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Hyuga residence
Hiashi Hyuga slowly struggled to his feet as two additional main family members ran into the room. They had anxious expressions on their face. "Lord Hiashi! What happened to you?" the first one asked in confusion. Hinata's room looked like a warzone. All of the windows had been smashed and there were numerous kunai stuck in the wall. One of the walls had a large hole in it.
"I was attacked during my mission to get rid of my daughter." He said calmly. "Right now we need to pursue Hinata and her sensai. They know what happened here tonight and must be stopped."
Hiashi jumped out the window and onto the tree branch with the two Hyuga main family members directly behind him. "Be on the lookout for the Uzumaki boy as well. He attempted to rescue Hinata earlier and must pay the price. He cannot be allowed to report what he has seen to the Hokage.
"As you command Lord Hiashi," the two Hyuga members said together. Hiashi scanned the area ahead of him with his Byakugan and saw Kurenai running around a mile ahead.
"Kurenai is approximately one mile ahead of us. When we catch up we must not give her a chance to attack. We must kill Hinata at all costs. She threatens our very way of life." Hiashi said with not a hint of regret in his voice.
En route to the Hospital
Kurenai looked behind her in alarm as she heard footsteps getting closer and closer to her. She couldn't defend herself, not while carrying Hinata and she wasn't about to drop her on the ground or anything like that. She began to run faster and faster as the footsteps behind her got closer and closer.
Damn it! Hiashi must have woken up sooner than I thought he would have. And I can't defend myself or attack while I'm carrying Hinata! It looks like I might not be able to get out of this one.
The footsteps were alongside her now and she opened her eyes expecting to see Hiashi Hyuga besides her and instead saw Naruto running alongside her. His eyes were strange though.
He must be in sage mode. But he was so badly injured the last time I saw him, he could barely move. What could have changed?
Naruto grinned and pointed down at his stomach that held the seal that held the Nine-tailed fox deep inside him. "Fox chakra." He said with a grin on his face. "I let enough of it loose to repair the damage that Hiashi did. Although it's not going to fix the damage he did to my chakra lines and my internal organs. Right now I'm at about half-strength but it should be enough to take on Hiashi."
"So he really is following me. How many men does he have with him?"
"My shadow clones were only able to detect two of them before they were taken out. I'd advise you to get to the hospital as soon as possible. Don't worry; I'll delay Hiashi for as long as you need me to."
Kurenai noted that Naruto had said delay Hiashi instead of stop Hiashi. "Naruto...you need to come through this. Hinata opened her heart to you and I think it would honestly kill her if you died. Promise me...Promise her that you'll make it out of this."
Naruto looked down at the unconscious Hyuga girl in the arms of her sensai and then gently reached down and stroked her hair once before turning back to Kurenai. "I promise that I'll make it through this Kurenai-sensai." He looked down at Hinata and smiled weakly. "I promise you Hinata. I promise I'll defeat your father and make it through this alive."
Kurenai nodded and began speeding up as she heard a couple sets of footsteps coming up from behind. She looked behind her just in time to see Naruto jump under one of the branches that Hiashi was about to land on.
Good luck Naruto...and remember, you promised her that you would make it through this.
Kurenai continued running toward the hospital even as she heard the first sounds of combat beginning behind her.
In the forest
Hiashi watched calmly as he got closer and closer to Kurenai. Only a few more feet to go and the Hyuga clan would we safe from change. His Byakugan was locked in on her and thus didn't see the orange flash shoot up from beneath him and slam him up into the air. Naruto immediately spun around and slammed a rasengan into the stomach of one of them sending him flying toward the forest floor. The second Hyuga man managed to get into a defensive stance and attempted to attack Naruto only to have Naruto dodge the attack.
"My turn." Naruto said calmly as he launched a devastating flurry of punches at the man's stomach, the man winced repeatedly in pain until he finally blacked out from the pain and fell off the tree onto the ground.
Now it was down to Naruto and Hiashi who were facing each other from opposite tree branches. Hiashi's calm expression was rapidly becoming one of rage and anger
"Why do you seek to protect Hinata?" He shouted angrily. "She must die for the good of the clan! The Hyuga clan has always been the strongest, the oldest and most powerful clan in the Hidden leaf! And yet you try to protect my daughter who would destroy that all!"
"Hinata wants to change the clan not destroy it!"
Hiashi snarled as he ran at Naruto. "The way she plans to change the clan will destroy it!" He shouted as he jumped into the air and attempted to hit Naruto on the top of his skull using his gentle first technique only to be repulsed by one of Naruto's punches.
"You won't hurt her Hiashi! You won't hurt her again! I'll make sure of it!" Naruto shouted as two shadow clones appeared and began forming a very familiar attack.
Naruto ran at Hiashi as a large spinning rasengan appeared in his hand, the rasengan then began to grow points and moments later a rasenshuriken appeared in his hand.
"Rasenshuriken!" Naruto shouted as he jumped into the air at Hiashi as Hiashi jumped up into the air and positioned his hands in an offensive stance. "Hyuga art: One hundred gentle punches!" He shouted back as his hands began to glow blue and he began to strike Naruto with a series of devastating punches just as Naruto's rasenshuriken slammed into Hiashi sending him flying back toward the forest floor. Since he wasn't at full strength the attack didn't do as much damage as he hoped but Hiashi flew backward into the ground and lay still just as Naruto collapsed on the ground next to him. He gasped in pain as currents of pain shot through his body.
That...last attack did too much damage I think...I broke my promise to Hinata...NO! I won't die! I won't die! I promised Hinata I would make it! I will make it!
Even as he began to pass out from the pain he saw a pair of boots appear directly in front of him. He couldn't tell whose boots they were.
And then he passed out from the pain.
((Author's note: Sorry, this chapter was a bit rushed due to the fact I didn't have much time to work on it. I still hope that you enjoyed it. Next one should be better if I have enough time to work on it.))