Me: Ok, so I went over a few of the reviews and I came to one about Hinata that I never answered. Let me clear this up. She was NOT Fan-girling over Yuri. She was being dragged along by Ino and TenTen. I kinda figure her for a pushover, so I can imagine her doing this for the benefit of her friends. Another thing, I am a fan of NaruHina and I shall stay that way. Though I do tend to enjoy my fanfics romance less (unless they are centered around the romance).

That night, they set up camp in the forest. Everyone was oddly silent, contemplating over Yuri's words.

It was obvious to them that the Maou wasn't lying. They were shinobi, they could detect lies and truths easily. Then again, they didn't know how skilled Yuri was at lying. He looked like an amateur. However, looks can be deceiving. It wasn't usual that Shinobi would be so wary of their charge on an escort mission but the undeniable suspicion was pointed at Yuri. The only person who didn't seem on edge with him was Naruto. Maybe that was because the two found they had a lot in common.

They both liked ramen (Yuri a lot less then Naruto), they both had interesting stories to tell each other and above all else, they both understood what it was like to be shunned. Kakashi, seeing them become fast friends, was a little nervous of the fact that Naruto was becoming to attached to the charge. It was a painful truth to know that they may be forced to kill Yuri or even capture him for information, if he truly was the Demon King. Even if he wasn't they may have to interrogate him for answers, something he was sure the blonde would disapprove of.

Yuri pitched his own tent that he had received from the innkeeper, Ito-san. It surprised Kakashi at how well he was able to do so on his own and without complaint. In fact, the silver-haired shinobi had even caught the young Maou accidentally smash part of his hand with the hammer that was meant to hit the stakes. The cracking of bone could be heard, indicating that it was either broken or fractured. Instead of yelling out, Yuri determinedly bit his lip and seemingly shook off the pain. Kakashi knew better, however, as he watched Yuri wince every now and then.

What puzzled the copy ninja further was that he never mentioned it. Never asked for bandages or help from Sakura. (Though Kakashi wasn't sure if he knew she was a medic-nin) He simply went on through the night only nursing it when he thought the others weren't looking. This went on until Naruto mentioned it.

"Hey Yuri, what's wrong with your hand?"

The boy blinked before looking down at his hand as if he had forgotten about it. "Oh, uh, you noticed huh? I kinda had an accident with the hammer while putting up my tent. I was going to heal it when I finished, but then I got distracted by the food and well . . . ." He shrugged as if it weren't that big of a deal.

"You know medical ninjutsu?" Sakura asked, her curiosity getting the better of her.

Yuri looked up at her in confusion. "Ninjutsu . . . ? Ah, no. At least I don't think so. I know a Demon technique for healing. Frankly though, I'm not very good at it and it's a little unstable whenever I use it on other people."

"What? Don't you know how dangerous it is to use an unstable medical technique on a patient?" Sakura screeched.

Yuri winced at the sound before responding, "Wait a minute! Although unstable, the healing technique isn't dangerous! All it really requires is the desire to heal and be healed."

Sakura paused before stomping over to the Maou with a determined look in her eyes. "Show me." She commanded.

Yuri, being terrified out of his wits, nodded numbly before placing his uninjured hand over the injured one. With a slightly concentrated look, he held on to the desire to heal the injury in front of him, but at the same time be healed of it. A green globe of light was in his hand, soothing the injury and resetting the bone.

Sakura stared at the green ball before placing her own green palm over it. It was obvious to her that the bone in his finger was healing. But how? His chakra was all over the place. There was no precise movement of it for it to command the bone to set itself. This puzzled Sakura greatly, but also made her excited. If she could learn this . . .then they could have people healed without knowing exactly what was wrong for them. The knowledge of the human body wouldn't be needed. Of course, this took up a hell of a lot more chakra then the normal healing standard, but this still had a lot of potential.

Just as Yuri was disabling the technique, Sakura had a vision. Behind Yuri, there was a woman with white hair and unseeing eyes. She smiled down at the pink-haired Kunoichi before disappearing from view.

"W-what was that?" She asked herself. Her teammates all swarmed around her as she swayed a bit.

Yuri looked on with a worried expression. "Um, are you okay Sakura-san?"

Sakura blinked before turning her attention to the young Maou, "What was that technique and who was that woman?"

Yuri's eyebrows shot up, "The technique is a standard healing technique for demons, as for the woman, what woman?"

The Kunoichi growled in frustration, "The white haired woman that was behind you! What was wrong with her by the way? She looked blind . . . ."

The Maou paled at Sakura's words. A white haired woman? His thoughts raced as his hand reached up to the familiar blue necklace around his neck. Everyone else seemed to notice this as they all turned their stares to Yuri. Kakashi was the first to recover, as he grabbed the shoulder of the Maou and turned him to face him, "Yuri, who was that woman?"

The boy shook his head and let his gaze travel to his feet. "T-that . . .I . . .I don't really know how to answer that." He started shaking himself out of his shock as he continued, "H-her name is Julia. Julia Von Wincott. Oh God(?). B-but she can't be here. She left. Or wait, maybe that's impossible. No one else has ever seen her before though. I-If you don't mind, this is pretty personal. Um, it's not dangerous knowledge or anything and well she's not dangerous either, so can we leave it at that?"

He looked up, his eyes hopeful. Kakashi let out a sigh before releasing the boy. There was no point in interrogating him now. He looked too shaken up to answer properly anyhow. Yuri said his thanks before retreating into his tent, not bothering to say goodnight. Three of the four shinobi sighed, not wanting to think about how long of a night it was going to be.

Me: I love Julia. I've always thought of Julia as a kind of role model to Yuri. Kinda like how Minato is to Naruto. A guide from the grave, I guess you could say. Though Julia technically IS Yuri, I think to think of them as two separate entities, with Julia as a Guide to Yuri. Minato is sort of the same way in regards to Naruto, but less directly. (Until you get to the point with Pain and Eight-Tails and the extra chakra being sealed in Naruto weirdness but I am SO not going into that)