FLASHBACK
Hyuga Complex, 1 month earlier...
Neji had just told Hiashi what occurred between himself and the 6 paths of pain. Hiashi rubbed his chin with interest, "So, allow me to get what you are saying straight. Several deceased Hyuga as well as Hinata attacked you and told you that 'they' are coming for us?"
"Yes lord Hiashi, that is that she said." Neji responded.
"It sounds like someone is attempting to threaten. If that person is Hinata, then I will deal with her." Hiashi said.
"But lord Hiashi." Neji began, but Hiashi stopped him.
"Neji, if anything is to happen to me. I want you to protect the clan at all costs. Don't worry about me."
Neji was worried. Those words were in a tone as if Hiashi was ready to die at the hands of Hinata or any of those other Hyuga. It wasn't a good feeling, but Neji obeyed nevertheless and let Hiashi tend to his business.
Throughout the last few weeks everyone became aware of an organization that was operating in unknown places gathering bounties. This organization was also responsible for stopping the attack from the Akatsuki members, Deidara, Sasori, Itachi and Kisame on Sunagakure resulting in the protection of the Kazekage and the one-tail from the Akatsuki yet again. All that was known about the members about the organization to the public is that Naruto Uzumaki, whom was in control of the nine-tails was affiliated with it, as well as Hinata Hyuga and several other Hyuga. Rumors had also went around that the Kazekage, Gaara had been working with the leader of this organization, which was assumed to be Naruto. Unfortunately only the leaf had these suspicions and the other nations chose to ignore the growing organization.
Somewhere in the month, despite Neji's wanting to not do so. Neji and 10 other Hyuga attacked Sidra's six paths of pain somewhere in the fire country. Hinata personally took Neji down without even breaking a sweat. The six paths used their impressive eye prowesses to avoid all the taijutsu and then attack with the openings even the rotation technique could not stop the six paths of pain from wiping the floor with the 11 Hyuga. The six paths of pain left the attacker Hyuga in wrecks and then left them with a warning.
"If you interfere again you will not be spared. However if Hiashi wants us gone. He will have to come for us himself." Those words from Hinata to Neji were burned like a craving into Neji's mind. Neji reported that to Hiashi and he took immediate action.
Hiashi with the help of Jiraiya and his spy networks pinpointed the location of a hidden village not even on the map, the hidden shadow. The plan was for them to sneak into the village and find out if the organization recently known as Hitarsuki, which was becoming rather popular recently, has a base of operations there.
Recent sightings saw people with black cloaks with a red petal symbol worn at various places in the 5 great nations. The same type of cloak that Neji described Hinata and the other paths were wearing, as well as Naruto and Kurama during their time defending Sunagakure from the Akatsuki. Sometimes those sightings were of members gaining information or spying on others. Other times it was of simple capture of missing-nins and cashing in their bounties for high prices amongst the great nations. It was thanks to this that no one suspected the organizations inner goals to rid the world of the leaf village. There was also a recent sighting of Akatsuki members, Kakuzu and Hidan attacking the fire temple and killing the monk Chiriku, Hitarsuki members known as Uru and Kyofu were seen battling with his duo at the black market collection office in the land of fire, with neither side winning the fight. The eight-tails jinchuuriki, Killer Bee was under heavy guard in Kumogakure with the rising knowledge that the Akatsuki was kidnapping tailed beast jinchuuriki. As such the Akatsuki did not reach him yet, nor the one-tail in the Sunagakure. The hardest to capture the nine-tails wasn't even touched by the Akatsuki being hidden in various villages and constantly on the move.
Back to the present.
Hiashi and Jiraiya walked down a path outside of the fire country. He had spent the last month locating and spying on Sidra's 6 paths of pain's appearances and where they led to. He soon narrowed it down for where those paths went to after their jobs were done.
'Hinata, if you're there, I will find you, and bring you to justice.' Hiashi thought as he walked alongside Jiraiya closer and closer to the hidden shadow village. Little did they know that a pair of Byakugan eyes were already watching them several meters away where they could never tell she was watching.
"Are they coming?" Hinata asked her partner who was spying using her Byakugan.
"Yes. They should arrive in our village in 2 hours tops." Hikari responded.
"We shall be the ones to welcome them. Let's go." The 7 Hyuga disappeared towards the hidden shadow village.
Necragakure
Jiraiya had snuck into the hidden shadow village using a transformation technique into a frog and going through the sewers, once on the other side he was able to use a teleportation scroll for Hiashi to also join him.
"The hidden shadow village." Jiraiya said looking around in awe. All around the village were dark skies covered by clouds and purple shadows. Street lights lit up the streets of the city making it seem like nighttime all the time throughout the village. "This place is only legend to Konoha, we need to find out where the Hitarsuki is operating before someone finds us."
"There." Hiashi pointed towards massive towers in the village distance.
"Hmm?" Jiraiya looked towards the towers.
"If there's anywhere someone would use as a base of operations, it's those towers." Hiashi said.
"How do you know?"
"I can see chakra signatures coming from those towers even though they're so far away from here. Those chakra signatures exceed the general population's chakra many times over, it's well known that the Hitarsuki is a powerful organization, it's only reasonable that those chakra signatures come from members of that organization." Hiashi was sensing Naruto's chakra, which was massive and towered over anyone else in the village, as such it was able to be seen with the Byakugan over very long distances.
"Yes. I understand, let's make our way to those towers." With that the 2 made their way to the towers.
Necragakure Towers Base
"So this are the towers." Jiraiya looked up and didn't even see the top of the giant tower. They were as large as the hokage monument. "So then where do we start?"
"You start by dying." Hinata and Hikari land in front of them. "Hiashi Hyuga and Jiraiya the Gallant. I can't believe you would come here on your own free will. Unfortunately I cannot allow you to stay." On the contrary Hinata was grateful that the 2 of them came to the village, she didn't have to invade Konoha and kill them there, it saved her a lot of trouble.
Hiashi's eyes bulged, not only did he see his daughter as a part of a criminal organization, wearing the black cloak, but also someone who he hasn't seen in years. "H-Hinata...why? Why join them? I don't understand why you would give yourself to the services of this criminal organization. And you." Hiashi turned to Hikari. "I see that you no longer have the caged bird seal, which means you must the one who removed the seal from both yourself and Hinata. Had you still been a part of the family, I would have praised your skills." Hiashi said, himself and Hikari knew each other well. As Hikari was the other of the 2 children of his twin Hizashi. When Hizashi died, it was only a matter of time until Hikari chose to abandon the clan despite knowing the truth behind his death. Hikari herself was very talented, enough to have an A-rank in the bingo book. Meanwhile Sidra's paths of pain earned themselves all titles as S-rank missing-nin in the bingo book with massive cash on their heads. Kakuzu, himself would have gone through the trouble to capture them for the money, but Pain already warned him not to do so, as they wielded abilities beyond Kakuzu's own strength.
"Talk is cheap father." Hinata began to say. "I plan to kill you for what you did to me." Sidra didn't really mind playing the role of Hinata, it was the least she could do for Naruto. Though she enjoyed messing with her enemies, so all the more fun. She only wished it was her own father she could mess with, but it was fine, as Uchiha and Hyuga were already bitter rivals in the leaf village.
"Don't talk tough Hinata, you may possess those eyes, but you are still weak. I will defeat you if it's the last thing I do." Hiashi said boldly. He was sounding bold, but in truth he knew it was going to take everything he had, maybe more to kill Hinata in her present state.
"Oh is that so? However your opponent is not me, at least not yet." Hiashi then gasped as another figure jumped down from the tower getting between himself and Hinata.
"Your opponent is me Hiashi." Seijun said with the same Rinnegan eyes and black cloak.
"S-Seijun? How?!" Hiashi shockingly gasped. 'So what Neji said was true, the dead has come back to fight.' Hiashi didn't believe Neji the first time he told about the Hyuga whom were deceased coming alive again, but there was no mistake now, his old comrade Seijun was now his opponent. Hiashi knew Seijun well, she died about when Hiashi took over as the head of the Hyuga clan. They never had the best relationship since they were on different branches of the clan, but Hiashi knew her well nevertheless and respected her skills as a shinobi.
Jiraiya already noticed her eyes, 'Another user of Rinnegan, so Hinata and this Seijun.' Jiraiya turned his head to Hiashi, "Do you know her?"
"Yes, she was a previous Hyuga jonin. Though I thought she died in battle. She didn't have those eyes before either."
"So now. Are you ready father?" Hinata asked. Seijun took a fighting stance.
"Hold on, he's not your only opponent, I will fight you too!" Jiraiya took a fighting stance.
"How troublesome. Keep out of our way. Do you mind keeping him busy, father is mine."
"As you wish. I'll have some fun with the old sage." Hikari jumps down to fight Jiraiya taking the gentle fist stance. "I will be your opponent."
"Here I come." Seijun hit the ground with her palm. "Summoning jutsu!" A large rhino with 6 crab legs and shell appeared from the ground with Seijun riding on top of it. As the animal path she could perform summonings without the need for signing contracts. The summoned beasts normally had Rinnegan eyes and black piercings all throughout their bodies so that the summoner could control the beast.
The rhino charged at Hiashi. Hiashi jumped in the air avoiding the rhino's charge, however he finds that Seijun was soon upwards where he was and smacked him down with a punch to the side. Hiashi hits the ground on his feet and does a flip to reduce the amount of damage he took. Seijun lands on the rhino which charged again. Hiashi jumps right in front of the rhino. "Eight-trigrams rotation!" Hiashi uses the Hyuga's powerful rotation stopping and repelling the rhino with impressive force. The rhino was flung into a wall, Seijun jumps right off the rhino before it hit the wall and disappeared in smoke. Seijun landed right on the ground facing Hiashi.
"I see you haven't gotten rusty on your skills." Hinata mentions. Hiashi turns to face her and then jumps right at Hinata. However Seijun got right in his way again and threw a punch that Hiashi barely managed to dodge and then retreat backwards landing on the ground without damage. Seijun faced him getting in the way of himself and Hinata.
"Forget Hinata, I am your opponent." Seijun said narrowing her Rinnegan eyes on Hiashi's Byakugan eyes.
"Very well then, I will defeat you, as well as my daughter."
"Go ahead and try father." Hinata responded emotionlessly, but a part of her tone said it was going to be an easy battle, for her at least.
Hiashi charges at Seijun throwing at her the classic gentle fist attacks trying to strike chakra points. But something was off about Seijun's chakra network. It seemed chakra was coming from different parts of her body. Not the core, but the outer ends of the limbs and all over the body. Hiashi continued to attack, but Seijun's Rinnegan avoided them all without trouble. It was simple knowledge that the gentle fist was useless if you cannot strike the opponent. Seijun backflipped and retreated. "Summoning jutsu."
Seijun did the same as before and this time a large brown worm appeared. It was enormous and as long as a snake. Seijun stood on its head.
Jiraiya seeing how Hiashi's battle wasn't going well takes action, "Oh no you don't! HA!" Jiraiya unleashes massive flames sending Hikari backwards.
"Come on." Jiraiya bites his thumb and does some hand signs and then hits the ground. "Summoning jutsu."
From the smoke, Gamabunta, Gamaken, Gamahiro appear. They were 3 of the toughest toads Jiraiya could summon.
The worm began to charge at Hiashi, Gamaken quickly used his bow-like stick to pin the worm to the ground. Gamabunta crushed the worm with his large sword. The 3 toads then attacked Seijun, Seijun jumped between their weapons and avoided the attacks easily. Hiashi observed Seijun very closely, it was hard to believe, but even without the Byakugan, somehow Seijun had eyes on the back of her head and avoided all the attacks without even looking behind her. In reality, Hinata was providing the vision behind Seijun, since Sidra's vision was linked to all 6 paths at once and therefore could see whatever any of the 6 paths saw.
"Summoning." Seijun hit the ground again and this time 2 other people appeared. From her summoning was Mikie Hyuga and Preta path and Risa Hyuga the Human path.
"We are not alone in this fight."
"Impossible! Mikie, Risa, they're alive as well." Hiashi grunted, he now saw 2 more familiar faces as his opponents, both he knew from the times around the 3rd shinobi war. "Now there's 4 opponents to deal with..." He mumbled angrily.
Mikie was the medical ninja of the Hyuga. She served in the 3rd shinobi war's forces. However in a freak ambush she was killed.
Risa was the battle tactician in the same unit as Mikie, as well as killed after being captured and interrogated by the enemy.
"Get him." Seijun, Mikie and Risa all jumped at Hiashi.
Hiashi held his palm back. "Eight-trigrams Giant Air Palm!" Hiashi unleashes a massive spiral of wind gusts in a vacuum blowing back the 3 paths of pain that attacked him. However Seijun, Mikie and Risa all landed safely on the poles and ledges on the Necragakure towers. "Summoning jutsu." Seijun hit the ground again using her summoning and a large insect appeared. It was like a giant wasp. Seijun jumped onto it as Mikie and Risa got back on the ground for a combination attack.
Mikie and Risa attacked on the land using their taijutsu, which threw powerful punches strengthened by the Rinnegan's visual prowess. Mikie jumps back while Risa continued her attack. Hiashi jumps in the air and aims his palm attack down at Risa. "Eight-trigrams Vacuum Wave." Hiashi makes a rotational force surround him in the air and unleashes it like a sonic blast bullet down at Risa. Suddenly he finds that Mikie jumped right in the way of Hiashi's attack with her palms out. It suddenly became known that Hiashi's attack was being drained by Mikie. "Hmm." Hinata smirked as Hiashi's entire attack was drained into Mikie's palms without any resistance, his attack was completely absorbed into Mikie, it was a perfect use of the Preta path.
"That fool, Hiashi cannot win. Not against us. Those who possess the eyes of the sage himself. Destiny? Fate? Byakugan? I always hated the Hyuga because of that. All those things are useless against the powers of the Rinnegan."
"Hmm." Sidra remembers something she absorbed from Hinata's memories. All the pain from her childhood to her age of death, she saw a lot about the Hyuga's concept of destiny. "What a foolish concept."
Hinata muttered to herself seeing how painful Hinata's previous life has been. Generally Hinata herself even before her death didn't believe in true destiny, and that destiny could be changed. Sidra agreed as a shinobi of a rival clan to the Hyuga. She believed it more than reality when she defied destiny and got her true revenge against her parents. It was then when destiny went her way. It was one of 2 things, one, destiny does not exist, there is only choice. Or two, everyone has destiny that cannot be changed, but no one can read destiny, nor interpret it, those who try are fools.
Mikie had absorbed Hiashi's attack whole. "Right back at you!" Mikie fires Hiashi's attack right back at him with double the strength. Though she was no longer wielding the Byakugan, all the paths could still use their previous live's attacks and techniques. Sidra found it rather interesting to have all the secret techniques of the Hyuga so easily. Hiashi gets blasted into the air by Mikie's counterattack.
"Gamakichi!" Jiraiya hits the ground and summons Gamakichi to catch Hiashi out of the air. "Useless."
Seijun and the large flying wasp charge right at Gamakichi in the sky as he falls. "No you don't!" Jiraiya aims an attack from the top of Gamabunta. "Come on, time for some oil."
"You got it." Gamabunta said, he then spouted oil from his mouth. Jiraiya unleashed fire from his mouth combining with the oil, "Fire Style, Toad Flame Bomb!" A massive fireball goes right at Seijun in the air. "I don't think so." Risa puts Mikie of her arms and throws Mikie into the air. Mikie goes in front of the fire style attack and blocks it. Absorbing the attack like she did so with Hiashi's previous attack. Seijun continues to attack Gamakichi, when Gamahiro smacks the insect of the sky with his blade snapping the wing and making the insect fall into the ground hard. Gamakichi landed safety.
"How troublesome. It would seem it would require all six of us to be here." Hinata muttered.
"Regroup and destroy." Seijun, Mikie and Risa regroup with Hinata gathering behind her. Hikari did so as well having weakened Jiraiya. "Hikari, I don't want you caught in any crossfire, please leave this to me."
"As you wish, Hinata." Hikari disappeared in a whirlwind teleportation jutsu.
"Now, prepare for judgement by us." 2 more figures jump down from the building. "In attendance, the six paths of pain." Hinata said with the five other figures behind her.
'There's six of them total. I predicted this. But what I can't put together that how do all of them possess the Rinnegan, or how those dead Hyuga are alive? If I do die here, I have to figure out the truth behind these Hyuga.' Jiraiya thought staring at the 6 opponents.
'Haruka, Umiyama. So they've been revived as well. This isn't going to be easy.' Hiashi thought looking at now five deceased Hyuga standing before him.
"Ponder your thoughts until doomsday, it won't change anything." All six different paths jump at Jiraiya and Hiashi.
"Jiraiya, get out of here." Hiashi said making Jiraiya turn to face him.
"What do you mean?"
"I want you to leave here while you can. I'll distract them."
"I won't abandon you."
"No." Hiashi paused, it's my destiny to fight my daughter. And if I die, that is destiny too.
"Hiashi, are you sure..." Jiraiya seriously said.
"I want you to leave, while you can."
Jiraiya sighs, "Okay...I'll leave them to you." Jiraiya retreats back, but the six paths took little interest in him and simply targeted Hiashi. The toads Jiraiya summoned also disappeared in smoke. Sidra wouldn't kill Jiraiya, just because Naruto didn't want her to. But Hiashi was a completely different story with Naruto. The six paths of pain surround Hiashi from six different sides.
"Jiraiya can run from us now. But I'm not interested in him anyway." Hinata stared at Hiashi. "Your end is here."
"It doesn't matter, Jiraiya will give the information to the leaf of this base, then they'll defeat you. One life for the entire village is worth it."
"In this case, it's all over for you." The six paths took a battle stance.
Hiashi sighs, "So it is. But if I'm going to die, why don't you tell me who you really are. You're not Hinata for sure, so who are you?"
Hinata smirks, "My name is of no importance, but you can take this information with you to your grave. I am merely a shinobi who wants revenge on the leaf village. Secondly off, Hinata Hyuga is dead."
Hiashi grunts, he did not deem it surprising with what Hinata had been before, she was better off dead than suffering and causing pain to others, "So, it's true. I suspected that you were merely controlling these corpses as puppets. Tell me did you kill Hinata?"
"No, it was that attack by yourself, Danzo and Sasuke that killed her. I swore to have my revenge on you for that."
"So, who exactly are you?"
"Who am I? Simply someone previously from the hidden leaf. It's all you need to know. Take this message with you to your grave. Naruto Uzumaki will bring peace to this world and destroy the leaf village. Tell that to everyone in the afterlife."
"Before I die." Hiashi behind his back just sealed a scroll and it disappeared in smoke.
"Hmm?" Hinata shrugged. "Scatter." The six paths of pain scattered around Hiashi. Hinata was the first to attack punching Hiashi. Mikie was next making a punch to the stomach knocking him back further. Seijun was third hitting Hiashi in the face knocking him back even further. Umiyama does a low sweep to Hiashi's legs knocking backwards off balance. Risa kicks Hiashi in the thigh and then Haruka got behind Hiashi. Haruka grabs Hiashi by the neck and throws him into the air.
"Pain to the world..."
All six paths jump into the air all extending black rods from their arms and puncturing down on Hiashi, impaling him in 6 different places and impacting the ground with a massive crash. Blood came out of the punctures and his mouth as he bled.
Hiashi coughs from the blood on himself. 'Ugh ... it's over ... I'm fading. I'm sorry ... I failed you. I always wanted ... my daughter to bury me. But not ... like this...' Hiashi turned over on his front with the last of his fading strength to look into his daughter's Rinnegan eyes, it was one of the only times he actually looked at Hinata with a loving, caring face of a father. "I'm ... sorry ... Hinata. For everything." With those final words Hiashi faded to gray.
"Goodbye father." The six paths of pain left.
Naruto who observed the battle from the top of the tower scoffed and then walked off with only a few thoughts. 'One down. Who's next?'
Sorry this chapter not as long as I wanted, but it's been some time since I updated. I thought maybe I was taking too long. So anyways look for the next chapter in the story! Review, Follow, Favorite! The more the better!