You see... My mind works in a twisted way... no one will understand me, least of all myself. So don't feel bad if you guessed incorrectly. I try to be unpredictable though this was planned a long time ago.

Warnings: Pretty much the same as before. OOCness, some strangeness. Different writing style (POV rather than omnipresent) due to it being rushed; sheer crappiness.

Title: Realities Away
By: SukiAme
Entry: 05 - I Really Don't Want to do this
A Chapter Dedicated to Neji

Kishimoto-verse

With his senses completely alert, Neji sat in the darkness and waited. Nothing but silence met him as he focused his stare at the two across from him. Somewhere in the apartment he heard the ticking of the clock and then seven precise rings. Then there was silence.

"You realize that you have to trade something for whatever help you need," he heard one of them say before pausing, "And of course, you realize that you're not going to like it."

He slowly nodded, knowing that one of them would see the affirmation even in the nothingness. It wasn't as if he wanted to be there but for some obscure reason [that he didn't know of], he felt like he owed the guy, no matter how much of an ass he was nor how much he resented and wanted to kill the guy. By doing this, he could rid himself of the debt to Uchiha... even if he wasn't Uchiha.

Besides that fact, it wasn't as if Neji would die asking these two for help. But regardless, it was unnerving to stare at those two in the dark.

"Turn on a light because I'm not about to talk to you all evening in the dark," Neji spat with a hint of bitterness in his voice.

"Oh; Sorry about that," one of them said easily before the room exploded with a white yellow brightness. Neji felt momentarily blind and blinked for a moment before he turned to glare at the person who turned the light on.

The person's head was hidden under large hood of a dark robe so that the light didn't really hurt as much as it did Neji. A slim, pale hand reached for the hood and then brushed it back revealing a smiling girl of sixteen. Her past the shoulder length, navy hair was hidden within the robe while her milky eyes watched him with a confidence that she once didn't have. She moved to sit on one end of the couch along with her accomplice before saying, "I'm still more accustomed to doing this in the dark than light. So... what can we do for you, Neji-niisan?"

"Because, you know that we'll help you any way we can. Unless it's illegal... or wrong," the person who wore an emerald robe jumped up -which caused the hood to fly off- and smirked knowingly, "Or if its love; We can do that even if we have to break the law, right Hinata-san?" He turned to the girl and gave her a sparkling smile before turning back to the long haired boy who twitched while he wondered why the hell the other even thought that he would come to him for love woes.

And what part of Hyuuga Neji even showed anything about liking anyone?! He moved toward the edge of the couch he resided on and stared warily at his former teammate, "What even makes you think that I have a problem with love?" He hissed before he shook his head, "No, what the hell even makes you think I like someone?"

"That's because-"

Lee yelped when the girl who still sat pulled him back onto the couch while sending him looks that told him not do disclose any information. "Neji-niisan," Hinata began as she turned her attention back to her cousin, "Lee-san wasn't accusing you of anything, merely making suggestions in the case that you don't want to talk first. If it's not true, you still don't have to bite someone's head off. But then again, you should find love soon don't you think? So that you don't have to stay alone forever. There's something called the red strings of fate in which an invisible red thread is bound to your pinky and at the other end is your soul-mate," Hinata smiled sincerely before she gave him a wink, "I do know some people who are interested."

Neji pointed a finger at Lee and barked, "You! What did you do to Hinata-sama?!"

"I did nothing, Neji! Hinata-san can speak however she likes. If anything it is your fault that you don't like the way she speaks," Lee retorted as if it were the most obvious thing in the world.

In a way, it was. Neji knew it was his fault. If he wasn't so eager as to get her to get some confidence in a quick and easy way, he wouldn't have brought her to Lee. That was before he found this little cult-like, magic loving hobby of the boy's. Apparently, there was something about the fantasy and science fiction genre that was just "too good" so he just had to role play. After a while, Neji found the term for this obsession of Lee's and it was fanatic.

... She ended up growing her hair long. It was strange to him (We're talking about Neji) because he never saw her with long hair before. She looked... cute; not that he would ever tell her. But he couldn't approach the girl anymore because every time he tried she would sit behind him and fondle his hair. He hated that. And therefore, he damned the energetic Rock Lee for instilling the confidence in her to come near him, and even having the gall to touch him.

Neji shot a glare at his cousin who waved it off by looking away at the cat which Neji assumed was the thing he felt brush against him. The cat circled the table and then hopped on Lee's lap, clawing at the robe.

Then, Hinata suddenly said, "The trade. Our information... for-" She glanced at Neji with a small blush, before she whispered something to Lee who nodded in agreement before she turned back to Neji, "We... we get to play with your hair."

Neji froze as he unconsciously raised his hand to touch his black hair. He stared incredulously at the two robed ninjas before weighing the pros and cons of the situation. After several minutes of debate, the only reasonable voice in his head told him "it's just hair."

"Fine," Neji said through clenched teeth.

He saw both Lee and Hinata's eyes light up before they both ran out of the room. Neji heard a lot of bangs and rustling in the other rooms as drawers and doors were wretched open and slammed shut. Another voice asked him whether it was safe... and he realized, it's never safe. Did he really need their help? Couldn't he just figure it out if he stole their books or something?

A loud clang caused the boy to jump out of his seat and Neji's eyes flickered to the locked door. He decided that he was just going to steal -ahem, borrow Hinata and Lee's books and save himself of this torture. He stood and ran to the door fiddling with the lock by the use of a lock pick that he had hidden in his weapons pouch.

"What are you doing, Neji?"

Oh crap, Neji thought as he frantically picked at the lock and the several other dead bolts that somehow slid into place when he wasn't aware.

"Hinata-san! Neji's trying to escape!"

"Stop him, Lee-san!" he heard Hinata yell, "No one leaves here alive! I mean - Not without completing the deal!" Neji's brain didn't like that Hinata corrected herself and adrenaline pushed him to work the lock even faster.

Several minutes later, Neji wondered how he was dragged to the now cleared living room and held together by chains. His mindset then wondered where the heck did they get chains from? He glared at Lee who sat in before him pulling a brush through his long hair while he felt Hinata doing something from behind him. His head jerked a little when Hinata pulled his hair and he tried in vain to pull away from the girl.

He saw her hand reach into an old tin cookie box filled with beads, ribbons, and clips. She pulled out a hair ornament with a forked end and a red flower with white edges and then her hand disappeared behind him.

"Hinata-sama, what are you doing with that thing?"

"We have a deal," Hinata informed him and then proceeded to ignore him as if he hadn't spoken.

"Hey, Neji? Why are you here then?" Lee asked as he paused momentarily to look questioningly at the boy.

The long haired boy remained silent as he slowly pulled together what he wanted to say. After a moment of silence with Hinata being the only person who moved, Neji finally spoke, "Someone I know is not from here; but technically, he is. I want him to leave because he's more of an pompous ass than before only he can't because he doesn't know how."

"Why doesn't he know how?" A soft voice asked from behind him causing him to wonder just how much he should actually tell them without it being too obvious - or worst, them thinking he actually believes in these science fictional mumbo jumbo.

"He doesn't know what happened," Neji narrowed his eyes when his eyes casted upon the silver chains again, "He claims that he's-" Neji promptly shut his mouth when he realized what he was about to say.

"He's...?" Lee asked only to have the mute Neji turn away.

"Neji-niisan," Hinata began in a soft but stern voice while she continued to work with his soft and voluminous hair, "We can't help you if you don't tell us."

He grimaced when he realized that she was right and resented that fact. He shut his eyes and clenched out, "He claims that he's from another reality if not universe."

Hinata stopped her movements before she slowly asked, "Did you just say-"

"-Another reality?" Lee finished with eyes wide and excited.

- - -

Alterverse

There were only so many things that one could enjoy in life and after a while, those things become a bore. So it was what Hyuuga Neji thought when he first entered an all boys high school. From a wealthy family whose history could be traced back to the Tokugawa Era and currently controlling a chain of inns in Hakone and a large investment company; Life had never been quite stable for him.

He'd always had a rocky relationship with his relatives and he really hated the fact that as a direct relative to the Main family, his path in life was already set to manage one of the many branch companies derived from the original company.

Everything he needed came easy for him; through private tutoring, he had learned English, Chinese, French, and Spanish in addition to his native tongue - Japanese. Not only that, but almost all of his schooling was private and therefore, Neji never learned to interact with other people his age.

When he had proposed to be schooled outside the house there were protests but eventually, they agreed to private school. He realized that it was boring - school didn't excite him nor teach him anything that he didn't know yet. He was set to leave and then the new school year began in Spring and on the first day after the brief vacation between the switching of grades, first year with striking blue eyes hit him. It wasn't intentional; the boy just didn't know how to properly kick a soccer (the black and white one) ball.

Call him a masochist but that was the beginning of a strange relationship between Hyuuga Neji and one Uzumaki Naruto.

- - -

Neji pulled at the back of a blond boy's navy blazer causing the boy to stop. He dropped the ends of the coat when cheeky aqua irises met his eyes; he cocked an eyebrow in question to the boy who looked as if he'd forgotten the little tiff he had earlier with his "boyfriend". Naruto shrugged at him before Neji shook his head and looked out the hallway window to the bleachers of the soccer field.

"Want to go to a movie this weekend?" Neji asked though his eyes never wavered from the soccer field, "I heard a new American sci-fi just came out."

Naruto stood next to Neji as he leaned with his back against the window. His head tilted upward and grinned while he stared at the ceiling, "Are you asking me out?"

"Only if you want me to; otherwise, no." Neji replied distantly while his eyes were completely mesmerized by the lush green of the fields. He was filled with a strange desire to go outside but he was completely spellbound. He knew Naruto was saying something to him - he could hear it; but he couldn't listen to the blonde.

"-you do it right?"

"Hm?" Neji forced his eyes away from the distracting color and looked at Naruto who held a malicious grin on his lips while his eyes sparkled mischievously. "Sure," Neji replied to receive a happy and brief neck-choking hug from Naruto. He was delighted to know that the blonde was so excited, but for what he didn't really know. Naruto hummed Merrily while Neji watched the look of contentment fall upon his face. The dark haired boy frowned as he stared at the blonde, "Wait; to what did I just agree?"

"That we're going to set him up with Ino for a date," Naruto answered still staring at the ceiling though he held a maniacal smirk, "I'm pissed at the jerk so we're gonna make him suffer."

Neji would've gaped at him but he was Neji. He just didn't do something like that. "I refuse to do that! It's pointless and will bring nothing but misery and annoyance!"

"Which is percisely why I'm doing it," Naruto grinned.

"I meant for me! Why can't you just break up with him and get it over with?" Neji mumbled exasperatedly, "I'd have a better time lounging at home than doing something so vulgar." Neji felt a cheek spasm when Naruto stared at him as if completely appalled.

"You can't be serious! Pranks are the greatest thing in the world!" Naruto exclaimed, "You are crazy if you don't think so!"

Neji opened his mouth as if to say something and then closed it, "You... " He frowned as he walked to the other side of the deserted hallway and leaned against it, staring at Naruto. "Do you really have to go that far?"

"No... not really," Naruto said while the surprise left his face, "But-"

"But it's more fun that way," Neji finished for the boy, "Right?" He thought for a moment and then asked, "But why Ino? I mean, look at all those love letters from Harubana Girl's school that Uchiha gets in his shoe locker; there are more choices than just her."

"She hurt Chouji," Naruto replied defiantly.

"So it's a two birds with one stone kind of thing?" At Naruto's nod, Neji sighed in annoyance before saying reluctantly, "You... are truly one of a kind."

"Oh, come on, you don't even like Sasuke."

The brunet brought a finger to his chin and tapped it thoughtfully, "That is true."

"Why is that?"

"You really want to know?" Neji leaned forward, his face set in a stony expression. Naruto leaned forward as well until he and Neji were inches away from each other. "The reason is..." Neji leaned and whispered into Naruto's ear, "a secret." Neji instantly pulled away and walked away to his classroom.

Naruto's eyes squinted at the bare wall before him. A moment later, he stood erect and yelled down the hall, "You suck, Neji!"

- To be continued -

Ranting: Oh man... School just started and I'm already suffering through Homework and tests... Argh! Anyway.... I bet no one but someone as deranged as I would've figured the shadows thing... so cookies for everyone! I just wrote an entire chapter to focus on Neji because the first part resulted in being too long so I decided to do the whole thing on him. And also because I'm pissed at Sasuke right now- I hope he rots in the underworld. But I had a interesting time reading everyone's responses last chapter about Sasuke. Especially with the current manga line. Heh, that's why we all love Naruto.

I'm gonna do the review responses really quickly. I must go finish terms and study for Japanese test tomorrow- Bleh.

Thank you for reviewing: Sally11 (... I naturally assumed he did because there was a chapter title in the manga of Naruto, Sasuke, and Lee in formal western clothes. But I could be wrong), Saiera, Twilight Rose (very interesting way of interprating it), SirenM, Ryouseteki (Love confession? I wish! You seem to have to opposite view of Twilight Rose about Sasuke- heh), The La/=/er (I think I'm beginning to love your long messages. Glad you like Itachi considering how much I love him, I try to make him seem like himself. About his books, they were lying right next to the backpack and even in Kishimoto-verse, I'm sure they have some type of rudimentry education at the academy that are similar to normal education so Sasuke should know what the subjects are besides killing people 101), Wolfgirl13, Apple Grace, Icehear19, Dragondame57, C.M. Aeris Queen of Insanity, Gi wo mite sezaru wa ya n, Prodigy-x3-Bombey, Ilweran, Gogo (I think I just disappointed you with this chapter- gah! I'm sorry!), Kin Uchiha, Va Va Voom, and Poison Death Tree.