Meiyū Hyūga

"One day, I'll prove to the main house that even a branch house member can still shine above the rest."

Meiyū Hyūga is a Jōnin-level kunoichi native to Konohagakure. Born into the lesser branch house of the prestigious Hyūga clan, Meiyū always felt a sense of inadequacy among her peers. She was a shadow, even among the branch house, left to her own devices when she wasn't catering to the whims of the main house. But sticking to the shadows gave her an edge no other branch house member had; she saw everything the main house was doing; their daily lives, but most of all, their training sessions. She saw everything in how they fought, how they utilized the Byakugan and the cherished Gentle Fist art. She perfected both of them in secret, and rose up against the main house. She even broke her cursed seal through another affinity; her proficiency in Earth Release. Utilizing the earth's powers, she stripped away her curse mark through the power of nature itself, and freed herself from the main houses's imprisonment. She was banished from the clan, but she found solace in that. Her skills in Earth Release and her expertise in the Byakugan and creating a healing alternative for the Gentle Fist led her to be recruited into Team 13, consisting of Teiryū Uzumaki and Raishin Uchiha