neji suppressed a shiver as he felt the blonde's breath on his skin and he jerked away.

"I was so sure that I had you beat as well," Neji said shaking his head. He grimaced as much as he allowed himself to do in public as his hair fell in front of his eyes. He brushed the chestnut locks from his face impatiently and pulled out a spare hair tie from his satchel. He tried to gather his hair the best he could but it kept slipping out of his hands. Naruto started to snicker earning a glare from the Hyuuga.

"Want some help?" Naruto asked stepping behind Neji and gathering his hair without waiting for permission. Neji suppressed the blush that threatened to appear as he felt the quick hands run through his hair pulling it back from his face. Fingertips lightly brushed against his forehead as Naruto pulled back a few stray hairs. "Tie?" Naruto asked holding a hand out. Neji handed placed the tie in his hand without responding, Naruto brushed his hand against Neji as he tried to hastily pull it away. After a few seconds more Naruto sighed, "There! All done!" he exclaimed happily looking at the neatly pulled back hair. "You have soft hair by the way Neji!"

Neji rolled his eyes and pulled away from Naruto, "Thanks," he said stiffly. Naruto just shrugged and rolled his neck inducing several snaps as he cracked it. Neji took a deep breath and put his hands into his pockets, "So what now?" he asked. Naruto answered by his stomach growling loud enough for Neji to hear. "Ramen?" Neji asked with a single raised eyebrow as Naruto blushed lightly and put a hand on his stomach.

"Ramen!" He proclaimed loudly punching his other arm into the air. Neji shook his head slightly and began to walk to the Ichiraku ramen stand Naruto skipping ahead of him and tugging him along every now and then. They finally arrived at the stand and naruto wasted no time in order his food. Neji was still contemplating when a steaming bowl was set down in front of him.

"I haven't ordered yet," he said blinking once at the soup.

"You were taking so damn long I ordered my favorite for you!" Naruto said nudging Neji's arm with his elbow, "Don't worry! I'll pay for you," he offered misinterpreting the look Neji had given him.

Neji sighed and grabbed a pair of chopsticks from the large canister on the counter, under the gaze of Naruto he meticulously dipped them into the broth and pulled up some noodles before slowly and carefully sucking them into his mouth. For some reason Naruto found himself thinking dirty thoughts as he watched Neji eating, blushing lightly he turned to his food and began to greedily slurp them up. Neji glanced at him out of the corner of his eye and smirked, Naruto had a single drop of broth hanging off of his lip that he was paying absolutely no attention to. Before he knew what he was doing Neji reached over and turned Naruto's face towards him. Naruto's eyes went wide as Neji licked the broth from his lips before pulling away and frowning. He removed his hand hastily and stood up knocking over his chair. Slamming money onto the counter he turned on his heels and ran as fast as he could, to where he didn't know.

"Neji!" Naruto called after him standing up as well, he placed some money on the counter and ran after the other boy. The cook looked at him surprised as he watched his number one customer leave without finishing his bowl of ramen, something that had never happened before. Naruto ran as fast as his legs could carry him following the tract Neji was leaving. He soon could see the long-haired boy running up ahead. He began to notice small spots in the dirt that were darker then others, with wide eyes he realized that Neji was crying.

Naruto soon found Neji scrunched up against the wall of the Ninja academy in one of the hallways. With a start he realized that this hallway was the place he and the older shinobi had first met. He didn't say anything; he didn't know what to say. With a slight sigh he slumped down to sit next to Neji. He leaned against him slightly telling the other boy he was there, Neji snapped his head up and looked towards Naruto. Naruto couldn't help himself as he leaned forward and pressed his lips to Neji's. Neji froze a moment before he began to kiss back softly, as if he wasn't sure that he should. Naruto smiled against his lips and pressed harder to the other boy's lips raising a hand to his cheek. He swiped his thumb quickly to wipe away the tears that were lingering and he felt a tongue run across his lips. He gasped slightly and Neji took the chance to slide his tongue in exploring everywhere he could reach and savoring the blonde's sweet taste. Naruto paused for a second enjoying the new sensation before he began to use his own tongue. Gently he ran his hand down Neji's side and he felt his jacket being jerked up as a hand slid underneath of it. He felt goose bumps riddle his skin as a slightly chilled hand ran up his slide. Smooth fingers ran across one of his nipples that hardened slightly and he gasped.

It was Neji's turn to smile against Naruto's lips as he began to tweak at the nipple. The two boys twisted their bodies slightly so that they were in a more comfortable position and Naruto felt Neji beginning to press him towards the ground. Naruto grunted slightly and pressed his body against Neji's forcing the other to the ground. Neji wasn't ready for the sudden push against his chest and he fell back. Air forced itself out of his chest as he hit the tiles and Naruto didn't waste a moment to straddle him. He looked up into sky blue eyes and smirked slightly as the other boy leaned in to kiss him. With a sudden jerk of his hips he flipped their bodies over so that he was now on top as he pressed his lips to Naruto's. This time he was the one that willingly opened his lips to allow Naruto's tongue to enter as a soft moan escaped from the other's lips. He found himself suppressing a sound that he was forced to let go as Naruto pinched his ass. Naruto would later tell him that that was one of the most seductive sounds he had ever heard. They both froze as there was a slight gasp to their left. Looking up Neji looked straight into the face of a very surprised Sakura. Naruto craned his head slightly and his eyes widened when he saw the small kunoichi gawking at them. He sat up quickly knocking Neji off of him and wiped his mouth with the back of his hand.

"Sakura…" he began but lost the words he was trying to say.

The pink-haired girl blushed "I'm sorry if I interrupted something…" she said as a single tear feel down her cheek and she raced past them. Naruto stood up and ran after her leaving Neji to watch their retreating backs with a murderous look in his eyes.

"So he still has feelings for that girl…" he murmured spitefully as he stood up and raised a hand to smooth his mussed hair. He briskly straightened his clothes and licked up the last of the saliva that clung to his lips before calmly walking out of the building. He calmed his eyes the best he could as he walked through the streets of Konoha thinking deeply about the small kunoichi. She was a strong fighter which means that he couldn't confront her physically… that left one option. Smiling evilly he took a sudden turn and began the long walk to the Uchiha estate.