Naruto could faintly hear the sounds of people around him. Well, maybe just his parents. He could hear them saying something, but their words were mumbled and uncoherent. He wanted to open his eyes, yet he couldn't gather the strength to do so. He didn't even know where he was, the last thing he remembered was talking to Hinata, Sasuke was nearby as well though that was it. Everything though, it hurt so much. Though from what he could tell at the moment, it didn't seem like he was having any kind of muscle spasms at the very least. Well, that was assuming that he was right.
Everything felt like it was going into over drive right now. His ears were ringing, his nose burned with so many scents that was reaching his nostrils. Letting out a soft groan, the young man felt like everything was against him. Just as he was asking Hinata out, in a sense anyway, this had to happen. He had to black out because of his body was hurting him.
He felt everything slamming into him all at once now. Letting out a soft whine, the young man thought that he heard concern ramblings though he wasn't sure. Body jerking from the small spasms, Naruto wanted to cry out from the pain yet, nothing came out. It seemed as if he lost his voice when he had lost consciousness.
"Naruto?!" shouted a voice, he guessed was his mother from what he could hear. Though he quickly covered his ears with a whine. The way the voice sounded, or at least how loud it was to him it hurt his hearing.
"Kushina, lower your voice please." Hissed another voice, which Naruto was sure was his father. At least this voice was a little softer, so it didn't hurt his ears as much. "Naruto, can you open your eyes?" asked the voice in a soothing manner. Using up what strength that he could, Naruto tried to force his eyes to open. Yet, it was a bit of a challenge in itself. Groaning and whining, Naruto managed to open his eyes a crack, only to wince and whimper from how bright the room was. He couldn't keep his eyes open, feeling tears of pain appearing at the edges of his now tightly shut eyes.
"Minato, I think we need to turn the lights off." Kushina said with concern.
"Right," He said before Naruto suddenly saw through his lids that it was darker now. Opening his eyes once again, slowly this time. Naruto managed to see that it was indeed darker, though he still seemed like the lights were on. At least, for now. "Naruto, what happened at the school?" asked Minato, causing the teen to stare at his father. Blinking his tired eyes, the young teenager tried to think on what it was that he could say to explain what had happened to him. Even now, he didn't fully understand or comprehend what had happened to him.
"I… I was in a great deal of pain." He whispered softly, closing his eyes for a moment. "Everything was blurring on me. I had never felt so much pain before…" He sighed softly, not sure what more he could say. It all just seemed unreal to be honest, though he had no idea how he could explain it more. Groaning a little, Naruto felt a small jolt of pain through his body causing Naruto to whine loudly which, resulted in pain from his own ears.
"Naruto, relax right now alright? Just talk in calm soothing words or you'll cause more harm to yourself." Minato whispered softly before he grabbed a chair and pulled it over to his son's bed and sat down. Looking up at Kushina, Minato calmly said "Can you go and grab something to help Naruto with the pain. I have a feeling I know what it is." Kushina, seemed rather hesitant to leave her son in this time of pain that was happening to him. But knew, that her husband was right. He would at least need something for the pain that he was experiencing.
Taking her leave, Naruto was left alone with his father. "Naruto, I think you're starting to change into a werewolf. I didn't think it was possible but the pain, the sudden whines that you've been making and the problem you're having with light adjustments." Minato took a deep breath as he leaned back in his chair and stared at his son for a moment. Thinking about what he could do to help his son during this tough time. "The full moon is coming around soon, as soon as the moon is full you'll complete your change, but sadly because…" Naruto knew what his father was going to say at this point…
"Because I didn't show signs of changing at an earlier age, you and mom never trained me. So now, I'll be struggling for control right?" Minato just stared at his son in shock, it did amaze him that his son knew that much already just from him saying that Naruto was starting the transformation. Though, why it took so long for him was still a mystery to the two of them. Maybe it was because he was a late bloomer, a really, really, late bloomer. Breathing deeply, the young man looked over at his father, still really tired from everything that had happened though he knew that this was only the beginning.
"That, sadly is right Naruto. You need to start to learn some kind of control, though I think that it will take a long time since you are still young and it is still not impossible to gain control though until then you will have some problems." Minato said with a sigh. He had a feeling that would be the case. To be honest, he didn't think that anything else would make this easier, his life just felt like it was gonna be nothing but problems. "We'll just start the preparations as soon as you take something for your pain. Since I highly doubt that you can even move right now."
To be honest, that was true. The young teen didn't think that he could move right now, and knew that it would be a while until he could. Though, maybe if he was lucky, he would be able to move as soon as his mother brought him something for the pain. "When is the full moon?" asked Naruto with a frown on his face.
Minato sighed softly, it seemed that he wasn't going to like the answer that his father was going to give him. "It's in a week, so you'll be going through a lot of things sadly to help you with the first transformation." Minato answered with a soft sigh.
Great, just great. Naruto only had a week to try to prepare himself for the battle at hand. Or, maybe he should think of it as an inner battle with himself. Looking over, he saw his mother starting to come into the room with a small bottle of pills. The young teen hoped that this would be enough to help him with the pain. He hadn't risked moving the whole time, thinking that if he did that he would feel nothing but pain as he moved. Even just thinking about moving hurt him.
Breathing deeply, Naruto struggled to move himself up, though had a great deal of trouble to even do that. Whining and whimpering, the young man fell back down on the bed as he struggled to move. It was a futile attempt on his part. "I… can't move." Naruto mumbled, causing his parents to frown at him in concern. His father helped him up, a small hiss of pain echoed around the room… God, his muscles were just screaming at him to not move at all yet, he knew that he had to keep moving or else he wouldn't be able to do anything at this point. Taking a deep breath, the young man was finally able to sit up as he stared at his mother.
She gave him a soft smile at her son before handing him a few pills to help him with the pain. If he remembered correctly, it was something to supress the pain, or at least to help stop it for a werewolf that was starting his transformation. Just to make it a bit easier for them while they dealt with the pain that they go through for their first transformation and afterwards until they have adjusted to it.
Breathing softly the young man took the pills and saw that his mother held out a glass of water for him as well. Did he miss her bringing that into the water? Giving himself a mental shrug, he carefully took the water, his body still screaming at him before he was able to accept the water and drank the water as he finished off the pills and let out a soft sigh.
"What should I expect?" asked Naruto with a frown.
Both of his parents frowned a little as they turned to each other, before turning back to their son. Minato sighed softly as he said "To be honest, we're not sure how this will affect you now since you are older than the average werewolf would normally be. The only thing we know is that if it were a normal transformation from an earlier age, you'd mostly have an increase in appetite for meat and increased senses. There could be more to it than we think, we'll have to wait and see…"
Great, he was such a failure as a werewolf that his parents had no idea what to expect from him at all! It just seemed that everything was going against him lately, and then of course this happening to him was happening. Could this get any worse for him? He had no idea, though he knew that he had to be careful, there was no way that he could handle it if this kept happening to him. "Wait, what about Hinata and Sasuke? They were with me when I blacked out." Naruto asked with a frown on his face.
"Hinata stayed with you while Sasuke went to get help. You were out of it that she almost thought you were dead. Though she thought otherwise when she kept checking your pulse every few minutes from what she's said." Minato said with a calm voice.
Oh god, Hinata stayed with him the whole time? It made him feel at least a little happy that she stayed with him. In fact, his heart picked up pace a little in his chest causing him to blush at the thought. Though, it did sadden him knowing that he had worried Hinata like that. It was the last thing that he ever wanted to do to her. "I can't believe I worried her so much." Naruto whispered softly before running a shaky hand through his hair. God, it still hurt to move his arm though not as much. At least the meds were kicking in at the very least.
"Do not worry Naruto." Minato said with a grin on his face. "She wasn't crying long anyway, maybe a few minutes or maybe just a few tears." Though, sadly he messed up when he had said that to his son.
"Hinata was crying?!" shouted Naruto, ignoring the pain that was hurting him as his own voice rang in his ears. Kushina glared at her husband before slapping him upside the head and calling him an idiot. Quickly, Naruto tried to get out of bed, only for his parents to push him back down. "I have to see her! I have to tell her that I'm alright now!" shouted Naruto, still ignoring the pain of his ears ringing.
"Naruto, breathe! We told her that you'd be okay! She called a while ago while you were still asleep and we told her that you were okay. Just relax okay, this isn't helping you right now." Minato said, hoping that he would get through to his son. This was something that had him a little concern. Sure, a wolf only picks one mate, and one only to live with for the rest of his life yet, it seemed that Naruto thought Hinata like that. Even though it wasn't official as of yet since he hadn't awoken as a werewolf yet.
Eyes flashing gold for a brief moment, Naruto stared at his father before looking down at his lap and sighed softly. "Sorry…" He whispered softly before rubbing his face. It seemed that his wolf nature was already starting to surface, maybe it was stronger than the average wolf, though that was something that he would have to wait and see, to know what happens. A strong werewolf hadn't happened like this in… maybe ever. Maybe he'd have to ask his father later on to make sure if he had any idea as to what could have caused this long wait of a transformation, and the possibilities of a strong werewolf.
As time went by, Naruto had asked his parents what he was to do about school. His parents answer, they had him pulled out of school and they'll have him home schooled until further notice. Such as, when he can at least control himself a bit better. The downside, he wouldn't be able to see Hinata anymore. Letting out a soft sigh, Naruto felt like a piece of him had died at the thought of not seeing her again. But, he knew that one day he'd see her again and kept that thought with him the whole time that he would be training to control himself.
Sadly, since he didn't have a life time of training like others his age would normally have, total control over himself would be near impossible yet not so. It would just take a lot longer or some kind of shock that would allow him to have control. Breathing deeply, Naruto knew that he would have to be careful with who knew this secret, in other words? No one. No one was allowed to know this secret, not even his best friend could ever know about this. The thought of anyone seeing him as a monster terrified him.
Over the course of the week, Naruto had started to notice a few things had started to change with him. His parents were right about a few things for sure. First off, he had wanted to eat meat a little more often, though he had tried to ignore the intense craving. Even just thinking about meat had only made his mouth water. Ugh, though he couldn't deny it, it was mostly chicken that he wanted the most out of anything else. Beef was okay, though it was still chicken that he wanted.
The next thing, it was the increase in senses. First off, was his sense of smell. With everything that had happened, and with how quickly it was happening it started to ware down on him. As soon as he would wake up in the morning, he could smell whatever his mother was cooking. Normally, he had no problem with that, though when he walked into the kitchen his reaction?
"Oh god! Mom that stings!" Shouted Naruto, holding his nose as tears pricked at his eyes. It was ramen, a favourite of his but the seasonings that his mother would use caused his nose to sting at the scent of it all. It was as if that he could smell the seasoning flow through the air and go into his nose causing him to whine and whimper from the pain that would strike him. It almost felt like he was inhaling water, that was how bad it was stinging him right now.
"Oh god Naruto I'm so sorry!" Kushina said as she rushed to her son and helped him out of the kitchen, and to the living room. His nose still stung though the only thing that she could do to help him was to hold a wet wash cloth to his face. It wouldn't really do much but it could at least let the coldness distract him from the scents that were overwhelming him.
Sadly, there was more with his senses as they started to grow in their sensitivity. Even his hearing had increased, though more so after he had woken up. His hearing had gotten to the point that he could hear people at the end of the street so to speak. It would have been harder to prove since they lived in the forest though still not far from the main road. Covering his ears, Naruto tried to block out the sounds, it was a struggle, first his nose now his ears. What more could he do to help himself with this? Maybe get some kind of ear plugs that would help him until he could get himself well collected to control himself. He could hear cars, trucks and the animals within the forest. How could it be that this hurt him this much? How did his parents deal with the pain that all of this happened? Or did they have some way to block all of this?
Whining and whimpering, the young man just buried himself under blankets and pillows hoping to block out all the sounds that he had to deal with. He felt a terrible migraine coming on from all the loud noise. Even his parents couldn't help him with the pain that he was going through. Even they didn't feel this kind of pain when they themselves had started going through this. For them, what he was going through was a mere fraction, in Naruto's case it was tenfold.
'Dear god why is this happening to me…?' thought Naruto, his eyes filled with painful tears. It almost made him wonder if he had done something terrible in a past life yet, he couldn't really be a hundred percent sure as to what it was that could have caused this in the first place.
Over a few days, Naruto had also started to notice a few other things different about him. His temper was a bit out of control, getting angry when someone said the wrong thing, threatened him in some way when he had gone for a walk through the forest. Then of course when someone was in danger, he felt the desire to protect them. His parents mentioned that wolves are protective by nature, and thus the werewolves were also protective by nature. At least mostly when they were in control of themselves, when not in control a part of them is protective though its buried further deep down and hard to bring up.
Though, it does explain why his mother was protective of him most of the time. He had always thought it was because he was their only child, but it was because the female werewolves, were protective of their children more than their 'mates' since the males tend to be protective of the entire pack, but would do anything to protect their mate and offspring.
Another thing was that his… ahem, clothes weren't fitting properly. He had grown taller, had a bit more muscle to him. None of his shirts nor pants fit him anymore. It was as if he had hit a massive growth spurt if that made sense. It had been a shock when he woke up like that one morning. In fact he could still remember it like it was yesterday.
"What the hell?!" shouted Naruto, noticing that his sleep pants were tight on him. Normally, they were really baggy to the point that he had to tie them when putting them on. His shirt, was not just tight on him but it had ripped in some places. What hasn't ripped, mostly just clung to his body like a second skin. "I'll have to cut this off of me now!" He growled to himself as he carefully made his way to his bathroom and pulled out some drawers, hoping that he would find something that he could use to help him. Though, he didn't really find much to help him at this point. "Son of a bitch." He grumbled before making his way out of his room hoping that he could sneak to the kitchen before his parents woke up. There was no way that he would allow them to see him like this!
"Naruto?" came his mother's voice just before he made it into the kitchen. Damn it all… Whelp, may as well face the music at this point.
Gulping a bit, the young teen made his way into the kitchen and saw that his mother was and tried to keep his cool. "Mom, I… um… kinda out grew my clothes."
Turning around to face her son, Kushina couldn't help but stare with wide eyes. Apparently, she hadn't been expecting this kind of change to happen to her son. Maybe this was something that wasn't supposed to happen, though knew that she and her husband would have to do something to help him. Rushing to the drawers, the young woman pulled out a pair of scissors and carefully handed it to her son. "Go to your room, and I'll see if I can find something for you to wear. We'll go out to get you some clothes that fit okay?"
Looking away, Naruto whispered "I'd… rather stay inside. I don't want anyone to see me like this mom." Naruto couldn't face anyone. It seemed that all of this changing had caused him to feel ashamed to be seen out in public. Yet, the more that she thought about it, the more she figured maybe it was right. All of the sounds and smells would still be overwhelming him, not to mention he seemed to be squinting now. Had his sense of sight also started to increase now as well? Turning to the kitchen windows, the red haired woman closed the windows and saw that her son was no longer squinting.
"Son, are your eyes bugging you as well?" asked Kushina.
"A little… light bugs me right now though not too badly." Naruto answered his mother.
It seemed that even though his changes just started, they were trying to get all of the changes done and out of the way quickly to prepare him for the transformation. This was going to be a difficult time for him when he changed, though knew, just knew that this was going to be hard even after he did change. Just what was going to happen for him after? He couldn't go back to school, couldn't for a while anyway and it was best that they had someone that they knew, and trusted, to teach Naruto for the time being. Maybe one day, he would be able to go back to school.
"Don't worry son, I'm sure everything will work out in the end." Kushina said with a smile, hoping that she could at the very least encourage her son in some way.
Looking up at his mother, the young teen wondered if she was right. Everything just seemed rather difficult for him now as it was. Even though he knew that this was only going to get worse before it got better. Letting out a soft sigh, the young man said "I sure hope so mom, I don't know how much more of this I can take." After that, he started to make his way back to his room to remove the clothes that were still stuck to his body.
Maybe after he was able to transform, his problems could be solved for the most part, though he had a feeling that there was something horrible coming for him. What it was, he had no idea, but he would have to try to get through it, somehow anyway. "Now, to cut these damn clothes off of me!" growled out Naruto as he started to snip the clothes off.