Author's Note: I hope you guys guessed who the little kid was xD
Chapter 1- The Dove
'As they searched they ran into outlaw animals, their leader the hyena thought the wolf was beautiful and the hyena lusted with love. They started fitting and the hyena had the dove corned until the wolf took a hit for the dove. The dove and the wolf retreated and found shelter in an old bear cave.'
--Hyuga House Hold--
Neji fluttered his eyes opened; he remembered when his dad told him those old legends. He has been down recently; almost everyone he knew was in love like Rock Lee with Ten Ten, Temari with Shikamaru, Ino with Choji, Hinata with Shino, and Sakura with Naruto. He lifted himself and pushed his dark brown hair behind his ears.
"Neji-kun" Neji heard a soft voice talk to him.
"What is it Hinata?" Neji asked. Hinata had her hair shoulder length (AN: As you guessed, this is posted Shippuden.) gently brushed. She looked tired, but she was dressed in her ninja outfit. Neji did change since Naruto left the village, his dark brown hair was half way on his back, he was a little bit taller than before, and his clothing style was becoming more elegant.
"The hokage wants a few genin to report to her office......Neji are you ok?" Hinata asked.
"No. I really don't want to talk about it." Neji said as he jumped out of bed and swung his jacket on. Both he and Hinata left the house hold, ready for what the hokage had in store.
Neji was with Hinata and Ten Ten as they entered the hokage's office, he noticed that Shikamaru, Ino, Temari, and Choji were there too. Ino's and Choji's hair both grew in length while Shikamaru's and Temari's hair didn't grow at all. We saw Rock Lee enter with Kiba and Shino, just like Shikamaru and Temari, you could tell Rock Lee and Shino didn't change that much concerning hair style. Kiba had his hair a few inches longer, and spikier.
"Ok, now that you're all here, let's get on to your missions. Rock Lee and Ten Ten you will do a recon mission, searching neighboring villages. Hinata and Shino you guys will find fellow ninjas. Ino and Choji will go with Temari and Shikamaru to meet other village ninjas to form strategies." Tsunade said.
"What did happen Lady Tsunade?" Shikamaru asked.
"There was a huge raid of gangs that attacked villages nearby, lead by a man named, Takeshi. Male, 6'0", spiky medium red hair, standard bandit clothing and 2 full arm tattoos. Neji, Kiba, I want you to go on a scout mission; there are reports that the bandits are still in this area. I want you to scout, don't engage the enemy....we have no idea what he does, skills, or anything."
"Ok." Neji, and Kiba both replied. When everyone left, only Kiba, Neji and Tsunade remain.
"Tsunade, why us? We never even worked together before." Neji asked. Tsunade smiled.
"That's what you guys have to find out." She replied Kiba and Neji gave her a confused look and left.
"Do you see anything yet?........Neji?" Kiba asked, realizing Neji was off in space (AN: Not in outer space, but his inner thoughts).
"Oh, nothing...." Neji said, taking his gaze towards him. Kiba knew Neji didn't want to talk about it. "Wait I see something. We should split up, I'll go West and you go East." Kiba nodded as he jumped off, but Neji stalled before he headed towards the West.
Kiba jumped down into an opening, keeping his eyes open. Strange, I can't smell anything... Before Kiba could react, someone punched Kiba in the jaw area, and sending him flying. He back landed hard against a close tree, what the fuck happen? Kiba thought as he pushed himself up onto his feet, a trickle of blood running down his bottom lip. "Who-" Someone rushed towards him, he put his arms up, in which he realized was a bad choice. The stranger pinned him against the tree, the person's left arm was against Kiba's neck and wrists, making him not able to fight back. Kiba saw it was the bandit their supposed to do a scouting mission for, so much for not engaging the enemy.
"Konoha do send cute scout dogs." Takeshi smirked as he glazed at Kiba with his lusted eyes. What is he......? Kiba thought as he closed his eyes, he struggled under Takeshi grasp. Takeshi frowned, his used his free right hand to wipe some of Kiba's blood off of his lip, then he licked his fingers. "Yum, your blood tastes good little scout." Takeshi smiled, Kiba widened his eyes. "I wonder what I should do next?" He thought out loud, Kiba could hear beeping. "Yes?" Takeshi asked in a ear piece, he glanced at Kiba with disappointment and amusement in his yellow eyes. "It looks like you brought a friend with you." Takeshi said, letting go of Kiba and jumping off.
"Crap, I have to go and help Neji." Kiba gasped, he had trouble breathing, he was rubbing his wrists and neck were bruises begin to form.
Neji deflected a thrown kunai from a thug bandit. Neji noticed if he knock one bandit down, two new bandits appeared. "What the hell, where do you guys keep on coming from??!!"
"Well that's a bandit secret! You don't look as cute as your friend....." A loud voice boomed with a hint of disappointment. Neji turned around and noticed the owner of the voice.
"Takeshi, wait, what the hell are you talking about?" Neji looked completely confused. Takeshi's frown turned into a smirk.
"Well, let's have some fun, shall we?" Takeshi asked, as he drew some shurikens. He snapped his fingers and a few dozen bandit thugs surround the area. Neji widened his eyes, man this is going to be trouble.... Someone joined Neji's side, deflecting an attack doing so.
"Kiba??" Neji asked, with a smirk. Neji realized Kiba was breathing heavily, ragged and bruised all over. "What happened?"
"Nothing really, Neji. Sorry I'm late." Kiba said breathing hard. Neji nodded in agreement.
"Well, let's get this over with." Takeshi said with a gleam in eyes since Kiba arrived. He rushed towards them, drawing out a sword from its holster. Neji was able to block his attack, but Takeshi put more force and Neji was sliding back.
"NEJI!" Kiba yelled, realizing his partner needed help. Before he could interfere, he felt a piercing pain in his chest, he started coughing blood. A gash from the wound was from the lieutenant of the bandits attacking him with a handmade sword. Kiba collapsed to his knees, one hand clenching the wound on his chest and the other hand supporting him. Blood was dripping onto the ground from his lips and chest, forming a small pool of blood. Neji realized what happened to Kiba, he used one of his legs to kick Takeshi square in the chin. Causing Takeshi to let his guard down, Neji took the chance to rush to Kiba's side.
"Let's get out of here." Neji carefully put one of Kiba's arms around his shoulder, lifting him up, and jumped off. Takeshi looked at his lieutenant.
"Sorry sir, I didn't want the boy to interfere. I'm sure that wound wasn't fatal." The lieutenant said as Takeshi still kept his gaze on him, believing the lieutenant was lying.
"You're not jealous, are you Daisuke?" Takeshi asked sternly, Daisuke remained silent. "If he dies because of that wound, I will have your skin personality........."
Neji was able to find an abandon blacksmith shop, that was cracked and old, but it was a good shelter for now. They made their way in the enclosed room, one without that much damage, Neji helped Kiba down onto a nice piece of carpet.
"How is your wound?" Neji asked Kiba.
"Not that serious." Kiba replied. Kiba's breathing became normal and he wasn't coughing up blood.
"I still need to stop the bleeding." Neji said, grabbing his bag to get a medical pouch that Sakura put together for each team. Kiba removed the fuzzy rimmed jacket he had on, now Neji could see more blood that was hidden. "You should remove your shirt so I could see the wound clearly." Kiba nodded as Neji look for bandage wraps. When Neji looked up he could see Kiba hidden muscular chest, and his face turned a light shade red of blush. Why does Kiba look so sexy!........ Oh my god, what I am thinking!? Neji turned one shade darker of red just thinking about. When Kiba looked back at Neji, he was able to get his face in a normal color.
"You okay Neji?" Kiba asked Neji raising a eyebrow. Neji shook his head.
"Yeah." Neji said starting to wrap Kiba's chest with a bandage. A few hours later, Kiba was fast asleep with his wound all wrapped up. Neji was sitting outside, leaning against the wall, "Why I am thinking about Kiba since the accident? I like him as a friend but... now I'm liking him more.... " Neji quietly talked to himself turning a light shade of red of blush. To tell the truth, Neji never like to date girls, or he never dated at all, he always been busy training to ever notice. Neji heard shuffling; he saw Kiba slowly came out. "Kiba! You shouldn't be moving with that wound!" Neji said walking to Kiba, he helped him lean against the wall. "Why are you out?"
"I couldn't sleep." Kiba said looking out into sky. Neji blushed looking at Kiba, he couldn't bring it up to tell Kiba. "Neji, can you tell me what is bothering you?" How did he....Neji thought as Kiba looked at him. "Come on, tell me...." Kiba said, getting a little bit closer to Neji, making him blush a deep shade of red. Kiba noticed this, he closed his eyes. "You like me, don't you?"
"..N-No..." Neji said, turning into a really dark shade of red. Kiba winced in pain, he clenched his wound with one of his hands, "K-Kiba!?" Neji quickly bend over to check but Kiba gently grabbed his wrists.
"Don't feel embarrass Neji-kun... I love you too." Kiba said, making Neji blush pink and smiled. Kiba pulled him a little bit closer to him, giving a small kiss on Neji's lips.
Me: And now for a cliffy xD
Kiba: What!?
Neji: But we just got to a great part.
Me: I know ^^
Takeshi: You're fucking evil.....
Neji: Hey, looks who's talking, pervert.....
Me: -_-'
Author's note: Wow, this sucks.....I need to work on more yaoi/romance fictions -_-'