beware of spoilers, maybe. and a whole lot of crack.
d i s c l a i m e r: i do not own naruto. be thankful.
It had been a pretty good day, all in all, up until that point.
"Hyuuga Neji, meet your fiancée."
Neji felt his eye twitch. Not that she wasn't beautiful, oh no, she was justdazzling, mesmerizing, (to the point that he kind of wondered how long it took her to get ready in the morning). No, it was the fact that—
"I'm sixteen," he told Hiashi, in an attempt to bring sanity into the conversation. Surely they weren't that old-fashioned?
"Nonsense!" said Hiashi brightly. "You are very mature for your age, and I'm sure that… er, what's your name, dear?"
The girl gave Neji her most beautiful smile, which disturbingly reminded him of Gai-sensei. Except about a hundred times worse, though he couldn't fathom why.
"My name is Merizu. I have a bloodline limit twice as powerful as the Uchiha Sharingan. I was formerly Kazekage Gaara-sama's fiancée. I am originally from Leaf, but I was raised in Mist, Sand, Sound—"
Neji looked at Hiashi. He looked at Merizu. Then he looked at Hiashi again.
"What," he said slowly, "have you been drinking?" And then, as an afterthought, he added respectfully, "Hiashi-sama."
"Nothing, nothing," Hiashi laughed, not unlike a girl. "But really, Neji! She is perfect for you!"
"I fail to see why," Neji ground out, shifting a bit. The creepy smile directed at him by the Merizu girl was scaring him. And, he told himself, it takes a lot to scare Hyuuga Neji.
"What kind of Hyuuga are you?" Hiashi roared in a sudden rage, then hiccupped. Aw, crud, the effect was killed. Oh well. "Ahem. Behold for yourself, Neji."
Neji glanced at Merizu, and then averted his eyes. He really wished she would stop staring at him, like a cat.
"Still don't see it," Neji said, taking yet another step further.
"Why Neji! Don't you see—" Hiashi paused to stifle another hiccup. "—her hair! Her hair, boy!"
"Her…hair?" Neji said weakly. Merizu flipped her silken curtain of ebony hair over her shoulder and made sure the light caught the sheen.
"Yes!" said Hiashi, triumphantly. "Her hair is pretty enough for the Hyuuga."
I hate my clan, Neji thought.
closing note: keep expecting updates this short.