I woke up early in the morning, not realizing that I fell asleep, I was still extremely tired, but I didn't believe Neji when he said Gaara left. I got up and swayed slightly, I didn't have full strength, but I could make it around ok.

I walked out of the room silently, avoiding the nurses so that I could get out without any fuss, I looked around, I saw Neji, oh greatI thought miserably. I waved at him slightly, he didn't wave back, "Where are you planning on going." He demanded, I shrugged, "That way" I pointed to the Hokage's building, not realizing it.

He looked at me suspiciously, "Why would you need to go there?" he asked, I replied flatly, "That's none of your business," bad choice. He ran at me and mumbled something, he tried to hit me twice, but I dodged it, but it still hurt, I wasn't sure why.

He hit me 4 times, I thought I dodged it, but I kept getting hit, then 8. The hits kept getting faster, 16 hits, I held up my arms, hoping that it would slow him; I couldn't keep up, 32.

I stumbled back, I felt like I was in a lot of pain, 64. He stopped hitting me, I sighed relieved a bit, I made a hand sign, but nothing happened, what the heck?! Why won't it work?!

My expression must have looked surprised, because he explained what he did, "I closed every one of your Chakra points." I blinked and stared blankly at him, I decided to start running, but I couldn't move, "Success." was all I heard.

I couldn't even turn my head to see, the next thing I know, Neji is running at me, I closed my eyes, but nothing happened. He had stopped, "I'm not going to hurt you when you are completely helpless," he said, then motioned to Shikamaru, he let go of the shadow, and I fell to my knees.

I was in so much pain, and it felt as if everyone was looking at me. I struggled to get up, and as I was doing so, I saw someone in the corner of my eye, "Neji . . . You . . . What was that . . ?" I asked, trying to see better who was standing there, they seemed to have disappeared.

I didn't wait for an answer, I started walking over to where I thought I saw someone, no one was there, I leaned on the building wall, I was weak before, now I feel drained of all my energy. I closed my eyes and concentrated, I felt absolutely no Chakra in me at all, what did that boy do?

Neji looked at me, "You are really weak if that one move did that much damage on you." He smirked, I glared at him then spoke darkly, "You have no idea of what happened before I came here, it wasn't you who did this to me, you aren't even close to being strong enough to fight me when I am at my best, rather than straight out of the hospital," I snapped.

He shook his head in dismay, "Well then would you care to explain to me what did happen before this?" he asked firmly. My hand twitched slightly, "It's a long story," was all I said, he stood there, as if waiting for me to tell the story.

Neji stood while I leaned on the wall for support; I took in a deep breath and let it out slowly, "Oh? Did you want me to tell you?" I asked, a small grin forming at the corner of my mouth, he just nodded.

I started telling him from the first thing, about the little boy, Konohamaru, then went on to the forest, and how he, being Gaara, threatened my life, and how I returned the boy. I went on, he just stood and listened, finally I got to the part where I bailed him out, he stopped me, "You hid behind Gaara?" He asked, slightly amused.

I squinted my eyes, "Fine, I won't tell you the rest of the story." I replied. He sighed, "No, please go on." I smiled a little bit, and finished my story, well, up to the part where Gaara was supposed to kill me, I stopped, and glanced at Neji, who, surprisingly was listening intently.

I told him how Gaara hurt me badly with the technique that was supposed to kill, but barely didn't, "I'm not sure if it was on purpose or not, but then I passed out . . ." I finished, Neji shook his head, "That doesn't explain how you got here" he said.

I groaned, I really don't get how that could be so hard to get. I looked around, "I don't know what happened after that, Gaara said that I was passed out for two days and" Neji stopped me, "When does Gaara come in?" he asked.

I clenched my fist slightly not really wanting to tell him how, "He carried me here," I said through gritted teeth. Shikamaru sat down and listened.

Neji looked at me for a while, it was quiet, I slid down the wall and sat down, my whole body felt horrible, "So now you know," I said simply, he didn't say anything, just stood there.

After what seemed like an hour of silence Neji finally said softly, "I lied." That was enough to make me look. "What do you mean?" I asked, now all my attention was on him, except I couldn't help but notice Shikamaru was asleep on the road, I laughed slightly, then Neji seemed to be having a hard time pushing it out of him, "I lied when I said Gaara left."

I stared blankly at him, "So . . ?" I asked, I acted as if I didn't care, but I wanted him to continue, "So, he said that it would be uncomfortable in the hospital when you woke up, so he said he would be around Konoha somewhere," My eyes turned to slits as I glared at him, "You . . . mean . . . He was here . . . the whole time . . ?!" I was really annoyed, that must have been who I saw earlier.

Neji only nodded, I stood up, my body not hurting as much, but I still felt empty. Neji didn't say anything more, he just watched me as I stumbled around, I felt embarrassed, then I felt a hand grab my arm, just as I was about to do a face plant, it was Neji?!

I eyed him, he asked, "Are you ok to walk now?" I looked at him blankly as I stood there, and he stood there holding my arm for support. "Yeah, I guess . . ." I said slightly, he let go of my arm, and I continued, a little easier though, knowing he wasn't watching to see if I would trip.