Fighting for love


Summary: Sasuke has been fighting to reach his goal. What if he loses his goal and there's a chance to lose his new goal too, when he continues living the way he does now? SasuNeji


Chapter 1


A loud scream of pain was to be heard, followed by cheering of the crowd that was standing near the person that had screamed. A few seconds after, a yell was to be heard of an other person, and the cheering started again, this time from the other side of the room. Hyuuga Neji sighed as he leaned against the wall, watching two men in his club fight. There was a crowd around the two fighting men, cheering and yelling at them. They always bet who'd win this. Yes, it was ridiculous. The boss of the club Neji was working in, hired people in to cause a fight, or he hired two men from competing companies, to fight. It was all for entertainment for the people who came into the bar. It was Neji's job to tell those guys what they had to do, what the rules were, and to take care of them before, during and after the fight. Giving them water, giving them time outs by jumping in between and taking care of their wounds were all parts of Neji's job. He hated doing it, but he'd rather help the guys then leaving them all on the floor to bleed. Neji was often called a cold person and an asshole, because he never showed a lot of emotion and seemed uninterested by every human that came by. But he did have feelings. He wasn't that mean that he'd laugh at people getting wounded, and leaving them behind to die. Unlike the visitors of his club. A loud cheer was to be heard now, and with a thud, the smallest fighter fell onto the floor. Immediately, half of the men started cursing and yelling and the other half of them run towards the winner or towards the guys that owed them money. Neji waited for them to be done and return to their tables or to the bar, so he could help the poor guy on the floor.
As Neji was helping the man to a small room in the back, another man walked to Neji. He looked similar to Neji, with the same eyes and hair and posture, but older. Once all of them were in the room, the man started talking.
"Neji, here's the next fighter. Prepare him." He, Hyuuga Hiashi said, who was Neji's uncle. He looked at Neji with a stern look at his face and let another fighter stand before Neji. It was a guy around the age of Neji, with pitch-black eyes and hair, looking stoic.

"I will, uncle." Neji said, as he put the man onto a chair, and looked at the other fighter.

"I'll help you within a minute." Neji said to him, while he filled a bucket with warm water and grabbed a piece of cloth, starting to take care of the wounds the man had.

The fighter rolled his eyes and pulled up a chair. He started stretching his legs and arms on it.

"You'd better help me now." He said, his voice low and seeming like he was gonna attack Neji if he didn't do what the fighter wanted.

Neji just ignored the guy as he continued taking care of the other. The impatient fighter had to start fighting within fifteen minutes at least, perhaps more, so he had to be patient. Neji walked to a little fridge now and pulled out a beer and some water. He walked back to the two and handed the wounded one the water.

"Here you go." He then said. "Do you need something else?" He opened the beer while the other drank some water.

The fighter shook his head. But the fighter that still had to start fighting, grunted.

"Look in case you haven't noticed, I could kick your ass. So tell me what do now or I will." He said impatient.

"Stop being so annoying, you still have enough time." Neji said, as he shoved the beer into the hands of the impatient fighter. "You even have time to find a girl to have a quickie with man, don't be so impatient." He grabbed a map now and flipped through the pages until he found a paper which gave information of this day.

"Uchiha Sasuke?" He then asked, looking at the fighter in front of him.

"Oh wow, how did you figure that one out?" The guy, Sasuke, said and once again rolled his eyes. "I don't do 'quickies' before a fight, so tell me what to do."
Neji looked at the guy, Sasuke, for a moment, before he returned his attention to the map.

"You have to get fighting in twenty minutes." Neji said, and laid the map away. "There'll be a guy of an other company waiting for you on the place I'm going to show you. There are a few rules. You can't kill each other, each of you can have a time out, when I jump in between you have to stop and you can't touch me in any way. That's about it."

"Well great, this'll be over in one minute." Sasuke said. "And trust me, I wasn't planning on touching you in any way." He said down on the chair now and bend forward, stretching some more.

"Good, because beating up the staff is punished severely." Neji said. The other guy left now.

"Do you need something else?" Neji then asked Sasuke. The guy could ask anything he wanted, from massages to something to eat, to watching some TV or warming up by beating up a box ball.

"Be my boxing ball?" Sasuke asked and gave out a slight smirk. "You could get me some tape." He then said as he looked up and put one arm behind his back, stretching that as well.
Neji rolled his eyes as he walked to a drawer and started looking for some tape, probably for Sasuke's muscles.

"I'm only here to help you, you know." Neji said, as he found the tape. He then walked back to Sasuke and handed him the tape.
Sasuke took it and started to wrap some of it around his hand and wrist.

"I know. You still have to do pretty much what I want. I'm the one who has to do all the hard work." Sasuke said.

"I mean that it's no reason to be so snappy, I didn't do something to you." Neji said, as he walked to the other side of the room and removed an old poster.

"Nope you didn't. Neither did the guy I have to fight soon, but I'm gonna beat him up." Sasuke said. "So you should feel lucky."

"I don't." Neji said, as he threw the poster away and hung up another one. "I'm not impressed by you, I've been talking to guys like you for some years now every evening. Just keep that anger to yourself and focus that on your fighting partner."

"I don't need anger to fight someone." Sasuke said. "Besides, who said I was angry? I just like messing with guys like you." He now finished one hand, and started to wrap tape around the other one.

Neji shrugged as he leaned down and put some glasses into the dishwasher. He'd just leave the guy alone.

"So your father owns this place?" Sasuke asked as he had finished his other hand as well and now started stretching again.

"No, my uncle does." Neji said. As he saw that Sasuke was finished with the tape, he walked to Sasuke and took the tape back. You never knew what those guys did with tape.

Sasuke frowned a little at Neji and then continued stretching.
"How come you work for him?" He asked.

"Family business." Neji said, not saying more. It wasn't the guy's business.

"That's all? Family business? I'm sure a guy like you can't possibly like a place like this." Sasuke said.

"I don't really see why I should tell a guy like you more." Neji said, as he was putting away some dishes that had still been in the dishwasher.

"I don't know, it's just small talk." Sasuke said. "Is it time already?"

"Almost." Neji said, nodding. "You got ten more minutes."

"Far too long. How come we have to wait here for so long anyhow?" Sasuke asked.

"Because we want our club to stay clean, someone is cleaning the room a little now, wiping away the blood and stuff." Neji said. "And people can get something to drink, so they can watch the whole next fight." He then walked to Sasuke again.

"Should I warm your muscles a little by giving you a massage?" He then asked.

"Sure." Sasuke said shrugging. "And that still doesn't explain why we have to be here. I mean, it's not like us fighters will just randomly start fighting."

Neji moved behind Sasuke and put some oil on his hands, before he started to massage Sasuke's shoulders.

"What are you talking about now?" Neji asked, frowning a little. "Why we have to be in this room or why you have to be in this club?"

"In this room, waiting." Sasuke said. "I'd like to go out as well instead of just sitting here." He enjoyed the massage.

"It's just how it goes here." Neji said. "This room is to prepare you for the fight, afterwards, you can relax in the club if you want. You can now, if you want, but my boss assumes that it's more comfortable for the fighters to relax a little before they start fighting." He pressed his long fingers a little harder in Sasuke's skin, massaging away a knot.

Sasuke gave out a low grunt.
"Well maybe, but I don't like the waiting. I can't even see what my competition is like." He said.

"He's in another room, preparing as well." Neji said, as he kneed Sasuke's muscles carefully. "I'm almost done, do you need something else before I bring you to the section of the club where you're going to fight?"

"No I don't think so." Sasuke said and shook his head. "So who exactly is my opponent?"

"I believe it was someone of the Akatsuki Company." Neji said. "Does the name Hidan say something to you?"

"Hmm a little. I'm not really the type that knows all the famous people in this business." Sasuke answered.

"He comes here a lot." Neji said. He then finished his massage and washed his hands. "I'm done. I'll bring you to the club now." He dried his hands and then walked to the door, turning his head around to Sasuke and waited for him to follow.

Sasuke nodded and got up, following Neji.

"Thanks for the massage. If I come back here, you can do that again." He said.

"I will." Neji said, nodding, as he walked out the door. He then led Sasuke into the club, where some people already started cheering. They knew that when Neji walked into the club, followed by a muscular man, it meant another fight. They walked for a minute, before they reached a circle in the room. People were standing around it already. Neji now turned around to Sasuke.

"Well this is it." He said. "Good luck." At the other side of the circle, another man was entering the circle. A muscular man with a naked upper body, grey hair and purple eyes.

"Thanks but I won't need it." Sasuke said as he bend his neck to stretch it a little more and checked if his tape was still on tight. As the crowd was cheering, Neji left the circle and Sasuke smirked.

Neji watched the two enter the circle.

"Alright, you can start!" He then yelled, and the other guy, Hidan, immediately lunged for Sasuke, his fists balled.

But Sasuke dodged it and grabbed Hidan's arm, bending it in a painful way and then kicking him in the back. He didn't like wasting time, that was clear.

Hidan let out a groan as he turned around and grabbed Sasuke's arm instead. With one swift move, he tossed Sasuke over his shoulder, letting him hit the ground hard. Once Sasuke landed there, Hidan kicked Sasuke in the ribs roughly.

Sasuke gave out a groan, but when Hidan wanted to kick again, he rolled aside, got up and hit Hidan in the face. He then grabbed Hidan's arm he wanted to strike and made him turn around, then threw him against a wall.

The crowd cheered while Hidan growled in pain and turned around, as he started throwing kicks and hits towards Sasuke. A lot missed, but he finally hit Sasuke hard in the crouch and the crowd winced.

Sasuke stumbled back in pain and let his head hang. But then he smirked when Hidan came running towards him. As Hidan was planning on grabbing Sasuke, Sasuke grabbed Hidan by the waist and threw him over his back, using a wrestling technique. It made Hidan hit his head hard on the ground.

Hidan let out another groan, as dizziness took over. He then stood, but stumbled, and fell once again. The crowd once again cheered, except for the part which had wanted Hidan to win of course.

Sasuke smirked and waited. But then as Hidan tried to get up again, Sasuke kicked him back down, his foot right in the middle of Hidan's face.

Hidan was knocked out at that moment, and Neji's colleague who had been taking care of Hidan hurried himself into the circle. He checked up on Hidan.

"He's out, Uchiha Sasuke is the winner!" He then yelled, and once again, the crowd cheered.

Sasuke smirked and got some pats on his shoulder from people who had won money. Sasuke turned around and looked at Neji, giving him a look of 'did you see that'.

Neji walked to Sasuke now.

"Good work." He then said, as he took the towel he had been carrying with him, and debbed away Sasuke's sweat. "Do you have another job tonight? Else I can freshen you up and then you can just chill in the club."

"I don't have anything else to do no." Sasuke said as he wiped some blood away from his chin. Hidan had landed some good hits.

Said person was now removed from the floor, as Neji nodded.

"Can you follow me again then?" Neji asked, as he walked away from Sasuke, and when Sasuke followed, Neji walked back to the little room. Neji immediately filled a glass of water once they were inside, and handed it to Sasuke. "Are you wounded?"

"Not really." Sasuke said. "Although I think I might officially never become a parent." He smirked at Neji.

Neji frowned, as he wiped away some more of Sasuke's sweat.

"What are you talking about now?" Neji asked. Weird guy.

"Well in case you hadn't seen, my reproduction organs got messed up pretty badly." Sasuke answered.

"Oh, like that." Neji said. "I can't help you with that, sadly enough." He put the towel into the laundry machine now.

"No sadly you can't." Sasuke said. "I was just saying it. So do you wipe sweat of all the guys here?"

"Yes I do." Neji said. "It's part of the comfort, right." He turned around now.

"Ah I see. What else do you do for comfort?" Sasuke asked and smirked at his own comment.

"Practically everything the fighter wants and needs." Neji said, shrugging. He knew in what way Sasuke meant that comment, but chose to ignore it. "So, that was all you needed? Then I can continue with my work, and you can go into the club."

"Or you could stay here and give me a little comfort." Sasuke said as he leaned against a wall near Neji and grinned at him.

"Depends on what way." Neji said. He had to play safe now. This kind of guys could get very angry, and very quickly for that matter. They often had a lot of money and were used to get anything they wanted. If they didn't get what they want, they could explode and attack you. Neji didn't want to be attacked by someone like Sasuke, so he talked with him for now.

"Well what way would you be comfortable with?" Sasuke asked, crossing his arms.

"Just wiping away your sweat is fine." Neji said as he gave Sasuke a fake smile.

Sasuke gave out a laugh now.
"That's a weird way of saying 'have sex with me'." He said.

"It's not, because that's not what I meant." Neji said, as he turned around to the cabinets again, and poured himself a glass of water. "There are enough guys in the club that want to share their beds with you."

"Yeah, tough luck for them that I don't want to share my bed with them." Sasuke said. "So what 'are' you willing to do?"

"Not a lot." Neji said, turning around to Sasuke again, drinking his water. "Why won't you just look for someone in the club?"

"Because you look better maybe?" Sasuke answered.

"How do you know?" Neji asked, pulling up an eyebrow. "Besides, I'm not allowed to do what you're planning during my work anyway. So just search someone else."

"How about I just wait?" Sasuke asked. "And how do I know that, well maybe because I have eyes."

"The answer is no, just use your eyes better in the club." Neji said, as he walked to the door. The guy was very attractive, but Neji just had no good experiences with guys like him.

Sasuke followed and when Neji wanted to open the door, Sasuke pushed his hand against it, enabling Neji from walking away.

"And why exactly would you say no?" He asked.

Neji closed his eyes for a moment and then sighed, as he looked at Sasuke.

"I don't sleep with fighters." Neji then said. He knew it sounded like he meant he thought fighters were dirty, but this was the best way to tell Sasuke he didn't want it.

"Oh really? And why not?" Sasuke asked, sounding slightly offended.

"You don't need to know, the only thing you need to know is that I don't want it." Neji said. "Can you open the door now?"

"Well you are offending me, so I think I have the right to know." Sasuke said, still holding the door closed.

"I don't have the nicest experiences with fighters, and they're not good in sex." Neji said now, insulting Sasuke on purpose now. Sasuke had it coming.

"Well you never had sex with me, so maybe I can change your experiences then." Sasuke said, not seeming too insulted by the comment at all.

"The answer is still no." Neji said, rolling his eyes. He then pushed away Sasuke's arm and opened the door.

But Sasuke just grabbed Neji by the arm and pulled him back into the room and against a wall.
"Running away? What are you so scared of? Coming?" Sasuke asked smirking.

Neji frowned now.
"I'm not scared of you, I just don't feel like it." He then said. "Leave me alone, will you."

"Nope." Sasuke said and then grabbed Neji's head and kissed him. He wasn't being very soft on Neji either.

Neji let out a protesting moan as he tried to push Sasuke's head away. This was exactly what he hated. He didn't like it to be over dominated. Neji clenched his mouth firmly shut, but just as he expected, Sasuke easily worked open his mouth. As Neji felt Sasuke's tongue enter his mouth, he pushed against Sasuke's chest, as a hint to stop it.

But Sasuke just continued even rougher. He licked over Neji's tongue, and made work of it that Neji would start liking it, as he held Neji's face tightly and had moved a leg between Neji's legs.

Neji frowned as he once again tried to push Sasuke off of him. But he quickly found out that it was just impossible. After some time of struggling, he started to relax a little. The kiss started to feel good, so he started kissing back softly. Just kissing would be fine.

Sasuke let out a small smirk as he noticed Neji was kissing back. He then grabbed Neji by the waist to pull him closer and make the kiss more intimate.

Neji let out a soft moan and then put his arms around Sasuke's neck. He kept kissing back now.

Sasuke pushed Neji against the wall again now, holding him by the waist with one arm and having the other next to Neji's head. Neji was a pretty good kisser.

Neji automatically stroke through Sasuke's hair a little, something he always did when he was kissing someone.

Sasuke seemed to enjoy it as a small moan left his mouth. They kissed for a little while longer and then Sasuke pulled back.

"Now was that so bad?" He asked smirking.

Neji looked at Sasuke now, slightly panting, as he let go of Sasuke.

"..It wasn't, but it was kissing, not having sex." Neji said.

"Who ever said anything about sex? I'm not that easy." Sasuke said as he let go of Neji as well.

"Sharing someone's bed is the same as having sex you know." Neji said, sweat dropping.

"Did I say I was gonna do that with you?" Sasuke asked, crossing his arms again.

"No, but it seemed like you would." Neji said. Right? They didn't have the whole 'fighters suck at having sex conversation' for nothing right.

"Well then this proves that not every fighter is the same." Sasuke said. "It's late, I'm gonna go home."

"..Alright." Neji said, nodding, a little lost for words. "..Thanks." He was thankful for Sasuke not being like the other fighters.

"What are you thanking me for?" Sasuke asked, raising an eyebrow and grabbing the stuff he had taken to the room before.

Neji opened the door now.

"For not just taking me while I said no." He said. He gave Sasuke a slight smile, before he left the room.

Sasuke looked at Neji and then followed him out of the room.

"I'll see you some other time." He said and then walked into the crowd.

Neji looked at Sasuke for a moment, before he walked into the club as well, to continue working.