Wait, I might hesitate, am I a minute too late?
Please Lord, I need to know, this pressure's got me lettin' go
If I'm wrong, will I still carry on and end up where I belong?

I've never felt this way before, I've never come so close
I've never worn so thin, I'm stepping out instead of closing in
Left myself behind when I made up my mind
No turnin' back this time, this is my new design

"New Design" by Thousand foot krutch

Chapter 13: To save an Heiress.

Yuuki rushed through the forest as fast as she could; using the route she knew the kidnapper would take. Once she was sure she was ahead of the game, she dropped by a tree, hiding in the underbrush. She waited and paced her heartbeat, slowing it as Seras had taught her till it only beat on her command. The night was silent; Konoha was yet to realize Kumo's betrayal. She scanned the forest, searching past the dark trees for a sign of her prey.

He came running, unaware and obliviously overconfident. He was a man of average height and features, with choppy brown hair tied under a plain blue bandana. Yuuki felt her fingers curl into fist at the sight of a gagged Hinata, slung along his arm like a potato sack. Her anger was so fierce the stupid man was stunned. He paused in his sprint and squinted into the darkness with sudden apprehension. He reached for a kunai but Yuuki moved much faster, springing off the ground and kneeing him in the jaw.

The attack was strong enough to force him to involuntarily release Hinata. She saw this and grabbed hold of the Hyuga Heiress. She didn't fancy having him use Hinata as a hostage, nor did she want any distractions when she handled this asshole. She deposited Hinata in her hiding place from earlier, placing a light bit of genjutsu over her. The poor little girl looked so lost, so scared. Yuuki turned back to the man, her red eyes trying to burn a hole into his skull for his vile actions.

He'd been rubbing his bruised chin but at the sight of her rage he found himself frozen. He couldn't understand it, this girl was no different from the one he'd just been carrying a few minutes ago and yet she was. She reeked of the killer intent and bloodlust, only professional well seasoned Shinobi should have. He just couldn't bring himself to understand how she was doing this. Could Konoha have been training child soldiers? If so that was against the pact of peace the great villages had signed for after the last great war. There was a strict age limit for when a child could enter the academy at any village. Families could train their children before the academy but that was as far as the loopholes go.

He watched her; wary now that he'd had a taste of what she was capable of. They circled each other like predators, waiting for the first sign of weakness to strike. Yuuki watched him closely, relishing in the fear she could smell on him. He was trying to hide it well and if she wasn't half vampire maybe she wouldn't have been able to smell it. Ever since she gained this body her sense of smell was something else, sharper than before, with the ability to smell even more than just psychical things. She could smell his fear and it urged her on even more. Tired of playing coy she made her move.

It was swift and he'd probably barely had a chance to dodge. She lashed out with her daggers, aiming for his arms and legs to disable him. He was able to dodge the first strike to his left, but he wasn't flexible enough to avoid the sharp blade that followed. Yuuki twisted at her center and used the momentum to land a hit on his right shoulder. He howled and jumped back in pain, grabbing hold of the wound to block the bleeding. The look of pure hatred he gave her made her laugh. So he was getting angry at being bested by a child…fine, she didn't care. He'd hurt someone precious to her, he'd pay the price.

Taking her stance she held her daggers at eye level and paced herself. She advanced, pretending to feign an attack to his head. He blocked with a kunai and she took the opportunity to slam the heel of her boots to his stomach. Her attack made him gasp and she could tell he was winded but it wasn't enough. She was much smaller now; her hits didn't have the effects they would have were she a full adult. He'd recover from the attack soon enough.

"Who are you?" he asked through pants, finally breaking the silence.

Yuuki watched him closely, her daggers held close in case he was just trying to distract her. She wasn't sure if she should say anything. There was no fear; if words were not spoken they couldn't be told to another. If she made a mistake and said too much, her disguise as an Uchiha would end tonight. Still, as a shinobi she felt honor bound to at least give him a name. Just a month ago she'd been a man of 25 years; she understood the pain of being unacknowledged by an opponent. It would be a severe blow to any man's pride.

She sighed, "You don't deserve to hear it but I'll tell you this much. I am the wind in the night, all evil that is spoken within the night I hear. You planned to kidnap the Hyuuga Heiress for Kumo tonight didn't you?"

The man's brown eyes widened, "How did you know it was Kumo?" he gaped.

Yuuki smirked, it seems like she'd overestimated him. A competent shinobi would have tried to lie and defend the truth of his village to the last drop of his blood. This man hadn't even been able to last for that long. Ibiki will definitely have fun with this one. Sick of listening to his weakness Yuuki jumped into action. Slash, block, kick, cut, only those words meant anything to her now, everything else was noise. She tried to overwhelm him with a fury of jabs and strikes with her daggers.

Just when she was sure she'd driven him into a corner he jumped back into the foliage and she lost sight of him. Panting she scanned the horizon with her red eyes, catching every shadow in the moonlight but not her prey. She felt a bit of annoyance at this. Hiashi would be coming any minute soon; she didn't have time for hide and seek.

There!

She rushed for the tree to her left, ready to cut down her enemy. She'd never expected what came next. It had been fast, faster than she'd thought him capable of. She found herself being tossed back, several yards, unable to do anything but roll. She tried to get up but the familiar pain rushing through her at the moment kept her stapled to the ground. The electric currents flowing through her hurt like hell, causing her to jerk and twitch like crazy. She waited in pain for it to end as she knew it would. When it finally did, she got up slowly, her breath shaky.

"That's an interesting blade you have there. Tell me, just where did you get that cursed thing!" she yelled, her red eye glaring holes at the Shinobi before her.

He'd come out of his hiding place, probably stupid enough to think that would be enough to stop her. The smirk on his face certainly says so. Yuuki watched him as he laughed at her, imagining with pleasure just how many times she would kick his ass.

"You mean Volt" he said, holding up his special kunai. Yuuki looked at it more closely; it wasn't what she'd feared. He didn't have the electric sword Ao had stolen. This one was entirely different but that didn't make being shocked and tasered any less annoying. "I found it in a cave, lying next to a pile of bones. Can you imagine my luck, hahaha!"

Yuuki watched him indulge in his false security. So that was why Kumo had entrusted him with this mission. It wasn't his skills; those were average at best. No, what they'd trusted in was his ability to taser anyone that came after him. Too bad, they hadn't accounted for her or Hiashi. A small shock like that would keep a normal person down after two rounds but they weren't normal. They were shinobi, high classed ones at that. Besides, speaking from the prospective of someone who'd been tasered a lot in her past thanks to a certain teme, this was nothing.

Yuuki took her stance once more, a vicious smirk of her own on her face. "Oh, so that's it. You think you can win because you suddenly have a new shiny toy. Let me tell you something, I've broken an electric weapon before. One of a stronger caliber than that toy you're swinging around. You won't win this one!"

"We'll see about that little girl" he rushed at her, using the same attack pattern. Yuuki knew, she saw it and with bored eyes she avoided his strike. Grabbing hold of the back of his shirt as he lunged helpless forward, she pulled hard. He watched in shocked as he was tossed against a tree by a child. But Yuuki wasn't done; she kept up her attack, knowing her time was running out. Pulling back her legs, she kneed him in the stomach with both of her knees. The shock was present in his eyes as he spat out blood, his grip on his kunai loosened as he dropped it. At least that pesky problem was gone; pulling back her arm she aimed a firm punch to his face, rearranging it for him.

With him pinned to the tree she knew she had the advantage. She kept punching him, in the face, on the stomach, until she felt satisfied. With each hit the image of Hinata's gagged form appearing in her head, along with Neji's twisted outlook on reality. This man was the cause of all of that. Suddenly unable to stop the pure drive to destroy in herself, Yuuki knew she had to end it. Slapping her hand to the cold ground, she wrapped her legs around his neck and pulled him to the ground.

"What is the meaning of this child?"

She turned, trying to stop her heavy breathing. So the guest of honor arrives…

"I was only trying to stop him for you Hyuuga-sama. You were chasing him right? I thought I'd help" she said, keeping her voice bland like any Uchiha would.

"The Hyuuga clan needs no help child" said Hiashi, a stern tone to his voice but on the inside he felt entirely different. To some extent he actually felt thankful to this child. As he'd watched her fight the kidnapper for some minutes, he'd been sure had it been him he'd have killed the man. That would have caused some complication if what the little girl had said was true. Could this man have really been part of Kumo? certainly looked that way. Still, it was astounding to see such a small girl fight the way she did. Just who was she?

"Who are you child?" he asked.

Yuuki watched him now, gauging his expression. Had he figured her out yet or did he believe she was a legit Uchiha? She hadn't used any fire jutsus during the fight because of her unstable chakra control at the moment. All she could rely on were her looks and the way she acts. She did her best to imitate Sasuke's nonchalant attitude. "I'm afraid I cannot tell you that Hiashi-sama. Hinata-sama is behind that bush, she is uninjured".

This seemed to snap his attention away from her and towards where she was pointing. Thankfully he believed her word and didn't activate his Byakugans. If he had her gamble would be up. Calmly he walked over to the bush and lifted Hinata's small form. Yuuki nearly blew her nonchalant façade. She was so startled to see Hinata's lavender eyes; they were looking at her with such admiration. Yuuki didn't think she deserved such honest emotions from the Heiress.

"You've done a rather rash thing Child. Still, for saving Hinata from the hands of this man you've done the Hyuuga clan a huge favor. We are in your debt, if there is anything I can do for you name it and I shall do it" said Hiashi, looking down at his daughter. His face was unreadable but Yuuki could sense a bit of reluctance. The pride of a Hyuuga; at least that proved he believed her to be an Uchiha, even a little. If there was anything a Hyuuga hated more than being in debt to anyone. It was being in debt to an uchiha.

Yuuki shook her head, "I'm afraid nothing comes to mind at the moment Hyuuga-sama. But don't worry should the time present itself, I will let you know. For now I suggest you take Hinata-sama back to the village".

Hiashi eyed her carefully and for a minute Yuuki feared she'd over stepped her boundaries. She still held a bit of fear in her heart towards him since their meeting in the future, in her past life as Naruto. But then he smirked and she knew the deal had been struck. He would help her someday.

"I suppose you're right. It is late and she needs her rest after this…unsavory event. What shall you do with him?" asked Hiashi, glaring down at the whimpering man trapped below Yuuki.

Yuuki looked at her captive for the first time in quite some time. "hmm, I think I'll drop him off by the Hokage's tower".

Hiashi raised a brow to this, "Why not hand him over to me now?"

Yuuki shook her head yet again, "once again, I'm afraid I can't do that. You see this guy just kidnapped your daughter right. Any father would want to skewer him right now, you're no different I presume. It would be a hassle if this guy died by the hands of Konoha. No, I'd rather hand him over to Ibiki alive and kicking".

Hiashi smirked, "A little sadist aren't we? Aren't you being even crueler than me? It would be a kinder fate to kill him than to hand him over to Ibiki".

"…"

"Fine, have it your way Uchiha" He stressed the last bit and waited for her to deny it. She didn't, that was what she wanted him to think after all. Believing to have a clue at least about the mysterious prodigy he continued to speak. "Do you need help moving him at least?"

Yuuki gave a confident smirk, something she didn't feel but couldn't show. This was the tricky part, Kyuubi was supposed to use his fire teleportation jutsu on her so Hiashi would be left in awe of her power. If it didn't work well, this could backfire.

"That won't be needed Hyuuga-sama. I have my ways" that was the queue. Her heart skipped a beat at the sight of the flames as they engulfed her and her catch. So Kyuubi had pulled through on his part.

Hiashi watched the mysterious girl disappear in a pillar of flames. A prodigy indeed, he didn't like Uchihas but he wouldn't mind finding out more about this one. She interested him, maybe if Hinata stayed with someone like her his daughter would grow a backbone and he could finally feel at rest. Sighing, he began to head back to the Hyuuga complex. The council of elders will have a field day with this, that he already knew and he didn't look forward to it. Within his heart he felt a bit bad because he knew Hinata's freedom would be cut even more after this. If only she'd become stronger, he wouldn't have to worry. He wouldn't be forced into these tough positions between being a father or the clan head.

Scene Skip-

Yuuki opened her eyes and blinked. They were in the alleyway close to the tower; she could still hear the sounds of the searching Anbu. Really for people that were supposed to live in darkness without a trace, they sure did make a lot of noise.

It's only because you're not fully human kit, that you can hear them.

I suppose, we should drop this guy off now, She thought. Grabbing hold of his arms, she dragged him to the front of the tower. She chained him up, wrote a brief letter to the Third and high tailed it out of there. The Anbu should find him before long. Her mission was complete, now she could breathe easy for a bit. Using the shadows of the buildings she ran back towards the cottage. Seras and Kyuubi were waiting for her at the front.

Kyuubi lifted his hand and she noticed the sake bottles dangling from his fingers. "Want to celebrate Kit?"

She smirked, "Hell yeah".

Inside, they all plopped down on the couch and took swipes out of their sake bottles.

"I see you guys are having a swell time over here" said Alucard, materializing from nowhere and causing Yuuki to spit out her sake. Thankfully he was more of a specter so the sake went right through him; the look he gave her however showed how much he'd 'appreciated' that.

"Oh and to what do we owe this late night visit?" asked Kyuubi, lounging loosely in his seat.

Alucard gave his old friend a bland look. "Oh nothing, just wanted to warn you that the rogue vampires are beginning to move. They seem to be looking for portals to this realm. It won't take long for them to find a rift with the way the war is dragging out on our end. You guys need to start moving now; you need to create the Hellsing organization here for when they come".

The bottle froze at Yuuki's lips; she looked up to her grandfather. He was serious; there was no joke in his eyes. Things were really moving now, on both accounts. "hm, it seems like we can't play around anymore Kyuubi".

"Hm, and I here I was looking forward to an early retirement".

So this is the end of this chapter folks. I hope you liked it. Thanks to my dedicated readers. I focus on this story for you.

Chibi Narrator: Life sure is busy around here.

Itachi: Well you're finally getting a life, I would think it should.

Chibi Narrator: Can it or you'll never get to do perverted things to Yuuki-chan.

Itachi: …