A/N: Okay, so, reviews seriously get me to write. Seriously, I'd like to see what your thoughts on the chapters are!
Side note: Kagome's now been with Neji for roughly a year! I skipped over a lot of time in the earlier chapters, their relationship progressed very slowly in comparison to how I wrote it out. Gomen.
The rest of the chuunin exams were a bit crazy. Sasuke's match was invaded by both Naruto and Kagome, and after seeing her Sharingan for a brief moment when she became angry, he stayed in Konoha, determined to find out how the hell she had any Uchiha in her.
Needless to say, she made sure he didn't know. She refused to speak to him of it, only saying it was a gift from her father, nothing more. Neji was careful not to leave the girl alone with the Uchiha, as he could already see the other boy's thoughts drifting towards rebuilding his clan.
The very thought of Sasuke Uchiha ever getting his hands on Kagome was infuriating to say the least.
It was only a couple months after the exams were over that he woke to see Kagome pulling on an outfit similar to Anbu.
"Kagome...what are you doing?" He asked quietly as her hair straightened and her eyes glowed green in the dark.
"I have a mission, I'll be back in a few hours." She said in an emotionless voice that hardly sounded like her. Her eyes turned to him, and she moved closer to the bed. He sat up and her hand pressed against his chest. "I can't have you following, you'd be put on the team, or killed." Kagome said, leaning down and pressing a kiss to his lips. He took the opportunity to pull her down, deepening the kiss as his hand ran down her side, resting on her hip.
"Don't get hurt." He said against her lips, his other hand running down her spine, causing her to arch her back. "And wear a cloak. I don't share."
She smiled down at him. "Koi-sama, you have nothing to worry about." She purred, her hand exploring his chest and abs. She scraped her nails against those same abs she had just caressed and he hissed in slight pain, only to moan as her tongue soothed the red skin.
"You tease me far too often, kitten." He said, and Kagome purred at him.
"If I don't get a good lick of your skin now and again, I wouldn't be able to hold back my curiosity." She said, tracing the obvious hard on through the blanket. "I still want to know how you taste.."
"And I want to know how tight you are." Neji half heartedly complained, sitting up to kiss her lightly. "However, it can all wait." He said, kissing her yet again. "Once we're married we can explore each other to our heart's content."
Kagome grinned. "And if I don't want to wait?"
"Then I will tell you I'm not ready quite yet." He said, even though his hands found themselves on her ass, squeezing it softly. "I can wait for your feelings to catch up to mine."
Her eyes softened and she pulled away. "I have to go, please fall asleep so I may explore you without a protest." She said, just as her face became emotionless once more and she pulled on a strange mask that had no face, simply slits for her eyes and a gas mask underneath. The only real decoration on the mask itself was a blue crescent moon sitting on it's brow, nothing more.
"Be safe." He said to her quietly as she started out the door.
She paused, only for a moment. "Who do you think I am?" She asked with a snort before shutting the door behind her.
Neji frowned, rolling over to lay on his stomach. He knew he'd be unable to sleep until she got back, and could only wonder about the outfit. It wasn't exactly Anbu, Anbu masks were that of animals, even their code names reflected on the masks. Anbu gear had thin vest armor, yet when he had looked up he could of sworn the vest she wore looked metallic.
What kind of missions did she have that required metal armor and a gas mask attached to her disguise?
As a few hours ticked by, he stood and began pacing, reading, anything to try to get his mind off of it. When the window opened and Kagome's masked form came into the room, he wanted to rush forward and grab her, yet when the light hit her, he stopped. His pupils dilated as he saw all the blood dripping off her mask and chest. She put a hand up, letting him know she'd speak to him of it later, and quickly went to the bathroom. He followed.
He watched as she began to strip, perfectly aware that he was watching, yet knowing he was doing so to make sure she was unharmed. She allowed it as she threw the clothes in the sink and turned on the water, standing in only her underwear as she washed the outfit by hand. She flinched a little as he began dabbing ointment on the wound across her shoulder blades.
Neji couldn't help but notice the wound were three scratches, evenly placed apart, and even in length. They were claw marks.
"A summoned beast?" He asked quietly and Kagome shook her head.
She turned around, covering his mouth with her hand. She tapped the corner of her eye and he activated the Byakugan. She mouthed it, though not slowly enough for the normal eye.
Do not ask anything more. You could be killed or recruited because of your knowledge. More than likely killed.
Why? He mouthed to her after she removed her hand. She gave him a pained look and turned back around, resuming the cleaning of her clothes. "There are things in this world that can corrupt and take control." Kagome said quietly, moving her clothes to hang over the mirror to dry. She moved on to the metal chest piece as he started cleaning her wounds again. "In my black bag, in the first dresser drawer in my old room, is a small green vial, could you get that and put some on the wound?" She asked and he nodded, assuming it was some healing salve.
When he returned with it, he put the foul smelling fluid on a cotton ball and continued as he had before. "Kagome, what is this?" He asked and Kagome frowned.
"Is there anyone within hearing range?" She asked quietly and he activated Byakugan, making sure he turned his face so his hair covered the veins on either side, no one would notice him using it by looking through the window, or using the mirror.
He picked up another cotton ball and dried the wound carefully. "No one, it seems most of the branch members are even out drinking."
"The vial contains a special chemical mix to neutralize potent poisons, most of which are carried in claws or saliva." Kagome explained, and Neji's frowned deepened.
"What are you fighting?" He murmured as she began to unhook her bra, turning on the shower as she did so.
"I have special permission to tell one person, Neji, and only if the Hokage is informed before hand." She paused, looking back at him. "We'd have to sign a contract saying we would get married within an allotted amount of time before I would be able to tell you."
Neji shrugged. "I would prefer proposing to you myself, but it is reasonable." He said, gently pulling her into his arms.
Kagome smiled, leaning against him. "Don't think you can get out of it that easy, Koi-sama."
Neji watched as she pushed the feline chakra out of herself, and blushed as she realized just how little clothes she wore. Neji grabbed a hairband and tied her hair over her shoulder, so it didn't irritate her wounds. Resting his forehead against hers, he stared into her eyes for a long moment before he said anything at all.
"This is going to sound a bit perverted." Neji said with a sigh, but Kagome understood. He wasn't meaning what he was about to say in a perverted sense, and had no other way to word things. She nodded for him to continue. "I wish to join you for your bath..." Kagome blushed.
"How is that not perverted?" She asked and Neji shook his head, blushing a bit.
"I feel like I should...take care of you." He said carefully, placing his hands on her shoulders as he pulled back, looking down at her. He was unsure how to describe his feelings at the moment, and found himself blushing more as he tried to find the words. "You're hurt...it bothers me. I don't want you out of my sight..."
Kagome blinked. It was a basic protective instinct she would have expected from an Inuzuka, and not Neji. She smiled. "Inuzuka, or at least those of the canine variety, often bath together to secure bonds within the pack. If someone was hurt, everyone took care of cleaning that one person, grooming them and taking care of them." Kagome said, placing her hands on his chest. "I...would like this."
Neji smiled, kissing her forehead. "Then from now on?" He asked as he slowly pulled off her bra, keeping his eyes trained on hers.
Kagome blushed bright red, but smiled up at him. "Are you sure this won't bother you too much?" She asked, gently touching the tent in his boxers. He blushed.
"I want this." He said, and she smiled brightly up at him.
"Then...after...I'll take care of you." Kagome said, her face growing darker in color as she said it. Neji wrapped an arm around her waist.
"As much as I'd like that...don't you think it may be too soon?" He asked and she shook her head, wrapping her arms around his neck.
"I want to." She whispered against his neck, and he held her close, slightly worried.
"And it's not because you know I want it?" He asked and she shook her head.
"I've tasted others-" His grip on her tightened and she could almost feel the jealousy rolling off him in waves. "...but never because I wanted to...I want to do that with you..." Kagome said, and he nodded, blushing himself.
Pulling each other's undergarments off was slightly awkward, but pleasing all the same. The intimacy of this all was comforting, and Kagome couldn't help but feel a little older in this situation. Neji got in the tub first, carefully sitting up so that she may sit with her back against his chest.
They gently washed each other, using only their hands and soap, and it was an entirely arousing, sensual experience. Still, the couple did not cross any lines, cleaning their most private areas with delicate care, trying hard not to make it sexual. Still, Kagome found herself straddling Neji and kissing him as they washed each other's hair, the suds dripping down both of their bodies as they nipped, sucked, and licked at each other's lips.
"Kagome...stop squirming..." Neji groaned as he felt the slightest brush of her netherlips. She blushed, but smiled.
"Get use to it, you're the one that asked if we could bath together from now on." She teased lightly, purposefully grinding against him, not expecting the jolt of pleasure to course through her. Her moan and his own combined, and they soon found themselves exploring this situation farther. Neji knew about pleasing a woman, from things he had read or learned in basic ninja schooling, but still, seeing it was entirely different. And situation being as it was, the erotic pleasure he was getting from the grinding was too difficult to say no to.
Water sloshed around them as their movements became more demanding, his hands on her hips, and her nails biting into his shoulders. The two became completely lost in the experience, and only found more pleasure as their partner cried out for more.
The way his name sounded coming from her lips was driving him insane, and all too soon both of them found themselves reaching their orgasms, and it was only after that they realized that one of them had some how kicked the drain open.
Neji's hands roamed up and down Kagome's thighs as they both settled down, their hearts thundering in their chests and ears. Looking down at her, he realized his seed was covering the velvet lips he had so wanted to thrust into. He blushed as he realized it did look like he had, but in all reality, it was just the coincidental placing of his cum.
Kagome looked exhausted, and so Neji turned the water on, gently cleaning off the evidence of their experimentation, and rinsing out their hair. He chose to forgo the conditioner, just this once, as they would probably simply bath again in the morning. They both stood, and together, completely naked, curled up in bed facing each other.
She smiled as she looked at him, their hands entwined together between them, and Neji smiled back. No words were exchange as they just basked in the glow of their shared pleasures, both blushing, but neither ashamed. Sleep seemed to creep up on them, and they found themselves lost in dreams of each other.