Chapter 49 Aftermath Part 2
Crowned Prince Gamba walked though the main gate of the royal city, this massive complex was almost the same size as the Leaf village which had just fallen. It had severed has the head of government and royal residence since the first demon kings. The city was divided into four major sections. The military/royal guards which patrolled everywhere however they had centers of training and supplies located by the four main gates. The second section was the government center which took place in the outer palace, the councilors which had been voted in by the subjects of the King, to the royal council and the judges that decide their fate. The third section was the great records where all the documents made by the government, military, religious and historical items were stored. Millions of documents were stored in the place some have gone untouched since they were first written down. The last section was the inner palace this section which took up a quarter of the royal city was his home. It was a series of buildings including training fields, gardens, library, kitchens and the royal bedroom however there was only one location he wanted to get to, the harem to Hinata.
"Prince Gamba." said a voice as Gamba stopped in his tracks.
"Yes?" asked Gamba as he looked at the massager
"Your presence is requested at once in the grand meeting hall, your mother the Queen has called a meeting of the royal council leaders." stated the messenger
"Alright I will be there." said Gamba "When is it?"
"They are already meeting." explained the massager as Gamba placed his hand between his eyes, he had hoped to talk to Hinata before this but someone must have seen Fay bring in Hinata. "They need you at once."
Gamba turned and walked toward one of the larger buildings inside the royal city, this was the great meeting hall and unlike the great royal hall which was designed to show the power of the royal family to visitors from all the races, the grand meeting hall was where the actual government was located. While it was true as king he would have almost unheard of power he still had to follow the accords of Alexander the king which had saved the kingdom from civil war by lifting up the Tigers and Panthers. The ruling government was split into the small royal council who had their positions due to birth and the common pride which was larger and elected by the races. The two of them formed laws which the King could approve or disapprove of, a King could also pass laws without them by the laws could be overturned by the two lower bodies of government working together.
Gamba paused for a moment before he entered the meeting hall. What greeted him was a long and narrow room with two large sets of stone blanches which shot up over twenty five up in the air for the common pride to use in their meetings. There was a large open area with a stone table capable of holding fifteen demons around it; this was the seating for the smaller royal council. At the far end was white marble and gold throne where the King, Queen or another members of the royal family would precede over the meetings if need. Around the center table the members of the royal council sat with a spot open at the head of the table for Gamba. His mother Queen Oda sat at the other end of the table.
"Ah crowned Prince Gamba nice of you to finally join us." said Vachan
"As you know Vachan I was making sure there was no problems with the army pull out of the Leaf village and Fire country." explained Gamba "I thought as head of the Royal guards you would care about all our forces not just the guards?"
"Are you insulting my honor?" asked Vachan as the white tiger showed his teeth
"No, you have severed us with honor Vachan." stated Queen Oda as Vachan smiled "However your criticism of him for being late is just as unfounded as his criticism of your duty. My mate was often late for war meeting because he was out among the troops."
"I understand my Queen." said Vachan as other members of the council watched the exchanged between Vachan and Gamba, it was clear the two didn't like each other and most wondered if Vachan would be removed from head of royal guard in favor of another.
"What is the situation in the human world like Prince Gamba?" asked a panther member of the council
"Sadly the Leaf didn't take the option of surrender but of the other twenty smaller villages we hit in River, Fire and Wave country twelve of them surrendered without a fight and all but one surrender after their walls came down. It shows our plan of offering them terms is working." explained Gamba as the council members apart from Vachan and his mother nodded their head even the half of the council who tended to disagree with him where nodding their head in agreement.
"How many humans?" asked another lion council member
"I don't have a perfect number yet since they are still counting but it seems that outside of the Leaf village we are looking in the mid nineties percent capture rate however the Leaf it is looking at the low seventies." explained Gamba as he looked at his mother who simply looked at him.
"Why is that?" asked another council member.
"We aren't entire sure yet but it is possible they had tunnels we didn't know about allowing them to leave or they have bunkers we don't know of." stated Gamba
"Either way we will find them." said a panther member
"That is all well and good, Prince Gamba but what about the human you brought into the royal city?" asked Vachan that got everyone's attention as Queen Oda leaned back a bit and looked at her son.
"What of it?" asked Gamba as he leaned back a bit.
"So you don't hid it?" asked Vachan
"No, I don't." said Gamba "She is currently turning into a lioness and I placed her inside the harem which is well within my rights as crowned Prince."
"But she is human." stated Vachan
"And in five days or less she will be a lioness." stated Gamba "I don't see why this would be a problem?"
"Neither do I." stated another council member "Besides having a turned human in the harem may be good since the former human population is growing, it is only a matter of time until we have members of the government who are former humans."
"The Foxes have already put a formerly human family on their high council." stated a tiger
"But she may become Queen!" yelled Vachan
"Why would that be a problem?" asked Gamba as he looked at his mother his eyes locking on her "One of the jobs I have as the last male in the line of kings is to have off spring most importantly sons why would it matter who has them?"
"She is a human?" asked Vachan
"Her name is Hinata and her pride was already one we were looking at to be turned into our kind." stated Gamba "I am not ordering her out of the Harem if she wants to leave I will let her but I am not telling her to leave."
"I don't see why he has to." said a council members "It is his right in tradition to have whomever he wants in his harem and if Hinata is first to have a male heir she will be queen and her son will be the next king just as it has been since the founding of our union."
Even the traditionist had to nod their head in agreement.
"Very well, I call this meeting to an end." said Queen Oda softly as she stood up and slowly left the room.
Back in the Leaf village Shikamaru panted harder than normal due to the sudden lack of sweat glades he now had.
"How was that?" asked Temari as the blonde vixen looked down at him with her green eyes.
"Strange but good." said Shikamaru as he studied her, it was the first time he had a chance to study her in her new form. Like all demon foxes she was double jointed in the legs to allow more speed and higher jump ability however Temari didn't have black fur on her lower body, it was pure blonde fur up those legs. She had a thin strip of tan which started at her belly button unlike Sakura or Kushina who's white fur ran almost over their nipples Temari's fur ran almost straight up not spreading out over her chest. Her arms were also totally covered with blonde fur apart from black fur on her hands which reminded him of gloves. Temari's strip of tan fur ran all the way under her muzzle as her two blonde ears poked out of the top of her head. Her seven totally blonde tails moved behind her.
"So what do you think?" asked Temari
"You look perfect." said Shikamaru with a smile "I just wish we could have stayed as humans."
"But being like this isn't that bad." said Temari as she looked at the fox he had become. He had dark brown fur which ran from his feet to his knees, than he had pure jet black fur covering the rest of his legs. Over the front of his chest he had the same dark brown fur which ran from the thick patch of fur which hid his foxhood when it wasn't needed up to his adam's apple where it stopped at a sharp point. His back and sides was pure black as well as his face and upper arms. From his elbows down was dark brown fur.
"So how many tails do I have?" asked Shikamaru
"Well may not be equal on that front but I dominate you in the bed room." laughed Temari as her seven tails battle against his eight .
"Only because I let you." answered Shikamaru as he looked at Temari with his now silted brown eyes, the same shade of brown of his fur color. "I think we will have to settle that later, they need us out there so that we can get that pure sample out of the Leaf."
"Ya." answered Temari
Meanwhile Tsunade finally opened her eyes, all her muscles still didn't want to move but at least she could still breath. Slowly she lifted her head off whatever she had been resting on, her eyes struggled as the room came into focus. She was in some sort of living room and she was lying on a couch of some kind. There was also a wooden coffee table with a glass of water on it. Instinctually she reached out and grabbed the water and poured it down her bone dry throat.
"Good thing I didn't put ice in that our else you would have choked to death." laughed a voice as Tsunade's eyes widened as she lifted her head a bit and looked toward the sound. Her eyes widened she spotted a person she had though dead for years.
"Jiraiya?" asked Tsunade
"Ya." answered Jiraiya as the old ninja stood in the doorway to his living room dressed in cloths that almost matched when he was out training Naruto. The only three noticeable differences first was the fact that his left arm was gone, ripped off by Pain all those years ago, second was the lack of sunlight had turned his skin paler then normal. The last difference was the natural aging that happened to him in almost five years Jiriaya had spent imprisoned, he was now almost fifty nine years old. "How have you been?"
"Better." said Tsunade as she sat up holding her head. "I have a massive hang over but I haven't drunk anything."
"Probably the anti-venom they injected you." explained Jiriaya "The time I tried to escape a snake got me and I felt like I was hung over after they gave me the anti venom.
"I am still having trouble believing your alive." said Tsunade
"Well if it wasn't for the demons I wouldn't be." said Jiriaya "Since you didn't ask we are in the long term storage area of the demon hospital."
"What happened to your hand?" asked Tsunade
"Oh…one of those copies that Nagato used ripped it out when I was fighting." explained Jiriaya as Tsunade nodded her head.
"Anyone else we know down here?" asked Tsunade
"Not that I know, I am the oldest person down here." explained Jiriaya "From what the friendlier guards have told me they wanted some people but they couldn't get them due to either some justu or they were just too old to be used. Nagato was one of them; whatever justu he used to control those clones meant they couldn't turn him, our old genin-sensei Hiruzen was too old to turn."
"What about Nawaki?" asked Tsunade already knowing the likely answer but she had to know.
"Sorry Tsunade but your younger brother isn't here and neither is Dan." said Jiriaya "From what I have been told Minato and Kushina where the first humans they turned without having them die, anyone who died before that is dead."
"I see." said Tsunade "I knew but I had to ask."
"Well I will say hi for you as soon as I get there." said Jiriaya as Tsunade looked at him
"What are you talking about?" asked Tsunade
"The only reason they kept me alive was to get information about the Leaf, which I didn't give but and for them to take live tissue samples from." said Jiriaya "I have no use now."
"Neither do I." stated Tsunade as Jiriaya shock his head.
"You're the best doctor that has ever lived; they will want to turn you so that you could teach the next generation medical skills." stated Jiriaya "I don't have any skills they would want, so why waste the transformation agent on me? I am useless to them."
"Well almost useless." hissed a voice as the two sannin turned toward the corner of the room where a large piece of reinforced glass there on the other side was a large white snake with deep amber eyes.
"So you're in charge of this place I hear." said Tsunade
"Yes, I am." said Orochimaru
"So are you here to kill me?" asked Jiriaya
"No you are going to be turned in order to take part in one of my experiment." said Orochimaru
"What experiment?" asked Tsunade
"You will see." said Orochimaru with a smile as his forked tongue poked out of his mouth before placing two needles filled with a golden red liquid in the slot where food was normally delivered "Now why don't you two save me the trouble of retraining you and inject yourselves before I have to do it myself, you have two hours then I will have to do it myself."
Elsewhere in the hospital Sai in a cell with Ino kneeling in front of him healing the wound on his leg, their arm and leg restraints had been removed but their cell was maybe eight by eight with two concrete stables to rest on and a toilet. One wall was a reinforced chakra glass which would absorbed all but the strongest attacks and with such a confided space most of the strong attacks would also blowback on the user. A door was cut into the glass allowing them to walk in and out.
"I thought it would be over sooner than this." said Ino as she applied healing chakra to Sai's leg. "The way Sakura described it they march people in examine them and then inject them with whatever race they are becoming then place them in holding areas until they are done."
"They probably do but there are so many people to go though." explained Sai as Ino finished her work.
"Still I want this to be over with." said Ino "The wait is killing me."
"It could be worst." said Sai as the next group of people to be processed walked by, he could see Shino and a lot of the Aburame clan. "We could already know we are going to be ants."
"The thing is I don't know if they mind it as much." said Ino "It must be something almost like bonding with your clan animal…I mean do you get what I am saying?"
"I think they didn't kill the clan animals from the Inuzuka clan." said Sai
"Do Demons have pet?" asked Ino
"I don't see why not." said Sai
Hinata stood in the bathroom the room she had been given in the harem if you could call it a bathroom. It was at least three times the size of her entire bedroom back home. The room was dominated by what looked like a constricted hot spring with a small waterfall coming off the wall. They had gone so far to make the spring look natural that they put rocks around the hot springs and along the walls to make it look like stone rock face. A large open skylight covered the area over the hot spring. She guessed since there was no bathtub or shower that the spring severed as both, the rest of the room had the basics such as a toilet, sink and a large full length body mirror.
"What is wrong with me?" said Hinata out load to herself; it was a habit she did to help herself think though problems when she was alone. "He is turning me into a fucking demon and imprisoning me in this place.
"Then again he is trying to protect me from harm." said Hinata "And I am only in here until I stop turning."
For what seemed like the longest time Hinata debated out load with herself before she settled on the fact that she needed to talk to Gamba before settling on anything. Finally she walked out of the bathroom and into the main room. She noticed another human standing by the table, she knew almost instantly who it was.
"Gamba." said Hinata as Gamba turned to face her; he stood in his human form.
"Hinata." said Gamba as the two of them just looked at each other for the longest time neither one of them said anything.
"Why me?" asked Hinata "You have fifty lioness out there why do you need me?"
"Yes, I do have fifty lionesses who would love to be in the position you are in now however they love that position for one reason they want to be Queen someday." explained Gamba as he looked at the ground "They have no honor and personally they wouldn't care if I dropped dead as long as they have my son to become king or crowned prince. You are different when we first meet you had no idea who I was, that I was future ruler of three races."
"I didn't know you where a demon." said Hinata as she crossed her arms.
"True…but apart from that I told you the truth." explained Gamba "I could talk to you about my problems and not feel judged not bound by stupid tradition and I believe you felt the same way a sort of trust which developed almost instantly."
"You're not showing much trust by just walking into my room and hiding yourself now." explained Hinata as Gamba nodded his head.
"I know but I needed to know you where safe and you didn't answer your door so I entered. For that I am sorry and for turning you against your will but" explained Gamba
"But what?" asked Hinata as she glared at Gamba, for a moment Gamba blinked before he smiled Hinata wasn't afraid to talk back to him even though he was the future king, he hated it when his cats he interacted with seamed to walk on egg shells around him afraid to point out an error or a problem. "I am waiting."
"Sorry but I didn't want you to get hurt or worst to be taken by another demon race." Said Gamba "See you where traded around for a long time between races laying claim to you. First it was the foxes incase Naruto claimed you as a mate, then when it become clear that he wanted Sakura you where traded to the wolves because of your teammate Kiba."
"What does Kiba have to do with this?" asked Hinata
"The higher ups in the wolf pack wanted you to mate with him." explained Gamba
"Kiba and Shino are like brothers to me, I don't think I could see them like that." said Hinata
"But then the wolves traded you to the snakes." said Gamba as Hinata looked at him "They were planning to use you to mate with Sasuke."
Hinata felt like throwing up when she heard that.
"I ordered our leaders to trade anything to get you." said Gamba "In the end we lost two high targets and six lower level but you where traded into the demon feline camp and are being turned."
"Is that all I am? Is that all anyone is just something to be traded around?" asked Hinata
'To some yes, to me no." said Gamba as he took a deep breath "I did all this because I think….I think I love you Hinata Hyuuga."
Hinata looked down as she processed the information.
"I am not so sure Gamba." answered Hinata as Gamba looked down "I mean it is just it is a lot to process and I don't know how I feel."
"I understand." said Gamba
"But I guess I don't have a choice do I?" said Hinata "I am already a member of your harem."
"I am not going to hold you prisoner Hinata." explained Gamba "After you turn if you want to leave the Harem I will let you leave, I will not hold you against your will Hinata."
"So we are not a prisoner." Thought Hinata
"I had another female guard bring the contents of your room here if you want to make yourself at home." explained Gamba as he gestured toward the scrolls on the table.
"Thanks." said Hinata as she walked forward and picked up the scroll, as Gamba moved toward the door.
"I'll leave you alone to process." said Gamba
"Wait." said Hinata as Gamba turned around as his blue eyes locked on Hinata's white buckugan eyes. "I haven't eaten yet and would like the company. That would give us a talk in the open and truthful."
"I would like that." said Gamba "The cooks can make anything you may want."
"Alright but I would like to see Gamba who I am having lunch with." said Hinata as Gamba nodded his head as he started to change. Hinata watched as he slowly broke the hedge, his blonde hair grew out and down the back of his head stopping a couple of inches above his shoulder blade. The fur also grew out under his chin and down his neck stopping at a point in above his chest line. Hinata blushed up a storm as she fought back fainting as she looked at his six pack chest. He was ripped more than Naruto but he was more heavily built. A lighter shade of blonde ran down his side and back, white fur ran down his ripped front. A thick patch of fur covered his privates. The blonde fur covered his leg which unlike the foxes or wolves which had double jointed legs demon felines didn't. Their feet did change into more paw like and his toenails turned into claws and go into slits located in each toe. The same thing happened with his arms with pads on the palm and under the fingers. Hinata looked back up at Gamba face as it become more feline and fangs grew in. His blue eyes become silted.
"So what do you think?" asked Gamba as his tail moved behind him.
"So that is what you really look like?" asked Hinata as he nodded his head.
"I can change back if you want?" asked Gamba
"No." said Hinata as she sat down at the dining table.
Sakura didn't really know what was going on but she didn't care that much. She along with the rest of the Namikaze pack was sitting in a back room of the General Assembly building under the fox mountain.
"I wonder what they will do to us?" asked Adria before anyone could answer Kado entered the room.
"Stand up and come with me." ordered Kado as the six of them followed him down a corridor until they walked out onto the stage where the high council sat and addressed the general assembly. The moment the six of them walked out the entire general Assembly and high council stood up and started clapping.
"What are they clapping about?" thought Sakura as she noticed the confused look on everyone else face. For the longest time they just kept clapping before finally sitting down as Kado took to the podium.
"Welcome to this meeting of the general assembly." said Kado "We are here to do an update on the conquest of the humans and we are also to honor the Namikaze pack for their top secret mission."
"What mission?" asked Sakura to herself
"They faked being traitors and passed a worthless piece of medical solution as the transformation agent." said Kado "Because of their actions the humans wasted time and resources trying to find a cure. For risking their very lives inside the human village we honor them."
With that everyone stood up and clapped.
"They are lying to them, we did betray them." thought Sakura as she tried to piece together what happened. "Naruto-kun is a 12 tailed and our pack are members of the high council and they can't have a pack that high up be traitors so they are saying we did it as part of a mission."
"In a way it was a mission only we didn't know about the agent being a fake." said Inner Sakura
"But they don't know about the purified sample which Lee and Guy are caring." thought Sakura as she stopped listing to Kado talking about how their mission helped and how many humans were taken from the Leaf.
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