No reviewer response this installation, sorry.

Oh, and I don't own the idea for Youkai demons, I just changed it a bit

Chapter 6: Recovery

Lithak awoke in the hospital a week later, not that he knew any of that. Though he had awoke, he did not open his eyes, for he did not know exactly what he would open them too. He then became aware of the weight on his chest. He opened his eyes and looked down, and saw Hinata's head resting on his chest, sleeping. He surveyed the room around himself, well, as best as he could with someone on his chest at least. Near the corner of the room to Lithaks right, naruto slept, Sakura by his side, sleeping as Hinata was. He realized how early it must be.

Lithak gently shook Hinata awake. "Hinata," he whispered. She groaned loudly for a second, then lazily opened her eyes. The laziness went away, however, when she realized who had woke her up. She immediately jumped up and wrapped her arms around him. Though, it was more of a jumped on top of him thing, Lithak enjoyed it nonetheless. He embraced her within his own grasp, and smiled.

This (rather loud) scene had awoken Sakura, and she looked over to see Hinata embracing Lithak. She smiled, and nodded. It was then that Lithak realized how similar he and Naruto were. They were both outcasts within their home villages. They both had inner demons. They both had people that cared about them despite their flaws. Maybe, just maybe, things would work out well.

Just then, Naruto awoke. He looked over at Lithak and scowled. "Why do I have to be in the same room as him?" Naruto said. Lithak smiled, "Hey, your awake." Naruto's scowl dissapeared. "Hey, back in the battle," he said, "those attacks, what were they?" Lithak paused for a moment, wondering whether or not he should tell him. He weakly climbed out of his bed, and hobbled over to Naruto's bed. Then, he slammed his open palm into Naruto's stomache and uttered, "Seal of Truth." He backed up a little, and said, "Now, if you ever tell anybody about what I am going to say, that seal will kill you from the inside out. Oh, and Sakura better check her stomache too, because there's one there as well." And indeed, Sakura lifted her shirt up to her belly, and there was a cross shaped mark there as well.

Lithak continued. "Hinata, already knows this, so this is nothing new to her. Except maybe a little of it, like why I came here. Around the same time that Kyuubi attacked this village, in the village of the sky, a demon attacked. It wasn't one of the tailed demons, but it was around the same level as the eight and the nine tails. It's name was Onimaru, the Dog Demon. My parents, as did Naruto's, also died during the battle against the Dog Demon. And, in a similar fashion as the fourth Hokage of your village, our Hokage sealed the demons spirit within a child. That child is me. This effectively turned me into the Dog Demon version of when the tailed beasts are sealed within humans, or Jinchuuriki, I believe they call it. What they call it when the Dog Demon is sealed within a human, they call it a Youkai. And, as are all people with my fate, I was ignored. I learned to live with it...until a brutal crime was commited against me, a couple of months ago. There was...one person who had come to like me. They stuck with me no matter what. One day, as I was out getting basic living needs, I wandered into a back alley...I guess you could say for the fun of it. I found the person murdered, I sat there and cried, despite myself, and eventually somebody found me in the back alley. I was naturally blamed, and ordered, well, executed. Naturally, Onimaru had no intention of being executed, nor did I, so I let him take control of my body, but ordered him not to kill anyone unless necessary. Unfortunately, it ended up being necessary. That was also when I discovered the ability that came with being the container of Onimaru, the Kilgaran, and eye skill like Sharingan and Byakugan. It allows me to read minds and see into souls. Needless to say, I am now a missing nin, and I am certain Tsunade knows. I truly have no idea why she hasn't turned me in yet, but I fear it is a matter of time."

Lithak ended his speach, and sighed. "Hinata," he said, "help me back onto the bed." She did, and he felt a little more at ease. "Hinata," he said, "lay down, please, it calms me to be in your presence." She gradually layed down beside him, and she fell asleep. Apparently she had been up for quiet a while on his behalf. Lithak too soon fell asleep as well, exhausted still from his battle the previous week. He fell asleep with his arm layed over Hinata's sleeping form.

Naruto and Sakura, however, did not fall asleep. Naruto, being naturally energetic, felt great, and Sakura, though she had stayed at the hospital rather than her family, and taken the time to heal both of them, hadn't stayed up late each night staring at her boyfriend worriedly like Hinata had. Sakura spoke up to Naruto, "It's kinda sweet isn't it, how they care so much about each other. Kinda reminds me of us a little bit." She scooted a little bit closer to Naruto, and wrapped her arms around his lower chest. Naruto looked down a Sakura, and he too wrapped his arms around her. "Maybe," he said, "maybe we are more alike than I thought." Naruto pulled Sakura up to his level and pulled her in more closely. He began to make out with her, passionately kissing her. They slowly lowered themselves onto the bed. This make out session continued until the heard the door open and close. They immediately let go of each other, blushing furiously. The person who had entered was none other than Neji Hyuuga. "It's not like you guys are exactly a secret, everyone in the village knows," he said. Sakura blushed even deeper, so that her face was now a darker shade of pink than her hair. "Hey," announced Naruto, "aren't you Hinata's cousin?" Neji nodded, and looked over towards Lithak and Hinata. His first instinct was to wake up Lithak and beat him to death, but he surpressed that reaction. Instead, he looked at his cousin, and took everything, not just that she was so close to Lithak, but instead, she saw the protectie arm he held around her kin, and for the first time, Neji understood. His cousin had fallen in love. Neji smiled, and walked out of the room.

In Lithak's dreams, he saw a pair a red eyes, with navy blue pupils. Not much different from his own eyes, when Onimaru took over him. Then he realized, this was Onnimaru staring back at him. "You...boy, you really have a thing for that Hinata girl don't you," Onimaru said. Lithak nodded, and said, "You have to give me the power to protect her, for my sake." Onimaru laughed, "You know boy, I had someone like that for me once. Unfortunately, she was slain by demon slayers from your village. I figured, if you can kill those precious to me, I may kill those precious to you. So I killed those pathetic villagers. Of course, I wouldn't have killed your parent's if I'd have known that wretched 6th Hokage would seal me within you. I see no reason not to help you, to give you more strength to do for you what I could not do for myself" The eyes began to distance themselves from Lithak, and he smiled. For a second, there had been a hint of simpathy within the eyes of Onimaru.

1. Do you think Neji is ready to accept that his cousin has fallen in love with someone?

2. Do you think Naruto and Lithak will end up being friends?

3. What do you think about Onimaru now that I have revealed some of his past?

4. Do you think Lithak was right ot ask Onimaru for his power?

5. Why do you think Onimaru is sympathetic towards Lithak?