Purity Of White
Autheress's Notes: I got reviews!! I did! I got lots of nice reviews from nice people who really seemed to like this story!
You people just felt sorry for me, didn't you?
Kyuubi: I hear all the sorry thoughts you think and I don't feel sorry for you.
When I said I felt sick, it was because... Well, actually, I really was sick! I had a really bad cold because my almost-step-sister, Kat, had a cold and we're sharing a room right now. But I feel better.
There's a few more songs that will be added on to this. I'm not sure how this will end, since this story doesn't follow a timeline. Like, in Apprentice, per say, It starts out when Shizuka is 14, and continues on from that event. This story is snippets from events thorought Neji's life.
Oh, yeah... Someone commented in chapter one that Neji took really good care of his hair because he put conditioner in... How dirty are you people? You guys don't put conditioner in every time? If your hair is past your shoulders, you have to put conditoner in or you'll get the grudge look. Unless the grudge look is something you want. I know guys who condition every night. That's why their hair is better then ours... Well, some of it is.
Song Details: Evanescence rocks yer socks! (heart) I think, personally, that this song is very fitting for Neji... Actually I think allo these songs are fitting for Neji... Basically, all low, sad, I-am-forsaken songs are good for Neji! (glomps him) You little angst-muffin, you!
Disclaimer: I OWN NOTHING! Well... I own my security blankie, which I cling to in desperation when I get no reviews (hint!)
Reading Key:
Lyrics (bold and slanted)
Thoughts, flashbacks, dreams
"Speaking"
(Time difference; location change)
"Field Of Innocence"
Chapter Timeline: Flashback: Neji, age 4 (pre-Bird-In-A-Cage), Hinata, age three; Non-flashback: Neji, age 14, Hinata, age 13 (basically, normal ages)
"Neji-nii-san!"
Neji turned in time to have Hinata pounce on him. He staggered for a second or two, then grinned and glomped her back. "Hinata-sama!"
Laughter echoed through the clearing as the two began picking flowers together to make a center-peice for their father's birthday table. Neji picked out a weed, which he found to be prettier then the other flowers, and took his hand at whistling, like he'd seen his father do on occassion.
He failed miserably. "Gah!" Throwing the weed down on the ground like it was it's own fault he couldn't whistle, he proceeded to stomp and jump up and down on it unrelentlessly.
Hinata giggled. "Neji-nii-san... You're so funny!"
Neji stopped stomping on the poor weed and grinned at her. "Thanks, Hinata-sama."
I still remember the world
Neji closed his eyes, remembering the soft tinkle of laughter through the woods surrounded the clearing as he stood in the very same spot.
From the eyes of a child
The laughter they'd shared... the times they'd spent... the sad times... the happy times...
Slowly those feelings
Why did it have to be this way? Neji thought angrily, looking around the field. So much was lost... by something so idiotic... Damn you, Head family! Damn you!
Were clouded by what I know now
Neji's heart fell slightly. No flowers blossomed in this clearing anymore... Just as his and Hinata's friendship didn't blossom any more.
Where has my heart gone
"Neji-nii-san," Hinata said quietly as they gathered the flowers into small bundles for each of their fathers. "Will we be friends for always and always?"
An uneven trade for the real world
"We can't not be friends for always and always, Hinata-sama," Neji said with a wide grin.
I want to go back to
"We have to be, no matter what." He nodded, as if saying his word was final, and went back to tying the flowers together with small pieces of string.
Believing in everything and knowing nothing at all
Neji closed his eyes in an attempt to block the memories out. A gentle wind picked up in the clearing, sending loose leaves from the trees surround in a cascade of sweet green.
I still remember the sun
His dark hair blew into his eyes... He'd forgotten to tie it back that morning. He automatically pushed it back.
Always warm on my back
"Hinata-sama." He glared out of the corner of his eye.
Somehow it seems colder now
Hinata's eyes widened, and she quickly looked away. "U-Um.."
Where has my heart gone
"What are you doing here?" Neji asked coldly, turning to look at her fully.
Trapped in the eyes of a stranger
Hinata and Neji smiled brightly, depositing their bundles of flowers into their fathers' laps.
I want to go back to
"Here, Daddy!" Neji said, grinning. "Hinata and me picked these for you and Hiashi-oji-sama!"
Believing in everything
Hinata and me...
Hinata gulped, twiddling her fingers before herself, still not looking at him. "I-I... just want t-to..."
"Wanted to what?" Neji said coldly, glaring at her.
Where has my heart gone
"T-To plant some flowers...."
An uneven trade for the real world
"Flowers can't grow here, Hinata-sama. They all died." Neji turned his back to her. "Go home."
Hinata gulped and nodded at once. "A-Alright..." She turned and disappeared into the woods without a sound of retort.
I want to go back to
As soon as she was gone, Neji cast his eyes down again, his frown disappearing slightly. Planting flowers...?
Believing in everything
Neji, huge silly grin still plastered over his face, running down the hall to the kitchen to get a vase for the flowers, as Hiashi had instructed. They liked the flowers, they liked the flowers! he thought in a sing-song voice, pushing a chair up against the counter and, using it as a ladder, climbed up onto the smooth surface and opening the cabinets. Gotta get a pretty vase for Hiashi-sama, yup!
Away
Picking out the prettiest vase he could find, Neji hopped back down to the floor, running out of the room and back down the hall, vase clamped down under one arm, singing a random nursery rythm as he ran.
Where has my heart gone
Just outside the door to thr training hall where his father and uncle and cousin was, however, Neji tripped over his own feet, falling flash on his face.
SMASH!
Neji gasped, looking down at the smashed vase, the pieces splattered on the floor beside him. "Oh no! No... the pretty vase..."
Trapped in the eyes of a stranger
"Don't worry, Neji-nii-san." He felt a soft touch on his shoulder. Looking up, he saw Hinata smiling at him in her gentle way.
I want to go back to
Neji looked up at her, then smiled. "Thanks, Hinata-sama!"
Believing in everything
Neji closed his eyes, remembering the gentle smile on Hinata's face as she reassured him. Hinata-sama... Where are you planting flowers...?
I still remember..
I have an idea! How 'bout we all vote on who our favorite Naruto guy is (as in, who you think is sexiest! -wink- Or, if you're a guy, who you think is coolest, unless you're gay....) and the one with the most votes will get a romance fic written by me! (Huge grin) This is gonna be fun! And, also, you don't have to decide, "Oh, I can't vote Neji because she's already writing a Neji fic." That is not the case! You can never have too many Neji fics and I have no problem writing two fics about the same person at the same time. (huge grin again) Vote vote vote! (Or I will choose one myself!)