Chapter 10: A hyuga retaliation

The Next week was dizzying for the Nami-Uzu clan. Naruto used clones to work on creating the bloodlines he'd promised based on the chakra he'd collected. The Yamanaka's bloodline was the easiest for him since it was raiton and yin release chakra. He also seemed to find it the easiest because his seigan had abilities so similar to the kekkei genkai.

The Inuzuka's bloodline was similar to old blood down to the ratios but was slightly different. Earth and Yin release but much more Yin than oldblood. This particular bloodline enhanced physical abilities more than he'd though a bloodline could. He enjoyed making this one and called it beast blood because his clones suffered some volatile deaths in the making. He was glad Hana Inuzuka had arrived early the day after their celebration to give some of her chakra, it gave him plenty of time to work on it.

The Nara's bloodline was much more complicated and took him the full week to complete. It was composed of Yin release but in a very specific way. It granted access to the shadow realm as Naruto called it. Literally a dimension of shadows that interacted with the one holding the elemental Nations physically. The akimichi's was just as complicated but he figured it out a couple days sooner. Yang release and suiton release combination. It was most notably able to shrink and grow objects and people other than the user and without constant contact.

To introduce the chakra into the recipients system safely, he had already prepared chakra storage seals that slowly leaked chakra into the recipient's system over a couple weeks or so. He called it a kekkei seal. Naruto used the kekkei seals to acclimate the new bloodlines to the recipient's system but it was a decent amount of chakra compiled with what it took to make his clones.

He'd given out a total of 23 bloodlines or atleast the kekkei seals with then between the village and the clans. For the village, he'd given them to three jounin he chose for their compatibility with the Lava release bloodline he'd recreated from Kurotsuchi. One of those jounin was Tsunade herself despite her insistence that she didn't need it. He even made time to fulfill a last minute request from Miroku Higurashi, Tenten's grandfather.

The man had a few of the fourth Hokage's hiraishin Kunai to trade but not much else so Naruto did it for free. It was the least he could do for the man who forged the greatest sword ever, Naruto rationalized. Their family, the Higurashi's used to have a bloodline but it hadn't manifested itself in generations. The family still had some sealed weapons from the last bloodline holder. Some were infused with the last holder's chakra and Naruto was able to recreate, Guide release. It was a futon and yang release kekkei genkai that allowed the shinobi to guide and alter the path of objects thrown.

Tenten's fighting style made sense to Naruto once he recreated the bloodline. Naruto had recreated so many bloodlines that he began to forget the exact compostions for some of the bloodlines he'd created or found. To keep a record, he sealed the chakra of each bloodline he knew how to create into separate scrolls and stored them in his study. He'd only actually incorporated mokuton, explosion release, and the Yamanaka's new mind release into his chakra signature. For every other bloodline he had to manually mold on the spot which could get confusing without a reference to return to or the proper integration to his system.

Kurama was in a good mood to have another orochimaru in the mindscape, so he helped Naruto create a mindscape for Yakumo and seal off her bloodline created demon. He did it with a unique cursed seal that'd contain and suppress the chakra demon until she willed it's release. One of her nightmares had been brought to reality and now it is the manifestation of her kekkei genkai. Its a full blown chakra demon so in a sense she was a jinchuriki and had to tap into her demon's power to access her bloodline which would take time and training.

Naruto also unsealed her chakra so she would be able to become a shinobi like she'd always wanted. If used right, her demon could be really powerful, maybe even as powerful as a tailed beast if she imagined it and her genjutsu brought it to life. He only needed to speak with the Hokage or council to get her clearance. Neji had visited the compound, curious as to what Hinata had meant in the exams. Showing him rather than telling him, the grumpy hyuga was the first to be freed from the seal, and the first to receive the Hyuga's new bloodline, explosion release.

Hinata then explained the terms of the deal they'd made with the hyuga elders. Mainly the tainted caged bird seal being removed and replaced with a non-harmful or controlling one. Apparently, the main house hadn't said anything yet and the reasons why were unknown but definitely unsavory. After overcoming his disbelief, Neji brought a copy of the agreement to the branch family and Naruto was secretly asked to revisit the compound to free the others.

The plan was to sneak him in late at night to redo the seal of specific hyuga members. They were mostly those with combat abilities or ones that could distract main family members. At least enough to ensure he wouldn't be interrupted with the rest. Naruto didn't want to spend the next week redoing seals while fighting main house hyugas, so the plan had to be a bit better than that. Luckily, he was uniquely suited for manpower demanding task.

A few hundred clones and few hours after midnight, the branch family was freed and their new seals were a squiggly circle on their shoulder. The new seals couldn't be used to subject them to torture, death, or any other remotely acftivated functions. The main house members were successfully kept in the dark until it was too late. They were livid once they began to catch on but were forced to focus on calming the now free branch family.

It seemed that The main house had wanted more time to implement a new form of control and were unprepared to face the branch family directly. Amidst the confusion and rising tensions, Naruto pulled a young member of the main family and two young branch house members aside to deliver the other kekkei seals due to the clan. He'd made them before hand and just needed to find young hyuga who were compatible with the bloodline.

Scuffles and altercations began to break out, compound wide. Naruto and Hinata were promptly told to leave the compound by both sides and they did so. From that day on, the hyuga clan became very quiet to those outside of the clan walls. Tensions in the Hyuga clan had been growing more and more tense and combative since. Even going so far as to close gates and isolate the clan completely.

Lee was well on the way to recovery and after hearing what Naruto had done, he'd attempted and successfully gained access to his chakra. Apparently he was religiously doing chakra exercises in bed while Guy screamed youthful encouragement to the hospital's detriment from sun up to sun up.. Kakashi's sharingan problem was easier to fix than giving a bloodline because Naruto was able to directly manipulate Kakashi's chakra so that it'd respond to Kakashi's sharingan signature better.

Kakashi was now able to activate and deactivate his sharingan. The silver haired jounin's chakra pool nearly doubled after a few days after adjusting to the massive strain and drain on his chakra. In return he taught Naruto's clones the chidori in only a few hours. Kakashi nearly thought Naruto could copy jutsu like the sharingan but later understood when Naruto explained how easy the seigan's ability to manipulate chakra made learning jutsu, not to mention his ability to see exactly how it's molded in depth.

It'd been a very long week and Naruto had resolved to never go along with an open request rumor again. His solace was in the fact that the Nami-uzu clan was better off because of it. Haku and Hinata were just as busy reviewing the Uzumaki and Namikaze business and finance records with some of Naruto's clones. Despite the staggering amount of wealth pooled by the clan, Hinata was able to discover trails of missing funds, lack of cumulative interest, and doctored books.

The interest to the Uzumaki account had been redirected to another account as a part of a loan program that mysteriously received approval, with none of the loans being repaid. There were chunks of funds diverted to other accounts under the pretense of taxes that had no legal backing. The land and businesses owned in the market district were overtaxing customers while fixing the books to pay the clan significantly less to cover the village taxes and pull an extra profit.

Haku and Hinata were surprised the clan still retained so much of its wealth with so many parties taking advantage of the clan's finances. They were able to trace much of the fraud to a few council members and prominent businessmen in the village. They wouldn't be able to get them charged without proof that they don't have, but they would be able to put them all in debt to their clan. Hinata made clones to calculate just exactly who owed their clan and how much.

She'd also made a list of shop owners they'd be kicking off their lots in the market district, most of them had cheated the clan and Naruto's clone made sure to note every one that had denied him service or treated him unfairly as a child. Haku handled the paperwork for integrating Yakumo's clan into their own. Yakumo's clan debt took a sizable chunk of the Uzumaki clan's funds but only a fraction of what they held.

Though it wasn't a bad situation because of the Kurama clan's collection and knowledge of genjutsu that would have to be returned with debts paid. Returned to the Nami-uzu. Haku and Yakumo used some of the clan's funds to furnish the last house in the compound for Yakumo. They'd also taken the liberty to begin a weapon armory and a clan healing center. Naruto was actually impressed and helped by creating the rooms in the basement with mokuton.

By the end of the week Hinata had negotiated a deal with the Ichiraku's and the Yamanaka to run the Nami-Uzu clan businesses. Ichiraku's would move to the restaurant Nami-Uzu clan owns and set up a pastry booth in the market district. The Yamanaka would run most of the other businesses since they had such a high civilian population and sometimes struggled to find all of their clan proper employment. The deal was plenty beneficial for both clans and Hinata was proud of it.

Another week went by and the Inuzuka had delivered on their promise to give the NamiUzu clan ninja foxes. Four very young foxes, 2 orange, one white, and one black. Hanna Inuzuka or Iroh Inuzuka, two of the clan's jounin, would pick up the foxes or train them inside of the compound until they reached maturity. They also provided scrolls of how a ninja fox or dog should be treated and trained.

As clan head, Naruto was burdened with more paperwork than he thought was acceptable and was forced to attend ridiculous council meetings, mostly in objection to his clan's recent dealings and all the invoices sent out by the clan. They weren't able to do anything other than wear on Naruto's patience in the end. Naruto had petitioned for Yakumo to be allowed to enter shinobi forces with her problem being fixed and he surprisingly met little opposition.

She'd be given a test to see if she qualified to become a genin and if she was, she'd be placed on a team or in the reserves. He also found out that the custodian who was in charge of the Kurama clan's estate until Yakumo became a shinobi or an adult had approved the transitioning of the Kurama clan. Naruto wasn't even aware that the clan had a custodian that needed to approve such matters but in hindsight it made sense that there would be one. He'd gotten to know Yakumo and tested her himself to ensure she was ready for the test and he was glad to know that she'd pass with flying colors.

Her chakra control was shotty but that was expected with it being sealed for so long, but the girl was a natural. She'd conditioned physically to be prepared so she was in top shape and she'd already learned the three academy jutsu before she was sealed. Haku, Hinata, and Yakumo started a flower garden around the bath house since it was somewhat the centerpiece of their compound which was almost uncomfortably large now. Naruto was able to extend the perimeter barrier to encompass the whole compound but extending the seal was heavily chakra consuming.

Only after 30 bowls of ramen did he have the energy to put the final touches on his compound, at least his final touches. Naruto created a dense layer of trees surrounding the whole compound. He made the trees taller than the houses in the compound, the branches and trunks almost comically thick, and the foliage completely blocked all view. There was a small path through the trees that acted as the entrance to the compound with a Large wooden gate.. It was like the konoha of konoha. The clan hidden in leaves in the middle of the village hidden in leaves.

Naruto's seigan and his chakra coils were stressed but he no longer felt like he was even in the village from within the compound, so it was a fair trade. Haku and Hinata had begun setting up a training ground for their apprenticeship with Tsunade. Sakura would be allowed to train with them too so they wanted to be fully prepared with all the supplies they'd need. Ino visited multiple times to see Naruto under the guise of questions regarding her new bloodline but she never made it past the compound entrance.

Anko visited as well to 'finally show her gratitude' to Naruto for redoing her seal. Hinata told her that Naruto wished for her to 'express her gratitude' to the academy sensei Iruka and it seemed that Anko didn't mind. Shizuka paid a visit next to personally thank Naruto. The girl seemed to admire Hinata after seeing her beat the latest genius of the uchiha clan. The former Hyuga allowed her access where she got to know Hinata after thanking Naruto.

Shizuka aspired to be the best kunoichi in the village and Hinata was the youngest kunoichi to be promoted beyond chunin rank along with Tsunade who was the same age when she made tokubetsu jounin. Tsunade made her own visit carrying in two barrels of sake as if they were jugs of milk. She told Naruto she wanted an extra stash Shizune couldn't take away. Naruto didn't mind once Tsunade offered to bring him his own barrel. She had a deal with Konoha's best brewer afterall.

The week ended with Hinabi showing up at the clan gates seeking asylum from the escalating tensions within the Hyuga clan, apparently things had become violent on occasions leading to Hiashi to fear for her safety. Aside from Hinabi being snuck out, the clan was still locked to the outside. She was given the last room in the side house with Haku and Hinata.

Things looked somewhat grim for the severely outnumbered main house, but Hinabi didn't blame Naruto or Hinata. She said Hiashi explained the unjust treatment of the branch house that included torture, slavery, dehumanization, and darker events that were always covered up. Hinabi was torn and disgusted to be a main house hyuga when they deserved none of the praise and respect that they received. Hinata was distraught as well and the sisters did their best to comfort each other.

It was another week and a half before the situation in the hyuga clan took a turn for the worse. The hyuga elders attempted to implement a new plan of controlling the branch family by using a slave seal that could inflict excruciating pain and immobilize the bearer of the seal with an activation jutsu. They bought it off the shinobi blackmarket 'allegedly' and started by abducting important figures in the branch house.

They gave them the seal and tortured them with the threat of death if they didn't bring more branch family members to receive the seal, willingly. The branch family members who were given the seal rejected and were killed which incited a full uprising once they went missing. Half of the clan's elders were killed before Hiashi was able to intervene in an attempt to calm the situation. Hiashi held his own with support from the remaining main house for a few days but was eventually overtaken.

They were going to spare his life until his long-term housekeeper came forward and revealed his habit of threatening her with the seal if she didn't perform sexual duties along with her housekeeping, something that seemed to be common with women working closely with the main house of the clan. Hiashi and the clan elders were killed along with much of the remaining main house. They killed anyone who'd ever used the caged bird seal, a few of the younger hyuga who had the audacity to try using the caged bird seal in their fear, and anyone in the main house who tried to stop them.

Hinata knew how the main house of the clan truly was because she'd seen what was always hidden from her and Hinabi. She always saw the signs of how horrible her clan truly was to its own family but even she was surprised at how low the main hyuga's fell. Hinabi was nearly inconsolable and Hinata was devastated at the loss of her father and so many hyuga. Even many branch members died in what was essentially a coup. The village was strictly warned to stay out of clan business until the matter was resolved as it always has with the hyuga so the only information coming from the clan was from neji, directly to the NamiUzu clan via crow sent by Hinata.

Yakumo passed her genin exam and was placed on Kakashi's team in the place of Sasuke making the team Yakumo, sai, and kiba. Under Kurenai's insistence and Kakashi's relief, Kurenai took over as jounin sensei of the team. Yakumo followed orders but refused to have a relationship or do any extra training with the red eyed kunoichi.

Naruto received a message to meet Danzo and the old warhawk had a proposition to gain bloodlines for members of his root. He'd located a 10 year old uzumaki girl being held captive by taki. Her whole family were held captive but the mother died years ago, the father was unknown, and the girl's sister was abducted from taki by orochimaru. Danzo said he'd have the girl in the village within a few weeks and Naruto took him up on his offer but was skeptical because he had a feeling Danzo would use this to take advantage of his clan.

It was a risk he'd have to take because she was a fellow uzumaki. It took yet another week for the hyuga clan to settle and elect a new clan head. All main house survivors including the kids were branded with the new seal to only protect their bloodline and exiled from the clan. There were too many who called for the death of every main house member because of so many years of oppression but the new leaders decided they should live but not with them. The main family had prospered off the backs of the branch family for too long and the remaining members would suffer for the whole main house's mistakes.

The orphaned kids would remain with the clan because they had no part but only the younger ones who weren't deemed as cancerous to the clan. The village helped the exiled hyuga by providing housing but the quality was nothing they were used to. Hinabi was taken in by the NamiUzu clan as part of Hiashi's secret will and officially accepted as a member which prompted more rumors that the rich and powerful NamiUzu clan were accepting members to join the clan.

The NamiUzu clan soared in social status quickly enough to be considered a prominent clan of konoha and its members were seen as people to be revered. The villagers' change in attitude seemed almost too convenient. They were amazed at the 'konoha of konoha' as it was described. Some shinobi, on the other hand, didn't quite like it. Jiraiya and Kakashi were sensed on occasion prowling the compound's barrier, possibly looking for weak points or a way to see what was going on inside. Naruto didn't care because they'd only be wasting their time.

Tsunade had begun planting the seeds for her bid for hokage. She didn't like the radical opinions she was hearing from her old teammate Jiraiya. The situatio was made worse when the hokage seemed to just go along with the toad sage. He was obviously past a point where he could reliably lead the village, and he'd force her surrogate grandson's hand eventually. She couldn't let that happen. With war on the Horizon the old man and Jiraiya seemed to want Naruto to be the perfect weapon, but it wasn't possible without Naruto being under their control. She wouldn't let that happen either.