DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN NARUTO!! I WILL WRITE THIS DISCLAIMER IN EVERY CHAPTER TO PROVE IT! XP
Summary: Uchiha Sasuke is a Wolf, banished from his Pack because of his brother. As he strolls along the forest, he bumps into a Fox named Uzumaki Naruto. Only, he isn't your ordinary Fox – he's a hybrid. What happens when Sasuke is mixed up into Naruto's Pack?
IF YOU DO NOT LIKE THE STORY, DO NOT READ IT! CRITICISM IS NOT APPRECIATED!
Okay, so far, the votes are:
NejiTen: I (1)
LeeSaku: IIII (4)
ShinoKiba: II (2)
KibaHina: III (3)
NejiLee: (0)
NejiShika: III (3)
ShikaIno: II (2)
Come on! I need votes! The pairings who don't make it are going to end up friendship!
I'm going to be closing the voting in about a week or two, but I might change my mind about the pairings.
Also, no one made a decision about lemons!! Come on, I'm sure there are some yaoi lovers out there somewhere!! I really need your opinion on it. :(
I'm introducing more of the characters as chapters go by and then I'm going to start the plot… which I still have to think about. XP
I might add fillers for you readers so you don't have to wait four months for an update. (That won't happen! I update at least once a month at the latest!!)
The next chapter is kind of planned out already but then the third chapter could end up as the fourth… oh well. As long as I keep updating, it's good, right? – Nudge, Nudge –
Warnings: (Supposedly) aloof Naruto, short chapters, possibly slow updates, possible OOCness, rating may go up, YAOI, SHONENAI, more warnings adding onto later
Pairings: NaruSasu, KakaIru, ShikaTema kind of later, GaaNaru kind of later, ChoujiShika friendship, slight ShikaNaru, adding on more each chapter or so
Thank you so much for the reviews!! Here are your replies:
dragonfire04: Yay! Thank you for your review! – Hands you two cookies –
Requiem – Dragon: Hooray! I'm so glad you like my story! – Hands you two cookies –
SilentInTheShadow: Thank you for your review. Yeah, I'm not very good at descriptions. I'll try my best to make it better though! – Hands you four cookies –
Shannara810: Thanks so much for your comment! It feels me up with joy! Also, there's a reason why I didn't pair up the Sand siblings with anyone. But I'm not spoiling it. Fu fu fu… - Hands you half a dozen cookies –
DarkAngel90111: Thanks for your comment! If you want it to be those pairs, please vote in my poll. – Hands you two cookies –
Jadej. j: Thank you so much! I'm glad you like it. :) – Hands you three cookies –
I'm so happy!! That's why I wrote this ASAP! Enjoy!
--
"Speaking"
'Thinking'
"Speaking in animal Form"
--
The Wolf, the Packs, and the Hybrid – Chapter Two: There's much more than that…
Sasuke fit in quite well with Naruto's Pack. They were a bit edgy around him at first but now it seemed as if Sasuke's arrival was good.
He had spent two days at this village and had figured out the daily routine: Naruto would be gone most of the day with Neji and Shikamaru; the Coras would work on building wooden structures and knitting skins together; and the Denas would keep the Evas in check. He had no idea where the Betas were.
For the past two days, he noticed that there weren't many Wolves in Naruto's Pack. The only ones he had seen were Hinata and some other females who were strolling around. Maybe many Wolves were against the idea? Sasuke smirked. Yeah, that was likely. Who would want to join a mixed-up Fox's Pack?
Sasuke had not been given any jobs lately, and he liked it that way. He didn't want to listen to Naruto; after all, he hated being controlled.
"Hey, Sasuke!!" an all too familiar voice screeched.
Sasuke slightly cringed and coldly inquired, "What, Kiba?"
Kiba gasped for air for a moment before clarifying, "Naruto has a challenge for you."
Sasuke raised a dark eyebrow; "Oh?"
"Yep!" Kiba replied, grinning insanely, "It's time to see if you can handle our society!" He slapped Sasuke's back three times as Akamaru yipped along.
Sasuke's eyebrow twitched and questioned the Fox, "What do you mean 'handle your society'?"
If possible, Kiba's grin grew even wider; "Oh, you'll see."
--
"Kiba, where are we going?" Sasuke asked, following the annoying Fox. Even though he lived with them, he still hated Foxes.
Kiba responded, "I told you! We're going to see if you can handle our society!" Akamaru barked along with Kiba's insane laughter. He obviously knew what was going to happen.
"We go in here," Kiba told Sasuke, stopping in front of a rather large house, "Stay here and I'll tell you when to come in." Sasuke tiredly nodded.
It had only been a few moments when Kiba had entered the house and Sasuke was beginning to become annoyed… not to mention confused. Kiba was so loud you could here him practically a hundred miles away. So, why was it so quiet in there?
After a few moments, Kiba informed Sasuke, "Okay, come in now!" with a grin.
Sasuke, resentfully, walked inside and was met with a room full of… girls.
Kiba introduced him, "Ladies, here's the new Wolf – Uchiha Sasuke."
"Oh my God, he looks so cool!" a pink-haired Wolf cried out.
"He's mine, you Large Forehead!" a blonde Wolf shouted.
There were ten to fifteen female Wolves inside this room and they were bickering about who would get Sasuke. ('Oh, so they were all in here?' Sasuke asked in his head, mildly.)
Kiba whistled to gain Sasuke's attention and notified him, "You better run now."
Sasuke did so without a second thought.
"SASUKE-KUN!" the females shouted, chasing after him.
'Oh, God, when Kiba said Naruto gave me a challenge, he wasn't joking!' Sasuke thought to himself, frantically looking for an escape route, 'Drat, this Pack is crazy!'
Their high-pitched shrieks of "SASUKE-KUN!" annoyed him and everyone to know end and some even ended up covering their ears.
What seemed like eternity was actually only ten minutes; man, these female Wolves had stamina!
Even after only fifteen minutes of running, Sasuke was running out of breath (who wouldn't when they had to run at top speed while still adjusting to two legs?).
But still, those enough she-Wolves would not leave him alone! 'Darn that Naruto!' Sasuke reacted, unconsciously mimicking Kiba.
He leaned over, gripped a lone tree, and looked behind himself; those she-Wolves were still running after him!
All of a sudden, a hand gripped his wrist, jerked him forward, and he found himself running with the stranger; 'What the-' he began to think but then saw that familiar blond whop of hair, 'Naruto?!' He was about to shove him off but he remembered the she-Wolves. Better a little help than none.
--
They were inside the forest, not too far from the village. Sasuke was wheezing, greedy for air while Naruto took shallow breaths.
As soon as they stopped panting, Sasuke heard a soft noise; Naruto was chuckling.
Sasuke turned over to said blond boy to see him smiling a bit as he chortled. The sight made Sasuke unknowingly smile a bit.
Once Naruto had stopped laughing, he leaned his back against a nearby tree and covered his eyes with his hand as he told Sasuke, "That was hilarious. You should've seen yourself." He was smiling along those words.
Sasuke frowned; "You were watching?" His eyebrow twitched a bit.
"Yeah," Naruto replied, "you've never seen me on the rooftops?"
Sasuke mentally slapped himself; why didn't he think of that?
"Well, I know they're high and all, but you should at least be able to see me on some angle," Naruto continued, still smiling, "So, 'you adjusting well to the village?"
Sasuke shrugged; "It's okay, I guess."
Naruto laughed again and responded, "Did thoze fangirls wreck your opinion?"
"Partially," Sasuke mumbled and was earned with another laugh from Naruto. No matter how many times he laughed, however, it sounded angelic.
Naruto sighed in content and notified Sasuke, "Those Wolves are famous for the obsession in boys. As long as they're in the categories of either 'cute', 'handsome', or 'pretty', they'll end up chasing them throughout the village. Guess which categories you're under." Naruto's gray Fox tail waved around in glee. "They're only the Wolves too – add them with the many Foxes and you're going to have one giant exercise machine."
Sasuke's lips twitched up a bit and then noticed Naruto's cheeks; they had three faint scars on each and could only be seen when up close.
"What happened to your cheeks?" he queried.
Naruto's smile left as swiftly it came; his tail stopped swinging and his eyes grew cold. He pushed himself off the tree and replied, harshly, "Nothing; we need to go back to the village now."
Sasuke stood, stunned at Naruto's abrupt change in attitude.
Said blond ruthlessly glared at Sasuke, whom back a few steps away from the impact.
"Come on," the once carefree blond ordered, "We're going back to the village."
Before Sasuke could respond, he was yanked into the village, at a blinding speed. He had to shake his head from the impact.
They were around the edge of the village, everything normal and none of the fangirls in sight.
"Sasuke," Naruto called out and then commanded, "Go help Shikamaru and Chouji fish. The lake is east of here."
Without waiting for a reply from Sasuke, Naruto vanished from thin air.
Sasuke blinked and then a surge of anger filled him. Why did Naruto change so suddenly?! Why did he avoid the question?! Was there a reason behind those scars?!
His questions remained unanswered as he strolled towards the lake.
--
"Ah, so Naruto ordered you to help us fish?" a Fox, with a black ponytail similar to Iruka's, asked. The Fox had a green headband on his left arm wearing a black shirt and pants with a green vest over it.
Sasuke nodded.
"Hey, Shikamaru, is this the new Wolf that joined while ago?" the other Fox, stuffing his mouth with something inside a basket, inquired. This Fox had his green headband on his forehead and long reddish hair; he wore red clothing with some gray body material over it…
"Yeah, I think so, Chouji," Shikamaru answered, with a sigh, "What was his name? Sike… Sake… Suke…"
Sasuke's eyebrow twitched ('I'm doing that a lot today,' he noted) and corrected, "My name's Sasuke."
Shikamaru reacted, "So troublesome…"
"It's nice to meet you, Sasuke!" Chouji informed him, stopping only a few seconds before throwing more food into his mouth.
"Chouji, stop eating all the crackers Ino made us," Shikamaru unenthusiastically told him, but Chouji continued eating.
Shikamaru sighed a bit before querying, "So, do you know how to use fishing poles?"
Sasuke cocked an eyebrow up; "Fishing poles? Don't you use your claws?"
"If you want to drown down below five thousand feet than sure," Shikamaru responded; "This is a lake, not a river. So troublesome…"
Sasuke looked over to the clear liquid to see two poles settled on rocks; 'Those must be fishing poles,' he thought to himself.
"So, Sasuke, what do you think about Naruto?" Chouji questioned him, out of the blue, still eating Ino's crackers.
Sasuke shrugged and answered, "Nothing much; he's a bit of a jerk."
Chouji raised an eyebrow a bit; "Oh?"
"Yeah, he's laughing one minute and then when I ask him a question, he turns into an all-commanding dobe."
Shikamaru's fist tightened; "What question did you ask him?" he inquired through grinding teeth.
Sasuke carelessly replied, "I just asked him about his scars." But the moment he said "scars", Shikamaru throttled him onto the ground as he strangled Sasuke.
"You questioned him about his scars?!" Shikamaru exclaimed, fury etched into the last word, "Why did you ask him about that?! He's very sensitive about that topic! You wouldn't believe what he went through from those scars!"
"Shikamaru!" Chouji yelled, abandoning the crackers and struggling to pull his friend off of the Wolf, "Shikamaru, let go!"
Sasuke tried his best at breathing from the death grip Shikamaru was giving him. His face looked contorted as he scuffled to kick Shikamaru off.
Said Fox continued to scream at him, "Those mean more than a simple line of his face! He went through a lot of danger and hurt and that led towards those scars! Practically his whole life is within them!"
As soon as Shikamaru finished that sentence, Chouji managed to yank him off of Sasuke; "Shikamaru, calm down! What will Naruto think of your behavior?! He'll be disappointed!" Chouji shouted. Hearing this, Shikamaru settled down a bit.
Sasuke coughed for breath as Chouji held Shikamaru by his arms. More questions filled his head from Shikamaru's outburst; 'Danger? Hurt? Sensitive? What happened from those scars?' Sasuke queried to himself.
After a few minutes of deep breaths, Shikamaru had quieted down and Chouji released his grip.
"I'm sorry for Shikamaru's behavior," Chouji apologized, "Sasuke, I don't think you should help us fish. Shikamaru might go on another rampage if you carelessly talk about Naruto in some degree."
Sasuke nodded and strolled back to the village.
--
Many questions plagued Sasuke's mind. 'What's with those scars? Do they hold something important? I know they're not for decoration… maybe someone gave it to him? But who?
'Ugh, I'm having a headache because of this…' Sasuke told himself.
"SASUKE-KUN!" two female voices screeched, footsteps nearing.
'Oh, great; and I was feeling so well too…' Sasuke sarcastically reflected to himself.
A blonde- and pink-haired she-Wolf latched themselves onto Sasuke's arms; so far, he wasn't liking any physical contact. "Sasuke-kun, we were looking all over for you!" the pink one notified him in a high-pitched voice, "Where were you?"
"Hey, get off of him, Forehead; he's mine!" the blonde retorted.
The pink-haired visibly smirked and countered, "Well, I don't see why this beauty would want a pig as a mate!"
"Giant Forehead!"
"Pig!"
The two she-Wolves unintentionally let go of Sasuke, in which whom took the opportunity to escape from the fangirls.
--
It was nearing night and most of the Pack had gone back into the safety of their house… except Sasuke.
So, he was irritated – no, infuriated! Those she-Wolves had managed to triple his headache and he couldn't go to bed! Not with all those questions threatening to blow his mind up!
So, here he was, wandering throughout the woods.
Yes, Naruto put up limits to where they could be; yes, he completely restricted the forest off-limits; so, yes, Uchiha Sasuke was breaking the rules.
But did Naruto really expect him to follow the rules? Sasuke smirked. Of course, but he wasn't going to.
Sasuke sauntered inside the forest in circles, no intention of going anywhere.
After approximately half an hour, he sighed and propped himself on a tree.
Sasuke looked up to the sky and noticed that it was a full moon. If he was in Wolf Form, he would've howled, but he wasn't so he didn't. Nevertheless, he really wanted to howl.
A single loud howl distracted his thoughts and his eyes darted for the cause; his tail also raised high. The howl was so… fascinating somehow. It was like a howl, yet still at the same time not. It had a mixture of another sound… but he didn't know what.
Two more howls followed by, which were music to his ears.
The brunet tried his best to hear more but it seemed as if the cause of the howls stopped. Sasuke's Wolf ears drooped; he really wanted to hear that howl again.
"Sasuke?" a voice called out, startling said Wolf.
Sasuke looked to his right and saw that none other than Naruto was there.
He was about to yell at him with anger but then stopped after staring at Naruto. His blond hair glistened in the moonlight, and his whole body lit up along with it; his orange jumpsuit seemed to be more alluring than it could ever be; but the most mesmerizing was his eyes; they were so blue – bluer than the sky if possible and it shimmered with the help of the moonlight. To say Naruto was good-looking was an(other) understatement – he was an angel.
Said Fox's confused face converted to a worried face after Sasuke didn't say anything for the past five minutes.
He ran up to him and hollered, "Hey, Sasuke, are you in there? Are you okay? Is something wrong with your head?" while waving a hand in front of his head.
The brunet quickly snapped back to reality and noticed that Naruto was only a few centimeters away from himself; "I'm fine," Sasuke answered, pushing Naruto away; "You're invading my personal space."
Naruto's worried expression instantly turned angry and he yelled, "Well, excuse me for being worried about one of my friends! You could at least be a little grateful!"
Sasuke blinked; did Naruto consider him a friend?
"Hey, what are you doing here in the forest? Didn't I tell you this was strictly off-limits?!" Naruto shouted and then sighed, "Forget it; come on, let's go back home." With that, Naruto grabbed Sasuke's hand and marched away with him.
Sasuke felt a bit of heat rise in his face from the slight contact; wait a minute! He was an Uchiha! And Uchihas did not – repeat did not – show emotions! Yet, here he was, blushing! It was a good thing Naruto wasn't facing him…
Once they had exited the forest and nearing the village, Naruto suddenly called out, "Hey, Sasuke."
Said Wolf bumped into the now still Fox and slightly retorted, "What?"
Without turning around, Naruto informed him, "Chouji told me what happened today with you and Shikamaru. I'm sorry about that."
Sasuke was baffled – shouldn't he be the one apologizing?
"Hn," was all he could say.
"Don't bring up anything revolving about me that you don't know about," Naruto ordered Sasuke.
"Don't go ordering me around!" Sasuke retorted and then queried, "What wouldn't I know about you? You're cold, mean, blond, likes orange, the Alpha Male, and can change to a carefree attitude."
Naruto resumed walking, after a moment and heard Sasuke follow behind him.
When he had seen Sasuke safely enter his house, Naruto silently whispered, "There's much more than that…
"There's much much more than that…"
--
This must one very cheesy chapter. I'm not good at romantic stuff.
I'm sorry, SilentInTheShadow! I failed to write good descriptions! Please forgive me! TT
Yeah, early update; I love you readers and this fanfic so much that I gave you this early update. I hope it wasn't too bad. The next one should be up in about two weeks or less…
I know Chouji eats chips in the anime… but I changed it to crackers in this story. XP Okay? Okay.
Hehe, fangirls… I just had to put that in. XP
Now… my main problem is… PAIRINGS!! I really really need you all to vote on pairings. (And if you don't, all the ones that didn't win are going to end up friendship!)
Hey, I have a preview of the next chapter for you all! Enjoy!
--
"SASUKE-SAN!" a voice cried out.
'Oh great, fangirls again… wait a minute – Sasuke-san?' Sasuke reflected to himself. He turned around to be faced by a saluting green clad Fox.
"Sasuke-san, let your youth flourish in the festival tomorrow! What are you going to wear?!" Lee exclaimed, "Gai-sensei has inspired me to wear the youthful green kimono with swirls!"
'Gai-sensei…? Wait a minute – festival?'
--
Yeah, it's short, but I just started working on it. Festival, festival, festival! Who can guess on what it's for? Hint: it's related to Naruto's past (which is coming up soon!!).
I need to know your opinions for PAIRINGS and LEMONS. Come on, all you have to do is vote in my profile and say "Yes, I want lemons" or "No, I don't want lemons" in your review!!
Speaking of reviews, please leave one with a nice comment! (This time, you'll earn donuts!)
Bye!
Edited 07/10/08