Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto. If I did I would make sure that it was a quality dubbing.
Author's Notes: This will start to get deep. I apologize, but that is how the characters want it. There is always a reason for things that happen. No power is given for free.
Hinata looked up from where she sat against the tree. In front of her was a woman that she could tell was not from the village. She tried to get up, but found that she was unable to do so. The woman smiled at her confusion and held up her hand in a peaceful, placating way.
"Peace, young one. I am not here to cause you harm. I am here to help you at your bequest."
Hinata looked again at the woman. Her wavy black hair merged with the night sky and reflected no light, unlike her family's hair did. Her eyes were deep pools of black with no whites showing. Her olive coloured skin was covered by strange brown and black robes. She slowly sat down and smiled at the Hyugga heiress.
"W-who are you?"
The woman smiled again at her, "My apologies. I am Nemesis. I am treated as a goddess from a land far from here. I felt a cousin die in this land and came to see. I heard your hearts plea to my sphere of influence." She paused and looked at Hinata and softly stroked her cheek. "Many have called to me, but few have actually made room in themselves for me to take residence."
Hinata gulped and put her hands over her stomach. "Ano… the black energy…"
"Yes, that is a part of me. You are now an agent of mine. You are given the ability to act upon my part."
"Why would you act?"
"You are a smart child. You should have figured it out. But no matter, as I have said, I am Nemesis. I am revered as the Goddess of Retribution. I have chosen you as a host for my power."
"Retribution?"
"Payback, reward the good, punish the wicked, especially those that are excessively arrogant that type of thing. Right now, until you learn to fully use the powers that I have given you, you will only be able to manifest them when you see and hear actions that would bring about my wrath. Also you are impervious to harm whenever my mother's veil covers the world."
A puzzled look crossed Hinata's face, "Your mother's veil?"
"Apologies, I forget that this part of the world is unfamiliar with my heritage. My mother is Nyx, the night."
"And your father?" asked Hinata curiously.
"I have no father. My mother brought myself and my siblings out of herself." Nemesis stood up and looked deeply into Hinata. "Rest tonight, tomorrow night your body should have fully adjusted to the energy and we will start you training."
"Training?"
"I know of no other to teach you how to use my power but myself. You should probably awaken now. I will be with you with but a thought of my name." All of a sudden, Nemesis was no longer in her sight, nor was anything else. Darkness enveloped her and then she opened her eyes from sleep.
She looked around and noticed that it was still the deep of night. She stretched her lithe body as she stood and started to move towards the compound of her family. The walls loomed into her vision as she approached. The guards at the gate were about to challenge her but stepped away as they saw her and her upright bearing and felt the energy emanating from her form.
As she approached her room, she saw her father standing in the hallway outside of her door. There was no pause in her step or waver in her voice. Her pale eyes looked into his. "May I help you, Father?"
She didn't flinch at his stern gaze. "Ai said that you struck her."
"I did. She questioned the actions of the Hokage and spoke ill of some one that I consider precious, even if he is dead."
Hinata could see her father's anger rise. "You had no right to do that. She was well justified in her statements."
"No Father she was not." Hinata moved to get by her father and return to the relative safety of her room. She was not successful as he grabbed her arm and turned her around.
"You will apologize to her. And do not think that you will not. I command it as head of this house!"
"Why are you the head of the house?"
"Because I am the strongest."
"Nemesis," whispered Hinata. She looked at her father defiantly, "The strongest in the house?"
"Yes, if not the whole village."
"Stronger than the Hokage?"
"Yes."
"Stronger than me?"
"A hundred times, no… a thousand times stronger than you."
Hinata saw the woman from the clearing standing now behind her father. She was smiling and nodded and heard in her ear, "Yes, he is worthy of my attention. I will stand with you, child."
Hinata grinned a sinister grin, "Very well, Father, I will apologize if you can defeat me. If I defeat you, then you will have to acknowledge that Uzumaki Naruto was a better ninja than you are."
He let go of her arm in shock, "WHAT?"
Hinata turned and headed to the training room, "I will be awaiting for you, Father, if you find the conditions acceptable."
Author's Notes: Yes, Nemesis is a Greek Goddess. I am not clear enough on Eastern religions, besides Hinduism, to use one from that area. I could have used Kali instead, but I am more comfortable writing Nemesis. Also, I feel that for the story that she would fit in better than the Black Mother, though it is interesting that Nemesis is the daughter of Nyx, who in the Grecian mythos is the night sky (i.e. the void) which is one of the roles of Kali.
Beyond that, there will be more on the reason that she is in the story later.
I said that this was getting deep.