*A/N: I do not own the stupid blond Naruto. He is Kishimoto's plaything, not mine, he belongs to the streets.*
Chapter 4: The Blossoming and the Fall
Hyuuga Compound: Main House Library
Hinata sat frozen in shock and disbelief. How was this in the open for anyone to see? How has nobody seen it yet? Wouldn't this knowledge cause more problems? Many questions like these flew through Hinata's mind until a thought came to mind. "The caged bird seal, that's why we use the seal. To keep control over the side branch. And the scroll did say something about hatred and an unbalance of the spirit." Hinata said quietly. She looked around again to still see the library empty while also hearing footsteps from fellow clan members going up and down the hall on the other side of the closed door. Hinata turns to the nearest clock only to see that she had at least 40 min to be at the training field. She then turns back to the scroll to finish reading the last parts.
"O to whom read this, the Byakugan we all know is not the most powerful form. It has been said by my wife, Hyuzuka Hyuuga, that she believes to be a distant cousin of the said person to awaken the Byakugan no Shiroi Me, however, we have few clues. I say that those who come from the man who obtained this power must have an unnaturally kind heart despite the hardships and horrors they have been through or witnessed, but my wife and I do not fully know for we have no solid evidence. In terms of the power of the eye, from what I could gather from the man's battles and my wife's knowledge is that with the eyes you gain the ability to see and manipulate chakra to a level that could be considered god-like. The eyes themselves are said to be able to see in a full 360-degree field within a range of 170 kilometers with no blindspot and through solid objects including the ground and walls. This eye can also see all chakra types, no matter the nature, even yin-yang chakra. Having this eye grants the user complete immunity to all genjutsu, even one's that are said to be from the fabled Mangekyou Sharingan. One of such abilities my wife called, 'Kami no Shinpan and Kami no Kotowari'. The high-level genjutsu abilities to shut down the enemy's entire chakra network or half of their network with a single glance from a large distance away, perhaps at least 400 meters."
Hearing this, Hinata's eyes widen to an unhealthy degree, then has to muster up all known willpower to not faint. "Dear Kami sama, this is crazy," Hinata said quietly with a slight groan. After a few moments to catch her racing heart, she returned to the scroll to continue. "Another ability of the 'White Eye of Divinity', is said to be similar to the Hyuuga rotation defense, however, the differences lay where the defensive ability this eye gives is automatic and can deflect and absorb all elemental jutsu or physical attacks. It is also said that all attacks that are deflected, can be deflected back to the enemy with a slight boost to power. I named this, 'Divine Shield or Kami no Tate'. Finally, the last ability given to the user of this ocular power will have a jutsu that adds to our fighting style. This jutsu I called, 'Divine Stones or Shinsei na Ishi', is a jutsu that can shut down an enemy's chakra network, blood circulatory system, nervous system, or organs in a general area of the body with a single touch at one time or individually. Whereas with the standard Hyuuga style, one can only shut down chakra pathways or organs one strike at a time.
However, be aware, that it will take fine-tuned chakra control that even is hard to obtain for a Hyuuga. Not to mention that many of these abilities require fine chakra control due to their complexity or level, if you use these abilities without chakra training, death is inevitable. Also, once awakening this power, you must maintain the yin and yang in your spirit. For if you turn too far into darkness or light, this power will once again become docile. However, reawakening it will be easier once you have already awakened the eye in the first place, but the hard part is keeping your spirit balanced. You mustn't hate without reason or love without reason or else your spirit will not be at yin and yang."
That did it for Hinata, no more willpower can be given, she promptly fainted with her head hitting the desk. After several minutes, the sleeping chibi beauty finally awoken with a loud groan, "What. The. Hell was that? Dear holy log, my head hurts..." Said Hinata in complete bewilderment. She then looks at the clock to see she only has about 15 minutes to get to the training ground. She turns back to the scroll, then to the books she was going to read then sighs, "I need to hide this scroll, it should not be out in the open like this." With that thought, Hinata got up, grabbed the scroll, placed it in the inner pocket of her light jacket, grabbed the books she was going to read, and bounded quickly for her room.
Hyuuga Compound: Hinata's POV
After closing the door to my room, I quickly placed the books on my bed, forgetting about my notebook still out, and ran to my closet to find a hiding space for the scroll. After finding a spot, in the pocket of one of my older jackets in the far back of my closet, I came back into my room with a sigh. "I'm too young for this," I groaned out in a very uncharacteristic manner. I then looked at the clock which showed I had 5 minutes to get to the training ground. I take a few more breaths to calm myself, I then turned to my door, walked to it then grabbed the handle. I pause slightly before taking another calming breath, with that, I opened my door and started on my way toward the training ground, all while pondering all that I read and what that could mean for me and my dream to finally be able to rid my clan of its hatred for one another.
Hyuuga Compound: Hiashi's POV
After telling Hinata that her training was in an hour, I saw something that caught my attention, a dark purple notebook sitting beside her pillow on her bed. But that is not just what caught my eye, for I am the clan head of the Hyuuga clan, a veteran of the third great shinobi war, my eyes cannot miss a piece of paper slightly hanging outside of a notebook that is roughly 4 meters away from the door I am standing at. I slightly narrow my eyes in suspicion, then, seeing Hinata understood me, I turned away to walk down the hall, seeming to go towards my office to make it look like I have to get a bit more work done after the situation with the intruder, however, I have been done for a while and there is nothing more I can do until the Hokage notifies me of the suspect. I now find myself around the corner of the hall with my eyes activated, watching for when Hinata leaves her room.
I've been curious and also angered at how such a weakling can all of a sudden have the same eyes as someone I once respected. Having the same posture as if she has seen battle and carries herself with some sort of unearned confidence. She has barely been broken down yet until I can mold her into a great leader, and yet she dares to look at me in front of the clan with those eyes. My musings are cut short once I see Hinata finally leave her room and converse with Hanabi in the hall. If Hinata keeps this up, Hanabi will be her replacement, someone who will learn to bow to their superiors without question, without defiance. Someone who will learn to follow before they can ever think to lead, let alone lead a clan as powerful as us.
Luckily, for me, Hinabi ran off in the direction of the clan's gardens while Hinata walked off down the hall, perhaps going to the library before training with me. I take the moment to look around with my eyes activated, seeing that the nearest halls were mostly empty and most of the clan were around the outside perimeter or socializing in the guest hall near the entrance of our compound. I walk my way to Hinata's room door, opened it, then walked in while closing the door behind me.
Hinata's Room: Hiashi's POV
Glancing around, I saw that for the most part, her room is in order as it should be outside of her blanket being slightly ruffled. But, I'm here to see what is in that notebook and if that may be the reason for her change. I made my way to Hinata's bed, memorizing the positioning of the book so I can place it back as if nothing happened. I picked up the notebook, then opened it to the first page. "August 6th - Dear Diary, I just started training with my father. He is so mean, I think so at least, maybe he is just trying to make me as strong as possible and since we are in a major clan, this is what he has to do. I….I don't know if I can do it. It hurts. The pain of him beating me hurts so bad…but he looks at me like I'm a bug or something..like how those boys looked at me when they called me weird, but he is worse."
Seeing this, my eyes narrowed dangerously, "This girl was fated to be weak." I then flipped a couple of pages to what looked like some kind of poetry, "I'm tired of being what you want me to be, feeling so faithless, lost under the surface-..." Indeed, it was some kind of song. My eyes narrowed even more threateningly as my blood starts to boil, based on what Hinata was writing about before, it doesn't take much to understand this song was about me. The song continued, "Don't know what you're expecting of me. Put yourself under the pressure of walking in your shoes. Every step that I take is another mistake to you."
That did it, "This…weak…litte…. pathetic…girl…thinks….she…knows….my…plight." I slowly growled out of rage. I then took the page of the notebook, then ripped it out with force. Staring at it, I grounded my teeth in fury until a loose piece of paper fell out of the notebook I was holding. With this, I placed the notebook bag onto the bed to pick up the loose piece of paper. Placing the song that I ripped out into my inner robe pocket for the time being, I opened the dropped piece of paper and my heart skips several beats as my eyes widen, as rage left my body. "Hello darkness my old friend. I've come to talk with you again. Because a vision softly creeping. Left the seeds while I was sleeping. And the vision that was planted. Still remains. Within the sound of silence."
"That song. That song. Those words. Katomi - hime." I whispered out loud in disbelief. I then looked down to see that it seemed to not be completed. It took a few moments for me to comprehend everything. Those words. I am very familiar with those words. Katomi and I were on our way back to Konoha after the conclusion of the third great war. It was a somewhat sunny, humid day with some clouds. Katomi, the woman who raptured my heart while in war, with her stunningly long dark purple, almost black hair. Her upright and commanding posture earned my respect along with our squadron. Her dazzling smile made the newly hardened war veteran I was at the time melt. She was singing it on our way back to Konoha, only about 100 meters from the front gate. She had to eventually stop due to having to sign in and check the rest of our trailing squadron to see if they were fine. I stood in silence while I watched her go over the roll call, commanding attention as if she were the Hokage.
"This. Little. Girl." I whispered as an unholy amount of anger started up inside me again. "What does she think she is doing with this, HOW DARE SHE, THAT PATHETIC WEAKLING!" I shouted while turning around, byakugan flaring, ready to find my failure of a daughter for her punishment as a thought came to me. I then paused, taking a few shuttering breaths to calm myself. I shouldn't act with such emotion, "that is a good idea, I could finally wipe that phony look off of her face forcing her to know her place and be silent, as a weakling should." I stated in a dark tone. I then glanced around with my byakugan, seeing more members of our clan come back with their personal items. I then glanced around to see, as I expected, Hinata in the library picking out a few books, although she seems to be interested in some random scroll. I then looked over at the clock to see that there is roughly 50 minutes before training. I then breathe out to keep myself calm and put my wife's song into the same pocket I put the previous song into in my robe. I then picked up the notebook, placed it back the way that I found it, then promptly walked out all while turning off my eyes to not draw suspicion.
Hyuuga Compound: Hinata's POV
While walking down the hall, I couldn't help but think about what I read on the scroll. With that power, I would surely earn my father's respect along with the entire clan. After this, I have to try meditating to awaken the eyes, although I have my doubts. "Am I balanced in spirit? I don't think I hate anyone, but…but my father is very close to that." I said in thought with a slight scowl on my face as I near the opening to the training ground. As I cross the threshold, I look up and a sense of dread washes over me as I see my father with an unnaturally peaceful face. I slightly gulp as I maintain my now upright posture and stoic face.
"Hello fath-", I couldn't finish as within a blink of an eye, my father gave me a palm strike to the chest, not using any chakra, just pure strength. My eyes widened, as I coughed up saliva and fell to the ground wheezing to get more air into my lungs. Without giving myself a chance to breathe, "AAAHHHH!", I screamed as my father hits me again with a palm strike to the side of my body in the area of my kidney, as I coughed and spit more saliva out of sheer agony, nearly at the point of puking.
He then stops as I raised my head to look back at his uncaring expression. "W-w-w-why?" I rasped out in utter pain and confusion as he glares at me with such intensity that I froze. He then reaches into his inner pocket and pulls out two pieces of paper. He then walks slightly closer to hold them out for me to see. "N-n-no, w-wait!" I forced out, ignoring the pain in my side as I watched him do a small fire jutsu to burn my work in front of me. I froze in stunned horror as he then walked closer to me and picked me up by the collar with one hand. "You have one more chance, you will obey my every word, no questions, no failure, and no debate, if you do not improve in your gentle fist and your attitude before graduating from the academy, you will be forgotten and your sister will be replacing you."
He then came to my right ear and whispered, "Your fake mask of determination is only a weakness to hide who you really are, pathetic." He finishes as tears start to flow down my face, he lets go of me and drops me to the ground, then walks away back into the house. I couldn't say anything as my tears rush down my face as my body rattles and shakes in despair. My last connection to my mother sat in ashes in front of me in a small pile. For the next 10 minutes, my quiet sobbing is all that could be heard around the training ground. This is the most amount of hurt I've felt in my entire life up to this point. That man, once again has to hurt me. Once again has to see me in pain. Once again has to see me weak. Once again has to see me in a pathetic state. Why does he do this to me? What did I do but simply exist? What did I do to him? What did I do? What could I do? I have no real strength right now.
After some time, my sobbing quieted down as I got up with a anger filled, stone-cold face, not bothering dusting off the dirt on me as a few tears continue down my dirt covered face to my chin. That familiar feeling of rage replaces my hurt with vengeance. After all of this time, I am still treated worse than trash, worse than a rat. I have not done anything to him, yet he insists on torturing me over, and over, and over again. Destroying my last connection to one of the kindest people in my life, who was in my life. But she is here no more, even her last words. "I...hate…him...I hate him so, so much." I growled quietly as I clenched my fists to a point where my knuckles turn white. I then started on my way back to my room, once a place I felt safe, while wiping any remnants of tears from my face, not hearing the quiet gasp from behind the nearby rose bushes.
End of Chapter
A/N: Whew..that was deep. Hoped y'all liked it. In terms of the byakugan no shiroi me, I told you they were going to be awesome, however, Hinata will still have to work hard to use the properly as you will see in the future. Also, in canon, around late Shippuden or 'Naruto: The Last', Hinata was able to see upwards of around 20 to 30 km away, so the upgraded byakugan is for sure a major step up in terms of viewing distance. Also, I am not the wife of that prick, I just couldn't figure out a more "creative" name for Hiashi's wife. With the song reference, the song is called 'Sound of Silence' the version by Disturbed, I highly recommend that song. Anyway, I'm not sure what more to say, after writing this chapter I need to go meditate and light some sage or jerk off my sadness, so, Katomi signing off.
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