Love of the new world
The love between two persons, one of the old world, the world of humans, and one of the new world. Will they ever be together? SasuNeji
Chapter 1
The Hyuuga Estate was crowded with lots of people. There were friends and family members and they were all celebrating the same. The birthday of Hyuuga Neji. He had turned twenty and the Hyuuga family had decided to throw him a party.
"Well congratulations!" A relative of Neji said as she walked into the estate.
Hyuuga Neji was standing in the middle of the hall, smiling at his relative, bowing for her.
"Thank you, aunt Jiriki." Neji said. More and more important members of different families entered the house, all of them coming for his birthday. It was an important day, after all. The Hyuuga family was the leading family of the country, even of all the humans of the new age, shorter said, Hotna's. Years before, humans ruled the world, but that changed with the come of Hotna's. They were smarter, stronger and better then humans. These days, the Hyuuga family was on the top, followed directly by the Aburame family.
"Hello Neji. Congratulations." Aburame Shino said, one of the children of the Aburame family.
Neji nodded towards Shino, who was his age.
"Thank you, Shino." Neji said, bowing his head.
"I got you a very special present Neji." Shino said and took Neji's hand, kissing it. Shino was supposed to become Neji's fiancée and it seemed he did everything to become it indeed.
Neji just looked at Shino. He was the one who wasn't interested in marrying Shino. At all. He now saw that some of Shino's servants appeared, taking someone with them. Someone on a leash. Neji frowned. Would that be a.. human?
"Ah there it is. My present to you Neji. A human." Shino said. Humans were now held as pets for the Hotna's. They were never treated right and it was visible with this one too. He was looking down, growling a little and held tightly by the servants.
"..Why would you give me such an expensive gift?" Neji asked Shino, and looked at the human again. It was a male, and he had black spiky hair. He seemed to be quite tall, but he couldn't see it really well since the human held his head low. Neji looked at Shino again, as he straightened his long white robe he was wearing. It looked a bit like a kimono.
"Well why wouldn't I? You will become my fiance soon." Shino said as he signed for his servants to push the human closer. The human growled again as the servants did, but all the while kept his head low. Humans had to do whatever the Hotna's said.
Neji gave Shino a look now.
"..Thank you for the gift." He said and nodded to Shino. He frowned. Shino already thought they would actually marry? Neji was sure it wasn't going to happen, since he didn't felt something for it at all. Problem was, his uncle 'did' feel something for it. And most of the times it meant it'd just happen. Neji looked at the human again. Neji'd place him somewhere safe soon. He never liked the way they were treated.
"Now, where do you want him? We could just lock him up in the basement for now. So he won't cause any trouble." Shino said and the human growled again. He obviously didn't like this.
"No, he can be placed in my room." Neji said. "I'll bring him there. If you may excuse me." He walked towards the human now, and with that, closer to Shino. Shino should just amuse himself with the feast now.
"No no. My servants can do that. Take him." Shino said to the servants as he held Neji by the arm and smiled at him a little sinister.
Neji looked at Shino now.
"Shino, I don't want him to be hurt." Neji said. "Would you please let go of my arm?" He knew those servants wouldn't be all too gentle on the human. And Neji just couldn't stand it when someone or something would be hurt.
"It's here so he can do what you want Neji. It doesn't matter if it gets hurt." Hyuuga Hiashi said as he walked to Neji.
"Wonderful present Shino. Perfect for your upcoming fiancée." Hiashi said as he looked at the human, who held his head even lower now, as if being afraid.
Neji gave his uncle a look now. So it actually 'was' going to happen.
"I don't want him to fear me uncle." Neji said. "I'll bring him to my room and then I'll return to the feast." He walked towards the human now and softly took the leash in his hands, afraid to hurt the human.
"Hm fine. But if you won't give him a proper training in the upcoming days, then the rest of your family will. At least they know how to handle such a thing." Hiashi said and then waved Neji away. The human in the mean time growled once more as he put his head away from Neji.
"Come." Neji said, keeping his voice as gentle as possible, as he started walking towards his own room, taking the human with him. He hoped the human would just obey.
And he did, as he let Neji drag him on the leash. He didn't make a sound, just kept his head low and away from Neji as he followed.
After a while of walking, Neji opened the door to his own room, and took the human with him. He let him stand in the room and then opened a drawer and took a mattress out of it, and laid it down onto the floor.
"You can sleep here." He said to the human and walked towards him, and then freed him of the leash.
"What's your name?" Neji asked.
The human frowned at what Neji did and growled as Neji removed the leash. He turned away from Neji, shifting to the side.
"Don't you have a name?" Neji asked as he took a blanket out of another drawer and a pillow. From a wardrobe he took a night-gown. "If you want to sleep now, you can. I got you a blanket here and a pillow you can use. And here's a night-gown for you."
"What are you doing?" The human growled dangerous as he glared at Neji now. He looked furious and about to attack Neji any second now.
Neji looked at the human now, looking calm.
"I'm making sure that you won't be treated bad everywhere." Neji said. "You don't have to be afraid with me, I want you to know that. Now what are you called? I can't just call you human or pet."
"Stop it." The human growled again, this time even lower and through gritted teeth. He was still keeping his distance as he took a step back.
Neji sighed.
"Look, I don't like it to hurt someone, doesn't matter if it's a Hotna, a human or a duck or something." He said. "Be happy that I'll be your owner now, you won't be hurt when you're with me."
"I said stop it!" The human now yelled at Neji and pushed him against the wall. He had a crazy look in his eyes as he gritted his teeth again and growled. "Don't act like you care!"
Neji frowned, as he pushed the human off of him.
"Don't you dare to attack me." He snapped now. "You'll be allowed to do a lot, but attacking me is not allowed. And I'm not acting like I care, I care. Not all Hotna's are cruel. And if you don't want to tell your name, fine, I'll just call you human then. If you don't want to be treated nicely, fine, then I'll put everything back in the drawer again and you can sleep onto the ground. It's what you want, do you want to have a good life or do you want to be treated like you've always been? Like a dog?"
"I'm a pet! I'm supposed to be treated that way!" The human yelled and then turned away from Neji, frowning. He looked afraid of what might come now.
"If you want that, then have it your way." Neji said with a sigh. At that moment someone knocked onto his door. "Come in." Neji called as he walked towards his desk and took his hairbrush from there, starting to comb his hair.
The door now opened and Shino walked inside. "I thought you said you would return to the feast Neji. Please do come back, it's not necessary to watch the human all day. Just lock him up." Shino said, not even giving the human a look.
"I'm almost finished." Neji said, as he combed his hair some more. "I'll be coming, thank you." He turned his back towards Shino now, frowning. He searched through his desk a little, to search for the pendant he once got from his mother. It would be good to carry that one on him today.
"You look beautiful enough to come down now Neji. Let me escort you." Shino said as he walked to Neji and reached out his hand to him.
In the mean time, the human kneeled down into a corner and turned away from the two Hotna's.
"Shino, would you please give me a moment?" Neji asked, as he put the pendant around his neck now. "I need to tell the human that he has to sleep on the mattress." He ignored the hand as he walked towards the human and then kneeled down in front of him. "Listen, I don't want to boss you around, but I guess I'll have to. I want you to sleep in the bed, and once I return I don't want to see you somewhere else then on that mattress, that bed, that I made for you. Do you understand?"
The human just turned away now, gritting his teeth again. He understood. If it was an order, he understood it.
"Don't waste your time on trying to be nice, it won't work with humans. They were born to be kept as pets." Shino said. "Now come to the feast with me."
Neji frowned as he got up.
"They once weren't pets, we made them into pets." Neji said with a sigh, as he accepted Shino's hand. "I don't believe we have the right to treat them like this."
"We do. We are better then them, so we can do whatever we like." Shino said and took Neji with him, out of the room.
Neji closed the door behind him now.
"I don't believe that." Neji said, shaking his head. "..Shino, may I ask you something?"
"Of course." Shino said as the two of them walked towards the feast again.
"Why do you want to marry me?" Neji asked, as he took his hand back.
"What a silly question Neji. I want to marry you because it's best for our family's. And because you are beautiful. We would make a good pair." Shino answered.
"Perhaps." Neji said. "Well, if you can excuse me now, I have to talk to some of my other guests." He bowed to Shino. Damn that guy was annoying.
"Of course. I will see you later then." Shino said and gave Neji a short bow before retreating himself into the room of the feast.
Neji nodded and then walked away from Shino, towards his other guests.
When Neji entered the room again, he saw the human laying on the mattress. The covers weren't pulled over him. Neji sighed.
"Hey." He said. "Are you sleeping?" He walked towards his wardrobe now.
The human didn't react, but shifted a little. He was laying with his back towards Neji and curled up in a ball.
Neji looked at him and then opened his wardrobe, where he took a night-gown out of.
"You should put on your night-gown." He said, as he walked towards his bed and then let his robe slid down.
"..I sleep in this." The human growled back as he put a finger on the wall and started tracing the pattern. There was nothing better to do.
"No, you'll sleep in your night-gown." Neji snapped now. He then undid the pendant on his neck, and put on his night-gown.
The human growled and got up from the mattress and grabbed the night-gown. He slid of his torn shirt now as he growled and looked at the night-gown.
Neji looked at the human and then frowned.
"I'll bath you tomorrow." He said. "Your skin is dirty." And it was full of scars. He must've had a bad life. Neji now walked towards his bed and sat down onto it.
"I don't need a bath." The human said growling and then put on the night-gown. He then put of his equally torn up pants and put them away before laying down on the mattress again, his back to Neji.
Neji sighed as he laid down onto his bed and pulled up the covers. Then he took a remote of his night desk and put the light of his room out.
"..Why do I sleep here?" The human asked once the lights were out.
"Because I don't want you to be hurt by my family members or servants." Neji replied, as he laid down onto his stomach.
"Why not?" The human asked now, growling a little less then before.
"No one deserves it to be hit or kicked." Neji said. "It happens, yes, but that doesn't means that it's good. That everyone likes it. I have to marry that glass wearing Aburame, it's normal, but I still don't like it. I feel bad because of it, and if someone would help me to stop that marriage, I'd be glad. And now I'm going to prevent it that you'll be in more pain, so you won't feel bad. You should be glad."
"...I don't get it." The human said now. You could hear him turn around on his mattress and pull up the covers.
"You will soon." Neji said. "I only want to ask you to not be afraid of me. I won't hurt you."
"..I don't know." The human said, growling a little again.
"You should." Neji said. "..Now, do you have a name?"
"..Sasuke." The human softly answered.
Neji smiled.
"Alright, I'm Neji." Neji said. "Well Sasuke, I'm going to sleep now. Do you have to go to the bathroom? If you wish to go there, go. It's through the door next to the wardrobe.
"..I'm fine." Sasuke said and turned around again. This all confused him.
"Alright." Neji said. "Goodnight then." He closed his eyes now.
Sasuke didn't react now as he was staring at the wall. Soon after, he fell asleep.