The first thing I did this morning was opening all the presents I got and it was awesome.

"Boss look at that! This ribbon is so cute~"

"Boss Boss!! A picture book about animals!!"

"Boss Boss BOSS! LOOK! These animals are trying to save their Kage! They are exactly like Sir. Fluffykins! So cool~"

"BOSS! BO-"

"SHUT UP!

How is it that every time you start talking you have to ruin this wonderful moment."

First off I want to explain how my other me managed to read a book, while I was still opening presents. She was actually supposed to open a complete other set of presents with Qi strings as training and I swear every time she opened a present, she just had to make a comment about it.

You are asking how she can open those presents without seeing them? Byakugan.

How she can read the contents of all books she openened? Byakugan.

This right here is actually prove of how overpowered the Byakugan could be.

'But all that a Mangekyo Sharingan user has to do is use Tsukoyomi to beat  anyone' or I can just close my eyes and use the Byakugan through my eyelids. How did no one come up wth that earlier?

"Boss... you are talking to yourself again."

"You know, I think it is time to give you an official name."

"Really?! Are you sure that is such a good idea? I am still you after all."

"I just noticed that everytime you told me to stop talking to myself, I still constantly spoke myself or you to be exact. It is official I am crazy."

"Don't worry Boss! As long as I am here no one will dare call you crazy!"

"No... you are the problem..."

"Hmm~ Anyway you wanted to give me a new name. To be honest calling myself 'other me' and 'split conciousness" the whole sounded stupid."

"Very well. From this day on you shall be called Minion01.

*clap clap*

"Is that pronounced Minion Zero One or just Minion One?"

"Zero One sounds cooler Minion."

"Ah Boss you forgot the Zero One there!"

Anyway back to the presents. The Hoka-

"Boss... you are doing it again."

" *sigh* just keeping reading the animal story please."

"Sir yes sir!"

Anyway... The Hokage gave me a book about Konohas History and the famous book 'The Tale of the Utterly Gutsy Shinobi'. 'The Gutsy Shinobi' is Jiraiyas first book and was in fact never that famous in the story. What made the book so famous for fan was that Narutos name originated from the protagonist of the book. I will obviously take a look inside on a later date.

The Nara brought me a complete shogi set with a book to explain common strategies.

The Yamanakas gave me a book about flower arrangements.

The Akimichis present is another book about everything edible around Konoha.

The Aburame gave me guide on where I can find the most beatiful butterflies in the Konoha Forests, including the 'Forest of Death'.

And finally the Inuzuka present is an invite to visit their dog kennel.

From all these presents the following is my ranking: Inuzuka > Akimichi > Nara > Aburame > Yamanaka > Hokage.

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Why is the Akimichi present the second best? Knowing about anything edible in the wild is really helpful, while knowing about Konohas (obviously) changed History is super boring.

But the very best present is the Inuzukas. Fluffly and little puppies everywhere! Maybe I can even take one him with me! That would be so cool.

"Boss! The book is so cool! In the book there is a cool rabbit knight who managed to defeat the evil stone ninjas. They didn't give him a name, but we both know that he is in fact Sir. Fluffykins. There is just no way that he isn't."

"I got it. The book is awesome."

Anyway just to make the list complete; all the other presents were either ninja gear like kunai or shuriken, clothing like dresses and ribbons, dolls and toys and finally books. Books about etiquette, tea ceremony, playing instruments, singing and dancing. With all these I have everything to turn myself into a fine lady.

"Hinata?"

"Ko? Yes?"

"Your father is requesting your presence at the training field. You are to arrive in clothing suitable for training. Someone will help you with your clothing in a minute."

Seriously he is starting to train me? I am not sure how I should feel about that. On the one side training with him will give me combat experience, if just a little, and I can learn the infamous 'Gentle Fist'.

"Ok!"

After 10 minutes I arrived at the training field and can already see my father and his brother standing there. They are currently observing Neji doing attacks of the 'Gentle Fist'.

"Good morning father. Good morning uncle."

"Good you are here Hinata. I want you to observe Neji and tell what you think he is doing wrong."

You can't be serious...

"As you wish father."

Let me see. Neji is currently doing attack motions against a training pole. It doesn't take a genius to notice that Neji is doing something wrong. As long as you have seen him fight in the anime then you really notice a huge difference.

All his attacks lack the momentum they had shown in the anime. Almost no attack of his is flowing over to another. He is looking more like a guy that is trying to be a gatling gun.

Now how do I explain that in broken japanese to my father?

"Hmm. Neji no power. No, Neji lose power."

"Interesting choice of words. What would you say Hizashi?"

"You daughter is indeed talented, brother. To have seen such a fatal flaw in my sons katas."

"Hinata follow me. I want to show you how a master would do the katas for the 'Gentle Fist' and then want you to copy me."

"Yes father."

The moves my father is showing me are swift and deadly unlike those of Neji. You are constantly having your body flow from one attack to another and it is often the case that you are spinning around to increase your attack speed.

To be honest I don't like how the style is utilizing its momentum. You are repeatedly aiming for tenketsus to block the enemies chakra flow, but why are you not simply injecting chakra directly into your enemies important organs instead? It is like the Hyuga are trying to justify their use of the Byakugan somehow.

True. The 'Gentle Fist' is most likely one of the best ways to neutralize danger and slowly whittle down your enemies attack options, but it is not the best taijutsu style ever.

I remember that the 'Gentle Fist' is based on a real life martial art from china, but unfortunately I have no knowledge except some martial artist movies about it. The style did some funky movements with their hands, with which they deflected attacks and then broke the enemies arms or threw them on the ground.

That style of fighting is more to my liking than the 'Gentle Fist' is.

"Do you think you can copy the movements?"

"I try father."

And so I did. The movements felt rigid and forced even though I am doing them the same way as father did.

"Good for your first try Hinata. Your knees are not bend enough, which makes the transfer from one move to another harder, but I am sure the reason for that are your missing muscle power and not your own fault."

I am not sure about you, but that whole fighting style leaves me utterly unconvinced. Yeah it certainly looks cool to repeatedly hit your enemy, but that is a waste of effort.

"Hizashi. I want to have Hinata spar with Neji, unless you have anything against it."

"No brother. Neji go ahead and spar with Hinata."

We both assume the same stance. A guarded stance that has one hand extended in the direction of your opponent and the other closer to your own body. Both your palms are open and your arms slightly bend. Our hands almost touch each other, when I start to move, but instead of moving to attack I am circling around him.

During my observation of Neji I noticed that is footwork is one of his weaknesses at the moment and that is what I am trying to utilize against him.

As answer to me moving around him, Neji slightly rotates his upper body and once he can't do so anymore, spins on his toes to reposition himself.

That is the exact moment I am attacking. My extended right arm deflects Neji outstretched left arm to the side, while I take a step into his now open body.

Neji is momentarily surprised by my attack and I start bringing my right hand to my body and start to rotate my whole body to build up momentum. He tries to use his own arms to do anything, but by having deflected his left arm to the side, I increased his own momentum in that direction, which has him put off balance.

With all my momentum and muscle power, I have my left fist solidly collide with his now wide open stomach and he falls over.

I completely destroyed him in two moves.

The whole fight would have probably taken longer, if I hadn't noticed that Nejis footwork sucks.

"Well done Hinata. Normally you would use two finger to inject chakra as an attack, but we didn't practice that yet. Also an interesting idea of you to circle around Neji."

"Indeed brother. Your daughter is born to bring our 'Gentle Fist' to new heights."

Somehow the way my uncle talks with my father is really weird. I can't remember whether they were supposed to like each other as brothers or if they were antagonist to each other. It doesn't seem like there is much love coming from Hizashis side.

"Neji ok?"

"Yes Hinata. My son will be alright in a few minutes."

Hizashi face is too empty. I can't get a read on his emotions.

And so I spent the next two weeks with my father, when I finally unlocked my mindscape.