𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐂𝐔𝐑𝐒𝐄 𝐎𝐅 𝐀 𝐇𝐘𝐔𝐆𝐀 𝐓𝐖𝐈𝐍

Another Test??

Last time:

"That made the Cloud upset and they demanded Hiashi-sama's life. They said that they wouldn't sign the peace treaty otherwise. But obviously, Hiashi-sama is still alive so who did we send? My Father, Hiashi-sama's identical twin, Hizashi Hyuga." Hanara ended the story with no emotion in her voice.

Now:

There was an uncomfortable amount of silence after Hanara's proclamation, only broken by the sound of the wind against the leaves and grass and the rustling of Choji's chip packet. Even Ino was uncharacteristically silent

"So.. um.. that's the story of my life," Hanara said in a false happy voice.

"Why didn't you tell us this earlier?" Choji asked while chewing a handful of chips, "Shikamaru and I could have helped."

"It wasn't important," Hanara said.

"NOT IMPORTANT???" Ino screeched, "IT'S EXTREMELY IMPORTANT! YOUR CLAN IS UNBELIEVABLE!"

"Trust me, I know," Hanara muttered under her breath.

"I know it's a drag but we have to go and meet our sensei now," Shikamaru interrupted the girls' little staring contest, getting up.

Hanara shot Shikamaru a grateful glance as she turned to her new teammates, "I would really appreciate it if you didn't tell anyone."

"Yeah, yeah, we know," Shika responded, "Now let's get going."

Hanara was grateful that Shikamaru wasn't treating her any differently from before despite the shock he must have gotten (or maybe it wasn't a shock. The Hyuga didn't exactly keep their seal a secret). It was comforting to have some sort of normalcy from her friend, no matter how fake it was.

"Right," Choji said.

Time skip to when they're at the Academy because I'm a lazy human:

When the children walked into their assigned area, no one was there so they all sat beside each other on a park bench in silence.

A few minutes later, their uncomfortable silence was broken by the sounds of footsteps. Looking up, the children saw a fairly young man, who was in his late 20s by the looks of it, smoking a cigarette and walking up to them. They could already feel their eyes watering because of the smoke.

"Alright, you're Ino Yamanaka, Shikamaru Nara, Choji Akimichi, and Hanara Hyuga right?" the man asked, coming to a stop in front of them.

Hanara gave a short nod, 'Isn't it obvious though? Shikamaru, Ino, and Choji all look like younger clones of their parents and I have the typical lilac-white pupilless eyes that give away my kekkei genkai.'

"Okay, why don't we start with introductions," the man suggested after letting out a puff of smoke, causing the four kids' eyes to water, "I'm Asuma, your new sensei. Now you four have to say your name, one thing you like, and one thing you dislike. Let's start with you on the right, Blondie."

"Right! I'm Ino Yamanaka and as for who I lik-" she cut herself off and stared off into space dreamily, no doubt thinking about her precious Sasuke-kun for a few seconds until Hanara lost her patience.

"Ino..."

"..." there was no response from the blonde girl.

"Ino Yamanaka, this is no time to be daydreaming about the oh so great duckbutt!" Hanara exclaimed, losing it. She never understood what was so appealing about Sasuke, not in her past life and certainly not now.

"Hey! Don't make fun of Sasuke-kun! He's amazing and such a great shinobi!"

Hanara sighed and shook her head, not having the patience for Ino, "Who knows, I might have been referring to someone else, you were the one who thought about Uchiha."