Thank you all so much for reading. Here's this weeks update. Please help a new author out and review. Also I am willing to take suggestions. Again thank you all so much. I hope you like it. Still no Sasuke yet but don't fret he's on the way.
Neji scouted around for a suitable place to spend the night. He found a cave a few miles ahead of them. The team came up on it and slowed to a stop. Naturally Naruto started complaining. "Why are we stopping? We have to go find Sasuke. We don't have time for this. The bastard could be moving right now!" Kyo stretched as he walked past the blond. "Naruto we've been travelling since 5:30 this morning with no stops for breaks since no one wanted to deal with your complaining. We need to rest. It's almost midnight." Naruto wasn't having it. "We could lose him if we don't get going. We have to bring him back this time!" Neji spoke up. "Naruto! Our mission is to gather information on the Uchiha's location and abilities. Not to retrieve him. We will rest for now. That is an order from your captain." Naruto pouted. "Demo-" "Naruto-kun, Neji and Kyo-san are right. I want to find Sasuke too but we can't hope to bring him home if we're all weak and tired."
Naruto turned on Sai. He ran up to him, picking him up by his shirt. "Damn it! Sai you bastard! We can! We will get Sasuke back!" Suddenly in a flash Sai was knocked back. Naruto stared at the space where Sai had been. In his place, Kiyami was standing in front of him with a kunai at his throat. Her eyes were glowing a blazing amber-red and she smiled eerily. "I would appreciate it if you didn't threaten Sai in front of me please." It wasn't a request. It was an order. Kyo walked over to get his sister. "Kia let him go."
Her eyes flashed and she turned on her brother. "And you! You didn't do anything to protect Sai! Some shinobi you are! Useless brother!" She lunged at him. In a flash she was on him and he was powerless to fight back. He wouldn't hurt her. He saw the flash of her weapon and shut his eyes. But the blow never came. When he looked up Neji was standing in front of him, palm outstretched. Kia had stumbled back into Naruto, who was holding her upright. Her eyes had gone back to normal and she was panting. Neji scowled at her. "That's enough. There will be no fighting amongst my team. Naruto and Kiyami, you two go cool down, then come back and help set up camp. Sai you scout for some resources and gather them. Kyo and I will set up a perimeter and gather some fire wood. Understood?" Everyone nodded. "Dismissed." In a flash everyone had gone their separate ways.
Neji turned to Kyo. Kyo looked up at the man who had saved him from his sister. "Um, thank you." Neji sighed and reached out a hand to help him up. "Why didn't you fight back? I shouldn't have had to save you." Kyo took his hand and in an instant was on his feet. "She's my twin. I can't hurt her. Besides I heal fast." Neji raised an eyebrow at him. "Can't you read each others minds. Surely you knew what she was going to do?"
Kyo rubbed his neck sheepishly. "Actually, when she gets like that I can't hear anything from her. As soon as Naruto picked up Sai I was completely cut off. Same for her. When we get mad like that we're just normal twins. Completely blocked from each other." He smiled. Neji looked him up and down. "That sounds inconvenient." Neji started to walk away and Kyo followed looking at the ground.
"Not really. Even now we can't hear each other. She's blocking me. I think she feels bad so she's giving me some privacy. It's nice really. No one reading all of my thoughts for once. It'll go back to normal soon though." "Do you two really see everything the other sees?" Kyo glanced up at him. "Yeah pretty much. To be honest it can be weird at times. Like when she's on a date or if I'm in the shower. It used to be really out of hand back when we didn't know how to put up a barrier in our thoughts. We'd see and hear everything the other did." Stupid Kiyami. I fucking swear she's the reason I'm gay!
As he thought it he realized she'd lifted the barrier. I fucking heard that asshole! That's the last time I check to see if you're alright! And with that the barrier between their minds slammed down again. "It's fucking true. Stupid sister." He muttered. "What was that?" He hadn't realized it was Neji talking to him. "I said it's your fault I'm gay Meinu!"* Neji stopped and turned to him. A look of utter confusion spread across Neji's features. "What?" Kyo went beat red and shook his head. "I meant-um-I-I was talking to my sister!" Neji's features softened and a smirk crept onto his face. "How exactly did your sister turn you gay?" he said with a chuckle. Kyo stuttered and gasped. "F-forget it. We have a perimeter to check!" He said brushing past Neji. Neji just shrugged and followed him.
Naruto and Kia walked through the woods together silently. Naruto fidgeted awkwardly. There didn't seem to be anything to say and he wasn't used to being silent. He was the number one loud mouthed knuckle head ninja after all. He glanced beside him. Kiyami was looking at the forest floor. She seemed sad. He hated to see girls sad. She noticed his eyes on her and looked up. Before he could say anything she spoke quietly. "I'm sorry. I shouldn't have attacked you. I overreacted." Naruto smiled and rubbed the back of his head. "No it's okay. I shouldn't have taken it out on Sai. I just want to find Sasuke so bad." Kia looked back at the ground. "You really love him, don't you?" Naruto looked at her confused. "Who Sai?" She chuckled. "No. Sasuke." Naruto jumped and sputtered. "W-w-what? Are you kidding? A teme like him?" Kia raised and eyebrow at him. "Ugh. Fine, yeah okay. I do. I don't fucking know why, but I do." Kia looked sad again. "So Sai-san has absolutely no chance with you?" she whispered. Naruto stopped flailing and looked at her. "What? I didn't catch that." Kia looked up and smiled. "Oh nothing." She thought back to when she'd confronted Sai on his feelings.
"If you love him so much, why don't you just tell him?" Sai looked at the ground. It was the first time since Shin's death that she had seen him sad. It hurt her to see him like that. Sai plastered on that fake smile of his and Kia didn't know which hurt her worse. The sad look or the fake smile. "I could never compete with him. It's okay if he doesn't love me."
Kia felt herself tearing up. Sai, the person who had destroyed his emotions in order not to feel, felt so strongly for someone he couldn't have. It killed her to see her comrade put on such a brave face. And then the dumb blond had the nerve to threaten him. He may not have seen it, but the look on Sai's face when Naruto turned on him was one of sheer pain. She shook her head to clear her thoughts. No use getting angry at the blond when she had just apologized. "Kia-chan. Earth to Kia-chan!" She saw a hand waving in her face and looked up. "Sorry. Zoned out for a minute." Naruto cocked his head to one side. "Were you talking to Kyo-kun?" Her eyes widened. "Oh shit! I still have the barrier up. I should check on him. I knocked him over pretty hard." Naruto laughed. "Sounds like he's the one you need to apologize to, not me."
She nodded. "Yeah." She dropped the barrier and got ready to apologize to her brother. Stupid Kiyami. I fucking swear she's the reason I'm gay! Kia was instantly angry. She huffed and screamed in her head. I fucking heard that asshole! That's the last time I check to see if you're alright! She brought the barrier back up and kicked a tree. "Stupid brother! And I was going to fucking apologize to the asshole. See if I care next time! Not my fucking fault you're queer you bloody jerk!" Naruto stared at her not knowing what to do. She has the same temper as Sakura. If she's not careful that tree is going to fall over. "Um, Kia-chan?" "SHINU!"* With one final kick the tree splintered at the bottom and fell. It hit the ground hard, creating an air wave and an ear splitting crunch. Kia stood beside the fallen tree panting. Naruto tentatively reached out and placed a hand on her shoulder. "Kia-chan?" She whirled on him, fist ready to fly. Then suddenly she stopped. She looked at the ground and dropped her arm. "Sorry Naruto-kun."
Suddenly Sai jumped onto their path. He quickly went from fighting stance to standing straight. "What happened? I heard a crash." Kia smiled sheepishly. "I knocked over the tree. Anyway Sai-san why don't I gather the resources and you and Naruto-kun go set up camp?" Sai opened his mouth to protest. Gathering resources was his job and he wouldn't want to go against orders. But she had already started walking into the forest, leaving the two boys alone. Sai and Naruto looked at each other. Naruto shrugged. "Come on Sai. Let's go set up camp." Sai nodded and followed him.
The crash resounded through the forest and Kyo jumped. "Kia." He took off running towards the noise. Suddenly he was on his stomach. "You idiot! Don't just run blindly into what could be a battle!" He flipped around and struggled with the person on top of him. "That's my sister over there and I can't hear her! Something could be wrong!" Neji pinned his arms to the ground. "Byakugan!" Kyo stopped struggling and looked at him scowling. "You're sister is fine. It was just a tree falling near them." Though I have a distinct feeling that she was the cause of it. Neji thought. Kyo stopped scowling and let out a breath. "Thank God." Kyo looked up to thank him, then realized their position and blushed. "Um, Neji-san? You-uh- you can get off me now." Neji looked down at him. "You really are a lot of trouble. How often am I going to have to save you?" He climbed off the boy. "You don't have to protect me you know? I can take care of myself!" Kyo pouted. Neji smirked. "Apparently that is not the case." Kyo huffed and walked past him. "Let's just check the fucking perimeter and get back to camp." Neji followed, chuckling. "Have it your way."
Meinu- Bitch
Shinu- Die
Author's note: So I know I've basically set up Kyo and Neji but in my defense there are no characters in the original anime that I think deserve to be with Neji. Other than Shikamaru and Gaara but tbh I already ship those two together most of the time so there you go. I hope you like it. -Kioshina-chan