Chapter 6: The Legendary Bloodline
Neji is standing on a branch; he then started to throw shurikens. Sakura hurriedly took the scroll then back flipped three times. Suddenly, many kunais came flying out targeting her. She was able to hop backward in zigzag line;' the kunais missed her since she was so quick. When she stopped hopping, she looked where he is but he was nowhere to be found. She looked almost anywhere but no sign of him. He then appeared in front of her then gave her a gentle fist with his Byakugan activated in her stomach; this made Sakura blown against a tree. This blow made Sakura to let go of the scroll she was holding.
'Damn, I'm too weak' she then struggled to stand up but failed. Neji then started to walk towards the scroll. He then picked it up then said "Useless" he then inserted it inside his pouch. He walked off when suddenly someone is stopping on his foot then looked down, it was Sakura. She was wrapping her arms around his foot very tight; he then started pulling his foot out of her but she won't budge "Let go, you weakling!". She still didn't let go; he has no choice but to force her. He carried his foot then swinged very hard which made Sakura to let go and blown against a rock.
He walked towards her; he bent down to see what happened to Sakura. Her hair covered her eyes; she wasn't moving even a muscle. 'She seems to be unconscious' he stood up and was about to leave when something caught his attention. A spill of blood flows from Sakura's head, he stared at her with a very serious face.
'Blood...why does she have to be this irritating'
He picked her up then started to walk. After few minutes, she stirred; he then stopped and was about to lay her in the ground when she suddenly opened her eyes. She was smirking at Neji then she suddenly gave him a strike using her elbows to his stomach. He let go of Sakura then she fell down to he ground. Luckily, the distance between her and the ground is several inches away so she landed on her knees. She stood up trembling because of pain; she touched her head were her wound is. She acted upon her aching head; she then look at her hand, which is full of her blood, then wiped it off on her dress. She then looked at Neji who was recovering fast from the attack. She then smiled at him.
"Are you missing something Neji?" she asked as she shows a scroll at her hand.
He was surprised to see the scroll to hers; he then smirked. She looked at him in a quizzical look. Neji then use gentle fist with deactivated byakugan. Luckily, she dodged it. But then she started to feel her symptoms again.
'Crap! Not now!' she thought as she back off away from Neji. She took her bottle of pills from her pouch to take a pill from it and placed the scroll inside. Neji suddenly stole the bottle of pills from her.
"Are you crazy? Bring that back to me!" she said.
"What if I won't" he said as he smirks to her.
She has no choice but to get it from him by force 'DAMN YOU, NEJI!!!' Inner Sakura said. 'I don't know if I could still hold this long but I have to get it from him' she started to run in zigzag line as she charged to him. He inserted the bottle of pills inside his pocket then started to make his move. He gathered all his chakra to his feet in able to run quick. She draw out a kunai then gripped it tight on her left right hand; she is ready to battle.
'Even if I'm weak, I'm still strong enough to control my chakra' she thought. He made a roundhouse kick; she was able to dodge the first kick but she got kicked in the arm in his second kick. She was able to force herself from blown off to a tree but she seems to have an aching arm right now. She ran towards him but punched in the stomach; she went flying towards a tree. She spitted blood afterwards then coughed several times.
She was trembling while she tries to stand up. She balances herself in able to stand up properly. Before she could coop up, she was beaten in the back. Using gentle fist with Byakugan activated, he internally damaged her. She fell on her knees then coughed blood. She can't control herself anymore. Her heart ached so much that she can't breathe. She used her arms as supporters so she won't fell in the ground. Then he said something before he leaves...
"The strong shall live, the weak shall die."
'The strong shall live, the weak shall die...' remembering every word that Neji said. Before Neji could leave, someone called him. He looked back and saw a struggling Sakura, who is trying to stand up 'So she hasn't give up yet' he thought as he smirked. "Someday, you'll thank the weak..." she said, his smirking face turned into a frowning one. "How can you say that?" he asked her seriously. She let out a small laugh while he glared at her, waiting for her reply. "Because...you surpassed from being weak..." hearing this words from her made him angry, his deactivated jutsu awoke as she continued "...You were once weak when you were young..." hearing more words made him clenched his fist as his head bowed while his face is covered with shadows of the trees. "...The strong ones protected you. The strong ones also came from the weak..." she continued with a smile on her face as she walked nearer to him. He stepped backed as she gets nearer then she continued "...the weak worked just to be strong..." they were getting nearer in a cliff, "No...that's not true. That's not true!" he murmured as he stepped back. It was the end of the line, he has no where to go as he looked behind him and below. She stopped from walking and then said "...And that means you're a strong weakling." she said as she smirked to him.
One last step almost caused him to slip. Luckily, he stepped forward to avoid any accidents. But before he could do that, the floor where he was standing at cracked and caused him to fall with it. She was shocked to see him falling. She dived down the cliff to catch him.
As Neji falls, he looked up to see a blurry vision of an angel, a winged angel. 'Could this be the end?" he thought as he fall, still seeing an angel getting nearer to him. The image of the angel he looked upon is very blurry as he closed his eyes slowly. Everything slowly darkens and everything goes blank.
While in the edge of the river, Sasuke and Naruto were there already. Sasuke was sitting on a branch of tree near the river while Naruto is impatiently waiting below the tree. His arms crossed around his chest and in an Indian sit. His eyes narrowed like slits while impatiently waiting. Sasuke is just seated there, nothing to do. Then suddenly, Naruto shouted "When the hell will these ends? I've been waiting here for hours already" Sasuke looked at him and said "Dobe, you been sitting there for 5 minutes only" "Will 'ya shut up, you bastard!" he replied. Sasuke ignored him instead. 'Where are you?' he thought worriedly.
Neji slowly opened his eyes and found out that he wasn't dead yet. As he stirred, Sakura woke up to see that he was already awaked. His head was lying on her lap when she said "Are you alright?". He tried to sit up but his head ached, he placed his free hand on his forehead and found that he wasn't wearing his forehead protector; instead, his forehead is wrapped with bandages while his forehead protector is placed in his lap. He winced in pain when he tried to move his right arm, which is also wrapped with bandages. He looked on his left knee and found out that it was also wrapped with bandages and a stick. "Don't move, it will only hurt more" she said as she helped him, he nodded in reply. She took his forehead protector then gave it to him. He thanked her as he struggle to stand up.
He noticed that her left shoulder until to her left arm, same arm where Neji kicked her, is wrapped with bandages and also her left leg. He looked at her face and wondering why she wasn't showing pain in such severe injury. "You're hurt" he said as he looked away, she looked at him and wondered 'He cares?!' "Don't worry, it doesn't hurt much" she said with an encouraging smile.
She helped him to stand up since he was severely wounded. She placed his left arm around her shoulder and holds his left hand. She also placed her right hand in his waist in able to support his limping body. His face was tinted of light pink then he asked as he looked away from her "Why did you save me?" as they started to walk in the forest "Because...I can't let my comrades die" she said still with a smile on her face as they continued to walk in the forest.
While in the meeting place, Kakashi arrive 4 hours earlier "Hello there, my ninja wannabes. How's your hunt?" he asked as he appeared in a puff of smoke. "WHOA! You came early for the first time. I can't believe my eyes!" Naruto exclaimed as he rubbed his eyes, Kakashi sweatdropped. "Well, anyway, where's Sakura?" he suddenly asked "She hasn't arrive yet, Sensei" Naruto replied. "Well then, let's just wait for her" he said as he made Naruto as his arm rest while he took out his perverted book.
After few minutes, Gai appeared with his students, Lee and Tenten. "Hey Kakashi! Seen Neji anywhere?" he asked "Nope!" he replied while still reading his perverted book. "That's strange, where could have that kid gone to now?" Gai asked "Probably, still fighting his opponent." Tenten said "Nope! He should be done right now since his opponent is Sakura" Gai slipped as he covered his mouth 'Oops' he thought.
"What?!" they all said in unison including Sasuke "Why you..." Naruto exclaimed as he was about to attack him but Kakashi grabbed his collar "Calm down, Naruto. Everything will be alright, right GAI?!" he said as he glare with eyes shines like a star and his face hid in the dark. Gai gulped upon seeing Kakashi's face, 'Uh-oh, I hope those two arrive soon' he thought.
While somewhere in the forest, Neji and Sakura walked in the forest as they heard something, 'It's like water flowing' she thought "Why won't we go there" she said as she pointed the way. He nodded and walked to the direction. They found a stream ahead, she let Neji rest for awhile since they've been walking for hours already. She leaned him leaned on a rock and said "I'll just get some water" he nodded as she went to the stream to fetch water.
While she walked away, he thought of what happened in that incident. He closed his eyes to recall what happened...
As Neji falls, he looked up to see a blurry vision of an angel, a winged angel. 'Could this be the end?" he thought as he fall, still seeing an angel getting nearer to him. The image of the angel he looked upon is very blurry as he closed his eyes slowly. Everything slowly darkens and everything goes blank.
'Who are you? Where are you?'
He asked himself as he opened his eyes. As he opened his eyes, he saw Sakura coming carrying 2 bamboo jug and also 2 fishes on her other hand. "You might be hungry so I fished some" she said as she took out a handkerchief from her pouch. She widely spread it then placed the fishes; she gave one bamboo jug to Neji. Neji accepted it then drank it. She smiled then said "I'll just get some woods, I'll be right back" she said as she hurriedly went to look for woods.
As she collects sticks and twigs, she suddenly felt someone's chakra nearby. She continued picking up sticks and twigs on the ground, she uses her eyes to look around to see if someone is really there. The chakra she felt earlier slowly dying out. 'Probably my imagination' she thought; she looked in her arms a bundle of woods. "This should be enough" she said as she went back to where Neji is.
Iruka is running so fast to the Hokage's office. He was sweating so hard as if something really important should be reported to the Hokage. He busted in inside the Hokage's main office as if no time should be wasted.
"Tsunade-sama!" Iruka said as he entered the room "Yes I know" Tsunade said while she faces the window with her arms crossed on her chest "Could it be..." he said while still sweating and exhausted "Yes, the moment has arrived. The Legendary Battle will be happening soon..." she replied with a serious tone.
She walked to her desk then slammed her hand on it "Iruka! Call Ochiru and Jiraiya NOW!" "Roger!" Iruka's last word before he left.
'Who could've got that legendary bloodline?' she asked herself.
Meanwhile in the meeting place, Kakashi and Gai also felt the chakra. They have frightening face as if it's the end of the world. "Could it be..." Gai asked "I don't know" Kakashi answered. The others wondered why they are so scared even there's nothing to be scared of. "What's the matter, Kakashi-sensei?" Naruto asked. No reply were heard from them. "It's better to wait for them" Kakashi suddenly said while still regaining from the powerful chakra he felt. All of them wondered why they are acted very strange all of sudden.
Sakura walked back to where Neji is left. While walking, she wondered why her symptoms aren't persisting anymore since she dived down he cliff. She then realized that she was already back and saw Neji staring at her. She walked towards the fishes then placed it near it. She started to make a bonfire to cook the fishes.
Neji looked at her. He then took out something out of his pocket; it was a bottle of pills. He looked on it for awhile then called her. He caught her attention then threw it to her.
Sakura caught it then looked at it, it was her bottle of pills. She then kept it inside her pouch then said "Thanks".
"Hn." he muttered.
The fishes that Sakura caught was already cooked. She took one then another one for Neji. She handed it to him then gave him a smile. They both started eating until nothing left. They decided to go early. Before they go, Neji called her again "Sakura" then he handed him 4 scrolls. She wondered why he gave him those scrolls then she asked "What's this for?" "For your training" she replied while still on a serious tone. She then realized that they were still on Kakashi's training. She then said "Thanks" then gave him an encouraging smile.
Then they started walking again. She placed his left arm around her shoulder and held his left hand then also placed her right hand in his waist which made him have a little tint on his cheeks. They started walking again in the forest.
After hours of walking, no one dared to talk between their silence. While they were walking, she then heard people talking. They both walked near to where the noise is coming from. As they both walked nearer, she then found out that it was Naruto whose whining. She was very delighted to be back on their meeting place. She then said to him while still looking where she was looking "We're here!" which made Neji wondered. He then looked where she was looking at; it was the other team mates of them. They both walked quickly straight to them.
Naruto is arguing with Sasuke about how strong he was while others just looked at their fight. Sasuke just ignored him as if he wasn't really there while the others sweatdropped.
Naruto then suddenly stopped when he felt someone's presence nearby. He then looked in a distance then saw a pink-haired gird and a dark brown-haired boy coming its way. His face became very delighted then yelled "Sakura-Chan!!!" everyone's attention went to Naruto. He then ran towards Sakura. He was about to hug her when knuckle hit him in the head "Naruto, you idiot! Can't you see someone needs medical attention!" she said while a vein popped out from her head and her left hand clenched. She then looked at Neji, who is dozing off because of a long time of walking with a limping body.
The others came running towards them excluding Sasuke. Kakashi then asked "What happened to you guys?" "Umm...the fight took very long time that's why were both wounded." she lied. Kakashi knew that she's lying. Gai then helped Neji, he leaned him towards the nearest tree. Naruto was about to ask her when Lee butted in, he asked "Sakura-Chan, are you alright? Are you hurt? Is there something painful in you?" she sweatdropped and said "I'm fine, don't worry.".
Meanwhile, Sasuke was felt a very strange feeling when he saw Neji and Sakura. He didn't felt this feeling before. His fists are clenching of anger when he saw Neji's arm around Sakura's shoulder. 'What am I doing!? I shouldn't be this eager to kill that guy just because of that!' he thought and calming himself from the strange feeling. He just jumped down the branch where he was sitting before then went straight to where the others gone to.
Naruto kicked Lee away then said to Sakura "Did Neji hurt you? Huh? HUH!?" "No" she said still sweat dropping. "Hey, I'm here first!" Lee said pushing Naruto away in front of her "No, you're not. You butted in!" Naruto said pushing away also. They started fighting when a small ball and chain wrapped them around. Sakura looked where it came from and saw Tenten with a vein in her head "Will you guys stop fighting? Your voices just makes my head hurts" she said. Sakura sweatdropped again with the others except Neji, who is dozing off. "She's right. Come on, let's get you guys in the hospital for a quick check-up" Kakashi said. "I didn't know that you're a medic freak" Gai said with a drop of sweat in his head "Well, not actually. I just want them to be healthy and strong, you know" he replied.
All of them started to walk, Sakura and Tenten walked together while Lee helped Neji, who's taking nap, Naruto, who's looking to his sensei with a slit eyes, which is reading his perverted book, Gai who's talking about how strong and handsome he was, and Sasuke, who's just walking with them and nothing to do. They all went to Konoha Hospital.
While somewhere near them, a man behind the shadows of trees is looking at them. "So, there's still an existing heir of the legendary bloodline" the strange man said. "You shall die!" he said then let out an evil laugh that echoed in the forest.
Neji is standing on a branch; he then started to throw shurikens. Sakura hurriedly took the scroll then back flipped three times. Suddenly, many kunais came flying out targeting her. She was able to hop backward in zigzag line;' the kunais missed her since she was so quick. When she stopped hopping, she looked where he is but he was nowhere to be found. She looked almost anywhere but no sign of him. He then appeared in front of her then gave her a gentle fist with his Byakugan activated in her stomach; this made Sakura blown against a tree. This blow made Sakura to let go of the scroll she was holding.
'Damn, I'm too weak' she then struggled to stand up but failed. Neji then started to walk towards the scroll. He then picked it up then said "Useless" he then inserted it inside his pouch. He walked off when suddenly someone is stopping on his foot then looked down, it was Sakura. She was wrapping her arms around his foot very tight; he then started pulling his foot out of her but she won't budge "Let go, you weakling!". She still didn't let go; he has no choice but to force her. He carried his foot then swinged very hard which made Sakura to let go and blown against a rock.
He walked towards her; he bent down to see what happened to Sakura. Her hair covered her eyes; she wasn't moving even a muscle. 'She seems to be unconscious' he stood up and was about to leave when something caught his attention. A spill of blood flows from Sakura's head, he stared at her with a very serious face.
'Blood...why does she have to be this irritating'
He picked her up then started to walk. After few minutes, she stirred; he then stopped and was about to lay her in the ground when she suddenly opened her eyes. She was smirking at Neji then she suddenly gave him a strike using her elbows to his stomach. He let go of Sakura then she fell down to he ground. Luckily, the distance between her and the ground is several inches away so she landed on her knees. She stood up trembling because of pain; she touched her head were her wound is. She acted upon her aching head; she then look at her hand, which is full of her blood, then wiped it off on her dress. She then looked at Neji who was recovering fast from the attack. She then smiled at him.
"Are you missing something Neji?" she asked as she shows a scroll at her hand.
He was surprised to see the scroll to hers; he then smirked. She looked at him in a quizzical look. Neji then use gentle fist with deactivated byakugan. Luckily, she dodged it. But then she started to feel her symptoms again.
'Crap! Not now!' she thought as she back off away from Neji. She took her bottle of pills from her pouch to take a pill from it and placed the scroll inside. Neji suddenly stole the bottle of pills from her.
"Are you crazy? Bring that back to me!" she said.
"What if I won't" he said as he smirks to her.
She has no choice but to get it from him by force 'DAMN YOU, NEJI!!!' Inner Sakura said. 'I don't know if I could still hold this long but I have to get it from him' she started to run in zigzag line as she charged to him. He inserted the bottle of pills inside his pocket then started to make his move. He gathered all his chakra to his feet in able to run quick. She draw out a kunai then gripped it tight on her left right hand; she is ready to battle.
'Even if I'm weak, I'm still strong enough to control my chakra' she thought. He made a roundhouse kick; she was able to dodge the first kick but she got kicked in the arm in his second kick. She was able to force herself from blown off to a tree but she seems to have an aching arm right now. She ran towards him but punched in the stomach; she went flying towards a tree. She spitted blood afterwards then coughed several times.
She was trembling while she tries to stand up. She balances herself in able to stand up properly. Before she could coop up, she was beaten in the back. Using gentle fist with Byakugan activated, he internally damaged her. She fell on her knees then coughed blood. She can't control herself anymore. Her heart ached so much that she can't breathe. She used her arms as supporters so she won't fell in the ground. Then he said something before he leaves...
"The strong shall live, the weak shall die."
'The strong shall live, the weak shall die...' remembering every word that Neji said. Before Neji could leave, someone called him. He looked back and saw a struggling Sakura, who is trying to stand up 'So she hasn't give up yet' he thought as he smirked. "Someday, you'll thank the weak..." she said, his smirking face turned into a frowning one. "How can you say that?" he asked her seriously. She let out a small laugh while he glared at her, waiting for her reply. "Because...you surpassed from being weak..." hearing this words from her made him angry, his deactivated jutsu awoke as she continued "...You were once weak when you were young..." hearing more words made him clenched his fist as his head bowed while his face is covered with shadows of the trees. "...The strong ones protected you. The strong ones also came from the weak..." she continued with a smile on her face as she walked nearer to him. He stepped backed as she gets nearer then she continued "...the weak worked just to be strong..." they were getting nearer in a cliff, "No...that's not true. That's not true!" he murmured as he stepped back. It was the end of the line, he has no where to go as he looked behind him and below. She stopped from walking and then said "...And that means you're a strong weakling." she said as she smirked to him.
One last step almost caused him to slip. Luckily, he stepped forward to avoid any accidents. But before he could do that, the floor where he was standing at cracked and caused him to fall with it. She was shocked to see him falling. She dived down the cliff to catch him.
As Neji falls, he looked up to see a blurry vision of an angel, a winged angel. 'Could this be the end?" he thought as he fall, still seeing an angel getting nearer to him. The image of the angel he looked upon is very blurry as he closed his eyes slowly. Everything slowly darkens and everything goes blank.
While in the edge of the river, Sasuke and Naruto were there already. Sasuke was sitting on a branch of tree near the river while Naruto is impatiently waiting below the tree. His arms crossed around his chest and in an Indian sit. His eyes narrowed like slits while impatiently waiting. Sasuke is just seated there, nothing to do. Then suddenly, Naruto shouted "When the hell will these ends? I've been waiting here for hours already" Sasuke looked at him and said "Dobe, you been sitting there for 5 minutes only" "Will 'ya shut up, you bastard!" he replied. Sasuke ignored him instead. 'Where are you?' he thought worriedly.
Neji slowly opened his eyes and found out that he wasn't dead yet. As he stirred, Sakura woke up to see that he was already awaked. His head was lying on her lap when she said "Are you alright?". He tried to sit up but his head ached, he placed his free hand on his forehead and found that he wasn't wearing his forehead protector; instead, his forehead is wrapped with bandages while his forehead protector is placed in his lap. He winced in pain when he tried to move his right arm, which is also wrapped with bandages. He looked on his left knee and found out that it was also wrapped with bandages and a stick. "Don't move, it will only hurt more" she said as she helped him, he nodded in reply. She took his forehead protector then gave it to him. He thanked her as he struggle to stand up.
He noticed that her left shoulder until to her left arm, same arm where Neji kicked her, is wrapped with bandages and also her left leg. He looked at her face and wondering why she wasn't showing pain in such severe injury. "You're hurt" he said as he looked away, she looked at him and wondered 'He cares?!' "Don't worry, it doesn't hurt much" she said with an encouraging smile.
She helped him to stand up since he was severely wounded. She placed his left arm around her shoulder and holds his left hand. She also placed her right hand in his waist in able to support his limping body. His face was tinted of light pink then he asked as he looked away from her "Why did you save me?" as they started to walk in the forest "Because...I can't let my comrades die" she said still with a smile on her face as they continued to walk in the forest.
While in the meeting place, Kakashi arrive 4 hours earlier "Hello there, my ninja wannabes. How's your hunt?" he asked as he appeared in a puff of smoke. "WHOA! You came early for the first time. I can't believe my eyes!" Naruto exclaimed as he rubbed his eyes, Kakashi sweatdropped. "Well, anyway, where's Sakura?" he suddenly asked "She hasn't arrive yet, Sensei" Naruto replied. "Well then, let's just wait for her" he said as he made Naruto as his arm rest while he took out his perverted book.
After few minutes, Gai appeared with his students, Lee and Tenten. "Hey Kakashi! Seen Neji anywhere?" he asked "Nope!" he replied while still reading his perverted book. "That's strange, where could have that kid gone to now?" Gai asked "Probably, still fighting his opponent." Tenten said "Nope! He should be done right now since his opponent is Sakura" Gai slipped as he covered his mouth 'Oops' he thought.
"What?!" they all said in unison including Sasuke "Why you..." Naruto exclaimed as he was about to attack him but Kakashi grabbed his collar "Calm down, Naruto. Everything will be alright, right GAI?!" he said as he glare with eyes shines like a star and his face hid in the dark. Gai gulped upon seeing Kakashi's face, 'Uh-oh, I hope those two arrive soon' he thought.
While somewhere in the forest, Neji and Sakura walked in the forest as they heard something, 'It's like water flowing' she thought "Why won't we go there" she said as she pointed the way. He nodded and walked to the direction. They found a stream ahead, she let Neji rest for awhile since they've been walking for hours already. She leaned him leaned on a rock and said "I'll just get some water" he nodded as she went to the stream to fetch water.
While she walked away, he thought of what happened in that incident. He closed his eyes to recall what happened...
As Neji falls, he looked up to see a blurry vision of an angel, a winged angel. 'Could this be the end?" he thought as he fall, still seeing an angel getting nearer to him. The image of the angel he looked upon is very blurry as he closed his eyes slowly. Everything slowly darkens and everything goes blank.
'Who are you? Where are you?'
He asked himself as he opened his eyes. As he opened his eyes, he saw Sakura coming carrying 2 bamboo jug and also 2 fishes on her other hand. "You might be hungry so I fished some" she said as she took out a handkerchief from her pouch. She widely spread it then placed the fishes; she gave one bamboo jug to Neji. Neji accepted it then drank it. She smiled then said "I'll just get some woods, I'll be right back" she said as she hurriedly went to look for woods.
As she collects sticks and twigs, she suddenly felt someone's chakra nearby. She continued picking up sticks and twigs on the ground, she uses her eyes to look around to see if someone is really there. The chakra she felt earlier slowly dying out. 'Probably my imagination' she thought; she looked in her arms a bundle of woods. "This should be enough" she said as she went back to where Neji is.
Iruka is running so fast to the Hokage's office. He was sweating so hard as if something really important should be reported to the Hokage. He busted in inside the Hokage's main office as if no time should be wasted.
"Tsunade-sama!" Iruka said as he entered the room "Yes I know" Tsunade said while she faces the window with her arms crossed on her chest "Could it be..." he said while still sweating and exhausted "Yes, the moment has arrived. The Legendary Battle will be happening soon..." she replied with a serious tone.
She walked to her desk then slammed her hand on it "Iruka! Call Ochiru and Jiraiya NOW!" "Roger!" Iruka's last word before he left.
'Who could've got that legendary bloodline?' she asked herself.
Meanwhile in the meeting place, Kakashi and Gai also felt the chakra. They have frightening face as if it's the end of the world. "Could it be..." Gai asked "I don't know" Kakashi answered. The others wondered why they are so scared even there's nothing to be scared of. "What's the matter, Kakashi-sensei?" Naruto asked. No reply were heard from them. "It's better to wait for them" Kakashi suddenly said while still regaining from the powerful chakra he felt. All of them wondered why they are acted very strange all of sudden.
Sakura walked back to where Neji is left. While walking, she wondered why her symptoms aren't persisting anymore since she dived down he cliff. She then realized that she was already back and saw Neji staring at her. She walked towards the fishes then placed it near it. She started to make a bonfire to cook the fishes.
Neji looked at her. He then took out something out of his pocket; it was a bottle of pills. He looked on it for awhile then called her. He caught her attention then threw it to her.
Sakura caught it then looked at it, it was her bottle of pills. She then kept it inside her pouch then said "Thanks".
"Hn." he muttered.
The fishes that Sakura caught was already cooked. She took one then another one for Neji. She handed it to him then gave him a smile. They both started eating until nothing left. They decided to go early. Before they go, Neji called her again "Sakura" then he handed him 4 scrolls. She wondered why he gave him those scrolls then she asked "What's this for?" "For your training" she replied while still on a serious tone. She then realized that they were still on Kakashi's training. She then said "Thanks" then gave him an encouraging smile.
Then they started walking again. She placed his left arm around her shoulder and held his left hand then also placed her right hand in his waist which made him have a little tint on his cheeks. They started walking again in the forest.
After hours of walking, no one dared to talk between their silence. While they were walking, she then heard people talking. They both walked near to where the noise is coming from. As they both walked nearer, she then found out that it was Naruto whose whining. She was very delighted to be back on their meeting place. She then said to him while still looking where she was looking "We're here!" which made Neji wondered. He then looked where she was looking at; it was the other team mates of them. They both walked quickly straight to them.
Naruto is arguing with Sasuke about how strong he was while others just looked at their fight. Sasuke just ignored him as if he wasn't really there while the others sweatdropped.
Naruto then suddenly stopped when he felt someone's presence nearby. He then looked in a distance then saw a pink-haired gird and a dark brown-haired boy coming its way. His face became very delighted then yelled "Sakura-Chan!!!" everyone's attention went to Naruto. He then ran towards Sakura. He was about to hug her when knuckle hit him in the head "Naruto, you idiot! Can't you see someone needs medical attention!" she said while a vein popped out from her head and her left hand clenched. She then looked at Neji, who is dozing off because of a long time of walking with a limping body.
The others came running towards them excluding Sasuke. Kakashi then asked "What happened to you guys?" "Umm...the fight took very long time that's why were both wounded." she lied. Kakashi knew that she's lying. Gai then helped Neji, he leaned him towards the nearest tree. Naruto was about to ask her when Lee butted in, he asked "Sakura-Chan, are you alright? Are you hurt? Is there something painful in you?" she sweatdropped and said "I'm fine, don't worry.".
Meanwhile, Sasuke was felt a very strange feeling when he saw Neji and Sakura. He didn't felt this feeling before. His fists are clenching of anger when he saw Neji's arm around Sakura's shoulder. 'What am I doing!? I shouldn't be this eager to kill that guy just because of that!' he thought and calming himself from the strange feeling. He just jumped down the branch where he was sitting before then went straight to where the others gone to.
Naruto kicked Lee away then said to Sakura "Did Neji hurt you? Huh? HUH!?" "No" she said still sweat dropping. "Hey, I'm here first!" Lee said pushing Naruto away in front of her "No, you're not. You butted in!" Naruto said pushing away also. They started fighting when a small ball and chain wrapped them around. Sakura looked where it came from and saw Tenten with a vein in her head "Will you guys stop fighting? Your voices just makes my head hurts" she said. Sakura sweatdropped again with the others except Neji, who is dozing off. "She's right. Come on, let's get you guys in the hospital for a quick check-up" Kakashi said. "I didn't know that you're a medic freak" Gai said with a drop of sweat in his head "Well, not actually. I just want them to be healthy and strong, you know" he replied.
All of them started to walk, Sakura and Tenten walked together while Lee helped Neji, who's taking nap, Naruto, who's looking to his sensei with a slit eyes, which is reading his perverted book, Gai who's talking about how strong and handsome he was, and Sasuke, who's just walking with them and nothing to do. They all went to Konoha Hospital.
While somewhere near them, a man behind the shadows of trees is looking at them. "So, there's still an existing heir of the legendary bloodline" the strange man said. "You shall die!" he said then let out an evil laugh that echoed in the forest.