AN: My friends told me that I should make Hikari blind again and so did some other people. Anyway, this one is a mix of the first and second one and I am not changing it so don't review saying you liked the first or second one is better. My God I am getting tired of it. So READ & REVIEW!

IMPORTANT: Hikari's bloodline limit is not the ability to talk to animals but she still can because of the demon inside her can. Her bloodline limit will be explained more in later chapters.

Chapter One: Like Him, Like Her

The Himura Clan.

Powerful,

Loyal,

Courageous,

And cursed.

Each member of the Himura clan has the burden of having a powerful demon sealed within his or her body.

The demon's power grows until it is able to take control of the body and destroy the soul of its host.

Over the years the Himura clan had tried to keep the demons from taking over but one by one the clan fell into ruin.

When a demon took over the body the other members of the clan or the ANBU were forced to kill the demon who looked like their comrade.

But while there is life there is always hope and that is true even for the Himura clan. For when only one Himura was left she became pregnant and had a child with the curse.

So it begins with this child.

Hikari Himura.

Wind howled through the trees, clouds hung over the village Hidden in the Leaves. It was late and only a few were still up and roaming. A figure hid in the shadows, checking if the coast was clear before jumping up to a window of the building close by. A young man with blonde hair and blue eyes sat at a table with a crystal ball in front of him, watching over the village as a Hokage should.

"Am I disturbing you, Lord Hokage?" the intruder asked softly.

Yondaime's head shot up immediately taking in the sight of a beautiful white haired woman around the age of sixteen looking at him with her moss green eyes. The albino girl stepped closer to where he sat but stopped once she was within three feet of him.

"Naomi." Yondaime breathed, standing up and approaching her.

"Are you busy?"

"No. . .I'm never too busy for you." Yondaime said, running his fingers down her cheek before hooking his finger under her chin and tilting it up so he could see her face better.

"I need to talk to you. It's important." Naomi said reluctantly.

"Go ahead I'm listening."

"I-I-I'm pregnant." Naomi stammered, watching a look of surprise cross the young man's face.

Silence enveloped the two for a few minutes before the older one of the two smiled happily and hugged the surprised woman tightly. "That's great, Naomi."

"It is?"

"Yes, the village will be thrilled. We'll have to move our wedding date up a little most likely but that isn't important. You'll be a mother and . . . wow, I'm a father. This is excellent news!"

"Oh . . . right. This is great." Naomi said, trying not to sound too upset.

"Naomi, what's the matter? I would think you would be happy. You are helping to rebuild your clan. You're going to be a mother."

"Yeah, I know but . . . I guess I was just nervous on how you would take this and shocked that you are taking it so well."

"Naomi, you should know that you never have to be afraid to talk to me and I am thrilled that we are having a baby together. How far along are you?"

"I'm still only in my first trimester." Naomi said tiredly.

"You sound exhausted. Why don't we pick up this conversation in the morning? You should get some rest, it's late and it's not good for the baby to be skipping out on sleep." The Hokage instructed her.

Naomi didn't argue like she would normally do but trudged to the window which she had entered and left her husband-to-be without saying goodbye or good night. Yondaime shrugged the woman's strange behavior off as hormones and sat back down with a smile plastered on his face, no longer focused enough to look through the crystal ball.

Naomi wrapped her arms about her stomach as she headed down the street, a nauseous feeling coming over her again. She was unsure whether it was because of her pregnancy or the fact that she had just led her Husband-to-be to think that the child growing inside her was his. Tears welled in her eyes, knowing that by the end of tomorrow the whole village would know that she was pregnant and they would all think it was the daughter of the man she was arranged to marry. She had tried to love him as more than a friend but no matter how she tried she could not see him as he saw her. She had even gone so far as to sleep with him in hopes that her feeling for him would change but it only confirmed her suspicions that she did not love the Fourth Hokage. She was in love with someone else, who still had no idea that she was pregnant with his child and he would never find out if she had her way.

'I am so sorry. I have brought this upon myself. I only hope that my fiancé can forgive me. I hope that my love will also forgive me. Forgive me Love. I hope you know that what I am about to do to you will hurt me more than it will hurt you.' Naomi thought as she pulled a letter out of her pocket and headed to her true love's home to leave it for him to find and read in the morning.

Naomi Himura stopped outside the entrance to the village Hidden in the Waterfall waiting patiently for her daughter to come out. Staring up at the pinkish sky, she let her thoughts wander back to the days when she lived in the village Hidden in the Leaves. It had been a few years since she had been there and she was sure everyone thought that she was dead.

She had left right before the fox demon had attacked because she had to protect her daughter who might die if the demon got too close to her. The demons inside their bodies could sense other demons and when they did they would try more then ever to take control of the body. She was fine since she had spent years training her body to retaliate against the white tiger demon inside her.

"I'm ready Mommy." a voice said cheerfully as a six year old girl came out from the waterfall and ran up to Naomi.

"Follow me Hikari." Naomi said calmly before walking in to the forest. After thirty minutes of walking deeper into the forest, Naomi stopped in a clearing and motioned Hikari to sit down on the ground.

"I have brought you here to train. This training will be different from your other training. It will be difficult and you will need to work very hard. This training focuses on keeping the demon within you in check. The first thing I want you to do is come here and focus as much chakra as possible in your hands." Naomi commanded and watched as her daughter stood before her and did as she was told.

Naomi focused her own chakra into her hands and then placed her hands around her daughter's. Slowly she pulled almost all of her daughter's chakra out of her. Hikari swayed slightly as her mother drew back and weakly knelt on the ground looking up at her mother with her grey eyes.

"You have only a small amount of chakra in your body left. I took out enough for you not to be able to get back home. The demon within you will feel that you are weak and will try and take over. You will spend the next few days fighting off the demon until you are strong enough to walk back home. Remember that food and water will help your strength return. You will have to do your best to find a way to get these things while fighting off the demon." Naomi said before turning to leave.

"How?" the girl asked weakly.

"Figure it out. You are quite intelligent and observant. You are so much like him." Naomi whispered before walking away leaving her daughter alone and in pain.

Hikari crawled to the base of a tree and breathed in sharply feeling the demon trying to take control of her body.

'I can do this. I can't let it win. I need to control the demon within me.' Hikari thought as she curled up into a ball and used all her strength to keep the demon at bay.

Hikari screamed out in pain for the hundredth time as the demon pushed at her now wavering strength. It had been around midday when her strength started to fail and pain surged through her entire body. Breathing in sharply, Hikari knew that if she didn't get any food or water soon the demon would break her. Staring out into the darkness she tried to remember when the sun had set and night had fallen over the forest.

'Okay let's think. I need to figure this out. I can barely move and I am no where near anything edible that will help my strength return. Umm, so I do what exact? Why did mommy have to leave me here? What if I die? Would she care? She never has shown that she cared about me much. What if this is just some way to get rid of me so that I wouldn't be a burden to her anymore?' Tears started to stream down Hikari's face at the thought that her own mother didn't care about her.

Suddenly a twig snapped making Hikari look up and around her trying to find the source in the dark. A bush in front of her moved and then a small squirrel came out carrying a nut. It stared at Hikari for a second before running up a tree with it's nut.

'A squirrel? Wait that's it! Everyone in the Himura clan can speak to animals because of the demons sealed inside us can. Usually those of the Himura clan don't' learn to talk to animals telepathically until after they have learned to tap into their demon's power without it taking them over completely. I could call something to me and have it get me some food but I haven't learned to call animals telepathically yet. I guess I will have to try verbally like mom told to me do in training.' Hikari smiled weakly but winced in pain the next second as pain ripped through her body.

'Here goes nothing. . . '

"Hello? Can someone hear me? I was wondering if I could get some help." Hikari called out sheepishly.

/What do you need? Tell me your name too, child./ a voice whispered into Hikari's mind.

"My name is Hikari. I need food and water. Please help me!"

Nothing answered and Hikari sat curled up in a ball waiting for something to respond to her plea. It wasn't until five minutes later that a bush near Hikari rustled before a large grey wolf came out with a rabbit in mouth. The wolf's golden eyes stared into her pewter ones and Hikari involuntarily shivered.

/Climb onto my back./ the wolf commanded Hikari, who decided it was best to listen.

The wolf carried her to a cave where other wolves lay and stared at Hikari with their piercing gold eyes. The wolf gently placed Hikari down by a small pool of water which looked like it had formed from the cracks in the ceiling of the cave above it. Hikari cupped her small hands and drank the cool water while the wolves pushed dried leaves together to make a bed for the girl by the pool of water. Hikari felt a wolf lift her by the back of her shirt and drop her down on the pile of leaves. The wolf that brought her here dropped the rabbit in it's mouth on to Hikari's lap.

/Eat./ the wolf commanded.

Hikari grimaced at the sight of the mangled rabbit and felt like crying.

/Don't cry for it. Everything must eventually die. It's death fulfills a purpose. It dies and you live. That is how life works. There will always be death in life's cycle. You must learn to not let it affect you because if you never let the death go then you will end up miserable for the rest of your life. You should eat it if you want to live./ the wolf said as he noticed the look on Hikari's face at the sight of the rabbit.

Hikari looked up at the wolves who were all watching her and then felt the presence of the demon which would soon surface if she couldn't hold it back.

'The wolf is right. I need to eat this and stop crying. I can't prevent death. At least this rabbit died with purpose. If I die it will be for a purpose not because I am too weak. I won't be a burden to my mother anymore. I will make her proud of me. I won't die here.' Hikari thought as she ripped the rabbit open and started to eat.

Hikari stood before her mother's grave holding back her tears as everyone in the village Hidden in the Waterfall walked past her and placed flowers on her grave.

It had been two months since she had been left in the woods with little chakra to try and fight the demon back. Her mother had been proud when she had reappeared two days later with the wolf that had found her at her side. The wolf gave her one of his pups to protect her. The one year old almost fully grown wolf was named Silver Fang but was called Fang for short. Even if he was only a one year old wolf he was large to Hikari and seemed able to protect her. Naomi performed a ritual with Fang that same day making him a Himura guardian ,which was an animal that gained special abilities and would stay at the side of the member of the Himura clan they were bound too. In this case it was Hikari.

Naomi didn't die from the demon or any illness but was killed by a ninja named Orochimaru. Hikari and Fang had been with Naomi when Orochimaru had appeared and they too were left with reminders of the battle that occurred that day.

He had appeared suddenly but it seemed that Naomi had known he was there. She told Hikari and Fang to go home and walked over to him were she started to talk to him looking very ticked off. Hikari ,who was practicing water walking at the time, had to swim back to shore after falling into the water for the 50th time that day. By the time she had gotten to the shore a fight was already occurring and before she knew what happened her mother fell to her knees. Blood poured out of her chest where a kunai had struck her. Naomi coughed up blood and looked towards Hikari.

"Hikari, run!" Naomi cried out but Orochimaru was already standing in front of her.

"Well look who we have here. Naomi has gone and gotten herself pregnant. A Himura would be both helpful and destructive in my plans. I could use you in the future, but I can't have you becoming to strong or else you could become a problem. What shall I do with you?" Orochimaru said thoughtfully but his attention was diverted from Hikari to Fang who was now in his fighting form.

Silver Fang's fighting form made him appear the size of a bear yet leaner. He had sharper and longer claws and teeth that gave him a similar appearance to that of a saber tooth tiger. He howled in fury and lunged at Orochimaru ,who concentrated on fighting off the wolf. Hikari ran to her mother's side who now lay face down, barely breathing.

"Mommy?" Hikari asked timidly as she turned her mother over so she could see her mother's face.

"Hikari, you have to go. If you stay you will be killed and if you die so does all hopes of reviving the Himura clan. Listen I need you to go to the village Hidden in the Leaf in the Fire country. You will be protected there better than here. Understand?" Naomi said in barely a whisper.

"What about you, mommy? You are coming with me, aren't you?" Hikari asked as she cried at the sight of her wound.

"No, now run." Naomi said sharply pushing the girl away from her.

Hikari gave a small whimper but turned to run when she saw Fang get slashed in the eye by a kunai. Hikari covered her eyes at the sight of the battered wolf and the ninja fighting. The next moment she heard a crash and heard Fang whimper in pain. Hikari opened her eyes and saw Fang laying underneath a tree and Orochimaru standing victoriously. Hikari wanted badly to run to Fang's side but felt her body go numb as Orochimaru fixed his sights on her and walked toward the Himura girl slowly.

"Now that the wolf is taken care of I can decide your fate, young one. What is your name? How old are you?" Orochimaru asked as his snakelike eyes bore into Hikari's grey ones.

"H-H-Hikari. . . s-s-s-six." Hikari stuttered.

"I see. You are all alone now Hikari. Your mother is dead and it won't be long before that wolf is too. Why don't you join me and you will gain power you have never dreamed of. . . more than enough power to rid yourself of the demon inside you. . .do you want to come with me?" Orochimaru asked the girl as if the fights a moment ago had not happened.

Rage filled Hikari and her usual calmness disappeared upon hearing Orochimaru's offer. "Y-y-you actually are asking me that? Are you for real? I will never join you! If anything I will be the one that will BRING YOU DOWN" Hikari screamed.

"Fine if that is your decision. . ." Orochimaru trailed off before he disappeared from view.

Hikari looked around in confusion. 'Where did he go?'

"Then I will have to make sure you are not a threat in the future when I will require your abilities." Orochimaru hissed into her ear from behind her.

Before Hikari could do anything her vision started to blur. "What. . . How. . .Who. . .?" Hikari mumbled as she rubbed her eyes to try and see clearly.

"I am Orochimaru and I will be the one to destroy Konoha. Your other questions will be answered in time. Just know that we will meet again and when we do you will help me destroy Konoha. Goodbye Miss Hikari Himura." Orochimaru said calmly.

After that everything went black and for Hikari it still was. Orochimaru had left scars on Fang but they were nothing compared to what he did to Hikari. Not only did he steal the life of Hikari's only known family, he also took her vision from her. Now she stood before her mother's grave with no ability to see and all the villagers' pity. She was alone and no one could return her eyesight.

/Hikari. I know you want to be strong but it would be best to let it all out./ Fang spoke within the girl's mind, for the first time actually acting serious.

"No, I am fine. I am strong. I will survive." Hikari murmured as she dropped a rose on her mom's grave and walked away with Fang at her side.

/If you are sure. . . Now what? I don't think it is a good idea if you are alone. You need a human companion./

"We are going to Konoha." Hikari said softly.

/Why? I thought we would stay here, it's our home./

"Because that is where I must go. Mother said so." Hikari answered as she walked into her home and started packing her things.

Fang noted that Hikari had said mother instead of mommy but did not say anything. Fang sighed but helped pack since Hikari was having problems trying to find the things she wanted to take. By nightfall Hikari was walking along side Fang who was in his fight form so he could carry the bags that Hikari had packed.

'I am going to become strong. I will not let this disability stop me from becoming strong and making sure Orochimaru pays for what he did to my mother.' Hikari vowed in her mind.

Rye Hyuuga walked slowly towards the village Hidden in the Leaf. He had been on a solo mission in the earth country and was now returning to his home for a well deserved rest. As he spotted the gates of Konoha in the distance, a small girl curled up on the side of the road caught his attention. She had a extremely large wolf asleep at her side with bags on his back and a blue bandanna around his neck. Rye walked up to the girl but remained alert in case of a trap. He reached down and gently shook the girl who woke with a start. Rye looked into the girl's dulled stormy eyes as she looked around in confusion.

"What do you want?" the girl asked a bit unnerved.

"I just wanted to see if you were alright. It's not safe to sleep outside without any adult supervision. What's your name? Where are you from?" Rye asked trying to calm the frantic girl.

"I don't need to be watched." the girl pouted. "I have Fang and I can take down anything that is a threat to me. Tell me who you are first!" the girl demanded.

Rye smiled in amusement at the girl's attempt to sound tough. "Fair enough. My name is Rye Hyuuga. Your turn."

The girl tensed at the name and she asked meekly. "Your a Hyuuga. Do you know Risa Hyuuga?"

"Yes, that would be my aunt. I'm afraid to say that she has past away a year ago though." Rye answered slightly confused at how the child knew his aunt.

"My mother use to tell me stories about how she and Risa went on missions together and were best friends." the girl said softly.

"Who is your mother? What is your name?" Rye asked quickly.

"My mother is Naomi Himura and I am Hikari Himura. I came from the village Hidden in the Waterfall." Hikari answered softly.

"Where is your mother Hikari?"

"She was killed by a ninja. By the same ninja who gave Fang his scars and. . .took away my eyesight. His name is Orochimaru." Hikari said calmly as she looked in the direction Rye was in." My mother told me that she grew up in Konoha. I was trying to get there." Hikari added.

"I'll get you there." Rye said before he lifted her up into his arms and noticed that the wolf ,Fang, was standing ready to follow.

Sarutobi walked out of the hospital room of Hikari, the last of the albino clan known as the Himura clan. Walking towards the hospital lobby he sighed wearily, recalling the conversation he had just had with the child of Naomi.

"Hello Hikari. I am the third Hokage. Rye tells me that you are the daughter of Naomi Himura." Sarutobi greeted the six year old as he entered the hospital room.

"Yes, sir." Hikari confirmed the information, playing with the ends of the bed sheet.

"And your mother has recently passed away. I am sorry for your loss." Sarutobi offered his condolences.

"She would still be alive if it weren't for Orochimaru! He ruined my life. He took my mother from me, he hurt Silver Fang, and he took my eyesight from me!" Hikari exclaimed, furiously.

Sarutobi sat down by the bed and stared into Hikari's clouded grey eyes. Hikari shifted uncomfortably and drew her attention to the medic ninja who was checking her for internal damage to any other part of her body.

The medic finished up and looked towards the Hokage with a grim expression, "Lord Hokage, there is no internal damage other than to the eyes, none of us can figure out how to fix her eyes. We have tried everything but I fear that she will remain blind for the rest of her life. We might be able to work on her eyes over the years but I doubt we will ever be able to fully fix her eyes."

Sarutobi nodded gravely to the medic and was about to dismiss him when Hikari spoke up, "When can I begin training?"

"Training?"

"To become a ninja. My mom was training me and I want to continue that."

The medic scoffed, "You can't become a ninja, you're blind! You would never get through a mission let alone through the ninja academy."

Hikari surprisingly remained calm, "Yes, I will. I can work past this. I just need to adjust. I will become a ninja though and one of the best ones at that."

Sarutobi chuckled, "I agree with Hikari, I believe she will become an excellent ninja. Until you enter the academy, I am sure you could learn to get around without your eyesight."

Rye who had been standing in the corner quietly the whole time cleared his throat to get their attention, "Lord Hokage, I know that the Himura clan has a compound considering it is next door to the Hyuuga compound but I think it would best if Hikari didn't live alone. I also know that since she has no family left she should probably be sent to the orphanage but I was just thinking that maybe she should live somewhere where she can be well taken care of considering her ,um condition. So maybe she should stay in the Hyuuga branch house, I could take care of her. I know that's what aunt Risa would have wanted."

Sarutobi smiled, "I agree with you, Rye. I will discuss this with Hiashi tomorrow let him know of this arrangement. Of course she won't be marked like the rest of those in the branch house considering she isn't a Hyuuga. I am sure you will take good care of her. Now I believe I will be going. Goodnight Hikari. I will speak with you again tomorrow."

"Goodnight Lord Hokage." Hikari replied, distractedly.

'A very interesting girl but then again she did come from some interesting parents. A shame that she doesn't know who her real father but Naomi wanted it this way. I suppose with everyone thinking she is Yondaime's she will have a more acclaimed life, I wonder how this shall change her and Konoha.' Sarutobi thought.

"Lord Hokage?"

Sarutobi smiled wearily as Asuma, Gai, and Kakashi walked towards him. "Good evening."

"Lord Hokage, what brings you to the hospital? Is there something wrong?" Asuma asked, cigarette hanging from his lips as usual.

"Rye Hyuuga found a child beyond the gates and brought her in. I found it very important that I speak with the young lady considering her past situation."

"A child wandering the wilderness alone? Oh what a horrible incident for a youth to go through!" Gai exclaimed.

"Was there anything special about this child?" Kakashi asked, ignoring Gai's cry.

"Yes, she is Hikari Himura, daughter of one of Konoha's most famous medics and jounin, Naomi Himura."

"Naomi's daughter? Is Naomi here then?" Asuma asked after a few moments of shocked silence from the three jounin.

"No, I am afraid to say that Naomi was killed by Orochimaru, who also badly scared Hikari's wolf guardian and took away Hikari's eyesight with a forbidden jutsu that we have yet to find a cure for." Sarutobi said to Naomi's old friends.

"What happens to Naomi's child?" Kakashi asked quietly.

"Rye Hyuuga has volunteered to take the child, he said it is what his aunt would have done. I believe Naomi would want that as well. It is a sad day to discover one of our most loved kunoichi has been killed. I would like you three to check the surrounding area for any signs of Orochimaru though, he may have followed her here."

"Yes, Lord Hokage." The three jounin said, bowing.

'Hikari is a very interesting girl indeed. She is so much like her mother and yet like her father as well. She will make her parents very proud.'