Gaahina chan: Hey! This is chapter two. Please enjoy. Forgive me for my grammar.

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Until your eyes don't shine

Chapter 2

By Gaahina chan

She woke up to the sound of raging explosions in the surroundings. It was as if hearing fireworks in a festival, but instead, blood, bodies and death were the special of the day. She couldn't cope with the feeling that she might die as well. It was frightening to have these thoughts of horrible possible deaths. The fact that her mother and best friend died didn't help either. She could see the images haunting her in her dreams, keeping her afraid in the days, always appearing everywhere.

Afraid of what she might see, she remained her eyes closed. She felt someone moved near her so she tensed and quickly prepared for the worst. As if on instinct, she grabbed a kunai and opened her eyes. Her hands trembled and the futile try to scare the occupant of her temporal shelter didn't make him blink. His eyes stared at her passively as if examining her. He travelled her face with these strange yet captive eyes of his. She then remembered who this person was inside. She remembered that she had saved him.

Ino directed her gaze to the Hyuuga. His robes were in place not like she left them to cover him up. His hair wasn't messy as she thought it would be and his face was a one of anger. He was testing his arms by making some movements to reduce the muscular pain. He flinched when he tried to pull himself up into a sitting position. Quickly, he grabbed his stomach and sensed that she was looking at him.

"I'm sorry. I couldn't do anything with the muscular pain. It might disappear in a few hours."

He stared at her unemotionally. Ino couldn't read his face. It was as if looking at a moving wall. Ino stood up and helped him get up too. He was much taller than her. His expression was serious. He had this long, black and silky hair.

"It doesn't matter, I'm accustomed" he said turning to the entrance. Yet Ino knew in the back of her mind that he was still in pain because some of the overused tendons and ligaments. She then directed her gaze to the outside. You could see smoke in the distance. The bomb shots were sounding nearby. Ino's expression turned into a worried one. She didn't want to think of what could happen to Sakura or her father or any of her comrades. They were the most precious thing to her in the world. She didn't know what it would be to lose any of them, not after what happened a few hours ago.

"We have to escape from here. There are too many men for both of us. And they seem very strong" Neji said scanning the area with his byakugan.

"But we have to find the others. They could be alive!" Ino shouted out loud as if trying to convince herself that nothing wrong was going to happen.

"First we have to find some shelter to regain all of our power. I can see that you are still tired. And the fact that you had nightmares proves it also" He said as a matter of factly, a stern look in his pale face. Ino nodded under his gaze. She didn't want to lose anyone anymore.

Neji one last time scanned the area and traced a path were they wouldn't be discovered. He made a sign to Ino to follow him closely in a very fast speed. They ran in the ground, evading any kind of rustling bushes or trunks that could blow their escape. Ino tried to ignore the bombs, but the images kept coming and coming. She gasped and Neji turned to her. She nodded apprehensively and he remained running.

They could feel the enemy very near. Their huge swords scrapping each other to make them sharper and slice their bodies slowly. Ino's hands started to tremble, but when the thought of her being so weak appeared in her mind, her whole attitude changed. Her eyes turned into ones of determination. Her hands stopped shaking and her speed increased. Neji felt Ino's confidence growing so he sped up his pace.

As they were running, Neji's byakugan detected chakra bodies very near. There were two. Their velocity was even more rapid than his. He gritted his teeth. If they were enemies, the idea of fighting wasn't very good. They both had not too much chakra and his muscles didn't get the well deserved rest in that uncomfortable cave.

Ino noticed Neji's abrupt change of emotion so she turned back and saw what she didn't want to see. Two men where chasing them very closely. Her eyes told her that they were strong. They didn't have huge weapons like the other men. Instead they wore simple ninja robes and their exposed skin was covered in bandages. Ino and Neji stopped because they knew that escaping wasn't an option. The men looked at them closely. As if being tested, Ino felt the pressure of an upcoming battle arising. Her mind state was not very trustworthy now so she decided that it would only depend in direct fighting or ninja weapons. Neji on the other side was fine in mind state but his muscles and wasted tendons didn't help him.

Ino saw that one man advanced at her so she tried to dodge his punches but his attacks were very fast. When his punch connected with her stomach, she flew away into a tree. She gasped and then she ran to him, making some shadow clones to confuse him. The three Ino's advanced in a fast motion with full potential kicks that every now and then connected with him but didn't make damage at all.

The clones parted away from the man when his chakra was visible around him. It was a strange mixture of green chakra, as if one of a medical ninja. The man took out some small needles and powered them with a bunch of chakra. He then threw them towards Ino but she deflected his attack with some kunai. The man smirked and Ino didn't know what was happening. When the man threw more needles and Ino more kunai, she was surprised that the needles were able to literally perforate the kunai with such easiness. She jumped to dodge the needles but one landed on her arm. She flinched and grabbed her swollen arm. The needle made a little point in her skin and the surrounding area was covered in red. Then she felt the worst pain that she had ever felt in all her entire life.

She screamed in pain and Neji, who saw all this, tried to block all the upcoming needles with his Kaiten. Both men turned into a serious expression. They didn't know that the Hyuuga had this kind of techniques. They both nodded to themselves and made some seals that changed the landscape. The trees that surrounded the area were falling down quickly. Huge sharp pointed rocks appearing instead. The rocky landscape surrounded them like a mouse cage.

Neji clenched his fists. The range of space was little. They were trapped with this powerful men and he did not have much chakra to perform his 64 palm jutsu. Not that he was able because of the closed space. He turned to Ino, who was applying some chakra to her wound. She seemed with more chakra than him, so that made him get an idea. He positioned himself with the Hyuuga gentle fist stance. He turned to the other man who was supposed to attack him. He was motionless. Then Neji felt something pounding on his head. It was Ino's voice.

"You hear me?"

"Yes. I have an idea. You have much more chakra than me. Let's work together"

"Okay. What is the plan?"

"Perform a genjutsu, it doesn't matter which one. Change the landscape for a very small amount of time, so that I can perform my jutsu to trap them"

"What are you going to do?"

"I'm going to make a barrier like the one of a Kaiten, but I instead I will trap them inside, so that they won't escape and receive some damage"

"You can do that? What about you?"

"When you change the landscape, I'll make a clone and hide. The clone will do everything. I just need a little time because my chakra isn't very powerful, but it is enough to make this technique. Understand?"

"Okay"

As they were about to move, Ino made some hands signs that made the enemy stop their movements. Ino, after finishing the signs put her hand on the ground and made some trees and a huge waterfall appear in the surroundings. Both attackers turn to her and tried to attack, but by that time, Neji had already made his clone and was very fast to corner them. He made some chakra rays that came out of his fingertips and directed them to the enemies, trapping them in a little chakra bubble. Both ninjas tried to escape but the rays were as sharp as a kunai and the chakra pressure was suffocating. They both started to cough blood because of the power emanating from the rays. Neji started to get weak and the enemies didn't appear to be that affected. He started to see blurry and his byakugan was hard to keep activated.

Ino noticed the depleting of Neji's chakra. So she decided to attack too. She made these hands signs and quickly her mind transferred to one of the men because they were unable to move. Inside the man's head, Ino saw his memories come back and she couldn't decipher anything. She tried to control him but he was strong. She increased her chakra control and the man was getting weaker and weaker by seconds. She then grabbed the other man and started punching him with all her force. Neji who saw all this, decided to keep the jutsu a little more.

Ino started to feel Neji's jutsu getting into her, so she decided that it was enough. With a final punch on the man's head, she came out of the man's head and back to her own body. Ino started to ran to Neji because the jutsu was beginning to fade away. She grabbed Neji by his shoulders because he was weak and started to run away. Both men fell down. They turned to see their enemies but Neji and Ino were very far away.

-o-

Neji opened his eyes to see Ino's blue ones. She had this concerned face and then the past came back to him.

"Where are the other two shinobis?" He said adjusting himself. He was more or less fine physically, but his chakra was very low.

"We defeated them Neji. Thanks to your plan" Ino smiled at this. She liked the feeling of working together with him.

"You also made your part. I didn't know you had that ability. To transfer from your body to another one"

"It's my bloodline. I can do the mind transfer jutsu whenever I want, that is unless the target is moving. You trapped them so I took advantage of that." Ino helped him get a sitting position. He wasn't that heavy, yet his muscles made him a bit heavier than his normal weight.

Neji felt this strange sensation inside of him. Like a one of warm and care. She had taken care of him for two times and she wasn't even preoccupied of her own healthiness. She was giving him all the attention she had. If she hadn't appeared yesterday, he would be dead by now. He smiled and she smiled too. She knew that he didn't smiled much so she was happy that he actually smiled at her.

"You look better when you smile Neji" she said sitting beside him. She was tired too. Her chakra also was low and the pain of the attacker's needle hadn't dissipated at all.

She grabbed her arm and Neji noticed that she was in pain. He looked at her, and she shook her head.

"I'm fine. It's nothing to worry about" she said assuring him. Neji then tried to activate his byakugan but Ino stopped him. "What are you doing?! If you do that you will faint because of chakra loss." She said almost shouting. Neji nodded and then he started checking the place where they were.

"Where are we?"

"You were a bit heavy, so I couldn't travel too far with you on my back. So maybe we will have to find a better place to stay" Neji felt a bit ashamed. She had to carry him two times all alone and he couldn't help but feel a bit weak.

"You are not weak Neji. Besides, if it wasn't for you, I would be dead" She said as if she had read his thoughts. Ino gasped at Neji's "surprised" expression. "I'm sorry! I'm new with this ability and I just responded. I didn't mean to invade your mind" she said a bit embarrassed. Neji nodded and decided to drop the theme.

He then started to close his eyes. He began to think about his comrades. Was Lee alive? Was Gai alive? What about Hinata sama? Then he started to panic like Ino did in the afternoon. He had these strange images of him dying and seeing how the treasured ones for him also died slowly. He shook a bit his head. He wasn't dead. He was with Ino now, so it didn't help to worry about the others. He knew that they were strong so that relieved him a little, but not at all. He was now determined to protect Ino. Although she was loud, nosy and a bit frustrating, she had used her abilities to protect him too. And he was thankful. Also she was his comrade and he would risk his life for any of his teammates. She proved that she also was determined to do that.

Neji turned to her. She was sleeping. She seemed very calm at times, but he knew that her normal self was a young woman with over expressing emotions that could explode at any time. He remembered the time when she seduced him in the forest of death. He laughed a little about this. Her hot face when he rejected her was priceless. Ino then felt Neji moving so she opened her eyes.

"Did I wake you up?"

"Dumb. I was awake all the time. I can't sleep with these images in my head" she said looking at the ground. Shikamaru…was he with her now? Was he toying with her hair like he did in the past? She didn't feel him. She felt numb. All she could think about now was of how would she would survive all this trouble. She was all alone now. She didn't know if neither Sakura nor his father was alive. She started shaking, images of her mother motionless was a very depressing thought. She began to cry silently. She was all alone, all alone by herself. She was going to die alone and that depressed her very much. She then gasped as Neji did an unexpected thing. He grabbed her by the shoulders and put her head on his chest. She started crying on him, as if he was the only thing she could depend on now. She then shook her head. The feeling of being with Neji was something. It was as if a wave of heat passed through her. She knew now that she wasn't alone. She had Neji. She had her Neji. He was all she had now. She then moved her head away from him. She felt that she was invading his personal space.

Neji didn't know why he did that. He felt that she was in pain like him, so he decided to comfort her. Not that Neji's ways of comforting were always hugging but he felt that he needed it too. Ino was his only company now. She made him feel protected, safe, and warm inside. In all his entire life, he hadn't felt something like this before. Perhaps, it was a new feeling for him. He then looked at her eyes. She was still crying. Her blue eyes were red now. With his fingers, he delicately closed her eyes and then he looked at her face. He didn't know why, but he felt this push in the back of his head that made him lean closer to her.

Perhaps this is a new feeling.

Ino felt Neji's calloused fingers close her eyes. She cried silently and then something surprised her. Neji's soft lips were against her own. He tightened his grip on her back. He too closed his eyes and then she grabbed the front of his shirt. She cried more now. She felt loved and she did felt safe with him. She didn't know if she loved him but she knew that she liked being with him.

She stopped crying and Neji separated himself. Staring at each other, they realized that the only thing they had was each other.

Perhaps they were falling in love.

-o-

Gaahina chan: So maybe I'm a little bit repetitive with the phrases like she would die for him and stuff. But I had to put how they think about each other. Please forgive me if there's a lack of imagination but, both of them are alone and depressed and that made them attracted to each other. That's my logic. A little dumb yeah. Well I hope you liked it. Next chapter will be better. Please review. Bye.