The small hospital room was silent as Lord Hyuuga waited for the young ninja to answer his question. Neji stared up at the blank ceiling with restless eyes. Revisiting defeat did not bold well with Neji's pride. Accepting defeat at Naruto's hand at the chunin exams still baffled him.
With pride jammed in his throat Neji spoke. "I had got an early start on my on training with Tenten. Guy Sensei was at the hospital with Lee do to his injury form the chunin exams so training was much less strenuous, at lest by my standards. Still Tenten and I kept at it for hour after hour until the sun began to fall….."
"Neji, we have been out here for hours without any kind of break." Tenten whined. "You know sometimes I think your worse then Guy Sensei." Neji winced at being compared to his eccentric teacher.
"Then go." Neji said coldly. "If you won't stay to finish our session then I'll continue alone." Neji turned his back to Tenten and took his stance.
"Ok, then I guess I'll see you tomorrow." Tenten said quietly. Neji ignored her like he always did. Tenten gave a sigh and slowly walked out of sight. Neji continued for a while longer until he realized how tired he was.
"I must have over done it a bit." Neji said in a huffy voice. Neji looked around at his training field. Discarded kunai, shuriken, Pitchforks, and other assorted weapons lie on the ground from Tenten's summing scrolls. Trees that surrounded the area had huge chunks blown out by his own juken. The landscape had drastically changed from when they had arrived. Once a pristine forest clearing surrounded by large trees was now a cluster of destroyed trees and uneven footing caused by explosive tags. Neji then looked up at the sky that was slowly changing form dusk to black night. "That's enough for today." Neji turned towards the village and slowly began to walk. Suddenly over his left shoulder a kunai whizzed past narrowly missing him. Neji wheeled to face the direction of the knife. On a tree branch about forty meters form Neji stood a ninja.
The ninja bore no headband to identify with and he was Neji's age, maybe younger. His long hair was a sliver color in contrast with his black shirt and long black pants. His left arm was bandaged up into the sleeve and form his neck up to his nose was also concealed by white bandages. The only part of his pale face that was visible was his eyes. They were a sliver gray and there gaze was haunting. The ninja smirked. From behind, Neji heard faint a sizzling sound. Neji turned to see an explosive tag about to go off. BANG! The tag went off with Neji caught in the blast. Thick black smoke filled the air. The assailant leaped down form the tree. Then peered into the black smoke. The smaoke then cleared to reveal a tattered log. The enemy's eyes squinted and began to dart around the area to quickly survey the grounds but found nothing.
In a raspy whisper the ninja said "Predictable…."
In a near by tree that still retained a few branches full of leaves Neji sat silently covered by the wide leaves. As he sat Neji's mind became jumbled with ideas and thoughts on the attack. "Who is this guy? Why did he attack? Why didn't I see him coming? How could I have let my guard down?" Neji's breaths became shallow; the training left him sluggish and weak. "Stay calm." Neji said to himself. "The important thing is to escape; fighting in this state could get me killed." Neji started to plan his escape. The sun was now completely set. Neji smiled, the odds were in his favor. Under the veil of night Neji would escape much easier then in daylight. A human's range of vision is greatly limited at night making for an easy escape at a risk. In a normal situation the fact of night would affect both ninja. In Neji's case he may be able to escape with ease, but the fact that he cannot see his enemy's location would create disaster. Running into the enemy at a weaken state could lead to devastation. But Neji is a Hyuuga. While a normal human eye uses light to see the Hyuuga's byakugan does not. The byakugan sees a living thing's chakra and greatly enhances vision. So using his byakugan he could pen point the enemy's location by his chakra and avoid him. Neji silently congratulated himself on his plan and began to close his eyes to activate his byakugan, but the enemy's voice broke the tension and his concentration.
The same raspy voice spoke quietly. "You think you can hide form me? You of all people should know…nothing hides from the byakugan…" His voice trailed off. In the silences the faint sound of hand colliding to form hand signs was heard. In a split second a kunai with an explosive tag hit the trunk of the tree Neji hid in and went off. Neji jumped form the tree landing on one knee. Neji quickly came to and activated his byakugan then stood up and assumed his juken stance. Now Neji could defend himself and look for an opening to run. With his byakugan on he could clearly see his opponent. Neji was shocked to see that his opponents stance and his own were identical but that soon passed when Neji looked at his eyes. There was no mistaking it. The ninja's eyes became pale and the space around the eyes were bulged over with veins. The enemy ninja possessed the byakugan. This shinobi possessed the all seeing evil eye.
