Chapter 7 The Leaf
A village that was supposed to be full of life was now a ghost town. Some of the buildings where still on fire however the firers where dyeing down. All over the street where what remained of clothing that had been ripped apart while people turned into whatever animal they were to become. However not everyone had been turned more than a few dead bodies filled the streets. Most where old women and a few where turned creatures taken down by ninjas where also in the street.
Kakashi was stopping at each cross street to check to make sure that no one was in the street. They may have Hinata in the air scanning the village but because of being so high up in the sky she had to focus her Byakugan narrowing how much she could see.
"Go." ordered Kakashi as they ran across the open street before taking cover on the side of the building across the road. Kakashi was the last one to cross the road.
"We are only a block away from the market, hopefully we can find food there." said Ino as they headed down the street again. Everyone one of them was crouching and stopping every once in a while behind cover to take a quick rest and to have Hinata check the area in front of them.
"Take cover." ordered Hinata "There is an infected coming right toward you, from the left."
"Move." ordered Captain Yamato as they jumped into a destroyed clothing store. Ino and Captain Yamato hide behind the large counter while Sakura and Kakashi hid behind the doorframe, kunias at the ready.
"Keep down." whispered Kakashi as suddenly the sound of a door flying opening filled the air. Followed by panicked footsteps and the cries of a baby, next came the sound of hooves as another person arrived on the scene.
"Come back here Ava." ordered a male voice as Sakura looked around the doorframe to see what was going on. She could make out the back of a large man, covered with short brown fur. Sakura could make out every muscle on the man's back. A long brown thin tail came out of his spine and moved back and forth at will. Just guessing Sakura guessed he was over 6 feet tall and 280 pounds of mussels. From the side of his head came two large horns. Sakura looked at the women, who had tried to run away but was now on the ground.
Sakura recognized the women, her name was Ava she had been in the hospital only two weeks ago giving birth to her and her husband's first child a daughter.
"Gavin please let us go." Said Ava as the man walked forward that is when he turned a little bit, that is when Sakura noticed that he was a large bull, with a ripped chest that should have belonged to a professional body builder. His dark hooves pushed down on the road with so much force that it mark the stone road.
"I only want to reunite our family Ava." stated Gavin as he pulled Ava up by the arm. Gently he took the crying baby out of her arm and placed it inside a cart.
"Please if you love your daughter and me you will not do this." said Ava
"I am doing this because I love them." said Gavin as the sound of ripping cloths filled the air.
"Please stop." cried Ava
"We have to help her." whispered Sakura as Kakashi shock her head.
"No, we will help her by finding a cure." said Kakashi as Ava let out a scream. Sakura looked back toward the street to see Gavin on top of her and thrusting his hips. Sakura couldn't see what the details but she knew what was happening. Her husband was infecting her with the virus. Screams filled the air soon the screams where replaced with moans. Sakura looked out to see Ava's face push out into a short muzzle with short horns on the side of her face. Her shoes burst apart as her feet became black hooves. Short black fur spread over her body as she finished turning. Once they were finished the two of them stood up. A woman who was maybe five four and 110 pounds was now over six feet and 250 pounds. Her now Tsunade had sized chest but it wasn't all from her stomach was a large mass, an udder. Ava licked her husband the man who turned her face, a sign of affection.
"Thank you, Gavin." said Ava "Thank you for uniting our family."
"Now it is time to finish the job." said Gavin as the two turned people walked over to their crying baby. Ava picked up the crying baby, the baby seemed to know that something was wrong as she kicked and cried.
"I can't bite her, she is too small." said Ava as she looked at Gavin
"Then you will have to do it the other way." said Gavin "Feed her."
Sakura watched as Ava held her daughter in a position Sakura had taught her after the baby was born. She was going to breast feed her daughter. Sakura watched as a tail snuck out of the babies diaper. Sakura looked away knowing that the little girl who had only been born a few days ago had lost her humanity.
"It's time for us to join the rest of the herd." said Gavin as they walked away.
"Alright let's get going." said Kakashi as they headed toward the market.
They quickly moved across the village until they reached the market.
"You seam ok." said Hinata as the group moved into what remained of a supermarket. What they found was row after row of can food spilled out over the ground.
"Alright gather any food you can find." ordered Kakashi as everyone spread out and started to gather cans of food. Green beans, corn, peas and other caned vegetable. When they reached the meat section in the back they found nothing but remains of what the animal people had already eaten.
"I hate carrots." said Ino as she saw Sakura pick up a can of carrots.
"Deal with it, we don't really have much choice." said Sakura as suddenly Hinata's voice sounded in their radio again.
"You have a creatures coming in from the back door." stated Hinata
"What why didn't we get a better warning." asked Kakashi as everyone took cover behind whatever they could find.
"Sorry, I was focused on a the front door not the back." said Hinata
"Well what is it?" asked Sakura as suddenly she heard the sound of the double doors that led to the back open up. That is when Sakura saw her, instantly her eyes widened as a woman came crawling in on all fours. Unlike other turns she seemed average height and body built. The woman had short black fur over most of her body, with white running across her chest and black eyes, two long ears popped out of her head as her short nose sniffed the air. Slowly the woman moved toward the leafy greens and started eating.
"Shizune?" thought Sakura as the now bunny Shizune started eating. "I can't believe that is Shizune."
"We got another one coming in." said Hinata as the front doors opened. Instantly Shizune's head snapped toward the door. Her eyes widened as she made a break for the back door only to be grabbed by a large wolf with black fur and white eyes.
"Well well look like my breakfast will be Shizune." said the wolf as he licked his lips.
"Let me go Neji." said Shizune as she struggled to get free from the grip of the wolf.
"That is Neji?" thought Sakura as Neji went to bite Shizune's through to kill her. However suddenly Kakashi appeared behind Neji. Before Neji could move Kakashi had placed a knockout seal on his forehead. Instantly Neji slumped over, as the seal knocked him out. His grip loosen Shizune was freed.
She looked up at Kakashi before looking around the supermarket, for a moment her eyes locked on Sakura.
"Sakura?" asked Shizune
"Shizune why are not attacking us?" asked Sakura as Shizune flinched a bit. Her eyes where darting side to side trying to keep her eye on every movement.
"I am a rabbit now, my instincts are not to fight but to run." said Shizune "It is taking what is left of my human side not to run, prey animals tend to keep more of their humanity. However I don't know how long I can stay like this."
"Shizune what is going on?" asked Kakashi
"Nature, the stronger animals attack the prey animals for food." said Shizune "Most of us have left soon they will have to spread out to look for food."
"How where you bitten?" asked Sakura
"I was treating a wounded woman and the nurse failed to restrain her all the way." said Shizune "She turned into a rabbit and now so am I. How close are you to finding a cure?"
"We are working on it, but we need medical and food supplies." said Sakura
"Alright you better get going I am feeling really pent up and cornered and that means I may attack." said Shizune
"She may tell others about us." said Captain Yamato
"Who am I going to tell? The wolves and cats would eat me and the larger mammals are on the same side as them." said Shizune
"Why aren't they attacking each other?" asked Kakashi
"Wouldn't wolves and cats eat the prey animals?" asked Ino
"I don't know, they just don't." said Shizune "However they seem to want to very much."
"Shizune do you know what happened to Lady Tsunade?" asked Sakura as Shizune looked down.
Flashback
"LADY TSUNADE!" yelled Shizune as she moved toward the upper level of the Hokage's building, two new rabbit ears poked out of her body. She had been lucky to pull out as much of the virus as she did, it was slowing down her rate of transformation. However the hospital had been taken and now they were at the base of the Hokage's building. She burst into the office only to find Tsunade standing behind her desk, looking out over the burning remains of the hidden leaf village. "LADY TSUNADE YOU NEED TO GET OUT OF HERE!"
"Shizune…." said Tsunade as she looked at her long time friend "I hoped you would have gotten away."
"Tsunade I may be doomed to life as an animal but you can still get out." pleaded Shizune
"No…I will go down with this village." said Tsunade "Now you better get going, they would eat you if they found you."
"Please you can escape." pleaded Shizune
"No, go." ordered Tsunade as the sound of footsteps coming up the stairs reached their ears. Shizune lowered her head before heading toward the hidden exit behind the bookcase, only the Hokage's and their personal aid new of the hidden tunnel. "Good luck."
"It was an honor to server you Lady Hokage." said Shizune as she entered the tunnel. Tsunade smiled before closing the tunnel herself. A few minutes Shizune just stood there as suddenly a scream filled the air, followed by nothingness.
End Flashback
"She is gone." said Shizune "I better get going before I do something and infect you."
"Shizune we could use you, the more test subjects we have the better." said Ino
"Is that why you placed a seal on Neji?" asked Shizune
"Yes, you could help us." said Ino
"I could attack." said Shizune
"We will place you under a seal." said Sakura
"Alright." said Shizune as Kakashi pulled out another seal and placed it on Shizune forehead knocking her out.
"Good, now that we have some test subjects and food all we need is the medicine." said Ino
"Hinata, Sai I need you to come down and pick up Neji and Shizune, they will be our test subjects." reported Kakashi "Put them on a separate bird then you just to be safe."
"Alright." said Sai over the radio
"We are going to split up and go for medical supplies." said Kakashi
"I will not be able to keep an eye on both groups." stated Hinata
"I know, just stay within radio range of both of us." ordered Kakashi "That way if one group gets attack the other group can hurry up and make an escape."
"Alright." said Sai
"Good luck Kakashi." said Captain Yamato
"Same to you two." said Kakashi as he and Sakura headed toward Sakura's apartment while Ino and Captain Yamato headed for the hospital.
Without Hinata's eyes they had to move even more carefully though the streets. Finally they reached the apartment complex. They reached the apartment door only to find the door ripped off the hinges. Slowly they stepped over what remained of the door what once was a clean apartment was torn apart. There were deep claw marks on the floor and the table and chairs where broken apart. The bathroom door was ripped off and was now full of shit and pea. However the real shocker were the remains of Akamaru just lying on the ground. His collar still around his neck.
"My God, did Kiba kill Akamaru?" thought Sakura as she moved toward Ino's bedroom. She pressed her body against the wall before looking into the room. What greeted her was the sight of a large brown and black dog man. Sakura didn't even have to see the red marks under his eyes to know who it was, it was Kiba.He was curled up in a ball on the bed sound asleep. Sakura slowly stepped over the remains of the some of Ino's cloths. Meanwhile Kakashi stood guard by the door with a kunai ready in case Kiba woke up.
"Make it fast." whispered Kakashi as Sakura opened Ino's closet and reached for Ino's personal medical supplies. At the same time she was trying not to notice the two large collars with the word bitch on them. Also in the corner she could make out a full purple sexy bunny suit.
"Alright I so didn't want to know that Ino's sex life was that strange." thought Sakura as she pulled down the first scroll. As she went for the second one it dropped. Sakura's heart stopped as it fell to the ground with a thud. Slowly Sakura looked toward the sleeping Kiba only to find that he was still asleep. "Thank God."
"Sakura be more careful." whispered Kakashi as Sakura bent down and picked up the fallen scroll. She quickly gathered the other scrolls before she and Kakashi left the room and headed toward her room. It was easier for her to gather her own medical supplies.
"Alright I have everything." said Sakura as suddenly the sound of footsteps filled the air. Kakashi slowly made his way toward the door, he quickly looked into the hall.
"Hide." ordered Kakashi as he ducked behind the door as Sakura moved into the closet closing it behind her. A moment later, Kiba walked into the room. Sakura guessed he was now six and a half feet tall and over three hundred pounds of muscles. For a moment Kiba just stood there rubbing sleep from his eyes, just like all the times he came out of Ino's bedroom after waking up. In a way it almost made him seam human. Kiba slowly moved toward the closet door.
"Crap…crap…crap." thought Sakura as she pressed her body as far back from the door as she could. Finally Kiba stopped just on the other side of the door. Suddenly she heard what sounded like water hitting the door. A second later a smell Sakura had smelled so many times in the hospital reached her nose. "He is using my room as a restroom."
"Good thing that pinky isn't here our else she would freak at me." laughed Kiba as he finished his business before leaving the room.
Slowly Sakura came out of the closet.
"Are you alright Sakura?" asked Kakashi
"I am going to have this carpet replaced as soon as everything is back to normal." said Sakura
"I wouldn't blame you." said Kakashi "Come on let's get going before he comes back."
It took only a few minutes to reach the outer wall, when they got there Captain Yamato and Ino was waiting for them.
"Did you get it?" asked Sakura
"As much as we could some of those things showed up and we had to make a getaway before they saw us." explained Ino "How about you?"
"Got both our supplies." said Sakura "Now we can get started on a real cure."
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