will of fire....
After placing a heart-touching letter and a gift from his deceased father for my Naruto-kun, I finally arrived home. Ren was still looking at me oddly, but I ignored him.
I entered my haunted room, but before coming here, I had checked on my baby sisters.
"Ah, let's sleep. Things have been set in motion, and everything is going according to my plan."
Stretching my hand, I let my body sink into my fluffy bed, staring at the ceiling. "The next year is going to be without any fun until the cool boy, Itachi, starts massacring his family."
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"Hehe, if there's no fun, I have to create my own." Giggling and thinking about the academy, I finally closed my eyes to get a peaceful sleep after a long day.
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"Hmmm," I groaned when I felt something trying to wake me up.
*Slick* *Slick*
"Whose days are numbered?" Groggily, I opened my eyes and looked at the white bunny licking my cheeks like a dog to wake me up.
"Oh, it's you." I lifted the rabbit into my arms, and the cute animal nodded at me.
It had been a month since that day, and today was the first day of the academy. Nothing miraculous had happened in the past months—just eating, sleeping, training. This was my routine.
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"Hinata baby, are you awake?" my mom yelled from the kitchen, her hurried footsteps soon approaching my room door.
"Hurry up, sweetie, today is the big day for you." Quickly reaching me, she handed me a glass of warm milk.
"Why are you so excited, Mommy? Or do you want to send me away so eagerly," 'so you could do something naughty-naughty behind my back, hehe?' I asked her, finishing the milk.
"You haven't even woken up properly, and you start messing with me. Come here, let me get you ready." Without my permission, she grabbed me and entered the bathroom.
*Splash.*
The first thing I did was splash water on her face when she threw me into the bathtub.
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"You brat, why don't you just behave properly for once?" she said in annoyance as she scrubbed soap all over my body.
'Hehe, I just love to irritate you.'
"Okay, Mommy, I will do as you say." With a cheeky smile, I complied with her, but before that, I splashed some more water on her.
"You..." She took a deep breath and smiled at me, looking at my pure, joyful innocence.
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With a towel, she dried my hair and body.
"What do you want to wear, baby?" she asked, looking at the hundreds of clothes in the closet.
"Anything is fine, just cover my body already."
"Okay, okay, here, spread your arms," she started to dress me in a white kimono with loose sleeves, an eight-trigram symbol on the back, and a red sash around my waist.
"Now, you just look fabulous, just like a doll," she said before putting me in her lap as she started combing my short, neck-length hair.
"Listen, sweetie, don't bully your classmates," she started.
"Okay, Mommy, I won't," I lied with the most sincere smile.
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"Don't show your true skills; you are not strong enough to defend yourself."
"Okay," I didn't lie.
"Make some friends and be good with them," she said.
"Hmmm," I nodded.
"If someone looks at you weirdly or tries to bully you, tell me or your father, or call Neji immediately; he will be in the academy, okay?" she continued.
'Hmm, bully me? Hehe.'
"Okay, Mommy, as soon as something happens, I will call big brother," I naively said to please my mother.
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'I knew that even if I became a hundred times stronger, my mother would still be concerned about me. That's how sweet and caring she is.'
So not to worry her, I just went along with her.
"And listen to your teachers; don't behave in front of them as if you behave in the clan."
"Hmm, okay," I nodded.
"And eat your lunch on time."
"Okay, Mommy, anything else?" I asked.
"No, that's it." She stood up after setting my hair.
"Let's go."
Grabbing her finger, I followed her, and soon we reached the dining table where my uncle, father, and Neji were all waiting.
"Are you excited, Hinata?" my uncle asked.
"No, Uncle, I am not," I disappointed him.
"Huh…" He looked at me confused.
"Hehe, I am very excited, Uncle. Look at my smile," I smiled a toothy grin.
All of them burst into laughter.
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"So, sis, are you going to make things as grand as you did with me?" Neji excitedly asked.
"No, brother. If I do the same, then the value of your grand entrance will be reduced. I don't want that," with my words, I again melted my brother's soft heart.
'But there is actually another reason; my foolish brother is too young to understand it.'
"So, who is going with you?" he asked, not so happy about it.
"I am," my father said. Neji nodded, and soon all of us finished our meal.
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"I will be waiting for you, sweetie," my mother said, kissing me on the forehead.
"Bye, Mommy," I said, looking at the sleeping babies before exiting the house.
My father was standing at the clan gates with two Hyuga boys; of course, they were Haku and Kimimaro.
"Let's go, Father," I said and took the lead. People looked at us as we walked towards the academy, but none of us put them in our white, pupil-less eyes.
"Did you want something to eat when you came back home, Princess?" my father asked, looking down at me.
Looking at him, with a smile, I said, "A lot of ice creams and apples."
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"Okay, anything else?" he asked.
"Nope," I shook my head.
Chatting with my father, we soon reached the entrance of the academy.
There were many familiar faces, one of them was the clan leader of the soon-to-be-dead clan, a traitor with the little incarnation of the Indra Otsutsuki.
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Then there was the trio, with their kids. A bug man with his little bug, and someone trying to be the cool alpha of the group.
A sweet girl with pink hair was stealing glances at me.
Finally, my little fox, whom people were ignoring, but this didn't seem to affect him, as if he was already in a world of his own.
He only gazed at me once, and like a good boy, he feigned as if he didn't know me.
'After all, he couldn't let people call me a friend of a demon, could he?'
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'I will reward you for your maturity, my little fox, hehe,' giggling inwardly, I thought about which jutsu I should teach him.
The enrollment papers were already completed by my father, so even if we failed their pathetic test, we would still pass.
After leaving the three of us to our devices, my father went toward the other clan heads to carry on his duty as a clan leader.
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"So, Kimimaro, what do you think about these kids?" I arrogantly asked him, making sure other kids could hear my words.
Kimimaro shot an uninterested gaze at the gathered children. "They are a group of weaklings. You should not be bothered by them, Lady Hinata," he spoke as arrogantly as me.
I briefly looked at him, thinking, 'I raised you well.'
"Hmph, if you say so." Crossing my arms and with a huff, I showed as if I believed what he had said.
'It's time to bring back the haughty princess back in action.'
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Soon, the parents went to their homes, leaving the children.
Shortly after, an instructor appeared in a swirl of leaves, leaving the children gobsmacked.
"All of you, stand in a line. We will check your aptitude for being a shinobi. If you have enough will of fire, you will pass; otherwise, you will fail," he said with a stoic face, scaring the weak-hearted children.
'Will of fire, huh? So the brainwashing starts here, and in the next 5 to 6 years, the children will become dogs with invisible leashes on their necks.'
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I briefly looked at Kimimaro, and nodding to me, he broke the line. With his head held high, he spoke, "You group of maggots, step aside and let Lady Hinata take the test first. If you have some problems with it, come forward and face me."
Some civilian children quickly stepped aside, hearing his strong voice. However, some who didn't know what is good for them yelled back.
"Who do you think you are? We came here first, so it's our right to be first in line."
Suddenly, the courageous boy heard whispers in his ear, "My friend, if I were you, I wouldn't be so daring." Haku-chan appeared behind him and, with a sweet smile, advised the boy.
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The other clan children, fortunately, or unfortunately, were behind us in line, so I didn't get the chance to see where they stood in the deep waters.
My hands were clasped together, hidden beneath the sleeves of my kimono. With a straight back, I walked towards the instructor, who was still stunned by our audacity.
Looking at him, I said, "Let us take the test first. If you have any problems, complain to my father."
"No, no, please continue," all of his stress was gone after hearing my daddy's name.
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I could hear whispers among the children—some saying how cool I am, others claiming I'm arrogant, nothing without my two lackeys, using my clan name to boss around, just a spoiled brat destined to fail, They were rooting for it.
It's always fun to make others jealous, but ignoring the ignorant fools, I took the test.
It was simple. I had to hold the weight of 5 kilograms for 10 seconds, then a running test with obstacles on the track. Students had to pass it in less than 30 seconds.
After passing the test, Haku and Kimimaro were next.
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Then, we were led to the room where the legendary Hokage, Hiruzen-sama himself, would brainwash us with his grandfatherly smile and will of fire.
We were first, so I chose a place behind, near the wall. Soon, children started to appear one by one, and the room filled before my divine eyes.
There were many children, and they would be split into various classrooms according to their marks. Only a handful of them would be able to become shinobi.
Then, the legendary Hokage appeared in his Hokage garb.
All the children cheered, boosting Hiruzen's pride. After getting a boost in his ego, he waved his hand and calmed down the roaring children.
Then he began, "From this day on, you are the proud students of Konoha Academy. Here, you will be taught various ninja arts....the will of fire...... the First Hokage...... sacrifice for the village.......and this is the will of fire." He completed his divinity-filled speech that had enchanted the children.
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After giving the speech, he vanished in a swirl of leaves, and soon the students were assigned to their classes.
I already knew that all the clan kids would be in the same class with some random maggots whose names I didn't find significant enough to remember.
Soon, I was sitting on the middle bench, with Haku and Kimimaro on both sides.
*creack*
The door of the classroom opened, and a pathetic loser with a scar on his face, who hadn't achieved anything in his life, greeted the class with a smile—the great Iruka-sensei, who would not be so great in time and would be forgotten in these godforsaken academy rooms in the middle of nowhere.
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I looked at the man with a pleased smile, whose destiny had been rewritten by my demonic hands. 'Hehehehehehehehe.'
"What happened, little rabbit? Why are you shrinking?" Haku-chan confusedly asked the small animal.
"Did that teacher scare you?" he continued.
Tilting my head, I gazed at the rabbit and spread my arms, my eyes saying, 'Come to Mama.'
The rabbit jumped from his arms and sat on my lap.
"Good boy," I tenderly patted his little head, which I could crush in an instant, but I wouldn't do that to this cute bunny.
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