Tsunade screwed her eyes shut and pinched the bridge of her nose.

"So this sound nin scrambled Ino's jutsu and you all swapped bodies?"

"Ino" shifted uncomfortably; "Pretty much, you'd have to ask Ino for the details."

"Then you had better fetch her"

"Hai, Hokgae-sama"

"One thing first, whose body is Naruto in?"

"Ino" sighed "Hyuuga Hinata"

"Hyuu… The Hyuuga Hinata who is usually almost pathologically shy? the Hyuuga Hinata who is getting betrothed today? The Hyuuga Hinata whose father can be a stuck up violent maniac at the best of times, no detectable sense of humour and will likely not tolerate any interference in his plans for his daughter?"

"Um…yeah?"

"And in that body is Uzimaki Naruto, number one show offy, loudmouth, prankster in the village, inveterate meddler, who has notably publicly sworn to become Hokage and change the Hyuuga family, shortly before defeating their current genius."

"Yeah…"

"And you see no danger of serious conflict? Or the blame falling on you?"

Shikimaru was outraged "How can this be my fault?"

Tsunade sighed "You were the leader Shikimaru, everything is your fault,"

Hinata surveyed Narutos kitchen, the cupboards were depressingly bare and a terrible hunger gnawed at her stomach. It felt odd being so hungry, at the same time the state of Narutos home depressed her, his apartment was tiny, and his furniture seemed restricted to a single small bed, a battered couch and a rickty table and chair in his kitchen. It wasn't fair that such a good person had no…

Her train of thought was disrupted by somebody pounding up the stairs and hurling the door open.

It was her...er…Naruto!

He skidded to a halt in front of her.

"Gomen Hinata…I think I just screwed up your marriage very badly"

"Ano…Ano…"

"Your Dad was engaging you to this…well…um…thing? And he did something perverted so I kicked him and…"

"Ano…my dad did something perverted?"

Naruto flushed red (Which is very noticeable on Hyuuga Hinatas face) "Um no, your…thingy did, I didn't catch his name but he seemed to be a squid boy and…"

Hinatas eyes narrowed "An Icythian?" an unfamiliar feeling began to kindle in Hinatas heart.

"An Ickian?" queried Naruto.

"Icythians are a type of ninja from the Hidden Mist, they take on the features and abilities of fish or other sea life." Hinata replied. "And my father was trying to marry me to one?" Hinata began to feel rage gather within her. Sure she wasn't a great ninja, sure her father thought of her as a failure…but still…to marry her off, get rid of her. She fumed impotently, she couldn't go against him but…she'd like to do something.

"Gomen, sorry I think I messed it up for you, but Hinata the guy wasn't nice, he didn't deserve…um"

Hinata gave a start at Narutos last sentence, the anger that had been building in an unfamiliar hearth guttered out.

"Naruto-kun, do you, I mean, I…I think that…" Hinata might have taken that moment to reveal something deep and meaningful to the troubled lonely young boy at that moment something that might have changed the course of their lives and saved some people a lot of pain and injury later on…but for one factor.

Hyuuga Hisashi.

Who chose that moment to burst through the door of Narutos's apartment and seize "Hinata" by the kimono.

"Who are you and where is my daughter!"

And the anger that had been reduced to ash, suddenly flared up again.

"I'm right here father" Hinata replied coldly.

Haruna Sakura gazed upon the ruin of her life.

Which was currently rather than a certain raven haired brooding loner, "her" own face, specifically eyebrows and hair.

This…this just wouldn't do. The jump suit had been easily remedied but the hair was resisting all remedies, hair bands, scunchies, nothing worked.

And the eyebrows…she would never complain about her…"distinctive" forehead again, they well, well they just took the cake, two obese caterpillars squatting above her eyes, who when she frowned looked like they were mating…

This wouldn't do at all…

Luckily Haruno Sakura while currently not tearing it up in the jutsu rankings did know some masters of the less practiced ninja arts. Glancing once more at "her" reflection she knew this would end up being at least a "C" rank mission for HIM.

Tsunade sighed heavily and massaged her impressive, astounding, mountainous, heaving….err forehead (yes that will do…)

"Look, just get Ino and…"

Shikimaru started at her pause.

"Oh great" she sighed "Hyuuga Hisashi has just arrived…"

Now Shikimaru could hear the argument from downstairs.

"Best make yourself scarce while I deal with this."

Shikimaru nodded, glanced around the office, sighed heavily "How troublesome" and for what seemed like the umpteenth time today, hurled himself out the window.

Tsunade listened to Hisashi bull his way past Shizune demanding loudly to see the Hokage, while an unusually boisterous sounding Hinata continued to demand to be let go.

Tsundade, the Legendary Sannin, the Fifth Hokage, the Slug Goddess quickly formulated a master plan to diffuse the situation.

She put her head down and pretended to be asleep.

She did stiffen as Hisashi smashed her door in, a genin in each hand.

"Tsunade I would have words with you!"

Hyuuga clan head or not, he had neither the authority or personal power to address her so cavalierly. She was about to break her cunnin deception when "Hinata" guffayed. "Baka, she's sleeing off a night of booze, well just let me and Hinata go and…"

"I'll do no such thing you little beast, you are going to answer for whatever forbidden jutsu you used to disrupt my useless daughters one chance at a suitable marriage"

Tsunade mentally frowned at that one, Hinata might lack some aggression but she was hardly useless.

"When this fool awakes, she will help decide your and Hinatas punishment"

FOOL! Growled Tsunade, well she'd see about fool.

"What did Hinata do?" and irate Naruto cried.

"Well, she either cooperated in this jutsu and is thus culpable in this or she was so weak that she couldn't stop you from doing this. The latter seems more likely but either way I no longer have anyone to marry her to and that must be answered for."

Inisde Naruto's body Hinatas anger began to bubble over, her fathers constant taunts were bad enough, but in front of her Naruto-kun, calling her weak, using her as a tool, Naruto would think her weak…that she couldn't forgive anyone for.One chance is all she wanted, one chance to tweak her fathers nose.

Her train of thought was interrupted by Naruto spluttering in indignation.

"She's not useless, she had nothing to do with this situation and…and if you need someone to marry her well…well I'll fix that too."

Several things of note then happened.

A warm feeling suffused Hyuuga Hinata's chest, at last he did notice her on some level, and he didn't think she was weak and..and.

Hyuuga Hisashi did a very rare thing, he actually chuckled "What can you do about it? Marry her" He guffawed cruelly "Uzimaki Naruto, married to my daughter" he shook with laughter at the very idea.

And Tsundae grinned and thought "Bingo"

Immediately Tsunade stretched languorously and made a show of waking up. "Ah Hisashi-san I see you are here about your lovely daughter Hinata's betrothal."

Before Hisashi could correct her she forged ahead "And I see you've even brought the groom, very well, Uzimaki Naruto" she said she said addressing the body of Naruto "Do you accept this proposal?" She winked at an angle so that only Hinata could see the quick eye blink.

Hinata froze for half a second, this accomplished so many things, it got her father back and it brought her and Naruto-kun well, she couldn't think about that, all she

could do was stammer:

"Y-y-yes"

"Well then" Tsunade smiled malevolently "Its all official and binding"

Sorry for the horrific delay, life kicked my ass for a while but the next few should hopefully be along sooner, and that's a promise on my Ninja Way!