Chapter 3

A boy named Rock Lee was leading Akira Uchiha to a training area in the woods. There, the girl saw two people. A girl with brown hair put up in two buns. Then, a boy with long, dark brown hair.

"Neji, where is Gai-sensei?" Lee asked the boy.

"The usual, challenging Kakashi." Said the girl.

"Aww, that is too bad. I was really looking forward to introducing him to Akira" said Lee looking a little sad.

"Who?" asked the girl.

"Just a moment." Said Rock Lee and ran over to Akira. He grabbed her hand and led her to his teammates with a huge smile on his face.
"This is Akira! My new friend!" he announced to his teammates.

"Um...Lee..." said Akira motioning to his hand, which was still holding on to hers.

He blushed and let go. Akira looked at the two people in front of her.

"Um...Hi" she said.

"Hi, I'm Ten Ten and this is Neji Hyuga. Said the girl with a smile on her face. Akira smiled back at her.

"Got a last name?" asked Neji.

"Uchiha...and you've got plenty of attitude to talk to me like that." Said Akira. She never liked people with attitude.

"I'll ignore that comment because I have a question. You're not really an Uchiha are you? The clan was wiped out years ago." He replied.

"So? Me and my mother left the village 8 years ago." Said Akira.
"But, if you still don't believe me, than maybe this will prove it." She continued while turning on her Sharingan. Neji's eyes widened a bit.

"Ok, so you're an Uchiha, but you still have no right to talk to me like that." He said.

"And why is that?" Akira asked with a smirk on her face.

"You wana settle this down the easy way?"

"Sounds like a challenge" the smirk on her face grew even bigger.

"Neji, Akira hasn't been in the village for 8 years, I don't think that a fight would be the best way to welcome her back." Lee stepped in.

"Actually, I think I'm just in the mood." Said Akira.

Her and Neji came out onto a clearing in the forest and got into fighting stances. Neji activated his Byakugan and Akira got her Sharingan ready.

'I've never fought a Byakugan user before. This should be fun' Akira thought as she got out some of her kunai.

She threw them at Neji, he blocked all of them, and changed at her. He hit her in the stomach and she felt like the hit was damaging her chakra flow from the inside.

'He's a close combat user...Guess all I have to do is keep my distance.' Akira thought as she got away from Neji.
' Katon: Gokakyu no Justsu!' she did some hand signs and a big fireball flew right at Neji.

He used some kind of technique that sent the fire off in different directions.

"Impressive, you're one of the only people to ever be completely unharmed by that jutsu." She said.

"Nothing can get though my gentle fist technique. It gives me absolute defense." Neji replied.

He got some kunai and shirikin out and threw them at Akira. She got out a kunai and blocked all of them. But as soon as one of the shirikin made contact with her kunai, it bounced off and flew right at Ten Ten. She blocked her head and the shirikin stabbed her in her lower arm.

"Time out!" Akira shouted towards Neji and ran to Ten Ten,

"Sorry about that." She said.

"It's ok. It was just kind of unexpected that's all." Replied Ten Ten.

"Here. Let me help you. Said Akira as she did a couple of hand signs and her hands started glowing green.

She put her hands right above Ten Ten's cut and it was gone as if nothing ever happened.

"You're a medical nin?" asked Rock Lee amazed.

"Yea. I hate it when people I know get hurt right in front of me. I mean it's different when you're the one hurting some one in a match, but its another thing when a person you care about is getting hurt and tortured right in front of you and you can't do anything about it. So I decided that I want to be able to help and became a medical ninja." Akira replied.

"You stopped the whole match over a little stab?" Neji asked a little pissed off.

"Aren't you supposed to care at least a little? I mean she's your teammate after all."

"Well--" he started.

"You know," Akira cut him off.

"Even a slight stab might cause damage to the body if it's on pressure point, a joint, an overworked muscle, or something like that. And if the shirikin hit Ten Ten just a little higher, it would have hit a pressure point, and she would have been in a lot of pain right now."

Neji didn't say anything else.

He was actually quite impressed that a girl her age could be a medical ninja and also know so much about the human body.

He heard a poof behind him. He already knew who it was.

'I bet he's going to stop the fight.' He thought as he turned around to look at his sensei.

"Gai-sensei! You are finally here! I want you to meet my new friend! This is Akira." Said Lee pointing to the girl with a huge smile on his face.

Akira looked at Lee, then Gai, than back to Lee, and Gai again, and once again back to Lee.

"Are you guys related?" She asked them.

"Lee, your looks have finally got you what you deserved! Good job!" said Gai as if Akira wasn't even there.

"I am sorry to disappoint you, Gai-sensei, but Akira is not my girlfriend. She just got back to the village after eight long years and she said that a boyfriend wasn't exactly he best thing for her right now." Lee replied with a sad face.

"Well that means that you can ask her again later!" came from Gai.

"Um, so am I going to get a answer?" Said Akira looking at them strangely.

"Oh, thank you Gai-sensei! I once again have hope and faith! You truly are the best teacher anyone could ever wish for!" Lee said dramatically.

"Um. Hello?" said Akira still trying to get their attention.

"Yes, Lee. You must not give up! That is the power of YOUTH!!!" Gai relied.

"Why do they keep acting like were not even here?" Akira asked Neji and TenTen.

"They tend to do that a lot." Ten Ten replied.

"Run to the sunset Lee!!!" Gai shouted with tears streaming down his eyes as a sunset scene popped up at the background.

"How did the sunset get here? Its only around 3:00." Akira asked looking all confused.

"Beats me. I've been with them for a while now, but I still haven't figured that out yet." Ten Ten said.

Neji stayed quiet.

"Oh, Akira. We went on a mission yesterday, and Neji got stabbed in his stomach and refused to go to the hospital to have it checked. So why don't you take a look at it?" said Ten Ten.

The thought of someone having a wound, that wasn't treated, got Akira kind of worried.

"Why didn't you want to go to the hospital?" she said turning to Neji.

"Because I don't need anyone to treat it for me. It'll heal by itself." Neji replied coldly.

"But--" Akira started.

"And I especially don't need help from anyone like you." He cut her off.

Then he turned, and walked away before Akira had a chance to say anything else. She kept her eyes on him until he got out of her sight.

"Don't take it personally. Neji has these kinds of moments sometimes." Came from Ten Ten.

"Ok..."Akira said staring at the spot where Neji was just before he got out of sight.

'Did I do something?' she asked herself in her head.