Neji frowned as he went on his way to the next person to say his goodbyes too, if it was going to be as hard as it was with Naruto the hyuuga feared he'd be dead before he could even make it out of Kohana. He arrived to the doorstep of the next person and knocked lightly, briefly checking his reflection in the window to reassure himself he hadn't appeared like he was crying earlier. The door opened and he was greeted once again.

"NEJI!"

Lee grinned and pulled him in, ecstatic that his friend came to visit him.

"Sit sit!"

He pulled a chair up for Neji and forced the boy down into it. The taller boy laughed and watched as Lee instinctively grabbed his head protector and began tying it around his waist.

"So where are we sparring today Neji?"

He asked, eagerness in his words at the chance to train.

"There won't be any training today Lee…I came by because I had to tell you something."

Lee paused. No training? This does not compute. The smaller nin turned to face his friend, an evil grin slid onto his face.

"Oooooh, Right."

He pulled up a chair and leaned his elbows on the table, resting his head in his hands.

"So, You did more with the sand nin and are gonna give me details huh?"

The younger nin blushed and giggled up at Neji. The taller nin nearly choked on the air he was breathing,

"Lee, NO! That's not why I'm here at all."

The other pouted and sat up straight,

"So you didn't do anymore?"

The hyuuga stammered.

"I …well, ahem, that's not entirely true but-"

"Hah! I knew it, I mean I wouldn't have been able to resist. So what was it you guys did this time?"

Neji sighed, he knew there was no use arguing with Lee until you told him what he wanted to hear, he was stubborn that way. So he went on about the last night and how his Uncle entered before anything in Lee's words 'Sexilious' could happen.

Lee pouted again "Too bad your Uncle interrupted it."

The hyuuga chuckled and nodded,

"Lee, there was something I had originally came here to tell you."

The younger boy nodded, all ears.

"I'm…" Neji found it suddenly difficult to find his words, Lee was staring back with giant deer eyes that would stop a hunter in his tracks. He cleared his throat and went on.

"I'm leaving Kohana. I'm going to the sand country with Gaara."

"WHAT?" the other boy screamed in horror, complete with hair-clutching and wide eyes. "Y-Y-Y-YOU CAN'T!"

The smaller boy tried to breath and grabbed onto the taller nin's shirt.

"I won't let you! We were supposed to train together!"

He sniffed and his deer eyes grew even bigger if it was humanly possible.

Neji found himself on the kitchen floor for a few good hours comforting the boy now crying in his arms. 'So this is what Naruto felt like.' He marvelled as he stroked Lee's hair kindly. After 3 hours passed and Neji promising he'd visit, write, write about what he and Gaara did in the bedroom and any other room where the mood happened to strike them, and come back to train with the nin whenever he got the chance, the boy in his arms finally ceased crying.

The hyuuga smiled down at him

"Feel better now?"

"No."

The other whined and snuggled against his friend.

"I don't want you to go."

The taller nin laughed lightly, and tried to reassure his comrade.

"Hey, who knows? I might hate it, then I promise I'll come back here."

Lee smiled at this "Okay, then…I hope you don't mind me saying this Neji, but I hope you hate it there."

Neji laughed more. "I'll try."

He let go of the boy in his arms and stood up, they both brushed themselves off. Neji held out his hand to say goodbye but was tackled in a fierce hug instead. He wheezed for some air and hugged back until the other let go and his lungs could expand in his chest again. He waved as he walked out.

"Goodbye."

Lee shouted from the doorstep, "No, it's 'I'll see you later'. I hate goodbyes."

Neji smirked "Very well, I'll see you later."

Lee nodded and watched his comrade leave satisfied in knowing he'd see him again soon.

By the time Neji arrived at Gaara's it was almost four o'clock and the hyuuga was growing hungry, he decided it could wait though. He had one more person left to say goodbye too. He entered the house without knocking, the sand nins said he was welcome anytime. He saw Gaara's brother and sister at the table all drinking from their mugs, Shika stood by the counter with a mug as well, they all looked over to Neji as he entered.

"Is Gaara here yet?"

He asked politely feeling like he was intruding somewhat. Temari shook her head.

"No he's still walking. But you can stay around 'til he gets back."

"Yeah, he shouldn't be much longer now anyway." Kankuro added while taking a drink.

"Thanks, I'll be upstairs, is Sasuke awake yet?"

Temari shook her head again.

"No he lost a lot of blood, I wouldn't be surprised if he slept until nightfall in his condition."

Neji frowned, he wanted to talk to him now but decided that wouldn't do much good but it couldn't hurt either.

"Thanks, I'll be in his room."

Neji resisted the urge to run up the stairs and took them one at a time.

He snuck silently into the Uchiha's temporary room and quietly closed the door behind him. The hyuuga noted how dim the room was, this house had very few windows. He pulled a chair up to the bed and held onto Sasuke's hand. Sasuke looked the same as he did before except his cheek looked a little redder. Neji petted it lightly and smiled when he felt his hand get squeezed lightly.

"Hey Sasuke, I know you're not awake and you probably can't hear me but you might not be awake before I leave and I'd feel guilty if I didn't say goodbye first."

He murmured into the others ear softly, his breath shifted a few of his friend's hairs and he smiled sadly before continuing.

"Guess what? I'm moving to the sand country, isn't that great? I know you probably don't think so, nobody seemed to. But I think I'll really like it there, and I won't be alone. Temari, Kankuro, Shikamaru and Gaara will be with me. So you don't have to worry about anything. I just thought you should know that I'll be going so that…when you wake up a-and I'm not there…you'll know why."

His voice cracked and Neji felt Sasuke squeeze his hand tighter, now making tears form at the hyuuga's eyes.

"D-don't think I'm abandoning you though, I-I'm going to visit…every chance I get."

The taller boy sniffed and ran his free hand through the Uchiha's hair soothingly while he held onto Sasuke's hand with his other one, using his thumb to stroke his fingers. His voice grew raspier and he lifted the hand clutching Sasuke's to wipe his face, accidently wiping his tears on his friend's hand. He still had one more thing to say.

"I-I found something out about myself today…something I think you'd like to hear."

Neji swallowed, growing more nervous, he let out a small laugh.

"Heh, It seems whenever we have something important to say to each other, Naruto is the first to hear it. Well, this is something I-I really really want to t-tell you."

He brought Sasuke's hand up to his lips and kissed each finger delicately, the grip tightened.

"B-but I-it's something I really have to tell you when I know you can hear it s-so it'll have to wait…k?"

He leaned over and placed a kiss on his bruised cheek and whispered

"Wake up soon Sasuke."

He let go of the hand which struggled briefly to find the warmth it suddenly loss before going limp again. It seemed as though Sasuke had some degree of consciousness, just not enough to wake up yet.

Neji wiped away the tears falling down his cheeks and fixed his hair after he let the room.

"Neji! Gaara's back!"

He heard being yelled downstairs and he ran quickly to greet his boyfriend. The red head smiled as Neji descended the stairs and hugged him tightly.

"Hey, I wanted to talk to you."

"Oh?" Gaara inquired "What about?"

"My Uncle wants to meet you first, so he can approve and I can go to the sand country with you."

Neji smiled, knowing Gaara would like knowing he had permission now.

"I'll be there. What time?" the hyuuga looked up, trying to remember. "Six, he wants to have you over for dinner, be prepared for questions."

"That's perfect, then afterwards I'd like to take you for a walk somewhere."

Neji chuckled "A walk? Didn't you just come back from one? But sure."

He kissed the sand nin quickly before heading to the door.

"I'm going to wash for supper, I'll see you there. Oh.." he paused and turned back "If, um…Sasuke wakes up tonight, could you tell him I want to talk to him? It's kinda important."

Temari nodded and flashed him a reassuring smile that she would. Neji thanked her and took off for home. He didn't know what good telling the Uchiha that he loved him back would bring, he was just as in love with Gaara and he had no intention of breaking up with him. But his friend deserved to know, he had to know, Naruto's words echoed through his head.

After Neji left, Gaara turned to the three standing in the kitchen.

"See that if our guest does wake, he doesn't disturb the evening I have planned for Neji."

The other's all nodded obediently.

Needless to say, the dinner/interrogation went amazingly. Neji was struck at how charming Gaara could be when he tried. When he was questioned about it afterwards he just commented on how he was motivated by Neji's presence, which made the hyuuga giggle and swoon on the inside. Gaara then insisted since the packing could wait until tomorrow that Neji accompany him on a late stroll. The hyuuga couldn't say no, and held the sand nin's hand as the left the house. Gaara lead him through the forest for a while before showing him a small clearing in the woods he deemed 'perfect'. The hyuuga's eyes widen in recognition when he saw it was the secret little spot he visited frequently.

'How would Gaara know about this place?' he wondered and stared in astonishment at his boyfriend, who just smirked in return.

"Neji…I have something more to ask."

He took the taller nin's hands in his own and looked up at the hyuuga.

" First, Do you love me?"

Neji was shocked at himself at how prepared he was to say yes. He knew those words were not something to just agree to so quickly, he decided to take a moment to think it over. Sixty seconds later, he concluded that he did when he stared back into Gaara's eyes and murmured a heart-felt reply.

"Yes."

Gaara smiled, satisfied he finally won over his soul-mate, now to the more difficult question.

"Neji, can I turn you tonight?"

He pulled the boy closer and motioned with his eyes up to the moon, crimson in colour. Neji stared at the moon, in complete awe at its beauty. The hyuuga paused at the question, not because he was nervous, but because he had thought about it before. He figured it was an inevitability since he was dating some super-vampire creature.

"Will I still be me?" he had a few questions about this turning thing. Gaara nodded,

"The only thing that will be different is that we'll be bound to each other, and you'll have a few new powers."

Neji nodded and nuzzled close.

"Then tonight would be a perfect night for it."

The red head grinned, 2 out of 3 questions were a go, one more to go and he'd have Neji to himself for an eternity. He tilted the hyuuga's chin up and kissed down his neck.

"One last thing…and no questions asked."

He mumbled into the other boy's skin who moaned a lazy 'yes?' Gaara purred, he didn't want Neji to know he was asking this out of jealousy.

"I want to suppress your memories of the Uchiha."

Neji's eye's widened as fangs tickled his neck.

Back at the sand nin's house Sasuke moaned and fluttered his eyes open. His hand touched his sore cheek, had he dreamed that kiss? He looked around in hopes to find Neji and slowly sat up.

"So he's awake already?" Came a voice from the door.

The Uchiha snapped his attention to the door as three people entered the dark room. Sasuke saw Shikamaru seemed to have his mind back and untensed a little.

"Where am I? Where is Neji?"

The dark haired boy asked and tried to stand only to be pushed back into the bed. He let out a pained hiss as his wounds seared with pain and clutched his shoulder.

"Calm down and stay put, we're here to make sure you don't ruin Gaara's night."

A boy with red markings on his face spoke. The boy in the bed sneered at the mention of Gaara's name.

"I want to go, I need to find Neji."

Sasuke couldn't explain it, he suddenly became very concerned about the leaf nin's whereabouts.

Shikamaru moved to the end of the bed, "Look, Sasuke we're here to make sure you don't go running after the hyuuga. Gaara intends to turn the boy tonight." He spoke in a lazy voice.

"Turn him!"

Sasuke's eyes nearly jumped out of their sockets. So that's why he never trusted the red head, as soon as he entered the classroom that day he had a bad feeling about the sand nin.

At that moment the blonde motioned for the nara boy to stop talking who shrugged back.

"Why not tell him what's going on and what Gaara plans to do? Who'll believe him, we'll be gone soon. He deserves to know, don't you think?"

There was something hidden in Shikamaru's words, something Sasuke couldn't pinpoint, but he knew the strategist was planning something against him. Temari was quick to catch on to what Shikamaru was planning, he was going to stall the Uchiha with an explanation. By the time Sasuke would catch on Gaara would have probably bitten the hyuuga. Kankuro looked back and forth between the two, he had no idea what they were thinking but to save himself from embarrassment he decided it would be best to play along. He figured they'd explain it to him later.

Temari sat on the end of the bed making Sasuke sit up more in a defensive position. Her eyes took on a red glow as Kankuro stood in the doorway.

"Let us tell you a little about ourselves…"

Kowaikage- Heehee, I left it off in a cliffhanger and what's better is the next chapter is the last chapter! Hurray! It's coming to an end, aren't you happy? Well I hope you like it so far.

And now to thank my reviewers who I love

HikAri Aki- Heehee, yeah Neji finally broke, good thing Naruto was there.

Neko-chan- yeah, Gaara does come off as possessive and cruel doesn't he? It must be love! Lol.

Shino-Shikamaru- Thanks! I'm happy you like it. I used a different vampire perspective when I wrote this so I'm glad everyone seems to be enjoying it

BlacKat- Man, I wouldn't know where to begin if I had to choose between Gaara or Sasuke…part of me is glad I don't have to worry about it and the other part is wishing I was in a dilemma like this…it would be so hot.

assassin- heehee thanks. I love random make-out scenes, almost a shame they don't happen in real life. Lol oh well, a girl can dream…

diongmyoji Sirius- Lol, I doubt Naruto will get with Sakura, it was more of a pity date. As for Neji well….heehee

Ho-sama- Heehee, thank you//huggles/

Kokuryuuha018- Shoot! I thought I fixed all the 'prolly's' in the chapter. I meant to have only used them for the Author's notes but I must have mixed some. Thank you for pointing them out though, I'll double check this chapter before I post it. Thanks for the review! I appreciate the help.