Sorry this took so long but i'm exhausted and swamped with work.
What will happen in this chapter!!
1. You find out what Kiba lost!
2. You find out a little about that story Hinata heard about in the begining.
3. Kakashi knows all!!
i own nothing other than this idea.
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Naruto, Iruka and Kiba were handed over to Ten-ten once they arrived at the palace. Ten-ten was the head of security and she made sure everything was running smoothly in the palace. She wore navy blue boots and a white vest with black pants. She had her hair up in two buns.
"You boys will join there majesties in this dining hall after you all have bathed and changed." Ten-ten instructed gesturing to the room off to there left.
Naruto and Kiba looked inside the room admiring all its fine works of art. Iruka was holding Ten-ten's hand as to not get lost.
She led the boys into one of there grand guest rooms. She let go of Iruka's hand after they all walked inside.
"Shikamaru will come around for your…" She examined what the guys were wearing. "clothes." She said waveringly.
Pakkun had walked in with them and was now helping them get the fabric off.
"What was the point in wearing that if we just take it off?" Kiba asked once he freed himself of the mast.
Pakkun just rolled his dog eyes at Kiba and presumed to help Iruka. Shikamaru came to the door then knocked three times.
"Come in." Iruka said after finally freeing himself of the piece of mast.
Shikamaru walked in. "Oh my God!" He covered his eyes.
"What?" Kiba asked confused.
"Why are you all naked?!" Shikamaru yelled still covering his eyes.
"Miss Ten-ten told us to take it off." Iruka said innocently.
"Did your brains float away while you were out at sea?! Get into the tub, please!"
The three looked at each other; well Iruka looked around in a general area. They all shrugged, Naruto and Kiba saw a huge shell like tub. They walked over to it, and then Naruto walked back and grabbed Iruka's hand leading him to it.
"Is this it?" Kiba asked popping a bubble.
Shikamaru took his hand off and nodded. The three got into the tub slowly.
"Troublesome" Shikamaru muttered while picking up there "clothes".
Ha! This is fun! Naruto kicked his legs splashing Kiba and Iruka..
Pakkun was about to jump into the tub when Shikamaru grabbed him by some loose fur in the back of his neck.
"Hey what're you doing?"
Kiba asked, as he saw Shikamaru leave with Pakkun and there clothes.
"Kakashi also has some dogs so I'm going to go put yours with them. He'll be fine; Kakashi's dogs are all pushovers." Unless Kakashi orders them to attack. He added silently. "Put those under garments on once you get out." He pointed towards the bed.
Three pairs were lined up in size order. With that he left, Kiba shrugged as Naruto splashed him again.
"Thank you for assisting us." Iruka said bowing.
Shino and Chouji just nodded then grabbed there materials and left. Now all of them were fully dressed in human clothes.
Kiba wore a dark red vest with a lighter red shirt underneath, black pants and of course black boots. Iruka wore something similar to Neji's outfit. It was a white shirt with a tint of blue in it then a dark blue vest over it, accompanied by dark blue pants and navy blue boots. Naruto wore a black shirt the turned white near the ends of the sleeves, black pants with some white dots sown in, and like Kiba, black boots.
"Now remember we have to remain calm. We'll walk into the dinging hall as if we were walking into the dining hall we have under the sea. Understood?" Iruka said.
"Yeah we- Naruto!" Kiba half agreed. "Come back here!"
Naruto had run out of the room, to eager to wait for Iruka to finish. Iruka listened and could tell that Kiba had left as well.
Iruka sighed. "Great." He spat sarcastically.
He walked down the hallway trying to hear for Kiba, or Naruto running, or just anybody he could ask for help. Finally a sound hit Iruka's ears and he walked over towards it with his arms out starched making sure not to bump into anything. He found a door and held his right hand on it.
"Parmesan cheese! That is it!" a voice rang.
Iruka scrunched up his face confused. What's "parmesan cheese"?
"Now what does this say to do…Ah here we go!"
Some clanging and was heard then the man yelled out.
"2 pounds of dolphin sprinkled with salt." Iruka's face paled. Dol...phin!
"Then we add pepper and lemon juice, just a dab! Then we broil them for 10 minutes!"
Iruka was now leaning on the door. Broil!
"Sprinkle with parmesan, and then we have there dinner!" Gai announced once he had put the dolphin into the oven.
He turned and saw Iruka leaning against the door and looking awfully pale.
"Hello there my not so youthful visitor, why do you look so pale?" he asked giving him the good guy pose.
Iruka opened his eyes, notifying Gai that he was blind.
"Oh." Gai dropped the pose but kept smiling. "Don't let being blind get you down! Here allow me to give you the hug of youth!" Gai went towards Iruka.
"That's ok!" Iruka yelled standing straight.
"Come now!"
Gai called again and went to hug Iruka, but Iruka ducked on instinct and ran into the kitchen.
"Really it's ok!" He rushed as Gai kept chasing him.
"Ten-ten, what is chef Gai making us tonight?" Itachi asked.
"Oh, your all going to love it! It's a new recipe he found, "Don and Susan Shaw's Royal Dolphin"!"
Kiba and Naruto stared at each other form across the table both paling. Thinking of how Iruka would take it when he found out the animals, he trained were being cooked and eaten. The both gulped audibly and slumped into there chairs. Crap.
Naruto sat next to Sasuke who sat next to Itachi. Kiba sat next to Neji who sat next to Hinata, who sat across form Itachi. Both the Hinata's and Sasuke's parents couldn't make dinner because they had gone off to some royal gathering.
"Um…w-where is the other g-guest?" Hinata asked.
Kiba smiled at her, loosing his train of thought by just looking at her.
They all looked at Kiba because Naruto couldn't give them an answer. But all Kiba did was look at was Hinata. Naruto kicked him under the table to get him out of his gaze.
"What?!" Kiba snapped at Naruto.
"Where's your other companion?" Neji asked not looking to happy.
"Oh…uh…I don't know." Kiba explained slowly.
Sasuke opened his mouth to say something but a series of crashes stopped him. They all fell silent and looked towards the door.
Ten-ten smiled while walking backwards. "I think I should go check on what Gai is doing."
She smiled then turned around with a determined face and marched off as more crashes rang through the air.
"Come and receive your youthful hug!" Gai yelled running around the kitchen.
"You stay away from me dolphin killer!" Iruka ordered then collided into something.
The thing Iruka collided into grabbed his arms and hoisted him so that he was standing straight up.
"Gai stop pestering the guest." Came the voice of the person who was holding Iruka.
Gai stopped in his tracks and glared Kakashi down.
"Kakashi, my rival! What are you doing here?"
"Walking." He stated bored.
"Coming to gaze at my amazing –"
"Gai!" another voice yelled.
Miss Ten-ten. Iruka recognized her voice. So this man holding me must be Kakashi. So then Gai is the man who was cooking…dolphins.
"What are you doing?!" Kakashi could've sworn he saw flames coming out of her mouth.
"I was just…" Gai tried to explain.
"Where's the food?!" Ten-ten yelled again.
It's true that Ten-ten is younger than Gai, but she was higher ranked than he was so he had to listen to her every order.
A ding caught everyone attention and Gai jumped over the fallen shelves and pulled to Dolphin out adding the finishing touches. And putting everything onto a plate to serve.
"I'm sorry about that, he's just a little…over energized." Kakashi explained pulling Iruka out of the kitchen.
Iruka straightened himself up as much he could. As Iruka felt around making sure his shirt was tucked in and looking presentable. Kakashi was examining him.
Brown hair in a ponytail, and a scar…across his…nose. Kakashi reached up and felt his eye patch.
"Did you…?" He began Iruka looked up to him.
"Are you ok?"
Ten-ten barged in. Iruka and Kakashi looked at her. She covered her mouth then apologized.
"Oh, I'm sorry was I interrupting?" Kakashi shook his head smiling.
Ten-ten smiled then, turned back to Gai and grabbed the platters that held all the food. She then turned on her heels towards the dinging hall. Kakashi grabbed Iruka's hand.
"May I escort you?" Kakashi asked raising Iruka's hand.
"Y-yes." Iruka stuttered.
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I forgot to inform all or you this so I am now. Why no one finds it weird that Naruto was making out with a male is because all mer-people are born bisexual. Then by a certain age the choice which gender they favor some remain bisexual, like Naruto. Iruka chose men, Kiba chose woman.
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This is ridiculous! I mean I'm handsome, strong and much more mature than Naruto so why am I sitting so far from Hinata?! Kiba thought glancing around the table.
Across from Kiba was Sasuke and Naruto bickering, and that human prince had a smirk on his face meaning he was just enjoying how flustered Naruto could get; then besides Kiba was Iruka and Kakashi, who were making nice conversation.
Finally there was him, too far to talk properly to Hinata and just bored out of his mind watching the other love birds.
"Ok, Here is your dinner."
Ten-Ten announced stopping all small talk so that she could present there meal.
Iruka refused saying he wasn't hungry. My poor dolphins….murders. He thought. Kakashi also declined. While the rest of them took there food and began to eat.
Naruto gulped then took a bite of it. Maybe I'll just eat the stuff around it. He peered at the green things and sliced bits of orange that were scattered around the green, there was a plop of white stuff with some brown pieces scattered on top of it too. Never mind.
Kiba chewed on the dolphin then slowed down and swished it around in his mouth. He swallowed it and sat there glancing around the room as if waiting for something to happen, then he decided to try something else on his plate, he picked up some of the white stuff.
Again he swished it around in his mouth and kept it there. He swallowed it again then backed up his chair a bit.
"Um…"
"Something wrong?" Ten-Ten asked from behind him.
"Yeah…Is this food…I mean is there something wrong with it?" he asked gesturing towards the dish.
Everyone at the table looked at him weirdly. As Ten-Ten picked up a piece of dolphin and chewed on it.
She turned her head side to side. "No. Why? Do you not like the taste of it?"
"Something like that." Kiba said racking a hand through his hair. "Could I have something sweet, please?"
"Oh sure." Ten-Ten smiled. She reached onto the table and grabbed the honey. "Here you are."
"Thanks." Kiba poured it onto his spoon then sucked on it.
Ten-ten placed the honey back in its place. Then the whole table gave Kiba the weirdest looks, minus Iruka who had no idea what was going on.
Once Kiba robbed the spoon of all its honey; he calmly stood up the grabbed Iruka's arm hoisting him up.
"Excuse us, Naruto?" Kiba gestured for Naruto to follow, which he did.
The others just watched as they left the room, then began eating again.
The three walked a ways down the hall until they were completely out of sight from anyone.
"Kiba is something wrong? Are you ok?" Iruka asked worried for his one charge.
Kiba's mouth was gaped open then he yelled throwing his hands in the air.
"I can't taste anything!"
Naruto and Iruka's jaws slacked.
"What?!" They yelled/ mouthed.
"I can't taste anything! It feels like nothings in my mouth at all!"
Are you kidding?! Why couldn't I have lost my taste! This is retarded! I loose my voice and all you loose is your taste buds! Naruto continued to silently fume.
"Are you sure? You can't taste anything at all?" Iruka asked.
"Nothing! If I didn't feel the food going down my throat or swerve around in my mouth I swear I wouldn't even be able to tell I was eating anything!"
Kiba stated, Naruto stomped up his face and pointed a venomous finger in his face then mouthed some words and pouted.
"Alright calm down." Iruka tried.
Naruto jumped right in front of Kiba's face again. Oh quit being a baby! I lost my voice and I'm, kind of ok with it! All you lost was your taste!
Kiba had figured out some of the words Naruto had mouthed but didn't catch all of it.
"Just go along with it, we act like nothings wrong with you." Iruka explained.
Both boys nodded. And Kiba led Iruka back into the dining hall. They reentered and everyone fell silent again.
"Why did you all just leave like that?" Itachi asked.
"Nothing, just a small…meeting." Kiba lied.
They sat back down and began to eat again.
Kakashi kept staring at Iruka intently. How?...It has to be him, but how? Kakashi asked himself still studying Iruka. An idea hit him and he leaned forward over the table a bit.
"Hinata." She turned to him and put down her silverware. "What was that story the sailor told you?"
"Oh not that." Neji said wiping his mouth.
Sasuke rolled his eyes and leaned back in his chair. Mer-people, hn ridiculous.
Itachi, and the rest of them looked at Hinata for an answer. She blushed from all the stares and forced herself not to lower her head. She tapped her fingers together nervously then in a meek voice began.
"The...the man had told me about mer-people and why humans and mer-people don't make contact anymore." Kiba, Iruka and Naruto paled, there skin somewhat resembling Sasuke's and Itachi's.
Kakashi noticed this and his one eye widened a fraction, but he gestured Hinata to continue.
Hinata summoned up all her courage and continued. "W-well the man said there was a time when humans and merfolk didn't have a problem helping and talking to one another. B-but then one day a merman got caught by some humans, now the people that had caught him were scientists."
She took a calming breath then continued.
"What happened after the men had caught the merman wasn't known. But the s-sailor said his boat had come right by the scientists' boat. And they saw the men push the merman back into the water."
"Well then no harm, right? They must have been helping the…man." Itachi stated, trying to understand.
"N-no. What happened after that was what shocked everyone." She took in another breath. "The scientists waved for the other boat to come closer. S-so they headed towards the scientists boat but they were stopped."
She put her hands up showing the 'stop' sign with the. "The ocean water stopped flowing then after a minute it became very rough and then from under the water a bolt of, what looked like lightning, struck the boat instantly setting it on fire; exploding it into millions of pieces."
She moved her hands to like how something would explode.
Itachi, Kakashi, and even Neji and Sasuke, who had showed some interest in the story looked slightly shocked. Kiba and Iruka looked mad, while Naruto just shadowed his face with his hair.
"An…and then a merman appeared out of the water and blew off the end of the sailor's ship. They all escaped using the life boats but ev-ever since then humans and mer-people never saw nor tried to make contact to one another." She finished, blushing and bowing her head.
"Wow such an elaborate tale." Itachi spoke relaxing into this chair.
"Rubbish, merfolk? What a joke." Neji sneered.
"I agree." Ten-Ten stated picking up Itachi's plate.
"Even if they did exist, the tale you just told, if that is true, then they must be brutal creatures." Sasuke said flatly.
Naruto sat up from his seat and walked out of the room. Kiba got up and bowed a little then grabbed Iruka's arm again.
"Another meeting, excuse us."
Everyone rose and eyebrow, minus Kakashi who was moving his eye back and forth deciphering his puzzle. Then his one eye widened and he threw his stare towards the door and titled his head to the side in confusion.
The two caught up to Naruto as he was fuming and complaining, throwing his arms all around.
b Lying vile creatures! I can't believe I took any interest in them at all! They don't even know what happened! He pointed to himself then Kiba and Iruka. We're the "brutal creatures"?! We've never experimented on a human like how they experimented on me! They don't even know what happened!
Iruka nudged Kiba to get a clue on what was happening.
"He's fuming." Kiba whispered.
Iruka nodded then they waited for the prince of the sea to calm down.
Once Naruto was panting, from his mute rant; Iruka spoke up.
"I know this isn't the time but, I told you. Humans are evil creatures it's in there nature. Now I'm sure you see why your father is so protective of you and why so many mer-people detest humans."
"Ok! That's it!"
Kiba hollered then grabbed Naruto's collar and hoisted him up a bit.
"Get over it! So they got the story confused, big deal! We'll straighten it out later. But I will not allow you to quit on this whole human thing! You got me addicted to this stuff so there is no way I'm letting you quit on me now!"
Kiba dropped Naruto and then grabbed Iruka's collar and pointed a finger in front of Iruka's face.
"And You! Drop the human hate-red, ok?! 'Cause guess what, you are one!"
He stepped back from the two and straightened out his shirt. "I will not be the only one participating in this deal! Alright?! Get over it, deal with it, now let's go back to dinner!"
Kiba huffed then stormed back to the door leading into the dining hall. Naruto and Iruka stood there in shock for a moment before Naruto began to lead Iruka back in as well.
By the time the other two came back into the dinning hall Kiba was already in his seat and eating what was left of his dolphin; didn't matter to him if it was a dolphin once, he was hungry and frustrated.
They sat down and Kakashi smiled at Iruka and began to ask him questions about himself.
"So Iruka what's your favorite food?"
Kakashi asked little questions like that and Iruka would answer them until they had gotten into a calm conversation.
Naruto was still kind of miffed at how humans were twisting his story. He sighed, leaning his face onto his one hand.
Oh well I'll just straighten this whole thing out later…or I'll get Kiba to do it depends if I get my voice back. Hey wait, do I get my voice back? I mean I know it was payment but he couldn't have taken it away forever, right?
Kiba pushed his plate away, stuffed.
"Thank you Ten-Ten" Itachi stated after Ten-Ten had handed him an information scroll.
"Oh, well this won't do." Everyone, minus Iruka and Kakashi, looked over to Itachi.
"Neji read this scroll over, what do you think?" Itachi handed Neji the scroll.
Kiba and Naruto looked at each other and locked eyes when they heard the word 'scroll'.
Sasuke rolled his eyes at whatever his brother was talking about. And choose to look at Naruto.
"Hey dobe you haven't touched your food." Sasuke pointed out. He gestured to all the food on the plate. "Look, you took maybe one or two bites out of your potatoes and you haven't touched the salad."
"Wait a minute." Kiba said glancing at Naruto then back at Sasuke. "This white stuff is…potatoes?"
Sasuke gave him a dumbfounded stare. "Yes." He said then rolled his eyes.
Naruto smiled at Kiba. Without thinking Kiba took a spoonful of his left over potatoes and flung it at the scroll.
Unfortunately, he missed. But some did get onto the scroll, but most of it got on Neji.
I want to sit by Hinata! Kiba squinted his eyes shut hoping what Pakkun had said would work.
Neji blinked with his mouth gapping like a fish. Hinata covered her mouth to suppress a laugh. Sasuke just stared dumbfound-ly, again at Neji. Itachi looked amused, Ten-Ten gasped and waited for Neji's reaction. Kakashi looked confused. He was leaning over the table to see what had happened.
"Wh…wh-why did you throw…potatoes at me?" Neji asked not focusing on Kiba.
Kiba opened his eyes and looked around, finding that he was in the same seat away from Hinata he groaned then gave Naruto the 'what the crap' stare.
Naruto shrugged; then noticed how Kiba missed most of the scroll. He made an 'o' with his mouth. Then made a hand gesture to Kiba saying he missed.
Everyone watched as Kiba nodded in understanding, while everyone else was confused mainly Neji. So he reached over and scooped some of Naruto's potatoes.
"I wouldn't...!" Ten-Ten tried to warn him but Kiba already plopped the spoonful onto the scroll.
She covered her mouth with both hands. Itachi smirked. Sasuke just stared as Kiba fisted his hands and squeezed his eyes tightly shut. Are they psychotic? He went to look at Naruto who was staring eagerly at the scroll. That answers that. Kakashi sat back in his seat laughing slightly, this definitely fit.
Hinata let out a giggle, which immediately got Kiba's attention. He flew his eyes open and leaned over to see her. He sighed a love sick sigh, which only pissed Neji off more.
Neji bolted up. "What is your problem?! Why did you throw potatoes at me two times?!"
Kiba looked at him then blinked and realized... "It didn't work!"
Naruto slumped onto the table disappointed. Neji threw his hands in the air and starting yelling.
"What didn't work?! What are you talking about?!"
Ten-Ten scratched behind her ear watching Neji. Wow its not like Neji to explode like this but I guess I would to if someone threw food at me...twice...that was hilarious. She smiled, then she noticed Hinata laughing and smiled again.
Hinata was very self conscious so for her to just laugh without even trying to hold back was rare. She wasn't even blushing.
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Gai CHEF Ten-Ten person who keeps everything/one in line Kakashi knows all!! : )
I love torturing Shika!!!
KIBA LOST HIS TASTE!!! my Nii-san thought of this for me: )
See i told you the potatoes would fit in!!