"Don't you know when to quit?" Neji asked, standing over the fallen Hinata. "From the start, your attacks have been completely ineffective." He didn't even look down at her, deeming his cousin unworthy fo his attention.
"That was Neji's master-stroke," Gai murmured from the balcony. "It targets the heart. It's a pity, but the girl can no longer even stand."
Shikanenai glanced back from watching Neshan's hands, that were pale where they gripped the metal railing, and scowled at the jounin. "Don't you believe in the power of youth any more?" he asked. "She will stand, even if it kills her - because not to stand would kill her as a ninja."
"Seeing as the match cannot go on, I -"
The judge's voice cut off as there was a scraping from Hinata's position. The scraping of her sandals against the stone floor as she pushed her knees slowly underneath her. She was shaking, panting, bleeding from her mouth to betray the injuries that were tearing her apart from the inside. But she was on her feet.
Neji looked at her grimly. "Why are you getting up?" he asked. "If you push too far you really will die..."
"Why do you push at the main family?" Neshan muttered. "That's no less fatal..." Though he addressed Neji his eyes were on Hinata, watching the curse seal markings that were barely visible under the collar of her jacket.
"This isn't over yet!" Hinata gasped.
"You're not fooling anyone," Neji snorted. "I can see with these eyes... it's taking all... ush!" He cut off, jumping back as Hinata took a wavering step forwards. Neji's byakugan eyes went wide, fixed not on Hinata's face but on the keirakukei that were inexplicably unsealing and sending chakra pouring through her body.
The mind of the Hyuuga 'genius' whirled. Even with her chakra restored Hinata was no threat.... but if she could do this then what other secrets might the main branch heir have? Better to finish this now. She was still too weak to survive a second strike to her heart. He lunged forwards.
Hinata's byakugan vision faded, beyond her capability to maintain as the sweet chakra rushed through her. She didn't know where it was coming from. She didn't care. All that mattered was taking another step and another and destroying the enemy. She couldn't have remembered the name of Neji for the life of her as she lunged forwards.
In the split second before the two genin met, before four jounin moved, three words were whispered by three voices.
"Team Seven, sanjo."
A second later, the fight was over and Kakashi, Gai, Hayate and Kurenai were looking nonplused at where their targets, Hinata and Neji, had been. Three yards away from the point where the two Hyuuga would have intersected, Neji was pinned face down to the floor by Kirigishi Katsu. Two yards away in the other direction, Hinata stood frozen, eyes closed, in the grip of Nara Shikanenai's shadow copy jutsu while Bakusuta Neshan had opened her jacket to examine the seals surrounding her neck and left shoulder.
He totally ignored the shouts of "Pervert" and the shower of shuriken from where Tenten, Temari and Ino were standing.
D for Drakensis
You're only young once, but immaturity is forever.
"That was Neji's master-stroke," Gai murmured from the balcony. "It targets the heart. It's a pity, but the girl can no longer even stand."
Shikanenai glanced back from watching Neshan's hands, that were pale where they gripped the metal railing, and scowled at the jounin. "Don't you believe in the power of youth any more?" he asked. "She will stand, even if it kills her - because not to stand would kill her as a ninja."
"Seeing as the match cannot go on, I -"
The judge's voice cut off as there was a scraping from Hinata's position. The scraping of her sandals against the stone floor as she pushed her knees slowly underneath her. She was shaking, panting, bleeding from her mouth to betray the injuries that were tearing her apart from the inside. But she was on her feet.
Neji looked at her grimly. "Why are you getting up?" he asked. "If you push too far you really will die..."
"Why do you push at the main family?" Neshan muttered. "That's no less fatal..." Though he addressed Neji his eyes were on Hinata, watching the curse seal markings that were barely visible under the collar of her jacket.
"This isn't over yet!" Hinata gasped.
"You're not fooling anyone," Neji snorted. "I can see with these eyes... it's taking all... ush!" He cut off, jumping back as Hinata took a wavering step forwards. Neji's byakugan eyes went wide, fixed not on Hinata's face but on the keirakukei that were inexplicably unsealing and sending chakra pouring through her body.
The mind of the Hyuuga 'genius' whirled. Even with her chakra restored Hinata was no threat.... but if she could do this then what other secrets might the main branch heir have? Better to finish this now. She was still too weak to survive a second strike to her heart. He lunged forwards.
Hinata's byakugan vision faded, beyond her capability to maintain as the sweet chakra rushed through her. She didn't know where it was coming from. She didn't care. All that mattered was taking another step and another and destroying the enemy. She couldn't have remembered the name of Neji for the life of her as she lunged forwards.
In the split second before the two genin met, before four jounin moved, three words were whispered by three voices.
"Team Seven, sanjo."
A second later, the fight was over and Kakashi, Gai, Hayate and Kurenai were looking nonplused at where their targets, Hinata and Neji, had been. Three yards away from the point where the two Hyuuga would have intersected, Neji was pinned face down to the floor by Kirigishi Katsu. Two yards away in the other direction, Hinata stood frozen, eyes closed, in the grip of Nara Shikanenai's shadow copy jutsu while Bakusuta Neshan had opened her jacket to examine the seals surrounding her neck and left shoulder.
He totally ignored the shouts of "Pervert" and the shower of shuriken from where Tenten, Temari and Ino were standing.
D for Drakensis
You're only young once, but immaturity is forever.