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Hi guys, here’s another story for you, I hope you like it. My thanks to my friends for letting me use their characters, thanks so much, Avien for letting me use you, Dawn, and Neko. Thanks Yaru-chan, for letting me use Yaruki and for the funny ideas for the first track of the CD. Thanks Moyasu, your character still in the productive stage but it’s gonna be one s**t awesome jinchuriki!!!! And finally thanks, Cartmen …. Just thanks, oh btw YOUR VILLAGE LEADER IS GAY!!!!!!!! *rotflmao* okay I'm shutting up enjoy the story.

Sorry one more little note: I was too lazy to squeeze Neka's little sister in here so let’s say shes on a mission since by now in Shippuden, she’s probably a genin. Okay now I'm really shutting up and letting you read enjoy!!!

Summary: Its Neka's 16th birthday but she wished it wasn't. The one person she wants to celebrate it with isn't there. What can this jinchuriki do? Why, be forced to go to her party, of course.

Disclaimer: I don’t own Naruto, Avien, Dawn, Neko, Yaruki, Cartmen, Moyasu …and any other character that appears in this story. They all belong to their respective creators (and I can't thank them enough for letting me use them.)But I do own Neka, Kurohyou, and Taigaa yay for my characters!!!! Oh, and if I did own Naruto …Sakura would be dead and Sasuke and Naruto would be a couple. I don’t own Spirited Away, either or “hey there Delilah” I just rewrote it.
Enjoy the fic ^_^!!!!

~I~<3~Sasuke~alot~got~a~problem~
May, 18th it was normally Neka's favorite day of the year, but now as the sun rose over the village of Konoha, Neka would rather stay in bed all day. What was the point of getting up anyway, “so what if it’s my birthday…there’s no point in celebrating” Neka thought. Warm, gold sunlight shone through the dark green leaves of the magnolia tree outside the jinchuriki’s window. Neka groaned as the sun hit her eyelids, she rolled on to her side and curled under her blanket getting out of the sun’s rays. She hugged her favorite Sasuke plushie (shirtless with a smirk) close to her heart and tried to hold back her tears. Then there was a soft knock on the door “Neka?” her mother, Kurohyou said. Neka didn’t answer, slowly the door opened, “Neka…sweetie are you okay?” Kurohyou asked she walked in and sat down beside her daughter and placed her hand on her shoulder. “I'm fine…now please leave me alone.” Neka said, flatly. “You're going to have to get up soon.” the panther ninja said. “No I'm not. I'm staying here.” the white tiger jinchuriki replied defiantly. Kurohyou sighed “I know it’s hard, but this is your day. Your friends are coming over-” “There’s one friend who isn't coming and if he’s not coming then I'm not getting up.” Neka said cutting her mother off and curling up more under her blanket. Kurohyou silently stroked Neka's arm, unable to find something to say to her demon container daughter. “Little one.” a voice purred in Neka's mind. Neka exhaled her breath and closed her eyes, if she wanted to talk to the white tiger demon she needed to forget there was anything around her. Soon she was face to face with her demon. Shiroitora was lying on the ground of her cage which wasn't a cage so to speak. Sure there were bars and all but it wasn't like Kyuubi’s cage. Shiroitora’s cage was more like a room it was decorated and everything. “Privilege for being a not so dangerous demon.” the demon had often said with a sparkle in her large eyes. Anyway, Shiroitora was lying comfortably on the ground. She looked up as Neka appeared “What do you want, Tora?” Neka said with a sigh. “Cub, I think you should go to the party.” Shiroitora said. “But I don’t want to…honestly doesn’t anyone care what I want?” Neka said a pout evident in her voice. “Ah, but you do want to go.” Shiroitora said her big yellow-green eyes sparkling. “No, I don’t.” Neka said. “Yes, you do. I can read your thoughts and you do want to go.” Shiroitora said. “So what….” Neka said, blushing “I'm still not going.” Shiroitora sighed deeply, “Little one, I know you miss that b*****d of an Uchiha I don’t see why he hurt you so badly…but don’t let the fact that he left ruin your life.” she said. “Whatever.” Neka said. She then left Shiroitora’s cage and again felt her mother’s warm hand on her shoulder. “Koneka….”Kurohyou said. “I'm still not going, no matter what anyone says.” Neka said. She cringed as Shiroitora roared loudly in her mind. “Yelling won’t make me go, Tora.” she muttered to the angry tiger demon. “Neka, do you really think Sasuke would want you to sulk on your birthday?” Kurohyou said. Then she got up and left her daughters room, closing the door with a soft click. Neka sighed whenever someone said his name she felt her stomach tie itself in a hard knot. “Your mother has a point, cub.” Shiroitora purred. Neka rolled her eyes. “You should go to the party and have a good time. Show that stupid Uchiha that you can still have a good time without him show him you're not down yet!!!!” Shiroitora said. Neka stifled a snicker, she could almost see Shiroitora giving that speech and waves crashing in the in the background. “If it gets you to never say that again, I’ll go.” Neka mummered. “Deal.” Shiroitora said. Neka slowly sat up and climbed out of bed. She made her way to the bathroom, where she spent a good forty-five minutes brushing her ankle-long black hair. After she brushed her hair, she tied her favorite blue ribbon and white ribbon on the side of her head in a thin pigtail. Then she went to her closet a pulled out a white shirt with a sparkling silver kunai going from her right shoulder to the end of the shirt the shirt was almost the same color as Neka's ivory colored skin and she picked out a black skirt with shuriken all over. She put the outfit on, she then put on the black jonin gloves with the leaf symbol engraved on the metal which she has worn on a regular basis and of course her ever famous (or infamous to the Sasuke fanclub)Uchiha bell tied tightly around her neck. She walked to the door; she had her hand on the doorknob when her eyes drifted to her bed, where her Sasuke plushie stared back at her. “I’ll show you.” Neka mummered, “I’ll show you, I can still live even though you're not here.” She walked out of the room, hearing Shiroitora chuckle at her little speech. She descended down the stairs. Her mother flashed a smile when she saw her eldest daughter looking at all the decorations. Kurohyou had strung black and white streamers from the banister, with black and white balloons wrapped around the cat’s neck that sat at the bottom. There were streamers set up in an elegant fashion above the door. Neka drifted into the kitchen, smelling something baking. She opened the oven and saw a golden-brown cake shaped like a cat set squarely in the middle of the oven. The rich, vanilla smell wafted under Neka's nose, causing Neka to breathe in deeply. If there was anything Neka's mother could do it was bake one hell of a good cake. “It took me a while to get the shape right.” Kurohyou said as she entered. Neka closed the oven door and turned around to face her mother. “Mom…” Neka said. Kurohyou tilted her head. “Thank you…so much.” Neka said with a small smile. Kurohyou brought her daughter into a hug, “Anytime Koneka …happy birthday.” she said kissing Neka's forehead. “Now do me a favor and put these streamers outside please.” Kurohyou said, holding a handful of black and white steamers. Neka took the streamers and silently stepping into her sandals, decorated the door frame outside.

~later PARTY TIME!!!!!~
Neka was watching her mother put the final touches on her cake. Kurohyou had made the cat-shaped cake look like an almost exact replica of Neka in cub form. Complete with a sugar replica of her Uchiha bell on a ribbon made of blue icing around its neck. Kurohyou put the final black stripe on the cakes tail when the doorbell rang. “I got it.” Neka said. She hurried to the door and pulled it open. “Happy birthday, Neka!!!!!” Yaruki said glomping Neka to the ground. “Hi Yaru-chan.” Neka said, hugging her best friend. The girls detached themselves from their hug. “Must you always hug her so hard?” Kakashi said. “Yes.” Yaruki said, sticking her tongue out at her boyfriend. Neka grinned a little, “Okay, okay stop fighting you two. Come on in.” she said. Yaruki and Kakashi walked in. “Happy birthday, Neka.” Kakashi muttered as he passed her. Neka felt her heart hurt a little when her eyes met Kakashi’s one visible eye. Knowing the other eye was hidden because of the Sharingan eye he had. “Thank you.” Neka said, lowering her eyes. She could never look at Kakashi for long. It always made her want to cry and think about the person she missed so much. Neka showed them to the kitchen where Yaruki set her gift beside the now finished cake. “I love the cake Neka-chan, it looks exactly like you.” Yaruki said. Neka smiled softly, “Yeah my mom worked hard on it.” she said. The door bell rang again. “Make yourselves comfortable, I’ll be right back.” Neka said. She ran to the door and opened it. “Happy birthday, Neka. BELIVE IT!!!!” “Hi Naruto glad you could make it.” “I love parties. I'm the life of parties BELIVE IT!!!!!!” he said, punching the air with his fist. “Whatever you say Naruto, come in.” Neka replied. She led him to the kitchen where he set his gift next to Yaruki’s. “Hey Naruto.” Yaruki called from the living room, where she and Kakashi were sitting. “Hey Yaruki. Hi Kakashi.” Naruto said, sitting down next to Yaruki and joining in the conversation. The doorbell rang again. Neka ran to it. “Happy birthday, Neka.” “Thanks, Temari.” Neka said to the sand village konoichi. Temari elbowed the person next to her. “Happy birthday, Neka.” Cartmen said, rolling his eyes. “Thanks Mr. Sound ninja.” Neka said, playfully. She and Temari both laughed at the nickname the village had given him. “Quite calling me that, I'm not a sound ninja anymore.” Cartmen said with a slight pout. “Right, whatever Cartmen.” Neka said, grinning. She opened the door wider so they could walk in. “Wow…kudos on the decorating.” Temari said, looking around at all the streamers and balloons. Neka chuckled “My mom did most of it…to be honest; I didn’t really want a party.” Neka said, touching the bell around her neck. “…..Because of him?” Cartmen asked quietly. Neka nodded once. She sniffled but she faced them with a smile. “I'm showing him, I don’t need him I can still live.” Neka said with a smile. “I can still live….without half my heart, half my soul.” she thought. “You show him Neka! Make him sorry he left.” Temari said, giving Neka a pat on the shoulder. Neka smiled at her, “Arigato, Temari.” Neka said. Temari smiled back. Cartmen and Temari deposited their gift beside the other ones and joined the group in the living room. Neka sat with them for a time. Then the doorbell rang again. “Jeez mom, how many people did you invite???” Neka called as she went to the door. Kurohyou from the kitchen just laughed. Neka opened the door, “Happy birthday Neka.” her newest friend, Moyasu said grinning his wide grin. “Hi Moyasu, thanks for coming.” the jinchuriki said to her fellow jinchuriki. She opened the door wider so he could come in. Just like the others, he put his gift on the table with the cake. His gift seemed to be moving. He just grinned when Neka asked about it and he joined the group in the living room. While they were chatting and getting to know each other better, (Cartmen unfortunately, being the brunt of many “sound village is crap!!!!” jokes.) Neka went up to her mom, “Seriously mom, how many people did you invite??” she asked. “I think there’s only a few more.” Kurohyou grinned. The doorbell rang. “There’s another one.” She said. Neka groaned and answered the door. “Happy birthday…man what a drag.” “Hi Shikamaru.” Neka said, opening the door. Shikamaru walked in and put his gift with the others and joined the other shinobi. Neka sat down with them and got into a conversation about which is better in battle: Ninjutsu or Taijutsu. When suddenly something loudly crashed outside. “Mom…you didn’t …..” Neka said, breathless a smile playing on her pink lips. Kurohyou, who was bringing in a plate of various snacks, smiled and jabbed her head at the door. Neka ran to the door and pulled it open. “Hi Neka!! Happy ********’ birthday.” Avien called, climbing down from the back of a giant clay bird. Neka squealed, “Oh my God Avien ….you’re here.” she said, tackling Avien in a tight hug. “Hell yeah, I wouldn’t miss your birthday. Neither would he.” Avien said gesturing to the little two-year-old boy watching them. “Hi Dawn.” Neka said, releasing her hug on Avien and giving Dawn a hug. Dawn smiled and hugged Neka back his tail coiled around her arm. “What don’t I get a hug too….hmm.” “No way, Deidara came too???” Neka said looking up to see the artistic Akatsuki member.“Like I would miss a party like this. You obviously don’t know me that well…yeah.” Deidara said, dismounting from his bird. “Apparently not.” Neka said, but she hugged him, anyway. “Tell me, how were you guys able to come??” Neka asked. “Your mom got special permission from the Hokage.” Avien said, grinning in that killer way of hers. “Your mom’s awesome….yeah.” Deidara said, the mouths on his hands grinning. “That she is, Dei that she is.” Neka said. “Mew, mew, mew.” Neko, Avien’s little pet/ assistant appeared on Avien's shoulder. Neko was an experiment just like Avien. He looked like a very small version of Sasuke, but with cat ears, tail, and paws. “Hi Neko.” Neka said, “Taigaa will be so happy you came. She misses you so much.” “kkkyyyuuu” Neko said, hiding his face and bright red blush in his bowl collar. Neka and Avien smiled making Neko blush was almost as fun as hugging Noah and watching him squirm. Neka lead the group into her house where Avien and Deidara put their gifts by the now pretty big pile. “Hey Taigaa come here!!” Neka called. Taigaa, Neka's black and white cat came running into the room. **“What is it Nek-” Taigaa said but she froze when she saw Neko. “mrow!!!!” Neko called, he scurried down Avien's shoulder and grabbed Taigaa into a hug and proceeded to kiss her on the lips. “aaaaaawwwwwwww” the entire group of shinobi said at the two kissing pets. “Like owner, like pet.” Cartmen said. A heavy silence fell over the group. Neka clenched her fists and bit her lip, lowly growling in the back of her throat. Apparently, Cartmen missed the memo that said don’t mention Sasuke in any way, shape, or from around Neka. Dawn, sensing Neka's sadness crawled over to her and hugged her leg his tail curling around her ankle. “Thanks Dawnny.” Neka said, smiling a little. Dawn looked up at her and smiled, “kyu” Dawn replied with a grin. Temari wacked Cartmen upside the head, “Don’t mention him around her….and you say everyone is a boob, you're the boob!!” she said. Cartmen just rubbed the growing lump on his head, “sorry” he said under his breath. Neka didn’t say anything; she just sat on the ground and let Dawn play with her tail. “Hey I know this a really troublesome question, but has anyone seen Rose? I can't find her.” Shikamaru said. Neka and Avien looked at each other. “Nope, haven’t seen her.” Neka said a smile playing around her lips. Then Dawn burped and a little bit of red hair flew out of his mouth. “kyu” Dawn said, tilting his head to the side. Neka and Avien burst out laughing. Neka's laughter sounded strange to her but still what Dawn had done to Rose was too funny, so Neka just threw back her head and laughed. The rest of the group looked at the two girls like they were nuts. “Do we even want to know what’s so funny?” Moyasu asked. “No…not really.” Neka said between hysterical giggles. “Confidential information.” Avien said, stifling her own laughter. “Man, what a drag.” Shikamaru said, unknowing the horrors Rose went through at the hands of the Avien and her friends {A/N trust me, it wasn't pretty….but so funny XDDDDD}. The group of shinobi and Akatsuki members talked together for another hour or so, snacking on the chips and stuff Kurohyou had brought in. (or in Dawn’s case sitting between Neka and Avien and drinking a bottle of blood.)Soon, Kurohyou came in and said it was time for cake and open presents. The group proceeded into the dining room, which had been decorated with a black and white table cloth and black paper plates set at each of the chairs, the chair where Neka was going to sit at the head of the table had a set of black and white balloons tied to the back. Neka has specifically asked that Avien and Yaruki to sit on either side of her, which they happily agree to, do. Kurohyou placed sixteen candles on the kitty cake, she brought it into the room and the group sang “happy birthday” to the white tiger girl causing her to blush brightly. “Now make a wish blow out the candles.” Avien said, getting a little over-excited. “I wish Sasuke would come home….someday soon.” Neka thought and blew out the candles in one breath. Everyone asked what she wished for. “Sorry I can never tell.” she said softly, her white index finger trailing the top of her Uchiha bell. Kurohyou made her claws appear and was about to cut the cake, when Neka said, “Mama, did you wash your claws?” Kurohyou sweat-dropped. “Maybe you should cut it with a knife …just to be safe.” Neka said. “Okay, okay” Kurohyou said. She pulled a kunai out of her holster, rinsed it off, and started to cut the cake. Everyone got a pretty nice sized slice of cake.(Neka getting the piece with the sugar replica of her Uchiha bell) After they were finished they sat at the table and watched and laughed as Cartmen who was very, very high on sugar skipped around the table singing in opera, “The sun’ll come out Temari.” He only stopped when Temari and Avien tackled him to the floor. Only letting him up after he promised never to skip or sing again. “Neka-chan, Neka-chan open your presents open them!!” Yaruki said, the sugar getting to her, making her hyper. “Okay, let’s open them.” Neka said, grabbing the nearest parcel. This happened to be Cartmen and Temari’s gift. “You're really gonna like it.” Cartmen said, grinning. Neka smiled back and began to un-wrap the gift. The present turned out to be a book called, “1,001 ways to kill transsexual snakes and their sex slaves.” “Oh my God I love it!!! Thanks Cartmen thanks Temari.” Neka squealed, as she hugged the book and jumped up and down in her chair. “Glad you liked it; it took a lot of undercover work to get all the ways to kill them and I even had to test some out to make sure they worked.” Cartmen said. “I hope I can use them all.” Neka giggled. She handed the book to Yaruki, who immediately buried her nose in it. The next present to reach her hands was Moyasu’s. “Be careful.” he said, flashing a grin that rivaled Naruto’s. “oooookay” Neka said. She carefully opened the gift and a cat popped up. “meow.” it said. The cat was small, about the size of Taigaa; it had bright red eyes and bright gold fur with little licks of fire flickering on the tips of its ears and tail. “Meow mew.” it said. The cat rubbed against Neka, “aaaaawwww it’s so cute Moyasu I love it.” Neka said, hugging the cat. “How is that fire not burning her?” Kurohyou asked. “It’s a special kind of fire I developed. It’ll burn anyone or anything Neka wants it to burn.” Moyasu said. “She says her name is Phoenix.” Neka said, petting Phoenix under the neck. She looked up and smiled, “I'm part cat remember, I can understand them.” Neka said with a grin. She grabbed the next gift that was wrapped in bright orange paper with a blue bow in the center. “That one’s mine BELIVE IT!!!” Naruto said. “Really I had no idea.” Neka said, her voice dripping with sarcasm, “The orange paper was a dead give-a-way.” Neka tore the paper off and found Naruto had given her a family size box of instant ramen cups. “Thanks, Naruto.” Neka said. “I got shrimp flavor to since I know you like fish.” Naruto said, grinning from ear to ear. “You know me well.” Neka said. “Open this one….hmm.” Deidara said, tossing Neka a box wrapped with black paper with red Akatsuki clouds all over it. Neka caught it and tore the paper off and another cat, this time made of Deidara’s special clay, poked its head out of the wrapping paper. “Mrow.” it said. “Awesome Deidara, this is so s**t awesome!!!” Neka squealed. “Good, I'm glad you like it…un.” Deidara said, flashing his three mouth smile. “What does this one say its name is?” Kakashi said, his nose buried in make-out paradise. Neka was silent as she listened to the clay cats’ purrs and mews “she says her name is Geijutsu, since Deidara is an artist and she is his work of art….and that’s just what Deidara always shouts when he’s attacking.” Neka stated. Geijutsu scampered up Neka's arm and settled down on her shoulder. (Phoenix is curled up on Neka's other shoulder) “Here’s mine.” Shikamaru said, handing her his gift. Neka unwrapped it; the gift was a pillow that looked like a cloud. “Wow thanks Shikamaru.” Neka said, hugging it. Shikamaru sighed and looked away hiding a light blush. “What a drag.” he mummered. “Here Neka-chan open mine.” Yaruki said, placing her gift in front of her best friend. Neka grinned and opened it. Yaruki’s gift was a silver heart that was broken right down the middle. Both halves of the heart were attached to a separate chain. One half has an emerald and be fri engraved on it. The other had an amethyst stone and st end engraved on it. “Yaru-chan, it’s beautiful.” Neka said, picking up the necklace with the emerald. “Glad you like it.” Yaruki said, grinning taking the other necklace with her birthstone. Neka didn’t have the heart to take her bell off, so she fastened her new necklace around her neck along with her bell. “Thanks Yaruki I’ll always ware it.” Neka said, giving her best friend a hug. “Neka, don’t forget mine.” Avien said, pushing her gift to Neka. “nahh ,nahh” Dawn cooed from Avien's lap. “I didn’t.” Neka said. She then unwrapped Avien's gift, which was a big plate of cookies (shaped like cats) and a Dawn plushie. Attached around the plushies hand was a little card with Avien's symbol on the front. Neka opened it and read it aloud, “Dear Neka, I understand the pain you're going though…Lord Sasuke hasn’t come back. If you ever need to talk, you can always call me and I’ll be there faster than you can say ‘No I will not butter your muffin Tobi…GO TO HELL!!’ ILU lots, Neka. Love Avien Star Sky, Dawn, Noah and everyone else. ” Neka closed the card and set it down on her lap. She lowered her eyes so they would be hidden by her bangs she bit her lip to stop it from trembling. “Thanks Avien.” The tiger jinchuriki said tears evident in her voice. “Neka….” Yaruki whispered. Neka raised her head and wiped away the tears with the back of her gloved hand. “I'm fine … I got an idea let’s go watch a movie.” Neka said, smiling. Cheers rang out in the dining room. The group of shinobi ran out of the dining room and into the living room Kurohyou grinned when she saw the group. “It’s all set up, Koneka …your favorite movie.” Kurohyou handed the remote to the birthday girl and then she walked away going to clean up the dining room. The group of ninjas settled down in the living room, Neka sat on the couch with Avien and Yaruki on either side of her. Kakashi sat next to Yaruki, playing with her short red-tipped hair; Deidara was sitting next to Avien and had his arms around her waist. Cartmen and Temari leaned against the coffee table; Temari rested her head on Cartmen’s shoulder. As for Moyasu and Shikamaru they were sitting in recliners on either side of the couch. Dawn was snuggled on Neka's lap with Phoenix and Geijutsu. Once everyone was settled in comfortably, Neka pressed the play button and group of friends watched, “Spirited Away.”

~end of the movie~
“Will we meet again sometime?” Chihiro asked Haku as they were about to part ways. “Sure we will.” he replied with a small smile. “Promise?” she asked. “Promise. Now go and don’t look back.” Haku said. Neka watched Chihiro’s hand slip out of Haku’s as she walked to the tunnel. Neka squeezed her bell as a realization dawned on her, just like the movie, Chihiro doesn’t know if she’ll see Haku again. Neka felt…no….she knew Sasuke would never come back….no matter how many birthday wishes she made or how many times she wished on a shooting star. He was gone completely. End of story. Tears trickled down her snow white cheeks as the pain tore her heart to shreds. “Neka are you alright?” Yaruki asked, placing a hand on Neka's shoulder. Neka shook her head, “i-I'm sorry …I need to be alone.” Neka said. She placed Dawn in Avien's lap, took Phoenix and Geijutsu in her arms, stood up, and ran out of the living room. “Thanks for coming.” she called in a sobbed voice. “Should someone go check on her?” Naruto said. “No…even jinchurikis need time to just let their feelings out.” Avien said, hugging Dawn, who had fallen asleep in the middle of the movie. The shinobi said good-bye to Kurohyou and went their separate ways each one hoping Neka would feel better.

~Neka's room~
Neka had sprinted up the stairs, clutching her new cats tightly, half blinded by her tears. She ran into her room and slammed the door. She put her back against the door and slid down until she was sitting. She let the two cats roam around while she hugged her legs to her chest and cried into her knees. After a while Neka's sobs subsided to sniffles, she stood up fully intending to fall face first on her bed and sob even more. Her eyes drifted to her bed, where right in the center was a bouquet of black and white roses tied together with a blue silk ribbon. Neka gently picked them up and sat on the corner of her bed. It was a nice size bouquet possibly about two dozen fully-bloomed roses and they smelled amazing. Neka touched the petal of a black rose wondering how someone could cultivate a black rose. “Mom or dad must have been up here.” Neka thought. She stood up and placed the roses in a pretty crystal vase and set the flowers on her night stand. She turned again and there, apparently lying under the bouquet was a small flat box wrapped in shiny blue paper and a white silk ribbon was tied around it in a fancy bow. For the millionth time, Neka touched her bell when she saw the wrapping. “Someone is probably getting a lot of pleasure out of seeing me suffer.” Neka muttered. But she sat down on her bed again and opened the gift it turned out to be a CD case. There was a sticky note attached to the cover it said, “Play me in CD player.” Neka cautiously opened the case and took the CD out. She placed it in the CD player beside her bed. The CD player hummed as it read the CD. The little screen showed that there were three tracks on the disk, Neka hit the play button. There were a few moments of silence, then the sounds of a guitar being tuned and someone murmuring quietly. Then there was a loud pop and a vaguely familiar voice said, “God damn it…stupid string!!!” The person must have been digging in their pockets, trying to find a spare guitar string. “Where did I put that…damn string.” the person said. Then the person fell off their chair. They screamed, “MOTHER ********!!!!!! THAT HURT!!!! Aw crap now the stool’s broken!!!” Neka stifled a giggle; she was still trying to figure out who it was. It sounded so familiar but she just couldn’t put her finger on it. On the CD, a door opened and a voice that sent shivers down her spine called out, “Sasuke, want to have some fun?” Neka's emerald green eyes widened as she heard the voice that still haunted her dreams, “Orochimaru…. Sasuke” Neka whispered. She half expected to hear the Uchiha say, “Okay” and go with the snake sannin, but she received a shock when she heard, “******** you, a*****e. Go ******** Kabuto!!” “Oh come on, Kabuto’s no fun I want something different.” Orochimaru purred “GO TO HELL MOTHER ********!!!!!!” Sasuke screamed. The track was coming to an end; it faded out with Sasuke apparently beating the living crap out of Orochimaru with the broken stool. “Okay that was weird and scary…I'm scared to find out what’s next.” Neka said. The second track started, there were a few plunks of guitar and then she heard the voice she had longed to hear. The soft voice Sasuke always used when he talked to her, that soft, warm voice filled the room. “Hey Koneka, how are you? Happy birthday.” he said, cheerfully. A soft smile graced Neka's features. “I hope you like the flowers. Wish I could have gotten something more for you but…I’ve been so busy.” “Just hearing your voice is enough, Sasuke.” Neka mummered. “I did have some spare time so…I learned how to play guitar and there’s a song I want to play for you ….so I hope you enjoy this, Koneka ….it’s all for you, my little jinchuriki.” Sasuke said. He started to play his guitar, rather well and he started to sing. (A/N: you can sing along with the song. It’s the same rhythm as “hey there, Delilah.”)



Neka smiled at the start of the song. No matter what Neka said how she wasn't pretty or when she heard the fangirls say she was ugly and chalky white. Sasuke always said she was very pretty, prettier than any girl in the village he always said that he loved her skin. It was a lovely shade of pale ivory that was just kissed with a tint of color he would always say while stroking her arm and then he told the fangirls to get lost while glaring at them with his sharingan.



“I really wish you were by my side Sasuke. I miss you so much.” Neka thought. She could almost feel Sasuke's pale, strong arms around her shoulders, his fingers gently stroking her long hair like he had always done when she needed comfort.



Neka gently pulled a black rose from the vase. “Whatever I did for you…..I hope it made you happy.” she thought, slowly twirling the rose around in her hands.



“Times are getting hard Sasuke, I miss you more and more …I want to spend the rest of my life with you not with memories of you!!!!” Neka said fresh tears spilled from her eyes.



“You took my breath away a long time ago. I've already fallen off the deep-end in love with you. How much more in love could I fall???” Neka thought, she watched the tears fall from her eyes on the black rose.



“You’ve done so much for me…what have I done for you…avenger?” Neka whispered, through her sobs.



“If you can, then why haven’t you…oh right…you need power.” Neka said, squeezing the stem of the rose. She smiled when she felt the sharp thorns cut into her skin; she ignored Shiroitora’s protests, knowing the demon didn’t approve of personal injuries. But Neka didn’t care, she enjoyed the pain it made her forget the other pain she was feeling.



Neka smirked, “They did make fun of me….but Shiroitora had her fun with them.” a sudden rusty, salty taste entered her mouth. She licked her lips remembering how good those fangirls had tasted.



“How can you promise that, Sasuke if you're not here….you’re never coming back.” Neka thought, bitterly. She then curled up on the bed bringing her legs into her chest, clutching the rose, making the thorns go deeper into her skin. The thick red blood oozed from her hands showing up bright red on her snowy skin and slowly dripped on her bed spread mixing with her tears.



Neka chuckled darkly, “Yeah, right, you’ll come back.” she said. As she laid there sobbing she heard something, like someone singing along with the song, someone with the exact same voice. Slowly, she got up pulling the rose out of her hand and placing it back in the vase. Her hands steaming as Shiroitora healed her hands.

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She neared the window, where the voice was loudest. She gently touched the dream catcher Noah had given her to help with her nightmares then, she opened the window and there, sitting on a branch of the Magnolia tree, still in his sound village outfit (yes even that damn purple rope >_< wink was Sasuke. He smirked his old smirk and he sang the next line to the very shocked cat ninja.



“Sa-sa-Sasuke??” Neka gasped. Sasuke smiled again, he silently jumped from the tree into her room, sweeping Neka into his arms and kissing her.



The song ended and the two ninja broke the kiss. Neka looked up at Sasuke, her eyes sparkling. Sasuke chuckled softly, “Wow, Konoha really can't shine as bright as you, Koneka.” Sasuke said, his fingers weaving through Neka's ebony hair. Neka was still speechless. “Neka…” Sasuke said with a questioning look. “You...you’re back…..for how long?” Neka said. Sasuke just smiled a little, by now the last track was playing and it was just Sasuke softly playing the guitar. Neka leaned her head against Sasuke's exposed chest; all the crying had finally taken its toll on her. It felt so good to feel Sasuke's skin against her ivory cheek he may have a cold personality and attitude which at times made his skin very cold but when he wanted to be he could feel very warm. Sasuke silently lifted Neka into his arms, cradling her, sat on her bed and held her on his lap wrapping his arms around her in the protective embrace he had always held the jinchuriki when she needed comfort, his fingers still playing in her long, midnight black hair. Sasuke warmly smiled down at the drowsy ninja. Neka smiled back. “Sleep, my little jinchuriki.” Sasuke said, rocking her gently. “Sasuke….I love you.” Neka whispered. “I know, I love you too.” Sasuke said. Neka slowly closed her eyes. She heard Sasuke whisper very softly, “Happy birthday, my little Neka.” Then he placed a soft kiss on her forehead and Neka fell into a deep sleep.

~morning~
“What a night.” Neka mummered, as the sun’s rays hit her eyes. “Well at least I had a good dream.” Neka thought, placing her arm over her eyes. “Sasuke had come back ….but that would never happen. Guess Noah’s dream catcher is working well” she sighed out-loud. “Oh really??” a hauntingly familiar voice said with a tint of amusement in it. Neka's eyes shot open and discovered she’s still in Sasuke's arms. But that wasn't the only surprise Sasuke had in store for the jinchuriki. Sometime during the night, Sasuke had left and changed out of his ugly-a** sound village outfit and into an outfit that resembled his old blue and white one. Sasuke smiled at the girl he held. Neka's eyes drifted from Sasuke's smile to his forehead, where she saw a leaf village shinobi headband had been tied across it. Neka smiled and she reached up, touching Sasuke's cheek. “Best birthday present ever.” she said softly. She sat up and gently placed her lips on Sasuke’s lips and they kissed deeply. Out of all her birthdays Neka had never had such a terrible birthday but in the end, she received the best present: her true love came back and he was back….forever.

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Well …how was it? Did I get all the characters personalities’ right? Hope I did especially Avien, Dawn, and Neko. If I didn’t I IS SO SORRY!!!!!!!! I tired. I hope you all enjoyed it. I really need to try to not write stories about Sasuke coming back….but I wish he would and it’s easier to write stories about him coming back…that’s just how I write XP…review please!!! I’ll give everyone who reviews a hug and copy of Cartmen’s “1,001 was to kill transsexual snakes and their sex slaves” now that’s an offer you can't refuse ^_^

Oh and if you're wondering what happened to Rose ….well let’s just say Avien and her friends had a lot of fun with her hee, hee it was awesome when Avien sent Rose into Tsukiyomi. Rose’s screams of terror were priceless and when Dawn ripped her wings off best thing ever!!!! Hahahahaha I had fun videotaping it. Don’t believe me ask Yaru-chan she’s watched the tape …and laughed. We both did. Avien, Dawn, Noah thanks again for what you did to her. I love you guys so much ^_^ I love you all …well except for Rose she can go burn in hell for all I care.