The truth

The first thing Sato did after the Hyuga couple were done looking at each other, was ask what the hell was going on.

Then he sighed with relief, after a bit of questioning he finally understood what Hiromi was talking about.

'So when she said I could take away her to Hidden cloud in the future, she meant it as her final will, as in I can take away her dead body.'

Sato shook his head, this had totally caught him off guard, he didn't expect her to talk about something like that.

"So Hiromi san only has a few years left to live? And you want to hand over her body and Byakugan to me after her death?"

"So this is why you told Konoha to go to hell, you don't want to be buried here?"

Sato asked seriously, he didn't think she will give up her body and her byakugan for her daughter's safety, but here she was doing just that.

Frankly, Sato found her sacrifice worthy of respect.

"Yes, before my marriage, I was stabbed in my right lung by a suna Shinobi, my lung has been permanently damaged."

"I only have a few years left to live, Tsunade sama was powerless about this as well."

Hiromi sighed sadly while Hiashi grabbed her hand tightly.

Sato looked at all this and grimly nodded, maybe this was why Hiromi Hyuga wasn't alive in the orginal story.

She had soon passed after giving birth to Hanabi, this should have been the reason.

Even then after knowing she has such little time left to live, Hiashi still married her, talk about true love, these two must have a story of their own.

'And they are trying to hide it but I can see it very clearly, they think that handing over Hiromi's body will stop the cloud from experimenting on their children.'

'They aren't wrong either, if Hiromi Hyuga's body can be used for research, they probably won't touch Hinata or Neji.'

Hinata truly had loving parents, thought Sato.

"If this is your wish, you can rest assured, I'll make sure nobody can touch Hinata and Neji."

"I don't have a lot of influence in hidden cloud yet, but with sister Yugito and C on my side, I can promise to keep them safe at least."

Sato was sure that he could do this much, especially because Hiromi was going to die in a few years, the Cloud can wait for a while to do any research.

Hiromi and Hiashi heard this and sighed with relief, they were having mixed feelings about this whole thing but this was the best course of action.

This way Hinata will be safe from all the threats, they had done their best.

"Thank you Sato kun!"

Both husband and wife bowed to Sato as thanks, and Sato smiled in return.

"It's alright, think nothing of it."

Sato waved his hand, then Hiashi smiled and clapped his hands.

*Clap*

The door opened slowly and two children came into the room, it was Hinata and Neji.

Both were looking at Sato respectfully.

"You guys can talk, we will go out for a while."

The couple excused themselves and left the room, leaving a curious Sato and two anxious children.

"That."

It was Neji who couldn't take the silence anymore and spoke excitedly.

"Thank you for helping us, Sato sama."

Neji bowed to Sato seriously, Sato looked amused and wondered what Hiashi told these two that they were acting so formal.

"You are thanking me? Don't you know I am from the hidden cloud, and your father died because of us."

Sato gently said while sipping some tea, but Neji quickly shook his head with hatred in his white eyes.

"No, you didn't kill my father, it was the clan elders and the Hokage, they pushed my father to die."

"They also wanted to sacrifice the two of us, uncle told me everything, if you didn't help us, Hinata would die and I'll be branded with a cursed seal."

Neji was boiling with hate but still managed to tenderly look at his sister, Hinata.

When he realised even she was ordered to die, he didn't develop any hate towards her, he only hated the elders and the Hokage.

Unlike in the original, he still loved her as his only sister, and he was very thankful that she could survive.

"Thank, thank you Sato sama."

Hinata also quickly bowed to Sato, she was clumsy and scared that she was going to a whole another village.

But at least she has her big brother Neji with her, this made her feel safe.

Sato simply watched their interaction with interest and tapped the table below him in thought.

"What else did Hiashi san tell you?"

Sato asked, he wanted to know what was going on in their mind.

Hiashi had clearly told them about the truth of the matter, he needed to know how much they knew.

"He told us that you will protect us and accept us into your clan, so we should protect you in return Sato sama."

"This is our fate."

Neji once again bowed and Hinata quickly bowed after that, Sato simply tapped the table with a smile.

'So Hiashi knew Hiromi would be able to convince me to take them into my clan.'

These two husband and wife were pretty good.

"So be it, I allow you to join my team."

"There are two more members besides you guys, one of them is named Karui, she is a strong girl, and one of them is.. well, you'll know about it soon."

Sato didn't mention Shisui to them right now, he wanted to keep his involvement a secret until he had a solution for the Uchiha clan.

"Yes! We won't disappoint you."

Neji said while giving Sato the Hyuga salute.

"We, we won't disappoint you.."

Hinata said cowardly while copying her brother, both obviously had their own personality quirks.

"Excellent!"

Sato smiled happily, then looked at his two new team members seriously.

"Now, I have a very important job for both of you."

Watching Sato get serious, Neji and Hinata gulped in nervousness.

Sato then became even more serious before finally saying.

"Think of a name for our team."

Both Neji and Hinata became relieved simultaneously, it was so easy! They thought it would be something hard.

A name? They can think of many good names!

Sato meanwhile was truly asking this, he hadn't thought about the name of his team yet.

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