Hinata knew that this was crazy, downright insane really. But, she also knew that this was the only thing that she could do. It was the right thing to do. As a ruler, she had to ensure the protection of her kingdom, of her land from anything that would dare harm her people. Yet, what she didn't ever want to do was to hurt Naruto in anyway and she knew that if, (keyword if) he ever found out that he would never forgive her on this.

Taking a deep breath, the young woman looked out the window as she tried to think on what it was that she could do against a demon. After all, Naruto's sword was made, designed to fight demons in a fair fight so to speak. Allowing it to harness his… chakra? She believes that's what it was called anyway. Though she just hoped that it would still be enough to have Kakashi with her to save those kids. After all, he had been able to restrain Naruto even if he had Iruka's help, he had been the main source so to speak.

"Princess Hinata?" came Kakashi's voice in a soft whisper, causing the young woman to turn her head and stare at Kakashi. It seemed that Kakashi had managed to change before coming to her room. He wore black that was about it. Most likely to hide in the shadows so they could get the children and get out as quickly as possible. From what she could make out in the dim light, was that he wore tight fitting clothes, most likely to give him more free movement as he fought off any given attacker or in this case, for a quick getaway.

His shoulders were bare though she could make out an odd marking on his left shoulder. Was that a wolf mark? Huh, interesting. Was that something that all members of Naruto's clan had was markings that represented something? Strange. Though this mark was also surrounded by bolts of what seemed to resemble thunder and… were those boulders?

"Why are you looking at my warrior symbol?" asked Kakashi with a frown showing through his mask.

"Sorry, it's just that I didn't think you'd have a mark like that. Naruto has one too but it's on his hand, is that what it is? A warrior mark?" Hinata asked with a frown.

"No, his is something else, far more special. A warrior mark among my… clan, is something that represents who we are and what abilities we use. Mine is that of a wolf and the powers of thunder and earth. Naruto's represents his role, as it is with his bloodline." Bloodline? What did that mean? Was Naruto and Kakashi from different clans or was it something else? "Yes, Naruto belongs to a… special bloodline. Most likely the most powerful bloodline there ever existed." Hinata frowned at that, was that why Naruto was so powerful among humans? Did that mean anything though she couldn't really be sure of that?

"Okay, so if one symbol is of his bloodline, which I'm guessing is the one on the back of his hand, then what is the one on his stomach?"

"Let's walk and I'll explain along the way alright?" Kakashi said with a smirk on his face. He was right, they were wasting time like this. Taking a deep breath, the young woman double checked her clothes, her top, dark purple and lavender in colour, was a bit low cut for her tastes but the thick fishnet shirt under it did hide her breasts for the most part which she was thankful for. Her arms were bare other than the bandages that wrapped around her forearms, under the arm guards that she had strapped to her forearms just ending below her elbows. The straps for the guards were just blow her elbow, then one at her wrist and one around her palm to help keep it in place.

Around her waist was a long yellow bow that even tied around her waist was dragging on the floor. Her pants were dark purple, similar to her top for the most part. They ended just below her knees, white bandages wrapped around her ankles and going upward ending under her pants hem. Yet, there also seemed to be two flaps, one in front of and the back of her outfit making it appear that she wore a dress, yet the two flaps were hidden under the top. Most likely held in place with ties within the hem of her shirt. The front of the flap had the symbol of yin, yet it almost resembled that of a flame, with a white dot, while the back had the yang, which also was in the same shape as the yin but had a black dot in it. The flaps were also lined in yellow trim with red dots at the corners, she wasn't sure who designed this but she wasn't going to complain.

To complete her outfit was a pair of sandals that strapped around her toes and up above her ankles. Plus, the long yellow scarf that wrapped around her neck, keeping the bottom half of her face hidden. It wasn't meant for night escapades but it was the best that she could get. Her hair was pulled back in a high ponytail to keep her hair from her face as she fought, if that ever did indeed happen during the rescue mission.

"You look professional thief instead of being that of a princess." Kakashi said with a chuckle, his eye shining with a memory of long ago. It made Hinata wonder what he was thinking about but knew that right now wasn't a time of talk but for them to leave. Maybe she'll ask him as they journey through the forest.

Looking at the man from the corner of her eye, Hinata frowned a little. There was still so much that this man wasn't sharing with well, anyone. It was rather odd that he couldn't, or wouldn't share anything with anyone really. Not even Naruto and he claimed that he knew Naruto as a child before having been found by Hinata and her father. It was rather puzzling.

"Kakashi, if the one symbol is a sign of Naruto's bloodline." Whatever that was at this point, what could she do anyway to even get an idea as to what it was? "Then what about the one on his stomach?" Kakashi looked at her for a moment before he looked away from her. Did he know something that he couldn't really say or was it something more?

"What do you think it is?" asked Kakashi, his expression rather blank.

"I don't really know. You seem to have power but Naruto doesn't have that many 'abilities' other than being able to harness energy into his sword. Though that's what it was designed for from what Naruto had explained to me." Hinata mumbled, low enough for the older man to hear her. Though she had a rather curious thought about it the more she was thinking about it. "Unless it is a seal of some sort." Hinata could have sworn that she saw the older man flinch for a moment before going on with her theory. "Maybe a seal on abilities no one wanted him to show off in case his clan was rather dangerous, and would be hunted down by those who would know what his clan was."

Kakashi didn't really answer her about that theory. So either it was the truth, or she was far away from the real reason for that symbol on Naruto's stomach.

"So, um… how do you know Naruto's parents in the first place?" asked Hinata.

Kakashi turned to Hinata for a moment before he looked away, keeping his gaze focused on what was ahead of them. "I was rather young when I ran into them. My clan had been wiped out because they had thought my father was weak." That was a terrible reason to kill an entire clan but, that was the way the world worked sadly. "My father had weakened due to my mother's death and when I was training one day we were all attacked. I fought as best as I could, honestly it's mostly a blur from there."

"What happened after?" asked Hinata with a frown.

"I was badly wounded and laying on the ground, my father fought the leader of the attacking clan and took a fatal hit for me. In my own rage, I attacked and killed the clan head to avenge my father. After that I wandered, couldn't stay in my village anymore and took what little supplies remained." Kakashi said with a soft yet sad sigh. Turning his gaze up at the sky, he frowned a little as he whispered "It was a full moon that night, maybe that was why I could beat them." Shaking his head, the older man looked back ahead of them once again as he went on with his tale.

"I wandered around, training, fighting, and killing for survival. I didn't want to kill anyone if I was honest but knew that I had to in order to live." Turning to Hinata, he saw her eyes blinking at him widely as if the whole situation seemed rather unbelievable. "I became known as a savage by the other clans, killing for the sake of killing and bloodshed." He gave a bitter laugh at the memory and it made Hinata wonder what kind of life that had been for him.

"I attacked a village nearby where Naruto's parents were but they had noticed one thing that was false from what the rumors had said." Kakashi whispered softly.

"What was that?" asked Hinata.

"I never killed the villagers or the guards. I only killed as a last resort as there was little to no blood there. A true killer would have made sure that every inch of the ground, if they enjoyed the sight anyway, was covered in their victim's blood no matter what. I refused to kill unless they wouldn't let me go and I couldn't get away. If it was a life or death situation, I would kill but if it wasn't I'd do everything in my power to make sure that I wouldn't." Kakashi whispered, rubbing his face as his eyes when they were visible to the young princess almost seemed sad. How long had he gone on with his life seeing and hearing how people treated him when he had been nothing more than a child at best, just trying to live?

Hearing the older man take in a shuddering breath, he went on with his story. "I was under attack again when Naruto's parents showed up. They watched at first and saw that I wasn't trying to hurt or kill anyone and they jumped in. We knocked them all out and well, they saw how skilled I was, more so with how young I was and asked me to join them."

Hinata tilted her head to the side in confusion. He just joined them like that? Why couldn't he have just refused, or was it because he felt safe with Naruto's parents even if they were strangers. In times of war, why would you join strangers if there was a good chance that they would only use you and stab you in the back later on? It just didn't make sense to her unless there was something else that she didn't know nor understand.

"Kakashi?"

"Yes?"

"Why did you join them? Weren't you afraid that they would… stab you in the back?" asked Hinata, not wanting to just assume that they would take advantage of Kakashi but, she was just rather curious.

"I knew who they were, it would be stupid not to take them up on their offer." Kakashi chuckled a little as he looked over at Hinata. "No one in their right mind would have said no to those two, they were well known in the land and for them to have asked me, of all people to work with them? To join them? It would have been like living a dream." He chuckled a little more as he said "Though, I can see why Naruto protects you like he does you are similar to his parents."

"But, he has no memory of them…" Hinata whispered softly.

"No, he doesn't remember but emotions are different. Even if he isn't aware of them, they are still there." Kakashi answered her before looking on ahead. "There, there's the cave I guess the demon must have taken off for now. Though, in case… here." Kakashi pulled out what looked like a normal dagger, it wasn't as long as a sword but it would still work for close range combat. Turning to the young woman he calmly said "I normally don't give out my weapons but so long as I deem you worthy of it, the weapon will listen to you." What did that mean?

Nodding her head, the young woman accepted the sword… dagger… whatever really. It didn't really look like anything special, didn't even think it could take down a demon but this was the only thing that may work. Tucking it in the belt scarf, the young woman looked up at Kakashi for a brief moment before making her way into the cave. God she hoped that it wasn't too late to save those kids.

Wandering into the cave, Hinata looked around though struggled to see. It was rather dark though it makes sense as to why that is. Even if the moon was bright outside, it wasn't enough to shine into the darkened cave. Yet, what she could make out was the sound of sniffling and soft sobbing. Turning her gaze to the left, far away from the entrance of the cave yet when her eyes started to adjust to the darkness Hinata could make out a group of children.

"Kakashi, look." Hinata whispered as she made her way over to the frightened children. Wanting to make sure that she didn't frighten them anymore than they already were.

"Careful, this seems too easy." Kakashi whispered softly.

"It does." Hinata nodded her head to confirm that she thought the same thing.

Kneeling in front of the children, Hinata smiled softly as she stared at them. "It'll be okay, we're here to get you out of here and take you home." She told them softly, a soft, gentle and kind smile on her face.

"He'll come back." One of the children said, sniffling as they did so. She could tell that they were scared, scared out of their minds really. Though she couldn't blame them for it though, they were so terrified and there was no knowing what it was that the demon was after them for.

"Do you know why he took you all?" asked Kakashi with a frown shown through his mask.

The children murmured among themselves. Hinata almost thought that she wasn't going to get an answer until one of the children finally spoke.

"He said, that he was gonna send us to the Demon King to… to e-eat us."

So, that was true. The demon was collecting children for his king? But why, was it even a real thing that demon's would get stronger by eating the liver of children or anything that has any kind of abilities that would help to give demon's more power. So, what would this demon, a king no less, would want more power for if he was already so powerful that he would already be able to control so many demons in the first place? It just didn't make any kind of sense to the young woman, and it almost seemed to make her concern and worries grow.

"The Demon King is a selfish man who will do anything for power." Kakashi whispered, the sound of him gritting his teeth could be heard and it made Hinata wonder how he'd know that. No one had ever seen the Demon King, at least not for hundreds of years. So, how would he know anything about a king that no one had even seen in the first place? It was rather odd, though she'll have to ask that later. Right now, there were more pressing matters to deal with.

Pushing herself back up, Hinata calmly said "Kakashi, lead the children out of here. We'll take them back to the village. After that, we'll look into finding their families and get them back home." Kakashi looked a little nervous though just nodded his head. She wasn't sure what it was that was making him so nervous though knew that they had to hurry up and get them out of here before the demon came back. God, this was going to be tough to get a bunch of children home though, she'll feel better knowing that they were out of danger.

Though before they could even get far, Hinata saw Kakashi's back stiffen, as if he had just sensed something. The older man whipped around as he shouted "Watch out Hinata!" Before she could even ask what it was, the young woman felt something slam into her, her breath leaving her lungs as she flew into the rock wall and groaned. Looking up through pain filled eyes, she saw that a tall humanoid creature was standing in front of her.

He looked like a lizard man. Scaly skin, his face pointed like that of a reptile and eyes a glowing yellow with eyes that reminded her of a snake. His clothes were rather old and torn, nothing more than rags really. Though at least they still clung to around his waist to hide certain aspects of himself from the children.

Yet, she also couldn't allow him to get those kids again. She'd have to defeat him, or at least distract the demon. "Kakashi, get those kids out of here, I'll be behind you as soon as I can." Kakashi seemed rather hesitant, but knew that the lives of the children had to come first. Though he would have to be fast so he could come back and help Hinata should she not get out soon enough for his liking. But, he also believed in her skills as a warrior unlike the others though that was due to him fighting alongside royalty before in his past, and a princess at that. Nodding his head, the older man ran off with the children.

The lizard man snarled at Hinata as he said "How dare you steal from me. I had those children ready to give to my king and yet you dare take them back!" All Hinata could do was glare at him, he just thought of those kids as property. That just angered her, there was no way that she would allow him to take any more children, she'd have to take him out before he even tried to kidnap anymore poor innocent kids.

Hinata looked around quickly, trying to get a good look around of her surroundings burned into her memory. Honestly if she was going to fight this guy she may as well be as prepared for her first true fight if she wanted to get out of this alive.

He just snarled down at her as he went to reach for Hinata, causing the young woman to react quickly. Pulling out her weapon, she stabbed the lizard's wrist before rolling away from him and getting back up on her feet. The lizard snarled and screamed in pain as he held his wrist. Turning her gaze to the dagger, she saw that it glowed a soft lavender colour, swirling like an eternal flame around the blade. "What is…?" Hinata whispered before turning her attention back to the demon just as he had rushed at her.

Managing to duck to the left, Hinata threw her fist at the demon's face, causing him to flinch a little. Damn it, she wasn't as powerful as Naruto though she made up for it with speed.

"That all you got bitch?" the demon said with a smirk on his face.

Hinata narrowed her eyes before she pulled out the sword and slashed at the demon's forearm. He hissed out in pain as he swung his free arm and smacked Hinata in the face. She yelped in shock and pain as she hit the stone wall once again. Wiping her cheek with the back of her hand, she saw that the demon's claws had managed to cut her skin as blood smeared the back of her hand. Looking back up she saw how the demon just seemed to smirk down at her, why that was she had no idea but it unnerved her.

"I think I'll take you back to my king. I think he could use a woman like you." He chuckled before making his way towards the shocked princess.

The demon strode to Hinata, almost as if he suspected that he had already won. Had he thought that just because Hinata was a woman that she would have just given up in a hopeless battle? Better not! Jumping back to her feet, the young woman held onto the weapon so tightly that her knuckles had turned white. "I won't lose that easily." Hinata whispered before she rushed forward and swung the sword.

Only for it to be caught by the demon's hand. "Is that all you got?" asked the lizard man.

Narrowing her lavender eyes, Hinata knew that she wouldn't give up. There was no way that she would give up, there were so many people that she had to return too. Naruto, her father, Iruka, Kakashi and Izumi. People who cared about her and whom she cared about! The blade ignited in brighter flames of lavender, causing Hinata to stare with wide eyes. How was that happening?

The demon snarled in pain as he pulled his hand back and held onto it. His skin smoking from holding the blade, causing him to stare and glare at Hinata. "What are you?!" Honestly, Hinata had no idea what it was that had happened with the blade, but knew that maybe Kakashi did something to the blade before 'allowing' her to use the weapon.

Shaking her head, Hinata looked up at the demon as she said "I'm the woman who's gonna kick your ass!" It felt odd to swear outright, but at the moment she didn't care. There was no way that she would go down like this!

Rushing forward, Hinata swung the sword at the demon, managing to stab him in the side of his ribs. The demon gasped out in pain, his face twisted into what she would better see as him wanting to scream out in pain. Though she didn't allow it. Before he could even open his mouth, Hinata ripped the blade out and swung her leg, turning on the balls of her feet as she managed to slam her leg into his stomach. Knocking the air out of his lungs as he flew a few inches away.

Acting quickly, the young woman rushed forward and slammed her free palm on his chest, causing him to yelp in shock. Adrenalin is pumping through her body now, causing her to feel the rush of a battle. The demon tried to push himself back up though Hinata swung her leg once again and kicked him in the head.

"You bitch!" Shouted the demon, swinging his claws and managed to dig them into her leg. Hinata screamed out from pain, gritting her teeth the young woman swung the blade, cutting the demon's hand off. She jumped back, yet her leg almost gave out from her landing. Wincing a little, the young woman knew that walking was going to be rather difficult for her, but knew that she would still have to be careful.

Looking up, she knew that she had to finish this off quickly before she got in worse shape than she is now. Though, if she was honest with herself, she didn't want to kill him, no. Even if he deserved a fate worse than death itself but knew that killing would make her no better than the demons that have invaded her lands.

How Naruto was able to do it with a straight face she had no idea. But knew that it still bothered him since he had voiced it so many times growing up and during their training session. Taking a deep breath, the young woman rushed forward, wincing in pain as she did so, god her leg hurts so much right now. Hinata held the blade tightly in her hand, hoping that she would be able to at least cripple the demon. That was the only thing that she could do without killing him. Though he'd die slowly there was no doubt about that but it was better on her conscious… right?

The demon managed to push himself back up onto his feet and rushed at her. Hinata managed to slice the other demon's hand off, spinning around on her heels and slashed the demon's left leg off. He screamed in pain as he fell onto the ground, no longer able to support himself. Hinata was breathing deeply, happy that she couldn't be attacked by this demon though before she could say anything, the demon slapped at Hinata with his tail, or more like, slapping her injured her wounded leg.

Letting out a scream of pain, Hinata fell to the ground, gritting her teeth from the pain. God, it hurt enough just from walking! Looking up, she saw the demon had gone to strike her down with his tail once again, Hinata rolled out of the way, hoping that wouldn't agitate her leg. Which it did.

Wincing from the pain, the young woman managed to push herself back up onto her feet and saw the demon attacking once again. Narrowing her eyes, she swung the blade once more and managed to cut through the tail, now it was too short to really reach her. Though she also had to be prepared for anything else. Her leg was burning with pain and… now that she thought about it, her leg felt rather numb and the dull ache was the only thing that remained. Did that mean her body was adjusting to the pain or was it something else?

Shaking her head, the princess threw the dagger at the demon, seeing as the blade had embedded itself into the flesh of his only leg. Hinata let out a soft sigh of relief before limping on over to the demon and narrow her lavender eyes at him. "I hope you see this as a moment to repent, for you will be here for a long time before you die from starvation." At least, she was sure that demons could die from that since they do need to eat… right?

Grabbing the hilt, Hinata twisted the blade, causing the demon to scream before she ripped it out and sliced that leg off as well. Okay, it may have been overkill but may as well be prepared. He could still possibly be able to use what was left of his tail as another leg to walk out of here. This way, she was insuring the protection of her people and other children from being kidnapped.

The demon snarled at her as he went to swing his stump of a tail at her again. Only for Hinata to jump out of the way, stumbling back over from the pain in her leg. Wincing, gritting her teeth as she tried hard not to scream out from the pain as it twisted itself around and through her leg. Breathing deeply, Hinata managed to push herself back up as she tried to make sure that she could even stand. Yet, the pain had faded yes, but the numbness was coming back to her.

"You think you've won bitch, but I have also won." Said the demon with a smirk on his face. Hinata just narrowed her eyes at the lizard man before limping out of the cave. If she was honest, she had hoped that it wouldn't have come to that but it was better than killing him. Taking a deep breath, the young woman made her way out of the cave and looked up. Standing there was Kakashi. He must have ran back to get her though he just stared at her with wide eyes.

"Hello Kakashi." Hinata said with a small smile.

"Are you okay?" Asked Kakashi as he rushed to Hinata, seeing how she was putting her weight on her one leg, and Hinata saw that Kakashi's gaze went to her wounded leg. "Never mind, that answers my question."

"I'll be okay, but are the children safe?" asked Hinata with a frown on her face.

"Yes, I managed to get them someplace safe." Kakashi answered her, giving her a soft smile through his mask though it also seemed to spark with concern. Why though? She was fine.

"You think you have defeated me you bitch!" shouted a voice, causing Hinata and Kakashi to look at the cave and, rushing at them was the demon. But what surprised Hinata was the fact that all of his limbs were back. But how?! She cut them off! Did he somehow reattached them or was it something else?!

The young woman went to grab her weapon but before she could even get inches from the hilt, something zipped by and slashed the demon in half. Well, the weapon that the 'zipper' had used had managed to slash downward, slicing right through the head and through the heart killing the demon before he had even fully been cut through in half.

Seeing the mystery person's back, Hinata knew right away who it was.

"Naruto?" How did he know where she was? That didn't make sense, he shouldn't have known that she had even left in the first place! Shaking her head, the young woman saw that her friend had slowly turned to stare at her, his eyes angry as he glared at both Hinata and Kakashi.

"What the hell were you thinking?!" shouted Naruto, his lips pulled back in a snarl as his eyes turned to Kakashi. Only for the older man to just wave.

"Yo."

"I told you to keep her safe in my stead, you shouldn't have let her come out here!" Turning his gaze back to Hinata, he snarled a little at the blue haired princess as he said "And you, you promised me that you wouldn't go out alone!"

"I wasn't alone. I had Kakashi with me."

"I don't care! I didn't want you out here to fight a demon for that matter! You could have gotten killed and look! You are wounded Hinata!" Naruto snarled a little more, Hinata frowned a little as it seemed like he was sounding more and more like that of an animal. "I hope you have a good damn excuse for not listening to me!" Naruto shouted at her.

Hinata winced a little, she looked up, wanting to speak but her voice seemed to have failed her. Vision starting to blur and her mind starting to swim. Holding onto her head with her free hand, the young woman started to feel lightheaded. "Hinata?" came a voice, no idea who it was that was speaking but her leg gave out. "Hinata!" voices of concern were the only thing that she could hear, before everything went dark.


I wanted to finish this last night but I was so exhausted, so here we are! oh, and here is a link to Hinata's outfit, I was given permission to use it from a friend of mine on DA look up silent-shanin and look up Hinata Design, it should be there, I tried to put the link here but it won't work, if you want a proper link check out my DA page of this chapter, the link is there at the bottom.