3...2...1...GO!" Lee shouted.
And on cue every one jumped and headed towards their path.
Each pair had a small bag with their map and set of instructions. Our bag was blue, and our map told us to head north of the forest.
Neji was holding our the map (apparently he didn't trust me with it) and was taking the lead. I walked a few paces behind him, thinking about how cliche this situation was. I was deep in thought and didnt realize that Neji had stopped, causing me to accidentally bump into him.
"Ow" I exclaimed.
"Watch it!" he shot back.
"Why the hell did you stop?" I asked while rubbing my forehead.
"I was checking if we were in the right place" He said.
"Well are we" I asked with a hint of annoyance in my voice.
He didnt answer.
" I craned my neck and looked over his shoulders to the map.
"NEJI!" I shouted " Your holding the map upside down!"
He turned the map the right way.
"Oh..." He said softly.
I facepalmed.
"Great, now because of you we are lost! You could have just let me lead the way but Nooo, you were to full of your self and to over confident. Now what are we supposed to do!?" I shouted
"Well if you can shut up for a second , I can think of a way to get out of this situation." He spat back
I snatched the map and took a good look at it. After a little analysing I figured out where we were.
"Listen..." I said while placing my finger on the map " we are over here, if we take this route we will be able to reach the first stop"
He silently nodded.
We started walking again and this time I lead the way while he followed.
We walked in peace until we reached our first clue or rather the task which we were supposed to do in-order to acquire the first clue.
In front of us was a huge cave. Next to that was a sign.
" If you want to get the first clue you should be able to cross this Haunted cave." Neji read out.
"so " he said "shall we"
"ya wait a sec" I replied as I walked to a nearby tree and broke out a big branch. Then I tied a handkerchief around it and gave it to Neji.
" Hold this."
"Why?"
" You'll see"
I stepped back and started doing som hand signs. "Fire style fire ball justsu" I shouted. Im irately fire came out of my mouth and the branch was now burning bright.
"you didn't need to do that" he said
" well there's nothing wrong if I have" I answered
" actually you wasted our time"
" did not!"
"Did too!"
"DID NOT!"
" Never mind lets just go inside instead of wasting more time "
"finally said something smart Hyuga." I smirked as we went inside the cave
" Hikari?"
"Yes"
" will you please shut up"
I sent him a glare but he wasn't really paying attention to me instead he was looking ahead; and then suddenly he stopped walking.
"Is something wrong?" I asked.
He didn't reply.
" Fine don't reply. I'll just move on without you." I grabbed the touch and started walking forward but Neji grabbed my hand and pulled me towards him.
"W-what ar-re you-u d-doing!?" I squealed
He put a finger on my lips.
" There's something there" he replied in a hushed voice.
His eyes was still on the path ahead, but my eyes were on him studying his beautiful features. I had never observed him this close, and he looked more handsome closer. Soon I realised that our faces were only inches apart. I blushed furiously. But my thoughts were interrupted when I heard a slight groan. Startled I tightened my grip on him and he tightened his grip on me. I was secretly enjoying this moment... I mean is something which would only happen once in a blue moon. We heard the groan again. This time it was closer. Our breaths were becoming shallower by the moment. I could feel Neji's hot breath on my cold neck which sent a shiver down my spine.
Suddenly a figured popped up in front of us Neji activated his Byakugan and I activated my Sharingan.
The figure was now clear, as soon as we saw the figure we loosened our grip on each other and tried to create as much distance from each other as we could, because the figure was just a very lost and zombie like Gai sensi. Gods know how he ended up here but he walked two steps and fell flat on the floor.
"Maybe we should forget about this hunt and take Gai sensi back to the camp" Neji suggested
I nodded my head in agreement as I placed one of Gai sensis hand on my shoulder. Neji did the same, and we were off to the camp site.