Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ A Tale of 2 Hyuugas and a Uchiha ❯ Through Being Nice ( Chapter 9 )

“Neji, is it…is it wrong to like you?”

“Huh? What do you mean princess?”

“I mean, I like you a lot,” she said smiling up at him.

“Oh, well I like you a lot too. I don't suppose there's anything wrong with that.”

“Good,” she said pulling him to the floor with her. He laughed and started tickling her tummy with a feather.

 

Neji walked past Sasuke and Shikamaru angrily. He did not stop to talk for he was in no mood. His thoughts kept reverberating back to Hinata and how he enjoyed the few minutes alone that he had with her. She was scared…nervous and yet…she caressed his cheek, just like she used to long ago with no fear in her at all. It was almost as though she enjoyed it. Back then, he was too young to put much into thought into a gesture like that…or was he?

He finally made his way back into the market where he immediately spotted Hinata and Kilik. They were standing in front of the florist smelling the different roses. I should turn away and go back to my favorite tree…

“Hey Neji!” Kilik looked up and had spotted him coming into the market area. Neji just frowned, ignoring his hello as he turned and walked in the opposite direction towards the forest.

“Neji! Can't you see how polite I'm being? Maybe if you were a bit nicer to people, you wouldn't be so alone all the time.” Neji stopped in his tracks and turned towards Kilik. He was grinning and had most of the nearby shinobi watching intently.

“My cousin is nice to everyone yet she's alone all the time. I do not see how my being nice will affect my popularity. I am alone most of the time because I choose to be alone.”

“Oh, I see. So…that also explains why none of the ladies in the village will give you the time of day?” Kilik teased.

“You need to make sure you get your facts straight before you come at me that way.”

“So you were dumped?”

“Your insolence is going to be your downfall.”

“You don't say?”

“Try me.” Neji could feel his face turning red and it wasn't like him to show his anger. The fact that Kilik was crushing on his cousin wasn't helping his anger any at all. He wanted nothing more than to snatch Hinata up and take her away from the arrogant show-offy ninja Kilik, but he could not.

“You know, I was hoping you'd say that,” he replied softly. He backed away from Hinata and stood facing Neji. They were a couple of feet apart but Kilik was excellent at long ranged attacks.

“Um…Kilik…please don't fight my cousin.” Neji stared at his cousin in shock. It was the first time she'd really spoken out against Kilik. Neji smiled at Hinata before turning his attention back to Kilik.

“You heard the lady. You might want to take her advice.”

“I might not.” Kilik quickly tossed four kunai knives at Neji but he easily sidestepped and blocked them all.

“You're going to have to do better than that ameture,” he said hotly running at Kilik, his Byakugan face clearly ready. Where do I begin? Aha… “You like to throw things right? How about I fix it where you can't throw anything for quite a while?!” Kilik met Neji blow for blow, his taijutsu skills almost flawless.

“Ki…KILIK NO!” Hinata shouted but it was too late. Neji grabbed his right arm and tossed him to the ground. Kilik quickly got up but not before receiving eight quick blows to the arm. Kilik backed away quickly, laughing out loud.

“You're not so tough. I blocked every one of your moves and your quick little blows to arm…my sister hits harder than you.” Kilik ran at Neji once more, but Hinata quickly got between them.

“Please…please stop!” she cried softly.

“Oh, come on Hinata! Let me finish him! I'm not trying to kill him, but he gets on my nerves…thinks he's so tough!” he smirked. Hinata looked down at Kilik's left arm and let out a small cry. “What's wrong sweets? Are you…?” He stopped short when he saw what she was looking at. The sleeve of his left arm was almost covered in blood.

“I…I tried to tell you…”

“What the hell? You didn't even hurt me!” he yelled angrily. Neji smiled, staring at his loser opponent. Hinata lifted up Kilik's sleeve to reveal eight little holes in his arm. They were all aligned neatly on his arm and for the moment, had stopped bleeding. Kilik stared at his arm, wide-eyed and confused.

“What did you…? What kind of jutsu is this? I watched you very closely and not one time did you use a hand sign.”

“I would tell you but I'm not obliged to. Neither is the princess Hinata. Next time you pick a fight with me, I will not hesitate to get your right arm. I'll pick you apart little by little until you are nothing more than a no-talent shinobi.” He turned and proceeded to walk away.

“COME BACK HERE YOU ASSHOLE! I'LL SHOW YOU!” Kilik raised his arms and tried to perform a clone jutsu but it would not work properly. “My chakra…what is…?”

“Come now. Let's…let's just go. No more fighting ok?” Hinata said, grabbing Kilik's right hand and pulling him towards the forest.

 

Sasuke and Shikamaru watched as Neji did a number on Kilik's arm.

“Whoa! What the hell was that?” Sasuke asked slightly amazed.

“It's some technique that only the Hyuga's possess. They use their own chakra to plug up their opponent's chakra points. With his Byakugan, he sees each chakra point in your body. That's why that guy's jutsu wouldn't work. He lost the ability to flow chakra through his left arm. If Neji wanted to, he could have blocked every point in his body then that guy would have been toast.”

“Are you serious?”

“Yeah, Naruto was lucky since he has two sets of chakra. Neji plugged up all his holes that time in mere seconds without breaking a sweat, but Naruto had surge of red, snake like chakra that helped him win his match. Anybody else facing Neji, with the exception of Gaara, would have been through dealing.” Sasuke frowned upon hearing this bit of information. Maybe it was a good idea to leave Hinata alone…that is, if he could help it.