The Key to One's Soul
By:SuperHyuga Yoshi-chan
Chapter 14: Getting their way around...
Earlier the very next day, fate(as Neji would say) would have it that two more security guards were chatting about our favorite Chibi and Chibi owner. Neji and Little Neji, to be exact...
"You know, I don't like that Hyuga Neji and his Chibi. I think he's getting the clan head to play favorites."
"Really?"
"Yeah. He may not act like it, but that Chibi is slowly worming its' way into his heart."
"And the closer that thing gets closer to him-"
"The closer Neji gets to him. I mean, think about it. Not even Hiashi likes Hinata that much."
"Yes, but there's always Hanabi."
"Yes. There's always a Hanabi in every situation, thank God."
"You mean Kami."
"No, God. I converted to Christianity, remember?"
"Oh yeah, that's right."
"So...they think I like to pick favorites, huh?" Hiashi smirked as he deactivated his Byakugan. "In that case, I guess it's good Hana-chan taught me how to read lips." He walked away from the wall and started pacing around. "Well, I'll prove those drunks wrong. I'll show that Little Neji who's boss; and I'll make sure his precious "Daddy Neji" gets it coming to him too!" He chuckled evilly. "As a matter of factly...maybe I'll get to place a permanent cork in his mouth, and on his life! Muhahahahaha-*Hic!*"
Just then, Pebbles and Little Sauske came running around the corner in a hurry. Pebbles had crumbs on his face, and Little Sauske had some toilet paper stuck on his foot.
"Hey, no running in this house! At least not where I can see you." Hiashi held his hand up to signal them to stop. "Now, what are you guys doing?"
"Um, we're looking for Little Neji." Pebbles muttered, taking another bite out of his dumpling.
"Ke. Saus-ke." [Yeah. Little Neji.}
"Well, when you find him, let me know and tell him to come see me." Hiashi smirked evilly.
"Sure. We'll take care to do that." Pebbles smiled softly.
Hiashi then stormed of, cackling and chatting away to himself.
"Saus-keeeeeeeeeeeeeeee." [Uh-oooohhhhh.]
"Uh-oh is right. We gotta get this info to the guys." Pebbles gasped.
{Somewhere else in the mansion}
"Narutoooooooooooooooooooooo! Narutoooooooooooooooooooooo!" [Little Nejiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii! Little !] Little Naruto turned around in a full circle and cried out in despair. "Narutoooooooooooooooooooooo!" [Little !]
"He's not in the kitchen!" Pebbles skidded to a halt in front of us while wiping some crumbs off his face.
"Sauske-Sauske-Sauske." [He's not in any of the ladies' rooms, either.]
"Why would he be there?" Teddy-Bear-Tenten asked.
"Um...Sauske, Sauske!" [Um...well, you never know!]
"Whatever. Anyway, he's not in the East or West wings." Teddy-chan said. "Saku-Sakuraaaaaa." [He's not in the Hyuga Gardens.]
"Naru-to-to?" [Then where can he be?]
Just then, as if on cue, Little Hinata ran out of the room her and the Chibis were staying in.
"Guys, have any of you guys seen Little Neji?" She asked in Chibi. "I can't find him anywhere!"
"Naru-to-to." [Neither can we.]
"Saus-keeeeeeeeeeeeeeee, Sauske!" [Yeah. And Hiashi-san needs him.]
"Yeah, and I think he was angry at him, too." Pebbles shuddered.
That's when Little Hinata's eyes popped open in fear.
"Nata..." [Guys...]
Everyone turned to face the Chibi of the Hyuga Heiress, hanging on to her every word for dear life.
"Hinata-nata-nata..." [I think I know where Little Neji is...]
{Jiraya's place-9:00 a.m.}
"Okay, Little Neji. I think..." Jiraya panted. "I think it's ready now."
"Great!" Little Neji panted. "I can't...*pant!* wait to*pant!* show Little Hinata-"
"HINATA-NATA!" [You monster!] Hinata burst down the door with a single Juyyken. "Hinata-nata-nata!" [I betcha' you've killed him already, you-]
"Little Hinata, it's okay!" Little Neji rolled off the couch. He then stood up and pulled his pajama pant legs up. "Look!"
Where the seal used to be was now...gone. There was only a slight faded outline of where the seal used to be.
"Jiraya said that that mark would probably disappear in 24 hrs." He grinned.
"My God..." Teddy-chan breathed. "He did it. He really did it!"
"It's an honest to goodness miracle.' Pebbles breathed.
"Wow!" All of the other Chibis gasped.(and this time, it wasn't in Chibi!)
"Here." Jiraya handed them a bottle of salve and two scrolls. "Now this salve is supposed to be put on the seal before using the jutsu. The hand seals and ingredients are in these two scrolls right here.
"Naruto! Naru-Naru-Naruto-" [Thanks, Jiraya! If there's anything we can do to thank you-]
"No need to, Little Naruto. The pleasure was all mine." The Toad Sage grinned.
Just then, a quiet knock sounded from the door.
"Go, hide." Jiraya told the Chibis. Nobody dared to protest as they ran into another room and hid under a mattress. Jiraya then went to the door to answer it.
"Hello. Who are you?" He asked the person at the door.
"I heard that you were acquainted with Little Neji, Little Naruto, and their freinds?" He asked.
"Hey...you look like a Hyuga guard. Listen, they're not here at the moment,so-"
"Please," The guard removed the cloth covering his forehead. "I'm...my name is Kazuki Hyuga of the Hyuga Clan. I heard that these Chibis were developing a removal for this curse and that they were seeking help through you. So..."
Jiraya sighed. "Wait a second. Let me go and grab something." Jiraya walked back inside his apartment and went into the room where the Chibis were hiding. "The guy's a Hyuga guard who's been sealed. He seems like he wants to be freed.
"Naru-Naru-Naruto?" [But how do we know we can trust him?] Little Naruto asked.
"Trust me, I know Hyugas They would've made a big show of things if he were trying to arrest us."
"Alright. Let him in." Little Neji sighed.
Jiraya let the guard in with much hesitation, and slowly closed the door behind him. "You do know the magnitude reaction to an action like this, right? You could be disowned, hanged, killed,-"
"Murdered, become a rouge ninja, exiled, tried for treason, arrested, yeah, yeah, yeah. Whatever. I've heard it all, and honestly, I don't care. I just want this stupid seal off my forehead." He sighed.
"Alright." Jiraya looked behind him and called out. "Chibis, you can come out now."
The Chibis carefully stumbled out from under the mattress and into the room.
"Give me the salve and the scrolls." Jiraya spoke up. "Now, i'm going to show you guys how to work this jutsu, but you have to really pay attention..."
{Washington D.C.- 11:00 p.m.}
"Neji, look at the stars. Aren't they pretty?" Tenten sighed.
The couple was now sitting on top of the White House in Washington D.C. The stars glistened in the beautiful American sky, and the moon was full; basting the lawn in a beautiful luminous green.
"Yes, Ten-chan. They are beautiful." Neji sighed. He laid a kiss on her forehead.
The warm summer wind seemed to caress them in the right way, lulling Neji to sleep...
{Neji's Dreamland}
"Daddy...Daddy...DADDY!" Neji heard Little Neji's voice screaming out to him.
"Little Neji..." Neji's eyes pried open. "I'm...coming."
He opened his eyes, only to see that he was floating in a vast space. It was dark and empty and he couldn't see anything at first. His eyesight quickly adjusted and then he saw a small dot far on the opposite side of him.
"Da-ddyyyyy!" Little Neji's voice sounded from the dot.
'So that's where his voice is coming from.' He ran towards the small dot.
No matter how fast he tried to run, his running was always slowed down, thus making him run in slow motion. It was running against a strong wave of cement. Finally, after a few agonizing moments, Neji could finally make out the form of his Chibi.
"Little Neji!Little Neji, you're oka-"
"Daddy, help me!" The Chibi wailed. "Help me, Daddy!"
"What's wrong, Chibi dove? Are you okay?"
That's when Neji noticed the seal on Little Neji's left thigh. His heart started beating faster in fear.
"No.." He managed to choke out.
Before he could be fully thrown into panic, a bright glow reflected off the Chibi's body. Then, in a matter of seconds, the seal melted magically.
"Don't worry, Daddy. I'm fine. You're gonna be free, Daddy." Little Neji smiled and reached out to touch him. "You're finally going to be free!"
"Chibi dove..." Neji reached out and touched his hand before falling into darkness.
'Finally free...finally free...finally free...' Neji thought to himself over and over again.
{Dream over}
Neji's eyes shot open in shock and anticipation. The dream...the dream seemed so real, and-
"Neji? Neji, are you okay?" Tenten spoke up. "Did you have a nightmare?"
"Well...not exactly." Neji said. "Everywhere was like a black hole. I could barely move. Then I saw Little Neji. He had the Caged Bird seal on his thigh, but then his body glowed and it melted away. Then he said: Don't worry, Daddy. I'm fine. You're gonna be free, Daddy. You're finally going to be free!" Neji nodded his head. "It was more like a vision instead of a dream."
"Well, maybe it's a good sign!" Tenten softly smiled. "Maybe he's been able to find a way to reverse of seal or seal it over!"
"Really?" Neji asked.
"If I know your Little Neji-kun, my Teddy-chan, and their freinds, the yes. Probably so."
"I don't know Tenten." Neji sighed. "What if it's not even that? What if it was really just a dream? Or worse yet, Little Neji was caged and I wasn't there to try and stop the Hyuga Elders?" Neji gulped.
"Just have hope, Neji." Tenten wound his hair around her fingers and kissed his hair. "Just have hope."
{At the Hyuga Compound-Sometime in the morning}
"Now what can I do to those two twerps that will not only strike fear into them, but into the whole Hyuga Clan as well?" Hiashi puzzled to himself. "Well, I guess there's only one thing I can do in order to whip those two into shape." Hiashi growled as he stomped into his office. "But first-"
Hiashi closed the door, locked it, closed all of the blinds, and went into the far right corner of his room. He pulled up some loose floorboards there, and pulled out a small book. He ripped off the book cover(which happened to be black) only to reveal a black cover.*Dun! Dun! Dun!* However, it was what was on the cover that would give any non-monogamous man or woman shivers of thrills and disgust down their spines:
Hiashi's Sock it to 'em gross, gold digging ,knockout dense, whorish, incest and nasty-as-hell Chicktionary
"That's right, baby! I haven't pulled you out in 19 years, but now it's time to put you into drive!" He grinned evilly. "I'm gonna give him the nastiest, grossest, most gold digging, crazy dense, whorish knockout he's never seen coming in his lifetime! As a matter of factually, I'll make sure she's so stupid, that even her breasts are full of air!" He cackled. "So let's get cracking! Speaking of which, it's a good thing I-"
"-he's sent out guards to guard every corner of the Mansion on high alert," Kazuki sighed. "And they're looking to capture all seven of you."
"So I guess that means the guards are sober." Little Neji rolled his eyes in frustration.
"If I were you, I'd go hide out at a friend's parent's place." Kazuki said to the Chibis. "As for you Jiraya, I think you should make yourself scarce as soon as possible."
"Thanks, but what about you, Kazuki?" Jiraya asked.
"Don't worry. Me and my Crayola sea green marker will keep those bigoted fools stalling long enough for you guys to escape." Kazuki pulled out the said marker and smiled.
"You know, now that you think about it, you guys aren't probably safe in Konoha either." Jiraya thought out loud to himself.
"But if we leave the village, then we'll either become fugitives or be considered rogues." Pebbles spoke up.
"Not exactly. All we have to do it go to the far outskirts of Konoha. There are some really small towns where news never circulates. Trust me, we'll be safe there." Jiraya replied.
"Sauske...Sauske-Sauske?" [Wait...did you just say we?]
"Are you kidding me? I'm not going to leave you Chibis out here alone to get caught. As strong as you are, you're still young, which leaves you guys vulnerable." The toad Sage reasoned. "Don't worry, I'll make sure to pick up some Chibi clothes for you guys. Since the Hokagè's not here, I'll have to go to the Village Elders first, and then we can head up on outta here."
"Sa-Saku-Sakura?" [But what are you gonna tell them?]
"Trust me, guys. Leave it all up to me!" The Sanin grinned a reassuring grin.
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Author's Block!
Hey, guys! I'm glad where this story is headed! Now the leaving of Konoha was a surprising twist, but they're not really leaving; just traveling to the far skirts of the village! Neji, Tenten, and the others will be returning from their trip to Washington very soon, so read up and keep reading! Reviews really make my day, peoples! Oh, and don't forget to check out my other stories!
till next time though
imma stay posted!
-Yoshi.C!