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"Dialogue"
'Thoughts'
-Author's notes-
Chapter 132: Meeting the Lord of the House
"What do you want?" The door guard almost spat the words at him.
"Wow... is that how the Hyuga clan treats guests? You won't have many that way," Naruto told the guard.
There were two men guarding the main entrance to the Hyuga compound, and it seemed like neither of them liked him much.
"If you have no business here, you need to leave," the second guard said.
"If I had no business here, why would I come? I definitely didn't walk all the way here just to see your ugly faces, that's for sure," Naruto said with a mocking smile. He'd admit he took some joy in messing with these strict types of people.
"You dare?!"
"Even if we are guards, we are still members of the prestigious Hyuga clan. If you think we're going to take insults from a mere genin like you..."
Both guards were reaching their boiling point when the door opened.
The person who came out was the same female attendant that had been following Neji and Hinata a few days prior.
"What do you think you're doing?" she asked the guards.
"This boy insulted us!" one of them pointed at Naruto.
"Yes, he just came here to cause trouble," the other added.
She glanced at Naruto for a second. For some reason, she didn't doubt the claims of Naruto insulting them, but he had come here for a reason.
"Mister Uzumaki has an appointment with Lady Hinata. Let him in."
"But..."
"The Clan Leader said that..." The guards looked at each other with worried expressions.
"I don't know what you've been told previously, but Lord Hiashi sent me here with instructions to escort the guest inside. He wishes to speak with him in person first," she said.
"Oh... if that's the case."
"Come on in..." The guards moved aside and allowed Naruto to enter without further complaints.
"Follow me, please." The attendant began walking as soon as he passed through the main gate.
Inside the compound, there was a massive green field with several buildings scattered within. They followed a well-made stone path that led to a large building at the end. This one was decorated in a much more luxurious way than the others, making it obvious that the Clan Leader resided there.
"Are you actually taking me to see the Clan Lord?" Naruto thought for a moment that she had only said that to deal with the guards.
She stopped briefly to look at him directly. It would have been rude to do otherwise.
"Yes... he requested your presence several minutes before you arrived."
'Is there no privacy in this village?' He wanted to ask.
"Does he want to kick me out personally?" he asked instead.
It was quite obvious that he hadn't made a great first impression on the Clan Lord. It wasn't completely his fault, to be honest. After all, Lord Hiashi had been antagonistic toward him from the beginning.
"Yes... I believe that is his intention." The attendant didn't try to hide it, and by her facial expression, neither did she seem to care.
"He dislikes me that much, huh?" Naruto said with a smirk. He never truly got along with that type of individual and it appears that in this life, things won't be different.
The attendant looked at the ground.
"I would not venture to guess my Lord's intentions, but... I would assume he's antagonistic toward anyone who shows interest in his daughters." She glanced at him with a troubled expression. "He may not show it often, but Lord Hiashi cares a great deal for his two daughters."
"Mmm, is that so." Naruto had a feeling there was more to Hiashi's dislike for him.
The attendant turned around and continued walking until they reached the building.
She had him wait while she checked if Lord Hiashi was ready to receive him. Only then did she open the door for him.
Once inside, Naruto found the Clan Lord sitting in the middle of a massive room, with only a small tea table in front of him and a few cushions around it.
"Sit down," Hiashi said, showing as much displeasure as he could with his tone alone.
Naruto shook his head and sighed.
In his eyes, this man was no different from a lizard pretending to be a dragon.
He acted like he was some sort of great leader from a large sect or perhaps an emperor.
But his position was lower than the Hokage's, and neither of the two Hokage Naruto had met so far would act in such a way.
The Hyuga clan may have been the biggest in Konoha, but in the grand scheme of things, they weren't that important.
Still, Naruto had nothing to gain by pointing this out to the man, so he went ahead and sat down in front of him.
Hiashi waited for almost three minutes after Naruto sat down before speaking again. This was a common tactic to make the other person nervous and overthink things.
But that wasn't going to do much against someone used to spending whole years sitting in silence.
Also, Naruto never perceived Hiashi, or the rest of his clan, as an important threat.
"I thought I made it very clear that I didn't want you approaching my daughter," Hiashi finally said.
Naruto looked directly into the man's clear, angry white eyes.
"I thought I made it very clear that I didn't care what you wanted."
"What?!" Hiashi shouted.
'Oh... oops, I shouldn't have said it like that. Now he's really angry,' Naruto thought.
"What did you say?!" Hiashi was well past angry at this point.
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