A/n: Thank you to those who took their time to read, review, follow or favour this story. Wow its finally the end of my first Nejiten eh? Wow... it makes me feel like I can accomplish anything! Haha! Okay guys I hope you feeling better from the manga chapter incident from the the other day because I'm not... Also just as I finished this chapter and posted it on the laptop it played this gme called 'piss Agua off by completely screwing up and lose access to any files that was on the laptop.' ... yep this isn't my monthWarning: There will be a bit of swearing in some chaps and gory violence if you have an insane imagination – there might be slight OOC with characters, I try not to get them too OOC so don't expect Neji to walk away in a tutu (That's what Naruto SD is for)… hehe… the images
There might be errors, trust me: most of them are unintentional
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto but I own this plot– that is all
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Living Dead of the Night
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Epilogue
*Seven months later*
In the town of Konoha, many monsters lurked in every corner because their portal was common on the tall monuments above them, watching over their little town like hawks. They chose to hunt mostly at night, because the human victims were never expecting to get claimed by a particular monster.
Again, this had happened to a lone woman who had foolishly left a party late and walk towards the dark streets in a clumsy manner. She found herself laughing and tripping over her feet, stumbling towards the back end of a building, unaware that a figure was standing behind her. The woman whirled her head behind her, checking her surroundings as she fished for her keys from her purse but heard and saw nothing. Shrugging to herself, the woman finally took out the keys at the same time the figure pulled themselves into sight and trapped her to the wall.
The woman acknowledged her attacker; her whimpers escaped her throat in horror as the vampire exposed its fangs out to her. This slowly turned into a frown, and the vampire stopped snarling, taking this opportunity to stare at its own chest. A stake had been planted right in the heart, coming from the assaulted woman.
"Don't underestimate the humans you attack." She whispered softly, bright eyes illuminated the night.
"You… you're a Hyuga." The vampire choked, as it collapsed to its knees.
"Not just any Hyuga, I am Hinata." She reminded it, just as the vampire dissolved into dust. Hinata took a look around her, before she let out a sigh. "Naruto-kun… I did it."
"I saw it! Good job Hinata!" The blonde haired boy entered in her view. Naruto flashed the Hyuga girl a wide grin, which made her blush shyly. "You are definitely getting better at fighting… just like me!"
"Thank you… Naruto-kun…" Hinata whispered shyly. He simply widened his grin and went to turn around when she decided to speak up again. "For everything."
Naruto furrowed his brow and stared at the girl with concern, his golden brows furrowed into a firm line. "For what?"
Hinata's cheeks flamed brightly when she felt his undivided attention all focused on her. "Back when we were in the realm – you were there for five months, but you tried to protect me from Zaku, and Kidomaru…" Her moonlit orbs gazed away from his azure eyes.
The blonde haired man smiled warmly, and lifted her chin to meet his face, oblivious to her pale skin slowly turning into a cherry. "I'll do whatever I can for the people I care about-" He stopped mid-speech when he felt the temperature on Hinata's face. "Are you getting a fever… Hinata?"
"Nar-Naruto-kun…" His hand brushed her forehead, and that was when Hinata fell to the ground out cold, with a smile plastered on her lips.
"EH?! Hinata?! Hinata, wake up!" He picked her up from her shoulders and observed her unconscious frame. Naruto quickly lifted her up in his arms and furrowed his brow together. "Alright… To Neji's house!" The blonde haired man rushed to the closest safe house to him so he could help Hinata.
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"Again." Neji muttered coldly, folding his arms as Tenten started to pant in exhaustion. He acted like he was fine, but he had been dead tired as well. It would put a dent into his pride if he showed it to her. Ever since joining Konoha as a citizen, he has been learning more tricks from Kakashi. When the lazy hunter wouldn't be around to train him, he would go to Tenten and spar with her, showing her little mercy despite their relationship.
It was no secret of their new status, when they went to go meet their new comrades, Naruto had whooped loudly which earned a whack across his head from his new rival and Neji's old classmate Uchiha Sasuke. The blonde back then simply chuckled and rubbed the back of his head sheepishly. Shikamaru only shook his head with a smirk while Ino had crushed the life out of Tenten, saying that she was happy for the brunette that she had found true love.
When Neji found out about Yagana and her sacrifice, he noticed Tenten filling herself up with grief that her friend was no longer with her. Ino and Shikamaru had both gave a concerned bit of advice to her about moving on, promising her that Yagana was happy wherever she was, and very proud of the group for their achievements.
"You are a machine!" Tenten exaggerated with an exhausted expression, as she attempted to strike Neji. He wrapped his fingers around her wrist, twisting her entire arm into an uncomfortable position. She let out a whimper, but her chestnut orbs remained fierce, like always. "Okay! You win, now can we eat? I haven't eaten since breakfast!"
"I have not eaten since last night." Neji retorted with a raised eyebrow, in cue his stomach let out a tiny rumble. "There is no use complaining about it. Now get out of the grip." He taunted, as he pinned her to the wall.
Tenten growled out in response, the hunger obviously made her livider which resulted her into elbowing into his ribs, making Neji jerk at the contact. He released her and took a step back involuntarily, unable to prepare enough time for a jump kick in the face. In that instant, Neji flew off his feet and landed roughly on the ground, groaning as he collided onto the floor. His hand reached up his face, wincing when he felt the bruise from the impact. For a girl, she could kick!
"Shoot!" The brunette rushed to Neji's side, glancing at his face with concerned eyes. "Sorry Neji-!" She was suddenly cut off when Neji grabbed onto her arms and pinned her to the floor with a smirk.
"I win. Never let your guard down." Neji warned with a devilish grin, his silver orbs observed every aspect of her face. He could see that chestnut eyes leered back at him, and lightly tanned skin glistened with sweat. "Alright, training's over." He decided, leaning forward to press his lips against Tenten's. She let her eyes close and returned the kiss, unable to fight the shades of red that lightened on her face.
"Oh my-!"
The duo pulled away and Neji jumped back to glare at Naruto who was holding an unconscious Hinata. "Why is Hinata like that Naruto? I thought you were going to keep an eye on her!" After a month of her rescue, Hinata find it no need for Neji to call her 'Hinata-sama' because she wasn't going to lead any clan. He felt slightly grateful that the shy Hyuga acknowledged his voice for a while.
"It had nothing to do with that! I swear!" Naruto complained, still frantically holding her. "In fact she did great, but all I did was touch her and she fainted!"
At that moment, Neji felt himself relaxed that Hinata wasn't hurt. He as well as Tenten could see the obvious crush that Hinata had on the blonde. Though Neji simply wished that it was someone who wasn't so… slow on things.
"Relax Naruto, she just fainted – you know it isn't too good for her heart for you to be touching her face." Tenten scolded, pushing herself onto her feet to observe Hinata with a faint smile, before nodding off. "Now go put her on her bed, and I'll make dinner now for tonight." Naruto meekly nodded as he rushed out of the room, leaving the two alone again.
Neji furrowed his brow in confusion as he stood up as well. "Tonight? You never make dinner unless we invited people."
"And they call you the genius." The brunette chuckled, leaning closer to her partner as she wrapped her arms around his neck. "Remember that we invited them a week ago?"
Then it hit him. Neji briefly recalled asking Shikamaru and Ino to dinner, and they decided to bring in Sasuke because he was their friend who invited Sakura who was too eager to come along, Hinata and Naruto were already considered to be there. He sighed in exhaustion and leaned his forehead against Tenten's staring at her eyes softly. "We could always cancel, saying you got the flu…" His voice turned husky at the offer, which made Tenten only giggle shyly.
"You know I won't let that happen." Tenten retorted with a smirk, kissing his cheek to escape out of his arms. "I'm going for a shower because its gross being sweaty, then I'll start cooking." She untied her buns, letting the chocolate hair fall into wavy, thick locks as she strolled out of the room.
Neji agreed silently, smirking mischievously as she left and thought of how much his life has changed. He now lived in an actual house with Hinata, Tenten and Naruto all joining in on the rent. Since Naruto lived in the house, Tenten warned Neji that he had to stock up on ramen now, considering that Naruto ate his ramen like no tomorrow. It actually crept him out.
During the seven months, Neji had learned that Sasuke was part demon and that he wanted nothing more than to see, his brother Uchiha Itachi dead. It didn't surprise Neji that Itachi was Sasuke's older brother; he saw some resemblance between the brothers. Neji didn't know much about the brothers, but it had nothing to do with him, so he let it slide.
Usually, Neji wouldn't like Hinata seeing other boys but for keeping Tenten and Hinata safe those seven months ago, he knew he could trust Naruto to not let anything happen to the shy Hyuga. He reached up and pulled the bandana off his head, which revealed the green marking on his forehead. Neji's ivory orbs hardened at the reflection through the window, it sickened him to see it but it was there – stuck on him until he found out the cure and Hinata promised that she would help in any way that she could.
But the most grateful thing that had happened to him was getting that call and asking on the mobile 'is that all?'
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"Ino-pig! I know you stole my new top!"
"There's no way forehead! After all… it would've been too small for my top, if you know what I mean."
Shikamaru shivered. That was a low blow, even for Ino.
"What was that Ino-pig!?"
"Troublesome." The Nara muttered while the girls continued on their debates, and flinched when his phone rang out as it alerted him for a message. His eyes skimmed through the message from his mother.
Hey Shikamaru, I hope you are doing well – I heard you found Asuma's murderer! Good on you, well I got to get going, tell me how your life has been!
Shikamaru silently smirked at his mother's words. Of course the woman drove him through the roof, but she was meant to… it was his mother.
Yeah, I'm doing alright, yes I had put a bullet into the demon that had killed Asuma – I moved to Konoha with Ino, and we've made some friends. Call me when you get the chance.
During the seven months, his mother managed to get a job overseas, which secretly made Shikamaru glad because she wouldn't be exposed as a hunter's mother. It was dangerous enough that Ino was hunting with him. They talk to each other frequently and his mother's latest complaints about lacking on grandchildren. On that particular day, the phone was on speaker, and Ino happened to be drinking coffee right at the time she mentioned it. Let's just say the lazy genius was in the sudden splash zone of coffee.
"Listen Ino-pig, if you don't give me my hair brush in the next three seconds-!"
A doorbell suddenly went off, making the girls fall silent. Shikamaru figured it might've been Sasuke. Soon enough the women were arguing on who should answer the door and why, while Shikamaru went to answer the door.
"Shikamaru." The raven haired male greeted coolly, his messy black hair was in shape of a chicken's/duck's butt. His eyebrow raised in curiosity when he heard a crash from another room, and more screaming. "Sakura and Ino are at it again?"
"Do you need to ask?" Shikamaru questioned back, letting Sasuke enter the house. He studied the walls with the paintings of flowers before shoving his hands in his pockets. "The girls should be ready soon… just-"
Once again, Shikamaru was cut off with a sudden roar of fury from Ino. "You stole my bra!" Both of the girls stumbled towards them, Sakura was on Ino's back, yanking the bra strap while Ino was trying to push Sakura off. They stared at the men for a few moments before dropping to the ground and acting as if nothing happened.
"Sasuke-kun?" Sakura blinked quietly, she wore an emerald green cocktail dress with flats, her short pink hair neatly pinned back. Ino on the other hand wore a lavender cocktail dress with silver high heels and her blonde hair was pulled back into a bun.
"You girls look lovely." Shikamaru noted, slightly smiling at Ino who grinned widely. He shot Sasuke a look, telling him to play along. If they didn't compliment the women in front of them, then they were in for a bit of hell.
"I don't understand why you girls fight so much of how pretty you are. You are both beautiful." Sasuke continued, lifting his arm for Sakura to collect it. Both of the women giggled to themselves, and got comfortable next to their partners.
"We should get going to Neji's then." Ino decided, her grin widened when Shikamaru gently pecked her cheek.
Sakura nodded with agreement. "Let's go, Sasuke-kun."
The two couples exited the house and locked the door behind them, just as Shikamaru looked up into the sky. He disliked the night for many reasons; many monsters came out at night and his most important reason – the clouds were harder to spot. The Nara however, smiled stiffly at the thought of his godfather, who was smiling down on him.
He took his stare of the sky and paid attention to what was going on in front of him, he knew that they were in for a lot more from the Akatsuki and the pure demons.
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In the shadows of Neji's former apartment, two dark figures rose from the darkness. Their cloaks hid their bodies as they searched throughout the room, sniffing or observing each item in particular.
"I'm sure they moved on now." The taller figure spoke, his face was still hidden in the darkness. "They probably won't be coming here at all." He opened the cupboard, expecting a few weapons inside but met up with a nearly empty storage. "Even took the good weapons with them."
The silent figure glanced back at the tall figure, his crimson orbs narrowed sharply before finding the photo frame. He picked the object up with cold slender fingers, to raise them in the air again as he studied the image. "He left the picture here."
"Now why would he forget the picture?"
"He didn't forget the picture Kisame." The red eyed man insisted as he placed it back on the nightstand. "Neji only wanted to forget his previous life, so he left it behind."
"What about the girl? I would've thought that she went her own way." Kisame retorted with a snarl, as he picked up some old clothing. "But no, she goes to Konoha with Neji." He found a sharp blade on the table and observed its shape with curious eyes. "How the Hyuga bastard found out the demon realm surprises me. I'm just surprised that they weren't being careful with the location because it could've been a trap for all they know."
The man silently stared out the window for a few moments before turning to his partner "Considering that was where we found him, it didn't surprise me that he was so sure about it."
"Well I guess it isn't all bad… Hidan's probably buried underneath crap, cursing out on top of his lungs so we won't be hearing from that maniac again." When Kisame's rant didn't get a response, he merely gazed over to the red eyed man who was facing out of the window again with a frown. "Itachi-san?"
The elder Uchiha's head tilted back to observe Kisame, before turning back. "Our next stop is Konoha."
A/n: I bet you guys hate me right now for the cliffhanger. I'm sorry! It was my hands fault, they just wrote whatever seemed right! *Cries in the corner* But I really hope you guys enjoyed that chapter because the sequel won't come till... I have no idea but it will come!
Ciao, ciao!