Last Rites

As Neji followed Hiashi through the corridors, they soon reached a small room. Hiashi looked back at him with a smile and then lightly hit the wall in the room with chakra coated palms in a specific pattern.

'Com'on, such a cliche thing?'

And sure enough, the wall started opening up in the middle and a huge brightly lit hall appeared in front of Neji's eyes. One quick glance confirmed Neji's previous guess. This is indeed a cliche movie treasury with gold, jewellery and weapons lying around everywhere.

'Although not as exaggerated as Dagobert Duck, but indeed worthy of a clan that has been existent for thousands of years.'

"Go in, see if you can find what you need."

Nodding at Hiashi's words, Neji slowly walked forward, looking for a suitable weapon. Other people may be awed by the amount of gold here. Money is worth nothing in front of strength.

When he is strong enough, will he still need vulgar things like money? He can just take whatever you want, who would dare ask you for money? Or you can go slaughter some nobles, there will be no lack of these things.

Suddenly a weapon fell into the eyes of Neji, making him stunned for a moment.

'It's perfect...'

The spear looks majestic with a length of over 250 centimetres. The weapon is in a transparent-dark colour, showing an indescribable beauty. The shaft is made of an unknown material, while on the base of the 40 centimetre long spearhead two crescent-shaped blades are attached, giving the spear a noble feeling.

As soon as Neji got out of his stupor, he immediately walked toward it and grabbed it at its shaft (lol). For an ordinary person, this would definitely be a heavy weapon, but as a ninja, Neji doesn't have such worries of course. As soon as the long spear was in his hand, he felt it to be very compatible with him.

Sadly there is no 'The spear spirit initially resisted me, but with my care, it agreed to me becoming its master and our adventure began' situation.

'That was oddly specific, but I love this spear...

Am I supposed to give it a name now?'

"Your name will be 'Judgement Ivory Skewer'!"

Honestly, he liked the name, but the weird expression on Hiashi's face made him unconfident.

"I mean...your name will be 'Cold-Forged Impaler'!"

"..."

No?

"How about 'Vanquisher, Reach of Traitors' then?"

"..."

Kidding.

Okay now for real, its name shall be 'Last Rites'!"

'I wanted to call it God's Judgement or Soulless Impaler in honour of the death of the original Neji, who got impaled by Obito, but I have to keep these names for a better spear in the future.

But Last Rites is not bad, the words my enemies spoke after meeting me will be their last.

Man, I always wanted to give my weapon a Chuuny name, that can come off my checklist for things I want to do in my life now...'

Very satisfied with his new spear, Neji was eager to try it out and walked toward Hiashi.

"I'm done, Sir Patriarch. Thank you for this opportunity."

To his words, Hiashi nodded with a smile and then said with a serious face.

"The Hyuga clan will rely on you in the future. Go now, I guess you can't wait to try your...how did you call it again?"

"Last Rites."

"Right, go try your last Rites."

"Yes, Sir Patriarch."

Without wasting any more time, Neji quickly disappeared.

A few hours later.

Neji's courtyard.

With a bare upper body full of dripping sweat, Neji was executing smooth and vigorous movements with a long spear in his hand (that's what she said). The sun was shining on him, resulting in an artistic picture, making Hinata who had been observing him from a distance since earlier dazed for a while.

'With my current spear skills, I can confidently say that in terms of weapon skills, there are very few people in this world who can compete with me.

Uchiha Madara is probably one with his Gunbai. White Fang, Hanzo, Mifune in terms of sword skills. And of course, Might Guy with his badass Nunchaku.'

High-level Lancing skills allow him to use spear intent, allowing to him gain precise range strikes without having to throw his spear. Neji was surprised when he first used it, the destructive power is comparable to A-rank ninjutsu and the precision and speed are way better than ninjutsu.

With one last thrust, Neji impaled the spear into the ground and looked in a certain direction.

"Hinata, come out. If you want to watch, you can do so. No need, to hide."

She was startled and then timidly walked towards him. Although he treated her well earlier, she is not sure if he will continue to do that. He has hated her for a long time after all.

"Don't be nervous. By the way, it's okay if I call you just Hinata if no one is here, right?"

Her face turned a little red, but she nodded without hesitation.

"Yes, Neji-nii san. You can call me however you want."

"How about calling you my wife then?"

Neji decided to tease her a bit, making her completely stunned. Her face turned red at record speed, honestly from the memories of Neji, he has never seen her turn red so fast.

"Wi-i-f-f-ee??!"

With a thud, she fell unconscious to the ground making Neji laugh out loudly.

'Let's continue teasing her.'

Walking toward her, he held her in his arms and waited quietly for her to wake up. He wants to make her used to him, so she doesn't always get shy. Although he finds it very cute, their relationship will never progress otherwise after all.

Soon Hinata's eyes fluttered slightly and she opened them, only to see Neji looking at her with a gentle smile. Remembering what he said to her, she felt her face burning again. Then she got a bit confused because she noticed that she was being held by him. Becoming nervous again, she was stopped by Neji as she tried to stand up in a hurry.

"Relax Hinata. You don't have to be nervous around me, little cutie hahaha."

The hand stroking her face and his words made her incredibly shy, but she liked interacting with Neji in this way. She hadn't had so much fun in a long time. Originally she was hopeful for her new teammates, but they turned out to be Kiba and...

Wait, who is that silent insect kid again? Shino, right? Anyway, Hinata's irrelevant teammates made it impossible for her to become friends with them. So she cherished her time with Neji right now.