Naruto: Reformation of the Hyuga

Hyūga Clan Territory - Hyūga Meeting Hall

Within the Hyūga Clan Meeting Hall was a large rectangular table, Hyūga Haruki sitting at the head, body half bent over as he scrutinized the stack of scrolls in front of him. Most other seats at the table were filled, elders like Hyūga Itsuki and Hyūga Hayato reading mission report scrolls of their own. The doors suddenly opened and Hiroshi and Hikaru entered. 

"Have the two of you finished your mission? The heads of the heirs of the Senju and Uchiha?" 

Before the head of the clan could even speak, Hyūga Hayato leapt up from his seat excitedly, his famous spit-trail following every word. Stepping back slightly to escape the 'splash zone', Hikaru grimaced before replying. 

"Hello Grandfather, and no. We failed, Senju Hashirama and Tobirama, as well as Uchiha Madara and Izuna escaped from us. I was able to stalemate the elder two brothers for a while, but unfortunately, despite Hiroshi's defeat of Izuna and Tobirama, Hashirama and Madara managed to rescue them and retreat."

Whispers began to circulate within the hall as the elders scrutinized them. 

"I knew they wouldn't succeed. We let you experiment with the Gentle Fist, even teaching its variations to your sons because you promised us victory. Just goes to show how useless your ideas were in the first place. The traditional Gentle Fist is supreme. I bet my grandchildren could easily deal with those four. At least better than that half-blood."

Eyes glaring at Hiroshi, Hayato continued to berate the two of them, disparaging the usage of their modified techniques, and Hiroshi's lineage. 

"Father, ENOUGH! You will not continue to insult my children, nor my late wife."

Across the table, a plain Hyūga woman seated next to Itsuki looked down in frustration, feeling unseen. 

'Sigh! It's been 5 years, and despite seeing the improved Gentle Fist with their own eyes, I've only gotten 2 elders to try it. The other elders refuse to teach it to the children, with mine being the only Hyūga youths capable of wielding it. Not to mention this idiotic blood purity mindset they possess, it's only a matter of time before they propose something truly stupid…like a branch clan.'

Veins pulsated and bulged from Hyūga Haruki's forehead despite his Byakugan being inactive. Rubbing his temples in frustration, he contemplated. 

"You think they can do better? Fine then. Enough of this cyclical back and forth nonsense. We'll hold a tournament. Hikaru and Hiroshi versus all the grandchildren of you elders. No Shikotsumyaku, just a simple modified Gentle Fist against traditional Gentle Fist. Each round will be 1 on 1. You only need to defeat Hikaru and Hiroshi. If you succeed, you win, and the traditional Gentle Fist will continue to be our foundational taijutsu style. On the other hand, my boys need to crush all of the elder's grandchildren in order to win. But if we do, I refuse to hear anymore complaints about treason this and traditional that. We will switch to the 5 Elements Gentle Fist. Agreed? Any questions?"

Instantly, the elders began to contemplate. It doesn't matter which way you slice it, they seemed to be at a huge advantage. The average age of the elder's grandchildren was 9, already 2 years older than the eldest of the Clan Leader's children. There are 14 elder grandchildren, and the 1 on 1 tournament style without rest meant the siblings would be exhausted of their chakra. Looking around at each other, they all seemed to be in consensus, barring two elders, namely Hyūga Itsuki and Hyūga Nanami who simply closed their eyes with a smirk.

"We agree! We can finally rid this clan of these insurgent techniques of yours."

"Great, we'll aim for 2 weeks' time. Until then, I don't want to hear anything else about it. Now let's move on. Hiroshi and Hikaru weren't the only missions we have reports on."

Hyūga Haruki waved his hand to dismiss the boys before refocusing the meeting. 

"Indeed. On the western border that we share with the Uchiha, we caught traces of ninja from the Land of Wind. 2 Hyūga genin corpses and what appeared to be 1 Uchiha Chūnin corpse were found, each punctured with what appeared to be Wind Release: Vacuum Bullets. The Hyūga corpses were retrieved in perfect condition, though we noted that the Uchiha's eyes appeared to be missing from its corpse. I'm sure the Uchiha clan will be furious once they discover that."

Tch!

Hyūga Haruki clicked his tongue at the report.

"We shouldn't be sending Genin near the border in the first place, they should at most be dealing with the occasional rōnin. Dispatch a Chūnin team with a Jōnin leader to replace the two Genin and investigate our intruders. The border is far too dangerous for Genin."

Signing the report, he placed it aside, before moving on to the next one. The corresponding elder picked up his scroll before reading.

"5 km from the northern border of our territory, we discovered an outpost from the Land of Lightning equipped with over 50 shinobi. Should we leave them be or cross our border to dismantle the outpost?"

"2 km inland from our eastern border, we captured a spy from the Land of Whirlpools, and due to the chakra value and red hair we determined them to be Uzumaki. Would you like to interrogate him, Clan Leader?"

"The northern border patrol is wondering when they can rotate shifts, some have been stuck on northern border patrol duty for the last 3 months."

Report after report rang out, and ink splashed as Haruki signed off on each of them. As he signed the last of them, the meeting finally came to an end. Elders began to rise and head towards the double doors, but Hyūga Nanami and Hyūga Itsuki hung back. 

"It took you long enough. 5 years of putting up with their constant dissent? Couldn't be me."

Itsuki slung an arm around Haruki. Nanami merely chuckled as air escaped his lungs.

Sigh!

"Please don't tease me Uncle, even after getting you and Aunt Nanami to switch Gentle Fist forms, they still wouldn't acknowledge me. This is the only way I can reach them. I had to give them the advantage to trick them."

"Their grandchildren are still f*cked, you know that right?" 

Smack!

The back of his head met Hyūga Nanami's palm as she slapped him. 

"Idiot, those are your grandchildren getting f*cked too, you know that right?"

She stared at her husband with disappointment and mockery suffusing her voice. Watching his Aunt and Uncle bicker like children, Haruki held his forehead. 

"Yes Uncle, I'm well aware, that's why I suggested it." 

"Ah, nephew, I almost forgot, the elders wanted me to deliver this to you personally…just a word of warning, you definitely won't like it."

Brows arched in confusion, Haruki received the scroll from Hyūga Itsuki before unfurling it. 

Proposal: Caged Bird Seal 

Details: The Fuinjutsu team have been working on a seal for the last 7 years. Clans with Dōjutsu face the potential of having their eyes extracted and used against them by enemies. As such, we have developed a countermeasure. The Caged Bird Seal will activate upon death and scramble the ocular pathways of the Byakugan, destroying it, to prevent it being removed and implanted into another. Given that Hyūga with stronger and purer bloodlines rarely die in battle, it's unnecessary to seal them. Those with weaker bloodlines should be sealed to prevent our secrets from leaking and to protect them. Those unmarked will henceforth be referred to as the Main Family, while the marked are considered the Branch Family. In order to maintain control over the Branch family the Main family will be taught the specific seals necessary to discipline the Branch family if they find themselves out of line. 

Swiftly shutting the scroll in disgust, Haruki didn't even bother to read the rest of the proposal, flinging it off to the side. 

"Impossible. I won't allow it. I don't even need to see the rest. I refuse. If this seal is really designed to protect our secrets, then all Hyūga should possess it. This is clearly just another attempt to divide our clan. It looks like this tournament is even more necessary than I thought, and when we win, I'll burn this scroll personally before my Father's eyes. I'm going to make tournament preparations."

Without a second look at the proposal or his Aunt and Uncle, Haruki swiftly left the building. 

Hyūga Clan Territory - Private Training Grounds

Within the private training field of the clan leader stood his children: Hyūga Hikaru and Hyūga Hiroshi. The two stood quietly, staring at each other intensely, before assuming the Gentle Fist stance. Lightning sparked up around both sets of palms eager to be discharged. 

Bzzrt! 

The ionized air screeched as the smell of burnt hair filled their surroundings. Both vanished before appearing again in the middle of the field, palms colliding. Lightning flashed and thunder roared as palm after palm met time and time again. 

"Eight Trigrams: Raging Twin Palms!" 

Spinning inwards towards Hiroshi, Hikaru launched two current-filled palms at his brother that met nothing but air. Ducking underneath, Hiroshi kicked Hikaru away before a yin-yang symbol appeared beneath him. 

"Eight Trigrams: Sixteen Calamitous Palms!" 

Flipping to re-orient himself midair, Hikaru landed, skidding backwards, before immediately starting to rotate. Water swirled around him following his movements.

"Eight Trigrams: Maelstrom Revolving Heavens!" 

A huge dome of pressurized, swiftly rotating water met Hiroshi's advance. Continuing to spin steadily, Hikaru matched all Sixteen Calamitous Palms, even as Hiroshi danced around him slamming palm after palm into the Revolving Heavens. The electricity, unable to find purchase into the dome, bounced off harmlessly, dispelled. 

After his failed offense, Hiroshi's lightning chakra vanished before wind chakra replaced it. Slicing through the air came two palms that slammed into the side of the water dome.

"Eight Trigrams: Dual Severing Palms!"

The dome instantly began to part as two tiny palms slowly made their way into it. Realizing the defense wouldn't hold, Hikaru instantly dispelled it before leaping out of range. 

"Ano…excuse me!?" 

The duo halted, startled as a soft, feminine voice reached their ears. 

"Who might you be? And why are you here? This training ground is private, you know." 

"Oh that's easy! I'm Hyūga Fumiko and I'm here because you two are going to teach me Elemental Gentle Fist!"

…HUUUUUUUUH??!!