The Blood and the Leaf

Intro:

Okay here's chapter fouteen. -, Okay, so yeah I really like this chapter… you get to see Isshou transform! So read and review… please?

Disclaimer-I don't own Naruto or any of the characters, I do own my OC's, and those creatures I have created namely for now nimpha which has been explained in the beginning of chapter four, also a new thing introduced in chapter seven demeric and celestial demons which was explained in that chapter, and more in-depth in nine. Oh, almost forgot, I also own the Village Hidden in the Blood and the land of the Beasts it resides in as they came from my overly active imagination, I don't mind ya' using them (the village not the characters) just let me know beforehand and throw my name in somewhere. :)

Partners speaking

Thoughts

"Speaking"

The wolf–Chapter 14

The group traveled all night and reached Konaha as the sun began to rise. They slipped through the gates, passengers in tow and made their way to the Uzamaki house. Once there, they went to the third floor and to a vacant room at the end of the hall, inscribed on the door was a single word… TEME. They put their still unconscious passenger onto the bed and left to change out of their ANBU gear, leaving behind Kyubii, Gaissuto, Furri, Kyoufuu, and Tanri to make sure he behaved. Out a window Hinori flew toward the Hokage tower, her mission was to deliver the message strapped to her leg.

….Hokage tower…

Tsunade had, once again, fallen asleep at her desk and found herself rudely woken by screeching at the window. Hinori was not a happy phoenix. At the moment she was complaining quite loudly about being chased by a certain family's dogs, the fact that the person Sakura had told her to deliver the message to seemed to be sleeping like the dead only added to the problem.

Tsunada groaned and looked out the window to find herself faced with a very mad… to say the least… phoenix. She got up and opened the window allowing the fire bird inside, quickly slamming it on the dogs that had just arrived. "Note to self, yell at the Inuzaka's," she mumbled under her breath. Hinori squawked her agreement and held out her leg, attached to which was a rolled up note. "Thanks," said Tsunade taking the note and reading it, which caused a smile to form on her face.

"Come on, we're going to the Uzamaki house," she said, offering her arm as a perch to the bird who gladly accepted it. She then left her office, yelling out as she passed Shinzue. "I'm taking a break." Shinzue could only stare at the retreating figure.

…Uzamaki house…

The group stood in Sasuke's room waiting for the Hokage to arrive and for him to wake up. Then the downstairs' door flew open and Tsunada made her way to the room. Once there Hinori flew from her shoulder and made her way to the back of a chair. Tsunade looked down at the sleeping form before turning to the group. "The note said you had a plan to get rid of the curse seal?" she asked. Naruto nodded.

"Is-chan has volunteered to… forcefully remove it," he told her.

She looked at Isshou and asked, "How do you plan to do that?" Isshou smiled before she answered.

"By changing him, of course, the wolf will destroy the seal once it is inside of him," she told the Hokage causing the older women to stare at her. Tsunada thought for a moment before speaking again.

"I guess it is acceptable, you do have a way of making him loyal to Konaha?" Tsunade asked. Asahi stepped forward and spoke for the group.

"He wants power, we plan to teach him what happens when you go about it the wrong way. If he passes the trials we set before him we will then train him. Also, as a werewolf he's going to want to challenge the local alpha, or strongest in the group."

Here Aki picked up the topic. "In this case Naru-kun is the resident alpha," before Tsunada could ask how that happened she interrupted her. "You really don't want to know the answer to that question, let's just say werewolf's get mouthy during… specific events." This statement caused several reactions, Tsunade looked a bit green around the gills, Naruto winced as if in remembered pain, Sakura and Asahi smiled at his discomfort, Hinata turned several new shades of red, and Isshou looked like the cat that got the canary.

Aki cleared her throat to get the attention back on her before she continued as if nothing had happened. "So Sasuke will almost immediately challenge Naru-kun, since Naru-kun has had some practice being a werewolf and is a much better fighter he will most definitely win." Naruto chose this moment to speak up.

"Normally this would lead to him leaving to get stronger before challenging me again, however, I plan to immediately make him my beta, or second in command. This will almost force him to become part of the pack and, as a beta, he will have to learn how to protect, not just kill."

Tsunade looked around and nodded her head. "Okay, I trust you, now get the job over with!" she ordered. Isshou stood up and went to the bathroom to change while everyone else waited. A few pops, hisses, and other weird noises later a black wolf that came up to Tsunade's… well, chest nosed the door to the bathroom open and entered the room. Tsunade's mouth dropped to the floor at the sight of the towering animal. Naruto laughed and said. "Yeah, apparently werewolf's are really big."

Isshou padded over to Sasuke's sleeping form and took his arm into her mouth. A second later she crunched down on it causing everyone to wince. Sasuke jerked, as if unaware of his now bloody arm, as a fever quickly rushed over him. Isshou padded back into the bathroom. Sakura looked down at her one time crush. "Now we wait," she said as they made themselves comfortable.

…Sasuke's mind…

Standing in the shadows over a chained figure the demon laughed (is Sasuke while in full curse seal form… yeah he's a different person from regular Sasuke). From the chained figure only whimpering could be heard. Suddenly the room was lit up and the demon hissed at the sudden appearance of a large black wolf with glowing red eyes staring him in the eye. The chained figure lifted his head to reveal a young Sasuke staring at the great beast that was growling at his long time tormenter.

Suddenly the beast lunged at the demon, who found himself helpless. After the wolf had rid the world of the curse creature it padded over to the chained figure who could only stare at it. The wolf lifted his head and howled as he snapped the chains holding the young Sasuke prisoner. As Sasuke found himself on the ground looking up into the red eyes he found himself rising and going over to the beast.

As the boy placed his hand on the lowered muzzle of the wolf the two blurred into one being, the black coat took on a glossy blue tint and the red eyes now spun with the Sharingan. Lifting his head Sasuke howled once more as his mindscape blurred into an open field.

…normal pov around noon…

The group had watched the change in expressions that had taken place on Sasuke's face all morning. And when his arm finally began to heal in the way of a werewolf they all sighed a sigh of relief. Naruto got up from the floor where they were playing go fish, Tsunade's losing of course, and walked over to his best friend and brother.

He then proceeded to grab Sasuke's shoulders and shake him rather violently. "HEY! TEME WAKE UP ALREADY!" he yelled causing the others present to wince. Sasuke's eyes snapped open revealing an angrily spinning Sharingun.

"SHUT UP DOBE!" he yelled right back at the energetic blond causing everyone's mouths to drop. He looked over at their stunned expressions. "What?" he questioned them causing them to face plant.

End:

Okay so there you go, Sasuke is now a werewolf, okay you really don't want to know where Isshou bit Naruto… no really you don't. Oh and yes, males are going to be bigger, an example is while Isshou only reached Tsunada's chest Naruto would be a little bit taller then her. Oh and the idea is that the werewolf doesn't like competition and while it can't always do something about it in the pack, inside its own mind is another story. Okay yeah, Demon Sasuke is dead… as in well he's dead and I don't plan on having him make another appearance. My theory behind young Sasuke is that he never got a chance to live, he was chained by his brother into being an avenger. While he still wants to avenge his clan, it is no longer a driving need. The merging of the wolf and young Sasuke is supposed to represent Sasuke finally embracing change, after all these years he will no longer live the life his brother set before him.

On another thought, yes Sasuke and Naruto are gonna fight in wolf form. I just didn't want to start the fight here and finish it next chapter, oh and yeah, the wolf's personality is starting to show already and will become more apparent with time.

PLEASE READ AND REVIEW… flames will be ignored.

From my beta Atara:

Cool…………drools…………crap why couldn't Asahi have bitten Naruto and made him a vampire instead…….i like vampires……..which are mortal enemies to werewolves but they're both kinda cool.

Right. I liked it and I think I have an idea where she "bit" him. D that must have hurt poor Naruto.

BB2: Ohhh... :winces: My God, poor Naruto, that just HAD to hurt... Kewl chapter, loved the ending. Lol. :D

HNN: you wouldn't belive the ramen I had to give him to make up for it -