(A/N) And we are back! Most of you seemed to like the cliffhanger with Hiashi that I left you with, and had varying opinions on what he was going to do. You'll find out.

Some of you voiced your opinions that the Kyoshingan is overpowered, but I don't think that it is, or at least right now. Currently, all they have gotten are very good passive benefits, but they still have a lot of work to do before they become powerful. However, I will admit that some of the abilities that I am starting to formulate that come from the Kyoshingan are very powerful, but they won't unlock them until much later in the story. Naruto and Hinata's strength will be much more balanced compared to their Tossing Away the Masks selves.

I also want to say that I'm listening to Mirror B's battle theme from Pokemon XD: Gale of Darkness while I'm typing. I have got to say that it's one of the most badass themes that I've ever heard. Here's the link:

/watch?v=wKSHin8oyxQ&list=PL1lerSPdP8Q9kWVdfph375MZL0f1S6dp8

Anyways, on with the story!

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Chapter 3: The Truth

"May I ask exactly what you think that you were doing, Hinata?" asked Hiashi in a level voice, completely devoid of any sign of emotion, his face just as expressionless as his tone.

Hinata hugged Naruto tightly and glared at Hiashi as she said "I was kissing my boyfriend, Oto-san. I didn't know that there was anything wrong with doing so. Or is that also a crime in the Hyuuga clan?"

At this, Hiashi raised an eyebrow and thought "Hinata is standing up to me. She has never done so before. Interesting." Hiashi then said "No, kissing one's boyfriend is not a crime, but I don't recall you asking for my permission to date somebody."

"Since when did I need your permission to date the person I love?" asked Hinata defiantly.

This caused Hiashi's other eyebrow to raise, and he thought "That's twice now. Very interesting. I need to test this." He then said "According to ancient Hyuuga tradition, the potential boyfriend and girlfriend must ask the clan member's father for permission to date. Something that you haven't done. So tell me why I should allow you to date this person. I know who he is, Uzumaki Naruto, and I am also aware of his reputation, which I have to say is not a good one. Since you seem to have already initiated something, I will give you both one chance. What is your answer?"

At this, Hinata began shaking with rage, and she said in a dangerous tone "You want my answer, Oto-san? I'll give you my answer. I should be allowed to date my Naruto-kun because I love him. Screw the clan tradition, I'll date whoever I want to, even if you don't give me your permission, Oto-san. You cannot stop me from loving Naruto-kun."

Hiashi was absolutely shocked by what Hinata said, but he hid it well. He then said "Very well. You two may date. I have a few reasons for allowing this. One is that you stood up to me not once, but three times, Hinata. You have never even attempted to do so in the past, and have shown remarkable growth in your character by doing so. Don't do it again. Second is that I knew Naruto's parents very well, and not giving him a chance would be an insult to their memories. Finally, I can see that Naruto is the cause of you having the courage to stand up to me, and I know that his reputation is falsely deserved, except for the pranking bits. However, while you two may have my approval, you will definitely not have the elders' approval. They will try and split you two apart via any means possible once they find that you two are dating. I will try to hold them back, but I just want to warn you two."

Kura then walked out of the shadows in her fox form and jumped on Hinata's lap. Hinata began rubbing her and said "Well, Oto-san, we'll just have to show the elders up, won't we? In my opinion, the clan is becoming stagnant, and the Caged Bird Seal is destroying us from the inside. As long as the elders hold power, the clan will never be able to move forwards, like Kaa-san wanted us to. If the elders try and go too far, then I can guarantee that we will turn it on their heads. The Hyuuga need to change."

Hiashi was absolutely astounded by his daughter. She had never spoke against the clan before. Had she always thought like this? He asked "Hinata, what happened to you? You're like a completely different person!"

Hinata giggled and said "I just have the courage to stand my ground and voice my opinions now. Nothing happened to me except that I gained Naruto-kun's approval. I have always thought this way, but I was too scared of being beat that I would hold my opinions to myself. Now, Naruto-kun has given me a gift and I intend to use it to its full potential, and I'm not scared anymore."

"So this boy completely changed her entire outlook by getting rid of the fears that she held so closely to her heart, just by giving her his approval." Thought Hiashi. "I have never seen anything like this before. These two are meant to be together. The elders will be a problem though. But Hinata is right, if they try and take things too far, we will turn it on their heads. After all, they don't know about Naruto's heritage." Hiashi then asked "What sort of gift has Naruto given you?

Hinata smiled and turned to Naruto and looked him in the eyes. They both turned back to Hiashi, revealing the Kyoshingan in their eyes.

Hiashi lost his Hyuuga composure and actually gasped. He then asked "What is that?"

Naruto finally spoke up and said "That is the gift that I gave Hinata-chan. We will tell you the specifics if you accompany us to meet the Hokage. We have a lot of things to tell him, and I would like you to know them too. If you knew my father like you say you do, then you will definitely be interested in what we have to say."

Naruto and Hinata got up and started heading out the room, with Kura following them. Hiashi then followed them, as he thought "The way that he worded it, could he possibly know the truth? They are hiding something, and I need to find out what."

Naruto and Hinata walked along the streets of Konoha, hand in hand. They were also both using the henge to hide their new eyes, as they didn't want anyone to know about it yet. Even still, they were getting a huge amount of glares, with the majority of them turning to absolute confusion when they saw Hiashi following closely behind the couple. They could not comprehend why Hiashi was actually letting his daughter hold hands with the demon brat. They figured that he would kill the boy the moment that he saw him holding Hinata's hand.

Naruto and Hinata completely ignored the hateful glares, and Kura dashed about happily around them. They walked in silence, heading at a brisk pace towards the Hokage tower.

When they arrived, they headed up the stairs and Hinata asked the secretary "Is the Hokage free to talk to?"

The secretary glared at Naruto and said "You aren't allowed to see him, but Hyuuga-sama may if she wishes."

At this point, Hiashi got up the stairs and glared at the secretary as he said "And why can Naruto not see the Hokage while my daughter is able to?"

"U-umm…b-because s-she i-is a c-clan h-heiress!" stuttered the secretary.

"Bullshit" thought Hiashi and he said "Very well, I hereby declare Naruto to be Hinata's temporary bodyguard. He is to come with us to meet the Hokage in order to ensure my daughter's safety from unknown threats. Come, you two."

With that said, Hiashi strode into the Hokage's office, with Naruto, Hinata, and Kura following close behind. The secretary was completely speechless in shock.

Once they had all entered, and the room's automatic security seals activated, Hiruzen looked up from his paperwork and said "Hiashi, this is quite the surprise. Along with young Naruto and Hinata as well. I'm glad to see that you two are out of the hospital. What brings you to see me?"

"Actually, it was Naruto and Hinata who wished to see you, Hokage-sama." Stated Hiashi.

Hiruzen turned his gaze to the youngsters and asked "Oh, what can I do for you two?"

Naruto grinned and said "You can sit still and listen as we learn the truth about what happened on my birthday. Kura-chan, show your real self."

Kura's fox body began morphing, and when she completed her transformation, she stood up, her nine tails swishing behind her. Fortunately she was wearing an elegant purple kimono that had a light blue flame pattern on it. It was opened a little in the front to show off some of her cleavage.

Both Hiruzen and Hiashi were immediately on guard. They knew that Kura was the Kyuubi. They were both about to strike when Naruto said "Hold on a moment! Kura-chan isn't going to hurt anybody. I told you that we are just here to listen to a story, and Kura-chan is the one who knows the whole story."

Hiruzen and Hiashi settled a little, but they were still tense. Hiruzen said "And why should we trust her? She's the Kyuubi. She attacked the village!"

"Not of my own will." stated Kura. "I would never dream of purposely hurting the village that my containers fought so hard to protect. Both Mito-chan and Kushina-chan loved the village to their deaths, and I would never think of betraying their memories by harming the village."

"So you are saying that you were controlled?" asked Hiashi. "Is such a thing possible?"

Kura nodded and said "Of course such a thing is possible. Or did you forget that Uchiha Madara controlled me in his fight against Hashirama? It is possible for me to be controlled, and it happened again on October tenth, thirteen years ago. So be quiet and listen as I tell you what really happened."

"The story really begins right after Hashirama defeated Uchiha Madara and freed me from his control. When he did, he offered me a deal. In an effort to keep me from ever being controlled against my will ever again, I was to be sealed into his wife. That way, it would be impossible for me to ever be controlled by that hated Sharingan again. I was quite distraught after the experience of being forced to fight against my will, so I agreed with his offer."

"A few days later, I was comfortably sealed within Mito-chan. She would keep me company and visit me in her mind every so often, and we would just talk. I eventually taught her how to control some of my chakra, and we lived quite happily. Unfortionately, all good things must come to an end, as Mito-chan eventually got older, we both knew that I would have to be sealed into somebody new, before she died of her very old age. Mito-chan got the brilliant idea of a tradition of passing me on as a gift to the heir, or in this case heiress of the Uzumaki clan so that I may always be kept safe from being controlled. We spoke to the current heiress about it, and she agreed after Mito-chan took her down into her mindscape to meet me. We immediately became fast friends. This heiress was Naruto-kun's mother, Uzumaki Kushina."

"I was safely transferred to Kushina thanks to the amazing sealing prowess of the Uzumaki clan, and I began my new life inside of her. I watched on from inside Kushina-chan as she grew up and fell in love with an amazing man. That man was Naruto-kun's father, Namikaze Minato. As time passed, they secretly got married, and one day, Kushina discovered that she was to be a parent. All of us were overjoyed at the news. We all went into Kushina's mindscape and began talking about the future. Eventually my future came up, and we decided that we would continue the tradition of passing me onto the newest heir to the Uzumaki clan. However, since Uzushiogakure was wiped off the map, there was nobody left with the ability to seal me into a grown child safely, so Kushina-chan decided that she would give up some of her years living with me to transfer me directly into Naruto right when he was born. A jinchuriki's seal weakens during childbirth, and it is much easier for me to be sealed within something that still has underdeveloped chakra coils."

"The months passed, and eventually it came time for Kushina-chan to give birth. Minato took every precaution necessary to ensure nothing went wrong during the sealing process, so we were moved to a remote location just as an extra precaution."

Kushina-chan eventually gave birth to a beautiful baby boy, and Minato was about to transfer me into little Naruto-kun. That's when everything began going wrong. A masked man appeared in the room after slaughtering the elite bodyguards, and threatened to kill Naruto-kun. Minato was able to save him, but during the scuffle, he took Kushina and me away to another location."

"The man somehow looked into Kushina-chan's mindscape and activated a Sharingan. He ripped me out of Kushina-chan, and made it so that I couldn't act of my own will. Thanks to Kushina-chan being an Uzumaki, however, she was able to survive the violent extraction. The masked man ordered me to kill her, but Minato saved her just in time. He left with Kushina and took her to safety."

The masked man then disappeared, and the next thing I know I was suddenly in Konoha, destroying it against my will. After a little while, I noticed Minato appear on the monument. I was forced to use my strongest attack on him, but he was able to send it away from the village. I then watched as the masked man appeared behind him and attempted to suck him into some sort of vortex. Minato was able to escape, however."

"I was forced to continue destroying the village, until suddenly I felt like I could control my own actions again. Suddenly, Minato appeared on top of me and teleported me away. We arrived into a clearing, and Minato had baby Naruto on a special crib, and Kushina was nearby. He was obviously planning on still sealing me into Naruto-kun."

He said to me "Kura, I am going to seal you into my son at the cost of both mine and Kushina's lives. This seal is the only one that I know that can seal you safely now. We missed the opportunity to use the seal that we previously were going to use, as Naruto's chakra coils have begun to grow. I cannot take the risk of having you being controlled by that man again, even if it means that I have to sacrifice my life. Kushina is already dying from having you ripped out of her. This way, we can ensure the safety of Konoha and give our son a gift that will give him both companionship and strength." At this point, you arrived at the location, Hokage-sama. I'm sure that you remember Minato's last words, don't you? He said "Sandaime-sama, I want you to tell everyone that Naruto is to be treated as a hero who is saving the village from harm just by living with the Kyuubi sealed inside of him. I want you to wait till he is ready before you tell him about his parents though. Do not let the civilian council or Danzo take him. If the council gets him, they will either turn him into a spoiled brat or treat him as the Kyuubi itself. And you know what would happen if Danzo got him. Protect my son."

"He then picked up Kushina and set her next to Naruto-kun, and then jumped on top of me. He whispered in my ear "Unfortunately, you won't be able to speak with Naruto for a while due to the strength of this seal. But when you are able to, I want you to tell him everything. He has a right to know. Also, you have my permission to date him sometime in the future if you start to develop feelings for him. It's been nice knowing you Kura, Ja Na!"

"With that said, he and Kushina-chan sealed me into Naruto-kun. True to what Minato said, I was unable to contact Naruto-kun. I was forced to watch helplessly as he was treated horribly, only able to use a small amount of my Yokai to stimulate his healing factor so that he wouldn't die, and keep poisons from killing him. However, no matter what he went through, he kept strong. As I watched his life unfold, I began to fall in love with him. He was always on the losing side, but no matter what happened, he never gave up."

"Finally on his thirteenth birthday this year, I was able to pull him into his mindscape after he had dragged himself home from a particularly nasty beating. We came to an agreement after I told him about his parents like Minato requested of me, and he modified our seal. Now I have the ability to manifest outside in the world. The modification also had several other effects. Naruto-kun will be able to access my yokai easier, as well as the fact that his senses received a boost. His Uzumaki regeneration abilities also became supercharged, and he is in general stronger and faster. But the biggest change was the creation of a new bloodline that awakened three days ago. We still do not know exactly all of what this new bloodline entails, but it was awakened when Naruto-kun looked into Hinata-chan's eyes. Somehow, that act also awakened the bloodline in Hinata-chan as well. It also knocked both of them unconscious and into Naruto-kun's mindscape."

"I met Hinata-chan formally for the first time there, and after a series of interesting events, we both agreed to share Naruto-kun as our boyfriend. After that, we both confessed our love to Naruto-kun, and he accepted both of us. In that process, I also awakened the bloodline that Naruto-kun had awakened. After that, I told them what exactly was happening with their bodies and what was changing, and I taught them the Kage Bunshin. After that, they both woke up, and Naruto-kun and Hinata-chan began kissing but were rudely interrupted by Hiashi-sama. The rest is history."

Dead silence filled the air for at least a minute before Hiruzen said "Well that certainly is a most intriguing tale. But why should we believe that you are speaking the truth?"

At this, Hiashi interrupted and said "It would seem that she is telling the truth, Hokage-sama. I watched her the whole time with my Byakugan activated, and I couldn't even detect even the slightest sign that she was lying. So unless she has a way of bypassing my lie detection skills, then every word she said is true."

Hiruzen sighed and said "Very well. If you are indeed telling the truth, why don't you enlighten us about this mysterious new bloodline that you have received?"

Kura nodded and proceeded to explain what the bloodline had done to all three of them.

At the end of the explanation, Hiruzen and Hiashi were wide eyed. The passive benefits that the three had shared between them were absolutely enormous. They all even had the Byakugan now as well.

"That is certainly an interesting bloodline." Said Hiruzen. "It also explains why we were physically unable to separate you two without both of you breaking out in high fevers, and why the closer together you two were, the more stable you were. Hiashi, we have a slight problem on our hands. We cannot let anybody hear about this bloodline, for the sake of the kids. The council would want to turn Hinata into a breeding machine, and they might see Naruto as even more of a threat than before. Also, I know that your clan's elders would not like another bloodline "corrupting" their precious Byakugan. I am declaring all the information that we have learned here to be a triple S class secret. Not a word of any of it is to be spoken to anybody other than those who are in here. Is that clear?"

Everyone responded with a "Hai, Hokage-sama!"

Kura then spoke up and said "Hokage-sama, I wish to be enrolled within the academy as a student. That way I can be on their team of genin when they graduate. All three of us are linked in a way that our teamwork would be absolutely impeccable. Having anybody else on the same team as Naruto and Hinata would ruin the teamwork that they have. I also wish to tell the instructor Umino Iruka the entire truth. That way, he can come up with a cover story for me. Also, he is one of the few people who actually respect Naruto-kun."

"Very well. I will have Iruka stop by later and explain everything to him. Just show up in your human form tomorrow at the academy, and we will have everything prepared for you. Just hide the tails and ears. I look forwards to when the three of you graduate. Something tells me that your team will be legendary. I will also work on getting you three the perfect jonin sensei. With the potential that you three have, I need somebody special to take the job. Also, I am hereby giving Naruto some of his inheritance. It is a house that belonged to his parents. It's located on top of the Hokage monument. I will also increase your monthly stipend. That way you can actually buy some nice things for yourself, and maybe you girls can take him shopping. The council has been preventing me from doing so, but now I am going to go over their heads. It's time for me to pick myself up again and show who really is in charge of the village." Hiruzen then turned to Hiashi and said as he took out a blank mission scroll and began filling it out "I also wish for Hinata to begin living with Naruto, active immediately. I need them to work together and figure out what else the Kyoshingan can do. Naruto's new house has an underground training ground that is perfect for that, as they won't be disturbed. Officially, this will be a B-ranked bodyguard mission to cover the true purpose from your clan's council and the civilian council."

"Very well, Hokage-sama, but before I leave my daughter in Naruto's care, I will have a few private words with him." Said Hiashi. Hearing this, Naruto got an extreme sense of forboding. Hiruzen then handed Hiashi the mission scroll, which he signed his approval onto, before tucking it away in his robe.

Hiruzen then turned to Kura and said "I am giving you a chance. But if I get even the slightest whiff of malicious intent, you will wish that you never were given the ability to manifest out of the seal. Is that clear?"

"Crystal, Hokage-sama. I have no intention of harming anybody unless they harm Naruto-kun or Hinata-chan. But if they do, then they will know my fury!" answered Kura.

"Very well. You are all dismissed. Hiashi, take them to their new home. It's sealed with a blood seal so Naruto will be able to open it. You may stop back at your compound to gather Hinata's things after you show them their new home."

Kura morphed back into a fox, and they all left the room. Hiruzen then pressed a button on his desk, and an ANBU appeared in front of him. Hiruzen said "Cat, please fetch Umino Iruka and bring him to my office. I wish to speak with him."

Cat replied "Hai, Hokage-sama!" and shunshined away, leaving Hiruzen alone once more. He thought to himself "The Kyoshingan, eh? That bloodline has unlocked an incredible amount of potential in those three. They very well may become the strongest ninja that Konoha has ever produced in time. I need to think about who to give them for a jonin sensei. Kakashi is out, since the council is going to force him to train the last Uchiha. Kurenai wouldn't be that good either, as none of them are genjutsu types. My son is a wind type like those three, but he mainly focuses on using it through his weapons. Those three would be the most effective using large scale ninjutsu, combined with up close Jyuken, since they all have the Byakugan, so Asuma's out. I need to think outside the box for this one..."

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And that's a wrap! The truth behind thirteen years ago is now revealed!

Anyways, I'm still deciding what jonin sensei I should give the three. Currently at the top of my list is Yamato, since he can cause Kura's yokai to recede just in case, and he would also be able to teach them strong water techniques. I could even twist canon a little and give him the fire element, as it is common in Konoha, and I can just say that fire was the affinity that he was born with, and he gained water and earth affinities through the experiment.

If you have a better idea for a jonin sensei, leave it in a review or PM it to me. Just don't recommend Anko, as she would not work well as their sensei, due to her strengths being summoning based, and not elemental ninjutsu based, like I want the three to be. Naruto, Hinata, and Kura will also be Jyuken based as well, but they will eventually modify it into Juho (they all share Hinata's flexibily, so Jyuken's ridged movements don't suit them that well), and eventually incorporate elemental chakra into that.

Until next time,

Slice N Dicer