A/N:Yo, Leo here. Now if you've read my other stories you're probably thinking along the lines of "He's starting another fic? Why doesn't he complete the others first?"

There's a reason behind that, with all my fics I've soon run out of inspiration and ideas. But this time I vow to finish this story before I start another new one. However all my other fics are, for now, on indefinite hold while I do this fic.

Anyway, I'm proud to say that this story was inspired by mdizzle's Naruto, the Lycan Ninja. If you think that my story is unsatisfactory, you can look at his, it's probably much better than mine.

"Normal Speech"

'Thoughts'

"Kyuubi"

"Jutsu"

How long had it been?

How long had it been since they had last gathered here, in this realm of eternal night? Only ever to gather if important news was to be announced.

He did not know, he only knew that this was the first time in hundreds of years that they had gathered, so long that the only member of the last council still living was him and one other.

"It has been too long since this council has gathered" a male figure, hidden in the darkness, noted

"You should know why, it's because of you that we haven't gathered" a second figure, a woman, scoffed.

"And you're the one who called the meeting" a third figure, another man standing next to the first, said "so what's the reason, the council should only be formed under urgent business"

A fourth, crouching, figure just sighed "you of all people should have noticed Sight, we have one who is no longer amongst our numbers" he said "methinks your codename is misleading"

The first figure growled "he noticed, but he just wishes to know why this is so significant" he shouted.

The third figure, Sight, raised a hand "down Claw, he makes a good point" he said sagely "so, Fang, Snout, what has happened to our dear Hide?"

The fourth figure, Snout snorted "dead, that's what, sacrificed himself" he said "Fang knows the details."

Fang, the female figure, sighed "yes I do, though I question why we still use his codename even in death?" she asked

"You should remember that no place is safe Fang, not even here" Claw said "why do you think that there are only five of us here? Most of the others in our group are dead!"

Snout shook his hood covered head "their own stupidity, not to mention..." he started

"If you start rambling on about that 'Blood Purity' stuff again Snout, I'm lobotomising you!" Claw growled "you know full well that if we were to continue down this track we could end up as inbreeded as some of the other families!"

Fang sighed "whatever, you should know the details yourself Snout but for the rest of you, I'll quickly explain" she said "Hide sacrificed himself to stop the last of the demons, thus ending the threat to all of us, but he ended up sealing the damn thing in his son"

"Why his son?" Claw questioned "why not one of us?"

"Because of its power, we would've been torn apart in both spirit and body, allowing it to escape" Sight replied "a newborn's body wouldn't reject it though, allowing Hide to seal it away"

Claw growled in frustration "why couldn't he kill it too? I thought that was a guarantee!" he barked

"Claw use your head for once, this is the Kyuubi we're talking about" Snout, rather fittingly, snorted "I doubt even the Shinigami could kill it"

Fang shook her head "well that's been proven hasn't it?" she asked "most dangerous jutsu in the damn world and it can't even fully stop the Kyuubi!"

Sight rose his hand again "regardless, this is a day of great darkness for us, one of our greatest has fallen" he said "we must be more cautious in the future, we are a slowly dying breed." Sight then turned away from the group and started walking away "meeting adjourned" he finished, fading away into the darkness. In turn both Snout and Fang turned and faded away as well, leaving claw on his own.

"Minato, you were always foolish, but to kill yourself? That's just reckless" Claw mumbled to himself "and knowing him, he's sealed away his son's better half. I just hope that his son has the strength when the time comes"


Naruto groaned as he opened his eyes "what the hell did that freak do to me?" he grumbled as he sat up "when I find him again I'm going to kill him... where the hell am I?" Instead of being in the creepily familiar Forest of Death, Naruto found himself in a... yellow sewer. Before he could ponder fully where he was he heard two voices arguing close by.

"That's why your stopping me from using my chakra on him? I knew you lycans were dense but that takes the fucking cake!"

"You know as well as I do that your chakra by nature corrupts anyone its used on, but I know your just trying to twist the kid into your new body, and that is not a fate deserving of the son of one the greatest lycanthropes of this time!"

Naruto stood up and peered around the corner, then nearly fell over in shock. Right before his eyes he saw a gigantic monster of some kind, trapped in a cage with a seal on it, was having a heated debate with a black armoured, dark furred, wolf. "Um, am I disturbing something?" Naruto asked, startling both of the arguing parties.

"Ah, hello Naruto, it is nice to meet you at last" the black wolf said

"Who the heck are you guys?" Naruto asked, instantly regretting asking as the sewer's ground rumbled temporarily.

"Insolent and foolish whelp, do you not know to whom you are speaking?" the monster asked "I am the mighty Kyuubi no Kitsune, strongest of all nine of the tailed demons, destroy of countries, mightiest of all warriors, a being that outshines even the gods and avoids death itself!"

"And a master of long winded speeches" the wolf added "if you want an explanation then follow me." The wolf then proceeded to walk off, Naruto following him.

"You may try your hardest wolf, but you cannot stop me! This body may be his but soon it will be mine!" Kyuubi shouted.

The wolf, now starting to get a migraine, turned around quickly "oh yeah, I almost forgot" the wolf said with an evil grin "Naruto, here's a small present for surviving having to live with this damned thing inside you" the wolf added, tossing a black seal with white writing on it onto the seal already on the gate, horizontally to the regular's tag vertical.

The Kyuubi laughed "Oh I'm so scared, oh don't hurt me scary black paper!" it chortled, when it notice that there were new bars appearing across the gate, each of them black, as the wolf and Naruto walked off "Oh no, not the fucking death bars! I'm not that bad am I? I tried to help him take revenge when his friend was almost dead!"

"Geez will he give it a rest already?" the wolf muttered "and yes, before you ask, that is the Kyuubi that attacked Konoha all those years ago."

"Ok, then why is he in my body?" Naruto asked "and who are you?"

"I'm Shade, think of me as your spiritual guide, though I'm really only hear to introduce you to the true you" Shade said "as for Kyuubi-baka? Well, this should explain it" he said, leading Naruto into a room, containing a gigantic tree with images of different people on it, each connected by grooves in the wood "Pardon the terrible pun, but this is quite literally your family tree"

"And this is important why?"

"Look above you and to the right"

"Ok, but I don't see..." Naruto started, but trailed off as he noticed the image in particular "you have to be freaking kidding me! My dad is the Yodaime!"

Shade grinned "Yep, Minato is your dad kid, celebrate, but first I need to show you why this is so important." As Shade walked off to a door at the side of the room, Naruto noticed that this door was different from and he had seen, with the image of a black wolf howling at a white moon being imprinted onto a metal silver door. "Now Naruto, who do you think you are?" Shade asked.

"I'm a ninja, and one day I'll become Hokage!" Naruto shouted enthusiastically.

Shade chuckled, much to Naruto's confusion. Naruto knew that it was a bit weird but he trusted this wolf, like he had known him for a long time, not to mention the wolf was protecting him from Kyuubi's chakra "Yes, you are that, but you are also much more. Firstly, you are the host for the Kyuubi-baka-" Shade started

"Wait, wasn't the Kyuubi killed when it battled the Yodaime?" Naruto interrupted.

Shade shook his head "unfortionately, a demon of Kyuubi's calibre cannot be killed entirely, even by the Shinigami. In order to stop it, your dad had to seal it in a newborn child, and you were the easiest to find. His hope was that people would see you as a hero, not as a monster." Shade then noticed that Naruto just had a blank look on his face "Do you blame him for your life so far?" Shade asked.

Naruto shook his head "no, it wasn't his fault, the council just wanted a person to focus the hatred upon" he replied "but I'm still gonna reach my dreams, because I'll never give up. That way I can achieve both of our dreams at the same time"

Shade smirked "you're definitely Minato's son" he said "you should also know that you aren't just that, but you are also part of a long legacy that very few knew about." Shade pushed the door open, revealing a statue of a strangely familiar looking man/wolf hybrid.

"You're kidding me"

"Nope"

"So, the fourth Hokage, a beloved hero too many, was actually a werewolf!" Naruto shouted.

Shade nodded "as are you. Your dad had me as a spirit guide and passed me onto you with his death, but I can tell you even without my help he became one of the greatest ninja's and werewolves of our time. I'm going to lead your training down the road of Lycanthropy but for now I'm open for questions before you have to wake up" he said

Naruto nodded "alright then, what do I turn into and when?"

"Well, you have two forms you can turn into, that of a Lycanthrope, which is the standard man/wolf cross, and that of a fully fledged wolf. As for times, you get to turn into either at any time, though obviously you're stronger at night time and even stronger at full moon. Though that extra strength happens regardless at the full moon so you may want to find a way to get rid of the resulting extra energy."

"Ok, secondly, do I infect people instantly by biting them or what?"

"That's a grossly exaggerated myth, for both us and the vampires, when they were around"

Naruto raised an eyebrow "were?"

"They have mostly died out, very few are left, less than even us" Shade said "it was mainly due to the fact that, during the second great ninja war, a lot of both of us were exposed, but Minato's protection of his lycan kin during those times allowed us to survive better than the Vamps. Both of our types are seen as monster so we try to keep the whole thing as secret of possible." Shade explained "anyway, for a lycanthrope of werewolf, to give another this gift, you either need to put some of your blood into theirs, or have them drink a bit, but that only works if you wish it"

"Alright, third question, what happens if I give others the 'gift'" Naruto asked.

"Well they become werewolves as well, but this is where it gets a bit strange" Shade said "some people have recessive 'thrope blood, in which case all that happens is that you awaken it, but anyone else becomes a thrall. A thrall is then divided into two catagories, true and partial. True Thralls aren't of much of a worry yet, but partial thralls are basically the same result as recessives. They choose"

"Ok, finally what happens to my hair colour when I transform?"

There was an awkward silence for a second as the mental image of a fluffy blond werewolf passed through both of their minds, then Shade howled in laughter "no, don't worry, your fur is an entirely different colour to your hair, so you won't look like a bad bleaching experiment"

"Ok, that pretty much it for now then" Naruto said

Shade nodded "it's almost time anyway; I recommend that you speak to the Hokage at some point, he'll talk to you more about your dad's legacy" he said "And make sure that your 'gift' is kept a secret, those villagers hate you enough already, they don't need another reason."

Naruto raised his hands defensively "don't worry, I know full well" he said, as he prepared to return to reality, then realised something "hey wait a second, why are my 'skills' only coming out now?"

"Minato thought that you might need sometime before you should get these, his choice not mine


Naruto slowly opened his eyes, taking in the scene around him. Sasuke was beating the stuffing out of several Sound Nin, mainly the only one that didn't have the mask on him but was male. As he watched Sasuke fight he saw that Sasuke was covered in strange black marks, and was fighting with a look of complete and utter gleeful madness. And Sakura was watching on in horror. As Naruto got to his feet he felt power like no other start to fill him, as he rushed forward and grabbed Sasuke on the shoulder as Sasuke prepared to finish them off.

Sasuke looked at Naruto with a look of fury 'how dare that dobe touch me, I'm doing this to help him and Sakura, why is he trying to stop me?' he thought, glaring in anger at Naruto, who was covered in a white chakra, making him look similar to the Kyuubi enhanced form but with yellow eyes instead of red ones and less pronounced whiskers.

"Sasuke, stop it, their finished, it's over" Naruto said calmly "anymore and you may as well call yourself a murderer"

Sasuke maintained his glare at Naruto "and why should I do that dobe, if I let them go they could come back after us" he pointed out, voice full of darkness

"If not for your or my sake" Naruto countered "then for Sakura's. Look at her!"

Sasuke snorted, then looked at Sakura and almost stumbled from what his enhanced Sharingan, as well as his normal sight, saw. Sakura's face was a tapestry of anguish, sadness and fear

"Sasuke, please, stop" Sakura said very quietly, a tear running down her cheek as she said so. Naruto let go of Sasuke, then walked around and faced Sasuke.

"So Sasuke, what choice are you going to make?" Naruto asked, glaring at Sasuke head on. Sasuke gasped in shock, then with some effort, receded the curse mark.

"Kami, what did I do" Sasuke whispered as he walked, with a little difficulty as the pain from his previous entries returned, towards a tree "sorry for making you all worry" he said, before slumping down next to the tree, out of breath.

As Sakura rushed towards Sasuke, with Ino in turn rushing towards Sakura in order to help comfort her after the attack and tidy her hair up, Tenten and Neji dropped down from the trees in order to revive Lee. Naruto admitantly knew very little about either fighter, being that they were in Lee's team and thus a year above the others; he was more familiar with Ino's team. He knew that Neji, having the same eyes as Hinata, probably had similar fighting styles, but Tenten's was a complete mystery to him. After managing to get some sembelence of consciousness out of Lee, the two approached Naruto, Shikamaru in tow.

"You are Naruto Uzumaki, correct?" Neji asked.

"Yah, what can I do for you guys... and girl?" Naruto asked.

"That jutsu your currently using, had do you perform it?" Tenten asked "it looks awesome"

Naruto paled, realising that he still had the partially beastal form active 'Shade! How do I turn this thing off!' he desperately thought, while saying "it's a bloodline technique, I haven't really used it before 'cause I really only just found out"

'Not entirely a lie there Naruto. You can return to normal by focusing on your human self, its rather easy for a natural born lycan' Shade replied

'Right, focus' Naruto thought, quickly closing his eyes and concentrating hard, causing his form to return to normal and the white chakra to recede "Yeah I'm still learning how to control it" he said sheepishly, rubbing the back of his neck.

"Still looks pretty cool" Tenten said with a shrug.

"Why did you want to know?" Naruto queried.

"No reason" Tenten said quickly, and then suddenly decided to interest herself with getting Lee fully conscious, Naruto managing to catch the faintest glimpse of a blush on her.

Neji shook his head, muttering "foolish" under his breath before walking back over to his group, who then jumped into the trees. Shikamaru looked at Naruto with a serious look on his face.

"Is bloodline the best thing you could come up with Naruto? I mean that seemed like a bit of a rushed excuse there" he asked. Naruto sighed, there was very little you could hide from Shikamaru Nara, especially if you happened to e a friend of said Nara. As Naruto open his mouth to speak, Shikamaru raised a hand "explain after the finals, it's too troublesome to discuss it right now, anyone could be watching" he pointed out, walking back over to Choji "hey Ino hurry up, their team needs to find another scroll and so do we" Shikamaru shouted, then frowned slightly 'We better watch out for that skill of Naruto's, I doubt either Ino or I could take him on like that and Choji might only have a slight chance against him' he thought 'this makes this whole thing way too troublesome.'

Ino quickly finished cutting the uneven parts of Sakura's impromptu haircut and said a somewhat distant goodbye to Sasuke and Sakura, snorting at Naruto, then with the rest of the time leaping off. 'That was wierd to say the least'Naruto thought.

A/N: Ok, like mdizzle's fic this will be a Naruto/Harem fic, however Naruto is by no means the only person who will have a harem, as Iive always felt that the Naruto/Massive Harem fics to be a bit... unrealistic, even for them.

Before anyone asks, yes Tenten is in Naruto's Harem, as is Hinata, but neither are going to be the first member and thus the "Alpha female" of the pack. That is going to be my little surprise.

Speaking of surprises, the release date for the next chapter is going to be just that. This is because I'm about to start my exams, and then I have my BIG exams after that, so update will be random for about 6-8 weeks. After that I have some holidays, so my updates will... hopefully... be faster.

See ya next time!