A/N: Gah Finally.
Neji's Byakugan activated and he smirked. "Then...show me whether what your saying is true or not." He said, sure he'd win.
"I will! I'll defeat you no matter what and prove that to you, dattebayo!"
Naruto closed his eyes, and Kagome watched with sharp eyes. "That's what it was..." Kagome murmured, thinking back to Iruka's reports on demonic activity.
"That's as far as talking goes." Neji said, turning to Genma. "Proctor, I'm going to fight with the intent to kill him! If you're going to stop me, please feel free." Neji said.
"Tch. Jeeze." Genma said, eying the boy in front of him.
Naruto's hands formed a hand sign, and Kagome watched, fascinated.
"Didn't I tell you it is pointless?" Neji asked, smugly without an active Byakugan. "It's futile, I pressed the chakra points." He watched as Naruto tried to force the chakra out, vocalizing his effort. "Why do you try to go against your fate so much?" He asked and Naruto looked up at him.
"Because I was called...a failure!"
Yet again, Neji called upon Byakugan, and watched as chakra came surging forth. It wasn't Naruto's... it was different than human chakra. Kagome's face was passive as she watched.
"Th-That's impossible!" Tenten said, and Kagome shot her a look.
"You assume too much." Kagome said and Tenten glared, but Kagome was no longer looking at her. Kotetsu's face turned serious as he watched Naruto access the Kyuubi's chakra.
Someone must have taught him how.
"No way! His Chakra Points were hit!" Kotetsu said, leaning over the railing to get a better look. Sure enough, it was most likely the boy's chakra that Iruka had sensed, though only remnants of his training.
It surrounded the boy, and soon he disappeared, and for a moment everyone, even Neji, lost sight of him. Kagome watched as Naruto seemed to fly through the air, throwing shuriken at Neji.
Neji noticed last moment and was able to block it with his Eight Trigrams Palms Revolving Heaven technique. Grabbing the three shuriken thrown, he pulled out three more and threw them at Naruto.
Naruto dodged seemingly effortlessly, leaving Neji confused. "What!"
He dodged a punch, just barely. He was unsure what had happened, confused at the sudden change in speed.
They both tossed kunai, but they collided with each other, flying up into the air. Both boys took to the air as well, grabbing a kunai each and sparks flew as they hit mid air.
As they both landed, skidding to a stop, Naruto spoke up. "You...You're confident in close combat, right?" He asked and Neji narrowed his eyes. Naruto surged forth, kunai in hand and chakra blazing around him like a wild fire. His steps broke through the earth as he ran. "I don't know what the Hyuuga destiny of hatred is, but if you're going to say it's futile, you don't have to do anything!"
Neji pulled at his chakra, racing against time to activate the Revolving Heaven.
"After I become Hokage, I'll change Hyuuga!" Naruto swore, just as their blades collided in a spectacular clash of chakra. The explosion that resulted afterward blocked everyone's view of the pair, and Kagome's lips pressed into a fine line.
When the dirt settled, there were two identical craters in the ground. After a few moments, an arm shot up out of one of them, and Neji pulled himself out, coughing and wiping blood from his mouth.
Kagome sighed with relief, but watched as he half stumbled over to Naruto. "Failure boy...Sorry...but this is reality." Neji said, panting. "Now this is really the en-"
"Naruto! Don't you dare lose!" Kagome's voice cut him off, but he never even turned to look at her, instead he was distracted by the sound of crumbling earth.
He never saw it coming.
The fist hit his chin, throwing him into the air, backed by enough chakra to force blood from Neji's mouth. Blood dripped from Naruto's nails as he stood over Neji.
"M-My body..." Neji rasped out, and his eyes drifted to the audience...where Kagome stood in tears.
She believed she had shamed him, by cheering for Naruto.
His eyes drifted back to Naruto.
"Under those conditions...and you used the Shadow Clone Jutsu just like that...it's the ninjutsu you're good at, huh? I was careless..."
Naruto gasped for air. "I've..failed the graduation exam...three times... as luck would have it...the ninjutsu tests that appeared on the graduation exam were always...infallibly the ninjutsu I stunk at." He paused for a moment, catching his breath. "Clone Jutsu...was the jutsu I stunk at. Don't be whining about boring stuff like destiny and what not, and how it can't be changed!" Naruto said, then he calmed down a little. "Because, unlike me...you're not a failure."
"Winner of this match: Uzumaki Naruto." Genma announced, and the crowd went wild.