Naruto shook his head at how his clone planted the marker. Ah well, at least the clone was humorous. Naruto followed everyone else out to the center of the arena, noticing the new proctor. Naruto's brows furrowed at the sight of the Jonin chewing on the senbon. He wondered what happened to the other proctor. Naruto stood at the left end of the line, beside Shino, and then it was Sasuke, Shikamaru, Neji, Temari, Kankuro, and then finally Gaara. He noticed that Dosu guy missing.
"My name is Genma; I'll be the proctor for the finals. Here's the new line up." Genma said holding up a piece of paper. Dosu was missing, and so Shikamaru was facing off against Temari. Other than that, nothing changed. "Hold your heads up proudly guys, these people are here to see you."
The Sandaime Hokage stood up, ending his brief talk with the Kazekage. "Welcome one and all to this year's Chunin Exam Finals!" he called out, silencing the crowd with a Jutsu to make his voice louder and able to be heard by everyone. "This year we have a wonderful bunch, and we wish them all good luck in becoming Chunin. Let us begin!" sometimes, the best speeches were short and to the point.
Genma looked over the fighters. "First match, Hyuuga Neji versus Uzumaki Naruto, will the fighters stay and everyone else vacate the arena?"
Naruto stepped away from the group, and watched everyone but the Proctor and Neji walk away, heading up towards the Fighter's Box. Naruto then moved to stand a ways in front of Neji and rolled his shoulders a bit. It was soon time.
"Rules are the same as the Preliminaries, got it?" Genma asked, watching the two nod. "What I say goes, instantly." He said in a threatening tone. "Hyuuga Neji versus Uzumaki Naruto, ready? Begin!" he shouted, leaping back a little bit
Neji's Byakugan flared to life, the bulges around the eyes acting almost as an intimidation factor. "You should give up Uzumaki-san, it is not your fate to win here today." He said
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Naruto reached behind his back with his left hand and drew his mother's sword, the low ringing tone of the metal scraping against the sheath and ominous tone. Naruto put his right hand to the blade, and yanked it down feeling the cut through the leather of the gloves he wore as his head began to bleed. Tightening his right hand into a fist, he held it out at Neji. "I vowed to Win." Naruto said with an emotionless tone as the blood dripped down to the ground. Naruto could feel the cut already healed, and channeled a bit of chakra into the seals that would auto repair the glove. Naruto realized that using his own blood was not as significant as using Hinata's blood, but he wouldn't make her bleed for such a thing.
Neji shifted his right foot forward, and held his hands up in the standard Gentle Fist stance. "Then you shall fall like the loser you are, like the Loser that Hinata-sama is." Neji said.
Naruto held the sword in his hand, casually to his side as he reached into the Ninja pouch on his right hip. He pulled a single piece of paper out, and channeled chakra into it before throwing it at the advancing Hyuuga.
Neji paused in his advance and closed his eyes, protecting his precious Dojutsu. He didn't need his eyes open to see because the Byakugan allowed him to continue seeing. The paper exploded, but not like an explosive would. His Byakugan shut off, as the flash bang tag went off, causing his eyes excruciating pain.
Naruto dashed in, having closed his eyes at the last second so they wouldn't take the full brunt of the Flash Bang. Sure, he was seeing a few spots, but nothing like had he been watching with a Dojutsu active or something. Naruto swiped upwards, a splash of crimson being seen as Neji was cut from his right hip to his left shoulder. Nothing major, it was rather superficial and made Neji leap backwards away from the sword wielding blonde. Naruto stood there, watching as Neji's tan coat got soaked in the Hyuuga's blood.
Neji grit his teeth from the pain of the cut. It wasn't deep, but it sure did hurt. He opened his eyes and risked his Byakugan once more. He hadn't expected the Flash Bang, and he sure as hell wasn't expecting the blonde to actually cause him bodily harm. He was expecting nothing more than a poseur with the sword.
"I won't be using another Flash Bang." Naruto told Neji. "I don't have a need to. I've already cut you, and fighting will only irritate the wound. You'll be slower, weaker, more cautious, and I'll be giving you more cuts as the fight progresses. You can save face now, and give up, or we can continue." Personally, Naruto wanted Neji to continue. He wanted to bleed the Hyuuga.
Neji's face turned to a scowl. "I will not give up. It is Fated that I win today." Neji said defiantly. He then rushed the blonde once more refusing to be put on the defensive by the blonde.
Naruto moved out of the initial strike, and swiped out with his sword. Neji leaned back from the swipe, and tried for a palm thrust at Naruto's wrist. Naruto lashed out with a spin kick, slamming his foot into Neji's side before he thrust the sword at Neji's shoulder. Neji spun away from the thrust, and hit the sword with his hand, deflecting it to the side like he did with Tenten several times. He then moved in to disable the blonde's arm. Naruto bent out of the way, and came up, taking a swipe once more at Neji, feeling contact as Naruto cut Neji on the side of the head, cutting the headband away and making the side ofNeji's face drip with blood.