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Neji walked along Kohona feeling bored. He was about to turn down another street when he felt a spring of recognition. He followed the feeling until he was at one of Kohona's training fields. He looked around the grounds surprised no one was there.

He was about to turn to leave when he heard the whistle of kunai in flight. He automatically activated his Byakugan and saw the weapons coming. Drawing a handful of senbon he flung them at the kunai, deflecting them.

He smirked when he saw a familiar chakra.

"Very funny, Hanabi." He said as the said girl came out of her hiding place.

"You seem to have gotten better Neji-san." She said. He smirked at Hinata's little sister.

"I am your superior by two years. Of course I am better." He said deactivating his Byakugan, "and it seems you are better as well." He said sidestepping one of Hanabi's clones as it appeared behind him with a kunai.

"Heh. I'll get you next time." She said as she and her clone charged Neji with their Byakugan active. He let them get within twenty feet before he let loss two well-aimed senbon. They hit and Hanabi turned into a log and her clone dispelled.

Just as the smoke appeared so did Hanabi behind Neji. She went to block one of his chakra points when he grabbed her arm and threw her. Doing a flip in the air Hanabi landed on her feet.

She was about to charge again when she felt senbon pierce her skin. She cursed in pain as she collapsed.

"You have grown Hanabi. I can see that." Neji said smiling kindly. He came over to her and removed one of the senbon in her shoulder carefully. Hanabi was shocked when she found she could move her shoulder again.

"What did you do?" she asked curious as Neji continued to carefully remove the senbon.

"I blocked the joint thus making it immobile." He said pulling out the last senbon. Hanabi got onto her feet and looked at Neji.

"We missed you Neji-san." She said softly, "Hinata and I both."

Neji nodded before an idea came to him, "get ready Hanabi. I will spar with you for today."

Hanabi was shocked, "no its fine! You don't need to." She said waving her hands in front of her.

Neji smirked as he sunk into a battle position with the setting sun to his back, "you and lady Hinata kept me alive. The least I can do is help you to grow strong. So stop your rambling because if you don't come at me with the intent to kill, I'll kill you." He said before sending a handful of senbon her way.

Hanabi smiled and activated her Byakugan.

Kaira sat silently in a tree and watched as Neji and Hanabi spared. All she did was watch. It was all she felt like doing.

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Kiba and Akamaru walked down Kohona's lamp light streets enjoying the night air and the many glares people were sending at him. He was about to head back for the hotel when he heard a small growl and looked down at Akamaru.

"What's the matter Akamaru? Hungry?" he asked. The white dog that came to his knees nodded with a whine. Kiba smiled at his companion, "lets get some food then."

Akamaru barked in agreement and Kiba turned into a teahouse. He looked around and stopped in his tracks instantly.

In a corner was a woman with long brown hair that was tied back in a ponytail. She had the same eyes as Kiba along with the same red triangles that ran down her face. Akamaru looked over in the direction Kiba was and when he saw the woman he barked in excitement. She looked up to see what the fuss was about and was shocked when she saw Kiba.

"K- Kiba?" she said.

"H-Hana?" Kiba said also shocked. Hana got to her feet quickly and went over to her younger brother to hold him in a tight hug.

"Oh, Kiba! It's been so long! How are you?" she asked releasing him and looking down when a wet nose nuzzled her hand, "Akamaru? Wow! You got so big!" she said kneeling to pet the dog.

"Heh. I've been fine. Roamed for a while but its all good now," he said as his elder sister looked up and noticed the sakura headband.

"The village hidden in the cherry blossoms?" she said mostly to herself.

"Yeah. It's so beautiful. I wish I could take you there to show you it. There are white cherry blossom trees everywhere." Kiba said wanting his sister to be able to imagine it.

"Sounds heavenly." Hana said directing her brother over to her table, "Hay! Two orders of the special!" she said to the waiter. He looked at her in discomfort at first but soon went to tell the cook.

Kiba told his sister everything that had happened. Starting with when he and the others had met up with the sand ninja all the way to how his team had been the first to pass the second part of the Chunin exams.

"Wow!" Hana said surprised, "Anko's test? In under five hours? You're amazing!" she said as she pulled another dumpling off the stick to feed it to Akamaru. Kiba grinned.

"Yeah. Neji is amazing with his Byakugan. I stole his headband once and within five minutes he found it on the Hokage monument. He's amazing when he wants to search for something." Kiba said. He was about to tell her another story when an all to familiar voice came to his ears.

"Hana! Lets go or we'll be late for the clan meeting." A male voice said. Kiba gritted his teeth and looked back at the very man he knew had spoken.

His father looked at him surprised, "When did you get out of your room? Go back now!" he said flushed.

Kiba smirked, "So you haven't realized it yet? I haven't been in that room for about four years! I left this god-forsaken place years ago. The only reason I'm here now is to become a sakura Chunin!" he said pointing to his headband.

His father stared at it in shock then looked at his daughter, "We're leaving now!" he said as he quickly departed. Hana looked at her brother. His eyes were covered by his bangs.

"Kiba?" she asked in a whisper. He smiled at her and hugged his sister.

"Thank you for keeping me alive. I know you helped Akamaru sneak me food and I am forever grateful." He said. Her eyes softened as she returned his hug.

"What are siblings for?" she asked as she paid for the food and walked out of the restaurant. She waved bye before disappearing.

Kiba sat back down and clenched his fists together tightly. Thank you sis. You managed to keep me alive long enough to teach me to walk. He thought as tears slid down his face. He quickly wiped them away. Maybe Kurei-sama will let me take her with us home so I can show her the village. He thought hopeful.

"Akamaru." He said getting to his feet, "find Kurei-sama!"

Akamaru looked confused but was eager for the challenge, so he led Kiba towards Kurei's scent.

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Hikari stopped in mid-step when she felt Neji's chakra rise again. I wonder what he's doing? She thought. She was going to go check it out but decided not to. She continued to wonder aimlessly when she saw a man run out of a tavern.

"Someone! Help please! They're going to destroy my tavern!" he called out.

"Now what do you think is going on?" she asked the almost fully-grown cheetah at her side. Chi shrugged and Hikari sighed.

"You might as well go fetch the paramedics. From those sounds I'd say it's a brawl." She said listening in. Chi nodded and ran off to get the medics.

Sighing again she walked in and barely managed to duck as a chair went flying towards her head. She looked for the offender but she only saw a group leaf Jonin and Anko. The leaf Jonin seemed to be attempting to try abduct a drunken Anko.

Either they have a death wise or they're to drunk to think at all. Hikari thought just before the punches started to fly. They all fought sloppily and Hikari was able to guess the Jonin to be either hotheads or rookies, but alas there were six of them and drunken Anko just didn't seem to be able to keep up.

Anko tried to stand by pulling herself up. The Jonin chuckled and went to pick Anko up when a kunai flew just past his face. They all looked over at the offender to only see an annoyed Hikari.

"Hoi. Six against one isn't fair." She said calmly. The Jonin gave her a look of lust as their eyes ran along her body. Oh, great. Fucking Perverts. She thought even more disgusted and angry.

"Hay doll." One said, "Wanna come with us and this pretty to have some fun?"

"How about," Hikari started before drawing two kunai, "I teach you a lesson."

Before the Jonin had time to react she was gone. They looked around the room confused. They were almost scared out of their skins when they heard Hikari's voice again.

"Next time you want entertainment" She started putting her kunai back in their holder as she stood in front of Anko, "find a hotel."

They all looked at her shocked before blood gusted from their bodies in places that were now slashed open. Anko looked at the bodies in shock.

"Are they…?" she asked unable to look away from the bodies.

"The wounds are deep enough to scar but not kill. I want them to remember this." Hikari said as she kneeled down and grabbed Anko's arm. Resting it on the back on her neck and then lifting, she brought them injured woman to her feet.

"What are you doing?" Anko asked surprised at Hikari's actions.

"Helping you, dobe." Hikari said almost dragging her out of the tavern, "your shit faced drunk and have been beaten by a bunch of Jonin. You can't be feeling to great."

Anko smiled and relaxed, "your right I feel like shit." She said as she tried to walk, "you remind me of myself kid."

Hikari smiled, "funny. You remind me of myself." she said bringing Anko to her hotel room where she let the woman sleep on her bed.

"How unusually kind of you Hikari." Itachi said leaning on the doorframe as Chi walked into the room to sniff Anko. Hikari looked at Itachi and felt her heart race. Keeping her back to him she wrapped Anko's wrist.

"She needed help and I don't want to think about what they would have done if I hadn't come along." She said pissed and disgusted at the Jonin. Then to her utter horror, he was besides her. She willed her face to remain her usual color then to turn red.

Itachi looked over at Hikari and was unable to see her face as she turned away to get a towel wet in the bowl of water besides her. He didn't know why but he had to smirk. She wetted the towel and began whipping Anko's face clean of the sweet and dirt she had managed to get.

Itachi took the towel from Hikari, noticing her body tense, and take it to the sink to rinse it out. Done with the first aid Hikari put everything back in its case and turned to Itachi.

"Now if you don't mind. Tomorrow is the end of the second part of the exams and I want to get some sleep. So please leave Itachi-sensei." She said as calmly as she could. Itachi nodded and left the room to reflect on the way Hikari acted when he was around and when he wasn't.

Why does she act so different? He pondered.

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Anko awoke feeling a very warm spot over her entire chest. Opening her eyes she saw a cheetah asleep on her.

"Hay. Get off me." she said amazed at how week her voice sounded.

Raising her hand to block the light from the window she found it was bandaged. She tried to get up but the drumming in her skull and the weight of the cheetah stopped her.

"I wouldn't move to much." She heard a voice say. Looking over she saw Hikari walk in the room with a cup of tea, "at least not until you've had some of this."

She set the cup down besides the bed, shooed the cheetah out of the way, and helped Anko sit up.

"Where am I? And what happened? Why do I feel like a got the crap beaten out of me?" she asked holding her head. Hikari grabbed the cup and put it in Anko's hands.

"Drink. You're in my hotel room and yes you nearly had the crap beaten out of you. And god knows what else might have happened if I hadn't stepped in." Hikari said moving over to the window to shut the blinds.

Anko finished the drink and made her way to the bathroom. Once by the sink she slashed cool water on her faced, which helped along with the tea.

"Thank you." Anko said when she was done. She looked over at Hikari to see the girl strapping on her shing blades.

"Hmm? Oh. Your welcome." She said finishing the knot before turning to Anko, "we should go. Your test should be just about over."

Anko nodded as woman, girl, and cheetah speed off to join the others.

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