Hello again! A special thanks to all my readers and supporters, im so happy to have you all :D

And now! As for the final results for my contest. It was a tight shift between The Unknown Twinkie's Icicle Blast and Kingkakashi's Tsuku Yari (Thrusting spear)

But the final winner is…Kingkakashi! Congratulations bubba. And I thank everyone for participating your jutsu ideas were all spectacular and your all winners 3 love you all!

A small column of chakra with a point or spearhead at the end erupting from the palm of Hinata's hand where a chakra point would be. The Hakkeshou Kaiten(8 trigrams palm rotation) of the Hyuga clan is created by a Hyuga releasing chakra from all their chakra points and spinning. Hinata just releases a concentrated portion of chakra from a single chakra point in her hand and forms a chakra sphere that comes to a point like a spear or drill. Giving it the name Thrusting spear or Tsukuyari

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"Aw man Sakura; you hit the jackpot with that one." Kiba openly mocked as he made his way up the stairs. Although it made Sakura feel predictable and selfish, she had to agree. Hinata and Sasuke seemed like some all star fighters as of recently. They probably dragged Naruto up the ranks to get this far. She couldn't believe he did it on his own strength.

'Good luck…Naruto-kun' Hinata wished from the side.

Sakura looked to the stand where her team mates were and then back to Naruto who had a calm gaze. "Naruto you can drop the act we all know your probably itching to get on with the fight. I mean it's not like your Sasuke or anything."

"Let the battle begin." Hayate announced quietly with a cough.

"Besides everyone knows you're the weake-GAH!" Sakura was interrupted when Naruto-who was waiting patiently for the battle to start-, punched her harshly in the stomach, sending her back a few feet. But Sakura jumped back before he continued his assault. Then Naruto spoke for the first time since the battle began.

"Your right, I was the weakest in our class. I'll be mature enough to admit it, but I've changed since that day with the help of my new team. I am not the same boy you've known…" He trailed off as he unzipped his jacket, turned to Hinata and Sasuke before yelling "Hey guys, catch!" As he threw it toward them, the jacket trailed slightly in Sasuke direction, but before he caught it, Hinata harshly stepped in the way yelling quickly, "Mine!" As she caught the garment she discovered what she had done and the stares she received. But when Naruto only chuckled, Hinata sighed with relief that he didn't find her action all that strange. Finally, Naruto turned back to Sakura.

"You may have known me as the idiot who wore that orange jacket all the time. But now I'm facing you as a new person." Naruto took a battle stance which Sakura noted was a lot higher grade then the one he used to know in the academy.

"Heh…" She exhaled while looking down slightly but still at the blond in front of her. "Looks like you aren't a kid anymore. Alright…" Adjusting her headband to go over her forehead, she took her own battle stance. "Lets go!" She yelled charging the boy.

Sakura aimed a flurry of well aimed punches at Naruto who dodged just as accurately. When she aimed a kick to his head he jumped over the attack, straightened his body with his head toward her and yelled his jutsu, "Wind gusher!" The wind propelled his feet toward her as he attempted to ram his head into her stomach. However Sakura dodged the attack. When Naruto saw that he missed, he did a hand stand before his head hit the ground. Sakura aimed another kick at the now upside down boy's stomach. Naruto just caught the blow by locking with his knee and shifted his body lower to kick her feet out from under her. He succeeded and she fell over hitting the ground with a thud. But her torture wasn't over when Naruto elbowed her in the stomach. However the pain snapped her out of it and she rolled away from his next punch. When her sensei Kurenai's words rang out in her head.

Out of all our graduates, you have the most superb chakra control I've ever seen out of a lot of generations. This is ideal for much genjutsu and using chakra to enhance the speed of your running and punching.

Gathering chakra in her arm, she aimed a punch at Naruto at quick speeds. Naruto blocked, but the momentum of the punches speed, and something they did not expect-super human strength- sent the boy flying back. At this many of the jonin gasped. Mainly the 3rd Hokage was the most questioned.

'I always knew she had super chakra control, but for it to be so profound and focused…I've never seen something like that since Tsunade…'

Naruto skidded back on his feet from the blow astonished much like the pink haired girl. He made a mental note to keep clear of those deadly punches. Sakura looked at her fists, clenching and unclenching them while gathering chakra the same way she had before. Without a doubt, she could feel the power of her chakra enhancing her strength. She looked up at Naruto with a knowing smirk before cracking her knuckles and rushing at him.

Just before she aimed her punch, Naruto jumped up suddenly, dodging her punch and bringing his leg down on the top of her head forcing her head downward. Then when his foot hit the ground, he did a 360 twist and using the momentum of his spin, kicked her in the side of her head. But before his kick landed, he swiftly activated the wind gusher witch added force and power to his kick witch propelled her even farther, 10 meters away. Naruto charged her as she stood back up, but using chakra in her hands again, she whipped kunai and shuriken ferociously at the boy. She smiled when they landed but was questioned when he vanished in a puff of smoke.

"A clone? But when…" She trailed off when she remembered a crucial moment.

Sakura looked at her fists, clenching and unclenching them while gathering chakra the same way she had before. Without a doubt, she could be the power of her chakra enhancing her strength.

'Damnit! While I was experimenting with my strength while enhanced by chakra, I wasn't watching him; he must have replaced himself with a clone. But clones can't hit people. So that must have been…no way… it can't be…that's a jonin level jutsu!' She thought with disbelief.

Her pondering was cut short when Naruto was not in view of her and she was on her wits end.

Thwip!

Sakura gasped as she heard a kunai whip through the air. 'Above!' Her reaction time was impeccable as she just dodged a kunai aimed at her from a diagonal angle that was about to hit her in her chest. Naruto had run up the wall and was now hanging sideways looking at Sakura from a distance.

She reached for her kunai pocket when suddenly; a bunch of Naruto clones dashed out from under the ground and attacked her. Put on the defensive, she blocked with every limb she had. She brought her leg up to kick a clone but suddenly she couldn't move her feet. Looking down, she saw two arms sticking out of the ground and gripping her ankles.

'Smart…' She cursed but was brought into the world of the living when she just blocked a punch.

With just her arms to block, a lot of attacks came through and she took a few hits and punches. Knowing the limits of her low stamina she knew she had to do something quick.

Charging her hands with chakra for super strength, she punched the ground witch caused rocks to go flying and the floor to collapse under the clones, and the force of the punch dispatched the clone grabbing her ankles.

The true Naruto hanging on the wall charged her with the speed of wind gusher behind him with his fist forward. Sakura dodged the human bullet and created hand signs.

"Time for my trump card! Genjutsu: Madder Mist!" Soon a soft pink mist encompassed the area. Naruto could see flashing of multiple people running in circles around him.

'Pink mist? Figures…' Naruto thought with sarcasm. He saw a figure rushing him through the mist. It aimed a punch at his head but Naruto dodged and kicked the figure in the stomach. When his foot made contact however, Sakura vanished in a flurry of pink leaves, further tempering his vision. He heard steps coming and turned quickly. He couldn't see what the figure was about to do as it jumped toward him. In the thick of the moment however, Naruto remembered that wind gusher had 2 effects. To propel the user by gushing wind out of the feet, but it also repelled frontal attacks and blew them back, making it a defensive and move. Seeing the image draw close, Naruto called out his jutsu.

"Wind gusher!" Propelling deadly winds out of his chest, Naruto didn't get the desired effect of blowing her back ferociously. However it lived up to its basic use and repelled Sakura away. Naruto looked down at his black shirt, realizing it had muffled the wind jutsu slightly. While it did the repel effect, Naruto knew with extra chakra and getting rid of layers over his skin, it could offensively blow people back.

Sakura however was on him again with 2 fakes following close in the mist. All 3 aimed a punch at him again. If he used the wind gusher again, she now knew the strength of its force so she could come up with a suitable comeback. Surely enough, Naruto called out, "Wind gusher!" However somehow it was stronger then before and it forced her back enough to blow her out of the mist and hit the wall of the preliminary stage with a thud. Naruto hearing the thud rushed out of the mist toward the girl against the wall. Sakura looked toward Naruto as the now shirtless boy charged out of the mist toward her.

Hinata thought the fight seemed much more interesting now.

Sakura pulled herself out of the crevice in the wall quickly, realizing that he had taken off his shirt to increase the power of the jutsu. However she was too late as Naruto drove his fist deep into her stomach.

"Gaaah!" She screamed in pain and coughed up blood. As Naruto retracted his hand the mist cleared up and she fell to her knees.

Hayate was at Sakura's side to check her condition. Nodding slightly to no one he stood up and lifted his arm a he spoke. "Sakura Haruno can no longer carry on this fight. Therefore the winner is Naruto Uzumaki."

Sasuke smirked. "Good work Naruto." He said calmly. Naruto heard this and gave his team a thumbs up. Grabbing his black T-shirt he walked up the stairs and to Hinata's dismay, she handed him his orange jacket. However she was delighted when he tossed them both on the floor nearby.

"It's kinda hot in here and I'm sweating. I'm not putting on another layer."

Hinata smiled with delight. Not even ashamed how much she enjoyed his naked chest. "Oh…ok" She said trying not to sound too happy. Naruto noticed her strange tone however.

"What's wrong? You don't want me shirtless next to ya or something?" He joked. Hinata shook her head slowly.

"N-no…It's fine."

Naruto winked at her teasingly. "Oh so you like me without a shirt on huh?"

Hinata blushed a deep crimson. 'YES!' She thought with a 'shout'

"I never said…I…no it's…well yes but…uhh…" Hinata stammered horribly but Naruto merely laughed.

"Ahh don't worry Hinata-chan. I'm just teasing." Naruto told her as he rested on the side railed supported by his arms. But when his arms touched the bar he hissed with pain.

"Tssss ow man that hurts." Naruto complained holding his arm with his other good arm. "Must have got it when I blocked Sakura's hit with my arm…" Hinata got a twinkle in her eye.

"Wait Naruto, I have ointment…" Reaching into her pocket she pulled out the ointment and rubbed the white cream on Naruto arm lessening the pain. Hinata exhaled softly in pleasure of touching his arm while he was shirtless but it was unnoticed. Naruto smiled at her kindness.

"Thanks Hinata-chan, this stuff really helps." Hinata only smiled back at him and continued applying the cream. Naruto remembered the first time he'd seen that container when he'd seen her at the hospital. Then his mind wandered to the last time he had remembered that moment in the hospital which was in the forest of death. Remembering how he and Hinata had almost kissed, he turned his head slightly and blushed.H

Yes, it was indeed interesting how the human mind worked.

"Naruto-kun? Are you…ok?" She paused as he looked away. Naruto looked back immediately worried if she thought he was in discomfort. Waving his hand sheepishly he replied, "No no, it's fine really." He finished with a smile. Hinata only smiled back softly.

Ino laughed softly, too softly for the two to hear. "Oh man…this is painful to watch." She replied when Shikamaru interjected.

"Eh? What is?" He asked with not much interest. He received a smack on his head for not paying attention and his short attention span.

"Look!" She sighed harshly as she pointed to Naruto and Hinata and the lazy boy…lazily followed her hand with his eyes. His gaze settled upon the two as Hinata rubbed ointment on his arm and they both smiled to each other.

"What about them?" He asked with boredom. Ino exasperatedly sighed.

"She's so into him! Can't you tell?" She exclaimed. Shikamaru sighed.

"So what if she is? Your just happy because something gossip worthy's come up."

Ino gaped before crossing her arms with a huff. "You're no fun Shikamaru!" But she smiled at the strange chemistry she had with her team mate.

After Sakura had been carried off by medic ninja for extra examination, Hayate raised his hand to show he wished for the attention of the ninja present in the room.

"Alright, now we will see the next two battle contenders on the screen now."

The genin watched with anticipation as the names randomly scrolled and soon enough, they stopped.

Rock Lee versus Temari

"Would these two contestants please step out onto the battle field."

Kankuro looked toward the genin clad in green. "HIM? He dresses like a freak." But Gaara noted a fierce look in the green genin's eyes that Temari or Kankuro could not see.

"Do not underestimate him Kankuro…he seems strong."

Temari and Lee had already made it below and were gazing into the others… gaze with determination. Rock Lee gave a thumbs up to his opponent.

"May the best ninja win!" Temari only shuttered at his hideous wink.

'Urrg…what a freak.'

Nevertheless, she took her own battle stance drawing her giant fan. "Don't worry, she will." She replied with a smirk.

Back in the stall, the ninja watched with anticipation. "A fan? What's she gonna do with a fan?" Naruto asked in bewilderment. Sasuke shrugged. At this point Neji intervened since their sensei's were so close to the other, and decided to jump in.

"It's not just a fan. It's a chakra fan. It's mainly used to enable the use of a jutsu called 'Wind scythe jutsu.' Its wind that it creates is also so powerful it can blow away even large people and thrown weapons. So this might pose a problem for Lee."

"You mean the guy with bushy brows?" Naruto asked and Neji nodded. Hinata was still a bit uncomfortable with Neji so close to her team, but her team seemed to get along with him easily since they all shared a cool, calming demeanor. Hinata felt a bit left out. She wasn't cool or calming, she was more shy then anything.

"Wouldn't he be able to use a jutsu from afar where the wind might not be as effective?" Sasuke questioned. But this time Guy shook his head.

"Lee…has no capabilities in the art of Ninjutsu or Genjutsu. For you see, Lee was not born a ninja and his chakra coils are far too small. He cannot morph his chakra at all, so he had to become a master of tai-jutsu to make up for this. If Lee can manage to get close to that sand ninja, I doubt she can withstand his assault. But in the meantime he's going to have a lot of trouble."

Reaching over the stand he shouted. "Lee! Show everyone the power of the flames of youth!"

"Yosh!"

Tenten sweat dropped.

Hayate raised his hand in preparation for the match as all people in the area went silent. "Temari versus Rock Lee begin now!"

Unlike what Naruto had done at the beginning of his match and bolted at his chance as the match began, Lee and Temari stared calmly at the opponent. Temari who had her hand on her fan, opened it slightly and an audible 'click' resounded in the area. And at this small noise, the two combatants bolted at each other.

Temari gasped at his high speed, but being a well calculated ninja, bolted back before he aimed a punch and opened her fan slightly, and blew a large gust of air. Lee attempted to hold his ground to the wind until he felt something sharp slash his arm. Focusing on the wind yet to reach him, he could make out clear grey like crescent moon shaped impressions in the wind. Lee moved out of the way and rushed toward Temari from the side. Temari attempted to change her fans direction but Lee was far too quick and was upon her in a moment. Aiming a punch to her stomach he inwardly cheered at the contact and continued his assault. However after a few well aimed punches Temari suddenly blocked with the metal end of her fan and reached for her pocket and pulled out a small sphere of with a tipped flame at the end and threw it toward the green genin as she glided back away from him. As the ball reached the genin, it exploded on contact sending him flying backwards.

'A pocket bomb?' Lee wondered. He actually had never seen such a small handy device.

As Lee got up Temari was on him in a moment. Tucking low so that his body was above her, she swung her fan upward sending the green genin up in the air. She jumped up after the boy. But even after such a beetling, Lee gained his bearings in mid-air as she neared him about to sway her fan again. She wasn't able to see Lee was waiting for her to come a bit closer. As she did come closer, she swung her fan but Lee suddenly changed position, grabbing her fan before she opened it fully, and twisted himself in midair to spin.

"Leaf Whirlwind!" Kicking her in the face brutally and then adding a second kick to her stomach even more harshly, she was sent flying towards the ground. Temari gathered herself and opened her fan sitting on it to glide to the ground fairly and smoothly, while Lee softly landed on the ground in his erected pose with the back of his hand facing Temari who had just landed.

Back at the stands, the genin were astonished at this incredible speed of Rock Lee.

"Whoa! Did you see that! He's so fast!" Ino exclaimed in surprise. "Makes you wonder how a freaky looking dork could be so strong." But Guy interjected.

"Why that young Ino, is the power of the flames of youth! That is not even the top speed of Rock Lee! No, not even close." Earning an audible gasp from most of the genin. Kakashi however became worried.

"Guy…you didn't teach Rock Lee how to open the eight inner gates did you?" Guy only smiled.

"Yosh! I sure did, he can open up to 5 of them as he is now."

"What were you thinking teaching that to someone so young!"

Chouji turned to Asuma in question. "Sensei, what are the eight gates?"

At this, Might guy and Kakashi stopped bickering and turned to the boy. "The eight gates is a special place inside a person's chakra system that puts a cap on a persons maximum chakra reserves. They actually weaken a person, but saves their body from deteriorating too quickly. By being able to open these gates, chakra enhances your body to unimaginable levels, allowing you to be extremely powerful." Kakashi tutored. But when he saw a glimpse in the young genins eyes, he shook his head.

"Don't even think about trying to learn how to do this. The eight gates come with a price. Immense pain is felt while using even the first gate. The eight gates deteriorate the persons body while in use. Only people with the strongest bodies are able to withstand such punishment. And even so, usage of the final gate, gate of death, while enabling you to become more powerful then the Hokage, will almost instantaneously kill you after minutes."

Guy smiled brightly, showing off his white teeth spectacularly. "Only I, Might Guy can withstand such punishment. But with Lee being only a specialist in tai-jutsu, his body was almost instantly prepped for the gates."

Hinata's eyes softened when she thought back to the hospital where Hinata first hugged Naruto. She remembered bumping into his rock hard chest. She was sure a body like that could withstand punishments of at least one gate…right? She blushed as she scolded herself for thinking of Naruto that way. But she looked toward Naruto's naked chest again. And wondered again if maybe he could handle it. Although she might have used that as an excuse to make another peak.

Back at the battle ring Temari scowled in pain. If she had hit the floor that would have done some serious damage. Temari reached for her fan opening it quickly in fear hat the green ninja would approach her too quickly. When she saw that Lee had not moved despite her opening her fan all the way, she quickly devised what his strategy might be.

'The kid knows that despite his speed, I can block faster then he can approach. He waits for me to start swinging my fan so he can interrupt when I'm not preparing to guard myself mid-attack. The best bet I have is to catch him off his guard…And I think I know how.'

Deciding her tactic, she moved to swing her fan. And as planed the green genin moved in for the kill. However, she laced her arm with chakra to increase the speed of her swing and Lee was hit with a large gust of wind that did not blow him backwards, but upwards like a tornado.

Temari jumped upward so that her body was level with his in the tornado.

"Take this!" She yelled as she grabbed her fan, lacing it with chakra and power, called out.

"Rumbling fan wind wall!" The attack tore through the existing tornado and pummeled Lee with force sending him even higher up. Swaying her fan beneath her, she was sent higher up by being propelled with her fan, and was leveled with the green genin again just below the ceiling. Turning herself upside down, she used her chakra to stick to the ceiling by her feet so that she was now just above him.

"Perfect!" She yelled. "Wind scythe jutsu!" The close position of her strike along with the large chakra enhanced winds sent Lee cruising to the floor at tremendous speeds all the while slashing at his skin.

As Rock Lee hit the floor debris and rubble thrashed outward, causing many gasps.

"Lee!" Tenten called with worry. Hinata, who had been following the battle with his Byakugan spoke. "She is strong…but I think Lee might still be able to fight." She said studying the body underneath the rubble.

Most of the watchers could not see the boy due to the large cloud of smoke and dust that covered the area that he lay in. Meanwhile, Lee's will to fight was breaking.

'Urrg…she could move her arms just as fast as myself with her chakra…once again ninja with chakra can best me…is it truly fate that allows someone to triumph? Is…Is Neji right?'

Such thoughts banished from the genins mind as he clenched his fist angrily.

'No! It won't end like this…because…'

His train of thought ended as he stood slowly. The cloud around him had yet to dissipate. He wasn't sure if she could see him, but Lee could make out the shadowy silhouette of Temari. Grabbing hold of his weights he dethatched them from his legs.

Back in the stands Neji had shut off his Byakugan mere second before Lee had stood up. Believing Lee had been knocked out he closed his eyes in contemplation. Most of the genin watched Neji for an answer. As he re-opened his eyes, he spoke. "It is how destiny has made it to be. Lee won't be getting up." He said calmly. Tenten sighed sadly and Guy put his hands together to pray. Temari let herself feel safe as nothing had happened yet.

The proctor nodded to himself. But before he could speak, two white objects flew out of the smoky cloud straight for Temari. She was able to duck just before they hit her. They hit the wall with a loud crash behind her. As Temari looked behind her to the two large indents in the wall she gasped softly.

"What! Their….leg weights!" She gasped out. From the large craters in the wall… they must have been very heavy. Craning her head back toward the smoke, Lee darted out at speeds she could not track herself and kicked her in the face harshly sending her back. But before she hit the wall he was behind her. He let loose a fury of punches at her, all the while she screamed and yelped with each hit. He sent a punch upward to her chin so hard it sent her cruising upwards a few feet.

However his assault was not finished as he darted upwards, spinning like a drill with his hands at his side. He mashed his head into her stomach still spinning, sending the both of the farther upward. He stopped spinning and brought his leg up to strike.

"Leaf Burning Sky!" Kicking her hard while he was now above her, sent her down into the ground. Now it was Temari's turn to be trapped under the rubble and a large torrent of smoke. Lee landed safely a few dozen meters away.

"Yah! Lee you rock!" Tenten cheered for her team mate and Neji was flabbergasted at his strength. Naruto smirked remembering what Neji said about Lee's destiny when it looked like he had been struck down.

"What were you saying about destiny Neji? I remember Hinata told me you said the same thing about her. But it doesn't look like Lee's losing to me!" He cheered but Neji sneered slightly. After a few moments Neji calmed down and though to himself. He loathed admitting it, but Naruto was right. It was supposed to be Lee's destiny to never become a ninja was it not? Naruto's voice rang out again.

"Maybe destiny does exist…but who's to say what will happen right? Maybe destiny doesn't chose what happens to us itself. Perhaps destiny just gives us the power to change who we are. Maybe destiny chooses to help us, not bind us. We just have to realize it first." Speaking more to himself than others. He was remembering how he felt it was his destiny to die at the hands of Mizuki when he was betrayed. But Naruto took Mizuki down himself. He had taken charge of his destiny. If it had truly been his destiny to die, Hinata would have not been there to save him.

Kakashi's eye crinkled slightly in interest at Naruto's sudden burst of wisdom. Tilting his head slightly he commented, "That's…very insightful of you Naruto. I'm impressed." But Naruto hadn't answered him; he was too absorbed in his thoughts. Suddenly he turned to Neji.

"Neji, people can change destiny. In fact, destiny probably doesn't even exist… Have you heard the story of what happened between me and Mizuki?" He asked. Neji nodded.

"Yes…the whole village had gone into a panic when the scroll had gone missing."

"Well…Mizuki almost killed me. Then I thought myself also, that maybe it was fate…that I would die by his hand. But I didn't. I took charge of my fate and my destiny. I took it by the horns and I told it to go fuck itself."

Kakashi lightly snorted at Naruto's intellectual lesson and reasoning, and yet still describe himself goofily.

"I killed Mizuki myself. But even then, if it had been my destiny to die, I wouldn't have made it out alive. Hinata changed my destiny by saving me." He looked toward Hinata and gave a heartfelt smile as she blushed profusely.

As Naruto looked away and smiled at Hinata, Neji looked back toward the battle ground where Lee stood. Was it all…true?

Suddenly, grasping everyone's attention the large cloud of dust Temari was encompassed in began to move in a circular pattern. Soon it became a dust like Tornado, kicking up the large boulders and rocks witch got caught in the fierce wind. The tornado moved upwards slightly revealing Temari below it, spinning her fan above her in circular motions to keep the tornado present. She was unbelievably battered and bruised but she refused to back down. With a fierce look she cried out.

"This isn't over!" She swung her fan sending the large tornado to Lee. "Rumbling Scythe Wall!" She called her combined version of Rumbling fan wind wall and Wind Scythe jutsu.

Lee narrowed his eyes in focused. Flexing all the muscled in his body, he focused on his inner powers. With a shout he called out.

"Gate of Opening! Gate of rest! Open!" He opened both the gates. The second gate healed most of the wounds earlier caused by the wind mistress.

With the new upgrade of power given to Lee, he charged at the tornado.

"Leaf Huricane!" Lee's body now became the impression of a flying spinning top, tearing through the grey tornado like hot butter. He laded after tearing through the tornado and Temari gasped at the speed and ease he did it at.

"DYNAMIC ENTRY!" He yelled as he kicked Temari in the face sending her flying back, but his body followed hers. Soon Temari's head was sandwiched between Lee's foot and the back wall harshly, forcing her into unconsciousness.

Hayate was beside Temari checking her state.

"Heh…what's with people and slamming their opponents into the wall?" He muttered recalling how Naruto had taken out Sakura earlier.

"But…the winner is Rock Lee!" He announced, receiving much cheer from the people watching. As he made it up the stairs he was bombarded by questions and comments. Mainly Naruto, Ino and Tenten though. Hinata chuckled slightly at the sight. Neji stood beside her.

"I guess he was right…" He muttered. Hinata looked at him questionably.

"What do you mean Neji?"

Neji closed his eyes in wonder, but still spoke. "I guess destinies can be changed…And even if they can't, who am I to say that I know what will happen?" He trailed off. Then he looked towards Hinata with sorrow filled eyes.

"I'm…sorry the way I treated you Hinata…" He apologized but Hinata was shocked and happy.

"It's alright Neji…"

"No its not!" He argued more sternly. "Allow me to make it up to you. I'll help you learn how to use the gentle fist better. And how to use the Rotation and 64 palms technique. I'll-"

"No…that's fine. I've already learned the Rotation and my gentle fist has improved already. I've also been working on a variation of the 64 palms already… I've only had time to practice it during the last week of training but I need more practice before I can use it. It's a cross between rotation and 64 palms. It blocks and repels attacks and also seals the chakra points at once. The only weakness it has that the true 64 palms doesn't carry is that I can't move, I must be in one spot, like the standard rotation."

Neji was dumbfounded at her progress and her understanding of the techniques.

"I'm…impressed with your initiative."

"It's all for one thing…one thing make me strive to be as good as I can be."

"And what is that?"

Hinata looked toward Naruto as he happily spoke to Lee about his victory. She blushed slightly and was unable to answer for a moment. But Neji smirked.

"Heh…I see." Hinata blushed again when she noticed that he realized it.

"And now!" Hayate announced. "The next two fighters shall be displayed on the screen now!"

Shino Aburame versus Chouji Akamichi

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Hey all sorry that this chapter is a little short. I felt I needed to delay the chapters bit by bit so that the chuunin exams finals wouldn't e revealed too quickly. My chapters will in fact be shorter until the end of preliminaries. But in compromise my chapters will release much quicker. After all fights/chapters are over, I shall morph them into one chapter. It is just for delay so that the contest would have more meaning.

Please leave your review and comments below and im sorry if you guys might have an issue with this and I hope you see it from my prospective.

I Can't wait for Ultimate ninja storm 2 O_O