I know this has taken quite some time to get out, but I hope you like it.

He watched the sparring match intently; studying and learning the leaf Nin's moves. Lee, by the looks of it, could only use close range Tai-Jutsu and had many blind spots. Tenten specialized in Ninja tools and was, for the most part, strictly long range. She too seemed to have a bad habit of leaving herself wide open for attack. Neji used close range Tai-Jutsu and Nin-Jutsu, on top of which he had an almost impenetrable defense. However, he was lacking in long range; leaving him open to someone like Tenten, or Kidomaru himself, should that defense happen to fail.

Neji bounded away from his Sensei and panted heavily in a desperate attempt to catch his breath, but Guy didn't let up

"An enemy won't give you a chance to catch your breath, Neji, so neither will I!"

He bellowed as he attacked his student. The pale Hyuga jumped out of harm's way just in time only to wince when he landed on his left leg. Kidomaru frowned; he had noticed that the boy had been favouring it, but couldn't quite grasp why he hadn't said anything. Very quickly after wincing in pain, Neji's movements slowed drastically and he was just barely able to dodge. Guy came at Neji with a kunai; seemingly oblivious to the pain his student was in. Kidomaru quickly noticed that Neji was unable to dodge; a fact Guy seemed to have overlooked, and quickly stepped in. The Jonin's Kunai collided with the metallic substance Kidomaru secreted from his sweat glands before he brought a kick to Guy's stomach and sent him flying back into a tree.

"Some Sensei you are; you can't even tell when your students are injured!"

The spider Nin snapped. The sparring match between Lee and Tenten abruptly stopped as they both turned to gape at Kidomaru. Neji's left leg finally gave out and he collapsed; whimpering in agony as he clutched his injured leg. Guy stared at Kidomaru in shock as the spider Nin broke the shielding substance off his wrist before turning to Neji.

"It's bad and you need to go to the hospital,"

He stated. Neji looked up at him

"I'm fine; I don't need to go to the hospital,"

He assured. Kidomaru snorted; causing Neji to snap his head up

"I'm sorry, did you hear a question mark at the end of that sentence, 'cause I wasn't asking,"

He scoffed. Neji's eyes widened and he blinked in shock; must not be used to people talking to him like that. Guy stood and walked over to them; rubbing his gut in pain

"That's one impressive kick you've got there,"

He complimented. Kidomaru glanced at the Jonin and shrugged

"Not really; I'm more long distance,"

He muttered indifferently before leaning down to help Neji up

"Let's get you to the hospital,"

He hoped it was now clear that he wasn't asking. Neji tried to pull away, only to yelp in pain then give up. Kidomaru smirked

"You ready to come willingly now?"

He teased. Neji scoffed

"Like you're giving me a choice!"

And with that, they were off. They walked in silence until Neji yelped again and dug his nails into Kidomaru's second right arm

"W-Wait!"

He whimpered. The spider Nin stopped and looked at Neji

"What is it?"

He asked. Neji panted in agony

"I can't; my leg hurts too much,"

He whimpered. Kidomaru sighed and let go before squatting slightly

"Get on my back; I'll carry you,"

Again; it wasn't a question, and this time Neji knew that. The pale Hyuga blushed deeply but did as he was told; flinching when Kidomaru's third set of arms wrapped around Neji's legs to hold him.

"Am I hurting you?"

There was genuine worry in Kidomaru's voice, to which Neji shook his head

"No, it's just a little odd to feel arms brushing against my legs even though you've already got a couple holding me up,"

He answered honestly; hoping he wouldn't offend Kidomaru. The spider Nin just smirked

"Just try to ignore them; that's what I do,"

He stated as he resumed walking. Neji wrapped his arms around Kidomaru's neck

"You don't sound very fond of them,"

He muttered. Kidomaru shrugged and adjusted Neji when he started to fall

"They've caused me quite a bit of grief in my time,"

He replied. Neji nodded and rested his chin against his arm as a comfortable silence fell over them. It was quickly broken by a shrill voice

"Neji! What the heck happened!?"

The blonde from earlier cried as he ran over. Kidomaru narrowed his eyes at the brat

"Naruto-Kun?"

Neji blinked in confusion. The blonde; Naruto was apparently his name, came to halt in front of Kidomaru

"Your leg is all bruised,"

He informed. Neji bit his lip and down casted his gaze, Kidomaru snarled

"Yeah; he's hurt and you're taking up time that could be used to getting him help,"

He spat. Naruto flinched and Neji's eyes widened

"Are you this nasty with everyone?"

The pale Hyuga questioned. Kidomaru scoffed

"Yes,"

He stated flatly. Naruto swallowed thickly

"Some friends you got there, Neji,"

He mumbled. Kidomaru growled under his breath before pushing passed the annoying blonde. Neji bit his lip

"I know I'm injured and all, but you don't have to be so rude,"

He mumbled. Kidomaru's features softened

"He was being a nuisance,"

He scoffed. Neji chuckled

"That's just how Naruto is; he was only worried about me,"

He assured. Kidomaru shrugged as they arrived at the hospital and went inside. He walked up to the check in counter and explained what had happened, to which the woman kindly smiled and informed them that someone would be with them shortly before she gave them a room wait in. Neji tightened his grip around Kidomaru's neck as they headed to the room

"Must be slow….. Weird, seeing as the Chunin exams will be starting soon,"

He mumbled. Kidomaru glanced at Neji and smirked; so that's why he was sent here. Kidomaru set Neji down on the bed before kneeling before him and checking his leg

"It looks painful; what happened?"

He asked. Neji flinched; like he'd been dreading that question, then glanced upwards in attempt to come up with a believable lie, to which Kidomaru pinched him

"And I want the truth,"

He warned. Neji whimpered and bit his lip

"I. …. Uh. …. Twisted my knee while training; sparring with Guy just aggravated it,"

He lied. Kidomaru chuckled and looked back at the dark bruising that surrounded Neji's entire knee; paying special attention to the light blue and red bruising that dusted the top of the knee

"Bullshit; someone stepped on your leg, probably popped your knee out of place. You can see the bruise where their foot was,"

He explained. Neji's eyes widened before he cursed silently under his breath as a doctor walked in with a medical Ninja. Neji shook fearfully

"What seems to be the problem here?"

The doctor asked. Kidomaru looked at Neji's fearful eyes before looking back at the doctor

"Twisted his knee in training; was too stubborn to tell anyone and dislocated it in a Sensei-Student sparring match today,"

He explained. Neji's head snapped up in shock, the doctor nodded and knelt down to get a better look at Neji's knee

"Did he fall at some point?"

He asked skeptically. Kidomaru nodded; at which the doctor's skeptical features dissipated

"It's pretty bad, but we don't want to delay your training too much, so we'll heal you, but you'll still have to take it easy for a few days,"

He assured. Neji nodded as the medical Ninja knelt in front of his and began healing his knee. The whole ordeal took about 20 minutes before Neji could leave with Kidomaru

"Why did you lie for me?"

He asked once they were out. Kidomaru turned to him

"Because I'm not stupid and I can see abuse when it's flaunted in front of my face,"

He explained. Neji flinched and sighed

"I was stupid, and I had to be punished,"

He explained. Kidomaru snorted before he began to walk away

"Is that what he taught you!?"

He called back to the pale Hyuga before heading off. Neji sighed heavily before turning and heading home; this guy was different, he was smart, and Neji didn't know how long he could hide his true purpose to the main branch from this spider-like shinobi.

Yeah; I believe it was in the tags, but Hiashi's a bit of a dick in this.