Hyuuga

As I enter the gates, even though it's not the first time I do it, I can't help but feel a little tingling. Why am I like this? Can one feel sick of his own self? I know I can.

As I go past the walls that demark the Hyuuga's territory, one million things go through my mind.

I don't know these people.

What am I doing here?

What can I do here?

I shouldn't be here...

I guess it's alright that all these thoughts come randomly. I can't really connect my thoughts once I go through these gates. Now that I think about it, I can't really connect my thoughts once I'm nervous or afraid of something. I can't really tell which one I'm feeling now, but I just hope that it's the first one.

As soon as I lay my first step into the big Hyuuga household, I'm greeted by two maidens. They're not Hyuuga, since they lack these white eyes, but even they have fair skin and dark hair. I think the Hyuuga are a little obsessed with it, but since I too have have pale skin and dark hair, I guess I can't complain that much.

They tell me they were expecting me, as Hanabi-sama had instructed them, and ask me to follow them to the Hyuuga training grounds. I do so.

The Hyuuga household is made of several houses, all in traditional style, spread throughout the vast space, all around one big manor. That big house is where the reunions and feasts of the Hyuuga family happen, aswell as where the main family lives. I've been there once. I was visiting my aunt Hanabi with dad and Naru. The house is kept unbelievably clean, several maidens run through the house, making sure everything is in order. I remember I saw some Hyuuga members also walking through the house. Some of them were giving orders to others. By that time, I still didn't understand the Branch/Main family thing. I guess I was still really petit, if that system was still up, since my father ended it several years ago.

I now pass the manor. I see a long, two storie house upfront me. I hear some battle cries and steps from it. It must be some kind of gymnasium, the training grounds. The maidens lead me there.

As I hear the battle cries, this feeling of nervousness increases.

Maybe they're not so bad.

Maybe they'll go easy on me.

These are things I try saying to myself in order to feel a little less uncomfortable, but I just seem to fail.

I enter the gymn and am lead by the maidens to some kind of locker room. Even though it seems to be used by all those who practice in this gymn, it's kept incredibly clean.

One of the maidens leaves, saying she's going to tell Hanabi-sama about my arrival while the other takes out a key of her yukata and opens a locker. From there, she takes out a training outfit and hands it to me.

"Hanabi-sama is coming so dress up so that she can introduce you to your mates." the maiden tells me before she too leaves the locker room.

Now that I'm alone, I feel even more uncomfortable.

Five minutes after I'm done dressing the outfit, the maiden comes calling me again. I follow her across the halls, my mind giving me constant thoughts of nervousness and me constantly telling it to shut up. Finally we go through a doorway and face my future mates.

They were training but now are all lined up as if waiting for something. Waiting for me. Certainly one of the maidens told them about my arrival and coming to train with them. There are about twenty of them, boys and girls, all with hard-looking expressions and those feersome white eyes which, even though I also have, I can't help but get nervous around. They stare at me, some with doubtful expressions, certainly asking themselves who am I, who is this intruder who somehow has the same kind of ability as them.

I feel two hands touch my shoulders, one at each side, and see the Hyuugas' eyes wide. I look up and see on my right side Hanabi-baa-san and on my left her cousin Neji.

They all instantly bow down murmuring "Neji-dono" and "Hanabi-sama". I feel compelled to also bow down, but somehow I resist that urge. These two people's presence is amazing.

"Good morning everyone." My aunt starts talking. "I'm here to introduce you a new mate in the Hyuuga training grounds. As you can see he too possesses the Byakugan, even though he's not a fullblodded Hyuuga. He is my elder sister's son, Uzumaki Hideki-kun."

As my aunt finishes these words, they all wide their eyes again and I hear some of them stutter "Ho-Hokage's...". I start blushing a little.

"He's to be trained by Neji himself, as will all of you during the time Hideki-kun is with us. Please be good to him." She then turns to me with a pleasant smile on her face "Now, Hideki-kun, introduce yourself." and pats me on the back.

I take one step forward unintensionally and try to keep my pose. I face everyone in front of me, swallow dryly and finally speak. "Ko-Konnichiwa, I'm... I'm Uzumaki Hideki. Pleased to meet all of you. Please treat me well." I make a bow.

They reluctantly greet me. Even though they seem uncomfortable about me aswell, I can see that they're not illwilled against me and I thank so.

This time, Neji-san steps forward. "Thanks, Hanabi-sama. Very well, as Hanabi-sama said, I will be instructing all of you, though mostly Hideki, since he descends from the once heir to the Hyuuga head place. I hope we all can learn with each other. Now, Hideki, pair up with Kazuki over there."

I spot a shoulder lenght boy pointing to himself and walk towards him.

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I'm really sorry for taking so long to update, but school was really a bitch and I've been flooded with exams I couldn't think of anything more. Anyway, they're kind of over now, so... yeah. Big message! I made a small alteration in the story but which will make great difference in the upcoming chapters. Please, all the previous chapters in order to understand what that alteration was. Looking forward to the next chapter!