A scarred ninja

Maybe some things are destiny

The attack was over however many ninja died including the hokage and a lot of people were injured. I walked around the village looking for anyone who was injured. I spent the next two hours getting people to the hospital also dealing with dead people. I soon finished and sat on a not destroyed roof and viewed the damaged village. A sighed escaped my mouth and I took off my mask and laid down on the roof and looked at the now star filled sky.

I then closed my eyes letting what happened sink in and pain filled my chest. It was just a reminder of how fleeting mortal life was. It could all be over in a second and the people you care for most could die. Your whole world could come crumpling down so easily. This is why it's best to block out emotions and not form relationships with people. Because if you do that then you can't lose anyone you care for.

As I was thinking this i heard a person walkin and I looked down from the roof to see Neji. He abruptly stopped and looked up at me and our eyes met. That same damn wired feeling came to my chest and I wanted to look away but couldn't. Neji then sighed and jumped up onto the roof and sat next to me and we both looked up to the star filled sky.

"Naruto made me realise some things. One of them being our lives aren't controlled by destiny. However maybe some things are destined." Neji mumble in thought.

"Like what?" I asked.

"Say if you're in love with someone maybe it was destiny to meet that person and fall in love with them." Neji said

"Do you think you love someone?" I asked.

"Yes." He answered.

In that moment it felt like my heart shattered. He loves someone why does that make me so sad. Is it perhaps because there's no chance it's me.

"And who do you think you  love?" I asked.

"A very complicated girl. She can be emotionless one moment but suddenly show emotion. She seems to have a dark past that she obviously doesn't share but in doing that she locks the pain in her. She confuses me more than anything." He said a ghost of a smile creeping onto his face.

"I'm sure that girl would be happy to know that." I said with a fake smile as my heart shattered more.

"Do you think you love anyone?" Neji asked shocking me.

"I don't know what love feels like nor do I want to find out." I said putting my emotionless mask back up.

Neji just looked at me for a second then bid me farewell. When he left I returned home and began packing everything I needed. I was given a mission to leave the leaf until told to return by a hokage no matter what. And the chunin exam was over meaning I had to leave. Once I packed I summoned my three owls and told them what was happening. They nodded and we left my apartment.

As I was heading to the front gates I couldn't help but think the hokage knew something like this was going to happen. I was walking in an dark alleyway then i noticed someone following me. Then I was pushed against a wall being caged in by arms beside my head. I looked at the person to see Neji.

"What do you want!?" I slightly growled.

"Where are you going? Are you abounding the village?" He asked in a serious tone.

"That's none of your business." I said getting a little mad.

"If you're betraying the village I'll stop you. I'm not letting you leave." He said with authority.

A smirk came to my face as I got out of Neji's grasp and pinned him to the wall. When I met his gaze again my smirk was replaced with a blank face.

"You should learn to pick your battles better boy." I said with a dead voice holding a kunai to his neck.

"You won't hurt me." Neji said with confidence.

I looked into his eyes and mine slightly softened. He was right I couldn't bring myself to hurt him not matter how hard I tried. I let a sigh escaped my mouth as I put the kunai down.

"I'll tell you what I'm doing of you promise to tell no one." I said looking him dead in the eyes.

He agreed and despite all the training I had that said don't trust anyone but yourself I couldn't help but trust him. So I told Neji the mission I was given. He looked slightly shocked and I began walking away but my wrist was grabbed.

"The girl I was talking about earlier was you." He said than walked away.

My eyes were wide but I quickly shook it away and left the village. But my mind kept going back to Neji. Did he mean it?