A/N: Hi guys, here's another update for you. I was so eager to write it for some reason that I pushed back some important work :s

* I hope this answers the questions you have about Hinata's eye.

* And yes, that troll is highly entertaining and left me another review xD

* Believe me I am dying to include some real NejiHina and SasuHina scenes soon too, but I can't have that without setting up the pace of the story properly first :(

* The next chapter will most probably feature a KibaSaku lime ;)

Chapter 3

"You must adjust your stance, Hinata-sama," Neji said as he stood behind her, holding both her arms as he demonstrated. "Otherwise you won't be able to progress after you reach 32-palms."

Her face strangely felt hot at such close proximity. It had never bothered her before, that is, not until her father had allowed her to look at him in that sense.

"Your legs are not bent properly," he was saying as he moved to adjust them with his own feet, not letting go of her arms. Their legs touched, and she was surprised that Neji didn't comment on her shivering. Why was she so nervous all of a sudden?

Once he was satisfied by her position, he moved away to critically examine her. She felt strangely shy as she wondered what he thought about her body. Did he notice the extra few pounds she had put on after the war? What did he think about her figure? Thank the gods she was wearing her jacket.

Her father had told her that he had not yet taken his proposal to Neji. He was oblivious till she came up with a decision in two weeks. Then her father would ask the same question to him as he asked her two weeks back and approach him formally, as custom dictated. Butterflies swooped in her stomach as she wondered what he would say and how he would react.

Did he ever think about her as more than just a cousin? Neji had become something of an elite in their clan because of the eye he hid. He no longer needed to call her Hinata-sama, as some people had taken to calling him Neji-sama. Did he have time to look at someone like her now, or waste his time training her?

She shook her head free of the thought as Neji spoke again. "You must lurch forward and spin your arms around as you move after the 32-palms, like this."

As he demonstrated the movement, she could not help but notice how gracefully his body moved, like he was orchestrating a play. Other than that, she could not really get a clear idea of his body under his baggy clothing. She wondered what he looked like, shirtless. How much chest hair did he have?

"Now, come at me," he said as he raised his arm, going into his Gentle Fist fighting pose and activating the Byakugan uncovered by his hair. She jolted out of her daze suddenly as he said that and shook her head, mainly to focus her thoughts and protest at the same time.

"B-but, Neji-nn-i" she tried to protest, but her tongue stuck. She could not bring herself to call him her brother anymore. After all, he wasn't her brother anyway and he was just a year older.

"Don't worry," he reassured her, misunderstanding why she broke off. "I can stop you from doing any damage to me. After you reach 32, take a strong step forward. But you must not stop or hesitate. Don't think about stopping till you reach 64."

Easy for you to say, Hinata thought. You could reach 128 when you were just a genin. Now, you can knock out all 361 with your new eye in nary a heartbeat.

"But Neji... I can't do it without my right eye."

If Neji noticed that she had called him without the "nii-san", he didn't comment. He stooped guiltily as she mentioned her eye, his eyes wandering away.

After Neji had all but died back in the war, he was revived by Naruto. But his cursed seal had already closed and sealed his Byakugan as he had legitimately died for a few minutes, like Guy as well. He had lost his sight. Tsunade had told them that they needed another Byakugan substitute if Neji ever hoped to see again.

Hinata, as kind as ever, had volunteered to donate her own eye to restore his vision in at least one eye.

Neji had refused point-blank. "I can never accept this from you, Hinata-sama. It is I who is born to serve you, not the other way around."

Hinata had touched the side of his face and held his hand as she sat beside him on his bed. "Duty does not border on obligations, but affections as well. You know that you are one of my closest friends on earth and very near to my heart."

Neji had been ashamed, but tears leaked from his blind eyes underneath the gauze wrapped over them. "But I... I almost killed you back in the... If I had not been stopped after the match had ended... Why would you go through so much for me even after that? I am completely undeserving."

Hinata smiled. "You paid back with interest when you bodily sacrificed yourself for me and Naruto-kun. If you don't hesitate to throw away your own life for me, what is just an eye? Besides, I have two. What's more, you need it more than I do and you can make far better use of it than me as well."

Neji shook his head indignantly to protest. "No... I... I... It was my duty to protect you."

Hinata had leaned in close and kissed his blind eyes over his gauze. "And you did. Nothing you can say will convince me otherwise, Neji-niisan. My mind is already made. I can see just as well with one eye."

When her father had tried to get her to properly think over her decision, she had declared, "I live to serve my family, just like Neji-niisan, who all but died for me."

After the infusion, Naruto had healed Hinata's eye, just like how he had healed Kakashi-sensei's eye when Madara had snatched away his Sharingan. Kakashi had regained his lost eyesight, but he could no longer wield the Sharingan.

It was the same case with Hinata. Her right eye was devoid of the Byakugan, but her eyes retained their beauty and softness. With time, her vision started to restore from that eye and it kept on improving, though she was still half-blind. It was not known if she could use the Byakugan in that eye again, but Neji insisted on training and finding out. That did not cease his guilt.

However, no one was prepared for what the reawakening of Neji Hyūga's eye resulted in. The one which received the chakra of Hinata's Byakugan shone bright after a few days of going through intense spasms of pain which had left him screaming. But the final product which had resulted was so intense that it had distributed a little chakra and restored his eyesight on his other blind eye as well.

No one looked at Neji the same way again, but that was not what bothered him. Hinata's actions had touched his heart and he looked at her differently now. And the least he could do was work hard to make her stand on her own feet again in terms of strength.

"Of course you can do it," he told her now encouragingly, making himself look back at her directly and meeting her eyes. "Especially if you know where to strike. You remember the basics, correct?"

"Yes, but..."

"Confidence, Hinata-sama," Neji said resolutely.

Hinata nods, still unsure. She adjusts her pose again and taking in a deep breath, launched forward forcefully into the attack not holding back.

Neji followed her movements and parried each blow she made and complimented her on her style.

"Don't think much about it," he encouraged. "Keep moving forward. You're doing great."

As soon as Hinata reached 32-palms, she lurched forward, as Neji had taught her. But as she did, she made a slight misstep. She fell forward forcefully on top of an unprepared Neji as she lost her balance, knocking him down with her in the process.

"Ouch," she mumbled as her hair fell over her face, darkening her vision.

As she put both palms out in front of her and lifted herself a little, she noticed that she felt a strong thumping. Wondering what it was, she shook her head to adjust her hair away from her face... And looks up to find herself looking in Neji's eyes, one white with a tinge of lavender, and the other a bright blue with a white, shining iris with a floral pattern. The one which had a part of her inside it.

Tenseigan, she thought in awe.

She would never tire looking at it but not for the same reasons the other Hyūga revered it. She felt a special connection to it knowing that it belonged to Neji and that she played a part in helping him achieve this remarkable feat.

It was found that Naruto had revived Neji with his gift blessed by Hagoromo Ōtsutsuki, the Sage of Six Paths. In healing Neji, he had transferred his chakra to revive him. Only when his Byakugan was recovered was it discovered what the transfusion of the Ōtsutsuki-diluted chakra along with his Hyūga blood had resulted in. The Hyūga, after all, are Hamura Ōtsutsuki's descendants, who was the first wielder of the Tenseigan.

It's only rival was the Rinnegan, currently only wielded in an eye by Sasuke Uchiha. He had received similar chakra which had combined with his Uchiha blood resulting in its awakening.

Right now, Hinata wondered why Neji was blushing furiously. Looking down, she realised that what she thought was the ground was actually his chest, and she was resting on it. The thumping she felt was his rapidly beating heart.

"H-Hinata... Sama..." He barely let out. He coughed as his breath stuck in his throat. He pinched his eyes shut.

She could understand why he was uncomfortable, but the extent of his embarrassment was confusing. It was not exactly the first time she had landed on him, nor the first time she had touched him. She looked at him questioningly as he opened his eyes again, trying to steady his breathing. He coughed again as his eyes further dilated and looked at her pleadingly, trying to send a message.

Hang on, why was he looking at her like that? It was then that she realised that something was poking her somewhere indecent. Something hard. She tried to move but it kept getting harder and rigid beneath her. Neji threw his head back and groaned desperately, his eyes losing their focus as they rolled up.

She looked down and she saw that she was actually in direct contact with his erect member, which was growing harder and harder with each passing second she had it in contact as she moved around. As she had moved, she had accidentally set in motion a few things which shouldn't be where they were, at least not out in open. She had accidentally and unknowingly given him a good grinding, and Neji Hyūga was left powerless and incapacitated.

Screaming, she pulled her hands back abruptly and covered her face as she jumped up, eyes widening.

Neji looked away, his face burning in shame as he hung his head. The veins stretching on one of his eyes had already retracted as his face flushed deeply, and he tried in vain to hide his growing inconvenience.

"I... I'm sorry," he muttered in an alien voice before he quickly stood up. He almost ran away from the compound, leaving Hinata staring back at him.

She had caused this reaction. Her.

It had felt so... intriguing, now that she thought about it. She had no idea it could grow to be so straight. And so big.

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