Yet another new story! ...well, this one have been lying on my mac for a while, I'd forgotten it, actually. Hope you like it though! (And wow, this one actually has a title!)

DISCLAIMER FOR THE WHOLE STORY: I don't own Naruto.

TEAM WEREWOLF

At the young age of 7, a blonde boy and his two companions were playing in the park. They were all alone, due to different circumstances.

The blonde was an orphan, and hated by more or less the whole village. His name was Naruto.

His female companion was a civilian child, with bright pink hair. She was waiting for her abusive parents. Her name was Sakura.

The last companion was a black-haired boy, being ignored by his family, and overshadowed by his older brother. His name was Sasuke.

The three had met in the park two weeks ago, and had become friends quickly. All three because of their need for attention, affection. Of course, they didn't dare tell their parents.

Sakura's parents were alcoholics, not caring about her the least, though they usually came to pick her up…at midnight. She didn't tell them about Naruto, because she had once seen them blow up only at the mentioning of his name.

Sasuke's parents were the head of the Uchiha clan and his wife. The clan head cared for naught but power, and strength, and hated the blonde boy with a passion, for reasons unspoken. His wife simply followed, caring for her sons, with a tired sort of affection, never once doing anything else than told by her husband.

Naruto was an orphan. His parents were unknown to most, but if they knew, he would not have been treated as bad as he was. His parents were the Yondaime Hokage of Konohagakure no Sato, and Aka no shi, ANBU captain. They died in the Kyuubi attack, 7 years ago. Aka no shi by birthing Naruto, and going out to fight.

Yondaime Hokage by sealing the terrible beast into his own son.

Whatever the circumstances, they were now playing at the park. Their movements were free, happy, and so they noticed not the glowing eyes of a predator in the shadows.

Quick as lightning, the predator attacked.

The three children screamed.

The predator stretched its jaws wide, and clamped down on Naruto's shoulder. The young boy tried to get away, but to no avail. The predator held on tight.

Sakura suddenly backed away, and began running. The predator let go of Naruto and bolted after her, jaws snapping together around an arm. Naruto was barely conscious, and Sasuke didn't know what to do.

"Fire style, great fireball jutsu!" He yelled desperately, having formed seals just before, and breathed out. A decently sized fireball shot out and hit the predator, lighting up its frame, showing a huge wolf-creature. It howled in agony, releasing Sakura, and attacking Sasuke.

Sasuke screamed as the predator bit his shoulder as well. "Let go! Let go!" He yelled in fear, his only two friends long gone in blissful unconsciousness, and before he knew it, he had followed their example.

XXX

Naruto blinked blearily as he tried to focus on his surroundings. He suddenly bolted up of the bed he was lying in…wait, bed? The blonde boy turned to see that he had indeed been lying in a bed. Everything was white…hospital?

The door opened, and an old man with red and white robes came in, looking surprised to see Naruto awake.

"Ah, Naruto. How are you feeling?" He asked. Naruto blinked. "Jiji? What am I doing here? Where are Ra-chan and Ke?" He asked urgently. The old man frowned. "You and two other kids were found unconscious with grave injuries two nights ago. Any reason why?" He asked.

Naruto scowled in frustration. "Something attacked us! But where is Ra and Ke!" He exclaimed. The Hokage sighed. "They're in another room. Come, I'll show you." He said, and walked out. The young boy quickly followed, ignoring the fact that he was wearing nothing but a hospital robe.

XXX

"Ra! Ke! You're awake!" Naruto cheered as he saw them looking cautiously around. They instantly relaxed when they heard Naruto's voice, and saw him together with an old man. Sasuke frowned. "Ah, Hokage-sama, right?" He wondered. The old man nodded with a warm smile.

"Indeed. Now, would you care to enlighten me about what happened that night?" He asked. Sakura shivered. "Well, we were playing, and then something attacked Ruto and bit him!" She exclaimed. Naruto nodded. "It hurt a lot, but Ra began running, so it went to bite her too!" He said.

"And then, I did my fireball jutsu on it, but it got angry, and bit me too!" Sasuke explained. The Hokage looked serious. "I see. I am afraid that we know nothing about it. You three had dangerous wounds, and I am afraid they left some scars." He nodded at them.

They looked at each other. Naruto had a large bite mark over his right shoulder, stretching down to the middle of his arm. Sasuke had a similar scar on his left shoulder. Sakura had two scars going across her arm. She frowned, seeing stitches over the scars.

"You were about to loose your arm." The Hokage explained patiently.

Sakura nodded carefully. "Wh-What about our parents? Where are they?" She wondered. The Hokage's face became heavy with sorrow and regret. "Your parents were found dead in a bar yesterday. They didn't come before either." He said.

Sasuke frowned. "What about mine?" He asked. The Hokage looked even more sorrowful. "…Dead. As a matter of fact, your whole clan was killed the night you were attacked." He explained. Sasuke was shocked. "What about Ita-nii!" He exclaimed.

The Hokage looked slightly surprised that Sasuke cared more for his brother than his parents, but left it alone. "I am afraid that he was the one killing them all." He said. Sasuke narrowed his eyes. "I don't care. Where is my Onii-chan?" He demanded.

The Hokage's eyes widened. "…He's gone. He left Konoha, with only one message…" He closed his eyes and gave a paper slip to Sasuke, who read it.

"Sasuke.

I have killed them all. I'm sorry, but it was needed.

I had to leave, as I did not want to be killed myself.

Stay with your friends. Maybe we'll see each other again.

If you want to know the secrets of the clan, go beneath the seventh tatami mat from the right in the Naka shrine. You may take your friends with you.

I will forever love you and be your Onii-chan.

Itachi."

The black-haired boy was surprised to find tears falling from his eyes, and his two friends giving him a strong hug. "Itachi…I love you too." He whispered, putting the slip in his pocket. The Hokage smiled sadly and retreated out of the room to let the three youngsters bond in peace.

XXX

"That is scandalous! You cannot let a 7 year old boy live on his own!" A frustrated voice could be heard. The Hokage sighed, and looked at his advisor, Koharu. "If Naruto-kun is able to live on his own without even a place to live, then I'm certain Sasuke-kun will be able to live in the Uchiha compound. Besides, he will not be living all alone. His two adopted siblings will stay there as well." He explained tiredly.

The third inhabitant of the office pursed his lips. "Adopted siblings, you say? Who are these?" He asked. The Hokage frowned. "Uzumaki Naruto and Haruno Sakura…though they are now known as Uchiha. Something strange have happened, and I fear separating them will cause more damage than they can take." He sighed heavily.

The man, Homura, nodded. "Very well. But what about food?" He asked. The Hokage closed his eyes. "Hatake Kakashi is to buy food for them until they are old enough to do it themselves. He is also ordered to check on them, to ensure everything is alright." He explained, and dismissed the two half-satisfied elders.

With yet another sigh, the old Hokage looked out the window, to the large faces made in stone. "Oh, Minato. It wasn't supposed to be like this…"

XXX

A few days later, the kids had accustomed themselves to live in the huge mansion by themselves. They had explored the place, and found lots of different things for different use. Sasuke now always carried with him a flute he had found, while Sakura carried a book about chakra training and uses, and Naruto had found a very nice violin, unused.

But as time went by, it soon neared full moon. They became restless, annoyed, and found themselves itching to hunt, of all things. Sakura, reading a book she had found, came up with an idea. "Ruto, Ke! I found a jutsu that can be used to delve into ones mindscape! Maybe we can find the reason that we're so restless there?" She asked.

Sasuke came over and looked at the page, where it was lots of info.

The jutsu was quite easy, but dangerous. If one got lost in ones mindscape, one would possibly stay there forever. With the jutsu came another one, to merge mindscapes together, in other words making a mental bond.

Naruto summed up their thoughts in three words. "Let's do it!"

XXX

It was strange, the three kids thought, as they trudged trough a forest landscape with a starry sky. So far, they'd seen nothing, but they had a feeling that something was watching them. It was far from a reassuring feeling, in any case.

Naruto suddenly saw that the forest ended at a giant prison. He frowned, confused. "What's thi-!" He yelped and jumped out of the way from a giant claw. A red furred animal was barely visible behind the bars. "So you have finally come. And with friends too?" A powerful, low voice rumbled.

Naruto gaped. Sasuke trembled with silent fright. Sakura shivered.

"Who…are you?" Naruto asked cautiously. The creature laughed. "You don't know? Boy, I am the Kyuubi no Youko." It said calmly. Naruto's eyes widened. "The Kyuubi? But, how are you here in our mindscape?" He wondered.

The Kyuubi chuckled. "I'm a part of yours. You see, boy, I am sealed in you. You remember the book you read not to long ago, about seals? You have one of those with me inside it." It explained patiently.

Sasuke frowned at the large fox. "How come you're so nice? We were told you were a ravaging beast." He demanded. The fox looked at him with a smirk. "That's what the stories say. I daresay I'm quite civilized, as a matter of fact. And also, you are children. Children are the most precious of all kinds, though not all humans seem to understand that." It explained.

Sakura tilted her head sadly. The fox stuck out the tip off its tail and stroked her with it. "Don't be sad. You have a new family now." The fox soothed gently.

Naruto suddenly started. "Oh, Kyuubi! Why are you sealed in me?" He asked. The Kyuubi tilted its head. "Because I was lost in my rage, because of a strange jutsu. A blonde man, quite similar to you, as a matter of fact, sealed me in here, to save his precious village." It said, frowning.

Sasuke looked at Naruto and Sakura. "Um, wasn't the reason we did this jutsu to find out why we were so restless?" He asked. The Kyuubi frowned. "You need not go any further. I know. The creature you all were bitten by is known as a werewolf. It's a lesser demon-type. By biting people with its fangs, it can make them into werewolves as well. I am afraid that you will experience the first change pretty soon. And it will hurt." It warned.

Naruto scrunched up his nose. "Well, thanks for the help Kyuubi." He smiled slightly. The Kyuubi grinned, and looked at them all. "Since you all made a mental connection, I may be able to speak to you as well. And it seems to have lessened the tightness of the seal too. During your change, I will use my chakra to soothe your muscles, Naruto. If I am patient enough, I am sure I will manage to do it for you two as well." He nodded to them, and retreated to the back of his cage.

The three children faded out of the mindscape.

XXX

"So…we're going to turn into werewolves?" Sakura broke the silence. Naruto frowned thoughtfully. "Yeah. It might not be all bad though." He muttered. Sasuke raised an eyebrow. "Why not?" He wondered. Naruto grimaced. "Well, think about it. Werewolves are said to be very strong. They have exceptional senses, and an intimidating form." He explained. His two friends nodded thoughtfully.

Sakura looked out the window, up to the sky. "…There are clouds in front of the moon…but they're going away…ack!" She squirmed as a beam of moonlight hit her. Naruto and Sasuke grimaced as she began tossing her head from side to side. "It's starting already…Let's get it over with, ne?" Naruto suggested, and exposed his hand to the moonlight.

Sasuke sighed and followed his lead.

XXX

"Gyaah!"

Kyuubi winced as he heard the young ones screams trough the mental link. Red chakra floated trough the bars, and on the outside, Naruto was already covered with it. Kyuubi concentrated, and made the chakra reach out to the other two children as well.

Using the chakra, he got a pretty good picture of what the children looked like. Sakura had light grey fur all over, and her ears were changing. Her teeth were coughed up, and her nose pushed out into a snout, making place for all the new teeth.

Sasuke had the beginning of a tail, his ears were changed, and dark grey fur was erupting all over him, nails changed rapidly into claws. His onyx eyes had flickered to red, with one tomoe in each.

Naruto was changing the fastest, and was almost done. He had grey fur, with darker grey fur between his shoulders, on his chest and his right leg. Sharp claws adorned his hands and feet, and white teeth glinted in the moonlight.

All three had a strange white patch of fur around their left eye. It was a half-circle, hollowed inside, like a moon. It was extremely detailed, to the point that inside the curling lines, one could see a wolf running on the surface of the moon.

It took only about 10 minutes, but for the children, it felt like hours. When they were done, they were all taller than their normal height by about 15 cm, and much more muscular. Sakura was slimmer than her two male friends, who had a more compact build.

"Ah, it's over. That's good." They started when they heard Kyuubi's voice in their heads. "K-Kyuubi? How did it go?" Naruto stammered, and blinked at his voice, which was much rougher than usual.

Kyuubi chuckled. "It went fine. Go take a look in the mirror." He suggested. The three children turned wolves rushed into the bathroom, and stared in awe. "Wow. Can we…can we control the transformation by will?" Sasuke wondered. The Kyuubi shrugged.

"Probably. It also seems that you can change into full wolf form as well." He informed them. Sakura cheered. "That's kind of awesome! Um, do you guys think I'm pretty like this?" She asked, blushing slightly.

Naruto grinned, showing off impressive fangs. "Yeah! Your fur is really shimmering, and your physic is awesome! …Your eyes are really pretty too, they glimmer…" Sasuke chuckled. "Yeah. You're the prettiest wolf I've ever seen, Ra-chan." He said.

"Thanks. You guys are cool too. Wonder why Naruto have different shades of color? We don't." Sakura tilted her head cutely. "I believe that it is of no consequence. I'm more interested in the markings around your eye." Kyuubi pondered inside his cage.

They looked in the mirror again. "Wow…it's cool. It's like a tattoo or something." Naruto gaped. Suddenly, the doorbell rang. "Wah! Kyuubi! How do we change back?" Sasuke exclaimed. The red fox frowned. "I have no idea. Think of your human selves." It sounded like a question.

The children, having no other options tried it out, and to their surprise, they lost their balance and fell. "Ouch…now I know why animals have tails." Sakura muttered, before realizing they were in human form again. But… "Ruto…Ke…we still have those tattoos." She frowned.

It was black, but other than that it was the same, around their left eye. Sasuke scrunched up his nose. "Well, nothing we can do about it. Be there in a minute!" He yelled. The unknown visitor sounded like he sighed. 'Wait, how do we know that?' Naruto questioned. "Superior senses." Kyuubi answered shortly.

They ran to the door and opened. A young man, or teen maybe, with a facemask and a headband over his left eye stood there with a bag of food. "Yo. I'm Kakashi. I got your food for the week." He introduced himself. Sasuke frowned. "We can take care of that ourselves." He meant.

Kakashi chuckled. "I'm sure you can, but whatever you want, Hokage-sama have ordered me to do so, as well as check up on you." He explained. Sasuke pouted and opened the door wider. Naruto and Sakura looked curiously at the masked man.

"Why check up on us?" Sakura wondered. Kakashi shrugged. "Well, you are three seven years old living in a large place. Not to forget that Sasuke is the sole Uchiha survivor, Naruto is the Hokage's favorite, and you are an extremely gifted girl." He said.

Sakura frowned. "Gifted? I've got good chakra control and strength, but nothing else…" She muttered. Naruto shook his head. "Who cares if you're gifted or not? You're our best friend! That's it!" He declared. Sakura giggled, and Kakashi looked warmly at them, though slightly impassive.

"What are those markings around your eyes?" Kakashi questioned. They averted their eyes. "…Why do you care?" Sasuke glared at the silver-haired teen. He didn't answer immediately…seeming to be in thought.

"…I merely wondered why you had them in such an obvious place. I have one too, see?" He took of his left glove and showed them an exact copy of theirs on the back of his hand.

Naruto gaped. "You're a werewolf too!" He exclaimed. Kakashi chuckled and put on the glove again. "Yep. Though it was certainly a surprise that you are as well." He smiled, as was seen trough the cloth mask.

Sakura grimaced. "We were attacked one or two days before the massacre. We only changed today though. Why did you come so late anyway?" She asked. Kakashi shrugged. "I like the moon. It calms me down." He answered, and then tilted his head slightly. "How did you change back? It took me quite some time to figure out how to." He wondered. Sasuke shrugged. "It was Kyuubi's idea. He suggested we think of our human forms." He said.

Kakashi's eye was wide. "K-Kyuubi! You can talk to it?" He paled. Naruto waved his arms. "He's not all that bad! Someone cast a jutsu on him! Oh, and before you ask how Sasuke can talk to him, we merged our mindscapes." He explained.

Kakashi blinked. "…You can do that?" He asked. Sakura frowned. "You know, it should be impossible…" She commented. Sasuke waved his hand. "We're ninjas. We do the impossible." He shrugged.

Kakashi sweat dropped. "…Yeah. You're right I suppose. I have to go now, but I only wanted to point out one thing…you've all got grey streaks in your hair." He pointed lazily at them. Sakura frowned distastefully. "It's probably the color of our fur. Is that why your hair is grey too?" She wondered.

Kakashi shook his head. "The Hatake family had grey hair. My hair used to be darker before the wolf, but still grey." He explained, then waved and disappeared in a poof of smoke. The three children pouted after him. "Well, let's make some food! I'm starving!" Naruto claimed, and they carried the food to the kitchen.

XXX

Next morning, the three children were going out to the park, wanting to have something to do. Naruto carried with him the violin, along with a simple instructions book. Sasuke was playing his flute, randomly pressing fingers, simply to make some noise. Sakura had her nose in her book.

"Ne, Tomorrow school will start again." Sakura grumbled. Sasuke stopped playing and frowned. "And? If they ask about the tattoos or anything, we'll just lie, or not answer at all." He said. Naruto twitched. "They'll tell their parents. Parents are no good." He shivered.

Sakura and Sasuke frowned. "We know. Hey, do you think we'll find Kakashi today?" Sakura asked. Naruto grinned hugely. "I bet! He's got silver hair, that's got to stick out! Let's look for him!" He yelled, and began running. The others laughed and ran after.

Some grown-ups looked disgusted after the demon child, only to take a double take when they saw the Uchiha survivor together with it.

XXX

"No, nope, nix, not there…" Naruto mumbled to himself as he looked over the market place from one of the rooftops. Sasuke and Sakura were looking over the places the blonde couldn't see. "Hm? What might you be looking for?" An amused voice asked.

"Oh, we're looking for Kaka-wolf…wait, huh?" Naruto spun around to watch said silver-haired teen chuckle. "My name is KakaSHI, not Kaka-wolf, Naruto-kun." He eye-smiled. "Oi! I'll call you whatever I want! Right, Ke, Ra?" Naruto asked. The two other children nodded fervently.

"Yeah. Would you prefer being Kaka-baka, hm?" Sasuke blew a raspberry at the older werewolf. He shook his head. "Kaka-wolf it is then. Anyway, why were you looking for me?" He asked. Naruto blinked. "We were bored. And all the other children are at the park, and then we can't be there." He explained.

Kakashi frowned slightly. "I see. What is that you have with you?" He gestured to their instruments and books. Sakura beamed. "I got a really smart book! I'm going to try tree-walking later, slowly, like the book says!" She cheered. Kakashi chuckled. "That's good, though you should be careful." He warned.

Sasuke smirked. "I got a flute. It occupies my mind, and it's relaxing." He said, and played a little. Kakashi nodded, and looked at Naruto. "I got a violin! Listen!" He cheered, and carefully began playing a small tune. Kakashi applauded them both. "It certainly is a good idea. I bet you'll be good at playing in no time…and Sakura? I think I know an …instrument…you can use…" He smirked.

Sakura looked hopeful. "Really? What?" She wondered. Kakashi shrugged. "I'll come by at the mansion later, okay? I'll bring it then. Until then, it's a secret!" He teased, and disappeared in a poof of smoke again. The three children pouted.

"Well, should we go home?" Sasuke suggested. Naruto and Sakura nodded. "Yup. This was fun. We should play Hide and Seek with Kaka-wolf more often!" Naruto declared, and jumped over the rooftops. Sakura and Sasuke laughed and followed once more.

Well? What do you think? By the way, the nicknames Ke, Ra and Ruto are from the amazing story Team Tensai.