Chapter 1: Hinata and Shiranui
A beautiful sunny day dawned over Kohanagakura.
Civilians and shinobi alike went about their daily lives.
Nothing was out of place.
Absolutely nothing.
Well, almost.
One Hinata Hyuga stood before the gates of the Ninja Academy, sweating bullets and wishing she could return home.
She was not ready to face the world after…yesterday night.
"Hey Hinata-Chan.", the source of her state whispered.
If anybody looked, they would note the new silver brooch in the shape of a wolf on Hinata's jacket and would probably think themselves crazy hearing it talk!
But it did!
Or, Hinata should say, her!
"All will be okay.", reassured her the brooch. "I'm with you and you will grow into your goddesshood."
"I…I still think you chose the wrong person…Shiranui-Sama.", she whispered back.
"Again drop the Sama and I didn't choose you…You were born for this!"
Hinata could only let out a sign.
Her brooch, who was in reality an anthropomorphic wolf from another planet, which alone was crazy alone, didn't let up that she was apparently a goddess.
Or a goddess to be.
Born to end the reign of the Planet Eaters.
She had a rather freakish awakening after the shooting star had knocked her out.
With a groan, Hinata sat up on her bed.
She dreamed that a shooting star had knocked her out cold.
How silly.
A star couldn't do this.
Strange was the bump she had on her head.
Did she fall?
"Ah, you are awake little goddess!", greeted her an unknown female voice cheerful.
Before her floated, FLOATED, a little anthropomorphic wolf.
Her fur was white like snow and her eyes the colour of gold. A little red bandana with a yellow star she wore on her neck, and also some gold, orange, and red bracelets.
Before the Hyuga Heiress could scream for help, the she-wolf put one of her paws over her mouth.
"Please don't scream, little goddess! I mean no harm. Please trust me!"
"Hinata-Chan you are going to be late for your class if you stand around here.", reminds her Shiranui.
Not really having a choice the young girl walked to her classroom.
Huddled up in her seat, she prayed like any day that no one would take note of her.
Being invisible was her greatest strength and comfort.
She hates being in the spotlight.
Yet it seemed she soon would be if what Shiranui said was true.
After Hinata had calmed down, the wolf introduced herself as Shiranui.
Shiranui from the race of the Hoshi-Kamis coming from the planet Hoshihime.
Here now in the 5 Shinobi Nations for her. Hinata!
"I have long searched for you little goddess.", told her Shiranui. "In many worlds. Till the shining light in your heart lead me to you. The brightest light in existence. The incarnation of the Sun."
She had wanted to ask what Shiranui meant by that, yet her stutter made the words come out all garbled and messy.
Thankfully Shiranui understood her and explained her mission, which sounded more like a fairytale.
"I'm one of many Searchers. Our holy duty is to find young godlings and help them grow into their godhood. Yet one day one of our Searchers uplifted a godling unlike any other. Ōtsutsuki was his name. A parasite he became. Evil Incarnated. He started a family, so powerful and obsessed with power that they destroyed entire planets just to eat one God Fruit. This special fruit full of Chakra turns you as the name says into a god. The more you eat, the more powerful you are. For millenniums we Hoshi-Kami tried to stop the Ōtsutsuki, the Planet Eater as we call them, but no god or goddess we found was powerful enough. Till now! I know you are the one we have prayed for so long. The godling who will save us all. The Goddess of the Sun, Queen of the Stars."
The young kunoichi-to-be tried to listen to Iruka-Sensei lesson, but how could she when an alien wolf told her she was to be a goddess and kill a whole family of evil gods?!
She couldn't even win against Hanabi in a spar!
It was ridiculous.
Nonetheless, Shiranui was stubborn.
She really believed that Hinata would be the Messiah who saved them all.
Even trying to understand Shiranui's reasons didn't make it simpler for Hinata.
Her light, her Chakra apparently, had the markers of a godling.
Now it was only a matter of training and experience till she became a full-fledged goddess.
A load of, pardon her language, bullshit.
Sadly Hinata hadn't in her heart to scare away Shiranui so she had to go along with her.
For now.
Till Shiranui saw what a failure she was.
Then she would leave her and find the real Messiah.
"All right this wraps up the lesson for today.", Iruka-Sensei's voice ripped through her thoughts. "Now we will go outside to train with our Shuriken and then have matches. Sounds good?"
Most of her classmates were happy.
Hinata saw how Naruto, her beloved, pumped himself up muttering something like this time I will get the teme.
Oh, Naruto and his rivalry with Sasuke.
She admired how Naruto could try and try again till he would succeed.
"Well that is an interesting one.", whispered Shiranui to her.
Carefully looking around that no one saw her talking to the brooch she followed after her classmates and Iruka-Sensei.
"Naruto-Kun is amazing. He would make a better savoir of the world, Shiranui-Sama erm San."
"Oh believe me Hinata-Chan our little foxy there IS something special, but not the special like you."
The she-wolf was quiet for a few seconds.
"You know what, he would make a good ally. You should talk to him."
The young girl turned red like a tomato and babbled something like talking to Naruto-Kun?!
"Aww, does my little godling have a crush…well your babies would surely be extremely overpowered. They would bench press a Planet Eater."
That was too much for Hinata. With an ack, she fainted.
"Hinata-Chan? Ups, didn't mean to make her faint.", mumbled Shiranui to herself.
Hinata was floating down what seemed an endless dark tunnel.
Nothing matters anymore.
Nor time.
Nor place.
Nor herself.
Just the silence of this place.
Slowly she opened her eyes and looked around.
She was floating towards something it seemed.
It was….a picture.
Two young males and two young females in white robes stood around with each other, talking.
The males were both brunettes, one had a long spiky hairstyle, and the other had short hair and a headband.
The two females were black-haired, one wore her hair in an elaborate braid, and the other wore it long and free.
Suddenly the picture started to move and Hinata heard voices.
"Listen to yourself Indra!", shouted the woman with the braid, pointing at the long spiky-haired brunette. "Obedience through power…that's not what uncle, your father wants!"
"The world is a messy place, without a hard hand that leads the people, chaos will reign, Yumigami!", the male, Indra, shouted back.
"Now, now, let's stay all calm.", pleaded the other male. "We are a family, we shouldn't argue like that with each other.
Indra and Yumigami told him together to shut up.
"Erm, Ashura is right.", said the still-nameless female, playing with her fingers. "We only see each other once or twice a year, we should enjoy our time together."
"You have a good heart, Imoto-Chan, but Amaterasu I will not stand by and let Indra manoeuvre our world into a dictatorship!"
"Last time I checked you lived with Uncle Hamura on the moon. The matters of Earth or non of your business!"
Hinata watched how Ashura and Amaterasu tried to stop the argument between Indra and Yumigami, but it didn't work.
They only got angrier.
Slowly their faces and voices faded, like the darkness around Hinata…
A bit confused Hinata blinked up the white ceiling. She felt she was laying on something.
Something uncomfortable and familiar.
She signed and asked into the room: "How long this time?"
"About 15 to 20 minutes Hinata-San.", informed the academy nurse Rinka.
The Hyuuga Heiress knew the friendly nurse well, thanks to her fainting spells, so she could speak normally without stutter to her.
Also, Rinka was so gentle and kind, she made it easy to talk to her.
Showing her caring nature Rinka gave her a glass of water without asking.
Thankful Hinata gulped down the fresh water. She was really thirsty.
"I would say you are okay again.", told her Rinka. "But stay for another 5 minutes, then you can join up with your class again."
Hinata gave a tiny nod and tried to relax on the sick bed.
What a weird dream she had.
She wondered if it meant something.
As Hinata made her way back to her classroom since Iruka-Sensei had told Nurse Rinka he didn't want to risk her fainting during a match and getting really hurt, so Hinata should stay in the classroom and work on some assignments, Shiranui was telling her how sorry she was for teasing her.
The wolf didn't think she would take it so badly, yet Hinata didn't blame her.
It's not like they have known each other for a long time.
"Anyway, I have a question.", said Shiranui to her. "While you were knocked out, I noted how your Chakra was streaming like a raging river through your body. Did you dream something strange?"
It's not like Hinaata wanted to hide her weird dream, so she told Shiranui.
The Hoshi-Kami hummed thoughtfully: "Hmm, I would say you saw one of your ancestor's memories, but who of the four it was I can't tell. But this proves your godhood, Hinata-Chan. I told you after my Love Pat you would start to change and look! You have visions of the past!"
At the word, Love Pat Hinata shudder.
She wouldn't call the punch to her heart from Shiranui yesterday night a love pat.
It was like a Gentle Fist, even if she didn't start to cough up blood like normally one would.
No, Shiranui Love Pat with Chakra was the key to unlocking her godhood.
Some godling could awake their powers alone with training, others needed a push and since the wolf was sick of hearing Hinata tell her that she wasn't the goddess she searched for, Shiranui had decided to give her the Love Pat to accelerate the whole metamorphosis
The Hyuuga Heiress only know one thing.
Whether godhood or not…her life would surely get more complicated from now on.
The name Yumigami comes also from the game Okami, please play it, it's good for your soul :D