Chapter 3: The tale of Neji
Neji walked through the deserted streets of Konoha that lead to the Hyuuga compound. Earlier that day, his teammate Lee, the only one left that'd be useful to his training, had left him to go on a mission and the only thing he was left to do was train by himself at his house. He was on his way when he felt that pressence... again...
Flashback
That morning in his way to Lee's dojo.
'How annoying' Neji thought when he noticed a small presence following him. "Biakugan!" said him in order to know who it was but was distracted by a voice behind him. Not from the person he wanted to find.
"Neji-kun Ohayo!" called Ino.
"Huh? You were one of the rookies from the chunin exams right?" replied Neji in his monotone voice, a bit upset that it turned to be her who was apparently following him.
"How rude, why is that you don't remember my name?" answered Ino.
"I remember you because I do pay attention to minor details" said Neji not even bothering to look at her and starting to continue his way.
"ha?" Ino's face dropped. 'What's that supposed to mean?!' added inner Ino.
"I must keep going. I have to meet someone" Neji finally said and dissapeared from Ino's sight.
"Geez he's so cold. I was only trying to ask him something" complaint her but suddenly a paper in the floor called her attention. "Huh? What's that on the floor?"
End of flashback
"I know you're there" said Neji now facing a small bulk in the wall. 'And I didn't have to use the biakugan' thought him as well.
"Huh? I didn't expect you to discover me. At least not the guy who lost to boss" cried a voice from inside the bulk reavealing himself.
"Boss? you must be talking about Naruto" reasoned Neji, Naruto was the only one who've beaten him before.
"That's right!" cried the boy now facing him. "Being as great as he is, I'm not surprised you'd be that good"
'Actually I didn't do anything special, even a normal person could have discovered him behind that stupid disguise' thought Neji with a bored expression.
"Now enough of talking... I must assume you received my letter, right?"
'Letter?' wondered Neji.
"Now Let's fight!" cried the boy and rushed towards Neji to attack him but before he could do anything...
"Juuken!" said Neji and his opponent was sent back to the ground.
"Hey what trick did you do?!" demanded him.
"I'm not in the mood to be playing around with kids like you. Go home"
"I'm not kid. My name's Konohamaru! And I'm gonna become the seventh Hokage!" cried the boy now standing up again.
'Become Hokage? This kid resembles too much to Naruto, kinda scary though' Neji thought. "As I said, I'm not gonna waste my time with you" added and continued walking, leaving an upset Konohamaru with difficulties to keep himself standing up.
Finally, Neji reached the Hyuuga main entrance but somehow he didn't seem calm.
"I know you're there... why are you still following me?" asked him at last before entering the compound.
"I already told you! I want to fight you!" Konohamaru cried appearing from behind a bush. "It'd be a good training and... besides I'd want to tell Naruto-niichan I've also defeated you" added him proudly.
"Eh..." Neji was about to reply him but this voice came from the other side of the road.
"Hinata-sama" said Neji.
"H-hi, Neji-niisan" greeted Hinata who was returning home as well.
"What are you..." both of them tried to ask but then Neji spoke first. "I thought you'd be training with your team"
"Well yeah... you see... Akamaru got a problem and the training was suspended... I was wondering if..." Hinata explained but was cut off by Konohamaru.
"Huh? Who's that weird girl?" asked him a bit upset he was left behind.
"Ano..." Hinata's face turned to see him.
"He's followed me all the way here... he says he want to fight me but I really don't want to waste my time with that kid" explained Neji who now wished he could being training Hinata than fighting the kid.
"I'm not kid. My name's Konohamaru!"
"I-I've seen him around Naruto-kun sometimes" added Hinata in Konohamaru's defence.
"Yeah! Naruto-niichan used to train me" informed Konohamaru, now liking Hinata.
"Hinata-sama..." Neji gave Hinata a worried look as she and Konohamaru started talking friendly and then was invited inside.
"Get ready Neji-chan!" called Konohamaru who, with some help from Hinata, managed to get a fight with Neji.
"Oi! Who gave you permission to call me like that!" scolded Neji. "Ok, this'd be fast" added him placing himself in his Hyuuga fighting stance. "Hakke Rokuyuuyonshou" Neji started but Konohamaru made his move 'faster'.
"Oiroke no jutsu!" yelled him and a naked Hinata appeared in front of Neji making him stop from doing his sixty four strikes. (A/N: you know where Neji strickes right?)
"Waaah!!" could be hear from the place Hinata was sitting followed by a thud from her passing out.
"Hinata-sama!" called a flushed Neji but received a punch from Konohamaru still in Hinata's form.
"This is useless" said him making an angry withdrawal "I'm out of here..." and disappeared leaving Konohamaru alone with a passed out Hinata.
Later that day"Neji" Hiashi called him when he was passing by one of the corridors. "Being a month for the chuunin exams... I must say your skills have gotten poorer" and with that, he left a flabbergasted Neji wondering why was that.
A/N: kyaaa my fav tale (I love Neji soo much xD)... you didn't expect Konohamaru here right? All of the questions that Neji asked himself at the end will be answered in the next one... the tale of Hinata. And yeah, this was short because I couldn't think in two separate tales for both Hyuuga :P