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Geniuses of Hard Work, Chapter 5"Psst, Hinata come look at this!" Hinata sighed for the umpteenth time that night. She had just found another book on types of seals and was setting down to read it. Lee was waving her over to the book he was looking at. Not that he could read it with his magnifying glass making the words big and blurry. At least he was quiet, kind of. They had almost got kicked out upon entry thanks to her teammate.
"Naruto's birthday!" Lee whispered as Hinata appeared next to him. Hinata looked at it curiously.
"I can't read it, Lee-senpai." Hinata tried to brush his glass out of the way.
Lee just answered it for her. "It's October tenth, twelve years ago." Hinata didn't need to ask now to know there was something special about that date. Everyone knew it was the day the Kyuubi attacked. Did it have something to do with Naruto?
"What are you thinking?" Hinata looked at Lee expectantly.
"It should be treated as a clue even if it isn't related. Everyone knows the Yondaime killed it. It would at least explain why Naruto's parents are dead. Lots of orphans were made because of that fox." Lee didn't say it, but he was one of them.
"Have you found anything on his parents?" Hinata was curious now. She had never heard Naruto mention them at all. She would have at least expected him to brag about his parents being awesome ninja every once in awhile but she wondered if he even knew their names sometimes. What Lee said next only confirmed her theory and confused her even more.
"That's what's strange. I looked up the last name Uzumaki but his is the only one in the village. From what I've gathered, the Uzumaki's were a clan of seal masters from the Whirlpool country." This startled Hinata quite a bit. Was Naruto a foreigner? Then it hit her.
"You said were?" Hinata didn't like the implications of that.
"Yeah, they were wiped out. Other villages feared their power so they just killed them."
"Then wouldn't that explain why Naruto is hated?" Hinata asked it but even she had her doubts on this theory.
"Not likely. Supposedly, their first leader was our Shodaime's cousin. We were on good terms with them. That at least explains why we would have saved someone like Naruto." Lee's head was starting to hurt. There was more to Naruto than he at first thought possible.
"Maybe they feared the people that wiped out the clan would come looking here?" Hinata couldn't stop thinking of possibilities. Without even realizing it she said that last one.
"Maybe, we need more information. Did you find anything on seals?" Hinata shook her head.
"Nothing as complex as what he has. I just started this one but so far I don't recognize his at all." She was feeling useless. Compared to Lee she had found nothing. Maybe it was the hat? She stomped that thought before it got any further.
"Hmm…and the plot thickens." Lee scratched his chin thoughtfully. "Let's end here tonight. We should start asking people Naruto knows after one more day here." Hinata nodded. She was tired and they had training early again. So with that they retired their search for the night.
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