Chapter 52 Confirmations
"Crap…crap…crap." thought Fay as she watched Hinata and Queen Oda stare at each other.
"Why don't you bow to me human?" asked Oda
"Why don't you knock before entering my room?" asked Hinata
"This is my room, human and I may go where I wish, it is you who are a guest." stated Oda
"It is my understanding that it is Gamba's harem and he decides who is in here." explained Hinata
"That is true but I am queen and ruler of all demon felines." stated Oda "You will show me respect, human and bow, like you bow to my son when he enters the room."
"Well I don't bow." answered Hinata as Oda's eyes widened as she looked to Fay.
"Queen Oda, he hasn't told Hinata about that tradition yet." answered Fay
"Well then let me tell you human, whenever a member of the royal family enters you must bow." stated Oda
"My Queen I don't think Prince Gamba would want that." said Fay
"I will decide what is best for my son not you guard." stated Oda "Why are you even here? Unless you're a new member of the Harem too?"
"No…my Queen I am soon to be mated to another male, I was asked by Prince Gamba to keep an eye on her and keep her company." explained Oda
"Asked?" asked Oda "Why would he have to ask you to do anything you are here to serve nothing else. Leave us."
"My Queen I do not feel that is a good idea." said Fay
"I wasn't asking for your ideas." growled Queen Oda "Why are you protecting this human?"
"I have a name, it's Hinata Hyuuga." growled Hinata as Oda glared at Hinata for daring to speak up to her.
"My Queen I fear for both of you." stated Fay "Prince Gamba would be upset if she is hurt and your heath, what if something happens."
"I will not harm the human; now get out before I have you executed." ordered Oda
"Go, I will be fine." stated Hinata as Fay looked toward her. "Go."
"Very well." said Fay as she walked out of the room.
"Well human what are you going to do now?" stated Oda
"With all due respect if you don't use my name I am not going to show you any respect." explained Hinata
"I don't have to show you anything." stated Oda as she stepped forward and glared at Hinata, Oda was maybe an inch shorter then Hinata. "You are here because my son has a taste for something exotic and uncivilized. I don't even see what he sees in you? Your breasts are probably a large C; I put larger ones in the harem for him to enjoy. Your ass while good is not the best; you may be good even beautiful in the human world but your overall look here in this harem you below average at best."
"You should ask your son that." said Hinata only to get backhanded slap by Oda. Hinata was more stunned then hurt, the attack was extremely weak almost like a grandmother slap, the only thing that hurt was the fact that Oda's claws were out a bit so she cut Hinata's face.
"You have no right to talk about things that doesn't involve you." stated Oda as she pulled back for another slap only to have Hinata step back.
"How dare you move!" yelled Oda "I am the Queen!"
"Do you really think I am going to stand there and let you slap me?" asked Hinata as the Oda's claws came out again, this time to their full length. She raised her hand claws at the ready.
"I will kill you human!" yelled Oda as she went to attack only to have Hinata dodge again.
"I don't want to hurt you." said Hinata as she figured that if she attack the Queen it would cause even more problems.
"I am the Queen you can't hurt me!" yelled Oda as she went in for another attack, this time the attack never came close as Oda's hand was stopped in midair as both Hinata's and Gamba's hand came out of two different angles.
"How dare you!" yelled Oda as she looked at Hinata before looking at her son.
"No…how dare you mother, you have no right to be here." stated Gamba "And you know that."
"She didn't follow any form of traditions, she didn't bow to me and she dared to talk back to me." growled Oda
"She doesn't have to bow to me and you entered her room which goes against all the traditions you hold up." stated Gamba
"You treat our traditions like trash by letting her in." stated Oda "Why would you?"
"Because I love her." stated Gamba as his mother glared at him.
"You and this silly idea of love will populate our royal blood with human blood." stated Oda "She is human trash; get her out of the harem."
"My Harem I can do as I want." stated Gamba "Father had captured wolves in his harem and that was when you where in the harem. Also no Queen can enter another person's room without permission; she could kill you with no consonance under our laws."
"She couldn't kill me." stated Oda
"Yet." stated Gamba
For a moment Oda glared at her son then back at Hinata.
"Know this human you are not welcome here and you never will be." said Oda as Gamba let go of his mother's hand as Hinata did the same. Slowly Oda walked out of the room leaving Gamba and Hinata alone.
"Are you alright?" asked Gamba
"I am fine." said Hinata as Gamba looked at the cuts on Hinata's face where his mother had cut her, they were shallow but it still looked painful.
"I can have the healers come down to take a look at those cuts." offered Gamba
"No…I think I have some of my clan's healing ointment in the stuff your guards brought from my house." explained Hinata as she moved toward her stuff, after a few moments she pulled out a small cream bottle.
"Here let me help." said Gamba as Hinata sat down as Gamba slowly put the cream on the cuts on her check. His eyes widened as he saw the cuts totally disappear when he applied the cream to her skin.
"Sorry that I wasn't here." apologized Gamba "I really thought she was too sick to come here."
"Why is she sick?" asked Hinata "I mean physically?"
Gamba lowered his head
"She is dying because of me." explained Gamba "She like my father and almost everyone else was sterilized by the gas released by the lizards at the end of the great war, so to have me she used a justu to get pregnant. The odds where about one in a hundred thousand that she would conceive and even less that I would come out alive."
"You beat those odds." stated Hinata
"Yes, that is why many considered my birth a miracle they had a male heir, however the justu is also slowly killing my mother." explained Gamba "The Doctors and Healers once told me she had five months to live, and that was four months ago."
"Sorry to say but judging form how she acted today I will be happy when she is gone." Said Hinata
"On some levels I agree, but she is my mother and even though I hate who is she and how she sees the world I can't change that." explained Gamba as his palm rested on Hinata's cheek.
"You must be like your father because you're nothing like your mother." said Hinata
"No…I am very different then what my father was." explained Gamba as he looked down "Judging from the historical records my father was a son of a bitch and maybe if he had lived longer I would hate him, however one thing he taught me is a thing I always carry."
"What is that?" asked Hinata
Flashback
The undergrowth was thick as six year old crowned prince Gamba crouched beside his father the King of the Demon Lions. They were on the one of the royal hunts which involved members of the government from all the feline races going hunting in groups and building contentions between each other.
"Now Gamba what do you see?" asked the old king as he looked at his son
"I see a doe." answered Gamba as he looked at the deer eating in a small clearing.
"Very good." said the King "Do you want to try to take her down."
"Really?" asked Gamba with a smile on his face
"Go ahead." said the King with a smile as he stood still and watched his only living son bolt forward, his attack and technique was raw and full of mistakes but he caught the deer which fell to the ground with Gamba on top of her, however Gamba didn't go for the kill. The King followed his son's eyes, there standing there was a small almost new born fawn watching its mother get attacked. Gamba jumped off the doe letting them both run off into the woods.
"Sorry Dad." said Gamba as his father placed his hands on his son's shoulder
"Gamba, only your actions will be remembered you must choice them well." explained the King "Do you feel it was right to let the doe go?"
"Yes." answered Gamba
"Then you did the right then by you." explained the King
End Flashback
"Only your actions will be remembered you must choice them well." said Gamba "That is what he taught me."
"Basically do the right thing." said Hinata
"Basically but his actions are from anything I would want to be remembered for." said Gamba
"What actions are those?" asked Hinata
"The so called Battle of Keb where my father ordered the attack one an enemy village during the war." said Gamba
"That happens in war." said Hinata
"Yes, but he ordered the total destruction of the village which was full of demon turtles." explained Gamba
"Even if they where your enemy total destruction is evil." stated Hinata
"It gets worst" explained Gamba as he pulled away from Hinata and just looked toward the far wall "The demon turtles where enslaved by the lizards they would have gladly joined the war if they had been freed but my father ordered their deaths instead. From the historical reports the streets where almost knee high in blood when it was all over. My father was a monster same as my mother, I want to be different."
"You are different." said Hinata with a smile as she rested her hand on Gamba Check and pulled it back to look at her.
"Sometimes I wonder, I am waging a war on humanity, breaking up families and forcing you to become a demon. All actions I am not happy about, if I had any other choice I would have taken it." explained Gamba only to get shut up when Hinata pulled him in and softly kissed his lips. It was a quick and carrying kiss as Hinata pulled back.
"I know." said Hinata as Gamba just sat there stunned "Sometime fate makes the choice for you."
It was just before five and Sakura was sitting in the living room of the house that Shikamaru and Temari had been given; it wasn't as big as the Namikaze den with only two living floors and a basement under the lower floor. The place was dusty form untold number of years without use but given time it would be cleaned and become a home.
"So Sai, Ino and her family are becoming foxes?" asked Shikamaru as he sat in a chair
"Ya, I don't know about Lady Tsunade or Jiriaya only that they are part of some project run by Orochimaru." Explained Sakura
"That can't be good." said Naruto
"Considering Orochimaru was promised the old humans for his experiments as payment for improving the transformation agent." said Sakura
"So Naruto what is this plan you are thinking about?" asked Shikamaru
"I want to separate this world from the human world." explained Naruto "They can't destroy humanity if they can't get to them."
"How?" asked Sakura
"Destroy the Transportation seals that they use to come and go between the human and the demon world." explained Temari as Naruto nodded his head
"Seals of that size and complexity takes a long time to set up when you are just trying to jump a few miles. To jump between worlds would take I believe between around a thousand years if not longer to set up." said Naruto
"A thousand years is like nothing to demons but it would give humans time to prepare and rebuild." said Shikamaru "But we will never go to our old home."
"Shikamaru I gave up on that a while ago, this is home now." explained Sakura "But at least we have friends now."
"We will have to wait until they reach a safe demon population level, that way going out and turning humans is a low priority." stated Temari "I'll try to find out how many more humans they need."
"It isn't as simple as that." said Naruto "To destroy the seals, someone would have to put the seal on the transportation pads each and every one of them."
"Doesn't each demon village have one?" asked Sakura
"Yes, and from what my dad told me they set up seals in the old villages, the ones destroyed by the war against the demon lizards." explained Naruto
"Why would they do that?" asked Sakura "Backups?"
"That and by having military forces in those villages they claim the surrounding area as their own." explained Naruto
"How difficult is it to destroy the seals?" asked Temari
"Not hard but we will have to take them all down at the same time because leaving one up means they can get back to the human world with ease." said Naruto
"A radio activation switch." stated Shikamaru as Temari, Sakura and Naruto looked at him slightly confused. "It was something we were looking into during the war, you know the timed paper bombs we used against the Akatsuki mercenaries?"
"Ya, I deployed them along that road and they crossed right when the timer went off." stated Naruto "One of my easier missions during the war. Plant them and waited, the timers did the rest, luckily the intelligence was right about when the enemy was moving though."
"Well the idea is to have it so you could send a radio transmission and the bomb would go off, that would remove the chance of someone seeing the trip wire." said Shikamaru
"We combine them with Naruto's seals and we can hit them all at the same time." Said Temari with a smile
"In theory but we never got it working it was still in the testing stages." stated Shikamaru "The prototype and information may still be in the Hokage building."
"So our problem is now getting back to the Leaf?" asked Naruto
"I hate to say this but do we even want to do this?" asked Sakura as she looked at the ground "What will they do if they find this out? They already lied to the general assembly about us they may have no practice for us anymore. In two months Naruto's clan will be on the High council maybe we can argue it is better to keep the humans alive in case something happens and they need more turned."
"I agree that would be the best way Sakura but by then all the human villages will be taken." said Naruto
"I know it's just we will be spending the rest of our lives here, and I would rather not raise kits in a prison." Said Sakura as Naruto's eyes widened
"Sakura-chan are you pregnant?" asked Naruto
"No." said Sakura "I am talking about later."
"Maybe I can buy the time needed for your pack to rise to power." said Temari
"How?" asked Naruto
"The army itself." explained Shikamaru as he figured out Temari's idea.
"Yes, the army has launched three major attacks with only five to six days between each attack." said Temari "Armies need to rest or else they become worthless."
"You can also argue that with the influx of people who just became demons that the army may be needed at home in case something happens." added Shikamaru "They can send small groups into the countries they already took over looking for missing humans, also it may gave one of us a chance to get the prototype so we can have a backup plan."
"Works for me." said Sakura as Naruto nodded his head.
Later on in the day Sakura was walking down the halls of the Namikaze den heading toward her and Naruto's room. As she entered the room she found it totally black.
"Naruto-kun are you there?" asked Sakura as she reached for the light switch but felt nothing, not even a wall if she was standing at the threshold of a deep hole.
"Your demon lover is where he belongs." said a voice from behind her as she turned around to see her mother and father standing there.
"Mom…Dad?" asked Sakura as her mother pushed her into the dark void
"Have fun in hell demon!" laughed her mother and father as Sakura just kept falling into the dark void, suddenly the darkness was filled with red hot burning flames. She let out a scream as she felt the flames reach her fur. Her eyes snapped open as she looked out into the darkness of her and Naruto's room; there was no flames no dark void and no sound of her parents laughter. The only thing she heard was her fast breathing and Naruto's slow and steady breathing.
"Are you alright Sakura-chan?" asked Naruto softly into her ear as he held her close.
"No." answered Sakura as she rolled over to face Naruto
"Want to talk about it?" asked Naruto
"I was dreaming about my parents sending me to hell." admitted Sakura as Naruto shock his head.
"Sakura-chan, if you are going to hell you will be in good company because I an almost everyone else will be there with you." explained Naruto "You are one of the nicest person I know."
"Please how many times did I punch you?" asked Sakura
"How many kids did you treat in the refugee camps? I saw how you care for them with such kindness." said Naruto "True sometimes you have a temper but I love that about you."
"Thanks Naruto-kun." said Sakura as she nuzzled into his chest which smelled slightly better than normal, a little stronger and sexier. Her brain was already exploring what her inner self wanted to do.
" Get some sleep Sakura-chan, I'll be here in the morning." said Naruto
"I love you." Said Sakura as she closed her eyes and let sleep take her.
In the human world it was well past midnight as two ninjas moved away from the group taking settle in the massive Nara woods which covered almost a 100 miles long and wide.
"Choji why did we stop?" asked a ninja "We need to move to a safe location."
"What we need as a person who can't get turned and yet wants to fight." answered Choji as he looked at the marks in the trees. "It was here."
"What was here?" asked the Neji
"Shikamaru said he left alert seals that would go off in the Leaf village if anyone entered this area to get him." answered Choji
"The demons know we are here?" asked a ninja
"No…because the alert seals are also paper bombs if they were armed we would be dead. Shikamaru gave me the deactivating seal." answered Choji as he moved toward the center of the area. "Let's hope he is still alive."
"Who?" asked the ninja as Choji formed a hand sign as the ground began to move apart forming a hole. For a moment nothing happened then a voice spoke out from the ground.
"Ah…the light." yelled the voice as the ninja's eyes widened as they say a dirty disembodied head still alive underground.
"Hello Hidan." stated Choji
Well I hope you liked this chapter and the surprise I put at the end of the chapter. I would like to thank everyone who reviewed and I ask that you keep on reading. Thanks Wilkins75
