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His eyes narrowed at the confirmation that the other had known about what was going on in his head. He then watched when Sasuke stood up from the water then move toward him. Uncaring about what he was seeing, he had seen it before, he would more than likely see it again. The village was quite open of course. So he found himself looking easily into the others gaze as they came closer. As Sasuke spoke of the who that was in his mind he nodded " Correct." He confirms. Having nothing to hide about it. What was Sasuke going to do, nothing. The situation was out of Sasuke and Neji's control as far as Neji was concerned. Neji was completely Orochimaru's to use as they had wished to use. Though it did intrigue Neji how insightful and how much Sasuke had come to know about what Orochimaru had been doing, to keep his favorite new vessel safe. Hearing the next thing Sasuke had to say about ignoring Orochimaru. The bite in Sasuke's shoulder had given many of the same effects that Orochimaru's control on Neji had. But that was where it ended, some effect.
Neji tilt his head, turning his eyes away " You are, so, fucking, stupid. Do you know that, Uchiha?" Neji stated then turning his head away. It was easy, he supposed, for Sasuke to misunderstand the worst part of what Orochimaru was doing to Neji " You hear him too, right? But you have some control." Neji turned his head back toward the Uchiha, leaning in toward the other a bit " He's done something to me, your little bite on the neck is nothing to wave a stick at, in comparison." Pushing himself up, he slipped into the water, walking toward Sasuke and grinned, a sick, twisted grin toward the other " I don't want to kill you. No one here does." Neji says, his voice smooth, yet laced in that eerie venom. Lifting his left hand up he leaned in close to Sasuke, hanging his left hand over the others right shoulder. Moving his head in closer to Sasuke's left ear, his lips gently brushed against the shell of Sasuke's ear, his tongue slipping out slightly, licking along the edges " The Leaf will never let me back in as the hero."
" Also, that Neji, is dead." Neji whispered toward Sasuke, a almost all too quiet giggle slowly escaping from his lips "Orochimaru saved me, he got into my head. Literally, changed my entire mind, to see...How twisted this world is. How viciousness survives, where slavery is a path to an early death. Going back to Leaf, that's all i'd be. A slave, to my family. Here. I am free, gaining power. But most importantly. I am free of the guilt of destroying." Sliding his left hand off from Sasuke's shoulder he pulls away. Pulling his left arm back he laughed " I won't kill you." Suddenly his palm slammed, flat, full of chakra, right into Sasuke's chest. So hard the other would fly back into the water, landing onto their back " I'm your body guard. We are Missing Nin to the Leaf Village. You and I, together, are criminals, Sasuke. There is no returning home a hero. There is only this. Only this path, and wherever it takes us." Sluggishly, he pulls away, stepping out of the pool of water " Also, your wanting to die, is lame. I’m not going to kill you. That’s not why I am here, idiot." Neji says coldly toward the other as he's walking away.











