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Dark Chakra	By : Nescafevh Category: Naruto > Het - Male/Female > Naruto/Hinata Views: 23308 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 1
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This chapter ended up longer then I thought and had to be cut down. Good news, I think I've found the source of my problem. The PDA. It seems to be ruining the sd cards being used to transfer files around to my computers when it ruined a second and BRAND NEW sd card within a week. So I've gotten rid of it (it IS more then four years old) and I've replaced it with a tablet. So far no problems and hopefully no more to come.
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His knock on the door to the compound was answered, by someone he DIDN'T expect. The white eyed figure looked at him expressionless for a few seconds before he nodded and moved aside "I've been waiting for you. This way."
Lead by his lifemates cousin, he entered the hall, politely closing the door behind him. As they walked he frowned at the young man. Something wasn't right. He sensed the figures feelings and hidden emotions more so now he was up close and not distracted like the first time and they all pointed to a loving cousin, someone who had loved her for a long time, not the last few years.
This was the pure intense love of a child-turned man, a 'big' protective brother, not what he expected. These told him the young man had always loved his cousin, NOT recently.
If so, if he had never hated his cousin, why the act?
His confusion and concern was further increased when he was in the room with his lifemates father. He sensed sorrow, guilt and a deep concern for her, NOT that of an strict man pushing his eldest to improve-unsatisfied with her seemingly weak behavior.
The guilt and grief seemed to be towards his daughter, in such a way he KNEW he regretted his actions towards her, yet for some reason he did them.
He frowned, watching the man's back as he stared out the window. Reaching out with his mind he did just what he had done with the silver haired male earlier that day, he searched his mind.
He was almost swamped-with the intensity of the emotions of the human in front of him. Overwhelming love, sorrow, hurt, anguish, fear, betrayal, determination and an all-consuming protectiveness.
This was a man, a man who loved his daughters, more than anything else in the world, more than his own life, yet why did he treat her the way he had if he hated it so much? He could feel it, the man despised himself, not because of her 'weak' behavior or inability to become an heartless weapon, but what he was doing to her, what he HAD been doing to her all these years.
It was utmost in his mind, he truly and utterly loved his eldest, unconditionally and all-consuming, she was his child, the last piece of his beloved wife, almost a clone-both in looks and temperament-of the one woman that made his life bearable. It filled him with self-loathing and pain to treat her this way.
Yes, he had another daughter, a younger daughter, but SHE was cold and abrasive, every bit the clan's weapon for village she was raised to be. No, his eldest was his wife's child, HER face, HER body, HER soul and HER eyes.
His love for her was overwhelming, almost causing his own mind to buckle under the blow of the intensity, only by disconnecting his mind did he save himself from the madness that it surely would have caused him.
However he was unable to block his lifemate from sharing the truth and he sensed her gasp, her own mind filled with mixed emotions. Hope, joy, love, confusion, an intense need to comfort the man and return his feelings to him....."but.... why?"
"I do not know, jela lamti. But I intend to find out." He hesitated before adding "however his feeling are shared by your cousin. My scans of him finding this is not recent either."
She seemed even more shocked and confused "Neji.....doesn't hate me?"
"No, jela lamti. Both your cousin AND your father love you more than you can imagine. They always have." He grit his teeth against the beast, rising in fury at his lifemate's next words, sobbed into his mind in such a broken little voice "then why?"
"I WILL find out, lifemate, be assured of that" his mental voice was firm and no-nonsense.
Before he could speak again there was a visible change in the man in front of him. He drew himself up, hardening both body and mind as he began to turn, speaking as he did "I was informed you wish to seek my daughter's hand in marriage." As he finished turning he stepped further in the room where the older man could see him.
The man looked startled, eyes widening fractionally "Naruto?! Naruto Uzumaki?!"
"It is Naruto DragonseekerUzumakiNamikaze now, Haishi-san." The man's eyes widened even more at this "what happened to you?!"
"I awakened my heritage, not JUST of both my parents, but the truth of the Uzumaki line."
"The truth of the Uzumaki line" the man was stunned, but there was SOMETHING in his voice...
Naruto's eyes narrowed dangerously on him "you know something, do you not? Something of what I am talking about."
The man sighed and sat abruptly in the chair behind the desk, running one of his hands over his face. He gave Naruto the feeling that he WANTED to tell him, but couldn't.
Probing the mans mind gently he was startled by the feel of something....not human inside him, at least not completely. It rested there, just behind his eyes. His lifemate and her cousin shared this, but in a minor way-so he had assumed it was part of their ability. However here it was in startling clarity and strength.
He KNEW this power, he shared it.
If what he sensed was true then it meant things were further complicated than he thought. The Hokage had told him the Uzumaki line had bred with multiple families in Hidden Leaf, leading to the gifted women, however the major clans HAD NOT, afraid to 'taint' a pure bloodline. Yet for some reason THIS clan separated itself into two, one side treated like slaves.
Or impure blood.
Something inside him stilled, on the verge of something. He had scanned the others when he first entered the grounds. Those of the 'pure' line didn't have this mark like the man, his eldest daughter and nephew, not even the youngest female did. However most of the other side did. Some stronger than the others but not as strong as the clan leader. If the nephew had it, Naruto reasoned that his dead twin must have had it also.
He had no idea if the twin was as strong in the blood and mark as his brother, but IF the other 'branch' of the clan were all either the same or close it MIGHT explain WHY they were treated as they were. They were not 'pure bloods', they had at some time in their line, bred with an Uzumaki, or someone with SOME blood in them.
But unknown to the 'pure branch', somehow their own line had ended up also 'contaminated.' If the heir and clan head was any indication, it was recent to, grandfather or even father, no further than that, the mark and blood was too strong to be anything else.
It explained how his lifemate, an supposedly pure blooded clan member, could be compatible with him when their lines selective 'breeding' should have prevented it. He wouldn't be surprised if other female members of her cousins side were also compatible with their males.
He sensed his lifemate still inside at the information. It was like a revelation to her, she never even CONSIDERED there was a reason behind the alienation of her cousins side. However she still didn't care about 'pure blood' or 'tainted'. She WANTED, and NEEDED her family to be one.
"Besides" she thought to him "now were are the same-however distant or close I am."
"It also means you are compatible" he said "you have Uzumaki blood-Carpathian blood-in your line, you are capable of taking to the change. Your fathers mark-his very blood-bares traces of us. That would only happen if it was close to him. I would say your grandfather or mother or great grandfather or mother. What do you know of them?"
She hesitated, thinking. Finally she spoke "not much, they were all dead before I was born. However there WAS an incident I remember when I was very young. Father outvoted one of the elder council members on something-I don't remember what. I heard them arguing later. The man told father he was 'forgetting his place' in the council and that he was there on their discretion only. Father told him he was stepping out of line, that HE was the clan head, not the council member and talking to him like that was treason and that if he continued he would find himself among those of the branch members he hated so much as one of them.
HE got this....cruel tone and told father if that happened he may not be able to stop himself from revealing grandfather's.....indiscretion. I don't know much about Ryoshi-san, but father loved him utterly and idolized him. Mother once told me when I was little that so did uncle Haizihi-san."
"So you have no idea which was Uzumaki?"
She paused, thinking "ask father about his mother."
He pulled back his attention to the man, obviously trying to come to terms with what he MUST reveal. Naruto narrowed his eyes and spoke into his mind. "You are afraid of this information getting into the hands of certain clan members."
The man froze, looking up at him in shock and horror, however NOT at the ability but he had read it from him so easily.
"You do not need to speak, I will hear anything the think at me through our bond."
"What bond?" the question was tentative and uncertain.
"Your daughter is my lifemate, we have a bond shared through blood we have already shared. As her father your blood is similar enough for me to be able follow that path to your mind. AS her father you are family to me also and under the protection of myself, MY family and my people." He made a motion and something in the room shifted.
"What did you just do?"
"You were afraid of devices and others seeing and hearing what we are about discuss. I provided and illusion of an serious conversation between us both while protecting us in an 'bubble' as it were. The only ones who will know or hear our conversation will be those here."
He sighed "the Byukagen....."
"Will see only what I wish. The illusion is complete in every way."
The man frowned in suspicion "how can you provide an illusion perfect enough to fool devices AND our bloodline?"
He motioned the question away"when your job is to hunt those of the most vilest of evil, you learn a trick or two. That is not important right now. Tell me of your parents, your mother in particular."
He looked at him incredulously "how do you...." he sighed heavily "nevermind that." He sat back in the chair, head back and eyes closed as he tried to gather his thoughts enough to explain. Finally he was able to speak in his mind.
"Our father was clan head and pure blooded Hyuuga, our mother was not." Ignoring his lifemate's gasp, he asked gently, his voice soothing and compelling an answer "who was she?"
The man looked at him sharply "don't you mean what?" He grinned at the man "alright, if that is your wish. WHAT was she?"
"I don't know, neither did father. However they were in love, more than that, that word didn't begin to describe their relationship. He loved her so much when she died he was a mere shell of a man."
Naruto frowned, it sounded like the relationship between lifemate's, was it possible? "Tell me about her." The males head wobbled from side to side "I can't."
Naruto's eyes narrowed dangerously"why not?"
"I NEVER knew her, she was murdered the night we were born. When I said my father was a shell of a man afterwards I mean I never knew him before. He did his duty as clan head, raised us and married our....clan mother like was expected of him, but he did it all without emotion. The only time he seemed to have any life in him was the bedtime stories he told us of a night about HER."
"Tell me what he told you both about her."
He was quiet at first, then began "the day they met father had stormed out of the clan grounds in a temper after being informed of his 'obligation' to give the clans an heir, in other words-the council had organized an marriage for him with a strong 'genetically equal' female. As a way to thumb his nose at the elders he decided to go off to the local brothel and sleep with as many women as possible.
Father wasn't afraid to admit he frequent places like that, when you were a ninja it sometimes was the only way to relieve the stress, and he had favorites. He had a jutsu he used to ensure he was never fertile, so there was never bastard children. Once there he was more than annoyed to learn his favorite was gone, but he also learned there was another, a new one who was quickly becoming the most popular."
"She was a prostitute?"
The man glared at him "she wasn't truly one. She never slept with her 'clients'. She would take what she needed and leave the men with false memories. She was hiding there from someone, father never knew who or why."
He made an dismissive motion "I was only clarifying, not judging."
The clan head's sigh was world-weary and he continued "from the moment they met, they were drawn to each other, it was as if they couldn't be apart. The longer they were apart, the worse it was."
"I gather your father forgot to use the.....jutsu to prevent fertility at some point?"
He nodded "our mother was pregnant to us and was able to hide it. Since she never actually 'slept' with the men coming to her that wasn't a problem. Father begged her to come with him, to become his wife and join the clan, but she told him she couldn't risk it-or him. Whomever was chasing her-hunting her-was more dangerous than anything he knew and if it found out about him, it wouldn't hesitate to kill him."
Naruto frowned mentally, this was beginning to sound more like a vampire was here. If his lifemate's grandmother was Uzumaki and had somehow awakened her heritage-perhaps by being born without chakra or being genetically unique-then chances were she encountered him at some point. The vampire would have pursued her, thinking as the only female of his kind she would belong to him.
So she ran from him, probably learning to hide her presence from him. Not knowing how long she was running he theorized she realized the only place she could hide would be where she was.
Female Carpathians shied away from the touch of a male other than their lifemate's, she would have thought hiding there would be somewhere the evil being would never look.
By using her abilities she was able to 'sleep' with her clients by laying false memories, also allowing her a blood-source without problem.
That was until she met the man who was supposed to be her lifemate.
Since only a few true Carpathians were obviously being born inside the Uzumaki line, fate had stepped in with her mate-only human. While it was possible she could have converted him, she perhaps didn't KNOW she could-or she didn't have time.
Or as head of an such broken clan, she didn't want to risk her mate's life. With the level of paranoia, disgust and hate in this 'family', anyone finding out could have either used it against him, or believed he became inhuman and killed him when he was vulnerable.
"What happened to her? You mentioned her being killed the night you and your twin were born."
The clan head's face twisted in pain and he nodded "Sometimes when I sleep and am not focused I get flashes. Pain not my own, a woman's scream andor crying brokenly. When she cries I want to as well and it hurts me each time it happens, deep down inside-like her crying means something important is missing-from ME and someone else. Sometimes I think I'm imagining it, or at least wishing I could have shared something more than genetics with her. Father told us he was on a diplomatic mission to another village when he felt a sense of foreboding and fear. At first he thought-as a ninja-it was just him in another village of potential enemies, but then it became terror, agony and pain. By the time he realized the truth it was too late.
He found our mother in her room, ripped to shreds and no sign of us. The other women said one of her clients wanted her to marry him, but when she refused he flew into a rage, but father knew different, he KNEW whatever was hunting her had finally caught up and ended her life. He had no idea what happened to us, if we lived or were also dead somewhere, and having hidden our existence from everyone but themselves he couldn't reveal it either, especially when ALL her other clients would say she was definitely NOT pregnant when they visited her.
He was forced to return here, unable to figure out how to reveal our existence and at the same time hide us from the evil who killed her.
However when he returned he found our clan-mother-his arranged bride-with us and a message from his love. Apparently she had given birth just after he left on the mission and when she sensed the evil approach she had taken us to our 'mother' and used her ability to not only program her into the belief that we were hers but left a message for him through her she would never remember. All our lives she believed we were hers and vehemently defended this belief. Even when others found out about our true mother."
"How did she explain her husband sleeping with another woman?"
"She claimed the two of them had a pact. He would come visit-supposedly to sleep with her-but instead the two of them would meet up to have a secret romance. Our true mother was the disguise they used. She was being paid to play the part of the hooker he was sleeping with in order to hide their secret. When others questioned why he was so broken and tormented when he found her dead she explained he THOUGHT it was her, and yes, she had been pregnant, it was why she had locked herself away in her room the last few months in an guise of a temper that he wouldn't marry her, to hide her belly."
"And they believed her?"
The man grimaced "father's wife could be VERY convincing when she wished, and they had no proof. When they interviewed those that worked at the brothel, everything they said just corroborated their story. When father spoke to them later about it, they ALL said they loved her and it wouldn't be right for the man she loved to suffer. One girl said she owed her her life, even the matron said she was an hard worker and never argued."
"What do you mean by 'saved her life'?"
"When one of the girls was beaten almost to death by a client, mother healed her. She would heal everyone there of wounds or injuries. The girls loved here and what she did for them. Some days when they couldn't make their quoter, she would give them some of her funds to help. Going along with father and his 'wife' was-they felt-the least they could do."
"Tell me about your twin. Did you feel it when he died?"
"Yes and no" he looked at him intently "I never knew what he was planning that day. I was prepared to take my punishment for my daughter's life, but HE had always protected me as the older of us. I didn't want to be clan head, HE would have been so much better at it, but HE insisted I was more suited to it. The day he died I felt a heaviness then a slow void gathering in my head. I tried to get there before but he was gone. He was gone. I later found out they had poisoned him, he had...just fallen asleep and died. I found a letter later from him stating that I was his twin, it was his job to protect me. I was the clan head and had two daughters-one newly born-I was too important to sacrifice." He looked conflicted "but so was he. He had a son."
Naruto nodded, to him it sounded definitely like the actions of an Carpathian male. Despite these two being only half, the eldest twin had acted as one, protecting his twin with his life as a hunter would do in battle.
They may not BE Carpathians, but the two shared the blood. It seemed their human blood repressed their Carpathian just enough to prevent most aspects, however in many ways they had the personalities and in-born sense of honor. However it brought up the question....."why the acts of seeming abuse by you and your nephew on your eldest-my lifemate-and not your youngest."
The man stared at him "what makes you sure they were acts?" to which he snorted "I am Carpathian, even WITH your shared blood with our kind, I can read your minds. How else do you think we can commune like this? I read both yours and your nephew's and could FEEL the sadness and guilt of the act. Which means, if you both truly do not hate her but love her, why the act?"
The clan head glared at him, but when he only looked amused at the attempt he eventually sighed and explained "it's for her own safety."
"How so?"
"When Neji was old enough to understand I gave him the scroll left by his father explaining his choice and reasons for taking my place. He left it to me the day he...died and entrusted me to give it to me when his son was old enough. That afternoon Neji came to me and told me as far as he was concerned Hinata was HIS little sister and he'd do ANYTHING to protect her."
"How old was he then?"
"Only five."
"And what happened?"
"When he was six he came to me in tears. Apparently some members of the branch had confronted him, told him if he REALLY cared for his father he'd join them in their plans. HE was the son of the TRUE head, and as such HE was supposed to be the next Clan Head. That I had stolen it from his father."
Naruto's eyes narrowed "plans?"
"They were going to kill the main branch, us. With the curse seal in place they couldn't let them act back, so it was to be a surprise attack with all of them acting at union, not allowing ANY of the main members time to strike back in any way. As the son of my brother and also a member of the branch family, despite his obvious closeness to my eldest, they felt he was one of them and when told how I 'forced' my brother in my place they could manipulate him to their own ends with promises of being the new clan head. Their plan was to get close to certain branch members by acting the part of submissive slaves to them, then when the signal went out, turning on them."
"I see. And your nephew was to be close to you."
"No" he said bluntly "my daughter."
The blonde Carpathian froze completely still and the clan head was reminded of a great jungle cat about to pounce-or a wolf. "Excuse me?"
"It was to be their signal. My nephew was to murder my eldest daughter and in the confusion of the act the rest would make their move."
Slowly and almost....painfully the figure sat back in his chair "I see. So you have been pushing your daughter to become something she is not in the hope she will be skilled enough to fight back when the time comes-to kill to defend herself."
"No" he said again"she is too pure, too much like her mother. Despite being a ninja my Hinata has NEVER killed. I know because she is still as pure as the day she entered the academy. There is a reason why they were appointed the scout team. If and WHEN the branch members attack, she could not kill any of them, I doubt she could even raise a hand against them. I know she dreams of ending the caged bird seal and uniting the families into one but I'm afraid it's just not possible. Half the branch family are either stuck in their ways or hate the main too much. Half the main-including the council of elders themselves-are so far gone in the belief that they are superior they would either refuse to accept freeing the others, or continue to treat them the same way." He shook his head "it is too late."
In his head he heard his lifemate sob softly at these words, her heart breaking at the thought she couldn't save her clan. Fury filled him and he was forced to clench his teeth at the instinctive reaction to his lifemate's pain. So he gathered her up in his arms mentally and held her to him.
The clan head was right, especially about his mate. She was too good, too pure to have ever killed. The fact the three together were chosen to be a scouting group showed the leaders intelligent thinking. With his lifemate's eyes, the Inuzuka's higher senses and animal partner and the Abrahume's insects, they would be a valuable team to any mission. Her inability to kill just marked her as a true lifemate. And IF her father's mother was Carpathian-an UzumakiDragonseeker that made her 1/3rd Carpathian. Definitely compatible and his lifemate.
It also made her cousin one.
It explained both the fierce desire to protect his cousin when he was young and the overwhelming sense of guilt and grief at treating her so badly. He had the soul of a true male Carpathian.
He sat back in the chair "so, your nephew was to be your spy among the branch. The entire reason for the abuse was to win their trust so he could learn the plans of the rebellion. Including when."
"Yes and no. It was a big part of it, but the council was also a big piece. They couldn't accept their clan heir could not kill, they refused to accept a Hyuuga would be unable to become the weapon they wanted. Pushing her so much was the only way I could protect her. I couldn't tell the council about the rebellion either, they would take the opportunity to torture the entire branch family in the guise of finding those responsible, which would just turn the rest on us."
"Has all this worked? Do you even KNOW when it is planned?"
"We have managed to....postpone it twice so far. Twice they planned to move against my daughter, but we were able to prevent it, NEJI prevented it."
He felt his lifemate still in his mind, tears and sobbing halted in her shock. Her cousin had saved her life twice without her knowing it? "When?"
He repeated his woman's question to her father.
"Once during her early teens. During the preliminaries of the Chunin exams. They had a member in disguise as a member of another team who was supposed to fight and kill her at the final stage. My daughter-despite her pure heart-is powerful and would have won, especially with you there cheering her on. By manipulating the lottery Neji was to be the one instead. By fighting and beating her instead he ensured she stayed out of the running."
He shrugged "The invasion of Sand village did the same thing, but there was always a chance HER fight would have happened before that."
"And the second?"
"On a mission. However again Neji was there. The member attempted to assassinate her in her sleep but Neji stopped him by an kunai to the throat without knowledge of anyone else. He then disguised the body to look like he was killed by an animal attack while leaving the village. Since he had no permission to leave the village at the time he was seen as an traitor and disposed of. The council saw it as such but because he was such a weak member, the branch saw it as a failure for sending a weak member somewhere he would never survive."
"They never found traces of him in their camp or tracking you daughter?"
He shook his head "Neji is far more skilled than anyone realized. When he was young he received additional training on tracking and removing traces, animal behavior and stealth from an ANBU and Hunter-nin couple I knew in my youth as well as acting from one of the ladies father knew at the brothel who now lives a peaceful life as an kindly elderly lady. As far as the branch family know he is receiving training to become the next clan head from Yuki and Taro san and helping out old lady Sato-san in her garden."
He looked at the blonde other "Sato-san was more than willing to help when I approached her. She knew my father and loved my mother and wished to help in any way possible. She said helping Neji protect my daughter was a noble mission and it was the least she could do to repay mother for what she did for her."
Naruto looked at him, expression blank "the woman beaten by her client whom almost died. She wished to repay her debt to you."
"Exactly" the man nodded "a lot of people underestimate those women who sleep with men for money. They think they are stupid or lazy, that they just use their bodies for money, but there is a reason that seduction was once mandatory in a female ninja's academy years. Women in that sort of work have to know how to act, and act through ANYTHING. They have to be able to keep up an act-AND be believable-through torture, pleasure, pain even agony. Sometimes it means between life and death. Her training helped Neji on multiple occasions, mostly with the branch family, or dealing with Hinata, but also being able to mimic the curse seal effects."
Naruto sat forward, raising one blonde brow "mimic?" in his mind he felt his lifemate still, waiting.
The clan head nodded "Neji's seal never worked the way it was supposed to. He feels something he describes as a pulling sensation, but that is all. There is no pain. I am unsure why his mark doesn't work. Perhaps the one to apply it was a spy for the branch and it was to ensure-even at his age at the time-they could use him later. Perhaps the one to apply it was too old and missed a stroke or line, either way, the result was the same. It doesn't work like it is supposed to."
"So he KNOWS when he feels this tug to fake the pain effects of the seal, using the training from this female."
The clan head nodded "it also has another effect too, by faking it. Whoever tampered with it, hoping to free him think they failed. If it was the branch side, whatever they had planned for a member free of the seal is ruined."
"What makes you think it was tampered with on it's application?"
"Because if the curse seal is tampered with any other time, it will destroy the brain of the wearer as an safety measure. That is why I said there is no freeing the branch side. The Caged Bird seal was created to ensure that the Byukugan doesn't fall into enemy hands. To do that the seal needed to be able to destroy the bearer if an enemy captured them and tried to remove it to allow them access to the members eyes."
He glared at the clan head "I noticed the only ones to have this...security measure are the... mixed blood, even though you yourself AND your daughter's are not pure blood yourself."
The clan head glared back, but then sighed when he returned the look with equal force. "I never said it-or I-was perfect."
In his head he sensed his lifemate's concentration, she was thinking hard, trying to remember something "I remember that day the clan member was found dead from an animal attack. I don't understand."
"What is it, jela lamti?"
"They said he was killed by a bear, but it wasn't just the wounds. Yes there was signs of claw marks and whatever having great strength, but also the throat having been bitten through. They found the saliva identified as a bear. How could niisan have faked that? Sure he MIGHT have faked everything else, but DNA doesn't lie."
Blue eyes narrowed in thought. HE could have taken the bears form and that would explain it, but the young man was human, not Carpathian, even if he shared blood. He knew because he had scanned his mind and body. He was human with some Carpathian blood, mostly centered around the eyes. He was human or he wouldn't have been out in full daylight without problem, as was his lifemate and her father. So the question was, how had he disguised the body as a bear kill so well, so completely that he had left animal saliva behind? The only explanation was that it WAS a bear and either her cousin was taking credit for it, or he somehow got the animal to attack. Perhaps by provoking the animal and leading towards the assassin, or....
His lifemate spoke thoughtfully "ask father if niisan has a summons."
"Summons?"
"I'll explain later."
He narrowed his eyes on the man "my lifemate remembers this animal attack on the dead member. But every sign points to an animal doing it. Tell me, does he have a summons, a bear perhaps."
The man blinked at him before nodding "it was given to him by Sato-san. 'To better protect his cousin' she said."
"But only ninja can use summons! Especially those trained!" He repeated what his lifemate said.
"That IS true, so Yuki and Taro-san taught him to summon it."
"Where did an Lady Of Seduction gain a summons?"
"It wasn't hers, she had no chakra to use, but it was all she had left of her father who died during the nine-tailed attack. She said she thought her father would approve of using it for such a noble purpose as protecting family. So if he could summon it and gain it's approval to sign the contract, it was his."
"And obviously it did" the clan head nodded. "he was summoned to the bear world where he was given permission to sign the contract. There is one summons-a female named Kuma-who seems to have....adopted Neji."
"Summons? World? Explain" he sent back to her.
"It's a timespace jutsu that allows a ninja to call forth an being from another plain to help fight or do various tasks. Summons are animal beings, most intelligent, who are called through a jutsu by using their name. A ninja needs to sign a contract-with permission of the head animal-with blood, chakra and a fingerprint and it is for the entire of the summoners life they can do so. If someone not on the contract tries to summon that animal using that persons blood, the summon will know the difference in their chakra." She hesitated before adding "Naruto-kun....YOU have one. Jariaya-san let you sign his."
He froze "I do?"
"Yes. When you went with him on the training trip he taught you how to summon then let you sign the contract."
"And what animal is it that I can summon?"
She hesitated, as if afraid of his reaction, but he caught the word in her thoughts 'toad'. He was amused "you thought I would be disappointed or upset over such a creature? Lifemate every animal has a purpose in nature, even those humans see as ugly or useless."
"They are said to be the oldest summons there is" she said, almost by way of apology "I have heard Jariaya sama talking about their legends and prophecies. I think by way of personalities and spirits they are among those closest to humans." She hesitated before adding "Jariaya sama once said that one of their prophecies is about YOU."
This interested him "and what does this prophecy involve?"
"I don't know" she said honestly "That you would have to ask either the toads themselves or Jariaya sama. The toads keep their ways close to their chests."
Naruto turned back to the conversation with her father "so it was this summon who mauled the body to hide the cause of death."
"Or one of them, yes" he nodded "the animals in training grounds 44 are known for being vicious and brutal, it is why they are used for survival training. After the body was found and the initial examination it was theorized he just angered a bear there and was killed by it. No one else knew he had actually gotten outside before he died. The branch members responsible for sending him out just assumed...."
"He cut through the training grounds on his way there" Naruto nodded.
"Exactly" the man nodded. Naruto drew himself up proudly, locking eyes with the man"you need not fear for her safety anymore. She is my lifemate and to our males there is nothing more important to us then our lifemate's safety and comfort. However be warned, we protect what is ours with savagery and lethal force, as well as our very lives."
This was the ONLY warning he would give. Any who threatened HIS light would die, whether relation or civilian off the street, it didn't matter.
The man looked at him solemnly for a few long seconds, eyes searching for any sign of hesitation or uncertainty. Finding none he relaxed "yes, I believe you will. Can you tell me what happened to you? You are completely different from the boy I used to know."
"On one condition. That YOU explain how and WHAT you know about the Uzumaki line and heritage. I saw and felt your reaction when I mentioned it. I was under the impression only your leader........MY biological parents and the copy-ninja knew about the truth."
The man looked surprised and shocked "Kakashi Hatake knows about it, how?" this changed to thoughtfulness "ah, I should have realized with how close he was to the Forth in the end. After all, he DID try to adopt you at one point."
Both Naruto and his lifemate inside his head stilled. At the same time both spoke in unison, almost the same words, one through the link to the male clan head, the other only in the mind of one of them.
"He tried to adopt me?"
"He tried to adopt you?"
The clan head nodded "Kakashi-san was away on a mission when the nine-tailed attacked. He claimed he attempted to finish as quickly as possible and return to help, but by the time he arrived it was too late. The Forth and his wife was dead, the village was trying rebuild and grieve their lost ones AND their beloved leader and YOU were being fought over.
I am a member of the Shinobi Council AS WELL AS the Hyuuga, I was there that day. They wanted to kill you, the entire room was in shambles, yelling at each other, fighting over class status, lower members coming out of the wood-work trying to replace their dead clan heads" he shook his head "blame being thrown around, but mostly at the Uchiha's with Fakagu getting more and more pissed off at having to defend himself and his clan.....when Hiruzen came out to take control and replace Minato-san it pissed off Danzo who had THOUGHT HE could become the next Hokage, which started ANOTHER shouting match....."
He snorted "human politics."
"In this case I agree with you. It took the third blasting the room with KI in order to shut everyone up."
"Who is this....Danzo?"
"WAS. The young Uchiha traitor killed him recently. Good thing too, we discovered he had been working from the inside to try and take over the village and is directly responsible for the massacre of the Uchiha clan."
Naruto sat back, interested "how so?"
"The Uchiha clan believed as one of the founding clans of Kohona and the one trusted with keeping the peace, they were superior and should rule. The clan already had an superiority complex, but this was ridiculous. SOMEONE had manipulated the clan head into this belief. The Hokage was in talks with them, trying to find a peaceful resolution to the civil war they were threatening.
The two clan heirs, Itachi and his little brother Sasuke was NOT part of what they were planning. Sasuke was too young and even though the clan head had trained and brought Itachi up as his weapon, the oldest boy was loyal to his village and people. He saw the things his father didn't want to know, the innocent victims of such an act. The boy had such a sense of honor....That's why it didn't make sense that he would suddenly turn around and slaughter his entire clan-other than his little brother-because 'they bored me and no longer proved a challenge'."
He sighed "Itachi Uchiha was an ANBU at the age of 13. It turned out his father trained him for it at the hope he would become a bodyguard for the Hokage. So if the 'talks' between clan and the village fell through...."
"He would assassinate the leader, throwing the village into turmoil and making it vulnerable to attack from the inside."
"Exactly" he nodded "only Itachi saw things a different way to his clan. Honestly he was a damned-sight more honorable then them. He saw a village and people his little brother loved, citizens innocent of what his family claimed. He saw being a ninja as something honorable, he believed that being a ninja was about protecting ‘from the shadows’, not glory or killing. Later we learned that while the Hokage was in talks Danzo confronted Itachi. He told him the council had pronounced sentence over the Uchiha for their Traitorous plan. He told him that Danzo was going to send his ROOT agents in to kill the entire clan. He had a choice, either he allow it and loose his beloved brother, or he does it himself and Danzo would ALLOW his brother to live. Itachi had no choice for his brother’s sake. He couldn’t bare to tell his brother-who idolized their father-what was going on so he lied, he told him he killed them ‘because they no longer challenged him’ and left his brother there, knowing at least he would be safe and cared for here as the last survivor. Sasuke was only six at the time.” He blinked “As for your adoption, Kakashi demanded he be allowed to adopt and raise you. He wanted you to grow up to be like and know your father, even IF he wasn’t allowed to tell you who he was. However the council refused, citing he was too young and his skills were needed for missions, ‘besides’ they said ‘as an ex-ANBU he wasn’t the sort of person who they wished raising a baby.' Which even I knew was rubbish considering they threw you into an orphanage instead.”
“And the Uzumaki Clan?”
“My father may not have been able to find out where our mother came from, but my brother and I would NOT let any rules stop it. We discovered she was from an lesser unknown clan, suspected to be an off-shoot of the Uzumaki clan that went into hiding after the slaughter. We were unable to find any other trace of them though. Either she was the last or they were expert at hiding.”
Naruto sat back and looked thoughtful “either would be possible. If your mother was not the last the others could have awakened their heritage and been in hiding. If what I am suspecting is true then they would have had the skill to hide, and the reason to.”
The male frowned at him “what do you mean?”
“The reason your mother was in hiding and the thing that killed her.” The man sat forward, face intense and at intense attention “Who?! What?!”
“An creature of great evil. A vampire.” The clan head sat back, scowling at him “is this a joke? It isn’t funny young man.”
“I assure you this is no joke. Has it ever occurred to you that perhaps making themselves into myth was the vampires way of making sure no one believed they existed so when they attacked or murdered their victim would never believe until their last moments.”
The clan head sat back, looking thoughtful. He didn’t speak for a while, looking like he was trying to think it through seriously before he finally relented with “you may have a point there. Tell me everything."
So he did, about his kind and people, the Dragonseeker's, the Uzumaki and vampires.
The older man frowned "So this.....female wandered here after her mates death, heavily pregnant, and left the child here to be raised by ninja's. Her and her.....lifemate were the founders of the Uzumaki clan. My MOTHER was an Uzumaki hiding then murdered by a vampire because he thought as a fellow....Carpathian she belonged to him and him alone. He probably murdered her because she refused him after finding father, who was HER lifemate. She left us with our clan mother with the message for father and the implanted story because she KNEW he was coming and he would have killed us as well."
Naruto nodded "if you had of been born Carpathian he would have been able to track you down and probably murdered your entire clan to get to you. As children of her blood he risked you eventually coming into your blood-rite, sensing him and destroying him. However your father's blood in you is too strong and either suppressed or hid your Carpathian blood. However your daughter-my lifemate-HER blood is strong, strong enough to call to me. It is just as well your mother never initiated your father. If she had he would have been murdered along with her, and you would never have known the truth."
He nodded, never knowing how his father died, why he was in a brothel at the time, not knowing why he....felt any different to others.....THEN what would have happened if this evil found them? If it took Hinata. What horrors what she have had to live through at his hands?
She had already almost been taken from him once....wait, could it mean.....? Was it possible?
The blonde looked at him critically “You have thought of something. What is it?”
“My daughter was kidnapped when she was a child. The ninja responsible was one of a group of representatives from another village-Kumogakure-in Hidden Leaf for the signing of a peace treaty. I killed him to stop the kidnapping and to protect my daughter. The village proclaimed there was NOT a kidnapping attempt and demanded my life in return for the life taken. However unknown to me until to late my brother took my place. I was prepared too take my punishment for my daughter’s life, but he took my place before I knew it. All this time we thought they were lying to try and take my daughter for her eyes, or worse.....” the words ‘breeding mare’ came to his mine and Naruto gritt his teeth and fangs in fury as he tried to regain control of the animals rage at the thought of what COULD have happened to his lifemate, but the man was continuing hesitantly “is it.....is it possible they were really telling the truth? That they weren’t seeking an Hyuuga female to breed the Byukugan into their village for their ninja and that this man was acting on his own? That the ninja was working for the vampire and he somehow knew about Hinata and was planning on taking her to him? Even at that age?” he swallowed at the thought, incredibly hororifed and disgusted at the thought of his eldest in the hands of an creature of evil.
Naruto sat back and thought about it as he answered thoughtfully “vampire HAVE taken gifted females before they can reach of age. A few of the lifemates of our males have been discovered after the vampires have murdered their families as children and either the females learned to run and hide, or-in Destinys’ case-was practically raised by them. If the vampire wanted to take your daughter he wouldn’t have hesitated to slaughter every single one of your clan for her.” At this last sentence he gave the man a pointed look before he went on.
“It would not be too much trouble for the vampire to find out the truth about your father and mother. We can control human minds, either against your will or make you THINK telling us is all your own will. It would be no trouble for him to get the information from one of the prostitutes then either murder her, or wipe her memory. Then he just watches you. Since I sense that your blood-despite being half-is weak, mostly concentrated around your eyes-you may not have known. He can be anything from a mouse or even the very air itself so you would have not known. Your nephew has the same thing as you, so logically so must your brother have been. Tell me, do all three of you have more sensitive eyes than anyone else in your clan?”
“I don’t know about Hizashi, but Neji’s Byakugan is more powerful than Hinata’s. It has always been so even before his training in that dojutsu kekkei genkai.” He understood and nodded “While it IS possible that this ninja was working for the vampire to take your daughter, it produces too many questions.”
“Such as?”
“Even if this ninja found out about the vampire and bargained your daughter for the hope of ‘immortality’, a vampire would just prefer to turn the fool human into a ghoul.”
“Ghoul?"
“An human-usually male-corrupted by vampire blood and programmed for one task and one task only. They will stop at NOTHING to do so, ignoring all wounds, burns, pain or missing limbs to do so, all that matters is the command. They will even go through family and nothing you can say can reason with or stop them. Only destroying the brain and the entire body will stop them and their blood is contaminated by the vampires, meaning any exposure can infect you with the parasites in the blood, risking you not only becoming controlled but exposed to the vampire."
He looked thoughtful then "although since THIS vampire is cut off from the others and may have always been, it would NOT have the knowledge or abilities the other of its kind have, INCLUDING the parasites. It is entirely possible it has no knowledge of HOW to create ghouls. Although with how old it is suspected to be, it would have been logical for to have discovered this by now." He looked to the clan head "for now we will keep that idea that it is a major possibly, but it is not confirmed."
The clan head nodded "you said there was questions for this to be possible, what sort of questions?"
"Why didn't he take your daughter himself and murder your clan to ensure no one could interfere?"
"If he had of he would have exposed his existence to us, wouldn't he? Hidden Leaf would have put an KIS order on him and offered huge rewards for information on him and his whereabouts. A bit hard to work 'from the shadows' when every village is hunting you for the reward."
He snorted "a vampire would not have cared if humans were hunting him, he just slaughters them all after having 'a little fun' with them. Vampires are the embodiment of true evil. They thrive off the anguish, pain, death, torture and destruction. Anything you can imagine in your worse nightmare is but pitiful compared to what they can and WILL do. War is but entertainment to them."
The clan head narrowed his eyes at him "what do you mean by 'a little fun'?"
"What do you think I mean? Seizing control over a weak willed 'ninja' and forcing them to slaughter their team, fully aware of what they are doing. Paralyzing a team and forcing them to watch while he takes their female teammate against her will before either slaughtering them all, or forcing them to kill each other-or even making one of the males take her."
Looking violently ill the clan head spoke "how could he get away with this!"
"Simple. No one knows who or what they are dealing with and even if they did, either no one will believe in it or them-even WITH proof-or they either wipe their memory or outright kill them.
He would have no worries in this world. Either he just slaughters those foolish enough to try, uses an illusion, sets someone else up to take the fall or just goes to ground for a few generations."
"Go to ground?"
"Our version of sleep. The earth nourishes us, sustains and heals and protects us. We sleep the day away in her embrace and rise the next night."
“So if you sleep in the earth of a night, how will you protect my daughter?”
“Even in our death-like sleep the call of a lifemate will come through. We can protect them AND those we are blood-connected to.”
“How?” the head of the Hyuuga clan frowned at him “how, if you are stuck in the earth during the day, are you going to protect my daughter?”
“Our blood connection allows me to connect to her mind, much like we are now. Through this I can send her energy to allow her a boost, or, if the situation is dire enough I can use her eyes.”
The male adult looked disturbed and alarmed “HOW exactly?”
“I can use her view of the situation and with our blood connection I can funnel my power through it and destroy those that threaten her” he made a motion “It is hard to explain. I can also summon a storm to confuse and scare, and, if necessary, destroy with the lightening. Mother nature does more then protect and nurture us, she allows us control over all her creatures and elements if needed and we can communicate with all the life she creates.”
The man frowned “nature energy? Do you mean....senjutsu chakra? But only a few can use this! Hashirama Senju sama was one and the only other known is Jiraiya sama the toad sage! Wait” he hesitated, thinking “Before you disappeared you went into training with the sage himself. No one except the Hokage has seen or heard from him since your disappearance so only HE knows if you went through training for THAT, but...”
The blonde nodded “I have heard that theory. It is unconfirmed. However you Hokage is currently researching this chakra you mentioned and our similarities. Our races are compatible, otherwise your mother and father would have never been able to reproduce, as did the Uzumaki ancestors.”
“The problem will be how to handle the elders. They will refuse to all my daughter to marry outside the clan, they will see it as allowing another clan access to the Byukugan which is forbidden. The only way they will allow the mating is if they THINK their gain will be more than yours. If you can offer enough to make them BELIEVE they will gain something no other village or clan can gain.....”
“Other than the abilities and advantages of my kind, you mean?” he asked and the clan head nodded “I am what is known as a Gem Caller. I can make jewelry specially created and designed for each client and valued at high prices. So I am well off. My family are children of mother nature and have a closer more powerful bond to her then other of my race. There are skills and abilities only my race bare that no other can do. On top of that I am a hunter of renegades of my kind. Compared to tracing a Vampire, no human can hide from me once I set on their trail.”
The man looked at him sharply “so you are like a Hunter-nin?”
The blonde nodded “Your Hokage explained to me the differences in rank for your world. Hunter-nin are a branch of ANBU, so we are closer in rank to them in OUR world to them. ANBU, as it was explained to me, protect the village from exceptional threats, conduct high-risk missions into enemy countries, and deal with extremely strong ninja. They are also responsible for carrying out assassinations and missions requiring specially trained ninja. All ANBU, I am told carry Ninjatō, which are usually strapped to their backs, and they all know the layout of the human body in detail. By using Temporary Paralysis Technique, ANBU members can paralyze an opponent, leaving them open for attack. With Time Reversal Technique, an ANBU can put someone in a state of reverse hypnosis, allowing them to remember details that they otherwise would not.
ANBU is an organization that serves under the direct command of their Kage. Kakashi Hatake was a former captain and Itachi Uchiha became an ANBU captain at age 13. Ibiki Morino, the proctor of the first Chūnin exam, is the head of the Konoha ANBU Torture and Interrogation Squad. Zabuza Momochi and Raiga Kurosuki were once part of Kirigakure's ANBU.”
The man nodded “That is correct. I think you being an ANBU-even if it’s for another world-would go a long way towards the elders thinking your power can be....brought into the clan.” The blonde lent back in his chair, a dark smirk on his face “if they prove too difficult I can...convince them it is in their best interest to allow the union, have no fear. NOTHING will keep me from my lifemate.”
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