Yet another short chapter which I suppose I'll have to apologize for… Heh, don't worry, I promise once I get more into the plot line the chapters will be a lot longer! I mean a lot a lot! … I pinkie promise!

Nekomata's Awakening

"The results we've received show that this baby has genes and chakra from you, as well as the rouge shinobi, Sasuke Uchiha."

The chocolate brown eyed woman stared ice-coater daggers through my soul with her arms crossed over her large bust, her appearance acting as though one a jail keeper would give to their prisoner. She seemed highly displeased with the results of the testing they had done upon my child; now knowing that she was an offspring of an Uchiha.

There was no response that I could provide that would act as a defending statement towards the Hokage and at the same time there was no retort I intended to assault against her either. The words I could have strung together would not have been at all respectful, so I decided against saying anything and simply allowed myself to be chewed out by these people.

"We know you are aware that Sasuke is one of the most wanted shinobi striving right now. Not telling anybody you had been in contact with him means that you were definitely helping him, also placing yourself as a wanted kunoichi," Tsunade informed crossly, the only thing being a frown creasing her lips.

The captain of the interrogation squads, Ibiki, stepped forward, his face in the same sullen state as it always was, but this time it had increased in coldness, "Which means we won't have a problem searching through you, no matter how painful it gets."

I tilted my head innocently towards them, not at all showing any form of expression but the slight clutch I had on Kana, "You could have done that at the beginning…It would not have bothered me." Which was true, I would not have cared if they painfully executed me from the start to receive the information they sought out to seek.

"That's not the point," Tsunade barked, "You've been hiding valuable information from us. Now we're proposing that you tell it to us easily, or we can get it through other means."

I sighed gently and stared at them calmly, "…Lady Tsunade… If it is information on Sasuke that you wish to find…All I can tell you is that whatever happened within this village to cause somebody like him to leave is none of my business. I do not care what your village believes Sasuke is like…I have seen him differently. He is not somebody you should prosecute… If you want to take him out, you will not be getting my help."

Ibiki's frown darkened, "Very well. We can do it the hard way then."

His gruff hand fastened around my arm hard enough to bruise it and he pulled me up out of the hospital bed. I flinched instinctively as a harsh pain seared through my stomach, more over within the place where the Nibi was sealed as well as in my legs, which were not strong enough to hold my body up just yet. In my other arm Kana, who had been quiet all that time, started to cry as she had been jolted as well.

The medic had a sorry expression on his face as he eased the baby out of my arm which was soon to drop to my side within seconds of him removing the child. I had not the energy to resist against any of this, nor even walk, which was clear as I instantly dropped to the ground. The process of childbirth as well as keeping Nibi under its seal and in control had completely drained me, and having been forced to stand up, my head instantly began to feel light and everything appeared to spin underneath me.

That did not seem to be a problem for Ibiki as his bruise-worthy grasp never faltered and he yanked me back up on my feet, "Let's go."

I sighed and followed, but not without struggle for my legs were giving out on me. Ibiki continued to drag me along regardless of the majority of my body scraping the ground. He crossed us through hallways and stairs that seemed to tunnel down even underground, while all the while I was flinching from the bitter pain.

The man with the gruesomely scarred face seemed not to worry about my capability to remember the way to wherever this location was to be, for I did not have my vision obstructed by any means. Though I was thankful for that part, I did wish that he would stop pulling me along like a dirty sack.

Eventually I was jolted to a stop within a large stone room that reeked the putrid stench of blood and dead human carcasses. The smell of well-maintained iron also drifted into my highly sensitive neko nose which allowed me a better understanding of the layout of this room without the need to look up from the ground, yet that did not cease my vague curiosity as to what this was. Countless times before I had been called in by the interrogation squad to be figured out but never before had I been brought to a room that smelled so unfamiliar, so morbid. It indeed slightly inclined my interest for the events to come but no more made me excited as I would being cloaked in the bloody odor.

I managed a swift glance at the world above from my locked gaze at the ground, and what came apparent to my blue eyes was… confusing.

It was a regular stone room that was awfully chilling to the bone in temperature. The gray and black alignments of hard rock that scaled up the wall were surprisingly more inviting than the odd contraption suited at the center of the room.

It was the source of the iron smell I had recognized upon entering the room, and also held the stench of the dead bodies and old blood. Frighteningly disgusting and repulsive as it was, I showed no interest in my face nor any sign of emotion towards Ibiki or his intimidating metal apparatus.

The object took up a vast area of the ground, running around in a nice sphere shape over the stone. In the center of it there was a hole that seemed to be the epicenter for the dead body smell and also appeared to be like a tube that would have items connecting to the body. Around the contraption in a semicircle there was an array of seats that seemed to connect to the metal item as well.

In the room there were a few other people that were to accompany us, some whom I was familiar with, and some who I had never before seen, including this tall blonde man. I tilted my head for I was sure I had seen somebody in his likeness around the village before but there was no way for me to put my finger on it. His deep blue eyes regarded me for a moment before Ibiki spoke.

"This is the two tails Tsunade has informed you on. Don't go easy on her," Ibiki ordered, pushing me forward at the group.

My glare met the blonde man's odd one for a little while before another voice spoke. It was neither his, nor Ibiki's that had spoken out, and I could clearly tell that it was not anybody else in the room. This growling apprehensive hiss mumbled in the back of my mind as though it were tired or just waking up from a long slumber.

"You better get out of here little girl…"

My light blue ear twitched slightly as this voice echoed in my head.

"Nekomata… You have awoken once more I see…" I thought back in response to my two tailed demon.

For the past nine months this cruel demon had not uttered a word like it constantly did prior to the point where I was diagnosed as pregnant. I had begun to forget about it before I had to give birth to Kana when the dormant neko demon attempted to break out. Even during its attempted escape the demon had not spoken a word. Now…Its rough voice spoke out, warning me to get away.

"That damn baby used up all my energy," Nekomata complained, "But now that I'm back…I guess I'll have to help you out again. It doesn't take a genius to figure out that you have to break out of this village. If they get in your head lover-boy is toast."

I inwardly raised an eyebrow, well aware that the two tails could not see it, "Since when have you cared about helping me or Sasuke?"

Nekomata snorted a crackling demon laugh, "I could care less what happens to that kid, but being under your restraint is bad enough. If these shinobi get information on Sasuke then you're ultimately their prisoner, which makes me their prisoner too. The headache you give me is probably a lot less than what they're planning to do."

It was too much of a dream to believe that the Nibi was thinking of assisting someone other than itself for a change. Of course dreams are simply that and cannot ever be realized. My demon was certainly the one to prove that correct.

"I will not hurt these people to escape," I responded dully even as the shinobi began to take me into restraints. I offered not much resistance against them, but that was mostly because my mind was elsewhere.

"You're going to have to, little Yasha-chan," The cat demon's smirk was within its regrettably truthful words, "Let their blood stain your hands…It will be alright. They made the first assault anyways."

"It does not matter…"

"Oh, does it not? Think about it…They're not going to let Kana get off easily, will they? What a mother you would be if your newborn baby got tormented because its mother wasn't there to protect it….If these people hold you in custody I highly doubt that Kana will be let off the hook."

I froze instantly thinking about the words in which my demon countered my tranquility with. It was quite right, in fact, for if Kana is a child of the Uchiha clan then she is the property of Konoha until further notice. Therefore, this also meant that she was at their mercy unless I could get back to her.

The problem with breaking free as of the moment was the fact that my body was still weak from recent events and my only hope of escape would mean causing harm to these people, as well as letting Nekomata take over for a short while. I was apprehensive, however, for if I were to release some of the demons chakra would I be able to restrain it?

Surely if it were under any other circumstance it would have not been a problem to release the chakra, but with the seal so loose now and the Nibi's cage being so weak it was a hard decision.

"It's Kana's life or theirs…" Nekomata began to persuade.

I sighed, "You are correct…"

I was hesitant as I came back to my senses and could see that I was bound, with the group of men surrounding me. The blonde man had his square jaw tilted to the side as he regarded me the same as he did upon my arrival.

These restraints were not a problem. They were not meant to hold back the chakra of a demon.

I looked the blonde man right in the blue eyes, a hand sign struggling to be made behind my back. My hands trembled slightly as they fought against the chain that bound them together and eventually wound up making the hand seal of the Ram. With that one completed I moved on to create the Usagi, and then lastly the bird.

"Ibiki, I can see that she has a tough look behind those eyes," The blonde man pointed out, turning to face the man with the scarred face.

The moment he did, I muttered the words that would send some demonic chakra out of my body.

"Demon Seal: Shinto."

A tint of deep blue shaded my vision before suddenly everything was the swirling mix of a blue and black mist. Profound heat burned from the center of my stomach and began to move throughout my chakra system as it should have while letting a good amount of the demons chakra out of my system.

The restraints that secured my body against fighting shattered, and I bolted from my seat into the sea of shocked shinobi who were not expecting a release of this chakra and for my movements to be so swift that the human eye had a very difficult time following it.

The chakra boosted my body, and I felt the thirsting need for blood seep into my heart.

As planned, Nekomata was in control.