So Neji is going to jump at being awesome because guys he told you pokemon would not help you when things got real. Due to his nature and rank back home he's probably going to be wanting to take a leadership (or lieutenant, in the case of Hokage/senior Jonins being around( position, even if it's only with the group he's traveling with :| But he'll also be offering Ninja Protection because he's sure the ninjas will group up together for those who can't defend themselves without pokemon.

He's...actually secretly attached to the pokemon that are going to disappear on him, so. :| He will be determined to get his pokemon back once he discovers how...but they're still not going to do much once he gets them because this is his scene, step back guys

Which.

Speaking of.

I really want Neji to be awesome and protect people and then die because. Horrible. At some point this needs to happen. Who wants to be around for this, how should this be worked out, who wants to be fighting with him/protected by him at the time? Will anyone rescue him afterward? orz

Also, ninja...what should the monsters look like? There's not really a lot of 'monsters' in Naruto so.... :|