„Hinata" he whispered in his sleep and suddenly woke up. He looked at the clock it was 3 a.m. Something was wrong. His instincts told him something was very wrong. Before he could even realize his hands made the sign of the tiger and his byakugan turned on. He knew what he was doing, he could remember how to do it.
He carefully examined what he saw slowly changing the range of sight to see the whole house. Then he noticed what had startled him, there was someone sneaking into the house. The intruder was going along the corridor leading for the children's wings and he was carrying something. No, someone, he was carrying Akira who had fainted or been drugged.
He knew what to do, he went out of the office and ran after the kidnapper. He turned off his byakugan and caught up with him in the garden.
"Stop! Let the child go!" he quietly said approaching the attacker.
He man was taken by surprise and dropped the child. He looked at the person who interrupted him.
"Better back down my friend, you don't know who you are messing with."
"No you better back down, because you don't know who you are messing with." Neji said in a threatening tone.
"I am a shinobi from the village of the mist and no one will stand in my way." He said taking out his kunai and attacking Neji.
His body automatically came into position and he easily dogged the attacked. Then he put forwards his hand attacked himself throwing away the kidnapper. Then he heard some noise. He looked around to see five other shinobi on the roof of the house looking down on him.
"You thought I would go on such an important mission alone?" he kidnapper hissed "I did not plan on killing anyone tonight, but I think our plans have just changed."
He noticed several kunai heading his direction just in time to turn on his byakugan and use the palm rotation. All the weapons were dogged and an expression of disbelief on the kidnappers faces turned into rage. Soon more weapons were launched at him, but he easily defended himself. The glancing blows of the palm rotation woke up several servants and soon Lord Ryu and Hashobi appeared in the doorway not believing their own eyes. They saw Neji fight for the first time, and they saw the byakugan for the first time, it scared them, soon they noticed Akira tied up laying safely on the ground, and they both ran to pick him up.
In the mean time the shinobi were concentrated on Neji. None of their distance attacks worked so they decided to go into frontal, but that was a lethal mistake. Neji's hand to hand combat was perfect, and his gentle first technique made it easy to defeat all the attackers. One 64 strikes and all six shinobi lay on the ground heavily wounded.
Neji ran up towards Lord Ryu.
"Is he ok?" he asked.
"Yes he's just been put to sleep." Lord Hashobi replied.
"There are two more shinobi on the roof I will go and take care of them." Neji told them and made his move.
Soon all the attackers were tied up in the middle of the garden, surrounded by the inhabitants of the house. A servant was sent to go for the town militia and soon more people were present. A doctor confirmed that Akira was alright. And then he informed the militia that the kidnappers were dying so if any information was to be taken from them it had to be done fast.
"What's wrong with them?" the captain of the militia asked.
"Their internal organs had been destroyed, don't ask me how it was done, I just know they will die soon." The doctor replied.
"Who did this?" the captain asked Lord Ryu.
"He did" Lord Ryu replied pointing at Neji "He is a friend of ours and we asked him to protect the heir after that threatening message."
"Very wise, taking in a shinobi of this skill was indeed a wise move." Answered the captain. "We will interrogate the attackers and soon we will tell you more about their commissioner. This was not a amateur kidnapping, and I fear the danger is not over yet. But with this man around you need to fear anything."
"How did you know there were two more on the roof?" he asked turning to Neji.
"I could see them." Neji replied.
The captain looked at him with disbelief. "There is only one kekei genkai of that type" he said "That is the byakugan."
"Lord Ryu you should have told us before that you had a Hyuga protecting your family, then I wouldn't have to worry so much." Said the captain towards the landlord.
"A Hyuga?" asked Lord Kinto.
"Yes the Byakugan is unique to the Hyuga clan from the Hidden leave Village. Three years ago I met a shinobi from that family during one of my missions, I think her name was Hinata. Yes Hinata Hyuga, she was unbeatable."
"Hinata isn't that strong" whispered Neji. Then he realized what he just said, he could remember that she was weak, and suddenly memories came back. His family, his home, his village. The images of his friends, his father and other relatives came flashing before his eyes. The Hyuga clan, his role in the clan, all the pain he suffered and all the pain he caused to Hinata suddenly it all made sense, it all formed one big picture. The puzzle was solved.
"Neji are you all right?" asked Lord Ryu.
"Yes, I am fine." He replied looking very pale.
"You can remember now?" he asked.
"Yes, I can." Replied Neji " I will go rest now." And he left.
"What was wrong with him?" asked the captain some time later.
"You see, he's been staying in our house for over a year because he lost his memory, something you said must have unblocked his past." Replied Lord Kinto. "I wonder what will happen now?" he asked out load.