Stream of past

Hyūga vs Hyūga

Next came Ino's fight against Misumi Tsurugi, Kabuto's other teammate. An easy win for the Yamanaka, with the most notable thing from the fight being Ino cutting her hair and using it to immobilise her opponent long enough to use the Mind Transfer Jutsu. ("Ha! Now we match Ino-pig!" "Sh- Shut it forehead, mind your business.") And with that out of the way, it was time for shitshow bloody match number 1.

Hinata Hyūga vs Neji Hyūga

Sakura cringed, she was hoping that since she got a different opponent, then maybe Hinata will too. But no dice. Shikamaru whistled. "Battle of the Hyūga...That's gonna be something." Understatement of the year. Naruto wished Hinata good luck while the pinkette flashed a thumbs up in the girls direction, Ino merely pat her back. You didn't need to be a genius or know the future to see the bad blood between the two Hyūga.(Naruto doesn't count.)

Once the 2 cousins stepped down, Neji started talking about how he did not expect to have to fight Hinata. After Hayate said start, Neji immediately activated his Byakugan, and poor Hinata, was shaking in her boots. Neji started a very dramatic monologue about destiny and Hinata never changing, but that quickly got shut down by Naruto, who told the Hyūga princess to "beat him up". After this, Hinata managed to compose herself and activated her Byakugan. And thus, the battle between the Hyūga officially began.

At first it was going rather well, with the 2 of them going into a dance like stace of striking and dodging. The Hyūga style of fighting being the perfect combination of and deadliness and elegance. Strike. Block. Dodge. Strike. Block. It was like a beautiful dance of death. But eventually the difference in skill has been seen, as Neji sent a Gentle Fist right to Hinata's heart (though it is notable to say that Hinata also managed to hit him at the same time, even if her strike was on the shoulder), making the girl spit out blood. Hinata slapped his hand away before going for another strike aimed a his face, but Neji caught her hand.

"My eyes can see the tenketsu." said Neji as he rolled up her sleeve to reveal several red dots made by the Gentle Fist throughout the battle. Then, just like that, he struck her in the chest again and made fall a few meters backwards. Then Hinata got back up, spitting more blood as she did so, before rushing again towards Neji. Naruto screamed at her to do her best, but the rest of the platform wasn't as positive as the blonde.

"Sheesh, I always knew the Hyūga were more hardcore, but even this seems a bit excessive for a win in a preliminary match." said Ino.

"Except he's not just trying to win..." said Sakura, a hand covering her mouth, as the sight of Hinata spitting blood was way too similar to the one against Pain (but never mind that, she can go and cry about her inner demons in a pillow at home, now she needs to stay focused so she can heal Hinata once the battle is over). "...he's trying to kill her."

"What?! No way! He wouldn't go that far, now would he?" exclaimed Ino, but one look at Sakura's green eyes was all the answer she needed. The blonde frowned as she returned her gaze to the arena. "...not Hinata."

And again, the girl rushed forward in an attempt to hit her opponent, but Neji merely struck another in her chest, the blow making her spit more blood as she fell forward, face first on the floor. 

Just as Hayate was about to call the match, Naruto screamed "Don't stop the match!" And whaddayaknow, the stubborn Hyūga princess rose up again on shaking legs and looked back at Neji determined.

"Moron...If you continue this you really will die. Are you suicidal?" said Neji. "I can tell you're barely standing. There's no reason for you to keep on suffering. Just accept it, it's your destiny..."