This is in response to a challenge Echo Uchiha posted on her profile. Have a look and see.
The slim, dark man silently walked through the halls. 'Left here and then left again' the man thought. To his relief the room that he had entered was the right one. He silently made his way across the room towards the sleeping form of a child, no, the future of Kumo! He swiftly snatched her out of the bed and ran, hell bent on getting out before being seen by the periodic sweeps of the Byakugan that was the security. The small girl was jostled awake. Not understanding the situation she was in or who was carrying her, tears fell down the child's cheeks as she was carried away from her home. The unfamiliar face of the ninja that had just abducted the girl made her cry harder. The Kumo nin covered her mouth with his hand to stop the girl from crying out as he saw her breathe in to shout. A muffled cry was all that escaped. The child bit into his hand and his hand reacted reflexively. It released the cause of pain long enough for her to scream out two words.
"MOMMY! DADDY!" The hand clamped shut over the girls mouth again. The shouts of the Hyugas activating their Byakugans had the nin sweating bullets. 'Shit shit shit shit shit, this wasn't supposed to happen'.
"IN THE THIRD GARDEN HEADING NORTHWEST!" came the shout from one of the Hyuga guards. One Hyuga fell into pursuit behind him. He glanced behind him. 'Not good! That's the clan head.' Jumping over the wall while still carrying the now struggling bundle was more difficult than the nin expected. He misjudged his velocity and landed awkwardly giving the Hyuga behind him time to catch up. The man realised his mistake immediately but had no time to rectify it as the hunter closed in on the prey. A powerful strike to the mans chest where his heart was, was all it took. The man crumpled like a puppet whose strings had been cut. Hizashi picked up his niece tenderly, soothing her. Hinata stopped crying quickly and fell asleep from the emotional exhaustion. Hizashi searched the man with his Byakugan noticing a document in the mans flak jacket. He collected it before turning around and seeing his brother jumping the wall that surrounded the home of the Hyuga's. He handed Hinata over to her father with a solemn expression on his face.
"Lord Hiashi!" The door burst open revealing a Hyuga with a terrified expression. His eyes were wide and his breathing was slightly laboured. All this added up to something very, very bad.
"Someone has taken Lady Hinata. You need to hurry!" Hiashi leapt up and ran after the man. They ran through the maze that was the Hyuga's home until they reached the gardens.
"Byakugan!" Hiashi looked for the intruder.
"To the left 40m!" Leaping over the wall with dexterity only a ninja had, they stopped dead. Hizashi, Hiashi's brother stood over the dead Kumo ninja holding a sleeping girl with tears still fresh on her cheeks.
"Hinata." Hiashi softly said, walking towards his brother. Hizashi handed over the little girl without disturbing her. Hiashi wiped the tears from her cheeks before passing her on again to the Hyuga that had woken him earlier on.
"Take her to Lady Hina at once." Hiashi ordered. The man nodded solemnly before walking back to the compound.
"Hiashi, that was the Kumo diplomat, the repercussions will not be lenient. They were here to sign a peace treaty and now we've killed the hope of that as well as this man." Hizashi emphasized the word man by kicking the dead body that had dared to try and steal his niece away from them. Hiashi, pale stoic face set in place, walked over to his brother and extended a hand to his shoulder.
"We will go see the Hokage now. If there is any way of sorting this out, he will know it. He's not called the Professor for nothing." Hizashi nodded in agreement before they shunshinned away with the ninja's body.
They arrived at the Hokage's office with no trouble and promptly spoke with the Anbu on duty there. The dog Anbu nodded his head in acknowledgement before leaving to get the leader of the village.
Hiashi and his brother sat while a doctor took away the body. It wasn't long before the Hokage turned up, wearing his formal robes.
"If Dog is correct in telling me, the Kumo diplomat tried to kidnap your daughter. Are you sure it wasn't just an impostor?" Sarutobi asked Hiashi.
"No, he had an official document from Kumo on him and I sensed no henge or genjutsu." Hizashi answered seeing as he was the one who had taken down the nin. Sarutobi let out an exasperated sigh.
"We will discuss this first thing tomorrow morning to see what the medics will be able to determine. We will also need the document you found on him for proof of authentication. Hizashi?" Hizashi handed over the scroll which the Hokage passed on to one of the Anbu.
"Take this to my office and leave it on the desk, put a genjutsu on it too." The crane Anbu left swiftly with her orders.
"I will deploy some Anbu to keep watch around the Hyuga compound and surrounding area before I leave. Is there anything else you have to report?" Hizashi shook his head but Hiashi nodded.
"If I may Lord Hokage, I would like to speak informally for just a moment and please don't take it the wrong way." The Hokage intrigued, nodded.
"I told you so…"
The next morning found the two Hyuga's standing in front of the Hokage who was muttering on about the 'bane of his life' and so many more 'bloody towers of paper'. 'Why couldn't I have just listened to Hiashi, then I wouldn't be in this mess. SO MUCH PAPERWORK!' The chibi Sarutobi broke down crying before going to sit in a corner and start rocking. On a more serious note though, Konoha was now at a political disadvantage. Kumo, once hearing about this incident, would demand blood for the blood that was spilled the previous night. He would probably have to sacrifice one of the Hyugas too meaning he would lose one of the more powerful ninja he oversaw.
"As you can probably tell, we are now in deep water, very deep water. Kumo will most likely demand a life be sacrificed to repay the one that was ended yesterday." The Hokage directed a pointed look at the head of the Branch house. Hizashi bowed his head in acknowledgement to the statement but Hiashi, quite unlike his usual self, looked about ready to explode.
"That is incorrect Hokage," Hiashi spoke. "No one will die because it is your responsibility." Hizashi looked at his brother in amazement, Hiashi however carried on speaking.
"I warned you that the Kumo ninja may act on his intentions that I suspected were there and I did ask for Anbu to monitor him. I have felt his chakra a couple times near the Hyuga compound but left it thinking the Anbu would take care of it and now look what a mess we're in," Hiashi's voice quietened down when he spoke next. "Though Hizashi probably shouldn't have killed him he had every right to do so because that man was trying to steal away the heiress but I am not willing to sacrifice my little brother for that dead man. I propose that the Hyuga clan leaves this village and goes to settle in another." The bombshell had struck. The Hokage, Hizashi and Yamato looked like goldfish with their jaws dropped to the floor. The Hokage was first to recover.
"But a lot of valuable ninja will be lost, we're only just starting to recover from the Kyubi attack and the war, there must be another solution."
"Go ahead, I'm willing to listen." Hiruzen frowned. Hiashi was right, there was no way that the Hyuga brothers could stay and not be damned to death. However he wracked his brain, a solution that didn't involve a Hyuga death was just not available. Hiashi stared at the leader, waiting for an answer. Hiruzen sighed before admitting the truth of the matter that no one wanted to face.
"You are correct Hiashi, you must both flee but there will be conditions. Your leaving will have an effect on the village."
"I know it will be tough, on the village and on us but I have a way to lessen the repercussions on the ninja loss. I was thinking of leaving one of the clan members I trust in charge of a group of 10 or so ninjas that will stay in the village. Hideki, don't you think Hizashi?" Finally snapping out of his stupor, Hizashi thought carefully.
"That would be a wise choice brother, he is the most trustworthy that I can think of." The Hokage, disliking the idea but having to agree to it, sighed once again, feeling his old age creep up on him.
"I will agree to this plan and as I said before, there will be conditions."
"Of course, send the paperwork over when it is ready Lord Hokage, I will bring a list of the people who will be staying as soon as possible."
"You may both leave now." The Hyugas bowed and exited the room. 'What an interesting day and its only 7 in the morning.' Hiruzen banged his head on the table in exasperation.
Hope you enjoyed this. Review and ye shall get more chapters. Sorry that Hiashi is a bit OOC but his wife hasn't died yet so that's the reason behind it
-Tora