Disclaimer: The story Naruto and its characters are not mine. Kajou, Kaizu, Mika and Sora from the first story are mine.
Last time:
"But Hinata is already Head of the Hyuga and I plan on becoming Hokage."
"If you're in a position like that, either keep your position as Head of the Hyuga clan, become Head of the Uzumaki clan or join together and make one strong clan."
He had a choice, Konoha or the Land of the Whirlpool.
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"I'm sort of scared about my mother."
She buried her face into his chest, hiding forming tears. 'We will go through this together Naruto.' She reminded herself of that saying that Sakura had told her. 'Every cloud has a silver lining…you must go through the bad in order to get the good.'
Family
She looked up at the ceiling. She now had more problems than before and it was putting stress on her. Would she give up her position as Head of the Hyuga clan and become Head of the Uzumaki clan? She would be free but what would her family think of it? Would they be disappointed? She certainly didn't want to make a really strong clan. It would be too much for the both of them and fights may be the results as well. So far, she was looking at becoming Head of the Uzumaki clan.
She turned to face Naruto. He slept so peacefully. She envied him but she knew he to had problems of his own. She gently ran her hand over the whisker marks on his face. "Kyubi."
Gently shaking him, he woke up with an annoyed groan. "What is it Hinata?"
"I'll resign from my position as Head of the Hyuga clan. I want to help the Uzumaki clan," she said in a whisper. "The Hyuga clan is fine without me."
He gave out a loud yawn. "You sure?"
"I did say I wanted to be Uzumaki Hinata." She poked her tongue out in cheekiness. "Do you know what that means?"
She gasped in surprise as she was pulled into a tight hug. "Thank you Hinata." For the rest of the night, they slept in that position. She didn't ever want to move.
-Two months later-
"Naruto, I give you this to symbolise your position as Head." Kushina handed him a sword. Its cover was stained with dirt and blood. It was obvious that it had been through many fights, through many generations. "Hinata, I give you this to symbolise your position as the Head's wife." She was given a brooch of a red spiral. "You are now, rightfully our new leaders of this clan." There were many claps and cheers. Most of the people came to see the ceremony. Though they hardly knew who Naruto was, they did know he was Kushina's son and would be a great leader.
Once the ceremony was over Kushina spoke to them about their new items.
"Hinata, that brooch of yours will protect if you put chakra into it. It creates a strong barrier and can stop sound from escaping the barrier. I would describe it as the Uzumaki version of Kaiten. As for the sword, it isn't ordinary. Depending on how strong you are determines the strength of the sword. If you were weak, that sword could easily break. It can also lengthen; again the length is determined on how strong you are. Mika will teach you how to use it starting from tomorrow." Kushina left with quiet footsteps. "See you tomorrow."
Naruto turned to Hinata. "What should we do now? Our job is to find the heir, stay with the clan until the heir is moved up to position of Head. Once that is done, we need to go back to Konoha. I just don't want to. I want to stay here with my mum and enjoy the last few minutes with her."
"Tell Tsunade-sama. You do have Gamakichi to deliver a message," Hinata said.
"I'll try." He left for their room. Once inside, he grabbed a pen and paper and began writing.
Tsunade-sama, we have completed our mission. The heir is found which happen to be me. I've been made Head but the previous Head, my mother will die within the next seven months or so. I would like to stay here until she passes away.
Thank you Tsunade-sama.
-Naruto
Satisfied he called for Gamakichi to deliver the message. Gamakichi did so as it was important. Now they just had to wait. Hinata entered the room twiddling with her index fingers, wondering whether to tell the truth or not. Naruto had noticed this but had ignored it in Hinata's eyes. He sat on the bed waiting for her to speak.
"N-Naruto, I need to tell you something."
"What is it?" he asked, trying his best to sound convincing.
"I…uh, I'm…"
"It's about our child, right?"
"H-how did you know?" She felt somewhat calm yet nervous as well. It didn't seem Naruto was happy with the news.
A large grin grew on his face. "We're going to have a family!"
Hinata was quite shocked. It was like he was having the mood swings, not her. "You aren't upset or anything?"
He jumped from the bed. "Hinata, this is the second best thing that ever happened to me!"
"What's first?"
"Meeting you." He tightly wrapped his arms around her waist and lifted her off the ground. "We're going to have a family!"
"Yo, Tsunade-sama, message from Naruto." Gamakichi appeared in a poof of smoke in front of her desk. He saw the surprise in Tsunade's eyes. He handed her the note and waited.
"Thank you." Tsunade opened the note, excited to read what was inside. She read it and smiled. "I thought this would work." Placing the note aside, she took a fresh piece of paper and a pen to write her reply. She pushed it to the edge of her desk, motioning Gamakichi to take it and deliver it to Naruto. "Thanks for your help."
Once the frog was gone, she took a deep breath, ready to summon Shizune in a loud shout which shook the entire building. "Shizune, come here now!" The Hokage's assistant was probably in a room on the other side of the tower. She soon heard feet running to her office. The door burst open, revealing a panting Shizune.
"What is it Tsunade-sama?"
"Naruto is returning from his mission within the next year or so. He was made Head of the Uzumaki clan."
"What? That long for a simple mission?" she asked, utterly shocked.
"Yes because Naruto had found his mother who is unfortunately dying. He asked for permission to stay until the death of his mother and I give him permission," she explained.
"But that's like a holiday!" Shizune protested.
"A holiday where he will see his mother for the first and last time," Tsunade said, her voice louder than usual. "Naruto had never experienced the love from a parent. I say he should be allowed to enjoy the last minutes of that pleasure."
"Yes Hokage-sama." A thought struck her. "Why don't you go there to heal the previous Head so she is healthy enough to come back to Konoha? And what about the Hyuga clan?"
"I think Kushina-san would like it to see her unofficial husband again. It's probably for the best. As for the Hyuga clan, I'll see what Hinata will do to fix that problem." She got up from her seat and looked out the window. "Enjoy it Naruto," she whispered.
The first day of training passed. Naruto looked tired, though he still said, "I need to train more to become stronger."
Hinata had a note in her hand, it was from Tsunade. She placed the note on the table next to her and quickly went to Naruto's aid. "I don't think that's possible to do it today," she said with a small giggle, happy Naruto was back with her. Helping him, she led him to the bed before he collapsed onto it.
"How was your day?" he asked.
"Boring, nothing much to do but sit around, make more medicine for our mother and talking to the other members of the clan. Yours?"
"Training was fun. Mika is strong, probably Jounin level. There was also being with my own mother! We caught up so much it feels as if I knew her since the day I was born!"
Hinata smiled. She looked at him as a kid kicking his legs, happy to talk about his mother. He was happy to say that he finally had a mother to take care of him.
"I'm tired because of all that chakra that I used for training! Who knew a sword could use so much chakra!"
"Who knew you can act so much like a kid?" she said playfully.
"Hey, what's that piece of paper over there?" Naruto asked pointing to a piece of folded paper.
"Oh, that's from Tsunade-sama." She brought the note to him and read it out loud. "Naruto, you have my permission to stay in the Land of the Whirlpool for as long until the death of your mother. The note you had sent me made me think for a while. You hardly call me Tsunade-sama. Everyone is waiting for you and Neji says to keep Hinata safe or you'll die. Have a safe trip!"
There was silence as Naruto allowed the information sink into his mind. Once it did, he cried out for joy. "We're staying! We're staying!"
Chapter 9 is completed! Sorry I didn't put this up earlier. I was very busy but it should be an easy road now. My assignment is finished so yeah. I hope you all enjoyed this chapter because I didn't. Love you all (as a reader). Please review!