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Chapter 29: Chunin Exam Rematch. End Game at the Valley of the End.

Neji opened his eyes, and he was in a new place he didn't know. "This is where Sasuke fought against Naruto before he left for Sound." Kyuubi appeared on a different statue, and Neji narrowed his eyes. "I'm standing on Shodaime Hokage's finger. Who is that other person?" Neji asked.

"That is Uchiha Madara. That damned ninja and his rival fought here. Narashima thought he beat Madara, but he was wrong. He lives on, even today." Kyuubi said. "How can that be?" Neji asked. "That is not for you to know. Your fight is against me." Kyuubi said, as he disappeared. Neji's eyes widened, and before he knew it, he got elbowed in his head, and he fell into Shodaime's chest.

(Real World)

Konan was beginning to tire from the constant dodging and fighting. (Boy needs to get it in gear. I'm beginning to tire, and that things isn't slowing down any time soon….) Konan thought to herself.

(Kyuubi World)

Neji hit the statue hard, but recovered enough to block Kyuubi's fist, and knock him back. Neji then hopped to the water, and charged Kyuubi. Kyuubi back flipped, and landed just in time for him and Neji to begin blocking and trying to hit each other. Kyuubi then managed to get a fist in, and knocked Neji down the waterfall.

Kyuubi smirked. (The boy isn't half bad.) Kyuubi thought, as he followed Neji down the waterfall. The moment he started running down, he was hit by Empty Palm, and sent flying up. (What the? That isn't a normal Hyuuga Style Technique.) Kyuubi thought, as he slid over, and the attack flew by.

"Guess I should treat this boy a little more seriously." Kyuubi said, as he unleashed the Demon Cloak. He then picked up speed, and fell like a red comet. Neji narrowed his eyes, and began free falling. He looked back, and the Red Comet was falling much quicker than he was. He then went into the Kaiten, and he avoided the attack due to the sheer power of the attack, and his defensive shield blocking it.

Kyuubi flew dead into the water, as Neji flipped and landed on the river. He used his eyes to watch Kyuubi sink like a rock, and then shoot back up. Neji hopped away, and landed on the river a few yards away. He didn't get away cleanly though. The right side of his body got singed, and his robes were burning. So he discarded them, which left him in a muscle shirt and his pants. He then got into his stance as Kyuubi fell towards him. Both attacked, and a giant blast was created, creating a large sheet of water flying into the air.

Neji stood on one side of the river, and Kyuubi stood on the other. "I have to admit, you are stronger than I would've expected. Pretty good, Hyuuga." Kyuubi said, and Neji said nothing. "Guess I should really begin to put up a fight, shouldn't I?" Kyuubi said, as the Demon Cloak began to form what looked like one tail around his butt.

(What?) Neji thought, and the cloak formed a tail, that began to sway back and forth. "Now handle this!" Kyuubi said, as the tail shot forward with blindling fast speed. Neji managed to dodge it at the last second, but he couldn't dodge the red bullet that hit him dead in the gut. He slid along the water, and managed to get to his feet, before Kyuubi launched at him, readying another attack.

Neji dodged, and struck Kyuubi in the chest, before he hopped back. "You hit like a girl, Hyuuga." Kyuubi said. Neji smirked. "I think I'll take that as a compliment." Kyuubi looked confused, before his legs began to feel a little numb. "I know some girls who hit sickeningly hard." Neji said, as Kyuubi growled.

"8 Trigrams:" Neji said, and Kyuubi smirked. "Foolish boy, you attacks won't touch me!" Kyuubi said. "Hm. 64 Ghost Strikes!" "2 Strikes!" Neji thrust two fingers, and Kyuubi felt two of his chakra points get hit. "!?" Kyuubi didn't know what was happening. "4 Strikes! 8 Strikes! 16 Strikes!" Kyuubi was getting shuffled further and further back by a strike that he could not see, but could feel painfully.

(What is doing this? Ng!? He can strike chakra points without physically touching people?) Kyuubi thought to himself. "32 Strikes!!" Kyuubi spat up some blood, and hit the rocky wall. "Now! 64 Strikes!!!" Neji began thrusting his fingers more viciously, and you could see the blows hitting Kyuubi, and the final shot blasted him through the wall.

Neji panted and panted, and then got back into his defensive stance. So he was caught off guard when he heard Kyuubi laughing like a madman. "You are a very interesting one, Hyuuga!" Kyuubi said, coming out of the rubble. "No way…"Neji muttered to himself. "You look so surprised. Che. I would power up some more, but then it would begin to affect my host…" Kyuubi said, as he shook his head.

"Despite the thing it implies, a promise is a promise." Kyuubi said, and a crimson claw shot into Neji's arm, and he grit his teeth. "But I never said you would leave here unscathed in any way…" Kyuubi said, smirking darkly before he began to laugh. "I think I might begin to like you, boy."

(Real World)

When Neji came to in the real world, Konan was sitting next to him, as Naruto was on his back unconscious. "Hm. So you woke up, it seems." Konan said, as Neji groaned. "Hmg. What happened?" Neji asked. "The boy is himself again." Konan said, and Neji grit his teeth, and clutched his arm.

He raised his right sleeve, and on his shoulder was a crimson looking burn in the shape of a scar. "That is a very menacing looking tattoo." Konan dead panned, and Neji frowned. "I didn't get a tattoo…" Neji said, and Konan narrowed her eyes in thought. "…." Konan looked to be figuring something out, and Neji frowned.

(What is going on? Feels like some kind of foreign chakra is working its way through my system…) Neji thought to himself, as he lowered his sleeve again. "Naruto is safe now, so I am going to find the others." Neji said, as he picked up Naruto, who groaned a little.

"You aren't going to be able to stop that boy." Konan said, and Neji turned to stare her down. "Hn. If we don't we will just bring him back, like we did Sasuke." Neji said, and Konan shook her head. "Is that so?" She said, as she turned around, and flew off on a Paper Bird.

Neji watched her leave, and sighed. (She knew something more about this than she is letting on…) Neji thought, as he began to try and catch up to Sakura and Blade.

ShadowRonin: And so the plot thickens up a tad bit, and Neji begins to wonder. Konan leaves him to be, and Neji attempts to catch the others, but will it be for naught?

Next Chapter: Raven is getting closer and closer to reaching the Earth Country Border, but the one thing stopping him is the last two people he wanted to see. Can Raven defeat Sakura and Blade, or will they bring him back for good in:

Chapter 30: The Final Push.