Welcome to Konoha's Unexpected Marriage! I hope you enjoy your stay here!

By the way, this story is, in my opinion, original. Please tell me if it's not. Just for fun!

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Chapter 1: Marriage Contract

Sarutobi Hiruzen, Sandaime Hokage was conflicted. Today was just not his day.

With his paperwork not done even now, and it was 5 AM, his head was just waiting to blow off. And to top it of, Hyuuga Hiashi was in front of him with his usual stoic look on his face, while holding a document so thick that he could tell it was decorated with seals.

Hiruzen was not looking forward to any conversation with Hiashi with that document in his disposal.

"What purpose do you have to come at a time like this?" Hiruzen finally asked, after a minute of silence since Hiashi came.

"Today is Uzumaki Naruto's 13th birthday."

"And?" That only reminded him to give Naruto his present after he finished with his paperwork.

"The marriage contract between my daughter and him was active months ago when Uzumaki Naruto had graduated from the academy."

Hiashi was still all stoic, calm and formal while he said that. The Third Hokage reaction was a blink and a long sigh.

"Why choose now to inform me?"

"I have a clan business to take care of."

Hiruzen took a deep breath, "Can you give me the contract?"

Hiashi handed him the contract.

Hiruzen rubbed his temple after he received the document. He was tired. So many paperwork to do because of the upcoming Chuunin exams, he was ready to go to his house to sleep all day after he finished that Sunagakure paperwork, but this happened. After this he was ready to go home, paperwork done or not.

Hiruzen began to inspect the document. There was a Fourth Hokage's stamp and his signature, along with Kushina's, Hiashi's, and Akemi's (Hanabi's mother). There's also a blood seal as the first layer, with the second layer; a chakra seal. There are so many seals to the point Hiruzen couldn't count exactly how many. There was also a bit touch of the Uzumaki sealing technique here and there, with the swirls and all.

"This was made by him and his wife, doesn't it?" Hiruzen asked Hiashi, with his eyes still on the paper.

Hiashi gave a short nod, "Yes, and there's also a few Hyuuga clan's seals in there, but Yondaime and his wife's seals were the ones that made this marriage contract almost impossible to break."

Hiruzen hummed. After he was done inspecting the validity of the seals covering the paper, he read it out loud.

"This is a Marriage Contract between The Firstborn son of The Uzumaki Clan's head and The second-born daughter of the Hyuuga Clan's head. The condition of the marriage; 1. This Marriage Contract is an Arranged Marriage between The Hyuuga Clan and The Uzumaki Clan, the female will have to take her husband's name 2. This Marriage Contract is active the moment the Uzumaki child is out of the academy. 3. The female has to be no more than ten years younger in age with the husband-to-be. 4. The marriage contract is not forced upon, rather it was encouraged to introduce each other to prevent conflict between the Husband-to-be and the Bride-to-be.

"5. If by any chance, one of them refused to acknowledge their marriage by the time they were 18, they have to give valid reasons as to why. 6. They can break out of the contract if the Yamanaka Clan deemed them not compatible with each other to the point they feel they will kill each other if they were married. 7. Both participants have to give effort to this marriage first if later they want to break this contract. 8. Hide these conditions from the participant until the bride is eighteen," Hiruzen finished, humming a tune the entire time. He was nonplussed at a certain part though.

Hiruzen stamped it with his stamp and signed it with his signature in the 'is active' column. He used a clone technique over the paper to get one for his own and handed the original to Hiashi.

Hiashi was about to come out of the Hokage's room, but Hiruzen stopped him.

"Can I ask why it was your second-born daughter? It was so specific that it confused me," Hiruzen said while lighting his pipe.

Hiashi paused.

"Because at the time the marriage contract was made, The Fourth already knew he was going to have a son, and I already knew I was going to have a daughter, with them two months apart in age. I couldn't give him my firstborn daughter at that time, as she was confirmed as the heiress of the Hyuuga Clan. So it was decided to be my second born daughter. If only I knew that Hanabi was more suited as the heiress, I would have changed the contract."

With that, Hiashi exited the office.

It was a bright day with clouds covering the sky with autumn leaves―red and yellow―everywhere. The temperature was around nine degree Celsius, and it was eight in the morning. It was October 10th and it was a certain someone's birthday.

That someone's name was Uzumaki Naruto.

Naruto was celebrating his 13th birthday with ramen. Specifically, cup ramen. Enjoying cup ramen upon cup ramen. Cup ramen, which to him was incredibly delicious, the second ramen that was delicious to him. The first place for ramen deliciousness was, of course, Ichiraku ramen.

Today was a day where everyone in Konoha would close themselves in their respective houses, to remember the tragedy that had happened thirteen years ago.

The Kyuubi's attack.

It was also the day Kyuubi was sealed inside Naruto.

Meh, who cared about that beast, Naruto was too busy with his cup ramen to care.

"Yo, Naruto."

And Kakashi decided to ruin his peace with his ramen with his appearance.

Naruto was quite started.

"Kakashi-sensei?!" Naruto was wide-eyed, "What are you doing here?" Naruto looked around and pointing a finger at Kakashi's face, "Why are you here without knocking?!"

Kakashi smiled and gave a peace sign, "What are you talking about, Naruto, we're ninja. Ninja don't knock, we sneak!"

Naruto pouted, "Yeah, yeah. So what is it, Sensei? You said that today there is no mission and training, right?" said Naruto, while slurping his ramen slowly.

"I'm here to inform you that Hokage-sama required you in his office. Now. Don't be late."

Just like that, Kakashi was gone.

Naruto gave a stink eye at where Kakashi once stood.

"And he said 'don't be late'," Naruto grumbled, "Said that to yourself, Kakashi-sensei."

Naruto was about to sit and eat again, but something caught his eyes. It was a big box with gift-wrapper on it. It was there in the middle of his dining table.

"Must be Kakashi-sensei's," Naruto said to himself. Naruto got curious and inspected it. There's a card attached to it.

"Happy birthday, Naruto! Use my gift well! And eat the vegetables I gave you! There are also lots of healthy foods in this box, so eat it okay? Kakashi-sensei," Naruto read it out-loud with his eyes wider and wider with each sentence.

He can't believe it. Kakashi-sensei knows his birthday?!

Naruto teared up.

It was the second gift he had received this year, with his Konoha forehead protector from Iruka-sensei as the first, so he was... happy.

So, so happy.

Naruto smiled, still tearing up, and opened the box.

Vegetables. Fruits. Meats. Mushrooms. Cooking books.

Naruto was utterly pissed off the second he took a look at them.

But then when his eyes found something that was not uncooked foods or cooking books. And it's orange. A plus. He quickly grabbed it and looking at it like it was his lifeline.

He grinned widely as he looked at it.

"This is the best gift ever!"

"Hmm, interesting, but," Kakashi was surprised the moment he heard the reason why Naruto was called to the Hokage's office, "whose idea it was?"

"I think it was not in Hiashi's idea to arrange a contract between his clan and Naruto's clan. I think it was his wife and Kushina that arranged it."

Kakashi nodded, "It makes sense then. Kushina-san and Akemi-san are... were best-friends. I see quite a lot of them together in public."

Hiruzen tiredly looking out of the window.

"This is honestly not something I want to tell Naruto-kun myself. Kakashi, are you sure Naruto knows that I expected him here?" Hiruzen asked the lazy silver-haired man.

"I told him to come here before I came here."

Suddenly, there was a sound of a person running in the corridor hall, and from Hiruzen's experiences, it might as well screamed 'Naruto is coming'.

With his lone eye curved, Kakashi smiled, "That's Naruto."

The door bursted open.

"Hey, Hokage-jiji, what is it that you called me here?" Naruto walked in the office like he owned it.

Hiruzen sent a smile at Naruto. Naruto was like a grandson to him that he didn't really mind the casual treatment.

"Happy Birthday, my boy. Can you grab that chair on the corner and sit down? I'd appreciate it."

After doing what he was told to, Naruto began to ask.

"What's up, Jiji?" Naruto glanced to his right, "And... Kakashi-sensei? What are you doing here?"

"Oh, don't mind me, Naruto. Please ignore me."

Naruto sweat-dropped, "O-okay. What is it with the solemn look, Jiji?"

Hiruzen sighed, "Kakashi?"

"Hokage-sama, with all due respect, please do it yourself," Kakashi informed while reading his book, with a tone 'I don't give a fuck' in his voice.

Naruto quickly went antsy as he didn't grasp the situation. So he asked with a quick tone, "Just spit it out Jiji. I've got this cool gift from Kakashi-sensei that I want to try on but I've got no mirror right now to pose."

"Naruto-kun, please pay attention to what I said. This pains me as well, but you have to accept it. You are a ninja. And a ninja is―"

"―one who endures. Yeah, yeah I know."

Hiruzen smiled proudly.

"Okay, then, Naruto-kun, what do you know about Marriage Contract?"

Naruto face immediately went all scrunched up. Apparently, they didn't discuss something as important as Arranged Marriage, or Naruto was not there when the class discussed it. In the ninja world, arranged marriage was common. Like the Shoudaime Hokage that was married to Uzumaki Mito as a symbol of peace between Konoha and Uzushiogakure. Hiruzen himself was in one as well with his deceased wife.

"It's something like marriage on a paper... or something? It's definitely something about marriage, right?" asked a doubtful Naruto.

Hiruzen leaned back on his chair, "Yes. But it's not a marriage on a paper. Marriage Contract is what binds people into a marriage with certain conditions. It's an arranged marriage, with the Marriage Contract acting as the binding of the marriage. It was common for ninja or noble to be in one."

Naruto blinked and blinked before he stated, "That sounds difficult." And in Naruto Speech, that meant 'I don't understand a thing of what you say'.

Hiruzen, an expert of Naruto Speech, understood that Naruto didn't understand him, so he simplified it.

"It's a marriage that was arranged by someone in a paper."

"Oh," Naruto now understood, "So, it's a marriage but it's arranged by someone in a paper?" Naruto rubbed the back of his head, looking like something had finally dawned upon him.

"Yes, Naruto-kun," Hiruzen said, "And you are going to marry Hyuuga Hanabi because you are in an arranged marriage with her now."

Hiruzen dropped the bomb like it was real.

Naruto's jaw dropped so hard it had produced a sound.

And, as he stood there in the corner, Kakashi was glad he had enough backbone to defy his leader, or he might get a massive migraine explaining this whole 'arranged marriage' thing to Naruto.

Witnessing his leader trying to get the kid understand was enough.

Tsudzuku/To be Continued

Author's Note: How is it? Give me your opinion, give me your reviews! It's what motivates me, it's like a fuel for me to continue. Well, if you like this story. If not, well, I apologize for not being in your standards.

Hyuuga Akemi is Hinata and Hanabi's mother. I picked that name because it's a tradition to give a sun-related name for Hinata's family. Akemi means 'beautiful sun-rising'. Hinata means a sunny place or sunflower (meaning depends on the Kanji used). Hanabi means fireworks. Hiashi means daytime or spreading a fire. So, why give the typical 'Hitomi' (means pupil, usually given to babies with beautiful eyes) name when its meaning does not relate to her family at all? Her family has the same eyes, all of them! Well, she died giving birth to Hanabi (in this story), so it doesn't matter.

Please review, it doesn't take long to do, and it doesn't hurt anyone. Right?

Bye-bye! See you guys soon!

-Tonegawa Rie

Edited: Feb 3rd, 2019.