Chapter 27 How Can We?
"THIS FUCKING HURTS!" yelled Sakura as she held onto Naruto's hand as she went into labor. They had moved down into the medical bay to help deliverer their pups safely and Ino was making sure everything was going ok. Davi was being held back by Kiba, this wasn't the place for such a small kid.
"You are doing great forehead." said Ino with a small laugh.
"THIS IS NO TIME FOR POINTLESS NICKNAMES!" snapped Sakura showing her teeth.
"Alright." said Ino
"It will be alright Sakura-chan." said Naruto as he rubbed his face up against hers.
"STOP THAT THIS IS ALL YOUR FAULT!" yelled Sakura
"Pay her no mind Naruto, some women get very bitchy during birth." explained Ino
While Sakura was in labor a figure jumped from tree branch to tree branch. He was on an urgent mission as his muscle screamed in pain for him to stop running. However he knew he had to deliver the message to his leader it was his only choice. He wished he could use his normal form of transport but he knew he couldn't risk being seen by anyone. Finally he reached the spot; he stopped for a moment before placing his hand on a seal which had been hidden on a tree. The moment he placed his hand on it a figure grew out of the tree.
"Sai." said a clone of an older Captain Yamanto as he looked at the only ninja apart from himself to still be human.
"Lightening country along with the land of Rivers have fallen to Sasuke's armies." reported Sai as Captain Yamanto looked down "That is on top of grass and Earth who fell to the hands of Sasuke."
"What about the land of water?" asked Captain Yamato
"Reports are Sasuke's forces are island hoping taking it over one island at a time." said Sai "With the main island where Kirigakure is located next. It may be under attack at this very moment."
"This is not good." said Captain Yamato "Our small village may be the last surviving human village."
"Sir, I don't believe a small collection of a dozen houses really count as a force that can go up against the forces of Sasuke or Shikamaru." said Sai
"I know." said Captain Yamato as he looked at Sai, it really amazed him how much he had grown over the years, he was stronger and more open at the same time. It may have to do with the fact that he had to work in close corporation with everyone else in their group that it forced him to be more open.
"Sir there is something else." said Sai
"What?" asked Captain Yamato
"I overheard a dog and it appears that Kiba and Ino are human minded." said Sai as Captain Yamato's eyes widened.
"Are you sure?" asked Captain Yamato
"That is what the dog said." said Sai "I have no way to confirm it without finding them."
"What are you talking about?" asked Captain Yamanto
"They disappeared after the takeover of the Leaf by Sasuke." said Sai
"I see." said Captain Yamato as he lowered his head to think about it for a second. "Very well go ahead and look for Ino and Kiba, if we can find them we may finally have force we need to get her out."
"You're talking about the Hokage?" asked Sai
"Yes, we finally found out what building in the Rain village she is in." said Captain Yamato
"Sir, this may just be a wild goose chase, like that time we thought Sakura and Naruto where in Rain country." Said Sai as he remembered tracking though Rain country for weeks until he found a pink fox, however it was Sakura's mother not Sakura.
"It is worth the risk, she is our leader." said Captain Yamato "Now find Ino and Kiba and let's see if they can help us, before everyone in the world is an animal."
Back in the bunker Sakura was letting out a loud scream.
"Alright just one more push." said Ino as Sakura let out another scream as she felt the baby come out.
"Is it alright?" asked Sakura
"Yes." said Ino as she looked down at the baby with a confused look on her face.
"What is it?" asked Naruto "Is something wrong?"
"No." said Ino as the baby started to cry "It's human?"
"What?" asked Naruto as he left his mate's side and went to look at his first born child. He looked down to see a newborn baby girl, the strange thing was she was totally human."How can this be?"
"I don't know, she should be a fox unless…." said Ino as Sakura let out another scream.
"Another one is coming." cried Sakura as Naruto held his daughter as Ino prepared for another one.
"What do you mean you have a cure?" asked Rin as she looked into Tsunade's eyes as she, her husband and the leader of their village sat around a small table located inside Tsunade's bedroom. Abela lied sound asleep on the nearby bed.
"I don't have a cure, I have the outline of a cure that should work to bring almost everyone back to their human body and mind." said Tsunade "However I am missing two key parts to the cure."
"What are they?" asked Kane
"Well the first is a sample of infected but none turned blood." said Tsunade
"Well isn't that easily just grab some from the records, don't you have sample left over from when you take some blood for the ninja core." Said Kane
"It isn't that simple, I need human blood from a newborn that mother has already turned." Said Tsunade
"What?" asked Rin
"See in about one in a hundred cases an infected mother gives birth to a human child, now the child is turned the moment it feeds on the mother's milk." said Tsunade "I need blood from one of those children before they turn and after they turn."
"By comparing the two I can hopefully separate the active virus from the rest of the blood and turn the child back into a human." said Tsunade "From there it is an easy step to bond the cure to demon chakra and then spread it out across the world in a new chakra virus, however instead of turn people into these things it will change them back into humans."
"You said two pieces?" asked Rin
"I need demon chakra." said Tsunade "I need Naruto."
"There I think we are done." said Ino as she held out the third child of Naruto and Sakura to Naruto.
"A boy." said Naruto as he looked down at the child, he was so buitiful however he couldn't help but wonder how like his two sister who came only minutes before.
"They are beautiful." said Sakura as she leaned her head on Naruto's shoulder as she held their first born daughter.
"Sakura-chan I don't understand how can they be human?" asked Naruto as he looked into Sakura's eyes. "I mean I am glad they are but I don't understand how it can be?"
"I am not totally sure but my best guess is that somehow they didn't get the virus when they were in me." said Sakura
"How is that possible?" asked Naruto
"No one really knows for sure but though out history there are many cases where a virus is not passed on from mother to child." said Ino "However if that is the case then there may be others people who have experienced this."
"For all we know you went through this." said Sakura as Ino nodded her head knowing full well she didn't remember the birth of her own son. Suddenly a load cry filled the air, Ino Sakura and Naruto looked down to see their son crying.
"Someone is hungry." said Ino as she looked at Sakura.
"Wait…if I feed him he may transform." said Sakura
"I don't think there is a may about it." said Ino as she looked at Sakura.
"No…I can't." said Sakura as she looked at her son in Naruto's hands. "I will not turn my own child."
"Sakura-chan…." said Naruto as he looked at his crying son "I don't think we have a choice."
"No you don't." said Ino "The choice is either feed them and turn them or let them die."
Sakura's eyes widened at the idea of her children dying.
"They are too young for baby formal if you can even find any that is still good and if you try to feed them another form of milk they may transform into that type of animal." said Ino
Before Sakura could say anything she felt a tugging sensation on her breast, she looked down to see her first born daughter feeding on her breast.
"No." cried Sakura as she pulled her daughter away. However it was too late, Sakura could only watch as her daughter's face pushed out into a short muzzle as her ears moved up to the top of her head. Sakura watched in horror as a tail grew out of her daughter's tail bone. Finally short blonde hair began to cover her body. Finally it was done; her daughter was transformed into a fox kit.
"Sakura, Naruto you may not like this but it is for the best." said Ino "At the moment being human is too great of a risk."
"I don't like it any better then you Sakura-chan but Ino is right." said Naruto as he lowered his head and looked at his other two kids.
"Naruto-kun, how can we?" asked Sakura "How can we live with ourselves?"
"How can we live with ourselves if our children die?" asked Naruto, Sakura lowered her head as she looked down at her daughter the one who had turned. "I am so sorry Airi."
"Such a beautiful name." said Ino
"It was my grandmother's name." said Sakura as she nodded her head as she handed Airi off to Naruto as she picked up their second daughter. "I am so sorry."
Sakura was in tears as she let her second daughter named after Naruto's mother Kushina. Sakura watched in a mix of horror as Kushina's face grew out in a muzzle as she kept feeding. To Sakura's slight joy the transformation didn't seem to hurt Kushina as she grew pink fur across her body. Finally she was done transforming.
"Looks like she has your hair Sakura-chan." said Naruto as he tried to make Sakura happy, however he knew that it wouldn't make her happy.
"Nice try Naruto-kun." said Sakura as she reached for her son Riki.
"Wait." said Ino as she pulled out a small needle "Let me take a body sample before you turn him."
Sakura watched as Ino drawled some blood from Riki before she did the most painful thing she had ever done, she let her son feed. She cried as her son grew a tail and fox like ears. For a moment he stayed like that before his muzzle grew as well as dark red fur.
"It will be alright Sakura-chan…" said Naruto "We did it for them."
"They will hate us if we can't find a cure." said Sakura as she looked at her mate's eyes.
"Better to have them hate us and be alive then have them love us and be dead." said Naruto as he looked down at his two daughters who were sleeping in his arms. "Besides when we find a cure it will not matter."
"I hope your right." said Sakura "Somehow I thought this would be a happier moment."
"It is Sakura-chan, human fox or something in the middle it doesn't matter they are our kids and they are the most beautiful things in the world." said Naruto as he kissed Sakura's forehead.
Miles away Sasuke stood looking over a large map looking over the area he now controlled, half the world and over half its population was now under his control. Shikamaru's and the wolves controlled the rest but they had only gotten one large ninja village he had gotten two that he had more meant battle experienced warriors and soon he would whip out the wolves and transform the few he found useful into cats, the rest would either die on the battlefield or be transformed into cows or other food sources.
"Lord Sasuke the army is ready." said Konohamaru
"Good." said Sasuke
"Sir, can I ask why did you transform the Raikage, she doesn't have any blood line abilities that would be useful." said Konohamaru
"Bloodline's are not always the most important." said Sasuke "Power is the only thing that trumps it, and if the Raikage had turned and became mated to another male, that male may try to rise up against me and the Raikage would get support from the cats from her village. With her as the latest addition to my harem she and anyone loyal to her remain under my control."
"I see sir." said Konohamaru
"If the Mizukage hadn't killed herself before we took her village she would have joined my harem." said Sasuke "Now let's get the army movie, we have a pack of mutts to put down."
Well I hope you liked this chapter and the little twist I had with the fact that sometime people are born human and then infected. I am sorry for the long wait; I am currently in an internship so a lot of my time is used there. So until next time please keep reading. Thanks Wilkins75.