This was a story I wrote due to the fact that I wanted to put them into put them into I am Boruto Uzumaki and I am Hyuuga, but did not have the opportunity. I do hope that the chain of events do coincide with my original pieces. But if not the original Anime is guilty of the same thing anyway.
Do not own Naruto.
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Hiashi sat as he looked down at the little miracle in his arms. His first born grandchild Boruto. Just born and already bearing a striking resemblance to his father. Hiashi was extremely proud, regardless that his grandson did not have the Byakugan.
5 Years Later...
Boruto looked across at Ko in confusion. He walked over by Ko who was kneeling before him. He then began looking around him.
" You drop something?" Boruto asked.
Ko looked at him confused. " I didn't. Why do you ask?"
" Why are you on your knee?" Boruto asked.
Ko sighed with a smile. " Only to show proper respect Boruto-sama."
" Oh! Well you don't have to do that." Boruto said.
Ko continued smiling. " Very well."
Later...
Hiashi walked along with Boruto down the hallway. They had just finished an intense training session.
" C'mon Jii-san I'm starving!" Boruto whined.
" Not to worry Boruto, we won't miss lunch." Hiashi smiled.
" How I do feel for Hiashi-sama." They heard a voice say. Hiashi and Boruto listened as 2 elders conversed. " Having to deal with that loser grandson of his all day."
" Hai, I think he's gotten a little soft-hearted in his later years. He most likely is doing this as some form of charity, but he's really doing that boy an injustice. He'll never be a good Juu-ken fighter without the Byakugan, it's been a year now, how long will it take for him to realize the boy can never fight on a Hyuuga level?"
Hiashi immediately looked down at his grandson who was staring down at the floor seemingly disheartened. The sight of this made Hiashi see red.
" And to think that boy was named in honor of Neji. What an insult to his memory."
As Hiashi was about to enter the room to give the elders a piece of his mind he was stopped by his grandson.
" Jii-san..." Boruto grabbed his sleeve. " Let's go train some more..."
" I thought you were starving." Hiashi said.
" We can eat later, I just wanna train." Boruto said.
Hiashi reluctantly followed after his grandson, but he would make sure not to forget this moment.
Later Hiashi watched as Boruto furiously kicked the post before him.
" Grrh!" Boruto grunted kicking the post with all his might.
" Oh yes, break your leg against the post. That'll show them." Hiashi said.
Boruto ignored the comment as he continued kicking. Hiashi watched, he couldn't help but admire the fire and determination in his grandson's eyes.
" Ignore them..." Hiashi said.
Later...
Boruto was walking through the Hyuuga compound eating a dango out of anger. He was so focused on the incident he had not even realized just how far he had walked.
" I never seen this part before..." Boruto said as he realized his new surroundings.
As Boruto surveyed the new area, he came across a young man who was but the age of 4. His hair was black and he donned Hyuuga training attire, he was taking down laundry that was hanging on a clothesline and putting it in a basket.
" Hi!" Boruto said.
The boy turned around. Boruto noticed immediately something was different about this boy.
" Oh, Hiashi-sama's gradnson." The boy said bowing. " I am Hyuuga Akio, a pleasure to meet you."
" Hi Akio!" Boruto couldn't take his eyes off the young Hyuuga's forehead. There appeared to be some weird symbol.
It was then they heard a door slide open. A man walked out sporting brown short hair. He looked across and was stunned.
He immediately walked over to his son. "Akio! Don't pester Hiashi-sama's grandson." He said.
Boruto noticed this man had the same symbol that his son had on his forehead.
" Hi, we were just taking, sorry I just got lost, I never been to this part before."
" Oh, well this is where most branch members reside."
" Branch members?" Boruto asked.
The Next Day...
Boruto was walking through to the Hyuuga compound. When he heard a bloody scream. His head snapped up as he raced toward the source. Upon arrival he saw several Hyuugas standing around bearing witness to a Hyuuga on the ground clutching his head.
" Wh-what's happening!?" Boruto yelled. He also noticed a little boy on his knees crying next to the Hyuuga in pain.
" Akio?" Boruto said in surprise.
" Oto-san!" He cried.
Boruto looked over to see a main branch member with his hand in a sign.
"Akio is he doing this!?" Boruto pointed over to the main branch member. The boy sobbingly nodded yes.
Boruto ran over to the main branch member. " Hey!"
" Get back!" The main branch member demanded.
" Knock it off! What are ya trying to do kill him?" Boruto shouted.
" I said get back!"
" You're nothing but a big bully!" Boruto shouted.
" I will not tell you ag-" The main branch member's words were cut short as he found the young Uzumaki's foot placed squarely in his groin.
" Oto-san!" The young Hyuuga was relieved to see his father was no longer under the intense pressure of the jutsu.
Boruto ran over to their side.
" Is he ok?" Boruto asked.
" Hai."
Boruto felt a hand grabbing his shoulder and spin him around. The main branch member grabbed him by the shirt and hoisted him up.
" You little brat!" The main house member said, only to look into the defiant eyes of the young Uzumaki. The surrounding Hyuugas looked on in shock.
The main branch member felt the presence of Hiashi Hyuuga standing behind him.
" Hiashi-sama..." The main house member said.
" Put my grandson down." Hiashi said firmly and bluntly.
" He attacked-" The main branch member began.
" Do I seriously have to ask you a second time!?" Hiashi said.
" n-no Hiashi-sama." The main branch member placed Boruto on his feet.
" Jii-san he needs help." Boruto pointed to Akio's father.
Hiashi looked over at the branch members. " Get him to a hospital." Hiashi commanded 2 Hyuugas.
" You're in a lot of trouble pal!" Boruto pointed at the main house member.
" Nothing's going to happen to him!" Akio's father shouted.
Boruto looked at him as he struggled to push himself up.
" Nothing's going to happen..." Tears filled his eyes. " Nothing's going to change..."
Boruto was shocked, Hiashi's eyes dimmed.
" Oto-san..." Akio said.
" The Main branch...I fought alongside them in the 4th Shinobi war. I thought things would be different afterwards , but nothing happened Boruto-sama. This is the fate of those who live in the cadet branch..." He looked to his son. " This is your fate Akio...please forgive me." Tears escaped his eyes.
Boruto was at a loss for words.
Later...
" Nani!?" Boruto said. " what do ya mean nothing's gonna happen to him!? You saw what he did!"
Hiashi sighed. " Unfortunately, if he felt threatened he was justified in doing it Boruto."
" What's threatened mean?" The 5 year old asked.
" It means he thought he was going to be hurt."
" But I talked to Akio's dad. He didn't seem like the kind of guy who would just hurt someone."
" You would be surprised."
Boruto and Hiashi looked to see the Hyuuga Head elder standing before them.
" Many of those in the branch families harbor a great deal of resentment towards the main branch." The Elder said.
" Well if you did that to my head I'd be mad too." Boruto said.
" We do this to keep them in line. So they do not attack us and so the Byakugan can be protected." The Elder said.
" Well how come they get that seal and you don't?" Boruto asked.
Hiashi looked upon his grandson. It was astounding to see that even one of 5 years old could understand the flaws of how the Hyuuga clan is maintained.
" We are of the main branch. They are from a side branch. It is the main family's destiny to keep them in order as it is their destiny to protect the main family."
" Tou-chan says destiny is whatever you decide to make it." Boruto said.
Hiashi smiled on the inside, here was this 5 year old armed with nothing more than the values his parents taught him, beating a noble in his 70's in an argument.
" You are far too young to understand." The Elder took his leave.
" But Tou-chan said.."
" Your father is right Boruto, but it's a little complicated here. " Hiashi said.
" How?"
" The main branch has been doing this for a very long time."
"...so?"
" So we cannot just simply stop."
"...why?"
" Because the elders have decreed that it must be done. They believe that it is for the good of the Byakugan."
"...how? All it does is make people mad at each other."
Hiashi knew Boruto was right. But sadly it was not quite that simple.
" We'll talk about that later. For now you are going to apologize for what you did." Hiashi said.
" (sigh) Ok."
Later...
Hiashi stood to the side as Boruto looked up at the Main branch member. " I just wanna say I'm sorry for kicking you." Boruto said.
" ...I accept your apology." The main branch member walked away.
" Ok, now it's your turn." Boruto said innocently.
The main branch member looked back at Boruto. " I beg your pardon."
" You have to go apologize to Akio's dad." Boruto said.
" Excuse me?"
" Kaa-chan says when you hurt someone, you have to say you're sorry. I hurt you and said I was sorry, now you have to go say you're sorry for hurting him." Boruto said.
" Me? Apologize to a branch member?" He looked over to Hiashi to see if his grandson was serious. Hiashi furrowed his brow at him. The main branch member was stunned.
Later...
The main branch member stood before the cadet. The humiliation heightened as he saw many of the cadet branch were bearing witness. Boruto and Hiashi stood to the side.
" I apologize." He spat before walking away.
" Hey! That's no good!" Boruto yelled.
The main branch member looked back at him.
" Kaa-chan always told me when you say you're sorry, don't do it with an attitude or they won't think you're really sorry!"
Some of the cadets were trying to contain their laughter as this main branch member was being ordered around by a mere 5 year old.
The main branch member's hands shook in anger. He once again approached the cadet. " Please accept my apology."
Akio looked up at his father and held his hand smiling.
" I accept. Arigato."
Cadet members all around were smiling. Today the cadet branch had regained just a tiny bit of their dignity thanks to Boruto. The Main branch member walked off.
" Ko, please take Boruto back, there is some business here I would like to do." Hiashi said.
" Of course Hiashi-sama." Ko extended his hand to Boruto who took it excitedly.
" Bye!" Boruto waved spastically. Some of the cadet members waved back to him.
As the door slid closed, Hiashi approached the branch family. " My grandson speaks the truth, so that being the case..." Hiashi slowly bowed to the branch family. " Please accept my apology as well."
The surrounding cadets were stunned to see Hiashi show such an act of humility.
The Next Day...
Boruto was striking against a post at the Hyuuga compound, when he saw one of the elders walking past him.
" I see you haven't given up yet." The elder said.
Boruto continued striking, this was one of the elders who had referred to him as a loser the other day.
" Eventually you will see that without a Byakugan all this training won't add up to much." He said in a manner of trying to make Boruto realize something.
Boruto continued striking.
" You have been causing quite a bit of trouble lately I see. Humiliating a member of the Main branch is not wise, I'm positive your mother has at least informed you of that much about our clan."
" Beat it." Boruto put bluntly.
The elder was shocked. " The fact that you are Hiashi-sama's grandson does not mean you can speak anyw-"
"Piss Off!" Boruto continued striking.
The Elder was in shock. "I would expect the son of Hyuuga Hinata to be better mannered. I will inform your grandfather of this." The elder said as he walked away.
Little did the elder realize that his grandfather had already seen the entire event from across the field behind a door. He was literally shocked. As far back as he could remember no Hyuuga child, especially at that age had openly defied an elder.
He watched his grandson continue to strike the post. He was certainly different. It was not unheard of that a Byakugan user would give birth to a non-Byakugan user, but what made Boruto and his sister different was they were born of the original head of the clan, to this extent is unheard of. However there was a reason why the head would marry within the clan, so the bloodline of their children would be absolute. This was an absolute fact regarding the head of the Hyuuga clan. He gazed upon his grandson realizing how unfair it was. He was by far the most strong willed child he had ever known, refusing to take self pity regardless of what other "lesser minded" Hyuugas told him. His training ethics were next to none and he consistently pushed his limits. Perhaps he felt a need to prove to his grandfather that it was not a waste of time training him. Not that that was ever an issue with Hiashi. He enjoyed very much training his grandson. He was different from training his mother and aunt, and even his uncle.
His mother was far too kindhearted, and often held back in striking, the elders deemed her weak and her father was forced to cast her out not because he gave up on her or thought she would never amount to anything, he wanted her to find her own way and forge her own path. Despite this he and his daughter found their way to each other once again. His aunt, to Hiashi's shame , whenever she made the slightest mistake she would look at him with a slight hint of fear, as though after seeing what happened to her sister that the same would happen to her, as in he would withhold his love from her, though that was never the case with her sister and wouldn't be with her.
But one thing that separated Boruto from his mother , aunt and uncle which Hiashi found amusing was Boruto was not afraid to talk back to him. At first Hiashi was stunned because it was something he was not used to. But it became interesting after a while. There have been times where he and Boruto would bicker over a technique and Boruto would get pissed off and do the move how he liked it anyway. Now Hiashi would feel something was wrong with his grandson if he didn't speak up about something.
Hiashi looked saddened as he thought of Neji, he and Boruto had many things in common yet huge differences. One of their similarities being that they both had incredible leadership qualities, though different qualities they may be. Both had a way of making people listen to them. As far as skill was concerned both had their own distinct title to hold. Neji having the Byakugan was absolutely magnificent in Juu-ken, a true prodigy. Up to the time of his death he had learned nearly all of the sacred Hyuuga techniques, and most likely would have learned them all if alive today. Boruto, born with no Byakugan, a Dojutsu which was once believed to be essential to Juu-ken trained in the art and surpassed even his grandfather's expectations. Maybe he trained himself so hard because he wanted to be closer to his grandfather, or maybe because someone was foolish enough to tell him he couldn't do it. One thing Hiashi learned was never tell his grandson he couldn't do something, because he would go to the ends of the Earth to prove them wrong. Despite both their obvious qualifications, they would never be allowed to become head. Neji cursed by the branch seal, despite his skill would have never been allowed to succeed. Boruto, technically the first born of the original heir, strong-minded (stubborn) and well skilled, who Hiashi could tell had the courage to make real changes within the Hyuuga would never be able to succeed. If he at least possessed the Byakugan maybe an argument of some kind could have been made.
That day Hiashi realized something. For years he had been doing his best to mend relations with the Main and branch families. But even after the war when they fought to protect each other , things still stayed primarily the same afterwards.
Then he looked at Boruto, he would never be able to succeed the clan, but that was not to suggest he couldn't change it. Perhaps change had to come from a someone different, a non Byakugan user who had nothing to gain nor lose.
Hiashi reflected a moment. He thought of what happened recently because Boruto made a stand against the Main branch and an apology was forced from a Main branch member to a cadet. Something that was unheard of excluding his apology to Neji.
" Boruto..." Hiashi thought. " Perhaps you are what this clan needs."
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