Kikamaru barked a dozen times while I was paralyzed, and the cold hand held me, like in the dream that I had in the morning. The only thing I was allowed to do was stare at the boar's eyes, while I heard a voice talking.

"How do you know our names?" I shouted angrily. I couldn't see how tough the man was, so I could abuse of my naivety to be provocative. His smell was the only source that I had, and I learned that he was a grown man who wasn't from Suna either.

"Doesn't everybody here knows who you are?" The man held me tighter, and then, the beast started to run to Kikamaru, who was walking towards me. Both of them jumped to attack each other, but Kikamaru could not resist the boar's strength.

"Kikamaru!" I screamed as I tried to free myself, punching the man's belly with my elbow to approach her. For a second, I thought that I was free, when suddenly I heard a roar, followed by heavy steps and claws piercing my shoulders.

I fell on the ground, fighting again with the man.

"What do you want?" I screamed trying to turn around. He was pressuring my back with his claws, growling loudly next to my ears. Luckily, his arms weren't ripping my clothes and touching my flesh. "Let me go!"

He laughed awkwardly, and again I saw Kikamaru try to free herself from the boar's attack. She dodged his horns, and quickly ran to my position to jump on the man who was immobilizing me. When he lowered his guard, I pushed him away with my balance and got up to ran away from the training field. Maybe I could fight with him, but we weren't willing to bet if we would really make it.

The boar started to make a strange noise, and the man made a jutsu to it.

"Nekkoka Style! Feline Clone Strike!" The man shouted and Then, the roar came in double to get us. They weren't in the same shape anymore. They were... like felines. I could not describe what feline it was, because I had never seen something like that. A big yellow cat, with fangs that didn't even fit its mouth, and claws pointing to my direction. We would never outrun them as they approached, so I held Kikamaru and closed my eyes.

I was scared as hell.

In matter of milliseconds, Kikamaru noticed it and bit my hand. She was hoping more from me and her. Her eyes showed me that she knew what to do, pushing me to do the jutsu that we already knew.

"Inuzuka Style! Fang Rotating Fang!" I shouted as we started to spin into the high-speed roll and Kikamaru angrily barked intensely at the felines who were preparing to pierce their fangs on our flesh. We did hit our target, but our enemies pushed us back with a powerful counter attack. I could say that they weren't damaged at all.

The beasts laughed as they reset to their position.

"Do you think we would fall for that, filthy dog?" The bigger human-feline said.

My eyebrows lowered in anger.

"Why are you attacking us? Who are you?" I shouted. He seemed to be very calm comparing to me.

"I think it's not that bad for you to know." He said licking his arm, that seemed to be bleeding lightly, staring at me. "My name is Shinku Nekkoka."

"Nekkoka...?" I said whispering to myself, trying to remember this name. My mother used to say it so much when I was smaller. "… Our inverse?"

Shinku smiled.

"We were planning to borrow one of your dogs in the Leaf, but, oh." He stopped to stare at Kikamaru and smile even more. "You made everything so much easier! The weakest of them all with the strongest dog available!" He exclaimed. That man was surely as crazy as a cat.

So, even the Nekkoka clan knew that there was an Inuzuka girl who didn't know how to control her ninken. How shameful.

"So... you are trackers... Since when we were traveling..." I whispered again. Kikamaru was hearing everything, but I don't know if she was understanding. "And what about the boar with the seal? Is this the real form of it? Where's your ninken?"

"Oh, Akkako is just a simple artifice to confuse the enemy. After all, how many clans have felines? Akakko is not a boar! He's a smilodon!" He said surprised. What the hell is a smilodon? It didn't smell like it was a cat... Not that I've already smelled lots of cats. Shinku seemed to be already counting his advantage. However, I don't think Gaara would take so long to study the mark in the photos he had. "I am taking Kikamaru."

The exact moment he finished his sentence, the smilodon ran to get us. I think she wasn't expecting me to be in front of her, because when I stood in front of Kikamaru, she pulled me forward, making his ninken jump on my chest. I held its paws with all the strength I had in my arms and threw it away. Then, I positioned myself next to Kikamaru.

"Maybe we'll need help, where are the soldiers when we need them?" I complained, and Kikamaru barked two times. "Try, jutsu."

"Do you think it's a good idea? We didn't get it right one single time!" I exclaimed angrily. Double Headed Wolf was far more complicated than the jutsu we tried the other fight. This time, it was ninken against ninken.

"You, big." She barked to me while we stared at the other side of the field. Maybe it could solve, as I would get bigger, but Kikamaru would be exhausted, and as far as I understood, they. They wanted her.

I think I knew what to do.

I accepted her idea, and we prepared to do the jutsu.

"Inuzuka Style! Human Beast Combination!" I shouted as I tried to expand my whole chakra to her. It didn't matter if I was going to be out of it, she was stronger than me and needed to defend herself. They wanted her, after all. Any energy that I had, I tried to concentrate in our connection, to finally feel a transformation begin. After the white cloud dissipated, I saw what she saw.

We were in the same body, and I couldn't understand how this time everything worked. A double headed wolf.

As soon as Shinku started to howl with his ninken, we ran to attack him.

"Feline Claw Attack!" Shinku shouted trying to aim his paws to us. When he noticed that it wasn't going to be enough, he started to use his fangs, which were weaker than ours even being longer. Our bites were stronger as we reached his head, and the fight was resumed in who would damage the enemy, in a sharp and violent roll. We were able to bite his neck, while holding the ninken with Kikamaru's paws. I could say that these movements were effective, but we weren't going anywhere. He looked at us in the intention to kill, so he found a way to finally hold my neck with his fangs, and put me down. Kikamaru let his ninken go with the pain she felt, and then it jumped in our back. I howled in pain trying to get any help. There wasn't anyone to help us, at all.

Where were the Sand ninjas?

Where was my effectiveness?

"Finally, uh?" Shinku said confidently. "Nobody ever remembers the Nekkoka, but with Kikamaru's head, we will finally have the attention we need."

This man was surely insane. I needed to protect Kikamaru... But, there was so much blood...

"It's not gonna... Happen!" I said trying to keep me awake. I couldn't pass out. Not now.

The deeper his teeth went into my skin, the lesser I felt. My body was sparing me, and all I could hear was Kikamaru's growls trying to save me and trying to command the part of the body I wasn't feeling anymore. I was being consumed by her.

Suddenly, I noticed that Shinku and his ninken were distancing themselves slowly. I heard him scream something as the smilodon cried and Kikamaru barked furiously. I didn't understand anything at first, but then, when we transformed into human and dog again, I saw a red figure above me as I fell on the sand.

"Kegawa? Kegawa?!" The figure said as it squeezed me, until the view was clear enough to realize that my teacher was there.

As I tried to get up, I stared at the scene in pain trying to stop my blood that was shedding, with Kikamaru paralyzed by Gaara's strange expression, like his inner monster was controlling his actions. He seemed out of control with furious eyes on Shinku, who was chained to sand.

"Die, already!" Gaara raised his arms, and instantly closed his fists, making the sand that was involving Shinku concentrate and smash him like a bug.

That was the most horrible scene I would ever see. His blood spilled on everywhere in the field including my face, and Akakko didn't have anywhere to go but confront my teacher. The same thing happened to it, covering the feline in sand, and smashing the enemy. Then, when Gaara finished his battle, he turned to me. I couldn't stop my eyes from being widened, and my scared expression didn't respond my brain. I couldn't move, and he was getting closer.

My heart made me so terrified with it that I couldn't help myself from passing out. Then, everything turned into a black blur.