Naruto walked towards Hinata and blinked as he saw Anko, hearing her words he nodded his head, "you becareful and make sure to tell Kakashi, he owes me one," he said with a smile as he waved her off, he knew that other things were important too, and he wasn't so egotisitc to be offended by someone not being at the after party of his wedding. He figured it was important and important things needed to be taken care of too.
"Hinata, I need a dance with you," he said softly as he looked at her, waiting for her to come into his arms and dance with him, he wanted to dance with her a while, he had worked a bit on the skills on his day off , and felt more confidenct than ever, though he knew shew as really good on her feet and that alone would make dancing with her a whole lot of fun. He found just being with Hinata, with her close to him fun. To have her married to him dancing with her, and the approval of his parents. This was like hitting a gold mine over a oilfield.
He slipped his arms around her as he knew that the floor was their's alone. He moved gracefully back and forth as he listened to the music, he was better at timing himself to the music. His arms around her waist as he smiled, a toothy smile, showing his normal old self in a way. It was a magical moment, one that he felt was very special on so many very different levels. He took a deep breath, as he remembered to enjoy the moment, let the moment sink in as he danced, slow, not forced letting the moment happen. He knew that it was a once in a lifetime moment, and to not let it pass idly.
Naruto couldn't even feel the eyes of the others on him, as he looked at her, he didn't know if she could or couldn't, he mouth the words, your doing good, to her as he danced. To him, it was just him and her in the empty room alone with the music playing in the background. He had been so blind to her for so long, he was never going to be so ever again, she took priority in his life and making her happy was one of his goals, as well as being in general a good husband to his new wife. Naruto could feel his feet moving gently smoothly, he had come a long way since the mask ball and that dance.
"Good, I read the whole book and one other new one I found in the book store," he admitted without worry," he looked at her and then stopped the dance, he turned to her and sat down, he wanted to see this too. He wanted them to have this dance. He knew that Hinata love Naruto for so long, that she put him ahead of all others in her heart since she was young. He always was amazed at the loyality of the woman. He hoped that Naruto knew just how much she was loyal to him. He sat down, and put his arm around Tayuya, maybe that was a general trait of the Hyuuga, it applied to him to and his relationship.
Neji smiled as he watched, it was so sweet, and nice, he remembered his first dance with Tayuya as he did he pulled her closer as he let her rest her head against his shoulder, it was all so magical, so amazing, he looked at the two and just took it in, and knew that things were going in a good direction. Yet, even though he knew things were going well, it was going to be ever so more important to make sure they kept that way. He had so much he had to do. He had to be a good leader, and learn and improve his leadership skills. He would need to help Tayuya uncover her past, and help her deal with any landmines that might pop up along the path. He knew that he had to help her, be there for her, work for her and support her. He was a genius, a fact he was reminded of by his clan members, and his friends, he had much expected of him as he lived. He didn't mind this as he wanted to live up to what was need, and he wanted to be the best man, best husband, best leader possible for the future, and he made it his goal to do all of that. Plus if the time came to be the best father as well, given his feelings, he knew that day was most likely just a year or so away.
Minato stopped his wife, and hugged her, he would live up this end of the bargin for sure, but he turned her around to watch her son, their son. He knew that this was a special moment, he knew that she would so love watching the two dance alone. He held her in his arms, his chest to her back his arms around her waist as hs swayed with the music back and forth with her in his arms. It was such a great thing to see a child do so well int he world, the King was more then a bit happy at that moment. He was just outright amazed.
He watched the dance end, and took the hand of his wife, he looked into her beautiful eyes, she had the most beautiful eye of anyone, and he found her to be a icon of sexiness too. He smiled as he pulled her out of the door firmly but not overly firmly, he knew his wife wanted this too. He always wanted to make her happy, and he knew that they always could spend such lustful time together. He knew that this trait most likely passed down to his son, he figured that when he saw how he looked at Hinata. It was something that caused him to smile earlier, knowing things between them were as good as gold. He knew the sneaking out was juvenile in a way but who cares, sometimes one had to be young at heart, and taking Kushina away felt good at that moment.
Hiashi smiled too, as he watched, quietly alone stopping before he left, she had grown up. She was so much like her mother, it had been a hard thing to deal with for a long time, she reminded him much of his late love, yet now, he caused him to smile. It caused him to feel more content with life and happy for her, He waited till the two left to slip out of the room. He had seen enough to know that the future was bright for his kingdom. He knew that Neji would make a great heir in time if not Hanabi, he wasn't going anywhere, but sometime he had thought about retiring early. He walked into his room, his eyes looked up at the picture of his late wife, Hinata did so look like her, he smiled as he knew she was looking down at her daughters with a huge grin on her face. He felt lonely, but his first responsibility was his people and his family support them and put them first in all things he could. That was his way, and something he hoped he passed on too.
Kakashi looked at the report, it was as bad as he had feared it would be. He looked at her, and looked at her and the sleeping prince for a good moment, he knew that the idiot was not someone he liked, but he had saved his student. That actually was something he had to respect, and won him a few points in his book at least. He listened in as the pair of them talked and raised an eye at the conversation.
"The mark was placed on her by Orochimaru, he is a advisor to the Uchiha Clan, which means that things are not looking very good, I figure in the morning Uchiha and the Wind Kingdoms will be at war," Kakashi judged as he looked at her, "I shall have to talk to Minato about this tomorrow, the seal, is something I have seen," Kakashi said looking at Meizumi.
As worried as Kakashi was, he didn't even realized that he referred to Anko as his wife. It was not technically true, but in the mind of the knight it was as a fact as a fact could be. It was just a matter of two days not even that now. He looked at Meizumi and focused his thoughts on her though. He would have to help her, which would mean he would have work to do when he got back from his honeymoon. He hoped that Anko wouldn't mind this. It worried him though, Anko would want to fight, she would want to defeat Orochimaru, he wasn't sure how she would react to know that he wasn't going to be in the war at least at the start. To take are of this person and help them train to be able to recover was one of his goals. He was not about to let his student down, he was going to support her in whatever her goals would be and he would help Sasuke too, most likely, he could use training from what he had heard, and he was the man to help the Uchiha reach his potential and be a better person hopefully for Meizumi too.
"My wife, has it on her as well, as does Tayuya, they were place on them by Orochimaru," he said looking at the pair of them, "I don't know why they have it on their bodies, and I think others most likely do, but you two are not the only ones to have the mark put on you," he informed both Shizune and Meizumi. "Sasuke most likely has been disowned by his own family or will be when they find out he is alive, so he isn't really much of a prince, either anymore, something you might want to tell him when he wakes up Meizumi."
Sasuke slept soundly as he was so worn out from the events. Even he knew he would have to apologize to Tayuya, it was something he had known for a while now, and having gone though it himself, he would apologize and try to make up for his errors in the past. Sasuke also knew he wouldn't be able to go home. With Orochimaru connected, it meant he wasn't welcomed home. He would have to home some of his friends came to him from Uchiha lands, so that he could have supporters while he was in exile. He hoped that his teacher Obito was okay, he hoped he would bring Rin and escape to this place or Uzumaki Lands where he would be able to create a government in exile. He had so many thoughts about what he had to do. His life was so much more complicated than it had been when the deal had been made, so many things had gone down the last few months while he did not enough. He knew he had to atone for that and be a leader who could lead the Uchiha to greatness again, and fix things right and bring back a lasting peace, with Naruto and Neji. He knew he first of all had to help Meizumi, she was his priority, he had to show her she was going to be okay, support her in the dark times and be her rock when she needed a rock which he felt would very much happen in the future. He thought all these things as his mind dreamed knowing about just how challenging it all was going to be.
Elsewhere the attack happened, it was a night attack, and Itachi was perfect in leadership of the group, Itachi of course had no idea what was going on with his beloved brother. Heck he had no idea about the council. He served on the front lines for a while six months to train and had not been there when things went south. Still he was a loyal Uchiha who was not about to question his bosses. He attacked the place, having the people escape. He had been told that a war was needed for the fact was that the Wind Kingdom would attack anyways soon, that their leader was making a deal with one of the other major kingdoms that could bring ruin to the Uchiha meaning that this was need and Itachi was a man who did what was needed no matter the price.
Finishing the mission, Itachi took a note and sent it to the capital to tell them of the success and of course he had his men rest to be ready for the invasion, it would be a long thing, but the war would bring peace or so Itachi figured and he hoped that he would get to fight with his brother in the war. He would get to teach his brother new trick and tactics to use in fighting. He would make sure Sasuke grew strong and was ready to take over, he had faith in his brother that he would get past his current period and slowly turn into the leader that the Uchiha would need for the future. He was sure of this as he found his way to bed himself and slept knowing the next day would be a busy one for him.
In his group Kin looked over at the border, she would make a name for herself in this fight, she was sure of it, she looked over at Zaku and smiled as the both were pumped about fighting in this front. They had both been taken in by Orochimaru, they had learned and grown as fighters and had only within the last year been given the chance to prove themselves in battle. It made this war so much greater, she knew if she did good here maybe she could become an Uchiha Ranger like the great Anko. It had been a goal of hers and she had trained non-stop hoping to make that happen.
Zaku was also focused on the same thing as he rested, he would prove he was worth something. That he was more than a simple no one who was forced to steal bread when his parents died. He was given his new tools the operation on his arms had worked so well, to enable him to be a knight of special skills. He had trained with Itachi, and he felt someday he would be a knight of the realm, he would be respected by those who were of higher class then himself. He would prove himself to be as good as anyone else out there. He had aims goals and ambitions and like Kin this war would be the way to work towards them.
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