Hyuuga!Quest

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Character sheet:
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Name: Hyuuga Hinata
Class: Monk

STR 15
END 15
AGI 10
INT 11
WIS 11
LUK 10

Skills:
Combat Style: Jyuuken
--> Parry (Rank 2) (25/100)
--> Chakra Spike (Rank 2) (25/100)

Herbology (Rank 2) (50/100)
--Healing Herbs (25/100)

????? (Unique)

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Upgrades:

NOT UNLOCKED

 

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Dramatis Personae:
(If their name appears here, unless otherwise noted, they have a Nameplate.)

Hinata Hyuuga: Princess of the Hyuuga, First born of Hiashi and Meiko. Our Heroine.

Hyuuga Hiashi: "Head of Clan Hyuuga" Father, Sensei, Elder. Cold and Reserved, but he does, in his way, love you.

Inuzuka Kiba: "Brother of the Pack" Youngest child of Inuzuka Tsume. Brash and bold, his Partner Akamaru goes everywhere with him.

Aburame Shino: "Dutiful Guardian" A quiet, reserved person. Constantly wearing glasses that hide his eyes.

Yamanaka Ino: "Heir of the Yamanaka Clan" A cute girl with long blonde hair. Friends with Sakura.

Haruno Sakura: "Hidden Depths" A girl with strikingly pink hair the color of cherry blossoms, no doubt in part the cause of her name. Friends with Ino.

Nara Shikamaru: "Lazy Genius" A boy with rather oddly pointy hair, he falls asleep at the least opportunity. Friends with Chouji.

Akimichi Chouji: "Loyal to the Last" A stocky boy, he always seems to be snacking on something. Friends with Shikamaru.

Uchiha Sasuke: "Survivor of the Uchiha Massacre" A dark haired boy with an odd hairstyle, he seems attached to his older brother.

Uzumaki Naruto: "The Sacrificial Vessel that Saved Konoha" Bright and Loud, his presence demands the attention of all and sundry. Hinata caught him at one of his lower moments, and he immediately put a smile on to put her at ease when he noticed.

Umino Iruka: "Strict Teacher" Your teacher at the academy. He's tough, but fair.

Sarutobi Hiruzen: "The Professor, God of Shinobi" The THIRD HOKAGE, his mannerisms are kind and grandfatherly, but something grand about his presence scrapes at the edge of your senses, like a tiger negligently flexing it's claws even as you pet it.

(Subject to change once I finish finalizing my current timeline.)

 

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[X] Just beginning Academy
[X] Monk (Style: Gentle Fist, Physical Up, Esoteric Down)
[X] Herbalism (Beginning Skill: Healing Herbs)

[X] Tell Him

"F-Father, there are..." The young girl hesitates a moment, trying to gather her thoughts. "Ah...there are...words...floating in the air above your head."

"Indeed?" He replied back, continuing without a visible reaction to this startling revelation. "And what do these...words, say?"

Hinata began to get the sneaking suspicion that her Father was not taking her seriously. "They have some strange symbol or word that I don't know, then a pair of question marks, then your name on the first line. The second line says 'Head of the Hyuuga Clan'." She reported dutifully, sitting more rigidly and no longer trying to peer at her father, now that she had admitted to both her Father and herself that she was seeing them.

There was a long silence, save for the movement of sleeves and the clinking of chopsticks on bowls, as the two of them ate quietly.

Finally, her Father set down his bowl and responded with merely a cryptic, "...I see."

The silence stretched out again, as she worked to finish the last of her meal quickly and politely. When she was done, Father stood from his seat at the table in a single flowing motion, which Hinata attempted to emulate as she herself got up (she did NOT scramble, Hyuuga do not scramble.) When she was on her feet, her Father turned and glided towards the door. "Ah, F-Father...!"

"Don't be late for your classes, Hinata." Father said in an uncolored tone of finality, and then he was gone.

Hinata sighed quietly at the dismissal.

---

It did not take her long to gather her belongings, and soon she was leaving the Hyuuga compound and moving toward the academy. Looking this way and that, she searched, but didn't see anymore of those strange floating words. She was just about ready to put it down to her imagination when she arrived at the academy.

But, she hadn't gone two steps when she was passed by a wild looking boy in a furred coat, and she stopped in her tracks.

[Lvl 2, Inuzuka Kiba]
[Brother of the Pack]
​

"Wha..." She followed the boy to the classroom, her own classroom Hinata noted, where he entered and sat down. Hinata slipped into the class and eased down into a seat near the back. She stifled a squeak of surprise at how many were in the one room. Uchiha Sasuke. Yamanaka Ino. Aburame Shino. Even the Teacher had one.

[Lvl ?? Umino Iruka]
[Strict Teacher]​

"Is everyone here? Ok, all of you, settle down so I can take attendance."

The door next to her slammed open, drawing yet another squeak from Hinata as the loud noise startled her, "I'M HERE, TEACHER! I'M NOT LATE, RIGHT!" Hinata looked over...

...And saw him. He had a pair of dark green goggles strapped to his head, and a bright orange jumpsuit that was only outdone by the brightness of his blond hair. His face was screwed up with a triumphant grin, even though he was breathing slightly hard as though he had just won a race. Then she looked up.

[Lvl 5, Uzumaki Naruto]
[The Sacrificial Vessel that Saved Konoha]
​

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Hinata's young mind was whirling from trying to puzzle out these strange titles people had. It was only certain people, she noticed, though she couldn't puzzle out what quality all of them possessed. It seemed almost random at times. The most intimidating one though had to be when the Hokage himself arrived to give his inaugural speech for the beginning of the year. He had a Title as well, though instead of that strange symbol she still couldn't quite figure out, his had a small emblem of the Kage Hat, surrounded by fierce flames.
​

[THIRD HOKAGE, SARUTOBI HIRUZEN]
[The Professor, God of Shinobi]
​

She was relieved when he finally finished his speech and they were released for the day. They were let out into the Academy's front lawn to await their parents, and almost immediately groups began to gather and split off into various games, races, or just standing and talking together.

There was a large group of girls from class all chattering together, a mixed group playing with some sort of ball, and the boys mock fighting.

Hinata takes a moment to sit against a low wall, trying to sort the things she has seen today. Though, it might be fun to try and gain a few friends. The Clan had standards to uphold, but surely she couldn't be faulted for interacting with her peers?

[As a Reminder: Your current Age is 10]
[ ] Try talking to the girls (Ino, Sakura)
[ ] Go check out the mixed group (Chouji, Shikamaru, Shino)
[ ] Observe the Boys (Naruto, Sasuke, Kiba)
[ ] Just wait for your Father, you've got a lot on your mind right now. (Gather your thoughts)

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Father arrives with a retainer to collect her rather late, most of the others have been picked up by then. He motions Hinata to follow, and then turns and glides away, as she is used to. She begins to follow him, but can't help looking back and seeing a solitary figure sitting alone.

Bright Orange and Brighter Blond. But, his muted expression following the other children leaving with their parents seems to wash the colors out. Then, he notices her looking at him, and with almost a startled look on his face, he gives her a cheeky grin that doesn't fully reach his eyes.

"Come along, Hinata-sama." the Retainer reminds her. She jerks, as though caught in a daze, but the moment, and Naruto are both gone when she checks again.

[ ] Write in (Questions/Observations for your Father)
[ ] Remain Silent

 

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[X] Just wait for your Father, you've got a lot on your mind right now. (Gather your thoughts)

[X] Tell Father about the various titles you've seen.
-[X] Ask him if this has happened before.

She could could have gone over to try talking to the girls, but she is not really close to any of them. The same for the group with the ball, there is no one in the group Hinata is really familiar with, so it's hard to approach, and the group with the boys fighting with each other is entirely too intimidating. She decides to just take a seat on a nearby bench and try to assemble her various revelations into something more coherent.

1: A little over half her classmates have the strange, floating..."Nameplates" she decides to refer to them as, as well as her father, her Teacher Umino Iruka, and the Hokage.

2: Most of her classmates that have nameplates come from well established, important clans of Konoha. The exceptions (Haruno-san, and Uzumaki-san) don't make sense at the moment. - Insight Check - She suddenly thinks back to Uzumaki's Title. [Sacrificial Vessel that Saved Konoha] That would make him pretty important, right? If he somehow saved the entire village? But that would mean that Haruno-san is the only exception.

3: All the nameplates have a Symbol that she thinks translates to "Level", followed by either ?? or a two digit number. Ino and Sakura are the lowest at 02 right now. Uzumaki-san and Uchiha-san were the highest, at 05. The others all fell in either 03 or 04. Your father, and Umino Iruka both had the ??, and the Hokage himself was the exception this time, he didn't even have a "Level" symbol, but he did have that emblem that no one else had, a Kage Hat, wreathed in terrible flames, with the Symbol for Fire on the front and glowing slightly when she focused on it.

She puzzles over these thoughts for a while, maybe she dozed off for a moment there, when she looks up, most of the children are gone and she can see her Father approaching.

'I need to tell him about what I've discovered.' she thinks to herself. 'Maybe he knows if something like this has happened before.'

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It takes a little time, but soon they arrive at the Clan Compound, where Branch House members have prepared a light dinner for Hinata and her Father. She eats in silence as she ponders the correct time to bring up her discoveries, and all too soon, they both are done, and Father turns to her.

"Tell me about your day in the Academy, Hinata."

'Perfect!' She thinks. She opens with a concise detailing of the orientation they went through, which Father listens to stoically, his face neutral. When Hinata moves on to telling him about the other nameplates she saw, it does manage to get a reaction, a single perfect eyebrow raises questioningly, as though wondering why she has returned to the subject, but he accepts her observations, especially about the unique qualities of the Hokage's name.

Something happens then. Her Father actually asks a question.

"You say that the Hokage's name had 'The Professor, God of Shinobi' on it's second line, correct?" At her hesitant nod, he continues, "Just as you said that mine refers to my position as 'Head of Clan Hyuuga'. Tell me, they all have titles like this?" He appears to finally be considering it seriously, as she confirms and explains about everyone's titles.

Most of the titles pass with only a confirming nod from him as he listens intently, but when she reaches Uzumaki-san...

"His title is [The Sacrificial Vessel that...]"

"Hinata, Be Silent." Father commands, and she instantly obeys, quieting without protest. Father's Byakugan activates in an instant, and she can feel the curious sweeping sensation of his attention spreading out from his body in a sphere that easily covers the room, and probably most of the compound. He looks, physically, at seals engraved upon the wooden supports that hold up the ceiling of the room they are in, the Seals burning to life with Chakra. An odd, muted sensation washes over Hinata's skin, and everything around them takes on a very slightly washed out look, as though some of the color had drained from the world.

Satisfied with the activation of the seals, Father's Byakugan deactivates, and he turns his gaze back upon his first born daughter. "Hinata, where did you learn that term." It's not a question. It's an Order. One backed by his authority not only as her Father, but as Elder of the Hyuuga.

She cringed slightly at the pressure of his gaze, but eventually was able to respond with "I-I-I had not kn-known it until I s-s-saw it on Uzumaki Naruto's n-nameplate." His gaze bores into her for several seconds, but then, as though a switch had been thrown back, the pressure vanishes, and Hiashi is no longer seemingly looming over her.

"Hinata." Father began again, almost delicately. "This is important. Not only to you, but to our clan, your classmates, their clans, all of Konoha. That title is an S-class secret, of which revealing it is punishable by death. Do you understand? You must not tell anyone of this secret."

Hinata is struck silent by the revelation her Father revealed to her. But, manages...

"So, you believe me then, Father?"

"Yes, Hinata."

"Uzumaki-san truly saved Konoha, then?" At Father's inquisitive eyebrow, she elaborated, "...that was the last part of his title. [Sacrificial Vessel that Saved Konoha]"

Father becomes silent as he thinks about this, before nodding slowly. "Yes, I believe that would be a proper explanation of it."

"So, if he saved Konoha, why is he alone?"

Father is silent for a long moment.

"We should retire for the night, Daughter." Full color suddenly returns to the room as the engraved seals deactivate. From the tone of finality in his voice, Hinata knows the conversation has ended.

For now.

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When she awakens the next morning, Hinata is told Father left early that day. She eats her morning meal in silence, and then gathers her belongings for class.

[Day Planning]
(This Vote will be by Plan, Variant Plans will be counted as seperate.)
(Rolls will be asked for once Votes are locked, and must be specified High or Low, unless otherwise stated.)
(Natural Max <1 for Low, 100 for High> are Critical (some kind of bonus), Natural Minimums are Crit Fails (Something Bad Happens))

[Morning]
[ ] Leave Immediately
[ ] You have time, take a moment to examine the garden. [Herbology: 1d100]

[School]
[Pick two Actions]
[ ] Attempt to make friends with your peers [Socialize: 1d100]
-[ ] With? (Each person is 1 action)
[ ] Focus on Studies
-[ ] Look up the term "Sacrificial Vessel". Carefully.
-[ ] History: What could Uzumaki-san have saved the village from?
[ ] Alternately, Observe your classmates from a safe distance.
-[ ] Why does Haruno Sakura have a nameplate, she isn't from a Clan like most, or seem important like Uzumaki-san, Iruka-sensei, Father or Lord Hokage.
-[ ] Write-in subject (Who you are watching and why. Again, each person is 1 action.)

Edit: Sorry, I made it confusing. I was kinda on the ragged edge there at the end. I literally posted it, then hit my bed and passed out.