Throb. He bit back another noise as he felt that painful, poisonous chakra begin to spread and leak in place of his normal chakra. Throb. It was almost throbbing with his heart beat, causing him to sweat profusely as he coughed again, more blood spattering up before he straightened, finally releasing his shoulder as the mark began to further spread from his neck.

"I won't lose..."

Even with those words, he wasn't sure of what he could do. He was at a disadvantage, and he had the curse mark to deal with too. But, even if it was hard, he would triumph. He wouldn't ever give in to his weakness!

Like an angel of wrath ascending from Hell as that chakra continued to pour off of him, he charged forward as quickly as he could, kunai in hand to try and strike at Neji once more.