Bite: Back again… ¤sigh¤ GOD I'M SLOW!
Neji: You really are… It took you what… two WEEKS to get this chapter?
Bite: I KNOW! ¤cries¤ I'm so sorry, but I'm having a little writers block! BUT, I'm getting off from it!
Sasuke: Don't count on it. She can't write this, 'cause her school's starting…
Bite: NO! I get ideas from there! HAHA! Yes I do! ¤runs around¤ OF COURSE I WILL!
Haku: God, she's losing it bad…
Itachi: She IS.
Bite: I WANT TO GO TO MADEIRA! ¤screams¤
Sasuke: WHAT?
Neji: Oh, nothing… she, her sister and mother are planning a trip to Madeira for Christmas… I mean… like the 26th of December…
Bite: I WANT SUN!
Haku: It's still summer!
Bite: But I already miss it!
Haku: GWAD, YOU'RE COMPLICATED!
Itachi: ¤sigh¤ Review corner…
Bite: Has anyone yet read Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince? growl¤ I'm going to KILL Snape! ¤roar!¤
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Kowaikage: ¤gives Shikamaru doll¤Ha. I just LOVE Orochimaru. Because he's the same like me. ¤evil grin¤ Just in the pervy way… OH! ¤hugs Omi plushie¤ THE JOY! THE RAPTURE! ¤huggles Omi doll¤ Domo arigatô! ¤bow¤ Omi has some kick ass legs… If someone can be even more feminine than Haku, it's Omi, folks! ¤grin¤
TheFutureFreaksMeOut: ¤giggles¤ I just laughed my ass off, writing that scene. ¤gives a Shika doll¤ I love Haku, because… he's gay! I've never gotten a chance like this… like making some guy acting like that. It's fun… ¤giggle¤ Sorry, but Gaara isn't in this particular chapter, but I'm trying really hard to push him on the next one!
Scapegoat: YAY! Scapie LOVED! ¤gives Shika doll¤¤ GAH! Don't kill Oro Jackson, Scapie! ¤tries to fix Oro-chan-maru¤ Some glue here and there… I need him in this fic, you know! And hey, I HAVEN'T killed Orochimaru yet because of your fics! ¤nod¤ But it's okay… Everybody just LOVE Orochimaru… And please, I'm getting guilty feeling, for not updating, as you're a machine! ¤wipes sweat¤ And when the school starts… Jeezh… Hmm… fck your nails. What about MY nails! ¤snivel¤
Burning Tree: IT IS HOT SHIT, MAN! ¤drools¤ ¤tosses the doll¤
Midnight-Sunset: Middy m'love! ¤hugs¤ Welcome back from English, baby:D ¤gives the Shika doll¤ Oh yes. And Oro Jackson will be perving waaaaaaaaaay more in this fiction. At least I think… ¤sweatdrop¤ Crossdressing for Neji? Would work good! So he and Sasuke could be… ¤brokes up laughing¤ OH MY GOD! MIDDY, YOU HENTAI! ¤maniac laughter¤ You HENTAIHENTAIHENTAI! ¤coughs¤ But for seriousness, they would look good in wedding dresses… ¤mutter mutter¤ Nope. Sasuke would. Because Neji looks damn sexah on suite! 8P With his hair in a ponytail and! ¤pass outs, drooling¤ GOD! I forgot the Gym shorts! ¤slaps herself on the forehead¤ DAMMIT! Naaaah, we'll go to that on later chapters… ¤mumble¤ POCKY! ¤eats¤ I wish I could eat real Pocky… ¤sniff¤
freakenout: Yon-san, Yon-san… ¤giggle¤ Who WOULDN'T want draw Neji with a high ponytail or shirt off and hair open! ¤drool¤ Neji's hot stuff… ¤gives Shika doll¤ Itachi with hair loose? ¤drools even more¤ And if he was shirtless too… and with Neji on the same picture… ¤massive nosebleed¤ (Neji: YOU HENTAI!) Sorry, Ne-chan… Nono, Haku did NOT get molested… He just hates Orochimaru for doing it with his eyes. ¤straigth forward¤ I'm cool ! 3
Lala to the power of 2: ¤SWEATDROP¤ Err… Umm… right. Well, I guess I agree to your opinion… a bit. ¤gives Shika doll¤
freya kurenai: Why thank you. ¤grin¤ hmm… Hakus outburst scenes will be coming then! On later chapters… ¤gives Shika doll¤
KKSG: NEW REWIEVER! ¤drowns to dolls¤ HERE YOU GO! And a cookie too. ¤gives¤
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Disclaimer: Don't own characters of Naruto. BUT, in this chapter, Masaki, Momoku and Ijimeru are strictly MINE! MINEMINEMINE! No touchy!
Pairings: NejiSasu, ItaNeji, TemaShika, ZabuHaku, SasuIno, GaaSasu, KibaIno, LeeSaku, KakaIru. Orochimaru perving over pretty boys. Sakura drooling over Sasuke. Some ShikaHaku hints, hmm? J
Bite: Yes, you read right. Sorry, but there's not gonna be no GaaNaru.
The muses: WHAT!
Bite: Yeah. I just… I just CAN'T make Naruto GAY! ¤screams¤ HE'S TOO STRAIGHT, DAMMIT! TOO STRAIGHT!
Haku: Well… not just TOO, but…
Sasu: She just couldn't make Naruto and Gaara a good couple, hmm?
Bite: NOPE. I could NOT do them to be a good couple… ¤plays with her plushies¤ They just… don't… match! ¤kills Naruto plushie with her Gaara plushie¤
The muses: ¤sweatdrops¤
Neji: Got the idea…
Bite: So, you can say what you want… ¤grumble¤ But, to the chapter. Go on, Ita-chan.
Itachi: Roger. ¤turns to the crowd¤ In this chapter, we will be seeing the coming of the OC's!
Readers: NOOOOOO!
Itachi: ¤sweatdrop¤ No fear, people. They're NOT Mary Sues. No girls.
Readers: ¤sigh¤
Itachi: I knew you would stay calm. So, don't copy these OC's right? And Bite is trying to hold them on the background. Their not serving a big purpose on the story, mmkay?
Readers: ¤nods¤
Itachi: Good. Gym class… and the deepened music class too. And Neji tries to angst.
Bite: Miserably.
Neji: HEY!
Bite: Oh Goodie! This is my 10th chapter! ¤yay¤ For that, I'll give you some cacke! ¤hands cacke to the readers¤
Neji sighed. Third round… Like the hell, they've done enough warm up! As he thought that, Lee just zoomed behind him and took his sixth round full. Neji was getting a feeling that this class was going with the speed of the fastest…
"C-mon Shikamaru, pick your phase!" Naruto whined. He had jogged with the now breathless Shikamaru, who was the last in the line, of course.
"Cant… too much… blood in the… mouth…" Shikamaru rasped, but kept on jogging.
"Is he really THAT out of shape?" Neji asked Kiba. Kiba grinned evilly. "Hell yeah. Shikamaru is the only one on the gym class who's got the liberation of getting away from the 2 kilometer run. He gets the girls round, meaning 1500 meters", the dog boy explained.
"Does he have astma or something?" Neji questioned. Kiba just shrugged. "I don't think so. I think he's spent too much time with Chouji. And I think he COULD run the way but he's just too lazy!"
Neji chuckled. "That would make sense."
Then, a high pitched whistle got through the gym. "OKAY! THAT'S IT! IN TO A LINE, EVERYBODY! HOP, HOP, HOP!"
Neji thought Anko was okay. Just a bit rough when it came to sports, but okay. She was a muscled woman and in a good, I mean really good shape. He got this dude named Raidou on her support, because you couldn't get girls play with the guys, right? (horrible rule… hate that rule…)
"Getting hot already?" Anko smirked.
"NO! CAN I STILL RUN?" Lee shouted. Anko sighed. "No, you can not. Sorry, but if we do the warm up on your phase, even Itachi here could choke."
"I already did!"
"Yeah right, liar!"
"Got me again, Kisame."
"Okay, okay! Hush in the line, everyone!" Anko ordered and sighed. "Now, were gonna play some ball! Guess what ball?"
"BASKETBALL!" Lee yelled.
"Good, Lee!" Anko said and threw a basketball to Raidou. "Raidou will take the boys, I'll take the girls. Shikamaru, get useful and lower the curtain, will you?"
"Um… Ma'am, I think he passed out…" Naruto mumbled.
"Oh dear… not again", Anko sighed. "Well, you do it, blondie! Chopchop!" "YES MA'AM!"
As the curtain was settled down and Shikamaru woken up, the team splitting began.
"Okay, the first one of course: Itachi, to the right, Kimimaro to the left", Raidou said, and the boys got to their spots. Kimimaro was glaring at Itachi, who was challenging the other one with his gaze. Neji looked at Kimimaro. The boy had a silvery hair and green eyes. He was tall, probably a junior as Itachi. But, Kimimaro had couple inches behind him, so it made him look taller. But still, some how Itachi looked more confident were he was standing.
"Okay… I'll let you do these, but remember that I'll do some changes if the playing isn't fair. Kimimaro can start", Raidou said and leaned to the wall, apparently interested what was going to happen.
"Kidoumaru", Kimimaro said calmly. Neji glared at the guy. He was the same stupid ponytail jerk from the classes…
"Zabuza", Itachi picked, getting Kimimaros eyes flash. Well, it wasn't that fun to compete with a huge boulder, was it?
"Jiroubou", Kimimaro said. Neji blinked. This guy… he must be a senior. The dude was friggin large! And not in a good way. But it seemed he had some muscles behind the fat. On that minute, Neji felt really, really small.
"Kisame", Itachi uttered. Neji felt like to laugh. No WAY he was going to picked quickly with this gang. These guys were huge. No way Itachi or Kimimaro was going to choose him. Neji smirked. Funny, cause in his school he had been almost an automatic chose.
"Sakon."
"Lee."
They heard a loud yell, which came from Lee, who jumped right on the field. Neji rolled his eyes. The guy was on idiot. Kimimaro looked at the group and then smirked.
"Younger Uchiha."
Itachi shot a death glare to Kimimaro. But, so did Sasuke. 'I have a NAME!' Sasuke yelled in his mind, but walked over to his new team. Neji raised his eyebrow in suprise. 'I guess Itachi is really good at sports… and they think it runs in the family…'
Itachi looked around and pointed. "Neji."
Neji snapped his head up and looked around. No, no other Nejis… He took a step. No, no one was moving. So, it had to be him. Neji walked coolly next to Zabuza. "No idea what's he doing?" he mumbled to the big guy. Zabuza shrugged. "I guess he thinks you can beat his brother."
As the selecting continued, Itachis team got Naruto, one other sophomore, couple seniors Neji didn't know, Shikamaru and this Shisui Lee told was Itachis cousin.
"Okay, what's the plan?" Shisui asked Itachi, who just grinned. "That's not for me to decide. Spit it, Shika-dude", he said, leaving Shisui and the freshmen dumbfounded. Shikamaru sighed. "Okay… You'll be the dart, with you will go Shisui and Lee. Kisame and Zabuza will take defense with Kamui (one of the seniors). I, Naruto, Neji and Masaki will take freedom of helping, as Tasuke (the other senior) will be doing the main defenser. Okay?" he explained battle plan.
Narutos mouth opened. "Man Shika-dude! Awesome!" "I'm not Shika-dude!" "Yeah, yeah Shika-dude…"
"Narutos right, that's good", Itachi nodded. "Okay, I'll take care of Kimimaro mostly, Shisui, you'll handle Kidoumaru. Kamui, Kisame, you'll take care of Sakon and Ukon. Don't even try to recognize which is which, you'll just get trapped. Tasuke will take Deidara (Deidara!) Shikamaru will take care of Kiba, Naruto gets Dosu and Masaki Zaku. And as for you Neji…" Itachi looked at Neji. "Think you can take care of my little brother over there?"
Neji sneered. "Like I couldn't!"
"As you like. But I'll warn you, he's fast", Itachi told him and tapped Zabuza on the shoulder. "And you, big fela will take Jiroubou." "I got a feeling of that…" "As for Lee, you'll be getting Sasori." "YOSHAAAAA!"
"Okay! Let's play ball!" Raidou announced. Kimimaro and Itachi got to the center, facing each other.
"We'll se who's the winner this time…" Kimimaro said.
Itachi grinned. "Talking is a waste of time."
Raidou threw the ball in the air and whistled. As Kimimaro was inches taller, he got the ball to his side. The Sasori guy with silvery blonde got the ball and started moving. Neji raised his eyebrows. 'He's fast… this guy… No wonder Itachi got Lee to deal with…'
It was true. Everybody else got on a serious disadvantage with Sasori in speed. He was little an quite thin, but he moved like a lightning. Neji tried to stop him by himself, but the guy got through him like in a snap.
'Who IS this guy?' Neji thought, as Sasori passed skillfully to Kimimaro, who did a good lay up. 'That was… seriously fast…'
"Okay, that's nothing. Lee, keep a better eye on him, will you?" Itachi said and Lee nodded. "Yosh!"
Next it was just battling. The seniors they got seemed to know the tricks that Kimimaro and Sasori had up their sleeve, and after the shock they got to the business. Itachi was going between the baskets on and on, never resting. And DAMN he knew how to PLAY! Neji nearly got to TOUCH the ball twice, as Kimimaro and Itachi were having a real duel. And, well, almost every guy was taller than him, so it was hard to take the ball. He thought he was good at basketball. Now, he seemed to be very wrong about it. It was already 6-8 to Kimimaros team, as something happened. Masaki just got the ball, when Deidara almost sent him flying backwards to the wall. The guy just crashed on to Masaki, with brutal force. And the same time, he made a score.
Raidou blew in the whistle and got to check Masaki. Deidara just sneered. "That's what you get, yeah… Faggots need no place in the gym, yeah…"
Neji felt something popping in his head. 'That guy…'
Zabuza stepped on step forward, but Itachi stopped him. "Don't do anything hasty."
Neji stared at the other team, were the idiots were snickering to themselves. Kiba glared at them, like he wanted to say something, but couldn't. Sasuke was quiet. He just stared. Didn't do a thing. Neji felt his rage coming at him. He could hear Shisui talking to Deidara. And he didn't like the sound of that conversation. Kisame and the seniors had a very same impression. Itachi seemed sad, but he didn't move…
"Hey, Masaki, are you okay?" Lee asked. Masaki was a sophomore, with half long blonde hair and eyes as blue as the ocean. He had strong make up in his eyes. Neji never had met him, but he could see why Deidara said what he said. Masaki looked girly. He was thin.
Masaki bit his lip and nodded, holding his ankle. "Yeah, I'm okay… that fucking idiot… I'm going to slice his throat open…" Masaki growled angered as hell.
"I guess you shouldn't…" Lee said and helped Masaki up.
"Masaki, you got to rest. Your ankles twisted", Raidou said. Masaki shot a glare at Deidara, who sent him a kiss. Masaki grumbled something, that sounded like 'okay'. Lee got to the court again, glaring at Deidara with angry eyes. Neji glanced at the team, when he hear the words:
"Should we take the alien?"
"Nah… Let's get the other Goldey locks, yeah…"
Neji glared at Deidara, who smirked at him. "C-mon, faggot, yeah…" Deidara whispered. Neji turned and stomped to Itachi.
"Let me do it."
Itachi blinked. "Do what?"
Neji stared at Itachi. "Let me do the opening. PLEASE", he prayed. Itachi looked at Kamui. He had just talked to him about doing the opening. But… Itachi threw the ball to Neji. "Go ahead."
Neji threw the ball from hand to hand. "Thank you." Neji turned and got to the center. Deidara pushed Ukon aside and took his place next to Neji. There was a serious height difference, but Neji was too outraged to even knowledge it.
"You don't stand a chance, yeah…" Deidara muttered. Neji sneered. "So do you think…" Deidara looked at Neji, curious. "Faggot…" he sneered.
Neji looked at Raidou, who seemed to think was Itachi serious with this. Neji was a head smaller. "First…" Neji said, as Raidou raised his hand with the ball. "…I'm no faggot", Neji said and gritted his leg muscles. "And second…"
Raidou threw the ball to the air. Deidara reached for it, but something happened, he did not understand. Neji jumped up like nothing and hit the ball. Deidaras eyes widened, as Itachi got the ball and started to deliver it. Neji sprinted to the other end and jumped to catch the ball Itachi threw to him. To many peoples suprise, he caught it and fought himself through the defense. One… two… three…
Neji jumped and shot the ball through the basket. Neji caught the ring and grinned at Deidara. "…I DO have chances…"
That came with a suprise to everyone. Did the idiots except Neji to beat Deidara? No. Did even anyone believe that Neji could jump like that? No. Shikamaru didn't even KNOW Neji was good at sports. He seemed so fragile and thin! Actually, even Neji didn't believe totally he could have done that… Neji jumped to the ground and walked to Itachi, doing a hi-five.
"HELL YES! GO HYUUGA!" Masaki yelled and shot his fist in the air. Shikamaru pointed at Neji, the basket, then Neji again and opened his mouth couple of times. "How… h-how d-did you..?" Shikamaru stuttered.
Neji grinned. "No weights. Running, Shika-dude, running."
"AWESOME NEJI! YOUTH POWER!" Lee yelled aloud.
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After that, the game didn't have any surprises. Although Sasuke showed, that he COULD compete with his brother for good. Sasuke was quite easy to catch, but he had some throwing strength. And well, he always hit were he was supposed to. His speed wasn't absurd, but his throwing skill was good. Really good.
Well, the class ended quickly. 14-14. Quite good hu?
"Wow Neji… I mean REALLY! You jumped like you were a grasshopper!" Kiba said. Neji stretched his leg to the bench. "I KNOW. But, it's not that great, seriously… I really am not that athletic…" he said, shook his leg and stretched the other one. "I did some high jump when I was at junior…" Neji explained and shook the other leg.
"You say, huh?" Kiba asked and grinned. "With that, you could get to the TEAM!" Naruto praised. Neji looked at the two. "You THINK?" he asked and sneered. "Yeah, right. U-huh. That would be legendary… The new guy gets to the basket ball team and leads the team to victory, huh? No way, no how. Just look at these guys and tell me I'm better than them… An besides, you said it! I'm a grasshopper, comparing to these guys at least!" Neji said, as he packed up his clothes.
"They DO have a point, you know. That could be possible", Shikamaru said and raised an eyebrow then. "You're not going to shower?"
Neji looked at Shikamaru and smiled sweetly. "NO." With that, he tossed his bag on his back opened the door and got to the hallway. He? In the basketball team? No way. He wasn't fit to it. No way he was… The other side of him kind of wanted it, but… Neji shook his head. Hey, c-mon. Stop daydreaming. Its as possible as you would be seeing some guys making out when you turn in this corn -.
"OH MY GOD!" Neji yelled and backed to the wall.
In an instant, a kiss was broken and a very red Masaki turned to Neji. "Hyuuga! Oh my GOD this is so embarrassing!" said and looked at Neji, who was holding his racing heart. "Umm… are you okay, Hyuuga?"
Neji swallowed and opened his mouth several times. He looked at Masaki, and then to his sweetheart. The guy was even redder than Masaki and was fixing his hair, panicked. Neji swallowed again.
"Yeah. I'm fine. Sorry", Neji gasped and laughed nervously. "So… Deidara wasn't just being idiot when he…"
Masaki smiled. "Yeah… I'm gay, as you might've guessed for now", he said and took his lovers hand to his own. "Kadarashi Masaki, I'm from 2B", he said and offered his other hand. Neji shook it. "Hyuuga Neji."
Masakis dates eyes widened. "OH! You're the new guy, aren't you! The on who almost spat on Ibikis face and who got friendly with Uchiha Itachi! And NOW you almost got molested by Orochimaru!"
Neji blinked. "Don't say… you have a Gay Mafia gossiping about me?"
Masaki laughed nervously. "Neji, this is Bakuhatsu Momoku", he introduced. Momoku had sky blue eyes and a long, long, long chess nut brown hair in a long braid. Momoku clasped hands with Neji. "What's up dog?" Momoku asked and giggled then.
'No need to tell me who's the girl…' Neji thought but smiled. "Nice to meet you."
"HELLO HELLO! YOUR OWN SUNSHINE IS HERE, ALRIGHT!"
Neji flinched. "Oh god…"
"NEJI-KUN!" Haku squealed and glomped him to the ground. "Hallelujah, you should've been on the music class! MAN Yon-san has a beautiful voice, he sings so PREEEEEEEETTY!" Haku explained. Then, he noticed Masaki and Momoku. "OH!" Haku shouted and got up.
"BRAID!"
"SILKY!"
Neji blinked, and watched in awe as Haku and Momoku did a wierd dance. Masaki sighed and shook his head.
"We're here!"
"We're queer!"
"GET USED TO IT!" Momoku and Haku yelled at the same time and laughed like hell. Neji sighed. "Well… I should get going…" Neji mumbled and turned to leave.
"NOT SO FAST!" Haku announced and jumped on Nejis back. "Where's my damned Shiki-kun! And besides, you can come with Zabi-kun and me!" he said. Neji looked at Haku. "Zabi-kun?"
"New nickname! Isn't it cute!"
"Well… to a HAMSTER it would be okay… But to ZABUZA? Noooooooo, I don't think so."
"OH C-MON!"
Masaki took Momokus hand and whispered something to the boys ear. "Oh, you're right…" Momoku said and blushed a bit. "See you tomorrow, Haku-chan! Me and Masa-kun have to go!"
"HAVE A PLEASANT SIN!" Haku yelled after them, getting Masaki to use a well known hand signal, which did not mean peace. "RUDE!" Haku shouted, getting Masaki yell something. "OH YEAH? WELL, YOUR -!"
"That's enough Haku, geez…"
Haku leaned his chin to Nejis shoulder. "I guess you're right this time… my throat is sore anyway… Could I say, that Yon-san loves making us sing…"
Neji rolled his eyes. "Gee, didn't even guess…" he mumbled, walking to the doors, and Haku on a piggy-bag-ride. "Oh, by the way, I guess I'm going to be on the basketball team", Neji said.
"WHAT! That's awesome! Like -! Waaaaaait…" Haku poked at Nejis cheek. "How do you know? They wont announce it this time at the year…"
"Nothing. Just a hunch…" Neji explained, making Haku blink. "I don't get your hunch." "Then DON'T."
Neji opened the door to freedom. "Hey, Neji…" Haku began. "What?" "I was just thinking… you said you COULD go to the deepened music, right?" Haku asked. Neji nodded. "Yeah, I did say something like that…" "Well, are you?" "Haven't decided, really…" "Well, you SHOULD, because it's TODAY."
Neji glanced at Haku.
"Oh, it is?"
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Neji opened the door to Hyuuga mansion, stepped in and closing the door behind him.
"Neji? Is that you?"
Neji rose his head. Funny. He didn't except his uncle. "Yeah!" he answered, as his uncle showed himself to the porch. "They got your piano fixed", Hiashi said.
Neji stopped to his tracks. He shot a stare at his uncle. "They… they..?"
"Yes, they did. I didn't even know it could be able to be fixed again. But, it looks like it had been just polished! Good workers they do have. Well, actually they fixed it week ago, but didn't found you in your town. But, they brought it here today and I must say…"
"WHERE IS IT?" Neji said, his words panicked and shaky.
"Well, I guessed you'd be thankful to take it to your room, so -."
Hiashi didn't have the time to answer properly, because his nephew just showed amazing speed at opening his shoe laces and sprinting up the stairs. Hiashi blinked once, twice. The man shrugged. "Kids these days…"
Neji, instead was having a hard time, to not tumble down the stairs that is. 'It's fixed… it's fixed… IT'S FIXED!' Nejis mind yelled, as he zoomed past the hallway and almost broke the door, as it flung open. Neji stopped at the doorway. He stared, eyes empty and mouth open. He thought it would be impossible. But yet, there was a piano in front of his large window. Black, shiny and good as new.
Neji dropped his bag from his hand and walked to the piano, still not truly believing. He touched the black surface and felt a cold shiver.
Notes dancing on the white surface… music being played… Crash, blood, a scream… His own scream…
Neji pulled his finger away, as if the instrument burned. He breathed deep breaths and glanced at the piano. 'It's the past… not your fault… not your fault…' Neji told himself. He swallowed, and opened it. Neji felt his hands trembling, as he set the instrument to it's glory. Then, he sat on the chair and stared at the keyboards. 'Oh my god…' he thought. Silently, Neji pressed his right hand to some of the boards. One… two… three…
Before Neji realized, he had began the familiar melody, that haunted him from that day… He could feel his neck hairs to stood up, but his hand moved on it's own. Not long, the left one touched the boards and gave it's support to the other. Nejis fingers moved, as if he could not control them. He knew it… he remembered…
Now, he had to admit. He had lied to Tsunade. He hadn't played since he was twelve… and just because of that…
Neji closed his eyes, reckoning the feeling. Music, vibrating through his whole body, getting him shiver. He almost had… forgot…
When his fingers stopped, Neji felt like waking up from a dream. He looked around him, then finding himself staring at the keyboards.
"Jesus… what a clear omen…"
It's TODAY.
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So, Hyuuga Neji found himself on the school yard, at six o'clock. "I can't believe I'm doing this…" he mumbled to himself, as he walked up the stairs. Neji gave the doors a little push and walked in. He took his map and looked at it. "Soooo… Oh, basement? Then that's the way…"
Neji went down the stairs, to the basement. He walked the dark hallways, until he came to the music room. Neji knocked the door. "Hello?"
No answer.
Neji shrugged and opened the door. "Hello? Anybody in here?" he asked. The room was dark. Neji got in, then trying to find the switch. 'That Haku… Let me guess he just played fun with me… he's right now, laughing his ass off and thinking…'
Neji got the light switch on and looked around. His jaw dropped. "Oh my God, that's one heck of a piano…"
"Isn't it?"
Neji screamed in horror and fell on his ass. "Oh my GOD!"
A long man, with spiky blonde hair and sky blue eyes looked at him, smiling. "Let me guess… the new one?"
Neji growled. If some one would call him that ONCE more he would… "Yes, in fact I am."
"Nice to meet you", the man said and pulled Neji up. "I'm Yon-san, your music teacher. And you must be Hyuuga Neji-kun, right?"
Neji blinked. "How did you..?"
"Haku."
"That big mouth of his…"
"Indeed", Yon-san said and winked his eye. "And also, my nephew said something about you! Piano, was it?" he asked. Neji rolled his eyes. "Damn that Naruto…" "I'll say", Yon-san grinned and sat on the piano. "So, c-mon. Play for me."
Neji blinked again. "Sorry?"
"I said: PLAY", Yon-san said calmly and tapped the piano. "We don't have all day, you know?" he told Neji. Neji sighed and sat on the piano bench, thinking a minute. He didn't have any notes… Dammit. But then, he got an idea struck. "Okay… I know that it's not anything classic, but…"
"Potatoe, potato…"
"Right…" Neji mumbled. Slowly, he landed his hands to the keyboards. The intro started to play slowly in his mind, as he ran his fingers on the piano boards. Slowly, very slowly, the song played in his head, quietly like a whisper. But then, something happened. Yon-san started to hum to himself, then starting to sing quietly.
"I tried… to go on like I never knew you…"
Neji shot a glance to the teacher, but he continued playing. Then, he got to the end and took a deep breath. Yon-san looked at the boy and smiled. "Good. Like Incomplete too. Good playing."
Then, Neji heard clapping from the door way. His heart jumped. "YOU!" he yelled. Uchiha Itachi rolled his eyes. "Well, I DO have a name…"
Then, Sasuke walked in. His eyes widened. "YOU!"
"AND YOU!" Neji said again.
"Oh goodie! You already know each other!" Yon-san beamed and clapped his hands. "Goodie indeed! Oh! And there came my other students too! Okay, Neji, you know Itachi and Sasuke, they play alto violin and cello…" Yon-san began.
Neji blinked at Sasuke. "You play cello?"
Sasu sneered. "You play piano?"
"MOOVING on!" Yon-san said. "Then there's Tayuya…"
Neji shot a glare to the girl, who glared back. "…and her brother, Ijimeru. They play flutes."
Neji looked at Ijimeru. They didn't look like siblings. Ijimeru had blond, shoulder length hair and purple eyes. And, he looked MUCH nicer.
"And Deidara, he plays drums. And if you say you can't make art from drums, you're wrong. Then there's Sasori, in violin too. And Sakon and Ukon play saxophones. Then there's Masaki, he plays a guitar and Momoku here is a mate of yours. Pianist, too."
Momoku grinned. "I didn't except to see you this soon!"
Neji blinked. 'Neither did I, sonny boy…'
"OKAY! To the rehearsing then! And as you KNOW, we have to make a music performance this year too, everybody coming along!"
Neji stared. He had… he had bullies in the same class..? GOD, he had a stinking luck!
Bite: Meh. That's it. Ho ho! And Yon-san was The FOURTH! Because he's like... Yondaime. Yon-san. Caching to the name?
Neji: Bite… what the HELL is that! ¤points to Bites shirt¤
Bite: My countries logo shirt! ¤has a blue and white shirt with the words "Suomi" (English: Finland)¤ Didn't you hear? We got the World Championships! ¤cheers¤ Aplause to Helsinki, for being a good host! Hahaa! And Nightwish was there, performing!
Haku: wears a Japan tee shirt¤ HELL YEAH! Go Japan, GO!
Bite: FINLAND!
Haku: JAPAN!
Itachi: Getting a little ridiculous here… Have you won anything yet?
Bite: Erm… I don't really follow the Championships…
Sasu: ¤sweatdrop¤
Neji: ¤waves to the crowd¤ See ya.