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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 is mostly flashbacks and explaination. Next chapter-the arrival at Hidden Leaf and everyone's reaction to the new Naruto.
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There had been rumors lately of something...other than them destroying Vampires. Who or WHATEVER it was had destroyed one of the few remaining of the Five. The Vampires and their minions were in an uproar about it, hunting who or whatever it was but so far unsuccessful. The new Hunter was elusive-they couldn’t sense him, track him or even injure him. Whoever heshe was, they were lethal and seemed to have it out for the evil Carpathians, and by the information they had tricked from an recently turned, this new figure was immune to the effects of the Vampire blood AND the parasites they used to control their victims. Whomever they were, the Carpathians were trying to locate them BEFORE either the Vampires killed it, or it mistook an Carpathian and killed THEM.
The race were struggling to locate the figure before too late.
If the figure couldn’t be turned he may have an natural immunity-like that of his great uncle’s lifemate. If the figure was a female hunter like Ivory, she could be a lifemate to an male and would be in even more danger than if it was male. If it was male then it required protection, whether human or Carpathian.
As the two Carpathians most connected to nature it was up to them to search for this being, their link to Mother Earth could help them more than any other. However they found that Mother Nature was being surprisingly silent about this being. Whoever it was they had the sense she was protecting them, like they were important to her. So much so that she felt the need to protect them from even THEM.
A sudden power sense from up ahead caught their attention.
With a surge of speed they headed towards it. If they could get there fast enough they had a chance of locating the figure.
It was strange, the power was definitely NOT human or Carpathian, neither any of the other races. Instead it felt like a mix between nature and magic. Could it be an Mage? But no, the magic felt different to an mage, and they KNEW what that felt like. Whatever it was was totally unique.
A new race? Some sort of hybrid?
The closer they got the more they sensed fox and nature combined, it was almost like an scent in the air.
Was there an race like the Jaguars or Lycan’s, only fox? Kitsune maybe.
Soon they found themselves approaching the site, the scent of ozone and something burning overpowering the air, the shrieking cries of an pissed-off vampire and the whimper of a child. Exchanging looks they put on even more speed, they had to get there NOW.
Towards the actual site of the ‘battle’ the two automatically changed to vapor and shielded their minds, protecting their presence from the Vampire in case he looked for them. Maneuvering through the trees, using their presence to hide they found their way into the once field of lush trees, now an clearing of smoking, burnt or dead vegetation.
In the middle stood three figures.
A Vampire, an human boy and a child.
The child was young, nearing her teens clutching the boy in front of her’s jacket as she hid behind him. The boy himself was in his late teens, body tense and in front of hers, turned just slightly to both hide and protect her from the other figure, stance that of defense and obviously someone with training to fight. They recognized an martial arts position. So the boy was trained. He was ALSO obviously their new hunter by the weapons he wore and the tough, unafraid look on his face.
The boy had long blonde hair, blue eyes and strangely enough whisker marks on his face which were thick and stood out. The pupils were not the round circle of human eyes, rather the vertical slits of a cat or snakes eyes. The whiskers and eyes suggested he was something more than human to them, not to mention the strange almost demonic power radiating from him in the form of an red aura.
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Shino made a sound which caught their attention.
“What is it?” the female voice asked.
“You are describing the Kyuubi. Whenever Naruto-san used it’s power those features would show. Usually the marks on his face are thin lines and the eyes are normal-human. Add to that previous experience has told us the Uzumaki’s chakra is BLUE, not red.”
“So either the Kyuubi was in control or Naruto-kun had somehow absorbed the Kyuubi itself and was using it’s power” Hinata said. “Or the demon died and Uzumaki absorbed it’s power to survive.”
“Go on” Hinata said.
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The young mans face was tense, twisted in determination, hands out as he tried to fully block sight of the child, an strange blade in his right hand. It was a knife of some kind, a round ring on one end and the blade was strange with both sides sharp and the base wide leading down into thin sharp point.
The girl was OBVIOUSLY a Carpathian child, or at least part, which gave the two all the most reason to help, to save and protect the two. If the boy was human they needed to protect him and find out WHY he was doing this and if he wasn’t, what exactly he was.
They sent the information back along the path they shared with the Princes’ healer and son-in-law, Gregori.
“The child is the daughter of Dayan and Corrine, members of The Dark Troubadours. Dayan is the ‘adopted’ brother of my younger brother, so MY brother. If this boy saved Jennifer and is protecting her then he is ours to protect. Aid him and find out why he has taken it on himself to do this.”
“We are on our way” another male voice said “he is protecting a Carpathian child from a Vampire despite the risk to himself, for that we owe him a boon.” Two new voices came to them, a female and a male, the females pleading emotionally “please, save our daughter.” And from the male “he is a mortal protecting our child, he obviously cares, we need to know why and who he is.”
“He may not be human” they supplied “but he is nothing we have ever seen before.”
“It doesn’t matter” he said in answer “if he is doing something like this, he is of good heart.”
Before they could continue the boy was moving. Both hands rose, his fingers in an strange sign. There was multiple bursts of smoke in the clearing and when it cleared the two were SURROUNDED with clones, identical clones. There have to be AT LEAST fifty of them!!
From where they watched the two could see one of them-whether original or a clone-crouched down behind the others with the girl wrapped in his arms. He whispered something in her ear and she nodded, accepting his hand and tensing, ready for something.
Suddenly half the clones surged forward, towards the Vampire, weapons drawn and ready. At the same instant both the girl and one with her rose, full-out running for the safety of the trees.
The Vampire screamed in fury, heading towards the running two, but the other half of the group surrounded them protectively while the others moved between, simultaneously swinging at it.
The Vampire only turned into vapor and moved past.
The teen pushed the girl towards the trees and growled “go”. She froze “but you....” His head turned to look at her, “I SAID GO!!!” with a sob the girl fled, Razvan moving to intercept and help her while Ivory moved to help the boy and attack the Vampire.
And froze at what she witnessed.
One of the clones moved the instant the Vampire became solid. In an flash of movement even SHE couldn’t follow an spear of metal rose from the earth at his feet and-surrounded by the red aura-thrust directly through the creature’s chest, impaling the heart completely.
And it was done with a surge of earth energy.
Due to the spears size the heart was completely destroyed. Ivory was about to move forward to destroy the body when it seemed to combust from the inside out, bursting into flames. The Vampire screamed in fury, pain and denial as it burned, struggling to free itself.
When a Vampire died it did everything it could to bring down the hunter and those around it. With one final choked scream it pulled itself free of the spear, summoning an earthquake. The figure and clones stumbled briefly, the rough fall dispelling the copies to reveal the original, the one closest to the Vampire-the same one to summon the spear. The Vampire hissed in hate and lashed out. As Ivory tried to move in between them and save the boy, the close proximity meant no matter what she did she would be too late. Even if she shot him or used her abilities it would be that way.
She just hoped she would be on time to heal him.
The deadly contaminated claws sliced through the skin of his neck, cutting his throat open.
Ivory used all of her speed, hoping to save him and heal the damage, watching the boy choke, hands moving to his skin. At the same time she moved towards him she summoned a storm, incinerating the Vampire with a bolt of lightening.
When she moved to go aid the boy his eyes narrowed on her managing to rasp out "don't come near me," not in English or Carpathian but JAPANESE! But back there he had spoken in English. Why the language change? Was Japanese his native tongue?
His hair was naturally blonde and he didn't LOOK Japanese except for the slight turn at the corner of his eyes. Sure he was short but he was also stocky, not overpoweringly muscular, but enough to show not only was he active but worked at keeping it so.
Ivory frowned. She didn't know what he was, so trying to control his mind may not work. She needed to calm him down, he was bleeding badly, if not severely, but forcing control over his mind when he knew what she was doing would not work. It would cause him to distrust her even more and fight back, even flee, and if their own hunters AND Vampires couldn't find him then they probably wouldn't find him before he bled to death.
The smell of his blood was definitely unique, a potent mix of human, fox, nature and something magical, even the scent made her confused for what he could be, but it made her realize something.
Human blood always had the slight tinge of metal to it, both in smell and taste, but the potent combination of metal, earth, fresh spring water and ozone to the nature energy he wore, not to mention the pleasant smoky wood (like from a campfire) told her he was just like the two of them.
This boy was not only touched by Mother Nature but favored by her. A human as her treasured child, not just that he felt like her blood virtually ran in his veins! That explained the spear of metal and the surge of nature energy before, Mother Nature was moving to aid and protect her chosen. It also explained how he could disappear without a trace, she was moving to cover his tracks for him.
"Mother, is it true?" she questioned it "have you claimed him as your own, someone other than our kind, a human?"
"Do not be jealous, daughter. Another version has claimed him. I can do no other than to honor that claim."
"Another version?!" she was confused, what did that mean? Then it suddenly occurred to her. Ivory had been the student of the supposedly most skilled and powerful Mage when she was much younger-Xavier, her lifemates' grandfather. Of course NOW she knew he was never as powerful as he seemed, choosing instead to steal his students work and claim it as his own-not to mention his corrupt soul was probably sold to who knows how many demons and among those studies were other worlds. Some almost identical to their own or near it, some heaven and some hell.
Was it possible that this boy was from one of those worlds. It would explain what he was and why she had no idea what he was. If he had been marked or claimed by HIS worlds Mother Nature, it made her words make more sense. He was her child, just another version of it.
Before anyone else could speak there was a cry of "Naru!" and the girl was flying into him, arms wrapped around him, sobbing "I was so scared you'd die!"
Ivory blinked as Razvan casually walked towards her behind the girl, the boy again moving the girl behind him. She spoke gently "Jennifer I'm Ivory, a friend of your uncle Gregori and I need your help, or rather Naru needs your help."
"Shut up!" the boy growled, however the girl looked out at her "wh....what do you mean?"
"Look at his neck."
The girl did and gasped in horror "NARU!"
"I'll heal" he rasped.
"But not before you bleed to death" Ivory answered. The girl looked sad "I'm not like mom or dad, I can't heal with my saliva."
"We can help" Ivory said "but he won't let us."
"Help him, please" she looked up into the boy's face "Naru let them! You are my best friend, I don't want you to die!"
Ivory blinked, she had assumed the boy had just FOUND and rescued the girl, but now it seemed that she had been sneaking out to visit him all along. She wondered how that had been happening and no one knew about it and for how long. Children of their race were few and far between-girl children all the more so, every one was guarded fiercely.
Suddenly four more figures appeared in the clearing, three males and a female. Two of the males were definitely related, one stockier than the other, one older with slashing silver eyes. The other male had soft charcoal colored hair and stood beside the woman, arms around her shoulders comfortingly.
The girl saw them, cried "mom, dad!" and ran out from behind the boy, throwing herself into their arms to sob and pour out the story of what happened.
Once the two females had calmed down the male released them and stepped towards them, eyes on the boy grateful and gentle "you saved my only child, I owe you a boon" he motioned at the older man with silver eyes "allow our healer to aid you, I swear on my life he will not harm you."
The girl looked at him pleadingly "please Naru, please let uncle Gregori heal you, I don't want you to die." (A.N.-While Dayan and Gregori are not genetically related, Darius DID raise the Dark Troubadours, making them a family unit, making Gregori and Dayan essentially adopted brothers.)
The boy looked into the slashing silver eyes, his own hard "I don't trust you."
"I only wish to heal you, nothing more. Afterwards you can go wherever you wish, we will not try to stop you" the man moved not a single muscle except his mouth, holding himself loose and relaxed to seem non-threatening.
"You saved my daughter, let us repay you in this small way."
"Naru doesn't trust anyone, someone he thought was a friend hired guys to kill him and hurt him so he couldn't fight back."
The group seemed concerned "you are injured? Beyond what the Vampire did?!" the healer looked alarmed "allow me to heal you however you are hurt."
The rest of the group looked the boy over, he didn't SEEM injured in any other way. "His legs" Razvan spoke to her, "it is not weakness from blood-loss that has him standing in such a way."
Ivory looked him over. He had locked his legs in position to remain standing, not from tension at their presence. His body, despite the awkward angle was shaking and by the way his back trembled, shoulders tensed she REALIZED it wasn't just his legs but the problem was with his back.
"Please Naru" the girl pleaded, eyes watering "please, I don't want to loose you."
The boy's sigh bubbled with blood in his throat "alright" his eyes narrowed on the healer "but if you do anything funny, accept my kunai in your side."
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Shino questioned "what was his reaction to your healers method of healing?"
"He didn’t seem to react at all except to frown. The healer was connected to my mind at the time, hoping by describing what he was seeing I would know who and what he was. I told him what Mother Nature had said and what I had seen him do. The boy's back was scarred up, messed up, it was a wonder he could move at all."
The three ninja nodded, they all now knew why.
"The healer fixed up what he could of it after healing his neck, but he was mostly worried about signs of an ancient unusual seal in his stomach area. He said there was signs of some sort of massive power once located there and weaved through his entire system, but the way it hung in tatters suggests that something was torn out. He said traces of it still filled his body-some areas overpoweringly so and others not so or none at all-but it was still there."
Shino frowned "the power itself, or just traces of it."
"That he couldn't tell. He said it could have been destroyed and traces of it lingered, mixed with his own, or it had freed itself and was hiding buried inside him."
The male voice spoke "the healer is supposed to be the most skilled of our race in the healing arts and things long forgotten or forbidden. If HE says he doesn't know....."
They understood this, it would be like the Fifth Hokage and THEIR healer saying she had no idea how to heal someone.
"It was while he was healing the boy that we found out how young Jennifer was able to be out with him while also with the other kids."
Hinata suddenly giggled "let me guess, Shadow Clone."
"If that's what you call it, yes."
"What was the Uzumaki's reaction to this knowledge?"
"He yelled."
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"YOU DID WHAT!? I TOLD YOU TO USE THAT ONLY IN EMERGENCIES TO PROTECT YOURSELF!!"
The girl winced "but I....."
His eyes narrowed on her "no buts, that was irresponsible, not to mention you LIED to me. You told me your parents knew you came out here." He looked at the two adults "I apologize, I taught her that jutsu so she could protect herself, NOT sneak out of the house like a rebellious teen. I thought ill of you both because of it."
The two nodded, accepting the apology and the male asked "what is this....jutsu?"
"Where I come from we learned to harness the unity of mind and spirit into what we call Chakra. With Chakra we can weave jutsus. There is another energy-Nature-but only myself and Erosan know how to use that one. The one I taught her allows us to essentially create clones identical in every way to the original-abilities, chakra, everything. The ability to create clones is standard among us, but those are nothing but illusions, these are real, solid, unless the receive an strong blow."
They understood what he was saying. The reason they hadn't been able to tell the difference between the clone with the kids and their carers and the real thing was it was identical in every way, thoughts, moves excreta UNLESS something happened to mean it received a blow of some kind.
"Only someone with a lot of chakra can do it, only a few I know can. It can be dangerous though, which is why I told her only in emergencies."
They frowned at him, concerned "dangerous how?"
"The technique is Forbidden for good reason. The clone is a perfect copy in every way and once it is dispelled all it's memories return to the user. The copy can do everything the original can, know everything and is perfectly indistinguishable in every way, but in order to create it the user has to split their chakra between themselves evenly. One clone-cut in half, two clones-a third and so on."
They understood. If the user didn't have A LOT of power they were splitting their strength up. Which left the question. How powerful was he that about fifty clones didn't make him break a sweat? Jennifer-who had been doing this for who knows how long-was making herself weaker. No wonder he was upset with her!
The boy suddenly grunted once in pain, there was an audible crack and he stood a little straighter. Obviously the healer was now at work there.
"What caused this type of damage?" the healer asked softly "it is only recent and shows signs of incorrect healing done at an short amount of time, which is why you are in such pain and having such difficulty with movement."
The boy's face shut down "none of your business."
From where he stood Razvan asked "do you mean he was healed by someone inexperienced?"
"No, I mean his own body did it, but because the healing was done so fast it did not happen correctly, leaving massive scar-tissue clumps that was seriously hindering movement. I am frankly amazed he can even move."
Then inside their heads the healer added "it must also be excruciating for him to even move, both then and now."
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"It is possible his body didn't know HOW to heal itself" Shino said.
"How do you mean?" they asked.
"Think about it. They way it was described to me was the seal prevented all but a small constant amount of chakra from leaking into his body since the day the Forth sealed him inside. THAT was barely hours after his birth. Later it was tampered with, opening the seal wider. THAT very chakra would have been used to heal him all his life, the power preserving and protecting its host."
The others nodded in understanding. "So with the nine tailed gone, there was nothing there to heal him and his own body attempted to, but was unable to do it properly."
Shino nodded "it is similar to the ninja system. There are healers and ninja. While someone like Tsunade-hime CAN fight as an ninja, her skills are more towards healing. A LOT of ninja CAN heal, but only basic injuries. So any normal ninja couldn't heal, while healers can't preform complex jutsus." (yes I know characters like Tsunade and Sakura are good at both, but from what I've seen they and Kabuto are exceptions to the rule, MOST healers-or medinin-hang around the village. Even Sakura when she was being trained spent more times in the the village then out. Which is stupid I think. EACH TEAM, no matter what village, should have at least ONE healer-or someone trained in that way, it would help survival rates go up.)
"Every Carpathian hunter knows how to heal themselves. However OUR healer is just as an skilled hunter as any other male."
The other voice seemed amused "even some of our women hunt now. My sister is one as well as my lifemate."
The group realized he was talking about the woman they were listening to.
Which means she raised Naruto with HER skills and knowledge, combined with whatever his father had.
"What happened next?"
"We knew as soon as the healer finished he would want to leave, but we couldn't let him. He was in serious danger, the Vampires were actively hunting him and while his skills were unknown to us, he couldn't possibly survive much longer. The Vampires were working together and master Vampires controlled and manipulated the newly turned into wearing down a hunter and striking when they were vulnerable. This would undoubtedly kill him. But we didn't think he would believe us or accept any offers of shelter. So the question was....how do we get him to accept our protection?"
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"That's easy, offer him a job" the new feminine voice spoke. They immediately FELT the healers reaction before he spoke back "Savannah....."
Savannah Dubrinsky, eldest child of the Prince and the man's lifemate spoke back, voice just as firm "you didn't think I would just LET you go out without knowing what you were doing, did you? As you are so fond of telling me, I am your lifemate-therefore I'm always a shadow in your mind. Offer him a job, that way you have an excuse to keep him close and can earn his trust."
"And what sort of job do you suggest?"
"Bodyguard, for the children, against the Vampires and their agents trying to hurt them. That way it will appeal to his sense of usefulness and heroics. It's just the sort of thing he'd want."
"How do YOU know he wishes to be a hero?"
She laughed "I scanned him of course while you healed him. He was hurt badly many times in the past-but recently was the worse. However he has this pure untainted spirit that I've never felt before. Sure he's male and can lash out and do all the things an normal man is capable of, but there is this core of beauty too him, it's amazing. Also part of him is DEFINITELY some sought of animal. I don't know what exactly but it's canine related."
"Like a fox?" they asked.
"I'd say so, yes. He has the loyalty and an sense of honor related to nature and the canine. It is why he tried to protect Jennifer even from you all until her parents showed up. He may not admit, but he sees her as a little sister, pack. Offer him food, shelter, anything he needs in return for guarding our children of a day, tell him how dangerous it is for them and how only our human friends can protect them from the Vampires minions. I believe he will accept if he thinks he can protect them better. He'll want Jennifer safe."
"It makes sense" Corrine, Dayan's lifemate and Jennifer's mother said "I want him to come, Dayan, he's needs us as much as we need him. Savannah said he was hurt in the past-recently-and Jennifer said he was betrayed by some he trusted. They probably were the SAME PERSON. He deserves to be able to trust people again, to be cared for and loved. I have you, lifemates have each other, we are there even before we find each other. He has no one."
Jennifer looked up pleadingly at her father "he needs us, dad, he's all alone-the only one of his kind."
Instead of asking what exactly that was he moved closer catching the boys attention "where are you currently resident?"
When the boys eyes narrowed to snap something he added "we wish to know because we are prepared to offer you food, lodgings and clothes as well as everything you need for a job." The boy's eyes widened "a....job?!"
Dayan nodded "you are obviously skilled with handling an Vampire, human or not. Lately they have been targeting our children-as you have seen. We can only do so much since we are unable to be there for them during daylight hours and so rely on mortals to protect them. YOU are mortal, yes, but you are experienced at killing them to protect others while our human allies are not. If YOU were there for them, it would be much easier for us to rest, knowing someone skilled was there to protect them. In exchange we can give you food, lodgings, clothes, anything you need. Even money if necessary."
Corrine blinked "you could stay with Jennifer in safety, she wouldn't need to sneak out anymore to see you."
Dayan looked at his daughter, eyes slightly narrowed, his stern expression saying to her 'we'll talk about THAT later, young lady' causing said girl to wince visibly, realizing how much trouble she was in.
The boy hesitated, obviously torn. She could see it in him-the need to trust verses the desire not too coupled with the instincts to remain out in nature where he felt safe and protected verses the human desire for companionship. Then there was the-she suspected-fox (?) part of him that desired pack-or in case of a fox-a skulk. Foxes were part of the canine kingdom and shared many traits with them, loyalty one of them.
Finally the desire won out and he sighed “fine, as long as during the time I’m working they do as I say. I don’t want to be chasing them around while trying to protect them” he looked pointedly at the child.
They agreed.
It took mere days for the children to trust him, even the most cynical or distrusting of the lot. “He’s like us” one of Sara and Falcon’s adopted street urchins said “he never knew his parents and had no one to care for himself. We had each other, he had no one.”
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“Your Prince’s daughter was correct about the Uzumaki” Shino spoke. Hinata added softly “he had this....inner light. He could just make you believe ANYTHING.”
“He could see the good in anyone, even when they couldn’t see it in themselves. In fact his first mission he got two SS class criminals to turn against their employer” Kiba said.
“He not only persuaded Lady Tsunade to return to the village when NO ONE else could-least of all her ex-teammate AND sensei-but to become the Fifth Hokage.”
“Hokage?”
“The leader of their village” Naruto explained.
“Lady Tsunade Senju is the Fifth. Her grandfather was the Second and one of the founders and the First was her granduncle. Naruto’s father was the Forth. The Senju are related to the Uzumaki, Naruto. His mother was Uzumaki and related to the Second’s wife-Maito Uzumaki.”
“Lady Tsunade not only saw Naruto-kun as an type of relative but like a little brother. It hurt her so much when he disappeared. She was constantly sending ninja out to find traces of him. Even now she is still doing anything to find him.”
“Now we know as Lady Tsunade’s apprentice Sakura was trusted. She probably vandalized ANY chance of gaining information” Kiba grunted. To him as a dog-like ninja her behavior was uncomprehendable. Naruto was always loyal and even risked his life many times to save hers AND to bring back her obsession, yet THIS was how she treated him.
“Apparently is was.....my birth father who placed the buuji inside...me” he was still unwilling to think of himself as this child they knew, he didn’t remember any of it and as far as he was concerned he was an Carpathian.
“Why?”
“The Kyuubi was an being of pure chakra. It attacked our village and was slaughtering our people. The Forth did what he had to do to save everyone. His wife Kushina was the previous host, only an Uzumaki can contain the creature, any one other would die should it be extracted, but it was released during child birth-her seal was too weak to contain it while she was so weak. The Forth sacrificed his soul and chakra to the Shirigami in exchange for the strength of the seal strong enough to contain it. During the sealing the Kyuubi tried to kill Naruto so both Minato Namakiaze-sama and Kushina-hime jumped between to protect him. The Kyuubi was sealed-half inside Uzumaki and the other inside Minato-sama when the death god took him as payment.”
“So because Naruto was conceived and born to the previous host, his parents knew he would survive the sealing where another would not.”
“The Forth believed never ask of another what you aren’t willing to sacrifice yourself. He wanted Uzumaki to be seen in the village as a hero for containing the very thing that threatened them. By living he was protecting everyone, maintaining their lives safe from the threat. However humans are suspicious and superstitious by nature. They used Uzumaki to take their pain out on, treating him as if HE was the demon. The only reason they didn’t do more than alienate and call him names was the Third passed a law.”
“And you? How did YOU feel about this?”
“My clan saw no point mistreating him. We knew what it is like living with something....else under your skin” his kiki hummed as if in answer to the unspoken question.
Hinata spoke “the Abrahume are not exactly.....sociable people. They are mostly logical and taught from when they are young that they need extreme control over their emotions. The kiki react to their host, emotions would just....”
“Make things difficult” the bug-nin supplied “please continue Ivory-sama. How long before you were forced to change him?”
“A week only.”
“Then, please go on, Ivory-sama.”
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“DADDDYYYY!!!” The scream of pure terror, grief and sorrow awoke every single Carpathian, not just in the mountains but overseas as well, they were echoed by the very earth itself crying out in pain and horror. The following sound of children sobbing and breaking down caused every male, even unmated, to hiss in fury at their pain while every female sobbed in empathy. However Ivory herself spoke urgently “Jennifer, what is wrong?” The sobbing just continued so Razvan spoke out, voice soft, serene and soothing, compelling “tell us what is wrong, child, or we can not help.”
“They’re killing him!" she sobbed.
“Who? Tell us what is happening?” she said soothingly.
“Naru” she sobbed “the ghouls attacked us. Naru pushed us into a room and put a seal on it. They can’t get to us but there is too many for him, they’re killing him!”
“We are on our way” the voice was deep, melodic and compelling, male Carpathian but none that Ivory knew, followed by another she did “as am I.” The first she had no idea about but the second was one dear to her, one of the five men she loved as brothers, who helped raise her. “Manolito” she said softly, but who was the other?
“Dominic” the other voice answered “I have been away from our home land for a long time. I returned with my lifemate when informed of the situation. I was informed members of my clan I was unaware existed are here now and am currently searching for them. Two niece, a grand nephew and niece and their lifemates.”
“Clan name?”
“Dragonseeker.” Razvan went completely still but the man was going on “you are Razvan. Our Prince informed me of your past. YOU are my grandnephew. I am proud of your strength in such an situation as the one Xavier trapped you in. Rhiannon was my sister.” The two had a feeling he meant LITTLE sister. He felt old, VERY old. A feminine voice spoke “We are all related.”
“What do you mean?”
“My name is Solange Sangria. My cousin is Juliette.” Ivory nodded, she was correct. Juliette was the lifemate to Riordan, one of the five De La Cruz brothers who she had been raised around. So in a way the woman was related to her while the man was related to her lifemate.
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“Wait a minute” Kiba said “I thought your kind can’t pysically be out in daylight.” Hinata spoke “except very early in the morning and late in the afternoon.”
“Yeah” Kiba agreed “but you said they were headed there in broad daylight. And what’s a ghoul?”
“Wait a minute” Hinata looked thoughtful “you told me your mothers adopted brother Manolito was one of those other races, didn’t you? The CarpathianLycan’s. Is that why?” Naruto nodded.
“So the mixed breed allows them immunity to sunlight” Shino said “What about your great granduncle?”
“His lifemate Solange is a powerful woman. She is an Jaguar warrior and princess of her kind. Her blood is unique and strong and can kill the very parasites the vampire use to identify each other and control humans. When she mated her male her blood and....gifts gave him the ability to tolerate the sunlight to an extent. That plus how old he is....”
“HOW old is he?”
“His true age is unknown but it is suspected he is one of the oldest living Carpathians. A couple of thousand years, at least one complete millennium.”
Shock filled them.
“An Carpathian is considered a child until they reach at least their two hundred and fiftieth year. We age differently to humans.”
“But....” Kiba couldn’t wrap his head around the concept of living so long. Shino frowned “so the children are not-by our standards-children.”
“Only a few are full-blooded Carpathians. Most of them are human children adopted by Carpathians from either abusive or neglected lives” They could practically FEEL the glare she sent them “you humans throw away children like they are rubbish. If you knew what it was like to never be able to have them, or worse, have to love them then loose them in their first year of birth you would see them for the treasures they are.”
Kiba couldn’t hold it in much longer “what are Ghouls?!”
“Humans who either give up their mortality or are victims of the vampire. They infect them through the parasites they carry-usually through the vampire’s blood-and completely control them. They are mindless and programmed for one purpose and one purpose only and will do EVERYTHING to complete their objective. Imagine being set upon by an family member or even your lover who is set on killing you, no life in their eyes, moving on at you endlessly even as they are injured even loose limbs. They can not be saved or stopped, they are no longer who you knew or thought they were, just puppets.”
“The vampire use them as cannon fodder. They are especially used when the vampire can not be there, like during the day time.”
“Unlike a Carpathian an vampire is chained to the night, they can not go out in ANY sunlight and are forced to use puppets to do their will at those times.”
“So, the Vampires sent these...Ghouls to attack the safe house where the children were sheltered and Naruto fought them to protect them, only something happened and he was overpowered. As the child said “they are killing him.” They sensed the woman’s nod. “And by your connection to the Earth energy you knew that he was definitely badly injured.”
“Yes.”
“Go on.”
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"We are here" a new voice spoke and Ivory blinked when she recognized one of her lifemates daughters, Skyler. Instead of questioning the fact her lifemate allowed such an fragile soul out into a dangerous situation she asked "What do you see?"
"The building is in flames" her lifemate Dimitri said "the entire building is engulfed, almost burnt down, yet I sense the children are safe. I can not sense the boy who saved them in any way. Whether that means he has passed over, not in the building or I simply can not sense his presence I am uncertain. The Prince informs me of the fact he is not completely human and no vampire or Carpathian can sense his presence in any way, he may still be inside."
"Jennifer said she can see him from where the children are located, laying on the floor" the voice belonged to Dayan as the parents all tried to calm and soothe their children, genetic or not. To the Carpathian one families child is equally loved by ALL the race.
"So find the children and you will find the boy" Ivory said and the Carpathian agreed "yes. She said he used some sort of fireball attack he summoned from his mouth-phoenix flower or something-to completely engulf the Ghouls after he was seriously wounded. It was the last of his strength and he appears not to be moving now."
Another voice spoke, soft, smooth but full of power and authority. "They are located in a basement safe room, the boy is on the floor of the stairs between that area and the upstairs. He used the narrow passage to force the ghouls into a confined space for better effect. A sound tactic. He used some sort of seal to surround the safe-room completely so not even the Vampires could get in. Every Ghoul who tried was instantly burnt up-not that many escaped the boy's attack or the burning building to try."
"My prince" the man, Dimitri said respectfully "how do you know this?"
"My brother was visiting at the time" said another but feminine voice "he has SOME experience with Vampires and Ghouls but when they attacked he wouldn't let him fight. He locked him in with the kids."
“We have arrived” the ancient voice said “We see what was described. I will summon a storm to put the flames out while the others try to locate the bunker.”
“Others are arriving to aid us” Dimitri said “My brother and his lifemate, anyone who can be out safely is aiding us.”
The Prince spoke again “Gregori and I will be there just as soon as possible. Do what you must to aid the boy, we all owe him for the life of our children. He is just a child himself, yet also a warrior, his actions have proved his true soul as well as my daughter has seen his true heart, he does not deserve such a death.”
Taking this as an decree the ancient Carpathian called a storm, the rain so thick and heavy the flames had no chance and were gone in mere seconds. As each section went out the Carpathians moved, digging through the rubble or using their ability to move the earth to try and locate the entrance to the basement. Each Carpathian or Panznicii De Toate worked as a unit, seeking either the entrance or some way inside. The basement area was made of metal-except the stairs which was wood.
Suddenly Skyler called out “here”. The others moved to her side to find she had uncovered a section of metal, slightly glowing.
“Do not touch it” Dominic warned “we have no idea how this boy’s seal works. It could harm anyone who touches it.” She shook her head “I doubt it. The children are in there and Joie’s brother. If he did it that way, he risked killing any of the ones inside.” She cocked her head and looked intent for a second before she moved before her lifemate could stop her. She had laid her palm directly over the glowing metal. Nothing happened.
While her lifemate berated her for the risk she took she continued, moving along the surface, past the uncovered area, eyes intense as the earth directed her. Finally she stopped “here” she turned to look at them “it’s safer here. Anywhere else will cave in the area.”
Immediately the group began on the area she indicated, knowing that while the children were safe and protected inside the sealed safe room, the boy could be killed before they could help him by falling debris through if they dug anywhere else. Suddenly Dominic seemed to change his mind. His head cocked, he looked thoughtful and he was suddenly gone, driving into the hole they had created and deeper into the earth. Skyler copied, followed by her lifemate and the others. They could hear it now, the heartbeat. It was flagging, skipping a beat then suddenly speed up, the breathing in the lungs hissing out or suddenly cease.
They came out in an small open area underground, held up by wood walls, roof and floor. A set of ruined burnt stairs were on the right, collapsed wood blocking the way out. On the left they saw the metal door of the safe room, an bloody symbol drawn over it. Piles of ash littered everywhere, the smell of burnt flesh hung thickly in the air, remains of the Ghouls. Crumpled into a pile in front of the safe room’s doors was a figure-blonde, black and orange, and red SO MUCH red.
The scent of blood overpowered them, but they could see what was meant by him not being completely human. They scented mortal-human, fox but also under that was the joint smell of earth and power. SOMETHING was growing as the boy was dying, something dark and foreboding. They didn’t know if it was from the earth, as in the death of the boy would have some severe affect on nature, or the boy himself.
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Shino frowned “It seemed that the tailed beast was still present, despite our theories.”
“What do you mean?”
“The way you describe it. The tailed beasts are trapped into the host’s body until either extracted or the host dies, however extraction MEANS the hosts death. If you were sensing some sort of foreboding as he is dying, it implies the demon was still trapped inside and preparing to escape the minute he passed.”
“Then why would the bi.....SHE assume the spirit was gone unless it was taken?”
“Perhaps those she...'sold?’ ‘hired?’ were supposed to extract the being but either didn’t know how or he escaped them.” He looked at the blonde “do you FEEL anything inside you right now? Another presence?”
He snorted “ALL Carpathian males have a presence inside them, an animal-a darkness crouching ready to pounce or take control the older we get. It is our lifemates that allow us to control it, to maintain our ‘human’ soul.”
“So you have no idea if this animal inside is you or the fox. It is possible when you were turned it became part of you instead of a separate soul.” The blonde shrugged. Shino spoke again “Ivory hime, have you ever seen that power again in him? The same as you saw that day.”
“No” she said “however that does not mean it is no longer part of him.”
“True” Shino said “during this transition it is possible it was powerful enough or enough of a trauma that his body assimilated the creature to survive.”
The woman hesitated then spoke thoughtfully “It may be that is true, that he is supposed to be as he is. It would explain what happened next.”
“What did?”
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While the ancient Carpathian moved to examine the seal everyone else moved to examine the boy. “This is a very compact design” he reported “like nothing I have ever seen before. He either is an expert in a new type, or it is an ancient design known to only himself andor his kind.”
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“It is a combination of both” Shino answered “ninja have been using seals in every day life for centuries” he pulled out a scroll, unrolled it and opened the seal to reveal an kunai before relocking it inside and putting the scroll away “however Uzumaki WAS traveling with Jiriaya-sama for three years and the sannin is an seals expert. It was he who trained The Forth Hokage and learned the seal he used to seal the Kyuubi with.”
“So this.....sannin knew ancient seals, but also he would have created his own. And since he trained him, it is possible he created his own as well as used the ones trained in” Shino nodded.
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“He’s very hurt” Skyler said with a murmur of concern, “he’s on the brink of death. SOMETHING is trying to heal him, I feel the energy in his wounds, but it is struggling” her hands glowed as she tried to heal him, Fenris and his lifemate also kneeling beside her to lay his hands on the boy and attempt to aid her. “We are trying to aid him but our attempts are bouncing off him.”
“Gregori has healed him once before” The Prince, Mikhail Dubrinsky, said “it is possible the power trying to heal him is taking your energy as an attack and trying to protect him. However since Gregori has already healed him it may recognize him and allow him to aid him. Do what you must to keep him alive until he can arrive.”
A soft but grieving voice came into both Ivory and Razvan’s mind “He will not survive, my children.”
“Mother Earth?”
“He will not survive if they do not change him. His body is too torn, his mind in shatters. He feels what is happening and is too frightened to take the step back from the precipice. YOU must change him, daughter, it is the only way. If they attempt it he will either cross fully over into that realm or go insane. Only you, as my child, have the strength and connection to myself to allow him to survive.”
Immediately Ivory reported this too them “he wouldn’t survive long enough to be healed. He wouldn’t even survive the healing. Mother Earth says I must change him, bring him over.”
“Why you?”
“Mother Earth said anyone else and he will either cross over or go insane. It’s his connection to her, only the two of us are compatible enough.”
“Hum” Gregori said thoughtfully “his connection to nature must make him too different to us. However with Ivory and Razvan being chosen as her children, their blood would be as close to his as we can get. Keep the boy alive.”
The two earth’s chosen felt mother nature feeding them strength, energy, willing them to be able to move in the afternoon sun. The earth around them moved, creating a tunnel deep inside the soil so they could move through it and towards the area without exposure to the light. “we are on our way.”
They moved quickly, reaching out to touch his mind, aware that once they changed him he would be considered their son. However it would be.....interesting to do so. The boy was different, not just in what he was but obviously he knew things they could learn that may help their race. If the boy’s blood naturally rejected the parasites and he was unable to be mentally controlled it was possible he would be unique among them. His knowledge might help them.
They moved as fast as they could, aware of the boys lagging heartbeat and breathing, they didn’t have much time.
They came up from under the room, next to the group around the boy. He was crumpled near the door, covered in blood, clothes torn and slashed with various wounds and injuries showing through. Everything from bites, burns, slashes and scratch marks. They blinked when they spied something else though, just over his stomach, that resembled an tattoo. It was an spiral pattern with eight lines of symbols coming out. What was strange was even though the mark was slashed apart it seemed to be repairing itself.
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"The eight trigrams seal" Shino answered "it is what traps the nine tailed inside. If it was repairing itself then the seal was still working." He frowned "unfortunately that could be why he wasn't healing. It was draining his chakra in order to repair itself. It is supposed to use the ninetails, but IF the Uzumaki is no longer the holder it would use HIS."
"So" Hinata started "if the buji was removed or Naruto-kun.....absorbed it, it would use his own chakra to repair the seal. But by doing so it was preventing him from healing."
The bug-nin nodded, looking at the blonde "do you still have it? Do you still bare the seal?" The blonde nodded "however it does nothing. It is like a birthmark now. We have examined or tried stimulating it-nothing."
"It could be because you haven't tried chakra-or that there is no longer a seal for the nine tailed. When we return to Kohona, Tsunade-hime can summon Jariaya-sama to examine it." If this blonde bore the seal it was DEFINITELY him. Only Minato-san had made that seal, no one else. It was unique and also dangerously deadly, he doubted another village would be able to replicate it since it showed up on him only in certain circumstances.
Then there was the...contamination from the snake-sannin......
The blonde frowned at him "contaminated HOW?"
"Jariaya-sama said there was an additional seal added to it, kind of unlocking it partly. The only ones capable of such an act would have been himself, the Forth or the snake-sannin and his old teammate Orochimaru. It opened the seal part way. Originally the Uzumaki was just supposed to have a small fraction of the ninetailed's chakra constantly flow for his use, but after the snake-nin it opened to allow the fox's chakra to leak out past the safe level. Unless he kept control, he risked the fox completely controlling him. And the Uzumaki wasn't known for controlling himself."
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"The entire process of changing from human to Carpathian is painful and often seen as humiliating, which is why a male will do so in three stages, to minimize trauma and get the body used to it. This way the lifemate has time to adapt to the differences before the final step. A male can soothe her and aid her through it, and by that time the female will trust him enough to relax and let him guide her. When safe the male will put her to sleep so she doesn't have to experience the rest and when she awakens, she is fully in our world.
However we didn't have that option here. He was already traumatized, had no reason to trust us, was close to death and then we were trying to force someone not fully human and not of a race we knew into a transition we had no idea we were sure would work.
We attempted to try and start the transition, but he fought us every step of the way-instinctively perhaps but still fought us and we were running out of time. Even when the Prince and healer arrived to help with healing, he fought them. When the healer attempted to put him to sleep, he only lashed back with his mind more violently. At least until SHE interfered."
"Who?"
"Jennifer. She and those stuck in the room had been watching through the cameras and the children were afraid if he fought us he would die. So they had switched on the external speakers and started speaking, pleading with him to stop, to let us help him. They were telling him if he let us turn him he would finally have a family like them, people who didn't care who or what he was, we would love him for WHO he was. Whether it was their voices or their words he relaxed and let us continue."
"If the Uzumaki lost his memory, how did you free them from the seal protecting them?"
"Fortunately he had shown the seal to Jennifer earlier and showed her how to cancel it-just in case. She gave instructions to Dominic over the speakers. Because her voice was allowing us to work, she stayed to keep him calm while the rest of the children were lead away with Jubal Sanders. During the transition the entire Carpathian race all over the world sent him their feelings, caring, kindness, love, everything they could to encourage him."
"She was very upset when he awoke with no memory or knowledge, even of her, we were forced to in essence rebuild his mind. The only thing he seemed to remember was his name and the basics-how to breathe, walk, touch and hold, not even talk. It was like he had regressed to that of a newborn baby. Even then a baby has a sense of self."
"Humm" Shino hummed "the trauma must have driven him deep into his mind. He saw Naruto Uzumaki as too damaged. All that trauma happened to IT, not Naruto Dragonseeker. Naruto Dragonseeker was a Carpathian, loved by his adopted parents and equally cared for by his people. He had everything and WAS everything the Uzumaki wasn't or didn't."
Hinata suddenly spoke, "Ivory-sama, did he....say anything while you were working on him?"
"He mumbled something both before and after, something none of us could understand." Hinata looked upset "Ivory-sama, exactly how long ago was it that he changed and what time?" When she was told she looked crushed "I thought that was a dream."
Everyone looked at her "what do you mean?"
She looked like she was going to cry, Naruto instinctively surrounding her in his arms, body and warmth and sent her comforting thoughts "tell us what has you so upset, jela lamti."
"That day I dreamed of you" she said with a sniff "you were covered in blood and writhing in pain. Your throat was.....I could see...but you spoke to me, begged me to help you, you said that 'they' were killing you. I wanted to help you, but I couldn't." This time tears flowed "I reached for you, but it was like there was this wall between us! Then you were gone and I felt this void and I knew you were dead!!!" she cried harder for a minute or two before continuing "Neji niisan woke me up. He said I was screaming in my sleep. I told him what happened and he said it was just a dream, that my feelings for Naruto-kun and my fear, concern and anxiety over his being missing was showing over in my dreams. He said I had to believe he was still alive, that he would return to us. He tried to convince me that if he returned to the village and I had convinced myself he was dead, it would make things awkward between us. If it was awkward then how would I be able to tell him how I felt? It took hours to sleep again, and when I did I dreamed of him again. Only this time he looked older." She shifted to look up at him "you smiled at me and said you were complete-as you were meant to be. That when you came back, WE would be as we were meant to be."
"What did he mean by that?" She frowned thoughtfully as she wiped her eyes on the cloth he offered her "I'm not sure. He said something like 'soulmates' and 'born in the wrong world' and mentioned nature."
"So he was saying you were both soulmates who were born in the wrong world, and something about nature, perhaps nature was trying to fix it."
"What are you thinking?" they asked the bug-nin.
"You claim that you are both lifemates" he looked at the blonde who nodded. "Some humans believe in soulmates, two people destined to be together. It is sounds almost exactly like your description of lifemates. Perhaps to Hinata that is what you said. Then he-you rather-mentioned born in the wrong world. Is it possible one of your souls was somehow born in the wrong one and the other was forced to follow. You said you were complete and when you returned you would both be 'as you were meant to be'. If you bring Hinata over as a Carpathian you will logically be 'complete' so to speak."
"So you're saying" the blonde frowned "that for some reason we were born in the wrong world, perhaps because of our low birth rate, and my betrayal by someone who was SUPPOSED TO BE a trusted teammate was natures way of trying to fix it, get me into the correct one."
"It is possible you were supposed to be found by the race and turned there and then, but the Forths actions that day interfered. The ninetailed's presence-or traces of him left in you-somehow blocked them from sensing you. Your training with the Sannin in nature chakra was meant to be, to open you up to.....her, Mother Nature. It is why the version in YOUR world immediately became protective of you, took you as hers-just like she did Ivory and Razvan sama."
"So I was MEANT to be their child all along."
Shino moved his shoulders slightly, his version of a shrug "it is just a theory based on logic and your own words."
"Kinda makes sense" Kiba piped up with "I mean Hinata definitely doesn't belong in that clan. She's sweet, emotional, cares for everyone around her and wants nothing more than to be an healer and free the branch members, all things NOT Hyuuga."
"She has loved the Uzumaki since first sight" Shino went on, seeing the said young woman blush "it is possible SHE felt the connection first. He was always gentle and friendly with her, even defended her honor at the Chunnin Exams, but we saw nothing to suggest he felt the same."
The was a sudden image in their heads, a beautiful figure dancing on the surface of a lake under a waterfall and a flash of awe and love from it. It was only a second, but was there.
The blonde immediately put a hand to his head and Hinata blushed deeply, seriously "you SAW that?!" she squeaked out. He looked down at her "that was YOU?! It is real?!" Hinata's blush deepened before she suddenly frowned "that was a memory? You actually REMEMBERED something?!"
"I have seen that image for as long as I can remember" he answered "every time I tried to imagine what my lifemate would look like, it came to me. I thought...."
"You thought YOU had made it up, but in reality your mind and probably memories were simply answering you directly" his mother answered. "It implies you knew who she was on some level and your mind was trying to lead you there using your repressed memories." This from his father "have you ever received any other such images, people or places you do not know?"
"No" he replied "just that one. But the emotions are usually different. Sometimes it's awe, sometimes it's overwhelming sadness, sometimes an love so strong I want to go to her and embrace her, sometimes confusion or concern for her safety."
Hinata frowned at him in confusion "way do you feel sad?"
"It's like the figure is an angel and I'm not worthy of touching her. I feel.....unworthy, like no matter what I try, she is beyond my grasp" he looked suddenly blank "her family would never allow us to be together, so I admire from afar."
He suddenly blinked and looked baffled "where did THAT come from?"
Hinata gaped at him. Could it be that when she wasn't watching him, HE was watching HER?! The very thought made her dizzy with both excitement and confusion as well as some sadness. He had thought he was some no-name orphan and so not worthy of her. That she was some pure and she would never accept him. How wrong they both were. If Naruto had of loved her....."why the constant attention to the bit.....Sakura?" she asked out loud.
Shino spoke "is it not standard behavior for the looser-or geek-to be attracted to the smart girl? Is that not normal for human behavior?" Hinata looked at him "are you saying...he was doing it because it was expected of him to look normal? What about all the following her around and trying to ask her for dates?"
"Uzumaki san had no role model growing up, no one to tell him how and how not to act. The only way he could receive attention-it seemed-was through negative behavior. The Uchiha was not interested in other than power and their team leader seemed to indulge this, so did their female teammate. No one on the team seemed to be interested in anything other then themselves and what they wanted."
"So you're saying he would only bug her for dates because it meant it was SOME SORT of attention? Any sort was what he craved?"
"Exactly. I have also come to suspect in later years it had to do with an sense of empathy he had. Children have such until life and experience either teach them to ignore it or repress it, but he had no one to teach him this. After examining my memories of the subject I came to believe he purposely antagonized her in order to help her."
"How do you mean?"
"Think back on all those memories of them, when was the one time more than any other that he would do so?"
The other two looked thoughtful for a few minutes before Kiba's eyes widened. When Shino nodded to him, Hinata just looked confused. So the bug-nin explained "what would happen just before he would ask her out?"
When she just looked all the more confused, Kiba 'threw her a bone' so to speak. "The Uchiha. What would she try with the Uchiha?"
It took a few seconds before it occurred to her and her eyes widened in sudden knowledge "she would try to get his attention or persuade him to do something with or about her and get rejected! That's it, isn't it! He would do all that to distract her from her hurt feelings, give her something to take her temper out on!"
The males nodded "he meant well but did it the wrong way. Eventually instead of seeing the Uchiha as the traitor he was and is, she began to lay ALL the blame on him. Every little problem or mistake, everything to get angry for was HIS fault. No matter if it has nothing to do with him, or he was on a mission at the time or even during his three years away from the village, it was HIS fault."
"So when he returned to the village after that time it was like rubbing her nose in it, he, the useless idiot willingly returns while the man she supposedly loves and THINKS loves her back still is gone and WON'T."
"I saw it from her teens. Even then she seemed....unstable. She seemed to settle though. However it seems not so, she just became good at hiding it."
“It doesn’t matter now” the blonde said “if you wish to return to the village before sunrise we need to go quickly.” The three were about to move but Naruto cocked his head and frowned. The three heard his father asking him something softly, but the blonde just shook his head and murmured “not now. It is not the time or place.”
Hinata frowned at him “what is it?”
“It is not important right now” he wouldn’t look at her. She frowned at his reaction “tell me.”
“Later jela lamti. What father asked is not something that can be discussed in a few words.”
As they packed up quickly and efficiently Shino asked her what she was asking about. “His dad asked why he hadn’t used ‘the binding words’ yet. Naruto-kun said it wasn’t the time to discuss, he had to wait until I’m ready.”
“Binding words?” Shino frowned.
“Later” the blonde called, helping them by clearing the area of their scent and presence on the earth.
It took them mere minutes to clear up, wait for the blonde to shape change and they were off.
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