Naruto Hitman for Hire
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto and company. If I did, I would be eating more than Wal-Mart ramen and drinking the cheap soda and watered down coffee.
AN: Sorry about the delay, dad had a stroke. Postings will be sporadic for now.
Chapter 9
(Twelve Tails)
(Medlab)
Nine stood by Hinata's head wearing a pair of pants and a tank top. He looked at the Shodai's necklace resting on the side on a small pillow. The three bijuu stood around Hinata on the bed.
Tsunade was there watching, afraid she was going to lose another person she cared about.
"How does this work again?" Tsunade asked looking at the fox.
"The three of us will sacrifice our remaining energy, it will make her a hanyou like the others."
"What about her eyes?" Tsunade asked.
Kyuubi sighed. "Talk to Sei, I'm sure she's got ideas. Her and her machines."
"Machines…you mean cybernetics?" Tsunade asked.
"We can heal her body, but the eyes the girl had are gone. Ocular implants are possible, you know this as well, but we can't regenerate what isn't there."
Tsunade made a note to talk with Sei later, but she wasn't leaving now even if the building exploded.
Gaara was standing off to the side, he too had refused to leave. He was losing a part of himself and he wanted to see what happened. "We'll have a new sibling." He said to Nine. The blond had said nothing as he prepared himself. He had to be the focus, and Tsunade's necklace was another.
"The power of that stone carries the power your uncle had to control bijuu. It is responsible for removing us from them and it will help give our power to the girl."
Tsunade was surprised that the three were willing to give their lives for a girl they'd just rescued. It was bothering her greatly.
"Before you start…I need to speak with the Kyuubi, just once more…in private." Tsunade said.
Naruto sighed. "You have ten minutes. I'm still meditating and preparing."
The fox hopped off the table, and Tsunade caught him, carrying him out of the room and putting him down on the table, she locked the door.
"Give me the truth." She said.
The Kyuubi looked at her and sighed. "The time of the great beasts is passing. We can either end it as plushies, or leave our mark on the world." He paced back and forth on the desk for a bit.
"Despite what the kit says, he needs a mate. Yugito isn't in the running, and Temari might be hot sex, but it isn't the love of a mate."
Tsunade blinked.
"You're doing this to get him…laid?"
Kyuubi actually laughed. "More than that. More than that." He repeated. "Yugito will find a mate, soon if Nibi is right. Gaara's will be seen as well. Temari, who because of the transfusion she got is actually a hanyou as well, and while she doesn't have any abilities, she will have the longevity." The fox looked at Tsunade. "And the only reason that worked was her DNA was close to Gaara's that the enzymes from the blood made her better."
Tsunade paused. "She's never gotten sick and she's as energetic as they are." She said realizing it now. "Kami I'm so blind at times."
"Happens as you get old, so I'm told." The fox said and smirked at her scowl. "Now, back to your question, the girl is a pureblood Hyuga."
"Yes, she's of the main house." Tsunade said.
Kyuubi shook his head. "You're missing it. The Hyuga, like all the clans with Kekkei Genkai's got their abilities from breeding with demons, low level demons, but they did it."
Tsunade blinked at this.
"What? You think your ancestors could control trees? Its because his parents somewhere slept with a wood nymph or a dryad. Water users usually a water demon of some kind. For example, Gaara's children will control sand and sport a connection to raccoons. Naruto's…and I still refuse to use that stupid number as his name as well, his children will be able to use kitsune magic and illusions."
"So, the Hyuga…Hinata…"
"When we flush her system with out demonic energy it will jumpstart the hidden string and she will heal up like any of them."
"What demon did the Hyuga merge with?"
"A mystical bird of some kind. Nibi keeps saying it's a phoenix, I think it's a dove."
"And Shukaku?" Tsunade asked.
"He don't give a damn." The fox said and Tsunade shook her head.
"So, your going to make her like the others…and hope she mates with Naruto." Tsunade said. "That's a longshot."
"That's life. And the brat needs someone. He's falling into the role of assassin and one of these days he's going to go out on a hit, and then he won't come back. The girl has a pure soul, something about her caught his attention the moment he saw her. Other than the sex he's had with Temari the only women he has even let near him has been you as a mother figure, Shizune as a sister and Yugito as a sister. Our time is ending, but we can make up for our sins with some good, then we agreed to do this."
Tsunade shook her head. "You're still not saying something. You three furballs are hiding something."
"Of course we are. We're old. We're slightly cosmic, nearly phenomenal beings. You have secrets, leave us with ours."
"No. Not if it messes with Naruto." Tsunade said feeling very protective of the blond she met those years ago with him threatening to shoot her after she sat down with him.
"Naruto will be fine. I look at him as if he was my youngling and in ways he is. Now, you go and call Sei, about ocular implants. Naruto will be starting soon, and she will want to see."
Tsunade sighed. "Damn pushy stuffed animal." She muttered upset that she didn't get al the answers and knowing this would be the last time she got to speak with the fox. She paused and looked over her shoulder.
"You paid for your sins the day you helped him." She said.
Kyuubi looked at her. "I hope so. The Shinigami is a real bitch."
XX
(Reception)
Shizune looked at the client. "I'm sorry, it's a bit hectic around here. Now, it says you wish to hire us as bodyguards, correct?"
The woman nodded. "Y-Yes. I…" she took a deep breath. "I'm a radio DJ at 109.9 the mix."
Shizune's eyes widened. "Your Anita…from the Midnight Run. We love your show, I thought your voice sounded familiar."
Anita Walker smiled a bit at this.
"So, what's happened that you need to hire bodyguards, I mean wouldn't the station do that for you?"
Anita nodded. "They would, but it's the studio that's having me stalked and terrorized as I was going to be moving my show on the road instead of staying in one place. The studio head is a vile man that has to control everything. His name is Victor Malloy." She started to sob. "He…He…"
Shizune rounded the desk and handed the woman a tissue. She studied the DJ that they all listened to. she was pale, lack of daylight seemed to do that. She had waist length honey blond hair, and her eyes were a sea shade of green. She was wearing a pair of jeans, a pale cream-colored sweater under a battered jean jacket.
Shizune took her hand and rubbed her thumb over her knuckles helping to get her to focus and calm down.
"Now, tell me everything." Shizune said once the woman calmed down and began her tale from the beginning.
During her story neither noticed the power flicker several times and neither released the others hand.
XX
Nine slumped as the last of the demonic energy passed thru him and he went to one knee. He looked up, his eyes searching the room, but the three bijuu were gone.
Gaara came and pulled him to his feet while Tsunade moved in and began to run her diagnostics on Hinata. even now her wounds were healing.
"She's going to be strong." Gaara said lowly as he got Nine into a chair and handed him a bottle of water.
"Still blind." Nine said, his bangs hanging low over his face.
"Sei and Tsunade have plans." Gaara said.
Nine watched the older blond do her job and make notes on a clipboard nearby. He watched as Tsunade took blood and tissue samples.
"What'cha doin' baa-chan?" he asked, his voice tired at the amount of raw energy he'd focused.
"While your furry little friend were sure of what was going on, I want to double check." Tsunade said half distracted as she ran another scan jutsu.
Yugito peaked around the corner her eyes looking and she came over and hugged both boys.
"Miss them." She said, then her eyes looked at Hinata. "New sibling, I'm a big sister."
Nine shook his head at the former container to the Nibi "You know Yugi-chan, there are times I swear you kept more of the Nibi and the Nibi kept more of you."
"Good." She said, her hand resting on Gaara and Nine's shoulders.
"Did you get a clue to what kind she is?" Gaara asked.
Nine nodded. "It wasn't a bird like they thought. I got the sense of the wolf from her DNA, and not one of the weak ones, I'm talking that somewhere down the line, her family mated with one of the Great Wolf spirits."
Gaara looked at the girl on the table. "More atrocities laid at the feet of the ninja nations."
Nine nodded. "The more we look, the more skeletons are found in the closets."
Tsunade called and Temari came and they moved her to the gurney and left the room. Temari paused and grinned. "You can see your girlfriend later whiskers." She said and Nine sighed.
"Damn fox and his big mouth."
Nine stood and weaved. "Brother…help me to my room, I'm going to sleep for a few days."
Gaara nodded, both wondering what next.
They as human sacrifices should know that you never ask "What next?" as the universe answers and its never in the good.
AN: Shizune has a mission next chapter. Hinata awakens and Sei is a genius. All this and more in coming chapters.
