Hinata had never seen Naruto look this angry before. The power that he possessed, it was overwhelming and it felt like it would suck all the air from her. That was how powerful it was though she knew that this wasn't even his full power. No, most of his power had been sealed away to keep him safe, she knew that he had to have more power than what he was exposing though… it made her wonder if maybe the seal on Naruto had weakened a bit…
The man… no, demon, as she had found out just by the powers that this man possessed had scared her. In fact, it had surprised her that a demon would even be after her in the first place. Let alone one that has power of poison/acid. Naruto though… she had no idea what kind of abilities that he possessed other than super strength and speed… sensing emotions… and even hearing her from such a long distance. It was rather amazing for sure though Hinata didn't know what to expect out of the red and blonde haired man.
"Why do you want to kill me? You're a demon as well aren't you? Have you not fed from her? Do you not know that a woman who is strong in spirit, body and mind make the best meals?" Gaidoku said with a frown. IT seemed that the demon had thought for sure that Naruto would have fed from her though, what did he mean by 'strong in spirit, body and mind'? That didn't make any kind of sense to her at all but what she did know was that Naruto was pissed, and he was a man on a mission.
A mission to kill this man…
Hinata gulped a little as she watched the two demons fight. It was incredible to be honest; she couldn't really see them all that much. They were nothing but blurs of colours honestly. Naruto was a mixture of red, yellow, orange and black. While Gaidoku was a mixture of toxic green and black, which did have her a little surprised but then again his clothes were green and black so that would make sense to her. In fact, no matter how much she tried to see how the battle was going on, she just couldn't focus enough to get a good sight.
Once the two men landed on the ground, Gaidoku had a crazed grin on his face as he said "you are powerful I'll give you that. But it seems that you aren't as fast as me though…" He laughed like a mad man that it made Hinata shudder for a moment.
When she gazed at Naruto though, her heart had almost stopped. He had cuts on his arms, his chest and legs. Blood oozed around the wounds and stained his clothes though it didn't seem like he was in any kind of pain. Either he had a very high pain tolerance or he was trying to hide his pain. Naruto just glared at Gaidoku, his fangs had shrunk a bit though it was still easy to see them even from where Hinata sat. How was it that his anger could cause such a transformation and yet he could still look so calm for that matter? It didn't make sense to her though maybe it was some kind of demon logic.
"Oh, your healing factor had kicked in hm? It's amazing just how quickly you can heal. Makes me wonder if you can heal if you have poison in your blood stream." Laughed Gaidoku, it seemed that he was enjoying all of the pain that was going through Naruto's body.
Naruto though just stayed silent, his glare was powerful of course. If Naruto had the kind of power, it would have killed Gaidoku and had him ten feet under. Gaidoku just frowned a little and crossed his arms, almost resembling a child about to throw a tantrum. Hinata tilted her head as she stared at Naruto wondering what it was that he was going to do. What she hadn't expected, was for Gaidoku to scream then laugh as blood seemed to fall from a wound on his chest. "Ha! I should have known… you are the prince of the fox tribe! You have the power to not only heal but to control fire and wind!"
Hinata stared with wide eyes; she didn't think Naruto could control the wind that easily… Had he just had to focus on the wind to use it without using any kind of movements? That would have made sense since Naruto hadn't moved or had he moved so fast that her eyes couldn't see it?
Growling softly, the young man flexed his claws as if preparing for another battle that was going to happen though he didn't move forward. Gaidoku just growled before he rushed forward at blinding speed that didn't even leave a blur for her to follow. Naruto flew back from the force of a punch that the poison demon had sent causing the blonde and crimson haired demon to fly in the air and roll on the ground.
"Naruto!" shouted Hinata as she tried to reach out for him though; she stared in shock at how quickly the young man was getting back to his feet. How was it that he could just get back up after getting a hit to the jaw like that? It didn't make sense to her though maybe it was just part of being a demon; you could handle pain from other people that would normally make humans black out from the pain itself.
Narrowing his crimson eyes at the poison demon, Naruto calmly said "go ahead and hit me all you want… you're just wasting your energy for when I can kill you myself with my bare hands." It was odd just how calm Naruto was right now… he had seemed so angry before and only used a bit of his power when they had been fighting at blinding speed and when he slashed into Gaidoku's flesh with his wind controlling abilities. Just how was it that he could handle this so easily?
"Maybe this will motivate you!" With that, he quickly raised his arm and aimed it at Hinata and shot a blast of green energy at Hinata.
Naruto's eyes widened as he tried to make his way toward the blue haired woman, screaming her name as he tried to reach her. Hinata though just stared with wide eyes as she let out a loud scream…
Naruto just stared in horror at where Hinata once resided. His eyes wide and filled with pain, fear, sadness… then rage. The young man never knew that he could feel this much rage before in his entire life. It was powerful, consuming… it felt like it was becoming his entire being and nothing more to him meant more than to rip Gaidoku into ribbons.
Was this what it meant to have a mate that you wanted to keep safe? Is this what it was like for his parents and how they look out for each other? No matter what his parents had always tried to look out for each other and keep the other safe. The young woman that had saved him took him into her home… had been the chosen mate for him by fate. By destiny they had been meant to be even though he had tried to deny any and all of it…
Yet no matter what he just couldn't escape the lure, the pull he felt towards Hinata. Her spirit was full of love for others and for him… She cared about him, not wanting anything in return though she also wanted to be out of the bond that had been formed when she had saved his life. The law prevented them from leaving the other… there was nothing that he could do about it, and now he was against it… Or at least he was until he had failed to keep her safe from this monster…
"Aw man, I didn't think I'd vaporize her that way! I must be awesome to be able to get rid of everything! But jeez, I kind of wish there was something left like her body. I could have devoured what little chakra would have been left to heal that fire punch burn you gave me and… a little fun later." Gaidoku said with a chuckle only to throw his head back and give out a crazy laugh.
Naruto clenched his hands into tight fists, enough so that his claws dug into his palms. That… that bastard… He didn't just want to feed from Hinata but to… Oh no, no, no, no, no, NO! He wasn't going to allow that to happen, though it wouldn't matter though since Hinata… The rage that had already been building up within him was starting to grow hotter and hotter. In fact, it almost felt like his blood was boiling in his veins and made him want to take out that rage against Gaidoku for what he had done…
"Kill him… he killed our mate! He killed our intended mate and he shall pay for what he's done!" shouted Naruto's demon blood as it demanded the poison demon's death. He was going to fucking pay for what he had done, there was never going to be enough pain that this man was going to feel for what he had done. Screw his body wanting to break down, screw all of it, he just wanted to kill this fucker for what he did! All he had to do was make sure that his body lasted long enough until he killed Gaidoku.
"You… bastard…" growled Naruto as he felt his body starting to transform… He could feel himself growing taller. Feel the bones within his body breaking and reforming themselves and his skin stretching as it tried to adjust to the transformation. Orange fur started to grow on the young man's body… His spiky blonde locks started to grow thicker, becoming wild as his legs started to stretch and looked like the legs of an animal.
"What the…?" said Gaidoku with a frown.
"I'll fucking rip you apart for what you did to Hinata." Growled Naruto as he felt his face stretching into a muzzle. His teeth sharpening into fangs, his eyes glowed a deep crimson as he turned and stared at the poison demon. His human ears disappearing as a pair of orange and black tipped fox ears started to form atop of his head. His shoulders widened, becoming broader as he shifted and growled as he stared at the demon. Then nine long orange and white tipped tails grew out from his spine as he said "you… I will make sure you don't live to see the sun set Gaidoku! I will fucking kill you!"
"You transformed…" whispered Gaidoku in surprise only to grin in glee. "Now we'll have a fight!" he said with a grin and a laugh.
Though for the young man, this was no laughing matter… He was going to rip him apart now that he was in his humanoid fox form. The only form that he could shift into since most of his power had been sealed away… For now though, it would have to do… Originally he was going to try to tire the bastard out so he could kill him but no… now he made it personal. The demon was going to pay; he was going to make sure that the man felt more pain than what Hinata felt.
Just thinking about the bones that he knew had been broken, the sprain in her ankle… the blood that was on her arm. It only fuelled his anger and it made him all the more eager to kill the fucker. This was going to make him feel so much better, he was going to make sure that he was going to have a painful death and nothing was going to stop him.
Letting out a loud roar, Naruto rushed forward on all fours as he went to kill the demon. This poison demon was going to die and he would feel satisfied with his death. The thought of not killing him, of letting him get away was something that he wasn't going to allow, it made him sick just thinking of it to be honest. This man… this demon was working with someone and he was going to take him down as well just so Hinata could rest in peace no matter what it cost him to get it done.
Naruto reached out to attack Gaidoku, swinging his claws at the poison demon only for the attack to miss. It seemed that Gaidoku was smart and quick, though in this form Naruto was faster. There was no way that he could get out of his line of attack for very long. Gaidoku though seemed to be enjoying himself that of course only served to fuel his rage all the more. Naruto growled as one of his many tails reached out and grabbed him, throwing him into the ground. "You fucker! I'll kill you!" shouted Naruto as Gaidoku chuckled and pushed himself out from the hole that his body created.
Gaidoku though just smirked as he held out both hands and shot out the same ray that had killed Hinata. Jumping in the air and rolling on the ground, Naruto landed on his hands and hind legs before rushing forward again, soon only running on his back legs. Gaidoku narrowed his eyes as he started to shoot out rays among rays at the fox demon. Though Naruto merely just ran out of the way, moving left and right as he dodged the attacks.
Smirking a bit, Naruto jumped in the air, his left hand pulled back as his fist ignited in flames along with a swirling breeze of air to help fuel the fire that burned his hand. Using the air around him, he shot himself downward even faster and went to punch Gaidoku. Though the man got out of the way, yet not before Naruto spun his body around and kicked him in the face, there was no way that he was going to survive this battle.
Naruto was more agile in this form, his body almost seemed like it was double jointed, or at the very least like he had no bones within his body anymore that hindered his movements. All those years training with his father had helped him a great deal.
Jumping back up onto his feet, Naruto narrowed his red eyes at his enemy as he said "you don't get it do you? I'm faster in this form… and this isn't my full power…" A deep growl emitted from his chest as he started to stalk toward the demon that had killed his intended.
Gaidoku just laughed as he pushed himself up saying "who would have thought you'd still have this much power after the sealing… It's amazing to be honest!" He had shouted the last part before snickering and looked up with a big grin on his face. The fox demon though was not impressed for he wrapped his tail around the black haired man's waist and threw him into the building. Groaning in slight pain, Gaidoku looked down at Naruto as he asked "why do you care about some human bitch anyway? She is nothing but a meal…"
Growling intensified as those words left the demon's mouth. Naruto shot fire balls at the demon as he wanted him to burn! Burn and die already! Disappearing soon, only to reappear next to the demon Naruto slashed at his face then grabbed him by his shirt and threw him into the ground. There was no way that he was going to allow the poison demon to tarnish Hinata's honour that way… or ever. He was going to die here and that was how it was going to be.
"Damn it you're a brute…" mumbled Gaidoku only to smirk and grin like a kid in a candy store. "This is so much fun! I should have killed her a lot sooner if I was going to get this kind of fun outta you! Damn, no wonder why my master seemed so interested in her, not just to drain her but to get to you…" Hearing those words made Naruto freeze for a moment… his master knew about him? How? He would have to be close to Hinata… no, Naruto was going to get those answers soon enough, but first he wanted Gaidoku to feel so much pain… make him reach to the point that he was only within an inch of his life before he got the answers that he seeked… Then, he would be free at long last of the pain that was starting to consume him.
Shaking his head, Naruto smirked deadly to the happy demon as he said "oh, the pain you feel now is nothing compared to what I'll make you feel!" With that, he rushed forward again, jumping in the air as he twists his body around to kick at Gaidoku, though even though he wasn't close, he could still send projectiles of air and fire at him. The air so powerful and sharp that it could cut the strongest steel into shreds. Fire burning so hot that it could melt anything t so touched…
The anger, the rage going through him started to blind and clouds his judgement… Soon, it became that Naruto only cared about the blood of this demon to stain his claws… To see the light of life fade from his eyes and rip him until there is nothing left of his body, not even remains. Screaming in rage, Naruto's body started to glow with a bright light, it flared and whipped around him like a mixture of his fire and wind abilities to the point that it was almost as if his very aura was surrounding him. Laughing himself, Naruto's mind was soon clouded with the rage he felt, and all he wanted was death and more death…
"Time to die now…" He whispered before rushing forward and started to swipe his claws at Gaidoku. The man screamed from the pain as the claws were now not only just sharp but were sending tiny gusts of wind and fire through his body. Wind to cut his veins, and fire to make him know what Hinata had felt when the poison had melted her into nothing. This was what he wanted; he wanted this demon to know what it was like to feel pain…
This, this was the kind of pain that he wanted Gaidoku to feel and he would make sure that he made it a thousand times worse than what Hinata felt.
Hinata groaned softly as she slowly started to open her eyes. The young woman couldn't help but wonder where she was… for the last thing that she remembered was that she had been about to be hit by that weird blast of energy by Gaidoku. It just seemed rather odd that she didn't see Naruto at all, he would have made sure that she was safe and she had a feeling that he wouldn't have moved her with her arm broken and sprained ankle…
"Hold still, I'm still healing you…" said a new voice, causing Hinata to jump and cry out in pain. A gentle hand reached out and held onto Hinata from behind the blue haired woman's shoulders. "Calm down… I am healing you nothing more. I saved you from that blast…" whispered the new voice.
Hinata frowned a bit and turned her head to stare at the one that saved her… Only to frown all the more for this person was wearing a fox mask. This person, that she could tell was a woman by the shape of her figure. To be honest, this woman had an hour glass figure much like herself and wore slightly revealing clothing… The woman wore a something that almost resembled a tunic, long orange socks that reached past her thighs, matching the colour of her tunic. The tunic had a net material in the shape of a triangle just over her chest though had a dark blue shirt covering her breasts. The next thing she noticed was the long red scarf that wrapped around her neck and could easily cover half of her face. The woman had long dark blue gloves that started from her middle fingers and wrapped around the back of her hands and around her palms before going up and ending below her elbows.
Looking down, Hinata saw that she wore those straw sandals that monks would wear though didn't bother to wear the socks to go with them. The last thing she noticed was the long blue hair that laid gracefully on the ground, and she figured by the height her hair would still just graze the ground from the length.
"Who are you? Why do you wear a mask?" asked Hinata.
"My name is of no importance right now. As for why the mask, well let's say my face is not meant to be shown for it could cause many problems. I could be those demons who can cause curses by staring upon my true face, or cause many problems for anyone such as nightmares down the road." Said the masked woman before scratching the back of her head.
"Did you get me out of the way of that attack?" asked Hinata with concern.
"I did… that attack would have poisoned you and only an experienced healer could heal you… Naruto wouldn't have gotten you to one in time and his own healing abilities can only go so far in healing you…" said the masked warrior.
Hinata frowned all the more at hearing it. How could Naruto heal anyway? He struck her as more of a warrior than a healer in the first place. "Before you ask, Naruto's father's clan can control wind and have amazing healing abilities, though Naruto doesn't have the talent for it and can only heal small things. Though I can't say how far his healing is now at the age he is now… it could be possible that it's at the level of a child compared to the rest of his clan."
Shaking her head, the young woman tried to push herself up to her feet, though winced and held onto her still bleeding arm as she said "take me to Naruto… he needs help, and you'll have to tell me how you know him so well…" Hinata breathed a little heavily before trying to walk only to cry out and fall over.
"You're ankle is still sprained, I haven't healed it yet… I had only finished healing your broken arm." Said the masked warrior before making her way back over to Hinata and filled her over onto her rear and started to tend to her ankle. "You broke it… you should have been more careful…" she whispered before letting out a sad sigh and started to get to work on it. It seemed that this woman knew more about the situation than she lets on… How else does she knows so much about Naruto unless it was common knowledge though she highly doubted it since Naruto didn't really open up all that much about his past.
Looking around the area, the young woman noticed that she was in the garden of her school. It was one of the few areas the students went to to eat their lunches though she never ate here personally to be honest. Not unless she wanted to get another beating so instead she normally went to the roof and ate with Sakura.
That was the only thing that she ever really looked forward to…
Now though Hinata knew that she had to focus on more important things… She had to make sure that Naruto was alright, she had to make sure that he wasn't hurt from battling the demon… Wait, did he think that she was dead if this woman, a demon mind you, had just zipped by so fast that no one saw her? It would be rather odd for a demon not to see another demon moving quickly unless she was even faster than the average demon. Looking over at the woman, she saw the soft green glow of her hand had faded and soon, she started to push herself up to move to Hinata's wounded arm… But Hinata didn't stay down… She pushed herself up and ran toward where Naruto was, hoping that she could show him that she was still alive or at the very least okay.
Breathing softly, Hinata kept on moving, the masked woman yelling at her to stop but Hinata didn't listen. In fact, Hinata just moved faster so she could see what was going on with Naruto and make sure that he was okay. There just had to be something that she could do to help him relax… Yet when she rounded the corner, Hinata just stared in shock at what she was seeing…
Naruto stood there, his body was that of a giant humanoid fox… To be honest it seemed that he had almost doubled in height but what had also surprised her was that his clothes stayed intact. How was it that Naruto could transform into such a creature in the first place? Wait that form it looked familiar to her, she couldn't say for sure though she knew that there was something wrong about this whole thing.
The fox man that she knew was Naruto just stood there. It seemed that they had an intense battle with the way his chest was heavily and his breath came out is gasps. The same with Gaidoku… they had to be worn out from the battle though it made her wonder just how long they had been fighting for right now. Naruto growled softly before rushing forward toward the poison demon and grabbed him then jumped high into the air.
Tilting her head upward, Hinata saw Naruto flipping through the air to build up momentum while he held onto Gaidoku before throwing him into the ground. Hinata winced from the sound that it created… it almost sounded like some kind of sonic boom though she couldn't say for sure to be honest.
Naruto landed on the ground with grace… Making his way toward Gaidoku Naruto lifted him with one of his many tails by his neck and held him close. Hinata had never seen Naruto this mad before and prayed that she never did again. The way he was acting it scared her… made the blue haired woman tremble a bit in fear though she just couldn't be sure what it was that he was going to do now…
"Who… would have thought you… would be this mad… about a human woman…" wheezed out Gaidoku only to snicker. Naruto's tail tightened its hold over him before giving a dark growl. It almost looked like Naruto was ready to kill right now. Had he killed before? Hinata couldn't be sure though she knew that she couldn't let it happen if Naruto hadn't killed before… he would end up regretting it for the rest of his life.
Naruto slammed Gaidoku against the wall before he made his way toward the man and held up his clawed hand… 'Oh god! He's going to rip his throat out!' thought Hinata before she ran forward without thinking.
Hinata noticed the blood staining Naruto's clothes, though she couldn't be sure if it was his own blood or the black haired demon's blood. Either way, she just couldn't really be sure of whom it was to be honest. Running faster, the blue haired woman knew that this may be her last chance to save Naruto from himself…
The roar that Naruto had let out… it was filled with rage, anger, hate, sadness… pain… and… loss? How was it that he could feel all of that and still be so angry at all of this for that matter? It didn't make sense to her though for the time being, Hinata knew that she still had to stop him before anything happened. Soon, Hinata saw Naruto holding out his fingers as he prepared himself to slash Gaidoku's throat so he could rip out the man's throat and let him bleed out to death… that was a horrible way to go but no one deserved it, even if that person had almost killed her.
"Naruto!" shouted Hinata as she tackled Naruto from behind and held onto him as tightly as she could. Sadly, the fox demon didn't like it, he let out another roar and his tails flailing around as it tried to grab her and to get her to let go, yet also not knowing that it was her… "Naruto stop this! You can't kill him! That isn't who you are!"
Naruto growled before dropping Gaidoku and spun around quickly as he prepared to hit Hinata… only for his body to freeze. His crimson eyes widened in shock as he stared at the small woman that stood before him… it seemed that his mind was processing who was standing there before him… Had he really thought that she had died? So he really didn't see the masked woman…
"Naruto, it's okay… I'm alive and I'm fine…" Hinata said with a soft smile before she wrapped her shaky arms around him and held onto him as tightly as she could. Naruto though, just stared at her before looking at her bleeding arm… Letting out a small whimper, Naruto leaned down and started to lick the blood that stained her skin and had still been oozing from the injury. Turning her head a little, the young woman saw that her wound had closed… so he could heal wounds?
Taking in a deep breath, Hinata looked up only for her eyes to widen in fear… this… this was the same face that she saw in her nightmare, the one she had before finding Naruto… He was the demon from her nightmare! Breathing quickly, Hinata tried to back out of his arms… only for the demon to hold onto her. As if sensing her fear, Naruto leaned down and started to nuzzle her, hoping to bring Hinata a sense of comfort…
Hinata frowned a little as she stared at the fox from the corner of her eye and tilted her head a little. Naruto's eyes were closed as he nuzzled her, letting out a soft sound that sounded like a content growl though she didn't know why… but Hinata had found it soothing… "It's okay Naruto… I'm not going anywhere…" whispered Hinata.
Naruto nodded slowly before turning his head to finish off the demon by burning him alive… though it seemed that Hinata didn't have to try to stop the fox demon before he could… Because Gaidoku had disappeared… Naruto growled a little before grabbing his head and swaying on his feet. "Naruto?" Hinata said with concern, only to watch as Naruto changed back into his human form… and fell over… "Naruto!"
