.No one quite understood the Hyuuga twins. They were close, anyone could see that. Maybe too close, maybe not. Even in a clan of glass walls, where privacy was far from assured, they managed to carry a certain mystery between them, the same womb, the same blood, the same clan, but on vastly diffrent playing fields. Yet fighting was rare, and power plays rarer still. Even as children, they left much to the imagination. If one was seen, they both were, no question, if Hiashi was being taught to be clan leader, Hizashi was somewhere close by, listening to the same lessons, and seeming to be absorbing the words carefully. The two were difficult to tell apart, sharing not only their features, but mannerisms and inflection.

It got worse as they grew, as they reached Genin age. Soon even their own father who had always known them well enough to tell, was forced to occasionally lift a forehead protecter to find which son was before him. They seemed amused by this and were caught twice having switched places. Their father scolded them for this and made threats against it happening again. The promise they gave did not convince him.

As they reached maturity, they continued along their vastly diffrent but parallel lives. They shared a bedroom, sparking rumors of inappropriatness, yet no one could name a incident that seemed anything but brotherly.

Hiashi slowly became the more confidant of the two, as they reached adulthood, it became a little easier to tell the two apart, yet it wasn't until Hiashi ceased accepting missions to become the clan's head and start his family that anyone could be absolutely sure which brother was which. Hizashi, who had his first child a year before seemed unbothered by his brother's new role, and in fact proved himself a mildly doting uncle to the little girl that soon followed.

Over time, things seemed on a slow change, but the clan mostly ignored it. Those who did notice chalked it up to an inevitable growth apart. Therefore when it came to a head, it was a sudden and unexpected movement. In a period of a few short hours, their relationship soured from the copacetic bond, to an outward display of hatred and Hiashi's one show of force against his brother.

A month or two passed, creating a rising concern in their father, although the rest of the clan seemed to have not noticed. The elder Hyuuga attempted to mend the rift between the pair, finding it impossible to make either twin speak to him about it. Both children involved showed slight trauma from the incident, Neji became withdrawn and ignored everyone, save for his father, and Hinata seemed to mourn the loss of her uncle. It was only when the girl was kidnapped that things were forced into the open.

Hiashi had been horrified by the idea of his brother dying in his place, and tried to make him reconsider. Hizashi took the opourtuntiy to make his one show of force towards his brother, and left him disabled when he went to go. Hiashi swore he wouldn't forgive him for being so damned willing to go. He took over the raising of his nephew grudgingly, deep down knowing he had been at least half in the wrong.

Being a twin, he had a need to be half of at least SOMETHING