"Your performance was outstanding, and you also protected the village during the invasion, playing a major role..."
Before Enshū could say anything, Naruto cut him off. "I'm not interested."
"Hiruzen Sarutobi" smiled. "Don't take it personally. The boy grew up alone."
"I admire spirited young people." Enshū shook his head, looking Naruto up and down. "But that's not what I wanted to talk to you about."
Naruto said nothing, waiting for him to continue.
Enshū beckoned to the woman beside Shijimi. "Naiya."
The woman rose gracefully and walked over to Enshū, folding her hands in front of her waist and lowering her fair, delicate face.
Enshū stood and said warmly, "This is my third younger sister, Princess Naiya. She just turned seventeen this year. She came with our mother to watch the Chunin Ninja Exams last time."
"She took quite a liking to you and asked me to find out your name. I couldn't disappoint my little sister, so I wrote to Lord Sarutobi."
"When I learned you came from a respectable family, that your parents were heroes who died in battle, and that you'd worked hard to improve yourself since childhood, she grew even more fond of you."
Enshū took Princess Naiya's hand and led her to stand across from Naruto. "So, after receiving our father's permission, I came to ask whether you'd be willing to marry into our family."
Naruto's eyes widened, and he took half a step back.
What was this supposed to be? Danzo's new scheme? If brute force didn't work, were they trying honey instead?
He held up a hand. "Absolutely not."
Enshū looked puzzled. "Is it the age difference?"
Naruto had never faced a situation like this before. He waved his hands repeatedly. "I don't like her eyebrows, and her makeup's too pale. And