Foreword:

I do not own any characters or settings or anything related to Naruto. No copyright infringement intended, ect. Everything within this story is technically owned by Kishimoto, and I do not claim to have any creative control over his intellectual property.

ASSUME ALL CHAPTERS HAVE AN EQUAL CHANCE FOR LEMON/NSFW CONTENT. I honestly do not feel the need to tag each one (unless I later find that this is considered good etiquette) because to me sex isn't something that should feel forced, outright avoided, pushed into a corner, or rushed.

If you want to see how the scenes fit into the story, I will provide episode markers where appropriate or explain references.

I sincerely hope that you all enjoy!

One simple In-Universe change:

In episode 390 of Naruto: Shippuden, it is explained that Hiashi and Hanabi Hyuga were absent during Pain's assault on the Leaf Village. In this story, Hiashi and Hanabi WERE in the village during the attack. While Hanabi attempted to avoid the fight, Hiashi was wounded after one of the Pains used universal push to slam him backwards into a broken wall. He was partially impaled through the left lung, below the fifth intercostal space. This caused his left lung to collapse. Slamming into the concrete wall also broke his right leg in three places, at the lower end of the femur, and at the tibia and fibula. Put simply, he is gravely injured and it is impossible for him to fight.

Prologue:

Episode Mark: During 162 and 163

He couldn't breathe. It was unfathomable. Using what little chakra he had left, he activated his Byakugan and desperately tried to search her lifeless remains for any signs of life.

His hands shaking, he felt for a pulse, for the rise and fall of her chest, and for her temperature.

He found no pulse.

Her windpipe and lower airway was crushed.

Her skin was whiter than her eyes, but was becoming more grotesquely colored as time went on.

Her body was cold because of the blood leaving through fissure-like gashes along her chest, left arm, and right leg.

Her heart had been literally crushed. Any blood that was left was pooled around her, mixing with the rubble and with her father's tears.

Two pieces of falling concrete debris had destroyed the poor girl's body. They had been ground up with a Gentle-Fist Rotation. At this point, however, it was clearly too late. One eye was swollen shut; the other was partially opened, exposing only about half of a grey, pupil-less Iris. Had it not been for the excessive damage to the rest of her body, it would have looked like she was lazily waking up in the morning.

Her brown hair came down just past her jawline, and was drenched in her own blood. It was the only part of her body that was moving at all, on account of the breeze.

Hiashi took all this in and it burned into his memory like a brand on cattle. Sure, he had seen plenty of dead children in his time as a Shinobi, but…

HIS daughter. The mere thought was unfathomable. He struggled to find the right word in his mind to describe what he was seeing.

The only thing to take him out of his trance as his body shook and held what remained of his daughter, was a small white slug behind him who announced, "I'm sorry- there's nothing I can do for her".

Hiashi felt his heart skip a beat. His throat became dry and he managed to croak out, "Hanabi… Is dead?".

The slug nodded her head slowly, though Hiashi was too busy staring at the mangled remains of Hanabi to see it. The slug climbed onto the grieving man and began to treat his injuries.

Hiashi hugged his daughter tightly- he was ashamed that he could not remember the last time he had done so.

He broke down and sobbed, cursing himself for letting her get hurt. Pain's Almighty Push had destroyed the building Hanabi was standing next to, causing two large chunks of concrete to fall onto his daughter, crushing her chest cavity and causing her to bleed out.

Hiashi had managed to survive the initial impact of the attack, but had seen the building fall onto a young, familiar looking girl- a girl whom he now recognized as his daughter- who was trying to rush to bring medical supplies to an aid station when Pain's attack hit.

Now, Hiashi was just a half block away from the massive crater hole left by Pain's attack. He didn't notice the extreme damage that was all too apparent to anyone else. Not one building was left standing. The air was thick with dust and dirt. He didn't even notice the fact that Naruto had teleported in to join the battle as he cradled his 'Little Firecracker'.

"Sir!", a member of his clan exclaimed, "Naruto has returned and is battling Pain down in that crater!"

Using his Byakugan, Hiashi confirmed what the man had said. Through his tears, he quietly thought to himself, Make him pay, nine-tails.

Episode Mark: 166

The boy had been slammed down and had metal rods stuck through his clothes and hands like stakes for a tent. Despite an amazing show of strength and strategy, Naruto appeared to have been systematically beaten and captured by Pain.

Hiashi clutched his daughter's body, originally having hoped that he would get some kind of fulfillment in seeing Naruto destroy Pain. He now had the sudden, hopeless realization that his daughter might not be avenged.

Then, he saw someone jump from the sidelines and enter the fray, creating a large dust cloud with a downward strike. He quickly recognized this new combatant as his older daughter, Hinata.

The fear in his heart deepened as he desperately cried, "Someone! Please! Get her out of there!", knowing that no one in the village was in any shape to intervene.

Hiashi had been so distraught by seeing his younger daughter brutally killed that he had forgotten to worry about the whereabouts of Hinata.

He tried to get up, but quickly stumbled and fell. The breath was knocked from his uninjured lung, and he desperately tried to crawl forward.

Hiashi prayed to himself, Please... Please Naruto… I cannot lose another daughter! Keep her safe!

By now, multiple members of the Hyuga clan had gathered near Hiashi to protect him, and they dragged him back and held him down.

"Lord Hiashi, you are in NO condition to fight! You will simply get in her way.", one shinobi remarked.

Another young man chimed in, "But… She'll be killed!".

Through his Byakygan, Hiashi began to read Hinata's lips.

"I'm just being selfish now".

"What's that supposed to mean? Hinata, don't put yourself in danger like this just GO!", Naruto appeared to snap at her, still bound down into the earth.

Hinata did not flinch, nor even look away from the Akatsuki member standing in front of her.

"I'm here because I want to be. This time I'm going to save you, Naruto. I used to be such a crybaby, giving up before I even got the chance to start. I almost took the wrong path so many times that I lost count. But you helped me find my way, and take the correct path, Naruto.

"I always chased after you, wanting to catch up, wanting to walk together with you forever. You've changed who I am, Naruto. You're smiling face saved me, Naruto. That's why I am not afraid to die here if it means I can protect you."

Hinata slowly smiled, "Because, I love you. I always will."

Hiashi was stunned. His meek, shy daughter had chosen to effectively sacrifice herself to save her friend. On top of this, she had confessed her undying love for him and explained that her entire drive to get stronger over the last few years had been purely fueled by the boy who was now helplessly nailed to the ground.

Hinata had not just aired her feelings, but had chosen to act on them to defend someone she truly loved.

For his daughter to show this kind of courage, he could not help but feel a surge of pride wash over him as she spun around and kicked through one of the rods holding Naruto down. A moment later he was utterly horrified as she was blasted back by one of Pain's pushes.

As Hinata got back up and fought forward, she was again blasted back. Hiashi then noticed a massive buildup in chakra in her hands, followed by two brilliant blue lions sprouting on her fists.

"GENTLE STEP, TWIN LION FIST!", Hinata screamed as she closed the gap and assaulted Pain. She landed a hit and immediately used the opening to knock a rod from Naruto's body.

Hiashi was stunned that she had been able to think so fast and use an attack that powerful. No longer than a second after, however, Hinata was launched into the air and landed several meters away. Even obviously defeated, Hinata rose to her feet and stumbled forward, clutching her injured abdomen as she closed towards Pain and Naruto. She fell and got back up, just to keep moving forward against Naruto's desperate pleas for her to stop.

Hiashi could not bear, nor believe, what he was seeing. The sheer will power she had to move forward after the beating she had just taken was awe-inspiring. Even his nephew, Neji, did not possess this kind of pure courage.

When Hinata reached Naruto, crawling on her knees, she gripped the pole holding his arms down.

Pain's lips moved, but his words were incomprehensible to Hiashi who was too fixated on his daughter.

Hiashi saw her response, "Because I never go back on my word. Because that's my ninja way".

Pain threw her into the air using his pull, and promptly threw her into the ground before stabbing her through the abdomen.

Hiashi fell out of his Byakugan, and onto his knees, in utter shock. Hinata had been slain. He was now childless.

Then, the Nine-Tailed Fox reared its ugly head and began a rampage that Hiashi would not see the rest of, as he passed out from the horror of seeing his eldest daughter run through with a metal pole.