Naruto Primer: Future Neji

Alpha Hyuuga

A little less than a year ago, there was a horrible attack on the Main House.  Many Main House members met their end, most unfortunately.  Among the casualties were Hyuuga Hiashi and Hyuuga Hanabi.

Yes, yes.  Most unfortunate.  Most, MOST unfortunate.

But now, with a good two thirds of their Main House wiped out, a new leader of the Hyuugas was needed.  Hinata was out of the question because, although she was part of that prestigious family, she had married outside the clan and they couldn't very well bring Kiba into the clan and have him rule over Hyuugas.

The closest living relative to Hyuuga Hiashi was…Neji!

So the new leader of the Main House was, ironically enough, Hyuuga Neji.  A Branch House member succeeding the family was unheard of…until now.

At the age of twenty-five, Neji was more than happy to make a few changes in the Hyuuga family.  First, the curse seal ceased to exist.  Unfortunately, it still existed on members who had already been infected, but no new small children were embedded with the seal.  Quickly following that new rule, the Branch House was abolished.  They were just one big happy house.

Except for all the folks who were original Main House members who didn't have green x's on their foreheads.  But it's not like their opinion mattered anyway since they were all old and crumbly and there only about eight of them.

Neji's rule as the new "Alpha Hyuuga" didn't end with making members of the Branch House happy.  He then went on to enlighten his clan members on the magic of left and right, as well as devoting much time and study into the blind angle and a way to potentially erase that single flaw from the Hyuuga's ultimate defense.

Of course, Neji knows that if it wasn't for Hiashi, he would never be in such a position of power so he frequently visits the grave of his evil uncle.

"Hiashi…" he said, looking upon the grave.  Then, at a loss of anything else to say, he would just turn and leave.  Occasionally, he would thank him for dying and leaving the clan behind, but usually he would just leave it at that.

Now everything was going smoothly for Neji.  But there was one thing that was always nagging him.  Sure, he had thanked Hiashi many times for dying, but had he ever thanked Hinata for marrying outside the clan?  Or better yet, Kiba for simply existing and taking her out of the Hyuuga clan?

Neji decided to pay his little cousin and cousin-in-law a visit.  It certainly was a different thing for Neji, to randomly go up to Hinata's house and thank her for marrying Kiba.  After all, he hadn't even spoken to her for almost two years.

"Um…hello?" said Hinata, peeking her head through the door crack.  She was still tentative of Neji no matter how old she got.

"Er…hi, Hinata." Said Neji.  "This may seem weird…but I've got some time on my hands…"

"Okay, come in then?" Hinata said nervously, opening the door.  He walked in and was immediately ambushed by a mass of excited puppies who just loved the sound of the door opening.  After Neji had successfully frightened them all away with his evil glare, he and Hinata looked at each other.

"So…uh…" Neji said, avoiding eye contact.  This was harder than he had thought it would be.

"Do you…want to sit down?" Hinata said, gesturing towards a couch.

"No, not really." Neji replied.

"Um…I've heard about what you've done with the clan." Hinata said.

"Oh?" said Neji.

"Yeah…" Hinata replied.  "Um…it sounds great.  I don't know why someone didn't do it sooner."

"You're telling me." Said Neji.

There was another awkward silence.

"Hinata!" came Kiba's voice from the other room.

Hinata jumped in surprise.  "Yes?" she called back.

"The dogs say there's someone evil at the door!  Are you all right?"  As he spoke, he came in the room that Hinata and Neji were standing in while carrying a tiny sleeping baby.  "Oh, it's just you."

"Hi." Said Neji.

"Hi." Kiba said.

"You have a baby?" Neji asked Hinata with a bit of surprise in his voice.

"Um…yeah!" said Hinata.  "Three months old."

"Four." Corrected Kiba.

"Oh right!" Said Hinata.  "Four."

Everyone twiddled their fingers for a moment.

"Well, I guess I'm done here." Neji said.  "I hope your child grows up to be a very manly, masculine and strong—"

"Girl?" Kiba said.

"Yes." Said Neji.  "I mean…well, no.  A very pretty little girl."

With that, he grabbed the doorknob, swung the door open and then quickly left.  It actually went a lot better than he had originally planned.