Bab 4: 4: Chaotic Genetics
Baby Seija really seemed like she was trying her best to be as much of a handful for her parents as is humanly possible.
Currently, she was exactly 1 year old and already poor Himiko and Ryoku have long since had to adapt to her various unique qualities. For the first few months things seemed normal enough. She was a bit quiet for a newborn infant, but hey! That meant fewer sleepless nights for them so overall this was a positive. Then she started to become more and more active. And it all went downhill from there.
The first thing they noticed was that Seija had deffinitely inherited at least some of Ryoku's insane, chaotic genetics. Danzo had really made a miracle happen when combining all of that Kekkei Genkai blood. It had been crudely fused into a single genetic blob and implanted into an artificial womb made using a blood clone of an unknown Senju clan woman, of all things.
Of course, Danzo had considered Ryoku to be a failure since he could never control his own power to grow any stronger than a civilian, but the mere fact the he survived being born at all was proven to be nothing less than a stroke of immense luck, by the fact that it took until Seija's birth for any of his own children to survive like he had.
And much like Ryoku himself, Seija's chakra was extremely potent. Once she started moving around more, her chakra was stimulated to start moving as well. The first change this caused was one that Himiko's Byakugan identified to have been caused by periodic bursts of earth affinity chakra. One day when Ryoku picked Seija up out of her crib, he almost dropped her when her weight suddenly increased to almost tripple the normal amount, and then as soon as he got used to holding that weight, it suddenly dropped to half that of a normal 4 month old baby and he almost threw her into the ceiling. And that was only the first incident where Seija's chakra caused problems for them.
"Honestly, Himiko I swear these dead insects just keep appearing around her bed!"
"Ryoku, we live in the Land of Rain. There are insects everywhere."
"But not dead ones! Look, I'm going to open a window, and when a bug flies in I want you to watch it with your Byakugan very carefully, ok?"
"Ok..."
And that little test revealed the second of Seija's affinities. Sure enough, a mosquito flew into the room and started to fly around, looking for a nice tasty infant to snack on. Himiko was about to step in and shoo it away when it got close to the crib when suddenly...
*ZAP*
The moment it got within an inch of the baby's skin, it was blasted out of the crib by a burst of lightning affinity chakra. This test revealed multiple things to them. First, they would absolutely need to keep a closer eye on Seija as time went by to monitor her chakra. Second, Sejia had more than one affinity, the highest so far being earth and lightning judging by the number of incidents. And third, one of those affinities was the same one that Himiko had a high affinity for, that being earth, possibly meaning that her own genetics hadn't been totally overwealmed by Ryoku's.
Of course anyone looking at the child could plainly see the genetic resemblance between her and both of her parents. Her mother's hair was straight, shiny, and so black that it almost looked purple when the light reflected off of it. Her father's hair was spiky, dull, and light brown, like the Senju woman whose blood was used to create the artificial womb he was born from.
Her mother's eyes were the usual Hyuga white. White iris, white pupils, light gray rings around the iris and pupil, just to show that they still existed. She had to wear a Genjutsu Seal over her eyes at all times to make them appear lavender colored to the people around her, hiding her heritage. Her father's eyes were the exact opposite, with the iris and pupil being totally black. They suspected this was from the not-small amount of Uchiha DNA that had been used in his creation.
And Seija, of course, ended up somewhere inbetween both of them. While her hair hadn't yet grown long enough to determine if it would grow spiky or straight, the colour was a very obvious dark brown, the exact midpoint between their black and light brown hair respectively. And her eyes were... weird. They almost looked normal at a glance. Black pupils, obvious ring around the iris, all that stuff. And then at a second glance you would realise that her iris was completely white. It wasn't enough to immediately reveal her as a Hyuga, thankfully, but it was certainly eye-catching once you noticed it.
Genetics aside, Seija's growing level of activity was still increasing every day. She had started babbling at her parents when she felt like it, and she could now crawl with almost no issues whatsoever. She could even stand if she had something to prop herself up with. Though not for long, and she wasn't anywhere near walking yet.
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"Hey Ryoku! I heard Miss Fuso just gave birth the other day! I had no idea she was pregnant, did you?"
"Fuso? I thought Ise said that she wasn't due for another month or so?"
"Wait, so you did know?!"
"Yes? Of course I knew, Himiko. Wait, how come YOU didn't know? You and Ise work at the clinic, same as me..."
It has been about a month since Seija's first birthday, and the two parents were chatting over breakfast.
"Honestly, Himiko, I thought I was supposed to be the hopeless one when it comes to social stuff like that."
"Beh!"
"See? Even little Seija agrees with me."
Poor Himiko felt an arrow strike her through the heart at her darling daughter's heinous betrayal. It was nice to see her husband open up more around others though. All that time spent shopping and helping out around the clinic while she was stuck at home had done wonders for his social interaction with the other villagers. He'd even developed a sense of humor, apparently...
'Wait a second.'
"Uh... Ryoku? W-Why is Seija's chair on fire?!"
"Wh- oh god damn it not another affinity!"
Ryoku scooped the confused and not even slightly afraid child up into his arms while Himiko quickly shoved one of her hands out in front of her.
"[Water Style: Water Palm Wave]"
The water in the cup she had been drinking out of sprayed outwards and extinguished the candle-sized flame that had appeared on the wooden baby-seat.
Ryoku looked over at Himiko. "That may have been a slight over-reaction, dear."
"I... Yes alright maybe it was."
"You even said the name out loud."
"Ugh... you don't have to rub it in..."
Ryoku laughed and turned back to the baby in his arms. Himiko may not have realised it yet, but that was the first time she'd used Ninjutsu since she their second attempted child died. She was finally recovering her strength after all this time...
Ryoku muttered under his breath. "I wonder if you'll be as strong as her someday, eh Seija?"
Seija merely responded by planting her face into his chest and starting to chew.
"Please don't eat my shirt, Seija"
"Mmph!"
"*sigh* As you wish, your highness..."
And life went on for the Amegakure Hyuga family.
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Hey! Author here.
I just realised that I should probably clarify some of my punctuation moving forward in the story, since you've seen a bunch of it by now. I'm sure you can guess most of it, but I'll list them here now.
1: If a character is speaking I use speech marks: "Like this."
2: If a character is thinking to themselves or talking in their mind I use italicised apostrophes: 'Like this.'
3: If multiple characters are saying the same thing at the same time I use double speech marks: ""Like this.""
4: If I'm describing a sound I use asterisks: *Like this.*
5: If a character is silenty using a Jutsu I use square brackets: [Like this.] (This will later be bolded and used for many general system messages in the future.)
6: If a character is using a Jutsu out loud I use speech marks and square brackets: "[Like this.]" (I also bold this to use for direct system speech, as seen in the first two chapters.)
7: If there is a timeskip I will use three hyphens:
- - -
...to indiate a short skip of just a few seconds or minutes, or a perspective change.
And I'll use five hyphens:
- - - - -
...to indicate a larger skip of multiple hours, days, or even months, or to show a major change of perspective, like a different character in a different city, for example.
Oh, and going forward I will be using the words "Style" and "Release" interchangeably when it comes to Jutsu, depending on what sounds better. There are two different english translations for the series, one uses "Style" and the other uses "Release", for some reason. For example, there is a name difference between "Particle Style" and "Dust Release", even though those are actually the exact same Ninjutsu.
There may also be some new or changed Kekkei Genkai added in the future. Gotta have something to fill in the Wind+Lightning space, right? I don't think Swift Release really suits it, which is usually what other fanfic authors fill that space with...
Anyways, that's the end of the author note! Have a nice day!
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