Chapter Thirty Five

Savagery

At last they had woken up from their slumber, their darkest memories and emotions torturing them, making them exactly what Orochimaru wanted. The fox's vessel was not meant to happen but he wasn't too worried about that. Orochimaru stared at the scene one last time before he left, he needn't see what the outcome would be, he would know soon enough.

Hinata felt her control slipping from her grasp, her actions were not her own but at the same time they were. All those memories she was forced to face, it was like dying and seeing your whole life flash all at once. It felt like that but the memories never stopping coming forth, emotions fed the curse. Hinata clenched her hands, her fingers dug into her palm, the pain was meant to snap her out, it only made it worse. She could see through her eyes, feel everything...and yet it wasn't her. Knowing she was still there, she looked around, to her left was Sasuke and to her right was Naruto; the nine tails chakra seeping out of him in waves, his eyes were dilated and there was something feral about him. The Hyuga could see why, not far from Naruto was Sakura clutching onto Lee, her hands searching for any wounds. Ino stood in front of her, glaring daggers at the female sound ninja.

That scene caused Hinata great pain, anger dominated the rest of her emotions. The curse rejoiced. All of her friends were helping them when they didn't ask for it, they could have avoided everything. They were getting hurt because of her neglect, her actions at not stopping things. The curse flared even more, her whole being shook with the force of it all. Hinata shook her head then smirked, she was letting the curse gain what it wanted, stopping it would be futile. So she let it run its course, if she let it have control only for a while she could easily kill the enemy, the ones to cause harm, just thinking about the ways she could carry that out made her wince. But the power surged through her making lose her concentration. The left side of her face felt odd, something was crawling all over her skin spreading like a virus. Her byakugan activated, she was now able to see everything and everyone. One figure caught her attention, her cousin was high on a tree with Tenten, observing the scene. For a second Hinata regained control, the cloud was lifting by just looking at Neji. Everything was ruined when snippets of memories flashed in front of her eyes, the most prominent one was her cousin's death. The helplessness she felt returned ten fold and she once again thrown back into the darkness.

Neji Hyuga contemplated jumping down, he wondered what he would do next, what would be his next steps. He could jump down and do nothing or run up to Hinata, why would I do that? The simple answer was he was bound to protect the main house and another reason- a reason he would rather not think about. For now he could only watch as his cousin was consumed by something, the dark energy danced around her. Then his eyes widen as Hinata's left side of her face, neck and arms began to be covered by dark figures and the same thing was happening to the Uchiha. Neji felt his teammate cower in fear, he didn't blame her he felt it too. "Lee, we ha-"

"Quiet.." Neji kept his eyes focused on team seven, then his eyes went to search the sound ninja. All three except one had smirks plastered on their face, the leader of the team stepped back in caution. "Finally he has awoken. Let's get on with it." the younger screamed at Sasuke's direction, Sasuke spared him one glanced and then looked over at his friends. That moment things changed, Naruto followed his two teammates next moves, they synchronized perfectly.

In a blur Hinata was standing right behind the female sound ninja, her hands gliding over the girls long straight hair. "Such long hair, similar to my friends hair over there." Hinata said in a low voice, the girl was about to make a move but she was yanked back by her hair. Hinata clicked her tongue, "Wrong move, you see my friend...she loved her hair. And I know that you hold such feelings towards your own." Hinata then tangled her fingers into the girl's hair and pulled. The ninja let out a yelp and reached back but Hinata stopped her with another pull, she kicked the back of her knees and the ninja fell.

"Your face, it would be a shame if something were to happened to it." With that, Hinata took out a kunai and glided the weapon down the girl's face, pressing the tip onto the skin.

"Hinata!" The Hyuga looked up but kept the weapon firm, Sakura had screamed and that was enough for the female ninja to make a run for it. She used her elbow and connected it with Hinata's side, she took a step forward and stood up. The ninja made a hand sign and was ready to attack Hinata.

Naruto, heard a scream but he kept his eyes focused on his prey, the leader kept backing with each step he took forward, Naruto felt immense satisfaction at the man's fear. He stalked forward then in a blur he stood in front of his prey, his hand went up, his nails long and ready to slash. The ninja managed to cover his face but his arms got the damage. After getting hit he sprinted away only to be caught by Naruto once again. He growled and crouched, the nine tails chakra whipping around him matching his emotions. "You've hurt my friends. That's something I won't forgive." Naruto sprang and attacked, at first it was hand to hand combat and it soon was getting boring to him. The fight escalated to a new level as the ninja counter attacked, every time he glanced at his fallen friends his anger grew and each blow was stronger.

"Someone, stop them. They're going to kill them!" Sakura pleaded, Ino was rooted to the spot trying to move and do something but she couldn't. The horrifying scene before her kept her from doing anything. She looked over at Shikamaru, he shook his head. "What do you expect me to do? I'm not a fool to get in their way."

"Please, if they continue-" Sakura's words died down as the females sound ninjas screams filled the air, Hinata had the ninja beneath her, one knee pressed up on the girl's chest. Hinata took out a kunai and raised on of the girl's hand and pierced the weapon through her palm and buried it on the ground. The ninja let out a piercing scream, Hinata chuckled,"You'll be fine I made sure not to hit any vitals, yet." With the byakugan activated Hinata hit some minor chakra points and continued with her ministrations. "I'm making sure you won't do anything," The ninja took a deep breath and spitted on Hinata's face.

Hinata could feel what would come next, she tried controlling her actions , she wanted it to happen she wanted to do it but that didn't mean it was the right thing to do. Now she regretted letting the curse take over her, let the power seduce her. Her hand gripped the girl's chin and with her other hand she began carving the girl's pretty face, her ears picked up her agony and yet she didn't relent. The hatred needed to be fed, she slashed until she was satisfied with her work. Then suddenly her movements stopped, she began to stand up and move away from the girl. She desperately tried moving, "I'm sorry Hinata. Had to stop you some way." With her bloodline activated she saw Shikamaru with his hands in a sign, "Shadow possession jutsu." He announced.

"Let me go, let me finish."

"No can do, you've done enough."

"Trust me. I have a lot to go." Shikamaru continued talking, he needed her to calm down before his jutsu wore out. His assumptions were correct after he visibly saw her body twitched back into her control. Hinata cracked her knuckles, before she could take a step further a figure landed not far from her, their eyes matching her own. "Neji."

"What's happened to you." Hinata stumbled backwards at his words, this wasn't the Neji she was used to, this was her Neji, the one from her timeline, so familiar and wrong at the same time. "Move," her words fell on deaf ears. Neji without thinking reached out to her, his hand infused with chakra , ready to strike if need be. Seeing she wasn't going to do anything he touched his cousin's forehead, as his skin touched her heated one she collapsed to the ground clutching her head, she let out scream as the black symbols receded. On her forehead a purple outline appeared. Neji's eyes widen, he moved forward then moved Hinata's bangs away , there bright as daylight was a mark; similar to the seal the branch family were branded with. She continued to scream, Neji embraced Hinata, he ignored the feelings that came after his actions.

After hearing Hinata's screams, Naruto halted his actions and back away from the ninja. He gave his prey on last look before he made his way to his fallen teammate, watching her in pain made him snap back, the nine tails chakra dissipated leaving his own. The feral aura was gone and its place was concern. With his eight ended hearing Naruto picked up the sound of bones cracking, he looked over his shoulder and Sasuke was still in his trance. He had the younger ninjas arms behind his back, a foot place in the center of his spine , and the sound ninjas arms ripped off the sockets of his shoulders. The Uchiha pushed the boy away and stalked over to Naruto's side. Sasuke stopped, then crouched beside Neji and Hinata, his fingers traced the outline of her face, slowly the curse mark retreated back to where it came. Sasuke swayed and Naruto caught him. "You proved yourselves, in return we give you the scroll and you let us go." Rookie nine watched in amazement as the ninja took out a scroll and placed it on the ground, exhausted from their fights both Sasuke and Naruto watched as the leader took his two teammates and left without giving another glance at them. It was silent for a while three minutes, Tenten jumped down from the tree and went straight to Lee, as she passed Neji she only gave him a nod.

"Is she alright?" Kiba asked, Akamaru barked asking the same question. He jumped off his master's head and laid beside Hinata. Neji abruptly stood up letting Hinata's body fall to the ground, Shino managed to catch her head in time. Neji walked over to Tenten and spoke to her, she nodded. After a while Neji's team was gone. Ino stood behind Sakura, she was adjusting her short messy hair. "There, all better now...it will grow back though." She said after a while. Sakura was silent throughout the whole thing. Everyone was trying to wrap their heads around what had occurred.

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