Sorry for not getting back to this story. I'm not going to make excuses. In this chapter I decided to make a little twist to the story.

Warning: OC belong to me, mention of mpreg

Hope you enjoy.

Chapter: 4

After resting for a bit, they all went their separate ways. Neji went west, which led him into the thicker park of the forest. 'Looks like I'll have to hunt for food tonight' he thought. Unknown to him, this would be the start of a crazy adventure.

He spent most of the night walking. From time to time he'd stop and drink from a nearby lake. During his walk, an unknown figure was following him. They kept themselves hidden in the trees, moving so quiet you couldn't hear a sound.

His legs were starting to get tired after a while.

"I need to rest," he said to himself.

Sitting at the edge of a tree, he looked up to the sky. Thunder could be heard as lightning struck.

"You can't be serious," he said as another flash of lightning.

'I need to find somewhere to stay for the night.' Standing up from his spot under the tree, he looked around. Luckily, not too far from where he stood, was a cave. The closer he got to it, the louder the thunder got.

He climbed up the mountain in the cave was attached to and sat in the opening. "It's going to rain soon," he muttered.

As soon as he walked inside the cave, a minute later it started pouring. Neji groaned as his stomach growled. He was hungry. It didn't help that he forgot to bring wood in to warm himself up.

"That's just perfect."

He sat his bag down, and opened it up to pull out a blanket. It was light green with little hummingbirds on it. The blanket was something his mother gave him before she passed away. He didn't know much about her since she died a few months after she was born. At least that was what his father told him. 'I wondered what she'd think of me leaving the village?' he wondered.

Thinking of his mother made him tired. His started to get heavy, forcing him to sleep. The last thing he saw was a dark figure standing above him.

The person standing over Neji happened to be a young woman. At least she looked like one. She had long brown hair and bright emerald green eyes. Atop her head were two cat ears, tipped with white. Behind her a brown tail swished back and forth.

"So, you're the one he wants." She looked the boy beneath her up and down. "Not much if you ask me."

"Ari, stop whining and just pick him up, "a voice from behind her said.

Turning to look at the person, she ended up face to chest with a 6'3 male. It happened to be the same male Neji bumped into earlier that day. Instead of having his hair up in a ponytail, he had it down instead. There were also very little clothes coving his skin, which left little to seen. The ears on top of his head where white fox ears. Unlike Ari's though, they were tipped with black. However, unlike her, he had three tails instead of one.

Backing up from the other, she said, "Yeah yeah, whatever."

Leaning down to the boy on the ground, she picked him up, placing him on her back. Once she got him on, she blinked.

"Wow," she said looking at the taller of the two. "He's a lot lighter than I thought, Tetsu. It's hard to believe he's your brother."

The silver haired man turned to her with a glare. "That thing is not my brother."

Ari looked away from the stare. 'My bad' she thought to herself. Tetsu jumped out the cave, leaving her with the sleeping boy. Looking back at his sleeping face, she said, "I kind of feel sorry for you."

Before she left out the cave, she picked up his bag and blanket. Tossing the blanket over Neji's back, she followed Tetsu. During the whole trip, she kept silent. There was no way she was getting on the Tetsu's bad side. From time to time, Neji would open his eye's, forcing her to stop. As soon as he was back to sleep, she'd move again.

After a while, they ended up in front of a large castle. Around the castle, were three villages. Each village was for distinct species to keep them from interlinking. To the left was a human village, while the right catered to demons. The middle village housed and serviced half-breeds. The other part around the castle was for shopping purposes. All demons, humans, and half-breeds were aloud there, so long as no one caused trouble.

Passing through the middle village, Ari made her way up to the castle, which was guarded.

"Prince Neji has arrived," she said, bowing to the guards.

Nodding to her the larger guard opened the gate that separated the villages from the castle. Hurrying inside, Ari took Neji's body up to an empty furnished room. She moved so fast that she passed her Lord, whom was talking to Tetsu. Once Neji was in the room, she laid him down on the queen-sized bed that sat in the center of the room. Now that she had him on the bed, she left the room quietly.

"Thank you, Ari," her Lord said.

Stepping back at his surprising form, Ari bowed. "You welcome your majesty."

Smiling the Lord said, "Please, call me Hizashi."

Surprised? I hope you liked this one. It's the longest chapter I did.