Impure
AN: okay, this is my first fan fiction, so please go easy on me. I had this idea in my head that I thought would be really cool to read a fic about, but I didn't find any. So, I decided to write it myself.
Summary: She would prove it to them all. Just because she wasn't full blooded Hyuga, didn't mean they were all better than her. She would become the greatest ninja to ever come from the Hyuga clan.
Prologue:
The figure trotted across the grass that led to his small home in the branch house section of the Hyuga Compound. It was a small apartment building that housed mostly elderly people that did not often but into others' business. That in itself was quite a feat. All of the rules and traditions were held in such high standards that the slightest mention of change would start an all-out war in the Council.
Neji stepped under the over-hang that provided his from steps shelter from the rain that was pouring down in Konoha. As soon as he was at his door he felt as if something was wrong. The dark-haired young man furrowed his eyebrows in response. He couldn't sense any chakra signature coming from his supposedly empty home.
"Byakugan!"
Neji peered inside his home with his activated kekkai genkai. Sitting in his living room, was a man with a familiar chakra signature. There was something else in his arms, but Neji could not discern what it was.
'How in the hell did he block my byakugan?'
Deactivating his dojutsu, Neji entered his home and looked at the nine-teen year old jounin sitting on his couch.
"Naruto, what the hell are you doing here? I thought you were with Jiraiya-san and Hinata-sama." Neji's cold eyes became colder as he gazed upon the kyuubi container.
"Where is Hinata-sama?"
Naruto, who had yet to look up at Neji, mumbled something incoherent.
"What did you say?" Neji's patience was beginning to wear thin. Neji had been profusely worried when Hinata had disappeared with Naruto. Even after Gamakichi delivered the message from Jiraiya that they were both safe and should not be considered missing-nins he had not stopped worrying. Now, over two years later, Naruto just shows up in his home with no explanation.
"I need you to take care of her."
"Nani?"
Naruto raised his head slowly and looked at Neji. Even in the shadows casted by the dark storm outside the window, he could Naruto had been crying. The gloomy weather outside the apartment only seemed to add to the depressing aura radiating from Konaha's number one most surprising ninja.
"I said I need you to take care of her for me."
"Who?" The moment the word left his mouth, a crash of thunder rang out from the skies. It was then that he heard it-the crying. Naruto was holding a bundle securely in his arms. It was what Neji had not been able to see with his byakugan.
Slowly, Naruto stood and handed Neji the baby wrapped in the blankets. Neji stood stock still for what seemed like hours while the baby wailed. It was so obvious. The resemblance- this was Hinata's child.
"Where is Hinata-sama?" Neji looked up at Naruto, fully prepared to use the Hakke Rokujuu Yonshou on him. The look in his eyes stopped him. At the mention of Hinata, Naruto's eyes had taken over a glossy sheen. He was about to cry again. When he spoke, his voice cracked.
"It's not safe if anyone knows I'm her father. People will probably make the assumption, but I would appreciate it if you kept her identity as secret as possible. As far as anyone is concerned, you were given her by a branch member that lives outside of Konoha."
"Naruto, what happened?" The normal stoic Hyuga's voice cracked somewhat. He had spent the first 13 years of his life being cruel to Hinata. Even after their first chuunin exams, he wasn't very kind. Over the past 7 years, their relationship had improved. But, it wasn't where he had wanted it to be between him and his cousin. It was just taking a little longer to make amends than he would have liked. Now, he feared he would never get the chance.
"I- I wanted her to come back to Konoha the moment she found out she was pregnant. I couldn't let her fight alongside of me with our baby growing in her stomach. But, she refused. She promised to stay out of any fights, but she would not leave my side."
A small, sad smile found its way to his lips.
"I almost missed the old Hinata-chan when we argued about it; the shy, timid one that would have gone back when I asked her. Not the stubborn confident woman I loved so much. For a long while, everything was ok. But-"
Naruto broke off and sunk on to the ground. Neji knelt in front of him with the baby still in his arms.
"What happened?"
"God-damned Akatsuki!" Neji could feel the demonic chakra flair and was almost blown back by it. The baby began to cry, but when Naruto looked up with his crimson eyes, he calmed down. Gently taking the baby in his arms, he cradled her and kissed her forehead.
"She was in one of the safest places in the world, but the Akatsuki came in a group of four. They knew both me and Jiraiya would be there with her. We… couldn't hold off all four by ourselves. After they made sure both Jiraiya and I were completely tied up with fighting the four members, another one showed up and stabbed Hinata in the chest. She managed to move enough that the wound wasn't fatal, but it was still very dangerous- being that she was eight and a half months pregnant. Jiraiya held them off so I could get her to the nearest village. He didn't… he never came after us."
Naruto's voice broke again and Neji could only stare as he began to sob. The Sannin was dead.
"The stress put on the body from the wound caused Hinata-chan to go into labor. We managed to find a medic at the village, but… she… she lost too much blood already." At this point Naruto's words were no longer coherent. Neji took the baby from his grip and stood slowly, looking out the window.
She never made it through childbirth.
Neji felt the hot and sticky tears roll down his face before he even realized he was crying. Hinata was dead. He looked behind him when he heard Naruto stand. The young man had wiped away his tears. Had it not been for Neji's extremely keen eye site, he would not have known he had been crying at all.
"I need you to take care of her. I won't let them come after my daughter and use her against me the way they did with Hinata-chan. That's why no one can know who she is." His voice took on the sound of determination and anger at the same time.
"I will kill every Akatsuki member. When I have done that, I will be back. When I know that my child is safe from the bastards we will be a family." Naruto took a step forward to take the baby from Neji's hands. He kissed her forehead and hugged her one last time before handing her back to Neji.
"Goodbye, Masumi-chan."
And then he was gone.