A/N: Hello again! Well here's the next chapter. This chapter is focused more on Neji and the Akatsuki, and how they TRY to bond with each other (Mainly with Tobi…..hint, hint) If you're wondering, yes, Himaku was already a member of Akatsuki. Thanks for the reviews by the way! Enjoy! :)
Disclaimer: Do I have to? Fine then! I don't own any of the Naruto characters. (Starts crying) Damn you cruel reality!
"Put this on kid," Konan handed Neji the Akatsuki robe. "I'll be leaving now."
"Wait!" Neji yelled.
Konan sighed, "What is it now kid?"
"Um… what's your name?"
"Hm? My name? My name is Konan." She said. "Well, what's your name? Because I'm pretty sure your name's not 'kid.' "
"Hyuuga Neji."
"Nice name. Can I ask you a question?" Konan asked. She honestly didn't care if he said 'no,' because she was still going to ask.
"Sure, I guess."
"Why are you here? You're just 15 and you're mixing yourself with the Akatsuki," Konan continued, "Honestly, I'm not that dumb. Do you even know what we do? What we do to gain what we want? Or did you just join for power?"
Neji stared at Konan, and smirked.
"I don't care what you do, or what you want. All I want is power, and the end of the Hyuuga's Main Branch."
Konan stared at him for a little, "Fair enough," Konan said, and walked away.
Neji was finally left alone. "…" Neji remained silent while he changed into the Akatsuki robe.
"Thanks for being my friend," TenTen said.
Neji shook his head. "Stop it!" Neji yelled in frustration. He hasn't stopped thinking about TenTen. Ever since he left the Land of Fire he has had so many thoughts flood his head. Is she okay? Is she alive? Is she back home? Does she hate me?
"…Does she miss me?" Neji whispered to himself. He was feeling like shit! He didn't like to feel that way, especially over TenTen, and what he did to her. He shouldn't be feeling this way!
'This is what I wanted,' Neji thought.
He wanted to leave the village and avenge his dead father. He's going to destroy the Main Branch and anyone who tries to help them.
'Is this really what I want?'
Neji shook his head violently. Trying to ignore the inner turmoil, he went to a mirror and looked at himself.
'I don't look that bad,' he thought. He didn't look all that bad in that Akatsuki robe at all. A 15 year old Hyuuga Neji in a good sized Akatsuki robe…not bad at all.
'Tell me! Why! Why Neji!' TenTen yelled.
"Shut up!" Neji yelled at the top of his lungs.
"I didn't say anything though," someone said from behind him.
"Ahhh!" Neji yelled and jumped in surprise. Neji turned around to see who it was. It was that guy with the pumpkin mask. What was his name Tibo? Tibi? Toki? Oh! His name was Tobi! That's right, Tobi!
"What the hell! Don't do that!" Neji yelled angrily.
"I didn't do anything though." Tobi said innocently.
"Don't sneak up on people like that! You could have given me a heart attack!"
"I didn't sneak up on you; I just normally walked over here."
"…" How could Neji not have sensed him then?
Tobi scratched the back of his head, "I'm sorry if I scared you. I just heard you yell, so I came to see what was going on."
"Nothing's going on, I'm fine."
Tobi raised his hand as if he was some student from the Academy. Neji just stared at him.
"Can you please pick Tobi first? My arm's hurting."
Neji looked around, "…There's no one else here." Neji said in a very obvious tone.
Tobi started jumping up and down, "Please pick Tobi! Tobi's a good boy!" Tobi whined.
Neji sweat dropped, 'You have got to be kidding me. He acts like such a kid!' Neji thought.
"Uh….Tobi?" Neji finally said.
"I have a question." Tobi said finally putting his arm down.
"I have an answer." Neji said. 'I think.'
"Do you talk and yell to yourself often?" Tobi asked innocently.
"…No." Neji said. By the little time he knew Tobi he can tell he was the "kid" of the group, but something was weird about him. Neji felt like he was hiding some dark secret, so dark that it'll put everything Orochimaru has done to shame.
Tobi quickly changed the subject, "It looks good on you Neji Chan!" Tobi referred to the robe.
'Neji Chan!' Neji thought in annoyance. "Don't call me that." Neji said coolly.
"Why not! I'm your Sempai though! Neji Chan sounds cute too!" Tobi complained.
"No, you're not. You're my senior, but not my Sempai, and 'Neji Chan' "Neji shuddered, "doesn't sound 'cute.' "Neji shuddered again. He never thought he was ever going to use the word 'cute.'
"You're mean!" Tobi whined.
Neji was seriously getting irritated with Mr. Pumpkin Head! Honestly, how did HE manage to enter the Akatsuki!
"How the hell did YOU get into the Akatsuki?" Neji asked.
"Me? Well, the same way you did. With a little help from my Senpai! Zetsu San helped me in!" Tobi said cheerfully.
Okay, good. If it turns out that he got in because the leader said he was good enough he would have probably been shocked. Neji turned around and looked at himself in the mirror.
"So, you're an Uchiha. Aren't you Tobi?" Neji asked coolly.
Tobi stayed silent, the silence was making Neji very uncomfortable, and so he turned around and looked at Tobi.
"Aren't I right?" Neji asked cockily with a smirk on his face.
Something Neji simply loved to do was guess correctly. He's been suspecting if Tobi was an Uchiha ever since he came here. He was good at guessing, thanks to TenTen and Hinata. He would always guess what was going on or how they felt and he was always spot on.
"You're smarter than I suspected kid." Tobi confessed.
"I pride myself for that, and I know for a fact that you're not the "kid" you make your fellow teammates believe you are."
Another work well done. Neji mentally patted himself on the back. Man! Was he good at this or what!
Tobi started to clap, "Bravo Neji. You're a very smart kid. You have extraordinary potential. Trust me, I can tell."
"I'm not your boy." Neji stated plainly.
"Of course you're not. You're Hizashi's boy aren't you?"
"Shut it! Don't you dare mention my father you prick." Neji said angrily.
"Okay, okay. I'm sorry. Don't get so touchy."
That's it! Neji seriously wants this guy to die! He's such an ass!
"Can I ask you something?"
'No!' Was what Neji wanted to say, but something told him that he should listen to what he had to say.
"What?" Neji asked coldly.
"Why are you still with that loser Himaku?"
"Hm? Why does it matter to you?"
"Trust me Neji, it matters to me a lot more than anyone else." Tobi said wickedly.
Neji just stared at him. Neji was actually waiting for answers on why he cares so much about him, but by the looks of it Tobi wasn't going to speak anytime soon.
"Why? I barely even know you. Why do you care so much about me?" Neji was so confused. What did he want? Or is he just playing mind games with him?
"Remember your mom? Oh! That's right! I forgot, she died giving birth to you didn't she?" Tobi continued, "What a weak woman."
Neji got out a kunai and threw it at him, but the kunai just punctured the wall.
"You're slow kid." Neji's eyes widened in realization. He quickly turned around and saw Tobi, and his sinister glowing Sharingan activated.
'How did he!' Neji thought. To be honest, Neji moved as fast as he could. For the love of Kami! Neji was a little faster than Lee!
"How did you-!" Neji tried to say.
"Dodge your sorry excuse of an attack?" Tobi finished. "It's a secret," Tobi whispered.
Neji underestimated Tobi's ability, Tobi was even better than Himaku!
Tobi puts his hand on Neji's shoulder, "Listen to me Neji."
Neji looked up at Tobi. Who was this guy? Seriously! What did he want with him!
"I'm the one that told Himaku to bring you here. It was I who wanted you to leave that disgusting village." Tobi confessed.
Neji backed off from Tobi.
"How do you know me?" Neji asked once again. Neji was desperate for answers. Honestly! A guy with a pumpkin mask that turns out to know you, when you have never heard or seen him in your life comes up to you and tells you he wanted to see you. Shit like that doesn't just happen!
"Before you freak out," Tobi said.
'Too late,' Neji thought.
"Let me explain."
"An explanation would be great," Neji said. His head was hurting really bad. He wanted answers now!
"Excellent! Now, sit." Tobi sat on the ground, and so did Neji.
"Don't worry about the robe, they don't get dirty," Tobi informed Neji. Tobi deactivated his Sharingan.
"…" Right now Neji didn't give a rats ass about the robe, he just wanted answers.
"Sheesh! Just trying to lighten up the mood." Tobi said.
"…" Neji stayed silent.
'Sheesh! What an Ice Cube.' Tobi thought. "What do you know about your mother?" Tobi asked
"Her name?"
"Which was?"
"Kira, and that's pretty much it," Neji said sadly.
"Did you find out what was her last name?" Tobi asked.
"No, but I've seen pictures of her with my father. I know that she's not a Hyuuga." Neji said.
"Her last name was Uchiha, Kira Uchiha."
'Uchiha!' Neji thought in mere surprise. "I thought Hyuuga and Uchiha didn't get along." Neji said.
"They didn't, but Hizashi and Kira loved each other so much that they didn't care about their clans' rivalry."
Neji listened attentively, but he was still a little confused. What does his mom being an Uchiha have anything to do with him?
"Thanks for letting me know, but what does that have to do with why you want me here?" Neji asked.
"I thought you were good at guessing," Tobi teased.
"Shut up and just tell me already!"
Tobi stood up, "I doubt you'd want to hear it."
Neji stood up and yelled, "No! Tell me! I want to know!"
"You sure?"
"Yes!"
Tobi looked around and then looked at Neji, "The other person that knows about this is Itachi, and Himaku." Tobi continued, "Your mother didn't die giving birth to you Neji."
Neji's eyes slowly widened. What? His mother didn't die during labor!
"W-what? What do you mean? What happened to her!" Neji yelled.
Tobi noticed that Neji was getting really agitated, "Keep your voice down."
Neji huffed, and huffed air out. How can this be? Another lie! Another fucking lie the Main Branch made! Did his dad lie to him too!
"Are you calm?" Tobi asked. Tobi couldn't understand himself right now. He was really concerned about Neji. Why? He didn't really know, but all he knew was that he wanted Neji to get untangled from all those webs of lies, and tell him the truth.
"Tell me." Neji said. Neji was now looking down at the floor. It was too much to bear, but he had to; for his mother and father.
Tobi took a big breath, "The Main Branch ordered some Hyuuga members to kill her." Tobi said with a heavy heart.
Neji closed his eyes.
"A week after you were born they got your mother and murdered her. Your father found out about this the next day, and swore revenge, but they told him that if he attempted anything to hurt any of them that you were going to be killed next. They also told your father not to tell you, so he obeyed."
Neji clenched his fists with such force, that they were turning white. "Why?" Neji asked.
"The Hyuuga clan hated the Uchiha clan just as much as the Uchiha hated the Hyuuga. Except that the Uchiha didn't do anything to anyone. I guess, in a way, the Hyuuga felt threatened by her."
"…" My mother, killed by stupid Main Branch Hyuuga?
"Neji? There's something else you need to know."
Neji looked up at Tobi, "What?"
"Inside your genes you have developed a unique ocular jutsu that requires both Hyuuga and Uchiha genes. In normal circumstances the Uchiha and the Hyuuga gene would fight each other for dominance, but in your case they bonded with each other. Creating a new ocular jutsu." Tobi informed Neji.
"So, what's this new jutsu of mine?"
"It's called Byaringan."
"…" Neji stayed dead quiet. He was too busy thinking of a way to massacre the Hyuuga clan.
"Of course you can't use it yet. You need specific training to awaken your Byaringan, and then I can help you master it." Tobi informed him.
Neji didn't want to talk right now. He wanted revenge, and justice! His poor family, this wasn't fair! All this time they suffered and he didn't know. He felt so guilty!
"You have to help me!" Neji pleaded.
"Help you with what? Be specific." Tobi said.
"Help me decimate the Hyuuga clan!"
Tobi smirked, "Deal, but…" Tobi continued, "In the future I'm going to ask you to return the favor."
"Fine! Whatever! You can have whatever you want from me! Just help me destroy them." Neji said desperately.
Tobi snickered quietly," Excellent, I'll help you in any way possible."
Neji grinned halfheartedly, "Thank you."
Tobi pats Neji's head, "Don't worry, you, Himaku, and I will be a great team."
Neji nodded his head. Tobi leans closer to Neji's ear and whispers something.
"…" Neji slowly smirked mischievously.
"Damn it Kakashi where are you!" TenTen yelled. 'Now I know why Team 7 complains about him,' TenTen thought in defeat. TenTen has been waiting for Kakashi since dawn, and now it was close to the afternoon!
But, the location where they were supposed to meet at DAWN is beautiful, so she didn't really mind as much. It was a forest clearing surrounded by Sakura blossoms, its scent being carried by the wind making it a more relaxing place. In front of the clearing was a large deep pond being filled by a waterfall.
'It's so beautiful here,' TenTen thought as she walked towards the pond.
She stopped in front of the pond to marvel at the beautiful waterfall. No matter how beautiful it looked or anything for that matter, she still couldn't forget Neji.
TenTen closed her eyes and sighed. "Pull yourself together TenTen." TenTen told herself.
She looked down at the pond and her reflection. 'I'm pretty good looking,' TenTen thought happily.
Suddenly the water started glowing, and then blinding golden rays shot out.
"Ow! What the hell!" Yelled a half blind TenTen.
"TenTen"
TenTen started looking around in alarm. Was it Kakashi? Nah, this voice was feminine.
"Down here."
TenTen looked down at the pond, and saw a woman that resembled her, she was older and had longer hair, familiarity swept over TenTen.
"Who are you?" TenTen asked.
"I can't tell you right now, I don't have enough time."
"What? What time? We have a lot of time. I feel like I know you."
"You do know me, you just don't remember. Listen to me TenTen, you're in great danger."
"I am? From who?" TenTen asked in confusion. Okay! Imagine this; some beautiful woman pops out of a pond, not only that, but this woman somewhat looks like you, and you don't know who this is, and is telling you you're in danger from Kami knows what! Shit like this just doesn't happen!
"Guy with pumpkin mask, enough said."
"Wait, what! What the hell does that mean! Is it some kind of secret code!" TenTen asked in confusion.
"You'll know when the time comes." A tear rolled down the woman's cheek.
The image started fading away.
"Wait! Don't leave! At least tell me your name!" TenTen begged.
"…Sa…."
That's all TenTen heard before the woman faded away.
"Sorry I'm late TenTen." Kakashi said from behind.
"…" TenTen just stared at the pond.
"Uh…TenTen? I'm here. Hello! I was late! You're not going to yell at me?" Kakashi said trying to catch TenTen's attention.
TenTen disappeared in a gust of wind, and was right above Kakashi, and started attacking him.
"Do you have any idea what just happened to me for your stupid tardiness!" TenTen yelled in anger.
'I'm guessing training just began.' Kakashi thought. "Uh…should I be concerned?" Kakashi asked as he blocked TenTen's fierce attacks of awesomeness.
A/N: Hope you guys liked it!
Neji: That was interesting…
TenTen: Who's that Kami forsaken woman! .
Me: (agreeing with Neji) don't worry TenTen, you'll find out soon enough.
TenTen: By the way, what does decimate mean?
Neji: Google it…
TenTen: Shut it jackass! No one asked you!
Neji: Your point…?
TenTen: I hate you!
Neji: No you don't…
TenTen: .
Me: Please review! ^.^