Chapter 24 Choices
"Well this changes things." said an older demon fox with fourteen tails as he along with the representatives of the four living founding clans. The eight foxes where gathered in a circle room located within the government building. This room was the high council room where originally the two representatives from each of the ten founding packs would gather together to rule the village. The general assembly was needed to approve the laws but in reality it was the these twenty elders who decided which laws came up to a vote and which issues was talked about in the council. The general assembly could bring an issue up and over ride the high council but since all the members of the high council where also key members of the General Assembly that didn't happen much. The room seamed a lot emptier since there was only four founding clans still alive and one of those clans only had two members left.
"Yes it does Hadar." stated the only female member of the high council, her name was Rada her mate had died ten years ago and they only had a daughter who like most of her generation had lost her ability to have kits along with her mate to the war.
"How could a human have twelve tails?" asked another demon Bahar. All the voting members of the council where between 70 and 80 million years old, their seconds who didn't get to vote stood behind them had a large age range somewhere only 26 million years while others where only a few million years younger than their parents.
"We do have an idea but I think my son would be better able to answer." said Malik
"Very well Kado you know this Naruto Namikaze the best how could he have twelve tells?" asked Hadar
"Well I have a working theory." stated Kado
"What is that?" asked Bahar
"That we created it." stated Kado
"Well we did turn him." stated Rada
"But he had me sealed within him for twenty years and unlike Kushina he used my chakra." stated Kado "I believe he must have absorbable my chakra and or his body was used to the chakra so much that it was amplified within his body."
"We already believed him to be a nine maybe even a low ten." stated Malik
"So because he sent twenty years as a jinchuriki he gained another two tails of strength?" asked Rada
"From the test we did on his chakra strength he is low twelve tailed strength so it is a likely possibility." Said Kado
"So are the other jinchurikis as strong?" asked Bahar
"We can't be sure since the other jinchuriki who have been turned didn't come foxes so we can't tell their strength as easy since they don't have multiple tails." stated Kado
"Not even the founders of our clans had twelve tails at his age." stated Hadar "He may reach fifteen tails by the time he is 45 million. What are we going to do about him?"
"The question is not how Naruto has so many tails it is what to do with him now." said Malik
"What do you want to do?" asked Rada
"We need to get him involved in our world because just having a mate isn't enough." stated Malik
"He has a mate?" asked Bahar
"Yes and no….the way my son tells it, it is only a matter of time until they are officially mated by our laws." stated Malik "Sakura Haruno high seven tails and top medical ninja in the human world. Her rank is only a few years behind Kushina Namikaze."
"High Seven tails?" asked Rada "Not a bad rank for a girl of her age."
"Listen if we don't make an example of Naruto and bring his clan into the fold more than we had." Stated Malik "If we don't when the rest of the humans turn we will have a problem on our hands."
"Our experts think that over 70% of the humans will accept the turn once it happens." stated Bahar
"That is the best estimate; we need to show them that they have a better future in our villages. The physically changes of longer life and more power and whatever ingredients they put into the transformation agent to make them like the turn will not be enough." stated Malik "If we are prejudice and don't treat the turned humans like we would any of our naturally born brothers and sisters."
"What do you want to do?" asked Hadar
The sun had already going down as Adria Namikaze finally walked through the front door of her house. She didn't even bother to head downstairs to her room as she lied down on the couch.
"You seam tired." said Sakura as she looked down at Adria. She was lying flat on her stomach with her head buried into the pillow.
"They just let us go home." answered Adria as she rolled over and looked up at Sakura. Her eyes widened as she saw what Sakura had become.
"You're done?" asked Adria as she sat up and looked at Sakura. "You look good."
"Thanks." said Sakura "I just can't wait to leave the house and see this village.'
"So you can get to the human world." said Adria
"Hopefully." added Sakura "I have to admit this form is interesting and I am still getting used to it.'
"Well you spent your entire life until recently as a human." said Adria "Have you tried a transformation justu to go back to being human?"
"Yes." answered Sakura
Flashback
Sakura stood in front of the bathroom mirror.
"Alright here we go." said Sakura to herself as she formed a hand sign and channeled her chakra. She closed her eyes and focused on her human form within a moment Sakura reopened her eyes to see she was human again.
"Congratulation you can turn back to being a human form if you want to." said Inner Sakura "Now can we go back to being a fox. This just doesn't feel right."
"No…." said Sakura as she looked at the pink skin on her arm "It doesn't feel right."
With that Sakura broke the justu as she changed back to being a demon fox. She looked down at her fur covered arm. It just felt right as she looked at herself in the mirror.
"This is what I am now….that was my old self." thought Sakura "This is my new self."
End Flashback
"It didn't feel right." added Sakura
"I see." said Adria "How are my brothers doing?"
"Seth came home a few hours ago and went straight to his room as for Naruto he is still learning how to condense his tails." Added Sakura as her single tail moved behind her "He just can't get it lower then four at the moment."
"So he has finished turning?" asked Adria as Sakura nodded her head "How did that happen?"
"Think about it for a moment." Said Sakura as Adria eyes widened.
"You and my older brother?" asked Adria
"Ya." answered Sakura as Adria hugged her.
"Finally some good news." said Adria
"Adria your home." said Naruto's voice as Adria turned toward the staircase to see her brother as a demon for the first time. She ran forward and hugged her brother and placed her head in his chest.
"I am sorry….that I couldn't find a way to protect them….all those humans turned." cried Adria as Naruto placed his hands on her back. As his sister cried "I tried and I failed."
"It's alright Adria you tried and that is more than most people." said Naruto as he smiled at his sister.
"He is a good older brother." thought Sakura as she noticed that Naruto's twelve tails where once again visible. According to Minato and Kushina the higher the numbers of tails the more chakra and more constriction was needed.
"Adria you have nothing to feel sorry for." said Naruto as he pushed Adria back and looked into her eyes. "You tried your best."
"Thanks Naruto." said Adria
"It's what a big brother does." said Naruto with a smile as Adria's eyes widened
"Naruto you have twelve tails." asked a stunned Adria as she looked at Naruto's tails.
"Yes….I do." answered Naruto
It was already late when Itachi Uchiha walked through the front door of his apartment. He flicked on the light as he locked the door behind him. As punishment for warning the humans he was ordered to work double shifts as a royal guard for seven months while only being paid for a single shift. After grabbing a quick bite of some leftovers and checking his mail he headed to bed. He would take a shower in the morning. He turned off the lights before opening the sliding panels to enter the bedroom. The bed was just a large soft mat with pillows and blankets located on the wooden floor. He lied down placing his head on the pillow; however his mind was still racing. Yahiko and Konan weren't going to help him save the humans and the few other turned humans didn't want to help. The demons where giving free housing, true it was the houses left over from the war. Jobs and start up money for their new lives put that on top of longer life and stronger chakra power all that was asked was their loyalty to their new race and to have kids, surprising number of people where taking to being demons.
"I have to find a way to help the Leaf before it is too late…." thought Itachi as he looked up at the ceiling. "But no one seems willing to help they have been assimilated into demon culture, they don't care about humans anymore."
Itachi was so lost in his thoughts that he didn't notice it until it happened as he felt pressure on his chest. He looked down to see a mass of pure black fur that wasn't his own as he looked to see a female panther was now resting her head on his chest. Itachi snuck his hand under the woman before he started running his hand down her back earning a purr from her.
"Then again here I am working for the demons and sleeping with the granddaughter of one of the top generals in the army." Thought Itachi as the woman lifted her head up a bit
"When did you get home Itachi?" asked the woman as she opened her deep green eyes just a bit.
"Only a few minutes ago." answered Itachi "Now go back to sleep Fay."
"I just wish you had more time off, it gets lonely around here without you at night." answer Fay as she snuggled closer to Itachi "But maybe that will prevent you from doing something stupid like that again."
"Ya." answered Itachi as Fay lifted her head off Itachi before resting her head on her hand.
"Itachi you are planning something aren't you?" asked Fay as she looked into those deep dark eyes. The fact that he didn't say anything spoke volumes to her "Itachi are you not happy here? Not happy with me?"
"No…it isn't you and I am happy here." said Itachi as he wondered how he could have fallen in love with her so fast. "It is just….I have seen war since I was little I will do anything to avoid war."
"It isn't a war; we are capturing them and turning them. We don't want to kill them unless we have too." said Fay
"Even if there is as little bloodshed as possible it is still war." stated Itachi "I may be a royal guard but I was sworn in as a ninja of the Leaf village, I have to do everything I can to protect them."
"You're a cat of your word that is for sure but if you do try anything I don't think my pride will be able to talk the royal court out of prison time." said Fay "Just tell me if you had a choice would you have stayed a human?"
Itachi waited for a second as he thought about it.
"Truth be told if they had given me a choice of turning or death I would have picked death." stated Itachi "However that was before I meet you."
"And if you could change back?" asked Fay
"No." answered Itachi as Fay smiled "It would have been easier if I was born a demon or you a human."
"Well if I was born a human I would be dead considered I a million years older then you in human years." Laughed Fay in demons terms so was a human equitant of 22 while Itachi was 21.
"In demon terms you are only a year older than me." stated Itachi as Fay lied her head back down.
"Itachi please don't try anything….I don't want to lose you." said Fay
"If I didn't then I wouldn't be the panther you love." stated Itachi
"Then promise me you will not be caught." said Fay
"I promise." stated Itachi as Fay smiled into his chest as she went back to sleep.
The sun was rising over the demon fox village not that Naruto or Sakura knew that, both of them where sound asleep in each other arms with the door locked so that they wouldn't be interrupted like they had been yesterday morning. Naruto had finally figured out how to get his tails down to one which made walking around without hitting something, sleeping and sex a lot easier. This morning they were not interrupted in the middle of sex but their sleep was interrupted as a load knock came from the door.
"Coming." said the half asleep Sakura as she opened the door to see Minato standing in the doorway.
"Dad?" asked Naruto as he sat up in bed looking at his father.
"Sorry if I interrupted something but the high council has ordered yours and Sakura's presence in the High council." Stated Minato
'The high council? What is that?" asked Naruto as Minato raised an eyebrow.
"I told you a few days ago." stated Minato
"He is isn't a morning person." explained Sakura
"Just like his mother…she almost bit my head off when I woke her up." laughed Minato "We leave in half an hour."
With that Minato walked away as Sakura closed the door to get ready to leave. Twenty minutes later Sakura and Naruto were walking out the door for the first time. Naruto and Sakura's eyes widened as they looked around the street they were on looked more like a well footpath though the woods. All up and down the road where large hills with smaller footpaths leading toward a door in the side of the hill.
"Are all of these hills a different house?" asked Naruto
"Yes." answered Minato "However the neighbors don't really talk to us since we used to be humans."
"I see." said Sakura as they walked out onto one of the major streets. Unlike the residential side streets which were made of compacted dirt the main streets where made of interlocking stones of different sizes and colors.
"Interesting design for a village." said Sakura as she looked at the buildings they all seemed to trying to fit in with the natural surroundings. In the center of the village stood a large single mountain that shot out of the ground without another mountain in sight. It seemed to have an almost vertical rock face with a flat top.
"Fox mountain." stated Kushina "They say that is where the ten founding clans who broke off from the wolves declaring their independence. They were traveling to find a place to set up their new village and begin a revolution when it shot out of the ground."
"I see." said Naruto as he looked around. More demon foxes where now walking around, they were going around doing their jobs. A few looked at Naruto and Sakura wondering who they where, as they walked the numbers of buildings grew and it was clear that these where buildings. It was looking more and more like the Leaf village until the four of them walked into a large circlie path that ran around the mountain. That is when Naruto and Sakura noticed that cut into the mountain where gaint stone building fronts with demon foxes moving in and out of the entrees. Cut into the side of the mountain was also giant full body statues of the founder demon foxes.
"The High council along with the general assembly and War College are located within the mountain." said Minato "Also a few smaller buildings like the central library."
"What is the diameter of this thing?" asked Sakura as
"It's actually just over 3 miles." stated Kushina "Also it almost 2 miles high."
"And where is the portal?" asked Naruto "It's around here I know."
"It's under the mountain in the lowest level with tunnels leading to the all the different buildings located inside the mountain." Whispered Minato as the four of them walked into the closest building. Giant hundred foot stone columns swore overhead as they passed what seemed to be a lobby with smaller stone statues showing demon foxes in heroic stances.
They walked down some steps until they reached a large wooden door.
"They should be inside." stated Minato as he opened the door to show eight demon foxes. Four of them where sitting with another four standing behind them.
"Naruto Namikaze is it true you're a 12 tailed?" asked the only vixen
"Yes." answered Naruto as he let his 12 tails grow out "What of it."
"We would like to offer you a job." stated Malik "As an pack trainer."
"Pack trainer?" asked Naruto
"Basically it is a the same thing as a jonnin instructor." explained Minato
"Sure." answered Naruto as Kado looked at him "But I want to pick my own team."
"Very well." said one of the male foxes "We would also like to offer Sakura a job at the hospital helping the new demons."
"Perfect we can steal the drug and maybe save the leaf." thought Sakura
"I accept as long as I can start right away." said Sakura
"What is the rush?" asked Malik
"Just sitting around the den gets boring." answered Sakura
"I see, you can start today if you wish." said the vixen
"Is that it?" asked Naruto
"No there is one piece of business that needs to be done." stated Malik as he rose to his feet. "Namikaze pack we the four living clans offer upon you a chair on the high council."
"What?" asked Naruto and Minato as the same time as Kushina and Sakura's eyes widened.
"Why are you doing this?" asked Minato
"Simple terms are our four packs are dying." stated Malik "It is likely that within a generation only two of our clans will remain and we need new high council members. Your pack has been demons the longest and is very powerful. In time we hope to replace all the council seats that where left empty from the great demon war with members of the strongest human clans from every village. Starting with your clan."
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