Neji smirk at Naruto. "Your destiny is to lose to me. For sure." He proclaimed.
Naruto gritting his teeth together, irritated. "You don'tknow until you try!"
This angrer Neji as he drop his smirk and put on his headband back on.
"Your father was killed a long time ago and I don't know the extent of the pain you've felt... But it'sa huge mistake for you to think that has determind your entire destiny!" Naruto panting heavily.
Neji had finish putting on his headband. "You're hopeless..." He said summoning his Byakugan and ran toward Naruto, attacking by slaming his palm into a palmstrike at his stomach causing Naruto to fly back.
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"Proctor...it's over." Neji proclaimedas he stared at Naruto before turning around. "You failure..."
"Don't...run away." Naruto said, his voice barely heard but Neji heard him as he stop.
He turn and saw Naruto getting up.
Naruto... Nikki watch worried before holding her hands together and close her eyes to pray. I believe in you, Naruto... show Neji that destiny isn't the way to live life.
"I won't...run...I'll...stand by my own words... That's my Ninja Way!" Naruto exclaimed as he hold his stomach.
This causes Neji to remember what Hinata say to him in their battle making him chuckle a little. "I think I've heard that line before..."
"You with your destiny stuff... I won't lose... to a jerk with cold feet like you, no matter what!" Naruto proclaimed, surprising everyone in the stadium.
Nikki smile softly at him, proud of see her best friend's, will power to never backdown.
"A brat who knows nothing shouldn't lecture arrogantly!" Neji murmured. "People are born burdened with an inherent destiny that they cannot defy." Remember what his father said to him.
"You can't possible understand the destiny of being burdened with a mark cannot be wiped off for life!" Neji proclaimed, pointing to point Naruto.
Naruto just stood there, breathing heavily as he catch his breathe while remember his childhood before he met Nikki.
An image of humself as a kid, crying with the shadow of the Nine-tail fox under him while all the villagers was behind him, looking at him with hatred in their eyes until a light came towards him, that took the figure of Nikki, holding out her hand toward him with a warm smile.
This cause Naruto determination to become stronger. "Yeah... I do understand it. So...what of it?" He said smirking.
This brat! Neji though.
"Heh. Don'tbe acting cool... It'snot just you who's special! Hinata was also...suffering the same as you! Even though she's the head family, not being acknowledged as such...trying desperately to change herself... She fought you while coughing up blood with that in mind! You too! The branch family that protects the head family... Doing all that to Hinata just because it'san exam. In actaulity, you were just as frantic in attempting to go against destiny, right?" Naruto said causing Neji to slightly flinch at his words.
