Chapter 4

Incident

He swiftly but quietly took out a kunai and flung it at her. Being the ninja that she was, she caught it with her eyes closed. He was impressed. She sees Neji and Kuroyuki and smiled sweetly. It made him smile back. Shiroyuki sees Kuroyuki and started to play with him. "You're pretty good." "Domo arigatou." He thought for a while what to say and decided to put up the topic about her parents. "I heard from Kuroyuki what happened from your parents..." She grew silent and slightly looked away from him. He could see tears in her eyes. He walked up to her and hugged her real tight. "It's okay, Akina-chan," he whispers. "You can cry."

She buries her head on his chest and cried silently. He could feel his shirt getting wet but he didn't care. All he wanted to do now is to comfort Akina in every possible way. He understands how she feels. She wished that she wasn't born in this family. She wished she wasn't chosen and maybe...just maybe...her parents would still be with her right now. But they weren't and what hurt the most was that it was all her fault. She had to be the strongest...she had to be the best and she learned everything had a price and that price was the lives of her parents. Soon enough, she stops crying and fell asleep on his chest out of pure exhaustion.

He picks her up bridal style and carries her inside the house. He places her gently on her bed and lay down beside her just like when they were younger. There were still some tears in her eyes so he wipes them away while stroking her face. Kuroyuki and Shiroyuki came in, worried. "Is she alright?" Shiroyuki asks, nudging her body. He just nodded and said, "You two better go to sleep. Don't worry. I'll protect her." "You better," Kuroyuki says and they curled up on a carpet and they fell asleep.

He looked from them to Akina. He carressed her cheek gently. A thought of doing something to her had crossed his mind but he took it out of his mind. 'A sweet girl like her doesn't deserve this,' he thought as he drifts off to sleep. The next morning, Akina woke up to find Neji sleeping beside her; his face inches away from hers. She blushed very lightly and softly but gently stroked his face. He stirs a little and she quickly pulled away her hand but his hand gently grabbed her and enlaced it with his eyes still closed. She looked at him confused. 'How did he know where my hand was?' But she could see a vein bulging out near his eye.

'Byakugan...' she thought as she slowly got up only to be pulled down. This time, the position was legs entangled with each other and hips pressing against each other. She cannot get out using a jutsu since one of her hands was held. He thought of everything...except one. She blushed slightly when she thought about it but she was still going to do it. Using her free hand, she goes under his shirt and rubbed his chest with a little forced. He could feel himself getting harder by the soft touch of her hand against his skin but he didn't open his eyes and there was no emotion on his face. Her hand slid down on his abs, circling each one of them. He shook very lightly but she noticed it.

Soon there was a bulg on his shorts but he ignored it. Her hand soon went lower and lower until she reached his manhood. He was shocked. He had never expected something like this from her. What's worse was that he was hard. She smirked a little. She never expected something like this would make him so hard. She was about to grab it through his shorts until his eyes shot open and took her hand from it. "S-Stop..." he breathed out, looking intently in her eyes. She smiled inside. "If you don't...I won't be able to hold back..."

It was true. Having a beautiful girl beside him in bed made temptation fill his heart but he put it aside. He knew if he would do such a thing, he would hurt her for the rest of her life and he didn't want that to happen. She had already gone through a lot and this will traumatize her if he did when she didn't want it. He can wait for her but for how long? He loved her very much and wanted to be with her always but he wanted her to be happy. If she was happy, then he is happy.

She smiles lightly and carressed his cheek. "Then let me go..." she says. "What if I don't want to?" he asks, burying his head on her chest. She sighed. She can't stop him no matter what she says. He is as stubborn as always. Luckily for them, it was a Saturday and Akina didn't need to meet Tsunade. "Then I can't stop you..." she answers as she wraps her arms around him and laid her chin on his head while closing her eyes in a dreamless sleep. He smirks and falls asleep. Later in the afternoon, Akina and Neji were at the park. Shiroyuki and Kuroyuki didn't go with them because they trust Neji. As they walked around, they were talking about random things and their hands enlaced with each other. Akina spots a white rabbit near a bush. Its ivory black eyes stare at them, ready to leap in signs of danger.

She smiles gently at it and kneels down, trying to get as close to it as possible without scaring it. She stretched out her hands and beckoned it to come closer. The rabbit was about to hop away when she stretched out her hands but it looked at her eyes, it could see kindness and love. It slowly but cautiously approached her, sniffing. She petted his head when it was close enough and it liked it so much so it approach closer and lets her pick it up. Neji smiles. 'She's so kind. Even the animals trust her,' he thought. She continued to pet it until she thought of something. "Neji-kun, why don't you try holding it?" she asks. "I don't think that's good idea," he says nervously. He is obviously not an animal person. "Come on. Try." He hesitantly took the rabbit out of her arms as gently as he could and suddenly, nature was calling for the rabbit. Since it was facing Neji, it urinated on him, making his shirt wet and smelly.

His face cringed. "Oh my goodness!" Akina says and quickly took the rabbit. "G-Gomen nasai, Neji-kun!" She lets go off the rabbit and it hopped away. "Are you alright?" "Man, it smells!" She used the element water to remove it out as if it hadn't been there. He sighs in relief and thanked her. "Could you do me one favor?" "Nani?" "Don't ask me to hold ANY kind of animal." She giggled. "Alright." They sat under a tree and talked about random stuff. A robin flew on Akina's shoulder and started to listen to their conversation. They were so busy talking that they hadn't noticed some people walking towards them. "Well, look who we have here," a male's voice says. The robin flew away, startled by the voice. Akina and Neji turned to see a pink-haired girl, a blond-haired boy and another boy with raven black hair...