You and Your Demon

Chapter 3 – Unstoppable Force

Somewhere in the Forest of Chakra

The rain was just starting to fall lightly and the sudden moisture on her face had made Hinata open
her eyes. Through blurred vision she could see about three people jogging towards her but never seemed
to get any closer, it took her a moment to notice the constant jabbing of someone's shoulder into her
stomach as they were jogging while carrying her. Her eyes widened as they focused and she tried to move
but found that her body was bound together by a thick rope.

"Hmph, the girls awake Mikio." A gruff voice came from in front of her and she noticed the man had Katanas
crossed over his back and half of his face was bandaged including his left eye. The other two men also
wearing brown garments as well as hoods were carrying crates and whispered something to each other before
the giant man carrying her broke in with a deep voice, "that's fine Iwao, we're almost there, why don't
you introduce us to her as she'll probably want to know who we are before we get to close not that she
or anyone else can stop us, hah."

"Very well, Young lady we are Ninja of the swamp, recently formed by our leader Takehiko, whom you
already met back in the forest." The mention of the forest made her jolt and she was about to ask
about her team but he continued, "I am Iwao and this is Mikio," he said while pointing towards the
person under her, "the two men behind us is Takeo and Sadao." Hinata twisted her head around to view
all the ninja around her she looked forward to see where they were headed and noticed the tall man
they had seen in the clearing with the cleaver strapped to his back. so there's five of them,
she thought to herself, Naruto-kun, where are you?.

"Wh-what h-have you d..one with my f..friends?" She whimpered
"Huh? Oh them, no you probably will never see them again" Iwao laughed
She started to cry into her elbow as they disappeared into the darkness of a cave, N-Naruto-kun...

When the group were all in the cave their leader Takehiko turned around at the entrance and made a few
hand signs, "Rock Wall Jutsu!" He yelled as he raised his hands and as though the ground was a puppet a
wall of rock rose up and hit the roof of the cave locking them in away from the storm.

The swamp nin stripped off of their soaking wet clothes and had started a roaring fire in the middle of
the cave, Hinata however was tied up, face down on a stone slab in the back of the room, her overcoat
and pants had been ripped off and her limbs were tied to separate ropes which went out in different
directions, the rope tied to her left hand led up to the top left corner of the roof and through a
gap in the rock before draping back down again, this was the same as the other three ropes but in
different corners of the roof. She also couldn't close her mouth as they had rammed some black thing
in her jaw holding it open.

Trembling slightly, all she could do was whimper and watch as the group of men sat by the fire
eyeing her while whispering to each other and eating their food before four of them stood up and
walked over to her.
The four men stood at the corners where the rope hung down and at the same time pulled down, Hinata
clamped her eyes shut, shrieking and trying to wriggle free as she was hoisted into the air about
a foot from the stone slab. When she stopped being raised up she began to open her eyes, first
she saw the Shinobi still sitting against the rock wall at the front door but then she felt the men
around her move closer, she saw that they were all naked and hard and tears began to roll down her
face, dripping off her cheeks. She felt someone grab her hair and lift her head as one of the men
prodded her face with his cock, "Lucky you can't bite" the man laughed and before she could even
try to close her mouth she felt him thrust deep into her throat, making her gag. One of the men
rolled under her and laid with his back on the rock while another grabbed her arse with both hands
and spread her cheeks.

At that moment there was a huge explosion and the four swamp shinobi jumped up and looked over
towards the entrance. As the smoke cleared they saw their comrade's decapitated body sprawled on
the floor, blood flooding all over the floor and there in the middle of the entrance lurked a
shadow bowing its head in the darkness.

Slowly it lifted its head and bared its silver white fangs, as it opened its eyes the room was
bathed in a golden brown glow. The figure stood, hand out, palm up, "BAKA'S!!!" the newcomer
roared and a howl erupted as a bright blue ball swirled in his open palm, shortly after it was
joined with white shuriken-like blades that swirled in a circle. From outside the cave, after
the roar "FUUTON RASEN SHURIKEN!" all that was heard were ear piercing screams and cries of pain.

First he ran for the closest person who was standing at the Hyuuga's head, he had half a second
to whimper at the sight of the demon before something rip up the middle of his body and he fell
apart.

The second closest ninja was already wielding two Katana's and was sneaking up behind the demon,
but before he could bring them down on the assailant he felt a furry of needles pierce into his
chest and he screamed as he looked down to find a red tail with its spiny golden tip plunged deep
into his chest.

The third also fell victim to the Rasengun blades and he watched his limbs hit the floor before
the rest of his body followed them.

The fourth and final ninja had pulled a massive cleaver over his shoulder and was halfway into
a swing when it was caught by a claw and pinned to the wall shortly after his face was pressed
to its side against the same wall but facing away from his weapon, the last thing he felt was a
set of fangs stab deep into the side of his neck before his eyes began to turn to eternal darkness.

Naruto huffed loudly has the jutsu died in his hand, body pieces scattered everywhere and he
began to limp over to the hanging girl. Tears welled in his golden brown eyes as he kneeled
down to her now covered in blood body, he noticed that she wasn't wearing anything but her mesh
top, "I-I'm so...sorry H-Hinata-chan, I-I tried to find you as fast as I c-could." he shakily
apologised as he reached into her mouth, pulled out the strange black clump and threw it away.
Hinata now coughed a spluttered and couldn’t help but cry, "c-can you g-get m-me out of t-this,
it r-really h-hurts." she continued to tremble in her broken state but also was relieved that
he had come when he did.

Naruto realised that she wasn't actually laying on the ground but hanging from the thick ropes,
he stood up and gently held her back with his hand while her head rested on the inside of his
elbow, then he simply slid his nails along the rope so that it continued to fray until it snapped.
When he finally freed her from her bonds he held her cold, naked body tightly to his chest,
"I-I'm gl-glad you found me, Naruto-kun," she whispered into his chest with a hiccup.

"I would never abandon you Hina-chan, I’d give my life to save you." Naruto whispered back with
a slight pant as he recovered from his massacre.
"H-how did you find me, N-" she gasped as her hands reached his ears and she backed up to see
what she had felt. On the sides of his head where his ears used to be were to pointed, red furred
fox ears, Naruto blushed and turned to look away, which only gave Hinata a better view of his
animalistic features, "wh-what happened t-to you?" she asked with her eyes wide open.
"Huh? Oh it’s just a side effect from my new jutsu that gives me the senses of a fox" Naruto
said as he held her tighter, Her stuttering seems to have kicked back in full swing.
"Aww, th-they're cute," she said as she gently scratched behind his ears. They started to twitch
and a small purr came from the blonde, who redden even more so but Hinata turned his head to
face her. He still had his golden brown eyes glowing into hers and she pulled him closer to kiss
him softly on the lips, "A-Arigato, Naruto-kun," she whispered into his ear.

Naruto was stunned for a moment, blinking in silence, where did that come from? still
feeling the faint aura of her lips on his he tighten his arms around her, "I'm glad that you're
safe... Heheh, your think they're cute," he started as she continued to rub his ears
and he flicked his tail around and under her chin, she gasped at first but let out a giggle as
it wrapped around her naked waist tickling her. Realising that she was still bare ass he returned
to his senses and gathered Hinata's clothes before giving them to her, she was trembling a bit
and he noticed the dark red marks on her wrists and ankles as she sat on the stone slab. He moved
down to her feet and was about to pick one of them up when he realised he still had his claws out,
"Ahh, I still have to work out how to transform back," he muttered mostly to himself but allowed
Hinata to hear, "Kyuubi?" [It's just the same as when you stop being in Sage mode kit] Naruto began
to close his eyes but the fox interrupted him again, [Wait kit...I sense someone] Naruto wrenched his
eyes open in time to see the snake women slip into the cave, Shit! I didn't realise that she wasn't
in the cave he cursed himself.
He stood up in front of Hinata, "What! What did you do to my comradesss!?" the woman hissed,
"You'll pay for this!"
She shot her forked tongue at him like a spear but Naruto merely stretched out his arm and clamped
his claws around it, careful to avoid the poisonous tip. [Let me take her!!!] The Kyuubi roared in
his mind, "she's all yours," he said out loud and the snake woman had a look of confusion cross her
face. She looked down presuming he was talking to the half naked girl on the stone slab behind him
but never got the chance to laugh as red chakra seeped out of his outstretched arm and extended
towards her along her trapped tongue.

Naruto stood firmly as he kept his grasp on the woman's tongue and watched the red extending
chakra form into a claw of its own before gripping the snake woman's face, he stepped sideways
to block Hinata's view as the woman's body shook violently as her face was melted away, the
Kyuubi howled and maintained his grip until the body went limp in the air and then was dropped
to the floor, [That felt good] came a deep growl, Naruto was half shocked and amazed, he'd seen
the chakra claws before, even used them on Sasuke a number of times, yet he had never seen the
result.
He turned back to find Hinata fully clothed as she shakily zipped up her coat. She caught his
eye and realised that he should probably change back for the sake of her own comfort and closed
his eyes and cleared his mind. When he reopened them Hinata gasped and he asked, "What? Are my
eye's back to normal?" she slowly nodded but stepped closer; "are my teeth?" she nodded again
and reached up to his face. He watched her hand graze his cheek and pass his eye until it curled
around his ear, an ear that twitched at the touch and forced him to purr at a scratch, "Oh shit!"
Kyuubi! Why are my ears not back to normal?" He felt around to his back side, "And why do I
still have a TAIL!?" [Umm. You see kit...when I argh...said side effect..I..kinda meant...permanent.]
Naruto fell to his knees and gasped, "Permanent!"

Hinata's eyes widened, as she understood what he was talking about and she wrapped her arms around him.
"This is bad," he moaned, “How am I going to explain having a tail?”

The pair of leaf shinobi crouched at the back of the cave with Naruto on his knees and Hinata
hunched over him squeezing him tightly in her arms.
"No, don't worry about me Hinata-chan, you're the one we should worry about!" he twisted around
to look at her.
"I-I'm f-fine" trying to keep her voice from shaking but failed.
"But you’re not Hinata, and it’s all my fault!" he yelled as tears stung his eyes.
"N-no! It's not y-your f-f-fault!" She tried to convince him, but he just bowed his head and
spoke in a whisper,
"Yes it is... you would never have been in danger if I didn’t wear these clothes," he pinched
at his bright orange clothing before scooting across the cave floor and out of the Hyuuga’s
undeserved hold.
He rested his back up against the wall and tilted his head to gaze out through the cave mouth
where a storm was fiercely underway, part of him hoped that the rest of his team were safe in
the thick forest where he left them. He wished he had Yamato sensei’s ability to use wood style
techniques so he could have built them a proper shelter at least.
When he turned back to Hinata to ask if she could handle searching for their team he jumped
slightly as he met her face in close proximity of his own.

Hinata’s heart was pounding

She lifted his chin to stare into his cerulean eyes, "but you did save me Naruto-kun," she
whispered to him in usual her fragile voice, barely audible she added, “Th-there’s something
I w-want to tell you…”

Surprising Naruto had heard her whisper but cut her off, “alright Hina-chan but it’ll have to
wait, we may be out of the woods but this cave isn’t much better.

He looked around the cavern, looked at the chaos that spread all over its walls and floor before
standing and scooping Hinata up to carry her in a bridal position. He bowed his head down and gazed
at the beauty in his arms before whispering into her ear, "I wonder who is on clean up,” he joked,
“Come on, let's get out of here".

As he neared the cave entrance, two crates had caught his eye, he recognised them as the crates
that the swamp nin were carrying when he saw them in the clearing with the flowers earlier that
day. The Flowers! They were trying to steal the flowers! he gasped as he gently lowered the
Hyuuga to the ground before crawling over to the crates. With both his hands he ripped the wooden
slats off the top to find a cluster of Aoi Ryuudou planted in the soil at the base of the crate.
Carefully he pulled out one of the white petal flowers with a light blue aura and brought it
close to his face, he sniffed once, twice and inhaled the richly sweet sent that augmented the
flower and had to hold himself back from trying to eat it, feeling his canines lengthen to a
sharp point as they had before.

He felt himself overcome by animal instincts as he placed the flower back into the soil sniffing
the air while following an invisible trail. The trail led him to the cave side and seemed to
disappear through a crack in the wall. Hinata watched as the boy's hand crept in silence into
the crack in the wall as it began to pull out large amounts of rock, and toss it aside before
burrowing deeper into the wall. Eventually a whole new room was revealed as stacks of crates,
filled with Aoi Ryuudou flowers, began to appear through the thick layer of airborne dust and
debris.

Hinata gasped as she was already using her Byakugun to divulge the strong sense of chakra coming
from each of the hundred crates. "Jackpot!" Naruto exclaimed, "Looks like we found where the
flowers got to," he looked at the bodies for a moment before adding, "and it looks like no-one
will be stealing them anymore." He flung his tail towards Hinata who giggled and began to stoke
it, forcing a purr to escape from him.

As they gathered the flowers Hinata thought aloud, “W-we still n-need to protect them from this
storm though Naruto-kun.”
Naruto hummed in return, “You’re right, but anywhere is better than here, even if it’s another cave.”

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Somewhere else in the Forest of Chakra

Byakugan activated, Hinata ran forth from the cave a chaos in search for new shelter. She felt
Naruto’s presence close behind her. He had insisted that he would carry the crates of Aoi Ryuudou
but all she had wanted was to get the hell away from the dark alley that held one of her worst
memories. She had made Naruto swear not to tell anyone about the events that occurred when she
was captive.

She noticed the outline of a small storage shed in amongst the brush. Using her hands she
indicated to her team mate of a stealth approach and they both rolled into the cover of the
wet vegetation. Swiftly yet silently under the pounding of rain they approached, scoped out
and prepared to infiltrate the shelter.
Peering into a fogged up window, Naruto found that it was dark and appeared empty. He gave
the all clear and together they kicked open the shed double doors.

Shortly after the small room had been mapped out, Naruto stacked the crates in the corner while
Hinata browsed through the small cupboards searching for a source for light or even just warmth.
Weeding out useless tools and other items she came across a half exhausted brass lamp, feeling
around the smooth surface she located the starter and smiled satisfactorily to herself as it lit,
glowing brighter as the flame crawled lower to a fresher section of the wick.

A smash of glass split the silence and she whipped her head around to find the blond with an
even bigger, satisfied grin. He stepped sideways and revealed an already blazing bonfire just
inside the open doorway.
“Nice lamp.” he laughed as he pulled off is soaking jacket and flung it over a low shelving beam.
She turned away feeling shown up and also removed her jacket. Her under shirt was also soaking
and clung to her skin. Maybe Naruto wouldn’t mind if I took this off aswell. She nervously
twisted her head slightly to look at him and immediately felt her face sting red as he had already
taken is top layers off and was fanning his shirt in front of the fire. Kami, I can’t even
look at him without a shirt let alone take my own off. As she neatly hung her jacket up to
dry she raised her lamp up and found a couple of thick blankets on the top shelf. Carrying them
over to the centre of the room she laid one down on the hard floor, rolling the head of it a few
times to form a pillow and then covered the other blanket over top of it.

Naruto watched her admiringly, though he had a growing blush on his face due to staring at her
delicate figure, he knew that she wasn’t one to look directly at him, which he used to find
weird but it had begun to grow on him as cute. He watched her rise back up and take a quick
glance in his direction before saying,
“We can-“ She cut herself off, only realising mid-sentence that this was one of the hardest
things she was ever going to say, and she had begun so well too. She pouted, wishing that her
subconscious side had just finished the sentence without her realizing.

“What’s that Hina-chan?” Naruto smirked. He could already see what was coming but he loved the
sight of her when he teased, all the way down to the nickname.

She blushed furiously and forced herself to open her mouth, “W-we can s-sleep in this t-tonight,
N-Naruto-kun.”

With a smug look across his face Naruto walked across from the glowing fire and stood next to
the hanger where he left his jacket. The Hyuuga gave him a questioning look and before she was
even able to gasp his jacket was now accompanied by its matching pants.
Clad in only his boxers, Naruto hopped quickly into the warmth of the pseudo bed leaving the
innocent girl frozen in speech and breath and basically any kind of movement.

Hinata could feel the heavy weight of blood in her head, she could see the black haze threating
to blind her. She tried to focus, desperately tried to focus, focus on anything other than the
naked guy in her bed but she was failing at least until tilting something freezing cold latched
onto her ankle causing her to jump with a breathless shriek.

“Easy Hina-chan, it’s only me,” Naruto’s soft voice melted her from her numbness. He was up on
his elbows and reaching out to Hinata, trying to shake her from her daze, “as I was saying I
suggest that you do the same because I don’t want to be sleeping near your wet clothes.”

It took a moment to register but her horrified expression went unnoticed as Naruto had already
rolled over stating, “I won’t look.”
She shakily removed her clothing save for her panties and bra and neatly hung them to dry with
her own jacket, before slipping slowly under the blankets. She was shaking uncontrollably,
almost violently.
She felt a hand slip into hers and it squeezed gently. Naruto rolled back around, to look at
her, “Relax.” He whispered softly and his reassuring smile soothed her also and she began to
feel her body take in the heat of the blankets.

The fire crackled a couple of metres from their feet adding to their warmth. Naruto rolled
onto his back tucking his hands under his head and Hinata kept on her side facing him.
“The in-built pillow idea works well by the way,” Naruto complimented turning to give her a wink.
She had to agree and also complimented herself, “Make sure you get plenty of rest because we’ll
need to find Kiba and Shino in the morning.”

The kunoichi mentally slapped herself having forgotten about her other comrades, “D-do you…
h-have any idea w-where they are?” she stuttered.
Naruto’s response delayed slightly as the warmth beckoned him to sleep, “Wha- oh yeah they
should be safe where I left them and if they’re lucky the may not even get too wet.”

Hinata sighed with relief and with her consciousness still intact kissed him on the cheek.
Naruto was dumbstruck once again by another one of the Hyuuga Heirs out of the ordinary acts
on this latest mission.

Cheers,
Till Next Time > Leaf > Out