Chapter 3 Knowledge.
Located deep underground on the bottom floor of a three level abandoned Sand Base in a prison cell lied Naruto Namikaze. Standing over his passed out body was his teammate Sakura Haruno. Outside the door stood Ino, with all the medical information from the Leaf out in front of her and a notebook at the ready.
"Alright, Ino let's get started." said Sakura
"Alright." said Ino as she opened up the first scroll, Ino was surprised to see still wet blood on it. "My God if there is blood on the scroll what was it like in there…I hope Kiba-kun is ok."
"Ino talk to me." ordered Sakura
"Right sorry." said Ino "Where do you want to start?"
"Let's start with getting a sample of the virus." said Sakura as she looked over Naruto. Even like this she was attracted to him, apart from his lower right arm and the tip of his nose he looked totally normal.
"Ok," said Ino as she looked at the notes "Lady Tsunade figured out that the virus is located in bodily fluids but the strongest concentrations are in saliva, blood and seaman."
"Alright." said Sakura as she pulled a simple cotton swash, she used her gloved hands to open Naruto's mouth only to see that his normal teeth where gone. In their place where a row of sharp canine like teeth. "Ino we need to keep track of the changes so make a note that Naruto's teeth are now canines."
"Alright." said Ino "anything else apart from his right arm and nose."
"Not that I can see." said Sakura as she pulled some blood from Naruto's normal arm and also from transforming arms. As she took some blood from Naruto's transformed arm she placed her hand on top of Naruto's new black fur.
"Don't worry Naruto-kun we will cure you." whispered Sakura to herself
"Sakura?" asked Naruto weakly as Sakura's eyes widened.
"The Seal is weakling he is waking up." thought Sakura
"Ino, Naruto's medical seal is weakling." said Sakura
"He is waking up?" asked Ino
"Ya." said Sakura
"Get out of there, the notes says that he could be animal mind right now." said Ino
"No, I don't think he is." said Sakura as she picked up the blood samples and held them though the bars. Ino took them quickly.
"Sakura get out of there." pleaded Ino again.
"No." said Sakura as she walked toward Naruto. "Naruto can you hear me?"
"Yes." answered Naruto with his eyes still closed.
"Naruto don't attack me and I will remove the body binding seal." said Sakura
"Why would I attack you?" asked Naruto
"Alright here goes." said Sakura as she removed the paper seal from Naruto's forehead. Instantly his eyes snapped opened, showing that his eyes where now silted like when he was in demon form.
"Get everyone out of here we need to clear this building!" yelled Naruto before looking around the room. His eyes fell on Sakura and instantly he jumped to his feet. Sakura jumped back fearing Naruto would attack her. "Sakura you need to get out of here, the village is under attack."
"Naruto calm down you are not in the village." said Sakura
"What?" asked Naruto as he looked around. "Where are we?"
"In a hidden Sand base near the leaf." explained Sakura "What is the last thing you remember?"
"I was sent by the old lady to evacuate one of the civilian bunkers." said Naruto
Flashback
Smoke filled the air as the sounds of wild animals filled the air. Naruto stood by a hidden bunker near the main market.
"We need to clear out these people." said Anko as she stood in full combat gear her sword at the ready. A line of woman and kids rushed out of the bunker near.
"How do we fight our loved ones?" asked Moegi normally the young jonnin wouldn't be on the same team as the future Hokage and an old veteran like Anko. However with at least half their forces turned into those animals things and where attacking them.
"We do our best to restrain them." said Naruto as one of the woman fell down on her knees.
"Are you alright?" asked Moegi as she reached down and touched the woman's back. That is when she saw the bit mark on the woman shoulder. "We have an infected!"
Instantly Naruto turned to face the woman, the first thing he saw was two large overbite teeth sticking out from her lips. Her eyes where darting around as if looking for something. Finally her eyes rested on a young girl maybe six or seven years old.
"Mommy?" asked the girl as the woman lunged at her daughter grabbing her.
"Drop the girl." ordered Naruto as he pulled a kunai. The mother held her daughter close, like a human shield. As she started to grow in size, her cloths ripping once they reached their limits.
"I will not let you take my daughter and split my family." stated the woman as suddenly Naruto felt another pair of eyes on them. He turned around just in time to block two large teeth from a rat man from biting him.
"I will not let you take away my family." growled the rat as his bald tail thrashed around wildly. His tail knocked down Moegi giving the woman the opening she need she bite down a little bit on her thrashing daughter's neck infecting her. Then she ran down the street as brown fur started to appear across her body. The moment they where away the rat man ran away on all fours like a normal rat.
"HELP ME!" cried the little girl as the rats turned a corner in the road and disappeared.
"How the hell are we suppose to form a defensive line when the infected can pass though our line!" yelled Anko
"We have to go after them." said Moegi as started down the street.
"Stand down." ordered Naruto as Moegi stopped in her tracks.
"Why, we can save her?" stated Moegi
"Moegi she is lost, she was bitten and by the time you find them they will both be turned." explained Naruto "There is nothing we can do."
"Naruto's right we need to get the others out of here." said Anko
"I guess you're right." said Moegi as she started to come back toward them. Suddenly out of a closed store leapt a large tiger man and a dog man. The tiger man's fangs sank into Moegi's arm. Moegi screamed as the dog man picked up Moegi in his arms both rushing into another building.
"Moegi!" yelled Naruto as the tiger man face appeared out of a window. That is when Naruto saw what remained of a blue scarf wrapped around his neck. "Konohamaru?"
"Moegi is with her mate now boss." said the now tiger Konohamaru as he disappeared into the building. The dog man who had helped had to Udon. The next thing he heard was screams followed by moans, he knew what was happening. One of the fastest ways to turn a person was by rape, from reports he had heard husbands or boyfriends where doing it to their wives or girlfriends. It seemed that sex not only speed up the turning and most of the time within minutes the woman's mind turned totally animal and started taking part in it.
"This is so screwed up." said Anko
"Ya." said Naruto as suddenly as he fell onto his knees.
"Naruto?" asked Anko as he looked toward his right hand. His nails where now black.
"What the?" said Naruto as Anko's eyes widened. Next thing Naruto knew Anko was slamming a piece of paper on his forehead.
End Flashback
"Last thing I remember was Anko slamming a piece of paper on my forehead." said Naruto
"That must of bin the body bind seal." said Sakura
"What is going on Sakura?" asked Naruto
"Well you have been out for two days." said Sakura as Naruto's eyes widened.
"Two days?" asked Naruto
"Ya." said Sakura
"What about the Leaf?" asked Naruto
"It's gone, Tenten told us that Tsunade ordered an evacuation of the Leaf." said Sakura
"We can't give up on the leaf." Said Naruto as he reached for his weapon pouch only to find it gone, that is when he saw his hand for the first time. "My God….I am really turning."
"Ya." said Sakura as she tried not to look at Naruto, she didn't want him to see her cry. "Don't worry Naruto-kun we will find a cure."
"What am I becoming?" asked Naruto as he looked at the black fur on his lower arm.
"We don't know yet, a canine at some kind." said Sakura
"I wasn't bitten, why am I turning?" asked Naruto
"From what we guess you where infected by the gas just like other males but for some reason you are turning extremely slowly." explained Sakura as she placed a hand on Naruto's shoulder.
"Who is all here?" asked Naruto as he looked away from his arm.
"Naruto don't worry about that, worry about yourself." said Sakura
"I have to inform Tsunade, I didn't get a chance to inform her before I left on the mission." said Naruto
"Naruto whatever it is, it doesn't matter now." said Sakura
"Yes, it does now where is Tsunade?" asked Naruto as Sakura looked down.
"From the single report we have, she is dead." said Sakura as Naruto sat down onto the bed. Sakura knelt down in front of him and looked into Naruto's eyes. "I am so sorry Naruto; I know she was like a grandmother to you."
"Are you sure?" asked Naruto
"No, but when we ran into Lee he said she was dead." said Sakura "So there is hope."
"But likely she is gone." said Naruto
"Ya." said Sakura
"I can't believe this is happening the leaf, fell in less than two days." said Naruto "I never thought it was impossible."
"Don't worry once we find the cure we can rebuild." said Sakura
"Sakura we need to meet the others." said Ino on the other side of the door.
"Ino?" asked Naruto
"Ya I am on the outside and somewhere else in the base is Hinata, Tenten and Temari." said Ino
"We all who made it out?" asked Naruto
"As far as we know." said Sakura
"Then we need to get to the Sand." said Naruto
"Naruto the sand is gone, Tenten said a report came in saying they got hit too." said Sakura
"My God how big is this attack?" asked Naruto
"We don't know." answered Sakura "Naruto we need to go meet up with the others, now we will have to lock you in."
"I understand." said Naruto
"Don't worry we will be back as soon as possible." said Sakura as she left the room, locking the door behind her.
It took only a few minutes to find the others.
"How is Naruto-kun?" asked Hinata
"He is awake and still has his human mind." said Sakura
"You woke him?" asked Tenten
"He was waking up, the seal only last a day or two at the most." snapped Sakura "SO YA I DID WAKE HIM!"
For a moment no one said anything as Sakura gathered herself.
"Sorry, I snapped." said Sakura
"That is ok." said Temari as she looked around at four other woman standing together with her "I think a lot of us will be on short fuse for a while."
"How much food and supplies do we have?" asked Ino
"Not much, only the food supplies we brought with us." said Hinata "That gives us a little bit over a week."
"Don't worry about water, we have an unlimited supply of fresh water." said Temari "And the generator is hydroelectric so power is good."
"It is just food." said Tenten "We can get some food from the surrounding area."
"What about medical supplies?" asked Sakura as the others looked at her "We have to find a cure which means we need medical supplies, Ino and mines personal field supply isn't going to do much."
"What do you need?" asked Temari
"I don't know what we will be needed to stop this virus but everything we can get will be useful." said Sakura
"Where do we get that?" asked Hinata
"Two places, there is a huge stockpile of medical supplies in the basement of the Leaf hospital." said Sakura
"That place would be swarming with infected." said Tenten
"The other place would be in my apartment I have several supplies sealed up in scrolls in my closet." said Sakura "They may hold the supplies we need to cure the virus."
"If we are going to go into the Leaf we might as well pick up some food and other supplies." said Tenten
"Let's wait a little bit." said Temari
"Why we need to work on a cure as soon as possible." said Sakura
"Yes, but it will take time for you to go over the data from the Leaf and it will give time for those things to spread out from the Leaf." said Temari
"What makes you think they will leave?" asked Tenten
"Animal nature, they will spread out looking for food and those who are hunting us will think we are heading toward the Sand and will move that way." said Temari
"Tenten where other ninjas away from the village during the attack?" asked Hinata "Others that would be uninfected?"
"Some ANBU but they are on secret missions and I wouldn't know where they went to." said Tenten
"Anyone else?" asked Temari
"Naruto may know he was the one who worked with Tsunade in the Hokage's office." said Sakura "He may know."
"But can we trust him, not to lie to us?" asked Tenten "He may become animal minded at any moment."
"We can trust Naruto." stated Sakura
Miles away in a burning Leaf village a group of animals gathered in the remains of a large house.
"Let's get this over with I don't want to be in the same room as a smelly horse." growled Neji as he looked at Lee.
"We all share the same goal in finding our mates." said dog
"They will head to the Sand." said Lee
"No because this is Temari." said another wolf "She will stay near the village if she knows that the Sand is gone."
"I did hear Tenten tell her that." said Lee
"Then she and the others will be close to the Leaf." said the wolf
"Even as a wolf you are smart, Shikamaru." said Lee
"But we will lose a lot of the prey?" stated Neji
"Would you rather go hungry for a bit or not have Tenten?" demanded Shikamaru
Well I hope you liked this chapter and what is going on in the story. Now until next time keep reading and reviewing. Thanks Wilkins75