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Chapter 2
Dark Green Eyes
The moonlight shined intensely down upon the dense forests, on the outskirts of the Fire Country. All that could be heard was the strange, and unique sounds of insects, which inhabited the forest floor. Against a large tree, slept a man of average stature. His face was gently illuminated by the moons unusual brightness, and a deep scar could be seen across his left cheek. He was a foreign ninja, his forehead protector did not have the symbol of Konoha, nor did it have the symbol of any other shin-obi nations. Carved into the forehead protector was a perfect square, and directly in the center, was a perfect circle. There was a line slashed across his forehead protector. He was dressed in a black cloak decorated with red clouds.
Under that same moon, a two days journey from Konoha…
"Naruto, we need to head back to Konoha," Jiraiya, one of the legendary Sanin said. His normally warm, and comical personality seemed to be absent.
"Eh? I thought we left Konoha for intense training! You said it would take a year!" Naruto said shocked.
His blond hair was gently blown by the wind, and for a moment, Naruto stared up at the sky. He noticed the unusually enormous moon. 'Why is he so serious all of the sudden, something must be wrong,' Naruto thought.
"I realize that Naruto," Jiraiya took a deep sigh. "I received a letter from Tsunade… she says to return to Konoha, ASAP…"
"Why are you acting so serious Perverted Hermit, I am not mad we need to go back home. We can eat at Ichiraku Ramen when we return!" Naruto smiled for a moment, but when he looked at Jiraiya, his smile disappeared. 'That could not have been the only thing that was written in the letter,' Naruto thought. Jiraiya had not looked this worried since, Konoha's encounter with Akatsuki.
Jiraiya motioned for Naruto to follow him; they began on the path back to Konoha, guided by the moonlight.
The next day, Back in Konoha
A young ninja awoke early in the morning. Her dark blue hair was displaced randomly all over her pillow. She slowly stepped out of her bed, and approached the windowsill. As she opened the curtain, the suns rays shined brightly down upon her, and illuminated the entire room. It was a beautiful day. To the side of her bed lay a backpack filled with clothes, food, and other necessary supplies. Hinata quickly dressed herself, and headed towards downtown Konoha for breakfast.
Meanwhile, at the Hokage's office
"Hiashi, did we really need to have a meeting so early in the morning? I already sent Jiraiya a letter telling him to come back to Konoha, and why he needs to come back ASAP," Tsunade said. It was 8:30 am, and Hiashi sat across from Tsunade's desk in her office.
"Yes, after that incident the other day, I was pondering who our enemy could possibly be," Hiashi said. "It could not have been the will of one of the other Ninja nations, because even though they are interested in the Byakugan, that would not explain why they were after Hinata. I came to the conclusion that it may be…"
"What are you trying to say Hiashi," Tsunade said impatiently, she was always slightly ill tempered in the morning.
"Well I need to tell you something confidential about the Hyuuga Clan," Hiashi cleared his throat. "Neither I, nor any other Hyuuga head, has told a Hokage about this secret. This information is only known by the Hyuuga head, and a few select clansmen. Although I know you are trust worthy, I will still ask you not to tell anyone about this, other then Jiraiya," Hiashi had a intense look on his face…
"You have my word, as the 5th Hokage of the Fire Country, that you secret will be safe," Tsunade said, she now had a intense look on her face as well.
"Ok, well as you know our clan possesses the bloodline limit of the "Byakugan". I am sure you also have noticed that we all have completely white eyes…" Hiashi said, but was interrupted.
"YES, I KNOW you ALL have white eyes…" Tsunade said, slightly offended
"Yes well… AS YOU KNOW, the Sharingan bloodline limit originally came from our clan. That is a widely known fact, however, now I will get to the point. Approximately 1 in 300 Hyuuga born, do not posses the Byakugan, and for the most part do not have a bloodline limit. Out of that minority, 1 out of 50 possess…" Hiashi took a deep sigh. "A different bloodline limit…"
Tsunade's face was awe stricken. "A different bloodline limit?" Tsunade asked, slightly shocked.
"This bloodline limit has only been inherited twice, once over two hundred years ago, and once twenty nine years ago. It is a powerful bloodline limit, in which the users eyes are affected, just like the Byakugan, and the Sharingan. However unlike the Sharingan, but similar to the Byakugan, one can see if someone possesses this bloodline limit, without it being activated. When a baby is born with completely dark green eyes, it is our unfortunate duty to… Abandon it deep within the woods of Konoha," Hiashi was about to begin speaking again, but Tsunade interrupted him.
"How… Can you just abandon a newborn baby! It is criminal…" Tsunade yelled.
"Well, if you will let me explain, perhaps you will understand," Hiashi said patiently. "As I was saying, 200 years ago a baby girl was born with this bloodline limit. The Hyuuga clan did not know what to make of the baby's completely dark green eyes. No Hyuuga child had ever been born with eyes that were not white. The child's name was Hyuuga Miki. In our clan at age five we teach our children how to use the Byakugan. When Miki turned five, her father attempted to teach her the Byakugan, like any other Hyuuga parent would. As you may have guessed, it did not work. Two years had passed and Miki was now 8. As no bloodline limit had been detected she was cast as an outsider of the clan. According to the Hyuuga library…
192 years ago…
"You who are Hyuuga Miki's parents, I have one reason why I have called you here," said the Hyuuga head; his face was full of anger.
"What is it Hyuuga-sama," Miki's parents said in unison, they had a look of concern on their faces.
"Because your daughter does not possess the bloodline limit the Byakugan, I do not want her to be part of this clan," The Hyuuga head laughed. "Such worthless trash is not wanted among us!"
"You Bastard!" Miki's mother screamed.
The Hyuuga head then punched Miki's mother quite forcefully, and she began to cry.
Miki had been outside the whole time, listening to the meeting. Angered by the treatment of her mother, she stepped into the room, where her parents were speaking with the Hyuuga head.
"Oh look, here is the piece of trash now," the Hyuuga head said.
"DO NOT EVER HIT MY MOMMY!" Miki cried.
"And what are you going to do about it you worthless little girl," the Hyuuga head said sarcastically.
"I… I…WILL KILL YOU," Miki Screamed.
As the guards approached Miki to subdue her, they suddenly stopped. A dense green chakra was surrounding Miki. After the green chakra had completely engulfed her, it then surged into her eyes. When the Hyuuga head looked directly in front of him, he gasped when he saw Miki. Her eyes were… glowing dark green, and 9 dots (similar to that of the sharingan's dots) surrounded a dark red pupil. The nine black dots that surrounded her pupil began to spin around the circumference of her eye, and before anyone could blink, all of the guards, and the Hyuuga head were dead. There were no signs of any external or internal wounds.
"And that is the story that only a select number of Hyuuga clansmen know," Hiashi finished telling the story, that the previous Hyuuga head had told him.
"Wow…err… uh…did… the Hyuuga Clan ever identify the bloodline limit's ability?" Tsunade asked.
"We are not completely positive about it's ability, but after studying Miki's ability, my clan was able to determine several things. First, when her bloodline limit was activated no genjutsu abilities would work on her. Not even the "Mangekyou Sharingan" was able to affect her. Also, her eyes seemed to possess all of the basic ability's of the Sharingan, and the Byakugan. She could copy nearly any technique, she could see fifty meters farther than a normal Byakugan, and could see very fast taijutsu. Her ability that killed the guards is unknown, but we assume it is a kind of genjutsu" Hiashi said.
"I see, that is a frightening bloodline limit, I can see why your clan fears it. However, I am wondering how this bloodline limit can be our foe. Miki is obviously dead after two hundred years, and you left the last child in the woods as an infant." Tsunade commented.
"If the baby boy born twenty nine years ago somehow managed to survive, it is a possibility that he has hatred towards our clan. This explains why he may want Hinata. She is the heiress to the Hyuuga Clan, and if something happened to her, the clan would become unstable. That would be sufficient revenge for his abandonment. Also, he may seek the secret to the Byakugan to better understand his own bloodline limit."
"Your thoughts make sense, although it is extremely unlikely," Tsunade said.
"Before we abandoned the child twenty nine years ago, we put a deep scar across his left cheek. This way if he ever managed to come back, we could identify him not only by his eyes, but by the scar we left," Hiashi said.
"I will most certainly tell Jiraiya this information, he will be able to protect your daughter more efficiently if I do so," Tsunade said.
"As I said earlier, that is fine with me, however do not tell anyone else, not even Hinata," Hiashi said. He then waved goodbye, and walked out of Tsunade's office.
'If indeed the legendary bloodline limit is our enemy…nothing will be able to save you Hinata…' Hiashi thought to himself.
Thank you for reading! I will get the next chapter done ASAP.
(Most likely within a week)
You can expect the NaruHina to begin soon as well so don't worry
