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After this incident, it was decided that any discoveries regarding the Hyuuga ring were to be shared with the entire elder council in fear of losing such knowledge again.
So much time and effort had been poured into recovering what they had lost, only to yield poor results. Others may have given up and simply left it as an unsolved relic to be forgotten to time, but they were the Hyuuga clan. They were drenched in tradition and would never back down from a challenge just because it was difficult. Their pride and sense of duty would not let them.
So to say that the elders had been uncharacteristically flabbergasted at Hinata's reaction with the monument would be an understatement. It wasn't well hidden that the council thought poorly of his older daughter and favored her prodigious younger sister. For her to finally elicit any sort activity from the relic that they themselves had failed at achieving was a massive blow to their pride.
Even Hiashi had felt a momentary stab of jealousy due to his own efforts, but it had been quickly overcome by a swell of pride. The incident had given him a much-needed advantage with dealing with the council.
They had recently brought up the topic of who would be chosen as clan heiress and who would be sealed once again. Hiashi had tried his best to postpone the decision for as long as he could. He had been buying as much time as he could so his daughters could enjoy what little time they had without the pressure of the seal looming overhead.
Now, the council was torn apart. They still favored Hanabi, but this incident created an unprecedented problem. If Hinata were branded, she would be unable to return to the floor reserved only for main branch families, ruining their greatest breakthrough in the mystery of the ring. While they could alter the seal along the door and make an exception for her, they were uncomfortable with the idea for making exceptions for the side-branch. So they settled to postpone the decision for an undecided amount of time, until they could come to a consensus. In the meantime, they wanted Hiashi to make Hinata interact the ruin as much as possible.
Shortly after the incident had occurred and Hinata had finally settled down, Hiashi attempted to bring Hinata back down again and recreate the event.
He almost chuckled as he remembered Hinata's reaction. She had been uncharacteristically adamant and refused to go back down to the bottom floor. Even after he delivered a direct order, she still wouldn't budge.
If it weren't for the importance of the subject, Hiashi might have been proud of her for standing up against him, even though it was out of fear. He eventually had to coerce her with the promise of something that had been very important to her late mother. The catch? It was on the same floor as the stone monument.
Although her body was racked with fear, she held her head high as she followed behind father, lighting the way with a light fire jutsu in his palm.
After all of the buildup, he had been sadly disappointed. The room remained as quiet and dark as it always had. With her byakugan, Hinata informed him that the phrases that had been visible during the incident were still clear, and he made sure to copy the symbols and corresponding translation before he left.
Hinata had almost let out a sigh of relief when nothing happened. She was anxious to leave the room that had plagued her dreams for weeks. It had taken all of her courage just to return the library at all.
Before she could leave the room, her father turned his attention away from his scroll.
"Hinata, although nothing has happened today. I want you to keep attempting to recreate what transpired weeks ago."
Hinata had naturally pale skin, but now it was turning so white that it almost glowed in the darkness of the room.
"Please, tou-san," she pleaded, "Please don't make me come back her. I-"
"Hinata," he said sternly, "You are a kunoichi and more importantly, you are a Hyuuga. You will not let fear control your actions. Am I understood?"
"But-"
"Am I understood?"
She ducked her head down, but slowly nodded her head showing she understood.
"Good. You will come down here at least once a week and try to react what happened before. You are to inform me immediately if anything happens."
He turned to leave the room, but paused in the doorway. Without turning around he said, "You will never overcome something you fear unless you confront it. The more you face it, the less it can control you. Never let fear control your life."
After a pause of silence as Hinata stared surprised at her father's advice, he continued.
"Now, I do believe a promise is a promise. Come, let us find your mother's scroll."
As he left back into the other room, Hinata followed swiftly behind him, smiling for the first time all day.
As they shuffled out, Hiashi reflected on the newly translated phrases Hinata had supplied.
"The will of the moon people."
"…the duty to guard…"
These new verses caused an unfamiliar feeling to form in his chest. Although he was now entrenched in the games of politics, Hiashi was still a shinobi at heart. His intuition had saved his life more times than he could count, and now it was warning him that something was coming.
He did not like being in the dark about something, especially when it came to his clan. He could tell there was more to this mystery, but dammed if he could see what it was.
Drawn out of his thoughts, Hiashi returned his attention from his trip down memory lane and returned to the letter he was writing.
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