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Beastly Instinct

Chapter 1: Spring Miscarriage

The first scent he smelled when he woke up was the sweet fragrant of spring wind mixed with flower, grass, and damp soil. A ray of sunlight fell to his drowsy eyes and blinded his vision in its brilliance, causing him to whimper out in annoyance, blocking the light with his palm.

He furrowed his eyebrows as he tried to open his heavy eyelids. He looked around and finally found it was already morning. Bringing his body to sit, he yawned loudly. A pair of fangs was seen clearly as he yawned widely, stretching his body to relieve stiff nerves.

Then he paused.

He felt a strange painful sensation surging within his stomach and a wave of heat pooling, he could hear the beats of his heart accelerating in his keen ears. A very familiar sensation he knew too well, but not too fond of.

Naruto perked up when his ears caught a bell's jingles.

He decided to ignore the odd sensation and got off the bed to see the coming costumer. He walked over to the entrance and turned the door knob, peeking his head through the loophole. He scanned the surroundings and found no one was around, except Kiba, who was playing Frisbee with some cubs in the yard. Other than that, the hallway was cleared. The others must be still asleep.

Soundlessly, Naruto closed the door behind him and walked towards the main hall of the house, where the house's caretaker and the costumer supposed to be. The blonde stopped and hid himself behind the wall as he caught their forms, taking in the sight of a dark-haired female who was talking with Kakashi in the counter.

"How may I help you, Miss?" The silver haired man asked politely.

"Yes, please. I am here to fetch a cat. But it's not mine, I'm just representing the owner." The woman said, sounding a bit nervous. She seemed a bit surprised by the size of the house.

"Oh. Yes, I understand. Then please follow me, and please show the ownership document." Kakashi said, smiling commercially at the brunette.

Naruto hid his ears beneath his hands as Kakashi led the costumer to another hall, waiting until the two vanished from his line of view. When they did, Naruto peeked in and scanned the hallway again, mewling in please when he found the hallway was empty, yet again.

Stealthily, he slowly walked past the main hallway and approached a door under the stairs, the basement door. He paused when he heard sounds coming from the west corridor, almost immediately ducked in to the counter. Naruto heard giggles of females came closer as he held his breath, identifying them as Ino's and Sakura's voices.

"Eh! Kakashi-san is not here!" He heard Ino whined.

"Maybe he's in the yard?" Sakura's voice said.

"Really? Let's go check it!" Naruto heard them began walking again, but one of them suddenly stopped. "Hey, I smell something." She said.

"What?"

"I think…it smells like Naruto-san." Naruto held his breath.

"Really? I don't smell anything…" Sakura said.

"It's because your nose isn't as sharp as mine!" Ino gushed. "But…I guess it's just me. The scent is fading, he must've already left. You know his scent is very strong. Anyway, let's go. I'm hungry!"

Naruto heard their footsteps began fading and he sighed in relief. He slowly stood up. Wasting no time, he approached the basement door under the stairs, grabbing the handle. Once again scanned his surroundings, in case those girls were returning. But he found none of them.

Maybe Ino's nose wasn't as sharp as it used to be.

Naruto went down the stairs and saw a huge stall was placed in the middle of the room. He approached the stall, smelling the cleanliness and lavender-scented soap. Kakashi must've washed it yesterday. Unlocking the entrance, he went in and settled himself on dry straws. Feeling the straws plucking to his stomach didn't seem very comfortable, but he decided to endure. Naruto lowered his head as he tried to ignore the painful wave circling inside his cavity.

I must hold it until the week is over, he mused to himself, a wave of sleepiness overcame his mind as he relaxed his body.

When he closed his eyes, Naruto smelled the scent of cherry blossom and green grass, and most of all, irresistible sweet sugary fragrant that the wind carried from outside. He knew it was only a matter of time before the whole house became overflowed by the thick scent.

It would be best to stay asleep when the time came.

"…As I was saying, it would be best if you remain cautious while approaching it." Kakashi explained as they walked down the hallway. The brunette costumer walked beside him, nodding understandingly.

"Yes, I will do my best not to intimidate it." She said with a smile, contrary to her paling feature.

"And here we are." The silver-haired man exclaimed as he stood in front of a door located under the stairs, grabbing the door knob. "Oh. And he's put in a stall, don't worry about it. You may need something to lift it, though. The beautiful thing is quite heavy."

"Oh! How heavy is it?" She asked.

Kakashi gave a thoughtful gesture. "Well, the largest may weighed over a ton." When he saw her blanching face, he immediately added with a smile. "But this one weighed only several hundreds of kilogram. He's quite light."

"I see," The brunette muttered, repositioning her dropping spectacles in nervous manner.

Kakashi turned to the door. "Now let's proceed—"

When he was about to turn the knob, sudden barks echoed throughout the hallway, causing Kakashi to pause. Then seconds later a black dog came running towards the two with another animal that looked like a huge black cat tailing lazily from behind him. The dog approached the silver-haired man in hurry, sticking out its tongue as if he had run a mile.

Kakashi crouched down to its eye level. "What is it?" He asked.

The black dog barked aloud, seemingly talking to the man. And Kakashi nodded as if he understood. Then Kakashi got on his feet and turned to the female costumer. "I'm very, very sorry, Miss. I have to go to the maternity. There is a mother in labor waiting for me there."

"What?" She gaped in disbelief, eyes wide.

"Don't worry. He's very calm. He won't bite you. I will call some men to help you." Then Kakashi turned to the black dog, patting a hand over his head. The dog stuck his tongue out and licked his hand. "Let's go, Kiba."

Then the man walked away in a rush with the black dog in his side. But as he vanished from her view, the huge jet black feline stayed at the corner, settling himself. The brunette reeled back when its golden eyes caught her form, eying quietly at her from head to toe as if judging.

The brunette suddenly felt a chill running down her spines, she felt a bead of cold sweat trickled down her temples. Quickly, she lashed behind the door, slamming it close on the other side.

"What is that…?" She muttered shakily. "It looks…looks like a panther."

She shook her head, trying to regain composure. "Alright, alright. Calm down, Karin. You can deal with this. You're here to fetch the cat you're asked for. It's your job. After this you can get the hell out of here, then get a praise from your hot boss." She inhaled deeply and exhaled.

Turning on her back, she went down the stairway to a large room she presumed as the basement. When she reached the bottom, a sight of a lone stall came to her view. Gulping, she gathered her courage and approached the stall. She was close enough with the stall when she heard steady breaths coming from inside the cage. Reluctantly, she walked to the front and peeked in.

Then her eyes widened and her jaw dropped a few inches at the sight, reeling back unconsciously.

"Oh my God…"

Sasuke hung up the phone, clenching his jaw tightly in irritation.

Then he cast a look at the brunette vassal from the lowered window, who immediately nodded in understanding, a tense look overcoming his face. He realized his master was irritated. A quick look at his face and you'll know. He was an Uchiha, even though he showed no distinct facial expression, the eyes screamed it all.

The Uchiha wasn't amused.

He immediately stepped off the car when the servant opened it for him, shoving his briefcase into his hands. Sasuke walked past maids who greeted him along his way, as he entered the mansion. The servant was having a hard time tailing him from behind, bringing the briefcase.

Gritting his teeth, Sasuke sped.

A cat, he mused angrily, he sent me here all the way there just to fetch a damn feline, and now he said he couldn't make it after all?

Sasuke didn't heed the maids' and servants' respectful bows as he strolled down the hallway, stopping when he reached the end of hallway, where his secretary, Karin, was waiting for him in front of a room.

"Where is it?" The Uchiha demanded.

"Behind the door." Karin answered, glancing at the two-leaves door. "We've caged it inside."

"Good." Sasuke said, releasing a relieved sigh. Suddenly feeling hot, he pulled at his tie, missing the look on his secretary's face as he did.

Glancing at the closed door that was guarded by two bodyguards on either side, he wrinkled his nose incredulously. "I can't believe this." He moaned out.

"A private room just for a cat. Ridiculous. Not even a Hollywood star's pet get this much of luxury. If he's not a business partner, I wouldn't grant this ridiculous request." Sasuke uttered, furrows emerged between his eyebrows.

"Um, sir?" Karin reluctantly called. "I'm sorry, but the cat that we were told to get…turns out isn't exactly…um, ordinary."

Sasuke looked at her, an eyebrow raised. "What do you mean?"

"Well, it's…big, a big cat. A really big cat." Karin tried to explain. "I guess it's…a lion."

The Uchiha looked at her incredulously. "A lion?"

Karin reluctantly nodded. "Yes, but I'm not sure. Maybe it's a lion, or a leopard or a tiger, I really don't know. I've never seen a cat like that and…it looks like a lion, but its tail…" Then she paused for quite a long moment.

"Karin, you're not being specific and you're only confusing me." Sasuke stated, sounding annoyed. "Besides, it makes no sense that Mr. Orochimaru wants us to deliver a lion to him. I don't even know if it's legal. Are you really sure with this?"

Karin seemed reluctant herself, but Sasuke didn't spare her time to think further. In the end, she gave out an exasperated stomp and moaned out, "Oh, I don't know! Maybe you should see it yourself!" She said, a sour look overcame her face.

Sasuke twitched at her antic, but decided to overlook it this time. If her revelation was true, then Orochimaru wanted Sasuke to deliver an illegal animal for him. Of course he knew not of the law for delivering wildlife animals, but he knew an error will result in bad image to his company.

Sasuke couldn't risk that.

In contrary, he might also risk his partnership with the man, if he stuck his nose to where it didn't belong. But a single loss of a business partner wouldn't hurt that much either, rather than losing a whole company. An investigation must be done. Sasuke had to know what kind of animal given to his care.

Besides, a quick look wouldn't break a leg.

"Karin." Sasuke finally said, turning to Karin. "Do you have the papers?"

"Yes, right here." His secretary handed him a folder of document.

The Uchiha received it, briefly flipping the first page. Then he closed it. "Alright then, I'll take a look at it. Just in case."

Sasuke walked over to the door, Karin tailed him from behind. He nodded to the door guards and they unlocked the door, opening it for him. Sasuke flipped the folder again as he entered the room, reading the document papers. He didn't seem to pay attention to the sweet smell that walked past his nostrils when he entered.

Spiral Petshop? He read the store where they got the feline. Is there any petshop that sells lions? Unless it's a circus, I don't think I've ever heard of one. The door was closed behind him, and Sasuke stopped on his track, looking thoughtful.

Spiral Petshop…Store co-owner…Hatake Kakashi…signed…Orochimaru. This paper is signed and legal!

He leaned to Karin, showing the document to her. "Karin, are you sure this shop is an ordinary petshop?"

When he realized the girl didn't answer his question, Sasuke glanced to her, only to find a petrified brunette. Sasuke was surprised to see the girl was standing motionless on her feet, face strangely flushed and her eyes seemed blank and focused, in such intensity that she didn't seem to notice Sasuke's presence.

Sasuke raised a puzzled brow.

Slowly, he turned his head and gazed in line with what had kept his secretary busy, when his dark onyx eyes caught a glimpse of something moving in the bed, his eyes went wide and the papers and folders scattered to his feet.

There was a man in the bed.

To say a man, he really more like a boy, a teenage boy. But what caught Sasuke's attention was the fact that he wore absolutely nothing to cover himself. He was bare for the world to witness, from head to toe. There were three pairs of animalistic scars on each of his cheek, resembling whiskers. And the next thing that stunned Sasuke, was his ears.

Ears. Were they ears? They were big and odd shaped. And furry. Very furry. They didn't look anything like how human ears should be. They were positioned a bit upper than his eyes, that flashed blue as they met with Sasuke's dark onyx. Sometimes tinges of red emerged on the pupils.

"So you're the owner of this place." The blonde boy said, eying at Sasuke with half-lidded eyes. He looked drowsy as if just awakened from a long sleep. "Honestly, why did you bring me to such place? Well, the bed is comfortable and fluffy, but nothing beats my own bed." He said, oddly resembling purrs.

Sasuke gaped, suddenly lost his voice.

The boy with odd ears yawned loudly, showing off a serial of teeth, with a pair of particularly sharp fangs glinted in light. A pair of fangs that was a bit too big and nasty in Sasuke's perception. Then the boy got on his hands and knees, arching his back like a bow, purring.

Taking in the sight, Sasuke unconsciously gulped. His eyes wandered to the boy's arching body. He somehow found it intriguing.

The blonde straightened his arms forth and his hips jutted back, once again whimpering in low purrs, screwing his eyes shut. Then he stuck out his tongue and began licking his knuckle like a cat washing itself. And suddenly Sasuke couldn't find air, eyes tightly locked to the boy, observing as his tongue left wet trails of saliva on his knuckle, how the tongue moved. In and out, in and out.

Sasuke felt something odd surging within his body, something resembling cold and yet searing hot. The more he saw the boy, the more those feelings strengthened. He didn't understand, and he couldn't stop it either.

He heard a small 'thump' beside him, and he saw Karin had collapsed. Her face awfully flushed and there were blood trails beneath her nostrils, though she was still moving.

The boy glanced up from his cat-washing activity, staring at the collapsed female. "Oh. Sorry. Not a very strong female, isn't she?" He lazily said, then glancing at Sasuke. He observed him the Uchiha from head to toe, seemingly intrigued. Sasuke felt like a product being displayed and appraised under his gaze.

"Hmm. You seem pretty strong, human. What's your name?" He asked, lolling his head to side. His eyes gleamed from blue to red.

Sasuke only stared at him, moving his mouth but no sound emerging.

"Not telling me? How mean, and here I am asking you nicely." The boy said, pouting a mouthful.

Sasuke suddenly had a strange urge to walk over there and just kiss the hell of—No! What am I thinking!? His logic reminded him. What is this? This boy makes me feel odd.

"Oh well, I can go there and get it myself then." The statement caused Sasuke to look up to him.

Then the blonde got off the bed with a jump, and Sasuke's eyes went wide when he noticed another strange trait the boy possessed.

Nine tails.

Nine fluffy, fuzzy, golden-colored tails were swaying behind the boy as he approached closer. They didn't look like fake, it seemed so real, and alive, and…moving. Seeing the tails, Sasuke suddenly recalled Karin's statement.

"Yes, but I'm not sure. Maybe it's a lion, or a leopard or a tiger, I really don't know. I've never seen a cat like that and…it looks like a lion, but its tail…"

Tail.

Nine tails.

Did this mean…?

Impossible, Sasuke mused, she was talking about an animal, not a person. This kid might be strange, but he looks more like a human than some feline to me.

"Hey, human lady. Can you be so kind and tell me what this person's name is?" Sasuke whipped his head towards the boy, who was crouching beside the awakening girl, who looked like she was about to faint again from the closeness of the boy.

"A-aah…he…his name…is…is…Uchiha Sasuke…" The woman stuttered, staring dreamily at the smiling boy. Her face was heavily flushed. "Now…now please…the two of you… VIOLATE ME—"

"So, you're Sasuke." The blonde cut, draping one of his tails onto the woman's face. Sasuke reeled back as the boy got closer, he felt heat suddenly rose to his face.

"Actually, it's not the perfect timing for a first meeting, since you're unfortunately enough to come across me when the cherry blossom is blooming. But it can't be helped, can it? It's a mistake anyway." He smiled, reducing his eyes to slits.

"My name's Uzumaki Naruto. As you can see, I'm not a human. I'm a hybrid." Then he glanced up to see puzzled dark eyes.

"Are you my new master?"

Sasuke's eyes went wide.

"…is probably what you want me to ask." The blonde continued, smiling deceitfully. "Unfortunately, you got the wrong package." He said, bending his body to grab the scattering papers from the floor.

Sasuke quirked an eyebrow.

"I mean you got the wrong cat." The blonde stated, shoving the papers into Sasuke's hands. "I guess the cat you're looking for is a snow leopard named Kimimaro. Do I look like anything snowy to you?"

Sasuke glanced up from the paper to the boy, his eyes wandered to his furry golden ears and nine fuzzy tails in the same color. He tried to refrain himself from eying at his sexual organ, but found it extremely hard to accomplish. Aside that, he knew that there wasn't a single white color in the boy's features.

"I don't think so." He said, averting his eyes.

He wasn't aware that the boy had been staring at him until the boy approached him closer, leaning so close to his face that Sasuke could see the change of his eye color. He felt his heart was ready to burst and the heat flooded on his face, a strange sensation soaring within.

"Take responsibility." The blonde suddenly said.

Sasuke's eyes widened. "W-what?"

The blonde grinned. "You've brought me here by mistake and against my will, don't you think it's rude not to take the responsibility? Take me home."

Sasuke was about to move his mouth and said something, when the blonde cut him again.

"Besides, you can fetch Kimimaro too, I guess it's what you humans call 'hit two birds with a stone?' It's convenient to you too." He added, pouting.

If only the boy's thing hadn't occasionally bumped against his thigh and he hadn't stuck his lower lip out and hadn't been utterly naked, Sasuke would've thrown a fierce argument. Too bad for him the boy had the whole package ready.

"I…" Sasuke stuttered.

"Please?" The blonde said, staring at the Uchiha with pleading eyes.

Don't look at me like that, Sasuke uncomfortably mused, feeling the heat rushed to somewhere more southern. "I guess…I could."

The blonde's expression suddenly lit up, a wide smile emerging on his lips and his eyes flashed bright blue. He threw his arms around Sasuke's neck and forcefully pulled him down, pressing his lips against his cheek in a soft kiss.

Pulling out, he smiled at the wide-eyed Uchiha. "Thanks, Sasuke." He jovially whispered.

Sasuke stared, wide-eyed and mouth slightly hung agape. He looked utterly taken aback.

"Let's go right away, I can't have Kakashi worried over me." The boy lightly said as he turned on his back, stretching his muscles. He glanced at the fainted female on the floor, seemingly worried. Then he glanced over his shoulder at the frozen Uchiha.

"And about your female—Ah." Naruto paused, taking in the sight of the Uchiha.

"Um, I'm really sorry, okay? I didn't mean to knock her out, and uh…" He scratched the back of his head nervously. "Sasuke…your nose is..."

The Uchiha slowly held up his chin to look up at the blonde. When he did, he felt something hot dripping from his nostrils to his chin. Curious, Sasuke brought a hand and touched it, pulling it away to see. His eyes widened at the sight of red sludge.

Blood.

Sasuke was sporting a nosebleed.

:To be continued…:

Note: Yes, the preview is not complete, you see. I added a nose-bleeding Sasuke. XD Oh, and I got a worried review from dirneces about whether this story will have OroNaru. And I feel the need to straighten this: Dear, don't worry; there won't be OroNaru. Even if I add it, it'll be so insignificant you'll forget it right away. And there will be NO OroNaru rape. No, never. The thought of Naruto being with anyone else but Sasuke itself frightens me. The SasuNaru fan's soul inside of me forbids! ;-)

Thank you for reading, and please tell me what you think!

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