Chapter 5: From this moment on, she will be Hinata Raiden

Early the next morning.

When Hachiro led the Cloud Shinobi to the main gate of Konoha, he saw Hyuga Hiashi and the other clan leaders from the Hokage's office last night.

It seemed like they had been waiting for a while.

In the Hyūga clan leader's arms, a baby wrapped in lightweight cotton lay.

Hachiro couldn't help but smile. It went exactly as he planned it to.

Although it took place three years earlier the recent losses Konoha had incurred seemed to only make his job easier.

"Thank you, Patriarch Hiashi, I will make sure to take good care of Hinata for you."

Hachiro smiled and stretched out his right hand, motioning to Hiashi to hand over the baby.

"…I'm Hyuga Hizashi, my brother passed out when he went home last night. He's currently still in a hospital bed.

Hyuga Hizashi said indifferently.

Hachiro was taken back, and then noticed that the other party had a bandage on his forehead, which was probably to cover the seal of Caged Bird.

"Haha~ sorry about that Hizashi."

He gave a chuckle trying to change the subject quickly. He stretched out his hands to fish Hyūga Hinata into his arms.

However, he whispered in the ear of the shinobi in front of him,

"You should thank me for saving your life."

Hearing this, Hyuga Hizashi frowned.

What does this guy mean?

You abducted my niece, and now you're going on about how you saved me.

Of course, Hyuga Hizashi didn't know, the original plan brewed in Kumogakure ended in his death.

And now thanks to Hachiro making some changes he avoided that outcome at least temporarily.

"Mr. Hachiro Raiden, Kumogakure and Konohagakure are still allies, right?"

Sarutobi Hiruzen stepped out and asked.

"Hey~"

Suddenly someone sneered.

This was the highest combat power In Konoha aside from the Hokage, Orochimaru.

To be honest, when Sarutobi Hiruzen decided to make Minato the Fourth Hokage.

The relationship between the teacher and the apprentice became no better than that of acquaintances.

And today, after coming out of the laboratory for a long time, he saw his distressed teacher humbly apologise and take a few loses head on while smiling.

Orochimaru couldn't help feeling extremely amused.

You are getting old~ Sarutobi.

Orochimaru said to himself, his eyes full of contempt.

"Of course, Kumo and Konoha will be the closest of allies in the future."

Hachiro gently held onto hinata with both hands.

"That's good, that's good~"

Sarutobi Hiruzen's joyful smile made Uchiha Fugaku, Nara Shikaku and others feel nauseous.

Their own children had all been born around the same time and were still children.

They couldn't help but worry if their children was the target would they have to hand them over just because the Hokage wanted to keep some piece of paper that 'Guaranteed' peaceful times.

Although Minato Namikaze had died they were still here.

So why couldn't they go to war?!

Unfortunately, no matter how angry they felt they didn't dare make their thoughts known.

"From now on, she will be 'Raiden Hinata'."

Before leaving, the words he left made the heart of the girl's uncle, Hizashi, tremble.

While holding back his anger, Hizashi secretly sighed thinking that it fortunate that his brother was not here.

Otherwise he might have lost all rationality and attacked.

"This has been so boring, if that's it I'm leaving."

Orochimaru didn't want to stay here anymore, definitely not when that old fool was still there.

He shook his head and left.

As the Kumo Delegation was leaving Hachiro handed a piece of paper to a leaf genin before whispering some words in his ear.

The genin dashed off towards Konoha with a speed befitting a chunin.

On the way back to his research room, Orochimaru opened a note with only seven words written on it:

"After defecting make sure to contact us."

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…

"This little girl is very cute, no wonder…"

"Fuck! she's urinating! Samui, come and change her diaper!"

A week later, In Kumogakure~

Samui took the diaper she had just bought from the store, and said with an angry face,

"Why did you bring her home? Doesn't the village have an orphanage dedicated to war orphans?!"

"What do you think I am, a babysitter?!"

"This is the Hyuga Princess, she's also the only one with a pure byakugan right now."

Hachiro held his nose.

Although, in a few years her younger sister Hanabi will also have one.

Knock! Knock!

At this moment, Atsui's weary voice rang from outside,

"Brother-in-law! Mr. Raikage has sent someone to urge you several times just now, asking you to file a report and head to his office as soon as possible."

"Well, got to go. Make sure to change her diaper for me."

Hachiro put Hinata into Samui F-Class tankers and walked out quickly, grabbing Atsui by the ear and running off towards the Raikage's office.

"Idiot. You have to be careful not to interrupt us again"

"I didn't go in… Brother-in-law, stop, it hurts!"

Atsui wanted to cry but had no tears.

"Wow!"

Hinata who was in the middle of napping, felt a familiar softness, and subconsciously began to look for milk.

"Ah!"

Samui almost threw Hinata in surprise. While blushing, she shouted,

"Hey, stop…I'll get you milk right away, don't…Oh!"

Ten minutes later in the Raikage's office.

"Hachiro, what's going on? Why did you take a baby girl who was just born? You could threaten them for Hyuga Hiashi's life, or ask Konoha to bring out a pair of Byakugan."

Originally, when he heard that the Kumo Delegation he had sent to Konoha had completed it's mission he was quite happy.

But then he heard that they had brought back a little girl who was just born less than a few months ago.

The fourth Raikage couldn't figure out which part of this mission his cousin failed to understand.

Does he have some hobby he doesn't want to talk about?

"Heh, cousin~ when that little girl grows up who do you think she will recognise as her father. Me or Hiashi?"

Hachiro sat down on the sofa in the office and asked the fourth Raikage with his legs up on the desk in front of him.

"Hinata is the child brought back by the Hachiro."

Mabui whispered beside him.

"Uh… if you raise her, she should still listen to you."

Fourth Raikage frowned for a while and replied.

"Then if I plant her inside the Hokage's office when she grows up who do you think would benefit?"

Hachiro chuckled and asked again.

In an instant, the expressions of everyone inside the office changed.

Note: Oof, my dumbass said Orochimaru had defected in one of the earlier chapters. Turns out he hadn't lol. I've just went back and edited it.