Assassination

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At the Hokage's and the invite

"Good plan." Naruto said. He then reached for Sasuke's mask inches away from pulling it off.

Sasuke quickly reacted by grabbing his sword from his waist and had it to Naruto's neck. He didn't have time for this. Naruto backed away to make he wouldn't get stabbed and then at the same time, him and Neji attacked. They struck Sasuke with two kunai each. Sasuke fell over to the ground and turned into a log.

"Damn it, a substitution jutsu." Naruto said picking up the log and digging out his kunai.

"I can't believe that slipped past me." Neji said as he dug his own kunai out of the log and inspected them. He figured they were ok and put them back in his carrier. He looked at Naruto who was now putting his kunai away. They decided to see if the Hokage was ok.

"Are you ok sir?" Neji asked as he helped the Hokage up. The Hokage nodded and looked at them.

"Neji Hyuuga and Naruto Uzumaki! You boys were in the Chunin examines five years ago. How are you? Who's your sensei, and farther more, who attacked me?"

"Well, we're good, and we have Kakashi still, well Neji is an asset to our team since Sasuke left, and we don't know who attacked you, he got away. Sorry sir." Naruto stated.

"Well you boys have earned this, since you're almost Junín, you can go to the special gathering for you all, all of you who were in the Chunin exams. You and Naruto are defiantly accepted Neji. You wear what you please, because the Junín will watch the room to make sure no one comes in. So be ready on that day. It's like a high school dance, aside from all the Junín standing around and you can freely dance the way you please. Here are the invites," He said handing them the separated invites, "You are free to leave."

Neji and Naruto walked out side by side and looked around to make sure the ninja wasn't waiting till they left to kill the Hokage. He was no where in site. They walked home and talked about what they might wear.

With Sasuke

Sasuke ran through the pathway to Orochimaru's, his shoulder still bleeding from the kunai that was in it. He couldn't believe it. Naruto and Neji are still around! Shit! Now I'll have to be real careful. He lost his thoughts when he was greeted by Orochimaru at the entrance. He looked into Orochimaru's eyes and noticed the unhappiness. He walked up to him and bowed.

"What took you so long my Sasuke, you usually are back before it's almost dark."

"I ran into some simple minded ninja who tried to remove my mask, but they went for the substitution jutsu I used."

"Alright, now what about the Hokage?"

"Let's just say, he'll defiantly cancel."

"Alright my Sasuke come in and let's take care of that shoulder wound you've been trying to hide from me."

Sasuke's eyes widened. He didn't think it was visible. He looked and noticed the blood had bled through his shirt. He walked next to Orochimaru and they walked toward Orochimaru's room.

With Neji and Naruto

I the Hokage, and sensei Kakashi Hatake are pleased to say we give Neji Hyuuga the permission to attend this enlightening event. We would like you to come and be relaxed and dance to some songs, drink some juice, (if you are over eighteen Chunin, yes you can drink.), and just socialize with friends. Please be mindful to others around you and please have a good time. It will be tomorrow.

Hokage

Kakashi Hatake.

Neji closed the letter and smiled. He hadn't been out without fighting in a while. He decided it was for the best and he liked to dance a lot. He actually decided to think about the last time he danced.

Flashback

Neji grinded behind the person. Their bodies moved in perfect motion with the song that played on the radio. The person could move so fluently, kind of like an angel, but a stripper at the same time. Neji enjoyed dancing with this person. He began to move his hands to the person's hips and move them in a more fluent motion. The person leaned into it and leaned back on Neji. Neji moved his hands to the front of the person's shirt and felt on the person's right nipple. The person turned around and put their hands around Neji's neck, and Neji gripped the person's ass. They continued to dance like this till the end of the song. Neji smiled and kissed the person on the lips, and caressed his left cheek.

"You're getting better Sasuke."

"I know and you're trying to hard to get in my pants, and I say we're too young, so hold off."

"Fine, then I'll just dance with you everyday and I'll give you kisses till you say."

"Ok, then come and get me." Sasuke began to run down the hallway of the house Neji lived in and wanted Sasuke to move in. Even though he was thirteen, he was given the house and could move anyone he wanted in. He chased Sasuke being hot on his trail until Sasuke did a quick turn and Neji ran straight into the couch. He growled and got up and chased Sasuke. Being inches away Neji grabbed Sasuke's hips and began to move his finger tips on Sasuke's hip bones. Sasuke giggled and wiggled around.

"Ok, stop, stop!" Sasuke pleaded and Neji picked him up bridal style. For being thirteen Neji was pretty strong, and Sasuke was really light. Neji placed him on the couch lying down and lied on top of him. He placed his lips to Sasuke's and shared a passionate kiss. The kiss deepened and Sasuke let out a tiny moan. Neji took this opportunity to stick his tongue in Sasuke's mouth and taste Sasuke's sweet essence. Sasuke fought back and they kept it up, both tasting each other till Sasuke broke the kiss for air. He looked at Neji and smiled.

"I love you so much."

"I love you too, Sasuke." Neji said as he laid on Sasuke and they slowly fell asleep.

End of Flashback

Neji snapped back to reality and looked around to see Naruto eating ramen as usual and Gaara sitting silently with his eyes closed. He smiled and looked at Naruto and decided to ask him a question.

"Hey Naruto, what are you going to wear to this thing?"

"I don't know, jeans and a t-shirt."

"I don't know that's a little plain, but if that's what you feel comfortable in."

"Yeah, what about you Gaara?"

"I'm not going to some stupid social crap. I refuse to belittle myself in such a way."

"Geez every since you joined us, you've had a bad attitude. You need to go out more, have some fun, jump around, and look at the sunshine."

"I hate to look at the sunshine."

"But you love stars." Neji butted in.

"Yeah, just like Sasuke…" Naruto blurted out. He looked at Neji who looked like someone had just been killed in front of him. He hated when people mentioned Sasuke and stars in the same sentence. He just shook it off and smiled and acted like it didn't matter, when it really did. Naruto shared his pain since they both loved Sasuke. They all continued to do whatever till they could think of how to get Gaara to go, while Gaara thought of how to keep them both away.

The Hokage's

The Hokage sat in front of Orochimaru. He swallowed and tried to get a good look at the two ninja by him.

"Now Hokage, I understand that you're holding a social of some sort for ninja. I want my ninja Sanarie to be able to attend." He point to Sasuke who was on his right.

The Hokage looked at him and nervously wrote his name on the invite and gave it to Sanarie and told a Junín to add his name to the list. He looked at Orochimaru and gave a stern look before speaking.

"What else do you need Orochimaru?"

"I just want your approval for him to go," He said as he stood up and looked at Sasuke, who was now Sanarie. He couldn't grasp why Orochimaru wanted him to go, but he left it alone. Orochimaru started to take his leave when he stopped at the doorway where some of the blood from Sasuke being there previously had been. "And you missed a spot." He walked out with Sasuke and Kabuto right behind him. They walked completely out and vanish with Orochimaru. Sasuke finally decided to ask Orochimaru why he needed to go.

"Why do I need to go?"

"You need to see which of the old Genin are still alive, and if so…Kill them!" Orochimaru said as he walked out and left Sasuke standing in his place.

"No." he whispered. I could never bring myself to kill Neji or Naruto or Gaara for that matter. He shook off what he was thinking and walked in and went to his room.

Neji, Gaara, and Naruto

"I say we go to the mall and by some junk." Naruto suggested.

"No, just wear what we have, and not waste money, and yes Gaara you're going." Neji said.

"Fine, I'll go so you'll get off my ass!" Gaara said with a deadly look in his eyes.

They all were quiet until the phone rang. Neji got up and answered it.

"Hello?"

"Hey babe."

"Ten-Ten, hey."

"Are you going to the social?"

"Yeah, all of us. Me, Naruto, and Gaara. What about you guys?"

"Ino and Sakura just got their's and their fighting over which boy will ask them to the social."

Neji laughed slightly, "Tell them good look from me."

"Alright I will. I'm going to call Lee and ask how he's doing. I need to see if he'll want to go with Sakura. Bye baby."

"Bye." Neji hung up the phone and looked at the time. He didn't even realize it was past midnight. He looked into Naruto's room to see him sleep, and Gaara was as well. He ventured off to his room, closed, and locked his door. He stripped off his ninja close to reveal being in red boxers with black flames around the waistband. He went to his dresser, opened a drawer and pulled out a picture of him and Sasuke smiling and leaning on each other. He looked at it and a small but noticeable tear fell down his cheek and he wiped it away, placed the picture back and climbed into bed. He whispered words that only he could here.

"I miss you so much."

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