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I Do Not Own Naruto


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Chapter 3

Naruto wondered why he couldn't live with Sakura, but when he had found her again and asked she snapped at him that he'd live at the Hyūga compound because her surviving apartment was going to be left untouched until she was ready to go home and she wouldn't have him turn it into a hazmat zone with the mess that followed him around. Naruto didn't know if he should've laughed or snapped back that he wasn't that messy. However he knew there'd be no winning against Sakura, especially since she had been furious about something she had received from a nurse. She wouldn't tell him what she was looking at but he could see that she was being completely serious as she stalked back into the room where Sasuke was still unconscious.

Which was why he was now walking with Hinata, through the rebuilding Konoha, feeling a little lopsided with a small bag of his few things slung over his left shoulder.

"When are Shino and Kiba coming back?" he asked her trying to break the awkward silence. Naruto didn't like silences, they felt… ominous to him. They also felt lonely in his mind, he hated it and he despised it when everyone thought he should be comfortable with the silences. They were one of the few things which made him antsy.

"Oh… uh, I don't- I don't know," she stammered out. Once more the weird girl was turning red as she looked away from him. Naruto wondered why Hinata was always like this, it didn't make any sense to him; again, Kurama snapped something about him being stupid which had him threatening to lock the fox up again.

"Did you hear about the Kage Meeting?" Naruto asked her.

"Oh… yes," she replied softly as they walked together.

"Do you happen to know what it's about?"

"No, my father said the Raikage demanded it, the Kage should be arriving here within the week. He said Nara Shikamaru was sent to discuss peace with the Kazekage and that they should be coming home soon," she answered quickly as she turned the corner; Naruto increased his paces to keep up with her.

It felt really, really, really weird not having his right arm, like he was going to fall over weird. Naruto didn't quite understand this unbalance he was experiencing but Sakura had said if he felt something like 'phantom pains' he needed to talk to her; whatever those were…

"Shikamaru was discharged!?" Naruto gaped at her then.

"Uh… yes? A few days after he arrived," Hinata stammered and he just glared at the sky. So while he had been hospitalized this past week and a half, Shikamaru had been busy helping the villages. Naruto felt like he was insufficient, he'd go talk to Kakashi about this because Naruto wanted to help rebuild the world too. After all, it was a promise he had made Master Jiraiya, and he couldn't let Nagato down either. He was a ninja of his word, that was his ninja way!

He was going to save this world at any cost!

When they arrived at the Hyūga compound she showed Naruto to his quarters, he was quick to make himself at home while a servant informed her that her father had summoned the elders of the clan along with the entire clan's forces. She didn't question this as she quickly said her goodbyes to Naruto and hurried off to attend to the Clan's business. She knew right away that it must be serious; she could count on one hand the number of these meetings which summoned the entire clan together:

One: to seek retribution for her attempted kidnapping by Kumogakure when she had been a child.

Two: when she had been disowned as the Main House's Heir and cast aside to the teachings of Yūhi Kurenai.

And three: what was now known as Neji's Revelation; which had changed the way the Main House and Branch Houses interacted.

To have the entire clan present for a Clan Meeting was rare; the meetings of the elders and heads of the Main and Branch Houses were well known, but an Entire Clan Meeting… it must be serious, she thought. She didn't know what news her father had to announce but it had to be serious if this was being called. She saw Tenten sleeping in Neji's room when she passed by, and again she saw a strange chakra signature as she used her Byakugan to check on the older woman.

"Lady Hinata, come along," she looked over to Kō then.

"I'm coming!" she called and she was quick to hurry after the older man.

Perhaps this was the announcement of the alliance between the Hyūga Clan and the Taketori family. After all, before the war and Pain's assault on the village it had been a very important Clan issue for the Main House to attend to. It was always important for their clan to maintain relationships with their allies before, during and especially after a war. She discreetly made her way into the meeting room, after all, she was the disgraced and disowned heiress, so she sat quietly in the back so no one would really look at her. Hinata waited for her father to appear, Hanabi was sitting in the heiress's seat as her father walked in and took his seat at the head of the clan.

"We are here to announce the reinstatement of Hyūga Hinata as the Main House's First Heir." Her father announced and Hinata froze as all of the clan's eyes were turned on her. Hinata didn't know how to feel about this as she sat there trying to think of what this meant and why this was happening to her. She didn't know what she had done to change her father's mind and have him reinstate her as his heir, but she was shocked as she sat there staring at the grumpy elders and her stern father. "She has proven herself to be a worthy heir of the Main House after how she handled herself during the Pain Assault and for her heroics in the war. Even the elders have agreed to reinstate her."


Naruto heard retching, which had him leaving his room in order to find the source. The sound was coming from a short distance away, in a room that had its door slightly cracked open. He quietly walked in; the retching was definitely from this room and so he decided look around.

"Hello?" he called out. There was a flush which had him walking to the bathroom. When he got there Tenten was hunched over the toilet, her head was slumped and her hair was a mess as it hung all around her, out of its usual buns.

"Tenten! Are you alright? Do you need a medic? Come on I'll take you to Sakura," he hurried over to her and crouched beside her. She looked at him with weary eyes that were red and puffy, obviously a result of her crying recently (even he was not that oblivious).

"No, I'm fine Naruto," she said weakly, and he noticed that there was no spunk in her voice like there normally was. She slowly got up and moved around and away from him as she headed towards the bed and just collapsed onto it as if there were no bones in her legs anymore. He just stood there staring dumbly at her as he tried to figure out what had happened to her. Finally, Naruto decided to exit the room and leave her alone, she clearly didn't want the company and he wasn't going to force it on her. He then walked out of the Hyūga compound to hunt for Kakashi and have some work given to him. He was not going to sit around and let the world rebuild itself alone!

Unsurprisingly he found Kakashi at the Hokage's temporary office, a hut set up before the war and after the Pain attack.

"Hey Kakashi-sensei," Naruto greeted as he walked in with a huge smile on his face.

"That is Hokage boy!" his eyes snapped onto the elder who had spoken, an older man with glasses who was glaring at him.

"What is it Naruto?" Kakashi asked, interrupting the elders with his lazy tone.

"I was wondering if there's anything I can do, you know, to help?" Naruto asked as he ignored the elders. He had never liked them anyway, they always treated him like he was some sort of child and he hated that. He was no longer a child!

"Well, you can attend your training again and learn to be a left handed, one armed shinobi; like Sakura wanted you to do. Or you can run errands for me," Kakashi said dully.

"I'll choose the second option; I want to help however I can!" Naruto beamed, he didn't particularly want to start his training right now; he wanted to get used to having no arm where his right arm had once been first. Sakura could yell at him and kick his ass later… and then she'd help him out; like always. He liked that plan a lot.

"Alright, run these documents over to the Nara residence, then to the Akimichi compound," Kakashi said and held out a stack of papers which Naruto took and before darting.

Hinata came to Neji's room out of habit; whenever she had news she had always sought out Neji. Quietly she walked into the room and saw Tenten lying on the bed staring at a photo of her, Lee, Guy and Neji; the photo of Team Guy.

"You haven't eaten," Hinata said softly as she picked up the still full tray of food that had been left earlier this evening for Tenten.

"I ate a few bites," Tenten defended. Hinata frowned and without thinking about it she let her Byakugan pulse to life, the veins straining on her face as she looked Tenten and her chakra over. Now, before one got the wrong impression about the Hyūga Clan one had to realize that having the Byakugan made privacy obsolete in many ways. Hinata had known since she was a young child what sex was and how it worked, as well as the results of having sex. She knew the way chakra flowed through a pregnant body and looking at Tenten right now she knew she was looking at a pregnant woman, and from examining the chakra mixture Hinata knew that it was Neji's. Tenten and Neji's chakra was still merging together, which would make her about four weeks pregnant; that would put her conception just before the war. It was hard to believe that about three and a half weeks ago the world had been getting ready for war.

The war itself hadn't lasted long, the Shinobi Allied Forces had broken their enemy within a matter of days, but the after math was huge.

"Tenten, were you and Neji in a… relationship?" Hinata asked as she picked up the tray and walked to sit beside the older woman.

"Yes," Tenten choked out. Hinata touched Tenten's shoulder then, the older girl looked at her with wet eyes. "Why? Do the Hyūga Clan not approve of mistresses now?" she asked bitterly.

"No, but I think Neji would like for you to be strong during this pregnancy," Hinata said softly. Tenten's eyes went wide and her hand landed on her stomach as she continued to stare at Hinata with her eyes still large and filled with disbelief.

"What?" she whispered.

"You're early, three or four weeks based on the chakra merging, but we'll visit Sakura and confirm," Hinata offered softly as Tenten slowly sat up and Hinata placed the tray before her. Tenten tentatively ate her meal; she ate every bite even though it was clear she didn't want to eat. Hinata just sat with her until she finished her meal; and when she was done, Tenten curled up once more on Neji's bed.

Hinata said nothing as she gathered up the plates and let Tenten be for the time being. She was still reeling in shock from the news that she was reinstated as heir to the clan; it was startling. Sadly, however, Neji wasn't here to talk to about it. Hinata's eyes welled up again as she made it to the kitchen and she did the dishes quietly. At least there was hope that her cousin wasn't completely gone.


That's all for now folks!

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