Because my last fan fiction was a bust I decided to make a new one. Hope you enjoy this one more then my other- Yoko13
P.S I do not own Naruto as much as I wish I did.
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Prologue: Face in the Water
It was about noon. Neji's cell had been walking for a few days. There master, Guy, thought it would be a good training to go on a month long hike from Konoha to the land of stone and back. Neji wasn't so thrilled but Lee was really excited. "Sensei always favors Lee over Tenten and I," he had thought when they set out.
Any way, they had been walking for two weeks and had just reached the land of stone. "Please master Guy. Can we rest for a while? We've been walking for three days straight," complained Tenten. "Oh stop whining. Your full of youth and youth will keep you full of strength," said Guy.
After a few more minutes of complaining, Guy finally gave in. "All right. We can rest for ten minutes. No more no less," he said. "Neji. Theirs a river about a quarter of a mile from here. Can you go get some water?" Neji stared at him a moment. "If I must," he said quietly picking up a bucket. "Typical. While the others rest he sends his star pupil who apparently never needs rest to go on an errand," he thought
He continued to walk and soon reached the river. He walked down to the bank and filled the bucket. When he was finished he saw something in the water. Something that scared him. He saw his reflection but half his face was missing. Where the other half should have been he saw his sisters.
As he looked at the reflection he remembered his sister's words at the chunin exam. "I can see it now that even more than me it's you who are torn and suffering… caught between the destinies of the main branch and cadet branch of our clan," she had said. Neji had thought these words over hundreds of times and the same question had popped into his head each time. "Am I really torn," he asked himself.
His fear suddenly turned to anger. He slammed his hand down onto his reflection. "Why do you torture me lady Hinata," he asked. "WHY! Your words confuse me, anger me, and scare me. Why don't you just leave me alone!" he closed his eyes for a minute. When he opened them and looked into the river his reflection was normal again.
Then he heard a sound. A sound he had only heard once. A sound that would make lord hokage himself (if he was still alive) quiver in fear. A sound that is scarier then standing face to face with the nine tailed fox demon. The sound was Lee, screaming like a little girl.
"There in trouble," he thought as he dashed off into the woods leaving his bucket behind. As he neared the spot they had stopped at he heard more sounds. Only these sounds were of pain and suffering. When he finally reached the spot what he saw horrified him.
Kunai and shuriken were every were. Lee and Tenten were on the ground covered in blood. And right in the center was Guy. He had tons of shuriken sticking out of him. He was missing an arm and had a giant shuriken sticking out of his back.
Suddenly, Neji felt immense pain. He hit the ground before he even realized he had been hit. The last thing he remembered was his sensei crying out his name before every thing went black.
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Hope you liked the first chapter! More to come soon-Yoko13