Chapter 32 October 10th

Sakura slowly woke up wishing she didn't have to go into work even if it was only half a day. The rest of the day was suppose to be used to rest up and prepare to move out that night to attack the wind country and the other countries. She could still smell the scent of their love making still lingering in the air. Her body was still warm as she got out of bed, she stretched a little bit as she looked back at the sleeping Naruto. He had a deep smile on his face as his arm rested where she had been a moment ago.

"Happy birthday Naruto-kun." said Sakura as she kissed his forehead before heading into the shower, she didn't want to wash away the smell of their love making but going into work smelling like sex isn't looked at fondly. After getting clean and ready for the day she walked out to find Naruto still fast asleep.

"Sakura-chan." said Naruto in his sleep as he rolled over a bit.

"Sleep well Naruto." said Sakura as she walked out the door and headed upstairs. What greeted her was not who she expected, from what she had been told Minato was the morning person but standing in the kitchen was Kushina Namikaze.

"Had a good night with my son?" asked Kushina

"Ya." answered Sakura as she thanked God that the fur covered up any blush she may had. She grabbed some coffee. Even as a fox she was addicted to the black stuff thankfully so was Minato so she didn't have to go cold turkey.

"So I am guessing my son is currently sleeping with a smile on his face." said Kushina "And both of you are likely soar?"

"I guess since you walked in on us one time there is no real reason to hid it." said Sakura as she placed the cup of coffee on the kitchen island.

"No…there isn't." said Kushina as she started cooking pancakes for her family. It wasn't everyday that her oldest child turned twenty one. "I wish you could stay for breakfast."

"And here I thought you didn't like the fact that your son had a mate-in-waiting." said Sakura as Kushina laughed a bit

"I see Minato talked to you about it." said Kushina

"Ya…he said you personally like me but you don't like me being with your son." Said Sakura

"Well Minato and I had a little talk and he convinced me that you aren't trying to take him away." explained Kushina "But I will punish Minato for talking behind my back."

"Let me take a guess it involves the bed room and a special spot?" asked Sakura as Kushina nodded her head. "The Adama's apple?"

"How could you possibly know that?" asked Kushina

"Father like son." answered Sakura as Kushina laughed a bit. "Too much information?"

"I guess but I was asking for that." laughed Kushina as she prepared breakfast "I wish you could stay for breakfast."

"So do I but work is work." answered Sakura "Have they assigned your position?"

"Adria's team, Minato and I are part of the attack group on the Sand village." said Kushina "Naruto's team was assigned to attack the land of demons…which is kind of a weird name for a human village. How about you?"

"I was assigned as part of the medical team for the sand." answered Sakura "Naruto knows the leader of the demon village."

"So he is attacking a friend." said Kushina

"Well until she got engaged I was worried she would go after Naruto-kun." laughed Sakura

"I don't think so." said Kushina as Sakura looked at her. "My son looks at you the same way Minato looks at me, he loves you and nothing weather that be become a demon will ever change that. To make it even better you look at him the same way, that helped me accept you."

"That is good for me, wouldn't want to spend millions of years with you hating me while we are under the same roof." laughed Sakura, which Kushina

"So we are all going to the human world." said Kushina "Now we only have to find a way to get away from the battlefield and too the leaf."

"Well I snuck out some knock out drugs from the hospital, Naruto plans to use them on Seth. Then he can make a break across the border." said Sakura as she thought about it for a moment "As for us I have an idea."

"Go ahead." said Kushina

It took only a few hours for Sakura to finish her paper work but instead of heading home she walked down a series of stairs until she reached a large door with the seal of the demon wolves on it.

"What do you want fox?" asked the wolf guard at the door

"I want to check on Asuma Sarutobi." stated Sakura

"Alright." stated the Wolf guard as he allowed Sakura to enter the wolf ward. Each demon race had a ward where those who would become that race would be taken after they had been processed. It was also where they would spend their last moments as a human. As she walked down the line of people being transformed. She tried not to look into each cell, trying not to look at how people where taking the change. Some were crying, others trying to pull the fur out just as fast as it was growing in, still others where accepting it. One woman maybe a year or two older then her was trying to sharpen her new claws to try to make them more sharply and womanly. Finally she reached the cell she wanted.

"Asuma…Kurenai." said Sakura as she looked into the cell.

"Hello Sakura." said Kurenai as she walked toward the glass door of the cell. Sakura's eyes widened as she saw how much she had changed. She was almost totally a demon wolf, only her right arm from the elbow down was still human. Kurenai had totally black fur, her deep red eyes looked out at Sakura from behind the glass. Sakura took a minute to study her, there was few physically differentness between wolves and foxes. Kurenai seemed to have more muscle mass then she had but she also seamed heavier. On top of that her claws where longer maybe by as much as two inches and her muzzle was longer. Demon wolves had thicker tails on top of not having the multiple tails like foxes.

"How are you doing Kurenai?" asked Sakura

"Just waiting for this last bit of humanity to go away." said Kurenai as she looked at her human arm with disgust.

"I see.' said Sakura "Where is Jaci?"

"She is playing with her daddy in the other room." explained Kurenai as she looked toward one of the doors "She just started calling Asuma daddy."

"That is good." said Sakura "And how are you enjoying being a demon?"

"It feels so good." said Kurenai "I mean I never felt like this when I was a human. Asuma still has to a way to go but in a few days all three of us will be heading out to our new village. It will be nice to be together as a pack."

"Well, I have to get going." said Sakura

"I heard we are attacking a village." said Kurenai "I hope it is the Leaf, the sooner we get everyone the better it is going to be in the end."

"Goodbye Kurenai." stated Sakura as she turned away and head home.

It was just after one in the afternoon when Sakura returned to the Namikaze den, when she walked through the door. What greeted her was somewhat surprising, the entire living room by the fireplace was spotless and another fox, one with deep gray fur was setting up a camera.

"What is going on?" asked Sakura as the older fox turned and looked at her.

"Ah…you must be Sakura; they said you were still at work." said the fox

"Who are you?" asked Sakura

"He is the local photographer." answered Adria as she walked up the stairs "Dad wants to do new family photo since Naruto is with us now."

"I see." said Sakura as she lowered her head slightly.

"Guess I am not part of this pack yet." thought Sakura

"You better go get cleaned up yourself." said Adria "For your pictures."

"What?" asked Sakura

"Well we are doing more than one." explained Adria.

"Ya, I have a whole series planned." explained the older fox "Some singles, some in pairs and group photos. Starting with the single shots, then a group shots of the kits, parents before we do your photos. It give you time to get ready for your photos."

"Well I better go get ready." answered Sakura

In the human world a group of ninjas moved though the land of Earth.

"Still no sign of any demons." stated the girlfriend of the Kazekage, Matsuri

"I know." stated the Kazekage's sister Temari as they kept jumping from tree to tree, they followed the main road but remained out of sight stopping to take a look at any of the small villages they passed. The news was the same in almost everyone they came across the entire village had either been burned to the ground or if it couldn't have been burned explosives where used. It was so bad in one village that no two stones where on top of each other. The road was no better, discarded carts some full of supplies lied on the road. Some with signs of battle around but others the people had disappeared without a trace.

"It's like every living soul is gone." stated a Sand ANBU

"They are." stated Temari as they neared the top of a large hill that had a clear view down the valley where Iwagakure was located.

"My God." said a sand ninja as they reached the top only to see the mighty village that once held hundreds of thousands of people was gone. The massive walls had been torn down and every building had been distoryed, the massive towers which used to hold the population of the village lied on the ground.

"They distoryed everything." stated Matsuri "Why would they do that?"

"They had no use for it." answered Temari as she scanned the area before turning toward one of her ninjas. The ninja carried a large pack in which he had several messager hawks in the pack "I need four hawks."

"What for we haven't found any demons?" asked the ninja as he got out the hawks.

"That is the point, if they are not here where do you think they are?" asked Temari as she began to write the messages down.

"Back in their own world." answered one of the ninjas

"Preparing to attack again." added Matsuri

'Yes, for all we know they are hitting us right now or they could just be gathering to attack again." explained Temari "Either way we have to warn them that the demons have left this area it means that they are gathering their forces for their next attack."

She quickly wrote down the messages attaching it to each of the hawk's legs before letting them fly away.

"Now we have to hurry home, if we move fast we should be able to get back by nightfall tomorrow." Explained Temari as the Sand ninjas turned and started running back to their village unaware that was the next target.

Sakura took a quick shower and after making sure her fur was good she went upstairs just in time to see Naruto, Adria and Seth standing in front of a the camera in a pose. Naruto being the oldest stood in the back center with Adria to his right partly in front of him and Seth to his left and partly in front of Adria.

"Good, you made it just in time." said the older fox as Adria and Seth moved off "We will get you and your mate-in-waiting and then some of just you."

Sakura did what she was told as she moved toward Naruto standing beside him. Naruto wrapped his arm around her back as the camera fox began taking photos. They followed his instructions getting into poses. Finally he took photos of Sakura by herself, one of which involved her having all seven of her tails out, it was another one of their tradition to have one done.

"Alright time for the pack." ordered the fox as Sakura started walking.

"Where do you think you are going?" asked Kushina "Your pack too."

Sakura smiled as she took her place beside Naruto right behind the sitting Kushina and Minato. Stood to her parent's right and Seth to their left, it was the same positions as the older portrait that hung on the fireplace behind them only Naruto and Sakura where in the photo.

"This is my pack and we are about to betray the demon fox village." Thought Sakura with a smile as the photo was taken.

Even with the threat of a demon attack the Leaf village still threw their yearly celebration of the defeat of the Kyuubi by the 4th Hokage. The villagers filled the street that night to celebrate; fireworks filled the air as liquid spirits flowed from the local bars. New and old couples walked through the streets hand in hand while kids ran around playing their games, however not everyone was celebrating.

"I wish Naruto was here, he could lift the mood." said Kiba as he and the other unturned members of the rookie 12 gathered in a small bar near the Hokage building.

"I wish we didn't have to worry about a demon attack." stated Shino

"I just want Naruto-kun back." stated Hinata

"Wouldn't it be funny if they attacked tonight?" asked Ino as everyone looked at her.

"It would be ironic." stated Shikamaru "But we have our plan in place and if they attack tonight or a year from now we are ready."

"What is our plan?" asked Kiba

"You don't have clearance for that." stated Shikamaru "The only people here that do know is Ino, Sai, Hinata and myself."

"Still it would be nice to know our plan." said Kiba

Later that night Kushina was snuggling into her mate's chest.

"So tomorrow we finally make it back to the Leaf." Said Kushina

"Ya…" said Minato "I have to admit Sakura's plan to get out is cleaver."

"She is smart." said Kushina "And she is good for Naruto."

"So she is growing on you." laughed Minato as he felt his wife's hand resting on his chest.

"Ya." said Kushina "Naruto and her look good together."

"Well give them a few years and we may be grandparents." laughed Minato

"I am not ready for that yet." said Kushina

"You never are." laughed Minato "My mom freaked when you told her about Naruto."

"Ya…too bad she died a month before Naruto was born." said Kushina "Maybe I wouldn't have had so many sleepless nights knowing she was looking out for our boy while we were trapped here."

"No…you won't have." said Minato 'You wanted to be a mother more than anything."

'Ya." said Kushina "I mean today was perfect, the six of us all together. It was right."

"Ya, like when Naruto put a little bit of cake frosting on Seth's nose and he kept trying to lick it off." Laughed Minato

"Ya…it was perfect." said Kushina as she felt sleep coming to take her.

"Goodnight, Kushina." said Minato as he rubbed Kushina's back which caused sleep to come even faster.

"I love you Minato." whispered Kushina as she let sleep take her.

Well I hope you liked this chapter, even though it was shorter than normal. I posted on my profile short description of the stories I am currently working on. You can go vote on which one you like from my profile. Now until next time please keep reading, thanks Wilkins75