Hinata couldn't believe this… The Crimson Fox, a demon of legend in her family had really been sealed away in a vase and not only that, but he had been freed after all this time and he was sound asleep? His eyes were closed, his breathing soft, even and slow as he slept. He looked down right peaceful, not even aware of what was going on around him at the moment. Tilting her head, the young woman didn't know what she was to do about him though what she did know was that she couldn't do anything to wake him up since she did, after all still have a demon after her for some unknown reason.
"Who would have thought, The Crimson Fox would be asleep… It makes me wonder if he was forced into this slumber or he grew bored and fell asleep after a hundred years or so." Laughed the demon as he made his way toward Hinata.
Hinata just stared at him; she couldn't help but stare at his face. If he was really over a hundred years old, why did he look like he was seventeen like she was? None of this made sense to her though she wasn't going to complain much about it. The only thing that mattered to her was to get the hell away from here before this demon got a hold of her and killed her or whatever it was that he wanted to do with her. At the moment, the young woman didn't really care what it was; the only thing that she cared about was to get the hell away from this area and head on home before this demon grabbed her.
The young woman knew that she had to hurry up and get herself up and run as fast as she could. There would be no way that she was going to risk staying here any longer than she needed to or in this case she should since she knew that she would be captured at this point. Pushing herself up, Hinata tried to get away as fast as she could; she had to run away while the demon was at least distracted by the Crimson Fox's release from his seal. Looking over her shoulder, the young woman saw that he was indeed looking at him for a moment so that could give her some kind of advantage so she could get away from him and head on home.
Though it seemed that the demon had started to catch on as to what she was trying to do. Or in this case, hoping to do for he had grabbed a hold of her ankle and yanked her back. Hinata screamed out for help, though she didn't really expect any kind of help from anyone in the first place for The Crimson Fox was still out cold and didn't look like he was going to wake up any time soon.
The demon had managed to grab a hold of Hinata's body a little firmer when he held her close to his chest. He smirked when he held her in his arms, close to his chest. "You will be so very useful to my master for when we rule this land." What did she have anything to do with ruling the land? She didn't really understand it though there was something that she wouldn't allow to happen. Right now, Hinata had to think of something that she could do to get away from this place.
Thinking of only one thing that she could do, Hinata kicked the demon in the groin, the only movement that she could do with her body in the first place. Of course, the demon was not very happy with what she had done, he howled in pain before he shouted "you little bitch! I'll teach you!" he then threw her, hoping that falling to the ground would knock her out. What he hadn't expected was to put so much force into his throw, for when he tossed Hinata, he had thrown her right into The Crimson Fox.
Hinata yelped from the shock as her body slammed into The Crimson Fox and fell on the ground with him, her face buried in his chest as she let out a soft moan. "That hurt…" she whimpered softly before looking up and rubbed her face. The demon growled as he started to walk toward Hinata, causing her to scream and bury her face in the sleeping demon's chest. She prayed for someone, anyone to save her right now. "Please, please someone save me!" cried out Hinata before everything seemed to go into a blur.
The demon had reached out for the blue haired young woman before something shot out toward the demon. When she turned her head, Hinata blinked in shock when she saw something stabbing the demon's shoulder… it looked like… a tail? Frowning a bit, the young woman was about to voice what it was that was on her lips until she felt something wrap around her waist. She wanted to scream, wanted to yelp in surprise but sadly it seemed that it died in her throat when she felt the wind starting to pick up and swirl around her and the body of The Crimson Fox.
Closing her eyes, Hinata tried to focus on breathing, the wind was fast, harsh, and deadly, she felt like the wind was sucked out of her lungs for a brief moment until she felt the wind start to lighten up around her, in fact it seemed like it was trying to calm her down for some reason. Like it was the soothing caress of a friend or a lover of some sort. She wasn't sure what it was, though prayed that it was some kind of good sign for her.
Suddenly, Hinata found herself to be standing… Okay, now that was a little odd, for she knew that she had been lying on the ground with The Crimson Fox and now she was standing and felt someone… holding… her…
Slowly, she turned her head and looked up at the man that was holding her, noticing just how much taller he was compared to her. Staring at the man, The Crimson Fox, Hinata gasped in shock for she saw the fox man's eyes slowly start to open revealing a pair of blue eyes. The demon looked around for a brief moment after his blue eyes fully opened only to frown in confusion and say something in a language that she did not understand.
"So, you have awakened Crimson Fox." Said the other demon with a growl, only to say something in another language as well. She figured that demons could talk with this mysterious language though she hoped that The Crimson Fox would be on her side.
The blonde haired demon pushed Hinata to stand behind him, whatever the other demon had said had caused him to growl and go into what she assumed was a protective stance for he held onto the hilt of his sword and his tails were spread out as if trying to shield her from any kind of harm that would want to present itself to her. He had to be a good guy right? He just had to be the hero if he was going too far to protect her from this danger right? Right?
"So Crimson Fox, you have finally awakened and your power with you. Now, I'll have to make sure that you do not get in my way even if you do not understand what it is I'm saying." The Crimson Fox's answer was only a growl. It seemed that he may not understand the modern language now but it seemed that he could still sense what it was that the demon was after or, he heard it from the man himself when he spoke to The Crimson Fox earlier. Hinata didn't know what it was that was said before and she had a feeling that she didn't want to know about.
"You will stay out of the way fox, I will have the woman." The fox just growled all the more, muttering more in that strange language of his before thrust his hand outward and let out what looked like a burst of flames. Hinata was surprised, for when he had thrust his hands out; she could have sworn that she saw his arm light up a bright red. How was that even possible? She had a feeling that she would never figure it out though at the moment, she didn't really care. The only thing that she cared about was to make sure that she got home safe or that this was all just a really bad dream.
Either way, she didn't care and prayed that it was the latter. That she really was in bed and sleeping in her room and that she had just been knocked out by some kind of object. Yet, for some reason she felt like there was no way that this could have been a dream, that this was indeed as real as life itself.
"You bastard!" shouted the demon before rushing forward and went to slash at The Crimson Fox. Though the blonde and red haired demon easily dodged out of the way, flipping through the air before he landed on his feet and thrust out his other hand and his chest started to glow green as wind seemed to blast from his palm and hit the demon in the chest. It was rather surprising that he could use fire and wind though she wasn't going to complain about it at the moment.
Tilting her head, the young woman just stared and watched as the two demons seemed to go at it. The Crimson Fox threw punch after punch at the demon. While the evil man just smirked as he dodged them, only to hiss in pain when one of the blonde's claws scratched his face. The demon narrowed his eyes as he said "hard to believe that you are still powerful from being sealed away for six hundred years." The Crimson Fox though just tilted his head as if trying to understand what it was that he had just said. Rolling his eyes, the demon mumbled something in that weird language, which, Hinata believed to be some kind of translation.
"You should join us… you have so much power and we could use that power to join us… Ah yes, I keep forgetting that you do not understand what I am saying." Laughed the demon before he said what he wanted to say in that other language. Wouldn't it have been easier for there to be some kind of spell to get The Crimson Fox to understand what it was that they were saying in the first place?
The Crimson Fox though seemed to have other plans for he rushed forward and grabbed a sword before jumping through the trees. In fact, it almost seemed like he had disappeared for Hinata didn't see him anymore. What was going on? Did he just leave her or was it something else? She wasn't sure what it was though she had a feeling that there would be something big happening to her and she knew that there would be something big happening. The demon growled before he started to rush toward Hinata. "You are mine!" shouted the demon, only to scream when he felt something slash into his back.
Hinata gasped in shock as she saw the demon just seeming to fall over. Though that was when she saw a slash in the man's back, what the hell happened just now? That made no sense until she remembered that the fox demon had disappeared in the trees. Had he done this or was it something else that had attacked him? Hinata couldn't really be sure though she had a feeling that there was something else that would be coming and that it would take this demon down before it took her down.
The demon growled as he tried to break free of what it was that was attacking him. Though he knew that The Crimson Fox was behind it somehow, knew that this had to be one of his abilities. He had heard that people, no matter they be demon or human, they would have been sliced into bits and pieces within seconds… yet so far he was only getting slashed at, his body was still intact. The demon narrowed his eyes as he tried to get himself to stand back up onto his feet only to fall back over when a slash across his back formed once again. When he looked up, he saw The Crimson Fox standing in front of the blue haired woman once again.
"Who would have thought you'd still be this powerful… Yes, your abilities have weakened over the course of six hundred years but otherwise you are still powerful. I wonder what you could be capable of if you had the greatest power known to man and demon alike." Said the demon with a smirk. Soon, the demon started to laugh before he looked over at the fox demon and Hinata once more. It seemed that he was still trying to figure out what it was that he should do to stop the demon.
Hinata looked up at The Crimson Fox as she wondered what it was that the demon would be planning to take out the demon that wanted to bring her to… wherever it was that he wanted to take her away to. Soon, she had heard the fox man's muttering something in that weird language of his before he held out his sword, getting ready to kill this demon before ending this war with whatever kind of power that he had left in his body. Just how much power can one man have? Or in this case, how much power could one demon have in his body? Was there any kind of limit or was it like an ever flowing river that never had an end but just kept on flowing for eternity…?
"What do you plan to do? You had so much power and used it once before against humans and now… you refuse to help your kind…" growled the demon, okay now that confused the blue haired young woman. What did he mean by that? Was there more to the demon that was protecting her than meets the eye or was he just trying to psyche him out or something?
Shaking her head, Hinata held onto the blonde demon's robes in her small hands, causing The Crimson Fox to turn his head and stare at her for a brief moment. His eyes were so blue, they reminded her of the ocean, something behind his eyes told her that he was going to keep her safe. Even though he didn't understand a thing that she was saying or what was being said around him he knew one thing, and that was to protect her from whatever this demon was really after.
Turning his gaze back onto the demon ahead of him, the fox demon narrowed his blue eyes before his grip over his sword tightened, his demonic energy was starting to surge around him as if he was building up all the energy that his body could muster for this one attack. Whatever it was, she didn't know though she had a feeling that it was big.
Breathing deeply, The Crimson Fox held the sword near his shoulder, in front of his chest and the blade pointing away from his shoulder as it pointed toward the ground. Hinata had no idea what it was that he was planning, though hoped and prayed that this would be powerful enough to stop this demon. Looking over his shoulder, the young woman knew that she would have to let go of him if he was going to fight this monster even though she didn't want to do that at the moment but knew that it would have to be for the best at the moment.
The demon shook his head, as if saying that this attack or move wouldn't have been enough to stop him, let alone kill him. She wasn't sure why she was thinking about that from this demon's stare and stance but at the moment she just prayed that it would give the demon a clue that hunting down anyone was wrong and that there was no point in trying to kidnap her for no reason what so ever.
Then, that was when everything seemed to have happened in a blur. At that moment, The Crimson Fox swung his sword and a blade projected itself from the swords blade. It was green and flew through the sky and burst into flames. Hinata had never seen anything like this before in her entire life and now this was the moment that she was waiting for. Though, would it kill the demon or would it just wound him? Either way, she didn't know and had a feeling that it would be a bit of both maybe or there was something more to this than what meets the eye.
The demon's eyes widened in shock, Hinata figured that maybe he hadn't expected this attack coming towards him. That had been a bit of a shock for her as well though she wasn't going to complain. The blade soared through the air before meeting its target. Hinata almost puked as she watched the blade of wind fly toward the demon, before it sliced him in half. The demon stared at the two of them with wide eyes before smirking. "Do you think you've won!?" he said with a cocky laugh… only to stop when he saw the weird smile on the fox demon's face. "Why are you smiling like that?"
Turning to look up at the fox demon, she wondered why he was smiling like that. Soon, she saw him lifting up his hand, palm facing outward before tilting her head at him. "What are you doing?" asked Hinata. Soon, he held up five fingers, okay that was odd as well.
Soon, he dropped down his pinkie finger; the demon that was about to lay on the ground just tilted his head as he slowly started to descend to the ground. The Crimson Fox smirked a little more as he soon dropped his ring finger as his grin started to widen. Hinata just frowned a little more as she tried to think on what it was that he was trying to do. Tilting her head, the young woman asked "what are you doing?" He turned to her for a moment, dropping his middle finger before he said something in that other language. Though she wondered what it was that he had in store for this demon though didn't think that it would matter what he had in mind for the demon had been sliced down from his left shoulder to his right hip.
Then, the fox demon started to drop his thumb as he chuckled a little. Like he was in the middle of some kind of personal joke. The demon growled as he tried to put himself together again… only to notice something. His eyes widened when he felt like his body was starting to get warm… No, not warm but hot! What the hell was going on? Did it have something to do with that weird attack that had sliced through him or was it something else that was doing it? He couldn't allow this to happen!
Yet, before he could even get himself together The Crimson Fox soon dropped his index finger and as soon as his finger had reached his palm, the demon screamed as his body combusted into flames. He screamed and tried to roll around on the ground hoping to put out the flames. Though what the fox demon said made the demon glare. "Just laugh it up now fox, for this is merely a clone of myself that I created just so I could obtain the girl… Now, I will return these memories to my original self and we shall get the girl!"
Hinata tilted her head to the side as she tried to think on what it was that this demon was talking about. What did he or his master want from her in the first place? None of this was making any kind of sense to her and it was really starting to bother her so much.
The demon's body soon started to turn into ashes as his body finally burned itself out. The young woman just stared at the demon's remains, wondering if any more demons would come after her, if she would be okay or if she would be able to protect herself from all of this that is happening. There would be no way that she would be able to keep fighting like this day in and day out, mostly because she had no real sense of training in how to use her so called 'sacred' powers… Shaking her head, the young woman looked up at the fox demon as she said "thank you" hoping that he would at least understand that though… he just turned his head and stared at her for a moment, his head tilting to the side as he frowned a little.
Great, he still didn't understand her…
Suddenly, the fox demon grabbed Hinata's wrist, dropping his sword in the process as he just stared at her. His blue eyes full of questions and curiosity trying to figure out what it was about the world that he was in now. The time that he had no information about and he wanted to know so badly. Hinata feared that he was going to hurt her that he was going to attack her or worse kill her. Hinata gulped a little, for The Crimson Fox had pinned her to a tree. His red ponytail flowing in the wind as it blew past them.
"What… what are you doing?" asked Hinata, her eyes wide and filled with fear. She didn't know what it was that he was going to do and it had her frightened terribly. Gulping a little bit, the young woman tilted her head as she sniffled a little saying "please, stop… go away… You saved me from that demon are you going to hurt me now?"
He didn't answer her… no, more like he just kept on staring at her like nothing had happened or that what she said had meant nothing to him. Then again, it wasn't like he could understand her in the first place right? He could only speak in that weird language of his and only understand others that know it as well. Hinata sniffled a little and started to feel tears building up in her eyes as she tried to get her fear to leave her alone. He whispered something to her, even though Hinata couldn't understand the fox demon in front of her, the way he said it almost sounded like he was sorry about whatever it was that he was going to do.
Suddenly, Hinata felt him pressing his lips against hers, causing her lavender white eyes staring up at him in shock, not sure what he was doing though what she did know was that this was really freaking her out. Hinata could feel her heart beating quickly in her chest, her blood rushing to her cheeks and her body starting to sweat like crazy, why was she feeling like this?! Once he pulled back, he stared at her with a big grin on his face. Hinata just stared at him, not sure what he was smiling about though she felt dizzy all of a sudden.
"Hello Hinata, it's nice to finally understand what you have been saying all that time!" said the fox demon with a big grin on his face and a chuckle.
After that, Hinata fell over, fainting from the shock of everything that had happened. From the battle, the fox demon saving her, then kissing her and speaking in natural Japanese… just what was going on?!
here is chapter three, sorry if it wasn't any longer, had a little trouble thinking on how Naruto should fight since some of his powers had dimmed a bit from lack of use though he will regain his full power later. Now, what should I call that attack he used with his sword? Stirring Flame, or Foxfire Tempest? If anyone else has any ideas send them in for the name of that attack or if you have ideas for other attacks, later.
