Yo!!! It's Neji and Sasuke's turns to try their hands. Can they pull one off for the boys, or will they fail pathetically like Naruto and Blade? Want to find out? Then read!!!

Chapter 12: Let the Battles Begin!! Stoic Assault!! Tin-Man Has a Heart!?!?

Neji stared at Tenten from the tree he was sitting in, and Tenten stared right back. Both then were pulled into their own minds.

(I can't do this! Of the 145 times we sparred, I only beat him 10 times. And those were on days he was feeling ill!) Tenten cried in her mind. (Here's your chance!! Make Tenten yours and make tons of Hyuuga babies with her!!!) Devil Neji screamed, as Neji gave him a comic white eyed glare.

(We will do no such thing!! We don't have that kind of relationship!! How many times do I have to say that before you get it!?!?) (You lie!! Last week, you freaking wet yourself dreaming about her!!) Tenten happened to regain herself just in time to see a crimson Neji.

(YOU SAID YOU WOULD NEVER REMIND ME, YOU BALEFUL BASTARD!!!!) (The proof is in the dreams, young Neji. Your having X rated dreams about her proves our point.) Angel Neji said, as Neji glared at them. "You okay Neji?" Tenten asked, as Neji was brought back to reality. He shook his head, and regained his indifferent façade.

"I am fine. And I assume you are here for my headband?" Neji asked as Tenten smirked. "I will win Neji!" Tenten said. "Doubt it. I'm not sick." Neji said. (In the head you sure as hell are.) Devil Neji said. (SHUT UP!!!!!)

(Training Field)

Sasuke was amused. They sent Hinata of all people to try for his headband? (This would be easier than I thought.) Sasuke thought to himself, as he stood to his feet. "Anything I can do for you, Hinata?" Sasuke asked. She nodded, and he was ready.

"I wish to test my powers against an Uchiha." She said, and Sasuke gave her a disbelieving look. "That sounds like something Neji would say." Sasuke said, and Hinata looked away. "I-I wish to see i-if I'm any stronger…than I was before." Hinata muttered, but Sasuke heard her.

(Before what?) Sasuke thought, but he didn't ask her to elaborate. "Okay. If you are so sure of yourself." Sasuke said, as he began to walk. Without asking, or needing to be asked, Hinata followed him.

(Forest)

Neji took his usual stance, as Tenten nodded, before disappearing into the surrounding trees. Neji closed his eyes, and decided to play a few mind games with Tenten. He heard a few shuriken coming, and instead of dodging like he knew she thought he was going to do, he took them in the head. Tenten gasped, and panicked. She was sure Neji was going to jump out of the way, and was scared she actually killed him.

She hopped from her hiding place, and landed next to Neji's dead body. The second she landed, it poofed into a log, and Tenten's eyes widened in shock. (He tricked me!!) She thought to herself. "Seems like the roles have reversed, eh Tenten?" She heard his voice carry all around the forest, and she unraveled her scroll. She then calmed down, and tried to find Neji's chakra. When she felt a spike of chakra, she then smirked to herself. Neji flashed from across the forest, towards her, before she began to spin.

(What are you planning, Tenten?) He thought to himself, as Tenten the placed her hand on the scroll. "Summoning Art: Dance of 1000 Spikes!!!" Her spinning then created an orangish dome with her scroll, and spiked balls appeared from the scroll. Neji's eyes widened a small bit. (She ripped off my Rotation. That's unique.)

Since he was flying at full speed, he had to use his Rotation to force the spiked balls to launch him back into safe territory. He landed spinning, and once he stopped, he saw she was gone again. He smirked, and activated his Byakugan. Seems like they both had some tricks up their sleeves.

(Training Field)

Sasuke stood across from Hinata, who bowed in thanks for training with her. He shrugged, and got into a loose stance, as Hinata's Byakugan flashed. He then nodded, and she charged. (She's fast.) Sasuke thought, as she tried an up front attack. Sasuke slid around her attack, and caught her in her jaw, making her fly back.

She flipped, and landed on her feet, charging again. Sasuke smirked. She tried again, and Sasuke slid, and tried to kick her with the bottom of his foot. She caught it, and shoved his foot aside, throwing his balance off. She tried to strike him in an area to slow him down, but he managed to catch her fist, and smirked as electricity began to pulse from his hand, before it blasted out in a dome, blasting her a distance away.

She slid and rolled, and came to a stop on her stomach, as Sasuke stood in the crater he created using his Chidori Current. "That's it? Show me what you can do." Sasuke said, and Hinata glared at him. He was treating her lightly, and that made her mad. She stood to her feet, and got into her stance, and re-activated her Byakugan, and it flashed even fiercer than before. Sasuke smirked.

(She's going to fight now.) He then tossed his Katana into a tree, which split it down the middle. "The moment I grab my Chokuto, I will come at you with the same intent I come at Naruto with. If you wish to win, you must fight like you plan on killing me!" Sasuke said, and Hinata flinched.

(Forest)

Neji could sense that Tenten was somewhere, but he didn't know where. His Byakugan wasn't picking her up, so either she had camouflaged herself well, or she is outside a 5-mile radius. He knew she was in range, but he couldn't sense her anywhere. Then, he heard a whizzing, and ducked to avoid a kunai.

He hopped away as more kunai flew at him, and ducked behind a tree to avoid more. He still couldn't see Tenten, and she was launching kunai from everywhere. He then heard another thunk, and looked around the tree to see an Exploding Tag.

A curse was muttered before the tree exploded. Tenten stood in her hidden spot, seeing if she could see the elusive Hyuuga. That boy is incredibly good at his craft, and that put her at a serious disadvantage. Then again, Neji believes that she will only toss weapons like she always does. This time, once she finds him, she'll show him something new. Neji won't know what hit him!!

(Training Field)

Sasuke stood across, waiting for Hinata to move. He blinked, and in that moment, she was gone. (The hell?) Sasuke took a quick glance around, before he ducked back to dodge a Gentle Fist Attack. (She's stronger than I thought.) Sasuke thought, as he blocked and dodged her attacks.

He grabbed her arm, and tossed her over his shoulder. She landed on her feet, and managed to land a hit on his left shoulder, making him slide back. He realized he couldn't mold chakra into his arm, and sighed. (Things just got a little interesting.) He then brought his right hand back, and tossed Chidori Needles.

Hinata batted them out of the air, and took long enough for Sasuke to kick her in the chest. Instead of flying back, she turned into a log, and Sasuke's eyes narrowed in annoyance. He then hopped back as Hinata appeared, and nearly hit him in the gut.

He landed, and threw more Chidori Needles, and Hinata dodged them, while charging. He tried to kick her, but she dodged it, and struck him dead where his heart should have been. Her eye's widened in fear, as Sasuke's hair covered his eyes.

"That was meant to kill, Hinata." Sasuke said, and Hinata's looked changed to terror. "Good. You intend on fighting for real." Then Sasuke disappeared with a poof, and Hinata looked confused. "Thank the Dobe. That was his precious Shadow Clone Jutsu." Sasuke said, and Hinata turned to see him next to his Chokuto, pulling it out of the tree. "Now I play for real. Prepare yourself." Sasuke said, as his eyes turned from black to Sharingan Red.

(Forest)

Neji was standing in his Gentle Fist Stance, relaxed but ready. Tenten was playing to win, and he had to step it up as well. He turned just in time to avoid more kunai and shuriken, but then turned and used a kunai to block a katana. Tenten wielding said katana hopped back, and Neji held his stance.

(She's trying close combat against me? She has something planned.) Neji thought, as he held her gaze with his Byakugan Silver eyes. Tenten took a stance, and then took off. Neji ducked and dodged the sword strokes, and actually took the time to think on her moves. (Her sword skill is quite amazing. I can see how much she practices with her weapons.) Neji mused, as he used his chakra to block another attack, which caused Tenten to hop back, and he smirked.

(But not good enough.) Tenten then put her sword back in its sheath, and brought it to her side. He looked at the stance with some thought. (That stance…)

(Training Field)

Sharingan stared at Byakugan, and Hinata felt antsy. (Sasuke-san is known for his amazing power. How can I-) "Ugh. Please stop belittling yourself." Hinata's eyes widened. "What!?" "Damn. If I'm taking the kid gloves off, it means you are pretty strong. I may be arrogant, but I'm not stupid." Sasuke said, as he took his stance.

"But…a sword against an unarmed…" Hinata muttered, and Sasuke sighed in annoyance. He then made what looked like 5 quick slashes, and from a decimated tree (who would later ask what the hell it did to him) a wooden Bokuto was born. He tossed his Kusanagi to Hinata, who caught it. "Ever used a sword?" Sasuke asked. "Not a lot…" Hinata mumbled. "Well learn fast." And with that, Sasuke charged at her.

(Forest)

Neji stood, as Tenten chose a stance that he knew meant trouble. (The stance of the oldest and most offensive balanced Kenjutsu around. She wants to use something like that against me?)

Neji knew that stance. It was the stance of the Kaze Kata. That Kenjutsu was solely for quick one shot attacks that were meant to kill. He knew the stance, yet thoughts and red flags were flying. (The only way for this to work is for the wielder to have some unimaginable speed and reflexes.) Neji then began to slowly move towards her, before he broke into a charge.

He ran until he was just outside of range before he began to think. (Once I dodge the first slash, I'm good.) She then opened her eyes, and their eyes clashed, before she brought her sword around, which caused Neji's eyes to widen.

He ducked at the last millisecond, and she had gotten the hair tie he wore to tie his hair up. He tried to attack her, but she brought her sheath around, using it as a second attack. This time, she caught Neji dead in the chin, but all it did was knock him around.

He spun with the blow, and pivoted his foot and ran to her, grabbing her wrists, and slamming them into a tree. Tenten realized he had pinned her to a tree, and that they held a somewhat compromising position. Neji also took note of their position, and turned a slight shade of pink.

Both were panting hard, and could feel each other's heartbeats keeping in rhythm with each other. "I win." Neji said, and Tenten nodded. "You always win." Tenten said, resting her head on his shoulder. Neji felt like he was going to hyperventilate. He wasn't expecting this to happen, and he was panicking.

"…" Neji couldn't trust his voice to not crack, so he opted for silence. "Even after sparring like this, you still manage to smell of the forest…" Tenten muttered, and Neji sighed. "Shame. If this weren't a game…" Neji muttered, before he disappeared. Tenten stood where she was, before she smiled softly.

Neji had done that to prevent her from thinking that he was doing that to get her headband. Guess the Ice Block does have some kind of way of showing he is nice.

(Training Ground)

Hinata stood, panting. Sasuke was using a wooden sword, and was still managing to win. (I need to think of something before I lose.) Hinata thought to herself. In a last desparate attempt, she charged him.

Sasuke merely knocked her sword away, and she fell to her back, as her sword landed next to her. Before she could move, he hand pinned her by putting his left leg in between her legs, putting his weight on her, and keeping his sword next to her throat. Though Sasuke had no problem with it, Hinata began to blush quite heavily. Hinata was panting, and Sasuke looked a little winded.

"You quit?" Sasuke asked, and Hinata could feel her blush get heavier. She felt really uncomfortable, so she made an unconscious reaction. She brought her leg up, and rammed it into Sasuke's balls. If that wasn't enough, she Gentle Fisted him in his heart, and sent him blasting away.

He slid for a while, before he landed on his back, and didn't move. Hinata looked horrifed, as she ran next to him. "Sasuke-san!!!! Are you alright!?!?" She figured that was a stupid question, considering the blows she gave him, but he didn't comment on it. He merely gave a pained "Hn."

Hinata then looked to his chakra system, and smiled a sad smile. "Sorry, Sasuke-san." Hinata said quietly, as she used her chakra to heal the small scrapes he received as they sparred. "It's okay. I shouldn't have let my guard down like that…" Sasuke muttered, and Hinata shook her head. "That still gave me no right to…well…you know…" Hinata mumbled, bringing her fingers together.

"Can't be helped… A Ninja has to be able to use any means necessary to win." Sasuke said. "Besides. Minus the stuttering and annoying habits you have, you are actually pretty cute." Sasuke said that with a straight face, and Hinata could feel her face burn up again. Sasuke stood to his feet, and his headband slid off.

"Sasuke-san. You're headband…" Hinata looked at it, and Sasuke shrugged. "You won. I lost. It's only fair." Sasuke said, as he began to walk a few steps, before he turned, and looked at her from the corner of his eyes. "But next time, I won't go so easily on you." Though she didn't see it, she knew he was smirking. She looked at him, and then the image of him on top of her made her feel like she was going to faint.

(I haven't felt like that since Naruto-kun made me feel that way. What could that mean?) She didn't give it much more thought, but she did smile in his direction. She stood to her feet, and bowed deeply. "Thank you Sasuke-san." Hinata said, and Sasuke raised his hand up to show he acknowledged her thanks.

(Man, Naruto is never going to let me live this down…) Sasuke thought, feeling a migraine coming from the loud blond dobe.

ShadowRonin: Yeah. The girls got another one. So that puts the boys behind by three headbands, but it isn't over until it's over. See who pulls out once the last day passes.

Next Chapter: Raven showcases a small arsenal of moves as he takes on Sakura. Can the girls keep their streak going, or can the American Demon bring one home for the boys? Find out on:

Chapter 13: Raven Takes Konoha's Slug Princess by Storm!!!