"Kage Bunshin No Justsu (Shadow Clone Technique)!" Naruto shouted crossing his fingers in the correct hand seal, with a puff of smoke the group of traitorous Hyuuga were met with a group of angry Naruto's.
The two group's stared at each other openly challenging the other to make the first move, Naruto and his clone threw a few set's of shuriken, the Hyuuga's on the front jumped back and the ones in the middle spun around in a circle releasing chakra in a sphere to deflect the weapon's, Naruto guessed their formation was not just random, from the look of that the weakest are in the front, the ones in the middle can do the rotation and he assumed the ones in the back were of Jonin level.
They stayed in a standoff while Naruto's mind raced trying to figure a way around them, he doubted he could outrun a Jonin and he was not about to test himself in life and death, he needed a trump card and he didn't have one that meant he needed help, A clone slipped off the side of the group and went for the Hokage tower.
"Enough, Kill the demon brat and then find our clan leader." An older man commanded from behind the pack.
And then Naruto was on the defensive, he knew enough about the Hyuuga's fighting style to remain at as much distance as he could, his clones having his own ability were managing to avoid being broken for the time being but he was not fully recovered from unsealing Neji the day before and he was lethargic before the fighting started and he was certainly paying for it, his upper arm's burned a few of the Tenketsu shut off and others only partially closed, he ducked a palm strike aimed at his head and rolled sideways to avoid the three follow up strikes.
"Kurama, I need a little help here." Naruto sent into the back of his head.
"Don't dodge the next strike." Kurama ordered.
Naruto didn't have time to argue or protest as a palm went for his chest, he gritted his teeth, as the blow neared contact a small wall of Chakra formed less than a millimeter from his chest, canceling out the attack, Naruto slammed his right hand into the Hyuuga's jaw knocking him out instantly and rolling backward before he got hit by another set of strikes from his comrades.
"Okay, that is not a permanent solution I won't be able to block more than one at a time." Kurama explained quickly.
One by one Naruto's clones took hits strong enough to break them, the fight still heavily against Naruto as he continued t back away from the large group of traitors, from the looks of things he had incapacitated ten of them all up, leaving twenty and since no more had joined it was safe to assume this was all of the men working for the elders against Hiashi.
One in the front got a little over eager and flew towards Naruto, He pivoted on his toe as the strike flew past his body, he grabbed the wrist and slammed his palm down on the boy's elbow, the sound of bone snapping rang out and Naruto delivered a roundhouse sending the boy sprawling in front of the group of masked Hyuuga's.
Naruto watched the rest, the advanced in a single group slowing surrounding him from where he was going over was not an option and he couldn't go through he doubted his chakra reserves had enough left in them to make a functioning clone, He just let out a growl and kept his eyes trained on the men around him.
"End of the line," One man taunted "Bit off more than you could chew, you demon piece of trash."
Naruto laughed "I am only just getting started." He lied, he only needed to buy time at this point.
"Arrogant till the end I see," Another said "Kill him."
The one directly in front of Naruto tossed a Kunai towards him, something flew from the right and the weapon bounced off it embedding into the ground a small distance away.
"You!" One of the masked men dashed into eh centre of the circle before removing his mask, revealing Neji Hyuuga.
"You precious Elder's are already in Anbu custody," Neji almost spat "Surrender now and none of you have to die."
"You are just as traitorous as Hiashi and his two failures disguised as Hyuuga." One of the black clothed Hyuuga's retorted.
Neji lowered his body into the Gentle fist stance "That is the last time you will insult the clan head or his family, this is the last time I will warn you….Surrender."
Naruto cracked his knuckles and stood back-to back with Neji watching the ten in front of him.
"Kill them both," The assumed leader spat "There is no way the Hokage knows about this yet, we can cover it up later."
"So Neji, you think you can handle your half?" Naruto asked with a small smile.
Neji chuckled slightly "I'm more worried about you."
Naruto rolled his neck and smiled "I am a little hurt you don't trust me Neji."
They couldn't banter ant further as the traitors pressed the attack, Naruto spun around and slammed his heel into the stomach of the Hyuuga he dodged, Ducking under another strike he grabbed the attackers wrist and flipped him over his shoulder delivering a quick kick to the chin to knock him out, A Kunai flew at him and with a flourish he deflected it with one of his own, he spun the Kunai from the loop in the hand and tossed it at a Kunai headed for Neji's blind spot the two weapons canceled each other out and fell to the ground, Naruto took three hits to the ribs and grunted as the Tenketsu closed and his left side got a little sluggish.
"Kurama, try to open my Tenketsu back up." Naruto said as he dodged another set aimed at his weak side.
Naruto's side felt relieved after a few moments and he ducked a kick before slamming his fist into the knee of the attacker, the man grunted and stumbled Naruto planted both his feet on his chest kicking him away and using him as a spring board as Neji spun around, clearing the centre as the black garbed Hyuuga's jumped away or were slammed by the wall of Chakra. Naruto crossed fingers.
"Kurama, you mind?" Naruto asked.
Naruto felt the foxes Chakra flow into him as an answer "Shadow Clone Jutsu!" He shouted, and a large group of him set upon the still recovering Hyuuga. The twenty had become ten and that ten were in between Neji and a circle of Naruto's, their hands raised.
"We Surrender!" They shouted in unison.
Naruto felt whatever energy he had left drain out of his legs and he fell backwards on his heels using his hands to keep himself from lying down and letting out a long sigh, a silver haired Anbu arrived a few moments later and congratulated the teens as they rested, as the group of unconscious or injured Hyuuga was carted off Naruto turned to Neji.
"Did the Anbu really get the Elder's? Or was that a bluff?" He asked simply, managing to get back on his feet.
"A bluff of course," Neji replied "I thought if they believed that their leaders were already in custody they would back down."
Naruto nodded "I better get back, don't want Hinata coming to get me."
Neji looked like he wanted to say something, but he closed his mouth and Naruto dismissed it as he exited the Hyuuga compound, his feet dragged and his walked towards his apartment as he neared it he didn't bother the stairs to his balcony his just jumped to the window in his living room, biting his thumb and dragging it over the lock the thing opened with a clicked and he all but collapsed through the window, catching himself before his face hit the floor he pushed himself to his feet and pulled the window closed before hitting his couch like a rock.
Naruto felt something against his cheek, he frowned in his sleep and turned his head the barrier in his house assured him no one else was inside, well at least shouldn't be inside, he felt the same thing and his eyes snapped open and he turned his head back, a small chubby pale eyes girl crouched beside his couch looked at him for a few minutes and he just stared back before his memories came rushing to the forefront of his mind. The Girl help up a small light gold file and smiled.
"I didn't drop it." She boasted
He chuckled and ruffled her hair, he took the piece of paper back "Well done." He said simply as he stood up, the smell of bacon hit his nose and he walked to the kitchen sticking his head around the corner, Hinata swayed slowly as she hummed a tune standing by his stove, she had not noticed him yet, he silently placed the folder on the bench top and snuck towards her, he leaned in behind her ear and planted a kiss lightly, she started and jumped on her feet before whirling around in the process hissing him in the side of the head with the metal spatula in her hand, Naruto winced and rubbed his cheek.
"N-N-N-Naruto-kun?" She squeaked out
He just smiled "That was probably my own fault." He admitted.
She just stayed were she was frozen, one hand wielding the cooking utensil like it was a weapon and the other closed into a tight fist, before the utensil was sent into the wall with a clatter and she sprang forward wrapping her arms around his neck and locking him in a death grip.
"I was so worried about you! When did you get back? Why didn't you wake me up? What happened at the mansion?" The question were fired off one after the other while she continued to squeeze the blonde tighter.
"I'll tell you if you let me breathe!" Naruto managed to wheeze out.
It seemed to dawn on her what she had done and she jumped away with a loud eep and fixed her eyes on the floor and pressing her fingers together nervously her cheek's glowed crimson and she swayed for a few moments before shaking her head and pinching her arm, Naruto had his hands either side of her in case she were too faint.
She inhaled and her eyes seemed to widen more, she found the spatula and flipped the contents of the fry pan onto a plate before turning it off and sighing as she looked at the slightly burnt food.
Naruto stole a piece of the bacon and placed it in his mouth, suppressing a moan at the crunchy and salty pork he smiled at Hinata and leaned slightly closer, she watched him closely, to gauge his reaction or out of curiosity he was not sure "Perfect as always." He said simply.
She blushed and picked up the plate before moving it onto the round dining table, Hanabi gave an excited squeal as she darted for one of the chairs taking her set and serving herself the food quickly, Hinata sat beside Naruto and placed a few things on her own plate.
Naruto looked around "Where is Hiashi?"
"He went to a meeting with the Hokage and the Shinobi council." Hinata said simply.
Naruto nodded and ate a little slower than he usually wood.
Hinata stared at him intently until he returned her gaze, she quickly focused on her plate "You wanted to know what happened?"
Hinata nodded.
Naruto began recounting everything, he told her about his meeting with her father and everything after that. She just listened with rapt attention.
A/N: I Hope you all enjoyed this, I hope it didn't seem to easy for Naruto and Neji or anything like that I had a bit of trouble coming up with the flow of this, anyway I will see you next week!