(A.R.) Hi Hiya everyone! Sry if this chappy took so long. I was VERY busy and under stress… T . T Ne waz, Answer for the enlightening reviews!
A Reviewer: Once again, thank you for criticisms. I know I won't be able to write like Mr. Tokehgecko, but I'm still trying. (He's an example for the fanfiction authors… Writes good, lots, and updates quick…)
S-Wanderer999: The Hyuga thing… The Byakugan is what makes them so dangerous. It's more than just pushing your chakra into your opponent… You gotta aim where you want to if you want to achieve deadliness… Also, the anime/manga says jounin level shinobi can emit chakra from their finger tips… While Hyugas emit from all over their body, etc… So only certain individuals could achieve it. Naruto being unintelligent… What I meant was that he is dense in relationships area… He's gonna be a genius in jutsus, and all the other crap… He's not gonna be so smart in noticing people… Oh, and one more thing… It's good that you make predictions, but please do NOT post them. Keep them to yourself, and don't ruin it for other people. The author gets angry. ( )
And everyone else who reviewed, THOUSAND THANKS AND OVER! I love you all
Now, on with da story!
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Endless Rage – Found
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'Wow…' Naruto thought for umpteenth times as he watched the pale girl fight. She was fighting with an unexplainable grace, and deadliness. It was like… Watching a dance… Her movements were flowing, and it was a beautiful sight indeed. Her short, blue hair would flow beautifully with her graceful movement, and her eyes shone with determination she possessed.
'She's… so cool…' The blond haired genin's mind has produced such comment, but was not bothered by it… It was as normal as eating his ramen. It just came naturally…
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Currently, Neji was having a hard time (though he would never admit it), against the Hyuga heiress. She proved to be a quite a challenge for him, since he has never fought another Hyuga before. Currently she was focusing on immobilizing him it seems… Rumors have proven false. She was not quite weak as Hyuga main house states as… Having mastered Kaiten is a proof of her strength. Not many mastered the secret art of the Hyuga main house, for he only knew few people (that being himself, his father, and Hizashi) who could perform the Heavenly Spin.
'This makes it all the more interesting… Unfortunately, it will take more than this to defeat me!' Neji thought confidently as he dodged Hinata's palm aimed for his shoulder. The blows he's been dodging were semi-fatal, since she can just tap him to paralyze him. Neji himself could easily paralyze her as well, but it was kind of hard with his primary left arm unusable. Currently, both had not done any visible damage, but the effect of the deadly Jyuken would show as the fight went on sooner of later.
'She mocks me… The main house… I will make an example of her…' Neji's usual hatred for the main house has returned from current flow of events (which surprised him a whole lot and forgot about it), he decided he would finish this off.
'Wait… Jyuken utilizes the chakra pathways to damage internal organs, and to control the flow of your enemies' chakra. Then, this numbness of my left arm can be prevented if I press here and there…'
Neji grinned maliciously. He wasn't called the Hyuga Genius for nothing.
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"Shikamaru, do you know who is winning? I can't really tell… It seems to me Hinata is doing just fine… I thought you said that Neji was dangerous…?" Ino asked as she observed the weird battle where the Hyugas just seem to be trying to slap and poke each other to death.
"Why are they fighting like that anyways? I don't think you can KILL people by poking each other forever..." Ino abruptly stopped her questions, as she noticed what her teammate was doing. Now, she was ticked… 'Shikamaru… How dare you! Dozing off to sleep, instead of paying attention to me!' Of course, he would have to pay for this. Shikamaru, who was dozed off again to his cloud – heaven, somehow noticed the blond girl's displeasure, and forced himself to squeeze an eye open.
"…Huh?" From somebody with high intellectual capabilities like Shikamaru, that was probably not the best answer he should have provided at the moment. The reason is that such reaction would cause Ino's radioactive attitude to raise a notch, which will result 93.8 chance of inflicting great pain to Shikamaru.
"…" Ino's fist trembled WAY too close to his groggy face, and in seconds, it would be shoved in his face.
'Oh shit…' Fortunate for Shikamaru, the danger has set his genius mind to work overtime and create an escape route from his fate. 'I don't like this, but… This calls for extreme measures…'
"Shi… Ka… Ma… RU!!" Ino's voice was laced with killing intent, but she could not see what the pony tailed genin was doing, since she closed her eye in feeble attempt to restrain herself from inflicting serious injuries. 'She probably would have screamed already if she had her eyes open…' Shikamaru thought as he performed simple seals, and softly muttered 'henge'.
"YOU WILL PAY FOR THIS DEARLY SHIKAaaaAA…? Huh? Sasuke-kun?" Ino opened her eyes to find her one and only idol, Uchiha Sasuke leaning against the wall, looking calm and stoic as always.
"SASUKE-KUN!" Ino immediately tried to grope him, but so-called 'Sasuke' immediately ducked, and then canceled the transformation with a puff.
"Gee, you girls really throw yourself at him, don't you…" Shikamaru stated somewhat bitterly, and then went back to his beloved sleep. What happened to Ino? Her launched face had a little face-to-face meeting with the wall Shikamaru was leaning against with full force, and had passed out from impact.
'Always be aware of your surroundings…' That was the last thought of Shikamaru's ingenious mind before it fell into blissful darkness where clouds roamed free.
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'I must stay alert… Neji-nii-san is not a one to go easy on me.'
Indeed, Hinata had thought correctly, as Neji suddenly rushed towards her in what seemed to be blinding rage, Hinata did her best to lessen the grazing touch of chakra, and tried to hit Neji in the process. Unfortunately, Neji seems to have predicted her, and gained distance as he jumped back to safety.
He then grinned like a cat that has eaten the fat canary.
"Hinata-sama… Do you still think that you will win the match? It's not too late to give up… for I have found ways to counter my body's reaction towards Tenketsus." Neji then turned his all-seeing gaze toward his limp left arm, and pressed many points here and there with blinding speed with his right arm. After he has done so, his limp arm started to twitch, and the twitch grew every second to spasms, until it finally stopped. Neji gripped his left wrist and held it while clenching and unclenching his left hand as if to test it. Grinning satisfied, he turned his gaze back to his opponent.
"I thank you Hinata-sama, for letting me have time to recover the use of my left arm." Neji bowed mockingly.
Hinata stared on at her cousin's arm, amazed, which was now moving quite normally.
"Let's finish this, shall we?"
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'Ingenious… He has fully recovered his left arm by utilizing his flow of chakra correctly… Undoing Hyuga's Jyuken damage… He is indeed the Hyuga Genius.' Kakashi thought as he observed the fight, which seemed to be favoring Neji now. Neji attacked quick and gracefully at Hinata with speed that was hard to follow with untrained eyes, unlike Kakashi's. The fact that Neji uncovered a way to regain strength from Jyuken damage in itself was astounding, while the fact that he figured it during a midst of a battle shined even brighter.
'A true genius.'
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Hinata gritted her teeth, while she felt the damages from her cousin's barrage of attacks. They seemed to rain down upon her with unforgiving strength and power, while she could do no more than defend herself pathetically. Her cousin was indeed superior in strength, and the fact that he was enraged made it even worse. Though Hinata was already going beyond her limits, Neji was slowly rendering her defenses useless despite her effort.
'Is this my extent…?'
Neji pounded her stomach.
'Am I doomed to fail?'
Hinata flew high in the air.
'Am I forever to be humiliated?'
With a bone-shattering impact, Hinata landed on the floor on her back.
'Will I… die?
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Neji stood triumphant, while looking down at the injured form of Hinata. She was lying across the cold floors, wearing a pained expression.
'She got what she deserved. I have warned her, and she did not listen… Destiny has already chosen the winner. She will not get up.'
Though Neji thought it was not possible, Hinata slowly stood when Hayate was about to announce Neji the winner.
"cough, cough… Neji-ni-san… I will not go down… Not… yet… I must… prove myself… to someone who I deeply admire… I, I must not fail yet…" Hinata spoke softly between pained gasps and coughs. "Ni-san… cough, though you may not think so… I know your struggles…"
'H, how dare she talk like she knows me… How dare she!!'
Unaware or aware of thoughts going through the young Hyuga Genius, Hinata continued. "I have… suffered long, too… My father does not acknowledge me as his daughter anymore… I am a mere weakling to his eyes… but Neji-ni-san… I have found something I believe in… I cannot lose… Not in front of him…" Hinata once again took stance, but this time, with new burning determination in her eyes. "I will defeat you, ni-san…"
"Hinata-sama… Do you really think you can change? Is that what you believe in? A person is born with a destiny… A loser will always be a loser. The main house-"
"The person… who's lost and suffering in the branch house… it's you… isn't it, ni-san? My Byakugan… I can see… that I am not the only one…"
'S, She…!!!' Neji did not answer, as his eyes widened in pure hate. His fists clenched and trembled, as he tried desperately to control his rage, but soon proved futile. He charged blindly in rage, clearly intending to kill her. "Neji-kun! This match is over!" Hinata heard the judge call out in panic, but she ignored his warning and also charged at her cousin at an almost equal speed. Although, her gaze was one of acceptance and fondness, in contrast of Neji's burning, consuming rage.
'Naruto-kun… have I… changed myself… even just a little bit?'
Both combatants collided, though it was hard to see what had exchanged between the two. Nonetheless, it was Hinata who was knocked into the air once again, and she plummeted to the ground.
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'I will kill her for even presuming that she knows me!' Neji thought, as he gazed up at his object of hatred. Hinata-sama was still in the air, conscious or unconscious, though most likely the latter. He saw her reach the maximum height of his blow, and falling to the ground in almost slow motion. 'This is my chance!'
Neji gathered chakra to his feet easily, and then jumped towards the falling Hinata. Even though blinded by rage, he had unconsciously measured the height and the angle he would need to gain in order to finish her off completely. Neji grinned in darkly, imagining his victory. Dark, evil look resided on Neji's usually calm, pale face as he prepared for the kill.
"Goodbye, Hinata-sama."
Thrusting his left palm filled with deadly chakra towards her open, unguarded chest, Neji aimed for Hinata's (or anybody else's, for that matter) most vulnerable organ: her heart.
'This is it…!' So engrossed in his satisfaction, Neji barely detected an orange blur charging between him and his target, let alone react to it. 'I, impossible!'
Neji's palm had struck down an air-born Naruto.
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Neji stared on, shocked at the result. Naruto was falling, right along side with an unconscious Hyuga heiress to the unforgiving ground. 'What the… Fool! To risk his life for another… For a loser like her…' Neji landed lightly on the ground, while both Naruto and Hinata had hit the ground hard. 'Damn… That was my chance! I'll make you pay for interrupting my affairs, dead-last…'
Neji then noticed all the other jounins who had gathered around him, each in positions where they could stop his movement at anytime. Each jounins were either ready to perform hand seals, or had kunai aimed at his vital organs.
"Neji-kun, please stop this immediately." Hayate spoke in his sickly manner, his right hand pointing towards his forehead, and left hand ready to form seals.
"Che, so Main House's Heiress gets special treatments too, huh. Pathetic spoiled brat."
"Take… that… back… you freak…" Naruto coughed out the words, as blood streamed down his mouth. He stood up shakily, clutching his chest in extreme pain. "Heheh… is this how you treat your family? Ignorant bastard… cough" More blood coughed out of his mouth as he spoke.
"Well, well. If it isn't the Academy's Number One dead-last. I suggest you keep out of things you simply cannot comprehend… You'll live a lot longer that way." Neji replied with unconcealed mockery, and with a hint of disgust. "Though, you may not live much longer anyway."
"cough… Heh… I don't die easily… and you better not underestimate me either, Hyuga punk…" Naruto replied with equal, if not exceeding amount of disgust in his tone. 'Some people… they just don't understand how lucky they are to have a family…'
"Whatever. Talk all you want." Neji abruptly turned around, and calmly walked towards the stairs. Naruto gritted his teeth in absolute hatred, as he glared at the back of the retreating Hyuga genius. 'I'll make you pay… Arrogant people like you… Just you wait… Uzumaki Naruto NEVER goes back on his words…' With the deadly oath made, he turned around to gaze upon the unmoving form of Hinata, who was oblivious to the world.
"Winner, Hyuga Neji." Hayate stated as he retracted his hand seals pointed at Neji, while the other jounins followed the same and jumped back up to the railings.
This time around, medic nins have already arrived, examining the pupil-less girl's condition. They opened her thick jacket, and checked for her pulse on her neck and chakra level on her chest. One of them exclaimed, "Hurry! She's in critical condition!" Then they hurriedly lifted the girl on the stretcher, and ran past Naruto's questioning gaze.
'Hinata… she is… similar to… me…?' Naruto also then turned towards the stairs, and walked back up to the railings.
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"Cough Let us start the last match… Participants Gaara and Rock Lee please come down to the arena. Cough" Hayate said as he read off the electronic board, since nobody was really paying attention except the mentioned Gaara. He was already standing in the middle of the arena, while specs of sand flailed around him like a miniature typhoon.
"YOOOSH! IT'S MY TURN!" Rock Lee yelled happily as he jumped off the rail in excitement.
The preliminary was drawing to a close.
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(A.R.) YAAAY! THE CHAPPY IS FINISHED! This was soooo hard to write, because I did not really paid attention to Hinata and Neji fight… (I actually skipped half of it…) I hope it makes sense…
Anywaz,
Ja ne!
