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"Dialogue"
'Thoughts'
-Author notes-
Chapter 270: God Eyes
Attacks came from all directions. Hinata had to move at an incredible speed to avoid any of her chakra points being closed by the clanmates who had jumped onto the platform.
At this moment, there were thirteen of them, and Hinata knew them all.
Twelve of them were from the branch family. Talented ninjas with bright futures ahead of them. Some were already at the rank of Jonin and had mastered the Gentle Fist to its highest degree.
The last one was a middle-aged man she had seen many times before. He was the younger brother of Elder Murano, and although he wasn't as antagonistic as his older brother, he had never liked her or her family.
'No surprises here.' Hinata thought as she defended herself from a barrage of attacks. She had already an idea of who was going to give her trouble, but this had given her the opportunity to confirm it.
'Now…all I have to do is what Naruto had taught me since the beginning. To your enemies…show them no mercy.' Dark lines appeared beneath her eyes as she forced all the natural chakra in the surrounding area to circulate through her chakra system.
All the members of the clan who had their dojutsu active were able to see the changes immediately.
One of them was right next to her.
"Gentle Steps…Eight Tr-ahhhhh!"
Hinata grabbed the hand of the young man at her side and gave it a twist. In her Sage Mode, her physical strength is enhanced many times over.
The young man fell on his back while screaming and gasping at his broken arm. They could all see the bone of his elbow poking from his bleeding flesh.
She felt her power continue to surge as her eyes awakened once more.
Hinata had more control now. Three days to practice may not be much, but she was a fast learner, and her shadow clones helped her quite a bit.
Her eyes turned sky blue.
Her iris transformed into white lightning.
And now Hinata knew she could do much more.
The next man who got too close got to experience it first.
Hinata glanced at him for an instant and used a mere sliver of her power.
The man's legs became broken and twisted before he collapsed on the wooden floor and began screaming.
The others stopped their attack immediately and looked at Hinata with shock and confusion. Not truly understanding what she had just done.
"You are all within my range." Hinata's soft words could be heard in the entire compound.
She wasn't just talking about her ten remaining opponents on the platform, or even the almost two hundred clan members in the compound.
Right now, she could see the entire village of Konoha, and for this short amount of time that she could maintain this state…they were all inside her range of attack.
"What happened to her?!"
"Those marks…it's like the First Hokage!"
"What's wrong with her eyes?..."
Her opponents had become hesitant all of a sudden, and their will to continue this fight was rapidly diminishing.
"Father? What did Hinata do?" Hanabi asked.
"That's…" Hiashi was one of the only ones who knew the truth.
His daughter had spoken with him about her new power just two days ago, after her return to the village. She wanted to know more about those eyes. And he had wanted to help her out and give her a clear answer. Unfortunately, he didn't know either.
There were no records in the archive of any member of the Hyuga clan having awakened an ability like this one before, and those records went back hundreds of years, even prior to the founding of Konoha, when the clan acted independently.
But just as he was about to give up, he ended up finding a clue in the last place he had planned on looking for…the section for legends and tales.
There are many stories about the origins of the Hyuga Clan, none of them had concrete evidence so they could not be claimed as the absolute truth.
The most popular one goes back to the Sage of Six Paths and says that one of his children was the ancestor who unlocked the Byakugan and founded the Hyuga family.
This same ancestor would one day take most of the clan members and bring them all to the moon, in order to seal some ancient evil Goddess.
The members of the family who remained behind were the ones who created the clan as it was known today.
Hiashi had heard this tale before, when he was a kid. Him and his brother loved to read these kinds of legends.
But there was one detail that he had forgotten over time. The book contains a physical description of this founder…this descendant of the Sage of Six Paths.
His eyes were different from theirs…it was described in the book that he had eyes as blue as the sky. And at the center…there was pure white lightning running across their surface, brimming with divine power.
The book even gives them a name.
"Hinata has managed to unlock an ancient skill from our very own founder," Hiashi responded to his daughter.
"From the founder?..." Hanabi had no idea who the founder of the clan was. But she knew it must be something amazing.
"It is called....the Tenseigan." Hiashi added.
Hinata stared at the ten members of her clan who had challenged her. They were now all standing still, just looking at her.
"You were in such high spirits a moment ago…If you are not going to do anything, then allow me to go first." She made a gesture with her hand.
They all felt their bodies getting heavier and heavier... they could no longer move from their spots. Their bones and muscles could no longer keep them standing and began to shatter under the tremendous pressure they were now in.
Hinata had enough control to direct the change of gravity to only affect her intended targets. So the people watching could not understand what was happening.
They just saw the ten remaining members of their clan, who had gone onto the platform to challenge her, fall to their knees while screaming in agony until the floor beneath them could no longer stand the weight and broke down.
Hinata then stood alone on what remained of the platform and turned to look at the remaining members of her clan. Her blue eyes were radiating with divine energy.
"Anyone else?"
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