Chapter 4 (tournament)

...MC's POV....

My fourth year was perfect as I started receiving favor from the clan. I only regretted that the clan did not learn ninjutsu or genjutsu. In my fifth year in this world I was told about the awakening ceremony. It was a ceremony were all 5 year olds in the clan were taught the byakugan and their potential as a Hyūga were measured by the elders of the clan. Both branch and main family children took part in this ceremony. This was also branch family children were given the seal on the forehead.

At that time no Hyūga child in the family had any hope of catching up to me even those of the main family. I had the intelligence of a teenager and my body was trained for a year and my body was able to adapt easily since it was a child's body.

I was aiming to get trained by the clan head if I impressed him in the ceremony tournament were all children with 5 to 7 years of age participated in. The six and seven year olds who had awakened their byakugan were not allowed to use it.

I woke up in the morning and wore female children combat gi which was extremely uncomfortable. Since people always had their eyes on me I always wore Hyūga approved clothing. I heard someone cooking in the kitchen. That day that my parents didn't go for their duty because of the ceremony. I walked to the mirror in the bathroom and stared at it. A miniature version of my mother was staring back. My mother even amongst Hyūga's was extremely beautiful. And I was a miniature version of her. A small girl with long jet black hair that reached her thighs, beautiful slightly big eyes with a light sky blue pupil-less eyes of the Hyūga clan was staring back at me from the mirror. I was the normal height for my age and my body was healthy.

...General POV...

In the Hyūga clan of Konohagakure many people could be seen gathering in the biggest arena. There were many people all whose eyes were very similar. Among these people were three whose main distinction feature was that of the three, two were female and were very beautiful. One of these two females was a child around the age of five. It was Himeko Hyūga. They, like all the others took their seats around the arena. A man in his late twenties suddenly appeared in the arena. He then looked at people who were seated on a higher platform that the others wearing matching white and gold robes. They all nodded at the man in the arena who then looked at everyone else.

"Good morning everyone, I ask all the participants to come on stage quickly please" he said in a lazy voice.

...MC's POV.....…

After the announcement by the referee other children and myself stood up from where our parents were sitting and walked to the arena. I paired up with Masashi and stood in the arena.

The referee took a box with a circular hole on top of it.

"Pick a stick from the box and go sit down. Each one of you will have one. Each stick has a number, and when that number is called come to the arena." He said lazily, as if he would fall asleep any second.

We each picked up a stick and went to sit with our parents. I got number four(4). I immediately knew I was fighting in the second match. The first match was Masashi versus someone called Hisashi. I hadn't had of him that much so I didn't pay any attention to him.

" Begin!" Said the referee as he disappeared from the arena.

The two stared at each other for a while until Hisashi dashed towards Masashi. He threw his palm at Masashi's head who just moved her head slightly to the right. The palm missed her and she threw her palm which landed straight for Hisashi's guts with so much force he was sent flying and almost landed outside the ring. Hisashi didn't stand up after that. The referee appeared in the ring and checked his vitals.

"Masashi is the winner due to knocking Hisashi unconscious!!" He shouted.

Masashi just turned around and walked out of the ring. The elders were slightly surprised and were seen discussing something amongst themselves.

"Second match, number 3 and 4 get on stage!"shouted the referee as someone rushed and picked up the unconscious Hisashi.

I stood up and walked to the stage. My opponent was a boy I had grown up with. He was the boasting type. We both took our stances and waited for the starting signal.

"Start!" The referee said as he flickered away from the ring.

My opponent used one of the two techniques we were given to learn. This was one were one compresses a lot of chakra in their palm and hits the target temporarily blocking chakra and movement for a few seconds.

"Gentle Fist!!!!" He shouted as he approached me. I focused my chakra in my legs as he threw his palm at me. As it reached my face I used the chakra in my feet to enhance my movements. This wasn't a technique taught to us yet. I simply vanished leaving my opponent and the crowd surprised. I appeared behind him and chopped on the neck making him fall unconscious. The referee appeared and checked my opponent with his byakugan.

"Himeko is the winner!!" He said as my opponents parents came and picked him up.

I then walked of the stage and went to were my parents were sitting.