Chapter One

The gathering in the Hyuuga courtyard was immense. They were all there to see the marriage of the once heiress of the Hyuuga clan to the hero of the village hidden in the leaves.

At the end of the isle stood a young man of twenty years. He had a shocking combination of blond spikey hair and blue eyes that were only seen once before in the village of Konoha. He stood at six foot two and had a lean, muscular build. His most prominent feature was the six 'whisker' marks that adorned his cheeks, three on each. He was dressed in a traditional black males kimono that he had inherited from his late father, Minato Namikaze.

Naruto Namikaze's life for the last four years had been perfect. The shinobi alliance had defeated the Akatsuki and stopped Madara Uchihas Eye of the Moon plot. Naruto finally earned the respect of the village despite being the container of the 2nd most powerful demon that ever existed. He now had full control of his inner demon, Kurama the nine tailed demon fox, and was well on track to using that power of gain his lifelong dream of becoming the Rokudaime Hokage, the Sixth Fire Shadow, the leader of the village.

His life had also taken a greater turn emotionally. He had finally found the love of his life in the one girl he never expected, Hinata Hyuuga. Every night he remembered how she confessed to him and just how dense he was to never realize her feelings before that day.

Flashback

A sixteen year old Naruto Uzumaki looked over his home with shock. The supposed "Leader" of the Akatsuki, Pein, had attacked Konoha in an attempt to capture him. The destruction was unbelievable. So many had died.

Naruto was forced to engage the strange clones of the man. The six paths of Pein were actually the force that had decimated his home. Narutos sage mode wasn't even enough to defeat the strongest path, known as the Deva path. The odd man who had also killed Narutos father figure and teacher, Jiraiya the toad sage.

Naruto soon found himself pinned to the ground by the strange chakra metal rods the path used as weapons. He was at the complete mercy of the sixth path until he caught sight of the approaching figure of the young Hyuuga heiress. He could still remember telling her to run, that she was outmatched. But for the first time in her life she didn't back down. He remembered even more clearly her reason why she wasn't backing down.

"Im just being selfish, Im here of my own free will... I use to cry and give up…I nearly went the wrong way. But you…You showed me the right way. I was always chasing you…wanting to overtake you…I just wanted to walk with you…I wanted to be with you…You changed me! Your smile saved me! So im not afraid to die protecting you! Because I love you!"

That was all the teen said before Pein ran her through with one of the chakra rods.

Naruto didn't remember anything after that until his standoff with Peins' real body, Nagato. In the end he was able to convince Nagato that his path to peace was just a pitiful illusion. Nagato then used what was left of his strength to preform one final jutsu to revive the fallen.

The next thing he knew he was in the hospital thinking things through. The fight, the confession, the aftermath. He was feeling something he didn't quite understand. In the end he decided to give the strange new feeling a chance and it turned out to be the greatest thing to ever happen to him.

End Flashback

Naruto smiled fondly as he remembered the day his life took its biggest turn. Him dating the heiress of the biggest clan in the village had not been easy. He had to wage a metaphorical war with the elders of the Hyuuga clan as well as Hiashi Hyuuga, the Hyuuga clan head and Hinatas father. It didn't take as much to convince Hiashi as it did the elders. The clan head just wanted to be sure that the young blond jinchuriki had good intentions with his daughter.

He was never able to fully convince the elders who still were convinced that he was the Kyubi reborn that he was completely serious about his relationship with their heiress. He was always considered to be unworthy of the hand of someone in as high stature as Hinata. That is until that day almost a year prior when the details of his birth were revealed.

Flashback

The Godaime Hokage, Tsunade Senju, stood atop the platform of the Hokage tower. Behind her was a nineteen year old Naruto Uzumaki, preparing to reveal who he truly was to the village.

"People of Konoha!" Tsunade exclaimed, "It brings me great joy to announce that the sole heir of the Yondaime Hokage, Minato Namikaze, still lives!"

The villagers' whispers were immediate with whispers of who it could possibly be and why they had been kept a secret for so long.

"This man has lived in this village his entire life and has kept you safe more than you could possibly know." Tsunade continued "introducing the heir of the Namikaze clan, Naruto Namikaze!"

The villagers were shocked not only that the boy that they had shunned for so long was the son of their greatest hero but also that they had never noticed before. Naruto looked exactly like Minato, except for his whisker marks.

Flashback End

Naruto's life flipped upside down on that day. Of course he had to prove that he was the fourths son. He had done that by learning the prized jutsu of the yellow flash, the Hiraishin no Jutsu, or the Flying Thunder God Technique.

Suddenly the Hyuuga elders were completely supportive of the blooming relationship between their heiress and the heir of the Namikaze. After gaining their approval, even if by sub-par standards, he soon decided that he wanted to take the relationship even farther.

Flashback.

Naruto stood nervously outside of the Hyuuga compound. Today was the day. He was wearing a pair of black slacks and black dress shoes. He also had on a blue button up shirt with a black tie. He was jumpy beyond reason. What if she said no? What if she didn't feel the same way? Naruto knew that he was probably over reacting but he couldn't help it.

He waited for a few more minutes before Hinata finally walked out the front gate. She was wearing a red knee length dress with a black jacket and a pair of black high heels. She also had on light makeup.

The night had went on without a hitch but Naruto was growing increasingly nervous. It wasn't until after dinner when they were in the park that Hinata had brought it up.

"Naruto-kun? Why have you been so nervous all night? Are you all right?" Hinata asked.

"Y-Yea im fine Hinata-chan." Naruto replied "I've just been thinking."

"About what?" the heiress asked.

"About us." Naruto responded.

Hinata was starting to get nervous. Was he saying that he wanted to break up? Just the thought of being separated from him brought tears to her eyes.

"W-What do you mean?" Hinata replied, her old stutter starting to work its way back.

Naruto knew that this was the moment, but he couldn't bring himself to do it, so he continued with the conversation to try to calm his nerves.

"Where do you see us in the future?"

"Well, I would want to maybe be married, and have a family." Hinata replied unsure of herself.

Just that simple sentence boosted Naruto's confidence. He knew that the time was completely right and he took his shot.

"Alright. Um… Hinata…I know this may seem sudden but uh…so…hum…do…do you…umm…" Naruto stumbled as he lost his nerve.

Hinata misunderstood his under confidence as doubt in their relationship. Seeing him stuttering was the final blow as her confidence shattered.

Suddenly Naruto just couldn't take it anymore, pulled out a small box from his pocket, hit his knee and blurted out "Hinata Hyuuga will you marry me?"

Hinata had to take a double take. She stood staring dumbly at the ring inside the box. It had a platinum band with a rather large diamond flanked by two smaller amethyst. She slowly came to the realization of what he had said and rather quickly lost control of her emotions and tackled the blond whispering "Yesyesyesyesyes"

Flashback End.

All that had led to this day. He stood patiently at the altar waiting for his bride-to-be to arrive. Behind him stood Kiba Inuzuka, his best man and directly across from him stood Sakura Haruno, Hinatas maid of honor. Naruto had originally chosen Sasuke Uchiha as his best man, but his best friend was required to be out of the village for a high ranking mission.

Suddenly the wedding march began to play and Hinata stepped onto the isle with her father. She was wearing a traditional white wedding kimono and light makeup to accent her features. Looking at his soon to be wife, Naruto was dumbstruck. He had never imagined someone could be as beautiful as she was right then. Her blackish blue hair was put up with extravagantly decorated hair sticks.

When they arrived at the altar Hiashi slipped his eldest daughters hand into Narutos and took his seat. Hiashi sat alone on the front row with a picture of Hinatas mother and directly across the aisle sat Tsunade with a picture of Minato and Kushina Namikaze.

Naruto and Hinata stared into each other's eyes as the priest read through the ceremony. They both seemed to space out, barely paying the man any attention. Naruto was almost robotic when he recited the necessary 'I do' and Hinata was just as automatic in hers. Neither of the two moved a muscle until the priest recited the traditional 'You may kiss the bride' line. The newlyweds were all too happy to do just that and the priest introduced them for the first time as Naruto and Hinata Namikaze.

The rest of the wedding was a blur, the first dance, the toast, cutting their cake, it all seemed to fly by. Soon it was time for the guest to return home and the new couple to leave on their honeymoon. The two rode their carriage out of the village towards the hot spring resort for their weeklong vacation. It was early morning when their carriage was attacked by a group of bandits.

Elsewhere

A gruff nord in heavy steel armor stood against the wall of the cave. It had been over four hours since the mage they were working with had started setting up what he called 'the spell that would bring them limitless power'. Frankly the nord didn't buy it and would rather have his bandits running more proficient jobs, like robbing the caravan that was supposed to be moving through the area on its way to Solitude, the capital city of his homeland.

He didn't trust the mage, simply because he was a high elf. Most nords did not look kindly on the races of elves.

The elven mage had been claiming that he found a 'foreign rune of great power'. He didn't know what it would do and he didn't know if it would even work when he tried to activate it. All he knew was according to what its name was in the foreign language it was written in it had to be powerful.

He assumed it was a summoning ritual of great power, some sort of Atronach or Daedra summoning that they hadn't seen before. Besides what else could the "Flying Thunder God" be?

Back with Naruto and Hinata.

Naruto and Hinata had rushed to change into their mission attire when the carriage was attacked by the bandits. They knew that they could face a few bandits but they didn't know there were over a hundred, including about twenty missing Nin.

"Hina-chan" Naruto whispered "We have to get out of here."

"How do you suppose we do that Naru-kun?" Hinata almost hissed back.

"I have an idea" he said back as he grabbed her arm. He made a single handed hand sign and prepared to use his father's signature jutsu. Little did he know that the consequences would be greater than he expected. The new couple disappeared in a flash of yellow.

Random Cave

The nord bandits were getting restless.

"Alright you elf bastard! Hurry the hell up!" the bandit leader shouted.

"Alright! Patience you Nordic brute! Im ready." The high elf said as he finished writing the rune on the wall of the cave. He applied a small bit of mana into the seal and was suddenly blinded by a flash of bright yellow light.