"uugh, wh-where am I?", asked Hinata. She found herself in a huge room that was more majestic and bigger than any of the rooms in her house.

She noticed that she was still wearing the hospital gown that she put on and her regular clothes were folded on the drawer next to her. She got up and out of the bed and dressed. She went to open the door and walked into a living room. It had a huge TV and a circular rug that covered almost the entire room. There were two couches, one on each side of the door opposite of the TV, not the one that she just came out of. She went through that door and saw a staircase that led downstairs. On the left and right wall, there were two doors. She walked downstairs and was hit by the aroma of food. Down here, there was one door on each side. The smell was coming from the right door and she got into a fighting stance. Wherever she was, there was someone in that room, and whoever he/she was is about to get his/her ass kicked. (I will post the design that I drew of the house on my profile)

She forced the door open and rushed in.

"Hey, Hinata-chan. You're awake." Hinata eye's widened and her face felt warm, really warm. Naruto stood there standing over a completed breakfast. Unknown to Hinata, Naruto had a Henge on that didn't show the gear on top of his head. "You must be hungry. You were sleeping for three days."

Crash!

Hinata fainted and hit the ground, making a crack. Naruto rubbed the back of his head and laughed sheepishly. "At least I know why she does that now."


Hinata ate with silence. She had woken up and had managed not to faint again as she sat down at the table. After her third bite, she was too curious to not ask. "N-Naruto-kun, wh-where are we? Whose h-house is this?"

Naruto was thumping his chest, right above the power core, at the moment because he had eaten to fast. He grabbed the glass of milk and gulped it all down. When that little terror was over, he answered. "It's mine. I just bought it."

This time Hinata thumped her chest as she chocked on her toast. "Wasn't cough wasn't this expensive?"

"Oh, yeah. You didn't get the news. I was awarded the rank of Chunin and I got Orochimaru's bounty."

"Y-You're a Chunin now?"

Naruto nodded enthusiastically. "Yep."

"C-Congratulations. Ah!" Naruto had moved suddenly and now was less than an inch from Hinata's face. Her face exploded in a deep red. Naruto just stood there, staring. He grinned. "Hinata-chan, you seriously got stop stuttering. I already know how you feel about me, so no need to be nervous."

Unfortunately, this had the opposite effect.

Crash!

"Ah crap. Not again."


Hinata managed to get up onto her seat. But her hand shook so much that she couldn't eat. It didn't matter. Her stomach was full of butterflies. 'He knows. What do I do? What do I do?

Naruto sighed. This was harder than he thought. 'Maybe I should just talk normally. "Hinata-chan, are you going to train for the next Chunin Exam?"

"Train? Ah! I forgot! I need to get home."

Naruto rubbed his head sheepishly. "Uh, Hinata. This is your home now."

"W-What do you mean, Naruto-kun?"

Naruto looked down. If Hinata looked closely, she could have seen Naruto's face go a little red. "What I mean is your father gave you to me."

"G-Gave?"

"To marry."

"…"

"…"

Hinata started to cry. "N-Naruto-kun, that's a horrible j-joke."

Naruto petrified. This wasn't how he expected this to go. "Hinata-chan? Please don't cry. I'm sorry. I'm really sorry."

Hinata wiped away her tears. "I-It's okay Naruto-kun."

"But I wasn't joking."

"…Naruto-kun, you're horrible."

"I'm not joking. Your father was a friend of my mother apparently and he believes that the only way to repay her is to give me something. I didn't really have a choice in the matter due to the Clan Restoration Act."

"Y-You mean, it's all true. I'm g-going to m-marry you?"

"Well, the Act doesn't come into effect until I'm 18, but yeah."

Hinata was silent, but then started to cry again. 'Oh shit, did I say something wrong again?, thought Naruto. "Hinata, I'm sorry. Please stop being sad."

Hinata shook her head. "I'm not sad. I'm really happy."

"Happy?"

"I liked you since the Academy, no, before that even. I started to watch you after you saved me from those bullies."

Flashback: 5 years ago

It was sunset in Konoha. The forests were almost dark. Everything in it was going to sleep. Nothing made a sound. Except:

"Why is someone like you here, your majesty.", taunted one of the boys in front of Hinata who at the time was crying.

"How does it feel to know that you'll always have money to keep yourself happy when the rest of us have to live in poverty?", another boy who was covered in dirt said. He spit at the crying girl who was repeating, "I'm sorry."

"Sorry? You're not sorry. You just don't want to be here and are saying anything to save your behind.", said the next angry boy who had a bat with nails at the end. "Let me teach you what it means to be sorry."

The boy lifted up his weapon and cackled when he saw the fear in Hinata's eyes. She shut her eyes tight. He brought the bat down and:

Crack!

Hinata waited. There was the sound of the hit. But… where was the pain? She opened his eyes and saw another boy with blond hair in front of her. His arm, in front of his forehead, was bleeding due to the nails embedded in his skin. The boy turned his sight behind his shoulder and looked at Hinata. She gasped as she saw his blue eyes glow in the dim light. He uttered one word. "Run!" She nodded and took off toward her household. She got to the front gate and the guards ran up to her. "Hinata-sama, why are you here and covered in filth? Come, let us wash you." Hinata shook her head. "No please, there's a boy that saved me that is being attacked. Please come with me."

The heiress and her guards came to the place where Hinata left the blond boy. But the boy was gone. The three bullies were on the ground, obviously hurt. They were bleeding everywhere and the bat was on the ground, covered in blood. Hinata gasped. On the ground, there was a message written in blood. It said, "Respect the women, you fuckers."

Flashback End

"Huh. Did something happen like that?", Naruto asked out loud to himself. "I always got hurt so I can't remember."

Hinata shook her head. "D-Don't worry. It doesn't matter that y-you don't remember."

Naruto rubbed his head sheepishly again. "Man, if you liked me from all the way back then, I must have been really dense." Hinata giggled. "You were, Naruto-kun. Just a little bit."

They both laughed. But then Naruto realized something. "Hey, you didn't stutter that last sentence. See, it's not that hard."

'Naruto-kun is right. I didn't!, Hinata thought. "Must be because you are with me."

Naruto furrowed his eyebrows and frowned. "No, wasn't that when I was with you, you stuttered."

Hinata had a look of confusion on her face as she thought about what she just said. She decided to ignore it and move on. "Naruto-kun, what are you going to do?"

"Huh? What do you mean?"

"This house must have cost a lot with the size and all the stuff inside. Didn't you waste all the b-bounty money?"

"What are you talking about? This entire house including the stuff was about 24 billion yen."

"What?" Hinata went slack jawed. "How much money was the bounty?"

"About 600,000,000,000 yen."

Crash!

Hinata fainted onto the floor. Naruto looked over her and laughed. "Well at least it wasn't because of the usual reason."


The Hokage sighed. Why did he have to do paperwork? Why couldn't he hire someone to do it for him? He sighed again.

Poof!

He looked up and saw an ANBU and Naruto standing there with the latter yelling. "Don't do that! I told you I could get to the tower fast by myself!" The ANBU shushined away. "HEY! Get back here! I need to kick your ass!"

"Naruto… NARUTO!"

Naruto stopped yelling at turned to the Hokage. "Hey, jiji. Why you send for me?"

"Straight to the point are we?"

"I do have a fainted Hinata back at home so I want to get back as soon as possible."

Sarutobi chuckled. "Right, well I'll send someone to check on her because I have a job for you. Your first job as a Chunin."

"What is it?", Naruto asked enthusiastically.

"Tayuya? Do you remember her?"

"Hmm, was she the red head girl with the foul mouth that I fought?"

"Exactly. She's being a bit difficult with us. But, we may have found a way to get her to talk."

"What?"

"Tsuchi Kin, a girl we found after the Exams."

"Oh yeah, she was the girl on the Sound genin team."

"Right. She also happens to be a close friend of Tayuya."

"I get it now. No need to explain. I'll talk to her." Naruto opened up a portal seal and left.

The Hokage sighed. "Young people always on the move. You can come in now." Jirayia walked in through the window. "He's changed."

"Jirayia, you were the one that did that to Naruto so you will be held responsible."

"I know. I'll teach the boy."

"Good. Teach him everything that you can." Jirayia nodded and shushined away.

'He's stupid, but Jirayia can be reliable. But, he has done something right. His biggest accomplishment, hehehehe. The Hokage pulled out a familiar orange book.


Kin stood chained to the wall. She had been captured after the Hokage found her tied up. She was to be used in a sacrifice, but something happened otherwise. None of the ninjas that visit/take care of her will tell her. They probably had been ordered to keep silent.

The door slid open and a man of armor walked in. He stood there staring at her. "What? Are you my interrogator?"

"You could say that. My name is Uzumaki Naruto."

"Uzumaki? Where have I heard of that before?"

"You should remember. You attacked my teammate in the Forest of Death when I was unconscious."

"Wait, wait, wait. You were that goofy blond kid? The one that won his preliminary round by farting?"

"Oh right, remember that of all things. No one remembers how I had to save Sasuke in the Forest of Death and in the Chunin Exam."

"What happened to you?"

"Well, I- Wait, why am I answering questions. I should be asking them."

Kin scoffed. "Right, try and get a word out of me. I'm not going to spill."

Naruto didn't listen. He was thinking with his hand on his chin. "Something's not right here."

"What? Torture? Is that what you're forgetting?" Kin mocked. She believed that the kid from back then couldn't do something as cruel as that. Righttt…

"Oh yeah, that's what's wrong." Naruto unsheathed his Tarkatan's blades and walked closer to Kin.

Kin started to struggle against her chains. "I was just kidding. You really don't need to…" Naruto brought down his blades and Kin closed her eyes.

….'Where's the pain? She reopened her eyes and saw that he was sheathing his blades. She exhaled a nervous breath and put her arms down. 'Wait, my arms are down. She looked up and saw that the chains were cut.

"That's much better, don't you think?", asked Naruto.

"Aren't you afraid that I'll attack you?", asked Kin.

"Not really."

"And why not? I did work for Orochimaru so what makes you think that I'll won't attack you?"

"Did?"

"What?"

"You said did. Don't you mean that you still work for Orochimaru?"

"Well,… of course… I do."

"Anyways, no. You won't attack me because of what I'm about to tell you. From what I saw during Shikamaru's preliminary match, you use sound genjutsu. My helmet can block all sound if I choose to."

"But I also use senbon. How do you know that I don't have hidden weapons with me?"

"If that happens, my armor will block it. Then afterwards, I'll have the ANBU outside strip you down to your skin and then I will interrogate you."

Kin tensed, but then let her head drop. She was out of options. "Fine. I won't attack you."

"Good. Now I want to talk to you about helping Konoha."

Kin snorted. "Why would I help you? Orochimaru-sama is coming to free me soon."

"… You don't know?"

"Know what?" 'Is this what the guards were keeping from me?, thought the curious Kin.

"Orochimaru's dead.", replied Naruto.

"…"

"…"

"..Who killed him?", asked Kin.

"Yours truly.", said Naruto with a bow.

"…"

"…"

"..HAHAHAHAHAHA! You? Kill a Sanin like Orochimaru-sama? Don't be ridiculous. You couldn't even beat the Inuzuka without your fart."

Naruto sighed. He walked over to the adjacent wall that was left of the door. He pulled back his fist and sent it flying into the concrete wall. His arm up to his elbow smashed through. Then he pulled back his arm and dragged the cellmate out of his cell and into Kin's. "Still think I couldn't have defeated him?", asked Naruto.

The guy Naruto pulled through was whimpering. He was trying to figure out how to escape when a fist broke into his cell and pulled him here. Naruto noticed the man's behavior. "Oh, sorry man." He opened the door and yelled out, "ANBU! Clean up on aisle 9!" The man dove into his cell and hid from Naruto.

Kin was taken aback. She had no idea what just happened. 'What? Where did he get such strength? What happened to him? I wonder, is that strength enough to kill Orochimaru-sama? "How did you kill him?"

"I used an unfair advantage."

"That doesn't answer my question. What advantage?"

"I kinda took out his forces before I attacked him, so I had an entire village's worth of ninjas helping me."

Kin was still surprised. 'Orochimaru-sama had an entire army waiting, with the Sand and the Sound. "Wait, did you take out the Sand as well?"

"Nope. After they saw me beat Gaara and saw that their Kazekage was a fraud, they didn't want to join forces anymore."

'So he only needed to take out the Sound. Not bad. He defeated half an army and must have fought the Sound 4. "Wait, what about Tayuya? She's a Sound ninja and she was one of Orochimaru's bodyguards."

Naruto shook his head. "Sorry, but Tayuya has no connections to this place. She would attack this village immediately if we let her go. So, the Hokage has decided to execute her." It was lie though. But what she doesn't know, won't hurt.

"WHAT?"

"Is she a friend of yours?"

Kin nodded. "Can you do anything?"

Naruto shook his head. "Sorry, but only a Konoha ninja that can defend her can help her, but considering she was a personal guard of Orochimaru, no one wants to."

"Can't you?", Kin asked. Naruto smiled inwardly. 'Good, she's asking the enemy just like I want.

"Why should I? I was the one that took her down."

"Please.", she begged.

"Fine, on two conditions. First, break all bonds or connections with Orochimaru."

"Done. He tried to use me as a sacrifice so I have no love for him."

"Second, become a Konoha ninja."

"…Wha?"

"Konoha needs all the people it can get. Genjutsu is welcomed here considering we don't have that many users."

Kin thought for a moment. Naruto saw that she was still indecisive so he added, "If you don't, you'll be marked as a missing-nin."

Kin sighed. "Fine, it seems I have no choice."

"Good. Then sign this contract with your blood, but be warned. If you break it, Tayuya will die." Naruto pulled out a piece of paper from seemingly nowhere. She signed it and the contract disappeared with a poof. "I'll go talk to the Hokage now."

"Wait, you are going cancel Tayuya's execution, right?"

Naruto was already out the door when she heard his response. "Maybe, if she was actually being executed." He slammed the door and ran as fast as he could.

The gears clicked in her head as she heard the footprints echo into her room. "YOU BASTARD!"


Naruto knocked on the door and peeked in. "Knock Knock!" He looked at the girl in the straitjacket and the muffle. "Uhh, why does she have a muffle on like a dog?" The ANBU that stood outside answered, "She kept cussing and getting on my nerves."

"Did you really need to do that though?", asked Naruto.

"Trust me. The stuff she said would piss you off too." With that, the ANBU closed the door. Naruto looked at Tayuya who shot daggers with her eyes. Naruto said, "Uh, yeah. I have no idea how to read your eyes so I'll just take off your muffle." He took the knob and twisted, making the muffle snap open.

"Fuck you, you bastard! You fucking killed my teammates! I don't want to see any part of you."

"Again, the language."

"Who fucking cares what you think, you motherfucker!"

"You know what, if you're going to be like this, I can just tell the Hokage to go through with Kin Tsuchi's execution."

"What? What did you just say?"

"Kin Tsuchi is to be executed tomorrow for being affiliated with the Sound."

"But she was just a grunt."

"Doesn't matter. The Hokage wants to make sure that no one will try and rebuild Otokagure."

"But…" Tayuya was frustrated. She didn't know what to do.

"The only way for her to avoid death is to be defended by a Konoha nin."

"Then… Can you do it?"

"Of course I could. But, I won't."

"Please, she's my close friend."

"And why should I do something for you?"

"Well… uh... umm…."

Naruto sighed. 'This is going better than I thought. "If you sign a contract and become a Konoha ninja, you can defend her yourself."

"…Fine. Give me the contract." Naruto took out the contract and held it up to her. "Uhh, how am I supposed to sign this?", asked the annoyed Tayuya.

"It's a blood contract but let me warn you. If you break the contract, Kin dies."

Tayuya nodded and bit the inside of her cheek. She mixed the influx of blood with saliva and spit onto the paper."

"Good. I'll go talk with the Hokage."

"And you'll make sure Kin doesn't die, right?"

"Of course." Naruto was out the door, but before he closed the door, he yelled, "Her execution is changed from never to still never." He slammed the door and ran, again.

"… YOU MOTHERFUCKER! GET THE FUCK BACK HERE!"


"Amazing, Naruto.", said Sarutobi. "You got them not only to be forced to talk, but you got them to join Konoha as well."

Naruto swelled with pride as he heard those words. But then he heard this.

"Too bad they're going to kill you. They won't forget until you're shredded to bits for tricking them into this."

"…What?"

"Nothing! I just wanted to talk about your next mission."

"Really? I just did one."

"Ninjas can't rest. But, I want you to have a team this time."

"A team?"

Sarutobi nodded. "A team led by a Chunin has two Chunin and 3 genin. For your next mission, I want you to work with them."

"Do I get to pick?"

Sarutobi shook his head. "That's funny. A newly appointed Chunin thinking he can pick members onto his team. No. I will choose for you. The first two genin will be Tayuya and Kin."

"What? Why?"

"You are the only person that they might listen to."

Naruto's head dropped. "Fiiiiine. Who is the Chunin and last genin?"

"I wanted the Chunin to be someone you knew so your teamwork would be good."

"Who?"

"Nara Shikamaru."

"Wait, Shikamaru got promoted?" Naruto said with his jaw on the ground which made it hard to understand what he was saying.

Sarutobi chuckled at the blonde's antics. "Yes, he showed strategy beyond the average genin, beyond the average Chunin."

Naruto laughed. "Yep, that's Shikamaru for you. Okay, I won't mind him on the team. But, who's the last genin?"

The old leader gave a smile that Naruto just didn't feel too good about. "Hyuga Hinata."

"… huh?"

"Well, I thought your fiancé would be sad if you left without her, so I put her on the team."

Naruto smiled. "Okay. So what's the mission?"

Sarutobi got a serious look. "Do you know Rock Lee?"

"Of course."

"He has some damage to his body that our medics can't fix. It seems that the battle with Sabuku no Gaara nearly destroyed his ninja career."

Naruto was surprised. 'What happened when I was with Tony? Wait a minute. Naruto asked, "You said nearly, right?"

Sarutobi nodded. "There is one person who can help him, Tsunade, my old student."

Naruto nodded. "So just drag her ass back here?"

"Right."

"good, I'll go assemble my team." Naruto walked over to the door.

"Wait, there's one more person that I want to send with you. He's going to teach you during the mission. I assume you already know Jirayia?"

Naruto froze, his hand centimeters from the doorknob. His head turned around slowly and shakily, making a creepy creaking noise as it moved and looked at the Hokage. "That dipshit that pushed me off the cliff?" Sarutobi could swear that he saw black darkness pouring out of Naruto's mouth and ears and his eyes look like the Shinigami's.

Naruto's head turned back around. "Fine. Just don't be surprised if you find a dead pervert in your office when I come back." He left.

'Jirayia is going to have a hell of a time with Naruto. Now, back to his greatest accomplishment., thought Sarutobi.


Hinata woke up in the same room again. 'What happened? Oh yeah, I fainted because of that. Wow, this room is worth more than I have., she thought amazed. She walked downstairs to try and find Naruto, but he wasn't in sight. She did get a layout of the house though. The second floor was consisted of a living room, 4 bedrooms, a half bathroom which connected to a room with a bath, and a closet. The first floor consisted of a kitchen, dining room, the entrance, and… uhh… Hinata stared at the door that she hadn't opened yet. 'Maybe Naruto-kun is in there. She opened the door and saw a staircase. She climbed down and saw another door. She knocked and opened the door. "Hello? Naruto-kun?"

The room was pitch dark so Hinata reached around until she hit a light switch. A row of light turned on and illuminated the space of where she stood. Another row of lights turned on and another. This continued until the entire room was lit. Hinata stood surprised at what she saw.

The room was huge. It stretched out even past the base of the house. It was as bigger than a football field. But everywhere she looked, she saw metal pieces and devices that she couldn't recognize. Metal arms were moving by themselves.

"Hinata?" She eeped and turned around and saw Naruto on the stairs that she just came down on. "N-Naruto-kun. S-Sorry, I didn't mean to intrude."

Naruto frowned and Hinata was afraid that she entered a room that was private. "Aw, Hinata. We just fixed your stuttering problem. But, don't worry. This isn't a room that I need to hide." He walked in and stretched his arms out. "This is my lab where I invent stuff to add onto my suit."

"Naruto, why do you wear that s-suit?", asked Hinata.

Naruto sighed. "I'll show you since you're someone I trust. CECI, unequip armor."

Hinata gasped. She trembled as she looked at his metal arm, leg, and gear. "W-What happened?"

"A man named Jirayia the Toad Sage pushed me off a cliff to train me." Hinata gasped again. She knew who Jirayia was. He was one of the Sanin. It was impossible not to know him. She started to tremble again.

Naruto saw this and said, "Hinata, if you're scared, you can leave this house. Don't worry, I-"

"I'm not scared.", Hinata said, her hair covering her eyes so Naruto couldn't see them.

"What? Then why are you trembling?"

"I'm trembling because," Hinata looked up and Naruto saw her tears roll down her face, "because I'm angry at Jirayia. I'm sorry. You wouldn't need to train if I didn't lose to Neji." Naruto was shocked. "No, no. It's not your fault. Really. Please, stop crying."

Hinata wiped her tears away and giggled. "It seems that all I do is cry and all you do is apologize."

Naruto laughed. "I guess we do." They both laughed.

Knock Knock Knock!

Naruto looked back at the stairs. "It seems that we have visitors. Let's go Hinata." Both ninjas walked up the stairs and went to the door. Naruto opened it and immediately yelled, "AHH! What are you doing here?"

Hinata looked past Naruto and looked at the visitors. 'One of them looks familiar, but the other I have no idea who that is.

One of the visitors said, "You don't need to fucking yell!"

The other said, "Tayuya, you just yelled too."

"Kin, please don't correct me right now in front of this motherfucker."

"What are you doing here?", Naruto asked again.

Kin answered. "We needed a place to live and the Hokage told us to stay here."

Tayuya added, "It's not like we want to stay here, especially after what you did."

Naruto shook his head. "Wait, let me get this straight. You two are going to be staying here?" They nodded.

"…"

"…"

"…!"

END