A/N: It's been a week? Wow time flies when you can't move for half a week, So after my Ultimate cliffhanger no Jutsu last week I hope you enjoy this XD (I had to make the joke alright? Sue me.)
Oh and Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto, but plan's are in place to rectify this mistake of nature :P.
"What is the meaning of this!" The voice of Hiashi Hyuuga was easily discernible and he was not happy.
Naruto watched the Hyuuga clan head as he glared at him in confusion and anger, well Naruto had just destroyed the clan prodigy in a fight, 'Maybe that was a little too much.' Naruto thought quickly, before resuming his original demeanor, watching the Clan head closely.
"F-Father!" Hinata ran in front of Naruto and actually glared at her old man, Naruto was surprised but he would not get in Hinata's way.
"Since you all can't seem to find your tongue's I will ask again! What is the meaning of this?!" Hiashi demanded
"Naruto-kun was protecting me father." Hinata spoke with a determination that startled even Hiashi, he recovered quickly.
"Protecting you? In your own house? From Who?!" Hiashi demanded again.
"Neji-sama and I were sparring and he got a little carried away, He was going to use too much chakra in a hit against me that would cause serious heart damage, Naruto-kun Intervened before anything bad happened." Hinata explained, again surprising everyone with the lack of stuttering.
Hiashi looked from Neji to Naruto then to Hinata, he pointed at Naruto "Do you believe it was an intentional attempt to murder the daughter of a clan head?"
Naruto shook his head, he knew his answer was life or death for the boy "No Hiashi-sama, I do not believe it was an attempt at Hinata-Chan's life, I believe it was an accident brought on by frustration."
Hiashi nodded "Neji, you will be sure to make it up to my daughter, you may be a prodigy but you are not above her….Remember that."
Naruto spoke up "Hiashi-sama, if you do not mind there are a few things I wish to discuss with you."
The clan head looked at the blonde in confusion before gesturing for him to follow, Naruto turned his head back to Hinata and mouthed something, he wasn't sure if she understood him or not.
Hinata smiled, he told her not to worry and oddly enough she wasn't she had complete faith in Naruto. She looked at the battered form of Neji Hyuuga, who was struggling to get off the ground. She walked over and knelt down before helping him to his feet.
"Why? Why would you and that boy help me?" Neji asked confused.
"I don't know why your father died and I do not know why you blame me. But all I have ever been is kind to you, I am not going to stop now because you were angry." Hinata spoke almost defiantly.
Neji felt ashamed, he blamed the main Family for everything that happened to him, the words Naruto had spoken bounced around in his head 'Be glad you had bonds at all!' it was no secret that Naruto Uzumaki was an orphan and a child prodigy that rivaled the Yondaime, Neji watched the blonde round a corner at the end of yard and he smiled "I'm sorry, Hinata-sama."
Hinata smirked "You know Neji-nii-san you are a bit heavy, maybe you should lay off the sweets."
Neji paled, as a ninja he had to remain in top physical condition, but as a human he couldn't live without eating chocolate his thoughts were abruptly interrupted by the soft giggling of Hinata, Tenten joined in a moment later and that's when he realized she was joking. He merely frowned at her.
Naruto slid the door shut behind him as he entered Hiashi's study, The man sat opposite a large desk and stared at the blonde impassively.
"Before I begin, I would like you to hear out everything I have to say." Naruto said flatly.
Hiashi merely nodded.
"The first thing I would like to say, is that was not an accident, Neji really did try to hurt Hinata," Hiashi's eyes narrowed but Naruto continued before the man could speak "The fault is no one's but your own, He blames Hinata for the death of his father and he Hated the main family because of the seal you placed on him."
Hiashi remained in his stoic visage and just watched Naruto.
"I did my own research into your clan, I assume you know about my own heritage?" Naruto asked
Hiashi nodded again.
"How could you let something as inhumane be put on your own nephew?!" Naruto practically shouted "I may not have a family of my own, but last I checked your all supposed to help each other! Why does a branch family even exist? You are all from the same bloodline. How could you be this weak!"
"Watch yourself boy, I will not be openly insulted for traditions going to back to the foundation of this village." Hiashi warned in a level tone.
"Shall I call it kindness?" Naruto demanded, Hiashi's eyes widened slightly "Tradition is the corpse of wisdom! Holding onto something that is tearing your family apart is the most ridiculous thing I have ever heard in my life!"
"It doesn't matter, the elder's will never let that seal be removed." Hiashi actually looked regretful.
"You are the clan head, Take control of your clan." Naruto forced himself into a level tone.
Hiashi stared at him for a minute before sighing "That seal took my brother from me, I want to do everything I can to avoid the same fate for Neji."
"If you will permit me, I think I may be able to remove it." Naruto announced determinedly
"How?" Hiashi asked, genuinely curious.
"I will need to examine the seal, but according to original document's my father copied, the caged bird-seal was meant for criminal's of the Hyuuga clan used as a way to continue to send them on mission's and destroy their heritage should they be killed, essentially making a martyr of them."
Hiashi frowned, he had never heard of that. But if he could get his hands on those that would mean the elder's were enforcing a tradition that didn't exist. He would finally be rid of the accursed seal.
Naruto pulled a set of scroll's from his coat "I think my father knew you would need these at some point." Naruto said with a smile, he bit the tip of his finger and swiped the seal, with a puff of smoke a few more scroll were on the floor in front of the clan head. The man picked them up and sure enough they contained exactly what he needed.
"I needed to be sure you didn't want the seal," Naruto said simply "I hope you take control of the clan, for Neji's sake and your brothers."
Hiashi merely nodded.
As Naruto turned to leave before the voice of the clan head stopped him "Thank you, you have saved my daughter twice and now you have helped me with one of my longest running goals."
Naruto smiled widely "It's my pleasure. Um, Hiashi-sama?"
Hiashi looked up, wondering what spurred the sudden respectful tone "Hm?"
"Would you permit me to begin dating your oldest daughter?" Naruto asked hopefully.
Hiashi's eyes narrowed at the boy in front of him, before he took another breath "Who my daughter dates is her own decision, but you have my blessing to ask her…You have proven your ability to protect her."
Naruto nodded his thanks and left the room.
Hiashi used every meditation technique he knew to stop himself from chasing the boy down and threatening him with every form of pain from here to heaven and hell.
Naruto let out a breath he had been holding for an unknown amount of time, at least that went moderately well, although he could do without the wave of killing intent hitting him when he asked about Hinata. Naruto rubbed his hands together slowly and took long deep breaths, he had just insulted a clan head 'What the hell am I doing?! I could have just gotten myself killed!' He sank down onto a small section of grass and continued to suck in air.
"N-Naruto-kun." He opened his eyes and turned his head to see the shy Hyuuga heiress looking at him curiously.
"Hey Hinata-chan, are you alright? You didn't get hurt did you?" His voice contained concern and it made her smile.
"No, I'm alright." She said sitting down beside him "What do you talk to my father about?"
Naruto paled slightly "Lots of things, I think he cares more about your family than he lets on…I gave him what he needed to take control of this clan properly, make it into a proper family."
Hinata gasped "B-But h-h-how?"
Naruto smiled "I want to tell you Hinata-chan, but I am not allowed to by order of the Hokage, I am sorry….As soon as I am able I will tell you everything I promise."
Hinata's curiosity only grew as she watched him stare out over the horizon at the sun, now setting and splitting the sky in one of Konoha's best sunset's.
"O-okay N-Naruto-kun. I won't ask again, not until you are able to tell me." Hinata responded.
He smiled warmly at her "There's something else I talked about with your father."
"Hm?" Hinata hummed her question.
Naruto got to his feet "Hinata Hyuuga, it would be my great honor if you would accompany me on a dinner date tomorrow night." He bowed respectfully and bowed his head, Hinata swayed dangerously before digging her nails into her palm, the pain brought her out of the near fainting spell and made her realize this was in fact real 'Well we did kiss, but I still have trouble believing it.'
"Hinata-chan, you kind of need to answer." Naruto remained as he looked up into her eyes.
"Y-Y-Yes." she stuttered out.
Naruto smiled a wide warm smile at her as she took his hand, She smiled back, both at him and at the fact that she had remained conscious the whole time.
"What happened to Neji?" Naruto asked
"T-T-Tenten is l-looking a-after h-him." Hinata responded.
"Would you mind showing me to where he is, there is something I need to take a look at." Naruto asked.
Hinata nodded and they set off back towards the training field, where all this had started. Neji laid down on the ground with his eyes closed his head resting on Tenten's lap as she dabbed at the dirt and grime on his face. At the sound of people approaching he opened his eyes and sat up, it was light but his cheek's did color slightly red.
"Just stay still alright," Naruto half order half warned "I don't want to mess this up."
Neji frowned at him, Hinata just gave him a reassuring nod and he nodded at Naruto, after positioning himself better, Naruto kneeled down and closed his eyes before placing his hand on Neji's forehead.
"All right Kurama hoe are we going to do this?" Naruto asked his tenant.
"Hm, this is an old seal and so they are actually quite easy to remove if you know how they are made, give me a moment." Kurama billowed.
Naruto waited what seemed like an hour, when it was only a minute or so.
"Ah, this is a layered seal, each part is set to activate a certain way, unraveling it is quite easy in fact, Hold on a moment." Kurama announced.
Naruto stayed still and Neji watching him curiously, that was when a very small amount of Chakra, trickled into the seal on Neji's forehead, Neji was very worried 'Was he order to kill me? Did he tell Hiashi the truth after all?!"
"Don't move!" Naruto shouted in his concentration "Don't worry, I am not going to kill you."
Neji was not all convinced, but Naruto's tone told him moving would kill him, so he froze and waited. Naruto stayed in the same place.
"And the last part," Kurama kept a running commentary going as he used Naruto's body to unravel the seal on the young Hyuuga's forehead "And finished…You can move again."
Naruto sighed in relief and stepped back, Neji looked up at him confused, Before Hinata gasped, her hand's closed in front of her mouth as she peered over them at her Cousin. Neji stared at everyone around him, before snatching up his head band and turning it to face himself, The reflection of his face stared back at him, as he watched the seal on his had began to melt away before completely disappearing.
"H-H-How?" Neji asked in surprise.
"Hiashi is more understanding than you realize, I think you should go see him, let him explain himself and the death of your father." Naruto smiled.
Neji nodded "I think I will."
And with that the Hyuuga boy ran out of the courtyard, Naruto swayed before falling backwards, he was surprised when he didn't hit the ground, he forced his eyes to open, he looked straight into the concerned eyes of Hinata Hyuuga, He gave her a wanly smile trying to reassure her.
"It's just Chakra exhaustion, that seal is incredibly intricate." Naruto managed to breath out before he slipped from consciousness.
A/N: So How do you like it? I had the idea of changing the lore behind the seal yesterday I think I did a pretty good job. Now to clear some things up, This story is only slightly on cannon, Now here are the biggest changes, Neji's team graduated a year early therefore they are one year ahead of Naruto and the rest of my undecided team seven, they will still end up in the Chunin exam's together and they will become friends over this chapter and the next few, Hiashi as you can see is sort of stern and he hides his true feelings from everyone around him. Naruto's age is currently Thirteen, same with everyone in his class. I am not sure if there will be the training trip with Jiraiya as he is a friend to Kurama and he is gaining strength on his own. I hope that clears up any overwhelming questions you may have. Peace