A clear and starry night hung over the hidden village of konoha. The street lights were on helping guide people on their way home while other, on their way to bars and restaurants with their friends and family. All these people however were oblivious to what was going on at the Hyuga compound.

It was Hyuga Hanabi's 13th birthday.

The compound was alive with it music as the light from the lanterns flickered across the walls and tables decorated with flowers and streamers. Almost the entire clan was in attendance as well as several lords and diplomats from the different lands.

Sitting alone in her bedroom was Hanabi. Though it was her party she had been sent to her room to think about what she had done, but more importantly to her get some space from what was happening outside. While it had been her party she had felt a need to get away, she was used to being surrounded by her clan but was less then pleased with the others. The clan elders had decided that if she was to become clan head she would need a husband and therefore had invited the lords and diplomats in the hope of arranging a marriage. Hanabi, upset at not only the idea of an arranged marriage but also the use of her birthday as a stage to advertise her had voiced her concerns and pleaded with her father to stop them. Hiashi while saying that he would never force either of his daughters into an arranged marriage, he was unable to stop the elders from sending out invitations to possible suitors.

Because of this from the moment the party started she was continuously meeting with people vying to be named her suitor. A handful of them where polite and respectful, these few she didn't mine, her problem was all the others. Some were pleading and begging her to marry them and others were trying to bribe her with money and jewels or the chance to have greater power. The son of one lord who had been unsuccessful in his attempts of winning Hinata's hand tried his luck, and when he was again refused he decided to try and threaten the younger girl. This had been a huge mistake, as as soon as he tried to physically intimidate her she defended herself, delivering a juken shot to his lower region. Hiashi soon had him thrown out but had sent Hanabi to her room at the elders urging for 'acting in a manner unbecoming of a Hyuga.'

So there she was thinking about her father's words when he sent her away. 'Think about what you have done and other ways you could have hit him more discreetly.' She found herself lightly laughing at this as just a few years ago such an action from her would have resulted in harsh punishment, but now he was much more relaxed. Sure he was still strict and outsiders viewed him as cold, but he had become much more open and caring towards the clan.

Thinking about this she looked at the top of her dresser where two pictures stood. The first one was a picture of her father standing proud and happy next to a woman with long midnight black hair and light lavender eyes, her mother. Between them stood a young Hinata with a soft gentle smile on her face. But what meant the most to Hanabi about his picture was what, or rather who her mother was holding. It was Hanabi just a few days old sleeping. It was the only picture of her family before her mother passed away just a few weeks. She couldn't remember her mother; all she could remember was her hard training and cold father. Not wanting to dwell on the past she looked to the second picture had a smiling Hinata in it as well as Neji with one of his rare happy smirks and between them, pulling them closer together in a hug was Hanabi grinning like a Cheshire cat. This had been taken two weeks before as Neji had a long term mission and would miss the party while Hinata would be gone as well but had hoped to be back in time for her party. But she wasn't, the mission had run on longer than expected and she hadn't returned but the picture served as a reminder that they both still cared for her. 'This is how things are now.' She thought 'We've finally a happy family.'

Her train of thought was suddenly broken when she heard loud screaming and shouting coming from the courtyard where the party was being help. Curious to what was happening she slid her bedroom door open to find out what the commotion was about, but was stopped when she found a man dressed in a black cloak blocking her way.

''what's going on, who are you?'' She queried causally eying the lone figure.

The man said nothing and merely grinned before suddenly lunging at her. On instinct she sidestepped his attack and struck out defending herself, quickly striking him in the chest three times before he dropped to his knees and fell face first to the ground. She looked down at the man unsure whether or not he was dead. She had been in combat before but that had only been training and the realisation of what she had just done came crashing down on her.

Panicking she knelt down beside the man to check on his state when a second figure appeared in the doorway. Hanabi sensing someone there quickly regained her nerves and got to her feet ready to defend herself once again when she realised who it was.

Hyuga Daichi, the eldest of the clan elders. He looked from Hanabi to be body on the floor and back again with a look of concern on his face as if trying to figure out what had happened.

''Daichi-Sama he just came at me, I had to defend myself, what's going on outside.'' Hanabi spoke up with a panicked voice as she started to loss her composure.

''We've being attacked, your father is leading the cadet branch to hold them back, he sent me to take you to a safe place.'' He replied as the stern look Hanabi was used to seeing returned to his face, causing her to steel herself from her emotions once more. He then turned around to make his way out of the compound without saying another word with Hanabi following quickly behind him.

As they emerged from a passage at the back of the compound they both suddenly heard more screaming. Concerned for her clan Hanabi stopped and activated her Byakugan, looking to see what was happening.

The courtyard was filled with the dead bodies, most she realised were Hyuga. She couldn't understand how so many of them could have be taken out when she spotted a man dressed just like the one who had attacked her earlier being charged at by three Hyuga's. What she saw next made her pale. Rather than assume a fighting stance he simply raised his arms and made a single hand seal. Instantly the men in front of him fell to their knees, grasping their foreheads screaming in agony before collapsing to the ground. He knew how to activate the curse seal. She quickly scanned the area only to find the same thing happening.

''Daichi-sama they can activate the curse seal, they're using it against them we have to go back and help them.'' She shouted as she tried to run off only to be stopped when someone grabbed hold of her arm, pulling her back and spinning her around to face them.

''What are yo...'' she started to say before being stopped when a fist hit her in the stomach knocking the wind out of her. Doubled over she looked up to see Daichi along with two other men dressed like her attacker glaring down at her

''why?'' she asked as she struggled to breath as tears started to fall but she never got a reply as Daichi struck her on the back of the head knocking her out. Picking her up and throwing her over his shoulder Daichi shared a look with the other two men who nodded to him before the three of them took off across the rooftops.

Moving silently, they leapt from building to building while out of sight of the unsuspecting villagers below them. Making their way towards the great wall Daichi activated his Byakugan, watching for anyone that might be following them as well as checking for anything that might hamper their escape. As they neared the wall he saw someone heading their way and immediately started to panic as he recognised the lone figure. Desperate to avoid a confrontation he changed the group's direction hoping that him being nearby was just a coincidence but he continued towards them. Warning the others they had company they stopped they stopped just before the wall face to face with their pursuer.

Standing before them wearing an orange and black jacket and pants with a flack vest decorated with flames on the back, spiky blonde hair and blue eyes that were staring straight through them was the last person Daichi had wanted to see.

Uzumaki Naruto.

''Where do you think you're going?'' he yelled at them, ''Do you think I'm just going to let you walk out of here?''

''Do you really think that you can stop us all by yourself now? Run along before I separate your head from your shoulders.'' the larger of the two clocked growled back whilst unsheathing a sword from his waist, trying to intimidate him. It didn't have the effect he wanted as Naruto remained with a serious expression on his face.

''Screw him.'' the other man yelled as he pulled a kunai out and charged. As he reached Naruto he struck out driving his blade into his chest as a sick grin appeared on the man's face. ''Should've run kid.'' He laughed only to look on with surprise as the boy in front of him disappeared in a puff of smoke and reappeared behind him with a kunai to his neck.

''When you fight me, I can number between 1 to 1000.'' Naruto whispered into his ear before pulling the blade across his throat before turning around to face the others, while blood spilled from his opponent as his lifeless body fell to the ground.

Seeing his partner go down the other man cried out in anger, raising his sword above his head and tried to charge only to find he couldn't. Looking down to find out why he couldn't move he saw two hands anchoring him to the ground by his ankles. Before he could understand what was happening he was suddenly pulled into the ground up to his neck. He tried to squirm and wiggle himself but was packed too tightly to free himself when the earth in front of him crumpled away and a silver haired man with a face mask and headband covering his left eye pulled himself out.

Daichi stood shocked seeing this all unfold before him in shock. When he finally regained his senses and tried to make a run it was too late as Naruto appeared before him driving a rasengan into his chest. As the blow connected he reached out with his free arm, grabbing hold of Hanabi as Daichi was sent spiralling back into a nearby building, collapsing the wall on impact.

Shifting Hanabi so she was supported in both his arms he looked down at her checking to make sure she was ok as the once quiet and empty streets were filled with people woken from their sleep and curious as to what had just happened. Some people when back to where they came from after seeing Naruto was involved while others interest picked up even move with the unconscious Hanabi in his arms and the arrival of several ANBU squads. Only finding a few scratches and bruises on her, Naruto looked back up to see Kakashi and a male ANBU in a bird mask approached him.

''How is she?'' Kakashi asked as his single eye looked over the pair before surveying the ever growing crowd for any more threats.

''She looks ok but I'm not a medic, we should get her to the hospital.'' He replied looking at the remains of the building he'd destroyed as two ANBU were through the rubble to retrieve Daichi, as another appeared in a puff of smoke beside Naruto taking Hanabi from him and disappearing the same way he came.

''We've secured the compound and eliminated the threat, these two here are our only prisoners.'' The ANBU with Kakashi finally spoke up motioning to Daichi and his accomplice who was still buried in the ground.

''What about the Hyuga, how are they?''

''Hiashi's at the hospital in critical condition and the party guests are shaken up but most ere unharmed...'' The ANBU replied and then with some sadness in his voice continued ''but I'm afraid the Hyuga clan members did not survive.''

Reacting to this news Kakashi looked at the floor shaking his head while Naruto looked up to into the night sky whispering a single word

''Hinata''

AN:

Hi so this is my first attempt at writing since I left school and I thought I would explain why I'm writing it as well as provide information about what has happened in my narutoverse leading up to the story.

First I'm a big Naruto fan and I enjoy reading all the different stories that people write, and after reading so many I was attacked by the plot bunnies and decided to write my own. Only problem was I just couldn't think of a good way to start it. So while talking ideas over with a friend he told me about a fic he'd read where the Hyuga clan were killed off leaving just Hinata but never explained how it happened and suggested that I used this as a starting point and see if I could come up with a believable way of doing so, and this is what I came up with. I though it was believable and i hope you do too.

Now some background as far as the story goes.

My story is canon with the manger up to chapter 479.

The war with Akatskuki ended with Sasuke turning on Madera and teaming with Naruto and Killerbee, killing him and destroying the sealing statue making the 8 and 9 tailed beasts the last surviving ones. After the battle Sasuke disappears before Naruto can take him back to Konoha and hasn't been seensince. Danzo also disappeared along with the members of Root becoming missing-nins after his failed coup of Konaha and the other Kage failed.

Tsunada retains the title of Hokage when she recovers promoting Naruto to chunin and later gets promoted again to jonin. Because of the war Naruto while still the happy, goofy kid he can be also became a lot more serious when the situation required so.

The only thing that is different from the manga is that while Hinata did come to Naruto's aid in the battle against Pein she never got the chance to confess to him.

Well I think that everything you need to know. Please review and let me know what you think cause I'm interested in what you have to say good or bad as this is the only way for me to know how I'm doing and how I can improve so read and enjoy

Dvn88