Marked By Jutsu

Marked by Jutsu

Part IV


Neji

I stared at Hyuuga for a moment before blushing at what he'd just said. Me with Sasuke? Was he silly enough to believe those rumors? Then again. I glanced back at Sasuke for a minute.

"He's not my boyfriend. It was just a farce to throw his fanclub off." I whispered in slight embarassment. Sasuke's eyes narrowed at me.

"Then he should stop staring at me like I'm his enemy. It's stupid and childish." Neji glanced back up. "Probably why he doesn't respect you Sasuke. You treat him like a bitch."


I had to laugh at the small flush that crossed Sasuke's face. He turned to look out the window pretending that he was unaffected by Neji's assumption. I smiled at Uchiha's misery. Then went back to reading the scroll Neji had translated. I was absorbed in the bit about Kyuubi and I could tell he was curious as well because I felt my belly rumble as I read his name. I guess he'd forgotten about himself because he had been trapped for so long. He was used to it now I assumed since he didn't try any tricky stuff. I couldn't believe how violent Kyuubi had been. It was kind of startling to think that he was trapped in my belly, but then I don't think I could live without him. His power had sustained me until Ji-san found me. I stopped as I came across some words I didn't understand.


"Nee...Neji-kun...." I started while pointing at a line that was smudged beyond repair. "What is this about?"

"Uzumaki Naruto....Apparently this scroll is written by him. It describes the Sixth Hokage's life from beginning to end." He narrowed his eyes as he read what I was pointing at. "This academy used to be a school to train shinobi. Naruto is describing his graduation exam."


"What's Bunshin no Jutsu though?" I asked while trying to form the hand motions described in the scroll.

"It's the ninja method of making clones of oneself....." he took my hands apart and placed them in the correct position as if correcting a little kid. "Like that....it's called a seal. Then you say Bunshin no Jutsu."


I looked at Neji's hands as he had placed mine in the correct place and flinched slightly. "Like this?" I asked putting my hands together again. "Bunshin no Jutsu." I felt a surge of energy inside of me like when Kyuubi got angry and then I was shocked to be looking directly at myself? The clone mirrored my movements with a jovial expression. "Oi Sasuke look at this." The clone said at the same time I did.


Sasuke turned then did a double take as he stared at the two of me. The surprise wore off as quickly as it came and he couldn't resist a snide remark. "Just what the world needs. Two Narutos to be loud and obnoxious."


"I'd like to see you try it Sasuke bastard!"


"That's enough!" Umino gave both of us his look. "Naruto could we please be productive. You are never going to get those tickets if you can't get along." He eyed me, "And for hell's sake drop that jutsu.....I don't think my head can take double the volume." he added with a grin.


I smiled sheepishly. "Neji how do I release this thing?" I turned to look at the taller boy and noticed my clone blushing.

He stepped forward and punched the clone and it disappeared in a poof. Neji's opaque eyes were on me as I carefully rolled his scroll up. I handed the scroll to him and stood up looking away. He walked back to the desk and put the object away.

"Can you practice today Naruto?" Umino asked me while walking to his desk to pull some forms out. "You guys need to fill this stuff out for the contest." He handed us each forms, even Neji got one.


"Yeah, well after work I can. Ji-san is letting me off earlier today." I read the form over. "Parental consent? Nee Umino-sensei, what if I don't have any parents?" I looked up at him.

Both Sasuke and Neji looked at me. Sasuke's gaze was a bit harsher. Umino-sensei smiled at me and took the form. "I'll sign it. No one needs to know that I'm not your parent." Neji looked at me as if his suspicions were confirmed while I nodded.


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I sat quietly behind the counter slurping my ramen. I was thinking about all the similarities I had with the Sixth Hokage. He was an orphan, well his father had died while sealing Kyuubi, and his mother had died in that battle. So he was an orphan like me; no body liked him with the exception of his academy instructor. Well the only person who liked me was the detention teacher. I wasn't sure if Neji liked me, I suspected that he more tolerated me. I knew Sasuke didn't like me. He barely tolerated my presence in the same room. I stifled a yawn.

"I hope you have enough energy to practice." instantly I recognized that voice.


"What are you doing here?!" I asked while pointing at Sasuke then suddenly felt embarassed as I noticed Neji standing behind him. "Nevermind..." I stated while gazing at Neji. I suddenly decided that I liked Neji much more than Sasuke. At least he was a little nicer to me even if he was still cold.

"You need to practice together if anything is going to flow right. Especially since you have to give them a song list for them to print." He set a heavy case down and propped himself on the stool I'd given him the previous night.

"Oi Naruto! You invite them over for a threesome?" Stupid pervert. "Take some pictures. It's not often you can get both boyfriends over in the same room."

Neji ignored Ji-san like he'd done the previous night and pulled my magazine away and started reading it. Sasuke had a flicker of disgust in his eyes and then he turned to me and glared. I had to laugh at him. Stupid Uchiha bastard had taken Ji-san seriously. I laughed so hard I nearly fell off the stool, but Uchiha's face looked priceless as his glare became more sour. I suppose the laughing was a bit much, especially since Sasuke grabbed the collar of my coat.


"I'd prefer not dealing with a pair of brats." Neji sighed as he removed Sasuke's hands from my clothing and gave us both an annoyed look.


Sasuke frowned and looked away while I looked down and blushed. I felt like I had to prove myself when I was around Neji because he was such a prodigy. He was so cool and unaffected by the world. At one point I had tht Sht Sasuke was like that, but then I saw that I could get under his skin. It was really a profound discovery.


After getting off my shift, I lead the two up to my small apartment. Sasuke seemed mildly shocked that there wasn't a big mess all over the place. Of course. I didn't have much money to throw into the wind, so therefore I didn't have junk to clutter my place. Neji gave me some music and then shoved the giant case to Sasuke.


"This is borrowed from the music hall, don't damage it." Neji commanded cooly as he got some more music out and handed it to Sasuke. "We're just going to go through a few different songs, so that I can see how well different types of music work with the both of you."


Neji worked with me on my vocals much in the same way he did the other night. I could feel Kyuubi purring in my belly. Sasuke seemed to flinch everytime Neji put his hand on my stomach. It was odd to see, and it made me wonder if he really was jealous. I wanted to run away with the songs, but I always got off the rhythm when I tried and then Sasuke would frown at me. Neji corrected me each time and eventually started to beat time on my head with a pencil so I would stay on track. The more I messed up the beat the harder the hit with the pencil was. By about the fourth time I messed up my head was hurting. Even my cover of fluffy hair wasn't enough. He was good at making his point.


When practice was done Sasuke left abruptly leaving me and Neji in my house alone. To say I was nervous was an understatement. I didn't want to look stupid around the Hyuuga boy so I didn't say much of anything.


"You and Uchiha could be good, but you argue toch. ch. Bands don't make greatness by fighting." With that said he left.


I stared after him contemplating what I had just heard. I guess he was hinting at me to be more mature. So this meant that even if Sasuke provoked me I had to be the mature one and snuff it up and eventually he'd leave it alone. Yeah. That's what I'd do. Prove I was more grown up than that stupid Uchiha.


As I slept I had more of those wonderfully erotic dreams. Of course being me I'd have to dream about that stupid Uchiha. I was singing and he was sitting on a stool behind me playing the guitar Neji had loaned him. I sang and danced successfully swirling the mic cord behind me. Next thing I knew the music had stopped. Sasuke he one on my knees in front of him the mic cord wrapped around my wrists and neck. He slid to the ground in front of me.

"Naruto's been a bad boy. He shouldn't wear such revealing things on stage." a voice burdened by lust replied.

He was right. What in the hell was I doing wearing leather shorts that stopped right below my ass and a sheer shirt? Sasuke pulled the cord landing me in his lap the ground replaced by his thighs. I tried to move but stopped as soon as I felt an arousal right beneath me. His arousal.....caused by me. He almost moaned as I accidentally caused friction when I moved. The cords on my neck were starting to choke me, but oddly I found this intoxicating, or maybe that was because Sasuke was biting at my neck and massaging my buttocks. I don't know, but the whole situation was arousing.


I heard Kyuubi's growling and then suddenly Sasuke was Neji. Neji was doing all those things to me. Wow, I didn't know Kyuubi had a thing for the Hyuuga boy. Neji still had that cool expression and then instead of being wrapped up in mic cords I was suddenly leaning over the desk in the detention room my hands bound with medical tape and Neji holding a ruler close to my exposed bum. I must be sick to have found his discipling me arousing. What the hell? My ass was sore from the beating it was taking with the wood object, but I was suddenly rewarded with a skilled hand tracing along my burning flesh. That touch was so good. I had to have more. The hands that I now didn't care who they belonged to were creating a delicious tunnel of heat and friction. I had just reached that summit when......

I awoke with sticky thighs and messy boxers. This wasn't such and odd occurence, but it did get annoying when it happened as often as it did. My mind was now wondering who the heck was jerking me off in that dream. I sat and stared at a wall pondering that for a minute, then finally gave up to go take a shower.


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Practice had gone much like the first few nights the rest of the month except the music was sounding better and better and I was messing up less. Tryouts for battle of the bands was today. We had to play a clips of one of our pieces live to see if we could go on and play for the prize. Umino-sensei had recieved a reply asking who our third member was a week back since he was my "parent" and our sponser and we needed to have three members to be considered a band, so much to Sasuke's chargrin Neji was now an official part of the band. That boy was so talented. He learned all the bass chords for the music we were doing in that one week. Geeze it' s no wonder Umino asked him to help us. I was excited, but my stomach was in knots. This would be my first time to sing in front of an audience ever, I wanted to be good.


I watched the other bands in the room. One in particular stuck out to me. They seemed a bit on the creepy side. I watched them as they sat in a corner. The blonde and the guy with the hood were tuning up but their drummer is what caught my attention. His expression deadpanned as if he was bored and the drum sticks twirled between his fingers. He was frighteningly calm, even Sasuke seemed a little nervous. He shifted his eyes and his poison green gaze locked with mine. Kyuubi stirred within me and growled. That was wierd. Kyuubi never reacted to people unprovoked. The boy seemed to be about my age maybe one or two years older.


"Hey Gaara.....pay attention we're up next." the hooded male started, but swiftly took a stick to the head. The red headed boy hadn't even turned to look at his band mate. "Geeze, you almost put my eye out that time. You need to control your temper."


"Don't mess with me........" his lifeless voice stated, then he turned to follow his band mates in the room.

I listened through the door. Uh-oh. They were going to be tough competetion. I was scared. Was everyone her like that? I sure hope not. Just our luck we were right after them. I swallowed. There was no way I was not going to make the cut.

"Hidden leaves, you're next."

I followed Neji and Sasuke into the room. THe judges talked with us a bit and then we were finally able to get started. Neji chose a good song for us to try out with. I knew it the best and only missed a note once. By the end of our try out performance, my stomach was doing flips.


"Thank you......the cut will be posted on the door when tryouts are done. You may leave."


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A/N: Hey guys! Wow I never thought I'd get that many reviews with this fic. I'm so excited. To anyone wishing to see art for the fic there's some links in my profile. I got a beautiful art from Anonymous Pierrot. It's so pretty.

To my AFN's:

Vampia Zee- Yes Sasuke is jealous, but he doesn't know that yet. Sasuke and Naru gotta get their act together, but that doesn't come until later. I'm happy you like it so much. Feels honored to be a fave.

Tsukineko9- More! it's probably not enough yet though is it? hee hee

Rune- Wow you've read my Twisted Holiday KH fic? Sweet! Please don't leave. I promise that there is going to be plently of Sasuke and Naruto stuff, but I can't do all that just yet. These things do take time. just stick with me.


SexySiriusBlack- O-nins? Well they started out as a little band I made up that mocked ninja style. The name is actually cause all of their names end in o and also they make the joke of being Honorific ninjas since in japan an o at the beginning of a nominal makes it honorific. SO it's just kinda of them making fun of themselves, but it stuck.

Somali- Yes more will be on the way. I love the tension between Sasu and Naru and I love Neji and Gaara so that's going to add tension too.

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