Naruto: The Nine-Tails' Legacy

The Hyūga clan compound.

As one of Konoha's few remaining ancient clans, their estate was guarded extremely heavily.

Ordinary people couldn't even approach it casually.

Beyond the obvious guards, the Main House compound itself contained countless hidden sentries and patrol routes.

Especially after the Uchiha clan massacre—

The Hyūga clan, as another great Konoha clan, had strengthened security even further.

And Hiashi Hyūga, who knew certain hidden truths, spared absolutely no effort in increasing the clan's defensive manpower.

Combined with the Hyūga clan's Byakugan—

Which practically maximized their observation abilities—

Secretly infiltrating the Hyūga estate was almost impossible.

A complete fantasy.

However—

Those rules clearly did not apply to Naruto.

At this moment, only three people occupied the Hyūga clan head's study.

Hiashi Hyūga sat behind the desk with both arms crossed, maintaining an extremely dignified expression.

Facing him directly sat his two daughters.

Yet—

Hiashi's gaze wasn't focused on either girl.

Instead, he stared darkly toward the blond-haired boy who had suddenly appeared behind them.

"What are you doing here?"

Hinata and Hanabi both froze.

Then, as though only just realizing someone had appeared behind them, the two girls immediately turned around.

"Naruto-kun?"

"Ah…"

Naruto awkwardly scratched the back of his head.

"Looks like I came at a bad time?"

Seeing the atmosphere between the father and daughters, Naruto could immediately tell they had clearly been discussing something not meant for outsiders.

"Um, I just came to tell Hinata that Kakashi-sensei said we gather at the village gates at six the day after tomorrow."

"We're heading out on a mission."

"That's all. I'll leave now—"

Just as Naruto prepared to escape immediately—

Hiashi suddenly stopped him.

"Forget it."

"You being here is fine too."

"After all…"

Hiashi's expression remained completely serious.

"We're all family here."

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Three gigantic question marks instantly appeared above Naruto, Hinata, and Hanabi's heads simultaneously.

"Minato, come quickly."

Inside Naruto's inner world, Kurama immediately shared sensory perception with Minato at maximum speed.

Truthfully, before Kurama reconciled with Naruto in the previous timeline, although he constantly observed the outside world from within Naruto, he never cared about human relationship drama whatsoever.

But now—

Kurama's mentality toward Naruto's life had clearly changed.

And with Minato constantly nearby explaining human social nonsense to him—

The Nine-Tails had somehow become strangely interested in this kind of entertainment.

Of course—

Only when the drama involved Naruto personally.

Meanwhile, Naruto pointed at himself blankly.

Seeing Hiashi nod again while gesturing toward the empty seat beside Hinata—

Naruto very naturally sat down there.

What's happening?

Seven-year-old Hanabi Hyūga looked completely stunned.

She genuinely couldn't understand the situation anymore.

Of course she knew Naruto.

And she also knew he had an extremely close relationship with her older sister.

In fact, she constantly heard Naruto's name throughout school.

Even that annoying Sarutobi Konohamaru shouted "Naruto-nii" all day long.

But—

This was absolutely the first time Hanabi heard Naruto was somehow part of their family too.

Hanabi's adorable pale eyes blinked repeatedly.

Then she slowly turned toward her father.

Her tiny mind had already begun producing concepts such as:

Illegitimate child.

Long-lost older brother.

However, Hiashi calmly spoke toward Hanabi:

"You should return to your room first."

"I'll explain things to you later."

"Right now, I need to discuss something with your sister and Naruto-kun first."

Boom.

Hanabi's entire world collapsed instantly.

She stared up at her father in disbelief.

So…

I'm the outsider here?!

Poor little Hanabi~

Hanabi slowly stood up.

Her tiny fists secretly clenched tightly.

Then she lowered her little head sadly so nobody would see the tears already gathering in her eyes.

A moment later—

She sprinted back toward her room as fast as possible.

After Hanabi left, a strangely awkward silence filled the room.

Why does the atmosphere feel so weird?

Naruto sat perfectly upright.

For some reason, he didn't even dare look around anymore.

Perhaps because Hiashi's current aura felt overwhelmingly oppressive.

Thus, Naruto simply stared toward him quietly while waiting for him to speak.

Meanwhile, in Hiashi's eyes—

Seeing Naruto and Hinata naturally sitting side by side while looking toward him caused the dissatisfaction within him to gradually soften.

Eventually, Hiashi finally spoke.

"Originally, I was discussing the future path of the Hyūga clan with Hinata and Hanabi."

"And since this matter concerns you as well…"

Hiashi's tone became unexpectedly natural.

"Naruto, what do you think?"

The way Hiashi spoke felt completely normal.

As though Naruto genuinely wasn't an outsider at all.

"I…"

Naruto looked utterly lost.

"What exactly am I supposed to think about?"

For some reason, Naruto suddenly became extremely nervous after Hiashi declared they were "family."

Although Minato had already explained Naruto's origins to him, and Naruto now understood he truly did possess family—

This was still the very first time someone in reality directly told him:

"We're family."

Suddenly, Naruto remembered the moment long ago during training when he accidentally asked Hinata:

"Do we count as family?"

No way…

Does Hinata's father somehow know about that too?!

Trying desperately to hide his nervousness, Naruto instinctively grabbed the teacup sitting before Hinata and took a sip to calm himself down.

This was a habit developed from constantly eating and training together at Naruto's house.

Hinata naturally didn't mind at all.

Right now, even she felt more curious about what her father intended to say.

Meanwhile, seeing Naruto and Hinata acting so naturally close together before him, Hiashi's expression finally relaxed completely.

Then—

The Hyūga clan head calmly asked:

"So."

"When exactly are you planning to marry Hinata?"

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