Hikari gasped and covered her mouth. "Oh no! That's not possible! I'm too happy to have a demon, r-right?" She got out, trying to sound as bright as normal.

"Not really," Natsumi said simply.

"B-But nobody's ever said anything, so well like, I doubt it!" She got out, forcing a smile onto her face. A demon, she thought to herself. That couldn't be right though, become her mom had been killed by the Kyubbi. She couldn't be a demon, too...

Naruto suddenly gasped. "W-what if she's like Sora?"

"That could be possible," Natsumi agreed.

"What do you guys mean?" She questioned, taking a step back from the pair.

"There was a boy named Sora who had some of the Kuybbi's chakura put into his body, it's possilbe someone did that to you as well," Naruto explained.

Hikari shook her head. That just simply couldn't be possible.

"How old were you when your mother died?" Natsumi asked.

"Um, just born," Hikari replied.

"Then it is possible," Natsumi and Naruto said at the same time.

She shook her head, her eyes on the ground.

Naruto rested his hand on Hikari's shoulder. "S-sorry," He said simply.

"Why are you?" She asked, surprised.

"B-because if you actually do, t-then I know what are going to be going through," Naruto admitted.

Her eyes drifted to the ground, but quickly she forced a smile onto her face. "Oh no worries! It doesn't matter, it's like no big deal!" Hikari exclaimed, trying to reassure herself and them.

"We need to find out if you do or not, and we can at the Chunin exams," Natsumi told her.

She tilted her head slightly. "What do you mean?"

"Don't worry about it, just worry about proving me wrong," Natsumi said as she turned to leave.

"I don't get it!" Hikari exclaimed.

"You don't need to!" Natsumi yelled back.

Hikari pouted, staring at the ground.

"What's wrong?" Naruto asked.

"I-I dunno," Hikari replied, not able to smile. Could the monster that killed her mom, really be apart of her?

"W-want me to take you home?" He asked, concerned.

Hikari shrugged in response, still not taking her eyes off the ground.

Naruto sighed, he didn't like seeing her sad. "L-look, we were probably wrong, alright?"

"I guess," She said quietly, though, she was doubtful.

"I'm being honest," He told her.

"Alright," She responded, still not sounding convinced or anymore happier.

"Let's just take you home," He said calmly tugging on her arm.

She followed along silently, practically dragging her feet. How could something so evil be apart of someone like her, she wondered with a frown.

Once they reached her house, Naruto squeezed her hand. "It will be okay,"

Her eyes were still trained on the ground as she gave a nod.

"W-well I'll go," He said turning and walking off.

Hikari sighed as she dragged herself into her home. She took off her shoes and neatly placed them besides her brother's - taking in the fact that her dad still wasn't home. If possible, she felt her mood worsen. Why was he never home? She asked herself, sauntering into the living room and flopping onto to the couch. A moment later, Kazuki walked into the room with a yawn.

"Where've you been, sis?" Kazuki questioned, sitting down in the chair and flipping the tv on. He took one look at her and saw something was clearly bothering her. "What happened?"

Hikari shook her head, pulling her knees to her chest and placed her chin on top of them, staring at the wall. "Nothing, it doesn't matter," She responded, trying to give him a reassuring smile.

He scoffed and rolled his eyes. "Alright, alright, if you say so," Kazuki said, knowing it'd take a lot of work to get her to say anything. Plus, he figured it was probably some girl problems she'd been having, or something. Though, normally things didn't get to her, so part of him felt as though it were serious. "Really though, are you okay?"

The younger sibling looked over at her brother before averting her eyes to the floor, nervously fiddling with her tie. "I guess," Hikari mumbled in response.

"A-Alright...," Kazuki trailed off awkwardly. She was never really the upset type and it was slightly unnerving for him, seeing as he didn't know what to do about it. He stood up, his eyes still watching her. "Want dinner or anything?"

She stood up and shook her head, slowly making her way down the hall. "I'm going to bed. Night."

Natsumi sighed as she stepped into the house.

"Mommy!" A samll voice called. Natsumi smiled and picked up her son.

"Have you been good for Daddy?" She asked.

Isamu nodded. "Daddy is asleep,"

"Is he now, well let's go wake him," Natsumi said with a laugh.

Natsumi found Yushiro on the couch watching T.V with Aya, Kureji and Hikaru.

"Yushiro, I talked to that girl," Natsumi said taking a seat beside her husband.

"And?" He asked not moving his eyes away.

"Remember that Sora boy?" She asked.

"Yeah?"

"She doesn't have a full demon, but she has some of the Kyubbi. I saw it with my Hitima. She was a new born when that nine-tails was put inside Naruto, I figure when her mother was killed, the nine-tail chakra managed to get into her bloodstream, therefore giving her part of it," Natsumi explained.

"Makes sence," Yushiro agreed.

"Poor girl, if that's the truth then she is gonna be in rough shape, that thing killed her mother and now its part of her?" Kureji asked.

"Yep, I guess so," Yushiro agreed.

Hikari's eyes opened and she was standing on top a rooftop in the village. She gasped as she looked upwards, the sky was a crimson red, reminding her of blood. She looked around but saw nobody in the neighborhood. She jumped down and landed perfectly as she did a second look, but again it seemed to be completely deserted. She pulled out a Kunai as she carefully headed towards the centre of town.

She stumbled over her feet as bodies scattered the ground, blood everywhere. She tripped backwards and landed on her rear as she stared in horror at the scene in front of her. Hikari brought her shaking hands to her mouth as tears welled up; what had happened? Where was everyone? Was everyone dead? She jumped up when she heard voices yelling.

"Kill the nine-tails! Kill the demon fox!" Some man yelled. Hikari stood up and ran away when she realized they were coming after her. She ran desperately through town, catching a reflection of herself in a store's window- she was the Kyuubi. Her knees buckled beneath her as she could hear the villagers get closer. Hikari felt herself get tugged by one of them and she desperately fought back. If she had killed all those people, she deserved to die, but she was never one to completely back down.

She felt another strong tug and she blinked her teary eyes open. "H-Hinata?" She asked, her voice hoarse.

"O-oh t-thank god! A-are you alright, Hikari?" Hinata asked concerned.

Hikari choked on a sob as she clung to the older girl.

"W-what's wrong?" Hinata asked wrapping her arms around her shivering friend.

"I-I h-had a bad dream," Hikari hardly managed to get out.

"It was about the nine-tails. wasn't it?" Naruto asked, he was leaning against the doorway with a frown on his face.

Hikari wiped at her face with shaky hands as she gave a meek nod.

"Hinata and I were coming to get you, Natsumi and Hikaru have bad news for you," He said grimly.

She wiped the rest of the tears away and sniffled. "Alright," She replied, trying to sound strong.

"Let's g-go," Hinata said tugging on Hikari's arm.

Hikari stood up, fixing her tie and clearing her throat. "Okay," She agreed.

The three of them made their way to Natsumi and Yushiro's place, inside, Natsumi was leaning against the counter and the three boys at the table. The kids were upstairs sleeping.

"Seems we're becoming closer friends," Hikaru said trying to make Hikari laugh.

She gave an all too fake smile and attempted to laugh.

"When I first met you I used my Hitima when you weren't looking," Natsumi said simply not really waiting for Hikari to ask anything.

"Wait what?" Hikari asked, back to the airheaded girl she was.

"Hitima is a Kekkei Genkai only the Hitama family possess," Hikaru explained. "When we use it our eyes go pure white and we cann see, thoughts, feelings, and other things about a person's being, Natsumi is saying she did that to you," Hikaru explained.

"I still don't get it," She stated, shaking her head. "What's that mean?"

"It means she knows whether or not you have the nine-tails chakura within you," Naruto said simply.

She nervously shifted her weight onto her other foot, waiting to hear Natsumi's asnwer.

"You do," Natsumi said simply. "I clairified it by taking a look at Naruto's chakra," She told Hikari.

Naruto placed his hand on Hikari's shoulder tentively.

She felt her stomach drop as she stood there, not moving. She really did have a demon in her... why her, though?

"It also turns out that, your mother wasn't exactly killed *by* the nine-tails, someone used her body to kill her in order to get the nine-tail chakera inside of you, who that was is still going to want you," Natsumi explained.

Hikari trembled at the thought - people were after her? She wanted to ask to make sure that was right, but she was afraid to know if that was actually what Natsumi meant.

Natsumi sighed and made her way arond the table to Hikari where she rested her hand on her shoulder. "Being chased isn't all that bad as long as you have people on your side, take it from me, Yushiro, and Hikaru," She said smiling.

Hikari's head swam and she felt dizzy- it wasn't bad? How couldn't it be bad? Plus, they were top class shinobis it seemed, and she was just a genin that couldn't even make it through the chunin exams. Sure, she had plenty of friends, but even if she were being chased she wouldn't ever involve them. She felt sick.

Hikaru's eyes were pure white as he stood up and walked toward Hikari. "You're very stong, Hikari, the only reason you keep failing the exams is because you worry to much about your squad,"

Hikari took a shaky step backwards, her breathing uneven as she held a hand to her chest.

Hikaru's eyes faded back to black as he laughed. "Sorry, I forget how creepy I look when Hitima is activated.

She slumped to the floor and felt the tears well up again. She didn't wanna have a part of the nine-tail fox in her.

"It really isn't that bad," Everyone told her at once.

Hikari jumped up and ran towards the door. How would they feel if the thing that killed their mom was apart of them? Sure, Natsumi had said that it wasn't completely the Kyuubi's fault, but she knew that the demon for sure had something to do with her mother's death.

Kureji suddenly appeared in front of Hikari with hude red wings blocking the door. "I don't think you should leave quite yet," Kureji said calmly.

Wings? Hikari took a step backwards in fright, unsure as to what Kureji was. She glanced once more at the wings before fainting.

"Nice going Ku Ku, this is why we don't show our wings," Yushiro said with a sigh.

"S-sorry, but if I didn't then she would have esaped," Kureji said putting his wings away.

"W-wait, those are real?" Hinata asked.

Yushiro and Kureji nodded.

"Only the Namagaki clan can do that, though they aren't supposed to show anyone," Yushiro explained before glaring at his older brother.

"Having wings must be awesome!" Naruto exclaimed.

"Sure," Yushiro said oddly.

"What're we going to do about her?" Hikaru asked pointing to the fainted girl.

"Lay her down on the couch?" Natsumi suggested.

"Alright," Naruto agreed scooping Hikari up in his arms.

Hikari blinked her eyes open and rubbed at them; she had a headache. What a dream, she thought to herself as she slowly sat up. She looked around the room and facepalmed. It wasn't a dream, she thought somewhat bitterly to herself. Maybe certain parts weren't real though, right? She'd pretend that nothing odd had actually happened at the house- no wings, no Kyuubi, nothing.

"Yo!" Hikari greeted happily.

"Acting cheerful wont make everything seem okay," Natsumi said simply as she leaned against a door frame.

"Natsumi!" Everyone scolded.

"Whaaat? It's true, she can't pretend everything was fake," Natsumi said simply again.

Hikari forced out a laugh. "I dunno what you're talking about!" She exclaimed.

Natsumi smirked; she knew she was being a bitch, but she didn't care. She stepped forward and into Hikari's view. "You are a demon and Kureji has wings, you didn'timagine it,"

"NATSUMI STOP!" Everyone yelled again.

"Heh, but it's so fun," She said in a playful tone as she backed up a bit.

"I'm not a demon!" Hikari squeaked out.

"O-Of course you aren't, Hikari," Hinata agreed trying to calm her friend.

"Heh, Kureji and Yushiro are less demon-like than you," Natsumi teased.

"Nat, you're not being funny!" Hikaru scolded.

Natsumi seemed taken aback by her brother's yelling. "I thought I was," She mumbled.

"You're not a demon, Hikari, you're still you," Hikaru told her calmly.

"Yeah, I-I'm the actual demon," Naruto said grimly, he was leaning against the wall.

Hikari pointed an accusing finger at Natsumi. "You are mean!" She cried out.

"I know," Natsumi hissed before leaving the room and heading upstairs.

Hikari stuck her tongue out at the older girl's back, throwing a pillow at her head without thinking it through. She never was the violent type, but she was getting upset and flustered.

Natsumi stopped dead in her tracks before turning, her eyes pure white. She slowly stepped toward the clueless girl, heightening her fear bubble along with her pain level.

"Natsumi , stop! You're gonna hurt her!" Kureji yelled tugging on her shoulder.

"That's the point idiot!" She shrieked as she hit Kureji to make him go away.

Hikari screamed in pain and dug her nails into her skin. What was happening? Nobody was hurting her; why was she in so much pain? She couldn't answer any of these questions.

Yushiro stepped in Natsumi's view letting the damage she was doing to Hikari avert to him. Natsumi realised it was no longer Hikari she was hurting and let her eyes fade back to scarlet.

"Y-Yushiro!" She yelled catching him mid-fall.

"Stop hurting her," He choked out.

Natsumi nodded helping Yushiro into a standing position.

Hikari was curled into a ball breathing heavily and shaking- she couldn't comprehend what had just happened.

"Hikari, you alright?" Hikaru asked knowing the pain she must be in.

Hikari gave a meek nod, resisting the urge to puke.

"What did you do to her?" Naruto asked Natsumi.

"Heightened her fear, and heightened her pain level, that's all," Natsumi said simply like what she had done wasn't an issue.

Hikari trembled as she sat up straight.

"Sorry about the wing thing," Kureji said simply.

"That wasn't real," Hikari said with a laugh, waving her shaky hand dismissively.

Kurejin smirked.

"Ku Ku, no!" Yushiro yelled, knowing what his older brother was thinking.

"You sure bout' that?" Kureji asked as two beautiful red feathery wings sprouted from his back.

Hikari's mouth dropped as she wiped at her eyes. No no no, this isn't happening, she told herself giving her head a shake. Things like that just didn't happen, they just didn't. Ever.

"Hikari, this is real, it's in the Namagaki blood, like how Hitama have the eye thing that Nat just used on you," Hikaru explained calmly.

She looked up at Naruto, wanting to know if she could trust what Hikaru was saying- she didn't know what to think anymore.

Naruto nodded. "I knew about the Hitima, but not the wings, that is new to me too," He admitted with a weak smile.

Hikari pinched her skin- it was real, but then again, the pain she'd felt before from Natsumi had been real as well. "This is so uncool!" She exclaimed, crossing her arms over her chest and pouting childishly.

"Why is it uncool?" Yushiro asked confused.

"This is all just so dumb!" She exclaimed.

"But why is it dumb?" Hikaru asked.

"Are you jealous?" Kureji asked with a smirk.

"N-No!" Hikari replied her face red. "I'm not jealous and it's dumb because it's like- it just is!"

"Oh yeah, that answers everything," Natsumi snorted.

"Stop being so mean!" Hikari yelled.

"I can't, its who I am," Natsumi answered honestly.

"It's true," Everyone agreed.

"Well, stop it! It's so mean!" Hikari demanded.

Natsumi sighed as she walked toward Hikari. "Live my life and then tell me again not to be mean," She hissed.

Hikari puffed her chest up and tilted her chin up, trying to appear confident. "I bet I could!" She stated.

Natsumi smirked. Her eyes changed to pure white and she gripped Hikari's hand tightly. This allowed Hikari to see Natsumi's life flash before her eyes. Hikari's eyes had turned white like Natsumi's as she screamed in pain. When Natsumi let go both their eyes faded to their normal form and Natsumi backed up.

"I can't believe that worked!" She annoucned brightly.

"I didn't know we could do that," Hikaru said, confused.

"Neither did I!" Natsumi agreed sounding quite pleased with herself.

Hikari fell back onto the floor, her body trembling even more so than before. She dizzily stood up again and stuck her tongue out; again, being the childish girl that she was. "You can't get my dumb pity! I haven't had an easy life either! You're just being stupid!" She cried out, stomping her foot angrily.

Natsumi smiled again before gripping Hikari's hand, again their eyes both turned pure white, this time both of them screamed. Natsumi saw Hikari's life this time. Natsumi let go and flew back, Yushrio thankfully caught her.

"I-I'll give you t-that, b-but you and I a-are differnet," Natsumi panted as her eyes faded back to scarlet.

"Stop with that!" Hikari yelled tearfully from the floor.

"Kaay," Natsumi said happily. "We've seen each other's lives, not like I have a reason to now anyway,"

Hikari trembled on the floor, not looking up. She was not impressed with the whole situation, not at all.

"Anway, I'm going to check on Aya and Isamu," Natsumi said casually as she walked off upstairs.

Hikari stood up and fixed her tie and skirt. "I'm over this! It's no big deal! What's up?" She asked brightly, turning to the others.

They all stood speechless and blinking at Hikari.

Hikari reached up and fixed her hair, looking over at them with bright eyes. "Nothing? Well, that's boring! I mean, I'm sure you guys are doing something!"

The all still stood speechless.

"Well, this is boring!" She exclaimed with a nod.

"W-why don't I take you home," Hinata suggested.

"Oh! I can get there perfectly fine on my own!" She assured her bluehaired friend with a nod.

"O-Okay, well I'm going home," Hinata said making her way through the room.

"Ciao!" Hikari called out. "I should probably get outta here too- don't want Natsumi snapping anymore at me!"

Yushiro suddenly looked pissed. "You just saw the life she lived, yet you still rip on her? I should-"

"Yu Yu, stop," Kureji demanded gripping his brothers shoulder.

Hikari stuck her tongue out. "I'm over it! I don't care for sob stories," She told them, feeling bratty.

"Just get out!" Yushiro demanded trying to pull away from his brother.

"Stop being so childish! Gheesh!" Hikari stated, rolling her eyes.

"Me! You're being childish!" He screamed as his eyes changed to silver with black ring and two big black feathery wings sprouted from his back. "I'll say it again, get out!" He ordered once again.

Hikari yawned, but didn't move. She was normally one to listen right away, but she didn't like when people were rude to her and she was far more likely to defy people that didn't treat her nicely.

Yushiro growled as he reached toward his brother stealing the katana from his back. He quickly charged at Hikari.

Defiant and mouthy as she could be, Hikari still wasn't much of a fighter. She blocked her face and backed up against the wall.

"Naruto!" Yushiro suddenly yelled.

Naruto hovered over Hikari, his eyes squeezed shut from pain as scarlet dripped down his back. "Y-you okay?" He asked weakly as he collapssed to the floor in front of Hikari.

She hardly caught him and fell to the floor on her knees, not being able to support his weight. "N-Naruto?" She asked tearfully.

He smiled weakly.

AN: Uh oh O.o ...

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