A/N:sorry it took so long and that it's so short, but i felt that i kept you all waiting long enough. i am working on the next part as you read this and hopefully i can get it up within a week. i have plenty of ideas for later it's just getting them out of the academy with the right abilities that is proving troublesome. i tried to post some video examples of the weapons techniques that i am having them learn but fanfiction isn't letting me post the links in a chapter. i guess i could put them in my profile, but that means giving it an overhaul. i'll let you guys know when it's finished. that being said, on with the story.

(oh yeah, i don't own naruto or any related manga/anime material presented here, however the OCs mentioned in here are made up by my own deranged mind and i would appreciate if anyone who wishes to use them would let me know first. i don't care if you do, i just want to read the story you create with them.)

and now for the reason you all put up with my idiocy: the next chapter in the epic Naruto fanfic "The salvation of the Hyuga Clan"

Fugaku Uchiha was not a happy man at the moment. All of his longstanding plans surrounding the demon boy seemed to be falling apart before his very eyes. First his youngest son was defeated in a spar by the stupid brat on their very first day in the academy, and then the demon had the audacity to befriend the heirs of the Nara and Akimichi clans. Fugaku had been counting on the support of those clans when the time came to rid the village of the demon boy's menace. Now they stood ready to defend the boy merely for the sake of his friendship with their respective heirs, and where the Nara and Akimichi clans went, the Yamanaka were sure to follow. That legendary partnership, which had stood for two generations already and was now in line for it's third incarnation, was going to ruin several years worth of planning on Fugaku's part. Granted the clan's stance on the demon boy's continued existence had always been neutral, but Fugaku had assumed that their lack of a position on the matter had more to do with fear of the Hyuga clan than with an actual opinion. He had been certain that once the boy was dealt with they would come out on his side, only now he wasn't so sure, they hadn't come out and said it yet but Fugaku could see the tide of opinion regarding the demon brat turning in the boy's favor within those three clans. Without their support it would be nearly impossible to escape any legal or financial ramifications that could possibly result from the boy's elimination. He needed more information before he could decide on his next course of action. And there was only one ninja who was skilled enough to fool the Hyugas and their accursed Byakugan, his son Itachi, true he had been getting more and more distant as of late, but he was still loyal to the Uchiha clan and would not be able to refuse a direct order from it's leader. He walked to the door of his office and called for a servant to summon Itachi immediately, they would have to move fast if they were to have any chance of getting rid of the demon brat before it was too late.

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Naruto was extremely excited. Today was his birthday, and they were heading somewhere special, he had no idea where they were going or why they had ventured outside of the Hyuga compound on today of all days. They had never before left the compound on his birthday so he knew that there must be a reason for their adventure today. He ran into the store his 'uncle' had spoken of without knowing exactly what he would find there, he then froze in shock, never in a million years would he have expected this, he knew that the Hyuga clan had sworn off of weapons three generations ago when the gentle fist style had been perfected. So why were they in a weapons shop now? He turned to his uncle to ask him that question, but was suddenly speechless when he saw the look on Hiashi's face. He was...smiling? Yes he was smiling, such an expression looked foreign on the face of a man who had carefully cultivated his reputation of arrogance and power in the eyes of the general populace of the village. Naruto had only seen Hiashi smile a few times, and never outside of the compounnd where they lived. Even within the compound the man kept his face a careful mask of indifference, only those who knew him best, such as his wife or his brother and their children, had ever seen him smile, and always it was inside his office with the privacy seals activated where no snooping elder would be able to see it and call him weak. Naruto got over his shock when Hiashi spoke to him.

"Naruto I have decided that it is time for you to learn to defend yourself with more than just your hands. There is only so much that you can do of the gentle fist without the Byakugan, and your Byakuzen abilities can only go so far in making up for that fact before they too fall short of the mark. Since I do not know of any normal taijutsu teachers that I can fully trust with your training, besides normal taijutsu just won't cut it in the ninja world, you will need something more if you wish to survive your ninja career. That being the case, I will allow you to learn to fight with any weapon that you see here, I don't care how much it will cost, I only care that you learn to fight to the best of your ability."

Naruto was amazed at this turn of events. He had wanted to learn how to fight with a weapon ever since he had gone with Hizashi to get the kunais for his byakuzen training and seen all the cool weapons in the store, but he had thought that he would have to wait until he was a ninja to even be able to consider such an idea. There was also the fact that the store that the two had gone to that day didn't like him for some reason, Hizashi had gotten into a fight with the man at the counter, he wasn't sure but he suspected that the fight had something to do with his presence in the store. In the end Hizashi had needed to threaten the man in order to get him to serve them. No member of the Hyuga clan had ever gone to that weapons shop again. Naruto was brought back to the present when he realized that the others who were in the store with him were looking at him expectantly, as if waiting for a reaction from him. He gave them one that they wouldn't soon forget.

"this is the best birthday present ever!!!!!" he shouted, startling his companions. "Thank-you, Thank-you, Thank-you, Thank-you, Thank-you, Thank-you!" Naruto then realized that he was making a scene, which was probably not what his uncle wanted him to do, so he calmed himself down and resumed his carefully cultivated self control that he had lost in his excitement. He bowed to Hiashi and said in a calm voice, "Thank you for this great honor Hiashi-sama, I hope to make you proud and bring honor to the Hyuga clan with this endeavor that you are allowing me to embark on." Hinata giggled at his loss of control, she had always found these situations funny for some reason, maybe because it reminded her that there was another person who lived in the Hyuga compound who wasn't a perfect Hyuga, that meant she wasn't alone.

Hiashi was also greatly amused by Naruto's antics and his sudden reversion into the perfect Hyuga tone. Over the years they had been trying to make him slightly calmer and less reactionary in his daily life, they had mostly succeeded. Only when Naruto was extremely excited did his old hyperactivity come back for a few seconds. He wasn't boring, not by a long shot, but they had succeeded in causing Naruto to think about his actions before proceeding with them.

Hiashi bowed as well and said, "you are welcome Naruto, now go choose your weapon."

Naruto ran in like a kid in a candy store, or rather an academy student choosing his first real weapon. He quickly found the largest sword in the store, but he could tell that it wasn't for him, something about it just gave him an ominous feeling, like one day it would try to kill him or something. The tag on it's stand read: Zanbato (Horse slaying sword) a sword type most famous for it's use by one of the seven swordsmen of the mist, currently wielded by Zabuza the demon of the hidden mist. Naruto moved on to another sword type, he didn't think he would be strong enough to use that sword anyways.

'hmm let's see...' he thought, 'I need a weapon that is strong and deadly but still agile enough for use with my Byakuzen. It needs to have killing power without sacrificing defensive capabilities. And it needs to have a little something to give me an edge in my fights.' Something in the back of the shop caught his eye. He slowly walked towards it, as if he was in a trance. Hinata followed him, curious as to what could hold her best friend's attention for so long. He passed up every weapon in the shop. Every time they came to a weapon's case she was sure that he would stop, they passed up Katanas and Naginatas and Wakizashis and even a specialized longbow with blades on each tip. When they finally stopped at the case holding the weapons chosen by Hiashi earlier that week ( though Hinata didn't know about that yet) she was surprised at what she saw. In the case were two of the weirdest swords that she had ever seen, one had so many curves that she didn't even think it was a weapon ( the tiger hook swords), and the other one looked like something out of a scifi movie (the deer horn knives, they really do look like something out of star trek). She ended up staring at the 'deer horn knives', as the label called them, in awe. She had no idea how they were used but she could tell that they were extremely deadly. She found herself wanting to try them out, and maybe try to convince her father to let her use them, those knives looked like they were perfect for a gentle fist user such as herself. While Hinata was entranced by the deer horn knives Naruto was staring at the tiger hook swords, just as much in awe of them as Hinata was of the knives in front of her. He kept switching his gaze between the two weapons, but mostly he was staring at the swords. If he could learn to use such a weapon he would become a great ninja and best of all he could protect his Hina-hime from all the bad men this world had to offer. Unnoticed by the two children, a man walked up behind them.

"i see you've made your choice." he said, startling them. They hadn't even heard him approaching them.

Naruto recovered first. "yes I have Mr...."

"Oh I'm sorry kids, I didn't introduce myself. My name is Heiwa Sakusei, I am a weapons master and the owner of this shop. I am also the man whom the Hokage and your uncles have personally entrusted your weapons training to, you should feel honored that the Hokage has taken such an interest in your training. I don't train just anybody you know, a student has to show skill, courage, perseverance, compassion and humility if they wish me to even consider training them. You are lucky that the Hokage and your uncles have decided that you are worthy of my considerable talents, otherwise you wouldn't even be here.

Now then, I see that you have chosen the tiger hook swords, unfortunately the fact that you are training to be a ninja excludes you from using this weapon."

"What?!! I thought Uncle Hiashi said that I could choose any weapon in the shop!" Naruto interrupted.

Heiwa sighed, "if you settle down and listen then you'll hear the rest of what I was going to say," Naruto immediately stopped his tantrum and listened.

"Thank you, as I was saying, the fact that you are training to be a ninja excludes you from using this weapon. And there is a very good reason for this, as a ninja you will be fighting in all types of situations and all types of environments, not all of them conducive to this type of weapon. Hallways, for example, are too small and enclosed for you to fight correctly with the tiger hook swords, and sometimes a kunai or taijutsu just won't have the stopping power needed. In order to ensure that you have every advantage in your fights I don't allow my students to learn the tiger hook swords if they wish to also become ninjas. Of course if you also learned how to fight with a smaller weapon such as the deer horn knives that your girlfriend is admiring, then I would let you learn the tiger hook swords as well." 'thankfully this kid is still gullible, now we won't need to make any excuses as to why we are having him train in both weapons.' Heiwa thought as he was explaining all of this to Naruto.

Hiashi, Hizashi and Hinali came up to them just then and saw that the children had made their choices, though Hinata had no idea that she was in fact choosing her own weapon as well as helping Naruto find his.

The placement of weapons in the shop was not by accident, the weapons in the shop had been arranged so that Naruto would have to pass up nearly every weapon in the ninja's arsenal before he could consider the ones that had been chosen for him.

Hiashi cleared his throat so that they would listen to him.

"Naruto, if you have chosen your weapon then let us go to the counter and arrange for lessons and purchase your training weapons."

As the men headed towards the counter to make the arrangements Hinali grabbed Hinata's arm and held her back.

"I noticed you staring at those knives Hinata. Would you like to learn how to wield them as Naruto will?"

Hinata stared at her, hardly daring to believe what she was hearing.

"Y-yes mother, I would like that. B-but father would never allow me to do that, no Hyuga has learned how to wield anything other than the basic ninja tools in three generations."

"Well your father has decided that you should be given this chance if you so desire it. You will be taught alongside Naruto, after all it was you who gave your father the idea to let Naruto learn a weapon anyways. Your little talk with him after your first day at the academy did more than you thought it would. Your new weapons teacher convinced him that it would be better to have you learn this skill with Naruto. Think of this as a test case, a way to see if the Hyuga clan really is better off not using weapons." Hinali explained

"Thank you mother, I won't let you down." Hinata said before she ran up to the counter to inform Naruto of the news. Heiwa was right about one thing at least, Naruto was even more enthusiastic about his upcoming weapons training after he heard that Hinata was joining him.