Naruto stood there in his state like he was trying to spy on someone. 'Wow, she looks just like Hinata. I almost can't tell the difference. Although it's obvious, her father and Hinata's father are twins.' Naruto thought to himself as he looked at Hikari seeing all the resemblances between the 2. "Is there a problem?" Hikari asked. 'Even her voice is like Hinata's.' Naruto thought before answering, "Oh, no, I'm just glad I found you." Hikari was confused at that statement, "Found me?" Naruto nodded in agreement, "Yeah, Hikari Hyuga right?" Hikari nodded to confirm, "Yeah that's me, who are you? You seem to know me." Naruto responded, "I'm Naruto Uzumaki." Hikari thought for a second, "Oh right. You're that kid who my family told me to stay away from. The jinchuuriki of the nine-tailed fox. It's an honor." Hikari bowed to show her respect. "It's nice to see you've grown up. Though I'm surprised the village isn't in ruins yet. What brings you to the hidden shadow village?" Naruto was about to answer when Hinata came up behind Hikari. "Naruto." Hikari turned around to see Hinata. The 2 Hyuga stared at each other, it was like looking in a mirror. "Hinata Hyuga." Hikari said with anger in her tone. "Hikari Hyuga." Hinata said back with a similar angry tone. Hikari spoke after about another minute of staring, "So, what brings the Hyuga heiress and the nine-tailed jinchuuriki to the village hidden in the shadows?" Hikari asked, though she had a pretty good idea of why they would be in the village, and it wasn't because they forsook the leaf village. Hinata runs into a full hug to Hikari. Hinata let some tears run as she felt reunited with one who was like a sister. "I missed you Hikari." Hikari closed her eyes and let Hinata enjoy the moment and then gently pushed her off.

"Hikari, we're not here to fight, we're here to bring you back to the Hyuga clan." Naruto said while holding onto Hinata. Hikari scoffs, "Not on your life. The Hyuga clan is dead to me." Hinata said back, "But Hikari, the clan is really worried about you. You have to come with us! Please!" Hikari wasn't amused and she angrily said, "No, that's never going to happen. Besides, I assume the clan means only the branch family?" Hinata flinched at that statement. "No it's." Hikari interrupts Hinata's statement, "We both know the main branch couldn't care less about me. They only want another branch slave for the family, that's a life I'd rather die than go back to." Hinata shook her head, "No, my father Hiashi is the one who wants you to return. Please!" Hinata pleaded. Hikari didn't find a sob story anything more convincing. "Even if Hiashi really wanted me to return, the clan is past to me, and I like to leave the past in the past and focus on the future." Hinata let out a tear, "No, please you have to come with us, the clan really misses you, please Hikari! Neji is worried sick about you too!" Hikari looked down, "Neji...my brother. If he misses me, why isn't he here? Neji is delusional to me. He is also past." Naruto explains, "Neji is somewhere else, but he'll be here soon too." Hikari didn't care about that, "Don't bother, I'm not returning. I will NOT be a caged bird again!" Hinata had only noticed now, the caged bird seal was gone without a mark. "How did you remove the seal?" She asked. Hikari bluntly explained, "A technique I developed, when I left I also took one of the scrolls for the caged bird seal and reversed its technique to form mine." Hinata thought to herself, 'Hikari is in so much pain.'

Hinata mentions, "If you come back, I swear that you'll be treated fairly. Hiashi wants you to be part of the main family too." Hikari once again shook her head, "No, even if that was the offer, the Hyuga clan is my past, and it's staying there. In this village I can be free, like my father wanted me to be." Hinata said in argument, "No, your father wanted you to be free, but not abandoning the clan." Hikari snapped back, "Don't say what my father wanted! A main family member has no right to say anything about him! He died for the main family, you shouldn't be saying anything!" Hinata took a step back in fear. "Hikari, please, just come with us. We're your family. Family stays together." Hikari debates, "Family also treats each other with respect and fairness, the main and branch families do anything but that." Hinata looked at the ground in shame. "But..." Hikari then said, "If they clan really wants me to come back, you can go tell your pathetic family, stuck-up father, and weakling sister to go forget the idea and rot their own feelings."

Hinata without missing a beat tackles Hikari onto the floor. She held her palm up and hesitated to strike. Hinata's arm shook with decisional choice anxiety. Hikari held her palm up and a burst of wind blasted into Hinata's chest and repelled her off. Naruto catches Hinata before she hit the ground and put her down. "I figured as much." Hikari said with an angry tone. "You and I are so much alike, yet I was always the stronger one." Naruto grew angry now as well. "Why you. Look here! We're not leaving until you come with us! Even if it's by force!" Hikari sighs, "You won't give up huh? Fine I'll offer you a deal." This spiked Naruto and Hinata's attention. "If Hinata can defeat me in battle, I'll return to the Hyuga clan no arguments. If I win, the two of you will never leave this village alive." Naruto's eyes turned big in surprise. The deal was if Hinata won the mission's over with an easy fight. However the penalty was death if she lost. "Well those are my terms, come find me when you have made up your mind, you have until noon tomorrow at most." A large whirlwind spirals around Hikari and she was gone in the wind.

Naruto and Hinata rented out a hotel room in the village for the night, it could be their last night. "Hinata?" Naruto went up to her. "Are you going to take the deal?" Naruto asks. Hinata held her hands to her face. "I don't know Naruto. I want Hikari to return to the village, but I don't want..." Hinata couldn't finish the thought. "To die?" Naruto finished. Hinata shook her head surprising Naruto. "No, it's you I don't want to die. I love you Naruto, and I'd die for you." Naruto sat down next to Hinata. "Don't say that, don't even think about it. Hinata, if you die, I'll be hurt more than anything." Hinata smiled at him, "Thank you Naruto." She thought to herself and blushed, 'I mean so mean so much to Naruto, I'm so happy.' Naruto asked, "Are you going to do it?" Hinata sucked in, "Yes, I have to. I said I would help you bring Hikari back. I never go back on my word." Naruto smiled at that statement. "That's your, no our ninja way." Naruto said making Hinata blush more. They slept through the night knowing tomorrow was a big day.

The next day at noon. Naruto and Hinata found Hikari in the middle of a large field on the top of a field. "Hikari." Hinata said though Hikari knew Hinata was there with Byakugan. "Hinata, I didn't think you'd take this deal, but I guess it's time for this." Hinata and Hikari stood on alternate sides of the field the wind blew on them. "Before we begin, I will give you one more chance to give it up, unless you feel like dying today." Hinata didn't make direct eye contact at first, but then she turned back, 'No, I won't run. Naruto is watching me, I have to be brave.' Hinata said back boldly, "I won't run." Hikari nodded, "Very well, let's do this." The skies turned darker and cloudy. Hinata and Hikari both activate their Byakugan making their eye veins bulge.

Hinata and Hikari charge at each other with incredible force. Hinata makes the first strike, throwing a powerful attack with merely 2 fingers, but blue chakra bursted out as Hikari blocked the attack. "HA!" Hikari makes a counterstrike making Hinata sidestep and block the strike, blue chakra bursted from her shot as well. Hinata and Hikari continue to strike each other with powerful palm strikes utilizing the gentle fist technique, the signature taijutsu of the Hyuga that used powerful accurate attacks to block off the opponent's chakra points and attack their internal organs. Their feet skid on the ground kicking up little dust as they continue to go at each other. Hikari jumps back barely avoiding Hinata's attack to her stomach. Hinata and Hikari take their distance and wait for the right time to strike. Naruto as he watched the battle, 'They're both amazing, so skilled. But Hikari, something tells me I haven't even began to see her true powers. I hope Hinata's going to be alright.' Hinata and Hikari charge at each other again and repel each other with their palm attacks. "Not bad Hinata, you've improved." Hinata spoke, "Tell me." Hikari wondered, "Tell you what?" Hinata continued, "Tell me why you requested this type of deal, you wouldn't bet your life on one battle. That's not the type of person you are." Hikari shrugged, "Yes you're right, I wouldn't, but I wanted to see the power of the main family. If the heir is able to defeat me, then I may realize that the Hyuga is worth going back to, if I can improve further as a kunoichi. However if the heir loses to me, I have no use for a family such as the Hyuga." Hinata trembled and her fist shook, "Is that all you see the Hyuga as, a tool to become stronger? The Hyuga is your family." Hikari scoffs, "Says you, the Hyuga thinks of me, Neji, all the branch family like slaves, just people to use as sacrifices for the main family, how do you think that feels to us, having our destiny chosen without our consent? I'll make that all stop someday." Hinata thought to herself, "No, we don't see you as slaves, we see you as allies, we're united under one name." Hikari didn't even believe one word she said, "As you think. I managed to rid myself of the accursed seal, imagine if I rid the other branch family members, the branch family could overthrow the main family, then we'll see how you like it." Hinata charged in and threw her palm attack, Hikari easily avoided it and held her palm to Hinata's chest. "Eight-trigrams Force Palm." Hikari's palm glows blue and an enormous chakra bursts out through her palm and blasts Hinata backwards and onto the ground.

"Hinata!" Naruto yelled out as Hinata is blasted into the air and crashes onto the ground. Naruto runs over to her, but Hikari stops him. "Interfere and you automatically lose the deal. Got it Naruto?" Naruto growls and backs off. Hinata laid and tried to get up, but odd electricity pulsed through her body making her paralyzed. "W-what, w-was that?" Hinata asked trying hard to get out words. Hikari explains, "The eight-trigrams force palm. A technique I made myself. It turns chakra into electricity and I sent a shockwave from my palm through your body leaving you paralyzed." Hinata tried to move, but the paralysis kept her down. "Now to end this." Hikari jumped up and slammed her palm down on Hinata's back making her gasp and cough up a little blood. "Do you give up?" Hikari asked. Hinata could barely move and her back hurt like crazy, "N-no, I-I, w-won't give up. I-I d-don't go b-back on my w-word." Hikari sighs, "If you insist on going on, then I'll." Hikari jumps back and waits. "I want you to give me your full strength, otherwise this battle would have been a waste of time." Hinata struggled to get up, but she suddenly disappeared in smoke. 'A shadow clone? Since when?' Hinata came up behind Hikari with her palm ready to attack. "Go Hinata!" Naruto said happy that Hinata used one of his old tricks. 'Of course, when I slammed her back, she substituted in the commotion, very impressive.' Hikari thought as Hinata came down. "HA!" Hinata slams down, but Hikari jumped away without even looking in Hinata's direction. Hikari said, "Even the highest heir to the lowest of warriors should know it's near impossible to sneak up on a Hyuga." Hikari holds 2 fingers to her mouth. "Wind Style, Great Breach!" An enormous spiral of wind blasts from Hikari to Hinata sending her flying back and against the ground hard. "Hinata no!" Naruto yells out. Hinata shook while she got back up using more strength. "Come on Hinata, fight back!" Naruto cheered out. 'Thank you Naruto. I will.' Hinata activates her twin lion fist. "Here I go. Gentle step, Twin Lion fist!" Hinata jumps at Hikari with her twin lion fist, "Rotation." Hikari rotates with incredible speed and deflects the attack completely. Hinata goes flying into the air and lands doing 2 flips. "Pant. pant." She looked to see Hikari's rotation had left a crater in the ground. 'It's the same as brother Neji's rotation.' Hinata thought to herself comparing the 2 rotations.

Naruto also noticed that technique, 'It's the eight-trigrams palm rotation, Neji used it in my battle during the chunin exams. I couldn't get past it with taijutsu alone.' Hinata thinks to herself, 'Okay, the rotation has it's weaknesses. I have to exploit them.' Hinata runs at Hikari and takes out 5 shuriken and throws them. "Rotation!" Hikari rotates deflecting all the shuriken with ease. "HA!" Hinata attacks just as the rotation ends, 'I've got her.' Hikari smirks as Hinata misses her mark and Hikari grabs hold of Hinata's right arm and pokes it with 2 fingers. "Urgh..urgh.." Hinata could feel the chakra in her arm weaken from the blow. 'She got my chakra point, not good.' Hinata could see herself that her arm had several chakra points blocked off. Looking at Hikari's arm it wasn't blocked off as much. 'Let's see her dodge me this time.' Hikari holds her palm to Hinata's chest, "Eight-trigrams force palm." Hikari unleashes force palm again sending Hinata backwards and sending electricity through her body. Hinata hits the ground hard. "Pant...pant..." Hikari mumbles, "So this is all the main family has, quite pathetic for an heir to be unable to defeat me. Give me more of your true strength." Hikari generates a sphere of wind in her 2 hands. "Eight-trigrams Wind Sphere." Hikari unleashes her version of the eight-trigrams air ball. Hinata was struggling to stand up because of the paralysis from the force palm attack. "AH!" Hinata is hit directly in the stomach by the wind sphere, she is knocked down once more.

Hinata could barely get up she panted hard trying to gather up more chakra, but it was extremely difficult now. Hinata was about to fall when Naruto spoke up. "No Hinata! Don't fall, think of what will happen to you, to us and your clan if you do!" Hinata opened her eyes and stood. 'He's right, if I don't give it my all, I'll die here, I have to win.' Hikari nods, "So you're still able to stand, not bad. Eight-trigrams Wind Sphere." Hikari unleashes around wind sphere at Hinata. Hinata imagines the diagram of the Hyuga beneath her. She sighs then activates her technique. "Eight-trigrams defense, 64 palms!" Hinata moves her arms in a rotational fashion not actually rotating herself, but it stopped the wind sphere from going any further. "Hmm, not bad, you've come up with your own version of the eight-trigrams palm rotation. It's impressive indeed, but not enough." Hikari focuses and activates another technique, "Ninja art, Tornado Eye." Hikari's body becomes covered with a cloak of wind chakra. "This is something that can only be learned outside of the restrictions of the Hyuga!" Hikari charges at Hinata with incredible speed and nails her directly in the chest with a powerful impact sending her backwards into a street lamp.

"Is that all you've got? You'll never win with that strength. Come on, the Hyuga heiress should be stronger than this." Hikari said while the wind cloak pulsed with chakra. Hinata could barely move now, she felt as if she got hit by a cannonball. 'Hikari's too strong.. how am I supposed to win? There's only one more chance. I have to try.' Hinata gets up once more panting, blood was spilling from her mouth. "Ha...ha..." Hinata takes a special stance, it was very familiar to both Hikari and Naruto. "That's." Hikari observed Hinata's stance. 'The stance is for one of the most ancient and special moves of the Hyuga. The eight-trigrams 64 palms maneuver.' The eight-trigrams 64 palms was a technique meant for the main branch and only the main branch of the Hyuga, it struck 64 times at a person's chakra points sealing off all the chakra in the body rendering the opponent injured or even unconscious and unable to use chakra. However just from plain observation Neji and Hikari managed to learn the technique purely by skill and natural ability, this was one of the reasons the 2 siblings were considered the most talented of the Hyuga. "Eight-trigrams." Hinata began. She would use the last of her power to attack using this technique, hopefully if it hits the battle would be over. However the thing was Hinata hadn't fully perfected the eight-trigrams 64 palms like Neji did, this put her at a disadvantage. 'I have to try.' Hinata took a big step in. "Eight-trigrams, 2 palms!" Hikari unleashes her attack too, "Eight-trigrams 2 palms!" Hinata's first attack collided with Hikari's attack which was almost a mirror reflection of her attack. In unison they call out. "4 palms!" Their palms collide head on not giving either of them the advantage. "8 palms!" Hinata felt pain gather in her right arm from the previous blow. 'No.' Hinata falls backwards before she could unleash her next attack, but Hikari continued and struck. "16 plams!" Hikari stopped there only she could have continued, Hinata felt even weaker having 8 chakra points shut off.

"Ha...ha..." Hinata panted hard, she could see Hikari hadn't taken much damage at all. "Come on Hinata, you can do it!" Naruto yelled out. 'I know Naruto. But I feel so much pain. No I have to try.' Hikari unleashes, "Wind Style, Great Breach!" A massive wind stream blows at Hinata who was close to motionless. "HINATA!" Naruto yelled out, Hinata snapped her eyes open at the final minute. She drives a twin lion fist into the wind style attack making it explode. "Ha...ha..." Hikari thought to herself, 'She used her twin lion fist's fire to absorb part of my wind jutsu and weaken the damage. Quite strategic.' Hinata panted hard. "I can do this." Hinata charges in for another attack with the same stance as before.

"Eight-trigrams." Hinata.

"Eight-trigrams." Hikari.

"2 palms!" In unison.

"4 palms!"

"8 palms!"

"16 palms!"

"32 palms!"

"64 PALMS!"

The 2 Hyuga pierce each other's attacks with the same chakra force making each and every hit be repelled. Hinata felt accomplishment doing the attack for the first time, however her success was short lived when she noticed Hikari was still charging at her.

"128 PALMS!"

Hikari drives another 64 palms into Hinata for a total of 128 consecutive palm attacks. Hinata fell right back and her body went numb and she fell onto the ground her body was punctured with hits on her chakra points as they were sealed off. "HINATA!" Naruto yelled as she fell backwards. 'I'm sorry Naruto...I tried...' Hinata thought as she fell down losing the match.