Here's another one I had to rewrite. The first one flowed out smoothly. This one...didn't. I think I have all the main points I used in the original.
Thanks to BlueDragonGirl1 for proofing the story.
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In the Present, For the Future
When she was not training her Byakugan or in the Gentle Fist style, she was reading. Fighting styles, jutsu, history, tactics, nindo, anything she could get her hands on.
She liked the books that helped her advance her skills, but she loved history books the most. They helped her to understand.
Hanabi was a proud Kunoichi. Even at her young age she had a remarkable control of her
emotions. But Flowery Combat was not her style. It was looked down upon in the Hyuuga Clan. Seen as the weapon of those too weak to fight with their own strength.
Hanabi knew better.
Her eyes would have limited what jobs she could do as a full-fledged Kunoichi, but her heritage took her right out of the field. She preferred the thrill of battle anyways. A fighter Kunoichi by birth and by choice.
But she knew that the Kunoichis Flowery Combat style was a necessity to Konoha's survival. Kunoichi played a vital role in assassinations and spy work in both times of peace and war.
It was because Kunoichi played such a crucial role that she worried.
She had a hobby of observing people. It made good training for her Byakugan. It also made her knowledgeable about the ninja in Konoha, especially those around her generation.
What she saw did not please her.
The hardcore Kunoichi that the generations brought up during the war became were dying out leaving, in recent generations, a bunch of giggling fools.
She blamed the Yondaime Hokage. After the war ended and he was leading Konoha the previously intense Kunoichi training had been fluffed down. When the Sandaime Hokage came back into power, he kept the softer lessons in the Shinobi Academy curriculum.
So far Tenten seems like the best hope to Hanabi for the future of that particular generation of Kunoichi. From Hanabi's observations the foundling weapons master spent time training, in all areas, on her off hours unlike most of the new Kunoichi.
Her sister may be weak, but Hanabi can at least respect her sister. Hinata may fail at becoming stronger, but at least she tries.
There is nothing she could do about that generation. Why would they listen to one five years their junior? She will concentrate on those closer to her age, and hope the older generation will take being Kunoichi seriously before it is too late.
Her father always taught her to lead by example, and when she enters the Ninja Academy she plans to do just that.
But she also believes that no time is better then the present.
There was that annoying girl who hung out with that fool Konohamaru. She may as well start with her.
The pig-tailed girl was currently watching some of the boys training, squealing over the current heartthrob.
Hanabi resisted the urge to sigh. This could take some time.
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I knew what I wanted out of Hanabi in this chapter, but I didn't have a good grasp of her character. And since she's so underdeveloped in the series there is a very limited amount I could find out about her through research. So I went and looked up her astrological sign hoping it would give me some insight. Here's an actual quote: "You could be doing this in the form of some leadership role, or by forcing others to look at themselves in a new way. You can accomplish this by knowingly carrying out a deliberate act in the name of some cause that moves you."