Chapter 12 – Change of view.

Sakura sat in the middle of the training field, with Neji in front of her. They both started meditating.

Neji was doing it because it was a way to further expand his Byakugan. It kept his head clear and his body calm. Sakura, on the other hand, was having a headache.

She started meditating because she could feel Sasuke send some of his chakra to the feather shaped seal on his right shoulder. She sent some chakra to the identical shape on her left shoulder, to alert Naruto, so he could join, if he wanted to, or had the time.

And, of course, Naruto had the time, and even if he didn't, he would make time. And so, naturally, the two of them started bickering like the kids that they were.

"Shut up! Both of you!" Said an aggravated Sakura.

"But the teme just said …"

"I don't care what Sasuke said, Naruto. It's been a long time since we've spoken to each other and I'm not spending it getting a headache from the two of you!"

After that the two boys calmed down enough to have a civil conversation.

"Shut up, teme!"

"Hn. Dobe."

Well, as civil as those two could get.

Sakura opened her eyes when she was finished talking to the boys, and looked at Neji, who was still meditating. She loved it when he meditated. He looked so calm and, dare she say it, cute. He wasn't frowning nor did he have that haughty smirk that she loved so much. His face was blank with a hint of softness in it.

Sakura walked on her knees till she was able to sit behind him, and undid the hair tie that had his hair pulled together, and undid his head band. She then started running her fingers in his hair. He loved what she was doing to him, not that he would ever tell her that. But she knew. She knew from the way his face lost the little hint of concentration in it and he leaned back against her a little.

But what always gave him away, was when she reached his scalp, and started rubbing his scalp from the outside in (A/N: This is actually good for your hair. It's even better if you apply and rinse soap out of your hair this way. Just saying. :P) That was when he started purring and leaning into her touch. If there was any tension in his body, it always left at this point.

God, this made him want to do a lot of things to her, but they agreed to wait till their wedding. But that didn't mean that they didn't make out.

He was brought out of his blissful state when his girlfriends' hands slipped out of his hair, around his neck, down to his chest, and she hugged him tightly to her chest.

"I have to go to see Shisou. Sasuke wants me to tell her something." Whispered Sakura in his ear, while he stroked her arm with his hand.

He opened his eyes and with a grunt, stood up. When Sakura realized that he was going to stand up, she tightened her hold on him. When Neji was at his full height, Sakura's feet were dangling in the air, and her laugh was the most beautiful thing he's ever heard.

He had no idea why, but it seemed that Sakura enjoyed the difference between their heights greatly. At the age of 17, Neji was a good head taller than her.

Indulging in a little fun, Neji brought his arms behind him and hauled her up so she would be riding his back. Sakura squealed in laughter and delight. At times like this, he remembered how everything was when they were younger. When they would be at her house…

He decided not to go down that line of thought and concentrate on navigating the trees in front of him till he reached the end of the training grounds and the beginning of the village.

Sakura hopped down, and started running towards the Hokage tower. "Race you there, Neji-kun!"

Like always, he did what she wanted. And like always, he let her win. And like always, she pouted at him for going easy on her. And like always, her wrapped a hand around her waist and kissed her temple. And like always, she beamed at him.

When they reached Tsunade's office, she was attempting to hide a bottle of sake, and failing miserably.

After an awkward pause, Tsunade cleared her throat, and asked them, "What are you two doing here?"

"I just talked with Sasuke."

That got the sennin's attention. "What did he say?"

"He said that we should be getting ready. In a years' time, Orochimaru is going to try and take over Sasuke's body. Sasuke said that we should strike a couple of days before that, since Orochimaru's body will be the weakest then."

Tsunade nodded to the both of them. "Very well. We are going to have to start planning from now, then. Shizune!"

After a few seconds, Shizune poked her head through the door. "Hai Tsunade-sama?"

"Get me Nara Shikamaru and Shikaku, Hatake Kakashi, Hyuuga Hiashi and Uchiha Fugaku. Tell them to be here tomorrow 8 a.m. sharp. Tell Kakashi it's about Sasuke so he doesn't be late."

"Hai!" Said Shizune as she left the office to do as told.

Tsunade then turned to the couple in front of her and said, "You two be here as well."

"Hai, Tsunade-sama." They said in unison as they left.

Some people thought it was creepy how those two thought in sync, but she thought it was cute. Sakura deserved to be happy.

Now, Sakura and her love life aside. Where did she put that sake?

They were walking calmly through the village. Hand in hand, heading back to the training grounds when they heard a feminine voice calling out.

"Neji-kun! Wait up!"

Sakura didn't like the undertone that this girl sported, even before she saw who she was. It just spelled trouble.

Turning to the voice, the couple was met with Tenten, Neji's teammate.

"Hai, Tenten-san. What do you need?"

Neji knew that Tenten wasn't up to any good from the tone of her voice. The glint in her eye just confirmed it.

"I was wondering if you would like to go out with me tonight." Said Tenten said as she boldly laid her hand on Neji's chest and had her body flush against his.

Sakura was livid. Ever since that girl a year ago she has been very sensitive about any girl being around Neji. And now this was a girl that he had to deal with on a regular basis.

Neji just knew that this wasn't going to end in a good way. And when Sakura's hold tightened on his hand, his fears were confirmed. He better act quickly.

"Tenten-san, I would appreciate it if you remove yourself from my person before I do it for you." Said Neji, leaving no room for argument.

But apparently Tenten had left her brain at home that day.

"Now why would I do that, Neji-kun? We've been dating for ages now, and I think that your little playmate should know. And so should all of Konoha."

Something wasn't right. Last he knew Tenten was seeing somebody. And although she tried hiding it from everyone, he could tell.

Before he could think of anything, he found the weight on his chest forcefully removed by his petite girlfriend.

"You liar!" Said Sakura as her first was stretched in front of her. Apparently she had just punched his teammate.

Looking at said teammate, he found a cloud of smoke surrounding her. When the smoke cleared, the girl that had them fighting the first time appeared.

"You!" growled Neji.

"Oh, you remember me Neji-kun? That isn't surprising since I'm just fabulous that way. But the question is: How did that little girl know?"

"I knew because Tenten's my friend! She would never do what you just did!" Yelled Sakura.

The girl, Amy, ignored her, and leaned again on Neji and said, "How about you ditch this little girl and come with me for some grown up fun? Hmm?"

Sakura was absolutely livid. This had to stop before she killed the woman, not that he cared about her. He just didn't want his girlfriend in jail.

"If you don't remove yourself from me within the next five seconds I will kaiten you to next week, and then have you jailed for the rest of your life for harassing a clan heir and impersonating a fellow shinobi for personal reasons." Said Neji with authority.

When the girl didn't budge, he was preparing himself to use his clans' signature jutsu on her when Tenten – the real one this time – showed up.

"Oh I'll be getting rid of that disgusting thing for you, Neji-kun." Said a furious Tenten.

Tenten came nearer and pushed through the crowd that had gathered around to watch. Oddly enough, Kiba was behind her looking even more furious than she did.

"Tenten!" Said Sakura.

"Wait a second Sakura. I've got someone's ass to kick." Said Tenten as she yanked the girl from Neji by her hair.

"How dare you impersonate me! And then act like a slut, no less!"

Kiba looked quite proud about Tenten kicking the girl, who was wailing on the ground.

"My hair! My hair! Let it go!" Cried Amy.

At this, Tenten got a glint in her eyes that didn't spell any good.

"Oh? Your hair? You don't like it when I do this?" she said as she yanked on Amy's hair. "Or this?" Yank.

"How about this?" Yank. Yank.

"Stop it! Stop!" By now Amy was sobbing.

"What a pathetic excuse for a shinobi! You can't even take someone yanking your hair? You should be tortured! Next time you have a brilliant idea like this, . LOCKED. UP. IN. YOUR. HEAD! Because what you just did warrants a punishment much worse than a little hair yanking." She finished her rant with a sharp yank at Amy's hair.

Amy whimpered. "My hair." Then she started sobbing.

"Oh, I'll show you hair!" Yelled Tenten as she pulled out a kunai from her back pocket.

"Umm, Tenny. I don't think you should do that." Said Kiba while looking around at the people. Neji was quite shocked to see this violent part of his teammate. Sure she was tomboyish, and she loved weapons, and…. Oh forget it. He shouldn't be surprised at all.

Sakura looked like she couldn't decide whether to let Tenten take care of maiming the girl, or taking over herself. He could tell by the way she would lean forward, as if she was going to take a step forward, then go back. And by how her fists kept clenching an unclenching.

The crowd looked like they would take out cameras any second now, but are too afraid to do so with two angry konoichi in the area.

"You either help me or shut up, Kiba! She just acted like a slut when she was disguised as me, your girlfriend! Aren't you even a little angry?" Said Tenten.

Neji looked at Sakura to see if she knew anything about that little information, but she didn't seem surprised. He should have known that the girls told each other everything.

Sakura was looking at Amy with a weird look on her face.

Neji looked back to Tenten.

She looked torn between angry and sad.

Before Kiba could answer her, Amy spoke up, "Of course he isn't. Why? That's because you are a slut." Sneered Amy.

"Why you little …"

Before Tenten could finish, Kiba said, "Do it, Tenten."

Tenten stared at him for a few seconds, before a large devilish grin spread across her face. She yanked Amy's hair again.

"My hair, you bitch! Let go of my beautiful hair! Neji-kun loves long hair! You're ruining my hair!"

"Oh, I'll let go alright. I'll let go for good." Said Tenten with a feral grin on her face.

She raised her kunai and slashed through Amy's hair from the bottom up.

Amy couldn't believe what happened. She stared wide-eyed in front of her as strands of hair fell to the ground.

"This is what you care about so much?" Sneered Tenten while waving the batch of black hair in front of the shocked girl. "Well, now that you have a butcher cut hairstyle, 'Neji-kun' won't even look at you. So … GET. LOST." Said Tenten as she threw the girls hair in her face.

Tenten turned around to talk to Sakura, only to find her running away with Neji hot on her tail. "Sakura, wait!"

Kiba grabbed her arm before she could move to catch up to her friend. "She said that she needs to vent. Let Neji take care of it. You could go see her later."

Tenten looked after them, and then said a little sadly, "Okay."

Kiba kissed her on the forehead and pulled her away.

...

"Sakura wait!"

Nothing.

"Sakura!"

Nothing.

He caught up to her and spun her around and slammed her back to a tree, "I said wait!" Yelled Neji in anger.

His eyes softened a bit when he saw her tear stricken face.

"What's wrong, Hime?" He asked as he stroked her face gently, wiping her tears in the process.

"I remember her." Sakura managed to choke out.

"Yes. She's the same one from last time. Is she not?" Asked a slightly confused Neji.

"Yeah she is. And I told you that I remember her from somewhere else but I couldn't put my finger on it. Remember?"

At his nod she continued, "Well, she was one of my bullies back before we met."

At this Neji's eyes widened then narrowed.

"She was the 'boss'. She's been tormenting me ever since. Even after we became friends. She would always try to do something or the other but the boys or Shikamaru would stop her. I .. I .."

By now she was sobbing and Neji had pulled her into his arms and started stroking her hair gently. She quieted after a few seconds, and he could feel the anger rolling off of her in waves.

"I hate her so much." She said it so quietly that he got the chills.

He pulled her back at arms' length to reprimand her gently. What he saw had his jaw dropping.

"What is it, Neji-kun?" Asked Sakura, slightly worried with how his mouth was opened.

He began searching her pockets.

"What are you doing Neji-kun!?"

"Here it is!" Neji held up the mirror that she always kept with her.

When she looked at him as if he grew another head, he said, "Take a look."

Sakura did as told. But something was wrong with her reflection. Her eyes were different. They were…

"Like a sharingan, but white." Mused Neji.

"Oh my God! What are we going to do?! Neji!" She was terrified, that much Neji could tell.

"Calm down, Hime."

"What do you mean 'calm down'?! What's happening to me?" Sakura asked with a trembling lip.

Neji hugged her and said, "It's okay. It's going to be okay. Close your eyes and I'll carry you to Hokage-sama's office."

Sakura nodded meekly and closed her eyes. She wrapped her hands around her boyfriends' neck when she felt his hand under her knees.

When they entered through the window, Kakashi and Hiruzen were already there, and Tsunade was about to throw a bottle of sake at them for entering through the window, but stopped when she saw Neji carrying a trembling Sakura.

"What's going on?" She asked the couple.

Neji placed her down but she clung to him. "Sakura, you have to show them."

"No, no, no, no, no!" She said while shaking her head.

"Sakura! What's the meaning of this?!" Yelled Tsunade.

"Hime, it's okay." Neji tried to sooth her to no avail.

"No! They're going to think I'm a freak!"

Kakashi frowned at her. Ever since her parents' accident he's been taking care of her as if she was his own daughter. And he didn't like what was happening.

"Sakura-chan." Called Hiruzen.

"NO!" She said as she clutched Neji's shirt even more.

"Haruno Sakura." Said Kakashi in his 'Captain' voice, as Naruto called it.

Sakura stiffened.

Kakashi put a hand on her shoulder and said, "I assure you that nobody here will think about you as a freak."

"You promise?" She said in a small voice and Kakashi's heart softened. At times like this, he remembered how fragile his student actually was. Sure she was able to bring down a mountain with a finger, but she was still a little girl, scared of rejection, on the inside.

"You have my word as a shinobi."

At this she relaxed a little and turned around, but still kept her back glued to Neji and her eyes glued shut.

"Open your eyes Sakura-chan." Said Kakashi.

And she did, painfully slow, till her eyes were fully open.

At that point three thumps were heard.

Tsunade had dropped her bottle of sake, Hiruzen's pipe slipped from his lips and Kakashi's porn slipped to the floor.

"You promised." Whimpered Sakura.

"I… I don't think you're a freak, Sakura-chan. It's just … that … it has been a very long time since we last saw one of those." Said a shocked Kakashi.

"Indeed, it has been. Since your uncle became a hero."

That was a well known term in the ninja world. It meant that the person died in combat.

"But I've never had an uncle." Said Sakura, scrunching her nose cutely.

"Yes, you had. He was killed before you were even born. Actually, now that I think about it, his death is what brought your parents together." Said Hiruzen.

"I don't get it." Said Sakura.

Hiruzen settled on the couch with his pipe in hand, while Neji leaned on Tsunade's desk and Sakura leaned her back on his chest, with his arms hugging her from behind and his chin on her shoulder. Kakashi leaned on a wall.

Hiruzen told them how her parents met. How her uncle was targeted on a family trip, and was killed when his family was ambushed. Her mother was taken hostage, and her uncle gave himself up to save her.

"But what does this have to do with what happened with my eyes?" She asked. By now Sakura's eyes returned to their vibrant green color.

"It has everything to do with your eyes Sakura-chan. You see, your uncle was the only other person who had eyes like those. It was a reason for him to be hunted down and captured by other villages. They wanted to research his eyes. It looks like you inherited those eyes from him."

"What are they called?" Asked Neji.

"Due to the fact that he was the only person who got them, they were never named. But since they appeared in you, we are going to have to add it as a bloodline limit." Hiruzen said with a glance to Tsunade, who started grumbling about 'more paper work'.

"What do they do, Sandaime-sama?" Asked Kakashi.

"Oh, they do a lot."

Everyone looked at him with curiosity on their faces, or what was seen of them, in Kakashi's case.

"Those eyes, Sakura-chan, are a combination of the Byakugan and the Sharingan."

Everybody was speechless.

"Tell me, Sakura-chan, could you control sand?"

Still in shock, Sakura just shook her head.

"Well it's a side effect. I'm not sure if you will have it or not, but in case you do, you will have to be sent to Suna, so the Kazakage, Gaara, could train you. Also, a member of the Hyuuga clan is going to have to train you in their fighting style, although it's not much of a problem, since Neji-kun here could help you with that. A member of the Uchiha clan is going to have to train you, too. You could ask Itachi or Shisui. If you could get both of them to agree, it would be even better. Kakashi-kun here could help you, too, with the sharingan side. That's about it for you two. You are dismissed. Now we have to find a way to break this to both clan heads. The Uchiha are going to get this rubbed in their faces for a very long time."

Nobody interrupted the former Hokage in his rant because they were too shocked to say anything, and Neji and Sakura left when they were dismissed.

"You've been thinking about this for a while now. Haven't you, Sarutobi-sensei?" Asked an amused Tsunade.

"Of course I have, Tsunade-Hime!" Said Hiruzen with a grin.

Tsunade shook her head at the older man's antics, and prayed for the heavens to help her.

"Shizune! Get me Uchiha Fugaku and Hyuuga Hiashi! Now!"

"Hai, Tsunade-sama!"

After an intense sparring session with Neji, they laid on the grass under a tree surrounding the training grounds. Sakura felt that some of the tension and confusion left her. The thought of having a bloodline limit settled in a couple of hours ago, and she still didn't know what to think about it.

Noticing her dazed expression, Neji said, "Feeling better, Hime?"

Sakura let out a moan of frustration. "Not completely. I'm still a bit confused and my muscles are tense."

"Well, let me help you with that." Said Neji with a dark smirk on his face as he rolled on top of her. His knees were on either side of her hips, and his hands on either side of her head.

He leaned down till his body was flushed with hers, and he kissed her. It was a heated kiss, and Sakura couldn't help but bring her hands around to play with the hairs at the nape of his neck, then she started massaging his scalp like earlier that day. He couldn't stop the moan that escaped his lips, and he just managed to stop himself from grinding into her, when he felt two strong presences to his right.

He pulled back from her, and looked up at the two figures looming above them.

"I do want grandchildren, nephew, but don't think this is a bit too early? And a bit inappropriate? Really? In the woods?" Asked a slightly amused Hiashi, who was standing beside a slightly amused Fugaku.

Yup. They were caught making out by the heads of the two most prestigious clans in Konoha. Oh, joy!

A/N: I would like to thank you all for your reviews. You guys really make a person keep going.

I would like to ask if anybody has ever read a fic, other than this, which had Sasuke leave to Orochimaru on a mission like I did. If yes, please tell me what its name is.

Also, if anybody read anywhere about the bloodline I'm using please tell me where.

And I want some suggestions on the bloodlines' name, please.

Thoughts? Any side pairings you guys would like me to include in this fic?

Take care,

Zee