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Chapter 1
Strangers in the Night
'The words just never seem to come out when I am near him,' Hinata thought to herself. She was laying in her bed, it was 1:30 am and most of the Hyuuga clan was already asleep. After another few minutes, Hinata fell asleep as well.
Three months had passed since Konoha's confrontation with Akatsuki. Seven of Akatsuki's members died at the hands of Konoha and its allies. Itachi managed to escape at the last minute, while the ninth member was never found. The downfall of Akatsuki was at a high price to Konoha however. Several of the hidden leafs best ninja were killed or severely wounded. While none of Naruto's friends were killed, many of them were extremely injured. However all of them made full recoveries and were able to resume their position as Konoha ninjas. Naruto, who was truly the one to save the day, was promoted from Genin, to Jounin. This extremely rare occasion only happened if the unique individual did something extraordinary, while proving his skills as a leader. Naruto matured quite a bit on his journey with Jiraiya, which clearly showed positive results for the young ninja.
Hiashi-sama head of the Hyuuga clan and Hinata's father slowly walked to the central garden of the Hyuuga mansion. As he gazed over the garden, he admired the many beautiful flowers, and trimmed trees, which were planted with extreme care in the ground. He was surprised however when he gazed over to the benches and saw a very unique Hyuuga branch family member, sitting amongst the trees and flowers. It was Hyuuga Neji, Hinata's cousin. Hiashi could tell something had disturbed him, and when Neji glanced over at his uncle, Hiashi motioned for him to approach him.
"You seemed distressed Neji-kun… you really should get some sleep," Hiashi said thoughtfully. A lot had happened between Hiashi and Neji, and after settling their differences they became friends.
"Lets just say I had a rude awakening Hiashi-sama," Neji said, nearly trembling. At that moment, Hiashi looked over at his nephews arm. He noticed a deep gash in his forearm, it was bleeding profusely. It was clearly caused by a shuriken or kunai.
"What happened here Neji!" Hiashi yelled, he then quickly quieted himself as not to wake the other clan members.
"I was walking down the halls, and as I passed Hinata's room, I sensed a presence in the room, besides Hinata…" Neji said jadedly. "Unfortunately he sensed me as well and threw a shuriken so fast that I could not completely dodge it. He then said to me something I was going to tell you as soon as I could…" Hiashi stared at his nephew, he noticed a feeling of concern in Neji's normally unreadable eyes. Neji thought back to what the stranger masked in darkness had said.
"We will obtain the heiress to the Hyuuga clan, the secret to the Byakugan will be ours as well, you will not be able to stop us a second time child…" the voice said…
"And that's what he said, he then vanished after that, even my Byakugan could not find him," Neji said.
"This is terrible we need to alert the Hokage, we can not let my daughter, nor the Byakugan fall into the enemies hands!" Hiashi said, he then alerted the guards to do a security sweep through the mansion.
Slightly outside of Konoha…
"Perverted Hermit, WHAT ARE YOU DOING NOW!" Naruto yelled.
"STOP Calling me that! AND STOP yelling you will disrupt my research!" Jiraiya yelled.
"You're yelling to…" Naruto said. He then looked around the corner where he spotted two girls in rather skimpy bathing suits. "HEY GIRLS LOOKING HOT DOWN THERE!" screamed Naruto at the top of his lungs.
Jiraiya then shook his head, as they both ran away from the angry women, who had begun to throw various hard objects at them.
Back at the Hyuuga Manor…
"I thank you for coming Hokage-sama, I have distressing news for you," Hiashi said.
"Oh great I love distressing news…" Tsunade the 5th Hokage said sarcastically.
"Uh well, we had an intruder in my home last night, Neji encountered him but, he got away, I think they are after the Byakugan…" Hiashi said.
"He got away from Neji huh, he must be good then… Is there a particular target they are after, besides the Byakugan in general," Tsunade said rubbing the back of her head.
"Yes, according to Neji-kun, the intruder told him they were after Hinata, and as I said, the Byakugan secrets," Hiashi replied.
"I see, we will need to hide your daughter then for the time being…" Tsunade said.
"Where in particular were you thinking," Hiashi said.
"I do not believe it is safe to keep her in Konoha, these stealthy ninja may be everywhere, I will come up with an idea give me one minute... Since we both want her to continue her training as a Ninja… I GOT IT!" Tsunade yelled.
"What is on your mind Hokage-sama," Hiashi said perplexed.
"I can send her with my old teammate, he is currently teaching another student at the moment, however I am sure he will not mind. I am positive he will make her stronger, possibly strong enough for her to protect herself from these kidnappers," Tsunade said.
"I… assume… you… don't mean Orochimaru, so are you saying… JIRAIYA!" Hiashi screamed. He was extremely red in the face, and it slightly alarmed Tsunade.
"Yah… well… even though he is not… the most "responsible" around women, he did teach the 4th Hokage, and he is extremely strong. He will be able to protect her," Tsunade replied, trying to ease Hiashi's temper.
"I, guess your right… Who is his other student?" Hiashi asked.
"Err… Uzumaki Naruto is at the moment, Jiraiya wanted to teach him some new tricks apparently…" Tsunade said.
"O GREAT, and N-n-Naruto is going to be there also… what a great bunch of people you are pairing my daughter with…" Hiashi said, he voice was somewhat calm, he seemed to have excepted whatever the Hokage would suggest.
"Well, keep in mind Naruto-kun is one of the villages special Jounin, he can effectively protect your daughter as well." Tsunade said, trying to comfort Hiashi.
"I will… allow it, I suppose if Jiraiya trained the 4th Hokage, I'm sure he will make my Hinata stronger. I hope, nothing happens to her, Tsunade-sama," Hiashi said, Tsunade could detect a slight coldness in his tone of voice.
Hiashi motioned for the guards to bring Hinata into the room where Tsunade and Hiashi were speaking. Three minutes later, Hyuuga Hinata, appeared at the doorway to the room. Tsunade noticed how beautifully Hinata had matured, she had not seen her in a long time.
"Y-yes father, what is it," Hinata said softly.
"Well, my daughter, to get strait to the point, there was a kidnap attempt on you last night. Neji managed to chase away the Kidnapper so you are safe for now. However, these ninja are masters of stealth, the kidnapper got away from Neji with his Byakugan activated… So you are no longer safe in this village, the Hokage and I have arranged that you go train with," Hiashi sighed "Jiraiya-sama, one of the legendary Sannin, he will be able to protect you." Hiashi awaited his daughters reaction to what he had said, and she just stood there motionless. Her jaw then dropped, but she quickly regained her composure
"I… should get packing, then, does master Jiraiya have any other students at the moment?" Hinata asked.
"Well… actually, he does, one of the villages special Jounin, N-nar-" Hiashi was interrupted.
"NARUTO-KUN!" Hinata yelled, it shocked everyone in the room, including the guards. "Oh, sorry, I… uh… better get packing." Hinata then scurried off to her room.
"Well that was interesting," Hiashi said, "I… hope it is a smart move to send her away from home."
'I hope it is a smart move to…" Tsunade thought.
END CHAPTER 1
I will get a follow up chapter done in as soon as possible, at the latest, one week.
