Tayuya sighed wearily as she saw what awaited her in the clan matriarch's bedroom. "I should've seen this shit coming." She did her best to stifle her yelp when a golden chain yanked her through the door, another gently closing it behind her.
"Hi again Tayuya," Naruto greeted her as he held her from behind, stripping her work uniform from her. "Still with that foul mouth."
"Maybe I should wash it out with soap again," Kushina pondered. As if she was any judge on proper behaviour, kneeling spread-legged on her bed wearing translucent purple lingerie watching her son strip a servant. "Or maybe we should wash it out with something else? No, no," she second-guessed herself immediately, "There's only one place all of that needs to go, ya know? Naruto had such good timing, bringing you into the family proper at this point in your cycle. You might be pregnant already! But," the motherly woman smiled in an altogether too sinister fashion, "Best to be sure, ya know?"
Tayuya swallowed. Partially from nerves of what they planned for her. Partially from arousal, Naruto still being quite skilled at foreplay, even by her standards. "Wait, the fuck does 'be sure' mean?" Getting knocked up wasn't exactly part of her training, but she was pretty sure it just meant getting fucked and letting him cum in her, then hoping for the best.
Why did she think of it as 'the best'? Kin's talk had to have been getting to her, all that crap about how fulfilling it was.
"Don't worry, Tayuya," Kushina 'reassured' her. "You'll see." Her violet eyes flicked to the left, looking at Naruto over the servant's shoulder. "Naruto. We have some observers."
"Observers, huh?" he echoed thoughtfully. "Hinata too?"
His mother clucked her tongue. "She's so desperately needy. It's like she can't keep her eyes off you. Ah, that girl was blessed with a body fit to be bred over and over again."
Tayuya was beginning to feel ignored, her shirt and skirt stripped off, Naruto absently fondling her, kissing her neck as he thought to himself.
"Mom, can you give her a message?" he asked. "If she wants to be in here instead of watching from out there, she needs to soften up her Dad."
The clan matriarch hummed in approval, flaring her chakra until she glowed in two quick pulses before she turned to look at an unassuming part of the wall. "You understand, don't you sweetie?" Kushina asked no one. "Clans are tricky and yours is stiffer than most. Work to get him on board with the idea." A short pause. "Do you want to keep watching?" Another pause, before the elder redhead turned around with a pleased smile on her face. "She understands."
"Great!" the blonde smiled right back at her, kissing the servant in his arms on the cheek. "Now, you two. Let's get started!"
As the blond formed a cross with his fingers, the room suddenly filled far more, the spacious confines suddenly containing four new occupants. Four new duplicates of him. The real him stepped back from Tayuya as chains snaked out from his back, snaring her ankles, binding her hands. Near naked, hanging in the air from a support beam with her ankles pinned behind her head. "Oh shit."
As Naruto's chains moved his newest lover to a corner, the four clones surrounded the bed, each one staring hungrily at the woman still kneeling there, sliding two fingers over her poorly concealed sex.
Even with the state she was in, it was impossible for Tayuya to tear her eyes away. She wasn't any kind of voyeur like Karin, losing her mind over just the act of sex, desperate to get a peek. She'd seen plenty of sex. Experienced it enough times to know the deal. She didn't get off on watching, and knowing Naruto was pounding his mother was more than enough information. But with no choice in the matter... Just how wrong it was by most standards. Kushina staring, licking her lips as four copies of her son prowled toward her, as they began pulling away what little cover she had. As she welcomed them to take her in every way they wanted, the first presenting his cock to her lips which she took inside her mouth with a delighted hum of affection.
She was starting to see the appeal of watching now. At least for something as extreme and oddly romantic as this. Even as kinky and absurd as it was, there was an affection between the pair that carried over even through clones.
"You like what you see?" Naruto asked, the real Naruto. He stood over her, the chains from his back not even a nuisance to maintain as they kept her suspended from the ceiling. His hands roamed her helpless body, stroking along her thighs, down her belly, over her blooming slit. "Do you want to know what's going to happen? I'm gonna fuck you."
"Yeah, no shit."
"I'm gonna fuck you," he continued, ignoring the interruption. "While they fuck her. But the rule is, none of us get to cum. We're going to hold onto the edge for as long as we can. Then?" She moaned despite herself as he sank into her folds, the motion sending her swinging on the chains, bouncing her against him. "Then, ngh, when one of them can't take it anymore, he'll blow. Then so will the others, one by one. And as they do, I'll feel every single one. I'll fill your womb so full you'll get pregnant just by pressure and volume alone. And then," he slapped a paper sealing tag on the wall. "We'll seal you up, just to make sure."
"You think your, fuck!" She had literally no control! She couldn't even shift to control the momentum of her swings with the grip he had on her ass! And she hated that the show the clones were putting on in the background was actually a huge turn-on! Kushina on her knees getting her asshole pounded, moaning around the cock fucking her throat. "You're getting a little too into this breeding fetish of yours!"
"No such thing as getting too into it, ya know? Besides, Mom's a bad influence."
"Mm-hm!" Kushina hummed in agreement, slurping on cock meat. "I'm the best bad inflmmphmph!" She didn't get to say much before the clone returned her attention to the task she was assigned, stuffing his cock down her throat.
"Oh, wait, boss, we forgot," a yet uninvolved clone realised suddenly. Another set of chains sprouted from the clone's back, ripping the door open, dragging Karin inside. The clone closing the door again as his chains bound a struggling and squealing redhead to another support beam, pants around her ankles but her slick fingers trapped far away from her pussy.
"OH, right! Good looking out!" Naruto praised his clone, giving him a high five as he kept fucking Tayuya.
"No problemo boss. I'll keep her tied up."
"Ah ahwah! Gchamah gah!" Karin tried to speak through the chain suppressing her tongue.
"New ground rule, Karin!" Naruto told her, happily fucking Tayuya as he did. "You wanna watch? This is how you watch! Tied up, unable to touch yourself! No more free rides, ya know! You want in for real, all you gotta do is beg!"
She fought the chain in her mouth. "Not that desperate!" she protested, the chain soon once again securing her mouth.
"You've watched every woman in this house get fucked at every opportunity. I'm gonna bet by now you are that desperate. So you got a choice. Join in, or stop watching and find your fun elsewhere."
He wasn't going to force her. There was no practical reason to do that. She was Uzumaki. Her kids would be Uzumaki no matter what. If she wanted another lover that was fine. If she wanted him, that was fine too. But she had to figure out what she wanted.
... Though he might have been putting the pressure on for her to choose one way more than the other. Oh well. It wasn't like she wasn't leaning that way already, letting his clone fuck her thighs to multiple orgasms.
Three redheads. One chained up on the ceiling, another chained up hanging from the ceiling getting her pussy filled, and the third riding a cock in her pussy while another filled her ass, choking on a third and jerking off a fourth. "I'm getting close!" the one in Kushina's pussy warned. The other in her ass moved out of the way to let him roll Kushina over and get out. Her ass was again filled in short order, her legs held up in the air as the one mostly left out sat on her belly to use her fat tits. At the same time the one she was sucking repositioned, propping her head up to fuck her face. She had cum twice so far.
While Tayuya enjoyed her first, her cunt squeezing tight and gushing around the real Naruto's plunging prick. "Guhhhh, fuck!" she groaned, throwing her head back as she crested the wave of pleasure. "Damn," she sighed, looking over at the gangbang nearby. "They're coordinated, huh?"
"Course they are, they're all me, ya know?" Naruto shrugged like it was obvious.
"Hey, can I use this?" the clone that had been cooling off asked, walking around to Tayuya's head.
"The hell you say?!" the irate tomboy asked.
"What do you think, Tayuya?" the real him asked, ignoring her anger.
She stared at him, at the clone, at the presented second cock. "Fuck it, c'mere." Opening her mouth, she leaned as much as she could, presenting herself. The clone didn't need to be told twice, stepping forward to slip his thick cock between her lips. She hadn't thought about it until it did so, exactly where it had been previously. She knew the flavour of pussy juice coating the clone's cock. Well, nothing for it now, and she'd learned to get used to the idea of pleasuring women so it was no big deal. Hard to get pissed at tasting girlcum when she'd drank from the source before.
"Hey are we sharing now?" one of the other clones asked after noticing what was happening.
"No!" Tayuya answered in a snap, the cock thrusting along her face, smearing her with various fluids. "I'll suck you off for a bit if you want but he's staying in my cunt, got it?!"
"You're getting a little too into this breeding fetish of yours," Naruto repeated back to her with a cocky grin.
"Oh, fuck you!" she snapped at him. "If you're gonna knock me up then fucking do it, pussy!" Her lips wrapped around the needy clone, having said her piece.
The orgy went on. A half hour. Then an hour. Each clone getting a turn with all of Kushina's holes, her soft and fuckable tits, and Tayuya's mouth as a bonus. As the minutes ticked by, breaks became more and more frequent. For the clones and for the original Naruto who was struggling to keep himself contained.
"Think it's time to blow, boss," one of the clones opined, balls deep in Kushina's pussy.
"Thank fuck," Tayuya breathed a weary sigh of relief, the exertions long since starting to get to her. Plus her wrists and ankles were chafing.
"Inside me, baby," Kushina begged the clones, bouncing between the cocks in her pussy and ass. "I want to feel it and taste it as much as I can!"
"Whatever you want, Mom!" the clones agreed all at once.
"Who's going first?"
"I am!" the one taking her mouth announced with a grunt. "Fuck, fuck, oh fuck!" Kushina's lips wrapped around the head, sucking like a hose as if she really was trying to suck the cum out like it was a straw. "Fuck!" Thick, creamy jets of cum soaked her tongue and tainted her palate, the motherly woman savouring the taste for the few instants it rested in her mouth. Then it was gone and so was the clone.
Soon replaced by the one that had been fucking her tits. It barely got to resting on her chin before it too spurted hot cum onto her waiting tongue, painting a line down her face. At the exact same time, the clones filling her lower holes burst at once. For a brief few instants, Kushina got the warm feeling of cum in all of her holes. Her body dropped from the now empty air onto her bed. Her body soaked with sweat. Gasping for breath. A good gangbang really was the best exercise a woman could ask for. Or at least the most fun.
But it was over. For her.
Nearby, Naruto's eyes had widened, his pupils dilated as he felt his own climax approaching, then his clone's slammed into him, followed by the other three. The sound he made was near inhuman as the pleasure of multiple incredibly powerful orgasms had him nearly blacking out. His legs buckled, only holding onto his own chains holding up Tayuya kept him where he needed to be. Dumping more cum into her womb than he thought would ever be possible. It flowed like a river out of his cock, seconds passed. Spurt, after spurt, after spurt, five seconds, ten, then finally his release began to recede. His balls so thoroughly emptied it hurt. But that pain was nothing on the bone-deep exhaustion.
He hung there, supporting his weight on his own chains like a counterweight. Only as he felt the excess cum dribble around his cock did his mind wake up again. He snatched the sealing tag off the wall and carefully lay it over Tayuya's slit, the seal lighting up as he activated it.
"Fuck," Tayuya groaned, "That feels, fuck, it's like like something is sucking my pussy lips!"
"Cool. Feels good. That wasn't," he shook himself, a wave of drowsiness coming over him. "That wasn't expected but... Good."
"Oww..." Another voice whined. Karin, laying on the floor, right below where she had been chained up.
... The clone had popped. Which meant its chains had disappeared too.
Oops.
"Sorry about that, Karin," Naruto apologised, doing his best to sound sincere despite the strong need to yawn.
"Guess we got a little carried away, sweetie," Kushina agreed. Though she sounded far less sorry as she stretched and lounged on her bed. Enjoying the pleasant aches in her most intimate places.
"Whatever," Karin muttered, sitting up, pants still around her ankles. "Naruto..." She grimaced. "C-Can I–?"
"Not now."
"Wha?"
"Karin," this time the blond couldn't stifle his yawn, "I just spent every last bit of energy I had all in one go. I'm barely staying awake. I've got nothing for you." He leaned down to her level, pulling her up to her feet by her shoulders. "Besides, you should go clear your head. Think about it for real before you decide, ya know? You don't need to make a choice now."
"But... But I..." The half-formed protests were only amusing coming from the girl with desperately red face and glasses askew. "You...! You freaking clit-tease!" His cousin pushed past him, stomping toward and through the door.
"Wha–! Clit-tease?" Naruto echoed, watching after her. "Who even taught her a term like that?"
"Who knows," Tayuya answered with an aura of smugness. "Mystery of the fuckin' universe, am I right? So you gonna let me down or–? Oof!" Her smugness only partially died as the chains suspending her suddenly vanished, letting her drop ass-first onto the solid floor. "Heh. Heheh."
"Come here," Naruto sighed in frustrated affection for his most mouthy and irrepressible lover. Taking her hands in his, he pulled her up, supporting her on his shoulder as he walked her to the bed, laying her down in it next to Kushina before climbing in behind her.
"What, I'm sleeping here?" she asked, confused as the more outwardly womanly woman shuffled over to wrap her in her arms without question.
"You're part of the family now, Tayuya," Naruto answered, pressing against her back, his softened cock resting between her thighs not for any sexual reason but simply because it was where it lay. "You remember what I said about Kin? It's the same for you now. You're precious to us and we're gonna take care of you, no matter what."
"No matter what," Kushina agreed.
After everything that happened that day, it was perhaps the strangest turn as far as Tayuya was concerned. Naruto being a teasing flirty asshole, duking it out in a fight and then in sex, Karin getting caught and humiliated for doing dumb shit, getting caught up in the Uzumaki's weird breeding stable thing. That all made sense and, if she were honest, was pretty much how she expected all of this to go way back when she was in a cell in T&I. Used as a toy. Used as breeding stock. That made sense. But the affection... The affection she could tell was fully genuine even though they completely knew she was unrepentantly an asshole. She didn't know what to do with that.
... Also the part where she was sandwiched between mother and son after the son just got done fucking the brains out of both of them. "This is fuckin' weird."
"You'll have plenty of time to get used to it, ya know," Kushina smiled as she rubbed Tayuya's belly. Over the womb still flooded by Naruto's seed. "Welcome to the family, Tayuya."
"... Thanks." She wasn't exactly going to say she was glad to be there.
... Even if she was.
-(-)-
Naruto puffed out a breath trying to keep his composure. He had been taught how to handle just about every social situation. From the simple day-to-day to dealing with clients of the village to merchants to nobles. He knew how to handle himself in most of those situations, though he also preferred to ignore as many of those rules as he could get away with. Most of them got in the way more than they helped. He found a lot of the time being the 'disrespectful' Uzuamki allowed him to cut through the bullshit more often than not. A view his mother agreed with.
And yet. For this, she had made it very clear. That wouldn't fly. The Hyuga were fastidiously formal and proper after all.
He checked he was wearing his formal red kimono properly for the eighth time as he neared the Hyuga Clan grounds. A much more grand and expansive walled estate than the Uzumaki. Fitting for one of the four noble clans of the Leaf. The Uzumaki had been refugees of the Leaf at first, their clan grounds originally a section of the Senju's granted to them by the founding clan and the Third Hokage. From there the Uzumaki had built it into their own little corner of the village, but the disparity between them and the noble clan who had been present for the founding of the village... It was severe. High walls obscuring sight of the grounds. Only the roof of the palatial estate even remotely visible over top of them. Severe and stoic guards standing at the only entrance, their bloodline active as they watched the Uzumaki approach without moving their heads.
The blond felt his mother's hand on his back for just a moment, reassuring him. He had to bring someone. Coming alone to a meeting like this wasn't a faux pas. It wasn't against protocol. But it would be a sign of severe weakness. Putting him closer to a vagrant begging for aid than a clan head in his own right. Unfortunately his choices on who to bring were limited. Karin? A full member, sure, but that was all. And neither he nor Kushina had time to school her on protocol to meet the Hyuga standard. Kin and Tayuya likewise failed. Kin was heavily pregnant. Not a good look to have her serve him in that state, let alone the message it sent given what he was here for. And Tayuya? She actually did have the training for this, but he in no way trusted her to stick to it. Ino and Sakura? They weren't members or servants. They might have been his lovers but they could best be described as tenants for their relationship to the clan as a whole.
Having his mother there to figuratively hold his hand? Not ideal, but the best of a range of poor options.
The gates opened. "Lord Uzumaki," another servant of the Hyuga spoke as she appeared from the other side, not acknowledging the woman standing behind and to the left of Naruto. As appropriate for her station of his attendant for the purpose of the meeting. "Lord Hiashi is expecting you. I will escort you to a room. Lord Hiashi will be ready to receive you momentarily."
More protocol. "Thank you." Displays of power. The Uzumaki were coming to the Hyuga. As such, it was for Hiashi to demonstrate his control and dominant position by having them wait, only seeing them when he decided he was ready.
As they were escorted to the waiting room, as they waited for the Hyuga to be 'ready', Naruto had to remind himself this would be worth it. Hinata was worth it. Worth all this and more. He smiled to himself remembering their first real date. Even after everything they had done she was still so bashful and fidgety, but once she settled down, once he could see the real her... Past all the timidity and the unexpected lustfulness, she was a kind and charming girl who could light up a room with her smile. She was obsessed with him which was odd, and he didn't think he really deserved that kind of devotion. But if he was what she wanted, he could honestly say making her happy and seeing that smile every day was what he wanted.
"Lord Uzumaki."
Naruto's attention turned to the attendant calling for him. One he recognised. "Neji?" He hadn't spent any time at all with the other Hyuga boy. The mission briefing and debriefing from back then was about the extent of it. But both Hinata and Tenten spoke highly of him, even if Hinata had a weird awkwardness about him as a subject.
The Hyuga nodded, giving the recognition no more acknowledgement than that. "Lord Hiashi is ready to receive you now. If you will follow me."
Right. No more moments of peace and reflection and preparation. It was time to be a clan head again. Every time he had to do this he felt like he was faking it, but, Kushina had told him she felt the same way at first.
And at second.
Never really went away for her, actually. She was glad she didn't have to do it anymore.
In any case, it was on him to keep faking it until it felt natural or until he could pass the title on to one of his kids and retire. Just spend his days enjoying life with Sakura and Ino and Tayuya and Kin and–
Hinata. There she was standing beside her father in her own formal wear. Her hair kept in place by a pin that matched her pale lavender eyes.
"Ahem."
The blond froze, realising his mistake at the very first second of the meeting, completely ignoring the man he came to see. Stiffly, he refocused, bowing low and humble. "Lord Hiashi, thank you for this opportunity to meet with you today."
Hiashi Hyuga was a man who was more or less impossible to read. As a clan the Hyuga were devoted to propriety and so for a man of his position, it seemed Hiashi had mastered the art of giving no reaction at all. No outbursts. No anger. Just entirely stone-faced. As such, Naruto couldn't tell whether he had completely fumbled the meeting already or if the man didn't care at all. "Yes. This is of course a matter of great importance to me also." He also bowed, far less deeply than Naruto had, as was proper. "Sit."
"Thank you for your hospitality, Lord Hiashi." The Uzumaki stayed where they were, seating themselves in seiza on the hardwood floor. Hiashi moved to the other end of the room a step above his guests, kneeling on a pillow. Hinata moved far to his left to take her own seat, offering Naruto a smile as she did. Neji, still present in the room, moved off to the side wall. Ready to follow his lord's commands.
"The matter of my daughter," Hiashi spoke, cutting to the root of the subject. Well at least as far as the actual meeting was concerned, the man seemed willing to avoid wasting time. "You are aware that she is the current heir to the Hyuga Clan."
"Of course, Lord Hiashi." Though Naruto knew through Hinata that her position was tenuous. She didn't show the natural talent for the Gentle Fist that her younger sister did, nor did she show the temperament that the Hyuga preferred. Even here and now the nerves and disquiet could be easily read from her expression and body language. But admitting her perceived unsuitability would gain them nothing at all. And calling them out on it would be considered unconscionably rude and probably get him kicked out on the spot.
This was why Naruto hated this protocol crap. It was just something to hide behind so no one could call you out on your bullshit. Saying what you really mean? Why would anyone do that? Honesty is rude.
"Under such circumstances I would normally not even consider this a discussion worth having." Beside Hiashi, Hinata flinched. "However, while Hinata is the presumptive heir, I have been blessed by two daughters and Hanabi has shown prodigious growth and demonstrates herself to have a good head on her shoulders. Should Hinata wish to forfeit her position for this arrangement," the clan head glanced at his daughter, "which she evidently does. I see no reason to dismiss it out of hand."
"Thank you for your consideration, Lord Hiashi."
The stoic man nodded minutely. "We have not spoken much, you and I. However, I have observed you in meetings with the Hokage. From what I have observed, you are somewhat uncouth, prone to outbursts. Not that this is unexpected given your lineage and upbringing." Naruto couldn't tell if that was an insult, but he was fairly sure it wasn't one. He certainly wasn't going to take it as one. He wasn't about to apologise or think less of himself for speaking his mind. "However, minor and not so minor flaws aside, you have proven in this meeting that you can behave in a manner befitting your station. It seems in most circumstances you simply choose not to." He glanced at Hinata again. "This... Is not preferred. But you are an Uzumaki, not a Hyuga. This difference means more than a simple name and I am aware of that. You show respect when respect is needed. That is enough."
Naruto opened his mouth to respond, only to find he had no idea what the hell to actually say to that. "I... I am a guest making a request of you, Lord Hiashi. And not a small one. I should offer you nothing less than the respect you are due and the gratitude owed should you choose to accept."
Hinata quivered, trying and failing to hide her excited smile. He took that to mean he did good with that answer.
"Indeed. Your clan and mine have had our... Disagreements." This time the Hyuga head's eyes flicked not to Hinata but to Kushina sitting behind Naruto. Another mixed blessing of bringing his mother. She had a history with Hiashi, namely vehemently disagreeing with the use of the Caged Bird seal. However, while her presence reminded of that disagreement, her status as an attendant for this meeting displayed clearer than anything else could that she was no longer in charge. "However, I am willing to look past these difficulties. In principle, I would not be opposed to a match between you and my daughter."
"I am honoured to have your approval, Lord Hiashi." Tentative as it was.
And thus began the difficult part. Negotiations. They ran long enough that Neji was asked to fetch tea. Terms being hashed out for what exactly the agreement between the two clans would mean. As it went on, it felt more and more to Naruto like he was buying Hinata. And his having to argue she not immediately be chosen as his wife made it all the worse. Thankfully Ino and the Yamanaka being so accommodating helped him there. His blonde lover despite being first, despite being from a prominent clan, was not his wife. To demand Hinata get that kind of treatment would be a severe insult to the Yamanaka from both the Hyuga and the Uzumaki. An untenable arrangement.
So yes. Less buying a wife. More buying a concubine. Hinata's slight flush as she also realised this did not help.
And the fact that it wasn't even the difficult part of the negotiation. There were minor agreements hashed out between the two clans. Agreements for the Uzumaki to provide sealing services to the Hyuga for a stipulated period. Work that he would hopefully be able to pawn most of off to Karin as 'training'. But the most significant thing the Hyuga demanded wasn't for sealing, in fact it was for the opposite.
Hiashi was asking for two things. One. That the Uzumaki would cease any attempts to interfere with their use of the Caged Bird seal. Two. That Hinata have the Caged Bird applied to her as the arrangement was finalised.
Naruto's brow furrowed. He didn't want either of those. He could practically feel his mother stiffening behind him. The disagreement over the Caged Bird was a fight she lost, but still not one she was willing to set aside. And Hiashi was demanding Naruto force her to do so.
Well. At least one of them was very simple. "My sincerest apologies, Lord Hiashi. But the application of the Caged Bird seal to Hinata is in no way acceptable. This is not a negotiable factor of the agreement."
As per usual, Hiashi showed no outward emotion. His daughter, and oddly enough, Neji, did it for him. "Likewise, the protection of the Byakugan is also non-negotiable."
"Then the Byakugan shall be protected," Naruto agreed. "However, in Hinata's case, it will not be by the Caged Bird seal. We can craft one with the same effect of protecting the eyes from harvest and self-termination in the event of capture." He closed his eyes for a second, putting together how best to word his point. "Lord Hiashi, respectfully, there is not a clan in the Elemental Nations that would allow another clan the amount of control over one of their members as the Caged Bird grants the Hyuga." He saw the other man's eyes close. Knew he was considering rejecting the match outright. "However... Should that be permissible as a method of protecting Hinata in this case... I'm willing to agree that I and the Uzumaki as a clan will drop the issue of the Caged Bird seal, so long as I remain clan head."
He didn't need to look to know Kushina was unhappy with this decision. He did see that Hinata was unhappy with it.
But, Hiashi nodded. "These terms are acceptable. Very well. Once Hinata's promotion to Chunin is made official, the seal you speak of will be applied to her and she will be permitted to leave the Hyuga and join the Uzumaki, in whatever role you would have for her, be that as your legal wife or simply the mother of your children. Should they also bear the Byakugan, the same seal shall be applied to them."
"Thank you for your gracious acceptance, Lord Hiashi. You have my word that I shall cherish Hinata and protect her to the best of my ability."
More proper etiquette to be observed as the Uzumaki gradually progressed toward their exit, but the meat of the meeting was over. Naruto played along with the ways of the Hyuga for the rest of the meeting. Hiashi knew he hated it. Everyone knew he hated it. But the respect and deference was important, especially now that Naruto had officially gained permission to be with Hinata. The arrangement wasn't final until she became a Chunin on paper as well as in practice. He needed to play along at least until then and ideally even afterward. No matter what, Hiashi was still Hinata's father. It was best to get along with him as well as he could, just like for Ino and Sakura's parents.
"I'm proud of you," Kushina told him once they were finally free of the estate, giving him a sad smile. "Still disappointed, ya know. But... Proud. Guess I haven't been doing much for the fight against that ugly seal recently but I thought with the Hyuga girl so smitten... Well... Never mind."
"Never mind what?" Naruto asked, feeling much more at ease about how the whole thing went. In fact he felt pretty proud of himself.
"Naruto..."
She was really distraught about this. He bit his lip. "Let's get home."
He rushed her a little, bringing her along as he took the faster rooftop route back to the Uzumaki compound. There, he quickly grabbed paper and ink.
"Naruto?" his mother asked, confused.
"Let's see, something like..." To anyone but a sealing master, what Naruto was drawing would look like a work of art but to him and Kushina it was a mad scribble of ideas as he put together something particular. "Maybe with the counterflow like... Yeah, that'll work!" Another quick bout of calligraphy and he charged the seal he created with chakra. Chakra that then burst out of it, covering the room in it. "Hyuga see chakra, so places dense with chakra are harder for them to see properly, ya know!" he grinned at his mother.
"Sweetie, if you wanted to talk in a way the Hyuga couldn't see there are already seals and techniques for that."
"Yeah, but I'm in a good mood and was feeling creative," the blond shrugged, smiling. "Mom, what do you think I gave up in there?"
"Naruto, I know it might not mean much to you," Kushina tried, surprised at his casual attitude to that abomination of a seal, "But trying to get rid of that seal meant a lot to me and it looked like it did to Hinata too. And now we can't do anything about it. I agree it's better than stamping her forehead with it but–"
"Why can't you do anything about it?" he asked, grinning wider.
"Because you just agreed for us not to!"
"Yeah," he shrugged. "We can't do anything. I can't do anything. The Uzumaki as a clan can't do anything." He winked at her. "Come on, you've been doing this politics crap way longer than I have!"
"... As a clan," she realised. "The Uzumaki as a clan can't do anything."
He clapped his hands. "There it is!" He leapt up and kissed her on the forehead before wrapping his arms around her. "Did you really think when I knew how much it meant to you I'd sign that away? I had to think pretty quick but there was a blind spot. Hiashi was right. The Hyuga and the Uzumaki are way different, ya know? The Hyuga march in lock step so Hiashi's used to declarations as a clan being followed by all members without question but we don't do things like that. If you and Hinata want to campaign against the Caged Bird, I can't help, and you can't do it in the Uzumaki's name, but you can do it. And hey! Bonus, as soon as Hinata is one of us, there'll be an alternative seal they'll have to find arguments to not use!"
Kushina stared at her son, flummoxed as she realised exactly what Naruto had done. "I was gonna say he let you get away with some things, ya know? That he went easy on you because Hinata's still his daughter and all... But... But you actually got one over on him?!"
"Kinda?" he smiled, scratching his cheek in embarrassment at the awe and praise. "I mean he can still argue otherwise but it is the letter of the agreement. Guess I'd better get Hinata pregnant as soon as I can when it's all sorted so he can't try to just undo it."
Kushina squealed with both pride and joy. "My baby can be smart sometimes!"
"Hey! That hurts, ya know! You should be nicer to me for working my butt off to get this to go so well!"
"Sweetie, we're gonna go take a bath so I can be as nice to you as you want."
