Chapter 36 Home…Sweet…Home
Tsunade rushed down the stairs as she headed toward the ANBU base located deep under the Leaf village. The guards said nothing as she entered the high security section.
"Lady Hokage." stated a guard as he stepped between her and the door. "Please wait until we make sure it is safe."
"Move aside." ordered Tsunade as the guard stepped aside letting her entered the room. It was a rather large room which was divided with a sheet of reinforced glass cutting it into two parts. The larger section had Chakra suppressing seals ran around the room, half a dozen ANBU guards stood at the ready as they looked into the cell that took up three quarters of the room. Sitting in the cells where a group of people she thought she would never see again. There sitting on a bench was Naruto, dressed in his normal jonnin uniform minus the leaf headband. Beside him was Sakura looking a little bit more tired than she remembered but the same. Sitting with her back to the wall was the girl who had first appeared and started this who thing, Adria. Then she noticed the two people sitting by the one of the two beds. Her eyes widened as she looked at them, it was as if they hadn't aged a day there sitting beside a young black fox was Minato and Kushina Namikaze.
"Lady Tsunade." said Sakura as everyone looked toward the 5th Hokage.
"How are you doing old hag?" asked Naruto with a grin
"Depends, if you are still the Naruto I know or if you are a demon?" asked Tsunade as she looked at everyone else in the room, but mostly at Naruto, Sakura, Minato and Kushina.
"Well becoming a demon doesn't mean we have changed." said Naruto "But it has been interesting."
"Lady Tsunade we have transformation and this." stated Sakura as she pulled out a small golden vile "The transformation agent."
Tsunade's eyes widened as she looked at the small golden vile in Sakura's hands.
"We also have samples of my blood which I took while I was turning." added Sakura "I also brought some of the medical books…they don't have much about the transformation in only that it works by."
"Transforming the very DNA of the victim." stated Tsunade as Sakura looked at her "Itachi gave us some medical information but not that much."
"Well I hope this helps." stated Sakura "They didn't give me access to much at their hospital but…."
"Hospital?" asked Tsunade
"Ya, they have me working with the orphans giving them packs of their own." stated Sakura
"Packs?" asked Tsunade
"Packs equal Families." explained Kushina
"I see." said Tsunade "Then how did you get this?"
"I found it under the a cart when they where transforming the villagers from Iwagakure." explained Sakura "I sunk it out and then we took the first chance we could get."
"Who is the black?" asked Tsunade
"My brother." answered Naruto "He is not going to be happy when he gets up."
"Why?" asked Tsunade
"Because he sides more with the demons then humans." explained Adria
'I see." said Tsunade "Do you think our seals will hold him."
"I already added stuff that will stop him." added Minato
"But it can't stop you?" asked Tsunade
"No…it can't but we aren't the ones trying to escape." stated Minato
"I want to believe that but I have to look after this village first." said Tsunade as she opened the door "Sakura give me the samples."
"I wanted to work with you on finding a defense." Stated Sakura
"I would want you too Sakura but I need to study this first and if it checks out we can work together." explained Tsunade
"I understand we are demons now….you can't trust us fully." stated Sakura as she handed over the samples.
"I should have an answer by morning." said Tsunade as she stepped out of the room sealing the door behind her.
"Alright." said Sakura as the door closed.
"I wish I could have you talk to Shikamaru about the demons plan of attack but he along with most of our top forces are out preparing to pick up refuges from the Sand and Demon country." stated Tsunade "Hopefully they can make their escape."
"Don't look for any from Demon." stated Naruto as Tsunade looked at him. "They surrendered totally to the demons."
"In their message they said they might but I never thought they would surrender." said Tsunade
"That may be partly my fault, I told Shion they couldn't win and I couldn't help." said Naruto as he lowered his head. "I had two choices help them and blow any chances of making it back to the Leaf with the cure or lose them and get you the cure….I made a choice."
"It's not your fault Naruto-kun." said Sakura as she placed her hand on Naruto's leg, her fingers strangely close to his privates.
"Thanks Sakura-chan." said Naruto with a smile.
"Could they really be together?" thought Tsunade
"What about the Sand?" asked an ANBU
"Well last I saw they set up some chain explosion which destroyed a large part of the village." said Minato
"And opened a gash on my forehead." stated Kushina as she lifted her bangs to show red skin, a sign that the area had just been healed with chakra.
"At least fur covers it up." added Kushina as Tsunade realized that all this time she was talking to Naruto, Sakura and the other members of the Namikaze clan she was really talking to demons, no different than the young black fox that remained knocked out on the bed.
"I want to see you all." said Tsunade as everyone looked at her "I want to see what you have become."
"You want us to drop show our demon form?" asked Sakura
"I need to see what you became." explained Tsunade as they looked at each other
"You sure you want to see?" asked Naruto
"Yes." answered Tsunade
"Alright." said Minato as he changed from the classic image of the fourth Hokage to a blonde fox with black fur on his ears and lower arms and legs. White fur ran down from under his muzzle, down his chest before ending near his inner thigh, nine blonde tails each tipped with white fur moved behind him.
"You're as strong as the Kyuubi?" asked an ANBU
"I am a Kyuubi." stated Minato as he turned his silted blue eyes toward the ANBU "is a rank not a name."
Kushina and Adria followed, they seemed like younger clones of each other both had deep red fur and white fur running down their bodies. Just like Minato they both had black fur on their ears, arms and legs. The only real difference was the shade of the white fur; Adria had the same shade as her father while Kushina had a deep snow white color. The other difference was the fact that Kushina had seven tails compared to Adria four.
Tsunade took a deep breath as she looked toward Sakura; she had a good view of her profile. Sakura closed her eyes as she transformed. Tsunade watched as Sakura's face pushed out into a muzzle full of razor sharp teeth, her pink hair now seamed to cover her entire body. Her ears turned black before moving to the top of her head and becoming fox ears. Sharp claws tipped her finger and toes as her big toe become a dir claw. Her legs became double jointed allowing to move faster across open ground then any human. White fur ran down her chest as seven pink tails tipped with white fur moved behind her. Sakura opened her eyes to show that they were the same shade of green only with a silted eye. Finally it was over as the young woman who she had trained to be her successor now sat before her a demon vixen.
Naruto was the last one to change as Tsunade looked at him. His blonde locks moved to cover his body, unlike the others his ears where blonde instead of black. It was strange even has his face changed with a muzzle which had black whisker marks on its side and blue silted eyes he still looked like Naruto. His fingers which like the others was covered with black fur was tipped with black claws. He looked almost like his father the only differences was the blonde instead of black ears and twelve tails moving behind him.
"Twelve?" asked Tsunade as she did a double check of the number of tails
"Ya, I have twelve tails." added Naruto "I am the youngest to have twelve tails."
"You mean there are stronger demons then the ten tails?" asked an ANBU as he remembered the story about how the nine tailed beasts where created, a story which was created by the demons themselves as a cover story.
"The highest demon fox rank if fifteen tails but only the greatest and the most gifted get that rank by the time they die and normally that is near the end of their 80 million years life span." stated Minato
"The generals in charge of the army are 13 tails and they are probably in their mid 60 million." stated Adria "The members of the high council are 14 tailed."
"High council?" asked Tsunade
"The most powerful branch of the government." explained Kushina "The four living founding packs decide major issues and then bring them to the general Assembly for a vote. They actually just made us a member pack in the hopes we wouldn't turn against them."
"They try to get you to stay?" asked Tsunade
"They offer things." said Naruto "Mom and Dad are teachers at the war college, Sakura-chan got a job at their hospital, they made me a pack trainer."
"Pack trainer?" asked Tsunade
"A jonnin instructor." explained Sakura "They also provide homes and money for those who turned. When I was working at the hospital the orphans where jumping for joy to become demons just to have a families. Add to the fact that the drug makes you like being a demon."
"Hopefully we can find a cure." said Tsunade
"I don't think you can." answered Sakura as Minato and Kushina looked at her. "It changes our very DNA and human chakra is weaker then demon chakra."
"You want to give up?" snapped Kushina as she glared at Sakura.
"No…of course not." snapped Sakura back "In time with enough study maybe we could find a cure but….it more than likely wouldn't on pure demons.
"You mean Seth and Me." stated Adria as her mother lowered her head, she hadn't thought about that.
"Yes." stated Sakura as she looked at Kushina "I don't want to give up but a cure would divide our pack, Adria and Seth wouldn't be able to come humans."
"What about the others who where turned?" asked Tsunade
"Also I am not sure some want to go back…." stated Sakura "The orphans who finally found a family after no human family would take them in? How can we take them away from that? The goal shouldn't be to find a cure for ourselves; it is to find a way to stop the change from happening in humans."
"Because the demons won't attack if they can't change the humans." stated Minato "It would risk too many lives on their side. They would likely try to find out how you did it and then find a way to overcome it."
"It could even force a peace." stated Sakura
"Well none of that will happen if we don't let that old woman get to work." said Adria as she pointed toward the Tsunade
"You are Naruto's sister that is for sure." said Tsunade 'I will have someone bring in some beds."
"We only need two more." stated Adria with a grin as she looked at Naruto and Sakura 'Hopefully my brother and his mate-in-waiting don't get friskily with each other."
'Mate-in-waiting?" asked Tsunade
"Girlfriend.' explained Sakura as Tsunade smiled at the first piece of good news she had in days.
"Lady Tsunade I would like to see my mom." added Sakura
"I'll arrange it for the morning." stated Tsunade
"Sakura when will Seth wake up?" asked Minato
"I gave him the second sedative when we where an hour out from the Leaf so he has at least another four to five hours until he wakes up." stated Sakura
"That long?" asked Kushina
"Ya…it's a strong drug." added Sakura
'He will be pissed when he gets up." said Adria
"Ya….he will be." said Naruto as he looked toward his brother.
The grand council of the demon village was holding a meeting in the great hall.
"So the demon village surrendered without a fight." said the elder of the demon bears Kenadia
"Yes, no casualties." stated Gamba
"But you made our forces watch the humans carry out some ceremony?" asked the high chancellor of the snakes, Val
"Yes, but it was quite enlightening and if giving up a few hours for not losing anyone I will take that deal." Stated Gamba
"The prince is right." stated the head of the royal guards Vachan
"I agree." stated the president of the grand horse herd Achak "We lost too many of our kind with the debockal at the Sand village."
'They set a trap." stated Val "Our general did the right thing."
"He ignored one of our tracking teams that told him the humans where moving underground." stated the wolf leader Caden "It was only lucky that the tracking teams smelled all the bombs they placed behind the bunker doors or else we would have more deaths on our hands."
"What is the reports coming in from the three lands of Claws, Bears and Fangs?" asked the elder member of the demon fox high council Malik
"All taken with less than ten demons killed, humans taken to be processed." stated the panther heroine Padak "Easy conquests, all humans not to be used where killed."
"That leads us to an important issue what about the older humans that surrendered from Demon country?" hissed Val
'We already agreed that they would live out their days as humans." Stated Gamba
"I assumed where weren't going to honor that." stated Val "It is a drain on recourse keeping humans that can't help us alive."
"Is it worst then fighting them?" asked Gamba as he looked around the room "They gave up without a fight if we copy this though the rest of the villages then we will save thousands of lives not including those who we can't turn."
"True…every life of breeding age that isn't killed when we take their villages could give birth to two or three more demon offspring." stated Padak "It is worth keeping the older humans alive."
"Also they will make nice hostages if needed." stated Caden
"Agreed." stated the Snake Val
"What of the captured rate in the Sand?" asked Malik
"Only a third of the humans have been caught and they will likely cross into Fire country before we can reach them." stated Cade
"Chase them until the cross into fire country, if they cross we will get them when we take the villages in fire country." Stated Malik "
"What about the Namikaze Pack?" asked Gamba "Reports are they all made it to the Leaf."
"We hoped they wouldn't have turned on us but we made plans according." stated Malik as he took a deep breath "In some ways this may be for the best….they will see that they no longer belong to the human world."
Well I hope you liked this chapter, I know a lot of you wanted to see Hinata's reaction to Naruto being with Sakura and that is coming. Now I would like to thank everyone who reviewed and I ask that you keep on reading. Thanks Wilkins75.
