Naruto Of The Shadow Clones

Chapter 40 Political Alliances/Heading Out To Sea Country

It was the morning after the raid against the Sound Base when a Hyuga Branch Member knocked on Naruto's door.

Naruto looked up from the last scroll of the set Tsunade had given him that he had finally been able to start reading and actually understand what it was talking about.

That was the problem with using shadow clones to read things in a set. You could read everything at once but half the time you didn't understand everything until you reread or at least skimed over everything at least once. Frowning over how often someone knocking on his door during the morning was becoming, Naruto set the scroll down with a sigh before getting up from his seat and heading to the door.

Expecting a Chunnin messenger, Naruto was surprised to see a Hyuga Branch Member.

The Hyuga gave a short bow before saying "Uzumaki-san, Hiashi-sama requests your presence at your earliest convenience."

'Translation: Hiashi wants to talk to me right away.' Naruto thought mentally translating the older language of extreme formality that all Hyugas except his girlfriend seemed to have been taught to use at all times.

Nodding Naruto said "Please inform Hiashi-sama that I will be there within the hour."

The Branch Member gave another short bow before leaving. Naruto closed his door and went into his room in order to change from his casual wear into his ninja outfit which was the most acceptable clothes he had to meet the head of one of the lead clans in.

Thirty minutes later Naruto arrived at the Hyuga compound where he was escorted to the clan head's office by one of the guards.

After receiving an "enter" from the occupant of the office, Naruto took a deep breath before opening the door.

As Naruto entered, he took notice of the room he was in. As fitting for such an important clan, the room was a bit large with paintings and other decorations among the walls and shelves. Near the end was a low desk which had a pillow behind it for the clan head to sit at and three pillows in front for visitors.

Hiashi was currently behind the desk working on some papers before looking up and said "Welcome Uzumaki-san. Thank you for coming so soon. Please have a seat."

Naruto bowed before taking a seat on one of the pillows. Hiashi looked down for a minute as he finished whatever clan papers were on his desk before he moved them to the side and leaned back into a more upright position as he studied the blond in front of him.

After a minute of studying him, Hiashi decided to not beat around the bush with the straight-forward ninja in front of him and said "I'm afraid I have a bit of a dilemma Uzumaki-san. As you should know, my eldest daughter has become a fine example of what every kunoichi should strive for. The same could also be said about her status as clan heir. However, in their infinite wisdom, the clan elders have decided that it would be best to strengthen the clan's political standing and marry her off to one of the Daimyo's cousins. They believe that my eldest daughter would better serve the clan in the Daimyo's court and that my youngest should be named clan heir."

Naruto frowned at what he was hearing. He could hear the smallest trace of sarcasm as the Hyuga head said infinite wisdom and knew that the stoic man in front of him was royally pissed with the elders.

Deciding to play things safe, Naruto thought for a moment choosing his wording carefully and said "I take it you do not agree to this plan of action Hiashi-sama?"