standard disclaimers
Hinata
The rot within
It did not begin this way. Not with a kunai at the throat before a fifth birthday. Not with treachery avowed by degree of blood instead of action. Not with a house divided in of itself by its own design.
It did not begin this way. But somehow along the way, obedience replaced allegiance, tradition replaced trust, and the sake of the bloodline became dearer than the ones who carried it. The house of Hyuga has rotted from within. It will not end this way. Not with its fledgling learning to test the limits of the sky. Not with its doll discovering her own small voice. Not with its heir realizing the disgrace it not hers but her house's.
It will not end this way. Because they named the first born daughter of their line too precisely, for as much as they loathe her unfitness, she is the eldest, the heir heralded by tradition and custom, and even generations of self willed darkness can not stand against the light of the sun once it has ascended
Notes: The line 'they named the first born daughter of their line too precisely' refers back metaphors of the fledgling, doll, and the sun, all plays on Hinata's name. I fully believe in the power of names and have a little obsession in finding out their origin and significance. Hina means both young bird and doll. (No way a coincidence with all that bird in the cage mess.) Hinata translates as "a sunny place" or "in the sun." A future clue to the future of the Hyuga clan maybe?