Disclaimer: If I owned Naruto, would that first word in this notice be there?
Summary: "Do you really think you can ignore the grasps of temptation?" Naruto asked, amused. "Of course I can," Sasuke replied with ease; "I'm an Uchiha." Naruto's shadowing smile left. "We'll see then, Uchiha."
Warnings: Yaoi, BL, BoyxBoy, short chapters, very slow updates, rated M, some limitless cursing later on, dry humor, OOCness guaranteed, will add on as we go
Pairings: We'll see. ;)
Criticism is a big YES! If you have a problem with the story (such as descriptions because I know mine suck) or spot a grammatical/storyline error, please say so!
So, here is my rewrite of WPH. Wow, I can't believe after those three or so months of trying to write it, I end up rewriting it all… ._.;
Well, anyways, if you are a former reader of WPH, then I thank you for being so loyal! It makes my day. If you are new to this story, then don't worry – this is a rewrite.
I hope everyone knows what a furry is but just to be sure, I quote thee from Wiktionary:
"An animal character with human characteristics"
… Well, yeah, that's basically it. ._.; Of course, it's a little bit twisted around in my story, so that it may seem like it's a human with a tail and ears. ._.;
Anyways, let's read now, shall we?
(Yes, I realize it's a pretty long title. Dx)
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"Speech"
'Thoughts'
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The Enemy of Your Enemy is Your Friend – Chapter One: Kicked Out, Joined In
"Brother, why?!" A fit male, looking no older than sixteen, screeched. His hair and eyes were the color of dark ebony, which contrasted with his cloud-colored skin. Where his ears should be were two Wolf ears, currently twisted downwards, showing his disdain; a Wolf tail protruded out of where his tailbone was.
"Little Brother, enough is enough." In front of him was almost an identical twin, looking as if the only difference was height if one looked from enough distance. He undertook the same features – hair the color of dark ebony, cloud-colored skin, his tail and ears – but there was something different about him. His eyes were a crimson red. "We don't need extra baggage." To emphasize his point, he kicked his little brother harshly, resulting in him being pushed back a few feet. "You can't even stand a kick."
"I can!" the smaller brunet yelled; "I can, Brother; just give me time!"
"Right, yeah." Some unknown voice had come out of nowhere but he knew who it was. "Sasuke, you should just give up, yeah. You know you can't beat your older brother, yeah! Isn't that right, Itachi?"
"Deidara, stay out of it," Itachi ordered, not a flinch or any other kind of movement noticeable in his movements. "You are not to enter this at all."
It took a moment for a loud wail to respond. "DANNA, WEASEL'S BEING MEAN TO ME AGAIN!"
Sasuke heard childish sobbing from behind his brother but paid no attention to it. This had already taken twenty minutes and he had suffered a number of kicks (he thought he heard quite a bit of bone crunching) whilst his brother had not even a scratch on him! The difference between their powers angered him.
It took all the muscle he could muster to stop skidding from an unexpected punch.
"Little Brother, if you lose your guard too often, you're as good as dead then." Itachi still stood at his spot, as if he hadn't moved to punch Sasuke at all.
Sasuke cursed him as he stood up. "You're the one who's going to fucking die!" Another sudden punch in his stomach landed and he gripped the fist in his abdomen in pain.
"Wise fighters would keep a composed face," Itachi scolded him; he twisted the fist in his little brother's stomach. "Those who are reckless die."
As he wheezed, Sasuke bit out, "… I'm… so freakin'… tired of your dying… nonsense!" He turned to glare at the older Wolf but it proved to be a mistake. His chin was caught easily with Itachi's forefinger and thumb. His head was twisted agonizingly, and he could prove it with the bone crack he heard. As proudly and defiantly as he could at hand, he glared daggers at Itachi.
"You are such a persistent pest. You don't even take the advice I offer to you. Such an insolent, two-faced, impervious, and selfish virus is not needed – or even wanted – in our Pack." The words Itachi spoke angered Sasuke. Just because Itachi had already earned his Sharingan at age fourteen didn't mean that he could go and kill him!
Sasuke tried to struggle against his brother's grips but to no use. He wasn't strong enough. That weakness of his infuriated him! That was the only reason he was so demeaning to Itachi! He wanted to yell, to scream, to go and kill the shit out of Itachi! "I hate you! I hate you so fucking much!"
"That's to be expected, Sasuke." The sound of his name from Itachi's voice stunned him. What…? He never called him by his name! It was only either "Little Brother" or "Weakling"! For a moment, he stood frozen. That proved to be his fault. With an unforgiving feature in his face, Itachi kicked Sasuke down the hill below them. He watched uncaringly as the young Wolf tumbled down the hill of jagged rocks and firm trees; that boy would most likely die from loss of blood.
With that, Itachi turned around and walked into the darkness of the woods behind him. "Deidara, I don't want to hear a word from you," he ordered, just as the blond was about to make a snotty remark.
"DANNA!"
"Sasori, control your pet."
"I am not a pet, yeah!"
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At the bottom of the damnable hill laid the body of a beat-up body. Unfortunately, that body belonged to Sasuke Uchiha. Out of disappointment and rejection, his brother had badly battered him until he had several bone fragments and a number of bruises.
Sasuke felt his mind slowly shut down. His legs first began to feel numb; then his arms; then his stomach. He couldn't die! There was absolutely no way he would die! He had to kill that insane, fucking delirious brother of his before he could die!
The Wolf brunet sprawled out could not believe that was the brother he had looked up to before – that that behemoth was actually the considerate and kind and… and…
HE WOULD KILL HIM!
With the last strand of stubbornness he could gather, he tried to sit up but it was to no avail. The tenacious Wolf couldn't understand that his body couldn't handle anymore stress and so continued to push it.
It wasn't until his head hit the ground for the fourth time in a row that his body completely shut down. Now, the damage was reaching his mind.
'I can't die…' In his mind, he sounded pitiful yet still contained his pride. He was an Uchiha, he always had some honor!
As his mind was wrapped in the cloak of oblivion, the last thing he registered was the rustle of leaves, heavy breathing, and the distinct scent of blood…
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"Kiba, wrap his arm; Hinata, get another cold towel; Akamaru, watch over Kiba." Sasuke faintly heard the sound of a virtuous voice, a voice that permitted no disobedience. He felt like he was floating in midair, but that may have been because of his numb body and mind. As time slowly passed by (tick… tock… tick… tock…), his mind began to gradually recuperate. Once fully charged, he lifted up his eyelids which felt heavier than they should have been.
Through his narrow view, he tried to figure out what was going on. He was inside some strange shelter… From his sight, he could see a large opening with a curtain to his right and a wooden wall to his left… He shifted his head ever so slightly as he heard clear footsteps come his way.
He was a Wolf – that was for certain. From below, he seemed to be very tall (though Sasuke doubted it) and wore a wrinkled grey shirt with pants that matched. He smelt like dirt, just like the color of his spiky hair. Sasuke was alert enough to notice the red triangles on his cheeks, like tattoos. As he saw him crouch down beside him, he saw something quite peculiar – a complete Wolf.
The animal had an absolutely colorless coat of fur, with an extremely bushy tail of the same whitish dye. His ears looked like any other Wolf's – pointed and alert. He was of extreme size, looking to be almost twice as big as the male beside him.
Sasuke felt something lift off of his head and something cold replace it. He groaned; the sudden change of temperature to his forehead a bit too… sudden. His eyes were shut so he didn't notice how the Wolves bordering him fall back in surprise and then leave rapidly, as if something urgent had just happened.
It seemed like an eternity when they returned – Sasuke wondered when they had left – and they brought two more people with them. Now, Sasuke's eyes were completely open with the exception of the slightly throbbing headache trying to annoy him to close them again. He almost shot out of where he was laying, seeing who one of the two newcomers was – a Fox.
"What the hell is a Fox doing here?!" he naturally reacted, the shock enough to bring him on his elbows. Sasuke's face grew angry as he realized he couldn't escape the situation.
The Fox blinked, a bit surprised by Sasuke's response. "You're right, Kiba; he is very much awake." He had a dirty blond color to his incredibly spiky and untamed hair, making it look as if he had just done some grimy work. He stood taller than the other male (way taller) and was wearing a devastatingly bright jumpsuit. From his perception, the Fox looked to be impartial just like…
'Just like Itachi!' He wanted to kill this Fox too, for the close resemblance he had to Itachi's personality. Maybe he could bit his head off…
"Hey Naruto… what's he glaring at?" Kiba hid behind the tall blond Fox, feeling uncomfortable right in front of the bedridden Wolf. He had his tail tucked between his legs and his ears flattened down. Akamaru wasn't any different; he was just hiding behind Hinata.
Naruto gave a small, amused smile to his childhood friend. He was still as childish as ever. But, there was a matter at hand. He turned to the long-haired brunette besides him. "Hinata," he said, immediately catching her attention, "can you fetch his clean clothes now?"
A light blush marred her pure white skin as she agreed, "O-of course, Naruto." She left instantly afterwards.
With a small fraction of the matter in process, Naruto turned to the… quite angry Wolf. Curiously, he cocked an eyebrow up. He had had frustrated recruitments before but never angry. "You're mad." He spoke the obvious bluntly. "I suppose it's because of the situation at hand, is it not?"
Sasuke growled, showing off his sharp fangs. "Don't get anywhere near me," he warned them; "I'll bite your hand off if you do!"
Kiba tried to act defiant in front of the alert Wolf but then realized that his certain of attention wasn't at him or Akamaru (who now was behind him) but rather Naruto. What? In question, he looked over at Naruto –
And saw him smiling. 'Smiling a grin, as a matter of fact.
Kiba stayed behind (with Akamaru close by) as Naruto unhurriedly stepped closer and closer to the brunet, paying no heed to the earlier threat. He wondered how Naruto could survive the death glare he was receiving.
Sasuke watched with defiant eyes as the blond crouched next to him. He often used meaningless threats in situations like this because his glare would be enough to frighten his foes. It certainly worked on the two Wolves but had absolutely no affect on that blasted Fox!
He was too focused on trying to burn down the damn Fox with his strong mentality to realize that he was yanked harshly by his Wolf ear. "Shit, what was that for?!" he reacted, trying to take a swipe at him.
Naruto smiled innocently. "If you're going to act like a child, then I will treat you like one," he explained. Just when the child was going to retort, Naruto yanked his ear again, causing a pained whine to emit from the child and useless fumbling at his hand.
Sasuke felt like crying. He felt so humiliated. He never had the feeling of crying when Itachi had beat him down, and now he wanted to because of the bothersome torture he was being put through! His ear hurt! He wanted the Fox to stop holding his ear hostage!!! He tried pulling the tight grip off himself but it was of no use. He felt so helpless!
The blond examined the male, starting from his freakish hairstyle to his struggling feet. This guy was funny, Naruto thought, and very fun to mess with. "Do you want me to stop?" he asked, tugging again at the abused piece of flesh.
Sasuke whined and wanted to scream "Yes! Yes!" but his pride wouldn't let him. There was no way he was going to submit to this torturous torment! He had pride, damn it all, and he was going to – "Stop, stop!" he begged, trying to escape. All feeling by now had returned to his body as he pulled his head away, making it ache much more badly.
Naruto smiled and let go of the ear he had just pinched, letting the Wolf fall back down onto the comforter, cradling his poor ear. "Now, was that so hard?" he queried, the same innocent expression plastered on his face. He ignored the weak glare he received.
"N-Naruto," he heard Hinata speak. Ah, she was back now. He turned around and walked up to the female wearing the purple/white hoodie. "I br-brought the clothes," she shyly told him.
"Thank you," he responded, taking the clothes from her arms. With his back to the poor child, he said, "Oh, I just realized we haven't been introduced yet. I'm Naruto Uzumaki. Kiba Inuzuka's my friend over here, that's his best buddy Akamaru, and this is Hinata Hyuuga. Yes, my sense of timing can be retarded."
Sasuke wiped away meaningless tears (he wasn't crying – his eyes were just tired) and then sniffed before replying, "I'm Sasuke Uchiha."
"Yes, unfortunately," Naruto immediately responded, and Sasuke couldn't help but wonder what he meant by that. "Kiba, Hinata, Akamaru – you can go back now. I want some alone time right now." The three nodded and left without hesitation; well, two out of three anyways.
"Kiba," Naruto said, "you don't understand what 'alone' means, do you?"
Kiba reacted, "No, I do! I… I was just curious…"
Naruto notified him, "I'll pull your ear if you don't know your limitations, Kiba."
Horrified at the thought, Kiba mumbled a quick apology and left.
Naruto sighed and then looked at Sasuke. He was still sitting there, as impudent as he could be. "Honestly," Naruto said, walking up to the Wolf, "no wonder you were battered and kicked around when I found you!" Without giving an explanation to Sasuke, he pulled off the sheet covering him.
Sasuke managed to prevent himself from screeching girlishly as he was almost completely openly exposed to Naruto.
Naruto managed to prevent himself from hysterically laughing at Sasuke's embarrassment. "Seriously," he said, with extreme trouble, "it's like you've never been in just boxers before."
The shorter one of the two felt a vein twitch violently as he noticed how troubling it was for Naruto to contain his laughter. "Quit laughing, you moron!" he demanded.
With a shadowing smile on his face, Naruto said, "All right, all right. Lift your arms up; I'll put your shirt on for you." He held out the clean blue shirt in emphasis, which ended up snatch back by Sasuke.
"I can put this on myself," the Wolf said rebelliously, slipping on the article of clothing. "Hm, maybe," he heard Naruto react, "but can you put your pants on?" Just as he was about to ask what he meant by that, Naruto gently lifted up his leg; and he cried out.
The Fox watched Sasuke's features twist in pain and let out a sharp cry. That was to be expected; these wounds were serious. "Really, Sasuke; you overdid this." He waited until the Wolf could open his eyes and pointed to his heavily bandaged left leg. "Do you know why this hurts so much?" Naruto asked, but Sasuke had the feeling he didn't need to answer. "It's because it was scarred terribly. I'd show you but then it'd hurt more."
"It does not!" Sasuke retorted, and he couldn't help but wonder why he said that; "It doesn't hurt at all!" He stared defiantly into Naruto's eyes.
Until they suddenly hardened.
His eyes widened, almost as if frightened and stunned. "Well, Sasuke… in only the short amount of time you've been awake…" he heard Naruto say, a dark tone etched into his voice, "I have a very good analysis of you. 'Care to listen? Probably not, but I'll tell you anyways.
"You are an insolent –"
What? No, that was just coincidence…
"– Two-faced –"
B-But…!
"– Impervious –"
Those were the exact same words…
"– And selfish –"
It was inevitable. He knew what the next word was going to be. Sasuke shut his eyes tight, as if the next word was a bomb waiting to explode.
"– Bastard."
He knew it! It was exactly the sa – wait, what?
"What did you just say…?" Sasuke asked, disbelieving.
Naruto smirked ever-so-slightly. "You are an insolent, two-faced, impervious, and selfish bastard. Why? Do you want me to change it to son of a bitch?"
"No!" Sasuke immediately reacted, twisting around and straining his injuries in the process. He bit his lip, hoping that would ease the pain. It didn't, to his disappointment. He tried squeezing the pain out, but that didn't work either.
"Whoa, whoa there! Hey, hey, I said stop!" Naruto had to grab the brunet's hands to halt him from hurting himself any further. "Seriously, it's like your only answer to everything is pain…" He refrained from rolling his eyes and then said, "You need to have a personality check. I don't think your body can take too much of the strain you put on it.
"So, I'll tell you what," Naruto cheerfully said, though Sasuke couldn't see any reason to be happy, "I'll make a deal with you."
Sasuke lifted an eyebrow in question. He didn't say it aloud, but he was listening. Plus whatever Naruto was thinking, it was a good idea to him; considering the way his ears stood up and his tail wagged back and forth.
Naruto explained, "You can stay in my Pack until your wounds heal. But, you have to be respectful to the appropriate people; have a decent amount reliability, be attentive to others, and pull that stick out of your ass. Deal?"
The Wolf stared at him with a blank expression. "You lost me after 'respectful'," he told the moronic blond.
The Fox's ears and tail both deflated like a popped balloon. "C'mon, grumpy pants, I'll give you a key word! Just try and it'll be enough. Though I would like it better if you actually did it." That last part was mumbled out in a whiny voice, although Sasuke heard it clearly with his marvelous hearing.
Sasuke thought it through. Using his ingenious mind, he figured he wouldn't be able to walk – then again kill Itachi – until his injuries healed. The ever-so-kind enemy of his here had just offered basically free hospitality so he could recover. He seemed to know his way around here and had a high rank in status, bearing in mind that those three from before did do everything without hesitation. And perhaps…
… Naruto wouldn't pull his ear.
"You have a deal," Sasuke agreed.
Naruto blinked before speaking, "You're sure, right?"
Sasuke nodded; "I'm sure."
Slyly, Naruto grinned foxily. "Well then Sasuke, welcome to the family."
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Warnings will only be listed here, unless there is something else or specific about a chapter that I should warn you about.
Well, I added a couple of curse words in there and practically an entirely new chapter. (Well, yeah, it basically is that…) So, here I am; up at three AM in the morning; the battery to the laptop dying slowly; and me editing this over and over again.
You guys are so lucky I want this to be perfect for you all because I am dying here. ;_; I edited this so many times, I know the dialogue and descriptions by heart. D:
This seems more of a prologue but then that'd mean future chapters would be longer than this one and that is most likely a lie. Dx Well, they'll be a tad bit longer but there won't be much of a difference. :X I suppose the real story starts the next chapter, with the introduction of a few characters. I just hope it'll be good. Dx
So, leave a review please? It'd make my day if I ended up with at least one good review on this crappy chapter. Dx
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