Demon Thinking

Demon Talking

Human Thinking

Dream

Panting heavily for breath Hinata ran forward, her legs screaming in exhaustion with every step she took. Tripping up she cursed and dared not to look back. Yet the urge to see if the one chasing her has fallen back any was too great and the girl peeked over her shoulder. Eyes widening in shock, Hinata let out a scream of pure terror as the phantom figure loomed over her, holding a deadly sword. Though it was dark, the moon gave just enough light to gleam off of the mighty blade and down on Hinata as the phantom struck.

Closing her eyes, Hinata felt her skin rip then burst as the smell of blood filled her nose. The pain made Hinata open her eyes and see the horrible wound inflicted on her. Her arm was a mass of blood, staining her clothes and making her head spin. Out of the corner of her eye Hinata could see the phantom raise his blade once more. Grunting with effort the girl pulled herself to her feet and continued running. Sweat flowed into her eyes and stung at the wound on her arm making the black haired girl grit her teeth but she did not stop running.

Twice again she stumbled and the third time she fell, crashing into her wounded arm and whimpering softly in pain. The phantom's shadow fell over her and reached out with his hand and in a moment of desperation Hinata bit down hard. Barely able to break the skin, Hinata was punch in the face for her troubles and soon found a hand closing around her neck.

Gagging and sputtering tried to pry the unknown figure's hand away with her good hand but she started going under from lack of air. This was made worse by the phantom placing his knee on her chest speeding up her suffocation.

As her body started to go limp Hinata was just able to make out something her killer was trying to say.

"Give me what I want! Hurry up, girl. Your debt must be repaid, give it to me! NOW!"

The pressure on her chest and throat and with what little energy she left gave the figure a semi-hard punch before dying with tears in her eyes.

Hinata reached out her hand to empty air and tried to get air into her lungs, but the pressure on her chest prevented this. Growling softly and clenching her fist Hinata opened her eyes to see Kuu sitting on her chest staring back at her.

The red/gray Wolf snorted and hopped off, leaving the girl to breath regularly again. The canine blinked twice before turning her back and moving towards the window still where she could see the stars. Hinata placed a hand over her heart and sighed before looking at her hands and clenching them into fist slowly.

"That same dream again?" Kuu asked, not bothering to turn her head. "I'm getting tired of hearing screams from you that I didn't cause."

"My debt, what do you mean by that? Such a stupid dream, but still..." Without realizing it Hinata just ignored Kuu which of course set the Wolf off, pouncing on the girl's bed and jabbing her claws into her neck.

"You're getting too full of yourself, girl. Maybe you should stop worrying about other debts that mean nothing and think about the debt you owe me."

Hinata narrowed her eyes and turned away which only fueled Kuu's anger and for a moment she looked like she would hit the girl but instead growled and jumped down to the floor where she gained a sulky look.

"No one is allowed to hurt you but me. I hold your life in my paws."

Hinata rubbed her neck and once again felt the scars and stopped. Without truly realizing it she shivered and looked at the Wolf, helpless and angry that she had to rely on her. "He didn't just hurt me…I was killed… suffocated to death. It was painful."

Upon hearing those words Kuu whirled around and snarled, demanding to know what the man looked like and a cringing Hinata tried her best to answer all her questions. Pacing back and forth and growling the Wolf bared her fangs and turning to Hinata stared hard at her.

'This girl, I've made sure nothing too bad would happen to her until I got what I needed but if he's lurking around…no she will be safe. I just need to keep her close.'

Hinata watched her pace with increasing unease and soon forgot about her anger towards the Wolf and thought it better to leave t alone than dwellon it. Getting ready for the day she noted with pride that today would begin her training as an official ninja. Kuu just laughed but didn't say anything which confused Hinata but she just shrugged it off.

Appearing at the gate at the academy Hinata found Naruto walking towards the gate as well yet looking very tired yet the boy looked as happy as she was. Seeing her Naruto waved to Hinata and beckoned her over but the smile he had soon became a scowl as he looked down at something beside Hinata. Tipping her head to the side and looking down Hinata saw what made Naruto get so angry.

"Kuu what are you doing here? You never follow me to the academy."

The red/gray Wolf smirked and smirked but not before pretending to bite at Naruto's leg. "I do what I please; you do not hold any power over me."

Hinata just groaned at this and facepalmed, leaving Naruto to scowl harder at the beast who took notice.

"Better hurry boy or you and the girl will be late for class."

Naruto's glare intensified and just as he was about to say something Hinata ushered him inside the building. For a second the boy was happy to get away from Kuu but then he remembered the previous day's events and turned his head away from Hinata. Perplexed Hinata tried to get Naruto to look at her but the blonde haired boy kept turning away.

"Why won't you look at me? What have I done, I don't understand. Tell me, what did I do wrong?! Naruto-kun!"

Screaming out his name made everyone in the classroom stared at the pair, and Hinata not noticing them continued to rave. Shutting his eyes against Naruto shook his head and finally looked at Hinata ho has gone quiet and was sobbing. The boy stared stunned for a moment before breaking down and trying to apologize. Without warning Kuu's voice reached him and he saw the Wolf giving Hinata a sorrowful look and unlike before her voice held no malice or harshness in it.

"You can't cry all the time, little warrior. There are very few things that deserve tears, safe them for something important. I want to become strong and sometimes you will have to fight against things you would rather do without." Kuu stopped for a minute, looking down but soon continued yet kept her head bowed. "Rejection, anger, loneliness, and fear; we all have to face these things and face it from the ones who were supposed to love us the most. You can't cry over something as stupid as a boy not answering you."

"Kuu…"

The wolf turned away and snorted at Hinata but not before glaring at Naruto, growling. "This girl, she is…important to me and I will not allow anyone to hurt her. If you do anything to taint her pure soul, I will kill you."

A/N: Kind of filler-ish but still relevant to the plot