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This story of Rated M for its Mature content.

Chapter 6

To his disappointment Konoha hadn't changed much in his absence. Much of the village was still the same as the last time he had wondered its streets. From his vantage point above the roof tops, Naruto could still recognized some of the land marks he had known before he was sealed. Like its name sack everywhere he looked there were tree of all sizes with some of the trees even as old as the village itself.

Below him village citizens, older and young, male and female went about their daily life. Every street he passed was abuzz with sound and activity. Naruto took in a breath inhaling the smell of fresh air and smell of life.

His stomach growled loudly reminding him of his hunger. Naruto picked up his pace leaping from one roof to another faster.

Ichiraku was a small ramem stand indistinguishable from its counter parts. What made it different from other such stands was that Ichiraku cooked the best ramen in the village. His father had often told him how much his mother visited the stand. Even his father during his break from his office took occasional stops at the place.

When he arrived at his destination Naruto leapt on the street then headed for the stand. He pushed aside the flap in front him and stepped inside the stand. As soon as he was inside the aroma of cooking meat hit him instantly. Naruto licked his lips in anticipation.

Picking the nearest chair he could find, Naruto sat down. Naruto looked about him. The stand wasn't as full as he had thought. He spotted a few shinobi and civilians alike with their heads down slapping up their food. Not everyone was eating. Some people present where engaged in hushed talks.

As he took all this in, Naruto grinned. He felt like he had just home.

"Hey old man one bowl of beef ramen and can I have extra ramen with that please."Naruto shouted waving his hand towards the cook behind the counter. He ignored the fact that he didn't have money to pay for what he had just ordered.

"Ayame-chan…one bowl of extra beef ramen for the young man with red hair." The cook informed his assistance.

Everyone present cast glances in his direction. Naruto scowled at them causing some of them to look away.

"Ma...Ma... Naruto-kun, don't scowl too much. It not good for your health. Try and cheer up a little." A familiar voice said from behind Naruto.

Naruto growled, "How long have you been following me?"

Kakashi smiled and waved his hand in dismissal then took a free sit next to Naruto. "I wasn't following you at all. I suspect the Hokage has the ANBU doing that since you left Kurenai's apartment."

Naruto grunted. Now that someone had brought that up, he could feel eyes on him. "So what are you doing here?" He finally asked suspicious of the one eyed shinobi and a bit of resentment.

Kakashi answer him with a smile behind his black mask. "Ramen…. Why else?"

Naruto grunted and turned away from the one eyed shinobi. His defeat was still fresh in his mind. And not matter how much he didn't like to admit it; they had played him a fool. He was going to make the man pay for that.

A thought struck Naruto. He mentally grinned at his own deviousness. Why not make the guy pay for my meal?

"One bowl of beef ramen."

Naruto pulled himself out of his thoughts and looked up. Ayame had grown in the last three years. The length of her chocolate brown hair now tied behind her in a single pony tail with a white bandana was the most noticeable change about her. Beneath her white robes Naruto could tell her figure had also filled up nicely with her age given her a homely look that reminded him a little of Kurenai.

"Hey, Ayame-oneesan." Naruto greeted the brown eye girl as she placed a bowl thick with pieces of beef in front of him.

Naruto inhaled the aroma before sighing. He had missed the smell of ramen and spices.

Ayume looked at him frowning on her face.

"Do I know you?" she asked.

"Ehh don't tell me you have forgotten your number one customer already?" Naruto exclaimed in an exaggerated hurt tone.

Ayume eyed the long red haired boy before her. Looking at him closely she had a feeling she knew him from somewhere. However she could place his red to anyone she knew. There went many people with that kind of hair in the village and she had never came across anyone with red slitted eyes before but as she looked closer the whisker marks on his cheeks had her eyes wide.

"Naruto-chan," she gasped "it's that really you?"

Naruto swallowed a mouthful of ramen before grinned, nodding his head. "Yup that's ….."

The rest of the sentence was cut short as Ayame pulled him into a hug. "Father, its Naruto-chan he's back from training."

With his face buried in Ayame's firm breasts, Naruto tried to wiggle out of her tight hug. Sure it was a pleasant experience but he needed to breath, and he was hungry.

"Huh Ayame –chan you are going to kill him." Naruto heard the old man say.

"Ahh…sorry… Naruto-chan. Is it you? Why do you look different? Where did you go? How was your training?" for a moment Naruto wondered if he should have kept his mouth shut, as he alternated between his self appointed old sister and the bowl of ramen before him. At the end Naruto decided to answer his sister first. At least this way once all the questions were answered he could eat in piece.

Naruto smiled at her before answering.

"The change is the result of my training."Naruto lied. As much as he wanted to tell her about his power, Naruto was sure the old man in his office wouldn't like it. And now that he thought about it, there was no doubt Kakashi would stop him from saying too much.

Pushing his suspicions into the back of his mind, Naruto went on.

"Thanks to the old hermit I learned a lot and I am now powerful. Hell in a year or two I will be stronger than my father or that old geezer in his office" .Naruto smirked. Kakashi snorted but Naruto just ignored him.

Ayame smiled in a way that told Naruto she want convinced about the last part.

Naruto mentally shrugged. At the moment he didn't care whether she believed him or not.

"So you still want to be the Hokage."Ayame said still smiling.

Naruto almost scowled at that. He had long lost the desire of being Hokage after years of thinking on the matter. It didn't take a genius to realise being Hokage meant you spent most of your time in the village instead of taking missions. Naruto preferred killing people instead of wasting time reading and signing documents.

Rather than voice his thoughts, Naruto sighed loudly. "I am not sure. Thanks the advice my grandfather gave me it seems I am not cut out to be Hokage but who knows, in time I might change my mind."

Naruto felt Kakashi's eye on him. Naruto resisted the impulse to turn to the one eyed shinobi. Still, he wondered what the man was thinking.

Mentally shrugging again, Naruto pushed the notion aside.

Ayame asked Naruto a few more question before she was forced stop thanks to new customers wanting to make their orders.

Naruto thanked whatever god was out there before diving into his meal. Naruto had began to wonder if simple starvation was what was going to put him down before he made his name in the Elemental Nations. A shudder ran down his spine at the thought of dying from something as simple as starvation.

….

"So… Kurenai-chan how is your husband today?" Anko grinned suggestively.

Kurenai shot her a dark look before responding shaking her head. "Anko the boy is just a kid. Hell he only ..what…13? That's even too young for you to be making such suggestions."

"What are you talking about? From the looks of it the boy looking big enough for anyone." Anko said putting an emphasis on the word it, a far away glazed look in her eyes.

"Anko I think you have drank too much of that alcohol. Isn't it a bit early for you to be drunk."Hana tried to take away the bowl of alcohol in front of her friend and failed. Even drunk Anko seemed to be just as fast.

"Hey…hey that's mine. No need to take your jealousy out of others." Anko commented putting the bowl to her lips.

"Wh...What are you talking about?"Hana stammered, bewildered by the sudden shift in topic. One minute Anko had been talking about Kurenai and the kid, and the next thing it was now her.

"hmmmmm…. I saw how you where staring at the kid's tail and cute ears."

Hana's jaw dropped. Kurenai almost choked on a stick of dango.

"Don't look at me like that."Anko was now grinning like a snake. "Come on think about it. This is your fantasy come true."

Someone nearby their table let out a choking sound. Anko ignore the person.

"Don't tell me you never dream of …hmm….say," she grinned "waking up cuddled up in furs. "She finished.

Hana felt her face burn.

"Anko I think that stuff you are drinking is getting into your head." Hana quickly said her face still red.

Anko chuckled. "Don't worry your secret is safe with us, right Kurenai-chan?"

Kurenai simply shook her head, sighing. "Hana just ignore her. Something must have happened during her mission."

"You don't know half of it."Anko said, sounding sober.

"Want to talk about it?"

A melancholy look fell upon Anko as stared somewhere both Kurenai and Hana couldn't follow before letting out a heartfelt sigh.

"Remember the guy I was going out with?" both Kunoichi nodded remembering the ANBU Anko had been going out with.

"Well…During the mission he saw my Curse Seal during our make out session and the next thing I knew the guy wouldn't shut up about it and HIM."Anko clenched her fingers around the bowl until her fingers were white.

Kurenai and Hana shared a look filled sadness and understanding. The renegade Sannin was a sour topic when it came to Anko. Left for death after the experimentation done on her, Anko avoided anything to do with the snake charmer unless it was anything to do with killing him.

Both Kunoichi did their best to consol Anko but just as they were making headway an ANBU wearing a unmarked white mask appeared next to their table.

"Yuhi-san your presence is required by the Hokage in his office."

Hana cast a worried look at Kurenai, who was just as worried and puzzled.

"Okay…," she nodded at the ANBU, who vanished as soon as he received the affirmation.

"Hana look after her will you." Kurenai said worried about her friend before vanishing in a swirl of leaves.

As she vanished she head Anko mutter, "hey I am not a child."

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After coxing Kakashi into pay for his meal by threatening to unleash his anger, Naruto left the ramen standing and let his legs carry him aimlessly through the streets of Konoha. As he walked he ignored everything around him, his mind busy thinking on what to do next now that his hunger was satisfied.

His instincts told him the first thing he needed to do was work on familiarising himself with his knew abilities and changes. Sure he had knowledge on what he could and could not do but after being humiliated like a child against the old man, Kakashi and the old pervert, there was no doubt he was still miles away from what he was supposed to be.

Thinking on it further he knew relaying on instinctual usage of his abilities was just another way of courting death. Some if not most of what he could do need him to be able to perform them without destroying himself in the process. Also the amount of chakra he had conscious access to limited things went looking good for him.

Thoughts, ideas, and plans flittered into his devious mind as he walked silently through the crowded streets of Konoha.

Even lost in his head a part of him was a little surprised by how little the village had changed in the years he had been sealed. The people looked and acted the same and some of the land marks such as trees and building had barely changed from the last time he had seen them.

When Naruto came to his senses he was surprised by where he was. With volition his legs had carried him to the play ground he knew full well. Naruto was surprised by this but when he thought about it made perfect sense since he had spent most him time playing there with his friends before….

Naruto scowled.

The play ground was empty, too empty for this time of the day. Naruto peered at the sun above and reasoned it was already past midday.

So why is the place empty? He wondered looking around a frown on his face.

Seeing and sensing no one around Naruto took hesitant steps towards the nearest contraption. The thing was a simply balancing beam about three meters long. The beam wasn't straight but put together in a shape like a snake supported thirty centimetres into the air but by evenly placed supporting beams stacked firmly into the ground.

Naruto knew what the contraption was for. His father had told him most of the items placed throughout the playing field where strategically placed there as a scheme to better proper children for the academy life in their future.

Naruto placed his leg on top of the beam and carefully lifted the other off the ground before taking a few cautious steps forward. Naruto grinned remembering the first time he had walked the enter length of the beam with using his arms for support. And despite himself he had to admit he had been proud of achieving something only a few children his age could do. During that time he clearly could remember that he had been the third person his age behind Sasuki and Kiba. Of cause they might have been other but he among Sasuki a girl from the Uchiha Clan and Kiba from the Inuzuka had been rivals of sorts and always trying to prove who was best.

Naruto felt his grin slip.

As much as he hated to think about his father, Naruto knew everything he had done back then, the rivalry and competition had been a way of trying to gain his father's attention and approval. Having everyone expecting you to live up to already set standards had been something that had drove Naruto to start learning about the shinobi world at a young age.

And thanks to his father's vast library of books and scrolls Naruto had plenty of things to learn even when his father was away on diplomatic missions or locked up in his office.

"With father dead now I can follow my own path." Naruto mumbled the words under his breath thinking about something he had read once in a book.

As he reached the other end of the beam Naruto paused and stood still one leg in the air.

Without his father's shadow no-longer in front of him everywhere he went, Naruto was beginning to realise how much he was his own person. Sure people now expected to him to live and become his father legacy but without him having to push himself to please his father it was dawning on him that all he needed was follow his own path as long as he made a name for himself.

A part of Naruto that had always felt the weight of his father's achievements on his shoulder almost made him jump and shout in the air but somehow he managed to control himself. Whether this self restrain was part of his new thinking process Naruto didn't know what but something from somewhere deep down within him stop from doing so. For a moment Naruto felt a sense of lose rise from within his chest and so overwhelming that Naruto unbalanced on the metal beam and fell on the dry ground.

Naruto's hand fell up his chest as if looking for something.

Confused and panicking, Naruto's mind instinctively sought out for refuge away from the overpowering feeling he could feel rising faster and faster. Naruto felt his flesh ripple like liquid before his body started changing. Bones turned into solid chakra before realigning in a different shape while his spine elongated. His fingers and toes melded together into paws before sharp claws tore through flesh. A dark orange fur almost red in colour sprouted from his skin and grew until it covered his whole body. His nose pushed forward until his face took form like a fox.

When the metamorphosis finally settled, a fully grown orange fox with a single bushy tailed lay curled where Naruto had been kneeling. The fox cautiously rose on his legs before slowly stretching its spine, its jaw open to show sharp canine teeth and a long pink tongue. The fox then tentatively took a few cautious steps forward its tail shifting from side to side. After the few initial steps the fox picked up its speed until it was running before vanishing into a nearby forest. All that was left of him behind were his clothes and bandages.

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Naruto marvelled at his new body. In this form his mind was clear and only a sense of curiosity remained. All his senses were sharper that they had been in his human form. His eyes however still remain the same although his ability to detect even the tiniest movements slightly improved. His sense of hearing was the most surprising of the changes. With pointed ears were he was now able to pick up even the lowest sounds such as picking up a nest of mice squeaking 100 metres to his left. For a moment Naruto felt himself tempted to visit the nest but thanks to his human side he was able to resist the impulse.

Naruto swivelled his ears in another direction and resumed his run.

However despite all the changes nothing had prepared him for his change in his sense of smell. His sense of smell was far better in this form and strangest of all was that he was somehow able to smell chakra from trails left behind other animals.

Curious, Naruto stopped and sniffed the air. There were a lot of scents permeating the air and as seconds passed his instincts allowed him to categories some of them. Fascinated and curious, Naruto went about sniffing anything in his path. Some of the scents he detected almost made him sneeze at their potency while others made him want to throw up.

After a while spent sniffing about decided to experiment of his other abilities. For example Naruto was interested if in this form he could walk up a tree much like he could. it was a feat and chakra training exercise he had learned from his god father called Tree Walking Exercises. However as he raised his head from a bug he had been sniffing Naruto caught a scent that made his body freeze.

Naruto felt his excitement rise. Without knowing how he knew Naruto was sure the scent he had just picked up was from a trail had been left by two wolves and both female if his nose was correct. Each trail, he was surprised to note, had a different quality from the other despite his normal sense of smell telling him two identical animals had passed there. The order from one of them was that of an older fox while the other was a young vixen barely into adulthood. Underneath the scent of the younger of the two Naruto detected another order. Naruto cocked his head towards the air and inhaled the scents present.

There was a sweet and intoxicating order that made Naruto's mind go hazy with need.

Unbidden, a whimper escaped his throat. And without hesitation Naruto bounded in their direction his nose leading the way.

Naruto didn't know how long he had been running. Propelled by instincts, the sweet scent invading his nose and mind Naruto followed the trail only pausing to take a sniff or two before he was on his way again. With his entire mind focused on one single goal picking the trail was easier each time. In no time Naruto knew was getting closer to his quarry.

As he legs took him closer and closer to the two vixens, Naruto started detecting another odder in the air just on the edge of his keen senses. Naruto stopped in his tracks and took a deep sniff of the air. Naruto felt his hackles rise and his lips peel back to show his teeth.

Naruto let out a low growl before bounding forwards much faster than before his teeth bared.

There was no doubt that another male had found the trail before him. And by the stench coming from the male like he the male fox had the same thoughts as him. Naruto increased his pace hoping he wasn't too late.

His head long sprint took Naruto into an open clearing. As he came out of the forest Naruto dug his claws into the ground to an instant stop.

The first thing that penetrated his mind were high pitched sounds of whimpering before the rest of his senses caught up. Naruto narrowed his eyes as everything came together. Further along the clearing to his left were two foxes and judging by the sounds and snarls coming from the them the two were obviously engaged in a all out fight of teeth and claws. One Naruto could tell was the older female whose trail he had also been following while the other was the male that he had detected earlier.

A whimper to his right made Naruto turn his ears in that direction followed seconds later by his head. Naruto momentary forgot that the fight going on just a few feet away from him. Crouch submissively on her stomach was a young female fox smaller that he was. Her fur was light red with blond patches and the end of her pointed ears and slander tail.

The vixen was crouched low occasionally shifting her gaze between him and the fight just in front of her. The smell coming from her made Naruto take a step towards her which coursing the young vixen to let out another whimper.

Naruto stopped and let his nose inhale her scent. Naruto raised his paw forward for another step towards her, but stopped mind stride as a high pitch whine of desperation came from behind him.

Naruto turned and was greeted by the sight of the male tearing into the older female for all he was worth. Naruto could tell while the female had experience the sheer speed and tenacity behind the male was over whelming her.

As he watched, the male fox darted behind the female with blinding speed before jumping on her back, his teeth clamping on her neck. The female tried to shake the male of but to no avail. Within moment the female was too tired to fight and let out a whimper of defeat.

The male didn't let go at once. Instead the male's jaws flexed once then twice before he let out a warning growl. With the message passed on the male waited until the female was crouching low in subservient her black tail under her before he let go of her neck.

Naruto was a little surprised that he understood what had just passed on between the two. The waning passed to the female had been simple. The male had simply said "try something and this time I will kill you."

The male kept its eyes on the older female for a moment before turning towards its prize and found Naruto standing inbetween hi and his prize. For a moment the fox stood there as if puzzled, wondering where Naruto had came from.

In the stillness Naruto could see that the male was studying it just as he was sizing him. Older and obviously bigger than Naruto, the other male clearly had the advantage in strength and speed, and adding to experience the older fox had under him the victore of the match was obvious.

Naruto could see the same thought passing thought the other males eyes. Sensing an easy victory against the new comer the older fox prepared to attack.

Seeing his rival's muscles tense, Naruto instinctively followed suit. Both leapt at each other at the sametime teeth bare and claws unsheathed. Whether from sheer speed or from his unnatural physic, Naruto surprised them both as he covered the distance between them faster that his opponent.

The animal he had become taking over his mind, Naruto darted to his right and clamped his teeth on the others exposed shoulder. His teeth however snapped shut on empty air. His instincts didn't let him pauses to wonder why he had missed. Realising he had missed Naruto leapt back in time to dodge an attack that had been aimed at him muzzle. Sharp white teeth snapped shut audibly in front of his nose as he leapt back out of reach.

Naruto kept his distance and circled the older man. The animal part of him told him this fight wasn't going to stop until one of them died. Naruto acknowledged that. This fight wasn't only for the female but his pride was also on the line.

His rival attacked first. Naruto saw the attack coming and was ready for it. However despite his foresight Naruto's lack in experience almost cost him as he fell for a faint that left him open for an attack. Pain flared on his right shoulder as pointed teeth sank deep into his flesh. Naruto let out a cry of fury as he twisted his head sideways and let his teeth sink into his rival's exposed hind leg.

With a vicious twist of his head Naruto threw the bigger fox away from him like a child's toy. Now seeing crimson from the pain and anger, Naruto bounded after his opponent and in a blink was on the dazed fox. Naruto tore into the fox with abandonment. Lost in his rage Naruto didn't notice his body change as it increased in size or that a red haze had appeared shrouding his form like a smoke nor did he did feel his injury mend or lost fur re-grow. He didn't even hear the sound of his rival reach an ear shattering intensity before falling silent.

Naruto did not stop tearing into his fore until the smell of blood and burning flesh brought him back to his senses. The forest had gone silent except from the whimpering sound from the two vixens as they cowered in fear.

Naruto looked at what was left of the fox in horror and morbid fascination. He studied the torn flesh and almost severed limbs before looking at his claws. Naruto calmly peered at his claws closely. His claws had somehow lengthened, almost tripling in size. This explained why the body under him had cuts so deep that most of its insides where literary on the ground.

In fascination Naruto then looked at his paws and the rest of his body. along the change in size of his claws his body seemed to also underwent a similar transformation. His entire frame grown and was now almost twice the size of a full grown fox. While he had known he would grown stronger with each fight he hadn't realised just how much stronger.

Naruto shook his head and let his body relax. With the danger passed there was no need for his claws.

A whimpers of fear brought him mind back to the present. Naruto turned to the sound and found the smaller of the vixens cowering lower almost into the ground. The smell of fear from her was almost over powering but strange was that he could also smell the sweet scent coming from here.

Naruto was a little surprised by this. Memories from the former Kyuubi told him in most cases fear tended to overrule even the overpowering need to mate but it seen this kind of thing did not relate to some animals. From her stance alone Naruto thought he detected awe and worship coming from her but he wasn't so sure. But then again after seeing him tear into the dead male fox with ease maybe it wasn't that surprising after all.

Casting a wary glance at the other female which was also in a similar position, Naruto moved towards the younger female and sniffed her a few times before sniffing her behind until she stood on her legs. Satisfied Naruto raised himself on his hind legs and mounted the vixen. Positioned Naruto thrust a few times until his entire length was unsheathed from its sack and was sheathed into the vixens into her virginal opening. Naruto heard the vixen whisper a few times but simply ignored her.

Once fully sheathed inside her, Naruto felt the base of his organ swell inside. After a moment Naruto un-mounted his vixen but was surprised to find himself still connected to the she fox. Naruto felt distress but calmed down as he let his instincts do the work. Without knowing why he was doing to Naruto raise one of his back legs over the vixen while turning around until he was standing on his legs facing the other direction but still connected together.

Naruto felt the vixen inside flex in rhythm with his heart. Each pulse sent bolts of pleasure up his spine into his brain. Before long Naruto felt himself ejaculating directly into her womb. With each spurt of his seed Naruto could feel her vagina rippling, contracting around him as if milking him of his seed.

They stayed locked in that position for approximant twenty minutes before Naruto felt his organ deflate and unknotting him from her. Naruto heard the vixen whimpered before she stared licking what was left of his already retracting organ. Naruto let out a warning growl as he felt her warm tongue on his member but let her finish what she was doing.

Once she was done with her ministrations Naruto moved away from the clearing and curled at the base of a tree. For some reason Naruto was feeling tired. It was as if whatever had happened had taken a toll on his body.

Naruto yawned and put his head on his paws. As if eyes closed he felt his vixen…, no, I will name her Patches and the other one Scar because of that scare on her right eye…,lick his face a few times before curling next to him.

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Naruto opened his acute eyes to the coppery smell of blood and warmth of another living body curled next to him. After yawning and stretching his muscles he took stock of everything. He was still in his fox form and wasn't surprised to see Patches blinking her slitted eyes at him.

Instincts told him this particular vixen wasn't going anywhere even if he tried chasing her away. To her he was now the head of the family.

Naruto ruffled his fur and turned to what had pulled him out of his sleep and blinked a few times at what he saw. Gathered before him on the grassy ground was a variety of food ranging from dead rodents, birds and other tiny creature to fruits and berries.

Naruto wondered how the two had managed to gather that much food in the short time he had been asleep and without waking him up. A thought struck him then.

What if they had killed him in his sleep?

Naruto mentally shook his head. They simply couldn't kill him or even try now that he had bred one of them. In fact after killing his rival Naruto had cemented his position in the family. Therefore the thought even trying probably didn't even enter their animal minds hence the gathering of food.

The sound of shifting bushes pulled Naruto out of his thoughts. Turning his head in that direction he saw Scar entering the small clearing. Naruto took some time to study the older female as she moved towards him. The first thing Naruto noticed was an old scar that ran down across her right eye. Unlike him and Patches her fur was a dull orange almost grey with the fur on her pointed ears grey in colour. Her tail was just as bushy as both of theirs while similarly grey in colour like her ears.

Held with little pressure in-between her tooth was a fruit Naruto recognized. Scar shuffled closer to him and let the fruit drop at his feet. This told Naruto who had went hunting and Naruto had to admit he was also impressed. Her task done Scar moved back a bit and waited with her head slightly bowed.

For a moment Naruto shifted his gaze between her and the fruit puzzled.

Why bother to hunt if you are not going to eat, he wondered cocking his head to the side. Unless if she is waiting for something.

Naruto lowered his muzzle to the ground and sniffed the fruit before taking a bit. As if that had been the signal both vixen had been waiting for they started eating. Naruto let them eat while he let himself sample what he could eat. While the fruits provided him with sweet juices, Naruto found himself tempted to eat something more satisfying, so ignoring everything else Naruto sighted a small bird with most of its feathures almost off.

Naruto was hesitant in taking his first bite. His mind wavered between indecision. In the end his stomach and animal instincts won over pushing his to tear into the dead creature. The taste of blood on his tongue was unlike anything he had ever experienced. With each bite he took his animal side overrode all the disgust his human part was feeling.

Naruto lost count of how many birds and rodents he ate. When he came back to himself the only thing that was left were unrecognizable remains and the taste of blood in his mouth. Once satisfied Naruto turned to the older female and let out a single loud bark.

Scar looked up from what she had been sniffing and swished her tail from side to side before answering his request with a bark. Naruto turned to the nearest tree before urinating on its trunk marking his territory and hunting ground.

After doing that a few more times, Naruto signalled Scar to lead. Scar didn't waste time and in a single bound she was off into the forest Naruto and Patches following behind. They maintained an even slow pace as Scar led then to the nearest water supply. As they ran Patches enthusiastically let out a series of barks and sequels as she darted and pounced this way and that around Naruto.

Naruto found himself answering her enthusiasm with his own barks. No longer was he a human but now he was fully a fox and was enjoying the sense of freedom he was getting. Harmless tackles and bites where exchanged as Naruto let the fox in him out. He was having so much fun that Scar had to occasionally wait for them to catch up.

Blood pumping, ears packed up and tongue lolling Naruto pounced on the smaller fox pining her down with his larger frame. Naruto lost all sense of time in his fox shape. When they finally made it to a river, one such stream he knew could be found throughout the Konohagakure, they didn't stop playing until both their fur clung to their skin.

Scar although being the oldest and probably wisest of the three was forced to join in a two against one as they teamed against him. Despite Scar being the most experience of the family the two females still lost under Naruto's cunning and swift movements.

Who knew how nimble a creature so small could be?, Naruto once again found himself questioning himself as in a red blur he flashed past in-between both female with either or the two touching him.

In that moment Naruto was at his happiest. And the knowledge that at the end of the day he couldn't stay with the two filled him with regret. Still Naruto vowed to visit the two whenever he could since after all they were part of his pack and he was ultimately its leader and protector.