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Demon's Bride Ch: 6

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Naruto yawned softly as he slowly started to open his eyes. It had been a few days since he had spoken to his demon blood and it still bothered him. How could he, of all people fall for a human? Humans don’t live as long as demons do; he would outlive Hinata by thousands of years and… no… He couldn’t think about that. After all, he had no feelings for Hinata, and that was how it was going to stay. No matter what she said, she didn’t really care about him…

Letting out a soft sigh, the young man rolled over onto his side as he tried to clear his thoughts. Maybe he could go to hell for a bit? See his family to let them know that he was okay… At least that way he could get some peace and not have to deal with Hinata’s scent anymore. It pissed him off that his beast kept reminding him that he, in fact, found the scent pleasing rather than annoying.

Yawning against the back of his hand, the young man tried to think on what he could do until he could find a way to get back to hell even if it was just for a couple hours. Yeah, that sounds like the perfect plan! Then of course the idea of not being stuck here while Hinata is at her classes was pleasing as well. Chuckling to himself, Naruto pushed himself up from the couch as he went to go wash up until he froze in his tracks… a soft melody was playing and the voice of an angel stopped him from moving further… at least further away.

Heart beats fast
Colors and promises
How to be brave?
How can I love when I'm afraid to fall?
But watching you stand alone,
All of my doubt suddenly goes away somehow.


He never knew that a voice could sound so beautiful… to the young demon; the voice belonged to an angel. Someone that was walking this earth when they shouldn’t… Closing his eyes for a moment, the young man started to follow the voice. He just wanted to know who was singing such a beautiful melody… He just had to know who it was then he would do whatever he could to hear such a voice like this forever.

One step closer

Why was he in front of Hinata’s room? There was no way that it could be coming from her room and yet, the source was behind the door. Closing his eyes, he could hear her… the sound of her brush hitting a little close to her scalp and the sound of skin cracking from the force… She wasn’t changing… just brushing her hair…

I have died every day waiting for you
Darling, don't be afraid I have loved you
For a thousand years
I'll love you for a thousand more


Inhaling softly, Naruto slowly reached his hand out and firmly held onto the doorknob as he turned and slowly opened the door a crack. He just wanted to see if it was really her singing… Peeking through the small gap, he could see Hinata sitting on a small seat in front of her mirror and saw her lips moving from the reflection. Dropping her hair for a moment, the young woman pulled some hair pins from the stand as she tried to pin some of her hair up as she went to brushing another lock of her long blue hair.

Time stands still
Beauty in all she is
I will be brave
I will not let anything take away
What's standing in front of me
Every breath
Every hour has come to this


How can someone like her… have such a beautiful singing voice? It didn’t make sense to him… Humans couldn’t have a voice this beautiful… it was so pure and full of life. Yet, here he was standing here as he witnessed Hinata singing, and heard just how beautiful her voice sounded to him. It was so soft and gentle that it didn’t bother his ears in the least. Closing his eyes for a moment, the young man just listened to the way she sang the song… it was just… so perfect to him.

One step closer

Being bold, he slowly started to open the door more, her eyes closed behind her glasses. He had to get closer to the blue haired woman. In fact, it almost felt like Naruto was in some kind of trance as he made his way toward her. He was in control, but at the same time he wasn’t. It was as if it was some kind of inner emotions that he was trying to fight that had taken its grasp over him. The demon fox just had to be closer to her, he had to hold her… to be near her… that was all he wanted.

I have died every day waiting for you
Darling, don't be afraid I have loved you
For a thousand years
I'll love you for a thousand more


Naruto was careful not to startle Hinata… he didn’t want her to stop singing. In fact, he hoped that she would keep singing forever… without it bothering her vocal cords of course… He just had to hear her sing forever. However long it would take, he just wanted to keep hearing her sing no matter how long it would take until she could no longer sing in her beautiful voice.

And all along I believed I would find you
Time has brought your heart to me
I have loved you for a thousand years
I'll love you for a thousand more


Closing his eyes a little longer, Naruto felt his nerves relax a little… her scent seemed to have some kind of power over him. How it was that just her scent alone, was enough for a demon such as himself to be so cool and collected? It just didn’t make sense to the young man yet at the same time it just felt so right to him. Opening his eyes a bit, Naruto stood behind Hinata; it seemed that her eyes were closed as she just kept on brushing her hair, not aware of her guest in her room whatsoever…

One step closer
One step closer


To be honest, he was thankful that she wasn’t aware that he was in her room at the moment. She may throw something at him and… well to be honest he kind of liked the idea of what her reaction would be. It was a thrill just to see what kind of reaction she would end up having and he wasn’t going to complain about it in the least… He just had to know… had to be here listening to her song as it reached his ears and soothed his soul.

I have died every day waiting for you
Darling don't be afraid I have loved you
For a thousand years
I'll love you for a thousand more


He wasn’t sure why, but even his blood felt calm… Was that because of his inner beast was basically his demon blood or was it something else? Either way, even his blood didn’t singe in his veins. Letting out a soft sigh of content, the young man inhaled softly as he slowly started to open his eyes and stared as Hinata removed the pins from her hair as she started to pull her hair back with a black hair tie. Her voice still as soft as it was since she began singing… he couldn’t help but stare at her gently.

And all along I believed I would find you
Time has brought your heart to me
I have loved you for a thousand years
I'll love you for a thousand more


Naruto stared at Hinata as she looked up and gasped softly. Now that she was more aware of her surroundings and her eyes open, she spun around on her seat as she said “what are you doing in here Naruto?!” She sounded surprised more than angry. Though she didn’t get an answer… instead, Naruto reached over and carefully grabbed her glasses and removed them from her face, setting them down on the nightstand. “N… Naruto?” she said softly, not sure what it was that he was doing.

He didn’t really know what he was doing. His body was moving of its own accord and it was telling him what to do… and he was willing. It was as if a part of him was telling him that he had to do this, because in a way he did want this. Even if it was nothing more than a secret to him… he would never know… until he fully accepted this.

Soon, he reached back and gently pulled the hair tie away from Hinata’s hair and dropped it on the floor. Allowing her blue locks to flow freely as he ran his fingers through the blue locks. Her blue coloured silky curtains of hair felt just as soft as he thought it would… so soft, and smooth just like the finest of silk. How was it that he could feel like this and yet normally he would be denying it all the same? Leaning closer and closer, Naruto felt himself leaning toward Hinata and her pale skin started to redden in a soft blush.

“Naruto… what… what are you doing?” whispered Hinata as she tried to move away from the demon that was leaning a little too close… Soon, the blue haired woman placed her hand on his forehead making sure that he wasn’t ill, though found no fever. In fact, the only thing that she found was the usual warm and yet soft feeling flesh of his forehead. “No fever…” she whispered softly.

Naruto reached up and gently grabbed a hold of her wrist and pulled her close and cupped her face with his free hand and leaned even closer to the woman. Hinata’s face was becoming redder and redder as time went by.

Ring… ring… ring…

Saved by her phone! Hinata moved away from Naruto and went to grab her cell phone as she answered it. As for Naruto he had fallen over from the surprise. Blinking slowly, he lifted his head and looked around in confusion as he tried to figure out what had just happened… until it all came slamming back into him. No… fucking… way… he had… he had almost… No!

Getting up, Naruto growled to himself before he grabbed a pen and paper and left a note for Hinata, telling her that he was going out for a bit and will be back before she gets home. With that, he went through a blazing portal… he wasn’t going to lie… he didn’t make the portal and by the energy that was radiating from it was a sure sign that it was his father summoning him or at least attempting to for only demons or their chosen could pick… At least a part of him was telling him the last part.

Now all he had to do was deal with his father… he just hoped that it wouldn’t be anything bad. There was no way in hell that he would be able to hide from his father or worse… his mother. The only thing that Naruto would have to do was hide the fact that a human saved him, or at least attempt to for as long as possible. They would be just as pissed as he was about the whole thing for they were even against him starving himself to death (so to speak) because he refused to feed when there was a high chance that he would end up feeding from a weak human or an ill human and end up killing them in the process. He couldn’t risk that or people would be close to finding out about demons still being among them and that was something that he couldn’t allow.

Or he wouldn’t be alive if his mother caught him…

***

Naruto sighed softly as he made his way into his realm of hell. Not like the kind of hell that humans would believe it to be. This was a hell that demons had lived for thousands of years now… Hell was their first name for it since to them it was their own personal hell and well, it just became too late to change it to be honest. Looking up, he saw the palace of red and orange stone that his parents had built here when they first arrived here… It still looked the same though it, of course to humans was a huge building mostly so they could transform at will to be honest.

Taking a deep breath, Naruto frowned… he figured that he would enjoy the scent of his home and yet… he felt empty… It felt as if a part of him had been ripped from his very being… his soul… his heart. Clutching at his chest, Naruto couldn’t understand why he felt this way, it didn’t make sense to him and now it had him worried… ’What is this feeling? Why do I feel… feel alone?’ thought the young man as he shook his head, believing that he was being silly and decided to just walk through the large oak doors.

“Mom, dad…? I’m back!” called Naruto, trying to make sure that he hid what he felt from his voice. Though he wasn’t sure if they would be able to detect any of his emotions since they could sense any emotions, while he himself mostly sensed negative emotions more so than positive ones.

“Naruto?” came a man’s voice. Turning over to the side, Naruto saw a man a little taller than himself, his hair blonde and in the same spiky style as his own though had two locks framing his face. His blue eyes shined with joy at the sight of his son coming home at last. His clothes were mostly just an old styled robe that he preferred to wear while he was home. IT was white with some red flames on the bottom and, to finish his outfit? He was barefoot…

“Hey dad… sorry I didn’t come back home sooner…” Naruto said with a small smile, though subconsciously he reached up and grabbed at his heart. That empty feeling wouldn’t leave him alone and it made him feel even worse than before.

“You alright?” asked Naruto’s father. Damn it, he could sense his emotions. Naruto would have to try to hide what he was feeling but damn it, it was just so hard to do that. His father frowned a bit as he walked over to his son and walked with him to the living room then sat him down on the red sofa. “Son, tell me what’s wrong? Why haven’t you been home for so long?”

“Is… is mom home?” whispered Naruto, of all the things he knew when his parents knew that something was wrong… they wouldn’t leave him alone until he spilled the beans. Looking up at his father, he saw the blonde man shake his head. That gave Naruto some relief though knew that that was only part of the problem. He would still have to tell his father…

“Naruto, what is this about? Why don’t you want your mother to be around to hear what’s wrong?” asked his father.

“Dad… is it possible to choose a mate… and at the same time try to be against it…?” whispered Naruto.

His father frowned a little as if trying to process what his son had just said. Naruto didn’t think his father would get it though at the same time he didn’t want his father to know what he meant but he had to… and maybe he would know why he felt so empty. Inhaling softly, Naruto said “my demon blood choose my mate dad… and I don’t want to accept her.  She is the very thing I’ve spent most of my life hating…”

His father frowned a little more as he stared at his son and tried to think on what it was that would do this. Naruto let out a soft sigh as he rubbed the back of his neck as if trying to think on how to explain this all. “Dad… I was attacked when I went to Earth to feed on chakra… I… I was saved… by a human.”

Naruto expected his father to yell at him, to scream and beat some sense into him and kill Hinata… Though his father just pulled him into a hug as he said “are you alright Naruto? Please tell me you haven’t been separated from her for long!” Okay, now Naruto was confused, what the hell did this have to do with anything? Why wasn’t his father yelling at him in the first place?! This was confusing the young demon all the more and it was pissing him off.

“Dad what are you talking about?” asked Naruto with confusion.

“Do you feel empty inside? As if you’re missing a part of yourself?” asked his father. Naruto just nodded and frowned a bit in confusion. “Okay, do you find her scent pleasing?” Naruto blushed a little and shook his head quickly but his father just sighed. “You do Naruto, you can’t deny that… Have you been able to know where she is and hear what she’s doing?” Again, Naruto nodded his head, as if trying to make sure what this was supposed to do? Was this a way to get out of this whole ordeal or what? It was annoying as all hell that he couldn’t really do much about the whole thing in the first place.

“Okay… son… have you tried to kiss her at all?” asked his father with a stern look on his face.

His face went red as he looked away in shame. “I’m sorry dad… I… I had tried to kiss her this morning before I came here and… and her phone went off so I didn’t.” He felt like he had shamed his family name for choosing a human woman as his mate. He didn’t want a human, he never wanted any mate for that matter and yet his demon blood had to choose her of all people!

“Naruto… you really did pick… oh jeez…” He rubbed his temple as he took a deep breath… Naruto’s father just wanted to calm down and relax though knew that it would be a bit difficult for that to happen. “Naruto, you have to go back to her. If you don’t you may end up dying because your body believes that you lost her. Her scent isn’t in hell and therefore, you are going to start to break down because your body truly does believe she is gone.” Naruto groaned and rubbed his face as he tried to get himself to relax… That did explain the empty feeling in his chest and why he felt so alone. So… because Hinata isn’t around or with him in hell he believes that she’s dead even though he knows that she is alive.

“How do you deal with this dad? Mom is gone most of the time…” muttered Naruto.

“Because her scent is all around me and fresh… your chosen’s scent has never been down here… so you believe she’s dead and has been for a long time.” Calmly said his father before pushing himself up onto his feet. “Now, go back to her son, next time you plan to come down here bring her with you alright? I’ll explain things to your mother.”

Nodding his head, Naruto weakly pushed himself up onto his feet as he made a portal appear before him. At least he could relax a bit knowing that his father wasn’t mad though now he would have to deal with his mother. Why couldn’t things be easy for him in the first place? Letting out a soft sigh he made his way through the portal, praying that he could just relax though he knew that he would have to get some chakra…

***

As soon as he arrived home, Naruto laid down on the couch. Right now he just wanted to sleep, he held onto a blanket that Hinata would always lay over him… It was covered in her scent and it made him feel so at ease right now. So much so that he ended up falling asleep. ’I didn’t know… I would have relied on her scent so much…’ thought Naruto as he was starting to wake up. Blinking his tired blue eyes, the young man looked around as he tried to think on his father’s words.

He had started to shut down because Hinata’s scent was never in hell, and therefore, his body believed that Hinata was dead. It made no sense to him though his blood told him that it was true. Letting out a soft sigh, the young man rolled over onto his side as he tried to get some more shuteye. Right now he just wanted to sleep before Hinata came back home.

Now that he thought about it though, he didn’t think Hinata would be late… When he glanced at the clock he saw that she was indeed late. That was rather odd, was she going to be late tonight or something. Pushing himself up from the couch, the young man reached over on the table wondering if Hinata left him some kind of note to let him know if she was going to be coming home late. So far though, nothing of the sort… Frowning, he pushed himself up and was about to leave the room until he heard the door open.

“Hinata?” he called out with a frown before making his way to the front door. Hinata did indeed walk into the apartment though she had some dirt on her face, a scrap or so on her palms… Her hair was free from her hair tie and her glasses were gone, along with her bag. “What happened?”

Hinata looked up, tears in her lavender coloured eyes as she tried hard not to let them fall. Seeing her so upset… it made him mad and want to rip into someone for doing this to her. Though what made him feel angrier was when she just smiled as if nothing was wrong. “Someone was just in need of some items and needed my bag.” She was lying… he knew that she was, there was no fooling this nose for sure. Inhaling softly, Naruto walked past Hinata as he said “stay here” and walked out the door.

The desire to get her to stop crying… it flowed through him like a never ending river and it made him upset to know that he felt this way. Was this how he really felt? That he had to keep Hinata safe at all costs or was it something else? He couldn’t say for sure though what he did know was that he had to make sure that she was happy, always happy and smiling… That was the only thing that he cared about right now… and he would make sure that she stayed happy no matter the cost.

Letting out a deep breath, Naruto’s eyes flashed red for a moment when he caught a whiff of Hinata’s scent… Making a mad dash down the street, the young man followed it, hoping that he would be able to get a hold of the ones that stole her bag from her and maybe an answer why… on a lighter note; he’ll be able to get someone to feed from.

“I can’t believe that she allowed us to just take her bag!” shouted a man, causing two others to laugh with him. Naruto listened carefully and of course wanted to see if there was a reason for them to take her things. Now that he thought about it though maybe they were also the ones that beat her day in and day out.

“She is such a stupid bitch. No idea why our master wants us to beat her so much.” Said the other guy with a shrug. Naruto raised an eyebrow as he kept on listening to the three men. He had to find out what it was that they were trying to do.

“Who cares? So long as we can easily beat up people without getting caught thanks to whatever it is that he does I’m happy.” Said the final man as he snickered. So, they had another person with them, their ring leader that was pulling all of the strings. Whoever it was though, must have some kind of strong power to be able to do this… must be a demon of some kind.

Narrowing his eyes, Naruto made his nine tails appear as he resided in the darkness. Smirking a cruel smirk, he whispered “hope you like beatings… for this one is for you three.” With that, his one tail shot out and grabbed the guy on the left. The other two of course didn’t notice, while the guy though was still in shock, he started to beat him up to a bloody pulp and fed on some of his chakra. It would be enough to get him through the month at the least.

Soon, his tail shot out and grabbed the guy on the right and did the same thing to him. At the moment, he didn’t care if the cops found him, they would just think a wild fox came and attacked them since the fur on his tails and ears would be like any other fox. With that, he sneaked out of the shadows and made his way over to the final man and tapped his shoulder. “You have something that doesn’t belong to you,” said Naruto.

“What makes you think- what the hell are you!?” shouted the man when he turned around and stared at Naruto with wide eyes. As for Naruto, he just stared at him, his eyes glowing red with his pupils slitted like that of a snake. The man though just gulped as he stared at them, trying to figure out what it was that this monster wanted from him. Naruto though sensed the fear that this man felt and knew that he wasn’t going to last. Naruto shot out at the man and started to beat the living daylights out of him and absorbed some of his chakra, and tried to see some of the man’s memories… nothing useful though…

Shrugging to himself, he started to make his way back with Hinata’s bag in hand and reverting back to normal… At least this should make Hinata happy.

***

Meanwhile, Hinata had tended to the scrapes on her hand and tended to the bruises that covered her stomach. Sighing softly, she went to lay down on the couch for a bit while Naruto was out. Though what bothered her was where he would have gone. It didn’t make sense to her that he would have left though there had to be some kind of reason like this morning. He had to be mad at her for allowing him to be that close to her.

Sighing softly, the young woman pulled her hair back as she tried to think on what it was that could have made Naruto leave this time though nothing came to mind.

Soon, the sound of the door opening caught her attention and made her get off the couch and made her way over to the front. Standing in front of her was Naruto, his skin wasn’t as pale as it was before he left so… did that mean he fed or was it something else? Either way, she wasn’t a hundred percent sure, it did have her a little concerned for who he fed on at the moment.

“Here…” Naruto said as he handed her, her bag which made her stare in shock that he would do something like that for her. Before she could thank him, Naruto started to make his way to the couch before he turned back and frowned at her a little. Was there something else wrong or did he think that she was going to force him to do something like this more often? She couldn’t say for sure though Hinata had a feeling that it had to be something that bothered him a great deal.

“Thank you Naruto…” She said with a soft smile on her face. Hinata had to at least say that to him. Sure, the blue haired woman didn’t ask him to do anything like this for her though she was very thankful for it. Now she had all of her school supplies back and would be able to keep going on with her studies and it made her happy all the more.

“You know Hinata…” Naruto began with a soft pink blush on his face. She had to admit, he did look cute with a blush on his face. It was puzzling that he would stare at her like that but at the same time she wasn’t going to complain about it either way. Naruto looked away as he added “you look… cuter with your hair down and without the glasses… They hide your true self…” He couldn’t face her after he said that…

Hinata stared at him with wide eyes, her face turning red at his words. She never knew that someone would like her without her hair being pulled up in a bun or ponytail or even her wearing her glasses. It was rather surprising though she smiled at him gently. Maybe he was changing while he stayed with her… Seeing that there were some good humans and of course changing his actions. Though she was rather surprised that he was changing because of her when he had been near other humans all his life and yet hadn’t changed for them…

What made her so special she had no idea though to be honest she hoped that she would find out. Someday anyway… Hinata hoped that she would discover what it would be.
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THeKidHokage's avatar
I liked it it show how Naruto feels