HELLOOOO…I'm back with more fluffiness. I'd like to send out a special 'thank you' to Kilulu and Snickerz71 for their unbelievably great support. "Your great reviews are my inspiration" --- Lame quote XP

Now, Chapter 13. That's an Unlucky Number. I hope it doesn't make a bad effect.

THIS CHAPTER…ENTERS AN OC-CHARACTER

This Chapter was very long so I had to cut in Half. Two chapters will be up, then!!

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Please remember, chapter 13

3 days later…

Ino was sitting on her bed, legs crossed, staring at the half curtained window. "I want to go to the flower shop" Ino said, moving her legs to the side of the bed and getting up. She was released from the hospital the day before and was quickly put in her room. Ino's parents thought it would be safer for her to stay in her room for a while. Ino still had her head bandaged but it was much better. She heard footsteps getting closer. 'Now what?' she thought.

"Ino pie, Sakura is here!" Inoichi said behind the closed door of Ino's room.

She sighed, 'are they trying to make me feel bett… wait, THEY ARE' she thought. "Sure, Let her in, dad" she said. The door was opened, Inoichi let Sakura in. she politely thanked him and walked in. Inoichi closed the door to give the girls some privacy. Ino studied Sakura's features. She wore what looked like a new dark blue sleeveless shirt, a white little skirt with matching sandals. Ino noticed Sakura's new look.

"You've cut your hair?" Ino asked, Shocked. Sakura nodded, grinning. "Yeah, Looks better, doesn't it?" She said, Ino nodded and looked at her clothes. "Dark blue and white…Don't those two colors remind you of someone?" Ino sarcastically asked. Sakura laughed, sitting in front of Ino on her bed. "Yes, yes. I figured that since Sasuke likes those colors, he'd want to see how I look in them. I think they look cool." They both laughed. "How's your head?" Sakura asked.

Ino adjusted her position so now she was holding her knees. "Well, I think I'm better now" she said, smiling. Ino also noticed that Sakura brought a bag with her that was now on the floor next to the bed. Ino stopped smiling and glared at the bag, making Sakura put on a very scared look. "What?" she asked.

Ino narrowed her eyes, "what's in the bag?" she asked, Sakura looked puzzled. Ino pointed at the bag and repeated, "What's in this bag?" Sakura looked at the bag,

"Oh, some stuff for me" She said, grinning. Ino frowned and leaned her head on her knees. "Oh my god, Sakura. You're totally coming here to mock me, didn't you? Showing that you're going out and shopping and styling up" she said in a whiny tone. Sakura laughed and picked up the bag.

"Hey, silly. I was kidding. I brought you some stuff" Ino's face lit up as she now sat kneeled (Japanese style)

"REALLY!?! Sakura, you're the best." Ino said, Jumping on Sakura and hugging her. Sakura shrieked as they both fell of the bed, on top of each other.

"OWW" Sakura screamed and Ino groaned. "Hey, you ok?" Sakura asked, trying to see whether Ino is fine or not. "Yeah, I'm ok" Ino said, pulling herself off Sakura. Just in time for her father to come in.

"Ino, are you ok? I've just heard some noi…WHAT THE HELL??" He yelled, seeing his daughter on top of her friend. Sakura looked at Inoichi and then at Ino. Both of them had widened eyes.

"That's bad." Sakura said, laughing. Ino laughed along, standing up and helping Sakura up. Inoichi wasn't getting the whole picture. He just walked in on his daughter in a weird position.

"I'm sorry, dad. We were talking about something then we hugged and fell off the bed…" Ino explained, touching her head. "…Speaking of which, my head hurts" she said, sitting on the bed. Inoichi sighed and walked to his daughter's bed, kneeling in front of her, checking her head.

"You should be careful next time, sweetie. Ok?" he ordered her, Ino nodded. Sakura stood by his side, smiling goofily at Ino, as if she's saying 'if we didn't explain, we'd be in trouble'. Ino giggled, Inoichi smiled. He knew his daughter wasn't that kind of girls, especially with a crazed Sasuke-lover.

"This is fine. But be careful, I don't want you back in the hospital, ok?" Inoichi said, getting up. Ino nodded. "And I don't want any weird stuff happening here" he joked, both girls laughed.

Inoichi walked out the door. Sakura laughed harder. "Oh my god, you're dad is unbelievable" she said, Ino wiped away tears of laughter. "I know. He's the best. Anyway…SHOW ME WHAT YOU GOT FOR ME" Ino screamed in excitement.

"I…" Sakura started, ruffling through the bag. "..Got you…" digging deeper into the bag. Ino waited impatiently.

"…THIS" Sakura said, getting out a baby blue Chinese satin sweater and a dark blue pants, with white thick lines on the sides with white shoes to match. Ino was in awe.

"Sakura, This is beautiful…where did you get that from?" Ino said, Sakura grinned, putting the shirt on the bed, "let's say that Tenten and I bonded in the last couple of days…" Sakura said. Ino touched the sweater. 'It's lovely' Ino thought, putting a sad look on her face.

"What's wrong? You don't like it?" Sakura said, sitting down on the bed. Ino looked up at her and smiled sincerely "Oh no, I Love it. I do…it's just…" Ino said, whispering a bit. "…My parents aren't allowing me to go out for…god knows how long. This is the first time that I admit that I miss working at the shop" she said, Sakura frowned.

"Well, it's probably for your own good. And don't worry; you'll be out and about in a few days. Cheer up. Besides, I'm here for you…actually. I have a very good rumor, want to hear it?" Sakura said, putting an evil expression and rubbing her hands together. Ino smiled evilly as well. "Yeah, sure. About who??" She asked, getting closer to Sakura.

Sakura laughed, "It's about Shikamaru…we think he has a girlfriend…hehehe" Sakura said, laughing, making Ino laugh in the process.

"OH MY GOD, that's great… I'll be mocking him 'till the day I die" She said, both laughing. Sakura continued to tell Ino about the news she's heard in the last couple of days.

Luckily for Ino, Sakura was a copy of her. Having interest in everything she had. Let's say that Ino considered Sakura as her eyes and ears to the outside world during her stay in her room

Hokage Building

Gaara was in his office, working on a couple of paper works (duh) when…

"Can you stop it already?"

Those few words were heard outside the door; Gaara lifted his head from the papers and looked at the door, raising one of his eyebrows (If there are any). The voices were drawing closer.

"I'm your big brother; I have the right to know"

"Big brother my butt. I'm older than you. Geez, I can't believe you don't know that yet."

The door opened. Kankurou and Temari were arguing as always. Gaara decided to ignore them, they both walked towards his desk.

"You've been going out for the past few days and god knows where or with whom." Kankurou said. Temari put both her hands on her waist and waited for Gaara to say something. He stared at both of them with a blank look on his face.

"What?" he calmly said, looking back down at the papers he was checking. Temari groaned. "Kankurou is butting in my own business and he won't BUTT OUT" she yelled in Kankurou's face. He snickered as a reply. Gaara remained silent for a couple of minutes till he dropped the pencil he was holding on the desk and got up.

"And you want me to…" he slowly asked, in a way to let Temari answer him back. Temari stuttered. 'He has that look on his face again' Kankurou thought. He was right; Gaara had the blank, enigmatic look in his eyes.

"Well, tell him to let me be" she said, pleading him. Gaara sighed, closing his eyes. He walked away from the desk and past his older siblings without saying a word.

"I'm going out… try to figure out whatever between the two of you" he said, opening the door and getting out of his office.

Temari looked at Kankurou who nodded his head in refusal. "I will not let you out, ESPECIALLY dressing like this" he said. Temari was wearing a short-like baby-blue Kimono top, with a black skirt, a red sash around her waist and a grey overall-top. On her legs were her usual net-leg holders (The one she wore in her debut in the fight with Orochimaru's goons, the sound's four.)

Temari looked down at her outfit, she thought nothing's wrong with it. She looked up at Kankurou evilly, "Say, Kankurou… How about we make a deal?" she slyly said. "What kind of a deal?" he asked.

"Well…" she started, her hand went to her chin, "I was thinking maybe you could let me go out for a while and I'll owe you?" she said, not sure of what she actually proposed. He grinned, "Sure, but remember that YOU suggested that YOU…" he said, pointing in her face. "…OWE ME" pointing at himself, he replied, stressing on the last few words. "Arrgh, Yeah, I owe you." She said, crossing her arms. Kankurou laughed.

"What is this important thing that would make you –Temari, the hotheaded one in the family – owe me?" he asked, she blushed.

"It's none of your business. It's, Uh…Girls stuff" she said, Kankurou raised his eyebrows, "Oh, is that so?" he slyly replied, making his sister blush.

"…I spy…a guy that you have a crush on, am I right?" he said, she turned red. "Well, Kinda" Kankurou laughed, making Temari mumble something under her breath that sounded like a threat.

"Ok then…" he said, crossing his arms.

"So?" She asked, clasping her hands together in a pleading manner.

Kankurou looked at the ceiling as if he's thinking then looked at his older, very demanding sister. "OK!" He yelled, smiling. "THANK YOU…" she yelled back. He looked at her quizzically. "For what?" he said, but Temari was already out the door.

"I DIDN'T GIVE YOU THE PREMISSION TO GO OUT!! I only said OK THEN" he yelled, Temari peeked in. "well, you said two letters: O.K." she said, winking at her brother and waving her hand. Kankurou was alone in Gaara's office.

"I'm never going to act like the overprotective brother…well, I never did, anyway." He took a look at a few papers, holding one up. Everything written in that paper appeared as gibberish to him. He disgustingly threw the paper; he wasn't the working type of guys. Kankurou sure was glad he didn't have to success his father of being Kazekage. He looked around, noticing that he's probably the only one in Konoha with nothing to do.

"I should get a life, get a girlfriend, maybe" he grinned at his own thought of having a girlfriend. Kankurou walked out of his brother's office, closing the door behind him.

Outside the Hyuuga residence

Neji and Hiashi were practicing their jutsu, Byakugan, Jyuuken and Chakra control as usual. The weather was calm and clear, making the concentration of the two get stronger.

"You're getting slower, old man" Neji said, smirking at his Uncle. Hiashi smiled. "You're dreaming, Neji-kun." He said, before disappearing. Neji used his Byakugan and quickly turned 180˚, using his left arm to stop Hiashi's attack. Neji pushed him and took a few steps away, reforming his gentle-fist stance. Hiashi was smiling all the time, 'he sure has become stronger than before, detecting me like this.' he thought. Hiashi stood straight, hands behind his back. Neji released his Byakugan and stood straight as well

"Well done, Neji. Let's take a break. We've been practicing for a while now" Hiashi said, walking towards the mansion. "Hai" The young (HOT XP) Hyuuga replied politely.

Neji walked towards the wooden floor and sat down, wiping the beads of sweat off his face with a towel and drinking a small cup of water that were set next to him. He closed his eyes, enjoying the moment of silence, hearing the birds chirping and feeling the calm breeze hit his face. 'This is comforting', he thought. Taking a deep breath and sighing heavily.

Unfortunately, this moment of peace was cut once a bright, loud orange color entered the territory.

"GOOD MORNING, NEEEEEJI" The voice was very, VERY familiar to Neji. His face squirmed in disbelief and mumbled under his breath. "This is not happening, Please don't let this be true, please…"

"Oi, Neji. Are you there? Earth to Neji!!!" Naruto said, waving his hand in his face. Neji slowly opened his eyes.

"More like Mars to Neji" he replied, Naruto squeezed his eyes closed. "Nani? What's wrong? Let me guess, it was a good day but something ruined it?" Naruto guessed, grinning. Neji sarcastically smiled. "That's exactly it, Naruto. You're getting smarter by the day."

"Hehehe. That's because I'm…" Naruto turned around and put his hands in the air, "…Uzumaki Naruto. That's right-Tebayooo!" He yelled, Grinning and giving the 'cool guy' pose. Neji shrieked.

"Oh my god, not you too" Neji said. Naruto turned back to face him.

"Well, I think it is cool" he said then walked closer to Neji. "Oi, Neji. Where's Hinata-Chan?" he whispered, covering the side of his mouth with his hand. The purple-eyed narrowed his eyes. "She's upstairs. Why do you ask?" he firmly replied. Naruto sweat-dropped. "Eh? Nothing! We're just hanging out…Just friends, no more." He blurted out the words. Neji laughed.

"Naruto-kun, Neji kun. Good morning, a beautiful one, isn't it?" The voice broke the conversation. It was the younger version of Gai-sensei. Neji sighed. "Just when I thought things weren't getting any better…" Neji muttered, getting up. "Eh? What did you say!!?" Naruto yelled, Neji covered his ears.

"Naruto, please. Be quiet!! I'm right here, not villages away" Neji yelled. Naruto and Lee laughed along, each one of them laughed for a totally different reason:

'Oh my god, he's extremely idiotic'

'Neji-kun and Naruto-kun got along together really well these days, I wonder why?'

'Where the hell is Hinata?'

"Hello, everyone." A small, delicate voice broke the fit of laughter. They all turned to look at Hinata, who was wearing a white sleeved shirt and long dark-blue baggy satin pants that matched the color of her hair, which was tied in a high ponytail. Naruto was stunned.

"H-Hinata-Chan. You look lovely" Naruto said with sparkling eyes and shaky voice. She smiled and blushed a little bit. Neji smiled at his younger cousin.

"Thank you, Naruto-kun…" she said, fiddling with her hands that were hid behind her back. Neji looked at the younger two who were lost in each other. "Hey, where are you guys going to?" Neji broke the couple's eye contact, glaring at Naruto.

"Uh, Out?" he said innocently. Hinata walked to Naruto's side, pulled him away and waved at Neji and Lee. "See ya, Neji-nii-chan" Hinata yelled, running off with a very stumbling Naruto.

The older Hyuuga got up to follow them but was stopped by Lee. "Neji-kun, what's your problem?" He asked, Neji sighed.

"I don't want her to be alone with Uzumaki" he said, Lee laughed. "I understand that you're worried about her, but she's 16 years old. She's old enough to make her own decision. Besides, Naruto-kun is the best guy there is in the whole wide world for her." lee explained, smiling. Neji sighed and sat down.

"I know, but she's grown up pretty fast in those few years and things are getting harder for me, especially after…" he stopped. Lee quizzically looked at him then sat by his side. "What's bothering you?" lee politely asked.

Neji rested his elbows on his knees. "Well, Hiashi-san asked me to…" he stopped again, taking a deep breath then continuing, "…become the next Hyuuga successor, Leader, whatever you call it." Neji said. Lee was overwhelmed with the news.

"Are you serious? What did you tell him?" He anxiously asked. Neji looked to the ground. "He gave me some time to think, and I haven't been thinking about it." Neji replied, fiddling with his hands.

Lee patted him on the back. "Neji-kun…" the latter looked at him. Lee was sincerely smiling, "If you want my opinion, you'll make a great leader." Neji was surprised with Lee's words. Then again, that's Rock lee, He compliments everyone.

Neji smiled sincerely at his team-mate, "Thanks, Lee. I hope I could be able to do it" Neji said, Lee grinned. "Does that mean you'll take the job?" He asked, Neji smirked. "Maybe, I don't know. I need more time to think…" Neji replied, getting up and turning to the side. His back was facing lee.

In spite of not having any special jutsu or ability, Lee could clearly read the expression of Neji's body movement.

'He's troubled' Lee thought, waiting for his friend to say something.

Neji sighed deeply, "…I'm nervous. What if I screw it up?" Neji said, Lee stood up and walked to his friend's side.

"You won't. Believe me, I've been your team-mate for the last 5 years and to tell you the truth…"Lee said, lowering his head, "…I've always looked up to you, wanting to be like you…the cool guy and the great leader of our team." Lee said, smiling.

Neji smiled as well, nodding his head. "It's hard to hear someone call me a cool guy, especially from THE cool guy" he said, smiling and giving Lee the pose that the latter and guy-sensei are famous with. Lee laughed so hard making Neji undo his pose.

"What are you laughing at?" Neji asked, angrily. Lee wiped his tears. "That was cool, but you don't know how to do it, Man. There's something missing. Hehehe" Lee said, still laughing. Neji laughed along.

"I forgot to ask, how's that leg of yours?" Neji asked, pointing at lee's leg. Lee looked down at it,

"Oh? It's much better. Thanks to Gai-sensei, it healed in no time. He visited me lots of time and he always cheered me up. He's my role model." Lee said. Stars were literally in his eyes. Neji smiled.

"I can't believe how close you guys are. It's like he's your father." Neji said. Lee nodded. "Yeah, he's like my father. Actually, everyone thinks that, you know, because of the looks, and all." Lee said, waving his hands in the air. "That's true" Neji replied.

A couple of footsteps were heard, Hanabi showed up a few seconds later. Not noticing Lee's presence.

"Neji-nii-chan, I was wondering if you…HELLO!" She stopped her speech as soon as she saw Lee, Hanabi blushed a bit.

"Good morning, Hanabi-Chan" lee replied. Hanabi switched to the 'Hinata-mode', her two index fingers bumped slightly against each other.

"I'm sorry if I interrupted anything…" Hanabi said, blushing (YES, SHE HAS A CRUSH ON LEE…GET OVER IT, PEOPLE!!)

"No, it's ok. Actually, I was on my way to check on Ino. You want to come, Neji?" Lee asked, Neji nodded in refusal. "I'm sorry, but it's time for Hanabi's training, I'm responsible for it" Neji smiled. Hanabi's face lit up by Neji's answer.

'It's Time for training. Awesome!! If I get stronger, Lee-kun might like me' Hanabi thought, blushing at the sight of lee.

"Ok, then. Excuse me, Neji-kun…Hanabi-Chan" He nodded respectfully and ran, out the Hyuuga territory, in Lightning speed.

Neji smiled, 'he's always in a rush. He should learn to take things easy. He's definitely the anti-Shikamaru, That's for sure' Neji thought then turned his attention towards the youngest Hyuuga.

"Are you ready for training?" Neji asked. Hanabi nodded and crossed her arms. "I'm sure I'm able to defeat you now" she said, smiling.

"That's good, Hana. This is how I want you to be. Because confidence and hope always make you conquer anything" he said in a really fatherly tone.

"Ok, Neji. You're beginning to freak me out. I don't want two daddies around the house." She said, putting her hands in defense in front of her. Neji laughed and his hand went to the back of his neck.

"Ah, well. I try to sound wise…" he started. Hanabi had a plain look on her face, "…Didn't work, did it?" He continued. Hanabi silently but strongly nodded her head as a big 'NOOOO'

"You don't look like a wise guy. More like a player" she said, winking. Neji blushed. "I'm not. Besides, where did you hear that word? We never say that in the household. " Neji asked, Hanabi grinned.

"From Naruto-kun" she replied. Neji's face turned beet red, his gentle hands turned into a fist.

'I'm going to kill you, Uzumaki' he thought. As long as Naruto is around, his family is ruined, or so he thought.

B.R.E.A.K…L.I.N.E.

End of Chapter 13, please review!!