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Betrothed: Chapter 1

"Pleas, I just want a new mission and not a stupid one this time. I want a real mission!"

Tsunade sighed, there had to be something she could give him. He was always complaining about missions. Her hands flipped true some papers, looking for a mission that might fit him. Suddenly she stopped. 'Can I really give him this mission? Is it really okay to do that? Will he be able to put his orders before his own feelings?' She thought about it for a moment. She could see that he was loosing his patients and she didn't want him to go on whining. 'Of course he can he's one of the best ninja's I have. He's strong enough, he won't complain about it. It will be a long time before he returns.' That pushed her over the edge.

"Okay, I think I have something. It's a B-ranked mission. You will pick your client up tomorrow morning. Then you will guide her to the village hidden in the rocks in the land of earth. You will meet the Tsuchikage's son who she is engaged to. After you reached the village you will stay there until the marriage is completed and then you will return home."

She handed him the file when Shizune walked in. "Tsunade-sama there's an emergency in the hospital! You have to come quick!"

Tsunade left soon after that. Leaving Naruto with the file in his hand. He might have chosen to read it if he wasn't so hungry but he had enough time to read it tomorrow morning.

The next morning Naruto ran true his apartment in a hurry. He didn't pack last night and he overslept. He was already late, he didn't even read the file. Not that it was a disaster. Tsunade had explained the mission and it seemed rather simple. He quickly gathered some stuff and ran in the direction of the gate.

When he arrived he bent down his hands leaning on his knees. He was panting loudly and had cramps in his side. Suddenly he was startled by a familiar soft voice.

"N-Naruto-kun, a-are you a-alright?"

He looked up. Not that the didn't know who the voice belonged to, the stuttering and soft voice could only belong to one person, but still he looked up.

"I'm fine Hinata." He grinned. "I'm sorry Hinata, I didn't know I had a teammate on this mission I didn't read the file because I overslept. Can you fill me in really quick?"

"N-Naruto-kun, I'm n-not really your t-teammate. My father is the client."

"So…" Naruto hesitated. "You're the client?"

She nodded. "I-I'm s-sorry Naruto-kun. I d-didn't want to be a-a bother but my f-father insisted on m-me being a-accompanied."

"That's okay Hinata, it's not your fault. I'm looking forward to escorting you although you don't really need it. I don't think there's anyone after you, that you couldn't handle yourself. You are really strong."

Hinata blushed and they took off.

"So your getting married?" Naruto didn't know why normally he would be thrilled that one of his friends was engaged but now he just wasn't. He didn't know why but he didn't want Hinata to marry.

"Y-Yes, there are s-still a lot of things I need to take care of first so it might be another couple of weeks."

"And what's your husband like? I don't think I ever met him or heard about him but I guess if you like him he has to be great right?"

"I don't really know what he's like."

"Don't tell me it's one of those closed Sasuke types. The kind that never talks and only says 'Hn' once in a while because you can get better then that." He got kind of upset at the thought of Hinata marrying Sasuke. He wouldn't like to see a girl like Hinata ignored like Sasuke ignored Sakura and the way Sakura ignored him.

She only giggled at the thought of marrying Sasuke but soon she went back to her normal mood. "Actually I don't know what kind of person he is. He might be someone like Sasuke-san. I never met him."

Naruto couldn't believe what he was hearing how could she go of to marry someone she hadn't met before. She saw the confused look on his face and answered the question that he obviously had.

"My father and his father arranged our marriage when I was eight. This way our clans will be united and a new clan or even a new bloodline limit will form. I won't be able to become the head of the Hyuuga but I'll be doing something really important."

For Naruto it didn't matter the way he thought about it. It still seemed wrong. They couldn't just let Hinata marry some guy she didn't even know, just so there would form a new powerful clan even if they did create a new bloodline limit. It wasn't fare that Hinata had to have this bastards child just so they could have a powerful child. It just wasn't right but maybe it wasn't his business. She didn't seem sad about it and if it would bring peace between two clan's or two villages for that fact he didn't have any problems with it because then there would be no downsides and the only one who didn't agree with this arrangement was him.

Hinata was smiling at Naruto he had grown up a lot and seemed to understand why she was marrying. But even though she smiled at him on the inside she was crying. If she had been stronger her father wouldn't have engaged her. Then she could be the head of the Hyuuga clan. Naruto didn't mind of course and she didn't expect him too. He was a loyal friend and she knew that he wanted the best for her. Not just for her for everybody. Not for her in particular. She didn't want to marry some guy she had never met before. She knew Naruto didn't love her and that he never would but couldn't she at least dream. Couldn't she at least hope. The only thing she wanted to do right now was grab him and run back to her friends, to her home. She didn't want to leave and leave everything behind, her friends, her team, her family, her sensei, Naruto and that he was coming with her only made it harder to let go. How could she be expected to do what was expected of her when her greatest weakness was standing so close to her. It was like she was dieting and her favorite candy was so close she could smell it.

They walked for the rest of the day. Naruto read the file on the way there. Hinata was slightly embarrassed knowing that he was probably reading about her. In the rapport was some information about Hinata, unimportant stuff like blood type, rank, birth date, age, height, weight, team just a simple a background. There was also a small report about her fiancé apparently he was not only the son of the Tsuchikage but also an elite shinobi specialized in some kind of weird bloodline limit that made him capable to explode things in his eyesight. Naruto understood that if this was combined with the Byakugan the possibilities were endless. You could blow up someone's chakra circulation system or just blow up something more then kilometers away from you. There was also a picture of him. He didn't know why but he didn't like the way he looked not that he was ugly no far from it. There was just something about him that he didn't like. 'I never met this man but already I have the feeling of not liking him. Why? It's probably just because he's marrying Hinata… but why does it bother me that he's marrying Hinata? It's probably just because she's my friend I don't fully approve of those arranged marriages. That's probably it.'

"N-Naruto it's getting p-p-pretty late d-do you think we should s-set up a camp?" She suddenly asked.

"Hn, I guess your right. It's going to get dark pretty soon."

This is the first chapter of Betrothed.

I know nothing really important is happening here but it's going to be long so I can't have all the juicy stuff in the beginning. :D