Two People Troubled by Naruto

As spring gave way to autumn, Hinata spent another smooth and carefree year in the Ninja World.

Every day, she ate, drank, and played as she pleased. Occasionally, she trained seriously, continuing to refine the Twenty Gods Vacuum Attack. Her days were carefree and comfortable.

Three major things happened to Hinata that year.

The first was somewhat difficult to speak of, and Hinata did not want to talk about it.

After all, Hinata was already eleven this year. There were certain things she needed to start learning.

Hinata still remembered how, just a few days ago, her mother, Minako Hyuga, had sneakily called her into her room and told her many little secrets about girls, as well as things she would need to pay attention to in the future.

There was no need to mention what happened in the past. They should respect Hinata's wishes and keep some things properly confidential.

The second major matter was that little Hanabi had become much more distant with Hinata lately.

After all, being born into the Hyuga Clan, she had inevitably learned some things through exposure.

For example, the cruel policies between the main family and branch families.

Hinata was helpless about that as well. She could not suddenly lose her talent like Xiao Huohuo, and the Hyuga Clan still needed her as its heir.

Nor could Hinata bluntly tell Hanabi, "I will become incredibly strong in the future—strong enough to change your fate with a single word."

Hinata could only treat Hanabi even better, letting her temporarily accept the fate of the branch family. Once Hyuga Hiashi grew old and had to decide on an heir, she would give Hanabi a surprise.

As for the third major event, it truly made Hinata feel that the plot was drawing near and that the ninja world was about to fall into chaos.

The homeroom teacher who had taught Hinata for four years was suddenly transferred away from the Ninja Academy. Supposedly, he had gone to carry out a secret mission.

The person taking over as the elite class's homeroom teacher was Umino Iruka.

With Umino Iruka transferred to teach the elite class, Naruto, the dead last student, naturally "tested" his way into it as well.

Naruto's arrival made Hinata realize that she only had two years left until graduation.

Happy times were always so short.

What depressed Hinata was that Naruto did not go bother Sakura. Instead, he kept hovering around her all day.

What the hell was this?

The "smile" Master Ball was truly powerful. So many years had passed that Hinata had even forgotten she had once captured Naruto, yet Naruto still remembered.

It would have been fine if he were merely a little follower, but Naruto clearly had improper intentions toward Hinata.

Unfortunately, Naruto was not only the Child of Destiny and the reincarnation of a god, but also the future Seventh Hokage.

Hinata could ignore the first two identities, but the Seventh Hokage... Thinking about how she would have to make a living under Naruto in the future, Hinata could only silently endure all this.

Hinata had great ambitions. In the future, she would not only inherit the Hyuga Clan, but also become the Seventh Hokage's Hokage Advisor.

The position of Hokage Advisor perfectly fulfilled Hinata's grand dream of "high pay, little work, close to home; high status, great authority, light responsibility."

And her boss... would be an idiot too. Hehe.

How wonderful!

She would not need to leave the village and work herself to death, risking life and limb on missions, yet she could still influence the Hokage's decisions.

The village's administrative affairs could all be left to the Hokage, while Hinata hid behind the scenes and enjoyed the glory and benefits brought by status and power.

Just imagine it. Once Naruto became the Seventh Hokage, he would be so busy every day that he would not even have time to return home.

And Hinata?

She would simply stay in the Hyuga Clan and retire in peace, reminiscing about the glorious days of her youth.

Whenever something major happened in the village, Hinata could go attend a meeting, make a speech, and order this person around or that person around.

How leisurely. How imposing.

Hinata's future was directly tied to Naruto's, so she did not dare show him any disrespect.

But her future boss just happened to have improper intentions toward her, which gave Hinata quite a headache. She would not run into some workplace harassment in the future, would she?

If Hinata had a headache because of Naruto, then there was someone who actually had an even worse headache than she did.

That person was the Third Hokage, who held Konoha's great power in his hands.

In order to nurture Naruto, the Third Hokage had truly worried himself sick.

There was only a little over a year left until Naruto's class graduated and was assigned to teams. To better train Naruto, the Third Hokage had transferred Kakashi out of the Anbu a year ago.

Kakashi definitely had to lead Naruto, because only the Sharingan could control the Nine-Tails.

And in that case, Sasuke also had to be placed in the same team as Naruto.

Because throughout all of Konoha, Kakashi was currently the only one with a Sharingan. The only person who could guide Sasuke in using the Sharingan was Kakashi.

Then what about the remaining person?

The Third Hokage had a peculiar hobby. He believed that a man would be more willing to show off in front of the woman he liked.

For example, Jiraiya and Tsunade, Obito and Rin.

If teams were assigned according to that idea, then Hinata had to be placed on the same team as Naruto and Sasuke.

According to the Third Hokage's investigation, Hinata should have been the first peer Naruto had become friends with, and Naruto's feelings for Hinata were clearly far from ordinary.

There also seemed to be some inexplicable connection between Sasuke and Hinata.

Therefore, Hinata could act as a buffer between the two.

But Hinata happened to be a Hyuga, and the Hyuga Clan was now the foremost great clan in Konoha, and even in the entire ninja world.

The Third Hokage was not worried that the Hyuga Clan would have any ulterior motives, but letting the Hyuga Clan get too close to the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki did not seem like a good thing.

Originally, the Third Hokage had wanted to put Hinata, Kiba Inuzuka, and Shino Aburame in the same team, specifically forming a reconnaissance team. He had even chosen their assigned Jonin: Kurenai Yuhi.

Kurenai Yuhi was Asuma Sarutobi's lover. By having Kurenai Yuhi serve as this team's assigned Jonin, the Third Hokage clearly had his own selfish motives.

But the Hyuga Clan would never agree to it.

Kurenai Yuhi had only just advanced to Jonin. Her strength was insufficient, and she was a Genjutsu-type ninja. How could the Hyuga Clan possibly feel at ease letting Kurenai Yuhi lead Hinata?

Thus, the person the Third Hokage hated most right now was Hyuga Hiashi.

According to the rules of your Hyuga Main Family, once Hinata graduated, you could have simply summoned her back to the Hyuga Clan and trained her yourselves. Why send her out on missions at all?

When Konoha was founded, the First Hokage had personally promised the Hyuga Clan that, during peacetime, members of the main family did not need to carry out missions.

But Hyuga Hiashi's reasoning was also sound. To allow the Hyuga Clan to better integrate into the village, and to let Hinata grow faster, not only would Hinata be assigned two capable teammates upon graduation, she would also be assigned a capable teacher.

What kind of mess was this?

The current Hinata was not the useless eldest daughter abandoned by Hyuga Hiashi in the Original Story. The current Hinata was the true eldest daughter and heir!

Even in the Original Story, after Hinata had been assigned to Kurenai Yuhi's team, Kurenai Yuhi had specifically visited Hyuga Hiashi.

The Hyuga Clan held a very high position in the village and possessed great strength. In particular, the role the Hyuga Clan played in war was not something the Aburame Clan or Inuzuka Clan could compare to.

"What a headache!"