Zenko; Feral

Life With the Hyuuga

Hiruzen looked at Naruto, the boy cleaner as Hinata had managed to bathe him with the help of the whole Branch Family. Naruto looked at him warily and growled at the ANBU accompanying him, large ears flattened back and body low even as he positioned himself in front of Hinata. Obviously he recalled being chased and attacked by the masked people.

Hiruzen raised his hands to placate the growling child, "Naruto...this is Dog. He's my bodyguard. He's not going to hurt you,"

Naruto sniffed the air and yipped, growled and snarled before yipping again. Obviously he was saying something but no one understands him. Hinata wondered, "Maybe he doesn't trust anyone with mask?"

Hiruzen realized that she might be telling the truth. Naruto was trapped for two years with people in masks, believed to be betrayed by one also in a mask. He can't tell the difference between ANBU and the ROOT agent that attacked him. Hiruzen gestured, "Mask off,"

Dog took his mask off and Kakashi stared at the state of the once rational boy. He looked at Hiruzen and the Hokage nodded, giving him permission to properly drop his ANBU persona. Kakashi asked, "What happened? I know...I know he's not like this when I last saw him,"

Hiruzen shook his head, "I'm not exactly sure but I recalled from security footage that he was attacked by a Raiton Jutsu...I guess whatever injury he sustained it had gone untreated for the last 6 years," He looked at Hinata, taking note of Naruto's attention to her and gained an idea, "I will need to have a medic examine him. Hinata, if you can keep him calm until we finish, I would be most grateful,"

Hinata nodded and turn to Naruto, "Stay..." She put a hand on his head, causing him to purr. He rubbed his head against her palm, completely ignoring the Hyuuga medic that offered to do the deed. She started to use Iryojutsu carefully on his person. Naruto turn to snap at her but Hinata quickly distract him with pats and scratches. She took a moment longer around his brain area and finally stopped. She bowed to the Hokage and reported, "His brain is mostly fine but the part in charge of behavior and speech has been damaged...."

While Hiruzen let her talk out her medical jargon, he watched the interaction between Hinata and Naruto. Clearly the boy adored her as he let her play with his person. The Hyuuga had managed to dress him in one of the short yukata they owned, someone's spare pants had been repurposed to tie around his waist as the back was cut open to accommodate his tails. Clothes will all have to be custom made.

His hands and feet were completely black. The nails had hardened into black claws that clacked against the floor. He saw the base of his foot and blushed at the adorable black beans that were his paw pads. They looked so squishy....

Once the medic finished her report, he asked the most important question, "Can it be treated?"

She looked at him, "He had been living in the forest and had adapted to his base behavior. It will take years of treatment and human interaction to correct his feral habit,"

Hiruzen nodded, "I suspected as much..." He looked at Hiashi and the medic, "Can this medic be trusted?"

Hiashi nodded, "She is in charge of my family's health,"

Hiruzen narrowed his gaze, "Can she be trusted with your belief?"

Hiashi understood, "She's against the elders' hypocrisy, if that is what you meant,"

Hiruzen nodded. He looked to Kakashi, "Seal up,"

Kakashi quickly stick special grade seals all around the room, erecting a special barrier used by the Hokage to divulge high class information. The medic paled but stayed where she stood, waiting for her orders diligently. Hiashi looked at Hiruzen, "Sandaime-sama?"