Chapter 12. Failure
Konoha Arena
Konohagakure
"This is the end, you within the area of my '8 Trigrams'."
Naruto should stand up again and get ready for whatever comes next.
Neji takes a stance. "Trigrams, Gentle Fist Art, 8 trigrams 64 palms." He came and hit Naruto and didn't give him any chance to move. When the technique was done, Naruto fell to the ground.
The referee should watch that and walk to them. "it's over?." But Naruto is still trying to stand up.
"I pressed the 64 chakra points all over your body. You can't even stand right now." Neji said.
"Ku..so." When Neji sees Naruto's pained face, he makes the Hyuuga smile.
"Are you frustrated now? Kneeling before the power that can't be changed and knowing your powerlessness, Working hard to reach your dream is just an illusion." Neji continues to insult him.
Satria & Esdeath POV
"What is he doing now? That blonde kid made a more painful expression than before." He wanted to watch more of this blonde kid in action, but reality often disappointed her. This is the end?
"He closed Naruto's tenketsu, disturbing his chakra pathway. Now that kid even trying to stand up will be very difficult." Satria answered her.
"Then it's done?."
He shakes his head. "No, look at that blonde still trying to fight even with that condition. Just watch." He lit his cigarette and smiled while watching this.
She nodded and continued to watch.
Naruto POV
Naruto made a painful voice. Then he remembered Lee and Hinata's fight.
"Ku..so." He tried to stand up even though his body hurt.
Neji looks at that and can't believe he still wants to continue this fight. "No way."
"I told you, didn't I?." He made a small smile and got up. "I don't know when to give up."
"Just stop this; the result will be the same as before. I don't have a grudge against you; just surrender right now."
"Urusai Datte-bayo." He smiled at him. "Even if you say so, I have something against you."
Neji makes a confused face. "What are you talking about?"
"Why? Here you're this strong. Why did you, with a look like you've already seen through it all, go after Hinata mentally, who is already trying her best?." Naruto asks Neji reason, Why he hates Hinata so much.
"It has nothing to do with you." Neji refuses to tell him the reason.
"Mocking her, I selfishly labelled her as a failure. Head Family, Branch Family I don't know what happened to you, but I will not forgive people who call another person a failure." Naruto ready his stance to fight him again even have many bruises in his body.
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Man with gender equality: "This kid. It's like I'm watching something out of a movie. Damn that speech."
Evil Spirit: "Ara-ara. Such an innocent and interesting boy, I wonder how he will win this fight."
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"Okay... If you insist, let me tell you about Hyuuga Destiny."
Neji opened his headband, showing a green-coloured seal.
"What is that mark?"
"When I was four years old, this curse mark was inscribed on my forehead with curse mark art."
He explained the fate of Hyuuga, his family, and many others to him.
"I don't know the extent of your pain, but it's a huge mistake for you to think that has determined your entire destiny!" He said to him:
Neji tied back his headband. "You're hopeless." Neji ran to him and hit Naruto with 'Juken
' in his stomach.Naruto made a pained voice and pushed back to the ground.
"Referee...it's over." He turned his back. "You fail."
"Don't..run away." Once again, he stood up. "I won't fall, and I stand by my own words." He made a pained voice. "Because that's my Nindo." He says it with a small smile.
Satria and Esdeath's POV
Satria was happy to hear Naruto's words.
"That legendary phrase of Uzumaki Naruto.' Fatalis says he heard "happy," one of his favourite character words. After watching his story in Satria's memory, he respects this blond boy and wonders what he will become in the future.
Esdeath's only reaction to Naruto's words is a strange smile. 'Hehe, this boy will be perfect in the future. That smile, that pure heart, that resistance, and his unpredictable moves even in hard situations
Satria watches Esdeath and can only feel chills in him. 'What is this woman thinking when she makes that smile when watching Naruto?"
Naruto POV.
Naruto made a hand seal with his hand, and Neji watched that with a confused face but smiled when nothing happened.
"It's futile; I pressed all your chakra points."
"Haaaaaaaaa." Naruto was still trying to let out his chakra when suddenly an orange chakra came out of his body.
Neji is shocked to watch that. "Impossible. Chakra is seeping out from his body. What is he?"
All spectators watched this with a surprised face.
Satria and Esdeath's POV
"He let out an orange aura from his body. Is that Kyuubi you were talking about before?" Esdeath asks him.
Satria nodded. "Yes, it is."
Naruto POV.
Now Naruto's body is covered by orange chakra, and suddenly Naruto makes a fast move.
He suddenly appears behind Neji and throws a shuriken at him, only to be repelled by 'Kaiten'.
Neji tried to throw Naruto with a shuriken too but got evaded by him so easily.
"What? His speed went up! What is happening?"
Both let out Kunai from their pockets and threw it at each other, making Kunai clash with each other.
The kunai comes back to them, and they fight close combat with it.
Suddenly, Naruto ran to him.
"I don't know what Hyuuga's destiny of hatred is! But if you say it's futile, You don't have to change anything."
'This bad, I must use 'Kaiten
." No, it's too late.'"When I become Hokage." They clash their fist with each other. "I will change the Hyuuga."
After the clash, smoke rose from the battleground, showing Naruto already falling to the ground.
Satria and Esdeath's POV
"What happened" She can't see what happened in the match.
"...". When the smoke clears out, they see Naruto already on the ground and unconscious.
"Well, this is the end." Esdeath was disappointed at the result.
Satria only makes a small smile when looking at Esdeath.
Naruto POV
Neji walks to Naruto with difficulty because he has already reached his limit.
"Failure boy. Sorry, but this is the reality." Suddenly, Neji heard a voice from the ground and saw Naruto ready to punch him.
Naruto hit him in the jaw, making Neji unable to respond to anything. Because he didn't expect Naruto would do this, Neji Hyuuga fell to the ground.
"Damn, my body." He says it with a pained sound.
Naruto's body, which is in the ground, has become smoke and shows a hole in there.
Satria & Esdeath POV.
Esdeath, watch this smiling. "Amazing..simply Amazing! That unpredictable tactic he used for defeating this Hyuuga brat who surpassed him in skill." She now understands why Shin believes in this boy.
"Told you, I put a lot of trust in him, not without reason." He smoked his cigarette and watched Naruto with a happy feeling.
"Since when did you smoke?" She recently noticed.
"...Since now." He said to her:
Naruto POV.
The referee was amazed at this boy's tactic for defeating Hyuuga. 'So he left Kagebunshin in the crater and spotted a chance to win. Believing in victory, thinking about what to do next, and acting even when knocked around Huh. The power of believing in himself
Naruto will then walk to Neji.
"In those situations, you use Kagebunshin just like that-the ninjutsu you're good at, huh? I was careless." Neji says.
"I failed the graduation exam three times. As luck would have it, the ninjutsu test that appeared was always Jutsu, which I hardly could do before. Can you guess what Jutsu, who always makes me can't graduate from the academy?
Neji gives a questioning look.
"It's Bunshin no Jutsu."
Neji made an irritated face when he heard this.
"That's why we don't always whine about boring stuff like destiny and whatnot and how it can't be changed. Because unlike me, you're not a failure."
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Man with gender equality: "How can this boy, 13 years old, talk something like that? Even listening to him makes me somehow proud of him."
Evil Spirit: "I can't believe he can defeat him. He's unpredictable, and his words are really sincere. It's really rare to find people like this in this world."
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Neji closed his eyes and gave up.
The referee smiled and said it loudly in the Arena. "The winner of this match is Uzumaki Naruto!!!."
When the result is out, all people in the arena cheer on Uzumaki Naruto.
To be Continued.
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