Neji lead the way several steps in front of his new student, swelling in pride that he was now a teacher. Yuki walked obediently behind him, in silence. Walking up several flights of stairs, they arrived at the top of the hokage building. A place with several tables and chairs, all shaded by a light roof held up with columns of wood. It had a beautiful panoramic view of Konoha, and Neji knew that this was Yuki's first time up here because he had heard her breath catch in her throat as she looked over the village. He leaned against the railing and motioned for her to do the same.

"So what happened to your team?" Neji knew he was being blunt, but he wanted to know, and there really wasn't a way to soften the question. Yuki sighed and turned her back on konoha, resting against the railing.

"We were put out on a B-rank mission, simply escorting some scrolls back to Konoha." Yuki began, and Neji knew that 'escorting' meant 'stealing back', "but we had some trouble escaping," Neji watched a range of emotions cross her face "I was put in charge of the scrolls, since most kunoichi are underestimated, and they wouldn't expect me to have them, when my teammates looked more capable." Neji was surprised that she didn't seem bothered by the fact that she was underestimated. "My sensei held them off long enough for us to get away," Neji interpreted that he had died in the act, "We managed to get several miles away from Sound until another team caught up to us."

Neji's eyes widened, Sound? The Sound village? Why was this only labeled a B-rank? His thoughts wandered before Yuki continued.

"Jinkei was captured almost immediately and searched while Kouken and I kept going. We heard him scream," her eyes closed. "Sound ninjas suddenly appeared in front of us, they told Kouken that if he handed over the scrolls they wouldn't kill me. We had already made replicas of the scrolls just in case, so he gave them to the nin. They couldn't tell the difference, it was a very complicated jutsu that my sensei had created. Several of them took off with the scrolls, while two remained behind. They had this look on their faces, so I turned to run. I thought Kouken would do the same but-"

Tears welled up in her eyes but she blinked them away and recovered control of her emotions. Neji was impressed at how well she held back her feelings. But he also pitied her. It sounded as though her teammates were her best friends, along with her sensei. As shinobi however, death was a common factor in everyone's lives, so she would need to get over it.

"I'm sorry." Neji really felt it.

She looked at him incredulously, she seemed surprised that he cared about his new student.

"Its alright." She replied, "Now enough with my life, I'm already sick of it. I was there at the third part of the chunin exams, so I know a little bit about you. I never pictured you as a teacher though."

Neji felt like laughing, he guessed that it would seem a bit odd for him to be a teacher.

"I like teaching, but if you tell anyone-" Neji started, but was cut off by Yuki's laughter, his eyes lightened. He was glad that she could laugh after what had happened.

-several hours later they are still on top of the hokage building talking-

"What type of jutsu do you master?" Neji questioned

"I'm best at ninjutsu, but I don't know very many." Yuki replied, despite her efforts to make the conversation about him he managed to keep turning the conversation around.

"Have you studied genjutsu?" Neji asked

"No, but I can do it pretty well anyway." Yuki said, staring at the village.

"What? If you haven't studied it then there's no way you could still do it." Neji said doubting that she had any idea how to cast the complicated jutsu

Yuki looked at him harshly before the hokage came running up the stairs, yelling profanities. Neji jumped out of his seat, as a team of missing nin jumped out from behind her and began attacking Neji. Neji barely had time to react before he was pinned to the floor. Quickly, he activated his byakugan. What he saw amazed him. He was caught in a genjutsu.

"Kai!" Neji said firmly, releasing the technique. He was slumped on the floor, while Yuki stood over him, amusement splayed across her face.

"Never do that again!" Neji pinned Yuki to the railing his heart beating very fast.

"I'm sorry. I had no idea it would actually work." Yuki said, still clearly amused, "I thought you were a jounin-"

"I am a jounin, and I am your sensei. You will never do that again." Neji said strictly, he was slightly pissed off. He released her and leaned against the railing once more. How the hell did she do that? I didn't see it coming-

"You've never studied genjutsu?" Neji asked again, bewildered.

"No, but I figured out how to do it when I was still in the academy." Yuki said

"Why would you use genjutsu in the academy?" Neji asked curiously

"No reason." Neji found that she was lying, despite how well she managed to control her facial expressions and posture. He decided not to press it. She was young, could it really have mattered? But still, learning genjutsu at such a young age, without a teacher... Its not the best it could have been now that I look back at it, but with some proper training she could excel at genjutsu...

"I don't like using genjutsu." Yuki stated, staring at Neji. He wondered if she could read body language like he could.

"Why not?"

"It just doesn't feel like I'm actually fighting or anything, casting a genjutsu over opponents doesn't feel very ninja like. Its like I'm cheating." Yuki explained. Neji looked at her incredulously. The point is to triumph over opponents, it doesn't really matter how you do it- Once again, Yuki knew what he was thinking.

"While they're under genjutsu you have to kill them. Their helpless, they can't do anything. They die without honor, and you kill them without honor." Yuki said

Neji had never thought about it that way before. He wondered why Yuki had this opinion. Surely if the enemy deserved it... Suddenly Yuki's stomach growled. She looked embarrassed.

"Why are you starving yourself?" Neji asked, remembering what he had noticed earlier.

"I'm not, I just skipped breakfast I was in a hurry." Yuki lied. Neji could tell that she was lying again to him.

"Please don't lie to me. Here you can have my lunch, I'm not hungry." Neji offered. Yuki looked delighted before asking:

"Really?"

"Just don't lie to me. I can tell when you do." Neji said

"Gomen, and thanks Neji-sensei." Neji handed her the box, and watched as she carefully opened it and pried apart the chopsticks. He felt elated at being called sensei, and he knew she knew it.

"Itadakimasu." she said politely before eating hungrily. She ate very fast, but very cleanly. Unlike Naruto or Chouji when they're hungry.

Just then something occurred to him. Why hadn't Tsunade-sama introduced Yuki with her last name? He was about to ask when Hiashi appeared, walking with dignity up the last couple of steps. Neji checked to see if it was a genjutsu, he felt slightly paranoid.