He checked her vitals, used his knowledge of tsubo to stimulate blood flow and speed recovery, and then just looked down at the now-comfortably resting Hinata.
He'd been alone for so long. Chasing after Sakura, rivaling with Sasuke, playing the clown. All to fill that void. And here was someone who had, in the possible future he'd seen, confessed her love for him. That she'd apparently loved him a long time.
How did that make him feel?
He'd always thought of her as weird. Always staring at him, always fainting at odd times. He'd checked and determined that at least part of that was likely low blood pressure. Well, he could correct that with a little work.
Oh, and that her father apparently ripped her self-esteem to shreds on a regular basis. That was right.
Naruto brushed an errant strand of hair from the girl's face. He'd seen her in that future. He'd felt the chakra blades in his own flesh and knew what a violation that was. So the girl who'd confessed her love to him had been struck down, violated, and killed in front of him in that future.
TO HELL WITH THAT!
Naruto then simply walked to one section of bare wall and punched it. A tiny crack began spreading, eventually crumbling inward. He stepped through the hole.
"You can't go through here!" declared some ninja as they leapt forward.
"WA-TA-TA-TA-TA!" answered Naruto. "You are already asleep."
"Huh wha?" asked one of the ninja before falling over like his comrades.
Another wall fell before another rap of one fist.
He finally found the appropriate room.
Naruto began cracking his knuckles. "You are Hinata's father?"
"I am," said an older man who practically radiated disapproval.
"I have it on good authority that you discount my abilities," said Naruto, noting that the other shinobi in the room were getting out of the direct line between himself and the Hyuga clan head. Ninjas with a survival instinct, how... useful. "That you don't value your daughter."
"Hanabi? Of course, I value Hanabi," said the Hyuga. The faint smirk indicated he was probably being deliberately obtuse.
"Oh, this can't end well," said a shaggy-haired one-eye-showing ninja.
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