A Cup of Sugar and Two Eggs
Author's Note: My shot at NejiSaku. Neji may seem a bit OOC. But I tried my best. Since we still don't know much about him personally. And Thanks to Rathien Nikolai for helping me lots.
Disclaimer: Wish I owned Naruto but I don't.
There was a knock on the wooden door that led to my tiny apartment. I stood there listening carefully trying hard to keep calm. 'Maybe it's just the next door neighbors wanting a cup of sugar and two eggs.' I told myself at two in the morning. I stepped closer to the door trying hard not to make any noise on the recently polished floor. The person knocked again. 'So persistent' I thought. 'They really need their cup of sugar and two eggs.' I grabbed my kunai off my small table and wrapped my fingers around it tightly. 'Who could it be?' I thought to myself. 'Just open the darn door!' my inner self shouted. The person knocked again this time a lot harder though.
"Haruno Sakura, I know you're in there so open the door." The voice that sounded extremely familiar said loud and clear.
"Who is it?" I asked my voice sounding quite hoarse. 'Why are you asking stupid questions at times like this!' my inner self said yelling at me. 'Because I'd rather be safe than sorry.' I replied. 'Safe? You're a freaking Hunter-nin you can kick anyone's butt.' My inner self said. 'Well there are ninjas out there that are stronger than me.' I told my inner self. 'Ya, and they knock on your door, right?'
"This is Hyuuga Neji, member of the ANBU." He stated in a monotone.
I opened the door, kunai still at hand. 'Go get him girl!' my inner self said cheering me on. "And what would the reason be. Why is an ANBU here to see a Hunter-nin." I said glaring at him.
He looked at me, nodding his head in mock disbelief. "The Hokage-sama wishes to see us both. And has requested me to fetch you." He said.
"And here I was expecting you to say you needed a cup of sugar and two eggs." I said sarcastically.
Neji raised an eyebrow. "How is your team mate doing?" he said trying to change the subject.
I looked at him sternly and then I went to my bedroom and changed into the signature Hunter-nin outfit and came back to the living room. "My team mate is doing fine. Possibly trying to rip people's heads off I'm sure and eating ramen. And thinking about murdering Sasuke. But he's fine." I told him. 'Mwahahaha, that's one battle I'd like to see! Hell ya!' my inner self said.
"For a Hunter-nin you sure have a tiny apartment." He said as he looked around and then turned his attention towards me expecting a sarcastic remark.
"Thank you for stating the obvious. And I live by myself I don't need a grand palace thank you very much." I said. "Aren't we supposed to get going anyway?" I asked. 'You told him, girlfriend!' my inner self said triumphantly. 'There wasn't much to state anyway. It was obvious.' I told her.
He nodded and walked out the door and I followed him locking the door on my way out. "What does the Hokage-sama want with us at two o'clock in the morning anyway?" I asked him while we walked towards Tsunade-sama's palace.
He shrugged slightly. "Maybe a cup of sugar and two eggs." He replied as we continued on the rest of the trip in total silence.
'He reminds of Sasuke in a way.' I thought. 'I wonder who looks better without a shirt' my inner self asked. 'I don't know I haven't seen Neji with his shirt off. But Sasuke looks good.' I replied. 'Hmm- Maybe Neji will look better. I mean c'mon the guy trains more than Sasuke on any given day from what it looks like.' My inner self commented. 'Maybe. Hey! Stop! Are you trying to get me to like Neji now?' I asked. 'Oh comes off it. This guy treats you eight times better than oaf, Sasuke. Plus he's better looking. And doesn't seek revenge or anything stupid like that. And where is he now?' My inner self stated. I rolled my eyes. 'So Sasuke ignores me half the time I'm with him. But Neji is part of the ANBU and he's a year older than I am. And believes in destiny. He doesn't talk much.' I said. 'Okay, now you're just contradicting yourself.' My inner self said. 'The talking sounds just like Sasuke. At least he doesn't insult you like Sasuke does sometime. A year older you say? Well he's got more brains than Sasuke. A lot of people do, well not Naruto but hey. And as for being in the ANBU, what can I say opposites attract. And at least Neji hasn't betrayed his village." My inner self stated as if she had won the battle, in which she did. We reached the palace and the guards let us in. We walked to her room, the floor creaking beneath us. A head poked out suddenly from her room.
"Hurry up! You two walk extremely slow." Tsunade-sama said. Neji and I looked at her.
"How fast are you supposed to walk at two o'clock in the morning?" Neji muttered in a low voice.
I snickered as we walked into the paper-filled room. "I see you have a lot of work that needs to be done." I remarked looking around the room.
"Ah yes the joys of being the Hokage." Tsunade-sama said sarcastically. I sat down on the chair in front of her desk and Neji sat down next to me. Tsunade-sama cleared off some space in front of her as she sat down.
"What type of mission are we going to be doing?" I asked her eagerly to find out and get this over with. 'That's right because you're not Naruto' my inner self said.
Tsunade sighed. "Your mission is to find the four-leaf black clover. Rumor has it, it's located in the Sound Village." She said.
I blinked. 'Sound Village isn't there where Sasuke went off to way back when you guys were still team mates.' My inner self stated. I glared at my inner self. 'Can we not talk about that.' I replied coldly. Sasuke had never returned to Konoha since the time we were thirteen, he was still with Orochimaru. Doing what, no one know.
Neji winced at the mention of the village. "Is there any other place where the four-leaf black clover is located?" he asked hoping it was located in the Wave country or something. Or maybe a place less dangerous than the sound. He was probably hoping it was rather in the sand than sound.
Tsunade eyed him confused. "Not that I've heard of. Unless you have one in your house then you two are going to have to go to the Sound village. Is that understood?" she asked.
I nodded my head. 'Gaaaahh! How did we ever get ourselves into this!' my inner self shouted.
"Okay, then you two are dismissed. Go along be back before tomorrow, dawn." She said.
I nodded again and got out of the chair and stepped out the room. Neji followed quickly behind me as we bowed to the Hokage-sama and left. We walked out of the palace and to the edge of Konoha Village leading to the Everwood Forest. I stopped abruptly making Neji panic a bit. "Nothing is wrong." I told him walking to the vending machines that held drink as I put some coins in there and got a bottle of water. "Want one?" I asked him.
"It's okay. I'll get one myself. Thank you." He said as he went to get a drink of some kind.
I rolled my eyes. "Just trying to be helpful." I muttered. 'Time will tell.' My inner self said bitterly. We walked into the forest and speeded things up. We were more or less running and jumping through the forest.
"Can't you go any faster?" he shouted.
I threw him glare. "Shut up would you." I told him. "I'd like to go at my pace. It's a little too early in the morning to be going any faster!" I spat back at him but going a little faster anyway.
He smirked as he realized I was going faster. He used his Byakugen to see how close we were to the Sound Village.
"Are we almost there yet, Mr. I-think-I'm-so-cool?" I asked teasing him.
He glanced at me confused. "It'll take another hour or so." He said out of all seriousness.
I rolled my eyes as jumped next to him. "You're a very serious guy, aren't you?" I asked him.
He freaked. "What are you talking about?" he asked putting all his mental barriers up.
"I don't know. I've never seen you joke around like the other guys." I told him.
"You just don't know me well enough." He said smirking.
I raised both eyebrows. 'Huh?' My inner self asked quite confused. "Well, well what do we have here now?" I said playfully. "And how does someone like me get to know you better?" I asked him.
He looked at me. "I don't know, you tell me." He replied.
I sighed. 'There goes my chance of getting to know him better. Look, what you got me into.' I though. 'It's not my fault! You'll have another chance.' My inner self replied yawning. "Do you think we'll see Sasuke." I asked him.
He flinched at the name. "I hope we do. So I can kill his sorry ass." He said rubbing his hands together as if he had an evil plan.
"Who wouldn't?" I asked.
"You." He said. "Right?"
I was taken back at this. 'Didn't know that I was hurt because he left to go somewhere else. Don't they know that I worked my butt off to become the person I am because of him? He left; it's his fault. I don't even know why.' I though. A single tear dropped out of my eye.
Neji noticed. "What's wrong?" he asked.
"Just remembering how I got to be a Hunter-nin." I replied.
"Oh." He said softly. We got a bit closer to the Sound Village and then all of the sudden about ten large trees came falling from the sky. Neji grabbed me and carried me as he dodged them all. "Stupid traps." He muttered. Once the coast was clear he put me down gently.
"Thanks." I told him softly.
"No problem." He muttered back as he looked around.
I eyed him. "Why don't you use your Byakugen to see if anyone is nearby?" I asked him.
He scratched his head and suddenly the vein like lines were around his eyes as he checked around us. "No one, just traps." He muttered as the lines cleared up.
"Oh." I replied. "I guess we should move on. And just watch out for the traps." I said ready to roll.
He nodded and we were off again.
I looked at him. 'Ooh, why you looking at him? Do you have a crush on him?' my inner self teased. I looked forward again and blinked. 'You have the craziest ideas sometimes.' I replied to her. 'Well I am you, and you are me.' She said. 'Lovely' I muttered back.
"Are you scared?" he asked me.
I was startled a bit by the sudden question. "No, not really. Okay maybe a little." I replied. "And you?" I asked.
He shrugged. "I guess. Even though I don't know what to expect." He said. "The sound are dangerous. It still gives me nightmares. That last trip I took with the others awhile back." He said.
I patted his shoulder and gave him a warm smile. "I'm sure it'll be different now. Since when we get the flower all we have to do is come back." I told him.
"Yea." He muttered.
I sensed a trap and got out two kunais out my pocket and threw it at two strings and then the strings snapped as a bunch of weapons came out of the trees. Neji and I both blinked.
"Good going, Sakura." He said propping me.
"Thanks." I said smiling. 'It feels really nice when he calls me by my name.' I thought out of all happiness. My inner self just snickered.
Neji picked up all the weapons that he liked and put them in his pocket- purse. I followed and grabbed a couple and put them in my pocket-purse. And we flew off again this time without any traps or anything. And finally a big black castle like building came into view.
"Oh my." I mouthed.
"I supposed this is where Orochimaru, Kabuto and Sasuke live or something." Neji said. "But I wonder where we can find the four-leaf black clover?" he asked.
"Stupid traitors." I said. "Maybe we can drug Kin and ask her to tell us." I joked.
"If only we could. It would of made our lives much easier." He said.
I nodded.
"Well let's go." He said as we headed out the forest and into the Sound Village to find the four-leaf black clover.
Would we ever find it and come home safely? I was not sure, maybe.
"Why don't we split up and meet back here in an hour." He said.
I nodded. "Whatever you say." I said.
He threw down a kunai to mark the spot. And then flew off. I walked towards the opposite direction and peered into stores hopefully maybe finding the clover. And put my hair up into a high ponytail. Since it was quite hot. I walked some more looking all over the flower but it just could not be found. I looked at my watch and I still had about thirty minutes left to search for the clover until I had to meet Neji back. But somehow my feet were leading me closer and closer to the Black Castle. "It has to be there." I muttered. "Where else could it be." I asked myself. I glanced at my watch again. 'Only 28 minutes left. Why is time going by so slowly.' I asked myself. 'Maybe that's because it's near four o'clock in the morning and no one is up at this ungodly hour!' my inner self shouted. 'Cranky, aren't we?' I asked her. 'Hell ya!' she replied. I smirked. 'Just calm down. When I get back to Konoha Village you're going to be rested.' I said. 'Thank the lord!' she said. I walked to the castle door but suddenly realized that the castle had a dark backyard. I went to the yard and looked around to see if the black clover was here in the yard. "Maybe Neji is having better like then I am." I muttered softly as I was getting tangled in some of the vines that existed in the yard.
"Hello Sakura, it's nice to see you again."
Author's Note: My shot at NejiSaku. Neji may seem a bit OOC. But I tried my best. Since we still don't know much about him personally. And Thanks to Rathien Nikolai for helping me lots.
Disclaimer: Wish I owned Naruto but I don't.
There was a knock on the wooden door that led to my tiny apartment. I stood there listening carefully trying hard to keep calm. 'Maybe it's just the next door neighbors wanting a cup of sugar and two eggs.' I told myself at two in the morning. I stepped closer to the door trying hard not to make any noise on the recently polished floor. The person knocked again. 'So persistent' I thought. 'They really need their cup of sugar and two eggs.' I grabbed my kunai off my small table and wrapped my fingers around it tightly. 'Who could it be?' I thought to myself. 'Just open the darn door!' my inner self shouted. The person knocked again this time a lot harder though.
"Haruno Sakura, I know you're in there so open the door." The voice that sounded extremely familiar said loud and clear.
"Who is it?" I asked my voice sounding quite hoarse. 'Why are you asking stupid questions at times like this!' my inner self said yelling at me. 'Because I'd rather be safe than sorry.' I replied. 'Safe? You're a freaking Hunter-nin you can kick anyone's butt.' My inner self said. 'Well there are ninjas out there that are stronger than me.' I told my inner self. 'Ya, and they knock on your door, right?'
"This is Hyuuga Neji, member of the ANBU." He stated in a monotone.
I opened the door, kunai still at hand. 'Go get him girl!' my inner self said cheering me on. "And what would the reason be. Why is an ANBU here to see a Hunter-nin." I said glaring at him.
He looked at me, nodding his head in mock disbelief. "The Hokage-sama wishes to see us both. And has requested me to fetch you." He said.
"And here I was expecting you to say you needed a cup of sugar and two eggs." I said sarcastically.
Neji raised an eyebrow. "How is your team mate doing?" he said trying to change the subject.
I looked at him sternly and then I went to my bedroom and changed into the signature Hunter-nin outfit and came back to the living room. "My team mate is doing fine. Possibly trying to rip people's heads off I'm sure and eating ramen. And thinking about murdering Sasuke. But he's fine." I told him. 'Mwahahaha, that's one battle I'd like to see! Hell ya!' my inner self said.
"For a Hunter-nin you sure have a tiny apartment." He said as he looked around and then turned his attention towards me expecting a sarcastic remark.
"Thank you for stating the obvious. And I live by myself I don't need a grand palace thank you very much." I said. "Aren't we supposed to get going anyway?" I asked. 'You told him, girlfriend!' my inner self said triumphantly. 'There wasn't much to state anyway. It was obvious.' I told her.
He nodded and walked out the door and I followed him locking the door on my way out. "What does the Hokage-sama want with us at two o'clock in the morning anyway?" I asked him while we walked towards Tsunade-sama's palace.
He shrugged slightly. "Maybe a cup of sugar and two eggs." He replied as we continued on the rest of the trip in total silence.
'He reminds of Sasuke in a way.' I thought. 'I wonder who looks better without a shirt' my inner self asked. 'I don't know I haven't seen Neji with his shirt off. But Sasuke looks good.' I replied. 'Hmm- Maybe Neji will look better. I mean c'mon the guy trains more than Sasuke on any given day from what it looks like.' My inner self commented. 'Maybe. Hey! Stop! Are you trying to get me to like Neji now?' I asked. 'Oh comes off it. This guy treats you eight times better than oaf, Sasuke. Plus he's better looking. And doesn't seek revenge or anything stupid like that. And where is he now?' My inner self stated. I rolled my eyes. 'So Sasuke ignores me half the time I'm with him. But Neji is part of the ANBU and he's a year older than I am. And believes in destiny. He doesn't talk much.' I said. 'Okay, now you're just contradicting yourself.' My inner self said. 'The talking sounds just like Sasuke. At least he doesn't insult you like Sasuke does sometime. A year older you say? Well he's got more brains than Sasuke. A lot of people do, well not Naruto but hey. And as for being in the ANBU, what can I say opposites attract. And at least Neji hasn't betrayed his village." My inner self stated as if she had won the battle, in which she did. We reached the palace and the guards let us in. We walked to her room, the floor creaking beneath us. A head poked out suddenly from her room.
"Hurry up! You two walk extremely slow." Tsunade-sama said. Neji and I looked at her.
"How fast are you supposed to walk at two o'clock in the morning?" Neji muttered in a low voice.
I snickered as we walked into the paper-filled room. "I see you have a lot of work that needs to be done." I remarked looking around the room.
"Ah yes the joys of being the Hokage." Tsunade-sama said sarcastically. I sat down on the chair in front of her desk and Neji sat down next to me. Tsunade-sama cleared off some space in front of her as she sat down.
"What type of mission are we going to be doing?" I asked her eagerly to find out and get this over with. 'That's right because you're not Naruto' my inner self said.
Tsunade sighed. "Your mission is to find the four-leaf black clover. Rumor has it, it's located in the Sound Village." She said.
I blinked. 'Sound Village isn't there where Sasuke went off to way back when you guys were still team mates.' My inner self stated. I glared at my inner self. 'Can we not talk about that.' I replied coldly. Sasuke had never returned to Konoha since the time we were thirteen, he was still with Orochimaru. Doing what, no one know.
Neji winced at the mention of the village. "Is there any other place where the four-leaf black clover is located?" he asked hoping it was located in the Wave country or something. Or maybe a place less dangerous than the sound. He was probably hoping it was rather in the sand than sound.
Tsunade eyed him confused. "Not that I've heard of. Unless you have one in your house then you two are going to have to go to the Sound village. Is that understood?" she asked.
I nodded my head. 'Gaaaahh! How did we ever get ourselves into this!' my inner self shouted.
"Okay, then you two are dismissed. Go along be back before tomorrow, dawn." She said.
I nodded again and got out of the chair and stepped out the room. Neji followed quickly behind me as we bowed to the Hokage-sama and left. We walked out of the palace and to the edge of Konoha Village leading to the Everwood Forest. I stopped abruptly making Neji panic a bit. "Nothing is wrong." I told him walking to the vending machines that held drink as I put some coins in there and got a bottle of water. "Want one?" I asked him.
"It's okay. I'll get one myself. Thank you." He said as he went to get a drink of some kind.
I rolled my eyes. "Just trying to be helpful." I muttered. 'Time will tell.' My inner self said bitterly. We walked into the forest and speeded things up. We were more or less running and jumping through the forest.
"Can't you go any faster?" he shouted.
I threw him glare. "Shut up would you." I told him. "I'd like to go at my pace. It's a little too early in the morning to be going any faster!" I spat back at him but going a little faster anyway.
He smirked as he realized I was going faster. He used his Byakugen to see how close we were to the Sound Village.
"Are we almost there yet, Mr. I-think-I'm-so-cool?" I asked teasing him.
He glanced at me confused. "It'll take another hour or so." He said out of all seriousness.
I rolled my eyes as jumped next to him. "You're a very serious guy, aren't you?" I asked him.
He freaked. "What are you talking about?" he asked putting all his mental barriers up.
"I don't know. I've never seen you joke around like the other guys." I told him.
"You just don't know me well enough." He said smirking.
I raised both eyebrows. 'Huh?' My inner self asked quite confused. "Well, well what do we have here now?" I said playfully. "And how does someone like me get to know you better?" I asked him.
He looked at me. "I don't know, you tell me." He replied.
I sighed. 'There goes my chance of getting to know him better. Look, what you got me into.' I though. 'It's not my fault! You'll have another chance.' My inner self replied yawning. "Do you think we'll see Sasuke." I asked him.
He flinched at the name. "I hope we do. So I can kill his sorry ass." He said rubbing his hands together as if he had an evil plan.
"Who wouldn't?" I asked.
"You." He said. "Right?"
I was taken back at this. 'Didn't know that I was hurt because he left to go somewhere else. Don't they know that I worked my butt off to become the person I am because of him? He left; it's his fault. I don't even know why.' I though. A single tear dropped out of my eye.
Neji noticed. "What's wrong?" he asked.
"Just remembering how I got to be a Hunter-nin." I replied.
"Oh." He said softly. We got a bit closer to the Sound Village and then all of the sudden about ten large trees came falling from the sky. Neji grabbed me and carried me as he dodged them all. "Stupid traps." He muttered. Once the coast was clear he put me down gently.
"Thanks." I told him softly.
"No problem." He muttered back as he looked around.
I eyed him. "Why don't you use your Byakugen to see if anyone is nearby?" I asked him.
He scratched his head and suddenly the vein like lines were around his eyes as he checked around us. "No one, just traps." He muttered as the lines cleared up.
"Oh." I replied. "I guess we should move on. And just watch out for the traps." I said ready to roll.
He nodded and we were off again.
I looked at him. 'Ooh, why you looking at him? Do you have a crush on him?' my inner self teased. I looked forward again and blinked. 'You have the craziest ideas sometimes.' I replied to her. 'Well I am you, and you are me.' She said. 'Lovely' I muttered back.
"Are you scared?" he asked me.
I was startled a bit by the sudden question. "No, not really. Okay maybe a little." I replied. "And you?" I asked.
He shrugged. "I guess. Even though I don't know what to expect." He said. "The sound are dangerous. It still gives me nightmares. That last trip I took with the others awhile back." He said.
I patted his shoulder and gave him a warm smile. "I'm sure it'll be different now. Since when we get the flower all we have to do is come back." I told him.
"Yea." He muttered.
I sensed a trap and got out two kunais out my pocket and threw it at two strings and then the strings snapped as a bunch of weapons came out of the trees. Neji and I both blinked.
"Good going, Sakura." He said propping me.
"Thanks." I said smiling. 'It feels really nice when he calls me by my name.' I thought out of all happiness. My inner self just snickered.
Neji picked up all the weapons that he liked and put them in his pocket- purse. I followed and grabbed a couple and put them in my pocket-purse. And we flew off again this time without any traps or anything. And finally a big black castle like building came into view.
"Oh my." I mouthed.
"I supposed this is where Orochimaru, Kabuto and Sasuke live or something." Neji said. "But I wonder where we can find the four-leaf black clover?" he asked.
"Stupid traitors." I said. "Maybe we can drug Kin and ask her to tell us." I joked.
"If only we could. It would of made our lives much easier." He said.
I nodded.
"Well let's go." He said as we headed out the forest and into the Sound Village to find the four-leaf black clover.
Would we ever find it and come home safely? I was not sure, maybe.
"Why don't we split up and meet back here in an hour." He said.
I nodded. "Whatever you say." I said.
He threw down a kunai to mark the spot. And then flew off. I walked towards the opposite direction and peered into stores hopefully maybe finding the clover. And put my hair up into a high ponytail. Since it was quite hot. I walked some more looking all over the flower but it just could not be found. I looked at my watch and I still had about thirty minutes left to search for the clover until I had to meet Neji back. But somehow my feet were leading me closer and closer to the Black Castle. "It has to be there." I muttered. "Where else could it be." I asked myself. I glanced at my watch again. 'Only 28 minutes left. Why is time going by so slowly.' I asked myself. 'Maybe that's because it's near four o'clock in the morning and no one is up at this ungodly hour!' my inner self shouted. 'Cranky, aren't we?' I asked her. 'Hell ya!' she replied. I smirked. 'Just calm down. When I get back to Konoha Village you're going to be rested.' I said. 'Thank the lord!' she said. I walked to the castle door but suddenly realized that the castle had a dark backyard. I went to the yard and looked around to see if the black clover was here in the yard. "Maybe Neji is having better like then I am." I muttered softly as I was getting tangled in some of the vines that existed in the yard.
"Hello Sakura, it's nice to see you again."
