Trouble at home

Hinata was at home when her father summoned her. She found him in the clan meeting hall surrounded by the rest of the clan elders.

"Yes, father?"

"I received your academy grades, Hinata." He did not sound pleased.

She swallowed. "Did I pass?"

He blinked. "Pass? Of course you passed. It's an academy exam, it's nearly impossible not to pass. No, the problem is that the Hyūga demands excellence and you, my 'daughter,' have proven yourself to be average."

Hinata looked down, wishing that the floor would swallow her up. "I understand."

"No," he said. "You do not. Due to this recent display of incompetence, we have decided that you …