Naruto had felt as if his whole world had just been torn apart at the seams. Hinata was… being given away to some nameless man? No, he couldn't… 'What right do I have to stand in the way of her happiness?' Naruto thought to himself, not wanting to get in her way. If anyone should be happy, it was her. Yet, why was a part of him feeling as if it was the end of the world.

Suddenly, he jumped as he looked over and saw Kakashi giving him a small frown. "Are you okay?" He asked with a frown.

"I… I don't know." Naruto answered honestly, not really sure what he should be feeling right now. Honestly, it had felt like some part of him had just died in that moment. As if a part of him, the part of him that only lived to love Hinata was gone and in its place was an empty hole in his heart.

"Naruto, is there something that you aren't telling me?" asked Kakashi.

"No." he lied, there was no way that he was telling just how much he loved Hinata. If Kakashi knew, then he would just point out that it was pointless to love a human. And he knew that better than anyone. After all, demons did live a lot longer than humans, maybe even forever but Naruto knew that he had to keep Hinata safe still.

Until his dying breath.

Closing his eyes, the young man took a deep breath, hoping that would fill the void that had grown in his heart, but it seemed to only make the pain worse. Clutching at his chest, Naruto felt like he was having some kind of heart attack. Though he wasn't sure why that was. Shaking his head, the young man looked up and saw Lord Hiashi talking still but he couldn't understand a single word that was being said.

"Naruto, breathe. What's wrong?" asked Kakashi, concern reflecting his words as he tried to figure out what was wrong with the fox demon. Naruto didn't really know himself, it had felt as if his heart was painfully beating, as if it was just painful for him to breathe, to be alive!

"I'm fine." Naruto hissed through clenched teeth.

Kakashi didn't seem to buy it, he knew that there was something wrong but he couldn't be sure what it was. Looking up, both Naruto and Kakashi saw that Hiashi was speaking to a man, a man that Naruto remembered was 'Lord Ryuu' that they had been talking too. Naruto knew that there was still something wrong about that guy. That there was something wrong with him, but he couldn't be sure as to what it was. There had to be something but he just couldn't be sure as to what it was.

"Naruto…" Kakashi whispered, causing the blonde to look over at him in confusion. Trying to ignore his own pain as he tried to breathe deeply hoping that would calm him down. "That's him. That's Ryuu." Naruto stared with wide eyes, whipping his head over toward the lord who was speaking more and more about Hinata's wedding and preparations to marry the lord next to him.

"How are you so sure?" asked Naruto with a frown on his face.

"Demons can only change their appearance to a human, such as losing scales, claws and fangs and so on. But, their faces themselves never change." Kakashi explained, causing Naruto to stare at him in shock. There was no way that this could be possible. This was the demon that had killed his parents? Had tried to kill him off as well just so he could get the throne? There was no way that he would be here. There had to be a reason for this, there had to be some kind of reason for the man to be here of all places.

"Why would he come here though?" asked Naruto with a frown.

"Honestly? I don't know, but he must have sensed your demonic chakra after it was locked away for so long."

"I just saw him and he didn't seem like he knew I was the same boy he tried to kill." Naruto pointed out.

"Must be because he hadn't sensed your chakra in so long that he doesn't know who it belongs too. Only that it was familiar to him." Kakashi theorised before letting out a soft sigh and looked over at Naruto and gave him a serious look. "Just stay out of sight for now. If you fight as is, you may revert with how weak your chakra is right now." Wait, his chakra is weak now? But how could that be? He hadn't even fought anything. Let alone even used his chakra in the first place so how could it be weak?

"But I'm her guard, I have to fight." Naruto said with a frown.

"True, but again, you aren't at the same power level that you should be right now. IF you fight him now, you may end up dead and the royal line is over." Kakashi said before he disappeared in the sea of the crowd. Leaving Naruto alone to his own thoughts. Though, he knew that he had to do something but what could he do in this state? His body was tired, and according to Kakashi, his chakra was weak and it made him wonder what had caused it.

Reaching up, he grasped at his chest once more and felt the painful thud within. He knew that if he just stood by and did nothing, he would regret it later on in his life. To the point that he would rather be dead than to know that he had failed Hinata on the biggest day of her life.

Closing his eyes, he took a deep breath before narrowing his now crimson eyes as he jumped out of the crowd and stood in front of Hinata as he glared at Lord Ryuu. "You stay away from Princess Hinata."

"Naruto?!" Hinata said in shock and awe.

"Oh? What is this I see?" Ryuu said with a chuckle before he looked on at Naruto. "You can't force her not to marry someone now can you? What if this is something that she wants?" Ryuu said, not seeming to be phased by Naruto's red eyes.

"You don't know anything about her. Hinata should marry someone that she can trust, someone that she could place her faith in and someone that she could love. You, you are none of those things!" shouted Naruto as he all but snarled at the man. There was no way that he would allow himself to let this happen. He had to keep her safe, no matter the cost.

"Oh? And you are?"

Naruto snarled as he said "I am her guard that is all I should be."

"Ah, all you 'should' be not what you 'want' to be." Ryuu said with a laugh before he smirked at the blonde. The fox snarled more as he narrowed his eyes. He wanted to rip this man a new one, wanted him to feel pain and suffering but he knew that he had to keep a clear head about him. If he allowed himself to fall into darkness and despair then there was a chance that he wouldn't make it out of this alive.

"I won't allow you to hurt Hinata like you had hurt the original king and queen of demons!" shouted Naruto, which made everyone in the room silent. Shit, he said something wrong didn't he? He shouldn't have said that, no one knew what had happened to the original king and queen, no one even knew about the king having a queen for that matter if he remembered right.

"The king and queen?" Ryuu said with a frown on his face. He crossed his arms as if he was in deep thought. Trying to think back on the memories of the time that Naruto had questioned. "I don't recall hurting them." Ryuu said with a chuckle escaping him.

"You didn't just hurt them, you fucking killed them you monster!" shouted Naruto as he rushed forward and went to attack. Yet he had noticed something, he was slower. Much slower than he was before. Ryuu just blinked his eyes before he grinned and stopped the attack by grabbing his sword. Naruto couldn't help but stare in shock, there was no way that he should have been able to stop the blade like that.

"Ah yes, now I remember. Their screams lull me to sleep when I think about it." Ryuu said with a chuckle, his stare was calm yet Naruto felt nothing but terror within himself. He had never felt so much fear in him before in his entire life. Gulping, the young man jumped back as he glared at Ryuu, his body trembling slightly in fear. "Now, just makes me wonder how you know about such a thing in the first place. No one should know about their deaths other than the demons in the kingdom." Ryuu said, only for his smile to turn twisted.

His eyes even glowed with how joyful he was feeling while he stared at the blonde man. Naruto had never felt so much fear swelling within him until that moment. God, why was he feeling so much fear? Why was he so scared right now?! He shouldn't be scared, he had fought more fearful creatures before in his life and yet this man here he was scared of?! It just didn't make sense to him, but he knew that he had to stop this before it was too late!

"You do look rather familiar though. You look like the king and queen but that cannot be true. Their child was killed years ago I'm sure of it." Ryuu said with a tilt of his head before a grin came onto his face. "That mark on your hand… So that was why we never found a body, you have been turned into a human!" He laughed like a mad man before chuckling a little and stared at him in glee. "The prince is still alive after all!" Naruto blinked as he looked at his hand and frowned when he saw that his birthmark was revealed. The glove having been torn to shreds. Ryuu then held out his hand and shot out a bolt of thunder, causing Naruto to go flying into a wall as he cried out in pain.

Once he hit the wall, it crumbled down onto himself, Hinata screamed out his name. Naruto groaned a little before he shoved everything aside and snarled at the man. Standing on his feet, he made his way over toward Ryuu, sword drawn out as he snarled at him. "You took everything from me." He snarled out.

"Naruto… you're a demon?" Hinata whispered in shock.

Looking over at the blue haired woman, he couldn't help but stare at her in shock before looking down at himself. He had shifted back into his true form, damn it all. All the things that had to happen, it had to be that he had to change back? Shaking his head, he calmly said "I'll explain everything later Hinata, for now you'll have to trust me on this." He gave her a small smile before snarling at Ryuu and rushed at him. Though, Ryuu had other plans.

He managed to dodge before grabbing onto one of Naruto's many fox tails and threw him into a wall. Yelping out in shock, the young man snarled as he went to strike at the man, he knew that he had to stop this. He had to stop this man before he got any further in his plans. Whatever they may be at this point. "I wonder what would happen while I'm killing you. Maybe you'll scream and beg for mercy before I do finally drain you of the rest of your powers." Naruto snarled a little, this bastard took his parents. He was sure of it now.

"Sorry Prince Naruto, but I'll have to kill you but before that I'll have to take you back to the castle and take your power. I'll need them for later."

Naruto just snarled, he wouldn't allow his fear to consume him, he had to hurry and take this man down before anything else happened. Letting out a scream of rage, his eyes glowing a deep crimson as he rushed forward with his sword in hand as he went to swing at Naruto. Yet, it seemed that Ryuu was able to catch his sword as he managed to smirk at the blonde demon. "You have grown weak, it seems that your body is going through 'rejection' it seems. To think, the prince had fallen in love. Who could it be?" He smirked cruelly before he saw the blonde's eyes draw themselves toward the blue haired princess. "Oh, oh ho this is rich!" He laughed like a mad man before slamming his fist into Naruto's stomach.

The young man let out a gasp of pain as the wind was knocked out of his lungs as he rolled onto the ground.

"Naruto!" Hinata shouted as she went to rush to his side in the hopes of helping him.

"Stay back!" Shouted the blonde.

"A demon, falling in love with a human. To think, a once royal member of the demon kingdom had fallen for a human woman. You have brought shame to the kingdom."

"No, you brought shame to it by killing my parents!" shouted Naruto as he went to get up only to fall back onto the ground. God, why was he so weak right now? It just didn't make sense, it just seemed as if everything was going against him in this moment. Looking up, the young man saw Ryuu standing over him with a sickening smile on his face. "You'll rot in hell for this." Naruto snarled out weakly.

"Oh? No, if anything you'll die soon enough. I just have to take your power before you do." He laughed before lifting Naruto by his shirt and slammed his head into his, and watched as Naruto's world was surrounded by darkness.

Hinata couldn't help but cover her mouth in shock as she watched her friend, the man that she loved get defeated so easily. But how could that be? He was powerful, strong and he had been able to defeat other demons before in the past. So why couldn't he fight off this man? It just didn't seem possible, and it had her worried for her blonde friend. "Naruto!" Hinata rushed forward, only to be blown back as Ryuu flew up into the air. Going right through the ceiling as he took off with Naruto. "Naruto!"

"Damn it!" Kakashi shouted as he rushed up to Hinata. "I didn't make it!" He snarled a little, causing Hinata to look at him. "I failed in my promise."

"What is going on here?!" Hinata all but shouted in fear and concern.

Kakashi looked at Hinata and frowned a little before he let out a soft sigh. "Follow me, we'll have to go to the Demon Kingdom in order to save him." Kakashi said as he made his out of the hall. Everyone of course mumbling to themselves about the fight between a lord and a demon. The demon, of course losing in the fight but Hinata knew that Kakashi was hiding more than he let on. Though she couldn't be sure as to what it was, but knew that she had to do something.

"What just happened?"

"It seems that Naruto hid from me that his demon had chosen a mate."

"Mate?"

"A demon picks one mate, and only one. Most demons don't find their 'true' mate and just settle. But, it seems that the royal line has always had that luck in finding their true mates. Minato found Kushina, and Naruto found you. You are his chosen mate and when he heard that your father had set you off to wed another his body started to go through 'rejection' which kills the demon'." Kakashi explained.

"But what about what that demon said? What you're saying! Naruto is a prince?"

"He is, he is the prince of demons. The clan that had ruled over demon's for centuries. Minato, the last king and his queen Kushina ruled over the lands with kindness and when they had Naruto they were over joyed." Kakashi said with a soft sigh before he looked over at Hinata and gave her a small frown. "Yet, because Ryuu wanted the kingdom, and had been promised to have it should Naruto and Kushina not have their own child well, he was rather angry when Naruto was born."

Hinata couldn't help but feel bad for Naruto. He lost his parents just because a mad man wanted the kingdom for himself. How could it be that he could go through such a thing like that? Naruto didn't deserve this, he didn't deserve to have such a fate upon him. It just didn't seem fair to her. "How can we save Naruto? If Ryuu doesn't kill him it's going to be that rejection thing that you said."

"He can be saved, he just has to have his chosen mate return his love and know that she does love him."

"I do love him, I just…"

"Because everyone, along with himself, didn't think that he was royal that you both couldn't be together until you had finally discovered that he was a prince, but not a human one." Kakashi whispered softly before he turned and stared at the blue haired woman and gave her a hard stare. "Answer me this, do you care that he is a demon?"

"Of course not! Naruto is still Naruto, no matter if he is human, demon or anything in between. He is still the same man that I grew up with, the same man that had risked everything just to keep me safe. I'll do whatever it takes to save him and tell him how I really feel!"

"Just be warned, his demon will know if it is a lie when you tell him that."

"I wouldn't-"

"I believe you, but again that is up to his inner demon to decide." Hinata couldn't help but frown at those words. But, she knew that she had to do something to save him. She just hoped that it wouldn't be too late to save him.