NEXT CHAPTER THE NAME OF THIS STORY WILL NO LONGER BE ALL I REALLY WANT, IT WILL BE CHANGED TO 'REAL AS REALITY GETS' I'M NOT GOING TO CHANGE IT NOW, JUST SO THERE IS NO CONFUSION
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or any of the characters, they all belong to Masashi Kishimoto, but if I did own them, all of the female characters would be killed off almost immediately and it would be one big yaoi-palooza.
Warning: This is yaoi, intimate interaction between two males. If you do not like this kind of stuff or do not believe in it then please click the back arrow (located next to the forward arrow and on my internet it is on the far left side of the browser, if it is different on yours then please locate it now). And I hope the letters hit you on the way out and scar you for life, because yaoi is my one true passion and you have destroyed it in a burning red flame of homophobic hatred… Anyway, the rating currently is T; it may change (as in going up to M) so if you not like ultimate togetherness between two males, then please do the same as the ones whom do not like yaoi. Thank you very much!
Important: This is set after the time skip. After Sasuke goes to train with Orochimaru, keep that in mind. Also, I am horrible at keeping things in character. That includes anime characters, people that actually exist, things that do not exist, such as rocks, trees, animals, clouds, etc. It is even harder for me to keep something in character if I am not too familiar with their personality, or if I do not know how to portray their personality. The perfect example would be Karin, Juugo, and Suigetsu from Team Hebi, so instead of fumbling with their personalities and trying to get them in character, thus making them sound and act like idiots that don't know what they are doing, I am going to make up personalities of my own, based on how I think they might just be. Don't worry, Juugo is still bipolar. One more thing, I am going to make up my own setting and plot for this story, and none what happens is going to actually be in the anime or manga, and if it is, then I dub myself physic.
Without further adieu, The third chapter, this one is short and very boring, You've been warned!!
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I shot up at break neck speed as soon as I woke up from that awful nightmare, expecting to wake up at home in my room. But when I looked around everything was white, the bed was hard, and the sheets on it were stiff and frigid. I pondered all of this, but couldn't put it all together until someone walked in. It was Shikamaru, good; I knew he'd clear up all of this confusion.
"Shikamaru" I said relieved, he looked somewhat surprised that I was up.
"Neji, how are you feeling is everything okay?" He asked worriedly, this once again brought on a wave of confusion.
"What do you mean?" I inquired, dumbfounded.
"You've been out for three weeks." He stated, astounded that I had no recollection.
"For what?" I pressed, desperate to find an answer; I didn't know I'd been unconscious for three weeks or how it happened for that matter. All I remembered was that weird dream I had about Itachi right before I woke up.
"Sasuke found you out cold in the forest." Shikamaru said. My eyes widened, I didn't believe what I thought I was hearing. Sasuke is a rogue ninja, why would he be in Konoha, why would he give a damn whether I lived or died, we never got along. I must have had a look of pure confusion on my face, because Shikamaru began to elaborate.
"Itachi was in the area, he was looking for him, supposedly, he found you, while following his charka flow, he said that Itachi must have used his Mangekyou Sharingan. Your lucky Sasuke even bothered to bring you back; he's being put through hell… Questioning, trail, jail, possible execution the whole nine yards, all because he brought a shinobi that was in critical condition to a hospital, its all so troublesome." I gawked, what? It wasn't a dream, everything was real? I shuddered; I had just thought I dreamt the most frightening moments of my life.
In more than a few ways, I wish it really all was a dream. But I knew it wasn't. This was as real as reality gets. 'Why would Sasuke blow everything he's worked for, for the past three years be ruined just to bring me to a hospital?' Was what I found myself wondering. It made no sense, my head was spinning with so many concepts and I couldn't begin grasp a single one of them. Sasuke was only one of my problems, what about Itachi? What did he want with me? Why had he used his greatest and most dangerous technique on some defenseless ninja? Why did he kiss me? That one was the most confusing out of all of them.
I was shocked back to reality by my old team-consisting of Gai-sensei, Lee, and Ten-ten-raced into my room shouting stuff about how I was finally awake, if I was alright, and how my youthful spirit burned bright, or something along the lines of that. After I assured them all that I was going to be okay and how I didn't need them to stick around (more like hope they didn't stick around), they left, much to my surprise. I was once again left alone with Shikamaru. It was silent, we'd gotten to know each other so well that we didn't need talk to each other to be comfortable, silence was just as cozy. But I had a few questions I had to ask.
"When will I be able to go home?" I almost whined, Shikamaru, knowing how much I hated hospitals smirked, and replied.
"As soon as you feel well enough." I could have jumped for joy, but my legs still felt heavy and weak, but I was more than willing to lie to get out of this horrible place.
"I'll call the nurse then." I said pressing the 'Assistance' button that was located within reaching distance.
"Are you sure you feel well enough to go home?" Shikamaru asked once again worried. I chuckled.
"Of course I am." Just then the nurse came in. She jumped slightly, not expecting to see me awake, even though no one else would press the 'Assistance' button unless they were awake.
"Oh, Hyuuga Neji" She said looking at my name on the foot of the bed. "You weren't due to wake up for a few more weeks."
"Well, I'm up and ready to go home. I feel fine." I stated confidently.
"Don't you think we should have a doctor look at you?" She inquired checking over and giving off a look that said 'You don't look fine.'
"I'm fine." I said again.
"Are you sure?" She pressed.
"Yes, I'm fine." I sneered through gritted teeth, letting my aggravation radiate off of my like a fluorescent light. She got the hint that I was fine.
"Okay, your clothes are in the drawer next to your bed, get changed and them a doctor will see you." She said. I got up and limped to the drawer that she directed me too and took my clothes out, I started to remove the hospital garb, but then I realized the nurse was still there…
"Can I have some privacy?" I asked the annoying blonde nurse.
"Oh. Of course?" She said, like it was normal that people changed in front of her, and with a quick apology she scurried out. Then Shikamaru got up and spoke.
"I'm going to go have a cigarette, I'll be back tomorrow to take you home, okay?" He asked.
"Why tomorrow?" I asked frantically.
"Because, you have to stay at least one more night, it's standard procedure." He informed me lazily
I sighed but agreed. It took me a few minutes to finish changing. That was the only exciting thing that really happened all day, the doctor came in, and like Shikamaru told me he would, said I'd be released tomorrow morning. A few more people came to make sure I was all right. Shikamaru came back and we spoke for a good two hours, and play a few games of Shogi.
I had a lot of time to think too, about what Itachi wanted with me, I theorized all sorts of stupid things. I thought about that gory technique that he'd used on me, I was still somewhat traumatized because of it. I thought about why Sasuke would possibly take me back to the hospital, I thought of one almost logical answer; if Itachi was looking for me, and he and I were both somewhat close to each other, Itachi would eventually come looking for me and Sasuke would have another chance to avenge his clan.
All too soon I fell asleep. It was a restless night sleep, haunted by the trick Itachi's Mangekyou Sharingan had played on me three weeks earlier, but that wasn't why I woke up, it was because I heard something at the window.
I thought, before opening my eyes that maybe it was Shikamaru, he often did that at night when the hospital visiting hours were long gone, I remembered briefly when I was taken to the hospital three years earlier, every night, Shikamaru would come and stay the night with me, letting him snuggle up to him as much as I wanted.
I opened my eyes groggily, what I found, wasn't Shikamaru, but when I looked straight at them, I'll tell you I sure as hell wish it was.
This person had a predatory glare that I knew better than I wish I did, and my heart nervously skipped a few beats.
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That was a short boring chapter that ended in a cliffhanger. And, I lied, I hate this one so much more than I hated the other one, but there has to be some filler in every story I guess (or at least that's what I tell myself) and none of this was really relevant or had to do with the story, BUT I PROMISE YOU, IT WILL IN TIME!! I hope I will be able to update soon, Thank you to all that reviewed, those people were:
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