Me: JFIJDIGIRIHGDGHUDPGJDU! NEJI! NO! NOOOOO! NOT NEJI! JIFJGJ. DAMN YOU KISHIMOTO. Anyways. This is a Neji tribute...

.XX.

The battlefield was littered with dead bodies. The smell of blood strong in the air. Screams and shouts were heard everywhere.

Naruto shouted hysterically. "SOMEONE! WE NEED A FRIGGIN' MEDIC!"

Hinata covered her mouth, repressing a sob as tears streamed down her cheeks.

"N-no...its...too late...Naruto..." Neji wheezed, coughing up more blood.

"W-why...? Why would you go so far for me...sacrificing your life..." Naruto whispered. Neji smiled, closing one eye in pain.

"Because...I was called a...genius." He closed the other eye as his Caged Bird seal slowly faded, causing Hinata to gasp and scream.

"NEJI-NIISAN! NO!"

.XX.

Tenten faltered as she and Lee both stopped their attacks, hearing Hinata scream.

"NEJI-NIISAN! NO!"

They both looked at each other, horrified, faces pale, eyes wide. No...

They dashed towards the source of the shout, and upon arriving, they screamed in anguish. Neji's body, resting on Naruto's shoulder, deathly pale, forehead bare.

"NO!" Lee cried, running forward, taking Neji's body and laying it down on the blood stained ground. Tenten followed falling to her knees, tears falling.

"Neji...you can't! You can't die! You have to wake up! You have to! NEJI!"

It was too late, they realized as Hiashi came to take the body away.

.XX.

"H-he can't be dead...before we know it, h-he'll...wake up...and t-tell us that it's alright...a-and then we'll laugh about it, and he's c-call us...foolish...and then h-he'd give us a rare smile..." Tenten whispered.

"A-and then...we'll go training...we'd spar...he'd b-beat me...b-but then he'd...help me up...then we'd run 1000 laps around...hic...the village..." Lee continued.

"Then we'd...go eat...y-you'd get drunk...and me...Neji...and Gai-sensei would t-try to stop you...hic...then...Lady Tsunade...would...make us r-repair the place...then we'd go h-home...and s-start a new day..." Tenten hiccupped.

"B-but now...he's..." Lee swallowed. "Dead! WHY?!" he banged his fist on the ground, as the remaining Konoha 11 looked on sadly. "WHY DID IT HAVE TO BE HIM?!"

Shikamaru stepped forward, taking a deep breath. "Lee. Tenten. He died in the midst of a battle...he died protecting his cousin, who he'd sworn to protect, and a good friend of his...Hyuuga Neji died a heroic death. Never forget that."

He was answered by pitiful sobbing.

.XX.

Hiashi knelt next to a gravestone, Hanabi behind him. He rested his hand on it.

"Hizashi...I'm so sorry...I couldn't protect you...or your son...even though, I promised I would...I'm sorry..."

"F-father?"

Hiashi stood up.

"Hanabi. Your cousin and your uncle were great men, never forget that. Now come, we must go."

Hanabi nodded, wiping tears from her eyes, slowly following her father.

Once they left, a single feather drifted and landed on the grave.

Hyuuga Neji

A beloved son, nephew, cousin, and friend.

A brilliant Shinobi.

R.I.P

July 3rd 1995 - December 18th 2012

You Will Be Missed.

.XX.

Me: ...Uwaahh...Why, Neji? Why did you...d-die? Damn. I feel like crying whenever I hear, see, or think of the name 'Neji'. Seriously. I just can't believe that he's dead...and near Christmas too! *Depressed*