Damn it, damn it…Neji Hyuga thought angrily as he felt the chakra stalling inside of his body. Damn Sasuke and his damned Mangekyo Sharingan that could do all things! If only Neji had known before this encounter that Itachi had transferred his visual prowess to his little brother at the moment of death…if only he had known that, then Neji and Tenten might have had a chance against the prodigal Uchiha.

By using his Sharingan to copy Neji's Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palm technique, Sasuke had been able to immobilize Neji first and now he was after Tenten, too. Never imagining that a non-Hyuga would be able to master that jutsu, Neji had been unprepared to defend. Now he was lying face-down on the forest floor watching helplessly as Sasuke overwhelmed her.

Come on, Tenten! Neji thought desperately. Don't let your guard down, don't let him get to you. He saw her throw kunai after kunai at Sasuke. Her aim was usually perfect and even if she was a little off, her paper bombs usually finished the job. But Sasuke was impossibly fast and her attacks weren't doing anything to stop him.

"Eight Trigrams, Sixty-Four Palm Jutsu," Neji heard Sasuke say. His voice was cold and relaxed, relishing in the power his new skills brought him. Neji couldn't see Sasuke's face, but he could imagine the smug grin he must have—having taken down Neji with his own technique. Soon Tenten, too, had fallen, helpless. Her chakra completely blocked by Sasuke's attack. No, Neji thought, gritting his teeth.

"That's a very useful jutsu, Neji," Sasuke droned. He stepped closer to Tenten's motionless form and nudged her body with his foot.

Neji frowned. "What do you want with us, Uchiha?" he growled from the ground. He didn't like the way Sasuke was poking Tenten. In fact, it made Neji's blood boil, but he had to remain calm for now.

"I'm back in the Hidden Leaf Village for one purpose," Sasuke said, almost proudly. "To destroy it." He turned away from Tenten and walked over to where Neji lay. Neji watched his slippered feet approaching. They made no sound on the soft grass. "Yes, I will destroy the Hidden Leaf because of what it has done to my brother and to the Uchiha Clan. Starting with all of the Leaf Ninjas." Before the words could even fully register in Neji's brain, he felt the sharp force of Sasuke's foot kicking him in the head, and then everything was blackness.

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When he awoke again, Neji had no idea where he was. His head was throbbing with every heartbeat and his body was burning and sore from enduring the sixty-four palms. Where am I? he wondered. He opened his eyes but only darkness greeted him. Soon, he realized that he was slumped over, kneeling down on the ground. He tried to summon the strength to rise, but he couldn't. Besides, his arms were fasted to the wall in chains. Movement was almost impossible.

Tenten! Her name came to him like a pang. Where was she? Was she hurt? He had to know. "Byakugan," he said harshly. His eyes shot open, radiating their strange greyish-white color. Now he could see. Neji scanned the room, looking for her. Moving his head to and fro hurt badly but he didn't care.

"Tenten," he said when he saw her. He maintained his calm Hyuga tone. "Tenten, are you alright?" She was also chained to the wall, only a few feet away from him. Her chin hung only inches away from her chest. Was she conscious? "Tenten!" he called again.

With a little gasp, Tenten's head popped up. Her eyes frantically looked around in the dark. Neji could see how huge her pupils were, trying to suck in any ounce of light, but without the Byakugan she would never be able to see.

"It's ok Tenten," he said softly. "I'm here."

She faced the sound of his voice blindly. "Neji…" her voice trailed off. She sounded frightened. "Where…where are we?"

"I'm not sure…" Neji used his eyes to look around the room once more, this time taking in the lay of things instead of just frantically searching for his partner. It was a big empty room with four stones walls. There was a door on the far wall. One single light bulb hung from the ceiling in the center of the room. "Looks like…some kind of cell," he said, trying to hide the nervousness that he was feeling from Tenten. He could already see that her heart rate and breathing were accelerated from the fear of uncertainty. What could Sasuke possible be planning?

"I can't believe that Sasuke would seek us out and attack us like that," Tenten ventured. Before they'd run into the rouge ninja, Neji and Tenten had been on route to a new mission. Sasuke had appeared out of no where and attacked them without warning. Yes, she'd known that he wasn't stable for a long time…that he was working with Orochimaru even. But she'd never expected that he would pose an imminent threat to her or Neji.

Neji relaxed his Byakugan eyes and sighed. "Don't worry, Tenten. We'll get out of this. Before, we didn't realize how capable he was. Now that we know, I'm sure he won't stand a chance against two ninja like us." He hoped that his words had comforted her at least a little, but inside Neji wasn't sure that it was true. How could they possibly fight Sasuke when their chakra was blocked and they were stuck in a prison cell in chains?

Hello~! This is my first attempt at a fanfic so please please review but be nice! I've just started this story but I'm a fast writer. If you enjoy it and have any thoughts on what you'd like to see happen, please let me know. I am more than open to suggestions.