Neji glanced up at Sakura, who had fallen asleep on his back. Shaking his head he stared at the ground as he walked.

"So, what made you do it?"

Neji looked up at the man who was talking to him.

"What made me do what?"

"Sleep with her?" He asked, turning to look at Sakura.

Neji frowned as he looked back at Sakura, "Attraction mostly, she was the brightest member of my team, not to mention the cutest."

"The first time you did it, what did she do?"

Neji inwardly kicked himself, why was he talking to this pedophile! "She was a mess. So I calmed her down a bit."

"You got her drunk?"

"No. I just told her what I wanted, and that I'd take care of her."

"Annnd?"

"She was for the protection. She doesn't have any family members, and was rather lonely."

"You took advantage of her?"

"No. I-" Neji was cut off when Sakura woke up.

"What? Are we there yet?" She yawned, hugging Neji.

"No." Neji replied, glad that she was awake and he wouldn't have to talk about taking advantage of children. Suddenly, he felt like a dirty old man.

Sakura nuzzled Neji's neck as she wrapped her legs tighter around his waist. "Nice story perv." She whispered into his ear.

Neji blushed slightly as he dropped her.

Sakura stood up and hurried after Neji. "You're so mean sensei!" She yelled at him as she rushed went to hit him with her fist. However, her face hit his back when the group stopped. "Huh?" She asked, looking around Neji, she saw that they had arrived at a medium sized village.

"We're going to stop here for the night. We have an inn room set up for us. Come on." The head man of the group announced. Placing their cart onto the street, they walked into the inn.

Neji followed the men into a large room, Sakura right behind him.

The elder ninja passed them a rolled up pad and a blanket. "You two are going to have to share. But keep it down to a whisper you two, we need to sleep." Chuckling, he turned around and set up his mat and plopped down into it.

Sakura looked from the pad in Neji's arm to Neji. "I'm hungry sensei." Sakura whined, tugging on Neji's shirt.

Neji made their bed in the corner of the room and took Sakura's smaller hand. Leading her out of the inn, he walked her to a ramen stand. "All right. We've got to figure this out. You're in the bingo book right? And you need to change your appearance…" Neji informed her in a hushed tone.

"So do you sensei." Sakura teased, wrinkling her nose with a smile.

Neji frowned as he averted her green eyed gaze. "You need to change your hair color."

Sakura felt her mouth drop open, "No! I-my hair!" Placing her hands over her hair, she whined.

Neji nodded as he stared at her, "I think black. We can just get a temporary die, like, for parties. It'll come out with soap and water."

Knowing that Neji was right, Sakura's posture slumped as she let her hands fall down to her side. "I like my hair. What are you going to do?"

"Change of clothes for one."

"And?"

"What? I'm fine!"

"He'd know you were a Hyuga the moment you walked in, it's written all over your face! You have to cut your hair."

Now, it was Neji's turn to grab his hair, "What! No! Not my long hair!"

Sakura frowned, "I know. I like it too. Maybe, if you got it trimmed, and oooh! I know! Okay, forget the hair cut. I can style it something good!" Smiling from ear to ear, she rushed into the shopping center leading Neji around the entire time.

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It was late at night when they crept into the room. The loud snores of the other ninjas echoing throughout the darkness.

Sakura watched Neji slip onto the pad and stare up at her with bedroom eyes. "You're such a tease!" She mouthed as she slipped in next to him. Sakura gently pushed him over a bit for he was taking up most of the pad. When Neji scooted back to his original spot, Sakura frowned and tried again.

Neji rolled his eyes and gently moved her so she was lying on top of him. "There, okay? There's not enough room for two people."

Sakura felt her cheeks light up as she nodded and lay down, resting her head on the crook of his neck. After what seemed like forever, Neji finally fell asleep beneath her. Propping herself up by her arms, she stared down at his face. He looked rather peaceful without that scowl he carried around. She noticed his lips were parted partially. Reaching up with hers, she pressed hers gently against his lips. When they touched, she felt her cheeks light up. Pulling away, she felt his hand slide up her back and onto her head, bringing her lips closer to his as he kissed her in a slow manner.

Sakura slowly pulled away, sliding back down to his chest. Placing her ear to his chest, she listened to his breathing and heart rate, he was still asleep. Glancing up, she saw a smile grace his lips as he sighed beneath her. Closing her eyes, she smiled as she drifted off to sleep.

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"Hey love birds, wake up… what did you do with your hair girl?"

Sakura sighed as she hugged whatever she was laying on. It smelled nice and it was rather warm. Cuddling it, she buried her face into the nice thing.

Neji sighed heavily as he woke. Looking down, he saw that Sakura was trying to go back to sleep. Sitting up, he blinked down at her, trying to wake up fully. Once he was awake, he gently scooped her up and stood up, placing her over his back, he shifted her weight around a few times and scooped up his bed things before following the others out of the room.

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By midday, they stopped for a rest. Sakura smiled up at Neji as they walked, her black hair pulled into a small ponytail. Pulling out some medical wraps, she faced Neji's hair. "Okay, this will only take a second. And it'll look awesome." After running her fingers through his long dark hair a few times, she quickly braided it and wrapped the back up tightly in one long line. Sakura turned him around and fixed his bangs, pushing them to the side with a smile. "There."

Neji felt his hair that was tied in the back, wrapped into one long string. Shrugging he sighed, "It's better then a hair cut."

"Of course it is sensei." Sakura stuck out her tongue and smiled cutely.

Neji flashed a quick, small smile in her direction as he noticed the others starting to walk again.