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Chapter 16 - Shijo vs Neji

Neji got in his Gentle Fist Stance. "The Gentle Fist is the strongest Taijutsu in the world. You will not be able to get through it." Neji said arrogantly.

"Ok. Whatever you say." Shijo disappeared and reappeared behind Neji. He kicked Neji in the back to quick for him to react. Neji flew forward. Neji flipped in the air and landed on the ground.

"You are fast, but I'll easily beat you with this. Byakugan!" Neji yelled. Vains popped out near Nejis eyes. His eyes turned even more white. "With this, I have 360 vision.

"Yeah. I don't think you do." Shijo replied.

"What do you mean?" Neji asked. Shjio jumped and flipped behind Neji qith a kunai in hand. He threw it, aiming for the middle of his head.

"I heard him throw a kunai, but I don't see it." Neji wondered. He turned to see a kunai coming his way only stopping an inch from his face with Shijo holding it from behind.

"Theres a weakness in your vision as well. I will not say it outloud to reveal it, but anyone smart enough could. You definitely know what is now, don't you?" Shijo asked Neji. Neji went to strike Shijos abdamin. Shijo side stepped each one.

Shijo dodges a strike for the heart and roundhouse kicked Neji in the face sending him a few meters away. Neji landed, but got up quick. He then ran at Shijo going for all leather strikes. Shijo only sidestepped.

"Wow. To think a Hyuga is worse than a circus clown." Shijo said causeing Kankuro to sneeze in the crowd.

"Do not compare the mighty Hyuga to a circus!" Neji yelled going for more and more strikes. Neji tried as hard as he could to hit Ahijo, but failed each time to land a hit.

Neji went for a strike to the knee, but was stopped by a sword blocking the punch.

-Stands-

"How was his hand not just cut?" A random shinobi asked.

"Shijos sword has chakra running through it. The Gentle Fist has chakra running into its fist. Therefore chakra is meeting chakra, but I don't understand why Shijo just doesn't overpower him?" Gaara asked.

"He teaching him a lesson." Naruto responded.

-Battle ground-

Shijo Nejis arm and kneed his elbow causeing a crack. He did a half spin and hit Neji in the back with the handle of his sword sensing him flying 10 meters away.

Neji landed on his face. He had a bloody nose and now, a broken arm. "Tell me Neji. Where has fate led you. Other than getting your ass beat?" Shijo asked walking towards a struggling Neji.

"It has led my father to death, and me to be a Branch member that suffers under a seal!" Neji yelled.

"Oh, you mean the caged bird seal?" Shijo asked.

"Yes." Neji said holding his arm.

"You know. That's not a the easiest seal to get off, but me and Taruto could easily take it off. You just got to learn how to." Shijo told Neji. Neji widened his eyes, with many Hyuga elders.

"How do you know that?" Neji asked.

"Long story. I had a friend that was a branch member and I spent years learning about it, and I taught Taruto how to do it." Shijo answered. I have a question. Can you tell me something? If fate led you to be a branch member and your father to die, then why do you want to follow it?" Shijo asked.

"You can't change fate!" Neji responded.

"Really. My fate was to be head of a household, but it all got brought down when my family was slain. Then I became a lonely nobody who only trained and believed in revenge. My little brother, beaten. While my mother and father where murdered. I only escaped because I denied that I would die there." Shijo told Neji.

"Then it will catch up to you, and kill you. The people who killed your parents will eventually kill you." Neji said.

"That's impossible." Shijo said looking at the ground.

"How is that?" Neji asked. Shijo slowly raised his head to see two eyes filled with bloodlust. He slowly brought his sword up.

"Because the Hyugas who killed him are dead!" Shijo yelled as he shot towards Neji intending to kill him. There was a cloud of dust that shot up, covering the battlefield.

-Crowd-

"What did he say?" A random civilians asked.

"I don't know. He said something about they already being dead?" Another asked.

-Battle ground-

The dust soon cleared to see a a knocked out Neji with Shijo who's head was in the ground with his swords gone and his arms broken.

"Double Knockout!" The instructor called.

-Crowd-

"Theres no way Neji countered that." Kakashi thought before looking at Naruto. He saw a little bit of Shijos sheath peaking out of the cloak. "I see. It's good that he stopped him, but fast enough for no one to see it, maybe the Hokage did." Kakashi finished his thought.

-Hokage box-

"That was very anticlimactic." The Kazekage stated.

"Yes." The Hokage responded. They both saw it. They saw Naruto disable Shijo.

-Right before Shijos strike-

Naruto caught Shijos hand now in his Lightning cloak. He slammed Shijo down grabbed both of his arms bypullimg on them. He more liked pulled them out of place. He grabbed Shijos weapons before jumping away. Before he got to far, he threw a kunai backwards and hit Neji in the back of the with the handle of the kunai, hitting him in his blind spot.

-Present-

"That speed was impressive. We could keep up with it, but a Jounin that was ready for the attack could probably barely keep up with it. That cloak is surely a powerful weapon." The Hokage thought.

"That kid will be an issue. He wasn't this fat in the forest. It's impressive he's come this far in a month. To bad he doesn't have a Sharingan." Orochimaru thought.

-Battle ground-

Medics ran out and grabbed Shijo and Neji and carried them away. While there was a strange change in mood. Gaara put his hand on Narutos shoulder.

"Calm down. It's not his fault. You know what Hyugas are like to him." Gaara whispered so no one could hear.

"Yes. I do, but he promised not to do this. He almost got us in trouble." Naruto whispered back.

"Will Shikamaru Nara and..."