"You seem to be late, Byakugan Princess. You too, Neji!"
A blue-haired man stood on a raised platform, a faint azure light gleaming in his eyes.
"Where's my father? Where is he?"
Hinata Hyuga looked around as she asked. Hiashi was nowhere to be seen, though he should have been waiting for them here.
"Your father is undergoing a ceremony. He'll be back soon," Otsutsuki Toneri said. He could hardly tell Hinata that he had gouged out her father's eyes and transplanted them into his own head.
Hinata nodded, thinking about how to get word out so someone from Konoha would come rescue him. She had woken up on the way here and had no idea how she had ended up in this place.
"Neji, leave us. I have something to discuss with the Byakugan Princess," Otsutsuki Toneri said.
"But I..."
"Don't worry. I'll keep my promise to you!"
At that, Neji Hyuga followed a childlike puppet out.
"Byakugan Princess."
Otsutsuki Toneri descended the platform slowly, his gaze fixed on Hinata Hyuga.
"Guardian: Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms!"
The moment Otsutsuki Toneri came close, Hinata Hyuga gathered Chakra in her palms and struck with both hands at blinding speed. She held nothing back.
Otsutsuki Toneri's expression did not change. He dodged swiftly, happy to see what his future wife could do.
By the time Hinata was panting, he was still spotless. She had not touched him once.
"Byakugan Princess, are you done playing?"
A green barrier enclosed them both, and Otsutsuki Toneri began recounting the history of the Hyuga Clan.
"The ancestor of your Hyuga Clan was Hamura Otsutsuki—or perhaps you'd understand better if I called him the Sage of Six Paths' younger brother. Thousands of years ago, the Sage of Six Paths feared the Ten-Tails' power, so he split it