[Disclaimer] I don't not own or claim any rights or ownership to anything Naruto. But if Kishimoto Masashi wants to give me some rights that would be cool.
(Author Notes) I have heard your pleas, and in my vast wisdom I have seen fit to grant your request. Your Great Malevolent Author bestows upon you this gift…. OK enough of that power trip. Enjoy the next chapter .
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'Drip..Drip'
Naruto found himself once again in the passages of his mind. Taking the familiar steps to the fox's chambers.
'I wonder where the other passages go to?' Naruto thought to himself.
Naruto turned the corner into the giant room with the cage. There as if almost waiting for him sat the beast, eyes unblinking.
"HEHE" The fox laughed. "Well brat, you seem to have had an interesting day."
"Hem." Naruto scowled "What do you care you stupid fox the only time you care about what's going on is when it benefits you. Like when you might have a chance of getting out, or making sure I don't die taking you with me."
"Shut up fool. You should be grateful, with out me you would have been dead many times over." Snapped the demon.
"Yeah whatever. I was not in danger of dying today, and I'm not letting you out so why do you care?" Naruto said his arms crossed.
"Well lets just say you have become more interesting then any mortal that I have ever come across."
Naruto did not know if this was a good thing or a bad thing. But in any case he sent a very contemptuous look at the Kyuubi, and the beast looked back glowing eyes narrowing.
"Also I could not get any sleep how am I supposed to sleep when your chakra is going haywire."
"Huh? What is wrong with my chakra?"
"What?!" The Kyuubi snarled. "You have not noticed what has been happening to your chakra? I knew you were both foolish and non observant but you failing to notice this surprises even me."
"Shut up you stupid fox there have been a lot of things going on today now tell me what is going on with my chakra?"
"Brat how could you not notice that you could not access the majority of your own chakra? Your massive amounts of chakra (for a mortal) cannot be called forth for reasons even I yet don't understand. When you used your father's speed kekkei genkai and were exhausted afterwards, that should not easily happen to you. Yes, that technique does take a lot of chakra to use but it should not exhaust you that fast."
Naruto was taken back, this was the most vocal the fox has ever been. The beast had never been helpful. The only other help he got was some chakra, and even that was given grudgingly. The only time they talked they exchanges curses at each other. That was really the only thing they could do to each other. The Kyuubi was a demon after all. The fox would promise death and destruction to Naruto and all he held dear, but Naruto knew the were empty threats. Some times it was even humorous to hear was the beast came up with. The best one so far was, quoted from the Kyuubi.
"The minute I am freed I will peel you skin from your flesh and then make you watch as I destroy every thing and every one you hold dear, only after I am finished with that will I come back to give you a very slow death."
But this situation was nothing like normal (if you could call conversations with a demon normal.) The fox had yet to say he was going to eat him, but had almost seemed much less blood thirsty and even helpful.
"If I did not know better fox I would think you are being nice to me." Naruto said with a grin,
"Silence before I kill you for your impudence."
Well there was a death threat, it was comforting in an odd way.
"I don't care about you, my chakra is tied to yours. Whatever has happened with the seal when it slipped and unsealed you kekkei genkai your chakra was also affected. I don't know if it the seal that is affecting your chakra or it is simply your puny body adjusting to the changes."
Naruto was concerned about this. "What! Is it stuck like that? Is it going to go back to the way it was? What can I do?"
"Why ask me? I have no need for human seals, so I know nothing about them."
"Ha! See I thought you were a thousand year old super powerful demon. Turns out you know nothing stupid fox."
"SILENCE!!"the Kyuubi roared with such force that it blasted Naruto out of his mindscape.
The Kyuubi snuffed in annoyance. Yes this human was interesting. No mortal has even dared insult him but this one did every time they spoke, that took a lot of guts. The Kyuubi could cause panic in grown men from the killing intent that he released just from breathing, and cause heart attacks in those same men when the desire to kill came. Yet this brat stood strait and tall meeting him eye to eye, when most would be on the ground shaking and holding there heads as they shrieked. A very amusing human.
Naruto woke up after talking to the Nine-tailed fox. "What a grouch stupid fox is so rude." He laughed. Naruto looked outside it was just before dawn the sky was light but the sun hand yet to appear above the horizon. He wanted to get out and do some morning training but did not want to disturb anyone if the other members of the house were not up.
Naruto snapped his fingers as he got an idea of how to check if anyone was up. Going through the seals saying 'Byakugan', Naruto activated his new eyes. He had to admit this new ability was amazing when he had tried them out last night in the garden, when activated it seemed to extend your peripheral vision all the way around you. While active it could not really show great details and was limited to black and white but it did effectively give you eyes in the back of your head.
'Poor Hyuuga kids they could not get anything past their parents. Not even when there backs were turned.' Naruto thought and was grateful he did not have any teachers in the academy that were Hyuuga.
Naruto looked at his door and concentrated trying to look through the door. The door faded and he saw the hallway, but it quickly changed back as he looked at the door again.
'This is harder than I thought.' the blond concentrated again looking though his door. Each wall or barrier he looked through make it harder to keep control, his vision kept jumping forward and backwards though walls so that when he was looking through three walls it would jump to looking through two or four walls messing up his search pattern. He kept trying to figure out how his eyes worked, it was very hard seeing as how there was no owner's manual.
After a few minutes of searching through the doors, walls, and even floors when Naruto finally settled on a blue chakra signature. Out in the courtyard was a person stretching and doing Gentle Fist forms. He did not know who it was but at least some one was up. Deactivating his Byakugan and he realized that he had drained a large amount of his chakra just using his eyes in those few minutes. Naruto frowned remembering what the fox had said last night.
Naruto went down to the courtyard and found Neji going though his forms. Slowly going from one stance to the next extending his body as far as he could while staying in balance. If Neji noticed Naruto's presence, he did not acknowledge it and continued his stances.
"Hey Neji can I join you for some stretches?"
"Hello Naruto. Of course feel free to come out." Neji replied not even looking up.
Naruto stepped out on the courtyard and started to stretch. Keeping an eye on Neji as he stretched watching as he slowly increased the speed of his moves. Neji seemed to be oblivious to Naruto's presence as he spun, kicked and faked.
Last night Hinata had convinced him to look at the bright side of the situation. Naruto found himself with something no one else had ever had a double Blood Line limit. All he had to do was find out how to wield them correctly then it would be easy to bring Sasuke back, so he watched Neji as he went through Gentle Fist motions.
Naruto finished with his morning stretches just when Hiashi entered the courtyard. Both young men looked up at Hiashi, Neji bowed and Naruto just looked in between the two of them.
"Ahh good you're both awake." Hiashi said cheerfully. "Neji I want you to work with Naruto today and teach him the basics of the Gentle Fist."
Neji's head snapped upward bringing his fully out of his bow. "But Lord Hiashi we cannot teach our secrets to outsiders, they must stay within the clan. Also Naruto will not be able to use it properly with out-" Neji was cut off when Hiashi put up a hand to stop him.
"Neji I am a little disappointed. You have been out here for how long and you have not noticed? Hiashi said the most serious voice he could muster. "Look at Naruto."
Neji tilted his head questioningly and look at the blond. The Hyuuga prodigy's face when as white as his eyes when he saw light blue pupil less eyes looking back at him above a wide smile.
"He he he. HAHAHA" The prankster burst out laughing. "You should see the look on your face, its priceless."
Hiashi Hyuuga could not stop the smirk that formed on his face. It was rare that his nephew's calm exterior cracked and it was quite humorous to see.
"What?!" Neji asked flabbergasted his mouth hanging open as he looked between his uncle and Naruto, who had his hands on his knees gasping for breaths between strings of laughter. Naruto finally calmed down breathing heavily tears sparkling at the corners of his eyes and Hiashi returned to his stoic face.
"As you can see Neji, Naruto possesses the key requirement for training. Take him though the basics after he has that we will set up a training regiment that targets what he is lacking in. Naruto listen to Neji I'm sure he will not go easy on you. I have something to attend to so both of you train hard and have a good day." With that Hiashi briskly walked off a smile on his face now that no one was looking.
As soon as he was gone Neji rounded on Naruto. Some of Neji's composure having returned.
"What exactly is going on here? What happened to your eyes?" He asked in a very demeaning business like voice.
"I got them yesterday" Naruto responded smugly.
"What stop talking nonsense."
"Its not nonsense I woke up with my eyes like this, it's the reason I'm here."
"How is that possible?" Neji queried.
"Don't really know." Naruto Lied.
Neji knew that he was hiding something but did not push for the truth after all he was ordered to train him not interrogate him.
"Alright but we will talk more in depth about this later. We might as well get started, tell me what do you know about our greatest tool, our eyes the Byakugan."
Naruto Blinked and stuck out his lower lip thinking. "Well I know that it give you the ability to see all the way around you and that you can see though walls. Oh and that you can see a persons chakra."
"That's it?" Neji asked.
Naruto nodded.
Neji sighed. "We have a lot of work to do. Alright we will start at the top. You must understand that the Byakugan a is tool to those who possess it. Just like a kunai its worthless if you do not use it, and it wont do you much good unless know how to use it properly. When inactivated our eyes are just like a normal human eye the only difference is its pale appearance and missing pupil that makes us look blind to the common person."
Neji continued "When activated the eyes changes and the pupil is outlined, then characteristic lines bulge around the eye. What these lines actually are three things nerves, blood vessels, and chakra lines. It seems that the optic nerve cannot properly send enough information to the brain for the Byakugan to work properly so other nerves are needed. Also the activated eyes require much more blood flow around them so that is why the blood vessels bulge drawing more blood. Finally an increase amount of chakra is need for the Byakugan to do anything it does."
Naruto felt like he was in for a long school like lecture, but he listened intently needing to know this information.
"You need all three of the augmentations for your eyes to work the Byakugan at all. For example if you are suffering from chakra exhaustion you will not even be able to activate your eyes. If you are have lost a lot of blood and cannot get enough to your eyes when they are active you could easily go blind. You really do not have to worry about the nerves.
Naruto moaned "I'm never going to remember all this."
"Then just pay attention as best as you can."
"Fine." Naruto sighed
"Also when active light affects your vision differently, while this cuts off normal colors it also allows us to see much better in the dark, being able to function with much less light. However a bright enough flash can damage you vision so you must be careful of flash bombs. One of the best abilities is the ability to see and give color to chakra. This ability is often underestimated but it can give you a large advantage in battle. For example you can see a person's chakra and also any chakra based attacks. Most ninjutsu and almost all genjutsu are chakra based, and there for you will see the attacks colored when seen with an active Byakugan." Neji paused "Which reminds me when we fought in the chuunin finals you used red chakra. What was that?
"Oh that." Naruto looked down and rubbed the back of his head nervously. "I umm can't tell you, secret"
Neji snuffed he had never thought that being so loud mouthed he was one for keeping secrets, but now this was not the time to worry about it, he was sure he could find out later.
"Any way being able to see Chakra in battle gives you a great advantage. For example wind style attacks are often invisible because it is simple manipulation of the air. For most people they have to guess or watch closely for wind currents kicking up dust or leaves and pulling them with the attack. With the Byakugan, they are easily visible. Also, genjutsu is easy to visually detected, and you will be able to see through it as easily as looking through walls. However, you must still be on your guard, an active Byakugan is not easily tricked by most genjutsu because most illusion techniques affect your mind through your sense of sight, but some highly advanced visual genjutsu have been made to trick even a Hyuuga. Never forget that there are the rare genjutsu that affect you through other means like with your senses of hearing or touch even taste, the Byakugan cannot protect you from those."
Neji started to pace while telling the finer points behind the Hyuuga eyes. Naruto went and sat down at the edge of the courtyard, this was defiantly starting to feel like the academy.
The Hyuuga kept pacing and continued his lecture.
"As you have already found out the Byakugan enhances your abilities to see. How well you see depends on how strongly you have inherited the kekkei genkai." Neji smiled. "I am considered to have one of the strongest kekkei genkai in the clan. My 360-degree peripheral vision extends to just over 70 yards; Hinata and Hanabi are not far behind with around 60 some yards of vision. Some members of our clan with much weaker kekkei genkai have only been able to see 20 yards or less. However this distance is only for your extended peripheral vision, and this vision cannot see though obstacles as your central vision can.
Neji stopped pacing and looked at the blond who had one hand under his chin while the other scratched his head.
"Are you getting all this?"
"I think so." Naruto replied glumly
"Try to keep up I don't want to repeat myself. As I was saying, your central or main vision is not as affected by distance. Your main vision can see through objects a magnify images up to a certain distance. How well you can see though obstacles and how far your magnified sight is depends on how strong your kekkei genkai. I can magnify objects up to a little over one mile. I can also see the objects without much difficulty, But remember the farther you push your vision and the more obstacles you look though the more chakra is needed."
"Whoa you can see that far." Naruto interrupted.
"Yes but its not that simple it take a lot of time and also a lot of chakra to search that large of an area. Because of the amount of chakra needed spying at long distances is often not an option; you would exhaust yourself too quickly. Now where was I."
"You were saying you can see up to one mile."
"Ah yes. I can lock on and magnify things at that range but it really helps to know what I am looking for and its general direction other wise there is a lot of searching to do. There is just too much space inside of a mile radius. I am particularly gifted with my telescopic sight many members of the clan are happy if the can magnify at one half mile, and that is with minimal barriers in the way. So just remember the further the distance the more obstacles the more chakra you will use."
"Yeah I noticed that." Naruto spoke up. "I was using the Byakugan this morning and after I was done I noticed that I had used a lot of chakra."
"That's most likely because you're so new at this. You're wasting a lot of chakra and you will simply need to work your eyes like a muscle till chakra waste is no longer a problem.
"Erm, so I just need more practice."
"Yes. It will also help if you get better a general chakra control.
"Ok!" Naruto said cheerfully "So how am I going to start practice."
"Well first I want-" Neji was cut off when a door was slip open and Hinata stepped out
"E-excuse me breakfast is ready." Hinata said quickly walked back thought the door leaving it open for Naruto and Neji
"Alight Naruto come on we will continue after we eat, and maybe you can answer some of my questions when we are eating."
Breakfast was a simple meal of rice and boiled salmon. It was not ramen but it was still great, Naruto did not get much verity in his eating habits. Hinata and Hanabi were seated at the table eating as well. Hanabi was not as shocked as Neji when she saw Naruto's new eyes, which puzzled the blond a little as to why. When Hanabi introduced herself, she explained that Hinata told her not to be surprised when he came in.
Neji and Hanabi pressed for answers about his eyes. Naruto sighed as he again found himself telling what happened yesterday. Neji stayed quiet as Naruto talked, But Hanabi often asked questions.
"Why is Father having Neji train you? I know you have the Byakugan and can be taught everything, but you are not a member of our clan why should we teach you?"
Hinata looked over at her younger sister "Hanabi don't be rude."
Hanabi just sent a sideways glance at her sister and looked questioningly back at Naruto.
Naruto was not fazed by Hanabi's comment, he just shrugged and said. "I don't really know, but I'm not going to turn down special training."
He continued the tale and finished just as Hiashi walked into the room and sat down at the table.
"Good morning, Naruto how is your training?" Hiashi asked as Hinata got up and gathered a plate of food for him.
"Um well I guess it was fine we're going do more after breakfast."
Hiashi thanked Hinata as she set his food in front of him. "Here Naruto I want you to wear these whenever you are outside." He said handing the boy a pair of sunglasses.
Naruto thanked Hiashi as he took the sunglasses and examined them. It was a simple pair of wire framed round glasses with very dark lenses. 'I'm going to look like Shino when I wear these.' He thought donning the shades.
The examination of the glasses was interrupted when Neji stood up. "Come on Naruto we have a long way to go." Then they both went back out to the courtyard.
Putting the Sunglasses away Naruto waited for more instructions on training.
"I have things planned today so I am going to leave you with instructions that you must work on. I am not going to baby-sit you. If you absolutely need a question answered, find Hinata or Hanabi if they are around. I will be back later today to check on your progress."
Naruto was bit disappointed but this was basically the treatment he got from Jiraiya.
"So here is what I want you to work on, keep working on your Byakugan push how far as you can see and keep looking though the walls around the house until it feels natural. I know this will take a lot of chakra so when you get low work on the hand seals; I want you to be able to complete the hand seals in 5 seconds or less. I will also leave you with a scroll with the basic Gentle Fist forms work on them as well."
"Thanks Neji, don't worry I will have this down flat by the time you get back."
"We'll see." Neji drawled nonchalantly and walked off to get the scroll.
Naruto spent the rest of the morning training. Controlling his eyes so that he could see though walls was hard but he got slowly better at it as he trained, Looking around the house he even found a secret passage behind a fake wall in the kitchen that lead to the main dining room.
When he started getting low on chakra he read the scroll with Gentle Fist forms. Just by reading and looking at the illustrations of the stances, he guessed the basic idea of the martial art. Gentle Fist seemed to emphasize a low center of gravity for superior balance. It seemed like a good idea but when Naruto actually went through the steps and strikes it was very different then the martial art he was used to. When training with Jiraiya he had refined his taijutsu giving him a better understanding of hand to hand fighting.
Gentle Fist was just that gentle. The way the scroll described stances and strikes did not fit with what Naruto was used to. Foot positions were a bit different; this fighting style seemed to discourage using bodyweight in attacks. Normally when fighting you would shift your body weight around in a controlled manner to ensure force and power in each attack to cause more damage with each blow.
Gentle Fist however seemed to demand not necessarily stiff lower body but more solid. This caused most attacks to only use the muscles of the shoulders and arms, not the entire body. While you could still put speed into you attacks there was no real power behind them, and this went against what he was taught.
He had always been told that you needed to use you entire body for an effective attack.
Naruto was having a little trouble getting the correct forms down; he kept on having to look at the scroll to see if he was doing it right.
"You're doing that wrong." A high sharp voice told him
Naruto stayed in his stance and look over, Hanabi hopped into the courtyard and walk toward him.
"Your shoulders are too stiff." She said stepping up and physical pushing his shoulders down.
"But they feel better where they are and I can put more behind the strike" He countered raising his shoulders back to the original location.
Hanabi gave the impetuous blond an annoyed look and forced his shoulders back down. "That may be but it will slow you down and that's the most important thing"
Naruto looked at the young girl slightly confused, she was barely eleven years old but she spoke as if she was some sort of duchess.
Hanabi sighed explosively. "You don't need much force in your attack when we put chakra in our strikes, didn't Neji show you how to do it."
"Um no but-"
"Oh yeah, I remember last time you fought Neji he only sealed some of your chakra points. You never got a proper hit."
"Well I guess no-"
"Alright let me show you, put your hand up." Hanabi said putting her hand up palm facing him. Naruto was still a bit confused but complied.
"Now give me a high five."
As soon as their hands connected a shock ran up Naruto's arm. "OWWW." He slowly exclaimed looking down at his hand. It felt like he had just played patty cake with a hot frying pan. Naruto shot the little girl a contemptuous look, holding his hand as it stung and tingled.
"Don't look at me like that, now you understand better. Just imagine what would happen if you hit some one with a strike like that in the chest or even the head."
The blond did not want to imagine but the point was conveyed none the less.
Hanabi giggled and started to walk away. "Get good soon I would like another sparring partner," She said over he shoulder.
It was 15 minutes before his hand started to feel normal again.
At dinner Naruto was quiet as he slowly ate, he had not done much physical training but had used a lot of chakra and was near exhaustion. Once he finally finished, Neji pulled him out to show how far he had progressed. Naruto groaned but Neji had no pity for him and dragged him out to the courtyard.
The Hyuuga genius watched as he went over what he learned. It was not bad Neji only made him go through the beginner forms and hand seals. Naruto got the seals down to nine seconds he still had to do better to make his teacher happy. He did the stances a few times and Neji corrected him only a few times, saying that his feet were too wide or his toe was pointed the wrong direction.
After that He stumbled up to his room and collapsed on his bed, quickly slipping into a restful sleep
That night Naruto did not visit the Nine-tailed fox. Instead, he dreamed about his dad the Fourth Hokage one of the best ninja ever. Then the dream changed he was standing on Hokage mountain wind blowing through his hair as he looked out into the sunset. All his friends gathered around him each one looking larger than life, even Sasuke was standing beside him. If Naruto was awake and saw a picture of what he had dreamed he most likely would have laughed at each of his friends heroic poses on top of the stone face of his father. The Fourth was amazing, but Naruto would be better. Needless to see it was a great night's sleep.
Naruto woke up early again but felt completely rested, and went out to the courtyard where Neji was once again doing forms.
"Ahh Naruto you're up early again."
"Hey Neji." The blond replied, rubbing his eyes. "So what training are we going to work on today?"
"Besides the same basics that you were working on yesterday I will explain to you more in depth about our main weapon the Gentle Fist."
"Um Gentle Fist isn't a weapon its only taijutsu, right?"
Neji frowned at him. "Naruto just because you use your hands does not mean it's not a weapon, if fact when used correctly can be more deadly and versatile than any common weapon I know."
"Wow, how is it so special"
"Hanabi told me that she showed you what a full Gentle Fist strike feels like, it's just a good thing she only hit your hand. Know this, a single hit in the right location can be fatal, even a hit in a non vital location on the body can still cause great damage. Blocking a strike with your arms can cause muscle damage, and with enough damage your arms will become disabled. That is why when countering a Gentle Fist attack you should use your hands only, preferably the sides of your hands. Generally the hands are too tough to be damaged badly enough to become inoperable. Yesterday your hand hurt but you could still move it correct?"
Naruto nodded and looked down at his hand, then perked up saying.
"That's so cool I did not know it was so powerful."
"Yes, but it's nothing if you can't use it correctly." Neji countered. "We empower our strikes with chakra without that extra boost Gentle Fist is nothing."
Neji stopped and looked at the blond who was nodding in affirmation.
"Now you know about chakra shape manipulation correct?"
Naruto stopped nodding and look at him bewildered.
Neji sighed. "You technique the Rasengan that is shape manipulation so I hope you will be able to pick up on this quickly. When using Gentle Fist you need to use shape manipulation on the chakra you put into your attacks. Otherwise, all you will do is hit them and dispel any genjutsu your target may be under. You have to shape your chakra in a way that will hurt your target, and the Hyuuga have developed the best chakra enforced martial art in all the elemental countries.
"Uhhh" Naruto interrupted. "Isn't it the only chakra-enforced taijutsu? I've never heard of any other kind of taijutsu like Gentle Fist."
"No there are other ninja clans scattered around that use some form of chakra in their taijutsu. I know of a clan in the Land of Lightning that uses lightning natured chakra. If you get hit by them they could knock you out or numb the place where they hit you. I have heard that without proper control or if used incorrectly it can end up shocking the user. You should also know that the chakra scalpel that the traitor Kabuto uses is chakra based taijutsu, but it is very hard to use correctly in battle and takes a lot of chakra. "
"What happens if you get the shape manipulation wrong for the Gentle Fist?"
"Most likely nothing; all you will end up doing is wasting chakra."
"Ok. So what else do I need to know" Naruto asked eagerly.
"One of the reasons the Hyuuga clan is feared is that it is very hard to stop or block our attacks. Not even normal metal plate armor can stop our strikes; all we need to do is add a bit more chakra into your attack."
Naruto's eyes were almost aglow. Yesterday when he was practicing forms he did not like Gentle Fist very much, but now it seemed amazing and he hung on Neji's every word.
"Also remember how I said that Gentle Fist was deadly and versatile. Once you have mastered the art you can affect the chakra flow of your enemy, by either closing or opening the chakra points of the body. If done correctly this can incapacitate your target without killing them."
Naruto understood this because he remembered fighting Neji in the third round of the chunnin exams.
"Hey Neji. I know why you would close the chakra points, because then they would not be able to use any jutsu. Why would you hit a chakra point and increase the chakra flow? Wouldn't that help them?"
"Good question. Most people would think that would help a person, and it could possible help them if done correctly. Imagine that you and an enemy ninja are fighting out on a lake and you hit some of the chakra points in his legs and increased the flow. The first thing that would happen is that your foe would be unable to balance correctly on the water's surface. That would slow them down or even cause them to sink because they could not control the amount of chakra that was going into one leg to keep them up. It would also cause them to waste chakra much faster than you would. Most times you want to close the chakra points but it's always good to have another option."
"Wow so are you going to teach me this new stuff today?"
"After breakfast I have more time I can do some training with you."
"Yeah!!" Naruto cheered as they went to breakfast.
After they ate, Neji and Naruto went back out to train. Neji had him submerse each of his hands into two separate large bowls filled with water. The chakra shape manipulation was to act like a dull knife, not the best of images but if it worked who was he to argue. It did not take Naruto long to start getting it.
"Good Naruto. See those sharp ripples you are making every time you release your chakra? That's what you want to happen. I was hoping you would get this early because of your previous shape manipulation training. Keep practicing till the ripples get large enough to splash out of the bowls."
Naruto spent the rest of the time until lunch gradual getting the ripples larger until he got the water to spill over the sides of the bowl.
After lunch Neji had to leave again leaving Naruto to train alone. He missed Neji's tips but he did leave him another scroll of Gentle Fist forms. The blond was absorbed in his training going over his stances when he was disturbed when Hanabi came home from the academy.
"You're doing better but your leaning too far forward putting too much weight on your front foot."
"Oh erm. Like this right" He said correcting his stance.
"Yep." Hanabi said walking toward Naruto. "Good job, give me five."
He was not caught off guard like yesterday. Naruto returned the high five but enforced his hand with chakra, but when their hands connected nothing happened, just the slight pat you would expect. He was a little confused by this and looked from his hand and back to Hanabi.
"Wow! You got the proper shape manipulation in less than one day!?' She said voice filled with surprise. "It took me two months to get it right."
Naruto smiled feeling proud of himself. "Hehe yeah. I guess I did, but nothing happened I was expecting more."
"Our attacks canceled each other out." Hanabi scowled. "Well I guess the only reason you got it so quickly is because I was 5 when I learned it."
"Yeah that must be it." He said still smiling, and rubbing the back of his head.
"Oh well that just means I will have a good sparring partner." She sighed, and walked off.
The rest of the day Naruto practiced everything he had learned. He once spotted Hinata watching him from an upstairs window, but when he waved at her she disappeared. Finally exhausting himself using Byakugan, and went to dinner, He was so hungry he would eat anything, but was starting to miss ramen.
Dinner was filled with small talk; Hiashi asked Hanabi how her day went. She replied saying that is was boring because all the did was some shuriken practice and talked about the Third Great Ninja War.
Hanabi also told her father about how Naruto had already learned the correct shape manipulation. Hiashi seemed surprised but congratulated him any way. Out of the corner of his eye Naruto saw Hinata smiling, but as soon as he looked at her she turned away and looked at her food. Her face slightly red.
'She's kinda weird, but oh well.' Naruto thought, but his contemplations were interrupted when Neji spoke to him.
"I am going on a mission tomorrow with the rest of my team. So I will not be able to train you. I will be gone a week maybe longer."
"Awww come on who's gonna help train me if you don't"
"Naruto, Hinata can train you when Neji is gone." Hiashi said nonchalantly as he took a sip of his tea.
"Really? Hinata that would be great thanks." The blond said with a wide smile.
Hinata turned beet red. "F-father I have never trained any one before, I d-don't think I would be any good."
"Nonsense Hinata, It would be good training for the both of you. You will assist Naruto with his training until Neji returns."
"Y-yes father." Then Hinata stood up and excused herself and went to her room.
Hinata sat on her bed as her nerves going haywire, and her thoughts scattered.
'I can't train Naruto, I'll just mess things up. Ohh what am I going to do?' She thought to herself.
A knock on her door brought her back to reality.
"Yes."
Hinata's door slide open revealing Hanabi standing smiling at her.
"It's lucky that you and Naruto get to train together." She said in a loud voice.
"Hanabi! Quiet!." Hinata pleaded.
"I don't know what you see in him."
"Shhhhh!!. Hanabi please." Begged a flustered Hinata.
Hanabi crossed her arms looking a bit disdainful "Fine, but you know you're just acting silly."
"I am not acting silly. You don't know what you're talking about."
"What do you mean?" Hanabi asked her voice raising again
"You're eleven, and anyway I don't want to talk about it with you."
"Why not? We have talked about boys before."
"That's because last time you tricked and blackmailed me, and because there is no other girls in this house to talk about that kind of subject."
"Hem. Guess this is the last time I talk with you then." Hanabi scowled and looked away from her sister.
"Hanabi, don't be like that."
"Ok, ok. But I am not dropping this. We can talk later." She said walking to the door, but then stopped. "You know I think Father likes him, just something to think about."
After her sister left Hinata blushed thinking about tomorrow. She quickly got dressed for bed, wanting to be rested for her training.
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(Author Notes) I kinda had a bit of an info dump in this chapter, but I feel it was necessary in order to define my view of the Byakugan. I got all the ideas and measurements from the Naruto manga and anime.
If you could not guess by reading, I study and practice martial arts. After watching all the battles with Gentle Fist in them from the anime, I came up with a general theory about how Gentle Fist would work. Also its forms and disciplines. I figured that this chapter would help me expand on any upcoming battles, so that I could write them better and also so that readers could understand.
Hanabi is gonna be an interesting character to write, since she does not have much screen time I get to play around with her character. I view her as somewhat spoiled, and quite mischievous because of an easily startled older sister. Hanabi is good and she knows it. Easily the best in her class at the academy, which she should be graduating soon.
Right enough from me, thanks for all the reviews, they give me ideas and encourage me to keep writing. Then next chapter will be out soon.