Hey there, y'all! I'm back with the next chapter of HSD Naruto! Now, that Hayato has explained a few things to his newly found grand-nephew, things can progress forward. Now, Naruto's going to meet the girls in question. One from HSD Kenichi's world and one from Narutoverse. Also, I'll be interesting to see who's related to who.

KONOHA HOSPITAL

The party arrived at the hospital in record time, with Jiraiya and Sarutobi using the Shunshin to teleport there and Miu and Naruto traveling via piggyback on Hayato. Miu slid off of his massive back and help Naruto get down, who was dazed but was grinning. "That was fun! Let's do that again sometime!" He cheered.

Hayato laughed heartily at his nephew's spirit. "Okay, maybe later." He whispered conspiritorially to the boy.

The party walked into the hospital with Naruto in the lead, only for him to be stopped by one of the doctors. "What are YOU doing here?" He sneered at the boy until he saw the Hokage and his guests behind the boy, all of them glaring at him.

"N-n-never mind." He stuttered as he spen away to go and check his pants. Sarutobi calmly walked up to the desk. "Could you please tell us which room Hinata Hyuuga is in?" He asked politely.

"Hi-Hinata? She's one of the girls?" He exclaimed.

"Yes. She is. Is there something wrong?"

Naruto blushed slightly. "N-no. It's just that...She was a classmate and she, well, when ever she came near me she always turned away real quick. Then, at the Chunnin exams, she gave me this bottle of salve that Kurenai-sensei said Hinata made herself for me. I just don't get it."

'Heh...This girl has a crush on him and he doesn't even know it! You lucky boy...' Jiraiya thought. "Sounds like this girl has a thing for you, kiddo. If she's anything like her mother, she'll be a real beauty when she's older." Jiraiya ribbed his godson.

"In room 322 in the West wing, Hokage-sama." The duty nurse answered.

"Let's go." He motioned to the party in tow as they moved to the room in question.

Upon reaching the room, they noticed that there were people already there, with some light crying going on inside. They entered the room to find Hinata clutching her father while crying and he was trying to console her as best he could.

Hiashi noticed the room's new occupants. "Oh, Hokage-sama, Fuuinji-sama. How may we help you?" The Hyuuga head greeted them gracefully.

"What ever could be the matter with young Hinata? Does this have to do with her match in the Chuunin Exams?" Sarutobi asked.

"Well, yes. The elder council has seen fit to removed Hinata from the Main house and to brand her with a Caged Bird Seal due to how she lost to Neji. On top of that, they want to marry her off to the prince of Kuma no Kuni. The problem with that is that he's almost MY age! I just wish there was something we could do..." Hiashi told him sadly.

Sarutobi just gave him a grin as he told the Hyuuga head and girl what had just been revealed to Naruto. Needless to say, the shy girl fainted and Hiashi got a huge grin on his face. "This...This is the answer to her problem! His son lives! I must tell Tenmon! He will be thrilled!" Hiashi exclaim in unrestrained joy.

"Naruto, my boy...You have just saved Hinata from a horrible fate. I cannot thank you enough..." He told the confused boy as he hugged his future son-in-law.

"I...I was just told about this a few minutes ago. I really liked Sakura-chan, but...Jiji helped me see something and I'd like to give this a try." he told the Hyuuga patriarche honestly.

'He really is your son, Minato, Kushina.' Hiashi thought happily.

"We will be informing Tenmon next, Hiashi. Tsunade will be contacted and dragged back here if we have to. Now, I believe we have a certain future bride to awaken." Hayato told them while giving a sly grin.

After a few moments, they managed to bring Hinata back around. "F-father...What happened? H-H-Hokage-sama c-came in a-and said that Naruto-kun was e-e-engaged to me..." She said in a daze.

"It wasn't a dream, my daughter. You see, a very good friend of mine and I decided to engage the two of you. We felt that since we got along so well, you two would as well. I thought that he died along with his father on that fateful day, but Naruto lives. It seems that we don't have to worry, since it seems that you are quite taken with the boy on your own." Hiashi chuckled, while the girl's face blushed bright red.

"H-hey, Hinata-chan. How're you feeling?" He asked her with concern.

"I-I'm fine, Naruto-kun..." She replied as the two began to talk. The adults watched the way the two children interacted with a smile. There was a lot of blushing and nerviousness, but they seemed to be getting more and more comfortable with each other with each passing minute. Unfortunately, the time to leave arose.

"Naruto-chan, we have to be going now. You can come by and see her later if you wish." Hayato told the boy as they prepared to go.

Naruto sighed. "Well, I'd better be going now, Hinata-chan. I'll see you again soon!" He told her cheerfully. However, as he rose from the bedside, Hinata did the last thing anyone would expect from her : She pulled him back and kissed his cheek.

"Goodbye, Naruto-kun." She told him shyly as he was dragged from the room in a near catatonic state by his godfather and grand uncle.

As soon as he left the building, Hinata let out an ear splitting squeal before passing out again, a huge smile on her face. Hiashi sighed and chuckled as he went over his next move to make now that he can actually help his daughter. 'Now...I can finally fulfill my pledge to you, Minato my old friend. I know that your son will make my Hinata very happy and treat her well. All that's left to do is deal with the council.' Hiashi thought as he began to formulate a plan to deal with the meddling council of the Hyuuga.

LI FAMILY COMPOUND

Another wild ride across the village saw them in front of the Li family compound. It was a large, spacious chunk of land that had a main manor house with large gardens and an equally large training ground attached to it. It had very traditional stylings to it, that meaning it had tatami in nearly all of the rooms save the kitchen and a spacious open air bath. Naruto was floored by how big the place was. "Wow...This house is bigger than my whole apartment complex!" He exclaimed in awe.

The two guardsmen at the gates chuckled at his statement as Sarutobi walked up to the gates. "Ah, Hokage-sama! How may we help you?" One guard asked politely.

"Yes, the Fuurinji's, Jiraiya, this boy and myself have some business with the master of the house. Is Tenmon in by any chance?" The old Hokage asked.

The other guard was floored by how many important people were at their gates this day. "Ah, yes. He just returned a few moments ago, Hokage-sama! I shall guide you all in." The guard replied respectfully as he opened the gate and let them inside.

The inside of the mansion had Naruto gaping at every turn. It was expected since Naruto lived a very...humble lifestyle, if one could call living in a pest infested, run down apartment on in the red light district humble. It really drove home just how much he never had, but the money didn't really matter to him. He just wanted a family, plain and simple.

Finally, they came to a large study where they all came to a halt. "This is Tenmon-sama's study. I shall leave you all now and have a good day." The guard bowed as he went back to his duties.

Sarutobi and Hayato took the lead as they walked into the study. Li Tenmon wasn't terribly tall, but not short either. He looked to be the same age as Hinata's father, but had very defined muscle that was noticeable under his tunic. The man noticed them a called out.

"Ah, Hiruzen! Hayato and Jiraiya! What could bring you all to my home?" He asked merrily until his eyes fell in on Naruto.

"H-he couldn't be...Could he...?" He asked until Sarutobi and Hayato filled him in on what had happened, then his grin threatened to split his face in two. He snatched the boy up into a powerful hug that made Naruto's back pop in several places.

'Holy crap! This old guy is really strong!' He thought as he started turning blue.

Tenmon put him down and let him get some air. "I was told that you were dead...That council will have much to answer for." He growled until his smile returned.

"I assume you want to know my position on the betrothal contract?" He asked, to which Hayato and Jiraiya nodded.

"Well, I am happy to say that I intend to throw my full support into it! Allow me to call Raichi in here." He told them as he called for his daughter.

After a few moments, the door opened to reveal a girl just a bit older than Naruto and a bit taller with blue eyes, with her long blond hair done up in twin pigtails and cute freckles. She was dressed in a white sundress and sandals when she walked in. Naruto's jaw dropped when she smiled at him as she walked by. She walked up to her father. "Yes, father? You called for me?" She asked.

"Ah yes..." He began as he told her of the marriage contract with the son of a good friend of his. She looked unsure of what her father was telling her until he pointed out that the young man she passed was the one who would be her husband.

"Really? Thank you, father!" She squealed happily as she hugged Naruto tightly, making him blush an atomic red. This was another very pretty girl that was to marry HIM. Not Sasuke or anyone else, but him! This was turning out to be the best day of his life! Naruto nearly melted on the spot as she came closer.

"This is the greatest day of my life..." He muttered as he fainted.

Raichi was having the finer points of the betrothal explained to her, as well as Naruto's status as a jinchuuriki. She was shocked at first when she heard that he had the demon that nearly destroyed Konoha Sealed within him, but she reasoned that he was the jailor of the beast and a hero for how he continues to suffer to keep them all safe. The blond girl knew that something was off with how everyone treated him, but the truth blew her away.

Back to the subject of the betrothal, she didn't seem to mind that she was sharing him with Hinata. In fact she couldn't have been happier. She had known Hinata since she was a toddler and they had been good friends ever since. She had been in the class just ahead of her's and knew of Naruto, was well. She admitted that he was a clown, but still thought that he was kind of cute and really nice. She also heard that he was taking his shinobi training very seriously. Now, she heard of his victory against the Inuzuka heir with most of his chakra sealed and came to be very impressed with him.

Raichi was by no means an Uchiha fangirl. In fact, she had a strong dislike for the brooding boy and his clan in general. They had constantly tried to steal secrets from her families martial arts styles through shady arranged marriages and outright theft via Sharingan. She was originally requested by the Uchiha to wed Sasuke to further tap into their powerful fighting styles, but her father refused them outright. Then, she met the class clown and developed a semi-crush on the blond ball of energy, but his attention seemed to be held by a rabid Uchiha fangirl, Haruno Sakura. She frowned and growled at the treatment the kind hearted boy recieved from the pink haired banshee, but since she was a genin already, she couldn't really see him all that much and even then, he was near impossible to track down.

Naruto was being revived by Miu when Hayato shouldered the boy. "Well, I believe it is time to go. Thank you, Tenmon, for your hospitality." The massive old man called out as the troupe left the manor grounds.

When they were gone, Raichi sighed loudly, face resting in her palms as she watched them leave from the window of the study. Tenmon couldn't help but notice her longing sigh. "Is there something the matter, dear?" He asked her.

A content grin spread across her face. She explained to him that she knew him from the Academy and she already liked him somewhat. She was glad that he turned out to be the one she as betrothed to and that he seemed to like her, too.

Tenmon couldn't have been happier with that answer. 'Minato, my old friend. Our children will be very happy together, I just know it.' He thought to himself as he went back to his paperwork.

His peace didn't last too long, as his door flew open again. "Uncle Tenmon! A youthful good day to you!" The intruder nearly yelled.

"Ugh. Lee, why must you always do that?" Tenmon sighed. It was his third door that month the boy broke. 'Damn...Doesn't ANYTHING slow this boy down?' The Li family head thought as he rubbed his temples.

Tenmon's sister, Mei Lin, had met a man from the Maito family and fell in love with him. That man was the elder brother of Gai, Maito Han. Soon, they were blessed (?) with a healthy boy they named Lee. Li Lee would have been just too damn odd, but luckily Mei took on the Maito name. When Lee and Raichi were only a year old, the Kyuubi attacked and killed Lee's parents and Tenmon's wife. Lee's care would have gone to his father's brother, but he was only 14 at the time and a Chuunin. Tenmon took the boy in until Gai was stable enough to care for him. After Lee graduated from the Academy, his care went over to Gai, who was also his Jounin sensei, but the boy still came over to say hello to his uncle and cousin every now and then.

RYOZANPAKU COMPOUND

The group all arrived at the compound just after sundown. "Well, it's a little late to be training, so we will get started in the morning." Hayato told his new nephew.

"I will have movers come to Naruto's apartment and box things up to have them moved here." Sarutobi informed them, to which the elder nodded. Sarutobi and Jiraiya both flickered away for the evening and left the boy to his family.

"Whoa...I'm gonna be living here?" Naruto asked in disbelief.

"Well, uh, yes. I did take over guardianship of you and what better way to train you than if you actually live with us from now on. Now, on to meet the others." Hayato told the boy as he pushed open the ridiculously huge gate with only a finger, making the boy's eyes bulge in awe.

"Wow...That was awesome, ojii-san! You didn't even use chakra!" He exclaimed excitedly.

Hayato had the decency to blush slightly as Miu sighed, knowing that he was showing off a bit for his recently found nephew/grandson. "Well, Naruto-chan, with our training, you will be able to do the same over time. We just need to build up your body through dedicated training!" Hayato proclaimed with a fist aloft and a wierd light in his eyes.

Naruto was just so excited that he didn't really think about what that harsh training would include, so he just agreed with his new family and followed them to the dining room. They had stopped by Ichiraku's and picked up several bowls of ramen to go for dinner that night. Naruto offered to help set everything up for when the masters arrived, to which Miu accepted with a pat on his head. She was just as excited about this as he was. She had practically gained a little brother to talk with and have around to help.

After a few minutes of waiting, a small throng of people filed into the small dining room. The first thing they all noticed was a short blond boy that was sitting next to Miu. The largest with a scar across his face spoke up first. "Oi, who's the new brat?" He asked Hayato.

"This is Uzumaki Naruto and he will be staying here for a while. His sensei abandoned him for the last Uchiha. He has to face that Hyuuga kid, the supposed prodigy and the way he is now, he doesn't stand a chance." Hayato explained as he turned to Naruto.

"Naruto-chan, from the right, we have Kouetsuji Akisame, an artisan and Jiujitsu expert." He said, indicating a tall man with a mousy moustache with a gi and hakama pants.

'He looks kinda strict, like a lot of the Academy instructors.'

"Next, we have our Karate user and self-proclaimed 100th dan brawler, Shio Sakaki." He said again, this time pointing to the large man with muscles the size of his head and the scar on his face.

'Whoa, this guy's HUGE! I wanna get big like him and Jii-san!'

"Now, we have Ma Kensei, master of all forms of Kenpo and Kung Fu." The elder explained, indicating a rather short middle aged man in black chinese style clothes and a black hat with a bushy moustache.

'What the hell is Kenpo?'

"Moving on, this man here is Apachai Hopachai, master of Muay Thai and known as the Shinigami." The old man told Naruto, pointing to a bronze skinned giant that waved at him with a large grin.

'Hmm...He seems friendly enough.'

"Finally, the last is Kousaka Shigure...Where did she go?" He asked the rest of the masters.

Akisame sighed. "I bet she's on the roof again. Should I get her?"

"No. I need to speak with her about something of grave importance, you all as well. But for now, we eat." Hayato announced as they all dug in to their ramen.

After dinner, Naruto help Miu with the dishes and cleaning up. "Well, I gotta do something to help, Miu-neechan." He explained.

The blond girl was touched by the fact that he felt comfortable enough around her to call her his Nee-chan and by the fact that he was so helpful. After the clean up was finished, she showed him to his new room and bade him goodnight. As Naruto felt sleep coming on, he felt safe there, like no one would come to harm him in his sleep like they would have in his old apartment. After a few more minutes, he finally let sleep take him, smiling all the while. Miu sat watching him with a soft smile from his window sill.

"Goodnight, Otouto-kun. Sweet dreams." She whispered as she slipped off to her own room.

Meanwhile, down in the dojo area, Hayato called all of the sensei together for a meeting. He even got the reclusive Shigure to show herself. "Now that you are all here, I have something of grave importance to tell you all. This concerns that young boy I brought in this evening and who he really is."

"Oh yeah, Naruto something...Uzumaki! Yes! Uzumaki Naruto, that was his name!" Kensei called out.

Shigure froze at the mention of the name. "U-uzu...maki?" She asked in a whispering, quivering voice.

Hayato knew that she would recognize the name. "Yes, Shigure. His name is Naruto Uzumaki. He is my grand nephew whom I thought was lost the night he was born, October 10th." He told them all, letting the fact sink in before he continued.

"W-was his mother's name...Kushina?" The weapons woman asked quietly.

"Yes. His father was Minato Namikaze, my nephew and the Yondaime Hokage..." The elder explained to the sensei's as he told them of Naruto's life up to this point. The gentle giant Apachai was beginning to scowl, Kensei's face fell, Akisame showed a look of sadness, Sakaki trembled in anger, but Shigure had the strangest reaction of all. The emotionless woman actually burst into tears as she realize just who Naruto really was. This really freaked out the other masters, who had never seen her show any emotion other than complete apathy.

"I thought he was dead..." She repeated until she calmed herself.

"Why? Why did they lie to me? Why would the council want me to think my otouto was dead?" She asked in a deadly tone as she reached for her katana, the Akabanetou.

"Shigure, calm yourself! Slaughtering the council will not help him, nor would Kushina or Minato want you to. What has happened has happened. The most we can do is honor Minato's final wish, since it seems the rest of the village has all but spit upon it." Hayato told her forcefully, managing to get her to control herself.

Shigure felt that she had lost her will to go on once she had been informed from the council that her foster family had all died that night. That night Kousaka Shigure had died and left an emotionally barren woman in her place. She had all but killed her emotions and became one of the finest ANBU to ever grace their ranks. Even the vaunted Uchiha Itachi could not defeat her, and Hatake Kakashi couldn't even touch her. A year ago, she decided to retire from the ANBU ranks and lay low for a while, taking up the occational mission to keep her skills up. Through it all, she was still suffering from the loss of the prople she had come to see and love as her family. Now, she finds that she had been lied to all of this time. The one that would have been her little brother still lived, but he was used as the council's scapegoat for the Kyuubi attack. The boy she longed to know and love as her own had been subjected to so much hatred and evil, yet he remained strong through it all. After Hayato finished explaining who he was as a person, she couldn't help but feel pride well up within her. He really was just like the woman that she saw as her mother.

"I want...to see him. Please...Let me see him." Shigure pleaded with the elder.

"It's late, Shigure. He's had a long day and an even longer one tomorrow. He still doesn't know just who his parents were, but if he manages to get promoted to Chuunin from these exams, Jiraiya will tell him everything. Until then, we have to keep this knowledge under wraps. It that understood?" He requested of them all, to which they agreed.

Akisame and Kensei were both disgusted by what the villages council had done to an innocent boy while practically worshipping the Uchiha, who had done nothing but lie and steal from their comrades while wanting more. They had basically commited treason, but had managed to worm their way out of punishment for their heinous crimes. At least the Uchiha paid for their crimes when they attempted to go too far, but the last Uchiha left was slowly proving to be just as bad, if not worse. Apachai loved children and despite his size, he was very gentle with them. He also abhored the abuse of children and Naruto's treatment was the worst he'd ever heard of. He didn't want to believe it, but he knew that the elder wouldn't lie to them, especially about something so serious. Sakaki may look rough, but inside he was a big softy. He like being around kids too and anyone who abused them earned a death sentence in his book.

All of the sensei went to bed for the night with one thing on their minds. 'This boy has a strong heart. We have faith that he will survive the training.'

Shigure lept into the window of her adopted little brother's room silently and crept over to his bed. She took a good look at him and had to restrain herself from snatching him up into a tight embrace. 'He looks like mother and father so much...I'm so sorry...I'll try to make up for all of the years that I've missed.' The once emotionless weapons mistress thought sadly as she kissed him lightly on his forehead. She then retreated from his room as quickly and silently as she came.

A/N: Second chapter down! I know there was no training in this chapter, but that will happen in the next chapter. For now, Naruto's getting situated and comfortable before the sensei put him through their version of hell on earth. I hope you all like what I did with Shigure's charachter. I needed to have something to tie her into all of this and she was young enough to be adopted by Naruto's parents. She would have been 10 or 11 years old at the time of the Kyuubi attack. Also, I hope no one was put off by Hinata and Raichi sharing Naruto, since the fathers wanted their families joined, but if anyone could make such a thing work, it would be Naruto.