AN: Sooooo I'm still thinking if Neji is going to be the thorn in their bush buuuuuut I still don't know, maybe you guys could leave a review if you want Neji to be the point to make a triangle. Hope you like this chapter.

Naruto is not mine.

Naruto had to think of something quick, it was very awkward for the bunch since Sai pulled that stunt.

"Ah...Ah... Anyone want to spar?" Naruto gave a nervous chuckle as everyone looked at him.

Hinata's face lit up, it was the perfect thing to do.

"Na-Na...Na.." Hinata couldn't finish her sentence, she was really shy.

"COME ON NARUTO !" Kiba spat as he grabbed Naruto's wrist to drag him in the middle.

"Might as well join them. Come on Hinata!" Ten Ten offered.

"Uhn!" Hinata agreed.

"Lee, Let's go. I want to practice my jutsu on you anyway." Shikamaru droned.

"YOSH!" Lee pumped his fists.

"Sa-" Sai couldn't finish his sentence, he was cut off by a pair of hands on his wrists.

"Come on Sai~ Let's spar." Ino gave a wink as she dragged the pale painter.

Sakura looked at her confused teammate, she was irritated but she knew there's no point in arguing with Ino, it will get her nowhere.

"Spar with me." Neji offered as he shifted his gaze elsewhere, a little bit of red was hinting on his cheeks.

"Alrighty then, but I'm not going to go easy on you." Sakura smirked.

"I didn't want you to." Neji smirked back, he was going to face the girl when a swoosh of wind was heard. Sakura swung her arm to punch the Hyuuga to only find him block her attack. Sakura followed with a kick on the side, only to disappoint because Neji blocked it again. Neji attacked, he tried his 24 palms. Amazingly, Sakura dodged and blocked each one.

"You're quite skilled." Neji scoffed.

"You're not too bad yourself." Sakura replied as she punched the ground, it was split in half, Neji jumped in the air and tried to attack the medic. Sakura saw this coming, she located a nerve on his shoulder to paralyze him.

"Don't worry. I'll fix that for you later." Sakura gave a chuckle.

Meanwhile Sai was having the worst time on his life, not only does Ino's been horribly acting weak in his grasp but she also had these weird whimpering noises everytime he blocked her shifted his gaze to Sakura and Neji who's undoubtedly having a great time. He hissed at the sight of that slight

smirk Sakura made, he frowned at the arrogant smile Neji had. They never talk to each other, then why are they like that. It was seriously pissing him off, Sai tried to shift a little nearer to the pair as Ino tried to attack the former root.

"Sai, be careful. We don't want to bump into forehead and Neji." Ino reminded the lad who barely paid attention to her.

Sai tried to give her his best fake smile, he was really annoyed with the pair beside them, they were so immersed in their sparring.

"Hey Sai, could you guys move a bit? You're trampling us over here." Neji commented as he effortlessly blocked Sakura's super power punch.

"It's okay Neji, the tighter the space, the better." Sakura said as she finally landed a punch on Neji's face.

Sai looked at the pink haired beauty as she said those words, his heart clenched in pain. He was mad, he tried to analyze what word was perfect for the way he's feeling. Jealous, he thought. Sai's vein popped as he had enough of this play. He landed a very powerful punch on Ino's stomach making her fly away onto Lee's arms.

"I don't want to spar anymore." Sai walked towards the blonde maiden and smiled.

"O-Okay.." Ino agreed

Sai simply sat on a tree branch as he watched her spar with another man.

A few minutes went by, everyone was burnt out.

"UWAAAAAHH KIBA, YOU'VE IMPROVED." Naruto gasped.

"Same to you, bro." Kiba agreed.

"Not bad Lee." Shikamaru commented.

"Thanks!" Lee found a little bit of energy left to give an energetic reply.

"Ten Ten, ..you were great.." Hinata said in between breaths.

Ten Ten gave a thumbs up as she fell on the soft green grass.

"I never fought someone so skilled other than Sasori.." Sakura said as her rapid breathing made her chest go up and down, she just finished reverting Neji's shoulder back to normal.

"The spar was... enjoyable." Neji replied with a stoic face.

"Neji-san, could you spar with me?" Sai said, giving a quick smile as he jumped off the branch.

"As you wish." Neji stood up and instantly Sai attacked with a kunai in hand, the Hyuuga counters with a kunai as well. They shifted, left, right, up and down. Neji tried his 24 palms, as Sai painted ferocious lions to attack the lad. It was an action packed sparring session.

"What's with Sai?" Naruto innocently asked.

"What's with Neji?" Lee asked as well.

"Feisty aren't we?" Neji commented as he kicked Sai on his stomach, Sai quickly grabbed Neji by the ankle and twisted him.

"I don't know what you're talking about." Sai gave his fake smile as he continued to attack viciously, their friends noticed that it wasn't a simple spar anymore, Neji was attempting the 64 palms and he wasn't second thinking it.

"Naruto!" Kiba exclaimed as he eyed the blonde boy, Naruto nodded in response and like a flash. Naruto held Sai while Neji was held by Kiba.

Sai is still tensed up while Neji relaxed. Neji didn't bother to look at Sai. He simply broke from the lock and casually walked out.

"Chill Sai! What's the matter?" Naruto asked as he let go of his lock.

"I was just passionate to improve my skills as a ninja." Sai smiled.

"It didn't look like passion to me." Naruto pouted.

"Just believe me." Sai smiled once again as he exited the training ground, taking a glance at Sakura in the process. She looked worried, he didn't know if she was worried about him or Neji but she was worried.

"Sai, where are you going?" Ino asked.

"Home." Sai simply replied.

"Can I come?" Ino added.

"No. Never." Sai smiled at Ino, he was seriously pissed.

AN: Look forward for my next update this week or next. ^^