Chapter 39 More Problems

"This place sucks, it smells too much like humans." stated Raeni as she looked out the window of her hotel at the humans walking around the market getting their morning breakfast. The shops where still opening up, the owners where showing real compassion by giving out some food and fresh cloths to the refugees from Sand.

"It's a human village what do you expect it to smell like?" asked Fay as she sat on her bed.

"I can't believe I would have lived here." stated Raeni

"Well you would have." explained Fay as the door opened as Kado entered the room carrying three bags full of food.

"Finally you brought some food." said Raeni as Kado handed the bags of food out.

"Is this all you could find?" asked Fay as she looked at the simple slice of bread with a small container of butter. "No meat?"

"It's what humans normally eat at breakfast not like we do." explained Kado

"So what is the plan for today?" asked Raeni as she took a bite out of her bread.

"We are here to spy and get the mood of this village." stated Kado "Plant seeds of hopeless in their minds."

"Judging from the looks of the people in the streets that will not be hard." stated Fay as around two thirds of the sand village had joined the mass of people who had come to the village. Mix in with the sand refugees where villagers from the smaller none ninja village who had fled to the Leaf village in hopes that they would protect them from the coming storm. They were now talk in the streets of stopping the refugees from coming in, they had spotted some streets fight just last night. The village was a powder keg and would probably explode if they pushed it just right.

"I want to see the Uchiha compound." added Raeni

"That may not the best idea." said Kado "They may see us and ask questions."

"I need to see it." ordered Raeni

"I think they are using it as a refugee camp so maybe it wouldn't be as bad." stated Fay "A riot is always easier to start in refugee camp."

"Alright." stated Kado "Maybe telling them about the fact that their government is holding demons, demons who took part in the attacks of their homes."

"They will scream for blood." said Raeni with a grin

"But what if they do execute them?" asked Fay "We don't want them to die."

"They are traitors let them die." growled Raeni

"Don't worry, Tsunade will act like a mother protecting her kits they are perfectly safe and if needed we will step in and save them.' explained Kado

"Alright." said Fay

"Now shall we go make some trouble?" stated Kado

Underground in the ANBU bunker Naruto sat beside his father in one of the integration rooms.

"So how is Sakura doing?" asked Minato as Naruto lowered his head a bit.

"She just seems to be throwing herself into her work." answered Naruto "I guess it stops her from thinking about what her mom did to her but it is ripping her apart on the inside. She shakes a little in her sleep."

"Your mom did the same thing when she lost her parents and her siblings when whirlpool feel in the war." explained Minato as Naruto looked at him, he had read about his father's family from the record books but his mom was from whirlpool and that nation along with their records where before he was even born.

"Mom had siblings?" asked Naruto

"She is the eldest of seven kids. Three younger sisters and the same amount of younger brothers." explained Minato "When she first introduced me to them it was strange, I grew up an only child. Dinner at their place was a mad house, but it explained why your mom was such a good cook and why she snarfed down her food as fast as possible. When there are nine people around the table food disappears fast."

"I guess." laughed Naruto as he wondered what his life would have been like if he had met his grandparents. He turned his thoughts away from that as he looked toward his father. "How did you handle mom when she lost her family."

"Well every vixen is different but the best answer is to just keep doing what you're doing." explained Minato "Be there for them, give them a safe place to go to and most of all let them vent when they need it."

"Thanks." said Naruto as the door opened as a tired looking Shikamaru Nara and his father Shikaku Nara entered the room.

"Long time no see Shikaku." said Minato with a smile as the two Nara's sat down across from the Namikaze.

"Now we lost some time but we need to know everything you know about the demon's attack plan." Stated Shikamaru "There number strengths and order of battle."

"Well we can't give you the numbers." explained Minato "They keep that hidden only the top generals know the forces of the demon foxes and even they don't have the perfect numbers of the other races. However judging from their attacks on Iwagakure and Sunagakure I can give you a general idea of their attack plan."

"Go ahead." ordered Shikaku

"They attack at or near nightfall, human yes are not as good as demons in the dark." explained Minato

"Plus it throws people in to panic when they are thrown out of bed and into battle." added Shikamaru

"They start by using the ants to dig though the walls and enter the village, if possible before the humans even know they are there. Then they move as fast as possible to keep the defenders off guard." said Minato "A different general is assigned to each attack but if cat and a snake used pretty much the same plan it is a safe bet they will use the same one."

"They just started to use another plan." stated Naruto as Minato looked at him "A lion named Gamba is now offering humans their lives if they surrender peacefully."

"The crowned prince of the lions….why am I not surprised.' laughed Minato

"You know him?" asked Naruto

"I know of him, from the stories some consider him as a cowered and weakling for not wanting to fight like his father and grandfather. Still others call him is diplomatic and thoughtful." explained Minato "The major story about him is that when he went on his first hunt, it's a tradition in the feline village to go hunting like wild animals when he was eight he caught this doe only to see her fawn and let her go got accused of being a softly until the year after that when he took down a wild male bear that shut them up."

"You mean he killed a bear demon?" asked Naruto

"No, just a regular bear you would see in the woods of mountain country." explained Minato "Almost every animal you find in the human world you find in the demon world."

"What about this surrender?" asked Shikamaru

"In return for not fighting the demons, the older humans and those who they don't want get to live out their lives as humans, the rest get turned and get to visit their relatives who didn't get turned." Explained Naruto

"I could see villages who don't have a strong military force taking that route." stated Shikamaru

"That was their hope." added Naruto

"What about the reports that summons don't appear when they are called what do you know about that?" asked Shikaku

"They are in the pockets of the demons." explained Minato

"What?" asked Naruto "What do you mean?"

"Sorry Naruto but the summoned creatures as you know them are working for the demons." stated Minato "They were spies."

"But why? They don't have problems having kids. Why work for the demons?" asked Naruto

"Most actually don't know about the demons only the higher ups in the summon creatures. They don't help the humans and they don't get killed by the demons." explained Minato "They decided to save themselves."

"Son of a bitch." growled Naruto

"We can't know for sure but based off the last two attacks that the Leaf is the next major target." stated Minato

"How do you figure that?" asked Shikaku

"Do you have a map I can use?" asked Minato as Shikamaru handed him a map.

"Now take a look." Said Minato as he grabbed a pen and drew small Xs on the nations hit. "They hit every nation on the western side of the continent, if I were them I would move east forcing the humans into smaller and smaller areas until you have them all. Add to the fact they want to take down one of the five major ninja nations each attack if possible."

"And we are closest major power to the boarder." stated Shikamaru

"Now they will want to bring the most forces to the Leaf." stated Minato

"The Leaf has the largest population of any of the ninja villages you are a prime target." stated Naruto as Shikamaru and Shikaku raised their eyebrows at Naruto's wording.

"Now they would also likely target one or two smaller countries to claim the area." stated Minato as he looked at the map "Land of rivers is almost guaranteed to be hit, not rain or grass they wouldn't want to take on those small but strong ninja powers while they are taking on the leaf.

"Maybe Tea or Wave country, they are small population and no real military force." stated Shikaku

"That would be most likely." said Minato

"What about weapons?" asked Shikamaru

"Well they do have weapons like we do however most don't use them; they like to use their natural weapons." explained Minato "Claws, fangs and teeth. They also have some biological weapons left over from the world war, but most of them where destroyed after the war."

Outside in the Leaf villageRaeni Uchiha followed behind Kado with Fay walking beside her. The streets where filled with scared people, most still looking for breakfast and a place to sleep for tonight. All the hotels where full and handful of people had started to take people into their homes out of the goodness of their hearts. All around sand refuges where telling everyone about the demon attacks and how not even the mighty Gaara of the desert could stop them. The streets where filled with stories that other nations had also fallen. Even with leaf ninjas who had been joined by their comrades from the Sand telling them the other nations where still there people where afraid.

"Stop thief!" yelled a voice as Raeni looked to see a small child maybe seven or eight running down the street holding a piece of fruit in his hands. The child disappeared down some alleyway to eat their stolen breakfast.

"Is that normal?" asked Raeni looked to Kado.

"Even our villages have thieves but no it isn't normal." answered Kado as they passed by a wall only to have Raeni stop and look.

"What is it?" asked Fay as she followed Raeni's eyes to the faded image. There partly hidden behind some overgrown vines and sun faded paint was the Uchiha symbol.

"This is my packs territory." stated Raeni as they walked a bit more only to enter a part of the village that most people avoided, the Uchiha district. While being rather large no one had lived in it site the massacre by Itachi, even though it was in part of the village left untouched by Pain's attak no one took refuge there. The local story was that ghosts and strange creatures haunted the place at night. Little did the locals know what they really saw at night where small groups of the Uchiha survivals coming back to collect their items. The demons allowed the turned Uchiha clan to return as a sign of good faith and to get the information they had on the leaf.

Raeni's eyes widened as she looked down the street, the buildings where in need of repair, with broken windows, faded paint and rotted broken wood. The streets where also filled with people as refuges moved into the homes, with all the other places filled they were now using the homes of the people they believed dead. The three demons discussed as humans walked down the streets, Raeni's blood was boiling. The humans where moving into dens that used to belong to her pack and while only about a quarter of the Uchiha became wolves she felt this land was her pack's land.

"Calm down.' ordered Kado as they neared one of the main buildings.

'The humans where trespassing.' growled Raeni

"You're the one who wanted to come here." Stated Fay

'is that what I think it is?" asked Raeni as Kado nodded, slowly Raeni walked up the overgrown path toward one of the few homes not being used. She stopped by the front sliding door gathering her thoughts for a moment before entering what would have been her childhood home. The old floor boards warped as she walked past dusty furniture and pictures. She stopped for a moment and looked at the family photo of her parents and her two older brothers. They looked so happy, so at peace they didn't know that in a few short years they would be different races.

Flashback

Raeni sat in a hospital room waiting, her mother and father where passing back and forth as they waited for their second son to enter the room.

"It's been almost fifteen years." said her mother as her wolf claws tapped on the floor with each step.

"It will be alright, Mikoto." said her father Fugaku comfort his mate. Just then the door opened as a young man about twenty one, his cloths where dirty and bloody.

"Sasuke." said Mikoto as her eyes filled with tears as she moved toward her son only to have him back off.

"So you're really alive." stated Sasuke coldly as he looked at his family with silted black eyes.

"What is happening, I thought you were becoming a wolf?" asked Fugaku as he looked at his son. "They said they would unite our pack."

"They offered, I choice to become a snake." stated Sasuke as his families' eyes widened.

"What?" asked Mikoto

"I have no interest in joining such a weak clan." hissed Sasuke "I don't need you and I don't care to see you ever again."

"Sasuke we are your parents, you have a sister now and Itachi is a panther now we never have to see him again." stated Fugaku

Sasuke turned to look toward his sister for a moment their eyes locked. A chill went down her spin as she felt fear fill her body. His eyes were so cold and heartless not the warm friendly eyes her parents had told her about.

"She is just as weak as you all." stated Sasuke as he walked away leaving his mom to fall to the ground in tears, with her mate's arms going around her to comfort her.

"Itachi did this; he turned our son into a monster." said her dad as her mom nodded in agreement.

End Flashback

She didn't know how long she just stood there looking at the image; the sound of movement on the stairs caused her to look as she saw Fay walking down the stairs with a small bag.

"What are you doing?" asked Raeni

"Grabbing some photos from Itachi's room." explained Fay as Raeni glared at her but let the subject go, she had never meet her oldest brother but she didn't want to, he was a monster.

"Come on lets go see if we can start a riot." stated Kado

It was nearing nightfall in the Leaf village as Hinata walked down the busy streets as Hinata Hyuuga walked though the busy streets. Somehow word had leaked out either from a talkative ninja or some other means that the leaf was holding some demons. There was a small panic in the streets starting in the old Uchiha district, to make matters worse the some of village's food stores where low. There was still food around but some of the luxury items that the upper class was used to was gone. While ninjas where used to living off the basics of rice, stale bread, water and dehydrated meals villagers weren't. They wanted fresh meat and everything they were used to in their own village. As Hinata moved into Ichiraku's Ramon stand her eyes widened as she saw a figure sitting at a stool. His blonde hair, the frame and he was sitting in the same chair.

'Naruto-kun?" asked Hinata as the figure looked at her, that is when it hit her she had been imagining it. Not totally but her brain had changed some of the details, the blonde hair was a shade lighter and he had a little bit heavier frame. On top of that was the fact that his eyes where a lighter blue and he didn't have the birthmarks on his face.

"Sorry you must have me confused with someone else.' said the man

"Sorry…it's just been a rough couple of days.' answered Hinata as she sat down beside him.

"Everyone has had a rough couple of days.' answered the man as he offered his hand 'I am Gamba by the way.'

'Hinata Hyuuga.' answered Hinata as she took the hand 'Sorry that I confused you with someone else, you a lot like a person who always sits there."

"Naruto Namikaze?" asked Gamba as he lifted his glass of tea to his lips.

"How did you know?" asked Hinata

"Well when you say the name Naruto you think of the war hero." answered Gamba as a bowel of Ramon noodles where placed in front of Hinata.

"So are you a refugee from the sand?" asked Hinata

"No I am from river country, thought it would be safer here.' lied Gamba

"Well it isn't looking like that.' answered Hinata

"Hinata….that is an interesting name may I ask what it means?" asked Gamba

"It means place in the sun.' answered Hinata as she wondering where this guy was going. "Why do you ask?"

"It's just some tradition in my village, the meaning behind a person's name helps explain the person itself." stated Gamba "Mine means warrior and as such I am suppose to be strong and so forth."

"That really doesn't make any sense.' said Hinata

"I know…but it makes interesting small talk and my mother is huge into tradition.' explained Gamba "tradition this, tradition that make sure you honor the ancestors."

"Sounds like my father until he changed." laughed Hinata

'I don't think my mom will change.' said Gamba

"Give it time." said Hinata

"Time isn't on my mother's side." answered Gamba

"Ah…sorry." said Hinata "I know what it is like to lose a mother, it is never easy even if you know it is coming."

"Sorry for dragging up bad memories." said Gamba

"It's alright." answered Hinata "It seems like all I have right now is bad memories and crushed dreams."

"About Naruto Namikaze?" asked Gamba as Hinata looked at him "Well you called him kun normally that is reserved for someone special."

"Ya….he is with someone else." said Hinata "The pink bitch….sorry you don't want to hear my problems."

"Well you listened to mine so feel free to tell me yours." said Gamba "Well maybe he will leave her?"

"One can hope but they are demons now." said Hinata sadly

"I see, well what is that saying there are more fish in the sea." said Gamba

"None like Naruto-kun, I loved him since I was eight years old." explained Hinata

"It must be nice to be in love like that." said Gamba "I never had a childhood crush and the women my mom sets up for me just love my families power."

"Your clan is powerful or something?" asked Hinata

Before Gamba could say anything a guy with wild brown hair and a rather large dog appeared.

"Hinata we have trouble in the fourth district we need as many ninjas as we can." stated Kiba

"An attack?" asked Hinata

"A food riot." Explained Kiba

"Alright on my way." said Hinata as she down her drink before standing up "It was nice talking to you Gamba maybe we run into each other again."

"Maybe." said Gamba with a smile as he watched Hinata run away to take care of her duty.

"That was risky Gamba." said a voice as Gamba looked over his other shoulder to see a man hiding most of his face behind a traveling cloak.

"Yes, but it was nice to talk to someone who didn't see me as a prince." explained Gamba as he looked toward his personal guard Itachi "Just like some consider it risky that I brought you and Yahiko along."

"I just want to save lives." Stated Itachi

"So am I and convincing them that their best option is to surrender." explained Gamba as he looked toward the far side of the street to see a man with deep orange hair and a sandwich in his hands. A few people did a double take thinking he was Pain but everyone tossed that idea aside thinking he was dead. "Shall we go?"

"Whenever you are ready." stated Itachi as they started walking. Itachi in the lead with Gamba behind and Yahiko following behind. They didn't walk side by side but instead just remained within eyesight of each other. It only took a few minutes for Itachi to lead them to his old front door. He didn't even nock on the door he just entered.

"Itachi." said Fay with a smile as she hugged her mate-in-waiting "I didn't think they would send you."

"I requested him." stated Gamba as Fay noticed her future king.

"What are you doing here?" asked Kado as he walked out of another room.

"I am the one pushing for a peaceful surrender I volunteered to lead this operation." stated Gamba

"I see." stated Fay before looking toward Itachi. She didn't know how to tell him that the sister he had never been allowed to meet was in the house but his eyes where no longer looking at her but instead at the top of the stairs where a young woman maybe 14 or 15 years old stood. She looked like a younger version of his mother.

"Itachi." said the girl

"You have me at a bit of disadvantage, sister." stated Itachi

"Raeni." answered Raeni "And you are not my brother, you almost killed me inside mom's womb."

"Not my call our pride was going to over throw the government of the leaf and cause a war." stated Itachi "And no matter what happens I am still your brother."

"You still betrayed your pack and that is unforgivable." stated Raeni as she glared at Itachi.

"Solve your family issues later we have work to do." stated Kado

In honor of my Ohio Bobcats somehow making it to the Sweet 16 here is Monday's chapter ahead of schedule. I hope you liked this chapter, I would like to thank everyone who reviewed and I ask that you keep on reading. Thanks Wilkins75.