Eight Trigrams Palms: Rotation!
Had Brother Hiashi already taught Hinata this secret technique of the Hyuga clan?
Given her age, even if she'd started learning it, there was no way she could actually use it yet right?
So thought Hizashi Hyuga as he approached Hinata. But at that moment, he saw something that froze him in his tracks.
From the chakra points all over five-year-old Hinata's body, immense chakra suddenly surged. Her small figure began to spin like a gyroscope, forming a silver dome of rotation that instantly deflected every kunai flying toward her.
!!
Hizashi's pupils contracted in disbelief. He never imagined Hinata could actually perform the Hyuga clan's advanced taijutsu secret art: Eight Trigrams Palms: Rotation.
Just as Hizashi stood there in stunned silence, Hinata's hands formed hand seals with lightning speed:
Dragon – Ox – Hare!
Those were the seals for the C-rank Water Release: Wild Water Wave technique. Was Hinata about to follow up with ninjutsu?
Snapping back to his senses, Hizashi's lips curled into a faint smile as he thought:
Just a C-rank Water Release, and without any nearby water source to enhance it. Such a low-tier jutsu couldn't possibly hurt a Jonin like me.
After all, I am a Leaf Village Jonin.
Body Flicker Technique!
He blurred forward, closing in on Hinata but just as he got within one meter, her hand seals completed. From her lips burst an enormous torrent of water, forming a wave over ten meters high that came crashing down on him.
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Hizashi's eyes widened. He immediately withdrew the hand reaching for her throat and attempted to flicker away, but the overwhelming surge made escape impossible.
Left with no choice, he countered with his own Eight Trigrams Rotation to block the crashing wave. Still, in his heart, he was reeling:
This... this is supposed to be Wild Water Wave? Not Water Dragon Jutsu?
To produce such power in an environment without natural water sources Hinata's Water Release talent might even rival the Second Hokage, Tobirama Senju!
And just as Hizashi's shock deepened, a droplet within the giant wave puffed into smoke.
A clone?!
Hinata appeared from the mist, chakra erupting from her tenketsu again.
Reversed Eight Trigrams Rotation!
Her version spun in the opposite direction from Hizashi's, perfectly countering and neutralizing his defense.
As she spun, a bright blue sphere of rotating chakra formed in her palm
The Rasengan.
Within just two seconds, Hizashi's Rotation was completely dissolved. Hinata surged forward. Even as Hizashi tried transformation, flicker techniques, and other escape methods, she had already closed the distance.
The Rasengan pressed firmly against Hizashi's abdomen.
As the spiraling chakra sphere whipped up a gust of wind, goosebumps rose on Hizashi's arm.
Hinata spoke calmly:
"You've lost, Uncle."
"…Yeah. I've lost."
Hizashi's eyes softened as he looked at the petite five-year-old before him.
Eight Trigrams: One Hundred Twenty-Eight Palms.
Eight Trigrams Rotation.
And the ability to unleash a devastating Water Release jutsu in a dry environment, rivaling the power of the Second Hokage's techniques. To top it off, she wielded the Rasengan, an iconic A-rank jutsu created by the Fourth Hokage.
All of this, performed effortlessly, decisively defeating a Jonin him.
Hinata was not just gifted. She was a true prodigy beyond comparison.
And it wasn't just Hizashi. All the Hyuga elders, branch family members, and even Hiashi Hyuga, Hinata's father, were stunned.
Hinata defeated a Leaf Jonin at the age of five?!
She's five?!
The elders, veterans of the clan, looked at the child holding a spinning Rasengan, her presence exuding quiet dominance. Their minds drifted back to the era of Hyuga Tennin, a legend of the clan.
Without a doubt, Hinata already displayed talents equal to or beyond Hyuga Tennin.
Even Tennin couldn't claim to have defeated a Jonin at five years old.
In another ten or twenty years, when Hinata fully matured, she might become the new beacon of the Hyuga clan. Perhaps she would lead them into an even more glorious age.
Among the branch family, another child stood frozen.
Neji Hyuga.
Just as small as Hinata, he stared in disbelief.
She defeated his father.
And she was younger than him.
How is this possible?
The heiress… is this strong?
No! Father must have gone easy on her!
But then Neji remembered the fight the Eight Trigrams Rotation he himself hadn't mastered, the 128 Palms, the Rasengan… All of them executed flawlessly by Hinata.
No. Father didn't hold back. She really did beat him with sheer strength.
If that's true… then maybe she really can change fate. Maybe she can… keep Romon here.
And if she can do that can fate really be broken?
Could I escape the cage of my destiny too?!
Neji's fists tightened.
And just then, Hinata turned to Hiashi in front of everyone and said:
"Father, I want to keep Romon in the Hyuga clan. I told you he's important to me."
Hiashi, still stunned, instinctively opened his mouth to argue.
Hinata interrupted him sharply:
"Father, I suggest you listen to me. Otherwise, this Rasengan won't stop at just spinning."
From the crowd, Neji's voice rang out, trembling:
"Lady Hinata, please don't hurt my father!"
Hiashi, momentarily silenced, furrowed his brows and finally spoke with urgency:
"Hizashi is your uncle. You'd really hurt him for a stranger?"
Hinata replied firmly:
"I said Romon is important to me. And Romon… isn't a stranger."