lostmoonchild: Hey, everybody, thanks for the reviews! I really didn't feel like updating this week since I found out earlier this week that one of my favorite older cousins passed away so I've been pretty depressed. I'm gonna miss her like crazy and right now I'm actually considering just taking a couple weeks off from updating since I honestly don't feel like working on chapters. Hopefully though I'll update next Friday but at this point I don't know. Here's the next chapter.
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto.
Chapter Twenty Six
He had known as soon as the first explosions began that he needed to hide his daughter. Scooping the terrified child into his arms, Naruto began running through the streets knowing that as soon as he hid his daughter, he'd be working on defending the village. "Daddy!" Hisoka screamed, hiding her face in the crook of his neck when another explosion went off.
"It's okay, Hi-chan, Daddy's here." Naruto said automatically. "I'm gonna make it okay again. I need you to hide so I can make it okay again."
Hisoka nodded slightly against his neck, tears soaking his jacket. "Has being a parent made you a chicken now, Naruto?" A cool voice questioned patiently.
Naruto spun around, his hand immediately gripping a kunai tightly as he made his daughter scoot onto his back. "Sasuke!" Naruto shouted. "I've got a bone to pick with you, you bastard!"
Sasuke smirked slightly as he looked at the two, seeing the absolute terror in the girl's eyes. "Is the Kyuubi going to kill me if I kill that thing on your back?" Sasuke mocked.
"She has a name!" Naruto shouted.
"And you gave it a name? How precious." He watched as the girl buried her face in the crook of Naruto's neck as his Sharingan activated.
Some part of him was pleased that she still feared him and that the Uchiha name was burned so deeply into her brain. Another part, however, was afraid of the murderous look that showed in Naruto's now red eyes. "If you touch her," Naruto snarled, "I will murder you."
"I'd like to see you try."
Suigetsu looked at the terrified child, seeing that her legs were wrapped tightly around the blonde's waist. There was something twisting around the two, something potentially lethal. "Hisoka, I want you to find a safe place to hide." Naruto told the girl calmly. "Stay hidden until someone comes to get you. You remember the password."
Hisoka nodded slightly as she released Naruto's waist, slowly slipping down his back. "Love you, Daddy." Hisoka said quietly.
"Love you too, baby. Now go."
Giving them a frightened look that held so much hatred, Hisoka ran as fast as she could with a red-orange chakra cloak covering her entire being. "Suigetsu." Sasuke said simply.
The white-haired shinobi nodded slightly before starting his chase only to be nearly struck by a clawed hand made entirely of demonic chakra. "If you think," Naruto growled as he crouched down, the first two tails appearing, "I'm going to let you take my daughter away from me then you're sadly mistaken."
Sasuke's Sharingan flared as he moved to distract the blonde, almost amazed at how difficult it was proving to be to get Suigetsu past him. Any attempt made by either man was met with a wall of demonic chakra. "Do you even realize why you want to protect her?" Sasuke demanded.
"She. Is. My. Daughter!"
"Do you really think that anybody from such an elite clan would actually want somebody like you? I bet you're a terrible dad. A dead last idiot can't possibly hope to teach a child anything worthwhile." Sasuke said coldly. "There is nobody in this world that would ever want a dead last loser."
As a third tail leaked out, Naruto knew that any more tails would result in even more damage to the village. Gaining control over his growing anger, the blonde directed his anger towards the two bastards that dared to threaten to take away his child.
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While she knew that this was the place where Sasuke had been born and raised until his departure to Orochimaru, Karin couldn't help but think that the raven had been smart to leave. These shinobi were pitifully weak and their fighting methods proved it as they tried to keep the civilians out of the crossfire.
Karin watched as another building exploded before stopping when she picked up a strange chakra signature. It wasn't the Kyuubi's Jinchuuriki's chakra but there were similarities to it. That must have been the girl that Suigetsu was supposed to have taken.
The kunoichi watched as a familiar child ran through the streets with fear in her eyes. She remembered the girl and that Orochimaru had once thought to attempt to combine the Juugo's abilities with the once barely noticeable talents that the child had. The experiment ended in failure but Orochimaru had apparently gained a new favorite toy for when Sasuke wasn't quite so… willing.
"Hello, little one. Remember me?" Karin questioned coolly as she appeared before the girl.
Hisoka's eyes widened in terror as she stepped back, her situation becoming painfully clear when she saw the bloody bodies lying around them. "Go away!" Hisoka screamed, scrambling over to a corpse and grabbing the bloody kunai. "I'll kill you if you don't leave here!"
"Such brave words for such a little girl. Your daddy must be so proud that his little girl is not only the protector of the demon he bears, but is also a killer." Karin commented lightly.
A cloak of demonic chakra coated the girl as Karin attacked, forcing the kunoichi to rethink her attack methods. Normally a child wouldn't be much effort but it was plain to see that she had been storing up a large amount of the Kyuubi's chakra and even some of the Hachibi's. Tiny traces of the Ichibi's chakra could be located but she could easily assume that she had been around the Ichibi's host at one point in time and had taken only a tiny part of that chakra.
Chakra exhaustion would be harder to accomplish with this child due to her ability to easily take some of the Kyuubi's chakra just to defend herself. "You know if you come along with us, nobody else will die." Karin said simply. "You do realize that, right?"
Immediately Hisoka's eyes showed slight interest. "No one will get hurt?" Hisoka questioned.
"Exactly. We just came here for you. Did you realize that there's a reason why they're even letting you live? They figure that such a unique bloodline shouldn't be allowed to fully die and because you're a child, you can be manipulated so easily."
She was lying. Nobody was lying to her about anything! They listened to what she had to say and if it was important, they made sure that Tsunade knew about it! None of them were manipulating her! Naruto even said that if they wanted to get rid of her, he'd run away with her! He'd protect her no matter what!
"Leave her alone, you bitch!"
Hisoka fell backwards as she watched Sakura jump down between her and Karin, seeing the anger in her green eyes. "Come to defend the enemy of mankind?" Karin questioned. "You do realize that by the time she's fifteen, she'll be able to withdraw the Kyuubi and Hachibi from their Jinchuuriki. Do your village and the world a favor and let us take the girl to destroy."
"Hisoka, where's Naruto?" Sakura questioned.
"Fighting with Sasuke and Suigetsu." Hisoka responded immediately. "Kyuu-chan's mad. He wants to kill them."
That much she could have already guessed. "Find somewhere to hide, Hisoka." Sakura told the girl.
Hisoka nodded slightly before making a familiar hand sign. "Shadow Clone Jutsu!" Hisoka shouted.
Four clones appeared next to the original Hisoka, each one taking off in separate directions. Karin gritted her teeth in frustration before glaring hatefully at Sakura. "Just what in the fuck do you think you're looking so proud at?" Karin demanded angrily.
"Right now I'm proud of Konoha's Number One Hyperactive Knucklehead Ninja and of Konoha's Spinning Demon." Sakura replied coolly. "I'm also thinking that it's high time to kick your ass from here back to whatever hole you came crawling out of."
With a furious cry of anger, Karin attacked.
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"If you ever escape, I will hunt you down and I will make you wish you had never stepped foot outside." Hisoka stumbled as she felt another Shadow Clone vanish, knowing that she and one other clone were still running and looking for a place to hide. She didn't know how Suigetsu had managed to escape her father and Kyuubi but she knew that he had been injured.
It was beyond her why Suigetsu was helping Sasuke when they both knew that he had willingly joined with Orochimaru. After Orochimaru caught her visiting with Suigetsu for the third time, he had let Sasuke vent all of his anger and frustrations out onto her. Then they had moved to a different hideout and they had kept her tucked there until Naruto found her.
A cry of fear left her lips as she realized that another clone had been destroyed, Suigetsu's frustrated expression appearing in her mind. He really was going to take her away from Konoha! She needed to hide!
Her thoughts went back to a place Naruto had taken her once before, a place he swore that not even the best of hunter-nin could locate her. With growing fear, she quickly withdrew enough of the demonic chakra from her being and climbed onto the poorly made fox, clinging desperately as the creature began to run through the rubble.
"Why are you running? Use the Kyuubi to defend yourself. Kill the attackers!" A voice shouted in her mind.
I'm not bad! Kyuu-chan accepted that he couldn't leave Daddy without killing him!
"Who said anything about pulling Kyuubi from Naruto? You can feel that Kyuubi's chakra is greater now than before. Use that to destroy everybody."
No!
A cry left her lips as a chakra fox suddenly fell apart, sending her rolling across the ground. She could feel Kyuubi's chakra twisting angrily as his hate rolled over her senses. He wanted to protect her just as her father did and just fighting against Sasuke was making him angrier.
Crawling into the naturally made tunnel at the base of a tree, the girl watched for any signs of trouble. Naruto would know where she had gone and he would find her as soon as it was safe. If Sasuke caught her, Hisoka knew that he'd more than likely beat her within an inch of her life once the older Uchiha gave the all clear. Momma, help me! Don't let Sasuke-teme hurt Daddy! Momma, please!
Tears fell down her terrified face as Hisoka watched a pair of feet stop in front of her hiding place. She pressed her hands against her mouth, fighting back the sobs that wanted to leave her lips. "Come on, I'm not going to hurt you. Sasuke, however, might but that's because he hates you." Suigetsu commented. "You know I don't hate you, girly-girl. Hell, I don't really have anything against Konoha. I just made a promise and I'm keeping it, that's all. I'm a man of my word and isn't that what shinobi are supposed to be?"
He was helping Sasuke. She knew Suigetsu wasn't going to hurt her but she knew that Sasuke was. Gray eyes closed tightly in fear as she quietly moved deeper into her hiding place; thumb finding its way into her mouth. "That blonde gave you a pretty name. Hisoka. Why he decided to call you 'secret' is beyond me. You didn't look that bad off when I last saw you but then again, you didn't piss Orochimaru and Sasuke off when we first met."
Momma, make him go away. Please, please make him go away. Somebody help me. Hachibi! Hachibi, hurry and help protect me! Daddy's fighting against Sasuke-teme! Hachi-kun!
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He had been feeling restless for about half an hour and if he allowed his thoughts to wander, Killer Bee found himself starting towards Konoha's direction. He couldn't explain what was going on, why he wanted to go to Konoha. Was it possible that Hachibi wanted to see the Kairi girl?
No, the Uzumaki girl. She was Naruto's daughter, not a full member of the Kairi clan. Her mother was a Kairi and Naruto was the last of the Uzumaki clan.
Killer Bee frowned as he caught himself going towards Konoha again, trying to establish what exactly was going on. Was something going on in Konoha that he needed to know about or was it just simple need on the Bijuu's part. It wouldn't have surprised him if it was the latter but he really didn't want to upset his brother.
Shrugging slightly, the Jinchuuriki began running towards Konoha fully aware that either way; he'd be catching hell from his brother.
lostmoonchild: So yeah, there's the chapter. Like I said before, I may or may not update next week seeing as this week has been shit and I've been too depressed to really get anywhere in any given story. So hopefully I'll see you guys next week and if not, well, I owe you guys two chapters. Ja ne for now!