Downfall of the Light 2
Chapter 11: Atrocious Calamity
Disclaimer: Okay... I have said this 30 times... I don't own Naruto or Warcraft3 because I wasn't a genius to create it myself. If Naruto was mine, I certainly would not be like the creator who is completely abusing the plot because of popularity issues. Yes, I have no faith in the original manga series.
Legend:
"...": Speech
'...': Thoughts
Scene Changes are listed in bolded italic brackets, it's my little habit.
AN: Okay, my reasons for not updating this thing sooner are rather simple, readers. The first reason is my social life. Since I am a leader in my church gatherings or whatnot, I have been really stressed based on the uncoordinated process of planning the activities. Currently, I am still trying to gather my life back on track. Second reason has to be school, the place that is like destined for people to never achieve peace and relaxation! Yes, work is being pushed onto me like bricks and hell, my own parents are trying to control my lifestyle. Aside from that, I really think that I didn't do a very good job at this chapter than the usual ones. Hope you guys like it nonetheless, I really struggled to get this updated! Thank you Greyfox885 and Crimson Strike in your aid, you have my highest amount of gratitude! Now, I truly need to answer some questions that people asked me in their reviews for I rather prepare than repair. So here goes!
Question and Answer Period, where I will try to answer any questions that will not ruin plot:
1Q: Is Kiba crazy?
1A: He's not crazy, but a very selfish, self-centered, and heartless person. Not to mention he is a very bad loser. Kiba is a person who cares more about himself than anybody. He sees people and especially women as objects and tools. You can say he creates his own god in his image, when this god is no longer good to him, he will simply abandon it and find another. This is my Kiba, the original one of course isn't like that but I need an antagonist, and since I never liked him, he was my perfect choice. I will explain more of " this" character in later chapters for all you need to know right now is that he isn't someone who wants to lose or wants to be proved wrong.
2Q: How did I get the idea of the army knife?
2A: I seriously don't know actually. However, I always liked how Gundam Heavyarms (In GW) used its short knife whenever it ran out of ammunition. Then when I remembered Guilty Gear, the character Chipp Zanuff is also an assassin and his blade just looked appealing in my eyes. That's where I got the idea possibly and I hoped this idea was good in this story. I do like assassins, I like their trained agility and stealth.
3Q: Is Chouji still alive in my story? Will Itachi come back soon?
3A: I never liked Chouji in the anime or in the manga. Even in the real anime at age 12, he was not like completely involved with Naruto other than the Sasuke retrieval. Since this incident did not happen in my novel, I cannot really position Chouji anywhere in my plot nor do I care. I don't like him and mentioning him does annoy me. If he does show up, that would be fine and if he doesn't, it wouldn't affect my story in any possible way for the high impact characters in Naruto's life are Hinata, Neji, Lee, Rin, Gaara, Sasuke, Sakura, Shikamaru, Ino, Tenten, Tsunade, Jiraiya, Itachi, Haku and some others. As for Itachi, he will show up soon enough for he does prove to be a vital individual after all.
4Q:Do I know that I am slowing down in my fiction?
4A: Hell yes I know but it can't be helped for fiction is something that I do in my spare time. School and other activities in reality always serve as a higher priority to me despite how much I love anime.
5Q: Why did I put all the sex talks in this volume all of a sudden?
5A: Okay, this question does ruin plot but I still need to explain it so none of you will picture me as any ordinary pervert who just can't control his temptations. Firstly, these talks are needed because it helps Naruto open up to Hinata and himself in terms of he needs to know more of his own wants and lusts that has been pushed so far back into his head that he no longer feels it. Remember, I am not talking about the process of lovemaking, I am talking about what kind of approaches one should take and understand what the other partner is feeling deep inside. If I don't put this in here, will Naruto ever be able to get out of his protective barrier and make Hinata happy? Believe me, he will not. These things take time and if I just suddenly make them do it when previous scenes I clearly said that he was scared, you people will definitely find their lovemaking strange and immoral. I am not here to make their intimacy as something that they want to satisfy their own physical desires, this is something emotional as well that they only save for another.
Secondly, this is where it ruins plot, there will be results after their sexual experience. So if Naruto doesn't get his act together and summon the courage to make love to Hinata, these results will not happen thus it won't allow me to continue this story. What are these results, you ask? Let's just say two important people will enter their lives soon after they make love. Several people know what it is already, others will just have to be patient. Getting ready for such a commitment is a gradual process and I intend to show you it isn't as simple as it looks. If, and I mean if, any of you are just reading my work because you want to read them to do it, I pity you for you are just seeing what is on top.
More AN: I want to thank those who reviewed, thank you all so much for your constant efforts in supporting me! Thank you HinatasBiggestFanBoy, Dragon Man 180, Place-your-name-here, Night-Owl123, joekool, violentlycheerful, Lamikhara, DeathWolf, AkiaBinZaid, gretfox885, DaveBoo1378, warprince2000, Thedark1owns, Crimson Strike, sephynarutocloud, Timeshifter, HellSpawn Dragon, Father Malvado, autistic-artistic, Bob, Gopu, LilHaruko, TezukaZone, nonegel, and finally madpostman. Thank you DameWren for reviewing as well, thank you for answering my questions and I have a few more questions to ask you myself later. A little less than before but that's okay, I hope you all liked it! Now, my next update will be an unknown date, expect the next chapter to take around 1 week to 3 weeks for I am starting to get a lot of assignments that cost a chunk of my mark! I am sorry if you guys won't see an update soon but reality calls and this will always be second rank. I am REALLY sorry! Now, let the story continue, I don't want to keep you all waiting. Hope you all liked it!
(Several days later in Naruto's apartment)
"Jiraiya-sensei is looking for me?" asked Naruto trying to make sure he heard correctly from his baby sister while taking a sip of his tea. Rin nodded with a smile before putting a piece of bread into her mouth and swallowing it. Over the years, the female anbu had certainly matured greatly, and her movements were completely graceful and delicate, if Naruto wasn't in love with Hinata, he would've swept her off her feet many years ago. "How is he these days? Ever since I returned, I haven't seen him."
"You should have," said Rin looking at her brother grinning her innocent grins. Naruto didn't know if she did this deliberately or unintentionally. "Sensei does think of us as his own children after all. He missed you so much, do you know that?"
"I know," said the dark assailant leaning back on the couch. "Have you become his messenger now, Rin-chan?"
"What do you mean?" she asked blinking confusedly.
"Why did sensei send you here instead of him confronting me himself? When have you become an envoy?"
"He didn't," said the violet hair archer. "He said that he has a surprise for you the other day... well, I just couldn't help myself and I had to look for you."
"Do you know what this 'surprise' is?" questioned Naruto not showing much interest, he was never one who hoped for anything in life after all.
"No, I actually don't."
"What do you think it is?"
"What do you think then, ni-san?" countered the Kamishiro girl with a question.
"I have no intention to guess," replied the Death Knight honestly but very bluntly. "I doubt it's anything serious, being him, I am sure he will now give me his entire series of Icha Icha Paradise since I am older now."
"You should take it if he does give it to you, ni-san,"
"Why?"
"They are good books, I can't believe I have been missing out on it."
"Rin-chan..." It was then when she began to swoon all over him, her hand was holding his chin making his eyes to meet hers. She smiled ever so sweetly to him. To Naruto, her gaze was just as alluring as Hinata's. She was beautiful, it was no wonder why Gaara loved her so much, Naruto understood completely for he loved Rin too but not romantically. Not only her physical attributes were beautiful, the dark assailant could see that her heart was pure too. Gold and silver could never be compared to the kindness that she always wanted to give.
"If I haven't read them, how could I be able to charm Gaara-chan, ne?" As she pulled his head gently closer to hers, in the next second, her soft lips took his into a kiss. Naruto smiled when Rin kissed him, he knew that she wasn't cheating on anybody for they did this often when they were kids. Of course, back then they wouldn't do it lip to lip but maturity certainly pushed them to another stage. Even though no tongues were involved, the Death Knight still felt very delighted that his sister was here. As they pulled away, both looked into each other's eyes with a smile plastered on their lips.
"You better make sure not to charm me too much, Rin-chan," said Naruto softly with amusement. "You wouldn't want to attract the wrong audience now would you?" Rin giggled in response and encircled her arms around his neck to give him a sisterly hug.
"I know you won't give in that easily, Naruto-ni-san," she said as she kissed him on the cheek. "No matter what, just go see Jiraiya-sensei, okay?" The dark assailant nodded in agreement silently. It was then Rin frowned a bit seeing his face. "And also... you should really dry your hair."
"Well, who told you to come over so early in the morning when I was still in the shower?"
"You sure look different when you hair falls down... Doesn't it bother you that your hair is covering the left side of your face and your left eye?" It was true, when Naruto's hair was wet, it no longer stood up well. Since his front part was a bit longer, it would fall down and cover his left eye and two-thirds of his left face.
"I was unprepared by your sudden intrusion." Rin playfully pinched him in the neck as of result.
"Intrusion?" she questioned with a glare. "Oh, I see, you don't like me anymore. You rather spend time with your Hinata-chan and abandon your little sister. You said that you would never leave me behind even though we aren't lovers! Ni-san is mean, you break promises, I don't like you anymore!" Naruto laughed quietly seeing that display, his baby sister could be so adorable.
"Okay," he said as he kissed her on the cheek trying to cheer her up despite she was not anywhere close to angry. "I'm sorry, Rin-chan. And you don't have to not like me, I know you love me."
"No I don't." she replied in a snap while trying to control her giggle.
"Sure you don't," stated Naruto rolling his eyes insignificantly. "Hey, where would Jiraiya-sensei be right now?"
"I think he would be at the Hokage's office right now," answered Rin with a smile. "He usually does help Tsunade-chan in the morning sometimes. Being a Hokage isn't easy after all."
"I understand, we should get going shouldn't we."
"Yeah."
"Do you still not love me?" he declared in a joking tone, which didn't sound like much but Rin could tell that he was.
"I was kidding," she said kissing him again on the cheek. "I will never, and I mean never, not love you."
"I love you too, Rin-chan." Following her suit, he kissed her too. "Shall we get going?"
"We really should."
(At the Hokage's office)
Rin and Naruto arrived at the Hokage monument in moments using their Blink ability. Due to their major developments in both physical strength and chakra, using Blink more often wasn't much of a problem. Of course, if it was used way too consecutively, that still may serve as a problem in chakra control. As the duo arrived at the Hokage's door, the female anbu silently knocked to see if anyone was inside. Naruto simply stood silently beside the door with a cool face, not showing much excitement. When the two Hidden-nins finally heard Tsunade calling them to enter, they made their entrance politely. However, once Naruto entered, he felt somebody held in a headlock hold. The Death Knight attempted to retaliate with his army knife now on his left arm but the person chuckling told him to just go along with it. Rin smiled while Tsunade was sure taking a lot of self-control not to laugh.
"SO, Naruto," called the voice with much joy of relief. "Where have you been all this time ever since you returned? How could you not see me?"
"Hello, Jiraiya-sensei," said the assailant weakly since the sennin was holding him by the neck with his arm. "It's good to see you too..."
"Man, you have grown tall, my boy," stated the sennin grinning. "But you are still my apprentice and lovable student!"
"Student?" asked Naruto sounding hurt. However, his voice didn't sound anything like hurt. "I thought I would be more than that."
"You know you are." It was that instant when Naruto made a slight shifting in movement and released himself out of that hold. As the Death Knight achieved some distance, he stood back up tall with a smirk on his face. "You have gotten a lot better, Naruto."
"I had a good teacher." Ending that statement, Jiraiya and Naruto gave another a very family like hug. Tsunade and Rin smiled at that display, it had been a long time since Naruto and his sensei hugged another like that. The last time that happened was years ago for the assailant never showed any passion towards anybody other than Rin at that time. After a minute or so, both men broke it and grinned.
"It's good to see you back, Naruto... I really thought that you were dead..."
"Nonsense," declared Tsunade. "You and I both know my little brother is always safe and sound wherever he is, you should have more faith in him, Jiraiya."
"You have no idea how happy I am to see you again, Naruto."
"Likewise," replied the dark assailant. "I missed you as well."
"Are you going to give him the surprise now, sensei?" asked Rin bending down slightly with her hands behind her back with an innocent look. Jiraiya's face turned from relief back to his perverted one in an instant. Naruto's eyes narrowed with suspicion immediately, that grin was never something... welcoming.
"This better be good..." growled the demon hunter.
"Oh, you are going to love this," stated the sennin confidently as he took out a stack of books and placed in the hands of Naruto. Surely, the dark warrior looked shocked seeing the amount of books, but what really made his eyes narrow in exasperation was the first book on top, Icha Icha Paradise Volume 1. Naruto could guess what the remaining 7 books were, even someone who thought of Jiraiya as a complete stranger would be able to predict this.. "What do you think? You like them?"
"You are giving me the perverted novels you wrote?" asked Naruto in disbelief, this time it was very evident in terms of how he was feeling, while Tsunade looked very displeased. Rin, on the other hand, looked quite happy at the gift, which she would punch her sensei if it was a several years back.
"It's on the house,"
"I could've guessed this..."
"You should accept it, ni-san!" said Rin cheerfully as she embraced him by wrapping her arms around his neck. "I was happy when I got it."
"When have you become such a pervert, Rin-chan?"
"I am not a pervert, Naruto-ni-san," Rin spoke with absolute control. "You have no idea how psychological this book really is. It has a lot of stuff based on love psychology and what love is all about, it could really help you on your relationship."
"How do you explain the part where he peeks at women all the time? How is that psychological?"
"That's just sensei being a pervert," she whispered while Naruto sighed.
"I should've known better..."
"So are you going to accept it or not?" asked Jiraiya hopefully. "You are now older and wiser, you have bound to love my books!" Wasn't he just assuming too much now? Bound to love? Seeing Jiraiya sounding so desperate, when he actually wasn't, and being a good student Naruto might as well accept the so-called kind token of returning while keeping a very forced grin on his face. Deep in his mind, he really wanted to burn those novels.
"Thank you, sensei..." gratified Naruto devoid of any passion. If Jiraiya was paying closer attention, which he never did in, the dread behind his words were clearly noticeable.
"I told you Naruto wouldn't like that gift," said Tsunade with a scowl to the sennin. Jiraiya made a sour look of defeat. To the demon hunter's knowledge, a bet must've happened between the two old folks. Apparently, it looked like the slug sannin seemed to be holding the advantage. "Naruto, I also have a gift for you."
"Why is everyone giving me stuff today?" asked the Death Knight in a neutral tone.
"Because you are going to be married soon, right?" questioned Rin who was still holding him in a sisterly embrace now tightening it. "You know Tsunade-chan will give you something good."
"I certainly hope so."
"I am hurt, Naruto," said Tsunade witha politesarcasm instead of dark sarcasm thatthe assailantfrequently used. "How could you think this lowly of me? I am your big sister for you should know what I am going to give you something that isn't perverted like your sensei here. You can trust me on that."
"I will thank you ahead of time then, sister," stated Naruto with a grin knowing he should be looking forward to the next gift. Beingtypical him,Naruto didn't show any signs of greed."What is it?"
"This is a special gift for you and Hinata, Naruto." After being said, the Hokage walked to the demon hunter and placed an envelope in his hands and made him hold it firmly. "This is an invitation to the rarest spring in Konoha, Naruto. Only a several people, including myself, could enter it. Others need permission from people such as myself to enter, so you and Hinata please have a good time in there and relax. I want this to be one of the gifts before you two are married."
"You are going to give me another gift?" questioned the assailant now feeling that he had been receiving too much. "Please, Tsunade-chan, you don't need to trouble yourself like that for me. Even though you are the Hokage, I don't want to be such a nuisance..."
"Nonsense, Naruto," said Tsunade cutting him off with a soft voice. "This isn't a nuisance."
"But..."
"You are like my real son, Naruto," said the blond woman holding his hand. "If I don't care about you, who else will? I want to see my son as a loving person to his spouse, I want you to live happily. Rin, you are the same, I want you to have as much blessing from me as possible, I am willing to give it all to you two." Rin sniffed a bit, she could be very emotional while Naruto gave a genuine smile.
"Thank you, kaa-san," said Naruto giving a kiss to the Hokage herself on the cheek. Tsunade gave the assailant a very tight motherly hug while Rin joined in a second later. "Thank you for everything." However, that moment was interrupted when Jiraiya gave out a cough.
"I can't believe I lost to Tsunade... I can't believe she beat me in picking a good gift for Naruto..."
"You should know that you would lose if you picked your novels for him," declared the Hokage in a friendly victorious voice. "You don't know him well enough, Jiraiya."
"What do I owe you?" asked the sennin in defeat. "I lost fair and square..."
"Forget it," said Tsunade with a smile. "There's no need for that."
"Well, I could look at this from another angle..." Jiraiya stated with a perverted grin all of a sudden. "Now I can go to the springs and watch Hinata naked..." That statement resulted in a long runeblade pointed at him at the neck, the sennin jerked immediately seeing that object directed at him.
"Don't you dare..." hissed the Death Knight dangerously. "Do you have any idea what is going to happen to you when you do?"
"Sensei..." said Rin in a disappointed tone. "You gotta stop being such a pervert... If it weren't for you, Kakashi-san wouldn't be just as bad as yourself."
"Kakashi... What did he do?" asked Naruto to his sister.
"He was peeking at me when I was in the springs with Gaara-chan one day..." replied the violet eye girl blushing quite badly. "It's really embarrassing..."
"I am going to kill him..."
"No need... I broke several of his ribs by kicking him... I think he went to the hospital after that..."
"You are violent, Rin-chan," teased Naruto poking at her forehead. "Did he see anything?"
"I hope not... But I know that Gaara-chan was on a verge to kill him... literally."
"Not surprising." The Death Knight stated in an obvious like voice. "Anyway, I will thank you again, Tsunade, sensei for your kind gifts. I hope to see you guys again soon, I have some things that I have to do today."
"I have my own tasks too," said Rin. "I should get going too."
"Okay," said Tsunade rather sadly. "Have a good day, okay? And please be careful."
"We will."
"And make sure you go to that spring, Naruto!" Jiraiya half commanded in his usual non-serious smile filled with naughtiness behind it. "I wouldn't want you and Hinata to miss out on it." Rin sighed while shaking her head when the Death Knight activated his eyes with dead seriousness.
"If you peek at her," Naruto spoke seething his words from his lips. "I will make sure living torture will only be a fraction of the agony that you will feel. Hinata-chan isn't someone that you can just peek at because you want to. If she feels hurt because of you, I will personally deal with you. Do I make myself clear?" The sennin gulped hearing those words, whatever Naruto said... to put in more simple terms, he would meet the end of the bargain despite how painful in might be. The demon hunter was someone that no one wanted to mess with if they knew better, unless they don't value their lives. With that said, Naruto and Rin left the Hokage's office without another word. Even Rin gave a bitter look of disappointment at her former sensei before leaving the room completely.
Tsunade gave an exasperated sigh at the sennin a several meters away from her. Why couldn't he just keep his sick thoughts inside in head for once? Why did he have to be such a pervert at the worst time and at the wrong place? Normally, Tsunade would've punched him for being such an old sick fool, but she decided to drop it for Naruto's words certainly did the trick. She really hoped that statement reached Jiraiya's conscience or Konoha would have another case of homicide.
(Somewhere in Konoha a several hours later)
"There you have it," said a mysterious person putting his hand on the table after giving out a general information to a crowd in a place indoor. "Does anyone have any questions?"
"So," A village elder stated to catch everyone's attention. "The demon is still alive after all this time... This is certainly unexpected..."
"I thought he died 3 years ago," called another villager to the elder. "How could he still be alive?"
"Doesn't anyone stay dead anymore?"
"Why is he in the Hyuga mansion?"
"Is he trying to obtain the noble ability, the Byakugan?"
"Since he is the Kyubi demon, he can't be trusted!"
"What do you think, Kiba-san?" asked a civilian. "You have witnessed this guy a lot more than we have. As leader, I think you should be telling us." Kiba snorted hearing this, of course, he showed no hesitation to tell them what he knew. In addition, he wouldn't even mind twisting the truth a little bit.
"I think he could be all of those," declared Kiba solemnly. "He could be back just to steal the Hyuga bloodline, also, he might be back to destroy Konoha."
"Yeah... He could be!" shouted a villager supporting that statement.
"He does know how people treat him as, his demon inside himself may be tempting him to do these unforgivable acts. No matter what, Naruto is a dangerous character."
"We must kill him!" shouted an older civilian.
"Hell yes we should!" screamed another.
"Not only that," said Kiba in a loud voice to catch everyone's interest. "Remember, he used the name Aegis to enter our village, that means he is trying to hide something from us. That kind of person cannot be trusted!"
"Yeah!" shouted everyone in the room supporting Kiba completely.
"Uzumaki Naruto is not a welcomed person in Konoha," continued the beast master. "As citizens of this peace loving village, we have to do our roles and exterminate any threat that opposes us. We may not have much power as individuals, but if we work together, we can accomplish anything!"
"Let's kill the demon!"
"We have to work together to get rid of him," Kiba stated with authority. "Allowing a demon staying here is like a time bomb that would explode at any time. He already poses as a threat to Konoha, now if he achieves the Hyuga bloodline ability along with his own, he would be too dangerous. Let's destroy the seed before it blooms into a monstrosity shall we?" All the people in this large gathering chanted in agreement, Kiba smirked darkly in response. Yes, this was proceeding according to plan, nothing could go wrong now.
"But..." whispered someone silently.
"What?" asked Kiba angrily.
"Did you know the Hokage is really fond of that boy? I don't think she will be pleased if we commenced such an act..."
"Screw her!" yelled the revolution leader. "If she thinks that allowing a demon such as Naruto to stay here will make us feel secure, well, she is wrong! We have every reason to retaliate, we don't have to follow such a law if it's way beyond reasonable! I don't care if she doesn't like it, I don't give a damn, and so shouldn't you if you know what's good for you!"
"But..."
"SILENCE!" Without any hint of warning, Kiba used his claw like hand and plowed it into the poor villager right through the chest. A scream of agony could be heard throughout the room, to some people that was the nastiest sound that their ears have heard. At that instant, he was dead. Seeing his life being taken, Kiba pulled out his hand from the corpse and allowed it to drop lifelessly on the floor. Some of the people shrieked seeing that display but their minds certainly didn't feel any sort of remorse. It didn't take a genius to figure out that these people's wits and conscience had been plagued by Kiba's influence in such a short amount of time, this certainly was something to be feared. "You rash and pitiful moron, how dare you defy me?"
"What are you going to do now, Kiba?" asked the elder giving him a questioning look. "You killed him, what will you do?"
"I'll display his death as an accident, no one is going to know." Kiba replied easily. The elders grinned at his future action plan, it looked like Kiba had qualities to be a villain already.
"When should we commence the operation, Kiba-san?" asked a villager with a visible smirk. "We want to get rid of that... thing as soon as we can."
"Patience, my friends," said Kiba calmly with reassurance. "When we have enough manpower, the revolution will begin. Tell everyone that you can really trust about this, tell them everything that they need to know so we can ensure our victory. Friends, I can promise you if we work our hardest, the final Death Knight in existence will be gone for good!"
"Death to the traitor!" chanted the crowd with enthusiasm.
"His life shall end before the day is done!" shouted another part of the room. As they continued to chant, Kiba couldn't help himself but to cackle at his own devious plan, this was a hell lot better than imagined. Naruto's downfall was coming, he could almost taste the sense of victory in his lips. It was close, so close that it was an ensured triumph, nothing would be able to stop him now! This was something that he never felt before, this was a satisfaction that could even rival to intercourse. The anxiety of the hunt and the knowledge of his prey was cornered and nowhere to go... it made his blood very excited indeed. Vengeance was his for the claiming.
(Meanwhile at the Hyuga Mansion)
"Naruto-kun!" called Hinata with delight when she saw her fiancée coming into her room. After a hard day training, seeing her lover here for her made the Hyuga heiress' heart jump a beat. She immediately went to his side and hugged him passionately. Seeing his fiancée being so welcoming, Naruto encircled his arms around her soft body and pulled her closer to himself to deepen it. Hinata blushed charmingly when he took initiative to be more intimate.
"You miss me?" he asked while he kissed her cheek. She promptly nodded and tiptoed to kiss his cheek passionately. "I'll take it as a yes then."
"You know how glad I am to see you," she said still hugging him close. "I always like to see you."
"I got a surprise for you."
"What is it?" she asked curiously. "Is it good?"
"You want to go out with me?" asked the dark assailantadding aslight grin. Hinata pondered for a moment until her eyes met his with an amused expression on her face.
"Like you even have to ask, Naruto-kun. However..."
"What is it, Hina-chan?"
"What's the occasion? This is the first date that you asked me to go ever since we were together." Naruto's eyes opened a bit more in realization, he didn't understand why this fact never hit him before. Sure, he had dinner with her often, made out with her even more but the fact was, he never asked her to go out with him. Everything they did seemed so natural and this thing called 'asking out' was something that Naruto never considered. "Where are we going?"
"To the rarest springs in Konoha," said Naruto. Hinata's cheeks burned immediately hearing the word spring for she could do a lot in there with him. However, when Naruto declared the rarest part, she couldn't believe it.
"The rarest springs?" asked the Hyuga girl very surprised. "Not even the most noble people in our clan have the right to go to those springs. How did you ever got the admission to go?"
"Tsunade gave me the admissions earlier today," explained the Death Knight. "She said that it would be a good time for you and I to relax ourselves since we are engaged and all."
"It's an honour to be able to visit those springs," Hinata stated happily. "Oh, I wanted to go there myself for a long time."
"You want to go today?" asked Naruto. "Or you want to go another time?"
"I feel a bit sore from training today," said Hinata shyly. "I think I overdid it..."
"Don't strain yourself too much, okay?" He then kissed her on the lips softly to comfort her. The girl smiled delightfully in return, she loved his kisses. "I think we should go today."
"Yeah, we should."
"Hinata-chan, what is so special about this spring?" asked Naruto obviously very interested at this location. "Why is it called the rarest?"
"I don't know too much actually," she replied. "But it must feel really good for everyone who entered it said very positive comments on it. I am sure we can trust their words." Seeing Hinata not having that much knowledge of it, he decided to drop the subject. The demon hunter nodded in agreement and took Hinata out of the Hyuga mansion once they were done packing a several necessities, he was pretty curious for he wanted to find out what was so mystical about this hot spring. Why did only the people in the highest ranks were permitted to enter? Furthermore, why was this spring so private? It didn't matter too much now, he and Hinata were one of the few people who were allowed to enter it, his answers would be answered in a matter of moments.
(At the indoor springs)
Once the Death Knight exited the change room that accessed to this spring, a lot of things were constantly repeating in his mind. When he reached the springs, he found out that this spring was called the Spring of Divinity. In some other cases, this could be called the Fountain of Brilliance. Divinity and brilliance, these names certainly sound very holy like, his intuition again took the better of his mind immediately. Soon after Hinata entered the women's change room (that was after she gave him a hungry look), the assailant asked the clerk the reason for this eccentric name. In other words, why this term was so weird? However, he wasn't given much of a response. Instead, the clerk only said "You will enjoy it very much and make sure you meditate in there. When you are done, you can tell me all about it". With that said, that worker went on with other duties of his leaving Naruto in questioning. Of course, the assailant knew that man wasn't gay but that wasn't what bothered him. It was that sense of confidence in that man's voice that made Naruto able to trust him. Sensing that clerk spoke no lies, Naruto quickly changed into his swimwear with his blindfold and made it to the spring.
Indeed these hot waters certainly gave this place a very fascinating aura. It was very welcoming and made the spirit stronger. At that point, Naruto understood completely why this place was called what it was, it certainly felt... holy, literally and metaphorically. With his eyes activated underneath his veil, the waters also contained a very elegant essence, it felt like chakra, a graceful and yet mystical chakra. Somehow, he felt kind of strange for it seemed like as if his own demonic chakra was reacting with this unknown one. Certainly, it wasn't raging a fierce combat but it was more than enough to make Naruto very cautious and vigilant. In less than a second, the assailant glanced over at the entry to the women's change room, what could be taking Hinata so long? It didn't matter too much in the long run for she will come out eventually, without another thought, he slipped himself into the spring.
Hinata came out soon after, she herself was in a basic indigo swimsuit but it showed quite a bit of cleavage. She had bought this for some time already but being one of the most versatile shinobis in this village, she never had the time to wear it. For obvious reasons, she wanted to attract him and this couldn't be any better. She would be relaxing and try to get her fiancee to be in the mood, this was killing two birds using one stone. As she came out of the change room, she was surprised to see Naruto already in the spring. When she called out his name from 6 meters away, he turned his head slightly and gave her a smile. Hinata obviously smiled her heart-melting smile. Not saying another word, she entered the hot waters herself and positioned 1 foot away from him in silence. The waters were comfortable indeed, not only that, she could feel her own chakra rejuvenating at a good rate inside herself. No wonder it was called the Spring of Divinity for it helped one's chakra to heal. Not only that, these mystical waters allowed chakra capacity to increase as well, meditating in this was the most ideal way to get stronger, Hinata soon understood why only a few people were able to come into this springs. The feeling was so soothing, she wished that she would never leave.
Naruto, however, wasn't having the same pleasures within these waters. 8 minutes after Hinata came in, something was wrong deep inside him as if his own chakra was in a raging fury. Pain soon surfaced and he didn't even know when his hands formed into a fist, the feeling was similar to a volcano trying to control a violent eruption. To be precise, his body felt funny as soon as he entered the waters, Naruto simply avoided the problem until now when it was completely visible. This unknown feeling made him worried, at this point it felt like his chakra was regenerating at a much quicker rate than before. If his chakra was normal chakra it would be fine but however, demonic chakra was another issue. Forcefully attempting demonic chakra to regenerate quicker than normal rate meant attempting to increase the demonic corruption, the quicker it rejuvenates irregularly, the harder to control. Since the Death Knight was someone who went through extreme chakra controls, his regeneration rate was obviously excellent. Little did Naruto know, the spring quickens the rebuilding rate by a certain percentage of the person's usual rejuvenation rate, Naruto was now pretty much in pain trying to maintain his own corruption from continuing.
He was extremely tense, also sweating from much exhaustion trying to get hold of himself attempting to remain in control. It had been 25 minutes and the pain only continued to increase rapidly. The more he fought it, the more his own demonic side retaliated to completely take over his only bit of humanity. In another minute, the Death Knight's eyes widened once he felt the raw chakra was searing through his internal system. Burning agony was the only sensation when his muscles abruptly began to tear apart from within. Not wanting Hinata to be worried, Naruto didn't make a sound but still trembled with clutched fists in pain. He didn't know how long he could last in the waters but he had more important issues to deal with. Being a Hidden-nin for such a long period of time, he knew that repairing now was much wiser than to repair later when it may be too late. Forming a set of hand seals, he immediately activated his unique passive ability the Unholy Aura to aid in his healing.
Hinata was currently meditating very peacefully in these mysterious waters, it seemed like nothing else in the world could bother her. When she entered the spring, she decided that she would meditate first before having a bit of alone time with her lover, she knew Naruto would be taking the appropriate choices before any intimate interaction took place. As she took a deep breath to sooth her senses, the Hyuga girl could feel that her own chakra capacity had increased quite a bit, she felt much confidence in herself in this short amount of time, she couldn't wait to tell Naruto this great feeling.
At that moment, she opened her eyes from her own meditation and glanced over to her Naruto-kun, Hinata surely hoped that his time in the waters was just as pleasurable as hers. She wanted him now, her mind was fixed upon making a move. Hinata would make sure he would fall in her hands, she wanted this so badly. Without knowing, she shifted slightly closer to him to plant a kiss on his cheek, but once she tasted sweat on her tongue, she wondered why he would be sweating. Hinata opened her lavender eyes a second later, the display right in front of her completely made a shocking impact. Naruto was grimacing with his head down. Even though his hair was covering over half of his left face, his pained expression certainly told her enough. In a matter of moments, her delighted face soon turned to worry when she held his hand, it felt very wrong. When she took a good look at it, the Hyuga girl couldn't believe that he formed it into a very tight fist.
"Naruto-kun..." called Hinata as silent as a mouse. "Are you okay?"
"I don't know..." replied Naruto obviously trying to hold in his torment. It was then when the girl felt that the Unholy Aura was engaged, Hinata knew he would never activate that move unless it was in battle. "I feel like... my body is burning..." She couldn't believe what she was hearing, she didn't understand why he was so tensed, all she wanted to do now was help. When she felt his arm, she could tell that he was so focussed that veins were popping out, he was abnormally tensed and thus it concerned her very much.
"Naruto-kun..."
"Damn it..."
"Is the water too hot?" she asked now very worried. "What is wrong?"
"It's not the water, Hinata-chan..." answered Naruto in a weak voice. "No, it's got nothing to do with the temperature of the water... it's something else... I feel that my chakra healing too fast... It's trying to corrupt me..." Hearing those words, Hinata's eyes showed a sense of realization.
"Get out of the water, Naruto-kun!" she ordered. Not taking another second to argue Naruto Blinked out of the spring to the dock in a one knee kneeling position. As soon as his body was out of the spring, he could feel the pain was decreasing gradually also his chakra was no longer raging like before. Suddenly, he vomited blood and Hinata hurried to his side to comfort him in the best of her ability. The poor girl didn't understand why his chakra would be corrupting him now but she was very eager to make him feel comfortable again. After coughing a bit Naruto was finally able to breathe without difficulty, Hinata quickly hugged him for reassurance but the assailant was still trying to wonder how this all happened, the only logical explanation was that there were a several secrets that he needed to know.
"Are you okay, Naruto-kun?" asked Hinata as she kissed him on the cheek.
"Yeah..."said Naruto giving an insignificant cough but Hinata heard it. "I'll be alright..."
"I was so worried," she said kissing him again. "Why didn't you say anything?"
"I am feeling better now... I didn't want you to be concerned about me..."
"Oh, Naruto-kun,"
"Hinata-chan," he said cutting her off. "What is this spring? Why did this... massive regeneration happen? Are you sure that you don't know?"
"Naruto-kun... I think I know why... but I figured out when I entered afterwards..."
"Tell me, Hinata-chan," he commanded softly. "Now."
"This pool... it helps individuals to recover their chakra in a much quicker state... This also has the potential to increase one's capacity if they meditate in there..."
"It can what?" asked Naruto in wonder. "No wonder it's called the Fountain of Brilliance... It means having the ability to recover mana and chakra in a quick way... these are some of the things that can cost me my life..." Even though he hissed the last words darkly to himself, Hinata heard it clearly.
"How come, Naruto-kun?" asked Hinata in a half-concerned and half-curious voice. "I could feel my chakra increase considerably fast. Didn't you feel the same way?"
"As a matter of fact, no," replied the Death Knight bluntly. "My demonic chakra is different, Hinata-chan. I need to control it within myself well or it will continue to corrupt the rest of the humanity left inside me. Not only that, if it rapidly increases without warning I might not be able to tame it and it does have the potential to take over me completely. My spiritual strength needs to be in tact or something very dangerous may happen... I can't let it corrupt me..."
"I'm sorry, Naruto-kun..."
"It's not your fault, Hinata-chan, I was the one who took you here... hey, why are you crying?" Even though he was with Hinata for a long time, when she started to cry for a reason that he couldn't grasp, Naruto would be clueless as to what to do next. "There, there, Hinata-chan, don't cry." She shook her head in refusal, all she did was continued to cry on his shoulder. Seeing her so wanting to let all of it out, the Death Knight simply allowed it until she calmed down.
"Why didn't you tell me that you were in pain, Naruto-kun?" She asked while weeping. Even in her grief, she sounded so beautiful to him.
"I didn't want you to be worried, Hina-chan," justified Naruto. "For once, I just wanted to have a good time with you... and now it led into this..."
"You can tell me anything, Naruto-kun," she said in tears but a lot less than before. "I am so sorry..."
"You didn't do anything, Hinata-chan," said the Death Knight embracing her. "It's okay, everything is fine."
"How can you say it's fine when you were in pain, Naruto?" she questioned harshly. The dark assailant's eyes showed much shock at her sudden outburst, what had got into her? "Why are you hiding things from me? Why do you pretend when you are not fine? I want you so much, I want to know everything about you and yet you still hide things from me! Am I not trustworthy of you? I am your future wife, you can tell me anything."
"I... I just didn't want to let my demonic corruption issue bother you again... I know how worried you may be when I tell you this or rather... how much this thing could tear us apart..."
"I don't care about it, you can tell me!"
"Hinata-chan... I know you care, I care about you too but this is my battle, my curse."
"This is no longer your battle, this is our battle."
"I don't want you to be involved in..." It was that instant when she held his hand firmly in hers, trying to give him all the love she could gathering within her heart to make him understand how deep her love was for him. "Hinata-chan... please don't..."
"I want to, Naruto-kun, I am here for you always."
"But..."
"We can go through this together," she said in a more calm voice. "Naruto-kun, I love you so much..."
"I do too, Hinata-chan..." Neither shinobis said another word after that, they simply hugged another for security and wanting to comfort another. However, Naruto knew better, he knew Hinata's hug had a hidden sense of sadness in it. There was something that he just couldn't satisfy, yet he didn't know what it was. When they pulled back to look at another's eye, Hinata's seemed empty and she wanted to complete it. Sorrow andgrief, and probably even desperationwas behind that pearly lavender veil in her eyes, and she couldn't hide a thing from him for he saw through her persona a long time ago, Naruto could reveal it like as clear as glass. Despite all her words of waiting, it was only a matter of time before she could wait no longer.
The Death Knight was no fool, he obviously knew what Hinata wanted yet he continued to delay. She wanted him and only him, why couldn't he summon enough courage in himself to simply take her? He had mastered many cases of devious calamities before, so why, what was he afraid of? Not even he understood why, what was holding him back? All he wanted to do was to make the girl of his dreams experience true love and happiness, what frustrated him to no end was that he couldn't do it, not even if this was Hinata. Guilt, something that was evident in his heart at the moment, began its endless torment once again when he saw those teary lavender pools. Indeed they were beautiful, but yet ever so empty and filled with deep sorrow.
Not allowing another sound to escape her lips, Hinata stood up from the deck and walked back into the change room obviously wanting to leave. Naruto frowned sadly, if he only assumed that Hinata was only leaving, he would be an utter moron for he would be only scratching the surface. The girl was depressed, honestly depressed. Even without his eyes he had a distinct idea, she wanted this to be the moment and he blew it completely. Sure, it wasn't his fault for he lacked the knowledge of the waters but the argument would be why didn't he figure out ahead of time? Hinata may be very upset that her chance was missed again but she certainly didn't blame Naruto for this. At least not completely, but some of her really wanted to yell at him to ease the frustration of not satisfying her shadow. However, when she thought about it for another second, that could really hurt Naruto. Neither of them said much to another after leaving the springs, there was no reason for them to speak. Naruto was once again deep in his melancholy while Hinata's mind was on a verge of depression.
(Later that Night)
"Rin, I'm home," called Gaara as he entered his apartment after a hard day of work. As he entered, he carried a several letters that was in the mailbox outside the door. He then sorted the letters in the order of importance, some of them were advertisements, but one letter certainly caught his attention for it was addressed to him. Judging by the handwriting, it was from Temari.
"Hello, Gaara-chan," said Rin walking to him to kiss him softly on the cheek. "Did you have a hard day?" The former Sand nin shook his head with a grin, he didn't want to worry his loving girlfriend.
"Let me ask you this, Kamishiro-chan," said Gaara calling out his nickname for her. "Was your day hard?"
"Not really," replied Rin shaking her head to respond. "It was kind of simple. Got anything good in the mail?" He nearly forgot about it, he then tossed all the junk mail onto the table and the letter from Temari was the only one in his hand. "What's this one about? Who is it from?"
"It's from my sister..." Gaara replied as he opened it.
"Temari-chan?" she asked curiously. "I wonder what could be about..."
"Dear Gaara..." he said now reading. "How are you? I certainly hope that you are enjoying your time in Konoha, I do get worried about you sometimes since Naruto is no longer here with us. The last time that I wrote to you, I am sorry that my words were rushed. Even though that was like a year ago, I still feel a bit guilty. The Sand was in a dilemma of lacking prosperity back then and I am sure you know what happened and how it happened. I am happy to tell you that this problem was solved shortly after I wrote to you, a several days later a Hidden-nin by the name of Aegis arrived. To me, this was like a miracle as if my prayers were answered. Now, our village is no longer in crisis, at least in terms of avoiding poverty, and as the future Kazekage of the Sand, you have no idea how relieved I was when Aegis helped us so greatly. I really liked him... he really reminded me of somebody..."
"Gaara, I wish you the best of success in Konoha, of course, I certainly hope that when you return to the Sand to see me, Rin would be by your side. Believe me, I really like her, she is the most suitable person for you. I know she understands you, sadly enough, I have to agree that she knows you better than me. I am very sorry that I haven't been the greatest sister to you since we began to accept each other ever since Naruto perished... even today... I feel that our family bonding was able to exist was due to Naruto's death, we owe him so much and we don't have a chance to thank him. Take care of Rin with all your heart, Gaara, she is much more important to you than you can ever imagine. She loves you and I know you love her too. Please take good care of yourself no matter where you are for there will be people who do care about you and grieve for you if anything happened." After finishing that paragraph, Gaara's eyes moved down to the next one.
"Gaara, I am sorry to announce this news to you so suddenly but I need you to return to the Sand for a short amount of time. Things have been hectic here once again and being the former Kazekage's son, your presence and judgement here is very much appreciated. Even though I may be taking on the role of being the future Kage, I am still a woman and it is very stressful during these tough times. I know you have your life to deal with but I would be really glad if you can be here to support me, I will be eternally grateful if you do this for me. Kankuro has been aiding me the best he can but the Sand is really lacking much more experienced ninjas until more are trained. Our manpower is very limited at this point, I really do hope that you would come over for a while to help me out, I can promise you that it may not take long. Please think it over carefully and don't worry about me, I know normality will return one way or another. Best wishes from your sister (who cares for you so much), Temari."
"What are you going to do, Gaara-chan?" asked Rin a bit sadly. "Are you going to leave?"
"What do you mean, Rin?" he asked pulling her closer by the waist.
"You know Temari-chan needs your help, as a brother, you have to go."
"Why being so sad, Rin? Aren't you going to come with me?"
"I can't... I am an Anbu... I can't just go with you just because your family told you to go. As far as I am concerned, I don't have the justifiable reason to come with you. Besides, if you leave, Konoha would be lacking a powerful shinobi to protect them. This place can't have 2 missing like that."
"You got a point," said Gaara with a sigh. "Even though I would miss you... I really need to help her, she is my big sister after all."
"I understand, Gaara-chan," said the female archer. "I will miss you too..."
"I love you, Rin." He then pulled her into a tight loving embrace. "I really do."
"I love you too, Gaara-chan," she replied holding him close as she snuggled her head into his chest. "Gaara-chan... when are you leaving?"
"Tomorrow morning."
"That early?" asked the Kamishiro girl truly upset. "Do you have to go so soon?"
"The sooner I leave, the sooner I could get back," reasoned Gaara as he led the girl into the bedroom since he needed to pack. Rin watched him take out the necessities for a trip, she really didn't want him to go so suddenly, she didn't want to be alone. Aside from the fact that she would miss him deeply, there was something that she wanted to do with him before he left. Suddenly there was this urge inside her that wanted to break out, she knew she had to control it, however, it was way beyond tamable, she had no choice but to let it out. Rin knew what this was, it was her own desires. Tonight, his words triggered her want for him, it told her how much she didn't want him to be absent in her life, this was the moment that she unleashed her inner self. When Gaara noticed how quiet his girlfriend was, he turned around slightly just to be kissed by her deeply on the lips. That kiss was unprepared and her force made him fall backwards with her on top of him. Luckily for him, he landed on the bed but Rin's lust continued to increase seeing where they were now. The Kamishiro girl continued to kiss him with passion and not allowing him to kiss back, as she claimed his lips again in another wild kiss, she moaned in pleasure making the sand demon nearly melt at her touch.
"Gaara-chan..." Rin whispered his name in a captivating voice and soon intensified the kiss of theirs. "Don't leave me, I don't want you to go." When she spoke again, Gaara knew she was crying. Even though he was beneath her, Gaara did what his instincts told him. He soon wrapped his arms around her waist and pulled her in close into a warm hug, and the girl nuzzled slightly closer to feel his warmth. One of his hands then went rubbed her silky hair and head hoping to make things better.
"It's okay, it's okay," Gaara cooed in the best manner he could, comforting someone wasn't his strongest suit. "Hey, I'll be back, don't worry about it."
"But have you considered my feelings?" she asked while sniffing adorably. "Do you think I want you to go?"
"But she's my big sister, she wouldn't ask me to go back if it wasn't an emergency. If I know Temari, she prefers to be a one man army but she is admitting that she has limits... I know she really needs me to go back but her pride just didn't allow her to state it so directly."
"I know I can't keep you... I know I was selfish..."
"You're not selfish, Rin," said Gaara. "I want you to be by my side too. It hurts me that you aren't with me..."
"I know you have to go, please remember that I love you." With that said, Rin lowered her head and claimed his lips in another kiss. The two continued to make out with another until midnight or so, and then fell happily asleep, but not without having achieved the feeling that Rin desired for so long. What amazed Gaara was that it was with such an elegant being! Never have the Sand nin known such a deep or such an outcome of healing kindness.
(The next morning at the Hyuga mansion entrance)
Gaara decided to tell this news to Naruto of his departure the next early morning, after all, Naruto was someone that he truly trusted. Rin, of course, refused to be left alone and tagged along. Naruto and Hinata were doing their own thing in the mansion - the Death Knight was reading a book in the living room while Hinata was fixing breakfast. Even though they may be doing their own tasks, a frown was practically covered on their faces. They weren't happy or excited. To be precise, they didn't greet another this morning nor did they saw another. Naruto was still wondering about yesterday, about how he ruined everything. As for Hinata, she lost her spirit unless someone could ease her pain.
"Good morning!" greeted Rin delightedly when she entered the Hyuga mansion. Hearing that voice, Naruto and Hinata came out from their respective rooms to greet the visitor, or rather visitors. When Rin saw her brother smiling, she rushed to him and tackled him with pure joy. Hinata gasped slightly while the demon hunter fell backward with his baby sister hugging him tightly. Something was different with Rin today, she seemed ever so free as if her burdens were lifted. Hinata looked at Gaara with a smile, he too seemed to be much relaxed and happy. She never knew Gaara would emit such a pleasing and welcoming aura when he showedenough positive emotions before. What a drastic change this was. The Hyuga girl wondered what events happened between them.
"Good morning to you too... Rin-chan..." coughed the Death Knight weakly. "What's with your exuberance today?" Gaara smiled at that question while Rin giggled with much content.
"Oh, nothing," she said casually with a smile. "I'll tell you later, okay?" Blinking a few times in confusion, the demon hunter knew holding on this subject wouldn't get him anywhere. After nodding a few times, Rin jumped off of him so he could manage to get up. "Hinata," called Rin to the suspiciously silent Hyuga heiress who had been only watching them. "I need to talk to you." Not taking any words of disagreement, the Kamishiro girl promptly took the Hyuga girl by the hand and pulled her back into the kitchen leaving the two males alone in the hallway. As Naruto watched his sister's retreating form, a small cringe came to his eyes with much questioning in mind.
"That's something you don't see everyday..." muttered the assailant as he turned his head back to Gaara. "What is your purpose?" The red head jerked back slightly hearing that question, when did Naruto become all out cold again without reasoning?
"Hey," said Gaara. "Chill, okay? I only came here to tell you something."
"Make it fast."
"You okay, Naruto?" asked the former Sand nin speaking as a true friend. "Is something bothering you? Come on, you know you can tell me about it."
"Sorry... I am not in the greatest mood these days..."
"What happened?"
"Hinata-chan... she wants to make love with me... I don't need words to understand this, her eyes tell me everything that I need to know. I know she has been waiting and waiting, she has been looking for every possible opportunity and still she couldn't experience it..."
"Are you running away from her?" asked Gaara.
"I am avoiding it until I am fully ready... but that day never seem to arrive," answered the Death Knight in a sad voice. "I am still worried about the demon bloodinside of me, I am really trying hard to forget about it but this curse still haunts me..."
"Believe me, I doubt anything would happen," stated the Sand master with a confident expression while giving a pat on Naruto's shoulder. "Trust me on this one, there is nothing that could go wrong."
"What are you saying? How could you be so certain about this?"
"Naruto, I experienced the greatest gift that anyone could give me, Rin gave me that experience last night... you have no idea how much I love her, I love her even more after that." Hearing those words, the Death Knight stood completely stunned with his face nearly drained of colour. No, this was not possible, he thought, this was too much... too fast... What happened when he wasn't there? His sister was no longer a virgin, and the person right in front of him was the person that penetrated through her purity! Rage would be the emotion that should've grew, but instead, only the sense of confusion was present. Gaara loved Rin, Naruto had no problem with that but his friend was also a demon like himself, how could he just simply commit such an act with no heed to the cost? What if Rin became a demon? What if Gaara's demonic blood killed her? However, when the dark assailant calmed himself down all the logic came like a rushing wind.
When he saw Rin moments ago, nothing was wrong with her. She was youthful, happy, delighted, and giving off a very pleasant and warm aura wherever she went. For once, Naruto finally saw his sister as a complete human being, one who had lived a life that was considered whole in the terms of Jungian psychology. She tamed her shadow all this time, and yet she had satisfied the desires that she had deep within herself. Rin was complete, she had someone that she loved, her man loved her back just the same way and there wasn't anything in the word that could break her cheerful spirit. After making love with a demon, Naruto was most relieved that she was okay, no signs of any possible symptoms were present, nothing was wrong. If nothing happened to Rin, wouldn't Hinata be fine too? Gaara's demonic blood didn't affect Rin in any negative aspect, this certainly served as a precedent for himself in the future but this was Gaara nonetheless, his own situation may be different in the long run.
"So you two did it..." said Naruto to confirm. Gaara simply nodded. "Is Rin-chan..."
"We are demons nonetheless, Naruto," reminded Gaara. "Intimacy factors will always have consequences if we are the ones who perform it."
"What kind of consequences?" asked the dark assassin wanting a reply.
"Certainly, Rin is no longer a complete human."
"What?"
"A small percentage of her blood is now demonic," explained Gaara. "I really don't see much of a problem."
"Any side effects?"
"No, definitely not," replied the Sand master. "However, the demonic powers still haven't surfaced yet... I really don't know what my blood did in her but I can ensure you that it's nothing fatal."
"How can you be so sure?"
"She believes in me, Naruto," said Gaara seriously. "If she didn't, I would've never did that. Not only that, if something was bound to happen, it would've happened already. I can guarantee you that Rin is fine, there is nothing to worry about. I know she is someone that will not thirst for more power unreasonably and I know she has more than enough potential to be able to control it. She isn't a Kamishiro for nothing."
"She believes in you, that's not good enough, Gaara."
"It's her choice, Naruto," retorted the red head. "Please trust me for Rin's sake."
"I... believe you, Gaara..." Naruto said in a hesitant voice at first but gradually gained confidence. "But what's the reason for you to come here so early?"
(Meanwhile with Hinata)
"Gaara-chan is leaving for the Sand village today, Hinata," replied Rin when Hinata asked the same question as her fiancée. "He came here to tell Naruto-ni-san that."
"For what reason though?" asked Hinata giving a cup of tea to Rin. "Wouldn't Konoha be losing people to take on missions and all that stuff?"
"The Wind Country is still Gaara-chan's home," said the female anbu taking a sip then looking at Hinata again with her clear violet eyes along with a smile. "Temari-chan needs Gaara-chan to return as soon as possible. As a brother, he felt really obligated to commit himself back to his sister, more important his home."
"How is Temari?"
"She said that it has been very hectic and busy over there," answered Rin putting the cup down on the counter. "She certainly doesn't find the role of Kazekage being such a fun job."
"Why did she take it though?"
"Her father was the previous Kazekage until he was assassinated by Orochimaru... Being the oldest and probably the wisest in her family, she was the most suitable person. We know Temari-chan isn't as strong as Gaara-chan, but her thinking and leadership skills certainly dominated of those of Gaara's. In the end, she is the most suitable person for the job."
"Isn't this role of being the leader of the entire village tough on an 18 year old lady?" asked Hinata somewhat concerned. Ever since Temari and Kankuro left around slight over a year ago, the only person who had in contact with them was Gaara. Knowing Gaara, he obviously had no intention to spread any information to people about his family, it was his business after all.
"Believe me, it's very tough," said Rin sadly. "That's why Gaara-chan needs to go back."
"You are taking this quite well."
"I did give him a very special gift before he leaves remember?" asked the Kamishiro girl grinning with hidden joyful feelings inside.
"I still can't believe that you two already went that far..."
"Ni-san should follow the same example," said Rin seeing a sense of sadness in her good friend's eyes. Even though it was very insignificant, being a mind reader, those actions didn't escape her for a second. "Don't worry, I know ni-san will come through, I know he will."
"But... I have waited for so long and he still hasn't made any signs that he wants me... Am I not good enough for him, Rin-san? Am I doing something wrong? Does he not love me anymore?"
"I know you are not, I think it's just ni-san being... being too cautious... C'mon, Hinata, let's go and meet them, I don't want to miss Gaara-chan before he leaves." Nodding in agreement, the two young ladies exited the kitchen silently to meet the two males who were speaking a few words to another. Even though they weren't very hostile to another, Rin and Hinata could tell that the atmosphere was certainly not all that pleasant. When Naruto took a glance at Hinata, her eyes were looking at the ground but a smile still crept on her face. His wits took charge again, he clearly knew Hinata knew about the events that happened between Rin and Gaara, what troubled him that she was wearing a persona. A smile may be present but depression was underneath all that. When the silver hair demon paid a closer look, he could tell that Hinata was jealous but yet had no right to do so. Even so, Hinata definitely had something inside her, her previous envy soon changed into a deep sense of frustration and melancholy. After bidding a goodbye to Gaara and Rin, Naruto, who didn't say another word after that, took out of novel again and walked into the living room not making a sound.
"Naruto-kun," called Hinata to get his attention. The demon male turned to her with a face completely relaxed but also devoid of any emotion.
"What is it?" he asked softly with hidden grief.
"Will you still be here later?" she asked. 'Why would Hinata-chan ask me that?' thought Naruto confusedly but decided to keep his expression at neutral.
"Yeah, I will."
"Great, so please don't go, okay?"
"Yeah, I won't..." Naruto replied as he revert his attention back to his book. After giving her a soft kiss on the cheek, he entered the room without speaking another word. The girl's heart sank a bit in an instant when she received such an empty answer and limited passion. Knowing he wasn't in the mood to talk she walked back into the kitchen to continue whatever she was doing before unexpected visitors arrived. Remember what Rin advised her just minutes ago, Hinata decided to make a good surprise for Naruto later on for the day. Part of it was for Naruto and her to rid themselves from this dreaded gloom, and the other part was to spend some time alone, preferably with much intimacy.
(Several hours later)
As Hinata continued to work on her surprise for her lover, she couldn't help herself but to wonder how Naruto could ever spend his free time in absolute silence. To her knowledge, the assailant didn't leave the living room and yet he was so stealthy that anyone would assume no one was inside. How could anyone find pleasure being alone all the time? Naruto was certainly eccentric. No, eccentric would mean someone was weird but had money to back up with it. Naruto was just different, a bit too different but didn't oppose any threat. After finishing the last touches to her surprise, with avery satisfied look on her face, she went to call Naruto who was hopefully still in the living room.
"Naruto-kun," she called as her body entered the silent living room. Hearing his name being called, the demon raised his head slightly so his eyes would meet hers behind his book.
"What is it, Hinata-chan?" he asked rather in a tone completely stoic.
"You hungry?" she asked timidly. His brow raised a bit hearing that question.
"Not really," he answered and Hinata's mind couldn't believe what she was hearing, how could he be still okay after no food in such a long period of time? "It's only..." He then looked at his watch and frowned. "Noon... marvelous..." Anyone could've detected that was pure sarcasm.
"Are you sure you aren't hungry, Naruto-kun?" she asked in an amused voice since she could tell he was feeling better already.
"Okay," he said in defeat. "I am a bit hungry..." When Hinata smiled one of her'charming' smiles at him, Naruto quicklyadded a bit more to his sentence."I would prefer food this time, okay?"
"I know," Hinata replied smiling. "You want to go on a picnic? I fixed a lot of food."
"Picnic?" asked the demon hunter surprised. "Sounds interesting, but I rather stay here."
"You want to come? I would really want you to be here." Then she began to plead with her cute, half teary lavender eyes. "Please, for me?" Sensing that she truly wanted his presence, who was he to refuse? He simply smiled at her and nodded, making the Hyuga girl brighten up in an instant. She walked to his side and embraced him along with a nuzzle, soon her features turned into a teasing smile. "How could you spend the entire morning in here? Aren't you bored if you are always isolated?"
"It's not that bad," said Naruto standing up along with a insignificant smile, his height nearly towered her. "You really get to know yourself a lot better this way, you can say that it's spiritual knowledge that makes us feel complete. One can never live a life without knowing themselves and be satisfied with only materialistic realities, that is not only sad but also makes one's life feel absolutely empty." Hinata's eyes showed admiration for him once again, he was brilliant in his words and behind them he was trying to make her understand it. Naruto was not old and yet he served as two perfect archetypes in life, the Wise Old Man (he was wise but not old) and the Supernatural like leader in other's life. Not only that he was gifted with wisdom, he had shown strength for others to continue with their lives. Certainly, Naruto didn't give out physical strength but offering emotional strength gained much more in the end. Without warning, she hugged him tightly thus making him truly stunned at her sudden action. He knew she loved to hug him, but definitely not this unexpectedly.
"No wonder why I love you," she said dreamily as he smiled in return. "Should we get going?"
"Yeah."
(Somewhere else in Konoha at the meantime)
"Let's give him a little surprise now, should we?" asked Kiba to his revolutionaries. Everyone knew that was a command but they didn't argue for they liked the idea. "Before the revolt commences, let's give our little Death Knight a taste of how we feel towards him."
"What kind of surprise do you have in mind, Kiba?" asked a shinobi smirking.
"How about we have a search party and look for him?" suggested the beast master.
"Search party?" asked an elder amused.
"Yes," he answered calmly but deviously. "It's more of a search and destroy platoon."
"Why waste people now when we would kill him together?"
"Because it's more fun that way." answered Kiba whose patience was getting thin already after one simple question. Like mentioned, he must be right.
"We shouldn't be pointlessly pulling stunts like this, Kiba," the shinobi warned. "The Death Knight is a dangerous figure after all."
"Don't question my orders!" commanded Kiba loudly. "A platoon will go look for that Naruto and if you know what is good for you, you will listen to my command!" Hearing such harsh, and not to mention words filled with pure negligence, the chunnin really wanted to say something back. However, remembering that fellow who got killed mercilessly while trying to speak logic to Kiba's mind, the shinobi chose to keep his mouth shut.
"Fine..." he retortedobviously not too pleased. "When do you want a group to be dispatched?"
"Soon, after the final plans are made, 3 of you will be sent out and search for him. Think of it as delaying until the moment is completely upon us or giving the demon a little welcoming present." This may sound very logical and rational but in truth, the three men that would be send are heading to their death.
"Sounds like a plan..." said a villager.
"How long until the approximate commence time?" asked another elder curiously.
"I say in around the next 2 hours or so. Now, everyone prepare yourselves for the fight of your lives." After receiving these instructions, the large room of people gave a loud enough cheer of recognition. Kiba obviously sounded pleased with himself, everything was going according to plan. However, little did everyone know, someone else was also present hiding behind the crowd. He heard the whole thing. Seeing that no one else was paying attention to him, it was the right moment to make his own escape. Naruto was in danger, if no one would warn him, the village was heading towards the wrong direction. He had to find the demon hunter before the dispatched ninjas do. This was an absolute must.
(Meanwhile)
During their walk to the vicinity, Naruto kept a smile on his face as he continued the Hyuga girl's grace and elegant movements, she was practically dancing around in joy. How youthfully exuberant she could be, somehow, he did feel kind of jealous not able to be as carefree as her. Never in his life after being a corrupted Death Knight had he laughed like a child. Sure, he was pretty pathetic when he first saw Gai as a complete identical but yet older version of Lee, his appearance was good enough to make Naruto yell like an idiot (which was like a miracle), that was the only time that he really lost it. As she twirled around again with the brightest and most delightful face, his own smile couldn't help but turn a bit wider, she was so innocent (somewhat when she was not intimate) and yet so loving. Not knowing his own actions, he outstretched his free arm to her.
Seeing that, Hinata took his with her own and pulled him to her body in form of a dance. Naruto didn't expect such a graceful act, but yet he decided to go along with the flow. Not giving her any warnings, he lifted her under the arms and gently spun her around a several times. Angelic giggles escaped her lips when she felt this comfortable experience, she simply loved his touch. After a several minutes relaxing themselves, the duo decided a place to rest. The perfect area was an open field surrounded by trees where a few people would ever go by, privacy was something desired at the moment.
"Naruto-kun," cooed Hinata as she kissed him on the cheek. "You want to eat?"
"A bit later," he replied with a grin as he fell back onto the grass looking up to the skies. However, Hinata didn't want no for an answer. No, she wasn't demanding but the truth was Naruto haven't eaten a thing ever since last night for breakfast was never done this morning. Hearing her own stomach growling a little due to the lack of food, she took out a homemade lunch from the basket (Consisting of sushi, rice, shrimp, chicken, veggies or whatever you want it to contain) and made a small prayer. Using her plastic chopsticks, she picked out a good piece of shrimp and brought it to his lips. His now deactivated blue eyes looked at the innocent smiling face with her head tilted ever so slightly, he had to admit she was just so perfect.
"Eat it, Naruto-kun," she commanded softly which sounded like a suggestion instead of an order. "It's good, I guarantee it." Having no reason to argue with her words, he simply bit on the seafood and swallowed it. When his lips curved into a grin, she giggled knowing he liked it. Taking a piece of sushi with her chopsticks, she continued to feed him. As soon as Naruto finished the sushi, his smile told her that the food was indeed delicious. After taking in the third piece of food in his mouth, the dark assailant began to feel guilty only accepting her kindness, he needed to give some back. Using chakra to attract a pair of chopsticks to his right hand, he picked out a shrimp and fed it to her. Hinata reacted promptly to the kind offer, that made Naruto smile for he knew he was doing something right to make her happy. They continued this for a while until both were no longer hungry, and yes, the duo enjoyed every bit of the moment and cherished every second of it.
"That was great, Hinata-chan," said Narutocaringly as he put a small strawberry into his mouth with a bit of it sticking out. It might not have been intentional but Hinata clearly saw it as a challenge. Suddenly, she darted herself at him and took his lips into a deep kiss. In that bliss, her tongue swept the strawberry that was formerly his, he didn't even know what happened until it happened. After claiming her prize, she pulled away from him and flashed a mischievous and victorious grin while chewing on the fruit. The Death Knight was still dumbfounded with confusion, that expression on his face was indeed priceless.
"Got it, Naruto-kun," she said knowingly while exaggerating the sweetness of the fruit to make him a tad bit envious. "I wish you were the one eating it." When she swallowed it, the Hyuga girl wanted to make it up to him, it wasn't like he was angry but she still wanted to comfort him. A powerful sense of eagerness roamed over her as she planted a kiss on his forehead, it made her continue but more passionately and lovingly. Hinata began to kiss all over his face except his eyes, each kiss made her body wanting more, it wasn't long until she was on top of him making out and moaning with much emotion of lust, love and care. She wanted him now. Not able to control her own desires any longer, she gave him a wild kiss on the mouth and made sure he enjoyed every bit of it. While doing so, her hands slowly went over to the side of his jacket and began to push it aside signaling him to remove it. Even in that passionate bliss, Naruto's conscious was still in control. As soon as Hinata wanted to undress him, he halted her by holding her wrists telling her to stop. That was when Hinata's heart sank but of course, she wouldn't simply stop without a reason.
"Don't do it, Hinata-chan..." said Naruto softly. "I... I can't do that yet..."
"Why, Naruto-kun?" she asked in a genuinely sad voice. "Am I not good enough for you?" That question alone shocked him, it did a very good job at making him dead speechless. Not only that, those words seriously made him realize how depressed she was when her desires weren't satisfied by her lover, guilt was the only evident feeling in his system. "Am I not good enough for you, Naruto-kun?"
"No, of course you are, Hinata-chan," Naruto responded in a half hurry. "You are the one for me."
"Then why? Don't you love me? Do you not want to make me happy?"
"I... do... I do want you to be happy... don't be silly here."
"I love you so much, Naruto," she said now sniffing with some tears. "I want you so much, I need you... I need you to make me happy." The dark demon assailant frowned with shame, he loved her more than anything and yet he was powerless to commit himself fully to Hinata. It wasn't like he was interested in any other female but after being so long with the Hyuga girl and their love was a genuine love, what really made him agitated was his own fear. "Don't you want me?" She continued to ask as she leaned her body more downward so his body could feel hers more closely.
Want... what an unknown word to Naruto. How could he answer her when he was someone who had no sexual appetite for anyone? He didn't even clearly understood what the extent of this one word meant. Sure, he wanted to make her happy, he wanted to love her, he wanted to be with her forever, but the question was, did he want to make love to her? At this moment, that question wasn't something he could answer for he didn't know himself.
"Are you happy, Naruto-kun?" she asked with a tint of anger and harshness. "Are you truly happy right now? You saw how happy Rin was this morning, you know what happened between her and Gaara. She is happy because she found that someone that truly loved her, and she loved him back. Do you feel empty and not complete? Do you feel that something is missing inside yourself? Even though you love me, I know you do and I love you too, don't you feel something is missing? Do you like to feel like that."
"Yeah..." Naruto admitted sadly. "I do have this emptiness..."
"I do too, Naruto-kun," said the Hyuga girl. "I also feel something is missing deep inside me... But I do know how I can cure it. You are the only person that can heal me, and I am more than happy to relieve you from your pain. I need you, Naruto-kun."
"But... my blood..."
"Forget about it," stated Hinata not allowing him to dwell in his own self pity. "Rin is okay after making love and so will I, I cannot allow you to have something be a restriction to your own happiness. You deserve to be loved and I love you." After those words, he pulled her into a hug and kissed her passionately on the lips. She blushed at his initiative but didn't decline to any kind of love he was giving her. After a bit, they lovingly looked into each other's eyes. Naruto knew better, that statement was both flattery and sincerity to make him give in to her. Hinata was never a demanding woman, neither was he, but this was truly something she wanted. He was disgusted that he liked being praised by her.
"I want to make you feel loved, Hinata-chan," stated the demon hunter sincerely as he placed his hands around her waist. "Because you feel the same way."
"Do you want me?" she asked charmingly as she nibbled his ear trying to seduce him. He nodded knowing that he was finally overstepping that final threshold. At last, he decided that he would trust her but most importantly believe in himself. If Rin was fine, so will Hinata. As he kissed her soothingly on the lips, something clicked into his mind making him halt. Giving out a cute groan of disappointment since that kiss ended so quickly, the Hyuga girl eyed him confusedly wanting to know the reason.
"But..." he said. "I don't have a safe... you know I don't carry these things with me..." Hinata giggled hearing that, even when he was engaging the process of lovemaking he was still so... aware.
"Do you care?" questioned the girl seductively while licking his delicate lips. "We are engaged after all, right?" Naruto easily smiled at her boldness, her womanly instincts never ceased to surprise him. Not wasting another second in thought, he kissed her once again but this time his hands were also moving as if on pursuit. As he positioned them on her waist holding her still, Hinata proceeded to remove his jacket before she was interrupted, of course, this time there will be no interference. At this time, he no longer cared.
Esctacy, that was the only feeling that could ever describe this. Once Naruto's jacket was removed, he felt free from his own demonic shackles for there was no need to worry anymore or it could be that he was so lost in this trance that his conscious mind was no longer in control, he allowed his Shadow to be satisfied, allowing his own desires to be cured by his goddess, Hyuga Hinata. As soon as his black jacket was no longer attached to his body, the demon felt a fragile suction on his neck, it was clear that the girl moved on to his more sensitive parts to jolt his system with enjoyment. Not knowing his own actions, his hands gradually moved from her waist and held both her sizeable breasts wanting to know how soft and possibly luscious they were. Even behind the jacket, blouse and bra they felt ever so soft, just wait until it was finally out of the way.
Hinata moaned peacefully when Naruto continued to give her senses of pleasure from both kissing and holding her, everything seemed so perfect at that point, each passing second created another pact of desire and want. Lost in her mildly wild loving emotions, she began to kiss him more passionately while attempting to remove his black T-shirt. However, once again he halted her but not releasing his lips from her jaw just yet. When he retracted, a devilish grin formed on his ever so handsome face, Hinata could only tilt her head innocently with a tint of confusion. This time she knew he wouldn't mind having his shirt removed, but why did he stop then?
"I can't let you have all the fun now can I, Hinata-chan?" he asked charmingly.
"What do you mean?" she retorted in a question but definitely not in a harsh tone.
"You have to let me keep up with you," he replied as he unzipped her jacket fully to expose her blueblouse underneath. She gasped slightly at the speed that it happened, his fingers were working like magic. His face certainly looked pleased since Hinata liked it so much, this was not the point to disappoint her, he will show her all the love that he should've gave a long time ago, he will correct his past mistakes. After her jacket fell off her shoulders to the grass, he moved his head upward for he was still at the bottom to claim her soothing and creamy neck and throat. The Hyuga girl groaned with pleasure and silent ecstasy, she didn't know how good Naruto was catching all over her sensitive parts of body. Was he a natural or a good beginner? No, after all they have been through, Naruto was no beginner and he surely knew how to make a girl feel appreciated. As he traveled his kissed down her neck to her body, his jaw and lips skillfully loosened each button that was in his way, he made sure that his mouth touched upon every bit of exposed flesh, he did love tasting her after all and this will be no different.
The Hyuga girl grabbed his hair at this point, she was struggling so hard to control herself from losing her consciousness (Her mind, not being awake or fainted). To her, this was like torture for it just felt so lovely and yet she couldn't do the same. It didn't mean that she didn't love this, she cherished every bit of it but she clearly felt "guilty" for not able to have Naruto enjoy what she was experiencing. Instead of grabbing a handful of his hair, she decided to go around to the back of his head and untied his forehead protector so she could kiss his forehead. The Death Knight didn't even mind what she was doing to him, Hinata would never hurt him now, especially not at their process of lovemaking. As he loosened the 4 top buttons of her blouse with one hand and his mouth, it already revealed the full sized and yet luscious trapped cleavage behind a bra.
Oh, how this sight fascinated him and how desperate he was to just rip off that piece of lingerie. Not only was he trying to undress her, his right palm was rubbing her inner thigh to allow her to feel much feelings of delight and sincere care. No one ever did this for her and thus that made Hinata love him even more. At that moment, Hinata was still planting loving kisses on his forehead and who knows what her hands were doing, all Naruto and Hinata knew was that this was fully perfect. When the girl stopped her kissing, she quickly turned her attention to his ears and licked them seductively as he continued his desire to explore her luscious body. Despite how many stories he heard about naked women in the past, being with one who he loved most was most rewarding. However, as he wanted to pursue this unknown desire within himself, a very painful feeling struck his neck causing him to flinch badly. When he gasped loudly, it was good enough to make Hinata stop as well.
"What's wrong, Naruto-kun?" asked the Hyuga heiress in a hurry checking him as he held his neck. From this perspective, she could only assume that it was her that hurt Naruto in some miraculous way. Even though their moment was ruined instantly, helping her lover was much more important. "Did I hurt you, oh, I am so sorry!"
"No..." said Naruto weakly. "You didn't hurt me..."
"What happened then?"
"Something... bit me..." answered the Death Knight narrowing his eyes. Hinata's eyes opened a bit more in surprise when something was crawling on his arm, it was a bug... Somehow, it looked so familiar to her. When she turned her head to her left, she saw a dark figure standing in the shadows of the trees holding out his hand a bit with insects crawling around. It didn't take long to figure out who this was for it was none other than Aburame Shino. However, why was he here? The Hyuga girl didn't understand this at all. Moreover, why did Shino's bug bite Naruto?
As soon as the demon hunter felt the unknown presence, he turned his head and certainly looked surprised to see the insect master present. Seeing that her cleavage was very exposed at the moment, Hinata buttoned up quickly trying to hide her flushed face. However, when her eyes glanced at Shino again, her expression became serious for he wasn't even looking at her but focusing completely at the Death Knight. Shino seemed dead serious and it didn't take Naruto long to figure out he came looking for him specifically. After planting a kiss on Hinata's lip without saying a word but Hinata knew he didn't want her to be involved, Naruto walked over to Shino and expected something that was clearly not to his favour. Shino's face told him everything.
"I am very sorry for interrupting your intimate moment, Naruto," Shino apologized immediately when the two males were some distance away from Hinata so she wouldn't be able to hear them.
"It's fine," said Naruto seriously. "I know you aren't the person who would just interlude into other people's business. You must have something to tell me, what is the matter?"
"I'm afraid that something might happen soon..." stated Shino.
"Such as what?" asked the assailant in a dead calm voice, his guard was back up once again.
"Kiba has been planning something to get back at you for the past couple of days already, do you even know that?" The Death Knight honestly didn't, anger soon emerged into his head thinking how foolish Kiba could get, didn't he learn his lesson when Naruto pummeled him?
"What is his purpose, Shino?"
"Jealousy." Hearing that word, the assailant got the picture rather quickly.
"What is his plan?"
"I came to tell you that a several shinobis will be coming to get you soon," said Shino collectively but of course still showing concern for his friend. "I don't know what he did but Kiba got a lot of supporters who hate your demon and who hate you. You better get Hinata out of here, and make sure she is safe."
"If she comes with me, I will be endangering her."
"Then split up, do not return to the village together."
"Why would I return if he is there to get me?" asked Naruto in disbelief. "My presence is jeopardizing the entire village."
"Kiba is only here to get you, he isn't that stupid as to destroy his own home," explained the Aburame in a more emotional voice. "Look, as long as you are away from Hinata, the safer she is. If I were you, you should isolate yourselves now."
"Just how long will those fools be here?"
"In less than 10 minutes," answered Shino. "I'll take Hinata back while you go another direction to drag attention away from her."
"Will there be a chance that I will fight Kiba?" questioned the dark warrior grimacing. Shino nodded in response. "Damn... what did I do to make him despise me so much?"
"I would tell you but we don't have much time," said Shino as Naruto gathered chakra in his palm and attracted his jacket and forehead protector to his left hand. "You're going to get going?"
"Yeah, please take Hinata back to her home in one piece, Shino," pleaded Naruto in a way of kind requesting. "I really don't want her to be involved in this."
"What if she asks me where you went?"
"Just make up something." After giving his final instructions to Shino, Naruto disappeared from the vicinity in a flash leaving Hinata with Shino. Sighing in quiet irritation, Shino walked back to Hinata pretending nothing was wrong. Hinata frowned seeing Naruto wasn't there with Shino as he walked to her since they were just so intimate before, but seeing how serious the two men were before she didn't want to bring up anything that was distracting. When the Hyuga girl saw him again, she definitely knew something happened for Shino wasn't that much of a convincing actor. However, he was persuasive enough to act that nothing drastic was happening while in reality Naruto may suffer another case of death in the near future. Hinata somewhat bought his words in terms of Naruto was going to give her a surprise later on the day, something just happened to come up that he must attend to. However, when Hinata asked why Shino appeared in the first place, Shino (Like Naruto) skillfully refused to explain. The Aburame's words contained reasonable logic thus it was convincing enough to Hinata that nothing was wrong. Somehow, her intuition told her otherwise but she chose to ignore it, Shino wouldn't lie to her would he? Shaking that thought from her mind, Hinata and Shino returned to the village on the West Gate while Naruto continued his way to the South hoping to create a far enough distance between Hinata and himself.
(Minutes later)
"We've found him!" alerted the leader chunnin to his squad while hiding in the trees.
"He's fast," said another as he observed the assailant's travelling speed. "But agility couldn't be the only thing he could have to defeat us."
"Just shut up," said the third a little bit anxious to take action. "We are ordered to kill, not to sit here and chit chat." The second ninja glared slightly but decided to end it for their target was approaching. After the leader gave a small hand signal to advance, the three enemy chunnins leaped out of their cover and intercepted the Death Knight preparing to attack. Naruto, however, snickered at his welcoming party. If that was all, those three fools have signed their pact to hell today. As the leader and one of the subordinate dashed at him from the front, the last person went behind to attack. Little did the trio know, their tactic only made the assailant delighted, so delighted for he could taste blood again.
Unsheathing his blade in a flash and giving out a creepy battle cry, Naruto aimed his runeblade blindly behind him while still facing his two other opponents in front. As the Death Knight rushed his weapon at the back, the last chunnin gasped when he saw he was landing right on to it. Not able to stop his own movements at that time, the energized blade pierced right into his torso until it came out the other side, it didn't take a genius to know what kind of damage it dealt. Blood rushed out immediately following a tortured howl. Naruto didn't want to refer to it as howl but that man was not very graceful in his agony. Not wanting to hear his squawky voice any longer, the dark assailant unleashed the Death Coil right in his digestive system decaying everything within. In an instant, that fateless chunnin was killed.
The other two were now scared and full of fear. However, as shinobis they were taught to fight against all odds and this shall be no different. Once the remaining ninjas charged at Naruto again, the Death Knight smirked devilishly as he raised his smeared blade to defend. The kunai assault came rather quickly but nothing that Naruto couldn't handle, he was a Hidden-nin after all. The leader gasped witnessing that agility but surely felt more frightened when his eyes saw that dangerous smile forming on Naruto's face. Without any signs of warning, Naruto dashed at the two holding his charged up blade in a striking position and prepared to attack. As Naruto gave a violent horizontal swing from the right to left, the leader chunnin managed to leap back slightly so the weapon only scratched his thighs but his subordinate had both his legs sliced off at the knees. Yelling in pain, the chunnin began to fall forward as his blood continued to flow out non-stop. However, he had no time to be yelling for something else stunned him even more. When his leader dodged that attack, in less than a second, the assailant already moved the blade in a stabbing position and rushed it into his leader at the left side of his torso.
The leader couldn't even make a sound for the sensation was painful beyond imagination. His flesh felt it was forcefully torn apart, his wound felt like it was burning literally. It was true, he should be feeling burned since the blade was surrounded by chakra. Grimacing with agony, he could feel the weapon deep inside was going upward. Looking at Naruto with fear evident on his face, Naruto smirked again giving in more force to raise his weapon.
"No..." choked the leader begging for mercy.
"Why yes," replied Naruto with amusement. Giving out a loud cry of anger, the Death Knight raised his powered blade upward and disintegrated every bit of flesh that was in the weapon's way. Agonized screeches were heard before the runeblade reached his face, the remaining half alive chunnin could only watch helplessly as his commander turned into a pile of flesh meat right before his very eyes. It was so horrible that he forgot about his own pain, nor did it matter, he already knew he was finished. Flinching and fidgeting badly due to both fear and agony in the bleeding knees, he tried to crawl away futilely. He halted immediately when he saw a knife striking the ground a foot in front of him, when he turned his head around, sweat continued to drip from his forehead when he saw the Death Knight forming a grappling motion with his left hand. Not knowing how, his face was in the assailant's death grip. Muffled shrieks were heard from behind that bloody hand but it only seemed to be music to Naruto. Giving in more pressure to the skull, a sinister grin appeared on his lips before generating chakra to perform his death blow attack.
"Cripple!" declared Naruto as he completely crushed the chunnin's skull with his own death grip. Not only did he totally destroy his head that no one would be able to recognize him anymore, the body now looked messed up beyond all recognition and repair. Using a bit of strength to pull out his hand, the fragile head came off with it. Naruto snickered as the lifeless body fell on the grass.
"You wretched, rash, intruding fools, farewell. How dare you interrupt my time with my future wife! I took your lives for the better, you were foolish to challenge me." Silently, Naruto then tasted the blood that was covering his hands, victory sure tasted wonderful, the next person would be Kiba for certain if he dared to stand in his way.Even though he did savour the feeling of victory, he didn't want to give up intimacy with Hinata for this, when will he be able to feel that kind of moment again? He quickly closed all those irrelevant thoughts for now, more critical conflicts were just awaiting him.
Forming a set of hand seals, he disappeared into thin air. However, as he appeared back to existence again, his eyes narrowed with anger knowing where he was. As he turned his head to the left, his teeth gritted fiercely for Shino's words were true, a massive wave of people carrying weapons were only a mere a hundred meters or less away from him. This was the South Gate. From the looks of some of the people who spotted him, they were looking for him, those hungry smiles clearly gave the message. After calling to the others silently, all of the villagers already had the knowledge that their victim was here, the Death Knight's life was going to end and Konoha citizens will be the ones who will take it away.
"What is the meaning of this?" Naruto demanded as he held tightly onto his blade. Being very cautious at this point, the dark assailant could tell there was at least eight hundred people. He wasn't surprised if there were a thousand or more, the wisest thing was to assume the maximum amount of hostile people like how he was taught. Letting his guard down now would be his downfall.
"Oh," called out a familiar voice. In moments, that person walked to the center and it revealed to be no other than Kiba. Naruto flinched angrily while Kiba smirked darkly in return. "Uzumaki Naruto, it's so nice of you to drop by. What is the occasion?"
"Don't play dumb with me, Kiba! What is the meaning of this?" asked Naruto much more hostility than before. "What the hell is going on here?"
"Nothing much," answered the beast master. "Just a several people who happened to not like you that much, it appears that they have a problem with you still being alive." That only caused Naruto to give out a glare, which Kiba easily avoided due to his proud attitude.
"What do you want from me?" growled Naruto dangerously.
"Not a lot," replied Kiba amused with a mocking smile. "...Other than your life perhaps."
"What did I ever do to you?"
"You stole Hinata away from me, bastard!" shouted Kiba with raw fury. "How could you just return like that and take her away! I will never forgive you!"
"Only a fool would say these words," retorted the Death Knight. "Hinata-chan didn't love you and she never will! Get a hold of yourself and move on for crying out loud! If you won't do it for yourself, at least do it for Hinata-chan's case. Stop this nonsense already, I don't want the entire village population to decrease this dramatically in one day."
"That's too bad, Naruto," Kiba stated as he cackled sinisterly. To Naruto, it seemed like he lost his sanity. "We aren't giving you a choice here, everyone here wants to see you dead and I intend to meet their wish! If I can't have Hinata, either will you! It's over, Naruto, you will die this day by my hands! Inuzuka Kiba will be the victor, there will be no one that will save you! Admit defeat!"
"Don't be a fool, Kiba! Do you seriously expect that there will be consequences for this kind of action? You will be executed even if you kill me!"
"I don't care!" shouted Kiba wildly. "I am only interested in seeing your death, nothing else!"
"Are you trying to impress Hinata?" questioned Naruto with a smirk. "What makes you so sure she would be impressed if you kill her lover? What are you trying to prove? Are you trying to show her that you are an insane lunatic and a bad loser?"
"Shut up!"
"You know I am right, coward," Naruto continued with his sharp tongue. "You already know you lost a long time ago and yet you refuse to accept the facts! You have been living in denial and now, because you hate to lose, have started up something illegal! How low can you sink?"
"Shut up! How dare you lecture me? Today I am the teacher!"
"You are leading the village to death, Kiba! If you don't stop this insanity now, you are forcing me to not spare any of them."
"I said shut up!" commanded Kiba with pure hostility in his voice, even at a disadvantage Naruto's mouth was taking the lead. How could this be? How could Naruto beat him in everything? No, today will be different, the demon will die and only the satisfaction of triumph will remain. "I've had enough of you, demon! Men, kill him! Destroy him!"
"Damn..." hissed Naruto darkly to himself as he witnessed the wave of chaos approaching him in a conduct similar to a wildfire. Performing a swordsman like stance preparing to intercept, at this moment, Konoha was heading towards the trial of chaos.
AN: This is it for the revised chapter 11, Atrocious Calamity. Like I said before, the next chapter update may take around 2 to 3 weeks due to the hectic crap I will be facing or am facing already. I do apologize for leaving it in a cliff such as this one but it is cliffhangers such as these that make me need to keep going. If you want to refer it to another way, you can say I am just "evil", my friends call my that often enough. And since I have read some reviews already, I think I should do a little bit of answering because I won't be updating anytime soon. Answering these sooner is a hell lot better than later. Let's clear things up!
1Q: Why didn't Kyubi warn Naruto when he entered the spring?
1A: Okay, this is kind of strange... I'll just say I was an idiot to forget to put it in. Another reason was that I was lazy. Yes, lazy! Greyfox885 told me to make a scene like that where Kyubi talks to Naruto but I found it kind of annoying to write something like that. Eventually... I just completely forgot about it. Kyubi will have her light sooner or later so she is NOT dead!
2Q: Will Naruto leave Konoha after killing the villagers? Or will he not kill any of them?
2A: I have no idea if he will leave or not, but I know people will die. I will think more about this question when the time comes.
3Q: How come Tsunade not know this revolt stuff?
3A: The Hokage does know something is happening, I just didn't mention her perspective in this chapter. Tsunade isn't clueless but Kiba certainly started this operation in a well thought out and hidden fashion. Not even the Hokage could really grasp what is going on until the revolt completely surfaces. She does suspect something is going on but she has no evidence to back it up.
4Q: Will Naruto kill Kiba?
4A: We shall see...
5Q: Why did I think this chapter suck?
5A: I wrote it under a lot of struggles and stress, my mind certainly wasn't all out focused when I tried to concentrate. It was a lot crappier back then before I revised it last time, so I know.
6Q: Will Orochimaru show up again?
6A: Orochimaru isn't dead, so he will begin to show his face sooner or later. But right now, the villain is Kiba and not the Sound sannin so he won't appear in the next 2 to 3 chapters at minimum. However, I could make the plot really sadistic and have him come in during the fight... I'll see how the thing turns out, okay?
7Q: Will Hinata and Naruto die?
7A: That is completely possible. Yes, there could be a chance that Naruto and Hinata die because I could make their lives a complete tragedy. However, they do make love before their deaths because you know... the results of the lovemaking continue this story. Of course I know some of you would want them to live but I have considered making them dead in the future. Both ways could make the story interesting but I will decide what happens when it happens.
AN: Final words to all reviewers (I am not directing this to all of you), please leave other reviewers ALONE! Seriously now, people have the right to say what they say, so making them feel stupid, gay, or retarded losers after what they stated does not impress me in any possible way. I WILL NOT like you more if you poke fun at them, and hell, I will not think of you any more highly if you do something like that. What flamers or anyone say to me is my business, not yours. It may sound stupid to you, but I don't find it that dumb. I do not believe that I have to say this, please mind your own business. I am glad some people like it but you are in no position to say anything to other reviewers who happen to not agree with you. I hope I made myself clear enough. Sorry for sounding like a complete lecturer, but that flamer made her point. Hope you guys enjoyed that chapter of mine, I hope to write again soon. Thank you all for your kind and honest support! Catch you all again later!
