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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 time when Hinata awoke it was much more gentle, soothing even. She felt healed, refreshed and even restored. Her first sensation was of warmth surrounding her, softness under her body and head.
She frowned, drowsy and confused. How was she lying in bed? The last thing she remembered was sitting on an comfy chair-a couch-while watching HIM take her teammates to a room.
Male amusement filled her"you fell asleep, cara mia. I put your teammates in their room to sleep and then put you into OUR bed. I then went to ground and 'slept' myself. I am now hunting for dinner for you all."
She blinked "how can you be so far away and yet I hear you in my head? You are far away aren't you, I somehow know, I can sense it."
"It is one of my many abilities as an Carpathian, cara. We can communicate to each other with our minds, distance means nothing to us. All Carpathians have a common path we can communicate on, family have another while lifemates is an entirely separate path altogether. Were I to take blood from your comrades it would be another altogether."
She blinked, trying to process this "so you all have an kekkai genkai that lets you talk to each other through thoughts, but if you were to take human blood it lets you establish one with that person."
He laughed "no cara, I can talk to and control any human I wish. All the blood does is allow me to communicate with them on a private path no other can hear unless they were to have shared blood with me or I allow them."
She frowned "then what about me? You could talk to me from the first moment. How did you know we were there?"
"You are my lifemate, we were born for each other, two halves of the one whole. We automatically had our own path. You can hear me as I could hear you. If I was communicating with another you CAN listen in if you wish. However for another of my kind to hear YOU, they would have had to shared blood with me and follow that path to you."
"So can your parents hear me?"
"Through me, yes. Or if you were to share blood with them-either by they sharing your blood, or they with you. If that was to happen, they would share a private path with you."
She sensed his sudden distraction, an wolf howl. "What was that?!"
"Do not fear, cara, that was one of my little brothers alerting me to an human presence nearby."
"Brother? I thought you said that you only had an sister and THAT was a wolf!" she calmed with an sudden idea "you mean you have a summons?"
"They are not summons but my little brothers and sisters, Carpathian Wolves. All Carpathians count natures animals as our brothers and sisters. They are my pack and all I have, especially here so far away from home. My familiarall link to nature is why I was able to understand your teammates companion."
"You mean you can talk to dogs and wolves?!"
"It's not a matter of TALKING. They don't have the same thought patterns as you or I. Instead they communicate more in images and behavior. You just have to know how to translate it into what."
Before she could speak an image came to her, close to the ground, vivid colors, ninja's with familiar black cloaks, hoods and blank masks "Hunter Nin! What are THEY doing out here?!"
"What are these...Hunter Nin?"
"Elite ninja. They hunt down SS criminals and destroy all trace of them."
"As in..."
"Kill them and destroy the bodies. They are responsible for getting rid of those criminals so powerful and violent no one else can."
"Humm, in that case they are no enemy of mine. I will let them live for now. But if they cross me and mine...."
She frowned "you can really face an Hunter Nin and survive?" His answer was an derisive snort "they may be the strongest of your society, but they are human. On the other hand I am an hunter of MY race."
She blinked "Does that mean you hunt down criminals of YOUR race?"
"It does. We also protect the secrets of our people and remain hidden from human. Our princes safety is our top priority as the vessel of our race and the secrecy of our kind. The happiness and well-being of our lifemates are of the utmost priority to us."
"Hunter Nin aren't the strongest of our villages, that's the kages. What do you mean your prince is the vessel of your race?"
"He holds the power and strength of our race. Everything we are and will be resides in him."
"What do you mean? I don't understand."
There was an pause before he spoke "think of it as what you call chakra. Mikhail is the center, the heart of our line. Our race is the pathways. WE are the points. Just as you can block or open the pathways, he can give us strength or take it, manipulate it."
"So all your strength and power comes from HIM?"
"No cara. We each have our own strength or weakness, but HE can change that. For instance, our greatest healer is also Mikhails right-hand man and bodyguard. During an battle with the criminals off OUR race, Gregori had one of his hands severed. Using the power of his blood, Mikhail forced Gregori to regrow the limb in mere seconds."
"You mean he can regrow limbs!? Even severed?!"
His voice was amused "we are remarkably hard to kill, my lifemate. However even we cannot regrow them normally. Gregori was able because he was close to the prince AND a healer. Without Mikhails manipulation he would not have succeeded."
"So if your prince can manipulate them like that, how do you have criminals? Surely he would use that connection to stop them."
"He doesn't work like that, cara or no one would trust him. I told you that we each have our own level of strength and weaknesses, when a vampire rejects our ways and turns evil, he is severed from that link, living off his own power and what he can steal. Since human blood is our strength and weakness, they murder and torture them. For both their-and our-protection Hunters like myself are needed to stop them. Can you imagine, cara, forced to kill brothers, uncles, best friends or even childhood friends because they gave in to the darkness inside them without an lifemate to anchor them?"
"What exactly do you mean by lifemate? I don't understand."
"An lifemate is the other half of our soul. We believe that a soul is born perfect but on the point of birth is split in two, the pure innocent half goes to the female, the dark animal side the males. When our race was more plentiful there used to be an ceremony where when a female came of age the unattached males from all over the world would gather to see if they were her lifemate, but now with our race close to extinction and humans being found as our mates, we are forced the look all over the planet for her. Even then it may be years or even centuries before she is even born."
"How..? How do you know when you found her? How do you know I am yours?"
"As they grow past maturity an male begins to loose their ability to see in color. Everything fades to grey. We loose our ability to feel emotion, everything but those picked up from others minds-but this is not our own. There are other signs but the most obvious being someone who both arouses our lust and love." This made her blush and he went on "for each of us there is only one lifemate, no one else. What I feel for everyone else is an mere shadow of my desire and love for you. I will NEVER look at another woman the way I do you, never feel even a shadow of the emotion and desire for them that I do for you."
She blinked "but why? Why me? How can you love me when we've never even met before?!"
"Why you as a human? Our race is dying out, very few children survive their first year and if they do, they are male. Our woman are so few. For some reason some human women are compatible with our males. Many of these women have successfully became one of us, a few have even gave birth. Only gifted women can be lifemates. Women with physic abilities, gifts. YOUR..... Byukugan and ability to manipulate your chakra makes you one of them."
Before she could question again there was a noise outside the door. Amusement came back to her "your teammates are worried about you. See them so they are assured I didn't molest you or enslave you to me." The amusement increased "it seems the one in the coat is insisting to the other you are safe and untainted, even though he has yet to see for himself."
"Their names are Shino Abruhame and Kiba Inukuza, and the dog is Akamaru, Kiba's companion and why can't they get in? I would have thought one of Shino's kiki would have came in by now."
The amusement increased "I set safeguards around your room to protect you. No one or nothing can get in without my allowing them, including any type of insect or bug-let alone a dust molecule."
"Safeguards?"
"Seals if you wish to use your terms. Think of it as in a safeguard is a seal we can create with OUR type of chakra. We can use physical seals if we wish for something stronger-or just use our power, like your hand signs but with just a thought. My mother was taught by a powerful mage-I suppose you might call them sages-so she taught me everything she knew. My FATHER's grandmother herself was extremely powerful and an ancient line, but add to that his grandfather also being mage....Well, you can imagine."
She could. A child of a sage-born and powerful line. Add to that an sage-trained. No wonder he was so confident. He would be more powerful than any of the kages!
The door rattled and she looked up.
"You're teammates are impatient" he grinned in his mental voice "see them, assure yourself they are unharmed from your ordeal." When she moved to rise he added "you may wish to change."
Looking down at herself she squeaked and pulled the sheet up to cover herself. His laughter echoed in her head, causing her to frown and send her disapproval and anger back to him through her mind. This only made him laugh louder.
"Where are my clothes!? Why am I....?!" she was stuck between anger at him for the audacity to change her WHILE she was unconscious, embarrassment at him seeing her less-than-perfect body and confusion about if he SHOULD be seeing her that way.
His voice came back confusion "why do you think you are not attractive? You are the most beautiful woman I have ever seen. In my eyes, everyone else pales in comparison."
She blushed "you don't mean that."
"Of course I do" his voice in her head was completely honest "lifemates can not lie to each other. Your hair is long an untamed, an black as dark as night but under moonlight it has an blue shine to it that is as unique as you. It is soft and silky, I want to lie beside you and spend hours just running my fingers through it." She sensed his breath catch in his lungs as dark desire ran through him "feel it move across my body like teasing fingers as I make love to you."
Before she could comment he went on "your skin is pale, like cream. Just looking at it makes me want to taste it-see if skin CAN taste like it appears. Your eyes are the palest shade of lilac, not quiet white but not quiet colored either. They make you look unique-even among your clan, showing those who look into it long enough that you are both warrior and woman. Strong and yet feminine. Gentle and kind, but with an inner core of steel. You are the very embodiment of everything a woman should be, my perfect match.
This is all without the very perfection of your body, the shear artistic curves and the way it fits so perfectly into mine when I was holding you."
"I....I'm not beautiful. I'm s..small and scared and unable to move fast enough or am strong enough. I can't produce the right jutsu's when I'm supposed to and....."
"That's your father talking, my love" he gently interrupted her "your father wants you to be more.....masculine, not feminine. He obviously wanted an heir, not daughters. My race values our women, ALL of them. More than that-we value every one of our children as the treasures they are-no matter their sex or appearance. Your father lost his wife, he should value his children as a part of them, not put them down for not doing what is against their nature. MY people, especially my mother and father and our prince, will treat you as you deserve, not what others think you should. My parents especially will welcome and love you. They will probably teach you to be a mage too, if it's your wish."
"But....I'm not like you. I can't do what you can!"
"Not now but once you become fully into my world, you will become that and more."
"What do you mean?"
"Not now, my love, all will be explained in time. I left you clothes on the end of the bed. Dress in them and go see your teammates. I will return shortly with food for you all."
Before she could form another thought he had withdrawn from her mind, confusing her with the feeling of loneliness at his distance. Without his presence in her head she felt bereft, as if he meant so much to her in just that time since she first felt him. Now he was gone she felt so lonely and even a little betrayed by his silence, which didn't make sense. She didn't know him, he was another race, so why did his withdrawal hurt so much?!
"We are lifemates" he was back "two halves of the whole. Once those two are reunited, it hurts them to be parted in any way again. And this will only get stronger the more we communicate this way and are in physical contact. I apologize lifemate, I will remain, at least in part to ease your discomfort."
Then he was gone again, only THIS time he left behind a part of him, like a shadow in her mind.
Determined to do her own thing she climbed out of the big bed and walked around until she found the pile of clothes he left her. There was an ninja-standard bra, underwear, an hair brush, shoes an young lady would wear and-her breath caught in her throat-an yukata. As an heir to such an important clan in Hidden Leaf she was trained not just as an ninja but also a lady, so she was also trained to serve ceremonial tea, walk and talk like an lady and wear kimono's and other such traditional clothing, but this.....this was both beautiful and sexy.
The yukata was silky, an dark blue it was almost black with sakura blossoms over it, was with an pale violet obi and Koshihimo that would compliment her eyes. The juban was an pale violet also, the Date-jime was an darker violet-almost purple, the korin-belt black.
Her eyes widened though at a thought. The yukata was obviously expensive. "Are you....are you rich?"
He seemed amused "when it suits me."
"What does that mean?"
He sighed "Carpathians live a long long time, lifemate. When you live so long alone you accumulate a lot of items, money, artifacts, that sort of thing. Carpathians do not care about material wealth or possessions, but it CAN prove useful at times-like when needing to seem more human. Whatever we have as Carpathians we willingly share with each other, including money. The only thing we do not share is our lifemates."
"So if one of you is rich, he will share it with everyone else?"
"Yes. SEVERAL of our kind are more than what you call rich. Even then we have members who are highly talented in certain fields. Business Men, artists, sculptors, Gem Callers."
"What is that? Gem Callers?"
"They are what it sounds like. They can go into a cave or cavern with a type of gem in mind and find the most beautiful or rarest of stones. They can ask the earth to give it to them, any sort, and they will find it. These Carpathians can then fashion it into jewelry, necklaces, earrings, anything and they are highly prized and sought after."
To Hinata it sounded like an jutsu of some sort. Call gems to them and the earth just...gives it to them...?
"It is not an jutsu. It is an talent born into them, like your eyes."
She understood. All ninja had the ability to use the five elements of the earth. It was how ninja like the famous Copy-nin Kakashi Hatake were able to use so many types. However every ninja was stronger in just one then the others, so they normally specialized in that one type. Using the other four could drain them of chakra too fast.
If she looked at it in those terms, these 'Gem Callers' were born with an gekaki genkai of the earth, allowing them to sense the caves or caverns with the gems they needed and then manipulate the earth to be able to draw them out.
Then they were able to use this talent to create unique jewelry, which got them A LOT of money understandably.
"Check under the clothes."
Digging under her hand closed over something warm and metal. Pulling it out she gasped.
The chain was thin and silver, the links so small and many it must have taken A LONG TIME to link every one. They were linked together, giving the illusion of an solid rope of silver, but she could see them each individually and was awed by the delicate work. Hanging from the chain was an solid stone, shaped into an flame, but not just any flame, a candle flame, the symbol of Hyuuga. The stone itself was dark, but when she moved it around in the light she saw reds and oranges, as if the stone itself held an flame prisoner inside it.
"The stone is called an fire opal and is rare here. It protects the wearer from danger, helps enhance power and thoughts and feelings. As long as you wear that stone I will be with you, even when I can not physically and it will help you communicate with me with your thoughts."
"So I can talk to you like this no matter how far apart either of us are?"
"Yes my lifemate. No matter the distance or situation. And if you ever need me, I'll be there" not that he ever planned on ever being separated from her now he had found her. However it would be good insurance of their connection.
As her fingers closed over the stone it seemed to warm to her touch, sending her a feeling of comfort, love and safety. It felt like the stone was protecting her and as her fingers curled around it, she was shocked when it seemed to resonate with her chakra. It was almost like it was created just for her-not just shaped and chosen.
At that moment she could understand how his people could do so well fianically. If the Gem Callers' could create work like this for individuals then the people wanting to purchase them would probably pay any price for it. She could imagine an rich man paying a fortune for an simple necklace on its own because it felt like the woman he loved, or finding an bueatiful ring made just for his girlfriend.
She could imagine his work being highly sought after in Hidden Leaf, not to mention other villages. He would be rich in weeks.
"As I said, Carpathians care nothing for material wealth except for making SOME THINGS easier."
Without hesitation she looped the chain around her neck then began to get changed "how do I get through your seals?"
"The safeguards are there for your protection. They are set to keep anyone but you or I from getting inside your room. But it is NOT for keeping you in, just them out."
"So?"
"Just open the door and walk out. You may feel a moment of.....discouragement, but no harm will come to you, or the others if you LET THEM IN. Go, talk, I will return with food shortly" and he was again gone, except that small presence she felt inside her mind.
Running the brush through her hair a few times she finished, took a deep breath and stepped to the door.
The minute she touched the door knob she felt it, an suffocating almost oppressive feeling, making her gasp and quickly step back. It was almost like stepping into the aura of danger. However she DID notice something. While it felt like a threat to her, it didn't feel like it was actually real. Like someone was threatening her, but wasn't intending or going to actually carry it out. Like 'stay away' not 'stay away or I'll kill you'.
With determination she stepped forward again and grabbed the knob turning and swinging it open and quickly stepping through.
On the other side stood her two teammates, obviously unharmed and Akamaru. They also wore new clean clothes, not as expensive or flash as hers but good quality and make, Akamaru's fur thick and shining as if the male had carefully washed and brushed it out himself.
The three blinked at each other silently for a few seconds in mutual surprise before Kiba cried her name and launched forward as if intending to hug her.
However Akamaru was there first, big body between them as he excitedly started licking her face in greeting.
Hinata laughed at it and let him, despite the sudden wolf growl in her mind. His 'brothers and sisters' could show their displeasure all they liked, Akamaru was an teammate and deserved her time and attention. They had grown up together, almost died together many times, he was as much 'pack' as she was.
All four of them were a pack long before now, the nin-kin having always had a soft spot for the violet eyed girl, even in junior grade, even afterwards in Ninja Academy. With his acceptance and protection of her came Kiba's followed by socially inept Shino.
The three humans had always been looked at as the misfits of Kohona, along with Naruto Uzumaki, Shikamaru and Choji, Naruto more so with his pranks and tricks.
"Hinata am I glad to see you!!" Kiba yelled "Akamaru's saying some strange shit and on top of that I don't remember anything that happened. Neither does Shino."
"My Kiki say we were saved by someone else, someone not human" the Abrahume said, his head cocking to the side just very slightly. Hinata recognized his version of either peeved off or confused, it could go either way with him "my kiki confirm what Akamaru said."
"What did he say?"
"That this guy turned up in time to save our hides, healed us and brought us here, that he claimed to be your husband."
Shino nodded "my kiki told he was ruthless in battle and killed Hunter-Nin with no problem, but treated you like spun glass. That he didn't once take his eyes of you while he was there and when he healed us he obviously did us first because it was what YOU would want."
Hinata motioned them to follow and lead them to the couch where they sat down together "it's all true. Someone rescued us and healed us and he wasn't human. He said he's from a race called Carpathians and his clan is called Dragonseeker. His parents are both above Sanin level power, Kage even. He summoned an storm from a distance and directed it to us. The lightening killed two of the enemies."
Kiba frowned at her "what about what he said about you being his wife?"
She nodded "he called it lifemates. He said his kind are born with another person being part of them, like one soul in two bodies, and I'm his other half. To him, that makes us married, more than married really."
Kiba frowned "but your father already has an marriage arranged, doesn't he?"
"Yes, but I think he has something planned."
Kiba looked alarmed "you don't think he plans on hurting your father or the Hyuuga Elders?!"
Just as Hinata herself began to panic, Shino spoke "that would not be an logical decision." The two looked at him "what do you mean?"
"If he harmed the Hyuuga Council or your father, he would not only lose of your favor, but risk Hidden Leaf itself moving against him. That sort of behavior would not get you mated."
They saw the logic in this "then what do you think he plans?"
Shino eyed her clothes "he has something or can give them something no one else can. Something he thinks they will willingly give you to them to gain. Do you have any idea of what that can be?"
Hinata thought for a while. Kiba frowned at her "what about money? There's our clothes..."
Hinata shook her head "he said his kind doesn't care about money or material wealth. He said even though some of them are incredibly wealthy, they share that with each other if the others need it." She reached up and grasped the charm from around her neck "he said some of their people are like the Hunter-nin while others are popular artists, sculptors and that sort. And the others..." she faded off and gripped it harder before looking at them "he said they were called Gem Callers."
They looked at her "Gem Callers?"
She reluctantly opened her hand to show them "they have an gekaki genkai that lets them sense gems and crystals and they can pull them out of earth and stone by thought alone. They can then make jewelry out of them for certain people. He said people pay these people a fortune just for one of these. I can see why" her fingers of their own accord curled around the stone again.
"Hinata, WHAT HAPPENED?" Kiba asked.
She told them EVERYTHING, leaving nothing out no matter how embarrassing. These were her teammates, people who for more than ten years she had grown up with, faced danger with, bled with, lived with and almost died with. That made them even closer than family, then they were with you unlike their own clans and parents. Holding anything back-on a mission or otherwise no matter how embarrassing-could lead to discovery, injury, or even death.
Afterwards there was silence as the two males processed what she had told them, then Akamaru told HIS version.
"So he can command storms, summon thunder and lightening and manipulate it directly. That is unusual to be able to control wind and lightening at the same time without it costing too much chakra." Shino said this "and he appeared to be identical to the missing Naruto Uzumaki? I do not know whether to be suspicious or releived he is alive."
"He said his name is Naruto Dragonseeker" Hinata said softly "and when I looked at him with my Byukugan he was...different. I've never seen that sort of tantric system before. Whatever he is, it is not chakra he uses. It's like...." she hesitated, thinking "like he's a part of the earth. When Naruto-kun returned from training with Jiriaya-sama his charkra was kind of like this, but not so advanced. This is completely different. It's like his chakra has been replaced. And if this IS Naruto-kun he no longer bares the nine-tailed."
"Hum" Shino looked thoughtful "so if this IS Naruto Uzumaki his chakra has been replaced, the nine tailed either removed or destroyed-which I don't see how-and he's lost his memories. Perhaps the fox was extracted and these people he calls mother and father found him and saved his life. However the trauma of the extraction destroyed his charka pathways and memories and the ones who found him were forced to change his system, somehow link him to the pure energy of the earth to save him. He was trained by Jiriaya-sama in the ways of an Sage, it is possible this couple were some sort of advanced form of that and had to merely....push his body into an advanced version of this like theirs."
"What about what he said about their prince? If he DOES have an race as well as clan, if his 'rescuers' were just coincidence, how could he have an ruler?"
"Either it was part of some sort illusion he has built up to cope with what has happened or...."
"Or?"
"Or there is a race out there other than humans who have stayed secret for centuries from every other mortal race until now. Who have stayed hidden from us no matter what happened with no contact with humanity, even figures such as the Sage Of Six Paths and the snake Sannin have no idea they exist."
Kiba frowned at him "what are the odds of that ever happening?"
“Ninja are taught to be inconspicuous and fade into a crowd, to disappear. If these.....Carpathians are truly connected to and a part of the earth, it IS possible they can use this to their advantage and not only appear fully human and plain, but disappear completely when they wish to” he looked to Hinata “you said he claimed he can control human minds.” When Hinata nodded he went on “then anyone discovering them simply has to be affected by such. If they are discovered, they simply remove or bury the memory.”
Kiba frowned "but do YOU think that is possible?"
"It is the logical explanation. For a race powerful enough to survive this long among ninja and not be found, as well as be able to actually....change another race into their own...."
Hinata spoke "he said their race is almost extinct. That their women are rare and their children rarely survive their first year and even then are usually male. He implied I could become one of them. Could....could their ability to change someone into their kind be some sort of adaptation to make up for the lack of children?"
Shino looked at her "it is possible. Every being or race has an inborn need to procreate. If this race has started loosing this ability, it is possible over the centuries they have....evolved with the ability to procreate through transformation instead."
"So if I became one of them, I would have to choose someone else to change instead of giving birth?" Something in her head spoke to her "no, I could still have children, but the risk of miscarriage or loosing them in the first year is higher. They discovered the source of the problem, just are trying to find a way to solve it."
The two looked at her "he's talking to you now?"
She nodded "he's hunting right now for us. But I can feel him there and he can talk to me when he wants."
"Perhaps he should return to Hidden Leaf with us" Shino said "no one knew Naruto Uzumaki better than The Hokage, Jiriaya sama and Iruka sensei. If this truly IS him, even with memory loss, they would know."
"Not necessarily" Kiba said "if he lost ALL his memories except the basic stuff, then the ones who found him would have had to kind of rebuild him again. Since he would have no memories, he wouldn't act the same, since he doesn't KNOW who he was, just who he is."
"That is, if he IS who and what he says he is, and not an spy or enemy."
"What do you mean?"
"Five years ago, The Lady Hokage revealed the truth behind Naruto Uzumaki's heritage and why it was hidden from all. An enemy could have learned this. They could send an spy disguised as him, with this big back story about not being human and Hinata being his destined wife in order to get in Kohona. They could even be after the Forths secret jutsus and any information on him that could prove disastrous for the village."
"But if they were going to send someone disguised as him, they would not only try and have him act and behave like the one we know, but claim to be him. This guy's the opposite, he doesn't act like him and he denies he is him. Having the spy deny he is who they want us to believe he is doesn't make sense. We could just say "ok" and believe him, then he'd be denied what it's his mission to get."
"And what about what he can do? The ability to call and control storms, being able to overpower and kill Hunter Nin, he understood Akamaru, he carried us both with no problem, Akamaru said he changed shape, the fact he's hunting WITH wolves not to mention he's talking to me in my head right now."
"Controlling storms could be an new jutsu or even an kekkai genkai, to overpower Hunter nins and carry us could be someone has stolen The Hokage's strength technique and he trained in it, the wolves could be trained, tame or summons. Akamaru could have seen an jutsu in this ability to shape change" Akamaru growled at this last one. As if he didn't know when an jutsu was being used! That was NO jutsu-he really was the jungle cat! "As for him understanding Akamaru, he could have some Inuzuka blood in his line."
Akamaru growled and barked something. Kiba translated "that wasn't an jutsu. When an ninja changes shape it's just an illusion, an genjutsu, they still smell human. HE was all cat. He LOOKED like one, SMELLED like one, BEHAVED like one...He WAS an wild cat."
"And what about the fact he can talk to me in my mind? I don't know of ANY jutsu or bloodline that lets you do that or someone would have taken advantage of it by now. I mean a team of ninja able to talk to each other with their minds?! Could you imagine the advantages of that?"
"That COULD be either an side effect of the demons removal-if it IS Naruto Uzumaki-or some new jutsu for the enemy. Every jutsu out there is not known, it would make sense this one would be undiscovered until now."
"Would he even come to Hidden Leaf with us? I mean if he lives and is a part of nature, runs with wild wolves and takes the form of animals, would he come? I mean if he was the sort to live around others, why is he traveling alone when he has sisters and parents?"
"The Carpathian race-especially males-are usually solitary creatures, at least until we find our lifemates. We are possessive and protective of our women and having unattached males, human or otherwise, around our lifemates is incredibly difficult. Of course I am coming with you to your village, I still need to seek your hand through your father and....persuade him it is in their best interests to dissolve this sham of an arranged marriage" his voice was suddenly amused "do not fear, cara, I can be civilized if the situation calls for it, just as I can be deadly."
There, standing in the doorway with an large steaming box, was the blonde man, alone.
With their attention on him he stroad into the kitchen portion of the cabin and placed the box down on the counter and stepped back, motioning her to it.
Curiously she moved forward and grasped the lid, raising it cautiously when she saw the symbols written on the sides. Only for the heavenly aroma of cooked meal, vegetables and even noodles to reach her nose and set all four of their stomachs growling. And the food was still as hot as if just cooked. This made her realize why the seals on the sides, the box was preserving the heat of the meal so it wouldn't become cool before he returned to them!
But this confused her, she expected him to bring back meat, maybe an deer or something, NOT an full almost banquette for the four of them.
At her look he laughed, an rich sexy sound that confused her by making her blush "you and your teammates had used a lot of chakra in your battle and are still recovering from your wounds even with my healing you. The meat we caught would not have been enough to produce the energy. You need vegetables and variety. So I took my kills to an nearest restaurant and...persuaded the head chefs to cook an variety of dishes for you. There is various meals to choose from, even something for your teammates companion."
Touched she began to unpack the meals on the table for her teammates to chose from, placing plates and chopsticks down for them and even placing Akamaru's (which was mostly meat and some vegetables in a broth) in a bowl on the floor for him.
Once done they sat down to eat, noticing how the blonde didn't join them. Not even for the ramen. And his eyes never left her. If this WAS Naruto, he had forgotten his love of the noodle dish, something they thought would NEVER happen.
When Hinata asked if he would join them, he just smiled at her and said "I have already fed, lifemate, thank you for your concern."
"Fed?" she questioned "do you eat human food?"
He shook his head "human food is undigestable to us. If we have to we can manage SOME vegetables and water or juice, but we will need to get it out of our bodies as soon as possible or it hurts us the longer inside."
"So if I become like you, I won't be able to eat human food anymore. What DO you eat?"
He just looked at her without speaking.
"What's wrong?" she asked, concerned.
"Don't ask questions you may not like the answers to" he said unemotionally.
This took the three aback. What sort of answer was that? What could he do or eat that would possibly offend or scare them?
Akamaru growled and Kiba's eyes narrowed. But before he could speak the blonde did "no. I do not eat meat or flesh. To an Carpathian eating the meat or flesh of others is...distasteful. To us, it's as gross as you would see eating human flesh."
The three frowned. Then what DID he eat? No meat of any kind would normally class his people as vegans. But he already said that they can't digest vegetables and juices, so no plant matter, yet he had already fed?
There was a low hum from Shino, his bugs answering only for him. Shino frowned but said in an even voice "you drink human blood."
The other two's heads snapped to him "what? How did you....?!"
"My kiki told me. They said those Hunter-nin he fed them to restore us were nearly completely drained of blood." He looked at the blonde "That was how you got them too us without problem. You drained them nearly completely so they would still be alive when my kiki drained them."
The blonde nodded, looking at Hinata "I told you, humans are our strength, AND our weakness."
"You're a....vampire!!??" Kiba panicked, but the blonde's eyes flashed red and he snapped "DON'T CALL ME ONE OF THOSE BASTARDS!!! I AM NOT AN TRAITOR OF OUR PEOPLE OR AN CRIMINAL !!!"
They froze "wait, what? Vampires are criminals and traitors? Are you saying....vampires ARE REAL?!"
"Yes and no. Vampires are Carpathian males who have chosen to give up their souls for the momentary thrill of a kill. Carpathians do not harm or kill their prey, choosing instead to either wipe their memory or blur it, make it something ...pleasant. We very rarely drain our prey to death, instead taking small amounts from more than one. Vampires are holy evil, they revel in death, destruction and murder. They kill indiscriminately, men, women, children, they turn family members on each other and sit back to watch, they kill human and Carpathian alike. They want to control or destroy everything around them.
They are completely corrupt, egotistic and creating those stories of myths and legends are a way to both glorify their natures, and hide at the same time. If humans find out about us, they only see those evil creatures, not our true souls-just as you both have" both blushed and looked ashamed at the same time "because of this manipulation, there is a group calling themselves the Morrison Society, who hunt us. They have the stories and truth jumbled and in most cases are harmless to us, but there have been cases....."
"Like what?"
"They almost murdered our princes lifemate while she was human. If it wasn't for some desperate work on our healers part we would have lost her-then our prince right along with her, dooming our race. Due to an betrayal they got their hands on the prince's brother and tortured him before burying him alive. If it wasn't for his lifemate finding him and nursing him back to health, he would have died. As it is he is barely sane on the best of risings, and can not be around cities or towns, or groups of people. One of our healers' brothers has adopted brothers and a sister. One of those 'brothers' found his lifemate recently. HER husband had been murdered by them and while she was pregnant they tried to kill her. There are other cases. ANYONE they see is different is one in their eyes and targeted for murder. Imagine an human child deciding to dress differently to everyone around him. He's gone the next day, a victim of them. Just because he decided to dress differently. Unfortunately for them, they are being manipulated and controlled by the very vampires they think they hunt. Vampires can seem like normal or even beautiful people."
All three exchanged looks. They were aware of how different Naruto Uzumaki had been, standing out more than even them. Could these Hunters had singled him out and killed him? Or tried to kill him and was so severely wounded the ones he called parents had changed him to save his life? His blood-loss and damage could have caused oxygen loss to the brain, causing memory loss. The two Carpathians had been able to save and heal him and bring him back to 'normal', however the damage was done and they couldn't rebuild what was already lost.
"How do we know an vampire when we encounter one then?"
Something flashed in his eyes and he said evenly "pray to any of your gods you never do. However no matter how beautiful or appealing they make themselves, no matter how innocent or friendly they seem, your survival instincts will tell you you are in serious danger. You Shinobi have an finely tuned sense of it, no matter what your eyes tell you, believe only your senses. They can also look like someone you trust or love, so if something feels wrong, do not ignore it. But DO NOT confront it, Carpathians are damned near impossible to kill, but an vampire is cunning and maniacal, can you imagine all that evil and hate in an body that is nearly impossible to kill, who would do ANYTHING to survive? Even use your teammates on you? Or make anyone you know or love into mindless slaves. Human minds as so easy for them to twist. This is one reason Hunters are alone, if there is no one you care for, there is no one the vampires can use to hurt you."
"Kiba frowned "if your kind is so impossible to kill, how do the Hunters do it?"
"I said NEARLY impossible to kill, not is. An Hunter has to remove the heart and destroy it with fire, then the body. However vampires are cunning and will try anything to take you down with them, that is if they can't escape first. Their blood acts like acid, eating away at anything the instant it touches it-flesh especially-they have parasites in their blood they use to identify each other and protect the host" he looked at Shino "much like your hive. The older ones are known for using the younger newly turned ones as cannon fodder to where an Hunter down and injure him before attacking to try finishing him off and will only expose himself if he is entirely confident he has every advantage. They are master manipulators and those being used are often unaware of it in the first place. An vampire has only one real weakness."
"What?"
"Ego. They think they should be seen as gods and looked on with awe, especially by women. This has been used against them a few times, yet so many of them still believe an woman is too pure to plunge an knife in their chest."
Kiba snorted "idiots. Woman are totally capable of it!" Ignoring Hinata's glare at him. "But to an Carpathian, women are seen as beautiful, pure, innocent and incapable of such acts. We are raised to believe our women are the light to our dark souls, beautiful fragile things that it is our duty to guard, guide and love. Even as twisted as they are, vampire believe this still."
"So because of this belief, many vampires underestimate women" Shino supplied and he nodded "My father's twin is female and an Hunter, alongside her lifemate. My mother herself is one and both her and my father trained me. My great Aunt is an skilled warrior. A few other women have taken it up under necessity and even Carpathian-born woman have gifts that help protect them."
"Like what?"
"Our greatest healers' young sister is an lead singer of an band. Her voice alone can make you feel the pure emotion of whatever she sings. But she can use that voice also as an weapon. Whether it is as making you unable to do other than feel or creating webs of music note to immobilize someone, it is her strength. The very earth answers them. One female can heal the earth. She can walk through an area devastated by contamination or destruction and plants spring up from wherever she walks. Trees heal, grass grows and earth is renewed."
To the three humans and animal, this sounded like an bloodline. After all, didn't the First Hokage have an similar such ability. He could cause trees to grow, even in barren ground. He DID create the forest surrounding Hidden Leaf to protect it from enemies.
The blonde cocked his head at them "interesting."
Then there was those Sound Four during the Chunin Exams. Didn't one use music as a weapon?
"Humm" he said thoughtfully "perhaps some of your 'bloodline' abilities originated along the same lines as ours."
"What do you mean?"
"Mixed blood."
"How? What exactly do you mean?" Shino blinked "you know of other races other than yours and human?!"
"Five, although one is only new. The Carpathians, The Mage, The Jaguar, the Lycan and The Guardians Of All."
"You are Carpathian and you told Hinata your father was Mage. Doesn't that make you half and half?"
"No, Carpathian. My mother was one and even though my father was born Mage, the grand aunts changed him. He bares the gifts of an Mage, but is fully Carpathian. Well..." he cocked his head thoughtfully as if trying to figure something out "he was born one third Mage, One Third Carpathian and the final third human, but the grand aunts turned him fully in order to hopefully give him the strength to escape imprisonment."
"What do you mean?"
My Great grandmother was fully Carpathian. She was imprisoned by my Great grandfather who was Mage and he murdered her lifemate. Somehow he kept her alive long enough to produce three children, the great aunts and my fathers father. Then he murdered her and turned his purpose on them."
"Why? What purpose?"
"He was mad, insane, jealous of our kinds long evity. He wanted to be immortal even though NOTHING is immortal. So he was using their blood, feeding off his own children like leeches, to prolong his life."
To them, except the blood thing, it sounded like a certain Sannin. "What happened?"
"The grand aunts managed to help their brother escape who fled. Later he fell in love and had kids his own."
"Your father and his twin."
"Yes. While they were still children their mother was murdered and their father disappeared. They ended up in their grandfather's care and can you guess what happened?"
"He used them."
"Father may only have been part Carpathian, but he had all the protective urges and feelings of an full. Their grandfather taught them then used them to plan, spells, strategies, anything his rotting brain couldn't come up with then using them as his own. My father protected his sister, taking her punishments, claiming her ideas as his own-not to make himself look good, but to make his sister look useless to their grandfather. It was a type of protection, if the evil man thought she was useless, he would throw her out, keeping her from his influence and torturing her to live off her blood. It was all he could do to save her from that life.
For years everyone thought my father had turned and joined their grandfather in his evil plans-even his twin-especially when women were popping up, HIS children, but nothing could be furthest from the truth."
"What was it?"
"When the grand aunts turned him, hoping to give him the strength to escape, they removed any hope of getting children from him. Carpathian males are only sexually aroused or desire our lifemates. So the evil Mage planted four fragments of himself inside him and possessed his body and mind temporarily for certain amounts of time. He used this to seduce gifted women and sleep with them to get them pregnant, hoping to get the perfect child he could use, taking some but cruelly rejecting the others."
"The women and children turning up as his" Shino murmured.
He nodded "even now he has no idea how many children he has through this act. So far there is only four girls known, three who have lifemates. The Mage wouldn't have allowed any sons-afraid they could destroy him-so chances are there is more that that in sisters I have out there."
"How did your father escape?"
"The Mage kept father starved and weak, chained and imprisoned while he fed off his blood. However when the location of his lair was discovered he was forced to move him and his things to another location not as secure as before. Father managed to escape and wanted to kill himself while he had the chance to escape his control, but my mother found him, almost dead. She nursed him back to health again and with our healer was able to remove the fragments so he would no longer be able to control him." He drew himself up proudly "no Dragonseeker has EVER turned vampire, and never shall it be."
He relaxed then "it is almost dawn and you four need more sleep. You may be fully healed, but your....chakra needs to recharge before you return to your home. Another day or two and you shall be ready to return."
"And you're coming too, aren't you?" Hinata asked to receive an nod of answer. The three humans and one animal quickly finished their meals, cleaning up the dishes left before Hinata was lead to her room by the blonde. He tucked her in and kissed her forehead gently, murmuring "sleep deep until the next rising, my love" causing her to blush deeply at this attention, wondering if she should kiss him back.
He drew back and looked at her, smiling "do not feel obligated to do anything, lifemate. Just because I do something, doesn't mean you have to do the same. When you feel confident or comfortable enough, know you do not need permission to touch me."
Hinata understood and nodded "it's just....." she started to stutter "I've never touched someone like that before. I wouldn't know what to do. What if I do something wrong? Touch somewhere wrong?"
He smiled gently at her and she had the feeling he was incredibly pleased with the fact she had never touched another like that before. "You are my lifemate. My body belongs to you, just as yours belongs to me. If your mind or body tells you to touch me somewhere, go ahead. You will only learn by doing so. I assure you, even though I am not human, our needs and desires are the same."
Hinata had the feeling he was referring to sex wise.
His widening grin proved it and made her heart ache at the same time, it was so Naruto Uzumaki.
His smile faltered at her thought and something flashed red in his eyes "even if I WAS the one you crave remember this, he no longer exists."
For just a second fear went through her, both at the fire in his eyes and the very thought of his death being real. But then it was gone in realization. He had said 'no longer exists', not dead!
Did that mean he WAS Naruto-kun? Did it mean he remembered but didn't want to? Like what had happened was too traumatic. No, he would have known and remembered them, Kiba and he had been friends before. Maybe he hadn't remembered, just knew something was wrong or his memories were missing and had convinced himself he was born this way. Having no memories past the couple saving him his mind must have created new ones in its place.
He frowned down at her before gently kissing her forehead again and calmly speaking "sleep, lifemate" and he was gone-just like that. She hadn't even seen him move.
In the time it took for her to fall asleep she lay in bed, going over everything in her head over and over, trying to piece it all together.
She was asleep before the sun had fully risen.
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