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While she got back to work with the files she held he sat waiting, monitoring the conversation through his lifemate. They had been ambushed, attacked, someone had known what they were doing and when and tipped off the enemy.
Now they knew who, but why? Why get them killed or captured? What could it possibly mean for the insane young woman? What would she gain and in what way did they cross her or even have anything to do with the traitor?
The three explained the events up until they were forced to run, the drained young woman riding the dog. He blinked in surprise when she explained the feel of him in her head, how he touched her mind-there was a burst of emotion and colors infront of her eyes she THOUGHT was the aftereffect of the jutsu used on her by the enemy, and then he was suddenly gone.
They described arriving at the area near the portal, only to be overpowered and knocked unconscious. Then Kiba translated his companions barks and so on to explain the next events.
They explained waking up, what they learned and theorized and what happened during their time in the safe-house, only leaving out his 'true' identity and how long he was gone.
Next was the events of their journey home, their meeting the three come to locate them and the discovery of the Haruno's betrayal and attack on her ex-teammate.
When they were done there was a long silence as the woman tried to 'digest' all the information. Finally she spoke "so he was once one of OUR missing nins, adopted by two of another clan after he almost died and lost his memories? What makes you think this isn't some sort of set-up to get inside the village?"
"We trust him, Lady Hokage" Shino said "not only has he proven himself to us, but we all knew the previous version of him before he went missing and we have seen NOTHING so far to show he has in any way become something we can't believe in, despite his memory being missing."
"Us as in you three, or us as in you and your bugs?"
"Both" he said without hesitation "my kiki sense his connection to nature and know as a fellow creature he is worthy of their.....belief?" he didn't seem to know the right term to use. He continued with "there may be some forms of trickery in the kingdom of nature, but only HUMANS lie."
"And since he is a part of nature he wouldn't lie?"
"We found if it comes to that he just will not speak or he tries to change the subject, but he WILL NOT lie."
"How can you be so sure?"
"Because he's a man of honor" the bug-nin said simply.
There was a long pause before she went to speak again, but he beat her too it "Lady Hokage when I said we knew him previously, I didn't just mean team eight, I meant you-the entire village. In fact he was important to you once."
"What do you mean?"
"Allow him to join us, you will see and I think you will understand fully then."
There was a female sigh and she called out "Shizune." The woman behind the desk reacted "you can go in now, Dragonseeker-san."
"Thank you" he bowed politely to her and approached the doors, not hesitating before striding inside and closing the doors after him.
The three human and one dog team stood before a large wooden carved desk, both sides piled with scrolls and paper work. The center held and single scroll the woman on the other side was examining.
She looked at least thirty or forty, but his lifemates three companions had told him she was in her late fifties. Somehow she was able the keep herself appearing younger. She had short blonde hair, paler than his natural, amber eyes and he blinked, she resembled his mother except for the hair and eye color. Her bust was... generous in the least and he could tell-even if she was seated-she was strong and fit. This was a woman used to beating men up, not doing feminine things.
Well she would find him no victim. He was stronger than she could imagine and WOULD NOT allow someone-other than his lifemate of course-to lay their hands on him. Even Vampires learned that lesson the hard way.
HE was a natural alpha and he would act like it.
From behind him where his brothers and sisters had his back he felt movement and a low vibration of movement as one growled, disturbed by his emotions. Silently he spoke to them, calming them. He then noticed the nin-kin looking at him sharply, so he spoke to him as well "calm, my friend. One of my brothers was worried about my reaction to an dominate female and decided to express himself. I have calmed him and regained control."
The animal snorted something, causing him to grin. His companion heard it though and frowned at him "what does THAT mean?"
The other two looked at him "what did he say?"
"He snorted 'puppies' as if it was something stupid."
"Foolish more like" he told them mentally "he was reacting to the.....displeasure my brothers and sisters showed at being faced by a dominant female."
Hinata blinked and seemed offended for some reason-and hur t"a female can't be in charge?"
"It is not that, lifemate. You forget, they are wolves and think like them despite being also Carpathians, and in the wolf and canine animal kingdom, MALES are the providers, males hunt, males protect, making THEM the alpha. Ask your companion." He DIDN'T mention how it was the same for Carpathians, however it was more that the males were more capable of doing what was needed to be done, their women were too pure and since they were almost wiped out, the males couldn't afford to loose their females.
The female frowned "But Kiba's clan is lead by his mother. She leads AND is their protector."
Kiba himself snorted "that's because she's the strongest of our clan, she won the right by fight. When she first went into heat, my father was the only one strong enough to top her. He died on a mission before I was born. When we go into heat we become....." he paused, looking for the right term "the only way to describe it is rabid animals-especially the females-so we get locked away during. The FIRST one is so bad you don't wanna know, we are wild animals driven to mate, no matter what. Only an dominate can control us. On mom's first heat she was on a mission...." he mentally shook his head and didn't go on.
"So if you beat your mom, you become clan head?" Hinata asked. They sensed a mental nod "mom knows that her leading is unsettling to the males of our clan, so she's been trying to kinda 'groom' me to take over. It's hard, has been since I was a child."
"Some males are born dominate, some become so, others are forced by circumstances. You are a strong human and loyal friend, you would make a good leader."
Kiba blushed.
"Just remember, your people's safety and well-being is important and should always be top priority. LISTEN to them and take what they say seriously, DO NOT just cast anything they say off. This breeds contention and jealousy. But if your clan sees you take them and their rights and opinion seriously, they will become totally loyal."
Kiba nodded, looking like he was taking everything he said seriously and to heart.
"But also there will be trouble-makers, those who feel that they know better or just like to 'push your buttons' so-to-speak. These will require special care, or attention. These you will have to learn to tell them apart. Some will defy you simply because they can, others want to test you as a leader, others will want your position for themselves, craving what they see as nothing but power over others-without the responsibility. You will know what to do when that happens. If not, I will aid you."
"I understand and arigatou,but I need to figure it out for myself" Naruto gave him a slight grin "spoken like a true leader."
"How do you know all this?"
"It is what I would do plus the example off our own leader. Mikhail is an compassionate man who cares about each and every one of his people like his own brothers and sisters. It saddens him how our men are turning evil with no hope left and children are dying. However he IS an alpha of our race, so he has the capability, like all of us, to be ruthless."
"And you said he has a daughter now...."
"Raven, his lifemate, was the first human successfully to make the transition to Carpathian. She conceived a daughter to him who is the lifemate of Gregori, our healer. Their next try ended in loosing the baby before it was born, however thanks to my mother the healer and his lifemate successfully gave birth to twin girls."
Any further conversion was cut off as the blonde woman before them spoke, looking up from the scroll as she spoke "so, you're the Kohona ninja who lost his memory and was raised by another village."
"Apparently" he grinned sardonically. She frowned "apparently? Either you are or not."
"He doesn't remember, Lady Hokage" Shino said, "but he IS whom we think he is."
"How can you be so sure? I don't even recognize him" she suddenly frowned at him "remove the jutsu."
"How do you know I'm wearing a disguise?" he found himself grinning sardonically.
"Oh please. Team eight knows you and trusts you, believes in your....honor. They said I knew you as well as the villagers, so you created a disguise that would allow you to move freely through the village here without problem. Remove it."
So he did.
Silence filled the room as everyone (except team eight) froze at the sight before them. He felt the ripple go through those hidden around the room-obviously there to protect the woman, which he approved of-and one murmured something, then again.
This was soon echoed by the others, disbelief followed by rapid hand movements between each other.
Slowly and from between gritted teeth the woman spoke again "I said remove it, not change it."
"That IS his real looks, Lady Hokage...."
Ignoring her own subordinate the woman screamed "I SAID GET RID OF IT!"
There was something in her voice that stopped his first reaction. So he pushed his mind into hers. Grief, anguish, fury, pain, hurt, yearning. Her heart was broken once again on top of old hurt, she WOULDN'T be hurt again.
She LOVED his past self, as if she was his mother-or at least a fond aunt.
His wolves felt it through him, felt their.... connection and whined in sympathy.
"You think he....I am dead, do you not. It is why you refuse to believe. Tell us why, this is recent." The woman waved at the scroll in front of her "I have here the report of one of my men at T&I. He was able to fully examine the Haruno's mind to find out the truth."
"And what was the results?" Shino asked.
The woman winced "everything your retrieval team said was true. It seemed this.....madness had been part of her since her birth but when she was young her mother and father taught her how NOT to act. They wanted their daughter in the academy so they could boast about being a civilian family with a ninja daughter. As she grew she learned how to behave from watching other people. Her almost constant abuse of MY gaki was part of herself showing through, mixed with such an act. She actually hated him, loathed" there was tears in her eyes "her obsession with Sasuke started in the academy, but she built these delusions for herself about them being in love since they were small children. Her little memories of them meeting up to be together don't mesh with documented files of the Uchiha's true locations during those days. Also when certain people were in her memories of these times, when interviewed had no idea what we were talking about or memory of such an event themselves.
Her entire mind is filled with memories she's created in her delusion of the perfect romance between her and the Uchiha and her hate of my gaki for supposedly coming between them. She believes he left, not for power, but because he drove him away! She thinks he's been sneaking in to see her! There was not a SINGLE trace of him in her family home!
And worse still, her betraying my gaki like that! AND covering it up! For years she's been faking sorrow and concern, sometimes along side us, she watched us all and never revealed herself in any way!" The woman had to visibly control herself, but the grief and sorrow poured off her. Naruto's brothers and sisters along with the canine companion all whined in sorrow with her feelings.
Immediately the others in the room tensed, hearing the whine of FIVE animals, not one.
The blonde woman’s face sharpened and she looked at him “where did those growls come from?! And don’t tell me that was just you!”
“I apologize. My brothers and sisters felt your sorrow and were expressing their sympathy. They are only young, younger than me and barely pups so they feel things rather strongly. They are also connected to me so they feel what I feel.”
“Brothers and sisters? Those were growls! Where are they? Bring them out at once!” Shino spoke “we told you he had wolves with him, Hokage. We apologize, we assumed he left them in the forests around Kohona. We had no idea they were here.”
“You never asked or I would have told you. They are always with me and forever watch my back.”
The room was suddenly oppressive with KI but the figure didn’t flinch in the slightest, just said “if your men want to live right now, tell them to stop that. Do not any of them know what happens when they try to dominate a wolf? They are animals and instinct is to protect theirs.” He looked over his shoulder and said firmly “stand down Tensei” through the growing snarling from behind. When the wolf obviously ignored him, he sent out such a powerful wave of what could only be described as alpha dominance that the KI disappeared and every person in the room, including the blonde woman, was immediately finding themselves submitting.
When the growls faded to a whine again before silence the woman spoke “how did you do that?!”
He seemed amused “I am an alpha male Carpathian, despite my age. I have fought the most vilest of beings and protected humans long before my status of Child of nature. It comes naturally” his eyes locked to Hinata and she blushed deeply and looked down at the heat there in his eyes. “Do not do that” his warm voice chided her “do not lower your eyes from me like you are not equal. We are two halves of the same whole, you are my equal, more than that, you are, at least in MY eyes, so much more than me.”
Her eyes immediately snapped up to his “no you’re not! You’re my equal! I don’t care about some rule or alpha or whatever but you are not below me in ANY way!” He seemed amused “To a Carpathian their lifemate is the most important thing in their life, more important then their own lives, then others around them. You do not yet understand and you will not until.....”
“Until what? I become one of you?”
“No, until we bond.” She was about to speak when the blonde woman had “where are these animals? Bring them out, NOW!”
“As you wish” he grinned sardonically. As they watched he started to remove his shirt “You may want to move back for this” he warned. The woman started to speak but Hinata suddenly gasped, her hand to her mouth “it’s.....it’s beautiful.” Shino’s eyes widened behind his glasses just very slightly and Kiba yelped “what the...!”
On his back was a tattoo, an forest scene with four silver furred wolves. Three were laying down relaxing, watching the forth wolf who stood up, head thrown back as if in the midst of an howl at the moon overhead. The animals were incredibly life-like, incredibally detailed, they could ACTUALLY see each individual hair and the eyes were so blue as they seemed to stare at them from the back, assessing them.
They were so life-like, a work of pure art, an inked painting on flesh, but not real, they thought.
That was until they MOVED!
Two of the wolves heads turned to look directly at them! And the one with the raised head lowered it to look at them critically. It seemed it didn’t approve of them. As they watched the four animals jumped right out of (or was that right off?) his back, one staying at his side while the other three headed straight for Hinata. Before anyone else could move she had dropped to one knee in front of them, hands sliding into the thick fur and gasping in awe. One bent it’s head back to lick her face while the other two rubbed against her, begging for attention. She giggled and stroked them, much to the first one’s displeasure of the loss of contact. So it settled for just leaning against her, eying Akamaru as if he was a tip bit to eat.
“Tensei” he warned again, voice a low growl of power.
The wolf blinked and made a production on rubbing against the white eyed young woman, as if trying to stir the dog by scent-marking the female. Causing Akamaru to snort the same as before again. ‘Puppies.’
“Brothers and sisters this is Hinata Hyuuga my lifemate and so pack. She is to be your sister and fellow alpha and you will answer to her as you do to me. Any disobedience WILL NOT be tolerated.” The two females and other male all whined in submission, the two around her begging for more attention-which she gave-but the last male snorted. He narrowed his eyes “Tensei I warn you, you are NOT alpha here and you will obey or there will be consequences.”
Next to his leg the more timid female whined in fear.
Kiba gulped “um, guys, back up a bit.”
Everyone else looked at him, even Hinata “why?”
“Just trust me, you don’t want to be near them with what’s about to happen.”
The group moved away, two of the wolves following Hinata, even the hidden ANBU, the timid female joining Hinata at Naruto’s nudge. Hinata sensed a kindred spirit in the female and knelt to put her arms around her neck in comfort. For some reason the name Ijirashii came to her for this one. Whether it was her name or what she saw it as one she didn’t know.
Her brother nudged her playfully and the other female just lay down and placed her head on her paws. Hinata blinked as the names Jareru and Heion came again, Jareru for the male and Heion for the female. She looked at where the blonde was staring down the other male Tensei DEFINITELY wasn’t the right name for him.
She looked back as little Ijirashii sat down, putting her head in Hinata’s lap while the other two sensed the rising power and paused, ears up and at attention, watching the two like them. The head in Hinata’s lap trembled and she found herself immediately stroking the fur there comfortingly. It seemed as though the female was overly sensitive to emotions, something she got from Naruto’s sense of empathy when he was human? This must be terrible for her.
The power grew stronger, clouding their eyes and sight from the two and Hinata blinked when she, like everyone else, could sense something definitely familiar mixed in. She looked over at the blonde leader, seeing she had seen it as well, her eyes wide and mouth opening and closing, tears in her eyes.
If anyone recognized the chakra of the nine-tailed fox, the female Hokage did.
But it was different, mixed in with the unique power of an dominant male of another species but at the same time it was DEFINITELY it, no mistaking it.
It seems their theories on the fox was right on one point. If the blonde had of assimilated the creature, that power would have been a part of him. If it was dead, his power would had received a boost until his body had fully processed it, becoming his own. However the power and presence was still there-almost like it was before, only now it was interwoven with the blondes, like the soul was there-or rather the will-but their abilities, strength and powers were woven together, like an rope, each part could exist separately, but wound tightly together they were stronger, better.
Was it even aware, or had Naruto's will override it? He had told them he had no chakra, but while that may be partly true, the fox had been pure chakra itself and they could FEEL it. Was the fox his 'beast' as he called it? He had said that every Carpathian had one inside him, tamed and controlled by their lifemate, so maybe the fox still existed, only now it's will was overrode it took it's place. It may be that, as the wolves were Carpathian and wolf, the fox too was Carpathian, who saw Hinata as it's mate also. It was like those silver furred canines, only unlike them it had no form or body to separate, so it was stuck as it was, the young man's animal side.
Perhaps the fox's will and soul had been sacrificed along with the blondes memories during his change.
The three humans looked to the Hokage, wanting to see her reaction to what was happening. To find her there with eyes wide and teary, so many mixed emotions in them, among them was joy and hope.
They had no doubt she now believed in who they said he was.
Add to that the hidden ANBU scattered about the room were signing to each other, Shino's bugs could sense their shock, relief and awe. Now the Hokage's most precious person was alive and had returned-whatever state that was in-their leader would be much easier to handle. Not to mention the woman they had come to care about, watching her fear for and fall apart about the last ten or so years returned in whatever state he was.
Of course without memories of his past the two would have to rebuild their relationship from scratch, but that just gave the female the chance to be what she wanted all along. Without memories the once knuckle-headed prankster but now true warrior could become something special, like his father once was.
When he was young he used to tell everyone who listened how he was going to become Hokage one day, THIS young man looked totally capable and worthy to them.
A few vaguely wondered if the silver headed scarecrow, his ex-sensei, had seen him yet, he reminded them of an more stern version of the Forth.
It seemed he had grown from being a kid, his personality like his mothers, to his fathers.
Some of the ANBU would gladly have followed him, knowing just by his aura and what they had seen here was a man who would care about each and every one of them.
For even though he was dominating the rebellious pup, there was no cruelty or maliciousness to it. He was doing what was necessary, nothing more, nothing less.
Finally they heard an wolf growl and snap, another whine like a submissive and then the power was easing off.
The three others around Hinata stood and walked over into the light after an affectionate nuzzle of her leg and lick of her face.
By the time it had fully faded there was only the blonde there, shirt replaced and looking as calm and controlled as before.
Disappointed Hinata realized they had gone back onto his back. She liked them and wanted to spend more time with them, she had the overwhelming urge to curl up against Heion and sleep there, knowing the others would surround her in a 'puppy pile'.
At the moment she wanted nothing more.
He smiled at her as if sensing her thoughts.
"What are their names?" she thought to him. His smile remained "You already know." She blinked at him "really? That was their names?"
He nodded slightly before turning to the other blonde and bowing to her "I apologize for the behavior of my little brother. Unfortunately wolf combined with Carpathian male combined with what you would call puberty is not always a good thing. When my mother's wolves went through this she was nowhere near human civilization, so she did not have to worry about something like this going on. All this is just bad timing."
"What exactly WAS that?!"
"Carpathian males are alpha-very territorial and possessive creatures, our souls are akin to wolves themselves. We can be savage and violent as well as dark creatures to those outside our loved ones, but we also are loving, protective and gentle to those we care about or even love. Put all those inside an wolf.....Well Tensei thought he could dominate me. He did something he should not have, so I showed him his place."
"What did he do? I didn't see anything."
Kiba spoke out "he was marking Hinata as his, that's challenging his dominance."
"He was?" Hinata frowned, echoed by the blonde woman. Kiba nodded "by rubbing against you. Short of pissing on you that was him marking you."
"But the other three did that as well!"
"If you had of watched their behavior, the other three were viaing for your attention, 'Nata. However the other was not only rubbing against you FORCEFULLY, he was watching Dragonseeker san WHILE he was doing it. Essentially he was daring him to react."
"And because he says Hinata is his mate, he had to answer that challenge immediately" the blonde Hokage supplied to which the dog-orientated ninja nodded "if he had of let it go to answer to a later date, it would loose all importance or impact, he's already let a direct challenge to his authority go, that's not how things work in the canine kingdom. ALL challenges are immediately answered."
The rest of the room understood.
The blonde Hokage looked at the other blonde "do you still have the seal?"
In answer the figure lifted the bottom of the shirt (making Hinata blush deeply at the sight of those washboard abs and stomach) and reveal an appearing mark there. "Snake" Tsunade called and a female ANBU in the room suddenly appeared from her hiding spot to approach.
The male Carpathian allowed her to approach him only so far and examine it closely before she stood back up and turned to their leader "it's identical, Hokage-sama. Although I don't feel the nine tailed inside anymore, the combination of the Forth's chakra and forbidden seal is and was unique only to HIM. NO ONE could replicate it so completely, they would need the Forths chakra for a start."
"And with Minato-san dead, that is impossible" she nodded, looking back at the blonde Carpathian "then it's official, memories or not, you ARE Naruto UzumakiNamikaze." At his look she quickly amended it to "UzumakiNamikazeDragonseeker."
"Hokage I suggest an amalgamation of the three" Snake said.
"What do you suggest?" the other woman asked.
"How about Dun, Dragonseeker, Uzumaki and Namikaze" she looked at the blonde male who nodded his approval, as long as his adopted father's name was first.
"That's acceptable, except for now, in dealing with the issue of the council and your inheritance, you are UzumakiNamikaze" she looked at the other when she said this. Then she went on "the trouble lies in the councils. We CAN NOT have you under the jurisdiction of the civilian council" she shuddered visibly "they are responsible for your past self's traumatic childhood in the first place."
Shino spoke out "the Civilian Council runs the civilian side of Kohona while the Shinobi Council runs ninja and military forces inside like ANBU and the Police."
The blonde woman nodded "even though both your parents were shinobi, until your past self actually became an ninja, you were under THEIR jurisdiction. There was really nothing the Third could do for you until then except assign you an ANBU tail to ensure your protection. It was why they resorted to alienating you and the whispers."
"If the Civilian Council was to claim authority over Naruto....." Hinata's eyes widened in horror. But the blonde just snorted "they would have no more authority over me then what I allow them."
"Explain" the first female Hokage said immediately.
"Human minds are so simple" a voice said in ALL their heads "I can bend them easily to my will, or plant suggestions that they think THEY THEMSELVES came up with. If they try to manipulate me, I will merely make it so they think otherwise."
"Is there any way to get him considered a ninja again, Hokage?" Snake asked "not that the Ninja Council is any better but at least YOU have authority over them."
She looked thoughtful "I never had Naruto declared dead, Kakashi refused to let me put his name on the Hero stone. He always was convinced you were alive and we just had to find you. As did Jiraiya. Both have spent nearly every waking moment searching for you, for clues on what happened. However even if I didn't declare you dead, I had to class you as a missing nin. However that doesn't mean I can just reinstate you for nothing. I can..."
Shino spoke "but if he does a mission successfully for the village, his stasis will be reinstated. If you send him on a mission for the village and he is successful BEFORE meeting with the council, this will reinstate him as ninja for the village and therefore under the Shinobi Council's-and your- authority, not civilian."
"You're right" the woman nodded "only what mission? We need something he can do immediately and fast. Once the Council learns of this, they'll be screaming for us to bring him to them. Plus there's the problem of Hinata, once her father learns she has returned, he'll want her home so the marriage can take place immediately."
Hinata winced visibly at the reminder of her 'obligation' while the blonde male was immediately at her side, comforting her in his arms, blue eyes cold as he said in a voice identical to his eyes "that will NOT happen, my jela lamti, I will not allow it." His head turned towards the other blonde "you are concerned about one of your ninja, I could sense it the moment I entered this building."
She nodded "he is my only remaining link between you and your father" she sighed at his look "GENETIC father then. He was on a mission, a simple scout one, but he's disappeared. The men I sent out say he was tracked to nearby enemy territory, but they lost track of him there, no trace after that of who he fought or where he is now. I KNOW he would have left us some clue if he was captured......"
"But there was nothing" he supplied and she nodded "I can't claim he's an captive or send people in to rescue him because...."
"They will claim they don't have him and you have no proof past theories. If you go in, they can claim you were trying to spy on them-at worst assassinate their leader."
She nodded again, lips pursed in mixed emotions.
"What if I can guarantee his return-in ANY condition? If the enemy has him-his rescue unknown to your enemy-or his body."
"Even if you can just find out what happened, I'd be grateful. "
"If you can class it as a mission, Hokage-sama...."
"SHIZUNE!!!!" the woman called.
Almost immediately the other younger woman entered "Yes, Lady Tsunade?"
"Put in a mission scroll with the mission desk ASAP. Investigation and retrieval of an missing Jounin of Hidden Leaf. Special order mission assigned to an returning ninja previously MIA without a trace, Naruto Uzumaki Namikaze, now Naruto Dun, or Dragonseeker Uzumaki Namikaze."
The woman froze in shock, head turned to spot him, stuttering "Nar....Naruto?" He nodded and The pig suddenly tore into the room around her, heading for the blonde.
He allowed it to nuzzle his pant leg before picking it up, holding it in his arms briefly before putting it back down again.
The younger woman gaped at him "YOU were Dragonseeker san?! But I don't understand."
"He doesn't remember, Shizune-sama" Hinata said to her "he lost his memory and was raised by another clan."
The woman blinked at him "is this true?"
When he nodded she looked sad "I'm sorry" she looked at the pig "that's why Tonton reacted like this, she remembers you, but you don't her."
He nodded again.
"Shizune, we need that scroll ASAP" the blonde woman said "Naruto says he can find HIM and bring him back to us without the enemies knowledge. IF he is successful, we can reinstate him as ninja."
The other woman's eyes cleared, knowledge in them "I see. Immediately Lady Hokage." And with the pig in tow she rushed from the room.
The blonde woman turned back to them "now, tell me everything again, THIS TIME leave nothing out."
So they did, even about Naruto claiming Hinata as his 'lifemate' and what he told them that meant. Even their theory about the two meaning to be born in their world together, not here.
It took at least another hour, explaining theories, what they learned from the blonde's adopted parents and the blonde himself.
"So, these beings-another race besides humans-were forced to change him into like them to save his life after he saved their children. However the trauma of such a change plus the nine-tailed fighting to get free was so severe, he lost ALL memory from before that moment. The two who adopted him were forced to rebuild his mind as one of them since they had no idea of who Naruto was previously."
They nodded.
"And why would they go to all that trouble when they don't know who or what he is?"
"The race is dying, Hokage. An enemy found a way to contaminate them in a way they couldn't detect and now they rarely give birth. It seems only mostly male children are surviving their first year of life, extremely rare are females born and survive. In the last 50 years or so only four females have survived and that's because they had help from humans."
"Humm" the woman sat back in her chair thoughtfully "if they can....change others, you'd think they would choose humans to increase their ranks."
"They can't, Hokage. Only certain people, certain types are compatible. They tried others but they either die or go completely insane and have to be 'put down'. Normal humans can't handle the change or power. And if what we've discovered in the village on the way in is right, only female ninja."
"So only those with chakra" she confirmed and he nodded "his kind call it 'gifted'. In the last ten or twenty years in his world they have been finding multiple women like this, compatible with various males of his race. Hinata, it turns out, is compatible with HIM. These women they call lifemates. Their Prince was the one to discover this when he found his."
"Humm" the woman looked thoughtful. The Aburame was going on "Hokage that is not all."
"What?!" she looked at him.
"It seems his adopted father's line all have an dojutu, which he....inherited." She blinked "and that is?....."
"He can SEE those women compatible with his race. On our walk through the village he saw three females alone. In the tower he saw one."
"Two" he corrected.
They looked at him "another?! Who?"
Blue eyes locked on the woman in front of them. Shino's eyes widened behind his sunglasses "The Hokage?!" He nodded "the moment I entered the room she lite up like a spotlight to me. Also I am now sensing two others" he looked at the snake-masked ANBU, then to another location.
The two women blinked, one hidden, one not.
They could marry into another race? They could safely become one?
The blonde sat forward, eyes narrowed on him "and why should we allow ourselves into this sort of.....relationship?"
"To us, our females are the most important thing in our lives. Nothing else is more beautiful, sexy, precious and treasured then them. We love them and are in love with them the moment we bond. We see them for who they are inside, their soul and heart, as they are the other half of our soul. We will NEVER see anyone else anywhere as close to as we see them. An Carpathian male will never desire another woman, sexually or otherwise, we are incapable of it. We mate FOR LIFE and only desire for our lifemate's happiness, safety and protection above all else-it is our top priority-and the safety of our Prince and preservation of our people. We will dedicate our existence to keeping her happy and safe, and NEVER betray her."
The two other women pondered this. An husband who would never desire another, will do whatever was needed to keep her happy and safe. Will love her from the moment they meet, will spend his life dedicated to HER.
It sounded too good to be true, this was every woman's fantasy man.
"What's the catch" Snake ANBU asked.
"Catch?" he asked her, seemed confused at this.
"Yeah, there HAS to be something the woman gives up for all this."
Shino spoke out "Naruto told Hinata he doesn't want her being a ninja anymore, so there's that." Hinata spoke next "we would have difficulty having a child, and might loose them because of the trouble with their race reproducing."
"And they live a long time" Kiba piped up with "so you'd live longer than those you love-like family."
The two ANBU women didn't care about this last one, they had no family left, but the one where they had to leave their jobs.....
"What do you mean they live a long time" The blonde woman leaned forward, interested "what exactly is a long time?"
"We age slower than humans. Once an Carpathian hits maturity-usually around their 250th year-we age dramatically slow. My grand uncle is more than a millennium old and he appears perhaps no more than thirty. There are other Ancient Carpathian's just as young in appearance."
The room gasped "how is this possible!?"
"We sleep in the earth and she sustains, protects and nourishes us. Over time our race has learned to absorb the nutrients she gives us from her while we rest. When we are hurt or injured she aids us and helps us heal. We are very difficult to kill, and Carpathian's rarely scar."
Shino spoke "my theory is over the time they existed and slept buried in the earth, their bodies adapted to absorb minerals and nutrients from the soil, until it became stronger and more resilient. Which is why the act of changing an human over is so traumatic to a human, they are forcing those minerals and such into an human body, forcing them to adapt in an matter of minutes to what THEY spent hundreds of years to."
"And the woman survives if she's 'gifted'?"
"Yes. We have had many human women successfully transition to Carpathian over the last twenty or so years."
Snake spoke "what if the male chooses wrong? What happens then? How do we know it will be everything you promise?" she ignored the sharp looks of the others in the room.
"As an Carpathian male grows older without his lifemate he begins to loose the ability to see in color and feel emotions. The only thing he FEELS is the thill of a kill during a feed and even then it is shallow. An lifemate restores those emotions and color to him. This is how we KNOW she is for us, no one else can do this for us."
"And it has NEVER been wrong?" she looked him in the eyes, daring him to lie-or tell the truth. He just looked back and said firmly "NEVER."
She blinked behind her mask then looked at the blonde woman "Hokage-sama I am prepared to become an.....I mean accept my position as an lifemate to a male of the race."
"Wait a minute!" the other female jumped down from her hiding place and approached her "what are you saying sister?! Do you know what you're doing?! You would have to leave the ANBU!!"
The female reached out to touch the other gently "I know, little sister, but I only joined to protect you" she turned to look at the blonde "if we both become wiv...lifemate's to an male, he would have to understand he can't come between us. We may be twins but she is my little sister and her heart and soul are both very fragile. I have protected her since the day our parents died and will continue to do so, male or no male."
Naruto spoke out "he will understand. What is important to you, is important to HIM. When you become lifemates he will feel everything you will and want to protect her just as fiercely" he looked at the other woman "so will HERS." He looked back at her "family is VERY important to us, he will see her as a little sister as well and protect her as an true alpha would."
The snake masked ANBU turned to face the blonde woman, kneeling in front of her desk on one knee, one hand in a fist pressed over her heart as she said firmly "Hokage-sama, I request to leave the ANBU and be appointed emissary of Hidden Leaf to the Carpathian's."
Everyone, even her 'sister' blinked at her. "But...." the other ANBU woman started to protest.
The blonde spoke "I can't grant that request when we're so short on ninja right now, you know that" the woman said back to her. At the other woman's slouched shoulders she continued "however an infiltration mission for two of my best ANBU for an indefinite amount of time...."
The woman's voice was smiling when she spoke "thank you, Lady Tsunade!" she looked at her sister who nodded before turning to Naruto "when can we go there?"
"I need to rescue this ninja and organize my mating my lifemate with her father. I suggest you sort out any affairs of your own meantime." He suddenly cocked his head and his eyes went vacant for a few seconds.
When he did, the others in the room noticed Team Eight did the same. When they had all come back the blonde spoke "mother spoke with the Prince. He has organized an escort to guide and guard you both to him. In three nights time he will meet you on the other side of the portal and take you directly to the Prince himself. I will escort you there to meet him."
The woman frowned "we can protect ourselves."
"I don't doubt you, but our world is different than this in major ways. There is no chakra, technology has become more advanced and deadly and even citizens use it. On top of that there is vampires out looking for women to forcefully turn and control, you would not be safe."
The three woman and hidden ANBU looked at him "VAMPIRES?! They're just stories to scare people."
He shook his head and Shino explained "not in his world, Hokage, they are real."
"When an Carpathian spends too long without a lifemate he has two choices. Seek the dawn and end his life nobly, or give in the whispers of the beast inside him and kill during a feed. In that case they give up their souls to the evil within, becoming a creature of pure evil and corruption, a vampire, existing purely to make everyone suffer, ALL other races, human, Carpathian and other.
They are pure evil, living only for the suffering of others, for the torture and blood they can create through their actions. They manipulate, lie and are cowardly, they do not fight with any honor and often the more powerful ones will use the new as cannon fodder. They use them to wear a Hunter down before attacking while they are weakened or injured."
He looked intently at the women "even though they have given in to the evil inside, they still seek gifted women. Some think despite what they've become they can still save their soul, but it is no longer possible, their soul is forever gone. However if they find an gifted female they will force themselves on her-in more ways then one."
All women in the room winced, knowing what he WASN'T saying.
"They will force them to take their blood, forcing the transition on them. Believe me when I say when an Carpathian does this, it is not as bad as it CAN be. A Carpathian will take most of their partners pain and help her through it, an constant presence both in and out of her mind to reassure her and make her as comfortable as possible before sending her to sleep once it's safe to do so. An Vampire does not care, he revels in pain and fear. You can not begin to imagine what those women go through. Is it any wonder or surprise they go completely insane?"
"Has anyone survived being forced by a vampire?"
A few, but so few. I know of only two and they survived either because their lifemates were able to communicate with them through a mental link, or their lifemates found them before the change was complete and were able to.....complete it themselves." He went on "they can appear beautiful and kind, your idea of an dream man, but in reality it is all an illusion created to seduce and deceive. It seems you ninja have a strong sense of danger, use that. If you sense something is wrong, it is."
The woman frowned "then how will we know the one to meet us?"
"He will have an code for you." She frowned "what code?"
"You will know it when you hear it." She frowned "why can't you tell us?"
"Vampires can read minds just like us. I tell you the code and they will know. If you do not know it and someone approaches you without it, with no idea of one, you know they are not the one."
They understood and the blonde woman spoke out "so if vampires are evil of your race, and you are the.....normal, what happens? Who stops them?"
"Hunters. Carpathian males with no family or lifemates. They hunt the vampire and protect all life from their evil." He looked at the snake-ANBU "your escort will more than likely be a Hunter, they have both the knowledge and skill. So just obey him so he can properly protect you. Do not be surprised if he seems cold and cruel and demands your instant full obedience, he will be honor-bound to protect you and without emotions or feelings will not see any reason to allow you to endanger yourselves."
"What if HE is one of the ones who is our...... lifemates?"
"After the initial shock of the emotions and colors returning his immediate reaction will be to take you away from everyone else so he can bond to you and bind you to him with the Sarna Rituaali--or Ritual Words. This will INCLUDE your sister. This is an alpha reaction, his soul is close to the edge and will need you to anchor him. The returned feelings can overpower them and make them unstable at first, so struggling or protesting, fighting will only make the beast more aggressive. By this I do not mean he'll take your body by force, but the dominate male AND desire to ensure he claims you before another does will overpower everything else.
Carpathian males are creatures of honor, but no matter what, it is inborn into us to care for our females and their feelings, it is instinct to both body and mind. Your sister is pack, he will recognize that even if he is close. I know as an ANBU you are taught to ignore your emotions and feelings, but here they will be an advantage. She is your sister, you love her and want nothing to happen to her-tell him that. Explain you do not want her left behind to be in danger from Vampires. Explain the Prince is expecting you both. If he does not drop your sister off directly at the Prince's side, he will take her to someone he trusts. Once bonded he will be more stable."
"You mentioned bonding, what is that?"
"Your father mentioned that before" Hinata said "and you said it wasn't the time or place. You said you'd tell us here. Tell us."
"When a male finds his lifemate he speaks the Sarna Rituaali-Ritual Words, binding them body and soul together forever. These words are ancient, imprinted on every Carpathian's soul on birth. Gifted females do not know them but the males do. When they find their lifemate their first instinct is to bind her to him by speaking the words to her. They are constant the longer they remain apart, everything in a male telling him to use them."
They looked at him curiously "what exactly happens?"
"Typically the bonding happens on the first blood exchange. The male speaks the words to the female during and the bonding happens" he made what appeared to be a helpless gesture "it is difficult to explain."
"Try."
He thought about it "the way that it has been described to me, it is like millions of tiny silver threads weaving mind and soul together. Once done there is no going back, the threads are there forever, or until one or both die."
They thought about this before Hinata stepped forward "Bind us."
Everyone blinked at her "what?" and the blonde shook his head "you are not ready...."
"I AM" she said firmly, reaching out to touch his cheek "if we do this, no one-least of all my father-can separate us. I will get you both, the REAL Naruto and the one I knew. They are both you and they are both mine."
"If we do this there is no going back."
"I don't WANT to go back."
"Why are you hesitating?" Shino asked "you want this, do you not? Is there something causing you to be reluctant?"
"After the first blood exchange the reactions you witnessed when we separate will become worse. After the bonding she will NEED to touch me, mentally and physically, constantly. After the first they rarely part. An male will even take his lifemate to his resting place so they can be together. If not he ensures she will not wake during those hours he rests."
"So either she will sleep all day and only be up during the night with you, or you will take her to wherever you sleep to stay there."
He nodded.
"Can she function during the day?"
He nodded again "but it would be difficult. Her senses will be stronger, sunlight will hurt her eyes and she will feel tired. It will be difficult to concentrate on anything more than a few minutes and she will constantly NEED to touch my mind-and if I am not there, she will be struck by the overwhelming feeling I am dead, even if she knows it is not true."
"And this is common?"
He nodded "not when both mates are already Carpathian, but when one is human."
The snake ANBU frowned "WE will go through this?" He nodded again "if you don't go through the transition straight away. While you normally think by intellect, there is nothing about it that is thought and reason. You will react by pure emotion."
"Are you trying to scare me away?" Hinata said firmly "because I won't be. Do it." He blinked at her "right here and now?"
"Why not?!"
"Because a blood exchange is erotic, for both sides. You want others to witness you like that?"
She hesitated, blushing "well...."
"IF you truly wish to do this now, I can ensure they do not witness anything" he said almost reluctantly "I can blur their senses, or ourselves. They will see and hear only what I wish them to."
"Do it" she said, meaning both the blurring and exchange. He leaned down to kiss her. The minute his lips touched hers she melted, hands gripping his arms to keep herself up.
Those strong golden-skinned limbs surrounded her, holding her up and to him and she moaned when she felt the proof of his desire for her pressed between them. It came as a surprise when the jewel around her neck warmed and his mind filled hers.
She felt everything-EVERYTHING. All he felt for her filled her up. Tears filled her eyes, it was true-all of it. He DID find her incredibly beautiful, DID think she was sexy, DID desire her, heart and soul. He WANTED and NEEDED her and her love as if it was the very air he breathed, her protection and safety was his priority, because she could feel it, the madness that would take him should she die.
And in the background, just very softly as if from a distance, she could hear a feminine voice humming a song she had never heard before but felt somehow familiar. It filled her up, thrumming in her veins, made her feel like she was a part of something.
The weird part was her chakra reacted to it, reaching out to him, to HER through him.
She drew in a deep breath as his hands moved up to move underneath her jacket to touch her breasts, flicking her nipples in small movements that made her gasp and want to writhe.
At the same time his kisses deepened, becoming more intense, more demanding. She did what she could to return the intensity, but it was catching her up in the flow-like a blade of grass in the middle of an firestorm.
Slowly his mouth moved, spreading kisses across her cheek to nuzzle her ear and allow his tongue to pull the lobe into his lips and mouth and gently gnaw on it.
Hinata gasped and her body bowed.
After playing with this for a while he started the move down again, hands unzipping her jacket and slowly raise her under-mesh shirt.
When his firm moist lips closed over her breast, she thought she'd die of pleasure. He worked on that breast for a few seconds before moving to the next. By that time Hinata was tugging on his hair between gasps, unsure if she was trying to pull him away or closer.
Once he had paid that nipple and breast what HE FELT was enough attention, he moved to its twin, paying it the same love as the other. She wanted to writhe, more importantly return the pleasure, so she stepped closer, hands reaching down to touch that throbbing point of his.
He groaned against her flesh and shuddered in pleasure before his voice in her head-thick with lust-stopped her "do not, jela lamti. I have to remain in control here and now to do this."
To her pleasure-filled mind this didn't make sense to her, why? Why have control?
Before she could even think of a way or if she should ask, there was a sharp pain in her breast that gave way to white-hot pleasure, sweeping the last of her control and thought away.
The only thing that formed in her head, ANYTHING resembling a thought was "more, MORE!" as her body bucked, burning up and out of control. She felt pleasure, WAS pleasure, it consumed her, sobbing softly with the intensity of it.
A voice filled her head and ears, two different words in union and meaning, filling her being.
"Te avio päläfertiilam."
"You are my lifemate."
"Entölam kuulua avio päläfertiilam."
"I claim you as my lifemate."
"Ted kuuluak, kacad, kojed."
"I belong to you."
"Élidamet andam."
"I offer my life for you."
"Pesämet andam."
"I give you my protection."
"Uskolferttiilamet andam."
"I give you my allegiance."
"Sívamet andam."
"I give you my heart."
"Sielamet andam."
"I give you my soul."
"Ainamet andam."
"I give you my body."
She could feel him pull away from her flesh and wanted to protest, to grab his head and keep it there, but he was to strong for her to stop. His head moved away, her body trembling as he licked her flesh one last time and his mouth was on hers. "Sívamet kuuluak kaik että a ted."
"I take into my keeping the same that is yours." He murmured against her mouth.
She could sense an quick motion and then his mouth was pulling away from hers, compelling her forwards with a firm but gentle hand to the back of her head. As her lips touched his chest he gasped loudly, pressing her closer. She sensed his need combining with her own and the song in one, and behind her closed eye-lids hundreds of beautiful silver threads appeared, weaving with hers, the song becoming real-a fine rainbow of colors-and weaving around and through theirs, making a breathtaking pattern unlike she had ever seen before. It brought tears to her eyes.
"Ainaak oolenszal sivambin."
"Your life will be cherished by me for all my time."
"Te élidet ainaak pide minan."
"Your life will be placed above my own for all time."
"Te avio päläfertiilam."
"You are my lifemate."
"Ainaak sívamet jutta oleny."
"You are bound to me for all eternity."
"Ainaak terád vigyázak."
"You are always in my care."
It was too much, the threads snapping together and song making what could only be described as an blanket, or rug altogether, filling her mind. Everything crescendoed in a blaze of light, feeling and absolute euphoria until she could no longer take it and it went black.

Naruto healed the wound on his chest, pulling his lifemate up to kiss her briefly before adjusting her clothes and his own. Gently he picked her up fully before removing the illusion of blur and carrying his woman over to place her in the only other seat in the room, a couch.
Then he turned to look from his position beside her at the other blonde "I need the coordinates of your ninja's last known location and his description. This needs to be done before sunrise."
They frowned "aren't you going to stay with Hinata until she wakes up?"
He stood and moved away from the couch, only to remain there. Two sets of blue eyes blinked at her.
They were agog.
"Shadow clone?! I thought you don't remember anything!?"
"Most Hunters know or can use clones. It is an useful tool, especially when fighting vampires."
Shino frowned "how real is it?"
The clone turned to look at him while the original spoke "it is me in every way. They have to be as real as possible so a Vampire is convinced it is the real thing. Scent, thought, blood and bone. He knows EVERYTHING I do, has my memories and will remain while I go."
They nodded and just then Shizune returned with the approved mission scroll "the desk Chunnins didn't approve of me standing over them while they processed this, but I made sure it went through. They thought I was crazy having Naruto's name put on it, but Iruka-sensei took control. He said to remind Shino-san he is to come see him when they're done" she looked at the young man who nodded.
"The details are in this" the blonde woman handed the rolled scroll over to him.
He took it, looked it over closely, then nodded, handing it back. Before anyone could speak his body became see-through and he was gone.
Hinata stirred from where she lay, eyes fluttering as if trying to force them open and herself awake.
Kiba, Akamaru, Shino and Snake-ANBU crowded around behind the clone to watch her awaken. Slowly the pale violet eyes opened, her first sight of the blonde.
A deep blush filled her cheeks.
Kiba laughed, Akamaru barked and the Snake-nin snorted back her reaction. Hinata's arm covered her face and she murmured weakly "how much did you see and hear?"
"Nothing" the blonde clone said. She frowned, moving her arm slightly to peek under at him "what do you mean, nothing? They wouldn't be reacting like that if they didn't see or hear anything."
"You did not wish it, so I prevented it. All they heard was the translation of the Ritual Words I spoke, they witnessed nothing."
"Then why...?"
"Did I not say an exchange was a very erotic experience for both? You were also unconscious at the end." She thought about for a minute then nodded, realizing he was right. They could only guess and did not truly know what happened.
Thinking about it only made her blush harder. However memories of that happened brought up ANOTHER memory. She looked at him "who was singing?"
He frowned at her "singing?" She nodded "you didn't hear it? It was very faint but I definitely heard singing, humming. She felt....safe, like she was watching over us. I felt her power mix with ours. It was like all three of us were one."
He looked startled, shocked "you HEARD and felt that?!"
"Yes" she nodded, frowning at him "who and what was it?"
"Carpathians are of the earth, nature, she is a part of us and nurtures us, she is our mother. Mother, Father and I are her children, more so the others of our race."
The group looked shocked "you mean THAT was the earth speaking to you?!" He nodded "however in THIS WORLD she is oddly silent, I barely hear or feel her."
"So I was hearing the song of Mother Nature? And she was so faint because she is on the other side of the portal?" He nodded.
"What was she so happy about?" Hinata looked thoughtful "I could feel it. She was humming a song because she was pleased" she looked at him for answers.
"And why would she not?" he asked her "when her daughter took the first step to being as she was meant to be, her child."
They blinked at him but were further startled when he suddenly grinned and they were momentarily frightened by the.....wolf in that smile.
"What is it?"
"I have located your ninja."
"ALREADY!?" the blonde woman's eyes widened "where is he?"
"Enemy territory as you thought. Seems they have a new group of Elite ninja's-if your man's memories are correct-that overpowered him."
Her eyes narrowed "get him out, whatever means possible. If they have a new group of Shinobi able to overpower even HIM, we NEED those memories, that information."
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