Chapter 19 A Chance
Sakura slowly made her way through the woods, making her escape from the den unnoticed was easer then she thought. She was lucky that Naruto was going to go out hunting for food that day. She had to fake an argument with Naruto saying she wanted to go and not to treat her like a weakling but in the end just as she planned Naruto pulled the whole protect our kit line and she "Gave in"
Sakura stopped for a second at the clearing she could smell Ino but there was someone else there. The smell was male and a dog, she knew that she had smelled the scent before but she couldn't place the smell.
"You can come on out forehead we are all friends here." said Ino as she walked out onto the field however she wasn't alone beside her was a large brown dog with black paws and ears. The two red marks under his eyes told her who it was.
"Kiba? but he was an animal?" thought Sakura as she slowly stood up and showed herself.
"Come on pinky meet the family." Said Kiba as Sakura noticed a little brown fur with white pawed kid maybe four years old or so.
"Is that Ino and Kiba's kid?" thought Sakura as she walked forward making sure to keep her distance.
"She is worried that this is a trap." said Kiba as he looked at his mate.
"Forehead do you really think I would take my son to a trap?" asked Ino as Sakura slowly approached.
"Long time no see Pinky." said Kiba as Sakura stopped a good 10 feet away from Kiba and Ino.
"He is human minded too?" asked Sakura
"Well his mind was always more animal like but yes his mind is back to normal." explained Ino
"But how, lead the attack on us." said Sakura "How could he possibly be human minded."
"Well a lot has happened over the years and a year or two ago I found a way to return the human mind to a transformed person." said Ino as Sakura eyes widened
"You found a cure?" asked Sakura
"No, a way to bring back the human mind I get bring back my human body." said Ino
"If you give everyone their human minds back then we can all work together for a total cure." Said Sakura
"Good plan but will not work." said Ino
"Why the fuck not?" asked Sakura
"Because each cure has to be tailor made to a person's blood if it is off that person will die a slow and horrible death." said Ino "Also it took me six months working in secret to create a cure for Kiba-kun and I am working on a cure for a few others we can trust."
"Who are you working on?" asked Sakura
"Shikamaru's pack." answered Ino as Sakura just looked at her blinking. "Sorry I forgot you don't know everything."
"A few years ago the wolf pack grew too big and they broke apart into many different smaller packs." Answered Kiba "Shikamaru's pack is made out of him, Temari, Kakashi, Anko, Kurenai and Asuma's son what's his name."
"You forgot about Shikamaru's and Temari's kids." added Ino
"Ya, all three of them." said Kiba
"Three it's only been four years." said Sakura
"They had a son first and then twin girls." Said Ino "Besides Forehead that is the average now, we are considered weird because we have only one pup."
"I am betting you came back to your den to had what two or three kits when you went back to your den." Said Kiba
"No…but I did find out that I am pregnant." answered Sakura as she put her hands on her stomach.
"Well congratulations forehead." said Ino
"Well I want to have mine and Naruto kid born into a better world then this." said Sakura
"Sakura you haven't seen anything yet." said Ino
"Let's show her." said Kiba
"Show me what?" asked Sakura
"What has become of the Leaf." said Ino as she looked toward a nearby hill top "You should see what has become of it from there."
"Alright." said Sakura
"Follow us forehead and see what has become of the hidden leaf." said Ino as the four of them headed toward the hilltop. When they reached the top Sakura's eyes widened as she saw what had become of the Leaf, her village, her home.
Around the village was a massive field full of human cow hybrids, a massive farm. The village wall had been rebuilt but it was now partly covered by overgrowth. The inside the village was divided into different sections each seemed to be controlled by a different animal type, near the center of town coming out of the old Hokage building was a massive tower that looked like it should have been in the hidden rain village. Out of the very top of the tower was a giant sound flag.
"Looks like Kabuto is making his winter base the Leaf this year." Said Kiba
"What?" asked Sakura
"Kabuto never stays in the same place for long." Explained Ino "because some members of the military have hibernation cyclical he settles down in winter. That flag means he is there."
"That means Sasuke is in town." said Kiba
"Sasuke…." said Sakura as she remembered something that happened years ago.
Flashback
"Stay down." Ordered Naruto as he and Sakura hid in the high grass near the river's edge, they could see their den just across the river from them however it might as well have been the moon. Along the other bank was a large panther man with glowing red eyes.
"Sasuke will that damn cat ever give up hunting us?" whispered Sakura "Every time he is in the area he comes looking for us."
"And now Hinata is helping him." Said Naruto as another big panther thing one a female appeared.
"Hinata do you see them?" ordered Sasuke as Hinata activated her Byakugan only to close it right away.
"Sorry my mate but giving birth has drained my chakra I can't keep my ability going." stated Hinata as Sasuke showed his teeth but strangely did nothing more.
"Very well." said Sasuke as he and Hinata walked away.
End Flashback
"Sasuke always hunts us down." Said Sakura
"Yes, but lately he has been locking himself away more." said Kiba
"Why?" asked Sakura "Sasuke hates Naruto-kun and wants to see him dead."
"Well training all seven of his sons takes time." answered Ino
"Seven?" asked Sakura
"Well that is just his sons." said Ino "Sasuke has an entire harem made out of women with the rarest bloodline abilities in the world."
"Hinata is his favorite and queen of the harem, she has given him six kids in four years." said Ino "One set of triplets, one pair of twins and the last one was a twin but the girl was stillborn."
"Four sons and two daughters." said Kiba "She spends more time pregnant then anything else."
"Hinata had a lot of multiple births." said Sakura "Most women don't have that many multiple births."
"Women yes, animals no." said Ino "Multiple births are the norm now, I think."
"You think?" asked Sakura
"Well animals don't give birth in a hospital so people give birth in their homes and only with their mates there. I only see the after effects." Said Ino "However from what I can see having twins and triplets are normal and having quads isn't unheard of."
"Wow." said Sakura
"You are forgetting that you are pregnant vixen, that means you may have more than one kit within you." added Inner Sakura as Sakura looked down to her stomach.
"However Kabuto really needs Naruto to help solve all his problems." said Kiba
"You're talking about the fact more people are acting like animals?" asked Sakura
"Yes, Naruto is strange most people who transform only have a small amount of chakra left. Just enough to keep bloodline abilities going but Naruto has huge amounts of chakra." said Ino "Kabuto wants that chakra to help him find a way to stop the fall of the mind into uncontrollable animals."
Before she could ask anything else a load sound filled the air. Sakura looked down toward the Leaf to see a bunch of horse people walking out into the field of cow people. The cows tried to fight back but they pulled people into a large building next to the main gate. She could hear screams coming from the building.
"What are they doing?" asked Sakura
"Killing them for food." answered Kiba
"What?"asked Sakura stunned that they would do that.
"Cows are the food supply for the turned people while the horses are the workforce. Everyone else is part of the military." answered Kiba
"Those are people eating people." said Sakura
"Yes, but to them it is a wolf eating a cow which is only natural in the wild." said Ino "I have eaten the flesh of my friends just like you have too."
"My God." said Sakura "Is the whole world like this?"
"No, Kabuto wants to rule the world but a world full of animal people would be pointless to rule." said Kiba
"Only the land around the Sand, the Leaf and the rain village are animal people.." said Ino "The rest of the world is afraid to become like them so they follow Kabuto's lead."
"So he rules the world." said Sakura sadly
"Yes, there are people fighting back though. Rebel groups in the mountains on our boarder with the Earth nation." said Kiba "However there isn't much they can do expect try to find a cure."
"On some level I wish that they fail." answered Ino as Kiba and Sakura looked at her.
"Why would you want this to remain?" asked Sakura "Don't you want your son to be a human, to go to school to become a true ninja and not some animal in some made man's army."
"Yes, but think about how the world would change again." Said Ino "Think how Hinata would react when she gets her human mind back, she gave birth to Sasuke's kids a man she hates but as an animal she doesn't care about it. Also how do you think Naruto will deal with it when he gets his mind back and learns that he turned you."
"I asked him too." said Sakura
"Naruto will still blame himself, he will think he rapped you." said Kiba as he looked at his mate "I still blame myself for turning Ino and we were a couple before we turned."
"They are right, what if Naruto-kun thinks that I don't love him and he leaves me." thought Sakura
"A perfect reason to just let it all go and go back to thinking like an animal." added Inner Sakura "Screw the rest of the world and focus only on Naruto and our kits."
"What the hell is wrong with you?" asked Sakura to her inner self.
"You haven't figured it out yet?" asked Inner Sakura "You may be human minded but I am still an animal and I will always will be."
"That is probably why I got my human mind back, you took the blunt of the mind change allowing part of my humanity to remain." thought Sakura "Ino's clan is focused on mind based justu so that could explain why she could get her humanity back."
"Sakura I hate to cut this short but if Kabuto is back in town means that he will expect us to be there to welcome him." said Kiba
"Ya, we have to get going so that we aren't discovered." said Ino as she pulled out a scroll. "I sealed away notes about how to create the cure for someone minds, also medical supplies and other tools."
"Keep them hidden from Naruto who knows what will happen if he finds out you are human minded." said Kiba as Sakura took the scroll
"How can we make contact again?" asked Sakura
"We will leave a message under the log in the field we first met, but winter is coming so that means there will be more animals around the village and Naruto will not go on as many hunting missions." explained Ino
"Animals tend to hunker down in the winter." added Kiba as he picked up his son to Sakura's amazement he bit down on the back of his son's neck holding him by the extra skin on his neck. At first Sakura worried about the kid but the fact he was smiling and laughing told her something else.
"All right then." said Sakura
"Good luck forehead, we will all need it." said Ino as she and Kiba dropped down onto all fours and took off running into the woods on their way back to the Leaf.
It took only a few minutes for Sakura to make it back to hers and Naruto's den, she made sure she wasn't followed she entered the den. Once again she was lucky; Naruto wasn't back from his hunting trip. Slowly she made her way down into the lower levels, judging from the amount of dirt and dust on the ground met that Naruto didn't come down here much. The only door handles that were not covered with dust where the two by the stairs she knew was used as storage for their food and supplies. She found a backroom far away from the main store rooms and quickly she set up the supplies. Some medical supplies and an old microscope the same type that was thrown out years ago from the hospital.
"Probably the only thing Ino could get without raising an alarm." Thought Sakura thanks to her more powerful hearing she heard the main gate start to open above. She quickly left the room and headed toward the store room. She could hear Naruto coming her way.
"I need a reason to be down here." thought Sakura as she opened one of the store rooms. What she found made her skin crawl under her fur. Inside was a huge chill box and a scene that belonged in a horror movie. Rows after rows of dead animals hung from the ceilings, some were true animals others where human animals. "I have no choice."
Sakura reached up and grabbed one of the rabbits that where hanging from the ceiling. She walked out of the room just in time to see Naruto walking down the stairs dragging a rabbit human behind him.
"Sakura-chan what are you doing?" asked Naruto as he tilted his head to the side a bit in a confused looked.
"I was getting a little hungry so I was going to make a snack." answered Sakura as she looked down at the rabbit in her hands. Naruto nodded his head understanding.
"Well why don't you put that away, we can eat the fresh kill." said Naruto "It is likely to be the last fresh kill we have in a while."
"Why?" asked Sakura as she noticed flecks of snow on Naruto's shoulder.
"Looks like winter is coming early." said Naruto "Time to hunker down and let our kits grow within you so they can be born in spring."
"Sounds like a plan." said Sakura with a smile "And find a cure so that we can bring the world back to normal."
"So do you want to see what I brought?" asked Naruto as he moved aside to show the kill. Sakura's eyes widened as she saw who they were having for dinner.
"Shizune." said Sakura as she looked at the dead body of her friend turned into their supper.
Well this is the first chapter of the new year I hope you like it and the new developments in the chapter. Now until next time please keep reading. Thanks Wilkins75.