Soulmate AU: You share the same thoughts with your soulmate.
Kiba/Neji
Rule number 45 of being a shinobi, you must never show emotion to the enemy. Rule number 29, a shinobi must never show his tears.
Those were the rule's Neji Hyuga grew up with. The rule's his late father and uncle enforced in he Hyuga household.
Emotion's were the downfall of a shinobi, his uncle says. It could be the reason of his downfall. That's why he kept other's at arm's legnth. He didn't want to feel emotions. He didn't want to express them. He certainly didn't want anything to do with them. He didn't want to feel the pain of losing someone.
He already experienced that with his father.
Sadly, he was only human. A human who experiences emotions.
Soulmate's were out of the question. He didn't want anything to do with his. His uncle told him how useless they are and how it could ruin the pure hyuga bloodline. He agreed with his uncle.
If only his soulmate agreed with him.
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His conversations with them were always on random, his mind suddenly having a foreign thought interrupt his own thought process. At first he found it annoying and a hinderance. But as time went on, the hyuga prodigy grew to accept it.
It wasn't until one afternoon when things changed and that the hyuga peiced two and two together.
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Neji had just heard from a few of the rookie nine that his cousin's team had just gotten back from a week-long mission. He couldn't care less about her.
Currently he was out on a training field meditating. It was very peaceful before his soulmate began a conversation with him
Hey, I just got back from a mission!
Hey!Hey!Hello!? hey answer me!
Neji's eye twitched. Looks like he won't be meditating anytime soon. Especially how loud his soulmate was.
Would you cut that out already!?
He snapped in his mind.
I'd appreciate if you avoid yelling at me in the future.
Hey! I only wanted to talk!
Really? What could you possibly want to talk about?
I just want to have someone to listen to while I rant. I had such a crappy mission! The client was a total jerk, a rich and annoying jerk they even insulted me and my team!
Even though his eyes were closed, Neji was listening. Seems like his soulmate had a pretty rough mission, considering how rude their client was.
Could you for the love of kami, talk quieter? I swear I'm going to go insane.
Fine, fine... anyway, our client even insulted one of my teammate's. Calling her eyes weird. It ain't her fault her eyes were different. The bastard even tried to hit on my sensei too. I was just about to make him take back his words, fortunately for us, the mission didn't take more than four days. We arrived back at the village much earlier.
Wait a moment.. he overheard his cousin tell her younger sister about her mission. He remembered her saying how rude they were and how they insulted their team. It must be a coincidence right?
Why was it shortened?
Only one way to find out.
Huh?
Your mission. Why was it shortened?
If his sources proved him right, the mission was cut short because it didn't take that long to escort the client, according to his cousin.
The entire escort was pretty short the place wasn't too far and it'd only take a couple days to reach it.
Why'd ya ask?
No reason.
So he was right! Aparently his soulmate was one of his cousins teammate. Which one though? It couldn't be the aburame as he didn't seem the type to hold any grudges or yell so he's eliminated. He immediately ruled out the possiblity of Hinata and his jonin sensei as her soulmate was Asuma. That leave's him with Inuzuka Kiba.
He sighs. How should he tell him?
Hell, should he even tell him? Probably, it wasn't fair to be the only one who knew so he'd tell the Inuzuka tomorrow.
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It was a late afternoon in Konoha, Neji had instructed his cousin to tell his soulmate to meet with him in the Hokage monument. He was currently pacing back and forth, waiting for his arrival. The hyuga, was nervous. His palms sweaty, his heart beat erratic and his mind going a hundred miles per hour.
What would his reaction be? Would he be upset? Would he laugh?
"Calm down, Neji. You've handled much harder missions than this. This should be a walkin the park for you.." He tells himself
"Are you gonna continue talking to yourself all day or are you gonna speak with me?" Neji swore to his deathbed he did not jump when he heard his voice.
"I came to speak with you because I needed to try something." The hyuga stated.
"Something? This better not be something weir!" Kiba says with a confused face.
A moment passed before Neji take's a deep breath and,
Hello, Kiba snapped his head over to him and looked shocked.
Neji? Kiba says in his mind.
Yes. The hyuga replied
OMG! OMG! OMG!
Kiba don't yell.
How could I not!? It's you! Your my soulmate! Holy crap!
I'd appreciate if you didn't curse.
Alright, alright. But how did you know?!
I peiced things together, did a few thinking and-
I gotta tell my Mom and sister! I can't wait to see the look on her face when I found my soulmate first! Hahaha
Meeting the parenta already? We haven't even dated yet..
Before Neji could continiue that thought, his hand was pulled by an ovwrly energetic Inuzuka. The whole way there, Kiba was babling non-stop about who-know's-what.
Neji smiles slightly to himself as he listens. Mabye just this once, he could forget his precious rules for a moment. Uncle, wouldn't mind that much right?
