(Play Bastille- Laughter lines)
In the next two days the whole leaf village was in an almost depressed state due to Hiruzen's death. It was decided that his funeral would take place before Naruto and Jiraiya left to find Tsunade. No one was really surprised that when Naruto walked through the streets there were some glares, but not nearly as many as usual, due to the large crowd of redheads wearing black following him. Every single one of the Uzumaki had decided to take part in the Funeral, and right beside him was hinata, and Kira. Neji would be there already, so that was the only reason why he wasn't with Kira in this case, but despite everything, the normally cheery clan was completely silent, The normally cheery faces, were sad and morbid in expression, and their vibrant red hair, had been covered by various articles of clothing.
When they finally reached the area where the funeral was taking place, no one spoke a word as they watched Naruto comfort Konohamaru along with Iruka. Shiba, stayed beside her daughter while Neji held her hand discreetly to give her comfort. Hinata was in an extremely sad mood as well, and it was only due to the rain that no one saw the tears that she was shedding. This was the case for every Uzumaki as well. Not a single one of the clan was without expression on their face like most of the shinobi that had attended, and it became obvious that the clan had more water on their faces than should be there. Even the young children of the clan, that couldn't have been older than 4, were crying for the Hokage. Deciding to be the first to speak about the Hokage, Shiba walked up to the area and turned to look at the crowd, with a sad expression on her face.
"I don't have much I can really say about Hiruzen Sarutobi, but he was the best man I ever knew, besides my husband who has passed as well. I can only hope that Hiruzen is happy with what he has done for this village, because due to his sacrifice we will be stronger than ever. That which does not kill, makes stronger. That is what the will of fire comes in as well. Everyone here, shinobi, Kunoichi, civilian, or child. We all have the will of fire within us. Even us who have not been here for ages have inherited this will due to Hiruzen. May he rest in peace." Shiba stated with a soft tone, before she walked away and let someone else speak.
Many people came and went, but none of the civilians walked up, as they did not want to cause any problems with the uzumaki clan surrounding the 'demon', though it was surprising to see that the Mizukage, and Raikage, gave some words as well. They both seemed to want to make amends for the past, and they spoke about Hiruzen in a way that seemed to make many people happy, though when B tried to crack a joke, A knocked him out. Z and Akua didn't say anything, as they didn't have the words to describe what they felt towards this. In the end, this was exactly what Shiba was talking about. Despite the fact that there was a bunch of others around that did not belong in Konoha's ranks, it became obvious that every single person had inherited the will of fire due to what Hiruzen did for the village. Every single person had become stronger due to the fall of an important figure, as they would not give up just because of his death, and instead would continue on for his sake.
(end song)
When the funeral finally ended, both of the ones going to look for Tsunade left without much of a word, though Shiba pulled hinata to the side slightly, and with a slightly shaky voice, Shiba said "Hinata. I... I would like to train you."
Hinata looked startled at the declaration, before she asked "Why? I-i'm no good to train... But shouldn't you train Kira-san?"
Shiba looked to the side as she sighed and said "Kira... She...she has nothing I can teach her. She... has already learned what i've wanted to teach her. She can learn Senjutsu from the personal summon she found for Wyverns, but I've got to have someone else to teach... no thats wrong to say. Its not that I need to, it's that I want to teach you Hinata."
Hinata looked down slightly, before she said "I'll need time to think about it Shiba-san."
Shiba gave a conceded nod as she said "I didn't expect you to agree right away. Even if you said yes right away I would have given you time to make sure before I actually decided to train you. I didn't want to rush you into anything."
Hinata gave a nod to what she said, before she saw that Kira was walking in the same direction she was, which happened to be the way towards the Hyuga compound. While Hinata was curious as to why that was, she didn't comment on it as they silently walked side by side, the rain continuing to downpour on them. With a growl that broke the Silence, Kira punch a wooden fence beside them, causing her fist to go through the wood. When Kira pulled her fits out, it was obvious that she was bleeding due to the splinters in her hand. With a sad look, Hinata began to use what little medical jutsu she knew to heal the hand, while the Uzumaki regeneration did the rest.
With a sad look towards Kira, Hinata asked "Why did you do that Kira-san?"
Kira glared down at the ground as she said "I should have been able to help here. If it wasn't for that Hiruzen..."
Hinata cut her off at this point, as she said "Its not you're fault Kira-san. You can't be everywhere at once. Even with your shadow clones."
Kira clenched her eyes together in anger at her words, but it was anger at herself, and not at what Hinata said. WIth a loud yell Kira sunk to the ground sobbing once again, while Hinata started to comfort the girl as best as she could. Over and Over Kira kept asking why she couldn't protect her precious people. While Hinata didn't have an answer for that, It became obvious that the girl had just kept too much to herself over the years and it was finally coming out in an explosive way. At the very least Hinata was happy that Kira wasn't hurting herself as a way to get away from the stress.
Neither of the girls knew how long they had stayed in the street like that, with no one passing by them, but it was long enough for the rain to stop, to which the two got up and continued onto their destination. Kira was mentally exhausted due to her mental breakdown, but it was obvious that she was a lot less rigid than she was before. That was at the very least a good thing. It really was a good thing that Kira had lost a lot of the weight on her shoulders that she had before, because when they had arrived at the Hyuga compound, both of the girls saw the Hyuga elders starting to leave, as they wished to view Hiruzen's grave once all of the 'lowly peasants' had left. Almost right away, one of the elders stood directly in front of the two girls while stopping, which the rest of the elders did as well.
"I will ask you to move nicely only once. I am here to see Hizashi Hyuga and Neji hyuga." Kira stated in a calm, but tired, tone, to which one of the elders sneered at her.
"No. I think you wont. If we so wanted to, you would be unable to enter this compound." One of them said in a snarky tone.
"No you cant. That is the power that only the clan head can exert. You may be elders, but you do not have the power to say we cannot enter this compound." Kira stated in a calm voice as she said exactly what she meant.
"A brat like you couldn't possibly know that." One of the other elders stated in a dark tone.
"Really? My mother is the clan head, and I plan to take over eventually, so please tell me again how I wouldn't know that." Kira stated with a slightly irritated tone.
After a staring contest between Kira and the Clan elders, the elders scoffed at Kira but leaved so that they could do what they were set out to do. With a deep sigh, from both of the girls once the clan heads were out of hearing distance, they walked into the same house, which as it turned out had both of the Hyuga brothers, and Hinata's Mother in there along with Neji. The second that Hitomi saw her daughter, she stopped talking with the others and went to hug both of the girls. Neji looked towards Kira with a slightly curious look, though it turned into a slightly worried look at the sight of her red eyes. Kira just gave a small smile towards them, before she got herself out of the older Hyuga's grip, and pulled out a scroll, to which everyone finally noticed the bags under Kira's eyes like she hadn't slept in a couple of days.
"Neji, Hizashi. You two need to see this." Kira stated in a tired voice, that showed just how tired she actually was.
Hiashi, gave a frown at the girl, before he said "It better be a good reason for you seemingly losing so much sleep."
Kira gave a nervous laugh at that, before she said " It is, Hiashi. We finished it. THe caged bird will spread its wings."
Everyone in the room, immediately went deadly silent, while Hinata put up some of the privacy seals that Kira had given her, that would even block out a byakugan to at least an extent that it would look like a genjutsu was in the room. With that In place, Kira unrolled the scroll that she had, before she said "This seal with get rid of the caged bird seal. It hurts like hell when used, as i actually had the caged bird seal used on me so that we could get rid of this. That is the reason for my lack of sleep. It prevented me from sleeping for a couple days due to the feeling I got after the seal was taken off after the fuzziness that I got from having it on."
Hizashi looked at the girl with wide eyes, as he asked "You let yourself have the caged bird seal on yourself? You literally used your own body to test out the effectiveness of the counter seal?"
Kira gave a nod towards that as she said "I would never use it on anyone else, and I didn't want to take the chance of one of your clan dying from a prototype that got rid of the seal off a piece of paper. If I wouldn't use this on myself, than I wouldn't use it on anyone else."
Hitomi frowned at that, but she said "Very noble. You will make a good clan head, not counting the experience you already have of course."
Kira gave a nod at that, before she let out a loud yawn, and said "Would I be able to sleep here for now? I'll use the seal whenever you're ready for the caged bird to come off. Trust me when I say that you will be better than ever when the seal is finally off."
Hizashi gave a small nod towards the girl, and Neji took her to one of the guest rooms for her to sleep. Hisashi gave a small frown at the girl, but despite his looks he said "That is an incredible girl. I wouldn't be surprised if she was put as an A rank Shinobi in the bingo books when she finally does get in there. Kenjutsu, sealing, and Ninjutsu. Just like Kushina's second coming."
Hitomi gave a small laugh at that as she said "Very true. She even has her hair do that same thing that Kushina's did when she was angry. Just shows you how much she is like her aunt."
Hinata gave a small smile at that as well, before she turned to her parents and said "Ojisan, Okasan. Even if I am not a Hyuga in name, I still wish to know what you think of a proposition that I was given."
Hizashi left the room with a small smile towards them, as he said "I'm going to go make sure my son doesn't do anything to that girl. Teenage hormones and all."
Hinata blushed a little bit at the implication of what he said, but It was enough to get rid of the tension in the room due to what Hinata had said. Even though Hinata had gotten better when it came down to her nervousness, she was still very shy and she was soft spoken. When her parents turned back to her with a questioning look, Hinata said "Shiba-san has asked to train me. Shiba is being trained by Mina-san, and she has said that she wants to teach me, not that she has any other reason for such."
Her parents looked towards her with a soft, if not surprised, look when it came to that, as Hitomi said "This is your choice Hinata. If you want to, I think it would be a good idea ."
Hiashi gave a nod towards what Hitomi said, as he himself said "I would have to agree in this case. I am to understand that she will not teach you anything dangerous, like Uzumaki sealing, as even if you bear their name , you do not have the chakra to use any of their techniques."
"Hai Ojisan. I was going to accept once Naruto-kun gets back with Tsunade-sama. I do not know what she will teach me, but I do not believe she will have me sign the Salamander summoning contract. It seems that particular one is for that clan only." Hinata stated
Hiashi raised an eyebrow at this, as he said "So it was Shiba-san who summoned that large amphibian. Why does that not surprise me in the slightest?"
"Maybe because everyone in the Uzumaki clan is unpredictable?" Hinata asked between a giggle at her fathers expression.
Hiashi gave a nod towards that before the Hyuga's and adopted Uzumaki started to talk about different things in a very friendly In honesty all three of them had missed interactions like this. After the Hyuga elders managed to banish Hinata the family had trouble talking to each other about normal things that a family would talk about. With that said, it became obvious that these moments were few and between due to the fact that they did not live in the same area anymore, though it should be said that they still cared about each other a lot. Due to Hitomi living through her birth with Hanabi, Hiashi had been harder on Hinata, but incredibly so that she would have the self confidence issues she did. It was because of the Hyuga elders that she had self confidence issues, but the fact that his daughter had started to grow up, and get out of her shy shell, even if she was still gentle about everything, it became obvious that Hinata took after her mother more than anything. In honesty Hiashi was happy that Hinata took after her mother. It meant that if she ever became a Matriarch she would be benevolent in that sense.
Hanabi, was a difference story. While she wasn't a brat, she was a bit bossy when it came down to it. She wasn't nearly as bad as she could have been if her mother wasn't around anymore after she gave birth to her, but she was still slightly bad. Then again, she did seem to want to impress her father more than anything, so that could be chalked up to her being childish and wanting to make her parents proud. And while she wouldn't admit it out loud, when Hinata was banished ,she had cried herself to sleep that night. Neither of her parents commented on it the next morning, as they wanted their second daughter to have some privacy when it came to moments like that/ When the Uzumaki clan adopted Hinata though, the whole clan, when it came to non-main branch members, were extremely happy. the only ones who were happy on the main branch part would be Hinata's parents and Hanabi herself.
It seemed that things were actually going well for the clan, though when a loud shout of 'What the hell are you doing?!' went through the clan compound, followed by a loud smack, everyone within hearing distance who wasn't a hyuga laughed, as they knew that it was Kira who had slapped someone, whoever it was that she slapped though who she slapped would be a different story altogether.
Did you guys like this chapter? I hope so.
for anyone who cares, Sasuke will still be defecting from the village, as no matter what I thought up it didn't work with how Naruto actually ends, and what I have planned. Whil I know some people will be pissed, I'm sorry.
another thing, the poll is going well, and I have the results here for anyone who hasn't checked
yes(lemons): 7
yes(time skip): 4
no (time skip: 3
no (lemons): 1
it looks like there will be a time skip, and I will also say this, you will be surprised by what happens when the time skip ends, though I won't say anything else. I will be writing more asap, so please tune in when I update again.
Character profile (4)
Name:Shiro Uzumaki
Nickname: Red haired nara (Kira)
Age: 14 (Birthday: December 12)
Skills/Traits: Extreme thinking abilities, nervous stutter, red hair, perfect chakra control, talented battle tactician, cold fighting demeanor.
Likes: Kira, Karin, Shiba, Kuina, Hinata, Naruto, Ko, Mina, Onigiri, Salmon, Dango, Shoji,Go, Chess, anything that exercises the mind.
Dislikes: Bullies, people who make fun of his hair, Cold food, Ice, water.
Theme song: Love drunk-Boys like girls
Notes: Shiro has no clue who his father is, but Kuina has told him multiple times that he had died protecting her. Shiro just took that answer and continued on. While Shiro is normally shy when around others, he gains a cold demeanor when in the middle of a battle. This is called his 'battle mode' and it never goes off when fighting an ally. He has stated multiple times that he will never intentionally harm someone close to him. While he may not look like it, this boy can out Nara, a Nara when he wants to when it comes to things like Shoji, Go, Chess, or any other tactical game.
Quotes: "N-no, I'm not a Nara, w-why would I be? I-I have red hair d-don't I?"
"If you still wish to harm those I care about, I will have no qualms with cutting off a few fingers or toes. Your choice really."
"I'm not embarrassed! (than why is your face red?) E-eh? M-My f-face I-is R-red?! O-oh B-boy..."