Naruto: A New Perspective

Chapter 23

"Naruto Uzumaki vs. Neji Hyuga, begin!"

For a moment the two were still, eying each other down wordlessly. Neither was in a stance, but their postures were completely different. Naruto's was tight, and rigid, he looked like he could snap at any moment. Neji was loose and uncaring, glaring at his opponent, a dead last , someone to take out easily.

Naruto spoke first, "I've been waiting to kick your ass for awhile."

"I would like to see you try." Neji replied to the taunt.

"Maybe I will."

"Like you could."

"That's it." The Naruto said.

To untrained eyes, Naruto seemed to disappear. Neji blinked, but his eyes were far from untrained.

A kick traveled to strike Neji in the side of the head; but he gracefully dodged by moving backwards. The Hyuuga smirked, "Lee moves faster than that."

Naruto didn't respond, instead moving to punch at Neji. The boy danced around it, but not before he hit Naruto's outstretched arm with a Jyuuken powered tap. Naruto grunted and jumping backwards and desisted his attacks due to the pain in his arm. He glared at Neji and rubbed his leg absentmindedly, it seemed alright.

"You're very stupid to attack a Jyuuken user with taijutsu." Neji snorted, "Did you base my skill level solely on the fight with your weak teammate and my loser cousin?"

Naruto glared, "Don't you dare mock Sakura you jerk, it's stuck up jerks like you that piss me off, you might have been born with talent but it doesn't matter because today is the day I'll beat you."

Neji replied by activating his Byakugan, "Let's test that statement."

Neji rushed Naruto this time, but now Naruto had some shadow clones to help, he was able to easily predict Neji's movements, and thanks to his endurance and speed training, he was able to dodge out of the way as well.

Naruto jumped around and a clone threw a punch to Neji's midsection, the boy moved to dodge, and narrowly did so. Naruto had still grazed the boy's side, however. Not stopping, Naruto moved forward, dodging Neji's next strike and lashing out with a roundhouse kick, Neji moved backwards again to avoid.

"Why can't I hit you!!!." Naruto yelled."You just keep dodging!!"

Neji scowled, "Come at me again and see what I can do."

Naruto obliged, but this time Neji was faster. The Hyuuga struck out at him, Naruto was able to get away from most of the strikes, but a few hit his chest before he could dodge away.

"Dodge, dodge, dodge." Neji mocked.

"You were holding back!!"

"Just a little." Neji smirked, "You should give up, you can't win."

Naruto said making a hand seal"Dodge This!"

Naruto formed a chain of clones and threw them at  Neji, and prepared to send a wave of shadow clone in the direction that the Hyuuga dodged, but Neji didn't dodge, instead he smirked and began to... spin?

"Rotation!" Neji shouted, making sure that Hiashi would hear him in the audience. The Naruto's Clones peppered the dome of blue chakra that formed around the Hyuuga boy.

"That's...!" Hanabi gasped in amazement, recognizing her cousin's technique.

"Rotation." Hiashi was equally amazed, although his face didn't show it, "For a Branch Member to know that technique..."

Back down on the field, Naruto looked at Neji  amazed as he stopped spinning and the attack dissipated, "Why didn't you do that against Sakura?"

"It was not perfected." Neji admitted, "But that doesn't matter, I defeated her without it. I will defeat you too... You are fated to lose."