I do not own Naruto Shippuden or any of the characters. This story takes place after Pain's assault on the Leaf Village but before Konan died. In this story line Pain never caught Naruto so Hinata never told him that she loved him. Naruto has heightened senses from Kurama.
Italics mean thoughts.
"Italics with quotation marks mean conversations with Kurama."
Representative
"Amegakure has agreed to creating a treaty if we send a representative," Tsunade told Kakashi. "I chose Hinata."
"I agree," Kakashi said.
"Some very powerful shinobi have made it their business to make sure the representative arrives," Tsunade said. "It's a clan long thought eradicated by the Hyuga, and for good reason. That clan was a clan of monsters. That's why I'm assigning an escort."
"Is one ninja enough against that particular clan?" Kakashi asked.
"It's a team," Tsunade said. "Sakura, Neji, Sai...and Naruto."
"Are you sure that last one should go?" Kakashi asked. "You know that clan better than most Hyugas nowadays."
"He'll be fine," Tsunade said. "Neji is in charge and Naruto's getting better at following orders."
"Have you even read me and Yamato's reports?" Kakashi asked.
"I am too!" Naruto said crouching on the window sill.
"You are so much like Jiraiya it's not even funny," Tsunade said glaring at him.
"Somebody has to be," Naruto said.
"Well listen," Tsunade said. "If I ever hear about you doing any research, you're dead."
"I'm not that much like him," Naruto said.
"Just making sure we're clear," Tsunade said.
"Should I round them up?" Naruto asked.
"Ask them to come see me," Tsunade said. "And Naruto, congratulations on making chunin without taking the exam."
"Fighting the Akatsuki tends to have that effect," Naruto said.
Naruto had asked Tsunade to give him the rank of chunin since he had fought and beaten several members of the Akatsuki who were all beyond jounin anyway. She had accepted, secretly laughing that he hadn't asked for jounin. She would have made him jounin if he had asked, but in the long run, chunin was easier to deal with.
Naruto left and told the others that Tsunade wanted to see them. When they were all there, he went there and Tsunade filled them all in on the specifics.
"So, I have to negotiate a peace treaty with Amegakure?" Hinata asked.
"Yes," Tsunade said. "The current leader should be more than happy to negotiate, especially when she sees that Naruto is with you."
"Why?" Hinata asked.
"You'll see," Tsunade said.
Just then, Hiashi burst into the room and began shouting something about Naruto and a jutsu but no one except Tsunade could make out any other coherent words.
"Everyone please leave," Tsunade said glaring at Hiashi. "I need to speak with Hiashi alone."
Her tone alone made Hiashi nervous but the look she gave him made him as white as a sheet.
"Your dad looks scared," Naruto whispered to Hinata after they left.
"Have you ever ticked Tsunade off?" Hinata asked.
"Yeah," Naruto said. "She flicked me and I flew a quarter of a mile."
"Shut up Naruto," Sakura warned pulling her glove tighter for a harder punch, as if it needed to hurt anymore.
Naruto backed away and a moment later, Shizune walked around a corner into him and tripped. He caught her around the waist and helped her regain her balance and noticed her face was fairly red. Then she picked up her papers and hurried away without a word.
"Did anyone else see her blushing?" Neji asked.
"So I wasn't hallucinating after all," Naruto said.
"Why would you be hallucinating?" Sakura asked.
"Bad acid," Naruto said nonchalantly.
"Okay, that's it," Sakura said marching toward him.
"Calm down Sakura," Kakashi said. "It's a good thing you're not the rep. Otherwise we'd be at war before you arrived."
"What's acid?" Hinata asked.
"Hiashi really shelters her that much?" Naruto asked Neji.
"Afraid so," Neji said. "It's a hallucinogenic drug that is also illegal."
"Oh," Hinata said. "Anyone know why Shizune was blushing?"
"Embarrassed about tripping?" Naruto guessed.
"That may be part of it but I think there was something else too," Sakura said.
"And what's that?" Naruto asked.
"That's a good point Sakura," Neji said.
"What's a good point?" Naruto asked receiving no answer. "No body's listening are they?"
No one paid him any mind.
"I'm thinking about joining the Akatsuki," Naruto said. "You know, kill a few people, blow up some stuff, good times."
Still nothing. Naruto had two ideas about how to get a reaction, and himself killed.
"Yeah I knocked up just about every girl in the village," Naruto said with no reactions, except Hinata who was grinning. "I stayed away from Sakura since she would have killed me but Granny Tsunade was really fun."
No one paid him any attention at all so he decided that since Sakura wasn't going to kill him, he might as well try Neji.
"Hey Neji," Naruto said. "Listen, I kinda got Hinata pregnant the other night and I wanted to know if there was a way to tell Hiashi without him killing me."
Hinata's face was bright red but no one was paying attention to him still.
"No," Hinata said quietly. "You're pretty much fu-"
"Hinata!" Neji said shocked and causing Naruto to do a facepalm.
"That's it," Naruto said. "I quit. See you after my initiation."
"What initiation?" Neji asked.
"If you had been listening you would know," Naruto said walking away.
"What does he mean?" Neji asked.
"You should have listened," Hinata said.
She followed Naruto and Tsunade called the others back in. Hiashi left and Tsunade gave the treaty to Sakura and she and Neji went to the East Gate where Hinata and Naruto were waiting with a duffel bag each.
"What are those?" Sakura asked.
"Duffel bags," Naruto said instantly.
"What's in them idiot," Sakura asked.
"Clothes," Hinata said.
"You've gone on hundreds of missions without a change of clothes, why start now?" Neji asked.
"I'm a representative of the Hidden Leaf Village," Hinata said. "I want to look my best."
"And you?" Neji asked looking at Naruto.
"I didn't bring clothes," Naruto said unzipping his duffel bag.
It was filled to the brim with an assortment of weapons ranging from Shuriken to a chokuto and a ninjato. There were also kunai, paper bombs, seals, scrolls, and a bouquet of origami flowers.
"What's with the flowers?" Sakura asked.
"Figured that they might as well be returned," Naruto said.
"Huh?" Neji asked.
"Never mind," Naruto said. "Shall we?"
"Let's," Hinata said.
THE END
That part with Naruto trying to get their attention is something I always wanted to be able to try without getting in trouble. read and review