All I heard was a thud, then a second later, she opened her eyes as a baby. From what she could tell, she wasn't in America anymore; maybe she got reborn into some distant land, who knows
It had been maybe 3 months since I was born. I started picking up the language slowly, bit by bit, and it sounded almost familiar. She couldn't place it, but she thought it was Japanese. I was currently resting in my cradle. The only strange thing about this experience was the fact that my family seemed to all have white eyes, pale but beautiful, and I assume I also have these eyes
6 more months have gone by, and I'm sure that the language they speak is Japanese. I had taken a few lessons in high school, which is why it was so familiar to me
My mother is a beautiful woman. She sings to me every night and tells me tales of great warriors. I'm not sure she could be referring to them as ninja
Which adds to my other suspicion: my college roommate loved anime; one of her favorites was Naruto. We watched it together sometimes, but I don't ever think I made it past the pain arc. The reason I have this suspicion is the emblem that my family or my clan wears on all their clothing, and after being wheeled outside for the first time by my mother, my suspicion was confirmed. I was in the world of Naruto
With this new knowledge, I started planning my next moves. Up to this point, I had rarely seen my father; he must be an important figure in the clan itself for him to be so busy
Which now brings me to my final and last suspicion, the pale eyes, the emblem, my father always being gone, and my own name, my mother sings to me when cradling me asleep, I am Hinata Hyuga reborn
This new information brings more harm than good. First off, I'm a princess of a highly ranked clan in the village. Second, I'm in Naruto of all places, a dog-eat-dog world. If I didn't claw my way to the top, I might as well already be dead. I'll have to lie, deceive, kill, and do whatever it takes to survive
And I have limited knowledge on top of that, and the last problem is that I'm Hinata, she was no offense, rather weak in the main series, if I want to survive, I'll be changing things
On the plus side, I'm Hinata. I lucked out, I have backing from a huge clan and a super op bloodline to boot, there's definitely better, but I'll have to make do.
My top priorities are to figure out how to get stronger and to awaken the Byakugan, the pride and joy of the Hyuga. With this, I'll be set for a while, especially if I master it. The 9-month baby sighed in her cradle, earning a giggle from her caretaker and mother, "She's already like her father," they both chuckled
About a year has passed, and I've learned the language decent enough. I haven't let on that I can form words, yet I'll do that in a couple of months. I don't want to let on that I'm intelligent just yet; doing that is just asking for attention, and I don't want that yet
I have started walking, though doing so any later would cause them to question my abilities as an heir, and I cannot have that. Sorry to whatever Hinata's little sister's name was, but there's only one queen here, and she's here to rule
Speaking of Hinata or my little sister, I don't know exactly when she'll be born, but I know for certain my mother would die, and I have a feeling that it's not too far off either
It was really sad to think about. I don't know whether it was the instinct to love your mother or if I got attached, but the thought saddened me nevertheless. I must push on
A few months later, I revealed that I could speak. It was rather funny to see my withdrawn father freak out when I said mama and dada. I said " Mama " first, of course, but still, it's nice to see my parents in this life like this, it kinda makes me miss my previous ones, wonder how they're doing
I sigh at the thought. I zone back in to my now-calm parents and let out a few giggles; they play with my cheeks before laughing themselves.
A little while later, it was not my second birthday, which means there was a year left till the kidnapping, which is ironic as Nejj and his father are playing with me as I walk around with cake on my face
The poor things didn't even know I would be the reason their happy little family would break up. Unfortunately for them, I had other priorities to attend to, figuring out how I would reach the top of this world in secret at night. I would sneak into the very surface level of the clan library, studying the only reason I was not detected is that technically the entrance level of the clan library was public, so no security measures were allowed except for a bookkeeper and a librarian, at best, they were just normal clan civilians, so they weren't trained to detect intruders
I would read over the very ninja arts in my free time, kenjitsu too bloody, I said to myself, dismissing it, fuinjitsu too complicated and dangerous, maybe ninjutsu ehh basic, genjitsu so boring, I moaned to myself, then I finally reached the last page, medical ninjutsu
I thought it over with my previous life's medical knowledge, and my Byakugan basically gave me a built-in X-ray. Why wouldn't it be the perfect choice
There had been many great ninjas in the field; why wouldn't she be able to put her name in the history books? It was decided from here on out, Hinata Hyuga would turn medical ni jitsu into the deadliest weapon the Elemental Nations have ever seen
The Liberian thought she was crazy; she could have sworn she heard an evil chuckle that sounded suspiciously like a baby