Lee kept moving and Neji felt his own anger surge. It wasn't so much that his teammate was defying him, and more that Lee was displaying a clear lack of sense. The woman was closer now, and Lee seemed captivated by her soft features.

Then she was rearing up, and Neji transformed the moment her body moved. He threw his Meister down to the forest floor, and groaned a pained note as a hoof shoved into his back and forced him forward a few steps.

Turning, he watched the rest of her body emerge from the brush she'd stood behind, and drew his kusarigama into his hands, swinging the bladed end to encourage her distance. He'd have to keep her at bay until Lee returned to his senses..