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Truth About Men: Predators?
Five
He let her get a head start like the perfect gentleman he was. She took advantage of that.
Spying the pool of crystal liquid nearby, the Kunoichi ran towards it, performing a series of hand seals along the way to save time.
"Byakugan!" When it had been his turn, the Hyuuga activated his advanced bloodline technique to identify her chakra concentration points. Once he caught onto the trick she was trying to pull, his hands began aiming for the pressure points at her forearms, where she released her energy to stir the calm waters.
She didn't become a Chuunin for nothing, she mused, determined to overpower him with a wave pool attack before he can lay finger on her.
"Suiton Dabakufu no Jutsu!"
She dropped onto her knees, hands slapped against the hard earth as she struggled to regain her breath. Sakura was terribly fatigued and was sure her muscles wouldn't obey her orders even if she wanted them to move.
Green depths watched the Gentle Fist specialist a few before her, with scratches and bruises adorning various parts of his body. Yet, he hadn't been as worn our as she hoped for him to be.
' Oh well... At least I laid some attacks on him...' she thought, unwilling to give into her pessimistic side that taunted her continuously. ' And had only six of my chakra points seals.'
Six chickenpox-sized spots rested at different points of her arms at where he had tapped and broken off the chakra flow from before
"Hm. You've improved, Haruno."
Her eyes widened. Did she just hear the impudent Hyuuga compliment her on her growth as a Shinobi?
Climbing to her feet, the back of her hand went to wipe away the drying trail of crimson by the corner of her mouth.
"Let's head back before they get the wrong idea," she suggested.
"Let them think whatever they want." He stuck his chin up in a careless manner, causing the silver plate of his forehead protector to gleam brightly under the afternoon sun. "I'm not going back."
"What?! Why? I fought you, didn't I? You didn't say that I had to win!" She complained, thrusting her hands at her hips.
"Did anyone ever tell you that you talked too much?" His feet took him to her while he kept his intimidating gaze locked on hers.
She thought back to the times that the raven-haired Uchiha had called her annoying after the many times she had stalked him out to ask for a date. "Yeah...."
"Why'd you run away?"
"Huh?" She looked up, confusion obscuring in her pools of clover green.
"You know you're strong, so why'd you run away when it was just my turn to spin the bottle?"
"Er... I had to go to the bathroom..." She shifted uncomfortably, unconsciously stepping back at the steps he took forward.
"Oh, really? Or were you just afraid that it would end up pointing to you?" He challenged cooly.
"No," the female lied, feeling herself shrink under his knowing gaze.
"Bullshit. Did you forget that we Hyuugas can read minds?" Neji leaned forward, pressing both of his hands on either side of her shoulders against the tree trunk she had backed herself into.
She was trapped, and helpless at the same time. At the same moment, she began understanding how the prey might have felt when the predators cornered them. Nowhere to run, nowhere to hide.
Currently, he was the predator and she took the position of they prey.
"You obviously won't kiss anyone except for the Uchiha."
"That's not true!" She shot back immediately, defending herself from the accusation he threw at her. It didn't matter how much room was left for her to move around in anymore. She met his look with strength from her own, reflecting the truth that was branded in her heart.
"Prove it." He dared, pushing her to the edge again and again. "Prove to me that you will."
Shakily, she rested both of her small hands on his broad shoulders, and stood on her tippy toes to give him a light peck on the grim line of his mouth, then backed away again, letting her hands slip from their initial position.
"There." Her face lit up like a tomato. "Happy? I owed you anyway..."
"No."
She stared at him, incredulous.
"NO?!"
"That's not how you kiss." His head descended down along with his lips, meeting with hers again.
The soft, petal-like structures stroke hers gently yet firmly, causing a reaction from her body almost instantly. She felt hot, like she was trapped inside of a room with hardly any air at all. It was impossible for her to breathe.
"I can't breathe..." she murmured, clutching onto his sweatshirt to support her jelly-like legs.
"Then... don't breathe..." He whispered back, arms encircling her small waist, securing her figure within his own. He clutched onto her as if he was afraid that his precious would be ripped away from him any second.
"YEAH! Hyuuga, give it some tongue!"
The two bolted away from each other upon hearing the obnoxious voice, one blushing heavily and the other, irritated.
"A-ah, N-Naruto-kun!"
"Damn it, Uzumaki!"
A loud BONK was heard, then rustling of bushes, and finally the mysterious figure behind the voice was revealed when he had fallen out from his hiding place.
"Owie..."
"NARUTO!!" Both yelled in unison.
Uh oh, he was in deep trouble...
Author's Crap:
Phew... Another chapter uploaded... Just one more chapter and I'm done with the story... IT'D BE MY FIRST TOO!!!!
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