Sorry to keep you folks waiting! I had a nasty case of writer's block for this fic and decided to work on another until something hit me. I hope you are all ready for the long awaited Naruto VS Neji showdown!

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As the announcement went off, Neji immediately activated his Byakugan and took on the Gentle Fist style. "Prepare yourself Uzumaki. Fate has decreed that I will win this fight." Neji said as Naruto gave him a bored look as he reached for something in his back pocket. Neji began to charge in before Naruto could pull it out…only to face fault because Naruto pulled out a book and started reading it. It was titled "How to be a gentleman" by Tsunade Senju much to Neji's annoyance as he got up. "Are you going to attack me or something? Because I don't have all day you know." Naruto said while his eyes were on the book and he wasn't paying attention to Neji at all while secretly casting Libra on him. This of course provoked Neji immediately because he thought that Naruto didn't think of him as a threat and started his attack.

Naruto dodged most of the strikes while using his left arm to block his strikes while still reading his book before he noticed something. "Interesting, so that's why Sakura always punched me before. Too bad I already gave up on my crush for her." Naruto muttered as Neji became annoyed. Here he is trying to teach this failure a lesson, and he can't land a blow on him while he's reading a book! "You know after I'm done reading this I'm going to make you pay for what you did to Hinata you know that right?" Naruto asked as he jumped on Neji's head and then leapt up onto the wall, clinging there with chakra. Neji scoffed and decided to make an insult about her. "She is a failure just like you are; fate had decreed that she would fail the battle against me from the very beginning." Neji said as Naruto just finished his book and put it away. "That's just an excuse to beat her up because you lost your father years ago when his body was sent to Kumo's instead of Hiashi's. Pathetic really, and those Caged Bird seals are not well maintained. In fact they could have just kidnapped you instead of Hinata years ago and the plan would have worked." Naruto said as Neji was seeing red. Naruto inwardly smirked "Awww did I hit a nerve Neji-chan? It's really easy to explain the flaws of your seal. The seal only works when you are dead but there is an alternative for Kumo to kidnap you to acquire the Byakugan and discover its secrets. They could have surgery removed them from your head while you were alive, had you breed them and take the children for studying the secrets, and even study the seal to find a way to break it. If you ask me, you and Kumo aren't the brightest bunch up there." Naruto said knowing that mentioning Kumo and comparing them to Neji would get his blood boiled and like any ordinary opponent who gets angry, they always make mistakes like Neji is right now.

Lightning had just found a place to park the ship, the only place to park was on top of the Hokage Monument and she had just activated the camouflage system so it won't be discovered as she faded away into particles of light as she was headed towards Naruto.

Naruto was enjoying himself, right now he has Neji pinned to the ground with his foot pressing his head into the dirt while holding his arms back. "Now who's a failure this time? Because from where I'm standing, you're in the dirt while I'm on top." Naruto said as he felt Lightning enter his mind again. "So what did I miss?" Lightning asked as Naruto showed her what he did to Neji as said person got out of that hold and got into a stance. "You are now within my range of divinitation! Eight Trigrams: 64 Palms!" Neji shouted out as he began closing off Naruto's chakra points and noticed Naruto wasn't showing any pain, instead he had a bored look as suddenly fire leapt from his hands directly at Neji who ducked at the last minute. "Impossible! I closed off all of your chakra points so how?" Neji shouted enraged as Naruto looked at him with a serious face. "You didn't think I had a backup plan when dealing with a Hyuga did ya?" Naruto said as he drew out Blazefire into sword mode and got into a stance. That was then Neji noticed his aura had turned red. "My turn." Naruto said as he charged.

Hizuren and Jiraiya were watching Naruto with interest; besides the clothing that new weapon seems to be more advanced than their technology today. "What in the world happened to Naruto, last time I recalled him he was a mischievous prankster who was able to surprise people and doing the impossible. Now I see the Fourth Hokage reborn." Hizuren said as Jiraiya nodded. "That's right, I recalled Minato facing a Hyuga once and he was able to discover the Hyuga's greatest weakness. Too bad he couldn't help undo the Caged Bird seal though." Jiraiya said as the Kazekage listened to them with interest. "Really? What connections does Naruto Uzumaki have with the Fourth Hokage exactly?" the Kazekage asked in a curious tone which Jiraiya looked at him. "He's got the similar style when it comes to facing a Hyuga like Minato did by taunting them into extreme anger so they can make mistakes and come up with ingenious battle plans while still fighting his opponents. Plus he can see a technique once and find out its weakness immediately." Jiraiya said as they turned their attention to the fight.

"You really need to brighten up chuckles." Naruto said as he dodged another sloppy attack from Neji and punched him in the face knocking Neji back a few steps. Naruto kept on taunting him "Come on kid, X marks the spot!" Naruto said while pointing to his black shirt revealing a red X on it which made Neji yell in anger as Naruto launched a barrage of Ruin spells at him effectively surprising him. "Surprised, this ability is mine alone since I…acquired them. Now it's time for a Tri-Disaster!" Naruto shouted as Neji's Byakugan noticed his red aura turned blue as a red chakra flowed through his coils as two more clones came into existence. Neji quickly dodged the barrage of wind, fire, lighting and water from Naruto and his clones as he used the Rotation to counter them. Naruto smirked and using the Kyuubi's chakra, created an army of clones with their gunblades set in gun mode and all of them were aimed at Neji who looked surprised at the amount of clones there as he wondered what the form of the weapon Naruto wielded can do. His question was answered as a bullet whizzed pass him as it scratched his cheek making it bleed and then he knew instantly he was screwed if he was hit by those things as he was forced to use the Rotation over and over to avoid being killed by the bullets as he failed to notice the original Naruto was missing. When the clones started to reload, Neji took this chance to take them down quickly; as he did so, he noticed the real Naruto was missing as his Byakugan noticed the strange chakra that he used at the top of the stadium as he looked up, Naruto was surrounded by a vile menacing aura as he could have sworn to have seen a demon glaring at him causing him to step back as Naruto drew his blade and charged at fast speeds. "So I hear you like close combat huh?" Naruto asked as Neji drew a kunai. "I have no choice; I quickly need to use the Rotation!" Neji thought as he began to spin and release chakra. As Naruto and Neji's chakra clashed with their blades, Naruto made one final comment before everything was engulfed by a bright light "If this is the destiny of the Hyuga clan then I'll change it…after I become Hokage!" Naruto shouted out as a massive explosion shook the entire stadium.

After the smoke cleared the arena due to the explosion, it revealed Neji and Naruto in a crater with Naruto unconscious as Neji got up and walked towards him even when he was injured. As Neji stood near the crater, Neji smirked and spoke to the unconscious Naruto. "Once a failure, is always a failure. It seems fate has decreed I was the winner this time Naruto Uzumaki." Neji said as he heard something beneath him as a fist punched him in the chin with great force as he was launched back a few feet on his back revealing a healed and clean Naruto as the Naruto in the crater disappeared in a puff of smoke. Neji tried to move but failed as Naruto walked over to him. "You know something, the reason I was considered the dead last in the academy was because of the cloning technique. I always had too much chakra so my clones always died on me, which was until I learned about Shadow cloning. To be honest, cloning was my worst jutsu and yet here I am as the victor of this match. I know you hate the Hyuga main branch for taking your father, but it's not right to take it out on Hinata like that. I control my own fate; create my own path and no one else's. Think, what would your father think if he saw you do what you did to Hinata?" Naruto asked as Neji tried to retort only to ponder at the question. Meanwhile the proctor was listening in on them and was mentally thinking of Naruto's counter attack. "He used a clone as bait and waited for the right moment to get Neji. Naruto knows instinctively that believing in yourself to change your destiny. And on top of that he has on heck of a left uppercut." He mentally thought as Naruto was about to finish up. "You can change your destiny too after all, unlike me you're not a failure." He said as Neji looked up into the sky as a bird flew over them. The proctor smirked at the wisdom from a genin and raised his arm. "The winner of this match is Naruto Uzumaki." He said as the audience cheered for him. The proctor looked at the barely conscious Hyuga and decided to make his own comment as well. "Even a caged that's smart enough, will be able to figure out how to open the door to the cage with its beak. The dream of flying and breaking free; is too great to resist. But this time you lost." He said as Neji weakly nodded his head as the stretchers took him away to the infirmary.

Just as Naruto was about to leave the stadium, a strange light appeared and when Naruto turned around he came face to face with….another Naruto? "Whoa!" the two Naruto's said in sync as they took a step back and noticed this Naruto was different from him in choices of clothing. This Naruto was wearing a black bandana, black gloves, grey boots, a black shirt, and a beige colored trench coat with emblems on it. "Who the heck are you? No, don't answer that." Naruto said to his other who was about to reply. "I'm Naruto Uzumaki, I'm just like you who became a L'Cie. The only difference is that I took Snow's path of course." The other Naruto said making Naruto raise an eyebrow while Lightning looked surprised at that. "If I were to guess, Anima did something for us to meet across space time?" Naruto asked while the other Naruto shrugged his shoulders. "He said something about a duel with myself to awaken a new Role. Though I have no clue what it means but I'm ready to take it on! After all, a hero is ready for anything." The other Naruto said while making a fist. Lightning sighed inside Naruto's mind "He's just as bad as Snow when it comes to proclaiming to being a hero." Lightning thought as Naruto figured it out. "Anima is sending different Narutos who have chosen a different path to combat each other to awaken new Roles for us to use in different timelines. Interesting, maybe after you I might meet Sazh's or Fang's version of us." Naruto said while the other Naruto smiled at the thought. "Yeah, imagine the combined efforts of TWO Naruto's pranking all of Konoha!" the other Naruto said making Naruto grin deviously as everyone there suddenly paled, if one Naruto was bad enough with his insanely hilarious pranks, then what about two of them? This made everyone shudder at the thought. "Were getting off topic here so let's see how strong we are huh?" Naruto asked as he drew Gladius as the other Naruto had Wild Bear on as they got into their Path's battle stances. As the battle began, everything was engulfed by a bright light and the audience noticed that the two Naruto's were exhausted and bruised up (AN: Ahahahahaha! I am evil to make you think I would let you see them fight).

"Not bad man. But at least I get the Sentinel Role." Naruto said while the other Naruto nodded and tried out his new Medic Role. That was then he noticed something on their necks, there were 6 magatama beads; each with a different color. There was a dull red, a dull blue, a dull green, a pale white and a dull yellow colored bead which signifies their roles. "Hm…Maybe if we master the roles these things might shine since they resemble proof of our L'Cie powers. Snow told me that if all 6 were mastered, we are ready to finish our Focus." The other Naruto said as Naruto looked at him confusingly as he noticed another set of magamata bead necklaces on them with 6 different colors on them. Two of them were glowing and the other 4 were dull and Naruto heard Lightning speaking to him. "This necklace is the symbol of encountering the other Narutos who have taken a different path and forged a bond with. Now you can summon them as allies in battle so you don't have to rely on clones…Anima just told me while you were listening to "Snow Jr." there." Lighting said as Naruto sweat dropped at that nickname for the other Naruto. The only ones that were glowing were Lightning's pink one and Snow's icy blue one. That was then "Snow Jr." began glowing and he sighed. "Looks like I'm heading back to my timeline, well that was a blast while it lasted. See ya bro!" the other Naruto said with a salute which Naruto replied with a smile and a salute of his own as he faded away. Everyone was staring at the sight with disbelief as the proctor got out of his shock and made his announcement.

"Next Match: Sasuke Uchiha Vs Garra!" he announced as suddenly a twister of leafs revealed Kakashi and Sasuke back to back. "Um, we're not la-" Kakashi said only to dodge an attack from Naruto himself as he glared at him. "Who are you and what have you done to Kakashi sensei you fraud!" Naruto shouted as Kakashi tried to explain. "But I am Kakashi!" he exclaimed as he blocked Gladius with a kunai that begun to crack. "Nice try, but everyone knows Kakashi is late for everything! You appearing on time for Sasuke's match is suspicious enough to believe you are some sort of spy disguising as him!" he shouted out as a squad of Anbu armed to the bone, Jiraiya and Hizuren down there ready to fight as Kakashi sweat dropped. "Is it really a big deal for me to be on time?" he asked weakly as everyone shouted "YES!" "Dolphin, sense Kakashi's chakra to see if he is the man we all know." Hizuren commanded while Jiraiya began to prepare to summon just in case. The dolphin masked Anbu sensed Kakashi's chakra and confirmed it was him making the Anbu disappear in a blink of an eye as Jiraiya and Hizuren stared at Kakashi who was getting nervous at their stares. "Why did you come here on time exactly Kakashi?" Hizuren asked as Kakashi eye-smiled. "Well I wanted to congratulate Naruto for two things actually." He said getting Naruto's attention. "First, I'm proud of how you've grown as a splendid shinobi for defeating a Hyuga." He said making Naruto smile as suddenly, Kakashi had his hands on Naruto's shoulders and was weeping anime tears. "And the second reason is that I'm proud that you got laid by a hot babe!" Kakashi said comically immediately making Naruto and Lightning do a spit take in shock. "H-how did…" Naruto trailed off as Jiraiya and Hizuren looked at Naruto in pure shock and awe…in fact many of the males plus the Feudal Lords were looking at him with a proud expression as well. "I have a six sense when it comes to my students and you were the one to trigger it at full blast! You truly live up as the most unpredictable ninja of Konoha Naruto!" Kakashi said as he began to blow his nose with Jiraiya and Hizuren following and were muttering how proud they were for him causing Naruto, Sasuke, and Lightning who was watching this in Naruto's mind to sweat drop.

"Is that true Naruto?" Sasuke asked in a confused voice as Naruto dumbly nodded immediately making Sasuke look at him with complete shock and disbelief. "How could a girl sleep with you I will never understand." He said as Naruto chuckled and rub the back of his head sheepishly. "Well it kinda helps when I'm good at massaging her…back." Naruto lied hoping that he bought it. It seemed to have worked as Sasuke shrugged his shoulders and Gaara appeared on the arena floor waiting to fight. Naruto quickly left as Kakashi and Jiraiya went to the Kage booth to talk. "Man things have just gotten troublesome." Naruto muttered as he walked up the stairs to watch the match.

Omake: Naruto and the Gigantuar

On top of the Hokage Monument in another timeline, a Naruto who has taken Sazh's path felt a familiar presence of a Cactuar. "Hmm, it seems our little green pest is back." He said as he looked up to the same spot where he first met the Cactuar. "Come back for another shot at ol' Naruto have ya?" he asked as he immediately did a spit take at the size of it, it was as big as an Adamancheild. "Sweet mercy!" he shouted in shock as the giant cactus jumped down. "I don't believe we've met!" Naruto said as the Gigantuar started running in circles that made Naruto recall the same thing when he met a Cactuar. "I know that trot! It is you, isn't it?" he asked as the members of Team 7 looked at the creature in disbelief as Naruto continued talking to it. "Find yourself some fertilizer did ya? Well size ain't everything!" he said as he jumped at it as it immediately ran off at fast speeds for its size. "Ran off again. Outrun by a cactus. Twice." He said as he began to have anime swirls in his eyes as he was getting dizzy. "Oh no, everything 's spinning." He said as the Gigantuar leapt up immediately causing Naruto to grow a massive tick mark and he started to snap. "You playing with me?" he shouted as it ran to him and jumped happily as the other members of team 7 laughed at the antics of the two. "I'll wipe that smirk off your face!" he said as he drew his guns "Teach you to mess with Naruto!" he shouted as the battle begun.

As Naruto and his team went to get a new mission, Tsunade noticed they were all covered in cactus needles. "Did I miss something?" she asked as Naruto said "Cactus are the most troublesome creatures on the planet."