Hiashi was in his study Doing paper work as usual then *an explosion* rang form the 'normal' people side of the village
Hiashi used his bykugan to see what caused that all veins rising beneath pale skin as his Byakugan flared. Across the walls of the compound, chakra silhouettes blinked alive in concentric waves. He swept the village, tracing the source.
He saw A blur of motion — orange, tumbling, ragdoll-spun through air.
The boy. Uzumaki Naruto.
Naruto flying ragdoll style to Hyuga compound his brain calculated where he was going to land in the Hyuga garden near the west annex. perfect. it was perfect.
The garden was near Hinata's house the fate itself was offering Naruto to the Hyuga clan it would seem.
Thinking fast He made a gesture to allow the ragdolling Naruto to come in the compound
in every Hyuga guard squad there was one who was required to keep his bykugan on Hiashi and take the orders in real time,
Of course Naruto's flying body was seen coming towards the compound , of course they were ready to stop his flight.
Hiashi had basically said to every guard who had the duty to see him
"let him in , have him think you are looking for him , push him to Hinata's apartment alert everyone except for Hinata, use genjutsu to make Naruto think there are walls on the other paths which might take him to other than hinata's house and use a genjutsu to make him feel sleepy."
They didn't ask "Sir?" or "what are you planning clan head" anything they were Hyuga of the branch family after all it was trust and obedience.
With that he went to get his camera
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Hiashi took some pictures randomly of some birds, the kio pond , trees - an alibi
By the time Hiashi walked the polished corridor to his daughter's room, the deed was done. The smell of smoke still lingered faintly in the air. He heard a soft thud — a body collapsing onto tatami. Then silence.
He slid the door open a crack.
There, amid lavender curtains and pale sunlight, was his eldest daughter — hair damp from a recent shower — frozen mid-step like a deer caught in the glow of divine mischief.
On her bed lay Naruto Uzumaki.
Unconscious. Barely dressed. Charred around the edges his head in her lap.
Hiashi blinked once. Then, calmly, as any responsible clan head would, reached into his sleeve and withdrew a compact chakra camera.
Click. Click. Click.
Hinata's face turned crimson at a speed that defied chakra physics.
"Nurse him well, take your time I'll return from... hokage's office" with that hiashi closed the door with crack before Hinata could even say anything
And with that, he closed the door with a click.
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The Hokage's office always smelled faintly of tobacco, dust, and nostalgia. Hiruzen Sarutobi sat behind his desk, pipe in hand, reading mission reports with the exhausted grace of a man too old for this village's nonsense.
He looked up when Hiashi entered.
"Ah, Hiashi. To what do I owe the pleasure?"
Hiashi bowed with impeccable calm, then placed a small folder on the desk.
"Evidence," he said simply.
"Evidence?"
Hiruzen opened the folder. His brow furrowed. Then his pipe fell from his mouth.
"…Why is Naruto half-naked in your daughter's bed in her lap ,no less?" hiruzen asked
"what do you think" Hiashi replied.
"Because— since when are they a thing?!" hiruzen was shocked beyond belief, but he knew for a fact Naruto would've told him as his grandfather in name ,if Naruto was screwing around with Hinata the boy was never known to be modest after all, unless.
Her, Hinata knows more then she lets on, or perhaps it's Hiashi's doing
Hiashi gestured mildly to a photo which due to the angle makes it look like Hinata was kissing Naruto however hiruzen didn't know that.
Then another picture caught his eye of Hinata just looking at Naruto's unconscious body, he did note the soot on Naruto's face, sure Hinata could have fire style but why would she use it on him? Unless he underestimated the freakiness of konoha's youth it didn't make sense.
He looked at his hidden ANBUs one stepped out of his genjutsu-made hiding place a boar masked male operative.
At that moment, operative kneeled at feet of it's lord . "Report, Hokage-sama. The explosion was the result of Genin Tadashi's faulty paper bomb. Uzumaki Naruto was caught in the blast and propelled westward. Impact landed him… inside the Hyūga compound."
"Of course it did," Hiruzen muttered.
Hiashi inclined his head slightly. "A most auspicious accident."
The ANBU hesitated. "...We assumed the Hyūga would eject him immediately, sir. We lost the visual after that due to clan privacy law."
Hiashi felt proud of his clan and his leadership village's propaganda to make Naruto the venting bag for everyone hadn't gotten to the Hyuga clan why? Because of him.
While counsil had demonized Naruto Hiashi and other clans had humanized him partly because they wanted to adopt him, after all who won't want a biju in their clan.
While the Hyuga clan had it better as did those who were old enough to see Minato and Kushina were able to deduce Naruto's parentage immediately... whoever kids were told to approach him regardless because of potential of attracting hokage's attention.
Hiruzen sighed. "Yes, well. Apparently, he landed somewhere softer than expected straight in her lap it would seem."after all anbu aren't allowed in private clan properties something it would seem Hiashi had used here
"So Hiashi is that all? You can go if you're done" hiruzen said dismissively
"My lord hokage, please turn on your Hyuga made crystal ball at my daughter's house where she's tending to Naruto and then decide whether i should go or not" Hiashi's voice was calm like he already won
Hiruzen knew now something was happening that a small smile on Hiashi's face said it all, he quickly dignifiedly placed the crystal ball and zoomed on Hinata's place what they saw made it clear Hiashi knew it.
In the crystal ball it showed : Hinata muttering sorry to Naruto's unconscious form and began to remove his clothes by cutting it with her gentle fists chakra needle.
"Look Hiashi she's just taking care of him now can we not spy on them?" Hiruzen said his voice dismissive.
"My leader just... watch what happens next" Hiashi spoke respectfully.
: Hinata went into the bathroom and got a bucket and a towel of her own began to bathe Naruto.
"Still not bad enough Hiashi"
"Let's keep watching then" Hiashi's voice didn't have any emotion either
: Hinata cleaned Naruto good her hand had went everywhere with the towel not once did she blush.
Hiruzen blinked. "…She's thorough."
"Indeed," Hiashi murmured. "Lord Hokage, can you explain why she's not blushing, even though she's bathing a nude male classmate?"
"Self-control," Hiruzen said. "Discipline. You trained her well."
"Perhaps," Hiashi replied mildly, "or perhaps she's familiar with that body already. Familiarity dulls modesty, doesn't it?"
Hiruzen choked on his pipe smoke. "Hiashi! I have him well surveillance he won't be able to do anything like that."
Hiashi didn't even flinch."your anbu aren't around much. my lord hokage...for example academy bathrooms , closets etc it won't even require 5 minutes..both.. of them being unsupervised... they're ninja in training after all" Hiashi's voice was cool , respectfully and calm. The opposite of someone who is talking about their own daughter.
Hiruzen knew it, what Hiashi was implying was possible after all, teachers try their best to avoid giving Naruto attention at all costs. Hinata was a quiet presence never actually sticking out average and below average for a Hyuga.
Perfect set up for a secret scandal.
Besides the academy was quite the place for that kind of things after all in the shinobi world the next day wasn't guaranteed and especially when they were being trained to kill and be killed for the village.
Though to monitor such development he had Hyuga teacher, to watch part of the academy, though of course people had clan / kinship basis and Hinata no matter how hated in her own clan was an Hyuga.
It wasn't exactly a crime either after all there were many positives not to mention the Hyuga were they're just for surveillance, regardless he made a mental note have Their memories checked by Inoichi.
"Besides my lord, doesn't it make sense? Why hasn't Naruto killed himself? Anyone else would've killed themselves a long time ago... You know being all lonely, you had him raised as a d-rank too, i don't doubt it ...it wonders to his self worth"Hiashi was aware who he was speaking to the 3rd God of shinobi the whole wrote konoha's youth's lives .
He was the man who made Naruto isolated , he was the man who gave Naruto the need to become hokage.
While danzo did the manipulation with darkness
Hiruzen did the manipulation with light.
"As a father i can't let her be like this...and Naruto deserves to be happy too. Remember? Kushina ? The previous jinjuraiki? Who nearly killed her lover our beloved fought hokage before he was named your successor?"
"What off it ? Hiashi...what do you want" Hiruzen knew Hiashi was Just playing with it all the whole act about caring about Naruto and Hinata.
"You know it all happened because of minato not giving her enough time right? Now imagine that happening again... there's no mythical fourth hokage who would finally get rasengan down and use it on a biju" Hiashi said reminding Hiruzen all the details of that day when Kushina nearly broke.
"I suggest we get them married as soon as possible before it comes to that otherwise I'll withdraw my daughter.. forcefully I will not let her be defiled without responsibility"
Hiruzen's eyes went wide Hiashi had played his cards well too good coming out as caring but too late dad while demanding for the living sacrifice (jinjuraiki) Naruto to be wed with his own daughter, without it comming as Hiashi wanting the nine tails for his clan.
Hiruzen wasn't certain now, whether to trust his intel because the evidence says otherwise that Naruto was really involved with Hinata, not to mention that fact that Hiashi definitely knew who Naruto's parents were and had mentioned them here for that particular reason.
And as the smoke from his pipe curled upward, Hiruzen Sarutobi finally realized—Hiashi Hyūga hadn't come seeking permission. He'd come to deliver inevitability.
Hiruzen continued to watch through the crystal ball trying to find something to refute the claim that Naruto and Hinata were a couple
Except it got worse, the crystal ball showed Naruto getting ointment applied to his body everywhere which was burned then she took her seat on her studying table as Naruto's wounds healed at an inhumane speed.
After sometime in which she stares at Naruto's body in between her books. Hinata muttered something too low to hear , she straddled him and lifted his unconscious torso and then began to dress him in her own night wear.
"Look at them....lord hokage...so domestic...."
Hiruzen raised a hand "I can see Hiashi but I don't think it's good for him to get married however i can assure you, Hinata will be happy with Naruto"
"My lord...I will accept anything other than marriage if you want me to allow my daughter to continue whatever she has with Uzumaki..." Hiashi spoke respectfully & like a suggestion.
"Naruto may have been the village's addictive punching bag but i think it's about time that changes, my daughter gets a way to relieve her stress and the same for Naruto which would help them both, the clan gets a tailed beast & Naruto gets a family, everyone wins except for this manipulator." Hiashi thought.
"Hiashi I can't let the Hyuga clan get so much power"Hiruzen said the hidden message was clear though
"What are you even talking about....my lord ? He's talentless, doesn't even understand what it means to be human , has no powerful friends or friends in general..he and my daughter seem to be involved but that's it"Hiashi flipped the narrative softly
"If anything in doing everyone a favour by being this kind and forgiving anything that may have happened between the two" Hiashi said the message was clear "you've manipulated him well till now it's time for him to grow"
"Hiashi , we can't have his loyalty to a clan he's a public asset"Hiruzen tried to reason
Hiashi knew what hiruzen, he wanted Hiashi let Hinata be with him without giving Naruto any official responsibility of Hinata that way he wasn't tied to the whole clan just Hinata...even then it could be broken easily.
"Truly a sick yet efficient leader you are hokage" Hiashi thought, Hiashi along with other clan heads knew that hiruzen's enabling things so he won't have to do those things himself was a bad thing.
"Well my lord I can't have my daughter be defiled without any commitment and since he's a public asset according to you"Hiashi said, he knew he couldn't really blackmail the hokage , one wrong move and Hiashi gets into an unfortunate accident
He was playing with the shadow of fire so of course there was risk. He did have his contingency plans just in case.
"How about it ? We make contact on him?" Hiruzen said
"You are talking about giving him on a legal term....to me? My lord"
"Yes, a public asset given to you... On the condition that you make sure he stays loyal to the village first foremost"
"I knew it my lord you'd be fair, in your judgement, i accept."
Hiashi knew this wasn't mercy or weakness this was a warning to have this or nothing , as much as it hurts his ego to admit he was replaceable but the thing was if hiruzen gets him killed he digs himself a deeper hole
As if he died the photos will be released thanks to his fail safe thus instant marriage for Naruto and Hinata,
However the next clan head of Hyuga with the elders will use that marriage for themselves that's too many variables to justify killing a single person.
In a game of chess there's a reason why the king isn't killed yet it loses and to defeat someone you must take every pawn , rook, bishop , knight and queen they have
Hiashi remembered his late colleagues like Takeru and mikoto uchias who graduated alongside him in his generation.
The Uchia massacre never made sense.
"Hiashi, know this....no tricks" Hiruzen warned his brush glided on a scroll writing the marriage contract of the academy students known as Naruto and Hinata,which he gave to Hiashi.
"My loyalty is to you my lord...and the village too" he bowed slightly and left
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He entered his clan compound after shunshin no jutsus ( transportation technique). He had stopped to get gifts for Naruto and Hinata at the pharmaceutical.
And made his way to Hinata's apartment slowly his bykugan was focused on her room though just in case Naruto wakes up or Hinata relocates him, or tries to counter his plans.
He reached the door to her apartment, using the key to it ofc the clan head had every House's key with him a copy just in case.
He used it to let himself in,
He went on to Hinata's bedroom door, which was occupied by Naruto and Hinata And let himself in again.
The door slid open again.
Hinata froze, every muscle locking. Naruto shifted in his sleep but didn't wake, his breath steady, chest rising and falling like nothing had changed.
Hiashi stepped inside, scroll in hand, posture straight as a blade. His expression was calm, but the faint curve of his lips told her this was no ordinary visit.
"Hinata," he said evenly. "I have arranged your marriage."
Her blood turned to ice. The words rattled in her skull. Marriage. Decided. Done.
Her voice came out as a whisper. "T-to who?"
Hiashi's eyes slid to Naruto on the bed. Barely dressed in hinata's own clothes.
"The boy you've taken such... interest in." His tone was quiet, deliberate. "Uzumaki Naruto."
Hinata's breath caught.
It wasn't joy. It wasn't even a shock. It was dreadful.
Because she saw the scroll in his hand, and she remembered the click, click, click of the camera. She saw how easily this could be spun. A compromising image. A scandal. A marriage arranged not out of approval, not out of kindness-but out of leverage.
Hiashi could picture her thoughts"No no NO NO NOT HIM HURT ME NOT HIM HE HAS SUFFERED ENOUGH" was the loop in Hinata's probably
"You should be grateful," Hiashi said smoothly. "This union will prevent disgrace. For you, for him... and for the clan, and perhaps it'll give you the stress relief you need, because of you two the hyuga clan now has the nine tails." He made sure to empathize on the fact that he, Naruto was a package deal not only the jinjuraiki but also the human born out of a mother carrying two bloodlines.
"I can't wait to tell her the parentage of Naruto.....Minato and Kushina your son will be in the care of the Hyuga clan for mutual benefit"
"Hiruzen you've kept him weak because you wanted him to be helpless so learns your version of will of fire.... kept him in the dark about his parents because you wanted him to feel lonely, worthless so he'd be loyal to the village because of sheer identity and attachments...Uzumaki Naruto of konoha."
"To make sure he never uses his Brain to figure this fact out you never bothered with giving him the shinobi talk, even i had it given to Hinata... you wanted him to remember everything with nostalgia not , remember a memory..."
Shinobis were taught the art of profiling everyone around them based on usefulness, emotional patterns , logic of that person, their strengths weaknesses, moral standing, contradictions well of course not everyone was thaught this art however jinjuraikis and political figures need to know such things if they weren't it meant they were being used.
This simple art allowed the user to map how the profiled person would react.
Hinata bowed her head quickly so he wouldn't see the tears threatening to rise "you..." Her tears stopped "you...dare drag that poor tormented soul in..."her chakra spiked bykugan activated Hiashi's face bloomed into a smile.
"Is that a disagreement I hear in your voice Hinata?" His voice was booming to her because there was a hint of anger in it a Hyuga won't show that much emotions generously
"Oh that's unexpected she grew a spine for that boy, she loves him huh good for me and her and our clan" Hiashi thought.
"Yes it's disagreement you...poor excuse of a father" Hinata's voice was plain monotonous like the one her father liked almost casual even.
If hiashi was surprised he didn't show it "hmm claws too even better" Hiashi thought slightly Jared by her shift in tone
"if I wanted to trap Naruto in a legal 'relationship' without his consent because let's be honest that's what this "marriage" would seem like to anyone..I would've done that myself like really he was and is the perfect victim for that and worse you trained me to use people... like every other heir of other clans why do you think I haven't acted like a Hyuga as you put it and took him already ? I could have had my way with him anytime I wanted the village has made it easy for anyone to do that"
A breath calm yet deep.
"Hmm she did think about it. i wonder if she had been more Hyuga-ish in which way she would have taken him." Hiashi mused feeling Short his time with her before he disowned her was worth it.
"So don't you dare twist this in "I was giving you what you always wanted" I. Wanted. Him. To. Choose. Me. If he wanted to know, was it stupid? Yes it was because look how it made him easy prey for people like you honestly I'm glad no one ever made a move on him guess the hokage knows how to keep his jinchuuriki barely safe" she took a long due breath
"Why is she lying but more importantly who is she lying to ? Is this self delusion or is she actually trying to manipulate me ? Anyways good thinking Hinata" Hiashi thought, he was genuinely proud of her for the first time after she learned to walk.
Hiashi's smile didn't shrink no matter how genuine it might look to someone else who didn't know Hiashi Hinata knew he had her well.
"She must have figured i have already spread the propaganda already."
Should I remind her of ? Perhaps she is smart enough to know that the legal system of konoha won't help her.
unlike any other genin to be, she was a close relative the current head of Hyuga clan aka the daughter
hokage won't allow....well won't be able to allow a mind walk to see whether she and Naruto actually did something.
"That's why ambiguity is my win." Hiashi thought
So probably she'll get her emotions checked where she's screwed because she loves him like a woman , Naruto can get mind walked too but since he's been asleep this whole time it would frame her in a bad but good Hiashi's plan way basically if she protests against it she will be framed as the rapist here.
Hiashi looked at her seeing her trying to think of a way out of the ordeal.
Hiashi smiled "She can't even apply for a medical check up to prove that Naruto and her didn't do anything because I'll just go "they haven't crossed the line but are we gonna wait for them to ?" Hiashi thought
Naruto was trapped and so was Hinata Hiashi's plan was perfect to exploit her selflessness.
Hiashi let the silence stretch, the smile never slipping. Only the faintest flicker of his Byakugan betrayed how sharply he was watching her.
"You've thought ahead," he said at last, voice even. "Good. It means you understand. The village... the law... they all see what they are shown. Not what it is. And I have already shown them enough."
Hinata's stomach dropped.
"If you resist," Hiashi went on, as if discussing the weather, "they will not ask whether you are guilty. They will ask why you look guilty. Why were you alone with him? Why was his clothing gone? Why were you not stronger, more disciplined. And Naruto..." His eyes flicked briefly to the boy still breathing softly in her bed. "...will be pitied. But pity, Hinata, curdles quickly into suspicion. Do you truly want him to wake into that?"
He tightened his metaphoric grip on her throat.
Her throat tightened visibly.
He stepped closer, the scroll still in hand.
"The village will see a girl too horny to be a ninja , desperate enough to cling to an outcast all to satisfy herself, Naruto as a slut who takes anyone for the payment of love Or-" his smile sharpened-"they will see a daughter dutiful enough to take responsibility for her mistakes even if the person is an outcasted jinchuuriki . One story disgraces you both. The other secures you both. Tell me,Which would you rather endure?"
Now since he had her mental state mapped out he knew she wasn't being honest with her father for the very first time.
Because it wasn't that she wanted Naruto to choose her. instead it was that she didn't want Naruto to end up with a burden like her thanks to the way he had Hiashi had parented her.
"In her head she probably thinks Naruto deserved better, someone stronger, however daughter, because of your selflessness you have let him suffer ironically...had you been a little more selfish he won't have been alone... for this long sure it'd be basically you grooming him to be your husband but again in the world of shinobies there's nothing bad as long as it's within the laws of the Village." Hiashi thought.
"I should remind her of this fact that her selflessness had harmed Naruto and the fact that it's literally a demonstration of how her selflessness had looped back in selfishness hahah this will be sweet" Hiashi mentally added another leverage on Hinata.
Seeing Hinata's fists clenched "oh so my daughter does have claws perhaps it's due to the selflessness is looping back to selfishness for the sake of Naruto. Interesting"He didn't react just spoked again.
"Do not mistake me," Hiashi said softly, leaning just enough that his shadow spilled across her. "I am not forcing you. I am... arranging mercy. Without this, the whispers will eat him alive more than ever . With this, he will have a clan. A family. And importantly you. Even if the match is unequal, come on, daughter I don't have all day. There are many women in the Hyuga clan. After all, we both know they won't be kind like you, they'll be his trainer not his wife they'll use him unlike you."
"In the world of shinobies no one is a stain even if many of us may appear like one not me not the hokage not even gods which are worshipped at temples" Hiashi thought partly to make sure he was justified and partly to undermine Hinata's moral code.
He straightened again, calm as ever. "The choice is yours, Hinata. But only one choice will leave Uzumaki Naruto standing but both will give you him to yourself."
Hinata's breath shook, but she lowered her head. The submission he wanted. The silence that confirmed she understood.
"...Yes, Father," she whispered.
Hiashi's smile softened, satisfied. "Good. Then it is decided ,enjoy your Naruto. The stress relief you will get from this arrangement should make both of you better." he said in a tone which almost sounded fatherly like he gave her a toy to play with.
"Now.. to let pressure cook in her mind" he thought pleased with his game all set up.
He turned toward the door, already rolling the scroll with meticulous care, of course he wasn't gone really he was there in her head it was all part of the strategy.
He walked to the koi fish pond looking at them mentally counting how much time he was giving her to the process, he walked back to the door of her bedroom.
Opening the door Hiashi said "so daughter do you want the marriage ceremony?"
"I don't think it will be necessary, Father. We are already married, are we not? I should prepare for the academy. If you'll excuse me... good night."Hinata said, wanting Hiashi out of her room before Naruto wakes up. She wanted to prevent Hiashi from manipulating him the best way ? Let him sleep Hiashi out
"Good thinking daughter" Hiashi complimented her in his mind.
"Perhaps we should wake him too after all it's his marriage too after all"Hiashi said his voice sounded fatherly
Her breath snagged and she coughed.
Hiashi knew If Naruto woke up, if he saw Hiashi standing with a scroll and heard the word "marriage"... he would accept it. Not because he wanted her, but because it was family, belonging, acknowledgement, validation the things he craved most the thing he got in pieces by pranking by being a clown in the academy refusing to help himself get better grades. Hiashi knew it. That was the trap.
"Father, there's no need for that yet.. my husband is exhausted please let him sleep I'm in no better condition either we have to go to the academy Tomorrow not to mention we'd have to move Naruto's stuff from his house" Hinata said with a yawns sure it was just the start of evening but it should work considering how much Hinata had been tortured by Hiashi today.
Hiashi nodded, willing one of his hands to go into his other sleeve to fetch something.
"Here's a gift for you and him by proxy" he said plainly
Hinata's gut told her it was something bad for her sanity.
He threw a box at her , she caught it , her bykugan activated to see what was in it knowing full well it was definitely something she didn't want right now
It was a box of condoms. Female condoms.
Unfortunately for Hinata,
Hiashi had plans, he had made signs already.
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Outside a atop a roof top a Hyuga stood face point to Hinata's apartment his bykugan saw the laid form of Naruto looked at Hiashi who gave single bust of chakra slightly more power full then natural chakra released by every being.
He pointed his finger at Naruto and shot a bullet of e-rank chakra which isn't tangible or visible normally.
He watched as it struck Naruto's arm and just like that mission was completed Naruto would wake up.
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Naruto stirred at that time after all he really wasn't hurt that much that he'd need to sleep the whole day.
Hiashi smiled he had sensed the movement of that low ranked chakra bullet he was a jounin after all.
A low groan slipped out as Naruto shifted on her bed, the blanket sliding down his chest. Hinata's heart clenched at the sound-so normal, so alive, so Naruto.
His eyes blinked open, hazy blue scanning the room half asleep. For a moment, his only thought was confusion. "...where am I?" His voice was scratchy and warm. "What kind of weird ass dream is this?" memories of events occurring before his sleep rushed to him.
Hiashi had a weird sense of nostalgia Kushina's goblin nature on Minato's face was unsettling.
"Truly a mix of both Kushina and Minato" Hiashi thought
Naruto noticed that this was the room he fell asleep in...he noticed he wasn't wearing his undergarments, he noticed the clothes he wore didn't smell like him so it wasn't his, a look at them confirmed the fact they were made for a taller frame nailed it in his head
Hiashi smiled like a father "ah Naruto glad you can now join our conversation son" his hand went back in his sleeve taking another box out this one gifted wrapped in Narutomaki (fish cakes) patterned paper
Naruto's head spined first he realised he had crashed at his classmate's house a little grateful
though as Hinata has never bothered him she was a little weird in a good way nothing more and if she had him changed or changed him herself it should count as her at least caring about him way more than anyone ever did say for a few
Second at this stranger calling him. him "son" not boy , brat or any other names the normie villagers used
Just son and before that he used his name in a way better than the hokage himself not "I'll kill you if you breathe wrong" like everyone else this dude was an alley,
"A cool dude That is his first impression of me probably"Hiashi thought.
Looking over at the girl herself she looked a little on edge and exhausted. Did his crashing here cause her problem? Perhaps she got scolded a little for caring for him? Without telling this guy?
Hinata looked calm and held a box in her hand which was wrapped in lavender patterned wrapping-paper. Did he awoke at the wrong time?
Hiashi noted Naruto observing Hinata with eyes soft.
"Hnmm he's trying to figure things out... Hmmm he's definitely not as stupid as people believe him to be.. he's looking too much at Hinata could it be?" Hiashi noted.
"Uhh not to seem rude uncle who are you..? And what do I have to add to this conversation between you two?" Naruto hesitated, glancing down. His... clothes. The seams on his underwear had split, leaving them in two halves. His chest tightened.
This... wasn't normal...was It ,well at least it wasn't his "normal" where he was hated and outcasted right? He remembered having burned a few broken bones perhaps that's why? He remembered that way of getting clothes off someone injured in first aid class well until he wasn't kicked out for being himself...
Hiashi's smile widened, sharp yet smooth. "Consider these... precaution For you," he said, placing the Narutomaki-wrapped box in front of Naruto. "And for my daughter Hinata," he added, nodding toward Hinata's hands.
"Oh he's her dad ! Wow she sure does have a great and friendly father" Naruto thought resisting the urge to tear apart the wrapper which punned his name off the box , he smiled gratefully at Hiashi letting the box stay where he placed it
Hinata's stomach twisted. Both boxes represented the same cruel calculus: consent disguised as choice, protection presented as agency. Naruto didn't yet understand it, but the trap was complete.
Hiashi's eyes, calm but piercing, lingered on them both. He turned to Naruto "let me get you up to speed son" Hiashi gave the scroll to Naruto
"By the decree of hokage..." His eyes looked heavy as he began like he had made a mistake
"you Naruto Uzumaki have been married to Hinata Hyuga due to scandalous position i found you two in...while i admit it was my mistake to assume but as a father i couldn't let my daughter be used by anyone like that I'm sorry for the lack of choice here son"Hiashi's voice was fatherly regret filled
"My genius amazes me sometimes" Hiashi added in his mind.
Naruto raised an eyebrow,
Hiashi's mind had already begun profiling him "his eyebrows are raised because he doesn't understand how much weight is in what i said. But he understands one thing he was married to someone he belonged to, and that someone was Hinata , hmm...am I seeing things or he does have feelings for Hinata....well good for him and her, though if I remember correctly he asks Sakura for dates not Hinata, he could just mean to have lunch with her, this is perfect as expected.. of me."Hiashi thought...
Of course he knew what was going on in the academy. The Hyuga guards at the academy,who have their X-ray abilities put to use. Did also have to report to him Their clan leader.
A smile bloomed across Naruto's face "wait what ! I got married to Hinata?! That's awesome!" Then he remembered that Hinata didn't have a choice either, his head whips to her "wait! Are you fine with this?! Are you fine with marrying me ?"
"Hmm so he did consider that Hinata didn't want this still the fact that it took him long enough makes it clear he is a Little selfish..." Hiashi thought
Hinata's hands still gripped the lavender-wrapped box. Her voice was quiet but firm, careful.
"Yes I'm okay with it...Naruto while i would've preferred that we could've- gotten more choices here...I like being your wife if that's what you want Naruto" she shot a look filled with killing intent to Hiashi
"While anyone else would've told him the layers of lies and manipulation she won't because his response would've only made things worse for him." Hiashi thought
"being his wife will give her the ability to protect him from Hiruzen's schemes as well as mine..she couldn't even make me look bad here either the way his first impression was on Naruto... If she tried to pin a little blame on me I wouldn't even need to play the victim Naruto would defend me saying everyone makes mistakes or something " he added Hinata was smart he did felt proud of her.
"Wait... really? You mean it? You're not just saying that?" Naruto asked shocked
"Hmm he is shocked by her openly saying she loves being his wife even though he has yet to give her anything" Hiashi filed again.
Hinata's face to another Hyuga made her like a book , her expression said everything,Her heart split open. To Naruto, this was salvation. To her, it was a cage disguised as his dream just real enough that he'd never look to wake up a drug.
She had only one choice now: protect him, no matter how deep the half lie had to go she loved him she wanted him but she knew she wasn't worthy of him.
Naruto shot up from the bed and hugged Hinata, interlocking himself with her his head resting on her nape of her neck. He pulled back just quickly his eyes like stars "YOU KIDDING this is the best!" His smile widened eyes shining with new found life
"Am I seeing things or he actually loves her looks like i became the love God here" Hiashi thought looking at the way Naruto looks at Hinata.
"Of course I want you! To be ! My wife! If that's what you want as well!" Naruto said in his way his voice was genuinely happy
Hiashi smiled and gave Naruto a genuinely proud look "well it's done then welcome to the family son.. take care of my daughter"
"Not like i wanna care for her..myself" Hiashi added in his mind
It was simple natural, for him after all the weakest offsprings aren't worth the care they could very well the spoil the whole litter.
"Now since you're up to speed son, do you want a marriage ceremony? I would recommend to go ahead with the ceremony because it's not everyday people marry" Hiashi smiled.
"I don't know uncle ahh... Hinata.. what do you think? Do you want a ceremony?" Naruto wasn't sure while the thought of having a wedding was awesome he wasn't sure how people would react to his happiness...
"He is afraid for Hinata...,that she might get targeted or worse that she didn't want him and was doing all this because of lack of choice..... intersting"Hiashi read Naruto like a book.
"Please call me father.... Naruto you're my daughter's husband now"Hiashi said with a fatherly smile.
"I think it's a great idea we could invite many people and share our happiness with those who will be happy" she said, her voice gentle in her way ,shy yet warm she hugged him to drive the words home.
"Bold...of her.....but logically" Hiashi thought.
"I would love to share that moment with you"she felt her own needs being fulfilled as her body contacted him. It was a comforting feeling but it scared her because it risked her being an accomplice in Hiashi's plan.
"Now let's decide the date for the ceremony. Any suggestions? I suggest tonight at dawn"Hiashi asked
"Wait! Can we have a day of delay ? Like this seems the perfect opportunity to prank teachers at the academy! Believe it!Hahah I can almost imagine their loser faces" Naruto laughed
Hiashi didn't bother saying yes. because it didn't matter , the show off ceremony would do nothing but drive the point home and it was a good he wanted to pank that would drive the point home in the hokage's mind that Naruto and Hinata were a thing.
you two must be hungry right?" Hiashi said in voice which was so genuine Hinata almost thought her her dad from time of her mother's life was back
"If you want I'll get you two food in here after all you two did just got married" Hiashi added
Naruto turned to Hinata from Hiashi
"Hinata what do you think? You're hungry right? Should we get food here in your room ? Or go with Hiashi"
She wasn't hungry. not for food at least, the family dining table was something she hated because at the table if she was ever there by accident everyone would ignore her respectfully so she had the routine of making her own food and either eating it in the kitchen or taking it to her room.
the choice should've been obvious but she knew saying that could make Naruto believe she was hiding their marriage hiding out shame, thankfully she had her allies too her sister, her old care taker ko , natsu Hyuga her aunt in all but blood.
"Our room Naruto wherever we both are it's ours regardless of whether it's your apartment or mine... we're married after all" she corrected him lightly and gently she pressed herself a tighter to him
Naruto's eyes widened His eyebrows lift slightly in surprise, pupils dilating. His brain processes "married... our room... ours"-there's a tiny pause as it hits him emotionally.
His body shifted to let her lean into him as she pressed closer. His hands twitched as if wanting to reach for her but not sure if he should.
"You decide hubby, you're the husband remember?...my sister and others would love to meet you" she said half joking
"Whatever you pick Naruto I'll support you" Hinata thought
Naruto's lips curl into a goofy, almost boyish grin. A small laugh escapes, partly from excitement, partly from relief. His shoulders relax, releasing tension he didn't even realize he was holding.
He gently takes one of her hands in his, squeezing it lightly, partly for reassurance and partly because he just wants to anchor himself in this reality mostly because he was nervous he had asked her because he wasn't sure if he should pick any of the options part of him wanted to just go his home it was ironic after starving for love and validation his whole life a part of him was afraid of it.
Naruto thought "I'm the husband... huh?what do I do ! she trusts me so much what did I ever do for her Hinata to act like this ? Wait... what is a husband meant to be like ?...May I should ask Hiashi" he looked at Hiashi, Hinata's presence kept Naruto's nervous at bay after a little thinking time he made his choice
"Then our room it is! But after we eat, I want you to meet your sister and others ! They've gotta see their awesome new brother-in-law!"
Smiling Hiashi stands, smoothing his robes.
"I'll have food sent to your room. Make yourselves comfortable," he says warmly, before leaving them alone.
The door clicks shut.
As Hiashi leaves them alone he takes out a brush and scroll from his sleeve-storage seal.
He takes a brush and notes down a line in his private log — a small, hidden scroll labeled "Project Moonlight."