Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ The Demon's of Konoha ❯ Home and Betrayal ( Chapter 20 )

`You know Hinata if you wanted to use my chakra you could have asked instead of just draining me.” Tani said as she watched Hinata open her eyes for the first time in a couple of days. Looking around Hinata noticed that she way lying on a daybed, in the same garden that she has trained in many times before. She was in her mindscape, looking over she seen Tani drinking a cup of tea looking rather tired.

 

“I am sorry Tani I didn't mean to do it. I just had to stop them, they were about to kill an innocent baby.” Hinata said looking down at her hands. She began to twiddle her fingers much like she does when she acts all shy.

 

“I know you did Hinata” Tani said putting down her cup and sitting down next to her. “I am very surprised though at how well you progressed. You managed to save the baby and the villagers. No one died on our side and no major injuries that Haku couldn't heal.”

 

“That's great” Hinata said with a small smile. “Why do you look so tired though Tani?” It was true; it looked like she was starting to develop dark circles around her eyes. Her hair was slightly messed up almost looking bed head but not quite. Lines of fatigue were shown on her face. It looked like she hadn't had any sleep in a while.

 

“Sweetie I may be a demon but to have my chakra forcibly removed from my body hurts like a bitch. One drawback I have always had was that I could heal others injuries no problem but mine are a different matter. It takes longer for me than others to heal and replenish my chakra. That's why your chakra restrictors are on higher than most. It's increasing them so that soon enough you won't ever need mine.” Tani explained as she was soon on the receiving end of a hug.

 

“I am so sorry Tani; I really didn't mean to pull it from you.” Hinata said into Tani's shoulder. “I never thought of the possible side effects that it could have had on you. In my rage I didn't think of anything at all. I just didn't want any innocent people to die, as long as I could prevent it.” Hinata said as tears softly fell from her eyes and onto Tani's kimono. All she was trying to do was save everyone, but instead she hurt someone close to her.

 

“It's alright Hinata, you didn't know. Just remember next time you need my chakra please ask. It's a lot less painful for me to grant it that to have it torn from me.” Tani said hugging the girl back. “It's one of the drawbacks with our seal being messed up. If it was normal than we would have this problem, but instead it is an obstacle we will need to overcome. Now come on” Tani said pulling out of the hug “because you took a lot of my chakra you will find you will be experiencing some changes.”

 

“Like what type of changes?” Hinata asked as she rested on the bed looking at her mentor.

 

“For one you are starting to have some physical appearances that prove you are a jinchuurikin. Why they didn't appear when you were younger like everyone else I don't know, but they appeared now so we need to come up with something to explain to others.” Tani said. “Like Naruto has whisker marks from Kyuubi, Gaara has rings around his eyes from Shukaku; you have red tips on the edge of you hair with the occasional streak. The blue in your eyes are also more pronounced. Any ideas on how to explain this occurrence, in case people ask questions?” Moving her hand out from her Tani produced a mirror and shown Hinata the changes in her appearance. It was true several tip at the end of her hair was a blood red color and she had a few streaks that started at the top of her hair instead of being under it. Looking into her eyes the light blue that defined her pupils had gotten a little more pronounced but it still wasn't bad.

 

“This isn't bad Tani; from what you were talking I thought it would have been a lot worse. Gaara is a red-head so someone in the family is one. It could just be said that the red highlights are showing now. Or I could try to convince them that I've always dyed my hair. It's not that hard to explain” Hinata said with a small smile until she noticed that Tani had shifted uncomfortably and looked away. “What are you not telling me?”

 

“When you pulled the chakra out of me you pulled enough to start a conversion of sorts. Most people would be a half-breed by now, but because of my naming you my successor that didn't happen.” Tani said looking down into her fingers like Hinata use to. She really didn't want to have this conversation at the moment but knew that she had to.

 

“That's a good thing right I mean I'm not a half-breed and have a tail to hide.” Hinata said wondering what the big deal was “so what's the draw back?”

 

“Instead of becoming a half-breed you will just become a demon over time. You will in every sense of the word become my successor, including the near immorality that will follow. The changes have already begun to take place. At seventeen you will reach your mating season, which is rather early. Normally a demon doesn't reach it until they are at least two hundred years old, which is around twenty in your age.” Tani explained looking into the shocked eyes of Hinata. “The reason it is earlier for you is because of two reasons. One is the amount of chakra you pulled aged your chakra lines ahead of schedule. Second is because you were a human to begin with. Your hormones are beginning to show signs of maturation.” Tani explained.

 

“So basically because I am becoming more of a horn-dog of a teenager and the chakra aging my body will act like it's about to go through its mating season. Anything I should know about, or something I should look out for?” Hinata asked wondering what the big deal was about teenage horniness; after all she was a firm believer in masturbation. Her wrist has had quite a workout before. She figured it was better than having sex with someone she cared nothing about and Naruto still didn't see her like that. Besides you can't expect someone else to please you sexually if you can't please yourself. That was the advice she gave people about sex, that and protection first.

 

“I will explain the rest when the time comes but for now you might want to wake up. Everyone is waiting for you and someone is in your room. Besides you have two months before we have to worry about this right.” Tani said with a small smile as she pushed Hinata out of her mindscape and into her room allowing Tani to get some much needed sleep. Recovering chakra was best done during sleep.

 

Opening her eyes Hinata quickly shut them as the light instantly blinded her. She opened her eyes one after another and wanted to smile as her eyes adjusted to the light. Sitting up in bed Hinata stretched and noticed she was stripped down to her tank top and her pajama bottoms. Looking over at her desk she seen Sakura looking at the stacks of report Hinata had left on her desk. “Anything you need help finding Sakura?” Hinata asked wondering what she was doing looking through her stuff. `I knew I should have sealed those reports up when I had the chance and are those my jars on the table also?' Hinata thought as she watched Sakura jump in shock.

 

“AHHHHH” Sakura screamed as she turned around to see where the voice came from. Hinata cringed back wondering if her ear drums were going to shatter from the noise and looked to see if the window cracked. “Hinata you're awake.” Sakura said with her hand on her chest to calm her heartbeat. “I was just looking to see if you had any pads or tampons. We are leaving tomorrow and I am out. Haku doesn't have any and Tsunami needs hers since she just had a baby.” Sakura said as she attempted to calm her breathing. Looking at Hinata Sakura noticed that her chest was bigger than hers, not realizing she was still wearing a minimizing top, making the girl feel slightly self conscience.

 

“And you need to look on my desk for that?” Hinata asked as she slowly stood up as she glared at the pink-haired girl slowly walking closer to her in an attempt to see what exactly Sakura was looking at on her desk. `There's more stuff on my desk than when I left it.' Hinata thought before wistfully hoping `maybe she didn't see anything then.'

 

With each step towards her Sakura took a step back until she felt her body hit the door. Realizing she had no where else to go Sakura began to shake at the glare still in Hinata's eyes. She knew she shouldn't have been snooping in Hinata's room but she had questions, many questions. She had gone into her room a couple of days ago when she had started her period because she ran out of supplies. That's when she first seen the stacked reports on Hinata's desk and her curiosity got the better of her. Then she seen Hinata fight at the bridge and knew something was different about Hinata. That's why she thought it would be safe to investigate while Hinata was asleep.

 

“STAY AWAY YOU DEMON” Sakura yelled as she seen Hinata's eyes widen either in confusion or shock Sakura knew not. At the key word demon Sakura's suppressed memories came flooding back. Memories of Hinata healing Naruto and Sasuke, and Hinata fighting the Demon Brothers, nothing else she could remember just that Hinata was `different.' She displayed the signs that she was always told to watch out for in Naruto. Eyes widening at the stuff she had seen Hinata do, Sakura's eyes rolled up into her head as she fainted into unconsciousness.

 

`You're right I am a demon' Hinata muttered under her breathe. `But that doesn't mean I don't have feelings. Luckily for you I don't feel like showing you what this demon can do.' Hinata made her way over to her desk and began to rapidly seal the information into the scrolls all to be sorted out later. `Great I am missing a jar of my wound healing ointment. Thank Kami it was just about empty. Maybe Naruto used it; it wouldn't be the first time.' Hinata thought as she began to seal in her ointment jars also.

 

“What's going on up there” a feminine voice called up the stairs “Why is there yelling. We have people who are healing Sakura and need to sleep. So shut the hell up.”

 

“She's passed out on the floor, and I would appreciate it if someone moved her. I would do it but I just might throw her down the stairs.” Hinata yelled down the stairs as a reply. Stuffing the scrolls into her bags Hinata smiled at getting her mission accomplished. `Great now how am I going to find out what Sakura seen. I am going to have to be extra careful around her for a while.' Hinata thought as she went to look for the top to her pajama bottoms but was unable to find it in time.

 

“HINATA'S AWAKE” was shouted down stairs as it was repeated through the house as what sounded like a heard of elephants trampling up the stairs. “HEY MOVE IT. AHH HAKU WHY DID YOU STICK THAT NEEDLE THERE? NOW MY LEG WON'T MOVE.”

 

“THEN MOVE IT, I HAVE A PATIENT TO CHECK UP ON.” Haku yelled back as she ran into to the room first and proceeded to hug Hinata, lifting the smaller girl up in her happiness. “Are you alright? How are you feeling? Are you dizzy?” Looking over at Sakura on the floor Haku asked “so what's up with the Bubblegum Princess.”

 

“MOVE IT NII-SAN, NEE-CHAN IS UP” Inari said before he ran into the room also and jumped to give Hinata a hug after Haku finally let go of her. “Good to see your awake nee-chan. Mom's going to be so happy when she gets back home again from the store.” Inari said with a big smile on his face. “Grandpa finished the bridge also.” Looking at Sakura crumpled on the floor Inari said “so What'cha do to the Pepto-queen.”

 

“That's great Inari” Hinata said with a smile on her face, as she was almost looking face to face with the boy. “And I didn't do anything I just caught her snooping in my room. Apparently getting caught scared the snot out of her and she fainted.”

 

“No one is allowed to come in this room except mom and Haku-nee-chan here. Everyone else was told to stay out to allow you to heal and to respect your privacy. Brooding nii-san told everyone how you loved your privacy, so we stayed away. We had lots of work to do anyways.” Inari replied his eye brows scrunched up in confusion.

 

“Where is Sasuke anyways?” Haku asked looking at Inari in question. “I thought he would want to know that Hinata was awake.”

 

“Last I knew he was katana training with Patches and Zabuza on the bridge. They decided to practice there as grandpa wanted to do some finishing touches on the bridge. They should be back soon.” Inari said with his arm over Hinata's shoulder.

 

“FINALLY” Naruto said dragging his left leg behind him as it was completely limp. “Hinata your awake” Naruto said with a big smile and an attempt to run only to begin to fall forward. Watching him fall Hinata darted forward out of reflexes and caught Naruto before he fell not realizing his head landed right above her chest giving him a peek down her shirt. `Wow when did Hinata get those? I don't remember ever seeing those before.' Naruto thought as he was beginning to see how developed she was.

 

`Actually they are a whole lot bigger than they look.' Kyuubi said with a smirk enjoying the view like his vessel. `She's wearing a chakra enhanced tank top that minimizes her as much as possible without being uncomfortable. Shinobi have been using them for years, along with well endowed Demons.'

 

`You mean that' Naruto started to reply to the fur ball and he realized the significance of the shirt.

 

“Yup she's got more than a generous handful there, and I don't think she's done growing.” Kyuubi answered. “Now in the book of impressive chests I would give her a nine, but eventually I wouldn't doubt it if she ranked up there with my beloved.” Naruto's eyes widened only to fall into oblivion with blood hanging from his nose.

 

“Ahh, they grow up so fast' Kyuubi though with a smile acting like he was whipping a tear from his eye. `Now Tani, she had a chest on her.' Kyuubi thought as blood dripped down his nose as he thought of his beloved's ample bosom.

 

“Alright what was that about?” Hinata asked as she watched Naruto fall backwards with blood dripping down his nose. With the help of Haku they gently set him down on the bed.

 

“Just a question Hinata, you are usually covered up a lot more than that aren't you. I would hazard a guess that even at home you are covered up really well and don't show your figure. So when Naruto had his head there he more than likely got a big eyeful that he normally doesn't get.” Haku said “although it could just be a guess.”

 

“Wow nii-san is a pervert” Inari said as Hinata looked down and sure enough her chest was in plain view. Quickly walking to her dresser Hinata grabbed a shirt and pulled it over her head.

 

“Hinata I have an idea, lets go to the bath house. That way you can take a bath and feel all comfortable and wash that hair out.” Haku said as Hinata grabbed her bath supplies and a quick change of clothes being careful to hide her undergarments incase someone should see. Quickly she grabbed a jacket and buttoned it up, grabbing her hitae-ate and communicator she quickly put them on.

 

“Haku, I think that's the nicest way someone has ever said I stink before.” Hinata said as they went out of the room. “Besides we have to talk about your training and catch up with what's happened since I last seen you.”

 

“Sasuke, you there” Hinata asked putting her hand to her communicator as they walked on. Many of the villagers waved as they passed.

 

“Hinata, you're awake?” Sasuke voice came through the receiver. “What's going on?”

 

“I'm just letting you know that I am awake. Sakura fainted in my room after I caught her looking through my stuff. Naruto is passed out from a nosebleed. Haku and I are headed to the bath house, and we will catch up with you later.”

 

“You put them both on the bed together?” Sasuke practically shouted into the ear piece making Hinata's head ache. They all knew Naruto's infatuation with Sakura, putting them on the same bed wouldn't be good.

 

“Hell no, Sakura is still on the floor where she fainted. Naruto is on the bed asleep. Just though I would let you know so when you came home you know what happened.”

 

“Do you have any idea what Sakura was looking for?”

 

“No idea, but she was looking on my desk. When I caught her she mentioned looking for feminine products, but she was looking on my desk and not in my bag or anything like that. I am not sure if she read anything or not. She then called me a demon and then passed out.”

 

“She is up to something.”

 

“I agree but I don't want Naruto to know. You know how he feels about her and he already thinks I am to mean to her to begin with. I really don't want to cause this kind of issues with him.”

 

“Fine, I will agree for now but eventually he will see what we've been saying all along. On a side note Itachi came back last night. He ran paperwork to Sarutobi and just returned it last night. Haku and Zabuza will officially be ninja's of Konoha. They will be heading back to Konoha with us in the morning. Take care Hinata.”

 

“Will do, later Sasuke” Hinata said as Haku and her entered the bath house.

 

 

“So do you guys have everything?” Tsunami said holding her daughter in her arms trying not to cry.

 

“Yes we do, thanks for putting up with us” Kakashi said “I know it couldn't have been easy. Tazuna you are now able to drink again after we leave, as we are no longer protecting you.”

“You know I think I have given up the stuff. It's been so long that I've been without one that I don't have the urge anymore. Besides with everything going on here and all the job offers coming in I don't have time to drink.” Tazuna said looking at the kids in front of him.

 

“Come and visit us anything.” Tsunami shifting the baby in her arms as she attempted not to cry. The kids had grown on her, and she still wanted to adopt them all.

 

“Hey Naruto-nii” Inari said with a smile walking to the blonde. “I've decided I want to be a ninja when I grow up. So I can protect people like you guys do.”

 

“That's great Inari. If you guys ever decide to come to Konoha, look us up. We would love the company and I can show you the best place to get ramen at.” Naruto said with his eyes closed and a big smile on his face.

 

“Come on guys we have to go” Kakashi said. “We want to be there in a few hours so we can get checked in and give our reports to the Hokage.”

 

With the last of the goodbyes said Team Seven with Haku and Zabuza walked out of sight and headed home.

 

“Hey grandpa” Inari said as he watched them disappear. “What are you going to name the bridge?”

 

“I was thinking about the Awesome Bridge that Tazuna Built.” Tazuna said with his voice full of laughter. When he was drunk he might have wanted it that way, but now he had a lot more to offer to life. “Why Inari what were you thinking.”

 

“Well I was thinking of the legend of Tani from many years ago and I think that Hinata-nee could be an incarnation of her. We all know Naruto-nii has the Kyuubi sealed in him. Sasuke-nii and nii-san and nee-chan fight like demons, while Sakura acts like one so why not name it `Demon's Bridge.' This is where they fought Haku-nee-chan and Zabuza who was the Demon of the Mist. In the middle we can put up a statue in honor of them for liberating our village.”

 

“That's a great idea Inari” Tazuna said “you've really given a lot of though to this didn't you?”

 

“I thought about it last night. Everyone should know the story and not just us. This time when it becomes a legend, many years down the road we will always have the statue in memory of them. So mom what are you naming my little sister?” Inari asked as they began walking back towards home.

 

“I was going to name her after Hinata, but the possibility of Hinata being the reincarnation of Tani makes me wonder. I do believe that I will name her Tania. . You hear that Tania” Tsunami said holding up her daughter to here her laugh. “You have a lot to live up to, but I am sure that you can be the best that you can be.”

 

“Let's go home. All this talk is getting emotional.” Tazuna said as he wrapped his arm around his daughter and the other around Inari. Together they walked home, thankful to the group that left them behind.

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Sakura was very unsure of what to do, or if anything she should do anything at all. For the fifth time in the past hour, Sakura wished she never left Kakashi and Sasuke on the bridge. If she had her choice she wouldn't have left guar duty at all. `Damn my period' Sakura cursed to herself. `If it wasn't for you I never would have gone in there. Now I may have bitten off more than I can chew.' That fateful day Sakura had left Kakashi and Sasuke using the one excuse all women are able to use: her period had started leaving her unprepared.

 

She had hoped that the mission would have been over before she had ran out of supplies and she wasn't about to use rags. Sakura had knew that her best friend/rival Ino had used her menstrual as an excuse to not be able to do anything. Her own mother had used the excuse when she was on a Genin team before an accident occurred rendering her unable to continue her ninja career. But Hinata never did, in fact Sakura never knew when Hinata was on the rag. For that she never wanted to use `being on the rag' an excuse. Sure it may work for others, but the others never had Hinata on their team.

 

Sakura's mother had come from a prominent merchant family and as an act of rebellion joined the academy. When she came back injured she was then entered into an arranged marriage. Sakura knew that unless she got a good marriage match in a few years, she was going to be entered into an arranged marriage also. Even though she would be over eighteen, since she still relied on her family to take care of her she would comply by the rules also she had entered into a contract with her mom.

 

Her father had died in the Kyuubi's attack when she was an infant, leaving her mother to raise Sakura by herself. She had taken the business her husband had left and raised it to the empire it was with the help of her uncle. Her father was the only child of her grandparents who had died early on in her parent's marriage. She had inherited her pink hair from her mother and her green eyes from her father.

 

When Sakura had expressed an interest in becoming a ninja, Sakura's mother went on a rampage. She had several potential rich husbands picked out for her daughter, and many plans for her. Being a ninja wasn't one of them. Sakura was almost entered into a engagement right there until her uncle came to her rescue. When he convinced her mom that a marriage into a prominent ninja family Sakura's family business would flourish, and that brought about the contract. Sakura had until her twenty-first birthday to arrange a marriage with someone from a prominent ninja family, or marry someone of her mothers choosing.

 

Agreeing instantly with the demands Sakura instantly began to look at the prominent ninja families to look for someone her mother would agree with. That was where she had first caught sight of Sasuke Uchiha. He was tall, smart, gifted and always appeared to be brooding. With his dark hair and mysterious eyes he just screamed `troubling but hot, please teach me to love.' At least that was how it appeared to Sakura and the rest of the population. The fact that he was from a prominent family made the catch that much better. When she told her mother and uncle about her interest in Sasuke they were over the moon.

 

Sakura had self-esteem issues despite being from a prominent family. Thankfully when she was younger she met another girl at the private school she attended named Ino Yamanaka. Like Sakura she was from a semi-prominent family also. Ino's mom was from a long-line of flower merchants. Despite her parent's wished Ino's mother married a ninja-Inoichi, and opened Yamanaka's flower shop. By marrying Inoichi she obtained the source of patronage from, the ninjas. When her parents, in an act of remorse, decided to pay for Ino's schooling they sent her to the private academy where she met Sakura. Ino had confidence to share, and slowly she opened up Sakura's self confidence. For every bad thing Sakura wanted to say about her self Ino turned it around to something positive. For helping her Ino became Sakura's best friend for life, even when feuding over the same guy.

 

`What would Ino do in this situation' Sakura thought as they walked along only a few miles away from Konoha now. When Sakura entered Hinata's room to look for pads that first day she had seen all kinds of paperwork on the girls desk. Taking a quick peek at what it was Sakura noticed that they were medical reports about a strange experiment. When Sakura read on she noticed it was done on a human. Quickly in her shock Sakura put it down and left Hinata's room for her own to think.

 

Hours she had sat there trying to figure out what the reports were but couldn't get a definite answer driving the pink-haired girl mad. From then on she knew something was off about Hinata, and it wasn't like her normal rivalry over Sasuke. She was interested in Naruto for Pete's Sake that made her weird in Sakura's book. She watched Hinata a couple of times, and noticed when she wasn't around people she was a lot more confident. The day on the bridge cemented it for Sakura. Hinata had two different types of colored chakra, the blue they normally seen and a mysterious purple which Sakura had never seen the like of before.

 

When Hinata had passed out on the bridge and was taken home, Sakura wanted to investigate further but couldn't. Sasuke had mentioned how much Hinata loved her privacy and allowed only Tsunami and Haku in there. That annoyed Sakura to no end. Haku, Sakura was sure, they had just met during battle and here everyone trusted her and that strange gray colored man with them. So finally when she had a chance Sakura snuck into Hinata's room and grabbed an ointment, concealing it for further research. Briefly she began to look through the papers again when Sakura realized they were all about human experimentation. At that point Hinata had woken up and scared the crap out of her. Sakura remembered calling her a demon before passing out allowing her memories to come back.

 

The answers they had said about Hinata's new red `highlights' were claimed as genetics. They tried to make everyone believe that Hinata has a brother with red-hair which Sakura didn't believe at all. After all if Hinata had a brother then where was he. Instead of asking though and hoping someone else would Sakura was only met with silence as everyone just seemed to agree with the answer. Sasuke even vouched for Hinata's brother being a redhead which just ticked Sakura more. No matter what it seemed that Hinata was taking Sasuke away from her, and Sakura didn't think it was by normal means. After all if the girl handled with human experimentation who knows what else she was up to. Nothing good was all that Sakura could surmise.

 

Looking ahead Sakura noticed that Haku and Hinata were taking like old friends, and that made Sakura question her even more. Instead of talking like they just met they acted like they had been best friends forever. Occasionally Hinata would stutter, but Sakura distinctly remember when she didn't. Walking on she noticed Sasuke and Naruto slightly having a conversation, basically Naruto was talking and Sasuke would occasionally nod.

 

No questions were asked when they arrived to Konoha; instead they went straight to the Hokage's office. The Hokage didn't even bat an eye at the two new members of the team and instead welcomed them right away. Not only was that odd but Sakura didn't want to bring any attention that she thought this was really weird. What was even stranger was that she was the only one who thought it was so.

 

When they were dismissed Sakura headed home and with a quick wave to her mom about expecting there uncle for dinner Sakura headed to the bathroom for a much needed bath. Sitting in the tub Sakura looked down and noticed her chest was smaller than Hinata's. `How does she hide a chest like that? I wonder if that is what Sasuke is interested in her for. Did I improve at all to make him notice me? What am I doing wrong?' Sakura thought to herself as she slowly washed her hair and rinsed off dressing in a pair of sweat pants and a tank top. `What are all of those jars she had anyways? I should get uncle to figure out what's in it. Still why did she have information on some human experimentations, that's not normal. I should ask uncle at dinner.'

 

With that Sakura left the bathroom and made her way to the table and seen her mother and uncle waiting for you. “How was your mission Sakura learning anything interesting?” Her uncle asked with his white hair flowing. “I heard it was a success, which is great for your first big mission. Did anything happen with the Uzumaki kid that I asked you to look out for, anything weird at all?”

 

“There was some weird stuff, but none of it was about Naruto though” Sakura said taking a drink of her water. “But another of my teammates was really weird. Naruto was the normal idiot he is, and Sasuke was awesome as usual. But Hinata just brings me to many questions and none of them can be answered.”

 

“Oh really, come on now Sakura. Why don't you tell your Uncle Danzo all about it. I'm sure we can figure out what is going on together.” With that being said, Sakura told her uncle everything she had noticed about Hinata, even handing over one of Hinata's jars as evidence and telling him about the human experimentation reports. “I shall look into this Sakura' Danzo said with a smile his one eye looking intently at his niece. “You've done the right thing by telling me. Now go to bed and I will take care of everything.”