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TEAM WEREWOLF
"…Run!" Naruto yelled with a grin as he dashed away from Kakashi. Sakura and Sasuke ran at either side of the grayish-blonde haired boy, and they quickly split up, only to discover themselves caught in midair.
"School's important, you rascals." Kakashi's voice came, amused. Naruto tried to wriggle lose from the older man's claw-like nails to no use. "But it's so boring!" Sakura exclaimed.
"Still." Kakashi grinned as his claws receded into normal nails again. "Now will you follow me to school, or do I have to drag you there?" He asked. "Hn." Sasuke pouted indignantly, one small fang peaking over his lip.
"We'll go, we'll go! But Ra's right, it's boring." Naruto muttered as he landed on his feet again. Sakura and Sasuke looked to him, and he shook his head. "We still can't outrun Kaka-wolf, so it's no use. Other than dragging out time, which probably still won't help." He sighed.
"You're absolutely right, Naruto. Now come, come." Kakashi pointed towards the village, leading the three werewolf children out of the forest.
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"You know it's either by free will, or by force. So really, you should probably just go inside."
Iruka's class looked curiously towards the still closed door as a drawling voice seemingly threatened someone. Iruka sighed as he recognized the voice.
"Oi! What's that? Ra, Ke, come on!" Everyone blinked as the door opened and three blurs of blonde, black and pink dashed in and tried to throw themselves out the window.
Unfortunately for them, both Iruka and Kakashi caught the three blurs, revealing Naruto, Sakura and Sasuke hanging indignantly. "You won't be making it out of the classroom before the end, Naruto." Kakashi chided, and then blinked as he saw all the students stare incredulously.
"Hi! I'm Kakashi, these three's guardian." He waved jovially and dumped Naruto and Sakura on the floor. Iruka carefully put Sasuke down. "You three are staying here whether you like it or not." The brown-haired teacher commanded, pointing up at the three empty seats in the back of class.
The trio of children marched dejectedly up the stairs, blowing a raspberry at Kakashi as he waved them goodbye.
"Holy crap, what was that?" Kiba Inuzuka demanded with wide eyes. Naruto looked at him with confused eyes. "What was what?" He wondered. "The whole thing! And what's with your hair?" The dog boy said.
"I really don't know what's so special. We didn't want to go to school, but Kakashi caught up to us when we ran out to the forest. And our hair is just going weird. I can't believe you discovered that before our tattoos!" Naruto exclaimed.
Kiba blinked stupidly. "Tattoos?" He wondered. Naruto turned more fully, and Kiba got a full view of the tribal-like crescent moon 'tattoo'. Sasuke and Sakura did too, though Sasuke seemed indifferent.
"You in the back, look forward while I'm talking!"
"Yes, sensei!"
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"We haven't seen you guys in…3 days! Where've you been?" Kiba demanded as they sat underneath the shadow of a tree outside the school with lunch. Sasuke raised an eyebrow elegantly. "Fixing stuff." He said. Kiba glared at him.
"Sasuke! I'm so sorry about your family!" Ino Yamanaka yelled, her short blonde hair dancing as she ran towards them. Sasuke's eyes narrowed, while Sakura and Naruto sighed.
"They deserved it. Now leave me be." The raven-haired boy muttered. Everyone looked rather shocked, except his two friends.
"H-How can you say that?" Ino stuttered. Sasuke glared, annoyed at her. "Because they were a bunch of assholes the whole lot. Don't tell me you didn't meet anyone of them at the street?" He demanded.
Ino frowned, remembering how the dark-haired Uchiha's tended to act. "Yeah…but still…what about your brother? Won't you miss him?" She wondered. Sasuke snorted. "Of course I do. But it would definitely be a stupid idea to leave Konoha just to look for him. Didn't anyone tell you he was the one who did it?"
"Ke, I think that was supposed to be a secret." Naruto informed the other boy with a matter-of-fact voice. "Well, Sandaime would probably have made it official soon anyway." Sakura pointed out.
"You've all gone mad since we last saw you." Kiba said dryly. "They haven't changed the least, Kiba. They just hid it." Shikamaru Nara drawled lazily. Kiba blinked at him.
"Trust the smartest boy in our time to know that. Hey, Ra, Ke, lunch is soon over, so we only have two lessons left!" Naruto grinned, bounced up, did a cartwheel and ran inside as soon as the bell rang.
"Hey, you're not the only one who can do tricks!" Sakura grumbled and followed the exact same track as Naruto, except doing a back flip instead of a cartwheel.
Sasuke snorted and walked after his friends calmly, ignoring Kiba and Ino's stares.
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"Kaka-wolf! Where'd you go? You promised to give me that instrument today!" Sakura yelled on top of her lungs, standing on the roof of one of the Uchiha mansions. Kakashi appeared in a whirlwind of leaves, looking dramatically miserable.
"Will you call me that now too? What has the world come to? And I remember saying next time I visited the mansion." The fully grey-haired man pointed out.
"Well, we're young wolf pups, right? And they are impatient. I just thought I'd act more like a wolf." Sakura smiled triumphantly, hefting up a large book about animals.
"Ra. What's with you and books?" Naruto inquired curiously. Sakura turned towards him with an indignant look on her face. "I like books! You can find out everything you need in a book." She said, pointing at him with the large book.
"Apparently, all that weight and being a wolf helps your strength too." Sasuke deadpanned, gesturing to how she held the book with one hand. Sakura blinked. "Oh." She quipped.
"Now, if you three rascals head back home, I'll come with the instrument, alright? I'll even add three bars of chocolate." Kakashi bargained, hoping to get the wild trio back behind walls.
"Hm…chocolate! …I thought dogs got sick by eating that?" Sakura blinked. "We're wolves, not dogs. And also, we're still somewhat human." Sasuke pointed out.
"Yay, chocolate!"
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"Here. My mother invented this thing, as she wanted to make unorthodox music, for some reason. She called it a DJ board, for Disc Jockey. Though there are only one disc thing. I got a manual for you too." Kakashi put a strange board full of buttons and a small keyboard into the music room.
Sakura grinned happily, small fangs glinting in the light. Naruto looked curiously at the board, pushing some of the buttons, and started when a strange rhythm started to play.
"I already plugged in the speaker needed to make sound, and you also have a microphone with special voice effects. It's attached to the headphones. In the manual, there is also a song made by mother." Kakashi explained, turning off the buttons.
"…I think the acoustic instruments are easier." Sasuke deadpanned. Kakashi smiled, put his hand in his kunai pouch and pulled up three chocolate bars. "And I didn't forget these either. Are you impressed?" He added sarcastically.
"Impressively impressed, as a matter of fact. Now gimme!" Naruto grinned and tilted his head, looking very much like a puppy. Kakashi twitched and gave him the chocolate bar.
Sasuke merely held forth his hand with an adorable smirk with one fang peeking over his lip.
Sakura was already nibbling on hers, somehow having gotten it from Kakashi before either of the boys saw her.
"I'm going on a mission tomorrow, so I can't run around after you. But if I hear you haven't been at school, I won't help you train your endurance, fighting skills, strength or anything about ninja or wolf, as a matter of fact." Kakashi warned.
"We'll be good!" All three chorused, chocolate smeared around their mouths.
"That's good."
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"Painting for every face, no correction, just cover up. She can't afford to come off hard, cause she's too cold to shiver. Too cold to shiver. Too cold to shiver…in this cold…she's too cold to shiver."
Sakura's voice, slightly twisted by her mic, rang through the music room as she used her new board to mix music into the song made by Kakashi's mother.
"She's actually quite good at that, and her voice is pretty, even though it's kinda changed by that mic." Naruto grinned. Sasuke nodded. "Yeah…I still prefer my flute. Though that thing is kind of interesting." He agreed.
Sakura turned the DJ board off with an irritated glance. "What do you think?" She asked. Naruto gave her a thumbs-up and a grin. "That was great! You're awesome, Ra!" He cheered. Sasuke nodded and smirked. "Real cool." He said.
"So…what should we do now?" Sakura wondered. Sasuke shrugged. "We could go out? I mean, that fenced in forest looks really interesting, and I really did like the feel of being a wolf." He smirked.
"Yeah, it's supposedly very dangerous, so that makes it all the better!" Naruto added with a grin.
"Then let's go!"
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Anko Mitarashi was relaxing in the Forest of Death when she saw three strange shapes darting through the underbrush. They were all grey, though they seemed somewhat different.
A howl sounded, and Anko blinked. "Wolves? I thought there weren't any wolves here." She mused, leapt from her tree onto another, following the three grey shapes.
They stopped in a clearing, and Anko took a double take. The 'wolves' had a human-like form, and if their size meant something, they were probably quite young too. "…Werewolves, of course! I thought only Kakashi were one…" She muttered, forgetting said werewolves hearing.
The light one's ear twisted towards her, and all three turned to see her. She blinked, surprised, and they blinked too. "Huh. So…who are you? None of you are Kakashi, cause he'd probably be bigger." The purple-haired jonin said.
"You know Kaka-wolf?" The one with shining blue eyes wondered, and Anko wondered where she'd seen those eyes before. "You call him that? Hah, hilarious! And yeah, I'm one of the few that know his secret. Though I've never seen him in wolf form." She admitted.
"Kaka-wolf is our guardian, and we're Ra, Ke and Ruto!" The lightest one said lightly. Anko narrowed her eyes. "Nicknames, is it? Well, will you tell me who you are if I tell you who I am?" She wondered. The darkest wolf nodded.
"I'm Anko Mitarashi. Now tell me who you are?" The jonin asked with a grin. "Oh, I know you! You used to help me a lot before! Ah, I'm Naruto, that's Sakura and Sasuke." The one with blue eyes grinned, revealing sharp fangs.
"You three are wolves? Huh, strange." Anko blinked. Just then, they heard a roar echo through the clearing. The three wolves tensed, and Anko narrowed her eyes.
"You three better watch out. Though the forest itself isn't that dangerous, the creatures inside here are. I suppose you've got some instincts though. Use them." She suggested, before leaping away from the branch she stood on just as a large tiger arrived at the exact same spot.
Another tiger was circling Naruto, Sakura and Sasuke, and they quickly glanced at each other. "Alright, as Anko said, use the instincts, don't lose ourselves to them. I'll attack from above, while you two attack from the sides. Okay?" Naruto said while glaring at the tiger.
"Yeah, let's go!" Sakura exclaimed, and all three burst into motion as the tiger leapt for them.
Sasuke darted in towards the tiger's side, quickly giving it a roundhouse kick and trying to slash it with his claws, though they only gave the large striped animal a small scratch.
Sakura came from the other side, crouching down on all four and snapping after the tiger with her powerful jaws, distracting it.
Then Naruto came from a tree above, quickly landing on top of the tiger and trusting his instincts, swung around and clamped his jaw around the tiger's neck. Sakura snapped her teeth locked around its front paw, while Sasuke bit the other front paw, keeping the cat from moving too much.
Slowly, the giant cat ceased to struggle, and soon lay limp at the forest floor. Naruto let go, quickly licking the blood off his muzzle. "Yuck, it doesn't taste particularly good." He muttered. "Eh, I don't think it's that bad." Sakura shrugged.
At that moment, the other tiger was tossed to lie next to the one they had beaten. Anko leapt down from the tree, twirling a kunai in her hand. "Good job, mini-wolves." She congratulated them with a grin.
"We're not mini-wolves." Sasuke grumbled. Anko laughed. "Yes you are. Chibi. Anyway, these dead guys will attract other predators, so we better get out now. I'll race ya!" She grinned even more, and then dashed away.
"Hey, you cheated!" Naruto yelled, darting after her. Sasuke and Sakura looked at each other and hurriedly ran after as well.
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"So, why are you brats here anyway?" Anko wondered, lying on top of the fence. Naruto shrugged, now in human form again. "We were bored! And Kaka-wolf had to prepare for a mission tomorrow." He explained. "Though we did try to make music at home first." Sasuke pointed out.
"You brats making music? Huh." Anko smirked. "Well, it was more like playing it, but we don't have a lot of notes and music sheets, so we mostly make it up as we go along." Sakura explained with a grin.
"What do you lot play with, then?" The purple-haired jonin wondered curiously. Naruto grinned happily. "I got a violin! There are lots of music instruments in the Uchiha clan stuff-everything-unneeded-in-here rooms!" He exclaimed.
"I got a flute, and I like it, but I'd like to be able to play a guitar too." Sasuke said with a smirk. Sakura nodded. "I got a DJ board, though I'd rather call it a mixing table or something like. Kakashi's mom made it before she died. Do you play anything?" She asked.
Anko shrugged. "I used to play el-guitar and bass guitar. I haven't done so in a while though." She said. Naruto's eyes lit up and he grinned. "That's awesome! And I know what we can do now too! Cuz Anko can play el or bass guitar, and Sasuke guitar, Sakura her mixing table-thing and I can learn drums, so can we make a band!" He exclaimed.
Anko fell of the fence in surprise, while Sasuke and Sakura tilted their heads. "A band?" The purple-haired jonin asked incredulously. Naruto nodded enthusiastically. "Come on, Anko!" All three werewolves pleaded, and Anko twitched as even the calm Sasuke gave her the puppy eyes look.
"Fine! But you'll be getting me a guitar."
"Already done! Let's go to the storage!"
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Anko looked over the el and bass guitars Sasuke had found for her with a critical eye. The bass guitar was a dark, polished black, without a single scratch. The el guitar was strangely enough a dark purple with black patterns in the form of a twisting snake.
"This thing looks like it was made for me! Thanks, brat." She exclaimed, giving Sasuke a hug. He blushed slightly as he was pressed into her cleavage before being released.
"These are awesome too, Sasuke!" Naruto grinned as he finished looking over the drum set he found. All the needed parts were there, and it was colored black and dark crimson. Sasuke nodded and pulled forth a guitar for himself.
It was a normal acoustic guitar in light tree color. "I'll train on this until I'm good enough, then use a el guitar." The dark-haired boy mused. Naruto nodded as he dragged his drum set out to put it in the music room.
Inside, Sakura was mixing sounds in no particular order, merely getting more acquaintanced with her table/board.
"Oh, you guys found what you needed? Cool." She grinned, pulling her headphones off her head and putting them around her neck. Anko carefully put down her guitars and looked at the clock hanging at the wall.
"Hm, I have to report in to the Hokage now. I'll see ya sometime else, okay brats? If you want to find me, either go to the forest or this address." She gave Naruto a little slip of paper, and was gone in a whirlwind of leaves and a wave later.
"Cool, we have a new friend!" Naruto grinned. Sasuke and Sakura nodded. "Anko's awesome, and she's Kaka-wolf's friend too, so she's safe." The pinkette smiled. "Yeah, now let's get to work on these things." Sasuke smirked, testing his guitar.
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"So you've met the three?" The Hokage questioned, mildly curious. Anko nodded with a grin. "Yeah, they're pretty tough for being kids. I first saw them running inside that forest, and followed them afterwards. They actually killed one of the giant tigers of the forest with their teamwork." She explained.
The Hokage looked somewhat shocked. "That forest? Oh my." He said. Anko chuckled. "They weren't in any trouble, though I did tell them to search me out if they wanted in next time. I'll watch over them for ya." She waved her hand flippantly, and the Hokage sighed.
"Good, Anko. Please continue do so. Dismissed." He smiled vaguely, and Anko leapt out the window which the Hokage purposefully let open before the reporting.
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"Eternal rival, what's this I hear? You've become someone's guardian!"
Kakashi sighed as he sat at the bar, and then turned around. "Volume down, Gai. You're hurting my ears! And yes, I'm now the guardian of three rascals." He smiled crookedly behind his mask.
"Sorry about the sound, Kakashi. But you know that's just how I am!" Gai grinned. Kakashi rolled his eyes. "In public, yes." He deadpanned. Gai chuckled. "And this is public. Besides, I'm not the only one with a mask." He pointed out.
Kakashi shrugged. "Do you want me to go around acting feral? Didn't think so. Anyway, how's your little ward doing?" He asked. Many didn't know it, but Gai was the guardian of Rock Lee, a little orphan boy without the ability to use chakra.
"He's fine, but I think he's lonely. Hm…would you mind if I came over so he could meet your 'rascals' as you so affectionately call them?" Gai grinned. Kakashi blinked. "…That's not a bad idea, actually. Those little wolves makes friends with anyone they decree good, and little Lee is most definitely within that category. I'll be away on a mission for a few days, as a matter of fact. If you could check on them while I'm away, I'd be really thankful. And then you could bring Lee. They're at the main Uchiha house."
Gai nodded. "I'll see you in some days, then. Bye, eternal rival!" He yelled on top of his lungs, wincing internally as he noted Kakashi fighting the urge to clap his hands over his ears.
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