Series: Naruto

Pairing: NaruHina

Author: Lynns

Type: Humor/Romance

Author Note: Just finished watching the Naruto movie (again) and this little snippet came to me, on why in the Epilogue Hinata has short hair. This isn't a very long chapter mind you, but just a little plot bunny I needed to write.

Ashita

Hair

Four Years after the wedding . . .

Six years. It had taken six years for this moment to finally happen.

Naruto slowly paced back and forth in his home, trying to control the anxiety he was feeling right now. His heart was racing, palms sweaty and blue eyes kept darting towards the clock; only to see that barely a minute had gone by since the last time he looked.

Really there was no reason to be anxious.

In fact today was a day to celebrate!

The Main and Branch Familes of the Hyuuga Clan were becoming one. One Hyuuga Clan. No more Main Family, no more Branch Family. It was a battle that he and Hinata had been fighting for a long time. Especially the moment when they found out Hinata was pregnant with their first child.

The moment Hinata had told him, Naruto had been bouncing all over the village to tell them the good news. However when he had reached the Hyuuga Compound, Hanabi had been excited like him at first, but then frowned and told him he needed to speak with her father right away.

When he and Hiashi had finished talking, his ecstatic mood had transformed in anger.

You do realize what the elders will try and do if this child is born with the Byakugan right? Hinata isn't the heir to the Hyuuga clan and she has married someone who isn't a Hyuuga, so technically the child would be categorized in the Branch family.

The battle was on.

Naruto had been pestering Hiashi and the Hokage the odd time about changing the Hyuuga Clan, however after getting together with Hinata he had been a little bit more persistent. Now with the threat of his child having the Caged Bird Seal on them, it was time to fight with full force.

Today was the day that his and Hinata's hard work had finally paid off!

So why was he anxious?

As Hinata had left this morning to meet up with her clan, she had mentioned that there was to be some sort of ritual where it would symbolize the start of a new clan. What that ritual was, Naruto had no clue, which was why he was worried for his wife. What kind of ritual would it be? Would there be some sort of battle? Would Hinata have to eat or drink something disgusting? What was it that they had to do?

Thankfully Boruto was out for the day with Kiba, (Oh how he loved riding on Akaumaru!) and Himawari was fast asleep in her crib, so they weren't around to see their father almost have a meltdown.

A rattle at the door brought Naruto out of his thoughts and he finally stopped pacing; thankfully soon enough so that he wasn't wearing out the floor in their living room. He held his breath as the door opened and was prepared to quiz his wife on what had occurred, but as Hinata walked inside and he saw her any words he had to say died in his throat.

Hinata smiled at him. "I'm back Naruto. Would you like me to start dinner or have you eaten yet? Is Boruto still with Kiba-kun? How long has Himawari been napping?"

Naruto remained frozen on the spot, his eyes wide and mouth were hung open in shock. His wife kept trying to smile at him, but after a moment her mouth turned into a frown and her eyes moved down to the floor.

Her hair. Her long, gorgeous, beautiful hair was gone. It was almost shorter then when they were at the academy!

"Wha . . .What happened?" he finally stuttered out. He moved across the room and pulled Hinata in for a hug; his fingers delicately running through the short strands.

"It's our symbolism of starting the new Hyuuga Clan over. Our hair is our pride and we show it by letting it grow long, to cut it is a sign of rejection; which is what happened to me when I was dismissed as the Hyuuga Heir. To show that we were all starting over again, everyone has cut their hair to show the rebirth of the Hyuuga Clan."

Naruto pulled back to look her in the eye, "You mean even your father and the elders cut their hair?!"

Hinata nodded, "I know it looks different and I was a little sad at first when Hanabi-chan started cutting my hair, but looking at the big picture right now, having our clan as one is more important than how long my hair is."

She's right. If this is the price to pay for never having the caged bird seal ever used again, I think it was well worth it.

For a moment they simply stood there in the entry way, holding each other while Naruto ran his fingers through her short locks. After a while, Hinata felt a slight wetness against her head and took a step back to see that Naruto was shedding a few tears.

"Naruto? Honey what's wrong?"

As Hinata brushed her hand against his cheek to catch the tears, Naruto leaned into her touch and smiled the biggest smile he could, "Nothing's wrong. I'm just so happy we don't have to be scared of what will happen to our future children if they inherit the byakugan. It's something that I no longer have to worry about."

Smiling back, Hinata brushed his tears away and pulled her husband in for a tender kiss.

When their lips touched, a shiver ran down Naruto's spine and a devilish thought crossed his mind which caused him to grin inwardly. They hadn't strayed too far from the front door and Naruto took this chance to push Hinata against the wooden surface, pinning her with his body.

"You know my lovely wife . . . our son is out playing and our beautiful daughter is still sleeping . . . why don't we celebrate today in our own special way?" he whispered huskily against her lips.

Usually Hinata would protest or say some logical excuse why it wasn't a good idea for them to make love outside of the bedroom (especially with the kids now!), however she didn't say anything along those circumstances. Her cheeks were blushed crimson and her voice trembled a bit when she replied, "Just make sure you grab a condom out of the night stand. Himawari is only just a year old and I think it's too soon for us to have another baby right now."

Naruto had never run so fast in all of his life.

~Owari~

Author Note: After re-watching the movie and reading chapter 700 again, I tried to think of why Hinata would cut her hair. At the end of the movie Hinata's hair is shorter, but at the end of the manga it is longer again. So here is my little snippet of what I thought could possibly happen!

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