Sorry it took so long to get this second chapter up. A week ago it was ready but my computer decided to be a pain and erased all of my files, so I had to rewrite all of it. But now everything is back in order, so enjoy and please, please leave a review after you finish reading.
Kyuubi, or as was her real name Nouhime or Noh, was having the time of her life. At first she loathed the idea of sparing this village from her wrath, she was still in half a mind to destroy it, but she knew her mate wouldn't like that. He had told her to 'not kill' anyone, that didn't mean she couldn't torture them. Oh how she loved to hear people scream out for mercy…though not as much as she loved it when her mate screamed out her name during their nightly, um, sessions.
Though no matter how much fun she was having, her revenge was still incomplete. No, she wasn't going to destroy the village; she gave up on that when Nobunaga was made Hokage. She was going to kill…no, brutally torture Madara Uchiha! No one controls her like some pet! She was not a puppet to be used! ANYONE with the name Uchiha was going to be slowly tortured before she sent them down into the pits of hell! Though, there was something off about that one Uchiha, Itachi was it? It bothered her that Itachi never intentionally hurt her mate whenever the two met, well, that's a matter for a different time.
Currently she was heading towards the newly remolded Ichiraku Ramen Restaurant where the rest of 'Konoha's Twelve', as teams seven, eight, ten, and Gai's team were being called, were meeting. She only recently found out about it the morning when Nobunaga had told her of the gathering. In all honesty, she really didn't want to go; the only reason she was going was because he asked her to come. She still wouldn't trust many of his so called 'friends', though none so much as that pink haired bitch! God, was she annoying, always "Sasuke this" and "Sasuke that" and "Sasuke is soooooooo much better". It was enough to make Noh want to rip out Sakura's throat and force feed it to her. And that flee bitten Inuzuka was a pain in the ass, enough said.
She'll admit, however, that not all of his friends were bad, like the Hyuga Heiress. She had been kind to Nobunaga when they were still in the ninja academy. She knew that the Hyuga girl was in love with her mate, not that she really minded since technically Nobunaga was the last of his clan and he was allowed to have more then one wife. Who knows, maybe the Hyuga girl will be more fun then she lets on. But that was a topic for a different time.
As soon as she entered the restaurant, she was immediately angered. Why was she angered, you may ask? Well the answer was that one Sakura Haruno was once again going on and on about her 'Sasuke-kun'. This did nothing to help her already foul mood. Now normally she would be able to ignore what was being said, however when Sakura stated that "Sasuke would have made a so much better Hokage" Noh had enough. Before anyone knew what was happening Noh had Sakura pinned to the wall, a blade pressed against the pink-haired ninja's throat.
"Enough wrench, I've had enough of you and your precious 'Sasuke-kun'. Nobunaga will always be stronger then any Uchiha, and certainly much stronger then your so called 'boyfriend'. If you say one more thing, I will…" Noh was cut off when a blade was held up to her own throat. Her red eyes narrowed further, this was doing nothing to help her mood.
"Release her," it was a command; not one she was going to follow but a command none the less. A growl escaped her lips. Great, it was the 'redeemed' Uchiha, redeemed her ass. Nobunaga was going to hand him over to her to do as she pleased, but the damned council thought it would be better for Konoha if the Uchiha clan wasn't destroyed. Right, they just wanted the sharingan for themselves.
She was half tempted to just end it here and slit the poor girl's throat, but her eyes saw a figure standing behind the Uchiha, shadowed by the sunlight behind him. She could barely make out the form of Nobunaga, "Uchiha, we'll finish this tomorrow, a two-on-two match, you and Sakura vs. me and Noh."
Sasuke sheathed his katana and turned to face Nobunaga, "And why would I want to face you, dobe?"
"Because if you can't beat Nobunaga you'll never be strong enough to defeat Itachi. The match will be a death match, first on to kill their opponent wins. So what do you say, Uchiha? Or are you scared?" Noh said picking up on what her mate wanted.
"Hn, come Sakura, we have training to do." With that Sasuke walked out, Sakura quickly following. Noh's blade slipped back into its hidden sheath in the sleeve of her kimono. Oh yes, she was going to enjoy tomorrow's match. But first she had to get through this gathering of friends…then later tonight when she, hopefully, could introduce the Hyuga girl to the wonder that is Nobunaga. But first she'd have to ask Nobunaga, not that she didn't think he'd mind but he would mind if she didn't ask him before hand. Sometimes it wasn't a good idea to get Nobunaga angry, though half the time that anger led them to many a wild night.
Putting the incident behind them the remaining Konoha nin took their seats around the table, with her next to Nobunaga who was at the head. Surprisingly Hinata was sitting on the other of Nobunaga and…were those glares the Hyuga girl was sending her? My, my, this surely would be fun. But what wasn't fun, was the fact that Kiba Inuzuka was sitting next to Hinata and kept sending her, and any other female, a perverted grin. It may have been her kitsune instincts but she just hated the Inuzuka. It seemed the only one with brains was Kiba's dog companion, Akamaru. The dog kept barking at his human partner, trying to remind him about Noh, but she knew Kiba wasn't listening. Why he wasn't listening? Because he was nothing more then a dog in heat that's why.
Kiba placed his arm around Hinata's shoulders and said, "Come on, Hinata. Let's ditch these losers and go somewhere a little more private."
Hinata stiffened slightly, but otherwise remained calm, "No thank you, Kiba."
Kiba frowned and tightened his hand on her shoulder, when he spoke there was barely concealed annoyance, "Let's go, Hinata."
Noh was waiting, hoping that Hinata would do something to get Kiba off of her. But damn it, Hinata was too kind and caring for her own good. Raising her arm, the blades of Delicious Venom slipped out of its sheath from under her kimono. "I believe she said no, mutt."
A growl escaped Kiba's throat, "Just because you're the Hokage's wife, doesn't mean that you can tell me what to do." At this Akamaru tried to once again warn his partner just who he was talking to, but once again Akamaru was ignored.
"I'm more then just the Hokage's wife, as I'm sure Akamaru can tell you." Here the giant dog gave a bark that sounded strangely like a, 'I told you so'. "Now, remove your hand before I remove it for you," Noh said. She leaned over to whisper in Nobunaga's ear and when he nodded to her she almost squealed out her delight, but refrained from doing so. She stood up and walked over to stand behind Hinata. She then placed her foot on Kiba's shoulder and kicked him off to the side. She leaned back down and wrapped her arms around Hinata. "Tonight, I'm going to show you what it's like to see all of Nobunaga." Hinata blushed in response and the two disappeared in a swirl of fire.
Nobunaga smirked, it wasn't his idea to take Hinata as a second mate. Since he was the last of both the Namikaze clan and the Uzumaki clan, he could take up to four more wives in order to help restore the clan; though it never really crossed his mind. No one had ever wanted anything to do with him, except for Noh; so he didn't give it much thought. But deep down he felt like he would be dishonoring both of his parents, and if he was anything, he was an honorable man, always have been and always will be. So perhaps taking Hinata as a mate wouldn't be such a bad thing. Since Noh was helping him with starting the Oda, then Hinata could help him in restoring both the Uzumaki and Namikaze. Either way, he had a feeling that both women would gladly help him.
The rest of the gathering was spent discussing the fight that he and Noh would be having against Sasuke and Sakura tomorrow. It didn't matter to him because he knew he and Noh would dominate the one-sided massacre that was sure to happen. Nobunaga had been waiting for an excuse to kill the Uchiha traitor…along with any member of the council that he knew was against him. In fact he was sure that Danzou would intervene no matter what happened in the fight. Greedy bastards, the entire council, it was because of them that the Uchiha was not killed when he returned. Though why Sasuke returned was beyond anyone's knowledge, Itachi was still alive so Sasuke couldn't have killed him.
But no matter what happened tomorrow he could use the work out that fighting against multiple enemies gave him…not that any of the ROOT ANBU could match his speed or strength. He had found out the hard way that when he became the demon lord of foxes, not a single opponent gave him a great challenge. True, Noh could give him a decent fight but they were always practicing and never really going all out against each other. As far as he was concerned all ninja were relying too much on ninjutsu, so they forgot about the basics of swordsmanship or even taijutsu. A ninja's first instinct is to put distance between himself and his opponent and try to get them with any number of jutsu. Because of this, their close combat skills diminished.
It was the same reason he knew that he would win against Sasuke. Sasuke may have some talent with the Kusanagi no Tsurugi he carried with him, but that didn't mean Sasuke knew the proper way to fight with a katana. It was the first lesson that Noh had taught him, "The katana is not separate from your arm, it is your arm. To wield it is to use your own arm," she had said to him. She had taught him that wielding a katana was almost like a dance, fluid in motion yet deadly in attack.
But the real problem was that Sasuke was too arrogant for his own good. He thought that since the sharingan allowed him to copy and remember anything that he saw, that that made him more powerful. But it didn't and he didn't care to understand that. He didn't understand that all of the jutsu in the world would do him no good, if he didn't have the strategies to properly use them in battle. Sasuke relied on overpowering his opponent with powerful jutsu, and on weaker opponents that would work, but against Nobunaga…that was doomed to fail. Even the fire attacks that the Uchiha prided themselves for would be no good against him, but Sasuke would find out why the hard way tomorrow.
Normally Nobunaga would be taking this time to prepare for the fight tomorrow, but because the match wasn't until the afternoon, he still had plenty of time. Besides it wasn't often that everyone was able to gather like this. Many of them would be out on missions that he had assigned or he would be too busy in the Hokage's office. He didn't understand why he had to do paperwork for the most basic of things when the other council members could do it themselves. But then the council was a bunch of lazy bastards that didn't care one way or another. So half the time he left multiple shadow clones of himself to do the paper work while he spent time with Noh around the village.
Speaking of Noh, perhaps he should check up on her and Hinata before they get too tired to continue whatever it is they're doing later that night. Okay, perhaps he was more concerned about Hinata being worn out since she doesn't have a demon's stamina. So with that thought in mind, he disappeared from the restaurant in a swirl of flames. He reappeared to find quite a sight. He was in the master bedroom of the Oda clan house, where he found Noh and Hinata on the bed…in a tangle of limbs and completely naked. What surprised him even more was the fact that both Hinata and Noh were sleeping peacefully. Part of him wanted to know what they had done in such a short amount of time to cause them to be so exhausted, and the other part of him just wanted to let them rest.
Moving past the bed and onto the balcony, he gazed out over his village. The clan house was built on top of the cliff that was the Hokage Monument, though with a clever use of demonic genjutsu the house was all but invisible save to those who knew where to look for it. When he had taken the office of Hokage, he was torn between destroying all of Konoha, like Noh had wanted, and protecting it, as was the Hokage's duty. Why, he had asked himself, why protect those who only wish for your death? Why risk your life when all they wanted was for you to drop dead? Why continue when they wished for nothing but ill will towards you? The answer was simple…you don't. You don't protect those that wish you harm because then it would be like protecting an enemy. The only ones that you should protect are those that you care about and care about you in return.
So why then did he stay his hand? Why had he not unleashed the full power of a demon against the village? Perhaps more of his old self remained. The part of him that wanted nothing more then the villagers to acknowledge him for him and respect him. Perhaps that's why he stayed his hand, because some part of him wanted the villagers to respect and acknowledge him. Well they respect him now, but whether it was because of the power he wielded or that he was the Hokage and leader of the villager, he did not know nor did it matter to him.
He was brought out of his thoughts as a pair of slender arms wrapped around his waist. "Why don't you allow us help you relax a bit, hmm?" Noh whispered in his ear. He turned around to find a beat red Hinata still on the bed. Oh yes, this would certainly be an interesting night, he thought as Noh started to remove his armor.