A/n: Chapter 2! I am trying to keep my self entertained by working on this story instead of my other one. I had a dream about what will happen in this one. It is going to be good.

Disclaimer(s): I don't own Naruto or Darkness Falls. I am very scared of that movie. If you don't like it, tough. It was that or a chick flick.

Chapter Two: Hidden Emotions

He looked up at her slightly shaking form as she stood at the top of the stairs. He walked over to the base of the small staircase only 10 steps. She walked down toward him smiling slightly.

"You any better?" Neji asked her with a hint of curiosity in his voice.

"Ya, a little bit. So, whatcha watching?" She walked over to the couch and he followed behind her and sat next to her.

"Nothing much, I was just about to put this DVD in, wanna watch? It's called, "Darkness Falls", supposed to be a scary movie." She nodded as he walked over to the DVD box and inserted it into the slot. He walked back over to the couch and sat down next to her.

About half way through the movie she started getting a little uneasy. It was around 2:30 in the afternoon but seemed like it was midnight. Both of their eyes where glued to the screen as they watched the little boy being chased and hurt by the evil thing.

"Um, Neji, I don't feel so good now. I think I'm gonna, ya know, lay down for a bit." In all truth she wasn't that tired, she wanted to do 2 things that she could not do around him, 1st, get away from that movie. It was starting to get a little gory and scary. Besides, she might have started to show that it was scarring her; he can't see her scarred over a movie.

2nd, that she wanted to find out what was in that book, it wasn't hers. If it was his she would want to return it. After a little bit of finding out what was in it…

"Ok, want me to stop it and wait to finish till you get up?" He asked trying not to act out of his usual demeanor.

"No, that's ok. You can finish it without me. I'm getting pretty sleepy. Well, see ya in a bit." She said walking up the stairs to her room and shut the door with a small THUD and she didn't lock it.

She walked over to her desk and picked up the brown book. She fingered it idly before opening its brown cover to read-

Property of Hyuuga Neji.

I wouldn't go any further if I were you, which I'm thankfully not.

She ignored the opening page and turned it to the middle of the first half where a little marker was slightly protruding showing that it was the marker for New Years, she thought this was a good place to start; it wasn't like it was his journal or anything. As soon as she opened the page she felt her cheeks redden as she read it.

1/1

Dear Journal,

Today I did my usual routine, get up, get dressed, eat breakfast, you know the usual. Well, I was on my way to training when I lost in thought about my New Year's resolutions and accidentally bumped into someone, TenTen. She fell back but before either one of us could think about it, I reached out and grabbed her by the waist and caught her.

I felt my cheeks getting a little warm. I looked down at her and she was gaining the lightest tinge of pink on her pretty little cheeks. Wait a minute where did that come from? Pretty, I can't believe this! I think I might actually like her. It's not like there isn't anything about her not to like. Now that I think about it, I even like her temper, at least when it's not directed at me.

So, after that we went and walked all quiet like to the training grounds. Lee and Gai-sensei were already there. Gai tried to crack a joke but after the, don't-even-go-there look she shot him, she shut up. Thank goodness! I really didn't want to deal with a speech about youth and love and all that junk. I would go insane and end up tied to a tree for "bad behavior", like he could even catch me! The only person in my group that could catch me would be her pinning me to a tree with kunai' or something.

I think I might actually have feelings for her. I'm not gonna show it though. I need to focus on what I have to do. Well, I better go. Hinata just said that it's time for diner. Yay! As if, I would rather be out for a walk or something.

-Neji

She giggled a little. She had always been in a secret love with the Hyuuga boy. She admired him and respected him. She had grown to have feelings for him. There was something about him that she always fancied. Even if he was a human ice-block.

She wanted to read more and soon. She would have to wait he was coming up the stairs. She hurriedly stuffed the unfortunate book in her hamper and dove under the covers. She was going to have a 'bad dream'. Maybe she could get some emotion from him. Or she could wait till she was better to revile her master plan to see if he cared.

Neji walked in to her room after knocking and took it she was asleep and walked in. He saw her tossing and turning under her covers. He walked over and sat down on the edge of the bed.

He looked at the slightly distressed look she had on her face. He frowned and decided to see what was so terrible wrong with her. She had predicted he would do that so she forced herself to think about her parents. They had been killed by ninja when she was just a little girl. She had gotten over it and felt his precedence when he entered her mind.

He did a few hands signs and whispered, "Byakugan", he grimaces as he looked into her 'dream' and focused his charka to change her dream to a purple white haze. Her body slowed down and she relaxed. He turned off his Byakugan and wiped the sweat off of her forehead. She had really fallen asleep and had dreamed that whole terrifying nightmare.

He had come in about 2 minutes after she had really fallen asleep. Because she had been thinking that she had restored her horrible memories to herself and therefore dreamt about them.

He stroked her hair gently taking it out of its buns and letting it fall onto her back in a graceful swoop. He wiped the sweat off of her brow and wiped the tears from her eyes.

He went down stairs and finished the movie. He came up and checked on her every so often. She woke up around 5:45 in the evening and wobbled down stairs. She saw him in her kitchen making something.

"Oh, you're finally up are you? Well, sit down. I made you some diner." She walked over to the chair and sat down as he placed the food on the table. He spooned out some soup into 2 bowls and handed 1 to her.

"What's this?" She asked trying not to be rude.

"It's tomato soup silly. I found the cans in your pantry. There is also, grilled cheese and you need to drink some milk. I made some fruit salad for afterwards." He grinned without showing his white teeth. It was as close as a smile as you could get with him.

She smiled and took a sip of her soup. It was actually quite good. They ate in silence and then walked over and put in a good movie and watched it together while eating their deserts.

Around 8:30 there was a knock on the door and Neji answered it. Lee and Gai stood outside and looked in and saw the sleeping girl who had fallen asleep on the couch after the movie. Neji stepped aside so they could come in and Lee walked over and sat on one of the comfy chairs.

"So, Neji, how long has she been asleep?" Asked a very overexcited Lee, who was waiting to hear that Neji couldn't handle it and had simply knocked her unconscious.

"Hmm? Oh, only about an hour, give or take. She slept for a good 3 or more hours total after I got here." Lee and Gai inwardly pouted. They had wanted to have a justifiable reason to challenge him to a fight. At least she was still among the living.

They talked softly for a little bit taking turns telling on the subject of what had happened that day. About 30 minutes into the exchange she started to rouse from her catnap. She woke up rubbing her eyes to only be blinded by the abnormal vividness of her sensei and teammate's teeth. They really need a therapist or something she thought inwardly.

After she managed to grow adapted to the brightness of the teeth that where brushed after every bite they decided to quit the smiling and cut to the chase.

"SO, TenTen, how did Neji treat you?" Gai asked hopefully.

"He was very kind and helpful, why do you ask Gai-sensei?" Lee and Gai fell "Anime Style" in a dead faint. Everybody changed to chibi's and TenTen grabbed a newspaper and rolled it up and pocked them both in the stomach. She looked at Neji and he closed his big little eyes and nodded. She nodded back and sat back down on the couch while watching him drag the 2 green beasts outside.

He returned to sit next to her and around 9:45 he decided to leave. She said his goodbyes and told her that if she needed anything that she was welcome to call his cell anytime. She accepted his offer and walked him to the door.

"Well, thanks for taking care of me Neji. I feel loads better. Be safe walking home, ok?" He smirked and nodded, turned, and walked out the door with a wave over his shoulder. She smiled at his retreating form and waved back even though he couldn't see it because he had his back turned walking away.

After he was out of site she raced as fast as her exhausted body would go up the stairs and into her room. She shut her door and walked over to her dresser and took out the book.

She picked it up and tossed it onto her bed. She changed into her pajamas and slid under her cover and greedily opened the cover to read more. She decided to go the next day to keep current and try to catch up in the journal. She really knew she shouldn't be doing that, but hey, wouldn't you?

1/ 2

Dear Journal,

Today training went by as normal. Kinda boring, at least TenTen was there. Here I go again! Why does she have to be so cute! ANYWAY, she trained with me but something was different with her. She was acting kinda strange. Something was wrong with her gait, I could tell. I wasn't about to look into her mind or anything if I didn't have to. I decided to ask her what was wrong while we where taking a break after like 6 straight hours of training. That girl was barely standing!

I felt so bad; I had been frustrated at myself and took it out on her. I hope she's not ticked. That would be bad. No, that would be REALLY bad. We seem to give the impression to become less of a hidden village for the reason that she always seems to take down a mini forest each time she is really mad. Like, a 7 on the "TenTen's Destruction Chart" ya, I made that up. Here, I'll write it down.

Stage 1: Slightly grumpy- takes it out on Lee by tossing a kunai relentlessly close to his person.

Stage 2: Mumbling under breath, most likely cursing the sun for shinning. Throwing kunai at Lee and Gai, slightly fuming.

Stage 3: Ignores everyone. DO NOT touch her. Lee did and he ended up pinned to a tree for a few hours.

Stage 4: Stubbornness, well, more than usual. Kicks Lee's butt for a warm-up then gets frustrated after making him a bruised and bloody punching bag and goes home.

Stage 5: Beware, goes all out training with me; end up being forced to use slight gentle fist. I won't hurt her anymore than I have to. It hurts me too. 

Stage 6: Forced to use the 64 strikes, I'm scratched up pretty bad around my arms and chest. End up carrying her home and putting her to bed due to unconsciousness.

Stage 7: She goes out by herself and tries destroying the forest. I stop her and convince her that we need to keep the trees and building level and not a pile of rubble.

Stage 8: Never gotten past a 7. Hopefully we won't have to. Konoha might come to an end.

So, now I have something to compare her ticked moods too. If she gets past a 7, you won't hear from me again! Anyway I asked her if anything was the matter and she said that it was nothing. She is a terrible liar! After a slight prodding I found out that her last relative had died, an uncle that had took care of her until she was like, 14, when she got her own duplex and was next door to (like on the other half of the duplex) Lee. We're like 16 now but still, he had still kept in touch. She didn't have any problems paying the rent because of the inheritance her parents had left her. She also has that little blacksmith shop she thinks we don't know about downtown.

After she told me that he had passed away, I hugged her. I don't know what made me do that, but I just did. She hugged me back and started crying until she fell asleep on my shoulder. I brought her to her house and got out my spare key. She had given one to both Lee and me just in case. I ended up staying in her room leaning against her bed till around 10ish when I came home.

Well, I'm pretty tired so g2g. She taught me that when she showed me this chat thing for Konoha ninja online. Pretty cool site.

-Neji 

She almost started to cry when she remembered her uncle, but shook it off. She laid the book inside a drawer incase Lee should wander over in the middle of the night and start wandering around while sleep walking.

A/n: Finally DONE with chapter 2! YAY! I can't believe I got soooo many freaking review for chapter 1! Awesome! I love you all. I actually got 12 reviews only about 4 hours after I posted it.

Chaoshyuuga- Dude you so freaking rock!

Sgt Dub- thanks a lot!

-CherryBlossom2, TTYL peoples! Give me some ideas for chapter 3! More, much, much more chaos!

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