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Chapter 3

9 Years After the Kyuubi Attack

Two children, a boy and a girl, were seen walking hand in hand with each other while the civilians along the road moved aside to give them space as several ninja's walking the road and rooftops gave them solemn nods of respect. The children themselves looked very beautiful and according to several young mothers and ladies who cooed to themselves seeing such a nice couple at such small age, they were like a Kami blessed couple. These were no ordinary children. One of them was Hinata Hyuuga, heiress of the Hyuuga Clan and famous in the village as the Ice Maiden of Hyuuga and the other was Naruto Uzumaki, resident Jinchuuriki of the Kyuubi no Kitsune and unknown to him, a Namikaze and son of Yondaime Hokage and Uzumaki Kushina of the Royal house of Uzushiogakure.

Both were wearing matching clothes from the Warring Clans Era. The girl was wearing she wore an elaborate, high-collared crimson red kimono with the Hyuuga symbol on the back of the obi which was tied around her waist and black sandals. Her blue hair reached up to her mid back and her lavender orbs looked at the world with cold and calculating manner. The boy was wearing Black leather ANBU style clothes which melded to his body like a second skin, showcasing his entire body and showcasing a powerful and tall torso built for speed and grace. Above his clothes was a Bluish-silver plate armour worn by shinobi of old era and had a Crimson red Uzumaki swirl on the back showing his allegiance to the feared Uzumaki clan. His face was covered by a crimson coloured facemask leaving only his cold ice blue eyes and upper part of his face visible. He had long blond hair which were spiky and wild giving him the look of a noble. Both of them looked part of dangerous shinobi and cut through the civilians as they drew closer.

As they reached the end of the road, a massive building was seen that functioned as the Hokage Tower. Both of them entered the building and traversed the building, moving up the floors as they walked hand in hand. Reaching the highest level they entered the office after asking the secretary if the Hokage was free. Seeing the famous Ice Duo of Konoha in front of her caused the secretary no discomfort as she was already used to their presence and she smiled at them when they entered the Office returning her smile with one of their own.

Entering the office they were greeted to the sight of Sandaime Hokage, Sarutobi Hiruzen who was sitting behind the desk wearing the Fire Kage robes and smoking his favourite pipe while looking out of the window towards the Hokage Mountain which contained the faces of the previous kages and his late successor the Yondaime Hokage who was lost his life while sealing the Kyuubi in his son.

Turning towards them with his grandfatherly smile, he nodded to them to be seated and he himself made himself comfortable and then spoke.

" Good Morning to you two. How are you on this fine day Hinata Hime and Naruto Kun? What can this old man do for you? I hope you have no problems with the civilians?"

"No Hokage sama, it is nothing like that and though we are in good health, however we would like to discuss something with you. But before that I would like to personally thank you for helping us till now and we both are incredibly grateful for that. Right Hinata Hime?" replied Naruto while Hinata simply nodded with a smile on their face. Before he had met Hinata, Naruto had a really brash and outgoing personality. But she had nearly beaten those out of him using her stubbornness and simple hard work. Even though he still called the Hokage as Jiji and Old Man due to the fact that that the Hokage really acted as the surrogate grandfather.

Sarutobi Hiruzen himself had seen the effects of the company of Hinata on Naruto. The young brash boy had become tempered and more social able, while his intelligence increased and hyperactivity was reigned in. She was really good for her and though it appeared on the surface that Hinata had affected the boy more but the fact was Hinata herself had become more outgoing and expressive than what she was before the Incident. It had been really a good decision to introduce them to each other and it made him happy that he had saved two souls while keeping his interference to the minimum.

" Ok then. The office is secure. What do you both want to talk to me about?" he asked making a hidden signal with his free hand discreetly that made all the ANBU in his office leave the room but were kept on high alert. Hinata shook her head while flashing her Byakugan and pointed towards a particularly dark corner on the room's ceiling while palming her senbon in her other hand and saying," It seems that there is still one."

As soon as the words were out of her mouth, she had leapt to avoid a hail of kunai at her which were imbedded in the chair. The Sandaime had leapt across the room towards the assailant while the other ANBU had attacked the intruder while keeping the children safe. After a few minutes of tussle the young, unassuming shinobi had been captured and tied but before he could even twitch, he had a seal slapped across his chest which locked his chakra and movements.

"Take this shinobi to the ANBU cells and keep watch over him. And save myself no one, including the elders or ANBU are to approach him. Those who do are to be captured and brought immediately before me. Otherwise get ready to be executed for treason." Barked a seriously angry looking Hokage causing the jaws to drop and eyes to widen from everyone. He looked back where Hinata and Naruto were being kept by the other ANBU and raised his own eyebrow at their calm and collected faces. Maybe the relationship had more effect on their childish mentality and innocence than he first believed. After the intruder had been taken away and he himself had used a sealing technique to cast a cone of silence he turned towards the children while noticing them both stowing away the senbon they had in their hands while they were walking towards the chairs causing him no small amount of regret seeing the young children act more like veteran shinobi.

"This office is now secure so what was that you two had to discuss before this fiasco? I hope what happened a few minutes before is not mentioned to the others because it is a village secret. I hope you understand?" he asked receiving two nods from both of them.

"Lord Hokage, we both have come to talk about a woman named Mito Uzumaki-Senju and this letter that she wrote to my great grandfather which in essentially is a marriage contract between the clans and a treaty for support of one clan to another during hardships. But since the letter was misplaced whether intentionally or not and my great grandfather died soon after caused the terms to be postponed to next generation as agreed upon by both the parties. We both did our research and found out that Naruto Kun is a true Uzumaki and his mother is no one else than Uzumaki Kushina also known the S ranked ninja of this village called as Aka no Shi or the Crimson Death. But the letter also states that the couple that is supposed to marry is supposed to go towards the Uzu no Kuni for receiving a special inheritance. Also the other terms and conditions are in the letter which you are no doubt reading right now. But first we want to know why did you hide the truth from Naruto about his parents and why the history of Uzumaki Clan and their roles in the foundation of Konoha forgotten and not taught to children in the academy. All my friends and other children tell that the nonexistent Uchiha clan is praised for many things and the other clans are glossed over or just not told enough. Has the memory of this village has gotten that bad that they would leave out a Cousin Clan of the Senju Clan out of history or the fact that they were our allies and not the least the reason of spiral in the leaf and on the back of our jackets has been forgotten. Maybe I should talk to the other clans as this village which can forget the relatives of the founders of the same village will not take long to forget us too no matter what we do and how much blood we may shed for this village. Is this how we take care of our culture and our history, Lord Hokage? Answer me this or maybe act more like you ought to Lord Hokage for I cannot see how much hypocritical we all are acting. By your leave then and please have a nice day." Spoke Hinata while showing how much she was affected by the discovery of such a secret.

Sarutobi Hiruzen when he had awoken this morning had hoped that he would have a very non eventful day. But this morning and day was turning out anything but normal. First he was surprised to see both the Ice Duo of Konoha in his office in what he had recognized as the shinobi clothes from the warring clan era especially the design which was that of the Senju Clan. He had both seen preference of Naruto and Hinata both and he had wondered the day that if it was a quirk or something from his genetics as his Uzumaki ancestors preferred the traditional clothes, like Lady Mito and Kushina used to do.

When the girl had spoken about the intruder he had been stumped as to how a girl only 9 years old could penetrate an exceptionally well done A rank Genjutsu which he himself had not noticed due to his old age and complicity that he allowed himself to be lulled in after the Kyuubi Attack. His decisions lacked his methodical touch and he had allowed too much power in the hands of his formers teammates and Danzo which made them arrogant and hard to control. But what sent his rage into a true inferno was the fact that the civilian council had the gall to remove such an important part of the village's history and he inferred that his teammates and rival had not done anything to save that part of their history. Hashirama sensei and Tobiraima sensei would flay him and the whole village alive if they knew the village had spit on its former allies. And the less said about Mito sama more better for anyone. That woman scared the hell out of both the first Hokage and his rival Madara Uchiha. The less known fact was that Lady Mito though being a very kind and caring person was really a terrifying taskmaster and her mind cooked up new ideas on using fuuinjutsu that was frightening in it's application. The loss of Madara Uchiha to Hashirama Senju was due to the fact that the Lady Mito had been helping him to neutralize the assaults of the Mangekyou Sharingan and had even subdued the Kyuubi with a seal.

Hiruzen remembered the day when Lady Mito had been asked to train them when Tobiraima sensei had been busy for doing to them. The lessons that had been beaten into them so thoroughly when both Danzo and Koharu had mouthed off to her and called her an old hag still sent shivers of dread through them due to their effectiveness and brutality. Sarutobi had spent the next two weeks in hospital and he was the least beaten out of all of them. Homura often had complained later in his life that his arms still felt off till this day.

Sarutobi Hiruzen felt that it might be better for him to take care of the stupidity of the civilians and his team mates least Lady Mito go after him in his afterlife. But before that he had to deal with the new head ache that appeared due to the letter he was reading. This letter had opened a can of worms for him and the Uzumaki and Hyuuga clans. This letter also had been sent to the Daimyo of Hi no Kuni of that time and the ruler of Iron Country as a record for both the clans and it involved a lot of legal mumbo jumbo. But the basic gist of the letter and contract could be written down as the following points:-

1. The Heirs of the Hyuuga Clan and the Uzumaki Clan could not be forced into the marriage nor they could be persuaded to break it. Doing so would result in the breach of contract and the loss of honour for the clan doing so by the offending Clan being declared as the Oath Breakers.

2. If the Hyuuga Clan uses the Caged Bird Seal on the marrying party then it would give the Ruling Daimyo the right to interfere and the Hyuuga Clan will be forever marked as Traitors to the Shinobi and Clan Code of Hi No Kuni. Similar conditions apply for the Uzumaki Clan as they are forbidden to perform any seals on the Marrying Party under the same penalty and punishment. Any mind altering seals are strictly forbidden and the applying person or clan can be punished under the authority of Iron Country and its Ruler.

3. All the grievances if any are to be resolved under the joint ruling of Hi no Kuni and the Iron Country.

4. The Above terms are not negotiable and cannot be overturned under the Blood Oath of the respective Clan Leaders.

The Sandaime simply huffed to himself and then looked again at the letter with a careful eye while ignoring the terms about return of money and all that terms in case the contract was not fulfilled for the next ten generations. He took out a sake bottle from Kumo he had kept for such reasons and then downed a healthy gulp of the potent liquid and relished the buzz of sake while contemplating the oncoming headache when the Daimyo and Lord Mifune from Iron Country arrived to see whether the terms of the contract were fulfilled when the children reached the age of eleven. Sarutobi was mentally exhausted at this point. Hinata and Naruto had let on just one startling revelation after the next. Thinking about the blonde boy he felt a sense of shame when he remembered the boy eating from trash and living in filth in the red light district before he had been shifted to the Shinobi Apartments.

Sighing to himself, he seemed to be doing that a lot, he told his ANBU to summon Danzo at once. It was time to reign the War Hawk before he did something damaging to Konoha in his zeal to act more in the interests of Konoha.

Hinata and Naruto were now in his apartment while Kurenai Yuhi was with them. Kurenai had decided to teach both of them the fine art of Genjutsu due to the fact that Hinata herself had asked her to teach her speciality and the reason she wanted Naruto to have perfect control over his chakra reserves due to the fact that he had massive reserves due his heritage as an Uzumaki but also due to the fact he had a bijju sealed in him. Kurenai felt that she had to teach Naruto due to the fact that she knew Kushina Uzumaki and felt that she owed it to her that she teach it to her son the fine arts of genjutsu as Kushina had taught her kenjustu.

"Get ready Naruto san. I am going to introduce you to the practice of senbon balancing. I know you have already mastered that step but still your chakra control is just at the level of a Jounin, but these senbon are special and made from a special metal that needs a specified amount of chakra needed to lift them upwards. They were given to me by a very special kunoichi, your mother. She added special seals to the senbon that helped in chakra control for me. She wanted me to reach my potential and encouraged me by giving me tips. I want to give it to them for they are a part of your legacy. So do you like them?" she asked while keeping her emotions in check at how adorable he looked when he was not employing his poker face.

"Really Kurenai san, were these senbon given to you by my mother?" When she nodded with a small smile gracing her face, he continued." Then I am grateful for you to for helping me. I will strive for you to feel proud of me for I shall strive to get better at genjutsu even though my chakra reserves are massive, nor shall I forget your instructions." He finished by giving her a heartfelt bow.

Hinata who was watching the entire scene felt giddy that someone was taking good care even though she had to pull up some strings and do some manipulations. Today also she decided that her plans regarding Danzo should be brought into play due to fact that he had been making his Root shinobi follow her and spy on their training sessions. She knew she had to curtail his influence or make Sandaime more alert regarding his actions or she would not be able stop him from making his bids for power, Danzo and his warmongering policies were not needed for Konoha as he would definitely try to attack Naruto so as to make him his weapon. That she would never allow or even remotely allow to pass. Hell would pass over before she would allow her Naruto kun to be turned into a drone for the War Hawk.

Also, next week she would try to talk Sandaime or maybe guilt him into the trip for Uzu. That needed to be done for she had to test Edo Tensei on Hashirama, Madara and Mito Uzumaki. She also needed for Naruto to take care of the Uzumaki sealing crypts for her to get DNA of the Uzumaki's. Maybe she could get some summons for herself till then. The archives of Hyuuga clan had a number of hidden secrets and taijutsu styles that rarely someone practiced. She could find something there.