A/N: So next chapter. XD Sorry for the wait, was being evil again and wouldn't let me update stories. AGAIN::rolls eyes:: And computers are supposed to make life easier. Anyways, this is where we start to get insanely OOC. But it's supposed to be like that! He's under a spell! (For people who don't know the play, you'll see. ::winks::)

Happy Reading! XD

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Act II; scene ii

The sun was dipping below the horizon as Neji leaned against the tree in the clearing he had promised to meet Lee. He sighed, bored. Lee was taking a long time, and the Hyuuga was impatient to get his revenge on Tenten. And so, he started counting birds with the byakugan, an old hobby of his, until two human bodies caught his gaze. Before they entered the clearing he hid himself behind a tree, definitely not wanting to talk to the Naruto, who would just annoy him with his overly energetic manner, or Hinata, who would certainly convince him not to go through with his plan.

"Hinata, would you just go home!" Naruto was yelling. Hinata followed him, shaking her head, for once not stuttering.

"Naruto wait! Just listen to me!" She begged.

"No! I don't have time for that right now! Stupid Sasuke and Sakura! They're supposed to be my teammates! I can't believe how awful they're being! They're horrible friends!" He said, without realizing how awful of a friend he was being that night. Neji scowled at the boy. He always knew that Hinata was insane for liking this crass, annoying brat. Maybe Naruto will finally say too much, and Hinata will move on with her life. Neji thought hopefully. But in the clearing, Hinata was still begging for Naruto to listen to her.

"Naruto please!"

"I wished you had just stayed in the village!" He shouted before storming off in search of his teammates. Hinata paused a minute, pushing back the tears, before chasing after him. Neji dropped down from the trees, angry enough to kill for the second time that day.

"I guess if she's that determined…" He thought. "By the end of this night, Naruto will be the one chasing Hinata." He mumbled, taking pity on his lovesick cousin. As he finished his spiteful declaration, Lee joined him.

"Neji! I finally found the flower!" He said, holding up a pale pink flower with large, droopy petals. Neji nodded.

"You sure this will work?" He asked. Lee nodded.

"The information was given to me by Gai-sensei! How can it be wrong?" This time, Neji just ignored his teammate. He plucked a petal from the flower.

"Okay. I'll go use this on Tenten. I want you to go use it and make Naruto fall in love with Hinata." He started to walk away. "Don't mess this up." He said in his most threatening voice. Lee nodded.

"You can count on me, Neji!"

Tenten sat against a tree, glaring at the dummy she had been practicing with as if she was trying to set it on fire. She was off that night. Her training started normally, with her hitting every mark perfectly. But then she started thinking about her fight with Neji, and she started getting sloppier. And then she got really mad. Her latest round of kunai throwing found most of the kunai hitting the dummies around the eyes…

The weapons mistress looked up at the moon. It was full, casting a strange light over the abandoned training fields. Against her will, she found herself drifting off to sleep.

Neji dropped down in front of her when he was certain she was asleep. He had been watching her as her own anger increased and her practice had become more…sadistic. He nearly lost his nerve at the sight of her peaceful face, the light glinting off it preternaturally. But he swallowed his doubt, dabbing the pollen on her eyelids.

It was nearly midnight. The moon was high overhead as Sasuke and Sakura walked innocently through the forest, not knowing of the three who pursued them.

"It's so quiet out here at night." Sakura said in little more than a whisper. Sasuke nodded.

"It's a good thing it's a full moon tonight." The pair came to a small clearing. Sakura longed to sit for a minute, since they had been wandering through the forest since that afternoon when they left the village.

"Maybe we should rest for a minute…" She said. Sasuke nodded.

"Sure. It must be midnight already." He sat down, leaning against a tree, beckoning to Sakura. "As long as we don't fall asleep." He said as Sakura rested her head in his lap. He stroked her pink hair. Despite what he had said, the girl was asleep in minutes. Sasuke smiled, choosing not to wake her. It's fine if I'm awake. And I don't want to disturb her. He thought with a yawn. I just can't fall asleep.

Three minutes later he did just that, falling asleep against the trunk of the tree. His eyes had barely closed when Lee happened upon them.

"Now…what was it Neji wanted me to do?" He thought. Unfortunately he had been distracted by a bird when Neji was giving him instructions. He shrugged. "I guess Neji wanted me to make Sasuke fall in love with Hinata…he's the only other guy in the forest." So Lee spread the pollen from the flower over Sasuke's eyelids. "I should move Sakura-chan, lest the pollen makes Sasuke fall in love with her!" Lee was missing a lot. So he gently picked Sakura up, carrying her to another clearing.

In another part of the forest, Naruto crashed through the underbrush, still pursuing Sasuke and Sakura. He was obviously doing this very poorly, since they had stopped moving quite some time ago. Hinata chased after him, doing a much better job.

"Naruto, please listen to me!" Hinata begged Naruto. "Just talk to me!" Naruto whirled around, causing Hinata to bump into him.

"Hinata, you're the one who's not listening to me! You're so obnoxious," An adjective that truly applied to himself. "I can't believe you picked now to have to talk to me. I wish you didn't follow me. I wish you would just leave me alone!" He threw Hinata off of him, not even caring when she hit the ground hard.

"Naruto…" She said quietly.

"Don't follow me anymore!" Naruto said, leaving her alone.

"Naruto…I'm afraid of the dark, please don't leave me here…" Naruto left her anyways, leaving her in the forest with only the pale moonlight as comfort. The tears flowed freely now. Hinata sat on the forest floor, sobbing. Subconsciously, her shinobi instincts kicked in when a tree branch cracked somewhere close by. She got to her feet, still sobbing and began stumbling through the trees.

Hinata barely kept on her feet, completely lost in the forest. In time she would calm down and find her way out, she was a ninja after all, her subconscious reasoned. But for now, it was a staggering path through the woods. This staggering path eventually betrayed her and she tripped over something out of her sight. She picked her self up, wiping the tears from her cheeks. A gasp escaped her lips when she saw what-or who-it was.

"S-Sasuke?" She questioned as the body she tripped over rose, groaning. Sasuke blinked rapidly for a moment, his eyes finally resting on Hinata.

"Hinata." He said evenly. "You know, I've never noticed how beautiful your eyes are." Hinata was frozen in shock for a moment.

"Excuse me?" She said incredulously. Sasuke frowned.

"Hinata…I think I love you. No, I definitely love you." Sasuke said with all sincerity. "You're the love of my life!" He declared, stars eerily similar to Lee in his eyes.

"WHAT?" Hinata said loudly. "N-no, you don't love me! What about Sakura? Just this afternoon…you guys were so in love…" Sasuke shook his head.

"Sakura who? She is nothing to me. The world revolves around you!" This is just getting too damn creepy. Hinata thought to herself. Uchiha Sasuke very rarely displayed emotion. Hinata doubted he had been so outward about his feelings to Sakura. Yet here he was, declaring undying love for a girl he barely noticed before this moment.

"Um, I don't think…I mean…" Hinata was so confused that she couldn't get out a coherent sentence. "I should go." She said, her default answer. She scrambled to her feet, dashing out of the clearing.

"Hinata! Wait!" He chased after her. "You can't just deny our love!"

At about the time Sasuke was first declaring his love for another woman, Sakura was awakening in a place she did not recognize. She calmed herself down, shinobi instincts kicking in.

"Okay Sakura," She said to herself. "You just need to think. Calm down, and think." She glanced around her. "Where the hell is Sasuke? I hope he hasn't…left…me…" Her heart pounded as she brought up the forbidden thought. She spent much of her time trying not to think of Sasuke leaving at all, as it brought up terrible memories. Even now it was enough nearly to induce a severe panic attack. "Sasuke!" She called, trembling. Sakura scrambled to her feet. She got her bearings and started to walk through the forest, close to tears. "Oh God Sasuke, don't leave me again!"