Naruto walked out of the Uzumaki estates and headed toward the first of his destinations. As he walked he was aware of his shadows. From what he could sense there was 4 Whirlpool Anbu and 4 Leaf Anbu following him. which did not surprise him considering what had just happened a few hours ago.
When he arrived at the gates to the new Hyuuga estates he was quickly escorted in. "this way Naruto. Lady Hinata wants to speak to you." Hyuuga Hitoshi explained as he led him toward the building. "That's good. Thank you for showing me the way." Naruto responded.
Hitoshi nodded then walked into the compound with Naruto close behind. Moments later they walked into the main foyer. Naruto raised an eyebrow when he saw representatives of the various clans were present. Hinata watched him for a moment then turned to Hitoshi.
"Thank you Hitoshi you are dismissed." she said with a tone of dismissal. Hitoshi bowed then exited the room. Naruto bowed to the others then sat down on a proffered cushion. "I assume because the others are here we are going to be discussing our plans for the future?" Naruto asked politely.
"Yes. Most of the clans have decided to permanently settle in Whirlpool. The Hyuuga clan is one of them. We may be diminished but we are still strong." Hinata explained. Naruto nodded. "And what of the clans that have not decided?" he asked. Hinata shook her head wearily.
"There are only 3 clans that are undecided. The Suruzugi and the Kawasaki are undecided. They are civilian clans with maybe 2 or three members that are Ninja. The third is your father's clan the Namikaze Naruto." She explained. Naruto raised an eyebrow.
"I am not familiar with the Suruzugi or the Kawasaki. As for the Namikaze Clan. I decided to wait to hear what the leaf survivors said. If the majority stayed I would stay but if the majority left I would go with them. I am Namikaze. My father was the Yellow flash of Konoha and its Fourth Hokage.
Like it or not where the leaves go I go." Naruto explained. There was hushed murmuring in the background in response to Naruto's statement. Then Aburame Shiza spoke. "So you are going to settle in Whirlpool and rebuild the Namikaze clan here? "She asked. "Yes as most of you know my betrothed. Sabaku Temari has just arrived in the village.
As per the jeopardy clause which my Aunt activated. She will no longer be a Kunoichi. Instead she will be my primary wife while the other two will be my secondary wives. I have yet to decide who they shall be but it will be a while. I would imagine Hinata that you have already gotten some offers from some of the males in Whirlpool?"
Naruto asked with a raised eyebrow. Hinata blushed and some of the others snickered at her reaction. "Gomen Naruto but that's not really your business." she replied with a smile.
"That's really too bad considering that at one point I had considered asking Hiashi for your hand. But with the current situation as it is that will not happen as your place is with the clan.
Nara Saburo the new head of the Nara clan cleared his throat. "Pardon the interruption Naruto but I was wondering if you were going to go after your last teammate?" he asked. Both Naruto and Hinata traded glances than looked at him.
"As much as I would love to go to sound and rescue Sasuke I can't with the current situation as it is. Maybe someday but not now. With the current situation as it is and the news that Itachi brought us. We will have to move carefully with this information.
I have heard from Lady Tsunade that she is already taking over the majority of the leaf business until such time as the survivors finish integrating into the village proper. From what I could gather from her complaining the medical situation isn't up to snuff according to her and she is going to start working at the hospital." Naruto explained.
"I pity the staff and patients already." Inuzuka Hana replied with a feral smile. Naruto rolled his eyes. "You would considering that the majority of them are ones you put in the hospital in the first place Hana. Jeez can't you go one day without putting someone in the hospital from your training."
Naruto replied with a slight grimace. Hana just smiled again. "Now where is the fun in that? I am an Inuzuka. I run with the wolves and fight bears with my own two hands. That is the way of my clan going back over a hundred years." she answered.
Which is pretty much why most of the village makes sure never to get on your bad side." Aburame Shiza answered before Naruto could retort. Hinata cleared her throat. "Is there any more business that needs to be dealt with?" she asked. The assembled clan heads all shook their heads in the negative.
"Than if that is all we are dismissed for the day. Naruto will you stay behind for a moment?" Hinata asked. Naruto nodded. Once the room was clear Naruto narrowed his eyes and turned to her. "Alright Hinata what was it that you didn't say during the meeting and why should I not lose my temper?
Mind you it's already short." Naruto asked sternly. Hinata nodded her eyes. "I was informed of what had happened a few hours go and I need a full answer Naruto. Is he a danger to the survivors?" she demanded to know. All traces of her usual shyness were gone.
In its place was a stone cold clan head and leaf Kunoichi who would not tolerate threats to those that she was sworn to protect. Naruto shook his head. "Yes but only to the ones that get in his way. He will stop at nothing to get what he wants." Naruto answered.
"In other words you?" she asked. Naruto shrugged. "Yes but I don't intend to go easily I will protect myself and hopefully I will kill him." Hinata nodded then spoke. "Than know this the Hyuuga clan will fight to protect you Naruto. You are precious to me and a hero to many among the survivors.
I have heard from the others. They are all in agreement. When the time comes and he attacks. We will fight to protect you just as hard as we fought to protect Konoha during the invasion.
We failed then but we don't intend to fail this time." Hinata answered fiercely. Naruto nodded but said nothing. He just bowed to her and left the room. After Naruto left Hinata stood there deep in thought. "I swear that I will protect you Naruto. Just like you protected me during the cloud incident.
Flashback no Jutsu. Naruto was running down a street in the rich part of town. His minders were close behind trying to catch him and make him go to bed. "Ha ha you can't catch me dog. I am to fast for you." he shouted as he sideswiped an Anbu that had just landed where he had been standing a moment ago and swiped at him.
The silver haired Anbu just growled at him. "Naruto get back here. You are in so much trouble when I get my hands on you." he growled. Naruto just laughed at him when suddenly the Anbu stiffened. He looked around carefully. "Naruto hide." he barked. Naruto nodded and bolted into the bushes.
He knew that tone meant business and when he heard it he had better do as he was told or he would be punished severely. Moments after the Anbu disappeared a shadow appeared over the wall and jumped down. He was carrying a sack. The man looked to the sides and attempted to sneak away.
Another blur appeared and the man lost the sack. Kakashi landed a few feet from Naruto and opened it. "Crap it's the Hyuuga heiress." he whispered shocked. He quickly freed her and then brought her to Naruto's hiding place. The girl woke up from the genjutsu that had been placed on her.
"Quite little one you're safe. Naruto take Hinata and run. I will deal with the intruder. The Anbu ordered. While this was going on the man was looking for whoever had stolen the sack. When he spotted the Anbu he growled and pulled out a kunai. Kakashi just chuckled darkly. "Get going you two I will deal with him."
he ordered. The two 3 year olds just nodded. Naruto grabbed her hand. "Come on lets go. I know a great place to hide." Naruto said with a smile. Hinata nodded but said nothing. The two then hurried deeper into the brush and unknowingly toward the Aburame estates.
After 5 minutes of walking Hinata fell to her knees. Naruto was immediately at her side. "Are you okay?" he asked. Hinata just shook her head to afraid to speak. "Its okay I will protect you. I am going to be Hokage someday and I can't be one if I can't protect you." Naruto said.
Hinata just looked around. "Don't worry I know this area. We are in the Aburame clan territory. They know we are here and are no doubt coming to find us." he replied. Hinata just nodded again. Just as was about to start moving a couple of shadows appeared and morphed into a pair of Chunnin.
"What is your business here?" one of the men asked. But was then interrupted by the other man. "Wait isn't that the Hyuuga Heiress?" Naruto then spoke up in order to save time. "Yes she was kidnapped from her estates. My Anbu minder is dealing with the intruder right now if he hasn't already finished him off."
Naruto exclaimed. The two Aburame blinked at him then stiffened. "Right I will take them to Shibi sama you go and spread the alert." the older of the two said. The younger man then vanished in a puff of smoke. The man then stepped forward and leaned down on one knee.
All right you two hang on I am going to take you to my clan head. Naruto and Hinata both nodded. The man then picked them both up easily and jumped. Seconds later they were flying through the air jumping from branch to branch heading to where the Aburame clan head evidently was." flashback Kai no Jutsu.
After that the alarm had been spread and numerous shinobi had descended on the estates to check the status of the Hyuuga. Apparently they had been put under a powerful sleep genjutsu. If Naruto and Kakashi hadn't been in the area the man might have managed to escape the village with Hinata before anyone even knew what happened.
In the end the incident had been brushed under the rug with the sacrifice of Hyuuga Hizashi Hiashi's twin brother. After that the security around the village was upped in a major way and several Uzumaki clan members had shown up to beef up the guard around Naruto.
Kakashi wasn't complaining though as it left him more time to read his precious Icha Icha books. Hinata sighed. She was one of the few people who knew about Naruto's family before they had graduated the academy.
She knew that Naruto had been holding back the whole time and could have graduated two years early if he had wanted to. The only reason he hadn't was he had hoped to be on Hinata's team. Of course that had not happened and he would up on Team 7 with Kakashi, Sasuke, and Sakura as teammates.
She shook her head with a smile. It was just like her to get side tracked. She needed to focus on her clan head duties. Naruto on the other hand was now walking toward to hospital to chat with Kakashi and Iruka. He needed to find out what they were planning to do now that the survivors had voted to stay.
He knew that Iruka would probably become a teacher at the academy. As for Kakashi. Naruto suspected that he would concentrate on Training him because he was still his Jounin sensei. Even after Sakura had died and Sasuke had been kidnapped and taken to sound. Once he arrived and found their rooms.
He knocked on the door and walked in. the two men were quietly sitting and talking. A pair of crutches lay against the wall next two where Iruka was sitting. Kakashi was sitting up in his bed with a copy of Icha Icha on his lap.
They looked at him when he walked in and waved. "Hey Naruto what brings you here?" Kakashi asked. Naruto smiled and stepped further into the room closing the door behind him.
At the estates Temari was getting settled in and wondering what to do now. She couldn't train as it was now forbidden. All she had to look forward to now was being the female head of a small clan and bearing Naruto's children.
She knew from listening to the other women in the house that Naruto was planning on having 3 wives and rebuilding the Namikaze clan of which he was a member. That little bit of information hadn't surprised her as she had known before hand that she would take the name of Namikaze Temari when Naruto came of age.
For now she would be safe from having to be pregnant for a few more years until Naruto hit 16 years of age as that was the legal minimum age anyone could be before having intimate relations with their spouses. . She knew that as soon as he reached 16 he would be taking her to his bed and that would be it.
She looked out the window at the village in the distance and sighed. She then shook her head and then headed out of the room. As she wandered the house she watched the various clan members as they went about their business.
All of them smiled and greeted her but she could sense coldness behind their demeanor. She could understand it as it was pretty much the same as what had happened back in suna. Because she was the daughter of the Kazekage she had never been able to have friends.
Here it was the same only the reason was she was an outsider and therefore they distrusted her because of her countries actions during the Chunnin exams and the ensuing invasion where Konoha had been destroyed and a continent wide war had been ignited.
The latest news was that Kiri had launched a major counter offensive in the direction of sound through the remains of the fire country several Iwa battalions had attempted to move into the country and establish bases but they had been annihilated by roving bands of missing Nin and Kiri shinobi who were staunch allies of Leaf and Whirlpool.
It seemed like the Missing Nin were taking offense to the presence of Iwa Nin on Leaf territory even thought the Village had been destroyed. As of yet no one knew why they were defending the territory. Some theories had been passed around that the missing Nin wanted to establish their own hidden village.
But there remained one huge obstacle to this goal if it was true and it was the remaining leaf shinobi in Whirlpool. It was common law among the villages both big and small that once a missing Nin betrayed their village they would be hunted down and destroyed.
If they could betray their villages then they could betray another that let them in. so it was said that if you went missing nin you were as good as dead as no village would ever trust you enough to let you into its ranks again.
Of course there were exceptions like if it was the other way around the and the village betrayed the shinobi thus causing him to go Missing nin then and only then if he could provided evidence would he be welcome into another village. Itachi was one such example.
The village had betrayed him and he had fled after slaughtering his family on the orders of the village council. The reason he had not been welcome into whirlpool was that as far as the Uzukage was concerned his information was suspect without concrete evidence.
Kerala had not trusted him so she had had his sharingan sealed away before letting him go. It was a harsh punishment but it had to be done. If he could provide evidence of the actions of the leaf council then and only then would he be welcome into the ranks of the whirlpool ninja.
The news from sand was grim. With the destruction of the majority of their forces and the departure of the last member of the prestigious Sabaku clan the village was teetering on the brink of civil war. When she entered the dining hall she saw that the buffet was set up and several people were now gathering to eat.
She knew she was hungry so she grabbed a plate and started to get some food together. Keanu who had just sat down watched her from the corner of his eye but said nothing. He just concentrated on eating his meal. It was the noontime meal so most of the older people were gone and the kids were at school.
Naruto was out in the village on some errands that he could not put off much longer. Keanu sighed. "This is getting troublesome." he thought to himself. Naruto was not making it any easier after his statement that he was going to humiliate the Suna village in some way.
Keanu made a decision right then and there to discourage his plan. Suna was barely standing as is without him adding fuel to the fire. He looked up when his wife walked into the room. She smiled at him then filled her plate then joined him at the table. Temari by now was sitting by herself eating in silence.
She appeared to be deep in thought. Keanu then returned to his own food. "It seems Naruto's future wife is quite shy." Ziara said with a conspiratorial gleam. Keanu smirked at her.
"Well she is the daughter of the Yondaime Kazekage. From what I have heard. She didn't have friends in Suna because of her station. She was probably forced to concentrate on being a powerful Kunoichi by her father. But that is over now that she is here.
I do not think that Naruto will ever let her out of the village without a full Anbu escort. Let alone the Estates. He is very overprotective of his friends and family." Keanu explained. Ziara smiled in response. "He got that from both of his parents. Kushina more than Minato.
But then he gets his looks from him and his never give up attitude from Kushina." she replied with a sad smile. "I know. Sometimes I wonder what would have happened had they both lived." he said sadly. Ziara nodded. "I have noticed that the others are treating her with some coldness." Ziara said.
"Give them time. To them she was part of the army that destroyed Kushina and Minato's home. And forced Naruto to flee here at the head of over 400 Konoha refugees." Keanu said with a grimace. "Are you going to give him his fathers Hirashin scroll?" she asked careful to keep her voice down.
"No he will not get that scroll until after he is married to Temari. Lipan, Kerala, Jiao, and I all agreed that it would be best if Naruto got it when he was married and not before." he replied. "And what did the elders say?" she asked. Keanu scowled.
"They don't have a choice. Naruto is the head of the Namikaze clan. The scroll is theirs by right. The Uzumaki are simply holding onto the scroll until Naruto comes of age." he explained. Ziara just nodded. After that the two sat there eating in silence while thinking about Naruto, his parents, and times gone by.