Takes place at the beginning of Naruto Shippuden, right after Naruto returns from his training with Jiraiya.
Naruto & Hinata managed to form a close friendship prior to Naruto's absence. Now that he's returned, there is more than one reason to take...
Hinata stood on the battlements at the top of the eastern facing wall, overlooking the sleeping village on one side and the tangled dark coniferous forest, that surrounded Konoha's gates, on the other.
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Only feet away, Hanabi stood to her right and another kunoichi of the Long Eye to her left. It was midnight. The only time her father allowed clan training, while everyone else slept and the only ones who were awake to witness their secrets were the ANBU who took the night watch.
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Only the white light of the harvest moon cut through the blanket of night that lay across the village. But for the Hyugas, light or no light was not a factor for visualization. The chilled October weather penetrated Hinata's lavender light jacket. She shivered. This far up, on top of the fifty foot wall, the temperature dropped another few degrees making the cool night cold.
Hinata's byakugan, which had become even stronger over the last few months as she gained more control over her chakra and Naruto amassed more power, showed her the brilliance of human chakra signatures spread out like a marked map throughout the entire village and then for a hundred miles outside of the village as far east as the next closest village. From her position, she could even see Kiba lying half in and out of his bed two miles deep into the village tucked within the Izunaka compound.
As they stood around the top of the village wall, the bows and arrows of the one hundred and twenty Hyuga kunoichi, who made up the Long eye unit, lit up with the chakra that was infused in the weapons. Their arrows flew deadly straight with incredible speed, some with bombs, drills, smoke, poisons, tranquilizers, and the more talented shinobi were able to use the signature jutsu of Hyuga kyudo, the gentle strike, which knocked out any chakra points within a few inches of the arrowhead. Since most Long eye shinobi aimed for the chest, the jutsu was usually deadly, causing paralysis and internal hemorrhaging within the affected area.
Their partners were on the ground spaced throughout the village. The gentle fist unit, who were connected to their wives and intended through binding seals, were the best at open fist close combat. Just a small tap could be enough to cripple an opponent completely. Some of them had 360 vision with only small blind spots at their back. But any blind spots that ever limited the byakugan were virtually eliminated by this partnered set up. Leaving their opponents without weaknesses to exploit.
