Naruto: Winds and Changes

"Within the Hyuuga's main house, there is a special ninjutsu that has been passed down through the generations. This jutsu is a cursed seal jutsu."

Naruto frowned at the words cursed seal as it sounded like what Orochimaru had attempted to place on him, "Cursed seal? You mean a fuuinjutsu?"

"Yes. This cursed seal represents an inescapable fate, that of a caged bird," Neji said, and though his face was calm Naruto could hear the barely restrained rage in his voice, even though it was covered up in layers of indifference and arrogance. The Hyuuga prodigy reached up and untied his head band, revealing to Naruto a seal located in the center of his forehead.

"On the day when I had turned four years old, I had this seal carved into my forehead using that cursed seal jutsu. That same day, a grand ceremony was taking place. One of the shinobi leaders from Kumo, which had been warring with Konoha for many years, had come to sign an alliance treaty to end the constant warfare. However, at this signing, which everyone from the Hokage down to the lowest Genin had gone to, one clan was missing. That was the Hyuuga clan, you see that day was an important day for us, it was the day the Hyuuga Heiress turned three. Hinata-sama's birthday."

"My father, Hyuuga Hizashi, and Hinata-sama's father, Hyuuga Hiashi-sama were twins. However, because Hiashi-sama was born first, he became a member of the main family, while my father who was born second, became a member of the branch family."

Neji paused as he remembered that day, the look his father had when Hiashi had taken him away to get that cursed seal put on his forehead, the rage on his father's face. With a shake of his head he banished the memories.

"When Hinata-sama turned three, I was turned into a caged bird with this cursed seal, as was my fate as a member of the branch family."

Naruto frowned. Wasn't family supposed to be one of the most important things in this world? He knew the basics of the Hyuga clan from what he had read in the library and what Jiraiya had told him, but this information confused the blond, "I don't understand. Why is something like that necessary? Is it something to distinguish the main house from the branch house?"

Neji gave a derisive snort, "Do not be foolish. This seal on my forehead is not just for decoration, something to tell the world of my lower status. This cursed seal is the absolute fear of death given to us by the members of the main house. With nothing but a simple hand seal a branch member's mind can be destroyed, and death is just as easy for the seal to attain. And this curse willo nly disappear after death, destroying the Byakugan's abilities when it leaves."

"The Hyuuga clan is one of the clans that holds an advanced Kekkei Genkai. There are many people who have gone after it, and so, with this seal the branch members are made to live only to serve and protect the main house. Any disobedience was dealt with harshly. It was a system created to eternally protect the Byakugan of the Hyuuga clan. All branch members are expected to give their lives to this system. And it was because of this that my father was killed."

"It was on the night just after the treaty was signed, Hinata-sama was kidnapped. However, he was discovered by Hiashi-sama before he could escape and was killed. It was dark and he was wearing a mask. Can you guess who it was?"

Naruto frowned for a moment before a look of understanding came to his eyes, "You mean it was…"

"Yes, it was the leader of the Kumo shinobi who had just signed the alliance treaty. It had been clear that he was after the secrets to the Byakugan from the beginning. But with their leader killed in the failed attempt, Kumo made a demand from Konoha for breaking the alliance. Of course Konoha argued with them, and it had almost come to war. However Konoha had made an under-the-radar deal with them in order to avoid that outcome."

Having grown a lot in the past six months, not just in body but in mind as well, Naruto was able to come to the conclusion about where this was going, "They killed your father didn't they?"

Neji set his mouth inthin line, "Yes they did. You see Kumo had always wanted the Byakugan after seeing its strength in the Third Shinobi War. They had demanded the corpse of Hiashi-sama and in order to avoid a war, Konoha agreed and the war had been diverted. But it was not Hiashi-sama that had been given to them that day, no, instead my father was killed to replace Hiashi-sama."

Everyone in the audience had gone silent as they tried to process this information. Hiashi had bowed his head in shame, Neji did not know the true story of what happened but it still brought immense sorrow to the Hyuuga head to see his nephew's suffering. The Raikage too looked rather ashamed. He had not agreed with the plan, and had in fact voiced his dissension over it, claiming they did not need the Byakugan and that to try and retrieve it was an act in pointlessness since Konoha would never willingly give up its secrets and had they gone to war it would have been more costly for them then for Konoha. However he had been the only one who had disagreed, at least, until the plan had failed and they lost both one of their shinobi and a chance at the Byakugan. He was glad that the Sandaime Raikage had been executed because of the debacle. While the man may have been his father, A had always been more loyal to his village then his old man. After all, it was his father who had ordered the Hachibi to be sealed into his brother and in a sense it was his fathers fault that his brother suffered as he had due to that desicion. More then that the man had become so obsessed with getting the Byakugan that he had willingly risked war with another village when neither of them could have survived a war.

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