Darkness Falls

Chapter 17

A Month and a Half Later

It had been nearly two months since the Sasuke CRA incident. Nearly two months since Naruto and Haku had started dating as well as his sudden arrangement with the youngest Hyuga sister. The blonde still got a chuckle when he recalled just how the spoiled Uchiha acted when he learned he couldn't get anything he wanted.

In typical Sasuke fashion, the duck butt emo had tossed a massive tantrum, calling the council members useless that they couldn't even give him one girl and had immediately gone to the Hokage himself and demanded that he be removed for the CRA, citing that the act was just a waste of time and was not worthy of being used to spread the Uchiha's blood; in which Hiruzen had no problems in doing so, and gladly did. Furthermore, ensuring that all future CRA's admissions must be approved by the Hokage before moving to vote from the Shinobi Council. Making it very clear that any future attempts without the Hokage would be nullified on the spot and the individual seeking admittance would be banned from the Act all together.

During this time, Naruto had taken the lovely ice user out on a few dates. Allowing her to fully get to know him. As she was already living under the same roof as the blonde as his mates, she was privy to a bit more information then his other potential mate. She had learned the first night that everyone within the house were Jashinist. At first it had frightened her, though after sitting down and talking with the purple haired ANBU woman, she saw the difference in their faith compared to what she thought she knew of the religion.

It further shocked her to learn that they were also all half demons. Though her blonde boyfriend had sat her down and explained it in detail of how it came to be. How he was nearly killed on his sixth birthday and how his father had planned to manipulate him as a weapon for the village to conquer the known world, if Jashin hadn't intervened. The mere thought of a parent doing that to their child disgusted her to no end.

The surprises continued to come for the ice user upon learning that after that night on his sixth birthday, the goddess of blood and carnage made the blonde her champion and tasked him with a quest to restore her name within the lands by eradicating the cult that had sullied the goddesses name, as well as sending a handful of other corrupt souls to the goddess. Though in the end, what she had learned about her blonde boyfriend had only made her love and respect him more. Here was a boy who had been hunted down, beaten, and even nearly killed by his own home; yet he still had so much compassion for those around him, when he should very well want to see the world burn around him. So, it was with this in mind that Haku had asked Naruto to mark her as one of his mates.

As for the younger Hyuga sister, Naruto had been correct that the girl would be happy about the arrangement. In fact, the normal calm and collected girl was ecstatic, running around the compound to try and settle on something to wear for her date with the blonde. Much to the amusement of her father, and the ire of the Elder Hyuga council that had immediately disapproved of Hiashi's actions, citing that she could have served the clan better if she was given to the last Uchiha, instead of the demon brat.

Hiashi had merely ignored them, satisfied that he had thrown a massive wrench into their plans to manipulate his youngest all to 'honor tradition'. The clan head scowled at the concept of keeping a stagnant belief of what was traditional that would eventually ruin the clan, though he also knew that change couldn't happen over night and that, like a delicate flower, needed time to grow and blossom with the proper care and nurturing.

Unlike with the others, Naruto had refrained from divulging everything about himself to the younger sister. Deciding that she wasn't ready to have such sensitive information thrust upon her. So during their date, which was a simple walk through the park; ending in a private picnic between the two, Naruto had kept a large portion of himself under wraps. Only giving her scant details about his younger years and what his ultimate goals in life were.