hello my most youthful readers, it is I hypn0s! bringin to you all the next chapter of rayearth knights: naruto the maelstrom, now before anything, i think i must say some things.
first i said i would post a poll to see who would be next rayearths, well i kinda changed my mind, please don't get mad at me people, i know that saying this out of the sudden, after saying i would post a poll to let you all choose, and then not post it is kinda a punt on the balls, but to calm some people, there will be a poll, related to the rayearths it will be, to be more precise about the princess, mentioned on the very first chapter of the story, not the prologue, the first chapter of the story as a whole, so don't get all worked up.
ssecond, i know i have taken my sweet time in posting new chapter, i apologize for this, but you must know that the first cut of exams come next week for me, so i need to be sharp, and i also told that outcast would be on my highest part of the list, i am sorry to those who waited, i am not disbading the story, nor putting it on adoption, i'm just taking my time to polish one of my very first stories, that's all, considering the sudden 'soap opera' like twist in the story, you can imagine why i'm taking my time.
the third thing i want to say is this...WHAT IN THE NAME OF ALL THAT IS HOLY KISHIMOTO WAS SMOKING WHEN HE MADE CHAPTER 437!? god dammit there are things that work me up hard, and that little stun that dude pulled on the manga is by far the worse, i mean finally naruhina happens in the manga, Hinata finally confesses, Naruto to surprise many is left without words, and then that ass of pein decides to pull that!? man i truly hope Hinata lives or there will be some very piss people, i mean it, on a higher note, pein just messed up, trully bad, and i crossed and image of naruto, in black and white on his six tailed state, and the poster states as this.
SIX TAILS RELEASE: WHEN YOU SEE THIS YOU KNOW YOU'RE FUCKED.
man how right he is.
with all that said, i give you chapter 9, long live NaruHina!!
CHAPTER 9: THE CALM BEFORE THE STORM
Five hours later…
Naruto limped his way out to his room; behind him three Hyuuga branch members were carrying huge bags of clothes, and grimacing at the moans of pain of the blond.
"Why we are carrying his clothes?" The first branch member asked to the other two, "Because he endured five hours of a mall raid with twelve girls…alone" the second Hyuuga said, making the first shudder at that, "I pity him, since Hinata-sama gained more confidence, it seems she is acting accord to her age, but haven't lost her sweetness and fairness to us all in the clan compound" The third Hyuuga said, "Yeah…she still wants to destroy the seal…but I also hear she wants all, without exception, main family or secondary to wear it" The first Hyuuga whispered.
"We have just wait and see, after all we are talking about a great internal change in the clan ways, many traditions will fall if Hinata-sama is able to accomplish that deed" The second Hyuuga said, "She will" Naruto suddenly muttered, making all three Hyuuga to look nervous.
"She has to…after all she is going to marry me, we never go back on our word…is our ninja way" Naruto said slowly, finally reaching his room, in a flash he was finally on top of his bed, and when he saw the soft mattress, he collapsed in it.
The three Hyuuga just stared, placing the bags slowly on the ground, and closing the door, they stalked away of the room, the blond had a rough day, he deserve some well gain rest.
"Ugh" Sakura moaned as she collapsed on her bed, her soft, warm, welcoming bed, and there she let her sore muscles rest, and her small and already depleted chakra reserves recharge, hell she could feel how her chakra paths and nodes groaned on the stress of restoring the small reserves to their original level, and she damn well felt how her bones junctures groaned more when she turned on her back, but in the end she knew it was all worth.
In the week Tsunade had took her as her apprentice, she had been drilled in the many facts about the human body, such as its function, the quantity of chakra needed to each organ to function, the location of several pressure points and major veins in the body, nervous points among other ones.
Also Tsunade had been teaching her the use of medical chakra to heal wounds, and had been focused on the exercise of keeping a fish out of the water, alive by just using her chakra, it was small time compared to the time Tsunade could do, and all because of her small reserves, and because of that, the slug saninn had decided that she should develop her reserves, and the exercise given to her was in fact something she called 'extreme tree climbing'
The thing was simple, climb the tree as Kakashi taught her, but in this Tsunade will be throwing all kind of things at her, to ensure she keeps herself focused, sure she will spend more chakra on the long run, but also the results will be visible in the end.
She then began to close her eyes, she so badly wanted to go and sleep all day long, but she knew she couldn't, right now she only was resting her body a little, after all tomorrow night, she, Tsunade and Shizune would assist to a formal party, one where the future husband of the Hyuuga clan heir would be presented.
She fought a smile to her face, more by pain because even her face hurt her, she knew who would marry Hinata, and by all that was good and pure, she had already betted on it, and she was so going to win so many money on that bet, she unlike her new sensei, didn't had a rotten luck.
"What I am going to do with you Sasuke?" Kakashi whispered to himself, his lone eye narrowed at the prone body of Sasuke Uchiha, who just sneered at the copy-cat ninja, charging at his sensei with murder on his eyes.
Kakashi just sighed, side-stepping he dodged easily the lunge of Sasuke, and with the speed worth of an elite jouninn, his knee connected with Sasuke's stomach, sending him flying backwards, and landing roughly on his back, rolling away on a ball, clutching his stomach.
"You blatantly disobey me" Kakashi began, "When I specifically told you that you would not leave this area until the day of the exams" Kakashi said sternly, slowly walking towards Sasuke, who struggled while standing up, just to collapse as his knees gave in, and his chakra gave in also, leaving him only with raw resolve, which he lacked due to the last week events.
"You knew that this month was precious to you, knowing that you would face an opponent far stronger than you, and to some length stronger than Naruto, and I just say in a length, by this moment Naruto must have grown stronger, and in a way he could measure in equal terms against Gaara" Kakashi added, finally stopping where Sasuke was kneeling.
"But your stupid pride had to go before your common sense right?" Sasuke growled at that, "Gaara is an opponent of care, which must be dealt with care, training and squeezing every single second of this month in your training was and still is fundamental if you hope to even walk out with all your limbs intact, unlike Rock Lee, I assure you Sasuke" Kakashi added, kneeling and lowering his face to Sasuke ear, "If I didn't had this faith on you…I would have never trained you, and would have made you get disqualified of the exams due to your poor performance" he ended, standing up, easily and lazily avoiding Sasuke's lunge, his face meeting the grass and Kakashi's feet.
"Think for once with your head instead of that little thing you call pride and wonder if you are truly as great as you believe to be, because in my way of seeing it, you are still a rookie, as green as the grass on your face" Kakashi snapped, "And your performance last week proves it, you are still not ready to face Itachi, and hopefully you'll never be" he ended, walking away, "We are done today's training, rest and make sure you are ready for tomorrow's drill, we will start speed training, although we should have started last week though" kakashi whispered that last part, looking at the snarling Sasuke, who slowly stood up.
"What…do you…meant…by…hopefully?" Sasuke gasped, his eyes no longer holding the Sharingan, just his onyx eyes staring at Kakashi's lone eye.
"You are still not ready; Itachi lived and fought during the third shinobi wars, he forged himself on the blood of both Iwa and Ame ninjas who fought against us, Suna and Kumo, he lived and fought also during Kyuubi rampage, and let me remind you he is the youngest ninja to ever graduate of the academy and the youngest ANBU captain ever, his skill far surpasses mine I'm afraid, and now that he is with a group of pure S-ranked criminals and missing nin of the kind of Kisame Hoshigaki and others, I cannot tell which skill level he has currently, I can roughly say he is not longer on the level he had while performing the massacre" Kakashi said bluntly, making Sasuke wince at that.
"In my eyes, and his eyes, you are nothing but a pebble in his way, yet I don't know why he targets Naruto, maybe because he poses a major menace to the group perhaps, I do not know, however I know this, Itachi is more interested in Naruto, and if you dare to block his way again against Naruto…I can assure you he will end the work he started in the Uchiha compound, and end you" with that told, kakashi poofed away, leaving and angry Sasuke.
Slowly Sasuke began to gather himself, glaring at the post his sensei once occupied, his most basic and dark emotions were bubbling, boiling and ready to burst out of him, the sting of his seal slowly grew more and more, and with a last intake of breath and a painful stab of the seal, Sasuke screamed, letting all his emotions out to the sky.
Near a tree, a little farther than expected, Kakashi grimaced as Sasuke's angry scream, he hated to act as he acted, but it was necessary, Sasuke had to realize that not all fights could be won with his skill and his stupid revenge fueling him, unlike Naruto or Sakura, he lacked that little innocent side and wish both had, one to become stronger, one to reach a seemingly unreachable goal, both dreams and wishes driving them farther and farther of Sasuke's own skills.
But of course Kakashi remembered that Itachi had killed all the innocence Sasuke had with that genjutsu and all that remained after was just an empty and resented shell.
He hoped that his conversation had straightened Sasuke.
But to his disappointment, and to complete the failure he had started when he neglected the training of Sakura and Naruto and didn't act as a sensei, it didn't as he would painfully be reminded later, much later.
The morgue is a place Tsunade was more than familiar with, having been there twice, one while recognizing the mangled body of her little brother nawaki, and later when she had carried the body of her fiancé Dan, both dead wearing the necklace she had around her neck, and with the stupid dream of becoming Hokage.
Yes stupid, to her it was, that dream, and the dammed necklace had already took many people out of her life, all who had wore that necklace and had claimed they wanted to become Hokage had died, all, no exceptions.
When she had been called to the hospital about a week, she had believed the blond which who she had bet had died, much to her surprise he was pretty much alive and kicking, with just a stab wound that had never reached the bone, and the flesh already presented signs of cellular regeneration, she had kept that info to herself, because she didn't knew how the Hyuuga present, the Hyuuga heiress, and her newest apprentice would react to the news of his cellular healing factor.
Of course she was surprised when she found out that both girls knew about Kyuubi true outcome, and to top it all, the brat was lucky enough to score a wife in the Hyuuga heiress, which was all but weak and meek as stories said.
Oh she was going to enjoy teasing Hiashi about hyperactive byakugan blond haired wielders running rampant around the quiet compound.
But at the matter at hand, there were many reasons why she hated the morgue, many because it remind her of the faces of her loved ones, other times of other people mourning for their love ones, laying on that cold metal table.
But now she had a reason to like the morgue, in fact three reasons, in front of her lay the three wraiths that had attacked Naruto, two of them had died by his sword, amazing at it is, and the third had died due to a Hyuuga attack.
It was odd, but to her, a medic ninja, and one of her caliber, working with the bodies of three legendary beings, even as infamous as the wraiths, was a chance she would rarely miss, besides she was wondering why Naruto's sword did hurt them, kill them, when to others like Neji Hyuuga it just clogged his chakra and froze his system, she would say it was because the blade was mystical, but only when all the scientific facts and resources to find that mystery are exhausted, only then she will admit the blade is magical, not later, not before, but in that precise moment.
"Okay Tsunade" She talked to herself, putting a white robe and gloves on, her hair was tied on a single bun and held by a hat, "Your first autopsy in many years…Don't freeze" She said to herself, reaching for the mask and putting it on, then reaching for the scalpel near a tray.
"Don't…freeze woman…they are wraiths…not humans…their blood can't freeze you…" She reassured to herself, ripping the black cloth, and revealing pale as snow skin, "They are not humans…they don't count" she said to herself, her scalpel making the first incision.
Three hours later…
Hiruzen waited with Jiraiya outside the autopsy room in the morgue of Konoha's hospital, both looking rather bored, after all the traditional autopsy compared to the one shinobi does, using jutsus is shorter, but to someone as Tsunade, who is meticulous in her work, an autopsy using jutsu is boring, and doesn't thrown the results she seeks for.
Soon the doors of the autopsy room swung open, and Tsunade emerged of them, the once white robe was coated in black substance, and so her gloves, which she disposed along with the robe, near the incinerator, standard procedure, and more considering it was foreign blood, kami knows what the hell that black blood can actually do or what kind of rare bacteria it has.
"So Tsunade" Sarutobi began, "How was it?"
"Well, I spend three hours working there with those bodies, and I'll say this, they live to their reputation as the wicked of the dark one" She said, seating near the two men.
"Pale skin under their garments, severe muscle atrophy, bone structure degeneration, blood vessels clogged with coagulated blood, black blood I might add, the only thing that functioned in them was their hearts, which is directly connected to the spinal cord, which might explain why the head of that wraith spoke to Naruto before dying, by all means they are reanimated corpses, their faces…ugh they made Orochimaru look like a hot muffin" Tsunade said, staring at her sensei and Jiraiya straight in the eye.
"This 'Dark one' somehow uses a strange power to change the internal structure of the wraiths, then adds something in them, something that dies when they are killed by a Rayearth blade, I saw this kind of energy on the wraith the Hyuuga killed, that thing is dead, and the energy slowly dissipates, compared to the whole energy purge Naruto's blade does to them when they are cut down by it" She said, looking then at the floor.
"Why him?" Tsunade wondered, making both her teammate and sensei look at her oddly, "I heard stories of them, my grandfather told me stories about the Rayearths, their power, their deeds…and why they are chosen" She began, "True, Rayearth knights are chosen upon birth by the Queen of Crystalia, so when they reach a certain age or certain events happen, they can then access to their hidden powers, and when deemed fit, the Queen calls them to Crystalia, to fight on her behalf, and on behalf of the people, to protect the nexus of any evil that comes to Crystalia, including against the Dark one" Jiraiya said.
"True, anyone is familiar with their legend, no wonder the world's eyes are focused on Naruto-kun now, the idea of the demon jailer, deemed evil by birth as one of the noble Rayearth knights is something that comes straight out of a fairy tale, the demon turned hero, no that he is a demon, he had always been a hero" Hiruzen said with a smile.
"Yeah, and soon many will consider him the luckiest man alive, he will marry Hiashi's oldest" There Tsunade eyes widened, closing her mouth shut, but the damage was done.
"…No way" Jiraiya began, "He…no way" He added in disbelieve, his shocked face turning on a grin, "That's my boy! Marrying on the Hyuuga princess, hell! he will be living with the hottest women around! Truly my apprentice" Jiraiya said, faking some sobs, "…I can see a best seller here"
"DO IT AND I ASSURE YOU A PAINFUL DEMISE!!"
"NO!" Temari gasped, her eyes were darting around her dark room, she was on her room on Suna, for once she was glad for the thick walls on the room, she had gasped loudly, and truth to be told, she would die if kankurou ever caught her like that, vulnerable, weak, afraid, she had build herself a reputation as a ruthless kunoichi, one that she would put on the test in the upcoming battle against the blond maelstrom, who by some twist or something, his name meant that, maelstrom.
The mere mention of the name Naruto brought a chill to her spine, not because he was a wind lord, like her, and thus their match would not be decided by jutsus, but of close combat skills, something she didn't had as well mastered as Naruto, no, what brought the chill to her spine was the same thing that had been waking her up since she, kankurou and Gaara had returned to Suna, to train and prepare for battle.
Since she had returned, she had been having the same dream, over and over again, more vivid that the last one.
In her dream, the attack failed, Suna ninjas were crushed, Konoha barely had casualties, they had utterly slaughter them, and Oto ninjas had been downright obliterated, but that didn't scare her, no, what scare her was who was in front of the attack.
The blond, the blond who was called the Maelstrom, holding that massive sword, in front of her, on his feet lay the groaning and defeated Suna and Oto ninjas, of all ranks, somehow he was flanked by two females, one in a very revealing armor, the other on some sort of monk robes, but their faces were covered in a gold like mask with a green visor, both women holding a different weapon, and both with pointy ears, she then spotted her brothers, defeated, wounded, nearly dead, Baki-sensei was groaning in pain, and to add the sounds of battle echoed all over the stadium, the current place where she was now.
Soon her eyes widened when the blonde's body was encased on a armor and his face was soon covered by a strange metal cover on his mouth, covering his nose and nose bridge, and she noted that his helmet was like the one the Nindaime Hokage used, his uncovered eyes then were covered by a green like crystal, giving him a daunting look, and without any delay, he rushed at her, the gigantic blade impaling her, and blood coming out, there she wakes up, always in pain, and in fear, because she believes that it might occur, after all dreams hold great secrets.
With a sigh she flopped to the bed again, looking at the ceiling, with a furrowed brow, Temari closed her eyes, hoping that the dream she had was that just that, a dream.
But that never came to be, after all she never heard that dreams are gateways to the future, and in a world where beings as the Bijuu exist and people like shinobi live, things such as prophetic dreams were not so a farfetched idea.
The next day, at night…
Hanabi snickered as she saw Naruto, her soon-to-be brother in law, fidget in the kimono he was currently in; the kimono was in white, with orange spiral like designs in the cloth and blue endings in the cuff of the kimono, a blue obi around his waist, with the traditional civilian sandals, and his hair was let down, bare out of his headband, the only thing that he kept of his usual clothes was the white glove on his left hand, which she noted, now had a strange gold like rune design on the thumb hole of it.
It was damn obvious he hated kimono or anything formal, in fact he looked that if he could die in any moment, which is the reason he was sweating like crazy, eyes darting all around the room, and his right hand twitching to get Kaze No Yaiba out of its seal and make his way out of his predicament.
In the moment, he was flanked by her Father, her grandparents, Neji, who had finally recovered, Hinata, who had to be close to him, and the elders, who much to her amusement, where hiding pretty much well their dislike for him being presented as the future husband of her sister.
"Relax Naru-kun" Hinata assured, clinging on his arm sweetly, "Everything will go fine, you'll see"
"Relax? Damn it woman you broke me the news of this just and hour ago, when the party was set and I was being pushed into a kimono" Naruto hissed, making a pout to the giggling girl, "I should just bust out like a barbarian" He muttered, "Try lover boy, and I assure you I will drag you back to me" Hinata said, there Naruto blushed, he was certain of one thing, Hinata with confidence to spare is scary (and in a way hot) to him, not that he is ready to admit it.
"Remember Naruto-san, today is an important day to the clan, and you" Hiashi said, there Naruto perked up, "And how I pray ask, I'm about to be presented as the future husband of Hinata and Kami knows who is outside now"
"You'll soon form part of the clan, and as such you will have an image and reputation to upheld"
"Groovy"
"And as such, you will have not only a political image to upheld, but also an image as a shinobi" Hiashi stated, "No problem there, is not like there are many geninn of my age capable of using shadow clones, a forbidden jutsu and turn to have a rare elemental affinity" Naruto said.
"True" Akira began, "But remember this, a shinobi true might doesn't lie alone in the strength of his or hers jutsus"
"It doesn't?" Naruto asked, "No, a true shinobi, one of the caliber of Kakashi and even of Itachi knows that our allies are the shadows, we by all means shouldn't have a name or a face to be recognize, we are the whisper on the wind and the blade on the night, we kill in the embrace of shadows, and walk unpunished by it, a true shinobi knows that… (sigh) truly times have changed since I took a blade" Akira said.
"I was wondering that, how old are ya, in fact how old the village is, you speak very different and explain the shinobi in a way different than Iruka-sensei explain to us once" Naruto wondered, "It is obvious, I was born and raised on a time where clans were just getting together, and hidden villages where just forming, all due to Hashirama-Sama dream of peace, my father raised me in the way he was raised, like if we were on war" Akira stated, "Oh, well that explains a lot, and why Hinata's old man is as stiff as a tree" Naruto said out loud.
"Stiff I may be, but I rather be like this than a orange clad loudmouth" Hiashi answered, "Dude…you wear a bathrobe"
"…Is a traditional Clan head grabs, one Hinata will wear on a future"
"…riiiiggghhhtttt and I am a pink fluffy bunny" Naruto answered back, "More like a pink fluffy chibi fox" Hinata muttered, "Oh Shaddup"
"Enough both of you" Sayuri said sternly, "Now listen well boy" she began, "Tonight is important to both the clan and your ambition of becoming Hokage, there are several influential political members on the guest list, including both Saninn, the Hokage, his advisors and former teammates, also Danzo is going to come, and much to our charging Sasuke Uchiha is to come tonight, along with your…classmates, since they are the sons and daughters of members of the council" she added, "Also several of Hinata's former suitors are to come today, after all she could have a change of heart and choose one of them instead of you" There Naruto narrowed his gaze at Sayuri.
"Sayuri Baa-Chan! I worked hard to Naruto-kun to finally notice my feelings, and you think I will toss them aside like nothing?" Hinata asked, "The heart is volatile, there are things he can't offer you" Sayuri added, "Sheez just tell me that you hate me and that's it Baa-Chan, not that I am no use to it" Naruto muttered, crossing his arms and glaring to the space in front of him.
Hinata by her part sighed, and decided she would have nice long women to women chat with her grandmother, "I think that is enough mother, he understands pretty well his position and yours regarding his…tenant, and knows that it will bring both good and bad things to the clan, do not remind him further of it, I think twelve years of it are enough reminder" Hiashi said sternly, "Whatever the case may be, it is Hinata's decision in the end, not ours or the clan's, is hers, her life, her own decision, and we will respect it, for good or for evil" Hiashi added.
"Thanks for being blunt" Naruto muttered, sneering suddenly as a small breeze was felt, and narrowing his eyes, this of course didn't went unnoticed by a group of Byakugan wielders who are trained to read a persons body reactions, specially the one of his or her face.
"Naru-kun, what's wrong?" Hinata asked, "…There is someone who is not…satisfied by this" He simply said, "Sasuke isn't in the room, neither kakashi-sensei…and all betting who is the lucky bastard who gets married with Hinata…you got your own fan boys club?" Naruto wondered to Hinata, who looked amused, but then wondered something.
"Naru-kun, who do you know all that…is like what happened in the forest of death" She wondered, and to be honest, Neji also wanted to know too, after all Naruto had spotted his team first, and they had left no way to be tracked, but still Naruto had found them, and so the sound team he totaled.
"Does it mean he can feel chakra and identify it? Or is something related to his affinity to wind?" The Hyuuga genius thought, of course the grown ups were also wondering the same, since they were on a hall, and the only thing they felt was a small breeze…
"Unless…" Hiashi thought, "But of course, as Rayearth of wind he has a deeper connection to wind, thus enabling him to feel and identify anyone who let's even a small gasp" He thought with a strange hidden smile, "Regardless of who is not satisfy by this" Hiashi said, "Is Hinata's decision…you two wait here until I call you forth" With that, Neji, Akira, Sayuri and Hiashi went to welcome the guests, leaving Naruto with Hinata.
"So…" Naruto began, trying to start a conversation, "What do I need to do out there?" He said, there Hinata smiled, "Is rather simple Naru-kun, bow respectfully with me when called upon, then thank all for coming in a formal manner, and then talk to all the guests, after all is proper, and you get to know people of the high ring of Konoha politic life, even they will help you reach your dream faster" Hinata said, leaning Naruto's ear and whispering it all, making so said blond to blush heavily, he hated how she teased him, specially on his sensible ears.
"After that we will live together, and in two years we will tie the knot, hopefully in a couple of years further I will be able to give you babies" that set him on fire, "…b-b-b-babies?"
"Yes…and do not dare to faint now, we have and important event tonight---"
"ILIKEYOU!" Naruto said fast, not even bothering to wait to Hinata to finish her sentence, and like that, as randomly as it happened, he smashed his lips on hers, so surprised she was that she didn't answered the kiss until Naruto broke it, and she began to seek his lips, just to pout later when she couldn't get a second smooch, and with reasons, Naruto was blushing like her in the past days, and that made her smile at the irony of it.
"Now I am the bold one and he is the shy one…that is so weird to see…" She thought, for a whole minute Naruto didn't directed any glance or word to her, until she spoke.
"Why the kiss now?" She asked, not that she hated it, just that she was curious, in that moment Naruto turned to her, and let a small smile, "What better moment than now?" that was enough to satisfy her curiosity, and actually taught her something out of the blue, why to wait? When life is so short.
Ino fidgeted on her purple Kimono, a single pink obi tied around her waist kept the flower decorated Kimono in place, near her Sakura kept her straight position, a single pink Kimono with cherry blossom petals in the fabric and a white obi tied around her waist, both girls were actually together, because in fact they didn't knew anyone else.
Around she saw the boys, all clad in the same plain black and white Kimono, the only ones without Kimono where their parents, and in Sakura case, Tsunade.
Now it was a surprise to Ino when Sakura came with the legendary healer and more when Sakura told her she was her new apprentice, the only one missing was Naruto, who was going to be devastated when he hears that the girl who loved him was going to get married to a complete stranger, but that was what happens when he doesn't pays attention and tries to get her also, but she had also some guilt in it, since she never acted upon her feelings until the chuninn exams were nearly over.
She saw her father chatting with Chouji's and Shikamaru's fathers, surely about the old times, although there was not much to talk about when their time was on the wars, at the side of the Yondaime Hokage, Ino still found hard that their own leader, the most powerful ninja of them all, the Yondaime Hokage was unable to defeat the Kyuubi, the wandering calamity, and had to seal it on Naruto of all people to stop the nine tailed fox.
But unlike those who knew and decided to blame Naruto, instead of wondering Kyuubi would come, Ino, with the help of Shikamaru and Chouji had decided to focus on gathering information on everything about the Kyuubi, and she was sure of something, there was a lot about Kyuubi.
First she wanted to know what was Kyuubi really, and asked to her dad, who instead of avoiding the question, and knowing that Ino knew about Naruto being Kyuubi's jailer, had submit to her bidding and told her, Kyuubi was simply a super condensed chakra sentient form with the look of a mythological nine tailed fox, often regarded as a female trickster, well Kyuubi was not a trickster and definitely not a female, there Ino confronted he information with Chouji and Shika, who knew the same, Kyuubi was pure chakra with a mind, which explains why Naruto had so large reserves of chakra.
Then they asked to other ninjas why the Yondaime had used Naruto as the jailer of Kyuubi, of course they asked to people who they could trust, and didn't hate Naruto, namely Iruka-sensei and a friend of her father, Ibiki, both men had told them the same, and orphan would never be scorned by the family, and asking a baby to a family was enough hard, knowing the hard life the baby would carry, Naruto childhood was no fairy tale.
That didn't work as expected, so then they decided to ask a more complicated question, why Kyuubi would come to Konoha? There was no reason to come, and what motivated a chakra based beast like Kyuubi to come? What they learned was not pretty.
"Kyuubi finds itself drawn to points where malice is strong, something inside Konoha must have drawn Kyuubi's attention" both men had said, the same words, in the same time, it freaked the new Ino-Shika-Cho team to know that something inside Konoha had called Kyuubi, instead of something outside Konoha, they expected that something like a vengeful missing-nin or an opposing village had unleashed the nine tailed fox in hopes of ravaging Konoha.
All was going well, until Shikamaru asked that question to the academy teacher and the master of interrogation, there was someone able to control Kyuubi?
"don't tell anyone, when Madara Uchiha deflected Konoha, and ultimately faced the Shodaime Hashirama in the valley of the end, he had summoned Kyuubi to aid him, even with the fox at his side, he lost against Hashirama, and was ultimately killed, I think the Uchiha clan had a way to control Kyuubi, or any of the other eight beasts, but with Madara killed, and the clan in all but extinction, that may be never know"
The single thought of a clan being able to control the nine tailed beasts at their whim was something that freaked Ino, no one should have that kind of power, but then something came to Ino's mind.
"But what if the yondaime sealed Kyuubi…to keep it out of the reach of greedy hands? I mean Naruto is as stubborn as a mule, and surely hates the fox with all his being, and refuses to use its chakra, which would anger many who hope to use Naruto as a…weapon"
The mere thought of naruto turned as a mindless, cold merciless weapon made Ino snort, it was scary, but funny at the same time, no one could imagine Naruto without his fox like grin and vivid blue eyes, a stone cold Uzumaki with a eternal serious face and dull eyes was something funny…in a twisted way to her and anyone who knew him (She failed to notice that other persons would die on the spot if that image came to their minds)
Looking around a little more (to dissipate the thoughts of a weapon oriented Naruto) she spotted several nobles of outside Konoha, and how she knows? Let's call it a sixth sense, that and the Samurai guard around them, let's keep it that way.
She also spotted the Hokage, with his former teammates Mitokado Horuma and Utatane Koharu, both elders looked stern, but considering who they are, and had lived two shinobi wars, they had to look stern, they had seen enough horrors to mark anyone for life, afterlife and reincarnation.
Of course she then spotted a boy who was pretty much flanked by four Samurai, jet black hair in a haircut style hat she could describe as 'Lee style' thankfully his eyebrows weren't that big, he had strange silver pupil eyes, pale skin, and some freckles on his cheeks, also he was dress in a very baggy set of pants in yellow with a white shirt and a red polka dotted white vest, that wasn't the extravagant of him, the extravagant was the number of chains, rings, bracelets and earrings in gold, silver, platinum and incrustations of all kind of precious stones in them, he was roughly sixteen, and was skinny.
Ino truly wondered who that guy was, because he was wearing some very expenses jewelry, and by the looks of it, his Samurai guard was well paid, and hopefully as well trained, you don't pay a fortune on protection just for nothing.
"That's Mamoru Sung, of the Sung family" Ino nearly had a stroke when she heard Shino speak behind her, "Sung family? Isn't that a family outside of Fire country?" Ino asked.
"Indeed, they are in fact of Grass country, Mamoru-san is the sole heir of the wealth of the Sung family, and as such he is expected to wed" Shino said, seeing how Kiba joined also, "Hey Shino, the loser came back for more" Kiba said, making Ino raise and eyebrow at that, "Came back for more? Care to explain" Ino said.
"After our team placement, Hinata asked us to come to her home, to have lunch, when we came, the next thing we know is that him" Kiba said, pointing to Mamoru, "Had come to ask Hinata's hand in marriage, and had brought all kinds of gifts…including slaves" Kiba said in a whisper, there Ino rose and eyebrow, "On the underworld the Sung family is infamous for being slave traders, they have a slave ring, and as stories said, made deals with Gatou of the Gatou trading company, but their deals got greatly hampered when Team 7 liberated the land of waves and Gatou was slain by the demon of mist Zabuza Momochi" Shino said.
"…How the hell you know all that?" Sakura this time asked, being close to Ino he had heard all Shino said, so said boy just adjusted his glasses, "It is amazing what you can hear on a bar, full of drunk ninja" Shino added, "Okay, then what Mamoru has to do now?" Sakura asked, "Oh yeah, and here is the funny part, apparently the clan can set a meeting between both parties, meaning Hinata and Mamoru, but the decision of marriage had to be unanimous by both parties, anyway, Hinata just stared at the 'gifts' including human, she then just sneered, the next thing we know is that a pair of Hyuuga had Mamoru trapped, oh and you are going to love this" Kiba stated, making both Kunoichi to stare at him eagerly.
"Hinata begins to advance at him, and let me tell ya, the guy was thinking that Hinata was going to kiss him or something, because he was pecking his lips, oh but he got a slap, and a hard one, the guy was so shocked by it, and so the guards, and here is what made me actually fear on getting on Hinata's bad side, she comes at him and says him 'You can't hope to buy love, and more when you buy it out of human lives' without shutter, then she motioned the guards to kick him out, and to add she liberated his 'gifts' and kept the rest, and there was a huge load of gold, silk and other things in that loot, since that day I swore never to piss Hinata" Kiba said, making both Kunoichi swell in pride.
"But I wonder who finally won her" Ino wondered, there Sakura, and oddly Shino smirked, "Oh you are going to find out Ino, and I assure you, it will be something you never imagined" Sakura said, smirking all the way.
Before Ino asked her, Hiashi Hyuuga, flanked by Akira and Sayuri, behind him the elders and a little father Neji who was guarding a small girl with brown hair, surely Hinata's sister.
Soon all in the room quiet down, Chouji and Chouza stopped raiding the buffet table, Shikamaru and Shikaku stopped glancing at…somewhere, more by fear of Yoshino, Shikaku's wife, Kiba, Tsume and Hana, Kiba's sister stopped petting and bragging about their dogs to the major nobles around, all pretty much quieted, because one of the most influential people in the Village politics had entered, and carried one of the most important news, who would wed his daughter, the next in line for the now most powerful clan in Konoha, if not the Shinobi nations.
"I thank you for your presence" Hiashi began, "As you all already know, this is a very special day, that only repeats itself once every twenty to thirty years in our clan, maybe I will repeat it in five years, maybe more, after all I have two daughters" Hiashi said, there Ino saw that the little girl with Neji was in fact Hinata's sister, like she assumed.
"As you all know, today, my daughter, Hinata Hyuuga, future head leader of the Hyuuga clan, has finally chosen a man to wed her and hopefully join her in the short, yet amazing trip that is life" Hiashi said, leaving a stunned group of Geninn.
"As a shinobi, she is now legally and adult, and in her line of work every person life is considerable shorten, today she takes the first step to ensure the clan line continuity, and as such the many benefits and burdens given also" Hiashi added, "True, our clan is different of the nearly extinct Uchiha clan, numerous compared to the Aburame and Inuzuka clans, but we are not without our flaws, as they were painfully pointed about two weeks ago in the triple menace match where my nephew was defeated alongside a Kumo ninja at the hands you all kindly nicknamed 'Naruto the Maelstrom'" There even Sakura rose and eyebrow at that, that she didn't know.
"My daughter will have a very long and hard path ahead of her, change is required to adapt in this ever changing world, although our job never changes, we do, and so it rests on hers the responsibility of change" Hiashi stated.
"Now, regarding her future husband, of ten men who came with gifts, promises of wealth, political positions and power, she chose none, opting instead on following her heart and claiming a boy, with no political power nor considerable wealth" there Sarutobi rose and eyebrow, he now knew who was Hiashi going to present, and couldn't help but to smirk at that.
"He promised not power, nor wealth or political power on us, no, instead he promised something that she wanted eagerly…change" Hiashi stated, "Change of our outdated traditions, change of our way of seeing the world, change many expect, but in this moment can't be achieved" there even Neji rose and eyebrow at that, "This change requires new blood, new ideas, new eyes, something that I am not…I committed many mistakes against my daughter, all in spite of following the clan's will" there Neji smirked, feeling how the elders kinda growled at that.
"But as a father, I cannot overlook her happiness just to follow rules…so with great pride, I, Hiashi Hyuuga, current head lead of the Hyuuga clan, present to you all my daughter Hinata Hyuuga and her future husband Naruto Uzumaki" Those two last words brought so many things that let many shocked.
"…No way…" That came of Ino.
"Shannaro I won the bet!!" guess who.
"Troublesome blond" both father and son said.
"…I don't believe it!" Kiba began.
"I…somehow saw that coming" Shino added.
"That's my apprentice! Oh yeah!" and as usual Jiraiya boasted a great accomplishment related to his apprentice, just like he boasted to Orochimaru that Minato, his apprentice had made it to Hokage.
Slowly, both Hinata and Naruto walked in, Hinata clutching Naruto's arm, who looked kinda flustered, "Eh…yo" Naruto said, slowly separating of Hinata, then bowing to all, "I thank you all for your presence" that single act of well manners made all go eye wide.
"Is official, the world is about to end" Chouji stated, "…I am here you know" Naruto stated with a twitch on his eye, and a glint all knew well on his eyes, no matter how much he tries to act in a controlled and well mannered way, he was still plain old and extremely prankster vengeful Naruto.
Thirty minutes later…
Mamoru stared with a scoff at the blond, how he talked with the other guests, Hinata at his side, HIS Hinata, who he had set eyes before the blond ever decided to call her own, and that angered Mamoru greatly, because in his way, no one had rights with his Hinata.
Mamoru stared in anger how Naruto chatted with the aged Hokage, and with some other clan heads children's, maybe that was why he was chosen by Hinata in the end, he had well placed friendships on high rings of Konoha politic and Shinobi life, and not outside Konoha like he had, maybe that's why Hinata never accepted him, because he wasn't a warrior, a shinobi, and more importantly had friends on high places.
But he wouldn't allow to her Hinata to mingle with a commoner, not in a million years, she was a woman, and women needed to learn their place in the world, either the good way or the bad way, so with that (crack up mess up vision and idea) in mind, he made his way towards where the blond and the Hyuuga heiress were, not even thinking that he was actually messing with someone he shouldn't mess at all.
For their part, both blond and bluenette enjoyed chatting with their friends, and she found surprising to meet not one, but two of the legendary ninjas, both knowing Naruto, there she knew she had made the right choice, not only Naruto had the looks, true he is no Adonis, but he has that cuteness that she loves greatly, that drive to keep going even if all is against him, he can change people for good, and to add, he has crazy stamina, and something else that Hinata had seen once, and those two things were great pluses when they reach real adulthood and she is ready to give him a family.
Soon she felt Naruto's arm around her waist, and couldn't help but leave a happy sigh as she leaned on his…chest?
Knowing that Naruto was nearly of her same height, and found odd to feel his chest instead of his shoulders she looked up, and her eyes narrowed, her last suitor had come for more…and had the guts to hug her in such a friendly way in front of her Naru-kun! Well he was going to learn manners the hard way.
Pushing him away, Hinata walked to Naruto, who looked at her oddly, "Who is that guy?" he asked her, "A jackass" was all she replied, not long before that she felt a tug on her arm, turning again he saw Mamoru with a stern expression on his face.
"What do you think you are doing with him?" Mamoru asked, there Hinata snorted as she shrug the arm away of her, "He is my future husband, so why I can't be with him? When you have no rights with me"
"Tsk, I don't need rights with someone as you or that commoner" Mamoru stated, earning a scowl and growl of Hinata, "A commoner he may be, but more man he is than you" All who was around winced at that remark, it was official, Hinata was a complete spitfire, crazy as hell and the vivid image of her mother, that is something Hiashi can give credit for.
"You dare to speak of me, your future husband in that way wench!" Mamoru snapped, trying to slap Hinata, Keyword, tried, because the moment he raised his hand, Naruto was already in front of him, and even though Naruto was shorter than Mamoru, a full grown teenager, he was not intimidated by his height.
By his part, Mamoru just snorted as he lowered his hand, but kept a sharp eye at Naruto, "Move whelp, my girl and I have affairs to attend" He said while trying to reach Hinata, but Naruto stopped him, "Yours? I don't see your name in her, besides she is not and object, she is a person, so behave" Naruto snapped sharply, there Mamoru narrowed his eyes.
"You are just a single ninja, a nobody who by luck has the fortune of knowing someone as her" Then he smirked, "I bet you she is doing this out of pity, and plans to break with you after this"
"Bite that tongue bastard" Hinata hissed, "I love him, I don't love you, you should have learned that long ago" Hinata snapped, by now the small discussion was now in ears of all.
"Why you insist? I don't have interest on slave traders and thugs like you, the Hyuuga clan will not associate with animals such as yourself" Hinata added, somehow seeing the nods of approval of the elders.
"What a woman like you knows? Your place is on a house with children, besides this nobody isn't better than me" Mamoru said, motioning his guard to him.
"No…Naruto is far superior that you…" Hinata snapped, in that moment Mamoru looked at his Samurai guard, "Dispose him" Saying that in front of all the Hyuuga main family meant that he was damn sure Naruto would die, of course he forgot two things, one, Samurai don't use chakra, just speed and flash like strikes to take their opponents down, there is much normal training can do to speed a Samurai, second, ninjas cheat.
With a shocked look, Mamoru Sung saw how Naruto rose both of his hands, and somehow his four Samurai were pushed away onto a wall, where they found themselves levitating, before the wood behind them cracked and they found outside the room.
For his part, the Sung heir growled, just to gulp when he found himself on the end of the biggest sword he had ever seen, "Now let's put facts straight, I am a geninn with Jouninn like chakra reserves, with a forbidden jutsu on his arsenal, two rare elements and to top it all with the biggest sword ever know, I am short tempered and I am angry at you, now they question you got to ask yourself is…do you feel lucky?" Naruto asked, "Because I damn feel lucky punk…do you?"
Mamoru sneered at that remark, but knew that he was beaten, so with a sigh he turned his back on the blond, a small blond who owned a blade bigger than him, but then stopped, and then looked at Naruto, "She will be mine…one way or another" Mamoru then left the room, surely to pick his fallen guard.
Hinata gave an exasperated sigh as she stared the teenager left, "Men…why they thing women are properties?"
"It is obvious his education was based on seeing people as objects" Shino spoke, "So don't amaze yourself by him trying to win you again, by force it needed" That mere word was enough to made Hinata narrow her eyes, "She ain't no trophy Shino" Naruto snapped, "To you she isn't, but to Mamoru she is the ultimate prize" After that incident, the party went all down to midnight, almost all forgetting Mamoru shameful act, but not his words.
The carriage speeded up, inside of it, Mamoru sneered in anger, how dare that woman to reject him? A Prize many women would kill for? Oh but she would learn soon enough that no one defies a Sung, and the blond would regret he day he messed with Gatou-sama.
"Damn that blond, I swear I will kill him" Mamoru sneered, looking around, seeing how the trees passed at great speed.
"You would do well in pushing those thoughts away" a voice sounded inside the carriage, one not even the carriage driver seemed phased of freaked to hear since Mamoru was the only one inside the carriage.
"Demonus" Mamoru hissed, "You actually believe you can kill him? A Rayearth?" Demonus stated, making Mamoru sneer, "There is no proof of it" Mamoru stated.
"Fool, in your arrogance you blind yourself, the blade, the glove, his natural bond with wind and lighting, all are marks of the Rayearth of wind, and not any Rayearth, but the fifth generation…the wind of change…just like the queen foretold" Demonus stated.
"I care none of that prophesy of the queen, I want Hinata" Mamoru stated, "Indeed, the girl is a prize worth of kings, but as a prize like that you will have to wage a war equal to one of a king, and you are just a jester pretending to be one" Demonus stated, there Mamoru lost all his remaining patience, and lunge where Demonus might be.
That was until a set of three long black claws grew and aimed to Mamoru's neck, ready to be impale on his neck, "Mind your manners whelp, I am far superior than you or any other Samurai your feeble money can buy, remember your place and role" Demonus said as his claws retracted, "keep feeding us with slaves, and we shall keep paying you"
"That now is a hard task, Gatou was killed, the bridge on wave was completed, ending the blockade on the water, the village is now reconstructing thanks to the money gain for trade, and they owe all that to the team that damnable blond belongs" Mamoru stated in anger.
"Thus cutting you of a great income" The voice of Demonus sounded all over the carriage, "that's why you are so easily manipulability" Demonus added on his mind, doing something his lord would love.
Unleashing the seed.
The night was different this time, the sky was clear, but the moon didn't shine, the stars were absent, all he saw were his hands, and the grass were he had been for the past three hours.
With a growl, he let his emotions run rampant, the seal that contained his cursed mark breaking, never noticing how the X in the middle of the mark began to glow purple, attaching itself to the cursed mark, and then corrupting the mark further.
He didn't care that the cursed mark was linked to Orochimaru, and by the X doing that to the cursed mark, Orochimaru and every single marked by him was now in a world of pain that would extend beyond, no, he cared none of that, because now he had power, true power.
With a smirk he raised his sight, his sharingan now changed, oddly resembling and atom, instead of a pinwheel.
"This power…is…MINE!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!"
Konoha was about to receive its worse blow after the deflection of Itachi and Orochimaru, and no one would see it until it was too late.
hello again fans, as the manga takes a turn that many dread, and the anime seems to stall more and more, we fanfiction writters see beyond, i have read, long before chapter 437, fics about the true outcome of NaruHina and the true identity of pein, only the fic sit upon the fozen heavens of James D. fawkes, the only one who saw beyond and actually gave us a sneak peek of Pein as Nagato, but i bet not even him expected Pein to be as decreptic looking, althought i bet someone might have think that Nagato might have been suffering a disease like Itachi that was slowly killing him, but enough talk, we all know Pein will get his ass owned, and Nagato and Konan will be lucky if they got out of Konoha in one piece, considering now Konoha as a whole will be looking for them, and we don't know if this Naruto might move, and if he does...the word pain will get a whole new meaning, ironic eh?
now for the advance of next chapter...it was time...
"the first match...temari of the desert..."
the long wait had ended...
"Vs. naruto uzumaki..."
the gears begin to turn...
"you kknow what must be done...destroy the maelstrom!"
and only a few will be graced by being those who will turn the gears of war further...
"the dope...he must die..."
in the next chapter of the Rayearth knights: Naruto the Maelstrom, the mother of all battles...
"Uzumaki...mother wants your blood"
that was all for now, hypn0s signs out, and Hinata will live, or Konoha will have to deal with emo Naruto, that i am sure.
peace!