Note: Naruto and other characters are not mine. They belong to Masashi Kishimoto.

Itazura Okami

(Mischievous Wolf)

The black wolf watched with undying curiosity as the color stained leaves floated from their trees. He had come here to be alone so that he was free of the older males always trying to drag him off with them. His heat was not far off and it was quite obvious due to the intoxicating aroma that refused to be cleansed from his skin. Though most males where quite nice and openly showed that they meant no harm, others only wanted him so they could show him off because of his kekkai genkai then abandon him shortly after to raise pups alone. The wolf sometimes resorted to physical abuse to keep other demons away from him. The worst thing of all however, was the fact that everyone who wanted him was of a different species of canine or a different species altogether. Though, he had recalled a silver and white wolf hanging around his cousin Obito when he was younger.

But after the incident with Obito being captured for testing of his bloodline ability, he hadn't seen him since. This was quite upsetting. Itachi literally refused to let anyone other than a wolf to mate him or even get within his personal space. He wasn't wrong to want a wolf to father his pups, all Uchiha's where purebred wolves, though that would soon change as his younger brother had shown interest in a fox and if he could not find a wolf. Sighing lightly, he reluctantly tore his eyes from the trees and stalked alongside a shallow creek running through the area and emptying into a rather large lake a few miles off. Turning his ears up to listen to the soothing sounds the forest had to offer in fall, he let his mind wander off his concern. Eventually he stopped to rest and ended up falling asleep. It had to have been at least for four hours and upon waking he found something very soft nuzzling the side of his head. If he knew what it was touching him, he probably wouldn't care and continue to sleep, but he did not know and he reluctantly forced his eyes open.

Looking over, his eyes widened and instinct caused him to roll onto his stomach and dash a safe distance away from the other. It was at this moment that he saw what dared to break his boundary. Itachi was practically in awe when he realized that a wolf was there. The wolf however, was not ordinary in anyway at all. His fur was a soft white with vibrant highlight of silver around his face; he had a lot of spiked silken fur around his neck and on his tail, but what really caught his attention was that he bared a sharingan eye unlike his natural silver one. The moment seemed endless as seconds passed like hours and the way the moonlight hit both of them perfectly caused ashen and onyx fur to shine and eyes to glisten like pools of water in the sun. The darker furred male was at a loss of words as nothing seemed to come into his mind at the moment.

"Well…I can see you're alright?" He stated, mysterious voice hanging in the air like a cloud of smoke.

Turning to leave he was however, halted.

Itachi had managed a single word. "…Wait…"

Turning to look at the Uchiha, his eyes held a questioning look.

"…What is your name, if you don't mind me asking? I haven't seen a non Uchiha wolf since I was a pup." Itachi said in a barely audible voice.

The wolf had seemed to find the younger rather intriguing. "Kakashi Hatake. And you are?"

"Itachi Uchiha. Pleased to meet your acquaintance Kakashi-san."

"Likewise, though there really is no need to be proper. I don't particularly care, though if you prefer it, go for it."

"Tell me. Why did you stop and touch me. Don't you have other thing you must attend to?"

"Well Itachi, I stopped to see if you were alright seeing as your heat is quite obvious. And I really don't have much to attend to…I enjoy being out here. I don't have a mate and Konohoa proves to be quite depressing if you don't have anyone to share your thoughts with in mating season. To me females and males aren't even somewhat attractive if they are not of the wolf species. You on the other hand, were obviously out here looking for one because you were tired of males trying to grab you, suggestive comments you received, and the feeling of being alone. Am I wrong?"

"Actually you were right. Down to the very last detail. How do you do that? "

"It's a simple gift of being able to feel ones emotions and have a nearly clear idea of what their thinking. Would you mind if I escorted you back? I wouldn't want anything bad to happen to you Itachi."

Itachi simply nodded in response and continued to follow Kakashi as he led them back into the village. The two remained silent throughout the walk. This allowed Itachi some time to think about Kakashi.

"He's obviously interested in me." Itachi thought. "He's kind, sophisticated, has a sense of humor." Itachi could go on and on amazingly seeing as he just met him. "Most importantly he's a gorgeous wolf who is obviously looking for a mate."

"Here right?" Kakashi questioned snapping the Uchiha out of his thoughts.

"Um...oh! Yes, thank you Kakashi."

Kakashi nodded. "I have nothing better to do tomorrow. If you want to talk, you can meet me by the lake around 12 ish?"

"Hai…Oyasuminasai Kakashi-san."

"Oyasuminasai Itachi-kun."

Watching the older wolf sprint off into the shadows of the night Itachi was overly ecstatic. Closing the door with his tail he dashed into the connected room and shot into a pile of pillows.

"Konnichiwa aniki." Sasuke said momentarily looking up from a book he was so very engrossed in. "Where were you?"

"…Well…I just happened to find a wolf. But! He's not an ordinary wolf. Everything about him is so-. Why am I telling you this?"

"I asked I suppose. Anyway, is that why you were late?"

"No I fell asleep and he woke me up to see if I was harmed. Then he escorted me home so nothing would happen."

"Like anything catastrophic would ever happen to you aniki."

"Well Sasuke once you reach heat. I wonder how mad mother and father will be once they realize you're going to let a fox dominate you."

"Aniki! You won't tell them will you!?"

"What, and risk abuse by Fugaku while he tries to get me to tell him about the possibility of me having pups?" Itachi sighed. "Hell no!"

"I never understood that." Sasuke turned. "Why does Fugaku try to protect us from everything, do you?"

"Actually yes…I think you're a bit young being twelve but I'll tell you anyway."

Itachi popped out of the pile then settled on top of it with his tail covering the lower part of his abdomen.

Itachi sighed again. "Father and mother are protective of us so we are not harmed Sasuke. In this world, not all demons are nice, as you already must know. There is a cult known as the Demon Eradication Organization, or D.E.O. for short. They are humans and demons who are keen on the idea of obtaining demons that possess extreme strength or kekkai genkai ability and using them to test their freak experiments. In the case that a demon captured is in heat, it will be raped and used as a sex slave until noticeably pregnant, then poisoned with lethal doses of arsenic slipped in water or injected in liquid form. As for the experiments, I do believe they are working on a specific virus that is injected into a demons bloodstream and it slowly decays the body from the inside out. The effects are reversible as Tsunade is already aware. The incubation time is about 48 hours. During that time period the only indication that you've been infected is some serious bruising at the injection site or blood vessels beginning to rupture. Once that time is up, the virus begins to mass reproduce and shut down major organs causing them to decay within the hour. Kekkai genkai able demons will have blood drawn and tested on to see the effects of whatever other things they have created. Aside from the D.E.O. there are other demons who want nothing more than to rape you and abandon you with their pups. And aside from that, some demons are jealous of the fact that other demons males and females are able to conceive children. If they are weak and more than noticeably pregnant, they can be captured and taken to a discreet area where they are then sliced open and their offspring are taken out of them, then the original mother dies due to blood loss, and most of the offspring die due to the new mothers inability to care for the species, the fact that they were birthed incorrectly, or because they were pre-mature. That's exactly what almost happened to mother when she was pregnant with you."

Itachi paused as he saw Deidara slowly creeping up behind his younger brother. Having no knowledge on why Deidara would do that right after he just said that, Itachi was dumbfounded. He soon turned as Deidara tackled his younger brother resulting in an ear piercing scream.

"Geez un! You are frightened way too easily!" Deidara exclaimed hopping off a too stunned to move Sasuke.

Deidara walked over and plopped beside Itachi momentarily looking at the cold stare he was receiving.

"Come on un!" Deidara flopped on his back. "You know that was funny, Tachi un."

"True, Deidara but im not quite sure that was a rather bad time to have done that. I'm almost positive you nearly gave him a heart attack."

"Nope something even worse un. Anyway I'll be upstairs working with my…ahem un. Sexy clay."

Deidara jumped up and trotted off, leaving Itachi to resume speaking with Sasuke.

"As I was saying, all you need to do is be careful of what groups you hang around and areas you go into. If you really want to know more, speak with Deidara if you can stand the never ending un at the end of nearly every sentence.

Getting up, Itachi walked halfway out of the room before he stopped.

"And Sasuke." Itachi turned

Sasuke turned. "Hai aniki."

"Clean off the couch or I'm not talking to you the rest of this week."

Itachi then proceeded up to his room leaving a rather, wet Sasuke on the couch alone.