Nobu Hyūga/Training Journal

**Date Started:** August 22, 2020
**Date Completed:** Ongoing
**Users Involved:** Njalm2
**Setting**: Various
**Characters Involved:**
* **Trainee**: Nobu Hyūga

## Genjutsu and Byakugan Training

### Entry 1: Genjutsu and Byakugan Training

"Your Byakugan is failing, Nobu! Maintain and control your Chakra properly, if you fail at this then your aunt will never permit you to participate in the Chunin Exams! Even though we are members of the Branch family the world expects much of our illustrious clan, never forget that responsibility!"

Nobu trembled in place as he underwent his training, which his aunt had made torturously difficult to ensure that as much as he broke with their traditions that he would not embarrass them publicly. The Hyuga were heralded as one of if not the greatest clan in all of Iwagakure and the weight of that was nothing short of crushing.

In theory the training was simple, all he had to do was to maintain his Byakugan perfectly at full potency while simultaneously using Genjutsu upon his own father who was personally instructing him, Souma Hyuga. Specifically, he was attempting to affect him with the Demonic Illusion: Tree Binding Death technique, a very powerful Genjutsu that by itself required most of his focus to even attempt.

At the same time he was required to divert his focus with the Byakugan, to scan his surroundings and pay attention to his periphery, to note the potent chakra of his target and use that knowledge to enhance his Genjutsu. Nobu's Chakra Control was, for a Genin, simply superb, and his Chakra reserve as a whole was not bad by any means, but even so it strained him to the breaking point to attempt this.

In the end, though he had exhausted himself until he lay quivering on the floor, he was unable to accomplish it in the end. But according to his father he'd still made excellent progress.

"Well done, for a moment I saw the ground move with vines and roots underneath me rushed up to envelop me so the illusion on its own was potent but it lacked the neccessary force to restrain me. I believe you will succeed in this before the deadline set by my sister, don't worry my boy."

Souma smiled at his son and ruffled his hair before heading inside.

### Entry 2: Genjutsu and Byakugan Training

The next day the training continued and if anything it was worse, for whether out of a deliberate attempt to force him to fail or as a way to increase the efficiency of his training to compete in the upcoming exams, his lovely aunt had seen fit to make a single change, namely that his little brother would chase him around all the while throwing attacks his way, whilst he was working to cast a Genjutsu upon his father.

No doubt she meant to emulate a realistic scenario, and it did mean that he'd need to keep on his toes, at least at first but he discovered that his Byakugan felt keener today and he could see everything around him vividly at a 350 degrees angle. With his superior speed he knew that he could avoid his brother if he wanted to, but the exertion would cost him much needed focus, swivelling on his feet the young Hyuga shot speed past his kin and in passing he gently touched his shoulder.

His brother undoubtedly expected him to attack and turned to face him at once, fists raised, only to immediately lose his footing and scream loudly before he began wallowing in the dirt convinced that the ground was quicksand. With his underdeveloped Chakra, Eru Hyuuga would be unable to break through Nobu's Genjutsu on his own, and that allowed him to focus on the task at hand.

Souma looked at his other son with a measure of fatherly concern, for although his spell was physically harmless it was quite terrifying and in truth Nobu sort of felt bad for him, but he couldn't afford to let that stop him if he was to succeed as a Shinobi. It was a fairly simple illusion, he still needed most of his reserves in order to cast the Genjutsu he needed to pass his aunt's test.

"As a father, I am tempted to reprimand you for conjuring nightmares in the head of your little brother but as a teacher and Shinobi I cannot fault the efficacy of your thinking."

Now came the difficult part, moulding and forming his Chakra inside him, Nobu set to work on casting his true illusion once again, as always he felt the strain on his chakra immediately, the Tree Binding Death Genjutsu was B-Ranked after all, and it had taken him months to learn the basics of it in the first place.

His Byakugan focused upon his target as he witnessed the entire Chakra Pathway system of his father, and through that pristine focus, he felt more and more confident in his ability to weave his illusion. With not a moment to lose, he made the requisite hand signs and prepared.

### Entry 3: Genjutsu and Byakugan Training

As the young man wove his Genjutsu and performed the requisite hand seals it seemed like the treetops swayed in slow-motion all around him before he to his father's senses was whisked away into thin air, dispersing as a shadow upon the wind and that was when the landscape began to writhe and undulate as massive thick roots shot up from the ground and ensnared him in their grip, Souma could evade them if he wished to but in the end, they would catch up for this narrative had but one ending.

The landscape seemed to peel away as more and more thick vines and roots joined with the first to restrain him more and more tightly, it was a specified Genjutsu; therefore it produced a singular effect but used the mind of its own subject to reinforce itself much like a nightmare might adjust itself partway to match the fears of its sufferer. Though his Byakugan allowed him to cleanly see past its effects, his mind and eyes played for opposing teams in this conflict, he had the strength to dispel it however for despite the skill that his son had shown his prowess was still untested and this Jutsu was still too advanced for him to use in a true combat setting.

Souma waited for Nobu's Genjutsu to fade on its own, counting every second he was affected and stretching his sore muscles that had felt as though clamped in iron throughout the entire ordeal.

"You have performed the illusion to my satisfaction but as you are not ready to employ it outside of a training setting. I noted that it took you at least twice as long to produce the desired effect than a typical user, were you to attempt to employ it under such circumstances it would be practically guaranteed to fail. I was stationary throughout the entire process, be mindful of that and work to home your skills further before the Chunin Exam. I shall inform your aunt that you have passed."

Nobu looked both surprised, elated and aghast at that statement, for the first time his skills would be used publicly.