*Lot's of noise coming from underground*

RAAAAAARRRRGGGGHHH! I AM BACK FROM THE DEAD WITH A NEW CHAPTER! NOW GIVE ME BRAAAAAIIIIIIINNNNSSSS!

*Is given cookie*

That'll do for now :)

So I'm undead now, but I still have to go to school, which sucks. I also can't wait for the Naruto spinoff to start, because that will give me motivation to write again. As for now, let's see Sasuke and Neji duke it out :P

Silence set a welcome mood between the two contestants in the ring. They both preferred it this way: it was easy to stay focused. They didn't need cheers and laughter to keep them going: their pride in their clan's was enough.

"You know, you could always quit while you're ahead. There's no way you can beat somebody form the Hyuuga clan!" Neji taunted like he always did, but a cold glare from Sasuke quickly showed him that words would have no effect.

"I may be one of the last of the Uchiha, but that doesn't mean that I can't show you your place. I'll grind the Hyuuga name into dust if I have to!"

"Let the battle begin!"

Sasuke's eyes flashed bloodred while neji's veins around his eyes became more prominent. A moment later, the two had leapt at each other, starting a close combat fight. Neji tried to hit Sasuke's chakra points, but Sasuke was fast enough to block and counterattack the incoming attacks.

"His sharingan and speed make for a remarkable defense. But that won't stop me!" Neji thought. He jumped back a few feat. Sasuke saw his chance and made a tiger seal. "Fire style: Fire Ball Jutsu!"

A large fireball shot at Neji, who jumped out of the way spinning around in the air. Sasuke appeared behind him to try and land a kick, but was quickly intercepted by Neji, who landed a few quick blows on his leg before both of them landed on the ground.

"I see. That 360° vision is no joke then. Quite the trick you have there" Sasuke said as he felt his leg become numb.

"It's not a trick: fate gave me this power. It was meant to be. Just like you were meant to wield the sharingan, and just like you are meant to lose" Neji replied.

Obito, Itachi and Kakashi followed the battle anxiously. The three of them had helped Sasuke get this far, and they wanted their help to pay off. Especially when Guy was annoying the hell out of them.

"THAT'S RIGHT NEJI! GIVE HIM A LEFT ONE! A RIGHT ONE! HIT HIM WITH ALL THE YOUTHFULLNESS IN YOUR BODY! SHOW THEM YOUR FIGHTING SPIRIT YOU WORKED SO HARD ON!" Guy was screaming from the stands, making the three annoyed jonin wonder if he even knew Neji's fighting style, in which regular punches were taboo.

"How far do you think he has come?" Itachi asked

"He mastered the chidori. Well, mastered is a big word, but he has a high level of control over it. THe speed he had to build up in our training was also not a waste of time: without it he wouldn't be standing up anymore right now" Kakashi replied.

"Don't worry, Itachi. Your brother will be fine. You know him, he'll pull through!" Obito reassured him. Itachi smiled, but couldn't help feeling a little bit nervous still. He had always been the worrying type. A secret he kept closer to himself then any secret information he had gathered over the course of his many ANBU-missions.

"COME ON SASUKE! BEAT THAT NO-GOOD PALE-SKINNED BONEHEAD TO A PULP! MAKE HIM SUFFER!" Ino was screaming from the stands. Choji was sitting next to her, feeling a bit annoyed by his rambunctious teammate. Shikamaru, who sat behind them, had fallen asleep despite the ruckus his teammate was causing.

"Ehh, Ino? Maybe you should calm down. I know Neji beat us good in the forest and all but..." Choji began.

"WHAT IS IT CHOJI?

"Ehh, nothing never mind...!"

"THEN DON'T TALK TO ME! I'M BUSY OVER HERE YOU FAT IDIOT!"

The sound of Choji collapsing with the stadium couldn't be heard over the loud screams of the audience. Sasuke and Neji had both swapped up their tactic. Sasuke had made some distance and was now throwing shuriken and kunai, while Neji send them flying back. It was like a murderous game of tennis.

"Doesn't he get that this isn't going to work?" Neji thought, but noticed something off about the newly incoming barrage. "Paperbombs!" He yelled out. He jumped up, barely dodging the explosions that happened below him.

"Lightning Style: Lighting Beast Running!"

A wolf made out of lightning shot out of Sasuke's hand, running towards Neji, who was still in the air. When it made contact, it exploded. Sasuke expected to see Neji fly away, but was suprised to see him spin around, unharmed.

Sasuke, who hadn't expected Neji to come out unharmed, flinched. It was then that Neji launched his counterattack. It was back to blocking and attempting to strike a punch. This time, however, Sasuke seemed to move slower.

"Seems like those strikes of mine are taking effect!" Neji exclaimed. "There's no way you can win now, give up!"

Sasuke, however, had different plans, and attempted a blow at Neji's face, which was easily caught. Neji then struck him in the chest, sending Sasuke flying. He then took a stance Sasuke hadn't seen before. "8 trigrams 64 palms!"

Hiashi Hyuuga was astounded. Not only did this boy from a branch clan learn how to use 2 techniques unique to the main household, but he had proven to be one of the best warriors the Hyuuga had produced in centuries.

"Daddy, how come big bro can use your techniques? Did you teach them?" Hanabi asked her father, but once she saw the look on her father's face, she returned to her own thoughts. Her father made a face that he only wore when something was bothering him. And he was not fun to be around when something bothered him.

Neji launched at Sasuke, extending his arm. "1 Palm!" Sasuke felt Neji make contact. "2 Palms!" A plan formed in his head, but hard to execute during this barrage. "4 Palms!" It was now or never!"

"8 Palm...!" Neji tried, but was suddenly pushed away by a large wave of fire chakra. He could feel his skin slowly heat up and burn. It was almost as if the fire was... Moving. In the centre of the large wave of fire, Sasuke was spinning around, releasing fire from all sided of his body.

"That technique... It can't be!" Neji stuttered, feeling weak from the fatigue and damage he had received in the fight.

"Yes, it's the technique you used to block my lighting beast running. Normal eye's wouldn't have seen it because of the flash of lightning, but the sharingan could!" Sasuke replied. Neji was astounded. To think that such a high-level technique could be copied so easily. And to instantly add fire chakra to it was completely impossible!

"You couldn't possibly copy that move perfectly without training, not even with the Sharingan!" Neji said. "True. But I didn't have to. I just released fire chakra from all over my body while spinning. I couldn't maintain the control to form a sphere, but the wave was also quite effective in this case" Sasuke replied.

"This fight isn't over yet!" Neji said.

"Actually... It is!" Sasuke panted.

Neji looked around him, and noticed he landed in the middle of a stack of paperbombs. He jumped, but this time the fatigue got to him and he didn't jump high enough, his leg getting caught in the blast. Neji yelled out in pain.

"Fire Style: Fireball Jutsu!

A large fireball surrounded Neji, adding to the pain he felt seconds ago. When the fire cleared up, a smoking Neji fell to the ground, unconscious.

"Neji Hyuuga can't go on. Sasuke Uchiha wins!"

This time, Sasuke welcomed the cheers of the onlookers. At least those of his sensei and his team... Minus Naruto of course! He then felt the world spin and turn black, only to be caught unconscious by Obito. "Good job shrimp! You've outdone yourself!"

And done! I tried to do more fights in one chapter, but this one just took so long! Four pages of Sasuke VS Neji goodness! If you enjoyed it, please R&R! (shameless attention whoring). Anyways, it's half past midnight. I'mma upload this chappie and go straight to bed. It's gonna be a hard day of work tomorrow!