Ch.4 "Jungle Romance, City Drama"

Man! I haven't updated any of my works in a long time! Sorry, AP English worries and packing to move had delayed me. But, then again, I am not a good updater. Now, here's my story and… Oh, yeah! Warning! There's a suggestive scene in this chapter, so I wanted to give a head's up!

Itachi just watched Naruto as the blond was putting some meat on racks made of branches and other things she did for her life. He was now healed up from his bad run with dogs, but he became somewhat interested in the blond's life. The blond did read, but she also had so many ways to make a fire, knew how to cook-she was even better than Itachi, who couldn't cook anything pass super simple like cooking fish over a fire-and prepare food, and she was an expert hunter even in the snow. Though, he was surprised at how she did the snow hunts.

"...Are you alright, Itachi?" Naruto asked, causing Itachi to flinch and look away blushing.

"N-Nothing." Itachi wanted to hit his head against a tree for being embarrassed. Naruto didn't understand normal human behavior like being embarrassed, so she let it slide and continue to do what she was doing before. However, she did wonder if Itachi was alright. Ever since she brought Itachi to her den, the male had been somewhat brooding and such... She was worried that he was annoyed at her.

'...I know!' Naruto looked back at Itachi, who was looking through one of her books. "Itachi, would you like to go hunting with me?"

"Huh?" Itachi raised an eyebrow, looking up from the book. He was kind of amazed of all the books Naruto read, especially with the vocabulary in them.

"You seem... Bored..." Naruto sighed, trying to use simple words. "So, do you want to hunt and get some exercise?"

"...In this weather?" Itachi paled, looking out the cave to see all the snow even though it was now just light flakes floating down to the ground.

"You have the monster form now. The fur will be better than what you call clothes." Itachi looked away as Naruto began to shed the clothing on her before she grunted in pain as her body morphed into a cat version of a werewolf. Itachi looked back at the blond after the transformation was complete. Naruto was now seven feet eight inches height with a long back mane of fur in place of her hair that matched the stripes and spots on her body covered in dusty blond fur with white from her bottom lip now a small muzzle down to her rear in the front much like a leopard or cheetah. She had a slender body than Itachi would expect, but she still looked more like a guy than a girl. She had a smaller head compared to her body with her ears much larger than before in human form. She had a slender waist and looked more like a were-cat made for speed and such. Her somewhat large, yet narrow eyes were still there in this form, but now had slitted pupils and almost white blue.

"...You look like a leopard." Itachi slapped his hand over his mouth after accidentally speaking what he was thinking.

"I am a Serval hybrid. Now, come on. You need to transform as well. You need to get some exercise before you become fat." Naruto growled. "Plus, it hurts less the more you transform."

"....But... What if..." Itachi looked down. He was worried of losing control of his body like he did when he accidentally transformed. He did not want to hurt Naruto.

"Don't worry. Kyuubi told me that it is safe. I had him check your body through my chakra to make sure." Naruto sighed.'Though he was a pain in the tail about it.'

"Hey! I am a mighty demon! Not a medic!" Naruto just ignored Kyuubi yelling in her head. The mighty demon just didn't like being a good guy.

"Also, if you do go out of control, I am strong enough to knock you out. I did before with just clubbing my paw across your head." Naruto sighed while Itachi sweated.

'....Now I don't want to even think how she would be a kunoichi...' Itachi sighed in defeat. "Fine... But, look away as I transform...."

"Why?" Naruto asked, cocking her head. Itachi wondered how Naruto could turn the feline version of a movie monster into a cute humanoid cat being... Again, making Itachi wondered why the blond saw herself as a monster.

"Er... Because people view seeing another of the other gender at our ages as wrong unless they are married or lovers."

"...You mean mates?" Naruto chirped.

"Er... I guess. I don't look at you without your clothes as most women would hurt other males my age and older because those men would be called perverts. Woman... I don't know, but it is still embarrassing to be naked in front of a woman in my views unless they are a mate." Naruto nodded and turned around as Itachi quickly took off the clothes. He thought of how Naruto explained to him how to transform as he closed his eyes. He then screamed in pain as his body morphed and within seconds he was panting and covered in fur.

"...Nice..." Itachi looked at Naruto to see the blond studying his body. Curious as to see what he was and why Naruto looked at him with interest, Itachi went to the pool of fresh water in the back and blinked. He looked exactly like Naruto except his mane had a pony tail and he was black... As well as shorter than Naruto, but she was taller than most females he knew as well as himself by several inches.

"...I look like a panther..." Itachi sighed, before noticing something about his fur in the light... He noticed he had spots and stripes-mainly on the back for the stripes-with his fur showing a dark silver, somewhat blue tint. "What the heck? I have spots and stripes when I am black?" Itachi sweated as Naruto came up.

"You are a melanitic cat...."

"A what cat?"

"A cat that has black fur when its species does not have that usual fur color. It plays a bit on genes and where the cat lives. For example, here, black Servals live in the mountains and forest as their dark coat is useful to hide in the many shadows. However, the same goes for white Servals as white Servals are rare, but their white coats serve well in the snow, so they form prides with the normal yellowish tan fur Servals to work together to get food..." Itachi sweated as Naruto sniffed him, making him feel uncomfortable. "Heh. You're a Serval mix, too."

"Really?" Itachi asked, kind of shocked. "...Er, what's a Serval."

"Meow!" Itachi's heart nearly jumped out his chest when one of the white versions of the yellow cats he saw with Naruto before jumped into the cave. "Hiss! Hiss!"

"That's a Serval." Naruto chuckled while flinging herself out of the cave and skidding down the cliff some to hang off of it. "Come on. My sister said that there is some antelope out in the snow drifts that are easy pickings." Itachi came out of the cave and shocked to see several white Serval cats waiting with the blond cat woman.

"...Alright... Don't get your...Never mind, you aren't wearing any underwear." Itachi sighed, jumping down to join the wild woman. Maybe staying on this island a little longer wouldn't hurt anything.

"So, how are the new recruits doing?" The old war hawk Shimura Danzou smirked as he meeting with his ANBU Root.

"Very well, sir." One ANBU Root answered.

"And what about any information on Uchiha Itachi?" Danzou asked. He was quite angry when his followers accidentally lost the Uchiha prodigy at sea after sealing the teenager's chakra away. He really wanted that Uchiha's powerful eyes.

"Nothing. Even though he probably doesn't know we were the ones who attacked him, it seems he is either hiding or dead." Another masked ANBU answered.

"Great…" Danzou sighed. Hopefully, Itachi was alive and if he was hiding, Danzou could find him and kill the prodigy to get his eyes. He was going to become Hokage even if he had to do it by force. Then, he could eliminate the ninja clans' elders, as they were a threat to both Konoha and him, but keep the younger ones of the clans alive to keep the clan alive, but under his control so he could protect Konoha better.

However, Danzou's ANBU Root and Danzou himself were surprised when several Konoha ANBU suddenly ambushed them with several Jonin and Chunin, including Uchiha Fugaku and Uchiha Shisui.

"Shimura Danzou, you are under arrest for the murder of Uchiha Itachi and other Konoha ninja as well as planning to take over Konoha!" Shisui shouted with a smirk. It took a while, but he finally had enough evidence to prove who attacked Itachi and avenge his best friend. The Root fought back as Danzou decided to retreat, not wanting to risk dying before he could become Hokage.

"Hold it!" Shisui ran after the war hawk as the ANBU Root was either killed or capture. Shisui was not about to let the man responsible for the death of his friend.

"Shisui! Wait!" Hatake Kakashi shouted, cursing as Shisui had no back up thanks to the Root ANBU taking their attention. When the group managed to get pass the Root ANBU, Kakashi summoned a nin-dog to help track Danzou and his chaser.

"AAAAGH!" The group flinched and ran towards Shisui's scream, hoping he wasn't dead.

Itachi stared at the full moon while sitting on a limb near a waterfall. Everything was back to being a steamy jungle after a month of snow. However, much to the Uchiha's dismay, the only way out of the island was indeed the cave which he found was buried. Naruto and he climbed the mountains only to find a steep drop off that was deadly to drop down. However, even though Itachi taught Naruto how to use his storage scroll, he discovered he had no explosives on him to blow up a new hole to get through the cave.

'I guess I am stuck here for the rest of my life.' Itachi let out a sigh.

"Something wrong?" Itachi jumped as Naruto climbed onto the tree limb he was sitting on.

"Oh… Don't do that! You gave me a heart attack!" Itachi sighed, patting his heart.

"My apologizes, but why are you brooding?" Naruto asked, sitting next to Itachi. She noticed Itachi had been a bit down lately and could understand he wanted his home, but she was fearful that he would get depression and from what she read, it could cause his death.

"…I'm so useless." Itachi sighed, dropping his head. "It just took my chakra getting sealed to show it. I can barely cook, I'm horrible at hunting, and I can barely do anything!" Naruto caught Itachi before he fell off the branch from rubbing his head in frustration.

"You're not abortive." Naruto sighed. "Sure, you have several foibles, but you are a chivalrous person and you just need time to adjust to the gamut of survival skills." Naruto smiled at Itachi.

"….I guess…" Itachi sighed, not getting some of the words she said. "I just feel like I'm a burden to you… And my village… They probably have me down as a criminal now, so it would probably just cause problems if I go home. I just keep causing problems."

"…" Naruto just looked at Itachi.

"I never really 'lived' my life. I just wasted it, not thinking much and just going by other people's choices for me… I guess no one would even search for such a pathetic guy like me." Itachi looked down. He only realized the boot load of mistakes he made when he ended up on this island… And so far, he has found no way to fix them as he was stuck on this island. He would never train his brother who begged him to train him, but he ignored him. He would never get married like his mom wanted him to, though he was going to find a wife that was better than his fangirls. He would never get either his clan's or father's respect… It was all down the drain and he was left with nothing. "I'm probably better off dead in some gutter." Itachi let out a sigh of defeat before yelping as something grabbed his ponytail. "Wha-"

-SMOOCH!-

Itachi's face was bright red as he found Naruto's and his lips were locked together. "What! How! Kiss!" Itachi recoiled away from Naruto who glared at him.

"You are not better off dead!" Naruto shouted at Itachi. "Out of the few memories I have from being with humans, I also had nothing, but that didn't mean I let that make me lugubrious! Even when I was knocked down, I always position myself back up! If you relinquish, then that's when you are insignificant! You still have your life, so be productive and use it!"

"Naruto…" Itachi blushed before looking down. "…You are really amazing… I can't-"

-SMOOCH!-

Itachi's eyes widen as Naruto had kissed him again. "Obtuse moron. You're also amazing." Naruto sighed. "I've always been a pariah, even with humans. Yet, you acknowledge me for who I am, not a monster… Even though I see myself as one… You're kind and actually very polite …" Itachi blinked as Naruto played with her tail behind her back, blushing and was nervous. "You facilitate me even though you are still trying to figure out how to do stuff and talk to me… All of that is of supplementary merit than you realize to me…"

"…" Itachi let out a sigh while hitting his head lightly against the trunk of the tree they were in as he was against it now as there was no more of the tree branch for him to move back against. "I've been an idiot…I've been so focused on myself and my worries that I forgot about your feelings… I'm sorry, Naruto." Itachi's eyes widen as Naruto kissed him again, but this time a lot softer as before.

"Baka. I was just apprehensive about you. I don't like seeing other people lugubrious." Naruto smiled at Itachi who blushed before noticing something.

"Uh-uh… Naruto… Why is your hand up my shirt?" Itachi sheepishly grinned as Naruto in fact have her hand on his chest under his shirt.

"From this book I examined, it says men like it when women do this." Itachi sweated as he saw Naruto had somehow gotten an issue of Icha Icha Paradise. "Doesn't something like this makes you… Er… Happy?"

"N-No! I-It's something-er, only mates do!" Itachi stuttered. "Where the heck did you get that anyways!"

"From your sealing scroll." Itachi instantly made a mental note to cut Shisui's chances for kids down to zero if he ever got off this island.

"W-W-Well, let me re-seal that or better yet burn it." Itachi tried to take the book from Naruto, but Naruto kept it out of his reach. "Hey! Come on! That is smut! A bad type of literature idiots write!" Far away, Jiraiya sneezed, wondering if a babe was talking about him.

"…I want kittens…" Naruto blushed while looking away.

"……Eh?" Itachi blinked. What the heck did the blond meant by that! She already was technically surrounded by kittens! Dog like cats that hissed so much that he couldn't tell if they were mad or happy! Itachi, however, blinked as he suddenly found his shirt off his chest and bounding his hands above his head. He paled at the look in Naruto's eyes.

"…I want kittens of my own." Itachi suddenly realized the blond wasn't talking about cats. "Itachi… Would you be my mate?"

"N-N-Naruto! Hold on!" Itachi shouted, panic setting in. "A mate is someone who you are going to be with for l-life! Y-You know! You're soulmate!"

"…But, I have confidence that we are the two only people on this island." Itachi flinched as Naruto smirked. "And there is a high probability that no one is coming here."

"Wait! Ack!" Itachi was now in full blown panic as Naruto had lifted him up and put him over her shoulder and was jumping through the tree tops. "W-W-We're too young for that! I'm not ready to be a parent!"

"Most of my sisters and brothers were parents-"

"There cats! Not the same as humans!" Itachi shouted at the blond.

"Yeah, but we aren't normal humans." Naruto hummed.

"That's not-Are you even listening to me! Let me down!" Itachi shouted, but the stubborn blond wouldn't. "WHY ME!"

"So, it's possible Itachi is still alive!" Fugaku said in shock as he was in the Hokage's office after Danzou was marked as a criminal missing-nin and the military police was assisting the Hokage at getting rid of the criminals on the council.

"It's low, but there is a chance Itachi is alive." Namikaze Minato sighed. "From what we found, the ninja that attacked Itachi sealed off his chakra before he fell into the sea."

"But, what does that mean? Shouldn't he still be able to come back to Konoha?" Fugaku asked, knowing his son was a skilled ninja.

"It's possible he died or ended up on an isolated island." Minato explained. "If Itachi managed to get on one of the unexplored islands within the sea where he is at, it's probably impossible to find him by searching the normal route. However, because of the conditions of the sea in that area, it's possible Itachi is also stuck on such an island because of the rough currents and storms as well as the unknowns with the islands."

"…So, are you going to search for him?" Fugaku asked, wanting to know if his eldest son was alive or not.

"Right now, we can't with our inner problem. However, it seems some people want to map out the other parts of the sea where Itachi fell overboard at and I will use those missions to help with the search. They won't start for a while though as the people are getting special licenses so they can also do reports on any new animals and plants they find… I just thought you would like to know that the search for your son is still going on even though behind doors."

"…Thanks…" Fugaku sighed while the Hokage got up.

"Let's just hope your son is still alive." Minato sighed, patting Fgaku's shoulder, understanding his feelings as he lost people he deeply cared for as well like his wife-to-be Uzumaki Kushina, but she died of cancer instead of being on the battlefield.

"…I do hope he is alive." Fugaku sighed. He realized how horrible of a father he had been and regretted it. All he wanted to do was make it up to Itachi. 'Just be alive, Itachi…' Fugaku looked out the window, wondering what his son was doing now. 'At least he is free of Mikoto's nagging for getting a wife.' Fugaku sweated as he remembered how Mikoto wanted Itachi to get married and have kids. At least the stoic ninja didn't probably have that in his mind.

Yesh… At least I am done with the AP exam. But, don' expect I will be updating soon. My life is a bit crazy right now thanks to graduation and moving. But, during my studies while I haven't updated, I have three new stories I will be posting soon. I already got two chapters done for one and almost done with the second chapters on the other two. But, I will try to update soon, but next chapter for this one is a time skip!