Title: Stained Red
By: DarkNightDreamer
A/N: Hi. Bye. Oh wait. Before I go, I'd like to thank all who reviewed. Yup, that's right! Thank you all!
Disclaimer: Don't. Own.
Summary: Check first chapter.
Chapter Two: In The Daylight
Neji awoke to the sounds of twittering birds. Quite okay, he decided. What was not okay was the fact that the sun was shining in his delicate silver eyes, which were used to working in the dark. Why Tenten left him here, and didn't kill him was beyond him. Why Boss sent him here was an entirely different matter too.
He felt like punching someone.
And, last but not least, he awoke to someone jabbing him. In the chest. (Which, by the way, hurt too.)
"You," Someone familiar's voice thundered. "Are a," here was a jab, "Dumbass!"
"Shut up," He mumbled, eyes blinking blearily as blonde hair and cerulean eyes came into his view.
He groaned.
"Not you!" He managed to wheeze out, wincing as he did so.
"Ha! You should be glad I actually came, you ungrateful—!"
Naruto's statement was ended with a punch to his stomach, and he went flying across the room, ramming into a hard plaster wall.
"Ow, Neji! That actually hurt!" He whined, rubbing his head as he made his way towards his fellow agent. Neji ignored him as he sat up, trying to flex his muscles.
Slipping out of bed and leaving a slight trail of blood behind him, he nodded at the blond.
"C'mon," he grunted, using his head to gesture at the balcony. "Let's get moving."
Naruto agreed silently, slipping nimbly around the halfway closed door. Neji took once last dirty look at the silky, stained red sheets before leaving the room too.
Sharingan Headquarters
"They're back, Sasuke-sama," A secretary bowed once, before ushering the two boys into seats in front of their Boss, who was currently seated behind a large oak desk.
Swiveling his chair around, another boy not much older than the other two—no, in fact, the same age as them, with raven hair and deep onyx eyes, surveyed his best agents, and raised an eyebrow expectantly.
"Sasuke-teme! Lookie here! I had to drag Neji back, and—!" Naruto shouted. Sasuke threw a pencil at him, effectively shutting him up as it made hard contact with his forehead.
"Please explain, Hyuuga." The leader said calmly, ignoring the loud-mouthed blond laying sprawled out on the carpeted floor while making a gesture for the secretary not to touch him and leave him there.
A gesture to his abdomen and the words Tenten and Sakura was all Sasuke needed, as he nodded, a hint of a smirk playing around his lips.
"Aa. So it's Sakura's dirty work." He said thoughtfully, a gleam coming into his eyes.
"More like Tenten's." Neji snorted.
"Both!" Naruto yelled, suddenly revived, but blacked out again, courtesy of a flying crayon.
"Both." Neji agreed.
"Then your injury is ok, I suppose?" The Sharingan leader inquired, and was answered swiftly by an affirmative nod from the other side.
"Good." He smiled, albeit a little evilly, and folded his hands, fingers interlacing with each other.
"Escort Mr. Hyuuga to the infirmary for a check-up please," Sasuke directed the secretary, "and Naruto?"
"Yes!" The blond shouted, and Sasuke had to resist the urge to chuck his electric pencil sharpener at him.
"Shut up and head towards the dormitories. Tell Nara, Akimichi, Rock, Inuzuka, and Aburame to come here. We'll be gathering for a meeting in," Sasuke paused to take a glance at his watch, "About thirty minutes. Got it?"
Naruto saluted, grinning cheekily. "Hai, Sasuke-teme!"
Sasuke finally gave him to his desires and threw his sharpener at him.
Sakura Headquarters
"Back so soon, Tenten?" Sakura asked, eyebrow raised.
"Yup!" Tenten answered cheerily.
"You didn't…kill him, did you," Sakura accused, emerald eyes narrowed dangerously.
Tenten sweatdropped, and quickly backed away.
"Eh…no…"
Sakura grinned. "Good!"
Tenten could only sweatdrop. (Yet again.)
"Did you give him the warning?" Sakura asked.
Tenten's eyes widened. "What warning?"
Before Sakura could even utter a single syllable, the bun-haired girl was off and rambling.
"Noooooo! I forgot to give him the warning! Dammit! I knew I forgot something!" A whack to the head. "I'm so stupid sometimes! Aaaaah! Aaaah! Please don't kill me! I beg of you! I completely forgot! I'm so sorry! I'm so sorry! I'm so—"
She was interrupted by a blow to the forehead.
"Ow."
"That's right. Ow is right."
No answer.
Taking it as an initiative to start speaking, Sakura cleared her throat importantly.
"Right. Since you," Cough. "Forgot to give the Hyuuga his so important warning," Sakura gave a pointed look towards Tenten's way, and the girl shrunk in size, if possible.
"We're going to have to take some action, got it?"
All the girls assembled in the room suddenly snapped to attention, and saluted.
"Hai, Sakura!"
Sakura smiled widely, and rubbed her hands in glee.
Hell yeah!
"Tenten?"
"Yes?"
"Go to the commons. I think Ino and the rest are there, right? Well, tell them to come here immediately. We've got some planning to do."
"Right."
"And…Rika?" Sakura addressed a random bodyguard in the corner.
"Hai, Sakura-sama."
"Contact Kakashi-sensei please. I want his advice on something. It was, after all, his fault that Sasuke-kun and I are in such a conflict." She scowled, yet asked politely.
"Hai." The bodyguard saluted, and started to expertly jab numbers into a sleek black cell phone she pulled out of a pocket in her black jacket.
"Good."
Sakura smiled.
"I guess we'll begin now, won't we, Sasuke-kun?"
She asked the screen positioned directly above her as the women in the room filed out through the door behind the large desk surrounding her.
The boy addressed scowled.
"Shut up."
Sakura laughed merrily.
"I'll take that as a yes, then. I won't be losing to you, Sasuke-kun. At least, not this time." She said sweetly.
"Don't call me that." Was his retort.
"I'll be ready." Sakura smirked. "And you will too, won't you?"
Without waiting for his answer, she prattled on.
"Just you wait, Uchiha."
The boy snorted.
"Face it, Haruno. I'm better than you."
"We'll see about that."
Sasuke shrugged. "I guess we will, won't we?"
"Bring it on." Sakura's smirk intensified, evilness creeping into her face.
"Hn."
Both leaders turned off their televisions, wheeling around to face no one.
"Bring it on," They both whispered, and reached over to a switch nearby to turn off the light.
Sakura stood up in the darkness, and shut the door behind her as she exited the main functioning room, heading towards the commons.
Sasuke just leaned back and enjoyed the scenery from outside his glass window.
Tsuzuku (To Be Continued)
A/N: So how'd you guys like it? Tee hee. Er, it's rather short compared to the chapters from Ying Yang, and I think I forgot most of the details I planned for this story…so it might take some time to re-jog my memory…sorry about the REALLY REALLY late update. Hehe. Don't kill me.
Next Chapter:
What is 'the warning?' What is the conflict between Sasuke and Sakura? What the heck are they planning? Well, stay tuned for the next chapter, All Will Be Revealed!
See you next time!
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