Ok so this is a story i had in a document and i just thought about putting it up here. I havn't seen many storier where these guys are animals. Review to tell me if i should upload another chappy!

Warning: Will be yaoi/shounen-ai. SasukeXNaruto. There might be OOC in this, since i didnt see this as being a Naruto fanfic in the beginning.

Disclaimer: i dont own the sieries Naruto.

Enjoy!

-Nanami

Animals are Not as They Appear

Chapter 1: Sasuke Pt.1

Where did it go? Left or Right? Under that tree, or maybe in that hole? Where ever it went I must find it before the others do. My master does have a legacy to uphold.

You must be very confused right? Well let me clear things up. My name is Sasuke, a young black…well I don't really know what to call myself. I am a mix between a wolf and hunting dog. Don't ask me what kind, no one knows. My wolf side shows way too much though, my body almost completely mirrors a wolf's.

Most of my body is black, but my underside is white. My paws are much bigger than most dogs—evidence of my wolf heritage—they are a dark bluish-black color. My mussel is also white and my fur is always a mess, no matter how many times my master tries to brush it.

Even though I am young—or should I say a new hunter—I am one of the best around. I have to keep up with my brother. He became a hunter a year before me because…well all the humans call him 'the perfect hunter' if that gives you any hints. 'He can kill anything he's challenged with' that's what all the humans say. He's a natural, but I can't let him beat me. Don't get me wrong, this doesn't make him a cold-blooded killer or anything. Quite the opposite, see the sport of hunting is always misunderstood.

The art of hunting and being hunted is a very honorable achievement. Yes, animals do kill each other, but it's not a rabid killing. Once the hunter has its prey cornered they both stop. Then the prey will say something along the lines of 'Take your prize'. That's when I would attack. Never a painful death; I usually go for the throat. This might sound crazy to humans but in the animal kingdom its natural, the animal dies with honor. That's what the wise wild animals say.

Domestic animals, like me, don't understand any of this until you meet a wild animal. Its so interesting to listen to them, I never get bored listening to their tales. Humans would never understand them though; they are too weighed down by their greed. Just like their painful weapons; animals kill as painless as possible—well honorable ones do—but the humans weapons are the opposite. They will never understand anything above their greed. Don't get me wrong, they are still the 'masters' and we animals are the 'servants'. At least I am fortunate enough to have a caring master. He never shoots his weapon until he knows it will be a fatal hit. I am very lucky, a lot of hunting dogs aren't as lucky as me.

But back to what I was doing before. Which way? My master sent me out looking for our prey in this tournament. We have been practicing for weeks. I caught the sent of the animal a while ago and my master sent me after it. I think it might be a fox, but there's something different about it. It's such a delicious sent, it almost draws me in…Wait. I got the sent again!

I hear footsteps behind me. Must be my master, which means I'm going too slow. I break-out at a full out run to where the sent is leading me, without making any sound. The sent leads me through thick brush until I see a clearing up ahead. I stop and hide next to a bush, making no noise at all. I look over the bush and see a lake, how could I have not heard running water? My dark eyes keep scanning over the area until they stop. I see a tail, right behind that rock, only a couple of yards away. Found you, now it will be much easier to catch you. My master will be very pleased.

I start to walk around the bush and around some trees so I can get a better look at the animal. My teeth are barred, gigantic white fangs showing and I let a low growl escape my lips, but the animal doesn't seem to hear, they never do. I'm four trees down now, only a few more steps and I will be able to see my prize. I count down, three more steps…two more steps…one more…

And I stop. My mouth is wide open and my eyes are so wide they are almost falling out of their sockets. It's beautiful. I think it's a fox, maybe. The creature has nine long, flowing tails which are a little longer than its body. The tips are a golden color and shine when they hit the sun. The rest of the tails are a golden red color. The animals back was to me so I couldn't see its face but its back was the same golden red color as its tails. Its body was a lot like a wild dog's but its paws were smaller, much smaller than mine; also smaller than most dogs, as far as I could see.

Without thinking I stepped closer to the creature and out into the opening, completely revealing myself, but the creature still didn't move. That is until I stepped down and heard a 'crack'! Shoot! I stepped on a twig, not good. Unluckily the creature heard the noise and turned its head around and spotted me. I was captivated by its eyes, they were the lightest, sky blue I have even seen in contrast to its red coat; but the animal didn't look that young? Those enchanting eyes looked back at me and we both froze. I must have looked like an idiot, I was a hunting dog and I wasn't exactly hunting right now.

After a minute my mouth started to work and I spoke,

"What's your name?" What the heck?! And why do I ask the name of my prey?! The creature seemed to be confused too because it just looked at me and tilted its head to the side, blue eyes full of confusion. It opened its mouth and was about to say something until we both heard a noise from behind me. I looked out of the corner of my eye and saw my master. Crap, what does he think about this? He had his weapon raised in his hand. I crouched down, ready to pounce, my teeth bared once more. I looked back to the creature, it was a beauty. I was hesitant for a moment about attacking. It would be a pity for this creature to disappear, but then again that is a part of nature, isn't it? Oh well. I was at the ready; my eyes were fixed on my prey, I had the intent to kill. All I needed was the signal from my master and I would…

A gasp and I heard metal hit the ground. My poise relaxed and I turned around to see what was wrong. My master had his mouth open and his hands were at his sides. What's up with that? I turned back to look at the fox creature. All its tails were standing erect and its head was low to the ground, it made it look like it was on fire. Then I looked back to my master, he hadn't moved from his spot and his hands were still at his sides but he had collected himself a little.

"What are you?" he asked the creature. He must still have been in shock; why else would he ask that question. Animals couldn't talk to humans; that was a fact. Believe me I've tried many times before.

"Like you'll ever know" I heard come from the creature. Its voice was like silk; so smooth. It almost seemed to bring me into a trance. The beautiful shape and color of the creature, the intoxicating sent, and the spell binding voice. I was frozen at the spot, my mind completely drained of everything; this creature is amazing.

I heard a muffled yell come from behind me and a 'thump'. My body started to move again and I turned around and saw my master on the ground, there was a look of shock and terror on his face. Why?

"Wh-what?!" My master practically screamed. Wait a minute. Did that mean he understood?! That, that can't be true?!

That, that can't be true?! I probably gave myself whiplash by how fast I turned my head around to look at the fox creature again. It turned right around and looked me in the eye. It looked at me just like my master does, like the fox could look right through me; like it could read my thoughts. After a moment of just starring at each other the fox blinked and then spread its lips into a breathtaking smile. The fox nodded.

"What?!" I screamed, I didn't mean to but it was just my instant reaction. No animal has ever been able to speak to humans before. The fox just kept that smile on its face.

"Sasuke!" My master called. I'm guessing that bark came out louder than I thought. I turned my head to look at my master, he seemed displeased. He wasn't reprimanding me because I wasn't attacking the fox; that would be a different command. My ears went back and I dropped myself low to the ground in a show of submissiveness. He looked at me harshly and then turned to look at the fox, I barley turned my head in the direction, making sure to keep my position.

Ok, now I was getting mad, was the fox actually laughing?! The fox had a stupid grin on its face and looked like the fox was trying to suppress a laugh. Ya, that got me mad, the animal was laughing at me. I let out a low, threatening growl that shut the fox up instantly. Those beautiful blue eyes widened as the fox turned to look at me.

"No Sasuke" That was a command, ok my master really wasn't pleased. I was disobeying him. Well I'm sorry but that stupid…beautiful…fox was getting on my nerves.

Before I had a chance to look back to my master I heard dogs barking, not very far from where we were. No, that meant they probably found the sent from the nine tailed beauty. I think said beauty realized it to because its body became rigid and there was fear in its eyes. I didn't know what to do. My master didn't want me to attack the creature, well at least I think. He hasn't told me to. But then what was I supposed to do? The barks were getting louder, they were getting closer.

"Shoot!" My master cursed. He quickly stood and looked around; he relaxed a little when he didn't see any of the hunter's or their dogs. "Listen Sasuke" he said turning around to face me "take the fox and go hide. I don't want any of the others to hear about this got it." My master looked down at me with a frown and my ears dropped. "Sasuke, keep him safe got it." That was a clear order…Wait; did he just say 'him'?! That means the animal I've been pinning over was...a…guy. Oh boy. I'm guessing my confusion was displayed on my face because my master's expression softened and he pat me on the head. Something he usually never does. "Listen, don't let that get your hopes down" My eyes widened, how did he…?

I heard the sound of dogs, they were much closer, a few more seconds and they would be here. Not good, those dogs wouldn't stop; they would rip the fox apart. While most hunters hunt with pride, I told you some do not. Those were the ones that were headed for us. I turned away from my master and looked at the fox. He was scarred, utterly scarred. His ears were flat on his head and his tails were in-between his legs. Why would a wild animal be scarred? Hasn't he seen hunters before? Well not the time to figure that out. I raced up next to the fox and started to push him with my head. I didn't realize he was that small. He only stood about an inch higher than my stomach. I guess he was pretty young. I kept pushing him, trying to get him to move, and slowly he started to.

"What are you…?" He started but I cut him off. I guess he was out of it to not hear the conversation my master and I just had.

"Come on hurry. My master told me to get you out of here." I hurriedly said, starting to walk a little faster. That seemed to be enough for him at the moment because he started to follow behind me. I kept picking up my pace until I was going at a run, the fox right behind me.

How was it? i know the animal thing is a bit wierd but ya need to try different things every now and again. I was thinking about changing up the POV to different characters every chappy or so. I would love reviews! this is my first try at First POV! tell me if i should continue!

-Nanami