Crystal Inferno: Alright everybody! Going to upload one more chapter! This is so exciting! I may have only got two reviews so far (in which I love you, Achillea for doing!) but I have many hits! I'm at the two hundred mark! It's so exciting! Anyways, this is Neji's story this chapter…he has a darker view then both of them but I may make it comical throughout the chapter (considering I write as I think!) Okay, so Achillea voted for Kiba/Hinata pairing…um…what do you guys think?

Shino: Absolutely not

Neji: He is soooooo not her type!

Kiba: I think yes! I want Hinata! SHE IS MINE!

Shino: You know the reason you're not her type?

Kiba: Why?

Neji and Shino: YOU'RE JUST LIKE NARUTO! EVEN MORE!

Kiba: What's that got to do with it?

CI: While they rant on…read the story! And if you have a heart (gets big, anime-style eyes) Please Review!

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Neji was competing with Hanabi for the last rice cake, in which Hinata had made for last night's dinner. Her cooking was superb and it almost matched the ramen shop owner's exquisite skills. Neji was starving and he would never lose over anything that Hinata made with her small, fragile and delicate fingers. Ever.

Hanabi was doing quite well, for her only being thirteen and a half. Hanabi had once outshone Hinata in skill and in stature, but as Hinata's confidence grew, so did her strength, it she soon grew out of the shadow that was her 'prodigy' of a little sister. However, as Hanabi had acquired the rank of chunin before both Hinata and Neji, he could not doubt her skills. She was, in all respect, almost like Hinata, only Hinata had obtained the body of her former mother, and Hanabi, unfortunately, had obtain a rather flat, uncurved figure. Either that, or she had not developed as quickly as Hinata had.

"C'mon Hanabi! Is that all you have for me!" Neji bellowed at Hanabi as they went into a series of Hyugga-style combat. The streaks of blue whirled around both, merely dodging each other's attacks, forcing the other to act as fast the other had.

She has become much more skilled as I have been training with her…but she still doesn't no how to defend her weak points. And with those thought vanishing, Neji struck Hanabi's abdomen full on, letting slither the chakra that could not be obtained from the region any longer.

Hanabi screeched pathetically, pain wincing from her face. She was obviously hurt, and Neji stood in his victory. Smirking and sniggering at the same time he boasted, "I win."

Hanabi looked at him with slanted eyes, her face showing obvious refusal "That's not fair! You told me we weren't going for vulnerable spots!"

"Yes, I said that. But there is a difference between vulnerable spots and weak spots. Your abdomen, if it stopped functioning for a half an hour, would not affect your body besides an overload on your waste products. If I struck you in the heart…that's a completely diverse turn of events." Neji stated, all-knowingly, "Am I not correct?"

Hanabi's stare, in complete fury, finally shut, and she bowed her head in defeat. "Fine, take the rice cake. They weren't that good last night anyways."

As she began to walk away Neji looked at her retreating figure. It was helpless…almost how Hinata's had been. "Wait a second, Hanabi," Neji said, almost in denial of himself "We both did extremely well. We'll share it, fifty-fifty."

Hanabi turned around and her eyes lit up "Really? No strings attached?" she asked, in doubtful jubilance. Neji merely shook his head "Oh thank you Neji-kun!" She raced over to Neji, and soon received her prize.

They began eating the rice cake in all their hunger, and even though they each only had half, it was still momentously large. Hinata had told them that it would be for their lunch tomorrow, in which she had assumed they would share. However, they had decided to make things more interesting. Yet, they were sharing it now, as Hinata would have wished for, and Neji could not find a reason to exclude that wish form Hinata's heart.

Why is that…she makes me a completely, totally, absurd person, sometimes? I use to hate her, but now…why do I feel as though she is everything to me? Neji plagued himself, looking for an answer in the crystal blue sky.

It probably all started when she yelled his name.

The chunin exams…almost two years ago, had they all (besides Naruto and Sasuke) taken the exams. He was, of course, with Tenten and Lee, and it had been the second part of the exam, the survival test. They encountered Hinata's team, and Neji merely saw them as easy targets to obtain a scroll. He had noticed with his Byugken that it was Hinata carrying the scroll, and that it was indeed, of the opposite kind. He, back then, wanted to prove that she was weak, and that she did not deserve to be a Hyugga that she did not deserve to even live. He wanted her to fail.

He wanted to take Hinata head on, and see if she had improved (though he highly had doubted it) but that roach, Shino would not allow it. Every time he tried to directly harm Hinata, Shino would hit him with a sea of flies, beetles, and even spiders to distract him, while still being able to hold off Tenten. However, Neji kept pressing forward, as he wanted to see her improvement. He then highly doubted she could even defend herself, and all the confidence she had once gain had been destroyed from previous battles and hardships. Just he was about to strike her down (permanently) the roach brought his most furious attack on him…an ocean of all different types of roaches in which Shino had stated previously, "Absolutely adore the human flesh."

In all honesty, Neji had been terrified. He suddenly realized that he could die in the roaches, as they suffocating him, and he could feel some of them tearing off his skin, even without their masters orders. It was then, that he heard a voice.

"SHINO! PLEASE DON'T KILL HIM!" the voice had been so familiar, but in his dying breaths, he couldn't quite grasp the name of the person. He soon felt arms shoving him out, tears being sprinkled upon his face, and a series of medical healing chakra being transmitted to his body. When he woke up (mentally) he noticed a pair of lavender eyes meeting his colorless shade, and he blushed at the beauty he had never seen. She was all covered in dirt, tears, and even blood, as the roaches could not tell friend from foe. But in all honesty, he had never seen her look more divine and godlike.

"It was you? You saved me from the ocean?" It wasn't really a question but more of a realization. Still she nodded and answered, "Yes, it was." That was when he began to respect her, care for her, and most likely, love her in a way he could no one else. Not even Tenten, in which he had secretly admired from afar, could give him the same reaction anymore. His eyes were always glued to Hinata whenever she was in sight, and he ignored all others in his view.

Hanabi (forgot she was here, didn't you?) smirked mischievously and said wickedly at the distant minded Neji, "Thinking about her, aren't you?"

Neji blushed, how did she know? Quickly bringing back his composure he said, rather annoyed, "What are you talking about? Who is this 'her'?"

"You know who! And don't you lie!" Hanabi said devilishly, a smile plastered on her face, "She's the one who saved you, the one who brought you to realize that life was worth living th-"

Suddenly, all that Hanabi was saying sounded oddly familiar… "Oh my God! You read my journal you little brat!" Neji roared, his eyes becoming anime infuriated, but it didn't scare Hanabi one bit, living with a father like Hiashi after all.

"Don't you mean 'diary'?"

"It's not a diary, you twerp, it's my recollection on my thoughts!"

"Your thoughts in general, or your thoughts in love. Because every page I wrote had the name Hinata written in almost every line? Oh, and I consider that to be quite stalkerish, you closet pervert!"

Neji, extremely enraged, bellowed at Hanabi "I'M NOT A PERVERT! WHY THE HELL DO YOU CARE ANYWAY! HINATA IS ANGELIC AND IF-" he stopped mid-sentence as Hanabi was rolling on the ground laughing. "What's so funny?" Neji screeched at her, obviously perplexed.

She continued to chuckle as she stated "I just got you to tell me your secrets: That you have a diary and that you have a crush on my sister." She then placed her hands in a peace sign and declared, "I win in this duel of truth!"

"Why you little…" Neji said in a dangerously low tone. This was Hanabi's signal to run and she used in gladly, as Neji began to run through the halls, making sure Hanabi would never tell a soul.

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Crystal Inferno: Well, how did you like it? It wasn't hysterical, but you may get a chuckle at the end (I hope) Anyways, how did you like Hanabi?

Hanabi: I enjoyed it…especially at the end! (Does victory dance and sings) I know the secret! I know the secret! Hinata and Neji sitting in a tree K-I-S—

Neji: (Popping out of nowhere) Think you can escape, you snot-nose brat! I'll make sure your mouth stays shut for eternity! (Begins to breathe fire form his mouth as Hanabi runs away, still happily singing the song)

Hanabi: (Still singing) Just remember to review! Oooooooor Nejiiiiii wiiiiiillllllll punish yooouuuu!

CI: Okay that wraps this chapter up! Next chapter, back to Shino! And if you want, vote for your pairing!