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Warnings: I do not own Naruto. Rated "M" for language right now, but there is a possibility of lemons later.
Chapter 10: Byakugan vs. Sharingan
The warm wind blew warm and moist air over the training ground. Myra jumped out of the tree favoring her right foot. Tsunade turned to face the girl. Neji shifted his gaze and the others followed suit. Edgar had flown down and perched on Myra's shoulder.
"This is not the time for your personal quests. You can find time for answers about your later. Right now you need to focus on this test, not on your brother's killer." Myra clenched her fists, took a deep breath and counted to ten. Edgar flew off and Myra spoke threw gritted teeth.
"I will get the answers I want when I pass your tests?" Tsunade took her time answering the upset girl. "I can only tell you what I know.
"Fair enough." Myra was reaching her limits with these, so called tests. She may have been making it look easy, but the truth was, it wasn't easy at all. Her foot was killing her. She had taken a nasty step and twisted her ankle. Her shins and forearms were riddled with scraps and bruises. The bones in her arms and legs had multiple micro fractures from the pounding of the fight with Lee. "Speed plus strength equals OUCH." She thought. That kick to the chest had broken one of her ribs and cracked a few more.
Myra was holding her left arm close to her body to keep the rib as still as possible. Moving hurt, breathing hurt, but she knew there was more to come. Sakura rushed forwards to Myra's side just as Kaskashi was helping a limping Lee back from the crater. He too had multiple scraps bruises and looked tired. Sakurak looked from Myra to Lee, then back to Myra. Myra gave Sakura a pain filled smile.
"Go deal with Gumby." Myra's hand lit with a deep purple chakra, "I'm good." Sakura opened her mouth in an attempt to protest, but Myra glared at her. Sakura nodded and went to treat Lee's wounds. Kakashi helped Lee take a seat on a rock, then moved off to the side of the small crowd with Tsunade. Edgar moved from Myra's shoulder to a spot eye level with the Hokage and Copy Ninja. Tsunade looked a little concerned. "What do you think Kakashi? She looked back over her shoulder at Myra, who was slipping the chest plate of her armor off very gingerly to mend her broken ribs. Kakashi remained silent in contemplation.
"She is hurting, but by no means tired." Edgar's voice echoed in the minds of Tsunade and Kakashi. The Copy ninja sighed and chose his word carefully.
"So far, Myra has shown that luck is something you can not live without. Even Naruto isn't that lucky. With her Sharingan, her analytical skills are sketchy at best. Shikamaru's down fall was that he was TOO analytical." Tsunade nodded in agreement. Kakashi continued.
"Her speed is on par with what I expected. I think we've only seen a fraction of her ninjutsu talents. Edgar Shisho, do you think she could handle another match?" Tsunade and Kakashi looked at the bird. Edgar tilted his head from side to side looking over Neji and Naruto. Neji was staying off to one side of the commotion with Lee. Naruto was helping Sakura tend to Lee. However Naruto was stealing a glance at Myra every chance he could. The large bird ruffled his feathers.
"The Hyuga boy. I don't think Myra could see the Fox Boy as a threat." Tsunade and Kakashi were surprised at Edgar's words.
"That information is considered classified." Tsunade cautioned.
"I am a kin to the Nine Tail Fox. I can not hide my presence from him anymore than he can hid his from me. I will keep as much as I can from Myra." Edgar looked at Naruto again. "However, there may be an eventuality that will make keeping the secret from Myra pointless." Tsunade shrugged and Kakashi smiled under his mask.
Myra was mending some of her more serious broken bones when Edgar flapped his way over to the branch next to her.
"I have good news and bad news.' Edgar chirped. Myra let out a let out a hard breath. Her voice was a little stressed with the pain she was in. "Give me the bad news first."
"You have to fight the Hyuga boy." Edgar grinned.
"Do I have to?"
"Damn it girl! Yes… They agree that your speed is beyond expectations and your analytical skills need some work. You haven't even tapped your ninjutsu yet, which is a disappointment, but it has been a very long time since you had an opportunity to spar with someone that can match your speed." Edgar beamed with pride. "So I wont be too upset about it."
"Ok coach," Myra winced when her rib popped back into place. "So, I have to fight Billy Badass over there?"
"Yes. Only words of advice on this match will be, don't let him touch you. AT ALL!" Myra raised an eyebrow.
"Ok DAD… I don't think now is the time for THAT kind of advice." Myra giggled and winced at the same time. That rib was being difficult.
"That isn't what I meant. Just don't let him touch you." Edgar scolded. Myra chuckled.
"Right…Now, what's the good news?" Myra asked.
"Much to my chagrin, Pretty Boy hasn't stopped looking at you." Edgar ruffled his feathers rather annoyed. Myra hid the smirk of excitement behind another wince. That rib was going to be a pain for the rest of the day. She finished patching herself up and was walking toward Tsunade.
Neji stepped out in front of her. "You have the Sharingan." Myra raised her eyebrow and looked at Neji sideways. "I think we established that a while ago, Captain Obvious, but thanks for the clarification." She stepped around him heading for the center of the field. Neji fumed with anger.
Tsunade caught the rivalry starting already. Kakashi was smirking under his mask. This was going to be an interesting match. Naruto was also watching the sight. He was worried about Myra. Naruto knew how hard Lee could kick, he also know what that kind of speed can do to a person. Naruto also knew what Neji could do to Myra. Neji was not someone that took things lightly. If given the chance, Neji was going to hurt her, just to prove once and for all that his Byakugan is better than her Sharingan. Naruto watched Myra and Neji walk out to the middle of the field. Myra hadn't put her chest plate back on."This could be bad…" Naruto thought.
Kakashi moved back toward the center with Myra. Tsunade put her had on Neji's shoulder. "You're up Neji." Tsunade smiled. Neji smirked and gave a soft "harrumph." He walked slowly out to the center of the field and faced off with Myra. Kakashi looked between the both of them. Naruto looked more nervous than anyone. "You can do it Myra!" yelled Sakura. "Yeah Neji" Shouted Lee. Neji twitched and mumbled some sort of curse. Neji and Myra faced off in the center of the field. Kakashi looked at them both. "OK… BEGIN!"
Kakashi quickly moved out of way. Myra too her stance keeping her left side guarded. She was going to let him make the first move. Neji stood there glaring at her. He didn't think it fair to make her to have to fight him wounded. He would prefer to be facing off against a true Uchia or a master of the Sharingan, but her humiliation would have to suffice.
"I know giving up is not an option so I will make this quick." Neji's tone had a tinge of venom in it. Myra laughed.
"Look Billy, I get that you're the tough man on the block, but I'm no push over." Myra was in no condition to start anything at that moment. She was hurt a lot more than she was letting on, but she was not going to give up, especially to Billy the Bully standing in front of her. Neji's foot moved and Myra prepared her self to guard against anything he had to throw at her. Neji decided to take a gamble. Myra was a lot faster, but she was hurt and Neji didn't think she would be moving around too quickly.
Neji attacked first with a flurry of strikes aimed at her charka points. Myra did a fair bit to dodge most of them. He connected with her upper arm and she jumped back from him holding her shoulder close to her. Myra's hand took on a glow of dark purple and she healed the chakra point.
"So this is why Edgar didn't want you to touch me. Your thing is to shut off chakra points. Lovely." Myra started to think. "Best to get behind him and take him out that way." Neji took his stance and was going to break out his 64 palm.
"Well that is the quickest way to neutralize an enemy. If you think about it, it's a flawless plan." Neji started to move.
"MOVE!" Edgar screamed inside her head. Myra moved and Neji missed by millimeters. Myra figured in her condition she couldn't take him hand to hand. She was going to have to fall back and rely on her ninjutsu. She smirked and shimmered about 40 meters back from him. Myra hoped it would be a safe range.
"WOO WEE that was close. I hope you don't touch your girlfriend like that?" Myra goaded. Neji frowned. An intense burst of chakra came in Myra's direction. She was able to doge it, but Neji was right behind the blast ready to beat her down again. She blocked what she could trying not to get hit in the wrong place. Neji was relentless and kept at her.
Myra had no choice, she sped up her movements and got a lucky punch that knocked Neji back a few meters. While in his flight backward, she put hand signs together, her chakra gathered and there was an intense blast of hot air that blew him back another 10 meters. Myra pulled out some shurikens and threw them at Neji while she continued to get further back from him.
Neji smirked as her spun in a furry of blue chakra. The shurikens bounced off and landed at his side. Myra smirked wide.
"TRANSFORM!" Myra yelled and 3 shadow clones emerged from puffs of white smoke. The 3 clones attacked Neji all at the same time. Neji just shook his head and started his rotation again. The three clones changed again after hitting the chakra shield. There was silver confetti falling all around Neji.
"Thunder style: Rain of lighting" Myra grimaced with effort. There was about 5 or 6 consecutive bolts of lightning all around Neji. She knew he had moved out of the way before the last bolt hit the ground. The lighting hit the silver tags, and none of them landed on him. But now was her chance. Neji felt the heat of the air all around him, but he hadn't been hit. The dust cleared and took a few steps back breathing a little heavy. Myra grinned. He had stepped on one of the tags.
"And for my next trick, I will RIDE THE LIGHTNING BABY!"
Lightning came from no where and stuck Myra, then a split second later the lightning hit Neji. Myra slid down the lightning bolt planting her foot in his face. Neji hit the ground as did Myra. There were a few tense moments while everyone waited to see who was going to move first. When neither of them did, both Tsunade and Sakura rushed in.