Chapter One

Kakashi's eyes cracked open, and he winced at the unexpected light. Forcing his eyes open again, he saw that he was in a small forest clearing, not the room where he'd been before blacking out.

What happened...? He thought.

As he tried to stand, he realized something was... Wrong. Kakashi couldn't get out of his crouch, and his legs felt like they were in the wrong place.

Then he looked down.

W-wolf paws?! He thought incredulously. What...? He cut off the thought. That light... The tingling... Was that what had happened?

With the new knowledge, Kakashi sat up unsteadily and looked around the clearing. A tiger-sized ginger tabby cat was half-curled around an oversized raven -about the size of a bald eagle- and a yellowish fox was slumped against a tree.

What is going on here?!

The first thing Sakura noticed when she woke up was that she was warm. Warmer than before the bizarre blackout.

The second was that there was something twitching on the ground behind her. And that she could feel it twitching.

Opening her eyes, Sakura saw a gigantic black bird huddled next to her, not quite touching. As she glanced around, she noticed her arms felt strange, as though she were laying awkwardly. When she stretched her arms, they didn't obey her. Sakura, puzzled, stretched out her arms in front of her.

What-? She thought. In the place of her hands and arms were massive ginger cat's paws and forelegs.

Sitting up, Sakura took a better look around. Besides the dark-colored bird beside her, a fox lay against a tree at a strange angle, and a giant silvery-black wolf watched her from the other side of the tiny clearing with mismatched eyes.

One of stony gray, the other a foreboding crimson.

His first thought: Ramen?

His second thought: What just happened...?

His third thought: Why do I feel so weird?

Cracking open his eyes, Naruto noted that he was sprawled awkwardly against a tree.

And in front of his nose was a furry, gold-tinted fox paw.

He sat up abruptly with a yip, drawing the attention of the two other conscious beings nearby.

A giant ginger tabby cat with vivid green eyes was watching him, as was the massive silver wolf.

Naruto twisted, catching sight of a bushy tail behind him. Wait... I'm a fox?!

Sasuke felt... Strange. He had felt off ever since the initial burst of light in that room. And he wanted... No, needed, to know why.

So he opened his eyes.

He blinked. And blinked again. A furry orange wall obscured his vision, as did a long, sharp, pointed black object that moved as he turned his head to see around it.

Twisting around, Sasuke looked behind him... And suppressed a gasp. It was very unbecoming of an Uchiha do do such things, after all.

But he would have been fully justified, for where he should have seen his dark shirt, there were gleaming obsidian feathers.

Hn... Who put a Genjutsu on me? He thought, activating his Sharingan. But the bizarre sight remained.

Not... Not a Genjutsu? What's going on?

Sasuke stretched an arm slightly, and instead, a black wing stretched out.

Okay... Now I'm a bird... No big deal.

Shuffling into a sitting position, he took a better look around. The orange 'wall' was a giant orange tabby cat, who was staring across the clearing with vivid green eyes, seeming to have not yet noticed him.

Following the cat's gaze, Sasuke saw a massive silver-black wolf staring back with mismatched eyes. To the side, looking around in a confused manner, was a yellowish fox with startlingly blue eyes.

Kakashi almost laughed as he watched his three students' reactions as they awoke. Naruto somehow remaining nearly silent, Sakura's obliviousness, Sasuke's impassiveness.

Now they were a wolf, a fox, a cat, and a raven.

Explaining this is gonna be painful...

Pushing those thoughts aside, he called out, "Looks like everyone's finally awake."

Kakashi nearly chuckled as the three Genin snapped their heads towards him, eyes wide.

This could be interesting. Very interesting.

... I have never had a story get reviewed, favorited, and followed so quickly after posting... Thus, chapter 1 came out super fast! Thanks for the reviews and favorites and follows! I hope you guys enjoyed this!

~Hawk