[for those of you who don't know I changed the second chapter so you might wanna read it over, srry flames accepted]
Neji stared at the door for a moment then heard a voice from behind it. "Oops can't answer the door with this" the was a small clanking sound and the door swung open, revealing a pinked haired Sakura wearing a kitchen apron. She looked at him with confused eye, which quickly turned to show that she was annoyed. "what the hell are you doing here?"
Neji thought quickly "well I thought we where even after you broke my chin, so I thought we could be friends" she laughed then stopped when she realized that he was serious. "well you thought wrong, now you can leave" she was prepared to close the door he stopped it with his foot, he saw one hand reach for something behind the door. "I heard what happen to your parents" he blurted out.
Neji winced but nothing happen, he couldn't bring himself to look her in the face so he kept talking "My…My father was the one who….well…..who killed them" he stared at the ground "but it wasn't his fault" he added quickly. He looked her in the eye as she stared blankly at him, then something blinded neji from Sakura's hand neji jumped backwards as a knife came within inches of his stomach.
He looked up at Sakura and was surprised to see that she had no emotion but rage on her face. She looked directly at him and charged, stabbing at him with the knife luckily he had pretty good reflects or he would be pretty religious at the moment. she stabbed at him, he dodged right but she was prepared she aimed a kick at his face, it connected, neji flew backwards and landed on his back quickly jumping to one knee. He quickly accessed the damage. Fractured possibly broken jaw he tried to move his jaw but winced at the pain defiantly broken damn! This girl can kick! He stood up and slid into his fighting stance, and waited for the charge he was a 100% was coming.
As he predicted she charged, she stabbed aiming for his throat, he sidestepped and grabbed her hand, snapping it, she didn't even show signs of pains he pulled her knife hand behind her back forcing her to drop the knife, then brung his right arm around her throat. Holding her in place.
This is when shit really hit the fan. TenTen bust threw the door, looking at the scene in its worst possible stage. She stood there for a moment taking in the whole scene but soon her eye began to search for a weapon, neji was sure that when both there eye came across sakura's discarded knife. Tenten leaped for it, but neji was too quick he threw sakura at her knocking them both back, but Tenten was quick on the follow up she moved sakura out of the way and grabbed the knife. With two great leaps he was already on top of her, he kicked the knife high into the air. It landed not too far away from a seemingly unconscious sakura.
"What did you to her!" screamed an angry Tenten. Neji looked at the current scene, sakura laying still on the floor. A knife laying on the grass and Tenten straight ahead. "Waash Hassh HApsn" A pain shot threw the side of neji's mouth; he had remembered she broke his jaw! Great now he couldn't explain himself. He snapped back to attention as Tenten charged at him, she leaped gracefully into the air an aimed a kick at his head, neji ducked and sent a light kick to her back to keep her off balance then sweep kicked her. She feel hard on her back.
Tenten reached for him, neji jumped backwards, unfortunately for him she grabbed the knife and launched it at him. He ducked, then looked forward Tenten and a enraged sakura where both in fighting stance, glaring at neji. I'm dead! Neji thought to himself he stood up straight and slid into a defensive stance.
Tenten was the first to charge Sakura quickly after her, neji readied himself Tenten came with a straight kick, which neji easily sidestepped. He turned on his pivot foot and dodge Sakura's straight punch. Neji slide back into his defensive stance by now he noticed sakura bend down and pick up the knife she threw at him Damn I didn't get rid of the freaking knife! This is never going to end if I keep this up….well there only one way out of this… sakura charged at neji knife in hand, neji closed his eyes and stood up straight. If he was going to die he was going to die like a man.
"SAKURA STOP!!" neji felt a relatively small pain to what he was expecting shoot threw the right side of his chest. He opened his eyes and looked down to the about a centimeter of the blade in his chest, easily missing his heart. He looked for the source of the command and saw a middle age man with short spiky hair, a small beard, and light brown eyes standing in the door way of sakura's house a woman clinging onto his arm.
"Everyone inside now!" he said in a very commanding voice, sakura let go of the blade handle causing the blade to fall, at the same time giving him a longer cut. Neji winced and ripped off his shirt using it to nurse the wound. Tenten picked up the knife and ran inside the woman escorted sakura in. neji stood on the lawn for moment thinking about all the event that just occurred. He looked around and saw a couple of people staring at him, he vaguely wondered how long they been there, but pushed it out of his mind. He looked up at the sky, it was about noon. He blinked a couple of times and entered the house.
From what the house they where fairly wealthy having a couple of paintings neji recognized to be pretty expensive. There living room consisted of a large glass coffee table in the middle of a large half circle couch. And larges plants assorted randomly here and there. Honestly it produced a very calming effect which he was sure they where aiming for.
The older guy was standing next to his wife who had sakura and Tenten in front of them. Sakura who was crying hysterically, tenten had her arms wrapped around her and seem to be explain the story to them from her point of view, which he was sure made neji look like a complete jerk. The older who from what neji could gather from the conversation was named tom and the woman jean, not very interesting names neji thought to himself. Tom said something inaudible, and stepped aside allowing Tenten to walk sakura towards him, Tenten shot neji an icy look, which neji was sure would have killed him if looks could, which Tenten was probably hoping, neji faked a wince to give her some comfort, which worked as Tenten walked away with a smug smile on her face. He focused his attention to tom and Jane who where now looking past him as Tenten and sakura walked upstairs, from what neji could hear Tenten had stopped most likely to watch, tom looked past neji a slightly flicked his head upwards indicating them to go up stairs, the gesture was so fast neji wasn't sure she saw it but, was proved wrong when he heard Tenten footstep head upstairs.
Tom turned to neji and motioned for him to sit down; he sat down across from them. He lifted his hand to his mouth, and snapped his jaw in place, it hurt like a bitch but at least he could talk more clearly with less pain. Tom was the first to talk.
"Neji hyuga am I correct" he said calmly and very smoothly as if he practice in his head.
"You heard of me?" he asked curiously
"You think I wouldn't know the son of my brothers killer?" he said this casually but neji had to admit it did catch him off guard, instantly he tensed up, this action caused, Jane to intact sharply. "Don't worry im over that I have no reason for revenge, I mean come on im 57! So do you just like messing with girls or is there a reason you told my niece that"
"I needed to make up for my fathers sins since he died and never got to which im sure he would have" he said
"What makes you so sure" he retorted
"Because my father was an honorable man he would never do something like that on purpose!" neji stated with more feeling
"Well your gonna have a lot of work to do im assure you, Tenten has moved on, but sakura needless o say is the more revengeful of the two. She was always mad she was cheated out of her revenge, so when you told her I think so saw it as her way to finally free herself of the pain" he finished staring at neji, most likely gauging his reaction.
"I figured that" neji replied bitterly
"well onto more pressing issues I think it could be best for you to stay here for the night after the scene you put on outside we are going to have to think of something" he said getting to his feet.
"I have family in high places ill pulled some strings tomorrow but yes your right, im guessing you have a bed for me?" he asked causally
"yes we do it down in the basement ill show you it" Jane said getting up herself, she had a very soft voice and neji realized that she hadn't said one word that whole conversation.
Neji followed her to the basement and she showed him his bed. She turned to leave and said "good night neji, I'd advise you sleep with one eye open I cant promise to keep sakura from trying anything"
Neji smiled warmly and watched as she closed the door behind her…..
Later on that night neji found that he could not get anywhere close to sleep so he found his way to there roof, which wasn't hard they had a very simple wall plan.
Neji sat on top of the roof, focused he noticed everything. There was a snaked slithering threw the cabbage patch, a rabbit had stolen a carrot and ran into a near by hole which from the sound neji heard she had her children.
Neji attention came across a small mouse digging in the grass for something to eat, neji looked up in a nearby tree and found a dark pair of eyes, an owl, the eyes of the killer, he stared into the eye and could tell what it was think, if he choose to leap from the tree in chase of that mouse, it was over, the owl was probably already calculating how many seconds it would take for the mouse to notice him coming and how fast he would be on top of him.
Neji felt a presence coming up behind him, he heard the foot steps on the roof.
"You know you really shouldn't sneak up on people like that.." he said still staring at the owl. "are you here to try a get revenge" he added once he notice the flash of pink in his peripherals.
"no…..and I don't know why" she sat down nest to him and pushed nee to here chin and kept them there by holding them with her arms.
"why are you awake anyway" neji asked he wanted to start convo
"I really don't know I just couldn't sleep and I heard you come up here so…" she seemed to be thinking about something
"Don't worry you can ask anything you want" neji said reading her mind.
"You where really going to let me stab you?" she said quickly looking at him questioning
"yes I was prepared to die" he confessed
"but why?" sakura cautioned
"I wanted you to forgive my father and if that was the only way than so be it" neji admitted
"I think I forgive you" sakura mused
"you think?" neji inquired, he watched the owl swoop down and snatch up the defenseless mouse, sakura gasped at his side.
"I don't feel anymore pain, I use just feel hateful and empty like something was missing, but now I don't, so yea I forgive you…well your father" sakura noted.
It was at this moment neji couldn't help but notice the shine of the night moon on sakuras faces it made her look…..beautiful….he couldn't help but stare and the way he stared at him with that look….he couldn't resist…. She looked so appealing to him.
He leaned back and rested his head on his folded arms behind his head, sakura leaned back and rested her head on his chest, neji took a share breath of air, causing sakura to jump up. Neji jumped up too.
Sakura looked flushed "im so sorry I didn't mean…." Sakura stammered
"no its ok I liked it" neji reach over and slowly brushed a piece of her hair behind her ear, sakura stared at him with those eyes again, he held his hands n the side of her face then pulled her closer to his face and there lips met…….
[how do you like the third chapter I think I should tell you guy I think ill make this story just 5 chapters, but please R & R]
