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Chapter 48: The Worth of a Hyuga

Naruto was running through the forest, still following the scent that was beginning to fade. He felt a bit tired and looked to his clone that was carrying Choji and Karin. "Hey, Choji!"

Choji was eating from another bag of chips that he pulled from one of his pockets. He paused when he heard his name being called. He still felt somewhat reluctant but he answered in his usual jovial attitude "what's up?"

"Gotta any food pills and another bag of chips?"

Choji took a bite from the chip in his hand before he put his hand in his pocket before pulling out some more chips "this is all I got. Don't have any food pills though, sorry."

Naruto nodded as he got closer and used one of his tail to grab the bag.

Karin who had heard what Naruto asked, reached into her Kimono top (is there an actual name for it?) and pulled out a small pouch. She reached into the pouch and pulled out a food pill. "I have some on me."

Naruto looked to Karin and nodded "thanks can you toss a couple in front of me."

Choji was confused at this why would she need to toss them in front of you?"

Naruto just used his second tail to the bag and began trying to open it "I don't really have a free hand in order to take them."

Choji looked down at Naruto's feet and then it clicked. Naruto was running on all fours so he can't really use them like they could.

Karin tossed a few ahead of Naruto who opened his mouth and ate them.

Naruto felt himself regain the chakra he had lost come back quickly. He may not have lost enough to be worried but he wasn't sure if he would need to fight seriously or not and it's best to enter a fight at full strength. He finally got the bag open with his tails and turned his head to look at Ino and Hinata on his back "hold on for a second."

Both nodded as they held on tighter

Naruto leapt into the air before he brought the bag up to his hand and ate as many as he could with his hands. He regained a bit more chakra before he landed back onto the ground and began his run once more. He moved to give the rest to Choji who took the bag and began eating out of it

Hinata patted Naruto's side as she asked "feeling better?"

Naruto nodded "yeah. He may not have taken enough to weaken me, but he did take a lot of it." he took a sniff in the air and felt that he was getting close to a couple of people and one of them he recognized. "Hang on we almost caught up with someone."

Neji was panting slightly as he had three tan kunai sticking out of his back. He found himself at a disadvantage since he was fighting a long-range fighter and since he could not get close to his opponent, he could not do any damage.

"What is the point of you getting up? You don't stand a chance you! Just roll over and die already! can't beat me!"

At hearing this he had flashbacks to earlier in his shinobi career. He remembered three people who fought against the odds no matter what was said.

"I don't care what he is. Even without his talent, I can still take him! If I just work hard enough….!"

"It's no use, Lee. it doesn't matter how hard you work, you will never beat me. It has already been decided."

Lee who had no talent in using anything but Taijutsu. He trained himself to the limit and soon became one of the toughest genin in Konoha.

"You should quiet now. You cannot think that you have a chance of defeating me."

"No! I will prove that I am capable of fighting"

"You will never prove that you are anything but a failure!"

Hinata, who he had demeaned because of his hatred for the main family. She had taken everything he had said and she stood against him despite the thoughts of other Hyuga thinking that she was too weak to be part of the main family.

"Fate made it so everyone was against me...if I do become Hokage, I will protect the village with everything I have"

"Why fight to protect the people that hate you?"

"I'm not fighting for them"

Then there was Naruto. He was the one that had been going against the very village that he lives in. that moment in the arena had shown that the blond fought against his very allies yet he moved forward, he beat the one they all wanted to win and he didn't even look tired when they finished.

Neji could not help but smile at this "the dead last of his year became the strongest out of all of the genin. If such a thing is true… then why can't a genius become more…."

Kidomaru smirked as he watched the Hyuga get up from being hit by his kunai. "He was fun but time to wrap this up" he brought up one of his hands that had a web wrapped around his index finger. He strummed it with another one of his hands, signaling his spider summon to drop down on top of the Hyuga

Neji looked up to see the large spider dropping on top of him. Channeling chakra into his palms, he waited for the spider to land before he began striking the spider multiple times.

Kidomaru saw that his summon was about to burst so he brought up another web and let it slide off his finger, just in time for the boy to burst the summon and be covered in the webbing.

Because of being slowed down by the webbing that came out of the spider, Neji was unable to stop all the kunai that were launched at him. Because of this, he was hit in the back by several more kunai.

Kidomaru could not help but smile evilly at this. He was enjoying the fight and felt that he should take it up a notch despite already having an advantage. He activated his curse mark, entering stage two. 'This has been fun but I think it's time to end him.' he opened his mouth, letting out a tan liquid material. Soon the material shaped itself into a longbow and arrow. 'Sorry kid, but it's time to die' he lifted himself using four of his arms, while the other two were holding the bow and stabilizing the string. He had the back of his arrow in his teeth as he aimed carefully at the blind spot that he had found to be in the Hyuga's 360-degree vision. Chuckling to himself he let the arrow fly.

The arrow sped quickly through several of the trees in between Kidomaru and Neji.

Neji stood there feeling exhausted from the fight. He channeled his chakra to create a dome around him to stop any upcoming attack. His eyes suddenly widened when he felt some things coming his way "!"

*BOOM*

Kidomaru was smiling as the dust cloud picked up. He knew that he had won this fight as the arrow would have gone through the boy's spine at such speeds that it would have shattered. As the smoke cleared his smile dropped at what he was seeing "What!?"

Neji was wide-eyed at what he was seeing behind him with his dojutsu. He turned his head to get a better look at it and was stunned at what it was

Naruto had caught the arrow a few inches from Neji. he was glaring at the direction the arrow had come from and bared his teeth at Kidomaru.

Neji turned off his Byakugan and stared at the large fox that stood there.

"Neji-nii-san!"

Neji looked to the back of the fox to see Hinata and Ino getting off the fox before they went to him. A little more to his left was another one that looked exactly the same as the first one carrying Choji and Karin if he remembered correctly.

"Damn Neji, you look like crap."

Neji looked towards where he heard the voice and only saw the fox looking at him. He recognized the voice but he could not see the one that spoke "Naruto? Where are you?"

Naruto would have loved to mess with him but he knew that now was not the time "right here."

Neji went wide-eyed when he saw that it was the fox that spoke

Naruto loved the shocked look on Neji's face but he grew serious when he heard several whooshes. He looked up to see hordes of kunai heading their way. He quickly swung his tails, sending a wave of wind at them, causing the kunai to fall limply on the ground but he saw that a couple were heading to Choji and Karin. He relaxed when he saw his clone block those as well. "What are we dealing with?"

Neji was able to catch his breath and shake off his shock as he spoke "a long-range shinobi that uses a secretion from his body to create his own weapons. He also had attributes of a spider and uses that dark power that the Uchiha has.

Naruto nodded as he got ready "ok, I'll take him out as fast as possible."

Neji shook his head as he took a step towards Kidomaru "no. I wish to be the one to fight him. There is something I want to confirm."

Ino huffed at this as she glared at Neji "what's the point of you fighting him yourself when we all can fight and finish him off fast?"

Naruto placed his paw on her shoulder getting her attention. Once she looked at him he shook his head "I know that look in his eyes." Naruto looked to Neji's back "he has something to prove."

Ino didn't really understand what he meant but she trusted his judgment on things like this.

Karin huffed as she just walked up to Neji. she forcefully pulled out the kunai that were in his back, getting him to grunt in pain, before she moved in front of him. She lifted her sleeve and brought her arm up "you better heal up first or else I will knock you out and let Naruto handle this."

Neji was a little stunned at the girl but he obliged as he remembered what happened when she did this to Lee.

Naruto had to block another wave of Kunai aimed at everyone as Neji healed up.

Getting past around of erotic monas from the redhead, Neji stood up straight and walked towards Kidomaru

Kidomaru did not know what to make of the group that came to the Hyuga's aid he recognized the fat one from before, which meant that Jirobo had lost. 'That pathetic tub of lard couldn't even beat the brat.' He was surprised to see that the boy he was fighting had been healed and by how the others were letting him move, it would still be just him. 'Seems like it will just be a bit harder in killing him….huh?'

Neji was about to tell the others to leave but someone walked up to stand next to him. Looking to his left he saw that it was Hinata. "I said that I would fight this on my own."

Hinata shook her head as she activated her Byakugan "but you don't have to. I will stand with you and we will defeat this opponent."

Before Neji could say anything Naruto spoke up

"Hinata…..no holding back. This is to protect someone you care about so think of him and give it your all!"

Hinata nodded before she lifted her sleaves a bit to reveal small bands around her wrists, she gently took them off before moved to give them to Naruto. Once he took them she moved to stand by Neji once more

Ino looked at the bands that Naruto had in his hands and asked "what's with those things?"

Naruto smirked as he brought one up for Ino to take

Ino lifted her hand to take it but once Naruto dropped it in her hand, she felt herself be pulled to the ground as the band weighed a lot more than she would have expected "what the hell!?"

Naruto laughed a bit at what happened to Ino "I gave those to Hinata during the month training before the finals. They are like my bracers and greaves but they weigh a lot less. They help Hinata grow stronger and faster with her strikes."

Ino glared at Naruto at not only not telling her about the weight but also "why didn't you give me a pair to help me train?"

Naruto's mood dropped as he said "we…...were still not talking to each other…."

Ino felt bad for bringing up this bad memory as she whispered "sorry…."

Naruto shook his head as he took a few steps back away from the Hyuags "don't worry about it. Anyway we should let them finish this guy off." he, Choji, Karin, Ino and his clone moved away from the battlefield and into the trees so they could watch

Neji and Hinata stood side by side as they face the direction of Kidomaru.

Neji wanted to face off the Oto nin alone but the look in Hinata's eyes told him he would not be able to dissuade her out of it. He took a breath and brought something up "be careful. He knows of the weakness."

Hinata was stunned to hear this but she kept her composure as she got into her stance "I'll be careful."

Neji got into his own stance and activated his Byakugan "very well Hinata-sama."

Kidomaru frowned at what he was seeing. "Shit. dealing with one Hyuga was easy enough, but now with two, they can cover each other's blind spot' he began to think of what he could do but figure he would go with the direct approach. 'Well then….' he created two arrows this time, both with a spiral tip, and held a web at one end. 'I might as well just see how much pain they can tolerate til they die.' he shifted his gaze to the rest of the group and wondered 'I better keep an eye on them so I don't get surprised by them. But if they really are just going to sit back and watch, then once I kill these two, I will have to leave since they might fight me all at once. I don't want to know what that fox can do' he remembered how the fox had stopped his arrow with one hand. That kind of skill is something he doesn't want to test after fighting this long. He docked the two arrows and aimed at the Hyugas. '125% strength. Full power!' he launched the arrows and focused on controlling them so they would hit a fatal part of the body

Neji and Hinata both saw the arrows coming at incredible speed and Neji was thinking of a way they could stop them. The kunai were one thing but the arrow seems to be going to quickly to strike it out of the air.

Hinata felt nervous about the coming arrows but she had trained on fast approaching obstacles thanks to training with Naruto. Her mind came up with three ideas but one of them was the one she felt would be the most efficient. She just hopped Neji wouldn't argue. "Neji! ROTATION!"

The force of the order had Neji instinctively obey. He did wonder what good this would do as he saw that the arrows were now too close for them to move out of the way quick enough. He began to rotate his body and wondered what Hinata was going to do. He assumed she would jump out of the way or use his rotation as a way to divert the arrows but what she did was something she did not expect.

Hinata pressed her back with Neji's and rotated with him. She channeled her chakra into her palms and activated her jutsu "PROTECTIVE EIGHT TRIGRAMS: SIXTY FOUR PALMS!" thin strings of chakra came out of her palm as she stretched out her hands and moved them around. The strings of her chakra began to wrap around Neji's Rotation dome and soon streams of thin chakra spun with it.

Both the arrows impacted with the double dome of chakra with great force. However, the arrows began to break from the strength of the move. They broke apart until they were just shards that fell to the ground

Kidomaru could not believe what he had seen. 'WHAT!? Those arrows were sent at full power! It should have gone straight through that dome and shredded through them! How the hell did they stop it!?"

Both Hinata and Neji stopped rotating and both face the direction of Kidomaru.

Neji was surprised but the collaboration jutsu that they had just done. He would never have thought that such a thing could be done with the rotation. He was also surprised that Hinata had been able to rotate at the same speed he did. 'How was she able to move that quickly and how did she come up with such a move?' he looked toward Hinata who now stood to his right and could not help admire her for something that he could never have thought up in his life. His eyes widened when he saw that she had a cut on her cheek. "Hinata you're injured!"

Hinata smiled at Neji as she brought her hand up to her cheek "thank you for your concern Neji-nii-san but we must finish this." she wiped some of her blood on her thumb before she brought the thumb to her palm.

Naruto smiled as she saw what she was about to do "looks like she is about to finish this fight."

Choji Karin and Ino looked to Naruto who was laying down on the branch, next to them, before Choji asked "what do you mean Naruto?"

Naruto smiled as he focused on Hinata "she has been practicing with her new allies and now she is about to show that spider freak and Neji what she can really do."

Hinata went through hand signs before she slammed both her palms on the ground "Kuchiyose no Jutsu!" two puffs of smoke appeared before they dissipated showing two lionesses wearing regal armor. One wearing red armor with gold highlights on her torso and forelimbs while the other wore similar armor but colored blue with gold highlights.

Both bowed their head to Hinata as the one in red armor spoke: "at your service Lady Hinata."

Hinata smiled "thank you Kira-san. We need you and Kara-san to help us reach our opponent."

Kara nodded her head as she moved to stand by Neji "very well Lady Hinata."

Neji was dumbfounded by the fact that Hinata had actually summoned a pair of Lions to their aid

Hinata looked to Neji and spoke with confidence "let us end this battle Neji-nii-san."

Neji shook his head before he smiled and nodded "very well Hinata-sama."

The four now stood in a line facing Kidomaru before they began running towards him

Kidomaru was stunned to see that he was now facing two summons along with the Hyuga pair. "Shit! I should have finished him off at the start!" he began to web swing around the trees in order to get more distance so he could try the arrows again.

The group of four began to follow Kidomaru making sure that they maintained formation as best they could.

Kidomaru created several kunai and launched them to the group.

Seeing the kunai heading their way both Neji and Hinata leapt into the air to block them.

Neji did a quick Rotation, causing the kunai to fall to the ground

Hinata rapidly moved her arms around her and created a web of chakra which caused the kunai she blocked to break apart.

Kira saw the opportunity they were looking for. Kidomaru was in their direct path. "Lady Hinata! Now!" she then jumped to be behind Hinata

Hinata looked towards Neji as they began their descent to the ground "Neji! Follow my lead!"

Neji would have asked but she watched as Hinata sped up her descent.

Kira began to channel chakra as she matched Hinata's fall "Earth Style: Earth Spire!"

Once they both landed, Kira created a spire of earth to appear under Hinata at an angle.

Hinata used the creation of the spire to launch herself forward at a fast pace, towards Kidomaru.

Kidomaru was unprepared for the sudden speed boost she was given and he was mid-swing, using his feet so he was upsidedown, unable to redirect himself.

Hinata thrusted a palm strike to Kidomaru's right and flew past him before she planted her feet on a tree she was heading to before she pushed herself back towards Kidomaru

Neji had seen Hinata being launched towards Kidomaru and knew what she wanted. His theory was proven correct when Kara moved behind him as they were still falling to the ground. He prepared himself as he heard her speak

"Earth Style: Earth Spire!"

Neji did the exact same thing Hinata did and was launched towards Kidomaru

Kidomaru was still grimacing at the strike on his stomach but when he opened his eyes he saw Neji right in his face. Something he didn't know was that Hinata was right behind him

Both Neji and Hinata channeled their chakra into their hands before they both spoke.

"EIGHT TRIGRAMS: SIXTY FOUR PALMS!"

Neji struck Kidomaru with his duel finger strikes on fatal points on Kidomaru's body

Hinata struck using her palms, sending her chakra into his body to do more spread out internal damage on Kidomaru.

Both struck their sixty-fourth strike at Kidomaru's center on both his front and back.

Kidomaru coughed up blood as he fell to the ground as he began to change back from his curse mark second state. "shit! I….can't…..feel ...my chakra!"

Both Hinata and Neji landed next to Kidomaru as the two lionesses walked up to stand with them.

Neji looked to Hinata and felt himself smile "you have gotten stronger Hinata-sama."

Hinata blushed at the praise as she looked to Neji "thank you Neji-nii-san but…." she looked to her right at the rest of the group that were coming up "I could not have done it without Naruto-kun."

Kidomaru wanted to get the last word at them but he found himself unable to speak. 'Son of a bitch! They are stronger than I thought. Even Kimamaru never got me this bad.' he felt his vision fade as he had one final thought 'the others better move fast….because I don't think any of them would be able to stop this group…..'

Naruto felt the anger coming from Kidomaru disappear and figured that it meant he was dead. He looked to the Hyuga's before speaking "that was an awesome fight! Never thought you would come up with those moves so quickly but Hinata has been coming up with some cool moves when we trained."

When he finished saying this he found himself in pain as Ino grabbed him by the ear and spoke in it "when this is over you are going to help train me as well! It's not fair that you train with Hinata alone."

"Owowowowowowowow! Ino-chan that hurts! Ok ok, I'll help you in training so please let go!"

Everyone had a laugh at this as this battle was over.

End of chapter

Well here is the fight. Hope you all like how I went with this fight.

Hinata is stronger at this point so I gave her, her protective eight trigrams seen in the Beakochu beetle filler. I also wanted to give her summons some spotlight.

I watch ed this fight and I realize that Kidomaru much like Jirobo, falls from one solid attack. Kinda hard to think of them as elite ninja from Orochimaru.

Now I was asked by a reviewer to spare Tayuya. Honestly, I could but I want to ask you guys. Do you readers want me to spare her? I created a poll on whether or not she lives.

Also, what do you think of the new cover art? I finally came up with the idea and drew it.

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