Naruto Characters are property of Masashi Kishimoto. Many people speculate how Boruto and Himawari could follow in their father's footprints. For a while I felt that also. but then i realized, it was right in my face the entire time of how they can deal with personal struggles. This short story is one such tale, It takes place between ending of Naruto the last movie and chapter 700.

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It was a bright sunny day in Konohagakure, one Hinata Uzumaki was seen with sweat dripping off her face as she reached her last pull up before letting go of the bar in her room. She proceeded to rub her arm and stretch it out. After showering she got dressed and went on about her day. She walked past a family portrait. Himawari was sitting quietly on her lap smiling. Boruto on the other hand was seen struggling and uppercutting punching his father in the throat.

Upon seeing it, Hinata laughed so hard she begged Naruto to let this be their family portrait. Naruto clearly agreed after promptly grounding his son.

" Nee-sama?" Hinata heard from downstairs. She walked down.

" Hanabi! Hi!" Hinata walked over to see that both Hanabi and Hiashi standing in the foyer area. "Hi what's going on?" Hinata asked.

" We decided to stop by, we have something of a rather large matter to discuss. Is Naruto here?" Hiashi asked.

" He took the kids with him to the store, he should be back very soon." Hinata said. " So what's this large matter?"

Hanabi looked to her father who's eyes dimmed. Hinata looked at them.

" What's wrong?" Hinata asked.

Hanabi appeared to be getting emotional. She tried smiling as she spoke " Well…..I'm pregnant…."

Hinata's eyes lit up. " Are you serious!?" She said ecstatically. " That's great news!"

Hanabi looked at her father.

" What is it?" Hinata asked. "*gasp* is the baby ok?"

Hinata looked down at Hanabi's abdomen and activated her Byakugan.

That was when she saw it. She looked back up at Hanabi.

" Oh…" Hinata knew right away why Hanabi was upset. " ...I see."

" I won't do it…" Hanabi said, beginning to cry. " i can't do it."

She reached to hug her sister " Nee-sama don't let them do it!" She cried.

" Hanabi!" Hinata said as she placed her hands on her sister's shoulders, making sure she looked her directly in the eye. " Naruto-kun and I are NOT going to let that happen, do you understand?"

Hanabi shook her head yes, tears still in her eyes.

" Does the council know?" Hinata asked Hiashi.

" No."

" Good, let's keep it that way. The less they know , the better."

Hanabi smiled as tears still came down her face.

" Don't worry about that. Be happy! You're gonna be a mother!"

Hanabi laughed.

" "Jii-san!" Boruto yelled as he dashed towards him.

" *gasp* jii-san! Hanabi baa-chan!" Himawari came running after her brother.

Boruto leapt into his grandfather's arms.

" Boruto!" Hinata said.

" It's ok, these 2 keep me young." Hiashi laughed.

" Let's train!" Boruto yelled. Himawari ran up and hugged her grandfather's leg.

" Maybe later Boruto, Hanabi and i have to talk to your parents about something."

Himawari ran and hugged Hanabi's leg. " Hanabi 'baa-chan, will you play with me today?"

" Of course I will sweetie." Hanabi said.

" Yo!" Naruto said walking in with a bag of groceries.

" Good morning Naruto." Hiashi smiled.

Hanabi bowed.

"Hey guys what's up?"

Later….

" Twins?" Naruto said.

" Hai." Hiashi said.

" I see…"

" Naruto…" Hanabi started. " I always wanted to have just one child so I would never…..but I didn't anticipate this…."

" As you know Naruto, I myself am a twin. But I was the first born, so I was made future head of the clan. My brother Hizashi on the other hand was branded with the caged bird seal, and forced into the branch house. If we allow the council to have their way, it will be the same case for Hanabi." Hiashi said.

" I wanted to do this when I became Hokage, but it looks like it can't wait. Let's go see Kakashi-sensei. He'll help." Naruto said.

" Naruto, that won't work. Kakashi-sama won't be able to do anything." Hiashi said.

" He's the Hokage, he can fix this." Naruto said.

" Naruto…" Hiashi started. " Don't you think the previous Hokage tried to put a stop to this for generations?"

" Well if they had, why is it still around?"

" Naruto, when the fore fathers wanted to build the Hidden Leaf what they needed more than anything was finance. That is why the came to the Hyuuga with their proposal, since they were trying to unite the clans anyway. When they agreed to pay for most of the resources they had stipulations, namely that when the Hyuuga join the Hidden Leaf, the governing bodies stay out of their affairs. This was a stipulation that was to remain intact indefinitely. This in turn explains why no Hokage has been able to do anything." Hiashi said.

" I didn't know that." Naruto said. " But then why come to us?"

Hiashi was silent for a moment. He brought his hands together in front of his face. " Naruto…tell me, how much have you learned about the Uzumaki clan?"

Naruto was silent. " Hiashi, if you know something please tell me and don't dance around it."

Hiashi took a deep breath. " Naruto, the Hyuuga have been around for a very very long time. During that time there was much civil unrest which led to infighting in the clan, Branch and Main families fought constantly. A generation came where the head of the Hyuuga clan at that time realized that this would lead to the extinction of the clan. So he sought out a means to keep the branch members under control. The threat of execution clearly did nothing. So he needed a way to physically disable them from attacking the Main branch. That was when he was approached by a member of the Uzumaki clan."

Naruto and Hinata were shocked.

" You should know by now Naruto, The Uzumaki were masters and innovators of sealing jutsu. The one who approached the Hyuuga was a warden at a prison for the most vile of shinobi criminals. The Uzumaki created this seal to place on the heads of criminals upon admittance to the prison. If an inmate were to attack a guard or a riot broke out. They would simply activate the seal to subdue them."

Naruto looked down at the table, he didn't want to believe it, but everything made sense. " Oh my God, I told Neji I would change the Hyuuga clan, but my ancestors are responsible for his pain.

" Naruto, you cannot blame yourself, nor your clan, it was this one Uzumaki who for all we know desperately needed the money."

" I can't…no…" Naruto stars at the table below him.

" Naruto-kun…" Hinata held his hand. " That Uzumaki was not you. There's nothing we can do about that but we can do something now."

" Like what?"

" Naruto, the Uzumaki always made it a policy to never create a seal without a way to release it." Hiashi said. " You might be able to find out a way through your lineage."

" Gah! I wish my mother had told me more about our clan with the little time we had."

" Well for now, Hanabi you will be staying here. We don't want the council activating their Byakugan and accidentally seeing the babies."

" Nee-sama I can't do that! I don't want to impose." Hanabi said.

" Nonsense!" Hinata said.

" Hanabi baa-chan can sleep in my room!" Said a voice from behind a wall.

" Gah! Way to go sis!" Boruto yelled.

" You 2 were eavesdropping !?" Naruto said, his eyes white with shock and frustration.

The next day….

Boruto was wearing Hyuuga training attire as he attacked his grandfather with a palm strike which Hiashi parried.

" Excellent Boruto!" Hiashi said. He launched a kick to Boruto, He quickly blocked it.

Boruto had been training in Gentle-fist for almost 2 years now. Hiashi couldn't believe his grandson had gotten as far as he did despite not having the Byakugan. However, he managed to adjust thanks to a new style Hiashi travelled abroad to learn so he could teach it to his grandchildren, but that's a story for another time.

As Hiashi trained with Boruto , a young Hyuuga maybe about 7 observed them while he was training with an adult Main family member. He sported brown short hair which he kept parted to one side.

" Kinjo." Said the Main branch member. " Focus on me, nobody else."

Later, A Main house member performed the 8 Trigrams 32 palms of divinity on a striking post.

" Who would like to attempt this technique?" A Main branch member said to the Hyuuga students with Boruto standing alongside them.

All were hesitant.

" Me!" Boruto yelled as he raised his hand, which prompted snickers from the other children.

" Boruto…" Hiashi said walking up to him. " This might not be right for you. You have to be able to see your opponents' Tenketsu for it ti work

Boruto groaned. " Come on Jii-san, let me try!"

Hiashi was hesitant at first. " Ok, now this is a very complicated technique so don't worry if you don't get it the first time."

" All right! Here it goes!" Boruto got into stance. " 8 Trigrams 32 palms!" Boruto struck the post. " 2 palms!" He went back for another round " 4 palms!" He went for another round, " 8 palms! Gah!" Boruto yelled in pain.

"Boruto are you ok?" Hiashi quickly aided his grandson, he saw that one of his fingers was broken.

The Hyuuga children cracked up laughing. Boruto glanced at them angrily in embarrassment.

" Enough of that!" A Main branch member said. " This is a complex move to do and that is a common injury that happens."

" Sir…." Kinjo said raising his hand, " I'd like to go next."

" Very well Kinjo."

He walked up to the post as Hiashi and Boruto backed away.

" 8 Trigrams…" Kinjo started as he activated his Byakugan. He glanced at Boruto and smirked. " 32 Plams!"

" 2 Palms!" He said striking the post.

" 4 Palms!"

"8 Palms!"

" 16 Palms!"

It was then Kinjo stopped.

The Hyuuga children looked on in amazement

" I'm sorry, thats as far as I can get right now."

" Not bad Kinjo, not bad at all." Said the Main branch member.

" gh! show off…." Boruto muttered.

Hiashi looked at Boruto sympathetically. " Boruto…."

Later, Boruto was seen leaving the dojo, his training bag in his hand, his other hand bandaged from his earlier injury. " See ya later Jii-san."

He saw Kinjo sitting on the steps.

" Hmph" Boruto walked by down the steps and onto the courtyard.

" You don't belong here…." Kinjo said.

Boruto turned his head back. " Come again?"

" You heard me." Kinjo stood up.

" The only reason they tolerate you here is because you are Hiashi-sama's grandson. Otherwise you would be laughed out of here."

Boruto looked at Kinjo with a little anger in his eyes.

" You even wear that jacket that displays our clan's symbol, yet you don't even have the Byakugan, aren't you just a little ashamed?"

" kssh! Like I care what you think." Boruto said.

" I don't get it, you can be anything as a ninja. Why go into a form where you have such a clear as day disadvantage?"

" I don't have to explain myself to you. And for your information, my grandfather gave me this patch on my jacket." Boruto said.

" If you had any respect for your grandfather or this clan you would stop trying to be like us. Because no matter how hard you train, no matter how flawless your form becomes, the fact is you will never be one of us."

Boruto was silent. He simply turned and walked away.

Later, Hanabi was seen walking alongside Himawari and Hinata in town. They were headed to Yamanaka flower shop to pick up some flowers for Neji's grave.

A Hyuuga was seen shopping and saw Hanabi alongside her niece. He decided he would come say hello.

That was when he saw Hanabi stop and cradle her midsection, Hinata immediately came to aid her.

" Are you alright?" Hinata asked.

" Hanabi baa-chan are you ok?" Himawari pleaded.

" I'm fine honey." Hanabi ensured.

The Hyuuga stopped, he wondered what made her react that way. Upon activating his Byakugan, he discovered why.

Later…..

Hiashi was approached by a Hyuuga maid.

" Hiashi-sama. The council wishes to see you."

" Wonderful…" Hiashi said with some sarcasm."

Hiashi slid open a door and saw the council waiting for him.

" I was busy, I hope we can make this quick."

" Hiashi, when were you planning to tell us Hanabi was pregnant."

Hiashi was shocked.

" With twins no less." The elder said.

" Elder, I don't know…"

" Hiashi, last month you are offered a position on this council and you betray our trust?"

" This would make sense as to why Hanabi has not been here lately. She's been staying with her sister if I'm not mistaken."

Hiashi was silent.

" Tell Hanabi her presence is requested here. We want to talk to her."

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