Doves and Foxes

Prologue

Disclaimer: Don't own Naruto. So sorry.

Yeah! My first Naruhina story! Don't worry. I'm gonna to finish Switched soon. I just wanted to get this one started. Smiles

The blond man was strikingly handsome but cocky. He was twenty-one years old, a year past his promised due date. He had told his parents that he would have settled down with a special someone by the time he was twenty. He had been seeing someone for the longest time, but she had decided to go and cheat on some random guy she had met in an over crowded bar.

He picked up the sake bottle and poured more of the intoxicating drink into the small saucer-like cup. He slammed it back on the counter and gulped down the sake, making the blood rush to his birthmarked cheeks.

"Naruto, I have to make sure my own wife doesn't drink too much, don't make me take away the sake!" the muscular man with raven locks growled. Not that he didn't mind his flower being drunk at home, that was quite nice, well, maybe more than nice, but it was embarrassing out in public. Damn that Tsunade.

"Sasu-chany!" the skinny, pink-haired woman wrapped her arms around her husband's neck from behind him, "Lemme 'ave--" she hiccuped, "--more..."

"You can have more when we get home, Sakura." Sasuke told her, turning his head as far as he to try to see his cherry blossom.

"Oh, gooooood!" Sakura said. She sat down on the bar stool, hiccuping. She smiled sheepishly to herself.

Naruto twirled the sake bottle on the counter for a moment before pouring a little bit into the cup. Before swinging it down, he grunted, "I'm depressed."

Sakura giggled uncontrollably in the background.

Sasuke rested a hand on her shoulder to make sure she stayed on the stool before turning to Naruto again, "'Bout what?" he noticed that Naruto was reaching for the bottle again and he snatched it away. Damn, he hated being the designated driver.

"Damn you, teme, give me that back!"

"No, I think you've had enough for one night," Naruto hiccuped, "See?"

Naruto growled, "Whatever."

Sasuke's lips pressed into a straight line, "Now what are you depressed about, dobe?"

"Don't got no wife. Don't got no life." Naruto grunted, clutching the counter and rubbing his blood-shot eyes.

Sasuke frowned and leaned forward, "Say, tomorrow, would you come over to my place? Sakura has a friend coming over. I think you may like her."

"I think about it and call you in da morning." Naruto slurred, he stood up, "I'm not in the right mind for thinking right now."

"Where are you going?" Sasuke asked as Naruto made to leave, "I can still drive you to your place."

Naruto waved him off, "Nah. I wanna walk. Clear me head a bit." he rubbed his eyes and left the private bar and into the actual club. The flashing lights blinded him and all the dancing bodies around him made him feel like he was swaying on a boat. He quickly cut his way through the crowd and out the door.

Breathing in fresh air, he made his way up the side walks, toward the park. Past the park was his apartment complex, though he decided to stop in the park. He sat down on a bench and stared out onto the lake, staring at the moon reflecting flawlessly on its surface. He sighed. It was so peaceful.

He whipped his forehead of sweat and turned his eyes to the stars. If only he had a wife with his, this would be so romantic.

He sighed in self pity and stood to leave when he heard a group of males behind him. He turned. They were lumbering toward him, obviously even more drunk then he was. Naruto frowned. He wasn't in the mood for these guys.

"Heeeey.. Blondie! Got any cash on ye's?" the man in the front yelled. He was tall, had dark skin, and had blond dreadlocks.

"Yeah, but I'm not gonna waste it by giving it to you." Naruto grunted, turning around, swaying a little bit on his feet.

A hand suddenly grabbed his shoulder, "I said, got ny moneyz?" the man forced Naruto around and punched him in the face, dead on. Naruto's nose immediately started bleeding, but he kneed the man in the nuts, making his attacker double over in pain.

"Yoz! He hit da boss! Lez ged um!" one of the other men yelled. Naruto turned toward them and barely dodged their assault on him. He kicked on man into the lake and made another trip over their leader.

Three of them left.

One of them withdrew a knife from no where and sliced at him. He gasped when he felt his shirt being cut open and blood leaking from his finely toned chest. He kicked this man in the stomach and he fell over, hitting his head on the bench and knocking him out.

Naruto turned to the remaining two and wasn't surprised that they were running away. He smirked, seeming to have forgotten that he was bleeding buckets.

Suddenly, he began to cough. He fell to his knees, blood spluttering from his mouth. He was flat on the ground, making the grass bloody until everything disappeared and only white remained. He slowly sat up in the obis of white.

"Where am I?" he said. His voice didn't echo. Nothing was around him and he quickly realized he was wearing nothing and that he no longer had blood on his face, "Am I dead?"

"Oh, no you're not, young one!" a voice croaked.

Naruto frowned in surprise when a ugly frog jumped into view, almost like coming out of thin air but not.

"Why am I here?" Naruto questioned the frog. Somehow, they could understand each other.

"You fought by the lake." the old frog croaked.

"Yeah."

"And won."

"Yeah."

"When ever there is a fight by the lake on a full moon night, the winner becomes an animal forever, until--"

"FOREVER! NO WAY! I promised my parents that I would get married! I can't be an animal, I mean, how is that going to help me with my love life, sure, I could become a really cute animal, but I won't be able to get married to any human! I'll have to marry another animal, and my parents won't be able to attend because we're ANIMALS!" Naruto took in a deep breath, he seemed to have had gone insane.

"Hey! Hold on, kid, I wasn't finished."

"Not a kid."

"Fine, animal, then."

"Hump."

"Anyway. You can turn back into a human when you love someone and they return your love for you."

"Seriously?" Naruto blinked, "Alright, so what now, Mr. Frog?"

The frog sighed, "Now close your eyes. I want to warn you that the animal that you change into is based off your past and personality. Also, when you return to the human world, you will be as bloody as you were before you came here. And come back to the lake whenever you can. I live in it with a couple friends who were never able to find love."

Naruto's eyes twinkled in sadness from him before he closed them.

He felt as if he was falling through nothing. He couldn't open his eyes. They were stuck shut. Suddenly, he felt as if he had collided with the ground, softly.

He slowly opened his eyes. It was dark. His nose twitched and slowly made his way through his old garments that were now covered in blood. His yellow fur stood on end as he finally made it out of the sleeve.

He crawled to the lake and looked at himself in it. Well, it could have been worse. He was now a yellow fox. Not the normal orange-red that a fox usually had. Not only that, but his nose was still bleeding and his chest and front legs were dripping with blood. He had to find shelter.

The fox crossed the park and into the bushes. He emerged on the over side of them, where the side walk was. Naruto stopped himself from going any further, he retreated back into the bushes and collapsed with exhaustion. He fell asleep, wondering what the next day would bring.

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So what do you guys think? I thought it sounded a lot like Beauty and the Beast when I was writing it, but you can't go wrong with that! Hahahaha. So anyways, comments for cookies!

Hahaha. I enjoyed writing Sakura's part. Poor Sasuke, and that stupid Tsunade, getting his little wifey addicted to sake. Heheh. Don't worry. When she shows up again, she'll be as normal a pink haired woman could be. She's also got a big surprise for ya'll!

Seeya soon!