The shadowed form suddenly became several, that seemed to multiply to either side of the one lone figure, all walking at the same pace as the original – towards them.

'Get everyone inside, we have a problem,' Itachi growled in response.

'How many do you think there are?' Kisame growled out, flashing his teeth at the shadows that multiplied suddenly. Each shadow popped out from behind the one in the centre and flanked the shadow in the middle.

'What does it matter, get inside, now!' Itachi growled out. His eyes looked at the number of shadows that were now slowly making their way towards the home. His otouto is out there still and he found himself stuck between a rock in a hard place. The amount of shadows was greatly outnumbering what wolves were available inside the Uzumaki home. Not to mention there were wounded omega's in the house.

Itachi turned and snapped at Kisame who hadn't moved yet. Both wolves quickly slipped back into the Uzumaki home. Itachi slammed the door closed with a paw and quickly called the Uchiha pack members. Kisame, Hidan, Obito and Izumi rushed to stand before Itachi.

'We have a problem,' Itachi started. 'It appears a larger vampire clan is here, larger than I have ever anticipated. We are greatly outnumbered. How are the others?' Itachi tried to keep his wits about him while speaking through the bond. His pack needed leadership, he couldn't let his worry about Sasuke keep him from making the right decisions. He could only pray that his otouto was safe out there, in the midst of the horde that was making its way to the Uzumaki home.

'The Uzumaki's are beaten up, but I believe the majority will be able to fight. The two omega's are in worse shape, not that I would allow them to fight." It was Izumi talking this time.

Itachi turned to face two of the Uzumaki wolves that were in the room. He nodded his head towards the window before turning towards it, the two Uzumaki wolves following. Because they were from different packs, they couldn't communicate through a bond but they could definitely understand each other through other means. Itachi huffed a growl out as he looked out one of the windows. He could see the shadows slowly coming closer to the home. It was as if they were mocking the wolves inside.

The two Uzumaki wolves grunted out a response, indicating they saw what the Uchiha wolf did.

'This is bad,' Kiba called to Sakura, who stood beside him.

'And Naruto and Kyuubi aren't here, where did they go?' Sakura piped up.

'Sasuke and Iawi aren't here,' Hinata now spoke as she stepped up behind Kiba and Sakura. 'No doubt Naruto and Kyuubi went to find them.' Hinata whined out, 'I hope they are safe.' She looked out the window to see what the situation was.

'We need to secure the house and hold them off as long we can, kill as many as we can and hopefully Naruto and Kyuubi will be back swiftly! Can anyone make a call to Kakashi or something? I don't know where the fuck my phone is. If we can get a hold of him, maybe he can send reinforcements!' Kiba barked up softly.

Hinata and Sakura both shook their heads. 'I don't know where my phone is after all that has happened. The house is in shambles!' Sakura spoke up first and Hinata just nodded at her, stating she was in the same situation.

'We got this,' Kiba hummed with a bark, nudging the two beta females. They took places next to the Uchiha pack and nodded their heads with confirmation huffs. Nagato was looking after Kimimaru and Konan still down in the cellar. All the wolves stood together in a line, a silent agreement of standing together.

==/\/\==

Naruto looked over Sasuke, who was still asleep on the bed, Iawi tucked in his side, who was letting out small bubbles of noises. Naruto ran his fingers through the thick black locks, his heart going out to his mate who seemed to be struggling with inner demons that were etched in his beautiful face. "I'm here Sasuke," Naruto whispered as he placed a kiss on Sasuke's forehead. The omega didn't respond to the touch and Naruto moved his hand to gently place it upon Sasuke's abdomen. "I'm here to protect you both, don't worry," he whispered. Iawi gurgled and Naruto smiled at the small cub. "Don't worry, I got you too little one." Naruto moved and nuzzled the small cub.

Naruto was startled slightly when Utakata came into the room.

"We've got a problem," Utakata whispered in the room and quickly closed the bedroom door before coming to step beside Naruto, a concerned look on his face.

Naruto looked past Utakata, his ears listening closely for anything. He couldn't hear nor sense anything nearby, just the quiet of the forest. He gave Utakata a quizzical look.

"They're outside, I-I can sense them," Utakata whispered.

Naruto knew immediately what the other wolf meant. He glanced around the room, his ears listening intently and then down at Sasuke and the cub. "Let's move them to the area under the floor," Naruto whispered out and pointed to the trap door.

The bedroom door slammed open, two vampires hissed out before jumping into the room. Naruto pushed Utakata to the side before lunging at one of the vampires, his fangs bared and a growl escaping his lips. "Fuckers," Naruto growled out as he hit the one vampire head on, but it felt like Naruto hit a brick wall. The vampire was strong as fuck and Naruto grabbed hold of the vampire and forced it to the ground. The vampire hissed and snarled on the way to the floor, trying to swipe at the blond alpha.

Utakata was surprised when Naruto pushed him to the side, but quickly found his barings when the second vampire was heading for the bed where Sasuke and the pup still lay. He jumped and managed to tackle the other vampire midsection, trying to get the vampire to tumble to the floor. Luck was on his side as the hissing vampire was caught by surprise and tumbled to the floor with Utakata.

The room was filled with hissing, growling and grunting as both men attacked the vampires with vigour and determination.

Naruto managed to get several punches into the vampire's face and clawed at his body. "FUCK!" he howled out when the vampire's claws sliced through his skin. He was doing his damndist to keep the vampire's fangs away from his body, but the fucker wouldn't go down! The vampire continued to hiss and snarl at the blond and Naruto found himself losing his patience. It would have been so much easier to deal with this shit if he could just transform! But he knew there was no time and he needed to deal with this piece of shit fast.

Managing to get a grip on the floor, Naruto whipped himself around the vampire, his hip getting sliced by the claws and he snarled out from the pain but he didn't stop his trajectory. Slamming the vampire into the floor face first, Naruto wrapped his arms around the vampire's head and pulled, as hard as he could, pushing his knees into the creature's spine.

"UUURRGGGRRrrr!" Naruto howled out between clenched teeth as he squeezed and pulled with his arms and pushed down with his knees. The vampire thrashed out with his arms, trying to reach Naruto, catching his hips and legs with its claws. Naruto began to cry out and his alpha wolf snarled out with anger, pushing Naruto's mental walls, pushing at him, harder, harder, harder! Naruto fell back suddenly in surprise, fell on his back and looked. He had the vampire's head in his arms that was suddenly turning to ash. No time to celebrate, Naruto quickly scrambled to his feet to assist Utakata who was struggling to keep from being pinned.

Naruto flew at the other vampire, grabbing its hair and ripping as hard as he could while sailing over Utakata. The vampire howled out in surprise and lashed out quickly, but was subdued by Utakata moving faster than it. With the two wolves on the one vampire, it took no time for the vampire to turn to ash at their hands.

Naruto quickly got up off the floor, the bedroom was in shambles but that did not matter in the least, he needed to check on his mate and the pup!

His heart beat in cold fear and his alpha practically screamed in his mind.

The bed was empty.

Utakata could see what Naruto saw, and bolted out the bedroom door, Naruto quickly on his heels. A wisp of a giggle was all they heard just outside the cabin and both wolves did not hesitate in the least, making their way outside. They stopped in their tracks when they realised they were not alone.

At least six vampires stood in a semi circle, their silky hair blowing gently in the darkness, the moon highlighting their marble tone skin, their golden eyes focused on the two men that just came out of the cabin. Some were grinning, some were hissing but they were all standing, waiting as a giggling form ran into the darkness carrying a body in its arms.

"SASUKE!" Naruto howled out, seeing his mate being carried off into the darkness between the trees. Fury clouded his vision, the vampires that were in the area easily forgotten, allowing his alpha to explode in his head. He leaped through the air, transforming quickly and swiftly, all four large paws landing heavily in the snow and he leaped again, heading straight for the being that dared take his mate. The vampires immediately threw themselves at the large dirty blond coloured wolf, but the alpha's powerful jaws snapped at them, ripping them off his coat.

Utakata jumped through the air, following Naruto in transformation and lunged at the vampires that were trying to stop Naruto. He snapped his jaws out fiercely, grabbing at any vampire that he could reach. He saw the shadow slipping into the darkness of the tree, a limp body in its arms, knowing immediately that the vampires had taken Sasuke and the pup. Thinking of Iawi in the clutches in those–those creatures made bile rise in the pit of his stomach.

The vampires lunged at the wolves and Utakata helped keep Naruto free as best he could. Their combined fury worked wonders as Utakata managed to rip vampire after vampire so the blond wolf could get free and take chase. As the blond wolf managed to get away and continue after his mate and the pup, Utakata felt himself being held back by the vampires that remained. 'Go Naruto, go!' he howled out mentally, clawing and biting at the vampires attacking him. A couple followed the blond wolf, and Utakata hoped he could take care of the ones here quickly, before being able to give chase himself to help Naruto.

==/\/\==

The first vampires burst through the doors and windows of the Uzumaki home, hissing and baring their fangs. Kiba and Sakura lunged at the ones that came in, each taking on a vampire.

Kiba's jaws snapped viciously at one vampire, trying to get it off his back.

Sakura rolled into another vampire, snarling out and trying to rip her claws in the being.

'Hinata! Watch the north!' Kiba yelled out between snarls and snaps of his jaws.

Hinata slid across the floor as yet another two vampires jumped through a window, smashing the glass and immediately lunging at the smaller beta wolf.

'HINATA!' Kiba called out, as he tried to rip at the vampire on his back. He saw Hinata fall to the floor, snapping at two vampires, but they were overpowering her quickly.

A large black wolf was a blur as it ran across the floor and ripped one of the vampires off of Hinata. It was Obito, snarling and snapping quickly, his strength easily ripping off one of the vampires off of Hinata.

Nobody heard the other windows or doors being smashed open with the current ruckus. Itachi turned and took chase to three other vampires that ran through the rooms. 'They are trying to split us up! Don't chase them too far from the packs!' Itachi yelled through the bond.

'Izumi! Make sure none get to the cellar where the omega's are!' Obito howled out.

'There are four more at the west side, Hidan and I got this!' Kisame growled out, the two gave chase and lunged at the group, trying to ensure they kept them together.

The larger room was a mess of snarls, hissing with teeth and claws ripping apart furniture, walls, and the floor. Kiba took his vampire down, spitting out the ash before he helped Sakura finish off the vampire on her. Both wolves bolted towards Hinata and Obito, who were now surrounded by two more vampires.

Izumi stood guard near the cellar door, watching all around and listening to the chaos around the house. She could hear the Uchiha pack members growling and snarling through the bond, nobody was talking unless it was absolutely necessary. Izumi snapped her head around when the sound of crunching glass hit her ears. 'Shit, there are four more that came through the kitchen,' she mumbled. Her lips curled up and she bared her fangs at the hissing vampires that had seen her. Their golden eyes narrowed while they bared their fangs, their stances prepared to attack her. She could feel the hackles going up on her back as she prepared to defend the omega's in the cellar. She dug her claws into the floor and leaped towards the two closest vampires, a long growl releasing from her chest as she attempted to sink her teeth into at least one of them.

Itachi pulled at one of the legs of the vampires that he sunk his teeth into. The vampire hissed and howled out, slashing its claws at the large black wolf. Itachi tried to pull the vampire closer to the others, they had led him further from the other pack members, so he was alone. The large black wolf dug his claws into the floor and chomped harder on the vampire on his teeth before whipping the being into a wall. Two of the other vampires latched onto his back, clawing at his thick fur and trying to bite into his skin. Itachi howled out in anger as he attempted to clamp his powerful jaws onto another vampire. His legs were suddenly taken out from under him and he let out an 'umph' as the vampires piled on him quickly.

Hidan and Kisame continued their attempt at the four they took on in another room. They have successfully managed to turn one into ash, but the others were proving to be a challenge.

'FUCK! It's like they know our moves already!' Hidan barked out, as he twisted about trying to grab a vampire off his back.

'Just hold on! I'm coming!' Hidan roared out, his one paw ripping through the face of a vampire. It screamed out a horrid noise before starting to turn to ash.

'OBITO! Izumi!' Kisame howled out again, seeing Izumi's wolf body suddenly flying through the air, missing Kisame and Hidan. She slammed into one of the walls, debris shattering about as her body slumped to the floor, hard.

'I'm alright!' Izumi called and quickly got up, shaking her body as she began to run back towards the vampires that threw her. She snapped her jaws at one of the vampires on Hidan, grabbing it by the leg and giving it a quick toss while still running by.

'Damn I think I'm in love,' Hidan breathed out breathlessly before he turned and lunged at another vampire trying to get the better of him.

Obito ripped off the head of the vampire, its ashes filling the room and the small Uzumaki beta struggled to get up. Obito nudged at her quickly before Kiba came rushing to her side. Obito quickly looked about as the two beta helped each other.

'Oh fuck,' he called out, seeing more shadows outside the home. 'Just how many are of these fuckers!? Itachi! We got more trouble!' Obito ran to the other room where the Uchiha alpha was struggling with the vampires that had led him to another room. Seeing Itachi, Obito snarled out and head butted one of the vampires that had a grip on Itachi's neck. Itachi huffed out a thanks and managed to get back up on his feet. 'There's more out there Itachi, I don't know if we can fight them all off,' Obito called out as his teeth grabbed a vampire by the head and he stepped on its body, attempting to rip its head off. The vampire screamed out in agony, its claws flashing about trying to get at Obito, but it was futile.

'Get to Izumi! I got these ones!' Itachi barked out the order, charging at the other two vampires left in the room. Obito turned quickly and headed to where Izumi was guarding the cellar door.

Obito charged to Izumi's aid, as she was struggling with the four vampires trying to get through the cellar door. Obito managed to headbutt one of the vampires and clamped his jaws onto its arm, pulling it down with him. He shook his head violently, causing the vampire to howl out in rage.

Izumi continued to thrash about, trying to get a hold of the vampires that held her down to the floor. She howled out in pain as their claws swiped at her skin, trying to make her bleed but she managed to keep their teeth from sinking in. She couldn't see one of the four vampires make its way down into the cellar.

==/\/\==

Kyuubi dodged the trees swiftly, his eyes focused straight ahead, heading towards the Uzumaki home. His eyes picked up on the numerous shadows that appeared to be moving slowly through the snow, straight towards the house!

'Holy fuck, what the hell is this?' Kyuubi slowed suddenly, wanting to assess the situation. He certainly didn't want to be caught in an abundance of blood thirsty demons. His eyes caught the shadows of several vampires, walking nonchalantly through the snow, as if they were out for a leisurely stroll. He clenched his teeth. He could see and hear the commotion inside. He felt his alpha roar up with fear and anger thinking about Kimimaro being still inside the home. His alpha pushed on his mental walls to do something, now.

Backtracking slightly, Kyuubi took off between the trees, determined to hopefully get through undetected through the back door. He watched the numerous shadows carefully as he made his way through the deeper forest, taking a long way around to the back of the house.

Little did Kyuubi know, a few of the vampires knew of his position, but didn't make a move. One vampire stepped up to the one vampire in the lead. "Should we follow that red mutt?" the skinner vampire whispered out with a grin.

The other shook his head with a smirk, "no. It is obvious that filth will go inside to the others. What better place to have our meal but all on one plate?" The two vampires chuckled quietly and continued towards the home.

Nagato stood before Konan and Kimimaro, his teeth bared and hackles raised. A deep rumbling escaped his chest while staring at the vampire that came down the cellar stairs.

The vampire only just chuckled. "Oh please. You don't scare me mutt. You are weak, pathetic and the world doesn't need a waste of space like you." The vampire suddenly lunged at Nagato, sinking his claws into Nagato's coat.

Nagato snapped and snarled, whipping his head about to get his jaws into the creature. The pair wrestled on the floor, nothing but hissing and snarling was heard in the cellar.

Kimimaro threw himself at the vampire, landing his paws and claws on the vampire's back with a howl. The vampire hissed out loudly and arched his body as Kimimaro's claws embedded deep into its back. The small omega opened his jaws and attempted to clamp onto the vampire's head, but was hit with a bone cracking punch to his face when the vampire twisted. Kimimaro saw nothing but a flash of light and then darkness when his body flew from the punch. Kimimaro's small omega body flopped to the cellar floor with a loud thunk.

The vampire allowed the omega's claws to slice through its skin to attack with a powerful punch. It sneered as it watched the smaller wolf fall to the floor unconscious, spit out a gob of spit at the wolf then turned its attention back to the wolf still struggling below him. The vampire licked its lips quickly as it dug its claws back into the wolf. The wolf howled in pain and tried to thrash around, but the vampire held fast.

"Oh yes, you are feisty, be proud that you will make a fine meal," the vampire hissed out while extending its fangs.

An ear splitting snarl was heard before the vampire found himself struggling between a set of teeth. The vampire had no time to scream out in agony before its head was dismembered from its body. The large wolf snapped its jaws quickly on the head, sickening cracking noises exploded as the vampire's head was squashed and started to turn to ash. The wolf spit out the ashes before running towards the small blood covered white omega.

'Kimi! Kimi!' Kyuubi called out as he slid next to the omega's body that lay on the floor, unmoving.

Nagato shook his coat painfully and got up on all fours. He huffed out a sound to the large red wolf before turning towards Konan. 'Thank the gods that Kyuubi got back in time,' Nagato said to himself as he checked on Konan. The purple haired wolf was semi conscious and gave Nagato a loving lick to his muzzle through half open eyes.

'Konan love, is anything broken? Can you get up? Where's Iawi?' Nagato called out.

'S-Sasuke fled with him,' she responded and tried to get up.

Nagato nudged Konan lovingly, helping her to her feet, 'then we shall keep fighting to ensure he's safe.'

'Kimi?' Konan asked, trying to glance where the smaller omega was.

'Kyuubi is with him. I–I don't know how he is. He saved me–'

Kyuubi nudged the small omega, whining in the process when the small omega wasn't waking. He sniffed all over the omega's body, wincing at the numerous open wounds. He licked several of them, willing them to stop bleeding. 'Kimi, can you hear me? Come on–' he called out, worry etched in his voice. He didn't stop to think that Kimi couldn't hear him since they weren't of the same pack. He almost snapped when someone nudged him but stopped when he realised it was Nagato.

Nagato lowered his wolf head in submission, showing his respect for the red alpha wolf before him. Kyuubi huffed out approval and turned back to the small omega. Nagato began licking the wounds on Kimimaro, whimpering slightly and nudged his shoulder into the alpha, before looking up at the ceiling.

The battle was still going on upstairs, Kyuubi was needed and with a silent look, Kyuubi understood that Nagato would care for Kimi while he was needed with the rest of his pack. Kyuubi quickly dragged his wolf tongue across Kimimaro's head before giving a firm nod at Nagato and turned to head back upstairs.

Kyuubi wasted no time in lunging at the vampires that Obito and Izumi were struggling with. With an extra set of teeth, the three had no trouble ripping, biting and tearing apart the vampires before charging at the others in the house.

Kyuubi found Hinata, Kiba and Sakura, covered in ash and ripping apart the lone vamp left in that room. The four quickly came together and head butted and rubbed their cheeks, while sniffing each other out looking for serious injuries.

'We got a problem,' Kiba called out and shook the remaining ashes from his coat. 'They brought reinforcements.' He turned to look out the smashed window.

The other Uzumaki wolves turned to see where Kiba was looking. Sakura and Hinata gasped and Kyuubi growled.

Obito and Izumi ran to where Itachi was, who was just getting to his legs, also covered in ash, panting out harshly. Hidan and Kisame came rushing to Itachi, Hidan huffed out a snarky sounding snort and pushed his nose into Izumi. Izumi snarled and head butted the other wolf in warning.

'Hidan, knock it off,' Itachi grunted out, shaking his body to get the ashes off. Hidan just chuckled. 'How are the others?' Itachi asked, looking past the Uchiha pack into the other room.

'The omega's are alright. Kyuubi helped us get the rest of the ones taken care of. It would appear that the other Uzumaki's took care of their group.' Obito spoke up. 'But as I said earlier,' Obito turned to look out the one window of the room. 'There are more.'

The other Uchiha members looked to where Obito was looking, noticing several shadows making their way towards the Uzumaki house.

'We're in deep shit,' Hidan grumbled while the hackles on his back rose. 'But damn, this should be fun.' His tail wagged.

'Shut up and be serious for once,' Kisame snapped at Hidan.

Itachi quickly scanned the area, counting at least twenty shadows in his direct vision. He calculated the odds and for once, he worried. And also Sasuke was out there somewhere, was he safe, had Naruto found him yet? 'We need a plan.'

'Agreed,' Izumi growled. 'We are greatly outnumbered.'

The five wolves headed to where the Uzumaki pack members were, they all huddled, all knowing the situation they were in.

'We need to stay together,' Itachi explained. 'No one gets left alone and do not take off alone either.' The Uchiha pack all nodded in response.

'We need to stay together,' Kyuubi explained to the Uzumaki members, who also nodded their heads in agreement.

There was an unspoken understanding between the two packs as they all looked at each other for a brief moment. Kyuubi looked to the cellar then turned to Itachi. Itachi understood immediately. The omega's were still in the cellar, in no condition to fight and the two packs would need to protect them.

Nothing more was said before the sounds of crashing wood, shattering glass echoed around them. A mixture of hissing and howls erupted around the two packs. Instantly the wolves bared their rows of teeth, curling up their lips in warning, saliva dripping to the floor. The wolves snarled loudly, dangerously and viciously barked at the beings.

The vampires braced themselves, swiping their claws at the wolves, baring their fangs and hissing a warning in response. The vampires circled the two packs, as if mocking them.

Itachi bent his front legs, his claws digging into the wooden floor, his eyes focused on one of the beings. He gave a deep sounding snort that signified his next move. He pushed off the floor, jaw wide open and behind him the two packs rushed the horde that descended upon them.

==/\/\==

Utakata snarled and twisted his body when pain sliced through his side. No sooner than he would turn, another burning pain would hit him and he twisted again. The vampires were teasing him, not full out attacking but enjoying playing with their prey. It was the only reason he could think of since they had him circled, he couldn't escape easily but they had not full out attacked him.

The sounds of heckling and jeering echoed in Utakata's ears followed by painful cuts and swipes to his body continued. He began to look for an opening, but he knew if he kept the majority of vampires here, Naruto would have a better chance of getting to Sasuke and Iawi.

Utakata found his body slammed into the frozen ground, his muzzle shoved into the deep snow and he howled out in surprise and pain. It was apparent that the horde had decided to now pounce on him, immobilising him instantly. Claws were embedded in various parts of his body, causing burns of pain when he tried to wiggle free. The vampire laughed all around him, pulling his ears and tail, calling out profanities.

"Break his legs so he won't be able to run," one of the vampires called out. Hoots and calls of agreeance echoed in the air.

"We need to get him back. The masters will be pleased to see him."

Utakata struggled against the burning claws that were pulling at his wolf body, trying to roll him over. He snarled, snapped and whipped his head about, trying to catch any of them between his teeth. It was all in vain, as several hands grabbed his front leg and snapped it. Stars flashed in Utakata's eyes as he shrieked out from the pain, the wolf trying to pull his body away from the attackers by instinct. His cries shook the snow from the tree limbs when another leg was snapped, the wolf whipping his head back and forth from the onslaught of pain. He struggled to get his back legs to move, crying out in agony as his front legs wanted to move too but strikes of pain was the answer.

He felt his body being flipped unceremoniously onto his back into the snow covered ground. The corners of his eyes were starting to darken, he didn't feel the tears falling from his eyes, all he could feel was the fiery pain of his two front broken legs being flopped about and the instinctual panic that his wolf brought. His wolf cried out in agony, the claws were grabbing his back legs now, the wolf knew what was coming and darkness consumed Utakata. He welcomed it, for there was no pain there. His last thought was that Naruto got to Sasuke and Iawi in time.

The vampires sneered and laughed as the wolf went limp in the snow. Their hands grabbing the back legs and holding up the wolf like it was a finished kill.

A black blur broke from the darkness and grabbed the head of a vampire, ripping it cleanly and quickly, turning the body to ash and the vampires all shrieked in surprise. The ones holding the large unconscious wolf hissed out, baring their fangs wide and dropped the wolf as several other large black wolves leaped from the darkness towards them.

There was no time for the vampires to get away as they were overtaken by several black wolves, all snarling and clamping their jaws on their prey. Wolves ripped limbs, tore through the vampire flesh, through the sounds of screaming, hissing and snarls. The vampires jumped, slashing their claws, but as soon as an arm would go out to cut at wolf flesh, the arm would be ripped from their socket, and chewed relentlessly between huge teeth. The area was silent within minutes, with only the soft wind blowing about the ashes of the slaughtered vampires. Where there were many, there were now none, and several black furred wolves gathered together around the still unconscious wolf that lay in the snow.

A deep blond coloured wolf, with grey streaks, stepped between the black wolf and sniffed at the wolf in the snow. The wolf stepped back and began to transform. A bag fell from the wolf suddenly, and the woman quickly pulled out a long sweater and soft boots. Stepping up to the unconscious wolf, the woman put her hands about the thick fur, checking the injuries.

"I don't know who he is, but he's badly injured. I don't know what the vampires wanted with this one, but I would bet my left leg that Naurto probably knows this one." The woman spoke loudly.

"What makes you think that this wolf can be trusted if you don't know where he is from?" Another voice called out. A man stepped forward, draped in a long coat and boots. His thick black spiked hair rustled in the breeze, his red eyes looking from the unconscious wolf to the woman. "What makes you an expert on this situation Tsunade, hmm? Got some secrets to share?" The man glared at her.

Tsunade glared in response and clenched her teeth at the man, her chin stuck out in defiance. "How dare you question my pack Madara! This is Uzumaki land! And I know for a damn fact that Naruto would never, ever, put his pack in danger by allowing a stranger to be left with his pack!" She stomped towards the black haired elderly wolf and pointed a finger into the man's chest, hard. "Don't forget that Itachi and his crew came here with Naruto not two hours ago to assist the Uzumaki back. Don't you ever question my pack's honour again." She shoved his chest with her finger again and turned back to the injured wolf.

"What we should consider here is that there was a horde of vampires attacking this one wolf and I have no doubt that there are more of them. We need to get to the Uzumaki house now!" Tsunade glared at all the wolves that were around her and settled her narrowed eyes on the elder Uchiha Madara.

Madara puffed up his chest and let out a grumbled huff. He turned on his heel and quickly shed his jacket and boots before transforming into a magnificent black wolf again. Tsunade waved to a smaller wolf, with light brown hair.

"Shizune, help me with this one," she snapped her fingers while kneeling beside the unconscious wolf. While the light brown haired wolf transformed, Tsunade whispered, "I don't know who you are, but I hope you're all what I said you are."

==/\/\==

Itachi fell to his side, his breath being sucked out of him. The vampires were scrambling to grab his legs, trying to pin him to the floor, another one sitting on his neck, pushing down on his head. Itachi's jaws struggled to grab a hold of a vampire, hitting nothing but air while he attempted to get out of their grasp.

The others weren't fairing much better. He could hear his pack howling out through the bond. He couldn't hear the Uzumaki pack, but at times he could catch a glimpse of them being barraged by a mass pile of vampires. The sounds of howls, barking, snarling was a constant ring in his ears. He released a howl of pain when several claws sliced through his thick coat and he had a slight thought of doubt on how they would survive this.

A sound wave of howls, barks and snarls suddenly erupted through the room were not ones that Itachi recognized. Panic fled through his system as thoughts of more vampires invading came to his mind. In a burst of strength, he managed to flip off the vampires that held him and quickly glanced about the room.

Several large black wolves began ripping through the room, ripping and chomping off vampire's legs, limbs, some of them right in two, and the shrieks coming from the vampire's lips was almost deafening. Itachi stumbled back, his legs weak from the constant attack of fangs and claws upon his body, and he would have collapsed if the one wall he leaned into didn't hold him up.

He immediately recognized the wolves as the Uchiha clan. Their numbers had overtaken the vampires that were in the home, not to mention their speed and strength, something that he knew his own pack and the other's were rapidly losing. He watched the motions of the Uchiha clan, quickly turned all the vampires to ash, and any that tried to escape were quickly chased down. He limped over to one of the doorways to check on the Uzumaki pack.

The Uzumaki's had been overrun, just like the Uchiha's earlier, but thankfully, with the addition of the Uchiha clan reinforcements, they quickly assisted the Uzumaki pack, leaving a flurry of ash that began to settle onto every surface. A black wolf with silky hair and grey around its ear quickly ran up to Itachi giving him a loving cheek rub.

'Kaachan–' Itachi panted through exhausted breaths. He returned the cheek rub gesture to his mother. 'How–'

'We all decided to attend once Tsunade told us of her concern. We figured better to be safe than sorry,' she purred out through the bond and began to lap Itachi's muzzle. 'Thank goodness we got here when we did.'

A pained howl broke through the moment that had Itachi and Mikoto turn their heads towards the sound.

'Hidan!' It was Kisame that barked out suddenly through the bond and broke into a run out of the room. Itachi bolted right after Kisame heading towards the sound of agony that bounced off the walls of Itachi's mind.

Kisame was the first to slide into the room and his roar vibrated the walls when he took flight. His claws and jaw were extended to the max when his eyes zeroed on the vampires that had their fangs and faces buried into Hidan's neck. Rage exploded through the wolf's veins, the beta jaws slammed down on one vampire's head, the sickening sound of a popping skull echoed through the room. Kisame didn't stop. He turned on a dime and leaped at the other vampire, only to be blocked when a vampire slammed into him from the side.

'Kisame!' Itachi howled, running into the room and nearly retching at the site. There were nearly a dozen vampires holding down Hidan's body, who knew how many had sunk their fangs into him and were draining his blood. Several vampires had pieces of bloody flesh between their lips, blood soaking their clothes and running down their face. Some were ripping at the skin with their teeth and claws, tearing chunks and the sounds of slurping, suckling echoed throughout the room. Hidan's body twitched about, like a rag doll as the vampires had their way with him. Itachi howled out a war cry as he charged and a few others that were right behind him, quickly began to grab at the beasts.

Itachi couldn't feel any pleasure when his jaws broke through skulls, bones and flesh. Anger boiled within him, the image of his pack mate at the mercy of these vile creatures – continued to flash in his mind, infuriating him to the point he didn't feel his own body. He could only feel the flesh being sliced through, the ripping of muscles, the breaking of bones, and with each vampire turning to ash, only fueled his desire for more revenge.

It was over before he knew it, and Itachi found his alpha clawing at the floor, ripping at clothes of what was left, as if wanting the ashes to come back to life so the alpha could kill it once more. Itachi quelled his alpha, realising that the mob of vampires had been distinguished. He turned when he heard Kisame howl out in sorrow through the room.

Itachi's eyes widened when he recognised the wolf form of his father, Fugaku, standing in human form, kneeling by Hidan's still wolf form body. Fugaku ran his hands over the blood soaked fur that was matted in clots of blood, mud and god knew what else. Itachi could see the massive wounds littering Hidan's body and he quickly went to Hidan's side. Kisame's head was lowered to Hidan's closed eyes, whimpering and howling softly.

'Quickly! We need to get him–' Itachi began to bark out orders. He began to lick at the larger wounds on Hidan's body. 'Kisame, hurry–'

'I'm sorry son,' Mikoto whispered out, standing before Itachi. Itachi flicked his head to look at his mother, before looking over at his father, who was shaking his head and standing up. 'He's gone.'

Itachi stumbled back, falling on his haunches, his mind in shock. Kisame continued to whimper quietly, Fugaku bowed his head in respect and Mikoto stepped closer to Itachi, watching him carefully.

'Itachi hun, come, we need to get you looked at,' she spoke through the bond, her voice wrapping around him mentally was like a warm cosy blanket. But there was also something in her voice that had Itachi snapping his eyes to hers in an instant.

'We need to find Sasuke.'