(Hiashis Point of view)
One week had passed since I had seen my brother and today, was the day, we would talk to Minato. So I waited for my brother to pick me up.
"Hiashi-sama, your Brother is waiting outside.", said Makoto-san ( Ko's father).
"Thank you, Makoto-san."
I walked outside. The meeting with Minato was a good opportunity for me- not only to support the branchhouse. I had also thought about a way to prevent the nine tails attack the last few days. In a few month while Narutos birth someone would come and he would set free the Kyuubi. Even I don't know what happened during that night. The only thing, Hiruzen told us about that night, was that someone intruded while Kushina was giving birth to naruto and that Minato and Kushina were killed by the ninetails while sealing the Kyuubi into Naruto. I was again deep in thoughts when my brother interrupted me.
"Hiahsi-sama."
"out…..Hizashi-sama. How is Neji doing?", did I ask because I really didn't know what to talk about.
"Oh, he is fine, I think."
"That's good to hear." Now I did not know what to say. Should I start to talk about Kushina and that I was worried? Would my brother support me in front of the Hokage? Or should I talk about the branchhouse?
"Hiashi-sama..", began my brother, and how he said my name made me furious, so I interrupted him. "Hizashi, could you please stop calling me that, when we are just the two of us. You know I respect you and if you really want I will call you Hizashi-sama for the rest of your life. But please, just call me Hiashi when we are not in front of our Dad or some conservative clansmen, okay? I mean we shared for nine month a really small place and we are talking to each other like strangers."
"Hiashi-sa…I reconsider your request and will call you Hiashi in the future."
"Thank you Hizashi-sama."
"This is awkward. So please call me also just Hizashi."
"Okay, Hizashi, what did you want to say, before I interrupted you?"
"You know I would like to talk openly to you."
"Go ahead."
"You know, I talked to the branchouse and they were surprised about the fact that you and Dad came to the conclusion. And if I am sincere I am also a bit skeptical. The mainhouse never did anything like that for the branchouse. So what is the catch?"
"Your work will bring fortune to the clan."
"This is all?"
"This is all!", I noticed my brother's face and knew he wasn't satisfied with the answer. A part of me wanted to tell him the truth, but I couldn't tell him. I mustn't, I already tried to change the future. The more people would knew, the more things would change. I was already scared that maybe somebody wouldn't be born because of me or that somebody would die because of me.
"Does this mean the clan has financial problems?", asked Hizashi. And I knew I should him a bit about the truth. But I couldn't so I said: "You know our Dad, he loves money that's all of it." The look on his face was still skeptical but he didn't ask any further.
We reached the Hokage Tower and we stopped in front of Minato's office. I knocked.
"You can come in." , said Minato from inside.
We entered his office and sat down in front of him.
"Hiashi-sama, Hizashi-sama, what is it what you wanted to discuss with me?", said Minato.
Hizashi and Minato waited for me to answer and so I did.
"Hokage-sama, I will go straight to the point. You probably know that the Hyuga Clan has a main- and a branch house…" I waited for Minato and he nodded. "Last week the main house had a discussion about the right for the branch house members to become Chunin. The problem is that the relationship between the main and the branchhouse isn't the best. And we all know that the branchhouse has qualified shinobis like the mainhouse, but the conditions, in which they were born aren't the same. So we decided it would be the best to not set up missions together with branch house and main house members."
"So, you ask me to support your mainhouse decision? You really think the relationship between main and branchhouse will become better when the branchhouse has the right to become a chunin?"
"Minato, you as the Hokage, you should support this idea. "
"This is not what I meant. I am convinced that every shinobi should have a rank, which correspond to their quality, but I am surprised that your father is supporting you in this matter."
"So does that mean you are supporting us in this matter or not, Hokage-sama?"
"That depends….but I think you mean this serious, you also took your brother along….so Hizashi-sama what do you think of this matter? Do you think this will work out….I will watch out, that the most mission will be send with the main and branchhouse separated….but you both know sometimes there aren't enough shinobis in the village….and so you both have to decide is your Clan ready….really ready to work as shinobis as a team when there is a mission with a branch and a main house member?"
"You can answer first Hizashi because I also would like to know what your opinion to this worst case scenario." , did I say.
"Okay, well Hiashi is right the branchhouse really detests the mainhouse, but we also are educated to know, that we are born to protect the mainhouse, so I am sure while a mission together with a mainhouse member we would respect them. We would never hurt the mainhouse at least because of the curse seal.", said my brother bitterly.
"You heard, what my brother said. So what is your answer Hokage-sama?" , did I ask.
"I will support you. But when there will be any kind of trouble because of the relationship in your clan. I won't set up any mission for any Hyuga in the future. So please reconsider this in your next clan assembly.",said Minato.
"Very well, Hokage-sama. Hizashi thank you for give me company for this issue. But now I would like to talk to the Hokage alone, so I would be please if you could go home already. Don't worry my talk to the Hokage won't have anything to do with clan issues."
"Okay, Hiashi, then I will go now."
"Thank you, Otouto." , did I say and my brother left the room.
"So what's this about, Hiashi-sama?"
"It's concerning your wife, your son and the ninetails."
