Author Note: I warned you I might write more so here we go, I hope you like it—for the disclaimer please see chapter one.
When the bodies were found and the word spread across the village and back to the Hokage, the twelve guardsmen and the Anbu hunter division were assembled in seconds. No matter how quickly I had cut them down, the Hyuuga had still been the strongest shinobi in the leaf—a family of geniuses, and legendary shinobi. My family had traditionally made up the bulk of the commanding Anbu positions and higher jonin ranks in addition the being strategists and valuable spies—Konoha was vulnerable without them.
Even before the Anbu and guardsmen were assembled I was already noted as conspicuously absent; as the captain it had been a duty of mine to stay informed, perceive when the Hokage would call us and arrive at least a few seconds early. I was presumed missing in action by the presiding Anbu (my second in command), as they didn't find my body in the mess.
Foolish.
Did they really think I wouldn't leave? I'd spent years in unquestioning service to the village but that didn't stop them from demanding the seal be branded on me. A brand this late in life would rob me of none of my skill but all my memories—how convenient it would have been for them to have me as an unthinking weapon. I'd spent my life as servant to the village and to my family; did anyone in their right mind really believe I would end it all just as quietly? I'd been swallowing my own bitterness for too many years and eventually, everyone has a point where they just have to combust. After all, my namesake is made to explode.
The initial suspect was Kumogakure since they were never too discreet about wanting the Byakugan for themselves or having all its users dead—but of course they didn't have the kind of power to launch an attack just after recovering from such a major war. The war had cost them many live and therefore many good nin, which resulted in a loss of the stealth and foresight needed to execute a flawless infiltration. They also didn't have an S-class nin at their disposal anymore and I, much less the whole clan, wouldn't have been killed by any less. So the discussion went on and the topic inevitably drifted back to me—the kage had too much faith in family's control over me--'Hanabi couldn't have done it, I had already asked them to put the seal on her.' I was going to kill that ass and make him pay—and just like that I decided I was definitely going to assassinate the Hokage.
A Nara finally came to the conclusion that I had either been drugged while sleeping and then kidnapped(the fact that I didn't immediately kill the intruder in my sleep was attributed to fatigue from the sealing ceremony) or killed by an earth jutsu and genjutsu combination unit of A-class nin who had taken my body for dissection of the Byakugan and study. The decided to investigate for another two weeks and then declare war on Kumogakure by default if nothing new was found.
Sometime later I pressed my fingers over my closed eyelids and deactivated Byakugan by withdrawing chakra through my fingers—a simple touch. It was necessity to deactivate this way when watching over such long distances due to the volume of chakra I had to pour into my eyes to achieve it, I've since developed better control.
If Konoha was going to start another war with Kumo because the Hokage was jumping to conclusions I supposed I had better eventually stop them. When I killed people I killed them for a reason. Assassinating the Hokage to save the lives of innocent soldiers and civilians sounded like a noble enough cover for my personal conviction and vendetta that he was an ass. I sat back on my perch and leaned back against the tree. My family was legendary, a family of geniuses—they fought accordingly and I was tired, I had won just barely. But before I drifted off to sleep I had to wonder; how had the great Hyuuga clan ever been defeated by an unwanted second born bastard daughter like me?
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Author Note: Ooooh, cliff hanger. Hanabi's a bastard? Was it her father or her mother that cheated? Who were her real parents? What other clan is she from? All this and more will be answered eventually! If you'd like to read more in the near future, please review for me