Author's Note: I'm gonna have to change my fanfic's rating from T for Teens to M for Mature, cause there's some gore and I'd rather be safe than sorry. I've also decided to write more on Hinata. And just so you know, my fanfic will include made up jutsu…
Chapter 9: A Happy Naruto but a broken Hyuga
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"Your seal looks alright, but I'll check up on you once in a while, gaki." And with a whoosh of leaves he disappeared towards the Hokage tower. Naruto just shook his head as he stalked off to Ichiraku Ramen, yelling with the perverted Sannin had worked up an appetite… "Stupid Ero-Sannin," he muttered.
Naruto was having the time of his life. After twenty bowls of Ichiraku ramen, he'd rushed over to his favorite training spot, the space on top of the mountain carvings of the Hokages. Sitting down, he anxiously ripped open the red scroll Jiraiya had given him. When he peered down at the writing, a smirk appeared on his face. At first he'd been suspicious of what was actually in the scroll, but it looked like the old pervert had come through after all. The scroll read:
火遁・豪火球の術
Katon: Gokakyu no Jutsu
Name: Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique.
Type: C-rank, Offensive, Short range (0-5m)
Famous Users: Most of the Uchiha clan, Jiraiya, Kakashi Hatake
Notes: When an Uchiha clan member masters this technique, they are recognized as an adult. This technique is also fairly common amongst Konoha's Chunin-level ninja.
Directions: Utilizing a good sized amount of chakra, a large ball of flame is exhaled from the user's mouth. To do this, one needs to complete these steps:
Step One: Complete this sequence of hand seals: Snake, Horse, Ram then Tiger.
Step Two: At the end of the sequence, and your hands still on the Tiger seal, put your hands in front of your lips.
Step Three: Inhale a large amount of air.
Step Four: Once you have the air stored in your lungs, you need to gather chakra to the base of your tongue and your hands.
Step Five: Superheat the chakra you have gathered by churning it intensely.
Step Six: Then, exhale forcefully.
If the technique is done right, the air you breathe out will ignite on contact with the chakra. Consequently, a large ball of flame will result.
Naruto grinned maniacally, as far as jutsu went for a genin, he'd hit the jackpot. For an hour he just practiced getting his mind and his hand to memorize the hand signs. When he felt ready to proceed to the next step, he made sure the scroll wasn't in the path of his mouth, and faced toward the edge of the mountain. He began the sequence of hand seals… stopping at sheep; he put the tips of his fingers below his lips and inhaled as much air as he could. Gathering a good sized amount of chakra, he superheated it and forcefully blew out. The results were, well let's just say they were interesting. He'd supposed the fire ball was supposed to big, but not this big! The behemoth that came out of his mouth was ball in shape yes, but it was the size of a tool shed! To say that Naruto was surprised would be an understatement. That's why when he performed the jutsu, he badly singed his tongue. Naruto crouched on the ground; if he hadn't been so used to pain he would've cried.
'OOOOWWWW!!!!!!!!!!'
He thought painfully, he imagined he had third degree burns inside his mouth. But bit by bit his tongue started to feel better. In five minutes, his mouth was completely healed. Naruto mentally grinned; it looked like his tenant was finally paying his rent.
He shook his head and drew up his nerve; he wanted to get this technique down pat. All through the night the people close to the Hokage Mountain could hear sounds of whooshing fire and a screaming Naruto.
"HOT HOT HOT, ARGH!!"
The Hyuga clan is considered to be one of the oldest and most powerful clans in Konohagakure. Its kekkei genkai is the main cause of their strength. The only other clan with similar strength and prestige was the Uchiha clan. It is rumored that the Uchiha clan descended from the Hyuga clan, and that the kekkei genkai of the former is descended from the latter's.
All Hyuga clan members are born with the Byakugan, the inherited kekkei genkai of the clan. Protection of the Byakugan ability is very important to the Hyuga clan, and has led to the development of an elaborate family hierarchy. The Hyuga clan is divided into two houses: the main house and the branch house the branch house's main purpose is to protect the main house and the secrets of the Byakugan. Branch house members' abilities and freedom are restricted through the means of a cursed seal that is placed on every branch house member's forehead.
Through the means of a special technique that only main house members know, the seal can be activated, destroying the brain cells of the person branded with the seal. This allows the main house to make the branch house subordinate to its wishes. In addition, whenever a branch house member dies, the cursed seal will also seal the Byakugan ability so that enemies will not be able to discover the secrets of the bloodline limit if Konoha's hunter-nin are unable to find and dispose the body before the enemy finds it. The clan revolves around the Byakugan and is separated into two parts, the main and the branch house, a creation that protects the secrets of the Byakugan from outsiders. There is a great deal of bitterness between members of the main and branch houses, most likely due to the fact that no matter how powerful branch members become, they exist solely to protect the Hyuga secrets.
Members of the clan are instructed in the use of the Gentle Fist style, which uses the Byakugan to view the opponent's chakra circulatory system and deal precise blows to disable and impede the flow of chakra. Due to training in this style, Hyuga clan members tend to have excellent chakra control. This is emphasized in jutsu that utilize this chakra control, as well as the nuances of the Gentle Fist style. Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms uses the Gentle Fist style to strike sixty-four chakra points on the opponent's body, effectively halting the flow of chakra. Eight Trigrams Palms Heavenly Spin is the clan's defensive technique, with the user releasing an enormous amount of chakra, and then whirling to use the chakra as a shield to deflect their opponent's attacks.
As a member of such a powerful and prestigious clan, you would think its heir would be an arrogant and cocky s.o.b. But Hyuga Hinata was the farthest thing from that. She used to be confident; she used to be self assured. But with one event…one stupid event, that wasn't her fault she might add, her world had come crashing down with her self-belief. Hinata sat on her futon, the memories of that event swimming through her mind.
Flashback:
It was the dead of night and the moon was shimmering brightly upon the grounds of the Hyuga Clan. In the tree branches hanging over the grounds, an intruder crouched looking at the Hyuga Mansion. As the branches swayed in the breeze the moonlight revealed more of the intruder's visage. The shinobi's face was concealed behind a porcelain face mask that was carved in the shape of a snake. The only thing one could see on his head was unusually long black hair that glimmered in the moon. He wore his hitai-ate unlike most shinobi did, on his bicep. The metal plate had the design of a cloud engraved on it, marking him as a shinobi of Kumogakure, the Village Hidden in the Clouds.
The ninja reached down to his thigh and grasped a kunai from his weapon holster. With a silent ring of metal, he also unsheathed his ninjaken. He didn't draw these weapons to actually use them, hopefully if his mission succeeded he wouldn't have to, but better to be safe than sorry. Freeing his hands for a moment, he made a few hand signs and quietly said to himself: Kinjutsu: Koikiri Meido no Jutsu…with a frigid deathly whisper, a menacing black fog wrapped around him. Soon he was covered head to toe in it; if he did the jutsu right, he would be invisible to even the Byakugan.
The shinobi leapt silently off his perch and onto the grounds. His feet made no noise as he deftly ran towards the mansion. None of the guards saw him as he inaudibly passed by them; one by one, he bypassed the feeble security and got closer and closer towards the center of the mansion. When he touched down in front of a door, he smiled manically under his mask. This was almost too easy. Before he went in he sheathed his ninjaken and put his kunai away. Without a sound, he slid the mahogany frame open, stepped in, and immediately leapt up and latched on to the ceiling with his chakra. Seconds after he did, a rain of darts appeared where he had just been milliseconds ago, poisoned no doubt… another evil smirk crossed his face under the mask he wore. Using his masks' X-ray vision, he surveyed the rest of the room for anymore traps… there were none functioning, it seemed the spy he'd sent before had done his job. Upside down, he slowly crept toward the only occupant in the room, the girl sleeping peacefully in her futon. With a soft swish he let go of the ceiling and landed gracefully at the edge of the futon.
The mysterious intruder pulled out a hypodermic needle from the pack on his back. He poised the needle over the girl's shoulder and forcefully pushed it in. The girl's eyes opened wide in pain and fear, but before she could call out for help the shinobi clamped his hand over her mouth…in a few seconds, Hyuga Hinata was knocked out.
Hinata almost trembled with grief as she painfully remembered the attempted kidnapping by the cloud shinobi. The funny thing was, it wasn't the attempted kidnapping that made her shudder with sorrow, no it was the rescue that made her sad.
Hyuga Hina sat up on her futon as she woke up trembling and sweaty. She looked at her hands…for some reason she couldn't stop having these dreams for the passed week. Her slumber had been fitful and wracked with nightmares about her daughter, Hinata. But tonight had been the worst of all. She could not remember what the dream was, but she new something was wrong. Some motherly instinct was screaming at her to rush over to her daughter's room and do it now. She put on a kimono over her pajamas and walked quickly to her daughters section of the building. Half a minute later, she stood at the door. But before she stepped in, she put her palms on the door and molded some chakra into it, none of the traps would release at her entrance. When she grasped the wooden frame and slid it open, her eyes narrowed. Inwardly, she was nearly faint and feared the worst. But she knew that wouldn't help.
With her Byakugan and her chakra, she searched the grounds for her daughter, her eyes widened when she sensed a foreign chakra with her daughters' close to it. The foreign chakra was suppressed, but because her daughter was in danger she felt as if she could sense anything. Before the mother ran out looking for her daughter, she sprinted towards her husband's room.
Hyuga Hiashi was woken up with a crash. When he opened his weary eyelids he saw his wife with yelling at him.
"Hinata…" she yelled fearfully, "Hinata, she's been kidnapped!"
Hiashi was instantly awake, but before the clan head could reply, his wife was gone…
Hyuga Hina's feet pattered quickly on the wooden floorboards, dashing towards the foreign chakra and her daughter.
The cloud shinobi sensed her coming. He released the forbidden jutsu around him and instead hid his hostage under the black fog. Making sure she was hidden, he waited patiently for the Hyuga
When Hyuga Hina sighted the kidnapper in the woods, she frantically molded the chakra in her legs and leapt behind the intruder. Without a word she immediately struck, her body poised in a Hyuga classic, the Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms. Her fingers were surrounded in chakra blades… blazing fast, they rapped the back of the kidnapper like a machine gun. When she finished, the Hyuga queen realized she'd been duped. What she thought was the real thing was really a mud clone; her enemy had used the earth to make a Bunshin of himself. She scolded her self mentally, she had the Byakugan, but in her frantic haste she hadn't even stopped to examine her opponent.
Still poised in the stance of the Gentle Fist, she waited for her opponent to make his move. The kidnapper spoke up behind her, his voice was cold and raspy, and it secretly made her want to shiver.
"My, my, there is nothing like a mother scorned… don't you agree my pretty little Hyuga?"
Not a second to soon, Hyuga Hina immediately started spinning, performing another famous jutsu, the Eight Trigrams Palms Heavenly Spin, or Kaiten as it was commonly known. Chakra spun in a blinding vortex around the Hyuga. She felt the kidnapper pushing against her, but with satisfaction, she knew felt her Kaiten push back.
When she stopped rotating, she looked around with her Byakugan, and hesitated. Now instead of mud clones, there were a battalion of Kage Bunshins. Unlike mud clones these would be trickier to defeat. Kage Bunshin no Jutsu split the users chakra evenly among the shadow clones. She wouldn't be able to tell which one was real. Her eyes narrowed even further, if it she had to push her self this far for her daughter…so be it. Hyuga Hina and the clones stood there as if waiting for a cue to start the free for all. At the hoot of an owl, the brawl started. One, two, and then three clones started their attack. In an impressive display of acrobatics and flexibility, Hyuga Hina twisted her body like a contortionist, striking the clones with chakra. Instead of the stiff and unbending form most Hyuga used, hers was lithe and supple. She had made this style because the original was unsuited to a lady's body. As the numerous clones surrounding her attacked, she flowed around them like water, striking them with her chakra infused fingers. A neck here…an arm there… smoke from the dissipating clones surrounded her as she fought to keep the clones back. She heard the ninja taunting her as she fought.
"Aren't you the impressive little kunoichi?"
Hyuga Hina's anger rose up a notch. This shinobi was good, really good. She was being toyed with and if she didn't do something she would be dead. After the last of the clones were defeated, she leapt towards the ninja.
"Where is my daughter?"
Even in her anger her voice still sounded soft, but there was a menace to it that gave it strength. The shinobi was obviously still amused because all he said was:
"Tut tut, let's not get too hasty, yes?"
'I'll show you hasty!'
With that thought she blasted towards the shinobi in righteous fury. The ninja's eyes widened, he hadn't expected the level of speed she was dishing out. He hastily put up his defense and tried to deflect the Hyuga's onslaught. Instead, he paid for his overconfidence. By the end of the barrage both his arms were paralyzed. Damn his cockiness! He realized his mission to capture the Hyuga heiress was a failure. But he still had an ace up his sleeve, or rather his mouth. Hyuga Hina stopped to survey her work. She had closed off the tenketsu of the shinobi's arms and legs. She stooped over the shinobi who was on the ground and repeated her self.
"Where is my daughter?"
The shinobi started to laugh, it was evil yet teasing, and it mocked Hyuga Hina's love for her daughter. But before she could retort, a sword flashed out of the shinobi's mouth. Her eyes widened in shock. Before the Hyuga knew it, the sword had pierced through her chest and out her back. Rivulets of blood gushed out from her back and crimson stains splattered on the soft green grass. She started to cough up blood; she fell as it dribbled down her lips and onto her clothes. Her eyes were wide in shock and pain; the last thing Hinata's mother saw was her husband landing next to her and the mysterious shinobi escaping through the undergrowth of the forest.
After that one event, Hinata's faith and her life had been crushed. Her father hadn't made it easier either. Ever since his wife had died he seemed to blame Hinata for what happened. With a small whimper, Hinata started to cry. She tried not to, but it didn't help that her father had emotionally abused her during their "training sessions." Hinata laid down wrapped her blanket around her body and cried her self to sleep.
Terms & Jutsu:
(AN: My made up jutsu will have an "OC" next to them…)
Ninjaken or "ninjato" is the sword an ANBU ninja carried on his back during missions. These swords came in a variety of shapes and sizes. Often, however, they were much shorter than the traditional katana used by samurai. The typical ninjaken carried by a ninja would most likely have been a wakizashi or cut-down katana placed in a katana-length scabbard. This was used to deceive one's opponents into miscalculating how quickly it could be drawn, allowing one to strike faster than expected. It also disguises the weapon that would easily identify them as a ninja as a common sword. The extra space in the scabbard was also be used to store or hide other equipment or goods.
Byakugan: Literally "White Eye," is a dojutsu that naturally occurs in members of the Hyuga. Byakugan users are characterized by their lavender, pupil-less eyes. When the Byakugan is activated, their pupils somewhat appear and the veins near their temples bulge.
A person with the Byakugan has a nearly 360 degree field of vision, except for a small blind spot near the back of the neck, its only known weakness. Byakugan users can detect anything around them within a 50-meter radius, although many Hyuga have managed to increase the distance. The Byakugan also gives the user the ability to see through basically anything over extremely long distances. It's a combination of x-ray and thermo graphic vision with a small degree of telescopic vision, as a Byakugan user can focus on a single object at any point within their range of vision. The degree of focus seems to be dependent on the skill of the user. The Byakugan's sight cannot be blocked, except in the case of a summon or a kekkei genkai ability.
One of the most powerful aspects of the Byakugan is the ability to see the inner chakra coil system, which is the key aspect of using the Gentle Fist style to attack said system. If sufficiently developed, the Byakugan is able to see individual chakra points, potentially allowing the user to shut off the opponent's chakra flow completely, such that the opponent cannot perform techniques that require chakra. However, the user can increase chakra flow as well. Seasoned Byakugan users are even capable of killing with a single blow.
Hunter-nin: or tracker ninja are a special team within each Hidden Village given the specific duty of hunting down missing-nin. They kill their target, taking the head as proof, and then completely dispose of the body by using various methods, such as cremation or the summoning of wild carrion crows to devour the corpse. This is done in order to make sure the village secrets which a ninja's body holds -- such as chakra types, herbs eaten, ninjutsu, special medicine, and kekkei genkai -- will not be revealed to outsiders. Hunter-nin are also supposed to destroy the corpse at the very spot the body is lying; it is not to be moved after it is dead.
They are at least ANBU-trained. And because of this, and the fact that they also wear animal masks, it is probable they are a subdivision of ANBU.As a requirement, they must possess a thorough and intimate knowledge of human anatomy. Due to their reputation for utterly and completely obliterating the remains of their targets, they are code-named "The Undertaker Squad."
Hitai-ate: The hitai-ate is a metal forehead protector worn with cloth, usually on your forehead, hence its name. As the cornerstone of all shinobi in the elementals, every loyal ninja wears it proudly. Each shinobi village has its own special design engraved on the metal plate.
Kage Bunshin no Jutsu
Name: Literally "Shadow Clone Technique
Type: B-rank, Supplementary
Similar to the Bunshin, this jutsu creates clones of the user. Unlike the Clone Technique, these clones are actual copies, not illusions. The user's chakra is evenly distributed among every clone, giving each clone an equal fraction of the user's overall power. The clones are capable of performing jutsu, but will usually disperse after one or two solid blows. They can also disperse on their own. Also, they can't be detected by the Byakugan because the clones have the exact same amount of chakra and aren't made from any other substance, making them indistinguishable from the actual person.
Any experience the clones gain during their existence is transferred to the user once they are dispersed. This makes the technique ideal for spying, since the user can simply send a clone to spy on a target, and then have the clone disperse itself without returning to pass the information back to the user. It's also useful for training purposes, since the total amount of experience the user gains is multiplied by the total number of clones being used to train.
This technique is considered dangerous because of the manner in which the clones are created. Because the user divides their chakra among the clones, the user could potentially use up all their chakra fairly quickly if the user is low on chakra or makes too many clones, such as Naruto does with Multiple Shadow Clone Technique, this jutsu's enhanced and forbidden form.
Hakke Rokujuyon Sho
Name: Literally "Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms."
Type: B-rank, Offensive, Short range
Users: Hyuga clan
This jutsu closes off sixty-four specific chakra points on an opponent's body with the Gentle Fist style, effectively eliminating their ability to use chakra for quite some time and making it quite difficult for them to move. It begins with the closing of two chakra points, followed by four more, then eight, then sixteen, then thirty-two, and then sixty-four strikes. Each set of strikes is done at an increasing pace. The Hyuga Clan was made famous because of this technique.
Hakkesho KaitenName: Literally "Eight Trigrams Palms Heavenly Spin
Type: A-rank, Defensive, Short range
Users: Hyuga clan
This jutsu utilizes the chakra control gained through Gentle Fist training to release a huge amount of chakra from the user's chakra points. The released chakra blocks any possible attack. The user then spins themselves rapidly to parry the attack, both creating a shield of chakra around themselves and tossing away any would-be attackers. The spin also allows the user to defend the blind spot in the Byakugan.
OC: Kinjutsu: Koikiri Meido no Jutsu
Name: Literally "Forbidden Art: Dense Fog of the Underworld Technique."
Type: A-rank, Supplementary
This jutsu summons a dark ethereal mist from hell. The fog wraps around the user, blinding the user from sight. Since the fog is summoning, and not made from chakra it will even blind the Byakugan and the Sharingan.
AN: I think I out did myself, anyways…PLEASE REVIEW!!!!!