"So, my pale eyed friend, you remember me."

The shiver that ran up Neji's spine was obvious. Neji hadn't been in contact with people for a long time, never the less people from his past, which is over ten years now. The shiver clearly stated Neji's uncomfortable-ness with the situation.

Neji, while being stuck in his head with angry thoughts to himself, about how weak he is, and that he needs to calm down, didn't notice (couldn't have seen either) the crack in the concrete of the stairs.

So, when his foot got caught in it, he would have fallen onto the cold, hard, unforgiving floor, if it weren't for Gaara's quick reflexes, and his arm.

Gaara's arm shot out like a kunai and wrapped itself around Neji's waist and kept him from falling

Neji mumbled a soft but coherent, "Thank you." While he steadied himself, Gaara waited patiently silently thinking thoughts to himself that he would later blame (of course) on Kankuro.

When Neji was finally able to move again, they began to trudge up the rest of the stairs. Gaara's arm was still securely fastened around his waist.

The sound of the echoes bouncing off the walls alerted Neji, that they were coming upon an opening into a possibly bigger hallway. Neji gathered up all his strength and tried, tried, to make a break for it.

He threw of Gaara's arm and bolted up what was left of the stairs. He then, sprinted as fast as his legs would allow, down the hallway. Neji was so focused on moving forward in his escape, he forgot to feel for where he was going.

Neji ran right into a solid wall.

The moment that Neji had broken away from Gaara, and had run down the hall like a mad man, Gaara knew that something bad would happen.

The hall was of the oddest design. I was a dead end. The only way to get in or out was to go down the spiraling hallway just to the right of the stair, and even that hallway, was hidden by freakishly strong chakra walls.

If Neji had been able to see, he would have notice long before that he was running straight, with out a purpose. After all, this particular hallway was well lit, and gave occupants the feeling of being walled in.

This new development only furthered Gaara's suspicions that Neji was blind. This new fact also helped Gaara come to the complete and final decision that Kankuro would soon be begging to be killed. Oh yes, Kankuro would never see the desert sun again.

Gaara walked over to Neji and slowly picked him up bridal style. He couldn't help but stare at the eyed man. Neji truly was (is) a paragon (of true beauty).

Gaara was surprised at how light Neji was. He remembered from the chunin exams, some ten years ago, that Neji had always been skinny, but that was because he had had lean muscles. Now, Neji almost seemed to be kinda, sorta, emaciated. But, that wasn't possible he was an elite of Konoha, not to mention he was a member of one of the most prominent families in all of the five shinobi nations.

So, maybe this was something else that Kankuro would be blamed with, after all it almost always was his fault. His brother, was so gonna get it.

Neji woke up in a big soft cushion-y lump. It too a whole two minuets till Neji was graced with his remembrance of the whole ordeal that had occurred down in the dungeons. But, it had to be a dream, why else, would he be in a comfy bed.

Wait a second, why was he in a comfy bed, his bead wasn't comfy. His bed could barely even be called a bed.

Neji bolted up into a sitting position. His hand grabbed franticly at the silk sheets in panic. Wait… Silk sheets, what was he doing on silk sheets? Neji's head ripped back and forth, side-to-side, so fast that it was a wonder he didn't get whiplash.

Neji forced himself to breathe and he slowly began to calm down. His hand still clenching and un-clenching around the silk sheets were joined by Neji's nervous leg movements.

Neji sent out his sight and visibly relaxed when he realized he was in the room all by himself.

He then promptly passed out. Lets forget that he was overly stressed, which was the cause for his sudden sleepiness, and well, lets join Gaara and…. Blame it all on Kankuro.

A/N: I lost the original and this is all my mind could come up with… Sorry. It's a peace of crap that you were forced to wait for… I know.