Chapter 62 New Powers

Naruto had left a clone to keep his place with his team so that they wouldn't notice that he was gone. Slowly and carefully he made his way down the halls of the half destroyed Ninja Academy, books covered the ground and the entire place screamed of battle with claw marks and kunai in the walls. Slowly he walked into the classroom where he had spent most of his school days in. The rows of raised desks were still intact but part of the roof had come down over the teacher's desk. Slowly he moved his way toward the desk which had been crushed by the large wooden beams.

Flashback

The eight year old Naruto Uzumaki sat at his desk eating what he had packed for lunch, it was only some water and an apple which had taken off a tree in the park. That tree had become a major source of free food however he was in lunch detention not from sealing from a tree but for spray painting the back of the schools wall.

"Naruto." said his instructor

"Yes, Iruka-sensie." said the eight year old Naruto to one of the few teachers who treated him the same as everyone else.

"I want to show you something." said Iruka Umino as Naruto walked down to the teacher's desk.

"What is it?" asked Naruto as his stomach growled.

"What I am going to show you, you can't tell anyone ok?" said Iruka as he pushed the desk forward a bit to show more of the tile floor.

"What are you doing?" asked Naruto as he watched as Iruka reached for the tile with the broken corner. Naruto's eyes widened as Iruka pulled the tile up showing a small narrow staircase.

"Come with me." ordered Iruka as the two of them walked down, past the foot thick concrete floor and into a store room filled with food in wooden crates and water pipes.

"What is this place?" asked Naruto

"It's one of the store houses for the Leaf village, in case of a siege on the village we would use this to feed the people." explained Iruka "Every year or so we replace it and give the food away to the poor."

"Why are you telling me this?" asked Naruto as Iruka walked over and pulled a small pack of instant ramen noodles.

"Naruto if you something happens to me and I can't get you some food from the stores that will not sell from you. I want you to use this to keep yourself alive." explained Iruka

"But stealing from the village?" asked Naruto

"I already ran this past the Hokage." added Iruka as he placed the food in Naruto's hand. "He know what I am doing."

"Thank you Iruka Sensie." stated Naruto with a smile.

"Don't worry, your pay me back someday." added Iruka.

End flashback

Naruto lifted up the wooden beams to show the dead body of an ANBU ninja.

"Rest in peace." said Naruto as he lifted body and placed it aside. There covered in blood was the tile which was the hidden door. Slowly he grabbed the corner of the tile, and threw it aside. The moment he did a kunai came flying out missing him by only a few inches.

"Stop Hanabi." yelled Naruto down "I am here to help."

"You're a demon!" yelled Hanabi Hyuuga's voice out from the darkness.

"If I wanted to hurt you why would I come alone?" asked Naruto down as his eyes focused allowing him see some of the figures. He could just make out Choji's parents along with the top integrator in the Leaf Ibiki. Also in the darkness he could make out the man who had shown him the hidden store room in the first place, Iruka. They must have lived off the stores of food and tapped into the village water supply.

"Your sister sent me to get you and to get you out of the Leaf." explained Naruto

"We can't trust you." yelled another voice from the darkness

"He is telling the truth, the nearest demon is over a thousand yards away." stated Hanabi

"They are tearing down the village and they will find you." explained Naruto "They will likely reach this building in less than two hours. If you are careful and stay out of sight you can get out of the Leaf."

"He could be leading us into a trap." snapped an ANBU

"You guys can take it from here, you can pick which route you want to take to get out or if you want to find a new hiding place somewhere else in the Leaf." Explained Naruto "I know Kakashi and some other people who escaped are fighting the demons you can join them."

"Why help us?" asked Iruka as he looked at Naruto with distrust for the first time in his life

"I may be a demon now but that doesn't mean I want this forced on anyone." explained Naruto as he turned to leave "The choice is yours."

"Wait…" yelled Hanabi as Naruto turned around

"You said my sister sent you?" asked Hanabi

"Ya." answered Naruto

"What happened to her?" asked Hanabi

"She is on her way to become Queen of the Demon felines." explained Naruto

"What about the others?" asked Choza

"What about our son?" asked Choji's mother

"He was captured a little bit over a week ago, don't know what he will become." stated Naruto as Choji's parents lowered their heads. "I am sorry."

"As you should be demon scum." snapped an ANBU as Naruto walked off.

It was nearing three when a large group of demons felines reached a large clearing in about half way up one of the larger mountains in the burning sun mountain range in southern fire country.

"Alright we will camp here and begin the hunt in the morning." said the leader of the hunt as the guards spread out to make sure that they were not threatened. The rest where setting up tents which would used to my the hunting party during the 10 day hunt in the massive mountain range. The largest tent was in the center as camp which belonged to Gamba and Hinata. Normally they would set up a Queen's tent beside the King's tent since even in the royal city the King and Queen traditionally slept in different bedrooms when they were not mating however both Gamba and Hinata told them not to set it up and that they would share a tent. Most of the guards and leaders laughed a bit knowing what would likely happen inside the tent at night.

"So Hinata have you been here before?" asked Gamba as he looked out toward the series of mountains which was covered with thick trees.

"A long time ago, I believe my great grandfather had a longing business in these mountains until it was bought out." explained Hinata "If I remember correctly his old logging camp is only a couple of miles away."

"Really we can have a look at it if you want?" said Gamba as Hinata laughed a bit.

"No, these mountains are full of old logging camps and I have no idea how to know which one was his, besides it's probably just some routing wood cabins." added Hinata "If we come across it while we go hunting we come across it."

"Prince Gamba may we talk to you?" asked a panther member of the government as Gamba and Hinata looked toward the large group of panthers all wanting to talk to the Prince in hopes of getting a leg up when he rose to the throne.

"You handle this I'll get some food for us." Said Hinata

"An aid could…" started Gamba only to get a slight glare from Hinata, she didn't grow up in royalty she was used to doing things for herself.

Outside of the guard defense line hidden amongst the trees was Kiba Inuzuka with a pair of binoculars in hand as he scanned the camp.

"Look at that." said Kiba with a smile at the mass of demon panthers setting up a camp only five miles away from them.

"I count fifty all demon panthers." stated an ANBU as he counted the felines on the left flank

"I got another fifty panthers and two lions on the right." stated another ANBU

"Lions?" asked Kiba as he turned his binoculars toward the right only to see a blonde male lion surrounded by panthers. It was clear that he was the center of attention as the mod of panthers kept trying to talk to him and interrupted the other to talk to him.

"Sir, I am not sure but if I am reading their lips right they are calling him crowned prince Gamba." stated the ninja

"Gamba?" asked Kiba

"Sir, due to the fact that their lips are shaped differently I be sure." stated the ANBU

"Still if it's the future king we have to kill him." stated the second ANBU

"We would need everyone to even attempt to take on a hundred demons." stated the first ANBU "And Neji would never let us do that."

"Gamba the one who stole Hinata from me…" thought Kiba as he touched one of the lion teeth which formed a necklace. "I could kill him."

His eyes widened as he spotted another lion, this one a lioness walking out of the large tent. She had deep dark blue fur with lighter shade of blue framing her shoulders and rib cage. He didn't even have to look into her bright white eyes to know who it was; her human figure had been in his dreams since he was 12 years old.

"Hinata." whispered Kiba as he watched her from a distance just like she used to watch Naruto. He watched as she moved toward Gamba before stopping beside him. He watched as the two of them talked to the panthers, his blood was boiling as he saw how close the two of them were.

"What are they saying?" asked Kiba

"I can't get word for word but they are talking about Hinata and the Prince." Stated an ANBU as Kiba kept glaring at Gamba through the binoculars. He watched as the two of them suddenly turned toward each other and shared a short and tender loving kiss.

"What the fucking hell!" thought Kiba as his blood shot above the boiling point "He lied to her, kidnapped her, turned her into a fucking demon and she is the one she kisses! WHAT ABOUT ME!"

"We are going to get them." ordered Kiba

"Sir, Neji hasn't been very agreeable lately." Stated the ANBU

"That group is a threat to our camp, we have to take them out." Explained Kiba

In the demon fox village Naruto sat with his friends around the dinner table at Sai's and Ino's place. Unlike the Namikaze den which was massive in size or even slightly smaller den which was given to Shikamaru and Temari, this place was the smallest of the three. It was small for a demon fox den but it was still four times larger than their old four room apartment in the leaf with seven times the floor space.

"So you got it?" asked Shikamaru as Naruto lowered his head.

"Yes and No." stated Naruto as Sakura playfully slapped his shoulder

"Tell them already." ordered Sakura

"Alright the prototype itself was destroyed." explained Naruto as everyone lowered their heads a moment before he pulled out a series of papers rolled up inside a scroll "However the blueprints were still intact."

"Let me see that." ordered Temari as she took the plans from Naruto. For a moment no one said anything as Shikamaru and Temari looked over the blueprints.

"Yes we can use this." said Shikamaru "May take some extra time but since we have months before the demons pull back for that ceremony marking the end of the demon war."

"Well I have news." said Ino

"What?" asked Naruto

"Choji is becoming a bear so we have contact with that area." stated Ino "It will help else take the transportation seals down and save humanity."

"That leaves what all the seals under the control of the snakes, the horses, the felines and the ants." Said Sakura knowing that there was fifteen total transportation seals with some nations controlling multiple seals.

"I saw Hinata." added Naruto

"And?" asked Ino

"She is on our side." added Naruto "She wants to help us."

"The future Queen of the felines may help us a lot." stated Sai

"However that still leaves the horses, snakes and ants." added Sakura "We may get to the snake village easy enough since we are somehow our allies but the horses and the ants are still out of our reach."

"Well the bears and the horses are allies maybe Choji can get it in place there.' said Naruto "That just leaves the ants and the three transportation seals they control."

"We will cross that bridge later." explained Naruto "First let's get that seal working."

Night was falling quickly in the burning sun mountain range as the leadership of the demons panthers and the guards gathered around a series of large camp fires. Near the center and largest fire sat Gamba and Hinata.

"So Lady Hinata how do you plan to change things at the palace?" asked a panther government leader

"I don't know for sure but probably get rid of some of the traditions." said Hinata "I mean I heard that the royal family must eat from a brand new golden plate every time there is a state dinner?"

"Ya, the used plates are used by the rest of the guest." explained a Panther

"Still…a what is the big difference between a new gold plate and gold plate that has been used before?" asked Hinata

"Its tradition." answered a member of the upper house of government the royal council

"I believe it was tradition long ago to just have lions as member of the government until King Alexander's reforms. Does that mean we should go back to that because it is tradition?" stated Hinata as the government leaders were a little surprise by her knowledge of their history, unaware that Fay had helped explained things to her. "Wouldn't it make more sense to put the money into schools or something else of more importance to the people?"

"Crowned Prince Gamba what do you think?" asked another member of the Royal Council

"That the royal family and the palace itself is too stuck in our ways." Explained Gamba "Yes, tradition should help guide us but it shouldn't control us."

"We heard your mother is not well how long can she stay on the throne?" asked a member of the lower governing house the general pride. The members of the Royal Council wasn't happy that a member of the lower class would ask about the Queen.

"No she is not well, but I pray to the ancestors to keep her safe." said Gamba

"What about you Hinata how does the Queen take to you?" asked a lower member of the General Pride

"Well I have only met her once and truth be told she didn't real care for me." Admitted Hinata as she looked at the stunned faces she decided to lie "However isn't that the role of every parent to think worry that your child is getting the best possible in a loved one, I mean my father was asking question about Gamba. She was just being protective of her only son."

"So a mother just being a mother." laughed a government leader

"So your father is worried about the crowned Prince?" asked another panther

"Well he only has two daughters and my younger sister is missing since the fall of the Leaf." explained Hinata

"You have a younger sister?" asked another

"Yes, Hanabi she has been missing since the attack on the Leaf, she may actually be dead for all I know." explained Hinata as she lowered her head. Seeing the look of pain on her face Gamba pulled her close so that her head rested on his shoulder.

"It will be alright Hinata." said Gamba as all the members of the lower general pride smiled and about half of the royal council smiled at the sign of affection. It had been too long since they had seen any sign of love in the royal family.

Five miles away and over five hundred feet higher up the mountain Neji Hyuuga stood in front of a stone fireplace in his personal log cabin. It was Tenten's turn to man the command center located in the old logging mill. He looked out the frost covered window, there was about quarter of an inch of snow on the ground. A sudden knock at the door caused him to jump a bit.

"Enter." ordered Neji as the door opened as Kiba and Akamaru entered.

"Neji we need to talk." stated Kiba as he brushed some snow off the demon lion pelt her wore to he wore to keep warm.

"I already heard about the group of panthers and the answer is no." stated Neji "Kakashi has ordered us to retreat if attack but to remain low."

"We can take them down." stated Kiba

"Don't you remember one of the first rules of combat?" asked Neji "There are armies that must not be attacked, towns that must not be besieged, positions that must not be contested. From your own reports they number a hundred plus enemy, we have fifty combat experienced ninjas and a hundred civilians and or genins who have no experience. It would be a massacre if we attacked."

"We can deliver a heavy blow." stated Kiba

"It is better to sting them 100 times taking and losing only a handful then it is to deliver one heavy blow and lose everyone." explained Neji "They have more resources then us we have to attack carefully."

"The problem is after we returned you haven't ordered us out." stated Kiba "We haven't struck back in days."

"Did you forget about the fact that half of the civilians are down with some kind of flue." stated Neji "This may be a surprise to you Kiba but I have to worry not just about how many demons are dead but by how many of our people are left alive. Victory will not matter much if we are all dead."

"Still we can hit them, we have surprise." stated Kiba

"From your own reports there is a hundred yards of open space between the tree line and the camp which is lined with guards." stated Neji "We would have no surprise at all."

"The crowned prince is there." yelled Kiba

"My point you want to kill him you are not thinking straight." explained Neji

"I will personally skin that fucking Gamba myself." snapped Kiba

"That is the problem you are thinking only of revenge." yelled Neji "We get our revenge not by killing demons, we get it by living and killing the crowned prince of three demon races will do nothing more then bring down the whole weight of the enemy force."

"We already took that!" yelled Kiba

"Before he was captured Shikamaru estimated that we had only seen a third of the entire enemy force." Stated Neji "We are not up against a few thousand enemy ninjas we are up against millions of enemy ground forces, they could probably flood the area with demons. Your revenge would cost us all everything and what would it do, you may love Hinata but it is clear Hinata doesn't love you."'

"Don't you fucking tell me Hinata doesn't love me….we are like family." snapped Kiba before lowering his head "I love her."

"If you love her, let her go." added Neji as Kiba looked at the ground.

"No…they have to pay and I will kill Gamba for taking Hinata and then I will save Hinata from demon hood." Stated Kiba

"You know we have no cure for the transformation." stated Neji

"There is only one cure for demons." growled Kiba "Death."

Well I hope you liked this chapter, I am going away for the weekend so I will likely not have my normal update on Monday. Sorry for that but I feel I update a lot so one week without a new chapter isn't the end of the world. Now until next time please keep reading. Thanks Wilkins75.