"Ah? Sister, she…
"Sister is still training in the back mountains," Hanabi hesitantly replied.
'She said she's incorporating gentle fist into her flight technique. But she looks like she's just having fun flying around! Why can't I be like that?' Hanabi grumbled in her heart.
"Hmm, then quickly call her over." Hiashi nodded and beckoned a branch family ninja, instructing, "Tell her the Fifth Hokage, no, tell her that Natsuki is here to see her."
'Hinata's training? This girl has been very diligent lately. Her Tenseigan proficiency has probably improved by several levels.'
Thinking this, Natsuki stood up and said directly, "No need for all the trouble, I can go there directly."
Hanabi also quickly jumped up, raising her hand and saying, "Don't worry Brother Natsuki, I'll take you there."
'Good heavens, I, the clan head, haven't even agreed yet. This little girl just jumped in? As expected, girls forget about family when they grow up.'
Hiashi thought to himself, but said with a smile on his face, "Alright then, Hanabi will lead Hokage into the back mountain.
"If there's anything you need, feel free to ask."
Natsuki nodded in agreement.
Then, bidding farewell to Hiashi, he led Hanabi out of the reception hall.
Immediately, countless gazes converged upon them again.
"Brother Natsuki, this way," Hanabi called out cheerfully while leading the way to the right side of the main hall.
"No need to bother, we'll just fly over," Natsuki shook his head.
Did he really not know Hinata's training spot? He had secretly…well, openly snuck over there countless times. It's just that the guard ninjas here couldn't detect him.
Natsuki waved his right hand.
Little Hanabi suddenly floated into the air.
"Eh? Eh?" This feeling of weightlessness made Hanabi slightly panic.
But after seeing Natsuki also levitate, she immediately felt relieved.
That's right, she had witnessed this extremely rare levitation ability it during the Chunin Exams.
Currently, there were only two people in Konoha who could fly so freely. One was her sister Hinata, and the other was Brother Natsuki.
Moreover, according to her sister, it was thanks to Brother Natsuki that she was able to awaken this ability.
This ability was too practical, too cool.
She must perform well and strive to have Brother Natsuki help her awaken it too.
'If it's an ability that even my Sister can learn, I can definitely learn it too,' Hanabi muttered to herself, her eyes fixed on the levitating Natsuki.
Her bright eyes curved into two beautiful crescents, flashing with cunning.
Watching the two slowly float up, then swiftly fly towards the back mountains like fish in the sea, the branch family ninjas and guards on the ground cast envious glances.
Pairs of Byakugan gazed into the distance.
"Lord Hokage truly possesses outstanding abilities."
"Oh I get it! That Hokage robe swaying in the wind, it just like the one I saw in my dream."
"Every generation of Hokage has been exceptionally talented, but few are as young and promising as the Fifth, right?"
"Such terrifying Chakra reserves, I'm pretty sure it surpasses even the previous Hokages."
"Did you personaly know all the previous Hokages?"
"...no?"
"..."
"Not to mention Konoha, I haven't seen anyone with this much Chakra in the entire ninja world."
"..."
"He's practically a human-shaped Tailed Beast, and the key is he's still young, his body is still growing. Imagine what he'll be like in a few years."
"Don't even talk about a few years from now. A month ago, during Orochimaru's invasion, Lord Hokage single-handedly suppressed hundreds of enemy ninjas and pulverized the three-headed snake."
"That's right, that gigantic Buddha was thousands of feet tall. Forget Konoha, probably everyone within a hundred miles saw it. It was terrifying."
"Yes, and many monks from the monastery came over saying they wanted to declare Konoha a holy land"
The Hyuga clan ninjas expressed their admiration with deep emotion.
The departing Natsuki was thus subjected to the "Byakugan."
Within those activated Byakugan, they saw Natsuki's vast and terrifying Chakra, surging and turbulent like a blazing furnace.
That was the massive energy pool he had accumulated by repeatedly extracting abilities from his chunni brother and sisters.
And soon enough, Naruto's newly awakened power would be extracted by his system.
"Hiya!"
"Ha!"
In the secluded training grounds of the main family, deep within the back mountains, Hinata was meticulously practicing her moves.
Barefoot, she stood on the surface of the water.
The lake looked looked suspiciously like the artificial lake in the Uchiha clan's territory.
The Hyuga clan, not to be outdone by the Uchiha clan, had also diverted a section of the river, creating a small waterfall and a lake in the back mountains of their own compound.
Climbing trees and walking on water were methods for refining Chakra control and essential skills that were no secret to these of prominent clans.
Only ordinary ninja academy students like Naruto, who had no foundation from childhood and were practically civilians, would need elite ninja instructors to teach them these skills after becoming Genin.
At this moment, Hinata, like a dancing sprite, moved with graceful steps, her palms striking with the speed of lightning.
She had mastered Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms for a while now.
The blue flames ignited between her palms were brighter and more vigorous than those of other ninjas in the clan.
It seemed that it wouldn't be long before she mastered Gentle Step Twin Lion Fists.
She was a much faster in learning these skills than in the original story.
In the original work, it would take about three more years, until Pain's invasion, for her to barely learn this ultimate technique.
But now, because of Natsuki, Hinata had awakened the Tenseigan in advance, and her Chakra reserves had surged.
The more refined chakra from the Tenseigan, which occasionally emanated from her eyes, also allowed her to control ordinary Chakra with greater ease.
"Hiya!!!"
Her right palm suddenly shot out, fingers curled into a claw.
A huge rock in the distance suddenly defied gravity, levitating as Hinata manipulated it from afar.
"Ha!!"
The huge rock abruptly accelerated, smashing towards the distant mountainside. But just as it was about to collide against the hillsid, the rock abruptly stopped.
"???" Hinata's sweat-covered pretty face flashed with confusion.
'What was going on?'
She had never encountered this situation before. Every time, the large rock would be under her complete control, but this time it was unexpectedly suspended in mid-air.
Hinata wrinkled her nose, raising her left hand to exert more pressure.
But Nothing happened.
This time, instead of pushing, she pulled with both arms, activating the Tenseigan fully..
Hum!!
Instantly, the huge rock tore through the air, flying back towards Hinata.
"It worked!" A look of joy flashed across Hinata's face; her ability was working fine alright.
This was an ability unique to her and Natsuki; and she cherished it greatly.
But in the next moment, her joy turned to alarm.
'No, it won't stop!'
Hinata discovered that the rock was out of her control, not obeying her commands like it usually did.
At its current speed, it would hit her in five seconds.
"Stop… Stop! Repulsion!" Hinata pushed out both palms, desperately trying to activate the repulsive force.
But it was to no avail; the rock continued to hurtle towards her.
"Ah…"
Just as the large rock was about to smash into Hinata, it stopped in place.
If it weren't floating on the water, three meters away from Hinata, anyone who didn't know better would have thought it had always been there the lake and and the area surrounding it was so perfectly still.
"No… This isn't right.
"This ability… Natsuki… Natsuki!! Are you teasing me again?" The frightened expression on her small face was instantly replaced with joy.
Hinata quickly turned to look around.
But she saw no one.
"Pfft!
"Stupid Sister, you only just realized?" A light chuckle suddenly came from above.
It was her younger sister, Hanabi's voice.
Hinata quickly looked up.
Two figures were rapidly descending from the sky, landing precisely on the large rock suspended above the water.
Dressed in the Hokage's outfit, the handsome and elegant figure was none other than Natsuki.
"Natsuki, it really is you." Hinata exclaimed in delight.
She instantly dashed across the water, landing in her beloved's arms like a swallow returning to its nest.
Knowing that the little prank had startled Hinata, Natsuki didn't dodge.
He firmly embraced Hinata, gently patting her back with his right hand.
"Don't be afraid, it's me.
"It's been a while, hasn't it?"