Aiming at a specific tenketsu point, with her doujutsu flared to its maximum focus.
Chihiro Hyuga took the biggest risk of her career, and struck the dying infant.
The infant stopped struggling and she waited with baited breath.
"No. NO. I hit it…I know it..please…please.."
A few minutes passed but the infant with porcelain-like skin and a mop of dirtied blonde hair just laid there looking like a doll.
Even though it absolutely pained her to do it had to call the time of death, and face the music.
She turned away to the pointed stares of her medical staff.
" (sigh) Time of death 15-
But then she heard the sound of something being thrown up. She quickly turned and saw the infant projectile vomiting the thick amniotic fluid.
She rushed to the child's side and quickly turned him over so he didn't choke on it. (Again)
After checking to make sure the fluid was all gone from the child's lungs.
She didn't dare relax until she heard the child draw in a strong breath.
She then ran a check on his vitals.
"He's exhausted. His lungs are irritated, as well as his esophagus.
However, with some rest and some aid from the Mystical Palm Jutsu he should be able to make full-"
"Wahh….weeaggh..wahhh."
She paused and stared at the little blonde haired baby,
To say that Chihiro was completely baffled would be an understatement.
This infant that literally emerged into the world dying, and by sheer power of will, faught death to a standstill. Died and then came back, expelling the liquid from his lungs, and still had the energy to cry.
She had never seen something like this before. In fact, she felt like she was witnessing something…special.
"Wahhhhhhh.."
With a smile on her face she put her hand over his eyes and channeled The Mystical Palm Jutsu to soothe the child into a well earned rest.
So he didn't worsen his injuries further.
She looked over to the nurses who had finished stitching up the mother, and after confirming that her vitals were stable, she swaddled the child in a cloth and placed him on his mothers chest.
"(Sigh) I'm so glad that worked out.." she said finally melting from the intense pressure, and sunk into the wall.
After a brief rest she collected herself and then walked out of the room for a much needed drink. However, she didn't make it more than three steps before….
"HYUGA! YOU DID WHAT???"
Chihiro knew things were going a little…too well..
"Ugghhh..I'm soo fired…
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Peter awoke to splashes of water hitting his forehead.
Is it raining?
He tried to open his eyes, and it was proving to be very difficult, but he finally opened them.
And when he did he saw that he was in a place that looked like a hospital, in a bed.
Another droplet hit his head and it made him look up, and what he saw baffled him.
A beautiful blonde woman with tanned skin, and astounding sapphire blue eyes. Holding him in her arms while looking down at him, crying.
So this must be my….Mother?
He was so captivated by her beauty, that he would've bet his Captain America collectibles that this woman in front of him, was in fact.
An Angel.
He reached out his tiny hand to try and wipe away the tears from her face. To let her know that everything was gonna be alright.
She smiled at this and gave a heartfelt laugh that sounded like musical bells. While kissing Peter on the head repeatedly.
"My baby. My beautiful baby boy."
She said, holding Peter even closer to her chest. To the point that he could hear her heartbeat.
The same heartbeat that had once sent into a panic, now sounded like….home.
Feeling comfort he never felt before, he started to fall into what he knew would be the most peaceful sleep had ever had…
"Bam!"
That is until, some idiot ruined it…
"Hana! I'm so glad you are okay! I was so worried…"
"Shhhhhhhh..easy tiger we're fine.
Tiger? Peter thought, while smiling wryly about the Irony.
"But.."
"Kiyoshi. We. Are. Fine." She said, while give a reassuring smile.
Ever since she found out she was pregnant he had been so overprotective.
"Would you like to hold our son?"
Kiyoshi took a moment to calm himself, before smiling and responding.
"Of course love."
As he took his son out of the arms of his wife he found himself at a loss for words.
He was beautiful. A handsome child with Bright blonde hair like his mother with hints of brown in it. (From him no doubt)
But his eyes were even more breathtaking, he hated to say it, but even more so than his wife's.
They were a deep shade of sapphire blue with a ring of emerald green around the inner iris.
As he was admiring his child, his wife was watching, smiling at the two of them from her hospital bed.
"What should we name him Tiger? She said.
Pausing in deep thought he took another look at his son thinking. The ring in his sons deep blue eyes sort of reminded him of the whirl pools in Uzushiogakure….
Suddenly it came to him. We should call him Nar-
"Knock knock."
Just then the door opened and two doctors entered the room. One seemed to be a woman who was a Hyuga and the other looked to be…the Chief Head of the hospital.
"Hello Mr. and Mrs. Makade. My name is Kirigaya Kaide. I am truly sorry to disturb your family, especially after such a difficult birth, however my subordinate has something to tell you."
The Chief said with a pointed look that made the Hyuga woman have a look of guilt flash through her face.
Which was odd because in his experience, Hyuga were a very proud clan. So he wondered what she possibly could have done.
"Yes?" Kiyoshi said while looking at the woman in question.
"Hello, my name is Hyuga Chihiro.
Ummm…So it's like this….."
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As The Hyuga woman explained what had taken place earlier, Hana and Kiyoshis face went from one of shock, horror, anger, and then one of conflict.
Hana was in tears again after learning about what her beautiful baby boy had to go through to be brought into this world, and couldn't help but think that maybe it was because of something she did….
Kiyoshi, after listening to the woman's story, was….conflicted.
This woman, Chihiro, had used an improper treatment on her son that could have very well sealed his fate.
She had used the Gentle Fist style, a style that is usually utilized in combat by the Hyuga to close off their targets tenketsu points and seal off their chakra.
She had instead used this deadly technique to target a tenketsu point in his infant son's lungs to expel the fluid he inhaled.
His wife wasn't in a state to handle all of this as she was clutching their son close to her, while giving apologies.
He had been a Chunin for quite some time now, and out of all the life and death battles he had one thing rang true.
If you don't improvise when shit hits the fan. You. Will. Die.
So he left his wife and son's side and walked to stand in front of Chihiro, who seemed to not be able to take her eyes off his wife.
She seemed to deeply feel ashamed and looked like she could cry at any moment.
So he did what any man would do in this situation.
He walked up and hugged Chihiro, who was no doubt surprised by his sudden action, and cried.
"What? What are yo-"
" You saved my wife and sons' lives today.
The method you used, no matter how questionable, saved my son from what would have been a terrible death.
So….thank you. Thank you so much."
He said with gratitude from the deepest depth of his heart.
This made Chihiro smile and relax. However, her boss didn't seem to be satisfied with this.
"But Sir, she could've killed your son, or even if it did prove successful, crippled him."
"She must have some sort of conseq-"
"How dare you.."
The three turned to see Hana glaring at Chief Kirigaya, while holding her now sleeping son close.
"Wha-"
"Listen here you old prune."
You've probably lived in the village your whole life right?
A civilian.
Didn't cut it as a shinobi, so you started working at the hospital. Until you worked your way up to the top of the ladder, only to have Tsunade named hospital head.
However, when she left you got the position because of how long you've been here.
The Chief swallowed, taken aback by her outburst, and a bit angry that she was able to read him so easily, but gave a nod in confirmation nonetheless.
Hana continued.
(Sigh)
"My husband and I are Both Chunin under the Hokage.
We were both in the same team squad, and…. We absolutely hated each other.
"He was a know it all show off who didn't think he needed anyone's help, and I was a know it all show off who didn't think she needed anyone's help.
So naturally we didn't get along from the very start.
Our teammate Shion was the only one that could get us to see reason.
She was the reason why we could tolerate working with each other. She said, with a sad smile.
Well, when our Jonin Sensei admitted our team to be sent to The Chunin Exams in Kumogakure. He appointed Kiyoshi as leader, and I felt cheated.
We ended up getting into a heated fight, because I thought that I deserved to be leader.
We didn't perform properly as a unit because of it, and in the second stage of the exams, our teammate Shion was killed, and I almost lost my life as well."
At this Kiyoshi grimaced in remembrance of his friend and squad mate's death.
"In the middle of the test we started arguing and not paying attention to our surroundings, and walked right into an ambush.
Two squads from Kiri decided to band together to wipe us 'treehuggers' out.
And before we knew it we were fighting for our lives caught in between two teams." Hana said with clenching her jaw.
"She put up one hell of a fight, and even took two with her but Shion was killed first.
I had too many wounds, and was running low on chakra.
I could barely see straight, and wasn't able to block the next blow, and was knocked unconscious by a kick to the head."
She then looked to Kiyoshi and he continued where she left off.
"Shion was dead, Hana had just gone down, and I had just laid down a smoke screen and was running away with her unconscious body.
I felt terrible. It was my fault we walked into an ambush. Sensei appointed me to lead the team, and I had failed.
And that failure cost us our precious comrade.
The enemy Kiri shinobi were using guerilla warfare to attack and kill us.
So with Hana down and Shion dead, I felt hopeless. Like a failure.
Like we were gonna die.
Shion was the glue that held our team together, she was smart and inventive, and always had some crazy out of the box idea to get us out of trouble. She never gave up.
So as I ran thinking about what my comrade would do, it hit me.
Beat them at their own game."
"H-how?" Chihiro asked, entranced by the story,
"I hid Hana's body inside of a hollowed out tree and sealed the entrance.
And for two days and nights I used ambush tactics with genjutsu, and Shadow Clones to whittle them down until only one was left.
However, my chakra was exhausted, I was covered in blood and dirt, my left arm broken, and the soldier pill I had taken was taking its toll on me.
I was on the verge of passing out.
The enemy Kiri ninja got the best of me and I was about to die.
Until Hana saved me."
He smiled at Hana.
She returned it and then continued the story.
"I had just woken up inside of the tree and heard the sounds of battle.
Apparently the enemy ninja had discovered where I was hiding and was using me as bait to get Kiyoshi to come out.
When he went for the killing blow on Kiyoshi He let his guard down and I was able to kill him." Hana said, with a tinge of hatred in her features.
"Look. Chief Kirigaya, since that day My wife and I have had a saying. A saying that our comrade Shion would say all the time.
"What is that?" The chief said enraptured by the tragic tale.
"When shit hits the fan." Hana said.
"Which it definitely will." Kiyoshi said.
"Adapt, improvise, and overcome." They said together in unison.
"That is our nindo, our shinobi way." Kiyoshi said with a fond smile, as the image of a girl with purple hair and a goofy smile entered his brain.
"You're subordinate here did what she had to to save our son. She used what she had at hand, her skills as a medic nin under the Sandaime Hokage, and what? You want her punished?"
The chief had a pensive thought on his face as he digested what he had just heard.
After a few moments, he then turned to Chihiro.
Chihiro, seeing this, prepared for the worst.
However, it never came.
"Chihiro I'm sorry." Kaede said, while executing a ninety degree bow.
This shocked the Hyuga to her core. Never had she seen this man bow in front of anyone except maybe the Hokage.
"Like Mr. Makade said. You were just using the tools in your arsenal to save a life, and had I been in your position I think the situation would've turned for the worse…"
…Chief.."
He then turned to the family of three and bowed once again.
You have taught this old man a lesson today with your harrowing tale.
"I'm sorry for everything that happened, and I'm sorry to make you relive such a terrible time in your lives just to teach this old dog a lesson. From the bottom of my heart I apologize." He said, while deepening his bow.
Kiyoshi smiled sheepishly while waving him off.
"N-nonsense, everyone needs a change of perspective every once in a while. We're just glad that we could help Senior." He said with his hand rubbing the back of his head.
"Now please stand up." Hana said with a smile
"Very well, I will take my leave. Congratulations again to the beautiful boy you have there." And with that he left the same way he came in, leaving the three adults and sleeping infant alone in the room.
"W-well I should take my leave as well. I need to make my rounds.." Chihiro said, turning to leave.
"Wait a second." Hana said with an impassive look on her face.
Chihiro slowly turned and looked at Hana. The blonde woman lifted her hand and beckoned Chihiro to move closer as a dark ominous aura surrounded her...
Chihiro had a bad feeling, but inched a little bit closer.
"Closer…."
The Hyuga was starting to sweat now.
"A little closer."
Oh god she's going to kill me!
"A little closer…that's it."
What is she going to do to me? I already apologized. Chihiro thought to herself, trying to come up with a way to get out alive.
Chihiro was now standing directly beside the hospital bed in close proximity to her and her newborn child.
Y-y-yes Makade-sama?" Chihiro stuttered, while trying to keep her composure.
Hana kept the impassive look on her face a few seconds longer to tease the poor Hyuga, and then broke out into a genuine smile. Then pulled Chihiro in for a hug.
"W-w-what?!" Chihiro exclaimed, it felt as if her soul was leaving her body.
"Chihiro."
"Yes."
"Thank you."
"Anytime."
They ended the hug a few moments later.
Chihiro decided to do another checkup on the baby and the mother while she was there for good measure.
While the couple went back to deciding a name for their son.
"So what do you think, Tiger?" Hana said.
"About what?"
"A name for our currently nameless child, silly."
"Oh right…"
Kiyoshi was in deep thought.
After what Chihiro told him about their son's first moments in this world, the name he was going to go with didn't quite fit anymore.
Drawing a blank, he looked over to the Hyuga smiling fondly at his sleeping son while checking his vitals.
Seeing the fondness she had for his son he had an idea.
He looked to his wife who understood what he wanted to do and confirmed with a nod.
"Chihiro-sama…what would you name him?" He said.
Chihiro looked up from their son. Surprised, and bewildered that they would give her the honor of naming their child.
However, she quickly got over her shock and instead felt extremely honored.
She then thought for a few moments, and then spoke.
"Well if I'm to be honest, your son's entrance into this world wasn't a pleasant one. However, he never gave up, he fought for his life every single moment, whereas any other newborn infant would have died long ago.
He possesses great inner strength, and fighting spirit.
Such strength at this age reminds me of the stories my grandfather would tell me about the Ashura.
Beings so powerful and unmatched in combat, their enemies couldn't defeat them.
They then banded together and while the adults were away they snuck in the nurseries and started strangling the infants in their bassinets…
He was born with lungs filled with fluid, and choking on his own umbilical cord, but he simply refused to die."
She then looked back down to the infant who had his eyes wide open staring at her, while holding her pinkie finger.
She smiled and said.
"If it were me, I would name him..."
Ashura.
Chapter 4: Enter Makade Ashura!!