Disclaimer: I do NOT own any of the characters written here. They are own by their respective owners. Nuff' said.
Warning: This is rated M for a reason (blood, gore, extreme violence, language, and possible adult themes/lemons, etc.) Some of the characters will be a little OC.
Now on with the chapter.
The Black Leaves
Chapter 48
The light from the early morning sun covered the floor in it's gentle glow as the chirps and trills of song birds filled the air. The beams of sunlight slowly crawled over the floor before finally resting on Hinata's sleeping face. The young girl's eyes clenched tightly for a moment in a vain effort to force away the light before quickly giving in and allowing her pale eyes to open and greet the morning.
Hinata stared forward for a moment before rolling over onto her back and looking up at the ceiling. A soft smile graced her face. Hinata sat up and gave a hard stretch before getting up and walking to her closet; all the while sleepily stripping herself of her clothes. She knew her symbiote could easily make her clothing for her, but her clan spent the money for her clothes and she felt that it would not be right to let their efforts go to waste.
Before reaching her closet; Hinata stopped in front of her mirror and took note of how messy her hair was. You would think with it being kept so short that it would not require that much maintenance; but the Hyuuga could tell you from experience how much time it took for her to just calm it down.
'As charming as ever dear." Ambush said to her host as she forced the girl's hands up to her perk breasts. "We guarantee that boy will come to love every inch of our body."
Hinata gave a nod in determination before getting dresses and heading over to a nearby closet. She quickly looked around and used her extra senses to insure that no one was around before opening the closet and quickly sliding in. She pushed a few things out of the way before reaching the back of the closet and crouching down.
On the floor in front of her was a large safe made entirely of solid lead. She quickly put in the correct number combination and opened the safe and reached in to grab the contents. Inside the safe was jars and jars full of the symbiote nutrient broth; despite her hosts desire to feed on the living, Hinata's personality just would not allow it. So she instead fed almost exclusively on the broth or on any chocolate she could get a hold of.
She quickly downed the concoction before putting the jar back and closing the safe. She made sure no one was around again before exiting the closet and making her way towards the main entrance to the compound. AS she walked, Hinata politely greeted those that she passed. Until she came up to her father and the Hyuuga council. Hanabi was with them as well and appeared to be showing her skills off to the elders who watched with rapt attention.
Hinata watched from afar for a moment before silently making her way past the lot. She could hear them talk but chose to ignore them; knowing that whatever they had to say to or about her would not be positive. She was really not in the mood for any of it today.
She left the compound without any interruption and walked further into the business section of the village. Today was a day off for the Hyuuga and she was going to take advantage of it. She made her way to the grocer and picked up a few things before heading over to her favorite bakery and purchasing a sizable amount of her favorite snack.
Well, it use to be her favorite before she became half alien. Now she needed to drizzle some nutritious chocolate onto her once prized cinnamon rolls to really get the full pleasure possible from eating them.
Hinata swallowed the entire batch much too quickly; while at the same time still retaining the regal appearance of a Hyuuga. Licking her fingers clean; Hinata made her way to a civilian park located near the edge of the village.
She sat down on one of the park benches and gave a happy sigh as the warm sun beamed down at her. The sounds of chirping birds and the wind blowing through the leaves calmed her mind and was one of the few things that could really comfort her after a hard day of training, or an incredibly stressful mission.
Once again, the girl had to make sure no one was around before reaching directly into her gut and pulling out a partially made red scarf and a few sewing supplies. Hinata held her hand above the scarf and allowed several small tendrils to emerge from her palms.
The extra appendages took hold of the sewing utensils and began to nit and sew the the incomplete cloth. Hinata silently worked while occasionally having to stop whenever someone got a little too close.
'He's going to love it dear.' Ambush whispered to her host.
'We hope so. It's starting to get cold and we want to give him something special for his birthday.' Hinata thought with a smile.
She continued to work in silence before her symbiote decided to speak up once again.
'We are ready for our next stage dear. Would you like change now, or wait? We think Naruto would be quiet impressed with our next form.'
With the thought of making Naruto more impressed in her head, Hinata agreed before putting the scarf back inside her and making her way into a more secluded section of the park.
'Are you ready dear?'
Hinata nodded before felling the pain of her body going through some very unnatural changes. The first was the feeling of some very uncomfortable pressure directly above her cute little butt. Not being able to withstand the pressure for long, Hinata reluctantly pulled her pants down just far enough for her new tail to spring out and relieve the uncomfortable pressure.
She could feel her muscles and skin stretch and expand as her body become more defined and her breasts became slightly larger. There was an uncomfortable burning sensation on the back of her neck as a marking appeared that resembled a vertically stretched skull. Without saying a word, Ambush grew her host's hair out just enough to cover the mark so that no one could see it.
Hinata could feel her tongue split into two and her jaws unhinge; while the canines on her top and bottom jaw became incredibly long and thin. Too long. Much too long for them to normally be kept inside her mouth. Good thing they folded down inside her mouth otherwise they would most likely pierce her skull and jaw respectively.
The transformation was quick and Hinata was surprised when it suddenly ended.
'We would expect that snake using chunnin to have an appearance like this.' Hinata thought.
'You could say we had a slight run in with her shortly before meeting you dear.' Ambushed waved off her hosts comment. Hinata decided against pressing further for information.
Before anymore could be said, Hinata was suddenly stricken with an insatiable hunger. Even with such relatively minor changes to her body, it still used a larger amount of energy and was crying for nourishment. Luckily, she knew where some was at this current time.
She quickly left the park and made her way to the cent of the village via rooftop. Smack dab in the middle of the village was the "human sacrifice" that the demon followers would offer to Venom. Sometimes he would not show up at all for weeks to consume the free meal. Sometimes he would be there everyday of the week. Kinda' depended on his mood.
'We don't want to eat other humans though.' Hinata backed away from what her other was suggesting.
'Dear, you are no longer a simple human.' Ambush tried to comfort the girl. 'You have evolved so much more beyond the simple capabilities of your kind. You are no longer restricted by human social norms. We walk around completely naked without any hesitation.'
Hinata slowly raised her arms to cover her already clothed breasts while letting out a small whimper.
'Do not worry dear; our Darling loves our breasts.'
'We just wish that not everyone could see them though.'
While the two discussed public decency, Venom came along and snatched away his sacrifice with either of the two females noticing.
'Well that solves that emotional dilemma.' Ambushed mused. 'At least we have other options.' Without warning she decided to take over her host. 'Let us see what our new form looks like. Shall we?'
Hinata's head leaned back as she spread her arms wide; allowing for the symbiote's tentacles to completely cover her. When she opened her eyes, she noticed a few changes. The first and foremost being an extra pair of arms directly underneath her initial set.
Her original hands had changed into just two large curved claws on the ends of long thin fingers; with one finger being on the top of the hand and the other being on the bottom. Making her hands almost pincer-like.
Her lower pair of arms ended in three claw-tipped fingers. Her eyes had become more clean looking and narrow while a large cobra-like hood formed around her head and neck with the same stretched skull mark from her human form on the back. A small row of spikes run along the edges of her hood as well as her neck elongated slightly and curved back a bit. The structure of her feet and legs changed to where she now walked on her toes instead of her entire foot; much like most every other digitigrade creature in existence.
Hinata looked her new body over and was surprised at the changes; especially when she looked down. All four of her arms quickly reached down and grabbed at the large, 16 inch, throbbing penis that was now situated in between her strong legs.
"Wha-wha-what is this?!" Hinata nearly screamed. The cock twitched as if to answer her outburst.
'Do you like it dear?' Ambush asked in an innocent tone of voice.
"Wha-wha?!" Was all Hinata could say.
'We can only imagine Naruto's expression when he sees us like this.' Ambush almost swooned. 'We wonder if we should take a page from Payback's book and push him down.' Hinata could almost feel the symbiotes smile. 'We wonder who will enter who first.'
Hinata was still in so much shock that she could not even come close to muttering a response.
After leaving her host an embarrassed mess for a while; Ambush gave a happy sigh before revealing the cock to be nothing more then a mass of tendrils before retracting them all back into her body.
Hinata continued to stare down at her crotch for a good while before letting out a very relieved sigh. She was absolutely terrified of what Naruto would think if he saw such a thing on her. Though, she would be lying if she said the thought of what Ambush implied did not raise her curiosity a bit.
'Let's eat.' Ambush said; changing the subject. Without a moment's hesitation, Hinata leapt away and quickly made her way to the largest sweet shop in the village.
Seeing a four armed demon land in front of your shop and calmly walk through the front door would probably upset a few people. The folks that owned and worked at the sweet shop just so happen to be some of those people.
Hinata walked into the store and quickly grabbed a small shopping basket kept next to the store's entrance before making her way through the aisles of the store. Whenever she passed by something she wanted, she would reach out with one of her arms and gently place it in the shopping basket without even needing to stop. Her tall form making her easy to see over the aisle shelves.
Every other costumer of the store either ran out or simply stared while keeping their distance. After only a minute or so of shopping around; the symbiote Hinata started to hear whispers and murmurs coming from the other patrons. Most of the whispers where about how strange it was seeing one of the dmons actually inside a building, let alone walking around and shopping.
There was one hushed murmur that did draw the symbiote's attention however.
"I heard from the neighbors that it actually asked the Fourth's son out." The speaker said while pointing at Ambush to signify what 'it' was. "And he said yes." The person nearly hissed.
Hinata's chest swelled up with pride at the onlooker's words; but at the same time a small amount if sadness wormed it's way into her thoughts. True; she was in a relationship with Naruto now, but it was not really her, but her symbiote that was the face of it.
'We are one dear.' Ambush said with a sigh. 'We are both Naruto's; regardless of who is in control.' She was getting slightly annoyed with her host's constant switch to depression.
Hinata shook the negative thoughts out of her head; again, before continuing with her shopping. She took her basket to the counter and tried to not smile at the cashier's fearful expression. The symbiote waited patiently for the cashier to get up from her cowering with a neutral expression.
After a moment or two of waiting, Hinata looked directly into the cashier's eyes and gave as soft a smile as one could with a mouth filled with terrifying teeth.
"Are you not going to have us pay?" She asked sweetly. The cashier gave a slow shaky nod before quickly ringing up the price of everything Hinata had brought up. The amount owed showed up on the register; but the cashier was having trouble opening her mouth, let alone actually saying the amount due.
With a small giggle, Hinata formed a small organic ball in her hand. The ball split into several tendrils and revealed the money needed before dumping the amount on the counter. With a respectful bow, Hinata left the store with her merchandise and made her way through the village. She ate her chocolate as she walked. Having four arms was more useful then she initially thought; despite the non-human hands attached to them.
Hinata felt a lot better after eating the sweets and gave a satisfied stretch. Giving a few folks a good few of her massive chest. She noticed however and covered them with her lower hands before letting out a threatening snarl at the gawkers.
'Now for a bath.' Payback hummed. 'We don't wish to meet our lover in any unsavory condition, do we?' She answered her host before she could even ask a question.
Finding no way to argue with her symbiote's logic; Hinata walked her way through the village to the bathhouse. Sure, she could have gone home to bath, but the threat of one of her family members finding out what she was might have been a little too great for the young girl's comfort.
Unlike the sweet shop; the folks at the bath house were not as frightened of Hinata's inhuman form. In fact, they were all too happy to greet the kind alien and offer her some bathing supplies.
Ambush had been going to this specific bath house for quiet a while now and the owners not only got used to her, but got to know her as well. They become so well acquainted that the owners kept some cleaning supplies just in case the symbiote dropped by unexpectedly. This included a special glass bowl meant for a very specific reason.
Hinata smiled at the staff before being handed her supplies and heading into the woman's bath. A few of the patrons left in a hurry when they saw Hinata's monstrous form walk into the changing room. A few more left when she walked into the bath.
Several of the customers were not as afraid; mainly due to seeing her so much in there. The symbiote sat down and proceeded to clean herself while having the glass bowl sit directly in between her feet.
Now, the reason for the bowl comes into play. While the young alien washed herself, her mind started to wander. From her favorite food, to her favorite boy. While her mind wandered to such delicious thoughts; Hinata would start to involuntarily drool. Normally, her saliva was as harmless as every day water; but when she started to drool do to any kind of hunger, it would change into a nasty corrosive acid.
So, the glass bowl is used to collect the drool and prevent it from dissolving the tiled floor. She was sure to dispose of the volatile liquid before she would leave however; not wanting to make any trouble for the nice folks running the bath house.
Hinata washed herself before sliding into the large bath and letting out a sigh of relief. She leaned against the bath's edge and leaned her head back while letting the warm water ease her soft body.
"Well, those are new." She heard a voice say right before the sound of someone entering the bath water reached her nonexistent ears.
Hinata leaned her head forward to see Yamanaka Ino stepping into the bath. The Hyuuga knew that the Yamanaka family had a home with at least the most minimalist of a a bath but knew that Ino preferred bathing in the village's public baths if for no other reason then to show off how defined and beautiful her body was to the civilian women that used it.
And in the process became like almost a friend to Ambush/Hinata.
"You like?" Hinata said with a smile while holding up her four arms. Ino gave a smile before settling into the water.
"They are unique at least." Ino mused while stretching out in an effort to show of her perk breasts. Hinata did not say anything.
"So;" Ino said while leaning closer to the alien. "I heard through the grapevine that a certain demon was involved with the Fourth's son." She said while wiggling her eyebrow at Hinata.
Hinata tilted her head up. "We don't have any idea what you could be talking about." She said in the most fake innocent voice imaginable.
Ino gave Hinata a gentle punch to the arm. "Don't even try to pretend you don't know. I just can't believe you were able to snag him."
Hinata looked back at Ino. "Your not at all surprised that he greed to go out with a powerful monster?" She asked in genuine confusion.
"Not really." Ino stated bluntly. "He was always a bit of a weirdo so him saying no to you would have been more of a surprise. I bet Hyuuga Hinata is upset about it though. She's been after that numbskull for years."
'She knew?!' Hinata screamed inside her own mind. "We are sorry to hear that. But Naruto is ours now and we don't have any plans to get rid of him any time soon."
Ino did not reply and the two sat there in silence for a while before Ino turned to look at Hinata's alien form once again. "I've been meaning to ask you something." She said while leaning in a bit.
"Do these work?" She said while pushing her finger into Hinata's strange colored breasts.
Hinata reached down with her top pair of arms and held her flesh balloons up. "Of course they work dear." She said with a chuckle. "How else would we be able to feed our eventual offspring?"
Ino's eyes narrowed slightly. "You told me that your kind don't take care for your kids. So why would you need working boobs?"
Hinata giggled. "We told you that our natural form does not take care of offspring due to the potential competition for food. But because we have taken on this form we are more than capable of producing and nurturing any and all offspring we could ever want."
Ino hummed in understanding before slowly looking the symbiote up and down. "I also heard that another of your kind is trying to get into Naruto's pants."
Hinata would have rolled her eyes if she could. "Yes. It is true that Payback wishes to at least sleep with our Naruto. We do not know how genuine her feelings are though. For all we know they could simply be lust and nothing more." She paused for a moment. "Besides, she is too forceful for our Naruto. She would probably make him feel too uncomfortable for him to form a relationship with her; let alone sleep with her." She ended matter-of-factually.
Ino looked at the symbiote for a moment. "Didn't you say you were going to show up at his place with a leash around your neck...?" She said in the most deadpan voice possible.
Hinata turned her head away from the blond to hide her brightening face. Ino was correct when she said the symbiote would do such a lewd thing; but it was not Hinata herself who said it.
"W-well. We know how difficult life has been for our Naruto." Ambush said as she decided to take control. "He was always on the bottom of the ladder. The dead last that fought tooth and nail to get the scraps of what you humans tossed aside. By letting him lead us around like a pet; we will be showing the entire village just how strong Naruto really is." She looked Ino directly in the eye. "Imagine the villagers' surprise to see Uzumaki Naruto leading around one of the 'dangerous' demons on a leash; as if he tamed the beast."
Ino looked into the alien's eyes; understanding word for word what she was trying to do. That did not stop a small smile from appearing on the Yamanaka's face.
"What's with that smile?"
Ino's smile got larger. "You sound all honorable and junk; but I think I know the real reason your gonna' do it." She leaned in while sporting a massive know-it-all grin. "You get turned on from being submissive."
Hinata tried to hide her brightening face by glaring at the blond. "That is absurd!"
"Uh huh." Ino said; completely not believing the symbiote. "I bet you get excited just thinking about little Naruto suddenly pushing you down and sucking on those fat tits of yours." She said while poking one of Hinata's breasts. "You want to be lead around on his leash so that you can be put on display as his fuck-toy. Probably with a few toys sticking in you as well."
"Such lewd and horrible thoughts." Hinata said loudly with a huff before suddenly standing up. "We are done." She climbed out of the bath and went to dry off before leaving the place. All the while hearing Ino's giggling echo in her mind.
'We would never do something so lewd.' Hinata huffed in her mind. Ambush did not respond as her host walked their body over to the Namikaze estate.
As she walked through the village streets; Ambush started to think more about Naruto. She was more than aware of how her host's affection for the boy created her own. She just was not sure if that was a good thing or not.
She was just as old as the Venom symbiote if not slightly older; so that was not the concern. What was, was how her host felt conflicted feelings. She had tried to justify it every time the girl brought it up as Naruto still being both of theirs. But was he really?
In all of Ambush's thoughts involving her and the lad; it was always the symbiote with Naruto, not Hinata. Ambush and Hinata shared a body, but not a mind. So her words to her host were in fact lies. She did not want to admit it, but she really wanted Naruto all for herself; despite the guilt she felt when thinking about how she was basically stealing Naruto away from her host.
She knew that there was no way to detour her host's affection away from the Uzumaki boy. Not only would it be completely fruitless to try; but any emotional change of the girl's might also change her own. And she did not want her affection for both her host and the boy to change.
As her host walked their body closer and closer to the household; Ambush tried her hardest to think of a solution where everyone involved could be happy. The symbiote was snapped out of her thoughts when her body knocked on the Namikaze household.
Hinata had to admit how strange it must look for an eight foot talk monster to calmly knock on a front door like an old family friend. She did not have to stand waiting long as Naruto's younger sister decided to answer the door with her hair wrapped up in a tight towel. She clearly just got out of the bath.
"Who the Hell are you?" She asked with a hateful glare.
"Do you not recognize us dear?" Hinata asked. "It is us; Ambush."
Naruto's sister looked the symbiote up and down before glaring at her even harder. "Fine." She huffed. "My brother's in here somewhere." She walked away in a huff.
"Um?"
"Find him yourself." She shouted before the symbiote could ask her question.
'We get the feeling she doesn't like us.' Ambush giggled slightly. Hinata did not respond as she made her way into the building. She sniffed the air and followed Naruto's scent to where he could be in the large structure.
She walked into the common room to see Kushina relaxing and enjoy a cup of something sweet smelling and warm.
"What are you doing here?" Kushina asked aggressively without even looking at the alien.
"We are here for our darling." Hinata answered truthfully.
"He doesn't want to see you. Ever." She shot an icy cold glare at the alien; but to no effect.
"We all know that is not true." Ambush responded for her host. Sometimes she just needed to take control.
Kushina slowly put her cup down before standing straight up and walking directly up to the monster in her home.
"I don't want you in my home. I don't want you near my son. That fact that you were able to trick him into some sort of perverted form of a relationship sickens me like nothing else." She hissed. "In fact. I want you dead this very moment. I will protect my babies with everything I got."
Ambush decided it was her turn to take full control. "Naruto is ours." She stated calmly while slowly lowering her head down towards Kushina's. "He is with us now. We plan on keeping him for a very long time." Her face was now mere centimeters away from the female Uzumaki. "And there is not a thing you can do to stop us." Her expression nor tone changed while she spoke.
"Is someone there?" Naruto's voice called out. Neither of the women answered and just continued to glare holes in one another. The sound of someone approaching the room could be heard and right before Naruto rounded the corner; both women leapt into seats on the opposite side of the room.
Naruto saw his mother sitting and drinking her beverage first before noting Ambush sitting quietly in the corner.
"Hello there Darling." She said before standing up and making her way over to the boy. She noticed Naruto looking at her new form and decided to tease him a bit by putting her upper pair of arms behind her head while her lower pair were placed on her generous hips. She pushed her hips to the side to strike a pose.
"You look good." Naruto stated truthfully. That appeared to be the response the symbiote wanted as her tooth filled face curved into a bigger smile. She held one of her three-clawed hands out towards the boy.
"Shall we go Darling?"
Naruto nodded with a light smile before taking the large hand into his normal human hand, or at least tried to in the least awkward way possible.
Both Hinata and Ambush were taken back when he actually grabbed their hand. She had offered it just as a sign of her ready to leave the place and had no honest intention of holding Naruto's hand.
Her alien face lite up so brightly that it could have brightened the night sky.
"Let's go." Naruto said in a cheerful voice. His mother and sister watched with hateful glares as the boy lead the still beaming symbiote out of the building. "So, where do you want to go?" He asked with a smile.
Ambush was still in a daze and did not immediately answer; causing Naruto to start to worry.
"You ok Ambush?" He asked with honest concern.
The symbiote looked at the boy for a moment before his words registered in her mind. "Y-Yes Darling. We are just fine." She tried to laugh off her still bright face. "We just got a little warm on the way over here."
Naruto looked at her for a moment before shrugging his shoulders. "Um." Now it was his turn to turn red. "We uh, we never been on a date before." He mumbled while looking away.
"Let's just do whatever we want." Ambush replied in a cheerful tone. Naruto gave her that usual grin that caused her semi-solid heart to liquefy even more as he suddenly ran forward; pulling the much larger Ambush along like a child pulling their parent.