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Chapter 10: What have I done?

"Neko?" Came a voice from behind her. She allowed her body to relax and turned to see Gai and Lee staring at her in shock. The man before her dropped to his knees, having a mind too weak to last twenty-four hours of being stabbed in the back.

"What happened to Neji?" Lee immediately went to his teammate.

"It…It was an accident…" Neko's eyes filled with tears as Gai knelt down to look at Neji as well. "Is he…?"

"We're losing him fast," Gai took off his vest and pulled out bandages to wrap Neji's wound quickly. Once bound, he covered Neji with his vest and picked him up. "I will run ahead and take him to Tsunade, hopefully it's not too late. You two take Chihhiro, be careful but don't take your time."

Gai was gone in a flash, leaving Neko and Lee to help Chihhiro back to Konoha. Lee watched Neko curiously, she tried to ignore him as tears were burning her eyes.

"Neko, it's not your fault-"

"That's my kunai, Lee," She turned to him seriously. "And I was the one to throw it."

"It was an accident, even you said so," Lee put a hand on her shoulder but she pulled away. He just didn't understand. She'd probably just killed her best friend. Didn't he get it? Neji wasn't going to be around to be her moving target or Lee's favorite challenge. He wouldn't be around when she got sick of spending all day at home with Sasuke. He wouldn't be there when Lee wanted to show him a new trick he'd taught his squirrels.

"Neko," Chihhiro had come over to them when they weren't paying attention. "I saw it, it wasn't your fault. He tricked you."

"But I still…" Neko shook her head and wiped away the tears. "Let's just go. The sooner we leave the sooner we can see how he's doing."

Lee nodded silently and offered Chihhiro his shoulder to lean on. Neko closed her eyes and deactivated sharingan. It felt like it was more difficult to do now. She followed silently as Lee helped Chihhiro out of the complex and into the forest. Konoha really wasn't all that far, they could make it in a day. They'd only stopped the night before to make preparations.

Chihhiro assured them that she was fine, so Lee carried her piggyback style so that they could run through the trees. Neko found herself praying as they went. Neji was going to be just fine, he'd recovered from worse. Right? She didn't even want to consider the alternative.

xXx

Sasuke dropped the shuriken he was about to throw as he felt a chill wash over him. He barely even registered Naruto coming at him during their spar and knocking him down. Naruto jumped up and saw the look on Sasuke's face as he sat on the ground. He turned to Kakashi and Sakura who were watching, and saw the concern on their faces.

"Sasuke, what's wrong?" Naruto crouched down and looked him in the face.

"Something is seriously wrong," Sasuke rubbed his forehead. "I think… her sharingan changed."

"What do you mean?" Naruto looked skeptical.

"She's got another Tomoe in each eye," Sasuke changed his eyes and showed Naruto his own for an example. "The strongest is three. But I don't think that's it…"

"Sasuke," Kakashi called over to the two boys and they turned to him. "Care to share?"

"Something's happened to Neko," He replied with a sigh. "I think someone on her team is hurt."

Kakashi's visible eye widened and he snapped the book he was reading closed. Sakura gave him a sidelong glance as he got up from his seat but said nothing. Kakashi knew this could not be good, usually Sasuke only felt Neko's premonitions if something bad was happening, and for him to lose track of things as much as this time it had to be truly bad.

"Training is over, Sasuke come with me. You two can go," Kakashi turned and headed for the Hokage's office with Sasuke in tow. Sakura and Naruto just stood there in the clearing looking dumbfounded.

"This must be bad," Sakura commented. "Who do you think is hurt?"

"I don't know," Naruto thought for a moment. "I'd better go tell Hinata, Neji's on that team too."

Sakura nodded in understanding and Naruto left the clearing. It wasn't long before he found himself knocking on the door to the Hyuuga household, feeling more and more out of place with each passing moment. The door slid open and Hanabi stood there, looking up at Naruto curiously.

"Can I talk to Hinata-chan? It's important," Naruto asked.

"And just who are you?" Hanabi wanted to know.

"Uzumaki Naruto," He said and she flashed on hearing the name shouted around the village following various crashes. She also dimly remembered seeing him at the Ichiraku the last time they were there.

"This way," Hanabi stepped back so that he could enter. He gave her a happy grin as he stepped in, and calmly followed her down the halls of the house.

xXx

"Tsunade-sama," Kakashi burst into the office, Sasuke following in surprise. Not many people just barged in like that, knowing Tsunade's temper.

"I'm busy," She held up all kinds of paperwork and glared at the silver haired jounin.

"We have reason to believe someone on Gai's team may be seriously injured," Kakashi said and her expression morphed into bewilderment. It was then that she finally noticed Sasuke.

"Is it Neko?" She asked and he shrugged. "I need you to do something."

Sasuke looked at her in wonder as she came around her desk and placed a hand on his forehead. He felt a small amount of chakra radiating from her hand and closed his eyes.

"Picture a kunai on a grey background, and think of Neko's name," She closed her eyes as well. "You don't have the sight, so I'll help you with my chakra. Tell us what you see."

He felt incredibly stupid as he stood there with his eyes closed, but he did as he was told. Sasuke couldn't see anything. Why was this supposed to work? And how? He wasn't a Neko… He finally stopped questioning it when the picture faded away and he saw a man and Neko… and another man.

"She was fighting two men at once," Sasuke squinted as the scene continued to play. "One of them is pinned to the wall with shuriken now, he's been burned up pretty badly."

"Can you see the rest of the team?" Kakashi asked.

"I think I see Neji… Lee and Gai are nowhere to be seen," He winced. "She's confused and got a scratch on her shoulder."

"Is it serious?"

"No, just testing her. I think they know how to trick her now… And…" Sasuke winced even more and felt Tsunade pour in more chakra. "They've confused her. He's feinting from four sides at once. She's dodged two, and is now trying to find the last… He appeared…She panicked and… Oh my god!"

Sasuke pulled away and opened his eyes. He fell back onto his rear and gasped for air. Tsunade stared at him in surprise as Kakashi reached down and pulled him back up to his feet. They watched him patiently as he gathered his wits.

"She threw a kunai… Missed the enemy but hit…" Sasuke ran a hand through his hair and sighed. "She hit Neji's blind spot."

"Oh no," Tsunade and Kakashi shared a glance.

"With her accuracy and the strength of her throws…" Kakashi trailed off.

"Shizune!" Tsunade shouted and left the office. "Prepare an emergency room. We're going to need a team of medics."

"They'll take care of it," Kakashi sounded like he was convincing himself more than anyone else.

"Kakashi-sensei, that's not it…" Sasuke trailed off and studied the ground.

"What?"

"If Neji dies… That means Neko killed her best friend. Do you remember … Itachi?" Sasuke spoke slowly.

"Yes… Yes, I do," He said.

"Itachi got a special sharingan," Sasuke swallowed hard. "By killing his best friend. He used it on me after he…"

"Sasuke," Kakashi stopped him. "We've given Tsunade all the warning that we could. They should be able to take care of it."

Sasuke couldn't say anything else. He just stayed silent and went to the waiting room outside of Neji's soon-to-be hospital room.

xXx

"Hi Hinata," Naruto greeted sweetly as Hanabi left them in the living room where Hinata had been reading.

"Oh, h-hi N-Naruto," Hinata flushed slightly. He walked over and took a seat next to her, causing her to watch him curiously.

"See, here's the thing…" He rubbed the back of his head, unsure of how to put it. "Sasuke and Neko have this… connection. He can always tell when she's in trouble."

"Yes, Neji-nii-san talked about it once," She spoke with a surprising lack of stuttering.

"Yeah, and today Sasuke just froze during a spar," Naruto looked at her seriously. "He thinks that someone on Neko's team is injured."

"Oh no…" Hinata put a hand up to her mouth. "D-Do y-you know who?"

"No, but I just wanted you to be warned," Naruto gave her a coy smile. "You never know."

"T-Thank you, N-Naruto," Hinata smiled back shyly. They sat there in a comfortable silence for a long time, until the phone rang. Hinata blushed, like it was interrupting them, but said nothing. But hard footsteps coming towards their door told them that it would be more of an interruption then they thought.

"Hinata," Hiashi himself appeared in the doorway, only doing a slight double-take when he saw Naruto. "We need to go to the hospital, it's Neji."

Hinata's face paled and Naruto frowned. May he shouldn't have warned her? She looked over at him and had a hard time finding her voice again.

"N-Naruto… P-Please come with?" She asked and he nodded. They got up and left the complex silently.

xXx

The second Gai arrived, Neji was taken from his arms and rushed into the emergency room waiting for him. The door was shut securely and only medical ninja were allowed to enter or exit. The Hyuugas arrived minutes after Gai did and took their positions in the waiting room with Sasuke, Naruto sitting calmly next to Hinata. He would occasionally offer words of encouragement, or just a friendly pat on the back.

Sasuke sat in silent impatience. Where the hell was she now? She had things to deal with here and now, he knew her well enough to know she would want to be with Neji the second he was allowed visitors. If Neko didn't show up soon she might miss her chance. Hell, the medics were moving faster now. They wouldn't say anything, which was always a bad sign.

Almost as though on cue, Lee came dashing in and carried a dark haired woman over to the check-in. Neko wasn't far behind, and Sasuke jumped up to see her. She looked pale, worried, and horrified all at once. Sasuke had been ready to go into parent mode and make her explain what had happen, even if he'd seen it. He was upset, she was following the same road as Itachi had.

But he couldn't berate her. She looked so terrible that he found himself wrapping her in a hug instead.

Neko burst into tears once more and clung to him helplessly. He spoke soothing words as she wet the front of his shirt with tears. Even Naruto found the scene disturbingly out of character for the both of them, but no one in the room spoke.

"Come sit down, he's been in there for awhile now," Sasuke said as they finally broke apart. Neko merely nodded with one last sniff. As he walked her over to her seat, the red light above Neji's room began to flash. Neko froze and stared at it, while Sasuke paused and looked at the medics rushing to the room.

"What's going on?" Neko asked and looked at Sasuke with a worried expression on her face.

"Nothing," He lied and made her sit down with him. The poor girl looked ready to jump out of her own skin if she didn't sit down for a minute.

"Is he-" Neko started.

"I need you to show me your sharingan," Sasuke commanded. Neko blinked in surprise but obeyed. Her eyes flashed crimson and he looked carefully, sure enough she had three Tomoe in each eye now.

But as the red light continued to flash, he watched in horror as it changed. The black Tomoe lengthened and thickened, creating a pinwheel effect more so with each flash of the light. Sasuke had only seen a sharingan like that once before.

"Switch it off," Sasuke snapped his eyes shut and turned away. "Now."

"What's going on?" She looked back at him helplessly but he didn't respond to her.

"Naruto, could you get Kakashi?" Sasuke asked the blonde. Naruto only nodded, somehow understanding the gravity of the situation.

"Sasuke," Neko grabbed his shoulders and turned him to face her. "What is wrong with my eyes?"

"Neko-chan, your eyes are fine," Sasuke twitched slightly. "Except that now you are the third Uchiha to have them, with the second being the one who killed our clan."