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Candy Drops

Part Two

The ten month old child giggled as its mother gently kept a hand at it's back to help it better sit up. It splashed the water her tiny hands could reach and giggled at its mother. Trust shone on those pure and innocent eyes, a cute smile painted on those small innocent lips that still could not form words. "Does the water feel good little one?" The mom asked.

The child only giggled.

The mother smiled and brought her other hand up to reach for a towel, but was confused when she did not feel any. She absentmindedly let go of the child she held as something surrounded her, unknown to her, and she turned her back to the small baby that fell backward. Fear ran through the infant as it hit the tub, water splashing on her small face and the child struggled to sit up. Water filling her small nose and lips as she splashed and kicked, begging to be saved.

The mother left the room, and then she returned. When she looked at the tub, she screamed. The child had her eyes wide, and she was unmoving under the water. Her body was stiff, and she looked cold. "NOOO!" The mother cried, alerting the others in the home.

"What happened?" her husband asked, and yelled when he saw his dead infant daughter drowned in their tub. 'It's that demon! The demons fault!'


A week later

"Are we there yet?" Naruto asked. The afternoon was hot. And by this time high noon all of them were all hungry.

"Almost, will you quit complaining?" Ino snapped.

"Can't be helped" Naruto grinned, and then his eyes lit up when he was finally able to see the new village that they had come into. It was more like a small-secluded town, but nonetheless, a great place it seemed. Small streets ran everywhere, and small shops were set up all around. There were many grownups.

Strange, there were not any children around.

Usually, places this small had children running around from shop to shop and crossing streets. Playing also street games with friends. But this village just seemed….empty.

"Alright! Let's get something to eat!" Naruto cheered. They entered a small restaurant and a lady came over to them and asked what they would like. As soon as they all ordered, they got to talking. Gaara was the first to mention it.

"Have you noticed the lack of children?" he asked.

"Yeah" Tenten said "And the lack of noise as well, this town is just so…cold"

"I know what you mean" Before long, the woman came back with her order. She seemed to look around and hissed at them.

"What are children like you doing here? Don't you know it's dangerous?" They all paused to look at her.

"We are just here on a mission!"Naruto loudly announced, making the others uncomfortable. "It is said that a demon is here and steals babies, and drains their lives" Naruto spoke. The woman neared Naruto.

"Just leave," she whispered. "You would not understand" and with that she left.

"She was strange" Ino commented.

"Something isn't right here" Hinata commented in a low voice. Everyone agreed with her. As soon as they finished their lunch, they went from door to door, asking people about their children. To their surprise, no one had a child, and there was no one under eighteen around the village. Something certainly is not right.

"Alright you guys!" Ino said, as she had gotten frustrated with everyone shutting the door on their faces, yelling at them, or kicking them out. "I have an idea" A smirk spread through her face. "Sasuke!" She turned to point at him.

"What?" Sasuke asked, indifferently. Out of everyone, he and Hinata had not spoken much at all.

"I need you to talk to a family, and convince them to let us in"

"A family?"

"Yeah"

"Tch" Sasuke looked defiant "Why should I?"

"And Hinata, you are going to help him!"

"What?"She was startled by this.

"NO WAY!" Both ravens said at the same time. This caused Naruto to fall down laughing and for Gaara to go on his guard in case they started to fight. "Why us?" Hinata demanded.

"Just do it!" Both Ino and Tenten yelled at them. Sasuke and Hinata were still reluctant to do it, when they were told that they were the ones that looked saner than they did. Naruto and Ino were to loud with bright colors in them, and Gaara was way too cold and Tenten way to violet. Hinata and Sasuke still did not understand but it had been a good argument. Well, mostly Sasuke was annoyed at hearing their voices for too long.


Ten Minutes later.

"I can't believe this," Hinata groaned.

"Relax bunny," Sasuke muttered, but his voice was clear to Hinata. She sighed.

"I thought I told you my name was Hinata, not 'little rat' or 'bunny' I'm not some kind of small animal!" Over the week, Sasuke had taken to calling her different things. Hinata had had enough already, but Sasuke never seemed to listen.

"And I thought I told you that your name really means nothing to me." Hinata glared at him.

"Alright, If my name doesn't matter to you, then I will change your name as well. I'll call you duck"

Sasuke shrugged "So" and he was already looking at the door where they were to knock. She sighed, and waited with him for it to be answered.

"Hello" A tall slender woman said, as she dried her hands on a towel "What can I help you guys with?"

"Hn" Sasuke said, and then nudged at Hinata.

"Umm, hello, we were wondering if you had any children, we heard that you might be the last ones that might have, and we were wondering if any attacks had been made to them" The lady seemed to be confused with them for a second.

"I have three children" She responded and looked at them suspiciously. "Is there a reason you are asking?" at this point the mother got defensive. What mother wouldn't become defensive when it came to their children? Hinata wanted to groan again, but it did not matter. What was she supposed to say now.

"Yes, give us permission to them, to capture the demon before he kills them, now, kneel to me" Hinata glanced over to Sasuke when she heard him speak. She gasped when she saw his eyes glow red, and looked back to the woman as if she was handing her will over to him. Her eyes became empty and she stepped out of the house and knelled at Sasuke and Hinata's feet. "Do you have a husband, boyfriend? Fiancée?" Sasuke questioned her.

"A husband, he's at work" The woman responded. Sasuke and Hinata nodded, they walked in. Sasuke found the children, took them, and then walked out, with Hinata following.

"Alright" Both Hinata and Sasuke left then, with the woman staying there, they would come and get her later. Sasuke sent her inside and they left with the three children. They were not sure what they were going to do about the father, but they hoped to return the children soon.


That Night

It was dark.

All of them were traveling up the long flight of stairs on a four-floored building that held multiple apartments that they had rented. They had let the father get home without doing anything, but kept the children close to them. They figured that this is where they had figured the next attack would come, since these were the last infants. But for some reason, Hinata found it hard to concentrate. There was a dark mist that kept clouding her vision and she found herself seeking out Sasuke as she walked in between both Ino and Tenten.

It was as if suddenly everything started to twist, the three males that had gone in before them were now visible. Sasuke was on the left side, and then he looked over his shoulder and looked her in the eye. At that moment, she felt as though he had shot her soul, and it hurt for some reason when he suddenly smirked.

It confused her…what was going on. Had he said something…?

It was almost as if he was trying to tell her something, but his voice would not reach her ears. She wanted to keep following, but she found herself be tugged to the left. Her gaze landed on Tenten who pointed at the door "This is it Hinata" She said and she nodded. Ino stood behind her.

The door opened, by itself.

They walked in to the silent house, but to Hinata it was as if there was something wrong with it. She closed her eyes and then gasped when she saw red ones. The same as Sasuke's only a little different in shade and in shape. She then quietly followed Tenten and Ino to the nursery where they placed down the children to sleep.

Hinata did not like it here. Something about the village changed as soon as the sun went down and it was scary. It was cold.

"Alright, everything is set" Ino said, then she turned to Hinata and Tenten "Are you alright Hinata?" Hinata nodded.

"Yeah, fine."

"The children are going to stay in here," Tenten said. They walked in and Hinata's eyes widened at the faces of the children. There was something wrong with them. Noticing the distressed look on the raven-haired girl's face, Tenten led her to a chair that was in the nursery. Hinata sat there, and looked up at Tenten. "It'll be alright" She answered.

Hinata nodded.

That was when the children began to cry. "Damn," Ino said, "I'll go get something" She said.

"I'll go look around and check that no one is here," Tenten added and then they left Hinata alone in the room with crying children. The wails were loud. For a moment, Hinata felt as though she could see through someone else's eyes, and she had to get a grip of herself. Something was coming into the room and she watched in horror as a black shadow stood over the baby's crib.

"NO!" she snapped and ran forward, towards it, but then it vanished. By this time, Ino had walked into the room. She gasped and ran over. She grabbed two of the children and turned to Hinata.

"Come on, this apartment is no longer safe they have breached the Seal" Because of that, they knew that Naruto had to have warned Sasuke and Gaara already.

"The seal?" Hinata decided to ask. However, there was no time to explain, they started to run out and dragging Hinata along with them. It was then that she started to get visions, and understood what she saw on the children. The parents, it was the parents the ones that were killing all the children, and the wrinkles on the face of the children were the pain that their parents had painted on them. She kept running, a large road seemed to expand before them.

"COME ON GIRLS!" Naruto yelled at the top of his lungs and he and Gaara and Sasuke motioned for them to hurry. The shadows were accumulating and setting to trap them.

Everything was silent as they ran until a train decided to make itself known. The train rail way was a cut on the street, and ran down towards a valley of desert on either side of the small village. The loud sound it made as it traveled made them all ran towards it. "We have to get on!" Tenten yelled. They all hurried towards the midnight passing train that just seemed to be the only route out of the village.

The males got on first, Tenten, having two of the children, jumped on fast and quick and was helped to keep her balance by Gaara. Tenten smiled at him as he also took one of the children from her. Ino sighed and turned to her.

"Jump on, alright" Hinata found herself slowing down as she watched Ino take the other child and she jumped in and was helped by Naruto. She completely stopped running and stared at the train as it started to leave. No…the demon that had presented itself here had to be taken care of…How could a parent even think about killing its own child?

Noticing that Hinata had stopped running and was now running back into the village, Sasuke jumped out of the train, startling his friends. "TEME!" Naruto called, and tried to stand, but the train suddenly picked up speed and raced them out of there. Naruto's blue eyes widened as he watched Sasuke land perfectly on his toes and ran back towards the village, and he felt like he could not do anything. Ino gripped his hand to reassure him.

He shook it off and shook his head "We have to go back!" he yelled and then an idea entered his mind on just how to do that.

Sasuke landed on his feet, barely, and ran after Hinata. 'She's such an Idiot!' he thought to himself as he kept running. It was surprisingly simple to keep up with her and he had no trouble catching up.

There was a growling sound, and Sasuke stopped behind Hinata as she came to a halt as well. He placed his hands on her shoulders and turned her to him "What are you thinking!" he snapped in her face and she glared at him.

"We have to kill the demon! I will not leave until them. It isn't fair; it made parents kill their children!"

"What?" Sasuke was startled.

Before both knew it, a shadow was surrounding them around with strong winds. Sasuke stepped protectively in front of Hinata when the demon started to take shape. Both Hinata and Sasuke watched, as it became a female demon, her hair flying all around and skin pale. She was dressed in a white and blue ruffled dress. Her hair was long and black, and her eyes were wide and blue, filled with unshed tears from the years "Why!" She cried out. Her voice loudly echoing through the empty village.

Sasuke was annoyed by the sound of her voice and covered his ears "Why, what?" Sasuke spat.

"Wait" Hinata said, placing her hands on Sasuke's shoulder.

"All this time, all of you have kept me trapped, and you sorcerers have killed my children, and you humans have helped, and yet, you think it's wrong for me to kill your own young!" she wailed while Sasuke glared and kept his ears covered. "Why should MY Children die and not YOURS!"

"That is the same lady" Hinata muttered and Sasuke turned his head to look at her as she lightly spoke "The one you compelled and told her to stay…she's still under your spell" Hinata muttered "And thus, thinks that her own children are ours" Sasuke's eyes widened for a second at what Hinata said. It made sense, as to why those children looked so weird. It also made a lot of sense to Hinata.

"So, those three kids were the last she had" Sasuke said. Hinata nodded. "And the others just took them out of the village, if she finds out, she'll be pissed"

"Maybe we can lead her out"

Sasuke raised an eyebrow at her "And how do you propose we do this?" He decided to ask as he crossed his arms "Frankly, I'm done hearing her cry so loudly" Hinata sighed.

"Well" she shrugged "I have no idea"

There was a loud shrill that made them both cover their ears "LISTEN TO ME!" she growled. The demons hand became sharp and she started to attack. Both Sasuke and Hinata managed to move out of the way as the sharp fist came crashing to the ground. It broke the dirt into many segments, but other than that, it did nothing. The demon growled again, and then they saw it.

There was poison in her fist. That was what had crisped and cracked the dirt under their feet. Both soon began dodging at a fast rate. "What do you say we ran out of here to lead her out?" Hinata asked and Sasuke turned to glare at her again.

"Why? I could just easily kill her and place her out of her misery"

"Sasuke!" Hianta snapped, "Why are you so sour, why don't you care about others feelings, why are you so cold and never smile" Sasuke scoffed at her.

"Feelings are for fools, and she's just a threat"

"Damn, that's not the point!" She sighed and grabbed his hand. "Come on, let's go" she said. Sasuke scowled but allowed her to drag him along; there was no getting women to change their minds. He glanced over his shoulder and smirked as he let off his spell on the old hag. That was when the demon stopped attacking and gasped.

"YOU!" she cried, "You took my children" Hinata gasped and turned to look at Sasuke.

"Why did you do that" Sasuke shrugged.

"The thrill, maybe" He sped up and pulled Hinata along as she struggled to keep up. All of a sudden they heard the train, but it was coming back backwards as they made their way to it. Sasuke scoffed. "Leave it all to Naruto" He muttered. Hinata and Sasuke both stopped in their run as the wind of the train ruffled their hair and clothing. They braced themselves as more wind threatened to push them off their feet.

"TEME!" Naruto yelled as the train came to a halt and he jumped out. The wind picked up even more and the train lifted off the floor and was about to fall down when Gaara jumped out of it along with Ino and Tenten, and the children. "What's going on?" Naruto asked when he saw the demon and the winds ceased.

"MY CHILDREN!" It cried.

"Thant thing just doesn't shut up" Sasuke hissed. Lightning suddenly sparked from his hand, misted itself to latch onto the demon, and shocked it. It did not do much harm, but the demon came down to its original size and fell down to the ground with smoke coming out of her.

"Sasuke!" Hinata yelled in disapproval. She could not believe it.

"What?"

"Why did you do that?"

"I don't have to explain myself to you" Hinata sighed, there was no hope for him. Well, maybe, but she was not going to give up. Hinata ran over to the demon on the floor and helped it sit up.

"Why?" the demon asked, "Why does everyone want to lock me away and kill what belongs to me?" Hinata shook her head.

"We are not; people are just scared of what you are and think they have to attack." Hinata sighed. "I know, they killed your children and you tried to bring them back, and keeping their forms like that weakens you, but you have to let it go" The demon was not just a demon, but it was also a mother. It started to cry again, before its eyes sharpened and she brought her hand up to strangle Hinata with it. The Hyuuga female gasped and closed her eyes tightly as she tried to breathe.

"You, you are to die as well," It screeched.

"Don't be stupid" Hinata hissed.

"HINATA!" Naruto yelled and was about to jump in and help her when Hinata's voice stopped him.

"Don't, I can do this myself!" she said. Sasuke had not even moved like the others, he just watched her. Once again, he was amazed by the fact that she was so willing to place herself in danger just to try to help someone else. Hinata's eyes turned to their pure color of white, and were bright as she stared into the wavering blue ones of the demon female. "What?" The demon said.

"What is she doing?" Asked Ino and Tenten looked just as confused as Ino was. Gaara and Naruto also did not understand it.

"She's exorcising the demon from the woman," Sasuke said. Knowing how he was darkness and Hinata was light; he should not have to like being near her. However, here he was, standing there and watching as pure light surrounded the small sorceress. He was hoping she would be safe, and his own feelings towards her suddenly confused him. Why was she even coming with them when she should not even like being near him either?

The light soon pulled itself all around them and it revealed the dark form within him for a mere moment. His eyes round and hollow with a golden ring around three spinning red commas, his skin a dark color, and fangs in his mouth, and the dark purple energy that only belonged to him. It was brief. It showed Naruto's bring hot and passionate side that was also and invigorating good, a positive energy unlike Sasuke's negative one that drew everyone in. Gaara's energy was a stern red one of authority and protection. Ino's was one of strong friendship offered, but still a fragile thing. Tenten was one of determination and of the earth.

They all seemed to work well together, but Sasuke always wondered why they wanted someone who was dark near them. He never understood it. He never smiled, he had no reason to do so, and he never really showed much emotion on his face than dislike or irritation. Other than that, he thought everything else was a waste of time. Therefore, when the light vanished and the demon vanished off the body of the woman, and the children disappeared silence lingered.

He would have killed her.

He would have taken out anyone that tried to attack him.

But Hinata, she had helped them.

The night was over as quickly as it had come, and the sun started to rise.


The Next Day

"Thank you for all that you have done!" The leader of the village said as she rewarded them with some money and some goods.

"No, it was nothing" Tenten said. "We were glad to help" and then she turned to the shy girl beside her "Really, all the credit should go to Hinata." They all smiled at her and the leader thanked her as well.

"You were incredible Hinata!" Naruto praised and Ino nodded her head in agreement. Soon they decided to leave and go back and find a new mission to accomplish. As they came to the end of the village, with everyone telling them farewell, Naruto turned to Sasuke. "So, what are we going to do now?" he asked.

"Well" Gaara said as he pulled out a new flayer "There are a couple of teens hanging around the old ruins of a church, and they seem to be building something there. Like a cult. We have to go in there and stop them and figure out exactly what is going on." Naruto nodded his head and then asked something that was more pressing to him.

"And how much does this job pay?"

"60,260" Tenten answered and sighed "You really only care about getting money for your Ramen" Ino shook her head in embarrassment while Naruto just laughed loudly.

"Well, you know, I'm a growing man, and I gotta eat" He laughed louder. Ino looked slightly over her shoulder and smiled when she noticed that Sasuke and Hinata were staying only a little back and were talking to each other in a discreet manner.

"Hey you guys" She called and pointed slightly to the back. Everyone noticed that the two ravens were talking with each other.

They heard Sasuke say, "Why are you still following along with us, why don't you do something different? Didn't your dad throw you out to do something else" Hinata shrugged.

"He never said what I had to do, So I'll figure out that along the way" Hinata answered and then she said something that startled everyone, but much more Sasuke. "But, my main goal right now is to take that stupid, boring look in life that you have, and change it into something worth smiling about" There was a lingering silence after that.

"Hn" Sasuke said as he walked faster to catch up more with the others, and Hinata blinked. Had she offended him, perhaps? That was when Sasuke paused and looked over his shoulder to her "Fine. I'll give you a chance to at least try" Sasuke said and she smiled when she heard it. Sasuke was going to allow her to try to make him smile, that was all she needed.

"Alright" Hinata said; "I'm going to make you regret never having any fun in life" Sasuke scoffed.

"And that's supposed to be something to smile about?" Hinata smiled at him nodding while Sasuke only scowled further. Everyone else that had been listening to them started to snickered; it was going to be something interesting. If Hinata could actually get Sasuke to smile, they wanted to be able to be there and see that happen.

'Dad, I guess that I want to go home soon, but for now, my journey is just beginning and I have you to thank'


Well, what do you guys think? Is it worth continuing? Haha. Sorry, I've kind of been busy with school work and all. But, I decided to up date some stories today. This is one, Hope I can get to the others. See you all around.

Please review.