Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or any of its characters. But if I did, Kakashi would be mine and no one else's. I also don't own the story line to 'Ginger Snaps'. I still need to know how to make an AMV

Lycanthropy

Chapter 1

The beginning.

"Naruto look out!" Sakura yelled trying to warn her team mate from the impending danger.

"Huh? Gyahh!" Naruto said while dodging the large grey wolf.

Team 7 was returning from their visit with Inari and Tsunami in the Land of Waves. Apparently in their absence, the bridge builder had passed away by an unknown cause. They had set out on their long journey back to Konoha and not long after leaving the Land of Waves were they ambushed by a large wolf.

Sasuke swiftly took action and threw a kunai at the wild beast, unfortunately it missed by a split second as the wolf suddenly gone after the unsuspecting Sakura. Naruto quickly pulled out some of his shruiken and threw it at the large animal saving his long time crush from becoming wolf meat. "Let's split up!" Naruto cried out.

"Right!" agreed Sasuke. "I'll go with Naruto towards the north and you two go the opposite way!" He said urgently looking at both Sakura and Kakashi who nodded in agreement. Sasuke and Naruto took off towards the water, using their chakra to walk upon it. Kakashi and Sakura decided to go into the forest hoping to escape. The wolf, being no idiot followed the easier prey, Kakashi and Sakura.

Exhausted by their earlier travels they had ran until they could move no further. "Its really silent." Sakura whispered. "Yeah, kind of weird, huh?" Kakashi said quietly only to be followed by a long pregnant pause. Waiting for what seemed like hours the silence was broken with the rustling of the leaves in the bush below them.

"There!" Sakura said as she threw a kunai at it. The wolf jumped out of the bushes dodging both the weapon and Sakura, it grabbed Kakashi in a fierce hold soon leaving Sakura all alone. "Kakashi-sensei!" Sakura cried, she looked around her trying to find any clues that would lead her towards her sensei, but panic grabbed at her heart and the only idea she came up with was to run into the denser part of the forest following the last direction the wolf went. She ran until someone else bumped into her, Sakura looked up to find Kakashi drenched in his own blood.

"Sakura! You have to run! It followed me!" But in his panicked state, she couldn't hear a word he had said.

"What?" She asked.

"It followed me!" He yelled it out clearly, but it was too late the creature had once again tackled him to the ground and was trying to shred him to pieces.

"Get off him!" Sakura screamed while she pulled her kunai out from her pouch and proceeded in stabbing the deformed wolf. She could see Kakashi's blood glistening in the full moons' light. By mishap Sakura managed to hit a vital spot causing the beast to staggered off Kakashi's bloodied form.

In his hast to get away Kakashi got up and grabbed a hold of her hand and ran back to the others. The wolf regained its former stamina and blindly charged at them again.

"Sasuke! Naruto!" Sakura called out.

Seeing his sensei's current state, Naruto let his anger rage through him, both he and Sasuke ran towards their other team mates who were in desperate needed their help.

Sasuke took out his windmill shruiken, extending his hand out towards Naruto they both grabbed a hold of it and focused their chakra into it. After they were done, Sasuke threw it at the already injured wolf killing it instantly. Seeing the creature die, Kakashi and Sakura dropped to the ground in relief and exhaustion. Naruto and Sasuke looked at each other an understanding passed between them before they both walked towards their team mates.

"Kakashi-sensei, are you okay?" Sakura asked worriedly. "I'll be fine." He told her.

"Liar!" Naruto yelled. "Your going to let us help you!". Kakashi remained silent.

"Hmmm, looks like your right shoulders been demolished." Sakura observed.

"Can you move it?" Naruto asked.

"Yeah." Kakashi said swinging his right arm around wildly. He then stood up, and brushed himself off. "Lets not tell anyone about this little run in, okay?" He demanded of his students.

"WHAT?!?!" Sakura screeched.

"But Kakashi-sensei. What if they're more of those things?" Naruto asked.

"They're aren't any. Trust me." Kakashi said, sounded a bit shaken. "But just to make sure, tomorrow there's no class. I'll come back and check on my own."

"But your injuries!" Naruto said.

"I'm fine. My injuries feel-" He stopped.

"They're already healed!" Sakura said.

"Hm, guess I'm a fast healer." Kakashi said. All his injuries had healed except for the one on his shoulder which had a nasty scar. "So that's the plan. I'M the teacher. I make the rules and you follow." Kakashi said walking away. The others looked at each other worriedly, and then followed so not to be left behind.