Sorry for taking so long. this one has some cursing in it
Demons Within
By 'Sharingon-Master' & Pie-was-here
We don't own Naruto
Chapter 9: The Fox is Released
Katos gave Vox an annoyed look. "But my lor- I mean Vox, I hate my human form.."
"Why is that?"
"I can't pick up stuff with my feet..and I have to wear shoes..and I can't kill people."
"Ha ha, is that all, get over it and let's go" Katos nodded "Well can I wait until we reach the village entrance?" He asked. Vox nodded. Katos smiled as he followed Vox, they walked quietly in the direction of the Leaf Village.
3 Days Later
"Please grandma Tsunade!"
"For the last time Naruto, No!" Tsunade yelled for the third time that day to the pleading boy. They were both walking down a hallway in the Hokage building.
"Come on! I'm fine see," Naruto jumped up and down on his right leg then fell to the floor and stated to do one-handed push-ups with his left hand.
"..See..I'm fine.." he said between push ups. Tsunade crossed her arms over her chest and looked at him on the ground. Naruto smiled up at her but his smile quickly faded as a look of pain came to his face.
"Naruto..are you ok?" Naruto shook his head
"No.." he then jumped up from the ground and smiled at Tsunade "I'm fine, he he" he laughed. Tsunade held up her fist and her face was red from anger.
"Umm…Grandma Tsunade..it was a joke" he said backing up a bit. Tsunade glared at him "You want pain? Cause I'll give yeah a hell of a lot of pain!" she said stepping closer to him. Naruto backed away with his hands up.
"Umm you know…I think I left my ramen in my room..bye!" he said as he ran down the hallway away from her. Tsunade sighed as the boy sped down the hall.
"The only reason I'm keeping you here Naruto, is so I can protect you from the fox" she thought as she continued down the hall.
Naruto sprinted down the hall fleeing from Tsunade. He turned while running to see if she followed him. No one was there, he sighed turning back around only to smash into someone. He and the person both fell to the ground with Naruto landing on top of the small person.
"Oh..sorry Hinata" Naruto said blushing. Hinata blushed as well. Naruto got off of her then sat next to her as she sat up. "So umm..what are u doing here"
"I..um..was looking for…well.." Naruto looked confused when suddenly he remembered something.
"Hey Hinata I just remembered!"He said standing "I have something for u in my room, come on!" He said grabbing her hand leading her down the hall.
"Ishimaru..when will we be at the village?" Xantox asked dragging his feet
"We'll be there soon see" he said pointing to a dirt road that came to view. They all walked quietly on the dirt road. An ominous wind blew from the direction of the village sending chills up there spines. Ishimaru started to walk faster with the others following close behind.
"Something is not right," He thought "we better hurry"
The village streets were teeming with people. Every so often a ninja or anbu black op would stand on a roof and look down at the streets then continue on. Two oddly dressed men walk through the street. One of the men had black hair and was average height the other had white hair and was very large.
The white haired man wore clothing similar to the black haired man next to him. His torn short sleeve shirt was light gray there was red that looked like it was spilled and dripped on around the collar. His pants were white with red droplets on them and the ends, by his feet, were dirt stained.
The two of them walked slowly through the village taking in all of the streets and ally ways. The white haired man grunted as he placed his hands behind his head.
"Vox why are we still walking around.." He asked sounding bored. Vox crossed his arms and looked down at the floor.
"We are walking to where the boy is held" Vox answered.
"But we know where he is, we've know since we got to village... and we've past the building 167 times" he grumbled
"You counted?"
"Yeah so... are getting him this time?"
"Yes we are Katos" The two of them walked closer to there destination and stopped at a large wall that surrounded the building. The wall was tall and a faded red, behind of the large was the Hokage building. Vox nodded to Katos and he stepped forward. Katos knelt down and placed his right hand flat on the ground.
His hand glowed red and electricity swam around the ground and his hand. Katos closed his eyes then pushed his hand down on the ground. Red electrical rings flowed off of his hand. His hand looked like it was sitting on top of water making it ripple.
The rings flowed outward on the ground like they were scanning the area, they covered the entire building in front of the two. In Katos's mind he could see every thing the ring past by. People were outlined in red and Katos could clearly see there chakra networks. It was as if Katos was using the Byakugan.
He searched the building closely until two bodys caught his attention. One was holding the other by the hand. The body in front had a large red ball of chakra in there body, the other looked normal. Katos opened his eyes then stood.
"the boy is going to his room with another human. Oh and there's one coming up behind us" Vox nodded
"alright I'll go get the boy, you take care of him" Vox jumped up in the air disappearing suddenly. Katos smiled then swung his left arm. A man was stopped in mid air, he was frozen for a few seconds then went limp on Katos arm. Katos slung the man over his shoulder then jumped up on a roof and headed to the village entrance.
Naruto opened the doors to his room and the both of them look at the mess that he had created. Naruto's bed, which was up against the wall across from the door and under a window, had his pillows hanging off of it. His blanket was half on the floor and half on the bed. There were random articles of clothing laying all over the place, most of them weren't even Naruto's.
He stepped into the mess of a room and invited Hinata in. Naruto started to search around the room throwing objects around.
"It's here somewhere" he mumbled throwing clothing around. He stood in the middle of his room and rubbed the back of his head.
"um..Naruto..what are you looking for..maybe...maybe I could help." Hinata said shyly. Naruto looked to her and smiled.
"don't worry about it Hinata I'll-" Naruto was cut off by two loud thumps that came from his window. Naruto walked over to the edge of his bed and stuck his head out the window. Nothing looked out of the ordinary so he stood on his bed and looked down at Hinata.
"there was nothing out there.." He crossed his arms and started to think. Naruto was thrown from his thoughts when Hinata gasped. He looked at her shocked face, it seamed like she was looking at something behind him. He turned around to have himself lifted off his bed by a man in black. The man held Naruto by the throat in the air.
"that was easy" he said calmly. Hinata suddenly shot forward and struck the man in the chest with her palm. The man grabbed her by the wrist.
"ouch that hurt so-" the man felt a sharp pain in his chest and dropped the both of them.
"she attacked my chakra network" the man thought as he held his chest. Naruto and Hinata sat on the floor, Naruto rubbed his neck then looked up at the man.
"who the hell are you!" Naruto yelled in anger as he stood up. The man smiled.
"i am Vox and if you'll excuse me boy this girl must die" Vox said as he stepped down from the bed and pulled a black feather from his pocket. Naruto glared at Vox. "You'll have to go through me first" he said stepping in front of the now standing Hinata. Vox just smiled.
"sure" Vox said as he threw the feather at him. The feather flew past Naruto hitting the door behind him. The feather had left a cut on his right arm, Naruto turned and looked for the feather but in the feathers place was a kunai. Naruto turned back around to find Vox's fist coming right for him. He put up his hand in an attempt to catch Vox's punch but Vox stopped his punch just short of Naruto's hand and used his other fist to land his powerful attack.
Naruto was sent back by Vox's punch hitting the room door opening it causing him to fly into the hallway. Hinata charged at him again trying to use her gentle fist but Vox grabbed her by the wrist again and lifted her up off the ground. Hinata used her free hand to strike Vox in his side with her gentle fist. Vox frowned at her then punched her in the stomach.
"stupid bitch how dare you touch me" Vox said as he punched her again. Vox punched her repeatedly until he got a strange feeling. He looked around as he now held Hinata by her throat blood drip from the corner of her mouth. Red chakra started to flood the doorway. It flowed on the ground like mist. The chakra spiraled up part of Vox's legs and sparked where it touched him.
"If you touch her one more time I'll kill you" Naruto said in a demonic voice as he entered the room. Red chakra flowed off of him like water. His eyes were blood red, the whiskers on his face look wild, fangs protruded out of his mouth and his hands had razor sharp claws. Vox smiled at his word.
"you mean like this" he said punching her in the stomach again. Naruto growled loudly, Vox only smiled again. He brought his fist back to punch but was stopped for some reason. Naruto stood in front of Hinata with Vox's wrist in his hand.
"what the...how did he get over here?" Vox thought confused. He pulled his arm back expecting for his arm to be free but to his surprise Naruto still held it. Annoyed with him Vox tightened his grip on Hinata throat. She gasped and tried to pull his hand away but with no luck. Naruto looked back at her then growled again.
"what you don't like that," Vox tightened his hold once again "i thought you were gonna kill me" he questioned. Naruto growled again he suddenly twisted Vox's wrist to the side until the crack of his bones breaking was heard. Vox jerked his hand away from Naruto but he did not let go of Hinata, instead he proceeded to choke her. Hinata struggled to breath and slowly lost consciousness.
"You bastard!" Naruto yelled as he released a bones crushing punch into Vox's face. Vox flew back smashing through the room window, he skidded down a street and crashed into a building. Naruto sat by Hinata, who had fallen when he punched Vox, on the floor. He lightly tapped her shoulder but she didn't wake, he wiped the blood from her face and cupped her check.
Naruto picked her up bridal style then stood. He jumped out of he window and ran on the rooftops heading towards the village entrance.
"NARUTO!!" Tsunade yelled as she stomped down a hallway rushing to Naruto's room "where the hell is my shirt!! I swear if your hiding them again I'm gonna beat the living daylights...out..of..you?" She had arrived at Naruto's room to find the door bashed in laying on the floor.
She entered and found her missing clothing "That kid...I'm gonna kill him" she thought. She examined the room closely, she noticed blood on the floor. She frowned. Tsunade lifted her hand up then said "team A leader" and an anbu black op appeared next to her.
"yes Lady Hokage?"
"two men from your squad are dead and Naruto is missing" she said. The anbu sounded shocked.
"what are you talking about Lady Hokage?" he asked. Tsunade pointed to the busted window. The anbu walked over and looked out he gasped with surprise. Two body's lied on the roof with black feathers in their backs. He turned around and bowed to Tsunade.
"I'm sorry My lady I'll look into this personally."Tsunade nodded and he vanished. She sighed and looked down to the floor. A colorful clump of paper was on the floor. Tsunade picked it up to get a closer look. It was an origami flower or it was an origami flower. Someone had stepped on it and flattened it. Tsunade smiled. She placed the flower in one of her pockets then left the room.
"Shizune!" She called. Shizune appeared next to her.
"yes Lady Tsunade"
"find Kakashi and tell him to find Naruto" Tsunade said walking away.
"umm ok" Shizune watched Tsunade march down the hall.
Naruto sat in a tree outside the village. Hinata was in his lap she was still unconscious. He sighed then looked at his clawed hands.
"why am I still like this..why haven't I changed back. Normally I can control this..what's changed" he thought then sighed. He looked down at the unconscious girl and smiled. Something inside of himself pulsed and a huge amount of chakra was released from his body.
"something has to be causing this" he thought looking around. Past a few tree in front of him was a man with white hair. Naruto decided to go over to where the man was to see what he was doing. He placed Hinata where he was sitting in the tree and quietly jumped to a tree near the man. The man was standing over another person who was on the ground. The man on the ground looked like he was an anbu.
The man stood there as the anbu on the floor started to wake up. He sat up slowly and looked around. The man reached down an picked up the anbu by the neck. The man held the anbu high off the ground, he struggled to breath.
The man smiled then stabbed the anbu in the chest with his other hand, red electricity surged from the mans hand through the anbu. The man released the anbu and he fell to the floor dead; he turned and looked right at Naruto then disappeared.
Naruto hurried back to the tree he left Hinata in he quickly scooped her up and leaped from the tree. The tree suddenly caught fire and fell to the forest floor. Naruto ignored the tree and ran deeper into the forest.
Hinata started to awaken and Naruto stopped his dash to watch her. She slowly opened her eyes and saw the transformed Naruto for the first time.
"Naruto..what happened to you..why do you-" she stopped and coughed for a bit. She tired to talk again
"Wait Hinata stop talking your only hurting yourself. I'm gonna help you believe it" he said kindly. "wait why am I running away from the village the hospital is at the village" he thought as he continued his dash away from the village.
"because I said you must" a dark voice said from inside himself. "what the fox!"
"yes the seal that holds me is weakening once again"
"but why? I thought grandma Tsunade stopped the jutsu that was doing that before" Naruto asked the fox confused.
"My half sister has nothing to do about this, it was the man you just saw and the man in your room" Kyūbi laughed. Naruto felt another pulse and more of the fox's chakra flooded his body. Naruto fought to keep control of himself the more chakra that was released the harder it became for him to control his body.
Hinata could feel Naruto's sudden spike in chakra, she noticed that a red aura was starting to from around him. She didn't say anything though following Naruto's advice.
Ruble fell from the destroyed wall, debris laid scattered around Vox's motionless body. People gathered round the hole to see what had happened. They all stared at the strange man on the ground. Vox grunted loudly and the crowed of people gasped backing away.
He sat up slowly and rubbed his face. He grabbed the bottom of his face and jerked it to the side causing a loud crack as he forced his jaw back in place. He did the same for his wrist. He stood and wiped the ruble from his clothes then stepped out of the hole in the wall. He looked around for a bit then sighed. Dark purple chakra circled his body. The chakra made its way to his back then started to form wings. The chakra disappeared and two black dragon sprouted from his back. The people watching gasped again and backed up further as Vox moved closer to them.
Vox looked up then shot into the sky and flew off towards the forest with incredible speed.
Naruto advanced further from the village still trying to fight the fox. He stopped suddenly then shot down to the ground. Him and Hinata both looked up to see through a tree was a large golden spear, it's blade was serrated and there was a lightning bolt in the middle of it. He jumped to a new tree and looked for his new enemy. A tree behind him suddenly flew across the forest. Naruto watched in the direction that the tree had come from.
Naruto suddenly felt a presence behind himself but didn't move. The person punched him in the back of the head. He and Hinata flew towards a tree, Hinata was gonna hit first and she was gonna hit hard.
"I don't think Hinata could take and impact like that..she already has at least three broken ribs.." he thought as an idea came to mind. At the last second he turned. Only Naruto slammed into the tree and like he thought he hit hard. The tree snapped as Naruto and Hinata collided with it, they and half the tree fell to forest floor. Again they hit hard and a crater was formed in the ground.
Hinata immediately noticed that Naruto protected her. They were both laying in the crater, Naruto looked unconscious. She shook his shoulder but he didn't move.
"Naruto..." The man that attacked them was the man with white hair that Naruto had seen before. He started to walk over to them.
"stop!" Hinata yelled. The man stopped then smiled.
"well that was odd, but by your sent my master already gave you a beating" he started to walk closer.
"now stay there and die while I take this boy" Hinata stood ignoring the pain she felt through out her body.
"No. I wont let you hurt him" she took her family's stance and waited for him to move.
"do you think a mere human girl can defeat me, Katos?" he asked taking another step closer. He stopped suddenly then laughed.
"you know what I think I'm gonna use this" Katos reached behind himself he pulled out a golden poled spear. The spear was the same spear that the two of them were attacked with before. He use his free hand and pulled on the bottom of the spear as if he was pulling rope. A rope did appear but it was made from red electricity. He brought the spear over his head ans started to swing it in the air.
Naruto slowly opened his eyes to see Hinata standing over him to protect him.
"what the..ouch..stupid guy.. wait if Hinata is protecting me then.." Naruto thought sitting up. Hinata looked at him and smiled.
"Naruto your ok" she said not paying attention to the man in front of her. Katos took the time to attack, he threw his spear right at her. Naruto shot up and stood in front of her taking the blow. The spear hit him in the left shoulder and the spears tip protruded out his chest. Hinata gasped and tried to remove the spear but Naruto pushed her back. She looked at him with saddened eyes he stared at the ground when he was electrocuted by Katos spear.
He fell on his knees as the shock stopped. Katos pulled on the electric rope and the spear was jerked out of Naruto's shoulder. Hinata knelt down next to him and cringed from pain. Naruto helped he to sit in the crater then he stood and looked at Katos he growled disappearing. Katos scanned the area for him but he could not find him. Katos turned around when out of nowhere came Naruto he jumped up and kicked him in the face.
Katos flew back far into the forest. Naruto made sure he was far off then ran over to Hinata, she was laying on the floor unconscious she had passed out from pain, he picked her up then jumped off deeper into the forest.
Four people and a small dog walked along a dirt road. The two taller ones walked well ahead of the two smaller people the dog was walking in between both partys.
"Hurry up Xantox, you two are falling behind" Sasuke called back sounding annoyed.
"shut up Sasuke my legs are moving ok" Xantox called equally annoyed. Sasuke looked up at the sky and continued to walk on.
A few moments past before a wave of chakra hit the group. Sasuke and Ishimaru both could sense someone with a huge amount of chakra coming there way.
"Ishimaru..do you feel that?" Sasuke asked. Ishimaru nodded
"Alright... time to see what you've learned with your days at the academy, kid... Xantox, Nasha, and Rahaze... head into the brush. Sasuke, you go with them, but stay in ear shot and out of sight"He said the to rest of the group.
"As for me..." he thought heading into the bushes but still staying close to the road. Sasuke and the others watch Ishimaru confused.
"Don't just stand there! Go!" They all snapped out of there confusion and headed into the bushes as well. They waited for only a few moment before Naruto and Hinata fell from the sky and landed in the middle of the road. Naruto looked at the road behind himself and watched. He had a large wound that was bleeding badly on his left shoulder and his clothes looked charred. Sasuke stood and watched.
Almost as soon as he landed Naruto jumped back up as Katos crushed the floor he had just been standing on. Ishimaru called out from the bushes, throwing voice so it sounded as though it was from the other side of the road.
"A grown man picking on helpless children... never thought I'd see the day..." Katos looks around for the voice then looked at the bushed everyone was hiding in he smiled.
"hm... guess not" Ishimaru though"this'll be interesting"he thought as a smile made it's way to his face.
Katos turned back to Naruto and charged at him he drew back his hand to punch but vanished before he reached Naruto. From behind the vanished Katos sprung Vox who landed a powerful punch in Naruto's face.
"thats what you get for breaking my jaw" Vox called out. Vox started to charge again but a shuriken flew past his head and hit a tree.
"Two men for two children... one of them unconscious no less! Wow, you two must feel really good about yourselves..." Ishimaru said with a chuckles as he appeared out of the bushes. Naruto watched Ishimaru closely as Katos appeared next to Vox.
"So human you want to stand in our way" Katos said
"human? ahh, you must not be human yourself then. Good, this'll be quite entertaining!" Ishimaru said with a smile. He walked into the middle of the road and calmly stood there it was as if he didn't have a care in the world. Vox smiled back
"I will deal with the human, Katos get the boy" Katos nodded
"what about the girl?" Vox's smile widened
"Kill her"
Next Chapter- The Truth Comes Out: some one in the group has a big secret and the 9-tailed Fox seams to be winning the battle for control..
