Second Chances

Chapter 29

"Woohoo!!" hollered Kurama as he rode on a feral wolf's back.

"Awesome!" "Be careful!" "You didn't!" exclaimed the three omega as they watched Kurama lead the feral wolves in their rampage. "Kurama! You realise that we're supposed to use the feral wolves as cover right!" yelled Iruka.

Kurama jumped off the alpha wolf's back and jumped on the tree Iruka was hiding in. "I know but if I don't lead them they might go on a real rampage. Right now they aren't rampaging per say but they are going for a run." said Kurama.

"What am I going to do with you?" asked Iruka with a sigh. "I assume the head alpha is under your control?" asked Iruka to which Kurama nodded. "Good. Transform into your wolf form but change the colour of your fur. You'll lead the rampage while the rest of us hide among the feral wolves." said Iruka to which Kurama nodded. 

Kurama jumped off the tree and transformed into a black wolf mid-air. He landed on his paws and howled, successfully getting the head alpha's attention. 'That's a good alpha. Keep your eyes on me.' thought Kurama as he ran towards the village with the head alpha right behind him.

'Wherever alpha goes his pack will follow.' thought Iruka as he watched the rest of the feral wolves follow after their alpha. "Little ones, at the count of three jump then run!" yelled Iruka. "Right!" responded Naruto and Shino.

"One, two, three!" yelled Iruka then all three omega jumped off the trees and joined the feral wolves in their run as Kurama put it. Thanks to their scent blockers the three omega were practically invisible to the feral wolves.

The feral wolves ran around the barrier covered village much to the surprise of the villagers. When feral wolves go on a rampage they usually destroy everything in their path. For them to actually go around an obstacle instead of trampling it, is simply unheard of. 

'This is amazing! thought Iruka as he ran with the feral wolves. This was the first time Iruka had been out of the village and he was thrilled. Everything from the adrenaline flowing through his system to the feel of wind on his face was completely amazing. As he ran, he looked at Naruto and Shino who running by his side and it seemed they were in the same state of euphoria as he was.

By the time the four omega reached the border the entire border patrol unit was waiting for them. It was only natural that the news of the rampage had already reached the Land of Waves so the four omega weren't surprised. They were actually prepared.

The border patrol unit created a barrier to keep the feral wolves from crossing the border. The feral wolves began attacking the barrier in hopes of breaking it. Since the border patrol was distracted by keeping the feral wolves from crossing the border it made it easier for the four omega to slip past them.

Kurama, having escaped the head alpha's attention managed to transform back into his human form. This allowed him to slip passed the barrier with the rest of his family but it unfortunately angered the head alpha. This is what caused the feral wolves to attack the barrier. They were responding to their alpha's anger.

Behind the barrier Naruto signalled for his shadow clone to start releasing its pheromones. This managed to calm the feral wolves causing them to stop attacking the barrier. Just like Kurama, Naruto's clone started leading the feral wolves back to the forest.

Once the feral wolves started to leave the Umino family headed for the Land of Wave's harbour. They disguised themselves so as to not alert anyone to their presence. Though disguised they still kept to the shadows.

By the time they reached the harbour it was already noon. They snuck aboard one of the cargo ships in the harbour. They inspected the ship from top to bottom while making sure to keep out of sight. Once they were done with their inspection they hid themselves in the ship's cargo hold.

"I'm exhausted." said Kurama as he sat on the floor. "I don't know what you're complaining about. We still have a lot of work ahead of us." said Shino. "I don't like this place." said Naruto as he looked around. This put everyone on high alert.

"What exactly don't you like about it?" asked Kurama as he stood up. "I don't know. I just don't like it." replied Naruto as he started trembling. He closed his eyes and wrapped his arms around himself as he tried to stop his trembling.  "Let's go outside for a bit so mother and Kurama can spruce up the place." said Shino as led Naruto outside.

"Do you think he sensed something?" asked Kurama. "Yes." replied Iruka as he started sniffing the air. "Mother, while we were inspecting the ship, I noticed a few discrepancies in the ship's manifest." said Kurama as he looked around the cargo hold.

"Are you referring to that fact this cargo ship is used to carry more than just fruits and veggies?" asked Iruka. "You noticed it too?" asked Kurama. "The smell of death is hard to ignore." said Iruka as he wrinkled his nose. "Should we find another ship?" asked Kurama. "We can't. Out of all the ships in the harbour, this is the only one that's not drenched in the smell of death." said Iruka.

"Maybe we should find another place to hide." said Kurama when he caught the faint smell of bleach. "No that won't work. You saw how he reacted when we got here. I don't want to see how he'd react if we tried to hide in one of the rooms on the ship and besides it'd be much more difficult to keep our presence hidden." said Iruka.

"I guess we should start sprucing up the place then." said Kurama with a sigh. "Right." said Iruka as he took out a summoning scroll from his bag written cleaning supplies. "Mother you didn't actually..."

"What? A shinobi must be prepared for anything." said Iruka as he released a mop and a bucket from the scroll. "Let's get started then." said Iruka as he handed Kurama the bucket. 'We're not actually going to clean this entire place are we.' thought Kurama as he looked around the cargo hold. "Why did we have to choose such a big ship anyway?" asked Kurama as he looked at his mother who was already sweeping the floor. "It's much easier to stay hidden in a large ship than a small ship." replied Iruka. "Don't just stand there. Get to cleaning, your brothers will be back soon." said Iruka.

"Right" said Kurama. 'Wait, now where am I supposed to get water?' thought Kurama.