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I be writing fanfics about it!
A/N: Yes, that was a cliffhanger I know. I hate them too but when your the writer it gives you a nice feeling of self satisfaction! Smirk Like I said that chapter was too short, so this one is longer. And I made a little reference to the Souke and Bunke in the last chap and now what do you know, in the last week I just happened to see that episode when it tell you what really happens and realized that I said was wrong. So we're now in a world where it actually did happen like that so I dont have to go back and edit the chapter. Also I realized that the dialogue in the last chapter was too dry, and there wasn't really events linking each act together. So this is going to be improved. Also once again, Sasuke isn't coming back! I dont care! I hate him. Buwahaha. and please R&R ..Please? It helps. and thanks to the people who reviewed the last chapter. Enjoy!
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Neji gasped slightly, while noticing the crimson liquid dribbling down her chin. He darted to her side and ripped the covers off of her sleeping (or dead!? nah..) body. His eyes widened with fear as he saw several kunai and shurikens sticking out of her chest. All he could do was pick her body up in his muscular arms and take her to the hospital. He never worried about any possible shinobi still hiding in the room. Unfortunately for him, this was the case. A haggard looking shinobi with a sand village crest on him was standing in the darkness. He followed the Hyuuga out of the room silently as Neji made his way over the rooftops. Landing infront of the hospital doors with the pink haired chuunin in his arms, he ran inside.
"Quick! Someone! This girl needs help!" Neji called frantically.
A few doctors quickly came out rolling a stretcher, and took Sakura from Neji's arms. They laid her on the bed, and pushed her into the ER. He took one last glimpse of her lifeless form before she passed through a pair of swinging doors and turned a corner. Neji could'nt believe that something had happened to her after he had that dream, and the terrible premonition. He thought about going home, but reluctantly stayed. His mind wouldn't allow that. So he sat in the waiting room sleepily for any news on her condition. He noticed someone standing infront of him, but his eyes were half closed with exhaustion, and could'nt tell who it was. The figure disappeared with one quick blink, but Neji thought his eyes were just playing tricks on him. A few minutes later the doctor came out into the waiting room. He had his head held down, and spoke in a grave tone.
"Sir, you're the one who brought the pink haired girl in right?" Neji nodded quickly. He felt an uneasiness in the pit of his stomach. Neji had great talent for telling what was going on by just looking into someone's eyes, and it was not helping in this situatuion.
"Well..she is alive..and is currently in stable condition. But she was dealt massive blows to the chest and suffered some internal bleeding. We're going to have to keep her here for a few days to monitor her heart rate and vitals. You can see her anytime you want." With a brief nod of acknowledgement, Neji shot his gaze to the floor. The uneasiness in his stomach was relieved a bit, but there was still something in the back of his mind that was irking him. He shrugged it off for now.
He decided to let her get her rest for the night and see her in the morning. So he went home to get some sleep also.
Neji left the hospital, and at that moment a figure stepped out of the shadows. With an evil grin on his face, he quickly disappeared into the hall. Slowly opening the door to Haruno Sakura's room, he stepped in silently. Moving as lightly and nimble as a cat, he crept up to her bed side. The man raised his hands above her. He was going to do what he is about to do now before, but that cursed kid with the silver eyes happened to jump into her window. Now he had her all alone, and he had to stifle any maniacal laughs. With a kunai in his hands, he brought them down hard and closed his eyes as he felt the blade tip pierce skin. Laughing out loud, now that she was dead, he yelled in triumph. Without realizing his eyes were closed, he opened them up. Shock and horror spread across his face as he realized the skin he pierced was not Haruno Sakura's.
He slowly shot his gaze upward, seeing it was a foreign hand he had stabbed. Then he saw a beige shirt...until his eyes finally fell upon a set of silver, all seeing, all knowing, terrifying eyes.
"T-that silver eyed punk!!!" cried the man. "Who the hell are you!!!!??"
"...." came from Neji's mouth, as a deadly glare that could freeze you to death came from his eyes. With that, Neji took his own kunai and quickly slit the man's throat. Watching the blood from him spray around his own body, he realized in all this comotion, that Sakura had woken up. She woke up at around the time the assassin started laughing maniacally. Sakura held her mouth in fear, looking up at Neji and the mysterious guy. Neji let the guy's corpse fall to the ground as he asked, "Are you ok?"
Sakura nodded slowly, staying quiet from what she just witnessed.
Neji sat on the ground in the corner of the room, hiding himself in the darkness. All light that was seen was from the moonlight creeping in from the window next to her bed.
"Don't worry, I'll stay here the rest of the night, to make sure it doesn't happen again."
Sakura nodded gratefully, and tried laying down. She still could'nt believe what she just saw. Neji. Hyuuga Neji. Stick in his ass Neji ..had saved her life? She smiled under cover of darkness, and had a new found respect for him. Sakura's night flew by fast with no dreams, but Neji's was a night of no sleep at all. She woke in the morning feeling much refreshed and then rememebered the Neji was still there from last night.
"Neji..it's the morning..I think you can go home now." said Sakura softly.
He picked his head up, and thought for a second.
"Arigato..for last night." Neji simply nodded and got up. Leaving quickly, his whole day would be ruined because of that girl. She goes and gets herself almost killed, so he gets no sleep, and won't even be able to train for the day. He groaned to himself. While walking home..he bumped into Konoha's number one loudest ninja. Uzumaki Naruto walked by, and Neji remembered that he was also on team seven.
"Naruto.."
"Yeah yeah what is it Neji?"
"...Sakura..is in the hospital. I think she would like it if you went to see her." With that, Neji walked off again. He didn't even know why he took his time to tell Naruto.
"WHAAAAAAT!!!!?" Naruto dashed off the opposite direction to the hospital without another word.
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Naruto ran up to the receptionist for the hospital.
"Where the hell is Sakura-chan!!!"
"Excuse me?"
"Sakura-chan, tell me what room Sakura-chan is in!!"
"Oh Haruno Sakura?..Hm let's see..she is in 32A, thats down the-"but the lady's words after 32A fell on deaf ears. Naruto had already disappeared out of sight down the hall. Panting and frantic, he finally reached the door marked 32A. Bursting in, he startled Sakura who was in deep thought.
"Sakura-chan!! What happened happened to you!? Are you alright!?? How did Neji know you were here??! What's going on!!"
Sweat dropped from Sakura. [Moron..]
"Well! Tell me!" cried Naruto.
"I'm fine Naruto don't worry. I was attacked by a ninja, but...Neji..Neji saved me."
"That jerk!!? He saved you?! How!?"
"Well, he took me to the hospital, then when this ninja tried to attack me, he stepped infront of the attack and killed the guy."
Naruto was speechless, and could'nt believe that ass Neji was capable of doing something nice; and especially something for Sakura-chan.
Sakura, meanwhile, was pondering on who that Ninja was and what he wanted. At that time, Ino and Shikamaru walked into the room.
"Sakura what happened! We saw Naruto dash in here and wondered what was going on!"
"It's ok Ino I'm fine..I was attacked..and Neji saved me." Ino gave her the same dumbfounded look Naruto had given her.
"Neji!? Hyuuga Neji!!?? That cold hearted jackass??!" Sakura was somehow hurt by this. She glared at Ino.
"Don't call him cold hearted! He saved my life!" She suddenly found herself sticking up for Neji, though she didn't know why.
"Oh..Sorry Sakura..it's just surprising that Neji has a warm spot somewhere." Sakura nodded.
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Neji decided that this should be reported to Tsunade-sama, just incase it was a threat from another nation. Walking into the fifth hokage's office, Tsunade was surprised to see Neji.
"Neji..what's the occasion?"
Neji merely grunted and said. "Haruno Sakura was attacked by an unknown ninja last night. She is okay, but I suspect the ninja was of another nation."
"Hm...that's odd. Nobody reported an unknown ninja in the village."
"...."
"Well, I'll send out some anbu to do some investigation, meanwhile Hyuuga Neji, I want you to be Sakura's bodyguard. You and her are now nullified from missions. I want you to stick to her day and night and never let her out of your sight. Is that understood?"
"What!? How do you expect me to live my life and do that!?"
"You don't have a choice, that's a direct order from the Hokage." Neji growled, but knew it was a lost cause. From now on he would have to spend every waking moment with this dumb, pink haired girl. He could not believe what he was told.
Walking back to her hospital room, Neji thought that maybe it wouldn't be too bad. Maybe somehow she would magically lose her voice. Ok so it was hopeless, he was screwed. He stifled a sigh and walked all the way back to her hospital room.
"Neji..what are you doing back here?" said Sakura. Ino and Naruto were pushed out by the nurse a little while earlier.
"Tsunade-sama has ordered me to be your body-guard for a little while," he said, trying to hold back his words thinking that somehow if he didn't say it, it wouldn't come true.
"Seriously?" Sakura stared at him in surprise. Half of her was shocked, but the other half was slightly happy.
"That means I'm to be with you wherever you go..so don't go getting into trouble, because if you do I'm gonna be held accountable for it. Now be quiet so I can get some damn sleep." growled Neji.
[Hm..even when tired he acts like an ass, I ca-] Sakura was stopped dead in thought when she looked over at Neji. He, in a total of ten seconds, had fallen asleep on the chair, and as snoozing like a baby. She put her hand infront of her mouth to stop the giggles from coming out. She smiled one last time, even though she knew he could be cold, that he had a soft spot deep in him. And she had just seen it, never has she seen anyone sleep as peacefully as him. Not that she watches people when they sleep though.
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The next few days were a little stressful. After she was released from the hospital, Neji had to grab his things from his house, and bring them over to Sakura's house. He sooo badly didn't want to do this, but that was a lost cause now. He had to face reality that he was stuck with her, as is she to him. He has to sleep on the ground like a dog, next to her bed. Not the most comfortable thing. He was polite around her family, and they seemed to like him. Social life was mess for Sakura. She couldn't talk to anyone without Neji making sure they were of friend and not foe. Sakura took this as a good thing, and that he was only looking out for her well being. Also, hanging out with her friends was pretty akward. Neji would stand in the corner of the room, while they would talk about girl stuff and etc. He tried to just block that out though. Other than that, life wasn't that bad. Neji grew accustomed to being around her, but still had a rather dislike to her. He still wouldn't relieve himself of the arrogant, cold-guy manner. Sakura just wanted to slap him sometimes for his back comments, but she held her urges.
"Neji."
"..hm?"
"Who do you suppose was that guy who tried to kill me, and what did he want?" Neji gazed at her seriously.
"I'm not sure, but I'm pretty sure that he was of the Sand village."
"Oh." said Sakura. She sat on her bed in deep thought. It was 10 P.M. and they were about to go to sleep. Neji's hair was down and it was still kinda wet from his shower. She caught herself staring at him. She was starting to really notice him. He was really cute, especially when his hair was down. But he was still really mean. [I'll find a way to pull that good person out of him.] She didn't realize she was still staring at him until he finally said "What are you staring at?"
"Oh!..um..nothing. Sorry." She covered herself with her blanket before Neji could catch the red the crept up onto her cheeks.
"Well..goodnight."
"..goodnight." Neji turned off the lamp, and with that, they fell asleep.
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"Sakura-chan!!! Hey Sakura-chan!" Naruto screamed for her.
She was eating at the Ichiraku ramen, and that was of course Naruto's favorite place to eat.
"Hey Naruto, what's up?" It took Naruto a few minutes before it processed into his brain that Sakura was there with Neji. He sat on the stool left of her.
"Oi Neji, what are you doing here?"
"He's my bodyguard Naruto. He has to protect me if anything bad happens." Sakura giggled.
Naruto collapsed to the ground. Why could'nt I get that job!!!! WHY THAT DAMN BASTARD NEJI!!!!
"Naruto..are you ok?" Sakura asked stupified. Naruto quickly got up with a yes of course sakura-chan.
Neji observed her from the corner of his eye. He got used to doing this, so it was easier to keep watch on her.
"Sakura..let's go."
"Sakura-chan! Where are you guys going!!?"
"Oh, Neji is taking me to go train." Sakura smiled.
After they left, Naruto stood in the same spot.
You better take good care of her Hyuuga, or I'll kill you.
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Neji and Sakura went to a spot deep within the heart of the Konoha forest. This was Neji's favorite spot to train, since it was very calm and tranquil out there. Sakura gaped at the beauty of this place and all its serenity. It was probably the single most calm spot in all of Konoha.
"Are you sure you can handle training with me, Sakura?"
"Yeah, I think I'll manage. Just don't kill me."
"...Ok." Neji smirked, then disappeared.
Shit he's fast. Neji threw a handful of shuriken at her from a spot unknown to her. She defended by counter attacking them with her own handful. He quickly appeared behind her. His byakugan now flaring in his eyes. He pushed a hand of chakra into her back to plug up some tenketsu, but was awed when it turned into a log. Kawarimi..nice. The real Sakura came from the sky, with a kunai in her hand. She came at him with force, and managed to get one meter from his face before he threw her whole body back with Kaiten. She skidded roughly across the dirt before limping up back onto her feet. She wiped the blood that came from her mouth and disappeared in a puff of smoke. Bunshin!? The real real Sakura held her kunai across his neck. Smirking, she said "Give up?". Neji gave a smirk back before he also disappeared into a puff of smoke. Wait! When did he..? All she saw next was a palm full of chakra fly into her stomach and then darkness.
She woke up a few hours later in her bed, Neji nowhere to be found. What happened? All I remember was training with Neji and then darkness. She got up and ran out of her room. Running out the door, she saw Neji in the front yard. He was kicking a tree.
"Hey Neji, what happened?" He turned around to see Sakura there, confused.
"...Nothing...I just knocked you out during training."
"Oh...I see."
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After dinner that night, Neji went into the shower while Sakura sat on the bed reading a book. When Neji was done, she saw him walking out of the bathroom. The dim bathroom light shone lightly against his jagged muscles. The steam radiated off of his body from the heat of the water. She couldn't help but stare..his body was so alluring she didn't want to look away. Luckily, the sight of him walking through another door and closing it took her back to reality. Oh god...Neji's...really hot. [Oh yeah he is! He's damn fine.] Sakura blushed a deep shade of crimson and was really glad he didn't catch her. She laid back down on her bed and stared dreamily up at the wall, thinking of Neji with his wet hair down, and his muscles radiating that heat. She sat back up and slapped herself a few times. Ok ok just because he's got a nice body [Really nice body] doesn't mean anything.
"..Am I going crazy or did I just catch you slapping yourself?" Neji said dryly. This brought her blush back up.
"Umm...yeah..." Sakura replied sheepishly.
"May I ask why?"
"No."
"..whatever."
Neji layed down on his "bed" and shut the light. Sakura also layed down trying to forget what just happened.
"..Hey...Sakura.."
"...Yes?"
"How much longer do you think it's going to be like this?"
"I don't know..[Hopefully forever! Hell yeah]
She caught herself again thinking Where did that come from?
Neji thought to himself this question...but somewhere deep inside of him, some tiny, very miniscule part of him...didn't really care how long...
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Ha! That was pretty long. Long enough I think! If not, I'll make the next one even longer once again. I know this chapter came out wayyy faster than one week, but it's not going to be like that again. I realized how much time I've spent that last couple of days on this and it took up too much time. So yeah. Expect the next update sometime in the next week or about that. Hope you liked it, and notice a huge plot is about to be opened up. They're both about to be plunged into a hell of action. Muahaha. and Please review! Please? It really helps with the confidence, and if I even get enough I'll post the next chapter as damn fast as I can. Til next time
Nalio
A/N: Yes, that was a cliffhanger I know. I hate them too but when your the writer it gives you a nice feeling of self satisfaction! Smirk Like I said that chapter was too short, so this one is longer. And I made a little reference to the Souke and Bunke in the last chap and now what do you know, in the last week I just happened to see that episode when it tell you what really happens and realized that I said was wrong. So we're now in a world where it actually did happen like that so I dont have to go back and edit the chapter. Also I realized that the dialogue in the last chapter was too dry, and there wasn't really events linking each act together. So this is going to be improved. Also once again, Sasuke isn't coming back! I dont care! I hate him. Buwahaha. and please R&R ..Please? It helps. and thanks to the people who reviewed the last chapter. Enjoy!
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Neji gasped slightly, while noticing the crimson liquid dribbling down her chin. He darted to her side and ripped the covers off of her sleeping (or dead!? nah..) body. His eyes widened with fear as he saw several kunai and shurikens sticking out of her chest. All he could do was pick her body up in his muscular arms and take her to the hospital. He never worried about any possible shinobi still hiding in the room. Unfortunately for him, this was the case. A haggard looking shinobi with a sand village crest on him was standing in the darkness. He followed the Hyuuga out of the room silently as Neji made his way over the rooftops. Landing infront of the hospital doors with the pink haired chuunin in his arms, he ran inside.
"Quick! Someone! This girl needs help!" Neji called frantically.
A few doctors quickly came out rolling a stretcher, and took Sakura from Neji's arms. They laid her on the bed, and pushed her into the ER. He took one last glimpse of her lifeless form before she passed through a pair of swinging doors and turned a corner. Neji could'nt believe that something had happened to her after he had that dream, and the terrible premonition. He thought about going home, but reluctantly stayed. His mind wouldn't allow that. So he sat in the waiting room sleepily for any news on her condition. He noticed someone standing infront of him, but his eyes were half closed with exhaustion, and could'nt tell who it was. The figure disappeared with one quick blink, but Neji thought his eyes were just playing tricks on him. A few minutes later the doctor came out into the waiting room. He had his head held down, and spoke in a grave tone.
"Sir, you're the one who brought the pink haired girl in right?" Neji nodded quickly. He felt an uneasiness in the pit of his stomach. Neji had great talent for telling what was going on by just looking into someone's eyes, and it was not helping in this situatuion.
"Well..she is alive..and is currently in stable condition. But she was dealt massive blows to the chest and suffered some internal bleeding. We're going to have to keep her here for a few days to monitor her heart rate and vitals. You can see her anytime you want." With a brief nod of acknowledgement, Neji shot his gaze to the floor. The uneasiness in his stomach was relieved a bit, but there was still something in the back of his mind that was irking him. He shrugged it off for now.
He decided to let her get her rest for the night and see her in the morning. So he went home to get some sleep also.
Neji left the hospital, and at that moment a figure stepped out of the shadows. With an evil grin on his face, he quickly disappeared into the hall. Slowly opening the door to Haruno Sakura's room, he stepped in silently. Moving as lightly and nimble as a cat, he crept up to her bed side. The man raised his hands above her. He was going to do what he is about to do now before, but that cursed kid with the silver eyes happened to jump into her window. Now he had her all alone, and he had to stifle any maniacal laughs. With a kunai in his hands, he brought them down hard and closed his eyes as he felt the blade tip pierce skin. Laughing out loud, now that she was dead, he yelled in triumph. Without realizing his eyes were closed, he opened them up. Shock and horror spread across his face as he realized the skin he pierced was not Haruno Sakura's.
He slowly shot his gaze upward, seeing it was a foreign hand he had stabbed. Then he saw a beige shirt...until his eyes finally fell upon a set of silver, all seeing, all knowing, terrifying eyes.
"T-that silver eyed punk!!!" cried the man. "Who the hell are you!!!!??"
"...." came from Neji's mouth, as a deadly glare that could freeze you to death came from his eyes. With that, Neji took his own kunai and quickly slit the man's throat. Watching the blood from him spray around his own body, he realized in all this comotion, that Sakura had woken up. She woke up at around the time the assassin started laughing maniacally. Sakura held her mouth in fear, looking up at Neji and the mysterious guy. Neji let the guy's corpse fall to the ground as he asked, "Are you ok?"
Sakura nodded slowly, staying quiet from what she just witnessed.
Neji sat on the ground in the corner of the room, hiding himself in the darkness. All light that was seen was from the moonlight creeping in from the window next to her bed.
"Don't worry, I'll stay here the rest of the night, to make sure it doesn't happen again."
Sakura nodded gratefully, and tried laying down. She still could'nt believe what she just saw. Neji. Hyuuga Neji. Stick in his ass Neji ..had saved her life? She smiled under cover of darkness, and had a new found respect for him. Sakura's night flew by fast with no dreams, but Neji's was a night of no sleep at all. She woke in the morning feeling much refreshed and then rememebered the Neji was still there from last night.
"Neji..it's the morning..I think you can go home now." said Sakura softly.
He picked his head up, and thought for a second.
"Arigato..for last night." Neji simply nodded and got up. Leaving quickly, his whole day would be ruined because of that girl. She goes and gets herself almost killed, so he gets no sleep, and won't even be able to train for the day. He groaned to himself. While walking home..he bumped into Konoha's number one loudest ninja. Uzumaki Naruto walked by, and Neji remembered that he was also on team seven.
"Naruto.."
"Yeah yeah what is it Neji?"
"...Sakura..is in the hospital. I think she would like it if you went to see her." With that, Neji walked off again. He didn't even know why he took his time to tell Naruto.
"WHAAAAAAT!!!!?" Naruto dashed off the opposite direction to the hospital without another word.
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Naruto ran up to the receptionist for the hospital.
"Where the hell is Sakura-chan!!!"
"Excuse me?"
"Sakura-chan, tell me what room Sakura-chan is in!!"
"Oh Haruno Sakura?..Hm let's see..she is in 32A, thats down the-"but the lady's words after 32A fell on deaf ears. Naruto had already disappeared out of sight down the hall. Panting and frantic, he finally reached the door marked 32A. Bursting in, he startled Sakura who was in deep thought.
"Sakura-chan!! What happened happened to you!? Are you alright!?? How did Neji know you were here??! What's going on!!"
Sweat dropped from Sakura. [Moron..]
"Well! Tell me!" cried Naruto.
"I'm fine Naruto don't worry. I was attacked by a ninja, but...Neji..Neji saved me."
"That jerk!!? He saved you?! How!?"
"Well, he took me to the hospital, then when this ninja tried to attack me, he stepped infront of the attack and killed the guy."
Naruto was speechless, and could'nt believe that ass Neji was capable of doing something nice; and especially something for Sakura-chan.
Sakura, meanwhile, was pondering on who that Ninja was and what he wanted. At that time, Ino and Shikamaru walked into the room.
"Sakura what happened! We saw Naruto dash in here and wondered what was going on!"
"It's ok Ino I'm fine..I was attacked..and Neji saved me." Ino gave her the same dumbfounded look Naruto had given her.
"Neji!? Hyuuga Neji!!?? That cold hearted jackass??!" Sakura was somehow hurt by this. She glared at Ino.
"Don't call him cold hearted! He saved my life!" She suddenly found herself sticking up for Neji, though she didn't know why.
"Oh..Sorry Sakura..it's just surprising that Neji has a warm spot somewhere." Sakura nodded.
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Neji decided that this should be reported to Tsunade-sama, just incase it was a threat from another nation. Walking into the fifth hokage's office, Tsunade was surprised to see Neji.
"Neji..what's the occasion?"
Neji merely grunted and said. "Haruno Sakura was attacked by an unknown ninja last night. She is okay, but I suspect the ninja was of another nation."
"Hm...that's odd. Nobody reported an unknown ninja in the village."
"...."
"Well, I'll send out some anbu to do some investigation, meanwhile Hyuuga Neji, I want you to be Sakura's bodyguard. You and her are now nullified from missions. I want you to stick to her day and night and never let her out of your sight. Is that understood?"
"What!? How do you expect me to live my life and do that!?"
"You don't have a choice, that's a direct order from the Hokage." Neji growled, but knew it was a lost cause. From now on he would have to spend every waking moment with this dumb, pink haired girl. He could not believe what he was told.
Walking back to her hospital room, Neji thought that maybe it wouldn't be too bad. Maybe somehow she would magically lose her voice. Ok so it was hopeless, he was screwed. He stifled a sigh and walked all the way back to her hospital room.
"Neji..what are you doing back here?" said Sakura. Ino and Naruto were pushed out by the nurse a little while earlier.
"Tsunade-sama has ordered me to be your body-guard for a little while," he said, trying to hold back his words thinking that somehow if he didn't say it, it wouldn't come true.
"Seriously?" Sakura stared at him in surprise. Half of her was shocked, but the other half was slightly happy.
"That means I'm to be with you wherever you go..so don't go getting into trouble, because if you do I'm gonna be held accountable for it. Now be quiet so I can get some damn sleep." growled Neji.
[Hm..even when tired he acts like an ass, I ca-] Sakura was stopped dead in thought when she looked over at Neji. He, in a total of ten seconds, had fallen asleep on the chair, and as snoozing like a baby. She put her hand infront of her mouth to stop the giggles from coming out. She smiled one last time, even though she knew he could be cold, that he had a soft spot deep in him. And she had just seen it, never has she seen anyone sleep as peacefully as him. Not that she watches people when they sleep though.
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The next few days were a little stressful. After she was released from the hospital, Neji had to grab his things from his house, and bring them over to Sakura's house. He sooo badly didn't want to do this, but that was a lost cause now. He had to face reality that he was stuck with her, as is she to him. He has to sleep on the ground like a dog, next to her bed. Not the most comfortable thing. He was polite around her family, and they seemed to like him. Social life was mess for Sakura. She couldn't talk to anyone without Neji making sure they were of friend and not foe. Sakura took this as a good thing, and that he was only looking out for her well being. Also, hanging out with her friends was pretty akward. Neji would stand in the corner of the room, while they would talk about girl stuff and etc. He tried to just block that out though. Other than that, life wasn't that bad. Neji grew accustomed to being around her, but still had a rather dislike to her. He still wouldn't relieve himself of the arrogant, cold-guy manner. Sakura just wanted to slap him sometimes for his back comments, but she held her urges.
"Neji."
"..hm?"
"Who do you suppose was that guy who tried to kill me, and what did he want?" Neji gazed at her seriously.
"I'm not sure, but I'm pretty sure that he was of the Sand village."
"Oh." said Sakura. She sat on her bed in deep thought. It was 10 P.M. and they were about to go to sleep. Neji's hair was down and it was still kinda wet from his shower. She caught herself staring at him. She was starting to really notice him. He was really cute, especially when his hair was down. But he was still really mean. [I'll find a way to pull that good person out of him.] She didn't realize she was still staring at him until he finally said "What are you staring at?"
"Oh!..um..nothing. Sorry." She covered herself with her blanket before Neji could catch the red the crept up onto her cheeks.
"Well..goodnight."
"..goodnight." Neji turned off the lamp, and with that, they fell asleep.
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"Sakura-chan!!! Hey Sakura-chan!" Naruto screamed for her.
She was eating at the Ichiraku ramen, and that was of course Naruto's favorite place to eat.
"Hey Naruto, what's up?" It took Naruto a few minutes before it processed into his brain that Sakura was there with Neji. He sat on the stool left of her.
"Oi Neji, what are you doing here?"
"He's my bodyguard Naruto. He has to protect me if anything bad happens." Sakura giggled.
Naruto collapsed to the ground. Why could'nt I get that job!!!! WHY THAT DAMN BASTARD NEJI!!!!
"Naruto..are you ok?" Sakura asked stupified. Naruto quickly got up with a yes of course sakura-chan.
Neji observed her from the corner of his eye. He got used to doing this, so it was easier to keep watch on her.
"Sakura..let's go."
"Sakura-chan! Where are you guys going!!?"
"Oh, Neji is taking me to go train." Sakura smiled.
After they left, Naruto stood in the same spot.
You better take good care of her Hyuuga, or I'll kill you.
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Neji and Sakura went to a spot deep within the heart of the Konoha forest. This was Neji's favorite spot to train, since it was very calm and tranquil out there. Sakura gaped at the beauty of this place and all its serenity. It was probably the single most calm spot in all of Konoha.
"Are you sure you can handle training with me, Sakura?"
"Yeah, I think I'll manage. Just don't kill me."
"...Ok." Neji smirked, then disappeared.
Shit he's fast. Neji threw a handful of shuriken at her from a spot unknown to her. She defended by counter attacking them with her own handful. He quickly appeared behind her. His byakugan now flaring in his eyes. He pushed a hand of chakra into her back to plug up some tenketsu, but was awed when it turned into a log. Kawarimi..nice. The real Sakura came from the sky, with a kunai in her hand. She came at him with force, and managed to get one meter from his face before he threw her whole body back with Kaiten. She skidded roughly across the dirt before limping up back onto her feet. She wiped the blood that came from her mouth and disappeared in a puff of smoke. Bunshin!? The real real Sakura held her kunai across his neck. Smirking, she said "Give up?". Neji gave a smirk back before he also disappeared into a puff of smoke. Wait! When did he..? All she saw next was a palm full of chakra fly into her stomach and then darkness.
She woke up a few hours later in her bed, Neji nowhere to be found. What happened? All I remember was training with Neji and then darkness. She got up and ran out of her room. Running out the door, she saw Neji in the front yard. He was kicking a tree.
"Hey Neji, what happened?" He turned around to see Sakura there, confused.
"...Nothing...I just knocked you out during training."
"Oh...I see."
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After dinner that night, Neji went into the shower while Sakura sat on the bed reading a book. When Neji was done, she saw him walking out of the bathroom. The dim bathroom light shone lightly against his jagged muscles. The steam radiated off of his body from the heat of the water. She couldn't help but stare..his body was so alluring she didn't want to look away. Luckily, the sight of him walking through another door and closing it took her back to reality. Oh god...Neji's...really hot. [Oh yeah he is! He's damn fine.] Sakura blushed a deep shade of crimson and was really glad he didn't catch her. She laid back down on her bed and stared dreamily up at the wall, thinking of Neji with his wet hair down, and his muscles radiating that heat. She sat back up and slapped herself a few times. Ok ok just because he's got a nice body [Really nice body] doesn't mean anything.
"..Am I going crazy or did I just catch you slapping yourself?" Neji said dryly. This brought her blush back up.
"Umm...yeah..." Sakura replied sheepishly.
"May I ask why?"
"No."
"..whatever."
Neji layed down on his "bed" and shut the light. Sakura also layed down trying to forget what just happened.
"..Hey...Sakura.."
"...Yes?"
"How much longer do you think it's going to be like this?"
"I don't know..[Hopefully forever! Hell yeah]
She caught herself again thinking Where did that come from?
Neji thought to himself this question...but somewhere deep inside of him, some tiny, very miniscule part of him...didn't really care how long...
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Ha! That was pretty long. Long enough I think! If not, I'll make the next one even longer once again. I know this chapter came out wayyy faster than one week, but it's not going to be like that again. I realized how much time I've spent that last couple of days on this and it took up too much time. So yeah. Expect the next update sometime in the next week or about that. Hope you liked it, and notice a huge plot is about to be opened up. They're both about to be plunged into a hell of action. Muahaha. and Please review! Please? It really helps with the confidence, and if I even get enough I'll post the next chapter as damn fast as I can. Til next time
Nalio