They finally stopped in front of a door; Hiashi opened it as he gestured for Naruto to enter. As soon as they were both inside Hiashi closed the door and set up a silencing seal, before moving over to a seating area with red padded cushions on the ground. Following the Hyuuga Head's lead, Naruto sat on one of the cushions with his feet under his rear and his back straight.
Hiashi looked at him with a calculating gaze before speaking, "I am sure you are well aware that the Hyuuga Clan is currently the largest of Konoha's clans. It also goes without saying that we are the clan who holds the most political power; no Hokage has ever been selected without our support. That is even more true now, since the only clan that could contest with us is no more."
Naruto nodded at what the man was saying, narrowing his eyes in thought the blond picked apart Hiashi's hidden meaning. "You are saying you will support my position for Hokage? However I assume you also want something for this, otherwise you would not have invited me over for dinner."
Hiashi managed to crack a small smile, "you are quite astute in your observations Naruto-san, truly your father's son." Naruto nodded at the compliment as the man paused another moment, before heaving a deep sigh. "Yes I do have something I wish to ask of with you, or more like I need your help with something. I am sure you know of the bird cage seal?" Hiashi asked.
"Of course," Naruto said with a nod, the blonds mind soon came to a conclusion as to why Hiashi had invited him over for dinner. Still he did not say anything, preferring to hear it from the Hyuuga head's own mouth.
"What was not as well known was that Minato and I had planned to do away with the seal," Hiashi said.
"I take it he was going to force the Hyuuga elders to get rid of the seal by showing its inherent weakness," Naruto said, "and then offer up a counter seal for all Hyuuga's to wear."
Hiashi did not show it, but he was greatly impressed with the boy's ability to figure things out with only a little bit of information. "Yes he was, it was our hope that this would eliminate the differences and bridge the gap between the our two families."
Naruto closed his eyes for a moment, "do you know how far my father got?"
"I believe he was able to create the replacement for the bird cage seal," Hiashi answered, "however I know for a fact that he had not even been able to get started on finding the bird cage seals weakness."
Naruto opened his eyes and looked at Hiashi, "I will help you with this. To be honest I had planned on getting rid of that seal anyways, this will make it much easier to do so."
Hiashi sighed in relief as he and Naruto stood back up, moving over to his desk Hiashi pulled out a scroll. "This is scroll contains the bird cage seal for you to study," Hiashi spoke as he handed Naruto the scroll.
Naruto took his and placed it in his pouch, "I will get back to you sometime within a month, by then I should have both the replacement seal and the weakness to the bird cage seal."
Hiashi gave a nod as he let Naruto out, "I appreciate the help Naruto-san."
"Not at all I'm happy to help," Naruto replied as he walked out of the room.
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Hinata watched as Naruto left her father's study, and began his trek back to the front gates. She followed the blond boy, making sure to always stay in the shadows so he would not see her. The moment Hinata had seen Naruto here; she had realized this was her chance to confess her feelings for the blond. She knew that she may not ever get a chance to do so like now, since he was right here in her house. However she was still having trouble gathering her courage to go up and talk to the boy.
The decision was soon taken from her as Naruto called out, "you can come out now Hinata."
Hinata's eyes widened in shock, how had he seen her? This had never happened in all the years she had followed him, something like this was not only unprecedented, but also unexpected. Whatever the case he had found her, so she had no choice but to come out and confront the blond.
"H-Hello N-Naruto-k-k-kun," Hinata said, cursing herself for being so shy. She knew she would never get another chance like this, so she had to take it. She took several deep breaths as she tried to calm her raging nerves, which felt like they were overloading her brain right now. Hinata opened her mouth as she looked at him, only to start swaying on her feet for a little bit. I… will… not… faint… Hinata thought to herself as she tried to steady her nerves. Finally she opened her mouth, "iloveyou!"
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