DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN NARUTO!! IF I DID, I'D END UP MESSING IT UP!! PLUS, MY DRAWINGS SKILLS ARE TERRIBLE! 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!
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, NejiHina sibling bond, adding on more each chapter or so
Votes so far:
LeeSaku: IIIII (5)
KibaHina: IIII (4)
NejiShika: IIII (4)
ShinoKiba: II (2)
ShikaIno: II (2)
NejiTen: I (1)
NejiLee: (0)
Okay, pairings are going to close soon! I only have six votes! I need more, okay? The ones who are winning so far are LeeSaku, KibaHina, and NejiShika if you didn't notice. If they win, then, ShinoKiba, NejiTen, and NejiLee will only be friendship. If you do NOT want that, please vote!!
Sadly, I cannot work on my Prince of Tennis fanfic. I can't write it without pressure. Yet, I can update this fanfic without stress. Strange, isn't it?
It's been decided… THERE WILL BE LEMONS!! – Squeal!! – Just not now. – Boo! -
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"Speaking"
'Thinking'
"Speaking in animals Form"
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The Wolf, the Packs, and the Hybrid – Chapter Three: Festival Part I: You Need a Kimono!
It was a beautiful, sunny day in the village which Konoha settled in; the day had just started and the sun had just begun to rise. All was peaceful and well until…
"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?'
As Sasuke thought this, Lee eagerly waited his answer… eh, maybe a little too eagerly…
Sasuke inquired, "What's this festival about?"
Lee's smile widened and replied, "I believe Naruto-san said that we have this festival at this time once a year as a tribute to an ally who died for us!"
'Ally?' Sasuke cocked an eyebrow and responded, "Oh really?"
"Yes!" Lee shouted, causing yet again for some Foxes and Wolves to stare at him, "So, Sasuke-san, what are you going to wear?"
Sasuke answered, "I haven't thought of that yet."
Lee's eyes seemed to bulge out (which nearly frightened Sasuke's soul out of him) and yelled, "Sasuke-san, we must go and find you the perfect kimono! They're on sale for ninety percent off anyways so they are often sold out the minute they open! Hurry, hurry, Sasuke-san!" He grabbed Sasuke's wrist before said brunet could even react.
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Sasuke carefully stepped inside the store (as Lee called it) as Lee ran inside. Not hearing Sasuke behind him, Lee ran back and queried (quite loudly), "Sasuke-san, please hurry up! If we do not hurry, many of the other youthful Foxes and Wolves will buy everything!"
Lee lugged Sasuke towards the green kimono section.
"Sasuke-san, what do you think?!" Lee exclaimed, pulling out various shades of green and displaying it to Sasuke. "Umm…" Sasuke responded, "I think… green doesn't suit me…"
Lee gasped; "Sasuke-san, how can you say that?! Everything matches with green! It also fills everything up with life! It is the color of life!" Sasuke replied, "That's not the problem… it's too… light for me." "Then, what color would you suggest, Sasuke-san?" "… Black."
Once again, Lee gasped; "Sasuke-san, such an… an… ominous color! Why?" Sasuke answered, "It doesn't matter; I'm not wearing green."
"Lee?" a well-known voice called out. "Naruto-san!" Lee shouted as he jumped around; after a moment, he declared, "You look so full of youth, Naruto-san! Splendid, indeed!"
Sasuke looked over Lee's shoulder and his eyes protruded. Naruto was wearing a baby blue kimono which had dark blue blotches; it also had pink cherry blossoms petals in various sizes, which seemed so real; to add on to it, the kimono was too big for Naruto and the collar of it had slid off of his left shoulder, exposing most of his tanned-skin neck. He wouldn't have been surprised if he had a nose bleed right now.
Naruto reacted, "Thanks, Lee." He turned towards Sasuke and notified him, "I didn't know you were a morning person."
Sasuke responded, "Hn" and stopped himself from staring at Naruto any longer.
"So, what brings you here?" Naruto asked Lee, "I know you already picked out your kimono, Lee."
Lee smiled brightly and answered, "Sasuke-san was not informed of the festival and so I am helping him pick out a kimono!"
Naruto chuckled lightly and said, "Good luck with that, Lee."
"Thank you, Naruto-san!" Lee replied, saluting, "By the way, Naruto-san, why are you here? Everyone knows you pick out several kimonos a week before today."
Naruto nodded and explained, "Hinata and Neji forgot to buy their kimonos and I just tagged along. Somehow, I ended up trying on various kimonos. But, I won't buy the whole store; don't worry about that, Lee." He waved his hand around to emphasize his point.
"Hinata-san and Neji-san are here?! I shall greet them!" Lee hollered, running into the changing room. "L-Lee-kun, this is the g-girl's changing room!" Hinata's voice stammered loudly. "LEE!" an overprotective male voice shouted, footsteps heard afterwards.
Naruto sighed and shook his head; "I have no idea what I'm going to do with him," he audibly mumbled. His kimono fell onto his wrist, as a result.
Sasuke held back his blush and questioned the blond, "Aren't you going to change back into your clothes?"
Naruto blinked and looked down at himself; "I would but I don't want to be involved in Neji and Lee's mishap." He jutted his thumb in the direction where Lee had run off to.
Many scrambles were heard afterwards and concluded itself with a "Lee, next time, look at the signs!"
Lee came back with a black eye, limping leg, and messy hair; "Neji-san, next time I will defeat you!"
He turned around and yelled, "So, Sasuke-san, shall we continue?"
"Lee," Naruto called out, "It's seven o' clock."
A few seconds ticked by before Lee remembered; "Oh no! I have forgotten to meet Gai-sensei! For that, I must run to him in ten seconds and do an extra two hundred laps!!" In no time at all, Lee dashed out of the kimono store, a steady field of dust and wind behind him. Sasuke blinked at what just happened.
"Well," Naruto said as Sasuke turned back to him, "I might as well go change back. Go find yourself a kimono while I'm gone. I'm interested to see what kind of taste you have." With that, Naruto disappeared behind the shelves.
Sasuke trailed throughout the kimonos, not really paying attention to them. His mind mainly stayed focus upon Naruto's ever-exposed tan neck.
Once Sasuke had found himself thinking about that, he violently shook his head and blushed furiously; 'So what if his neck looks good? It's nothing compared to him in that kimono…' Sasuke blinked as he recalled over what he had just said and blushed ever further. What was with him?!
"That's a very pretty kimono you picked out, Hinata," he heard Naruto's voice remark as he heard footsteps.
Sasuke eyed Naruto in his orange garment before Naruto spoke, "Okay, I know you don't like green but that's just creepy."
Not understanding what was going on, he looked at the color of the kimonos; his eyes widened – they were pink. His face reddened intensely.
"Sasuke – Sasuke!" Naruto's voice broke Sasuke out of his trance; "Geez, you're nothing like Neji and Hinata - you're always spacing out."
Sasuke was about to retort before he saw two figures behind Naruto: one was Hinata who had a bright yellow kimono folded in her arms; the other figure was slightly taller than her and had a long black ponytail just like former Wolf; his eyes were just liked Hinata's – white and clear without a pupil; he wore a white shirt and pants with something gray that covered the intersecting line; he held onto a gray folded kimono; his Wolf ears and tail were as noticeable as Hinata's.
Naruto's voice broke him out of his thoughts once again, "Seeing as you're not paying attention, I'm going to repeat myself, Sasuke. You know Hinata and that's her cousin over there – Neji. He's kind of overprotective of her because they're the only Hyuugas left."
"Hello, Sasuke-kun," Hinata greeted and then anxiously looked towards her cousin.
"It's nice to meet you," Neji greeted as well and Hinata sighed in relief.
"Hn," Sasuke replied.
Naruto frowned; "Not very sociable, are you?" He flashed him a small grin before shouting, "Hinata, Neji, we have to hurry! Who knows when they'll come?!" Neji's face paled at the word "they".
Sasuke knitted his brows together; "Who's 'they'?" he inquired.
"Quick, quick, I heard Lee yell that Neji-sama was here!" a feminine voice squealed.
Another female voice included, "I heard Sasuke-sama was here too!"
"Hurry, hurry; we might be able to see their fabulous abs!" another added.
Many footsteps flocked the store.
Sasuke and Neji's faces paled; "Quick, use the emergency exit!" Naruto audibly whispered and pushed them into the changing rooms, "I'll stall them!"
With that, Sasuke and Neji (who dragged Hinata) rushed out of the store.
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Neji, Hinata, and Sasuke panted greedily for air as Neji silently muttered, "I'm going to kill Lee…"
It wasn't even morning yet, and they were being attacked by fangirls!
Once their breathing had settled, Hinata thought out loud, "I hope N-Naruto-kun is all r-right…"
"Don't worry, Hinata," Neji assured his cousin, "He has a fanclub thrice the size of mine so he should live."
Hinata slowly nodded.
"Geez, you'd think fangirls would be a little more appreciative of our personal space," a familiar voice stated.
"N-Naruto-kun!" Hinata stuttered as she saw the rather large gray Fox.
"Hi," the Fox greeted, waving his gray tail about happily.
Neji queried, "You're in your Fox form and all you can say is 'hi'?!"
"Uh… hello?" Naruto guessed.
Hinata stammered, "U-u-umm… Naruto-kun… did you?"
Naruto sighed and nodded his head; "I let them have my clothes if they stopped bothering you guys for the rest of the day. They wouldn't last two days so it was the best I could do. Sorry about that."
Sasuke's eyes twitched as he managed to question him, "Exactly how did you give them your clothes?"
Naruto seemingly gave a foxy grin ('How ironic,' Sasuke noted) as he answered, "I stripped, of course."
Hinata sputtered as they all turned dark colors of red.
Naruto grinned at his success and guaranteed them, "Don't worry! I did it in the changing room!"
Hinata and Neji sighed in relief and Sasuke asked, "And you were fast enough to take off all your clothes and change into your Fox form?"
"Changing forms becomes easier when you're used to it; not to mention, I'm pretty fast," Naruto clarified and added, "I bought you a kimono along the way, Sasuke."
He didn't know how or when but a purplish-blue kimono was tossed on his head, afterwards.
Annoyed, Sasuke ripped the kimono off his head and examined it: it had a dark purple color with light blue swirls in it; the design of the kimono wasn't too explicit yet at the same time it was so open.
"I don't know your size so… I picked you up a medium," Naruto notified Sasuke, "I'm going now. Hinata, Neji, make sure you attend the festival, 'kay? I paid for your kimonos, by the way."
Naruto turned his grayish body around and trotted away.
Neji sighed; "Naruto just doesn't see his kindness…" he murmured.
"Neji-niisan, we have to practice our d-dance," Hinata reminded her older cousin.
"Dance?" Sasuke inquired, his mind now baffled once again.
Neji clarified, "This festival has many games and such but the main attraction of it all is the dance. Each Wolf or Fox has their own kind of dance that expresses their selves. Naruto came up with this idea; this way, newcomers have a little knowledge on others while ones whom have seen them before just enjoy it."
"Do we have to dance?" Sasuke questioned him.
The Hyuuga cousins nodded.
Hinata asked, "I-is there something w-wrong, Sasuke-kun?"
The brunet sighed and, with tinted cheeks, replied, "I don't know how to dance."
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Hehe, Sasuke doesn't know how to dance. Does anyone know what's going to happen?
The reason to Naruto's cheerful attitude will be revealed at the end of the festival arc (which isn't too long).
Sorry about the short update; I haven't been in the mood for writing. But, I planned this story out so much that I couldn't help but update… even if it was only a little bit.
Hey, look! I'm giving you another preview! It's even longer! How nice of me! – Smiles –
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"You want dancing lessons?" Naruto asked the Wolf.
"Uhh, yeah…" Sasuke replied, unconsciously scratching his hand's backside, "I was wondering if you could teach me…"
Naruto blinked; "Why me? Can't anyone else help?"
Sasuke responded, "Well, Hinata and Neji recommended you because they said you were the best dancer."
Naruto blinked a few times, once more, and then widely smiled; "Sure! It would be my pleasure! Did Hinata or Neji explain what the dance is for?"
Sasuke nodded his head.
"That's good; I won't have to tell you about it then and we can save time," Naruto reacted, "Let's see… we need to describe your character. What do you think of yourself?"
"A Wolf?" Sasuke answered, obviously perplexed.
Naruto sighed; "Okay, let me tell you the basics: sways and swirls mean mysterious; body shakes and hand signs mean appealing and cheerful; fans mean that you have hidden feelings. If I was to choose your dancing style, you'd probably be hand signs – slow, however; those mean dark and secretive… well, they do if you cover your face a lot. If you don't, then you're just saying 'come and claim me'. You don't want that to happen."
Sasuke shivered at the thought of fangirls "claiming" him.
Naruto gave a small laugh at that; "Don't worry; dancing doesn't take long to learn; you just have to be accustomed to your style."
For some reason, Naruto winked at this.
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Not that long of a preview but not that short either. – Complaints – Aw, come on! It's a preview! What did you expect – the whole chapter? – Readers nod their heads – Fine, fine! I swear, you people can be so spoiled! New chapter first thing next week (or somewhere around there)!
Again, please vote! The pairings vote will end at May 18! If there are pairings you wish to be official, then please vote!
Naruto's past will come up in a few chapters, for those of you who are curious. It might be a long flashback arc, however… I'm planning that actually. :)
Anyways, please review? Thanks!
Bye now!
Edited 07/10/08