(A/N: In this Chapter it's gonna be Neji's POV, unlike the first chapter, where it was Tenten's.

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or any of the Naruto characters, Masashi Kishimoto does. I own my OCs that's all, and of course this story.

I'm not exactly sure whether I have to do a Disclaimer every Chapter… Probably not.)

"Don't try anything," Sojin told them.

It was morning now, and Sojin finally took Neji and Tenten out of the enclosed room and into a slightly bigger one. He had people with him; about three and they were completely covered in dark mahogany colored cloths—somewhat like Sojin himself.

Who were these people? Neji took his time to observe everything in the larger room that he was in now. There was another door to his right. He assumed that it was the exit to outside.

Tenten was beside him, looking uneasy.

Their hands were chained together still, but one of Sojin's guards, someone Neji thought to be called Masato, took off the chains from their feet so they could walk. Neji was tempted to try to escape when that happened, but he knew it would likely be foolish.

"I'm going to take you somewhere," Sojin explained. "You two best behave yourselves, it'll take at least five hours to make it there, and I don't want any trouble."

Neji glared at the man. "What do you want from us?"

"My brother, he's waiting," Sojin replied. There was something menacing about him that Neji couldn't place. Obviously his intentions weren't good. Neji would have to figure out a way for Tenten and him to break free—or something bad would happen.

"Who's your brother?" Tenten asked.

Sojin opened the exit. "No one you would be familiar with," he stated. "Let's go." His followers grabbed Neji and Tenten, pulling the two Shinobi with them as they followed Sojin.

When they were outside, Neji could see that they were nowhere near Sunagakure. They were in a forest.

Neji was contemplating a way out of this. He felt groggy. How long do the effects of this poison last? He wondered.

If only they had brought Lee with. With him here they would've actually stood a chance against Sojin and his guards.

Sojin seemed strong, though. When Neji was trying to fight him off if was difficult, and not many people could overwhelm Neji Hyuuga. Sojin must have used some sort of poison to weaken him, he must have. Why else would Neji feel so fragile?

Tenten looked the same: weakened and tired. Whatever poison Sojin used, it worked.

"We will head down this path," Sojin said. He was pointing towards a fuller part of the woods. He waited a few seconds before starting to walk.

Neji didn't say anything in response, and Tenten remained silent as well. The guards weren't pulling or pushing them like they did before, but instead just walked along their side.

"Got anything in mind Neji, you know, of what to do?" Tenten whispered.

"Not exactly," Neji whispered back.

She nodded and returned her attention to the path they were taking.

An hour passed by as they walked on. Neji and Tenten conversed quietly, and tried not to be noticed by Sojin or any of his ninja followers. Neji figured out that Masato supposedly held the keys to the chains on Tenten and Neji's arms. He wondered if he could somehow get them from him…

The chains on his arms prevented him from using his Gentle-fist. His legs could only work as a distraction if he were to attack Sojin or the guards. He and Tenten could attempt to run, but what would that prove to do? Sojin didn't seem stupid; he probably knew that Neji was trying to plan an escape.

When Sojin came to a halt, so did Tenten, Neji, and the other three ninjas.

"What are you doing?" asked Masato. It seemed to Neji that this man was slightly higher in rank than the other two followers.

Sojin didn't say anything. He gazed around for a moment before turning to his guards and the two captured Shinobi. "I hear something. Keep an eye on them; I want to go check it out."

The three ninjas nodded and Sojin walked off.

What did he hear? They waited a few minutes until Sojin was out of sight. Neji realized that this would be a good opportunity to attack and escape. Sojin's followers didn't seem so tough, if Neji and Tenten could just… Yes.

Neji wondered if Tenten was thinking the same thing. He looked at her, trying to decipher what her conclusion was about this situation. He caught her eye, and for a split second it looked as if she knew what he was thinking.

He activated his Byakugan and without a second thought he quickly maneuvered behind Masato and side kicked him. The ninja shouted and the other two swarmed around.

Tenten rapped her chained arms around one of the ninjas and pulled, strangling him. Neji tried to distract the other two. He kicked at them, and one particular sturdy blow managed to reach Masato's head; causing him to stumble to the ground.

"Sojin, Sojin, they're trying to escape!" Masato shouted, bleeding from his cheek. He pulled out a sword from the bottom of his robe and clumsily tried to swing it at them.

Neji grabbed Tenten by the shoulder. She turned to him and let go of the guard she was choking.

"Come on let's go," he said while signaling for her to follow.

There was shouting. Masato ran after the two Shinobi and he was behind Neji. "Stop running!"

If Neji didn't have the chains on his arms he would have fought him right then and there. He ran faster, with Masato hot on his heels.

"Get back here!"

The two Shinobi continued to run for a few minutes, and then Neji came to a complete stop, turned around—and with both chained arms, hit Masato's jaw.

When Tenten presumably realized what he was doing she came to back him up and kicked Masato aside the head, causing him to stumble backwards. Before she could do more, though, he gave a swift and awkward slash of his sword; catching lots of blood from Tenten's stomach and almost making himself fall over doing so. She yelped, but soon afterwards used her arms to hit him to the ground. Masato fell and Tenten stomped on him once, knelt down, and held him to the ground.

Neji knelt down next to her and searched Masato. He struggled weakly, but Tenten managed to hold him tight enough so that he couldn't escape. Neji felt something beneath the cloth that the ninja wore and pulled it out. "The keys," he said.

Masato's struggling ceased and he seemed limp. Blood leaked out from underneath him. Did he fall on his sword? Whatever happened didn't kill him. He was still breathing.

Neji scrutinized Tenten, who was also bleeding. The injury she received on her stomach looked gruesome, but was probably not at all fatal.

"Tenten, Neji!"

Neji turned at the sudden voice.

There before him was a surprise: Gai Sensei and Rock Lee.

What were they doing here? Weren't they supposed to be in Konoha? "You…" Neji breathed. He wasn't sure of what to say at their sudden arrival.

He turned his attention back to the ninja on the ground. He definitely looked unconscious. Tenten let go of Masato, stood up, and backed away. "Lee? Gai? What are you two doing here?"

"We tracked you down as best as we could," Gai said, panting. "Tsunade told us that someone in the village by the name of Sojin was wanted, and I realized that I took up a mission for you two to escort a person by that name to the Sand village… It was a mistake."

Rock lee walked forward, one hand balled into a fist and raised in front of his face. "We came as quickly as possible, I swear!"

"Sojin, where is he?" Neji asked. One of the three guards was strangled. Masato was lying on the ground, and Sojin and the other ninja guard were missing.

"He heard us in the bushes and found us. We fought a little but then he managed to run away…" Gai explained.

"Do you know who Sojin is or what he wants?" asked Tenten.

Gai shrugged. "He's supposedly a thief and the cause of a few missing Shinobi, Tsunade says. "

At least things were getting a little clearer. Neji turned back to Masato's unmoving form. "Hopefully we can question him if we need more information."

"Right," said Rock Lee. "We'll do that, and then we'll find this Sojin guy and kill him." He puffed out his chest and put on a stern face. "Whatever he was trying to do to my teammates, he won't get away with it."

Tenten smiled and approached Lee and Gai. "I'm glad to see you two. I feel a lot safer and better knowing you're here for me." She was grasping her wounded stomach, and breathing somewhat heavily.

An odd feeling of self-disappointment befell over Neji. Shouldn't he have been enough to keep Tenten safe? Why did he fail? He should have been more protective of her, and more cautious…

"Are you alright Tenten?" asked Rock Lee. "You look hurt."

Tenten coughed but smiled again afterwards. "Nah, I'm fine, Lee. Really. This is nothing compared to other injuries I've taken in my time," she paused before continuing. "Thanks for caring, I appreciate it."

For some unknown reason Neji felt somewhat… Jealous. He brushed it off, and felt embarrassed at that realization. Why would he feel anxious over such things, anyway? He was thanked many times by Tenten, why would this one time that Lee gets thanked should he get jealous? It was absurd.

"Come, my students. Let's take this guy somewhere to question, preferably in a safe and enclosed area…" Gai said. He looked to his left, and then to his right. "Konoha is hours away. This guy will wake up or die by the time we make it there."

That was something more productive to think about, Neji knew. He gazed around for a moment. "Sunagakure is probably equally faraway or more so," he commented.

"We could try to find that small cabin that Sojin had us in," Tenten suggested. "It's about an hour or so away from here. You might have passed it by while searching for me and Neji, Gai…"

A moment of silence passed and then Gai nodded. "Okay. Let's go then, my youthful students, and we'll try to find this cabin you mentioned."

Neji remembered something: the keys he got from Masato. He looked at them. There were three. "Hold on, Gai. I have to get these restraints off of me and Tenten." He examined them for a few seconds and then chose one to try out first. He handed it to Rock Lee, with his limited movable arms. "Try that in the hole."

"Okay," Rock Lee said, nonchalantly. He fumbled around with it, and then fitted the key into the hole. He turned it and the chains came lose and fell to the ground. "There you go."

"Good." Neji turned his now-free hands around and inspected them. The tightness from the chains caused a reddish streak on his wrists, but other than that they appeared fine. Neji enjoyed being able to completely move them around again. When the chains had been removed he felt more empowered. He grabbed the key from Lee and then looked at Tenten. "Come here. I'll get those off of you."

She did as she was told and Neji did as he told her he would.

"You're done now?" Gai asked, looking eager to go. He had already put Masato on his back, but tied a rope over his feet and arms in case he woke up and attempted to attack.

Tenten bobbed her head once. "I think so."

A while went by, maybe an hour or more. It looked about eleven or twelve o' clock, Neji figured. They had been searching for the small cabin and were finally successful in finding it.

The cabin was in an emptier part of the forest, but there were still plenty of trees around it. "Come on," Neji said. "It probably won't be long until Masato wakes up; he seems to be turning more often…"

Gai nodded, and attempted to open the door to the small house. "It… It's locked," he said as he tugged on the doorknob.

Wait a second. The keys that Masato had held before, there were three of them. Perhaps this is what they were for. "Move aside. I'll try to get it open. If this doesn't work we can break it." He picked out one of the two left over keys and placed it into the keyhole of the door. He turned, but it was unsuccessful. He tried the other key and this time it worked.

The door creaked open and Neji allowed Gai to go in first, since he had Masato on his back.

"Where do I put him?" Gai asked, grunting. "Do I put him on the floor?" He shrugged, and dropped Masato. There were blood stains all over Gai's back, Masato's blood stains. Hopefully he didn't lose too much blood. Neji didn't want him to die too soon.

Rock Lee knelt beside Masato's body and checked his pulse. "Looks like he's definitely still alive… I wonder why he works for that Sojin guy?"

"I don't know Lee. But we'll find out once he wakes up," Tenten said. "For now let's just keep an eye on him."

"Tenten, you should check your wound. If we had a Medic here it wouldn't be a problem, but for now I don't want it to get infected," Neji said.

"I will," Tenten replied.

Neji bent down to shake Masato. He didn't wake up, but that was expected.

Now that they weren't in the forest, Neji had time to think. He wondered why he felt jealousy over his teammate. As far as he could recall, he never felt that way before this. Maybe it wasn't jealousy, he wouldn't know.

Again they would have to wait, wait for Masato to wake up so they could question him. The first thing Neji wanted to know was what Sojin wanted from two Shinobi. He never said that he was specifically after Neji or Tenten, so he likely just wanted two people. Sojin mentioned a brother, and that was where he was taking them to.

Neji continued to ponder on the subject. He sighed and sat on the cold floor of the cabin.

(A/N: Okay, that's Chapter two. I was sad about Neji's death before, but now I'm getting used to the thought. At least he still lives in our Fanfics, right? So that's good. But I still can't believe it, how will Tenten and Neji get together if Neji's dead?

I hope I didn't make any of the characters OOC or anything, I wouldn't want that.

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