A/N: This is by far the longest chapter of WASIDR. Almost 10K words. Going to try and make chapter around 7-8K from now on. I feel 5K is just too short. Not really much to say to the reviewers other than thanks to the support and I hope you continue to read and enjoy.
Warning this will be an MA fic. It will have foul language, blood, gore, attempted rape, probably cold blooded sadistic murder, and most likely lemons and limes.
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Chapter 9: Life Isn't Fair
Naruto's Apartment- After Naruto Left
Anko and Hinata just stared at each other for a few minutes before either spoke. "Ugg I can't believe I let him talk me into this. Oh well. Hey gaki are you hungry?" She said to herself before turning to Hinata to Hinata and ask her question.
"A-a-ano, I-I-I g-g-guess." She managed to squeak out before losing her nerve. Seeing this Anko kind of felt bad. She knew the girl had been through a lot in the last two days and with what Naruto had told her right before he left she didn't want to make it any worse. "Look, I am not going to hurt you ok. I am just not very good with people ok. So. I tell you what, you go get cleaned up and get dressed and I will make us some breakfast. Ok?" Hinata just nodded before closing the door and heading to the bathroom.
15 Minutes later when a clean and dressed Hinata Came out of the room Anko was setting breakfast on the table. She set a place for Hinata with a glass of juice then served herself. They ate quietly for a few minutes before Anko couldn't take it anymore. "So gaki, how did you end up here in this… situation?" She tried to me as tactful as she was able but the young Hyuuga still flinched a little. Anko went back to eating, thinking she would get no response before Hinata spoke.
"I-I-I f-forfeited a m-match to d-decide the position of heiress to my sister." She managed to get out, her voice evening out by the end of her statement. That made Anko raise an eyebrow. All Naruto had told her was she was banished to help protect her. But this made it sound like a completely different reason. One of the reason she had agreed to help in the first place was the 'slave bride' part. She knew what that would entail and could never let that happen to someone so young.
When Hinata saw Anko raise an eyebrow in confusion she continued. "From what I Naruto-kun told me, my father used me forfeiting as an excuse to brand and exile me in order to put me out of the reach of the elders." Her voice was so empty she didn't even stutter. Anko just gave a sad nod of understanding. But she still had one more question. "Why?"
"Ano?"
"Why did you forfeit the match if you knew it would at least lead to you being branded." Anko couldn't get her head around it. She would have fought like hell, but then again, she didn't have any siblings. Her parents died in the kyuubi attack and never got the chance to have another child.
"It was a p-p-promise in made to my m-m-mother before she died." That got Anko's attention. "I p-promised I would never let Hanabi-chan be branded and treated as a slave. It was the only way I could be sure." Hinata was near her breaking point reliving that night and saying goodbye to her mother.
After that they finished eating in silence. Hinata came out of her funk when she realized what Anko had been saying when she came pounding on Naruto's door that morning. "Anko-san how do you know Naruto-kun?" She was a bit nervous when she saw Anko stiffen for a moment. "I'm sorry gaki but that's not really something I want to talk about. Let's just say he saved my life and leave it at that." Hinata decided not to push the woman on it as she could see it was a rather painful memory. "Why were you here looking for him this morning?" Giving Hinata a thankful glance for changing the subject she replied "he skipped out on lunch he owed me then didn't show up for our morning training. I wanted to make sure he had a damn good reason or else he was going to have hell to pay." That made Hinata a little nervous. The look on the purple-haired woman's face was incredibly creepy.
"Don't worry. This is a good enough reason for me not to be mad. But I'm still going to kick his ass extra hard for worrying me" At that she clamped up. Figuring she would give the wrong impression about her feeling. He was in truth one of her best friends. He was someone she could always count on. The day went on with them talking about various things. Different Likes and dislikes before the time to leave came around. About half an hour noon the walked out of Naruto's apartment and headed for the Hokage's office.
Streets of Konoha
The elders of the Hyuuga clan had several branch members scouring the village looking for the exiled heiress. They were going to go through with the marriage regardless of what Hiashi had done or said. They had been at it since sunrise with no luck. Normally it would only take them a few minutes to half an hour to find anyone in the village but there had been no sighting of her in over two days. Ever since she went into the Hokage's office it was like she had fallen off the face of the earth.
The elders had not taken the news lightly. Punishing three who had lost her and making another 5 join them in their search. After they had reported failure the second time after a full day of searching the elders had again been furious. The eight had been punished and told that for every day they failed they would have their seals activated.
So when three of them all of the sudden spotted the girl walking side-by-side with the Snake mistress of Konoha, they felt relieved. All they had to do was get her at bring her back. One continued to shadow them, while another went to tell one of the elders the news, and the third went to notify the rest of the search party. It took 25 minutes to gather everyone and have one of the elders meet them.
When they were ready about a half mile from the Hokage's tower the group of Hyuugas confronted Hinata and Anko. Anko growling in annoyance and moving Hinata halfway behind her. She had a feeling that they were being watched but couldn't tell who it was. She had suspected the Hyuuga but didn't want to frighten Hinata in case it was just ANBU. When the group of Hyuuga blocked their path, she started to prepare herself for a fight. She knew she couldn't take on nine Hyuugas but was hoping that she could at least stop some of them from fighting by pointing out that this was tantamount to kidnapping and treason.
"Hyuuga-sans, please excuse us, we don't want to be late for our meeting with the Hokage." She was hoping they would see reason. They didn't.
The lone elder spoke "Mitarashi-san, I need you to step away from Hinata-san. She is to come with us. She has been missing for two days has duties she has neglected." He said in an even tone betraying no emotion.
"As she has not been a member of the Hyuuga clan for two days I am afraid you are mistaken. She has no duties to neglect from a clan which she does not belong." When Anko said that the branch members got a sad look in their eyes knowing what they would be ordered to do. "If you will not hand her over we will have to do this by force." Before he could give the order Anko replied with a very distinct growl in her voice.
"Taking a child that is not part of you clan is kidnapping. Attacking a fellow Ninja of Konoha without provocation is a serious crime. Ordering such an attack can be considered treason!" Anko ground out hoping that this would be enough to dissuade the branch members from attacking them.
The elder only chuckled "it is our word against yours. Hinata-san was trying to get away from you and you refused to let her go. When her clan came to her aid you attacked." He continued to chuckle. "Who knows you might even be executed for this grave crime you have committed."
By this time the other Hyuugas were giving Anko and Hinata sorrowful looks. They couldn't disobey the elder. He could go after their families if they decided that they would rather endure the pain. Anko seeing this readied herself trying to think of a way out of this. She was recently promoted to Special Jonin. She should have been full but her charka reserves were limited because of the curse mark, not to mention certain political obstacles. Eight branch members two of whom were jonin, her only chance was to defend and look for an opportunity to grab Hinata and run.
In the middle of her planning session she heard the word "get her" and two of the chunin came for her. As the approached she was thankful they were two of the lesser skilled. That didn't mean she was having an easy time just a manageable time. She would dodge one blow only to be almost pushed into another blow. Every time she saw an opening it was quickly fill by the other thanks to the Byakugan. While she was busy with the two chunin another went after Hinata. She tried to run but only made it about 15 feet before he grabbed her. He went to hit a pressure point on her neck only to be kicked in the back of the head by Anko who had briefly got away from the other two. While the one she kicked was out cold and had dropped Hinata of the first two had managed to land hit on Anko's arm rendering it nearly useless. She barely had the strength to lift it now let alone swing it. She quickly went back to dodging and trying to use her remaining three limbs to attack.
The elder thought he had her until Hinata was dropped from the chunins hands after the kick to the head. He decided he couldn't allow this to go on any longer. He sent two of the remaining chunin to get Hinata and the two jonin to attack Anko. They reluctantly followed through on their task. Anko found it impossible to fight four Hyuuga's in her condition and was quickly reduced to kneeling on the ground watching Hinata being brought before the elder.
She couldn't hear what was said but had a fair idea. He was berating her for what he called running away and that as a member of the branchy house she would be punished severely. Hinata did something that Neither Anko nor the elder expected. Instead of meekly surrendering she actually spoke up. Stating she was no longer of that clan and that he was to release her at once. Hearing this the elder actually lost his temper for a second backhanding Hinata across the face.
Hinata felt the sting of the elders blow and was thrown sideway a foot. She could feel the blood pooling in her mouth. She wanted to just lay done and give up. But she knew what fate awaited her if she was taken and that was the only thing that kept her going. She started to stand and mustered the hardest look she could and turned to the elder.
When the elder caught site of her face he was furious. She was being defiant even now. He had completely ignored the others who had let Anko be when she fell to her knees unable to move. The elder had only said to retrieve Hinata and disable Anko. They would not do more unless commanded to and since he was ignoring them now they took the opportunity to walk back and rejoin the rest.
At seeing Hinata struck Anko became furious. Naruto, one of her best friends who had saved her, had trusted her to keep Hinata safe. And now not only was she failing but Hinata was actually struck by one of the Hyuuga elders. She wanted to get up so bad but her body wouldn't move. As she was testing her charka trying to find a way to unblock her tenketsu she saw the Elder raise his hand in a half-tiger sign. The next thing she knew Hinata was letting out an ear-piercing scream that only came from unimaginable pain.
Pain. It was all Hinata's world had been since the elder had activated her seal. It was so much worse than the previous time seeing as she didn't have Naruto's numbing seal on. She felt like death would be her only relief but it wouldn't come. She felt like it had been hours even though it had only been about 20 seconds. When it all of the sudden stopped and she felt like she was flying through the air. The only thing that told her she wasn't was the two arms underneath her holding her up. She looked up to see Anko's face set in a worried look covered in curving black lines that disappeared into her shirt.
Anko couldn't take it. She could see from the look in the old Hyuuga's eye he wasn't going to stop until she was dead. He may have come with the purpose of taking her but in his rage, he seemed to have forgot that. Knowing what was happening and the pain Hinata was going through Anko did the one thing she promised herself she would never do. She channeled charka into her cursed seal breaking the suppression seal and allowing the power to flow into her body opening her tenketsu and allowing her to move.
She knew she would have hell to pay later but she couldn't let someone as sweet and innocent as this girl be killed simply for finally standing up for herself. In a flash, she moved to the man causing Hinata's pain and smashed him with a punch as hard as she could. He went flying into a building 15 feet to the side landing completely unconscious. In the same motion, she had snatched up Hinata and was running to the Tower as fast as she could, knowing that she would only be safe there. The other Hyuugas gave chase but their hearts weren't in it. With the elder unconscious, they simply made a show of chasing her there before retreating and taking the elder back to the Hyuuga compound.
She made it to the tower and stopped focusing charka into the seal and focused on suppressing the dark charka back into the seal. Hoping that no one saw her. She would not be so lucky but she wouldn't know that for a while. She quickly made her way to the hokage's office feeling her strength slipping away. She kicked open the door to see Hiashi, Naruto, and the Hokage looking at the two of them with worry. She set Hinata down on the couch and turned to Hiruzen when she released he was asking her a question. She couldn't hear it but had a good idea of what it was.
She gathered up the last up and breathed a just barely audible, "Hyuugas." After that she gave into the darkness that was encroaching on her vision. The last thing she saw was Naruto's worried face flashing between her and Hinata. She didn't really know why, but knowing he was worried about her made her feel a little happier.
Naruto ran is hand over Hinata doing a medical diagnostic jutsu. It was the only one he would ever be able to do without his seal. His face contorting in to a scowl of rage when he got to her head. "The one who activated her seal was trying to kill her with pain rather than the using the nearly instant feature." Hiashi went pale. He didn't know what that meant. He looked at Naruto to ask but Naruto continued.
"If the it wasn't for the way I am going to remove the seal she would likely be crippled." He growled out his rage soring ever higher while Kurama was trying to calm him so as not to cause her anymore undue stress. He drew a quick seal on her head and activated it. "That should let her sleep easy for a while."
Next, he rushed over to Anko immediately noticing the dark charka in her system. She had told him of what the seal was once. She had also told him she would never use it. If she had it must have been worse than he thought. He was pretty sure they would be attacked and as much as he wanted to be there he knew the civilian council could become involved if he attacked a Hyuuga elder. So, he had reluctantly asked Anko even though he had warned her. He used his medical seal to pump some healing charka into her system trying to heal any burns that the dark charka caused. After healing her, she woke up albeit very tired and weak.
"What..." She tried to say in a bit of a panic before she was hushed by the Hokage.
"Take your time and tell us what happened to you two" Hiruzen said in a gentle voice full of concern. She regained her bearing after seeing Hinata was asleep on the couch safe. She told them of the whole incident and how she had tried to defuse it before it turned into a fight. How she was disabled and activating her curse seal after the elder tried to kill Hinata. Naruto and Hiashi had let their KI spike at hearing that. When she finished all three males were completely enraged. Until Naruto smiled and pumped his fist in the air screaming "yes."
Getting questioning glares from the Hokage and Hiashi he explained his sudden elation. "The elder attacked an 'orphan' and ordered ninja he had forced control over to attack a loyal leaf kunoichi right?" They both nodded not seeing where he was going. "He committed treason which is punishable by death right?" Again, they nodded. "I have a technique I can use, that right now is 50/50 on whether it will kill him or not, but it will tell me everything, every though, every action, and every sight and sound he has ever seen and heard."
The other three conscious in the room had their jaws on the floor. Anko, who had recently started working in T&I, was amazed at the proposition of such a technique but had no idea why they would need it. The Hokage and Hiashi however, understood instantly. They could get to the bottom of the Hyuuga elders treachery and maybe bring Hiashi's wife home. "Naruto-san, if you can truly pull this off not only will I be even more so, but my clan will also be indebted to you." The hokage had summoned his ANBU to arrest the elder and put him under heavy guard but told them no interrogation.
"Ok we will deal with that later but perhaps we should deal with the task at hand now." The hokage gestured to Hinata. Then Naruto and Hiashi nodded and moved her to the center of the room and place her on the floor. Naruto removed his jacket to reveal he wasn't wearing a shirt underneath. Anko actually caught herself staring for a second. She was just now realizing that she had never seen him without his jacket on. A kid his age should not be that built. He wasn't like a body builder but no one ever call that wirey (Think Gohan at cell games).
He started to channel charka into his seal and nearly the entire front of his torso lit up with seals and a set of seals that looked like chains disappearing into his pants and going around to his back and down his arms into cuffs. The chains went over every major muscle group in his body and made Anko, Hiruzen and Hiashi gasp in amazement. The never knew about all the other seals he had.
Sitting on his knees above Hinata head he concentrated on Resurrection seals placing one hand on the upper side of his stomach where the seal was and placed his other hand on Hinata's forehead. "Resurrection Seal Transfer." A blinding light made all the other occupants of the room look away. After about a minute it died down. Naruto was panting a little out of breath and Hinata was just starting to come around. Naruto put his jacket back on just in time for Hinata to rouse herself to full consciousness.
"What happened? Where am I?" She asked disorientated. The last thing she remember was seeing Anko fall before she was overcome by blinding pain. She looked around to see Anko, Naruto, the Hokage and her father staring at her. Naruto broke the silence. "You're in the Hokage's office you were attacked by a Hyuuga clan elder. How do you feel Hinata-chan?"
She just sat there for a few moments moving her limbs and flexing her hands. "I feel… amazing. I don't feel weak anymore. What happened?" Naruto proceeded to tell her about the attack and how Anko brought her to the tower. Next came the big bombs.
"Hinata-chan I removed your Caged Bird Seal." This made her eyes go wide and she looked over to the window to see her reflection. It showed her forehead to be unmarked. "How?" She mumbled tears of joy pooling in her eyes. "It because of a special seal my parents gave me. It takes it a month to fill but it's easy to remove something like that using it." She was astounded. Naruto said it was easy it would just take a while to refill. He kept the fact that he had four more a secret for now. "I also got rid of the reason you were feeling tired and weak. This is going to be hard for you and your father to hear but, it was Charka Metal Poisoning." True to his word Hiashi was instantly beyond pissed. They had used it to kill his wife and now they were using it to make Hinata look weak and unfit for being the clan head.
Naruto waited a few minutes while Hiashi calmed down. He was meanwhile soothing a crying Hinata. She had never felt so betrayed before. Naruto decided that it was time to give her at least a little bit of good news. "Hinata-chan there is some good news to all of this." She looked at him like he had grown a second head.
"This is going to be hard for you to hear so I am just going to come right out and be blunt. Your mom is not dead. Me, your father, and jiji faked her death after your we found out she wasn't sick but was being poisoned the same way you were." This proved to be too much for Hinata. She fainted.
While they waited for Hinata to rouse, Anko made her presence known again. She had just been sitting there shocked as Hinata about all the things that had happened. "What is going on here. Why didn't you tell me this before you left her with me? You knew we would be attacked. You knew she had been poisoned. You never told me about all the dealings with the Hyuuga clan. I thought we trusted each other?" Anko sounded more hurt by the minute. Naruto had led her into an attack and left her to the wolves. It reminded her of her old sensei too much and made her really question her whether the she could really trust Naruto or not.
Seeing the hurt in her eyes in one of her rare unguarded moments tugged on Naruto's heart strings. "I am sorrier than you'll ever know for this Anko-chan but if you will give me a moment I will explain." She gave him a hesitant nod. "I already told you why Hinata was branded and exiled from her clan," Anko nodded," I couldn't take a chance that you would accidently say something the Hinata wasn't supposed to know yet and ruin my plan to help her. I was very sure you would be attacked but thought it would only be one or two which I knew you could handle. I couldn't have you running through the village carrying Hinata because people would assume you kidnapped her. It would make your life even harder. If I told you about the poison you would have tried to get help. The hospital would not have been safe. I have never told anyone about me and the Hyuugas in order to protect Hinata and her sister. The elders, if they could, would like their whole family out of the way so they can rule the clan. I only withheld what was needed to keep you and Hinata both safe with unnecessary risk. I am very sorry that you got hurt and were forced to use that seal to help her."
Anko listened carefully to his entire explanation. She was mad but understood. When he mentioned her seal, she tensed up. She had never told him about it and didn't mention using it to get away. She was sure he had seen it. Most had but few knew what it was. "That actually brings me to the reason I wanted you specifically to help. I am working on a similar technique that I think can remove your seal." Anko froze up. She had Jiraiya look at it several times and even he didn't think he could remove it. But she also knew Jiraiya couldn't remove a caged bird seal either and she had just watched Naruto do so. "There's a few things you need to know first though. I am between one and two years away from being able to use it safely. I will also need someone that I can trust to watch over me afterwards. I will unable to defend, or take care of, myself for two to three days." Anko couldn't believe her ears. She had to know "is this for real. You're not just messing with me, are you?"
"I won't make any promises but I am almost certain it will work. If it doesn't I Promise I will find another way to remove it." He said it with so much confidence Anko couldn't help but believe him. She just softly nodded as Hinata was starting to wake up.
"Welcome back Hinata-chan." Naruto said to her in a bit of a joking tone trying to lighten the mood. "I-I-is what you said true. Is my mother really alive?" She had the faintest glimmer of hope in her eyes. It had been two years since she had been told she died and now they were saying she was really alive the whole time. Naruto only nodded. She then looked to her father and the hokage who nodded as well.
She launched into questions about her where she was what she had been doing and the like before Naruto could stop her. Her father calmed her down and told her the whole story about someone being after her and her mother and trying to turn Hanabi against them. Hinata was in tears hearing this thinking her own family could do something like this.
"Can I see her?" Hinata asked quietly. She needed to see her. "Hinata, if everything works out you she will be coming home to stay in a week or so." When her father told her this she was ecstatic. Until he continued, "I don't want you to get your hopes up too much and also we can't tell Hanabi. It will have to be kept secret until things are taken care of. In the meantime, I am sorry to say you will have to remain exiled from the clan. Hopefully it will only be temporary. A week or two I hope." Nodding in understanding she asked what was going to happen now. "I actually have something to do before we leave." Naruto spoke up.
They all looked to him and he explained. "I have seal to go on Hinata to replace the caged bird seal." Hiashi was instantly furious. "It won't hurt at all. It will simply make it look like you still have the seal and it will act as a charka receptor that will tell you the direction of anyone trying to activate your old seal. It will also stop anyone from trying to reapply the caged bird or and other seal of the type. This way you won't have to worry about the elders finding out the seal was removed. They will simply think it was blocked somehow." Upon finishing Hiashi again surprised at Naruto's level of forward thinking. He nodded and looked at Hinata who in turn also gave him a positive response.
It took him only 10 minutest apply the seal and when he was done Hiashi couldn't tell the difference by looking at it. He was sure its expanded form would be different but Hinata would never let anyone get close enough to check.
They then told her about the apartment they got her near Anko and Naruto, and about an allowance for food and supplies. Naruto told her that he was going to help her train until she could go home starting the next day and that she would go home and rest the remainder of the day. She got a little scared at the prospect of having to be on her own but Naruto assured her he would be there and Anko told her if she needed a girl to talk to she would be there for her.
The three of them left the office shortly before Hiashi to make it look like they were not leaving together.
Hyuuga Compound
Upon arriving home Hiashi was greeted by the rest of the Hyuuga elders fuming about the arrest of one of their members. When Hiashi asked what the charge was, they told him, he then made them explain the whole story. He already knew but said nothing. He simply said he would take care of it and headed to his office much to the consternation of the others. He knew the possible storm that was coming so he thought it best to be ready.
Sitting in his office he reviewed the story they had given him. According to them Anko had been trying to kidnap Hinata to steal her eyes when one of the elders and some branch members tried to stop her. She attacked them and had run off with Hinata to the Hokage and lied to him, getting the elder arrested in the process, in order to get enough time to remove her eyes and transplant them. He had a hard time not laughing in their faces. The story didn't even make sense. They were reaching for anything to stop the elders interrogation knowing what it might lead to. He used this time to send for two branch members and made a show having one of them send a message to the Hokage. The other was tasked with taking Hanabi and hiding her giving him a note to give to Hanabi should she ask to come home. When the member asked why Hiashi said only that he had a bad feeling.
What many didn't know was Hiashi was gaining popularity with the branch house. His treatment of them had become remarkably better after his second daughter was born fearing that she would one day be forced into the branch family.
He summoned a third to gather the council.
Hiashi walked into the gathered council around two hours after he arrived home. They were all looking anxious. Well as much as any other emotion they would show which was almost none.
"I gathered you here to say that the Hokage has called me to a private meeting tomorrow where I will get to the bottom of this arrest of one of our members. Until I return no one is to speak of this to anyone. We must present a united front in order to maintain our honor in this matter. Good day." With his short piece said and the elder's temporary mollified he retreated to his study to wait for news from Naruto on his interrogation.
Hinata's Apartment
Naruto had used his seals to hide him and Hinata as he carried her back to the apartment complex. Hinata had blushed but didn't protest to this. Anko had simply elected to run ahead of them to make sure no one was waiting for them. When they arrived he stopped at a door down the hall from his only to get a questioning look from Hinata.
"This is your apartment Hinata. You, me, and Anko are the only ones that live on this floor." She just nodded. She was very tired after everything that happened and just wanted to get some rest. Naruto carried her through her new apartment showing her what amounted to the exact same setup as his and set her on her new bed tucking her in. He told her he would wake her for dinner and they could talk about the day.
Before leaving he made several clones and had them hid in her apartment to protect her while Anko went ho to rest herself. Naruto was tired but didn't have time to rest. He went back to the tower to speak with the hokage about the Hyuuga elder.
Hokage Tower
After entering the office and giving Hiruzen a look, to which he sent the ANBU out, he began, "I want to see that elder who attacked Anko-chan and Hinata-chan."
"Are you planning on attempting your new technique on him?" Ask the hokage wearily. Naruto just nodded. He really was stuck on what to do. While he didn't doubt the elders' actions he would have a hard time explaining his death during interrogation to the council and Hyuuga clan regardless of where Hiashi came down on the issue.
"What are the chances he will die and will being tired make his death any more likely?"
"Truthfully, he probably has a 75% chance of surviving if he is uninjured. Me being tired will actually raise his odds as I don't have as much charka that needs to be controlled making the technique easier to use." Hearing this Hiruzen reluctantly agreed. But needed a cover first. He racked his brain trying to think of a cover for taking an academy student into the T&I division building when it hit him.
"Naruto, you do know that I can't just let you into the interrogation room. I would have no way to explain what an academy student is doing there much lees how you got the information you did and kami forbid the mess that would come from you accidently killing him. I don't know if you could handle killing someone at this age if it wasn't in self-defense." The last part he muttered to himself but Naruto heard none the less.
Naruto just looked at him like he was debating something before he resigned himself to what needed to be done. This was all for Hinata and her mom. "Jiji it wouldn't be the first time I killed that wasn't purely in self-defense."
"What?' was all the flustered old hokage could say before he gathered his wits about him and leveled a very serious glare at Naruto. "When he you killed that was not in self-defense?" He really didn't want to find out that his surrogate grandson was a murderer.
"The three chunins in the warehouse fire." This mad the old man's jaw drop. Him and Kakashi had spent months trying to unravel those killings and had eventually just filed it as a cold case that they would probably never solve. "EXPLAIN!" he told Naruto very harshly.
Naruto proceeded to tell the Sandaime the whole story. Seeing them with Anko and his whole rescue. When he was asked why he burned the place done Naruto just said it was a message to anyone else who may have known or overheard their plans and to protect anyone from finding out his or Anko's identities. Plus, it took away a building that was only used for illegal activities anyway. After the whole thing Hiruzen just sighed and pinched the bridge of his nose. If the council found out about this, they would use it to try and lock Naruto up for the rest of his life or maybe even execute him. Not to mention what Danzo might propose. He was going through every way to cover this up he could think of so he wouldn't have to let Naruto face what the council would call justice. That's when he stumbled upon an idea so crazy it just might work and be a great help to the village at the same time.
"Ok. I understand why but if this gets out you will most likely have to face the council, unless you accept my offer I am thinking of."
"What is it? It can't be worse than the council."
Talking out an ANBU mask that looked like a wolf Hiruzen explained. "If I make you an unranked classified Special ANBU you could not be brought up on charges for this. But as you seem to have quiet the decent medical expertise and seem to be almost a Seal Master you will be called upon to help when you are the last resort. Will you accept?"
"Hai. But when it come to the medical part I should explain all I can do so you know when you should call me." He then told him about the fact that he had five of the resurrection seals and could use three on other people. Also, that his medial seal could only produce so much medical charka so fast, so it wasn't that useful in life threating situations that could normally be handle by an experienced Medic. He told him how he would be more useful if there were a large number of injured people that were only facing crippling injuries and not life threatening. He also made him specify that his resurrection seals only be used on people that had no other chance and truly needed to live for the good of the village. Sarutobi agreed.
"How will you contact me if I am needed? You can't just send ANBU to my home. They would catch on rather soon." They both though before a light came on in Naruto's head. "I will make you a seal that you can just channel charka into that will notify me that you need 'Wolf' and I can come to you."
"That would be a wise idea. Here is your new mask Wolf." Handing Naruto the mask he expected Naruto to put it on Immediately but Naruto instead unseal a brush from a storage scroll and started to paint a seal inside the mask. When he finished, he resealed the brush and unsealed a black hooded cloak. Hiruzen ask he what he did to the mask. Naruto responded that he was applying a voice changing seal to hide his identity better and the cloak was to hide his hair.
This got an agreement out of the Hokage. After working out some more of the specifics they departed for the T&I division building to conduct the Interrogation.
T&I Building
They entered the building with Naruto in his new Wolf mask and a black hooded cloak to hide his hair which would most likely give him away to most ninja. They checked with a clerk to find where the Hyuuga was being kept. After finding out where he was they made their way there. The hokage entered the cell first only to be met with a hard glare and a scathing greeting.
"What is the meaning of this? I was attacked by that snake and I'm the one who was arrested. This is an outrage. I demand to be released and she be arrested for her crimes." The Hyuuga had raised off the bed and by the end was nearly yelling which for a Hyuuga was a major show of emotion. The hokage just looked at him with an even gaze. The man had only been here for 90 minutes and was acting like it was a lifetime.
"I understand this maybe a mix up. That is why I have brought a special Interrogator. He need only touch your forehead. There will be no pain nor any sensation other than maybe a slight light headedness for a few seconds. If you are telling the truth you will be released and we shall move on to the guilty party. If you prove to be guilty of the crimes, you are accused of, you will go to a trial in front of the council this evening. Do you understand these terms?" Not seeing a way out, he simply nodded knowing that any true ninja of Konoha would see the truth of what he was doing and he would be cleared. It is not every day that a Hyuuga is so delusional. Or maybe it is.
"WOLF, please enter." With that a shorter ANBU entered the room wearing a wolf mask and a Black cloak. Hiruzen motioned for him to begin.
"Please lie down on you back hand together on your stomach. This will help if you become light headed. As Hokage-sama said there will be no pain." The ANBU's voice was completely monotone and rather deep considering his stature. He just complied and laid down. The ANBU walked to the head of the bed and pulled one hand out of his sleeve and set it on his forehead and said, "just relax this will only take a few seconds.
Naruto Activated his eyes which no one could see behind his mask, whispered 'Human Path', and concentrated as hard as he could on only obtaining information. Kurama was helping him control the technique as well as telling him exactly how to do it safely. After about six seconds of concentration he let go and hoped the Hyuuga had lived. He watched the elders eye roll up into his head for a few seconds and slowly come back down and refocus. He let out a breath at seeing that he had not killed him. He sat on the floor next to the bed absorbing the information and sorting it for what was useful and what he could discard. He kept everything on the Gentle Fist and the other Hyuuga techniques. He started looking for Hinata and her mother and what he found nearly cause him to jump up and completely rip the man's soul out killing him. After he organized his thoughts he stood and face the Hokage barely keeping his anger under control.
"Verdict?" The hokage asked only to receive a nod.
"Would you like to hear the results here or in private Hokage-sama?" Responded Wolf giving Hiruzen an idea of what it was. He smiled to himself thinking how nice it would be to help get his village back on track starting with the most respected clan. "Here"
"Hai. He is guilty of one count Attempted Murder, two counts Conspiracy to Commit Murder, one count of Attempted Human Trafficking, three counts of Rape, and eight counts of Treason." Wolf finished forcing himself to keep an even tone to appear as if he had no personal connection to the matter. The Hyuuga elder paled. He couldn't believe that this ANBU gotten all that in such a short time much less actually sided with the snake bitch over him.
He jumped to his feet shouting "this is an outrage I have done no such thing. I demand to know who this ANBU is. It is clear he is making this up as a personal vendetta against the Hyuuga Clan."
Hiruzen just looked at Wolf and asked, "Can you prove it?"
"Hai. I will need Inoichi Yamanaka, the Hyuugas expense reports for the last three years, three branch female member's medical records from 6, 8, and 15 years ago, I will give you their names later, I will also need the Head of the Hyuuga elders as he is guilty of the Murder of Hitomi Hyuuga. All but one elder was complicit in this murder and all were a part of the conspiracy to commit Human Trafficking. Also, the eight branch members that attacked Hinata, formally Hinata Hyuuga, and Anko Mitarashi." This caused the elder to pale even further. They had been found out, all by this small ANBU who had only touched him.
"Very well I shall have Inoichi meet with you before the trial this evening and send a few ANBU agents to collect the needed materials." With this both Sarutobi and Wolf let the elder to his thoughts. On the way, out of the building He informed the ANBU to guard the room and to allow no visitors.
Council Room-That Evening
Hiashi was having a hard time containing his joy and anger. He had just sat down in the council room for the trial of the entire Hyuuga elder council. He had to keep up his act until he was called to testify in their defense when he could let them know exactly how he felt. He was told of the crimes they had committed and gladly provided the needed materials to the ANBU while pretending to protest. He couldn't wait to get through this and have his wife back.
Inoichi Yamanaka was still recovering from the whirlwind on info that was almost forcibly shoved into his brain. It had only taken a few seconds but he took over an hour to sort it all out. It was still a mystery to him who the mysterious ANBU was that used a technique that was much like his clan but seem to be many times faster and more powerful. He thought it may even be one of his clan members but he was informed that he was not allowed to know for the young ANBU's protection. After he had verified that the memories were not only real but completely untampered with he nearly had thrown up at the extant of what he had seen.
The rest of the council were in the dark about what was going on were sitting there bored when the Hokage walked in. After talking his seat the Hokage called the meeting to order to explain the reason for the gathering.
"We are here tonight for the trial of the entire Elder Council of the Hyuuga clan." This caused gasps and many eyes to move to Hiashi who kept a blank look on his face. The hokage motioned to the ANBU to bring in the Hyuuga elders. Five bound Hyuuga were ushered into the room. After reading the list of charges for each elder and their crimes as a group he asked for their plea.
"Not guilty" They all chorused.
"Very well. Inoichi if you would." He said motioning to the Yamanaka clan head. Inoichi then proceeded to go over all the memoires he had received that belong to one of the elders before using the gathered materials to back up each point and corresponding date. When he finished, he gave the floor back to the Hokage.
"Do you offer anything in your defense?" Hiruzen asked waiting for their attempts to get out of this. They looked at Hiashi who only told them, "you are the one responsible for my wife's murder. Do you really think I will defend you?"
Their heads went down before he spoke again. "Although I believe that one charge must be removed Hokage-sama. As you and me are aware Hitomi-chan is not dead." This caused whispers all through the council. And the elders paled a little. "My wife was saved by and amazing medic and her death was faked after the medic informed us that she was being poisoned. "
This caused another wave of whispers. "I will ask again do you offer anything in your defense?"
The head of the elders came to the last option he could think of. "I demand to meet my accuser. You said an ANBU interrogated and revealed all these accusations. If I am not mistaken even ANBU members can be unmasked if they participate in an interrogation of a member of the village in order to verify the validity of their testimony." This caused the Hokage a moment of consternation before he made a choice he hoped he would not regret but it was the only way he could protect Naruto.
"I will summon him if you really wish but he will not be required to remove his mask."
"That's not what the laws of the village state when an ANBU conducts an interrogation on citizens of his own village."
"True but it is the choice of the Hokage if his Special ANBU ever reveals his identity."
This caused gasps from the Clan heads and confusion from the civilians who asked what that meant. Hiruzen simply motioned to Danzo who had been rather bored at this trial as he really didn't care too much one way or the other since the had been traitors and had no chance of getting off. He knew Hiruzen had them dead to rights and was just waiting for the sentencing.
"The Hokage's Special ANBU are agents so secret that there very existence is denied to all but the council. His mask is never the same as a previous Special ANBU and he is never required to remove his mask as revealing his identity may have dangerous repercussions to the village. The hokage can't have more than three at any one time. While this is an unusual place to use one it is not against any law. Also, to question the integrity of these agents is to question the integrity of the Hokage himself as their word is considered beyond reproach. I am curious as to how long this agent has been a part of the force?" Danzo finished with a slightly raised eyebrow.
"I shall inform the council after this trial. So, let the charge of the murder of Hitomi Hyuuga be changed to attempted murder. I find you guilty of all crime listed, is there any protest from the council?" Some looked like they might want to but held their tongues. "Very well. The sentence shall be death. Hiashi-san do you have any requests for the way the sentence shall be carried out?"
"Yes Hokage-sama. My wife will be returning in three days I would like her to make the decision on how it is to be carried out on the head elders and the other victims shall be given the choice on how to deal with the rest."
"Very well. I find these all reasonable and they shall be done. Take them away, it seems we have more business to attend to." The elders where taken away. Their charka would be sealed so they would be unable to resist anything that was to be done.
"Now that that is out of the way ANBU summon Dog. He deserves to hear this." Dog arrived a few minutes later wondering why he needed to be there. He was rather enjoying his day off.
"Dog, you have summoned because I believe you deserve to hear this." After explaining the he had another special ANBU he started.
"The warehouse fire that had three dead chunins was the work of my Special ANBU. He wears the Wolf Mask. They had kidnapped and were attempting to rape a kunoichi of this village. He was instated almost a year early after it was determined he played a major role in stopping Itachi Uchiha from massacring his whole clan. He is the reason that the majority of the woman and children were spared and that Itachi was chased out of the village before he could cause any more damage."
This cause many different reactions. Many couldn't believe they had another ANBU that could rival Itachi. The elders were slightly scared because they had known that had been the plan all along but they had changed Itachi's mind along with Danzo to take out all but his little brother. They had always wondered why it seemed he had followed through with the original plan until now. It also worried them Hiruzen had sent another agent, meaning he had found out their plans and knew what they were trying to do. If another agent was capable of forcing him out before he could follow their orders, then they would have to watch their step. Danzo kept an emotionless face but inside he was seething. 'Why do all the ones I should train end up being bleeding hearts and only do what's best in the short term.'
"May I inquire as to his skills so we all know when it would be wisest to summon him?" Danzo asked in an even tone. Seeing what he was trying to do Hiruzen only sighed softly and nodded. He knew if he had to reveal him he would have to let his skills be known so no one could question his appointment.
"Hai. I suppose it would be prudent. First off, he is either very close or already is a seal master." This got a few nods. Seal master were rare but to have one in the ANBU was not overly surprising. "He has considerable skill when it comes to interrogation. He has a technique that nothing can be hidden from." At this Ibiki interrupted him, "what do you mean nothing can be hidden from him? Is he using a Yamanaka technique?"
"No. It is very similar but, no number of mental barriers, memory seals or even physical removal of the area of the brains the where the memories are stored in could hide something from him." This caused many gasps. Such a skill was unheard of. It made many nervous including Danzo to know he could not hide what he needed to for the good of the village. He may have to find a way to eliminate this agent for this reason alone. Hiruzen watched Danzo's reaction. While most could see nothing, he saw Danzo's worry.
"There is a risk with using this technique. As it stands now unless a person is a full strength when he uses it that person will likely die. If the technique does not kill you the only effect is a short bout of lightheadedness." Confusion was apparent in the councils face but Hiashi's. He now knew exactly who this ANBU was but promised himself that not even on pain of death would he tell of his identity after all that the boy had done for him.
"His final skill set is as a medical ninja." This was quiet the shock. Someone like what had been described was a medical ninja. "He is what I would call a medic of last resort. If someone is determined to be too important to the village to allow to die, so long as their brain is still alive he can heal them. However, he is only able to do this one to three times a month. Also, if we have a large number of ninja that become heavily inured but do not have life threatening injuries he can be of great use as he has rather large charka reserves. I have seen him diagnose whether someone was poisoned, has a disease, or an autoimmune condition simply by smelling the person a few times." The who council had their jaws on the floor. Even Tsunade could not heal some people but the Hokage was here telling them that he could almost no matter what.
One of the civilians just had to ask, "are you saying he is better than your own student Tsunade-sama?"
"Yes and no. He can heal things she can't but only a few times a month due to a technique he uses again, that he will not teach anyone because it would most likely kill someone without kage level charka reserves. I can't say anymore on this subject without possibly breaking his cover. So, if there is no other business we will adjourn this meeting." With that the council started to file out thinking about everything that had happened and all the Fallout that had happened.
Hiashi wanted to head back home to start un-banishing Hinata as quickly as possible in order to bring her home. As he was thinking this he got a terrible feeling but payed it no mind in order to get home quicker.
Hyuuga Compound-That Night
Hiashi was sitting alone in his study doing his best not to break down while Holding Hanabi. He had returned home and started to find a way to bring Hinata home. He thought it would be no major Issue until it came to the vote. In order for someone to be un-banished they need the support of 75% of the Main branch, considering the Elder Council was now completely gone, it fell to a vote of the main branch. What he hadn't counted on was a two-fold problem.
One; the Hyuuga clan laws simply said all 'unbranded' members were main house. Now while that would not have been an issue before, his grand Aunts family that didn't have to be branded.
Two; they had all voted against him and Hanabi. The vote had been 2-15 and that made her banishment final. His wife was to return in three days and learn that their oldest daughter could never come home and they wouldn't be allowed to teach her Jyuuken. He had truly failed her. Now all he could do was wait and hold his younger daughter as see had cried herself to sleep at the thought of her older sister never coming home. He had sent a message to Naruto so that he could be there when the appointed spokesperson for the other main family went to inform her in the morning. He only hoped that she would forgive him one day.
A/N: So that was a long chapter. I was trying to get through the whole Hyuuga mess 2.0 but I couldn't quite do it. I have chapter 11,12,13 all outlined so I have a pretty defined direction all the way up to graduation which should come around chapter 15 or so. SO…
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