Demon Talking

Human Thinking

Demon Thinking

Dream

'This is crazy; I can't believe I'm doing this.' Anko stood in front of the gate to the Hyuuga compound and just stared at the opposing obstacle. Maybe if she turned back now all will be fine. No, she shook her head chastising her. You have to find out what the hell is going on.

With an inward sigh, the snake Jonin made enough of a racket that soon all of the compounds guards must have come for her.

'Jeez, they sure don't take any chances do they?' she thought with a snort.

It was a bit of a pain having to explain why she wanted to see Hiashi but after a good ten minutes of arguing she was let in and escorted to the main branch's center, where Hiashi was, where else, in his office. With a wave of his hand he set the guards away and gave Anko a withering look before going back to work.

Anko stood silent for a while and muttered something under her breath before groaning and finally breaking the silence, the clan head looked up annoyed and opened his mouth to speak.

What is it that you want, Mitarashi Anko?"

The dark haired woman tipped her head to the side and hummed softly. Now that she had Hiashi's attention how she would go about questioning him.

Sighing, Anko decided that she would just get on with it and opened her mouth to speak but as she did so a dull thud sounded outside the closed door. Seeming to know what it was Hiashi ignored it but curiosity quietly got the better of Anko and she opened the door and in tumbled Hinata, bleeding profusely from a large number of wounds.

Kneeling down to the girl Anko scooped her up in her arms and quickly rose to leave but Hiashi called out to her, ordering her to stop.

"There is no reason to concern yourself with my daughter. Please just set her down somewhere and after a few days she'll be fine."

Anko caught the bored tone in his voice and grimaced, without looking back she headed for the door and out of the compound. "I don't know exactly what's going on but I won't leave this child to suffer. There are things here that you do not fully comprehend, Hyuuga. But I can see now that your daughter is in trouble and you will not help. I won't allow it; she's coming with me until she can be safe again."

"You can't defy me, get back here!"

Anko looked back and smiled though she knew Hiashi couldn't see it as he stayed in his office. "I'm not part of the Hyuuga Clan, you can't control me."

Anko yawned softly as she stood vigil over Hinata; the girl hasn't woken from her sleep in the three hours she's been in Anko's apartment. The older ninja has removed the girl's jacket and although it was more blood than jacket Anko was positive it could be saved. She has cleaned all of Hinata's wounds and dressed them and felt proud of her handiwork. She didn't have anyone to patch up but herself but knew Tsunade herself couldn't have done better.

Still what worried her were the wounds inflicted on Hinata's body. There were a number of claw marks and even more bite marks. It wasn't hard to figure out who has done this. Anko was also worried over the fact that Hinata's sleep was severely disturbed. The girl fidgeted in a cold sweat and kept muttering Kuu's name while reaching out for something she couldn't reach.

"Kuu… What the hell are you doing?"

Suddenly Hinata's eyes snapped open and looking around dazed, her gaze fell onto Anko whom she tackled to the ground with a frightening snarl. Anko landed hard on her back and struggled to keep Hinata's hands from reaching her throat.

"Dammit, get off!" The older woman growled, kicking Hinata hard in the stomach which sent her flying.

Hinata lay motionless for a second and her breathing slowed, this sent off warning bells and Anko quickly scrambled to the wounded girl's side. The older woman sighed in relief when she saw the rise and fall of Hinata's chest and gingerly picked her up and set her back on her own bed then resumed her watch over the girl.

"What the hell am I going to do with her? This is beyond me; I shouldn't have just taken her like that. I'll probably have the whole clan down round me, damn it."

Anko grumbled slightly at the predicament she found herself in but shook her head to clear it. Something very wrong was going on in the Hyuuga compound and for Hiashi to not react when Hinata was bleeding in front of him was even worse. The dark haired woman growled softly at the clan head's actions and felt the need to pound his face in.

She was brought out of her thoughts by a loud thumping coming from the front of the door, tipping her head to the side she wondered how it could be.

Opening the door she saw no one but soon a voice made itself heard.

"Are you just going to stand there all day or are you going to let me in?"

The harsh tone, the insulting barb in the voice; there was no mistaking who the owner was. Sighing, Anko looked down to see a badly wounded Kuu glaring up at her but some of the fire was gone from her eyes to be replaced with weariness. That was strange, what could possibly have Kuu on edge?

Kuu snorted quietly and forced her way in leaving Anko stunned. What was the wolf doing here, and then it clicked. She wanted Hinata. Anko watched as Kuu stood a small distance away from Hinata while staring at her intently. The wolf snarled softly and started to jab at the girl with her claws.

"Come on, get up you pitiful girl. After all this time, those little cuts and scratches shouldn't be enough to put you under."

When the girl didn't rise Kuu snorted and reached over, burying her fangs into Hinata's wrist and Anko could hear the bones beginning to grind together.

Growling, Anko rushed over and pried Kuu's jaws apart and pushed her away. Yet she could still smell the fresh blood now pouring from the new wound. The wolf glared at her before suddenly breaking out into a sinister smile. The snake Ninja took a step back while pulling out a kunai.

"What are you going to do with that? There's no reason why you should be doing this, you don't even know that girl."

Anko didn't lower her guard and watched Kuu carefully; there was no telling what she had planned. "That may be but when I see a father do nothing for his wounded daughter I tend to take things in my own hands."

Kuu's fur began to bristle and she bared her fangs. "You have no idea what's going on! You should have left; the girl is no concern of yours. She is mine and I won't tolerate anyone trying to take her from me."

Anko moved to the side as Kuu launched herself at her. The wolf landed nimbly and turned swiftly, managing to bite into Anko's arm. The woman gasped in pain and wielded the kunai to aim at Kuu's eye. However Kuu jerked her head to the side and as a result the kunai missed its target but sliced open the wolf's cheek. Pushing herself off of the Ninja, Kuu backed away feeling irritation at the trembling in her legs.

She wouldn't be able to keep this up, looks like the little warrior wasn't a total failure.

Kuu took this moment to scoff and look back on the girl sleeping fitfully behind her. She briefly felt a smile tugging on her lips, wondering if she'll be able to take the girl and make a run for it. A sharp stab of pain upon moving towards Hinata made up her mind for her and the wolf tuned away to face Anko, though this too he knew was dangerous.

"Why do you fight when you're hurt? It doesn't make any sense." Anko muttered, looking over the canine's bloody body and unintentionally wincing.

Kuu flattened her ears, aggravated that this human would be pitying her. "I know little else; fighting makes me feel safe, especially if I can kill my opponent. Though in this situation I will just take the little warrior and be on my way if you would step down."

Anko narrowed her eyes; did Kuu really believe that she would just let her walk away with Hinata? No, the wolf wasn't stupid but she also wasn't much sense in choosing to stay and fight. Wrapped up in her thoughts Anko didn't notice Kuu stalking forward yet before the wolf could bite Anko snapped out of it and threw the kunai which buried itself in Kuu's left fore leg.

Grunting, the wolf fell to the ground, unable to hold her weight anymore. Anko approached her cautiously while Kuu glowered at her.

"Why did you choose the girl? I thought that after you were through with me you said you wouldn't claim anyone else."

Kuu had taken to lying down on her side and with her eyes closed appeared asleep. But she opened one purple eye and stared at Anko before smirking.

"Yes, I did say that, didn't I? Well let's just say that when her father threw her at me after trying to sacrifice her I saved her life at her request. I did it because I wanted to feel… I don't have to explain myself to you."

Anko heard something in Kuu's voice something she wasn't used to and felt slightly unnerved by it. Kuu's voice held sadness that Anko hasn't heard in a very long time. But as soon as it came it was gone. Kuu went back to glaring at her and Anko sighed, not knowing what else to do.

The woman sighed and ran her fingers through her hair before casting a wary glance at Kuu. "If you allow me to keep her and treat her wounds, would you go?"

"I told you, I'm not leaving without the girl."

Anko balled her fists and gritted her teeth, it took all she had to not lash out at Kuu, and she even started to go for another kunai before she stopped herself.

"If you keep this up she will die! I know you hate to lose and that girl dying will ensure that."

Kuu snorted and turned her head, she didn't want to hear anything about the girl dying. She knew what she was doing; after all she's done it before with the woman standing not far from her now.

"Do you remember why I came to you?" Kuu asked at length, she could tell the question took Anko by surprise.

Anko remained silent, struggling for something to say when she just shook her and smiled wistfully. "Yes, you told me that I had strength and that I could do whatever I wanted. You taught me to harness my power but I remember you saying that I was too out of control to handle."

When Kuu smiled Anko felt shivers go up her spine but calmed herself. The wolf could do nothing to her now.

"Yes, you also didn't listen to orders and had the balls to challenge me. And as you lay bleeding on the ground I left. There was no reason to go on; it would have just been a headache."

Anko suddenly began to laugh, much to Kuu's annoyance who quickly demanded an explanation. For a while Anko didn't speak, she continued laughing all the while aggravating Kuu.

"I'm sorry, but that's not how I remember it. Yes I challenged you but there was more to it. At the time you saw that I wasn't willing to take every single life I came across. If I saw someone who didn't need to be killed I showed them mercy. You got frustrated and on more than one occasion took control of me and tried to force me to kill."

"Yeah, and it was the greatest thing I could've done for you." Kuu muttered with a sly grin.

Anko narrowed her eyes and cursed the wolf's name, hoping vainly that she would go up in flames. "You made me kill three innocent people, one of them a young child. I fought back and eventually took back my body and then tried to leave. And then you tried to kill me and left me to die."

Kuu settled her body into the ground, grunting in pain over her wounds and studied Anko's face for a moment. She saw that with becoming a Ninja has changed the woman and now she could tell that she was not afraid to kill anyone anymore.

'Everything is true; Kuu couldn't tolerate my weakness or my merciful attitude. So then why is she doing the same thing with this girl?' Anko thought, looking at Hinata as she turned over with a pained sigh.

The woman snapped back to attention when Kuu called out to her and she was surprised by the wolf's statement.

"I will leave you with her and allow you to treat her wounds. But don't get me wrong, I will come back for her and if you stand in my way again, I will kill you."

Anko smirked at this and waved her off, causing Kuu's fur to start bristling. "Yeah, sure I know the usual death threat. What made you change your mind? I don't think I've said much to convince you."

Kuu got up and turned her head to look at Hinata and for a moment the same sadness was in her voice. "Whatever I may have said or will say; I don't want this girl to die. She reminds me of― Just take care of her."

"Kuu…"

The wolf hunched her shoulders and without another word left the house leaving Anko to stare after her receding figure in the light.

A/N: Sorry for the long wait, looking for a job and a good culinary school is taking up most of my time. Enjoy this chapter review.