"Sorry"

"Sorry"

"Sorry"

"Sorry….Raidon"

"Raidon…"

"Raidon-sensei!"

Raidon jerked awake to the sound of Axel's voice. She was covered in a cold sweat, and her mind was racing; trying to figure out the events of the previous night.

"What are you doing out here?" Axel was pressed, wondering why her sensei looked like she had just seen a ghost.

Raidon finally noticed Axel's presence. "N-neji…" was all she could mumble.

"What about him?" Axel was getting annoyed.

"H-h-hes gone." She started to shake.

"What?!" Axel gasped, but could tell Raidon was too shaky to continue the conversation. She took a deep breath, focused her chakra to her hand as well as she could, and tapped Raidon in the back of the head, causing her to become unconscious.

She picked her up, and almost fell. "You, sensei, either need to lose weight, or I need to start working out with Vladdy," she grunted and made her way towards the hospital.

Raidon slowly opened her eyes. She saw Tsunade, Vladdy, and Kakashi standing above her. "Wha-," and then she realized how she had gotten her. "NEJI!" she sat up quickly, too quickly. She felt woozy and instantly collapsed back on a pillow. She turned her head and saw Axel sitting on a chair farther back in the hospital room.

"Raidon, can you tell me what happened last night?" Tsunade asked, checking her temperature.

"Neji…he left…he left…he left the village…hes going to join Akatsuki…he left…just like Sasuke…and Lycan..and Itachi…" she went on mumbling, stuffing her face into her pillow.

Tsunade's face hardened, and Vladdy gasped.

"Akatsuki? Neji-sensei?!" she said in disbelief.

"Have a nurse assigned to this room, make sure she gets plenty of rest and fluids." Tsunade ordered, walking out of the room.

Kakashi followed, along with Axel.

Vladdy yelled after them. "Tsunade-sama, aren't you going to get a team together?" She pressed, catching up.

Tsunade kept looking forward. "I will get some anbu together, but Neji is one of the most elite jounin this village has ever seen, he's probably out of fire country by now, and knows how to cover his tracks.

Vladdy looked at her feet. "There must be more we can do," she said innocently.

Suddenly Tsunade back-handed her. "Don't contradict me like that again, I'm going to do what I can."

"My apologies, Hokage-sama."

"Well then, you are off duty for today, but no 'to-the-death-training'" she looked at Axel.

Axel and Vladdy made their way to the training fields farthest away from town.

"I can't believe it…" Vladdy muttered.

"I know," Axel agreed.

Axel looked at Vladdy, whom was lost in thought. She sighed."I'm going to practice my shunpo, you wanna join with trying to punch me?" She laughed.

Vladdy looked her, "No thanks."

"Alright then," and she was gone.

Vladdy decided to practice something else. She walked over to the nearest tree, and cleared her mind.

"I will defeat Akatsuki." Raidon muttered, no longer in denial, but now with a clear mind.

"They make it look like ninjas can just leave their responsibilities when they have problems." She rolled over in bed. "Why didn't he just talk to me?" she let a single teardrop fall onto the pillow beneath her face.