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A/N: Well, here's Chapter two, and chapter three is in the works. Oh, a note to you people who like our stories, NaruYaoi is open to more members. Look at our profile for information. Enjoy, and as always, review.

Writers: Tenchi and Mika

Warnings: Shonen ai/Yaoi that's boyxboy love for those who don't know.

Pairings: Neji/Deidara and Itachi/Hinata

Neji slid into the stance for the sixty-four divine strikes before unleashing the powerful attack on the wooden training post. He'd been training nonstop for the last three hours, pushing himself as hard as he could in an attempt to stop thinking about what had happened between him and Deidara. His hair had come unbound at some point and now hung in strands around his face.

Deidara had been walking for a while, this time, with out his cloak. If felt rather cold with out it. But right now he didn't care. The night of the celebration was a disaster for him. He had decided to apologize to the Hyuuga, but each time he would turn to go even near, he would just freak out and walk away. ' Okay, I have to do this ..un! I'm not going to stall anymore. I've killed a lot of Ninjas, and got a Shukaku for Leader-sama...' Deidara stood for a moment and began to walk to where his scanner eye had locked onto Neji. He really felt horrid for the kiss. It was stupid, awkward, and.. no.. just stupid and awkward.

"Sixty-four strikes!" he cried out as the last, splintery remainders of the log shattered into bits. He breathed deeply then let out a sigh that relaxed almost every muscle in his body. Or it had, until he'd felt an approaching chakra signature.

Deidara stopped not too far away and hid. The blond placed a hand near his mechanical eye and moved the bangs away. He didn't like awkward moments, so he was scared that he would cause one. He turned around and frowned 'Maybe this isn't a good idea, I mean, he'll just forget it.. right... un?' Deidara turned back to face the direction of the Boy. '... Maybe I should take lessons from Itachi-san on how not to feel guilt...'.

"Deidara." Neji spoke softly, but there was no doubt that he knew the other boy was there. "You may as well stop hiding, the Byakugen isn't so easily fooled."

Deidara poked his head out with a look on his face that said 'shit...'. the blond stepped out of hiding and stood there. Damn awkward moments, they always got to him. He kicked the ground as he looked at his hand. The mouths on the Stone nin hand were slightly clicking, showing him that he was slightly nervous. Frowning at his own hands, he placed them into his pockets.

"Did you want something. Dei-kun?" Oh shit...where had that come from? Ah well, too late now to take it back.

Deidara looked at Neji oddly. He would've ran off, if it wasn't for his reason being here. "I wanted to apologize for the other night...un. I've been having my own problems and Acted ah.. what's the word..." Deidara placed he forehead on a hand as the opposite arm supported it. "umm.. I guess.. like a child." He sighed and stepped, turning around as he did. " I'm going to leave now, I'm not really welcomed in this village, so ... un."

Neji leaned back against one of the training poles that was still intact. "So you're leaving because of an accidental kiss?" Neji either didn't notice or didn't care that long strands of his hair were starting to fall in his face. "And what about the rumors that have surely started about our relationship?"

Deidara turned his head. He looked clueless. "What?" He turned back around and started to walk over to Neji. He was curios now. " What rumors.. un?"

"Thanks to my cousin, Hanabi-sama, the entire clan and most of the village thinks that you are my significant other. My girlfriend, more specifically."

Deidara tilted his head. His one eye twitched as he thought about earlier in the Akatsuki hideout. They did seem to be acting strange, but he just thought that they but weed killer in Zetsu's bed or something. "... But.. the others don't even know if I'm really a girl...un!" Deidara was both annoyed and nervous. that kiss seemed to have made things a bit more complicated.

Neji shrugged. "Unless you want to prove it to them, then I don't see what you can do about it."

" ... God damnit Un!" Deidara pulled at his hair and yelled out a few more sentences of profanity. He didn't want to give up his true gender to others! But he didn't want people getting the wrong idea either. Wait.. why was the Hyuuga calm? Deidara looked at him and picked the boys cheek, for the second time. "You seem calm, why is that...un?"

"I can't do anything about the rumor. If I deny it, they will only take it as shyness or something similar. It doesn't do any good to stress myself out over it."

Deidara pulled harder on his cheek, he didn't like this boy at the moment. " So you're willing to act as if I was your girlfriend? Really, think about this. I know that we're going to see each other more because of the two that got married. But personally, I don't want to be known as your mate...un." Deidara's feelings were getting into this now. He didn't like the thought of him being in another relationship. It brought back unwanted things.

"I'm not saying that I'm willing to pretend." Neji reached up to bat Deidara's hand away from his cheek. "Stop pinching my cheek, Dei-kun. I'm also not implying that you need to pretend."

Deidara scrunched his nose at the boy. " Don't call me Dei-kun. It sounds.. odd from you." Really, it did feel odd, but in a good sense. But Deidara wouldn't tell that to the boy. The blond sighed as he stepped away. Even with out his cloak on, it was hard to tell his gender.. if you didn't already know it. " I stayed here longer than I should have. I'm leaving.. un."

"Farewell then."

Deidara puffed his cheeks in anger. This boy was cold and.. rude! ' he didn't even sound like he meant it! ah what ever. I shouldn't care!' He stuck his tongue, acting how people would expect. "Annoying, rude.. why did I bother. .un" He mumbled to himself as he walked. 'damn his cousin... they wouldn't notice her missing.. nyeah, they would..'

Neji watched the other man leave. He hadn't meant to be cold, or rude. It was just a little hard to focus on being polite when he had to force down the desire to kiss the other man senseless. Apparently, he really was gay.

The blond had walked out of the village and sat in a tree, creating more birds with his hands. Why did he like it when Neji called him 'Dei-kun'? Maybe it was because of the kiss. He hadn't felt nice since that moment. Really, he was confused. His hand spat out a small bird that fluttered its clay feathers. The blond brought the bird close and kissed it lightly. " No one has called me that since Sasori ...un. I've known him for a few years, but this boy.. I've known him for a few days and he makes me feel odd." He bit his bottom lip as he thought about the kiss once again. He blushed heavily, but bit down on his lip harder, making a trickle of blood slide. The bird took off, it looked like this one was going to make it off.. But sadly, as soon as it thought it tasted freedom, it crumbled from the explosion.

The Night of the Celebration

"Itachi-kun! Hinata-chan! You won't believe this!" Hanabi was practically glowing in her excitement.

Itachi turned his head towards the child. The sharingan eyes looked less cold than normal. He stared at Hanabi for a moment or two before nudging his love to get her attention. " It seems the little one wants to say something." He pointed to Hanabi. The child looked like she had something to share with them all, so it was better to let her speak now than wait.

Hinata nodded and smiled at Itachi before looking at Hanabi. "What is it Hanabi-chan?"

"Neji-nii-san has a girlfriend! I found him kissing her back near the unused training room."

Itachi arched a brow. He knew about the Hyuuga boy. " Well now.. it looks like others are starting to find their own happiness. Tell me Hanabi, what did the girl look like?" this was about one of the rare times that Itachi smiled; it was more of a curios smile. One that only Itachi could pull off.

"Well, she wasn't as tall as Neji-nii-san, and she had kinda poofy blond hair in a ponytail with bangs over one eye. She also wore this black dress with red clouds on it and a really wide collar."

Blond hair, bang over an eye, and an Akatsuki cloak? Oh this surprised the Uchiha. It seemed that Neji had caught the genderless members heart. But, Itachi knowing Deidara, it sounded a bit odd. No matter, Deidara needed someone; the blond had been sulking quietly ever since his last partner died. " Deidara, that's the girls name. I'm rather glad to know that Neji has found some one that needed him. Right, Hinata?"

"Hai, Itachi kun." Being with Itachi had helped her with her meekness and stuttering, and his training had helped her to get stronger.

Itachi chuckled to himself mentally. The blond really was going to have to do something about his actions. ah well, as long as he didn't drag him into anymore Dancing lessons. He didn't really care.

"How long do you think they've been together, Itachi-kun?" Hinata asked. She was glad that Neji seemed to be finally opening up to someone.

Itachi looked down at Hinata. he thought for no more than a few seconds before responding. " Deidara isn't one to pick up things right away,... I suppose just before Hanabi walked in." He had been in the Akatsuki for a rather long time, he knew Deidara well enough to judge.

"I hope that they're happy together. It's about time that Neji-nii-san found someone." She was smiling as she said that, it was obvious what she thought of the pairing. She didn't know Deidara, but she trusted Neji's judgment.

Itachi placed an arm around Hinata's waist. She always looked out for others out of nature. "Neji has a high tolerance. I think he'll be able to deal with Deidara." she was right about Neji finding some one, it was just the same with Deidara. The young Akatsuki member annoyed the hell out of him when he wouldn't leave him alone.

Hinata smiled and cuddled against her new husband. This was a side of Itachi that most people didn't see. He was caring in his own way; it was just harder to notice then with most people.

Itachi smiled down at Hinata, but looked over his shoulder. This.. Neji and Deidara thing might bring some amusement to him and the other members. Most because the others never knew Deidara's true gender, now they had an excuse.

Several days later

The entire village, Neji, himself, included, had been surprised when Hyuuga Neji made friends with two of the sand siblings, Temari and Gaara. And yet, here he was, telling the two about the confusion with Deidara, leaving out the other's gender, of course.

Temari couldn't help but laugh a few times at the Hyuuga. She personally thought it was cute how he had gotten into a mix up.

Unlike Temari, Gaara said nothing, he remembered Deidara too well. He was the one member to kill him once before when they got the demon out of him.

"Well, you're not going to tell them it was a mistake or anything, Neji? I mean, unless you do want to be with the girl."

"That's the thing, Temari-san. No one would believe me if I said otherwise, after all, Hanabi caught me kissing Deidara. I'm also not sure exactly how I feel for..her." He'd almost slipped there, but he was trying to keep from letting everybody know Deidara's gender, since the boy seemed to like being genderless. "And Gaara, I know you're predisposed to hate her, but it was only on orders that she attacked you."

Gaara looked at Neji with the same look he gave everyone. " Whether or not she attacked me matters. She threatened the village.. " The Kazekage stood quietly. Death wasn't a big thing to some one who causes death it's self. " Anyways, as I lost something, so did she."

Temari frowned towards the direction of her younger brother. He'd never change. " What Gaara means is that well... never mind..." The older sand sibling sighed. " Well, you need to find out what you do feel. You can't mess around like that. You'll become almost as bad as Sasuke."

Neji twitched at the comparison. "I will not be like him," Neji said, his mouth pressed into a grim line. He'd never liked Sasuke, and after everything that Sasuke had done to the village, he didn't trust the boy at all.

Temari smiled as she rested her chin on a hand. " Then start trying to organize your feelings for this girl." She glanced over at Gaara again. She did feel sorry for Neji's new.. Girlfriend. Not because of the mix up, but what happened before Gaara was revived. " So, do you anything about her? Other than the Akatsuki thing?"

"Well...She likes to dance, and she's fond of art." Neji's brow furrowed slightly as he tried to dredge up what else he knew about her. "She enjoys bugging people..."

" Is that all?" Temari huffed and crossed her arms. " If you to are going to pretend to date, you need to know more about each other. Like what her favorite food is, animal, or.. what ever. Dancing is a good start off though." Temari was proud of giving the Hyuuga boy some help with this girl. After all, she must be something to get a kiss from Neji.

Gaara turned around so that his back was facing the Hyuuga. " We need to go Temari." The sand nin started to walk off with out his older sibling.

Temari looked over her shoulder and nodded. " Good luck with Deidara, Neji. If anything happens, tell me first!" The eldest sibling walked after her brother, waving good-bye as they walked.

Neji heaved a sigh that seemed to come from his toes after the siblings had left. Well, now he had to find Deidara and find out exactly what his feelings for the other man were, if he even had any.

Deidara was in the village, no surprise. It was his turn to buy some food. "Hope they all fucking burn..." He mumbled to himself as he looked around. He didn't know what to do really. He didn't even want to be here. He had originally planned to go and just mess with people with his birds, but that would have to be put off for some other time. " Wonder if they have some dango out or something...un"

Neji walked Konoha's streets on the way to the training area. Temari had given him things to think on, and he thought best when training or fighting.

Deidara Sighed as he pulled the Akatsuki hat down slightly, the tiny bells chiming at the movement. He still hadn't bought anything, he didn't want to. " I'll just grab some stuff right before I leave.." The blond nin moved around people as he walked around and about, he wanted something to eat for himself. Letting his thoughts wander around his head, he really wasn't noticing who passed by him or what he passed by. Well if he was looking, he probably would have seen the pink haired kunoichi. But he didn't.. and that's a good thing..

Neji wasn't so lucky. Once Sasuke had finally managed to pound through Sakura's head that he didn't and never would, like her, she'd taken to chasing after the Hyuuga.

The pink haired kunoichi had been walking around the village as well. Ever since Sasuke turned her down, harshly, she had started to like the Hyuuga. " Eh? Ah! Neji-kun!" she spotted the long black hair that Neji had and quickly ran over, blushing and smiling. " Hi Neji, what are you doing here?" She knew he usually trained or something that didn't have to do with much of a crowd.

Neji didn't bother to fight off the scowl that turned his lips downwards. If he kept frowning like that, soon he'd have wrinkles. He turned his lavender gaze to the annoying Kunoichi. "I am heading to the training grounds, Sakura-san."

The female nin nodded as she stood next to him. " I'll come with you, okay?" Like always, the inner Sakura always had to say something. 'Yeah1 I'll tag along, and then maybe we'll have a chance to know each other more! Hiyah!' the inner Sakura gleamed as the outer one kept a soft face.

"If you feel you must," was Neji's only reply. At this point, he was willing to do almost anything to get away from the kunoichi. Where was a good distraction or a giant explosion when you need it?

Inner Sakura yelled in glee as the outer one brought her hands to her face and hid a large blush and a smile. ' I can finally talk to Neji-kun!'

Deidara sneezed slightly. The area was getting a bit to.. full of people. He turned around and began to walk from what he though was the way he came. " I'll just say that I got kicked or something...un" Deidara held his hat as he moved around some more. The crowd annoyed him. He placed his hand into a pouch and pulled it back out, a small bird in his hand. " this should clear things up...un" With that, came a rather large explosion, close to Neji and Sakura.

They say to be careful what you wish for, but Neji was just as glad this wish had come true. As the smoke and panicked people started to clear he caught sight of a familiar blond. "Dei-kun?" Neji activated the Byakugen so he could see in the smoke and made his way towards the nin.

Sakura was too busy coughing and helping herself stay up from the crowd that was trying to clear out. " N-Neji!" I don' think anyone herd her...

Deidara smiled as he tipped the Akatsuki hat down more and began to walk away quickly before people realized it was him. " Much better... maybe now I can... wait what was I doing anyways?" the stone nin kept walking as he thought. Not noticing the Hyuuga boy close behind him.