Kyuubi Phoenix (Kyuu): Hey all my followers! I am following through on my promise in one of the chapters in E: AD or Evolution: Angel and Demon and starting a new story. If you like this, my requirement for continuing is at least 3 reviews are made. Please note if continued that this one may be updated less often that E: AD.

Naruto: Are you serious!

Kyuu: Yes, now shut up and do the disclaimer.

Naruto: Fine. Kyuu doesn't own Naruto. Kishimoto does and is really making Kyuu mad with not hooking up Hinata and Naruto.

Prologue

The two guards were bored out of their minds. The night shift for watching west gates of the Hidden Leaf Village, or better known as Konoha was one of the worst jobs to get assigned to. The absolute worst was chasing the cat Tora, who was on a record now of not being caught in a week. The current guards were Kiba Inuzuka and Shikamaru Nara, both chuunin. Shikamaru was bored because there were no clouds in the night sky and Kiba was without his canine companion Akamaru.

Kiba sighed. "As much as I hate to say it, I miss Naruto being around."

"I can agree. While he was very troublesome, he brought a certain atmosphere to Konoha." The lazy chuunin pointed out. "A lot of things went south after that mission."

The clunk of a boot was heard along with a clink of metal was heard from outside the gate. Kiba looked over his sheet. "I don't have any one on my list to show that they are getting in tonight. Do you?"

"No, be prepared, but don't alert them."

More footsteps were heard until they suddenly stopped. They heard someone exclaim, "Shit!" There was a rush of wind and three bodies came flying in through the gate. They skidded to a stop in front of the desk. Kiba leapt up and over to see Hinata, Sakura and Shizune all out cold but none the worse for wear. Shikamaru was out the gate to see what was going on.

Hideous wails were heard and the clashing of metal on metal rang out in the silent night air. Shikamaru arrived in a clearing only to find…nothing.

Blood stained the grass and the trunks of the trees around the clearing. Slash marks were littered around the battle-torn clearing with no style. But there were no bodies at all.

Kiba landed next to Shikamaru. "Whoa, what happened-Huh?"

"What's wrong?"

Kiba pointed at the ground. Shikamaru looked down to see sand covering the earth. The older chuunin looked at the Inuzuka. "The Kazekage is the only known user of sand, but he is in Suna."

"Then the question is, what the fuck happened here?"

At the gate

A cloaked man stepped through the gates and checked on the unconscious women. Standing, he turned to face the city and lowered his hood. A face with crystal blue eyes and whisker marks smiled at the sleeping city. "It's time to rock."

Prologue end

Hinata awoke to see a white tile ceiling and groaned. She was in the hospital, again. Checking her memories, she found missing pieces. Shizune, Sakura, and Hinata were on their way back from going to a village that was hit hard by the summer flu. It was very late. They came across a clearing and…nothing. She had no memory of what happened after that. She sighed and shook her head. Tsunade was going to be mad about that. She gave a slight frown. But how did they get to the Konoha Hospital?

The door opened to allow Tsunade, her two companions, Shikamaru and Kiba. They found out that Hinata's memory was the same as Shizune's and Sakura's but Shikamaru's tale of how the group reentered the village and the clearing that they found.

Tsunade pressed her hand on her temple. "The mission went well otherwise?"

Shizune nodded. "Hai."

"Good. Write up your reports and I'll inform the guards to keep an eye out for anything unusual. Take a week off you three and let me know if anything pops up."

One week later

Hinata's dream, her view:

He stood in the middle of a blood covered battlefield. His tail flowed behind him as the wind fluttered the black cloak. The stench of iron and life blood was powerful enough to put an Inuzuka into a catatonic state from the smell alone. The gore was enough to send any stomach, strong or weak into convulsions. Sand covered most of the stains, but there were no bodies. She gagged at the sight.

The man just knelt down and wiped his large blade on the ground before reverting to his regular form. Sheathing it on his back, he turned to look at her.

Hinata felt her breath stop as she saw half his face. That crystal blue eye and set of whisker marks belonged to one person. But he had died.

Dream end

Hinata shot straight up clutching her heart between her high C-sized breasts gulping for air. Moving quickly, she grabbed her sketchpad and began to draw the image from the dream.

Naruto had died three years ago in a few days. It was supposed to be a simple escort mission: guide the archeologist to the ruins, stay a few days, and come back with said archeologist.

The archeologist warned them that some parts of the ruins were unexplored. Naruto had happened to go into one of those areas and was never found, even after that part collapsed from age.

Konoha barely managed to keep the alliances with Suna and Spring, formerly Snow. Wave held no ill will, but prices went up drastically.

As for the remaining rookie 9, they all began to train in earnest. All of them were now chuunin and had a necklace similar to the one that Tsunade had given Naruto. When Sasuke was asked if he had anything to say after winning the third exam with Hinata in second and Rock Lee in third, he said. "Remember Naruto. Remember the boy who gave everything for this village. Remember the boy who asked for nothing but acceptance and recognition. I keep him alive in spirit by holding his beliefs close to me. Remember." This shocked everyone in that the very man that seemed to hate him with every fiber of his being was more deeply affected by his actions than he let on.

Hinata was the most improved out of all of them. Sasuke even admitted that if she had more time to train before the finals, she would have surpassed him.

Finishing her drawing, she was a blur as she got dressed and sprinted out to the Hokage Tower.

Hokage tower

Tsunade was reading a paper asking for an assistant in a beginning business. His name was Kitsune, but Tsunade could tell that that was a code name. There were notes saying that there were 2 other owners that rotated in and out named Ryuuga and Ookami. 'Okay, next person to walk in the door is their assistant.' Tsunade steepled her hands and waited.

Not even a second later, Hinata came bursting through the door. "Lady Tsunade, I just had the…" the Hyuuga looked at the Hokage, who was currently banging her head on the desk. "Is this a bad time?"

Tsunade looked up as a bruise formed on her forhead. "No, now's fine."

"You said to come to you if anything weird happens. I don't know if this qualifies or not…" Hinata handed the blonde her sketch pad and described the dream. "It was so weird; it felt like I was watching something from the past three years. And then he looked at me and gave a sad smile and mouthed, 'It's time'. I have no idea what he means."

Tsunade frowned. "I don't either. I'll have the Archives scanned and ask the other Kages." She handed back Hinata's sketchpad. "Are you still looking for a job outside the Shinobi force?"

"Hai."

"As it just so happens, there is an opening for an assistant at a fledging business." Tsunade handed her the request paper. "I suggest going tomorrow and seeing what they are. They don't say and while it sounds suspicious, I don't think it is anything bad. If you accept, your boss is called Kitsune." Glancing at the calendar, she added. "Tonight's the team's club night, right?"

"Hai." Hinata nodded.

"Have fun."

Hinata slipped into a lavender and orange halter top and a pair of black capris. Leaving the Hyuuga complex, she left with Neji escorting Ten-ten and Lee. The previous year they found out that they had more in common than just the 'Flames of Youth' and all hooked up. Gai was very supportive, while some of the other jounin and a certain Hyuuga council were vocal about their objections, saying that they displayed their flames of youth burned brighter and brighter each day. Then Gai and Lee's trademark sunset happened and that was that.

Sakura and Sasuke showed up arm in arm. Choji approached with Ino on his arm. Kiba and Shikamaru were on guard duty again as punishment for leaving the post. Kiba had been trying for many weeks to get Hinata to go out with him, but as she put it and everyone else agreed, that her heart belonged to one man and even if he was dead will still belong to him. Kiba wouldn't take a hint and persisted. Hinata was grateful that he was on the job now. Shino was off on clan business. When he did come, he and Hinata acted as the watchers of the rest of the gangs stuff. Hinata just sighed and followed everyone into the Lotus Dragon.

Later

Everyone left the club laughing at Hinata's expense. "Did you really have to juuken that man in the balls?" Sasuke asked with a slight wince.

"I didn't like the look in his eyes." Hinata cried. "And he pinched my butt!"

Everyone winced. Kiba did it once. When Hinata was done with him, he was in the hospital with a cast over his little Kiba for a week.

Sasuke froze and looked around. "Guys, where is everyone?"

"What do you mean?" Ino asked.

Sasuke motioned around them. "The street is deserted. There is usually a few people still up."

A mist crept in and quickly covered the street. All of the shinobi cursed at the fact that none of them were really prepared for this.

A hideous wail echoed around them, joined by others. The shinobi were extremely nervious now. Sasuke activated his Curse seal Level 2 and his Sharingan as Hinata and Neji activated their Byakugan. Everyone jumped a mile when a voice was heard in their group.

"That won't help you."

Everyone turned to the center to see a man in a black cloak. There was a triple yin-yang symbol on his back. There was a fire red fox, an icy blue dragon, and an electric yellow wolf inside the symbol. He wore a kitsune mask that covered his cheeks but left his mouth open. "What did you say?" Choji hissed.

"That. Won't. Help. You." The man said. "Your kekkei genkai won't work. The Cursed seal might work." His hand went to his chin in a thoughtful motion. "Need to ask Ryuuga about that."

Knuckles cracking were heard. "You have 5 seconds to explain what the fuck is going on." Sakura demanded.

"Low level demons are surrounding us. There are…" He paused. "about 16 of them and…motherfucker there is a Shini."

"What?"

"A demon called Shinigami. My name is Kitsune. I'm…"

"You're the person that I'm supposed to meet for my new job." Hinata's voice came from behind him.

He turned around. "You're the new assistant?"

"Hai."

"Well, you're about to find out my occupation. Gimme a sec…" Chakra began to gather in his forearms. He thrust his hands out and spun, clearing the mist away.

16 creatures stood on opposite sides of the road. They wore black cloaks with shards of glass sticking out of their backs and screaming masks. Scythes made of obsidian black blades and skull handles were gripped in their hands. The last one scared them very deeply.

A cloak made of darkness wrapped around the skeleton as he looked on with evil blue eyes. He raised his scythe, made of a demonic purple blade and a skeleton white handle and pointed it at the man in black.

They saw him smile. "Heh, it's time." He unsheathed his blade, a blade that was about 4-5 feet long and had the upper portion of a skeleton with a screaming skull on the guard before becoming a pitch black two handed hilt. Ten-ten was drooling over the craftsmen ship and had sparkles in her eyes. Neji and Lee had to restrain her from grabbing the blade, seeing as regular shinobi tools were useless in this situation. He tossed Hinata a jar of water. "All of you get to a wall and stay put," the man ordered. "Probey-chan, use that holy water should any of them get too close, but warn me, ok?"

"My name is Hinata!" she exclaimed.

"Hey, didn't know. Now," He turned to face the demons. "I believe I was about to let you guys meet Rebellion here."

8 of the demons leapt forward, scythes swinging. Kitsune ducked under one and slashed forwards, taking the second demon out and swinging the sword around to cleave the first demon in twain, and swung the sword around him in a circle as he moved forward, hacking the third, fourth and fifth demons.

Hinata gasped as she saw the bodies of the slain demons collapse into sand. "No way," She turned to Sakura. "Remember that clearing Shikamaru and Kiba found?"

"Yeah, why?"

"The sand there was what the demons bodies were made of!" Hinata explained. "Because Kitsune-san is able to make mince meat of them…"

Sakura gasped. "He was the one who fought them."

"Damn right!" Kitsune called out. He had one demon in a head lock and was kicking the others away while giving the trapped one a death noogie. "That fight was a major pain in my-Whoopsey-daisy!" he ducked under a slash and kicked the attacker's face in. By now, the demon's numbers were cut in half. He turned to the group watching him in awe. "Anyways, you three stumbled in on my fight and I had to knock you out so that they wouldn't attack you."

One demon rushed forward, slashing at Ten-ten. The others screamed as the scythe came closer and closer.

There was a shower of blood and everyone turned to see with horror written on their faces. Ten-ten was covered in blood, but unharmed. Kitsune, on the other hand, had the scythe's blade sticking clear through his body. He collapsed as blood began to drain his body. The demons crept closer to the helpless shinobi. Then they got the shock of their lives.

Kitsune jumped up and punched the demon so hard that he flew into 3 others and all of them collapsed into sand. "That fucking hurt! And now you've ruined my favorite shirt!" Pulling off his cloak, it was revealed that he was wearing a Skillet shirt with a man that was covered in white wrappings. There were 5 signatures around him. "It was autographed too!" he screamed at them. Pulling out twin pistols, he unleashed a torrent of metal death at the remaining 4. They screamed as the bullets forced them to collapse into sand.

The Shini leapt down from his perch and waited for Kitsune. By now there was a big crowd of ANBU, civilians and shinobi. Kakashi quickly escorted the would-be victims. Hinata cried out, "No one get involved! He is the only one who can fight it!"

Kitsune was standing coolly, or at least as coolly as you could with a scythe sticking out of your chest. Reaching back, he ripped the scythe out, grossing out most of the civilians and threw it at the remaining demon. The shini deflected it, but could not defend against the blade that pierced his heart. As the demon collapsed into silver sand, he pulled on his cloak and walked through the stunned crowd. As the teens ran forward to thank him, they found that he had vanished into thin air.

Sasuke voiced the thought that ran through everybody's mind. "Who the fuck is he?"

Kyuu: Howzat for a new story?

Naruto: You could have told them who I am. I'm pretty sure all the readers will know.

Kyuu: that's the point Ramen-for-brains.

Naruto: Mmmm…ramen. Anyways, Read and Review!