Nemesis' Judgment

Last time: All she could do at the moment was stare at the dead corpse and think over what just really happened. In the end, all she could do was pick up the mask and place it in her bag before people started coming. As people arrived, she could only say, "You're unforgiven."

Author's Note: Hehe… I decided to change the title of this story (: It sounds much better now. For your information, Nemesis is the Greed god of retribution (punishment for something someone has committed or done). Uh… I think that this might be filler-ish for a while until perhaps the next chapter or 4th chapter? As I said previously, I may not update periodically, and I apologize about it. There's a likely chance that I might discontinue the story simply because I've lost interest in it, I do not have enough time, and/or writer's block. I will do my best to continue and have your patience rewarded (: Thank you all for reading!

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto (the manga, anime and plot) or their characters.

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Tenten went home that night more exhausted than usual. The police asked her about what she saw, what time it was when she noticed, and other questions she could not remember.

Tenten sat on the couch rubbing her forehead. She thought about what just happened and how it did. As exhausted as she was, she could not sleep over the thought of an ANBU member approaching her. She sighed and looked over to the wall of ANBU newspaper articles.

"Why do you enjoy torturing me?" Then she thought, "Oh crap. I just witnessed a killing."

The thought came to her like a hit through the head. She thought to herself. "Okay. Calm down first. What's the first thing I should do first?" She silently pointed ideas through her head. "Should I tell the police? They might be able to supply protection for me." She had an imaginary light bulb turn off on the top of her head. "Crap. That just goes against what I told the police."

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"Miss Tenten. When did you notice this dead man?"

She thought about how to answer it in the best way. "I… I didn't see him at first. He's not under the light, so I couldn't really see him at first. But I noticed him after walking closer to him."

The police stared at her for a few moments as she started to get a bit weary. "What's your job Miss?"

"I'm a doctor. I've been a doctor for two years now."

"You're a doctor? Did you at least try to examine him at all? Perhaps did you touch him?"

She took a deep breath and answered, "Well… I did take a look at him. I checked his pulses and his breathing. After that, I backed out."

The policeman nodded and quickly scribbled it down, "so then… why are you at this park at this time of hour? It's a bit late for a woman don't you think?"

She smiled at him. "It's never too late to be out at a park Sir."

He smiled back at her. "Okay then. Did you see anyone else by him? Perhaps an ANBU member?"

She thought about the question again and sighed, "I lied once… might as well lie again." "Uh… no. By the time I arrived no one was here."

"Did you find anything left behind? Or did you see anything left behind?"

"Sir, I haven't see anything or found anything." Her patience was thinning by the seconds. "If that's all, I think I'll go home. I'm worn out from all that's just happened."

The policeman took a last look at her and said, "Alright. You may go home after you leave your contact information on this sheet of paper. If anything else comes up, we'll be able to contact you."

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She sighed. "I need sleep first. After that, hopefully I'll be able to think clearly."

She plopped down on her pillow and her looked out her window. "I can't believe a Hyuuga is part of ANBU…" She had always believed that the Hyuuga clan was always too rich and too absorbed with themselves. "I'll never believe it… Maybe I should do my own investigation."

She made a small yawn and plunged her head into her pillow for a good night sleep.

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That same night, Hyuuga Neji thought over some explanations as well.

"Hyuuga Neji!" Tsunade roared even louder than a lion and an elephant combined. "Where the hell is your mask?" She pounded her desk. "Do you know what you just risked? Someone could've seen your wait eyes and recognized you as a Hyuuga! And guess what? The police could go to the Hyuuga clan and question them about a missing member!"

Neji stayed quiet until she quiet down and sat. He heard her take a long, deep breath before he answered her. "Don't worry. Everything is alright. The mask broke when the man tried to grab it off my face. He didn't see me though. After that, I trashed it beneath a huge garbage dumpster."

She rubbed her temple to ease her headache. "Neji. You're quite well known for being a prodigy and for being a smartass. Yet, you chose to dump your mask in a dumpster!" She sarcastically laughed to herself. "It's late now. So, tomorrow night, you will go to that huge dumpster of yours and bring it back." She looked at him seriously. "If you do not find it, and you get caught, you know the what happens."

He nodded and stepped outside her room. For some reason, he didn't want to kill off the girl from earlier this night. If he had told her that someone saw him and his face, then they would have no choice but to kill her. He thought to himself, "Was that girl really worth it? She knows I'm a Hyuuga now. Not to mention, she could be telling the police everything about me and hand over the mask." He believed that if she told the police or even gave the mask to the police, he would have to settle it himself without Tsunade or anyone else knowing.

Then he glanced at the person lying against the wall in front of him. "Uchiha."

"Hyuuga."

"What do you want?"

He smirked. "I heard you messed up this time. You lost your mask."

Neji brushed him off and said nothing but, "hmph."

Sasuke glanced at the Hyuuga's back. "Guess even prodigies mess up too."

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The sun was already up by the time Tenten woke up. Her cell phone kept ringing till no stop. "Hello…?"

"Dr. Tenten! What are you still doing at home and asleep?"

"Mrs. Yamashiro…? It's still morning and too early for me to be at work."

"Morning? Deary, it's 2P.M in the afternoon. There's one doctor taking over for you, but you should still get your butt out here as soon as you can."

"No thank you… I think I'll take my day off today… Something came up during the nighttime, and I need more sleep."

Her assistant nurse sighed over the phone. "Fine, but make sure you come in tomorrow."

Tenten grunted and said bye as she hung up. She rolled to the other side of her bed.

No matter which way she rolled, or which position she tried to sleep in, she could not fall asleep. "Damnit…" She gave up and stood up for morning stretches. "Guess now would be the best time to head out and investigate."

She did her morning routine and left her home to search out all the Hyuuga's homes.

She stopped by the main house of the clan. Everyone knows where the Hyuuga's main house is due to its large size. She pressed the gate's entry button as a speaker came up.

"Hello. Welcome to the Hyuuga resident, may I ask who this is?"

"I'm Tenten. I came to ask someone from the Hyuuga family about a member of your clan? He's a missing member I believe."

The speaker was quiet for a while. "Please hold."

There was silence over the speaker for a few moments and Tenten looked into gates. They had a big garden of course. Everything was all rainbow-y thanks to the flowers, trees, grass, and other plants. Everything except for the big white house a few distances in front of her.

The speaker came up again, "I'm sorry we don't have any missing members of this family. Everyone is in line. Thank you for coming, but you are not allowed—"

"Wait! Are you sure there's no one missing from your family? Either that or he goes out very late at night and comes back—"

"I'm sorry Ms. Tenten. The head of the clan will not let you in unless it is important matter, or you have a business appointment with him."

"I don't have time for an appointment, but could you please tell him I asked him about someone from your family?"

"Ms., I can assure you that no one goes out late a night. Everyone has a curfew here. We also have video cameras to make sure no one sneaks out at night."

"A curfew? Uh… what about this man who lives, I think, with you guys? He's a young man, and he's about my age I think."

The speaker didn't answer at first. "I'm sorry Ms., but who is this for, and why are you asking?"

She gulped down the truth. "I met this young man at a bar… He has the Hyuuga's white eyes, and they weren't contacts. He told me his last name is Hyuuga but that's about it. Uh… I think he has long hair… He was wearing a coat, and his hair was between it."

The girl speaker was quiet again. "I think I know who you're talking about… But our head family member has disowned him, so he isn't part of our family anymore. His first name is Neji. Hyuuga Neji. That's all the information I can give you, I'm sorry."

She nodded, "No, that was a lot. Thank you very much."

With that, she left the place and strolled out into the streets. Silently, she thought to herself. "I've never heard of the Hyuuga clan disowning a member. I guess the Hyuuga family isn't so perfect at all."

She sighed, as her investigation at her main source didn't go anywhere. "I should just give up. There's no way I can avoid death now. Perhaps now is the time to tell the police what I saw and give them what I have. That'll at least help the society a bit."

She bit her lip as her stomach grumbled. "Ouch… Obviously it's time for lunch." She skipped her way to the little café.

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Neji also woke up in the afternoon. He laid there in bed to think over some mishaps. "I need to go find that girl and make her give me back my mask. If she already gave it to the police, then I'll just have to slaughter everyone in there and get my mask back." His light bulb dimmed. "Damn. That would tell Tsunade that they found it, and they have a hunch on me. It's the society's corrupted morals fault. If not for them, ANBU wouldn't exist, and they wouldn't have to live in fear."

He stretched his way up and went out of his room. He dressed himself and was about to leave the place when Lee called out.

"Neji! I heard that you lost your mask!"

He grunted and continued his walk. "It's a small world, isn't it? Gossip goes to one person, and the next thing you know, the whole world knows."

"You should be more careful next time! This could endanger ANBU!"

He stared at Lee and commented, "I'm not that dumb, Lee. I'm going to hunt for it now."

Lee looked at him. "In the middle of the day at the garbage dump? Won't people think you're weird and question you? And when you find the mask, won't people be able to see it clearly?"

Neji grunted some more. "You keep to your business, and I'll keep to mine." The elevator's doors were about to close when a pair of arms stopped it.

"Then let me help you find it." Lee got into the elevator with him. "For the sake of ANBU's reputation, I will not let you or the organization down!" He saluted to the elevator's door. "Gai-sensei will surely be proud of me!"

Neji looked at him and said nothing. "How about we split up? I can't remember which garbage dumpster I left it at, so, you'll go to the central one, and I'll go to the one nearest the park."

"How come I have to search through a bigger dumpster?"

"Because Gai-sensei will be even more proud of you," he rolled his eyes.

Lee gasped as they exited the elevator. "You're right! Why didn't I think of that?"

They walked out the building's doors as Neji waved while Lee sprinted off to the main garbage dump.

Neji thought, "I'll find the girl first. And then I'll get my mask back."

Lee apparently zoomed back to Neji, "how about we eat some lunch first? I don't want to touch the dumpster and then eat. I found this really good place to eat at! The lady is very nice, and she has the best food ever!"

Neji looked at him and nodded even though his heart said, "shit."

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Tenten walked into the café and greeted her non-related aunty. "Good afternoon."

"Tenten! It's so good to see you! Would you like the usual?"

"Yes please." The lady went through the kitchen to deliver her order.

The lady came back out. "So, what's going on with your life?"

"Nothing much," she lied. She thought, "I've been lying nonstop for a while now. I think my nose will grow as tall or as large as Pinocchio's."

"Have you heard about yesterday's killing?" She handed the newspaper over to her. "Isn't that near your hospital?"

She nodded as she read the newspaper not hearing the door open.

"Welcome back Raki Lee! I see you've brought your friend along with you!"

He smiled. "Of course! Ms., this is Hyuuga Keiji."

Tenten glanced upwards, but didn't dare to turn around. "It couldn't be him… his name is Neji… unless ANBU uses fake names as well." She looked at the opposite direction from where the new visitors came through.

"Nice to meet you, Hyuuga Keiji. This is my niece, Tenten."

Tenten waved a hand and stuffed herself with the food she was presented with, and sluggishly said, "Nice to meet you too."

Lee stared at her and tapped on her shoulder, "You're born here aren't you? You should know it's rude not to look at the person you're greeting."

Tenten kept stuffing herself and nodded. "I'm sorry… I'm just so hungry, and I'm so busy for work I need to finish eating as soon as possible and leave."

Lee glared at her and puffed his face. "It's still rude. Wouldn't you agree, Keiji?"

Neji starred at the back of the woman called Tenten, and nodded. "Yes, it's very rude."

He aunty smacked her head and smiled, "I'm so sorry. She's a busy doctor, and you know how it goes." She laughed nervously and smacked Tenten's head again.

Tenten glared at her, but continued to eat until she chocked over her food.

"Tenten! Are you alright? See! Stop eating so fast! You'll choke, lose air, and die!" She patted her as Tenten continued to choke and cough.

Lee sat two seats away from her while Neji continued to stand and stare at her back.

"Keiji! You know it's rude to stare at a person as well! Why does everyone suddenly become so rude? I just don't get it!"

Neji ignored Lee's comment and didn't stop starring.

Tenten continued to cough and drink water thinking, "Crap. He knows it's me. I guess I should make a run for it." She sat up straight, drank some water, and paid her aunt. "Okay. One, two—" Three signaled her to get off her seat and run for it.

"Tenten where do you—"

Her running took her about four steps away from her seat when she acknowledged the fact that 'Keiji' held her wrist in place. She turned around to look at him. It was him—Hyuuga Neji. He looked exactly the same except in different clothing. She laughed nervously as she tried to shake off his hand.

"It's you."

And while the two kept starring at each other, the world outside of them kept their silence before Lee asked him what was wrong, and the café's owner told him to let go of her.

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Author's Note: Finish!! Just for now of course. I know this chapter was another filler and all. I'm sorry!! Next chapter, I'll make them get somewhere. I hope. Other than that, I'll update monthly I hope. December, May, and the beginning of June might be hectic (if I continue to write for so long). I have exams during that time, so yeah. Thank you all for supporting me!

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Till next time, (: