Title:Howl If You Hear Me
A/n: Reviews make me happy.
Warnings: Yaoi, Male/Male, Mpreg, Sexual Content. (You know the stuff that you see normally), and a bit of Occ-ness {is that right?}.
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto whose owner is Masashi Kishimoto-sama or the ideas from Animal X whose owner is Sugimoto Ami-sama.
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Been searching for a long long time for that oh-so-true love to comfort this heart of mine
-Buju Banton-
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~Chapter One~
"He's over there!"
"Get him! get that fucking bastard!" splashing water could be heard in the empty and silent alley way as six men ran after a shadow silhouette.
Pwing!
One of the men cursed under his breath when he missed the aimed shot that bounced off of the dirty wall of the alley. More shots soon resounded followed by curses just like the first.
"Where did he go?" a man with brown hair splayed around his face with a small bang in the middle of his forehead.
His black eyes which held rings signifying sickness under them scanned the narrow alleyway before they landed on the dead end before him. "Where the hell did he go!" he asked no one in particular followed by a series of coughs.
"Hayate!" he sprung around at the shout of his name with his finger on the trigger ready to fire. His eyes widened at the scene before him which vaguely reminded him of a horror movie. The the man that called his name trembled beside him as his eyes shifted from side to side.
Hayate glanced at the man from the corner of his eye before gripping the gun in his grasp tightly. Friend or not, the man looked trigger happy at the moment.
A garbage can was turned on its side sending it clattering onto the stone floor. "Ahh!" Hayate jumped to the side even before the man began to bullets sending a bright yet brief lighting to the fairly dim setting. Hayate's breath hitched when he saw a large furry dog, no a wolf, dodge the bullets with swiftness that no normal animal could posess before it pounced on the man.
Limbs were torn from the man's body easily as if they were sponge as sharp teeth wasted no time in ripping the man apart. Blood splashed and joined the rest of the large puddle created by the other dead men who too were torn apart.
Hayate clenched his teeth when the man's cries finally stopped and the bloody muzzle of the wolf turned towards him. Any sensible person could see and understand that an animal such as the one in front of him was not normal. It's speed and agility weren't and it's size was larger than the normal wolf and the red eyes that the creature retained definitely gave the unnaturalness of the animal away to even the most foolish of people.
A deep rumbling growl tore from the large wolf as it crouched in a pouncing position only making Hayate's survival instincts blare in warning. His hand unconsciously gripped the weapon and lifted it. The growls of the animal became louder as it snarled showing him sharp and pointy, very pointy teeth that he had bared witness of watching them tear apart a man just minutes before.
He could feel cold sweat run down his forehead but could bring himself to care as he kept eyes contact with the animal while he lowered himself slowly to the ground before resting the silver pistol on the damp ground.
All the while red eyes followed his movements. The silver gun slide to the side with the very same eyes watching it get envelope by the shadows before they trained themselves back to the only living thing in the metallic smelling alley.
Hayate lowered himself as far as he could go not even paying attention to the cold dirty ground that transferred bacteria to his clothing. To any sane man such as himself showing a supernatural creature, in his opinion, submission was better than being its chew toy.
He realized that the growling had stopped, but it was a moment before he had the courage to look up only to find the wolf gone and in its place the body of a man. From his position he could easily tell it was male seeing as how the manhood was just dangling there but the face was shrouded by the surrounding shadows.
"You owe me"
He would've slapped himself if he didn't think that any sudden movement would get him killed. "W-wha..." never before had he stuttered like that since his high-school days and his crush on a teacher. An annoyed growl came from above and the tiny voice in his head that had doubted that the man was the wolf from before was brutally crushed.
"I said that you owe me." came the responce. The voice was soft but deep.
Black eyes blinked up at the figure. "O-owe you...owe you...what?" God he stuttering like a bumbling school child!
"Your life" came the simple response and before Hayate knew it he was left alone in the blood filled alley way. A ragged sigh of relief escaped his lungs before he pushed himself up on shaky limbs that thankfully were still intact.
As he sat on his bum trying to soothe his racing heart his eyes lifted from the moldy ground and to the gruesome image that filled his brain.
He couldn't stop the bile that spilled from his mouth.
/.../
Blue eyes sparkled and happy laughter was the only thing that could be heard besides the yips of the wolf pups that piled themselves on top of him. Even though he knew that he was breaking one of the rules placed on the Reserve he just couldn't stop himself from sneaking away from his guard post. A tan hand ruffled the soft fur of the pup that choose his face to lick.
Even though his mind was focused on the puppies his eyes darted around outside the enclosure for any signs of movement. After all. He was a guard and guards did not open the cages and go gallivanting around the place with wolf pups while he was on duty. Hell, he wasn't even allowed near them in the daytime! He blew a puff of wind in the closest pup's face and watched as it scrambled back only to come tumbling back at him again.
Naruto gave a whoop of a laugh before he climbed to his feet, careful not to step on any of the pups that rolled off of him before he sprinted to the gate. His blue eyes softened when whimpers soon replaced happy yips when he stood on the other side of the wolf enclosure.
"I'm sorry Lil guys, I promise that I'll be back tomorrow night to play with you again but right now I gotta get back to my post. Can't have the grumps notice that I'm gone now can I?" he asked the whimpering pups on the inside of the fenced miniature forest. With one last wave his ran back to the other side of the park where he was supposed to be stationed for the next twelve hours.
"He he" he was so awesome. Not only had he snuck away from his post for the better part of a half a hour but he also got back before anyone even noticed. Inwardly he did a happy dance not noticing a figure approaching him from behind. Naruto froze when he felt a hand land heavily on his shoulder.
"Shit"
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Naruto sighed loudly and slammed the door to his small apartment shut with a loud Bam!. He staggered over to the small bed before he flopped onto it limply.
"I hate my life" he groaned and turned over so that he would die of lack of oxygen and dirty bed sheets. Pathetic way to die if you ask him. His blue eyes glanced over at the red cracked alarm clock on the small bedside table.
7:25am.
That meant that he had another four hours before he had to leave to get to class for ten. He stifled a yawn and sat up slowly, tan hands reaching down to the hem of shirt that came over his head soon after, the very same shirt then was introduced to the ground in a swift fashion along with his pants and socks leaving the blond in a vest and boxer.
"I'm so fucking tired..." he moaned into the semi-flat pillow. He glanced around the room slowly his brain already preparing for its seven hour hibernation because seriously who was he kidding?
His room was dark despite the blinding morning sun, one benefit of having dark thick curtains. The moment he closed his eyes his stomach protested.
A small part of him wanted to crawl over to his cupboard and brew up some three minute ramen but a larger part of him stomped down the former viciously. He needed some down time pronto.
/.../
Red eyes looked up at the sky which portrayed how beautiful the world was. Blue, yellow, orange, pink and purple meshed together in a magnificent collage. Sasuke snorted. He sounded like that artist his fiend of a brother kept around as a mate.
An irritated noise built up in his chest when he lifted his back leg and began to scratch behind his ear with vigor. He hated this place. He should've known that finding the female wasn't going to simple. The place where it was was infested with both humans and pest but he had already acknowledge the two species as one because both of them annoyed his superior furry soul to its limit.
Around him the pests were still awake and would be until the wee hours of the morning but by then they would be few and sparse, it was then that he would allow himself to walk around in either form. The last thing he needed were human females latching onto him like the very fleas which he had biting into his flesh at the very moment.
He once again scratched viciously at his ear before finding it to troublesome and shifted. In the place of the large furry creature now stood a pale and very naked young man. A straight nose turned upwards at the humans that still walked around the park he was currently resting in. He crouched, never minding his 'business' that was dangling close to ground.
Not that he minded. The humans may have infested upon the land but the land belong to nature not them. He sat onto his bum minutes later and laid his head on his arms that rested on his knees.
He was bored.
His brother had always said that he had the attention span of a puppy when not occupied and he had to agree. Not that he would ever utter those words unless he was close to losing his pride and joy. Extreme situations call for heart wrenching words. His mind once again began to wander away from him.
The female. He wondered what she was like. Hopefully she wasn't a human because that...
That would be like screwing Sakura...
just...
that was something that not even the most barbaric creatures should be subjected too. He yawned and blinked back the bleariness from his dark eyes but after another round of well placed yawns he gave up.
His body curled in on itself and fur instantly began to sport from his pale flesh. Limbs shortened and bent, a straight nose became a diamond shaped wet spot and a face became a pointed muzzle. His red slanted eyes blinked a few more times before they closed.
He would sleep before searching for the female again later on. His mind drifted but still stayed alert, his pointed and moving ears a testimony that no human or animal was catching off guard.
/.../
"I'm fine Hinata-chan!" Naruto protested when the brunette woman refused to be calm into submission by his puppy dog eyes. The normally shy and skittish woman was now the female version of a commando. She was man-handling him for god's sake!
"What did professor Danzou give you Naruto-kun?" she asked him her pale lilac eyes daring him to lie to her. The blond man gulped and rubbed the back of his head in a nervous fashion.
"Naruto..." she growled lowly. He chuckled and a few cold sweats rolled down his forehead. What was she Bipolar?
He suddenly stared at the wall far behind her narrow shoulders not having the courage to look her in the eyes. "J-Just some hormones and stuff..." he mumbled.
Lilac eyes narrowed down at the man who was swamped in bed covers that pooled at his waist.
"Naruto, what other 'stuff' did he give you?" she questioned him. Naruto sighed and shook his head before mumbling something inaudible.
"What was that?" the brunette asked.
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"Naruto!" she yelled making the blond jump in the dorm bed.
"I dunno okay! I don't know, he just gave me the normal stuff like hormones and cell reproduction pills along with a few blood replenishing ones to give back the blood he took for tests and then he slipped me some green and yellow ones to boot but I never questioned him on what they were. Happy now?" he panted his blue eyes were down casted realizing how foolish he was.
"Naruto-kun..." Hinata whispered and smoothed down his unruly hair that sprang right back up.
"What ever he gave you made you collapse, you do know that right? tablets aren't supposed to make you collapse. I want you to stop taking those pills he gives to you" she demanded. Naruto's eyes widened. "H-Hinata, you don't understand I need the money" he pleaded.
The woman shook her head making her long hair fly around her. "What ever he is giving you is making your body weak Naruto, this is the third time in a week you fainted! the money isn't as important as your life is it?" she said as she tried to reason with him.
"Hinata... " he began but was cut off when the woman spoke again. "I'll give you"
Blue eyes looked at her in confusion, his head tilting automatically in a substitute for not being gifted in raising one eyebrow.
"Huh?" he asked. "Give me what?"
Hinata sat straighter and he was instantly reminded that she was the heiress to a multi-national weapons company. "The money. I'll lend it too you"
"Hinata-"
"Naruto" she answered back calmly.
"I-"
"You" she interrupted again.
"Stop that!-" he tried a second time.
"Stop what Naruto-kun?" she asked him looking genuinely curious and sounding as innocent as she looked.
Naruto let out a rush of breath and for once despite her looks and shape, he truly believed that Hinata was a Hyuuga. He had just received first hand on how they toyed with peoples emotions. Creeps the lot of them.
"Hinata no" he said firmly his lip set in a firm line.
Hinata sighed and shook her head knowing how stubborn the blond could be.
"Fine. I won't give it to you" she agreed and turned her back to him, hiding a smile as she did so. He could be stubborn but she could also.
Naruto smiled gently at the woman even though she couldn't see it, his hand snaking up to her shoulder.
"Hinata-chan." her name rolled off his tongue softly making her spin to look at him, the previous toughness gone and the shy look returned. "Naruto-kun..."
"I know that you only want to help but... it'll only feel like charity. Like I'm some sorta charity case 'ya know what I mean?" he asked her. Hinata could only nod slowly, her lilac eyes glistening with unshed tears.
Naruto sat up straighter in the bed and raised his hands in front of him. He hated when girls cried!
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"Your late! the shift began thirty-five minutes ago you ungrateful brat!" spittle flew and Naruto resisted the urge to wipe his face as some landed on his cheeks and above his eyes.
"I know, I know. I'll make it up" he said wincing inwardly at his tired voice. Screw tired, he felt like a zombie.
"You better as hell! there're lots of people who would gladly take your place!" he bellowed at the blond again. At this point Naruto couldn't honestly care and just nodded along with everything the man said. Soon enough he left the blond at his post while muttering about ungrateful freaks.
His blue eyes glanced down at the battered watch on his wrist.
12:51am.
Time to go and see the little rascals.
Naruto cracked his back and slipped from his post, careful to keep watch for the flashlight of the wandering guards, though he knew that he had a full twenty minutes before one came past the pups habitat.
Already even as he was quite a good distance away, the yips of the wolf pups brought a smile to his face. It would seem that they smelt him already. Cute.
"Hey Lil' guys. How are ya today?" he asked them because technically it was morning.
The pups yipped louder and jumped against the wired fencing urging him to come inside and play with them.
Naruto grinned and unlocked the metal door before he slipped through the space and closed it back softly. Imediently several small furry bodies pounced onto him knocking him to the floor of the habitat.
"Okay okay! it's nice to see you guys too!" he laughed as he was mercilessly licked on every exposed inch of skin with small wet tongues. He sat up when they backed off slightly, each small furry body standing or sitting just a foot away from him.
Naruto spent the next fifteen minutes chasing and running from the pups around the enclosure. He panted as he dropped to his bum on the dirt floor, his uniform shirt was hanging over a branch of one of the various trees in the mini forest, he was glad too because his vest was soaked.
He placed a hand to his chest in an effort to slow his heart beat as his chest heaved. Somehow he found the energy to laugh when the pups sprawled themselves out, just as tired at their human friend.
Naruto eyed them, the blue eyes sparkling with happiness that he didn't feel when around humans. Strange, but that word was the definition of him.
A loud grunt came from the edge of the tree line, the place that was masked in darkess. Naruto tilted his head slightly wondering when had one of the pups snuck away from him.
One, three, seven... no... they were all there, so what-
His eyes grew impossibly wide when the figure of a furry beast emerged from the tree line, red eyes focused on him unblinking as it advanced.
The pups growled at the black creature but soon whimpered and rolled over and onto their back exposing the soft belly when a deep growl came from the still moving creature. Even though they had yet to be exposed to the true harshness of the wild they understood when to be cute and when to be downright submissive.
Naruto's heart picked back up and sweat ran down from his breathing spiked and hitched and then...
He ran.
Naruto scrambled from the ground before stumbling towards the entrance of the enclosure.
He didn't know that they placed a new wolf in the habitat. And now...
He was going to die!
A smile bloomed on his face when he saw the metal gate just as few feet away. He was going to make it!
Just a glance backwards dashed those hopes away when he saw the beast leaping towards him. His face met the ground when the wolf landed on his back.
"Ugh..." he moaned and turned over when the weight was lifted. His head was spinning from the fall, his wrist was also thumping with pain but that was the least of his worries now. Not when he was staring into the face of the largest wolf that he was pretty sure existed.
Red eyes stared back into blue.
Red eyes watched as the human trembled before him.
Red eyes watched as the human's eyes fluttered.
Red eyes watched with a lot of pride when the human fainted but a slight irritation arose when he realized that he would have to carry the female back to her den.
Sasuke shifted back into his human form before the pale limb reached down and plucked Naruto from the ground.
A frown curved at his lips at the weight of the female or lack of it. Probably a bad reaction to the deer excretion the humans ate on a daily basis.
His black eyes glanced at the whining pups who had rolled back to their stomachs but made no move to stand. "She'll be okay. I won't hurt her" he said softly and add a soft comforting growl.
Sasuke walked past the whimpering wolf pups with a limp blond cradled like the bride he was in his arms. The shifter looked down at his blond mate and a small twitch of the lips exploded into a massive grin that exposed his larger and more prominent canines.
He found his mate and he was so gonna screw and get some puppies before his pain in the ass brother.
Now..
Where the hell was his mates den again?
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A/n:Remember reviews encourage me to write, write, write!
I'd like to thank my first nine reviewers. You have no Idea how freaking excited I was when I saw 9 reviews just sitting there waiting for me hours after I posted. Funny thing though. I had the first chapter written before the interlude...
Special thanks to!: skyglazingMaro, ToXicStArCaNdy, BlackAce-Hearts, IWishIWasACheescake, nekokiki, and finally lukakoolarigato!