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Chapter III: Memories
Four figures stood before the memorial stone each in deep contemplation remembering the friends that they had lost. The man on the far right held a single bottle of the most potent andexpensive sake sold in the leaf village. They all were here to honor the memory of two individuals who had been their friends since before the Academy.
The First to speak was a thin man in a jounin vest whose hair resembled a pineapple, "We all wish you could have been there man you would have loved to see the look on the faces of the council members when Tsunade agreed to the terms of the Alliance. Man you would have laughed your ass off." As he finished he took a swig of sake and passed it on to the next man.
The man on his left who was wearing a dark gray trench coat with a dark green cloak over it to completely hide his features except for his dark sunglasses then began to speak, "We were comrades, teammates and friends, even if you were loud and stupid and sometimes completely illogical you were still a part of making this a possible and so this is a victory we all share so goodbye friend and may we all meet again in the after life." As he finished he took a swig from the bottle of sake and continued to pass it on down the line.
The third man was rather large standing at around 6'6 and half as wide. He wore a fresh clean apron as was his custom over plain civilian clothing as he had given up on the life of a warrior long ago in hopes of opening his own restaurant, of which he now owned several. As he began to speak in his deep baritone voice the careful listener could almost hear it wavering as he said, "Well I guess I really miss you buddy and just so you know all those times I said Akamaru would be good with a side of soy sauce I was just kidding man, I don't even like dog meat." The large man took a swig of Sake with a tear in his eye as he passed it to the last of the group.
The final man was a tall blond with red streaks in his hair, and wearing an outfit similar to that of the fourth Hokage except the coat was black with red flames along the bottom edge and the Kanji for Kitsune Lord on the back. He took the bottle and walked over to the stone and spoke in a sanded tone, "This is it dog boy, we did it." He starts to pour the rest of the sake out onto the stone, "This is when we say our last goodbyes, and for what must be the thousandth time I am sorry, but at least I got that snake-teme back for you. Oh and before I forget Kintara say's that death isn't a good enough excuse to miss your date and she plans on making a trip to see you soon so good luck, she is going to kick your ass." As the last drop of sake fell Naruto crouched down and ran his fingers over Kiba's and Akamaru's names and mumbled almost to himself, "Goodbye my friends hope you have found peace."
Naruto stood and turned to his other close friends, Chouji, Shino, and Shikamaru. Together they walked back towards the village. They all gathered at one of Chouji's shinobi only bars and sat down as a waitress came over with drinks for three of them and Ramen for Naruto because he didn't drink, and Chouji had told all of his waitresses to just get him ramen if he came in.
The four of them raised their bottles/ramen in a toast to their lost comrade before digging in or taking a long swig of sake. Once Naruto finished his ramen he got down to business, "So Shino what did your clan say concerning my offer?" Shino looked out from under his glasses and said, "The clan said that they would rather stay here but my father agreed to allow me to go with you and start another Aburame clan in your village." Naruto got his big goofy smile back in full force, "That's great Shino Fuu will definitely be happy when she hears the news. Especially the new clan bit considering you are going to need a wife and she is obviously interested in you considering the past 'encounters' between the two of you." Naruto giggled perversely at the end and even more so when Shino actually blushed even if it was hard to see in this light it was there, much to amusement of Shikamaru who had once met Fuu and new the thing she had for the bug user.
Shino after a few moments asked, "Naruto has she said who's they are yet?" Naruto smiled and sighed as he said, "Sorry man it appears that they are mine considering that they call me Tou-san now and their hair is lighter than their mothers and showing streaks of blond in them, so too bad but they still ask after their otooji-san(uncle) and can't wait to see you again." At this Shino showed a small smile at the thought of his two new nieces. Naruto on the other hand wasn't going to let him off that easy though, "Plus now this gives you the excuse to get freaky with her so you can jump start your clan. Hope you got some soldier pills man, because you are going to need them." Naruto laughed perversely again as Shino blushed once more.
Chouji was now behind the bar starting to clean some used glasses that were lying around as he said, "You know Naruto that these conversations really make feel left out. Since I gave up being a shinobi I haven't met any of these people you guys are always talking about it makes me wish that I could go with you but if I even suggest leaving or even a visit Ino goes off into one of her yelling moods and I just get an earful of 'Who's going to manage the restaurants while your away?' and 'I cant leave the hospital' so you really need to bring everyone here some time so I can meet them."
Naruto grinned at Chouji and said he would try to get at least a few to come with him next time. Then he asked, "So how are things with Ino now that you guys are married?" Shika sighed and Chouji got a glazed look in his eyes as he said, "Well Naruto at times she is as Shika so eloquently puts it 'troublesome' but then there are moments when we are alone together and we just enjoy each other's company after a rough day or she gets that look in her eye and I know I am not getting any sleep that night. So it's good and I have to say I am happy with it."
Naruto grinned yet again and said, "Good for you Chouji, Kami knows you deserved it." Chouji looked back up from the glass he had just finished cleaning and said "Thanks man."
After another bowl of ramen Naruto stood up and said, "Well I hope to see you guys tomorrow at the gate and please don't be late, but I have got to run." Before he could get far Shino and Shika both asked at the same time, "Where are you going?" Naruto just kept walking and yelled over his shoulder, "I have a meeting with a certain pale eyed princess that is way over due so see you tomorrow." With that Naruto vanished in a flash of red light. Leave his three comrades with one thought 'Hinata'.
Hyuuga Mansion Hiashi's personnel study
Hiashi was reading over his copy of the treaty with Onigakure as in a red flash Naruto erupted out of thin air. "Hiashi-sama I need to speak with you about a matter of great importance."
Hiashi to say the least was startled as any man would consider a man literally appeared out of thin air right in front of him. "Well uh Onikage-sama I must say this is rather unexpected, I did not know you wished to speak to me otherwise I would have made arrangements to have such an honored guest greeted properly."
Naruto looked at Hiashi with no emotion evident on his face as he said, "I would expect nothing less from the prestigious Hyuuga clan, but now I must ask you somthing. I requested the Hokage to inform you that both you, and your oldest daughter to be present at the meeting yesterday but she was not in attendance would you please explain to me why not."
Hiashi Hyuuga started to sweat. He had feared that this conversation would lead to such questioning. "Well you see Onikage-sama she had rather serious clan duties to attend to so she was not able to attend the meeting as you requested."
Naruto started to nod much to the relief of Hiashi until he spoke, "Well that is a reasonable excuse, so would it be too much trouble to ask to speak to her now considering that if she must have finished her duties." At this Hiashi started to panic because he say no way out of this now. He looked back to Naruto as he spoke again, "Hiashi you seemed worried, do you need a drink to calm your nerves or are you panicking because you are purposefully going back against your word because if you did you know that you and the rest of this pathetic excuse for a clan will be held accountable and will face my wrath." As Naruto finished his eyes started to glow a deep blood red and his killing intent started to leak out into the room and the rest of the Hyuuga compound making many members suddenly feel the need to pray to Kami for the sudden fear of a very painful death that seemed imminent.
Hiashi was getting the worst of it because he was closest but he knew that if he didn't due as he promised that he would not die, no he would be tortured and forced to watch as the rest oh his clan was killed in front of him and then and only then he be released into death. So after weighing his options he chose life.
Hiashi bowed before Naruto in apology and said, "I am sorry for trying to back out on my word Naruto-san but you must understand that it was not my choice to make. The elders have the real power and it was by their will that this union never take place and it is to my utmost horror to inform you that they had planned on giving my daughter the caged bird seal because she had refused to fallow clan law and had refused to marry a perfectly acceptable suitor when she turned sixteen. You see it was never my choice so please be merciful."
Naruto looked down onto Hiashi and said in a dark tone, "Has she or has she not been marked Hiashi? Your life and the life of your clan hang in the balance so please answer quickly." Hiashi quickly said, "No she was not marked she got some help from someone else outside the clan and she convinced them to not brand her."
Naruto blinked but other than that did nothing. "Who helped her?" Hiashi looked up and said with fear in his voice, The Kazekages wife Matsuri, she was able to sway them because she said that if Hinata was marked that she could guarantee that the Kazekage would break all ties with Konoha and put bounties on every single member of the Hyuuga council so high that even leaf shinobi would be tempted."
After hearing this Naruto mentally noted to send Gaara and Matsuri a gift basket or thank you card or something in appreciation. "Thank you for answering honestly Hiashi for that you will be spared now please go and retrieve Hinata I wish to speak with her." Naruto started to walk out of the room and Hiashi asked, "Where are you going Naruto-san?"
Naruto just kept walking as he said over his shoulder, "The Hyuuga private garden, please have Hinata meet me there." Hiashi understood he was walking on thin ice so he rushed off to go retrieve Hinata.
Naruto walked on towards the garden as he recalled his only previous meeting with Hiashi ended in him using about three tails worth of killing intent to cause him to agree to Naruto's deal. He sighed as he finally reached the garden and sat on the single bench which looked out over a small pool of water that was home to several Koi which swam in a hypnotizing dance as Naruto watched them wondering how Hinata would react after this much time away from him. Would she still love him? Would she be able to accept his changes of appearance or more importantly lifestyle, especially involving the multiple women he had rather physical relationships with. He looked up to the sky and saw the clouds hoping beyond hope that she would say yes when he asked her the one question that every man had to ask at some point, the big question. He hoped she would say yes….
Well there you go hoped you like and if you have any questions please ask also be kind and review/commment.
Also I would like to tell you that the next chapter is coming slowly because it is going to be looooooong so it may take a while so please be patient. Also next chapter will answer many of thequestions you are bound to have but please ask me anyway and I will try to answer without giving away the important stuff. So until next time.
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