Chapter 3

Naruto and Hinata lay asleep in Hinata's bed the morning of the day Hinata was to be named princess. The whole night neither of them stirred because they were comfortable. Naruto kept a snug hold on Hinata throughout the night, her body heat was relaxing for him. And Hinata kept a tight hold on Naruto's hands to keep his arm close.

When Naruto opened his eyes he saw that it was sunrise and he had to pee. Getting his hand back from Hinata was a challenge itself because she had a strong hold on him. When he did get free it woke Hinata up and she mumbled, "where you going?"

Naruto whispered in her ear, "I'll be back, just using the restroom." She fell right back to sleep when he finished speaking. When he got back to bed Hinata rolled over to him and wrapped her arm around him, he soon fell back to sleep as well.

They had been asleep for only an extra hour until... "Wake up you two!" The shouting made both of them snap awake, it was Kyoko. "Awwwww! You two cuddled together! How cute!" Hinata giggled at Kyoko and Naruto blushed. "Now Hinata I have to get you ready, Naruto go get ready yourself."

Naruto obeyed Kyoko before he angered her and felt her wrath. "Now Hinata, there is a lavender kimono in your closet that I gave you the other day. I'd like for you to wear that one." Said Kyoko who pointed at the closet. Hinata knew of the kimono she was talking about, for the time being she had three kimonos and her training clothes.

When Naruto made it to his room Jiraya was waiting in the hall by his door for him. "Naruto, wear your ceremonial clothes today." Naruto never wore ceremonial clothing before so he had no idea what he was talking about.

"Pops I don't have clothes like that."

"Yes you do, look on the shelf in the closet." He chuckled. Naruto looked on the shelf and saw in a paper wrapped package was a set of black and orange robes that had the Konoha symbol on the back. They were made out of silk which Naruto rarely ever had on his clothing.

"Pops, when did you have these made?" He asked wondering how he got those past him.

"Not long ago when we got you measured for new robes, every time you got measured for new clothes I had a new set made from the old set. Just until recently we've never had a big event to where you will wear them."

Naruto started to put the robes on and he was surprised at how comfortable they were. He had never worn silk before today.

Hinata was getting ready with Kyoko who had her kneeling on a pillow while she did Hinata's makeup. She didn't like how the makeup felt on her skin, plus since she was little she detested makeup since she felt no need to cover up her natural beauty.

"Hinata sit still, I'll mess up if you don't." Kyoko said in frustration.

"I don't care, I hate wearing this stuff it feels weird." Even though she was pretty mature for twelve she did fuss a little. After a few more minutes of fighting Kyoko, she was finished with the makeup and now she had to get the kimono on. That was the easy part.

The entire village was gathered for this event. Jiraya opened the castle gates and invited them in, which was a rare opportunity for major festivals mostly. There was lots of chatter among the villagers like, "why has lord Jiraya opened the gates today?" And, "what special event is going on today?"

Jiraya and Naruto were sitting on the top of the castle stairs overlooking the crowd, both not moving a muscle. "Naruto, you know that tomorrow would've been twelve years ago that I announced your father to be lord of the village, and that your mother was the queen."

"Really? They ruled the village for only a day?" Asked Naruto. This was the first time Naruto heard this from Jiraya.

Jiraya hung his head a little, "yes, the day you were born was the day that their reign ended." This is the first time that Naruto had heard the story. Jiraya finished telling the story of the battle that went down and explained that was how he came out of retirement and continued his reign of the village.

"Well if my father went out fighting, and mom went out defending me then that's the best way to go." Jiraya looked at Naruto in confusion. "The best way to go out in my opinion is defending those you love. I will gladly die to protect the ones I love."

Jiraya smiled at his adopted son, proud that he taught him good values. He then stood up ad addressed the village. "People of Konoha! I know you must be very confused as to why I've summoned you all here today. Today Konoha gains a princess!" The crowd was now cheering. "I believe you all remember ten years ago when the Hyūga family died, well Hiashi Hyūga told me a secret. He had a daughter that he gave up for adoption. He made me promise that I would find her and I did." Jiraya turned and nodded to Kyoko who was standing in the doorway of the castle entrance, Kyoko then ushered Hinata to the platform Jiraya was standing on. "Ladies and gentlemen of Konoha, I present to you Hinata Hyūga." Hinata looked out at the crowd and blushed as they all cheered for her, not knowing what to do Jiraya nudged her and whispered, "smile and wave."

Hinata started to wave at the crowd which made them cheer harder. Jiraya raised his hands and asked the crowd to quiet down, "Hinata please face me. As of today I name you the princess of Konoha." Hinata smiled at Jiraya, this was every girls dream come true to become a princess. "Naruto, please come forward." Naruto stood up and made his way to Jiraya and Hinata. "Citizens of Konoha, when prince Naruto and princess Hinata both turn eighteen, it will be the day that I retire and the day that they marry and take rule over the village." Naruto held out his hand for Hinata, when she placed her hand in his he kissed her hand which made her blush even more also made her giggle.

The rest of the day was a celebration for the village, food, sake, dancing. When the lords announced a new prince or princess it was a big deal. The villagers always enjoyed a day of fun when there weren't holidays or other festivals. Hinata went to go have fun with Naruto at her side.

Kyoko went up next to Jiraya and said, "you chose well, all the other noble families won't like this though."

"That's why I named Kakashi the captain of the guard. He will keep us all safe or die trying. Plus I named someone as their personal guard." Said Jiraya.

Kyoko looked baffled by hearing that there was a personal guard for Naruto and Hinata. "Who is this person that you have as a personal guard for them?"

Jiraya laughed and said, "you know him well." He turned and shouted, "Iruka!" A young soldier ran up to Jiraya's side, he was in his early twenties for sure. Iruka was one of Naruto's favorite guards, he started when Naruto turned ten and he always caught Naruto sneaking around causing trouble every so often.

Kyoko smiled because she knew Iruka from when he started, he was beyond loyal to the family. "You have my agreement on the selection." Iruka looked confused at what Kyoko was saying until she noticed the look. "You haven't told him?"

"I was getting to it. Iruka, you have a new assignment and I want your 100% devotion." Said Jiraya sternly, Iruka stood at attention and listed to what the assignment was. "You are now the personal bodyguard to Naruto and Hinata."

Iruka looked surprised at the new assignment and asked why he was chosen over the other guards.

"Plain and simple, you're the one guard that Naruto treats like a brother. Plus I know you enjoy being around him." Said Jiraya as he packed a pipe with tobacco.

Iruka didn't argue with him because he was right, he did enjoy the time he spent with Naruto. "Yes lord Jiraya, I accept the assignment."

"I knew you would, just keep in mind that it's pretty dangerous since the noble families may not like that they got turned down. So I don't want you to hesitate when it comes time to put your life on the line to keep them safe." Jiraya explained but he could tell that Iruka understood the details of the job.

Jiraya was right that other noble families wouldn't like the fact that he chose the last living member of the Hyūga family over one of theirs. Two families had daughters Naruto's age but for some reason they weren't selected. Maybe it was because they tried to force the idea on Jiraya and had to be hauled off by the guards. Nevertheless Jiraya's feeling that something was brewing was correct.

A/n: Heres chapter 3! Please review!