The Hyuuga Clan Act 1
I appologize for any errors in here..my mind isn't within its right state at the moment, but I continued writing.
Neji and Hinata as well as anything Naruto contained in the story belong to Masashi Kishimoto. The characters featured belong to the respective creator and they are featured for purely entertainment purposes.
Neji:You don't even have a mind...do you?
Master Poet: No, not really.
Hinata:Be nice. Neji-nii-san.
Neji: -glares at Hinata- Yes, mistress.
Neji: NejiHina...eh..you have to admit, I even think it's a cute couple... oh I must be losing it.
Hinata:-Blushes-
Master Poet: Nothing to see her folks, Neji and Hinata are having a boyfriend-girlfriend moment.
Let the story begin.
The early morning sun rose,Another day of death and destruction plaguing Japan. The worst part,The Hyuuga clan, torn between their allies,The Asai and the Kobayakawa.
Both clans asking for the Hyuuga's aid against the other,for years,Lord Hiashi Hyuuga hath been trying to mediate a solution to bring peace between the two,but every meeting,
Lords Asai and Kobayakawa would always fight.
Finally culminating into a battle at Bizen Lake,The Hyuuga clan's Generals and Troops arrived as a peace keeping army.
Hiashi himself arrived to command the army,sending messengers to both sides ordering a cease fire for both sides,However both sides refused.
Hiashi,sitting atop his beautiful black steed,'Night Shade'. Was a sight of respect and leadership for his men.
"If this tension rises any higher,both sides will soon open fire.." Hiashi said to his brother,Hizashi.
"I agree,my lord." Hizashi replied.
"Cavalry! Mount up!" Hiashi turned and yelled out.
Light infantry troops started lining up the steeds,fierce,white coated,lightly armoured. Just the epitome of a battle horse.
A young lieutenant,mounted his horse just as other riders had in his unit,a vassal brought his tri-bladed spear,with three separated blades that made up the tip.
The tip its self,then a gap seperating the two other blades,designed to rip and wrend flesh.
He reached down and took hold of the pole,with a pop and snapping of his laquer armour,it give him an air of superiority above the common mounted trooper.
He held his helmet under his left arm as he examined the blade of his tri-spear.
He then casually looked up to see his lord's daughter walking down the line of cavalry troops,whom then stopped when she reached his.
"Neji nii-san? Is that you?" She said quietly,which caused him to strain his ears to listen to her.
"Yes,What is it you wish,Lady Hinata?" Neji said as he put on his gloves,getting ready to attach the armour to his hands.
"I..I came to wish you luck,you know,I..If the worst case scenario happens,your unit will take the full responsibility of scattering the front lines."
Hinata said quietly,once again.
"I know,if that happens..I might not come back alive,something my lord Hiashi might enjoy." He said grimly,as he began attaching the armour pieces to his gloves.
"Careful..Neji Nii-san,you might get in trouble if you say that openly..." Hinata pointed out.
Neji then slid his long beautiful hair down the back of his armour,as he put his kabuto* on.
-Kabuto=Not the charachter but the Samurai helmet-
"P-Please come back alive,you're my mentor and friend." Hinata said,in a voice that touched even Neji's cold soul and warmed it.
"I can't make any promises,but I can try and make it back." Neji said,smirking.
"Its all as fate decides,and I shall entrust myself to the fates." Neji said,not even believing it himself.
Just then,the sounds of muskets and cannons rang out.
"Blast it!" Hiashi yelled.
"First squad~descend upon the Kobayakawa front lines! Second squad! Descend upon the Asai front lines! Cavalry,you will divide up as needed to charge both sides. Now March!" Hiashi ordered as his horse started rear from the bursts of musket and cannonry.
Hinata hurried herself to safety within the Main Camp,while she watched Neji's unit's horses rear up and charge out right.
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"Blasted fools,this war is meaningless." Neji thought as his small unit rode toward Asai front-lines.
He held out his hand to signal his unit to slow to a stop,as they slowed,they climbed off their steeds. Keeping quiet,They looked down from a cliff they were perched on. They looked down seeing men in variations of light blue soldier's armour up to the unmistakable Samurai's armour.
Neji looked to see several commanding officers giving orders to the army.
"There's Yashisune Kawai,he's commanding this little wing of an army." Neji pointed out to an officer that seemed to be no more than a Lieutenant.
One of his troops,a private pointed to the baracade,"Shouldn't we blow that blockade down to let our troops in?" He asked.
"No,We'll wait for when the time is right." Neji said,showing the inklings of a plan.
Neji turned to the unit's engineer,"Do you still have those small kegs of gunpowder?" He said to the older looking soldier.
He understood immediately and turned to retrieve the barrels from his horse. Neji then looked at the cliff side they were perched on,it was fairly high enough for his plan. Neji grabbed his bow and then took out a small musket cartridge,he turned to the engineer who handed him the barrel.
Neji opened the top of the barrel,and added a little bit more gunpowder to the cartridge.
Neji Then secured it to the arrow,he then pulled out an object that looked like a bundle of a horse's tail -For lack of a better word- hair.
He slipped the makeshift wick into the cartridge and lit it using nearby rocks to create a spark. He then let the arrow fly into the other cliff,which,when it detonated caused a landslide and crushed the entire section of the army. The only thing left was debris like spears poking through the rocks..flags, broken pieces of armour.
"Great job, Neji-sama!" One trooper exclaimed.
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A messenger ran up and bowed to Hiashi, kneeling, his head down he reported. "My lord. The Asai right flank has been decimated by a rock slide!"
"Good! Good!" Hiashi said with a happiness unlike him.
Another messenger quickly ran up and bowed. "My Lord! The Kobayakawa center has been destroyed by flood, reports are, it was caused by cavalry squad two."
Hiashi laughed. "The battle is ours for the taking!"
Meanwhile, within the Kobayakawa camp, The aging Hideaki Kobayakawa looked with horror at the remains of his center...nothing left but wet ground, floating corpses and the stench of death. "We've underestimated the enemy's power... Withdraw!" At this, Hideaki held up his Katana and reared his Soft-white steed back.
Both the Asai and the Hyuuga noticed the Kobayakawa pulling back from the fight.
Hiashi sitting atop his horse, looked out at the death around him.... he rode his horse out to the middle of the battlefield.. sure enough. The Kobyakawa were withdrawing.. The Asai were working to clear up their right flank and make it defencible..The battle was over....Victory for the Asai/ Hyuuga. Defeat only for the Kobayakawa.
Hiashi didn't consider it a victory, he used under-handed tricks to force both sides heavy casualties.
He could only sigh and rear his horse for the ride back to the camp. He let the horse slowly walk, No hurry he thought.
When he did finally make it back to camp.. he looked across the grounds. Near the temporary stables. Neji stood talking with Hinata..
Strangely enough, Hiashi noticed that whenever Neji was around, she would lower her head and tremble slightly.
Hiashi dismissed this as just it being Neji's look, he had the look of a warrior and an air of wise confidence...He was rarely without his armor, sometimes Hiashi mused whether or not Neji slept in it as well. Hiashi did well to eat his food alongside his soldiers.. he did it because it was a morale boost for his men. It made them think he was just like them.. except smarter. Later when he was walking the grounds of his camp, he found a group of soldiers at a campfire. Talking..laughing...from his unseen position, he seen his daughter...Hinata was sitting right beside Neji, nay, not sitting. Leaning against him. Hiashi looked twice, his eyes failed him once, she was sitting beside him talking with the troops.
Hiashi started sneaking closer, he heard their talk. "So, Lady Hinata. This is 'Pistol'," He gestured to young man with a one-shot pistol at his side. "He has the temper of one too, one word and kaboom!" he said laughing slightly. "Not funny." 'Pistol' said.
"This is 'Haze', he's our little smoke expert." He gestured to an older man whom only looked away slightly from a scroll he was busy painting on.
"That's Kakitake. We call him 'old man'." He gestures to literally an old man with a snow white beard, looking down at a boul of his stew he was cooking on the campfire.
"He's our cook." Neji continued.
"And this is our engineer, Yukitake Okita.." He gestures toward an obviously battle experienced soldier idea ling new defenses for the Hyuuga to create.
Hinata smiled slightly, even Neji had to admit she was cute when she was happy.
It warmed his heart again..."How long...before this bliss ends?" Neji thought....he smiled... He hoped, Never.