I'm BAAAACK! I don't really have much to say so ON WITH THE STORY!!

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Neji was waiting for Sakura by the Konoha gate. He stood, arms crossed and tapping his foot. She was 3 minutes late!

2 minutes later, Sakura came walking over to Neji with a smile on her face. She opened her mouth to greet him, but he stopped her.

"You're late." He said.

Sakura closed her mouth and crossed her arms.

"Well I'm sorry but I had to tell Naruto that I was leaving and not to raid my house for ramen while I'm gone." Sakura huffed. Neji raised an eyebrow, but shrugged it off.

The two set off into the woods, traveling to the destination that the Hokage said that she believed Sasuke to be at. Sakura was bubbling with excitement at seeing her long-lost-love again, but yet still nervous about making a fool of herself. Neji was stoic and careless as ever. Frankly, he could care less if they got the Uchiha back or not.

After walking about 20 miles, they stopped to rest. Well, Sakura begged him to rest for a while while he stood and scouted the area with his Byakugan.

Suddenly, he got into a fighting stance. Sakura saw this and stood up.

"What is it Neji?" She asked quietly.

"There is a group of four rogue ninja coming toward us. They seem to be wearing black cloaks with red clouds…"

"Akatsuki." Sakura said. She swore under her breath. It would be just her luck to run into them. Even worse if one of those four were Itachi Uchiha.

"Be ready." Neji said. "Stay behind me. You can't be injured."

"But you can't take four S-ranked criminals on your own!" She practically shouted.

"Shut up!" Neji growled at her, but it was too late. The four Akatsuki members came out from the bushes. And ironically enough, one of the black-clad ninjas was Itachi Uchiha. The other three were none other than Itachi's blue partner Kisame, Deidara and his partner Tobi.

"Shit…" Sakura swore.

"Watch your language, konoichi." Itachi said in his emotionless voice.

"Aren't you that child who killed my ex-partner, Sasori, un?" Deidara asked her.

"Why yes, I am. And I'm proud of it." Sakura sneered.

That set him off. Deidara sent a deadly glare over to Sakura and reached his hand into his pouch. When he took it out, he charged at her, fist raised.

Sakura jumped quickly out of the way, dodging the fist. When he opened his hand, 5 little clay birds were in his hand. He made them fly after her with his chakra. Sakura was fast, but she wasn't fast enough. The birds circled around her and blocked her way out. She was pressed up against a tree.

Deidara smirked, and made a hand sign.

"Art is-"

"Shit!"

"-a blast!"

A loud explosion was heard The explosion sent Sakura flying through the tree she was against and into another tree behind it. When her back hit the tree, Her eyes widened and she coughed up blood. She had burns on her arms and legs that were visible and a burn on her chest under her left breast and right above her right one. Sakura lay there, motionless, fighting unconsciousness.

"Sakura!" Neji shouted and ran for her. He was by her side in a mere second.

"Sakura, are you alright?!" Neji asked.

"N-neji….kun…"

Sakura fainted in Neji's arms.

"Damnit…" Neji growled. He turned to the four Akatsuki members, eyes blazing.

"Oh, did Deidara kill your little girlfriend?" Kisame asked, grinning.

"Shut the fuck up." Neji growled. Did this man think death was funny?

"You're next." Itachi said emotionlessly.

"Fuck no. You're all going down." Neji growled. Although he was outnumbered by people and power, he would give it all he got and at least kill the blonde one.

"Tobi, you finish off the girl. Kisame, Itachi and I will kill this one with the girly hair, un." Deidara said to his partner.

"Look who's talking." Neji smirked, earning a growl from Deidara.

"Okay, senpai! Tobi's a good boy!" Tobi said. (A/N: I just love Tobi! His mask reminds me of a pumpkin!)

Tobi began walking over to Sakura. Neji knew that if he ran over and beat that Tobi kid, that the other three would probably get him. But if he didn't, Sakura would be dead.

Neji was in quite a predicament.

Tobi inched closer to Sakura and pulled out a katana. (A/N: I don't know if Tobi has a katana, or where he got it. But it's my story.)

Neji froze.

He had to make a decision, and fast.

Tobi stopped in front of her, his katana just centimeters from her neck.

Kisame pulled out his sword. Deidara reached his hand into his pouch once again. Itachi glared at Neji with blood red eyes.

Neji panicked.

Tobi's katana was pressed slightly to Sakura's neck, not enough to draw blood.

Finally Neji made a decision.

He ran to where Sakura and Tobi were and gave Tobi a powerful punch. He flew through the air and through about ten trees.

But when Neji had punched Tobi, his katana had swung toward Neji.

Neji looked down and gasped.

About three inches of brown hair was lying on the forest floor.

Oh no, his beautiful hair!

All Hyuuga males had long silky hair! It was tradition!

Deidara laughed.

"Well, now we know who has the best hair here, un." He joked, but in more of a maniacal way.

Neji growled at them. He had to find a way to get rid of them.

He would take down the blonde first.

He was the one who hurt Sakura.

His Sakura.

And he wouldn't put up with that.

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Soooo, was it good?? Please tell me it was good! R&R, but no flames. My goal is to get 100 reviews before I complete this story. Please help me achieve my goal. :]