A/N: Please read my warnings, cause I don't want reviews from people saying OMG how could you do that?

Warnings: Character death. No one too major, but it's there. And I would just like to say that I neither support underage drinking nor use of fake IDs.

He sat in the tree outside Naruto's window, watching as Sasuke slept on his bed. It had amused him to no end that Sasuke (he had gathered his name by walking around town just out of sight), on finding out that he had been in his house, had gone straight to this human's home. He recognized the instinctual protection that had been in Sasuke's mannerisms. He had once had a mate; a gorgeous grizzly of a woman who had met his every need. The hunts they had gone on together had been bliss. Too bad that curiosity had gotten the better of him and he had hunted her. Her blood had tasted as sweet as she had been to him.

The knowledge of just what was going on between the two was a pleasant twist in his favor. He could see how easily that he could use Naruto as bait and a bit of entertainment. Especially since Naruto had yet to be claimed. Perhaps he would see to the boy's initiation into the world of predators. The idea was interesting. There was always the chance that he was innately prey and his beast would be such. The idea of a truly intelligent prey intrigued him. He would wait for the proper time, of course. He had to make sure that his initial prey would be properly wounded by it. A sick smile revealed teeth far too sharp for a human mouth. He blew the Uchiha a kiss as he slid out of the tree. He was hungry.

Naruto's father had not been happy to come home to find that Naruto had someone staying over, even if it was just until he had gotten off work. It was a school night and after dark. It was totally unacceptable. Which was the reason the two of them were having a heated argument in the den.

"Naruto, it's a school night! You said yourself that he had just gotten back from a hunting trip and didn't have any of his school things with him," Minato said the scowl looking oddly out of place on his face. Naruto looked much the same, his eyes flashing in a way that was very reminiscent of his mother.

"I stay up past midnight and you don't complain. He'll be fine," Naruto said with a huff. Minato glared, clearly unable to come up with an argument to that. He couldn't use the after dark argument because Sasuke wasn't his kid and he had no right to impose a curfew on him.

"What is he doing here, anyway? You just said that he showed up and you let him crash," Minato reminded Naruto. "Doesn't he have his own house for that?" Naruto narrowed his eyes as his mind struggled to find an excuse that sounded half way legit. He could hardly say that he had asked him to stay because he was afraid that a werewolf was after him.

"He was really tired, Dad," Naruto said wincing as yet another lie left his lips. Just what was this doing to him? He had never lied to either one of his parents about something before. It just felt so wrong. "He stopped by and I told him that I would rather have him crash here than behind the wheel." The excuse sounded lame to him, and he was frightened that his father was going to call him on it. Minato frowned, but couldn't say anything against Naruto considering that he would've done the same in the situation.

"Fine," it was clear that he was unhappy with the situation as he looked at Naruto. If he didn't know better he would've said that there was something off about what Naruto was telling him. "But I don't want him to drive home from here while it's so late. Just have him sleep here." Naruto nodded, doing what he could to keep his relief under wraps. His dad was suspicious as was.

"Alright," Naruto said as he made to go back down the hallway. He could hear his father's sigh and he was forced to ignore the pang of guilt in his chest. He opened the door and turned the light on in his room to find Sasuke sitting in the dark. Naruto looked at him for a second before closing the door. "How much did you hear?" Naruto asked as he began to shed his clothes. He normally slept in his boxers. He had worn the sweatpants because Sasuke had seemed nervous with him in just his boxers. But this was his turf.

"Enough," Sasuke said as he watched the other's movements. He could see all the muscles rippling underneath Naruto's skin as he moved and he wondered vaguely what it would feel like to run his hands over them. He closed his eyes as the thought registered and ignored the sleepy hiss of his beast. "I didn't mean to cause you trouble, Naruto." Naruto sighed and ran his hand through his hair, finished stripping. He was glad he had stuck with a nice black cotton pair of boxers for the day.

"Yeah, well, it is my fault. I asked you to stay," Naruto said making a face as he sat on the edge of his bed. Sasuke felt the weight on the bed and opened his eyes to find Naruto right next to him. "Hell, I was the one who went out of my way to return your damn notebook. I should've gone ahead with the others and helped build the homecoming monstrosities instead. Not that I managed to get out of that one long." Sasuke couldn't help the smirk as Naruto joked a little about the whole thing. It made him feel better that Naruto didn't see him as the source of this trouble. Even if Sasuke felt like he was.

The next day slid into the routine that school days were want to do. He even had answered one of his English teacher's trick questions right. He was feeling pretty good as he headed to lunch, Sakura chatting away next to him. He never really paid much attention to what she was saying, just making the appropriate noises in the correct places as she talked. God, he missed Hinata. He had thought she was too quiet before, but now he would give anything to have her back.

"So, right in the middle of picking out our dresses, it hit Ino and me," Sakura said as Naruto tuned in. "We didn't have dates. I mean, we can't go to homecoming without an escort of some kind. So, we decided that I was going to go with you and Ino was going to go with Shikamaru. So, pick up a rose colored corsage so it will match my dress." Naruto started to nod before his brain processed the words. Oh, hell no. He had never gone to such dances since his freshman year, and had no intention of starting now. He opened his mouth to protest, only to be cut off by Ino.

"So did you tell him?" Ino asked as Sakura nodded. "Good, because it's going to cost a fortune to rent a limo and we have to decide on diner reservations." Naruto was left gaping at the two. Didn't he get some kind of say in this?

"Um," Naruto started to be run over as Sakura started suggesting restaurants. Naruto could feel his temper flaring up. He was naturally relatively mellow like his mother, but once he got started it was a nightmare to behold. Naruto tried clearing his throat only to be ignored once again by the girls. His eyes narrowed as the two continued to ignore the black aura coming from him. "Ladies!" Naruto shouted getting not only their attention but the attention of the entire cafeteria. Both girls were looking at him with something akin to open mouthed shock. Naruto smiled, though it didn't reach his eyes. "Now that I have your attention," Naruto said at much more normal volume, "I hate to be the barer of bad news, but I have no intention of going to homecoming. I went once and that was enough for me." He could almost countdown the amount of time it took for the words to register in Sakura's head.

"No going?" she repeated. "What do you mean you're not going?!" Sakura's voice had picked up so that it was almost the same volume as Naruto's earlier. "This is the first big social event of the season and I will not be going with anyone but you." Naruto raised an eyebrow, oddly finding that scary Sakura was a lot less scary once he had made up his mind about something.

"I guess you won't be going then," Naruto told her at point blank. Ino looked at him like he had sprouted another head. Sakura's green eyes sparkled dangerously in her rage. She always got the man she wanted. The only exception to this was Sasuke, but he wanted no one so she didn't take it too bad.

"Do this, Naruto, and you'll be committing social suicide. I'll see to it you never get a date and that no one will so much as acknowledge your presence," Sakura threatened her voice tight in her anger. Naruto tilted his head and wondered at what had made him like the girl in the first place. Studying her he decided it was the fact that he had been desperate to make friends when he first got to school.

"I highly doubt you have that kind of power, Sakura," Naruto said with a sigh. "But thanks for the warning." He gave her a bit of a mock salute as he left her. The second he left the entire cafeteria become abuzz with the news. Naruto's eyes sparkled with a bit of mirth as he made his way over to the table he was looking for. He loved being the center of attention. He paused just next to the table and waited for them to notice his presence. One by one each of them stopped eating to look up him. All except for the one he wanted to look up at him. Sasuke had his nose in the current literary piece he was reading for AP English. The entire table seemed to hold its breath as Sasuke moved over to the side offering the space next to him for Naruto. He took this as his cue to sit and did.

"Nice to see you got some sense, pretty boy," Suigetsu said with a smirk. "I wondered how long it would take the pink haired bitch to let you know your place in her world." Naruto blinked at him a slice of apple half way to his mouth. He had to bite back the automatic reaction that he had when other people said things about his friends. Sakura had made it clear she was no longer his friend. Oddly, it was Karin who reacted first. She made a fist and slammed it hard over Suigetsu's head. He let out a grunt of irritation as he looked at her. "What the hell, Karin? I know you were thinking it."

"That didn't mean that you had to say it," Karin said rolling her eyes. She offered Naruto a smile as she bit into her sandwich. There was quiet at the table for a couple of minutes, during which Suigetsu looked like he was going to explode but didn't want to risk more of Karin's wrath.

"So, I heard that you're not going to homecoming," Suigetsu said more to break the silence than anything else. Naruto nodded and laughed a little nervously.

"Yeah," he said watching Sasuke for any reaction as he said it. He could've sworn he saw Sasuke's eyes look up for second from behind his novel. "I think the entire school heard. I'm not one for dances. Too much drama and bad music." He made a face and Suigetsu laughed nodding. Karin tapped her lips with a finger, thinking.

"It's kind of tradition for us to do something off the wall that night," Karin said her eyes flicking to Sasuke before coming back to him. "Normally we just head to the lake and BS, but I'm feeling a little adventurous this year." Naruto raised an eyebrow wondering just what she had planned. He was itching to get out of this little town and do something fun.

"What do you have in mind?" Sasuke's voice almost caused Naruto to start. He had known that the other was there, but he had been so quiet. Sasuke had finally given up on getting any of his reading done here after he realized he had been reading the same sentence since Naruto and Sakura had started yelling. That and he knew that Karin sometimes had pretty decent ideas. Karin grinned, a sparkle coming into her eyes.

"You know that new club that opened up in Memphis? The one that was suppose to be an exact copy of that LA club?" Everyone except for Naruto nodded. He must've been out of it when that news came around. Either that or he just hadn't cared. "Well, what do you say we make a trip out there? I can fit everyone in the explorer." It took barely two minutes for them to get the affirmative from everyone, even the guy who hadn't spoken either time Naruto had been here. He couldn't wait to get a taste of city life back.

Saturday came lightning fast. Naruto had told his father that he was going to spend the night at Sasuke's since he wasn't going to homecoming. His father had done everything he could think of to get him to go to homecoming. He seemed to really disapprove of the way he was blowing the event off. Naruto had explained to him that he never went and would rather hang out at Sasuke's watching movies than go. In the end his father had just sighed and let him go. He was never very good at putting his foot down on anything. Naruto stuffed a duffel bag with clothing he thought that he was never going to use after leaving LA. He even made sure he had his fake ID in his wallet. He was heading over to Sasuke's early so that he could change. The last thing he needed was his dad to see him in club gear.

Naruto grinned as he rang Sasuke's bell. He was half tempted to just walk in. He was surprised as he heard the lock click before Sasuke opened the door. What Naruto saw had him wondering if he was going to survive the night. Sasuke was wearing a pair of black pants that looked like he had painted them on and a black mesh undershirt. A bright blue zip up, hoody vest stopped just above his belly button. He had rimmed his eyes in a shimmering black liner, making them stand out a bit more.

"Like something you see, dumbass?" Sasuke said with a smirk as Naruto was caught staring. Both Sasuke and his beast felt enormously pleased with themselves at his reaction, never mind the fact that he had spent the entire week wondering just what the hell he was doing. He had wanted to sort of stay away from Naruto, but it had gotten harder to do with the fact that he now sat at his lunch table, and everyone seemed to like him. Then there was the fact that his beast had calmed down tremendously over the past week. Naruto smirked and let just a little bit of his desire show in his face.

"Naturally," Naruto said as Sasuke moved to let him in. Now that he had been ousted with his liking of the other he felt that he could be more brazen. Sasuke closed the door and locked it. He was still a bit paranoid after he had caught the smell of the other wer. He hadn't had any indication that he was still in the area, but one could never be too careful. Naruto headed off to the bathroom, duffel bag in hand. Sasuke wondered just what he had in there.

Twenty minutes later, Naruto deemed himself ready to go. He had opted to go a little less punk than Sasuke had. He wore a pair of blue jeans that were nearly as tight as Sasuke's, a deep forest green shirt that showed a little glimpse of skin every time he moved, a pair of fingerless orange gloves finished it off. He had even decided to wear a silver hoop instead of his normal diamond stud for the evening. He slung the duffel over his shoulder as he made his way down the hall to the living room. Sasuke was sitting on the couch, watching TV and looking bored.

Sasuke looked up as he heard the other coming down the hall way and nearly choked on his spit. How could someone so covered manage to look so sexy? The second the thought was out he was shoving it down. He was not desperate enough that he was going to jump the only other person on the continent who knew his secret. He took a second to control himself before he spoke, unaware that Naruto had noticed his initial reaction.

"All ready then?" Sasuke said as he clicked the TV off. Naruto nodded one hand tightening on the duffel bag.

"Yeah," Naruto said doing his best not to start staring at Sasuke. "Where did you want me to put my stuff?" Sasuke thought about it for a moment. He had cleaned Itachi's room, and even put sheets on his bed knowing that Naruto was going to be staying at his house for the weekend. But, when asked where he wanted the blonde, he only came up with one place. Sighing in defeat he wondered why he had even bothered.

"Just put it in my room," Sasuke said and Naruto grinned. He walked up stairs whistling a happy tune. Sasuke rubbed his temples at the song he could hear much louder than it was. It was broken by the sound of a horn in his driveway. Naruto was down seconds later, and out the door with a whoop.

They stood in an over crowded parking lot, Karin using scotch tape to tape the address of their hotel and room number to Suigetsu. Naruto watched the scene amused. It appeared that they had done something like this before and Suigetsu had gotten so drunk he couldn't remember where he was supposed to end up and they had to bail him out of jail. Once Karin was satisfied that the little sticky note was not going to come off, they made their way to the line for the club. It was long enough that it almost wrapped around the side of the building. Naruto pouted.

"How the hell are we supposed to get in?" Naruto asked the others. Everyone refused to meet his eyes except for Sasuke. He seemed amused at Naruto.

"How do you think? We wait in line until it's our turn," Sasuke said wishing he had a jacket. It was getting into late fall and the weather had started getting cold. Naruto let out an indigent noise and ducked under the velvet rope. "Dumbass, what do you think you're doing?" Sasuke asked following. He heard Karin and the others give a groan as they too got out of line. Naruto paused in his march up to the bouncer and smiled. His grin was pure mischief.

"Why I'm getting us into the club," Naruto said innocently. Sasuke raised an eyebrow, but followed nonetheless. Naruto paused a few feet away from the bouncer and tilted his head to the side. If anything his grin grew wider. "I should've fucking known," Naruto said under his breath further confusing everyone. He walked up to the bouncer, a powerfully built man with a beard and a cigarette. He looked immensely bored. He looked down at Naruto for a second, almost squinting.

"Naruto?" the bouncer asked almost seeming startled. His shock was nothing compared to the shock of everyone else in the group. How the hell did Naruto know the bouncer?

"Yo, Asuma," Naruto said hugging the man. "I should've figured that my pervy godfather would just move his business to where I was. It's so like him." The bouncer shook his head and pulled the cigarette out of his mouth.

"What can I say? He loves you kid," his eyes seemed to narrow as he took in the people behind Naruto. "What are you doing here anyway?" Naruto made to look as innocent as possible. Asuma just sighed and unhooked the rope that prevented entry into the club much to the displeasure of those waiting in line. "I don't know you and didn't see you," Asuma said not looking at him. Naruto just grinned and walked into the club, Sasuke and friends in tow.

"You know the owner of the club?" Karin asked in both shock and unrestrained glee. They hadn't even had to pay a cover charge for the night. Naruto sighed as they made their way towards the pulsing beat of the club. Sasuke was listening carefully, trying to understand what was going on.

"He's my godfather," Naruto yelled over the music. He grabbed Sasuke's wrist so that they wouldn't get lost in the crowd, Karin grabbing the other. "He owns a lot of them. He's only in town for the first few weeks, though." Naruto led them to a private booth that wasn't taken. It overlooked the dance floor and they had a great view of the DJ. Once they were inside it seemed to cut the outside noise by half. Unfortunately, the booth was small and the five of them had to cram inside, Naruto in the middle with Sasuke on one side and Karin on the other.

"Why didn't you say anything earlier?" Suigetsu asked as he flagged down one of the scantily clad waitresses. Naruto sighed.

"I wasn't sure if he owned this one or not. For all I knew he was still in LA," Naruto said with a grin, "but the name was a dead giveaway. All his clubs are members of the Icha Icha Series." Indeed the club was called Icha Icha Paradise. The waitress was over a second later. Naruto wrinkled his nose at her attire. He had never thought his godfather's clubs were the most tasteful places on the planet. The waitress leaned forward on the table, giving everyone a clear view of her breasts. Naruto was going to have to have a word with his godfather, even if she had a nice rack.

"What can I getcha?" she asked popping a piece of gum in her mouth. Suigetsu was leering at her pretty hard and Naruto had to suppress a laugh.

"I'll take an orange sparkler," Naruto said winking at the waitress. She nodded and put it on her pad. She did not fail to note, however, the dark look the raven gave her at the wink.

"I'll take a watermelon julep," Karin told her with a smile. Suigetsu offered her a large grin as she looked at him.

"Saba Colada," he said as she almost seemed to move away from him. It looked like Suigetsu was not getting any from her tonight. She looked expectantly at Juugo. He looked at her blankly.

"He'll have water. He's our driver tonight," Karin offered when it was clear that Juugo was not going to speak up. The waitress nodded and waited for Sasuke to order. He was half tempted to join Juugo in the water bit. His system was unkind to alcohol. Perhaps he could get away with nursing one beer all night. It wasn't like anyone would know.

"Heineken," Sasuke said and the waitress was quick to scurry off to get their drinks. They barely had their drinks when Naruto was busy trying to shoo them out of the booth. Juugo rose followed by Karin, who Naruto grabbed and whispered something in her ear. The music was loud enough that Sasuke couldn't pick up what was said. He felt his mood grow darker and his panther let out a little warning growl as Karin laughed at whatever he said. She disappeared towards the bar instead of sitting back down, her drink in hand. It looked like Karin had found her prey for the night.

"I'm going to dance. Anyone care to join me?" Naruto asked. Suigetsu shook his head while Sasuke gave him a look that asked if he was serious. Juugo remained as apathetic as he was before. Naruto shrugged as he disappeared towards the dance floor. Sasuke took a tiny sip of his drink, wishing to god that he could just down the whole thing. Suigetsu let out a low whistle as he watched the dancing mass of bodies. Sasuke raised an eyebrow in inquiry and Suigetsu pointed.

"Look at him go," Suigetsu said as Sasuke followed where he pointed. He felt his eyes narrow. Naruto had been down there less than two minutes and he had already found two dancer partners, a red headed woman and her blonde friend. The dancing looked closer to sex with clothes on, and Sasuke was out of the booth before he registered taking the action. He nearly paused on the way down to the dance floor as he thought about what he was doing. He started moving again as he found a rational reason for his actions. Naruto had no clue where those two had been and he could pick anything up from them just from dancing. Sasuke maneuvered through the press of bodies, nearly pausing to rip the arm off whoever had dared to grab his ass. Naruto saw him when he was seconds away and leaned down to say something to the girls and it was all he could do not to kill them on the spot.

"Would you like to dance, Sasuke?" Naruto asked as he leaned in close. The music was so loud that Naruto had to practically be on top of him in order for Sasuke to hear him. Sasuke opened his mouth to make a reply, but was stopped as Naruto began to move. Dear God, was all Sasuke could think, wondering just where Naruto had learned to dance like that. Sasuke saw someone heading towards Naruto and was behind him before he could think. Sasuke was horrified with his actions. He had no fucking clue how to dance. "You know," Naruto said as he leaned his head back so that he could be heard, "this would be easier if you were in front. I could guide you."

That was how Sasuke found himself dancing with Naruto behind him, one of Naruto's hands twined in the front of his mesh shirt just above his pants, the other guiding his arms so that they were back behind Naruto's neck. His beast was purring so loud in his head he couldn't even hear the music and was completely relying on Naruto to keep the beat. Naruto moved his head so that they were cheek to cheek.

"Relax, Sasuke," Naruto said as he moved his now free hand so that it held a hip, one thumb hooked through a belt loop. Naruto was enjoying himself greatly. He had one very sexy Sasuke up against him moving in a purely primal way to the beat coming out of speakers. It hardly mattered to him that they were in a sea of bodies, and that anyone could see them, in this moment he could only think about Sasuke and the beat. He blinked as he felt a rumbling from where his hand was splayed on the other's stomach. "Are you purring?" Naruto asked letting a little of the amusement he was feeling enter his voice. Sasuke closed his eyes and decided he was just going to enjoy the moment.

"Shut up, Naruto," Sasuke hissed as the song shifted slower and Naruto turned him so that they were facing each other. Sasuke opened his mouth to ask him what he was doing when Naruto slid a thigh between both of his own. He widened his eyes at the feeling and was almost tempted to pull away. No, no, this could not be happening. He had promised himself. Sasuke could almost see his beast in the back of his mind, sprawled out and looking at him through eyes half lidded in contentment. It and his body had totally betrayed him and he was finding he didn't really care at the moment. Naruto still had a grip on his hip and was guiding him to move deliciously against that thigh. Sasuke knew for a fact that Naruto could feel him through his pants.

"Why, Sasuke, you really seem to be enjoying yourself for someone who was so against dancing," Naruto said huskily in his ear. Naruto barely ghosted his lips over the shell of Sasuke's ear, sending a shudder down the other. Naruto smirked until he saw one of the waitresses making her way towards them. He had Sasuke exactly where he wanted him and someone had to come along and interrupt. He pulled away from Sasuke who gave him a confused look for a second until he followed where Naruto was looking. Naruto never let go of his waist as he steered them through the crowd. Sasuke noted, with a pang of jealousy, how the crowd almost seemed to part for Naruto. He had no clue that this was do to the death glare Naruto was sending anyone who so much as looked at Sasuke. Once off the dance floor, the waitress began talking.

"You guys are with a woman right? Longish hair, glasses, wearing thigh high boots and a white zipper top and black skirt?" she asked nervously. Sasuke groaned as Naruto gave the woman a puzzled look.

"That sounds like Karin. Why?" Naruto asked not removing his hand whose fingers were threaded through one of Sasuke's back belt loops. If Sasuke wasn't objecting he wasn't going to let go. The woman pointed towards the bar. The two turned to follow to where she was pointing. Naruto snickered as he saw what Karin was doing. She had somehow gotten herself up on the bar and was attempting to dance lewdly. Sasuke watched in horror. There was a flash of light and he turned his head to look at Naruto who was holding his camera phone out. He had taken a picture. Sasuke raised an eyebrow at him in question. He would be better off not remembering the event. "Blackmail material," Naruto said and Sasuke nodded. They were interrupted by the waitress.

"I think it would be best if you took your friend home," she prompted and Naruto sighed. He had just started to have fun. Naruto was forced to remove his hand from Sasuke so that they could make it to the bar where a crowd had gathered to cheer her on. Sasuke pushed to the forefront and wondered where Juugo and Suigetsu were. It was just like the two of them to disappear the moment something like this happened. Karin spotted both Sasuke and Naruto and stopped dancing for a second.

"Sasuke!" she said clearly drunk off her ass. Sasuke sighed as the crowd turned to regard him. He ignored them offering his hands to the girl, who looked at them confused.

"C'mon, Karin. It's time to go home," Sasuke said and she pouted. She didn't want to go home. She was having too much fun to go home. But Sasuke was being so nice. She wavered.

"Yeah," Naruto said drawing her attention to him. She smiled. She liked Naruto. He was nice to her. "Let's go home."

"Okay," Karin said taking Sasuke's hands and jumping off the counter. She landed a little off and stumbled, but both Sasuke and Naruto were there to right her. She blew kisses to her fans as they walked her towards the door. Once they were outside, Naruto used his phone to leave voice messages to both Juugo and Suigetsu to take taxis to the hotel. He was letting them pick up the tab, but would pay them back. Sasuke, on the other hand, was helping Karin keep her hair of her face as she vomited into a group of bushes near the SUV. Naruto shook his head and walked over to rub circles on her back until she stopped. She made a face at the left over vomit taste in her mouth.

"In the car," Naruto said as he helped Karin get into the back seat and get her belt on. Karin watched him, amused. Naruto closed her door and got in on the passenger side. He was well aware he was over the blood alcohol limit, even if he was not drunk. Sasuke started the car with the keys he had gotten from Karin before she started bringing back up her dinner. He had only managed a sip of his beer, and deemed himself worthy to drive them the twelve blocks to the hotel.

"You two are really cute together," Karin said out of nowhere. Naruto turned around to look at her as Sasuke glanced at her in the rearview mirror. "Sasuke's such an uptight bastard. He never showed interest in anyone till you. He just kind of put up with all of us." Naruto blinked at her statement and looked at Sasuke who was concentrating on driving-very hard. Naruto looked back at her to ask her what she meant, but she was out cold. Naruto sighed as they pulled into the hotel. Thank god they had already checked in.

He entered Naruto's house without fear. He knew that the boy was gone for what remained of the weekend and that his father wouldn't get home for another hour. He went through the house thoroughly. He wanted Sasuke broken to the point of insanity when he finally fully went after him, and if he took Naruto there along the way… Well, it would just hurt Sasuke all the more. He was purposeful about leaving his scent all over the house. He wanted Sasuke to know that he had done it. That he had done it because Naruto was attached to him. Calmly, he waited in the den, reclining in the chair that Minato frequented. He could be patient when it suited him.

His ears perked when he heard the door opening. Seconds later the lights were flipped on. There was a pause as Minato's mind caught up to the figure in his chair. What he saw shocked him to the core. It looked like it may have once been a man, but no longer. Black fur covered the body and ears were pointed at the top of his head. His eyes were a deep brilliant red, shocking in their quality of color. His finger tips were clawed, and his feet resembled that of a canine. He was watching him intently.

"Hello, Minato," it said in a voice that resembled a bark far more than a human's. It stood and made its way over to him, stopping just out of arms reach. "You have been a constant thorn in my side since you took over this position. And then there is the matter of your dear son." It smiled revealing a mouth full of pointed teeth. Minato gained back his courage at the mention of his son.

"You stay away from my son," he said narrowing his eyes at whatever the hell this thing was. It laughed then, the sound grating on his ears.

"I don't think you'll have any say in the matter. You are going to be quite dead," it said bringing its hand forward to sink its claws in Minato's side. Minato went for his fire arm with the other and managed wound it in the shoulder. It roared in pain as it brought its other hand across Minato's throat, blood spraying everywhere. The wer whined as it clenched its shoulder. It left the house knowing that this was going to be a delay in his plans and that no one would notice Minato was missing until his son came home that evening.

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Icyhiei: The wer didn't turn Sasuke and Itachi, though it did kill their parents some time after. Lyancathropy is a virus that affects the genetic structure of it's victim. It mutates one of the genes that carry unneeded genetic inform and bonds to it. Since the data is different depending on the person it means that you get different animals in each mutation. Even if you were to have two panthers they would not be the same panther.

HatakeKasumi: He is all worried even though he doesn't want to admit it. He doesn't want to admit to anything going on between him and Naruto. Poor thing is going to have to.

Stoic Sol: I like Karin a little more than Sakura, but really think of them as interchangeable. Hince why she is so nice in this chapter.

Prima: Continuing.

Astoroche: All you need to do to picture Sasuke eating the raw meat is to find a clip from Yugioh (Oh, my God how said is the fact that this is my reference?) during battle city were Bakura proceeds to eat a steak. Turn the juice into blood and viola!

Lifeblood92: Here's you fix, my little junkie. I'm glad you think I'm awesome.

Jadej.j: I actually haven't even decided if Naruto will end up bitten. There is more than one way to catch wer, so to speak.

Naruke3176: Glad you like Sasuke as a panther and I did borrow a bit from Twilight in the beginning. It just fit.

IceNight009: I'm not sure if Kisame and Itachi will be a couple. I can see it happening in a sort of platonic way if that makes any sense.

Kairi and Cloud: He is totally in denial about Naruto. Sakura is the Naruto Universe's captain of the cheerleaders.

NaTsUKO-CHAn: English writers? Does that mean you speak a different language? Cause I'm a total foreign language geek. Thanks for the love.



Kai: No, the wer in the house did not bite Sasuke and Itachi. It killed their parents in a separate incident. And, alas, Juugo, Karin and Suigetsu are Sasuke's only friends besides Naruto. He wasn't really interested in making them to begin with. And Sasuke will grow. Once he reaches adult his head, when sitting, should be about level with Naruto's shoulders.

Shadowpheonix143: Of course he is health conscious! He grew up in one of the must health conscious states in the country. And I can't stand an idiot Naruto. He's mellow and enjoys goofing off to the extreme, but he is not stupid. Sasuke is going to try to drag his feet. Kisame and Itachi will be along in the next two or three chapters I think. Once they know what's up they'll be on a plane PDQ.

Hunni C A K E: Your review was long enough to make me happy. I'll take one word reviews. I'm glad you think it's original. The wer's identity will be coming along shortly.