A/n Hey there guys. It's Bandie24x7 here again, to present you with another chapter to my story. So I've got a few reviews to the story so far. Thank you all so much for reading it, and taking the time to tell me what you thought of it. I appreciate it. Hope you enjoy. Love you all -Bandie24x7

I awoke to bright lights. Akamaru was laying on a table, bruises and cuts all over his body. I tried to sit up, but because of an immense pain in my side I was forced to lay back down. I laid there, realizing I was in the hospital. I heard murmuring, and Akamaru whined slightly. I looked at him.

"You did good boy, take this time to relax," I said laughing, which caused pain to shoot through my body.

"Kiba Inuzuka. You advanced to the next round, but due to extreme injuries to you and Akamaru. You may not be able to advance. Your body is in too rough of a shape, but luckily for you a Hyuga girl dropped off some special medication for you. With it you may make a perfect recovery," I heard a voice from one of the medical ninja. I couldn't respond, my body was too weak.

I heard screaming coming from another room. "She's lost too much blood, I don't think she's going to make it," was one of the things I caught. "I never thought that Neji would be that merciless, even to a member of his own family," with that I knew instantly who it was.

I jumped up from my bed, ignoring all pain. I walked past Akamaru and patted him, I grabbed the special medication that they said that the Hyuga girl dropped off for me. I walked into her room, following her scent. I saw Hinata laying on the table, completely beaten up. Blood covered her. I limped over to the medical ninjas, and slowly handed them the medication. "Here, it should help her," I said sitting in the chair next to her bed. "If I pass out. Don't mind me, I'm here for moral support." I joked as the pain shot through my body, more immense than before. The doctors tried to help me up, but I shrugged them off. I had to be here for her. I eventually started losing consciousness and fell forward out of the chair. Smacking my head against the ground.

I awoke to the same room I was in before. My body was still in pain, but I looked over to see Akamaru faring quite well. It made me feel good to see him doing fine. I sighed as I looked back up to the ceiling. My body was in complete pain. I shivered at the thought of how Hinata was doing. I sat up, forcing myself through the pain. I slowly stood up, and walked towards Hinata's room. I got in and saw that it was empty. I panicked falling to my knees, my chest started throbbing. I feared the worse. Tears started to fall from my eyes, until I felt arms around my neck.

"Kiba, you're okay!" It was Hinata's voice. Suddenly all that pain I felt, was gone.

"Hinata!" I said spinning around and hugging her with all my might. My pain was already gone. She looked stunning. I couldn't believe how great she looked, I'd never have thought that she was just beaten up in a fight. I hugged her tight. I was more than happy. She moved her arms from my neck and stopped holding me. Suddenly all the pain came back, and I collapsed from pain.

I awoke in the hospital bed, Akamaru woke me up by licking my face. It tickled and I realized that my pain was gone. Hinata was sitting in the chair next to me. She smiled when I looked at her. I knew she had went and got more of that medicine for me. It felt amazing knowing that she cared for me. I stood up, realizing that the next round of the Chunin Exam was upon us very soon. I already missed learning who my opponent was. It was time to buckle down and get to training. I stood up and grabbed Hinata's arm and with a quick, "let's go" ran out of the room. I was speeding down the streets of Konoha with her hand in mine. When I caught a scent that I had not wanted to catch. I didn't know if I could control myself if HE showed up. Neji Hyuga, Hinata's cousin. After what he had done to Hinata. He hated her for being a member of the main branch of the Hyuga clan.

We slowed down, his scent got closer. I slid my hand behind Hinata's knee and placed one on her back. I forced her to lean back and picked her up. I could move faster this way. I finally got to the training field. His scent kept chasing us.

"There's no stopping him. I'll have to face him," Hinata said as I set her down.

"I'm not letting him touch you," I said turning around to face him.

He appeared Byakugan already ready. He was staring through me and at Hinata. "Come on out, weakling. This is between you and I. You don't need your guard dog!" He yelled rushing towards her. I stepped in between him, my eyes flaring with rage.

With a simple push he moved me out of his way, "I'll deal with you in the exam," He continued towards Hinata who was raising her guard. I stepped in between them again, this time Akamaru transformed into me, and smashed Neji from the left when he went to hit me. He flew into one of the three wooden poles ready to collapse. I appeared in front of him. I grabbed his arms and held him against the poles.

"Leave her alone! Don't make me kill you," I said letting him go.

He began to back off, and then vanished. Hinata ran up to me and hugged me. She laughed. "You did it!"

I didn't feel accomplished. I had created a rival in the village, one of which I would have to face very soon in the Chunin Exams. I wasn't afraid of him, but I knew it was going to be challenging. I had to train. I looked at Hinata she was my greatest training partner because she had the Byakugan herself, but I knew that I wouldn't be able to go all out. I walked Hinata to the Hyuga mansion, said goodbye and was about to head back home, when she stopped me. She wrapped her arms around my waist.

"Thank you for protecting me, Kiba," She said holding me tight.

"Thank you for protecting and helping me, Hinata," I said looking into her eyes.

She kissed my cheek and let go. She went inside. I felt really good about how everything was going. I went home and got some rest, and food. In the morning; I woke up and moved towards the arena for the final part of the exam. It was all building up to this. It was my chance to become a chunin. I would be the highest ranked from our rookie year. That was my goal. I stepped into the ring and they began the entrance ceremony. I stood in front of thousands of people. All there for one reason, to see little genin beat the daylights out of each other, for their entertainment. I was in round 1, Versus Neji Hyuga. This was gonna be a heated battle, and there were plenty of people that were excited for it. The energy of the crowd made me wanna start at that very instant. I stood facing Neji, staring him down. I pointed at him and laughed.

"You! You think you're so damn tough. You think you're some kind of genius. I'll show you true strength. I'll show you what happens when you hurt my friends, and allies!" I exclaimed as the ceremony ended. There was a roar of applause and screaming. All over me and Neji.

"Start the fight!" I heard an audience member scream.

There was a mix of voices saying either, "Go Neji," or "Go Kiba!" The energy of the crowd was pumped up, even more than before. I was getting pumped, and Akamaru was also feeding off the energy he was bouncing around ready to fight.

"GO AKAMARU!" There was a roar from the crowd. I laughed as Akamaru started walking slowly.

The arena was cleared and the proctor stood in between us. He knew the crowd was just waiting for him to say go. He stood waiting as long as he could before allowing the fight to start. He raised his arms and before he even finished the word "begin" Akamaru and I were already at Neji slashing. The crowd cheered. This was bound to be one hell of a fight. I was excited.