Prince Neji
A/N- Another chapter down, three more to go.
Chapter Eleven: Final Battle
When Shikamaru and the messenger walked to the camp, he was brought to Prince Neji's side and they all started to make plans for the war with sound.
"So my prince you are getting married to a commoner? He replied.
"Shikamaru just plan." Neji said but was interrupted by the bell sounds. "Shit, they attacking now,"
As Neji's men shot right up, and grab their weapons, marching outside their tents, they waited for their commander, Neji rode up to them, and gave a mighty shout into the air, signing the battle started, his men racing into the uneven odds, he knew that he could die from this battle from his injury that is mostly healed. But he had to win this war against the sound brothers. Otherwise that Sakura will never be truly free, as Sasuke had fallen into a obsession with her.
The battle continued into the morning, as hours went by and both sides lost many soldiers, until Itachi rode onto the battled killing his enemy troopers. Until he came across Shikamaru, they face off against each other, leaving no one in the middle between these two duels.
"So Shikamaru Nara the man with over two hundred of IQ, you are said to be a hermit, but you are here." Itachi said swinging his sword right catching it against Shikamaru's sword from the left.
The duel went on and on until Shikamaru blade fell from his hand, falling down to the ground, he was at Itachi mercy, if he had any, Itachi position his blade at Shikamaru's neck, and was started to ram it down fast and swiftly until Shikamaru pulled out a last dagger and sliced Itachi in the neck at the life pulse. Standing up, Shikamaru retrieves his fallen sword and steps back to Itachi fallen form that was bleeding from his neck. With hears for gasps coming from him, Shikamaru draw his sword and cut right through the rest of the neck, making his death shorter. He step back and look at his wounds, he had most of them on his arms.
The enemy troopers looked on and shivered in fear, they had lost their prince, and one prince was fighting with the prince Neji, they all stood up and watched this fight.
Tsunade walked into the room, and looks at the young women sitting looking at some healing items, with her back towards the door.
"Sakura," Tsunade replied to her.
"Yes Tsunade can I go or is here something wrong with me?" Sakura asked.
"Sakura no my dear, I just needed to look at something quickly." She replied.
"So it is nothing to do with me?" Sakura questioned.
Neji swing his sword at Sasuke right and left making him move back with rage, as he couldn't get a hit or a swing in. He was leaving no openings for him; well he just had to make it himself.
"Sakura was very good," he smirked at Neji. "Her screams of pain and passion were delightful to hear." As Sasuke continued on with this sentencing inciting that he raped her more than once, but Neji knew it wasn't true as to what Sakura said to him. And he believed her more than Sasuke the only prince of sound now. As he keeps on swinging his sword at Sasuke, he looks for a way to kill him.
With swaying to the left and right, Neji brings down his sword making Sasuke back up and go back to defensive side of the duel. Making no one was going to stop this duel, Neji pick up the pace and sword his sword faster and quicker, making Sasuke lose his sword and balance from Neji attack.
"You got me Hyuuga," he replied but his hand went to a other weapon that was hidden from sight.
As Neji was going to deliver the last blow, Sasuke pulled out a dagger and plumb it into Neji side, making its way to the middle. Neji screamed in pain and pulled out the dagger and sliced off Sasuke's head. Falling to the ground, while clutching his side, his generals raced over calling out his name.
"Get him back to the palace, Tsunade can heal him." General ............. ordered a soldier to do.
When Neji was picked up from the ground by one of his soldiers, he was soon place in front of a soldier that was already on a horse. With Neji in front, the soldier races towards Konoha as fast as his horse could go.
"Actually Sakura it does, you see when I was looking over you. I saw a block jutsu in your mind. I went to the library to see if I could do something I can to unblock it. Now I need your permission to actually do this." Tsunade replied.
"You saw what in my mind?" Sakura asked.
"Someone, no one of your parents used a jutsu on your memory to block some of your memories of the past. "Tsunade explained to Sakura.
"No my mother wouldn't place a memory block jutsu on me and as to my father I can't remember him at all," Sakura sobbed.
"Sakura please believe when I say this to you, you might not remember your father at all because of the block in your mind." Tsunade begin as she walks closer to her.
"Tsunade please tell me why? Who would do this to me?" Sakura asked.
"I'm not sure all I know it had to be a parent to mind block your memory" Tsunade replied looking sad at her.
"Tsunade you are telling the truth right?" Sakura asked once again before taking a leap into the whole memory block jutsu in her mind.
"I can show you what I found if you want?" She asked gently to Sakura.
When Sakura heard this, she nodded her head to Tsunade, when Tsunade walked closer to Sakura body; she allowed Tsunade to place a hand on her forehead and transported the jutsu area in her mind. Now she did believe Tsunade, but now the question is who did it and why? Did the person do this to her?
"Tsunade unlock it now," Sakura ordered.
Tsunade nods her head, as she takes off her hand from Sakura's forehead; she does five hand seals quickly replacing one hand on her forehead and the other hand on the back of her head. "Unlock jutsu" Tsunade whispered as her chakra comes forth and unlocks the mind block.
"It's done Sakura," Tsunade explained as she took a step back and looks at her.
"Tsunade I don't feel so well," Sakura whispered out as she places her hands on her side of her head.
Clutching it hard, Sakura screams in pain as her mind was now unlock. With flashes of her past, seeing someone that look at her but was a male. Her mother she could realize but the most memories that stood out more were coming into her mind.
Sakura's Memory One – Sakura is 6- Neji is 7
"Leave me alone," Sakura tremble before the castle children that were chasing her. Some were throwing rock or branches that fell off from the trees, beside them. Other were actually hitting her arms, or leg with punches or kicks, but the ones that hurt the most where the one calling her mean names.
"Pinky haired dork, Mama can't save you now," smirk on girl with long red hair.
"HUGE FOREHEAD THAT LOOKS LIKE THE WORLD," SHOUTED ANOTHER GIRL, but with green hair.
The group started to throw rocks and sticks, at her making some cuts and bruises on her arms and legs and some went on her face.
Sakura started too cried, as she tried to get away from them, but was stopped by the girls that were throwing rocks at her. When a person grab her around the waist pulling her to the person's chest.
"Go away, monsters," the person said.
"Prince Neji!!!!!" One yelled in fear, as they raced away from him.
"You Okay?" Neji asked the pink hair girl crying on his chest.
When Sakura look up at him, he was the cuts and bruises on her. "I think so?" Sakura replied as she tried to pull away from him.
Neji tighten his hold on her and started to walk back to the castle with Sakura under his arms.
Sakura opened her eyes with shock on the memory, she knew Neji before, but how, why, who place the memory block. As she grabbed her head again in pain, when she screamed.
Sakura's Memory two Sakura is 8, Neji is 9
As Sakura walked through the castle main doors, when she looks over to the window, she had seen Neji practicing with his sword in the field with his trainer. Smiling at that, Sakura went to the door and open door and raced outside quickly and quite until she was behind Neji.
Sakura jumps gently on his back" Neji-kun!"
Neji stopped swinging his sword when he felt a weight on his back, he smiled at it, he knew who it was." Sakura, who are you?" Neji replied.
"Fine my lessons are going fine," Sakura said as she got off from his back and twiddling with her fingers.
Sensing that she wanted something on her mind, he placed his sword to the ground. "Sakura what do you want? He asked.
"Mmh... I want to know, if you could teach me a bit for self-defensive with a sword?" Sakura asked.
Neji smiled at her, and look at his trainer who nodded at him, he walks away from them. "Sakura I can train you a bit," Neji replied.
"You can, Neji-kun," Sakura whispered with a smile.
As Neji nodded his head, Sakura smiled at him and walked over to him. "Sakura pick up the sword," Neji instructed. Sakura pick up the sword and held it with one hand. "No two hands" Neji said. She placed her other hand on it.
"Sakura swing up and down," Neji replied.
Sakura did what she, he told her within a few hours, she was fast and swift. He smiled at her, but she was still having trouble, so he laced his hand on hers holding her a bit to his chest.
Sakura opened her eyes with shock on the memory, he was holding her, and she jumped on him. Her eyes close again, as another memory came across.
Sakura's Memory three- Sakura is 13 Neji is 14
Sakura saw herself walking through the castle, with a nice white long dress that was off the shoulders. She knew she was around thirteen or twelve's year olds. She stopped at the pair of large doors, when the guards at the doors open for her. She walked into the throne room; she was called in by the king Hiashi.
"Yes my king," She asked.
"Sakura, I have know you since you are five. You have become Neji's best friend. I also know that you have been taking some sword training with Neji for some self-defensive. I will grant it, that you will continue with this training with Neji, but you will continue with your other lessons. And you will perform in front of the royal family of Sound in two nights." King Hiashi replied.
"Yes King Hiashi," Sakura said.
'Sakura you may go and practice on the harp," Hiashi uttered.
She nodded and walked back out the doors and down the halls to the area where she used to play and sing with the harp.
Opening the door, she walks in and looks over at the piano and smiled she played all the instruments in the room.
Within moments, she sang a beautiful soft song that carried away into the ears, of all the guards, and a young prince form sound, that was walking that way, when Sakura was done. Sakura heard clapping to her, she smiled thinking it was Neji that always comes to watches her play, but when she turned and look it was a dark haired boy about her age.
"Who are you"? Sakura asked as she stood up not liking the way, he was looking at her.
"The second prince to King Fugaku and younger prince to Itachi, Sasuke,' he said walking closer to her.
"Please go, you're not allowed to be here," Sakura said looking at him.
"Oh really?"he asked as he just grabbed her around the waist pulling her to him.
"Let go of me," Sakura said viciously at him. Sasuke just smirked at her, when he touches her hair, making his hand go down to her face, stroking it gently, making Sakura flinch and struggle to get free from him.
"I don't think so my Angel," Sasuke whispered as he moved her hair from her neck, as he begin to softy kiss and bite it. Making Sakura tear up, as she struggled more so he can let her go, but he was too strong, as he moved up to her lips. Sakura tried to open her mouth to scream but was silience by his lips, until a voice was heard.
"Let her go now Sasuke," a voice ordered from the doors.
Sasuke look over to the doors to see Neji standing there with wet hair and his sword in his hand. But what he didn't know is that when he was distracted, Sakura pulled out his sword.
"Step away from me now," She said pointing his sword at him.
Sasuke moved back and away from Sakura, she took this and drop the sword and raced over to Neji. Hiding behind him, she looks at the prince of sound.
"Leave Prince Sasuke now and be warned never come near Sakura again," Neji hissed out loud to him, as he felted Sakura hands and head on his back.
When Sakura opened her eyes the next time, she curse out loud at that prince again, but did he remember her and what happened to the rest of the castle. Did her mother mind block them as well. She had to tell the king but how, when a voice was heard by the King.
"Sakura you're back." Hiashi said.
"You remember me?" she said.
"I couldn't forget about you, even when your mother placed a mind block on me. I still could remember you," He recalled to her.
A/N – There is the twist, she and Neji are best friends. Until next time. Bye