Chapter 86 The Time before the Storm

Hinata couldn't help but smile as she felt the warm sun hitting on her face as she rested her head on her new mate's chest. She felt a hand run down her back as she purred like the cat she has had became. She opened her pure white eye and looked up into the deep blue eyes of Gamba.

"Morning my Queen." said Gamba with love in his voice.

"Morning my King." purred Hinata as she moved off his chest and kissed his lips. She climbed on top of him.

"It's so nice to have a whole week just to ourselves." noted Gamba as he looked up at the beautiful lioness who was over him.

"And I know how to begin it." purred Hinata as she bend down and kissed her mate again this time with more force which he returned as his hands moved down to Hinata's ass. Both of them knew what was coming and how they had gotten her the night before.

Last night they had spent so long at the massive reception that it was nearly four in the morning when they finally left and headed toward the honeymoon hunt location which was taking place at the most modest of the dozens of homes the royal family owned. The house while five star quality wasn't over the top. It had only had eight rooms, a master bedroom which was located upstairs, on the second fool was a full bathroom, a kitchen right next beside the living/dining room. Located underground was a third floor with a small living room and two single bedrooms with a joint bathroom. Hinata had chosen this simpler location because it was more personal then the giant halls and hundreds of rooms of some of the other houses. The house was located in the warm southern part of the kingdom and at the base of the largest clearest lake in the entire deem world it was a prime honeymoon hunt for millions.

When she heard what happened in what they called it a joint honeymoon hunt she had to fight back laugher. The hunt part of the hunt was all but pointless since no one did the hunting part anymore and if they did it was a staged hunt nothing more. It was now almost the same thing as a human honeymoon, spend a lot of private imitate time with your mate, relax and see the sights. The only thing different in the case of the new King and Queen was the fact that patrolling all around the small house was teams of the mostly highly trained royal guards.

Back in the Capital of the Feline Kingdom Queen Mother Oda was walking down one of the many hallways. She knew that most of her subjects were either still sleeping off their hangover from last night or waking up beside someone else. She knew from history that the last time there was a royal wedding their was a sharp increase in births. While her son was gone on his honeymoon hunt she was temporary back on the throne as ruler. She wasn't expecting much of anything the generals were handling the ambush of the humans when they launched their attack and the other nations leaders where in the city until the end of the grand tournament which was to start next week.

"Good day Queen Mother." said an aid as she was handed the afternoon threat briefing. This would give detailed information which had been gathered about possible threats to the Kingdom. Oda took the file and opened it up only to stop in place.

"So the humans didn't launch their attack?" asked Oda

"Yes, Queen Mother." explained the aid "Reports are that there was a powerful explosion which could be seen for miles. When our forces arrive they found server human ships destroyed others limping away. They found battle plans floating on the surface of the water, seems like the human plan was to ramp our forces with ships filled with explosives. Once our forces were weakened they would land with the rest of their forces"

"I see." said Oda "And the theory is that one of these ships exploded and caused a chain reaction which created the fireball seen for miles?"

"Yes that is the most likely answer." explained the aid as Oda nodded her head.

"Well looks like we will actually have to launch an attack on the last human ninja village instead of having them come to us." said Oda "Have the generals draw up plans for a takeover of the land of water and the other small island nation."

"That may not be needed; reports are that the other island nations are abounded. We believe they have all gone to the land of water." explained the aid "However lately we have been unable to get detailed information from the city. They have been checking everyone going in with the chakra test."

"I see." said Oda "And since every demon race has different colored chakra and none of them are human blue it means we can't get in."

"Correct." Confirmed the aid "Shall I send a message to the king?"

"No, let him enjoy the time with his new mate." ordered Oda "We will deal with these issues when he returns. How are things going with the cleanup efforts?"

"I am sorry Queen Mother but we are lagging behind in cleanup efforts." explained the aid as she looked at the ground "We wanted everything cleaned up by noon today but looks like it won't be totally done until nine tonight."

"I see." said Oda as the aid expected the former Queen to exploded, she was known for not being pleased when things were delayed for any reasons.

"They had a bigger mess than expected and they have been working around the cloak and will work double shifts if needed." added the aid hoping that would calm Oda's legendary anger.

"Well they did a great job with getting everything ready before hand and they all probably had a long night of celebrating. Send a message to the head of the cleanup efforts, tell him we thank him for the work and tell him not to work his people too much as long as he has it clean by tomorrow at noon I will be pleased."

"At once." said the aid as she ran off leaving Oda to look over the file in more detail.

"A blinding flash of light and a giant ball of fire which covered miles?" asked Oda to herself as she remembered the reports about the blinding flash of light which ended the demon lizards "Could it possibly be? No he wouldn't do that?"

Elsewhere in the Feline Capital City Sakura was sitting at an outdoor café with a newspaper in hand.

"Why did you have to drag me out so early?" asked Ino as she held her head trying to stop everything from spinning. "I mean you could have dragged Naruto out to lunch but no you dragged me? Hell I am sure Temari was free."

"Actually Temari is visiting with her brother." explained Sakura with a laughed.

"Admit it you just like to make fun of me when I am hung over." stated Ino

"I have to admit there is a lot of fun in that." admitted Sakura as she looked back at the newspaper. The entire paper was nothing but coverage of last night wedding from photos of the procession, to the first kiss and to the cutting of possibly the largest cake ever made. She turned to one of the last pages which normally covered sports and gambling. Since she was Lady Tsunade student she had become an expert in gambling even if she never did anything more than do a $10 bet on a sporting event or two.

"Look at this they are already have odds on when Hinata will have a child and then if it will be a boy or girl." said Sakura "Hell they are already taking odds on what the child will be named?"

Ino broke out into laugher as Sakura looked at her best friend.

"What is so funny?" asked Sakura

"It's just if you think about Hinata was the quietest, shiest person in our grade and now she is Queen of an entire nation and on the front page of newspapers." explained Ino "I mean if you could go back and talk to us as kids who would you think would end up a princess?"

"Probably you." answered Sakura "However if I could go back I would tell my younger self not to look at the snake for true love but at the blonde hair baka who drove me up the wall."

"I would tell my past self something similar however it would be more along the lines of look at a different dark haired silent type guy." explained Ino as she thought for a moment "By the way have you heard anything about Sasuke in a while? It is almost as if he disappeared off the face of the earth."

"If only he had." answered Sakura "But I think we both know that when this tournament starts he will show up and fight Naruto-kun. It seems like those two are just destined to fight each other."

"I always felt you shaped your own destiny." added Ino "By the way where is your future parent's in law?"

"Let's just say Naruto-kun and I weren't the only ones to have some mature after party actives last night." explained Sakura as Ino shook her head a bit.

"You know that should freak me out but I am going to be a big sister soon enough." added Ino "I mean I am 22 years old and I am going to be a big sister."

"They say in the past it wasn't uncommon for parents to still be having kits when their grandkits are having kits." explained Sakura

Well my parents never would admit it but I knew the always wanted to have another child but money was always a problem." Said Ino "Now I am out of the den and it isn't weird to have another kit coming and the government tax breaks means they can afford it. Oh well nothing to do now but see what happens."

Inside the embassy of the demon wolves the leader of the demon wolves was having a meeting about the failed trap against the humans.

"So the theory is that the human's bomb ships exploded damaging the rest of their fleet and they were forced to retreat?" asked the wolf Ambassador, Rico

"That is the theory of the pussy cats and the other races but I am not sold on it." explained the leader of the demon wolves Caden

"Sir it makes the most sense, some dumb human probably hit the switch too soon and caused the ships to exploded." resounded Rico

"It is a likely answer and just looking at that fact you would think that, however I ask where has the human resistance on the main land gone? They haven't launched an attack in months and none have been caught either." said Caden

"They either went into hiding in the deepest darkest hole they could find or they went to water country." explained Rico

"After almost a year of fighting for their land? No they wouldn't just give up." explained Caden "And then there are those other reports?"

"What reports?" asked the Ambassador

"Lights being seen in within the boards of the demon Apes and strange sounds from the skies." explained Caden the wolves shared a boarder with the demon ape country and for centuries that land was a mystery with strange lights and sounds seen around it. The apes had keep to themselves for years only coming out when threatened and any army going in was never seen again. Then in the last Great War they came out and showed their true power with weapons that could kill at a distance and machines that put everything else to shame. If the virus hadn't whipped out all but one of them they would have been the major power in the world. To the normal demon all the apes where gone only the heads of each government knew the truth.

"You think the apes are back?" asked the Ambassadors

"No I think that the Dr. Winters is hiding the humans there." explained Caden "That is why I sent an order for a scouting team to head into the country and see what they can find."

"Sir, is that wise? Dr. Winters said if any force enters the land they will be destroyed and that nation will face destruction." explained the Ambassador

"Please that old ape gave that threat millions of years ago, he is probably dead by now." explained Caden "And if he dead we could walk in there and get the weapon technologies to win a war in a single day."

"When will this operation begin?" asked the Ambassador

"In a few days we will time it with the start of the tournament so that everyone will be looking at that instead of our forces." explained Caden "Believe me if that old Ape is still alive he will never see it coming."

Unknown to Caden or Ambassador Rico but they were not totally alone. Sitting on the ceiling was a small drone aircraft which looked perfectly like a normal house fly. Only this fly had a high resolution camera and advanced listening equipment. Once the information was gathered it was broadcasted up to a satellite which sent the information straight into the office of Dr. Winters.

"So yet another problem to deal with." said Dr. Winters as he turned around in his chair before standing up. He groined a bit as he felt his bones grinned against each other. He gripped his cane harder than normal as he began walking toward the elevator which would take him down from his home on the top floor of the demon ape tower down to the ground floor. The past few weeks have been a lot busier then normal and it was gaining on the ancient ape. He looked out of the glass elevator out at what had been called the modern steel jungle; demon ape culture had always had to balance between their love of technology and their love of nature. That is way that the train system road on rails raised above the trees and why there was so many parks and nature inside their cities. It didn't take him long to reach the ground level, he walked out to the large park located in front of the tower. The human refugees had turned this park and the surrounding area into a makeshift street market where people could get food and trade stories. Humans turned and looked at him as he walked across the street but most had seen him before and had gotten used to him. As he entered the park the sound of children laughing filed the air. He turned only to see three young boys maybe six or seven years old playing tag, hiding above them all in a tree was a girl about their age outsmarting them all. He couldn't help but remember when he watched his own kids swinging from tree to tree playing tags. He kept walking over a footbridge before reaching the large central area with dozens of café tables. His eyes scanned the area until he noticed Kakashi and Shizune sitting at one of the tables having lunch. Shizune laughed at some unheard joke as Kakashi shock his head a bit. Slowly he walked over to the table as the two of them looked up at him.

"How are you two doing today?" asked Dr. Winters

"Great but I have a feeling you are not here to ask how we are doing?" asked Shizune

"You are correct, we have a problem." said Dr. Winters as he sat down. "I just received information that a group of wolves are preparing to cross the border to investigate the lights coming back on. There leader believes that you are here."

"So we are about to be uncovered." said Kakashi

"They will find out you're here sooner or later." explained Dr. Winters "Good news is that we know that they are coming and when."

"When is that?' asked Kakashi

"A week from today." answered Dr. Winters

"Will this affect the vote?" asked Shizune knowing that it was eight days until the vote that would decide what would become of them all. Right now she herself had no idea which way she was going to vote and everyone seemed to be hiding what they themselves were going to vote for. There was four options to be voted on. Option one go back to the human world and fight without any help from Dr. Winter's. The second option was to stay here and form a new nation in the demon world a nation of humans. The third was to become demon apes and restart the demon ape nation. The last option was to surrender to the other demons and become those demons. So far it seemed like most people where leaning toward the latter three options but no clear favorite was known.

"Shouldn't cause anything issue they will be stopped long before they get here." explained Dr. Winters

"How?" asked Kakashi as Dr. Winters grinned as he looked at Kakashi.

"How would you and twenty five of your best people like to defend this nation?" asked Dr. Winters as Kakashi blinked.

"Depending on the size of the force twenty five ninjas may not be enough." explained Kakashi

"If you used ninja tools maybe but with some round the clock training we can get your group trained in how to best use advanced firearms and some other toys." explained Dr. Winters with a smile.

Six days later, hours before the scheduled return of King Gamba and Queen Hinata from their week long honeymoon hunt the transport seal located in the Lion fortress activated. The guards paid it no mind since the transport was scheduled; in fact a welcoming party was gathered to great the two figures who appeared. The figures slither up to the welcoming party of demon snakes.

"Welcome Sasuke." Said the leader of the demon snakes Val to the almost totally black snake.

"Sorry for the delay." said the female snake as Val looked at the pure demon she snake, Caci. Val looked at the small little baby snake in her arms, the black with red tiger strips snake looked up at him with dark eyes just like her father. "She just couldn't keep anything down."

"That is alright, find out what was wrong with the little one." asked Val as he moved his hand toward the baby snake only to bring his hand back as the little one opened her mouth causing two long fangs to spring out as she tried to bit his hand.

"Her fangs came in." explained Sasuke as the little she snake glared at him.

"I see and what is her venom classification?" asked Val knowing that all baby snakes were tested to find out their venom type if any and their construction level. They were either classified as neurotoxins or cytotoxins and there was ten levels in each with one being the least deadly and ten being the most. The most common rank was a five or a six level.

"A level ten neurotoxin." said Sasuke with a pride in his voice as he placed his hand on his little girl, the girl smiled as she slithered into her father's arm before curling up. "She could kill a full grown elephant with a single bite."

"Well let's get you three to the hotel so that you can rest before the tournament ceremony tomorrow afternoon." said Val as they slithered away.

This is a transition chapter so sorry if nothing major happened. We are entering the last phase of the story the grand demon tournament and the vote to decide the fate of the human race. I would like to thank everyone who reviewed and I ask that you keep reading. Thanks Wilkins75