A/N: Hey guys, so this is a story challenge from a good friend of mine. I'm trying this out, yet I'm going to add my own little twist to it :) I hope you enjoy and tell me what you think.
Blood was everywhere, on everything, living and non-living. Screams could be heard both far and near. Konoha was in a state of fear and chaos. A monster, known as the Kyuubi, was terrorizing the village and striking anyone in its path down. However, it's actions were not its own as a certain Uchiha was using it for his own will. But in the midst of it all, there was something happening that was going the change the lives of two babies.
"Minato, we need to seal the Kyuubi somehow. If we don't soon, thousands more will die." said Hiashi as the looked at the Kyuubi who was destroying the village in a fury. Minato sighed and knew exactly what he was going to do.
"I have to use that seal.." whispered Minato as Hiashi gasped.
"No, Minato, if you do that, you will surely die! Don't do this, my friend. Don't use the Reaper Death Seal." Hiashi said as Minato smiled at his friend.
"I have to protect the village. It's my duty as Hokage." Minato replied.
Hiashi looked down and glared at the ground, not liking where any of this was going. He knew that something was off. As Minato ran off to join his wife in the sealing of the Kyuubi, Hiashi realized something that could possibly save everyone, except his own. Rushing to the evacuation center, Hiashi knew that this was the only chance he had to save his friend and his family. Once he made it to the outskirts of Konoha, Hiashi found his wife, Haruhi, who was very pregnant. Haruhi was surprised nonetheless, and stared at her husband who looked at her grimly.
"Haruhi, I need you to come with me. Quickly or we won't have much time." he said. Hiashi picked up his wife and started making his way back to the scene of chaos. Haruhi looked a little concerned at her husband who looked as determined as ever.
"Uh, Honey. Why are we going back to Konoha? What's going on?" she asked worriedly.
Hiashi looked at her grimly, knowing of what was to come. He kept running, focusing on his own personal mission at hand. Once he made it to the center of all the chaos, he put his wife down in a safe spot in the woods before looking at her with a sad smile.
"My love, I know how this looks but you need to trust me." he said quietly as she stared at him worriedly.
"Hiashi... just what are you planning?" she whispered.
Hiashi looked at his beautiful wife whom he loved with his whole heart. He caressed her cheek and admired her long flowing hair. To Hiashi, Haruhi was the most beautiful woman in all of Konoha. And what he planned to do, was something that would change their lives forever. Hiashi looked at his wife and kissed her with all the passion that he could muster before knocking her out. He carried his unconscious wife near baby Naruto and exposed her belly. Kushina had the Kyuubi changed to the ground using the last of her chakra. A shocked Minato stares at Hiashi, who is walking towards him with determination.
"Hiashi? Why is Haruhi here?" Minato said warily as Hiashi stared at him.
Hiashi just quietly walked up to Minato, smiling at him. "Minato, we have been friends forever. I cannot let you die like this. Especially since you are the Hokage and have protected this Village from harm. I refuse to let you die like this. So I will take your place. You may hate me forever but the village needs you more." Hiashi said quietly.
"Hiashi, you can't seal the whole Kyuubi into your child. I refuse to allow it. But I will try this...if you truly are willing to give up your life for Konoha, then I wish to seal half of the Kyuubi into Naruto, and the other in your unborn child." Minato asked quietly. Hiashi smirked at the Hokage, nodding his head in agreement.
Minato stared at his friend before nodding his head. He then went to his wife to try to comfort her. Once he kissed her goodbye, Minato and Hiashi began the series of seals to begin the sealing of the Kyuubi. However, what came next was something that no one expected. The Kyuubi managed to get free when Kushina was in a moment of weakness. The Kyuubi aimed to attack unconscious Haruhi and the crying baby Naruto. It seemed that natural instincts were to come in play because both Kushina and Minato tried to protect Naruto while Hiashi jumped in front of his wife to protect her.
The Kyuubi's movements were stopped yet again and the three had managed to protect their loved ones. However, the price they were going to pay was inevitable. Their time was up. While Kushina and Minato were saying their goodbyes to Naruto, Hiashi smiled at his sleeping wife.
"Haruhi, I love you so much. I am so proud to be your husband and words could not express how lucky I am to be your husband. Please, once you wake up, forgive me for what I have done. Please protect Hinata, my love. Goodbye." he whispered. Minato and Hiashi looked at each other before finishing the seal. The Kyuubi was gone, the children were safe and everything was okay. With all of this, Hiashi closed his eyes, welcoming the darkness with ease. But unbeknownst to Hiashi, his time was not there.
A young man named Iruka strolled through the streets of Konoha with a young boy holding his hand. The child had to be about three, with eyes the color of the vast ocean and hair like a warm ray of sunshine. The child held on to a frog like stuffed animal as he held his adoptive father's hand. Iruka looked down at the child who had a huge smile on his face.
"Naruto, are you hungry?" asked Iruka as the young boy smiled.
"Un! Hungry for some ramen! Pork Miso!" Naruto said with a toothy grin. Iruka just smiled at the child and walked into a ramen shop that was pretty famous. As the pair entered the eatery, Naruto noticed a small girl looking up at a woman with long flowing hair. The older woman, who seemed to be in her 40s, seemed very upset at the young girl, who was clearly the same age. She had bangs in her face and the back of her hair was cut messily. Her clothes were in rags and fairly dirty, but she looked pretty in Naruto's eyes.
"Hinata, you can't have anything more! I told you that you're only getting a cup of broth and that was it. Stop being so damn greedy!" she yelled. The young girl flinched in fear and bowed.
"Yes mama." she whispered before the older woman glared at her.
"What did I tell you to address me as when we're in public?" she said, venom dripping in her voice. The young girl trembled and bowed once more. "Please forgive me, Hyuuga-san." the little girl whispered. The older woman huffed before turning towards the chef, who had a look of disdain on his face.
"I would like an order of 3 pork miso bowls. And quickly, I have a meeting with my husband." she said harshly. The chef huffed unhappily and began on her order.
Iruka was shocked by the whole ordeal while the young Naruto could not understand what was going on. All he knew was that the little girl was very pretty and he wanted to talk to her. Naruto let go of Iruka's hand and ran up to the little girl, who was sadly looking down. Naruto tapped her on the shoulder and had scared her, but she calmed down once she saw him.
"Hi! My name is Naruto! Who are you?" Naruto asked with a bright smile.
"H-hinata." she said quietly as Naruto smiled.
"You seem really nice and pretty! Do you want to play with me today?" he asked shyly. The young girl brightened at the idea of making a new friend before she felt a shiver go down her spine. She turned around to see the angry woman, who glared at her.
"Little boy, you do not want to spend time playing with this trash. She is a monster and she is nothing more than the dirt of the Hyuuga clan. Trust me when I say that you do not want to be near this...thing." the woman said happily. The chef just glared at the woman as Iruka did the same.
"Ma'am, this 'thing' is a child and she needs to be treated with the same respect just as she gives you. I would appreciate it if you didn't speak to her that way." Iruka said grimly. The woman scoffed before walking up to little Hinata and ripping her clothes off, showing a naked child with bruises all over her. The child tried to cover herself but the woman started laughing and grabbed her arm, exposing her even more. Iruka gasped as Naruto looked at the young girl, shocked. The chef stopped everything he was doing and glared even more at the laughing woman.
"Look at her. She is scum! She deserves nothing since she is less than the Hyuuga! Heck that's why her mother killed herself! No one wants her!" she laughed as she dropped the child onto the ground. Hinata shivered and went to retrieve her torn rags, trying to salvage whatever she had tears running down her eyes. Iruka glared at the woman before walking up to Hinata and putting his jacket around the exposed child. He grabbed Hinata's hand and brought her near Naruto.
"You vile bitch! How could you do that to a mere child!" Iruka yelled. The chef slammed down his cooking utensils and glared at the woman.
"Get out of my shop before I call the police! No child deserves to be treated like that!" he yelled. The shocked woman scoffed as the chef pointed at the front door.
"Really now?! You can't deny me my order! I am Mariko Hyuuga and I demand respect!" she yelled. The chef smirked at her before calling for police. The woman glared and tried to escape but Iruka blocked the entrance. Within minutes, the shinobi police force arrived.
"What seems to be the problem here?" asked one of the officers.
"This man is denying me my service and I am a noble. I demand that he be arrested." Mariko claimed before the chef smirked at her. He walked from behind the counter and grabbed a hidden camera that was in the corner. He showed the officers the footage and they both looked at each other before arresting the Hyuuga woman. She screamed and struggled, but the officers took her out. One of them came back in and walked up to Iruka.
"The girl is going to have to come with us. She can't go back to that compound." said the officer. Hinata looked scared and held onto Naruto's hand, who looked up at Iruka.
"Is there some way that we can adopt her? She could stay with us for the night and then we'll put her through the system tomorrow and adopt her." begged Iruka. The officer smiled at Iruka before nodding his head. Naruto cheered and hugged Hinata, who flinched a little but fell into the hug. The chef smiled and gave a hearty laugh as the officer left.
"This one's on the house!" said the chef as they all happily ordered. Hinata was unsure of what to do until Iruka looked down at her.
"Go ahead. Order anything you want." he said. Hinata smiled happily before ordering her food.
For the first time in her life, Hinata was never hungry again.
7 years later...
"Shadow Clone Jutsu!" yelled an 10 year Naruto as he charged towards a young Hinata, who was in the Hyuuga stance.
She dodged all of his attacks before striking all of his pressure points and rendering him useless. Naruto just glared at the young girl, who giggled at his predicament. He was looking up at her, but his butt was in the air and he could barely move his arms. They were training in training ground number 3 and were well on their way to becoming shinobi.
"Dammit Hinata, that was mean." said Naruto as she released all of his pressure points. The young girl just giggled at the young blond, who stared at her.
"Sorry Naruto but I couldn't help myself. I just wanted to try it out. I've seen some kid at the Hyuuga compound do it and I thought maybe I could try it with you." she said quietly.
"Ah it's okay. I don't know why but training with you always just feels right. It's just feels right." the young blond said as he plopped down, eating his rice ball that Hinata had made earlier. The two were inseparable, always playing with each other and training together. Even Iruka could tell that the two youngsters had a close relationship, hopefully something that would develop into a crazy little thing called love.
"Yeah. It's so weird. Oh yeah! I gotta tell you about this awesome new technique I saw this kid Neji do at the Hyuuga compound!" the young girl said. Naruto frowned at the former Hyuuga until she realized her mistake and looked at the ground.
"Hinata you promised to not go back there." he said as he started walking away. The young girl sighed and ran after him, grabbing his arm before he could run away.
"Naruto, please wait. You have to understand, I-"
"Understand! They hurt you, exposed you! Why do you keep going back to that stupid place?!" Naruto yelled at her.
Hinata stared at the angry young boy before big tears came down her face. Naruto's whole emotional state changed and before he could do anything, Hinata backed away slowly before going into a full sprint. Naruto was about chase after her when he felt a hand on his shoulder. He looked up to see Iruka, smiling down at him. Naruto huffed and crossed his arms, stubbornly looking anywhere but Iruka's face.
"Naruto, what's the matter?" Iruka asked, bending down to the young child's level. Naruto turned around, his face all puffy and red from anger.
"She keeps going back to that stupid Hyuuga compound! I don't understand why?! Why would she want to go back to that place?! Doesn't she like it here with us?" he asked, confused as ever. Iruka smiled and ruffled his sunny hair.
"Naruto, that's where she was born." he said calmly. Naruto tilted his head in confusion, not understanding at all what Iruka was trying to say.
"Naruto, her whole heritage is there. She was born there and any piece of her parents are there. Yes she was treated horribly, but she also wants acceptance. That's why she goes there and learns those techniques. It's the last thing that she can remember her parents by." Iruka said calmly.
Naruto looked down at the ground, a little upset at himself for yelling at her. Iruka just laughed and nodded at the boy. Naruto gave a huge grin before running off to look for the young Hyuuga girl. He sniffed in the air until he caught her scent and ran after it. He could smell salt in the air and knew instantly that she had been crying. He found her at the top of the Hokage mountain, crying her eyes out. He walked up silently and tapped her on the shoulder. He startled her a little, but eventually, she calmed down and looked at him.
"Hinata, I'm sorry for yelling at you." he said quietly. Hinata was shocked by his apology and ran up to him, grabbing his hands.
"Naruto, why are you apologizing? I should be the one saying sorry. I'll never go back to the Hyuuga compound again. I-"
"Hinata, it's okay. I know you're a Hyuuga so you want to learn your family techniques. Its okay." said Naruto. Hinata was bewildered by everything before smiling at him and hugging him with all her might. She then kissed him on the cheek before running home, leaving a blushing Naruto at the top of the mountain, stunned.
"Ew! Cooties!"
5 year later...
A 15 year old Naruto jumped through the streets of Konoha, hopping over buildings and people, only heading to one area. His home that he shared with Iruka. The young man was excited because he hadn't been home in three years. He had went to go train with the ever perverted Jiraiya, but now he was home. There was only one person that he wanted to see. A certain indigo haired girl that he couldn't stop thinking about for the past three years. She was constantly on his mind the minute he left Konoha without goodbye. It wasn't like he didn't want to say goodbye, it was just Jiraiya was rushing him and Hinata was no where to be found.
When he finally made it to the place he called home for years, he rushed in, only to find a startled Iruka who was watching t.v.
"Naruto?" asked Iruka as Naruto ran up to him, giving him a huge hug.
"Iruka, how have you been? And where's Hinata?" asked Naruto who smiled as Iruka. Iruka sighed and brought Naruto to sit down.
"Naruto, there's something that you need to know about Hinata." Iruka said as he grabbed Naruto's hand. The young blond started at his adoptive father worriedly.
"Hinata is dead."