By that Sin fell the Angels

A/N: Yo people! Triforcelord here with the next chapter of this story! Okay, I'm starting this on Wednesday, and holy shit am I impressed with the response I've gotten today! It looks like I'm updating on Wednesday from now on. Well, enough with that for now. Let's get on with the chapter!

By that Sin fell the Angels Chapter 9: A New Bond is Formed

Hinata was tearing through the forest as fast as she could, supporting her crush on her shoulder. She looked quickly to where her other teammate was supporting Naruto's other shoulder. Although he was breathing heavily, he seemed to be able to continue.

Suddenly, her foot slipped, and she fell down, bringing Sasuke and Naruto with her. She quickly got up and ran over to where the injured blonde was laying still. Trembling, she checked for a pulse, only to start crying heavily.

There was no pulse. Because of her, her crush had died.

Suddenly, the sky turned red, and Naruto's body started to bubble with red chakra. The image of a nine tailed fox began to form from the chakra, causing Hinata to crawl back on her hands and knees in fear.

The fox chuckled deeply. "Do you see what your so-called "love" for this boy has done?" It questioned, "If he dies, it shall be your fault. If you want him to survive, you should LEAVE HIM BE!" Suddenly, the fox lunged at her, and she opened her mouth in a silent scream as she closed her eyes, not able to look death in the face…

Hinata jerked up in the chair she was sitting in, clutching her heart, sweating profusely and breathing heavily.

'It was just that dream again.' She thought to herself. Even though she knew that, however, she couldn't help but think what the dream could possibly mean.

'Don't worry about it.' Jounai's voice said in her head, 'It was just a dream and you know it. However, I would recommend talking about it to him when he wakes up. He might be able to help you.'

Slowly, Hinata began to calm down. She glanced over the hospital bed on her left, where her crush was resting. It had been two days since the incident with the Darkling, and Naruto had yet to wake up. The doctors had said that it was a miracle that he had survived, but Hinata had a good idea why.

While they were carrying Naruto through the forest, Naruto's pulse had temporarily stopped. Before Hinata could even stop moving, however, red chakra had began to bubble from the boy's body and his pulse came back. This, combined with her dream, was making Hinata come to a shocking conclusion.

Naruto was the container for the Kyuubi, the nine tailed demon fox.

When she was eight, the Hyuuga heiress had overheard a couple of Chunin talking about the night the Kyuubi was killed. However, they had mentioned something about a "demon brat". Confused, Hinata had asked her father about it. His eyes had widened temporarily, but he had sighed and told her to look for a book about something called "jinchurikis". Hinata had done what her father had told her and learned that the tailed beasts could not be killed, but only sealed. Their containers were called a "jinchuriki".

Hinata had pieced together what she had known with what she had learned and had figured out that the Kyuubi hadn't really been killed, but rather sealed into a container. She had always wondered who the "demon brat" was, but never really figured it out.

The more the Hyuuga heiress thought about it, the more it made sense. Naruto had always been treated poorly by the villagers, and she guessed that since the masses were generally of lower intelligence, they would probably mistake the boy for the fox itself, rather than seeing him as the container for it. Hinata actually thought that Naruto was a hero for it, seeing as he was the only thing holding back the beast from destroying Konoha. She thought that it was wrong for the villagers to treat him like they did.

She looked out the window that was next to Naruto's bed. Judging from the faint light that was shining, it was just beginning to be dawn. Yawning and rubbing her eyes, she stretched and turned on a lamp next to the chair she was sitting in. She then took out a book and began to read.

The lavender-eyed girl had barely ever left the blonde boy's side since they had gotten to the hospital. The only times when she had left were when Sasuke came to visit and actually asked politely for some privacy, and when she had to use the restroom. Her meals were brought to her, and the only reason why the hospital staff hadn't tried to kick her out was because her father had tried to bring her home. Key word "tried".

She had flat out said no, which had greatly surprised Hiashi, since his daughter had barely ever shown this much backbone before. He had asked why, and Hinata had promptly told him that no matter what her reasons were, it didn't matter because she wasn't going to leave the hospital room until Naruto was awake. Hiashi had seen the fire in his daughter's eyes and conceded, although he had warned her that there was going to be consequences for her actions later, and left the room. The hospital staff had decided that it wasn't worth the trouble to remove the Hyuuga heiress from the room, and let her be.

The reason for her sudden increase in confidence was something that she couldn't help but think about every day since Naruto had been hospitalized. His last words to her before he had used the Tsuyoi Rakurai.

"Hinata-chan, I really like you."

These words replayed themselves over and over and over in her mind. It was getting to the point where she didn't know if she had just imagined her crush saying those words or not. She hoped with every fiber of her being that she hadn't misread his lips, but the seed of doubt still remained. However, once he was awake, Hinata was determined to find out, and if he had really said those words, than she would do something about it.

"No…" Naruto suddenly mumbled. Hinata's head jerked so fast that bones could be heard cracking, but she sighed as she realized that Naruto was still sleeping.

"He's having another nightmare again." She said out loud to no one.

'You know, somehow I don't think that blondie is having another nightmare.' Said Jounai's voice.

Hinata became confused. 'What do you mean?' She asked in her mind.

'Well, he's inside of his mindscape again.' Jounai said, 'And not in Raisochi's part of it either.'

Hinata thought for a few seconds, before a terrifying idea came to her. 'Jounai-san, can seals be part of the mindscape?' Hinata questioned.

Slowly, Jounai realized what Hinata was implying. 'Hey, kidget, have you ever wondered what the inside of blondie's head looks like?' She said, preparing her energy.

'Sometimes.' Hinata said, catching on to what Jounai was saying, 'Is Naruto-kun going to be alright?'

'As long as Raisochi-nii's there, he should be fine.' Jounai said, 'Now, I'm just warning you, this is going to feel a little weird, so try not to hurl, okay?'

Before Hinata could question what Jounai had just said, her world morphed into a strange pattern of colors that made no sense, before she felt herself being transformed into pure energy. She shot out of herself towards her crush, who was now starting to sweat heavily.

Hinata landed ankle deep in scummy water. She stumbled slightly, and looked around curiously at her surroundings. She seemed to be inside of a sewer, but that couldn't be right. This was Naruto's mindscape, so why did it look like a sewer?

"I think I can answer that." Said a voice from her right. She turned her head to see Jounai dusting herself off and looking around. "Since this is the part of blondie's mindscape that the fuzzball is living in, it's fallen into disrepair. That fox must be one powerful woodland critter if it can keep even this small part of blondie's mindscape under its control while Raisochi-nii's here."

Hinata nodded to show that she understood. "But where do we find Naruto-kun?" She asked her demigod.

Jounai closed her eyes and began muttering under her breath. After a few seconds, she opened them again and started speed walking towards one of the paths that they could see. Hinata quickly followed her.

The two walked in silence for a moment before Hinata decided to ask something that had been bugging her for a while now. "Jounai-san?" Jounai nodded to show that she was listening. "How did you just use your powers back there? I thought that you couldn't use them without a medium?"

Jounai turned her head without slowing, smiled, and mussed up the girl's hair. "Smart girl." She said, "Well, you see, the reason why I can use my powers in here is because it's a little different in someone's mindscape." Hinata nodded, "In the physical world, even if we make ourselves "appear", it's still only an image made of our power. Think of it as an overly juiced up henge. And you're right, we can only really use our powers through our hosts. So in the physical world, we demigods are virtually powerless.

"However," Jounai continued, "A mindscape is a part of a person's soul. The only thing that can enter a person's mindscape is another soul and/or a being made entirely of energy. So, in here, I'm a soul, so my seals don't affect me. That's why I can use my powers in a mindscape."

Hinata nodded. "I understand. But does that mean that Raisochi-san can use his powers too?"

Jounai chuckled. "Yep. Raisochi-nii can use his powers in a mindscape too. In fact, all of us can use our powers in a mindscape, with the exception of Kaji, but that's a story for another time." Jounai's expression suddenly darkened. "Now, be quiet. We're here."

Hinata and Jounai walked quietly over to the corner of the passageway and peeked from behind it. Hinata instantly clasped her hands over her mouth to prevent herself from screaming, while Jounai just sighed and stroked the girl's hair in an attempt to calm her pseudo little sister down.

In front of them was Naruto, who was having a glaring contest with none other than the Kyuubi itself.

Hinata was now crying quietly. Sure, she had had a hunch, but to actually see it in person was a terrifying experience and a major eye opener. The pure evil and malice radiating out from the demon would have been enough to bring her to her knees, but she had a feeling that Jounai was shielding her from the worst of it. Then, they started to talk.

The Kyuubi let out a deep, gravelly rumble that almost sounded like it was chuckling. "Very good, boy." It said, "It seems that you have grown a spine, even if I want nothing more than to rip it out with my own claws."

Naruto growled at the beast. "Yeah? Well, I don't want to be told that I have a spine by someone who's too scared to even come out and fight me like a man…thing…"

The Nine-Tails growled at the blonde. "It would do you well to give respect to those who are greater than you, boy." It said, narrowing its eyes, "Someday, you may just ANGER THE WRONG BEING!" Suddenly, its claw shot out of the bars that held it towards Naruto, who quickly jumped back, a look of surprise on his face.

The Kyuubi chuckled as it retracted its claw. "Now do you see?" It asked, "Even with your infinitesimal increase in power, you are still no match for one as great and powerful as I."

Jounai, who was still holding a slightly calmer Hinata, looked around curiously. 'I wonder what Raisochi-nii's waiting for?' She thought to herself, wincing as the Kyuubi sent another claw out of his bars towards Naruto. 'This is starting to escalate a bit too quickly for my tastes. I might have to step in soon.'

"Now, I think that I know the reason for that increase in confidence." It said, grinning and showing numerous sharp, jagged teeth, "It's that little brat…Hinata, correct?"

Naruto bared his teeth. "You leave Hinata-chan out of this, you bastard!" He yelled.

If the Kyuubi had any, he would have raised an eyebrow. "Oh? Hinata chan, huh? So, that little brat must be pretty important to you, correct?" He took Naruto's glare as a yes and chuckled, grinning again. "When I get out of here, I'll make sure that she is the second one I feast on, right after you!"

Hinata took in a sharp breath. She suddenly felt a cold, numbing feeling coursing through her body. She hadn't ever felt this kind of feeling before, but she didn't like it at all.

Jounai grimaced. 'Great, now she's starting to become terrorized.' She thought, 'I guess this is her first time ever seeing true evil. Well, at least we won't have to go through this again. Hopefully.'

The Kyuubi laughed, but then looked around in confusion as it heard a crackling sound. It looked up just in time to see a dark cloud, and promptly got a healthy dose of electricity straight into its left eye. It howled in pain and looked around for the perpetrator. It focused its remaining good eye on the only person in the room that it could see: A sweating and kneeling Naruto.

"Y-You…can say anything you want…about me." He ground out, glaring at the fox, who was surprised by the amount of killing intent the boy was leaking out, "But if you insult Hinata-chan, I don't care if you're supposed to be immortal. I will kill you."

The demon backed away slightly. Judging by the amount of damage the boy had managed to do to it at the level he was at now, if the Kyuubi let him live for even another year, there was a good chance that its powers could be completely taken over by the human, or that the little brat could even carry out his promise.

"Do you realize what you have done, boy?" The Nine-Tailed Fox growled, "I am the only thing that is keeping you alive. If I cut off my chakra now, there is a good chance that you will die. I am not a petty human against whom you can win against, boy. I am the Kyuubi, the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox, a Demon Lord! You should just forget about that little brat! She will only end up getting you killed!"

The Kyuubi was now panting slightly after its rant. It was greatly surprised, however, when the blonde began chuckling.

"What is so funny, brat?" It asked, glaring at the boy in front of him with its good eye.

Naruto looked up at the Kyuubi, who backed away slightly at the look on his face. It was not the look of a scared little boy who had lost his mind, like it had been expecting. The eyes of the boy looking up at him were the eyes of a determined, experienced shinobi, eyes that didn't belong on a fresh Genin.

For an instant, a familiar face flashed in front if the Nine-Tails eyes, one that made a strange mix of hatred and fear bubble up inside of it. For an instant, the Kyuubi saw not the face of his container, but that of the one that had sealed him.

'Yondaime…Hokage…' It growled inside of its head, subconsciously taking a step back

Naruto stood up, even though it made his vision swim. He chuckled again. "I'll tell you something, Kyuubi." He said calmly, "It's not that I don't fear death. I think we all do, deep down. But, the reason why I'm laughing isn't because I've lost what little sanity I have left." He looked up at the Kyuubi with fire in his eyes. "The reason why I'm laughing is because of a little fact about me that you don't know. I care about my friends more than I fear death! You will never make me give up on my friends!"

Hinata looked up, and glanced over at her crush. He was glaring at the Kyuubi, a smile on his face. A warm feeling began to bubble up in her stomach, one that felt like what she had always felt for the blonde, but somehow much stronger.

'Is this…love?' She thought to herself. She was snapped out of her musings by the Kyuubi growling. She looked at the demon, who had a look of rage on its face.

"So, you care about your friends more than you fear death, huh?!" It shouted, "Well than, I hope you don't mind dying for them than!" Its claws began glowing red, causing Naruto to begin backing up.

"Too late!" It yelled, reaching through the bars, where its claws began to stretch towards the blonde.

Naruto was looking death in the face, and he knew it. He kept his eyes open; He didn't want to die a coward.

"EIGHT TRIGRAMS: ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY EIGHT PALMS!" A voice suddenly yelled.

A white and blue blur suddenly shot past Naruto and started striking the Kyuubi's good eye. Naruto opened his mouth in awe and shock.

"H-Hinata-chan?!" He half shouted. He felt a hand on his shoulder and turned to see Jounai, who was looking at Hinata with a grim expression on her face.

"Jounai?!" He said, "What the hell are you guys doing here?!"

However, Jounai was prevented form answering by the Kyuubi roaring in pain as his other eye was taken out by Hinata's strikes. "I HAVE HAD ENOUGH OF YOU PESTS!" It yelled, and swiped at Hinata with his claws, causing her to be sent flying across the room. Naruto quickly ran and jumped, catching her in his arms and landing on one knee. His hands quickly became wet with a hot, sticky substance, and he looked down in horror as he saw Hinata bleeding heavily from a large gash in her side. He was in so much shock that he couldn't move as one of the Kyuubi's claws came to strike him.

He held Hinata close. 'Well, I guess this is it." He thought, fighting back tears.

Suddenly, he heard a large crackling sound, and a bright flash shined right over his head. The roar of the Kyuubi was heard soon after it. He turned his head to see Raisochi and Jounai standing in the entryway of the room, looking beyond pissed.

"You dare to hurt my host, student, and friend?" Raisochi growled as the ceiling disappeared, replaced by thunder clouds beginning to form above them.

"Not only have you harmed my brother's student, but my student could possibly die as well." Jounai said. The Kyuubi was now practically shitting bricks at the massive amount of killing intent the two were letting out.

"Now, you shall pay the price!" They yelled.

'Jounai, you heal Hinata. I'll take care of the Kyuubi.' Raisochi telepathed to his sister as they ran, who nodded and stopped by the two.

Naruto was in shock. He didn't know what to do. His first real friend was dying in his arms, demigods were fighting the Kyuubi, and his mindscape was going out of control. His mind kept trying to shut down, but he didn't want to pass out without knowing that Hinata was safe.

Slap. Naruto was jolted out of his stupor as Jounai slapped him in the face. "Better?" The emotion demigod asked. Naruto nodded.

"Good." She said. "Now, let me see Hinata." Naruto complied, and almost let out a whimper as he saw how pale Hinata was.

"I want you to stay quiet and just watch, Naruto." Jounai said, laying Hinata down on the ground and placing her hands, which were glowing green, over her, "If Hinata dies in a mindscape, her physical body will crumble into dust, so I have to really concentrate."

Naruto just nodded numbly and looked over at Raisochi, who was firing bolt after bolt of electricity at the Nine Tails, who was roaring in pain after each strike, and had given up on trying to attack and was focusing on defending himself from the worst of the attack.

"Is that truly all that you can do, fox?" Raisochi questioned. The Kyuubi just growled in response. Raisochi shook his head. "I guess that demon lords these days have grown complacent." He said condescendingly.

"Who are you to speak to me like this, Son of Lightning?" The demon lord said.

Raisochi smiled mirthlessly at the demon. "I am no son of lightning." He said, "I am normally known as the Father of Lightning!" He suddenly raised his hands up towards the sky, where purple and gold lights began to shine. With a grunt of effort, Raisochi swung his hands down, causing two bolts of lightning, one purple and one gold, to strike the Kyuubi, who howled in pain. When the bolts dispersed, the Nine Tailed Demon Fox was shown to be unconscious, lying on the floor of its cage and twitching every few seconds.

Raisochi let out a sigh and turned towards the others. From what he could see, Naruto was looking relieved while Jounai was wiping sweat off of her forehead. Hinata was starting to sit up as well. He smiled, knowing that his sisters healing abilites were the third best in the family, and walked towards the others, who looked up when they heard his boots striking the stone.

"I think that we have all had enough for today." He said, "While Jounai and I are used to this kind of thing, you two-" He pointed to Naruto and Hinata, "-Are not. So, Hinata and Jounai, it's time for you two to return to where you belong. And you-" He pointed at Naruto, "-You're body is ready to wake up. Now, I know that you two have had a mildly traumatizing experience, but there's no use crying about it. Now, you two can talk in the physical world. For now, Ja Ne."

That was the last thing Naruto and Hinata heard before their world started morphing.

Naruto and Hinata both sat up quickly, breathing heavily. They looked at each other, and began speaking quickly at the same time.

"Hinata-chan/Naruto-kun, I'm so sorry-"

They looked at each other, puzzled. "You go first." They said at the same time, then they sighed. Naruto opened his mouth, but Hinata held up a finger.

"You go first." She said seriously.

Naruto sighed. "Well, I'm sorry that I didn't tell you that I was the container for the Kyuubi." He said, clenching his fists, "I mean, you're my friend. I really like you, too. Maybe as more than a friend." Hinata looked up, and was surprised to see that Naruto was crying, "And now, I screwed it up. I don't blame you if you hate me. In fact, I-"

Slap.

Naruto's eyes widened in shock as he felt the left side of his face, which was now red and stinging. He felt Hinata move over to him and hug him, nuzzling his shoulder, "If you ever say that again, I'll make it a Jyuken slap." She said, taking her head out from his shoulder. Naruto was surprised to see that her eyes were red. "Naruto-kun, I would never, ever hate you. No matter what you do, I'll always really like you." She said, mimicking his words.

Naruto's eyes became misty again. "Hinata-chan…" He said, fighting back tears, "Why don't you hate me? Aren't you scared of me?"

Hinata shook her head. "I know there's nothing about you to be scared of." She said, "And I don't hate you because I realized a long time ago what a great person you are. If anyone would try to get to know you better, I bet that they would want to be friends with you too."

Naruto reached over and hugged Hinata back. "Thanks Hinata-chan." He said, smelling her hair. He loved the lavender smell of it.

Hinata decided to do something that she never dreamed that she was going to do. She steeled her nerves and kissed Naruto lightly on the cheek. Instantly, both of their faces lit up light a stop light on red.

"I-I'm sorry Naruto-kun!" Hinata said, panicking, "I don't know what came over me!"

Naruto shook his head. "You don't need to be sorry." He said, "I actually liked that. The only problem is that, even though we both like each other a lot, we don't really know each other well enough to actually, you know, go out on dates and be all romantic and stuff." Hinata hung her head. "But, I have an idea." Hinata looked up to see Naruto grinning at her. "How about we spend some time together, and, you know, try to get to know each other a little better. Kinda like predating, I guess. I mean, only if you want to, of course."

Hinata looked at Naruto, and promptly glomped him with a squeal. "I'd love that, Naruto-kun!" She squealed.

Naruto's face was slowly turning blue. "Hinata-chan…Injuries…Need oxygen…Hurting…Dying…"

Hinata was oblivious, however, to her new not-but-kind-of boyfriend. She was lost in bliss, and Naruto eventually hugged her back, even though he was slowly dying of oxygen deprivation.

It was only the start of a story that still had much to be told. Although much had happened to the two, their adventure was just beginning.

End of Part One

Omake: Raisochi and Jounai's…Training Methods…Yes…Right…(Inspired by Leaf Ranger)

Naruto and Hinata were giggling madly as they applied the final touches to their "Training". According to Raisochi and Jounai, this "training" would increase their stealth skills by a large amount, and they were having fun while doing it.

They soon finished, and tiptoed out of the room, holding in laughs.

The Hokage yawned as he stretched in his bed. Waking up quickly, as any veteran shinobi quickly learned to do, he walked over to his closet, where he kept the uniform of the Hokage.

Opening it, he blinked twice, and yelled out one word. "NARUTOOOOOOOOO!"

It took the cleaning staff five hours to get all of the pink paint out, and all the while Naruto and Hinata were hiding inside of the floorboards, giggling like mad.

That is, until an ANBU found them…

A/N: Okay people, that's part one of the story done! Here's how the story's going to go. There's going to be numerous parts, and it's going to be divided into two or three books. This is the first part, and I appreciate all of you who have stuck with me until now. I'm going to take a two week break on the story for now, so I can plan the second part out, as well as participate in real life activities.

I also want to know what you guys thought of the first part. There's almost two hundred of you who are still reading this story, and I really want to know what you guys think of this thing so far. Your inputs are very important to me, because if I know what I did right and what I did wrong, I can go back and fix the earlier chapters, as well as do better on the second part.

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Thanks for reading, and triforcelord, out!