Foxed Love
Chapter One
By Kellyq
A swift moving pink blur went from tree to tree followed by yellow. They were both demons - one was a fox and the other was a cat. They were the last of their kind - being hunted by humans - which meant that they were always on the run. The fox ran ahead of the cat to see if they were still being trailed down by two humans.
He looked around and sniffed the air; he didn't smell danger but he could sure feel it. He turned to see his friend falling from the tree. Sakura, no, he thought with great horror in his eyes, as he watched her land hard on the ground.
A growl escaped from the back of the fox demon's throat, as he saw that it was one of the hunters. He had long black hair, and he wore all black.
The black haired hunter looked down at one of his prey. His smirk was slightly twisted as he reached down to touch her face. Right at that exact moment, her eye snapped open, and she swiped at him with her claws.
The hunter moved out of the way as Sakura jumped to her feet, ready for anything. The fox demon watched for a moment and sniffed the air. Something didn't feel right - something about the hunter wasn't right. The demon looked back at Sakura to see that she was shaking in fear.
What would she be afraid of?
The demon fox looked back at the hunter to see that he was looking right at him. The hunter had black cold eyes, that held nothing - like there was no emotion in his eyes. The demon started to shiver, as his mind went blank. He felt like the hunter could see right through him.
This hunter was just plain scary.
He stepped up causing the fox demon to fall back and out of the tree. The blond demon landed on the ground quite hard on his chest.
"Naruto!"
Sakura ran up but was stopped by an arrow, that landed between her and the fox demon: Naruto. Right at the exact moment, as Naruto was sitting up a coyote demon stood in front of the blond boy.
"Gaara -?" Sakura uttered out.
"Get Naruto to safety," the red haired demon commanded. "This is no ordinary hunter. Kakashi has already taken care of the other hunter." At least I think he did.
Kakashi was a Wolf demon, with gray hair, a scar over his right eye. He too had an eerie look in his eyes. He didn't have that look all the time - it was only when he was angry or when he tried to mesmerize his opponents.
"My brother was always weak," the hunter said. "It wouldn't surprised me if he died in the hands of weak demons like you."
Sakura's eyebrow twitched. Gaara's expression hardened as his eyes flashed dangerously. He may think we're nothing - but knows nothing! Gaara looked at his friends, then back at the hunter.
"I told you to get Naruto out of here," Gaara hissed under his breath.
The pink haired demon stepped up and took hold of Naruto, helped him to his feet. The demon let out a squeak as he was pulled further down the forest.
They both came to what looked like a hut. Sakura opened the door and stopped dead - Kakashi was sitting next to the other hunter - but he seemed out cold.
"Hi there," he smiled innocently.
Sakura's eye brow twitched, knowing that Kakashi was going to make up some lame excuse why he saved the younger hunter.
Naruto walked to the dark haired boy. He looked wet and there was a gash on the side of his head. Naruto reached out, but yelped suddenly when the young hunter's eye snapped open. He reached out and before Naruto knew what happened, the hunter had him pinned to the floor.
"You better let me go," the hunter demanded, pointing his knife to Naruto's throat. "Or I'll kill him."
Both Kakashi and Sakura's eyes widened. The pink haired demon stepped out of the way as the dark haired boy took hold of the fox demon and pulled him to his feet.
Kakashi watched as the dark haired boy walked to the door. He's no ordinary demon hunter, the demon wolf thought.
"What's your name," Kakashi asked, moving his hands in sign language.
He had to tell Naruto what was going on, since the demon fox was deaf. Deaf - due to having a high fever when he was small.
The young demon hunter narrowed his eyes. "Sasuke Uchiha -"
Kakashi froze, as his eyes widened, then narrowed too. "Then that other hunter was your brother - Itachi Uchiha -"
The tension in the air was thick as they both looked at each other, until there was a shreak that came from Sakura. This caused Kakashi and Sasuke to look at her.
She looked pissed. "If you weren't so hot - I'd use you as a scratching post!"
Kakashi sighed. "Stand down, Sakura - now is not the time -"
At that exact moment, Naruto started to struggle out of Sasuke's grip. He had tears coming down his face, and he was shaking as well.
Sasuke turned to look back at the fox demon. "What's wrong with you?"
Kakashi let out another sigh, seeing that the young hunter was about to repeat himself. "He's deaf, Sasuke. He can't hear you."
The dark haired boy's eyes widened a little. Deaf? An edge of guilt made it elf known on Sasuke's face. He let go of Naruto, who turned and was ready to punch the hunter. He missed by one inch and fell forward in a heap toward Sasuke.
The dark haired boy was a bite suppressed, including the others. Naruto barred his face in Sasuke's shirt and continued sobbing.
Gaara jumped off the tree, and looked around him. Good, he's not following me, he thought. He wasn't that far from the hut. Gaara sniffed the air and his expression hardened. So, that other hunter is still alive - you better know what your doing Kakashi.
With that last thought, he took off running on all fours toward the hut.
To Be Continued ...