Chapter 15: No more running.

Hinata emerged from the bushed teary eyed and shocked to see Naruto in a fox form. Naruto couldn't move. Ino watched Hinata as she slowly made her way closer to Naruto.

"Is that you Naruto-kun?" Hinata asked getting closer. Everyone stood silent, even Shino. "Naruto-kun if that is you then answer me… please!" Hinata begged coming almost into arms reach of him. Naruto couldn't face her. 'Just say you hate me and go away… It will make things go a lot smoother.' Hinata touched his back. Instantly sending a nervous reflex to jump a little. Hinata screamed a little and looked up at the black fox that is now Naruto. Kiba and Shino helped her up and Naruto took a small look back at her before starting to walk away. "Wait!" Hinata yelled getting to her feet. "I'm alright." Hinata said to Kiba and Shino who backed off a little. Hinata closed her eyes and summoned the courage to walk closer to the strange beast. Naruto kept walking. "Wait please!" Hinata begged as he was getting closer to the cave entrance. Ino couldn't take it anymore.

"Hey Naruto-kun!" Ino yelled at the black fox. Naruto knew she was angry and thought of the only reason why she was mad at him. "Don't you dare walk away!" Ino said jumping in front of him. Naruto stopped and looked away. "Hinata-chan is trying to talk to you. Why don't you answer her?" Ino demanded. She let only a second go by before he tried to force an answer out of him. "Why aren't you answering her?"

"I can't look at her…. Cause… I'm scared." Naruto said honestly. Ino knew he was. Hinata continued walked towards him. Naruto heard her and tried to get around Ino who was blocking his way. "Move." Ino instead held her arms open to further block. Hinata's hand rolled over his fur as she made her way to his head. Naruto liked it but was more scared then happy at the moment. She walks in front of him. His eyes stray for a moment before he looks into her eyes. Hinata looks into the once boy lover that was hers. Her eyes swelled up with tears as she flung herself around his neck.

"Oh Naruto-kun…" Hinata cried into his fur. Naruto placed his head across her back. Ino was getting teary eyed as well at this sight. Naruto heard ninja coming at them with familiar scents but they weren't friendly.

"Everyone get out. Sound ninja!" Naruto yelled carefully backed away from Hinata. Ino grabbed Hinata's arm and pulled her away.

"Let's go!" Hinata looked back at Naruto.

"Get her the hell out of here. They are after me. I'll hold them off." Naruto said looking at Hinata. Hinata's eyes swelled up with tears.

"Isn't that touching…" Said the snake eyed man. Naruto's fur stood on end with anger. Naruto stared deep into his slit eyes. Ino stood petrified. Naruto created two clones from his body which grabbed Ino and Hinata , who was yelling no and kicking, with their mouths as Shino and Kiba followed the clones back. Naruto knew they would be safe. Orochimaru, tayuya and Kabuto stood above him. "Tayuya… I will leave him to you." She kneeled down before him and put her flute to her lips. "And Tayuya…" She looks up at him. "you will either kill this demon or die by his hand or mine… choose you own fate." Orochimaru said then looking back at Naruto. "Don't look so mad Naruto. She knew her fate the moment she joined me. Though she has a habit of failing me." Orochimaru said glaring down at her once again. Naruto saw her into her eyes. Orochimaru laughed and turned around. "Oh, and Naruto" He turned his head to watch his expression. "you always pick the cute ones don't you?" Naruto leaped up at Orochimaru and slashed him in two. Mud splattered all over his coat. A mud clone… He put his smell in the mud so it would really smell like him. Tayuya started playing her flute and Naruto was caught in her trap. Naruto shook the mud off his coat and broke the genjutsu at the same time flinging mud all over Tayuya. She wiped mud off her face to find she was in his genjutsu. She looked around and tried to release the genjutsu. Nothing. She put the flute to her mouth to use her jutsu to try and find him then her arms got stiff. She couldn't move her arms or fingers. The black demon fox appeared in front of her.

"What the fuck are you doing to me shit bag!" She demanded as she got pissed off. She tried to subtly release the cures mark.

"Release your curse mark." Naruto said staring into her eyes. She smiled.

"Gladly tree humper." She said as her curse mark enveloped her body. She felt her power increase and then tried to release his jutsu. She looks around. "What the…"

"You can't beat me." He said releasing his jutsu. She jumped back and into another branch. She closed her eyes and started playing. After a few seconds she re-opened her eyes to find his orange slitted eyes 1 foot from her. She jumped back while playing and watched him disappear. 'damn he's fast!!' She thought as she looked around for him. She then turned around to find him right there, sitting on the branch behind her just watching her. She summoned her chakra demons which attacked him. His eyes opened slightly and a force wave bursted them into nothing and sending her back through a few trees and landing on her ass. She picked up her head up. She saw those eyes watching her just inches from her face. She went to put her flute to her mouth but his paw slammed her arm into the tree. She felt his power overwhelm her as she screamed in pain. She bore her teeth and watched as she knew she was no chance for him. She turned her head away from him.

"Kill me. Obviously Orochimaru knew I was going to die from you. You are faster, stronger, and your chakra feels unlimited. Obviously he wanted you to kill me. So just do it already." Naruto saw her eyes like they were before. He may be demon but he was still Naruto.

"I'll give you two options."

"I'll take whichever kills me faster…" She said looking him in the eye.

"One is to beg for death and I'll kill you for attacking me or… you can live and…"

"What don't have the balls to kill me? Come on you can't be that weak right? Don't tell me I just gave up to a weakling?" She kept ranting on and on. Naruto grew impacient with her and slammed his other psw into her chest just below her neck.

"Listen to me. Either you die right now or you swear you loyalty to me and I let you live. Orochimaru will kill you if you go back to him. So decide." She looks into his eyes.

"Why would you spare me. I lost to you. Why the hell would you do that shit?"

"Because you deserve a second chance or would you rather die?" Tayuya just snarled and thought about it.

"Fine… I'll swear my allegiance to you. Orochimaru would kill me anyway. So either I live as your… wait… I'm not like a slave or something right?" Naruto released her arms and upper chest from his grasp. She got up and quickly fell to her knees. She looked at the ground. "What you want me to do…" she said almost wishing she think she would have been better dead.

"Take off your shirt." She snapped up and started yelling at the top of her lungs.

"Hey I'm not your sex slave so I'm not going to take my pants or anything off in front of you. So let's get that straight!" Naruto just stared at her.

"I'm going to mark you and you will bleed. I was going to use your shirt to help stop the bleeding but if you instist on getting blood everywhere…" She growled and spit on the ground.

"If you dare touch me I swear I'll tear off you balls myself!"

"Take off your shirt or bleed. Your choice." She growled at him and started taking off her shirt. Then held it over her breasts. "Turn your head to the left and brace yourself. She did as she was told. Her eyes moved as far as it could and watched him lower his head to her neck and bite it with his two front fangs. Blood squirted out from her neck as she screamed out in pain. He pushed her up against the tree and bit down harder into her shoulder. Tears formed in her eyes and could barely breathe as she couldn't bare the pain. The teeth didn't hurt as much as the strange substance flowing throughout her body.

"Please just kill me!!!" She screamed. He left go of her shoulder and walked a few steps back as she put her hand over her shoulder and felt the huge holes in her neck. She gripped the shirt in her hand. "If I knew it hurt so much, I would have asked for death!" She screamed in pain as she pulled the shirt away from her breasts and pressed the shirt hard on her shoulder. The bleeding started to slow down and Naruto turned around towards the waterfall and only stopped to talk.

"When your done bleeding join me inside the cave." Naruto said taking a 50 foot leap through the waterfall and out of sight. She held the cloth to her shoulder and lifted it. It stopped bleeding but she could still see her own blood. She opened the shirt and saw her shirt was completely covered in blood and threw it to the ground. 'I can't wear a shirt soaking in my own blood. DAMN IT' She mentally yelled as she made her way to the waterfall. She walked through the cave and found Naruto pulling an old beat up mattress and putting it down outside the pools of blood.

"What the fuck is that smell!!!?" She screamed as the smell of rotting blood filled the air. Naruto looked at her.

"My blood."

"What the fuck happened to you to make you bleed so much?"

"I'll be sleeping in the back of the cave. This is the only comfort here. So you'll have to live with it." Naruto said walking into the darker part of the cave.

"Why the hell are you giving me this? Why are you treating me so nicely? What do you have to gain from being nice to me? Why the hell do you give a damn!" She screamed at him. She got slightly teary eyed. "Answer me!!"

"You seem like you could finally use someone being nice to you."

"But why you? Why the hell do you give a damn?" She had never known kindness, only hatered and pain. She tried as hard as she could to try not to show compassion but something in her was opening up. It made her feel like she could trust him. She couldn't explain and she tried to ignore it but her tears flowing down her face made it hard to hide.

"Maybe I look at you and see someone who needs someone like me?"

"Is that your idea of a pick up line?" He walked into the shadows. 'why the hell am I feeling like this? It's as if he was touching my heart… damn it… am I… in love with the boy?' "Are you in love with me?" She screamed. "You little pick up line worked. So get your ass out here and claim your prize." She yelled into the dark. No movement she could see. "What you don't want me? Am I even good enough for you? Huh?" She got red in the face. "Answer me!"

"You are but I'm not in the mood nor would I cheat on Hinata-chan."

"Then why the hell did you make me feel like this?!"

"I never made you feel anything. What you feel is your own."

"Whatever!" She said laying down on the bed and looking away. After about 20 minutes of silence and no movement she turned over and slowly got up. She slowly walked over to where the fox boy lay. She slowly laid down near him and watched him sleep. 'What is with this boy that makes me feel like this.' She thought as she laid her head down staring at the demon. She placed her hand on her chest, above her heart. 'What the hell makes me feel good… why… Why am I acting so strangely and nicer? Why the hell do I feel good when around him? Why…' She kept asking herself as she hesitantly went to sleep. Naruto woke up and placed a blanket of leaves he had used over her. He layed back into a ball and closed his eyes. Maybe he could get some sleep tonight. Maybe he would be able to put his restless mind which haunted for days would cease so he could sleep. Maybe…

End of chapter.

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