Mar's Maelstrom
By The Obsidian Blade
Chapter three-thieves and werewolves
Naruto was sitting under a tree with his eyes closed. His ears twitched every few seconds and his tail swished. His hands were in his lap and Kubukiri was stabbed into the ground next to the tree. Rays of sunlight washed over the young teens face.
Babbo looked at Naruto and smirked. The teen was asleep. Now was his chance. He started to hop away, only to hear something stab into the ground and he was pinned. "If you think you are leaving then you are sadly mistaken Babbo," Naruto's voice rang out as he yawned and got up. He let a satisfied grin cross his face as he heard his bones pop into realignment. Babbo turned around to see why he was stuck. Right in the center of one of the links of the chain was a kunai. The Arm pouted at the lost chance of freedom.
Naruto grabbed Kubukiri and secured it to his back and walked to Babbo. He knelt to the kunai knife and plucked it before grabbing the chain so the 'gentleman' wouldn't try and make a brake for it. He placed the kunai into his holster before following the chain to the hammer and grabbing it. "Let's go, there's a stream near by and we need water."
"What are you doing ordering the great Babbo around like that!" the Arm yelled. "If you can't act like a gentleman at least learn how to behave to one!"
"Yeah because you are a real gentleman," Naruto replied in a sarcastic tone.
"Is that an insult rude boy?!"
"Hmm, I don't know, maybe it was, maybe it wasn't" the blonde retorted in the same tone. The blonde then turned towards the stream. "Like I said, we need water so get your metallic ass in gear."
Babbo sighed as he hopped in front of the blonde. The duo managed to go into a forest full of tall trees. The animals were strange to Naruto. Even a lot of the insects were different. "Are you sure we are going the right way?" Babbo asked.
"Yeah, I'm sure," Naruto replied. "You don't miss much with my senses."
"Boy?" Babbo asked Naruto gave a grunt in reply. "What are you called again?"
Naruto sighed. "You don't have the greatest memory do you?" Naruto said in a mocking tone. The metallic sphere started to yell in anger before Naruto waved him down. "Relax, I was only kidding. My name's Naruto."
"Hmm, Naruto, what a silly name." Naruto shook his head.
"Yeah Babbo is a silly name as well but you don't see me complaining about it." a big tick mark appeared on Babbo's head.
"What do you mean silly!" Naruto didn't pay attention to the sphere's rant. He was more worried about the people who were on their way to the pond that they found.
"Be quite," the blonde told the sphere. "We have company."
Sure enough two people appeared. One was a big man. His gut over lapped his pants. His red shirt barely fit the man for heaven's sake. The kid next to him had some kind of cross like necklace. His ears were pointed like an elf's and his eyes were like a cat.
"Now, now," the fat man said. "We can't have anyone fighting. You must let me help you settle this little quarrel."
The boy next to him decided it was his time to speak. "Mokku-sama and Chappu can settle anything!" he proudly proclaimed.
"Yeah, I believe you two as much as I trust this pain in the neck not to run away," Naruto said as he pointed to Babbo.
"I am tired of having this little crybaby who's afraid to be alone tail behind me" Naruto looked at the thing strangely. His left eye was twitching like mad.
"And I was crying when exactly?" Naruto asked in a bone chilling voice. Babbo looked at him with a sneer.
"The whole entire trip rude boy." Naruto's eye looked like it was having trouble before the blonde started top twirl Babbo around like mad, trying to give the sphere motion sickness.
The two thieves looked at each other as they noticed the Arm was alive. They started o whisper to each other their plan. Naruto would have noticed the plan if he wasn't so busy arguing with the novelty toy as he liked to put it.
"Ahhem" the fat man called Mokku coughed out, gaining the attention of the two fighting. "Well the sad truth is that some people don't match up. Once things go wrong between the two they never get better. You'll only make each other miserable." The man pointed to Naruto in a weird fashion. "Are you really afraid to be alone?"
Naruto glared at the man before speaking. "Wrong question to ask fatty."
The man took that as a no so he pointed at Babbo in another weird fashion that made Naruto wonder if the guy was really allowed to be in public areas. "And you would like to go it alone?"
Babbo bounced happily. His face was practically a second sun. "Yes! You understand perfectly!!"
"So then it's settled!" Naruto nodded as he walked away from the group. Only one thought passed through his mind.
'Good riddance you over inflated ego.' The blonde was going to find somewhere nice and secluded to sleep and think of why Dorothy gave him that kiss.
"Maybe it's because she finds you hot kit," Kyuubi commented. "I know I do." The last part was made out in a purr of affection. "Why don't you come here and let me show you how hot you really are?"
Naruto grumbled something about 'vixens who are to horny for there one good' before he found a nice place to lie down. It was a grassy clearing with the tree branches full of leaves creating a canopy above. He stabbed Kubukiri in the ground and fell on his back next it. He was hoping that the vixen in his gut would not pull him to the mindscape as he was pretty sure that he wouldn't be able to resist her. After all, she was in heat.
Before he could doze off he heard voices up in the canopy. "Did you see what the Mokku gang just pulled?" "I saw! I saw!" "Those crooks will do anything to get their hands on an Arm."
"So they were crooks eh," Naruto mumbled o himself. "Oh well, no skin off my nose."
"Looks lie they got a new one to sell." "That round thing is an Arm?" I think so; they don't make many talking Arms." "I bet they will sell it for a fortune." "I wonder who the will sell it to?" "A rich prince."
Naruto had some thoughts about rushing over and saving Babbo. Then he remembered ho Babbo acted. 'Serves the bastard right,' the blonde thought to himself.
"It's weird enough to sell to a beast master." "He could teach it tricks…"
Naruto was hit by images of Babbo jumping through rings of fire with a lion on the other side and a tamer whipping him he got up and shook his head. "Alright, I get it. I am going after the over inflated egotistic bastard." He strapped Kubukiri to his back before firing off one last remark. "And you know what. Fuck you karma!"
The blonde blurred in the direction he knew the two thieves were heading off. He knew that they wouldn't be able to make it far do to the weight of the novelty item sized Arm so catching up would be easy. He jumped for the trees and started to hop from tree branch to tree branch, hoping that all of them were sturdy enough to hold up his weight.
He found the three with ease. He was right, they weren't very far. He jumped down and blurred behind the man that was currently dragging Babbo by his mustache. The teen drew a kunai and had it pressed against the man's neck.
"Either you let him go or your neck with be the point blank target for my kunai." Naruto's voice was bone chilling. The man shook with fear as he complied with eh order. Babbo quickly talked.
"You came," the sphere said with tears in his eyes.
The blonde looked at Babbo and smiled. "Yeah I guess I did." He then looked at the man. His face darkened as he disappeared next to Babbo. With his left hand he gripped the hammer. His chakra swung wildly along his arm as it enveloped both the arm and Babbo. "Demon's whip!" he swept Babbo through the air in a whip lie motion, hitting both Mokku and Chappu, knocking them out.
Naruto looked at the Arm before smiling a goofy smile. The two walked out towards the field that was out in the distance.
Night quickly came. Babbo stopped in front of Naruto. The blonde looked at the sphere like something was wrong before speaking his mind. "Well I've been thinking that I've been rude," Babbo answered. "And as a gentleman I can't accept that. Forgive me Naruto! And thank you!!!"
Naruto chuckled. "It's cool man. Karma gets the best of us."
"And as a token of my gratitude," the sphere started off again. "I will now agree to let you be my side kick. Yu get to help me recover my identity. Oh, lucky boy!"
Naruto face vaulted at that before having the sphere dangling in front of his face again. "Sorry buddy I am no one's side kick ugly." The two started to fight again. Unlike the other fights it stopped quickly when Naruto looked at the moon. "We've got to find some where to sleep."
Babbo nodded in agreement. This place was unknown to them both and they could easily end up in the wrong place at the wrong time. Naruto looked around to find a two story house with a broken picket fence. In the front he could see some kind of garden with some vegetables. The good thing about the house was that all the lights were on. "Well, let's see if they know where a town is."
When they got near the garden Babbo jumped for the garden and started eating the vegetables. Naruto sighed. "You know the way you eat is disturbing. And this is not even our food. Think of the penalties that might in sue. We will have to give money man! Money that we certainly don't have!" Naruto kept up his rant to hopefully get Babbo to stop eating like a maniac. Before they could o anything more the house door swung open.
"Stop right there you monsters! If you destroy anymore of thins garden-!" Naruto turned to the door. He saw a weird kid a few inches shorter than him. He wore light green pants with some sort of weird design on the keg if it, a green tank top, spiked shoes and a bracelet with a small shovel hanging off it. His hair was black and spiky and he had three small whisker like marks. To Naruto he seemed like a farm boy, a very nerdy farm boy.
"You know, I never really thought someone would mistake Babbo as a monster," Naruto thought out loud. "Helpless, maybe but never monster." The kid face vaulted.
"Who are you?" he asked.
Naruto and Babbo managed to find a place to sleep for the night. The boy's mother aloud them in. she was an old farm girl and her clothes proved it. She allowed the two to eat some of the vegetables that they grew. They were pretty good in Naruto's opinion, but not as good as ramen. Nothing was as good as that of course.
"Thanks for the food lady" Naruto said.
In the mean time the kid was pointing an accusing finger at the two. "You think that we are growing those vegetables just so-"
The boy never completed the sentence as he was hit upside the head. "Now jack, when was the last time we had a human visitor? Eat up sonny!" Naruto smiled at the lady before biting into another vegetable. 'You know Kyuu, these aren't that terrible. Still prefer ramen but still, these aren't that bad.'
"Kit, nothing is as good as ramen to you," Kyuubi said form with in the seal.
'You bet your tailed ass!' Naruto shouted back.
"Kit, last time I checked you also have a tail." Naruto pouted at the comment. He just could never win. The blonde looked at the boy as he seemed to have a mental brake down form questioning Babbo.
"Uh ma'am, is that your son?" Naruto asked.
The old lady nodded happily. "Yup, that's Jack. We make a living growing and selling these vegetables."
Naruto shook his head. "Sorry Baa-san but we don't have any money."
"I don't want your money!" the lady practically yelled at Naruto. "Just eat and rest up!!" This like having another son. I'm going to make you soup tomorrow." Naruto had a blank expression on his face. Visions of his own Kaa-san invaded his memory.
"Wishing that she was still earthbound are we Kit?" Kyuubi asked.
Naruto gave a mental nod. 'Yeah, it's kinda hard not to miss the one of the only people who acknowledged my presence.'
"Relax kit, she's in a better place," the vixen said in a reassuring tone. Naruto nodded before smiling at the old woman in front of him.
"Sure." The old lady smiled cheekily before rushing of to clean the dishes. Naruto's ears twitched as he heard animalistic breathing coming outside. The blonde rushed to the window and looked at the cliff. He could see some wolf like figure perched on top of it. Kami, how he hated wolves. They were nothing but flea ridden mongrels to the blonde. Kyuubi said that all kitsunes hated the canines but he would never know.
"Hhhooowwwlll!!!" the beast howled out into the air. Naruto let out a feral growl and rushed after Jack. Maybe the kid could lead him to the flea bags.
He followed him to a shed where he and his mother kept all the equipment. On the far side was a cloth with a bloody claw mark on it. "Jack, you and your mother have some explaining to do," Naruto said in a serious tone. He started to walk inside.
"They started coming a year ago," Jack started. "Coming here and eating our vegetables with out permission. The 'Rogelu Brothers', Werewolves." Naruto growled at the mention of it.
"Damn flea bags need to die," the blonde muttered while reaching over Kubukiri that was placed by the table as it would hurt to sit in a chair with the thing on his back.
"A long time to be pushed around," Babbo said. "Did you ever fight with your whole heart boy named Jack?!"
Jack seemed to take offense to the comment. "I fight with everything I got! It's just that they always manage to petrify me."1
"Well no wonder they l-." before Babbo could complete the sentence Naruto swatted him with the blunt side of Kubukiri. "Why did you do that?!" The look in Naruto's eyes told him why. The talking Arm grumbled before turning to the old woman.
"Please, it can't be helped," Jack's mother protested. "Vegetables I could always plant more of, but I could never grow another Jack." Her smile was wide and cheeky. Kami, how he missed his mother. It just wasn't fair.
------Some where in Marchen (At least that's what I think it's called) -------
Dorothy was wondering around, looking for a tailor. She had an idea to make Naruto hers. Hit was simple really, all she had to do was get them to create an aphrodisiac and then she would be able to sate him. She could just imagine the wedding. She sighed as she thought of the children that they could have. Small little fox kits with pink and blonde hair. She hopped that they would gain the best qualities from the two. She giggled silently to herself as she remembered how he purred under her touch. She could only imagine what kind of effect it would have on him in bed. She laughed to herself as she gained the thing that would ensure him to be hers. Yes, he was going to be hers.
A/N Well sorry people but I am going to cut it off there. As for the 1 icon well I am not going to go over that lash back as it was just Jack freezing up. Yeah I might (most likely) add a female Kyuubi and another character form Mar and Mar only. So yeah, still contemplating on who it will be. I got some real nice ideas on Babbo's transformations and again, sorry for cutting it off before we got to the werewolf fight.
