This is a short story I am doing because since I did one about Boruto it seemed unfair not to do one about Himawari. Also I decided not to make her abilities just a carbon copy of her brother's. I wanted them to have different skills and different assets they could bring to the table. I also hope you the readers like how I am portraying Himawari. Anyway hope you enjoy it. This story takes place after I am Boruto Uzumaki and I Am Hyuuga.
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Hiashi walked down the streets of Konoha.
" I like the chances of the Hokage's daughter." A random villager said.
This caught Hiashi's attention. He walked over to where there were a group of villagers all squabbling over who they liked and were willing to bet on in the upcoming Chuunin Exam Tournament.
Hiashi observed all the argument over who was going to win and why. Frankly, he never wasted his time with such a thing. He felt it cheapened the entire spirit of the tournament. But he was happy to hear that a lot of people were favoring his granddaughter.
That was until he saw a certain stat card. A stat card which was high in quite a few areas. But that was not what concerned him, what concerned him was a name. In the History of the Hyuuga, there were only but a few names they of those names presented on the stat card Hiashi saw. He grabbed the stat card out of the villager's hand.
" Hey!" The villager said. Upon seeing who it was that took it, he decided to back off.
The stat card trembled in Hiashi's hand.
Later...
Naruto was trying to enjoy some cup ramen at his desk until Hiashi came in.
" Hiashi! " Naruto said slurping the ramen. " What's up?"
" Naruto, pull Himawari from the tournament." Hiashi begged.
Naruto cocked an eyebrow. " Because..."
" Because this..." Hiashi laid down the stat card in front of Naruto. " Do you know who that clan is?"
Naruto was afraid of this. " Yea, Hina-chan told me."
" And yet you're still going to let her fight!?" Hiashi said.
" Hiashi, I did my best to get her out of it. You think I want my daughter fighting any of these people? Let alone this one? But she wouldn't have it. Himawari said she had to do this."
" Naruto...this ninja." Hiashi satated.
" I know. But it would be unethical for me to disqualify her based on that. Furthermore, there's no promise that this shinobi will fight Himawari."
However Naruto's assumption weeks later was proven incorrect. As the final round came down to to 2 ninja. The first being Himawari Uzumaki and the other being of the clan that Hiashi wanted nothing more to do with.
Hiashi looked down from the stands along side much of the Hyuuga clan which included his 3 grandsons.
Boruto watched with great anticipation alongside them.
" Watch yourself around this one Sis. She's tricky."
Hiashi watched on.
(((Flashback)))
" Himawari, listen..." Hiashi said as he placed his hands on her shoulders. " I know there's nothing I can do to make you forfeit. But if you end up facing this ninja, show no mercy. Even after you win do not take your eyes off her. That clan does not take defeat very well. Promise me that if you face her you will take her down."
Himawari looked up at her grandfather. She smiled and put her hands over his arms. " I promise Jii-san!"
After Himawari left, Hiashi was approached by Iruka who happened to be visiting the Uzumaki household.
" Hiashi-sama, why are you so concerned about this shinobi?" Iruka asked.
" that's right, I don't you are familiar with the history the Hyuuga have with the Goetsu clan." Hiashi said.
" From what I hear, the Goetsu are among the oldest clans of assassins. Not much else I know other than that." Iruka said.
" As they would prefer it that way. They are a clan that lurks in the shadows despite their status. As you may know Iruka-san, my wife was killed in a battle nearly 30 years ago."
" Of course, I heard about that." Iruka said.
" What you may not know is the one who killed her was a member of the Goetsu clan."
Iruka was stunned.
" She and the Goetsu fought in a one on one battle..." Hiashi looked down as his eyes dimmed. " My wife defeated her, and through her extraordinary kindness she let her go without doing anymore damage. As soon as my wife turned her back, the Goetsu immediately took advantage, and killed her despite the match being over."
" I..I don't know what to say..." Iruka said.
" And now that Goetsu's niece is in the same tournament as my granddaughter. And they do not take defeat well."
(((End Flashback)))
Himawari walked up facing her opponent who stood a mere 30 feet away from her. The other girl appeared to be the same age, her hair was silver and slicked back while her skin was tan. She wore a green tank-top with black pants. She also donned a Kusogakure headband. On her back she had a short straight-sword.
The proctor walked up between them to address the crowd. " This is the final match of the Chuunin Tournament! Uzumaki Himawari vs. Goetsu Amaya!"
The crowd roared.
A sweat drop came down Hiashi's forehead.
The proctor raised his hand. " And Begin!"
Amaya looked over at Himawari who already pulled out her bokken.
" Nice toys. What's wrong? Afraid you'll cut yourself with real blades? Or mommy dearest just won't let you have some?" The Goetsu girl mocked.
" Hmph, you'll see." Himawari said. Blue chakra surrounded her weapons.
" Don't think I'll go easy on you. It's because of your grandmother that my aunt got exiled from the Goetsu clan." Amaya said.
" This is between us." Himawari said. " That happened before either of us were born."
The Goetsu girl unsheathed her straight sword and bolted toward Himawari. She flipped back to avoid the strike and darted toward her opponent. The 2 kunoichi clashed weapons. Despite having an actual blade, Amaya could not cut through Himawari's bokken. What's more she found the Uzumaki girl's swordsmanship skills on par with her own.
Everyone watched as the intense battle commenced. Hinata watched from above, her hand up by her mouth, a classic sign showing her dire concern for her daughter. Kurenai and Mirai watched on.
" Don't get too comfortable with this one Himawari." Kurenai thought.
Himawari swung her bokken then launched a spin kick to the Goetsu inn's face knocking her to the ground. As she tried to advance on her, the girl spun her blade above her to keep Himawari at bay, allowing her to jump back to her feet.
Amaya attempted thrusting her blade, but Himawari was either dodging it or parrying it with her own weapon. Amaya jumped back, bringing her hand to her mouth she blasted a mist of poison toward Himawari.
Seeing this coming, Himawari used her bokken counter the poison by launching a large gust of wind in it's direction, dispersing it. Suddenly, Amaya appeared bursting from under the ground and catching Himawari off guard. She brought her bokken to her defense, but before she could infuse her chakra into them, Amaya slashed her straight sword upward, cutting straight through them, luckily Himawari backed away before she could be cut.
Hinata and Naruto were shocked. Himawari looked down at the handles of her bokken, seeing the weapons she had had for years, the weapons she practiced with relentlessly were now destroyed, all that remained were the sunflower symbols she had personally etched into them.
" These..." Himawari said holding back a large amount of anger. " ...were a gift from my parents..."
" Looks like it's time for a new set, but i wouldn't bother. You're not going to live long enough to get them." She said.
She charged Himawari to strike her with her straight sword, but Himawari was dodging her attacks. Hinata was on edge, her daughter's weapons were gone and now she had to fight hand to hand.
" Come on Sis..." Boruto said.
The Goetsu girl swung her blade at Himawari until she caught it by the remainder of the hilt that was still exposed. Himawari smacked the hilt spinning the blade and almost taking off her opponent's hand. This gave Himawari control of the straight blade. She swiped the air trying to cut Amayo's leg. Himawari spun throwing the blade over her shoulder, nearly impaling The Kuso nin's foot. Himawari then jumped on the hilt and kicked her in the face. Amaya fell back spitting a series of poisonous needles at Himawari who side stepped to avoid them. Once Himawari moved away from the blade, Amaya was quick to reclaim it. She unleashed a barrage of slashes some of which Himawari could avoid and some she could not. Naruto grabbed Hinata's hand and squeezed it tightly as the two remained seated.
Himawari saw she was approaching the tree behind them and that was when she got an idea. She jumped up grabbing one of the branches then batted her opponent away with it.
" What is she doing?" Hanabi asked.
Himawari breathed heavily as she grabbed the branch at the base. She then tightened her hand across the branch removing all excess leaves and twigs until nothing remained but a solid stick.
" That's supposed to help you?" The Goetsu nin asked. " You must be joking."
" It's not about the weapon..." Himawari said. " It's the person holding it."
" Fine! have it your way!" Amaya charged her. Her blade encompassed in chakra.
Himawari darted towards her head on. At this point she was losing blood and was at her limit. She pushed the remainder of her chakra into the stick but found that if she clashed with the girl it would not be enough to win. With all her might she pushed more chakra into the stick than she thought she had, until something happened.
The 2 clashed and the force created a large gust of wind surrounding them. Kicking up dust and debree. That was when the sound of a blade breaking was heard.
" Jii-san what happened!?" Boruto asked.
He could already tell though. As Hiashi had his Byakugan activated he was smiling. As the dust settled from the impact, the Goetsu girl was on the ground unconscious, her blade broken and Himawari stood above her looking down.
Naruto and Hinata looked on in shock as well as Boruto. It would appear that Himawari's eyes had turned from blue as the sky to crimson red, her once round pupils were now large black slits.
The Proctor surveyed the opponent.
" Don't worry, she's alive, but she's gonna have one hell of a headache when she wakes up." The proctor said. " The winner, Uzumaki Himawari!"
" Sis Won!" Boruto shouted.
The crowd cheered enthusiastically.
" tssh, wasn't that impressive." Sarada said in the stands.
Later...
Himawari walked along with her family, her Chuunin jacket under her arm as she carried the broken pieces of her bokken in her hands.
" Man, how come you get Chuunin on the first try? I had to take the exam twice." Boruto threw his hands over his head and narrowed his eyes looking off to the side. " That's not fair." He playfully pouted.
Himawari's hands tightened around her bokken.
" Hey Sis, what gives? You just made Chuunin and you look like your dog just died." Boruto said.
" Oh...nothing, I'm happy, I really am." Himawari said.
" So here we go again." Naruto said to Hiashi as they walked behind the large group.
" Do you suppose that is why she is in a depressed state?" Hiashi asked.
" Not sure, maybe. This is really not like her." Naruto said, always being used to his daughter's bubbly upbeat attitude.
Later, a small get together was taking place at the Uzumaki house to celebrate Himawari becoming a Chuunin.
" Her bokken are smashed to bits." Hinata said.
Naruto took a deep breath and smiled at his wife. " So...what do ya think? Should we?"
Hinata smiled and nodded. " I guess it's time."
Moments later they approached their daughter who was still a little down.
" Hey honey." Hinata said as she came in with Naruto. " How are you doing?"
Himawari smiled. " I..I'm fine Kaa-chan. Really."
Naruto and Hinata sat on both sides of their daughter.
" Sooooo... your father and I were talking. I think maybe tomorrow we can go out and shop for new swords. " Hinata said.
Himawari looked at her mother heartbroken.
" Yeah honey, real blades. Just like you wanted." Naruto said.
" I don't want real blades!" Himawari said in a huff. " These are my swords!"
Naruto and Hinata were shocked. Boruto heard the commotion and looked over at his sister's direction.
" W-well honey, I'm sorry. But those things are toast." Naruto said.
Those words just made Himawari bury her face into her she hugged them.
Hinata began to see the problem. " It's because you had those for so long huh?"
" These are my swords..." Himawari said.
" Come to think of it you had them for like 6 years right?" Naruto said.
Himawari nodded.
Hinata put her hand on her daughter's back. " I'm sorry honey. I should've figured they meant a lot to you."
" It's ok." Himawari said, a tear coming down her face.
" We'll find some when you're ready, ok hon?" Naruto said.
Himawari nodded.
" Sis.." Boruto said walking over. " You alright ?"
Himawari smiled as she nodded to her brother.
" Well come join this party then! Everyone's here for you ya know..." Boruto complained.
Himawari nodded. She got up and joined her brother.
Naruto and Hinata smiled.
" We have some great kids." Naruto said.
Hinata nodded. " Mm-hmm."
Days later, Himawari stood before her father and grandfather with Boruto was sitting on a rock watching.
" Sorry I'm late!" Yamato said running up to them.
" That's fine." Himawari smiled.
"I stopped by your house, your mother wanted to ask a favor of me." Yamato went into his bag.
Himawari looked on confused. Yamato pulled out two bokken that looked exactly like Himawari's and handed them to her.
" S-Senpai!" Himawari said in disbelief. They even had the sunflower symbols etched into them just like her old ones. " These...are just like my old ones!" She said excitedly.
" Well, they kind of are." Yamato said. " With one key difference. They are at least 3 times stronger and sturdier than they were before."
" Seriously Senpai? But how?" Boruto asked.
" Your mother gave me the handles of your bokken, and I infused my chakra into the wood making it sprout new material, they may even have the same weight, but are much less likely to be destroyed than before." Yamato smiled.
Himawari lunged to hug Yamato." Senpai thank you so much!" She was almost about to cry.
Boruto ,Naruto and Hiashi smiled.
" Come on Sis..." Boruto smiled.
Himawari nodded.
Both of them closed their eyes, and upon opening them they both exposed red crimson orbs.
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