Tsunade sat in her chair, her hands resting on her desk. In the corner Shizune stood with Tonton in her arms, the little pig gave small oinks every now and again. In front of Tsunade's desk were Naruto and Hinata, both of them with worried looks on their faces.
"Tell me what happened." Tsunade asked.
She had heard there was a commotion, but the Anbu had a difficult time describing it to her. So she called in Naruto and Hinata in hopes they could better explain it. Fortunately the two had yet to be summoned by anyone else so they were free to respond right away.
"Remember Lilith?" Naruto asked while Hinata refused to leave his touch. "Turns out she has an old boyfriend she forgot to mention and he decided to come here and have a rather ecchi reunion with her, using Hinata's body.
"That's bad." Tsunade replied.
"It gets worse." Hinata added. "Lilith tried to take over my body."
"She what?" Tsunade asked a certain level of concern was apparent in her voice.
Hinata nodded. "The man called himself Aru, an incubus, the male version of Lilith's species, and she called him her One True Mate, basically her husband. She hasn't seen him in a long time and wanted to make love to him, but since she doesn't have a body of her own-"
"She decided to use yours instead." Tsunade finished. "Please tell me she failed."
"She did, but it was close, and I might not be so lucky if she tries again." Hinata answered, not wanting to add in the extra part of her mother's spirit in her making it possible. "Fortunately, I haven't heard Lilith's voice since then, but I don't think she's out of my body just yet."
"We'll have to do something about that." The Hokage replied, leaning back in her chair. "A demon running around Konoha is a serious threat." She paused and looked over at Shizune. "Send word to the ANBU I want that demon found and in chains ASAP."
The assistant bowed her head. "Yes Tsunade-sama." She said as she walked of to give the order, taking Tonton with her.
When she left Tsunade turned her attention back to Naruto and Hinata. "This confirms my suspicion that Lilith could pose a threat to you Hinata. I gave you the freedom to handle this on your own because I trusted you to know what you were doing, that and I felt it was good for Naruto too, but now I'm afraid I must do something."
"Baa-chan, I've got something to add that you might need to know." Naruto cut in. "A while ago, I had a talk with Kyuubi, and he... warned me about Lilith."
Tsunade's expression at the whiskered blonde wasn't exactly a frown, but it definitely wasn't a smile. "Why didn't you say this sooner?"
"It was right after we talked the last time, and just before we went on that mission. I didn't have much time to tell you, plus I didn't really understand the warning myself." Naruto said, feeling embarrassed that this was the first time he mentioned it.
"Dammit Naruto, just because you don't understand what you hear doesn't mean it's unimportant. Kyuubi warned you about this demon, the freaking nine-tailed fox that everyone considers to be the bane of Konoha, felt this demon was worth being on guard for, and you kept that to yourself?"
"How was I supposed to know the Fox was even telling me the truth? Forgive me if I do not take everything the Kyuubi says at his word."
Tsunade got right in front of Naruto, her face furious but his expression firmly opposing her. Hinata was forced to back away from Naruto in this confrontation. "Have you learned nothing Naruto? Do you even want to be taken seriously? Because as long as you keep acting this way you're always going to be the butt of everyone's jokes and slander. You endangered Hinata's life all because you-"
She was cut off by a slap to her face, not a painful one, but definitely an unexpected one. Even more unexpected, it was Naruto who slapped her.
There was a moment of stunned silence in the air. Hinata covered her mouth to hide her look of horror and Tsunade's face was one of utter shock and awe.
And Naruto's eyes burned with utter rage as he spoke.
"YOU THINK I DON'T KNOW THAT? DAMMIT BAA-CHAN I KNOW I SCREWED UP HERE! I KNOW I MADE A MISTAKE! YOU DON'T HAVE TO RUB MY FACE IN IT LIKE THIS! HINATA-CHAN ALMOST GOT RAPED, YOU THINK THAT MEANS NOTHING TO ME? NOTHING YOU SAY TO ME CAN MAKE ME FEEL WORSE THAN I ALREADY DO! BESIDES, IF I HAD TOLD YOU SOONER, WHAT WOULD YOU HAVE DONE ABOUT IT? COULD YOU HAVE PREPARED FOR THIS GUY ANY BETTER THAN WE COULD HAVE?"
Naruto felt like some of Kyuubi's chakra was surging in him, so he struggled to make himself calm down, but he wasn't done yet. "Hinata's life and health are dependent on me, she needs me more than anyone else has ever needed me before. It's the first time anyone has truly needed me, you think that means so little to me I'd be careless about it?" Narutos' eyes were still blue, but a ring of red was starting to form around them.
Hinata came back to Naruto and wrapped her arms around him before nuzzling his neck with her nose. The soothing act helped calm Naruto down more and he wrapped his arms around her. "I had to keep silent because the warning came from Kyuubi. If you had been me, would you have been so quick to take the word of the Fox? He was very brief and unspecific in his warning, so I wondered if he was just screwing with my head. But apparently he wasn't, he was giving a genuine warning. For that, I owe him an apology if nothing else, but Baa-chan, don't you dare make it sound like I wanted this to happen."
Tsunade closed her eyes and sighed. 'He's right, I should have considered his view point before I judged what he did.' She opened her eyes. "Naruto, I don't completely agree with your reasoning, but I do see why you decided what you did. And you're right, you'd definitely never intentionally endanger Hinata."
"Damn right."
"Now Naruto, because of the nature of the incident that just happened, just this once I'm going to ignore the fact you hit your Hokage, but if you do it again I promise you that you'll get a prostate exam before you ever become Hokage."
Naruto looked confused. "What's that?"
"Not important. Now tell me, what exactly did Kyuubi warn you about?"
Naruto cleared his throat. "Well, he said he and Lilith used to have a relationship, don't know how and don't want to know, but things ended badly and he's still pissed at her. He told me that Lilith pretty much has no intention of letting Hinata be with just me, can affect other girls if they let her, and he said the guy who showed up today would appear, he just wasn't sure when."
Tsunade crossed her arms. "Hmm... I still wish you had told me this sooner, but if the fox is still mad at her I can see why you didn't take this too seriously. Plus like you said, there's little I could do about it that would have changed anything. But right now, let's focus on the main issue, how to get rid of Lilith."
"Can one of the Yamanaka's get rid of her?" Naruto asked.
Tsunade shook her head. "Too risky. If we use a girl like Ino, Lilith could just as easily take her over like she tried Hinata. And if we use a man like Inoichi, she might be able to destroy his mind, since as you two said her tactics are designed especially for male targets." She put her hand on her chin. "Hinata, you said you were able to suppress her. How exactly did you do that?"
Hinata turned around but refused to leave Naruto's arms, holding them around her to that it looked like he was hugging her from behind. "I'm not really sure myself. I was fighting Lilith in my head, and it looked like I was about to lose, then suddenly, my mother showed up."
"Your mother?" Both Naruto and Tsunade asked. "But she's dead."
Hinata nodded. "Yes, it turns out that before she died she sealed a bit of her own chakra inside myself so that if the elders of my clan did decide to place the caged bird seal on me, she could destroy it from the inside, saving me from its effects. But instead her chakra was used to subdue Lilith here. I'm not sure how effectively, but it's safe to assume that Lilith is still in me and will make herself known again, and when she does... who knows how she'll react."
"We have to get her out of you, but there's no safe way to extract her and we probably won't get lucky like this again in suppressing her." Tsunade commented, then got a gleam in her eyes. "I've got an idea. We get rid of her by giving her what she wants."
"What?" Naruto asked. "You mean give Hinata to that creep?"
"No Naruto, not like that. Not at all." Tsunade told him. "Lilith wants Hinata to have sex right? A lot of sex, and we mean a lot of it. And after she's had enough, Lilith will be able to leave Hinata's body, like a butterfly leaving a cocoon. Or more precisely, like a patient leaving the hospital."
Naruto and Hinata both looked confused so Tsunade sat down and told them to do the same. "Let me explain it this way. Naruto, your body is meant to be a demon's prison, but Hinata's body is acting more like a hospital room. She's giving life support to Lilith, just as much as Lilith is giving to her. Every time Hinata has sex, she's basically giving Lilith some medicine that's healing her, and with each dose she's getting closer to leaving the hospital. But every time Hinata uses Lilith's chakra or goes too long without sex, she's making the opposite happen to Lilith. She's sort of making Lilith need to stay in the hospital longer."
Tsunade leaned forward, elbows on her desk and hands clasped together. "Therefore, the best way to get Lilith out is to speed up her rate of recovery. That means more medicine and less withdrawl, which in biological terms for Hinata means more sex on a regular basis with a lack of need to use any of Lilith's powers. If she can make these terms last long enough, maybe a month or so, then it stands to reason that Lilith will quickly be well enough to leave soon and therefore not endanger Hinata anymore."
"But Hokage-sama, even if you take me off the active roster, how can we make this work? You'd have to take Naruto-kun off the active list as well, and once someone's taken off duty it's hard to put them back on."
Tsunade nodded. "Right, because there's no need to even ask you who you'll have help you in this, and if Naruto ever ceases being an active ninja there are people who will fight tooth and nail to ensure he stays that way." The busty hokage closed her eyes. "This is a hard one to solve."
"I have a suggestion." Naruto offered. "Since Aru's probably still here, and took this long to find Hinata, maybe she and I can go out of Konoha for a bit before he comes back. We go somewhere we're not likely to fight, do what we have to to help Hinata-chan, and keep an eye out in case Aru finds us."
Tsunade opened her eyes, thought it over, then lightly smirked. "If I make the official record be that you two are on an espionage mission to check out possible subterfuge, that could just work. Alright, but you'll have to act quick. We don't know when this Aru guy is going to come back."
"Not to mention that one of the Anbu who helped us was from my clan and has likely already told someone something regarding what happened involving me." Hinata added.
Tsunade groaned. "Crap. And only Hiashi knows anything here so the others are bound to jump to all sort of conclusions. Okay you two, if you're doing this, go now. Head out of Konoha now and don't tell anyone where you're going or how long you'll be gone. Don't even bother going to your homes to get anything, just go now." She reached into her desk and pulled out a large wad of ryo bills. "This is some of my personal stash. Use this to buy anything you need while you're gone, but make it last, and give me the change when you get back. Don't argue with me on this."
Naruto nodded and pocketed the money. "I think we'll go to Wave, and if we have to we'll go somewhere else later."
"Fine, now go before someone tries to get themselves involved and make the situation unsalvageable." Tsunade ordered.
The two young ninja nodded and darted out. 'Good luck you two.' Tsunade silently wished.
After the battle with the shinobi Aru had to flee the area quickly. Of course he was not going to leave the village, not when he was so close to achieving his goal after 100 years.
Instead he had just moved a few miles away from where the attack had taken place, reappearing in an alley.
He took a moment to examine those wounds, nothing terribly serious but still the combined effort of those annoying humans had managed to hurt him.
He had to move quickly at that point, knowing that they would quickly start a manhunt for him. He ditched his fine attire in a trashcan and waited until a citizen had walked by close enough to pull into the shadows and steal their clothing. When he was dressed, Aru proceeded to change his appearance.
Aru possessed the ability to alter certain aspects of his physical features at will, which was useful at times like these. Aru increased the length of his hair and then tied it into a ponytail with a piece of fabric. He then changed his hair color from an ash grey to an auburn brown. The final thing he needed to change were his eyes, without his shades he couldn't just walk around with demonic eyes. Aru had concentrated and focused his energy and reformed his eyes from their fiery mix of colors to a simple dark green.
With that completed he exited the alley and walked among the villagers as if he were just a normal human being.
He walked around for a bit, just blending in and not drawing any attention to himself, but after about an hour he could not stand being in the foul smelling human rags any longer, he found a fine clothing store and ordered a new set of clothing.
"Here you are sir." The tailor said as he offered the jacket.
Aru stood in front of a mirror wearing a salmon pink shirt with grey pants took the jacket and tried it on. "Hmm not bad. Excellent choice with the color, before now I did not think I could pull off grey."
"You look stunning sir." The tailor said with a smile.
"Thank you." Aru said as he withdrew his checkbook and started filling out a note.
On the surface Aru seemed calm and collect but on the inside he was fuming. He had been within reach of his mate and had been stopped by some common human.
'No…not common. That annoying blonde brat… what was his name?' He could not remember the name but there was a scent permeating from that boy, some familiar odor that reminded him of a wet dog.
Bah, no matter. It would come to him later. He handed the check to the tailor who took it gratefully and gave Aru a small respectful bow. "Is there anything else I can help you with, sir?"
"Yes, can you tell me where I might find a store that sells shades? I never feel right without a pair."
After informing the gate keepers of their 'mission' Naruto and Hinata were out and on their way to a secluded place.
"Naruto-kun, do you think Aru is going to follow us?" Hinata asked.
"If he does I'll kick his ass." Naruto reassured her. "If he stays in Konoha looking for you, someone else will kick his ass for us."
Hinata smiled, but dropped it when another thought came to her. "Wait Naruto-kun, are you sure going to Wave is a good idea? I mean, I found Lilith near there. If he could find her in me from there, couldn't he just as easily find me there too?"
"Maybe, but it took him over two weeks to find you. It's unlikely he'll find you again that easily, especially if we're going somewhere he assumes Lilith wouldn't want you to go near. And if he tries, I know some people in Wave that will help keep an eye out for him. Besides, it's not like we have to be there the entire month."
Hinata smiled more. "Hey Naruto-kun, I'm supposed to use a minimal amount of chakra during this time right?" He nodded." Then could you please carry me the rest of the way? That way I don't have to use chakra running as fast as possible."
Naruto stopped, making her stop too and wonder if she had asked too much. But to her surprise he knelt down. "All you had to do was ask Hinata-chan. Helping you has never been a problem before."
Her heart fluttering but in a good way, Hinata climbed onto his back and wrapped her arms around him as he got back up. She loved this feeling, it was so comforting to know that Naruto valued her well-being. And beyond that, he valued her. Her, the failure of the Hyuuga clan and the shiest kunoichi in Konoha, she mattered to him.
She kissed his cheek as best she could from her position. "Thank you Naruto-kun."
"Anything for you Hianta-chan." He said before running off.
It was things like this that made Hinata fall for him. While Naruto wasn't the kind of guy who had an easy time saying the words 'I love you', not when they really meant something that is, his actions spoke much louder and clearer. And even though Hinata did look forward to the day he was comfortable enough with her to say them, it was moments like these that really spoke to her heart and soul, telling her what his mouth was hesitant to admit.
'Regardless of what Lilith may think, I think romance is more important than sex. She may have only intended for me to have the latter, but I've got both and I'm not giving it up.' Hinata vowed.
Despite her claim that sex wasn't the most important thing to her though, the white-eyed bluenette couldn't resist teasing Naruto a bit in his run by pressing her breasts more into his back and lightly rubbing her hips against him, as if trying to hump him.
"If you keep that up Hinata-chan, I might have to stop and teach you a lesson." Naruto told her in good nature.
"I fail to see the threat. Besides, you've been touching my butt this entire time. Did you expect me to not get aroused?"
Naruto grinned. "Then let's try another contest. Which one of us can resist the longest?"
"Oh you're going to lose. As a girl I have the natural advantage." Hinata teased.
"Maybe, but I don't have a sex demon in me either. I think that makes things even." The whiskered blonde countered.
"Still, I'm going to make you beg for it." Hinata sensually declared, lightly licking his ear once before rubbing his chest with her hands just as lightly.
Naruto resisted by focusing on running, but it was very tough. 'Dammit, this challenge might have been a bad idea.'
That night in a bustling restaurant Aru sat in a private booth sipping a cup of sake as he watched the customers and servers bustle about.
Humans, they were like insects scrambling about in their insignificant lives, thinking they were the tops of the evolutionary ladder. It sickened Aru to his stomach just to breath the same air as them, and yet they had forced him to flee.
Aru drained his cup, then refilled it from the bottle.
Incubuses were not the strongest or most powerful beings in the demon world; in fact they were actually fairly low in the hierarchy. Aru himself was the first and only Incubus to be made a Demon Lord; and though he loathed admitting it compared to the other Lords he was pretty weak.
A fact they consistently reminded him of.
And while he might have been the strongest and most powerful of the Incubi he was still just one against an entire village of ninja. The odds were not in his favor.
He needed help.
Not from other demons though, he would not go groveling for help from other demons, saying that he had been bested by a bunch of humans. His pride would never allow for such a thing. Also, opening a portal to the demon world would require far too much time and effort.
No, if he was going to seek any aid it would have to from here. He would need a human.
Not just any human though, he would need one that was strong and powerful. The only question was, who?
Aru brought down his shades and looked out at the customers. Aside from the fierce look his eyes gave him, they also served another function. They allowed him to determine an individual's power level.
Every living being had a power level, which was a combination of chakra, stamina, and spirit. Each power level varied from person to person; for instance the power level of an average adult would be stronger then the power level a child, and the power level of say a trained ninja would often be double that of an average person.
These power levels took the appearance of auras that surrounded an individual. Aru could use this ability to see these auras whenever he wanted to. He mainly did this when he was hunting for a one-night stand, wanting to get the one with the most energy he could use to boost his own.
Aru examined the room around him. 'Great, just my luck, nothing but greens.' The power levels were divided up into color-based categories. Green level was weak, blue was average, yellow was above average, orange was strong, and red was dangerous. Grey and black were the colors of people dying, grey being the least immediate and black being the most immediate.
And so far this entire place filled with nothing but a bunch of-
He then paused, something caught his eyes.
Sitting in the corner was a young man; his aura was a bright yellow with small tinges of orange. Well above average and bordering on strong. A ninja.
Aru finished his drink and smiled. 'Interesting.'
Meanwhile at the other end of the restaurant; Kiba was trying to drown his sorrow Choji-style, by shoving a lot of steak down his throat.
Today had not been his day.
He had decided that if Naruto, Choji, and Neji could hook up with girls then dammit he should be able to as well. But when he asked out a girl she shot him down with a "No". Not even a 'Oh sorry I am busy' or something similar, just a 'No' short simple and painful.
Then he learned that he had missed out one some big battle that had happened right in the middle of Konoha earlier.
Even worse, his mother was keeping Akamaru at home to get his monthly checkup so he had to deal with this junk all by himself without his faithful companion by his side. It was so depressing.
Kiba let out a long sigh and took another bite of his steak.
"You know the last time I saw a man with a look like on his face, he had just lost the girl of his dreams." A voice from behind him said.
Kiba looked over his shoulder and saw Aru standing behind him, a small smile on his face.
Kiba stared at him for a moment with a confused look and then shook his head and snorted. "I wish I had a girl of my dreams." He told Aru.
Aru smiled at Kiba. "Don't we all my friend?"
"Ummm, I am sorry sir, but uh who are you?"
"Oh forgive me, I have not introduced myself, my name of Ren." Aru told him, deciding not to use his actual name, knowing that they would probably make it public soon.
"And I'm Inuzuka Kiba."
"A pleasure. Question young man, are you a ninja?"
Kiba nodded and Aru's smile grew wider. "Excellent, might I sit down?"
The dog nin gestured to the empty seat and Aru quickly took it. "Mister Inuzuka, I am in need of some assistance."
"Assistance in what sir?" Kiba asked as he leaned forward.
"Well you see I am in this village on important business. I am from the Land of Water you see and I have sort of a reputation."
"What kind of reputation?" Kiba's interest level had increased slightly.
"The kind of reputation that attracts some rather unsavory people. Anyway, I will be in town for awhile and well…as you can probably tell I am not a strong fellow."
'You could say that again.' Kiba thought, this guy had a rather ill look about him, like a strong gust of wind would blow him over.
"And you look like a very capable young man, no doubt one of the finest ninja this village has to offer." Aru said, throwing on some charm and fanning this boy's no doubt large ego.
And he was right. Kiba smirked a bit, rather enjoying the compliment "Yeah, well I am pretty strong, you know."
"I can imagine. So, I would like to hire you as my personal bodyguard during my stay in this village."
"Really? Umm well while I am flattered, there is actually a process in order to go about this. You would have to contact the village council and then they would assign you someone."
Aru shook his head. "No, no I would like to avoid the middle man and hire you directly." He said as he pulled out his checkbook and started writing something on it.
"Well thanks, but I think I would need to at least talk to my sensei about this and-"
"And I am willing to pay handsomely for your time." Aru said as he tore the check out and slide it across the table to Kiba.
The Inuzuka picked up the check and when he saw the number he thought his heart stopped for a moment.
Aru smiled, he knew he had the boy hooked, he just had to reel him in. "That is just a starting wage, if you do a satisfactory job I will double it upon completion."
Kiba could barely tear his eyes from the check but he had to remain calm and relaxed. "Umm how do I know this check is not going to bounce?"
Aru raised a brow. "Mister Inuzuka, are you insinuating that I am lying to you?" He asked
Kiba quickly shook his head. "No no sir, it's just I have been on a few missions before where a few people have tried to flake on paying for the services. After the second time you start being cautious of easy money."
"I can assure you Mister Inuzuka I am not a flake. And to prove it I am going to do several things. First, I am going to tell you cash that check tomorrow morning when the bank opens."
Kiba's eyes widened "You're serious?"
"Of course, you cash that check first thing tomorrow and you can see for yourself that it does not bounce. What you do with the money is your own business of course."
Kiba stared at the man for a long hard moment, trying to see if he could detect any lies coming from him; but he could not. But his sensitive nose did detect something on this guy… something weird but he could not really place it.
But then again, if this guy was serious then Kiba could probably make a small fortune for doing just a bit of work. This was just too good of an opportunity to pass up.
"You know what sir, I think I am going to take your word on this." Kiba said as he folded up the check and put it in his pocket.
Aru smiled. "Excellent, then the second thing I am going to do is pay for your meal." Aru called over for a waitress to bring him the bill and also a bottle of sake and two glasses.
Kiba grinned, what had been a crappy day was actually turning into a pretty good night.
"There is just one small thing, Mister Inuzuka."
"What?"
"I am a man who likes my privacy and would prefer if you kept your working for me… quiet. Do we understand each other?"
Noting the serious tone in his voice, Kiba nodded. "Whatever you say, boss."
"Excellent, let's shake on it." Aru said as he offered Kiba his hand.
Without hesitation Kiba reached over and took Aru's hand and shook it. The moment he did however, he felt this odd cold chill pass through his body, as if his blood had just turned to ice.
But the feeling quickly vanished, especially when the waitress brought over the sake.
Aru quickly poured some of the drink into each of their glasses and they drank. But what Kiba did not notice was that for a brief second, a dark purple mark appeared on his hand before it vanished beneath the skin.
Ino was working in the flower shop but she was hunched over the shelf.
"Dear maybe you should stop today. For the past hour you've looked like you can barely stay standing up." The blonde girl's mother advised.
"I'm sure it's just a minor thing, I can handle it." Ino insisted.
"Dear, you're not pregnant are you?" The older woman asked, that being at the front of her mind.
Ino looked at her mother. "Mom, I'm sure I'm not. And even if I was, this would be far too soon for me to show symptoms. I'm sure something I ate last night just didn't agree with me."
"Still, I think I'll get a test, and please refrain from sex until this passes." Ino's mother asked.
"Yes Mom." Ino said while rolling her eyes, trying to ignore the fact that something about her body and chakra just didn't feel right. Like something was messing with it from inside her.