Author's Notes: Hey! Thanks everybody who reviewed my first chapter! Oh, and a special thanks to To.Love.A.Panda-chan for telling me my mistakes and Airbender656 for encouraging me. Nut who knows how to fix stuff on your story that's already published and who knows how to spell that ramen shop?
Chapter 2
Do You Remember Me?
Neji slowed to a stop in front of the Ramen shop. There, as he thought he would see was a blonde guy, eating his 10th bowl of ramen. You could see the bowls stacked up high.
Neji laughed. There had never been a time where he came here and Naruto wasn't here. Naruto looked from his bowl, face red from the steam with noodles sticking out of his mouth.
"Bey Weji!" He said with his mouth full. Neji cringed his face.
"Ug, Naruto!" He shouted, "Don't talk with your mouth full! Yuck, I don't think I got an appetite anymore." He continued watching his blonde hair friend.
"Morry Weji." Naruto said again with his mouth full. But this time, most of the food came out of his mouth and fell on the floor. Everyone eating there suddenly turned their attention to the blonde haired freak. Making pouting faces, they left their money on the table with the unfinished ramen and ran out.
Neji shook his head.
"Uh yeah, I don't think I'm hungry anymore." He started but then, his stomach growled. Naruto smiled and patted the seat next to him.
"Come on buddy," He stated, "Eat with me."
"How on earth can you eat more ramen after 10 helpings!" Neji cried.
Naruto shrugged.
"I'm still starving." Neji shook his head in disbelief. He sat down next to Naruto, and said,
"I'll only eat if your paying." He smiled evilly. Naruto shrugged and ordered 4 more ramen. When it came, he shoved a bowl to Neji.
"3 for me, 1 for you." He said, then continued eating. Neji shook his head once more before eating his ramen.
Later that Night
Neji sat down on front of the porch, staring into the sky. He had just finished meditating when Hinata came out.
"Neji-niisan?" She asked, "What are you still doing out here late at night, It's about midnight. It's dark and cold." Neji shook his head. He thought he had just seen Sakura on top of a tree.
"Nothing really. Besides, I got light from the moon." He said.
"Your thinking about her aren't you." Hinata said, "Ever since she gave you that poem, you've always been like this." She added. Neji just became silent. He knew what she said was true. Hinata was the only one besides him who knew about the poem. Even Hiashi didn't know.
"Yes." Was all he said. Hinata patted his shoulder for comfort.
"Neji, even if she's not here, you have to keep going with your life." She said. Neji started to become angry. He shook her hand off of him before saying,
"YOU don't know how it feels like. YOU don't know how it feels like to think about someone who's dead!" He cried out. But then, in a smaller voice, he said,
"I just miss her so much even though we barely knew each other. Sometimes, it's like I can see her everywhere. This morning, I thought I saw her in the crowd. Then, I thought I saw her in front of me but when I blinked, she was gone. Then, just now, I thought I saw her in the treetops, looking down on me." He stared up back at the sky.
"Oh Neji, I know, sometimes its hard to face life when your miserable." Hinata said. She then stood up, patted his should and went back inside. Neji sighed and stared back to the sky when he suddenly noticed a scrap of pink hair running into the forest.
"Man, I really need some sleep." He thought. He stood up, and went back into his room in the Hyuga Mansion.
Next Day
The next day was a weekend. Neji had the day off from work. Neji stretched up from his bed and yawned. He had a terrible dream last night where Sakura had killed him for not loving her back before. He stripped off his PJs and put on his Anbu uniform. He quietly snuck out of the house to go for a walk into the early streets. As he walked down, he heard an angry shout from inside a herb shop. H ran inside and saw…
SAKURA!
He saw her argueing with the store manager.
"Please! I'm sorry! I'll pay you back next time!" She said.
"No!" The storekeeper was furious. She had no money and was begging for the herbs!
"Please! My master really needs it! He will have my hide if I don't get it for him!"
Neji was too busying checking Sakura out to notice the fumes coming out of the storekeeper. She had on a black blouse and a red skirt with black boots. When he finally snapped his head up again, she was almost about to cry.
He rushed forward and placed his money on the desk.
"Here" He said slapping the money on the counter. He gave the manager a death stare just in case. The manager sweat dropped and took the money and gave him the herbs.
Sakura just stood wide eyed at Neji as he dragged her out of the shop and into a vacant alley to talk with her. He knew he wasn't dreaming but he was mad. She lied to him about dying! They stood there. Silver eyes, to green eyes. Sakura just stood confused.
Neji started to talk.
"Why did you lie to me.?" He asked. Sakura said nothing. Just looking still confused. Instead of answering, he asked what she had wanted to know.
"Why did you pay for my herbs when I don't even know you?" She asked.
Now, Neji was mad. He used Gentle Fist style and pinned her to the wall.
In an angry voice, he said,
"I ASKED YOU A QUESTION AND YOU HAVE TO ANSWER IT! WHY DID YOU LIE TO ME?"
Sakura had tears in her eyes. She had no idea what this man was talking about.
"I don't know anything! I never even met you before in my life!" she cried. Neji was more angry now. He slammed her into the wall again before saying,
"How can you not know who I am! We have met before!" Sakura just whimpered with tears in her eyes.
"I don't know anything. I just woke up one day to a man with long black hair and snake like eyes! I don't even know where I was born! All I know is to follow orders!" She cried.
Neji let go of her as she slid down the side of the wall. He was shocked. Snakelike eyes? The only person he knew with snakelike eyes was Orochimaru. Helping her back on her feet, he asked,
"Do you know your name?" She nodded.
"The man told me my name was Hatake, Saiyah. (I made Saiyah up and I don't know what Hatake means.) Neji shook his head. Surely this girl couldn't believe everything he said, could she?
"Do you not remember me?" He asked. Sakura.. or should I say Saiyah shook her head.
Neji sighed as he handed her bag of herbs to her. She silently thanked him then ran away.
Neji started to walk back down to the Mansion when he suddenly heard a vioce.
"Someone looks down in the dumps today."
"How about it little cheerin gup, handsome." Said a deep vioce trying to sound flirty. Neji whipped his head around and there, he saw someone looking at him.
IT WAS …
Author's Notes: I tell you who it is in the next chapter. But I hope you enjoyed it!
