Chapter 6

Kakashi was beginning to fidget under all the stares, even if it was only Tsunade, Naruto, and Jiraiya. Normally he wouldn't, but considering what he's been through and how he's changed, he did. It also didn't help that he was wearing orange pants with a jonin shirt that was to short at the arms. Tsunade walked up to him and took his face in his hands.

"How strange," she said as she moved his face left, then right. She then took his arm and examined it. Naruto and Jiraiyasimply watched. When Tsunade was done poking around she turned to Kakashi.

"It's as if nothing happened," she said. "Did you feel anything strange before it happened?"

"No, I was asleep," then he realized something. "Ah, I've been having these weird dreams."

"Dreams?"

"Yeah, I'm mean until last night it was only one dream repeating itself over and over."

"What happened in this dream?"

"Not much really. It was completely black and I could just feel myself following these glowing, silver paw prints. There was also a voice."

Tsunade smacked him upside the head.

"YOU KEEP THESE TO YOURSELF?!"

"Since when are dreams important?!" Kakashi asked rubbing his head.

"Since you became a dog, that's when!"

"Wolf," Kakashi mumbled.

Tsunade raised her hand again to hit him, but luckily Jiraiya saved him.

"Tsunade, before you start knocking his brains out, maybe we should find out more. What happened last night in your dream?" Tsunade glared at Jiraiya but lowered her hand and sat down at her desk.

"Well, last night, I was still following the paw prints but, this time I was engulfed in light. Then nothing." Kakashi said.

Jiraiya pondered on that information. That is, until Naruto spoke up.

"Last night was a full moon," he said. Everyone looked at him. "Maybe the full moon made you human, like a werewolf!" He said with a wide grin.

Everyone sweat dropped at his last statement.

"Other then the werewolf theory, we might have something here," Tsunade said rubbing his chin. She opened her mouth to say more but was interrupted when a shinobi barged in.

"Tsunade-sama! There's trouble!" was all he said. When he saw Kakashi stared agape. Not all shinobi knew he was alive.

"H-Hatake Kakashi?"

"What kind of trouble!?" Tsunade said, regaining the shinobi's attention.

"I-I'm not sure, but there are strange things, just outside the village wall!"

Immediately, everyone headed for the door.

"Kakashi! Stay here!" Tsunade ordered.

"Like that's happening," he said, Tsunade rolled her eyes. Of course he wouldn't listen. As they ran to the village wall, Kakashi could feel the eyes on him.

"Tsunade-sama! Sakura said as she greeted them at the gate, she then saw Kakashi. "K-Kakashi?"

"We'll explain later, what's going on?" Tsunade said.

"It's very strange, come take a look," Sasuke said as he lead the way.

Tsunade saw why everyone wanted her to see this. The body of the guard shinobi lay in front of her, dead, but it was what was on them that was most peculiar. They looked like purple tendrils, but they had a strange aura around them. She dared not step any closer, but Kakashi begged to differ.

"Kakashi, don't–"

"What is that? That glow?"

"Glow?"

"Their glowing."

"Kakashi their not–"

"I see it too," Naruto said as he stepped next to Kakashi. Suddenly the tendrils burst into light. Kakashi and Naruto shield their eyes. When they looked they were gone and only the bodies of the guards lay there.

"They just disappeared," Sakura said.

"Yeah, in a burst of light, how weird," Naruto said as he scratched his head.

"Light?" Tsunade said. Something was wrong. There was something only Naruto and Kakashi could see.

"Yeah, you're telling me you didn't see that?"

"..."

"Sakura, Sasuke, get these bodies to the hospital, I want autopsies on them. You two," she pointed at Naruto and Kakashi, "come with me. Jiraiya, scout around the village and see if you find anything that can explain this."

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The sun was beginning to set and Naruto was growing bored.

"Granny Tsunade, we've been here for hours, why can't we leave?" Naruto complained laying across the couch in Tsunade's office. After those things had disappeared, Tsunade had brought Kakashi and Naruto to her office and made them stay there all day. Kakashi was standing by her window, watching the sunset.

"You think I'll change?"

".....yes," she said.

"But why is Naruto here?"

"Yeah! Why am I here?"

Tsunade didn't answer him and turned around to watch the sunset as well. About two minutes now.

Soon, night had come and nothing happened. Kakashi turned and went to sit on the couch.

"There, nothing happened, can we GO NOW!" Naruto asked, but suddenly something did happen. A strange silver glow engulfed Kakashi and Naruto, and this glow Tsunade could see. Soon, the light became to intense and she had to cover her eyes. When she opened them again she saw wolf Kakashi fumbling to get out of the clothes that now were not for him, but there was something else that made her gape.

Naruto's clothes lay on the ground as well and were his head was supposed to be, there was a little fox head. Kakashi looked at Naruto too.

"Naruto?" Kakashi and Tsunade said in unison.

"Man, what happened?" Kakashi walked up to Naruto and picked him up by the extra fur on the back of his neck and pulled him out of the lump of clothes. He placed him in the middle of the room. Naruto looked down at himself.

"WHAT THE HELL?!"

"You're a fox," Kakashi said as he sat down next to Naruto, who was a little less then half his size. Tsunade placed her hand on her head.

"What the hell is this?"

"Something really screwed up! How the hell am I going to eat ramen?!"

Kakashi placed a paw on Naruto's head and smashed Naruto's face onto the floor. "You're a fox and that's all yo worry about?"

"This is bad, we don't even have any lead on what happened to you Kakashi and now it happened to Naruto? Do you remember seeing those things before Kakashi?"

"No, that was the first I ever saw them," he said. Tsunade studied the two in front of her. Then something clicked.

"You know, you guys are the same animal as your demons," she said.

"You think they have something to do with this?" Kakashi said.

"Maybe."

"But the Silver Wolf is dead," Naruto said "and the Kyuubi hasn't said a word since then. Sometimes I forget he's even there."

"Well, I can't guarantee it, but it's our only lead. You two will stay in my room tonight, I want to keep a close eye on you two," she said as she got up. They walked down the halls to her room, Naruto was lagging behind.

"Hurry up Naruto," Tsunade said.

"Sorry, but walking on four legs as a fox is weird for me."

"You became a fox once," Kakashi said, referring to the four tails transformation.

"Yeah, a demon fox and I had no memory of after it happens."

As everyone went to sleep, Kakashi stayed up watching Naruto. Amazing that even after becoming a fox he was still able to sleep with no problem at all. Kakashi sighed and turned away. He knew he was responsible for this. He soon fell into a dreamless sleep.