Loving You

Nejioc and Sasuoc

Chapter One

Shurikens flew through the bloody wind.Kunais accompanied them. Sound ninja were fighting like crazy. Blood splattered all over the Forest of Death. Leaf ninja were getting beaten up pretty badly. An ANBU with black hair and lavender eyes was fighting like heck. Suddenly, she saw a ninja go down. It was Naruto. His blonde hair was soaked with crimson blood. He was bleeding everywhere. His chakra and the Nine-Tailed Fox's was seeping out of him as life slipped away from him. He coughed up blood as he tried to say something. But it was too late. His blue eyes dulled and he died. One of Hotaru's team was down. Naruto, Rock Lee, Neji, Sasuke, and Hotaru were all in the same ANBU group. A scream filled the air. Rock Lee was also down. He had cuts and bruises on him. But yet, he died. Hotaru guessed it was eternal bleeding. She fought three ninja and leaving them critically injured. She went to see if anybody needed help. The next thing she saw would change her life forever. Zaku was fighting Neji. Zaku was fast as he gave Neji a death strike. Neji went down with a yelp of pain. He fell to the ground, his eyes closed. His clothes were dirty from fighting. His black hair was rumpled up. He looked so peaceful there. No, this can't be happening! She thought with horror. Hotaru checked his breathing. He wasn't breathing. She checked his pulse. No pulse. She grabbed the front of his shirt, yelling, "Come on, Neji! It isn't funny! Wake up! Don't do this to me!" I will kill Zaku! She thought with anger. She gave up and ran toward him, kunais and shuriken ready. She heard Sasuke yelling "Hotaru! Behind you!" Before she could look something hard hit her head. Everything went black as she crumpled to the ground.

Bright sunshine hit her closed eyes. Hotaru opened her eyes but it was a struggle. Moaning, she sat up in bed.

"Look she's awake!" Sakura exclaimed. Hotaru glanced around the room. Tsunade, Sasuke, Shikamaru, Hinata, Sakura, and Kiba were there. So were the medical ninja.

"What going ON?! What am I doing here? What happened!" She demanded suddenly, her head hurt like she had run into a pole twenty times in a row. "Oh great! She delusional!" Shikamaru muttered. Hotaru gave him a death glare.

"Hotaru, how do you feel?" Tsunade asked slowly and gently.

"Like I rammed my head into a pole about twenty times." Hotaru replied.

"Do you remember the fight with the sound ninja?"

"Yes. Rock Lee, Naruto, Neji… are they really…?" Hotaru's voice cracked. Sasuke looked at the floor. Hinata, Sakura, and Tsunade looked sad. Kiba started petting Akamaru. Shikamaru looked at the ceiling.

"I'm afraid so. I'm terribly sorry," Tsunade finally said in a melancholy voice.

"Are you okay?" Sasuke asked.