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Chapter 72 Two Steps Forward one Step Back Part 1

Hinata woke up to the sound of a knock their door; she opened her eyes to see that it wasn't even five in the morning. Hinata waited for a moment hoping that the knocking was just a dream and she didn't have to move out of Gamba's arms however it didn't stop.

"I guess something has happened." said Gamba as he rolled out bed and moved toward the door. When he opened the door he saw a young aid standing there.

"King Gamba sorry to wake you but we felt you needed to know as soon as we found out." stated the aid

"What is it?" asked Gamba

"Sir, we have confirmed reports that Hanabi Hyuuga has been found and is being taken to be processed." Said the aid as Hinata moved to the door.

"You got my sister?" asked Hinata

"Yes, Lady Hinata the section crew has orders to make her a lioness no matter the cost." answered the aid "They also found Rock Lee."

"How did they get them?" asked Hinata "Lee isn't the person who would give up and Hanabi is a top ranked ninja."

"The wolves got them though some trap." stated the aid "We don't know how yet but they have called for a joint meeting of the races for one today."

"Take me to my sister." ordered Hinata

"The selection doesn't start until eight Lady Hinata it can wait." said the aid

"It is also her sister." stated Gamba

"Send a message to Hinata's father." said Gamba

"My dad is out in the country side looking at land for the pride he will not be back till tomorrow." answered Hinata before turning the aid "Give me fifteen minutes and then we will be heading out."

"Yes, Lady Hinata." stated the aid as the door closed.

"Sorry Gamba I have to go." said Hinata as she kissed Gamba's lips.

"It's your sister." explained Gamba as Hinata went to take a quick bath before heading out. "Make sure you were the Queen's necklace."

"I thought that was only for special occasions?" asked Hinata "Like how you don't were your crown all the time."

"Yes, but if they see that necklace they will know your words carry the power of the royal family behind them. It will help" explained Gamba as Hinata smiled

"Remind me to award you for your quick thinking." said Hinata with a perverted grin

"If you find out anything about how they got your sister and Lee it would be useful for this meeting." Said Gamba

"I may not be back in time." said Hinata

"Then come to the meeting itself." added Gamba "I'll send a notice saying that you are join us."

"Is that allowed?" asked Hinata

"Yes, it's how I learned." said Gamba "My father brought me there when I was seven."

It took less than half an hour for Hinata to travel from the royal place to the fortress and using the transport seal to the transformation center in the former demon turtle country. As she walked down the hallway heading toward her sister's room a doctor ran up to her.

"Lady Hinata." said the doctor

"How is my sister?" asked Hinata

"She is still knocked out." stated the doctor

"Why?" asked Hinata

"The wolves used some sort of airborne knock out dust to subdue the humans." stated the doctor

"I heard stories about the knocked out dust used during the wars of the past." stated Hinata "But they were highly ineffective since it took so much to knock a person out."

"Well they used it." added the doctor as they stopped in front of Hanabi cell. Hinata stopped and looked at her sister lying there on a flat concrete bed with reinforced chakra adsorbing glass on the front.

"Open it." ordered Hinata

"Lady Hinata, the standard protocol is to not open it unless it is needed." said the doctor until he noticed the necklace of the Queen around Hinata's neck.

"She is my sister I am going to be by her side." stated Hinata

"Very well." stated the doctor as the lock on the door opened as Hinata stepped inside a guard wanted to follow but was waved off Hinata.

"She is my sister I can handle her." explained Hinata

"I'll bring you a chair." said the guard as Hinata nodded her head before using a hedge justu to transform back into her human form for the first time in a long time. She was dressed in her normal cloths when she was a leaf ninja the only difference was she no longer had the leaf headband around her neck instead was the necklace of the Queen of the Demon Felines. When the guard brought in the chair he looked at his future Queen.

"Lady Hinata why are you in human form?" asked the guard

"Hanabi has never seen me as a demon." explained Hinata "I don't want to scare her."

"I understand." said the guard as he left the room, Hinata sat down and waited for over an hour, before Hanabi started moving a bit.

"Hanabi?" asked Hinata

"Hinata?" asked Hanabi as she slowly lifted up her head only to see her sister by her side. "Please tell me I am dead and I am not about to become a demon."

"Sorry I can't tell you that sis." said Hinata "However becoming a demon isn't so bad when your older sister is the future Queen of the demon feline kingdom."

"So you are Queen now?" asked Hanabi

"I got engaged last night but I have been what we call the first lioness since Gamba became King apparent." said Hinata with a smile as she touched the necklace

"So I am going to be a lioness?" asked Hanabi

"As long as I have a say and I am their future Queen." explained Hinata "I believe that makes you a princess by marriage."

"Do you see me smiling about this Hinata?" asked Hanabi

"I don't expect you too." said Hinata "It took me a while to get used to it but I do need to know something Hanabi."

"I am not telling you were the others are." said Hanabi as Hinata shook her head

"I wasn't going to ask you that." said Hinata "What I want to know is how you and Lee were captured?"

"Why does it matter?" asked Hanabi

"Trust me it matters." said Hinata as Hanabi took a breath.

"Fine, I guess it will not tell you anything you don't already know about the resistances." stated Hanabi "We got word from Kakashi that Kiba had lost his command and needed to rejoin the command."

"Kiba is dead he died in a battle against a search team, four days ago." Explained Hinata

"How long was I knocked out?" asked Hanabi

"Less than a day." said Hinata

"Then Kiba can't be dead he sent the message to command including his personal command phase and I saw him sitting in the building when we moved into the trading post, blue chakra and everything."

"Radio contact?" asked Hinata

"No…we stay off the radio unless we are using code, we got word that demons are listening to them." explained Hanabi "I saw Kiba inside the house blue chakra and everything so it wasn't a demon using a hedge."

"Just a second." said Hinata as she stood up and moved toward the door the guard didn't even wait for orders as he opened the door.

"Tell the doctor I want to see whatever file they have on Kiba Inuzuka death." ordered Hinata

"Yes, Lady Hinata." stated the guard as Hinata turned back to her sister

"What are you thinking?" asked Hanabi

"That Kiba may not be dead." added Hinata

"But he hates demons why would he help them?" asked Hanabi "Could they couldn't have turned him so fast."

Hinata took a breath as her mind was racing though the options until she came to the single answer she could come up with.

"No…" said Hinata "If Kiba is alive then they offered him the one thing he wants, Me"

"You." said Hanabi

"Me…dead." explained Hinata as she rubbed her temple "He hates that I choice Gamba over him and he wants to free from demonhood."

"So that son of a bitch betrayed us so that he could kill you." stated Hanabi

"If he is alive it is the only way I can think of in which he would betray you." Explained Hinata

"So what do you look like now?" asked Hanabi as Hinata took a breath as she released the hedge as her pink skin turned into dark blue fur as her cloths disappeared. Hanabi eyes widened as she looked at the lioness her sister had become.

"So what do you want to talk about now?" asked Hinata with a smile "So how would you like to be the maid of honor at the wedding."

Meanwhile in another cell Rock Lee keep up a constant attack on the reinforced glass wall he had been trying to bust though but the glass had seals on it so whatever force you hit it with was used to reinforce its strength. Blood was already coming off his knuckles and streams of sweat ran down his face soaking his shirt. Suddenly a figure stepped into his view she had deep blonde fur and blue eyes.

"That will not work Lee." said Ino

"So you are here to get access to my mind." Stated Lee as the guards opened the door and Ino walked into the room "However my youthfulness will overpower your attempts to enter my mind."

"Lee calm down." ordered Ino as Lee got into a stance

"Never!" yelled Lee as he charged toward as Ino ran though hand signs, a second before his fist impacted her she active her mind probing justu and both of them fell to the ground.

The two old friends now found themselves standing inside Lee's mind; Lee was in a combat stance ready to physically defend his mind from attack however Ino was just standing across from him.

"You can stop it Lee." said Ino "I am not going try to enter your mind."

"You are a demon I can't trust you." stated Lee

"And you have known me for years." stated Ino "Do you really think I or any of your friends would betray you."

"Naruto and Sakura did so when they abounded the Leaf." stated Lee

"I know it may seem that way but Naruto had to choice between his parents and siblings something he never had before and the village." said Ino "And the villagers didn't help by trying to kill them. Would you stick around some were they tried to kill you and your family? I know I wouldn't stay around if someone tried to kill my family."

Lee lowered his head as he nodded his head in a slight agreement to her statement.

"I mean Naruto did so much for the Leaf and he gets turned and treat him like crap." stated Ino "Besides he is the one who is trying to save humanity now."

"How so?" asked Lee

"We plan to cut the human world off from the demon one by destroying the transportation seals." explained Ino "And you can help us save humanity."

"How?" asked Lee

"If I remember correctly they plan to have you join the horse herds." Said Ino "Once you finish turning I'll give you a seal to place on the transport seal and then just wait for us to stop them."

"Very well I will help." said Lee

Meanwhile in the Nara wood Neji was up early like always going over every detail he could to make sure the population of just under a thousand people under his command was well supplied.

"Well winter is almost over but we are running low on medical supplies." stated a former nurse at the hospital

"Make that a top need we don't want to lose people because of some infection." said Neji as the nurse nodded her head and prepared to walk away. "And I have something on a personal level."

"Is something wrong?" asked the nurse "Because we can't have our leader sick."

"No…it isn't that." said Neji "Tenten is pregnant."

The nurse smiled before shaking her head a bit

"And you are worried about her and the baby." said the nurse as Neji nodded his head.

"I mean this place…running from the demons isn't the best place for a pregnant woman or a newborn when he or she comes." explained Neji

"Well I can't do anything about the demons but maybe I can help the child get a good head start." Said the nurse

"What do you need?" asked Neji

"Well prenatal medication wasn't high on the list of things we took out of the Leaf and it isn't high on the supply list." explained the nurse "But we have twenty five women pregnant now that I know of and that raises the needed."

"Were would we get it?" asked Neji

"There is a medical warehouse in a town which we have raided multiple times for supplies." explained the nurse "The problem is that the demons like to use that town as a base of operation and last time we were seen so they know we use that so they will be ready for us. We hadn't planned on going back."

"is there any other places we can get them?" asked Neji

"The nearest would be the storage area in the Leaf itself." explained the nurse "There are also tons of extra supplies in that warehouse."

"Why didn't we grab them sooner?" asked Neji

"It would take so much time to gather them all up with the demon patrols in the area it would take a lot of people to do it." explained the nurse

"I'll send Hanabi and some others to map the area and we will plan an operation to take those supplies." explained Neji

"When are they due back?" asked the nurse

"If everything goes well they should be back by noon today." Said Neji who was unaware that at that very moment a large demon force made out of mostly wolves were moving in to form a ring of forces which was moving in to surround them on all sides.

Back in the demon transformation hospital the arrive of two guards at the door to Hanabi's cell told them it was time.

"I think it's time Hanabi." said Hinata as the cell door opened as both of them stood up.

"It is time Lady Hinata." said one of the guards as they started walking down the long hallways.

"So what is going to happen to me?" asked Hanabi as they kept walking.

"Well your fate has already been decided." stated a guard as the tiger looked at Hinata "The section council has meet and following King Gamba's and your sister's order you are becoming a lioness."

"Good." said Hinata with a smile as she looked at her sister "I am sorry about this Hanabi but I was worried that another nation such as the snakes would try to turn you into one of them."

"I guess it's the best of the worst options." stated Hanabi as Hinata placed a hand on her sister's shoulder.

"Your get used to it" said Hinata before turning to the guards "When they are done with the injection I want her taken to the palace and set her up in her own room."

"Yes, Lady Hinata." said the guard as the doctor came up to her.

"Lady Hinata I have the file you wanted." said the doctor as he handed the file over to Hinata who instantly opened it and began reading. "Lady Hinata if I may its pretty straight forward a badly burned body which DNA matched the one on file for Kiba Inuzuka. Also you're not a doctor so you can't really learn anything from that."

"You can learn a lot." said Hinata

A few hours later after making sure her sister was safe in the palace Hinata was once again on the move this time her destination was the joint meeting tower located inside the remains of the capital city of the race who had started the great demon war the lizards. When she appeared in front of the giant tower which rose up into the sky.

"Lady Hinata welcome to the great meeting tower." stated a guard as Hinata looked around at the rubble of a once great city which surrounded her.

"Where is Gamba." ordered Hinata

"He is in the meeting." Explained the guard as Hinata pushed past him and heading into the tower.

High above her the grand meeting of the demon races was under way, normally the meeting was held with only one member of each race representative that race however Gamba had sent a request that two members be allowed so that Hinata could join him. These guest members were supposed to remain quite unless spoken to; they were also supposed to stand behind the older member of the delegation. Hinata stood waiting for the elevator to reach the top floor of the tower where the meeting room. When she finally reached the floor she walked straight toward the large door which lead into the meeting room. Hinata stopped in front of the door for a moment to gather her mind before entering the room.

"So Caden how…" started the snake Supreme Chancellor Val only to stop when he saw Hinata walk into the room before taking her place behind Gamba. "So nice for you to join us even if it is late."

"I came as soon as I could." stated Hinata as she looked around the room her eyes widened a bit as she noticed Naruto standing beside an elderly fox, he was glaring across the table to the snake behind Val.

"Great I have to deal with Sasuke." thought Hinata as she kept scanning the room, her eyes widened even more as she noticed a deep black ant demon standing behind the ant Queen. For some reason she knew who he was even though he had changed so much "Shino."

"So as I was saying Caden how did you capture these two humans?" asked Val "Because getting one of the few remaining human Hyuuga and the massager of the human rebels is a huge win."

"We set a trap." stated Caden

"I think we would all like to know how you set that trap?" asked Gamba

"Simple we found a strip of paper on Kiba's body which contained a code phase. We then set up a met stating we had lost the command and caught them." Explained Caden "To top it off when we set up the trap we had our sensory type wolf Karin nearby we know that a group of humans is in the northern section of the Nara woods and we have already surrounded them."

"Great news." said Vachan with a smile

"Too bad it's a lie." said Hinata as everyone looked at her.

"You need to learn your place, here you are not Queen you are a guest." stated Val

"I may be a guest but I know you are lying though your wolf teeth." said Hinata "You didn't take a message off Kiba's body because Kiba isn't dead."

"What are you talking about Hinata?" asked Gamba

"According to the wolves own medical report the body which they matched the DNA to Kiba was five nine however Kiba was six feet tall." explained Hinata as Caden leaned back in his chair "Also the body you had didn't have a broken leg. Kiba broke his leg when he was seven and this guy never had a broken leg."

"How could you know that?" asked Caden

"Whenever a bone is broken when it heals it leaves a mark." explained Naruto as they looked at him "What, I do listen sometimes when Sakura talks about medical stuff."

"Caden what does the wolves have to say about these charges?" asked the horse leader Achak

"Well I guess you are smarter than I thought you were." stated Caden with a grin

Well I hope you liked this chapter and some of the interactions between Hinata and her sister. Now for the important news, well the news is this. Next week I am spending most of the my free time next week helping a family member move so I will likely not be updating on next Friday. Sorry but there isn't anything I can really do about it. I hope you can forgive me. I would like to thank everyone who reviewed and I ask that you keep reading. Thanks Wilkins75