The prince and The princess

Chapter 1

THE PRINCE AND THE PRINCESS

'A demon, why does it live here anyways?' 'Get away from it, it's dangerous' 'Clanless' 'Bastard son I guarantee.' These words echoed through the headspace of a 7-year-old Naruto, he knew what they meant but what he could not understand was why? Why was the civilian population, so hell bent on hating him? The Ninjas were nicer in the sense that most of them were impartial to him, worst case they were pressured by the nearby civilians into doing something.

The boy had asked Hiruzen, the third Hokage, 'why do they hate me? Is it something I did?' but the answer to his question was either, 'I don't know' or silence. He wanted to hate these people but he couldn't bring himself to do it.

Currently Naruto was walking through a forest, it was snowing crazy, the entire forest was covered with snow. While on his way he saw a girl with bluish hair being bullied ahead of him. "If you are a Hyuga, then show us those Byakugan!" one of the boys said smugly, she was as timid as someone could get and some more and couldn't find strength to speak up, all the while they were laughing at her face.

Just then Naruto flanked them from behind, his fist smashing in the back of the head of the centre bully, he would kick at the shin of the right bully and a punch to the gut of the left guy. The bullies ran away from Naruto with their tails between their legs. "Um, what is your name?" Naruto asked the girl, "H-Hinata Hyuga..." she replied, "I am Naruto Uzumaki! Nice to meet ya!" he said. "Are you... ok?" he asked her, "I... I a-am fine!" she stuttered, "I could walk you back I guess, where do you live anyway?" he asked her enthused, he would get to see where she lives.

After walking for awhile they reached a large gate, at both sides of which were two guards, they had the same wide lavender coloured eyes, as soon as their gaze fell on him, they snatched Hinata away, "Get the hell away from here, boy! You have right to neither be here nor with Hinata Sama! Now go or else we call ANBU!" they screamed at the boy in unison. Naruto begrudgingly left the place, 'What the hell Is up with these kinds of people? Just hating for no reason...' he thought while running away.

A few weeks later, he was laying on his bed, a nap was fine but he found himself with an inability to sleep, "It hurts" he said to no one in particular as he thought about the events of the past few weeks. He was still deep in his thought of the unprecedented hate, glares, disgust, and all of that. His thoughts were interrupted by a knock at the door.

"Coming!" he said loudly, 'Either it's a hateful citizen, ANBU or the old man. It's the same cycle everyday' he thought, he was tired of getting visits from someone or the other nearly every day. He opened the door to see Hinata, the same girl he saved from the bullies a few weeks prior, "Oh, hi Hinata! What are you here for?" he asked her confused of her arrival, "Um, c-can I s-stay at your p-place a while?" she said, her tone suggested that she was scared of something, "Yeah! Why not! But you gotta tell me why you are here ok?" he said, "O-OK!" she exclaimed stuttering.

He gave her a glass of water to drink, after she was done drinking, she started to speak why she was at his place all alone.

(Flashback!)

"Are you sure of your decision Hiashi Sama-" Kurenai tried saying but got cut off by Hiashi, "There is no need of such a failure to lead the clan. I'd rather have Hanabi do that job. Do what you will with her Kurenai Yuhi" he said bluntly. While they discussed Hinata's future, they were unaware that she was standing behind the sliding door. She had heard the entire conversation with clarity and would have broken down if she was not in the compound. Before anyone could notice she slipped from the Hyuga compound and left to find a place to cry and that's when she found his place using her Byakugan.

(Flashback Over)

"That's how I found your place Naruto-Kun." She said concluding the flashback, "Well, I think you should just stay here permanently, if you are sneaky enough, no one will find you and your clan isn't going to look out for you so you should just stay here!" he said innocently, she knew what he said was purely and innocently but she weighed her options and realised that her father could care less and how far would Kurenai go to find her? She would give up at some point. That's when she decided to stay with Naruto.

She knew that living with him would mean she would have to see him every day, and the thought of which made her blush a bit. "Hinata-Chan why are your cheeks red? Do you have a fever?" Naruto asked her, she blushed even harder. She tried saying something but she couldn't speak so she just shook her head vigorously.

In his consciousness of which he had no idea of, a beast with nine majestic tails, orange fur, three whiskers just like him and canines as long as towers, had a thought, "What is this? Minato and Kushina in a different generation?" It went back to sleeping.

A few days after Hinata had arrived to his place he went out on his usual business of visiting Ichiraku ramen and going for grocery shopping. He realised that no one would notice that a literal princess was living with him in his little place, these people were too caught up in their own hate. 'I gotta visit the old man this evening.' He thought and went back to his house.

A few hours later he was ready to leave for the Hokage tower, "Listen Hinata Chan, I am gonna go pay a visit to old man Hokage. I need to get a few things fixed." Naruto said, "O-o ok! I will wait for you till then." She replied.

He was at the Hokage tower a few minutes later, "Is the old man in the middle of a meeting?" he asked the receptionist, the black-haired woman flipped through a few files, "Currently no, I believe he said he was waiting for you. So, you don't need an appointment in advance." She said, "So, I can enter just fine?" he asked her with a hint of confusion, "Yes, he wouldn't mind." She replied.

Naruto opened the door to the Hokage office to see the old man with his head buried in his hands, a lot of papers to check and approve. "Hey, old man! How are you doing?" he said, making the old man look up, "Ah Naruto, it's you. I was expecting you to come here." Hiruzen said as he made a hand seal, the ANBU guards in the office took leave, "Hey isn't that Neko, Inu, Hawk, and Bear? Why did they leave?" he asked confused, Hiruzen made another seal to silence the room so no sound could leave.

"I know exactly why you are here kid; I know that the Hyuga girl is with you. Just to let you know whatever she told you is true; her father could care less about her going missing and I told Kurenai to not look out for her." Hiruzen said, "You did that?" he said, "And how did you even find out?" Hiruzen chuckled at his question, "I have this magic ball which allows me to see nearly every thing in the border of Konoha." He replied, Naruto was bewildered by the answer he got. "So, what are we gonna do about her?" he asked Hiruzen for some sort of advice, "I... have an idea but you have to listen to me carefully, am I clear?" Hiruzen said getting into his 'Hokage voice', in return Naruto nodded, "I will tell you who your mother was; she was an amazing woman and an enthusiastic one. Anyone who met her would call her happy go lucky. She was very much like your father a strong ninja, master of Fuinjutsu, Kenjutsu and like you she had large reserves of Chakra. Now you might question why I am not telling you about your father, and that's because he was a legendry man feared across the elemental nations and so he has many enemies out for revenge." Hiruzen said, "So, what was my mother's name?" Naruto asked, "Her name was Kushina Uzumaki, you were given her name because as I said your father had many enemies." Hiruzen replied, Naruto was ecstatic after learning his mother's name, "Now before you go off with that knowledge, here are the scrolls she left for you, these include a few ninjutsu techniques, Kenjutsu styles and Fuinjutsu scrolls. Use them properly and at any time you feel the need to ask me doubts, I am always free to help you." Hiruzen said giving Naruto a few scrolls, "Another thing before you go, don't research for her name, I have removed every document that relates to her and your father too. Also don't go asking jonins about your mother or father, I have restricted them from leaking any information to you. Enjoy learning the scrolls!" Hiruzen said, Naruto nodded at his surrogate grandfather and took his leave.

As soon as Naruto left the office, he slopped back into his chair, 'I am too old for this. When will it all end? Who knows, who knows...' he thought and went back to tending to the papers.

CHAPTER END