Hyuuga Neji was NOT in a good mood this evening.

The pale-eyed boy scowled as he made his way home from the local ninja academy. He was sure that the buffoon of a teacher that was his academy sensei was determined to hold him back.

Grinding his teeth a bit he recalled how the oaf had tried to make a fool of him by asking such demeaning and juvenile questions on basic chakra control! The boy was sure the man was confusing him with his weak cousin from the Main Branch! He was not a failure!

Speaking of which, his cousin was currently trying to spy on the dead-last of her class. Neji wasn't sure what was more pathetic, Hinata-sama's sad attempt at spying or the idiot boy not even noticing the said attempt at spying.

Neji merely made his way over to his cousin and spat out, "Come, Hinata-sama. You are expected home from the academy now."

The girl pathetically jumped at his voice before incoherently attempting to stutter some sort of rubbish at him.

Huffing he began his soldier-like march home, with Hinata trailing behind him like a kicked puppy.

Neji dutifully delivered the Heiress to her home before setting off to his own home.

Neji hoped that the stupid woman who had been designated as his caregiver would not try to get him to 'converse about his day' with her again. Quite frankly he didn't understand why the woman kept trying to treat him like her child. She should just accept her fate that she was to never have children!

He despised the woman for trying to become his mother. She was not and would never be his mother. Nor did he want the mock sympathy the woman tried to offer him about his parent's deaths.

Clenching his fists at the anger he felt from his father's unjust death, Neji continued to walk.

He noticed that there were more people out this evening. That was highly unusual for the somber clan that tended to stay silent and out of sight when they were not called upon.

Neji wanted to ask why everyone seemed to stop whatever it was they were doing when he was passing by and began to stare, point, and whisper. However his pride refused to let him stoop down to such a level.

But it was really quite curious seeing all of these people talking like this. Neji wondered what had happened.

'Oh God, please don't tell me that incompetent fool Mimi burned part of the house down again!'

The infernal woman was truly a failure at cooking…

Picking up his pace once more, the pale-eyed boy kept his chin up high as he hurried home.

Preparing to see his muddled caretaker weeping on the ground outside of a partially burnt house, Neji was confused as he turned the last corner that would allow him to see his house.

It was fine. There was no crowd gathered to watch a burning house nor was there a weeping woman crying out apologies.

Neji felt a sense of dread rise up as he made his way to the door. Had something happened to his caretaker? True he greatly disliked the incompetent woman, but that didn't mean he necessarily wanted something bad to happen to her…

Involuntarily taking a deep breath Neji slid the front door open waiting for the inane greeting that met him home from the Academy everyday without fail.

"Ah, Neji-kun! Welcome home!" Came Mimi's soft voice, it seemed she was excited about something.

Snorting softly Neji chided himself for his ridiculous worries; everything seemed fine… so why had everyone acted so strangely?

His curiousity sparked once more, Neji headed to the kitchen where he could always count on finding Mimi. Surely he could wheedle out the information he desired from the spineless woman.

Entering the cooking area Neji called out the woman's name before spotting something out of place: a small figure standing in his kitchen that was most certainly not his caretaker.

A little girl a few inches shorter than him stood in front of the stove occasionally stirring the contents of a pan.

Hearing her new caretaker's name Kagome turned towards the voice ready to inform the speaker that the woman was currently in the restroom. The words died on her lips as she felt a sense of dread wash over her as the boy scrutinized her with those pearly eyes. She suddenly felt very unwelcome.

Neji stared in disbelief at the blue-eyed girl, she wasn't a Hyuuga so why was she there? Was she an intruder?

Quickly Neji dropped into the gentle fist stance as the girl tilted her head at him, confused by his actions.

"You do not belong here! Leave at once!" he shouted at the 'intruder' as he activated his Byakugan, preparing to strike.

Seeing that the girl made no move to leave, Neji struck the girl in the shoulder closing off a tenketsu. The girl promptly gave a pain-filled screech as she clutched her shoulder before tumbling to the floor from the force of the strike.

"Kagome-chan? What's wrong? Why did y-!" Mimi dashed into the kitchen. Kagome quickly moved to hide behind the pale-eyed woman, hoping her new caretaker would protect her from this boy.

Mimi crouched down to Kagome's level to console the girl, "Oh, Kagome-chan. This is just a misunderstanding! I'm sure Neji-kun didn't mean to-"

"Nuh-uh! He tried to kill me Mimi-san!" Kagome wailed desperately at the woman, trying to convince her that she was wrong.

"Come sit down, Kagome-chan." Mimi insisted as she forced the sobbing girl to kneel onto one of the floor mats situated around the dining table.

Tired of being ignored Neji wanted answers and he wanted them now, "Mimi! What is this intruder doing here? You will be punished severely for bringing an outsider into the compound!"

Mimi flinched at the false accusation as she looked over Kagome's shoulder with her own Byakuugan, "She is not an outsider Neji-kun. Sit down and I will explain as much as I can."

Giving a harsh glare at the woman, Neji stood defiantly- he would not sit!

Sighing Mimi realized her ward was not going to comply with her wishes.

This was all wrong! This wasn't how she had planned on introducing the siblings at all! She had a feeling that Neji would not be pleased, but never in her wildest dreams did she imagine that the boy would use Juuken on his own sister without allowing the poor girl to explain herself!

Nodding slowly Mimi began, "This girl is Hyuuga, Kagome. She is your sister, Neji-kun."

Kagome looked sharply up at the boy who had attacked her, disbelief written clearly across her face.

Neji stood with his eyes wide open at the bold declaration.

Shaking his head the academy student felt the shock dissipate into cold fury, "Do not say such things, Mimi! You dare to dishonor my father's name in such a manner?"

Mimi looked down at the floor as she tried to explain to her ward, "No. I do not dishonor Hizashi-sama's name, Neji. It is true, Hiashi-sama has declared the girl a member of the clan."

Clenching his fists Neji spun on his heels, heading towards his room.

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Kagome watched as the violent boy, her brother, stormed out of the kitchen/dining area. 'That's my brother? He's so mean…'

No one had said anything about her having a brother! Well, besides her little brother Souta that is.

"Oh, dear… Neji is in a disagreeable mood… I apologize Kagome-chan. I'm afraid your brother is a bit harsh… But I'm sure he'll come around eventually, you'll see…" Too bad Mimi didn't sound convinced by her own words. She had hoped Neji would not be so cruel to his only close relative. Perhaps he only needed time, after all this had been quite a disastrous first meeting… if only she hadn't left to use the restroom…

Rubbing at her shoulder Kagome desperately hoped Mimi was right.

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