"When's the wedding?" was Kiana's first question as Naruto walked in with two Hyuuga. "Can't say it's a first that an Uzumaki married siblings, but I guess we'll - why is there a Prisoner Seal on her head?"
"Huh, so it is Uzumaki," Naruto thought out loud. "Slipped my mind to ask a few years back," she added to her aunt figure. "Also, Neji's a boy," she added.
"Oh," Kiana said. She looked at Jenny. Then back to Naruto. "Are you going to take it off?"
Naruto inspected it. It barely resembled a Prisoner Containment Seal - and then it clicked. This was a mix of the seal, added to it was the punishment seal Kazama had been forced to brand Kiri prisoners with during the time of Kiri, Iwa, and Kumo destroying Uzushio.
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Now, Naruto slowly got madder as she realized this. With every breath, her eyes were stained with red, a cause for concern for Neji.
But Naruto released her grip on his shirt, and she took a deep breath.
"Who was it that died this day in your clan?" she asked Neji, who forced himself to stay calm.
"Hyuuga Hizashi," he whispered.
"Hyuuga Hizashi," she said, and tipped forward, her eyes rolling in the back of her skull.
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Something wasn't quite right. She was a bystander - of course, but as soon as he 'died', Naruto was transported to a different area.
So he was alive. She had felt something similar to this before.
"Who are you?" A version of the Hyuuga clan head looked at Naruto with confusion.
"You're supposed to be dead," she said blankly. "Actually, you know what? Let me guess. You're still alive through a Life Suspension Seal. Damn it all. They must've forced an Uzumaki to make the seal, though. Oh, and the only reason I came here today was because I need answers. And your power of the Gentle Fist. Sorry again for stealing your doujutsu, but I promise that it will die with me," she told him. Her blue eyes were wide.
"You're Kushina's daughter," was what he said. "Uzumaki Kushina's daughter. You know, Minato and I once had a -" He caught himself.
Naruto's mouth had dropped open.
"No," she whispered. "I can't - I have to go! I'll send a message to the Uzumaki in Kumo." She looked shaken.
Before he could respond, she was gone. And once again, he was left alone.
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Naruto's eyes shot open as she was being steadied by Tayuya.
Her confused feelings could wait. Right now, she needed the Byakugan.
"Byakugan," she hissed, veins sprouting out of what was supposed to be pupil-less blue eyes, but her eyes did have a pupil that looked so much like the Sharingan. The pale blue surrounding it was streaked with Kurama-red.
"Let's go have a chat with Hiashi," Naruto snarled.
There was an energetic agreement.
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Hyuuga Hiashi was having tea when the wall next to him exploded.
The Kyuubi jinchuuriki glared at him with odd-looking eyes.
"Hiashi, honey," she said with sarcasm. "You never call, you never write. I'm beginning to think we're not friends anymore."
She stepped in.
"There's no need to call anyone," she said pleasantly. "You'll find that, thanks to my clan... All of yours is incapacitated."
Rage. That's what filled her eyes.
"And I had to steal a little something from your clan," she said with an ugly little smirk. "But hey, it's okay. You only stole Uzumaki seals that belong to us and us alone. Right?"
Hiashi swallowed.
"Now, if you'd used the one the Uzumaki created in order to prevent doujutsu from being stolen... Well, we'd be having an entirely different conversation. Now, if you want to live, you will hand over all of your research on the Caged Bird Seal, I keep what I have stolen, and then I help you with the unfortunate problem I have. If you want to die, well, that's another story. And if you want your daughter back, safely, then really - you'll cooperate."
"Animal," Hiashi snarled. The jinchuuriki merely stared at him for a moment before smirking.
"Yep." She grinned. "Live or die, Hiashi-honey?"
He stared at her. His lip twitched.
She was serious, but she kept calling him that.
In such a weird tone. Like she was trying to seduce him or something.
"Fine," he managed. "Can you bring Hinata and Neji back safely?"
"Yeah, just let me see the seals, Hiashi-baby."
He snorted, then tried to cover it with a cough.
But it was too late.
"Naruto, I told you not to overdo it on the nicknames!" a voice called. An elegant-looking Uzumaki woman was staring at the Uzumaki head.
"But I was experimenting!"
Hiashi stood. "Hikimo, would you bring me the scrolls?"
The kind Elder entered the room, looking away from the older Uzumaki.
Then... "I THOUGHT YOU WERE DEAD, HIKIMO!"
Hiashi looked at Hiki, to see her sweatdropping and backing away. "Kiana, I -"
"Kiana, I just realized something," Naruto intervened, her eyes back to normal instead of the demonic-looking ones. "If Konoha was founded about sixty-something years ago, were you here at the founding?"
"Nope," Kiana replied. "I was ill. I had not eaten the Holy Food for a week."
"Oh," Naruto nodded. "Hiashi-san, thank you. Kiana?"
Kiana nodded, taking the scrolls, scowling as she read them.
"And there's another thing I need to talk to you about." Naruto said, looking nervously at Hikimo. Hiashi blinked.
"Hikimo is one of the only Elders I trust," he informed Naruto.
"Okay, well here goes nothing." Naruto squared her shoulders. "Your brother is alive, and in Kumo, most likely held under a Life Suspension Seal that was forcibly created by Uzumakis.'
Hiashi stared at her.
