Chapter 3: Hyuga's Promise
"I will not have that monster roam our streets! We all know what it is capable of" spat an older man. Sounds of agreement filled the large room. "I, Uchiha Fugaku, demand that the….MONSTER…be eradicated from this earth once and for all. Trapped within a child or not…"
Sarutobi, keeping his cool, stared at the man with a flat glare "Fugaku, I will state this again, and for those who did not hear me before. The Kyuubi is sealed inside the child, the kyuubi's powers are dormant, I myself can't sense any of its chakra coming from the child. From my point of view, there is nothing to fear."
"I agree with Sarutobi, solely on the fact that we can harbor the childs strength into a weapon…." Before the older man sitting with Fugaku got to finish, Sarutobi interrupted. "Danzo, we will not raise the child in this village as a weapon. He will become just like any other child, he will go through the academy, experience the Chuunin Exams, and rise through the ranks normally."
After 30 more minutes of arguing, many of the clan leaders were considering overthrowing Sarutobi, that is until the door of the chamber flew open and Rin stepped in emitting a kind of blood lust that no one had felt since the Kyuubi attacked. She had heard everything from outside the room. The respect that she held for the Uchiha clan, now shattered, was fueling her anger. She walked into the now quiet room, glaring down the Uchiha side of the room as she took her place in between Tsunade and Sarutobi.
"If any one of you lays a finger on my brother, I will not hesitate to kill each and every one of you" seethed Rin, barely able to hold her hands from grabbing the katana that was tied to her back. Sarutobi put a hand on her shoulder in an attempt to calm her.
"You? By my understanding girl, the rest of the village believes you to be dead, along with the boy. Plus you're not even out of the academy yet, how do you expect to beat us at your level?" spat Fugaku.
Slamming her fist on the table in front of her, Tsunade glared them down. "With my help!" As the room fell into conversation, Tsunade aimed to drive the point home. "Anyone of you who dare's raise a weapon against my child, will pay with your lives!"
"I Hyuga Hiashi, will also assure the childs wellbeing. My clan has been in debt to the Namikaze clan for years, anyone who raises a weapon to the child, also answers to me!" the elder Hyuga was emitting a blood lust his own. Knowing that Minato had helped him many years ago, he felt that he owed his life to protect the late Namikaze's son. "Brothers, friends. I say, have we all lost our nerve? This is a child we are talking about. Minato chose his own child for this great feat, he wouldn't dream of asking anyone else. For him, knowing that his daughter would rise to protect his son was what drove him forward."
Fugaku, still filled with hate, coldly said "So you wish to forfeit your life to protect that monster too, Hiashi. So be it."
Rin had enough, she quickly reached into her side pouch and pulled out a kunai with a seal on the handle. She threw it at Fugaku with all her might. Before Sarutobi had time to stop her, Rin vanished and reappeared with the kunai in one hand pointed to Danzo and her Katana drawn and held to Fugaku's neck in the other.
Leaning close to Fugaku, Rin only whispered "Don't think, just cause I'm not on 'your level' that I can't take your head off. I will not let you disrespect MY FAMILY nor anyone who stands by us…" Rin turns to face Fugaku, who sees the killer intent in her eyes "…DO I MAKE MYSELF CLEAR!?" Though she wasn't of the living, everyone could feel the same anger and blood lust in the air that they had known Kushina to have.
Sarutobi calmly walked up to where Rin was. She still held the sword to Fugaku's neck as the Sandaime put his hand back on her shoulder to calm her. "Fugaku, it's wise not to cross the child of Minato, especially not when Kushina has rubbed off on her as we can all see. Rin," said Sarutobi as he gently took the kunai out of her hand that she had pointed at Danzo "Lower the sword, he won't make such comments in our presence again I'm sure."
Rin feeling her anger die down just a bit from the Sandaime's words, withdraws the sword from Fugaku, running the blade down the tip of a finger as blood from it rolls down the edge. Glaring at Fugaku and ignoring the pain from her self-inflicted wound, "Mother taught me that once the swords drawn against an enemy, it can never be put back in the scabbard without drawing blood first….but I guess you never heard that." She puts the sword back into its scabbard and turns around and walks down from where she was over to Tsunade and turns back to face the rest of the clan heads.
Sarutobi, walking back to where Rin and Tsunade are, stops in his tracks and turns to the rest. "I am implementing a special SS-Class decree. No one in this room is allowed to speak of today's topic, nor release any information pertaining to Naruto. To us all, Namikaze Naruto and Namikaze Rin are dead, but…Senju Naruto and Senju Rin are very much alive."
Moments later the meeting was over. Everyone filed out of the room, but not without a few glares from most of the clan heads. With the door closing, only Sarutobi, Tsunade, Rin, Hiashi, and the sleeping Naruto were left. Tsunade looks up at Hiashi and bowed formally. "Thank you Hiashi, you proved to defuse the situation at hand."
Hiashi only shook his head, "No," He looked at Rin and smiled faintly. "Rin here did that. I have never seen a girl her age go toe to toe with an Uchiha and still emit such a blood lust. You truly are not only your father's daughter, but your Kushina's daughter in that sense."
Tsunade knowing all too well where that anger in Rin came from, "Your mother would be proud Rin, from where I was, and seeing what you did, I knew that your mother was in there talking."
Sarutobi nodded his head in agreement, "I knew your parents very well Rin, what I saw was both of them reacting to what Fugaku said. Truthfully, if I wasn't in any sort of position of power, I myself would have done the same."
Thought they were speaking words of encouragement, they were all flowing over Rin, as she was in her own world. She had marked Fugaku and the Uchiha's as her enemies. Every last one of them, regardless of whether they raised a weapon to Naruto or not, was not to be trusted. She was only shook out of the trance she was in by Hiashi speaking Naruto's name.
"….As I stated before. I, and my clan, will ensure that young Naruto is never harmed. We are indebted to the Namikaze clan and would like to help in any way possible…."
Rin zoned out again. For all she cared, she was the only one who could properly protect Naruto, and everyone in that room had seen it. Suddenly, the move she pulled earlier was catching up with her. It had cost her a great deal of chakra. Feeling her knee's start to give she could only think about what the ones around her were to think. Losing consciousness, her mind goes dark.
(That evening)
Though her eyes are closed, Rin is once again awake and aware of her surroundings. She had been awake for a while, but decided that she needed the rest and didn't want to be bothered, so she acted as if she were still knocked out. Then the crying started, she heard Naruto start crying next to the bed she was in and decided to get up, but stayed still when she heard the door open.
Tsunade stepped into the room and over to the crib, picking up Naruto and trying to comfort him, "Shhhh Naru-chan, it's alright. See, big sis is ok…"
Rin felt a small amount of weight next to her but the crying had stopped. Well, I was the first person he saw when he opened his eyes…
Tsunade, irked by Naruto calming right down when placed next to Rin and not when she held him, managed to fix up a spot next to the bed Rin was in so Naruto wouldn't fall off. She turned around and walked to the door, but stopped and looked back at Rin and Naruto. "Rest easy young ones." Walking out she shuts the door behind her and can be heard walking down a set of steps.
Naruto, still fidgeting, slaps a hand down on Rin's face, causing her to open one eye and glare at him. "Hey you, that's not nice." She couldn't help be smile after seeing her younger brother manage to land a hit on her, something very few people could actually do. Soon Naruto drifted off to sleep as Rin laid there, her mind racing once again. She looked around the room and came to the realization that this was their new home. They must have brought me here after I fainted
Rin, not moving from the bed since she decided to let Naruto sleep, laid there all night thinking. She had nodded off a few times, but it was short lived. Soon the sun that was peaking over the Hokage Monument hit her eyes, so she decided to finally get up. She lifted the still sleeping Naruto into her arms, slipped her sandals on, and went for the door.
Rin walked from the room she was in, down a flight of steps, and down into a big open room. She heard voices coming from a room opposite the stairs and decided to go and take a look. Walking into the room, she sees Tsunade and Shizune at a table facing her, and a dark haired woman holding a small child facing Tsunade.
Tsunade, noticing Rin walk in holding Naruto, lets out a smile, "Ahh Sleeping Beauty and Prince Charming, nice of you to join us today. Come sit down and meet little Hinata."
Rin walks over to the table and sits next to Shizune, who takes Naruto from her. She looks at the woman who is holding a baby girl, who Rin notices has the pale eye's that signifies a Hyuuga. She looks at the woman with a slight smile. "Your Hyuga Hiashi's wife, Gabriella, right?"
The woman nods, "I am, and you must be Rin, I have heard so much about you Rin and I am impressed by the way you stood up to an Uchiha, not only defending your brother, but the kind gesture that my husband had offered." She bows her head, "Your mother taught you well, Rin."
Tsunade nodding her head, looks at Rin with a grin, "I agree, but, there is a matter that we must discuss Rin."
Shizune, looking at Naruto, "A matter that pertains to not just Naruto, but Hinata as well."
Confused, and also worried about what they might be talking about, Rin reluctantly managed to get the words she was trying to say out, "What might that be?"
"My husband and I wish for Hinata and Naruto to be rasied together as close friends…" Gabrielle looked at Rin, who was still a little confused. "…Tsunade has agreed that before they enter the Academy, they will receive special training, not just from us, but from other well respected individuals….one of those being you."
Rin was shocked by what they were asking, they wanted her to train Hinata and Naruto when they were older. Her mother had taught her all she knew, but she seriously doubted that she would able to teach them as good as her mother had her. Plus there were others that were going to be training them also, which made her mind race again.
"Others? Like who if you don't mind me asking…"
Tsunade leaned back in her chair and leaned her head back a little "Well, for starters, Sarutobi has requested that we have Hatake Kakashi around Naruto as much as possible, since your father was his sensei. He is an ANBU Captain now, so there is much he can teach Hinata and Naruto, even you Rin. I will also be training them, so will Shizune, in the field of medical ninjutsu. There is also one other…..individual."
"Well who?" spat Rin with a questionable tone.
"Jiriaya…"
Rin face automatically hit the table in frustration. She had known of Jiriaya sensei for a long time and knew how he was, but seeing that he was her father's sensei, she put up with him to a degree.
Tsunade sensing Rin's frustration, looked at Rin with a grin "You already know how he is so I won't go into that department, but, he is a master of seals just as your father was. Plus he knows 99% of your fathers fighting styles and jutsu's. Needless to say, Naruto and Hinata will greatly benefit from it. As I said before, you will also be benefiting from what we will be teaching."
Confused as to the words Tsunade had said, Rin looks at her with a unsure look in her eyes, "So If I'm going to be training with you guys, what will I be teaching Hinata and Naruto? "
Shizune, stands up and walks over to a counter and grabs something but Rin can't see it. When Shizune comes back, she slaps Rin's katana against her chest. "This…"
It struck Rin that they were wanting her to train the two in the sword arts, just like her mother had taught her. "But I'm nowhere near as good as mother was, plus I haven't even mastered all of the 'dances' yet."
"Yet she trained you, and you will continue to practice the dances by yourself until you have learned them, yes?" asked Tsunade, who's eyes were now fixated on Naruto.
Not knowing how her training was gonna turn out since her mother was now dead, Rin contemplated it for a moment. Looking down at her sword she mustered the words that Tsunade and the others wanted to hear, "Fine, I started my training when I was 7, a year before I entered the academy. If I train Naruto and Hinata, I wish that it be the same time in which I started mine. That will give them time to enhance their endurance and stamina, both of which is what's needed in the way mother taught me."
Tsunade looked at Gabrielle as to see if she agreed, she nodded in agreement. "Rin, I will see to it that my husband is aware of our discussions today, and inform him that not only will you be teaching the two younglings here, but also be their guardian." Gabrielle stood up from the table and bowed "I must be on my way, Hinata's feeding will be here soon" With that, she turned and walked out of the room and out of the house.
Tsunade stood up and walked over to the counter, opened a cabinet and took out a glass and a bottle of Sake. She poured the liquid from the bottle and into the glass, raised the glass to her lips, and downed its contents in one swift chug. Slamming the glass down, she turned and looked at Rin, "Your mother was the best Kunoichi the leaf had seen, I'm sure you will live up to her legacy Rin."
Shizune, still holding the sleeping Naruto, just sat there silent. She cradled Naruto as if she was his own flesh and blood herself, assuming her role as Rin's and Naruto's older sister now, she knew that she couldn't let Rin raise Naruto on her own.
Rin stood up, katana in her hand and headed out of the room. Determined to get the last 'dances' her mother never taught her down, she went into what was the houses back yard, and began practicing.
