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Chapter 4: Arrival
The group slowed as they approached the outpost, so as not to startle the current team patrolling the area. Neji stepped forward and identified himself. The other captain greeted him and told the team to follow him.
"I wasn't expecting you and your team until tomorrow."
"I decided not to break on the way here. One last long training run before we settled in to the day to day patrol."
"Understood. Let me give you and your team a quick tour. Then I will show you to your quarters." Neji nodded. "As you know there are at least five members present at any given so there are accommodations for that number of people. Everything is rather modest but sufficient. The kitchen has a greenhouse that grows any food needed. You may also hunt in the surrounding area." Neji continued to observe, as did his team, while the captain played tour guide.
Sakura, on the other hand, tuned everything out once the talking had begun. After all, she had seen it before. She knew they would eat and then sleep the rest of the day so she didn't bother planning anything. Tomorrow though they had the day off and she was hoping to convince Neji to begin their training. Sakura was broken out of her thoughts by one of Neji's subordinates.
"All five of us are supposed to stay here?"
"Yeah and the one bathroom is through that door. I will let you rest up and come get you when dinner is ready."
Neji nodded as Sakura just made her way into the room. Hesitantly the other three members of the ANBU squad each made their way to a bed. Sakura unpacked her things quickly and then began divesting herself of the various weaponry and protective guards adorning her body. She felt eyes on her back but chose to ignore them. Finally, she pulled her mask off allowing her deep red hair to cascade down her back.
Neji didn't share the apprehension of his subordinates when it came to sharing close quarters with a female. However, after watching the medic undress he felt something within himself stir. Something that only the pink haired vixen had been able to stir within him. He brought himself out of his musings enough to nod when the medic said she was showering. As soon as the water turned on in the bathroom, his subordinates all breathed a sigh of relief, and then began to talk.
"Damn, I don't remember seeing that medic anywhere before, and I would have remembered."
"Tell me about it. I wonder if she is attached to anyone."
"If not maybe she would be up to a few team "stress relief" activities." The other two nodded in agreement and began to describe what they would do if they go the chance.
Neji, meanwhile, was trying to figure out why this medic made him "feel" the same way Sakura had. He left Konoha to get away from these feelings, and somehow they had followed him here. That and there was something about the medic that reminded him of Sakura. Neji growled at himself. I need to get her out of my head.
"Enough," Neji practically shouted, "You in no way, shape or form will interact with the medic in the way you are speaking. We are here on a mission from the Hokage and will conduct ourselves as such." Neji finished the reprimand and laid down to rest. He missed the knowing looks that crossed the faces of his three subordinates.