Chapter 7: Hyuga, Uchiwa, Haruno, a Fox, a teacher.

Neji walk in the street of Sakura’s appartement. Sasuke was in the corner a few moments ago. He’s here... Seeing Neji advancing towards him, he stand with an hostile face.
Sasuke: "What you do want, Hyuga?"
Neji: "Inform you. Don’t approaches Sakura anymore."
Sasuke: "It’s not your business"
Neji: "It’s mine."

Sasuke’s expression becomes more threatening, briefly Neji wonders :Sasuke is ready to go how far to achieve his goal ? Until murder, undoubtedly... He hasn’t the single trace of moral sense like his brother. Let’s hope that Hinata will educate her kid better... Neji could easily escape from Sasuke, but he fears that Sasuke attacks Sakura and Hinata, then he prepares to fight. But before the tension explodes, blonde hair appears in Neji’s field of vision in a near street. Neji has a small smile, there is somebody whom he’ll be able to use to his advantage.

Surprising Sasuke, Neji moves back and jumpi above the near roofs. By reflexes, Sasuke follows him and lands... right in front of Naruto.
Naruto: "Wah, Neji and Sasuke? What happens?"
Neji announces: "Sasuke maltreated Sakura."
Before Sasuke understand what Neji said, he takes a fist in the face. Neji didn’t say all the truth, and he won’t say it to not betray Sakura. Naruto holds Sasuke by the collar 20 cm above ground-level while howling to him: "You bastard! Don’t dare to make Sakura suffer! ", before beginning to strike him.

Sasuke is quite busy fighting with Naruto and Neji can leave quietly towards his appartement. Now that Naruto is warned, Sakura doesn’t have anything to fear. Suddenly feeling a presence behind him, Neji starts and turn over to run up against Kakashi. This one asks him coolly: "Sakura found a good excuse to not leave on mission with us the last time, that had surprised me from her... what you said a few moments ago is true? "
Neji: ".. it’s actually more serious."
Kakashi: "... understood "

And he disappears in a cloud.Neji is now completely reassured. After having been scold by Sakura for not bringging back srawberries, Neji lie on the settee to sleep.

In the middle of the night, the feeling of a presence makes he rise in a jump, but it’s only Kakashi.
Kakashi: "Sasuke and me leave on mission immediately and very far. I’ll have long explanations with him. Don’t say it to Sakura, but I won’t let him return in Konoha as long as he present a threat for her, or any other woman. If she wants to speak about it, send her to Tsunade, she is well-informed."

"Kakashi-sensei..." Sakura’s voice makes the two men start, who didn’t hear when she had opened the door.
Sakura: "I heard..."
Kakashi: "Sakura, trust me. You’ll team with Naruto alone a few times, he’ll take care of you. Keep confidence in you. I occupy of Sasuke. "

After Kakashi’s departure, Sakura turns to Neji.
Sakura: "What did you make? you told it to everyone!"
Neji: "Not, I didn’t say anything. He had already guessed, and I think that he was supervising Sasuke."
Sakura doesn’t have happy: "Thanks for wanting to help me. But I’ll regulate this probleme alone. You’re not concerned."
Neji answers nothing and each oneget back to sleep. Sakura go home the following day, and life go on as always.