Chapter 19 Telling dear old Daddy

Hinata was estatic. She couldn't believe what had transpired within the last fifteen minutes. She was still in Naruto's embrace he had pulled her into after her teary eyed yes. She was going to marry the man of her dreams! She couldn't wait to tell Tenten, Ino, Temari, Shino, Neji, Hanabi, Her father...and that was when she felt the bottom of her stomach fall through the floor. She felt sick as she thought of how her father would react. Sure, he liked Naruto. He and her fiancee' had spent plenty of time together, getting to know one another earlier in her relationship with him. Sure, he approved her seeing him, but the council had been reluctant. She knew that they'd kill some one if they heard that the Hyuuga hieress was marrying the kyuubi container.

"Naruto. How are we goning to tell my father?" She asked as he finnally set her down. He turned his head to face her as he had his hand rung by an excited Iruka. She saw by the look on his face, that he too had started to work out how many problems would arise at their engagement.

"Oh damn! I hadn't thought about that one." He said, rubbing the back of his head. He recived, not only one smack from Sakura, but also from Shizune and Tsunade. All three shouted as one as Jiriya, kakashi, Iruka, and Sasuke flattened themselves against the wall, wide eyed and terrified of the emense anger coming from the three women.

"YOU BAKA! YOU SHOULD OF PLANNED ON TELLING HIASHI! WHAT WERE YOU GONNA DO? WAIT UNTILL THE WEDDING TO TELL HIM?!" They shouted, looking ready to rip a terrified Naruto to pecies. The poor guy curled up into the fetal position scared out of his mind, too teriffied to answer.

The door opened and everyone turned slowly to see a confused Hiashi standing in the door way, with Hanabi by his side. The young girl smiled at her sister, but Hinata was feleing too sick to even smile back.

"Tell Hiashi what?" He asked, looking at everyone's face. He couldn't shake the feeling that something important had happened, and he had missed it by only seconds.

"Well...It's really not my place to say anything. I believe these two can offer an explanation." Tsunade said, pointing at a severly pale Hinata, and a curled up teriffied Naruo, as she went back to her desk and sat down.

"Naruto? Hinata? You wanna tell me what happened?" And he suddenly felt his heart stop. Hinata was pale and sick looking and Naruto was terified out of his mind. It could only mean one thing.

"Hinata! Your not pregnant, are you?" He practically shouted as he almost jumped over to his eldest daughter, happiness and dissappointment on his face at the prospect of being a grandfather. He gripped her arms and she let out a small 'epp!' of fear as her looked at her, directly into the eyes so much like her mothers.

"N-n-no, O-o-uto-s-s-an. I-I-I'm n-n-not pregnant." She stuttered as she looked away from his eyes. He sighed in relief as he released her, standing straight as he gave her a questioning look.

"Than why are you pale and Naruto scared like a small child in a lighting storm?" He asked as Naruto recovered and stood up, staying, as Hiashi noticed, out of arms reach, fear still apparent. He thought it would take a while to coax the answers from the two teenagers when Naruto finally gave in.

"Hiashi-sama, I asked Hinata to marry me. And she accepted." Naruto said, backing slowly away as Hiashi started to shake, his face completely blank. Tsunade, Kakashi, and Jiriya started toward Naruto, hoping that a fight wasn't about to break out. They were all shooked when Hiashi let out a roar of joy as he swept his daughter into a hug. Naruto, still confused, wondered if he had lost his mind.

"That's great! Hinata, my daughter, will finally wed!" Hiashi released a dazed, and somewhat plesantly shocked Hinata as he rounded on Naruto, his face shinning with happiness. Hiashi pulled Naruto into a hug that caused the younger mans bones to pop. Naruto thought that he was being crushed to death when Hiashi let him go.

"I will be proud to welcome such a strong shinobi into my clan!"

Naruto stood dazed before his goofy grin spread acrossed his face.

"Arigato, Hiashi-sama."

"Now, let us inform the council. Hokage-sama, I wish for you to join us. After all, this is a joyous time!" He said turning to a bemused Tsunade. She wondered if this was the Hiashi Hyuuga who had been so cruel to his daughter so long ago.

"Very well. I will come." She said as she left the building with the three.

"Lady Tsunade! Where are you going? You still have a lot of paperwork to do!" She smiled as she heard Shizune call after her, not even appearing to hear her.

"Lady Tsunade!"

Hyuuga compound, council chambers

The Hyuuga elders sat in disgust as Hiashi told them that the heiress was to marry the demon boy Uzumaki. He had even brought the Fifth Hokage along, for why, no one knew. The elders had been damn right angered by his insistance to allow Hinata to date the boy, but had allowed it, hoping that when the truth had come out, she'd leave him. Albiet, they had been gratefull to the boy for saving her, even allowing them to live together. But they would not allow this.

"Hiashi Hyuuga. How can you allow this? That boy carries the nine tailed fox. He cannot be trusted. We will not allow this marriage. If you try to let it continue, you will be forced to step down as head of the clan, and you and your daughters will be branded by the caged bird." the eldest member stood up, glaring at an extrememly angry Hiashi.

"You dare threaten my family? I should kill you now for even saying that. Why would you not allow it? This boy, this man, has done more for my daughter than any of you have ever done. He has brought her happiness and safty. Would you deny that? Give me one good reason for you decision. If, and only if I agree with it, I may, may, take what your saying under consideration. And do not give me that bull about the demon. Naruto has proven that he is not that monster, but instead, a member of the Leaf Village."

"Very well. All Hyuuga's are to be married to exceptionnaly strong shinobi, posesing many outstanding skills and abilities." The eldest Hyuuga council member stated.

"And he has shown that. He has even mastered the fourth's own personal jutsu. The Rasengan." Tsunade said, stepping forward. Hiashi nodded in thanks to the Hokage.

"We do not deny this. However, the shinobi in question must also come from a well respected and trusted family. Seeing as this boy," He pointed at Naruto,"Doesn't know who his family is, he is ineligable to marry the heiress."

"Why?" Hinata burst into tears, screaming at the clan elders, taking them by surprise. "Why must he fulfil your criteria? Why can't he just fulfil mine?" She said as Naruto placed an arm around her waist, smirking at the looks that the Hyuuga elders were giving him. He decided it was time to tell them.

"So, your saying that I have to come from a well respected and trusted family, correct?" he asked, grinnnig at the confused elder.

"Yes. That is what we said." He said, trying to figure out what Naruto was up to.

"Well, I don't see a problem. I know who my Father was and he was well trusted and respected here in the village." He said smiling. Tsunade stepped toward him, about to ask him if this was a wise course of action, when the Hyuuga elder's curiosity go the better of him.

"Who was he?" He asked, skeptical.

"Minato Namikaze. Better known as the Fourth Hokage." He said proudly as the elders almost flipped out from the news.

"That's...That's not possible. The Fourth wasn't even married." The older man said, fear on his face.

"Oh, yes he was. To Kushina Uzumaki from the Land of Whirlpool. They married in secret." Tsunade stated, placing a hand on Naruto's shoulder.

The elders began talking amongst themselves, all except the oldest one who simply looked shocked. He had lost his case. And quite possably, his life.

"You know, now that you mention it, he does look alot like Minato."

"Yeah, he does."

"So, do you still have a problem with this marriage?" Hiashi challenged. As predicted, the clan elders agreed to the marriage. Hiashi smiled as he looked over to see Hinata sobbing with happiness into Naruto's jacket. The young man was trying to calm her down as he smiled at the woman he would soon wake up to every morning. As they began to walk away Hiashi stopped and turned to the eldest clan member, with a glare that would have caused Orochimaru to flinch.

"One more thing." he said, voice laced with hatred. In a split second, he had dissapeared. A sudden gasp caused everyone to look at the older council member. Hiashi stood in front of him Byakugan activated, hand extened with his palm flat against the older man's chest. The older man coughed up blood before falling to the floor, dead.

"If any of you ever threaten my family with the curse seal or even try to brand it on my daughters, I will kill each and every last one of you." He said as he walked over to his daughter, future son-in-law, and a rather surprised looking Hokage.