Chapter 6: Izayoi's Plan
"Izayoi-kun, great, we made it."
Exiting the clan house with Izayoi, Hinata could no longer suppress her happiness, her voice trembling slightly.
"Calm down, careful so your father sends guards to secretly follow us and eavesdrop on you." Izayoi cautioned her with a smile.
When she heard this, Hinata quickly covered her small mouth and furtively looked around, her expression so cute.
"Let's go, I'll take you somewhere."
Izayoi did not know if there were guards following them in secret, so he did not cancel the Transformation Technique. Rather, he took Hinata away from the central street and towards the training ground in the wild.
"Shadow Clone Technique!"
After they had gone into the forest, Izayoi created a shadow clone, which disappeared instantly.
Later, Izayoi canceled the Transformation Technique.
Hinata, upon noticing this, smiled and said, "Izayoi-kun, is no one following us?"
"Yes, it's true, no one is following us."
Izayoi smiled and nodded, "I'll demonstrate a way later. Do it at home when you come back. If your father notices, he probably won't stop you from going outside next time."
Hearing these words, Hinata's expression showed even more joy.
Changing into Yamanaka Ino to take Hinata outside.
This was Izayoi's plan.
Otherwise, Hinata wouldn't go outside if she went out with him.
At worst, he'd be a wasted trip. At best, Neji Hyuga would be summoned to go and warn him, or be shifted to a different seat or even class.
Children might not understand what is going on.
But Izayou knew that this was an adult's way.
In a world where there were daimyo and nobles, class divisions were even more pronounced than the previous life.
Hinata was the first daughter of a wealthy ninja family, while Izayoi was just an average orphan who did not have a surname.
There was a gap between them.
If Izayoi was a girl, he may have a chance of befriending Hinata.
But he was a kid. So that Hinata would not fall in love with him and keep the bloodline limit from leaking out, neither Hiashi Hyuga nor the clan elders would allow Izayoi and Hinata to become close.
Unless... Izayoi's value was extremely high.
If he were a common genius worthy of being recruited, he would be eligible to marry into the clan.
If he were like Uzumaki Naruto, a hero of Konoha and a savior of the ninja world, he might be able to marry the eldest daughter of the principal family.
Izayoi could only play some tricks before proving his worth.
Yamanaka Ino was the eldest daughter of the Yamanaka clan, one of the new gen's Ino-Shika-Cho. No matter if her strength was a bad thing or not, she could be a bigshot at the intel agency with secret techniques from her family and secretly have real authority.
Ino-Shika-Cho were friends as a group also. In the nine main powerhouses, if anyone was deserving of being best friends with Hinata, certainly it would be Yamanaka Ino.
Only by transforming into Yamanaka Ino could he get out Hinata to invite, and there would most likely be a big possibility of no guards following.
As if he was afraid his power would continue to improve, grow distant from Hinata, and more difficult to induce out her red trait, Izayoi would not want to endure that degree of risk.
When the first major exam came, after he became the winner of the top student title, he would be a little confident.
But unlike Naruto and Sasuke's red attributes, Izayoi wished to make Hinata's red attribute even more powerful.
As long as he awakened the Tenseigan, he would be invincible.
So he did not want to lose this vacation.
Reaching the vacant practice ground, Izayoi turned her head and asked, "Hinata, have you learned the Three Transformation Techniques?"
"Not yet." Hinata moved her head, nodded, and responded, "Father told me to learn first about how to master Gentle Fist. Only then, when other ninjutsu are studied by the school, can I learn them for my free time."
"In that case, neither will I do so."
Izayoi smiled and went on, "I'll demonstrate a technique that will improve your chakra control. It will be twice as valuable whether you train your family's Gentle Fist or master the Shadow Clone Technique."
Hinata widened her beautiful eyes and seemed stunned, "Izayoi-kun, you. you would actually teach me the Shadow Clone Technique?"
"Right."
Izayoi consented and said, "I won't be going to school with my real body too often in the future. You can come here to find me anytime, or practice the Shadow Clone Technique and send your shadow clone to school secretly like mine, and practice here with me."
When she heard that, Hinata was extremely tempted.
After discovering Izayoi's shadow clone was going to class, Hinata thought she'd try to figure out the Shadow Clone Technique.
Not due to anything else, just so she wouldn't get too behind Izayoi.
But when she expressed herself, Hiashi Hyuga told her to just study Gentle Fist and would not teach her anything else besides that, nor allow her to study anything else besides that.
Apart from the Shadow Clone Technique, Hinata herself was unaware of the Three Transformation Techniques.
From then on she was told that Izayoi was willing to teach her the Shadow Clone Technique, after which she could continue to visit here every day and train with Izayoi in private and have a friend and freedom she longed for.
Hinata couldn't help but be greatly tempted.
Glancing at her face, Izayoi also knew what was in her mind.
"Follow me, and I'll teach you how to improve control of chakra."
Izayoi grinned at Hinata and walked towards a big tree which a few people could hug.
He formed the Ram hand seal and said to Hinata, "Gather chakra at the bottom of your feet using hand seals, and then overcome your fear, like me."
Before Hinata's opened lovely eyes, and shocked face, Izayoi placed his right foot on the tree trunk.
The moment his right foot touched the trunk of the tree, Izayoi raised his left foot and placed it on the ground.
Having both feet removed from the ground, his body was positioned in front of Hinata.
Step by step, as if walking on flat ground, Izayoi moved from the bottom of the tree to the top of the tree.
Facing Hinata below, Izayoi's body was perpendicularly placed on the tree and smiled, "Tree climbing with your feet, this is the technique I'm showing you."
"S-So awesome!"
Looking at Izayoi who was leaning against gravity, Hinata was in awe.
Climbing down from the tree, Izayoi smiled, "Tree climbing with your feet is just the first phase. There is also the more difficult water walking."
"As long as you learn these two techniques, whether it's the Three Transformation Techniques, the Shadow Clone Technique, or the Body Flicker Technique, it won't be difficult for you."
"Can I really do it?" Hinata faltered.
"Don't belittle yourself, you're the eldest daughter of the Hyuga clan."
Izayoi lightly tapped on Hinata's shoulder and encouraged her forward, "Go on and try. Don't worry about falling. I'll catch you."
"If you're too behind me, I won't wait for you."
The last sentence was a joke, like teasing.
Only this sentence made Hinata tighten her heart and say firmly, "Okay!"
She had already disappointed her father and could not disappoint Izayoi again, not to mention lose her one and only friend.
(End of this chapter)