Neji quotes from Naruto

Neji

People can't change no matter how hard they try. They can't run away from their true nature. A failure will always be a failure.

Neji

If you don't forfeit the match, you know what will happen.

Neji

So that's it huh? That's all there is to the main branch's power?

Neji

There is only one destiny we all share equally... death.

Neji

[Looks out the window] Father, I wish you could see these birds flying. They're finding their freedom too.

Neji

Naruto, sometimes your eyes are even better than mine.

Neji

I cannot lose. Even if my enemy is far stronger. Even if my body should fail me. I cannot lose. There is a reason. I cannot lose!

Neji

Father, I can't be sure if a person's destiny is like a cloud floating on a fixed current that it can't escape.. Or if people are able to ride on whatever breeze they choose. I don't know. I don't completely understand it yet. And maybe the destination is the same, no matter what you choose. Just when you choose one course, along comes someone who's picked a different path, one that's devoted to living life to its fullest. There's real strength to be found in that love of life, I finally understand that because of this latest battle. Now father, I have only one goal: To become stronger so I won't lose to anyone again.

Zaku

Did you really think you could beat us? Face it, you ninja are a bunch of hacks!

Dosu

From a second rate village.

Neji

That's pretty tough talk. I guess that makes your village third rate. I wonder if any of you amateurs are ready to take on the real thing.

Dosu

What?

Sakura

It's Lee's team. I wondered when they'd get here.

Tenten

Lee!

Neji

You blew it.

Dosu

These genin keep popping out of the woods like cockroaches.

Neji

It looks to me like somebody used our teammate as a punching bag. No one does that and gets away with it.

Dosu

Those eyes... He's not just looking at us, he's seeing through us!

Neji

I can tell you're barely standing. You've been carrying a very heavy burden having been born to the main branch of the Hyuga clan, and you've cursed and blamed yourself for being weak. But look, people can't change the way they are. That's just how it is. Just accept defeat and you won't have to suffer anymore.

Hinata

No, you're wrong, brother. You've got it backwards. You see I can tell that you're the one. You're suffering much more than I.

Neji

I'm what?

Hinata

You're the one who's all torn up about the fate of the main and side branches of the Hyuga clan.

Neji no! The match is over!

Neji, get a hold of yourself. You promised me you wouldn't let this whole head family thing get you riled up.

Neji

Why are you and the other Jonin butting in? The head family gets special treatment, huh?

Neji

Hey you! Loser! I have two pieces of advice for you. First of all, of you intend to call yourself a shinobi, stop that stupid cheering of yours, it's disgraceful. And second, Once a failure, always a failure! You can't change that!

Naruto

We'll just see about that. [Neji smirks, causing Naruto to charge at him, but Lee stops him] What are you doing?

Rock Lee

Naruto, I get where you are coming from, believe me. But the rules say all fighting must be done officially in a match. The loser beating the gifted genius through sheer willpower, now would that not make for an exciting match even if I am the one who is going to have to fight Neji? Of course if you ended up fighting him, that is fine too.

Naruto

Alright fine, you win, Lee.

Rock Lee

How was that, Guy sensei?

Good one Lee. Nice going!

Oh, no. She's going into cardiac arrest. [glares at Neji] Was he really trying to kill her?

Neji

[smugly] I wouldn't waste your time glaring at me when you really should be taking care of her.

Neji

Why fight a hopeless battle trying to defy your destiny?

Naruto

Cuz people called me a failure. I'll prove them wrong!

Naruto

When I become Hokage, I'll change the way of the Hyuga clan after I become Hokage!

Man, that's some chakra the kid's got. Never seen anything like it. No Way that Hyuga kid could've...

Sakura

But which one's Naruto?

Ino

Don't ask me, I don't even know what happened just now.

Tenten

That's the secret of Neji's rotation technique. It not only blocks any attacks, but it turns the energy of an opponent's own chakra against him, and Naruto went right into it. There's not a genin alive who can beat Neji. But still, I've got to hand it to you Naruto, you came closer than anyone ever has.

Neji

Sorry but this is reality. You're a failure. This match is over. [the defeated Naruto is revealed to be a shadow clone and the real Naruto pops out of the ground to knock Neji out] I can't move.

He used his clone as bait and waited for his chance to get Neji. Even when he was getting pounded into the ground, he never stopped planning his next move. He never lost faith in his ability to win. Naruto knows instinctively that believing in yourself can give you the power to change your destiny. And on top of that he's got one hell of a left hook.

Neji

I should've guessed you'd use that shadow clone jutsu. It's your specialty after all. I was careless.

Naruto

For the record, I failed the graduation exam 3 times because there was this one jutsu that was always on the exam and it tripped me up every time. It was the one jutsu that I just couldn't master. My clones were pathetic. That's right, I flunked the shadow clone jutsu every time. [Neji is shocked] So don't come whining to me with this destiny stuff. And stop trying to tell me you can't change what you are. You can do it too cuz after all, unlike me, you're not a failure.

Kiba

A wall's a wall and there's no wall I can't punch a hole through!

Shikamaru

Yeah it's worth a try I guess. After all, we have to do something despite the risk.

Kiba

Tunneling fang! [the wall regenerates from his attack]

Shikamaru

The damn wall's rebuilding itself!

Kiba

Hey did you just-

Neji

Yes we saw it.

Naruto

Let us out!

Neji

It appears to be more than just a dirt wall. Byakugan! [scans wall] The wall is...

Shikamaru

It's what? The wall is what?

Neji

Our chakra. It's absorbing it as if it were a sponge.

Kiba

Great. It's not enough that they buried us alive in the oversized dung heap, now they're trying to steal our chakra. You gotta give these guys credit for thoroughness at least.

I know if I take just one direct hit from that gentle fist of yours, my whole chakra network goes out of whack. You keep me on my toes kid.

Neji

That material, where does it come from, you monster?

Impressive yes? My sticky spider thread is actually a type of metal that hardens the instant it leaves my body. It's impervious to chakra.