Chapter 58 News

It was nearing six at night in the demon feline kingdom as Yahiko rolled out of bed, he was one of five top royal guard captains which reported to the Head of the royal Guard Vachan who was suppose to manage all guard affairs but he spent most of his time dealing with politics and making sure traditions were up kept. As part of his duty as a Guard captain he and the other captains rotated which one had night duty, it was his month and that meant sleeping away the day and spending the night making sure all the guards stayed awake and no one breaks into the royal city. He yawned as he walked out of the bedroom into the living room only to find his mate sitting with her back to him at the table. He snuck over and kissed the back and side of her neck earning a purr from Konan.

"How was your day?" asked Yahiko

"Went to the doctor." answered Konan

"But our appointment isn't until tomorrow afternoon." answered Yahiko

"I lied to you, you needed your sleep you work from nine to nine every night, this month" stated Konan

"Still I wanted to go with you, I feel like I haven't done anything." stated Yahiko

"You had to do something or else we wouldn't be having twine boys." said Konan as Yahiko eyes widened

"Boys?" asked Yahiko as he placed his hand on Konan belly where their cubs where growing "Both of them?"

"That is what the ultrasound showed." answered Konan with a smile "I have to admit I kind of wanted to have one of each but still two little boys running around will be great."

"We will just have to try for a girl the next time." laughed Yahiko knowing they had millions of years to have kids and to spend their lives together. A knock at the door caused both of them to look up as a newspaper slipped through the mail slot.

"An evening edition?" asked Konan as Yahiko moved toward the paper, it was rare for the any newspaper to do an evening addition, but if some late breaking important news did break they would print another edition. Yahiko's eyes widened as he looked at the front page, there in bold letters where the words

"Our Future Queen?"

Below were three images on the right was an image of Prince Gamba and on the left side was the image of a beautiful lioness with deep blue fur, highlighted by a lighter shade of blue around her shoulders and ribs. Her bright white eyes sparkled against the blue. The center image was of the two of them kissing in what looked like a training field all around the harem guards most of whom he knew where clapping with smiles on their faces, others lionesses where not pleased and where glaring Harem members for sure.

He looked down at the article.

Spotted around noon today Crowned Prince Gamba was seen first having a stroll with a beautiful dark blue lioness around his age. The two walked arm in arm before stopping at the training field inside the harem where the crowned prince had a sparring contest between himself and the lioness. One would have thought that as a member of the harem this lioness wouldn't know how to fight but that wasn't the case, she fought with experience and ferocity, not holding back against the prince, only to stop when both of them kissed each other and embraced in the middle of the field. The harem guards were seen enjoying the fight cheering both for both the prince and the lioness. The other members of the harem where seen having looks of hate and discuss at the sight of the Prince with the beautiful lioness. From their cheers and their yells we get a hint of who this lioness is. This has been unconfirmed but it is believed that the beautiful lioness who has stolen our princess's heart is in fact a turned human named Hinata Hyuuga from the Village hidden in the Leaves. From our investigation we learned that this Hinata Hyuuga is the future leader to a main pride from the Leaf and a top ranked warrior stilled in search and destroy missions. She is described as being kind, gentle and a little shy, and even though she come from a rich family that she was a real down to earth woman. She is also said to have a crush on a fellow human now turned demon fox Naruto Namikaze but it appears she is over that. For more details about Hinata see page two, for a breakdown of the sparring technique by our top analyzes see page 3 through 5 and of course write in with your impressions.

"This isn't going to be good." said Yahiko as he handed the paper to Konan "Vachan and the Queen will not be happy that the kingdom now knows about Hinata."

"They have to issue a press release now and tell them about Hinata." Stated Konan, she had worked as a guard before finding her passion as an instructor but since she was now carrying two children she didn't have to work.

"Ya, and they will not like that." stated Yahiko

Back at the palace Vachan was nearing the end of his work day but now he had to deal with a news paper publishing images of the Prince kissing a Hinata inside the harem.

"We have to get in front of this." stated Vachan to an aid "But how to paint the Prince's fling with this human."

"Sir, I am not sure this is a fling." Stated the aid as Vachan looked at her "From the reports from the harem it seems the Prince really cares about this lioness."

"She is a human, they should be second class citizens not allowed any positions of power." Stated Vachan

"Sir the articles of Alexander State that all demon felines are equal under the law and have rights that the royal family cannot take from them." stated the aid quoting form one of the key documents of the kingdom.

"Demon Felines not humans." stated Vachan

"Sir, they may have been born human but when they finish turning they are as demon as you or I." stated the aid

"You believe that falsehood if you want I will believe in the truth." Stated Vachan "We will paint Hinata as wore who is only replacing our prince because she lost this Naruto Namikaze to another Fox."

"Sir, I would recommend against that." stated an aid

"Why?" asked Vachan

"When Gamba rises to the throne and looks like that is only a months away, Hinata may be arisen to 1st lioness." Stated the aid as Vachan rubbed his temples, 1st lioness was a position given to the King's favorite harem member if he had no male heirs born when they came to the throne. Because the lioness who had the first male cub was Queen, even if there was older daughters. The first lioness had almost all the power as a Queen which meant within a couple of months Hinata could be Queen in all but name of all the demon felines. "If we make her look bad they will both strike back at us."

"What would you do?" asked Vachan

"Simply state that the Prince has a new favorite in the harem and that she is a former human named Hinata Hyuga but there are other members of the harem so it is premature to say she will become Queen." stated the aid "We wait to see how the public reacts to the news and go from there."

"They will turn against her, they will never accept a human having a chance to become their Queen." stated Vachan as the aid looked down.

"I am not so sure Sir." stated the aid "Judging from the last election to the general pride a lot of the civilians are not happy about the hard line traditioniest ideas of the Queen. Having a beautiful young seemly one of them lioness in a position to positive become Queen is something the citizens may like and if this Hinata can win their hearts then she may become more influence then the Queen while she is still alive."

"Hell." stated Vachan as he wondered how to deal with Hinata, but in the end it would be the normal subjects in the street who would decided how much power Hinata would control.

Unaware of the photo or the fact that by morning it was likely that every demon feline would know Hinata name by noon the next day Hinata and Gamba lied in bed. The lied on their sides with Gamba's head resting under and below Hinata's. Both their hands where wrapped around each other, their feet were also wrapped together. Hinata slowly opened her eyes as she looked toward the clock, it was nearing super time but she was enjoying being in Gamba's arms and the rush that came from having him in her arms. Then there was the fact that there was a full time24 hour kitchen staff so they could eat whenever they wanted, a perk that came with the palace. She looked down at the sleeping crowned prince but she didn't see a prince, she saw the lion she loved it wouldn't have mattered to her if instead of sleeping in the palace they were sleeping a rundown place in the slums. To her he wasn't someone of royal blood he was Gamba.

"I love you Gamba." Whispered Hinata softly as she moved her tail so that it wrapped around him, he seemed to respond almost at once by pulling her closer. She smiled as she ran poked her claws out of the slits in each of her fingers, gently she ran her claws down Gamba's back starching it. This earned a purred from the future King as Hinata smiled before stopping and closing her eyes and letting sleep take her again.

In the human world Kiba along with several of the other fighters where in a small house around a large fire, since winter was upon then and that meant that night came sooner. This was both a blessing and a curse, first it made it all that much colder but it also meant that they could start fires since the smoke would be concealed in the pitch black night sky.

"They don't want you to kill the demons?" asked a fighter

"They say that cutting off their heads and putting them on a pike makes it harder to make peace with them." stated Kiba

"Peace…they want peace?" asked a fighter

"I say we strew that and just keep doing it." stated another

"They will stop us." explained Kiba

"Sir, they are not leading us into battle you are." answered a fighter "We will follow you and so will the people."

For a moment Kiba looked into the fire, he knew he would be going against the orders of not only Neji but Kakashi, Yamanto, Guy and Kankuro. Slowly he touched the necklace made of dead demon lion teeth, he had to kill the son of a bitch who toke Hinata from him, orders or not he would die by his hands.

"Alright." stated Kiba "See who will support us, we will force Neji's hand."

"Why not just over throw him?" asked a fighter

"I may disagree with Neji's plan but I respect him." explained Kiba

Across the world the mighty Guy was walking up the stairs of the Raikage building in Kumoakure in the land of lightening. Here winter didn't hit as hard as it did in fire country but the weather was still below forty degrees at night. He moved past a line of ANBU guards until he walked into the office of the Raikage A. A was a large muscular man who normally wore his kage robe and hat, his left hand had long ago been removed by himself in a battle against Sasuke.

"Lord Raikage I thank you for meeting me again in such a short period of time." stated Guy

"Has the situation with this Kiba Inuzuka been solved?" asked A

"Yes, he has been ordered not to cut off the heads of the demons but he will carry out his attacks." Stated Guy

"Good, we just can't anger them." stated A as Guy raised an eyebrow, this wasn't the same head strong Kage who smashed desks. "At the moment they seem to be staying in areas they already control, we need more time to take care of all the refugees and build up more weapons."

"I understand sir, is the sample of the agent I brought helping?" asked Guy

"Yes, but we still have little idea what we are truly dealing with." stated A "I will have another shipment of weapons ready for you to smuggle into fire country by the end of next week."

"I thank you." stated Guy as he turned and walked out of the room leaving the Kage seemly alone in his office.

"He knows something is up." stated a voice as A turned to see a Kado sitting in front of his desk, the nine tailed demon fox who had spent twenty years sealed inside Naruto Namikaze.

"He can't know." stated A "Our deal was made a day before the Leaf fell."

"Maybe your right, but we can't let your villagers know who you are making deals with can we?" asked Kado

"No." stated A as he looked out over the lights of the village, he could even see lights coming from the massive refugee came that surrounded the village. "They would be upset and riots would fill the streets and the village would fall."

"They would be more upset knowing that you came to us with this deal." laughed Kado "seventy five humans taken a week from the refugees camp and in return we don't hit your village until last and you get your brother back safe, sound and demon free."

"When will you honor that part of our deal?" asked A

"After we get our second supply of humans." stated Kado as A glared at him "We can't just hand over a fighter like Killer Bee for just your word?"

"We gave you the sample of the agent which Guy brought." stated A as Kado nodded his head.

"True and that is why we aren't demanding a hundred humans a week." stated Kado

"The next shipment will be ready tomorrow." stated A

"Shipment? You act like they are cargo? They are your people" asked Kado

"They are refugees from other villages and other nations, they are not my people." stated A

"Very well have them taken to the seal we set up for you and we will take it from there." stated Kado "You know I expected you to fight to the last but you are rolling over to us."

Without another word Kado walked out of the room using a secret ANBU tunnel turning human before any of the Guards saw him.

"Don't kid yourself demon scum we will fight." stated A "We just need more time to move forces and gather supplies and you are only getting none combat able people."

Night had fallen over fire country as a patrol of six demon wolves moved toward an outpost five miles down the road.

"They wanted us back by nightfall." stated Raeni Uchiha as she walked in the center of the group with five demon wolves around her, it was a formation used by since the founding of the demon canine villages. She was in the center of the formation because the youngest wolf always was in the center for their protection.

"We should be there in a few minutes." stated a commander as suddenly a figure stepped out in front of them. Instantly the patrol came to a stop as they looked at the dark figure standing in their way, he was clearly human with a pure black clock with bright red inner lining.

"Looks like we have a human." said the lead as dark red chakra danced around his claws as the wolf pack began to spread out to surround the human.

"You have taken away something of importance to me." stated the dark figure as he extended his hand and in that hand was a red three bladed scythe "You took my kills and Lord Jashin demands I kill all those who took my kills."

"You plan to kill us human?" laughed the head wolf as two of the other wolves charged forward. Reacting at once Hidan swung his scythe cutting the head off the first before spinning around and cutting the other one off at the hip.

"You will pay for that Human!" yelled Raeni as she ran though hand signs "Fire style, great fireball justu."

Hidan just stood there as the flames engulf him.

"Well looks like we won't have another demon but we do have roasted human." laughed another wolf only to see Hidan come leaping out of the fire screaming at the top of his lungs. He wasn't screaming in pain but in pure joy as he felt the rush that only come with pain, fire was coming off his body as he cut the wolf in half from the top of his head to his groin.

"What the fuck are you?" asked Raeni as the still on fire turned his gaze toward the young Uchiha, his eyes locked on her Sharingan.

"Ah…you must be related to Itachi." stated Hidan

"I am his younger sister." stated Raeni

"Too bad you will die." stated Hidan "But sadly not today."

'What are you talking about?" asked Raeni as she felt a pick in the back of her neck. She turned to see another human, this one fat with swirl marks on his cheeks. Almost instantly her version started to blur and she wasn't strong on her feet.

"You are a prisoner of war." stated Choji as the drugged tipped kunai did it's work in knocking out the young wolf. "Hidan the leader is all yours."

"Ah this is going to be fun…" laughed Hidan as he pulled a long sliver spike from his cloak "It is time to do a ceremony to Lord Jashin."

Ten minutes later another team of wolves came upon the scene, four of their fellow wolves lied in pools of blood, some cut clean in half.

"My God…who did this?" asked the commander as he stepped over the bodies.

"Sir no human could have taken down a six wolf pack." Stated another

"There are only five bodies." stated another member of the pack "I think Raeni Uchiha is missing."

"Sir there is a note." stated another wolf as he held up a note which had been attached to the body.

"What does it say?" asked the commander

"We have the Uchiha, if you don't release twenty five unturned ninjas we will kill her." read the wolf "It gives a time, date and a place for the exchange, we have a week."

"Sir what will the higher ups do?" asked a female wolf to the commander

"Unknown." Stated the commander before looking at the pattern of blood which was away from the others "Asuma, you're a former human do you know what that mark is?"

"Yes I do…then that means he his back." stated Asuma as the former Leaf ninja turned wolf looked at the mark "Hidan did this."

"Hidan who is that?" asked the commander

"Trouble." stated Asuma

It was well past three in the morning when Jiriaya opened his eyes he didn't know why but he suddenly just woke up in the middle of the night he felt pressure on his chest as if something was on it. His eyes adjusted to the darkness of his living room, his eyes grew wider as he reliezed it wasn't a thing but Tsunade. Sometime during the night she had moved from the bedroom and was now sleeping mostly on top of him.

"Must have gotten lonely." thought Jiriaya as he looked at the mass of blonde hair which belonged to Tsunade, he had dreamed about having Tsunade like this but he also didn't want it to happen because of some experiment by Orochimaru. He was still trying to wrap his mind around the fact that Tsunade was pregnant and he was the father. Over the years he had wished for the chance to tell the woman he loved how he felt but he had never said it, then it was too late and he was taken. Now she was having his kids but it wasn't by choice.

"Damn it." said Jiriaya as he moved his only hand so it rested on Tsunade's back "She will punch shit out of me when she wakes up but who cares."

With that that he closed his eyes and let sleep take him again unaware of the smile on Tsunade's face.

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