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"WHAT!?!"

The single yell was heard throughout the Hyuuga household. The yell of Hanabi Hyuuga, head of the Hyuuga household was not one heard often. Which made the incident that much scarier.

Hanabi had just been told that she was an aunt. That alone would normally of shocked her, but what shocked her much more was there was a random girl running around with the Hyuugas precious kekkai genkai.

It had been bad enough when her sister Hinata had run off. Many had been worried that the Byakugan secret would have been discovered within a month. But Hinata was a trained ninja of the Leaf and fully capable of defending herself. Despite her abilities being inferior to most Hyuugas, Hinata was probably the strongest taijutsu user in her year, and was still a Gentle Fist user in her own right.

But this girl was clearly not. Reports from Shizune had revealed that her Gentle Fist was at the level of a five year old and Shizune had easily penetrated the defenses. Add on the fact that this girl was most likely not to be trusted, and the Hyuugas were in a horrible bind.

Neji Hyuuga tried to calm Hanabi, but to no avail. He was just as frazzled as she was but luckily years of withholding his anger from his family had put him in better control of his current anger.

"She will be put in the Ninja Acadamy, so we will be able to keep an eye on her," Stuttered the chuunin who had had the misfortune to relay the news to the Hanabi.

Hanabi stared at the poor chuunin with eyes that could kill a man. "Not only has she been taught the ancient Hyuuga secrets, but she has brought disgrace to the name by evidencing skill no greater then a toddler! Furthermore I am not as trusting as Hokage-sama nor do I intend to let it all go just because a few people see it fit to give away more Konoha secrets!"

Neji couldn't help but pale a bit and take a step back. Hanabi had proven to be an apt leader of the Hyuuga clan, and Neji was proud to serve under her. She had also stopped the practice of the cage bird seals and had used much more humane methods to keep the Byakugans' abilities a secret.

Usually good natured, when Hanabi was angry no one stood in her path. So it took a great deal of courage for Neji to raise his voice.

"Hanabi-san, I think it would be best if we were to meet this child."

Hanabi paused, almost considering it, but did not say anything. The chuunin looked around sheepishly before heading out the door. "I wish you the best of luck!" He said quietly before heading back to his post.

"Neji. What would meeting her do to help this situation?" She said in an oddly cold voice.

"She is your niece. We could train her to bring her up to standards on the Hyuuga blood line. If she is in fact the child of Hinata and Naruto…I don't think we have to worry about a betrayal from her." Neji countered calmly. It surprised him, really, to think of Naruto and Hinata procreating, but stranger things had happened,

Hanabi was quiet, and took a long deep calming breath. "Neji, she is the head of this household." She said bitterly.

Neji almost wanted to slap himself. He had forgotten Hinata had been the heiress to the Hyuuga clan. By birth, the girl would inherit the right to rule the clan. This was clearly something very important to Hanabi. It was one thing knowing you could never be leader of the clan due to the unfortunate timing of birth, but another thing to have that title, and then have it wrenched away from you unexpectedly.

"We will not be meeting her." Hanabi continued. "We can't…I can't…I refuse… There is no possibility of meeting her." She ended lamely.

Neji did not raise his voice in protest. This obvious was a very tender spot for Hanabi. It was best if they gave it some time, and waited until this girl was given the title of genin. At that point, Hanabi would have undoubtedly cooled down, and be more horrified that a girl was running around with only basic gentle fist techniques then anything.

"And if she does anything that will jeopardize our bloodline, she will get the caged bird seal." Hanabi said stonily, more to herself than anyone else.

Neji gawked at her. "Hanabi-san! But you outlawed that! You can't be serious!"

"I am Neji. And that is final." She said in a tone that suggested further prodding would result in loss of limbs.

Neji fell silent and said nothing as Hanabi left the room. Neji collapsed on the ground against the wall and absentmindedly raised his hand to his forehead. The caged bird seal mark was still there on his forehead. It was a dead seal, and no longer worked, but Neji had kept the markings as a reminder of what once was. He couldn't let anyone else suffer that fate.

xXx

Kiba yawned in boredom. Things had gotten really slow since his kids had gotten to chuunin rank on their first try. Yeah, he was really proud of them, but having prodigies as students meant they had more solo missions, which left him all alone and bored. Akamaru whined in boredom with him.

Of course, they were only chuunins. Kiba was a jounin and still had certain powers over them. So he hadn't lost his students just yet. After all, he could still force them to go on one of his infamous 'camping trips' which also had given Kiba the infamous nickname 'that sadistical bastard' by Inote.

"Kiba" Came a deep voice a couple of feet away.

"Whaddya want Shino? Don't you have ANBU things to do? That don't involve me?" Shino was Kibas best friend, but that didn't mean that Kiba was a bit pissed off that Shino had abandoned him to join the ANBU.

Ok, it hadn't really been abandonment, but it broke up the last two members of team eight. (Kurenai did not count, since she had jumped ship to raise her child)

"Kiba, it is the utmost of importance you listen to me. Why? Because I have some news that will startle you."

Kiba scoffed and Akamaru laughed with him. "Beat it Bug Boy. Nothing you say could possibly shock me. You're dealing with an Inuzuka here! If there's bad news just tell me. Kidnapping? Dogs are banned in Konoha? Try me."

"It's Hinata Kiba."

Kiba sat up. "What…what about her Shino? Is she back? Shino if you are fucking with me I swear I'll-"

"She is dead. Her daughter however is not."

Shino waited for the words to sink in, and witnessed Kiba turn a very odd shade of purple.

"She…what…how…why…WITH WHO…?"

"Well Kiba, she had a child, and I believe I don't need to educate you on the how or the why of the process, but I believe the perpetrator was Uzumaki."

"Naruto…?"

"Unless you are aware of another Uzumaki we have never met, I am fairly sure it was implied."

Kiba paled a bit. "That bastard…I'm gonna rip his head off."

"He is dead as well, Kiba."

Kiba said nothing, and looked at the sky. "So…Hinata…has a daughter…?" He said in a quiet voice.

Shino nodded. "Yes, named Nara. She has the Byakugan, seems to have Narutos fighting style. She shows intelligence that Naruto did not usually exhibit, so it seems likely she is more like Hinata."

Only Shino could make such a moment be boring and dry. Kiba honestly didn't know why he was friends with Shino sometimes. But they had been through thick and thin together, and Kiba knew he should probably thank Shino for even telling him in the first place.

"Are you even authorized to tell me this Shino?" Kiba asked in a slightly nicer voice.

"No" Shino said without hesitation. "But I decided it would be wise to put our friendship before the orders of my superiors."

"Who else knows?" Kiba asked feeling suddenly very greatful that Shino was his friend.

"Shikamaru will undoubtedly learn within the hour. The Hyuuga clan has been informed. Sakura will learn sooner than later and anyone in Tsunades inner circle has already been told."

Kiba groaned. "Damn it, am I the only one left out of the loop?"

"Ino and Chouji have not been informed. Nor has TenTen or Lee"

Kiba ignored him. "Lousy no good people… not telling me… Naruto running off with Hinata…having a kid… this whole thing is…"

Shino sighed. It was no use talking to Kiba when he was like this. Better to let Kiba calm down and then talk to him afterwards. He gave a brief nod to the two of them before disappearing in a swirl of bugs.

xXx

Sakura sat at her desk filing paperwork. She was a Jounin, stuck doing paper work. Or to be more accurate, doing Tsunades paperwork. She had learned a lot from Tsunade over the years, but it absolutely aggravated her that Tsunade refused to do the paper work.

A shadow fell across her desk and she looked up to see Shikamaru.

"Hey Shikamaru." She said pleasantly. They had become close friends over the past years, especially since Narutos disappearance, and it wasn't uncommon for him to eat lunch with her.

However Shikamaru did not get off for lunch for another hour or so, and judging by the seriousness of his face, something struck Sakura as immediately wrong.

"Shikamaru, is something wrong?"

Shikamaru sighed and sat down. "This isn't going to be easy, and it's going to be downright troublesome, but everyone agrees I should tell you."

Sakura frowned. "Tell me what?" She asked, already her imagination went to twenty different places wondering what horror Shikamaru would not want to tell her.

"Long story short. The daughter of the late Naruto and Hinata is in this village. She is currently entered in the ninja acadamy and is going to be taught to be a ninja, obviously. Now if you don't mind, I will be leaving now to tell Temari before my two idiot kids get home."

Sakura sat in stunned silent as Shikamaru hurried out of the door. Her breathing became uneven and her heart sped up. Naruto…

The late Naruto. The late Hinata. Their daughter. Here.

She dropped her pencil and stared at the ceiling. No, Shikamaru couldn't have been serious. But there was simply no way he would ever lie to her about that.

She got up and walked out of her office. "Takada. Take over my paperwork" she instructed a passing ninja.

Takada groaned. "C'mon Sakura I have my own work I need to-"He was cut off by the glare he received. "Right away ma'am."

Sakura walked outside and headed for a restaurant. One bad habit she had received from Tsunade was that she had drinking habit. It never got as badly out control as it did with Tsunade occasionally, And Sakura hadn't drank sake in over six weeks, but something told her she would need to be drunk in order to process the information.

She went into an old musky restaurant and ordered a bottle of some heavy sake. As she drank the contents, her mind settled into a pleasant haze. She let the words bounce effortlessly across her mind.

Narutos dead

Hinatas dead

They have a daughter

They were together

They had a child

And now that child was here

In Konoha

Sakura took a deep breath and closed her eyes as the tears came flowing down her face. Naruto Uzumaki, the number one knuckleheaded ninja, was dead.

To Be Continued