Downfall of the Light 2
Chapter 14: Dawn of Nightmare
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto in any possible way! I am just a big fan who likes to add a bit of Warcraft3 in it to make it even more interesting. If you don't sue me for making this fiction, I will be very grateful.
Legend:
"…": Speech
'…': Thoughts, and they are in italics unless it's an exception
Scenario Changes are listed in bolded italic brackets.
Updated on January 2nd 2005! Happy New Year everybody!
AN: Happy 2005 everybody! Yes, this is OpForce here posting up one of the final chapters. Of what, you ask? Of course it's the 2nd part of the trilogy of Downfall of the Light. A vast majority of you had noticed that I had a third volume of this out, I just want to check out how the results work. I suppose the outcome of the third book was very good and I hope this chapter does answer some of your questions. The next chapter that I will be posting will be the second chapter of the 3rd volume since there will be more elaboration. Once again, I will say that this volume is nearly over. I will have another chapter before the epilogue appears, or just the chapter without it. Regardless, this volume is coming to an end and I want to thank everyone who have been supporting me all the way with this. Those who only read my work and have been enjoying it, hey, continue to like it and leave a message when you can. To those who encourage me consistently, I really want to tell you that I am grateful and I am not just saying that. To those who received my weapons for Christmas from pistols to sniper rifles, please feel free to use them on me whenever I seem to piss you off with cliffs. If you start gunning me down when I have no cliff… watch yourselves. I will allow this chapter to answer the questions you may have. Without further adieu, let's get this chapter started!
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AN: Please read the AN I have at the end, there is something important that you need to know. No, it's not a poll since they are illegal. However, please read it. Let the games continue…
(At the village of Sound)
"When are we going to see Orochimaru?" questioned Kiba as he and the blond stranger started a meal at a local restaurant of the Sound village. Kiba had to admit that this place looked no different from Konoha, other than the fact that most people held a natural sense of hostility towards another. In addition, many of them had this inner desire to want more power, they lusted for new strengths and freedoms. Kiba wondered why having the need to obtain this kind of wishful thinking, but when he thought about the size of this village, he kind of grasped the idea. Hey, the Sound was small and other countries such as Wind or other large ones disregard them whether intentionally or not. It was only believable that the Sound folks always had an urge to commence a revolution or something within that category against the others. To make things worse, Orochimaru's influence was not much of help for he lusted for more power.
"We will soon enough…" answered the young blond man. "There is no need to hurry."
"Fine…" grumbled Kiba, as he took in another bite of his rice. As he chewed, in a natural impulse he took a spoonful and handed it to air on his right. The Sound ninja in front of him thought Kiba was crazy, but when the beast master's face soon drowned with regret and shame, the blond decided to drop it. Akamaru always wanted a piece of almost anything Kiba had during his meals, and Kiba was always more than willing to share. As a happy habit, Kiba would naturally give his dog some of his food, but now Akamaru was no longer here, and Naruto was the cause of everything!
"You okay?" asked the Sound nin with a bit of concern for his accquaintance.
"Yeah…" said Kiba wiping his tear, "Just remembering a lost friend…"
"How did he die?"
"That Death Knight killed him…" replied Kiba bitterly cold. "He killed Akamaru… He killed Akamaru!"
"Akamaru?" asked the blond raising a brow. "He must've been your best friend since this is more fitting for a dog. Painful, isn't it?"
"Damn that bastard…"
"We should get going now, shouldn't we."
"To where?"
"To see Orochimaru, Kiba-san," said the blond. "You do want to meet him yourself, didn't you?"
"Yeah!"
"Let's get going then." Nodding promptly, the blond Sound nin soon paid the bill and heading towards the destination of where the sannin was staying in. Kiba couldn't wait until he met this sannin, he would grant him the power that he needed to destroy that Death Knight, Naruto. All he had to do was show loyalty and determination, which was something well within his reach. Orochimaru would not be disappointed, Kiba would finally have his revenge. Like a failure would say, if you lost the first time, try and try again.
(At the training room of Orochimaru's lair)
"KUSO!" shouted a voice with much difficulty and rage. When Kiba heard that tortured sound from a several feet before he reached the entrance with the blond man, he could tell that did not belonged to Orochimaru. Furthermore, two other voices were emitting groans and gasps as well. From what Kiba could gather, the other two were equally in pain or experiencing something in similar. As Kiba and the blond entered, they found three teens around three years younger than Kiba's age on the floor, holding their bodies in agony or simply lying there where the simpleword uncomfortable would not even describe the feeling they were feeling. What shocked Kiba even more were that there were a several doctors examining their torment with cold faces, they obviously weren't giving a damn about the agonized youths when theyactually needed assistance. On the left, Orochimaru held a cold, strict and heartless expression, he seemed to be disappointed at those three.
"Help…" begged one of them, which was a girl with mid long orange hair with dark eyes. "Help me…" It was then she practically grabbed her own left breast as if she was suffering from a heart attack. She wasn't looking anything close to acting. Veins visibly appeared on her arms, sweat and tension were present too. What did the doctors do? They simply observed them unfeelingly as the desperate youths continued their silent pleading.
"That's what you three deserve for failing your mission," scolded the sannin angrily in a hiss. From what Kiba saw, the sannin's arms were still bandaged but he now had fingers out of them for he could move them easier. Although his pain had gradually diminished, some of it still remained and at this point, he still couldn't use any of his techniques. "And how could you lose one of your allies? He's gone because of your incompetence!"
"I'm sorry… Orochimaru-sama…"
"Silence!" cried the in power sannin. "How dare you talk back at me?"
"We're really sorry…" whimpered a boy with six arms like an arachnid. "Forgive us…"
"Silence, Kidoumaru!"
"Orochimaru," called the blond to the snake leader. "Give Jiroubo, Tayuya, and Kidoumaru another chance, would you?" Orochimaru's face turned from a hostile and enraged one to a friendly one immediately when he looked at the blond. Although he turned friendlier, he sensed a dark expression was still noticeable on his face.
"Do you even know what you are saying, Akira?" questioned the sannin with a sneer. Akira, so that was his name, Kiba thought to himself to remember this name carefully. The three on the floor didn't even seem to notice Kiba and Akira's presence until Orochimaru declared it out loud.
"Sakon might've been killed," said Akira not really knowing what actually happened, but seeing only three of them were here, he safely assumed the last one had an accident. "But I am sure that his allies didn't want that to happen, right?" The three teens nodded immediately in spite of their pain. "Punishing them like this doesn't help the situation get any better, the wisest thing to do is for them to get better in a more encouraging way so such an accident does not happen again. Orochimaru, just let it go this time."
"You are too soft on them, Akira!"
"I may be," admitted the blond with a smirk. "But it does help them get better nonetheless." Orochimaru thought about it for a few seconds before giving a reply. He also gave an irritated sigh midway.
"You three are lucky that Akira-sama is giving you some face," scowled the sannin at the three. "The next time I will make you three know the ultimatum for failing me! Doctors, give them the medicine." With that, the sannin exited the training room with silence, walking past both Kiba and Akira but stopped a bit. "I will see you and that boy next to you in half an hour, clear?" The Sound blond nodded with a smirk while Kiba rather paid close attention to the three around fifteen feet in front of him. The doctors handed them a small 100mL bottle to each of them. And soon, Tayuya, Jiroubo and Kidoumaru popped the cap open and swallowed the contents desperately. As the three finished, their bodies became evidently more relaxed.
"There," said one of the doctors coldly. "We've added an additional 20mg of Gripheptan in here, you guys should be okay for another six hours. If you don't want to get yourselves messed up, just don't screw up."
"Thank you very much…" said Tayuya in a drained state along with the other two breathing heavily.
"Kuso…" cursed Jiroubo looking away angrily.
"Whatever, just do your tasks right." With that said, the doctors made their way out of the room leaving five people in the room. Kiba was just shocked at how those three were treated, talk about your unfriendly surprises. As the three stood back up taking in a deep breath of air, the girl, Tayuya, took a small glimpse at Akira and blushed ever so insignificantly. It wasn't long before she walked towards theolder man, who looked no older thannineteen,standing with her hands in front of her like any girl would at times. However, little did Kiba knew, Tayuya wasn't that type of person that would go all girly like.
"What is it, Tayuya?" asked Akira softly with a touch of sympathy.
"Thank you…" she said quietly trying to hide her flushing cheeks. "Thank you for reasoning with Orochimaru-sama for us… or we would be suffering for another ten hours of no antidote…"
"What…" asked Kiba to himself rhetorically trying to understand what she was saying. Antidote… why would she need an antidote?
"Don't thank me," saidAkira putting a hand on her shoulder. "Sakon is already gone, I don't think Orochimaru should be putting any more of you guys… I know it was must've been emotionally difficult to a certain extent. You guys must've faced enough out there during your last mission."
"Yeah…" she replied although Sakon was more of an ally and not very much a friend to her.
"Hey, Tayuya!" called Kidoumaru with Jiroubo beside him at another door on the far end.
"What?" questioned the Sound girl very annoyed and meanly. Kiba was stunned at her change of voice, it was like he was looking at another person in an instant. Not to mention Tayuya sounded like a tomboy right now.
"We are going to rest before training," said the chubby Jiroubo emotionlessly.
"You should come too, you need it."
"Mind your own business," scolded the orange hair girl very irritated. "I don't need a fat ass and a spider freak to tell me what to do!"
"Hey, your loss," said Kidoumaru before he took off wanting his free time. Jiroubo gave a cold glance before following his comrade back to their chambers. As Tayuya eyed them leave, she then turned back to Akira with the girl like persona before speaking. Unquestionably, Kiba was beginning to be scared of her and he didn't even know this girl!
"Did you have to be like that, Tayuya?" asked the blond with a grin.
"They deserved it for interrupting me," she replied easily.
"Are you going to rest then?"
"I will later, don't worry. Hey Akira-sama, who is he?" The he she was referring to was obviously Kiba. The older Sound nin smirked a little before giving the girl an answer.
"He is Inuzuka Kiba," said Akira in a friendly voice, or rather half friendly. "After I found out that he led a civil revolt in Konoha against a Death Knight, I knew he had enough potential to be helpful for the Sound. Konoha would be hunting him down as a criminal if he had no place to go. I suggested that Kiba-san here would prove to be verysupportive if he planned to take part in our motives."
"Are you talking about the Death Knight that Orochimaru-sama has been talking about all this time?"
"Yes, the exact same one."
"What is your obsession in Death Knights anyway?"
"I am here to hunt them all down, that's what a Paladin is supposed to do." It was then when Tayuya outstretched her hand to Kiba expecting a handshake. However, neutrality and possibly even unkindness features werefilled on her expression. Hesitantly, the beast tamer shook her hand but he flinched slightly as the girl gripped on hard.
"It's nice to meet you, Kiba," said Tayuya stoically. "Learn not to get in my way if you know what's good for you. If you do… don't blame me if I kick your sorry ass." With that said, the girl released him and walked towards the doors on the far end leaving an astonished Kiba and a smirking Akira.
"What was that?" asked Kiba completely shocked and confused.
"It'll be fine once you get to know her," replied the blond calmly. "You got any questions for me?"
"Yeah… will I need to see her again?"
"You probably do, I got a strong feeling that Kidoamaru, Jiroubo, and Tayuya would be your future teammates and partners."
"You're not serious!" yelled Kiba in disbelief. "How can I work with those… freaks?"
"Look at it this way," Akira gave out a cough before continuing. "The team consists of a spider abomination, a fat butt, and a girl with bad and incredibly dangerous unpredictable attitude. Now with a dog boy, you just complete the circus." That only made Kiba scowl for he did not finding any humour in the blond man's words.
"Not that funny, Akira-san…"
"To me it was though."
"Hey, you got any info on them so I could know them a little better? I don't want that girl to kick my ass just because I didn't know what I did to piss her off." Hearing that, Akira merely reached into his pouch and took out a several nin-info cards. Kiba's eyes opened up a bit seeing that he saw those cards before but it was a long time ago. The last one he witnessed was from that traitorous Kabuto, who was killed in the hands of Naruto. At least that was what he was told. In reality, Reaper and Raider were the ones who ended his life. Akira handed three cards to Kiba, which the beast boy immediately started reading them out loud.
"Hope you can get a better understanding."
"Tayuya of the North, age 14, strengthening implants stage 3… Orochimaru-sama's second living elite… All personal data has been deleted…" Kiba's eyes narrowed at this result, it didn't tell him a bloody thing about her! There were no mission records, fighting style, strengths, weaponry, other than she was from Sound, her name, her photo and what he read. He only tried another one.
"Kidoumaru of the East, age 14… Orochimaru-sama's third living elite. Stage 4… he also has no personal information… what on earth?" He then went to the third one. "Jiroubo of the South, age 15… stage 2, Orochimaru-sama's fourth living elite… No personal data…" Kiba soon read a small message that he didn't catch earlier. "Use them as you will, they are expendable at anytime? So these three are not even considered shinobis but are rather equipment?" Akira only nodded. "Why?"
"You know Orochimaru wants results, he wouldn't care for anyone as a person unless they proved their worth. Out of a hundred people, less than one is worthy to be considered a human in his eyes. I have to admit, I am the only exception."
"Damn…"
"It's not impossible for him to regard you as somebody," explained the the Paladin. "Of course that wouldn't be that easy."
"How do I do it, Akira?"
"Just do things that would make Orochimaru respect you. Don't mess up on missions or simple tasks alike. You don't need to necessarily suck up to him for he hates that. Just do things right and you will be fine."
"What happened to those three earlier…"
"Their drugs' effect wore off and the side effects kicked in." said the blond easily with a grin.
"Why do they need drugs?"
"It temporary enhances their physical capabilities. In other words, it makes them fight better."
"What for? Can't they fight without it?"
"Orochimaru doesn't think that they are good enough yet," justified the Sound nin crossing his arms slightly. "And in addition, his patience is rather thin. To boost up their strengths, he used a strengthening drug on them to increase their developments or rather make them more useful to him. Of course, such a drug does have its weaknesses for it is for a short amount of time, and when it wears off, it gives drastic pain to the body and the only ways of healing the painare giving the proper antidote or give more of the same drug so the body would be relaxed. However, overdosing can be very harmful to the internal system, so the antidote is strongly preferred."
"But… why don't they just carry it with them… you know, just in case the effect does run out?"
"Oh, Orochimaru couldn't do that, Kiba-san," The beast master could only blink.
"And why not?"
"Then those three could run away anytime, right? Having the antidote here can ensure absolute loyalty for if they don't return when the pain kicks in… well, they will be in so much suffering that they wish they were dead." A grunt of frustration escaped from Kiba in a quiet fashion, but it didn't escape Akira for a second. In fact, the young shinobi only smirked.
"But still…"
"That's what you get for working under him," stated Akira without any kind of worries or happiness. His voice was very mutual indeed. "Trust is a hard thing, you have to earn it or it will never be there. Furthermore, if you lose it, you lose it forever. If I were you, you better smarten up before you start getting any tasks from him or you will be suffering like how Tayuya and the others were moments ago. I may be someone that he fully respects but if you are under his command, there isn't that much that I could do to help you. I strongly advise you to be cautious and also, be prepared for anything."
"I understand…"
"Are you ready to help Orochimaru to get your revenge?"
"Yeah…" answered the Inuzuka quietly after considering every other possibility. He had no other choice, this was the best option for he had an uneasy feeling knowing surviving squads in Konoha would be looking for him sooner or later. Even though he would be like a piece of apparatus of combat, he would gradually earn the sannin's respect.
"Then let's get you enlisted to the Sound then."
(At the Wind Country)
"What did you say, Rin?" asked Gaara to his loving girlfriend at his living room. They were obviously at home. "You are not serious…"
"What I said is all true," continued the Kamishiro girl calmly while her Sand boyfriend was losing his usual cool. It was somewhat amusing to see someone go completely whack once in a while but this wasn't the time. "Konoha had a revolt on ni-san… seventeen hundred people perished in one night. You can say it was the Four Hour War… Konoha lost in four hours…"
"Don't tell me it's because he is a Death Knight,"
"That is the only reason," said Rin sadly. "They can never accept ni-san's demon… even though Kyubi and himself are not evil."
"Worthless bastards, that's who they are…"
"I'm sorry that it happened,"
"It's nothing that we can help on in spite of how badly we don't want it to start… What ticks me off of course is that I wasn't there again…"
"It's not your fault, Gaara-chan," stated the violet haired girl. "I don't think you would want to be there. Besides… ni-san is okay, he just suffered from a broken arm…"
"Of course we don't want to be there, who would want to take part against a civil war? However, running away from it doesn't solve anything either. If you can help, do something… but I wasn't able to do anything to be there for Naruto…"
"You are not to blame, Gaara-chan," she stated as she walked to him giving Gaara an embrace. "I am sure ni-san might be glad that you weren't there, he doesn't want anyone else hurt."
"Was anyone else hurt besides himself?"
"Haku-sempai showed up... he suffered from major exhaustion…"
"Major? Will he be okay?" asked Gaara very concerned about this subject. Rin just nodded before resting her head in his chest. She hadn't seen him for a several days and she already missed him so badly.
"Haku-sempai is really strong," she said confidently but her voice was soft. "I'm sure some rest would make him as good as new."
"Let's just hope so… I just wish the revolt didn't affect Naruto mentally…"
"Don't talk about ni-san right now, Gaara-chan…" Rin stated as she skillfully took his lips into a deep passionate kiss. The Sand nin was not prepared for this and in addition, her kiss was too seductive as if it was trying to get him into a trance. Although Gaara was similar to the Death Knight in a lot of attributes… the woman he loved deeply was his major weakness for he couldn't refuse her in nearly every possible way.No need toworry,Gaara stood his ground enough times but this was something Rin literally dominated him in. As she retracted from him, a slight shade of pink was still on her face before she started to do something that made Gaara's eyes widen. Rin was slowly undressing in front of him.
"Rin… What are you doing?" he asked in a panicky way while she took off her thin jacket. "It's the living room!"
"We can do it in the bedroom, Gaara-chan,"
"What! Now! Like… now? But… Rin…"
"For me, please?" she pleaded innocently as she lifted her tanktop over her head thus revealing her bra that was covering her beautiful cleavage. At that instant, if self discipline and control was not something that he had, he would've ripped off that lingerie right there and then. The Sand nin blushed radiantly as he felt her smooth hands guiding his head towards her breasts allowing it to rest there. They were so soft and luscious, Gaara would never deny such a fact.
"Rin-chan…"
"You finally called me Rin-chan," said the Kamishiro girl in a touched voice while holding him firmer on the head. "I love you so much, Gaara-chan."
"Are you sure you want to do it so soon?"
"I missed you so much… I was so worried. Please… make love to me…" Gaara thought about it carefully, and the needs of it in her eyes were truly sincere. It wasn't like Rin was trashing the meaning of lovemaking, he had to realize that she would only do it for him. But more importantly, this would help her ease anything that bothered her. Worrying about Haku, Naruto and his own safety may be too much for a girl with a gentle heart to handle. Although she was determined, there was something called limitation.
"Sure…" Without saying a word, the two of them headed upstairs to Gaara's bedroom and awaited the excitement that they only treasured for another. Of course, Gaara picked her up bridal style so she would be saved from walking. The girl claimed his lips into another passionate kiss before Gaara closed the door shut and locking it. To Rin, this was the best method to heal any sort of troubles she had. Making love with Gaara had to be the best thing this world had to offer.
(Next day in the outskirts of a village)
"Hey, you know that we will get yelled at if we screw up again, right?" asked Tayuya while jumping across a tree branch. "I don't want to be scolded for once…"
"Looks like that old man really uses us to his liking, ne?" asked the fat Sound elite more rhetorically.
"Yeah… he does," the last person on the team spoke.
"You two better not mess up for me," she commanded meanly but turned her face with a bit of sadness afterwards.
"Looks like we will have to participate in another long fight," stated the South Sound nin.
"It can't be helped," said the spider look-a-like, "It's better to kill than be killed."
Tayuya, Jiroubo and Kidoumaru soon arrived at the designated 'headquarters' that Orochimaru ordered them to be at in that time. Luckily, they made it a several minutes earlier to avoid any scolding or unnecessary discipline. This so-called headquarters was an area that the Sound troops took over, formally it only served as a scouting post. Nevertheless, this was useful enough. As the three approached the doctors, they handed them a small bottle containing their drug. As they consumed it, the sannin halted them before the squad advanced.
"You three remember what the mission is, right?" questioned Orochimaru with a sinister expression of voice. "Set the detonators in the center of the village and then retreat. Use any method that you can you get the job done."
"So what you're saying is I can do whatever I want with the others?" asked Kidoumaru smirking.
"Right?" questioned Jiroubo.
"Shut up, you guys." Tayuya ordered harshly as she leaped to a tree heading off without them.
"Kuso…damn that girl..." cursed the arachnid male before he and he chubby teammate followed suit.
"I hope this invasion task wouldn't be too hard on these three," stated Orochimaru scoffing a bit as Akira and Kiba walked over to him. "I want to show you, Kiba, that what my meaning of mission completion is. So you should use this mission that Tayuya and the other two are completing as an example for you. Whether they succeed or fail, for you, it's a win and win situation for you to get to know me better."
"I'll make good use of this…" said Kiba as he paid close attention to the currently under attacked village not too far away from his sight range. His eyes narrowed as explosions continued to erupt from every direction, was this how the Sound coordinated their battles, or was it just those three?
"Let us enjoy the fireworks that will come."
(Next day in the Hyuga Mansion, Hinata enters the lounge where Naruto, Neji and Sasuke were)
"The final plans are done now, Naruto-kun," stated the Hyuga girl as she pleasantly took a seat beside her fiancée, who was playing Chinese chess with Neji. The Uchiha was enjoying himself with a yo-yo, not the greatest thing a person like him should like but the other two males had to agree that Sasuke was very good at doing tricks with it. Maybe that was how Sasuke was so skilled in timing during battles. How did these two factors relate to another? The only person with the answer was the Uchiha and no one else.
"What plans?" asked Naruto half-paying attention to Hinata since he needed to concentrate. Neji scoffed a little hearing Naruto's question. What plans… that was just funny.
"The plans for the wedding day, silly!" scolded the Hyuga girl playfully as the Death Knight took several abuse hits. Sasuke turned his face away and tried hard not to laugh.
"Quiet, Hina-chan," said Naruto blocking her fist while not even looking at her. "I need to concentrate…" When he made the next move, he knew he messed up for the Hyuga captain snickered. Once it was Neji's turn, he moved it in such a crucial point, which made Naruto wanted to scream. Of course, his pride wouldn't allow him to do that.
"Check, Death Knight," taunted Neji in a friendly voice. "It's over."
"Damn…" cursed the assailant in defeat.
"That two for me, good game, man,"
"You're just saying that because you won…" muttered the dark assailant.
"Don't be such a bad loser, Naruto-kun," said Hinata resting her head on his shoulder. "It was a good game."
"I would've lasted longer if you weren't interrupting me."
"I had nothing to do with this." Hinata declared distinctively and with a touch of innocence. "You're just bad."
"Fine, I didn't have enough practice, okay?"
"Better." Hinata stated giving a kiss on his cheek.
"I suppose you would want a rematch?" questioned Neji as he tidied up the chessboard on the table. "Knowing you, I mean."
"A rematch would be nice," said Naruto also helping a little. "I'll face you again after some practice and possibly even when I find the time."
"That's good to hear."
"Hey, Hinata," called Sasuke as he flipped his yo-yo into his back pouch. "What kind of plans were you referring to when you came in?" The Hyuga girl's lips soon formed into a smile, which made the Uchiha grin slightly. Even though Sasuke wasn't Hinata's boyfriend, he really appreciated her tender smiles.
"The wedding plans, of course," stated Hinata in an as a matter of fact like tone. She then poured herself a cup of tea before continuing. "Father and I have finalized a day for it. I have to say it is a perfect day."
"Which day is it then?" asked the Death Knight as he took the girl's cup of tea and drank it deliberately. That action only caused Hinata to punch him playfully in the arm along with a pout. Sasuke snickered as of result and Neji only remained silent.
"It would be on March 27th, Naruto-kun," answered Hinata as she poured another cup for herself. While doing so, she took a glimpse of her custom made platinum ring, Hinata just loved it so much. She quickly made note to herself to store it away so she wouldn't damage it later on. Although she may love this ring, she treasured it and wanted it to remain in perfect condition. It was very articulated and it could be damaged easily.
"That's somewhat over two months from now, Hinata-chan," said Naruto as he distracted her a little while his hand darted for the teacup. However, the girl noticed it ahead of time and quickly yanked it to her lips drinking the contents. Naruto smirked with a hint of happiness, Hinata was a quick learner indeed.
"Is that a bit too soon?" asked the Uchiha wondering if it was such a good idea. Of course, he was only saying it for the sake of being a friend. "Two months isn't a lot of time."
"I'm sure it will be fine," assured Neji giving a smile. "They already got their wedding ring and all. Also, the Hyugas view marriage as an important event, they won't take their time and quality can be expected. Believe me, our clan members will get things done very quickly if their future heiress is getting married."
"Getting married at the age of sixteen… I certainly never expected that…"
"I suppose love conquers all, ne?" asked the Hyuga captain attempting to lighten up the mood even more.
"I don't think so," said Naruto as he pulled Hinata close by the waist. "Just because you love another, it doesn't mean things just can get done. As far as I am concerned, I think love is very fragile…" Neji and Sasuke jerked slightly hearing such words, but yet it held so much meaning. "If the two people do not work to maintain their love, it could easily be destroyed. At the same time, it is because the people love another that is why they are willing to protect it. The sense of commitment must be present for the love between another to survive, otherwise… the two people are better off not loving another to begin with.
"I love Hinata-chan with more than just my heart, I love her because she is willing to care about me even more than I care about myself. I am not willing to give up anything to separate from her, but I will give up anything in order for her to be okay. I know it may sound kind of contradicting, but Hinata is too important for me to just treat her like family. To me, I don't mind if I might not be the top of her importance list. All she needs to realize is that I put her as number one."
"Naruto-kun…" Hinata sniveled a little bit, she was very moved by his words. The girl promptly embraced him tightly, which he returned without hesitation. Neji and Sasuke both smiled with gladness before Neji gave a silent cough for them to cut it out. Hinata broke away with a blushing face as Naruto's eyes formed a bored glare telling Neji that was uncalled for. The Hyuga male simply shrugged as a response. "I'm sorry…"
"It's fine," said Sasuke not too impressed with his captain. "My so called leader just has no taste in love. No, let me correct that, I think Neji here pictures hugs and all like child's play since he prefers the process of making love when one is gratified. He loves intercourse a lot more than simple kisses." Naruto smirked instantly while Hinata's face reddened.
"What did you say!" shouted Neji to his raven haired subordinate very embarrassed that his secret of making love to Tenten was revealed to Hinata. He didn't know if Tenten told anyone about it but he safely assumed that she didn't. "How could you, Uchiha!"
"It's true, you know," coughed Sasuke sensing his captain's anger. "Well, it's not like Naruto doesn't know, you did tell him at the bar the other day."
"Hinata-sama might not know, you twit!" cried Neji angrily, as he wanted to obliterate his teammate. "You dumb butt! Come back here, you coward!" It was too late, Sasuke already made a quick dash and left the room in less than a second. Being Neji, he wouldn't allow things to be left unsettled. Oh, Sasuke will die… He guaranteed it. As the lavender eyed boy chased after the Uchiha, the only ones left in the lounge was Naruto, who was still smirking, and a flushed Hinata.
"Looks like we will be attending a funeral soon," stated Naruto smiling at the Hyuga girl. "I like funerals because I get to see the corpse." He wanted to laugh at his own statement but when he saw Hinata was still in a stage of trying to absorb the previous info, laughing would make him lookretarded. Her cheeks contained a tint of pink, she still seemed confused about what Sasuke said earlier.
"Neji-ni-san and Tenten… they did it too?" she asked rhetorically.
"Yes… they did," answered Naruto wondering what was so hard to understand about two people going the full way of intimacy.
"You knew about this?"
"Yeah, Neji stated it quite… proudly… at the bar when we reunited. If I were you, don't tell Tenten and the girls that you know about this. I don't think Tenten would want you to spread this kind of news about her private life…"
"I feel empty, Naruto-kun," said Hinata now leaning on him.
"Empty?" he asked a bit confused.
"You know we are one of the only couples that haven't made love yet, don't you?" questioned the Hyuga girl as silent as a kitten, and holding his hand in hers at the same time. "Do you know how much I want you, Naruto-kun? I want you so badly…"
"Let's control our… desires for a while, Hinata-chan," advised Naruto with a smile but it only ended with the girl pinning him down on the couch with her above him. She was staring intently at him as if she could take him right there and then.
"I want you so much, Naruto-kun," Hinata said as she kissed him on the neck soothingly. "Can you satisfy me? I know you won't disappoint me…"
"But we're getting married soon, Hinata-chan,"
"It's because we're going to get married, that's why we should go for it," At that point, she was already kissing him on the mouth and moaning in it to seduce him further. "You were willing before Shino interrupted us last time, are you up to it now?" Her hand then reached for his neck, and her fingers were going up and down repeatedly to feel his skin. For a guy, he had quite the softness in it.
"But the marriage is in two months…"
"I know, but I don't think I can wait any longer… You're here with me, you are my future husband, I love you with all my heart, you love me as well… what's wrong if you and I go further with our intimacy? It's not like we are committing adultery, we are truly meant for each other." Hinata moved forward and took his lips into another blissful kiss, not allowing Naruto to refuse her, not wanting him to get away. She needed him, a sense of unknown lust grew within her, and the only person who can satisfy it was her fiancée. All he needed to do was comply and they would be in heaven. The Death Knight's tongue moved in rhythm with hers as her tongue made entry to his mouth. To both of them, it was a fiery dance of passion, and a dominance to decide who will claim the precious air that they needed to breathe. However, they were more than willing to share. Once both were out of breath, Hinata leveled herself a little higher inhaling audibly as Naruto stayed still and observed her pink cheeks.
"Are you sure you want to do this, Hina-chan?" asked Naruto holding on her hips.
"Are you then? Are you willing to?" she asked quite seriously and demanding an answer even though her voice was divine.
"If I was prepared last time… I suppose I can do it now…"
"Don't doubt yourself, Naruto-kun," cooed the girl as she kissed him again. "I know you won't disappoint me… nor will I disappoint you."
"You seem confident, Hinata-chan… tell me."
"I just love you too much to make you disappointed in me," she said with a giggle.
"We only have two months to go before we get married… do we have to?"
"Of course we don't…" She soon licked his ear and allowing a trail of saliva connecting from her tongue to the ear. Hinata figured she may have left a small mess, she was more than willing to clean it up by licking even more. The Death Knight knew she was teasing him, it wasn't hard to figure out, and she was just so marvelous at it. "But I don't want to wait… don't keep me waiting, Naruto-kun… I am sure you want to take me as well."
"Hinata…"
"Kiss me…" she ordered as she began to make herself comfortable with him. "Do anything you want with me… make me feel appreciated… love me…" Getting into that mood for lust once again, the Death Knight discarded all previous uncertainties and gave in to her demands. It wasn't like he didn't want to make love with his gorgeous goddess, the current situation was just not the best time to commit such an act. The assailant realized how skilled the girl was to get her way, and he was partially sickened that he actually gave in so easily. He didn't have the mind to get on that subject now, all he needed was her. He loved Hinata deeply, as long as she was happy he was satisfied. If it was a several years back, there was no possible way that he would even consider to have intercourse with her. It was different today, their road of trials had only brought them to be closer lovers, and now they have the maturity and stability to do something that intimate.
Not permitting any negative thoughts to furtherpurge his mind, he began to unbutton the indigo blouse to reveal her cleavage underneath that was hidden behind her violet tank top underneath. Hinata was very content at his movements, she would consider them the works of magic for it brought her a sense of completion. Finally, after long waits, uncalled for interruptions, incredible amount of lessons of controlling her shadow, it had come to this… making love at full length with her Naruto, her one and only lover. Without knowing, his hands have slipped underneath her shirt and began to massage her sizeable breasts, Naruto's eyes opened a bit more knowing that she wasn't wearing a bra… like the first time. He feathered them delicately as if it was something worth treasuring, and Hinata only began to moan peacefully but with lust as well. Each movement tempted her to release herself fully, she couldn't imagine Naruto to be this good at the start of lovemaking, he was definitely skilled in getting her in the mood.
"Naruto!" shouted a voice opening the door. That sudden interruption made both of them jump a bit, and Naruto quickly pulled his hands out of her shirt while Hinata's face was red due to embarrassment. When the duo saw who it was, Sasuke, the so-called intruder, was standing there in awe for Hinata's shirt was half way up, the lower half of her breasts were exposed but she quickly slipped it back down. He didn't suffer from any nosebleed but he would say that was tempting. As the Hyuga girl tossed a cushion at the Uchiha's face, Sasuke shook his head a bit thus returning to reality.
"What, Sasuke…" said the Death Knight very irritated that this was the second time they were interrupted. If he didn't have a good reason of barging in, Naruto would kill him.
"I see we can't really leave you two alone…" murmured the Uchiha trying to control his laughter. "I really thought I would be meeting mini-Hinata's and Narutos…" That only earned a bored glare from the silver haired shinobi obviously not finding that statement funny.
"We were a little busy here, Sasuke-kun," Hinata said while her tolerance level was at the verge of volcanic eruption. How dare he interlude when she was trying to make love to her lover! If your reason is not good enough… you will…I am...
"Sorry for that… Tsunade-sama gave this mansion an urgent call a minute ago,"
"Urgent call?" questioned the Death Knight with his seriousness returning. "What is it about?"
"He asked Neji, you, Hinata, Sakura, Tenten and I to show up at the hospital ASAP."
"The hospital?" asked the heiress trying to understand the current situation. "Who's there?"
"I don't know… but Uchiha Itachi is there as a patient…"
"A patient?" The girl said in much disbelief, Naruto recoiled hearing that as well. "How…"
"I don't know too much myself… but I want to see my brother," said Sasuke. "You coming, guys?"
"Definitely…" Naruto said as he slipped off the couch. The girl then picked up her discarded blouse and began to button it back up. Naruto watched her elegance, just watching her dress herself made him wanted her. If Sasuke wasn't around, he might've taken her right there and then. Rip every button off… forcing her breasts to be revealed to him… pull down those pants and penetrate through her panties and possibly tearing them off her body of purity. The Death Knight blinked a several times wondering why he thought of such things about her, was his sexual appetite beginning to kick in? Naruto didn't like it one bit, he simply dropped it and gave Hinata a soft kiss before the three of them made their way to the hospital to visit their special patient, Uchiha Itachi.
(At Konoha Hospital)
"I understand… Tsunade-sama…" Naruto heard this voice before the three made a turn at the next hallway intersection. Based on his memory, the assailant was sure that was Neji speaking. As they finally made that turn, the trio found Tenten, Sakura, and Neji with the female Hokage. As Tsunade noticed the new presence, she greeted them with her kind smile. Hinata and Sasuke promptly bowed due to respect while Naruto simply smirked in recognition.
"What's the current situation?" asked Naruto to the four. "How is sempai?"
"He's just suffered from a major case of exhaustion," replied Sakura a bit sadly.
"There are no major injuries or minor ones fortunately," added Tenten with equal expression.
"What I am more interested in is how he got himself like this," said Sasuke looking through the glass to see his older brother resting somewhat comfortably. Uchiha Itachi… he hadn't seen him for ages. Although he knew his brother didn't kill the clan for fun, he still had a sense of anger towards him. He did receive letters in the past that was written by him, and Sasuke read and kept all of them. However, words can deceive others and Sasuke always wanted to meet him in person again. He just never expected he would be seeing him like this… as a patient. Deep down, he was worried how Itachi gotten himself into such a wasted state. Being someone who had a conscience and feelings, he needed to know what happened.
"Sasuke-kun," whispered Sakura with evident concerns for her boyfriend.
"I will tell you, Sasuke," said Tsunade. "This world would suffering in another trial of chaos." Sasuke, Naruto, and Hinata recoiled slightly hearing that, what did she mean? The other three remained quiet, the demon hunter safely assumed that they had more knowledge of this circumstance. What Naruto needed now was more backup details.
"Where was Itachi-san before?" asked Hinata softly.
"He was at Wave Country," answered the blond Hokage. "And from what I could gather from him… Wave is completely destroyed and took over…"
"By who?"
"The Sound."
"What!" shouted the Uchiha angrily. "How did this happen? Why did the Sound…"
"I will assume that the Sound needed to expand on their territory since they are a small village," justified the Death Knight not liking this news one little bit. "I will also safely believe that the Wave is the weakest country of all of them, they do have the least amount of shinobis after all."
"How would you know this, ni-chan?" asked Sakura worriedly.
"I was a Hidden-nin there," answered Naruto stoically. "I have to know their prosperity levels and all underground info about them ahead of time. Although this is… or was classified information about the village… since it's destroyed, I shouldn't be holding anything back. After I completed enough missions for Wave to achieve a proper prosperity, that was when they had more abilities to continue training ninjas. If I recall correctly, that was two years ago. I am not sure how much of a development a village could undergo after a two year period of time.However, I guess the Sound wanted their improvements to stop before it got out of hand since they were the weakest amongst the others."
"Damn that Orochimaru…" cursed Tenten forming a fist. "First he attempted to attack us… now he wiped out others!"
"What puzzles me is how Orochimaru obliterated the Wave this quickly," said Neji catching all of their attention. "In spite of how weak the Country is… due to the Sound's population, it's not too possible that they could defeat a much larger village in just one day." Naruto never even thought of that.
"That is weird…" agreed the Hyuga girl.
"Itachi told me something before he slept," said Tsunade thus making the six youths turning their heads to her. "He said that three new elites appeared there, they served as the main powerhouse."
"Three of them?" questioned Sasuke.
"What are they?" added Naruto.
"Itachi said those three… they are not your average shinobis…"
(Yesterday during the Invasion)
"Looks like there are even more of them here…" said Jiroubo punching a civilian into pieces due to his massive strength. He then eyed at the distance where a legion of people holding farming weapons ran towards them in a mob like fashion. The chubby Sound-nin snickered.
"Yeah," agreed Kidoumaru as he released a web to capture two people. With a violent throw to the ground, he easily smashed their heads apart. "But it's really not much fun fighting a bunch of weaklings. They die too easily!"
"Whatever," retorted Tayuya narrowing her eyes. "We were ordered to kill anyway." Once again, the girl of the team took initiative and left the other two grunting at her bossy nature. Not wanting her to get killed, Kidoumaru and Jiroubo followed suit as Tayuya summoned ferocious beasts with her magical flute. The villagers gasped and attempted to run away. However, as the claws plowed through the back and out from the stomach, that poor victim was killed instantly.
"Die, fools!" cried the South Sound nin as he whipped a giant boulder at the incoming people. Clearly knowing what a boulder could do, each villager decided to flee. However, there were unfortunate ones who were crushed by it thus forcefully flattening them with blood splattering on the rock and ground. "I won't let any of you escape…" Utilizing a bit of chakra, the giant boulder exploded into bits flying in every direction in Mach 5. Retreating villagers were struck in the head, feet, limbs, arms, chest, and whatever body part. What was important was how each piece broke through their bodies due to such speed therefore ending their lives immediately.
"Take this!" yelled Kidoumaru releasing series of web assaults right at the incoming attackers. As each web struck the face, it was glued shut therefore not allowing any air to reach their nose and mouth. Their lungs began to burn shortly after the lack of oxygen and they had no ability to pry off the web. As each sucker fell on the ground preparing to die, Kidoumaru smirked while he readied himself to release his arrow.
"Why you! Die!" screamed a villager raising a club.
"For you…" Next, the arachnid-like ninja released thethree foot long arrow thus piercing through the villager's head. In addition, the skull was shot off immediately. How amusing and fulfilling this was! Similarly, he then unleashed another wave to afar sniping down any fools who attempted to advance. They were going down one by one like flies, this was too easy, as Kidoumaru would say.
"Get away from me!" screamed Tayuya very angrily as she smashed a man's shoulder with her secondary weapon, a trident. Once another came from the side, the girl mercilessly slaughtered him too in one slash. Unexpectedly, one man on the ground tried to stop her by holding her shirt. However, due to his weak state, he made a firm grip on her rear end. A blush came across her face in instant when she felt someone touching one of her forbidden areas, no one touched her like that! No one ever dared to do that! The only person she would allow it to slide was Akira, and now this nobody was feeling her butt?She had never beengroped, she would only want Akira to grope her if he had feelings for her!Unforgivable indeed as she would say. Next, the girl's eyes flamed with raw fury.
"PERVERT!" she screeched as she stomped on the man's face. "You sickening bastard, die!" To ease her rage, the girl kicked him numerous times in the nuts although he was already dead. Seeing more people in the corner of her eye, suppressed rage within her then surfaced wildly, "Annoying!" Generating devastating energies into her palms, Tayuya gritted her teeth fiercely before firing right at the location of where Kidoumaru and Jiroubo were. Seeing such a devastating blow aiming their way, the two leaped high into the skies as the beam washed and devoured the crowd underneath. Hearing screeches and cries were very amusing but that was too close for comfort.
"Tayuya!" shouted Jiroubo flinching.
"What are you doing, baka!" Kidoumaru added with equal amount of anger.
"Shut up!" she screamed back. "You men are all perverts!""
"What did we ever do to you?"
"EVERYTHING!" With that said, Tayuya ran off to the central district of the town where their mission designation was. The remaining duo gave another glances of confusion, they wondered what they did to tick her off this badly. Curiosity did hit them when they swore they saw a tint of red on her face. Tayuya blushing… they didn't want to know what happened. Killing off a several more bystanders on the way, the three penetrated through to the central building within the Wave. This was also known as the main power plasma supply depot, or generator. By detonating this thing, this village would be wiped out for certain. Once this village was destroyed, the Country itself would surrender.
"So, this is it, huh?" asked Kidoumaru looking around smirking. The vicinity was quite big but the males refused to believe that this generator alone would be able to do such damage.
"This certainly doesn't seem all out impressive," commented Jiroubo agreeing with his friend. "Is Orochimaru-sama sure about this spot? I mean, I can't imagine what he is trying to do…"
"It's not our problem to care whether his judgement is right or not," said Tayuya coldly thus silencing them. "We are just here to do our jobs. Don't just stand there, you idiots, all three of us need to form the chakra detonator!"
"Kuso…"
"Stop swearing and help me, you jerks," ordered Tayuya. "I can't do this on my own."
"Whatever," said Kidoumaru giving a yawn, "Quit your bitching and we will help." That easily resulted in the girl giving off a scowl. The arachnid boy simply avoided it and ignored it making the girl angrier. In a short matter of time, the three began to generate the detonator that was needed to complete this task. The six armed boy snickered, Jiroubo maintained a determined look, while the flute girl could've cared less.
(Thirty seconds later)
"Charges set," said Jiroubo as the three pulled away from the energy bomb that was ready to explode like at anytime.
"This place is set to overload alright," commented the East Sound nin smirking darkly.
"Akira-sama," called Tayuya with her radio. "It's done."
"Good," came the Paladin's voice from the other end. "Get out of there and meet back with me in the headquarters. Do it immediately and get the others alerted too."
"Roger," she said closing the communicator. "Hey, guys, let's break." The other two only nodded as they took a sprint of the generator room with the girl following behind. They three decided on the quickest route to return knowing Orochimaru didn't like waiting for anything. As they jumped back by running on the rooftops, more and more villagers of the Wave were practically mowed down like flies by the Sound shinobis. Kidoumaru halted and ordered the troops on ground knowing they need to retreat. Giving recognition in a nod, the ninjas made a final stab in the poor useless civilian before taking suit along with the three elites. Once all the Sound troops have returned to their defence line safely, Orochimaru approached the three.
"So, it's done, right?" he asked coldly.
"Yes, it is, Orochimaru-sama," answered Jiroubo.
"Prepare to detonate it," ordered the sannin and then he turned to Kiba. "Brace yourself for some after dinner fireworks," The beast boy didn't know if he should be enjoying this, the look Akira gave certainly told him that the Paladin seemed pleased. As the three activated a set of hand seals to make the chakra bomb ignite, the generator building suddenly began to radiate brightly. In the next instant, bolts of plasma were shot out from the generator, and it violently exploded causing a chain reaction to all monuments and buildings which had connection to electricity. All buildings soon erupted thus causing the village to change from on fire to a see of flames.
Kidoumaru, Jiroubo, and Tayuya appear to be excited while witnessing such destruction of glory. When the generator ignited into a nuclear mushroom explosion, that was when they were amazed.
"Woo-hoo!" cheered the East Sound nin pushing up a fist.
"Amazing!" Jiroubo stated along with equal passion.
"Dazzling," finished Tayuya gawking at the sight. Fun… F was for fires that burned down the whole town, U was for ultimate blow up, and N stood for no survivors… and it was true, no one survived down there. (A Spongebob Squarepants song… and hell, it proved to be so true in this scenario)
"Very quick indeed," commented Orochimaru. "Everything was done in a blink of an eye. You three did a great job down there." The Sound Three only smirked or snickered at that rare compliment. "Kiba, you have any feelings toward the previous and yet marvelously done operation?"
"I do… actually…" said Kiba.
"Do tell me,"
"Although they are people that you want to take over… don't you feel a thing after setting a nuclear explosion at them?"
"Those aren't the words that a future Sound member should be saying, you know,"
"But…"
"You think that was too harsh? You have to see it as a gift of kindness," said Orochimaru smiling a sinister like smile. He seemed so unapologetic about himself, talk about a too high level of self-esteem.
"What…"
"Instead of wasting my precious men in there, wiping them all out with minimum losses is the most conservative and profitable way. There is no need to use my men pointlessly, doing it the quick way is the ideal method indeed. Kiba-san, you better get used to the principle and procedures soon for you will be involved in the next mission, I will not tolerate this kind of soft and incompetent attitude." The sannin then turned to his troops. "We are leveling this place completely and construct our new expansion here. Start your tasks immediately."
"Yes, sir!" they all said promptly.
"And you three," said the sannin actually impressed and happy. "Go get some rest for the day."
"Yes, Orochimaru-sama!" The Sound Three stated clearly as they watched the sannin proceed to the ruins of the village claiming the throne and making plans for the entire country to surrender. Once the sannin was no longer in sight, the three turned to Kiba very coldly. Even Akira didn't expect this.
"You are a moron for saying such unfit words to Orochimaru-sama, bitch-lover," scolded the flute girl rudely.
"You have to learn to say what he likes to hear," said Jiroubo equally angry.
"You are not Akira-sama, you don't have the power to just say what you feel," added Kidoumaru with a sneer. "Besides, we don't need a teammate who is a softy."
"Go back to where you belong,"
"I'll kill you if you get in my way," finished Tayuya spitting at him before the three jumped off heading towards the direction of the village leaving a shocked Kiba behind with the blond Paladin. Akira just sighed a little, while the beast tamer seemed very irritated at those three, who did they think they were? Did he really want to a teammate with those people? He really didn't know.
"What did this mission teach you?" questioned the blond crossing his arms while leaning on a tree.
"My teammates are your everyday jackasses," said Kiba as the Paladin laughed. "You are really considered equipment when working for this snake freak, you must succeed or he will have your head. Not to mention he uses his elites much to his liking…"
"Glad you noticed," said the blond nin with neutrality. "Like I said, you have to earn respect."
"Why does he respect you so much?"
"Because he wanted to hire me to serve the Sound," replied Akira easily.
"How?"
"My obsession in hunting down Death Knights… Orochimaru needed someone like me to help him get rid of a nuisance while he couldn't do it himself. I, on the other hand, may stand a chance against the Death Knight but I lack assistance while the enemy may have numbers. I needed Orochimaru for I needed his village supporters, while he needed my leadership and capabilities. I did appoint Sakon, Tayuya, Kidoumaru, and Jiroubo to be his elites, and they have been serving well overall. My role is crucial in determining the Sound's future, and my goal cannot be accomplished without this village."
"So it's a you need him and he needs you basis?" questioned Kiba raising a brow in realization.
"You can refer it to that, yes. I have equal amount of power as him, and he can't dare to boss me around, while I can't either."
"More of a stalemate than a compromise, Akira-san,"
"So it may be, but we compromise and agree with another well enough. Nothing is perfect."
"Yeah…" murmured Kiba softly and sadly.
"Don't need to worry about me that much, Kiba-san," said Akira as he patted the former Konoha chunnin on the shoulder. "You better wise up so you can get along with your teammates. Based on what you said earlier, you just made a large scar in your image. Despite that, it's recoverable."
"Let's hope so…"
"It will, trust me," Ending that conversation, the duo headed down to the ruins to commence Operation: Redevelopment. With the Wave country gone in a flash, the Sound's powers increased drastically in just one day. Akira smirked knowing this was another step closer in achieving his goal; to annihilate all Death Knights in this world thus making Paladins the supreme Uzumaki members where no demonic corruption would happen ever again. Before achieving this goal, all existing demonic lieutenants must be killed, and Akira would do anything to make that a reality, even if he sacrificed his moralities.
(Back to the Present, two days later at Ichikaru Ramen)
"When was the last time you had ramen here, Naruto?" asked Itachi with a bandaged left arm along with Sasuke who was walking beside him.
"Quite a while, actually," replied the assailant recalling childhood memories. Unfortunately, this was one of the only places that were worth remembering. He quickly banished those unhappy thoughts and returned to Itachi and Sasuke with a grin, just a grin.
"What happened to the ramen loving Naruto?"
"I grew up and I will have my own family sooner or later," replied the Death Knight.
"Oh, that doesn't mean you can't have ramen, man," said Sasuke slapping his back.
"Hinata-chan wouldn't really want me to have this stuff all the time. She would say it is unhealthy, maybe too much MSG, or possibly just want me to eat her food. Even when I was Aegis she always wanted me to eat with her."
"Did she?" asked the older Uchiha really interested in this. "Let me guess, you gave in every time?"
"Kind of…"
"Well, it only tells us what kind of charm Hinata has to be able to influence a guy like you," said Sasuke obviously smirking. Naruto didn't know if he was trying to mock him, tease him, or stating it as a joke. It didn't matter, what Sasuke said was true.
"Welcome to Ichikaru Ramen," greeted a young lady cheerfully with a gorgeous smile. That voice alerted all three males immediately. "It's good to see you here!"
"Hello, Ayane-san," said Naruto with a smile. "You are full of energy as ever."
"Why, hello, Naruto-san!" she greeted delightedly as she took both his hands in hers like a grateful friend. Itachi and Sasuke were surprised that she did that, while the assailant only blinked with a hint of happiness. "Oh, it's so good that you are back after how long? It has been three years, oh, it's such a pleasant surprise to see you again!"
"How did you recognize it was me?" asked Naruto smiling.
"I wouldn't forget anyone with a sword as unique as yours,"
"Oh… this sword?" he asked as he tapped the handle of his runeblade.
"You look ashamed of it," said Ayane with an innocent tone but the meaning behind it was nothing close to innocent. Naruto knew she said it knowingly. "We all know that you're a Death Knight, but I don't see it as a problem. Naruto, my father and I have known you ever since you were able to talk. If you are like a real, evil, knight of darkness, we would've noticed. We all know about the revolt too, I am very delighted that you made it out alive and showed those fools what you were made out of! Now, that's enough for a greeting, can I take your order? Do you want the usual?" The Death Knight's mouth was twitching while smiling, he was half overwhelmed at the words that this young lady told him just now, and how drastic her behaviour changed a second later.
"You still remember the usual…?"
"Of course!" she exclaimed like a youthful teenager when she was around twenty, or twenty one. "It's miso ramen with extra shrimps, right?"
"Yeah, can't believe that you actually remembered. It has been a while, I'll have that."
"Sure! And what will you two gentleman have?"
"Naruto…" choked the younger Uchiha. "What do you suggest?"
"Anything that will keep you alive for many years to come," commented Naruto with a laugh, more of a Merlin's Laugh.
"Fine, I will have a curry chicken ramen then. Itachi, what are you going to have?"
"I don't know, I can't really make a decision to pick noodles ortakethis charming lady to have a chat," said the older Uchiha collectively while eyeing Ayane with an admired look. This caused the girl to blush. "I am sure Ayane-san has time to talk for half an hour, right?"
"Itachi-sempai," said Naruto interrupting him. "Ayane-san is at least twenty,"
"We can't flirt with her," corrected Sasuke.
"I am twenty one," reminded Itachi, "Whoever is Naruto's friend is my friend."
"Can't you look for friends on your own?" questioned the Death Knight drearily.
"Share the wealth here, my little apprentice,"
"You are Uchiha Itachi-kun?" asked Ayane with awe and delight. "I've heard so much about you! It's an honour to meet with you!"
"You have, Ayane-san?" Itachi said obviously paying close attention.
"Of course! You're the hero would saved Konoha from those villainous Uchihas eight years ago. Ever since the Uchihas were forcefully replaced by shinobis as Konoha's new police force, the village actually had things running properly again. The Uchiha police had corrupted our home village, and someone had to put a stop into it."
"I'm sorry that my family caused this much trouble for all…" said Itachi no longer in his flirting mood. Remembering what he actually did always made him depressed and remorseful. In truth, he really didn't want to do such a thing as creating genocide but his family left him no choice. His best friend, Hyuga Kunio, had to be avenged. Furthermore, the Uchiha Police Force's existence was jeopardizing Konoha each passing day, someone had to make a difference. What amazed Itachi was that no one considered him a hero besides Naruto, Rin, Kisame (who died last year ago ever since Akatsuki figured out he and Itachi were spies. Itachi had fled ever since), Tsunade, and Jiraiya. Now this young lady told him that too, and she said it in a way that was undoubtedly sincere, he knew it.
"Don't be so down, Itachi-kun," she said encouragingly. "It's not you who caused Konoha so many problems. You solved it for us, I thank you."
"No one really thanked me before…"
"Glad to be the first then, Itachi-kun. You know, my family had been financially suppressed by your clan, until… you know… and I was so grateful and delighted that our lives returned to normal."
"It's really hard to main optimism thinking about that incident…"
"Don't think about such sad memories," she stated with an understanding smile. "It will only make you depressed. Come on, Itachi-kun, let's talk about something happy. I was pretty happy this week since… well… someone that I really admired came by…" She was referring to Itachi.
"Who's that person? He must have been someone that you really honored."
"He is…" she said with a faint flushed face, her eyes looked away this time while she spoke. Itachi was somewhat charmed by this girl. Somehow he wanted to know more about this girl.
"I think he'll be doing just fine," said Sasuke as he received his ramen from the old manIchikaru. He smiled at bit at his daughter and her new friend in a hidden way yet the Death Knight noticed it well.
"I agree," said Naruto as he silently ate his food while leaving the older people alone.
(Two months later, three months after Hinata's 16th Birthday on March 27th, Rin's POV)
On this faithful day, it was what everyone has been waiting long and hard for. It was Uzumaki Naruto and Hyuga Hinata's wedding. My most beautiful and kind hearted brother was finally going to get married to the woman he loved. I somewhat wished that it was me that was the bride but I wanted to be the bride of someone else now. There were times that I didn't like being a woman, I get emotional too easily. Everyone had a smile on their face today. It included me, Gaara-chan, Sasuke, Sakura-chan, Shikamaru-san, Ino-chan, Lee, Neji, Tenten, Shino, Haku-sempai, Itachi-sempai, Tsunade-chan, Shizune-chan, Jiraiya-sensei, the Hyuga family, and anyone else who was invited. They smiled, no, we smiled sobrightly as if this was one of the happiest moments of our lives. To me, it was a major event that I would rather lose my job as a Konoha Anbu than to miss this.
Of course, Tsunade-chan was very considerate and besides, my entire team was here with me as well. Being Naruto-ni-san, he arranged this marriage to be a private thing since he didn't want a bunch of nobodies, as he would say, to ruin it for him. I had a feeling that he didn't want the happiness to be destroyed for Hinata-chan's sake, I knew ni-san wouldn't care too much about his own needs. It was sad… he grew up as someone who never saw himself as first priority in anything and yet he always tried so hard to make other people understand that they can only love others when they appreciate themselves first. I seriously doubt he loved himself that much, and yet he was so successful at what he did. My ni-san was so amazing. However, just so unfortunate.
Hinata-chan was gorgeous in her wedding kimono, I wish I was as beautiful as her though, I wanted Gaara-chan to be stunned each time he saw me. Knowing that it was her wedding, it was only logical that she would be the star of the ceremony. I haven't seen Hinata-chan this happy in a long time, the smile of grace that she carried served as a welcoming, pleasant, delightful aura. Anyone who met her before the ceremony began… to make it simple, their smiles grew wider. I was happy for my good friend, very happy even for she was the one who made Naruto truly happy and appreciated. If I ever forced ni-san to be in love with me, I don't think either of us would end up as a happy couple. I had to be an understanding girl for Naruto-ni-san always thought about me. Today, I was so grateful for Gaara-chan for I would have my own family soon… I was already a month pregnant.
I also met Naruto-ni-san earlier too, I suppose it wasn't the greatest time to tell him the news but being the sharp person he was, that cunning Death Knight saw through my smiling face and went straight to the throat. Was I making it too obvious? Maybe… but anyone had to understand that I really wanted this child with Gaara-chan. Both of us were high ranked shinobis who not only loved another, we had financial stability for this child. The doctors told me that my baby would be here in another nine months or so. It appeared I needed to carry him or her for ten months instead of nine. Not that it proved to be a problem though, I would wait patiently before my baby came.
How did ni-san take this… Provided that he was a phlegmatic person, he simply smiled and gave me an affectionate embrace. He gave his little niece or nephew his own blessings soon after that at my stomach, which made me giggle for it was so not like him to pamper anyone. I suppose I loved it a lot for Hinata, Sakura and I were the only exceptions. He didn't consider this as unplanned pregnancy for he already had an idea that this kind of thing would happen although he would prefer to have sex after marriage. However, I knew he would've been furious if I wanted to abort it since this was the result of making love, I had to stick with it no matter what. Back on the topic of how Naruto was feeling towards the entire wedding, I would use the word impassive, like how he always was. Only a smile was on his face, not too much excitement was present in his movements, all I knew he was happy for this union and he was more than accepting Hinata as his wife. It wasn't hard to believe that he wanted to be the best husband for her. Overall, he was somewhat nervous but deep down a sense of confidence roamed around in his mind telling him it would be fine.
The marriage ceremony itself wasn't something I would want to elaborate on. What was there worth to say? Aside from the fact Hinata-chan was crying softly due to absolute ecstasy, Tsunade-chan conducting the ceremony and combining the Uzumaki blood and Hyuga blood as a ritual, and finally pronouncing them man and wife after exchanging their rings, all of the usual things happened smoothly. In the end of it all, we witnessed the two of them giving another the most passionate kiss that any of us had seen. They weren't on the floor, control was definitely there and yet, it showed so much genuine love within that it might have made some of us wanting that position. Very effective, that was the best way that I could determine it. As the two newly wed couples pulled away with a fuchsia cheek Hinata (obviously blushing due to both rapture and timidity), and one satisfied Naruto-ni-san but his face only held a caring smile. He never wanted to let people see that he was too pleased, not even during his wedding. However, being his sister for so long, I knew better.
The crowd then blasted with joy and applause to congratulate them. I was cheering at the top of my lungs. This had to be the happiest day in Hinata-chan and Naruto-ni-san's life, I wished them the best of luck and success in their bondage as a married couple. Hiashi-sama, I knew, was holding back his own emotional tears for his older daughter, it all happened so fast to him. I can easily picture what his mind was thinking of. It only seemed like yesterday, as he would say, that Hinata was just a baby girl. Now, in a blink of an eye, she was married to his best friend's son, who was no disappointment and showed utmost sincere love for her and her family. Hanabi-san was somehow very timid but happy for her sister. If I knew women, the little Hyuga had a liking for Naruto-ni-san, I wonder what he did with her. Nonetheless, I knew ni-san must've shown great care for his sister-in-law as well. Since this was not a church like wedding, we had a small party for them in the mansionwhere the spirits of everyone were high. High in terms of happy, not drugged. It was the ideal time to give out any final words of blessing. Although I gave mine already, I just wanted to give more.
When the party was over, which was approximately four hours, Naruto-ni-san and Hinata-chan removed themselves and headed to their new home. Tsunade-chan, Jiraiya-sensei and I purchased a newly made house on the former grounds of the Uzumaki clan. Of course, this was our small gift to him. Tsunade-chan ordered that a third of the land would be used for this special new home, and in addition she commanded that this house had to be completed before the wedding. Having over fifty men working on this, the building was finished a several days before it was done. Ni-san knew about this before hand and he wanted as a surprise gift for his wife. He thanked us so gratefully that he was silently weeping. I suppose this would be a great beginning for their newfound relationship, I sincerely wished them the best of luck. I had no knowledge of what actually happened after they left the Hyuga mansion but I had a strong feeling that Hinata-chan loved her new home. Furthermore, I was certain that the two of them would become lovers to the fullest sense tonight, I knew only Hinata-chan could heal any spiritual scars that Naruto held within. Also, somehow I figured Hinata-chan would not allow him to run away…
(Ten months later on March 1st in Konoha Hospital's Infirmary, Naruto POV)
At the age of sixteen, my life had completely changed from what it was. In the first time of my life, I knew faithful commitment was a vital capability within me to maintain my marriage in control. Both of us worked through in order for our love to continue burning. Was it easy? I had to admit it was tough but nothing that we couldn't handle. Amongst all other marriages, I suppose that we had it easy for Hinata-chan and I were very co-operative and rarely argued. Although we loved another very much, and we still do, we were two different people and disagreements were bound to happen. Just because of these small conflicts, it didn't mean our marriage was over, it only bonded us stronger and our love deepened further. In the end, our marriage was consideredvery successful.
The most challenging thing for me during all this had to be when Hinata-chan told me she was pregnant. When Rin-chan told me she was going to have a baby, who she named Kamishiro Hikaruandhe was born on January 2nd, I was delighted. When Hinata-chan said the same thing, I, a Uzumaki Death Knight, wanted to collapse and foam at the mouth. After two months after our first lovemaking, which was after our marriage, Hinata-chan came home one day with a blush saying she was thirty days pregnant. She didn't get pregnant on our first try, it must've been the second one. As a husband, I was joyous. Despite that, during the crucial time of trying to establish everything together, shebrought on the news of having more members into the family thus creating more chaos. I definitely did not scold her for I was fully responsible for this child. However, I obviously didn't react in the most encouraging way that Hinata-chan expected.
My poor wife then wept immediately and locked herself inour bedroom, which wasin the basement. How could I blame her? She came back home excitedly saying that she would have a baby of our own and all I did was give offmy exasperation. I felt like such an idiot that day, I knew I had to apologize to her. Also, I was very glad that a child, my child, would be blessed to us, I was grateful that Hinata was their mother. Soon after that, I apologized with most honesty and reconciled with her. That easily earned another one of her wonderful reward of allowing me to make love to her. It was something that I loved doing but I refused to do it frequently for I didn't want to spoil the magic so soon. How often did we make love? That was our business. What happened the first time that we made love? It was easy to explain actually. Making love was physically pleasurable, I saw my loving wife in a new light (I know I used it very loosely), it was emotionally healing, and the two of us did it to the greatest length possible for she waited for it for so long.
As mentioned before, Hinata-chan being pregnant was the most challenging period I went through. Being a woman with her bulk gradually developing, she allowed a mood swing issue to grow. I suppose it was very tough for her being a carrier of a child but sometimes it could get on my nerves. Her drastic outbursts, temper were something that forcefully made my tolerance level raise drastically. If I didn't understand the stress she was going through, I would easily hurt her for Hinata-chan could be very delicate. I continued to be there for her and love her how I always did. My wife loved me even more for that since she knew her torment did irritate and frustrate to no end. She was touched that I continued my care regardless. After that, she tried hard not to be too emotional and I could tell that she really did for the outbursts did indeed decreased. However, wild mood swings was replaced by cravings for ice-cream, I didn't know which was worse for she would want me to spend a lot of money on such sweet things. What shocked me even more was that she would be able to finish them all. Regardless of her new developedcraving, I still loved her.
What was I doing at the moment, you ask? What would a seventeen year old husband do in a hospital? Aside from the fact that I was recalling a small fraction of what happened to me during the first ten months that I was married, I was looking at my delightful wife after her labour. Although she may be drained, Hinata's smile carried every sort of great quality within her. Even in such an exhausted state, her smile remained as charming as I remembered it. I held her hand gently to tell her that I was proud of her, I was most delighted to know that a child was given to us. In addition, my heart already loved this child whether it was a boy or girl. My wife leaned up to kiss my cheek, which I then kissed her lips afterwards, and I told her that she needed her rest after such an experience. Nodding to my request, Hinata laid back down on the bed and it was then when the nurse came in.
"Congratulations, Naruto-sama," said the medical worker with a honest smile.
"Thank you," I replied kindly. "Is it a boy or a girl?"
"Didn't your wife tell you?" she asked me with a chuckle.
"I think she forgot since she was so tired…"
"It's both actually," That was when my eyes showed nothing but confusion.
"What did you say…?"
"Your wife gave birth to twins, Naruto-sama," she said as she pulled away a veil to reveal a small crib with two babies in them. One was wrapped in a lavender blanket, who I assumed was the girl, and the other one was in an deep indigo blanket, which was the boy. I was just standing in awe not ever believing I would have two children at once. "Just congratulations." The nurse soon left the room leaving me in fascination.
"They are beautiful, aren't they, Naruto-kun?" asked my wife who should've been resting.
"They are," I replied softly. "They really are like little angels that fell from the skies to us."
"I know, I love them so much…"
"Have you give them their names yet?" I asked as I went over to kiss my wife's forehead.
"I want to name my little girl, Kagari…" said Hinata kissing me on my cheek. "Is that okay with you, Naruto-kun? You like that name?"
"It's a beautiful name for my daughter," I said sincerely without doubt. "Then she will be Uzumaki Kagari. Kagari-chan it is."
"You thought of a name for the boy?"
"How about call him Shani? Do you like to call him by that name, my sweet Hinata-chan?" My lovely wife simply gave me her heart-melting smile that I loved so much from her.
"I like that name a lot, Naruto," she said while holding my hand, playing with it a little. "Uzumaki Shani and Uzumaki Kagari… Hey, their names rhyme with their last name."
"Yeah. Say, Hinata-chan, who is the older one?"
"Shani is the older one. He's older by six minutes. You know what, Shani-chan was born yesterday."
"Yesterday?"
"He was born on February 29th at 11:56 PM while Kagari was born two minutes after March 1st. It is 12:30 in the morning, Naruto-kun. You lost track of time, didn't you?"
"I guess I did then…"
"Shani-chan… Kagari-chan… welcome to our lives…" Those were the last words my wife said to my kids before she fell deep asleep. I knew she needed it after that labour and I dared not to disturb her needed rest.
(Two days later in the hospital, General POV)
"Naruto-san," called an unknown person to Naruto. As the Death Knight turned around, he saw an older man smiling at him. He certainly looked familiar but the assailant had not much idea of who he actually was.
"What do you ask of me?" questioned Naruto.
"I am Hyuga Hinata-sama's superior, and the doctor who was responsible for the delivery of both Shani and Kagari. I am Dr. Yamato."
"Oh, it's good to meet you at last, doctor," said Naruto giving him a handshake. "I thank you for bringing my children to this world safely."
"I suggest you come with me now or you might actually lose one of them," he stated seriously all of a sudden. It was then Naruto began to panic like he never did before. This was his children for crying out loud, of course Naruto would be frightened. For the first time for anyone else other than Hinata, he never expected to have such feelings and concerns towards other people.
"What happened?" asked the Death Knight in a half worried half angry voice. How could this have happened?
"Your son is having an unexpected fever,"
"Can't you just give him children's medicine or something?"
"It's not any normal fever, Naruto-san," corrected the doctor. "His sister does not have it and it isn't something that medicine can heal. I think his demonic blood is the cause of this."
"His demonic blood… no… Does Hinata-chan know about this?"
"She is there right now for her son, Naruto-san,"
"What can we do to help Shani?" Naruto asked in a hurry obviously not wanting anything to happen to Shani. He was his first born child, Naruto never imagined that he could get this troubled over him. At this point, he knew better than anyone that he truly loved his children. The two men then began walking to the
"I believe that his demonic blood is attempting to take over his humanity," explained Dr. Yamato.
"At this age? Shani is only three days old!"
"It's not impossible, Naruto-san. That is why a demon is sealed within an Uzumaki in order to help prevent the corruption from deepening. At the same time, the demon can make the corruption rate increase but once the demon is sealed within, the degradation does stop unless the person wants it to happen. I suppose the demon's influential abilities is the reason how so many Uzumaki members become Death Knights, right?"
"So what you're saying is if I don't get a demon for my son, he will become a full fledged demon with powers unknown?" asked Naruto as he opened the door to see a sleeping Kagari with Hinata by her son's side. Shani was awake at this time, and the assailant finally knew the little guy had pupil free lavender eyes like his mother. However, it seemed like he was in pain at the moment, his cries continued to make wounds in Naruto's heart. Hinata was silently weeping over this as her husband grimaced and looked away in shame feeling powerless.
"Yes," answered the doctor.
"Naruto-kun… what can we do?" asked Hinata very depressed as her son flinched again.
"Uzumaki members always have captured a demon before hand just in case this kind of situation happened. If you really don't have one, you might need to hunt one down and seal it to him as soon as possible."
"How long will Shani-chan's corruption take him fully?" Hinata questioned really wanting an answer. "Please tell me…"
"In around three days…" replied Naruto estimating the strength of his son's mind and blood. Being an infant, the Death Knight couldn't expect the time to be that high. The Hyuga girl broke down and cried hearing that in an instant. "Damn… how can I find a demon in less than three days? I don't have enough time, damn it!"
"Naruto-kun…" said Hinata within sobs but hoping nonetheless. "How about Calamity, Forbidden, Raider or Reaper? Don't they have demonic blood since they are revenants that you made with your chakra?"
"I need a full fledged demon to do that, Hinata-chan," reasoned the Death Knight. "Calamity is half dragon half demon, Raider is half hawk half demon, Reaper was a gryphon and Forbidden… Forbidden… Forbidden he's…"
"Forbidden is what, Naruto-kun?" asked Hinata getting a little anxious. "Tell me."
"Hinata-chan," said Naruto with hope evident in his expression, "You're a genius."
"I am?" she asked and suddenly got cut off when Naruto wrapped his arms around her, Hinata blushed insignificantly when she was caught off guard. "Why am I a genius."
"You just reminded me that there is a demon… I have access to a demon!"
"You do?" Hinata lightened up immediately hearing that. "Really?"
"Forbidden is a full blood demon, I am sure that Forbidden would be an excellent guide for Shani, I am that certain." Not giving another word, Naruto smeared some of his blood into the runeblade he always carried and slammed it to the ground. Forming a complicated set of seals, he thereupon generated a massive amount of chakra into the weapon. A death like fluorescent green aura faintly appeared while the summoning took place, "Revenants Rise!" With that initial push, the Revenant Naruto needed to summon rose from the circle in a dangerous manner. Hinata shrieked a little while Dr. Yamato wisely left the room knowing that Naruto would be only one who could seal the demon to Shani. This revenant had a long scythe with a spearhead, green hair that was long and covered his right eye, and a dark and creepy appearance with an aura. This was the revenant that Hinata actually feared, this was exactly how she remembered Forbidden.
"Naruto-sama?" he said with a stoic voice, Hinata never expected that he would be so calm. "Where is this place?"
"You're in the hospital, Forbidden," replied Naruto with a grin.
"I don't need any checkups, Death Knight," stated the demonic revenant actually smirking in a friendly way. "I feel fine."
"That's not why I called you here," At that moment, Forbidden took a look at the bed noticing both Hinata and the little infant, Uzumaki Shani. The Hyuga heiress gave a weak smile to the revenant, which he gave back without hesitance. The girl found his smile was actually appealing, he was so much like her husband in a lot of ways. Forbidden took a look at the baby boy, a look of understanding was noticeably present.
"Who's the boy?" asked the demon revenant.
"He's my son," replied Hinata for Naruto. Forbidden only smiled seeing the little boy coughed and choked. Hinata pampered him immediately wanting her son to be as safe as possible, she hated seeing her little Shani to be in such pain and there was nothing that she could do.
"He's very adorable, he looks a lot like you, Hinata-sama," The Hyuga girl smiled at his kind words.
"Thank you…"
"Forbidden…" said Naruto not really wanting to say this, "I don't know how I state this properly… but my son needs you… I need to seal you in him so his demonic corruption will not take over his humanity. I can't let Shani's blood to be like my blood when he is not even a month old, I don't want his mind to be purged with evil… I am sorry, Forbidden… I don't know what else I can do…"
"You want to seal me within your son as his spiritual partner?" asked Forbidden with neutrality thus not showing his approval or disapproval.
"Yes, I do despite how much I don't want to," replied the Death Knight regrettably. "I don't want to use my friend for that purpose but if I don't… my son will belong in the darkness forever."
"Don't think of sealing me within your son as using me, Naruto-sama," said the revenant very understandingly. "You gave me another chance to live as this, I am forever in your debt. I am more than willing to save your son and if I need to sacrifice my freedom, then so be it. I don't want to see another person's minds to be purged with such demonic influences. Demonic blood is not dangerous if you can control it, but it can easily corrupt someone's mind especially when they are infants who need proper guidance."
"Forbidden-san…" Hinata pleaded. "We're very sorry… Naruto-kun and I really want to apologize for making your life completely dedicated for my son…"
"It's not a problem, Naruto-sama has no choice. I suggest you begin the sealing ritual immediately, I don't think Shani should be suffering any longer."
"Yeah…" said Naruto sadly, "Where should I seal him in? His stomach like how my father did to me?"
"Don't seal in any random spot," said Forbidden looking at the baby. Those words caught Hinata's attention.
"Where should Naruto-kun do it then?" she questioned.
"It would be much more preferable to seal it in a place where his bloodline limit is," Both shinobis present in this room were stunned at that. That meant Forbidden should be sealed in Shani's eye for he carried both the Byakugan and the Sight of Divinity/Unholy Sight. If that was the case, why was Kyubi sealed in Naruto's stomach? "You two seem confused, let me explain. Sealing a demon in the spot where the bloodline limit is only strengthens it depending on how powerful the demon is. I do have the power to enhance it. It will only be beneficial to the boy later on when his special abilities are at top notch. It will definitely be wise to do it this way."
"Why did my clan kept sealing demons in our stomachs, Forbidden?" asked Naruto not understanding his clan's past actions. The revenant only smirked darkly.
"They are probably stupid then, who knows."
"I understand, thank you, Forbidden-san," said Hinata gratefully.
"Shall we get the ritual started then?" asked Naruto still depressed that this was the only decision.
"Yeah…"
(At the end of the ritual)
In the very end after all the farewells, Forbidden was sealed in Shani's left eye and soon became the young Uzumaki's second conscience and eternal friend. Shani's fever died down within the next day, which made Hinata utmost relieved. The Hyuga girl ended up giving a big kiss to her baby boy, which made him sob a little since it felt somewhat uncomfortable. However, that seal did have a permanent effect on the boy for his left lavender eye was carried a faint but noticeable mirror like appearance as if his Byakugan was activated but without the blood vessels to the eyes. The side effect was Shani did not like to look at himself in the mirror for his eye scared him, it looked horrifying to a baby. Even during times with other infants, the kids would cry when they see him because of that eye. For a baby to experience such rejection, it was a devastating blow in terms of simple trust in people. The only baby that did not reject him so far was his baby sister, Kagari. She loved her brother from the start and never minded about his different appearance.
Due to his own dislike about himself, Shani was never too enthusiastic about anything, never was a talker, and he would rather sit in silence and stare at space until it was time to do something else. His parents assumed he was lost in his own melancholy. He soon grew to enjoy being alone and listened to any sort of music or read. It wasn't too long before he started giving off dangerous glares. Hinata worried so sickly about him and tried to show him as much love and affection that a mother could give. No matter how her son looked like, she would love him forever. Naruto showed less affection than his wife but even as a baby, Shani could tell that his family loved him and deep down he was eternally grateful for them. Despite how cold, dark, sarcastic, quiet and unquestionably stoic he was, he loved his parents and relatives with all his heart. He understood the importance of family as a child, yet he wondered why he had such knowledge and maturity. Little did he know, Forbidden was guiding him through reality of life all along.
Shani knew about Forbidden's (his demon sensei and great friend) existence at a young age and finally understood why his eye looked like what it was. Forbidden suggested that he should just hide it like how he did but of course, Forbidden had that hair since he liked it while Shani had his own reasons. Once Shani had grown enough hair, he allowed it to grow until it was long enough to cover his left eye so no one needed to look at that thing and fear it. Of course, this action only made Hinata's worries for him to deepen.
Kagari was cheerful ever since she was old enough to smile, which was when she was very young. Tests have said that the little girl was a half demon half human but definitely there was no demonic corruption within her. Her eyes were blue but with a shade of onyx like colour to make her visage more appealing. She carried both abilities but she seemed more talented in her father's ability. Naruto assumed that she was such a spirit of the light that no darkness could ever shut it off. The little girl loved affection from her parents but she always wanted her father to show the same as her mother would. Being Naruto, he was not someone that could simply open up like that. However, he still loved his baby girl very much and tried his best to make her understand that her father always loved her.
Different from anybody Naruto had witnessed, his daughter was a harmonious girl with qualities of Hinata, Sakura and Rin combined. Not only was she an innocent girl, her wisdom was very well hidden. Shani had his own enlightenment as well but he did not show it like how Kagari did. Everyone liked her presence for it brought upon happiness as Shani was a master at deliberately making one uncomfortable by merely standing still with his unfeeling expression. Optimism, friendliness, welcoming, and kindness were her trademark qualities while Shani became stoic, concealed, dark andverymysterious. These were not their personas since there was no need for them to pretend.
Unlike Shani, Kagari got along very well with the other babies in nurseries, or in parks or whatnot when Shani was someone they feared. Kagari's decision as a baby shocked her parents for she decided to stay by her brother no matter what. Maturity was something that was manifested in her and it was no surprise that her kindness made Shani truly smiled at his sister. In addition, Naruto and Hinata noticed that both of their children's minds did not match their age, their demonic blood must've been doing wonders in their bodies, just like how Naruto's demonic blood was doing in Hinata's. She loved her older brother because he loved her, and her admiration for him only grew constantly when he shown much maturity in his actions. Indeed, these two were no ordinary children. To the Hyuga girl, she always felt that her children were ending childhood when it only just begun.
At the same time, everyone else had children of their own but they weren't married yet. Rin and Gaara had Hikaru. Sasuke and Sakura had twins by the names of Kuroto and Umi. Neji and Tenten gave birth to Yamase. Shikamaru and Ino had a child named Tsubasa. Finally, Itachi and Ayane, who had their child, Asuran, after their marriage soon after they knew another. Konoha's new generation was filled with hope, everyone had their own responsibilities to make their potential shine to the fullest. In the near future, any oppressors would understand the true meaning of fear, Konoha was not a place for anyone to mess with. After Wave country was completely taken over by the Sound, Konoha had to make sure they would not be the next. This newest generation was showing much promise indeed.
AN: Let me do some explaining before you guys leave, review or other. This is the chapter where Hinata and Naruto have sex but I did it in Rin's POV so it was like a mystery to the audience. To be very honest, the lemon isn't done yet for I was working my ass off just trying to get this chapter done underneath all the other work that I had to do. When I have the time, I will tell you guys when the lemon scene would come out for it would be a double post. I also decided that I would place it in a new story so just in case administrators want to delete the lemon, they won't delete this PG-13 story. It's unfair, yaoi lemons are allowed while hetero is not… damn those yaoi administrative bastards… I wonder if they really are yaoi lovers… Okay, let's not imagine that…
Aside from the fact that I don't have the lemon scene that over half you perverts are waiting for, there is a need to understand what is going to happen in the next chapter or chapters. I will be talking about the growth of the children (not just Shani and Kagari) and how they interact with Naruto and Hinata's children. It will be mostly first person POV of Naruto and Hinata. Personally, I have an easier time writing first person for… well, it's just simpler to me, I guess. There will definitely be no action involved in the future, I hate reading and writing those combat scenarios for I am very weak at it. It will consist of romance, angst and drama and the plot will be around Shani and Kagari at ages two to seven. The final part of this chapter only briefly explained it but their parents would give more analysis. I know Shani and Kagari are both mature but of course like any stages of growing up, there had to be different obstacles that they face. The next chapter is mostly like that but it has nothing to do with just fighting.
Before I forget, the Paladin, Kiba, Orochimaru, and the Sound Three are antagonists in the Downfall of the Light 3, I used this volume so you could understand their characters in a greater sense. And yes, I made Tayuya, Jiroubo, and Kidoumaru's status, thoughts, some of their conversations into nearly exactly like Crot Buer, Orga Sabnak, and Shani Andras in Gundam Seed. First of all, I do not know enough about the Sound Four. In the anime, they show up, influence Sasuke, escape, and then die. I do not know a thing about them and it would be just so much better if I used the status of those 'three' in Seed. I couldn't believe it worked out that well and hell, it made perfect sense. That's in my opinion of course. As for the Uchiha brothers, let's just say they settled their differences like a gentleman would. Hopefully you all enjoyed this chapter overall, I really had fun making it.
Finally, I will be starting school again tomorrow since the Winter Break is over… NO! To those who need to return to that wretched hellhole, I wish you all the best of luck. During this break, I managed to post up three new updates, I am pretty proud of myself knowing that I actually sat in front of the PC and worked. I wish I wasn't as lazy as I was or I possibly may even have another post. Well, nonetheless, I bid you all farewell! Forbidden Gundam and Shani Andras rock! Reporting out!
