Chapter 5: Neji's great fall

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"Do you think you guys are ever going to find him?" Sakura said with her voice a little shaky. It was about 5 months after Sasuke's departure and it was there first re-turn after trying to find him.

Neji glanced over in shock surprised that she was talking to him. She's never spoken to Neji before, alone at least. He was always around a lot of other people. "Huh?" he asked surprised. "Oh yeah we'll find him for sure, nothing to worry about."

Sakura smiled. "Thank you Neji." She blushed.

"For what?" he asked looking over at her from the bench they were sitting on outside of the Ramen shop.

"For your kind words. I needed them." She put her hand gently on his shoulder it surprised him, he hadn't seen it coming. She smiled a warm smile at him. He smiled back although he wished that she would leave because he didn't know what to say. He took her hand gently off his shoulder and pulled her off the bench after him.

"I'll take you home" he offered. "It's getting dark and a girl like you shouldn't be walking around this late."

She nodded as she walked close but some distance away from the long haired Ninja as they made their way down the road.

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Neji sighed in frustration. Why didn't he take advantage of that moment with her? He hit his head softly with the palm of his hand. "Stupid, stupid, stupid" he groaned. He was at Naruto's house now. He sat frustrated on his couch as Naruto peered out the window of his building down at Sakura and Lee who had decided to sit and talk right in front of his building.

He had a water balloon clutched in his right hand as he held on to the edge of the window with his left.

"They're not doing anything" Naruto said. "I wanna see something happen. I wanna throw this balloon." He leaned further over the window.

"Didn't Hinata tell you about spying?" Neji closed his eyes and shook his head in sorrow. "You'll never learn."

Naruto took his head from out the window and faced Neji. "But Hinata's not here is she?" he asked "And besides I'm doing this for you" he smirked stupidly and leaned back over the window.

Neji peered at Naruto. He had to admire his loyalty. He was going through all of this trouble just for him. He smiled a little with his hand crossed then got up to look out the window with him. What's coming up in the story reminds me a lot about a song I know. It's called Humpty Dumpty only I've rephrased a little for you're entertainment.

Neji Hyuuga sat on a wall

Neji Hyuuga had a great fall…

I think that gives away what's about to happen but oh well. Anyway, Neji peered out the window down at Sakura and Lee who just seemed to be talking. "They're only talking." Neji sighed in relief.

"Talking mighty close…" Naruto said chuckling. He hit Neji on the back but it was sort of more of a shove.

"Naruto" Neji screamed in shock as he found half of his body dangling out the window. Naruto was the only thing that kept Neji Hyuuga from plummeting to his death or a very painful time in the hospital. But he could live with that because at least he'd be close to Sakura.

"Don't let go of me!" Neji screamed in horror as he looked down at the two who didn't seem to notice the young man dangling from out of Naruto's apartment window.

"You're too heavy!" Naruto replied. Both his feet were on the edge of the window trying to hoist the Ninja up back safely into the apartment. His palms were sweating now…a lot. He didn't know how much longer he would be able to keep his grip on Neji's foot. One by one his fingers slipped off his foot.

"Naru-" Neji started to say but he found himself screaming rather because Naruto of course had let go.

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Neji didn't know what had happened earlier today the last thing he could possibly remember was that Naruto carelessly dropped him out of his apartment window. He opened his eyes. He tried to sit up and look around but it was too painful.

"Don't strain yourself" he heard a familiar voice say he looked around although it hurt to move his eyeballs.

"S-Sakura?" he asked in the raspiest voice ever. "Is that you?"

"Yeah" she replied. "How are you feeling?" her voice sounded so sweet and warm. It made the young Neji Hyuuga feel all nice and warm inside.

"What happened?" he asked as if trying to search his brain for memories.

"That idiot Naruto dropped you out of the window." She said, her voice sounding more tense and serious. "What were you two doing anyway?"

"Naruto" he growled and he tried to sit up but an over whelming pain came over his body so his plan to sit was up was aborted.

"Neji you're lucky you survived" Sakura pointed out. "Why would you choose to fall out of the window when your next mission in just around the corner" Neji clenched his teeth it wasn't his fault that he fell out the window it was Naruto's.

"I wasn't thinking…." Neji replied after quiet a lot of silence filled the hospital room.

"Well I don't think you're going to be well enough to go." Sakura said as she headed over to her desk and looked through some paper work.

"WHAT!?" Neji screamed as he managed to sit up completely ignoring the pain that filled his upper body. He struggled to get out of the bed. "Look I'm fine" he exclaimed he walked over to her.

Sakura grabbed Neji shoulders as he staggered a little bit. "Neji look at yourself, you're in no shape to go on the mission your body won't recover from that pain for quiet sometime." Neji wasn't able to stand anymore he slipped out of Sakura's grip and fell to the floor bringing Sakura down on top of him.

"Owe" Neji sneered at the pain of having another body on top of him. He didn't mind it though. At that moment Naruto burst through the door.

"Neji are you okay I-" he stopped when he saw the position the two were in. "Oh I'm sorry am I interrupting something?" he smirked stupidly.

Sakura blushed a dark red. "It's not like that Naruto" she said as she gently removed herself from on top of Neji's body making sure not to hurt him. She helped him back on the bed.

"Neji I'm sorry dude" Naruto said sincerely "I didn't mean to drop you but you were just too heavy" he walked over to the bed so Neji could glance at his big blue eyes and see how sincere he was.

"Because of you Naruto…" Neji started to say but his mouth muscles were almost too sore to move now. "I can't go on the next mission"

Naruto looked shocked. "Why not?" he asked although the answer was almost too obvious.

"Look at me!" Neji let out a scream that caused Sakura to drop the papers she was filing "Does it look like I'm in any shape to go on the mission?"

"Well don't act like it was my fault!" Naruto screamed back.

"It is your fault!" Neji responded.

"No it's not if you didn't want to spy on Sakura and Lee this would've never happened!" Naruto covered his mouth as Neji's big white eyes got even whiter and Sakura turned around with a curious look on her face.

"You were doing what?" she asked.

Damn it I'm busted! Neji thought to himself. I'll have to create some type of diversion.

"Naruto have you gone crazy?" Neji asked in a voice was a little too shaky. "I wasn't spying on Sakura…I don't even like her."

You would expect Naruto to go along with Neji's plan to fool Sakura but Naruto is still as dimwitted as he was when he was twelve no matter how much older or more powerful he had grown.

"Huh?" Naruto asked stupidly "What are you talking about Neji of course you were spying on Sakura because you didn't want her to go any further with Lee remember?"

Neji put his hands over his eyes and groaned. "Naruto" he said slowly and painfully as if her were being killed slowly by poison.

Naruto suddenly realized what he had done and covered his mouth. "Sorry" he said quietly.

Sakura stood quietly on her side of the room her face as red as a crayon. She looked like she was about to blow up any second. "You were spying on me?" she asked quietly. Neji thought she would scream but she probably found strength to remain calm.

"How dare you Neji" she said the tension rising in her voice. She hit him on the shoulder and he yelped in pain.

"Sakura you don't understand…" Neji said as he gaped in pain at his shoulder. "I did it for a reason…"

"Well you sure wasted a heck of a lot of time spying because Lee and I aren't even seeing each other!" she screamed her voice boomed and several of the nurses poked their heads out of different rooms in the hall way to see what the noise was. "But now I think I will give you something to worry about." She turned on her heel and stored out the door leaving Naruto and Neji staring blankly at the spot she had been standing in. Well Neji was really the only one looking because Naruto had taken cover under the desk.

"She's gone?" Naruto asked nervously peering from under the desk.

Neji turned his attention to Naruto who was still under the desk clutching his knees up to his chest. "Naruto you're lucky I'm in too much pain to make a fist because it'd be kissing you're eye right now!!!!"

Chapter 5: End