Caged Birds Lullaby

chapter 7

Now, Uzumaki Naruto wasn't scared, heck no she wasn't! This was only Hyuuga Neji. She tried hard to forget that he had threatened her with ramen if she ever did the Oiroke no jutsu again. He had witnessed its creation, and had gotten really angry. At what, she had no idea. Neji wouldn't hurt her.

The evil aura around him and the evil red glint in his eye said otherwise.

She gulped.

"Eh….hey Neji!", she chirped in an awfully fake, cheerful tone.

That didn't fool the boy.

Naruto took a step back.

Neji can be scary when he wants to. Should I run? Wait..why is he red?

Curiosity overtook her fear and she placed a hand on his forehead. The aura disappeared instantly.

"Eh, Neji, are you sick? You are all red.."

The boy swatted her hand away in annoyance and looked away.

"Maybe I am…", he muttered under his breath.

The girl didn't hear it though. After a few minutes, during which the blonde girl was pondering weather to fear for her life or not, Neji, putting on the indifferent maska gain, stared at her.

"Well?", he demanded.

Naruto looked down, shuffling one foot.

"Er…well, Konohamaru kind of followed me and asked me to teach him the jutsu..Wait Neji, don't get angry! He only wanted to defeat Jiji! And how could i refuse when I had such an awesome jutsu under my wing!"

The smile was back on her face and she was staring at him expectedly.

Neji's eye twitched.

"Are you trying to tell me…that that jutsu defeated the Hokage?" he countered, disbelief evident in his narrowed eyes.

The girl nodded.

So the Sandaime is a pervert..as well? What is wrong with all Konoha shinobi! Why are they all perverts!

"Don't use it again. You hear me, Uzumaki!"

Said girl fumed.

"Why not! It is great when defeating perverts!"

"Don't you realize..that you are…gah, never mind. You are just an idiot not to understand such trivial things", he said smugly.

Naruto balled her fists.

"Take that back you bastard!"

Neji just waved her away with one hand. He could almost see the vein popping on her forehead. Come to think of it…where did she get those goggles? He hadn't seen her wear any during the year he had known her.

"You graduated. Why aren't you wearing your hitai-ate?"

The anger vanished from the blonde girl as she smiled proudly. This made him want to smile as well.

"Well, I used to wear them before I met you, so today I am going to honor those goggles for the last time! After that, I will always wear my hiate!", she proclaimed.

Neji laughed.

"Ne, ne Neji! You promised t tell me all about your mission!"

She was pointing an accusing finger at her.

She has no manners whatsoever…

"Yes, I did. Did you train your chakra control while I was away? That was part of the bargain…"