Hyuuga Neji: Destiny's Child
Three words can effectively sum up Neji: calm, cooled and collected. Hailed as the prodigy of the Hyuuga clan, [an ancient family in the Hidden Leaf Village] Neji is a genius who has already mastered some of the most prestigious techniques the clan has to offer, and he is only a year older than Naruto. Neji carries the Advanced Bloodline of the "Byakugan" which is said to be one of the oldest advanced bloodline in the Hidden Leaf and the veritable ancestor of the Uchiha clan. Neji is discernible by his snow-white eyes [which are possessed by the entire clan]. So with this regal heir, Neji has become quite a haughty boy. He claims that destiny is the end all for everything and that we as humans cannot do anything. For such a talented young man that is one major downfall: his vindictive and bitter attitude towards people is something to be disliked. As we see from the series this mentality is passed down from generation to generation.

The Hyuuga family is split into two parts: the Main House and the Branch House. The reason they are separated is because the Main House is destined to hold the original blood of the Hyuuga and as such its heritage must be protected. The Branch house was created to protect the Main House at all costs thus resulting in the death and suffering of many a Branch House member. This slighted feeling that the Branch House possess is not unfounded. The Branch House members are put under a terrible curse at a young age. A curse seal Jutsu is cast on them and the symbol of "Bird in the Cage" is marked into their forehead which will stay there until they die. This brand isn't just to distinguish the Main House from the Branch House; it is in place so that the Main House can maintain a level of control to the lower members of the Hyuuga clan. A simple hand seal inflicts massive amount of agony into the mind of those who carry the mark and can quite easily kill them if need be. Neji belongs to the Branch House, and is marked like his fellow House members and his deceased father before him. This is where his hatred for the Main House and Hinata [his cousin] spawned.

When Neji was four years old, a Shinobi from the Cloud Country arrived in the Leaf Country to sign an alliance treaty because the warring factions had been at war for some time. All the while, it was the Hyuuga heir’s birthday. The heir was Neji’s cousin, Hinata. This would also be the day Neji had his seal carved into his head. Neji and Hinata’s fathers were twins. Hinata’s father Hiashi was the first-born of the pair and became a member of the Main House; Neji's father Hizashi was put into the Branch House. It was Hiashi who placed the seal onto Neji, making him a true Branch House member and he was sworn to protect the advanced blood for the rest of his life. A few days after the Shinobi from the Cloud Country had arrived, someone attempted to kidnap Hinata. Hiashi father quickly disposed of the assailant and revealed that it was the same Shinobi who had just signed the alliance agreement. It turned out that the Cloud Country was one of the many countries out to obtain the secrets of the Hyuuga and their Byakugan.

Enraged at the death of one of their leaders the Cloud Country demanded that Hiashi [the man who killed their Shinobi] be sacrificed. After much contemplation the Leaf Village succumbed to the Cloud’s demands. However, to keep the blood of the Main House alive, Hizashi's life was sacrificed and his corpse was sent to replace that of his brother [without letting Cloud know this]. That is the reason Neji hates the Main House. Without hesitation they sacrificed his father’s life for the betterment of the Main House. Neji directed all of his hatred of the Main House on Hinata who was their heir, albeit she was much weaker than Neji and completely incompetent as a Ninja to boot. A child with the potential to harness the ultimate power of the Hyuuga to its limit and at the same time is denie

Hinata has a tragic past, being born in the head family branch of the Hyuuga clan she was destined for something she could never be, a cold and powerful elite. From the beginning Hinata showed weakness, psychologically and in physical strength for she was too shy and introverted, and therefore, by Hyuuga's standards, too weak. So for that she was abandoned by the clan to Kurenai's training, as even her own father said she was a waste of time. In her younger years Hinata was almost kidnapped once but was saved by her father that killed the ninja intruder from the Cloud Country, with which the Fire Country had just signed a peace treaty, who was hoping that she would reveal the secrets of the Hyuuga clan to them. As no proof that the Cloud Country was involved in this incident could be offered the Cloud Country demanded that they wanted Hyuuga Hiashi (Hinata's Father) killed and his body handed over to them or else they would start another conflict (even though it was just to get a body from the Hyuuga clan to obtain their secrets). But not wanting his Brother to be killed, and more than that, to do this as the first act he's done of his own will and to protect the clans secrets (when a member of the branch family dies, their abilities are sealed, and therefore impossible to study or steal), Neji's Father and Hiashi's twin brother, Hyuuga Hizashi, decided that he would make the sacrifice to protect his son, his brother, the clan and the village. Afterall it was the role of the branch family to protect the main family, even though he truly hated the main family, and did not sacrifice himself for them at all. Because of these events Hyuuga Neji would hold a grudge against the main family, as he didn't know his father willingly made the sacrifice, and thus he also held a grudge against Hinata.

Hinata's fighting style is the same as Neji when it comes to taijutsu, she uses the strongest hand to hand fighting style in all of Konoha: Jyuuken. This style attempts to damage the internal organs rather than to break bones and do some external damage, like Rock Lee's fighting style. Hinata has shown us that she can use this taijutsu style with great efficiency enough to keep up with her stronge cousin Neji. This already makes Hinata a formidable opponent, but she has an even greater ability, the Byakugan! This advanced bloodline limit that is exclusive to the Hyuuga clan grants its user some great abilities: clearly seeing for miles in front of them, a nearly 360 degree angle of vision with only one blind spot behind the thoracic vertebra. Also, this bloodline limit gives the user the ability to see through the human body and percieve things such as the flow of chakra, but more importantly the tenketsu points or chakra holes that even the Sharingan cannot see! Combined with the Jyuuken, Hinata can hit them all and completely stop the chakra flow of her opponent. There is no doubt that Hinata will one day become one of the best ninjas with some of the greatest abilities in all of Konoha.