Hikaru
Dark: Another one eh. Being a writer is hard.
Syryus: Don't worry. You have me as a co-writer.
Scayth: Syryus. Your self proclaimed co-writer.
Syryus: So?
Scayth: Nabushi and me are the true co-writers.
Syryus: No. I am. (Punches Scayth on the face)
Scayth: (Gets punched) It's on now. (Attacks Syryus)
Dark: (Sighs and makes a shadow shield) I don't own Naruto or it's characters. I only own the storyline in this. And the OC's though Scayth, Yaz, Nabushi and Rain belong to people I know. Enjoy the chapter.
"Talking"
'Thinking'
"Demon/Spirit/Demonic talking"
(Creators note)
Recap
Team seven walked out of the Ichiraku each one smiling. "That was really good," Naruto said patting his stomach. "You guys have the rest of the day off. Meet me at training ground eight tomorrow at ten in the morning. Bring all your gear," Dark said. He then shunshined away leaving his to be team alone. "Well I'm going home," Sakura said leaving. "Are you in a hurry Hinata-chan?" Naruto asked. "No. Why do you ask?" Hinata asked back. "I was wondering if you want to go for a walk and see where the training ground is," Naruto replied smiling. Hinata nodded with a smile and both started to head towards the training grounds.
End recap
Chapter 4
Naruto arrived to the training ground only to find that he was the first one there. He just shrugged and sat down in front of one of the training posts pulling a purple covered gold rimmed book from his tool pouch. The cover of the book read "The fair of love Special edition". About five minutes later Sakura and Hinata arrived to the clearing.
"Morning Naruto. Where's sensei?" Sakura asked looking around the clearing.
"Not here yet," Naruto replied not looking up from his book.
"What are you reading, Naruto-kun?" Hinata asked looking at her blond haired friend.
"The fair of love," Naruto replied showing the cover to his teammates.
"How on earth did you get your hands on the Special edition?" Sakura asked a bit wide eyed.
"From sensei," Naruto replied placing a bookmark on the opening he was and closing the book.
"Sensei knows the author?" Sakura asked.
"Yes and no," Naruto replied standing up and putting the book back into his tool pouch.
"What does that mean?" Sakura almost yelled.
"I'll tell you later. More importantly did you come up an answer to senseis question?" Naruto asked looking at his pink haired teammate.
"No. I just couldn't come up a reason why I want to be a ninja," Sakura replied hanging her head.
"Ummm... Naruto-kun. You said that you wanted to become a ninja so you could surpass your father. Why do you want to do that?" Hinata asked a bit shyly.
"Well, for as long as I can remember it's always been just me and Kyuu-nee. I never knew my parents and Kyuu-nee didn't remember them that well either since they were on a lot on missions. Our clan was hated because our affinity with foxes which are known as tricksters. When I was five I almost got killed by a group of villages. If sensei and his group hadn't saved me and took me and Onee-chan under their wing I don't think I would be alive anymore. It was from them that I learned about our father. Sensei told us that he was a great man who saved a lot of people during the war. It was then that I decided to try and surpass him," Naruto told his team as he leaned against one of the training posts.
After Naruto finished Hinata walked over to him and hugged him while sobbing on his shoulder.
"That's... so sad," she said while sobbing lightly.
"Naruto... you just gave me the answer I needed," Sakura said wiping her eyes.
"Good. Lets hear it then," came a voice behind the group.
As Sakura turned around she saw Dark walking towards them.
"So Sakura. Why did you decide to become a ninja?" he asked as he stopped in front of the pink haired kunoichi.
"So that I can become strong enough to protect those precious to me," Sakura answered with a determined voice.
"That's a good answer," Dark said smiling. "Now then lets see if you can pass my test," he said as his face became serious.
Naruto, Hinata and Sakura tensed up a bit at this.
"The test is simple," Dark said as he walked to one of the training post and placed a timer on it. "This timer has been set to go off at noon. Before that you must try and land as many hits on me as possible. The one with least hits gets tied to one of these posts and send back to the academy," he explained as he started the timer. "You have two hours. Come at me with the intent to kill. Ready... START!" he exclaimed and the three genin hopefuls disappeared into the surrounding forest.
About half an hour later
Dark was standing in the middle of the clearing where his team had started looking at the forest around him.
'Lets see... Sakura is in those bushes over there,' he thought looking to his left from the corner of his eye. 'Hinata is on the trees behind me and Hikaru...' he looked to the right as he thought this and a small smile appeared to his lips. 'That kid. We've taught her well,' he though as he sensed Hikaru moving towards Hinata.
Where Naruto/Hikaru is
'Alright. First I'll get Hinata and then we get Sakura and put the plan in action,' Naruto thought to himself while heading towards the spot where Hinata was.
He landed next to Hinata about a minute later scaring her a bit.
"Naruto-kun. What are you doing here?" Hinata asked her friend with a low voice.
"I have a plan but I need yours and Sakuras help for it," Naruto replied with an equally low voice.
Hinata nodded and the two soon left towards the spot where Sakura was. They landed behind the pink haired girl making only a small sound.
"What are you two doing here?" Sakura whispered as she looked behind herself.
"I got a plan but I need yours and Hinatas help," Naruto whispered with an equally low voice.
"Forget it. I'm going land a hit on sensei and show Sasuke-kun that I'm strong," Sakura replied as she got up and ran off into the woods.
Naruto sighed as he looked into the direction his pink haired teammate had run off to.
"What do we do now Naruto-kun? We need Sakura-san for this plan right?" Hinata asked looking at her friend.
"No. We don't. We just have less of a chance without Sakura," Naruto replied.
Hinata nodded at this. "So, what do we do?" she then asked.
"Alright. Here's the plan," Naruto said and started to explain the plan.
An hour later
Naruto and Hinata were crouching on a tree branch watching their sensei who was just standing in the middle of the clearing. Suddenly Sakura burst from one of the bushes that lined the clearing running towards her squad leader. Dark just looked at her lazily and sighed.
'Fangirls,' he thought to himself.
Just as Sakura threw a punch at him Dark sidestepped it and hit the back of her neck with a chop causing her to fall unconscious.
"Well Sakura's out of the game," Naruto said shaking his head as Dark took Sakura to the training posts and tied her into one.
"How can we land a hit on him if his that fast?" Hinata asked.
"We will if you follow the plan," Naruto said giving Hinata a warm smile who smiled back and nodded. "Lets begin then," he said jumping out of the tree and into the clearing while Hinata moved to another location.
Naruto ran towards his jounin-sensei with his fist drawn. He threw the punch only for Dark to sidestep it and send a chop towards his neck. Naruto however managed to dodge it and send a kick towards Darks head. That however was blocked by Darks forearm. Naruto then went for a sweep kick but Dark jumped over it.
'She's not bad when it comes to taijutsu,' Dark thought.
His thoughts were interrupted however when he suddenly sensed a presence coming from behind him. When he looked over his shoulder he saw Hinata running at him.
'Nice plan Hikaru. While you were keeping me busy Hinata was able to get behind me and...' his thoughts were interrupted again when he felt something collide with his stomach.
He looked down and saw that Naruto had kicked him into his stomach. A second later Dark felt another hit on his back as Hinata hit him with Jyuuken. Naruto and Hinata then took a little bit of distance from Dark who was soon back on his feet.
"Well I don't think I need to continue this test any longer," he said looking completely unharmed.
The two genin dropped their fighting stances but Naruto kept his guard up just in case.
"Lets go back to the posts," Dark said and started to walk where Sakura was still unconscious and tied up. Just as they reached the training posts the clock that Dark had set there went off waking Sakura up.
"Ugh... what happened and why the heck am I tied up?" she asked as she woke up.
"Your tied because you failed to land a hit on me," Dark said sitting in front of his team while motioning Naruto and Hinata to take a seat as well. "I'm going to give out few extra points just for the fun of it," he said turning to look at Naruto and Hinata. "Naruto, Hinata. You two get a point from teamwork. Now which one came up the plan?" he asked as Hinata pointed at Naruto. "That gives Naruto one more point. A good plan," Dark said smiling.
"What about me, sensei?" Sakura asked.
"You? You lose two points. One for failing to see the purpose of this exam and another for turning down your teammates," Dark said as his eyes narrowed.
"W-What was t-the purpose of t-this exercise?" Hinata asked.
"It was teamwork," Naruto replied and Dark nodded.
"That's right. As you saw Hinata. While Naruto was keeping me busy I didn't notice you until you were close and when I got distracted by you Naruto got a hit in making me lose my focus and letting you get your own hit in. But tell me Hinata. Why did you decide to follow Naruto when he said he needed your help for the plan?" he asked.
"W-Well, me and Naruto-kun h-had b-become pretty good friends during his t-time in the a-academy. I-I w-was sure that h-he would help m-me to get a point," Hinata replied.
"Very good Hinata," Dark said.
"So what happens to the team now, sensei?" Naruto asked.
"Well you guys... pass. Though just barely," Dark said looking at Sakura who hung her head. "Team 7 will start doing missions tomorrow but..." he started.
"But?" Hinata asked.
"I have one mission for you and the pay comes from my own wallet," Dark said looking at his team.
"What's the mission?" Naruto asked slightly excited.
"It's a little different for each of you. Hinata your mission is to get lighter clothes. Sakura you also need to get new set of clothes but also you need to get your hair cut shorter. An enemy can easily grab your hair and hold you hostage on a mission. And Naruto. Your mission is to help Hinata and Sakura to get their new clothes," Dark said while standing up and pulling out his wallet taking out a rather hefty sum and handing it to Naruto. "Split what's left of that with each other after your done," he added.
Naruto nodded and then noticed Hinata looking a bit uncomfortable.
"Hinata. If your worried about showing your figure too much don't worry," he said with a grin.
Hinata nodded at this as she got up. By this time Dark had released Sakura from the training post.
"Also I'll be coming for a visit to talk about you future training with your parents later today," Dark said looking at Sakura and Hinata.
"Ummm... sensei? Why didn't you look at Naruto when you said that?" Sakura asked.
"It's because Naruto-kun and sensei live together along with Naruto-kuns sister and senseis old team," Hinata explained to which Dark nodded.
"Now meet me at the hokage tower tomorrow at nine A.M. Your dismissed," he said disappearing in a burst of fire.
"Well you two lets get going. We got some shopping to do," Naruto said with a smile.
His two teammates nodded and the group headed back to the village.
About two hours later
Dark walked out from the Haruno household. He had just finished talking with Sakuras parents about her training.
"Sensei," came a voice from behind him.
As he turned around he saw his team walking towards him. Both Sakura and Hinata were carrying at least two bags each with them while Naruto had none.
"I'm guessing it's mission complete," Dark said with a smile.
"Yeah," Naruto replied.
"By the way why are you here sensei?" Sakura asked.
"I just finished talking with your parents about your training and I was just about to head over to the Hyuuga estate," Dark replied.
"I g-guess w-we could w-walk there t-together then," Hinata said.
"Sure. Unless you would like to spend time with your teammates," Dark replied.
"I'm already late. S-So, i-it's fine," Hinata said.
Dark nodded.
"Alright. Lead the way and Naruto, tell Rain-chan that I might be a little late from dinner," he said to which Naruto nodded.
"Got it sensei," the girl turned boy replied as he started to head towards his home.
"See you tomorrow sensei," Sakura said as she walked inside her house.
"Lets go Hinata," Dark said looking at the Hyuuga heiress who nodded and started to walk with Dark next to her.
Ten minutes later at the Hyuuga estate
The gates of the Hyuuga estate were in view when Dark noticed someone standing in front of the gates.
"Guess your fathers waiting for you," he whispered to Hinata who paled a bit and started to run towards the gates.
Dark however kept walking calmly.
"Your late Hinata," he heard Hiashi say to his daughter with a harsh voice.
"I-I'm s-s-sorry, father," Hinata replied looking down.
"You'll have to forgive her Hiashi-san. I gave her and the rest of the team a personal mission to get some lighter clothes," Dark said as he got close causing Hiashi to look up.
"Kaito Dark. What are you doing here?" Hiashi asked surprised.
"H-He's m-my sensei," Hinata replied.
Hiashi looked at Hinata and then at Dark who nodded.
"It's true. As for why I'm here I've come to talk about Hinatas future training," he said looking serious.
Hiashi caught the hidden meaning behind his words and nodded.
"Very well. We shall talk in my office. Hinata, tell a branch member to bring us some tea," Hiashi said looking at his daughter.
"Yes, father," Hinata replied bowing a bit and heading inside.
"Lead the way Hiashi," Dark said as the two of them walked inside.
After a while of walking the two adults arrived to Hiashi office. The office was simple. A wooden desk with few plants and cabinets. Hiashi sat behind the desk while Dark took a seat in front of it.
"Now what is this about?" Hiashi asked looking at the former member of Kuroi Tsubasa.
Before Dark could answer there was a knock on the door.
"Enter," Hiashi said.
The door opened revealing a Hyuuga woman around her late twenties early thirties carrying a tray with two cups. She smiled a bit as she saw who Hiashis guest was.
"Kaito-san. Long time no see," she said.
"Yes it has Shiro-san," Dark replied as the woman named Shiro(White) handed him a cup.
She then placed the other cup on the desk next to Hiashi and bowed.
"It was nice seeing you again Kaito-san," she said as she headed to the door.
Dark nodded as she closed the door.
"Now then. Lets get down to business," he said as he preformed the sound barrier jutsu.
The room glowed light blue for a second before dying down.
"As Hinata told you I'm his jounin-sensei and will be taking over her training," he explained to Hiashi.
"Do what you want. That weakling isn't any concern to me," Hiashi said.
"What makes you think she's a weakling?" Dark asked.
"She can't even defeat her sister who is five almost six years younger," Hiashi said.
"Ah yes. Hanabi. Do you have a picture?" Dark asked.
Hiashi opened one of the desk drawers and pulled out a framed picture handing it to Dark. He handed the picture back after looking at it for a bit.
"I already figured out why Hinata keeps losing," he said.
"It's because she's weak," Hiashi said sternly.
Dark shook his head.
"Look at the picture very closely. Especially Hanabi's face," he instructed.
Hiashi did just that. After about half a minute his eyes widened in shock.
"Himeko-chan," he whispered causing Dark to nod.
"She's almost a split-image of her mother. And if you remember Hinata was very close to her mother when she was still alive. The reason why Hinata keeps losing to Hanabi is because she doesn't want to hurt her and Hanabi remind her of her mother," Dark explained.
Hiashi just kept looking at Hanabis picture in shock.
"Tell me. After Himeko died who took care of Hanabi most of the time?" Dark asked.
Hiashi thought about it for a while.
"I think it was Hinata. She spend almost all her free time taking care of Hanabi. Heck she went sang her a lullaby every night," Hiashi said with a small smile.
"That's because she saw it as her duty to do since her mother was gone," Dark explained. "And since you call her a failure whenever she loses to Hanabi it causes her to lose her confidence in her abilities," he continued.
"What can I do to fix this?" Hiashi asked.
"Be a father to them. Not a clan head. Your their father before a clan head," Dark said.
"But the council..." Hiashi started.
"What happened to the Hyuuga Hiashi who didn't care what the council said, the Hyuuga Hiashi who wouldn't take crap from anyone except for his wife, the Hyuuga Hiashi who looked like the happiest man in the world when he heard that his wife was pregnant. Where did that man go?" Dark asked.
"He died when he lost his wife," Hiashi said with a tired voice.
"No. He didn't die. He just gave up," Dark said.
"Dark-san. I've lost almost everything. My brother, my wife, my best friend and my goddaughter(Guess who?)," Hiashi said with a single tear running down his cheek.
"I can bring them back," Dark said causing Hiashi to look at him.
"You can?" he asked.
"Yes. But it's going to take few months," Dark replied.
For the first time in a long time Hiashi smiled a true smile.
"Thank you Dark-san," he said.
"No problem. As for what comes to your goddaughter Hikaru...(Those guessed get a weapon of their choise)" Dark said taking a photo from his vest and handing it to Hiashi.
"What's this?" Hiashi asked looking at the photo causing his eyes to become as wide as dinner plates.
The photo showed the whole Kuroi Tsubasa along with Yugito. But what caught Hiashis eye was the youngest person in the picture. The person was around ten or eleven years old. She had long sun blond hair pulled to two ponytails, ocean blue eyes and three whisker-like marks on each of her cheeks.
"That photo was taken about a year ago," Dark said.
"She... she's alive?" Hiashi asked.
"Yes. She has been training with us for the past seven years from Minatos request," Dark explained.
"So, what Sarutobi-sama said that day was a lie?" Hiashi asked.
"Yes. It was a cover-up story for Hikarus sudden disappearance," Dark explained to which Hiashi just nodded handing the picture back to Dark. "On the day we came to pick her up she had met Hinata and Himeko and spend time with them," he explained while putting the picture back into his vest.
"Where is she now?" Hiashi asked.
"She's living with us at Minatos place under the alias of Kitsune Naruto. She's also Hinatas teammate," Dark said.
Hiashi nodded.
"Does Hikaru know who her parents are?" he then asked.
"Yeah. She knows," Dark replied and chuckled a bit after that. "You should have seen her when we told her. She fainted while sitting with her eyes wide open," he said holding back laughter.
Hiashi chuckled at this.
"Well that should be all," Dark said drinking the rest of his tea and lifting the sound barrier.
He then stood up and bowed to Hiashi.
"Take care of my daughter Kaito-san," Hiashi said with a stern voice as he bowed back.
"I will, Hiashi-sama," Dark replied and after that left the Hyuuga estate and headed back to Minatos house.
About fifteen minutes later
Dark opened the door and walked in.
"I'm home," he yelled as Rain walked out from the living room.
"Welcome home," she said planting a kiss on Darks lips.
After they broke apart Dark walked into the living room seeing everyone except Hikaru Kyuu were there.
"Well that takes care of Hiashi," he said sitting down on one of the couches.
"So, now he knows that Hikaru is alive," Nabushi said and Dark nodded.
"You should have seen his face when I showed him the picture from last year. It was priceless," Dark said chuckling a bit.
"By the way dad. I've been wondering. How did you and mom meet?" Yugito asked.
Dark was about to answer when purple chakra came out from Yugito and Hikaru and Kyuu appeared into the living rooms door.
"I would like to know too," Ame said and Kyuu nodded along with Hikaru.
"Alright I guess I could tell the whole story," Dark said as he looked at the ceiling.
Flashback start (This is gonna long)
A boy around thirteen was standing on a balcony looking at the town below. He had purple shoulder length hair, pair of dark purple panther ears, three tails and deep purple cat-like eyes. He was wearing a purple suit with golden yellow lining.
'It's that time of the year again. The carnival is here,' he thought to himself with a smile.
The smile soon faded however.
'But father would never let me go,' he thought with a sigh. 'Of course I could ask him if I could,' he thought and headed inside to find his father.
After a while he found him in his office.
"Father," the boy said gaining his father attention.
"What is it, Dark?" he asked.
"Well the carnival is in town again. Could I go?" Dark asked.
"Haven't we been through this already. You can't go until your old enough," his father said.
"You always say that," Dark said and stormed the room. 'You can't go until your old enough. Forget that. I'm going anyways. All I need to do is change into more common clothes,' he thought to himself as he headed into his room.
Once he got there he took out pair of black jeans, sleeveless black t-shirt, dark purple vest, red bandana and gray and white sneakers.
'Good thing I got these as a gift from that nice maid. I think her last name was Kara,' he thought to himself as he switched into the new clothes.
After he had changed he crept out from his room.
'Now to find that secret passage that I heard about,' he thought while sneaking around the corridors until he arrived to a corridor full of armors. 'Lets see... I think it was this one,' he thought as he pulled one armors finger causing a passage to open. "Yes," he said with a low voice and quickly slip into the passage which closed behind him.
Some time later
Dark walked out from a small cave and dusted himself off.
"Man that passage really needs cleaning," he muttered pulling some spiderweb from his hair.
After he had cleaned himself he headed towards the music and laughter. He arrived to the town in five minutes and looked around.
'So many things,' he thought as he quickly checked his money. 'I should be fine with what I have. Now what did dad say about if I ever got lost... oh yeah. Don't trust anyone suspicious,' he though and started to walk while looking around.
As he rounded a corner he bumped into someone causing them both to fall backwards.
"Ouch," Dark said as he landed on his butt.
"Ah! I-I'm sorry. Are you okay?" asked a girls voice.
"Yeah. I'm okay. And I should be the one to apologize I wasn't... looking..." Dark said trailing off and blushed lightly as he saw the girl he had bumped into.
She looked around his age and had long light purple hair and same colored cat-like eyes, purple cat ears and a single tail. She was wearing a black dress with light blue lining that ended a little above her knees. In Darks opinion she was very pretty. He got up and offered his hand to her which she took. Dark then pulled her to her feet.
"Sorry for bumping into you. You okay?" he asked her.
"Yes," she replied looking away to hide her blush.
"I wasn't looking where I was going since it's my first time on a carnival," Dark said rubbing the back of his head.
"Well how about we tour the carnival together then," the girl offered.
"Sounds good. I'm Dark by the way," Dark introduced himself.
"Rain. Kara Rain," the girl named Rain said.
The young couple then started to walk around the carnival together.
Few hours later
Dark and Rain were sitting under a tree at the edge of town.
"Man that was the most fun I've had in a long while," Dark said smiling widely.
"Same here. And thanks for winning me this pendant," Rain said looking at the said item hanging around her neck.
The pendant was oval shaped with a dragon made from silver on the top half of it and a panther made from amethyst at the bottom half of it. They both were facing each others tails.
"No problem, Rain. Just thought it would look good on you," Dark said causing Rain to blush a bit.
He then reaching inside his vest.
"What are you doing?" Rain asked while looking at Dark.
He didn't reply and after a while pulled out an purple and black ocarina.
"Just thought I'd play some music for a while," he finally said as he brought the instrument to his lips and started to play(Lugia's song).
Rain closed her eyes and just listened to the sound of the ocarina. Few minutes later Dark stopped opening his eyes.
"You play really well," Rain complimented.
"Well that's actually the only song I can play from memory," Dark said rubbing the back of his head.
"Still the song was beautiful," Rain said.
"I think I should start to head to home now," Dark said as he noticed it was getting late.
"Do you really?" Rain asked with a sad voice.
"Yeah. It's getting late," Dark replied standing up.
"Will I see you again?" Rain asked as she stood up.
"I don't know," Dark said and looked at the ocarina in his hand. "Here. Take this as a memento of this day," he said handing the ocarina to Rain.
"I really couldn't. I mean that's yours," Rain said pushing the ocarina back to Dark.
Dark took Rains hand causing her to blush and placed the ocarina into it.
"Just take it. I have another one back home," he said smiling a bit.
"A-Alright. Thank you," Rain said smiling.
She then leaned forward and planted a kiss on Darks cheek which caused him to blush.
"Thanks for the ocarina and for the company," she said and walked away.
Dark slowly brought his hand to his cheek on the spot Rain had kissed him. A smile slowly crept to his lips.
'That felt nice,' he thought and headed back to the secret passage he had come from.
A little over five years later
An eighteen year old Dark was sitting on one of the window sills of his home mansion over looking the courtyard and town below. He was wearing a black suit with purple lining. He now had seven panther tails swinging behind him.
'It's been over five years since that day. This year I finally got permission from father but...' he thought to himself sighing.
"Something wrong, Dark?" asked a voice.
Dark turned to look and saw a boy that looked few years younger than himself. The boy had light brown spiky hair that looked almost feral, pair of tiger ears and seven tails. He was wearing a black suit with blood red lining.
"It's nothing Scayth," Dark replied while turning to look back outside.
"Are you still thinking that day five years ago?" Scayth asked.
"What are you talking about?" Dark asked.
"When you sneaked out of the castle without telling father," Scayth simply replied.
"How do you know about that?" Dark asked.
"I saw you slip into the passage. Don't worry I didn't tell father," Scayth said with Dark nodding.
"I know," he replied.
"How?" Scayth asked slightly amused.
"Two reasons. One dad didn't say anything about it and two that's not your style," Dark replied chuckling a bit.
Before Scayth could reply commotion from the courtyard caught their attention.
"I wonder what's going on," Dark wondered.
"Dunno. Lets go see," Scayth said and headed towards the front door with Dark right behind him.
As the two arrived to the courtyard they saw three of the guards having the tips of their spear pointed at a girls neck.
"What's going on in here?" Dark asked as he and Scayth walked closer.
"Oh Dark-sama, Scayth-sama. This girl tried to sneak into the mansion," said one of the guards pointing at the girl.
"No I wasn't. I was coming here to fill in for my mom who is sick," the girl said.
Dark then took the first good look at the girl. She had long light purple hair and same colored cat-like eyes, purple cat years and three tails. She was wearing a black skirt and a light blue shirt. In Dark opinion she was very beautiful.
"What's your mothers name?" Scayth asked as he stepped forward.
"Hisaru Nem Kara," the girl replied.
"Let here through," Dark said.
"But sir..." one of the guards started.
"I said let here through," Dark said again and send a glare at the guard who stiffened a bit.
"Y-Yes sir," the guard said as the others removed their spears from the girls neck causing her to relax.
"Follow us," Dark said motioning the girl follow him and Scayth.
"Ummm... thank you," the girl said as she caught up with Dark and Scayth.
"Don't mention it. Your mother has always been kind to me and my brother. Always remembering our birthdays and such," Dark said.
"By the way, what's your name?" Scayth asked the girl.
"It's Rain. Kara Rain," the girl called Rain said.
This caused Darks eyes to widen slightly but the only one who caught it was Scayth.
'I wonder what shocked Dark that much?' he thought to himself.
As they kept walking Rain kept looking at Darks face.
"What is it? Is there something on my face?" Dark asked.
"No. It's just that you remind me of someone I met five years ago," Rain replied.
"Really?" Dark asked to which Rain nodded.
'So, that's it. Dark must have met Rain-san on that festival five years ago,' Scayth thought while mentally snickering.
The trio soon came across an older maid who bowed to them.
"Hello, Dark-sama, Scayth-sama. Can I help you with something?" she asked.
"Actually yes. This here is Rain. She has come to fill in for her mother for awhile. I want you to show her what to do," Dark said while motioning towards Rain.
"Of course Dark-sama," the maid said and motioned Rain to follow her which she did.
"You like her," Scayth said as soon as the two were out of earshot.
This caused Dark to blush.
"I-I-I don't know what your talking about," Dark replied looking away.
"You can't hide things from me. I saw your eyes widen slightly when heard her name," Scayth replied nudged Darks side.
"Alright fine. So I met her five years ago," Dark said as he started to walk away.
"So, you gonna tell me what happened on that day?" Scayth asked as he ran after Dark.
About a year later
It had been almost a year since Rain had come to the mansion to fill in for her mother. In all honesty she had done such a good job with the things she had been given that the head maid had offered her a job with she had accepted. During the year Rain had developed a crush towards Dark since he reminded her so much of the boy she had met that day at the festival. Dark of course knew of her crush but didn't show it. It was the time of the year again. And like every year the festival was held in town. Dark walked out from his father office where he had been to inform him that he was going to the festival.
"Oh Dark-sama. There you are. I was looking for you," said a voice just as Dark closed the office door.
He looked to his side and saw Rain standing there wearing her maids uniform which caused Dark to blush a bit since it looked really good on her.
"What is it, Rain?" he asked her.
"Well I was wondering if I could keep the rest of the day off so I could go to the festival," Rain said blushing a bit.
"Actually I was planing to go there myself so why don't you accompany me for today," Dark suggested causing Rain to blush a bit more.
"Ummm... sure," she said.
"Alright. Meet me at the front gate in half an hour," Dark said to which Rain nodded.
They both then went into their own directions.
About half an hour later
Rain was leaning against the side of the front gate wearing her black skirt and light blue shirt. She was looking at a pendant that was around her neck. The pendant was oval shaped with a dragon made from silver on the top half of it and a panther made from what looked like amethyst at the bottom half of it. They both were facing each others tails.
"Sorry to keep you waiting," Dark said as he walked towards her.
He was wearing a pair of blue jeans, black sleeveless t-shirt that was almost skintight, blood red vest with black lining with the pockets being black as well, dark purple headband and black and gray sneakers. Rain blushed and looked away when she saw him.
"Something wrong?" Dark asked her.
"N-N-No. I'm fine," she said.
"Alright. Ready to go?" Dark asked her to which she nodded and they walked through the gates and towards the festival grounds.
Couple of hours later
Dark and Rain were sitting under a tree that was at the edge of the town.
'This is... the same place where I was with him six years ago,' Rain thought to herself.
"Something wrong?" Dark asked while leaning back on his arms.
"No. It's just a memory I have," Rain said smiling a bit.
"From six years ago?" Dark asked.
"How did you know?" Rain asked shocked.
"Just a guess," Dark replied as he started to search his vest. "That's weird. I was certain I took it with me," he muttered after a bit.
"What are you looking for?" Rain asked.
"My ocarina," Dark replied.
"Ummm... Would this do?" Rain asked pulling out a purple and black ocarina from her shirt pocket.
'So, she kept it,' he thought to himself while nodding and taking the ocarina from Rains hands.
He then brought it to his lips and started to play(It's Lugia's song again). Rain was shocked when she heard the familiar melody. Few minutes later Dark finished playing and looked at the shocked Rain with a smile.
"That boy that I met six years ago. It was you," Rain said shocked.
"Yep. I'm surprised my name didn't already give it away," Dark replied.
"I just... didn't think about it," Rain replied looking down with a slight blush.
"That day... I had sneaked out from the mansion because I really wanted to go to the festival but my father wouldn't let me. And that's when I bump into you... literally," Dark said chuckling a bit.
"Ummm... had your parents bought you the clothes you were wearing that day?" Rain asked.
"No. They were actually a present from your mom," Dark said.
"My mom?" Rain asked a bit shocked.
"Yeah. She always remembers mine and Scayths birthdays and is always kind to us," Dark said smiling.
"Right. I remember you telling me that when I first came to the mansion," Rain said and smiled.
"You know... when I first met you I thought you were really pretty," Dark said blushing a bit.
"R-Really?" Rain asked blushing red.
Dark just nodded.
"Well you didn't look half bad either," Rain said blushing a bit more.
Dark took a deep breath and placed his right hand on Rains shoulder causing the said girl to look into his direction.
"What is...?" was all she managed to asked when a pair of lips pressed against hers cutting her off.
This of course caused Rains eyes widen.
'D-D-Dark's kissing me!?' she yelled in her mind.
Dark soon pulled away from the kiss and smiled to Rain.
"Ummm... I was wondering. Would you... go out with me?" Dark asked blushing.
Rain nodded not trusting her voice. Dark smiled and slowly kissed Rain again to which she returned this time.
Flashback end (Told you it was gonna be long)
"About half a year later I proposed to Rain and three months later got married," Dark finished his story.
"Alright everyone. Dinners ready," Rain said from the doorway.
During the story Rain had gone to the kitchen to make dinner. Everyone got up from their seats and headed to the dining room.
"Somehow that sounded somewhat like the story in 'The Fair of Love'," Hikaru said.
"Where do you think I got the ideas for the story. Just a change here and there and no one knows," Dark replied smiling.
"So we're royalty?" Yugito asked.
"No. Just upper-class. And that just in Makai," Nabushi explained.
"Wait. If your all from the summon world then who summoned you?" Hikaru asked.
"No one. When you get certain amount of power it's possible to open a portal into another worlds," Scayth said.
"Wow. The power of the bijuus is amazing," Yugito said.
The group then sat on the table and started to eat.
"Well Hikaru. Tomorrow is your first day as a true ninja," Dark said.
"Yeah. But is it true that D-rank missions are just chores?" Hikaru asked.
"Unfortunately yes. This is because it's the time of peace," Yaz said.
"By the way we heard a rumor of a D-rank mission that almost every genin team has had to do several times," Ame said.
"Really? What's the mission?" Hikaru asked.
"Retrieving the daimio's wifes cat Tora," Yugito said.
"Doesn't sound that hard," Kyuu said.
"I heard that most of the genins call it the demon cat," Ame said.
"And they say that it's really fast," Yugito added.
"Some of the ANBUs were talking about it too. It seems that the owner is a bit rough with it. Giving it bone crushing hugs and such," Nabushi said.
Dark seemed to be thinking of something.
"What are you thinking, sensei?" Hikaru asked.
"Don't tell me. Your planing to have Tora spy on the daimio," Rain said.
"Well I wouldn't call it spying. Just keeping an eye on them about things regarding Konoha," Dark said.
"You can do that?" Ame asked.
"Ame, your a cat demon. Those with less power have to follow your orders. They can decline of course but some aren't as nice as us," Scayth explained.
The rest of the dinner went on a relative silence.
"Hikaru. You should go to bed now. We have a tiring day tomorrow," Dark said as the said girl got off the table.
"Alright sensei. Good night," said Hikaru as she started to head to her room resewing a good night from everyone else in the room.
When she got into her room she released her ponytails letting her hair fall around her waist and changed into a blue nightgown with orange foxes on it.
'Hinata-chan,' were her last thoughts before sleep consumed her.
Dark: Well that takes care of that. (Drops the shadow shield)
Syryus: (Twitching on the floor full of cuts and bruises that are slowly healing)
Scayth: (Panting) Take that Syryus.
Dark: I think you might have over done it.
Scayth: Who cares. He was asking for it. Besides it was him who attacked first.
Dark: True. Now to finish up.
Scayth: (Sits down still panting)
Dark: Keep giving me vote for what should happen after the next chapter of Negi's New Side. So far I only have two votes.
Scayth: The events are Battle against Eva and Helping Aisaka Sayo.
Dark: Both will lead into one pactio being made. So please cast those votes. It's found from the top of my profile.
Scayth: Was that all we needed to do?
Dark: Yea. So until next time. This is Dark.
Scayth: And Scayth.
Syryus: (From the floor with a weak voice) That's my spot.
Dark: Matane!