A Dinner with the Hyuga's! First Jutsu!
Naruto walked up to the Hyuga complex with little timidity in his step. However his confidence hid his truly nervous demeanor. Multiple endings of this dinner played throughout his mind, and from after Kakashi and Anko teasing him about it he was even more nervous than he would have been usually.
Naruto strode up to the gates of the complex to meet the glaring guards anyway, forcing his fears down, although they rose to the surface rather quickly. However, once he reached the massive gates he was shocked. They were large stone walls that extended way above his head with green tile as the roof. It was in a square shape that reached around for a long while. There were two giant wooden doors with the yin-yang symbol painted on it. Finally, in front of the gate were two guards with the standard robes of the Hyuga clan with their customary eyes.
"Can we help you," the taller one said. His face contorted into something align with hatred for a moment but he quickly hid it, so fast that Naruto did not notice it.
"Um, yes. My friend, Hinata Hyuga, said her father, Hiashi Hyuga, wanted to meet me and have dinner with me," Naruto said. He was going to call Hinata Hina-chan, but he thought better of it when he realized that that may tarnish Hinata's image.
The shorter one frowned at this. He looked at the taller one who nodded and opened the gates. The shorter one's frown deepened before he gave a quick glare at Naruto, which did not go unnoticed by the boy.
'They hate me too,' Naruto thought while walking inside the building quietly.
However, his silence was soon broken as he had to gasp at the beauty of the complex. There were wooden halls in two directions, to the left and to the right of him, and in front of him there were wooden stairs that led to a grassy training field. Near the training field there was a garden which a woman was tending to. If you looked up you could see the night sky which was glowing with stars. There were paper doors that slid open every time a member of the clan either went in or out to do something. It was absolutely amazing. Naruto was not expecting it.
However, he felt a small dose of killing intent, coming from behind him, and walked on quickly, trying to act casual, although it was obviously not working. He continued to walk in a random direction, hoping that he would see Hinata and she would lead him to her father; however as luck would have it he did not find her.
Instead he found a boy that looked to be a year older than him. The boy had long, dark brown hair that reached the middle of his back and was tied back a few inches above the end in a loose ponytail. His forehead was covered with bandages. He wore a khaki shirt, under which he wore a dull blue shirt with mesh armor underneath it, dark brown shorts, and blue shinobi sandals. He had bandages wrapped around his right arm, and his right leg.
"Who are you," the boy asked snugly, as if he was looking down on a Naruto.
Naruto frowned at the boy's tone of voice but answered anyway. "Naruto Uzumaki."
The boy frowned at that. He had heard that his uncle wanted to see the boy. He had found him and while he did not want the pathetic boy to see his cursed uncle he had no choice. Otherwise the wretched seal would activate and that may kill him, or worse, destroy his mind.
So with that in mind he said, "Follow me," and led him to the room that Hiashi and Hinata were residing in.
"Thank you," Naruto said gruffly. "May I ask what your name is?"
"Neji Hyuga," the boy said before turning on his foot and walking away.
"Well that was rude," Naruto mumbled before he took a deep breath and opened the door that lead to Hiashi and Hinata.
The second he did so he saw Hinata who was looking up at him. She smiled shyly and whispered out a, "H-h-hello Naruto-k-kun."
Naruto momentarily forgot who his audience was. "Hey Hina-chan."
"Hina-chan," he heard two voices say confused.
Naruto then paled as he realized his mistake. He turned to see two people, one of which he was scared of, the other he thought looked kind of cute for her age. The man had long, black hair and featureless white eyes that were very similar to his daughters, Hinata Hyuga, as Naruto had assumed this man was Hiashi Hyuga. He wore a very traditional, loose fitting robe with a long-sleeved brown haori.
The girl had dark brown hair with long parted bangs with a single lock of hair that fell onto her face. She had large, white eyes, like all Hygua clan members, with a hint of lilac in them. She wore a sleeveless, blue v-neck shirt, with mesh armor underneath and blue shorts with sandals.
"Um, I mean, Hinata-san."
The little girl frowned at this. She turned to her father who had only said one word since the boy had arrived and who was staring at him intently. "Father, I do not like this boy," she whispered.
Hiashi just nodded.
"Sit, please," Hiashi said pointing to the seat next to Hinata.
Naruto immediately did as told. An awkward silence rained in the room until Hiashi clapped his hands, calling in two males who set down a large amount of food. It was a feast. There was too much food there for it not to be, although Naruto had no idea why. There were only four people here, how could four people eat that much?
Hiashi began to gather his food, as did Hinata and the girl. Naruto took after their example and did the same, being as neat as he could as he was not well educated in table manners.
"So," Hiashi began. "It has come to my attention that you have been helping my daughter, Hinata, train. Is this true?"
"Yes, Hiash-sama." While Naruto hated the sama ending he gave Hiashi he had thrown it in for good measure just in case the man liked being told he was better than everyone else. The Neji kid who led him here seemed like that type of person, so it may run in the family, only it didn't happen to Hinata, she was too sweet.
The man nodded. "Well, may I ask why? You have never truly met the Hyuga clan, nor did you ask for anything in return. We owe you no favors, and you owe us none, so please explain."
Naruto gave Hiashi a blank stare. "Because she is my friend."
Hiashi paused at that. He had one thought on his mind when he heard Naruto say this, lies. He immediately thought Naruto was lying. After all, why would someone of such obvious poor stature help someone from one of the most, if not the most as the Uchiha Clan had been wiped out, powerful clans in the village? It was simply unheard of. He wanted something, although Hiashi did not know what. However, contrast to what Hiashi thought Naruto actually was just helping Hinata because she was his friend, he had no ulterior motive.
"I see," Hiashi said slowly. "Interesting. Would you by any chance show us a demonstration of what you know?"
Naruto blushed at that. "Well, I don't think I could compare to any of you guys."
Hiashi nodded. "I see, well the choice was yours." However, Hiashi's thoughts were different. 'He must be smarter than he looks to recognize the ploy. Then again he is just a boy, I may be overestimating him. Still, it was smart to not reveal his abilities to someone he does not truly know.'
Naruto was thinking differently. 'I doubt I could beat anyone here.'
"Well then, Naruto…"
"Uzumaki."
Hiashi paused. The name, Uzumaki, must have meant he was a part of the Uzumaki Clan that was near wiped out, with few members scattered here and there around the world. However, he knew a person, a woman to be precise, who was married to his former teammate, and carried that name. However, this boy could not be her son, could he? If he was he was practically royalty. After all, being the son of Konoha no Kirroi Senko (Yellow Flash of the Leaf) and Akai Chishio no Habanero (Red-Hot Habanero) would make him a prime target for many of the greedy fools in the village. And while he wanted to deny it, he knew the Hyuga elders would be included in those greedy fools.
Despite all of that Hiashi knew another thing about this boy. He was the Jinchuriki of the Kyuubi no Yoko, he was famous around the village, although it was not a good famous, more like infamous. While Hiashi did not pity the boy's status he also knew the power the Hyuga's would gain if they got the Jinchuriki on their side. Therefore, he also knew that he had to get him to like the Hyuga's, and he would do that through Hinata.
"Well then, Naruto Uzumaki, if I may know, what are your dreams?"
"Well, I don't really know exactly what I want to do completely, however I do know that I want to become Hokage. That way everybody will stop looking at me like they hate me, that way everybody will respect me! I'll be considered as somebody, somebody important!"
Hiashi let a faint smile slip at that. The boy reminded him a lot of Hizashi, his brother. It still saddened him how his brother had died, although he felt a sense of pride too.
However, just because he reminded him of his now deceased brother did not mean he would not try to manipulate him so he was under his control.
"Those are very ambitious dreams. I feel like you will make those dreams come true-" 'And also be a leader figuratively while we run the village secretively. We will help you, and when the time comes, dispose of you-' "and I wish you good luck."
"Thank you Hiashi-sama."
"So, how did you meet Hinata?"
"I saved her from some bullies," Naruto said not realizing the consequences of what he just said.
"Saved her from some bullies?" The girl shouted out, obviously disbelieving.
"Yes," Naruto said slowly.
"Hanabi!" Hiashi shouted sternly. The girl clamed up but sent a glare towards Naruto, obviously angry at him.
"I see, Hinata, why did you let them pick on you?"
"I-I-I u-um…"
While Hinata stumbled over her words to try and find an answer Naruto interrupted.
"They thought that she looked weird, you know with her eyes and all, although they are really cute, and decided to bully her."
Hinata blushed at the cute comment looking at the ground timidly; however the one with the most hidden show of emotion was Hiashi. While his face stayed neutral on the inside he was quite angry. This boy, who had brazenly come in here and called his daughter Hina-chan, this boy who had boldly called his daughter cute in front of him, was pushing things. Some would say this emotion was akin to fatherly overprotection; however Hiashi rarely felt anything of the sort when it came to Hinata. He usually just felt disappointment.
"I see. Well that is all, if you want you may leave," Hiashi said.
Naruto took that as his signal to get out and stood before bowing. "If you would excuse me," Naruto said before walking out.
'The boy's power will belong to the Hyuga,' Hiashi thought.
As Naruto walked out of the complex he felt a feeling of dread and caution overtake him.
'Why am I so worried,' the blonde thought.
XxX
Naruto landed at training field 42 with a frown. He was still worried about what Hiashi had said to him on Friday, although he had pushed it out of his mind for now. However, now it was rising to the surface. He wondered why he had this sense of dread, but he could not do anything about it as of now, so he let it go.
"Kakashi-sensei! Anko-sensei!"
The two jonin walked out from the nearby trees, both with smiles on their faces…well Anko had a smile; Kakashi was doing his traditional eye smile.
"Yes Naru-chan," Anko said.
Naruto growled at the woman but continued to talk to them. "I want a jutsu."
Kakashi's eye smile deepened. "We thought you might say that. So we got a jutsu, a basic one, but a jutsu none the less."
Naruto was immediately more engaged in the conversation. "What is it?"
"It is called Suiton: Teppodama (Water Release: Gunshot)."
Kakashi threw him the scroll that the jutsu was contained in and Naruto grabbed it and opened it, revealing its contents to himself.
After a few seconds of reading Naruto understood the basics of the jutsu. Basically, all he had to do was knead chakra and covert it to water, and finally spit it out in the form of condensed balls. It was a high-speed water ball attack that possessed a lot of power to kill. It also held a warning on it. It was best to use where there were areas of water, however you could use your own water supply, inside your body, to create the technique, however you would want to keep a high level of water in your system to do so, as using to many could prove fatal, as you would die of dehydration.
"It is a C-rank jutsu, so it's pretty good, around low chunin, high genin level. Get started," Kakashi said.
Naruto smiled at Kakashi.
"You got it sensei; I'll have this down by the end of the day."
Hey guys it's Kuma Akuma. Sorry for the short chapter, I was busy. The only one I had time to work on was White Tigers, my One Piece story, as I work on that one first since I upload that one on Fridays. Then I had to go to my introduction to, nope not telling you if I'm in college or highschool. Hehehe. Anyways, then I had to type The Story of Lightning and Wind, my Naruto and Fairy Tail crossover, as I was behind on that. And today was my grandfathers birthday, so yeah, I was very busy. Anyways, keep submitting OCs, the ones I have gotten are good, and just keep getting better. There is a guide for it on my profile.
Also, most people make Hiashi seem like a good guy, but really if you research him, he is just another asshole. I would not go as far to say he does not have feelings, but he does not care to deeply about Hinata, as most people depict him to care a lot about Hinata. By the time of the Genin Exams, he had basically given up on her and only trained Hanabi. He's also a manipulative asshole in my story, and will be for a long time. I'm not saying he won't have character development and learn to care about Hinata and Naruto and support their relationship and stop the Caged Bird Seal, and all the other crap that other authors have him do, but then again that may not happen as well. i may leave him as a manipulative asshole. It depends on what I feel like doing.
Also, if you guys think Hiashi is gonna be manipulative just wait until you meet Kurama and Danzo...yeah this story may have a couple of dark moments in it. Anyways. See you guys later, and avoid the Earl.
