50. Call of Duty: Operation Snowcap Finish What You Start
AN: I've got no excuse for how long this took beyond the fact I had been in a slump for a while now. Please use only blunt objects when you form a mob and come after me since I can't go to my new job at Walmart if I'm in the hospital.
Story Start: ATV Convoy En Route to Doto's Fortress Time to Arrival Five Minutes
Naruto eyed the convoy that was quickly making its way to Doto's fortress two hundred feet below him. It hadn't taken him long to catch up with the others now that stealth wasn't as big an issue as before. The few groups of Snow Shinobi that he had had come across on the way back were easily taken care of and sent back to the village with clones to ensure none of them got any funny ideas. Now all that was left was to capture Doto's primary base and then Koyuki and Sarutobi could hammer out the final details of the treaty and the mission could be considered complete.
Adjusting the angle of his hands to start his descent, Naruto sent a message to Foxtrot telling him to open the center ATV's hatch and easily landed in a crouch in the middle of the vehicle a second after it had finished opening. As the Navy man that had opened said hatch rolled it closed, Naruto stood up from his crouch and asked "Anything interesting happen besides running into Doto?"
Seeing Foxtrot shaking his head, he nodded and said "Well, the village is secure and all of the shinobi who weren't in it when I attacked are being rounded up by clone squads as we speak."
Sarutobi nodded as he said "Good work Naruto." Turning to Foxtrot, he said "Please inform Kakashi that as soon as we are in sight of the fortress I want the convoy to form ranks. Maybe we can talk the people in the fortress down from an unnecessary fight by a show of force."
Foxtrot nodded before he passed the message to Highlander at the front of the Convoy. Getting an affirmative, he nodded to the old veteran and said "Kakashi agrees sir."
Naruto hummed in thought before he heard 'Nile to Alpha, do you copy?' Cocking his head to the side, he sent back 'Alpha here, go ahead Nile.'
'We've reached the coordinates the princess gave us for Winter's End sir, and like you thought, it was under guard.' Nile, the leader of the squadron of clones he had sent to make their way as discreetly as possible to Winter's End in order to capture the no doubt heavily guarded machine sent.
'How many are we talking about?' Naruto asked and blinked at the number given. Jaw dropping a little, he sent 'You mean to tell me that Doto had only ten people guarding a machine that, with enough power, could theoretically change the entire planet's weather system?! What the hell has that man been smoking and where do you think we could find some?'
Nile chuckled at his creator's words before he sent a mental shrug through the link and sent 'Don't know what he was smoking sir, but I would put my money on finding it in the Land of Grass.' Growing serious, the clone continued 'Regardless sir, Winter's End is secured and, if what we're able to detect with a scanner seal we made is correct, fully operational.'
Naruto nodded and sent back 'Good. Stay on station and keep an eye out. I'll let you know when we have a timeframe for using Winter's End.'
'Understood sir.' Niles said before the mental link went silent and Naruto focused on the outside world again. Turning to the local princess, Naruto said "Ma'am, when I first left the convoy I had created a squad of clones to make their way to the area your father's project was in. Their leader just told me that they have secured the area and that the project appears to be operational.'
Koyuki gave a sigh of relief at the knowledge that the potential weapon of mass destruction was no longer in Doto's hands. Hand unconsciously going over the chakra key under her shirt, she gave a nod of thanks to Naruto before looking forward and said "My Uncle's reign is almost over. We just have to take out his fortress and my people can all sleep a little easier tonight."
Naruto hm'med at that before looking forward as well. Five minutes later, the convoy had reached its destination and all sixty vehicles lined up in three rows of twenty and as one all of the roofs of the vehicles slid open as one. As they did, everyone in the ATVs could see dozens of soldiers manning the walls of the fortress. Naruto gained a smirk as a surprised shout pierced the air when a scowling Doto was spotted chained to the vehicle in Chakra Cuffs next to Tailwind who looked rather smug for some reason.
Sarutobi hopped out from his ATV and calmly walked to the front of the formation as he projected his voice with chakra as he called out "Soldiers of Snow, as you can see, we have captured the man who has wrongfully claimed this country's throne. Your shinobi village has also been captured. You have two options, you can surrender and end any bloodshed before it begins or you can try to defend this fortress and fall with it."
The soldiers on the wall gave each other unsure looks but one of them, clearly the person in charge of defending the fortress given by the air of disgusted superiority he projected shouted "You think a little show of force is going to intimidate us? I have been charged by Doto himself to ensure this base of operations falls to none and I intend to take that duty seriously even if you have somehow managed to capture him." The man gained an ugly sneer as he continued "I hope you are prepared for an impossible battle invaders because this entire fortress is chakra shielded."
Sarutobi sighed and said "I was afraid of the base being shielded." Turning his head towards where the original Naruto was, he said "Naruto, if you would please."
Said original quickly walked over to stand beside his leader running through hand signs all the way. When he came to a stop he held the last sign and calmly said "Fire Style: Kyuubi's Might!" The instant the last syllable was out of the blonde's mouth, demonic red fire chakra exploded out of his body and shot up to the sky igniting the air creating a massive thirty story tall nine tailed fox with blue fire eyes and white hot fangs that easily towered over the assembled crew members of the Infinity and their ATVs.
"Oh come on! Wind I get since it's his primary, but he can make fire behemoths as well?!" Sasuke shouted in disbelief and all of the blondes snickered.
The people on top of the fortress' walls were no better as a large number of them had taken off screaming in fear at the sight of the three hundred foot tall fire monster. Naruto wasted no time in letting the rest of the scared soldiers know they should have followed their comrades as the imitation Kyubi shot a paw forward claws first and slammed into the chakra barrier surrounding the base which flared for the briefest of instants before shattering. Not even slowed in the least by the barrier, the claws continued forward and pierced the fortress wall and caused it to explode inwards hurling debris and humans alike away from the appendage. At the same time, there were secondary explosions as the chakra shield generators instantly overloaded and ripped through the areas they were in as they died in glorious fireballs.
The fire construct pulled its appendage back and took a step backwards before it sat down behind the line of ATVs with a casualness that painted a very clear picture of Naruto's chakra stores and control. That picture coupled with the sight of the ruined outer wall of the fortress and the next ten after it showed the surviving defenders just how screwed they really were. Needless to say, none of them wanted to fight anymore after that.
Time Skip: Five Hours Later Location: Land of Snow Capital
The air was filled with the sounds of happy partying as the people of Snow celebrated the return of their rightful ruler and the downfall of Doto. Standing on top of one of the flagpoles that decorated the palace Naruto took in the environment with a grin as he watched the natives party harder than they ever had under Doto's rule for the simple fact that said rule was over. Sensing a rather familiar presence approaching his spot, the blonde said "Hey Old Man, you weren't in that room with Queen Koyuki very long."
Sarutobi chuckled as he stopped beside the flag pole and lit his pipe. Taking a deep drag from said pipe and exhaling a smoke leaf symbol, the Professor gave a wry grin up towards one of his strongest shinobi and said "The last minute details for the treaty weren't all that difficult to come up with considering both parties were in mutual agreement about its usefulness." Giving a gesture towards the roiling mass of party goers below knowing that the blond could sense the movement he continued "Shouldn't you be down there having a good time? You've certainly earned it considering you took on an entire shinobi village by yourself not even ten hours ago."
Naruto snorted and said "I'll have a good time when the mission is over and we get back home. I've learned the hard way that the instant you relax on a mission is the instant Murphy sneaks up behind you with a shovel full of crap and happily dumps it over your head with a gleeful cackle. Besides, I've got a shadow clone down there so I'm not actually missing much in the long run."
Sarutobi blinked at his elite Chunnin's rather colorful statement before he snorted and said "Right, the Team 7 Curse. It's been so long since I've had that number assigned to me I forgot about it." Shaking his head, the aged warrior gained a distant look in his eyes as he said "I still don't know how Hashirama sensei could have annoyed that foreign witch doctor to the point she placed the Interesting Times curse on a team name."
It was Naruto's turn to blink in surprise as he said "You mean that rumor about our team being cursed is actually true?" At Sarutobi's amused nod, Naruto growled and muttered "The next time some idiot decides to bring your predecessor back I think I might just Gibbs smack him for that."
Sarutobi briefly pictured the blond in front of him slapping the back of his sensei's head in the same manner as the popular detective from a crime scene book series and immediately broke down in laughter. Naruto raised an eyebrow at his leader before there was a rather loud thud in his mind and his father's laughter joined the old monkey's causing his other eyebrow to join its brother only sent towards his father. He heard his father gasp for breath just long enough to send the image to his son before losing all semblance of composure again and the blond began snickering as he considered what he had said just now.
He stopped as he saw Koyuki approaching and his left eyebrow twitched once as he thought 'How in the world did she get up here without me sensing her approach?'
'Never underestimate an actress' ability to blend in son.' Kyuubi said regaining his composure now that he had gotten the current month's quota of laughter out of his system.
'Good point.' Naruto mentally acknowledged before he noticed the chakra key hanging on the outside of Koyuki's shirt which he had only seen once before back on the Infinity. Cocking his head in curiosity, he meets the ruler's gaze and said "I'm guessing it's time to activate Winter's End?"
Koyuki nodded and said "It is the last thing needed to signal once and for all the end of my Uncle's reign on this country."
Naruto nodded and said "Then I'll have Highlander ready a convoy for you Your Highness."
Time Skip: Two Hours Later
Nile watched from where he was standing with his squadron as ten ATVs pulled to a stop near a glacial cliff. As their roofs rolled open and their passengers hopped out, he began walking over and once close enough, gave one of his fellow blondes a salute and said "All quite here sir, no one other than your group has come within a mile of this place since we have arrived. The captured snow shinobi are currently in a stasis seal scroll so there have been no problems with them."
The original Naruto nodded and returned the salute before the two Uzumakis began walking back to the 'control panel' of Winter's End, the rest of Team Maelstrom, the Hokage, and of course, the rightful queen of the country following. Meanwhile the Land of Fire Navy personnel who had served as escorts for the trip formed a defense parameter and the film director and one of his camera men set up their equipment to document this truly historic moment as the Land of Snow broke free of the everlasting winter its geographical location kept it in. Koyuki hadn't said it in as many words, but Naruto was pretty sure that she planned on having the Winter's End run on full blast for a full year so that way they could properly prepare the country for a more 'normal' seasonal cycle to become the new norm of the country in a year's time.
He was drawn out of his thoughts as Koyuki put in the key, gave it a half turn to the left and there was a soft click before the device spun up its main power generators and steam began billowing out of the surrounding plains. And then an unfamiliar voice began speaking behind everyone and when they turned they saw a much younger Koyuki talking with a man that Naruto assumed was her father. Watching from the corner of his eye as a single tear rolled down said ruler's cheek as she watched, Naruto saw her hesitatingly lift a finger to the tear and said "I thought I ran out of tears long ago."
"Tears of sadness maybe." Heza said with a gentle smile before they watched as the weather control device kicked into high gear and the snow began evaporating as chakra poured throughout the environment kick starting the growth of several varying grass and tree seeds planted in the area which became fully grown in just under a minute before they started sending seeds of their own out on the winds that the machine was generating. The chakra from the machine continued to spread and Naruto cocked his head as reports from his shadow clones stationed throughout various parts of the country began pouring in marking the chakra wave's progress.
When Bridge reported that the cliffs surrounding the cove the ATVs had used to enter the country were beginning to grow green patches he said "Your Highness, Bridge on the Infinity reports vegetation on the cliffs near the ship. I think it's safe to say that Winter's End has completed full chakra coverage of the country."
Koyuki nodded and said "Then it's time to give it its second set of commands." She pressed a switch on the machine and a part flipped on a metal pole sent lengthwise through it revealing a device with a lot of buttons on it while a glass screen slid up at an angle perfect for viewing it in front of the newly revealed control panel. Koyuki bit her lip for a moment as she studied the controls before she began pushing the buttons, first slowly, and then faster with each passing minute as she got used to the unfamiliar control panel. When she finished, she gave a sigh before she flicked the switch back into its original position. The panel and glass returned to their previous positions and she gave the chakra key a half turn clockwise before she took it out and there was a rather distinct and resolute sounding clicking sound that told anyone with ears and a brain who heard it that Winter's End was once more on lock down and anyone who wanted to use its power without having the key in their possession could bloody well bugger off cause it wasn't opening again without it.
Giving another sigh as she put the key back around her neck and placed it under her shirt, Koyuki began walking back to the ATVs as she said "It's done. We should begin heading back now, there's nothing more to do here. Naruto, do you mind leaving your clones here until we can put together a trustworthy security detail?"
I nodded and said "They have enough chakra to be able to stay here for a month if need be Your Highness."
Koyuki gave a nod of thanks as Heza chuckled and said "Don't let Sasuke hear you say that, he's already been moping about the unfairness of your chakra reserves ever since you pulled out that Kyuubi jutsu."
Matto snorted and said "If the kid wants to increase his chakra reserves he should just put a one percent seal on his coils."
Heza and Koyuki looked at him confused and both said "One percent seal?"
It was Naruto who answered though as he said "A one percent seal draws one percent of a person's chakra from the ambient chakra around them and converts it into their own. The one percent is calculated each day so as your chakra grows so too does the amount converted. Within a year you'll have well over ten times your previous amount of chakra."
"So what's the catch? I mean that kind of seal seems a little too good to be true." Heza asked with a cocked head.
"The catch is that if you leave it on for too long it'll completely wreck your control due to how big one percent of your chakra gets within just a couple of months. The growth is exponential, not linear so you have to work your butt off to keep some semblance of control which leaves little time to learn new party tricks you can use with a bigger chakra reserve." Naruto said as they hopped into the ATVs along with everyone else and the roofs began to be rolled. As the one over their heads locked into place, he continued "It's great for helping you outlast the guy on the other side of your kunai but if you don't have new tricks to go with the extended fight time then you're at even more risk of being figured out then if you had normal chakra reserves."
"Which is why that seal isn't placed on every single shinobi under my command when they graduate the cons just outweigh the pros." Sarutobi said as he settled down for the ride back to the capital.
"That and you would have one very dead village if everyone had those. You have five hundred plus shinobi drawing natural chakra from their surroundings and you'd kill the entire forest surrounding the village in a couple of years, never mind the damage a wartime shinobi roster would do to the environment if they all had one of those seals." Matto said with a frown on his face. Sarutobi gave a nod of acknowledgement to Matto's statement and Heza gave a nod of her own showing she understood and the conversation moved onto other topics as the ATV began moving.
Scene Change: The LFNS Infinity: Three Days Later
Naruto stood on the bridge watching as the Land of Snow submarine escort began making its way back home now that they were entering international waters. The sub was one of only three left after the Infinity's visit to the waters around Land of Snow and so if the underwater traveling vessel seemed to be somehow relieved in moving away from its charge Naruto wasn't about to call it out about it. He watched as the sub submerged before he walked out of the bridge to the officer mess hall where Captain Iroh and the Third Hokage were waiting to perform the initial debrief of his capture of the Hidden Snow Village and what the rest of his shadow clones had been doing during the mission. There would be two more debriefs after this one, the first with the Daimyo once they returned to the Land of Fire and then with Tsunade when they got back home.
A he sat down in the chair that faced the two, Captain Iroh turned on the recording device set in the table and said "This recording is to document the Operation Snow Cap mission report of Elite Chunin Uzumaki Naruto. Witnesses are Captain Iroh of the LFNS Infinity and Sarutobi Hiruzen, third Hokage of the Hidden Leaf Village. You may begin when you are ready Chunin Uzumaki."
Time Skip: One Week Later Location: Hidden Leaf Village Council Chambers
Naruto stood beside Tsunade who was rubbing her forehead as the two of them listened to the two councils argue back and forward for the last ten minutes about whether or not he deserved another promotion so soon after the Chunin Exams. Unlike what many would think though, his Jinchurriki status had absolutely nothing to do with the discussion currently going on.
"He took on an entire Shinobi village by himself, I think that more than justifies his promotion, and it's not the first time he's employed army level abilities either. Need I remind you the part he played during the Chunin exams and the actions he took during his mission to the Land of Waves?" Tsume Inuzuka, current clan head of the Inuzuka clan said with a look directed at one particular citizen like he was an idiot.
Said civilian returned fire with "And need I remind you what happened with the last person that we promoted to Jonin before they turned fifteen? Or does the name Itachi Uchiha no longer mean anything to you? As the liaison between the civilian and shinobi sectors I would much rather have Uzumaki gain a few more years' experience before we expect him to take the reins of leading his generation of shinobi. Uzumaki heritage granting him impressive abilities or not, he's still only thirteen, he needs more time to become durable enough to withstand the pressures being a Jonin would place on his shoulders."
"He's had at least quadruple the amount of training time as the rest of his generation though thanks to the actions of Mizuki Touji during his academy years. If we take into account all of the time he has accumulated via Shadow Clone Memory then it could be said that he is mentally in his twenties already." Inoichi said.
As the 'conversation' continued, Naruto leaned closer to his leader and said "I thought field promotions were under only your jurisdiction."
Tsunade shook her head and said "If it had been a year since the Chunin Exams where you got promoted that would have been the case but considering twelve months haven't passed and it's currently not war time then village procedure states the council has to approve it. Incidentally enough, that particular law was passed after your sensei became Jonin at the age of ten. Of course, it was war time and your teacher is the son of the White Fang so he was expected to rapidly climb through the ranks but having a ten year old able to have shinobi twice to three times his age listen to him made some nervous. The fact Itachi went rogue certainly doesn't help the council's opinion on early promotions. Kind of hard to have a good image when your prodigies can't handle the strain having a higher rank brings."
Naruto frowned and said "Yeah will call me crazy, but I don't buy all that crap about him testing himself when he killed his clan. I mean, what kind of test could a ten month old baby provide him? They barely have enough motor control to get around without falling down every other step they take. And rumors of the Uchiha possibly planning a coup certainly don't help make things any clearer."
"Nor does the fact he left his brother alive, I know, you're preaching to the choir there Uzumaki." Tsunade said with a frown before she shook her head and said "Regardless, we are not here to talk about that bloody event, but whether you're ready enough to join the elites of our village."
"Which he is." Hiashi said with a stoic look on his face as he spoke up for the first time during the meeting and when everyone had their attention on him, he continued "Let's look over all of the facts here. First off, as an Uzumaki, his chakra reserves, endurance, and stamina are all currently at high kage level and thanks to the records we have on Ladies Mito and Kushina we know that they are only going to grow bigger as he continues to age. He currently knows no less than twelve different Taijutsu styles thanks to the teachings of Mizuki Touji. His jutsu repertoire can be considered more than adequate due to the fact that he is proficient in not only the two elements we require for promotion but all five of the basic elements, he has two summoning contracts, and he is currently being trained in how to be a battle field medic in between free time with personal lessons from Lady Tsunade whenever she has the time. His kenjutsu is among one of the best in this village thanks to the training he has received from both the Toad and Fox clans. And then there is his usage of Shadow Clones to take into account which at last count gives him a force multiplier of seven thousand. He periodically fights with no limitations with his teacher Kakashi Hatake showing that he can keep up with the best of the best we can offer and he has been placed in the Hidden Sand's Bingo Book with only the fact he is currently an Elite Chunin being why he is currently listed as a B Rank threat, and even then it is actually stated in it that if you find yourself his enemy you should start praying to your preferred god. Not since the Lord Fourth has anyone had such a statement put in their Bingo Book Entry. And let's not forget the fact that he has just returned from a mission where he captured an entire shinobi village by himself. In conclusion, he is more than ready."
There was a moment as everyone took in the fact that Hiashi Hyuga, the stoic statue of the council had actually strung more than three sentences together before his words truly sank in and most of the naysaying people in the room began thinking more along his lines. After a few minutes, the Jounin Commander gave out a yawn as he stretched his arms and sat up straight and said "Then let's put it to the vote, all in favor of granting Naruto Uzumaki Jounnin status?"
Time Skip: One Week Later, Hyuuga Compound
Hiashi Hyuuga was staring at a miracle. There was really no other word to describe the one foot long and wide sealing matrix placed in front of him that the blonde opposite him had just finished explaining. Hiashi had asked the Jinchuuriki to create a seal that would ensure the safety of the Byakugan and what did he create? A seal the blond called the Guardian of the Hyuuga seal that not only sealed the eyes into normal eyes the instant they were removed if there was not an influx of both the chakra and blood of the original person's eyes ensuring that only those who left their eyes to be transferred in their wills could have their eyes used by anyone else but they would also deactivate if transplanted into anyone without a certain percentage of Hyuuga blood in them. And then there was the 10x magnification and zoom functions added to the Byakugan that would allow the user to both see farther and see smaller things by a factor of ten. That was just the eyes though the seal also protected the person against no less than five hundred various poisons, siphoning it out of the blood stream into a special storage seal that turned the poisons into antidotes to help combat the very thing trying to harm the person. Then there was the part that subtly strengthened the bones and muscles of the hands, providing the shinobi with better ability to use their specialized Taijutsu style. If that wasn't enough, it allowed their chakra easier intentional passage from the tenketsu and out the skin meaning it would be a lot easier for one to perform a Rotation barrier jutsu on the fly. And then there was the real finisher, this seal was completely hereditary, anyone who had this seal passed it down to any children they had meaning once all of the members of the clan were given this seal all future generations would be protected no matter what.
Looking up from the seal at the blonde who looked like he was fighting from having a smug smirk on his face, Hiashi said "This is very impressive work Namikaze-san, it must have taken you a lot of time to complete."
Naruto nodded and said "Approximately one month for me personally to come up with a rough draft of sorts for what I wanted it to do and five months of clone time to tinker around a little with the design and make sure everything could work together properly without any hazardous side effects Hiashi-sama."
Hiashi allowed an impressed look to briefly form on his face as he said "Indeed? It took the person who created the Cage Bird seal an entire two years to come up with the final product and it is certainly less impressive than this seal."
Naruto shrugged and said factually "I'm part Uzumaki and my dad and godfather were seal prodigies, it's quite literally in my blood to be good at this."
"Indeed." Hiashi said with the briefest twitches of his lips, a full blown smirk for the stoic man before him before he looked back down at the scroll and said "How soon can we begin placing these seals on my clansmen?" Thankfully all members of the clan were in the compound today, which was a very rare event. Hiashi wouldn't dismiss the chance that the blond had arranged it with the Hokage for no Hyuuga to be sent on missions today before hand considering how close the two seemed to be.
Naruto reached into his jacket pocket and pulled out a small slip of paper that had a seal whose compacted form looked like a circle with a line diagonally drawn through it as he said "I'll have to use this to remove the caged bird seal from any branch member but that won't take more than ten seconds to remove. After that I just apply the seal in front of you onto the person's body and connect it to their chakra for it to begin binding with their body. Total time of sealing should be roughly one minute with the seal fully integrated within twenty four hours. The only one who will take longer will be Hinata since she has the chakra battery seal on her already but I have a second form of this seal that can for lack of a better word fuse with it so it won't be more than two days for her."
Hiashi's lips twitched downwards at that but he understood. No one wanted to take any chances when it came to chakra battery seals. The last guy who hadn't taken a seal master's warnings about them seriously created the lake in training ground twenty three. Good thing it had been remotely triggered, though it didn't stop the poor fool from losing his right knee cap through flying shrapnel. Shaking his head subtly to clear that thought, he gestured to the seal and said "I assume we could begin the procedure now?" At Naruto's nod, he disrobed himself and bared his back to the blond who wasted no time in placing the paper that held the seal against his back and linked it with the clan leader's chakra. There was a brief pause where nothing happened before the seal flashed once and Naruto removed the paper to reveal an exact copy on Hiashi's skin that was already unfolding itself so that way it could begin its work.
When the seal was properly anchored and beginning to integrate, Hiashi put back on his formal shirt and the two of them left the office to begin applying it to the others. The first ones done were the elders who were furious at what Hiashi had pulled but having a squadron of shadow clones made by the resident Jinchuuriki all looking at them with raised eyebrows and hands purposefully resting over weapon pouches had them seeing things their way. The rest of the main branch members sans Hinata were then given the seals before the branch members were brought in. Once they were done, Hinata was finally brought in and Naruto unsealed a Massive scroll that was the same size as the master summoning scroll for most summons which he partially unrolled showing a sealing matrix that looked to be about twice as complex as the previous seal at a size of two foot square.
Hiashi was actually gaping at it as he said "That's what you had to make to allow it to merge with her chakra battery seal?" The thing wasn't even in its uncompressed form and could still wrap itself around his daughter's torso at least once, and there was the fact that the blond had needed such a large scroll to write out the full seal on as well to consider.
"Yeah, and it wasn't easy, let me tell you." Naruto said shaking his head before he turned to Hinata whose eyes looked like one good hit to the back of the head would have them rolling on the floor they were so wide as she saw the seal. Gesturing at it, he said "I need you to put your hand in the handprint part and link your chakra with the seal."
Much more improved confidence or not, Hinata couldn't help the nervous gulp she gave even as she placed her hand where needed and the rather daunting looking seal lit up. Ten seconds later the glowing symbols began flowing up her arm in a rapid but smooth pace, her chakra battery seal fading into the visual range as the symbols began connecting with it. Three minutes after she had first placed her hand on the seal, the glowing that was visible even under all of her clothing died down and her chakra battery seal faded into invisibility from the naked eye once more. A quick roll of the large scroll before he sealed it back into storage left the room empty of any unused seals and Naruto said "And with that taken care of, every single member of the Hyuuga clan is equipped with the new seal."
Naruto suddenly had an armful of Hyuuga and he let out a little oomph as Hinata thanked him profusely for the seal even as she did her best to make his ribs groan from strain. A quick glance at Hiashi showed that he was amused by the sight even as he traced one of the currently invisible lines of the Guardian seal on his arms. All in all, things were beginning to look up for the clan.
