It had been a long day for the Jonin who had been on a mission with his team but now that it was over he was just ready to relax with a little training. That was until Lee thought it would be a good idea to follow him. Neji thought maybe heading to the west gate would be the easiest way to lose Lee for a moment so he could have some time to himself but that didn't work as Lee was close behind him.

Neji walked with his long white robe tightly closed and his long dark hair dangling behind him, swaying slightly in the breese as he leaned against a wall and crossed his arms. A frown on his face as he waited for Lee to find him. Neji would have no choice but to accept him and talk to him when he arrived.

Sobou was at the time laying high up on the western wall looking out towards the small trail that would lead into the woods as if he was looking for someone or something to appear. Suddenly and without warning sobous eyes would quickly dart downwards in the direction the first younger male would soon appear. "Whos this Paku?" He would ask himself in a cold tone before smirking and shrugging only to speak once more.
'no idea Sob.... there two of em....one a bit further behind the other....and there he is sob."He would state in a more normal and soft tone as the first young male appeared in the location sobou had been staring in only to quickly make way to the wall leaning on it without any hesitation. with a smirk he would sit there in silence as he awaited to see if the young male would discover him being there.

Lee rushed after Neji during the mission. He wanted to train with him and would not take no for an answer. He picked up his pace and in a light jog. As he ran in the direction of the west gate Lee saw who he was looking for. "There you are! I have been looking for you! I Rock Lee wish to challenge you Neji Hyuga! Will you accept my challenge?" he asks as he takes a stance. His left hand behind his back and his right hand turned above his face with all four fingers and thumb pointing up to the sky. Each hand wrapped with a white almost bandage. His tight green jump suit clings to his body as his orange leg warmers that cover his shins and marked the outfit of this short bowl cut dark hair with large matching eyebrows. Lee stood ready for Neji to come at him and take on his challenge.

Neji felt a presents around him as he stood. He looked to see that Lee had entered the area. As Lee started his speech, Neji couldn't help but smirk in the way that a Hyuga would.

After Lee spoke his boastful challenge Neji could still feel that someone or something was around other than Lee. "No that is not it" he said aloud in reference to Lee not being who he had sensed was around.

He glanced past Lee than to the left and right. He was not wishing to use his blood line at this time. In a gruff voice Neji spoke "Alright show yourself. I haven't got all day" he called out.

sobou slowly smirks before abrutly speaking outloud in reply to the younger males demand."Now now...who ever said we were hiding num-nuts?"he would quckly state in secondary harsh cold tone. He would then sit silll and silent long enough for the two younger males to catch a glimps to him laying high up againts the wall before sudddenly breaking his chakra grip on the wall forcing him to free fall towards the earth. As he comes into contact with the earth he simply phases into the earth without the slightest sound to sighn to him ever begin there. Within a blink to of an eye the would suddenly phase out to the earth a few yards in front to the two young males.„Ah where are our manners? Names Sobou Konpaku...but you may call me Paku." he would state in his normal sof tone with a bow. "And in sob to un." The would then state in his harsh and cold secondary tone as the slightly waves."And who are you to young men?" The would ask in his normal soft tone as the looked back and forth between the males.

Lee turned his focus slightly to the man who plummeted from the top of the wall and slipped into the ground like a circus diver into a glass of water. He followed him till he emerged from the ground where Lee refocused to him. Lee was not looking to fight this man but to train with Neji.

"I am the handsome devil of the leaf, Rock Lee" he stated as he looked on at Sobou still with his guard up. Lee noticed the leaf symbol over his protective headband.

"It is a pleasure to meet you Sobou. he said with a gleaming smile coming off of his once before focused gaze. Lee did not know who this man was but he was always happy to meet a new person.

Neji pulled himself off the wall as he heard the man speak from the top of the wall. He glanced up with a frown on his face and looked at the man who called out num nuts. Neji didn't have a single part of his body num let alone his private parts and with that comment his eyebrows reduced to a move of a check mark look as the ends sunk into his nose at a downward direction.

With his arms cross still he watched the man plummet to the ground but instead of landing on his feet, he sank into the ground and emerged on the other side. " hmpth" was the comment he made looking at the man in front of them.

As the man finished his speech Neji was about to talk but was interrupted by Lee. When Lee finished Neji once again began " Sobou Konpaku is a powerful name. Paku commands much less respect. My name is Neji from the Hyuga clan" he told him with no emotion on his face but the cross eyebrows. His arms still crossed as he stood looking at the man.

" A Huyga hu......most intresting...gussed as much, you eyes give you away. And the handsome leaf devil huh." the slowly states in his normal soft cailm tone before suddenly breaking would with laugther l. "you dont look sobou handsome to me big brows...whats with the get up un?yah look like a freak in them green spandex in." The would state in his secondary harsh tone in referance to lee's apperance. "You spak to my name as if you know who it belongs to.......why is that Neji?"The would ask neji as the slowly tilts his head.

Lee listened to Sobou talk and Neji as well. He was getting the feeling that Neji would not train with him at this point and a frown came across his face.

"I may not be up to your standards in the look department but it is not you who I wish to gain attention so I do not care if you like my looks" he told him as his eyes were only on Sakura and if one man didn't think he looked very good than it would matter unless Sakura herself did not.

Lee feeling that the fight was not going to begin, lowered his guard and stood now with both hands behind his back and up right as he looked on at the new comer.

Neji couldn't help but find what Lee said to be funny. He knew that nobody actually found Lee to be attractive other than Guy Sensei but still he tried to gain attention of Sakura over and over.

When Sobou asked how he knew of the name or who it belonged, the genius of the Hyuga clan nodded to the question. "It is a fabled name of past and one of great honor. Many have taken on that name and many have died with said name. Very few would live long enough to tell a tail of valor and so with its honor it is said comes a curse. You may be more wise to go by Sab or Paku as it may allow you to live longer" He told Sabou in reference to his question.

Sobou stood silent and still for a few seconds before a sly smile slowly begain to form on his face. "Well boy...seems you know."He states in his normal tone before quickly lapsing over to his secondary tone. "How Dare you speak of us in that manner you litte shit....dissing our legisue who do you think you are taking...." He would shout at neji before suddeny lapsing into his normal tone. "SOB SILENCE YOURSELF!....Forgive Sob...he has a bit of an additued....none the less...seems you know more about me then you relize young neji.....but i must correct you on something.....to the best of my widome....there is and has been only one man in history named Sobou Konpaku....the true heir to the Konpaku clans Bloodine Limit...and last i checked, thats me....dont let the illusion of the eyes fool you boy....im far older then.." He would state in his normal tone before quickly lapsing to his secondary tone. "He hipocrite....try taking your own advise and shut it before
you say to much dip shit." He would state before going silent as he looked at Neji in wait of his reaction.

Looking at Sobou stranglely, Lee got back into his fighting stance as he started to yell at Neji. Lee didn't know this man for anything and if he was going to yell like that and call him names than Lee was going to be ready for an attack.

Still calm and cool, Lee spoke again to Sobou. "it is unwise to provoke someone with bellows of insanity when you do not know to whom you speak with" Lee told him. A lesson learned from the great Guy Sensei and like all his teachings Lee wouldn't forget them ever.

Neji watched and listened to the tones of Sobou and how they changed. The man was not talking to himself but seemed to be as if there were two of him. Slightly puzzled by this, the genius of the Hyuga clan thought back to when they were attempting to retrieve Sasuke and the person who had fought Kiba. Quickly activating his blood line limit, He peered at Sobou. .:BYAKAGUN:.

Neji looked at the paths of chakra and the flow of it through his body. He could see each point and where the most powerful chakra laid dormant in this man. As he looked the distraction that is Lee hit him.

"Lee that is enough, this man has not threatened either one of us" he told Lee sharply as he continued to look at Sobou. After an extensive visual examination, Neji was satisfied that the man was not two people in one. Letting his eyes go back to normal Neji looked again at Sobou.

He was not sure if this man was just a loon or if he was actually who he seemed to start to claim he was. "If the legend is true there is only one true Sobou Konpaku but with all great stories many hopeful that a child with a destiny to be as great as its name they carry leaves many families with unfulfilled delusions of grandeur and the untimely exit from this world of this child" Neji told him and how many people believed that a child with the same name as Sobou Konpaku would be as famous but most were only killed at a young age.

After a pause, Neji added "I have found that destiny does not hold true what you are to do with your life and that you must create your own destiny not what was set for you" he told him. Neji wanted this man to know that if he is or not Sobou Konpaku than he does not have to follow the path laid out for him but to forge through on his own accord.

Sobou Stares at Neji coldly the second Neji activated his Byakagun sitting still and silent for a moment he would slowy shake his head before suddenly speaking in a compleatly new tone. "Now now young Hyuga its rude to poke into things you shouldn't. You wont find what your looking for there boy." He would state in a Raspy harsh tone that resembled that of an aged man losing his voice yet with a blood chilling taint that would make the weak minded shutter before softy sighing only to laps back to his normal tone. "what Karionin is trying to say is that were not what you think, there isn't two or more invdiuals in this single body...see its all up here." Sobou would point to his head. "Nore are we crazy...we suffer from what you may call split personality disorder. we have it in a bad way as well....as for you lee." Sobou would state in his normal calm tone as he looked at Lee. "I did not mean that as an threat, i...never mind forget it." He would state in his normal tone before going silent to hear Neji out. upon hearing all of what Neji had said sobou slowly smirked before speaking once more. "well well hearing this from a Hyuga, doesn't the Hyuga clan have this thing about following there Destanys? hmm odd indeed...glad to hear at least one of you have decided to break that accursed chain of a dog and pony show....when i first heard that trash from the clans founder i almost slapped the man silly...none the less Neji i know all to well that the words you speak are true, hell i don't believe in destiny whats so ever..i believe in choice and chance...i made the choices i made, and now i am where i am. And the choices i make now will lead me else where i have lived a long enough life to know that. He would state in his normal soft tone before chuckling.

"yes Neji... I am sorry Sobou for speaking out of place. Guy Sensei has taught me better. I will run 1000 times around the village as punishment for my actions. I hope you forgive me" Lee said as he bowed his head in shame. He only wished to defend his teammate but speaking out of line was not something to be tolerated here.

Neji looked at Sobou as he talked. "I could see you are not more than one person. As for myself not being like the founder of our clan, I was shown the light by one person who saved me from darkness" Neji told Sobou. He paused still standing with his arms crossed looking at the man.

"I am not held back from what our four-fathers believed but it is not I that will change the ways of the Hyuga. That burden lays strictly with my cousins who I am sure will bring our clan from its own darkness." he told this man. Not sure why he was actually talking about the history or about why he believed that Hinata or more likely Hanabi would take over the clan and abolish most of the old ways.

Sobou would nod slowly as he listened to lee and neji before speaking to them both. ...."it is all good lee, you where defending your friend and for that i applaud you to keep with it and fight for what you believe in." He would state in his normal tone before quickly lapsing into his secondary tone. "Yah we fight for what we believe in so we don't care if you do." Sobou would state in his secondary tone before looking at neji only to speak briefly after doing so. "well as i stated before young Hyuga im glad to see the new generation of the Hyuga clan break free from there old ways..such ways only held them back in the beginning maybe with your generation you will be able to achieve what was deserved when this village first came to be." Sobou would state in his normal tone before quickly stretching his arms over his head as he yawned.

"I would only say that talking to you has been strange indeed." Lee said as he looked at Sobou. He relaxed himself knowing that when this conversation was over that he would start running to repent for his actions even if Sobou forgave him and didn't care what he had done.

Lee than looked at Neji "I am also sorry that we can not train today as I will have to run most of the night" he told his teammate.

"as I said time will only tell if our clan changes or continues to travel down the path that has been laid at our feet. If only one person could change the world it would not be a Hyuga" Neji told him.

Looking to Lee as he said he was sorry, Neji nodded "we have plenty of time to train Lee it is not every day that we come face to face with someone that we heard stories of when we were mere babies" he told Lee. It was true the stories of Sobou Konpaku were told to all the children who were privileged to have parents.

Sobou nodded at Lee as he spoke before looking at Neji as he spoke, As Neji mentioned the stories that had been spoken of the Konpaku name Sobou would slowly smirk before tilting his head only to speak to Neji. "Stories huh? what sort of stories are these Neji?" Sobou would ask in his normal soft tone before quickly lapsing into his secondary tone. "Yah what kind of stories un? best not be stories that degrade da name un. He would state in his secondary harsh tone before raising his left eye brow as he awaited to hear at least one of the stories spoken of.

Lee could tell that he was a third wheel here and hearing Neji say that this man was talked about in stories told to children, Lee scratched his chin. "I do not recall such stories" he said but of course Lee did not recall a lot of things as he seemed to only remember fighting and a few other things especially the curry of life.

Lee looked confused turning back to Sobou and than Neji and back again. He was not sure what they were actually talking about even though he was standing right before them.

"Oh I can assure you they are nothing bad, it only tells stories of a hero who came from the ashes to help the leaf win each war and when war come he will return again" Neji told him. The stories seemed to be more of a tale to get kids to strive for greatness and have someone to look up to but with Naruto in the village now they have someone who is a living breathing hero and this one here still needs to prove himself or so Neji thinks.

He stood still not moving an inch as he looked at Sobou. He didn't see anything different of him that would say he had lied nor did he say any reason to suspect the truth or lies so he figured indifferent was the way to go about this man.

After a long conversation with Sobou and Lee, Neji grew tired from the mission. "excuse me, it was nice talking to you but I know I must retire for the evening and I am sure Lee would do the same" Neji said as he turned and walked away from them in the direction of the Hyuga compound.