A Mere Peasant or a Knight in Shining Armor?
Upon realizing exactly who Naruto was, Hiashi's facial expression began to change to that of an angry one as he screamed, "YOOOU!!!" at the top of his lungs. This caught everyone's attention.
"So you do remember him. I was a little confused at first," the Third stated obviously still a little lost.
"YOU BEAST!! HOW DARE YOU EVEN THINK THAT YOU CAN BE IN THE PRESENCE OF MY DAUGHTERS...!!?"
Hiashi's booming voice could be heard throughout the building and even carried out into part of the village. At the sound of those words tears began to well up in Naruto's eyes. He ran from the room as fast as his little legs could carry him.
Surprised, and scared, by Hiashi and his fit of rage, Hanabi began to cry as well. The caretaker tried to calm her down but couldn't help but wonder why Lord Hiashi would yell at a child that didn't seem to have done anything wrong. She then noticed that something was terribly wrong…
"Lord Hiashi," the Third called out, "you should know that that is not allowed. Not just to refrain from the village's past trauma, but because that boy is very sensitive about being treated as such."
"I-I… wasn't referring to that but the fact that he is not what I thought he was."
A/N: I'll elaborate on this later in the story…
"U-Um… Hi-Hiashi-sama… Hinata is missing," the caretaker interjected.
"WHAAAT!!!"
Meanwhile…
Naruto was sitting between the railings on top of the Hokage Tower crying his poor little eyes out when suddenly, he noticed that he wasn't alone.
"Who-Who's there?"
"It-It's, just me," a little girl with short blue hair, pale skin, and weird looking eyes stepped from behind a trash can. "I…I-I'm Hinata… I… I was worried about you so I… I followed."
Naruto was surprised to hear that someone was actually worried about him. He wiped away his tears and pretended like it never happened. He looked her up and down and stopped at her eyes. He noticed that she really did look like she was a bit worried, but then figured that she didn't really know anything about him, which was a good thing. He then realized that there was something familiar about her that he couldn't quite put his finger on.
She walked over and stood beside him…
"You can sit down you know."
She hesitated but figured that it was alright since he said it was okay. She sat down and began to blush furiously as Naruto watched her. He then leaned in and looked her directly in her eyes. Her entire pale skin then turned crimson red as Naruto was so close to her face that she could practically taste what he had for lunch…
A/N: Yeah I said taste, not smell… Live with it…
"W-Wait… What is he doing?"
As he got closer to get a good look Hinata inched away a little bit to stop her temptation. She began to feel an unusual urge to stay put in hopes that he would kiss her, but she didn't understand why…
Naruto then shouted, "IT'S KILLING ME! WHERE DO I KNOW YOU FRO…?"
Before he could finish Hinata slipped and began to fall. Naruto quickly jumped into action and grabbed a hold of her and wrapped his tail around the railing. As they were hanging on for dear life they began to yell for help, hoping that someone would come to their rescue. After what seemed like forever Naruto gave up on the thought that someone would help him of all people. He knew that no one in the entire village cared even the slightest bit about him, so he decided that it was up to him to save Hinata…
He held on to her tightly with one hand and pushed off the side of the building with the other. With all of his strength he tossed Hinata into the air and she barely cleared the railing.
The thing about using all of his strength is that Naruto no longer had any to save himself, much less hold onto the railing. This was it, he was coming to his limit and knew that he couldn't last much longer. He took in the sight of the village one last time and shed one last tear as he finally…let go…
"NARUTOOO!" Naruto heard Hinata as he closed his eyes as tightly as he could…
A few minutes passed and Naruto noticed that he had not felt anything, not the slightest bit of pain or even a breeze as he expected.
"NARUTOOO!" Once again he heard Hinata but she did not sound like she was too far away. He opened his eyes to see that he was being suspended in the air by his tail by none other than the same man that yelled at him for unknown reasons.
"Foolish boy!" Hiashi stated as he and many attendants to both he and the Hokage could barely pull him up. "How could such a small boy weigh so much," he thought to himself.
A/N: Explain later…
Back on sweet, sweet ground Naruto gave a sigh of relief before shouting, "JEEZ, WHAT TOOK YOU IDIOTS SO LONG?!!!"
"We-… We're sorry honorable grandson," one of the Hokage's attendants stated.
"Naruto… What have I told you about talking to others in that manner?!" came the Third as he stepped from behind a few of the attendants.
"Hu…oh, uh… 'To never show disrespect to anyone', even if I am the Hokage's honorary grandson," he responded with annoyance evident in his speech.
At this Hinata smiled and began to walk towards Naruto. She had made up her mind that she was at least going to give him a hug. Not really for any particular reason but just because she wanted to. She figured that everyone would think that it was because he had saved her then it would seem a lot less embarrassing…
As she got closer and closer she heard someone tell her stop where she was, and for some reason she unknowingly complied. She turned around to her father telling her that she is not to associate with Naruto.
"Hey what's your problem old man? You and the other villagers do nothing but pick on me and I've had enough. Why do you all hate me?"
"I don't hate you, it's just that you aren't worthy of even breathing the same air as any of my daughters. So I don't want you anywhere near them." Hiashi stated sternly.
Seeing that Naruto was confused by this Hiashi went into further explanation.
"You are from a certain clan but there is nothing special about you, just…something odd. The only ones from your clan that are allowed to associate with our clan are those of…legendary or mythical persuasion."
Seeing that Naruto looked just as confused as before the Third decided to step in and explain it to him.
"Naruto, a few years ago we found out that even though you have Dragon clan blood flowing through your veins, you yourself are not a dragon, per se. Because you are not a full or complete dragon, or something else of legendary status, Lord Hiashi and his clan want nothing to do with you."
"OOOOh! So they're a bunch of snobs that are more concerned with their status than anything else."
"Y-Yeah, I guess you could say something like that," the Third said embarrassed.
Naruto could see that Hiashi was more than peeved at what was said and gave a great big smile before saying…
"Well, if that's the case then I'll make it where you won't have to worry so much about all that when I become… HOKAGE!!!"
With that he gave a huge smile that apparently was contagious because everyone around him soon started to smile and laugh at this.
"You know, maybe we should reconsider moving to another village. There is no way that my daughter is going to school with him," Hiashi said.
More to come...