Magnus: Srry for making you wait, I had a lot to do with my new job, yeah, I'm a teacher now, pity me if you must, anyway, here goes the last two battles of this part of the exam, enjoy, and remember, Read and Review!
Disclaimer: We don't own Naruto or anything you believe is being mentioned in this fanfic, Reiko Zonbolt, Arashi Uzumaki and Yukina Hyuga belongs to Kage Bijuu, The Harvesters are co-owned by Kage Bijuu and ME, the rest of the OCs belong to me
Chapter 47
Battle Tower 7
Silence reigned into the tower, only four combatants were left, and the tension was far monstrous, for their part, Temari was relieved, she now can rest assured that she won't battle some of the freaks that alrady passed this part, while Tenten was relieved, for having escaped the most powerful of the battlers, she also pitied the next combatants, although she almost had a heart attack when the boards showed the next battlers
Hinata Hyuga VS Neji Hyuga
A different type of silence filled the scene, a silence of disbelief, as if such type of battle was something that was forbidden by the gods, as if the boards had just decided to defy all the good laws of the universe, and yet, the two affected parties, didn't complain at all...
"Hinata Hyuga and, cough, Neji Hyuga, please come to the arena...", Hayate called, Neji jumped to the arena with great grace, all in the perfection that every Hyuga carves to have... but Hinata was already there, waiting, no one noticed her moving, no one heard her at all, not even a chakra spike signaling a Shushine, Tenten got scared, but when she saw the grins on Naruto and Lee's faces, she freaked out
'Oh God, please, Protect Neji, guide his moves, and guard him from any deadly strike...', Tenten prayed, she didn't care about victory, she only wanted him alive
"You can now, cough, begin!", Hayate called, and immediately leaped out of harm's way, face first at the side of the Hokage's seat, only Kami knows what horrible wrath would unleash the wielder of the sword of the One Winged Angel of Death
"Hinata-nee-san, it is an honor to have this friendly battle with you", Neji greeted, smiling freely, while entering into his battle stance, there was nothing hiding on his voice, he had no hate, only respect
"Neji-nii-san, I feel honored too, facing a true prodigy of the art of the Hyuga, is such a great opportunity, and as a way of respect to the art of our family, I will restrain myself from using Masamune, so we can fight in a more even ground", Hinata greeted back, her voice as angelical as always, and she too, went into the Hyuga stance, much to the surprise of the spectators
With the spectators...
"Such an honorable sight!", Reiko shouted, delighted by the scene
"They have my blessings, may their battle will be written down in history!", Lee added, he too, was eager to see such a great battle
"Eh?, they have the same family name, are they siblings?", Chrona asked, utterly confused
"Maybe, perhaps cousins, why do you ask, Chrona?", Maka asked back
"Siblings shouldn't fight between them, it's bad", Chrona stated, making Maka sweatdrop, and Black Star face fault
"Naruto-sama, do you think this is going to end well?", Anko asked, she knew about Hinata's limits, and unless Neji had gotten some kind of super powers, he was bound to end VERY bad
"Worry not, unlike me, Hinata knows how to restrain herself", Naruto replied
'Are you sure?, your mate has a disturbng tendency to reduce to fine dust anything that annoys her', Kyuubi stated, getting an snicker from Naruto
Back with the battlers...
Neji and Hinata charged at each other, and then started an intricate battle, where each of them launched soft strikes to each other, but as anyone that had some knowledge on juken, it was obvious that any of those hits was most likely definitive, the first to get hit, will be done fore. Neji battled with uncanny expertise, with the precision of a true master, prodigy was not enough, he was the best master on his art, taking it to a new level, but where Neji had all the mastery possible for the juken, Hinata was simply much more graceful, her moves were so fluid, that it looked like an Angel was dancing, making her near impossible to hit, and the battle would have extended, if not for something that Neji didn't thought in time, while he was bound to use the juken to it's full potential, Hinata was free to improvise
"What the?", Neji shouted when Hinata ducked down a hit, in a move that was not into the juken style, Neji got confused for only a second, and Hinata used this to land a spinning kick to Neji's head, sending him spiraling to the ground
"You should remember that I'm no longer enslaved by the Juken, Neji-nii-san", Hinata playfully remarked, allowing Neji to stand up
"It's not slavery, Hinata-nee-san, I no longer seek to change the ways of our family, for I have grown quite fond of our family style, but do not mistake me, I do not loathe you, I think you are awesome, daring to enrage the elders, knowing that one day they will come to hunt you down, the mark on your forehead makes you an slave, just like me, is just that you have decided to live and embrace your illusion of freedom", Neji replied, not smirking, but with a smile of pity
"Is that what you truly believe?", Hinata asked, no longer a smile adorned her face, no longer a sweet and innocent voice coming out of her lips, but a seriousness that screamed to start apologizing, least the rage of the heavens falls without mercy
"Yes", Neji deadpanned, showing no more emotions, becoming dead serious too, the ambient grew with so much tension, that the Hokage and the Council began to sweat, for they thought that a clan war was about to begin
"Then you have just become my enemy, I may have became an outcast, an exile, but no more Hyugas will be enslaved by the seal of the caged bird, even if I have to kill all the elders, and if you are just ok with the slavery, then I will have to kill you too, for you may betray my wish of freeing everyone!", Hinata shouted at the end, and leaped at Neji, ready to take him down, unfortunately, this is what Neji wanted
"Now you are in my divination circle!", Neji shouted, just when Hinata was in front of him, leaving her no chance of react,
"Jukenho: Hakke Hyaku Nijuhachi Sho!", Neji gave his all, pushing each strike to his limit, he gave everything, it was enough to take down an army of ANBUs, but Neji knew that it wasn't enough, not for Hinata, The Aurora Angel, he needed something much more powerful, or else she'll rise from the ground
"Hakke Hasangeki!", Neji shouted one more time, giving one last palm strike to Hinata, a shock wave followed, and then, much to the shock of everyone, Hinata shatered… into a million of ice shards
"A hyo bunshin?... I wasted all my chakra in fighting a hyo bunshin?", Neji asked, then he noticed it, none of the shards had fell to the ground, and all of them looked REALLY sharp
CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP
The clapping sound was like a bad Deja Vu, fortunately for both Neji and Tenten, it didn't carry all the malice of the Yokai King, but it was still very ominous
"Oh, Neji-nii-san!, did you really thought that was going to work?, to taunt me with such lies?, too bad you spent all your chakra on that onslaught you just unleashed, very awesome if you ask me, but it puzzles me, when did you learn it?", Hinata asked, and Neji traced her voice until he spot her in the hands in the arena, he couldn't help but to chuckle at her antics, to imitate her boyfriend
"I had to try it, but, when did you changed?, I hadn't noticed neither the hand seals, or a chakra spike to point the change", Neji asked, it ws more like trying to understand it, than trying to buy time, the battle was over, and nothing he could do would change that
"Just before your first palm strike could touch my body", Hinata explained, while appearing just behind Neji, who had his eyes so wide open, that it could be hilarious
"How?", Neji weakly asked
"I can stop the time", Hinata whispered, making sure he was the only one to hear it. Neji's body went still, his mind almost shut down, but deep within, he knew, it made sense, it was completely logic, it explained everything, so, he did the most logical thing to do in that very moment
"I FORFEIT!", Neji shouted, ending the battle before he could discover why the ice shards were still floating around
"Hinata Hyuga is the winner!", Hayate shouted, and asked the battlers to leave the arena, and both Hyugas left, the ice shards banished, and then the most dreaded moment came
"The last two combatants, cough, Black Star and Rock Lee, please come down to the arena", Hayate called, while starting to retreat, no one blamed him
"FINALLY!, NOW I CAN GET TO KICK SOME ASS!", Black Star shouted, while leaping to the arena, so eagerly, that he ignored the warnings of his friends
"Another worthless opponent, don't be discouraged, my dear, may we'll meet worthy foes in the near future, and may our souls shine to their brightest when that comes", Reiko stated to Lee, in a very sweet and lovely voice, that it eased Lee's heart
"Aye!, but for now, I shall waste my time with this young boy, I'll return shortly, I'll need to work out my nerves after this", Lee replied, and then he too jumped down to the arena, leaving a blushing Reiko behind
"Poor little guy... Naruto-sama... Lee is not going to overkill him, right?, I mean...", Anko trailed off, because Naruto was paying her no attention, he and Hinata were focusing completely on making out, so, Anko could only limit herself watch how both teens were now facing each other, with a very nervous Hayate about to run away from the soon to be war zone
"Begin!", Hayate shouted, and then ran away at full speed, to where?, no one asked or looked, things were bad as they were
"TIME FOR YOU TO FALL!, I'M BLACK STAR, THE ONE WHO WILL SURPASS THE GODS!", Black Star shouted, while charging at his full speed, with Tsubaki on the double Kusari-gama form, but to their surprise, Lee blocked the attack, with his bare hands
'WHAT?', Tsubaki shouted inside Black Star's mind, unable to believe this, her edges were made to cut through steel, and yet this boy, even if over-muscled, stopped her without any harm
"Your speed is not bad, but your goal is too much for you", Lee stated, and then punched Black Star, sending him against a wall, where he left a crater where he impacted
"Who are you to tell me that I can't reach my goal?", Black Star shouted back, while getting to his feet, he was enraged, and more decided to put an end to this over-muscled boy
'Black Star, be careful, at first I thought he was like Mifune, but no, he is on another whole level!', Tsubaki informed, however, her distress call fell upon deaf ears
"My name is Rock Lee, The God of War, and you will never be able to defeat me", Lee stated, and then walked to where Black Star was
"So, you are a god?, HA!, that means nothing!, YOU are nothing!, I will defeat you, and then I will be called as more than a god!", Black Star shouted, and then ran against Lee, again. Lee received him with a punch to the face, just to find that it was a bunshin
"Tsubaki, ninjato mode!", Black Star commanded, just as he appeared behind Lee, and then slashed at his back, but Lee's skin didn't got harmed, not even a scratch
"What?", Black Star shouted, and then got back handed by Lee, making him crash into another wall
"Your tricks are useless, your strength is non-existent, and your will is weak, YOU are worthless", Lee stated, and once again, he walked toward the assassin technician
"You... YOU HAVE NO PLACE TO TELL ME THAT I'M WORTHLESS!", Black Star shouted, and forced Tsubaki to become the demonic saber, and then, fast as lightning, he attacked
"I'M THE FASTEST!", Black Star shouted as he slashed Lee's side
"I'M THE STRONGEST!", A slash to the back
"You are only a kid, playing like a kid", Lee stated, as he caught Tsubaki with his hand, stopping Black Star's attack when he tried to go for the head
"In order to surpass the gods, YOU MUST BECOME A GOD!", Lee shouted, while punching Black Star to the ground, leaving a crater, with him inside
"To be a God, YOU MUST SURPASS THE MEN!", Lee shouted again, while stomping Black Star, encrusting him into the floor
"To surpass a man, YOU MUST BECOME A MAN!", Lee stomped again
"And to become a man, YOU MUST STOP BEING A CHILD!", Lee shouted again, but couldn't stomp, because a beautiful girl appeared protecting the downed Black Star, with her body
"No!, please!, stop!, I beg you to stop!", Tsubaki pleaded, and Lee stopped, Black Star no longer moved, but his eyes looked much more pained, than when Lee stomped on him
"He will never grow up, if you don't stop allowing him acting like a child, I stopped, other god would have destroyed him in a heartbeat", Lee explained, and turned to leave, just as Hayate reappeared
"Black Star has been disqualified, cough, Rock Lee is the winner", Hayate announced, and then Sarutobi walked to the center of the arena
"I'm very proud of all of you, you all have shown great skill and power, you, the victors of this elimination round, will be participating on the true tournament that will be celebrated in about a month, now, to decide the order of the battles, those who won, will come here to take a number", Sarutobi explained, and all the victors went to get their numbers, of course, Danzo took a number for Sasuke, leaving the next sequence:
1: Sasuke Uchiha
2: Gaara No Subako
3: Chrona
4: Rock Lee
5: Tenten
6: Shino Aburame
7: Reiko Zonbolt
8: Hinata Hyuga
9: Shikamaru Nara
10: Naruto Uzumaki
"Now, go, and rest well, train hard for your next part of the exam, and bring pride to your village", Sarutobi finished, while thinking that he is already too old for all of this
Magnus: Well, did you like it?, I hope so, now that this serious part is over, it's time to go to the basics, so, expect more insanity and crossovers on the next chapter, until then, see ya!
Ankiseth: Remember to give a try to the new stories, should you want one of them to be updated before the others, review a lot