Soon, Naruto found himself back in his lair once again. Sure it had changed to a new location but it was always the same style. Chuckling to himself, he walked over to a folding wall that he liked to use for his change from his prison outfit to his villain outfit. He knew that it was going to be a quick day but at least it would give him something to do before he ended up back in jail. That would be boring as hell, just like every other time it's happened but now was the time for fun.
Walking out of the folding wall, Naruto wore a leather jacket, not bothering to wear a shirt or it would hide his green wind markings on his chest that stretched from just his waist, over his abs, dancing a bit over his slight pecks and just resting under his shoulders. He normally wouldn't care if the markings were hidden but since the markings on his arms were hidden by his leather jacket, well, he may as well have something revealed of his power.
Next he wore a pair of black jeans with some orange flames decorating the legs just below his knees and, had some holes just a little above his knees. He felt that his outfit had too much black so what more than to add some orange to the mix. On his feet, he wore a pair of black biker's boots, finding that they come in handy when it came to hand to hand combat with Night Hawk. Which it did even though most of their battles were either with swords drawn or it involved one of Kurama's machines. Other than that the only thing on him was the necklace that his parents gave him before he left… he never did find out what it does but for now it had sentimental value.
Looking around, the blonde and red haired young man crossed his arms in confusion as he asked "where's my sword?" he didn't know where it could have gone, and it confused him greatly. After all, he made sure to keep the sword somewhere safe so no one could get to it unless Kurama hadn't had the time to put it somewhere while he was inventing something to help him escape after all this time.
"They may have taken it sir." Said Kurama as he turned his head to the corner room just as it burst open. As soon as it did, there were dozens among dozens of fox cubs rushing towards the blonde fox demon; one of them was carrying a long sword within a sheath. Shaking his head, Naruto whistled them over toward him causing Kurama to yelp in shock and stumble a bit since he was carrying the unconscious Hinata in his arms. He must have grabbed her while Naruto was changing into his usual attire.
"Give me my sword little one." Naruto calmly said before kneeling down in front of the fox cub. All of those cubs were just foxes that he had found and brought home with him. They were great companions for him when Kurama would be busy with some other task at hand. All the foxes were in different shades to be honest, some were red, reddish orange, a few blonde ones and even a few, very rare mind you, white as snow. Though unlike regular foxes though, Naruto had infused them all with abilities that all fox cubs like them in his clan could use. They can shape shift though sadly, because his power was limited like that with seals, he could only give them the ability to shape-shift into wisps of flames or other small objects…
The one fox that held the sheath of his sword in its small jaws, came forward and carefully dropped the sword in front of the older fox demon. Nodding to the tiny fox, Naruto carefully lifted the sword up and placed it through his belt loop and reached over before picking up a stick. "Okay, go fetch the stick!" With that said the young man threw the stick and watched them all run off. Though as they ran, he couldn't help but notice that a lot of them were missing… "Where are the others?" asked Naruto with a frown.
"They are in position like you wanted sir; I have everything set so all we have to do is get everything here set up for you." Kurama said with a frown. Naruto just rose his eyebrow as if asking how the hell did everything outside the lair got ready but yet nothing inside the lair was? Jeez, this was annoying as all hell and that was saying a lot since he kept on getting placed in jail… Shaking his head, the young man walked over to the table and picked up his fingerless gloves before walking over to the elevator. It seemed that the elevator to the upper floor was at least ready, okay so maybe not an elevator per say but more like a lift.
Turning over to his friend and caretaker, Naruto calmly said "come on let's go… May as well get this plan in motion right?" Kurama frowned a little before nodding and started to walk on forward. Still holding the sleeping Hinata in his arms as he made his way to the elevator. Naruto never understood how Night Hawk could get someone as beautiful as Hinata Hyuuga though said nothing about it. The only thing that mattered was to get Night Hawk to die by his new plan, and it was the time to get it done and over with.
Inhaling deeply, Naruto knew that this was a fifty-fifty chance of him either winning or losing. Since he didn't know what Night Hawk's weakness was, there was no way of knowing if it would really kill him but with the power of the weapon, there was a good chance that it would kill him or at least wound him. Even with his body being indestructible. That would be amazing though, if he was at least wounded and weak he could easily win in a sword fight.
Suddenly, there was a soft moan coming from the blue haired woman. "She's starting to wake up, get into position!" whispered Naruto before he shifted into a giant reddish orange fox with nine tails and walked over to the shadows. He normally sat in his chair or clung to the walls but this time he was going to stick to his transformation. Sure he couldn't stay in any form other than his natural form for very long but at least this would be enough to surprise her that's for sure.
Kurama sat Hinata down on the chair, carefully so he wouldn't hurt her. Hinata just groaned a little more as she slowly started to open her eyes; it seemed that she was going through some kind of weird dream before forcing herself to wake up. What bothered her so much before she came here anyway? Giving himself a mental shrug, he laid in the corner of the room as he watched her carefully. "No… no snakes… no more snakes…" she muttered. Snakes? That's what she's dreaming about? Soon, the bag was lifted from Hinata's face, her eyes started to open, they were filled with a hint of fear for a brief before she became aware of where she was. "I've been kidnapped again haven't I…" muttered Hinata.
"Welcome Ms. Hyuuga… we meet again." Said Naruto's voice, causing Hinata to look around as if trying to see him. Naruto chuckled a little, thinking that she would never figure out where he was only for her eyes to go to his direction. Wait… there was no way that she could have known where he was already right? Come on, there had to be something that she couldn't figure out after all, humans weren't really that smart or intelligent so that would also include-
"I know you are that fox Crimson Fox, you can't fool me." Said Hinata with a bored sigh.
Grumbling, Naruto shifted back into his human-like appearance and made his way over to her. Grabbing the back of the chair, he tilted it back as he chuckled. "Now, now Ms. Hyuuga, I thought you would at least play the part of the captive this time. You never seem too any other time." Naruto said with mock hurt though a grin still plastered on his face.
"I would if you were a good villain." Hinata said with a sigh before looking away.
Ouch. That… that really did hurt. Narrowing his eyes, Naruto growled as he said "I am a true villain Ms. Hyuuga." He then set the chair back down before making his way over to his leather seat and sat down. Of all the things, it had to be this huh?! Hm… now that he thought about it Hinata was having a nightmare about snakes just a moment ago so that had to mean something… Smirking, he looked over at the other foxes and made a few growling sounds so Hinata wouldn't know what it was that he was planning. He didn't want her to know what it was that he had in store for her this time.
"Are there some weird stores that you guys get all of this stuff from? Ya know like some kind of nerdy website that sells blinky dials?" asked Hinata with confusion.
"Well, to be honest most of it comes from-"
"Don't answer her Kurama!" shouted Naruto with a growl.
Everything was quite for a moment, it almost seemed like Kurama wasn't going to finish his sentence though just as Naruto turned around, his fox ears picked up what Kurama had finished saying. "Amegakure…"
"Stop that!" shouted Naruto, his eyes turning red for a brief moment then made his way over to Kurama. "She's using her skills on you Kurama, trying to get all of our secrets from us. There is nothing that you can do when she starts. After all, she is nothing but a temptress!"
Kurama rose an eyebrow at Naruto as he said "sir, as pretty as she is, Ms. Hyuuga isn't my type I promise you that. No offence Ms. Hyuuga."
"None taken Kurama." Said Hinata with a yawn, still tired from the spray. Naruto never expected that Hinata would still be tired from the spray. Shaking his head, the young man smirked as he made his way over to the control panel as he thought about which button he would use. There were so many he had to choose from though he knew that there were only a few that did something. Naruto chuckled to himself at the thought of what he was to do in order to build up to his new plan that even Kurama didn't know about.
Oh yeah, this is perfect!
"So Ms. Hyuuga, how are you dealing while being in the clutches of the most powerful, handsome demon fox evil villain Crimson Fox?!" Declared Naruto, throwing his arms up into the air, a crazy smile on his face and his eyes glowing red as he thought of striking some kind of fear within Hinata's eyes. Though what he got was a yawn coming from the blue haired woman. "Uh… why isn't she screaming Kurama?" asked Naruto with a frown.
"Uh… Ms. Hyuuga? Could you please indulge him with a scream?" asked Kurama in a polite voice.
Hinata just rose her eyebrow at Kurama before turning to Naruto and yawned softly. There was no way of scaring the woman otherwise, it almost as if she just had no fear of him. For crying out loud he was a demon and she was a human, aren't humans supposed to be afraid of demons in the first place?! Well, other than Night Hawk but he was the good guy and therefore, not capable of scaring anyone let alone harming anyone to even cause fear. The thought of a demon not causing any kind of fear made Naruto sick to his stomach and he would make sure that he filled this entire town with fear, the fear of when he became their overlord and no one else would have the power to stop him!
Smirking at the thought, Naruto pressed a button as a gun came out of the wall as he said "now Ms. Hyuuga, I will get a scream out of you yet. All you have to do is let out a scream and everything shall be right with the world. Or at least you won't get hurt." Naruto's eyes looked dangerous though Hinata just yawned and rolled her eyes before rolling her shoulders a bit. "Is this going to take long? I don't wanna miss the opening of the Night Hawk Museum."
Damn it, how could she not be afraid of a gun being pointed at her head? For crying out loud anyone would be afraid of something like that for crying out loud! There had to be something else that would make her afraid though he couldn't be sure what it was that would make her afraid, well besides that but he would save that for last if nothing else worked. Looking back at the control panel, Naruto tried to find something else to frighten Hinata with, though he couldn't really be sure if it would be enough to scare her but it didn't hurt to try right?
Pulling another lever, something came down from the ceiling that almost looked like grinders that, of course could grind her up like meat if it got too close to her body. Though the young blue haired woman just yawned softly as she shifted a bit in her seat to get herself more comfortable. "That's boring…" Hinata muttered with a bored stare, causing Naruto to growl a little… Just what was it that made this woman so unafraid of him? Come on! "Wow, a grinder, that's mostly used in comics Crimson Fox… There is no way that it was an original idea, you are so predictable."
Okay, now he was pissed. If there was one thing he hated, it was being called predictable! He was not predictable! Okay sure he got the idea from a few comics he read growing up but damn it! Turning back to the control panel, Naruto tried to find another lever that would lead to something to cause Hinata to scream. But damn it all, it seemed that no matter what he just couldn't find anything that would lead him to be victorious in the least! Wait, there was this button here.
Grinning, the young man pressed the button and turned his head just to see a wheel of boots spinning rapidly which only made Naruto turn to Kurama. "Really? Boots of Death?"
"Don't blame me that was your idea as a child remember?" mumbled Kurama as he pushed up his glasses and crossed his arms. Oh yeah, now that he thought about it that was an idea he came up with to torment the kids that used to tease him when he was a little boy, though that did little to no good. He must have slipped the paper with that idea into the folder with the others for Kurama to build while he was in jail. That would explain so much but at the moment he wasn't going to complain about it, not at the least anyway.
"Forget the Boots of Death…" muttered Naruto as he turned back to the panel and pressed another button, causing a dragon like pipe to come out of the wall as it spewed out flames though Hinata just shrugged it off like the other inventions. Naruto growled all the more, how was it that all of his friend's inventions went down the toilet like this?! It wasn't fair and it was starting to piss him off to no end!
"That's it, I was hoping to get a scream out of you sooner or later Ms. Hyuuga, but you've left me no choice." He smirked evilly; there was no way that she wouldn't be afraid of what he had in mind. After all, his friends made sure to have everything set and perfect for the right time and place. Reaching over, he pulled a lever and below Hinata's chair were thousands of snakes… "Behold! My Snake Pit of Death! Just one bite of these snakes and you'll die!" shouted Naruto with glee.
What he expected to see on Hinata's face was not what he had expected to see. Sure, he saw fear in her pale lavender eyes, no doubt about that but there was something else that he didn't expect. Her skin went deathly pale, it was as if she had seen a ghost. Frowning a little, the young man wanted her to scream so why wasn't she screaming already? Turning to Kurama, Naruto ordered him to stay by the control panel while he went to check on Hinata. With that, he made his way over to the pale woman to make sure that she was still there and not somewhere else…
Jumping over the pit, Naruto stood in front of Hinata and placed a hand on her forehead, she felt clammy so that wasn't a good sign… Lifting her head a bit to be eye level with his, Naruto asked "are you alright?" Though before he knew it, Hinata's breathing started to grow in speed, his fox ears picked up the speed of her beating heart as she looked away and saw the snakes slither around below her, it was as if they were trying to reach her and that seemed to make her heart beat even faster, along with her pulse.
"Snakes… not… not the snakes…" she whispered, only to start screaming and tears starting to roll down her face. Well, he got the scream he wanted but this wasn't normal! "Guys stop! Change back!" shouted Naruto and watched as all the snakes went poof in a puff of smoke and in their place were fox cubs looking at him in confusion. Naruto ordered the fox cubs to get out of the pit then turned to Kurama telling him to close the pit doors though after the fox cubs had escaped.
Turning back to Hinata, Naruto gently patted her face and waited for Hinata to calm down. "Ms. Hyuuga, it's alright there aren't really snakes here. It was just the foxes in snake form, you're safe!" His expression held concern for the blue haired woman; he didn't think she was that afraid of snakes. If he knew, he wouldn't have gone for that… He was many things, but a monster was not one of them. Villain yes, monster not so much.
Frowning a little at Hinata, he rubbed her back hoping that would be enough to get her to relax, Naruto of course had lost track of time on her trying to relax… the tears had stained her face… though it seemed that colour was starting to return to her skin. "Kurama, go get some tea for Ms. Hyuuga, I can't have her looking like this when Night Hawk shows…" Without asking any questions, Kurama went to get some tea ready, though he knew that it would be a little while before the plan could go into action but that would be enough time for when he would call Night Hawk into battle.
