Summary: Didn't change…
Disclaimer: If I owned either one you would know. But I don't, so there.
A/N: Before answering all the reviews, some were lovely yes, others I think were trying to be nice I don't know how though, I have one question: Names and gender? The little white dragon needs both! REVIEW and VOTE!! And there is a poll on my profile for a different question.
Nova Bucker- o.o watches Nova hit with frying pan um…right. I was toying with the idea of an Eastern for Neji, but a few things popped up that made an Eastern the harder one to do. Sorry. The rest will come to me as it goes. Sorry, sometimes even I have no idea where things are going to go. I hope my muse doesn't decide the Brom must die, because that will be the hardest part of the entire thing to write. headdesk
Nitroglycerin-Um…well considering some parts were a pain for me to get out it's no big surprise. I'll see if the writing further in gets better, yeah?
a little girl blue-hmn…well there are two things that could happen, and I'm not giving them away until it's closer to that part.
Under a Rain Cloud-Don't worry. I really wasn't too fond of the movie either. Hence not having it for reference.
Wulfeh- Heh. I really can't decide…though I hated how the movie tore apart the book…-just saw movie and hated it-
animelover-zsasha-I have plans…don't you worry. maniacal laughter Er…cough I mean we'll see.
"Talking"
'Thinking'
/Telepathy/
Chapter Four: Growing
Neji woke with the dawn, only to hear someone coming towards the tree he was currently in. In the blink of an eye he was up in the higher branches, hidden among the dying leaves, his dragon and pack still on him. He cursed, silently, as he noticed that he had left the eggshell pieces near the tree. This was no time to get sloppy!
He relaxed when he noticed it was just the boy from before. Though he looked like he was in a hurry, and was holding something to his chest.
"So, you found out the so-called 'rocks' were eggs as well?" he asked, and Eragon almost jumped out of his skin.
"Neji! W-where are you?" the boy called, and Neji bit his lower lip to keep from laughing outright at the boy. The look on his face was all too funny.
"Up here." He called, and waved slightly when the boy looked up, along with the little blue dragon. Eragon gaped, and tried to say something but failed miserably. On the fourth try he managed to get something coherent out of his mouth.
"How did you get up there?!" the boy yelped, pointing up at the Hyuuga. Neji raised a delicate eyebrow at this, and Eragon felt extremely foolish under that gaze.
"How? I jumped. Not to hard. Now what are you doing out here? And you do know you were loud enough to scare off the birds and possibly alert anyone nearby, correct?" the brunet said, in a tone that rivaled the weather. Eragon blinked in surprise, and then turned a violent shade of red. He hadn't thought he had been that loud.
"I was trying to find a place to hide my dragon…I don't need my cousin or uncle finding it before I can explain it to them…" the boy muttered, and Neji nodded.
"Fair enough. I guess I took the place you wanted to hide it hmn?" he asked, and Eragon nodded. Neji sighed, and jumped down to land near the boy, and Eragon winced as he saw the brunet land. He also looked duly surprised when Neji showed no signs of being injured. He refrained from asking how that was possible, as the other simply waited for him to continue with what he was doing. Eragon quickly scrambled to gather the rest of the things he needed for his dragon's shelter, and built the structure in one of the higher branches, and made a tether for it making sure it wouldn't follow him home.
Neji offered no help, instead opted to try and detangle his little white dragon from around his neck. He had not wanted to stay long, and this little thing was going to be a hindrance if - no – when his team found him. When they did they would be looking for a way home, and a way to kill that person who dragged them to the area to begin with. That had been their mission and they were going to finish it.
"Neji? Are you okay?" the boy broke into his thoughts, and Neji blinked and turned to him.
Eragon flinched under the gaze of the Hyuuga prodigy, and cocked his head to the side when said person sighed.
"I'm fine. Now you should get going before your family begins to worry about you." Neji said, and Eragon nodded and got to his feet, wondering what had brought on the sudden change of mood in the white-eyed male.
A month…an entire month had gone by with no sign of his teammates. Neji was growing desperate, and spent much of his time in the trees, watching for them. He had been told to wait for them at the nearest town…but was it really the nearest? Had he over-looked one? Where they in a different town? Had they been killed? Neji shoved the last though out of his mind, by saying they were just having a hard time finding him…he hoped that was the case.
The two dragons had gotten large, and Neji was sure that they would only get bigger. He was unsure of how they would hide the dragons if someone wandered too far into the woods, as the trace of the two dragons was left everywhere and that was not something that the shinobi liked to know. He would have done something, but the mess was too large for even him to take care of. So he waited for his teammates to show, and try to figure out how he was going to bring along a dragon…
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"Gai-sensei…it's been a month, and we haven't seen him at all. Maybe he isn't in this town." Tenten said, as she picked at the clothes they had bought. Turned out they didn't need to steal, as they had found a tavern the needed workers, and the pay was good. She was just not too happy about the way some of the men looked at her. Lee had intervened once or twice before things got out of hand. He had grown out his hair, and fixed his eyebrows, after Tenten pointed out that he stood out like a sore thumb. Even Gai listened to her once he noticed the looks the residents gave him. Tenten admitted that she like the way they looked afterwards-not that she would ever say that to their faces. They were still too spastic for her tastes.
"Do not worry Tenten! He will be fine!" Gai replied, making Tenten-and the surrounding people-wince. Tenten sighed, and nodded. She knew he would be okay…it's just that she missed the boy.
"Yes, yes…but I still worry." She said, and Lee patted her back as he passed to go get the order of a table nearby. She sighed, and patted his hand to let him know that the gesture was appreciated.
"Time to get back to work!" Gai said, as he walked off to get the order of a table that was yelling for a waiter.
"…yeah…" she muttered, as she walked off to go and get her order filled. She hoped that Neji was having an easier month.
(A/N: SHORT!! falls over Well, now vote on the gender, and name of the dragon…and on the poll on my profile for the story…)