Disclaimer: Do I own Naruto? Hmm let's check, nope I still don't own it. Except in imagination land but most people don't think it exists. Besides who wants to live in a place where a giant white rabbit named harvey can appear and disappear at will. Somehow he always gets into the wine cellar to get drunk on orange juice and starts singing don't stop believin' with the monkey under my bed while the talking squirrel outside just glares at them in disgust (he hates Journey with a passion). What was I talking about again? Oh yeah I don't own Naruto or anything related to it in any way. Ok now, I gotta go, there are some nice men in white coats who want to take me for a little ride, they keep saying something about a funny farm. They were even nice enough to lend me a nice jacket to wear while I'm there.

I'm just kidding... at least about the crazy stuff, I really don't own Naruto though,....here's the next chapter, have fun.

Hiashi walked into the Hokage's office and bowed. "Hokage-sama. I would like to have Naruto trained by a weapons master as soon as possible. I would be willing to finance it myself, but seeing as he is training to be a ninja I felt that you should have some say in the matter."

the Hokage looked at him in surprise. "Yet again you exceed my expectations Hiashi. I never though that you would want him trained with a weapon, I was under the impression that you thought that weapons were useless."

"I still believe that Hokage-sama at least where I am concerned, but where my daughter is concerned I will take no chances. And she is worried for Naruto's safety due to a boy named Sasuke Uchiha apparently taking a strong dislike to him. My reasoning is if she is this worried now when the offending boy is unable to do something about his animosity, then how much worse will it be when the boy actually has the power to do something to Naruto? It seems a wiser course of action to train him now to defend himself and settle Hinata's fears rather than wait for an attack to come and let him possibly die before taking action. Of course I know that the kyuubi gives him healing powers and you know that too, but Hinata doesn't and it is distracting her."

"Hiashi is this entire decision based on concern for your daughter, or have you actually come to care for the boy?"

Hiashi looked down at the floor. "Are the privacy seals activated?"

"Of course! Why would I allow you to discuss Naruto's future without them?" the Hokage said in mock offense.

After he heard that Hiashi looked the Hokage straight in the eye. "Yes Sarutobi, I have come to care for the boy a great deal through my time with him. I have found him to be surprising and even engaging at times, with a wisdom and an intellect far beyond his years. He has actually created a jutsu that allows him to have almost byakugan-like visual acuity. He is truly Minato's son, and the exact kind of boy that I would like my daughters to marry. He has great power, yet he is completely humble about it, and only seeks to learn. In fact I have been considering opening up his clan's library to him, just to see what he would do with it. He has already told me about the hiraishin scroll he found there last time." the Hokage looked shocked. "he found it and when he saw exactly how advanced it was he put it back, if that doesn't show maturity then I don't know what does, most boys his age would have taken it and killed themselves or someone else trying to get it right."

the Hokage looked impressed. "very well Hiashi, do as you wish. But there is a certain weapons master that I want you to go to for his training. His name is Heiwa Sakusei, he runs a weapons shop called Heiwa no Buki."

Hiashi almost laughed at the hilarity of it all, a weapons master whose name meant 'peace creator', irony truly was a cruel mistress indeed.

"Why this one weapons master?"

"Because he is the only one that I can trust not to hurt Naruto and claim that it was a training accident. He was one of the few who were not up in arms about my decision not to kill Naruto after the fox was sealed within him."

"Very well Hokage-sama I will do as you wish and go meet with him as soon as I leave here."

"Good, see that you do Hiashi."

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The weapons shop was rather close to the Hyuga compound, Hiashi guessed that it was so that Heiwa could help out if Naruto was attacked when he was younger but he wasn't absolutely sure, he didn't know if the man's loyalty was a strong as the Hokage believed, he would be cautious until he was given a good reason to trust the man.

After he walked in an ordinary looking man came out of the back room, limping slightly. "How can I help you sir?" the weapons master asked. Hiashi looked him over as if to determine his worth. The man was tall with an average build, he looked rather young to be a weapons master but Hiashi could see that he had experience. His bald head glistened in the dim light of the shop, and his clothing looked slightly foreign to Hiashi. At the moment he wasn't sure whether this man would be a good teacher for Naruto.

"I am here to see about procuring weapons instruction for my nephew, the Hokage reccomended that I come here."

"Tell me about the boy." said the weapons master

"Why?" Hiashi asked. The weapons master looked him straight in the eye.

"How else will I be able to chose the correct weapon to teach him? Granted it is his choice in the end, but the weapons master is the one who is supposed to present him with the weapon most suitable to his personality and style."

"Alright." Hiashi said. And he began to tell him about Naruto. Five minutes after he had started the weapons master held up his hand to silence him.

"I can tell that this boy is a little out of the ordinary so this might take awhile, would you like to come into the back room to sit down and have some tea with me? It will make it much easier to concentrate, and then you can tell me the details about the boy which are not meant for prying ears."

Hiashi looked at the man with a newfound respect, he hadn't expected the man to realize the secrecy surrounding Naruto so quickly. Of course the man knew about the kyuubi sealed within Naruto, what adult villager didn't? But this man had sensed that there was an even larger secret about his past, one that was too dangerous to speak of in an open shop like this.

"That is a very good idea Sakusei-san. But what about the shop?" Hiashi asked.

"I don't get much business this time of day anyways, besides I can just call it my lunch break." the man said with a smile.

"Very well then, let us continue this conversation in private." he said. Hearing his aknowledgement, the weapons master limped into the back room and Hiashi followed.

When they had sat down in an empty room and the tea was ready, Heiwa sealed the door to the room with a privacy seal and turned to Hiashi.

"Now," he said, "Tell me the secret history of Naruto Uzumaki, Lord Hiashi."

Hiashi wasn't really surprised that the man already knew both his and Naruto's names despite having never been informed of either. Any good weapons master should have been able to glean enough information from simple conversation and combine it with knowledge already available to him in order to come up with enough insight to tell something about the people he was facing. The fact that this man had done it so quickly only proved that he was most likely not only good at his job, he was great at it. Hiashi's respect for him rose slightly, his intuition was impressive despite the fact that Hiashi was well known in the village and it was common knowledge that Naruto lived with his clan.

"Very well." he said. And he told Heiwa Sakusei about Naruto's exploits that had been kept from the general public, the incident with the kumo nin seemed to be of great interest to him, as was Naruto's creation of the byakuzen with very little assistance.

"You mean to tell me that this boy took down a jonin of the cloud village without using the kyuubi's power?" Heiwa asked incredulously.

"Yes, although I am pretty sure that the tree we found them by had something to do with it, there was a rather large dent in the trunk after the incident. The truly amazing thing about the whole thing is that instead of running away Naruto began to pursue the man after he got free." Hiashi said with a hint of pride.

"And he seriously created that byakuzen thing on his own?" Heiwa asked, amazed at the ingenuity that Naruto showed in creating the technique.

"Yes,the only thing I did was give him access to his clan's archives that I have hidden away within my clan's library. And then help him with some logistical details, such as where to get his training supplies, and turning a blind eye to his late night practice sessions." Hiashi said.

"Alright, I think I can draw some conclusions now. Please let me know if I am correct." Heiwa said. Hiashi nodded and waited for him to continue.

"From what you have said I can conclude three things for certain. The first one being that Naruto is a rather unpredictable child who shows great ingenuity in his efforts. Second, I can infer that he is very attached to your daughter Hinata and holds her in high regard. And third, I believe that Naruto is fiercely loyal to his friends and family and would do anything for them, and even more so where Hinata is concerned. His life basically revolves around her doesn't it?"

"Yes it does seem that way sometimes, and the same thing can be said for Hinata, her life seems to revolve around him as well. In fact, I am only doing this because she asked me to,Well not really, its more like she asked me to keep him safe for her because she couldn't do it herself yet." He told him about the conversation that he and Hinata had the night after their first day at the academy, and her concerns regarding Naruto's safety.

"Then maybe it is not wise to only train Naruto to defend himself, perhaps I should train her as well. After all she is concerned enough about him to request that you do something like this, if he ever really is in danger she may try to defend him with or without the skills necessary to succeed."

Hiashi looked thoughtful. "i hadn't thought of that, I simply assumed that she would always use the gentle fist just as I have done, quite successfully I might add. I know that she isn't a prodigy like her cousin Neji, but I had hoped that she would improve to a point that such a thing would be possible." Hiashi said sadly.

"I know of a weapon that can utilize her skills, and even improve them if she works hard enough. It is a rather...unusual weapon. One that has not been seen in this region for years, in fact I doubt that anyone has ever actually seen it in use, other than me that is." the weapons master said proudly.

"What is this weapon? And why have I never heard of it?" Hiashi asked curiously. The weapons master got up and went over to a shelf that was set into the wall. He picked up a case that was only a foot long and returned to where he had been sitting before. "They are called Deer Horn Knives." the weapons master said as he opened the case to reveal the special weapons. "Don't let the name fool you, these are fearsome weapons to use. They are capable of beating any bladed weapon in use today. The greatest thing about these knives is that they will be underestimated every time, giving your daughter a great advantage in combat."

Hiashi only nodded as he examined the weapons, they were formed out of two crescent shaped steel blades facing into each other, this gave the wielder an extremely large cutting surface to work with while keeping the actual weapon quite small. One of the crescents had a point that was slightly longer than the other three, Hiashi guessed that this was the main 'blade'. The inner curve of the longer crescent was wrapped in a leather grip, making the other crescent's blades into a hand guard as well as a blade. Hiashi could see how this weapon would be underestimated at first, they certainly didn't seem very formidable on their own, but they appeared to be designed to be used in pairs. This was confirmed when Heiwa picked up the blades and demonstrated their use on a sparring dummy. The master whirled and struck the dummy multiple times in the space of a few seconds, all traces of the limp were gone from his step as he proceeded to completely destroy the dummy in less than a minute, Hiashi wondered whether the whole limp was just a ruse to get his opponents to underestimate him, it certainly worked.

"See what I mean?" Heiwa asked after he had finished his demonstration. Hiashi certainly did.

"Yes I do, and I will allow Hinata to be instructed in the use of these weapons, she'll be the first Hyuga in three generations to learn the use of a weapon that is not mandatory for all ninja to know. Such a skill will only serve to make her a stronger ninja and thus more likely to survive her career. But what of Naruto? He is the real reason I came here today, what weapon will you teach him to wield?" Hiashi asked.

Heiwa smiled. "I have a special weapon for him, it is another rarity around here, but it is less likely to be underestimated, both due to it's name and it's fearsome appearance." the man put away the deer horn knives and got out another case, it was over three feet long and about 10 inches wide. "this is a tiger hook sword, it is another tandem weapon and very similar in it's uses to the deer horn knives." he said as he opened the case. Hiashi thought that he would have to take his word for it because what he saw in the case was nothing like the weapons that he had just been shown. Lying in the case next to an oddly shaped scabbard was the weirdest looking sword that Hiashi had ever seen. The handle was again wrapped in leather and it had a crescent shaped hand guard that ran the length of the handle, the odd thing about it was that the crescent's points face outwards from the blade and was only connected to the sword itself by two pieces of metal situated on either end of the handle. It was obvious that the hand guard was not for decoration, Hiashi could see that it was actually a blade unto itself, though why that was he couldn't even begin to fathom. At the base of the handle was another blade that resembled a dagger in length and appearance, and tied to that was a cloth that seemed to have no use at all, at least as far as Hiashi could see. But the main blade was the oddest one of all, it had no point to speak of, instead the tip of the blade was curved in towards the handle, forming the hook that obviously gave the weapon it's name. As Heiwa picked up the sword to demonstrate it's use, Hiashi saw that the case did not hold just one sword, there were actually two of them there, obviously they were meant for tandem use just like the deer horn knives. Once he picked them up, Heiwa did not immediately attack the practice dummy as he did before, instead he went through a series of choreographed movements, picking up speed with each movement until his movements were a complete blur. Then he did something that Hiashi didn't expect, he slowed down his movements and then hooked the two swords together by their blades and let go of one of the handles. Hiashi half expected the sword to go flying into the wall or something similar, but instead the sword merely extended until it was only an extension of it's brother as Heiwa swung it around. Now the use of the clothe was apparent to him, it seemed to be used to stabilize the path of the blade, creating just enough drag to stop the free blade from getting ahead of it's twin and coming unhooked. The whole thing was amazing, instead of two three foot long blades, there was now only one and it was six feet long, any enemy within that six foot zone was now dead. Now Hiashi could see that the crescent shaped hand guard/blade and the dagger on the end of the hilt were really meant to be used as weapons just like the longer blade was. This truly was a formidable weapon, Naruto would love it.

Heiwa's demonstration ended in him catching the handle of the free swinging sword in his free hand without any difficulty at all. He came back over to where Hiashi was sitting near the door.

"What do you think?" the weapons master asked, only slightly out of breath.

"I think that Naruto and Hinata are going to love these swords, but how do we get them to chose them over the more conventional varieties that are out there?" Hiashi asked.

"That's simple, on Naruto's birthday you bring both him and Hinata here to my shop, I know that most stores are closed due to the anniversary of the kyuubi attack, but I think we'll make an exception for him. I am confident that they will be drawn to these weapons, their personalities fit the styles perfectly. Though I am pretty sure that Naruto will want to learn both weapons." Heiwa said.

"How can you be so sure?" Hiashi asked

"Like you said, his world revolves around your daughter and she will be learning the deer horn knives, he will want to help her and would only end up learning it anyways. Plus from what you told me I am pretty sure that Naruto will become a combat specialist when he grows older, and not every fight takes place at the end of a sword, he will need a reliable close combat weapon for when the tiger hooks will not be feasible to use without harm to himself or his teammates." Heiwa explained patiently.

"You have a good point. Very well, I will have Naruto learn both forms. Thank-you for seeing me and giving me a demonstration before I brought the children here. I will see you in two days on Naruto's birthday. We will come by around noon to ensure that you have time to get everything ready." Hiashi said as he got up to leave.

"Thank-you for allowing me to teach your children Lord Hiashi." Heiwa said as Hiashi left.

'Naruto is going to love this' Hiashi thought as he made the short trip home.

A/N: the weapons I mentioned are real but they are actually chinese in origin not japanese as most of the weapons mentioned in Naruto are, I just couldn't find one that seemed to fit him well without making him too similar to other characters. The tiger hook swords certainly fit that description, ane the deer horn knives just seemed perfect for Hinata's gentle fist movements. Plus I thought that the swords I chose were really cool, and I tried to do them justice with my descriptions.