"Hinata…I'm sorry…" Ori held his arms wide, the only thing he could think to do for the last Hyuuga. "I'm sorry that it ended this way, but we've got to keep moving. Those...Things…They're everywhere. If we don't keep a steady pace, we'll lose our chakra from fighting them." Ori waited for her response, waited for her to run into his arms, but she did not.
"Ori-kun…Thank you. And I agree, we have to keep moving. If there's one person who ca--"A swift orange blur flew past Ori's face, sending him sprawling into a nearby wall, disrupting Hinata mid sentence, and gaining some not so wanted attention. "Shit…Hinata, did you see what that was?" Ori stood up and brushed himself off, then looked over to Hinata, her Byakugan was already activated, but her face was void of emotion as she stared towards a building a few meters away.
"Narut—t-o…kun…" Ori slowly crept his way closer as Hinata uttered the name aloud again. He looked towards the building opposite of theirs, only to catch the sight of a burning orange chakra encircling the boy Hinata faintly called too. "What is that monstrous chakra??" Ori's eyes went wide, as the boy encircled himself in more of the fire like chakra, three tails jutting from his backside. "Hinata, get behind me now. Who ever this is, he's dangerous, and from the looks of it…He's one of them…" Ori grabbed Hinata's arm firmly and pulled her behind him, as for the 3rd time that day, Hinata watched the crazed form of another one of her closest comrades, and secret obsession, bare it's fangs down at her. "Hinata, tell me everything you know about this…this..thing…" Ori analyzed the situation. The boy seemed to be engulfed in the chakra, eminating it like a poison out of his body, and Hinata, too traumatized to speak anything else, only uttered the name of her fellow comrade..Naruto.
"Shit..Hinata, please, get out of here, find Shikamaru, use your Byakugan, and just find someone else alive in this damned city…I can tell this is too much…" Ori gazed back at the hideous chakra flowing freely through the air, menacing over Hinata and himself, yet not making a move. It's fangs bared back, and it pawed the building, as if about to pounce at any given moment. Ori let his eyes dart around his surroundings, The bug boy, Shino, seemed to have gotten lost after the battle, so they were safe from one thing, but the wall's holding Neji seemed to be giving in. The chakra monster had caused such a noise, that a countless number of shinobi and citizens infected with this thing, gathered underneath the building, cutting off all chance of escape. The Naruto boy in front, the infected down below, and Neji, soon to be free from his prison, behind. "Hinata, please, you don't have much time, just run, I promise I'll meet up with you soon, I'll prote--"
Ori's voice was cut off as he heard a sharp howl from above, and as quick as lightning, the monster had begun to pounce.
"Hinata move now!" Ori's legs instinctively jumped, and he watched as Hinata, in the nick of time, gave way to instinct and jumped as well, tears welled in her eyes, a despair so hard, that it dug right through Ori himself. Hinata gave him a glance of horrible sorrow, then her deamenor changed, as she activated her Byakugan again, eyes crying, but screaming out silent determination to right this horrible wrong. "Ori, please, let me handle Naruto…" Ori grasped at his hearing, hoping to have misunderstood the meaning, but again Hinata repeated herself, this time exerting the words sharper than knives. "Go find Shikamaru, help him with Konohamaru and find more survivors. I'll stay here. I will fight Naruto." Naruto, covered in the flames, landed directly in front of the Hyuuga, locking eyes, and exerting a flaming spirit. "Hinata..are you sure…He looks to power—"
Ori was cut off yet again, as Hinata spoke her words sharp and precise. "Ori, this is not a game, I know what my duty is. I will fight for my fallen comrades, and for the Hyuuga name, and I will fight Naruto, I will show him how strong I have become, and he will know, that I, Hyuuga Hinata of the Main Branch will defend herself with her own power. Now please, leave this to me…I will find you…I promise. GO!" Ori jumped past Hinata and the beast, leaving the two in a vicious lockdown.
"Hinata! Don't let your emotions falter your way! Do what you think is right, but survive!!" Ori took one last look back, hoping that Hinata's words were true. He could sense the conviction in her voice, and he knew that she would either defeat this monster and survive, or take her life, to free the others. "These Konoha ninja are something else…" Ori lept over the next rooftop and spotted a hotel across the way.
Zombies stumbled out of the building, and walked through the streets, He jumped over onto it's side and used his chakra control to scale the building, he stopped by window after window, hoping to see a survivor, but all he seemed to find was blood and bodies. Each window contained a different image of violence, or just a total silence, of nothing. The empty rooms seemed to freak out Ori the most. He finally reached the rooftop and collapsed on the building. He had used up way to much energy fighting. "Dad...How am I gonna get outta this one?" Ori closed his eyes, and recalled his dad's words on their blood limit, and cursing his stupidity.
"Ori, my son...We have been granted with a very special gift. We can control the movement of gravity, and in escence, the ability to warp ourselves. But with these powers comes a strong price. We of the Juuryoku clan know this. And now you must know." His dad stood and grabbed his son's hand.
"We are the start of the Juuryoku clan...Your grandmother was the very first of the family to exhibit this trait, and ever since, It has been passed between our blood. Bonding us in ways beyond space and time." Ori sat at attention, slowly intaking his fathers words, wanting to learn how to control this power to protect his precious ones.
"Our clan has one primary technique. A technique that has been called one of the most dangerous threats to the nation. We can of course control aspects of gravity, forming weapons, but our true power lies in the warpholes we can create." Ori's face went from excited, to confused. "Warpholes? You mean like things that take you from one place to another?"
"In lamer terms, yes son. But while our enemies are in this warphole, they lose all sense of reason, as they border through a dimension of unfathomable abominations. Not even we know what is actually contained in the warpholes. But once the enemy has reached the end, they are transported back out of this dimensional warphole, into a different area within a 10 mile proximity of where they started, although they traveled far more than just 10 miles. " Ori's dad stopped there and took in a deep breath, his father knew that what he was about to explain, may scar his son from ever wanting to use his powers again. He closed his eyes, and began to talk.
"Once the person exits the wormhole, they lose all ability to speak, to move, to want to do anything. They lose their sight on why they are alive, because they faced an immense terror in that wormhole, destroying their idea of life as they once knew. This technique has yet to be seen by the Feudal Lord, or known about. Your grandmother discovered it when fighting a horde of bandits attacking our estate, and held it from me and your aunt until a few years ago. and now, just as she told me, i must tell you." Ori's eyes grew wide at these statements. He never knew such a power could extinguish someone's will to live. That kind of power is horrible. And what lay in the wormholes that they open up? "Father, what about the wormholes we use to teleport ourselves or comrades?" Ori wondered why he never saw it when he teleported.
"Our clan produces two wormholes, a safe passage, and the passage of the damned. Your body instinctively knows when to use which, so you are safe from accidently using it against a friend or on yourself. This is a sort of failsafe built into our ability. You also must be wary, because once you use your bloodline to much, your body will fall into a paralysis, ranging from 1 minute to an hour or longer, depending on the exertion of gravity, or the size of your wormholes. We still do not know the full effects of why the people lose their will to live, but never use this technique unless you are in a life and death situation...NEVER.."
"Dad, what happens now..." Ori's entire body was wracked with paralysis. He could hear the battle between Hinata and Naruto raging on, through screams, groans, and a bizarre but beautiful song. He did not know how long he was lying there in paralysis, he only knew it must have been a while, for the battling noises of Hinata and Naruto had already dissapated. He was anxious to know if Hinata was ok, but even then, he still could not move his body. It felt like he was frozen solid, his entire body as cold as ice, yet the searing heat of pain hit him like bricks. "I can't believe it hurts this m-much...And what about the worm-hol-e...when will the Hyuuga's be teleported back...and wher-e..." Ori knew that the wormhole could stay open for days, even weeks, or for all he knew, the Hyuuga's could already be back...and attacking Shikamaru..."damn it all. Why doe-s-s...This have to hap-pen...now..?"
Time for Ori crept by slowly as he had to endure the maddening chorus of hundreds of dead, singing the verses of despair and sadness. "I've got to urge myself to move..." Ori exerted all his energy into moving his legs, which stayed numb through the entire process, not responding to his commands. The moon of the night seemed to disappear little by little until he heard a faint noise behind him. It was a soft patter of 6 legs. "Could it be...Shikamaru, that kid, and Hinata are he-r...e?" He tried his hardest to move his head to see the approaching noise, only to hear the sound of breath panting, and slow breathing. Ori urged his body to respond to his desperate pleas at motion, knowing that it couldn't be Shikamaru or anyone he knew, otherwise, they would have called out to him... His body still lay motionless, unable to move, and barely able to speak. He bit his tongue, hoping that whatever it was would think he was dead...His breath studdered, and he slowly tried his hardest to hold it in, only exerting air when he desperately needed it. The 6 legs still stood behind him out of his eyesight, although he could sense the cold hard stares being shot his way. He heard the footsteps approach again, then a voice, nervous but confident.
"Oy! You alive?" The voice was rough and gritty, but the sound of a teenager his age. Ori let out a sigh of relief, and suddenly felt his hand slowly regain movement. Never had he been so happy to move just any part of his body. His hand slowly raised, and he let out a small groan. "Yeah...Just exhaust-ed.."
"Damn me and my buddy here thought you were dead!" The boy let out a small laugh that seemed innapropriate, but at the same time, gave Ori a sense of relief he hadn't felt in a while. "Are you the reinforcement we called out for a week ago? Man you're definitely late..." The tone changed from joking to sad as the voice spoke. "My entire clan was wiped out, my best bud is one of them, and I have no idea where my sensei, or my other comrade is. You're the first person we've found alive in a while..." Ori knew there had to be 2 other people with him, he just wondered who.
"I heard 4 other footsteps...Who're you? and who's with you?" Ori tried his hardest to sound confident, but friendly at the same time, although it was unnerving that the boy only refered to himself, and not his other 2 comrades.
"Well how bout you tell me who you've seen first...Then i'll tell you who I am. Fair deal?" Ori let out a small chuckle then coughed. He could feel the movement in both his hands, although he couldn't lift anything else yet. The boy's voice exuded cockiness, but a friendly swagger that he couldn't help but think was hilarious. He knew the guy wasn't a threat, and was only worried about his village. "You've got a deal-l there-e...Can we tal-k..someplace-e.. else though..?" Ori let out a grin, and then after knowing he was around someone who could help, collapsed into a short sleep, getting a short deserved rest he needed. As he drifted off, he felt a warm pair of arms lift him and place him on a large furry back. His last thoughts were on hoping Shikamaru got away safely, and wondering what in the world happened during Hinata's fight.
"Naruto-kun, I..I.. love you…" Hinata's eyes gazed into those of the crazed demon's, staring back at her with the hate of a million people. She finally pulled the courage to say her long awaited secret, and it only took the death of her entire clan and one of her comrades to spur it on..she felt the gaze attack her yet again. "But I must show you…That I can protect myself!" Hinata raised her arms into the proper alignments, and wove her feet into the Hyuuga branch fighting stance. "I'm glad I'll be able to show you my newest techniques…Naruto-kun.."
The monster let out a heart scratching roar, and charged, it's paws digging deeper into the roof building, cutting the air like butter. "Spring Awakening, Art of the Swan!" Hinata's arms moved fluidly through the air, her back arching, legs twirling, and a bright blue light emerged from throughout her body. "Flight of the Swan! 64 palm strike!" The blue light engulfed around Hinata, then grasped Naruto, and holding his body down, the blue clashing, and fighting the orange. "Eight Palms!" Her first hit sent the roof collapsing in. "Sixteen palms!" The second crashed the buildings support beams, sending the lumber collapsing everywhere. "Thirty two palms!" The third swallowed Hinata, Naruto, the building and over 20 of the infected in a light blue light. "Sixty fou—" Hinata was cut off, as Naruto grabbed her palm about to send in the final strike. The orange chakra seared through her flesh, burning her skin. She quickly raised up her chakra around that arm, blowing off Naruto's hand, but leaving a nasty scar. The pain flowed for a second before Naruto made 5 copies of himself using his Kage Bunshin. "Oh no.." Hinata had struggled with just one, but 5 of these things were now surrounding her. She knew in her mind it was time to show Naruto what she had been waiting to show. "This time, I'll be helping you, Naruto. I'll be the one to save you!"
"Summoning Art: Serenity Swan!" The Blue light that had engulfed Hinata, the extensions of her body, swarmed around her, encircling her being, and then flashing a bright light as a beautiful swan, emerged, feathers white as the full moon, almost as large as one of Naruto's toad summons. It flapped it's wings, once, twice, and then three times, sending almost all the infected in the vicinity, and the 4 shadow clones of the demon naruto, hurdling a few kilometers away, most being scattered in the forest, some on the very edge of Konoha, the shadow clones disappearing in a puff of smoke. "Hinata-sama, are you injured?" The swan's voice was a mixture of the most beautiful songs blending their harmony, and the sharp edge of a obedient servant, ready to do anything for it's master. "Yes Serenity. I need your help now. Naruto…no, the whole village has turned into a ransack of total infected drones. There are few survivors, and I've only met with Shikamaru, Konohamaru, a man named Ori, and….Neji-kun…" As if all knowing, the swan bowed it's head in respect towards her fallen comrade, the locked it's eyes with the flaming boy. "Hinata-sama, I do not think we can beat him fighting separately…" Serenity observed the movements of the orange swarmed boy, then gasped in horror. "We have to work together to beat him…Otherwise… We will surely both die here." Hinata nodded her head, and jumped onto the back of her trusted ally. "I agree Serenity..His power is so strong. We must combine our power, if we want any chance to gain the power to win this fight…" Hinata stared into the eyes of the monster, once the love of her life. "I'm going to save you Naruto. I promise, I'm going to save you no matter what…" The swan spread open it's wings, letting out a burst of powerful wind, Hinata raised her hands and formed the correct seals, searing the blue chakra around Hinata to extend just as Naruto's chakra around himself. The combination of powers accumulated into Hinata's Chakra, and she slowly built up her energy, knowing that this would have to be the final blow. The battle had been short to this point, but she could tell if it went on any longer, she would have no chance at victory. This was her moment, while Naruto-kun is stunned I can rush in and…and…take him down. The wings of Serenity closed in on Hinata, and both master and servant flashed white, before the swan disappeared, and Hinata, emitting a sharp, dense, and beautiful chakra emereged. She stared deeply into Naruto's eyes, only seeing those of a sort of demon. The claws around Naruto's hands tensed and a ball of light swarmed through his hands, gaining size and speed, knocking Hinata out of her reverie, and into her battle stance. "For you Naruto. I will show you the light!" The blue formed into a set of wings, as she rose over the arena, preparing for the final clash. Naruto charged his Rasengan towards Hinata, the ball exuding a wicked orange chakra that could peel flesh right off the bone. Hinata's body moved into a determined stance and set her palms above her. "Guardian of the Lake! Swan Song!" Naruto's body froze right before reaching Hinata, the Swan Song sending Naruto into a haze of light, as Hinata's hands pushed the chakra out of him. Her palms hit Naruto in the chest, the shoulders, the legs, aiming for all the chakra points, as the song kept Naruto stuck in a frozen light.
Hinata plunged her palms through Naruto's chakra system, finding the points where the orange devoured his own. The chakra burned her hands, but she continued pushing it away from Naruto, causing the wicked chakra to recess into Naruto's core. Hinata slowed her attack as the orange slowly disappeared from around the body, and then with her final blow, disappeared into the core of his chakra system. The song which had surrounded Naruto had ended, and he fell from the sky, landing face down onto the rooftop where the battle had taken place. Hinata smiled, knowing she had freed her lover from this world, as she too went collapsing into the building. She turned her head towards Naruto's. She knew that she had used up more chakra then she ever had before, feeling the fatigue rush through her body. She looked over at her lover, as her vision blurred, and her mind began to rest temporarily. She knew that she had no time to fall asleep, but it felt right…She used the last of her energy to move her limp hand to Naruto's, placing it over his and grasping it gently. Her eyes began closing and she felt the sleep wash over her as she smiled, taking a look at Naruto. "Funny….I could swear that his hand just…." Hinata let the fatigue take her then, and she dove into a sleep she had never felt before. Her hand over Naruto's, she wondered when she would wake up. And she wondered why her hand felt like it was really moving.
A/N: It's been a long time since I updated this, but don't worry, I'm still working on it!
For all you NaruHina fans, I love the pairing as well, and you don't have to worry, Hinata is alive, just the battle and using her best techniques had used all her chakra. I don't know why I chose her to be able to summon a swan. It just seemed like it was her, and that somehow, she trained her body to use new techniques. If you haven't noticed, I kind of like having the girls become stronger, although the guys that are alive in this story will progress as well.
Now the hand moving at the end? Is Naruto going to awaken and attack Hinata in her sleep? Who knows….You'll find out a surprise next chapter, and some character survivors and a few deathes.
What about Ori? Is he ok? Who did he meet? Can you guess it? and how the hell did Konohamaru survive and why did Shikamaru save him?! You'll find out next chapter!