Chapter 7: We're a Happy Family

Everything started to make sense as Hinata watched the convulsing hunk of meat she knew was the Mirror Naruto whine and hiss, dying… Hinata was fit to fight now… she knew exactly what she had to do now… she had to fight against these things… she had to resist… she had to destroy these problems… she had to fight.

Suddenly, she realized she wasn't in that little white room anymore… she was in a field, a green, grass field, pretty, a dense fog hanging over the air… it was quiet… too quiet… However, it's hard to understand why is it that even an uncomfortable silence should be broken by a piercing shriek of horror and fury.

Hinata turned around and gazed at what was now standing before her: Mirror Narutos, Mirror Sakuras, Mirror Sasukes, Mirror Nejis… thousands upon thousands of them, standing there, insane grins plastered on every one of their mauled faces… and at the very tip of the mob was none other than Mirror Hinata, standing tall above all of the others.

"So you're still alive?" she said, staring down at Hinata, who rebelliously nodded her head… "She has always been a bitch to kill" said a voice… and then Hinata saw someone very familiar… someone she knew she knew… Neji, completely normal, emerged from the mob, a frown of frustration on his face.

Hinata now stared at Neji… the one who started all of this. She tried to talk to him, but she was trying to hold in her unparalleled ire and hate and rage… even though no one noticed it, Hinata's face was starting to turn red, she gritted her teeth so hard she could hear them grind together, screeching, screeching… and her fist were so clenched that Hinata's nails dug into the skin.

"Enough is enough" said Neji, apparently exhausted, "no more games" he warned Mirror Hinata, "or else I'll have your scum ass for dessert" and he walked away… but not before Hinata exploded: "YOU'RE BEHIND HER AND ALL OF THIS!" roared Hinata, her voice reverberating off the concrete walls of the ends of the field, shaking every single particle in the area…

"Isn't it obvious, dear cousin?" said Neji, a disgustingly clever smirk on his face, "our family is a noble and powerful one. We don't need you or some other garbage relative corrupting its pure, sacred blood… and that's why I'll slay you here, in your own mind, in honour of our great and powerful fam…"

However, Neji noticed that Hinata wasn't listening to him: she was looking to the ground, shaking… "You… you…" he heard her say… "I don't need to waste my breath; kill her" he ordered Mirror Hinata, and then he walked off behind the mob… "Neji…" said Hinata softly… Neji looked back… "I'M GOING TO KILL YOU!"

However, these were not just some common words of rage… these words made the ground shake… they blew away the mob in the room in a blazing shockwave… they stirred the soul and burned the blood… they sparked the fire and erased the demons… they were coming from Hinata… they were final… they weren't joking.

Suddenly, in a burst of rage, Hinata leaped high in the air, foot diving straight into the crowd… and straight unto Neji… Neji, however, was able to stop Hinata, catching her foot in both of his hands and throwing Hinata away. The impact was so tough that it shook the earth… and secretly shattered the good half of Neji's leg.

Hinata landed gracefully on ground cleared away by the mindless Mirror mob… "You little BITCH!" barked Neji, flinging a flying kunai at Hinata, who simply caught it and grasped it in her hand, "You're mine, Hyūga Neji" said Hinata, "it's about time we had a rematch from our last fight, dear cousin"

Neji stared at Hinata, his face emotionless while in reality he was dumbfounded… since when did Hinata become so… confident? "An excellent idea, dear Hinata" said Neji, brandishing a double-ended kunai, "LET'S GO!"

And in the blink of an eye, the cousins had begun the fight; Hinata was the first to start, throwing the flying kunai at Neji while she leaped up through the air at him, ready to kick him… however, Neji countered moves, swatting away the single kunai and kicking Hinata to the side. Hinata once again braced for impact on the ground, setting down gracefully… however, she skidded a bit… and she then faced the fury of the mob: they pushed Hinata back to the centre of a small circle they had clustered around…

However, they didn't just push: Hinata felt something graze against her back, which she suspected to be a knife or a kunai… but she didn't care… she just wanted to kill Neji… and with a few quick mutterings… she unleashed her first fatal blow in the fight: she struck Neji straight in the chest… but she had barely touched him and Neji fell back in pain… her eyes had contorted… her face had grown grotesque… Hinata had brought up the family Gentle Fist jutsu.

"Smart move" said Neji, muttering something and activating the technique as well, "you've grown faster, stronger… interesting" and he launched himself at Hinata, who was ready now: Neji tried to strike her in the same way she had: straight in the chest. However, Hinata dodged this, and she hooked Neji in the face, making him dizzy and making him step back.

Neji this time faked a straight punch at Hinata, and then swung the fist in order to give her a round house kick… Hinata ducked under this, stepped up a bit and head butted Neji straight in the teeth. Hinata felt something fall out of Neji's mouth as he stepped back, shaking his head. He growled for a moment, and then he prepared to strike again. This time, he tried to jab Hinata, punch and then give a push kick at Hinata………………

Hinata dodged the jab, swatted away the punch and then jumped over the push kick… she kicked Neji in the kisser and then delivered a deadly blow: she touched Neji's forehead… and even she felt it: a sickening, earth-shaking shockwave that sent a shiver up the spine of everyone present… Neji fell to ground, screaming in agony… just like he had done to Hinata…

"HEY YOU, WHAT DO YOU SEE?

SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL, SOMETHING FREE?

HEY, YOU ARE YOU TRYING TO BE MEAN!

WHEN YOU LIVE WITH APES MAN, IT'S HARD TO BE CLEAN!"