(A.R :) Hihi! I did post it earlier than last time! School SUCKS! HAHAH!

Thank you reviewers! You're encouragements really brightens my day… sob

Answer time

Someone: Naruto is going to have a single bloodline limit… It will be revealed as the story goes on. (Nothing too fancy… Its just that I thought son of Yondaime should have a bloodline limit...)

Suckers: Eh he he… You noticed, ne? Well, it all goes with the plot… I know they are not that cold but I made them that way anywayz…

A Reviewer: Thank you for elaborate criticisms! I really appreciate them. It shows me what I need to improve on.

Rendal29: Hell yea! SasuNaru feel wrong! (No offence to yaoi fans…)

Ookima: Naruto's little attitude will be answered as story goes along also.

Oh, and Hinata will be a bit different (though not by much)… I felt that anime Hinata went a little overboard about her confidence…

Now on to the story!!

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Endless Rage – Struggle

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'Oh no…' Kurenai was worried for her shy student. Although Hinata was not someone to be underestimated since she was a Hyuga, her lack of confidence greatly lowered her performance in combat. Kurenai knew that the only reason why Hinata even bothered to join the Chuunin exam was to change herself. Neji was a fearsome opponent, according to Asuma. From what he said, Neji has never lost a battle before, and had mastered the Jyuken style.

'What will you do, Hinata?'

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Hinata was having a massive panic attack. She knew Neji-ni-san's hatred towards her, and he would kill her without even blinking an eye. Hinata would have probably given up already if Naruto wasn't here. He was right next to her, for heaven's sake! What would he think if she gave up now? She could not give up now… She will fight, and show Naruto what she was made of! All the years of watching him in silence… She had witnessed his determination, his hard work, and his hidden strength when everyone thought he was a failure. This was the very core of her admiration towards the blond haired genin. She would be damned if she didn't learn anything from that. She would prove her worthy! Prove worthy enough to be noticed by HIM…

She has made her decision.

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The mentioned person was in deep thought. He has already noticed something fishy between them… He could just tell by the glare Neji threw at the pail girl next to him. For some unexplainable reason, this made him angry. Lots things made him angry these days, it seemed. Although none of them matched up to this height of angriness. It was closely bordering to hatred. He did not know why this infuriated him so, but he managed to shrug it off and turned his attention to the silent girl next to him.

"… Hinata?" Naruto asked her concernedly, shielding his inner turmoil. Hinata looked up back at him with something close to determination in her eyes...

"I'll be going now… Naruto-kun…" With that said, the girl jumped from the railing and landed safely on the arena at the bottom, as Neji did the same while maintaining the glare full of hate and malice. (A.N: Don't ask me how…)

Judge now stood between the competitors, and announced with a flick of his hand, "Let the match begin."

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"Kakashi sensei, do you know anything about them? Their eyes are… Freakish!" Sakura exclaimed as she observed the combatants. She also noticed Lee approaching her within her peripheral vision. 'E…Eye lashes…' Inner Sakura mentally screamed her head off ranting about how such monstrosity could exist in her perfect little world where Sasuke-kun was. (A.N.: Sorry Lee, I did not mean to make fun of you… I like you a lot!)

"Sakura, you MUST have heard of the Hyuga clan, correct?" Kakashi replied with little more than sarcasm. "After all, they ARE the BIGGEST and most POWERFUL clan of Konoha. If you've never have heard of them, then you can't be called a ninja of Konoha. If I hadn't known better, I would have called you a spy. Isn't that right, Lee-kun?" Kakashi pressed his luck, knowing it would piss her off more than anything. Sakura's pride was that she was the smartest genin of Konoha (book-wise), which means he's insulting her intelligence well as her very pride. Far as he can tell, Sakura doesn't take jokes about her intellectual capability lightly.

"…Kakashi SENSEI…" Sakura let out incredible amount of killing intent in her glare while including much venom as she could muster in her voice.

'She's so predictable…' Kakashi thought bored. 'Now she's going to say-'

"Sakura's sensei, do not be mean to her. After all, I promised to protect her with my life!" Lee posed a ridiculous position that resembled Gai's pose in more than its appearance. Lee continued, "Including malicious verbal attempt to damage her fragile heart!" He was obviously ignorant to the previous show of anger by Sakura.

Sakura forgot what she was about to say and sweatdropped. 'What a freak!' Inner Sakura and Outer Sakura chorused in unison.

Kakashi shook his head at the ridiculousness of his 'eternal rival' (as Gai claims it so)'s pupil. With a resigning sigh, Kakashi grumbled a thought 'Youth these days… No respect at all…'

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Both Hyugas stood in silence, until Neji spoke with noticeable malice. "I advice you to give up now Hinata-sama, and turn back while you can. I already knew the fate which has given to you the very second our match was announced." Neji performed the seals that unlocked the Byakugan, and grotesque veins appeared around his almost colorless eyes. "My Byakugan is telling me you will lose to me, though I do not even need it to tell me what's going to happen to you."

Hinata stayed silent.

Although Neji didn't show it outward, but it bothered him that known-for-extreme-lack-of-confidence-Hinata-sama was not giving any visible response. His Byakugan has not sensed anything either. Neji chose to press the matter. "I know your reason behind entering this exam. I have said this many times before, and I will repeat myself; people cannot change no matter what. Everyone has a fate given at their birth. Yours, Hinata-sama, is to lose."

Hinata still stayed silent.

Now it irked him. She did not really seem like her usual self… … Bah, why should he care! He already knew the outcome of this fight… It won't matter… Once again, Neji chose to press on. "This is my last warning. Hinata-sama. Give up, and save yourself an embarrass-"

"SHUT UP!" Neji was cut off by an angry Naruto screaming his head off. "Who do you think you are, putting people down like that! You think you're better than everyone!?! Hinata, show him who's boss!" Naruto shouted with an angry shake of his fist.

Hinata looked up.

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'How dare he…' Naruto thought as he finished his statement. This kind of attitude was exactly what he's been receiving ever since he was little, and still receiving. Everyone expected him to fail, and adults looked down upon him with murderous cold eyes.

Flashback

"Naruto, I want you to perform you're henge no jutsu of Hokage-sama. Now." Iruka said patiently.

Naruto 'hmp'ed, then yelled, "Henge!!" resulting in a something that looked like a wrinkled and shrunken potato with hokage's face imprinted on where it appears to be the face.

Of course, class erupted into a volley of laughter, mocking and pointing at Naruto.

"AHAHAHAHA – WHAT A DUNCE – HAHAHA – STUPID – HAHAHAHA-"

Naruto just stood there, swallowing his tears, just as he told himself that he will never cry again countless times.

He was not a failure, and he'll make everyone see that.

Uzumaki Naruto never goes back on his word.

Flashback Ends

Every time he'd fail, and then there was no one to pick him up. After all that, this little fricken' albino comes along, talking crap about fate and all. Well, Neji could shove his crap back up his ass. Nobody deserves attitude like that, and least of all, Hinata. From what he'd seen, she was very similar to him. She might be little weird, but she was so far, who had been nice to him among his peers. He would not have anyone else treated in a way like they treated him.

"HINATA! DON'T JUST STAND THERE! TALK BACK TO HIM! IT'S MAKING THE AUDIENCE ANGRY!" Naruto bellowed once again, and encouraged on the silent Hinata.

Unbeknownst to Naruto, his little outbursts of encouragements were all that she needed.

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'Naruto-kun is cheering for me… He is watching me… I will not fail.' Hinata thought as she performed seals required for Byakugan, just as Neji did.

"Neji-ni-san, I will not be running away." With that, Hinata got in her Hyuga stance. Neji, looking indifferent, said "A decision you will soon regret, Hinata-sama." He mirrored her stance, and both Hyugas glared down each other.

"Let us begin." Hinata said as veins around her eyes twitched.

Hinata and Neji started circling around each other, looking for any openings. It was Neji who made the first move by charging while thrusting his left palm forward, which was packed with chakra. Hinata dodged to the right with speed she should not have possessed, then with her index and middle fingers, pressed few points on Neji's left arm. In response, Neji growled and began the counter by twirling his upper body with his right palm barely grazing Hinata's stomach. Both jumped apart to gain some distance from each other.

'Grr… Who'd knew she would react that fast… My ignorance has caused this… Now my left arm is almost unusable… It's gonna hurt in a bit too… I must take counter measures…' Neji thought grimly as he grabbed his left arm which has been pressed with Tenketsu points. 'Damn… I did not want to use this, but Hinata-sama is proving more difficult than rumors suggested…'

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"Whoa… What did she do?" Naruto watched with amazement and curiosity at the strange sight below him. 'She just pressed a few points on his arm… and now he's acting like it's broken or something… Wow… Is that really Hinata?'

"That is Hyuga's Jyuken Ryu. It is quite formidable. Few hits may prove to be fatal." Kurenai explained Naruto's unspoken question. Although she did not show it, but Kurenai was also pleasantly surprised. 'This… Naruto boy… Does he mean this much to you Hinata?'

"Um… Jyuken-what??" Naruto asked dumbly again, not quite catching what the young jounin said, earning a tired sigh.

"Hinata uses chinese-style called Jyuken." Making sure Naruto understood her this time, she continued. "There are 2 types of taijutsu; Tekken, the Iron Fist style, and Jyuken, the Gentle Fist style. Tekken is physical-damage centered style, such as breaking bones and flesh." Kurenai triple checked Naruto's attention again. "… While Jyuken goes for chakra inner coil system, which is the path way for chakra." Naruto stared incredulous. "Wha? Inner-whats it called?" Kurenai had a large vein on her forehead, and Naruto got the answer. "Um… Hehe… Just kidding… Um… Can they even see the inner thingy?" Naruto asked as he tried to look innocent as possible. Kurenai gave up, and continued. "Hyugas have something special called the 'Byakugan', which allows them to see someone's chakra inner coil system. This is what makes the Hyuga so powerful. They insert their own chakra into their opponent's coil. By doing so, the inner coil system is damaged, as so is the surrounding organ. Even if it just nicks you, it's going to hurt. A lot."

Naruto just stared. After a moment of silence, He asked, "… So there is no way to beat it? How do you train your organs?"

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"…You can't." Lee stated plainly as Sakura stared at the fighters below them. "You can train you're muscles and bones, but not you're organs such as heart, lung, and various other organs. That is why Jyuken is so fearsome." Lee finished with a grim look on his face.

"Then, you can't beat them?" Sakura asked while still being amazed by the seemingly freakish pair down in the arena. 'I wish I had powers like that…' Sakura thought grudgingly.

"It would be hard, but I do NOT believe they are invincible." Still grim, Lee told solemnly half to himself. 'I will never believe that… Someday, I will defeat you Neji…'

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Neji and Hinata were still facing off. None of them made a move… yet. Neji seemed to be calculating and Hinata was… well… You just couldn't tell.

Once again, Neji made the first move. Neji threw a kunai aimed for Hinata's eye, and she deflected it with a kunai of her own. Unfortunately, this was exactly what Neji has been waiting for.

"You are within my field of Hakke." Neji hissed as he moved his usable arm behind him, as his left arm laid limp. Hinata's eye slightly widened as she recognized the stance. Neji wasted no time.

"Jyuken Ryu! Sixty-Four Hands of Hakke!" Neji yelled as he performed the devastating attack, but with his left hand unusable, he had to move his right hand twice as fast. 'Damn… I can't keep this up… This is a pain in the neck doing it with only 1 hand… … What?' Surprisingly, his fingers were blocked by small wall of chakra, and then Neji's eyes widened a great deal as he realized what had just happened. 'C…Could it be…? I don't understand… How could she use it?'

Hinata whirled.

Needless to say, he was blown back quite roughly away from her, and crashed into the wall.

"Neji-ni-san… Please do not underestimate me…" Hinata stated looking quite proud. "After all, I am the heiress of the Hyuga main house…" Hinata looked up at Naruto while her Byakugan is still active. 'Naruto-kun… Am I worthy?'

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(A.R.) Ehem, Now, I know you're all gonna fuss about Hinata being OOC… I meant it that way! She seemed so weak in the series… so I changed her a little bit.

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