"Defect to whom?" Neji's not about to let that point go, even when he stares at the Haruno medic, almost daring her to come after him again. It doesn't make sense; sure, the Uchiha wasn't in his class, but they were still close enough in age that the idea of one of their number becoming a missing-nin was hard to imagine.

"My business with Hinata-sama is the business of the Hyuuga Clan," he says finally, gaze never wavering from her face. The corners of his eyes narrow. "How can you be Sakura?"