Disclaimer: Naruto and the characters (except for Sora in the previous story) aren't mine. I wish for it to be but I'm not that creative as Masashi Kishimoto.

The Greedy Beast

Day one was a failure. Though she succeeded to get Hiashi to sign it, the paper was only half finished. The two clans were already planning the marriage and how everything should be. There were only two days left and getting the last signature was going to be hard.

That morning, when she set off to try again, she heard the heiress trying her best not to cry. Her separated sobs had annoyed the rest of the clan. Her guards were trying to keep her quiet but it didn't work. Not to marry the ones you love is something hard. She had to leave. She wanted to comfort her but she left.

She arrived at the Uchiha household. Servants were guarding the gate, not Itachi. She asked for permission to enter. The guards hesitated. If they did let her in, she would be killed or maybe them two guards and her. They knew she was there for something important but the answer was no.

"Please!" she begged.

"I'm sorry but we may be killed."

"Pretty please!"

Tenten felt stupid to say something like that. That was for girls (I'm one too) who could do the special technique…the Puppy dog eyes. She felt like slapping herself.

One of the guards sighed in defeat. "I'll ask the Head."

He left to see the current heir. While he was gone, Tenten talked to the other guard. He was only another servant. She knew very little of him since he was hardly seen. Rumours were spread that he was a strong one but was only a cook for his fellow other servants and gardener. She asked him questions if the rumours were true. It seemed they were half true. He said he wasn't as strong as people were told. He was sold by his own clan. His clan was a very strong one but sold him because he was a disgrace to it.

The first guard came back with his answer. He didn't look too happy about it either.

"I don't like it how Uchiha-sama answered. I can tell he is upset. Don't annoy him or else."

Tenten entered without worry or fear. She was strong enough to handle the head of the clan until she got away if it was needed. She did need a good fight too. That reminded her; she needed to spar with Neji sometime soon. The lack of missions was starting to annoy her.

She knocked at his door and went in. Uchiha Fugaku sat on a cushion drinking Green Tea.

"Why are you here?" he asked after his placed the cup on the floor.

"Uchiha-sama, I do wish for you to think about what we talked about last night. Hinata is suffering greatly!"

"Then cheer her up."

"That is not possible until either Naruto returns and ends this wedding or you stop it yourself."

"I guess she'll have to suffer than," he concluded.

Fugaku reached for his warm cup of tea. He lifted it till it reached his lips. Just when he was about to take another sip, Tenten stopped him.

"Sign the paper!"

Her words made him place the cup back on the floor, his eyes, closed. He faced the scroll which had the agreement on it and thought.

"So?" Tenten asked impatiently.

"The answer is still a no. I refuse because my son is in need of a wife and there is no-one else but her. Plus, Hiashi did agree to the marriage."

Tenten didn't give up though. She was able to convince Fugaku to postpone the wedding for another two days. This gave Tenten to come back on the next day and the next, which was what she did.

Both conversations were listened to by Mikoto, Sasuke's mother. She listened and tried to think of how to forge his signature without him knowing. Her deadline was the day before the wedding, in three days time.

Sasuke was forced to stay in his room thanks to Tenten's visits. It had annoyed him greatly. Every now and then, he asked his servants to bring something hard like a rock from the garden to him.. It had relieved him greatly to squeeze the rock and relieved him more when he added chakra to his hand and broke it to bits. The little pieces flew around the room. Several servants were hit on the head and received a bruise while some were hit within their fatal areas and died on the spot. Sasuke only smirked in amusement at the injuries and deaths.

The servants were rushing all over the place on the third day. Sasuke had lost his temper and asked for anything or anyone to amuse him. He had asked Sora to pick the most beautiful female servant and have her ready for the hell of her lifetime. She did all that and the servant was ready three in the afternoon. He asked for her at five.

"Master Sasuke, here are the designs you ordered."

Another servant had brought him magazines of designs for his wedding. While he waited for the clock to strike five, he went through them and pick out what he wanted.

It wasn't long before night had fallen. Sasuke was feeling happier and somewhat satisfied. The girl Sora had chosen wasn't as beautiful as Hinata and didn't really care since she was once a toy for others.

"Sasuke," his brother started, "It is almost midnight and you still haven't gone to sleep."

"Hn, the big event won't happen for another couple of days."

He wasn't really upset or happy. He just thought of the bright side, more days of planning.

"Leave my room," Sasuke ordered.

Itachi left without replying. He felt shameful for being his own brother's servant. He was like a puppet. His parents did not choose him as the future heir of the clan even though he was first born. He was not strong enough to succeed. With his broken heart, he left to his quarters and slept till he was awaken by his brother's whines.

Naruto collapsed to the dirt. He needed rest. Some ninja had attacked throughout the whole day and only made little progress. Konoha was supposed to be nearby but it wasn't. It was still far off in the distance. Only about a kilometre of two they would enter the Fire Country.

Without setting up a tent or unfolding his sleeping bag, he fell asleep. Kakashi watched him as he did the basics, unfold his sleeping bag and light a fire.

'Those ninja were mostly using fire techniques. I wonder if the Uchiha clan has anything to do with this,' Kakashi thought.

After the fire was made and he cleared the thoughts from his mind, he too fell asleep.

His theory was right. Uchiha Fugaku had ordered some strong shinobi from his clan to attack them. He wanted the wedding to go on and this was what he came up with. The ninja were only there to slow the two down at Fugaku's command.

The next day had frustrated Naruto quite a bit. After an hour from waking up, they were attacked by men who specialised only in taijutsu. They didn't seem like ninja but robbers who needed money and food. The two still fought though. The battle was quick and short as the men were not as strong as the Konoha ninja. They… well, Kakashi packed up while Naruto wrote a quick note to Hinata.

"Kuchiyose no Jutsu!"

Curious, Kakashi turned his head to face Naruto. He wanted to know why Naruto had summoned a toad. He saw the orange toad from the disappearing smoke.

Gamakichi was bigger than when Naruto had summoned him years ago. He was almost as big as Gamatabi.

"Gamakichi," Naruto ordered "Is it okay you deliver this to Hinata-chan?"

By the way Gamakichi sighed; Kakashi instantly knew he was told to do this a few times before.

"Again? How many times do I have to do that for you? Just get a well-trained bird and ask that to deliver the message!" the toad argued.

"I don't have the money."

"Well get some!"

Naruto frowned from the answer he had given. He then grinned after he thought of a plan.

"Whoever wins in Scissors-Paper-Rock determines whether the message will be delivered or not. Deal?" he said.

Gamakichi looked at Naruto's human hand with uncertainty. It wasn't after a minute or two he had agreed to it. The game was ready to go…

"Scissors, paper, rock!" they sang in unison.

Naruto had scissors and Gamakichi had paper. Naruto cheered loudly when he realised he had won the game. Gamakichi's head drooped in loss.

"Damn it! Well, I guess a deal's a deal."

The toad opened his front webbed paw (is that what it's called coz I'm dumb). Naruto placed the note into it and watched him disappear into a puff of smoke.

Everything was set and the fire was hidden underneath the dirt. Kakashi stood up and announced they were leaving.
The rest of the day was an easy travel. They weren't far from Konoha as they moved at a quicker pace. Naruto couldn't wait to see Hinata again, but, he had no idea what event was planned and what was going to happen to the heiress.

That evening, Hinata watched the sun set with red puffy eyes from the tears she shed. At the time, she wished for Tenten to talk to and Ino to receive fashion tips. Unfortunately, Tenten had been out almost everyday and Ino was on a mission with Shikamaru to gather information of some sort. She wasn't totally upset though, she was told by a messenger that the wedding was postponed and Naruto had more time to come back. It made her smile whenever she thought of Naruto's return. It made her happier when she received a note from him.

She was leaning on the window sill. Her chin was placed on the palm of her right hand. As she watched the sun, she stretched her chakra past her room to sense if Naruto was going to surprise her at any chance. She did get a surprise but not from him. A puff of smoke popped in front of her, making her chakra return to her and suppress itself. The smoke disappeared and Gamakichi entered her room.

"Note from Naruto," he said gloomily.

He handed her the piece of paper and disappeared again. It was folded into a small square so she unfolded it. It read:

Dear Hinata-chan

Celebrate cause I'm coming back home! I was supposed to be back sometime today but there were some battles along the way. I should be back in two days. I hope things didn't get worse while I was away.

See you till then.

Love, Naruto

Her mind panicked. The day for his arrival was on the day of the wedding. What if he came late and she was already married? It was too much for her mind to handle. Her eyes closed and her fingers let the note to slip out of her hands. The sound of her landing on the ground made Neji and Hanabi run to her room.

Tenten was told to meet outside the gates of the Uchiha household with the paper by someone. She didn't know who and she didn't know what that person wanted her.

It was seven and the sun was still setting. She had heard of the news that Hinata had fainted for some unknown reason earlier. She didn't stay behind to care for her. She left to meet this mystery person.

There were no guards at the gates and she didn't understand why. It was unusual as they were out almost all day. She knew because she was on guard past midnight one time. Itachi said Sasuke would love to see her die if she didn't accept the job.

She waited for fifteen minutes before someone, hidden in a dark cloak, walked to her. The person lifted the hood. It was Mikoto, the kind one of the family.

"Do you have the papers?" she asked.

"Yeah. Why did you want me to bring this as well?"

"Because I will sign it instead of Fugaku. I can forge his signature so there shouldn't be a problem."

Tenten handed her the paper, trusting her with it. She gave her a pen and turned around for Mikoto to lean on her back.

Mikoto placed the paper on the ex-servant. She quickly wrote his signature on the paper and looked around. She turned her head to the Uchiha household and dropped the pen.

"Mikoto!"

Tenten jumped from fright. The paper floated to the ground while Mikoto stood as still as a statue.

"F-Fugaku," she stammered.

"Mikoto, did you sign that paper?" the Head yelled.

"I-I-I…"

"Tenten, is that you? I want you out of our territory now!"

The brunette ran to the nearest ally and hid there. She summoned a Shadow Clone and told it to listen to their conversation.

Fugaku stormed to the piece of paper and picked it up. He quickly ran through it and found his signature on it.

"What did you do?"

His wife was taken aback. She was never spoken to so rudely by him before. She felt as if everything was a plan to get more money and power. Those greedy creatures! She had to teach them a thing or two about generosity. Anger of their greediness and amusement in blood fed the dragon inside of her.

"I did it to teach you, Sasuke and Itachi about giving up for the sake of others! You three are nothing like me. I can't believe I married you!"

Fugaku gasped in shock. "You betrayed me and our family. Not only that but you've disgraced the clan as well. You are like little Hinata."

There was silence as the two fought mentally. It was broken by Mikoto slapping her husband on the face.

"You're a greedy beast," she said. She continued with tears in her eyes. "Where's the Fugaku that I loved?" She wanted to run was trapped in Fugaku's tight grip.

"Guards," Fugaku yelled, "take her away, in the basement or where ever. As long she is out of my sight!"

Three guards came to take her away. Before she disappeared into the house, she said one last thing.

"You greedy beast!" she screamed again.

Fugaku didn't care about her. He was the Head and he had control of the entire clan. The paper was still in his hand. He spat on it and tore it to pieces.

"Bitch," he swore.

Chapter 12 is done! I think the next chapter is the last. Oh yeah, I made the chapters longer. I couldn't bother making a new page and start a new chapter and besides, I think this story is getting way long!

Hey. hey, I read the latest Naruto chapters and boy was I happy to read it! SPOILER! The Fourth Hokage is Naruto's dad! His name is something Minato or something like that. I like Arashi as his name. Minato sounds kind of girlie to me. SPOILER! I wonder what happened to his family? Now I really feel like writing something about Naruto and his dad but I don't know what to write about...

Anyway, please review and before I leave, thank you for the reviews! They make me really happy!