Own no Intellectual Property of either franchise. Characters will be based on very old fanfictions I did from years ago such as Naruto and Hinata: True Strength revealed, The Angel and the Demon , and the Rise of Toba Uzumaki.
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8 year old Miyo walked roughly 5 feet behind her family carrying some bags in each hand. It was another rare instance of her being allowed to go out in town. However, to no surprise to herself it was to act as a baggage carrier.
Her stepmother looked back as a smile crept on her face. " Hmph, it's been a while since she's had a good dose of public humiliation. What a good idea it was to bring her." She thought as she watched Miyo struggle to walk with the bags.
Coming in the opposite direction…
" Then we have a meeting at 11am …." Ko said.
Next to him walked a woman wearing a bright purple kimono as her dark purple hair came down to her shoulders. Beside her, walked a blond man wearing a kimono with an orange top and grey bottoms. His face accented with whisker marks.
" Hai, I'll make sure to keep the office open." Said Hinata Uzumaki.
As Miyo struggled to walk, the thong on her very worn out sandal snapped. She then stumbled forward. Trying to readjust the shoe, Miyo looked up and her family was gone. Looking around she fell forward.
" Oh no." Hinata said as she immediately went over and knelt down to the girl.
" Somebody took a tumble huh?" Naruto followed after her.
" Are you hurt?" Hinata smiled down at the girl as she picked her up. " Up you go." Hinata said picking up Miyo.
Even with the bags, the girl seemed incredibly light. When Miyo lifted her head, her eyes met Hinata's.
The young girl's eyes moved upwards locking into Hinata's, though they were partially obstructed by her bangs . Looking people in the eye was a trait Miyo did away with long ago. However, she wanted to look at the person who actually stopped to help her. Hinata froze in place, the two gazed into each other. Hinata couldn't help but admire the girl's deep obsidian eyes. For Miyo, she had never seen such eyes as this before, the mysterious woman's eyes were an opaque pearlescent lavender hue. But it was not just the features of their eyes which drew them in, but rather what they saw in each other's eyes.
Hinata broke the silence with a genuine smile." Well no wonder you fell." Hinata said. " Trying to carry all these bags, someone likes to shop huh?" She giggled.
It had been so long since anyone smiled at Miyo that wasn't associated with malice like from her step-mother or half sister. To add, the smile the lady gave was beautiful. Feeling overwhelmed, Miyo lowered her head.
Hinata noticed this. She didn't mean to scare the girl.
" My name's Hinata. What's your name?"
Miyo tried bringing her head back up for her eyes to once again to meet Hinata's but were partially blocked by her bangs. "m..miyo"
" Miyo? That's such a pretty name for such a pretty girl." Hinata said smiling.
Miyo was shocked, then looked flustered. Something in the back of her mind told her that the woman was mocking her, just like her step mother does.
" I'm Naruto. It's nice to meet you Miyo."
" Miyo.."
Hinata and Naruto looked up to see a woman with brown hair standing above.
" We turned around and didn't see you."
Miyo lowered her head even further. " I'm sorry…"
Hinata noticed this behavior from the girl. In fact it was all too familiar to her. Her head lowered staring at the ground, her shoulders slumped forward accompanied by a low soft tone.
" Well she took a fall. All these bags she's carrying it's a wonder your daughter could make it 10 feet." Hinata said.
" Oh, she is NOT my daughter." Kanoko said, seeming disgusted by the implication.
" You better not have broken anything in there idiot!" Kaya yelled while holding her father's hand.
Hinata noticed the child and was appalled by such a comment.
As Hinata took in greater observation, she could see that there were distinct differences between the girl and the family. One being that the family's clothing seemed very high end and fashionable while the girl's kimono seemed quite worn out and faded, in fact most people would have done away with it a long time ago. On top of that, her sandals, one of which has a broken strap seemed completely worn out while seeming to be too small for her. Comparatively nobody would have ever guessed that this girl was with this family.
" Miyo…" Shinichi said. " Let's go…"
Miyo bowed and then turned to Hinata and bowed again.
" Arigato." Kanoko told Hinata.
Hinata watched as Miyo continued walking with the bags behind her family. Not only did nobody seem to take a bag to lighten her load, but the woman with the family turned her head back and slightly chuckled watching Miyo struggle to walk with the bags. She and her husband took a hand of Kaya and continued to their car with Miyo behind them.
Hinata stayed in place as they walked to their vehicle, she then saw that Miyo was missing a sandal and looked over to see it was still on the floor, with the strap broken.
" Oh wait!" Hinata called after them, Naruto followed behind her as she grabbed the sandal.
The Saimori family turned as Hinata approached them with Miyo's sandal in hand. Within a second of picking it up and observing it, Hinata could already tell just how old and beat up the sandal was.
" Miyo, you lost your sandal." She said. She then attempted to readjust the strap to make it at least wearable.
The bags at this point were taking such a strain on Miyo's arms she had to set them down.
" There we go…" Hinata said as she managed to fix it to some degree. " It's not perfect, but it might have to do for now."
Hinata knelt down and placed the sandal on Miyo's foot. Miyo looked up at her with confusion but a slight sense of trust. Hinata noticed that the sandals had been grown out of for some time now.
" Here let me help you with those." Hinata said instinctively holding Miyo's hand while with her free hand picking up the bags. Feeling the gentleness and kindness of the hand Miyo could already tell this woman was a mother.
" That isn't necessary." Shinichi said.
"It's no trouble, really." Naruto said picking up the other half of the bags.
" Oh how rude, I didn't introduce us. I am Hinata Uzumaki." Hinata bowed. " This is my husband Naruto Uzumaki."
Miyo was stunned at hearing the mystery woman introducing herself.
((((Flash Back))))
Miyo was busy cleaning in another room as she overheard some maids talking in the room over.
" Ever since this union with the shinobi village noble families and representatives in Konohagakure have been setting up here. I heard one of the ones most cruel is the Uzumaki family. "
Miyo listened in on the conversation.
" While there's only 3 of them, they can equal the power of a small army."
" Hmph, the lady of the household comes from the Hyuuga clan, they're especially cold and callous. It's said their eyes can see into your soul."
" Have you heard about the head of the Uzumaki clan? He made a deal with a demon to gain his power. Based on some of the exploits I've heard about him, I wouldn't doubt it's true."
" But what about their son? I heard he actually is a demon himself."
" It makes me shudder to think just what kind of monsters that village has unleashed upon us."
" Hai, regardless that most of them are noble families, they're still shinobi. Where shinobi go, war typically follows."
(((End Flashback))))
Kanoko and Shinichi were stunned by the introduction.
" O-Oh my, my apologies. We had no idea. I am Shinichi Saimori, this is my wife Kanoko and this is our daughter Kaya."
" It is a pleasure to meet you." Naruto said.
Miyo gazed upon the 2 shinobi. Especially while holding Hinata's hand, these 2 exuded nothing like what the rumors said they are.
" We thank you for your assistance." Shinichi said as the family bowed.
As the family got into the car, Hinata felt Miyo slightly clutch onto her hand before deciding to let go. Naruto and Hinata watched as Miyo climbed into the car but not before taking one last look back at them.
Naruto and Hinata smiled giving a bow to Miyo. " It was very nice to meet you Miyo!" Hinata bowed. " I hope we get to meet again soon." Hinata said.
As the driver drove away, Miyo's stepmother wasted no time laying into her. " Well I hope you're happy!" Kanoko said. "You've completely embarrassed us in front of a noble family!"
Miyo kept her head bowed praying the current storm from her step mother would pass soon. Her father meanwhile, looked ahead uninterested.
Little did Kanoko know that even as they were driving away, Naruto could hear what was being said.
" I had better not see you for the rest of the day! If I do, God help you!" she said.
Hinata and Naruto watched as the car finally turned a corner.
" Ko, do you know about that family ?" Hinata asked.
" Hai, the Saimori family." Ko said. " I recognize the father."
" I see…" Hinata said as she and her husband looked to each other a moment.
The 3 then headed toward the Konoha Embassy. Hinata looked back, an intense feeling surging up within her.
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More to come….