Hero's Heart

Chapter 10

First Act

In the morning, Naruto headed to the Hokage headquarters where the Elders, Kakashi, and Shikamaru were waiting for him. Kakashi pulled out the chair from underneath the desk and gestured him to come take his rightful seat. Naruto was a little nervous, but eventually made it to the chair. He sat down and could feel so many emotions running through his body,

"So… Hokage-sama, how are you feeling?"

"I don't even know. I'm speechless."

"Naruto, before you get too comfortable, there is something that you must know. When a Hokage is chosen, they must enact one thing that betters the village. Did you happen to have something in mind?"

At that moment, Naruto got out of his chair and explained to them the extent of his goal. He told them about the Hyuga and how he wanted to them to reform their ways. In old standards, they would have disagreed with him, but the way things were now, it only seemed right to do it. They quickly gave him their approval and left him alone with Kakashi and Shikamaru.

"Naruto, as your advisor, I'm glad to hear about your plan."

"Thanks Shikamaru. I'm glad that you'll be right my side."

"Hokage-sama…"

"Kakashi-sensei, please don't call me that. It just sounds too weird. You were Hokage too so there's no need to treat me like I'm higher up than you. That doesn't matter to me."

"Sorry. Naruto, do you know how you're going to go about doing this? It's a great idea. I just don't see how you could possibly pull it off."

"Don't worry. I have a plan. The only thing is that I need to do it by myself. I don't want anyone else's help. This is something that I must do on my own."

"Are you sure?"

"I'm positive."

"Alright then. If you don't need anything else, I'll be taking my leave then."

"Okay. Thank you, Kakashi-sensei." Naruto and Shikamaru watched him leave. After that, Naruto pulled out one of his father's kunai and set it down on the desk. The handle had the word "Hokage" on it. This just put a smile on his Naruto's face. That's when he pulled out a piece of paper and pen and started to write on it.

"What are you doing?"

"I'm starting my plan."

…

Hiashi stepped into the courtyard on the Hyuga temple when an interesting-looking kunai landed right in front of him. He looked around, but saw someone around him so he slowly walked over to it and picked it up off the ground. There was a note attached to the blade while the handle read "Hokage." At that moment, Hiashi grew a little worrisome. He opened up the note and read it to himself.

Dear Members of the Hyuga,

I request your audience at the Final Village this afternoon. Bring all of your followers. There's no need to be armed. I will be alone. I simply want to talk to you. I hope to see you soon.

-Lord Hokage

Hiashi suddenly crumpled up the paper in his hand and yelled at the top of his lungs.

"Everyone assemble… NOW!" Within a few seconds, all of the Hyuga members assembled in the courtyard, including Hanabi. Unfortunately, Hinata was placed on house arrest until otherwise notified. "I called you all here because I have some important news to tell you. Our Hokage is challenging us to a battle."

At that moment, murmurs started to spread like wildfire.

"How is that possible?"

"Why would he do something like?"

"But isn't our Hokage Naruto now?"

"Silence! I don't care about why. I just need all of my loyal Hyuga to accompany me to the Final Valley. The Hokage believes that he can defeat all of us, but we will show him that we are strong. For those who wish to join me, let's go. I don't want to be late for this." Hiashi turned around and headed out the gate.

Meanwhile, most of the Hyuga there decided to follow him. Hanabi was shocked that Naruto would do something like this, but since she was loyal to the Hyuga, she decided to follow her leader. There were only a small handful that decided to stay since they believed in Naruto. Unfortunately, Hinata was unaware of this so she had no idea what was about to go down in the Final Valley.

…

The Hyuga continued to march to the Final Valley. Once they got within range, they saw Naruto all alone. He was sitting on the ground, looking as though he was gaining Nature Energy. When they arrived, they surrounded him to make sure that he had no chance at attacking. They all activated their Byakugan to give them an even greater advantage.

"Naruto, we're here like you asked. What is that you wish to speak with us about?"

"I haven't given up on my goal of changing the Hyuga, and I'm planning on starting now." At that moment, the orange shadow appeared around his eyes while everyone else was examining the change in Naruto's body. They saw a huge rush of power flow into his body and knew that it was time to attack.

"Get him! Don't give him any chance to attack!"

All of the Hyuga pounced on him and attacked at the same time. Meanwhile, Naruto took the full blow of the attack. The only one who didn't attack was Hanabi. She could only watch at the savagery that the Hyuga was committing. She could tell that Naruto had no intention of fighting. She tried telling them to stop, but they just wouldn't listen. She then tried prying them off of his body, but that didn't work. That's when she realized that there was only one thing left to do. She had to get help from back at the village.

Hanabi ran through town looking for anyone who would be willing to help. She came across Sakura, Choji, Ino, and a few of the others. She quickly told them about the situation and led them back to the Final Valley. On the way there, they passed by the Hyuga temple where Hinata happened to be looking out the window. She saw the group running as fast in they could in that direction which peaked her interest. No one was around to stop her, but the ones who were with her supported her and Naruto's resolve to change the Hyuga. She broke out of her room, gathered the remaining Hyuga and headed to where the other group was going.

It took them some time, but they eventually made it back to the Final Valley. Right as they got there, they saw Naruto's body being tossed around like a ball. They immediately intervened to try and stop them, but the Hyuga were persistent. They thrashed them out of the fight and made sure that Naruto was unable to retaliate. After a few more minutes of fighting, Hiashi came in with a huge attack that sent Naruto's body flying away from the group.

"Naruto!" Sakura and the rest of them tried to get to Naruto, but the Hyuga refused to back down. They blocked them off before they could. "Stop this now! Why are you doing this?!"

"Back off! All of you!"

Amidst the chaos, Hiashi continued to walk towards Naruto who was lying on the ground without moving an inch.

"I think I'm about done with this talk. It was very productive though. I think we came to the conclusion that you can't change us. Then again, there's nothing to change." Hiashi was about to swing at Naruto again when Hinata appeared in front of him which made him stop his attack. "Hinata, what are you doing here? You're supposed to be back at the temple."

"I'm came to protect Naruto-kun."

"What are you saying? Get out of the way. This… boy needs to be taught a lesson."

At that moment, the other Hyuga she brought with her jumped in behind her and stood their ground with her. This revelation caused the Hyuga fending off Sakura and the others to stop. That's when they broke through the crowd of people and stood in front of Naruto.

"Why can't you see it? All of this time, Naruto-kun has been the one protecting us. He allowed us to still be a part of this world. Now, he wants to make this world even better by freeing us from the thought of being hidden away. There's no need for that. Everyone's at peace. We don't need to afraid anymore."

"Hinata, you don't know…"

"No, you don't know! I love Naruto-kun. He would never do anything to hurt his friends. You may not think it, but he considers all of us his friends. He went through so much throughout his life and yet, he's able to forgive and forget. Look at you now. You're the one who's the bad guy here. You're beating him up when he's not even trying to fight back. That alone calls for change."

"Hinata…"

At that moment, most of Hiashi's men walked over to Naruto's side and stood behind Hinata. Meanwhile, Hiashi couldn't believe what was happening.

"What are you doing?"

"This is wrong, Lord Hiashi."

"Hinata's right. Naruto's always been there for us even if we didn't know it or need it."

"If you Neji-niisan was here, he would be supporting Naruto as well."

"What… did you say?" Hiashi's face went white with fear. "Neji was one of my best and loyalist students. How dare you bring him into this?"

"He was also a friend of Naruto. He chose to believe in Naruto till the end. If Neji was here, he would be ashamed of you."

"Hinata… please stop." Naruto's voice suddenly broke through the tense atmosphere. Everyone turned around to see Naruto returning to his feet. He looked so shaky, but he continued to get through this with the help of his friends. "I appreciate you guys all being here, but… This is something Lord Hiashi and I must talk over." He walked through the group until he was right next to Hinata. "I can take over from here. Thank you, Hinata."

"No, there's no need for that."

"Look, Lord Hiashi, I know that…"

"I've heard enough… You're right and I'm wrong."

End of Chapter 10