Kurama and Narumi trained with neji and Hinata for a very long time. at about dusk Kurama began to get his headaches he got when he was away from the seal for too long, and he had to dispel. it was getting late, and Narumi knew on full moons it was likely she would get attacked.
"Hey, Hina-chan i should go home." her voice was quiet. Neji's eyes went dark.
"I'm sure my mother would like you to come over for dinner, Narumi." Neji spoke rather shortly.
"Oh I couldnt-"
"Come on." Neji grabbed Narumi by her wrist and pulled her towards the Branch home. she looked back at Hinata who had been quiet through this, her eyes glittered with amusement.
"Oh narumi! It's so good to see you again!" Kyota, neji's mother exclaimed.
"Thank you Kyota-san." She bowed deeply
"Congratulations on graduating, top of your class right? Just like Neji-kun!" She smiled. she was a very happy person for being a Hyuuga. narumi felt sorry for the woman, it is only because Neji is the head of the house's nephew that Kyota was around anymore, as she was not born with a functioning Byakugan. she had the milky eyes but could never activate them.
"Thank you." Narumi smiled "I really should go-"
"Nonsense, you will eat with us." She clapped her hands and went back into the kitchen. narumi poked her head in to see many Hyuugas cooking together. she smiled
"I like your mother, Neji"
"I do too, Narumi." Neji gave one of his almost never seen smiles.
narumi was astonished at the way they acted. they sat together at a long table and smiled and laughed as they ate and talked. she had once gone to dinner with Hinata's family and they sat around with stick stiff backs and ate in small mouselike bites and didn't say a word.
"Neji… your family is so different than Hinatas!" narumi Hissed to the young Hyuuga.
"We dont need to be as stiff when we're not around the Main branch." he said back, he didn't act as Jovial, but he seemed a little more relaxed than usual. Dinner went by fast and it was well after nightfall when they began to clean up. narumi was getting fidgety,
"You should have left a while ago, Hime." Kurama growled in her head, he had woken back up about half an hour before.
"I know." She whispered back in her mind.
"Narumi, what's the matter?" Kyota asked. narumi fidgeted again,
"Its- its nothing." she mumbled.
"Those filthy villagers will attack her if they see her out after dark." Neji answered for her. "Oh. I see. well then you'll have to stay hered then now wont you? no one in our compound will attack you, and even if they did, I'm sure Neji-kun would protect you." Kyota smiled, causing Narumi to blush.
"No thats fine really-" she was cut off again,
'Now where will she sleep!?" Kyota asked Neji.
"She can have my room. I'll sleep on the couch." neji said.
"neji!" Narumi exclaimed, but her cry fell on deaf ears.
"This is somewhat amusing." Kurama chuckled
"Shut up." Narumi thought back.
"Come Naru" Kyota lead Narumi to the hall, and into a dark room, she flicked on the light, it was pristinely cleaned, the cream carpet didn't have a speck of dirt, but on the walls were paintings, there was one of a bird, on of a butterfly, then one of a fox.
"Neji who did those paintings?" Narumi asked, walking up to the fox one.
'Erh.. uh. Me." He replied embarrassedly,
"They are beautiful." She turned to him, and found that Kyota had left the room, closed the door, and left her and Neji alone in the room. Narumi blushed slightly, and Neji coughed
"I uh, will leave you to sleep… you're getting team assignments tomorrow.. so.." He backed up and went to open the door but found it jammed.
"Mom!" he yelled. there was a giggle behind the door and a scurrying of feet.
"Did your mother just lock us in here?" Narumi asked softly.
"no. my cousin Kichi did." He grumbled.
"Oh well um.." there was no window.
"I'll just sleep on the floor." Neji shrugged and went to his closet. he reached passed a wall of tan-white cloths and pulled out some blankets
"Oh no i can't take your bed and just leave you to sleep on the floor Neji!"
"Thats what your going to do because i won't sleep there while you're here." Neji shrugged "Either way I'm on the floor."
"O-ok." Narumi nodded and pulled off her jacket, and crawled into the bed. she liked the smell,
"Good night Neji-kun." She sighed. Neji smiled at her for a second
"Good night… Kitsune" he said the last part so softly that she could not have possibly heard him, as she was already dozing off.
neji was woken in the night by a cry of fear. he jumped up remembering narumi was in his room and rushed over to her, she was still asleep and thrashing,
"Narumi!" he grabbed her shoulders to hold her still, but she was still asleep, and crying out, tears streaked her face. "Umi, wake up!" Neji shook Narumi and she woke up. she immediately threw her self and Neji and gripped his bare shoulders(He had shed his shirt soon after laying down) she was crying
"N-Neji there was a man with an orange mask and red eyes…"
"Its alright Hime,"Neji calmed her down. he had had to do this before when Narumi had fallen asleep during training sessions before. "Just a dream."
"Tou-san says his name is Madara." She hiccupped.
"Its alright, you need to co back to sleep." He lay her back down and turned to go back to his little makeshift bed on the floor, but she grasped his wrist, he looked back, and saw narumi watching him with fear, her eyes had taken on the crimson hue of Kurama's eyes like they did when she was afraid for her life.
"Stay please, Neji." she whispered. Neji paused and then took a deep breath.
"Alright." he climbed into the bed next to her and she curled against him, she was still shaking and hiccupping, he realized just how scared she was, and sighed, how did she get through nights alone in her apartment?
he next morning when Neji's alarm went off, he was awake. he had woken about an hour earlier to found a certain crimson haired Kunochi latched onto him. her arms were gripping his waist, and her legs were wrapped around one of his own shes like a damn python… the thought had gone through his head. if he even shifted she dug sharp fingernails into the soft flesh of his waist. not pleasant. so he just waited.
The alarm we tiof and Narumi sat up. her long red hair was mussed around her head, and she stretched. neji sat up and slid out of bed, and surveyed the damage. he had claw marks on his belly and waist
"Damn… clingy much?" he muttered.
"Oh… heh, sorry." narumi laughed nervously and neji pulled on a shirt. she got up and grabbed Neji's brush and pulled it through her hair. neji then did the same and put his in it's low ponytail.
"Thank you, Neji, fo last night." narumi whispered. neji just nodded and tried his door. still jammed shut, he growled and yelled as loud as he could:
"MOM!" nothing.
"Oh fuck it let me." narumi was obviously frustrated. Neji got out of the way, and Narumi made some hand signs
"Fuuton: Pressure palm!" The door busted off its hinges and there was found to be two chairs and a dresser in front of the door.
"How big is your cousin?" she asked.
":About Hanabi's size." Neji fornwd.
"How…?" she trailed off.
"What happened here?" Kyota asked.
"Kichi locked us in there last night." Neji's deadpanned, "So I am late to my team meeting, Narumi needs to find Hinata-sama and get to the school."
"I'll talk to Kichi," Kyota growled. the Hyuga and Naru ran out of the home, and to the main house, where Hinata was waiting patiently.
"L-lets go." she said softly.
Narumi and Hinata got to the school just before the bell rang.
"Take your seats, girls." Iruka said, then began his spiel on they were all amazing students. he then assigned teams:
"Kiba, Sasuke, Sakura, Ino, Shikamaru, Choji, and Hinata, Shino and Narumi Kitsune?" He looked up,
'As a Shinobi, I have a say in my name, and i changed it last night, signed the paper." She had sent a clone to do this work with the Hokage as she and Hinata trained.
"Alright, then, Team Eight, your teacher, Kurenai will be here soon."
Again, I didnt post for a while. but I hope you enjoy, a little neji/Naru love?
-Ari the Fox