Natalie:
"Good," Neji commented. "Just bend your wrist a little more this way," he said, while demonstrating for me.
It feels so comforting to be able to show my eyes in public without getting weird looks, like in the human world. I now never wear contacts, all of them left in the human world anyways.
I have discovered that I am quite good at chakra control. I've already gotten the basics down. As for now, I am working on my taijutsu, mainly the gentle fist style.
"You have to put more strength behind your attacks," Neji added. So I did.
By the end of our practice, I was panting hard. I never realized that training would be this tough. Neji's voice interrupted my thoughts.
"So, do you want to give your byakugan a try?" I wasn't sure if I heard him correctly.
"What did you say?"
" I asked if you would like to try your byakugan," he repeated.
"Yeah!" I said. "I've been waiting the whole day for this!"
"Alright then. Try to focus your chakra towards the back of your eyes," Neji told me. I tried it…and I failed.
"Oh well then, keep practicing. I'll go fetch some water for us," Neji said, as he stood up and walked away.
I continued trying, yet I couldn't get it. Then, one time, just for a split second, I felt a tingling sensation near the back of my eyes. Feeling this, I forced more and more chakra, until all of a sudden, a blinding white light shone in my eyes. I blinked. Woah, everything looks so different. I heard footsteps behind me and saw Neji coming towards me. Of course, it didn't look like Neji, just an outline of him and his chakra paths.
"I'm impressed," he praised me. "You actually got it." He put down the water bottles and turned on his byakugan too.
"Okay, look over there," he directed me. "Can you see the stone in the clearing?" he asked, finding the farthest object he could that was easy to identify.
"Which one?" I asked.
"Huh? There's only one. The one that is right behind the vertical line of those cherry blossom trees," he clarified.
"Oh, the closer one?" I asked. "Come on, I can see farther than that…"
"Turn off your byakugan," Neji commanded all of a sudden with a serious tone.
I did, and then turned to look at him in question.
"Listen," he told me. "I've found your talent."
"Really?" I asked enthusiastically.
"Yeah," he answered. "It's your eyesight. Your byakugan can see farther than that of the average Hyuga. Come on, let's report to Tsunade-sama," Neji explained.
"Yeah," I commented, " Let's go to the Hokage's tower."
I can't believe that I've found my talent. The whole way there, I traveled with a smile on my face.
So, it's been a while guys. Actually, I don't really know when I last posted a chapter...but I think it was quite a while ago wasn't it? well, pretty much, I didn't really know where I was going with this, so I kind of lost motivation.
Also, to get this point straight, I pretty much already planned out the climax to this story (no, I'm not telling you) but I am not there yet in the actual series (I have major spoilers as friends xP). So I don't know how the actual event went. As a result...I might kinda take a while (I need to catch up to it). Sorry guys.