A/N: I apologize for my absence you guys. I wont bore you with the details of why, I'll simply cut right to the story.

Another apology for last chapters terrible grammar, this one was completely read through.

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto

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Chaos

Chapter 6 - Personal Knowledge

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"Play with me.."

Deep alluring words seemed to drift with a soft breeze and carry its way into the shaking girls ears, her body lying helplessly on the ground. He had come at her so quickly, so fast, her human reflexes weren't good enough to keep up with his demonic ones. The chill of the cool air tickled her skin, racking another set of shivers from her fragile body.

He was looming over her fallen form and growling like an animal against her ear. Her small frame pinned beneath his he let out a hot breath into her sensitive ear, groaning under his breath when she shivered in pleasure against him. The smell of her excitement and anxiety sending unwanted messages to his lower body.

"P-please.. "

Pleading softly, was that her only way of fighting back? Naruto cocked his head to the side, dark blood red eyes staring down at his prey curiously. He'd lifted his head from her neck to see her reaction, her eyes were rippling with fear, pleasure, confusion. Were these creatures, these.. humans.. were they really so fragile? It seemed odd that the human is lasting the way it is, how did they manage to survive when they were ridiculously weak?

Was this why the demons of his world were shunned from this place?

Because of the humans frailty? Because of their short years?

Mortals.

Naruto's pupils dilated for a second, his keen sense of smell catching the scent of flowers and the mouth watering taste of vanilla.

Mmm..

Speaking of mortals…

Naruto's primal instincts were growling and slashing at the back of his mind. It was getting out of hand, far too out of hand within just a couple of days time. Of course he'd been warned by his father about when these sort of feelings would start occurring, but Naruto refused to believe that this was really the case. Since he was a cub he'd been educated on the feelings and emotions he would get, the needs and wants he would experience when he finally found his chosen.

Of course, being Naruto he immediately denied this claim. He refused to believe that the mortal girl beneath him had anything to do with his fathers words of… wisdom? Or were they simply idiotic lessons used to poison his mind in hopes of getting him to look at things differently and come to change his cruel and gruesome ways? Knowing his father, it really wouldn't surprise him much. Whatever it was, it really put a lot on his mind and helped him to come to how he is now.

As his father had said to him -

"You can fight a battle, you can fight doing what your told, you can turn your back and ignore anyone and anything that irritates you or gets in your way. Avoidance and fighting is something that you can do to almost everything that gets thrown in your direction, it's what you were born and instinctively forced to do. Its your nature to fight back and avoid all that sets your twisted world even more out of orbit.

"Your chosen however, flips your world upside down and throws it so far out of orbit that it becomes nothing more than a never ending drifter. When dealing with your future mate you find that you cant ignore her like your problem, you cant turn your back and forget about her if she irritates you, and you definitely cant avoid her no matter how hard you try.

She becomes your anything and everything. Without even trying she can make your body burn for her, make you go insane with a simple murmur and touch, and drive you to your death when she calls your name. Your mind is not your own, and you find that jealousy becomes the first emotion to take over your soul whenever something happens that involves your lover. Emotions and feelings you refused to experience before will play an important role in your possessive nature.

You will view and see her as a possession. She will be yours and yours alone. When you find this girl, when you find your chosen you will know, because she will bring out the instincts in you that no other woman can. Her body, her scent, and her actions will drive you mad until you claim her.

Fight it. Fight it as I know you will Naruto Namikaze. But remember this, you will fail. Because that female will be the only thing in the world..

.. That can bring you to your knee's."

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His father's words plagued his mind, scratching and eating away at his self assured plan.

This human…

Why? Why did he have such deep feelings for this pathetically weak thing before him?

Why?

Why did his body burn for her?

Why couldn't he ignore her?

Why couldn't he avoid her?

Why did her scent drive him mad every time he catches a whiff of it?

Could it be that…..

That… maybe.. Just maybe… she was…

No. Absolutely not!

Naruto immediately stopped his thoughts from going as far as that point, never, ever, would he allow such a preposterous thought cross his mind and finish. Because it will never happen, not with a mortal. Never. If he should find his mate, it would be a demon. No doubts could be allowed to fill his mind with this very delicate and dangerous subject. If he allowed his mind to broaden then there could be a chance that something like that would happen.

As much as he tried to stop the threatening thoughts to enter his mind, he found himself losing focus when the main subject of his irritation was struggling beneath him and smelling like a goddess basked in the most innocent scent he'd ever smelled. With an aura that all but screamed 'take me I'm yours.'

But remembering his fathers words brought him crashing back down to reality. This girl was no better than the female that would one day steal his cruel heart right from out of his chest without his knowledge. As far as he's concerned, they both can rot in hell if their plan is to bring him to his knees and make him fall. He'd rather decapitate her -whoever she may be- and be forced to live the rest of his days without his true lover, then give her the power to destroy him.

Never would he allow such a thing. He could only secretly think that the female his demonic instincts chooses never comes in the first place, because if they do… He will kill her. No doubts about it, he'll destroy her before she can bat an eye. If finding your mate is as powerful as his father claims it to be, then there was a good chance that she could and would manipulate him into doing something outrageously horrible.

Like taking mercy.

The sudden rush of anger and determination almost floated out of his mind as a raw sense of humor set into play. Him? Take mercy!? The thought was ludicrous! He very nearly felt like guffawing at the thought!

Naruto finally inwardly laughed at his thought. As if any female would actually be strong enough to be able to manipulate him, let alone force him into taking mercy on mankind. God, he really did think of the most hilarious things. And people of his world say that he's got no sense of humor.

The demon chuckled loud enough for Hinata to hear. Her eyes looked up at his face frantically. Those beautiful doe eyes sparkling her innocence and fear. It was such a desirable look, but oh how he inwardly wanted to just see those eyes of hers looking a little different.

Naruto's lips twisted into a satanic grin. Maybe terror would look more ravishing? He definitely thought so.

That look. That twisted psychotic look that he suddenly showed her was nothing like all the times she had seen him. Hinata could not stop the terror from racking throughout her body, her lungs seemed to twist and tighten on their own. She could feel her body tensing up to the point where she couldn't move even if she was desperate.

She was petrified.

Sheer terror was burning in her eyes, those doe orbs of hers widened to the point where she thought they would fall out. His expression only seemed to be filled with more joy and excitement when she expressed her fear to him, it was as If he got off on the idea of seeing her afraid.

That look.

That face.

She couldn't take it anymore, she couldn't breathe, and her body moved on its own. It was the only time in her life that her frozen body decided that it didn't want to be stuck in a certain predicament and it sure as hell was going to get out of it. Thoughts of what happened before racked through her brain, and she remembered something.

Something that could get him to stop. Something that would make him falter and give her just enough time to make her way away from him. She wasn't thinking at that moment about what could have been the reason behind why he had acted the way he did to the actions she'd done to him.

She didn't stop to think and instead let her fearful instincts take control.

Thrusting her arm up she shoved her palm roughly against his beautiful face and held it there for a couple of seconds. Naruto leaped up to his feet, her fingers and hand missing the warmth of the demons face as he staggered back away from her. Clutching his face with a clawed hand he was eyeing her with the most hateful and vicious glare shed ever seen. His lips twisted up and he snarled at her, his fangs bared and ready to rip her apart.

Despite the menacing look Hinata managed to get to her feet but stumbled back, still she'd done it without falling into a faint of fright. She'd always known demons were powerful and scary creatures, but for some reason, this one was beyond even her wild and crazy imagination.

"You fuckin bitch!" He snarled at her, blood red orbs narrowing crazily at her.

Hinata stood for a long moment staring after him, at first her body had jumped and trembled but as she watched him she realized that he was forcing himself to stay away from her. His body was tense, and his upper torso was leaning backwards as if he were trying to get away from her. But most importantly about all of this was that..

He wasn't coming at her.

He was just standing there looking at her all angry and menacing. As the seconds ticked by Hinata's mind suddenly began turning and twisting. And she'd come to realize that there was something about the actions that she does to him that sets him into different moods. Things she says, things she does, what may seem harmless to other humans like her, but they seem almost disrespectful and outrageous to this demon.

What was is about her palm against his face that made him flip out the way he did? Not only did he get angry and start yelling but he was always looking tense and shocked by the action. As if he couldn't come to terms with the fact that shed done it. Why was he leaning away from her and tensing up as if trying to keep himself from doing something. But what is that 'something' he's trying to stop himself from doing? What was it?

Staring into those dark blood red orbs for some reason had her intrigued and curious. She'd never seen anything like it before, such a reaction was not common among humans. What was a palm to the face? A sign of disrespect maybe? Or perhaps its something more bizarre than that. Maybe it was some sort of weird ritual thingy-majig that only demons knew about. The curiosity seemed to get the better of her despite her efforts to try and control it.

Blinking at him her lips closed tightly against each other. Another question burning its way into her mind. Why wouldn't he tell her his name? Normally she wouldn't of thought twice about it, but it was the comment he made right after she had asked that had her itching to know just what it was he meant. Telling her that every female demon would be after her if she kept breaking the rules.

What rules?

Did these rules apply to every demon alive? Who made these rules In the first place? What did her hand against his face have anything to do with the female demon population anyways? Surely there was nothing sexual about a palm to the face for demons was there? That was the only thing she could come up with for why the females would be after her.

The demon of her thoughts suddenly stepped forward, making an animalistic growl while doing so. Blinking a couple of more times Hinata shook her head and finally snapped out of her reverie. This demon…

Just who was he?

"Woman. I can see what your thinking from the very look in your eyes. If you wish to keep that head of yours I suggest you keep your curiosity to a zero and never ask the questions you desperately wish to."

Hinata straightened up, a bit startled by the sudden change in his behavior. There it was again, the freaky demon thing he always did where he switches from one emotion to the other. If Hinata didn't know any better she probably would of thought that the demon had bipolar or something.

"I w-wasn't-.." He narrowed his eyes dangerously.

"You want to know who I am. Where I come from. Why I'm the way I am. All the most dangerous questions you could possibly want to know about me."

Hinata looked away, she didn't know how exactly he was able to understand her secret questions or thoughts, she did know however that the dangerous tone and the poison that dripped on his every word was a clear warning for her to keep her mouth shut.

"If you wish to know, then ask, but your soul will be sealed from the moment you do." Hinata stared at him now, her eyes daringly meeting his. Her curiosity burning with an intensity nothing but his answer could set a calm to.

"To who will my soul belong to should I a-ask?" His eyes bled red.

"Your soul will belong to me. Ask away little girl, go ahead." His eyes burned mockingly.

What is your name?

God did she want to know. But if she asked and if he answered.. Would her soul really belong to him afterwards? Or was this some sort of test to see if she'd really ask him or not? Her heart was fluttering wildly, its constant beating signaling for her to ask, not believing in such a ridiculous claim. But in the back of her mind there was a clear warning. Her mind whispering that she knew nothing of demons and the way this demons seems to react to the oddest of things it would be wise to not do something that would land her into even more trouble.

God knows she was already in over her head, she didn't need anything more to pile on.

Jutting out her chin she lifted it and looked away from him, trying her best to appear unfazed and uncaring of his words. Her heart won the bet, and Hinata suddenly turned her face to look at the demon, her insides nearly burned when his orbs shined expectance.

"So you really want to know? Even after I've warned you." Hinata's heart sped up

"I-I n-never asked a-anything."

"Yet." He finished dryly.

"I-.."

"Stupid girl. You really do know how to kill a moment don't you? This is the second time you've prevented me from going through with my plans to play with you. Your curiosity and idiocy is really trying my patience." He snapped.

Hinata licked her lips in anger. Those blood red orbs followed her movements before flickering up to her curious and innocent looking eyes. The demons in the back of his mind began whispering softly, taunting him.

Those fools were going to get him killed one day.

Regaining his composure Naruto finally allowed his typical emotions to show. Displaying a smirk and mocking eyes he stepped towards her dangerously.

"Are y-you going to a-answer my q-question?" She whispered softly, her eyes skeptically glued to his body.

"You haven't asked it aloud, little Hinata." He took another step towards her.

Hinata's body went rigid. Oh no, his actions and emotions changed. Just what was he up to now?

"Can you t-tell me a-about d-demons?" She whispered softly, looking at him shakily.

Taking his time he began to orbit around her body, watching with silent glee as she jumped when he wasn't in her line of view and would crane her neck to see where he was. Continuing to step around her he debated for a few moments on whether or not he should in fact tell her anything about his kind. Mentally he almost wanted to strangle his two inner demons for hissing at him with approval.

Oh yes. He'd already promised he would tell her of the origins of his kind. But unfortunately the things she wanted to know were things that demons, and only demons were supposed to know about. Her curious mind would soon get the better of her, if she kept up with what she was doing then she might do it to someone else. Or rather some other demon.

A scene displayed in his mind for a brief moment, clips of her doing these things to another male demon. She was lucky he had restraint, should she have done that little hand stunt to a demon on this planet then there would be no doubt in his mind that she would have been dropped roughly to the floor and raped faster than she could bat an eye.

His lips slightly twitched.

Dropping her on all fours and raping her didn't really sound too bad.

Stopping right in front of her, but still being a good ten feet away he cocked his head to the side and licked his lips hungrily. Fine. He'd tell the little bitch some information to satisfy her curiosity. He would never admit that secretly another reason for his actions was simply because he didn't want her doing it to any other demon, if she knew what she was doing then she would definitely not do it, period.

Better to have her not do it at all then see her do it to other males without knowledge.

He inwardly sighed. He really did want to play with her, she was in a perfect spot to, so crippled and helpless and god she was so afraid. The absolute perfect situation his prey could have been in and her damn mind had to go all curios and start asking blasphemous questions about his kind.

Oh well. Plenty of time to play..

Plenty of time..

"What do you wish to know girl?"

Hinata inwardly winced and looked up at him. "C-can y-you heal m-my ankle?" She whispered.

Naruto rolled his eyes.

"Next question."

"B-but-.."

"Next question."

He flopped down cross legged and placed both of his palms on his knees. Long blonde hair fell over his beautiful blood red eyes and covered up each side of his cheeks.

It was strange how their relationship could turn so dramatically like that. One minute they could be screaming and trying to beat the crap out of one another, and the next they are in a heated discussion. It would seem that their relationship was bipolar also.

Great. Just great.

Sighing at the oddness of it all, Hinata ignored the pain in her ankle (surprisingly since its hurting like a bitch) and nearly felt excitement burst in her chest. He was really going to answer the questions she wanted to know!

"W-why d-did you react the way you did when I t-touched your f-face?" She whispered.

"Allergies. Next question." Hinata stared at him, bewildered.

"B-but you said-"

"I answered. Now next question." Opening her mouth to reply Hinata thought better of it and inwardly sighed.

"Ok. W-what are these r-rules you always speak of?"

"That's classified information." Hinata felt her face beat red.

"Why do you hate humans?"

"Because you're all weak." Hinata inwardly rolled her eyes.

"How do you bring your s-sword out the w-way you do? W-where do you s-store it?"

Naruto rose an eyebrow.

"Curious about me are you? And here I thought you wanted to know about every demon out there. If I knew you were this obsessed with me little Madchen I might of told you earlier." Again he was taunting her.

She ignored his gibe and crossed her arms over her chest, waiting.

"Tch. I store it in another dimension and call it forth whenever I need it. Its too complicated for you humans to understand, that's as simple as I can make it."

Hinata finally got the hint that she would never receive a full explicit reply from this demon, everything would be narrowed down to the point where she would pretty much only get the obvious from him. Anyone could see that it was stored in a different place, he didn't exactly give her much to grasp on to.

What an ass.

"What are y-your f-fangs for?"

He grinned devilishly.

"Come here and I'll show you." He purred darkly at her, narrowing his eyes tauntingly. Hinata swiftly shook her head and blushed intently.

"N-next question." She murmured to herself. " What about-.."

"Come here, I really want to show you." He cut her off, lifting his index finger and motioning with it for her to go over to him.

With immediate guard Hinata tightened her arms around her body and narrowed her eyes at him. She made it perfectly clear for the taunting demon that she had no intention of moving from the spot she was occupying and that she was willing to put up a fight should he try to push it any further. Besides, what a dick of him to tell her to come to him when it was clear she had a bad and swollen ankle.

"Next. Question." She stated slowly, deadly.

Hinata nearly shocked herself by her rather forcefully dry tone. Never had she felt the need to speak to someone with such hostility. Perhaps this demon was really starting to rub off on her, pftt, that was definitely not a good thing. It seems with every moment she's forced by this demons side she's always losing her temper or feeling completely otherworldly emotions. Great, just great.

"Tch." He smirked, unperturbed by her tone.

"How powerful are demons?"

For the first time she caught a glint in his eyes. Licking his lips he leaned back calmly, taking the question to deep thought. Apparently she had stricken a good chord with him because he looked like he was going to drop a load of information on her. Good, she wanted to finally get some information out of him. Her curiosity was burning with a need.

"Demons of high classes are stronger than demons of lower classes." He started.

Hinata leaned close, watching him with bug eyed wonder. They stared into each others eyes for a few moments before he rose a blonde eyebrow at her. Blinking for a couple of seconds Hinata felt the heat rush to her face the moment she realized that, again, he had purposely narrowed everything down to almost nothing.

"That's it?" Hinata whispered. "There's nothing more?"

He grinned at her.

"The rest.. Well.. that's…"

Hinata leaned further.

"Classified."

Hinata huffed and snapped back into her sitting position quicker than a man could snap a whip. Face completely red now she looked away from him and tried to stop herself from lunging at the bastard and strangling him. How infuriating this demon was!

"I don't want to know anything else." She pouted.

Naruto watched her pouting expression with curious eyes.

"You need to get that ankle taken care of." He finally stated out of the blue.

Hinata turned her head in his direction and blinked for a moment before her ankle pulsed with pain, reminding her that 'duh I'm sprained.' Wincing she looked up at him with pain filled eyes. The very look she sent him was one of a damsel in distress.

Too bad he wasn't a super hero.

"Get on your feet, we have far to travel." He eyed her ankle impassively. "If you put all your weight to your good leg you shouldn't feel too much pain on your bad ankle. Hurry up."

Hinata stared up at him with the most dumbfounded, wide eyed, jaw dropping stare he'd ever seen. Turning his back on her, like he always does, he took very slow and calm steps away from her. Hinata knew that he was ruthless, knew that he was a bit cold hearted, but she didn't know that he was that bad. To seriously turn his back on her and offer her no help nor any support was the most shocking thing shed ever have happen to her.

It was just… shocking!

She didn't even know what to think or say!

Shaking her head back and forth for a couple of seconds she kept her bewildered expression but did as she was told and tried to get to her feet. Rolling over onto her knees she got into a kneeling position with her good leg and shakily got to her feet. Her ankle screamed in protest when she put even the slightest of pressure on it to try and steady herself.

What a horrible man he was.

Wait, what was she talking about? He was a demon, he wasn't supposed to have any feelings of care or sympathy. How dumb of her to think that because she was crippled he would change his views and become some sort of caretaker, what an idiot.

Hinata limply took a step to follow and let the tears of pain fall from her eyes. She was happy for the view of his back, she didn't want him to see her cry pathetically. Even though the fact that she had a sprained ankle was his fault, she did nothing to accuse him.

Unlucky for her Naruto didn't need to turn around to know that she was crying. Her aura of pain pulsed dramatically. Naruto ignored the whimpering behind him, he stopped breathing out of his nose when the smell of her salt watered tears filled his senses.

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Crash!

"Damnit!"

Crash!

"Damn it all to hell!"

CRASH!

Grasping hold of another perfectly molded and painted vase it shined against the pure light of the candle. Within seconds he was soaring through the air with such grace and dexterity that when it crashed against the wall it looked almost artistic. But it was not made to be, in fact, it was being thrown all out of anger. Hissing under his breath the person responsible for it slammed his fist harshly down on the large wooden oak table.

The rows of porcelain-made vases shook with the sudden pulse of movement. There was nothing hiding the fact that the person making the noise was pissed off and practically reeking with frustration. Without much care he smacked his hand out and succeeded in knocking down quite a few more vases to the floor.

"Why must you always take your anger out on innocent pottery? Honestly, it's not as if they have arms to defend themselves." The cool deep voice echoed in the room.

Sasuke spun around immediately and felt his chest tighten. Itachi leaned casually against a pillar, just as he'd always done, just as he always will do. Itachi was giving him a rather humor filled stare, not at all mad at the fact that Sasuke had pretty much betrayed him. Itachi had tried to prove that he was telling the truth, with Sasuke's sudden statement no one would ever believe the older Uchiha now.

"You're still here.." Sasuke whispered.

A dark eyebrow rose on the older Uchiha's face, his lips were set into a firm line of confusion. Shifting his body he completely turned in his brothers direction, Sasuke noted the way he deliberately cracked his shoulder as he did so.

"Little brother, do not think I would begrudge you for making a smart decision." His statement was soft yet forceful enough in its own sense to make Sasuke feel like a fool.

Of course he wouldn't have left.

"He's really here isn't he?" Sasuke murmured.

Itachi closed his eyes and shrugged his shoulders.

"You would know better than I."

Sasuke snapped a glare in his direction.

"Bullshit Itachi, your dreams and visions have always surpassed mine. Not only that but you've had them since you were young, I've had them just recently." Sasuke kept his gaze.

"Having them longer does not make them stronger or any righter than yours." Itachi replied coolly.

Sasuke turned back around to the broken pottery on the large wooden table. This is what their conversations are always ending up as. Itachi offers him nothing from his own point of view, merely asks him what it is that Sasuke's thinking. Well Sasuke was damn well sick of it. There were things that he just didn't have the answers to, how could his brother just tell him to answer it himself when he didn't know? It wasn't fair. Why wouldn't he put his own comments and thoughts?

"You always do that." Sasuke snapped.

"For good reason."

Whirling around to face him Sasuke narrowed his eyes dangerously.

"Really? And what reason may that be?"

Lips twitching, you'd have to of been really observing and watching Itachi's almost stealthy movements to see him when he smiled. With amusement he allowed just the corner of his lips to twitch up and show his thoughts on his little brothers behavior.

"Well Sasuke, sometimes its best for people to not voice their opinions." He spoke softly, almost as if he was addressing a child.

Sasuke's face burned with anger.

"You asshole. Quit speaking to me as if I'm some sort of child." He snapped.

Itachi pushed off the wall and narrowed his eyes.

"Then stop acting like one. You chose this path and was more than willing to take my place of ruling. This is what comes with ruling over a clan, it is your job to be able to come up with the reasons and the pros and cons of it." Sasuke tried to make his flinch go unnoticed. "Come to terms with the ruler you chose to be and stop expecting everyone else to hold your hand like you're a five year old being taught how to refrain from talking to strangers."

Sasuke looked away. Scolded like a child.

"This is the path you chose, I will not help you through it." Itachi's voice never once left its calm tone. But it had slashed at Sasuke's pride almost as harshly as if he would have screamed it.

For what seemed like a century the two Uchiha's didn't utter a word, making no movements or sounds. If one was in the room they would almost swear that they were not even breathing. As always Sasuke couldn't bare the silence or the ticking moments of anger, and broke the frustrating quiet with an equally frustrated sigh.

"I didn't choose it because I was willing to take your place… I took it because I wanted to be just like you." He murmured, looking to the floor as If the words he spoke were to be frowned upon.

"A fail choice." Came the monotonous reply.

Sasuke lifted his head to stare up into the amused eyes of his brother, despite his uncaring voice the look on his face almost brought out a bitter laugh from the younger Uchiha. It was the truth, as harsh as it may seem, he could never , no matter how hard he would try, be like his older brother. They were far too different in personality and in point of view, although that can be somewhat debatable, after all he never had any idea just what it was his brother was thinking.

"If the demon Naruto is in fact here…. Do you think we can defeat him?" Sasuke asked softly.

"If the most powerful demon in both the worlds is here you should already know the answer." Sasuke's lips twitched.

"Why's that?"

Itachi eyed him. "Because if you don't then you might as well tell the world to lye in a grave."

Sasuke smiled bitterly at his brothers answer. As always, he should of expected his brother to not give him any information.

Itachi leaned back against the wall and smirked.

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"Hurry it up girl."

Hinata shot him a venomous glare, seething with anger as she limped as fast as she could to keep up with him. Being the bastard as he is, he deliberately walked faster than normal just to see how far she would push herself before breaking down. Hinata knew this only because he had openly stated his reason for walking so fast when she'd asked him out of desperation.

It was his honest and rather cruel answer that had her pushing herself to keep going. After all, did she really want to look like some sort of weakling in front of him? Hell no. So after almost an hour of literally forcing herself to not feel any pain in her ankle when she put pressure on it, to keep up with his long strides, she started slowing down.

And now she was feeling the affects of her idiotic decision. She wished he would just tell her where they were going and when they were going to finally make a damn stop so she could rest. Not only that but the long stretch of absolute silence was rather irritating, Seriously! They haven't ran into a single other person while they were on this stupid road towards a town in god knows where!

While Hinata mentally complained and argued with herself she failed to notice the sudden stop her 'companion' made. It wasn't until she was but a few feet from him did she come to an abrupt stop and lean back, wide-eyed.

When in the hell did he stop?

"You're going awfully slow." He stated mockingly.

Her eyes narrowed. "I'm fine."

"Does the innocent little Madchen need help?"

If he was any other person in the world Hinata probably would of smiled bashfully and nodded her head despite her embarrassment. If it weren't for that demonic thing then she wouldn't be walking on her bad leg and be needing that person to help her. If it wasn't for HIM she wouldn't be limping in the fuckin first place. So naturally she looked away from him, stuck her nose up in the air and continued without even looking at him.

"I d-didn't know the b-big bad wolf c-cared about Little Red R-riding Hood." She answered coolly.

"Little Red Riding Hood? You do realize you made yourself a character that get's eaten and devoured by a wolf… ?" He replies, amused.

Hinata turns to the right and finds him walking alongside her, matching her slow speed. "That's not how the story goes."

He smiles ruefully. "Oh yes it is."

Clear eyes look at him from the corner of her skull, almost glaring. "No. It's not."

"Then pray tell.. How does this story of your's go?"

The Hyuuga girl straightens up for a moment before speaking clearly. "Little red riding hood gets ..-"

"No no." He interrupts. "From the beginning, start with…" He puts a clawed finger on his chin before continuing. "Once upon a time."

Hinata turns her head completely this time, wrinkling her perfectly crafted little nose before breathing out roughly from between her lips. He's staring at her now with an extremely overwhelming look of amusement, grinning that grin that has his pearly whites just glistening for her to see. Her face heats up in embarrassment.

He's mocking her. Like always.

"Y-you're mean you k-know that?" She snaps. His mouth only grows wider.

"I've been called many a things but never 'mean.' "

"Really? P-people should tell you more o-often."

"Tch."

Hinata looked forward again, glad that she was finally able to stop looking at his irritating face. There was nothing more bothersome than looking at the demon and getting nothing but a mocking stare and a cruel smile that would of probably wooed her had she not already got a taste of what his lustful antics were all about.

They traveled side by side for another half an hour, her ankle now throbbing so bad that she could already tell she was going to pay for it later. Squinting her eyes a bit she blinked in surprise as two men stood guarding a large cart full of boxes and clothing within them. A single horse whinnied loudly before scraping one of its hooves along the rocky terrain. Beside the horse were the two men dressed in all black and carrying swords. Hinata wondered for a moment if they were guards.

As they got closer she could clearly make out their profiles. Pirate boots, cloth pants and shirts not to mention the tattoos and piercing, they looked like a bunch of bandits. When they got a little closer, and they had finally come to notice them, she found that they were indeed a bunch of thugs. Her body was already flipping upside down in anxiety.

She wasn't worried about her.. She was worried about them.

Casting her companion a quick glance she knitted her eyebrows together in suspicion when there was nothing on that face of his. But for a moment she could swear that there was a twinkle of mischief in his eyes. Just what was he planning?

"Well hello little miss." One of them piped up, stepping in the middle of the road.

"Hey Dancai what do we have here? A wounded damsel in distress. And her boy over here isn't even bothering to try and help her."

The one who spoke before shook his head and tsk'd under his breath as he stared at Hinata's swollen ankle. Said girl's fingers tightened on her side as the feeling of discomfort settled in. She wanted them to stop raking their disgusting looking eyes at her like that.

Almost as if he knew she was uncomfortable by their sudden stares, which had turned from mocking sympathy to now a hungry lustful one, Naruto stood in front of her, head cocked to the side. Despite the sudden change of his aura his body language showed the same un-care as before, so smooth with a dexterity that humans only prayed to possess.

"Hey dip shit. Since you don't seem to care about your little lady friend why don't you just give her to us?" The bandit known as Dancai said, smiling darkly.

The man who had spoken first suddenly stepped forward moving his hand to the hilt of his sword. Naruto stood for long moments showing no emotion what so ever, or at least Hinata was guessing as such since she didn't have any view of the demon's face. In fact she couldn't see much of anything at all, as odd as it seems she finally came to realize that he was a very large man. Not large as in he was a giant he just looked… like a man.

That was it. There was no other way to describe his amazing physique.

"Yah come on demon-boy. Hand over the female." The first man encouraged, purposely leaning to the left in order to get a look around Naruto and get a good view of Hinata.

She shivered.

"You mortals and your wandering eyes of other males property. Where I come from looking at another man's bitch is a crime, and is met with the punishment of gouging your eyes out. If he's feeling merciful, which we demons never are."

The two men clutched their swords nervously at Naruto's calm voice. "But I don't abide by those punishments…"

Hinata felt a freezing in her veins as Naruto's sword materialized out of no where. "..I make my own."

Knowing what is soon to come, she turned her back on the bloodshed she knew would soon come. The moment she heard the first scream she fell to her knees and tightly closed her eyes. Pressing her palms flatly over her ears she cried softly to herself and whimpered as flashbacks of her burning village echoed through her mind.

There was another scream, the sound of twisted laughter, and the ringing of a blade slicing through flesh. The loud whinnying of the horse and then there was silence. It happened in just a max of 20 seconds, but it was enough time for her to remember his biggest problem.

Blood lust.

"You-re a m-monster…" She whispered to herself, cringing when she heard footsteps coming in her direction.

"I am. Now get up."

It was typical of him to hold a tone of utter disgust whenever speaking to her, and his voice was no different this time. She ignored his overwhelming presence by pressing her hands harder against her ears. She knew she should get up, but her ankle hurt too bad and right now she was having a mental breakdown.

"N-no.." She breathed.

Blood red eyes narrow dangerously. Lashing out a clawed hand he grasped the collar of her shirt and yanked her up onto her feet. Ignoring her yelp of protest he shoved her forward to force her to walk and merely stood there as she fell to the floor clutching her ankle in pain. His eyes fell upon the swollen ankle which had now turned a dark bluish purple color and now looked like she had a bad case of 'kankles.'

"How can y-you be so c-cruel!?" She screeched at him, blinking hot tears from her eyes. "I'm tired. I'm hungry. My a-ankle is swollen and b-bruised and still you hold a heart of ice and let me fall after you shove me forward to walk on it! Get a-away from me!"

Naruto's eyes showed no emotion as he listened.

Hinata let out a howl of frustration as she tried to move and only found her ankle protest by giving out on her. She scooted on her side and tried with her good leg to prop herself up and start walking. She winced and lightly cried under her breath as every step she took resulted in the feeling of knives being shoved into her ankle.

She prayed that her limping/walk was a message to him saying that it was her version of running away from him. She mentally wanted to laugh at how stupid she must look, trying to get away from him by limping and crying.

There was a scoff and a growl of annoyance before, after literally hearing just two steps, strong arms found their way around her back and underneath her knee's. She struggled immediately, kicking her legs and slapping her hands roughly against his chest in an effort to get him to put her down.

"Let me g-go you-you… you b-brute!"

"Be silent bitch." He growled low.

The raven haired woman glared puffy red eyes up at the demonic man holding her and winced as her eyes trailed down and found two bloodied up bodies lying carelessly on the rocky floor, a piece of an arm here - an eyeball there. Different body parts coating different parts of the road, she buried her face into his broad chest to keep from having to stare at the bloody mess.

"You human females are so pathetic. I'll never understand your squeamishness at the sight of blood." He sighed in irritation.

"Blood? There are eyeballs and hands ripped away from where they're supposed to be and lying on the ground!" She snapped, her voice slightly muffled by his chest.

"Tch."

Hinatas eyes snapped open as she was shifted in his arms and was picked up almost like a child before being placed on something. Warm, and moving. Clear eyes fell on the very much living animal beneath her. The hose whinnied softly in approval of her small size and waited patiently for her to guide him in any direction.

She watched as the demon took hold of the reigns and wrapped It around his right wrist before guiding the horse in a steady walk. For a few moments she stared at him, gawking at the idea that he had actually done something to help her and keep her from causing more injury to herself. She hadn't realized she was staring as much as she was until he turned his head in her direction and rose a blonde eyebrow.

"Its rude to stare."

Hinata, embarrassed and still mad about his insensitivity and brutality towards her, rose up her nose in an arrogant manner and retorted almost as cockily as he would have.

"So is stealing women, but that didn't stop you."

She almost felt a twinge of excitement when a devilish smirk plastered his face. "It's hard to steal something that willingly followed and pretty much stalked you."

Hinata's jaw dropped in repulsion. The look of utter disbelief at his words had him grinning from ear to ear. Pink escalated to a deep lobster red, and Hinatas embarrassment at his words made her choke on the words she didn't have and clutch the hairs on the back of the horses neck tighter than the beast liked, for it whinnied in protest.

She released her firm grip and snapped her head forward, keeping her lips tightly formed into a thin line. She couldn't believe he actually went there! The nerve!

She closed her eyes in dread as his beautiful loud guffaw rang in her ears. She peeked in eye at him and watched his red eyes flicker and dance like the flames of fire in amusement. He fangs peaked out at her and ensured her the danger he held around him.

To find such a thing was childish. But she would never tell him that.

"Your reaction is priceless." He purred.

"When are we getting to a medic so that I c-can be healed?" She snapped, narrowing her eyes in embarrassment.

He settled on a smug smirk and shrugged. "Who say's you're going to get healed? It's a beneficial lesson for a frail thing like you to learn pain and harshness.

Her jaw dropped for the second time in just three minutes of a conversation with him. "You-… you're mentally impaired!"

He shrugged and continued walking forward. "Learn to deal with pain girl. It will be what saves you in the end."

Hinata narrowed her eyes. "I w-would n-never be in a s-s-situation where I-it would require me b-being s-saved. The only t-time I'm in that s-situation is w-when I'm with y-you." Hinata's tiny nose wrinkled in disgust at him and she snapped her innocent eyes completely in the opposite direction so that she wouldn't have to look at his smirking face.

"Exactly the reason why you should get used to it." Hinata turned her head slowly towards him, her eyebrows knitted tightly together.

"W-what are you talking a-about?" Naruto's blood red eyes turned predatory.

"You belong to me, Madchen. And so long as I wish to keep you by my side, that is where you will remain."

He turned his sudden serious face forward and didn't bother to verbally tell her what he really meant. She knew it just by the tone of his voice. She was going to need to learn to deal with pain because he would never let her go. For some reason it sent a jolt of excitement through her, and she mentally pictured his possessive attitude and demonic eyes predatorily claiming her.

The dangerous attraction she obviously felt towards him was more than sinful, and she mentally scolded herself for finding his possessive nature more than tempting. A chill, none the less, ran down her spin with a vengeance and she physically shuttered in response to it.

She snuck a peak to her left towards her demonic captor and felt her heart beat escalade when she found him watching her out of the corner of his eyes. Snapping her neck so fast where she thought she'd get whip-lash she purposely looked in the other direction of him.

"You can't hold me prisoner f-forever." She whispered softly.

The was a calm moment of silence before his deep voice rang in her ear.

"Watch me."

Omg, I bet you're all pissed at me for discontinuing this story for so long. I'm so sorry this chapter was so short, it's just a quickie to get you guys slightly eased back into the story. No worries I've got like two pages already written for the next chapter so wootsauce for me!

R&R - I wonder how many of you still read this. Haha.