As the sun rose over the stone heads of the Hokages, the household of the current Hokage was going through its normal morning routine.
"Rasengan!"
"Obito, we just got that wall fixed last week!"
"So? The constant repairs help strengthen the economy."
"That's ridiculous."
"You're ridiculous!"
"Would you act you're age for once!"
"Says the six year old going on sixty!"
"You won't look so smug when Mother sees the giant hole."
"Sees what giant hole?"
The two children froze as Hinata Hyuga, head of the Hyuga clan, wife of the Hokage and their mother surveyed the room.
"Obito, why exactly did you think it was necessary to demolish our wall?"
"Uh well…" the boy rubbed his head sheepishly.
He gulped as his mother's glare intensified. Whoever claimed she was gentle and shy had never seen her when she was dealing with her kids. He quickly jumped through the hole in the wall and ran away yelling: "I've got a mission! I'll see you later!"
Hinata sighed, before turning to her youngest child. Thank goodness she hadn't developed the Byakugan as well. Obito was enough trouble, and he hadn't even hit the teenage years yet!
"Hisa, get dressed and grab some ramen for breakfast. You have to be at the Academy in twenty minutes and I need to wake your Dad."
"Shouldn't he be awake by now? Temari's dropping by his office in an hour."
Hinata's eyes widened. She ran out of the room, leaving Hisa to do as she pleased.
Yep, just a normal morning for the Hokage's children.
Hisa reached the Academy twenty minutes later. She ran into the room just as the bell rang. Iruka-sensei, now in his late thirties, gave her a quick smile as she made her way towards her seat. She collapsed into her seat, panting heavily.
Her friend Oki looked at her curiously.
"What happened to you?" she giggled
"Obito." Hisa growled.
Oki just grinned at her, before turning to face the blackboard.
Oki was Hisa's only friend. It was partly because they had known each other since they were babies -their parents were close friends- and it was partly because Hisa wasn't a sociable person. To be fair to her, most of the children in her class were twice her age. She and Oki had been bumped up to the graduation class a year ago, and she spent most of her time training anyways.
She began to focus just as Iruka-sensei finished the roll-call.
"Yamanaka Inori"
"Here."
"Yamanaka Oki"
"Here!"
Iruka snapped the register shut. As he began to say the daily announcements. Hisa noticed the new boy standing at the front of the room. He was around Hisa's age, maybe a year or two older. His hair hung loosely just above his shoulders, with bangs that framed his face. It was a light shade of black, not quite grey. His eyes made him stand out. He didn't appear to be looking at anything in particular, yet his gaze was intense. His eyes reminded her slightly of Oki's father. They were onyx and had no pupils. Suddenly, she realized who he looked like. His eyes were the exact same colour as Sasuke Uchiha's. She could see the slight resemblance to him in other areas of his face, but only his eyes were the exact match of Sasuke's.
Hisa frowned. She knew Sasuke's story, he was best friends with her father after all. Sasuke was the last Uchiha and he had no wife or children. There was the slight possibility that Obito Uchiha was still alive but sources seemed to say he was dead. This boy couldn't possibly be related to either of them.
As she stared at the boy some more, she noticed dark circles under his eyes. They were extremely heavy for a boy his age. She wondered if he suffered from insomnia. Hisa realized that she was staring so she quickly looked away before the boy noticed. Her eyes darted to his black shirt just to make sure there wasn't an Uchiha crest on it.
"Class, this is Nawaki Hachino." Iruka announced. "He has just arrived in the village yesterday. I hope you all make him feel very welcome."
"Why's he in our class?" a boy yelled
Hisa rolled her eyes. She was better than most of the class and she was only six. Why should this boy be any different?
Iruka seemed to be thinking the same thing, "He's in our class because we tested his skills and, despite not being from a shinobi village, his skills are good enough to beat yours Shikai."
The class laughed as Shikai sulked in his seat.
"Alright class," Iruka began "The graduation test is in a week, so we'll start off the day by practising the clone jutsu!"
There was a loud groan, which Hisa expected came from Shikai. The rest of the class mumbled to each other. Hisa sighed. She had been making clones since she was four. The day began to look very dull to her.
An hour later and Hisa was almost ready to fall asleep. She had had her turn twenty minutes ago. She was so bored that instead of just making one clone, she had made three and substituted one for her real self. It had taken Iruka three minutes to realize what she had done, and another five minutes for someone to find her hiding under a desk. Other than that, most of the children had managed to make a clone. Only two had not Hizashi Hyuga (Hisa's second cousin) and a boy named Lu Ten (He wasn't good at ninjustu or genjutsu, but his taijustsu alone was good enough to let him graduate)
Oki finished making a decent clone, and walked back to her seat. The only person who hadn't gone was the new boy-Nawaki. As he walked by Hisa's desk, their eyes met for a few seconds until he hurriedly looked away.
He reached the front of the classroom and looked at Iruka.
"Go ahead." Iruka said with a smile.
Hisa watched as he made a hand sign. She blinked for a second and when she looked again, there were five of him standing at the front of the room and the real him was sitting on her desk.
She realised what had happened and glared at him. He had just one-upped her by making an extra two clones.
Oh, it was on.
He ignored the glare she was shooting at him. His eyes were focused on Oki.
"Hi." he said giving her a small smile.
It was hard to tell who was more surprised-Hisa or Oki.
"Um…hi." Oki said hesitantly
Before Nawaki could say anything else Iruka announced that they were going outside for some sparring.
Hisa grinned evilly. She would show him not to act better than her! She was the daughter of the Hokage! There was no way she was going to lose to him.
She waited patiently for Iruka-sensei to pair her up. The matches flew by. Oki lost to Inori and Shikai beat Chouko. Hizashi lost to Ning and Lu lost to Suki. Finally Hisa's name was called out.
"Hisa Uzumaki against Nawaki Hachino!"
Hisa grinned. This was perfect.
She stepped into the circle and shook Nawaki's hand. Well, it was more like she crushed his hand. She had to give him credit, he didn't even flinch. They stepped back and got into fighting stances.
"Begin!" Iruka yelled
Hisa ran at Nawaki and aimed a kick which he easily blocked. She then began raining punches down on him, never giving him a chance to counterattack. After five minutes of using him as a punch bag, she backed off. He didn't move from his spot, just staring calmly. Frustrated, she attacked again, determined to end the fight. He didn't attack, but his defence was solid. However, he couldn't handle every one of Hisa's punches. In the end, she saw and opening and took it, flipping him over her and pinning him to the ground.
She looked down triumphantly, expecting him to look defeated, or at least annoyed. He just stared up at her calmly. His eyes bored into hers. They were intense, yet calm at the same time. They were starting to worry Hisa a little bit. (She refused to say she was scared.) She quickly got off him the minute she heard Iruka announce her victory.
"Well done Hisa!" Oki said "That was an intense match!"
Hisa barely heard her. She couldn't stop thinking about his eyes. It was like someone had placed a genjutsu on her. The intensity of his gaze had startled her. It made her wonder what exactly had happened to the boy. Why was he here?
The rest of the day went by normally. As the final bell rang, she made her way towards home. Oki would usually walk with her, but she was spending the day with her family. Oki's father was in ANBU and her mother was the head of the Yamanaka clan. They both had very busy schedules and Hisa understood that Oki would want to spend some time with them.
As she walked she started thinking about the new boy. Something about Nawaki just interested her. He was a mystery, and for some reason, Hisa felt she had all the clues to solving it. She just didn't know what the clues were.
She was drawn out of her thoughts when she heard someone yelling her name. She turned around and groaned. It was her idiot of a brother and his teammates.
"Hey Hisa! Guess what we did today! We caught a really viscous cat in less than two hours! How cool is that? It was really hard too because Kiiromaru kept barking and scared the cat off and then Toruko used her bugs and it was really cool but creepy at the same time!"
"Obito shut up!" Hisa snapped. Her brother could talk for three hours straight without stopping.
His male teammate gave a loud laugh. Hisa glared at him. If there was someone who annoyed her more than Obito, it was Kawa Inuzuka. Between the two of them they could make her bang her head against a wall repeatedly. Their third teammate, Toruko Aburame was much quieter and more tolerable than the other two. She was the only kunoinchi on the team as well. Hisa had to respect her for putting up with the other two.
Obito and Toruko went on ahead, Obito chattering about a million things(Mostly about ramen) Kawa hung back to talk to Hisa. Or to irritate her. It was basically the same thing.
"So, did anything interesting happen to Your Highness at the academy today?"
She glared at him. She hated the stupid nickname but she had given up trying to stop him. She had asked him why he called her that and he had explained that it wasn't because her father was the Hokage. It was because of her stuck-up attitude.
She had punched him for that.
"Nothing much happened. We got a new student and I beat him at sparring. He made more clones than me though."
Kawa grinned
"He beat you at something. I guess you're not as good as you think you are."
Hisa instantly bristled. "At least I'm not a failure to my clan!"
His face darkened and he moved to catch up with Obito and Torune. Hisa sighed. She always said something she shouldn't when her pride was insulted. Truth be told, she actually liked his company. He irritated her, but he treated her like a normal person, not just the Hokage's daughter.
The rest of the day flew by. Hisa did all her Academy work and practised her justu. Finally, it was dinner time, the only time in the day when all her family got together. As usual, Obito and Naruto dominated the conversation, while Hinata listened to them with a smile. Hisa sat quietly on in her chair, not really paying attention.
"…and then I was like 'Lady, ninjas aren't tourist attractions. If you want to get more tourists, just set up a ramen stand!' She wasn't too happy but she agreed to try it, seeing as I am the almighty Hokage!"
Obito and Hinata laughed as Naruto finished his story. After a few minutes of eating quietly (Loudly in Naruto and Obito's case) Naruto turned to Hisa
"So how's the new student settling in at the Academy?" he asked
Hisa shrugged.
"He's quite good. He can make at least five shadow clones. I beat him at sparring though."
Hinata sighed.
"You beat the poor boy up on his first day?"
"It was a sparring match!" Hisa said defensively.
Her mother still looked worried so she quickly changed the subject.
"Where's he from Father?" she asked
Naruto grinned.
"Already trying to stalk him are we? You're just like your mother."
Seeing the two glares being sent across the table at him, he quickly cleared his throat.
"We don't know exactly where he's from. It's not a shinobi village anyway. He just picked up his skills from a wandering shinobi who spent a year or two living with him and his parents."
"Why is he here?" Obito asked curiously
Naruto's face grew angry.
"His town was attacked by bandits and burned to the ground. He's the only survivor."
Seeing the furious look on her husband's face, Hinata reached across the table and placed a soothing hand on his arm. He smiled at her, his face gentle and loving.
Hisa rolled her eyes while Obito made gagging noises.
Her mother glared at them for ruining the moment.
"That's it. Bedtime. Now."
"Why? So you and Dad can get it on?" Obito said grinning.
He quickly ran out of the room before his parents could kill him. Hinata turned to her youngest child, who was ignoring the massive killing intent directed at Obito.
"What are you and Dad 'getting on'?" Hisa asked, puzzled.
Hinata looked at her husband.
"You deal with this. Gently. I'm off to bed."
As Hinata left the room, she heard Naruto explain to Hisa.
"Now, you see what's happening to the kunai and the shuriken?"
"I said GENTLY!"