Chapter 14: Finally the big day has come
The day was here it was finally here. Hinata smiled as she changed into her new attire. She wore a the weighted vest that Kazuya had brought her; it was a black vest, she also had a black shirt underneath the vest with fish net sleeves, black Capri pants and a belt around her waist that held her scrolls that were giving to her by her cousin Kiyoshi. Her hair had grown a few inches over the month; it was now about the same lengths as Sakura's short hair but two inches longer. She looked in the mirror at herself as she made a determined expression.
"Today is the day…it's finally here" She said to herself as she looked at herself once more before walking out the house and towards the stadium where the exam would be taken place at.
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The blonde hair ninja walked towards the stadium and as he was walking he started thinking about who he was fighting. "Why do I have to fight a girl? Ughh…I wanted to fight Neji…but Hinata is fighting him" He stopped walking and thought about Neji.
"That person really scares me…I hope Hinata will be okay when fighting him. I haven't seen Hinata in a month so far…well I will be seeing her and Sasuke today" He smiled as he continued walking.
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As he finally made it to the stadium he saw everyone there except for Sasuke. As he walked towards everyone he looked at Hinata. "Who is that girl? I don't remember seeing her at the preliminaries" Naruto said as he looked at the girl who was standing next to TenTen.
Shikamaru sighed. "You idiot that's your teammate Hinata" He said as he looked at Naruto.
Naruto looked at Hinata with wide eyes. "T-That's Hinata…she looks so different without that jacket she's always wearing" Shikamaru agreed as he glanced over at Hinata.
"I never pictured Hinata to wear such dark colors like black though…but it looks good on her" Shikamaru said as he looked away from her. Naruto gave Shikamaru a double look at what he just said but decided to ignore it.
"Hey, Hinata" Naruto yelled causing everyone to look at him. Hinata glanced down towards her left to see Naruto grinned at her. She smiled and nodded. Neji glanced at Hinata and frowned.
"Hinata-chan I have to say I love your new look" TenTen said as she looked at Hinata's attire. Hinata smiled and nodded.
"Thank you, TenTen" She said. She wasn't really in the mood for talking she wanted her mind clear so she can be more focus on fighting Neji. She glances down to look at Neji as she slightly frowned.
"I have to win no matter what" She thought as she looked up into the stances where she could see her father and sister.
Gemma explains the rules of the Chuunin. "Matches will only end when someone dies or gives up. However, I do reserve the right to step in and stop the match if I feel it is over" Everyone nods. "First up: Neji vs. Hinata" He said as he looked at both Hyuuga's.
"Hinata is going up with her cousin?" Ino asked as she looked down at the seven Chuunin candidates. Sakura nods. "She's going to win…I know she will" Sakura stated as she looked down at Hinata. "She's very strong…I underestimated her back when we fought but she proved me wrong" She thought as she started thinking about her fight with her.
Kiba started join the crowd as he cheered for Hinata. "HINATA YOU CAN DO IT" He yelled as Akamaru barked.
Haishi looked down at his daughter and Neji. "It's amazing that Hinata-sama made it this far" Hanabi looked at her father. "Father, do you think my sister will win against Neji?" She asked as she looked at her father.
"No, Hinata-sama has no chance. She should give up while she has the chance" He stated as he frowned while looking at his daughter and Neji.
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"Okay the rest of you go may leave" Gemma stated as he looked at everyone else. Gaara and Naruto looked back at Hinata before they started walking with the others. When everyone left Gemma announced that Neji and Hinata could start. Hinata and Neji looked at each other.
"What's with that look? I've never seen Hinata-sama look so determine before" He looked at the girl before him in shock. But then he starts to taunt her.
"A person can't change who they are. They can struggle, but they can't escape reality" He reads her with his Byakugan, a Hyuuga trait more powerful then the Sharingan. He notices that she doesn't make any type of expression at all she's just looking at him. He frowns.
"Are you done…because I'm ready to fight not talk" She says as she looked at the shock male Hyuuga. He noticed her change in attitude as did Haishi when he saw his daughter take on a different stance other than the Hyuuga fighting stance.
"What stance is that?" He thought as he looked at her. Hinata looked at him and smirked.
"It's the Tiger Stance" She stated as if reading his mind. This stance the body faces forward, feet parallel. One knee is bent 45 degrees and the other foot extends all the way out from the side of the body. Neji frowns as he takes on the Hyuuga stance as he activates his Byakugan. Neji runs towards Hinata as she runs towards him. Blow by blow the fight begins as Hinata holds her own against Neji.
Kiyoshi, Kana and Kazuya watched Hinata as she was fighting Neji. Kiyoshi smiles as he watched his little cousin Hinata block all of Neji's hits.
Neji frowns as he tries to hit Hinata but he couldn't get a good hit on her because she was dodging all of his hits by using MI-Tsung-I that Kiyoshi taught her. Neji tries to hit her with Juken but Hinata continues making quick and sudden turns so he couldn't land a hit on her.
From the stands Gaara watches Hinata as he smirks to himself. "She's become much stronger" He thought as he looked at Hinata.
Naruto looked down at his teammate with pride. "GO HINATA" He yelled happily as he cheered for Hinata.
Meanwhile back with Hinata and Neji, Neji stepped back away from Hinata when she hit ten of his tenketsu without using her Byakugan and while using a strange technique.
"Phoenix Eye…Kiyoshi-niisan taught it to me when he was training me, he also taught me how to not use my Byakugan seeing that it uses up to much of your chakra" She said as she smirked at Neji. Haishi looked shock as he looked at her.
"How can she see my tenketsu without using Byakugan?" Neji thought as he looked at her. Hinata smirked.
"Neji-niisan…" He looked up at her frowning. "I'll admit up to right now…I still do not wish to fight you…but not because I fear you, it's because you are a person that I care for a lot" He looked at her as his eyes widened.
"But if this is our destiny to fight…I will show you what can I can be" She stated as she looked at him.
He looked at her smirked. "Hum…you're going to show me what you can be?" Neji smirked. "You've already showed me what you can be, you're a dropout, that's what you are" He said as he looked at her smirking. Hinata remained calm as she looked at Neji; trying her best not to let Neji's words get to her.
Gaara and Naruto frowned as they listened to Neji's harsh words to Hinata.
"I will not let you words get to me Niisan…" She said as she looked at the frowning Hyuuga. Neji ran towards Hinata as he strikes her arms, cutting off her chakra points with each blow. Hinata winced in pain as she held her arms.
"You're not the only one that can see tenketsu Hinata-sama" He smirked. Hinata held her arms as she looked up into the stances. "I can't let Kiyoshi-niisan and Kazuya-kun down…they are watching me" She thought as she stood up. "N-Naruto-kun is always watching so is Gaara-kun and my father…" She looked at Neji.
Neji runs towards Hinata as does Hinata. They both started throwing blows at each other. Hinata tries to hit Neji but he hits her Hakke Rokujuuyonshou – Divination Field, 64 Strikes. He lunges spinning at Hinata, striking 64 times to close each of Hinata's tenketsu points. Hinata flies backwards to the ground. Haishi impressed by Neji's attacks.
"A branch member could learn that move…Maybe Hizashi should have succeeded the Hyuuga family" He thought as he looked down at Neji.
The crowd becomes quieted as they all looked at the two Hyuga's below. Kiyoshi narrowed his eyes as he watched, while Gaara made no type of expression as he looked at the female Hyuuga who was lying on the ground. Naruto clenched onto the railing as he looked at Hinata.
Neji walked towards Hinata. "You were always weak Hinata-sama, this just proves that you were never even worth my time" He looks at Gemma. "This match is over" He walked away from Hinata and Gemma.
"T-This match isn't over…" Gemma and Neji looked at Hinata. "I'm weak am I?" She smirked as she stood up. Neji looked at her in shock. "And what this just proved is that you need to pay more attention to your opponent" Neji frowned as he looked at Hinata. But as he was looking at her she disappeared.
"What? A clone" He thought out loud as he looked around for the real Hinata.
"YEAH HINATA I KNEW YOU COULD DO IT" Naruto yelled as he grinned. Gaara smirked. He almost thought that Hinata was defeated but it seemed she tricked everyone in the crowd.
Kiba and Sakura smirked, while Kiyoshi and Kana grinned. Haishi eyes widened when noticed that Hinata was behind Neji holding a crossbow. Neji turned around to see that Hinata was behind him.
"Neji-niisan…I was only warming up now I'm serious" She stated as she pulled back the crossbow and shoot the arrows at him. Neji eyes widened when he realized that Hinata had fired five arrows at him and they were coming at him fast. He managed to dodge all five but more and more arrows continued coming at him.
"When did Hinata-sama become so strong?" He thought as he managed to dodge the arrows. Hinata looked at him and smirked.
"I wouldn't stand there like that if I were you…my arrows are chakra seekers" She smirked. Neji looked up and noticed that all the arrows she shot at him were still flying at him. There were more than twenty arrows flying at him. Neji quickly does Hakkeshou Kaiten (Divination Whirl) to defend himself from getting hit with the arrows. Haishi seemed amazed that Neji could learn a Head family technique on his own.
He looks at Hinata and frowns. "Don't get to cocky Hinata-sama just because you caught me off guard with your arrows" Hinata looked at him and smirked.
"But I guaranteed you that you will lose to me in this match"
"Fate does not dictate one's outcome Neji-niisan" Hinata retorts as she frowns at him. Neji gets angry with Hinata's comment as he runs towards her and strikes her on the shoulder but Hinata blocks by using X Block and trapping Neji's fist in her wrist as she pushes him back as he falls to the ground. Neji quickly stands up as he glares at Hinata.
He remembered Kiyoshi's words telling him that she was much stronger. He didn't want to believe it as he looked at Hinata. He ran towards her as they continued throwing blows at each other. Neji finally strikes Hinata hard enough for her to fall to the ground.
Hinata stands back up and looks at Neji. "I will not give up…that's my way of the ninja" Neji looks surprised at first but then he frowns.
"A coward blames everything on fate Neji-niisan" She says as she looked at him. He glared at her.
"Tch, you know nothing. People are born carrying an unchanging fate" He states as he frowns at her.
"Neji-niisan you are not the only one suffering" He looks at her. "I am too…you and I both fighting our own fate" She said as she looked at him. Hearing this coming from Hinata he looses control. He runs towards Hinata in rage as he starts to do Hakke Rokujuuyonshou once again. But Hinata manages to dodge his attacks.
"You think you know everything when you don't. How can you say that you are suffering like I am? Do you have a curse seal on your forehead? One that will only disappear at death? No you don't because you're from the head family. You have no idea what it feels like" He yelled as he looked at Hinata. She looked at him and could see his pain.
"No, I don't have one and yes I may be from the head family but I do not belong…or so my father says" She looks up into the crowd at her father who was looking at her. Haishi looked at Hinata as he narrows his eyes. "But, I'm going to prove to him to today that I am strong. I'm also going to prove to you that I can be strong" She said as she looked at Neji. She took out her scrolls as she bit down on her thumb.
"I've become much stronger nii-san and I want to show you all the things Kiyoshi-niisan taught me" She smirked as she tore her gaze from Neji to her scrolls. She wiped her blood across the scrolls.
Naruto and the others watched Hinata. "Those look like the scrolls that I have" TenTen said as she looked at the scrolls. Naruto looked at Hinata.
Neji looked at Hinata as she threw the two scrolls in the air. Hinata soon jumped in the air as she started summoning all sorts of weapons. Neji and TenTen eyes widened at what she was doing.
"Hinata-sama is doing the same attacks TenTen does" He thought as he looked at Hinata.
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Lee and Gai watched and seemed to be impressed. They had just gotten there shortly after Neji was dodging Hinata's arrows. "I had no idea Hinata could be so strong" Lee said as he looked at Hinata fight his rival. Gai nodded.
Sakura looked down at Hinata and smirked but then she made a sad expression. "I wondered where Sasuke-kun is. If he doesn't get here soon he'll be disqualified" She looked down at her hands. Ino looked at her.
"I'm sure Sasuke-kun will be here soon. Don't worry about it" The blonde haired next to her reassured Sakura. She looked at Ino and smiled.
"Yeah I highly doubt he wants to miss any of the fights. And besides he's fighting the red head guy he wouldn't miss that if it was the last thing on earth" Chouji stated as he started munching on his chips. Ino nodded. "Yeah Sakura-chan so don't worry he'll be here"
"Oh he is here" The voice said. They all turned around to see Kakashi standing there.
"Kakashi-sensei!" Sakura said in surprise as she looked at him.
"Yo…" He waved his hand up.
"Sasuke is here?" Ino asked as she looked at the silver haired man. Kakashi nodded. "He's with the other examinees" Kakashi stated. Sakura smiled.
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"Sasuke-teme you're here it's about time. They were going to disqualify you if you didn't come" Naruto yelled as he looked at his teammate. Sasuke smirked as he looked at the blonde but then he glance over at the red head that was glaring at him. Sasuke glared at him back.
"So where is Hinata?" Sasuke asked as he looked around.
"You idiot she's fighting Neji" Naruto pointed towards the Hyuuga girl who was now in the air throwing all sorts of weapons at Neji. Sasuke looked at her in shock as he's eyes widened.
"That's Hinata?" He looked at the girl.
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Hinata was summoning everything that she could think of. From kunai's, shuriken's, Bo staffs, poison needles, to spears. Neji had managed to dodge almost everything but he couldn't dodge some of the Kunai. He had gotten hit in the leg and shoulder. The weapons were coming out at him in such a fast speed. He was amazed that Hinata had learned this sort of technique.
When Hinata was still in the air she summoned a steel whip as she held on the whip and used it to strike Neji as the whip wrapped around his ankle as she pulled the whip and swung him around and she let go. Neji went flying back into the walls on the arena. Hinata then grabbed both scrolls way in the air as she jumped down. She looked at Neji from afar to see him standing up.
He walks towards her and stops about a few feet away from her. He stares at her; anger filled his eyes. Hinata looked at him and smirked.
"HINATA-CHAN SHOW HIM WHAT YOU CAN DO" Kazuya yelled as he looked down at Hinata. Hinata heard his voice as she smiled. "I'll show him…" She smiled as she started taking off her vest.
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Kakashi along with everyone else eyed her. "Kakashi what is she doing?" Gai asked as he looked at Hinata.
"Beats me, I'm not the one that trained her" Kakashi said. Sakura, Chouji, Ino and Kiba also seemed to wonder what she was doing.
"What is she doing?" Naruto asked out loud as he looked at his teammate. Sasuke also looked at Hinata wondering himself. Gaara said nothing as he looked at Hinata.
Hinata took off her vest and dropped in to the ground. Neji's eyes widened when he noticed the very large crater that was in the ground.
Everyone made a shock expression as all of they're mouths dropped except for Gaara and Shino's. "WHAT THE HELL" Naruto yelled as he looked at his teammate.
"How much weight was in that vest?" Shikamaru asked as he looked at Sasuke and Naruto.
"I don't know. I haven't seen Hinata in a month" Naruto stated.
Gaara looked at Hinata. Seeing this reminded him of when Lee took of his weighs while fighting him. He slightly frowned at the thought.
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"Neji-niisan, I have improved great when it comes to my speed and you are the first person that I get to fight while using my speed" She smirked as she started to run. Neji activated his Byakugan but even with his Byakugan activated his couldn't see her.
"Wh-What" He said to himself when he noticed that he couldn't spot her. Haishi was also amazed, he couldn't even spot Hinata. "Hinata-sama when did you become so strong" He thought about his daughter.
"Her speed it's faster than mine" Lee stated as he tried to spot out Hinata. "I can't even see her" He said. Gai nodded as he looked at Neji.
Hinata appeared in front of Neji as she Roundhouse kick to Neji sending him flying up in the air. While airborne Hinata jumped up into the air crescent kick which sends Neji straight back down. The crescent kick the leg is swung up as high up as possible and then brought sharply down. Before Neji could even reach the ground Hinata uses her speed to be right by Neji's side as he falls down to the ground.
Neji glances at Hinata clenching his teeth as he looks at her. Before he knows it Hinata does a flying kick to Neji's side. Neji falls to the ground harshly. "Damn it…I can't lose to her…I have to win" He cursed as he pushed himself up. He looked up to see Hinata standing not to far from him but then she disappears. He frowns as he gets ready for any attack she throws at him.
Neji quickly sensed Hinata from behind him as he quickly turned around and tried to Juken on her but she was gone. His eyes widened when he felt her do Juken on his back. He hissed in pain as he tried not to fall to the ground.
He turned around to see Hinata disappear once more. He knew that she was going to try and come at him again so he does Hakkeshou Kaiten. But Hinata jumped back before she could get hit with his defense. Neji frowned as he looked at her. He runs towards her but as soon as he does this she once again disappears.
"You're going to have to be faster than that Neji-niisan…if you want to catch me" She smirked as she appeared behind Neji. Neji froze but he quickly turned around and did a hooking kick to Hinata's face. Hinata fell back but as she fell she quickly does a low spinning back kick; which makes Neji fall as well. Hinata did a backward flip from off the ground as she stood away from Neji.
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"Hinata…has become so strong over this pass month…I'm really impressed" Sasuke thought as he looked at Hinata with wide eyes. Naruto wasn't really thinking much but was impressed by Hinata's new speed.
"I'm really proud of Hinata. She must have trained extra hard last month. At this rate she could probably defeat Neji…I wonder who trained Hinata" Kakashi thought as he looked at his student.
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Hinata walks towards Neji who was still on the ground. "Neji-niisan I-"Before she could get another word in Neji quickly gets up and hits Hinata with a blow that attacked the heart. Hinata falls to the ground clutching to her chest as she coughs up blood.
Gai sees this attack and looks at Kakashi. "That blow attacked Hinata's heart…she won't be able to stand anymore" Gai stated as he looked away from Kakashi. Lee slightly frowns as he looked at Neji.
Sasuke and Naruto looked at Hinata with wide eyes while Gaara looks at Hinata coughing up blood. He didn't the sight of seeing her blood, it displeased him a lot. Temari and Kankurou looked at their brother and noticed the look in his eyes. He looked angry like he was about to kill someone. Neither one of them said anything as they looked at Gaara knowing if they did Gaara would kill them right then a there.
Neji looks at Hinata and noticed that she was still trying to stand up. He frowns. Everyone else seemed shocked as well as they looked at Hinata trying to stand up. "Why are you standing up?" He asked as he looked at her.
"I will stand because the person I admire most is watching me…and not only is he watching so is my sensei, Sasuke, Gaara, Kiyoshi-niisan, Kazuya and father is watching…I want those people to see what I can do. I will not lose to you Nii-san" She stated as she looked at Neji.
Every name she mentioned seemed quiet shocked that she called their names. Especially Gaara who did not once think she was thinking of him while she was fighting. Neji looked at her as he frowned. Hinata and Neji once again charge at each other while fighting hard. Neji uses his defense whirl while Hinata tosses shuriken's at Neji. They then fight with kunai on equal footing. Hinata then charges at Neji at full force. As Hinata and Neji collide, a huge explosive rocks the building. When the smoke clears, Neji pulls himself out of the hole created and to his feet to investigate an unconscious Hinata lying on the other ditch.
TenTen smirks as she watches. "Neji's whirl works by rotating his body and parrying his enemy's attack. Since he charged in head on, it appears that Hinata-chan suffered more damage" She thought to herself as she looked down at Neji. Everyone is impressed with the effort Hinata put into the match, but Neji appears to be victorious.
"Hinata…" Naruto whispered as looked at her unconscious body on the ground. Sasuke and Gaara smiled weakly as they were both thinking the same thing. "At least she did her best" They both thought as they looked at Hinata.
Meanwhile Kiyoshi was smirking while looking down. Kana caught Kiyoshi smirking and frowned. "What are you smirking for?"
"You'll see" He smiled.
Neji looked at Hinata. "Know this Hinata-sama fate control's one's destiny and-" Before he could finish his sentence Hinata pulls herself out the ground and uppercuts him in the face. Neji flies back into the ground. The Hinata lying motionless was only a clone that Hinata used to disguise her plan to dig her way to victory.
Gemma was clearly in impressed as he looked at Hinata. Hinata had believed that she was going to win and wanted make Neji think that he had truly won and when that happened she was going to go through her plan.
Neji lies beaten before a victories Hinata. "You know I rarely use the Kage Bunshin…but as I was training with Kiyoshi-niisan he told me that I should use that technique more when I'm fighting and that one day it will really help me out and now I enjoy doing Kage Bunshin" She smiles as she looks at Neji but then she puts on a serious expression.
"Please Nii-san stop talking about your own fate and do something about it. You are different from me…you're not a dropout" She says as she looks at him smiling.
Gemma smirked as he looked at her. "Winner Hinata!" He announces. Hinata smiles when she hears the crowd cheering for her. She turns around and blushes while looking up at everyone in the stands.
Gemma then tells Neji about how a caged bird will be set free. Neji now understands as he looks up into the sky to see a bird flying in the sky.
Hinata looks back at Neji as they come to take away in the stretcher. Naruto then jumps down and run towards Hinata and hugs her.
"Hinata I'm so proud of you. You defeated Neji" He said as he hugged her. Sasuke and Gaara watch from above and glare at Naruto. But Sasuke knew that he'll never do something like and Gaara knew he wouldn't either, but neither one of them like seeing the blonde hugging Hinata.
"Come on Hinata let's go back up there where the others are" He smiled as he looked at her. Hinata blushed as she nodded her head.
"Next match Gaara vs. Sasuke" Both Sasuke and Gaara glare at each other. Sasuke then smirked as he looked at the red head. Temari and her brother looked at Gaara as he began to walk towards the stairs to get ready for his match. While Sasuke just jumped down into the battling grounds.
Okay next chapter is Gaara and Sasuke's fight then a big surprise.