Disclaimer: All characters and places belong to Masashi Kishimoto. The author does not gain any monetary benefit from this.
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Hizashi looked at his clan and saw a group of disparate individuals that did not, in any way or form, resemble a clan outside the connections of blood. He looked at his 'brother' and did not see any resemblance to himself. Any evidence of brotherly ties had been broken up long before. They were not brothers.
Hizashi looked at his son and asked himself what would become of him. Would he turn into an exact carbon copy of himself, a bitter and unhappy man who was unfortunate to have been born into the wrong set of circumstances? He did not want Neji to suffer as he had, but he could only hope.
The Hyuuga clan was one of the most powerful, though much less extensive than the Uchihas, in the Shinobi world. Everyone knew who the Hyuuga clan were and how dangerous their Byakugan was. Byakugan, the eyes that saw everything.
Hizashi glanced at his reflection in the mirror and looked away. His clan was a ship fast sinking, weighed down by excessive long-standing tradition. No one but him could see it, however, and he laughed bitterly. It was simply too ironic, and he thought to himself, 'no wonder there are some who think we are blind.'