Chapter 19: Izayoi and the Little Sister-in-law
Konoha Year 57, July 23rd.
Konoha, Hyuga Clan Estate.
Bang bang bang.
In the home dojo of the clan head, a series of hard and heavy impact sounds echoed.
The scene was pierced, and a boy and a girl, two children, were fighting with a taijutsu fight.
The series of sounds came from their hands.
Hinata and Neji Hyuga, both with veins distended in their temples, their hands turned into afterimages, their fingertips wrapped in blue flames, punching each other's acupoints.
None of the punches connected. Before the punch could reach the body, they were deflected by the opponent, or the opponent found a flaw, being forced to stop attacking and switch to defense.
The repeated chakra impact generated bursts of howling air waves.
But this beat tested one's will.
A lapse in attention could lead to the enemy seizing a weakness and losing the entire game.
As foreseen, following dozens of rounds, a swift jab ended the bout.
Clap—
In front of Neji Hyuga's gaping wide-eyed and shocked face, Hinata, her face stern, jabbed him with her finger, ruthlessly injecting chakra into his body.
The chakra in Neji Hyuga's palms dissipated immediately.
Then a tempest of punches fell upon him, each punch with chakra flowing into his body, cutting off the flow of chakra inflicting tremendous agony on Neji Hyuga.
But Neji Hyuga gritted his teeth, not allowing himself to yell.
After a series of attacks, Hinata retreated her hands, her temple veins retreated, and turned to Neji Hyuga, who was on the ground, and whispered softly, "Neji-niisan, thanks for the teaching."
Watching this moment, Hiashi Hyuga, who was nearby, couldn't help smiling in relief.
Then, before Hinata looked back, he compressed his face again, looking at Neji Hyuga emotionlessly and spoke, "Neji, come down for treatment."
"Yes, clan head-sama."
Neji Hyuga bowed his head, hiding the reluctance and hatred in his heart, and bowed slightly to Hinata, "Thank you for the instruction, Hinata-sama."
Having spoken, he turned and walked away.
Hinata didn't notice Neji Hyuga's mood changes.
Having completed the 'clan monthly exam', she directly rushed to Hiashi Hyuga, her face burning with anticipation, "Father-sama, can I take Hanabi out to play?"
"Yes, go." Hiashi Hyuga nodded.
"Thank you, father."
Hinata smiled weakly, then trotted out of the dojo, took Hanabi, who was three years old this year, out of the clan estate, and went to search for Izayoi to play.
It had been three years since she ventured out to farm with Izayoi.
Within three years, how much Hinata had changed was evident from her thrashing of Neji Hyuga and Hiashi Hyuga's attitude.
This was not the first time she had thrashed Neji Hyuga.
She had thrashed Neji Hyuga in every battle since the beginning of the year.
Since the middle of the year, she had gradually shown a crushing advantage.
The Gentle Fist not only proved the Byakugan, but control of chakra too.
And in terms of controlling chakra, her equals being only Izayoi, no one was superior to Hinata.
Even Sakura Haruno, whose attribute level was purple, her chakra control was worse than Hinata, who practiced the Gentle Fist daily.
Beating up her cousin, to whom she was always intimidated, made Hinata completely change and become so confident.
Hiashi Hyuga and the main family clan elders all agreed one by one that Hinata would be the future of the main family.
Thanks to this, the majority of the main family clan elders were urging Hiashi Hyuga to seal Hanabi using the Caged Bird Seal.
But Hiashi Hyuga refused on the grounds that his wife had passed away and he wished to give Hanabi a cheerful childhood, and would make a decision when Hanabi reached twelve years of age.
In the meantime, Hiashi Hyuga no longer prohibited Hinata and Izayoi from meeting, but observed that their relationship was gradually experiencing a change in quality.
He even allowed Hinata to take Hanabi out to search for Izayoi to play.
Nobody knew the little ideas of Hiashi Hyuga.
He seemed to play a great game and wish for both daughters not to be placed on the Seal of the Caged Bird.
Izayoi, as a person, didn't know about it.
He thought Hinata and Hanabi could go out because Hinata played well and laid the groundwork for the heir of the Hyuga clan.
And speaking of Hinata establishing herself to be on defense and causing Hanabi to get ready and take the place of Hanabi on the Caged Bird Seal, Izayoi didn't give it any mind.
Not even if he did know.
The Caged Bird Seal was a simple curse seal.
Comparing them equally, they were nowhere close to the Orochimaru Earth Curse Seal and Heaven Curse Seal.
Even if Hyuga clan had no way of removing the Caged Bird Seal, Izayoi was able to remove the curse seal once he mastered Yin-Yang Release.
Even though Hanabi had been put onto the Caged Bird Seal, it was just a temporary pain.
After all, she wasn't even through ninja school when Shippuden ended.
If the Byakugan wasn't perfect or not didn't matter.
.
Knock knock knock.
"Oniichan, I came to play with you, open the door in a hurry."
Knocking and children's weeping still reached Izayoi's ears.
Opening the door, there stood a tall one and a short one before him.
The short one ran up and embraced Izayoi's waist, weeping, "Oniichan, let's go out to play."
Hanabi, then three years old this year, wore a self-made pink kimono. It was a young habit of her to wear kimonos.
Her own black hair stood just above the ears, with bangs cutting in the middle.
She had a cute, round, baby-like face, so other people would try to pinch one.
Izayoi did just the same.
Pinching Hanabi's little face, Izayoi grinned, "Alright, what does Hanabi want to play today?"
In Izayoi's thoughts, there were some bubbles of different colors swimming around Hanabi.
[The Princess of the Byakugan (Gold)]
[Bloodline Limit: Byakugan (Purple)]
[Otsutsuki Bloodline (Blue)]
[Jonin Qualification (Blue)]
[Chakra Control (Blue)]
As opposed to those citizens and usual ninja clan kids, Hanabi's panel was incredibly rich.
Hanabi was only behind Hinata in one aspect, the golden level Princess of the Byakugan.
The Byakugan stolen by Toneri Otsutsuki in the movie and converted into Tenseigan in a span of a few days, Hanabi's purity of Byakugan was also as maximum as possible.
One level down, her attributes would be of the same caliber as Hinata.
The other attributes were exactly the same as Hinata, a weakened Hinata.
Like Hinata, she also possessed the qualification to change her fate.
Izayoi naturally liked this adorable and promising little sister-in-law very much.
"I want to eat glutinous rice dumplings and get high."
Hanabi tiptoed, trying to mount Izayoi's body.
"Okay, Hanabi gets to decide today."
Izayoi touched Hanabi's little head with his hand, then bent down, letting Hanabi ride on his shoulders.
With Hanabi's little hands in his, Izayoi stood up and told Hinata, who was smiling at them, "Hinata, close the door."
"Yes."
Upon closing the door, Izayoi brought the Hyuga sisters to the crowded shopping street.
As Hinata's mother had died, without her knowledge, Izayoi and Hinata's trip slowly became a trip of three.
I faintly recall that Hinata cried so miserably that day.
After all, prior to Hanabi growing up, Izayoi and her mother were the only ones who provided her with the gentleness and affection she yearned.
When her mother passed away, Hinata's dependence on Izayoi also grew to a larger degree.
It was then that their relationship gradually began changing qualitatively.
To prevent Hanabi from becoming another one of her, Hinata worked double the effort in training, hoping for her sister to live happily ever after.
In whatever spare time she had, she would take her sister with her to look for Izayoi.
Because Izayoi took care of children more than Hinata's father to her.
Her father's environment was far too intimidating, and his hard-face and high-pressure education would have made Hinata collapse if not for her mother's love.
As it was that her mother was no longer there, Hinata was not able to have Hanabi take her place.
Looking at Hanabi, who was sitting on Izayoi's shoulders with a smiling expression, Hinata felt her decision was really correct.
(End of this chapter)
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