I Alone Am The Exception!

Chapter 28: Hinata's Gone Berserk

Hinata sighed as she looked up at the giant form of the Three-Tailed Beast raging about Konoha, summoning waves of water about.

Hinata's hair billowed out behind her as well as her clothes, her arms covering her face as her eyes glowed to a vibrant light purple. Her body burst into flames as she called upon another one of her Chakra Forms, "True Phoenix Chakra Mode!" She declared as four flaming wings sprouted out from her back and a purple armor of flames covered her body.

Tayuya was standing next to her in her Sage Mode with the flute to her lips, her eyes glowing dangerously.

Hinata raised her hands in front of her and roared as she shot into the sky with disks of energy rotating around her. I can't do anything against these waves of water plaguing the village... but I can help alleviate it. She thought before her eyes widened in shock as the water spun around and shot into the air before coming back down and smacking Isobu into the ground. Hinata shot her head to the very far corner of the village where Naruto was fighting against his opponents.

Her eyes were wide in shock, He still possesses that level of power to help us even against the opponents he has?! She thought in awe. She swept her gaze back to Isobu and steeled herself. Thanks, darling. I'll pick up the slack now! She told herself as her fiery form swirled around her and expanded massively into a giant fiery and glowing phoenix with four wings, "Absolute Phoenix Ascendance Mode!" Hinata roared as her chakra avatar roared as a fiery crown formed around her and her avatar's head. The avatar easily rivaled Isobu's own hulking form and power as she fought against the Tailed Beast.

She suddenly felt a hand place itself on her shoulder and she smiled back at Tayuya. "I'll help you out here, Hinata. Sage Mode should help you out, right?" Tayuya stated with a shit-eating grin that Hinata mirrored as she focused back on her battle. She sighed as she couldn't help but think back on the past.

...

Hinata woke up to find herself in the arms of a boy who looked to be just as young as she was, standing up to her father and protecting her. He's... protecting me? Hinata thought in awe. The boy looked down at her and smiled in the light of the Moon right behind him. He gently set her down and stood proudly and confidently in front of her father, radiating an aura not like that of those his age, especially not in front of someone like her father, where even grown men cower in fear before the man.

Is he...? She thought, her blush surfacing as she buried her face into this boy's chest, cozying up to him as her thoughts ran wild, He saved me... He's like one of those heroes from those tales about Konoha's history... If he's the hero... am I his heroine?

...

Hinata grunted in pain as she coughed up blood as she crumpled under her father's fist, tears welling from her eyes as she looked up at him with fear.

Then a hand rested on her shoulder, "Hyuga-sama, is this really how one should be training, with their daughter no less?" Spoke up Naruto as he glared up at her father.

Hinata's eyes widened in shock as Naruto stood up for her once more.

Her father narrowed his eyes on Naruto briefly before sighing, lowering his fist, "Just because she's my daughter doesn't mean I will go easy on her. She must push herself precisely because she is my daughter."

Hinata lowered her head with her lip trembling. She was only five. What could she do? I can't keep doing this... It hurts so much... How am I supposed to be his partner if-?

Naruto held up a hand, "You misinterpret my words, Lord Hyuga. I'm agreeing with you in training her harshly, but what you're doing is breaking her, not training her. She's only five, Lord Hyuga. Five. Teach her at a level that pushes her, but not breaks her. If you break her, you'll never have her as your daughter, but instead of a scared little girl who can't even be near their father without fear. Let alone someone who'll be my rival." Naruto stated, getting Hinata to look up in awe.