Title: Daughters of Perseverance
On the roads of Konoha a little girl, around 9 years old, with lavender eyes and blonde hair, was making her way to the academy. However she felt slightly depressed. She was the "Orange" Hokage's daughter and she held about the same status, but she was far from everyone's expectations. Of course, she could handle some fights and make decent progress in her studies. However, Suzuka, a renowned genius was always stealing her shine. Suzuka was admired by everyone, even the ninjas-in-training's parents, leaving the blonde incredibly jealous. It was troublesome.
When she arrived at the academy, the girl took an anxious, deep breath, wishing that she could amaze everyone in the class; even her rival.
"This time I will rock" she thought to herself optimistically, trying to heighten her spirit.
She entered, and sitting in her usual place, her eyes encountered her opponent. Suzuka didn't pay her any attention though, which made the girl feel a little shattered inside.
"She is so arrogant! She didn't even look at me, but soon she will see that I am not just anyone," she mumbled to herself.
Konohamaru, now the teacher, entered the class, prepared to give another lesson, but this time...it would be a bit different from the previous lessons.
"Alright everyone, I want all of you outside! This time I'm going to test your strength against each other. I hope for the best of you," he said, holding a folder which contained the matches of who would fight who.
He called out each pairing for each fight, and all the while Haruko was thinking about who she was going to fight.
"I hope that I get someone I can easily handle if I want impress everyone," she thinks to herself, carefully analyzing the others. Shortly after the first fight is finished, Konohamaru looks in the folder to see who would be fighting next.
"Alright, the next match is Uchiha Suzuka against Uzumaki Haruko," announced Konohamaru.
'You have got to be kidding me' Haruko thought. She had a bad feeling about this match...
Haruko approached the ring , activating her Byakugan as she glared at Suzuka, who simply gazed back, coolly. Every step she took caused her to become more nervous, even more so after hearing the Academy students cheering them on. She tucked a strand of blonde hair behind her ear impatiently as her nervousness started to set in, making her stomach flutter.
She knew Suzuka was the strongest Academy student - the Uchiha girl who was always getting the top grades and scoring the highest in the practicals when she hadn't even activated her Sharingan yet. Compared to Suzuka, Haruko felt very small and insignificant. She'd sparred with one or two other students before, but that had been different. This was her first fight against an opponent who was renowned as a genius.
'I have to win no matter what, I have to prove to everyone I'm a daughter of the Hokage and the head of the Hyuuga clan so failure is not a option, but I can't stop shaking...'
The two girls started to spar in the ring, and Haruko could defend some blows with her Byakugan activated, but Suzuka took a certain advantage over her by reaching some blows on the blonde.
'Damn she's really strong, no wonder though. After all, she is daughter of Uchiha Sasuke,' Haruko thought to herself, frustrated.
The match's victor looked pretty obvious by then.
No matter how much the blonde tried, she was still far from being the favorite of the academy, especially the strongest.
Suddenly, she missed her attempt to hit Suzuka with her Gentle Fist and the brunette took advantage of her error and grabbed Haruko by the collar. Suzuka threw her to the floor, then as she prepared to apply a punch, Haruko just closed her eyes, waiting for it.
'It's over for me. I'm nothing but a failure... I should have just given up in the beginning,' she thought dejectedly.
However, the punch never landed, since Suzuka purposefully missed, landing a hole into the concrete next to Haruko's head. Haruka became pissed.
'I knew it! She just pities me! That's why she ignored punching me...I don't deserve this...not after a humiliating lose like that,' she thought. Haruko diverted her gaze aside trying to ignore looking at anyone, but all she could feel was more shame as her fellow classmates started to mock her.
"How could she be a daughter of the Hero of Konoha?" whispers one student in the ear of a snickering colleague.
"Worse, she's part of the Hyuuga clan, which is one of the strongest clans of Konoha! But this is a joke," exclaimed another. Konohamaru stepped in.
"The winner is Suzuka! Now make the symbol of Harmony," Konohamaru declared.
Haruko faced Suzuka, trying to put on her "mischievous smile", but after Suzuka's arrogant look as she put her hand out to shake the blonde's, Haruko stepped back and ran. She was in tears and all she knew was that she had to get away.
"Damn that tadpole! What happened for her to go out like that?" Suzuka complained, crossing her arms.
"Haruko, wait!" Konohamaru shouted, concerned. He attempted to catch up to her by running and catching her arm, but she tries to shrug him off.
"SCREW ALL THIS!" she shouts, managing to escape his grip. She stated to run even faster, without bothering to look behind. Tears fell from the blonde's eyes and her head was seething with thoughts.
"I knew it! I'm just a failure, everyone will be ashamed of me... because of my weakness! Why am I not strong like my mother and father?!"
Meanwhile a beautiful woman, who was wearing the clothes of the head clan, with lavender eyes and shining blue hair was starting on her home tasks. She was startled, however, by her daughter's loud sobbing as Haruko rushed in and upstairs towards her room.
"Haruko, what happened? By this time you should still be in the academy," Hinata said, knocking on the door only to receive no response. Hinata carried on. "Haruko, please let me in."
"Leave me alone," Haruko finally answered.
"Okay, so I think I better bring your father here. I'm sure he would "love" to know that his daughter is ditching class," Hinata threatened, subtly of course.
Haruko immediately opened the door to her mother with tears still in her eyes. Almost instantly, Hinata grabs and hugs her.
"Can you tell me what happened?" Hinata asked, gently cooing her child, who was still crying. They moved into the room, and both of them sat on the bed. Finally, Haruko starts to reveal what had happened earlier before. Hinata only nodded.
"So that's what happened. No no no, don't be like this. It's okay. Your father and I are also going through some hard times," she said.
"Oh yeah? Then why he is now the Hokage when you're one of the strongest women in Konoha?"
"Well this will be a long story but one thing you have to keep in mind is persistence, the talent and genius are important things but are lower when comparing with perseverance and determination"
"I know, but Suzuka is much more popular and talented, everyone is drooling over her, maybe she'll end up being the next Hokage"
"But if you are like your father and I when we were younger you can also get this job, and you're here instead of the academy I'll tell you something that your father and I had to go through when we had a little more than their age "
"I'll have to listen anyway isn't? Then tell"
"Well it happened long ago ..." Hinata begins to dip into their memories remembering every detail of what happened in those days
By the time Hinata was still genin she watched from afar her father train Hanabi, she noticed that her father was excited to train Hanabi, who despite the age, she have more confidence, strength and determination than her
'If only I ...' thought Hinata wanting to train with them, she closes her eyes scared but decides to ask to train with them
"Hinata, what are you doing here?" Hiashi asks
"Well .. I ... I ..." she joins her forefingers and head down to not face the father "I just wanted to train with my sister"
"In this case, just come I was about to show a new jutsu to Hanabi, it's important you learn too"
"Hai"
Hiashi perform his Hakke kusho knocking a strong pillar put on the field after that he told to the girls do the same, Hanabi with her natural talent creates a vacuum shell potent enough to shake the pillar, Hinata glance to her little sister astonished for be successful in the first try ,Hiashi just look to Hinata do the same, the girl glare to the target activate her Byakugan she struggle to create a perfect amount of chakra to release a powerful wave but when she launches the attack nothing happens, Hinata try again but fails, another attempt but the result is still the same
"Why? Why this is so difficult for me?"
Hiashi lets out a heavy sigh, glancing negative for Hinata
"You're need try harder just like your sister, you lake the same talent as her, you will stay here until learn"
The time passes and Hinata try everything to do the technique, while Hiashi say again over and over, he was losing the patience, Hinata fall on the knees tired of training
"Stand up Hinata, you're a Hyuuga stay like this is inadmissible for someone who will be the head of clan"
"But I…"
"Hinata, you need more self confidence or else you will just muddle your team, now stand up and back in your training"
Hinata gets up frustrated prepare the attack one more time but her mind was so clouded that make she miss again, that was enough for her, felling so ashamed of herself, she run ran away without face her father with the head down letting her tears flow while Hanabi just looks with the pity and Hiashi just sighs heavy disappointed with that attitude of Hinata
"I can't take this anymore I just a failure after all, if I somehow became strong like my sister I would make my daddy happy and proud of me but I can't" thinks Hinata
In the way she decides to take a time to reflect in training camp, but when get there she eventually finds Naruto training with Jiraiya
"Naruto-kun"
Hinata noticed in the eyes of both the same enthusiasm that Hanabi and her father had to train together, she just watch admired the face of her lover, happy and confident of himself, during the workout Naruto was tired but he continued to persist, if not the immense embarrassment of being together with the blonde she would ask him to join them but to her it was quite impossible.
"Hmmm, looks like we are not alone" said Jiraiya looking toward Hinata
Naruto looks away and seeing Hinata go quickly to greet her
"Hey Hinata what's up?" Greets him with your smile
Hinata blushes to see him walking toward her, she looks quickly to the ground touching the forefingers twiddle them up and down
"W-well I just came to train a little bit but since Jiraya-san and you here first is better I walk alway"
"You don't need get out you can watch us if you want" say Naruto
"I have a better idea" Jiraya approaches of the couple smiling "What about you train with us Hinata?"
"What?"
She start imagine she and Naruto training together make her so excited that ending up faint
"Hinata!"Naruto grabs her preventing to fall on the ground
"Just that what I needed" complains Jiraya