Chapter 21 The Purge

It felt like a heavy weight was taken off her shoulders, she and Naruto had been up way to long just talking. It felt good to have Naruto fill in some of the blanks she still had in her memiroes of the past few years. However their talks ended when Sakura let out a deep yawn.

"You need to get to bed." said Naruto as he put down a cup of Ramón noodles.

"I am fine." answered Sakura though another yawn

"No…you are breathing for yourself and our kits." said Naruto as Sakura rolled her eyes before nodding her head.

"Alright." said Sakura "But you are coming with me."

"Why? I am didn't stay up most of the night working." asked Naruto

"I need something to keep me warm." stated Sakura

"You are covered with fur." said Naruto

"Are you trying to find a way not to cuddle up next to your mate?" asked Sakura "Besides what else do you have to do today?"

"Well since we are human minded I could finally start working on fixing this place up." said Naruto "I could get the generator working at full strength and the heat back up."

"How do you know to fix that?" asked Sakura

"I do more than just sit down here and eat Ramón noodles." said Naruto as he pulled up a worn book from the floor "I have been reading up on how to fix this place up. I was going to start and tell you I was preparing the den to become a home, now I can do everything."

"Alright, but sleep first." ordered Sakura as Naruto gave in to his mate's demands as she dragged him up the stairs. Well Sakura planned to sleep part of the day away, in the Leaf something wasn't right. Ino had spent half the day waiting in a line to pick up her families. Normally this task was done by the fifty or so humans that Kabuto kept around, however now it was being done by the big cats. They where handling out the food and marking down names. Finally it came to her turn.

"Name." asked the tiger man

"Ino, from the main Inuzuka pack." said Ino as the tiger man looked down the paperwork before nodding his head. With that a lion woman and a leopard man dragged out two bags of fresh meet. "I normally get four bags, this is for my mate, my son and my mate's mother."

"Stop complaining you dog bitch and grab your food." Snapped the tiger man as Ino grabbed the bags of food and started to pull them back home. Everywhere people seemed to be talking about the lack of food. Normally the wolves and bears wouldn't dare talk to each other and the dogs refused to horses refused to even admit the other lived in the village however the sudden cutback on food caused everyone to start talking. As she made her way through the rebuilt center of the village she passed different districts which severed as micro villages for the different races. The dogs had one which was right next to the wolves just like the small cats had their base next to their larger cousins. The snow was at least three feet tall making it harder than ever for Ino to make her way through the street finally she reached the main gate to her clan base.

"Hello Ino." said Hana in a half way barking sound as she stood on all fours like a dog by the gate.

"Hello Hana." said Ino back as she pulled the bags of meat into the compound. All around her ran the children who had turned or were born into this new world. Even the older people who had once walked down the street now they walked around on all fours. Ino had gotten used to seeing strange thing however she never got used to seeing people clean their private areas with their dog tongues or having sex within sight of kids, however to animals this was normal. Finally she reached her home, it was nothing more half way rebuilt house. It had planks of wood over giant holes in the roof and flakes of paint were coming off the walls both inside and out. However that wasn't the important thing to her, what mattered to her was the sight of her son looking out the window waiting for her. Ino pushed in the door and instantly hers and Kiba's son can running on all fours toward her. She had to fight down a laugh as he slipped when it switched from carpet to laminated wood.

"Watch where you're going son our you will keep on sliding." said Ino as she draged the food toward the kitchen.

"Ino will you come here." said Kiba as Ino placed the food on the table before walking into a side room. There lying on the ground was Kiba's mother, Tsume Inuzuka she was shaking like a leaf even though she was beside the fire. She had been sick for the past month but it had really gotten bad in the last few days.

"How is she?" asked Ino as she knelt down beside her mate.

"Not well." Said Kiba before leaning in toward his wife's ear "Are you sure you can't do anything, you have some chakra…we all do."

"I did everything, we need medicine and that is something I don't have." said Ino as she remembered the pecking order for the new world. "You know that."

"Ya, as dogs we are expand a be not like the cats or wolves." said Kiba "What about Shikamaru he still thinks of you as a pack mate."

"You know he and his personal pack is at the sand base this winter." said Ino "All we can do is wait and hope."

"Maybe a few good meals will lift her spirits." said Kiba as Ino looked down. "What?"

"We only got two bags of food." said Ino as Kiba looked at her.

"What, we get five." said Kiba "We can't last a week on two bags of food."

"That is all we got." said Ino "Somehow we will make it last."

"I don't know how." said Kiba as he shook his head "I just don't understand why the sudden cutback, I mean we normally get more food not less in winter because they kill more cows so they have to feed them during the winter."

"I don't understand it either." said Ino "And to make things wielder the big cats are handing out food, not Kabuto's people."

"Kiba-kun I have a bad feeling about this thing." said Ino "Maybe we should put guards out and tell the pack to be ready to move."

"Alright." said Kiba

It was well pass noon when Sakura finally opened her eyes again. She couldn't help but smile as she looked into Naruto's face. Even though it was a fox face it was his face. She couldn't sleep as close as she wanted because of her growing stomach but it didn't stop Naruto's hand from holding on to hers as his tail draped across his hip. Suddenly she heard a load noise coming from down the hall.

"Naruto, we are not alone." said Sakura as Naruto opened his eyes and looked at his mate's eyes.

"Don't worry about it." said Naruto as Sakura looked toward the door to see another Naruto cleaning the floor.

"Shadow clones?" asked Sakura "While you are asleep?"

"Ya, Jiriaya taught me that during our training session." explained Naruto "They are just cleaning and fixing up the place."

"I see." said Sakura as she punched Naruto's chest.

"What was that for?" asked Naruto as he rubbed his chest where Sakura had hit her.

"I wanted to make sure you are the real one and not some clone." said Sakura as she used some of her now very limited chakra to heal the spot she had hit.

"Sakura don't you don't have much chakra." said Naruto

"I know, but still." Said Sakura as she finished healing the bruise she had given her mate. "There done. I still don't understand how you can still have that much chakra, the transformation destroyers a lot of chakra."

"Well I always had a lot to begin with." said Naruto

"Still." said Sakura as she slowly stood up. "It's odd."

"Where are you going?" asked Naruto

"We will not get back to our human form by just sleeping around." explained Sakura "And you need to make me some lunch."

"Alright." said Naruto as he went off to make Sakura some lunch.

Later that night Ino lied awake, her head resting on the remains of a pillow across from the sleeping Kiba. In between they spot sound asleep in his normal was their son. For the first time in days snow hadn't fallen on the ground and the temperature was above freezing. Ino was happy to see the snow going away. Since she grew up in a flower shop winter was never her favorite time of year even if her son's birthday was in December. Suddenly she felt something hit her side, instantly she looked down to see her son had moved closer to her, he looked afraid.

"It's alright Kadin, mother is here." said Ino as she rubbed his back, instantly he stopped moving and started to sleep peacefully "No monsters will get you while I am here."

Little did she know just on the other side of the compound wall a large force was gathering.

"So are we ready?" asked Sasuke as he looked around at the large number of big and small cats that he had gathered to carry out his plan. His goal was simple, remove the dogs and the wolves from play. The other minor groups like the bears or the where manageable and would be useful in a his plans only the wolves and their dog cousins posed anything in the way of a threat.

"Yes, sir." reported the Tiger form of Konohamaru

"Then exult the attack, leave none alive." Ordered Sasuke as Konohamaru moved off into the darkness of the night. Sasuke watched as two black panthers dropped down behind two dog guards snapping their necks before they knew what hit them. The two panthers then pushed in the door only to have a load alarm fill the air.

"They placed an alarm at the door." growled Sasuke as the big cats begin to storm the place.

Inside the compound Ino sat up as the alarm went out from the main gate.

"Kiba get up." ordered Ino as Kiba jumped up.

"What is going on?" asked Kiba

"Someone has broken in." said Ino as screams reached her ears, suddenly Hana stormed into the room.

"Kiba the cats are attacking us." stated Hana

"Alright, do as we planned." ordered Kiba

"We need to stand and fight for our home." said Hana

"Hana our goal should be to save our pack and then worry about our home." said Ino as she stood up and headed toward a closet. She quickly opened the door to show a small tunnel leading underground and out of the leaf "We can't stand up against the cats by ourselves we need the wolves."

"Alright, we can hold them off get into the tunnel." said Hana

"What?" asked Kiba "I will come with you."

"No, you are the pack leader you need to make it out of here." said Hana

"Alright just make sure you get out too." said Kiba "Tell everyone to head to the sand, let's hope Shikamaru and most of the wolves make it there.

"What about grandma?" asked Kadin as the older people looked at each other.

"She is too sick to move." Said Ino

"We can't leave her, she is my mother." Said Kiba as the light of flames came from the window.

"What about the vixen mom, Sakura you said she was a great doctor could she help grandma." Said Kadin as Ino's eyes widened as she covered her son's mouth.

"Wait you have seen Sakura?" asked Hana as Kadin wigged out of his mother's arms.

"Yes, mommy and daddy gave her something to fix everyone." Said Kadin

"You two are human minded." growled Hana as she showed her teeth.

"Hana calm down, we are under attack." said Kiba as screams and lights from building burning came closer.

"Yes, we dogs will deal with them." growled Hana "Leave human."

"Hana." said Kiba

"No, you are no longer pack leader Kiba, you are no longer a dog and if we were not under attack I would kill you all." stated Hana as she stormed off toward battle. Kiba looked down before heading into the tunnel system with Ino and his son. All around him where other dogs as they made their own escape. The plan was to come up and multiple locations outside the village before heading to a single location.

"Did I do something wrong?" asked Kadin innocently as Ino carried him as they ran though the tunnels.

"No, of course you didn't." said Ino as she looked at her son and smiled as they keep running. "We will just be away from the pack for a bit."

As Kiba and the other dogs disappeared down the tunnels Sasuke got angrier with every word of the report about the attack.

"So we only got less than a third of the forces they had here?" asked Sasuke

"If the numbers we got from the food count is correct then yes." reported a lion woman "The wolves and the dogs and made escape tunnels out of the village."

"Why didn't you follow them?" asked Sasuke as his Sharingan spun around.

"The tunnels where too small for us." explained the Lion

"Do you understand the problem I have with this?" asked Sasuke

"Yes, if they link up with the wolves in the sand they could cause a lot of problems for us." Said the lion

"Correct, now if I do not learn that we have killed all of them by the next report at sunrise I will kill you." Said Sasuke as he walked away and headed back to the big cat compound near the Hokage building. Sasuke walked into his own home before entering his bedroom if you could call it that. It was a massive circular room and unlike most people in the village the house given to him by Kabuto was totally finished. All around sound asleep on piles of pillow where five sleeping panther woman. Part of Kabuto's plan to build a strong army was to force power clans with strong bloodline abilities to surrender one of their daughters to Sasuke. Sasuke walked to the center of the room and lied down beside the queen of his harem, his original mate Hinata. The children they had together slept nearby.

"Did you get them?"asked Hinata as Sasuke lied down beside her.

"The they got away." growled Sasuke

"Maybe I can get your mind off them for a bit." Said Hinata as her tail rubbed Sasuke's member.

"Maybe." said Sasuke

Meanwhile on a small hill just outside the village Ino and Kiba came out of the exit of their tunnel.

"Where are we going to go? The pack will know the truth by now and they will never take us back" asked Kiba as they looked out over the burning remains of the Leaf village. The entire wolf and dog compounds where alight. "They would kill us and our son."

"I have an idea." said Ino as they made their way through the woods until they reached the place she had first meet Sakura. After checking for a message they made there way deeper into the woods until they found the best spot for them an empty spot under a tree.

"If you are planning to wait for Sakura we may be waiting a long time." said Kiba as the three of them snuggled together against the cold as more snow began to fall.

"Or not that long." Said a new voice as Kiba and Ino looked behind them to see Naruto standing there in a doorway they had never seen before. "Do you want to come in out of the cold?"

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