Naruto and Hinata had arrived at the Hyuuga family mansion. Hinata suddenly felt a bit apprehensive as she opened the door, but she shook it away. Whatever problems there were, she knew she could solve them with Naruto at her side. They paced into the library unnoticed, then they were greeted by a man in light clothing, who stopped his reading and looked at them expressionlessly, yet they could sense he wanted an answer. It was Hiashi, Hinata's father.
"F..Father..." Hinata stammered, then she remembered her new found confidence, and decided that she could be brave in front of her father too.
"Father, I just got out of hospital recently, and this is Uzumaki Naruto, my..er...my boyfriend"
Hiashi looked at him with a mixture of disgust and respect, as he remembered how Naruto had defeated the Hyuuga genius, Neji, and he knew about the Kyuubi.
"Uzumaki Naruto...I watched your match with Neji. You beat one of our strongest. Impressive."
"Hey old man, I'm going to become Hokage one day. No Hyuuga can stop me even if he is a genius. Especially if he beats up Hinata like Neji did. I just can't lose until I reach my goal."
He said these words proudly, and as he did he smiled reassuringly at Hinata, so that she was sure everything would be fine.
Hiashi said emotionlessly "I don't care about you two being together, just don't cause trouble for my family and don't hurt Hinata or I won't be forgiving."
He put down his book and walked out, as dark and impressive as ever.
"Hey you're father's not such a bad guy after all" Naruto grinned.
"Well, considering this is the first time he's seen me since I got out of hospital, actually since I fainted during your match with Neji, he totally forgot that I just woke up from a coma and he almost completely ignored you..."
"Hey, Hinata-chan, at least he didn't kill me which he looked like he wanted to do. Plus he probably just doesn't want to show me emotion, if you came back alone I'm sure he would have treated you much better."
"I'm sure..."Hinata said sadly. She understood her father much better than he did.
"Cheer up Hinata-chan, lets look for that book we're here for!"
Half an hour later they were walking out of the mansion, and after they were out of sight of the white eyes (which is quite a fair way) they began joking and laughing, each reveling in the other's presence. Already the relationship had changed them both – Hinata had become more confident and outgoing while Naruto had become slightly more sensitive and gained a measure of self control. Even the cold glances turned to wonder as they saw their happy walk along the streets.
They reached the training grounds again, where Lee and Sakura were still training, and Naruto wondered how Sakura had become so determined – any time before she would have given up and returned home already. They walked up to Sakura and proceeded to carry out their plan.