Karin jumped at Hanabi's sudden change in expression and the way she activated her Byakugan.
A flicker of panic crossed her eyes. She had no idea why this little girl had suddenly gotten angry.
She nodded instinctively and answered in a small voice:
"Y-yes... my right hand..."
She raised her right hand to show her.
"What's wrong?"
She didn't understand what the problem was.
"Your right hand... is that so..."
Hanabi's voice sank. Her pure white eyes, made especially eerie by her activated Byakugan, fixed unblinkingly on Karin's right hand.
Countless images flashed through her mind of Big Brother Naruto holding her hand, patting her head, and smiling at her. Then she compared them with the image of this red-haired girl "holding hands with him while he slept"...
I only just managed to accept Big Sister Ino, and now there's another one?
My sister and I should be enough! Why do you all keep popping up to steal Big Brother Naruto?
Worse, Big Sister Karin looked as though she actually enjoyed it and depended on him.
Unforgivable!
"Hanabi style..."
Hanabi slowly set down the bedsheet, lowered her small body slightly, and assumed a textbook opening stance for the Hyuga Clan's Gentle Fist.
Despite her young age, her stance already looked the part, and chakra began to flow faintly around her.
With veins bulging around her Byakugan, she locked her gaze on Karin's right hand and declared each word in a childish voice brimming with "killing intent":
"Eight Trigrams Palm!"
Before her words had faded, her tiny figure shot forward like an arrow loosed from a bow.
Her target was Karin's right hand.
Judging by her stance, she really intended to use the Hyuga Clan's Gentle Fist to teach Big Sister Karin a "lesson" for "daring" to hold Big Brother Naruto's