Rose Clan
Note: Everyone is a chunin, sasuke hasn't betrayed the village yet.
Summary: Hinata Hyuga has always felt weak compared to everyone else, that is until she gets a big surprise. Seems like she got a side of the family that she didn't know about and she's about to learn all about this clan, The Rose Clan. There will be character bashing… Just a warning.
A cute boy with spiky blond hair and blue eyes could be seen running through the village. His face was child-like, his nose was perk and his lips were pulled into a big smile. He also had three whisker marks on each cheek. His outfit consisted of an orange jacket with blue on the upper shoulder area, a white swirl with a tassel on the left side, a red swirl on the back, and a big white collar as well as orange pants, blue sandals and a blue forehead protector. He was smiling as he finally made it to the hokage's tower and quickly ran up the stairs. Smirking at the fact that he was going to get another mission, he quickly threw the door open and was greeted by an angry hokage and eleven angry ninja.
He paused from entering when he noticed that all the rookie nine, including Team gai were all standing there, some looking frustrated and some looking nervous. He smiled at some of the ninja, making a certain shy hyuga blush. Stepping further inside, naruto closed the door behind him before stepping forward and taking a seat beside his old crush. The pink haired ninja didn't even spare him a glance as she kept her eyes on her obvious crush. The uchiha she was staring at grunted and shoved his hands in his pockets while trying to ignore her annoying stare. Tsunade sighed, closing her eyes for a moment before she reached inside her desk and pulled out a small off-white scroll. Placing the scroll on the desk, she looked around at all of her ninja before she cut the small red ribbon wrapped around it and everyone watched silently as it rolled open.
Tsunade picked the scroll up and ran her eyes over the contents inside before she sighed and placed the scroll back on her desk. Lacing her fingers together, she set them underneath her chin before she took a deep breath and began to speak. " Every year there is a jonin exam given in a different village. This year it happens to be that the jonin exams will be hosted here, in Konoha. The jonin exams are similar to the chunin exams, except this time you will not be entering the forest of death and you will be aiming for jonin this time. And just like the last time, many other ninja from other villages will be coming to join the competition." She said, pausing so they could absorb what she said before she took another breath and without letting anyone interrupt, continued talking. " There is a very important village joining us this year so I want you all to show your best because if this all works out then they might become our allies."
Excuse me Tsunade-sama, but why is this village joining the jonin exams."
" They are joining because their kazekage would like them to become jonin themselves and he said that if he gets good reports about our village he will become an ally."
" What is this village called?"
" The Hantsuki Village."
" The half moon village." Neji whispered to himself, wondering why they named their village that. He frowned slightly before pushing it to the back of his mind and listening to what tsunade had to say. " The jonin exams will begin in three days so you have three days to prepare yourself for this exam. Alright, dismissed." She said. Each ninja nodded and bowed before they all left. Tsunade sighed softly, before placing the scroll away and pulling out a bottle of sake. Smiling she took a long sip of her sake before getting back to work.
A pretty female with long dark blue hair that was pulled into a braid that reached down to her thighs and mix-match colored eyes stood on top of a branch, overlooking her village. Her skin was soft and fair. She had strange purple markings on each cheek. Her bangs covered her forehead and stopped above her eyes. Two pieces framed the side of her face and came down to a little past her chin. Her outfit consisted of a black mish shirt with a black and red long-sleeved shirt over-top, that had a design of a blood red rose on the back, black pants that stopped above her ankles and black boots. Blood red rose ear-rings were in each of her ears and two swords strapped to her back and one strapped to her waist, lightly bumping against her hip.
" Lexy." A voice called, making the girl turn around. A boy with short, spiky black hair that was spiked in all directions was running towards her. Two pieces framed the side of his face. His bangs covered his forehead and the top half of his green eyes. His outfit consisted of a black long-sleeved shirt with the design of a blood red rose and a crow holding the rose in its claws on the back, black pants and black boots. He had one sword strapped to his back and a short sword wrapped around his waist.
" Hm, what is it ryoku?"
" The kazekage wants to see us." He said with a smile. Lexy rolled her eyes and nodded. Jumping off the branch, she did a small flip before landing beside her partner. Ryoku smiled making lexy roll her eyes again before they disappeared in a swirl of black roses.
Three days passed by quickly. The young hinata hyuga was nervous about taking the exam, already feeling like she would lose since she had already lost to neji before. She was almost tempted to turn around and head home but then she remembered about how angry her teammates and father would be if they learned that she quit before she even tried. Sighing and gulping, hinata headed for the building that held her future of becoming a jonin.
When she entered the building, she was surprised to see so many ninja's there. It made her even more nervous, espically when some turned towards her and glared. She almost took a step back but both her teammates took a step forward and blocked the ninja's view of hinata. She sighed internally and quietly thanked her teammates, who each gave her their own smiles. Hinata was grateful to her teammates but couldn't help but be saddened at the fact that she had gotten so scared just because some guy had glared at her. Shaking her head she hurried up and followed her teammates.
Just arriving as soon as team eight left was team seven. Naruto was pratically shaking but it wasn't from fear. No, naruto was excited. He couldn't wait to fight all these ninja's so he could show everybody how strong naruto Uzumaki truly was. He smirked and turned towards his other two teammates. Sasuke uchiha was shoving his hands into his pocket while glaring at any ninja that made eye contact with him while sakura was checking to make sure she had all her weapons before she glanced at her crush. A soft blush crossed her cheeks as she thought about impressing her secret crush with how strong she had become.
Naruto almost sighed when he saw the love-sick look sakura was giving sasuke. He had learned later on while he was training that he would never be able to get the young pink-haired ninja to like him. He understood that she was like in love with the uchiha and had decided that he was going to give up on her, but it was still hard since he still had feelings for sakura but he was trying to move on. Sighing sadly he moved his gaze away from sakura and sasuke and turned his gaze towards the other ninja's standing around.
He noticed a tall, bulky boy that was leaning against the wall, his two teammates standing beside him. The bulky man had short light brown hair and ruby red eyes. His skin was slightly tanned, showing that he spent a lot of time outside. He had a small scar across his nose. His outfit consisted of a black muscle t-shirt that showed off his muscles, black pants and black boots. On his back was a large sword that looked two times his size. The bulky man was laughing loudly with his teammates. Next to the bulky man was a skinny looking man with greasy black hair that reached down to his shoulders and grey eyes. The man was pale-skinned looking a little sickly and his bangs covered half of his face.
His outfit consisted of a black cloak that hid most of his body from view and the only other thing that naruto could see was his black boots. Turning his gaze from the skinny man he looked at their last teammate and was slightly surprised to see it was a female. This female was very pretty with her long waist-length blond hair that was pulled into a braid and chocolate brown eyes. She had fair skin and was a soft pale color. Two pieces framed her pretty face and came down to the middle of her neck. Her outfit consisted of a purple knee-length dress. The dress was tight at the top and at the bottom fared out. Her knee-length purple boots finished her outfit off.
Naruto turned his gaze away from those three and turned back towards his team when he heard sakura yelling his name. He didn't get to open his mouth before sakura brought her fist down and punched naruto straight in the face. Naruto flew back a couple of hit while clenching his teeth. That punch had hurt a little. Glaring at the ground, naruto slowly stood up and put on his goofy face, rubbing the back of his head and apologizing to the pink haired ninja. Sakura glared at the blond while crossing her arms over her chest.. Naruto apologized again before asking sakura what she wanted. Sakura glared at the blond before huffing. " I said that we should get going." She yelled. Naruto nodded, rubbing the back of his head again. Sakura glared again before she turned and started following sasuke again. Naruto sighed softly before he ran after his teammates.
Lexy sighed softly, crossing her arms over her chest while she waited. Closing her eyes she sighed again. The boy beside her chuckled slightly while shaking his head, knowing that his companion was getting impatient. A door opening brought him away from his partner and he watched as a small female with short black hair and black eyes walk out. She wore a simple black kimono that reached her black heels. The female looked slightly nervous as she asked them to come in. Ryoku smiled towards the female while he lightly touched his partner's arm, making her open her eyes and get up. She walked slowly inside the room while ryoku smiled towards the female again before walking in.
The hokage was a beautiful female with fair skin and brown eyes. She has a violet rhombus on her forehead. Except her bangs, which are parted in the middle and fell down the sides of her face, tsuande's long blond hair is tied into two ponytails using bands in the same color as the seal on her forehead. Her outfit consisted of a grass green robe with the kanji gamble written in black on the back, inside a red circle. Underneath she wears a gray, kimono style blouse with no sleeves, held closed by a broad, dark bluish-grey obi that matches her trousers. Her blouse is closed quiet low showing off her cleavage. She wears open-toed sandals with low heels and nail polish the same color as her trousers and obi.
Tsunade laced her fingers together and placed them underneath her chin as she watched these two ninjas. Both took a seat, the boy with a smile and the girl with a sigh. Tsunade unlaced her fingers and placed them on the desk. " So you two are the ninja's from Hantsuki."
" yes we are. Our kazekage has asked us to join this exam." Ryoku said. Tsunade nodded and read the other scroll that she had gotten from their kazekage. Reading the contents she nodded and dismissed them..
Lexy sighed as they left the hokage tower. Crossing her arms over her chest she walked over to the building that was holding the jonin exam. She hoped that their would be some tough ninja here so she could show them the skills of her clan and village. She also hoped to find her sister. She sighed again as her thoughts turned towards her sister. She missed her sister dearly and wished that she could have been with the clan but she had been with her mother's clan instead. But that was why she had decided to join the jonin exams here, it would be the perfect chance to find her sister.
Smirking, she looked up and was slightly surprised to see that they had arrived at the building. Turning towards ryoku, she silently asked ryoku something before he nodded and they headed in. The cool air of the building was the first thing they felt when they entered the building. Sliding her glance around she noticed three ninja standing close to the doors. The first was a cute blond with short blond hair and blue eyes. Next to him was pretty girl with bright pink hair, green eyes and fair skin. The girl wore a red qipao dress with circular designs, tight dark green shorts, and a forehead protector which she used to accent her face.
Slightly away from the pink haired girl was a boy with black hair with a blue tint and onyx eyes. His skin was light, and like all the other members of his clan, his hair hangs over both sides of his face to roughly frame his cheeks. His clothing consisted of a blue, short-sleeved shirt with a raised collar and the uchiha crest on the back, and white shorts. Lexy smirked slightly, already deciding that she liked the cute blond boy. Turning her gaze away from them, another group caught her attention. This group was arguing with each other, or at least the one boy and girl were while the slightly larger boy was eating chips.
The girl had blue eyes and long blond hair, which was pulled into a ponytail with bangs covering the right side of her face. The girl's attire was a purple outfit that was revealing and showed off the girls growing figure. The boy she was arguing with had a bored look on his face as he ignored the yelling blond. This boy had fairly long jet black hair tired into a spiky ponytail, narrow brown eyes that were looking at the ceiling and wore ring earrings. His attire looked plain, a fishnet undershirt and a short jacket with his forehead protector worn around his left arm and gray pants. The boy eating the chips stopped for a second to look at the bored looking boy before returning to his chips. Lexy found this group funny. The boy eating the chips had brown hair, swirl marks on his cheeks and like his clan has a much rounder physique than most people. He wore grey shorts, a rather large scarf, a short-sleeved green jacket over a white shirt with his clan's emblem on it, ring earrings and his legs and forearms were wrapped in bandages. His leaf headband was also worn as a bandanna around his head.
Lexy chuckled quietly at the group and ignored ryoku's gaze as she turned towards the other group. This one also had two boys and one girl. Lexy found that odd but didn't comment, instead taking in their appearance and deciding if they were worth their time. The first was a boy leaning against the wall with a glare on his handsome face. This boy had long brown hair. His hair was tied back a few inches above the end, with two straps framed his face instead. Like all hyuga's he had pale skin, and the infamous byakugan. Lexy almost gasped when she noticed his eyes. She glared slightly at the boy and turned her gaze away from him and towards his last two teammates. The girl was pretty with her brown eyes and long brown hair gathered in Chinese buns. The girl wore a pink sleeve-less blouse and dark green pants.
Behind the girl was a over-excited boy with thick eyebrows and large, perfectly round black eyes. His hair is cut and styled into a shiny bowl-cut and he also wears a green jumpsuit, orange leg warmers and his red forehead protector like a belt. Lexy watched as that boy jumped up and down, flashing people a sparkling smile. She frowned slightly before turning away from that boy and trying to catch a glimpse of her sister. But she didn't see any sign of her sister at all. A hand placed on her shoulder brought her out of her thoughts and she turned to see ryoku, smiling at her while moving his eyes to show they needed to get going. Lexy smiled and nodded and giving one more glance around she frowned before walking away.
Hinata became more nervous then she was before. As soon as they stepped into the room, all eyes were centered on them, making the cute hyuga nervous. She could feel there charka levels and knew that these ninja's were going to be strong. It made it worse when some blond ninja in a revealing outfit had walked over to them and asked them why someone as weak as them were trying to enter this exam. Of course kiba jumped to their defense however the girl ignored him as she stepped closer to her and asked her why a baby weakling like her would dare try to join this tournament.
A blush rose across her cheeks and she tried to say something, anything to the blond but nothing would come up. The blond had only smirked before she walked away. She could feel her face flushing redder when some of the people in the room who had heard their conversation had started laughing, obviously enjoying her discomfort. Her head rose though when she felt a hand on her shoulder and looked up, expecting to see kiba and shino smiling at her but instead she saw a pretty girl with long blue hair and mix-match eyes smiling down at her. She flushed slightly and tried to say something but the girl only smiled before patting her shoulder lightly and walked away with a boy with black hair and green eyes.
Hinata wondered who those two ninja's were since she never saw them before. Maybe they were the new ninja's that were coming here from that village. She tilted her head and watched as the girl sent a glare towards the girl who had been making fun of her before she took a seat beside her partner, the boy sending the girl a glare as well before he sat down. Breaking out of her thoughts she told her teammates that they should find their seats. Both kiba and shino nodded before they headed towards their seats. She watched them go with a smile before she turned and headed to her seat and was surprised when she was next to that mysterious new ninja. Lexy gave her a smile before whispering a soft. " Good luck."
An hour or so later the testing was done and unlike before they didn't have to go through the forest of death. Hinata sighed in relief, happy that she didn't have to go through that scary forest again. Naruto was happy that the testing was done, hating to have to do a written exam. The exam teacher had told them they could leave and head to the arena. Naruto was so excited but he was also nervous. However his excitement out weighted his nervousness as he ran towards the middle of the arena and waited for the hokage to speak. His other two teammates however weren't so excited.
Sakura was slightly dreading the up-coming battles. She knew that she had trained hard this past few months, but she still feared that she wasn't strong enough. She feared that she would lose again. A blush crossed her cheeks when she turned her gaze towards her crush who was glaring at all the ninja's that dared to make eye contact with him. She flushed more and almost squealed at how cool he was but held back, not wanting to upset him. However her mood turned sour when she noticed that naruto was being his usual annoying self. She was almost tempted to punch the blond in the face again but held back not wanting to hurt the blond.( yea right) Smiling towards her crush she slowly made her way over to the middle of the arena, never taking her eyes off sasuke.
Sasuke almost shuddered when he felt sakura's love sick gaze on his person. He held back his shudder though knowing that uchiha's never showed emtions. Sighing he shoved his hands into his pockets and headed towards his blond teammate.
Hinata hyuga was not ready for this. She could feel her hands shaking as she stared at all the ninja's. She frowned more and started twisting her hands together, trying to hid her nervousness but knew she was doing poorly at it. However she was greatly surprised when naruto popped up from nowhere and was standing in front of her. " hey hinata-chan, are you ok?"
" A-Ah y-yes n-naruto-k-kun."
" Are you sure? You look a little pale?"
" I-I-I a-am f-fine." She whispered softly that naruto almost didn't hear it. Naruto titled his head slightly and stared at the shy hyuga who he still thought was a little weird before he smiled and nodded. She almost sighed when he pulled away and waved goodbye before heading back towards his teammates. She was sad though when she thought about how she always made a fool of herself in front of him, he probably thought she was a weirdo. Sadness entered her eyes again before she pushed those thoughts away and headed towards her teammates, who were waving her over.
The hokage soon appeared and began talking about the exams and the rules that they must follow. Her speech wasn't too long and once it was over everyone nodded before heading up towards the stairs and making their way to the second floor. Naruto was the first up there and picked the best spot so he could see all the fights and the fighters. His gaze however turned when he noticed a pretty female stop near his team. This girl had strange purple markings on each of her cheeks. Blinking he reached up and gently touched his own markings, wondering if this girl was similar to him.
' Could she be like me?' He thought staring at her strange markings with confusion and wonder. Could someone else in this twisted world be just like him and have a demon inside them? Could this female really be like him? So lost in his thoughts he didn't notice that the girl he was staring at had turned towards and looked at him. Her partner had also turned and smiled at the blond boy. Both watched naruto closely for a few seconds before they turned away, a smirk appearing on their lips. Naruto was brought out of his thoughts when he heard the beeping of the board. Looking up he watched as the board spun, showing flashes of names before it stopped on two.
Tai Yakashi
vs.
Hinata Hyuga
Hinata was shocked when her name was picked first. She silently asked why she had to be the first one to go before she sighed softly and swallowed the lump in her throat. Closing her eyes and sighing, she opened them and headed down the stairs. The girl she was to battle, Tai was very pretty with her short shoulder length brown hair and chocolate brown eyes. Her bangs were heart-shaped and framed her face gently. Her outfit consisted of a dark purple shirt that stopped an inch above her stomach and showed off her belly-ring. Her bottom was covered by a black skirt that came down to her knee's and black ninja sandals. Her headband was wrapped around her waist like a belt with the ninja emblem facing outwards.
Hinata slowly made her way onto the battlefield. She bowed once she reached her opponent making tai smirk. Tai didn't bow back though instead taking the time to look at the girl. She was nothing special and her chakra level felt really weak and low. Smirking, tai knew this battle would be simple and easy. She probably take the chick out in under five seconds. Tai almost wanted to laugh. If this was all that konoha had then her master was going to be able to take over konoha with no problem. The anbu ninja nodded towards both girls before he raised his hand and yelled begin.
Both girls turned towards each other but it was tai who made the first move. Tai flipped a kunai in her hand before racing towards the shy hyuga already knowing that this girl was weak. Hinata was nervous but pushed it away as she flipped a kunai out and held it tightly in her hands waiting for the girl to get close enough before she shot the kunai towards her but then tai dodged the kunai and threw her arm back and punched hinata in the face. Hinata slid back across the floor and wiped her hand over her mouth and stood up, ready to fight back but tai appeared before her and kicked the hyuga in the stomach, sending her further back. Hinata grunted softly, wrapping a arm around her stomach. Tai however didn't the give the girl the chance to recover as she appeared once again in front of hinata and threw another kick to her stomach but this time hinata was ready and was able to dodge the kick while sending her own leg out and trying to kick tai but she flipped back.
Tai smirked, while she pulled out three kunai's and throwing them towards her. Hinata was able to dodge all three kunai's only getting cut slightly on her shoulder but was surprised when tai lifted her left finger. A small barely seen white string was wrapped tightly around her two middle fingers. Hinata's eyes widened slightly as she turned and barely dodged the kunai that was heading for her face. Tai smirked and lifted her other finger, making the last two kunai's swing back around towards hinata.
Hinata was able to dodge the two kunai's and almost sighed in relief when she saw tai pull the kunai's back and place them back in her pouch. Instead tai smirked and pulled out a small short sword. The handle of the sword was a soft red color and the blade of the sword was a dark grey color with a white tint to it. Tai raised the sword and let the light glint of the blade before she swung it forward and held it vertically in front of her. Tai smirked before charging her chakra into her sword, making the sword glow a strange soft pink color before the color disappeared.
Tai's smirk grew when she noticed that hinata was more nervous, her lavender tinted eyes watching her sword with wary eyes. " What's wrong little ninja?" She taunted, wanting to get the little ninja mad but the girl ignored her. Shrugging off the face that her taunt had not worked. She simply pulled her sword behind her and raced forward. Hinata waited and watched, keeping careful eyes on tai's sword. Tai didn't notice this as she threw her sword forward. Hinata's eyes widened and she quickly tried to move back but the sword cut a little on her shoulder, slightly ripping through her jacket.
Hinata hissed softly. Reaching up she placed a hand over her shoulder, trying to stop the blood. Some drips of blood spilled through her fingers and dripped down onto the floor. Tai however didn't want hinata to recover and raced forward again and threw her sword out, intending to cut the hyuga across her stomach but the hyuga jumped back away from her while shooting a kunai at her. Tai flipped her sword up and knocked the kunai away.
Hinata pulled back further away from tai, trying not to hiss. The wound was bleeding and it hurt anytime she moved her shoulder. She could feel the pain coursing through her body but pushed it away. The audience in the stands were starting to get bored. Many of them found the match to be boring and uninteresting. Many believed the shy hyuga would lose anyway since she was weak and pathetic. Two ninja's watched the match with a mysterious look in their eyes.
" This match isn't as great as I thought." Ryoku said. Turning towards his partner, he was surprised to see that she was watching the match with a smirk and a glow in her eyes. He had a feeling she knew something abut this match that he didn't. Frowning slightly he turned back towards the match and watched the shy hyuga try to dodge tai's attack. It seemed that tai was trying to taunt the young hyuga but hinata was ignoring her.
The hyuga was doing a pretty good job in the fight. She was able to attack that tai girl and actually land a hit on her and she was also able to dodge most of the attacks. That tai girl however didn't give the hinata time to recover as she raced back towards the girl once more, her sword blazing a soft pink color. Hinata was dodging the sword the best she could, only getting hit slightly by the swords tip, although the hyuga found it weird though that it seemed like she was dodging the sword but it always seem to hit her.
Hinata moved her eyes towards the sword but saw nothing different or weird about the sword. Her eyes moved towards tai but saw no hidden weapons and she saw no weapon in the girl's other hand. Frowning slightly she wondered if she was just imagining things and she just wasn't dodging the weapon carefully enough.
" Heh, your really are weak."
" W-What?"
" Your just a weak little brat who's way over her head."
" I-I a-am not w-weak."
" Heh, you are too. Your nothing but a weak little girl who probably shouldn't have even become a ninja." Tai said with a smirk. Hinata glared, though in her heart she knew the girl was right. She was weak and pathetic. Tai was right that she should of never become a ninja like her father told her. She was weaker than most people and she was nowhere as power as naruto or her cousin. She was probably even weaker than sakura. Frowning she tried to ignore the pain in her heart but it just grew worse and worse until she was practically clenching the front of her shirt. On the outside it looked like nothing was happening but lexy and ryoku noticed the dark crimson red chakra surrounding her body.
Lexy was slightly surprised when she noticed the red chakra surrounding hinata. Her mix-match eyes widened slightly and if you looked closely you could see that her right eye was changing to a lighter color. Hinata flinched slightly, closing her eyes tightly, she could see images of her father, yelling at her and telling her how weak she was. He tell her that she was a disgrace to the hyuga clan and that she wouldn't be able to be clan leader. The image then changed to her cousin who would sneer at her, giving her that angry look at he gave to the rest of the clan. That look always made her flinch. She secretly hated when he would give her that look, that heated hated look that held so much pain in it. But she understood that her cousin had it tough only being a member of the side branch while she was the main branch. She understood slightly what her cousin felt and always try to be as nice to him as she could but he never changed his attitude towards her.
The image blurred from her cousin to back to her father. The images then blurred together, becoming one big image. The words circling in her head, repeating them in a deep booming voice. Yelling and telling her how weak she was and that she would never be strong, that she would always be this weak little girl. She almost felt like she was falling. The darkness was closing in on her. She almost felt like she couldn't breath. The darkness was swimming around her. Suddenly a burning fire burned inside her body. A white hot fire started to circle around her body, causing a burning pain inside her body. The white fire grew and grew until hinata couldn't take it anymore and cried out.
Her eyes snapped open and glared at the female who had caused her pain. She didn't notice but her eyes suddenly had a crimson red tint to them that circled around the middle of her eyes before it curled slightly to the right. Tai however noticed the change and gasped. Hinata however ignored the gasp as she ran forward, flames surrounding her body as she ran. The flames fanned out around her, giving her a flaming pair of wings. Still in shock , tai didn't move when hinata shot her arm out, flames licking the skin and punched her in the face, sending her flying back.
Hinata didn't give tai the chance to recover as she appeared before her and kicked the girl in the stomach before sliding below her and copying a move she remembered the uchiha using, kicked tai in the chin, sending the girl in the air before hinata appeared above her and kicked her in the stomach again, slamming her heel into the girl's stomach before she flipped and landed on the other side of the battlefield. Hinata stretched her arm out, letting the flames lick across her skin as they reached towards her hand. Once they reached her hand they exploded into a larger flame. The large flame circled her arm once, leaving a orange-reddish armor covering the tops of her shoulders down to her wrists. Once the flames returned to her hand they started to form a small thin katana. The flames licked the thin katana before the flames disappeared.
Holding the katana, hinata raised it slightly above her shoulder and then with a burst of speed she was upon tai before the girl could blink. Tai however was able to dodge the swing of the sword but what she wasn't counting on was flames to burst out of the sword. Thinking quickly, she flipped back and kicked off the blade, pushing herself away from hinata.
Pulling her own sword out, she quickly threw the blade up and blocked hinata's katana. Metal clashed against metal. Both girls were pushing against each other, trying to make the other lose their hold. Hinata though was able to push tai back before she flipped away and landed by on her side of the field.
Smirking hinata slowly raised her sword, letting the tip point to the ceiling. Then with her other hand she started doing hand signs. Once the hand signs were done, flames shot up and around her body and the sword, creating a picture of a phoenix behind her body. The flames circled around the sword and hinata while the phoenix gave a loud cry. Hinata also gave her own cry before she swung her sword forward. " Phoenix Flames!" She yelled and she swung the sword down until it touched the ground. As soon as the tip hit the floor, the flames raged out in the shape of the phoenix and with a cry headed straight for tai. Tai was surprised by the attack and wasn't able to dodge in time as the phoenix slammed against her, sending in back into the way. The flames circled her like an infernal, pushing her body hard against the wall and slowly making the wall crack before she was pushed further and further back. Her scream echoed in the arena and soon the flames disappeared, letting tai go. Her body dropped down from the walls, unconscious and barley breathing.
The anbu walked over towards tai and checked to make sure she was still alive before he called a medical team down to take the girl. Once they had the girl on the stretcher and she was out of the building did he declare hinata the winner. The audience was in silent awe, surprised the hyuga had that much power. The sword she held so tightly disappeared along with the flames that once licked her body, and the armor. The beautiful red tint to her eyes slowly started to fade away, revealing her lavender colored eyes once more. Hinata blinked in surprise, wondering what had happened until she noticed that tai was gone. Her eyes widened slightly while the crowd began to cheer.
" Looks like this exam is getting interesting." Ryoku said with a smile. He turned towards his partner and noticed that she had a strange look in her eyes and a mysterious smile on her lips. Ryoku wondered what she was smile about. " Yes it does look like it is getting interesting. I didn't believe that her power would come into play until much later." She said with a smirk. Her eyes watched the dazed hinata with soft mysterious eyes. Ryoku nodded, also surprised that the girl awakened her power during the match but he guessed that something inside the little hyuga had made her snap and bring her new power forward. Lexy smirked slightly. Hinata slowly started to make her way back towards the stairs and then up them and headed towards her teammates but her legs started to give out and the last thing she saw was a pair of mix-match eyes. " Good job hinata." A voice whispered before everything went black.