Holà! This is my very first try at a story with Hinata. I really like her as a character and I'm sure she's stronger than people think. Anyways this will become a slight NARUHINA in the futur chapters, enjoy y'all!

Disclaimer: Naruto is not mine... unfortunately

The day Lord Hiashi fell sick everyone thought he would be back on his feet in a few days. After a month of sickness and seeing no improvement the clan was forced to call Lady Tsunade to assess the situation. The minute Hinata saw the look on the Hokage's face; she knew it was over.

"I'm sorry. It seems the virus has already grown too much and there is no chance of him making it to the end of the month. "

Without another word the Fifth stepped out of the compound to leave the mourning family alone. The room stayed quiet as everyone watched their bed ridden leader. When suddenly a loud sob escaped the oldest sibling, her cousin gently took her into his arm while shedding his own tears silently. And so with the first tear drawn, everyone in the room started softly weeping for their cursed leader; all but one.

In the weeks that followed Hinata made sure her father was as comfortable as he could be, she would often sit next to him and talk to him; telling him about some of her missions and her friends. Even Neji came to sit next to his uncle a few times; although at first they did not exchange a single word after a while they were having deep conversations. As for the younger sibling she came to visit her father a few times but stayed stoic next to him before exiting the room.

The Hokage's prediction was right and Lord Hiashi did not make it to the end of the month. A small funeral was held in the compound; Hinata put flowers on her father's grave and with one final bow and one final tear said goodbye. The Elders soon pulled Hanabi, Neji and Hinata to the side and brought them into the conference room: it was time to open the will. It was perhaps what Hinata had feared the most; as soon as the will would be open her sister would be named head of the clan and would make sure her big sister's life would be miserable.

They were seated in front of the Elder along with Tsunade as one of them started reading Hiashi's will.

As I come face to face with my certain death I notice that I made a lot of mistakes in my life; most which I could never have repaired. I abandoned my eldest daughter thinking that she was too weak to be the clan leader when in fact she was just as strong as her mother had always been. It took me years before I finally started acknowledging my brother's son and I was never brave enough to face the Elders and tell them to remove his seal. As I lie in my death bed and listen to people come and go around me I realise that this is my last chance to fix everything. I finally had the chance to talk to my nephew and to discover more about his life, I saw my dearest daughter do everything in her power to make sure I left this world in dignity and I saw my other daughter acting like a perfect Hyuga: emotionless.

As you read this Lady Tsunade is sitting in the room and will confirm that while I am writing this I am completely sane and aware of my surrounding. I here for by declare that the person who will succeed my in head of the Hyuga clan is the strongest person in this compound who has mastered the Gentle Fist as well as I have: my very own daughter, my eldest: Hyuga Hinata.

As small gasp escaped the audience's mouth, the Elders told everyone to shut up with a wave of his head as he continued his lecture.

My conversations with my nephew enlightened me of my daughter's real strength. With his help and the extended reading of the clan's technique scrolls she has surpass me in strength and can only be compared to her cousin's strength. She has a very big heart, just like her mother, and she was one of the only one who was truly sad that I was passing away. She will be a kind and firm leader; she is after all the rightful heir and she deserves every bit of it.

"What kind of shit is this?" Yelled Hanabi as she got up. "I'm the heir, there's no way that a weakling like my sister can ever beat me-"

"If that's the way you feel why not fight against Hinata-sama." Neji answered coldly while glaring at his younger cousin, he had no doubt in Hinata's ability and knew she could easily beat her younger sister.

Everyone present in the room turned their attention to the young prodigy; looking at him as if he had gone crazy. The last time they had seen a fight occur between the two sisters, Hinata refused to touch Hanabi and the latter won fairly easily. However, what they did not know was that Hinata had some "special" training ever since. She would practice her family's ability with him, her taijutsu with Gai and most importantly she would steal scroll from the library, show them to Kakashi who then teach her said techniques. Her level had greatly improved and she was of higher level than her little sister, and as strong as him.

"Would it work? Would I be considered heiress again when I beat her? " the young one asked the Elder.

"Yes, I suppose it could work. That is if Tsunade-hime accepted to referee the match and declare the winner. " answered one of the old man.

"I'll agree to do it, if Hinata agrees to participate in the match."

Hinata sighed, she really wish her sister would just drop the subject and accept her fate. Ironic isn't it? That she's the one talking about fate now and not Neji.

"If this is what it takes to put you in your place Hanabi I will do it."

Her younger sister smirked with confidence. This will be like taking candy from a baby, how naïve of you sister to think that you could beat me.

"Fine then let's go, let's get this over with so I can have what I rightfully deserve."

"No! This day is a day of mourning and no fighting will occur today. If you truly wish to fight me it will be tomorrow at the training field. "

"This is ridiculous you're just-"

"Enough!" Everyone quieted down staring at Hinata, when did she become so outspoken and confident? "This is a matter that will affect not only our clan but others in the village as well. We will have a match tomorrow where all of Konoha's important clan will be present and we will have the inauguration ceremony after. Furthermore, today our father died; show at least a little respect!"

With that the young woman stood up and left followed by her cousin.

"You're just delaying things Hinata! I'm gonna make you regret it!" yelled her sister before she exited the room. The heiress simply dismissed her with a wave of her hand.

The Hokage stoop up as well before addressing the Elders: "I will go warn the older clan leaders, tomorrow at noon the heir to the Hyuga clan will be determined once and for all."

Tsunade was not stupid, maybe she wasn't at a level of intelligence of a genius like Shikamaru or Kakashi, but she was not stupid either. She knew that the young Hinata could easily defeat anyone in that room without even breaking a sweat and that this battle was only to shut them all up once and for all. She exited the compound where Shizune was waiting for her, they started walking before she addressed her: "We're having a clan fight tomorrow, alert all of Konoha's clan leaders that their presence is required: at noon."

With Hinata

Tenten had come up to them and asked Neji if he wanted to go train, of course he had said yes, but she had declined. Maybe it would help her cousin and distract him, but she simply did not feel like doing anything. She might have never been close to her father, but he was still her father and she loved him very much. Without having any control for her body, tears started streaming down her face. It dawned on her that she was truly alone now; she had lost the last member of her family that actually cared a little. Her sister despised her, and would even more as soon as she beat her tomorrow. Neji loved her, but he loved the weapon mistress much more, and he spent as much time as possible with her.

She wished she could be like them: in love. She was jealous of her cousin and Tenten, they might not show it all the time but they loved each other to a very deep level and that made her somewhat envious of their relationship. The only boy she'll ever love doesn't love her back, she had confessed to him out of pure impulse; thinking that they were both going to die or at least that she was going to die. Turns out that both of them made it out alive and now she's too embarrass to say anything and he' avoiding her, and on the rare occasion he does see her he acts like she never said anything. It's very hurtful and thinking about only made her cry harder.

I have to get out of here; this is embarrassing! She thought.

She started running away; hoping that no one had seen her cry in public… yet again. However, it just happened that someone did…