Crystal Inferno: So, some of you were angry, some were happy, and some of you were confused. Well then, let me explain: Hinata is just not automatically going with Shino just because they each gave their first kisses away. Also, I've now reached my decision to two of the guys, but I'm definitely not telling you which one I eliminated (because I really don't want flames.) Also, some of you are grossed out that Neji is interested in Hinata…

Neji: Why would they be disgusted? Hinata shall be wife and that is final!

CI: Well I'm trying to tell them…so here you go…my reasons:

This is the feudal era (kind of) Ninja lived in the feudal era. There was incest in the feudal era. But not like sister and brother…more like cousins! That's why Neji likes her, because if they were brother and sister, Neji would have no interest.

Oh, wait…that was my only reason…oops…okay! On with the story! Warning: There is a little violence…

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Neji had been waiting for Hinata with much anticipation. He wanted her to fall in love with him at first sight, and he wanted to steal her virgin lips away. He had been outside, waiting patiently…and that's when he saw her. With him.

Hinata had twisted her arm around the bug boy's and she had laid her hand on her forearm. She kept looking up and smiling like an idiot and noticed that Shino did not have his sunglasses on. Neji was about to go over to where they stood when they suddenly stopped. Shino was saying something, and Hinata's eyes grew disappointed, but than something else entirely shook his body in rage. Hinata went up and placed her lips to his. They stood there for another ten seconds, and Shino quietly left. Hinata had watched him and then had started walking towards the Hyugga estate.

Neji was boiling with anger. At that very moment, he could not think. He wanted to kill.

As Hinata walked closer, he noticed confusion written on her face. Maybe it's my expression…maybe it's guilt…Neji thought as he was about to smooth his long hair. Realization kicked in as he noticed that his hair shot up and was short in length. She didn't recognize him.

As she finally made it to the doorway, she looked at him perplexed, as though not sure who he was. He said coldly, "What are you doing out so late, Lady Hinata?"

Her ears registered the voice and said softly "N…Neji?" All he could do was nod; he was to frustrated to say anything else. "Neji, you cut your hair? Wow, it looks really nice on you! I could never imagine-" She was cut off as Neji grabbed her suddenly and through her against the wall, his face inches from hers.

"What the hell are you so giddy about? Answer that question!" Neji spat, his heart in flames. "You betrayed me Hinata!"

Hinata was complete shock, but she managed to recover, "What are you talking about Neji? How have I betrayed you?"

"What do you mean, how? I saw you, Hinata! You kissed that…that roach! After I told you what he could do to you!" Neji was reaching his limit. It was only moments until he started a rampage…

Hinata's eyes suddenly lit in anger and surprisingly pushed Neji off of her while he was lost in thoughts. "Don't ever call Shino a roach! He might be a little peculiar, but he's kind and gentle, and knows what it means to struggle! He would never do anything to me, I know he would never harm those who mean much to him, and his soul is already too docile for that…" she trailed off, her eyes that once held anger were becoming soft and loving. It clicked in Neji's head that second…did she actually…

"You love him, don't you?" Neji asked, his knuckles growing white, as his fist was shaking frantically.

Hinata looked at him straight in the eye, her look still loving but stern, "Yes, maybe I do love him, and you cannot interfere in my judgment! I have found someone that deeply cares for me, that wasn't afraid to tell me his feelings. Shouldn't you be happy, as I have given up Naruto and have found someone who actually likes me in return, who knows that I exist and gives me courage and strength! Why would you want to take my happiness away?"

Her rant stopped. Neji couldn't control himself any longer and lunged at her. Hinata was too stunned to do anything and she was pushed back to the wall once more. Why couldn't she love him? Why was it that ugly roach? Why was he placed on the sidelines, like a hopeless fool? It was then that he placed his lips hungrily onto hers, his rage pouring into the kiss. He wanted her. He would have her. She was his.

"You are mine, Hinata," he growled between the kiss, "No one else can have you. You will be mine, I will make sure of it."

"Please, Neji, stop. Don't do this…" Hinata whispered, struggling against the kiss and his hold on her. "I don't want to hurt you…"

He loosened his grip for a few seconds and mockingly replied, "How could you hurt me, Hinata? I'm much stronger than you. No matter what you did, I could have your pretty little neck wrapped around my hands in seconds."

"You don't understand, Neji…" Hinata quietly remarked, " I'm speaking of the matters of the heart. I don't want to bruise your emotions. All I ever wanted was your friendship and rivalry. Please don't continue this. You are like a brother to me…"

Neji's eyes widened, "All I am is a brother to you? How soon your mind frame shall change. I told you…. you shall be mine…and I have the ring to prove it." His fingers slipped a ring on Hinata's fingers, her facial expression a mixture of desperation and fear. "I have already spoken with Hiashi. You are to be my wife in order to keep the blood of the family running pure."

Hinata's face was to a point of total despondency. She couldn't comprehend the situation. She was getting married to Neji, without her opinion on the matter, without her consent.

"No…" she started, building her voice. She soon screeched, "NO! Neji, I will not marry you! I will never marry you! My heart is already taken. I will not marry someone who I cannot and will not ever love!"

Neji dug his nails into her back. "Yes, you will. You shall be mine, and you will learn to love me." He was about to kiss her once more when someone from behind back fisted Neji from the side and hurled him onto the floor.

"What are you doing to Hinata?" Kiba said, his voice filled with ferocity and hatred.

"This is none of your business, mutt, me and my fiancé were just having a conflict among ourselves," Neji said coolly, wiping the blood from his lip.

"Fiancé…?" Kiba asked, his voice trailing off, surprise held within its tone. He looked at Hinata, her face still in awed horror. "Is what he is saying true?"

She looked at him, her eyes pleading, telling him to save her. "Kiba…I'm sorry…but I've become…engaged." Her eyes had grown wide and smiled was placed on her face in her own hysteria. Hinata thought it was better if he didn't know the real situation. That she had been thrown into engagement against her own free will. That she didn't love Neji, but he loved her. That her quiet friend may have taken her heart. That she couldn't control the matter any longer. All she could do was faint.

Kiba watched her go down and was about to catch her but Neji beat her to it. Neji looked at him coldly, his colorless eyes giving off waves of anger and rage. "If you so happen to do anything Hinata in a way I find offensive, your life will be on the line."

"Yeah, make me." Kiba snarled, his mood was becoming quite furious, "Hinata just can't been won over by a ring. I know very well you forced this upon her. I could see it in her eyes."

"You know nothing about Hinata," Neji said, his voice hinting frustration.

"On the contrary, I know everything about Hinata," Kiba smirked.

Both of the two had their eyes locked on one another, both fierce for combat, both wanted combat. Neji was the first to speak, "If I find you outside after I put her to bed, I promise you your blood will stain the ground."

"Fine…I've wanted to challenge you ever since what you did to Hinata three years ago. She is not your puppet that will do whatever you say. She has become strong, and you better admire that strength. Or else…I might have to interfere with this 'engagement,'" Kiba replied. Neji simply narrowed his eyes and went into the estate. Kiba took a kunai out of one of his holsters and waited. He would fight Neji. He felt a burning passion inside of him. Maybe it was because he wanted to fight…or maybe it was for a love of a woman he wanted…Hinata's love.

A few moments later, and then the door open, and kunai flew from the door. Kiba dodged it skillfully, and threw a couple shrunken right back, and yet Neji blocked them with a kunai he had kept. Kiba flew to one of the near by trees while throwing more shrunken, with a little surprise in each of them. Suddenly, they exploded and Neji was left in a pile of dust.

"Hmm…you're not so bad as you use to be…getting your ass kicked by Naruto sure improved your ability," Neji sniggered coldly.

"You baka, that was three years ago. I've improved fifty-fold since than. You know very well I could have surpassed you," Kiba snarled, "How about we go about this using taijutsu. My wild style, against your gentle fist."

"Sounds good to me, come at me with all that you have," Neji said and threw his stance that was almost identical to Hinata's.

Okay, but I want the advantage…Kiba thought and he quickly cam down from his tree and ran right towards Neji at an incredible. He barked, "Shikyaku No Jutsu! Down on All Fours Technique!" He went straight to Neji and was about to strike his face, but Neji quickly deflected his attack and held his arm, and hit a tenketsu in his elbow, depleting it of his chakra. Kiba growled in pain, his middle right arm had gone numb and he couldn't feel the chakra emitting in that area. He drew back where Neji stood and flicked his nose.

This is going to be difficult. If I had Akamaru with me it may be easier. However, I have to do this alone. Kiba thought. If I don't, I won't be able to prove my love for Hinata. She deserves better than this jerk.

"Seems you need your dog to properly win a battle, you mutt," Neji mocked, a wicked grin plastered on his face. "You won't be able to defeat me on your own."

"Shut-up, you coward!" Kiba bellowed, "You shouldn't talk to me about strength! I see in you eyes weakness, every time Hinata comes by. You can't tell her the truth, of how you truly feel! Yet, you bring her in this predicament! Place a ring on her finger, have her engaged behind her back, take her virginity why don't you, while you're at it! But there is one thing you can never take from her…and that is her heart!"

Neji looked at him, with a malicious intent in his eyes, "I will have her heart. She will be mine and that is final. You or that stupid roach won't interfere and if you do, I will personally kill you."

"You can't make her be yours! We all love her! You can't take her without fighting for her!" Kiba yelled, his anger reaching his limits.

"What do you think were doing?" Neji said, not referring his statement as a question. With the words, he sprinted towards Kiba while he was still recovering, and activated his Byakugan. His arm swiftly moved toward Kiba's chest and Kiba barely dodged him from attacking his heart.

Damn, he plans on killing me! Kiba thought frantically. He knew very well that if he couldn't knock Neji off his pedestal, he was certainly going to drop him down to the pits of the Underworld. Kiba began scampering around the ground, avoiding Neji's dangerous hands and his creepy, colorless eyes. He started throwing defensive blocks, and as he grew more composure, he started to attack using kunai and his shrunken.

"I'm going to beat you, here and now!" Kiba exclaimed, "Here it goes, Gatsuuga! Fang Over Fang!" He became a torpedo and whirled around right where Neji was and felt Neji's flesh on his claws. When he finished swirling, he saw Neji, blood gashing from his arms and his chest. Yet, he didn't seem fazed by it. Was he insane?

"Nothing…can hurt me enough, to stop me from giving back my love…" Neji said, more to himself than to Kiba, "If you attempt to keep her away, I will vanquish your feelings for her."

"Hey, same here. I won't abandon my love because your telling me too. I'd rather die before Hinata is given to someone who does not deserve her love. Now let's continue." Kiba replied, and with that they continued their match. It went on, the grueling taijutsu bringing upon two weary bodies, slightly bloody, and as Neji promised, the blood of Kiba, but of himself as well, stained the ground. The fight continued for another two hours, and as they were prepared to end the match, with the fatality of the other, two kunai to both of them stopped them in their tracks, halting their fight.

"You idiots, what were you doing all night?" a highly annoyed Tenten roared at the two boys, "Obviously, Neji, you've had enough practice for one day. You too, Kiba. Why were you two fighting each other with such bloodlust? Why would fellow ninja of the same village kill one another! Answer me!"

They were both surprised by Tenten's fury. However, Kiba seemed more shocked than Neji, as Neji experienced her wrath before. "Calm down, Tenten. We merely had a dispute…" Neji said mildly, attempting to approach her.

"That was one hell of a dispute, you baka!" Tenten roared at him, "I don't care what the argument was about, but I won't allow you two to kill one another. We are of the same village and that means we fight as one and not as individuals bent on some stupid pride!"

I wonder what's wrong with her…she's just probably really worried for us…or at least Neji…she must truly care for him, Kiba's thoughts ended and he said, "I'll be taking my leave. Tell Hinata that I won't be coming to practice. I trust you enough to do that."

"Very well," Neji replied. Kiba left then, leaving Neji with a worried, frazzled, and angry Tenten. Who knew what she did to him…

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Crystal Inferno: So I hope you liked it. It wasn't my best. But, I hope I made the fight scene decent. Anyways, drop a review if you like and I'll see you real soon (like maybe in three days!)