After the hokage had dismissed all the genins Neji still had no idea what to do. Was he really going to be taking a risk? Everyone knew about sakura's fanboys. Even some adults loved her. So what made him have a better chance than them. Not to mention that sakura never even took a second look at all those boys.

But there was a even bigger problem....

He had no idea how to approach her.

When he arrived at the hyuga compound he saw Hinata with many bandages while reading a scroll.

He did something wrong...unforgivable but maybe he could.

" L-lady Hinata!" Neji said.

Hinata startled looked up. She paled a few shades as she saw Neji.

Neji walked up to her with a guilty face which confused Hinata.

"L-lady Hinata I was wondering if you could help me something?" Neji asked.

Hinata looked at him shocked. Neji never asked for help.

"Lady Hinata I wanted to say s-sorry." Neji whispered the last part. But Hinata heard it loud and clear." I said horrible things and I regret them."

Hinata smiled softly as Neji kept blabbering. She slowly placed a hand on his shoulder to silence him which he did.

"I-its al-alright Neji-san. O-of course I'll h-help you." Hinata said with a smile. Neji looked at her and smiled as well.

"W-what is it y-you need?" Hinata asked. Neji blushed a bit.

"I-i was wondering what kind of things girls like." Neji said. Hinata looked at him shocked. Neji noticed and blushed madly." I was just wondering! I mean I want her to at least like me!" Neji shouted.

Hinata giggled softy and looked at him.

"W-well girls like g-guys that take t-things slowly, w-we like f-flowers and candy. H-he has to be confident and ro-romantic. Guys who co-complement us once in a while. M-maybe hold our hands. A-and maybe a bit of f-f-fl-flir-flirting." Hinata said getting redder and redder until in the end she fainted as she imagined everything she said with her blond hero.

"Lady Hinata!" Neji said worried. He looked at her red face.

"Um....if this works on lady Hinata I suppose it will work on sakura." Neji said. But as he finished that sentence Hinata bolted up scaring Neji.

"Did you say sakura-san!!" Hinata shouted without stuttering.

"Yes lady Hinata. Shikamaru came up with a plan which will name me victorious." Neji said.

"Neji-san if you play with sakura-sans feelings you will end up hurt!!" Hinata said.

"I know but I'm willing to take a chance." Neji said." Now if you excuse me I need to get ready."

"F-for what?" Hinata said calmly.

"My date with sakura." Neji said confident.

----------somewhere else---------

Sakura stood before Zetzu.

"Hello Gray demon. Sup' bitch!" Said Zetzu.

"Hello Zetzu-san." Sakura said smiling.

"What do you want? And how in kami's sake did you find us!!" Zetzu asked.

"That is a story for a other time.....for now I want to make a deal." Sakura said placing a bag in the ground. Bit it seemed to be leaking a red liquid which Zetzu was way to familiar with.

"What is it. Bitch!" Zetzu asked.

"I want you to train me." Sakura said putting on a serious place.

"You know that comes with a price. Yeah! A big fat stinking price!!" Zetzu said .

"I know.....which is why I'm willing to do whatever you say....I even bothered to bring you snack." Sakura said putting on a innocent look.

Zetzu blushed.

"A-alright. Of course bitch!!" Zetzu said. Sakura nodded.

"Great....now I'll see you in a week." Sakura said smiling. She walked up close to Zetzu and hugged him."I'm really grateful......I have no one to help me.....but somehow you agreed to let me bother you...and I'm sorry....but I'll make it up to you one day."

Zetzu blushed but he also felt a hit of guilt as he hugged her back.

"Anyway..." sakura said letting go." I need to go."

Zetzu watched as she disappeared in the shadows and sigh.

He slowly grabbed he bag and opened it. On top of a cut body part was a note.

I really wanted to thank you so I killed someone important to me to let you know how serious I am.
This person is very special to me but I did it. So i hope you're positive.
This was my best friend.
His name is gloppy.

--------some time later------

Sakura but on a fake smile which fooled many of the villagers. Some greeting her with a sakura-san or sakura-sama. She walked in a restaurant and sat in table for two.

A old lady walked up to her with a smile.

"Hello there dear- Oh!Welcome to our restaurant sakura-sama! What can I get you?" The old lady asked.

Sakura looked at the menu, but before she could answer someone jumped on the seat next to her and put his arm around her shoulder.

"We'll take some green tea with some of your special dango!" Said the voice. The old lady was surprised but she still wrote down their order and walked away.

"Hello there baby! Did you miss me?" Said the boy.

"Excuse me Neji.....but what are you doing here?" Sakura asked as she stared at his arm around her shoulder.

"You know baby you look great today!" Neji said looking her up and down.

"Thank you.....but I would appreciate it if you stopped calling 'baby?'" Sakura said.

"Oh I love it when you're confused!" Neji said poking sakura's cheek.

Sakura didn't know what was going on so she just looked at him confused which Neji found adorable.

" you know since we're dating and all! I was wondering if we could you know! Go on a other date! Maybe tomorrow?!" Neji said blushing.

"Dating?........what is that?......I think I've heard it before....but I can't seem to remember." Sakura said looking up in wonder. Neji blushed a dark red. Was this heaven or hell?

"Baby you don't have to know! All you have to do is feel!" Neji said smirking.

The old lady came back with their food and set it in the table.

"Is there something else you'd like to order dears?" The old lady asked nicely.

"No thank you.....but please accept this tip?" Sakura asked putting on a innocent look which the lady couldn't refuse.

" Of course! Oh you're just so adorable sakura-sama!" The lady said.

Sakura smiled one last time as she watched her leave.

"My my! You have quite a charm there! You might as well use it on me sometime!" Neji said pulling sakura closer to him while he blushed, but he blushed a deep Scarlet when he felt sakura's breasts on his arm. Steam coming out of his ears.

"Is something wrong?......you seem quite..... red." Sakura said as she looked at Neji.

"I-im alright! D-did you fall from heaven! Because i-im seeing a angel in front of me." Neji said blushing harder if possible.

"I'm sorry to say I didn't...." sakura said grabbing her tea cup and blowing on it to cool it down. Neji felt a nose bleeding as he watched her soft pink lips.

"I want those lips! Wait! No! Shikamaru didn't mention this was going to kill me!"

Sakura took a sip of her tea and smiled in delight, her eyes sparking. Neji looked at her, he felt his nose burn. Sakura looked at him.

"Neji you're bleeding.....i'd appreciated if you made it to our match." Sakura said. Neji quickly grabbed napkins and cleaned his bloodly nose.

"Don't worry babe!! Hey! Do you have a bandage?! Because I scratch my knee falling for you!" Neji said.

'Oh kami! Why did you take my honor!'

"I'm sorry Neji but I need to get going.." sakura said standing up and placing some money on the table." You said quite strange things but I appreciate you accompanying me."

And just like that she was gone.

He fell in his seat. But she bolted up straight when someone landed on the table spilling the tea and the dango on him.

"You bastard!!! How dare you flirt with my sakura-chan!! And why did you use those stupid pick up lines!!! That was so stupid!! I was laughing but I was also so angry!!" Naruto shouted landed on the stable scaring Neji.

"Shut up!!" Neji shouted back and left. But not before grabbing some more napkins to clean himself.

-----later----

Neji was sitting down in his front porch. He had taken a bath and changed into some clean clothes.

It was obvious sakura knew nothing about dating. Maybe if he could trick her into dating him, then she could care about him. But everything she did was adorable. He was going to have to find a way to stop himself from blushing and nose bleeding.

He was going to have to try again.

He went to a store and bought some chocolates and a boutique to roses. He changed into black tux.

He was about to leave when he saw Hinata.

'U-um ne-Neji-san w-why don't you w-wait till to-tomorrow?" Hinata asked. Neji looked at her determined.

"Why? I have a perfect chance now." Neji said.

"You j-just meet h-her." Hinata said.

"So?"

"A-and just t-today you passed t-the third e-exam." Hinata said.

Neji worlds stopped. He face palmed. Was he really this stupid?

-----the next day early in the morning at 5 am-------

Sakura slowly sit up from her bed. Her hair was down and she was wearing short black shorts and a fishnet shirt.( like the one before.) She stood up from her bed, she was about to walk in her private bathroom but she felt a chakra quickly heading towards her room. She quickly grabbed a kunai under her pillow and got in her fighting stance. The door swinged opened and in walked Neji with a single yellow flower.

"Oh dear sweet sakura baby! Your beati-" Neji stopped and took a good look at her. His nosebleed send him a outside her room.

Sakura lowered her kunai and massaged her temple.

Neji came back crawling a few minutes later with cotton balls in his nostrils. He held up the yellow flower for her to take. Sakura slowly took it.

Neji took a card from his pocket and started to read.

"Roses are red, violets are blue, you are the most beautiful flower among flowers." Neji said.

Sakura grabbed him by his hair and brought him close to her face. He blushed.

"Okay Neji yesterday you acted very strange.....and today you decided to barge in my bedroom to give me a flower." Sakura said." Are you asking for mercy?"

Neji quickly shook his head no.

"Of course not baby! Our match is something I've been dreaming about for years!" Neji said. Sakura looked at him.

"You....have?" Sakura asked.

"Of course! You are quite talented!" Neji said smiling.

Something Neji had never expected happened...... sakura blushed.

Neji eyes widen and he as well blushed.

"I see........so all you've been doing........is a challenge." Sakura said as realization truck her.

"What! N- I mean yes!" Neji said playing along." I've been challenging you on dating!"

"I've been so blind." Sakura said." Well Neji......I won't loose this......I'll date you so hard you won't even be able to stand."

Neji looked at her as he blushed madly. Sakura didn't seem to understand.

"Well here is a list you must follow is you want to win! But I can do all of this better! So watch out!" Neji said.

"We'll see in the end.....for I will be victorious." Sakura said her eyes Darking.

"I'll see you later then baby!" Neji said smirking. Sakura looked at the paper a read a few words, then she looked at Neji and smiled innocently.

"Of course honey.." sakura said.

Neji smiled brightly. And left.

----------some time later------

Sakura walked to a library and looked around until she found books on how to date, how to deal with a break up, and how to break up.

She wasn't going to take the bait. She didn't need help on a challenge. She could do it herself.

The only thing she didn't know was that her books we're going to bring Neji a lot of pain.

----------later-------

Neji was training with Hinata when sakura suddenly appeared on the side lines. She grabbed a camera and took pictures of Neji.

'I see......the book says that I have to remember this until the day of my death. He is only mine and no one else's. This is quite interesting. I have to get some hair and clothes. I didn't know dating had this rules.

While Neji was blocking some of Hinata hits he turned his head and saw sakura. He suddenly forgot where he was and Hinata hit him in the stomach, sending him crashing on a tree.

"Oh N-Neji-san!" Hinata shouted." I'm s-so sorry!"

Sakura walked towards and them she put Neji's head on her lap. Then she started to play with his hair.

Hinata blushed but she smiled. This was too cute. She slowly started to walk away.

Neji looked at sakura in shock. He felt comfortable and sleepy. The hit Hinata landed on him long gone. He slowly closed his eyes and let sakura play with his hair.

Sakura looked at him blankly and pulled out her book with one hand while the other kept playing with Neji's hair.

When he's asleep sit with him until he wakes up so he knows he can trust you.

Sakura looked at his calm face and growled. She didn't need his trust, she didn't need anybody. Everyone was just a liar.

A fucking liar! Just like the old man.

Just seeing his calm face made her want to rip it off. What made him deserve something like this? Why couldn't she live like that? All she wanted were her parents and the destruction of this miserable village.

'I CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE!! You know.....ever since you went in the forest of death you've changed!'

.....

'What are you talking about inner....I...I haven't changed at all..'

'You know you can't lie to me....you...you've learned to care about others...just look at his face..I can tell you feel happy but angry about seeing him calm...after all....you've always been a very jealous girl.."

'Inner....I..I don't ...'

Sakura looked at Neji's face. He had such a calm face. Free from any worries or regrets. He looked liked he trusted her.

Suddenly she felt enormous pain in her shoulder. The curse mark.

Sakura's jaw tighten trying to take the pain.

"Inner...'

'I'm sorry sakura.... but you have to live with this pain...I'm not going to stop it until we get what h-...you want....and to do so I'm going to increase it.' Inner said not looking at her.

'What's gotten in to you...I ..I thought you were my friend.... you even said so...' sakura said shadows covering her eyes as she frown.

'I'm sorry sakura....you won't be hearing from me for a while until you decide..... your true happiness...your parents..... or...your foolish fake feelings..me and your parents....or them....me, the one who stood with you for so many years!....or the people who threw rocks at you!...insults! They neglected you! They treated you like a demon!......decide when you think you made the right choose....I'll wait until the end of the exams...' inner said softly but her voice turned angry and sad near the end.

Sakura looked shocked. Tears started to form in her eyes. Was she really going to risk the company of the only person who stood by her or the new people she grew fond of.

Sakura quickly stopped playing with Neji's hair to dry her unshed tears. She once again looked at Neji's face and saw him sound asleep. Sakura's eyes soften, she couldn't help it.

She slowly brought Neji closer to herself and carried him bridal style. Sakura started to walk towards the Hyuga compound.

-----later--

Sakura walked past the guards which she ignored and walked to a large house. When she came closer to her location she saw Hinata outside.

Sakura walked in front of her and looked at her.

Hinata was too busy to notice sakura. She was too busy thinking of her blond hero holding her, which made her blush a dark shade of red. When she did notice sakura who had a blank face, it made her whole body freeze. Her heart stopped pulping blood. Her veins stopped running. Her mind went blank. She started to cry.

Sakura looked at the crying Hinata. She never really liked her, but she felt defenseless. What was she supposed to do? Did she scare her? If so, did she have to pat or ruffle her hair like she did to her little brother and sisters figures?

Sakura decided to just ignore her and walk in the house like she owned it. She ignore the surprised people and walked upstairs looking for Neji's room. It didn't take though, Neji's room was easy to spot because his room had many weapons and scrolls in it, while Hinata's had flowers and.....pictures of naruto with hearts around his face.

Sakura carefully laid Neji on his bed and tucked him in. Sakura laid her hand on his forehead.

'I hope you're ready for our match, and hopefully ill find the mercy to keep you alive.'

Sakura slowly walked away from Neji and teleported out of the room.

-----later---

Sakura had decide to maybe talk to ibiki or Anko. So she appeared in his office ready to talk.

But she now stood in front of ibiki and Anko who were um..

Apart from that, they didn't seem to notice her.

Anko was on top of ibiki who was shirtless. She was smirking looking at ibiki with great hunger while ibiki was blushing a deep scarlet.

"A-anko! You wild beast! G-get off me! I-i have work!" Ibiki said trying to not stare at Anko's chest. But Anko being the smart women she was knew better.

"Come on ibiki-chan! Don't you want to have a child!" Anko said biting his ear. Ibiki felt steam come out of his ear. He slowly turned his head and saw sakura staring at them in confusion. He screamed embarrassed and finally pushed Anko off him, sending her to crash on the wall.

"The hell ibiki-chan!!" Anko said standing up while massaging the back of her head. She then looked at sakura who had a confused look. Anko froze.

"S-sakura! Y-you s-see-!" Ibiki tried to explain but he kept stumbling on his words causing Anko to sigh but smile.

"Come on ibiki-chan!! I think princess is old enough to know! What is she? 13?." Anko said walking up to sakura and putting a hand on her shoulder. Anko smiled, while sakura stared at her." Sakura do you know what a penis is?"

Ibiki screamed loudly and covered Anko's mouth stopping her from saying anything else.

"Listen sakura! You can't tell anyone what you saw understood!" Ibiki said blushing in embarrassed. Sakura looked at ibiki in confusion.

" What is a-?" Sakura got cut off by ibiki placing a hand on her mouth as well.

"Don't ever say that word you hear me!!" Ibiki said trying to calm down. He looked at Anko who was still under his arm. He didn't think anything of it until he heard Anko purr.

"Uhhh~ ibiki-chan! You naughty naughty boy!" Anko purred. Ibiki's face exploded red letting both of them go. He over heated making him faint into some boxes.

Both Anko and sakura stared at him.

"Well I guess it was too much! After all! I'm a over powered sexy bitch!" Anko said posing. Sakura stared at Anko still in confusion." Well princess before you interrupted my moment, what is I you needed?" Anko asked smiling.

"....I...I needed someone...to...." Sakura looked down."....never mind...I...just wanted to queck on you.."

Anko stared at sakura for a moment like she grew two heads.

...........

A second ago sakura and Anko were standing like they were having a normal conversation. In the next one Anko was swinging sakura around like she held a doll while crying happy anime tears.

"My baby finally asked!! My baby cares!!" Anko said hugging sakura as tightly as she could making sakura turned a little purple." I'm fine princess! I'm so fine!!" Anko said burring her face on sakura's neck.

Sakura was beyond shock. Anko had turned happy just from her asking that simple question.

"Now run along princess! Mommy has to carve this in her skin so she can remember it for as long as she lives!" Anko said pushing sakura outside with one while she pulled out a scalpel with the other, smiling.

When sakura was outside of the room, Anko immediately shut the door shut.

Sakura stared at the door for a few second before leaving the building. She took a better look at everything. Some people called her sakura-san or sakura-sama. They bowed to greet her. Little kids hugged her sometimes like in this one. Some people even offered her gifts such as clothes, food, and weapons.

Everyone was nice...they treated her with respect.

......

No.....it was all a lie.

They never did this before at all.

Instead of kindness it was anger and pity. Instead of pleasant presents they were rocks. Instead of respect it was.....there was never none.

It was because of this appearance. It was the old man's fault. As such as she appreciated the power. She'd rather stop it all than keep going with this act.

It had to stop.

This whole act had to stop.

But to just drop suspicion.

She'd keep going.

And after all this....she was going to leave. She was finally going to leave this hell hole. The village full of lies.

Her true quest started now. Her last draw.

Her freedom.

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Finally made it long enough!