A/N: Thanks for the reviews! They make me smile. I have the night off, so I'm going to type like crazy and update tons! ;3

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Sakura slid down panting, sitting next to Neji, "For an out of shaped ninja, you hold your own."

Neji smiled as he tried to catch his breath. Raising his hand, he took off his headband and grabbed her mask. "Yeah, well, I let you off easy."

Sakura scoffed as she slowly removed her armor and placed her sword next to her pack. Lying down into the tall grass, she stared up at the starry sky. "So, how are we going to do this again?"

Neji looked down at her, "Do what?" He froze as he held up his hand, signaling her to be quiet. Activating his Byakugan, he scanned the area. They had company, and right now, after that long spar, they were in no shape to take on these nukenin. Covering their equipment in the grass, he quickly leaned over Sakura. Lowering his lips to her ear, he informed her of the situation in a low whisper. "I'm going to do something, and you are going to have to play along. Okay?"

Blushing a bright red, Sakura nodded slowly as she watched Neji's hand lift from the grass and cupped the back of her head.

Placing a kiss on her cheek, he supported himself with his other arm. "You know. I kinda don't want to share you now."

Sakura watched his eyes as he watched the nukenin freeze. However, she couldn't stop them form closing when his lips met hers. Nor could she stop her hands from wrapping around his neck. For some reason, she didn't mind playing along with him.

Neji felt his stomach fill with some type of fluttering feeling, like he felt when he was fighting and loosing a battle he knew he couldn't win. Wrapping his arms around her, he deepened the kiss as he rolled over, pulling Sakura on top of him. She was doing a good job acting. Watching the nukenin search through the grass, he felt Sakura's hands playing with a strand of his hair. Neji once more rolled on top of Sakura, pulling out a kunai, he cut open her black top and slid his hand around her back.

"I think it's coming from over here."

Sakura's head moved back as she felt his lips move down to her neck. She gasped when his other hand moved into the front of her pants, giving away their position.

"Hey, you!" An older male ninja yelled from above them.

Neji sighed as he took his hand out of her pants and sat up, "Yes?"

"What are you doing in this field? This field belongs to our leader Sazona!"

"Right. Well, I was testing out this girl before I gave her to him. You see…" Letting a chuckle escape his lips, he let go of Sakura and stood up. "Tomorrow, I'm going to see your boss, see, I'm one of those nukenin he's recruiting from around the neighboring villages. So, as payment to him, I wanted to get him a little present."

Sakura sat up, covering herself with her arms. Her a present? She didn't think so.

"Oh, really? Well, where's the scroll that you were assigned?"

"We didn't get a scroll. We just heard he was recruiting nukenin and came here." Sakura spoke up, making Neji cringe slightly. Obviously, he wanted her to keep quiet.

"We?"

Sakura stood up and leaned against Neji, wrapping her arms around his waist, "This here, is my sensei. When his superiors found out about him sleeping with his student, they threatened his position. So, we killed that bastard and anyone close to him. They traced the murders to us and went to put us in jail, but by then we were long gone. We would have left without killing anyone, but, we wanted to leave with a bang, you know?"

Neji placed his hand onto her head, ruffling her hair a bit.

"Why did you want to give me away? I thought you liked me?" Sakura asked, flashing him her best puppy eyes, making her look ten years younger.

Neji smiled as his hand slid down to her backside and gave it a small squeeze, "Well, I don't know. We'll have to see what the boss says. I may not give you away, but I may have to share you."

Sakura smiled as she hugged Neji tightly around the waist, "Good! I don't mind you sharing me, but I don't want to leave you sensei! We're supposed to stay together forever. You promised!"

"What's wrong with your eyes?" Another nukenin asked, his voice cracking.

"I'm blind." Neji said simply. "Got a problem with that?"

"Well, if you're blind, then you can't fight."

"I could kill you all on the spot right now if I wanted to." Neji growled.

"Sensei, you have to be nice!" Sakura whined as she buried her face into his arm. "Threatening people won't get you anywhere!"

"Heh. Smart girl." The cracked-voice nukenin spoke up. "You can come with us. Do you got any stuff to travel with?"

Neji shook his head, "We just left with the clothes on our backs." His eyes traveled down to Sakura's shirt that was ripped in two. "Do you have one you could lend her? I seemed to have gotten carried away…"

The men around them laughed as one reached into his bag and pulled out a shirt for her. "Here. She can keep it."

Sakura took the shirt with a thank you and pulled it on over her head before clamping back onto Neji's arm.

"This way. It's about a days journey… are you guys up for it? Or do you want to camp here tonight? You look kind of tired…"

Sakura smiled cutely at the man, "That's because sensei couldn't wait to get to an inn. Sometimes he's too needy." Giggling, she grabbed Neji's hand and interlaced her fingers with his.

The man laughed as he nodded, "Riiiight. Okay, come on. If you want, you can ride the cart."

Sakura shook her head. "Nah, I've done enough riding today. Although… Sensei could give me a piggyback ride!" Running around him, she jumped onto his back and wrapped her arms around his neck.

Neji sighed as he rolled his eyes, Sakura in some way, was punishing him for something. Probably for bothering her about her dream earlier. Shaking his head, he followed the laughing men.

Sakura smiled as she lowered her head and whispered into Neji's ear, "Never assume that I am a common slut that could be given away as a present."

"Oh really? By the way you were dancing around naked a while ago, I would have guessed differently." He muttered back.

"I didn't leave one of those guys alive, did you notice that?" Sakura whispered back into his ear.

"You said you've done it before."

"Yeah, but I didn't say that any of them lived, now did I?"

"You let me live." Neji muttered as he smirked up at her.

Sakura frowned and nipped his ear making him wince. "Shut up."