I Am You?! (NejiTen)

12- Love confessions in a graveyard

Neji climbed up the hill with two bouquets of white lilies in his hands. Various headstones littered the grassy hill that Neji was climbing. The place was one of the most beautiful cemeteries in Konoha because of its trees and lush green grass. Today was Neji's parents' death anniversary.

They had both died in a car crash when Neji was only eleven and left him in the care of his uncle who was his father's twin. There were times that Neji saw his father instead of his uncle standing before him but he got over his parents' deaths with time.

He finally reached the location of his parents' headstones. Neji knelt on the grass and placed a bouquet of flowers each on their graves. "Father, mother, I am here." Neji greeted and sat down. "You must be wondering who I am but it's me, Neji. You remember Tenten right? The girl I told you about? Well this is her body and how she looks like."

Neji chuckled to himself.

"We somehow got into trouble with a voodoo witch and she died cursing us. We switched consciousnesses and now I am in Tenten's body and she is in my body. I know we had a fight that led us to be enemies but these past days, I found out that... I like her." Neji scoffed. "Who am I kidding? I have always liked Tenten since highschool and even when we were on bad terms but my feelings for her grew."

Neji reminisced the events that happened in the past that made him all bitter against Tenten.

"She told me that I was the one who offended her first but I am confused. She was the one to attack me for no reason." Neji sighed. "We haven't talked it out though. Oh and Lee came back to Konoha, I was surprised when I saw him at the film set. There are many things I want to say but one way or the other, I come up short. Who knows? Maybe next time I visit I would be in my own body again and I would bring Tenten along."

He stood up and dusted down his clothes after saying bye to his parents. Neji waltzed down the hill enjoying the serene atmosphere the cemetery provided. He reached his hand into his pocket and fetched the keys to Tenten's red car. As a habitual process, Neji gave the car a quick scan and when he deemed it okay, he checked his environment.

Neji tensed up and immediately walked to the car in an attempt to drive off but the man was faster than him. Using the reflection from the windows as a guide, Neji sidestepped the man that was trying to drug him with an handkerchief and delivered a swift blow to his neck with his elbow.

The man slumped to the ground but Neji could not rejoice yet for he was not alone. Another man appeared from his hiding spot and jumped at Neji. He was not a black belt in karate for nothing. Neji skillfully avoided the lethal punch the man aimed for his face and caught him by his other arm. He bent the little finger, eliciting a scream from the thug, and spun both himself and the man around just in time to use him as a shield against another thug that had appeared.

More and more of them came flooding in like ants raiding a sugar cube which got Neji wondering why they were targeting him. They were the loansharks that ambushed him last week and left him with a time grace. Two weeks weren't up yet so why were they attacking him?

Neji had no chance to ask because he was outnumbered. He felt a pair of arms grab him under his armpits while another pressed the drugged handkerchief to his nose. Neji held his breath on instinct but they noticed and socked him in the gut, forcing him to take a sharp breath in.

Neji thrashed in their hold and managed to break free but the drug was strong and had started working in his body. He staggered as he tried to keep his feet on the ground but all he could see was multiple visions. Neji fainted at last but not without delivering a last punch to the one who socked him. A satisfying crunch reached his ears as the nose broke and Neji's vision turned black.