Disclaimer: No I don't own anything from Naruto, but I own all original
characters and I own the plot...however sucky it may be.
A/N: Eheheheh no no it hasnt been a month since I've updated. That was just a huge fluxuation in the space time continuam (spelling?) It's really only been about 4 days :). Well ok it hasnt and its been a month. And I really was on the verge of totally dropping this story because I believe I've totally screwed this plot up. I shouldnt have made Neji submit into love that fast..but hey, I know better for next story. I guess i can just blame that on the few months they spent together :). Well here's another crappy chapter for this screwed up plot, but I might as well roll with it now. Revieeewwwwwwwww and enjoy.
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Oh btw if anyone wants to give me some ideas on where to take this story, feel free to.
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It started with birds chirping. Than gradually the small streaks of sunlight flashing in her eyes. Than it was the movement of Neji, who was sleeping on the ground. Then finally it was the loud banging on the door.
Loud banging on the door..?
"Hey you kids open up in there!!"
[Huh..? Who could that be?]
Sakura made a quick motion to get up and stepped over to the door. She opened up to see a grumpy looking middle aged man standing infront of her.
"Yes..?" came Sakura's voice.
"You two have only paid for up until this day. You have to leave by 11:00 and do you know what time it is now? Hmm??" came the sour reply.
"Um..no sir, no I don't."
"It's two in the afternoon! Now hurry up and get out of here!"
With that, he stomped off down the hallway. Waking up some other guests with the loud banging his feet made against the wooden floor.
"Who the hell was that?" asked a groggy Neji.
"That was the manager..we've only paid for until today and we're past check out time. We have to leave now. Where are we going to stay Neji?"
Neji thought for a few moments. This was very troublesome, to quote the laziest person in Konoha. After a few moments Neji activated his Byakugan to possibly search the area for any place to stay.
Soon after, amusement started to dance over his features. This made Sakura curious, so naturally she asked
"What is it Neji?"
After about ten seconds, Neji's smirk wiped away and he opened his mouth.
"It seems our friend Gaara lives down the street..."
"What!? Gaara!? There's no way..Gaara is unspeakably evil. And even if he wasn't, what makes you think he would let us stay with him?"
"Well it's worth a try, isn't it?"
"..I guess."
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Kankuro was sitting on a couch, with his eyes closed. Gaara was in the kitchen, sitting at the table and Temari was sitting across from him. They were both very bored (but doesn't Gaara always seem bored?) and couldn't find anything to do. Gaara hadn't killed anyone in a long time, and doesn't really see it anymore as a hobby. He does love to get into dangerous fights though. Temari and Kankuro have rose to the ranks of chuunin while Gaara had easily become a jounin. Baki was now the Kazekage of the sand, and much has changed. Gaara, somehow after he was defeated by Naruto, had lightened up a great deal. It was akward, yet pleasing to his siblings to see the change in his eyes.
Gaara suddenly shot his gaze upward to look into Temari's eyes. She could tell he wanted to say something, so she gazed back and signaled for him to continue.
"It seems..that we have guests."
"Huh?" came Temari's reply, and no sooner had the doorbell rang.
She eyed Gaara for a few moments before walking across the living room to open the door. Temari knew Kankuro wouldn't because he was a lazy bum.
She opened the door to be greeted by a pair of emerald, and silver-white eyes. Instantly she knew who they were, even though it had been a few years since they've crossed paths. She didn't dislike them, now since Gaara has changed she decided it was time for her to change too, it was just she didn't know them too well. Temari glanced at them for another moment before saying
"Hello Sakura-san, Neji-san."
"Hello Temari-san" Sakura said, while Neji merely nodded to her.
"What do you guys want? It's been a while."
Neji, being a straight-forward kinda guy replied soon after.
"We need a place to stay. We are currently on a mission and we were kicked out of our hotel room."
"Oh I see, making too much noise at night , eh?"
She winked at the two standing infront of her. Sakura blushed furiously and Neji turned slightly pink, before growling lowly.
"I'm just kidding, don't be so uptight. We'd be happy to let you stay here."
Sakura bowed her head and thanked her, while Neji just nodded again.
They all walked back in to see Kankuro sitting on the couch and Gaara standing in the kitchen doorway. Neji and Gaara locked eyes for a moment before casting their slight glares away from each other.
"So, what are you two doing on this mission?" said Temari. One part of her curious, and the other part just wanting to relieve the tension in the room between them.
"We are to kill someone." came Neji's voice.
"Do you know his name?" Temari asked, now full of curiosity.
Neji cast a sideways glance at Sakura, to see she was looking back at him. She nodded her approval as for him to say the man's name.
"His name is Saito."
Temari face-faulted. Kankuro gaped. Gaara...er..Gaara didn't do anything really.
"Saito!? You guys are going to try and kill Saito?!"
Neji and Sakura nodded, not knowing the reason for the sudden outburst. This obviously meant that she knew who Saito was, so Neji was actually glad he told her in the first place.
"Oh boy, did your Hokage send you out here on a deathwish or something?"
"..um..what do you mean? Is this guy strong or something?"
"Are you kidding me? He is unbelievably strong. Well, not like invincible, but he could take on me and Kankuro at the same time! Although I'm not sure about Gaara though."
"Do you really expect me to lose to someone like Saito?" came Gaara's chilling voice for the first time in this entire conversation.
"Well..no I guess." said Temari
"Hn. I can beat you and Kankuro at the same time too. I would not fall to a weakling like him."
Sakura had a brief thought of the dream she had a few nights ago. She knew the man had to be Saito and she remembered seeing Neji get killed by him. A cold chill ran down her spine as she brushed the thoughts away.
They were sitting down now in the living room. Kankuro and Temari on one couch, Neji and Sakura on a similar couch that was a bit smaller, and Gaara was actually still standing. He very much preferred to stand.
"Kankuro, should we tell them how strong Saito is?" said Temari.
"Hm...I guess we could warn them on how strong their killer will be." Kankuro said with a slight smirk.
Temari punched his arm.
"Shut up Kankuro." she said as she shot a death glare at him. After that, she turned her gaze back over to Neji and Sakura across from them. Kankuro was sadly rubbing the bruise on his arm.
"Well, we don't know much about his past, but we have seen him before. We also know what kind of power he holds."
Neji looked at her with mild interest while Sakura was gazing deeply.
"From what I would say, he is about the level of an experienced Jounin. Though his skills are unknown, we do know that he can manipulate clouds. It is a rare bloodline limit from his clan, though we are not sure the name of it. All I have to say is that you should be careful, this is no easy match for you guys."
The two Konoha shinobi nodded, not exactly sure how they are going to fair against this monster.
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Tsunade was in her office, rummaging through stacks of paper piled high onto her desk. She was looking for something specific and wasn't exactly sure on where to find it in the chaotic mess.
"Damnit, it has to be here somewhere."
With that said, she picked up a paper that seemed burned on the edges, and faded slightly with age.
At the top the words 'Mitsu Clan' we're sprawled out in red letters. The piece of paper was the history of the Mitsu Clan of the cloud country. So Tsunade read on.
The paper looked like this.
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MITSU CLAN
The Mitsu Clan orignates in a small village in the Cloud country. They are very ancient, and as of now there are only a few survivors
left. They also possess a rare bloodline limit that enables them to manipulate the clouds themselves. With use of their chakra, they
can even form the clouds into a small ball and focus on any point in all of the shinobi countries. This allows them to see their target,
almost using the clouds like a crystal ball.
The reason there are so few left of this clan is because there was a great massacre. 20 years ago there was a small boy, said to be
the strongest of the clan. He was only 8 at the time, but somehow he had fully developed every skill of the clan. Everyone saw the
murderous intent in his eyes, but they tried to ignore it. Tried to just pretend he didn't exist. This caused the boy to lash out at
them. Noone stood a chance. The Mitsu clan was not particularly very strong. They didn't stand a chance. After one night, fifty
members laid dead in the village. A few weak ones managed to flee. But the boy who started this all was not found. He was
supposedly last spotted fleeing into the nearby woods and taking off. Noone has ever seen him since.
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Tsunade was not ignorant. She knew as plain as day what this meant. Saito was this boy, he was the one that had massacred almost his entire clan.
[What is it with geniuses wanting to kill off their own clans? Is that a new sport or something?]
The Hokage pondered over why he must have did this, then realization struck. She sent Neji and Sakura to their doom.
[Oh..great.... I just hope they are strong enough to take him down. Otherwise..I will be out of two powerful shinobi. Better not tell Naruto about this..he would throw a fit and probably waltz out there in a second.]
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"Gai-sensei, when is Neji going to be back?" the green clad boy asked his former sensei. He still called him that out of respect.
"Hopefully soon Lee. All I know is that he is going to be up against a powerful shinobi." Gai said after a few moments.
"I just hope he comes back safe.."
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It was night. Crickets could be heard chirping in the window. The three twins we're resting upstairs in their own quarters. (Gaara was just meditating.) Neji and Sakura has chosen to sleep on the two couches. They were surprisingly more comfortable than those beds back at the hotel. Though neither one was asleep yet.
"Neji..?"
"What is it Sakura?"
"....Nothing, nevermind."
"Are you sure?"
"Yes, I'm sure..."
"Ok."
Neji gazed at her through silver eyes for a few moments. Sakura noticed, and pointed her own vision back at them. Their eyes were locked for what seemed like an eternity, even through the darkness of the night. Sakura couldn't tear her eyes away from those deep pools of silver. She was drowning in them.
"Thank you Neji..for everything."
That statement caught Neji offguard, and he thought he was about to choke for a second. After a short coughing fit he looked back at her again.
"Why are you thanking me Sakura?"
"For protecting me..and looking out for me."
"Duh, I am your bodyguard you know. I was assigned to do that, I'm merely following Hokage's orders." Neji spat out, a little too venomously for his liking. (Ok don't know if venomously is a word but I dont care.)
Sakura didn't seem hurt. To Neji, he thought it was because she was probably expecting an answer like that. But in Sakura's mind it was far different. She knew he didn't mean those words. She knew he was just not accustomed to being polite to others. That was a little technique she gained in the months spent with him, the ability to read beneath Neji's cool exterior.
She smiled a heart warming smile at him and he couldn't help but tweak the sides of his mouth up a bit. Sakura smiled wider when she saw this, but he didn't catch it.
"Goodnight Neji..-kun."
About five minutes past. They were both still awake. Neji was hesitating and then finally decided that it was stupid to act so childish so he said
"Goodnight Sakura-chan."
With that they both turned away from each other. Both smiling and blushing slightly, though only the light of the moon could see that.
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A/N: Wow, that was probably the shortest yet. But I can't believe I even wrote it, it took me forever to decide if I should or not. Well, it depends on how many reviews I get. If I get enough, I will update again soon, hopefully within the next week. If not, I probably will just drop this story, it's getting harder to write with every chapter. Well, til next time.
Nalio
Keeper of Shadows
A/N: Eheheheh no no it hasnt been a month since I've updated. That was just a huge fluxuation in the space time continuam (spelling?) It's really only been about 4 days :). Well ok it hasnt and its been a month. And I really was on the verge of totally dropping this story because I believe I've totally screwed this plot up. I shouldnt have made Neji submit into love that fast..but hey, I know better for next story. I guess i can just blame that on the few months they spent together :). Well here's another crappy chapter for this screwed up plot, but I might as well roll with it now. Revieeewwwwwwwww and enjoy.
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Oh btw if anyone wants to give me some ideas on where to take this story, feel free to.
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It started with birds chirping. Than gradually the small streaks of sunlight flashing in her eyes. Than it was the movement of Neji, who was sleeping on the ground. Then finally it was the loud banging on the door.
Loud banging on the door..?
"Hey you kids open up in there!!"
[Huh..? Who could that be?]
Sakura made a quick motion to get up and stepped over to the door. She opened up to see a grumpy looking middle aged man standing infront of her.
"Yes..?" came Sakura's voice.
"You two have only paid for up until this day. You have to leave by 11:00 and do you know what time it is now? Hmm??" came the sour reply.
"Um..no sir, no I don't."
"It's two in the afternoon! Now hurry up and get out of here!"
With that, he stomped off down the hallway. Waking up some other guests with the loud banging his feet made against the wooden floor.
"Who the hell was that?" asked a groggy Neji.
"That was the manager..we've only paid for until today and we're past check out time. We have to leave now. Where are we going to stay Neji?"
Neji thought for a few moments. This was very troublesome, to quote the laziest person in Konoha. After a few moments Neji activated his Byakugan to possibly search the area for any place to stay.
Soon after, amusement started to dance over his features. This made Sakura curious, so naturally she asked
"What is it Neji?"
After about ten seconds, Neji's smirk wiped away and he opened his mouth.
"It seems our friend Gaara lives down the street..."
"What!? Gaara!? There's no way..Gaara is unspeakably evil. And even if he wasn't, what makes you think he would let us stay with him?"
"Well it's worth a try, isn't it?"
"..I guess."
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Kankuro was sitting on a couch, with his eyes closed. Gaara was in the kitchen, sitting at the table and Temari was sitting across from him. They were both very bored (but doesn't Gaara always seem bored?) and couldn't find anything to do. Gaara hadn't killed anyone in a long time, and doesn't really see it anymore as a hobby. He does love to get into dangerous fights though. Temari and Kankuro have rose to the ranks of chuunin while Gaara had easily become a jounin. Baki was now the Kazekage of the sand, and much has changed. Gaara, somehow after he was defeated by Naruto, had lightened up a great deal. It was akward, yet pleasing to his siblings to see the change in his eyes.
Gaara suddenly shot his gaze upward to look into Temari's eyes. She could tell he wanted to say something, so she gazed back and signaled for him to continue.
"It seems..that we have guests."
"Huh?" came Temari's reply, and no sooner had the doorbell rang.
She eyed Gaara for a few moments before walking across the living room to open the door. Temari knew Kankuro wouldn't because he was a lazy bum.
She opened the door to be greeted by a pair of emerald, and silver-white eyes. Instantly she knew who they were, even though it had been a few years since they've crossed paths. She didn't dislike them, now since Gaara has changed she decided it was time for her to change too, it was just she didn't know them too well. Temari glanced at them for another moment before saying
"Hello Sakura-san, Neji-san."
"Hello Temari-san" Sakura said, while Neji merely nodded to her.
"What do you guys want? It's been a while."
Neji, being a straight-forward kinda guy replied soon after.
"We need a place to stay. We are currently on a mission and we were kicked out of our hotel room."
"Oh I see, making too much noise at night , eh?"
She winked at the two standing infront of her. Sakura blushed furiously and Neji turned slightly pink, before growling lowly.
"I'm just kidding, don't be so uptight. We'd be happy to let you stay here."
Sakura bowed her head and thanked her, while Neji just nodded again.
They all walked back in to see Kankuro sitting on the couch and Gaara standing in the kitchen doorway. Neji and Gaara locked eyes for a moment before casting their slight glares away from each other.
"So, what are you two doing on this mission?" said Temari. One part of her curious, and the other part just wanting to relieve the tension in the room between them.
"We are to kill someone." came Neji's voice.
"Do you know his name?" Temari asked, now full of curiosity.
Neji cast a sideways glance at Sakura, to see she was looking back at him. She nodded her approval as for him to say the man's name.
"His name is Saito."
Temari face-faulted. Kankuro gaped. Gaara...er..Gaara didn't do anything really.
"Saito!? You guys are going to try and kill Saito?!"
Neji and Sakura nodded, not knowing the reason for the sudden outburst. This obviously meant that she knew who Saito was, so Neji was actually glad he told her in the first place.
"Oh boy, did your Hokage send you out here on a deathwish or something?"
"..um..what do you mean? Is this guy strong or something?"
"Are you kidding me? He is unbelievably strong. Well, not like invincible, but he could take on me and Kankuro at the same time! Although I'm not sure about Gaara though."
"Do you really expect me to lose to someone like Saito?" came Gaara's chilling voice for the first time in this entire conversation.
"Well..no I guess." said Temari
"Hn. I can beat you and Kankuro at the same time too. I would not fall to a weakling like him."
Sakura had a brief thought of the dream she had a few nights ago. She knew the man had to be Saito and she remembered seeing Neji get killed by him. A cold chill ran down her spine as she brushed the thoughts away.
They were sitting down now in the living room. Kankuro and Temari on one couch, Neji and Sakura on a similar couch that was a bit smaller, and Gaara was actually still standing. He very much preferred to stand.
"Kankuro, should we tell them how strong Saito is?" said Temari.
"Hm...I guess we could warn them on how strong their killer will be." Kankuro said with a slight smirk.
Temari punched his arm.
"Shut up Kankuro." she said as she shot a death glare at him. After that, she turned her gaze back over to Neji and Sakura across from them. Kankuro was sadly rubbing the bruise on his arm.
"Well, we don't know much about his past, but we have seen him before. We also know what kind of power he holds."
Neji looked at her with mild interest while Sakura was gazing deeply.
"From what I would say, he is about the level of an experienced Jounin. Though his skills are unknown, we do know that he can manipulate clouds. It is a rare bloodline limit from his clan, though we are not sure the name of it. All I have to say is that you should be careful, this is no easy match for you guys."
The two Konoha shinobi nodded, not exactly sure how they are going to fair against this monster.
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Tsunade was in her office, rummaging through stacks of paper piled high onto her desk. She was looking for something specific and wasn't exactly sure on where to find it in the chaotic mess.
"Damnit, it has to be here somewhere."
With that said, she picked up a paper that seemed burned on the edges, and faded slightly with age.
At the top the words 'Mitsu Clan' we're sprawled out in red letters. The piece of paper was the history of the Mitsu Clan of the cloud country. So Tsunade read on.
The paper looked like this.
-
MITSU CLAN
The Mitsu Clan orignates in a small village in the Cloud country. They are very ancient, and as of now there are only a few survivors
left. They also possess a rare bloodline limit that enables them to manipulate the clouds themselves. With use of their chakra, they
can even form the clouds into a small ball and focus on any point in all of the shinobi countries. This allows them to see their target,
almost using the clouds like a crystal ball.
The reason there are so few left of this clan is because there was a great massacre. 20 years ago there was a small boy, said to be
the strongest of the clan. He was only 8 at the time, but somehow he had fully developed every skill of the clan. Everyone saw the
murderous intent in his eyes, but they tried to ignore it. Tried to just pretend he didn't exist. This caused the boy to lash out at
them. Noone stood a chance. The Mitsu clan was not particularly very strong. They didn't stand a chance. After one night, fifty
members laid dead in the village. A few weak ones managed to flee. But the boy who started this all was not found. He was
supposedly last spotted fleeing into the nearby woods and taking off. Noone has ever seen him since.
-
Tsunade was not ignorant. She knew as plain as day what this meant. Saito was this boy, he was the one that had massacred almost his entire clan.
[What is it with geniuses wanting to kill off their own clans? Is that a new sport or something?]
The Hokage pondered over why he must have did this, then realization struck. She sent Neji and Sakura to their doom.
[Oh..great.... I just hope they are strong enough to take him down. Otherwise..I will be out of two powerful shinobi. Better not tell Naruto about this..he would throw a fit and probably waltz out there in a second.]
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"Gai-sensei, when is Neji going to be back?" the green clad boy asked his former sensei. He still called him that out of respect.
"Hopefully soon Lee. All I know is that he is going to be up against a powerful shinobi." Gai said after a few moments.
"I just hope he comes back safe.."
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It was night. Crickets could be heard chirping in the window. The three twins we're resting upstairs in their own quarters. (Gaara was just meditating.) Neji and Sakura has chosen to sleep on the two couches. They were surprisingly more comfortable than those beds back at the hotel. Though neither one was asleep yet.
"Neji..?"
"What is it Sakura?"
"....Nothing, nevermind."
"Are you sure?"
"Yes, I'm sure..."
"Ok."
Neji gazed at her through silver eyes for a few moments. Sakura noticed, and pointed her own vision back at them. Their eyes were locked for what seemed like an eternity, even through the darkness of the night. Sakura couldn't tear her eyes away from those deep pools of silver. She was drowning in them.
"Thank you Neji..for everything."
That statement caught Neji offguard, and he thought he was about to choke for a second. After a short coughing fit he looked back at her again.
"Why are you thanking me Sakura?"
"For protecting me..and looking out for me."
"Duh, I am your bodyguard you know. I was assigned to do that, I'm merely following Hokage's orders." Neji spat out, a little too venomously for his liking. (Ok don't know if venomously is a word but I dont care.)
Sakura didn't seem hurt. To Neji, he thought it was because she was probably expecting an answer like that. But in Sakura's mind it was far different. She knew he didn't mean those words. She knew he was just not accustomed to being polite to others. That was a little technique she gained in the months spent with him, the ability to read beneath Neji's cool exterior.
She smiled a heart warming smile at him and he couldn't help but tweak the sides of his mouth up a bit. Sakura smiled wider when she saw this, but he didn't catch it.
"Goodnight Neji..-kun."
About five minutes past. They were both still awake. Neji was hesitating and then finally decided that it was stupid to act so childish so he said
"Goodnight Sakura-chan."
With that they both turned away from each other. Both smiling and blushing slightly, though only the light of the moon could see that.
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A/N: Wow, that was probably the shortest yet. But I can't believe I even wrote it, it took me forever to decide if I should or not. Well, it depends on how many reviews I get. If I get enough, I will update again soon, hopefully within the next week. If not, I probably will just drop this story, it's getting harder to write with every chapter. Well, til next time.
Nalio
Keeper of Shadows