Escape
By: Silverwolf
A blonde fox lies near a sable wolf. Both animals wait patiently for a second pair of animals. All four begin to pass behind the Midnight Market in silence. Though the hyena that killed the foxes' parents were destroyed by the jaws of the pair of wolves at their side there wasn't a need for the foxes to fear.
Naruto licks at his leg a moment. The fox was trying to remove the bit of blood from his fur. Sasuke glances towards the blonde fox causing the animal to hurry back towad the wolf's side. The quartet of vampiric shifters had been moving since the loss of the foxes' parents. Shifter High was in the past. Sasuke had made certain of that by keeping Naruto's studies from falling behind. It wasn't as if Naruto mattered once his classmates realized he wasn't a true shifter any longer.
Deidara was able to complete the exams for his semester with Itachi's help. The blonde never bothered with the next semester. It was more important to remain away from the vampire tracking the wolves' movements. The pair of blonde's weren't about to give up on the pair of companions that had saved their lives.
Naruto whines as a tattered fence tears a bit of fur from his back during his pass under it. He expects a smug response from the sable wolf. Instead Sasuke lowers his ears a moment. The quartet move along Itachi passes under the fence.
Naruto looks at Sasuke a moment while the sable wolf scans the river bank looking for an area to cross. They had gained maybe a hour over the Madara's tracking vampiric shifters. Cobalt eyes lock with onyx briefly as Naruto seems to understand Sasuke's idea. Itachi nudges Deidara a bit before making a leap towards the stones. The wolf stands along the largest stone as Deidara prepares to follow.
Itachi is first to cross the river. Deidara follows without hesitation using the same stones Itachi crossed with. Sasuke looks at Naruto. He will send the fox before he will cross. Naruto lowers his ears as he makes the frist leap. As Naruto lands upon the next stone he looks for Sasuke. The wolf stands where he once stood.
Naruto leaps to the last stone. His paws slip; before Naruto can feel the river water he feels a hold on the scruff of his neck. Sasuke fights to keep Naruto from washing down the river with his own paws struggling for stability. Naruto realizes Sasuke is using pieces of a crumbling dam to keep his hold on the fox.
Instead of fighting back for a grip on the stones Naruto goes limp as the wolf decides to place the fox along the same rift of the dam he stands upon. Itachi grabs hold of Deidara keeping the fox from entering the river after his younger brother.
Sasuke hoists Naruto to the crumbling wall through panting breaths. The wolf feels the fox places its head under his chin. Sable and blonde fur mix briefly before Sasuke begins to show Naruto how to travel the wall. Pieces fall with each step the pair take. Sasuke soon decides he'll get Naruto across or they will drown together. After all he was responsible for ruining the blonde fox's life.
Though the vampiric shifter was still in denial over the possiblity of their being feeling between the pair he owed Naruto the promise of keeping him well since his blood created the younger vampiric shifter. Unlike Itachi who had acknowldeged his feeling towards the older fox Sasuke refused to see anything other than the responsibility when it came to Naruto.
The sable wolf grabs the fox a second time as pieces of the wall crumble from under his feet. Sasuke pushes Naruto forward knowing that the wall will not continue to hold the weight of the pair. Cobalt eyes go wide and a squealing noise can be heard as Naruto feels himself once again danggling from the wolf's jaws.
Itachi holds firmly to Deidara as the pair focus on the struggle before them. The sound of the trailing vampiric shifters can be heard as Sasuke makes an attempt to drop Naruto to the river bank. The blonde fox grabs a hold of the sable wolf in fear. Both of the pair plunge towards the water.
Deidara begins a run as Itachi releases him. The pair follow with the current as swiftly as they can on land. The fox hears the wolf at his side howl. Azure eyes go wide when there isn't a reply. Itachi howls again. This time a hwol answers.
Deidara fights to move as swiftly as the larger wolf. He must not lose Naruto. They've all ready lost their parents. Itachi looks at Deidara as if to resure the blonde fox that Naruto wuld remain safe with the smug wolf's younger sibling at his side. Now they both had to hope that Naruto and Sasuke would not be seperated during the trip downriver.