Shishihige saw that Hanabi shrunk even more when she noticed that she wasn't alone. "What's the matter?" He put a hand on her shoulder but she flinched away, covering her face. "I only want to help, is that bad?" He grabbed her shoulders and made her stay with her head lifted. It was then that he saw the new details on her, like the small triangular ears with tufts at the tips that were flattened down, or the dark brown spots on her cheeks. Either those or the line that ran from her eyes down her temples. "Why are you so afraid?" She didn't have a proper answer. "I... I don't know, maybe I just got too surprised at my appearance." The lion gave her an once over. "Yeah, I also got surprised. But I think that you're pretty." The girl blushed at his words and he noticed how what he said could mean. "Eh, wait- I didn't meant like that! Well, I thought that you was pretty since the start, but what I mean is-"

Bantyo and his daughters were laughing their asses off at the way that the poor boy embarrassed himself in front of a girl. "That's gold man! I wish I had brought my camera!" But he shut up instantly when he felt a certain presence and a hand on his shoulder. "Kyouka, I can explain-" His wife grabbed his jaw. "You're going to sleep on the couch for three months. No buts." Then the lioness proceeded to pick her daughters, her glare shutting down any attempt to complain.

"Whiskers, thanks for cheering me up." Hanabi had shut him off by slapping a hand over his mouth, getting a faint blush from him. "It was nothing, I'd hate to see you upset." He was looking everywhere but her to try to hide his reddening cheeks, she just smiled and held his arm. "I'm craving some dessert, can you show me a good place?" He awkwardly led her to a place he knew. "So, are you a lynx or bobcat?" She recalled what Byakko had said. "I think that it was lynx."

Hyō assessed his situation, he had just taken the mother of the bloody Juubi, the most powerful being around, only second to the actual gods. From what he saw, the two girls and Hitomi's children were very attached to her, so it definitely meant trouble for him. Even if she didn't have a hint of another male's scent on her, he could have been wrong, but she used a part of her awake time to rant about how her ex husband was an asshole, temporarily soothing his stressed nerves. There was only one thing to do, confess everything and hope for the best outcome. He put his clothes on and gathered his courage, but that goal almost flew from the window when he saw his reflexion at the bathroom. "Seriously!?"

A paper fluttered in the room, picking the attention of the tiger. Byakko sighed at the news given by his friends. "These humans never learn to not bite more than they can chew. At least we're going to get a distraction soon." The carving was coming up nicely, it portrayed both Kurama and Hinata in their beastly form, but they didn't have an aggressive expression like the humans did, they had looks of happiness instead. "One more for the SM collection, but I'll need one or two more logs now." He picked up a crate with ink and brushes. "But first let's finish this up... Am I talking alone? Well, not that it matters anyway."

Hyō hesitated a little before knocking on the door and waited. Kurama was who opened it, yawning as he did. "What do you need?" The panther gulped. "I need to talk to your mate, is she up?" Hinata came to the door and greeted the man. "What is the matter?" He scratched his head. "It's private, can I go in?" She raised a brow at his nervousness but relented. "Come in."

Kiba was just chilling with Sukina, even if they had to hide whenever one of his recently acquired fangirls passed by. "Man, it's getting boring with all the hiding." The couple ended jumping behind a large sloth-like dragon. "Well, nobody told you to have good genes." She was enjoying the thrill of the need to stay hidden. "I don't see how I'm to blame, they just upped and chased me." She flicked his forehead. "Dummy, your scent is very different from everybody here." Kiba thought about it. "Ah, mom told something like that. An Inuzuka prefers the ones with a certain smell, something to do about diseases or the likes." The large being reached for a tree branch, using its long and thick tail to aid him to stay on two feet. She nodded, hiding a slight blush by looking elsewhere but him. Too bad that he had a good nose. 'This scent, it's like the one that Hana-nee gave it when she was close to a guy she liked-' He froze, noticing that he was the only male around, actually they were the only ones there. "Hey, do you like me?" An awkward silence fell over them. "Boohhh..." The sloth accidentally drooled on the couple. "Holy shit man! This tastes like rotten grass!"

Hyō had confessed everything and there was no way to hide the bite and claw marks that covered his upper body. Now Hinata was silent and with an unreadable look, making the poor man fear for his life. Usually one had to ask for permission from the family head, or the most influential one in case. Yet he had jumped to the last stage. "So, you said that you took my mother as your mate." It wasn't a question, and her look scared him. "Yes." She closed her eyes and sighed, then opened them. But they were purple with red slits now, almost scaring him shitless. "She is an adult, so she can make her own choices. But remember one thing, her previous husband, my father, mistreated her. So if you hurt her like he did, Yami will seem harmless compared to me." Hyō got a cold sweat at the threat, she was the strongest Bijuu now, so she had plenty of backup for these words. "I will, I swear on my life." Hinata patted his shoulder. "I trust that you will, go back to her or she may start hunting you, she's that kind of person."

Bee was in trouble, slash that, he was about to be in deep shit. Samui was taking him back to Kumo and the Raikage Ay would surely punish him harshly, so he had to convince his keeper to free him somehow. But when he made eye contact with the blonde that was sharpening her weapon, he felt a shiver go down his spine as she said in a cold tone: "No." The former jinchuuriki frowned. "What do ya mean with 'no'?" She stopped polishing her tantō. "I won't take off neither the chakra chains or restraining seals, no matter how much you ask me." Bee lowered his head in a dejected manner, she had seen through his intention. "Please! Ay will kill me on sight!" Samui had been starting the fire when she heard his plea. "Didn't you tell me that you were the new Hachibi? So a simple ironclaw won't be enough to kill you." He slammed his head on the tree bark, the blond really lived up to her namesake. "By the way..." Bee raised his head at Samui with an eyebrow raised. "Why did you stop?" He made a confused face. "Speaking in rhymes, I mean. You haven't even uttered one since I met you." He sighed in a forlorn way. "Gyūki took my rap with him." Samui was now slicing the boar she caught earlier. "It seems to me that he took your obnoxious character as well." This made the man get ticked off. "I wasn't obnoxious! Whatever it means anyway." She nodded as she skewered the pieces of meat and put them to roast. "Yeah, just an over-the-top buffoon." Bee grimaced, she must be one of the people who got angry with his stunt. 'Sheesh, she didn't have to diss me like that.'

But Kami, the ever trolling entity sent something to fuck with his life, Kisame. "Heh, I've found the Hachibi and it's already ready for the taking, I just have to take out the blond bimbo." Samui stared at him in a way that froze the area to an antarctic chill. "Bee, if I free you, can you leave the last strike to me?" He saw that he had no other option than nod in affirmative.

The seal and chains were taken off in record speed and Bee began attacking the fishman with his swords, only to be parried by the strange bandaged item on his foe's hands. He charged lightning chakra on his blades to try and cut it, but the energy that should have fried Kisame to a crisp was simply absorbed by the thing, to make things more strange the bandages fell to the ground, revealing the weirdest sword he had ever seen. "Be careful, that's Samehada, the chakra-eating sword!" The info given by Samui was helpful, how else the recent event could be explained? "So I only need to give food to it till it gets full!" With this Bee went to the first stage of his beast form, getting the cloak that was eaten by Samehada at a quick pace. Then something strange happened, the sword rebelled against his owner and wrapped itself around Bee's arm and was screeching in a friendly manner. "What's goin' on Samui?!" Kisame was fuming at the sight. "So you're attracted to the Hachibi's chakra?" He spat in disgust and proceeded to attack the woman, the two seemed to be close so he wanted to use that to capture the jinchuuriki. He swiftly got behind Samui and held a kunai to her neck. "Give up our the girl dies!" Bee froze, he didn't want an ally to get killed. Samui was already angry at what this shark-man had called her, and the fact that he was completely underestimating her didn't help. She headbutted him on the chin, making him let go briefly and give her a breach, that she took by digging her elbow hard on his stomach. Kisame cursed, this wasn't in the plans, he lost his sword and had two foes to worry about. At this rate he would be caught.

"Fuck this shit! I won't reveal the secrets of the leader!" He jumped back, making a water prison while drawing some blood for a summoning. Samui recalled the rumors about him. "Stop him Bee! He intends to kill himself!" He swung Samehada at the orb of water to disrupt the jutsu, but it was too late when a few sharks appeared within the ball and devoured Kisame, not leaving even the bones.

Bee almost felt sorry for the guy before he had committed suicide. 'Women are definitely the scariest kind to piss off.' He rarely saw her truly snap, but when she did not even Tsunade could compare to her. He had whistled at her display of strength at a S-rank criminal. "It seems that will rain, so we need to advance a bit more before finding a shelter, this fight held us back." Bee thought about the ironic comment. 'You didn't hold back at all.'

Madara/Tobi was facing Kabuto, considering his proposal. After some negotiation they agreed in settling an alliance against the Shinobi world. The white haired man briefly demonstrated how to do the Edo Tensei to the Uchiha, then the latter went to issue a challenge to the five Kages.

Naruto had awoken screaming as if he had seen the Shinigami, alerting his parents that came to see what was wrong. They found the boy whimpering and mumbling 'No more please' nonstop. Minato decided to call Inoichi to see what was going in his mind, and the blond came as quick as possible. He used his clan technique, but as soon as he did, he went to the bathroom and vomited both his lunch and breakfast. "What happened?!" Inoichi took a time to recover his breath. "He was somehow raped physically even in his dream. His brain shut down due to the shock." Kushina was worried. "What did he see?" The Yamanaka gulped. "It would be better that none of you knew." He quickly erased the traumatic memory from Naruto's mind. "I've erased the root of his ailment, and now I'll erase my own memories, it's that bad and don't dare to ask me anything."

Lilith watched the little exchange with mirth on her eyes. "This night will be worse than ever... I assure you~ " She purred maliciously, licking her lips as new ideas came to her mind. She looked to another part of the village when she heard two distinct shouts. "Oh ho~ I already know what to use!" She had a predatory smirk. "Bad wet nightmares for you blondie."

The three runaway gods were staring at the world and humans outside their barrier, amused by their constant thirst for more power. They worshipped or feared anything that was out of their control, the Bijuu were an example of that. If there were humans that they hated, they were Hagoromo Ootsutsuki and his brother, the Juubi was one of their best friends after all. "What do you think about Ashura and Indra?" Both Genbu and Seiryū looked in disbelief at Suzaku. "Their mother should have aborted them!" The turtle nodded at what was said. "As much as it pains me to admit, Seiryū is right, their souls fucked with the balance of power." The bird sighed grimly. "Yeah, it's plain ridiculous how the kids manage to achieve what took their parents years to learn in mere weeks. Take the one who had Kurama inside him for example." The dragon was already a bit buzzed with the alcohol they just drank. "Damn right, I'm sure that someone else had controlled this world, because Kami dislikes the Uzumaki to death!" Genbu snorted in disdain. "Oh, I know! They don't even have demon blood in their veins but managed to get absurd lifespans!" Suzaku gave out a breath to control his nerves. "Do you recall what Kami told us? That idiot human called Kishimoto something did the stupidest portrayal of our world. Seriously, bonding through bro-fist?! That's bullshit, plain and simple."

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Elizabeth= sorry for not making Hinata bash his face in, her mother is perfectly capable of doing this. By the way, I'm glad that you liked the torture, I'll note your suggestions for later.