Sorry for the delay, Gencon UK, writers block and job search have delayed this chapter badly, hope for more and better stuff in short while. Next time I hope also to cover all the great reviews I've gotten and answer some of the very clever questions I've gotten.
Uzimaki Naruto has many admirable qualities.
He is a dedicated ninja, he is a compassionate person and he has an almost unshakable amount of determination.
He also has some character flaws, among these is a tendency to "act out" under pressure and take action without considering alternatives.
In short order this is going to cause him some difficulty.
Hyuuga Hisashi nodded as "Hinata" was lead into her room. "Change her into her formal kimono and then bring her to the central court" he instructed a maid.
He turned to his younger daughter.
"Hanabi, if Hinata attempts to...resist the betrothal at all, you are to subdue her so it can be completed smoothly, it is important that this occurs without entirely without incident, the Hidden Mist are very proud of their Icthian bloodline"
Hanabi was puzzled; Hinata was far too timid to object to any of her fathers' wishes. "Father why would she..."
Hisashi handed Hanabi a photo "This is her future husband"
Hanabi went whiter than normal "Is...is...it even human?"
"Of course he is, he is a very advanced bloodline, with those eyes I hope for some interesting developments in the Byakugan"
And of course it neatly removes her from the path of succession he added silently.
He frowned at the rising noise from Hinatas room, it wasn't like the girl to object so loudly to being dressed by maids. He turned and strode quickly to meet his important guests.
Sasuke awoke to a strange pressure on his chest, to mounting horror he realised that someone was stting on his chest and licking his face, He lept from the bed throwing off the person who was perched on top of him "Sakura, Ino NO! For the last time, I'm an avenger, a man with a dark purpose (and fantastic hair) and I travel to that purpose alo..."
He trailed off as he realised that strangely it wasn't his fangirls that had invaded his home once more. He was in an odd house and the person on him had been...Himself?
Recollection struck him like Itachi did that day when Sasuke derided his choice of nail polish...damn he was on about Itachi again.
Focus Sasuke focus...what had happened yesterday?
Oh lord...he was in the dog boys body...and his hair was a total mess.
"Come-come Kiba, breakfast ready" Sasuke barked and then turned and bounded down towards the kitchen..
"What the hell?" exclaimed Sasuke "You're Kiba you dobe"
A small white dog wormed its way from under the covers "No you baka" it growled "I'm Kiba, that's Akamaru"
Sasuke fainted.
Tsunade sighed deeply, her enormous bosom quivered exquisitely, her twin peaks...sorry, got a bit distracted there.
She'd expected lots of things when she became Hokage, she expected hard choices, life or death battles and diplomatic crises with other villages. In many ways she was looking forward to them, they held many of the same thrills as gambling with outcomes relying on the quality of her decision rather than her own rather suspect luck.
Instead it was reports,
Reports and paperwork, how had Sarutobi and the Fourth coped?
She sighed again as Shizune launched into her list of morning meetings;
"First you have Shikimaru's report on their mission, then Hyuuga Hisashi is coming in to get you to recognise and authorise his daughters engagement, then..."
Shizune was interrupted by a slow lazy knock on the door.
Tsunade eager for any interruption exclaimed; "That must be Shikimaru, COME IN!"
"Ino" slumped into the room, clad in a chunnin vest and tossed a parcel onto the Fifth Hokages desk in a careless fashion.
"Ok, we went to the village to get the "package" but it had already been stolen by three Sound-nin. We chased them down and got the package back and returned here...can I go now?"
Tsunade and Shizune stared incredulously at "Ino"
"Ino, why are you giving the report and not Shikimaru?"
"And why are you wearing a chunnin vest?"
"Ino" groaned "Damn this is troublesome"
And he started to explain.
Naruto struggled to remain calm, he had been grabbed by two Hyuuga branch family members and dragged to the Hyuuga estate then forced into a kimono by two maids who seemed deeply perplexed by his embarrassment and him screwing his eyes shut for the duration of the disrobing. All that kept him from completely losing his temper and escaping from this ordeal was Shikimarus orders to keep this quiet until he had had a chance to talk to the Hokage. So Naruto had decided to play along, reasoning that whatever was about to happen couldn't be that bad. He was now standing in front of a fine screen door, where he had been told to wait to be admitted.
The door slid open and a small girl exited. "Its time Hinata...and I'm sorry, even if you are weak I'm not sure you deserve this." The small girl whispered softly. Naruto advanced carefully, deserve what he thought? Is Hinata in some kind of trouble?
He froze on entering the room. There were 4 "people" in it, a man he thought was Hinatas father, two blue skinned guys who looked a lot like that Atasuki Shark guy both wearing forehead protectors from the Hidden Mist and some squat fat green skinned...slug like...thing with huge black eyes and tentacles! TENTACLES! TENTACLES WITH SUCKERS!
Naruto controlled his mounting panic. He couldn't mess this up for Hinata or Shikimaru.
Hinatas father turned to him, "Ah Hinata, I'd like you to meet your new fiancé, Icythia Yoshi."
The green thing waved three tentacles.
"Hoo-hoo-hoo, hello Hinata-chan" it gurgled.
Certain parts of Narutos brain shut down in self preservation mode, he went rigid. Grimacing Hisashi got up and lead his unresponsive daughter to a cushion beside the squidboy.
"Excellent, Kurohito-san and I will step outside and discuss the final arrangements for this marriage while you too get to know each other."
Hisashi and the older blue skinned man stood and made their way outside.
Naruto was fairly deep into shock at the moment, and its possible that Hinata would have found herself married off to this hybrid if Yoshi had not taken that moment alone to do something rather foolish.
He slipped a tentacles under Hinatas kimono and burbled, "We're going to have a lot of fun Hinata-chan"
Kurohito turned to Hisashi; "I must say your daughters' grasp of decorum is impressive, most people are taken aback by Yoshis ah...unique appearance, she showed remarkable poise."
Hisashi smiled nervously "Well..."
Anything else he would have said was interrupted by a tremendous crash and high pitched squealing. They both turned towards the fine door, just in time to see Yoshis bodyguard hurtle through the screen door. Trough the hole left by his passage, they could both see "Hinata"strangling Yoshi with one of his own tentacles.
Kurohito gasped "Young master" and dashed towards the struggling couple. "Hinata" dropped her choking fiancé and seized a steaming teapot off the antique table bearing the ancestral tea set of the Hyuuga and hurls the scalding contents into the Mist shinobis face. Kurohito recoiled in agony. Before Hisashi could react a small blur shot past him heading towards her sister.
Hanabi was confident of her ability to subdue her sister, her mastery of the Hyuuga ryu was far greater than her sibling and Hinata lacked the aggression every true warrior needs to claim victory. Hanabi was prepared for almost any attack from her elder.
Now a word about Narutos school of fighting, put simply he has none. Naruto unlike nearly every other shinobi in the village has not been taught even the most basic taijitsu forms let alone anything as refined as the Hyuuga ryu. In many ways this is a disadvantage however it has made fighting Naruto a dicey proposition for many genin as he is almost totally unpredictable, other genins will rely on traditional family form or tried and trusted tactic. For Naruto everything and anything is a weapon.
With mounting panic Naruto realises a fourth opponent is now heading towards him, time to escape he thinks, apologising silently to Hinata and Shikimaru for screwing up so badly.
Hanabi was prepared for almost any assault from her rebellious sister...however any assault did not include "Hinata" seizing the antique table from the centre of the room and smashing her over the head with it. Though a skilled ninja, Hanbi is still only 8 and a table to the head will take down even the most precocious child. She hit the ground like a sack of potatoes. With that final blow struck and pausing only to kick Yoshi in a very delicate place, Hinata vaulted out of the closest window and out of view.
Kurohito struggled to his feet "Hisashi, for this insult the marriage agreement is void and I will see to it your daughter never marries outside this village...
He babbled on for several more seconds but Hisashi was no longer listening.
That was not his daughter, he was sure of it and he would discover who had just so greatly insulted and interfered with his actions and by extention those of the Hyuuga clan.
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