MoonberrySoul
"Petals fall, soft and fleeting. Steel strikes, sharp and unyielding. Between the two, a shinobi learns to walk-the heart still tender, the hand always steady."
Kikyō Hyūga, Neji's younger sister, had grown up with both. She knew the beauty of the blossoms that drifted quietly through the Hyūga gardens... and the weight of expectation that pressed sharper than any blade. To the world, she was quiet, observant, a girl meant to follow. But Kikyō had already learned: petals wilt, steel endures-and she would have to carry both."