Cursed Chapter 3: Hypocrite
(This may be weird…but this chapter is in Tenten's P.O.V)
I woke up early, and went out into the kitchen. Neji was already sitting there, as I expected. He nodded to me, that's his way of a greeting, and I joined him at the table. We waited until everyone woke up and then our group headed out into the forest. There was a clearing there, and it was well hidden so no one would come across a pack of werewolves. I can only imagine explaining that one…
Once it was dark out, we all transformed. I could feel the fur bristle on my skin in the cool night air, and my face elongated to a snout. Naruto trotted around in a circle and nuzzled everyone quickly…he's overly affectionate. I nuzzled back though, because sometimes with the way I treat him, I bet he thinks I hate him…anyway, after that we began. Each of us took turns howling at the moon, and then we broke off to hunt. I raised my snout into the air and sniffed around. Rabbit…Hinata…mouse…bird…deer. Hm…I decided to go for the rabbit, because those are my favorites and deer take too long to handle. I crouched low, my stomach almost touching the ground and then pounced on the creature. It panicked and I could feel it slowly stop breathing and it's heart rate slow as I held it in my teeth. When I returned to the group everyone but Sasuke and Temari were back. I bet they're going for deer…Hinata held a bird in her mouth, Naruto had two mice, Neji had a small fawn spread out in front of him and Shikamaru was helping him tear it apart. I sat down my rabbit and began to gnaw on it. Sometimes being a wolf disgusts me, but when you're in this form…you can't really tell what your doing. It's only after that you feel sick and become frightened.
We ate and had minor conversation about the night…the temperature, how beautiful it was out, before Neji's bark interrupted us. We began to howl again, and then when I heard it. A cry separate from our group's…one that sounded strange, and foreign. I knew that Neji and Kiba would at least notice too, and I interrupted Hinata's timid yowl with a loud bark. She pawed at the ground and whimpered, while Naruto nuzzled her side to reassure her. Neji snarled orders, he told us the enemies were here. In wolf culture…it's low to attack on the full moon. This night is sacred, what does this pack think they're doing? We backed into a tight circle, and got ready to fight. I licked my claws of any residue from my meal and tensed my muscles, primed for springing into combat. The group approached us and immediately I was shocked. They were weird. That's the only word for it…some of their members had dyed blue fur, who does that? Another had green…one had blood red, and one orange. These were not normal wolves…they didn't abide by any of our customs. I cocked my head to the side, and stole a glance at Neji. His snout was curled and his teeth bared, oh yes he was angry. "What do you want, who are you" he growled. A wolf stepped forward and barked at Neji, "we are the Akatsuki and we want your territory and that wolf over there…we want him dead." He lifted his paw and pointed to Sasuke, who turned and started to leap forward. I knew why he was angry…his brother. A growl was released and the foreign Leader howled…then all hell broke loose.
Wolves on either side of me, I could barely tell friend from foe. I followed Neji though, and we fought the leader and deputy. The deputy was a she-wolf also and she growled at me. I snarled back and made a swipe at her side. She ducked low and pounced on me, pinning my form to the ground. Her sharp teeth bit into my exposed flesh but I used my hind legs to kick her off. Beside me, Neji was dodging his opponent's hits quickly when an explosion happened. Apparently, one of their members had a bomb…and the smoke engulfed our area. Honestly I could not see what was going on, and during this time most of our members got wounded. The deputy bit into my shoulder and I yowled in pain. I could hear Neji bark in alarm, thinking I was severely wounded. My response was to snap my teeth and roll away from her, I launched every bit of weight I could and landed on top of her this time. My claws sunk into her pelt and I could see blood escape from her, but she fought me off and we leapt away from each other.
Somewhere behind me, I heard Sakura yowl in what seemed triumph, I couldn't tell why though. The battle lasted until I heard Neji's howl. It wasn't in victory, or triumph…it was defeat. The enemy pack's leader had his jaw clamped around Neji's leg, and was slashing repeatedly at him. He whimpered for me to tell everyone to run, and I barked the command. I turned to leave…but I paused. Neji was lying there…he was dying…how could I leave? "TENTEN RUN," came Sasuke's growl. I paid no heed, I fought the leader off him and grabbed Neji's side with my teeth. It was agonizingly slow but I dragged him towards the others. "YOU HYPOCRITE," came Ino's snarl. I stopped, and almost dropped Neji there. I was a hypocrite; I was putting my life in danger as well as Neji's and the rest of the pack. Why though? Hadn't I told everyone not to do this exact thing…yes I had, that's why I was a hypocrite. What possessed me to do this…? I couldn't ponder it now though; I ran as fast I could with Neji in tow. The word hypocrite, still ringing in my mind…