A Rare Breed

Author's Note: Thanks for the reviews. I hope you all enjoy this chapter.

Status Clarifications: Just in case anyone is having a hard time keeping track, I decided to post a list of the main characters statuses for your convenience. Happy reading.

Naruto: Head Alpha/Protector.

Sasuke: Beta/Nurturer.

Gaara: Alpha/Nurturer.

Itachi: Alpha/Protector.

Shisui: Beta/Protector.

Chapter 11

The next day, Sasuke sighs and tries his best not to whine. It was hard though. Naruto was going back to that school of his. He really didn't want to let the blonde out of his sight. Unfortunately, the Alpha had made up his mind that he was going and that was that.

"Sasuke, don't look at me that way. You are making this a lot harder than it has to be. I'll be back in a few hours. The Oto Wolves don't know where we are and even if they did, I doubt they'd be dumb enough to attack a hotel. There are too many humans. Besides, Gaara doesn't have work or school today. He'll be staying with you. If something goes wrong, I have faith he'll be able to protect you." The blonde reasons.

"I don't need anyone to protect me! I'm just worried about you. We don't know where Orochimaru is. What if he finds out where your school is and attacks you there?" Sasuke demands.

"Then I'll run over his toes with my wheelchair. I'll be back soon. I promise." Naruto says as he kisses him.

Sasuke returns the kiss. He still didn't like it. The Beta just couldn't understand why the blonde had to leave so badly. He would have preferred it, if the injured wolf didn't leave his sight until he was fully healed.

"Alright. Stay safe. I mean it." Sasuke tells him.

"Yes, Sir!" Naruto says as he gives Sasuke a mock salute.

The Beta rolls his eyes playfully and swats Naruto upside the head for that one. Honestly, sometime he wondered how Naruto was even an Alpha. He was as mischievous as an Omega.

"Well you better get going. You don't want to be late to this school thing. I still don't really understand its purpose." Sasuke admits.

"Trust me, there are definitely days where I feel the same way. You're right though. If I don't scoot, I'll be late. I don't want to get detention." Naruto says as he wheels himself off and heads towards the elevator.

Sasuke sighs as he watches the blue eyed werewolf head off. He had no idea what he was going to do about his situation with Naruto. His heat was swiftly approaching and he was running out of time to decide.

The raven haired man was going to have to make a decision. Either he'd take Naruto as his Mate this season or he'd have to avoid his Alpha for a week or two. It was as simple as that.

"Maybe I should. My Inner Wolf has already accepted him." He mutters.

It was still hard though. As much as he adored Naruto, it was hard for Sasuke to get over his time in the Sound. He had been trained to be the Perfect Mate and that still rubbed him the wrong way.

Of course, he realized that wasn't the gorgeous Alpha's fault. Naruto had been nothing but kind to him. The blonde had only pulled rank on him once. Naruto had had plenty of chances to do that or to Force Mate him, but he hadn't. He was a good wolf.

"Maybe I should talk to mother about this." He says with a sigh.

Itachi and Shisui would never let him live it down. He couldn't talk to them about it. Fugaku was an Alpha Protector. Sasuke loved his father, but they shared little in common when it came to Mating Choices. Mikoto though would understand. She was his mother and liked males as well. That had to count for something.


With that thought in mind, Sasuke proceeds to head towards his mother's and father's room. That was just another way that Sasuke knew his Heat was coming up. His parents were being even more affectionate towards each other than usual.

"Mother?" He asks as he knocks on her door.

A minute or two later, Mikoto opens the door. She smiles when she sees Sasuke and gestures for him to come in. Sasuke does so and looks around for his father. He didn't know whether to be relieved or alarmed, when he didn't see him.

"Mother, where's father?" He inquires.

"Oh your father went to get us some breakfast. Is everything okay, Baby?" She replies in concern.

Sasuke sighs. Well that was good. It would be embarrassing, if his father found out that he was Mating Shy. His mother, he could live with. Fugaku was another story though.

"Good. I'm glad that he's okay. I guess that I'm just feeling jumpy with everything going on. That and I wanted to talk to you about something. Please don't tell him about this conversation." He pleads.

Mikoto raises an eyebrow. She had no idea what would elicit this type of reaction in Sasuke. Why was he so worried about Fugaku finding out about whatever he was about to say?

"I promise that I won't tell him. You have my word. What's going on?" The dark beauty asks softly.

"It's just that my Heat is coming up soon. I don't know what to do about it. Naruto obviously wants to Mate and I really do like him. My Inner Wolf is dead set on him. He'd be a great choice, but it's hard. I can't forget what happened to me at the Sound." He admits.

Mikoto sighs as she takes her youngest pup into her arms and hugs him. Her heart ached for Sasuke. He had suffered so much and now that he was finally free, he was still suffering.

"That's only natural. You have been through a lot. I'd be surprised, if you weren't Mating Shy. What does your heart tell you? I know what your head is telling you. Your head is urging you to be cautious. That's only natural, but what does your heart tell you?" The Alpha female questions him gently.

"That he's my Mate. He's hurt though." Sasuke says.

Mikoto shakes her head in amusement. Sasuke was just grasping at excuses. In a way, it was adorable. Pups could be so Mating Shy sometimes.

"You know as well as I do that he'll likely be healed by the time your Heat hits. That and it's only his leg that is injured, not his tail. I doubt that a broken leg would really keep him from being with you." Mikoto says with a sly wink.

Sasuke felt his face burn brightly in embarrassment. He couldn't believe that his mother of all people was being so directly about THAT. It was unsettling, really.

"That's true. Well glad that we had this talk. I should probably go before father gets back. Remember, please don't tell him what we talked about. He'd never let me live it down." The raven haired man begs.

"Sasuke, he's your father. He's not going to tease you about something like this. He loves you. He wouldn't hurt you in that way, but I won't tell him. I made you a promise and I always keep my promises." Mikoto assures him.

"Okay. Great. I'll see you later." Sasuke says as he darts off.

The she-wolf smiles. Well it looked like she was going to be a grandmother rather soon. Hmm. She was a bit young for that, but she couldn't wait to see her grandpups!


Meanwhile Naruto heads off to school, along with all the members of the rookie ninja, except for Shikamaru. That lazy genius had managed to skip a couple years of high school. He was now in college. (The lucky bastard, Naruto muses to himself.)

He grumbles as he wheels himself to his Math Class. Seriously, he had math first period! That was just cruelty. He was barely awake and supposed to be able to focus on something as boring as math?!

"Alright class, today we are going to focus on Quadratic Equations." Iruka begins.

Naruto says as he gets out his notebook and begins copying whatever mumbo jumbo his math teacher was putting on the board. The blonde couldn't make heads or tails of it. Speaking of tails, damn Sasuke had two very nice tails.

He could have been back at the hotel with a very gorgeous Beta, but no. He had done the responsible thing and gone to school. Damn it. Naruto really should have just played hooky.

"Naruto." Iruka calls out to him.

He could be cuddled up to the Uchiha right now. That or maybe he could have convinced the other werewolf to model his new boxers for him. That could have been fun. Sasuke really did have such an amazing ass.

"Naruto!" His teacher tries again, realizing that the blonde must have been daydreaming.

He had an amazing everything actually. Sasuke really was a walking wet dream. It wasn't fair. Damn Orochimaru for messing with his head. If it wasn't for that sick freak, Naruto probably would have been able to Claim the other werewolf by now!

SNAP! Iruka cracked a ruler against Naruto's desk. Finally, the blue eyed high school student snapped out of his daydream.

"EEP!" Naruto cries out in shock.

"Your head is completely in the clouds. I have been trying to get you attention for the past five minutes. Perhaps you should go see the nurse. Maybe your pain medication dosage is too high." Iruka grumbles.

"Oh right. Yeah. Sure. I'll go see the nurse. Thank you, Iruka. Sorry." He mumbles in embarrassment.

Iruka sighs and writes Naruto up a pass to go see the nurse. He couldn't entirely blame the kid. It looked like he had messed up his leg, damn good. Still it was annoying to be ignored that long.

"It's fine. Just go get looked at." He says as he hands him the pass and turns his attention back to the rest of his class.

Naruto nods as he heads off to the nurse's office. He didn't really need to see the nurse, but it gave him an excuse to get out of math. Damn. He couldn't believe that he had totally spaced out like that.

"Friend Naruto! What are you doing out in the halls?" Lee asks.

Lee was Hall Monitor. The blonde thought that was the geekiest thing ever, but the eccentric werewolf seemed proud of his position. So Naruto didn't tease him about it.

"Hey, Lee. Just going to the nurse. Don't worry. I got my hall pass and everything." Naruto answers and he flashes his pass for good measure.

"Are you alright? It says that you are going to the nurse's office." The bushy browed boy asks in concern.

"Yeah. I'm fine. Iruka just caught me daydreaming and assumed it was because of my leg. I'll be fine. Everyone still on for lunch?" Naruto inquries.

"Yes! Wouldn't miss it for the world. We have to stick close together. Never know when Orochimaru might try to cause trouble again." Lee says with a firm nod of his head.

Naruto nods in agreement. After he says his goodbyes to Lee, he wheels himself to the nurse's office. The blue eyed werewolf was grateful that he had gotten out of math, but he couldn't wait to get home. He couldn't wait to get back to Sasuke.


Back at the hotel, Itachi was having a bad day. He couldn't focus on anything and he knew the reason why. His Heat had come early this year. Damn it.

"Do you think that you could take Sasuke with you and Ayame to Tsukuyomi for a few hours? Just until Naruto gets back from school?" He asks.

Itachi's Heat was driving him crazy, but he wouldn't leave Sasuke unprotected. He knew that his brother could handle himself, but he'd feel better if the pup wasn't left alone.

"Yeah. We could do that. Something wrong?" Shisui asks with Ayame at his side.

"Just that my Heat struck early. Don't worry. I'll handle it." He says.

Shisui smirks. He was pretty sure he had a damn good idea of exactly how the other Uchiha planned to handle his Heat. Well more accurately, he had a good idea who Itachi was planning to have handle it for him.

"Alright. We'll go get him. Have fun." Shisui replies with a wink as he bounds off with the beautiful Beta to find his cousin.


Thankfully, Sasuke was already back in his room by the time Shisui knocked on the door. It didn't take long for the younger Uchiha to answer. Sasuke smiles at his cousin.

"Morning, Shisui." He says.

"Good morning. Ayame and I would like to take you back to the store today. I think that it will be enormously beneficial for your education. There's so much that you can learn there. We'll make a Blender Wolf out of you in no time!" He says happily.

"Um alright." Sasuke says as he looks at Gaara uncertainly.

The red head shrugs. He didn't really mind going to a clothing store with the other wolves. He wasn't much of a shopper by nature, but he didn't detest the activity.

"That's fine. I'll go with you." The Alpha states.

"No. No. You should stay here. You're an Alpha. It's your job to protect the pack as a whole and we can call you, if something goes wrong." Shisui says.

Gaara raises an eyebrow. He wasn't an idiot. Clearly, something was going on and he was going to figure out what it was.

"I'm not leaving Sasuke, without a damn good reason to do so. Naruto has entrusted me with his welfare." The Nurturer argues.

Ayame giggles. She walks over to Gaara and whispers something in his ears. Sasuke wasn't sure what she said, but it made Gaara's eyes widen and suddenly the young werewolf was a whole lot more agreeable.

"Alright. I guess you're right. I'll stay behind. Call me, if anything goes wrong. I mean ANYTHING. I don't care how minor it is." The red head insists.

"We'll certainly let you know." Shisui assures him as he heads off with Sasuke and Ayame.


It didn't take long for Itachi to show up in Gaara's room. He locks the door behind them and pins the red head to the wall, kissing him. He smiles when the other Alpha returns the kiss and didn't seem to mind the abruptness.

"That was clever of you to send them off." Gaara muses after breaking the kiss.

"Thank you. I was hoping that you would be agreeable to the idea of helping me through my Heat." He murmurs as he caresses Gaara's cheek.

"Trust me, I am MORE than agreeable to the idea." The Nurturer says with a smirk.


In another room at the hotel, the Oto Wolves were still being closely watched. None of them were too happy about that fact, especially Suigetsu. Suigetsu wasn't shy about voicing his displeasure at the agreement either.

"Oh come on. I think that you all know that this is stupid. We aren't dumb enough to attack you." He grumbles.

"You're lucky that we haven't killed you. Don't give us a reason to change our minds." Shikamaru informs him with a yawn.

Karin watches Shikamaru warily. He seemed tired. Maybe they could escape or maybe he wasn't naturally aggressive. There was a chance that they might be able to reason with him.

"Please forgive my Mate's lack of tact. He's right though. We aren't a threat to any of you." She pleads.

Shikamaru raises an eyebrow. While he would like to believe that, he wasn't stupid. These were Oto Wolves. Sure, they were claiming to be refugees. That didn't necessarily make their claims true though.

"It's fine. I don't really expect Sound Wolves to have manners." He mutters in disgust.

Personally, he didn't want the Oto Wolves anywhere near them. His Mate was pregnant. He wasn't in the mood to assume that they were innocent until proven guilty. In his mind, it was the opposite.

Shikamaru knew better than to voice that opinion though. He wasn't an Alpha and never would be. It just wasn't how he was wired. So he would respect his friend's decision. That didn't mean that he had to like it though.

"We were just following orders. It had nothing to do with manners." Jugo protests softly and Shikamaru shrugs.

Maybe that was true. The genius wolf wasn't feeling that genius though. It was better safe than sorry.

"I guess we'll find out in time, if that's true or not." He states.

Kimimaro frowns. This was one wolf who was definitely suspicious of them. He couldn't blame the man, but that didn't make things any easier.

They were going to have to find a way to get the Konoha Wolves to trust them. Of course, that was easier said than done. He would think of something though.


Unbeknownst to the Konoha Pack, Orochimaru was still a very busy wolf. His Pack had traveled far and wide to recruit new wolves. They were having moderate success.

"Why should we follow an Alpha with only one eye?" Another Alpha named Zabuza demands.

Orochimaru fought back a snarl. This wasn't an uncommon question. Damn the Konoha Pack. This was all their fault. They had to go and upset the natural order of things. As if that wasn't bad enough, they had taken one of his eyes!

"Because I'm the Alpha that survived such an injury. I also know where FIVE Uchihas are. Three of them are unmated males as well. Though one of them will be mine. That means there will be two potential Uchiha males for you to Mate, if you join us and prove yourself worthy." He says smugly.

That generally won him over converts. It was a slow process, but his pack was almost back to its previous numbers. Orochimaru was frustrated at the pace of growth, but it was still growth.

"I already have a Mate." Zabuza says as he gestures to a beautiful midnight black wolf with silky fur and large chocolate brown doe eyes.

"Oh I see. Well she is certainly beautiful, but we also have a large territory. Are you and your Mate alone?" He asks.

Orochimaru receives an annoyed snarl and a smack for his efforts. Apparently, he must have said something to unwittingly offend the pair. He felt himself grow confused as to why they were so annoyed.

"Why did you strike me?!" He demands in outrage.

"My Mate is beautiful, but Haku is a MALE." Zabuza growls in irritation.

Oh. Well that explained why the doe eyed wolf currently looked like they wanted to rip his throat out.

"My apologies. It's just rare to see a male with such a luxurious coat." He says.

Haku rolls his eyes and nuzzles his Mate. Honestly, he didn't really care for the strange Alpha that had found them and was now trying to get them to join his Pack. He would follow what Zabuza said though. He trusted his Mate completely.

"Yes, we're alone. I suppose it would be good to be part of a larger pack. It would be better for us later on. Eventually, one or more of us will get sick or hurt." He mutters.

Haku grumbles. He still didn't like the idea of becoming an Oto Wolf, but Zabuza was right. It would certainly be better for them, strategically. That didn't mean he had to like it though.

"If you wish to go, I will follow you. You know that I would follow you to the ends of the Earth, my love. You need only ask." Haku whispers.

Zabuza smiles. He really did have the best Mate. Haku was younger than him, but he had learned quickly. He was an excellent hunter and gatherer. Not only that, but Haku was absolutely stunning.

"We will go with you, but you better not try any funny business." Zabuza says.

"Good. I am glad that you have decided to join us. Welcome to the Oto Pack." Orochimaru says with a smirk.


Back at Tsukuyomi, Sasuke nods as Shisui attempts once more to explain about money. The youngest Uchiha was beginning to understand how you could tell what each slip of paper or coin was worth. Apparently, the "bills" with the hundreds on them, were particularly desirable.

"I think you're really getting the hang of it." Ayame tells him encouragingly.

"Thank you. I am trying. I just feel so behind everyone else." Sasuke says with a sigh.

"You'll get there, Sasuke. You're smart. It will just take awhile to get used to everything." Shisui offers and the Beta nods.

Sasuke smiles as he watches the new couple interact. Shisui hadn't Claimed her yet, but all the signs were there. Seeing them together was heartwarming, but also made him miss Naruto more.

It had only been an hour or so, but Sasuke really hated Naruto's school. He didn't understand what its purpose was. The only thing he knew is that it took Naruto away from it. He really should introduce this school to his claws. Hmpf.

"Yeah. I know. So what do you guys think about the whole Oto Wolf Situation?" Sasuke asks.

"I don't know really. You know them best. The rest of us are all shooting in the dark." Shisui admits.

Sasuke sighs. He did know them best, but that didn't mean much. The Beta hadn't interacted much with the other Oto Wolves, if he could avoid it.

Why would he? They were all just trying to seduce him into becoming their Mate. While Orochimaru had made it clear that he was supposed to be off limits, Sasuke knew the truth. The only wolves that he was safe from were the Mated ones and even then, he wouldn't turn his back on them.

"I don't know. They never did anything to me. That doesn't necessarily mean that they can be trusted though." He admits.

"We'll just have to see what happens. They're right. We do have every advantage on them. It'd be idiotic for them to try anything." Ayame insists.

Sasuke nods in agreement. Yeah. It would be pretty stupid. Suigetsu had been known to be rather reckless now and then though. He wasn't entirely certain that he would put anything past the Alpha.

"That's true. Do you know what time Naruto gets out of school? I'm still learning how to tell time. It's so complicated." He grumbles.

"Not for a few hours. Just be patient. I know that you miss him, but school is usually important to Blender Wolves. Ideally, we'll eventually get you ready to go to school as well. Though I imagine, that won't be until college." Shisui says thoughtfully.

"What's college?" Sasuke asks.

Shisui shakes his head in amusement. The poor pup had a lot to learn. Honestly, he was impressed at how well his cousin was dealing with well everything. This had to be overwhelming for him.

"You'll see. It's basically school for older pups. Not everyone goes there. It's optional." Shisui explains.

"Why the fuck would anyone want to go there, if it's optional?" Sasuke asks.

Shisui chuckles. Oh yes, Sasuke had a lot to learn. That was alright though. It was certainly going to be amusing to watch him become a Blender Wolf.