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Story: What These Blind Eyes See

Chapter 1: The Unknown

Characters: Hyuuga Neji/OC

The rain was coming down hard as if needles were biting her skin as she ran. The ground had turned to mush under her feet, the mud sucking at her steps. She forced herself to move faster as she heard the sounds of ninja dogs being released behind her. Thunder and lightning crashed above her. The dogs started to close in from behind. A trembling, feathered burden tucked under her arm as she blindly ran, mud and other fouler things clinging to her body.

Her run came to a halt as she slammed head first into what felt like a cobble stone wall. She slumped to the ground, pain racking her bloodied head. Eager hands wrapped around her throat from behind, choking off her air. She struggled but it was useless as more hands came out of the dark to hold her down.

As she fought for air, she thought she heard the faint whoosh of kunai knives flying overhead and the flair of chakra in the distance. Next thing she knew the hands pining her fell away.

A gruff voice shouted indistinguishable things, the words made no sense to her ears. Feet were running past her. The last thing she felt was the gentle touch of rain slicked fingers. Comfort flooded her small frame and she knew no more.

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After sending Lee and Tenten to pursue their charge's attackers, he turned to the female in question and gently rolled her over. Kneeling down, he carefully lifted her from the ground, holding the unconscious girl bridal style; her head resting on his shoulder.

"Byakugan," Neji exclaimed, the veins grew around his eyes, activating his clans bloodline limit.

He used his chakra empowered eyes to scan her body swiftly for any internal injuries or fatal conditions. Disturbingly, along with numerous surface injuries he found two broken ribs on her left side. Curiously when scanning her, he noticed the skeletal and chakra image of a bird nestled under her arm.

He took in her blood-spattered appearance. She was bloody from head to toe, her hair and clothes were matted to her skin. He noticed that in one hand she clutched a kunai knife.

"Is this slip of a girl, the Hokage sent us for, a shinobi?"Neji thought to himself.

Well that's just the start to this story. Please review and give me your thoughts and ideas. This story is beta read by Wierdo-Lover. Please check out her Neji story titled "The Middle". It's really good trust me.