Chapter 9 Bad Timing.

"Alright this should be good." said Sakura as she step foot onto the ground after at least an hour of running up the river.

"I don't smell anything." said Naruto "We should be good."

"Thank you." said Katara as she found a flat spot of the ground and lied down. She curled into a ball like shape and brought her tail up to her face to keep it warm. "How many hours do we have left to sleep?"

"Four sound good to you Ino?" asked Sakura

"Sure." said Ino as she let out a large yawned her fangs becoming clear as day to everyone. "Why don't you and Naruto get some rest then Choji and I will take a watch."

"Ino, you couldn't even smell them coming we would be weakened if both Sakura-chan and I both slept." said Naruto

"Naruto are you really going to turn down a chance to sleep with Sakura?" asked Choji as he nudged Naruto in the ribs.

"Yes, sleep with Naruto-kun…we are animals now we can go wild." said Inner Sakura with a perverted grin that would have fit perfectly in one of Jiraiya's books.

"No…when I sleep with Naruto-kun it will be as a human!" snapped Sakura back

"So it isn't an if anymore it is a when?" asked Inner Sakura with an even bigger smile.

"Shut up!" yelled Sakura back at the same moment thanking God that her fur covered up her blushing face

"I mean none sleep beside her not with her of course." said Choji "There are kids here and I for one don't want to see that."

"Ya, I wouldn't want see you and Ino go wild either." said Naruto with a laugh only to get a death glare from Ino. "Sorry. But still it would be better if one of us is up."

"We will be fine and you haven't gotten any sleep since the day before the battle." said Ino "And it will take us at least a couple more days to get to the Sound."

"They probably know that we are heading there by now, so Tsunade probably sent a team of those things there to destroy everything they find." said Sakura

"Forehead, that place was bombed to hell and back and somehow we still couldn't find a trace of anything like this virus when we searched the place after the war." said Ino "What makes you think some animals will be able to find anything?"

"Then how will we find it?" asked Choji

"We didn't find it last time because we were not looking for this virus before." said Sakura "Now we know what we are looking for. Should be easier."

"Ok." said Naruto

"Good, now get some sleep both of you." ordered Ino as Naruto shook his head and headed toward a patch of grass, the clearing was smaller then the first one so he was now within feet of Katara and Saito as they slept.

Sakura looked around for a spot as well only to find that there wasn't really anyplace left for her. The only spot was right between Naruto and the kids. Slowly she lowered herself to the ground but she was still so close to Naruto that she could feel his breath on her skin. She didn't know how long Naruto just lied there probably too stunned to move, then he rolled over so their backs were too each other.

"Night Sakura-Chan." whispered Naruto just load so for Sakura to hear it.

"Night Naruto-kun." said Sakura back as she closed her eyes and let sleep take her.

After an hour or two later Naruto and Sakura along with the kids were sound asleep leaving only Choji and Ino awake.

"They really do look like a family." said Choji

"What?" asked Ino

"Look at Naruto, Sakura and the kids." said Choji "Saito acts like Naruto but has Sakura fur and Katara acts like Sakura but has Naruto like fur. It just seams that they could be a family."

"Ya, they do." said Ino with a smile

"Ino something has been bugging me."

"What?" asked Ino

"Well you have seen how some of those things go off and mate pretty regularity." said Choji

"Choji if you are thinking about going off and getting wild then it will have to wait until after Naruto and Sakura get up so that no one attacks us." said Ino

"No I am just worried about any kids they may have, they would be animals like them right?" asked Choji

"Ya." said Ino

"Well what happens when we find a cure. If they are born animals will we be able to turn them human?" asked Choji as Ino raised her hand under his chin.

"I am sure we can, since any cure we find has to be able to turn an animal DNA into human so it should turn them human." Said Ino "The human DNA is still in there it is just moved into storage and animal DNA we all have in us from evolution moves up to take their place."

"I was just wondering." said Choji "When do you want to wake them?"

"I say we let them sleep the whole four hours." said Ino "I am fine and they look so happy."

"Ya, it is going to be interesting when they wake up." said Choji with a grin.

Sakura felt sunlight hitting her face. Slowly she opened her eyes; she could hear the early morning birds in the trees. She could see that Katara and Saito were still asleep. Slowly she went to stand up only to find she couldn't. Some time during the night Naruto had rolled over and had wrapped his arm around her waist. His face was also located near her face.

"This feels so nice." said Inner Sakura as outer Sakura just enjoyed being in Naruto's arms.

"Enjoying yourself forehead?" asked Ino as Sakura couldn't help but smile and move herself deeper into Naruto's arms. "I'll take that as a yes."

"Yes." said Sakura with a smile as she closed her eyes.

"WHAT!" yelled Tsunade as she barred her teeth

"They used a sink bomb that made smelling them impossible." said Kakashi "There wasn't anything we could do."

"Very well." said Tsunade as she looked out over the village they were in the works of moving just under ½ the village's total popution, those who hadn't turned into a cannin. As soon as they were gone only dog, wolf and other canine type forms like foxes and coyotes would remain in the new village hidden in the Leaves. "We will build a new village of our kind."

"Yes." said Hinata "But we need to bring Naruto back he is one of our kind."

"He is a canine at lest." said Kiba "However so is Sakura and the two kids that turned into foxes. We need to bring them all back here, all of them."

"Fine." said Hinata

"What do you want us to do?" asked Kakashi

"I want you to start training all none ninjas to fight, there is no such thing as ninjas anymore we are all pack members so we need to be ready to go hunting if needed." said Tsunade (A hunt is the same thing as a mission to them.)

"You are preparing for a war aren't you?" asked Kakashi with a grin.

"We need to get our ninjas who are the Sand village back." explained Tsunade

"I see." said Kiba "What of Naruto and the others?"

"I want you and Hinata to head toward the Sound and meet up with Neji and Tenten. Capture them while they try to find a cure." said Tsunade

"Very well." said Kiba as they headed out. Tsunade looked out the window at the village that was being rebuilt and remolded. It was difficult for a seven foot tall dog or wolf to move though a building designed for a normal human. So buildings were being torn down and being rebuilt for their new size. She looked toward the spot where she had turned.

Flashback

"She is old." said a bear

"Yes, but she is strong." said a former ANBU now wolf "Also she is the Hokage."

"What…is going on?" asked Tsunade as she slowly tried to move only to find her arms, legs and neck tied down to an telephone pole. Her head hurt almost as if she had drunk just too much shake the night before.

"She is awake impressive, she must have pumped out more poison then I thought." said the snake who had brought the Hokage down. After she had fallen the giant slug had disappeared in a cloud of smoke.

"Let me go!" yelled Tsunade as she tried to free herself using her chakra enhanced strength but the ropes didn't break.

"Don't both Lady Hokage; the more chakra you pump into the stronger the rope becomes." said the wolf "Besides you will not be human for much longer, it is time for you to turn."

Tsunade twisted against the ropes as the wolf reached out and grabbed her chest with his chakra covered hand. She tried to fight but she could already feel the changes start. Her blood went onto the ground as new claws came out of her fingers and new sharp teeth filled her mouth. She watched in horror as her face pushed out into a muzzle.

"No." thought Tsunade as her life flashed before her eyes, she screamed in pain as claws burst out of her shoes.

"Good she is becoming a wolf type." said the wolf with a smile as grey and white fur appeared on Tsunade's body and two pointed ears appeared from out the top of her blonde hair. Suddenly she burst out of the restraints using her new strength. The others jumped back as Tsunade tried to attack them only to fall to the ground.

"I love Jiraiya." said Tsunade as she realized what she had missed for years just as the virus reached her brain and she knew she would soon embrace the virus and her new body. Her cloths ripped as her body grew larger she grew taller and for a moment her legendary large breast fit her body until they too grew. Finally a tail appeared as an extension of her spine.

"Lady Tsunade are you with us?" asked the wolf

"Yes." said Tsunade as she stood up stretching her new body. Like most she wolves she had a lighter color in this case white starting from under her muzzle thinning at the neck before covering her breasts and stomach and ending at her belly button.

"Then you are the new alpha." said the wolf as he bowed his head to his new pack leader.

End Flashback

"I am the one in charge of the pack as a whole. However the pack is not done until I get Naruto, Sakura and you." thought Tsunade as she looked at the image of her teammate from long ago. "Jiraiya. Once I get you back I have plans that belong in one of those stupid books of yours. To make sure you turn into a wolf I have Ino to thank."

With that she picked up a needle full with a clear liquid which she knew would turn her old teammate into the mate she wanted.

In the small clearing Naruto awoke to a sight he never dreamed possible Sakura was in his arms and even though they were both half human half fox things she looked too beautiful for words.

"Glade you are awake Naruto." said Sakura

"Sorry Sakura." said Naruto he jumped back. "I didn't mean to, I am sorry."

"Naruto do I look angry?" asked Sakura

"No." said Naruto

"Then why are you sorry?" asked Sakura

"I just though you would be angry at me." said Naruto as Sakura stood up and walked toward him.

"I am not angry with you Naruto-kun, if I hadn't liked it I wouldn't have moved closer to you when I woke up before you." said Sakura as Naruto just stood there stunned as Sakura stood up on her tip toes and rubbed the side of her face against his. She didn't care if that was how animals tended to show affection to each other it felt like the right thing to do.

Sakura closed her eyes let out a peer as she felt Naruto wrap her up. For a minute they didn't think about the virus or the fact of what they had become. At the moment everything felt right.

"Finally." said Ino as she and Choji watched as the two kids started waking up.

There Heaven was broken by the sound of battle. "What the?" said Katara as a loud clang filled the air.

"That is a kunai." said Ino

"Ninjas this far into a infected zone?" asked Choji

"We have to see. What is going down." said Naruto "And maybe even help."

"What do you want us to do?" asked Katara

"Stay here you guys are not trained to fight, you might get hurt." said Sakura "If we are not back by nightfall find someplace to hide."

"Alright." said Saito

Naruto, Sakura, Ino and Choji ran though the forest until they came to a stop near a large clearing. In the clearing they saw a team of maybe six ninjas in battle stances. Around them was at least two dozen wolf type forms. Naruto's eyes widened as he saw who was in the group of ninjas.

"Pery-sensie." said Naruto as he watched his teacher send a wave of fire at a wolf type lighting its fur on fire.

"Shikamaru and Temari too." said Ino.

"Alright, then we have to help them." said Naruto

"Damn this." said Temari as she sent a wave of wind charka out from her fan.

"You didn't have to come." said Shikamaru

"Ya, I did, little boy." said Temari "It is your home and you need to know what happened more then we do."

"Well this isn't looking good." said Jiraiya

"We will have you soon." said the leader of the wolf attack group. He sniffed the air as a strange smelled a scent of an animal he had never smelled before. He turned around to see a fox form. "If you are here to join the hunt we don't need you. This is our prey so leave."

"No." said Naruto as he grabbed the wolf by the neck and broke it. Instantly the wolves stooped and looked toward were their alpha was.

"What the?" asked Jiraiya as he looked toward where the alpha wolf once stood only to see him fall to the ground with a fox form standing over him looking down at the now dead wolf. Slowly the fox raised his head sowing his deep blue eyes whispered marks on the side of his muzzle.

"Naruto?" asked Jiraiya as the fox smiled.

"Long time no see Perry sage, looks like you could use some help." said Naruto

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