Author: what ever may happen in this chapter dose NOT determine the parings for the rest of the story it's just a set up for one, that and a provider of key information, nothing more

Naru/Hinata 19

Naru/Tenten 2

Naru/Ayame ( the ramen stand waitress ) 2

Naru/Tayuya ( from the sound five ) 1

Naru/Temari 4

Naru/ (Female) Haku 6

Naru/ ( Female) Kyuubi 10

Screw it all and go with a Naruto harem. 23

Kin and the Oc have been dropped because no one voted on them, but they can still be used in the harem.

Disclaimer: I DO NOT own Naruto

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A symbol with Consequences

The sun shined brightly through the tree's, reflecting what was left of the morning dew on the grass. The birds sang a heavenly chorus of chirps, while a few sakura petals fell down due to the slight breeze going. Local animals awoke from their slumber and took notice of the three people walking down the road.

" See, I told you that this was a better route." Stated Naruto, as he watched the two females look in aww at the scenery.

"It's...beautiful Naruto-kun." Replied one of the females, who still continued to look around

Naruto turned his attention towards her. " I knew that you would like it Ayame-chan." Naruto then looked at his other companion. " How do you like it Yugao-chan? "

Yaguo looked down at Naruto. " I love it, thank you for showing it to us." She said, as she smiled warmly. " Even though were now even later then we were to begin with."

Naruto head dropped a bit. "I know, I just thought you guy's would enjoy this."

"Still, were going to be late for Hinata's birthday party AND you could have at least worn something else."said Yugao. Naruto looked at his cloths to see his regular jumpsuit before looking at what the girls were warring. Yugao was wearing a purple kimono made entirely out of silk, it had a interesting design of two dragons swerving up the leg section of her clothing and turning towards the back at the waist, meeting near the shoulder blades. Ayame was wearing a light blue kimono with what looked like the design of red sakura petals gently flying in the wind.

" Umm...no comment." Naruto replied, as the two women sighed. " Think I have time to change? "

"Naruto-kun, it's 11: 30 a.m.,were already half an hour late." Stated Ayame-chan. " By the way Naruto-kun, did you remember Hinata-chan's present? "

Naruto grinned, as he reached into his pocket and pulled out a case. " Yep! All wrapped and ready to go!" Naruto thought for a moment. " Hey, what did you guy's bring?"

"You'll find out at the party." Ayame said, as she and Yugao started to walk ahead. Naruto just smiled evilly.

" That's what you think." Naruto lessened his pace and started to form some seals...

Up in front, both Ayame and Yugao were chatting with one another.

"Think we should tell him what we got for Hinata-chan? You do know he'll bug us until he finds out right?" stated Ayame, as Yugao looked at her with a smirk.

" Don't worry, we can tune him out. Besides it's not like he has anything furry that can annoy us."

"You still have nightmares huh?" Ayame said, as Yugao visibly shivered.

"I am never going to do another mission for a women who is obsessed with cats again."

" Well it's nice to see that you have a goal in li-." Ayame stopped in mid sentence and moved around a bit. " Hey, do you feel itchy?" she asked, as she turned her attention towards Yugao, who was also moving around.

" Yah, I do." she replied, while reaching over her shoulder trying to scratch her back. Ayame started to scratch her legs. A few seconds later, the two started to scratch more wildly, as they took notice of something.

The girls screamed, as two visible lumps were now seen going all over their kimonos. The girls were now on the ground scratching and hitting their kimonos, trying to stop whatever was inside them. Yugao started to yell about how she felt fur running all over her body. When the lump on Ayame stopped near her chest, she looked down her kimono to see eight eye's staring at her. She screamed again, as the lump moved down her body and towards her legs, shooting out into the open.

The lump on Yugao circled her waist and back a couple time's before going towards the back of her neck and out her collar, as both girls stood up.. The girls couldn't believe what they saw next.

A small spider and squirrel were running away and taking two wrapped boxes with them. The spider dragged the wrapped box behind with it's web, as the squirrel carried the other box by biting onto it's ribbon. When they finally reached their destination, the spider crawled up Naruto's left leg and onto his shoulder, while the squirrel jumped onto his right. The girls eye's started to twitch, as they watched him pet both of the creatures.

" Good job guy's." he said, while he held the presents with his other hand.

"Na-ru-to." both girls said, as they gritted their teeth. Naruto turned his attention towards them.

"Like them, his name's Faji." Naruto said, as he pointed towards the squirrel. " and his names Animono, or Ami for short." Naruto said pointing towards the spider. "Don't let their size fool you, Their still kickass summons! "

Faji. " My passion burns bright! " the squirrel then struck a pose.

Ami. " good evening, ladies." the spider glanced at the two females before him.

Of course all the girls heard was some nosie's and clicks, along with watching the squirrel pose. Both girls formed a sweat drop on their head, as Yugao remembered what Naruto said.

" Summon's, what the hell? He's not even suppose to be able to do henge, let alone summon." Yugao thought, as she turned her attention towards Naruto.

"These are summon's, Naruto?" Yugao asked in a serious tone of voice. Naruto nodded his head vigorously, while he lifted his left hand. "Yah, see." Both Ayame and Yugao looked at Naruto's hand closely.

On the tip of his index finger was a small red dot and on the middle finger was a small black coil looking design. Yugao sighed. " Who gave you these summon's Naruto-kun? "

" Lee and Shino-kun did." This shocked Yugao. A heir to a clan gave Naruto one of their summon's. This was extremely rare, hell this hadn't happened in thirteen years. Shino was more then mature enough to know what consequences came with that particular summon's contract and yet he still gave Naruto it. She was going to have a word with Shino later about this. Lee wasn't from a clan and wasn't mature enough to understand his actions so it was somewhat all right.

Yugao snapped out of her thoughts when she noticed Ayame looking around the area. " What are you doing Ayame-san?"

Ayame turned her attention towards her. " I swear, I only took my eye's of him for a second." Both of them heard a yell, as they turned their heads to see Naruto running ahead of them.

" Common, catch me if you can!" he yelled, as he continued to run ahead.

Both continued to stare in Naruto's direction, before looking at each other.

"Doesn't he still have Hinata-chan's present's?" Ayame asked, as she looked back in the direction that Naruto ran in.

" He does." A second later, both girls were running in hot pursuit of Naruto.

"Naruto! Get your ass back here! "

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Hinata was having one of the best days in her life. She had been very excited about today for a long time, since everything seemed to be perfect on this day. First she was able to complete her drills and lessons, not only early ,but without messing up. Afterwards, she was able to spend time with her father, which was rare for Hinata now a days and very enjoyable. She then had a sparring match against Neji and, even though see was again beaten by him, he complimented her. Which was a gift in it's own way.

Hinata thought about this, as she sat on her chair in the waiting room, opening the door and greeting people as they came. She heard someone knock on the door, as she got up and walked towards it.

Now only one more thing could make this day perfect for her. One little thing that could make all the difference. That was his gift, after all.

" Hi Hinata-chan! " Naruto said, as he gave her his famous grin.

A few minutes later, after being tackled to the ground and brought into a bone crushing hug, Naruto was finally released from Hinata's grip and of course, allowed to breath. Ayame's eye twitched slightly, as she watched the two. The three were lead inside by Hinata a minute later. Her house was HUGE and that's putting it lightly. The mansion could easily be a labyrinth, as it had hundreds of rooms, hallways, walkways (ect). The party was being held outside, in the mansions garden, which itself was large enough to be a miniature sized park, complete with waterfall.

After some sparring and games, the group decided to have some cake, which was about 7 feet tall. Lee, being himself, started to get exited about this and yelled about the spirt of youth. Rushing forward to try and hug the people who made the cake, which were the people who also were carrying the cake. So naturally, it went flying, covering half the guests in the process, including Hiashi. Naruto had managed to save Hinata and her new pink kimono from getting covered in cake, while Yugao, Ayame, and Shino were not as lucky..

After being cleaned up, everyone watched Hinata open her presents. Both Yugao and Ayame's present's were new clothing, Shino's was a kitten, which she excepted with open arms, and of course, Lee's was four sets of 50 pound training weights for the arms and legs and a female version of his green 'mighty suit', which was whisked away by one of the branch members. Probably to be sent to stone country, because their retarded enough to except it.

As for Naruto's present, well...

"Open mine next Hinata-chan!" Naruto said, as he watched her pull it out of the stack of presents. Shinata slowly unwrapped, reveling a jewelry case. She was about to open it, when she remembered something.

" N-Naruto-kun, b-before I o-open my b-birthday p-present, you n-need to o-open up y-yours." She stated, as Naruto looked at her strangely.

" What do you mean?"

" I f-forgot to g-give y-you a b-birthday present l-last October, so I've b-been w-working on one f-for a w-while n-now." Hinata disappeared into the mansion, coming out a few minutes later with a medium sized box. Naruto walked over and slowly open it and pulled out what was inside.

A large orange hoddie was inside, somewhat simple., except for the fact that the hod had sown on fox ears ( fake of course ) and a oversized fox tail sown on the back. He pulled the top part of his jump suit off reveling his black shirt and slipped the hoddie on. Hinata watched him for a few moments waiting for an answer.

" Do y-you l-like it N-Naruto-kun." Asked Hinata, as Naruto turned his attention towards her.

" I do Hinata, thank you." Naruto replied, as he gave her a warm smile. This not only made her blush red, but made her heart melt, the other girls in the room also had the same reaction. They had no clue how a 8 year old could do it ,but he did andwith just one very rare smile

" Now it's your turn to open your's." Stated Naruto, as Hinata turned her attention towards the box. She opened it and gasped at what was inside.

A necklace with a tear shaped crystal was lying in it, the tear crystal was honey colored, as the necklace itself was small sapphire colored pearls, that you could see through. The most special thing about it was that, in the center of the tear was the Uzumaki spiral, with nine little wave lines, spreading outward's from the spiral. When she saw this, all she could do was stare in shock. All the people in the room were also speechless, their eye's bulging from their sockets.

After a minute, Naruto walked up to Hinata. " Um...do you like it Hinata-chan?" he asked in a some what confused and saddened voice. Hinata looked at him with tears in her eye's, as she tackled him to the ground, in a hug.

" I accept." Hinata said, as Naruto looked at her confusedly.

" The hell? You accept what? " Naruto said, as Hiashi snapped to his sense's and walked forward.

" Naruto did anyone,by chance, help you come up with this design?" Hiashi asked, as he watched Naruto and Hinata stand up. He hoped to kami-sama that Naruto had help.

" Yep! Yugao-chan did!" Naruto said, as everyone's heads trailed towards Yugao, who was balancing on the balls of her feet, hands behind her back, and whistling a light tone. She looked at the people staring at her. " What..? I thought they'd make a cute couple." She winced slightly, as killing intent was emitted in her direction, especially from Ayame.

Hiashi sighed in relief before his face hardened, as he turned towards the quest's. " I'm sorry, but I'm afraid the party's now over. " he signaled for branch members to help rush the people out of the compound. He looked over at the branch member standing next to him. " Summon the council for an emergency meeting." The branch member nodded, as she ran off, leaving Hiashi to sit down and rub his temples, this was going to be a long day.

As Naruto was being rushed out by the branch member, he could not help but wonder.

" Did I do something wrong? "

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All hell was lose in the room, as all twelve of kohonahs great clans were shouting and yelling at one another. The Yamanakas, Naras, and Akimichis were yelling about how there to young for it and how it can't be aloud. The Uchihas and Harunos were yelling about how the 'demon' should be killed for attempting this. The, Aburames, Hyuugas, and of course the Uzumakis were yelling about how Naruto is just a child and didn't know better. The rest of the clan's were just trying to stay out of this.

" That's Enough! " roared the Hokage, as everyone went quite. " Now Hiashi-sama, please start from the beginning." Hiashi nodded, as he stood forward. "To start, it all began when my daughter, Hinata, opened the case to revel Naruto's gift. After seeing the Uzumaki symbol on it, she all most immediately agreed." This caused another uproar, which was quickly silenced by the Third. "Afterward, when Naruto seemed confused about the whole situation I asked him if he had any help in choosing. One of his friends, who's name will not be said, pointed out the symbol on his jacket, which was the Uzumaki symbol." The Third sighed in relief.

"So in other words, he had no clue that he was proposing to Hinata?" replied the Hokage, as Hiashi nodded. " Hiashi, what is your say in this?"

" The Hyuuga follow tradition to the last letter, it's irreversible." replied Hiashi. The Hokage nodded his head, understanding.

" Could their possibly be a way around this? " asked the Hokage.

" No, not to my knowledge."

The Hokage sighed " Before deciding on a verdict , dose anyone have anything to add beforehand." the Haruno's and Uchiha's. " that doesn't involve burning Naruto alive." they slowly lowered them. A hand raised from the Inuzuke clan. " Yes Hana."

Inuzuke Hana stood up from her seat. " Hokage-sama, why not allow a compromise? "

" Explain."

" We've been so busy trying to decided the fate of two people that we've yet to see how they feel about it. Let the two decide their own lives." She said, as a few people agreed with her.

" She has a point, I say let them decide." Nara shikato said, as the Yamanakas and Akimichis started to agree.

" But we can't let that-" the Uchiha stopped when noticed the Hokage's glare. " Boy breed, you no what he carries. It may be passed down to the Hyuuga! " their were whispers going around the room, as the Third spoke up.

" I assure you, that when the Fourth passed the seal on Naruto, he meant for him to carry the kyuubi to the end of his days. In which, at that point, the kyuubi will die along with the host. Any children he has will have his powers, though nothing more" The Hokage looked around to see them still looking at him in disbelieve.

" You don't know that for certain!"

" I know well enough to trust the fourth's judgement and his making of the seal."

" But we can't take that kind of chance! " replied the Uchiha, as the room once again erupted into shouts, threats, (ect). That was until a familiar sannin made herself known

" SHUT UP! " yelled Tsunade, as every one looked towards her. " Now that I have your attention, Hokage-sama, do you mind if I make the conditions of the compromise.?"

" That depends on what the conditions are." stated the Hokage

" Well for one, their to young to be married, I say you set a later date for them to be married, around seven-teen. Second, they would be able to marry someone else if they so chose, but if either of them have not married by the date, then they will be forced to marry one another, wether they want to or not."

The Third looked around the room. " Does any one disagree?" A few hands would have gone up, if not for the death glare Tsunade sent them, causing them to keep quite. " Then it is settled, if neither of them have married before the age of seven-teen then they will be married one another. You are all Dism-" the Hokage was about to finish his sentence when someone came up to him and whispered something in his ear. A second later...

"WHAT!"

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A little earlier.

Naruto was walking down the same road that he Ayame and Yugao took, still wearing the hoddie Hinata had given him. The stars shined brightly over Naruto, as the quietness of the forest allowed him to relax. He was currently thinking about what had happened earlier that evening. He didn't no what had happened, hell he was clueless about the whole thing. All he knew is that Hinata had apparently accepted something and that , in some way, he was in trouble.

Naruto sighed, as he looked up at the stars. All he wanted to do was give Hinata her present and wish her a happy birthday, not screw it up. She even cried when he gave her the neckless. Hinata was his first best friend or really, his first friend period. He had messed up the day that was suppose to be special for, a day that usual meant the world to people. He could only think of one thing at the moment

" ..How I'm I going to make it up to her.?" Naruto asked, just above a whisper. He quickly snapped out of his thoughts, as his head jerked towards the source of the recent noise. He managed to catch a glimpse of a figure jumping towards another tree, carrying two people on his shoulder. The one supposedly knocked out, Naruto could identify the person as Hinata's sister, Hanabi, while the other one was...

"Hinata.." Naruto thought, as he gave chase to the figure. It was hard keeping up and staying quiet at the same time, the figure almost noticed him a couple times but he managed to keep hidden. When Naruto noticed that they were heading towards a clearing, he got an idea. Naruto stopped on the tree he was currently on and he ran up the bark, while gathering a insane amount of chakra. In less then ten seconds the amount of chakra shot him forward, with a explosion in the background. The figure turned quickly enough to receive a hard hit to the head. Sending him into the clearing while dropping the other two people. Naruto managed to catch the two and set them gently on the ground.

Hinata looked up at Naruto, who was now standing in front of her. " N-Na-ruto...-kun." She said, as the genjutsu from earlier started to finally kick in and knocked her out ( Naruto doesn't know about the genjutsu.). Naruto glanced down at her with worry in his eye's, looking back up a second later at the figure.

The figure chucked as, what Naruto could now determine, he stood casually, like nothing had happened..

"You've got a good punch kid, I'll give you that much."

" What the hell do you want with them! " Naruto asked, as he watched the man carefully for any signs of movement

" I just wanted to see what made their family so special. Nothing more." stated the figure, as he watched Naruto's eye's widened a bit.

" Their families special? " Naruto asked confusedly

" Yes, don't you know about their blood limit?" The figure asked with in a curious tone of voice.

" Blood... limit?" The figure sighed.

" Look, if you don't know what it is, don't worry about it. Just be a good little brat and let me take them with me." the figure started to walk towards Naruto, but quickly stopped and deflected some shuriken. " Are you sure you know what your doing kid? Your going to get yourself killed."

"I know one thing..."Naruto said, as he glanced one more time at the two, before he turned back towards the figure.

"... and that is your not taking either of them.." He stated, as he went into a basic taijustu stance.

" Without a fight."

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As usual, please read and review. Like I said earlier, this chapter dose not determine the pairings, it just sets one of them up, nothing more. That and it's pretty much needed since it contains some needed information.