Hinata awoke with a start, pushing herself away from the stinging smell that brought tears to her eyes. She wiped them and looked around dimly lit room. Seeing Jiraiya of the sannin, two sound ninja and the one person she came t see.
"Naruto." She began.
"What are you doing here?" He asked.
"She bowed her head. "I came here to ask for your help."
Tayuya snorted. "Then why the hell were you trying to sneak in?"
"Because if my father catches wind of this then I'll never be able to save my sister." She responded the sound girl. She went to stand when Kidomaru put a kunai to her throat. "I say she's lying." He said, narrowing his eyes in suspicion. "I say we kill her, send a message to the Hyuuga."
"I gave no such order, Kidomaru." Naruto's voice stopped him cold. He slowly removed the blade from her person and allowed her to stand. 'Speak." He commanded the girl that at one point was his charge.
Hinata bowed her head. "My father has decreed. That my sister and I are to receive the branch family curse seal." She bit out the word 'father' and curse seal like they were poison. "I'm asking for your help. Take us in."
After several seconds of silence she added rather hastily. "I don't care if you don't trust me but at least take my sister." She said, letting desperation begin to show in her voice.
Naruto, idly found himself mulling over the reason she would do such a thing. She cared not for her well being but that of her sister. The reasons for such acts of selflessness continued to elude him.
Nevertheless, now was not the time to ponder his little curiosity.. He had a civil war to win. "You seek asylum." He said slowly before turning to Jiraiya. "Jiraiya, would you know how to destroy the branch family curse seal?"
The toad hermit paused for a moment before he nodded slowly. "Yeah, Minato was planning to eliminate that division of the main house and branch house bullshit. So he had a branch member secretly take scrolls from the Hyuuga vault and give them to him. He did some research on what the guy gave him and we discovered that what the caged bird seal does, is that it disrupts the electrical discharges in the nerves that go from the brain, to the heart. When that happens the brain cannot tell the heart to keep pumping and basically, after about a minute or so, the person dies. Based on his research I'm pretty sure I can remove the caged bird seal without much problems." He explained.
Naruto nodded and turned back to Hinata. "I will assist you, under two conditions." He stated slowly.
Hinata nodded, "Anything." She responded.
"First, you are to return to your estate and secretly spread the word among the branch house members, that should they side with us, all of their caged bird seals will be removed. Should they accept the offer, they are to leave the Hyuuga house, under the cover of darkness in three days. Our preparations will be made by then."
"How do you know one of those branch guys won't just tell this to the main house guys." Kidomaru asked.
"Because, the branch house, is loyal to the branch house, and each and every one of them wants freedom. We can give them that." Naruto explained. It had some risks, like all strategies but, the gains, far outweighed said risks.
Hinata nodded slowly, it would be difficult, but it wasn't so bad, the bitch would be getting caught. "And the second thing."
Naruto turned his attention back to her. "When you and the branch house arive, you are to make an official declaration that you found evidence, that your father was planning to place a monarchy, with the Hyuuga as the ruling class once this was over, and every civilian and ninja bellow jounin, that was not part of the main house of the Hyuuga clan would have the caged bird seal."
Hinata at this point, stopped, her eyes wide in disbelief. "But…but…he wasn't planning on doing any of that."
"I know." He answered. All but shrugging. "We are at war Hinata, your claim to have found such evidence will turn both the majority of the civilian population and more importantly, the majority of the ninja population to our side."
Hinata looked away and bit her lip. It was one thing to free the branch house, something she had dreamed of doing already, but to discredit her father and half of the clan that way…
Admittedly her father was a bastard, who preferred his political image rather than his own family but…still.
She took a deep shaky breath and thought of the one person she had gone through so much trouble of sneaking out of the Hyuuga house for. Her sister Hanabi. If she had to do it for anyone, she would do it for her.
She looked straight into the shadows that covered Naruto's face and nodded determinedly. "I'll do it."
Naruto himself nodded. "Good, return to the compound and spread the word. They must leave in three days, anyone that comes in sooner or later will be considered a spy and dealt with accordingly."
Hinata nodded and with a deep bow she turned and left.
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