The night was cold but Hinata was colder. The wind was harsh but her pain was no match. She felt stupid standing there next to him. How she had fallen for everything. Every cruel lie, ever kiss, every feeling. She hated herself for what she had fallen too. But as much as she hated herself she couldn't bring herself to hate him. She just couldn't… It only seemed right for him to kill her, proper even. Without her death on his hands the event would almost seem ironic. He had killed her but she was still alive… but not for long.

Chapter 11: silver moon

Property of Kishimoto

Hachi chuckled at the blank expression on Hinata's face. Her death would complete everything he had worked so hard for.

Kiba took a deep breathe before sliding his hand from Hinata's wrist. As he did so he slid it past her hand and squeezed it for a brief moment before dropping it to walk towards Hachi. Hachi's eyes widened as the small jester of affection. "Well then," He said with a fake pleased smile "You two have grown fond of each other have you?" He said with a twisted smile "Should make this whole ordeal a bit more interesting huh?" He chuckled as Kiba sneered in his direction.

"But why?" Naruto snapped "why Kiba? What's so special about that betraying son of a bitch?"

Hachi didn't have to answer. Brajan had most of it figured out. " We can't touch her." He said with sudden realization. "The necklace… no one can harm her." He said with wide eyes as he turned to look in Hinata's direction.

Hinata was taken aback. "Necklace? What neck-" She paused as she gently touched the diamond necklace that hung around her neck. The necklace that was given to every heir of the family. To every Hyugga that would carry on the bloodline.

Naruto nodded. "I see now." He grumbled. " That necklace keeps you protected Hinata. No one can harm you, almost like a shield."

Hinata couldn't believe what she was hearing. "Why didn't I know this?" She whispered.

Brajan sighed. "We didn't realize you didn't know. You were suppose to find out the night of your sixteenth birthday but then…. after what happened. We didn't realize the information was never passed to you." Hinata was quiet as she waited for him to continue. " Kiba must have some way to get past the protection… some power that no one else possesses. Some kind of gift, don't you?" Brajan spat in disgust.

Kiba snarled at Brajan, like some kind of animal. "A gift is the last thing I would call it. A curse might be more appropriate." He growled. His teeth had a sharper edge and his eyes seemed to glisten with some form of madness. "I was chosen at birth… I didn't have a choice." It grew quite as everyone watched him shocked.

The only one who seemed unaffected was Hatchi. It can't be done until you're seventeen." He mused. We have about five minutes. Use it wisely" He smiled. "You can count it as a coming of age present."

Kiba ground his teeth in anger at Hachi's taunting.

"Well?" Naruto snapped. "You want to explain?"

Kiba didn't look at Naruto but instead watched Hinata. His eyes were deep with unending agony. "It's not my choice." He said, his voice barely audible. "I'm sorry."

Hinata looked away. She couldn't bare to look into his eyes any longer. She would drowned in the sorrow that was pooled beneath them.

"How did this come to be Kiba?" Brajan asked calmly.

Kiba sighed shakily as he closed his eyes. "The necklace she wears," He said as he glanced up at the diamond hanging from her neck. "It was made my a demon, one of the most powerful and greedy. They gave him unbelievable amounts of money and jewels to make it for them. But he likes nothing more than a human soul." He said with disgust. "They," He said as he turned to look at the Ohamu clan "offered my parents as a sacrifice to get from him a way to kill whoever had the necklace. For two human souls he took a part of his and placed it with in the depths of my own." Hinata gasped as she finally met his gaze. He had a demon living in him this whole time? "It's been growing." He said with an angry wring to his voice. "And in seventeen years it would be complete."

"Why didn't you run?" Naruto questioned angrily with his hands balled up into fists.

"He can't!" Hachi answered for him. "Only we can stop him!" He said as he pulled out a glass jar. "Once the demon takes over his body we have the power to suck it out with this." He said with a grin. "Besides, the only purpose the demon possesses is to kill the holder of the necklace. If he had run and turned into the beast he would turn right around and kill the girl only this way he won't roam the world as a monster." He ended his sentence with a slight chuckle.

"And you were there to make sure he didn't do anything tricky weren't you?" Hinata asked as anger started to boil beneath the surface. "You and Kakashi were the only two who ever saw over Kiba's training but in reality you were the one's who were spying and teaching him to kill." She said with tears of hurt and anger now streaming down her face.

Hachi just laughed at the display in front of him. "Kakashi is dead child!" He said amused. "He decided the way of the Hyuga's was better than Ohamu's so he was terminated with the rest of your clan." His smile faltered as he looked down at the watch that was on his wrist. The hood of his cloak shadowed his eyes so you could only see his nose and his face as it curled into a crooked smile. He chuckled lightly "Happy Birthday Kiba."

Kiba gasped in horror as he turned to the moon instead of towards Hachi.

'The moon…' Hinata thought as she watched him stare at it the way he had many times before. It started to glow a bright metallic silver as the seconds ticked by slowly. The silver of the moon reflected into Kiba's eyes that were soon glowing so bright his pupils couldn't be seen. Soon his whole entire body seemed to glow until every eye had turned from the radiant light. In a matter of seconds his agonizing cries turned into snarls and growls until a final roar rung through the air. The light dulled but never faded as everyone dared to look at Kiba again. Or at least what was left of him.

In his place was a nine foot tall demon dog with silver fur that had a lingering glow to it. His eyes were pitch black except for the glowing silver balls that were his pupils that darted from each person to the next. He had a black crescent moon in the middle of his forehead and his white fangs were barred and snarling. He whipped his head around until he found Hinata. His fur bristled as he arched his back. He threw his head up with a defining howl so loud that everyone had to cover their ears. He came bounding towards her and just before he reached her a tan blur flashed across his face.

He flung his head left and right as Akamaru held fast. With one mighty fling Akamaru was yanked from his place and was sent soaring through the air. He hit Brajan and sent him flying back as well. The impact of the giant dog and the ground knocked him out cold. Naruto ran as fast as he could to Hinata's side. He grabbed her arm and flung her behind him. He wasn't there before a bleeding Kiba slashed his paw in Naruto's direction. Kiba's claws hit Naruto and ripped his shirt along with his skin. He went skidding to the side, leaving Hinata in a disastrous mess. Kiba lowered his head slowly, his teeth bared. Blood was dripping down the sides of his snout from where Akamaru had grasped him with his fangs and claws. Soon they were eye level and Hinata's world went blank.

'Here I will die' She thought to herself 'by the hands of the man I love. No, by the demon that's within him' Her face changed with sudden realization. 'This demon has one purpose.. what happens if I take away that purpose.'

She knew what she was about to do was risky and might not work but it was still worth a try. She yanked the necklace from her throat and threw it to the ground. She stomped on it and heard a crunch beneath her foot. Kiba stopped breathing for a second as all the murder in his black eyes went blank.

"Why isn't he killing her?" Hinata could hear Hachi say in distress.

Kiba backed away slowly his face confused and blank.

Hinata walked slowly towards the giant beast. She placed a hand on his front leg and soon enough he bowed his head to her level. She walked over the the front of his snout and looked into his perplexed eyes. "Kill them." She whispered to him. "Kill all members of the Ohamu clan here." His eyes grew less dazed as purpose started to fill them. They grew blood thirsty as he slowly turned to face the army. "Don't you understand?" Hinata asked mockingly. "You told him to kill the Hyuga that was protected by the necklace. Well what if there was no Hyuga protected by the necklace? What if there wasn't even a necklace?"

Hachi backed away in horror as the sneering demon drew closer and closer. "No!" He cried out in horror and distraught anger.

"Oh yes!" Hinata said cheerily. It was her turn to use the sarcasm. "All he simply needed was new orders."

"You bitch!" He screamed as Kiba pounced on top of him. The soldiers scattered in dismay as Kiba knocked them out one by one. Hinata ran after the bloody trail until she found Hachi. She rummaged through his coat until she found the jar. She fallowed Kiba on his killing spree until no one was left. He stood huffing and puffing as he searched for more to kill. He turned his head to Hinata expecting more orders. "Sleep," She said simply. "It's time for your rest." She opened the bottle and dog stood puzzled until he started glowing brighter and brighter. It all happened again only in reverse. The howls turned into cries and the light started to dim. When Hinata looked back Kiba was standing with his cloths tattered and torn and his eyes still glowing vibrant silver. The silver was sucked back into the moon and shot into the jar. Hinata closed it quickly and looked down at the glowing glass to see a pair of black eyes staring back. They closed slowely and faded into the silvery mass.