Note: I am sorry this chapter is short but I wanted to do one from Masato's view to show some growth between him and Neji. please let me know what you think and if you would like more chapters like this.

Masato's View

Masato was casually walking around town trying to figure out a way to connect with Asuka more. It had been about a week had passed since the disastrous-but-turned-out-okay dinner. She's lived all of her life without me. I think I need to make more of an effort to get to know Neji on a man to man level. Minato's kid , Naruto, seems to get along with her well too. The first training with Naruto went well, maybe I'll see if Neji would like to do some training. It's been awhile since I've trained with a byakugan user.

Then as if on cue Neji came around the corner.

"Hey Neji my man!" Masato called out a little awkwardly.

"Mr. Nakamura, can I help you with something?" Neji asked.

"You said you were helping my daughter with her taijutsu and as a fellow jonin I would love your opinion on my taijutsu skills."

"I'm sure your skill is far greater that mine."

"I wouldn't say that. If that were the case I should have been able to defeat Takashi long before he ever got to Asuka. I'm not a man who likes to beg but I really would like your input."

"Very well. When would you like to start?" Neji caved.

"Well if your not busy now then lets head over to the training grounds."

"I just finished my task so that sounds like a good idea to me."

"Excellent! I'll race ya."

"That really isn't necessary." Neji objected.

"C'mon, if you beat me I'll cover your dates with Asuka for a week."

Neji gave a smirk, "Well since you put it that way..." and off he went.

"Hey! Get back here!" Masato shouted as he took off after Neji. The kid's quick I'll give him that.

Neji beat Masato by a hair.

"I gotta say... I didn't expect... you would be... so fast Neji." Masato said trying to catch his breath.

Neji stood there breathing heavily but Masato could tell that he could have gone much longer.

"Guy Sensei for all his outrageous ideas and ramblings seems to do something right."

Masato finally caught his breath.

"Shall we begin?" Neji asked.

"Yes lets."

As they exchanged blows Masato had to admit that Neji's abilities were some of the best he had seen. As he looked closer he saw that Neji wasn't using his byakugan.

"You don't need to hold back for me. Go ahead and use your byakugan."

"Because I train with Lady Hinata I try not to over use them."

"You call her 'Lady Hinata' does that mean you're part of the branch family then?"

"Yes, but thanks to Naruto the Hyuga is starting to change."

"Naruto huh? It seems he's quite the little revolutionary."

"I don't know about that but thanks to him I am no longer as narrow minded as I once was."

"By any chance are you Hizashi's son?" Masato asked.

"Yes, but why does that matter?"

"Hizashi and I were friendly rivals. So you could say I find it rather funny that our children would fall in love. How is he anyway?"

Neji stopped his assault and gave Masato a serious look. "He died protecting Hiashi and the Leaf Village."

Masato's heart sank. "I'm sorry for your loss. He was a good man."

"Thank you."

There was a pause.

"Shall we continue?" Neji asked.

"Yes, lets." Masato agreed.

As they sparred could tell there was the beginnings of a friendly bond between the two of them.