A/N: sorry it's taken a couple days, I just got back home and haven't had a lot of time to write this. But although updates may take more than a day they're still coming!

"Are we really doing this?" Itachi asked pulling back from their kiss and staring at the naked man before him. Naruto nodded and pulled itachi back in, his tail whipped back and forth before wrapping itself around Itachi's leg. "Turn around." Itachi ordered and didn't wait before he was turning Naruto and pushing him against the stoney wall. His hand travelled down the naked body and stroked his member a couple of times before it abandoned it in favour of squeezing Naruto's ass harshly. Naruto moaned once more and pushed back into Itachi, his butt rubbing against Itachi's naked crotch.

Itachi held his hips and allowed the action, he moaned quietly as he watch Naruto wiggle his butt further into his crotch, watching his cock slip between his cheeks and back out.

Naruto's eyes were blurred, his body was on fire and his mind was all instinct. Itachi had no idea the person in front of him wasn't the Naruto he'd come to have deep feelings for, he was high on hormones and didn't even know it.

There was a knock at the en suit door and Itachi growled, not about to yet anyone ruin this for him. "Leave!" He bellowed, his eyes shinning bright red, a hand wrapped around Naruto's throat. Naruto didn't even hear the noises around him, he jUst felt Itachi.

"Itachi-sama sorry for the intrusion- oh." A pink haired woman walked in, intent on finding Itachi naked and alone but she saw the blond that was with him, Itachi obviously seemed furious but Sakura had little care for that fact.

Itachi couldn't even make up his mind on how he was about to punish her for this, when he heard and felt a deep, feral growl erupt from Naruto.

Naruto saw Sakura as another submissive who was trying to steal his mate from him, before Itachi could stop him he tore from his grip and changed into a large fox. Sakura gasped as she saw the boy turn into a giant beast, she didn't specialise in fighting but she knew how and had been itching to fight the fox since he got here and disturbed her mating attempts with Itachi.

She slammed the door shut quickly, trying to give herself a moment to change into her coyote form, it was a dull brown which is why she preferred to stay in her half human form as people tended to notice her more for her pink hair.

As she changed Naruto burst through the door and tackled her, they both rolled through the thin wooden wall of Itachi's bedroom and into the street. Both unlocked from the other and circled the other, assessing the best way to attack.

Naruto's fur was dampened but he still looked ferocious, his teeth were sharp and glistened as he growled at his opponent. He knew the female coyote wanted his mate, the mate who had chosen him; he knew this because if she didn't she would have submitted to him by now.

Now he had to defend his position as Itachi's only mate and show the pack that their Alpha's future mate was not to be challenged and could protect his own, otherwise no one would respect or accept him.

Sakura jumped at him and Naruto dodged her, as she went to fall besides him he bit into her hind leg and immediately she was crying loudly. Naruto's inner fox was the one doing all the work, the human Naruto sat behind the bars of his consciousness.

He knew this was bad, he shouldn't be attacking her no matter how in the wrong she was. It meant he'd be reinforcing the 'dangerous fox' stereotype and causing an uproar in the pack. But the fox had control, and he hated the pink haired demon.

While Naruto was distracted fighting himself, Sakura bit his underbelly form her position on the ground. Naruto cried out loudly before he saw red, he locked his jaw around the coyote's neck and threw her across the floor and away from him. She whimpered and someone ran over to her, saying something Naruto couldn't catch she transformed while the woman who had been speaking to her wrapped a blanket around her.

Meanwhile Naruto's stomach continued to bleed slightly, spilling droplets of blood quickly onto the floor. He looked around for Itachi, his mate, and couldn't see him. Panic set in as Naruto started to freak out about where he could be. Fox-Naruto was still in charge however and he began sniffing out his mate who was standing with Naruto's kit and his brother.

Itachi watched him approach not sure what to say. He now had trousers on and a screaming child in his arms demanding to go to Naruto, however by now he could see Naruto was more beast than man and didn't know that he could trust him.

Naruto lustful smell had also gone and was now overtaken by rage, a bitter smell to Itachi's nose. Itachi watched as Naruto transformed from fox to half human and panicked as he didn't want his pack seeing his future mate in such a way, Sasuke felt the same and threw his cape at him and Itachi wrapped it firmly around Naruto's body, being this close to Naruto he could smell all the blood on him.

"Naruto your eyes." Itachi said, taking in the circles which were still blue but had red now running through them. It looked as if a beautiful blue pond had had blood spilled into it and was floating around. Naruto wrapped his arms around Itachi's neck and began to kiss him, Itachi still shocked gently pushed him back and looked at the blood dripping from the wound on Naruto's stomach.

Itachi realised this wasn't Naruto and wondered what had happened, he didn't even care that Kyuubi was screaming at Naruto from Sasuke's arms who was holding him firmly, or that he had a potentially life threatening wound. Itachi did something he never wanted to do to his mate and activated his Sharingan. Within a moment Naruto was limp and unconscious in his arms. He had used his family powers to put the fox to sleep, normally this method would be used against an opponent as it traps the person in their body. They can see and hear what's happening to them but can't do anything until the effects wear off. "I'm sorry, Naruto, but this is for your own good."

He gently lifted him and carried him to Naruto's room since Itachi's was ruined. "Sasuke call the doctor and Iruka please. Kyuubi you can come with us." Itachi said and Sasuke let up his hold on the child, he ran froward and held his Papa's hand which was limp and hanging down while Itachi carried him.

After the doctors examination he told them that the wounds on his stomach weren't serious but he shouldn't do anything to reopen the wounds, Itachi thought about their almost mating and cursed, he would never be able to make love to his mate with his fresh cuts. He cursed Sakura for interrupting them, how dare she walk into his room without permission and even go as far as to open his en suit door? He growled thinking about the disrespect she had shown both him, as her Alpha, and Naruto as his mate.

"Itachi can I speak with you?" Iruka asked, after looking Naruto over. Itachi nodded and gestured for him to follow him outside.

"What is it?" Itachi asked, Iruka looked worried and nervous.

"Well from Naruto's symptoms and what you've told me, I think he may be under some type of...fever." Iruka tried to explain.

"So he's sick?" Itachi asked unsure what he meant.

"Not sick it's more of...Under the stress he's been dealing with, and the sudden and early heat, I'd say his more animalistic side felt it needed to take over. It's not uncommon but it does usually end in more bloodshed." Iruka explained, he had looked in books and asked around and all the signs had pointed to it. "I would say his body is fine but his mind is what needs help." Iruka said sadly.

"So today, earlier in the bathroom when we nearly..." Itachi asked after already having explained what they were about to do before Naruto attacked Sakura to him.

"I'm not sure, it could have been all Naruto or it could have been the fox. Only Naruto really knows." Iruka said feeling useless he couldn't offer more or help the distressed couple.

"Okay, thank you for your help."

Naruto didn't wake up from Itachi's spell until the next day, he slowly opened his eyes and when he realised he was in control of his body he jumped up, not caring for the pain that came from it. "Papa!"

"Naruto be careful!" Itachi said rushing up from the sofa, naruto looked around wildly and recalled the day before. He was frightened, these past 24 hours he had been watching from inside himself as his body attacked Sakura and had been picked and prodded at by a doctor. He also remembered how Kyuubi and Itachi had talked to him while he was unconscious.

"What happened? How did you do that?" Naruto asked looking right at Itachi.

"Naruto I'm sorry but it had to be done, please sit back down." Itachi asked calmly. Naruto took some deep breathes before sitting back down on the edge of the bed. Kyuubi rushed over and climbed up, sitting next to him.

He wasn't mad at Itachi, he was happy the man had stopped him. He had embarrassed himself, damaged Itachi's things and hurt that coyote. He remembered how the fox had shifted into a naked human and began kissing Itachi, he blushed deeply out of embarrassment. "Ohmygod." He said. Then he thought about his bath before he attacked and how he and Itachi nearly had a perfect moment together, they had nearly mated! He was both happy and sad at the thought.

Itachi, on the other hand, was embarrassed for himself. He assumed Naruto's fox had taken over before their almost mating yesterday and was ashamed he hadn't noticed and had almost taken the fox. No one in their pack blamed Naruto for what happened, some were scared but they all would have defended themselves in a similar situation, you would be seen as weak if you didn't.

"About yesterday I-" Naruto began and it looked like he was in pain, either from his wound or the memories Itachi had no idea.

"Say no more, we don't need to talk about it. I'd rather we just forgot any of it ever happened." Itachi said quickly trying to avoid feeling more ashamed. Naruto was confused, what did this mean for them?

"A-All of it or...?" Naruto asked trying to see whether the Alpha regretted the bath time activities. Itachi looked up and knew Naruto was searching for answers. Itachi said nothing and began picking up books Kyuubi had thrown around. "Do you regret it?" Naruto asked, hurt but not trying to let it show. Itachi stared at the book in his hand not wanting to face Naruto questions right now. "The bath do you regret what we nearly-"

"Yes, yes I regret it! I'm sorry, I didn't realise you weren't you." Itachi said, an angry tone to his voice at himself and not at Naruto.

"That was me." Naruto practically whined, upset that Itachi was clearly upset and hurt that Itachi could regret such an intimate moment.

Itachi looked up, his mouth hanging open and looked up at Naruto who was moving towards him. "I wanted it, I-I still do. But only if you do." Naruto said, putting his feelings on the line and hoping Itachi would return them. Naruto stood as Itachi, still kneeling on the floor, wrapped his arms around Naruto waist very gentle and kissed his wound.

"God yes, Naruto." He stood up and looked down at the slightly smaller fox. "This time we'll do it right."