Hinata smoothed the hem of her Kimono, which was a lavender color to match her eyes. The Kimono had floral designs on it, and was tied together with a dark violet obi. Unlike her normal clothes, the formal wear she had on did nothing to hide her figure. Something she was very self conscious about, which was of course why she always wore that large baggy overcoat. Taking several deep breaths to help her calm down, the young Hyuuga Heiress looked over at her little sister Hanabi.
Said sister was currently sitting with her back straight, and wore the impassive Hyuuga stare. She was wearing identical clothes to Hinata, except that hers were in the opposite colors.
Hinata turned her head towards the door when Hiashi began to walk over to it, and had to hold in a gasp of surprise. The person who her father had invited over was none other Naruto! Hinata quickly looked away, and had to start taking deep breaths lest she pass out. When she felt she was calm enough she looked back to see her father greeting the blond shinobi.
"Welcome Naruto-san, I am glad you could make it," Hiashi said as he shook Naruto's hand.
Naruto gave a nod as he took the offered hand, "thank you for inviting me Hiashi-san, I appreciate it."
"Not at all," Hiashi replied easily as he waved the thanks away. Naruto followed the man as he moved over to sit down, when they were both seated Hiashi gesture to his daughters. "I believe you have already met Hinata," Hiashi said.
Naruto smiled at the girl, "it's a pleasure to see you again Hinata."
Hinata felt heat rise to her cheeks, but thankfully was able to keep herself from hyperventilating. "I-it's good t-to see y-you as w-well N-Naruto-k-kun," Hinata said as she grabbed the folds of her Kimono in an effort to keep from poking her fingers.
"And this is my youngest daughter Hanabi," Hiashi introduced as he gestured to a little girl who looked a lot like Hinata, except she had what Naruto had dubbed the 'I'm a Hyuuga so I must act like I'm constipated' look.
"It's a pleasure to meet you Hanabi-san," Naruto said with a smile. Despite the girl's cold look, Naruto was able to notice the slight blush that crossed the girl's cheeks.
"You're the one who beat Neji-Nii-san in the Chunin Exams," Hanabi said in an accusing tone.
Naruto looked at the girl with an odd expression for a second, "yes that is true that I beat Neji."
"How did you do that?" Hanabi asked, "Neji-Nii-san is the Hyuuga clan prodigy, there's no way you could beat him."
Naruto frowned at the girl; it seems that she was much more of the stereotypical Hyuuga then the members he had met. Of course he had only known Hinata and Neji, and Neji had been similar to her before Naruto had removed the stick in his ass. Naruto continued to look at the girl before shrugging, "I was able to beat him because unlike him I had something to fight for."
Hanabi tilted her head at the cryptic answer, "Something to fight for? Like what?"
Naruto smiled, "well at the time my reason was to dispel Neji's delusional belief that fate controlled everything. He had to understand that there is only one 'fate' we all share and that is death, but how we get there and the choices we make before we die are our own."
"Wise words," Hiashi said, "you sound just like your father."
Naruto looked over at Hiashi, "you knew my father well I take it?"
"I knew him quite well," Hiashi said with a very small and nostalgic smile, "I was in the same class that your father had been in at the academy. He had been the Rookie of The Year, and became something of my rival."
"I see," Naruto said as he remembered his own 'rivalry' with Sasuke, before the fool went to play with a pedophile anyway. Naruto looked at the Hyuuga head with a mischievous expression, "so if you were his rival did he call you teme as well?" Naruto asked in an innocent voice.
Hinata and Hanabi looked at Naruto in shock, while Hiashi made several choking noises. "N-no he didn't," Hiashi said as he was able to get himself under control. He paused for a moment before sighing, "however your mother did."
If the two Hyuuga Heiress' had been startled by Naruto's comment, then they nearly jumped out of their skin when Naruto started to laugh, loudly. Hanabi more than Hinata was shocked by the 'commoner' behavior the blond man seemed to have, it made her wonder why her father had invited him over in the first place.
Naruto's laughs soon became wheezes as he tried to get his breath back under control, "oh… oh…" Naruto sighed as he stopped laughing. He looked over at Hiashi and shook his head, "you know I can somehow see my mother doing that."
Hiashi gave an imperceptible smirk, "I could imagine, you are a lot like her in many ways."
Naruto chuckled, "I think I'll take that as a compliment."
"Of course," Hiashi said, "though you do seem to have more of your father's personality now. I admit to being quite impressed with how you handled the elders during your first council meeting."
Naruto smiled as the two of them talked back and forth, trading conversation between one subject or another. Naruto knew this was a standard political process that people who wanted something from you did, and he knew Hiashi wanted something. While he was sure the man's desire to repent for not helping him when he was younger was genuine, Naruto also knew that Hiashi would not invite him over for that reason alone. However he continued to play along with the man, knowing that there was a time to be blunt and a time to use finesse. So Naruto spoke with the man, and occasionally tried to add Hinata and Hanabi into the conversation so they did not feel left out.
Their conversation quieted down as the food came; Naruto was surprised when he was served a side of Ramen with his food. It seemed that even Hiashi knew of his ramen addiction, which was actually kind of funny since ramen was not his favorite food. Well most ramen was not, his favorite food was the ramen they served at Ichiraku's but there was a reason for that. Teuchi and Ayame had been the first two people to ever treat him as a human other then Sarutobi and Yugao, so the blond had often gone there when he did not want to be glared at, or overcharged for food. They had also given him several free bowls of ramen, making the place even better in his eyes. It was not long after going there that Ramen had become his comfort food.
After they had eaten Naruto figured it was time to see what Hiashi wanted, "I believe you wanted to speak to me about something?"
Hiashi smirked ever so slightly, "yes I did, we can go to my office for our discussion."
Naruto stood up as did Hiashi, he turned to look over at the two girls, "I'll see you later Hinata-chan, Hanabi-chan," Naruto smirked at seeing the younger girl scowl. Though he also noticed her blush as well, during the course of the conversation he had taken a liking to teasing the younger heiress. He felt the girl was far too uptight for her own good, so he had taken it upon himself to 'remove the stick' as it were from her proverbial ass. Of course he knew this would be a little harder than Neji, after all he could not beat the shit out of her like he did Neji. Still that would just make it more of a challenge.
As Naruto walked down the halls with Hiashi, the blond decided to get a layout of the estate. Unlike his father's house, the Hyuuga estate was made in the purely traditional Japanese style. The building were centered around a Zen garden, filled with trees and a koi pond with a bridge over it. Doors were lined up along the wall facing the garden, leading to any number of rooms that were used for various purposes. The place was definitely nice; Naruto had to admit that, though the atmosphere was a little to stuffy for his tastes.
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