(A/N: mkay. Now Neji comes in! YAY! –I adore Neji-. Well… I kinda fast forward a lil towards the end. If ya'll think I did nething wrong or something, just let me kno, I appreciate ur input! Please RnR… that's about it. ENJOY!)
Neji stood in the center of the forest in a small clearing. His eyes were closed, his mind was cleared. If he could get this, his pinhole blind spot would be gone. A blind spot this small doesn't seem that bad, but it was for him. The further away the enemy was, the bigger the blind spot was. He concentrated his chakra and, once he had enough, his eyes snapped open. His eyes were almost all white; he had what looked like veins from the edges of his eyes spreading to his temples. This was Byakugan.
Before him, a few yards ahead, a deer was feeding. To his right, a young ninja named Konohamaru was playing with his girlfriend, Moegi. They could be strong, had they trained like Neji did, instead of flirt. But Neji went back to his training.
There were six birds behind him on the edge of the forest. One of the birds stirred; something frightened them. The six flew into the air and Neji turned to look at them. He cursed under his breath when he saw seven birds fly high in the sky. The blind spot was still there. He turned back to face the place where the deer was feeding to continue training by scanning the forest.
After a few minutes of training, Neji saw through his Byakugan Sakura and another girl approaching. They must have scared the birds. Once Sakura was in the clearing, Neji spoke up, making the other girl jump, "What do you want?"
"The Fifth Hokage wishes to know if you would be willing to train this girl," Sakura replied formally, "Her name is Yukie. She's trained as a ninja before, but a memory jutsu was used on her. She doesn't remember anything that has to do with ninjas."
"Why does The Fifth want me to teach her?" Neji inquired.
"According to Kakashi, she has a bloodline jutsu we've never seen before. But he says it's a lot like Byakugan. If you're not willing to take her, I'm sure we could bring her to Hinata."
Neji closed his eyes, "Hinata needs to train. She's weak; not strong enough to be a teacher."
"That's why we came to you. If you could teach her a couple of times a week, I could take care of everything else. Tsunade will be assigning me a Genin team and she plans to put Yukie in it."
"I will see if she is suitable to teach. But if she is, she won't fit in with the other two."
Sakura turned to Yukie, "Would you want Neji to teach you even if you don't fit in?"
Yukie replied automatically, almost as if she had been given this choice before, "Fitting in matters nothing if it means I can be strong." Sakura looked shocked.
Neji seemed impressed, though. He said with a small smile, "The reply of a soldier. I wonder where you had been trained." There was a moment of silence as Neji took Yukie in. She seemed strong. Her chakra was great. Even though she mostly acted shy and unconfident, he could tell she was trained to be a powerful ninja. Her eyes were hard, indicating she had killed before and would probably have no trouble doing it again. Her stance was light, like she was ready for an ambush. She moved little, but saw a lot, probably subconsciously taking in her surroundings and keeping an eye out for trouble.
Turning to Sakura, Neji made up his mind, "In one week, the graduation exam will be taken at the Ninja Academy. Give her to me for that long. At the end of the week, I will give you my decision."
Sakura nodded and left Yukie and Neji alone. Yukie turned to Neji; he looked strong. He wore tan shorts and shirt. His black hair was long and tied back at the bottom. His eyes were strange. She wondered if she would have strange eyes like Kakashi and Neji once she learned to use her jutsu.
"You're Yukie," he began, taking a step toward her, "I'm Neji. I might teach you… if you prove you're strong." The two shook hands and Neji continued, "Follow me; it's time to test your skills."
The two walked further into the forest until they reached a huge clearing with various objects around it.
Neji turned to Yukie, "I'm going to give you one minute to figure out how to activate your bloodline jutsu. By the end of that minute, if you haven't made any progress, I can't teach you."
"But how should I know how to activate my jutsu?" Yukie asked slowly.
"The only person that could know is you." He replied, "Don't think about it, just do it."
Yukie took a deep breath and closed her eyes. She thought of Kakashi, raising his pointer and middle finger to concentrate his chakra. Something else in the back of her mind told her she was different. She crossed her pointer and middle fingers and raised it to be level with her face. Chakra stirred inside and Yukie opened her eyes.
Her eyes were black as night. Everything she saw was black, with small shade differences for solid objects. She looked over at Neji; he seemed to be glowing red, like she could see his body heat.
Neji was watching her. "What do you see?" he asked as she looked at him. When his lips moved, Yukie could almost see a shadow that was moving barely a second ahead of him.
"Everything's black, like it's in shadow. And people are reddish. It's weird."
Neji nodded and moved behind a tree, "Now what do you see?"
"The same thing. You're still red, just a little lighter."
Neji nodded again and came forward. He concentrated and two clones appeared. Then he asked, "What do they look like?"
"Grey, like everything else, but you," She replied, looking at one of the clones. It was almost like she could see through it.
The rest of the day went on like this: Neji would find out what she could see, and even how she fought. He said she had good reflexes. She didn't know how, but she almost managed to know what Neji would do a second before he did it. He took her to his house when the sun started to set. He prepared a room and a bed for her to stay in and made dinner for the two of them.
The next morning, Yukie decided to make breakfast for herself and Neji. He seemed to like her food, and took his time getting ready. Once again, Neji took Yukie back to the clearing in the forest and trained her to fight and use her bloodline ability. He told her she was growing faster than he had thought. He also said he had no doubt in his mind that Yukie had once been an expert in combat. Yukie was glad to hear him say this, and tried even harder to train.
During the next two days, Yukie trained with Neji. It was a huge strain on her body, but she still managed. For some reason, the energy it took to train for so long seemed to be easier on her than most people. On the fifth day, Neji was awake before Yukie. When she came out of her room, Neji called her over to him.
"You've been training very hard," Neji began when Yukie sat next to him at the table. "So today, you can rest. I've already decided to train you as long as you keep trying as you have been. I thought you should get to know Sakura and learn more about Konoha before you join your Genin team. Sakura's on her way… as long as you want her to show you around, she will."
Yukie nodded, "I'd love to see the village."
A few minutes later, Sakura came into the living room. Her smile was huge and, for some reason, she seemed excited. "Ready?" She asked, looking from Yukie to Neji. Both nodded and Yukie rose. "Well then, let's go!" Sakura said enthusiastically.
