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Three Years Later
The atmosphere in Hyuuga clan was always strict and cold until Naruto Namikaze was in Hiashi's house three years ago. Many Hyuuga clansmen, even the ever stoic Hiashi, enjoyed the warmth and cheerful attitudes brought by the blond boy. Some, however, didn't appreciate it.
There were even several attempts on Naruto's life outside the Hyuuga Compound, luckily for the boy they were halted by Hiashi and his clan members. The number gradually decreased due to the severe punishment imposed by the Hokage: a one way ticket to the Torture and Interrogation Department, much to a certain scarred captain's delight as he began to practice enhancing his interrogation skills on his new practice targets. This paved the way for Ibiki Morino's ascension to the head of T&I Department later.
"One day I am gonna thank the boy."
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October Tenth
"Hi Jiji!" Naruto called out affectionately and hugged the Sandaime for coming to his birthday party. Today was Naruto's third birthday. The Hokage, and many clan heads came with their heirs/heiresses to join Naruto's birthday party in the Hyuuga Compound.
There were many presents for Naruto, including a nightcap present from his godfather who wrote an apology letter for his absence. Among the presents were many from the Hyuuga Branch house members, anonymously.
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One Month Ago
Hinata was flanked by two Main house elders, and in front of them was a trembling Branch house female member and her eyes were watery.
"Hinata-sama, this is easy, just do this hand seal we showed you." Elder Kakuei instructed.
"S-She just accidently bumped to me when she was doing the house cleaning and she already apologized," Hinata asked worriedly and she had seen the terrible effect of the Caged Bird Seal. 'Why did she deserve such a punishment?'
"You are the Hyuuga heiress. You should put those low place Branch house members to learn their place. They must know that they are to serve to Main house." Another elder named Noboru said in an arrogant tone.
"No! I won't do it! It is not right!" The young Hyuuga heiress shook her head fiercely and defied their demand, and they sighed.
"I am disappointed in you, Hinata-sama. For a Main house member, you are weak and a failure to do the necessary task." Kakuei's voice was icy cold, and the remark struck home. They started to call her weak whenever she spoke. The young girl's eyes began to water.
"Fine, fine then. I'll do this on your behalf, you can thank me later, heiress." Noboru said in a mocking tone and was preparing to activate the seal.
*Splash* The elders were struck with something brown. They turned towards the source and saw Naruto Namikaze holding a mud ball on each hand.
"Hey! Don't bully Hinata-chan and that aunty!" The blond boy shouted. Before he could throw the next mud balls at the two elders, he was shocked that Noboru and Kakuei appeared in front of him.
"You little brat, you ruined our silk kimonos! You don't know how expensive they are!" Noboru slapped him on both cheeks, before Kakuei punched him in the stomach, making him bend over.
"I don't care that you are under Hiashi's and the Hokage's protection," Kakuei said as he readied another punch. "But we are teaching you respect!"
"Bullies don't have my respect!" Naruto shouted with fury in demonic tone. The Hyuuga elders were shocked and scared to see the boy's red slitted eyes.
"AARRRHHHH!" Kakuei screamed as Naruto's sharp teeth buried deep into his right arm. Before Noboru could do anything, the whiskered blond leapt at him and slashed his right cheek with his left claw-hand, leaving deep permanent scars.
The two elders' screams and the spike of Kyuubi chakra attracted all other Hyuuga adults and they rushed to the scene. Everyone was stunned at what they saw, and they quickly separated the two parties before thing got uglier. Hitomi had to spend the whole afternoon to soothe her daughter and surrogate son.
In the end this secretly earned Hinata and Naruto the love and respect from the Branch house, but the enmity of most of the Main house members, especially the elders.
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There were presents from the Hyuuga main house members for Naruto, only a few and those included from Hinata and her parents though.
Naruto was very happy. He had a happy life and a loving surrogate family with Hiashi's and Hizashi's families.
While all the other adults in the party enjoyed the party hosted by the Hyuuga, Fugaku Uchiha silently stood in a corner alone leaning on a tree with his arms folded watching Naruto playing with other young children, including his sons Itachi and Sasuke.
Looking at Naruto, he knew the boy was also a victim of the Kyuubi's Attack and still had to deal with a great deal of hardship from the village. Many people still hated him and secretly referred him as the "Kyuubi brat" or "demon" and even had several attempts on his life.
Today was the also the three years anniversary of the Kyuubi's Attack, which also started the ostracizing of the Uchiha clan. The matters on false accusations and insults against Uchiha had become increasingly unbearable. The Uchiha clan head complained to the village leadership a few days after the attack but was shot off by those three damned elders.
Thinking about three years ago, the Uchiha was starting to lose his judgement. Anger was starting to boil inside him. Unbeknownst to the people present in the party, Fugaku had unknowingly activated his Sharingan, and it was spinning wildly.
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Sakiri Haruno's House
Sakiri's niece Sakura also attended Naruto's birthday, and the councillor saw it was a good chance for Sakura to try to get close to the boy. The councillor was greatly disappointed and upset when her niece came home after the party "empty-hand" and told her what happened at the party. Naruto Namikaze always stuck with the boys in the party, especially the heirs of Uchiha, Nara, Inuzuka, and Akimichi. The blond even played with the heir of the creepy Aburame clan.
'Well, it's reasonable that the boy at his age would play with the other boys.' She thought.
However, Sakura told her a disturbing matter: the Hyuuga heiress was the only girl Naruto was comfortable around and had stuck by her throughout the whole party. When other girls invited Hinata to play with them, Naruto would always slide back to the boys. The kids would join the academy a few years later and hence started their ninja career.
To her worry, Minato-kun's son and that freak-eyes Hyuuga princess would eventually fall in love with each other. She had to find a way to prevent this from happening, by any means necessary.
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December Twenty Seventh
Today was a big day for the Hyuuga clan, the Hyuuga heiress turned three years old. There was a party to celebrate Hinata's birthday, followed by a private Hyuuga traditional ceremony for all unmarked Branch house children.
The ceremony was ruined by Naruto's prank though. It was left unfinished, yet Hiashi was urged by the elders to attend a more important event in Konoha, not to affront the Hokage and the forthcoming guest.
Today was also the greatest day for Konoha ever since the end of the Third Shinobi World War. The conflicts with Kumogakure were going to end with a peace treaty. Most of the Konoha villagers were on the streets welcoming the arrival of the Kumo ambassador who was also their head ninja- D.
With the peace treaty signed and once the Hokage and the one-eyed Kumo head ninja shook hands the Konoha villagers immediately erupted into applause. Hiruzen Sarutobi was happy that everything went well- no more life had to waste for the meaningless conflicts.
While everyone began to leave to celebrate the new era of peace, D walked through the cheering crowd and he noticed Jiro Matsumaru, Sakiri Haruno, and some Hyuuga elders among the crowd, he gave them each a quick glance and smiled.
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Midnight, Hyuuga Clan Head's House
"Today was a very long day, we have finally achieved peace," Hiashi said to his wife as they were doing the household chores. "It could be better if Naruto behaved well."
Hitomi giggled at her husband's joke. The children were already asleep. The chores were done and the adults were preparing to go to bed. Suddenly there was a chill down on Hiashi's back and he felt alarmed and he activated his Byakugan to look at his daughter's room and he saw someone there.
"Hitomi, stay here," Hisashi rushed towards their daughter's bedroom only to find her missing.
"NO!" He activated his Byakugan and made a sweeping scan across his house. He saw an adult figure in Naruto's room with two sacks and the boy was missing as well. The figure jumped out of the room.
"WHAT IS GOING ON!?" Hiashi shouted. He ran and intercepted the person near a Hyuuga compound wall. He had a pretty good guess what was in the two sacks. "Don't you think you can get away with this…"
He struck the kidnapper's unprotected right shoulder. The kidnapper was shocked and hurt, and in a knee-jerked reaction he shot a lightning jutsu to the Hyuuga clan head.
"AARRHH!" Hiashi cried out as the lightning bolt struck him in the chest. He gritted his teeth and tried to stand, only to discover he couldn't move.
"NOOOOO!" The Hyuuga father could only hopelessly watch as the kidnapper escaped before passing out.
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Four Hours Later
Hiruzen Sarutobi was shocked and furious. His surrogate grandson and the Hyuuga heiress had been abducted, just after the overdue peace finally arrived. Was it too much to ask for peace and prosperity?
"Report," the Hokage ordered the dog masked ANBU captain in front of him.
"Nothing, it's like they vanished overnight, even Pakkun couldn't find their scent." The grey-haired ANBU sadly shook his head. 'Minato-sensei I'm so sorry I failed you…'
All tracking teams at the Hokage's disposal were dispatched, but they couldn't find any single trace left behind other than that the lightning jutsu that incapacitated Hiashi.
'Who was responsible for this?' Hiruzen Sarutobi wondered furiously. 'The Kumo ambassador who just left for Lightning Country after the treaty, or Danzo, or someone else? If Danzo is behind this, then he has crossed a very fucking line and he is a dead man!'
Konoha was now at a critically vulnerable position without a jinchuuriki. The Hokage had to recall back his legendary students Jiraiya and Tsunade to help reinforce the village and took other necessary measures.
Jiraiya was going to be very pissed and the Hokage was certain he was going to be chewed, but it was nothing comparing the sorrow he felt he failed Naruto's parents. Looking up to Minato's Hokage picture, Sarutobi tearfully apologized.
"Minato, Kushina... Forgive me."
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Ten Days Later, Kumogakure Raikage Tower Restricted Basement Room
The basement room was a highly restricted area; all the powerful weapons were stored here, including the treasured tools of Rikudo Sennin. Only people with the highest clearance could gain access, but it didn't mean this restricted room was always quiet.
"B, if you don't want to feel my Iron Claw, I suggest you STOP RAPPING NOW!"
Despite annoyed by his brother B's rapping, the Fourth Raikage A still couldn't stop smiling as he was looking at his head ninja with two children sleeping behind him.
The Hachibi jinchuuriki's rapping was just to hide his inner conflicts that they took Minato's son and an innocent child with a bloodline limit. Minato Namikaze spared him and his brother during their first encounter. The Yellow Flash was one of the few, despite being an enemy, to acknowledge him being a human, not just the tailed beast sealed within him. The Fourth Hokage even prohibited a certain war hawk to assassinate him.
Was this how his brother showed his appreciation for Minato's actions? Was it really for the good of Kumo? While B was contemplating this, he heard the Hachibi was grunting in contempt.
Flanking by his brother and the jinchuuriki to Nibi, Yugito Nii, the Raikage was now the happiest man and the most powerful man in the ninja world. Not only A accomplished his old man's goal by capturing an Uzumaki, but now he also had a Hyuuga, the Kyuubi, and the son of his arch-enemy Minato Namikaze. Why Minato named his son a fish cake found in ramen was beyond his comprehension, but screw it, that ain't important.
"H, I want the girl into the Slave and Breeding Program," the Raikage ordered. Yugito flinched when she heard the program.
A woman stepped in from the shadow and dropped on her knee as she received her order. "Hai."
The Kumo leader looked at H. "Let me remind you again. If a girl in my Slave and Breeding program is harmed again, I will have you FIRED. DO I MAKE MYSELF CLEAR?"
This program was also used as an incentive for his elite shinobi and he needed to keep his troops' morale high.
H gulped, she was certain the word of 'fired' was literal, not figurative, and she nervously nodded and took a sleeping Hinata and quickly left the room.
"B, you take Minato's boy to the sealing team immediately to suppress his memory, we begin training him tomorrow. I will give him a new identity. Once the boy becomes a fully-fledged ninja, we can start to take more aggressive actions." A smiled deviously.
An extra seal would be too risky for a jinchuuriki, particularly the fact that the Eight Trigram Seal was full of mystery. The Raikage could not be able to seal the boy's identity entirely, so he had to keep the boy's first name, but at least he could change the surname. The name Namikaze would certainly raise too much attention.
The head ninja D smiled as he watched B took a sleeping Naruto away and was now asking for his big rewards. Suddenly the Raikage grabbed his neck and lift him off the ground before he could react.
"You fool! From the extraction team reports, you got caught by the Hyuuga clan head, and I told you to use an earth jutsu to frame Iwa. Not a LIGHTNING one and no doubt Konoha would suspect you. You are the head ninja and you disappointed me you moron! Now I have to clean up your mess!"
"But, but..." D struggled and wanted to excuse but the Yondaime Raikage snapped his neck and tossed him to a corner.
"I don't keep a loose end. Yugito! Dispose this fool."
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The Raikage remained in the room reading documents given by Yugito before she left, and everyone had left already one hour ago. A was reading the progress reports on all egg and sperm donation they had from everyone with bloodline limit and was thinking what women would be surrogates to ensure the children being born with a bloodline limit.
"I will make my village more powerful in fifteen years," he read that all the kunoichis and slaves on female growth acceleration and fertility pills. The purpose of which was to increase the rate of growth so that women would be able to get pregnant at a younger age and increase the chance of pregnancy.
A then flipped to the reports for every man who had a bloodline limit. Under the program all were taking male growth acceleration and fertility pills to increase the potency of their sperms. Elite male ninjas who didn't have bloodline limit but had shown considerable promise were allowed to enter the breeding program as well to pass on their own genes.
After finished reading the reports satisfactorily the Raikage looked at a particular wall in this room and he smiled which gradually grew and he started to laugh maniacally.
He had a dream, no, an ambition which he could make into a reality. It was of the hidden Cloud village conquered the entire ninja world and crushed all oppositions, and it would definitely become a reality when Kumo unlocked the secret of his arch-enemy's signature technique that dominated battlefields. The wall displayed a huge collection of tri-pronged kunai, hundreds of them.
Flying Thunder God kunai.