Naruto of the Hyuuga clan
Hiashi Hyuuga sat in his study and writing another annual entry into his personal journal. He sat his pen down and sighed tiredly, this much thinking about the events that played out in the past three years from the day of the Kyuubi attack have certainly been hectic. He rubbed the bridge of his nose as he once more recollected all the disasters that fell upon the village since then.
"Konoha sure has seen better days" he mused quietly to himself. "All the destruction, the deaths of so many shinobi was just the beginning of our troubles"
Hiashi was a stern, strict and a wise man, that was obvious to anyone that knew him. Immovable pillar of strenght and support for all of his clan, his family foremost, he had to act like a true clan head in order to help his clan the most. There is no place in the world of today for a sympathetic and gentle man, especially one in his position, he knew that and acted accordingly, allowing himself some reprieve only in the circle of his family, namely his wife Hana and their three year old daughter Hinata. And Naruto, the son of his deceased cousin Kushina and Minato Namikaze, jailer of the same Nine tailed fox that attacked their village, a fact known only to select few people in the village.
Namely him, his wife Hana, the Hokage and Jiraiya of the Sannin. The Third Hokage at first desired to make the knowledge of Naruto's parents and his burden public in order to help raise the moral of their village that was struck with a terrible blow after the attack. Such devastation was not suffered by Konoha in all of its history, and they've been involved in not one but three Great shinobi wars. Luckily, he saw reason after some persuasion by Jiraiya and Hiashi himself. So they cooked up a rather juicy story of Minato defeating the Kyuubi forever at the cost of his life, while Naruto was left out of the whole ordeal. As far as anyone knew the blond Hyuuga child was just another orphan of the attack and will become the ward of the clan under direct care of Hiashi and Hana as his guardians till he can take care of himself and become a full fledged member of the Side branch of the noble Hyuuga clan. Hiashi's hearth ached at the thought and he wiped a stray tear from his cheek. It would do no good for someone to see him emotional like this.
The sealing went along nicely, as nice it can be, given that Minato died to perform it. Jiraiya inspected the seal and found that Minato left it unfinished in order to let the chakras of the Fox and Naruto's own mix. The benefits were increased chakra capacity, a great healing factor, the downsides though were inability to perform the Gentle fist, given that the influx of demonic chakra would make Naturo's control abysmal, and let us not forget the whisker marks and longer that normal canines the child possessed. Luckily, Jiraya found the solution, being a seal master himself, he placed an additional seal on the boy's stomach with its only purpose being to filter the demonic influence from the Fox's chakra before it came in contact with the boys own, enabling him to control it like anyone else could in the future and with some healing cream the birthmarks receded. Now Naruto looked like a normal Hyuuga through and through, save for the bright blond hair that spiked in every direction. Some would question that, but given how Hana herself had dark blue hair and one branch member had pure white like Jiraiya did, everyone chalked it up to some genes resurfacing from his ancestors.
After the attack, when Naruto's existence was brougth to the attention of the Council, Hiashi hoped someone from the Main branch would adopt the child, but it was in vain. He and Hana would have have done it themselves, but that would mean condemning their unborn children to the life of servitude in the Side branch, given that Naruto would be in the eyes of the law Hiashi's oldest and male offspring and slated to suceed him in the position of the Hyuuga clan head. So, after much thinking on his part, he reluctantly placed Naruto in the Branch family, under his guardianship though, given the boy had no lining relatives.
"What a mess I've made, Kushina-nee... I hope you can forgive me, wherever you are now. You too, Minato, my friend. I do promise you this, though, Naruto will recieve all the help I can provide him, those laws be damned!" Hiashi all but yelled in his study. Then he looked around with his Byakugan, afraid that someone might have heard him. The guard at the door looked indifferent, so he assumed the best. He recomposed himself and relaxed in his chair.
"Now lets see what Naruto's up to this morning." he smiled a bit to himself and focused his eyesight at the Side branch rooms where the blond resided. He took a sip of his tea and nearly chocked on it when he laid his eyes on Naruto.
"What in the name of Hyuuga..." he muttered, clearly shocked.
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In his room, we find a three year old Naruto sitting on the ceiling with his Byakugan active and directed at the fifty meters away clan library, trying to read another book on clan's history and refine his control over the Byakugan by fine tuning its X-ray vision in order to red a closed book page by page. It was hard work, given he activated his Byakugan a month before.
Hana-sama taught him how to read since he was two years old, given he could speak rather clearly at that age. She said he was her little genius, given his development, he walked when he was ten months old, spoke clearly by his second birthday, even though his speech mostly consisted of asking her what this and that is. He had almost limitless energy and often pestered his guardians on beginning to train him to become a ninja. He loved the stories about past Hokages and other Konoha heroes the most. Who needs fairy tales, when you can listen about a man who single-handedly raised the forest around Konoha, or the one who killed the mightiest of all the Tailed beasts? He so wished to be like them...
Given that Hiashi-sama deemed him too young to begin his training he spent his time reading in the clan's library searching for some scrolls to help him on his training. His most used book in there? The dictionary. Apparently, all the books and scrolls he found on the chakra, jutsus and his bloodline where filled with terms like chakra pathways, physical conditioning, tenketsu and such. Didn't anyone realise that three year olds don't have that developed vocabulary? Stupid grown ups and their lack of understanding for kids like him...
He finally managed to get hold of some begging chakra excercises like leaf floating and surface climbing which he did for at least a weak and then tried activating his Byakugan. He succeeded rather easily, but boy did it take time to get used to the whole 360 degree of vision. He only hoped Hiashi-sama won't find out anytime soon, or he would be in big trouble.
Suddenly there was a knock at the door, and Naruto heard a voice call out his name. "Naruto-kun, are you in there? Hiashi-sama would like to see you right away."
'Crap! Could it be that he knows already? He could have seen me with his Byakugan... How stupid am I? I should have known he would find out soon enough, it's not like I can hide from his eyes. Oh well, time to face the music.' Naruto worriedly thought before flipping down from the ceiling and responding to the guard.
"I'll be right away, Tokuma-san. Just to put my jacket and sandals on!"
"Alright, I'll wait for you here, Hiashi-sama said for me to bring you there myself. You didn't get into some trouble again, Naruto-kun?" asked a worried Tokuma. He knew the boy rather well, everyone in the clan knew about Naruto and his rather colourful personality. The boy had a heart of gold, was very polite most of the time, but was rather short tempered and prone to causing mischief every now and then. Namely put salt into Hiashi-sama's tea or play pranks on Neji, the four year old son of Hizashi Hyuuga. When Neji once made Hinata cry, Naruto launched himself at the older boy and gave him a nice bruise on his cheek.
'The stuck up kid deserved it' Tokuma mused.
"Trouble, no trouble, why would I be in trouble?" asked a now dressed Naruto appearing in front of Tokuma with a nervous expresion on his face.
"Because you are often in one, Naruto-kun?" chuckled Tokuma, amused by the kid's attempts to hide his apparent nervousness.
"You're so mean to me, Tokuma-san." whined Naruto as they arrived in front of Hiashi's door. He fidgeted a bit in his place and then whispered to Tokuma.
"Ne, Tokuma-san, could you tell Hana-sama I'm here and that I would need her help, please?"
"So you are in trouble, Naruto-kun! I knew it, what did you do now?" Tokuma almost laughed at the scared expression on Naruto's face."Don't worry, Lady Hana is already in there." He said and opened the door to the study, then shooed a somewhat relieved Naruto inside.
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Hiashi and Hana turned to see Naruto come in and then launch himself into Hana's arms muttering something about her saving him from evil Hiashi. Hana gave a nice laugh at his behaviour. She simply loved Kushina's son as her own. Hinata was a nice little girl, if somewhat timid and shy and Naruto was so energetic and merry, you simply had to love him.
"Ne, Naruto-kun, what did you do now? Did you put salt in Hiashi's tea again?" she then chuckled a bit remembering Hiashi's reaction when he spit it out all over his desk.
"No he didn't, Hana. He did something much worse than that. And he will face punishment for it, you cannot make me change my mind this time." Hiashi said in a serious tone looking at hi beautiful wife. God, how much he loved her. Her midnight blue hair that went all the way down her back, her heart shaped face and those white eyes with a touch of lavender in them. Her skin was so perfect and fair, soft at touch, her rather busty figure and those shapely long legs. Oh yes, he hit a jackpot when he married her. He was cut off his musings when Hana lightly coughed and winked at him.
"You want to bet that? Now stop ogling me, there are children here. What did he do?" Hana chided playfully, enjoying the blush that appeared on his cheeks and the confused expression Naruto was now sporting. Hiashi shook his head a bit to get rid of some thoughts his wife just planted in his mind, then spoke evenly.
"Well, do you know what I saw Naruto do just a while ago in his room? He was sitting and looking in the direction of the clan's library. Sitting on his ceiling upside down and using his Byakugan to look around! He went behind our back and started training by himself, does he know how dangerous it is to do that? We warned him at least ten times!" he half yelled at a now scared Naruto who was in Hana's arms still.
"Wow, that is fantastic! No one has ever activated their Byakugan before their third birthday, and he did it by himself! I told you he's my little genius! Naruto-kun, I'm so proud of you!" exclaimed Hana while she started kissing him all over his face and ruffling his hair held in place by a kenseikan head piece she got him last year in order to control his spiky hair. Naruto just smiled and hugged Hana beck, until Hiashi spoke again in a serious tone.
"Hana, please stop that. He could have hurt himself severely by activating his Byakugan given his chakra nature and its abundancy. Naruto, would you activate your Byakugan now, I need to check something." he told Naruto. Hana now was worried herself, she totally forgot about the Uzumaki chakra and the problems Kushina had with her eyes when younger. Naruto did as told and went through the hand seals to activate his eyes. Veins around his temples bulged and the tell tale Byakugan irises appeared in his eyes, his being light blue. Hiashi and Hana both looked on with their Byakugan active and then Hana spoke.
"Naruto-kun, could you try to pull chakra away from your eyes for a bit at a time till I tell you to stop. Okay, just a bit more, now stop and keep the flow steady, good boy. Hiashi, it seems he inherited the Uzumaki chakra indeed, but their is no damage to his eyes from what I see." Hiashi stared as the veins on Naruto's face receded, yet his Byakugan stayed active.
"Yes he did. Kushina's legacy lives on in him, I'm so glad." Naruto then spoke quietly, as if not to be heard by anyone else but them.
"Kushina, Uzumaki? What do you mean? Was she my mother? I'm a Hyuuga, How can I be an Uzumaki, too? Do you know who my father was too?" Naruto was told his parents died and that he has no living relatives by Hiashi and Hana a couple of months ago. He asked for their names, but was told that they were famous ninja who had many enemies and that he will be told when older about his family. Naruto sulked a bit, but understood that he was just a kid and that he was not ready yet. He wished to know now, though. Hiashi and Hana looked at each other and nodded. The boys progress was amazing, and he was rather serious at times, when he wished to be. Besides, denying him the truth now would probably alienate him from them. So Hana took him in her lap and Hiashi started the story of his parentage and the sealing of Kyuubi in him. The boy can channel chakra now and it is a matter of time before he does it with his top of and sees the seal. They really didn't want him to see it and go to the first person and ask about it. That would be disastrous.
"Yes, Naruto. Your mother was Kushina Hyuuga, daughter of Shingo Uzumaki and Hina Hyuuga, your father was Manato Namikaze, Yondaime Hokage of Konoha, who died sealig the Kyuubi inside you." Lookin at Naruto's gaping mouth, Hiashi decided to explain things in detail.
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"So, I'm the son of a Hokage and a Hyuuga Main branch member, last heir of the Uzumaki line and bearer of the Byakugan. From my mother's side I got the Uzumaki chakra that is ten times thicker than normal and a strong set of Byakugan eyes, from my father I got a genius mind and probably his talent in the ninja arts, and the Kyuubi gives me fast healing, huge charka reserves and probably wind and fire affinities..." Naruto mused out loud. The Hyuuga pair was worried given his far off look, but they really could not have expected any less. At least he did not start yelling.
"Cool! I'm going to be such a great ninja! Great chakra capacity, perfect control thanks to Byakugan, at least two affinities, stamina and healing at such a high level, this is great!" Naruto enthusiastically exclaimed. Hiashi and Hana could only smile at him. This has turned out for the best, it seems. Then Naruto hugged them both and continued.
"Thank you so much, you've been taking care of me even though you could have just put me in an orphanage, or hate me for having the Kyuubi sealed in me like my mother did. You're the best guardians I could have asked for! And don't worry about me being in the Side branch, I know that otherwise Hinata-chan would have been in my place, so I'm not mad at you two. And I'll keep this a secret from anyone until I'm strong enough to protect myself. I just have one request from you, Hiashi-sama, if I may?"
Hiashi and Hana were so happy, Naruto really understood how to go about this, even if he was a bit over the top with his thrill on becoming a great ninja. They eyed him cautiously though, when he said he had a request. That is until Hana decided to lighten the mood.
"You want Hinata-chan to be your wife, Naruto-kun? That will have to wait till you're older..." she said in a mock serious fashion. Naruto flushed red and yelled at her.
"Don't mess with me, Hana-obasan! That was not what I wanted to ask! I want you to train me in the ninja arts and maybe get me some practise equipment, but I want to start as early as possible. Can I have that?"
"Of course, Naruto-kun. I'll see that you're moved to your mother's house near ours and I'll even give you access to your parents' training notes. You need to decide in what arts to train in and I'll help you the best I can." Hiashi responded kindly.
"Thank you, thank you so much. I will not disappoint you, I'll learn everything there is and become the best ninja there ever was!" Naruto said. And he was right, as his progress will amaze everyone over and over in the Hyuuga clan over the next couple of years and then the whole ninja world will be taken by storm by our blond hero.
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Over the next two years Naruto's development would baffle everyone in the clan. He was revered as a genius on the level of Kakashi Hatake, Itachi Uchiha and the past Hokage's, but in truth, he was so much more. Sure those mentioned were great in their own right, but Naruto possessed the Byakugan, rumoured to already be the strongest in the whole clan, he could see the tenketsu already, it was unheard of at his age, which gave him an edge over the likes of Kakashi and Third Hokage, he had many times more chakra than Itachi did when he was a child, he healed almost immediately unlike any of them, had so much stamina that he could train all day and night, it really was not comparable to anyone of those who came before him. His greatest strenght was his will to learn everything though. He did not just rely on his trusty Gentle fist but also took on learning two ancient styles of the Hyuuga clan ancestor, Gen.
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While reading about clan history he came upon some sparse records of their beginings in the Elemental nations. How that opened his eyes... It seems that the ancestor of all Hyuuga, Gen, was from a land called China from over the sea that separates the ninja lands from the rest of the world. He was employed as an assassin by various shady organizations in his homeland, I guess you could call him a ninja before ninja villages even formed in the Elemental nations. Master of several taijutsu styles, he preferred his own Crane style and Mantis style from which the Gentle fist fighting style was developed. At some point in life his eyes turned completely white and he got sick shortly after that. His health deteriorated rapidly and none had the cure in his homeland, so he traveled to Elemental nations with his family to find the cure there if he could.
He did not find it and died shortly after coming here. He did not know, but he had a illness that was caused by the emergence of the Byakugan bloodline in him. His son decided to stay in the Elemental nations and form family here. That is how the Hyuuga clan began. They served the Fire Daimyo as his bodyguards and advisors for a long time before Konoha, or any ninja village was founded, then decided to join after the Senju and Uchiha clans founded the Village Hidden in the Leaves. They should have thought better than that.
It seems that Uchiha and other clans grew fearful of their strenght and set some terms. Given that the clan was large, and everyone in it had the Byakugan, unlike the Uchiha with their Sharingan, the Caged bird seal was enforced on the clan's members, namely, only one child per family was allowed to stay in the Main branch and the younger ones where placed in the Branch family with restrictions on their teachings. The plan was even sanctioned by the Fire Daimyo, who chose to sacrifice one clan in order to have his ninja village. The Hyuuga had no option but to agree, or be killed of. The animosity towards the Uchiha stayed to this day, though.
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Naruto decided to learn the styles in honour of his ancestor, being the fist Hyuuga to do so in the Clans history. Given that he had Earth, Fire and Wind affinities, it made him suitable for learning all three taijutsu styles of the clan. He also took up on kenjutsu, namely iaido, learning from his grandfather's notes. His mother developed a style for herself that involved using two kodachis, but sadly required one to have a water affinity and great(female) flexibility. He would give the notes on the style to Hinata-chan in a few years for she had a water affinity like his mother. He already gave her Kushina's personal taijutsu style, given that the traditional Earth based Gentle fist did not suit the girl at all. She was progressing amazingly well in it.
Now we find a five yer old Naruto resting with Hinata in the Hyuuga garden, taking a break from their training. They are both rather nervous, given that Hana is due to give birth in a few days. Naruto wants a boy so that he could play with someone in the future, that jerk Neji is so cold and envious of Naruto's progress, that he won't even speak to him.
"Naruto-kun, the flowers are so beautiful, are they not? Do you think my mother would like to have some in her room?" asked Hinata.
"I think she would, Hinata-chan, lets get her some." Naruto responded, loving the way young heiress blushed at the chan suffix he adds to her name. So they picked some flowers and went to give them to Hana.
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At her door they found a very worried Hiashi and some rather sad Branch members. Hinata grew fearful and ask her father.
"Father, what is wrong? Is mommy and the baby alright?"
"I don't know Hinata, the nurse said it would be best for us to be patient, there were some complications during the delivery, they are not sure if her and the baby will survive." Hiashi said in a sorrowful tone. Hinata burst in tears and hugged her father. Naruto almost cried himself, but before he could ask anything, the nurse came out holding a baby girl in her arms, while sadness was evident in her voice.
"Hiashi-sama, this is your daughter, Hanabi. Lady Hana named her that, i don't think she is going to make it. The baby will live though, but Hana-sama would like to see you, Hinata and Naruto. She wants to say goodbye."
Hiashi held his crying daughter tighter to himself and went inside along with Naruto. Hana lied on the bed deathly pale, some blood soaked sheets were in the room, which caused Hinata to cry harder and now hug onto Naruto, who himself shed some tears. Sure, Hana was not his real mother, but she was one in all but blood and he loved her to death.
'What can I do, Hinata-chan will fall apart if Hana-obasan dies...' Naruto mused to himself while watching Hana say goodbye to Hiashi, Hinata and newborn he remembered an Uzumaki jutsu that could be used in these situations. It was a life force transfer done through blood, but given him being only a part Uzumaki, he may die in the process along with Hana. 'I must try this. Hope the Kyuubi healing will help me pull through...'
"Hiashi-sama, I think I can save her, just need to keep supplying her body with my blood. Hopefully, my tenant will help me on this."
"Naruto, you don't need to do this, I know what you speak of, but you're not a full blooded Uzumaki like Shingo was, I can't let you do that. You may die also." Hiashi responded and would have gone back to his wife if Naruto didn't pull on his robe and started yelling at him.
"It is my choice, and I will do it with your consent or not! Now get the nurse inside and start the transfusion!" Naruto declared with fire in his eyes, Byakugan activated. Hiashi was taken aback at his proclamation and briefly thought of activating the seal on Naruto's forehead and knocking him out, but dismissed that idea quickly.
'Maybe he can do it. And he would never forgive me if I deny him now.' Quickly taking Hinata outside, he ushered the nurse to start the process and watched as Naruto's blood flowed into his dying wife. The blood quickly replenished in Naruto's veins, but the boy was going pale himself. Activating his Byakugan, Hiashi gasped as he saw Naruto channeling his chakra into Hana's body, that right now started gaining some colour. He went to stop the process, bur Naruto stopped him.
"No! Don't... It is not... complete..."the boy spoke in intervals, breathing hard."I'll know when... the scroll said... five minutes... at least... Don't stop me..."
Hiashi could only nod at this as he watched the minutes pass by and Naruto who was going more pale by the second.
"Done... Hiashi-sama... I... it is... done." and with that Naruto collapsed onto the floor by the bed.
"Naruto! Hang on! Nurse do something! He cannot die, not him!" Hiashi was by this time on his knees holding the boy to him while the nurse used the Mystical palm jutsu on Naruto.
"He will be fine, Hiashi-sama. Just put him into a bed and wait till his chakra replenishes, he also lost quite some blood, but it is replenishing at a quick rate, he will live, and your wife will too. I'll come by later to check on them. Lady Hana will awake by morning." With that the nurse left the room and Hinata burst inside.
"Naruto-kun! D-Daddy what is going on? Is mommy d-dead, w-what is wrong w-with Naruto-kun?" she asked through tears.
"They will both live, daughter. Naruto saved her life, but hurt himself, reckless boyfriend you got here, Hinata-chan" Hiashi said while smiling gently at her. Hinata blushed but still hugged Naruto and started thanking him over and over.
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Even though he saved Hana's life, Naruto felt immense sadness seeing her not able to teach Hanabi how to walk, or play with the little girl in the garden of their home. He threw himself in his training, determined to become even better than he already planned. He planned to be the best, now he will become better than the best. It sounds funny and illogical to many, and Hiashi pointed it out to him, but Naruto is part Uzumaki and he woldn't hear any of it.
The Hyuuga clan didn't brag with their prodigy students like other clans would. Neither Naruto, Hinata or Neji where well known to the Konoha public. Maybe Neji was, being in the academy at the top of his class, but he found it below his honour to flaunt his skills above what was needed to be the best in the class. He was still a bit "jerkish" as Naruto would put it, but after talking with both Hiashi and Hizashi about the truth of the Caged bird seal and clan history, he mellowed out a lot and was nice to both Naruto and Hinata at times. Now he saw Naruto as a rival and dreamed of surpassing him in skill, while focusing on the Earth style of the Gentle fist under Hiashi and his own father's tutelage.
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Naruto hated large parties and the crowd they brought. Formal parties were even worse, like this one on Hinata's sixth birthday. Some Kumo shinobi came to make peace with Konoha and end the fights on the border that raged for the past three years. So he found it neccessary to visit the noble Hyuuga clan and have a good time himself.
Naruto frowned at that, the man just rubbed him the wrong way, as if he could sense the emotions of disgust, greed and treachery the Kumo ninja radiated. He spoke of this to Hiashi-sama a year back, when he sensed some civilians shooting envious glances at them when he was going for a walk with Hinata through the village. Hiashi said something about the previous hosts having the same abillity from the Kyuubi, but he didn't know much more about it, and Naruti was not going to see the Fox about it anytime soon. he would keep his eye on Kugo Ginjo nevertheless.
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Night came in Konoha, and one less than honourable Kumo ninja tracked his way inside of the Hyuuga mansion. Normally, such a feat would be nearly impossible, but he staked out the place earlier tonight while visiting it for a formal dinner. His Raikage, A, gave a direct order for him to capture a Main branch Hyuuga and bring him/her back to Kumo. They failed their mission eighteen years earlier to capture Kushina Hyuuga Uzumaki thanks to that trice damned Minato Namikaze, but they will succeed now. He absentmindedly rubbed the giant scar on his chest he got from Minato's Rasengan all those years ago and cursed the man once more.
"No guards in unusual places... This will be easy." He muttered to himself. Too bad he could not see Naruto looking at him from a good five hundred meters away.
"He's going to Hiashi's house. What is he up to?" Naruto wondered. He stood there, then frowned seeing Ginjo jump out of the house with an unconscious Hinata over his shoulder."That bastard! He will pay dearly for hurting her! I better notify the guards and pursue him."
Naruto ran over to the nearest guard and told him to get Hiashi while he keeps an eye on Ginjo in order for him not to get away, then he ran after the villain. The guard yelled for him to stop, but Naruto was already gone.
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Kugo Ginjo had just escaped the clan compound and sat the sack with Hinata down in order to catch some breath. He looked upon his prey and smiled cruelly.
"You will bring me recognition and Kumo will prosper like no other nation with your offspring under our command. Who knows, mayde A lets me start the clan with you when you're of age."
He was unaware of Naruto watching nearby, suppressing his chakra while burning with rage deep down.'That pig! I'll see that you're tortured before morning! Where is Hiashi-sama? He's a mile away, but he saw me at least... Shit! He is about to move out again, I must stop him.'
"Time to go, princess, log way to Kumo. Just wait till..."
"Eigth Trigrams Vacuum Palm!" Naruto shouted. He shot his arm forward and nailed the Kumo-nin right in the chest, sending him tumbling away. He then made a Shadow clone to take Hinata away from the fight. He frowned seeing Ginjo rise from the ground and spit some blood.
"Damn you! What is this? A Hyuuga brat comes to the rescue, hahaha! You'd do well to run away, kid." He would have said something more if a Chakra needle did not just clip his cheek, causing it to bleed a bit. He was so going to kill this brat now. He charged at the kid and scored a chakra enhanced punch to his gut only for Naruto to burst into smoke.
'Damn it, he is at least twice as fast as me, what do I do? Hinata's safe, but Hiashi-sama isn't here to help me now. What to do?" Naruto wondered when a cry of "Found you, brat! Die!" echoed the forest.
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Some hundred meters away everyone watched with their Byakugan active at the battle taking place. They were amazed at Naruto's performance so far. That hit he landed would have downed most chunin, but now the Kumo-nin threw some shuriken at Naruto and everyone feared the worst. Hinata was still asleep in her father's arms due to the chemical Ginjo used on her. They thought Naruto was gone, but a sudden cry of Kaiten! brought their hopes back. To use both Kaiten and Eigth Trigrams Vacuum Palm at only six years old was unheard of in clan history. Then an even more amazing thing happened.
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Naruto panted a bit after finishing the Kaiten, then looked down to the ground. Ginjo was amazed! Such prowess in the Gentle fist was never seen before. He best capture the boy and bring him to Kumo, with some brainwashing he would make a great ninja for his village. He moved forward to knock the boy out, but Naruto's voice cut him out.
"You come to my home under the guise of making peace... You share bread with me and my family... And now you dare rise your filthy hand against my pride... You dare touch her and hurt her... You intend to take her to your wretched village to live there in slavery... MY PRIDE! FOR THIS I SHALL NOT FORGIVE YOU! MEET YOUR END!" Naruto all but roared his words out and then his eyes widened upon seeing eight pairs of pure white chakra tentacles burst out of his back and ensnare his foe who trashed given the tentacles cut into his flesh.
The Hyuuga onlookers watched in silence amazed by Naruto's speech an his transformation. Hinata blushed, now avake and hearing that Naruto called her "his pride". The now heavily wounded Kumo ninja gasped out.
"What are you?"
"Your end. Prepare yourself, fool." Naruto responded, now figuring out these chakra tentacles were a part of his Uzumaki heritage. Then he took his stance. The Mantis, his feet apart left in front of the right touching the grount with just his fingers and leaning his weight on his right foot that was firmly on the ground. His left arm outstretched slightly with his palm closed in a hook, while his right was pulled back at his hip level, forming a hook. He took a deep breath and shot forward with his right hand.
"Ansatsuken So Ryu: Shitenshu" Naruto intoned and lashed out with his right hand towards his bound foe. Then the onslaught began. Paralysed by the first hit, Ginjo could not even scream as Naruto systematically destroyed all the chakra points he struck. Then he paused and uttered "You're dead." Naruto went to strike his now comatose opponent's forehead and kill him, but someone's arm grabed his shoulder so he lost his concentration and succeeded only in blinding him with a blast of chakra from his fingertips.
Naruto looked up and saw Hiashi holding Hinata with his other hand. He smiled at them and said.
"You're safe, Hina-hime. Hiashi-sama, I protected her like I promised long ago. I protected my pride." With that he fainted.
"Naruto-kun!"
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Author's note
What do you think, guys? Any better than the previous one? I tried ti correct my spelling and spacing, so give me your opinion in the reviews. I have the story planned out, so I'm not sure if I can use your every suggestion on the plot, but I'll try.
Take care
Nikola
