Bit of a mishmash here im afraid...but it had to be done so i can get on with the story... :-)
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Hinata finally laid herself on the comfy sofa provided in her room. The house which the leaf ninjas shared whilst in the sand wasnt they luxury she had at home, but it was clean and comfortable a nice change.
She smiled remembering the first time she had stayed here with Naruto, his total shock at the 'fancy furniture' thinking of his home in the leaf she briefly wondered at the comparison to here and to her home. The few times he had been to the Hyuuga estates he had been overwhelmed. She suddenly remembered the scroll carefully put in her backpack and went over to retrieve it.
Closing the door she sat beside the window and gently unrolled the ancient parchment.
"NO!" the door slammed open allowing a very angry silver haired woman to enter, followed by a very upset looking Kankuro.
"I thought you'd think it was funny!" he shouted
"Well i didnt, why would i want to know how Gaara's secretaries kiss? they have moustaches you pervert!"
"Taya, please..."
"Thats Shizoa-san to you!" the tiny woman twirled around to find Hinata staring at the pair. She froze as did Kankuro.
There was a moment of silence
"Ah...um...Hyuuga-Sama, appologies" Kankuro grabbed the little womans arm and dragged her from the room, slamming the door behind him.
Hinata blinked in confusion before shaking her head and turning back to the scroll. After reading the first line she gasped.
"Behold all the certificate of marriage of Salia Hyuuga the head of the Hyuuga clan as taken down by her loyal cousin Benaya Hyuuga"
"I Salia Hyuuga choose to take Tejeya Futanie as my consort, he shall bear they hyuuga name in accompanyment to his own and our children shall be my heirs. He shall not seek to rule the Hyuuga clan nor will the title ever be passed onto him, in all other fashions we shall be as husband and wife"
There was more, a copy of Tejeya saying that the above was true. Hinata was over the moon, this meant she could marry Naruto if she so wished, she was so happy when the man in question entered the room she jumped on him, kissing him.
"Whoa whats this?" he asked confused but pleased because she was
"Naruto Uzamaki, will you consent to marrying me and becoming my consort?"she asked
"What!?"
"MARRY ME"
"You sure????"
"You TEME!" she shouted kissing him "OF course im sure, do you accept or not???"
Naruto laughed "maybe?"
Hinata growled and Naruto cowled away then laughed again "Of course! How could i say no? Hinata Hyuuga, i would be honoured and delighted to be your consort"
"It isnt official Naruto...but i will go see my father after we get home and...and i will deal with the council" the last part was said with a certain amount of hostility
"i think i feel sorry for them" Naruto added
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"What are you doing here?" Tsunade asked the man who was perched on her desk scribbling in a notebook "Jiraya!" Tsunade yelled, taking the notebook from him and throwing it in the bin
"Hey!" he complained then sighed "I'm here to see Naruto, but he appears to be out so i thought we'd go out drinking"
"Jiraya" Tsunade sat down and indicated the paperwork "Cant, too much work"
"oh...is my room still in your house?" he asked innocently
"Yes, you can stay, till Naruto comes back, but if i hear a complaint about you..."
"You'll beat me up worse than last time??"
"Oh go away ero-sennin!" she grinned
Jiraya frowned, then grinned back when he saw her smirking realising it was a joke "see you later" he said heading to the bin to collect his notebook, as he reached for it Tsunade coughed...meaningfully...and he reluctantly left it, walking out casting worried looks behind him.
When she heard the door shut Tsunade began to work again, suddenly the blue-green notebook caught her eye what was he worried about? wait, is that a new notebook? she asked herself walking towards it. she stopped why do i care? she sat back down after 10 minutes she got back up, and retrieved the book. Looking at it on her desk sitting there looking innocent she found it hard to believe it was full of smutt. It looked different to the usuall ones, after confiscating them a number of times Tsunade found herself seeing the differences. 1. no title 2. no graffite 3. its in almost pristene condition 4. no finger marks As said before it was a blue-green with delecate butterfly patterns what is this?
Finally she couldnt contain herself and opened to the first page.
"Oh Kama-sama"
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"And that genltemen is today's buissness" Gaara said with a certain amount of viciousness
"Ano Kazekage sama..." one of the council said meekly
"Yes?" Gaara was tired, all he wanted to do was go home, be with his wife and child
"We as the council wish to give you a gift"
Gaara blinked, thinking he was hallucinating "Pardon?"
The old men looked sheepish as a large fruit basket was brought forward
"As a congratulations on your marriage and the birth of your daughter" the little man coughed "we feel as a council we could have been more supportive...and less oppressive but we hope we can work as a better team now"
Gaara raised his eyebrows "well...thank you...im sure Ino will appreciate some of these things" he said with a smile "as i appreciate your congratulations, goodnight gentlemen" he said and left.
"has he gone?" one asked another as he watched at the door
"Hai"
"Good, now we can get to planning" a man with a long grey beard said
"How are we going to do this?"
"We will need to surprise him"
some laughed "I like the sound of that!"
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"How are you feeling?"
"I feel fine Lee"
"You sure you dont want me to carry you?"
"Lee! walking is better for me and the baby, besideds we're almost here" Sakura was beginning to show her pregnancy and the couple sat on top of a large hill. "i'm glad we go home tomorrow" Sakura said leaning against her husbands shoulder
"Oh? how come?" Lee asked concerned, this trip had been perfect to him
"No reason, i jsut want to go back to our house and relax" she smiled up at him "be with you for a while"
"I got a letter from Gai-sensei today" Lee said with a grin
"oh?" Sakura blinked open sleepy eyes
"Iruka-sensei and Kakashi have started dating"
"mm thats nice" replied sakura
Lee grinned relising that Sakura must be tired not to be over the moon about her former sensies.They sat there in silence for a few hours more. Sakura sleeping in his arms and Lee looking between the stars and Sakura.
He did end up carrying her home.
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It was midnight and Jiraya was searching through the rubbish outside the Hokage tower. "Where is it..." he muttered to himself, after looking through the last piece of trash he glanced up at the tower. Pulling a disgruntled face he carefully pulled a banana skin out of his hair and lept up the balcony outside the office.He could see it, sitting on the desk. Jiraya silently swore. Carefully he eased the window open using chakra to disable any traps there. He simply walked over to the desk to pick it up. Suddenly he was upsidown.
"Wha!" he yelled as a very bright light was turned on.
"Hello Jiraya" Came a voice that practically seethed in anger
"Um Tsunade...Tsunade?" the last part was said with disbelief as Jiraya stared at the woman.
She was dressed in a dark red Kimono and her hair, usually in braids was down.
Jiraya desperatly looked towards his book...i really hope she didnt read it!
"Uh...Tsunade, i um just wanted my book back? i'll just be going..." He felt his world turn again as he fell to the floor
"you and I need to have a little talk about that book" she said, still carefull, controlled, angry
Jiraya groaned "Kama sama you read it"
Tsunade growled "Yes i bloody well did, why didnt you tell me you're in love with Orichimaru? scrap that! why didnt you tell me you where gay???"
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Word of warning, the story is probably not going to focus on Ino and Gaara as much from now on :) a few mentions etc but its going to be more focused on the other characters that i have been slightly neglectful of . wonder what Hinata's gonna doooooo
