Arranged Love Chapter 5

I don't own Naruto okay? Well, I am thankful for all who review and fav this fic. I had writer's block on this (as per usual…) for a while and I am sorry for not updating sooner. Well, enough of this A/N, on with the fic!!!!!!!!!!!

Hinata was sitting in bed pondering everything. Was it possible to love someone out of an arranged marriage? Her mother and father were in an arranged marriage but died soon after Hanabi was born, leaving Hinata and Hiashi alone to take care of her. And was it that she was growing to love Sasuke more than she did Naruto? Was she going to love being an Uchiha more than she was going to be an Uzumaki? Hinata sighed as she turned back to her bed and lay down on the pillow staring at a picture of Naruto on her wall. I worked so hard to get Naruto's attention and now this happens! I swear, I should never have even bothered! I should never have tried to stop that Akatsuki guy from killing him! I did it because I thought I was going to lose him forever, now I am! I should have never bothered. Hinata looked at Naruto's picture some more, thinking more and more. Were they really meant to be or was it all a diluted fantasy?

Hinata lay back down and started to cry. "Naruto-kun…" She cried muffled into her pillow.

(Page break to Tsunade's office)

Tsunade was working on some paperwork when she heard a knock at the door. "Come in." She said as the door opened to reveal Sakura standing there, with tears in her eyes. She walked in followed by Naruto who was trying desperately to cheer her up. "Sakura, Naruto, what's wrong with you two?"

They looked at each other, and Sakura nodded as if to let Naruto know that it was okay for him to speak for the both of them and explain the situation to Tsunade. Sakura was too torn up about it, and, while as angry as a fighting rooster at Hiashi for promising his beloved Hinata to his rival Sasuke, he knew he had to speak up when it came to this matter. If anyone could, it would be Tsunade; she was the Hokage after all. Naruto took a few calming breaths and started to speak. "Granny Tsunade…" Naruto said.

"Lady or Hokage. I will only take so much of it. And if you are talking about what you I think I am, it is a matter I will not get too involved with your guy's problems!" Tsunade said tapping her fingers on the Hokage's desk.

"How do you know about that?" Naruto asked.

"Hiashi brought it up at the Chunin exam finals yesterday. I don't know if Hinata told you, but Hanabi is well on her way to becoming a Chunin. Her fight is tomorrow against a genin from the Village Hidden in the Grass. I forget the name of the person she is to fight. But yeah, she should do well. I expect great things from her." Tsunade said. "But I am on the fence on whether or not to try and overturn the decision and the arrangement."

"Why?" Sakura asked.

"Because, it is something that is quite the conundrum. The Byakugan and the Sharingan are jutsus that make Konoha a formidable village. Now, the opportunity is here and it would be good for the village. Think about it, the ability to see chakra and imitate your opponent's moves and the ability to hit chakra points and see to near 360 degrees and see the chakra then. The possibilities of advantages are endless." Tsunade said. "However, it is a risky endeavor. They eyes may cancel each other out and make the children blind. And I know that Sasuke and Hinata are not ones that would like each other in that way. They get along as comrades and as friends. I doubt we would find them in the bed together unless the need permits it."

"I know." Sakura said. "Is there any way we can prove it in a case that the clan would be hurting more than helping? I mean we could do something… maybe site cases where the village interfered in clan matters; maybe we can talk Hiashi out of the marriage. I know he would put the village before his clan."

"I don't know…" Naruto sighed. He looked at Sakura and nodded his head. "I now know why Hiashi wanted to kill me when he found out I was dating Hinata. I don't know if even Kiba or Shino would have a chance."

He knew Hiashi's bad side all too well. He was dating Hinata, and he did expect some negativity from Hiashi because of that fact alone. He remembered his 2 week stint with Ino and how Inochi was always looking for a reason to use his mind destruction jutsu on him at any time for even looking at Ino. It seemed as soon as the kunochis became young women, their fathers went from, "Awww it's so cute" from when they first became Genin to by the time they were full fledged Chunin it became "You look at my daughter and you will be deader than dead can get." However, when Hiashi found out Hinata was dating Naruto, he looked a lot like Neji did when he had to fight him at the Chunin exams. The Hyuuga household never looked the same after that.

"Naruto…" Sakura sobbed.

"What I can do, is give you access to the Hokage's private library in which all, and I mean ALL records of Konoha are kept. Every official meeting is required by village law to have the minutes recorded and approved by the Hokage. Only in dire circumstances is Hokage approval not needed." Sakura looked at Tsunade and then to Naruto. She could tell that if Hiashi had some high power in the village council, he would make it so it would qualify as 'dire circumstances'.

Sakura, Tsunade and Naruto all knew that in the past 8 years, Konoha had been under attack twice. Some would say that the need for kekkei genkai like the Sharingan or the Byakugan or something better is dire, so the marriage should go on. Also, many of the people of Konoha held to a belief that ninjas were tools, to be used as needed and feelings should never get in the way. And if that meant marrying and having children with someone you didn't love for the village or your clan was something that was tolerable. And what made matters worse for Sakura, Sasuke, Naruto and Hinata was that Hiashi and Fugaku, Sasuke's late father, thought that way. Naruto gulped because he knew there was going to need to be major proof and a well and solid case built to talk Hiashi out of it. This meant hours of research. Something that Sakura could handle well but Naruto could not.

Naruto gulped and then smiled. "Sure Gran-Lady Tsunade. Thanks for allowing us into the Hokage's library. I will do my best."

"I know you will." Tsunade also looked from Naruto to Sakura. "I also know that Sakura will be doing most of the hardcore research. But I also know how you work when you are motivated. Jiraiya told me well of your progress."

"Don't worry Gran-Lady Tsunade!" Naruto said.

"We'll find out what we can do to save Sasuke and Hinata!" Sakura said as she then grabbed Naruto's hand. "Come on!" She said as she dragged him into the library.

Geeesh…Sakura-Chan sure is strong… Naruto thought as he was dragged in by Sakura with a force that nearly broke his wrist.

"Good luck!" Tsunade waved.

(Page Break to the Hyuuga Household)

Hiashi looked around in the storage of his closet and found his wife's old wedding dress. It was a very ancient one, belonging to the first of the arranged Hyuuga marriages and customized over the years. Now, the old dress had a sunrise like trim to the bottom because Miyuki Hyuuga said she had always loved sunrises and told Hiashi that he wanted her daughter to have a name meaning sunrise. It also fit because the Hyuuga name style was a lot like what Miyuki wanted. He then found behind the dress, a wedding portrait. "I hated her squad in the Academy. She was the only one in squad 5 that I could stand." Hiashi smiled. "Even then, I hardly talked to her until my father told us about our engagement. However, I loved her from the start. Why can't Hinata see that?"

He then walked along to the shrine and lit another incense stick and prayed to honor Miyuki and prayed to the gods to have the marriage go well and as planned. "Sometimes, I wonder why we even bother. Is clan tradition more important than the happiness of my first born daughter?" Hiashi thought and prayed about it while he looked upon the family altar. "Please, I pray of the gods, find a way for Hinata to be happy with whomever she does marry."

Hiashi pulled the dress out of the closet and placed it in the main room of the Hyuuga household. Here, he saw Hanabi practicing some of her gentle fist technique in preparation for her match the next day in the Chunin exams. He smiled and knew what he was going to have to tell her. She was to become the Hyuuga heiress and he (hoped anyway) knew that Hinata was going to be the new matriarch for the rebirth of the Uchiha clan Hiashi sighed as Hanabi turned around to greet her father. "Father! Hello!" She bowed. "How is my gentle fist jutsu coming along?"

"It is coming along well my dear Hanabi. I have complete faith that you will become a Chunin tomorrow." Hiashi said as he patted Hanabi on the head. "You have talent that has yet to be seen by Hinata. I am proud of you."

"Thank you father." Hanabi said as she pulled out a kunai and twirled it on her finger and moved it around as if she was going to slice some invisible opponent ahead of her. "Forgive me for asking, but did you speak to Uchiha Sasuke the other day?"

"Why yes, yes I have. How did you know about it?" Hiashi asked of his youngest daughter.

"I have been talking to Hinata. She is quite upset. She has told me that she loved Naruto for years and now that they are together, she is devastated that they are going to be torn apart." Hanabi said as she then took out a shuriken and threw it into the wall. "Although if you wanted to promise Sasuke to me, I would not mind." Hanabi said with a devilish smile.

"Ha ha ha." Hiashi said.

"Seriously!" Hanabi said. "I can see why all the girls in Konoha want him now. He is so good looking and handsome."

"Did you know that the clans wanted the first born to be married?" Hiashi said.

"No." Hanabi said in astonishment. "Who would want to be married to Uchiha Itachi?" Hanabi asked. "I mean he murdered his clan and then joined the criminal gang Akatsuki! I am glad if Hinata is going to marry an Uchiha, she is marrying Sasuke."

"Uchiha Fugaku, Sasuke's father, was for Itachi marrying Hinata. I don't know why he was so persistent about it though. I mean Itachi was already captain of the ANBU Black Ops at the time, what did he have to gain?" Hiashi said.

"I don't know. More prestige maybe?" Hanabi asked. "If my teaching of the clan history was correct Hyuuga was much older than Uchiha."

"True. But that has caused a great rivalry between the two clans. Fugaku always seemed to be pushing Itachi into bigger and better things than he was. I know Itachi was brilliant, in fact one of the most brilliant ninjas ever to come out of Konoha. Everyone knew that. Brilliant for an Uchiha, and brilliant for Konoha. Sometimes I think Uchiha Fugaku was living his dreams though Uchiha Itachi. I guess what happened was sort of karma for the Uchihas." Hiashi said.

"Well, back to Hinata father; how are we going to get her to fall in love with Uchiha Sasuke by the end of December?" Hanabi asked.

"That, I do not know Hanabi." Hiashi said. "I was hoping to be able to talk with them together, and alone about how they felt about this matter. I am the only one left to hold up the bargain as Sasuke is the only Uchiha left." He looked at the wall. "And please do not tell me you want the marriage to go through because you want to be related to Sasuke Hanabi."

"Awwwww damnit." Hanabi said as she went back to her training.

"I know, I know." Hiashi said. "Maybe I could set them on a mission together?"

"Whatever father, you know that you would have to find a way for a Konoha Military Police officer and a Sensei to a new squad to be on a mission together. And so you know father, training exercise is not a good enough excuse."Hanabi said as she saw the look on her father Hiashi's face. "You know how Konohamaru tried to come on to me under the guise of a training mission. But with Hinata and Sasuke already in relationships, it will be harder than it looks."

"Damn." Hiashi said as he continued to monitor Hanabi's training.

(Page break to the Hokage's Library)

"This is such hard work!" Naruto moaned when he looked down on the paper in front of him listing who became Chunin and Jonin and when. He hated research and could hardly stand it. "Can't I just beat the shit out of Hyuuga Hiashi?" Naruto said.

"No. You and I both know this." Sakura said. "You and Hinata would have to flee the village then. You have to be careful when messing with t he Hyuuga clan."

"How come?" Naruto moaned as he looked at his kunai and imaged himself slicing Hiashi and pulling Hinata out of the Hyuuga household and into the Hokage's mansion where he had his servants make ramen and he was making Hiashi clean out the bathrooms after he drank some expired milk.

"You know how HARD it was for Lady Tsunade to get information about the Hyuuga clan from Hiashi after your guys' first attempt to get Sasuke to come back to the village failed?" Sakura sassed.

"No." Naruto said as thick as the Legendary Stupid Brothers were known for.

Sakura threw her head down on the table at that comment and tone. She was the one who had to go with Lady Tsunade to convince them to let the medical corps to have access to clan documents on the Byakugan. It was her idea to have the medical corps have copies of all of the documents pertaining to clan jutsus and injuries that can come about from them. Tsunade had agreed to the idea because if she did not have access to the Nara and Akamichi clan's documents, Chouji would have died. She figured Sakura's idea would promote more ninja survival because the medical corps would know all about the injuries clans own jutsu could do and they could treat it better. Sakura was working on a jutsu that could treat blindness mainly because Sasuke had agreed to let her see what he knew and had on the Uchiha clan jutsus. It took a lot of painful convincing and until Hiashi agreed to let them have some of the Hyuuga clan information about the Byakugan. Tsunade left saying something that Sakura couldn't quite hear that sounded like, "They are just like the Uchiha were…"

Sakura looked at the pile of papers in front of her and grabbed a stack to give to Naruto. "Here." She moaned as she lifted a pile and placed them in front of him. "Look here."

"Holy crap!" Naruto exclaimed. "How am going to try and find ANYTHING that could help us in there?" Naruto slammed his head on the pile of papers, sending them all around the Hokage's library.

"NARUTO!!!!!!" Sakura yelled. She walked over and started to pick up all the papers and files that he caused to crash down around them. "You could have messed something up and caused us to miss a vital piece of evidence that could make Hiashi see the error of his ways."

"Sorry!" Naruto said panicking. "I didn't mean to!" He couldn't bear to think that his scholarly displeasure was what could have caused Sasuke to one up him once again and to be married to, what was in Naruto's eyes, the most beautiful, kindest, sweetest, smartest, sexiest and wonderful women Konoha had to offer. He was also afraid of what would happen to him by the hand of Sakura if that did happen because he wasn't as dedicated to looking for evidence as she was. She lost Sasuke once and she was not about to let him be taken by anyone ever again. Sakura had no hard feelings towards Hinata, but she was going to hate her forever if this marriage came to pass. Naruto couldn't stand to know that he was the catalyst for Sakura's undying hate to another one of Konoha's kunochi. He started to bend down and look at the papers when he saw what looked like a scroll from back in Konoha's earliest days. He picked it up and looked at the ancient tag on it that read, "Uchiha Clan".

"Uchiha Clan…" Naruto read.

"What?" Sakura asked.

"Look." Naruto said as she took the scroll from him. Sakura untied the scroll carefully and began to read it. As soon as she did, he eyes grew as wide as the setting sun. Naruto saw her eyes grow wide and queried into as why they would. "Sakura, what is up with you?"

"This." Sakura said as she read on. "Apparently, the reason why the statue at the Valley of the End besides the First Hokage looks like Sasuke is because he is one of Sasuke's ancestors. Mandara Uchiha helped to found the village but with a lot of turmoil between then and Senju, the First's clan. It says he was responsible for sending the Kyuubi the first time back when the village was first founded and he is believed to have died there. Then the Second Hokage started the Konoha Military Police force with the Uchiha clan to show trust. However, when the Kyuubi attacked when the Forth sealed it in you, the Uchiha were blamed and forced to live in a corner of the village. It says here ANBU Black Ops were to observe them and eventually Uchiha Fugaku," Sakura said when Naruto interrupted.

"Who is Uchiha Fugaku?" he asked, once again like the Legendary Stupid Brothers.

Sakura smacked him on the head and read on, "IDIOT! HE WAS SASUKE'S FATHER! But anyway, according to this, Uchiha was planning a coup and oh dear god…."

"What?" Naruto asked.

"Read." Sakura said as she pushed the scroll under Naruto's nose.

"'Uchiha Itachi was ordered to kill the entire Uchiha clan by the Village Council after the Third's negotiations failed. However, after much pleading to the Third Hokage, Uchiha Sasuke was allowed to live due to his young age and not being aware of the coup.'" Naruto paused for a moment. He then looked over to Sakura. "Does Sasuke know about this?"

"No. Or if he does, he didn't tell me." Sakura said.

"Who could have imagined Itachi killed them all on pure orders only?" Naruto said as a door behind him creaked.

"And what is more tragic is that Uchiha was falsely accused all those years ago. Evidence shows it was an accident." Tsunade said.

"Lady Tsunade!" Sakura said.

"At ease Haruno. Anyway, I want you two to promise me you will not tell anyone about this. I am not proud of this as Konoha's Hokage and if Sasuke knew, it would destroy him inside. You cannot tell anybody. Especially Saskue, do you understand?"

"Yes." Sakura and Naruto said.

"Good." Tsunade said. "Besides, that was supposed to be under most secure secrecy." Tsunade looked at the clock and smiled. "Lunch time." She gave them some money. "For Ichiraku."

"Alright!" Naruto said. Sakura smiled feebly at Tsunade's generosity and then followed Naruto to Ichiraku. How am I going to keep that bombshell from Sasuke? How can I not tell him the village was the one who ruined his life? How can I? Sakura thought as she walked to Ichiraku. Maybe lunch will get it off my mind… "One miso ramen and a green tea." She ordered as she looked at the clerk with a pensive mind.

So how was that? Seeing as this was started before the truth came out, I decided to work it in anyway. You'll have to wait and see how this affects Sasuke and Sakura. Will she keep it from him or will the pressure tear them apart. And what does Hiashi have up his sleeve? Well, you will have to wait and see for yourselves readers. I am not about to reveal my plans for this story to you. You will have to wait and read for yourselves! Remember to read (well you just did) and review! Anyway, Ciao for now,