Money and Politics

In the evening at the Hyuuga Mansion

Naruto & Hinata were having dinner at the Hyuuga mansion with Hiashi and surprisingly enough the atmosphere was cordial as Hinata and Naruto spoke with Hiashi about their current financial situations or to be more precise Hinata had persuaded Naruto to ask Hiashi for advice on his finances or to be more precise she had threatened to stop sleeping with him unless he agreed to what she suggested. Needless to say that Naruto quickly agreed to her suggestions.

Hiashi interrupted Naruto's thoughts and said "Naruto my boy, you seem preoccupied is everything alright, anything I can help you with, after all I do believe that is why you're here aren't you?"

Naruto let out a sigh before grinning and said "yes, you are correct Father sama I am afraid I am facing a bit of a cash pinch, if you recall I told you about the Land of Waves, it was a small town that reinvented themselves after the Akatsuki war as a prominent company of shipwrights and bridge builders which has been established for seven years. This is currently the Headquarters of the Kousaka-Hanzo Security firm.

Anyway to make a long story short we have so far built three out of four Docks, with two docks built by Mayor Tazuna and his men and a third and fourth dock was built by my Security firm and myself. Unfortunately due to circumstances beyond our control, I need to pay the complete amount remaining from my end before the work can continue. Unfortunately I have much of my money tied up in long term investments and non liquid assets and I can't pay the bill so to speak, so..."

Hiashi interrupted the young man's ramblings and said "no need to explain further Naruto san, I understand your situation. Hinata was kind enough to send me a copy of the contract you have with the Land Of Waves as well as the amount due last week."

Naruto glared at Hinata briefly before replying "I see, it seems my wife to be does not trust my judgment and must resort to going behind my back and threats to get her way."

Hiashi smiled as he saw Hinata's face go red in anger and embarrassment as she opened her mouth to retaliate. However before she could say anything he interrupted her and said "my dear boy one thing you must realize about financial is that it is not as simple as creating a Shadow clone to complete a Rasengan. So far you have lucked out in business transactions because you have so far dealt with likeminded people who either owe you a favor in some shape or form or thus greatly admire you and don't want to take advantage of you, however many businessmen are…."

Naruto interrupted Hiashi and said "you made your point Father-Sama, I apologize but I sometimes forget that Hinata has much more experience and expertise in this area than I do, but you will have to forgive me, after all it goes against my Nindo to go back on my word. However Hinata has been trying for many years to make me understand that business is much like Shougi and Genjutsu, two areas I have never had much success in."

Hiashi rather than be angry at being interrupted, smiled indulgently and said "Apology accepted Naruto, now coming back to the business proposal, I have made a few changes to the contract, while many of them are Mundane there are only two of importance, previously your Security Group own fifty percent shares combined, while the Wave Country owned the other fifty percent with the contract running a total of ten years. I have made a slight change where in I will purchase half of the Shares by The wave country. I will additionally loan you the money for your shares which I will keep as collateral until you can pay me back the money you owe me in a few months. Additionally I have also created a clause that states that if They extend our contract for another Ten years, the Wave country will have Fifty one percent voting rights if they so choose."

Naruto finally opened his mouth but Hinata was quicker "that is fine, Father-sama, after all you're a Shareholder in our Hotel business as well, I assume you did that to ensure that the Wave Country did not feel threatened by our actions after all they are the weaker party, however I have another idea to make sure the deal is favorable for all concerned. I believe it would be best if we created a formula so that there is no incentive to cheat any of the other shareholders out of their shares."

Hiashi smiled at his daughter and said "excellent idea my dear, you truly have a good head for business." He then turned to Naruto and said "I hope you realize the priceless gem you have obtained in my Daughter Namikaze Naruto. If it were not for her and her skills in diplomacy, I have no doubt you would have been a Pauper in no time."

Naruto grumbled good naturedly and said "yes, i am aware of that fact, in fact it is something Hinata chan loves to remind me at least twice a day, I believe her exact words are I am genius at fighting but hopeless at Business, which is why she has taken the reins of our Business ventures and created a Business co-operation around it which she has named: "The Pearl Gama."

Hiashi laughed and said "well Naruto, it seems your finally learning the most important rule of marriage and that is that no matter what Shinobi rank you hold, your wife will always be the commanding officer."

Naruto was about to open his mouth to reply but was silenced by an angry glance from Hinata and quickly changed what he wanted to say "Well father, she isn't my wife yet, but hopefully if all goes according to plan and the Yamanaka, Akimichi, Nara, Inuzuka clan and Aburame clans have finally settled their internal political issues due to the recent marriages of Kiba and the others and once they have formally taken the position of Clan Heads.

Although I have to say Shikamaru had a masterstroke of brilliance when he persuaded Neji and the others to ascend the throne on the same day and that to have the Fire Daimyo and Te Hokage perform the Coronation ceremony, this will send a clear political message to our allies and enemies alike that the Clans of Konoha are unified together to protect the Fire Nation, by that time my preparations will also be complete and I can finally steal her away from you by the end of the year, and she can finally become Hinata Namikaze instead of Hinata Hyuuga."

Hiashi nodded sagely and said "indeed it is high time for the Younger Generation to take the reins of the world and for us old fools to retire in peace as we play Shogi and drink our sake, he then laughed at his own remarks and said "but when dealing with Konoha's Number one Unpredictable Ninja, when anything ever goes according to plan?"

Everybody laughed at that comment as they continued their dinner and conversation, with Naruto actively taking part in the conversations. With his financial worries resolved he was now the life of the dinner party as he once again regained his jovial mood.