Hiyoko Hane

Hiyoko Hane (はねヒヨコ, Hane Hiyoko) is a kunoichi from Konohagakure. Hiyoko specializes in taijutsu, utilizing her clan's set of hidden abilities known as Winged Dances (翼の舞 Tsubasa No Mai). Initially, Hiyoko quickly found herself ill-prepared for the dutites of a ninja. By undergoing intensive training, she became capable of facing the challenges of the life of a ninja and help those who needed her most.

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Background

Early Life

Hiyoko is the second and youngest daughter of Koruri and Takaha Hane. Hiyoko had a pleasant and easy life when she was young. While always looking up to her older sister Tsubame and wanting to spend more time with her, Tsubame's duties as a kunoichi made it hard for the two sisters to have any quality time together. Watching Tsubame and seeing her as strong yet so kind, Hiyoko aspired to be more like Tsubame. But even at a young age, it started to become clear to some that Hiyoko may not be suited for being a kunoichi, as she struggled against her father in their training sessions and her timid personality prevented her from excelling. So she spent most of her time by herself doodling instead of training. On a few occasions, with her father she would meet Sakumo Hatake and his son Kakashi. Sakumo had hoped their children would be teammates just as the two men were when they were genin.

Scarred

At age four, Hiyoko was trying to find a place to be by herself and to draw in her sketchbook. She wandered far from the village and perched herself high on a tree branch. Unbeknownst to her, a young boy named Obito Uchiha was practicing nearby. He was trying to perform his clan’s Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique to prove himself to his clan after his parents fell in battle. After several attempts, Obito finally was able to get the handle of a good size fire ball until he heard a cry after catching a tree on fire. Hiyoko was up in that tree and quickly fell to the ground. Obito panicked and pushed her out of the way before the rest of the burning tree fell on top of her. Obito saw her injured and helped Hiyoko back to the village. While Obito was scolded for his actions, Hiyoko was left with a scar on her ankle. In her young mind, Hiyoko thought she was saved by Obito from an enemy attack so ever since then, she developed a crush on her supposed hero, never knowing at the time it was his fault for her injuries.

Genin Promotion

Initially having no passion to become one, Hiyoko decided to enroll in the Academy to become a shinobi after her neighbor and future teammate, Ame Inchiki, introduced her to his friend Obito, all for a chance to get closer to him. She changed her appearance by cutting her long hair and was one of the first present at the entrance ceremony at the Academy, waiting for Obito to come around. Yet, he never showed up. When the class’s teacher asked for someone to hand Obito’s papers to him, Hiyoko volunteered but another girl, Rin Nohara, was chosen. Yet, that didn’t stop her from trying to sit by Obito in class several times. Yet, she found that Obito would instead try to sit by Rin, seeing that her crush had eyes for another. Undeterred, Hiyoko continued to try to get Obito’s attention. In class though, while having no problem learning many jutsu and facts, Hiyoko had trouble performing.

One month before the graduation test, though, Hiyoko’s father Tahaka fell in battle during a mission. She would only learn years later that her father felt immense guilt after turning his back on Sakumo, leading to his suicide, and would later choose to purposely die in battle rather than do the same. The loss of her father almost caused Hiyoko to drop out of the Academy. Yet again, she ran into Obito, who was oblivious as to what was troubling her. After some reflective words from him about his own family predicament, Hiyoko thanked him and continued her studies.

Hiyoko focused on getting stronger by putting more effort into her training and just passed the bar to become a genin. While the graduates of the Academy class were being assigned to teams, Hiyoko hoped that she would be on the same team as Obito. To her disappointment, she was instead added to Higure Tsukinode’s Team 9, along with Yure Kawanami and Ame.

Chuunin Exams

The Chuunin Exams were a trying time for Hiyoko and her teammates. It felt rushed due to the ongoing tensions happening in the world at the time as well as pressure placed on her to be the medic of her team. For the exams' first stage, Hiyoko is seated away from her teammates as they take a written test. The objective in the first stage is to cheat off of other examinee's paper without getting caught. Both Hiyoko and Yure were able to answer many of the questions on the written exam. Luckily, Ame was seated behind them so he was able copy their answers with his Mimic Technique without being caught, ensuring their passage to the second round.

For the second stage, Team Higure enter the Forest of Death with the task of collecting a set of two scrolls, one of which they are given and the other of which they must take from another team. They encounter a team from Kirigakure first and, despite not knowing which scroll they have, Ame insists on fighting them to impress Hiyoko. Although Ame is quickly defeated, on order from Yure, Hiyoko goes to quickly heal Ame while Yure defeats the team and takes their scroll. They ultimately reach the centre of the forest with the two scrolls they need. Team Higure is one of the first teams as they eventually meet up with Team Minato, Team Chouza, Team Orochimaru, and others.

They all advance to the last stage: a series of one-on-one matches. Hiyoko cheered on Obito when he faced Might Guy but was upset when she witnessed him lose after one blow. She waited for her turn to fight, watching Ame fail but Yure succeed. For her match, Hiyoko is paired against Rin. Hiyoko saw it as a chance to impress Obito with her abilities. They start by trading punches and kicks, surprising Rin because of Hiyoko’s previous shy demeanor. Hiyoko manages to perform one of her Winged Dances, knocking Rin out. Hiyoko is severely exhausted by her overuse of chakra but manages to stay standing, being declared the winner. She quickly looked to Obito for his approval, yet he was instead upset about Rin’s loss. Hiyoko even faced a bigger loss as she was not promoted to chuunin despite her win due to her lack of strategy and overuse of chakra.

As a result, Higure tries to convince Hiyoko to forfeit her forehead protector, telling her that she's too meek and insecure to be a ninja. She begins to offer arguments in her defense, but Higure persists, claiming that she is fated to be a failure, a fact that he believes she's aware of due to her frightened reaction to what he says. Higure's words cause Hiyoko to cry, but also anger the watching Ame, who insists that Hiyoko can change herself if she wants to and who encourages her to keep going. Hiyoko would later be a spectator to Yure’s promotion to chuunin after the exams.

Hiyoko continued to improve her taijutsu techniques and chakra control and the next time the Chuunin Exams came around, she participated and succeeded, being promoted to chuunin at the age of eleven along with Ame.

Third Shinobi World War

Because of a decline in national power, the reign of the Five Great Countries was crumbling. Along their borders, skirmishes with smaller nations broke out all the time. The prolonged war gradually spread its fires far and wide, until at last it developed into the Third Shinobi World War. This war turned into an unprecedented war of attrition, tormenting all nations with a shortage of war potential. Team Higure, after all three genin promoted to chuunin, flew into action during this time. Because of Tsunade ’s ideas and skills revolutionized shinobi squads to include medical-nin which led to increased mission success and survival rates in the previous war, Hiyoko’s became the medic for her team. As a medic, Hiyoko had to follow the four rules of being a medic, one of which was to not stand on the front lines. Yet, Hiyoko continued to train, utilizing her taijutsu and speed.

Hiyoko would look forward to taking random missions with various shinobi of her generation. She started to develop friendships with them, especially Kurenai Yuuhi who was a frequent customer to her family’s hot springs. Yet, Hiyoko would enjoy it when she got to go out on missions with Obito. She would try to find the courage to admit her feelings for him but never had the guts to do it. What she anticipated the least was being on missions with Kakashi as she noticed a change in him for years now starting when he was eight, seeing him being a little stuck up to being heavily strict. Yet, she didn’t expect for her sensei, Higure, to perish in a solo mission during the war.

After a couple of years, Hiyoko finally gathered up the words to tell Obito about how she felt about him. She wandered the village and found him waiting under a cherry blossom tree. Yet, as she approached him, she noticed not only a large bouquet of flowers he held behind his back but Rin approaching him with a giant grin on his face. She watched from afar as she overheard their conversation and watched Obito’s dismay at Rin trying to plan a party for Kakashi’s promotion to jounin. Seeing Obito’s hurt face made Hiyoko recall her reaction to him during the first chuunin exam they all partook in. She realized that not only did Obito have true feelings for Rin but no one could replace her in his heart, including her. Hurt, Hiyoko avoided her friends to sulk at home. It took some time but Hiyoko’s heart recovered and she decided to talk to Obito after him and his teammates came back after Kakashi’s first jounin mission. Yet, she never got to talk or see Obito again.

After the War

When she learned of Obito’s death, Hiyoko fell to her knees in tears and disbelief, and later laid flowers on his grave during his funeral. After losing Obito, she felt hopeless. Hiyoko spent her mornings visiting the Memorial Stone where her father’s and Obito Uchiha's name was engraved. Yet, every morning, she would find Kakashi already there. Not long after losing Obito, she had heard about Kakashi’s recent mission to Kiri to save Rin, only to lose her as well. She would join him in thought yet say not a word as both parties mentally spoke their prayers in silence and depart. Hiyoko though would always arrive after and leave before Kakashi, leaving the kunoichi to start to worry about him, especially seeing that he joined Anbu.

During the Nine-Tails' attack on Konoha, Hiyoko was amongst the young ninja that wanted to help in repelling the beast, but the group was barred from participating by the older shinobi, instead being confined within a barrier to keep them safe. What she wasn’t aware of was that her teammate, Yure, was one of the first victims of the attack. Hiyoko would consider retiring after all that had happened and go into her mother’s family business helping to run the Konoha Hot Springs. It was a choice her sister had already made, settling down with a husband while creating herbal remedies. Hiyoko thought about doing the same.

She would continue to visit the Memorial and would spot Kakashi there as well, now paying tribute to his fallen sensei and his wife. She noticed that after all that, on top of Kakashi having no family and lost his teammates, he would still perform his shinobi duties. One day, Hiyoko decided to ask Kakashi why continue down the path of a shinobi. All that Kakashi replied back to her was that he was a shinobi all his life and that he knew nothing else so what else was there for him. Distraught, Hiyoko started to truly believe what was the point of her life now that her drive to become a kunoichi was gone.

Hiyoko continued her training and was promoted to tokubetsu jounin at age sixteen due to her intelligence and taijutsu skills.

Affirmation

Hiyoko would completed various missions for the village with teams of chuunin and other tokubetsu jounin. Slowly, she started to prove to herself, her family, and village to be a noteworthy kunoichi, yet it didn't go unnoticed from others how withdrawn she still was after the war. Not even news that her sister was pregnant, making her an aunt, made her joyous. She even started to grow out her hair again like back when she was very young. During this time, Hiyoko would start and end various relationships with other men, finding temporary comfort with them.

Ame would notice this and try to ignore it, hoping Hiyoko was just going through a rough phase. Yet, it pained him to see her with other men. One day, he exploded at her and confessed his feelings to her. Sadly, Hiyoko rejected him, saying she cannot love him back. Embarrassed, Ame would avoid walking into her. Their next interaction was awkward though as the two were back on the same team with Hoheto Hyuuga to retrieve intel from the country Amegakure. Hiyoko planned on retiring her kunoichi life for good after this particular mission and go work at the hot springs. Ame, aware of this, was distraught and was trying his best to convince Hiyoko not to and just continue to be a shinobi since she was great at it. Yet, all seemed hopeless for him to change her mind.

The trio went out and retrieved intel about a civil war breaking out in the village to remove the village leader, Hanzou, from power led by an individual known only as “Pain .” Yet, due to Ame’s clumsiness, the team accidentally gave their location away, forcing them to fight again several “Pains” and a woman. Hiyoko would be face-to-face with Konan, a kunoichi specializing in paper jutsu. Hiyoko would use the paper to her advantage and try to use her clan’s Tsubasa no Mai to deflect the paper back against Konan’s paper shuriken. Yet, when cornered, Ame quickly took a hit from Konan’s Shikigami no Mai meant for Hiyoko. Left awestruck, Hiyoko would quickly attack Konan using Sanbagarsu no Mai out of anger, giving her team enough of a distraction to run off. The three would stop short after crossing the border into the Land of Fire as Ame collapsed. Hiyoko was able to determine Ame’s wound from Konan was much worse than he let on to and attempted to heal him. Ame stops Hiyoko, telling her not to waste her chakra. Hoheto warned the other two that the enemy was following them by using his Byakugan. Ame offers to be the decoy while Hiyoko and Hoheto leave. Tears started to swell up in Hiyoko’s eyes, begging Ame not to go as well. Yet, Ame assures her that he will see her again and by then, he wants her to live a long and fulfilled life. He tells her that the dream of every shinobi is to ensure that others can have that privilege. Shinobi die but die so others can live so Hiyoko cannot give up after what Ame did for her. Hiyoko smiled and finally gave Ame his well waited kiss before assuring him she won’t before leaving Ame to be a sacrifice to the success of the mission.

After completing the mission successfully and recovering in the hospital, Hiyoko learned her sister was there as well, about to give birth. While recovering from the mission, she sneaked over to the maternity ward and paid her nephew a visit and was in awe. She started to think about Ame’s last words to her and how the shinobi lifestyle was an endless cycle of fighting and death. Recalling her teammates, her sensei, Obito, and seeing her nephew, she decided that she cannot give up because of her losses but they should instead empower her to continue going to protect the village and those who live in it as those who had before her. Hiyoko cut her hair back to shoulder length and started a new outlook on life. She even stopped covering up her scar after obtaining notes from Ame that revealed that Obito was the one who scarred her in the first place.

She worked her way back in the lives of her friends. It was then she noticed and would share concern about Kakashi still being in Anbu. Hiyoko, now knowing how hard it is to lose those close to you, would try talking to Kakashi many times due to their past relationship at the Memorial. Yet, Hiyoko got rejected every time, either being ignored or be talked down to. She still hoped for the best for him after all that he went through. She was glad to learn that Kakashi he would be re-assigned as a jounin sensei in the hopes of restoring Kakashi's kindness.

Personality

Hiyoko was initially soft-spoken and polite to her superiors, always addressing people with proper honorifics. She is deeply kind, considerate, and always thinking of others' feelings and well-being. She doesn't like to be confrontational for any reason; she doesn't even like being confrontational about her dislike of confrontation. It is for this reason that Hiyoko so often came off as meek or timid to others. Her sister's constant push to alter this personality trait when she was younger only made it worse, eroding Hiyoko's self-confidence and making her even more bashful because she placed so little faith in her own thoughts and opinions.

Hiyoko's main motivation is Obito Uchiha, with whom she had been fascinated since meeting him. He initially gained her attention because of his bravery and outspoken kindness, and then kept her attention because of his determination in the face of adversities. Throughout her genin years, she admires him deeply for this courage. She attempts to spend extra time with him and get him to reciprocate her feelings, but is consistently rebuffed. As she recognizes he is a person with imperfections, she over time falls in love with him, which manifests as increased shyness and difficult speech when around him. Only a few select few would recognize her apparent feelings for him.

Hiyoko strived to improve herself in order to benefit her team and to prove herself worthy of being a kunoichi in the face of realities during The Third Shinobi War. To that end, she stopped running from confrontation, instead doing all that she can to face it. If she failed, she got up again and trained herself to not fail a second time. This develops into moments of competitiveness with Rin Nohara due to her being the affection of Obito’s heart. She also becomes willing to sacrifice herself to protect her teammates, coming to value them both very deeply. Hiyoko becomes a fully capable ninja of Konoha, who, like her peers, is comfortable with her opinions, dutiful in combat and on missions. Hiyoko is finally in touch with her feelings and is willing to express what she's thinking, a self-comfort she picked up during her last moments with Obito before his supposed death.

When Obito ‘died’ during Kakashi’s first jounin mission, Hiyoko lost faith in the idea of dreaming for anything, believing that the mere pursuit would be doomed from the outset. She becomes especially critical of wishing for anything else in life, as both her father and Obito died trying to attain their dreams; she concludes that death is the only thing shinobi have to look forward to. Afterwards, Yure eventually points out that he believes Ame knows Hiyoko too well for his own good, constantly placing himself in personal peril out of his feelings for her so that Hiyoko will be happy just as she once was. Hiyoko is moved to tears by this, feeling unbearably guilty for what she feels she had put Ame through during her years of affection toward Obito; and despite her attempts to take responsibility for herself, she still was forced to rely on Ame one last time due to her own shaky resolve nearly costing her life. She ultimately settles for trying to do more with her life in memory of Ame.

As a jounin, Hiyoko is committed to her job and beliefs, consistent with the Will of Fire. Despite her many noble qualities, Hiyoko is not without her faults. She can be blunt and short-tempered, prone to being a hypocrite such as chastising Kakashi for his perversion while her own behavior isn't much better than his. One of her favorite vices is reading and making perverted manga under a pen name.

Appearance

As a jounin, Hiyoko wears a tow toned light blue, long sleeved hoodie top, cut belong her breasts. Accompanying this is fishnet just peeking out underneath. She also wears cream-colored short shorts, black wrist warmers, and knee-high sandals that expose her heals and top of her feet. The cloth of her forehead protector is changed to black. Her clan symbol is still located on her upper back. Hiyoko also has cut her hair back to shoulder length.

After the war, Hiyoko wears a dark blue hoodie that reaches her upper thighs, with white trimmings and her clan design on the back; it is tied with a black obi and pouch. She wears maroon shorts underneath the hoodie, black fingerless gloves, and dark blue thigh-high tights with white trimmings and fishnet. She has also changed her previous boots to black, knee-high, high heeled ninja sandals. She starts to not wear her forehead protector as well.

In retirement, Hiyoko's attire consists of a black long-sleeved shirt under a light sleeveless shirt with three yellow stripes on it. Sometimes, she is seen wearing a two toned, maroon hoodie over her outfit. She wears black pants with black sandals with a lavender strap around her ankles.

Abilities

As a student, due to her focus on her studies, Hiyoko lacked any particular combat skill, other than the basic skills she learned in the Academy. After graduating, she focused on getting stronger by intense personal training, receiving consistent praise from her team for her improving skills and strengthening character, greatly increasing her abilities. Hiyoko thus becomes more willing to face major threats for the sake of others. Hiyoko doesn't usually use standard ninjutsu, but her nature transformations include Wind, Water,  Lightning,   and Yang Release.

Speed

Hiyoko's speed is her greatest and most well tuned weapon. Hiyoko can move at almost undetectable speeds, leaving no trace of either her presence or her destination. In battle, her speed has been shown to not only allow her to seamlessly dodge barrages from her enemy, but provide enough force to land a strong blow. Staying unharmed was paramount to Hiyoko's medic days, as she could not fulfill her role as a medic if anything happens to her; for this reason she remains very alert to an opponent's movements so that she can pick up on patterns and thus know exactly when and how to evade.

Chakra Prowess

Hiyoko begins training to improve her chakra control and it gets advanced enough to match a medical-nin's, for which reason she is assigned to be one on her team. As shown in a few circumstances Hiyoko is also quite skilled with chakra control, such as being able to transfer chakra to others to heal their injuries or when using her clan’s jutsu. She is also shown using this chakra to replenish other's reserves with no signs of exhaustion. Such exact use of her chakra allows her to perform a jutsu with maximum efficiency without wasting much chakra. Furthermore, she's shown the ability to send chakra throughout her entire body and improve her ability to withstand crushing blows, learned during her time as a medic.

Taijutsu

Hiyoko utilizes her clan’s signature techniques, Winged Dances, to the full extent. Out from her wrists and ankles, she releases chakra in the shape of wings. Her chakra condenses and becomes as sharp as blades, able to cut through many objects due to keen precision. Hiyoko exploits them by constantly moving with the chakra flow, similar to a capoeira-like fighting style. This not only maximizes the potential in her chakra but makes it difficult for opponents to hit a specific spot on her body. One example is a favored technique, Winged Dance: Flutter. The technique has been used to summon a large cyclone of wind to attack her opponent while Hiyoko remains in one spot, directing it. Hiyoko often favors pairing her taijutsu various barrier techniques in order to ensure a foe does not land a hit on her. One such combo, aptly named Winged Dance: Plumage allows Hiyoko to surround herself with her chakra, deflecting blows. This is similar to the Hyuuga clan’s Eight Trigrams Palms Revolving Heaven.

Ninjutsu

First shown during her Chuunin Exams, Hiyoko was shown able to summon various cats onto the battlefield. A few of her cats also grow throughout the series and get large enough to ride. Her cats, thanks to their sensory and stealth skills, allow her to map out foreign areas and locate targets.

Medical Ninjutsu

The main purpose of Hiyoko in Team 9 during the war was to teach her medical ninjutsu and thus make her a medical-nin. As such, Hiyoko can heal all but the most fatal forms of injury to others or herself, time and her own chakra levels permitting. If healing ninjutsu proves ineffective, Hiyoko can make incisions in her patients with chakra scalpels so that she can try to directly treat vital organs. Hiyoko's medical expertise extends to more alternative medicine as well. She can create various herbs to soothe and relax the body.

Intelligence

While she was in the Academy, Hiyoko received consistently high test scores, ranking near the top of her class. Hiyoko has shown to possess a great level of intelligence and perception and is very keen-minded. Hiyoko has been shown to have great observational and analytical abilities, capable of quickly determining a way around an opponent's technique or strategy.

Hiyoko possesses a very detailed knowledge of human physiology, thanks to her medical training. She is also shown knowledgeable in herbal remedies from her mother’s family’s business with hot springs, regularly preparing them for her team to help further their training and battles.

Other

Hiyoko's most notable talent is her skill as an artist, and she claims to have drawn thousands of pictures. Despite the great quantity and magnitude of the things she has drawn, she has never shown them to anyone; her lack of self confidence made it impossible for her to share it with anyone. Hiyoko carries around a small sketchbook to draw in along with supplies in her back bag. In her spare time, she does various animal and comical sketches whether in her home or around the village.

Stats

Part I

Konoha Crush

Just as any shinobi, Hiyoko would go about her business, mingling with friends while going on various missions. Once in a while, she would run into Kakashi and talk about recent events and his current team. She would see Kakashi loosen up and act more aloof, reminding her further of Obito and how he would act.

Hiyoko would later be assigned to guard the crowd in the last round of the Chuunin Exams. She watched the finals from the stands when the village was attacked by Orochimaru and Sunagakure. She helped fight against enemy to protect the citizens as well as escort them to safety but felt sorrow after learning the death of Hiruzen Sarutobi, the Third Hokage. She would visit the Memorial once more. She saw Kakashi there again and once more, both would say their prayers in peace before she left to attend the funeral.

The Fifth Hokage Tsunade

Hiyoko was pleased to learn about the legendary Tsunade coming to Konoha to become their next Hokage. It was Tsunade’s lessons that led to shinobi of her era to become medical-nin. Yet, after trying to brush up on her medic jutsu, she found she was very rusty, only able to heal basic wounds at best. With having Tsunade around and noticing a revamp in Konoha’s medical knowledge, Hiyoko strived to do better and eventually achieved better medical skills in the field due to restructured protocols.

Interlude

While Kakashi’s was left without students and feeling guilty about how everything turned out for him, Hiyoko found herself bumping into the jounin more often. During the two years, the two grew closer as their fathers once were, becoming good friends. Hiyoko learned of Kakashi’s perverted ways and Kakashi learned of Hiyoko’s own interests such as drawing. During this time, Hiyoko would take days to keep herself hold up in her own home, trying to develop her drawing and try her hand at being a mangaka. Yet, it was met with much hardship and trial and error, due to her missions that would take a lot of time out of her schedule. Hiyoko would also later learn of the engagement of Asuma Sarutobi and Kurenai and would later attend the wedding ceremony, celebrating their union with their friends. Later on, she would be teased by her mother to find a man of her own since Tsubame had been married for some time now. Hiyoko argued that she didn’t need a man right now and was fine where she was in life.

Tsunade later saw Hiyoko’s improvement overall and promoted her to jounin at twenty-eight.

Part II

Pain's Assault

Hiyoko was just back from a mission when Akatsuki attacked the village. She was quick to act, trying to escort citizens to various safe spots and assisted with healing the injured at the hospital, doing as much as she can despite there being more people in need of care than medics available. Yet, she leaves when she sees a woman fighting with paper. She quickly left and found a clone of Konan. With emotions running high, Hiyoko fought hard against the clone easily defeating it, saving a few citizens and fellow shinobi in the process. She proceeded to order them to retreat to a safe distance as she was determined to find Konan and stop her from taking further lives. When Pain destroys the village, Hiyoko and the rest of the villagers are saved by Tsunade with the help of Katsuyu. When Naruto Uzumaki returns to the village, Hiyoko was among the villagers proclaiming their thanks to the genin for saving them.

Five Kage Summit

Hiyoko was informed afterward by word of mouth that Tsunade was in a coma and that there was nothing that can be done to bring her out of it. She would stay in the village and help rebuild it as well as heal the wounded. Hiyoko felt relieved after hearing news that her friends and family were all right yet, what surprised her was her total relief to see Kakashi was ok as well, especially after hearing what happened to him. She started to question herself as to why she was feeling that way, not realizing her new found feelings for him. She later visited Kurenai and check on her condition as she was close to giving birth. With Shikamaru Nara, Kurenai assured her she was fine and couldn’t wait for her baby to be born.

Hiyoko was among most of the jounin who were against Danzou Shimura becoming the new Hokage, knowing his character. As such, she was relieved when news of his death came about.

Fourth Shinobi World War: Countdown

Hiyoko later met with Kakashi at the Memorial one morning after his trip with Naruto and Yamato and learned he was chosen to be the next Hokage due to Danzou’s death and Tsunade still in a coma. Hiyoko congratulated Kakashi of the honor but saw the jounin wasn’t fond of it, believing himself not to be cut out for the position. Hiyoko tried to convince Kakashi otherwise, stating that he was an excellent shinobi of the village, his many feats and more, and would make a great Hokage. The two would be involved in a short tryst while Kakashi prepared to become Hokage. Yet, it ended soon after Kakashi was brought before the Fire Daimyou and news that Tsunade woke up from her coma. Both Kakashi and Hiyoko agreed their tryst was a one-time ordeal made during a bad time and there was no reason to bring it up again.

Hiyoko would later go to congratulate Kurenai on her newborn daughter, Mirai Sarutobi.

Fourth Shinobi War

When the Fourth Shinobi World War begins, Hiyoko is added to the Third Division of the Allied Shinobi Forces under its commander, Kakashi, making things slightly awkward for the two. In preparation, every shinobi were to go through a physical to see if each were fit for battle. Hiyoko would fail though as tests came back positive that Hiyoko was pregnant. Stunned, she realized that the only person that could be the father was Kakashi.

Hiyoko would avoid participating in the war due to her screening. She would be placed in a secure location with Kurenai and other citizens of Konoha away from the war. It was there that she disclosed her pregnancy to her friend without mentioning Kakashi. Kurenai, holding Mirai, congratulated her friend, happy to learn her daughter would have a friend growing up. Hiyoko would confess that she was actually very nervous about the pregnancy and had thoughts of her options. Kurenai would assure her that she had the same thoughts, especially with Asuma gone. Yet, seeing Mirai set her on a path to always be there for her daughter. Hiyoko took to heart Kurenai’s words but still felt uneasy.

When the Infinite Tsukuyomi came into effect, Hiyoko wasn’t spared and under the genjutsu, envisioned herself with Kakashi and their child with Kakashi’s students, treating the child like a younger brother. This shocked Hiyoko when she woke up from the genjutsu. She waited with everyone else back in Konoha for everyone to come back and to tell Kakashi that he was going to be a father. Yet, Hiyoko bit her tongue when she learned Kakashi will become the next Hokage for sure.

Blank Period

Lightning In the Icy Sky

After telling Kakashi and months later, Hiyoko would give birth to her son, Karasu. Her mother was ecstatic to have another grandchild and her sister and brother-in-law were thrilled that their son, Touji, would have a cousin and friend. But Hiyoko would notice Karasu’s father, Kakashi, acting skirmished after receiving the title of Hokage, seeing that he was delaying performing his duties and forcing Tsunade to keep doing them. She was quick to notice the change in him after the war and noticed his little interaction with their son.

In the meantime, Hiyoko would try to encourage Kakashi in embracing his role both as a father and as Hokage. Yet, Kakashi would deflect from her as he left for a mission to the Land of Waves. Hiyoko though strongly told Kakashi that he needed to be extra careful now. Kakashi asked why but Hiyoko only lied, saying that now that he lacked the Sharingan, missions could prove harder for him. That left Kakashi with a heavier heart unbeknownst to Hiyoko as he no longer the famous shinobi he was before and could perform his Raikiri and other jutsu. Yet, the truth was Hiyoko couldn’t put into words that she feared for Kakashi sharing the same fate as Asuma.

Hiyoko would be a spectator in the village with her son, seeing the Tobishachimaru flying above. She would also overhear from Guy after coming back to the village that Kakashi was still on the flying ship. In her, she felt a sense of dread, fearing her suspicions to be true. She came to realize that she would always fear for Kakashi not because he was the father of her son but that she had fallen for the jounin. She made up her mind and assured herself that knowing Kakashi, she trusted him to come back ok.

Yet, after learning about his relationship with Kahyou while aboard the airship, she would briefly give Kakashi a cold shoulder without explaining to him why.

The Last

Although content with her feelings for Kakashi, Hiyoko decided not to try to pursue a romantic relationship with him but did have the Hokage promise to be in their son’s life. For her, that was more than enough.

Two years passed and Hiyoko would still be an active kunoichi while supporting and raising Karasu, having Kurenai helping her watch her son while she was out on a mission or have Kakashi support her financially. Yet, Karasu would notice that it pained his mother that Kakashi would be with other women. Her son would bring it up during one visit to the Hokage’s office but Hiyoko would tell him that she was fine, that if Kakashi was happy, she was happy, and that is what love really is about.

Unbeknownst to her, Kakashi overheard the conversation and starting to think about his relationship with Hiyoko and his son. He would hide his feelings and concerns, even during days when he had Karasu. Kakashi witnessed Karasu’s resentment toward him for hurting Hiyoko without him being told.

Hiyoko would later find herself going on a date with Nurui from Kumogakure after being briefly together in the same division during the war. They had been on a few of dates before and were starting to hit it off, despite Karasu’s inability to bond with the man. Unbeknowest to Hiyoko, Nurui had hoped to convince her to move back with him to Kumo when things got serious. Yet, she found herself scared, looking for Karasu after placing him in Kurenai’s care when meteors fell toward the village. Hiyoko found him with her friend shortly after quickly leaving her date behind. Hiyoko, Karasu, Kurenai, and Mirai would run out of the way and toward safety as fellow shinobi were trying to diminish the meteors. Hiyoko would get separated from Kurenai during the frenzy and would accidentally trip. Karasu would get concerned but Hiyoko brushed it off, easily tending to herself as she saw an incoming meteor heading toward them. She prepared to take it down herself but Hiyoko would watch in amazement as suddenly, Kakashi destroyed it with purple lightning. She saw Kakashi and was told to run and find shelter because protecting them is what love really is about.

Hiyoko blushed hearing Kakashi’s words, realizing he overheard her earlier. She nodded as she took Karasu away. When the moon crisis was evaded, Kakashi would talk to Hiyoko privately about pursuing a real relationship. Hiyoko warned him that she was not one for marriage and Kakashi would agree. Both agreed just to try everything out and take it one step at a time. Karasu, though, was not pleased to learn when they made the decision for all of them to live under one roof.

The Perfect Day For A Wedding
Hiyoko and Kakashi are invited to Naruto's wedding. On the day of the wedding, Hiyoko and Kakashi with their son Karasu greeted foreign guests such as Killer B and the Fifth Kazekage together.

Next Generation

As the years went by, Hiyoko would finally have the time and passion to continue her drawing and eventually would publish a manga under a pen name. The manga was soon found to be popular among women due to the romance found in it.

Kakashi and Hiyoko would continue to have a spousal relationship despite not being married. Kakashi would run Konoha while Hiyoko would help him, being his attendant while looking after their son. Karasu would soon prove himself as being a prodigy, becoming a shinobi at age nine under the tutelage of Shikamaru Nara along with Mirai Sarutobi and Jin Hyuuga. Hiyoko would help her son train at their home while Kakashi would personally feed Hiyoko intel to help their son as Karasu still held resentment for his father and refuse help from him.

Karasu would later impress his parents by becoming a chuunin the next year at age ten. Yet, things in the household only got worse as a large rift grew between Kakashi and Karasu with the young man entering Anbu at fifteen. This worried Hiyoko greatly, yet was assured by Kakashi that he would have Sai look after their son constantly. This didn’t help as she found herself seeing less and less of her son as he went on more and more missions. She was finally relieved when Karasu finally came home after good two years later after a rogue mission. She was even thrilled to know not only was he quitting Anbu, but started to mend his relationship with his father.

Epilogue

Thirteen years later, Hiyoko would accompany Kakashi on his travels away from the village to relax during their retirement, leaving Naruto the title of Hokage to run the village. Hiyoko even joked with her son that she wanted a grandchild from him and Mirai when she came back, poking fun at Karasu’s affection toward the woman and fellow comrade. Karasu would chastise her, saying he didn’t have any feelings as such.

Despite her retirement, Hiyoko does occasionally work on her manga with a team of helpers and editors, making sure that progress is not falling behind. She later watches the final round matches of the latest Chuunin Exams taking place in Konoha alongside Kakashi, Guy, Iruka Umino, and her son Karasu. When the stadium is attacked by Kinshiki and Momoshiki Ootsutsuki, Hiyoko is one of many that helped rescue spectators.

A few years later, both Hiyoko and Kakashi would attend their son’s marriage to Mirai, proud of him. Later, Hiyoko, along with Kakashi and Kurenai, would embrace being grandparents to their children's children, Hashu, Kouyu, and Minori. In Other Media

The Will of Fire Hiyoko heard about the most recent in a series of kidnappings of people with kekkei genkai in the village and is curious to know what was going on about it. She bared witness to Hiruko ’s projection and his claims of responsibility for the kidnappings. She expressed concern about it but even more after a visit to Tsunade’s office, she overhears about Kakashi becoming a missing-nin. Shocked, she quickly runs off when she heard everyone inside being dismissed.

She later talked over her concerns with her sister, Tsubame, without dropping names, that a friend of hers possibly had left the village. Tsubame confesseed she had a fight with a friend long ago over a man from an opposing village. Her friend eventually ran off and became a missing-nin to be with that man and she has not heard from her since. Tsubame said she does not miss her friend, seeing her as being selfish and forgot what it means to be a shinobi of Konoha and Hiyoko should do the same. This only worries Hiyoko more, knowing how out of character it was for Kakashi to leave the village. Hiyoko approached Tsunade, demanding answers. Yet, the only answer that she got was that if she believed in Naruto, everything would turn out all right.

Sure enough, Hiyoko became relieved when she spotted Kakashi coming back with several young shinobi from the village, just as if nothing happened. Blood Prison

During Naruto's flashback to the members of the village when he was gathering natural energy to enter Sage Mode, Hiyoko was amongst the villagers. Road To Ninja

Naruto is later sent to the Genjutsu World, where he meets that world’s Hiyoko hosting at the Konoha Hot Springs. Compared to the Hiyoko that Naruto and Sakura Haruno know, she is more timid, calm, conservative in her appearance, and shy with everyone. She nearly faints as she finds the damage Rock Lee caused to the spring.

Trivia


 * Members of the Hane clan have bird related names.  “Hiyoko” means “young bird.” Her son is no exception as “Karasu” means “crow.”
 * All dances in Tsubasa no Mai contain the kanji “羽”, which is a counter for birds.  The kanji is also located in the family name.
 * According to the databook(s):
 * Hiyoko’s hobby is drawing, especially in unique locations. The theme she normally draws revolves around romance between men.
 * She wants to fight Rin Nohara and later Kakashi Hatake.
 * Hiyoko’s favorite food is namagashi while her least favorite food is stewed, fermented cabbage . Although not a fan of fish, she enjoys it when Kakashi cooks it.
 * Hiyoko’s favorite phrase is “Birds of a feather flock together.” (馬は馬連れ, Uma wa Uma Zure)
 * Hiyoko has completed 940 official missions in total: 101 D-rank 236, C-rank, 304 B-rank, 275 A-rank, 24 S-rank.

Quotes


 * (To herself) "If he’s happy, I’m happy."


 * (About Ame) “He’s… quite the character but he’s someone that can put a smile on your face. Those are the kind of people you want close to you. They will be there for you when you need that smile.”


 * (To Obito at the memorial) "It was you. You gave me the strength to keep going. You were here. You would cheer me on, supported me, confess how you felt about [Rin] to me… but you stayed here. Always at my side. You never left me alone even when I tried to push everyone away. Obito, you became something I have never had and will never be able to name but I thank you for it everyday."


 * (To Kakashi before his swearing in as Hokage) "Look, you may have been Sharingan no Kakashi.  You may have copied several hundred jutsu.  You may be a hero and now, you may become Hokage.  But to this boy, you’re Dad so you better start acting like it."

References All artwork is done by the artist. Character bases are based on work by SunakiSabakuno. Screenshot backgrounds are from lwisf3rxd.