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6/29/11
"Naruto-kun, have a safe trip."
"Thank you, Hinata. Be careful, remember to lock the door every night and check the windows before you go sleep. I left Gama-chan on the table, make sure to eat properly, and don't worry about money; I have a lot and left enough for you to eat ramen for three months. Of course don't eat ramen every day; eat whatever you like, and..."
"Naruto-kun, I know, and beside I have my own money. You don't have to worry about me. Please, you sound like my father."
They both laughed, and Naruto ran his hand over his head.
"I'm such an idiot. If the house is too cold, make sure to tell Ba-chan and ask her for the heat, I'll pay her later."
"Naruto-kun. *giggle* "I'm a ninja, stop treating me like a child."
"I'm sorry, Hinata. I j-just, I just worry about you. I-I don't want to leave you, I-I"
Hinata put her finger on his lips, and leaned closer to put a light kiss on his cheek.
"Hinata, we are not allowed to do this, what'll happen if..."
"It's ok, Naruto-kun. Father told us to restrain physical contact, he didn't tell us to not have any contact at all."
Naruto laughed in embarrassment.
"Hehe. You are right, so is this ok i-if I r-return the favor."
Hinata's face was burning when Naruto pecked her lightly on her check, and her heart beat like crazy as she took out a small bag.
"Ano, N-naruto-kun. I made this for you."
"Hinata, is this a lucky charm?"
"A-actually it is a safe charm. I hope you will be safe and come home early."
Naruto kissed the charm and tied it with a string, putting it on his neck. He leaned closer and kissed her slightly on her forehead.
"Hinata, don't be so kind to me. I don't deserve you."
Hinata wrapped her hand around Naruto and put her head on his chest, not saying a word. They stayed like this for a while until a small wind blew over their hair, and made Hinata shiver slightly.
"You should go inside, it's getting cold, dattebayo."
Naruto's face suddenly turned red as he stuttered to Hinata
"H-Hinata, w-when I-I c-come b-back, willyougooutwithme?"
"Huh, what did you say Naruto-kun?"
"W-will w-will y-you go go o-out with me?"
"H-hai, h-ai, N-na-nar-na-naru-ru-to-kun, I-w-wo-would l-love to."
Hinata played with her fingers, her face bright red, and she insisted on looking at the ground. Looking at Hinata like this reminded him of the old Hinata. He smiled and his confidence returned.
"I mean, a real date. Since we live together and stuff, how about we have a date right after I am done with my mission? I would come home and wait for you somewhere in the village."
"I-if so, I'll wait for you at the gate when you come back and we can start our date from there."
"That's prefect. Bye, Hinata."
"Good bye, Naruto-kun."
Hinata smiled as the figure of Naruto faded in the sun. He was so bright, his smile alone could make her go blind, unable to see or feel anything else. She felt a twist in her heart. Before she thought that she loved Naruto, but she was wrong, those feelings she held for him before were nothing like this. This, she wondered, was this love, real love? Before, she admired him, she loved him more like a brother, someone she wanted to protect, someone to look up to, to follow. But this… This was different. He slowly became a part of her, a part of her life; someone that would be with her for the rest of her life, someone that she wanted to share everything with; her heart, her mind, her soul. Before, she thought that just being with him was more than enough for her, but now she realized she had become more selfish. She wanted him for her and her only. She wanted to know everything about him and wanted him to know everything about her. She shivered at her new discovery. She had become so selfish. It was her that didn't deserve to be with him. Someone as selfish, thinking only for herself, did not deserve to be with Naruto.
Tsunade's head quarter: Hokage tower, big hall
Commander: Tsunade, the great Hokage, rumored to be the most beautiful and strong kunoichi of all time. Added note: also extremely intelligent, but bad tempered and very impulsive.
Second in command: Shizune, her assistant, is said to be the very opposite of the great Hokage.
Army: (her special and not so special pawns could be very useful in the mean time)
Special Lieutenants: Anko, Kakashi, Gai, Iruka.
High level officers: Ino, Kiba, Shino, Lee, Tenten, Chouji, Sai
Lower pawns: shinobi #1 to shinibi #25, villager #1 to villager #50.
"Welcome, all, fellow shinobi and villagers. I call you to this emergency meeting because the village is on a brink of extinction. Our most precious possession," *cough* "I mean, the most precious hero, Uzumaki Naruto, who as you all know will be the next in line to guide the village, is in a very serious situation. As an extremely intelligent and talented man as he is, he has a lot of troubles in becoming an excellent husband; mostly because he has devoted all of his time for the future of the village and the shinobi world."
"What kind of problem Hokage-sama? As far as we know, they seem to be a very happy couple."
"Yes, they are a model couple for everyone to follow. However, I'll be frank with you; Uzumaki Naruto, like I said, has used all of his time for his career and has had no time to learn and understand the art of being a husband, or to be more frank, to become a man. He treats his wife like his sister, with all respect and love a husband could show to his wife, but if this continues, he could not contribute any fine shinobi, or shinobi of any kind for that matter, for the village. And as all of you might know, we are in a serious shortage of shinobi. And if any man in the village takes the great Uzumaki Naruto as their model like they always do, what will be the future of our village?"
The great Hokage took a thirty second break for people to absorb the information and enjoyed in secret their astonishing faces and concerned expressions.
"It is not only the problem of the village, but more importantly the happiness of Naruto. Do all of you want Naruto to be happy, for him to full fill his duty as a husband, and to have as many children as he deserves?"
"Of course, Hokage-sama."
"It is because of us that Naruto cannot fulfill his husband rights. Please let us know if we could do anything to help."
"Naruto deserves better than that."
"The couple is very cute. We have to help them."
"We are all looking for Naruto's children since he is married."
"But is this ok? Surely we should not interfere in his marriage life."
"That's right Hokage-sama; it is I who advised them to take things slow. Naruto is very smart and he will know what to do in the mean time until he is ready. Just give him some time. He will be fine; I'm sure of it."
"You are right, Iruka; if there is no interference and hidden motives to destroy their marriage, we do not need to be hurried, but according to my information there are people who are jealous of the happy couple and there are also people who do not want them to be together as husband and wife."
"What do you mean, Hokage-sama?"
"It is the top secret of the village but since this matter is also very urgency, I'll spill this out," *tells the story of the Hyuuga technique and Hiashi's advice to Naruto* "With this going on, no matter how much time passes, we will not see the results that we want. But I command you to keep this as a secret."
"That damn old man. How dare he do that to our Naruto?"
"That old fox."
"That selfish bastard old man, how could a father do something like that to his own daughter? Does he want any grandchildren at all?"
"Hokage-sama, let us kick that old Hiashi's ass, and rescue our little Naruto out of his spell."
"Hokage-sama, you just need to remove his position and put him to jail for the crime he did."
No one in the hall could read the great Hokage's expression, but if there was one word to describe her feelings, it is "great" "cool" "best". She had never felt better in her life. All she wanted to do was be in this hall for the rest of her life, listening to people insulting and badmouthing Hiashi to no end, but she was the great Hokage; she had to proceed to the main plan.
"That is enough, everyone. We have to understand the situation; there is no point in badmouthing Hiashi now. He will have to pay for what he did. But now, let's give Naruto all of the help that we can offer to make him become the happiest husband in this village."
All: "Count us in. We will do anything you say to help Naruto."
"Good," *tears in her eyes* "I'm so happy that there are many people willing to help Naruto. He is such a lucky child."
Hiashi's headquarter: Hyuuga mansion, Hiashi's small study room
Commander: Hyuuga Hisahi, Hyuuga clan leader, a very quiet man. No one really knows about his personality. From his previous appearances in this story, we can draw a conclusion that he is also a very intelligent man; no less intelligent that the Hokage.
Second in command: Hyuuga Neji, his nephew, resembles Hiashi in both appearance and personality.
Army: ...*ahem*...*ahem*... To be arrange in a due time.
"Hiashi-sama, it seems like Tsunade-sama has gathered her own army against us. We should do something; should I begin to recruit more members?"
"No need to do that, Neji, because four of us is enough."
"Four?"
Neji looked around the room, again and again and again.
"Enough. There are only two of us in the room."
"But you just said four. I wonder…"
"Two of us and Naruto and Hinata."
"I don't understand, Hiashi-sama."
"I don't need you to in the mean time; you will understand in time."
"But Hiashi-sama, how can two people go against the whole army of almost 100? According to my information, some of them are very fine shinobies including Kakashi and Gai. At least let me gather some Hyuugas and begin to form some plans for offense against..."
"I told you, we don't need more people. Two of us plus Naruto's stupidity and Hinata's naivety are more than enough to go against the stupid army of that damn old woman. This operation does not require fine shinobies. Don't you see the flaws in Tsunade' plans? What is the point of asking a bunch of idiots who have no experience whatsoever in marriage to help two idiots in their marriage? All that they can do is add more chaos and destroy the relationship even further. Don't you know that a third party intervene in a marriage is an absolute no no? Read this and carefully plan appropriate actions."
Hiashi's enemy analysis:
Moron #1: Tsunade, age 57. Occupation: Hokage. IQ: high. Social skills: high, has great talents in manipulating others. Number of dates: probably less than 5. Experiences in dating and relationships: not too bad but less than average. Never married. Potential cautions: high influences on Naruto and others. Level of danger: very high.
Moron #2: Shizune, age 34. Occupation: Hokage's assistant. IQ: a little bit above average. Social skills: average. Number of dates: zero. Experiences in dating and relationships: zero. Never married. Potential caution: has common sense, calm, might cause unexpected turn of events. Level of danger: low to average.
Moron #3: Mitarashi Anko, age 27. Occupation: Chunin examiner. IQ: a little bit above average. Social skills: have some social skills but very hyper; more of a trouble maker. Number of dates: unknown, but probably zero. Experiences in dating and relationships: unknown but highly is zero. Never married. Potential caution: trouble making, may make some stupid messes for us (Hiashi and Neji) to clean, has the potential to create highly unexpected and difficult situations to handle. Level of danger: low to high.
Moron #4: Hatake Kakashi, age 33. Occupation: Jounin. IQ: high. Social skills: lower than average, all he cares about is Icha Icha. Number of dates: zero. Experiences in dating and relationships: from low to average (since he has Icha Icha). Never married. Potential caution: Has some influences over Naruto; be careful not to let him show and teach Naruto about Icha Icha. Level of danger: low to average (since he isn't interested in anything but Icha Icha, he has no motivation to help Naruto) .
Moron #5: Yamanaka Ino, age 18. Occupation: Jounin. IQ: average. Social skills: pretty high; flirts with every boy that she meets. Number of dates: zero; believe it or not, this girl does not understand men at all. Experiences in dating and relationships: low. Never married. Potential caution: might influence Hinata and teach her to flirt with Naruto. Level of danger: low.
Moron #6: Inuzuka Kiba, age 18. Occupation: Jounin. IQ: way below average (the same as Naruto). Social skills: low to average (if you also count communication with dogs as social skills). Number of dates: zero. Experiences in dating and relationship: zero. Never married. Potential caution: none. Level of danger: from zero to low.
Moron #7: Aburame Shino, age 18. Occupation: Jounin. IQ: unknown, probably average or a little bit higher. Social skills: zero (even when you count communicate with bug as social skills). Number of dates: obviously zero. Experiences in dating and relationship: obviously zero. Never married. Potential caution: none. Level of danger: zero.
Moron #8: Rock Lee, age 18. Occupation: Jounin. IQ: way below average (probably lower than Naruto). Social skills: low; a weirdo who is very passionated but useless in social situation. Number of dates: zero. Experiences in dating and relationship: zero. Never married. Potential caution: none. Level of danger: zero.
Moron #9: Tenten, age 18. Occupation: Jounin. IQ: average or lower. Social skills: low (since you cannot count communication with weapon as social skills). Number of dates: zero; seriously who wants to date a weapon's master who would throw knives at them unexpectedly? Experiences in dating and relationship: zero. Never married. Potential caution: none. Level of danger: zero.
Moron #10: Sai, age 18. Occupation: ANBU special. IQ: potentially high. Social skills: below zero; this man needs some real pointers on EQ. Number of dates: zero; does he even know what "date" means? Experiences in dating and relationship: zero. Never married. Potential caution: none. Level of danger: zero. Additional note: the most useless member in the group. Why he is in this operation is beyond my ability to understand.
Moron #11: Akimichi Chouji, age 18. Occupation: Jounin. IQ: unknown; probably not higher than average. Social skills: very low; he might not have time to have friends and stuff since he is so busy eating. Number of dates: zero; unless you are a big fan of food. Why would you want to date someone eating nonstop all day? Experiences in dating and relationship: zero. Never married. Potential caution: none. Level of danger: zero.
Oh I forgot:
Moron #12: Gai Might, age 33. Occupation: Jounin. To be short, a double version of Lee.
Moron #13: Umino Iruka, age 29. Occupation: Jounin. IQ: a little bit higher than average. Social skills: high; has great common sense and cares for others. Number of dates: zero; sticking with kids all day probably hinders his chances to really find anyone. Experiences in dating and relationship: some. Never married. Potential caution: very high influence on Naruto; has high motivation to help Naruto. He could be one of the key pawns Tsunade uses against us. Level of danger: pretty high. Additional note: be extremely caution every time this man gets close to the couple.
"Hiashi-sama, about your last note on Iruka-san; does it mean I only need to be cautious of him and not others?"
"You only need to be cautious with anyone with the level of danger above average; namely Iruka, Anko, and probably Kakashi. I'll handle Tsunade. As for the rest, don't even bother; they could not do anything significant. For now, keep your eyes close on the couple; don't do anything unless in an emergency situation; try to keep them in the dark about our moves and actions. I'll give you some Hyuugas at your command, and contact me through this charm whenever the situation gets out of hand."
"But Hiashi-sama, what about the rest of the army? You only include in your report the special lieutenants and high level officers. How about the rest?"
"Those are just a bunch of useless pawns with IQ and level of danger even lower than the ones in the report. Why should I even care about them?"
"But there are a lot of them. And besides, many of them are married and certainly have experiences about relationship and stuff."
"If you don't have enough IQ or social skills to carry out the task, what is the point of having a lot of experiences? Besides, if you are Naruto or Hinata, will you listen to the advice of total strangers about intimate subjects in marriage? Furthermore, those people will be under command of the idiots in the reports; if the leader is incompetence, you should not worry much about their followers."
"But Hiashi-sama, there are a lot of them. I really don't think we could handle them all."
"You are worried too much. You don't need to handle them all; you don't even need to handle them at all; just watch them - no just watch the couple – and use your brain when the situation calls and contact me when it is necessary. That is all you need to do. Besides, I have eliminated the most dangerous threat; your job will not be that difficult."
"What do you mean, Hiashi-sama?"
"Kurenai. She is the only one who exceeds in all of the areas I indicated in the report; very experienced with high knowledge about relationships and dating plus having a lot of influences on Hinata, very smart and would care about the couple a lot."
"What did you do to her, Hiashi-sama?"
"I sent her away before the wedding by telling her that she the weather in the mountains is better for her son's well-being and introduce her a program that she could train her son in the Hidden Village of the Snow."
"Train her son? But he is only three at most."
"But his health is not very good, and his physical strength is very weak; the training and health program in the Hidden Village of the Snow would help to improve his well being tremendously and prepare him to be a true ninja as he grows up."
"So you planned all of this before hand; including the marriage?"
"Don't look at me with those eyes; I know you still resent me for the marriage, but no, I didn't plan the marriage at all. I would prefer to have my daughter decide her own future. However, Naruto is not a bad choice, and whether you like it or not she is in love with him. Returning to your question, I only planned to send her away after I intented to have the wedding."
"Hiashi-sama, sometimes I don't understand you. I don't even know if you approve of their marriage or not."
"When you become a father, you may understand. For now, just concentrate on dealing with Tsunade and her army."
Naruto headed toward the village, his mind filled of concerns and confusion. Would Hinata be ok? Did she eat enough food? Was the house too cold? Was she bored? For the last two days, his mind was filled of concerns for Hinata. 'So this is what it like to have someone close to you, to have a wife,' he thought. He was also very confused about his feelings. He had never felt like this before. It was only two days but he felt like it had been months, or even years. He could not stop thinking about Hinata and it had been rather distracting. He could not focus and instead of one day it took him two days to finish his mission. He sighed; he did not know if it was a good thing to be distracted from work like this, but he missed her badly. He could not even sleep because he was afraid that if he slept he would dream of her and want to come back immediately, and then he was afraid that when he woke up and didn't saw her, he would go crazy and began to think all of the bad things that could happen. He was scared of his new feelings. He could feel that he began to change, but he did not know if those new feelings were a good thing or if he should change. His whole life had begun to shift, revolving around Hinata, but he did not know if he wanted it to happen; to change his life, to change who he was, to know only of Hinata and Hinata only.
As he approached the gate, he could feel Hinata's chakra and surprisingly it made him feel so relaxed, so calm, that all of his worries were gone and he started to feel nervous. It would been his first date, after all; he hoped that he did not look too shabby in front of her, or be a jerk, or be an idiot as he always was, or do something stupid and make her upset, or...It drove him crazy and he could feel his heart beating faster and faster as the figure of his wife became clearer. Then his heart stopped a beat as he saw what was in front of him; his body shook with anger his blood boiled uncontrollably as he rushed to his wife.
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