Demon Talk"
Chapter 7: Visiting Hours
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Looking around the darkness Naruto wonders out loud, "Where am I?"
Upon asking that question, torches all around him light up revealing to Naruto a dimly lit tunnel. Standing up he realized he was kneeling on water, because there was a good foot of it between him and the ground.
Naruto wondered to himself, "That's weird I didn't know I could walk on water already" shrugging he followed the torches down till he was met with a giant gate with golden bars running from the ceiling all the way to the floor. In the middle where the key-hole was supposed to be there was a piece of paper instead. "A seal?" Naruto thought.
Walking closer to examine the seal, Naruto failed to realize a giant pair of red eyes opening and peering at him through the darkness, until finally a deep rumbling voice said
"So this is my mighty warden"
Shocked by the sudden voice Naruto jumped back and landed on his backside staring in fear at the giant pair of eyes from the darkness he stutters out
"Who…. Who are you?"
"Oh you don't know do you" Naruto heard a clap then suddenly in a blaze of fire all the torches inside the cage lit up, revealing a giant orange fox with nine flowing tales.
Naruto whispered to himself
"Kyubi….."
"Well at least I know my container is at least intelligent enough to know who I am."He finished with a smirk
Naruto unconsciously places his hand on his stomach than asked.
"How?"
The Kyubi lets out a cackle than says.
"Don't worry kid I'm not free, your dammed father was a genius when it came to seals even I have to admit that."
Looking up Naruto gave the giant fox a confused look.
"Where am I then, if you're not free"
The Kyubi gives him a loud snort.
"This is your mindscape boy, and at the moment this is the only way for us to communicate. Though that problem can be easily rectified," he finishes with a giant foxy grin.
Hearing this Naruto is more confused as ever.
"I don't get it what caused me to enter into my mindscape."
"Hmm, well to put it simply kid you're dying. Somebody out there was trying to kill you."
Now Naruto was bewildered more than ever, "Somebody tried to kill me?" he thought to himself
"No that's impossible, the Hyuga's would never hurt me they were so nice especially Lady Hitomi."
Scratching his chin Kyubi retorts.
"Well you humans can be quite devious, though nothing compared to us foxes. Deny it as you may I'm just telling you the truth, somebody tried to kill you and because of that I was awakened from my slumber. He grows slightly, "Probably something that dammed Yondaime put into the seal."
Naruto tilted his head downward greatly saddened by the prospect of dying so young. There was so much he wanted to do, tilting his head back up at the Kyubi a few tears speckled across his face.
"Well at least before I died, I got to meet you Kyubi. You seem nicer than what all of the books say about you." Than he giving the Kyubi a light smile.
The Kyubi inched closer to the bars his nose nearly pressed up against it, He was greatly intrigued by the child and though he would never admit it he was somewhat impressed by the kids demeanor even in the face of death.
"You really think I would let my container die just like that kid? I would be the laughing stock of all the demons, even then I'm not sure if your little books told you this but if you die, I pretty much die as well. Even though I would revive in a couple of decades dying still hurts."
Naruto wiped a few tears in his eyes a chuckled a bit. Though he didn't show it he was ecstatic that he wasn't going to die. Walking up to the bars of the cage he placed his hand on one of the bars and said.
"Thank you Kyubi."
The Kyubi stared at him with a bemused look.
"What are you thanking me for boy?"
Smiling Naruto responded, "Though I'm not a hundred percent sure, I believe that in some way you helped save me from whatever was killing me. And in my books you are a pretty swell guy… I mean fox, and I even consider you as one of my friends now, that's if you want to be my friend."
Kyubi looked into Naruto's eye seeing there was no hint of deception or trickery laughed out loud.
"I in all my years have never met somebody like you kid, you know what. Being sealed inside you might actually be bearable. Now let's talk about this supposed attempt for murder on your person."
"From what I was able to see you ingested some sort of slow acting poison that was supposed to slowly and discreetly shut down your immune system. But it reacted badly when it came in contact with my chakra and the poison quickly aggravated went into attack mode and tried to kill you."
Thinking about it for a bit Naruto realized where he must have ingested that poison from,
"The cup of tea Lady Hyuga gave me! But she wouldn't poison me would she?"
The Kyubi grunted, "Like I said before you humans can be pretty deceitful, she probably put on that friendly and kind mask to trick you into drinking that cup of poisoned tea."
Naruto shaking his head in disbelief, "No it couldn't have been Lady Hyuga. I was watching her the whole time she never had the chance to put the poison in the tea, regardless that cup of tea was never meant for me in the first place it was meant for … GASP!"
The Kyubi howled with laughter, "You humans are even more underhanded than I thought!"
A worried looked came over Naruto's face, "That means somebody is no…. somebody "has" been trying to kill Lady Hyuga! Kyubi as much as I'd enjoy conversing with you more, I have to get out of here and warn Lady Hyuga!"
Kyubi lets out a loud audible sigh, "Just when I was just starting to get entertained, well at least after you save the pretty little Hyuga girl's mom, you could ask her for her favor if you know what I mean." Finishing with a snicker.
Naruto sweat-dropped than asked, "Do you by chance know my grandpa Jiraiya?"
The Kyubi lets out a loud bark of laughter than remarks, "Oh please boy, if I wanted to I could make that man look like a novice. Enough about me and your grandpa's tendencies you have your mate's mom to save, just come back and occasionally visit afterwards.
Puffing up his cheeks Kyubi blew out creating a gust of wind instantly extinguishing all the torches and sending Naruto spiraling into the darkness.
Awakening Naruto immediately tried to open his eyes but he felt a wave of weakness wash over him this was accompanied by a nauseating headache, his attempts to raise his hands to rub his aching head failed as his arms felt like they were made of lead.
It would take Naruto at least another thirty seconds before he could even squint his eyes slightly and another minute before he could move his arm, raising his arm up to his head he felt something wet on his forehead.
"What the?" Naruto weakly mumbled out, moving the wet towel off his forehead.
Instantly hearing a rush of movement Naruto saw Hiashi's face a few feet away from his.
"Uzumaki-san are you okay?" Hiashi said in a concerned voice.
"Hyuga-sama you don't not have to worry about me, I have more concerning news to tell you," Naruto strained out.
"Uzumaki-san forget this foolishness, currently your health is in a very critical state we have sent for medics already." Hiashi said in a strict tone
"Please Hyuga-sama at least hear me out, this concerns Lady Hyuga." Naruto pleaded.
Hiashi let out a sigh than nodded, Naruto mustered together his strength and signaled Hiashi to lean closer to him than whispered in his ear.
"There are traitors in the midst of the Hyuga clan, this attempt on my life was an accident their real target was your wife Lady Hyuga."
Hiashi eye's dilated in distress than whispered back to Naruto in a troubled tone, "Are you sure about this Uzumaki-san these are some serious accusations you are making?"
Nodding his head Naruto said with a strained voice, "I met the Kyubi" ….. Hiashi gasped but Naruto continued anyway. "He told me that I had ingested some poison that almost killed me, I thought about it for a bit and realized that the only thing I had even ingested tonight was a cup of tea that Lady Hyuga gave me, originally it was meant for her."
Hiashi's face changed from concern to anger in an instant, clenching his fist in anger he stood back up and turned to face the night stand where the cup was placed. Grabbing the cup he looked inside to his delight there was still some tea left over.
"It would seem my family is now once again indebted to you Uzumaki-san, with this I can finally put the council in their place. They have been a thorn in my side for far too long."
Taking out a scroll he seals the cup of tea inside to preserve whatever trace of poison is left over.
Looking back over at Naruto Hiashi says, "Now where are those dammed medics, I sent a messenger out over an hour ago!"
Naruto smirked in pain than remarked, "Hyuga-sama by chance did you tell the messenger who it was that needed treatment?"
"Yes, of course I told the messenger that you need medical attention immediately, why?" Hiashi responded with a confused tone
Naruto started chuckling softly through the pain he was feeling, "I guess all the stories are true about how they treat people like me, there is no point waiting for the medics Hiashi-sama they will never come."
"What do you mean people like you?" Hiashi asked
Slowly moving his hand to lift up his shirt and revealing his stomach, channeling some chakra through his hands, a seal appeared over his stomach. "Jinchurikis" Naruto replied in an emotionless tone. "I thought all the stories that Jiraiya told, about how people would put all the blame of what the Kyubi did on me was just some joke to scare me a bit. But now I see the truth, if you want me to leave Hyuga-sama I will not hold it against you." Naruto sat up and turned his head away from Hiashi .
Hiashi sat down on the bed next to Naruto and placed a hand on his shoulder causing Naruto to look back over at Hiashi.
"Naruto I don't think I will ever understand what you are feeling right now, but I just want you to know how ignorant those people are for hating you for what they Kyubi did. Though maybe in your lapse of rationalization you forgot how seals work,I may not be an expert on seals like Jiraiya-sama is, but I know for a fact that you are not the Kyubi. You are the scroll and he is the cup of tea. So don't beat yourself up over what these imbeciles think and just worry about what's important to you." Hiashi finished with a smile than stood back up and walked over to the door and opened it, revealing a worried Hitomi and Hinata.
The moment Hiashi stepped aside for them to enter Hinata ran over to Naruto and embraced him in a hug once again crying into his chest.
"Your all right," Hinata cried out. "I was so worried about you when you started shaking on the bed and vomiting blood. So I ran and got Otousan and Okasan."
Naruto smiled and softly patted her back, "Thank you for your concern Hinata-sama, I will be fine after some rest."
"Yes he will need his rest, so Hinata lets leave and allow Naruto-kun to sleep," Hitomi interjected.
Hinata feverously shook her head than pushed Naruto back down onto his back and snuggled into his side, "I will stay here just in case something happens again." Using her best attempt at the Hyuga's famed serious tone.
Hitomi giggled then turned over to Hiashi, "They make such a cute couple don't they?"
Closing the door to Hinata's room Hiashi replied, "Yes they do, maybe they were destined to be together seeing how you and Kushina were best friends. I'm pretty sure this would have happened if she was alive." Taking his wife's hand in his he bought it to his lips and gave it a soft kiss, "Go back to sleep my love, I will join you shortly there is something I must do."
Hitomi nods and turns and walks down the hallway toward their room.
Hiashi watching her back as she leaves Hiashi says to himself, "I'm sorry Hitomi I have forgotten my love for you and our daughter these few years, but I will make it up to you somehow. But first I have to see how deep the treachery of the Hyuga clan runs and put an end to their nonsense.
Flash Back
3-4 Years ago
Hiashi stormed into his office after a meeting concerning the Kyubi's attack was called with the civilian and Shinobi councils. There he had learned that Minato had sacrificed himself and his wife in order to seal away the Kyubi, into a boy named Naruto that was now under the care of Jiraiya.
He wasn't angry that Konoha had suffered extensive damages from the Kyubi's attack, heck he wasn't even angry at the fact that there were Hyuga's among the casualties of the attack. But what broke the usually strong willed Hiashi was the death of his best friend Minato Namikaze.
The man that changed him from the dorky nervous Hiashi Hyuga to the strong-willed and vigilant Hiashi Hyuga was now dead.
Walking over to his desk Hiashi sat down than swept everything off his desk in a moment of rage.
Alerted by the all the sounds coming from inside the room, the door to the room opens revealing a concerned Hitomi.
In a concerning voice she asks, "Is everything okay Hiashi?"
Hiashi takes out a bottle of sake and a cup from his drawer and pours himself a cup.
"Minato and Kushina are dead," He says in an emotionless tone.
"No…" Hitomi whispers out. "How?"
Without looking up at her from his cup of sake Hiashi said, "Hitomi I don't want to talk about it right now, I just want some time to think about what happened tonight."
Without responding to him Hitomi just closed the door behind her while wiping tears from her eyes.
END FLASH BACK
THAT'S A WRAP SO YOU GUYS THINK NEJI WON'T BE A DOUCHE BAG! THINK AGAIN. ILL MAKE SOMETHING UP DON'T WORRY =P