Naruto groaned in relief as the warm water from the shower hit his form, loosening the tensed up muscles in his back and shoulders. Today had been a hectic day for him, even more so then yesterday when he was in his first council meeting. After he had left the Higarashi weapons store, Naruto had gone into another council meeting. Where he had been forced to sit through several merchants discussing a trade agreement between Konoha and Tsuchi No Kuni, which had almost made the blond Clan Head fall asleep. After that he had gone home and did his typical training regime, and then he had sat down at his desk and began hashing out his plans for the seals he wanted to create.
In truth most of them were already done, he just needed to finalize them. He had several powerful seals that he was sure would be useful to Konoha, things like sensor seals that could be used to set up around a camp when on long term missions. Trap seals that even a genin could set up, that when triggered would release anything from a fire jutsu to a paralytic poison. Sometimes things like that were all that were needed to complete the mission, and get back home safe. However the ones he was really wanting to show Tsunade and the others were not the ones that were done on paper, but a powerful seal array that should make capture and rape statistics drop. However that seal was also the one he had yet to really finish, as well as the one that was the hardest to complete.
Naruto turned off the water as he stepped out of the shower, grabbing a towel he dried himself off as he made his way into his bedroom. He threw the towel in a hamper as he walked over to the closet, opening it he made his way inside. Naruto began to leaf through his clothes, looking for some formal ware for this evening. Normally the blond would not be caught dead wearing formal clothing; however he had been eventually forced to get some. Koyuki had bought him some formal Kimono's for when he made his appearance before the Haru council, so that he could look good when he and Koyuki presented him as her fiancé. Something he planned to do once he managed to get rid of Akatsuki.
Naruto sighed as he picked one out and began to get dressed; tonight he had been invited over for dinner by Hiashi Hyuuga. Knowing just how much power that clan held, Naruto knew declining his invitation would not be an intelligent idea.
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Hinata Hyuuga was nervous.
This would not surprise anyone who knew her. Despite the young woman making strides towards bettering herself as a kunoichi, she was still a shy and soft spoken girl. It was something that had never changed about her, even her continuous improvement with her taijutsu and Byakugan. So the fact that Hinata was nervous would not surprise anyone, however this time she felt she had a valid reason for it.
That reason being her father Hiashi, who was currently smiling. It was well known that Hiashi Hyuuga almost always kept up the cold Hyuuga Façade; he said it had something to do with presenting a noble aura to those beneath them. Whatever the reason for it was, Hiashi was not one to smile, ever really. Sure he would occasionally when Hinata was progressing well in her taijutsu; however this was something that had only happened recently. Now he was smiling for what seemed to be no reason, other than the fact that they had a guest. Apparently one important enough that her father was smiling about it.
This was not really a shock of course, due to their status and political power both in and out of Konoha; they would often receive visiting dignitaries. However none of them were important enough for Hiashi to actually be happy about seeing them, this was what made her nervous. The fact that she was going to be meeting someone who was important enough for Hiashi to smile about meant that she would need to be even more, 'Hyuuga like' for lack of a better term, than usual. Which due to her kind nature was something she had a problem doing.
"Hiashi-Sama, your guest has arrived."
The three Hyuuga's at the dinner table looked up to see one of the branch members standing over by the entrance.
"Thank you, send him in please," Hiashi said as he stood up to greet his guest.
The branch member bowed before leaving to get the guest.
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