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In A Demon's Possession

Chapter 17

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The Suna team, however, remained standing, just bowing their heads briefly in greeting. There stood the snake demon with long black hair against deathly pale skin. His eyes were yellow and snake like and held coldness and callousness deep within them that made each of the Suna team be on guard.

"Welcome to my humble abode...I trussst your journey here was pleasssant?" Orochimaru's cold voice asked

Baki stepped forward repressing a shiver from hearing him speak to them.

"Yes, we did Lord Orochimaru...My Lord Raza ordered us to meet here to avoid alerting the enemy"

"Very well...I undersstand. Ssoo I feel it's time that we dissscuss plansss for the upcoming invassion, as well as your leaderss plansss ." Orochimaru answered

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Naruto was still very angered, as he walked back to his chambers with Hinata, who was still asleep in his arms. The will to protect her, had consumed him greatly and he was determined to do so. Hinata was his mate, his bride, the future mother of his children and that, in itself was important to him. Naruto knew, that with the increasing dangers, he would need to bond with her sooner than intended. The thought of another demon taking her, and bonding with her, filled him with an rage that was simmering within him.

The blonde demon lord also felt fear, and dread, at what was to come. Not for himself but for those, that were precious to him, that he had vowed to protect. So far Ino had bonded with Sai, and hopefully Sasuke would be bonded with Sakura by now. There was of course Tenten, and Karin, but Tenten was human as was Neji. Karin however, was indeed a demon, the only family he had left on his mother's side. Then there was of course Hana Inuzuka, Kiba's sister. He had wondered if she had also found a mate? Then Ayame-chan. His parents had promised Teuchi she would be protected, and Naruto Uzumaki, one of the nine demon Lords, never broke his promises.

Now he would have to talk to Karin, about seeking out a mate. Although, she had only just arrived and hardly had time to settle and know anyone. He may have to talk Karin out of being on the front lines for her safety. Mated females were also captured, but it did thwart enemy demon clans attempts at forcefully bonding slightly, most if not all preferred those that weren't fully bonded to those that were. Naruto felt the start of a headache beginning. He would need to call a meeting and hoped that Hiruzen had gathered enough demons to help them and to also prepare for the invasion and battle.

The young and the old would have to be taken into hiding, as well as the vulnerable, that wouldn't be able to fight. One thing was for certain, that most of the fire country demons would rather die than be a prisoner to outside demons, whether it be Orochimaru or Suna or any other outside clans for that matter. Naruto had only a little more time to be able to spend with Hinata, he would need to discuss with her the upcoming events as well as the prospects of mating. He would still let her think upon it, but only for the limited amount of time that he could spare. He was prepared to answer her questions. He would tell Ino, to tell her what happens in a way that would not frighten her as he knew the information was likely to do. When she clearly wouldn't understand their ways and customs.

Flaring his chakra he had the double doors to his chambers, making sure they were firmly closed behind him. Naruto carefully placed Hinata down upon his bed, as he once again took a good look at her sleeping features. The blue haired beauty looked so peaceful and relaxed, he found, that he could watch her for eternity and he would never grow tired or bored doing so. He himself hadn't yet rested, and the bed itself looked extremely comfortable and welcoming to him. He was feeling tired. With the news that he was dreading that had now been officially confirmed, he knew he wouldn't be good to anyone if he didn't take time to rest.

He glanced at the chair beside the bed, deciding if he should sleep on it or his comfy bed calling out to him. After a few agonising minutes, he chose the latter. Carefully he stripped of his long red coat with a black pattern of flames upon it, his clan emblem proudly displayed on the back. Deciding to not take off any more of his clothes, he then proceeded to get on the bed, and turned facing the sleeping beauty beside him. He watched her for a few minutes as her chest rose and fell, hearing her soft breathing that was extremely calming and yet alluring.

He had signalled Kisa who was led down on the other side of the room, to rest upon the bed and to keep an eye upon Hinata if she should wake whilst he slept. He once more flared his chakra around the room to alert him if he was suddenly needed before his eyes slowly fluttered closed and he drifted off to sleep with nothing but the impending trouble that lay around. He was soothed by the pale lilac eyes and a sweet, yet gentle smile that captivated him.

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Sakura's eyes fluttered open feeling her vision go from blurry to clear, her whole body felt different yet relaxed. Her heart raced, feeling two strong arms wrapped around her, along with a comfortable warmth against her back. Her cheeks flushed remembering how intense their love making had been, and felt that her whole body was steadily growing aroused for more of her mate's advances upon her body.

For Sakura, this was a reality that she had only dreamed to aspire to, and was still shocked it had actually come into fruition. Sasuke Uchiha the youngest son to the late Fugaku and Mikoto Uchiha, was the only demon in existence left from his clan, that Sakura had grown to yearn for completely. Looking back through her life he had immediately caught her attention from his good looks, dark eyes, and bewitching smile that she could get easily lost in.

The Uchiha's were good looking, not only were the males handsome, with their dark hair and dark eyes. The females too were graced with such beauty, that it could captivate an entire nation. Sakura could remember the first time she had ever met Sasuke and his family many years ago. When there was an annual meeting with all the head families of respecting clans, attending together to discuss the matters within and outside their borders.

Flashback...

Sakura held on to her mother's hand, as she glanced up towards her mother Mebuki, who was currently looking on ahead. Her father Kizashi, was to Sakura's opposite side, walking towards a huge gathering convening in the distance up ahead. Sakura's eyes widened seeing a familiar face talking to a male with pineapple looking styled hair.

"Sakura" She heard her father's voice call out to her.

"Yes, Father?"

"Why don't you go to your friends...Your mother and I have some business to discuss with the other grown-ups, alright Sweetie?"

Sakura nodded to her father with a smile, as she took her hand away from her mother's and ran towards the blonde haired Ino, and to see who she was clearly talking to. Sakura had never seen this many adults gathered in one area before. She was familiar with the Yamanaka clan, as her mother was great friends with Ino's so both of them were always playing together when they were allowed to.

"Ino!" Sakura shouted as Ino turned around and smiled with excitement.

"Sakura-chan!...I see you made it, isn't this exciting" Ino stated excitedly

"Yeah...I haven't seen so many clan's in one place" Sakura answered.

Sakura glanced at the dark-haired male, that was of similar age to them, as he just looking at them lazily. Ino saw Sakura's glance and giggled.

"Sakura-chan this here, is one of my friends Shikamaru-kun of the Nara clan. My father and his father are very close friends like our mother's. My other friend, Choji-kun will be here shortly too. Shikamaru-kun this here is my friend, Sakura-chan, from the Haruno clan" Ino answered with a smile

"Hello Shikamaru-kun, it's nice to meet you" Sakura greeted politely

Shikamaru nodded with a slight smile present upon his lips as he casually greeted back.

"I wonder why there is a huge gathering." Sakura commented

"It's troublesome, my father told me it's a meeting for all the demon clans here to attend. Apparently, it is an annual meeting" Shikamaru answered in a bored and tired tone.

Both girls nodded as they just watched the various other clans arrive, Sakura noticed another young male of similar age come towards them. He had a bigger build and was currently eating away some food, as he approached the small group of three. The pinkette heard Ino call out 'Choji-kun' realising, that this must be the other friend she had spoken about.

"Sakura-chan...This is Choji-kun of the Akimichi clan, his father is great friends with mine and Shikamaru's. Choji-kun this here is my friend, Sakura-chan"

Choji swallowed the food he was eating and smiled.

"Hello Sakura-chan. I'm pleased to meet you" Choji greeted warmly.

"Nice to meet you too, Choji-kun" Sakura replied.

They each began to talk amongst themselves as more of the clans arrived, Sakura's eyes widened upon seeing a small group coming along the path. All of them had dark hair, with mesmerising dark eyes the colour of onyx. Her eyes wandered to the two young males. One was taller and looked to be older than the other. His hair like his parents was dark and was long, tied into a low ponytail, the dark colour held a bluish tint, he had dark eyes and a distinctive scar across his face. But that didn't deter from how handsome he looked.

The younger male, looked at the elder one with love and adoration in his dark eyes. Seeing him smile like that, had caught her interests immediately, feeling her cheeks grow warm suddenly because of it. Both boys had turned towards their parents as their father began to speak to them, seeing them both nod in understanding and agreement. They then had stepped aside as their parents headed inside leaving them to watch their parents' disappearing forms mingling into the large crowds gathered.

Sakura felt she couldn't stop staring at them, it seemed that the oldest of the two had seemed to notice her blatant staring, as he turned to look in her direction. Sakura felt ashamed, as her face heated up like a ripened cherry. The eldest had lowered his head to the youngest, speaking to him. Sakura saw his eyes widen and glance in her direction, as the two of them began to approach. The young pinkette felt nervous at seeing them heading their way, the others had not really noticed, that she had been staring.

Sakura swallowed nervously, she couldn't take her gaze away from the both of them, especially the youngest one. Seeing him up close made her heart thump quickly within her, causing her to feel confused. The two males had finally reached them, Sakura suddenly felt really shy with their presence and had turned her face away, mainly from embarrassment.

"Greetings. We are both from the Uchiha clan...My name is Itachi, and this here is my younger brother, Sasuke." The elder boy, now known as Itachi greeted.

"Hello Itachi-san...Sasuke-san, my name is Shikamaru Nara from the Nara clan, this is my best friend Choji Akimichi, from the Akimichi clan. This is also a friend of mine, Ino Yamanaka, from the Yamanaka clan, and this is Sakura Haruno, from the Haruno clan. Myself and Choji have only met her today." Shikamaru answered.

"Well it's nice to meet you all Shikamaru-san, I had a hunch you were from the Nara clan. I take it all your fathers are Shikaku, Chouza, Inoichi and of course Kizashi?" Itachi asked.

Each of them were surprised that he knew the names of their fathers, but Shikamaru had to guess it was due to Itachi being the heir, like he himself and most of them in their small group were, for that matter. Itachi was older so would have been informed of their potential allies to other clans. Sakura could feel herself being watched prompting her to take a glance. Her green eyes widened at seeing the youngest named Sasuke looking at her and he gave her a smile that made her heart rate increase significantly.

Flashback Ends...

Ever since that day with the gentle smile he had given her, that had somehow caught her attention even more. Sakura had wanted to get closer to him. At first, they had become friends, growing up with each other and the others, meeting Kiba, Shino, Naruto and even on occassion Lee. They had all got on well. Sakura had then realised she had grown a crush upon Sasuke, as did Ino. The competition made their budding friendship deteriorate somewhat, as they fought for his affections. However, Sasuke had not given them any hint whatsoever, that their affections were reciprocated.

The battles soon reached their borders, where their parents fought with dignity, pride and honour throughout. Trying to protect their lands from the outside enemies that threatened their way of life. Each of them had lost their parents, with Sakura's parents being one of the first to be betrayed and murdered in cold blood. Gone was the innocent girl that hardly trained with her family and clan. Sakura had decided to train and to gain new knowledge. She would work damn hard to achieve that goal.

Now she could be with Sasuke, fight beside him instead of being protected by him, always watching the backs of her now mate and Naruto who was like a brother to her. Sakura had not felt so happy in such a long time. Feeling Sasuke's strong arms hold her against him tightly felt wonderful. A feeling that Sakura knew wouldn't be the last, Sakura moved within his arms, slightly surprised to see his eyes, as dark as midnight, looking at her.

"S-Sasuke-kun?" Sakura gasped not expecting him to be awake.

"Don't think your getting up, just yet Sakura-chan...I'm making sure I use every single moment binding you to me even further" Sasuke stated huskily.

Sakura felt her body shiver more with anticipation, seeing his burning desire for her, held within his smoldering gaze, that was increasing her arousal. Before she could even blink, he was on top of her, with his lips firmly pressed upon her own, kissing her senseless. The actions made her tremble as her mind went blank. The pinkette was fully enjoying every single moment, being in Sasuke's arms, finally becoming his mate, as he had finally become hers.

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Otogakure...

Temari was relieved to finally reach the surface, feeling terribly claustrophobic underground. Narrow hallways that were dimly lit felt extremely enclosing to her. The whole underground fortress smelt of decay and death. Hearing the cries and screams of prisoners, that were clearly female upset her. Temari herself was a female, the eldest daughter to Raza and her dear beloved late mother Karura. Hearing the helpless prisoners moaning and crying was too much for her to continue listening to. It had turned her stomach and had made her feel sick, and she wanted no part whatsoever in whatever her father was scheming.

Temari loved her home, her village, and also loved her two brothers dearly. However, she hated her father immensely. Raza had never treated them as his children, or showed them that he genuinely cared for them. Only calling on them if it suited his plans and interests. When her mother died giving birth to Gaara, he was immediately separated from Kankuro and herself for many years, until only a couple of years ago.

Her younger brother treated them with harshness and disdain, even though he knew that Kankuro was his elder brother and she was his elder sister. Gaara would still give them both cold looks, with the threat to kill them where they stood. Temari found it hard to listen to. She adored both her brothers and would protect them with her own life if need be. She wanted to reach out to him, to show him that she did care, blessing the day when he was finally allowed to return with them only to be told that it was on her father's orders that they would be working as a team.

Temari simmered with rage at the order, and the reasons to why they had been reunited. Her father was as cold as he was greedy, wanting power that was not rightfully his. Temari feared for her village constantly, especially with the ongoing wars in other countries. The demons of Suna followed Raza blindly listening to the web of lies that he spun to get them to fight his cause only for him to reap the benefits. Temari knew what her father was really like, but had kept it to herself, in fear of her brother's being targeted. She didn't care for her own wellbeing. Gaara was born with the power of the one tailed beast Shukaku. The seal he possessed had confirmed it. This of course made Raza stand out to become the leader of Suna, where his ambitions mounted on empty promises that she was sure he would not keep.

The bastard wasn't loyal to her people, he wasn't even loyal to her late mother or her siblings. He made Gaara as he is today, cold with an unfathomable hatred that Temari couldn't blame him for having. His life since he was a baby had been harsh. The other demons treated him abominably, most probably by orders of her father. She had one night snuck into his office and had read his private book, on her baby brother and was shocked and outraged at what he had done to him. Gaara didn't trust anyone, he didn't love anyone, or even care for them. He could easily kill anyone with his sand and not show any emotion, just pure psychotic rage that even made her shiver to the bone.

Now she was within Otogakure, soon to set off to fire country to a human village that had fallen to the snake demon himself; another demon that Temari wanted to be away from. Herself and Kankuro were shown out of the hideout to wait outside as Baki and Gaara remained talking with the snake. All she wanted to do was head out and get as far away from the place as quickly as possible. Temari didn't trust her father or the deals he made. She was now of the age to find a mate. Temari hadn't yet had the opportunity to find one, her father had made sure all three of them remained away from the other demon clans.

Temari herself was confused as to why he did that. Strengthening the alliance's within Suna would have been paramount, even if her urges didn't respond to any of the potential suitors. She glanced toward her brother that was leant against one of the trees, his eyes were closed and looked to be deep in thought. Temari then felt presences as she turned to look at who they were.

Three of the Sound Six members had shown themselves, each of them looking at her in a way that made her stomach turn. Her eyes glared at each of them, flaring her chakra in warning at all three as her hand lightly touched her weapon, which was a large fan called Tessen. The slight smirks disappeared seeing her heated glare, Kankuro noticed immediately and stood beside his elder sister. The tension was thick in the air as both teams glared at each other, the Sound Six members not realising their female target wasn't in fact alone and unarmed.

"Don't think that I will be an easy target, boys" Temari seethed, with her anger flaring.

Sakon smirked as he licked his lips, Temari looked upon him with disgust.

"Let me put it this way...So that you might understand better, my inner urges don't even register you three. In fact, my inner urges feel repelled by each of you, so even if I appeal to your twisted desires, you three surely don't appeal to me in the slightest. I would rather kill you where you stood instead." Temari stated with cold venom lacing the tone of her voice.

Each of the three members glared at her with anger at her words, Sakon was about to retort when Kimimaro appeared with Baki and Gaara following behind him.

"Sakon...Again you disregard my warnings...Maybe I should keep you here and let Orochimaru turn you into a toy for the other demons that like that sort of thing?" Kimimaro stated icily.

Sakon immediately stepped down, knowing exactly what he was referring to, and that didn't appeal well to him.

"I must apologise for my team's behavior. Might I suggest that we begin our journey back to base" Kimimaro announced.

"I agree to your suggestion, how far away is the human village?" Baki responded

"At top speed we should arrive in the early hours" Kimimaro replied. Everyone nodded as they took off.

Temari herself was relieved to see the back of the place, her senses still being cautious to the surroundings, no matter her own thoughts and opinions, she wondered why her father had agreed to ally himself with the snake. What was he looking to gain? She wished now, that she had remained in the meeting to gather what was really going on. Her father was after bloodlines, but that would take years to cultivate for her people. The idea of forcefully bonding with another demon sickened her, wouldn't it have been better if they had tried to form an alliance? Then maybe they could have the chance to bond with potential mates rather than doing it like a band of assassins and thieves. The Suna demon princess saw no honour in that for her village, country, and people.

"Hey sis." Kankuro stated softly coming up beside her breaking her from her thoughts.

"Yes, Kankuro?"

"Are you alright...You have been on edge since we arrived back there?"

"It's nothing for you to worry about" Temari replied with a small smile.

Kankuro nodded but was certain that his sister was off on something that he found he was missing. He sighed and focused on following the group back to their destination. Temari decided that she would push her inner thoughts to one side for now at least, she could feel her brother's worry regarding her well-being. Although they argued frequently, they were pretty close to each other. If only they could get Gaara to bond with them it would make her feel more complete.

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Hinata felt like she was lying upon soft clouds. She had never felt so comfortable in her entire life. She could feel a certain warmth against her back and snuggled more into it wanting to feel more of it against her body, instead of the slight chill she could feel against her skin. The dream she was currently in, was quite peaceful. The sun shining down from the skies above as she had found herself in a place that always made her feel happy and content.

The Hyuga garden was breathtakingly beautiful. It was a place her mother had worked upon herself, when she had free time. Hinata could remember her mother humming softly as she touched the flowers gently with a smile of contentment and happiness. Upon her mother's death, Hinata also took journeys to the garden when she wasn't being tutored by the elders of her clan. The bluenette missed her mother greatly, seeing the garden in full bloom felt empty without her beloved mother being present.

Hinata had grown to love the flowers, as she studied them and took pickings of them to do her hobby of flower pressing, it was a hobby that pulled at her interests and also had taken her mind from her worry of everyday life. She loved watching the various colours that mixed in different beautiful shades, from pale colours to vibrant rich colours that boldly stood out. To her it was like a permanent rainbow, only not in the sky after the heavy rainfall and a bright sun was finally being revealed from the dark rain clouds.

The scenery faded, feeling her eyes flutter open, she found herself once again within the same room she had been in the last couple of days. Hinata blinked away the sleep finding her vision get clearer, trying to remember what had happened before she had fallen asleep. Her mind flashed some images of a beautiful open field, with a lake and wild flowers that caught her attention, her eyes widened at remembering herself confiding to the blonde demon Kyubi about her interests, until the subject of Ko, had come up.

Hinata hadn't had the time to properly grieve about his death. Neji was quiet and hadn't told her anything about whether he had escaped or died. Hinata however knew deep down that Ko had lost his life to protect them both. Ko would never leave her side if he was alive, he would willingly be captured if that meant he would be around her. Her heart was still hurting at the loss of someone she held dear, she was also surprised by the demon Lord himself.

At the time she was crying, she did register his strong arms surround her and pull her against him, within seconds, she had relaxed and buried her head in his chest. Hinata was desperate for comfort, something she yearned but had never received before. Feeling him hold her close allowing her to cry out her pent-up emotions helped her greatly and she felt comforted by his small yet willing gesture. The way he held her and rubbed her back, soothing her anguished state had calmed her and then lulled her to sleep.

Hinata blushed as she remembered she had fallen asleep in his arms and surmised that he had brought her back to his room and then wondered where he was. She noticed, that the small fox was again on the edge of the bed, looking at her in silence. It wasn't until she felt movement to her right side that she fully realised the situation. There he was, the Demon Lord Naruto, fast asleep beside her. Her cheeks heated even further seeing that his arms were securely wrapped around her waist. The warmth she felt in her dreams, was in fact the warm body heat he was producing.

Hinata carefully turned herself around, hoping and praying that he wouldn't wake up. Hinata watched him, truly looking at him, seeing his face more attentively than before. She had to admit he was definitely good looking, his blonde hair looked silky, and reminded her strongly of the colour of the sun. His cheeks had whisker like marks, that to her, defined his looks more. She giggled softly at seeing some drool escape his lips while he slept. He looked so comfortable and relaxed that she somehow felt safe being within his arms although she was still very wary of him and the others.

She had wondered why he had taken her to a place that was precious to him? She did feel honoured and humbled by being taken there. She could understand why his mother loved that place. It looked tranquil and very beautiful, and she found she could also relax there quite happily for hours and even days. Hinata kept her gaze upon him, just watching him more closely without the fear of being caught by him. She had to admit to herself she had grown curious of this blonde demon, who had made her feel things that were new to her and that she still didn't understand.

Her fingers twitched slightly, wanting to trace each line upon his cheek with her fingertips, to feel herself what they were like. She bit her lower lip, unsure if she should touch him or not. Never had she felt so daring, or so bold, but the urge to do so was too much for her not to obey her own curious tendencies that she held within herself. Carefully she raised her trembling hand closer to his face, watching him carefully to make sure that his eyes didn't open suddenly and startle her. Slowly her fingers got closer to his lines, finally tracing one of them with her trembling fingertips.

They felt smooth against her ghosting touch, she slowly traced them enjoying the feeling. Her heart was racing so fiercely that all she could hear were the thunderous beating sounds. Hinata couldn't believe what she was doing, but her curious nature had won over easily against her reservations.

Naruto however, had felt her movement. He was curious at what she was doing, he had wanted to open his eyes slightly to see what the beauty was up to. He hadn't sensed any anger or danger coming from her, so he remained completely still, pretending to be asleep. Her scent was so strong, that it again made his body grow incredibly relaxed with her. He felt her slight nerves and wondered briefly what she was doing. Carefully he slightly opened one eye, he could see her staring at him in a way that made his own heart race at the look in her eyes. He heard a soft giggle escape from her lips, that he would love to continuously hear.

He wondered what had made her laugh like that, then saw her bite her lower lip, as if she was uncertain of something. A few seconds seemed to pass when he saw her hand reaching towards his face. Naruto was surprised seeing her actively wanting to touch him, and he couldn't be happier. Her eyes watched him carefully, as her hand and fingers drew closer. He could make out her trembling fingers, that had suddenly ghosted over his cheek, where his whisker lines were. The soft touch she gave was inquisitive, he could feel her nerves and just pretended that he was still deep in sleep.

Each stroke of her fingers had sent a blaze of flames across his skin, his urges screaming for more of her to touch him everywhere and for him to explore her own body thoroughly for the treasures she possessed. Carefully, she took away her hand, which made him miss her touch greatly, he wanted this beautiful princess so badly, the more he learned about her, the more he desired her like nothing he had desired before.

He was determined to make Hinata his mate, he needed to know her answer, and had decided they would need to discuss this together and he would do it very soon when he would appear to awake before her, but at the moment he just wanted to observe her more as she looked upon him, simply just enjoying this rare yet precious moment,

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A/N:- Hello to all my readers, a big thank you to those that have added this story to their favourites and follows. Also a big thank you goes to my beta Oceanmoon for looking over each chapter for me! I appreciate the reviews guys, I'm glad you are enjoying each chapter.

I have also posted another new NaruHina story Hot For Teacher so please check that out too.