Disclaimer: I don't own any Naruto characters just the plot.
Summary: Sakura leaves the village to become stronger, only leaving behind a note and some old memories, when she finally returns what will everyone think?
Chapter 3: Fight For Me
The next morning Neji awoke when he felt something move next to him, he looked down and had a face full of pink hair. He jumped making Sakura fall off the bed onto the floor.
"What the heck was that for." Sakura said while rubbing her shoulder that she fell on.
"You scared me. Why were you sleeping here on the couch with me?" Neji asked while helping her to her feet.
"I got lonely so i decided to come and sleep out here with you. You didn't seem to mind." Sakura said with a smile.
"I was sleeping, so i didn't even have say in the matter."
"Well when i laid down next to you all you did was pull me closer to you. So since you pulled me closer that means that you didn't mind that i was laying with you." Sakura said with a smirk.
Later on after Sakura had eaten breakfast and left to go back to her own apartment Neji decided that he would go out to his usual training spot and meditate. When he left the house about an hour after Sakura left he was met by his neighbor Kiki.
"So i saw the pink haired girl leave your house this morning, does that mean she spent the night." Kiki asked.
"Yeah she did whats it matter to you." Neji said while trying to pry her away from him since she had latched herself to his arm.
"oh Neji-kun, you know i just love you so much and it wouldn't want a whore like Sakura to hurt you." Kimi said while trying to give him a kiss on the cheek. But before she could Neji moved and pulled away from Kimi.
"Ok first, Sakura's not a whore, your closer to one than she is and two your the one who is driving me crazy so if you think about your the one who is hurting me. Now if you will excuse me I'm going to meditate." Neji said while walking away leaving a hurt and frustrated Kimi behind. When Neji got to his usual spot he looked around and didn't see anyone so he sat down and began to meditate. He was taken away from his trance when he felt someone sit down on his lap and throw their arms around his neck. Neji opened his eyes and wanted to see Sakura and hoping that it wasn't Kimi. He was happily surprised when he saw pink and immediately knew it was Sakura. He then wrapped his arms around her waist and pulled her closer to him.
"You know you shouldn't sneak up on people when they are meditating it could be dangerous." Neji whispered in her ear. Sakura didn't say anything in reply, she only answered by kissing him which he gladly accepted and kissed her back.
"You know Neji that has to be one of the oldest tricks in the book and i cant believe you fell for it." A voice said making Neji look towards the source. When he looked up her saw Sakura, and then he looked down and he saw Sakura again.
"Whats going on here." Neji asked while pushing the first Sakura off of him.
"Well it appears that someone disguised them self as me with a disguise jutsu." Sakura said while looking down at the girl disgustedly "And Neji you should know that unless I'm drunk i will not throw myself at you like some cheap whore." The second Sakura said while glaring daggers at the first.
"Neji, its me Sakura, shes the fake. Come on your not actually going to fall for that trick, shes just lying to you." The first Sakura said.
"Well i know one way to figure out who the real Sakura is." The second Sakura said with an evil smile on her face. Sakura then walked up to one that was kissing Neji and grabbed her hand.
"What are you doing let me go." The first one yelled.
"Expel" Sakura said while making a hand sign with one hand and then the first Sakura turned into Kimi. "I should have figured it was you." Sakura said while letting go of her hand. "So here ya go Neji, the girl you were just making out with." Sakura said while pushing Kimi into Neji. Neji grabbed hold of Kimi and set her on the ground where she then slinked away. Then Neji walked over to Sakura.
"But you know i was only kissing her because i thought she was a certain kunoichi." Neji said with a small smile. Sakura smiled back and then hit him across the head.
"Ow what was that for." Neji asked while rubbing his head.
"because your actually believed that I would act like that." Sakura yelled and was about to walk away when he reached out and grabbed her hand.
"Sakura wait."
"What?"
"I don't think that you would throw yourself at me, it just confused me, but hell if you are going to kiss me I'm not going to hesitate in kissing you back, you fascinate me that much" Neji said while pulling her closer to him.
"You know what. I hate you because you are the only one I cant stay mad at." Sakura said. "Now how about seeing what its really like to kiss a certain kunoichi."
"yeah I think I'd like to see whats the like." Neji said as he bent down and as soon as they were centimeters about Sakura heard a familiar voice all out to her.
"SAKURA-CHAN!" Naruto yelled running at the two.
"What do you want Naruto." Sakura yelled getting ready to beat the living day lights out of him.
"Kakashi-sensai told me to pull you away from your boyfriend and remind you that your late for practice." Naruto said making Sakura remember that she had seen Neji and the Sakura impostor while she was on her way to practice.
"Oh man thats right. Ill see ya later Neji." Sakura said and quickly gave him a peck on the cheek. As soon as Sakura was out of sight Naruto turned to Neji.
"So your interested in my Sakura-chan." Naruto said while walking towards him.
"What is it with every one calling Sakura theirs."
"What do you want with Sakura, you never show any interests in any girls and Sakura suddenly turns up and you act completely different around her."
"I don't think i need to explain myself to you dope."
"Fine but remember I'm not the weak little kid i used to be you hurt Sakura and i will personally make sure that you are hurting as well." Naruto said and then disappeared in a poof of smoke.
When Sakura got to the spot when they normally trained she saw Kakashi and Sasuke leaning against the tree.
"Wheres Naruto?" Kakashi asked making Sakura look behind her.
"I thought he was right behind me." Sakura said and then Naruto poofed up behind her.
"Where were you?" Sakura asked.
"I just need to talk to Neji quick."
"About what?" Sakura asked while mentally praying that he didn't say anything dumb.
"I just told him that if he hurts you then ill hurt him simple as that." Naruto said feeling rather proud of himself.
"Naruto you baka, don't say things like that to Neji!" Sakura yelled and then punched him into the tree causing the tree to have a dent into it.
"Whats wrong Sakura-chan! I only told him because I care about you!" Naruto yelled while trying to stand.
"Naruto I didn't leave and become stronger just for you guys to go back to just protecting me." Sakura said in a harsh tone.
"Naruto only said it because he cares about you Sakura, i think i can safely speak for all of us when i say that we all care about you some of us more than others." Sasuke said while still leaning against a tree. Sakura turned towards Sasuke a bit taken back by his comment.
"Are you saying that your care more about me than Naruto and Kakashi-sensei?" Sakura asked while walking towards him.
"Well you do know i need a good woman to revive my clan with." Sasuke said giving her the famous Uchiha smirk. Sakura kept on walking closer to him swaying her hips back and forth. As soon as she got in arm distance her small seductive smile changed into a frown and her gleaming eyes turned into glares. She then smacked him across the face leaving a giant red hand print on his face.
"How dare you think you can just use me as a tool to revive your clan go find yourself some desperate fan girl." Sakura yelled before walking towards Naruto. "Wanna spar Naruto?" Sakura asked and acted as if nothing had just happened in the last five minutes.
"Sure Sakura-Chan!" Naruto said in his usual loud hyper voice. They were about to spar when they saw Neji walk up the group practicing.
"Sorry Kakashi, but i need to steal Sakura away from you we have orders to report to Tsunade-sama right now." Neji said making Sakura skip over to him and throw her arms around him.
"Come on lets go! Sorry Kakashi Naruto ill come practice with you guys later if i don't have a mission or anything." Sakura said while dragging Neji to Tsunade's office.
Once they arrived there they saw Tenten sitting in the room who seemed to be waiting for them to arrive.
"Good you two are here. I was going to assign team gai a mission but it seems like rock lee cant go because of some training triathlon with Gai. So I'm sending whats left of team gai and you Sakura because i think you would be able to help Tenten the most on this mission." Tsunade began and continued prompting the three on the mission.
"So Tenten and I just need to seduce this murderer and take his plans on attacking Konoha." Sakura said making sure she understood everything.
"Yes that sounds right you three will be leaving in one hour so i suggest hurrying up and packing." Tsunade said and dismissed the three.
"So what do you think about our seduction mission...or should I be asking Neji." Tenten said with a smirk. There were rumors going around that the two had hooked up. "Ive been waiting for one of these they always gave them to Ino...God she tries way to hard on them." Tenten said while rolling her eyes.
"A little nervous this will be my first seduction mission." Sakura said with a small blush appearing across her face. The three the split to go to their respective apartments to pack for their mission.
One hour later they all met in front of the Konoha gates and began running threw the woods. When Sakura whispered to the other two that they were being followed. They all continued to pretend like they still hadnt noticed the intruder until he got in kunai range and Sakura turned around and quickly threw a kunai at the person. Sakura looked up to see who the intruder and saw non other than her team mate Naruto practically falling apart because he just managed to dodge the kunai before it stabbed him in his "Manhood".
"Naruto what are you doing following us!" Sakura yelled.
"Tsunade said i could come she said she wanted me out of the village for a little bit said she needed a break or something. It was really confusing." Naruto said while scratching the back of his head laughing.
"Well come on we need to get to the village quickly." Neji said and the four were off once again.
When they reached the village they rented two rooms for the night one for Tenten and Sakura and one for Naruto and Neji. They all then met in the boys room and then began to form a plan.
"Ok so his favorite places to drink and pick up ladies is the small pub here and the larger pub here. I think That I should go with Neji to the small pub, while Tenten and Naruto go to the larger pub." Sakura said while explaining her plan and pointing to various places on a hand drawn map that they had been given upon receiving the mission.
"So the guys are coming in as back up in case something goes wrong?" Tenten asked.
"Yeah and if in the end if we need any help knocking the guy unconscious to take him back to Konoha and remember you guys we cant kill him if we do we will loose a vital source of information." Sakura said.
"What are you girls wearing? It has to be something real sexy and i don't think you girls own anything to make you look sexy." Naruto said and got glares from the girls in return.
"We fixed some of our outfits so they would work for this mission." Tenten said while hitting Naruto. "Come on Sakura lets go get changed." Tenten said as she dragged Sakura out the room back into theirs.
Once in the room Sakura and Tenten pulled out their out fits. Tenten was wearing a small navy skirt with a slit that went all the way up her thigh not leaving much to the imagination. She was wearing a simple baby pink halter top and had her hair down for once and in curls. Sakura pulled her outfit on and she was wearing fishnets that stopped at her knees then a small beige skirt but didn't have a slit on hers. As for her shirt she didn't seem to be really wearing on. She was wearing a red strapless bra and a fishnet top over top, but she did wear a beige jacket.
"Wow Sakura you look extremely hot." Tenten said making Sakura blush and button up her jacket.
"Thanks Tenten, i feel naked in this outfit." Sakura replied. The girls finally finished with their make up and hair and went out to greet the boys.
"Ok Tenten you look sexy enough but Sakura you need to show more skin if you want to draw this guys attention this is a seduction mission." Naruto said.
"Naruto you don't even know whats under the jacket. Sakura show him, unbutton your jacket." Tenten yelled
"Id really rather not unbutton the jacket till we get to the pub." Sakura replied while blushing...once again.
"Sakura if you don't do it and prove Naruto wrong ill unbutton it for you!" Tenten said while placing her hands on her hips.
"Fine." Sakura said and unbuttoned her jacket. Neji who wasn't paying much attention until now and he saw what Sakura was wearing. His eyes immediately scanned her body and especially her chest.
"I take it you like it Neji-kun." Sakura said while poking him on the nose bringing his attention back up to her face.
"Are you sure you want to do this mission Sakura?" Neji asked not really wanting other men to see Sakura in such a revealing outfit.
"Yeah I'm a big girl i cant handle a simple mission like this." Sakura said and with that the group left and then split in half and went towards different pubs. When Sakura arrived at the pub she immediately smelt sake and sweat, it wasn't the most pleasant smell.
"Ok i think thats him." Sakura said while pointing to man sitting down in a corner drinking sake.
"Ok be careful and if you need me just call." Neji said and left to an opposite side of the bar so he wouldn't be noticied. Sakura sauntered over to the man letting her jacket fall slightly off her shoulders. She was planning on just walking by, and hope to get his attention and it seemed to work.
"Hey pretty lady i haven't seen you around her before are you knew to the village." The man said while stopping her. Bingo. Sakura thought
"Yeah Ive just moved here i was told, how should i put this, that this place is good place to meet people." Sakura said while giving him a small wink and smile.
"Well missy, whoever told you was right this is a very great place to meet people." The man said while pulling her down onto his lap making her giggle and throw her arms around his neck. Neji was watching from another corner and was getting more frustrated and mad watching this man grope and pull on Sakura. He couldn't make out what they were saying, but they were getting up and leaving the pub. Neji quietly followed and stayed in the shadows. He was surprised to see that Sakura bring the man back to their rooms. He watched them go into the rooms he then went to a near by tree and watched them through a window. He watched their actions unfold like it was some sort of movie. The man had already removed Sakura's jacket and was kissing her neck. He was about to break the window and stop these actions when Sakura pulled a kunai from her back pocket. The guy was now nervously backing up from Sakura and he could here her yelling at him.
"What are your plans for Konoha tell me or so help me god i will shove this kunai through your throat." Sakura yelled.
"I don't know what your talking about miss." The man said while trying to back away from the enraged kunoichi.
"Dont play dumb with me i know who you are and i wont hesitate to kill you." Sakura yelled again.
"Neither will I." The man yelled back and pulled a small knife from his packet and knocked Sakura's kunai from her hand. Sakura reached into her pocket and found that her kunai were gone. Sakura backed up a little and then got into a fighting stance.
"So you wanna do this th hard way." Sakura said while running at him at a fast speed. The man also seemed to be an experience fighter because every time she would attack he would block with knife causing many cuts on her body. Sakura didn't know what to do her strategy wasn't working. Damn it where is Neji. Sakura yelled in her mind. Then as if Neji could here her thought he broke the window and entered the room.
"Who the hell are you." The man yelled while pointing his knife at Neji.
"Im this girls boyfriend. You pissed me off when you touched her, but you really pissed me off when you hurt her." Neji yelled and attacked him, the man was still able to dodge and block most of neji's attacks, but when Sakura started helping him he couldn't block them both with only one knife. In a matter of five minutes Neji had hit a pressure point in the back of his neck rendering him unconscious.
Neji and Sakura were breathing heavy from the battle they just fought. Sakura was the first to speak.
"What did you mean when you said I'm your girlfriend." Sakura said letting loose a small laugh.
"Well I umm you see umm." Neji said but couldn't think of what to say. Sakura then shut up his ramblings by placing a kiss on his lips. He then kissed her back and deepened the kiss nibbling on her bottom lip asking more access, which she happily granted.
"Yeah go Sakura-chan." Naruto yelled from the doorway making both Sakura and Neji jump.
"What are you two doing here!" Sakura yelled.
"Well the guy wasn't in the larger pub so we came back here to wait for you two but i see we should have stayed a bit longer." Tenten said while giving the couple a small wink.
Eventually they did head home, with the prisoner of course, and eventually the young couple got married and had kids, but thats a whole other story.
A/N: So i finished this story i hope you all liked it!
-Fuzzie