DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN NARUTO! I'm too inexperienced to, anyways. TT
Summary: Uchiha Sasuke is a Wolf, banished from his Pack because of his brother. As he strolls along the forest, he bumps into a Fox named Uzumaki Naruto. Only, he isn't your ordinary Fox – he's a hybrid. What happens when Sasuke is mixed up into Naruto's Pack?
Okay, so I had these ideas in my head… it took a really long time to figure out which one of them I would do first.
So, let me explain: everyone in this fanfic is a furry. A "furry" is a human with an animal's ears and tail but can also act like a human. At least, that's what I've been told. In this story, animal instincts may be dominant but there will be human instincts too. (However, in my story, they can change from their animals forms to their furry forms. :) )
I don't feel like explaining the rest right now. If you have any questions, I'll answer them in the next chapter (unless, of course, it ends up spoiling my story).
IF YOU DO NOT LIKE THE STORY, DO NOT READ IT! CRITICISM IS NOT APPRECIATED!
Warnings: (Supposedly) aloof Naruto, short chapters, possibly slow updates, possible OOCness, rating may go up, YAOI, SHONENAI, more warnings adding onto later
Pairings: NaruSasu, KakaIru, ShikaTema kind of later, GaaNaru kind of later, ChoujiShika friendship later, adding on more each chapter or so
THERE ARE NO CUSS WORDS!! I really dislike them. :(
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"Speaking"
'Thinking'
"Speaking in animal Form"
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The Wolf, the Packs, and the Hybrid – Chapter One: Another Way of Thinking
A Wolf trudged through the murky swamp, eyeing everything with disgust along the way.
'Be grateful he didn't kick you out into the desert,' his conscience told him.
The Wolf was named Uchiha Sasuke, whom was banished by his older brother, Uchiha Itachi. They had lived in a Pack called "Akatsuki" and when Itachi had informed him he was too weak for the Pack, he gave him the boot.
'Just great; how am I supposed to get out of here?' Sasuke asked himself, almost falling into a mud pit.
His silky black-blue fur was tainted with brown filth (as he put it), and by each second, it was becoming more disgusting. It irritated him to no end to how his brother could do this to him.
Being a Wolf, he was a natural born hunter – meaning that in every battle he encountered, he would be the victor.
Unfortunately, Wolves followed on their instincts, so they never thought about what they were doing. There were exceptions to that, however. Take Sasuke and his brother, for example. Wolf Pack Leaders were immensely strong and intelligent, so if any one of their underlings attacked them, they would always win.
The key to dominance was might. You had to prove yourself worthy of being in a Pack, which proved to be hard enough; you had to obey the Pack Leader, show respect to him, and etc… and Sasuke hated being controlled.
He had looked up to his brother when he was young but, as years went by, he began detesting him. His never-ending comments of "Too weak" or "Not strong enough" were annoying enough and his ignorance towards Sasuke only led him to hate Itachi more.
'And that brings me back here,' Sasuke thought to himself, blandly.
He remained alert, for Wolves had certain distaste towards a certain creature – Foxes. He still couldn't understand the reason why the Wolves were enemies to the Foxes; they just were.
A single flash of light caught his attention; 'Could it be sunlight? Maybe I could escape from this swamp and wash this filth off in a lake!' Sasuke reflected to himself, obviously hoping for it. He marched through the sticky substance and eventually found himself inside the forest.
'Finally,' he said to himself, exasperated, 'I thought I was going to die if I stayed there any longer!'
Forests were different from swamps; although they bordered each other, they were nothing alike. Swamps were overfilled with reeds and underwater grasses, plus swamps were basically polluted water. Forests, on the other hand, had the perfect amount of trees – never too much, never too little – and there was always a little sunlight shining though somewhere. Yep, Sasuke loved forest in comparison to swamps.
Unfortunately, they never held any water. You would have to go into broad daylight to do that because lakes and rivers and such were only located in grass fields and around mountains. So, Sasuke still had a lot to go.
'And just when I thought that I had it easy,' Sasuke grimaced.
The Pack, Akatsuki, was one of the most powerful Wolf Packs. They were very well-known and just one stare from any member in the Pack could kill you. Even when you had isolated one of their members, that member could tear every limb of your Pack off.
So, that was the easy life.
Unfortunately, he didn't have that any more.
Sasuke sighed as he ambled through the forest with his muddy paws.
A flash of gray caught his eye; 'Gray…? Another Wolf? But… how can there be another one around here?!' he shouted to himself, searching everywhere; ears, eyes, and nose alert.
His eyes gleamed red, keen enough to detect a butterfly flying.
"You're alone…?" an unknown voice asked him, confused, "You don't see Wolves traveling by themselves these days."
"Who are you?! Come out right now!" Sasuke demanded, the fur on his neck rising. He didn't know who this was; it could even be a Fox – and Foxes and Wolves did not go together.
His demand was complied as he heard a faint rustling of leaves and twisted around; he nearly gasped in shock as he took in the image: a gray Fox. But… that wasn't possible! How could there be such a thing?!
"Who are you?!" he demanded once again.
The bizarre Fox did not answer his question but rather replied, "You look rather… soiled. Do you want to come back to my Pack?"
"Why would I want to go to a Fox's Pack?! Have you not realized yet that I am a Wolf?! We are enemies!" Sasuke barked, angered by the Fox's few sentences.
"I am offering you help," the Fox told him; although Sasuke saw that the Fox was several feet away from him, he heard the Fox's voice whisper behind him, "and what difference does it make if we are not the same?"
Pitch black darkness met Sasuke the moment afterwards.
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As Sasuke came to, his mind groggily picked up a conversation.
"I knew he shouldn't have gone into the forest… that Naruto…" a voice murmured.
"K-Kiba-kun, N-Naruto-kun needed to spend some t-time alone," another voice told the former, "and he b-brought a new friend here too."
"Hinata, he's a Wolf!" the former voice, Kiba, exclaimed, "What if he's going to try and kill us?! Oh, God, what if he tells his Pack about our village?!"
The latter voice, Hinata, countered, "Neji-niisan and I-I are Wolves as well; what makes us any d-different from him?"
Kiba weakly opposed, "That's a different case! I mean, look at him!"
By now, Sasuke had fully awakened as was staring – if not glaring – at the two.
There was a boy with brown, spiky hair, and a red stripe on each side of his face. He had Fox ears and tail and an overgrown Fox was standing beside him. Yet, there was a Wolf right next to the Fox, fumbling with her fingers. Her Wolf ears and tail were easily noticed. They were wearing something around their bodies that prevented nudity.
"Who are you?" Sasuke demanded, not liking the situation.
"E-eh, p-please don't panic! W-we're here to h-help you!" the girl notified Sasuke.
Sasuke relaxed a bit but his nerves were still standing; he was in a defensive stance, ready to attack.
"I'll go get Naruto…" the boy, Kiba, told Hinata, who nodded. The big Fox yipped (quite loudly) as Kiba exited the structure.
They were inside some kind of wooden construction that was filled with other wooden constructions and some strange things that were hovering about a hole in the structure.
"U-um, I'm H-Hyuuga Hinata," the girl introduced herself, "and the b-boy just before was I-Inuzuka Kiba… the l-little Fox was A-Akamaru…" Sasuke noted that she stuttered a lot. "P-please do not think y-you are in danger!" Hinata blurted out and blushed in embarrassment; she explained, "This is a-a peaceful village t-that the Foxes and a f-few Wolves built t-together."
"Foxes and Wolves?" Sasuke inquired, "That's preposterous! Foxes and Wolves are mortal enemies! Never to be allied or acquainted!"
Hinata stammered, "T-that's not true… N-Naruto-kun organized a P-Pack with b-both of them…"
'Naruto?' Sasuke repeated in his head, 'Is he their Leader?'
Only a few moments later, Kiba and Akamaru had come back along with a new figure: a sun blond-haired, sapphire-eyed boy with gray Fox ears and tail.
"Here," Kiba tossed Sasuke something he couldn't identify, "Go change in another room; I don't want to experience another event."
Sasuke looked at the three (excluding Akamaru), perplexed.
"Kiba, he's a foreigner and he was in Wolf Form when I found him," the blond informed Kiba, in a monotone voice. He looked at Sasuke and introduced, "I'm Uzumaki Naruto."
Sasuke responded, "Uchiha Sasuke" seeing if his last name had any effect on the blond.
Naruto notified Sasuke, "Those are clothes, as we call them. They prevent you from running around naked in your other Form." There was none.
Sasuke nodded in understanding and looked at what they were wearing: Kiba had a grayish coat on that included gray pants and a blue headband was placed around his forehead; Hinata was wearing a thin purple jacket with a blue pair of pants; and Naruto was wearing an orange jumpsuit that didn't look very… appealing.
"If you're going to change, do it in another room," Naruto's voice told Sasuke as he left the room, "Hinata and Kiba will explain everything to you." Naruto sent a harsh glare towards Kiba; "Just endure it, okay, Kiba? I don't want to punish you again." Kiba, slightly, nodded his head.
As Naruto walked away, Hinata ushered Sasuke to another room.
Now, unfortunately, Sasuke had no clue what this "other Form" was.
"S-Sasuke-kun, don't you have a-another Form?" Hinata asked.
Sasuke dumbly shook his head.
"U-um, K-Kiba-kun, we have a-a problem!" Hinata, barely, shouted to the Fox.
Kiba dashed towards the situation, along with a barking Akamaru.
"Jesus, I hate it when Naruto leaves it to us to solve these problems!" Kiba yelled. Akamaru woofed along with him.
"S-Sasuke-kun… um… you have t-to… uh… 'push'," Hinata ended, lamely.
"Push?" Sasuke questioned her, "What do you mean by 'push'?"
Kiba, suddenly, shouted, "Oh, God, let's just get this over with! 'Push' as in when you have to go bathroom! 'Push' as in when you're forcing out your waste! Just, for Pete's Sake, change already!"
Hinata stuttered, "K-Kiba-kun, that was too direct!"
"Who cares?!" Kiba retorted, "I do not like the fact that I have to tell newcomers to 'push'!!"
Sasuke, by now, was totally baffled.
"K-Kiba-kun, please calm d-down!" Hinata said, her efforts futile.
'Okay…' Sasuke reflected to himself, 'I'm in some kind of alternate universe, aren't I?"
He glanced over at the fuming Fox and worrying Wolf and at the clothes; 'It's worth a shot, isn't it?' he asked himself.
Hesitantly, he forced pressure into himself, as he tightly shut his eyes.
"Hinata, look away!" Kiba warned her, covering her eyes and shutting his own, "Akamaru, don't watch!" The little Fox shut his eyes as well.
Sasuke didn't feel anything going on with him; he just kept concentrating on "pushing", as they called it. When he couldn't do it anymore, he stopped. Opening his eyes, he was shocked with what he saw: he had two legs – not four – and some shorter ones coming out from around his head; he felt for his snout but only found a smaller nose; his mouth no longer contained his fearful fangs but some dull teeth. But what was most notable was that he had no fur! His body was pale, nearly white, and he could see his… his…
He looked up at the two in bafflement.
Kiba pointed to a nearby door and directed, "Go there and put on y-your clothes…" Akamaru and his eyes were still shut and Hinata's eyes were still covered.
Sasuke stumbled ('So much for my pride,' he thought) towards the room and fumbled with the knob until he turned it. As he entered the room, he looked over his clothes: he had a blue short sleeve (unlike the Naruto's and the others which were long-sleeved) and a pair of white jeans.
Being an efficient observer, he quickly pulled over the blue short sleeve and pulled up the leather-ish jeans.
He reentered the room, a few moments later.
Kiba, Akamaru, and Hinata were sitting cross-legged on the ground.
"Heh," Kiba reacted and then flashed him a grin, "it matches your hair." Akamaru yipped in agreement.
He held up some shiny material that reflected Sasuke's image; he had fur on his head that was bluish-black…
"But it looks like a duck's rear-end," Kiba added, bursting into hysterics out loud.
"K-Kiba-kun!" Hinata stammered.
After a few minutes, Kiba questions Sasuke, "So, you're probably confused about all this, right?" Sasuke nodded. "Well," Kiba continued, "Naruto started this whole Wolf and Fox Pack thing when he was little. I was his only friend then and I was completely against the idea. So were Iruka-sensei and 'Ero-Sennin', and 'O-Baa-chan' as he called them." Sasuke blinked in confusion.
"You can talk, you know," Kiba informed him and resumed, "Eventually, Naruto proved us wrong but we're not going into detail about that."
Hinata inquired, "Sasuke-kun, w-would you like to g-go outside? I-it's a little s-stuffy in here."
"Um, okay," Sasuke answered, feeling a bit awkward, and not accustomed to speaking out loud.
They walked to one of the doors and Hinata carefully twisted the knob open.
Now, if Sasuke wasn't an Uchiha, he would have gasped ('For a newcomer,' Kiba added), but he was and he settled for widening his eyes.
There were more buildings such as the one he was inside before, more civilians, and he was in a grass field – a big one to be exact.
"Okay, so," Kiba began clarifying, "those are houses, which we live in for shelter and protection" – He pointed to a building – "You wouldn't believe how long it took for us to make them, though!" Akamaru barked in agreement.
He continued, "Everyone who lives here is in Naruto's Pack. The Pack was originally called 'Jinchuuriki' but he changed it to 'Konoha' when more came into the Pack. Eventually, we had to settle down."
"KIBA-SAN! HINATA-SAN!" a voice yelled out.
"Oh no," Kiba reacted, eyes bugging out. Akamaru hid behind Kiba and dipped his Fox ears back.
In a second, there was another Fox, except in a one piece green clad jumpsuit and vest. He had a strange upside down bowl-cut as his hair (as they called it) and his eyes were… very round. What were most noticeable, however, were his very fuzzy eyebrows.
"Kiba-san, Hinata-san, good afternoon!" the Fox greeted and then flashed them a blinding smile; he turned towards Sasuke and asked, "Eh, who's this?"
Kiba replied, "Eh, Lee, this is Uchiha Sasuke. Sasuke, this is Rock Lee."
Lee gave him another blinding smile and responded, "Nice to meet you, Sasuke-san!" He gave him a "Nice Guy" pose.
Sasuke sweat-dropped; he decided against speaking towards the green clad Fox.
"E-eh, Lee-kun, have you s-seen Neji-niisan anywhere?" Hinata inquired.
Lee thought for a moment and then suddenly jumped and was swinging his arm around in the air; "Ah, that's right! Neji-san went with Naruto-san and Shikamaru-san to go hunting! Ah, the power of youth!!" He yelled this out loud, causing a few Foxes and Wolves to stare at him for a while.
"H-hey, Lee," Kiba said, "Could you find Iruka-sensei for us? We're going to need his consent."
"Yoish! I will tell him in two minutes! And if I cannot do that, I must build two more homes in an hour!" Lee answered and ran off passed them.
Kiba sighed in relief and apologized, "Sorry about that; Lee can seem pretty weird but you'll get used to it." Akamaru tugged on Kiba's pants to gain his attention and barked.
"Aah, I forgot I had nursery duty! Drat, I hope Shino covered up for me!" Kiba exclaimed, "Darn that Naruto; Hinata, please take care of things here, okay?" Without waiting for Hinata's answer, the two Foxes ran off towards another house.
"S-sorry, Sasuke-kun…" Hinata apologized.
"Ah, Hinata, there you are," a voice said.
They both turned to see a middle-aged Fox with a tied-up ponytail and a scar running along his nose. He wore a green vest and bluish pants and there was a blue headband on his forehead with some sort of symbol…
Hinata replied, "Ah, yes, Iruka-sensei; N-Naruto-kun brought a new W-Wolf to our Pack. His name is S-Sasuke…"
Iruka scanned over Sasuke with a slight frown, which turned a smile almost immediately; "Hello, there. I'm Umino Iruka but everyone calls me Iruka-sensei because I taught them about the dangers of the world."
"U-um, Iruka-sensei, doesn't Sasuke-kun n-need a Konoha headband too?" Hinata questioned him.
Iruka answered, "He will but he has to pass Naruto's test to see which color he is."
"Color?" Sasuke inquired, out loud.
Iruka turned towards Sasuke and clarified, "Well, since you're a Wolf, you should know about hierarchies. Wolves' hierarchies consist of Alpha Male and Female, Beta Male and Female, an Omega, and the others. Naruto's hierarchy is similar to that." Sasuke nodded to tell him that he was following.
He resumed, "Naruto is the Alpha Male; he'll call upon another Alpha Male or Female if he needs them. There's the Beta Male and Beta Female, which take care of the Pack while he's gone. Then, there's the Cora and Dena Males and Females, which have jobs according to which rank they are; Cora usually builds houses and may help Naruto hunt while Dena takes care of the lowest rank: Eva. Eva are basically the youngsters which need lots of tending to."
Hinata added, "The Alphas h-have orange headbands, B-Betas have y-yellow-green headbands, Coras have g-green, Denas h-have blue, and Evas have b-black…"
Sasuke nodded.
Suddenly, a rapid gust of wind passed by, almost knocking down Hinata and Sasuke. However, it didn't knock down Iruka, whom already expected it.
"Yo," a voice greeted, appearing behind Iruka. He had gray gravity-defying hair with a mask that covered his mouth and nose. He had Wolf ears and tail, his green headband covered his left eye, and he was reading something.
"Kakashi… didn't I tell you to stop doing that?" Iruka asked, looking over his shoulder with an exasperated expression; he snatched the item away from Kakashi's hands and scolded, "And don't read this in front of innocent children!!"
Kakashi smiled and put both his hands up in the air; "Now, now, there's no need to make a fuss, right, I-ru-ka?"
Iruka blushed a bit, sighed, and gave the item back, "You can still read the book… just not in front of children."
"Hinata, Hinata!" a feminine voice called out.
A girl with Fox ears and tail came running, panting a bit. She had her brown hair tied in two buns, wore a whitish shirt with some pinkish pants, and wore a blue headband around her forehead.
"Hinata…" the girl said, "Konohamaru and his friends are messing up the nursery again… Can you help us? Kiba and Shino aren't doing very well…"
Hinata answered, "A-all right, Tenten." She bowed towards Iruka and Sasuke and then left with Tenten.
"So…" Kakashi said, looking over Sasuke, "This is the new Wolf, huh? You think he's going to be anything like I was?"
"If you mean by confused, stubborn, and obnoxious, then probably not," Iruka responded. (Me: Boy, he's very wrong. XP)
Kakashi faked hurt and placed a hand over his heart, "Iruka, you've shattered my soul! Now, what is there left of me?"
"So, Sasuke," Iruka said, catching his attention, "what's your first impression on Naruto?"
Sasuke scoffed and replied, "He's a cold Fox with the brain of a dobe. He leaves his jobs to his underlings and doesn't bother to do it himself. He's probably dozing off in the forest and telling the other two with him to hunt for him."
"So that's what you think of me?" a familiar voice queried.
Sasuke turned around and saw Naruto's orange jumpsuit stained with red marks that varied in size; parts of his blond hair had red in it, as well.
"And I'm guessing that you're going to say that these blood stains were of my friends while I was in the middle of a fight, aren't you?" Naruto inquired, giving him a wry smile; "Neji, Shikamaru, and I just caught three deer and a moose. Could you two help them put it in the storage? I need to clean off." Without waiting for an answer, he walked off into one of the houses.
Iruka slightly glared at Sasuke before muttering a "Kakashi, please take care of Sasuke" and walked off.
Kakashi sighed and informed Sasuke, "You know, being the Pack Leader is very rough on Naruto. He actually does the most work out of everyone in his Pack. Although he may seem unfriendly, he's a big softy inside. Not to mention, Naruto knows more about the world than anyone I've ever seen."
Kakashi walked off a bit and stopped; "Whether or not you like it, you're staying in this Pack," he told Sasuke, "Now, hurry up; we have to bring the meat into the storage house."
"Why are you telling me to hurry up?" Sasuke asked but followed, nonetheless.
Kakashi replied, "Iruka is a Dena so he can't do any house duties; carrying meat inside the storage is a several man job and you're the only other one who was with me. My common sense tells me he's going to make you a Cora."
Sasuke blinked as he stopped. But… he just insulted the Alpha Male! If Naruto was anything like his brother, he would have stripped him to Omega.
But wait a minute…
Naruto wasn't Itachi…
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Wow, I wrote eleven pages… that's the highest I've ever written. But, considering this is a Naruto fanfic, that's probably only fifteen percent of how much others do. I have this feeling that everything's going a bit fast. If it is, tell me, okay?
I know this chapter is kind of Sasuke-centric but I have this feeling that he wasn't included much… Oh, and Sasuke didn't notice Naruto's cheek scars because they were faint and he didn't see Naruto that long in this chapter. It'll come up sooner or later; maybe in chapter two or three.
Naruto's hierarchy is made up, just so you know. (Though, who wouldn't? XP)
I'm having trouble picking other pairings. So far, the undecided pairings are:
KibaHina
ShinoKiba
ShikaIno
NejiShika
NejiTen
NejiLee
LeeSaku
I set up a poll about the pairings in my profile. Please vote?
I'm already working on the next chapter but don't expect it out so soon. The reason for this: TESTING. And homework, not to mention. Plus, I have other fanfics to update. To add onto that, I have to deal with my younger sisters… So, I have a troublesome life. (Sorry for stealing your catch phrase, Shikamaru! XP)
Oh, if you're wondering where the title's from, I was reading The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe a while ago. This story didn't come from that book, however, it came from reading different Naruto stories. XP
Also… should this have lemons? I'm not sure if I can write them with my parents hovering over my head but I can try. Leave your reply in your review! (- Cough - and please say something nice about my fanfic! – Cough -)
The latest I'll have the next chapter is about a week and a half or so. Hopefully, I'll have the next update soon.
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Bye!
Edited 07/10/08