15-=Hiashi's decision=-

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Gaara(Kaede) was really surprised right now, the power held by any Ultimate skill is obviously no joke! with such power, he doesn't need to be in konoha any longer.

'Though it may be beneficial for me to use the invasion as a hunting ground, that will undoubtedly be a good opportunity...'

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Meanwhile, at the hyuga clan

"Patriarch! You cannot be serious! That is the second time in all the history of the hyuga clan that we loose a byakugan!" An elder that obviously isn't a good person, you can see by his face, said

"Indeed Hiashi-sama, we can't afford such a loss... and we must punish the first young miss-"

"THAT'S ENOUGH!" Hiashi exclaimed loudly

"If you two didn't forget, we still have no clue about what happened inside that forest, so we can't be sure her byakugan was even stolen or just destroyed, or else why would someone steal one byakugan but not the other?" Hiashi reasoned, and after a long discussion finally made the elders back down, at least for now

After that annoyance, Hiashi entered a medical room where his daughters were at, Hanabi was already asleep by the side, that girl tried to keep her aloof image that she built during her earlier years but she couldn't help but worry for her sister in the end.

Hinata was laying at a hospital bed, with a scared expression

"F-Father?!" Hinata exclaimed surprised, with obvious fear on her voice, seeing that hurt Hiashi quite a bit...

"Hinata... I have talked with the elders" With that sentence, Hinata's face went pale just from imagining what her punishment would be

"A-A-And w-w-what w-will m-my p-punishment b-b-be?"

"...None"

"H-Huuh?"

"I managed to make them put the investigation of this incident above punishing you as their priority, and I still have some ways to stop them from doing anything..." (Also known as blackmail)

"B-But why?"

"Hinata, I know that you are not very suitable to be a ninja, you are too soft..."

To that Hinata could only lower her head in shame

"...just like your mother was"

Opening her eye wide, Hinata stared incredulously at her father

Hiashi extended his hand towards Hinata who closed her eye instinctively, only to not feel any pain.

Opening her eye once again, she saw her father patting her head with a sad smile on his face

"I may have always avoided you because of just how much you looked and acted like your mother, but after what happened in the forest I noticed something... I almost lost you that day, and then I noticed

You are not her, she is gone. As much as that pains me to say...

I have already lost her, I couldn't save my brother, instead he died to save me... So I can't lose you or Hanabi, you two are everything I have"

"Father..."

"Rest well Hinata, if after this you still don't want to be a shinobi, now I have a good reason for the elders to allow you to not be one"

Hiashi patted Hinata's head one last time, took a look at Hanabi, who was pretending to sleep, and went way. Leaving behind the two girls to their own thoughts.

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Two days later, Back with Gaara (Kaede)

It is the day of the preliminaries, though some important teams, like team 8, were eliminated, because of Kaede's words before the exams started, there was a LOT more people at the second test, though the konoha shinobis may be shocked until now that they didn't find a single body even though so many teams 'disappeared' during the exam, that wasn't a problem since there was giant animals in the forest that could eat bodies whole.

'I just hope that the fight isn't Gaara vs Kaede... that would put a dent on my plans, one that I can't afford right now...' Gaara thought as he ignored the words from the proctor

The panel begun to 'spin' names on it, until it stopped on two blondes

"First match: Ino Yamanaka vs Naruto Uzumaki, the ones that won't fight can make their ways to the seats, please"

'Hooh? that will be fun, I really hope Ino uses her jutsu on him... I still didn't pay her back for daring to try tp invade my mind before, but a encounter with big ol' fox? that would be enough... for now at least'