Well here is chapter two. It was a bit of a challenge to write because the only part of the story I had planed out in stone was the first chapter. I did it though, Bwahahahah! Also, this chapter is pretty short compared to the first, but I promise the next chapter will be a lot longer. It's just the way I had to organize the story to have it flow the way I wanted. Hope you readers like it.
Chapter 2: Meeting a New Shade of Green
"I didn't sleep a wink last night." Neji groaned.
It was time to get up, but at the minuet his body had other ideas. Neji closed his eyes and pinched his nose. A moment latter he reopened them and glanced at the clock that rested on a table beside his bed. "I gotta get up," The boy let out another groan as he tossed aside his blankets and got out of bed.
Neji headed for his bathroom. 'Maybe if I splash some cold water on my face it'll help.' Once at his sink the brunette looked at his face. His eye's were mildly bloodshot and the skin underneath was a little dark, but besides that, it wasn't that bad.
"Not a damn wink." Neji repeated as he turned on the water.
Yep, surprising enough Neji had actually dared to enter his bathroom after his previous nightly encounter. This move was not accomplished, however, due to Neji's courage, but instead because the brunette managed to convince himself that the golden eyes were just an illusion. During the sleepless hours that Neji had spent tossing and turning, he concluded that the eye's were simply a fabrication of the mind. He was just tired from a long days training.
Now, with the brunettes fears put to rest and feeling refreshed from a good splashing, Neji was able to focus on more important matters. Like getting ready for a full day of training with Gai and his two new team mates.
"Gurgle," Neji placed a hand over his stomach. "But first, I think it's time to get something to eat."
Neji headed down to the main family kitchen. At the Hyuuga house all the women seemed to have an infatuation with cooking, so there was always plenty to eat. The refrigerator was practically bursting with left overs.
After taking a quick glance in the refrigerator, Neji picked out a bowl of rice and fish the eat. He decided to eat it cold, since he could already feel that the day would be a hot one. When Neji finished eating, he cleaned up this mess, then stole a glance at the kitchen clock.
"Ten minuets until five,"
Neji then quickly headed back to his room to change and grab his bag. 'What will we do today.' he wondered. 'Then of course there is also the two new team mates.' the brunette smirked. 'Well they will sure be in for the surprise of their life. I bet they never have met a sensai like Gai before.' his smirk widened. 'They probably wont even last until noon.'
Neji gave one last look around his room to see if he was forgetting anything. When he was satisfied that he hadn't, the young genius headed for the estate's exit.
Once out of his family's complex Neji started walking towards the training grounds. He took the same route he always took. He passed the same shops and restraints, turned the same corners and walked over the same bridge. Also, as usual, there was nobody to be seen besides himself.
The sun traced elongated shadows on the ground. Neji looked at his own shadow as he walked. His other half moved with him, copying every move he made. Neji looked up, he was nearly there. Soon his second self disappeared as he entered the dark woods.
Neji began to walk though the maze of trees and bushes. Only small spotlights of sun light were allowed through by the forest canopy. Neji looked down. The forest floor was covered in random splotches of light. Taken back, Neji paused for a minuet. He stared up at the canopy. The brunette gave a small smile. The sun was shinning through the leaves.
He heard something. A rustling of leaves, but there was no wind. A shiver creeped up Neji's spin. He couldn't seance any nearby chakara's, but a gut feeling was still making him uneasy.
Neji slowly brought his head down. His heart beat was beginning to speed up. Neji blinked. His Byugan was activated.
"Where are you?" Neji whispered. Something moved behind him. Neji quickly turned ready to attack.
It was clear. Nothing was there.
Neji still waited a minuet, but nothing happened.
Neji's stance relaxed and he closed his eyes. "Man, I really am sleep deprived," Neji reopened his eye's and released a sigh as he turned around.
"Hugh!" Neji eye's stared in shock at two fiery green orbs looking back at him.
Neji's ninja instincts kicked in. The genius took a great leap back from his unnamed visitor and stood in a defensive stance.
"Who are you!" Neji questioned.
The intruder didn't respond.
Neji wasn't sure how to read this person. His actions were suspicious, but he had yet to make any directly threatening moves. Curious, Neji began to size up his mysterious intruder.
The intruder was a boy who appeared to be around his own age, 15, or maybe a little younger. It was hard to tell, he was pretty scrawny looking. The boy was also currently hanging upside down from a tree branch by focusing chakra in the soles of his feet.
'He has good chakra control.' the genius concluded.
The boy's head was covered with a mob of messy red tresses. His skin was pail, which only added to his scrawny looking appearance. Neji then moved his observations to the intruder's outer wear. The boy was dressed in mostly black, white and brown and had a gigantic... what was it? A vase... no... it was a gourd attached to his back.
'Weird.' Neji thought. The genius had managed to make several calculations about the boy, but he still couldn't find any clues that could tell him whether the red head was definitely a friend or a foe. The boy still hadn't answered his question or even moved. Now that Neji thought about it, he realized how quiet everything had become.
Moments ago there were birds chirping, but now it was silent. It also seemed to get a little darker. Neji was starting to get that gut feeling again.
Neji was about to give up observing the boy for any more telling information, when his eyes came across a forehead protector attached to the red heads clothing. It carried the symbol of Stone on it.
'So that's it, this boy must be the exchange student from Sand that was absent from the meeting yesterday.' Everything clicked into place in the brunettes mind.
Neji allowed his stance to relax as the realization washed over him.
After calming down, Neji moved his pearl eyes from the boys forehead protector to his eyes. They really were unusually, Neji had never seen anyone with that shade of green eyes before. The color was unearthly.
For the first time, Neji noticed that the boys eyes were rimed in jet black. On most people the intense... makeup was it, would be out of place, but on this boy it looked good.
"Beautiful." Neji accidentally murmured allowed.
The red head raised a nonexistent eye brow.
'Shit!' Neji clenched his teeth. 'I can't believe I just said that,' He had not even been around this boy for a minute and Neji had already managed to say something embarrassing.
'Great, just great!' Neji cursed. Neji could already feel his cheeks heating up. 'I need to try to cover this up, or at least change the subject. I'll just play it off like I was taking about the scenery or something.'
Before Neji could utter a word, two voices echoed in the distance.
"I am so going to cream you now! "
"And what bad ingested cup of Ramen gave you the idea that you are "capable" of doing such a thing?"
"What! first of all, one can not digest ramen badly, for it is a Food God. Secondly, it's not just an idea. Now that your little pink haired cheerleader is gone you'll have no one to back you up."
"I don't need anyone's support to succeed as a ninja. If anything, Sakura's consent praise and doting should be considered harmful."
'It's Naruto and Sasuke.' Neji recognized the voices immediately as he glanced toward the side. He could already see faint specks of gold and orange. 'Naruto.' the genius concluded. Sasuke one the other hand was a bit harder of a challenge to spot. His dark outerwear did a much better job of keeping the Sarigon User camouflaged.
After successfully identifying the two approaching ninja, Neji returned his gaze back to the red head, but he wasn't there.
'What! How could that guy move with me sensing it, AGAIN! ' Neji slowly started to turn in a circle, searching every nook and cranny for the red head boy.
Neji considered activating his Byakugan again, but if it had failed to find this guy the first time, it was likely that it would fail to find him a second time as well. If he activated it, it would just be a waist of chakara.
'Common where are yo-"
"AHHHHHHH!" a scream echoed through the forest.
...tbc
Well, that's it I told you it's short, but I promise I'll make up for it in the next chapter. Please review if you have any tips. Also, I got a new editor that is absolutely awesome, so the quality of grammar is probably better then last time. Also, I may edit the first chapter again, or well my new editor may edit it . Thanx again for reading.