This was my first ever Naruto fanfiction, on Quizilla dot com, and so I edited it and then published it here.

I refuse to put a disclaimer here cause everyone should be bright enough to know that I don't own Naruto. I'm pretty sure that's why this is called FANfiction.

((Part One))

Neji Hyuuga walked through the forest calmly, all by himself. He had walked deeper than he normally went to practice. Once he set his pale eyes to his Byakugan, he looked around with his special vision.

He counted four birds and four came out. He did this for a while, slowly looking further and further behind him. Eventually he was able to recall every animal he had seen and it would be true. As he looked past what he had seen already, he noticed the grass was more matted and some branches were broken as if someone had walked there. Confused, he continued to look past all of that searching for a sign that someone was there.

It was very deep in the forest so why would anyone be out here?

He nearly let a chuckle escape his lips. He, himself was out here deep in the forest. Whoever they were probably had their reasons. Curiosity got the better of him, though, as he continued to think. He thought about the rationale anyone would have to be in here. It could be anything, he reasoned. He grew worried, though, as it could possibly be a group of rogue ninjas or something prepared to attack the village.

He could now make out a small line of sticks against an opening of some uplifted tree roots. He suddenly realized it looked surprisingly like a wall. In fact, the area looked as though someone had been living there for quite some time. It was then did he notice the bushes rustling beside the makeshift home.

I had just finished looking for food. I hadn't found anything so I marched back home unhappy. What I really needed was something to kill the animals with. The last little thing I found had grown dull and no longer cut.

I sighed as I looked up towards the sky. I climbed a nearby tree all the way to the top and looked up. It seemed as though it would rain sometime soon. I quickly broke some branches and slid down to my home. I pushed them up against the wall I built so hopefully the inside wouldn't get too muddy.

For some reason, something felt really odd. I felt as though I was being watched. Of course nobody was around here. I hadn't seen anyone like me for a while.

I suddenly turned around toward the area where I sensed it coming from the most. I definitely knew someone was here.

Neji quickly deactivated his Byakugan when a pair of large eyes suddenly came in his vision. Straight at him actually, as if they knew where he was and where he was looking. A girl, that's what he had seen. By the looks of it, she wasn't doing well.

She was very skinny; he had seen her stomach when she slid down the tree, causing her dirty shirt to ride up slightly.

"What's up?" a voice suddenly beside him. He didn't need to look to know it was Tenten. Lee was on his other side.

"We've been looking all over for you," Rock Lee said, "Gai-sensei wants us for training," he explained.

Neji put up a hand, "Follow me," he said. Tenten looked curiously at Lee before walking after her other teammate.

"But Gai-sensei said he wanted us back there now," Lee protested.

Neji jumped up in the trees with Tenten following, "Later," he said shortly.

"What is it?" Tenten asked, "You can tell us."

Neji said nothing as they followed him to an unknown destination, deeper in the forest. It was slowly starting to rain which would make things a bit difficult. The three of them landed in the middle of a small clearing, Lee had come along.

She wasn't there. He could feel already that she wasn't in the small shelter.

"Who lives here?" Tenten asked in a wondered sort of voice as she approached the hut. Neji remained silent as he activated his Byakugan. He already sensed where she was but he needed to see what she was doing. "You know who lives here don't you?" Tenten asked.

"Not by name but by appearance," Neji said shortly. Suddenly a girl with tangled black hair came flying out at them. She carried a large stick which she continued to try and whack them with. She said nothing but made strange noises whenever she was about to attack. She seemed like she was just attacking out of anger but Neji could see she was afraid.

"I'm not going to hurt you," Neji said calmly which made Tenten look at him. He barely felt like speaking and now he was talking to this wild looking girl.

She had managed to hit Neji on the back of his leg which surprised them all. His eyes narrowed and he grabbed the stick. They fought over it for a while, a small game of tug-a-war, before Neji finally won, him being much stronger. She flew backwards and screamed as she hit the soaked ground, tumbling as she did.

Mud streaked her face as she struggled to get up, her light blue eyes focused on Neji in a glare. He remained expressionless as he threw the stick aside and approached her. Scared to death, she finally stood up and was about to run away when Neji grabbed her.

She twisted and kicked but he wouldn't let her go. Both arms were around her firmly as she struggled to get out of his grasp. It was like fighting with a kindergartener.

"Are you sure you should do that?" Tenten asked worriedly, speaking in a half whisper, "She doesn't seem to want to go."

"She can't stay here, she'll die," Neji pointed out. Eventually she collapsed in his arms, exhaustion sweeping over her from lack of food.

He shifted her around, afraid she'd run for it if he let her go, and then picked her up. One arm was under her legs and his other under her shoulders. She stared up at him looking defeated. Her eyes flickered for a moment before they closed and she was unconscious.

"We should get her to Konoha," Lee said as he looked at her peaceful face with worry, "She looks almost dead when she's asleep," he commented. He was right. Neji saw that besides her shallow breathing, she looked lifeless.

"Let's go then," Neji said and the three of them jumped from tree to tree, trying to get to the village fast before she got sick or would actually die.

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-Jen-