Hey guys, so this is the 18th chapter. I know I didn't do quite well for some parts of the story, but I'm still learning, so if there are any mistakes, please point them out. I'll try my best to correct those and avoid them in future chapters.

Azaira, well, its just used in the beginning. I mean we all know what really happened, but in the beginning, in the story, none of the characters really knew what happened. I know I messed up with the baby part, its false, I know. I don't have any excuses for that. As for Kirito knowing the requirements, remember, I had Kayaba teach Kirito almost everything he knew, that includes the requirements for a Jinchurikii. I know I messed quite a lot, but I'm still learning. So all I can say is just bear with me.

And just so I make this clear. Hikari's sage mode or whatever I'm calling it, is not decided yet as of this chapter. I'm all open for suggestions.

Anyways, let's start.

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A week later, Kirito had finished moving everything from their apartment to the Namikaze compound, or whatever they called it. The blacksmith thanked the gods for the invention of levitation magic he had learned from one of Kayaba's spell lists.

Asuna, Suguha and Sinon were still in their summons' realms, though they did send a small summon to tell him that they were staying there for most of the month.

As for Hikari, she did come home to sleep, but even then, she was always dead tired when she came back and it was always in the evening, so Kirito did most of the work.

Now, it was 8pm. Kirito, as usual, was cooking dinner, but this time only for two and in the compound instead of their apartment. Hikari sighed, "It feels kinda lonely, with just you and me."

Kirito chuckled as he prepared the broth for the ramen, "Well, at least that gives us time alone. But seriously, I thought you'd stay with Jiraiya for the month."

Hikari seemed offended, "And leave you alone while I spend time with a perverted old man? Hell no. All he'd do is use me as his so-called research."

Kirito chuckled as he prepared the meat, "Well, at least you're getting training from a Sannin."

Hikari nodded before Kirito asked, "By the way, you seen the library yet?"

The girl shook her head, "I've been so busy training, I haven't had the time. Besides, everytime I come back, I'm already tired as hell."

Kirito nodded, "I see. By the way, you looked through the file yet?"

Hikari blinked, "I forgot about it."

The swordsman chuckled as the girl quickly went to get the file in her room. After a minute, the girl came back with a file.

As she placed the file on the table, Kirito commented, "By the way, you dyed the ends of your hair?"

Hikari blinked and looked at the ends of her hair, which were red. The girl nodded, "Yeah, I asked the Kyuubi to change the ends of my hair."

Kirito nodded, "It actually makes you look better."

Hikari smiled, "Thanks, so, lets see what the file's got."

The blonde (for simplicity's sake I'll just continue referring to Hikari as a blonde... which she still is) opened the file and found her birth certificate and a slip about Minato and Kushina's will for Hikari to inherit their wealth, which included money, land, jutsu and so on.

The two's eyes widened in shock as they saw the amount of money and wealth Hikari had inherited. Kirito spoke in awe, "Holy shiet... so many zeroes..."

Hikari nodded, "My parents were rich... we're rich..."

After staring at the money for several seconds, Hikari shook her head and spoke, "Okay, let's see what else is in here..."

The girl flipped through the file and found two pieces of paper. Hikari picked them up and blinked in suprise, "These... are letters?"

Kirito nodded, "Yeah, go on, read it."

Hikari unfolded the first paper and read,

Hikari, my dear daughter,

If you're reading this, then Kushina and I are gone, most probably dead. I wrote this just in case anything happened, and gave it to Sandaime-sama to give it to you.

As stated in the file, you will inherit all our wealth, including Jutsu, money, property and land. This includes the Rasengan and the Hiraishin if you haven't learned them. They are in the deepest compartment of the library, in a vault locked by a blood seal.

Most of the inheritance are already stated in the file, so I'll skip them. If you're reading this, then you probably don't know us personally, so even if we're dead, Kushina and I will always love you, we will always be watching over you.

But I'm sure your godparents are taking care of you, right? Jiraiya-sensei and Tsunade were pretty excited when we told them they were going to be your godparents.

Anyways, I don't think I'll make this too long. Just remember to stay healthy, and safe. And stay away from boys, I don't want grandchildren so soon.

Love,

Namikaze Minato, Yondaime Hokage,

Your father.

Hikari finished reading and Kirito sighed, "I guess this was written before the Kyuubi attack."

Hikari nodded, but she was more concerned about another thing Minato mentioned in the letter, "Jiraiya and Tsunade... are my godparents?"

Kirito blinked and saw that the blonde had a calm angry face. He asked, "Ermm, Hikari-chan, are you okay?"

Hikari smiled sweetly, but Kirito knew she was pissed, "I'm okay, I am just gonna rip that dirty old pervert to a thousand pieces.

The swordsman chuckled, "Well, just don't go too overboard, I mean you still need him to train you right?"

Hikari nodded before she picked up the second letter. This time, it was from her mother.

Hikari, my daughter,

By now, Minato and I are probably dead, I mean, this letter WAS to be given to you in case anything happened to us... Or if we died before you knew us.

Anyways, I'm not gonna go through with the inheritance and stuff. Minato-kun has that covered. But just in case, you should go check Uzushiogakure's ruins. I checked it once, but then I didn't really bothered to go back. I might have missed several stuff, they might be useful to you.

I don't think I need to tell you, but stay safe, stay healthy, eat healthy and all those things. Jiraiya and Tsunade-sensei would have probably made sure of that. Mikoto too, if you haven't met her.

So yeah, I guess that's about it. If you want to know more, you can get my diary in my nightstand. Normally I wouldn't let you look at it, but if you're reading this, then I might as well let you read that too. XDXD

Hope you find a nice boyfriend, maybe Mikoto-chan's son Sasuke. Hehe, anyways, know that we will be watching over you. I hope you'll learn fuinjutsu too, its our blood as Uzumaki.

That's about it. So yeah, I love you.

Your mother, the one and only,

Uzumaki Kushina.

After reading it, Hikari was surprised, "My mom was friends with Sasuke's mom?"

Kirito spoke, "Eh if you think about it it wouldn't be weird. I mean they both died before we know about them, and Sasuke doesn't know who your parents are. Hell, who knows what kinda stuff they did last time? "

Hikari nodded, "I guess so. But if my mom knew what Sasuke is like now, she'd think thrice before suggesting I date him."

Kirito chuckled as he placed the two bowls of ramen on the table, "Come on, the food's ready. You can worry about those and beat Jiraiya up tomorrow."

The girl nodded and put down the letters as she went to the table to eat.

The next day, Hikari went to the usual training area where Jiraiya was waiting as Kirito went to his shop. The Sannin greeted, "Hey, so are you rea-"

He was cut off by a torrent of chains that shot towards him as he jumped away, dodging the spiked chains. Jiraiya asked, "Hikari?"

The girl glared at him as she conjured up a Chidori in her left hand and made a Rasengan in her right hand. Normally Jiraiya would have been impressed or shocked, but he knew Hikari was a Jinchurikii and an Uzumaki, plus the fact that she looked very pissed helped.

Jiraiya backed away, very intimidated by the look in her eyes as he was reminded of Kushina whenever she unleashed her rage on him.

Then the girl charged. Jiraiya quickly jumped back to avoid more chains as Hikari charged. The man landed and found that he could not move. The Sannin looked down anf saw chains holding his legs in place.

He looked back at Hikari to see her right in front of himself. Jiraiya quickly reinforced his body with all the chakra he could, "Ah shit..."

The girl thrust both jutsu at the Sannin as a huge explosion erupted in the training fields.

After the dust cleared, Jiraiya groaned as he got up from the small crater. The man looked at the girl, "So, what did I do to earn that?"

Hikari huffed, "What do you think, godfather?"

Jiraiya sighed, "So you found out..."

It wasn't a question. It was a statement. Jiraiya knew she was going to find out sooner or later. The Sannin spoke, "I won't bullshit you with excuses. I was and still am a coward. I convinced myself that the spy network was more important to keep you safe instead of being there for you."

Hikari raised her hand, "I've been through this with Hokage-sama and Kakashi-sensei, so just save it. But just so we make it clear, you and Tsunade may have been named my godparents, but you two sure as hell aren't."

Jiraiya nodded, "Fine, but for Tsunade... Its not actually her fault. We... kinda lied to her."

Hikari felt a shitstorm coming, but she asked, "What do you mean?"

Jiraiya was really nervous, if he wasn't careful, he might have a three-tailed enraged jinchurikii and a black swordsman on his ass. The sannin spoke, "Well, we kinda told Tsunade that you were dead. She was actually willing to come back to look after you."

Hikari had a dark look in her eyes, "So, if you didn't lie to Tsunade, she would have returned to the village and take care of me?"

Jiraiya was sweating profusely, "Umm, yes?"

The girl spoke again, "And just to confirm, Hokage-sama and the elders know, right?"

Jiraiya could only nod as a Chidori burst to life in Hikari's right hand. The girl spoke coldly, "Go to hell."

After that, Jiraiya's screams could be heard through out the village.

With Kirito in his shop, the teen chuckled as he heard the screams. One of his customers, a random Gennin asked, "Umm, Kirito-san, did you hear that?"

The blacksmith nodded, "Yeah, the whole village probably did."

The gennin asked, "Should we be worried?"

Kirito chuckled, "Don't worry about it. Hikari-chan is just handing someone what he deserves. So, you need a set of the standard equipment, right?"

The Gennin nodded as Kirito gathered the items. The blacksmith smiled, "That's 5000 ryo. Thank you very much."

The gennin gave him the money as he took the equipment and left the shop.

In the Hokage's office, Hiruzen shivered as he was talking to Koharu and Homura. The elders also felt it as Homura spoke, "You two felt it, didn't you?"

Koharu nodded, paling a bit, "Kushina's rage..."

Hiruzen was also scared, "We are doomed. I just hope Hikari holds back."

The two elders nodded as the Anbu in hiding all thought, 'If what we heard just now was Jiraiya-sama screaming, then I don't think she'll hold back.'

A few moments later, Jiraiya groaned as he woke up. He sat up and saw Hikari burning something. His eyes widened as he recognized them.

The author of Icha-icha quickly rushed over, but Hikari was just finishing her job in burning all his notes. The Sannin knelt down by the fire, "NO!!! My precious notes!!!"

He snapped his head to his goddaughter, "What did I ever do to you?!"

Hikari glared at him, "You left me in the village for more than a decade."

Jiraiya winced, "Okay, I'm sorry. I really am... please, just let me atone for my sins."

Hikari hmph'd, "Whatever... let's get started. We've wasted enough time."

Jiraiya nodded before he asked, "By the way, since your... friends are training with their summons, don't you want to do that as well?"

Hikari shrugged, "Depends. If we can finish training with you before the month ends, then I guess I can see if I can train there."

Jiraiya nodded as they started training.

Meanwhile, in the realm of the eagle summons. Suguha was sitting cross legged on a platform. More importantly, she was sitting on a platform on top of the tip of a spike from the top of the mountain.

A huge eagle, Raker the boss summon, rested near her and nodded. The girl was coming along nicely. In just two days, she was close to mastering the first step. If she kept the pace up, Suguha could learn the sage mode in half a month. Then they could focus on honing her skills with that mode and maybe teach her some of their skills.

The eagle chuckled when the girl suddenly lost balance and fell onto the ground, grumbling as she got up.

With Suguha, the girl grumbled as she used wind chakra to help place her on the platform after stabilising the platform on the tip. Raker had actually made her think of a way to get herself on the platform by herself, without making it fall off the tip.

Suguha had spent the first four hours with just that before she found out the correct way. Then she spent another four hours trying to solve how she could balance herself.

That was the first day. Now, Suguha was almost done with balancing herself. The goal of the exercise was to have her balance herself with minimum support from the ground for at least twenty minutes. Now, she was progressing nicely.

Suguha didn't mind staying there. The place was beautiful, the air and atmosphere wasn't poluted like the village was, which wasn't too poluted. Plus the summons also treated her nicely. Hell, even the food was nice, even if she missed Kirito's cooking already.

Although that morning, one of the eagles gave her a plate of earth worms, which was a prank, they normally ate meat, like squirrels, rabbits and fish. They could even find ragout rabbits running around below the mountain, and Raker had promised her if she completed her sage training, they'd treat her to some of the meat.

Now, Suguha focused again as she balanced herself on the platform, easing her breathing as the platform became stable.

Raker nodded in approval as Suguha dropped after 18 minutes.

In the realm of the cat summons, Sinon was sittint cross legged in the middle of the forest, with her bow and an arrow on her lap.

The training she was doing was to find the target without seeing it, just hearing it and smelling it. The cats had tied a target onto their back that was around a meter above the ground, wearing bells of different frequencies and small packs that emitted a certain smell.

Sinon's part was to identify which cat was which and shoot down the target on the cats. The girl reached for her bow as she zero'ed in on the target.

Then, as fast as a snake, Sinon drew her bow and notched the arrow, quickly releasing it as it shot through the air onto one of the targets.

Shirone, who was watching over her, giggled, "Wrong one, though that was pretty close. The bell was very similar and the smell was a bit off. Keep up."

Sinon nodded as she continued her training. The girl had found the forest to be quite calming. The cats, while playful, treated her well.

They knew of her role as an archer, so they mostly focused on her honing her skills as an archer while mildly focusing on close ranged combat, which primarily relied on taijutsu and using a dagger or kunai.

As for Asuna, she normally stayed on the island. There was a small cave with the basic supplies and equipment for her, so it was fine.

Now, Asuna was sitting on the water. Countless orcas were circling her as the girl concentrated on her task. She was tasked to send her chakra as far as she could in every direction to connect with the summons.

This was to establish a connection between her and the summons, as well as connect her to the ocean. By connecting her to both of these, it would help her gather nature chakra.

Steiner, the boss summon, watched Asuna focus below the water. The boss summon was actually impressed. The whale had went down quite deep, and still felt the connection with Asuna.

She then went deeper, and could still feel the connection, even if it was weak. If it went on, she believed Asuna could master their arts by the end of the month.

The orca chuckled in approval as the girl continued her training.

Meanwhile, back in the village, Kabuto was going through hell. While gathering information in a cafe or bar was common, the silver haired man cursed himself for choosing the place he was in.

Instead of a standard bar or cafe, he had accidentally entered a cafe where the ladies were gossiping, and he was caught in the middle of it.

Now, Kabuto was stuck at a table with several housewives who were gossiping. When Kabuto asked anything or tried to bring the topic to Kirito or anyone close to him, the women would always find a way to change the topic to some random shit.

One of them asked, "By the way, Kabuto-kun, are you free later?"

The man blinked, "Umm, yes?"

The women smiled as the man was dragged away where they continued to gossip about irrelevant things while buying groceries, which Kabuto had to carry.

As he was dragged away, while trying hard not to cry from the constant nagging from the women, he thought, 'Orochimaru-sama, help me!'

In Otogakure, the Snake Sannin was planning his attack on Konoha. The Kazekage had been killed, so all he needed to do was make a Kazekage robe for himself.

As he looked at the data, Orochimaru suddenly sneezed, "Weird... someone must be talking about me. Eh, whatever."

The snake sannin then continued planning, blissfully unaware of the hell his subordinate was going through.

In one of the training fields, Sasuke was focusing his chakra, trying to convert it into the Chidori. Kakashi sighed, "Take it slow. If you force it, you won't even manage to make a bolt. Hikari took several weeks to learn it, plus, it's an A-ranked jutsu, more importantly my personal jutsu."

Sasuke sighed as he nodded and stood up. Kakashi nodded, "Before you continue with that, we'll need to build up your speed and stamina. At least at Lee's level with his weights on, otherwise you won't even reach Gaara."

Sasuke nodded as they started to spar.

Meanwhile, in Kayaba's room, the master blacksmith sighed, "I guess its time I start with my plans."

The man looked at the blueprints in front of him. The blueprints showed two things in general. One was the ruins and remains of Sora no Kuni, the other was a something that looked like a rough cone shaped building.

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A month later, all of the Gennin stood in Chunnin Exam stadium. Well, all except one Uchiha Sasuke.

In the stands, many people mummered among themselves in confusion as to where the Uchiha was. A lot of them had came to watch him since he was the Last Uchiha.

In the Kage stand, the 'Kazekage' asked, "So, Hokage-dono, where is the Uchiha? I'm quite curious about him."

Hiruzen shrugged, "Who knows? But if I know Kakashi, they'll probably be late. But I will give him the time limit to arrive here, until his match. Once his match begins, if they are not here, Sasuke is disqualified. To be a Chunnin, or even a Jounin, requires punctuality, disregarding Kakashi, since he actually has a great sense of time, but decides not to. "

The Kazekage chuckled as the disguised Sannin thought, 'That's Sarutobi-sensei for you, always strict. That's one of the few redeeming qualities you have.'

Hiruzen nodded at Kirito who nodded back. The proctor started, "Welcome to the final stage of the Chunnin Exams. The exams will be held in a tournament style, two participants will fight it out here in the arena, the winner will advance to the next match."

Before he could continue, one of the audience shouted, "What about the Uchiha? He's not here yet! A lot of us came here to watch him."

Kirito chuckled, "Well, he will have until his match. If he doesn't come by then, and his match starts, he will be disqualified."

The crowd started to protest. Until Hiruzen spoke aloud, "Silence!"

Everyone stared at the Hokage as he spoke, "This, is not just a tournament. It is a test for everyone standing down there. They have trained hard, and they are there on time. It would be unfair to all of them, if we give the young Uchiha such favouritism. Uchiha Sasuke will have until his match, otherwise he will be disqualified."

The audience went silent as they nodded at his words. Kirito chuckled silently at that before he spoke, "The first match will begin now. Uzumaki Hikari vs Hyuga Neji. The rest, please move to the stands."

The other participants moved to the stands. Asuna smiled as she walked past her sister, "Good luck, Hikari-chan."

Hikari grinned, "I don't need luck, but thanks."

Asuna nodded as she walked up with Suguha and Sinon, the two giving the blonde a thumbs up. Hikari nodded in response as she faced Neji.

Kirito glanced at the two of them, "Are you two ready?"

Neji nodded as Hikari spoke, "Yes, I'm ready."

Kirito nodded as he backed away, "Then, the first match, BEGIN!"

Hikari quickly closed the distance between them and conjured up several chakra chains with her right arm and swung them at Neji.

The Hyuga leaped away, not keen on getting hit by those chains, especially when they were made of chakra. Neji stared at her, "Chains made of chakra, I'm curious, how and where you learned to materialise chakra like that."

Hikari smirked, "Its my bloodline, you're not the only one with a special ability."

Neji hmph'd, "Faced against my Byakugan, especially when your bloodline relies on chakra, you stand no chance against me."

Up on the stands, Hiruzen, Orochimaru and Hiashi all thought, 'The one who doesn't stand a chance is you.'

The Hyuga clan head shivered subconsciously when he saw the girl wield the chains. Hikari really reminded him of her mother and it terrified him.

Hikari smiled, "Are you sure?"

Neji just ignored her as he charged forward. But his attempt was foiled when a wall of chains erupted from the ground. They were about to coil around Neji as the Hyuga cursed.

Neji thought, 'To think I would need to use this here.'

The Hyuga started to spin, to the shock of all the Hyuga present. Neji roared, "Hakesho Kaiten!"

The technique destroyed all the chains as Neji quickly charged the girl. Hikari parried the attack before she shot a torrent of chains at him.

Neji barely dodged it as he put some distance between them. Not the best course of action, but he needed to find a way to get those chains out of the fight.

Neji had known of Hikari's chains. She had used them in the preliminaries, but he thought they were just normal chains, turns out he was wrong. The Hyuga also knew of her unnaturally large chakra reserves, so he couldn't rely on her exhausting her chakra.

Neji cursed as he dodged another set of chains that shot from the ground. At least he could see where the chains came from, since they were made of chakra.

As they stayed at a stand still, Hikari asked, "I'm curious, why do you hate Hinata so much?"

Neji glared at her, "Someone like you would never understand."

Hikari just stared at him, waiting for him. Neji sighed, "Very well, since you're gonna lose anyway, it wouldn't hurt to tell you."

The Hyuga stared at Hikari, "You know, how she was kidnapped, right?"

Hikari nodded as he continued, "Her father, Hiashi-sama, killed the one who kidnapped her. But Kumogakure didn't believe it, and claimed that we killed one of their people. As a result, Kumogakure wanted his body as repayment. But, as clan head and especially as one of the main family, he couldn't just go and die."

Hikari continued to listen as he spoke, not loud enough for the crowd to hear, but loud enough for trained shinobi to hear, which included Hiashi, Hinata and most of the ninja there, "So, they chose a body double. Hiashi-sama is my uncle, and my father is his twin brother. You should know what happens next."

Hikari nodded, "They killed your father instead and used his corpse."

Neji nodded, "Indeed they did. But that's not all. The Hyuga clan, has two branches, the main family and the branch family. The names are self explanatory. The branch family serve as servants for the main family."

The Hyuga paused for a bit and spoke, "To prevent the branch family from revolting, they used a seal to force us into servitude. The Caged Bird seal."

He took off his head band to reveal a green seal on his forehead. By now, most of the Hyuga knew what was going on and the elders were furious. Hinata felt ashamed by the seal, Hanabi was a bit sad while Hiashi just watched on.

Neji stared at Hikari hard, "When I was five, they branded this seal on me. This seal burns into the skin, once activated, the bearer will feel unbearable pain. Hinata-sama doesn't have the seal, she has been weak all this time, and because of her weakness, my father was killed."

Hikari glared at him, "So you're blaming her for being weak? When she was only a few years old?"

Neji glared at her, "You wouldn't understand the feeling of losing your parents. You wouldn't understand the feeling of bearing a seal that holds down your life until it ends. You have a family who doesn't turn on each other for their own benefit, someone like you, will never understand pain."

As those words left his mouth, several people in the audience, which included Kirito, Asuna, Sinon, Suguha, Hiruzen, Jiraiya and several other Jounins all thought, 'He's dead.'

The Uzumaki glared at him as her hair started to rise. At that moment, those in the audience that knew Kushina saw her silhouette behind Hikari. The girl spoke, "I know about that more than you think."

Hikari looked at him, "You said I wouldn't understand the pain of losing my parents. You're not wrong. I never knew them, hell, I didn't know who they were until few months ago. You say I wouldn't understand the pain of bearing a seal. My father gave me a seal for my whole life on my birthday."

At the kage stands, Hiruzen sighed, " So she's gonna reveal it."

The Kazekage raised an eyebrow, "Reveal what?"

Hiruzen replied, "Just listen."

Hikari pulled up her shirt, revealing the seal on her stomach, "For my whole life, I have beared this seal. Because of this seal, for the first few years of my life, I was treated like a criminal...no, a demon. The villagers despised me. They told their children to stay away from me. But I was lucky, I met Kirito-kun, Asuna-chan, Suguha-chan and Sinon-chan. True, I suppose I won't understand that last one. I don't blame the villagers. But, would you understand the pain of not knowing who your parents are? Would you understand the pain of being despised by everyone because you hold a bijuu in your gut? "

Neji's eyes widened at that last statement. Hikari nodded as she spoke out loud, "Yeah, I hold the Kyuubi in me. My father Namikaze Minato, the Yondaime Hokage, entrusted me with the task of holding back the Kyuubi from destroying the village. I am the third Jinchurikii of the Kyuubi, after Uzumaki Kushina and Uzumaki Mito."

Everyone was shocked at the reveal. All of them sensed no deceit in her words. Then everyone saw it, the blonde hair, the fiery personality. Hikari was essentially a mix of Minato and Kushina. The villagers had no more ill intent towards Hikari, and they were ashamed of their initial treatment towards her. But now that they knew exactly who Hikari was, their guilt increase ten fold.

Hikari ignored the mummers as she looked at Neji, "Hyuga Neji, you said I wouldn't understand pain. True, I wouldn't understand your pain, but I sure as hell have experienced it."

Neji was surprised, he nodded, "I was wrong about you. But, it doesn't change the realilty of the main family of the Hyuga clan."

Hikari grew a tick mark as she made a Rasengan in her right hand, "You still don't get it, do you?"

The Rasengan glowed with power, causing everyone to widen their eyes in surprise. Hikari yelled as she charged, "If you don't do anything about it, nothing is gonna change, you fucking idiot !"

Hikari charged at Neji who readied his stance. The Hyuga roared, "Hakesho Kaiten!"

The girl yelled, "Rasengan!"

The two spheres of rotating power collided. For a moment, the Kaiten held strong. But then, Hikari's Rasengan broke through the defensive jutsu.

At the same time, Hikari's Rasengan dissipated. As Hikari closed in, she drew her fist back and gave Neji a hard punch to the face, sending him flying straight into the wall.

Neji stumbled as he stood up and glared at the girl. Hikari then made a single handseal, "Kage Bunshin no Jutsu."

Instantly, fifty clones appeared. To Neji's shock, he couldn't idenify which was the original one. Everyone of them had the exact same chakra signature.

But the Hyuga didn't have the time for that. As soon as the smoke cleared, Hikari spoke, "Get him."

All the clones and Hikari herself charged. And for the next three minutes, Neji received the worst beating of his entire life. He was punched, kicked, slashed and beaten all over as Hikari unleashed her fury upon him.

All the men, especially Kirito and Jiraiya winced whenever Neji was hit. In the stands, Kayaba chuckled as he thought, 'Quite the girl, Kirito. I wonder if he is a masochist, and if the three other girls are similar.'

After three minutes, Neji laid panting painfully on the ground as Hikari's clones dispersed. The girl asked, "So, have you learned your lesson?"

Neji nodded slightly, wincing in pain as he did. Hikari asked again, "Are you still gonna blame Hinata?"

Neji shook his head painfully. Hikari continued, "Will you at least try to mend things between you and Hinata?"

Neji nodded as he painfully looked at Kirito. The Hyuga mouthed painfully, 'I give up.'

Hikari looked at Kirito who nodded, "As Hyuga Neji is unable to continue, the winner of this match is Namikaze Hikari."

The girl smiled at the blacksmith as she went up to the stands where everyone congratulated her for her win. The crowd cheered for Hikari and Kirito heard fanboys yell, "Marry me Hikari-sama!"

The blacksmith even swore he heard girls yelling the same thing. He looked up and chuckled as he saw Hikari had a forced smile on her face, most probably because Sinon and Suguha teased her.

On the stands, Hiashi thought, 'I suppose its time I gave him Hizashi' s letter.'

As the crowd started to quiet down, Kirito spoke, "For the next match, can Asada Sinon and Nara Shikamaru please come down?"

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Done. Review please. So the next chapter will be Sinon vs Shikamaru.