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All Characters Appearing In This Work Are Fictitious. Any Resemblance To Real Persons, Living Or Dead Is Purely Coincidental.

In Konoha

Neji was panting hard and had blood all over his clothes but he had a smile on his face as he looked at the ninja that lay dead before his feet, as a final act he took his weapon and separated the dead ninja's head from his body, and kicked it away while he got to work on destroying the body. While destroying the body Neji reflected on his battle just now with the Grass ninja and thought about how difficult a battle it was.

Flashback

While the invading ninja had mostly been defeated or captured, or otherwise killed there were still some battles going on and one of those battles was between Neji Hyuuga and a Grass Nin named Kotobuki who seemed to have a personal grudge against Neji.

In order to fight him and properly and not to be disturbed both shinobi moved to a remote part of the battlefield and started their battle. Getting into their battle stances the two shinobi clashed with kunai at first each trying to understand the other's battle strategy and abilities. After the initial clash Neji got into his usual Gentle Fist stance and proceeded to attack, while Kotobuki unsheathed his sword from its scabbard on his back.

"Oh my The Gentle Fist Style isn't that interesting." Kotobuki said to Neji as the young Hyuuga proceeded to attack him he said "I hate the Hyuuga, and I will surely kill you," ""hah, just because you recognize my fighting style doesn't mean you will live, you are already in my range, time for you to die!" The young Hyuuga said "Hakke Rokujūyon Shō" ("Gentle Fist Art: Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms") and so saying he launched into a stance and proceed to block all 64 chakra points of his enemy, however he was astonished to see that not only was Kotobuki blocking them with his katana but was also managing to get into his defenses and give him small cuts.

Neji quickly jumped away from the grass nin and said "so I see you are not an ordinary shinobi, very few shinobi are capable of nullifying a Hyuuga's fighting style," said the Hyuuga scion to his opponent, "why thank you I practiced hard for this day the day I actually face a Hyuuga in battle." Neji seemed a bit confused so said "what do you mean face a Hyuuga?" the Jonin answered with a maniacal grin and said "I can see you are confused so allow me to explain you see I did much research about Konoha and their clans and specifically about the Konoha 12 and I found out that after Naruto you are the strongest member of the Konoha 12 Military Corp."

"After learning that you were a Hyuuga I started studying the Hyuuga's fighting style and how to counter their attacks and I knew that there was only one man in the world who could help me do so: Kabuto Yakushi, and so I willingly seeked him out and learned from him the knowledge on how to recognize and defeat a Hyuuga's attacks. I learned the most important thing about a Hyuuga was that if you were to push your chakra into your body at the precise moment a Hyuuga attacks you his attack is nullified and my chakra point remains unblocked."

Neji was shocked at first but his face did not show it, then he slowly came out the Gentle Fist stance and stood straight, and told the Jonin: "it would seem that the Gentle Fist style will not be effective against you, fine not a problem then I will defeat you with a different style and with a smile on his face he disappeared in a second appearing right in front of the enemy with his right leg outstretched and a smile on his normal expressionless face and said "Konoha Daisenpū"("Leaf Great Whirlwind") and almost caught him in the face but he blocked it at the last second but not fast enough because the enemy still got hit and fell backwards.

Although he was bleeding a bit the Jonin still got up and laughed "well, it seems this is going to be a challenge after all." He lunged at Neji with his sword only for Neji to block with his kunai and so the fight continued, neither ninja giving an inch and as if by mutual consent they both used Taijutsu and weapons, after a while both warriors started to tire and so Kotobuki asked "well then now that we are warmed up shall we get to the main event" "Yes, let us do so Neji said "why don't you start by activating that seal on the back of your neck, and I'll show you my newest weapon." He said with a grin on his face eager for the battle ahead, somewhere in the back of his head he realized he was spending too much time with Naruto and Kiba if he was actually looking forward to battle and grinning when he was faced with a tough opponent.

"Well it seems Taijutsu has little effect on you Hyuuga style or otherwise" said Neji, "well then, I guess I will have to use Ninjutsu, although I must say it's not my preferred style of fighting" he said with a laugh, and then suddenly as quick as lighting Neji made a few hand signs and in Neji's hand suddenly appeared a whip of sorts but not just any whip it was a whip made of lightning Neji suddenly cried out and said "Raiton: jinkourai Kakuhan no Jutsu" ("Lightning Style: Lightning Whip Jutsu")and with a flick of his wrist the lightning travelled through the air and struck Kotobuki with a volatile hit head on.

"Which caught the grass ninja straight in the face because he wasn't quick enough to dodge it and it ended up causing a massive cut on his face that started to bleed profusely, but the grass nin did not seem affected by it and started laughing "excellent finally now the game begins."

"Finally your able to wound me now then how about we take it to the next level" and then jumping back and with a series of hand signs he cried out and said "Suiton: Tsunami ("Water style: Tidal Wave jutsu") suddenly water appeared below his feet and turned into a tidal wave heading towards Neji hell-bent on taking him out Neji looked around him and saw there was no place to run so instead of running he simply ran towards it making a series of hand signs and before he could complete his jutsu Neji seemed to be swallowed by the oncoming wave of water.

Meanwhile

In Kumo

There was also a battle Royale going on they had just managed to get out of the stadium when things went to hell in a hand basket real quick and Tenten, Hinata and Chouji were in the middle of battle. Not only did they have to battle the enemy but also protect and guide the Genin, as per Shikamaru's plan they were in a reverse triangle formation with Chouji being at the front of the pack due to his large size and jutsu he was able to deflect and immobilize most of the enemy attacks with Hinata and Tenten behind him on either side.

Because of Tenten's accuracy and Hinata's Gentle Fist techniques they were able to protect the genin from much of the oncoming enemy, but that wasn't to say that the genin were just sitting idle, while Hanabi was helping her sister Udon was helping Tenten because of his skill with His ink beasts he was able to defend and attack simultaneously therefore aiding in the attack.

The leaf Nin were doing good at neutralizing the enemy particularly because although they seemed great in numbers they were a bit less on brains, however that didn't mean they were not dangerous because while they might seem stupid every one of them had a curse mark activated on them but the ninja themselves were simply mindless drones with only goal in mind: "KILLING"

It was Kenshin who noticed it first, having an Anbu background he knew what Curse seals could do to a human Body, while he did not know much about Orochimaru's Curse seals as it was a secret known only to Jonin and Anbu rank shinobi but that didn't mean that he couldn't figure it out, so as per Tenten's orders Kenshin, Udon and Hanabi started formulating a plan Kenshin shared his knowledge with Udon and Hanabi so while Hanabi used her Byakugan to look for any weak spots and describe what was happening to the shinobi while they fought was able to formulate a plan of attack with Shikamaru.

After retreating to a safe distance away from the battlefield and discussing the situation with the two Jonin Kunoichi, the plan was decided and so the genin began to fight, more than anything the Genin were enthusiastic about fighting in a no holds battle and the best thing was that their masters had given them permission to go all out and they were no longer under any bonds in regards to their strength, however Hinata made them aware of their responsibilities before they started fighting. "Listen up kids I know you genin are strong and that you are no ordinary genin.

Each of you have practiced your art for the past 3 years and you have all been at one time or the other our students because to Qualify for this Chunin exam, you had to defeat each of us in our chosen skill that we thought was necessary to have for a Chunin and each and every one of you passed our test." Tenten reminded them.

So remember while you have been freed from your promise temporarily about using your real strength still remember 2 things 1 this is Not Konoha this is Kumo so make sure you keep that in mind while you fight because each and every one of you is responsible for each other, and 2 remember that what you posses in strength you lack in experience so you will act in accordance with our orders unless given otherwise, Hinata said, is that clear?" All the genin said at once said "Ossu" Hinata sensei, Ossu Tenten sensei."

Tenten then spoke up and said "all right enough chitchat get your ass in gear and get ready for battle "Hinata I think it's time you got out your secret weapon as well, I have a feeling we are going to need it." "Right you are Tenten." Hinata said and from her Jonin jacket she took out a scroll with the Hyuuga seal on it she cut her finger on a kunai unfurled the scroll and ran her bloody finger over the seal, then in a poof of smoke a pair of long whips were held in Hinata's hand with small spikes along the length of the whip.

"In the words of the famous Boss man enough chitchat and lets fight because I'm hungry for some ramen" Udon said Mimicking Naruto to the mark causing everyone to Laugh "yeah it's time to dance ladies and Germs" said Hanabi quoting her own sensei, so saying the Genin with smiles on their faces and a plan in their heads jumped into the battle fray.

A/N: Tell me what you think. Read and Review. The idea of Hinata having Battle Whips was aken from the Author: Marchgirl.