Chapter 71 Betrayers

"It's been almost two days since we lost contact with Kiba's forces." stated the radio operator for the resistance command center tried to raise the radio operator again. "We have to assume that they are gone.'

'That is why I already told the other commanders to change their codes.' explained Kakashi "Besides according to Shizune the fastest they can change someone is three days.'

"So if we get a message today they may still be human." said the radio operator

"Correct." said Kakashi as suddenly the radio came alive.

"Come in command this is Kiba.' said Kiba over the radio

"This is command please say the code phase." ordered Kakashi

"The rain is best in the winter." stated Kiba as he spoke the code phase.

"What is the situation?" asked Kakashi

"Lost all of my command including Hidan and my radio operators." stated Kiba as Kakashi lowered his head "I need to rejoin with the main command."

"I should let you stay out there and fend for yourself." Said Kakashi into the radio 'But as long as you follow orders I will let you rejoin under Neji's leadership."

"Very well." growled Kiba

"Alright head to the remains of the trading outpost at the Zio Lang river." stated Kakashi "I will send someone to meet you."

"Alright I will change to radio channel 6." stated Kiba

"Understood." said Kakashi as the radio went dead.

"So the Zio Lang river?" asked a Caden as he took the radio away from Kiba as they stood in the wolf camp located inside the Leaf village. Kiba was surrounded by wolves even though he was still human and hadn't even started to turn "I thought you said they were in the Nara woods. That is in the south and the Nara woods is in the north."

"It's a code." Explained Kiba as he pulled out a map "The Zio Lang river is the second river to the south of my old position, which means I am to meet them at the second lake to the north of my position which is the grand lake."

"So river means lake and saying to meet you at the second river down from your position means you have to go to the second position to the north.' said Hana to her brother "Nice."

"I would bet that they will send Lee or Neji to meet me." said Kiba "Hopefully it is Lee."

"Why?" asked Cadan

"He is the runner for the resistance command he knows where all of the camps are turn him and you have them." Explained Kiba "I know the main body is in the Nara woods but the Nara woods and its side woods cover almost a eighth of fire country. So it's too big to surround and search effectually."

"What about the other commands?" asked Caden

"I now that Kankura and the remains of the sand command have decided to do hit and runs attack like I did but as for their base of operations I can't be sure but I think they moved to either the area in the land of rivers or back into wind country itself." explained Kiba "Guy is in Lightening country gaining support and there are dozens of other command spread out all over the area you control most are just hiding from you."

"Alright, then." said Caden "When do you need to be there?"

"They will expect me to move carefully and to avoid the main roads since you would be patrolling those, so early tomorrow morning." explained Kiba "It will take us less than a four if we go by the main road."

"Well we will have to hid you from the other demons." said Caden "Maybe in an empty prisoner cart, we use them all the time to move captured humans and if someone looks in all they will see is a human."

"Works." said Kiba "But remember when the time comes I get to kill Gamba."

"Yes, you will." said Cadan

In the demon feline hospital Queen mother Oda opened her eyes after almost twenty hours of sleep.

"How are you feeling?" asked a voice as Oda turned her gaze toward the corner to see the dark blue lioness who had taken her son's heart.

"Hinata." said Oda with less hate then she had ever said her name.

"How are you feeling?" asked Hinata again

"Considering I can talk for the first time in months good." said Oda

"Gamba wanted to be here but he was called to a council meeting." explained Hinata "He should be back in an hour or so. I know you will be upset with him for having a none feline heal you but she is the best in the world and he loves for you."

"Just like he loves you." said Oda as Hinata looked at her. "You seam stunned?"

"Well considering the last time we talked you tried to kill me. It is a little surprising that you are admitting that." said Hinata

"I spent around four months unable to talk; I could hear and see everything but not speak or move." explained Oda "It gave me time to think."

"Think about what?" asked Hinata

"Listen the truth is when we first meet I didn't like you, in fact I may go as far as to say what you are doing to the traditions is a crime and I hated you for it. Also that since you were a former human you are second class and shouldn't be the equal of a pure demon." stated Oda as Hinata crossed her arms over her chest. "However listening to some of the healers talk about what you do and how they feel about it that maybe some of the traditions needed to be removed. Maybe a future Queen needs to go out among the subjects ever once in a while. It helps the subjects…."

"Relate to the ruler and helps find out what the people actually need." Finished Hinata as Oda nodded her head.

"What I am getting at is while I don't like you and I think you are going too far too fast you are making the Kingdom better." Said Oda

"Thank you." said Hinata "And what do you think of me personally?"

"I still don't like you." said Oda "However I no longer think your second rate because you're a former human that fox…"

"Sakura." finished Hinata seeing that Oda couldn't remember the name

"Yes, she was formerly human and saved me from a life hell." said Oda

"But still you don't like me." said Hinata

"I believe one of the lies you told the media once was that I didn't like you because I felt my son could do better and I was just protecting him." said Oda

"Ya, I said that because saying you wanted me dead wouldn't have gone over well." said Hinata

"Well now it is true." said Oda

"I guess that works." said Hinata

"Just remember you since my son has apparently chosen you to be his mate and future Queen of the kingdom you have duties that tradition demands of you and which you can't change." stated Oda

"Have cubs and a new generation of the royal family." answered Hinata

"The sooner the better." added Oda

"You know Vachan will feel betrayed by those words." said Hinata

"Vachan, myself and others are members of the old guard we are set in our way and don't want them to change." Explained Oda as Hinata nodded her head in understanding "In time the roles will reverse and Gamba and you will be arguing about traditions to the next generation."

In a dark room the former Akatsuki member Hidan sat behind thick solid steel bars. The walled off area of the cell was only twelve by twelve with bars all the way around. The only privacy he had came in the form of a small bathroom; the rest of the area was totally open so that anyone who was standing in the darkened room could see him. The bars was covered with chakra seals to make sure that he couldn't use any justu's to get out.

"So this is what a demon prison looks like." Said Hidan as he looked at his badly burned hand, part of his immortally was his slower healing rate. It would take him months to heal this wounds.

"Yes it is." said a voice Hidan knew well as Itachi appeared out of the darkness. "I thought you had killed yourself."

"Well thankfully one of your demons cut off my head before I died." Explained Hidan

"I see." said Itachi "Now we are at an impasse because we can't kill you, it would decades to starve you to death and thanks to the way you became immortal we can't turn you into a demon."

"Well why don't you let me go since you can't do anything to me." said Hidan with a small laugh.

"There is only three ways out of this." Said Itachi "One is that you spend the rest of your immortal life locked up in the cell, the second option is that stave yourself to death and end it once and for all."

"That was two." said Hidan "Is the third when you let me out."

"In a way." said Itachi as he pulled a kunai out and slipped it between the bars "The bars stop you from using justus to physically escape but you can still free yourself."

"You want me to kill myself?" asked Hidan "That is a great sin in my religion."

"Your days of killing is over this is the only option you have left." Explained Itachi "I shouldn't even be giving you that but having you spend forever in a cell or staving you over decades is too crule for me."

Meanwhile deep in the Nara woods in one of the dozens of small tree house communities were the refugees from the Leaf was hiding Tenten was throwing.

"You have to tell him." said a voice as Tenten looked to see Hanabi Hyuga

"Tell him what?" asked Tenten as she stood up and looked at the 17 year old ninja and only none turned member of the main Hyuga house.

"I may not be a doctor but I can tell when someone is pregnant." said Hanabi as her Byakugan looked inside of Tenten. "I know Neji has been busy and may not have noticed but that can't last forever."

"I will tell him when he gets back, he and Lee are heading out to meet up with Kiba." said Tenten as Hanabi shock her head

"No you tell him today, I'll go with Lee to meet Kiba." said Hanabi "You tell him today that he is going to be a father."

"We wanted to wait until after the whole demon thing was settled to have kids." explained Tenten

"Well birth control justus aren't 100% effective everyone knows that." said Hanabi "Besides I have a feeling that having children around here would make it feel more like home."

"I am not sure." Said Tenten

"Doesn't matter now the two of you have a child coming." said Hanabi "I will tell Neji he needs to take a break and I am going to go meet Kiba and you have to tell him."

"Thanks." said Tenten with a smile before she thought about how she was going to tell the man she loves who already wasn't getting much sleep because of stress that he was going to be a father.

Hours later Sakura was lying in bed reading one of her books as Naruto was sitting at a desk looking over some of the mission reports for his team.

"Naruto-kun can I ask you something?" asked Sakura

"Sure." said Naruto "Is it?"

"When do you want to officially get mated and have kits?" asked Sakura as Naruto blinked.

"I thought you wanted to wait." said Naruto "I remember you telling Ino, you were going to date for a few years then have a wedding and two years after that have kids."

"When did I say that?" asked Sakura

"When you were nine." said Naruto "When I sat behind you an Ino in school and you talked about your plans to becoming Mrs. Uchiha."

"I can't believe you remember everything from back then." said Sakura

"I don't I remember what you said but not everything." answered Naruto

"Ah that is so cute." thought Inner Sakura

"So I assumed you wanted to wait." said Naruto as he stood up and moved toward the bed.

"Don't assume anything Naruto-kun, I wasn't planning to sleep with someone before I even went on an official date with someone." purred Sakura as she closed her book and moved closer to Naruto.

"Well I will not ask you right now." said Naruto as Sakura shivered a bit as she felt Naruto's breath on her lips and his tail brushing against her side. "I want it to be a surprise."

"You know I don't really like surprises." said Sakura as she placed her hand on his side right below his rib cage.

"But surprises are always fun." said Naruto as the two of them moved backwards toward the bed, Naruto planted a kiss on Sakura's lips before moving down her neck. Sakura let out a moan as she felt Naruto's hand brush over her chest.

While night had fallen over the demon fox village in the south and west the sun was still up but it was setting fast. Inside the inner palace Hinata was sitting out on of highest balcony watching the sunset.

"Isn't it beautiful." said Hinata as Gamba walked up to her as he ran his hand over her shoulders as she stood up and moved to the edge of the balcony.

"Yes it is." said Gamba as moved to stand beside Hinata "Sorry that I haven't been around as much as I should have been."

"It's ok, you have been leading a kingdom after all." said Hinata

"Ya, but at least I have all the major council seats filled and my life will become more open." said Gamba as Hinata smiled as she placed her head on his shoulder.

"How is your mom doing?" asked Hinata

"Better." answered Gamba as he took a deep breath as the two of them watched the sun set over the kingdom for a little bit, Gamba was taken aback by Hinata. The sun bounced off her deep blue fur as it moved ever so slightly in the soft wind.

"I love when it's just the two of us." Said Hinata with a smile.

"So do I, makes me think we are normal felines." Said Gamba

"I don't think normal citizens have a view like this every night." laughed Hinata as she lost herself in a the view, darkness was fast approaching as the city lights came one. Hinata didn't even notice it until it came to a rest on her chest. She looked down to see a necklace made of countless rows of pure white diamonds. The patterns row after row of arcs in a Celtic design which formed both side pieces. The side pieces narrowed to a single line of diamonds which connected the two larger wings, in the center of the single line was a large blood red ruby with diamonds all the way around it. Hinata just looked at the necklace which had to be worth more than all the money the entire Hyuga clan made in twenty years.

"It's the necklace of the Queen." explained Gamba in Hinata's ear, as her heart rate picked up as she touched the necklace. Like the crown of the King the necklace of the Queen was only worn during special state events and only by the Queen. The necklace was made for the first Queen of the Kingdom and it was given to all the following Queens "So Hinata Hyuuga will you become my Queen and help me rule my kingdom

"Yes." cried Hinata as she turned around and kissed him with so much force.

The small camping light was out when Neji moved into the small tree house which he knows called home. The entire tree house was only wide enough for him and Tenten to lie flat on their backs side to side and tall enough for them to sit up in. He could see the outline of Tenten resting on her side of the house he moved slowly so that he didn't wake up the sleeping Tenten. He moved to his side of the room an rested his head on the pillow.

"I miss a real pillow." said Tenten's voice as the dried grass pillow moved a bit as she rolled over

"I thought you were asleep." said Neji

"No…my mind is too full at the moment." said Tenten as she sat up a bit an looked at Neji "I know how you like things to get to the point so I am just going to come out and say it. Neji-kun, we are going to be parents."

"What?" asked a stunned Neji "What did you say?"

"We are going to be parents." repeated Tenten "I am pregnant. Sorry I know we wanted to wait."

"Don't say sorry." Said Neji as he sat up and looked into Tenten's eyes while he placed his hand on Tenten's stomach "It may be sooner then we wanted but still it's our child, I don't care if he or she comes in nine months or nine years."

"I just didn't want to add this stress to you." said Tenten

"I think we added this stress to ourselves." answered Neji "It takes more than a single person to have a kid."

After a long night of trying to keep up with Lee, Hinata's younger sister Hanabi was finally approaching the small trading outpost on a large lake.

"Hanabi do you see anything?" asked Lee as the two of them rested on a small hill outside the outpost.

"I see Kiba in the nearest building." said Hanabi as she looked around "I see a demon wolf patrol on the other side of the lake but they are walking away from us."

"Alright let's move in." said Lee as the two of them moved into the remains of the trading outpost. Unlike the Leaf this outpost of just under a hundred people had been surrounded when the demons showed up so there was no battle damaged no rubble in the streets. The two ninjas moved toward the house with their weapons at the ready. They flew open the doors as they stormed the room however as they moved the though the dust covered room more they moved the more dust was picked up and thrown into the air. The dust filled the air as both Lee and Hanabi started coughing.

"Where is Kiba?" asked Lee in-between coughs

"I don't know." said Hanabi as her legs became weak and she fell down on her knees. Lee wasn't in any better shape as he placed his hand on the wall as he began to fall to the ground unaware that the dust they had kicked up was really a knock out drug and their footsteps had kicked it up.

"We have them." stated a turned Hyuga pack wolf as he watched the two people fall down.

"We can't follow them back now." Said Kiba

"We don't have to now, we had Karin here she sensed them entering her chakra sensing range." explained Caden "Now we know that they are in the northern area of the Nara woods, we have them now."

Well I hope you liked this chapter, now I would ask that you keep reading. Thanks Wilkins75