(A/N: Hi all. Lady Hiran here. No...reviews. Zip. Zilch. Nadda. None. Zero. The Big Cheerio. That stings. Unless I get some reviews this chappie, this gonna be my last for awhile. I may even discontinue this fic after this chappie if the trend continues. Now, all unpleasantness aside, read on.)
"Don't you guys have lives outside of work?" Hotaru asked, still a little green as she rose to her feet.
"Yeah, doncha have girlfriends're nothin'?" Hajime asked, standing up rather unsteadily.
The leader of the Seeker troupe growled angrily.
"I'll take that as a no." Kakashi said mildly from behind his book.
"Doesn't surprise me a bit." Izanami (Great-grandmother) snorted.
"Probably wears that mask for a reason." Amidamaru (Breat-grandfather) sneered.
The leader of the Uzumaki Seeker Ninja's cracked his knuckles loudly as the group dissolved into snickers.
He angrily snapped his fingers (how does one go about angrily snapping ones fingers exactly anyway?)
"Shiina!" he snarled.
A Seeker, undoubtedly a woman by the way she curved beneath her uniform, stepped forward.
"Do it." He growled ferociously.
"Understood." The woman said from behind her kabuki mask.
She pulled a simple wooden flute out of a pouch at her hip and shifted her mask just enough so that her lips were revealed.
She began to play; a quick staccato tune, and in the space it takes to blink, six bodies were on the ground, writhing, screaming and hissing in pain.
Naruto growled and spat, digging his fingers into the ground.
Gaara began slamming his head repeatedly against a rock.
Izanami and Amidamaru arched their backs, twisting in unnatural ways as they howled in pain.
Hotaru hissed and roared, tearing at her face and hair, writhing in pain.
Hajime made choking sounds and loud inhuman screams as he thrashed about the ground.
"What the hell?" Zabuza cried, "What's happening to them?"
Sasuke remembered the twin's earlier words.
"The Uzumaki Seeker Ninja are Shinobi who're specifically trained t' deal with th' Jinchuriki in th' family who've been deemed t' dangerous."
"They hunt them down, and utterly destroy them."
"Utterly…destroy them…" Sasuke thought as two came together.
"That flute!" He yelled to Kakashi, "Get it away from her!" (DUUUHHHHH!)
"Done and done." Kakashi said cheerfully (he's still reading that godforsaken book by the way)
Without lifting his eyes from the pages, he swiftly used a Teleportation Jutsu and reappeared in front of the one known as Shiina.
"'scuse me?" he smiled, "Can I borrow this?"
He swiped the flute away from her and teleported away from her.
"HEY!" she shouted indignantly.
On the ground, the six jinchuriki stopped twisting in agony and wheezed in grateful lungfuls of air.
"You asshole! Give that back!" she cried, stamping her foot childishly.
"Mmmm…" Kakashi said thoughtfully, "Don't wanna."
"URRRRGH!" She growled angrily.
The Leader (I'm not namin' him! you can't make me!) glared in their general direction.
Itachi (damn it! I almost wrote'm outta the plot this time! damn it! damn it! damn it!) gave a disheartened sigh, disappointed that everyone was still alive.
Haku went to assist the Uzumaki's, but-
"STOP, HAKU!" They roared at him, stopping him dead in his tracks.
"No one else…" Hotaru murmured, staggering to her feet, "…shall be injured needlessly…no one else shall die."
Her fingers moved to the latches on her tekko.
"I am about to show you all…the truest face of the Kyuubi no Yoko." She murmured, "In this stage, my human chakra is almost completely devoured by the Kyuubi's."
-CLNK-CLNK-
"How I wish…it hadn't come to this." Hotaru said softly watching the tekko as they fell to the ground, "…but you assaulted my friends…my family…which is absolute;y…unforgivable in my eyes."
She looked back upwards at the Uzumaki Seeker Ninja's, her eyes glowing a demonic, fiery orange.
"…you should be running." She said quietly as her body began to distort.
There were loud popping and cracking sounds as she suddenly gained two feet in height.
A fiery tinge erupted from every pore, covering her arms, legs, hands, feet and face.
Fiery orange fur burst from the backs of her arms, hands, the tops of both feet and completely covered both legs.
Her hair grew several feet and became blood red.
Sharp talons exploded from her fingers and toes.
Fangs grew in place of teeth.
The whites of her eyes became black.
Her ears became pointed and slid up the sides of her head.
Nine tails erupted from her tailbone.
"Oh…oh my god." One Seeker sputtered.
Hotaru turned an angry eye on the Uzumaki Seeker's letting loose a loud animalistic growl.
"G-get ready everyone!" the Leader squeaked.
Thick saliva dripped off her fangs, hitting the ground and disintegrating the neighboring plantlife, a low steady growl was in Hotaru's throat.
The Seeker Ninja were quaking violently as she took a step forward, letting loose another loud ferocious growl.
"FUCK THIS!" one shouted, throwing down his mask, "I QUIT!"
As the Ninja dashed off, there were some shared looks between the other Shinobi.
"I'M WITH YOU MAN!"
"SCREW THIS!"
"AS STRANGE AS IT MIGHT SOUND, I ENJOY LIVING!"
"THE HEALTH BENEFITS FOR THIS JOB SUCK ANYWAY!"
Soon, the only one left was The Leader.
A deep, rumbling, inhuman voice erupted from Hotaru's throat.
-("Where are your deaththreats now, little man?")- she growled, advancing on him, -("Still so brave now that no one's left to defend you?")-
The Leader promptly pissed himself and fainted.
Hotaru turned a glowing eye on the Time Traveler's and gave a low feral growl.
"Uh…H-Hotaru?" Haku asked with a nervous smile.
Saliva ran off her fangs and splash on to the ground, hissing acridly as it burned away the surrounding plant life.
"Sis?" Hajime asked as she got closer, claws extended.
She lifted her face contorted with animalistic fury at them…and…
-("NYEEEEH! JUST KIDDING!")- she grinned (ewww…grinning with a mouthful of fangs? tre' creepy!)
"WHY TH' HELL DID YOU DO THAT YA BITCH?" Gaara shouted at her.
-("Mmm…I just felt like screwing with you!")- she smirked.
"Not…funny." Sasuke snarled.
"I…wasn't sc-sc-scared." Naruto stuttered.
Hotaru strutted up to him and ruffled his hair (HEY! Watch it with those claws, missy!)
-("Well you should have been.")-She smirked, -("When I'm like this, there is no telling what I might do.")-
Naruto squeaked loudly.
Izanami grabbed one tekko.
Amidamaru grabbed the other.
-CLNK-
-CLNK-
Orange skin turned pale peach (nearly white)
Blood red hair reverted to white blonde.
Fur wisped away.
Blackened whites retuned to normal.
Orange irises returned to their original ice-blue tinge.
A perfectly normal (if somewhat changed) Hotaru stood, pouting, where her formerly terrifying presence just had.
She pulled overly long locks of white blonde hair out of her face.
"You're no fun at all, you know that, Old Hag?" she sulked at her Great-grandmother.
"Yeah, yeah." Izanami sighed.
Later That Evening…
"Thanks for lettin' us crash here, Gramps." Hajime said, pulling his soild t-shirt over his head.
"Nadda prob." Amidamaru said cheerfully.
"Hey, Old Goat! Where did you say the library was?" Hotaru yelled from her temporary room.
"Down the hall, last room on your left." Izanami shouted back.
The Uzumaki Twins as well as their boarders were rooming at their Great-grandparent's for the night.
Naruto had gone to bed after eating five bowls of ramen.
Hajime was watching SOUTH PARK in the den.
Sasuke was playing, "Let's-See-How-Fast-And-Well-We-Can-Avoid-Our-Elder-Brother." with Itachi.
Itachi was playing, "Let's-See-How-Fast-And-Well-We-Can-Turn-Our-Little-Brother-Into-A-Mental-Patient." with Sasuke.
Zabuza and Haku were playing video games against Amidamaru (who was mopping the floor with them)
Gaara was deep in discussion with Izanami about the twin's seals (she's the one who crafts them)
Kakashi (unbeknownst to Hotaru) was hiding out in the library.
Kakashi lifted his head up with a jerk as the door opened.
Hotaru glared at him for a moment then strode on past him, muttering under her breath, "Goddamn perverted asshole."
That did it.
Kakashi threw down his book and grabbed Hotaru by the wrist, switched her around and slammed her against one the built-in bookcase walls, sending several books tottering off the shelves.
"HEY!" she cried indignantly, "What is your problem?"
"My problem…" Kakashi growled, "…is the fact that I have not done a single perverse thing since returning to your time and yet you still insist on calling me a lecher!"
"And you don't call that porno mag perverse?" Hotaru cried, eyes flashing (she's gotta point you know!)
"That's not the point!" he cried in exasperation, "I haven't kissed you, touched you, done anything to you at all that would even fit the definition '"perverse"' and yet you still insist on treating me this way and I demand an explanation!"
"I…I…" Hotaru stammered, reddening slightly.
"Welll? What is it?" Kakashi snapped, "Huh? Huh? Huh? WHAT?"
"It's…" Hotaru muttered, face turning redder.
"COME ON, OUT WITH IT!" Kakashi snarled.
"IT'S BECAUSE I LIKE YOU, OKAY?" Hotaru screamed at him, face beet red.
-("Atta girl.")- The Kyuubi cheered within her brain, laughing as Kakashi fell backwards on his ass, -("You go!")-
"Shut up!" she shrieked internally, "It's your fault to begin with!"
-("I love you, too.")- The Kyuubi snickered.
Kakashi stared in disbelief at Hotaru as she turned even redder.
He didn't bite.
"Y-you're kidding right?" he asked sheepishly.
Hotaru's jaw dropped.
"Huh?" she gaped, "Wh-what did you just-?"
"What are you trying to pull this time?" Kakashi asked, narrowing his eyes, "What's your ploy?"
Hotaru couldn't speak, just stood there, mouth opening and closing like a fish.
-("Ooo…bad call there, buddy.")- The Kyuubi tsked.
Kakashi watched as Hotaru's knuckles turned white.
She lifted her head, angry tears dancing in her eyes.
"RRRRRGH!" she growled, "You know what Kakashi? I just decided I don't give a DAMN how much I like you now! If this is the way you treat someone who tells you they like you, I can't imagine what you would do to someone who told you that they loved you."
Kakashi realized his error too late; he remembered that they were in the library.
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"Secret Technique: Beatcha-With-A-Book-Corner; Type Three! Library Maelstrom!" Hotaru spat, swiping away the furious tears as she stormed out of the library.
"…ow." Kakashi groaned from beneath the mountain of books.
"Hm? Hey did you hear something?" Amidamaru asked.
"No." Haku and Zabuza replied simultaneously, completely focused on the game, "Stop with the distraction tactics, old man."
Sasuke mananged to find a statue of Jizo, crack Itachi over the head with it, and escape into his room.
Gaara, very intrigued with the information he absorbed, strolled into his room to think over things.
Hotaru lay on her back and sighed infuriatedly.
This was just like back when she was ten, and had told her first crush she had liked him.
FLASHBACK
"Uh...um...Wataru-kun...I...I really l-like you." Hotaru stuttered.
"Are you kiddin' me?" he snorted.
"Huh?" Hotaru replied, startled.
"Your cousin Yuu told me all aboutcha." Wataru snorted, "Like I'd ever go with a demon girl."
"D-demon...girl?" Hotaru said in a choked whisper.
"Just forget about it, freakshow." He laughed as he walked away.
Her cousins, who were watching in the bushes, burst out laughing.
"Devil Girl!"
"Who would ever go with you?"
"Stupid!"
"Dummy!"
"St-stop it." Hotaru whispered fiercely, covering her ears with her hands, "Shut uuuuup."
Hajime saw what was happening and dashed over quickly.
"HEY! What th' HELL are you doin' t' my sister?" he snarled.
"Ooo, the other Freak Twin makes an appearence."
"Hi-chan? What is goin' on?" he cried, as Hotaru began hyperventilating, trying to stay in control.
"Yeah, Demon."
"Tell your brother."
"Tell him how you were rejected!"
"How you'll never be loved!"
"Both of you!"
"Tell him!"
"Tell him!"
"Tell him!"
END OF FLASHBACK
Another angered sigh.
Hotaru looked at her hand, where the curse seal resided, marking her as a member of the Uzumaki Clan.
Every member had one, this was true, but because of the threat the jinchuriki posed, a test was always performimmediately after birth, one that directlyinvolved the marks.
A poker was prepared, stoked in a fire until it glowed.
The infant in question was brought forward,curse sealexposed.
And the poker was brought to the marking.
If the poker was repelled, the child housed a demon, who was protecting it's vessel with a blast of youki.
If not, a horrible scar was left behind; it would fade, but took years.
"It must have been...so painful for them."Hotaru mused aloud, "To be burdened with not one, but two jinchuriki as children."
She smirked and flopped backward on her bed.
"Yes..." she said, "...with all the fantasic, amazing things I've acomplished..."
She draped a tekko cladwrist over her eyes.
"It's a smallwonder they aren't turning-cartwheels-in-their-graves." she groaned.
Hajime watched as Eric Cartman and Shelly Marsh conspired to get back at Shelly's twenty-two year old boyfriend, Skylar.
"What kinda crack addict has a twelve-year old datin' someone twenty two?" he wondered aloud as Shelly began her special work on Skylar's guitar.
"Oh well." he brushed it off, "Best not ta think about it." (...dumbass)
He burst out laughing as the twelve year old girl and eight year old cut-outs walked in on the cat orgy.
His laughter doubled as Mrs. Cartman stumbled in and passed out drunk in the middle of the floor.
His laughter awoke Naruto, who tottered into the room.
"Wazz sho funny?" he asked sleepily.
Unable to speak, Hajime pointed to the screen.
Naruto blinked in exhaustion.
Blinked again...
...then burst out laughing as Stan and Kyle went into their trademark lines, "OH MY GOD! THEY KILLED KENNY!" "YOU-BASTARDS!"
(Authoress: Hey! That show isn't suitable for twelve year olds!)
(Random Readers: AW SHUT UP!)
Chef was now singing about this "Chocolate Salty Balls." sending the boys into fits of laughter.
In the library, Kakashi was just regaining consciouness.
"...ow..." he moaned, unburying himself.
He ran a hand back through his hair in disconcertion.
"Sheesh...why'd she get so angry?" he wondered, "It's not like she was serious...right?"
(A/N: Hotaru is giving Kakashi the silent treatment; Gaara has new seals; Naruto has an epiphany; Sasuke and Itachi are at each other's throats; Zabuza and Haku are indifferent and Hajime just wants to get this over with so he wont miss World's Wildest Police Chases. R&R!)