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Another Past (beta'd)
***THANK YOU VERY MUCH HZLBYRN***
Warnings: NONE....yet...hehe
AN: Ugh. I hate Plot Bunnies. They are like, so EVIL!! They ruin ALL my fun. Anyway. I lied from the last chapter. Sorry. I'll make it up, promise -sadistic smirk- alright.
And if Neji's past 'splurs' are confusing I'm sorry!!! Let me, I'll see if I can fix it!!
R&R please!!!
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“Spying on the Kages isn’t exactly a quality I thought you possessed,” an even voice said as the Byakugan user slid onto one of the branches above camp.
“I wasn’t spying,” he replied, not looking over at Aburame Shino. The nin shrugged in a non-committal sort of fashion while pushing up his small sunglasses.
“Has his attention to another rekindled your own feelings, Hyuuga?” The bug manipulator passed a casual glance over at him. Neji’s replying eyes sparked furiously, his brows furrowing.
“Your nightly encounters with Naruto-san during the Uchiha’s first absence did not go unnoticed,” continued Shino in a conversational fashion. Neji clenched his jaw at the observation from his fellow nin.
Neji knew he should have returned with the blonde-headed nin by now, but he was too enwrapped with watching him. The sweat rolling down his back, soaking into a black tank. The fierce, driven determination as the teen trained, perfecting the seals, moving liquidly through the air in moves almost equal to Lee. He wasn’t the same boy he had fought during the chuunin exams.
“Hyuuga, are you going to stop staring at me; I don’t have all day,” Naruto suddenly called out to him, turning on the spot. Neji hid his surprise as he let himself materialize from the foliage. He was surprised he had been caught—he had hidden his chakra perfectly.
“You’ve changed,” Neji said slowly, eyeing the other teen before him.
“Yeah, hi to you too,” Naruto replied, eyes flashing to his. “What do you want? I need to finish training for my next mission.” The Byakugan user just nodded.
“Tsunade-sama wanted to speak to you.” Naruto looked up at him sharply.
“Damn it, what does the old hag want now?” he asked peevishly. Neji’s eyes caught a trail of perspiration making it’s way down his tan neck, over the clavicle before soaking into the tank, and quickly darted his eyes to Naruto’s own.
“I don’t know, I was just ordered to find you.” Naruto made an annoyed noise at the back of throat.
“Fine,” he muttered, but before he made the hands seals to disappear, he turned to him.
“What do you mean ‘changed’?” he asked. Neji’s pale eyes went wide with surprise—that wasn’t a question he thought Naruto, of all people, would ask.
“Since we last fought. You’ve changed since then,” he swiftly replied. Naruto nodded slowly, before smiling.
“You’ve changed too.” And he disappeared, leaving a few trials of curling grey smoke. Neji let a smile flit over his lips before following suit.
The Hyuuga shook his head. As if he could possibly bring his guard down at a time like this.
“He just needed a fuck buddy before the Uchiha brat decided to show his face in the village again,” he hissed suddenly. Shino tilted his head in his direction, waiting for him to continue.
“Then he ran off once more to finish his revenge. He left for good, and when I tried to...help...”
“He’s fucking gone. That bastard!” Naruto’s foot landed hard against the tree, leaving a large indent as he pushed the chakra through his feet and thrust a kunai to ‘kill’ off a clone, lavishing anger on the only person within reach—himself.
“Lying, son of a bitch!” he hissed, the angry charka humming dangerously through his body. He knew the demon stirred and reveled in his anger, egging him on. He whirled around and caught the wrapped hand effectively.
“What do you want, Hyuuga?” he hissed throatily, shoving the open hand away.
“For you to stop,” came Neji’s own angry reply.
“And why is that?” Naruto demanded. “You’re not Sasuke.”
“Two years later, when he accepted Tsunade’s orders to kill Uchiha Sasuke, after he didn’t return and the rumors of a similar Akatsuki group forming under him began emerging, he told me first, and I had thought...” Neji’s trailed off, letting his eyes rove through the trees, trying to keep alert even though his mind was in turmoil. He rarely let his emotions cloud his judgment. Shino calmly stepped forward, his eyebrows furrowed almost angrily at the nin before him.
“I was there. He meant to apologize; he respects you then and now. He had to kill his best friend and lover. Do you think he could possibly give a grieving heart to another person?”
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Naruto shifted slightly, feeling something ticklish run down the side of his face and neck and glide over his chest. His eyes slowly slid open to see black-rimmed eyes staring down at him, a calm, curious look on Gaara’s face.
“It’s dawn,” the Kazekage started, watching Naruto’s reaction as he slid his fingers down his chest again. Naruto grabbed the wandering hand quickly.
“You stayed up all night,” he stated. Gaara tilted head to the side, pressing his lips to Naruto’s slowly.
“No,” he finally replied into Naruto’s mouth before letting his tongue explore the hot cavern again leisurely.
“Not here,” Naruto murmured, only pulling away enough to break the kiss, but not the contact the other had with him. Gaara nodded, slipping to his feet gracefully, he watched as the blonde Hokage did the same, pulling a traveling robe over his normal wear.
“Naruto-sama, the nins from the Mist are on the bank, waiting for both you and Kazekage-sama,” said a young chuunin from behind them.
“Alright, can you send Nara, Hyuuga, and Hatake to the bank? They’ll travel with us,” Naruto said and watched the nin disappear to do as he asked.
“Hyuuga,” Gaara breathed, turning his eyes on Naruto as they slowly made their way towards the sound of lapping water. “Do you trust him?” Naruto looked through the mist to spot the boats waiting to carry them over, already his own nin along with the two Gaara had brought were swiftly making it appear as if a large number of people had not spent the night at the forest edge.
“I trust him with my life,” Naruto finally said, ending their discussion to greet the three nin as they approached the water’s edge.
“Hokage-sama? Kazekage-sama?” A mist nin nodded respectfully. And soon the mist enveloped the boats carrying the leaders and nins. Naruto could feel Gaara’s eyes watching him carefully, if not even more curiously than before, and the blonde only glanced to the raven-headed nin before him and wondered why Neji’s own eyes reflected a thoughtfulness he hadn’t seen for years.
“Grim group,” Kakashi muttered quietly to Shikamaru, who had was leaning back on the boat’s side, watching the silent interactions between the three other nin.
“It’s been worse before,” the shadow manipulator replied just as quietly. It was an improvement from the glares both Gaara and his fellow Konoha leaf-nin had passed each other whenever in the presence of the Hokage. He wondered if it had anything to do with Shino disappearing that night before his watch.
“We’ll reach the Hidden Mist village by mid afternoon,” said the mist nin calmly to the almost silent group. Naruto nodded and his eyes landed on the stoic nin across from him. Neji had been unusually quiet, not that he was ever loud. The silence unnerved him; it meant Neji was thinking about him.
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“Mizukage.” Naruto gave a shallow bow to the Kage of the Mist nins. He watched as the old man’s eyes roved over the number of Elites he had brought with him before turning his attention back to the Hokage with a questioning, if not a bit of apprehensive, look.
“I’ll explain the newest events that have occurred since the last meeting,” Naruto explained. The shock melted ever so much, and the Mizukage nodded curtly before turning his attention to the Kazekage, welcoming him with a bow.
“Of course. Welcome, Kazekage. I will have you both shown to your accommodations.”
“Thank you,” Gaara nodded formally, his face emotionless as he followed the mist-nins that had accompanied them. They traveled through the working village silently, receiving stares and some rather exited children following along, watching the nins with awe. It didn’t take long to reach the Kage towers, and Naruto beckoned the three who had traveled with him and Gaara, the mist-nin disappearing after showing them both where the rooms were.
“Neji, I want you to rest tonight,” Naruto said pointedly, begging no argument from the Hyuuga. The pale eyes only narrowed slightly before Naruto continued, “Because I want to train with you before I retire for the evening.” Gaara looked sharply to the blonde, but the Hokage was looking intently at Neji.
“If you wish, Naruto,” the Hyuuga replied hesitantly.
“Good,” Naruto said. A hand wrapped around his upper arm, and Gaara’s mouth whispered in his ear.
“Don’t you feel we have much to discuss tonight?” he asked. Naruto flushed, knowing exactly what he meant by the comment. He had felt it too—the urge to touch the other nin as well all throughout the time they had traveled together.
“If you will be busy, Hokage—” Neji started to say, a slight sneer to his voice, but Naruto looked up sharply, giving a firm shake.
“Kazekage, if you wish, you can join me for dinner.” Black-rimmed eyes narrowed considerably before Naruto twisted his head enough so his lips brushed against the others.
“Gaara?” he inquired.
“I will join you for dinner then,” Gaara spoke softly.
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TBC
The next chapter will more then likely be by later today! LOL. I just had to get on with the second half of this. Stupid plot bunnies.
eien no ren: hehe, yes. quite evil plot bunnies.Kakashi is one person I think I could NEVER killed off, XD lol, so no worries there. hehe
Ukagau: yes. Sorry again LOL XD you must be patient, I can't help it when these things happen, But I will make it up to you, promise!!Well, you had guessed right, wanna cookie? lol. Neji has issues lol XD Poor guy.
Bookworm51485: OMFG!! I HATE that stupid log in thing!! UGH!!! It make me so mad!!! Ok..I fee better now. lol XD. Yes, well, I hoped this wasn't to heavy handed then. I just felt this was a good time to pull in what really happedn with him. heh.
Dacedarrien: thank u so much!! Have fun be careful with that, hehe ^^
Zetsumi: not like me? LOL XD -huggles plushie- he's so cute ^^ SQUEE! XD anyway, now thats over, lol, this pairing is difficult to write. really. lol
Warnings: NONE....yet...hehe
AN: Ugh. I hate Plot Bunnies. They are like, so EVIL!! They ruin ALL my fun. Anyway. I lied from the last chapter. Sorry. I'll make it up, promise -sadistic smirk- alright.
And if Neji's past 'splurs' are confusing I'm sorry!!! Let me, I'll see if I can fix it!!
R&R please!!!
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“Spying on the Kages isn’t exactly a quality I thought you possessed,” an even voice said as the Byakugan user slid onto one of the branches above camp.
“I wasn’t spying,” he replied, not looking over at Aburame Shino. The nin shrugged in a non-committal sort of fashion while pushing up his small sunglasses.
“Has his attention to another rekindled your own feelings, Hyuuga?” The bug manipulator passed a casual glance over at him. Neji’s replying eyes sparked furiously, his brows furrowing.
“Your nightly encounters with Naruto-san during the Uchiha’s first absence did not go unnoticed,” continued Shino in a conversational fashion. Neji clenched his jaw at the observation from his fellow nin.
Neji knew he should have returned with the blonde-headed nin by now, but he was too enwrapped with watching him. The sweat rolling down his back, soaking into a black tank. The fierce, driven determination as the teen trained, perfecting the seals, moving liquidly through the air in moves almost equal to Lee. He wasn’t the same boy he had fought during the chuunin exams.
“Hyuuga, are you going to stop staring at me; I don’t have all day,” Naruto suddenly called out to him, turning on the spot. Neji hid his surprise as he let himself materialize from the foliage. He was surprised he had been caught—he had hidden his chakra perfectly.
“You’ve changed,” Neji said slowly, eyeing the other teen before him.
“Yeah, hi to you too,” Naruto replied, eyes flashing to his. “What do you want? I need to finish training for my next mission.” The Byakugan user just nodded.
“Tsunade-sama wanted to speak to you.” Naruto looked up at him sharply.
“Damn it, what does the old hag want now?” he asked peevishly. Neji’s eyes caught a trail of perspiration making it’s way down his tan neck, over the clavicle before soaking into the tank, and quickly darted his eyes to Naruto’s own.
“I don’t know, I was just ordered to find you.” Naruto made an annoyed noise at the back of throat.
“Fine,” he muttered, but before he made the hands seals to disappear, he turned to him.
“What do you mean ‘changed’?” he asked. Neji’s pale eyes went wide with surprise—that wasn’t a question he thought Naruto, of all people, would ask.
“Since we last fought. You’ve changed since then,” he swiftly replied. Naruto nodded slowly, before smiling.
“You’ve changed too.” And he disappeared, leaving a few trials of curling grey smoke. Neji let a smile flit over his lips before following suit.
The Hyuuga shook his head. As if he could possibly bring his guard down at a time like this.
“He just needed a fuck buddy before the Uchiha brat decided to show his face in the village again,” he hissed suddenly. Shino tilted his head in his direction, waiting for him to continue.
“Then he ran off once more to finish his revenge. He left for good, and when I tried to...help...”
“He’s fucking gone. That bastard!” Naruto’s foot landed hard against the tree, leaving a large indent as he pushed the chakra through his feet and thrust a kunai to ‘kill’ off a clone, lavishing anger on the only person within reach—himself.
“Lying, son of a bitch!” he hissed, the angry charka humming dangerously through his body. He knew the demon stirred and reveled in his anger, egging him on. He whirled around and caught the wrapped hand effectively.
“What do you want, Hyuuga?” he hissed throatily, shoving the open hand away.
“For you to stop,” came Neji’s own angry reply.
“And why is that?” Naruto demanded. “You’re not Sasuke.”
“Two years later, when he accepted Tsunade’s orders to kill Uchiha Sasuke, after he didn’t return and the rumors of a similar Akatsuki group forming under him began emerging, he told me first, and I had thought...” Neji’s trailed off, letting his eyes rove through the trees, trying to keep alert even though his mind was in turmoil. He rarely let his emotions cloud his judgment. Shino calmly stepped forward, his eyebrows furrowed almost angrily at the nin before him.
“I was there. He meant to apologize; he respects you then and now. He had to kill his best friend and lover. Do you think he could possibly give a grieving heart to another person?”
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Naruto shifted slightly, feeling something ticklish run down the side of his face and neck and glide over his chest. His eyes slowly slid open to see black-rimmed eyes staring down at him, a calm, curious look on Gaara’s face.
“It’s dawn,” the Kazekage started, watching Naruto’s reaction as he slid his fingers down his chest again. Naruto grabbed the wandering hand quickly.
“You stayed up all night,” he stated. Gaara tilted head to the side, pressing his lips to Naruto’s slowly.
“No,” he finally replied into Naruto’s mouth before letting his tongue explore the hot cavern again leisurely.
“Not here,” Naruto murmured, only pulling away enough to break the kiss, but not the contact the other had with him. Gaara nodded, slipping to his feet gracefully, he watched as the blonde Hokage did the same, pulling a traveling robe over his normal wear.
“Naruto-sama, the nins from the Mist are on the bank, waiting for both you and Kazekage-sama,” said a young chuunin from behind them.
“Alright, can you send Nara, Hyuuga, and Hatake to the bank? They’ll travel with us,” Naruto said and watched the nin disappear to do as he asked.
“Hyuuga,” Gaara breathed, turning his eyes on Naruto as they slowly made their way towards the sound of lapping water. “Do you trust him?” Naruto looked through the mist to spot the boats waiting to carry them over, already his own nin along with the two Gaara had brought were swiftly making it appear as if a large number of people had not spent the night at the forest edge.
“I trust him with my life,” Naruto finally said, ending their discussion to greet the three nin as they approached the water’s edge.
“Hokage-sama? Kazekage-sama?” A mist nin nodded respectfully. And soon the mist enveloped the boats carrying the leaders and nins. Naruto could feel Gaara’s eyes watching him carefully, if not even more curiously than before, and the blonde only glanced to the raven-headed nin before him and wondered why Neji’s own eyes reflected a thoughtfulness he hadn’t seen for years.
“Grim group,” Kakashi muttered quietly to Shikamaru, who had was leaning back on the boat’s side, watching the silent interactions between the three other nin.
“It’s been worse before,” the shadow manipulator replied just as quietly. It was an improvement from the glares both Gaara and his fellow Konoha leaf-nin had passed each other whenever in the presence of the Hokage. He wondered if it had anything to do with Shino disappearing that night before his watch.
“We’ll reach the Hidden Mist village by mid afternoon,” said the mist nin calmly to the almost silent group. Naruto nodded and his eyes landed on the stoic nin across from him. Neji had been unusually quiet, not that he was ever loud. The silence unnerved him; it meant Neji was thinking about him.
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“Mizukage.” Naruto gave a shallow bow to the Kage of the Mist nins. He watched as the old man’s eyes roved over the number of Elites he had brought with him before turning his attention back to the Hokage with a questioning, if not a bit of apprehensive, look.
“I’ll explain the newest events that have occurred since the last meeting,” Naruto explained. The shock melted ever so much, and the Mizukage nodded curtly before turning his attention to the Kazekage, welcoming him with a bow.
“Of course. Welcome, Kazekage. I will have you both shown to your accommodations.”
“Thank you,” Gaara nodded formally, his face emotionless as he followed the mist-nins that had accompanied them. They traveled through the working village silently, receiving stares and some rather exited children following along, watching the nins with awe. It didn’t take long to reach the Kage towers, and Naruto beckoned the three who had traveled with him and Gaara, the mist-nin disappearing after showing them both where the rooms were.
“Neji, I want you to rest tonight,” Naruto said pointedly, begging no argument from the Hyuuga. The pale eyes only narrowed slightly before Naruto continued, “Because I want to train with you before I retire for the evening.” Gaara looked sharply to the blonde, but the Hokage was looking intently at Neji.
“If you wish, Naruto,” the Hyuuga replied hesitantly.
“Good,” Naruto said. A hand wrapped around his upper arm, and Gaara’s mouth whispered in his ear.
“Don’t you feel we have much to discuss tonight?” he asked. Naruto flushed, knowing exactly what he meant by the comment. He had felt it too—the urge to touch the other nin as well all throughout the time they had traveled together.
“If you will be busy, Hokage—” Neji started to say, a slight sneer to his voice, but Naruto looked up sharply, giving a firm shake.
“Kazekage, if you wish, you can join me for dinner.” Black-rimmed eyes narrowed considerably before Naruto twisted his head enough so his lips brushed against the others.
“Gaara?” he inquired.
“I will join you for dinner then,” Gaara spoke softly.
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TBC
The next chapter will more then likely be by later today! LOL. I just had to get on with the second half of this. Stupid plot bunnies.
eien no ren: hehe, yes. quite evil plot bunnies.Kakashi is one person I think I could NEVER killed off, XD lol, so no worries there. hehe
Ukagau: yes. Sorry again LOL XD you must be patient, I can't help it when these things happen, But I will make it up to you, promise!!Well, you had guessed right, wanna cookie? lol. Neji has issues lol XD Poor guy.
Bookworm51485: OMFG!! I HATE that stupid log in thing!! UGH!!! It make me so mad!!! Ok..I fee better now. lol XD. Yes, well, I hoped this wasn't to heavy handed then. I just felt this was a good time to pull in what really happedn with him. heh.
Dacedarrien: thank u so much!! Have fun be careful with that, hehe ^^
Zetsumi: not like me? LOL XD -huggles plushie- he's so cute ^^ SQUEE! XD anyway, now thats over, lol, this pairing is difficult to write. really. lol