Author's note: This is chapter 11. Warning: Contains mature language, alcohol and drugs.

Chapter 11: Wandering Part 3

Eastern Shiyaki Forest, Nipponichi, 1 day after the incident at Hakone

Previously Huey and co. was captured by some corrupt officials near the Hakone checkpoint. With tough luck they managed to break free with the help of three wandering strangers and three half-anime characters from the town of Woohp. Once they had defeated the corrupt officials, Huey and co. continued their journey to Konoha, accompanied by Mugen, Jin and Fuu. However the road to the Leaf Village was quite dangerous and there was no telling what waited ahead of them.

Now they have entered the Eastern Shiyaki Forest. Much like the western part, it has many tall trees. However the landscape is much flatter than the more mountainous Western Shiyaki Forest. Some places in nature are quite open and consists only of green hills. But as the company travel through the forest, Fuu starts her irritating tantrums.

"Oooohhh, I'm soooooo huuuungry!" she said, much to the annoyance of the others, especially Mugen.

"Quit your whining! We are all hungry here, not just you!" he said.

"And granddad says I'm annoying?" Riley thought while eyeing his grandfather and Fuu at the same time. "Hah, bullshit!" he added to his thoughts.

Despite this little irritation, they all kept walking on the road through the silence of the nature. Suddenly, Jin decided to ask Huey something important. Being among the most silent of this group, they enjoyed talking to each other.

"Hey. I know it might be difficult for you to understand this. But do you intend to join this battle, even though your kind has nothing to do with it?" he asked Huey.

Huey took a deep breath before he answered. "I don't know if I'm ever going to choose a side. But if the people of Konoha will help us then there is no point in turning away. Besides, this Councilman Kenshin Himura sounds like an honorable man compared to others I've heard about. So I will think about it" he answered and began to close his eyes.

Jin did exactly the same. "I understand" he said silently.

After walking for 5 minutes, they came across a sign. Now they were relived. They had reached a local village in the forest called Sakigawa. The sign was formed like a squirrel, or probably a fish-frog-squirrel.

"Finally we can get some food! I'm starving" Fuu said gleefully.

"I think we also need a place to stay, the sun is going down. Hopefully we can find a place to sleep here" Tom said with his wife agreeing to him.

"I don't know. Sakigawa sounds very familiar somehow. It's like I've been here before" Mugen said

"Oh, we have been in so many villages around this country, and they all have the same name!" Fuu retorted starting to get annoyed by Mugen's laziness.

"Let's just go inside! I am hungry and I need food!" Robert said and they proceeded towards the village.

Sakigawa

The village was very different from what Huey and the others expected. Sure it was a feudal-inspired village with buildings and stuff, but they didn't expect a village of yakuza, gangsters, junkies, alcoholics and angry racist mobs. The view was not pretty. Outside a building, Marechiyo Omadea, Chouji Akimichi and Heymans Breda were all smoking marihuana. They all sat close to the building's wall. They began to speak to each other in a completely messed up way.

"Oh noooooo, now I seeeee sooooome stupid pink elephaaaaants" Marechiyo said because he was high as hell.

"Youuu areeeee an elephant, you stupid fatass" Breda said while he pointed his finger towards Marechiyo.

"FUUUUUCK YOUUUUUU, why don't you stop eating hotdogs, you fat son of a bitch!?" Marechiyo retorted while flipping his finger at Breda.

"You could use your noble-ass money to lose a few pounds, but no instead you always ramble about work is so hard!" Breda said.

"Hey! Why are you always targeting me!? Chouji is from a noble family as well!" Marechiyo said while motioning to Chouji who sat beside him.

"Oh yeah Chouji, why did you come here in the first place? Do you mind telling us why?" Breda asked his shinobi friend.

Chouji breathed marijuana before he spoke up. "You really want to know? I tell you why! Yesterday, I confessed to Shikamaru my true feelings towards him. And do you know what he said? He said to me sorry "Chouji but I'm married to Temari" And I say like "what but I have always loved you" I can't believe that he would marry that Sand Village slut! So he is married to her, Ino is probably having sex with Sasuke and I am just sitting here pissing myself off! Do you know what would be a miracle? If I could go back in time 4 years earlier and say to myself: hey Chouji start asking this boy out on a date" Chouji finished his bitter speech while he continued to smoke.

"Whoa! That's pretty messed up shit dude!" Marechiyo remarked at Chouji's bitterness.

Huey and the others also noticed a couple of folks extremely drunk. They were outside a bar where Jean Havoc was the bartender. He became irritated by the presence of those two drunken customers. The two drunken guys were Ryuji Sugoro and Kiba Inuzuka. They were also completely messed up due to intoxication they got from drinking.

"For the last time boys, get the hell out of my sight!" Havec snapped angrily at the two drunks.

Kiba just laughed. "Screw you asshole! I am the future Hokage of the Leaf Village! So you can just….." before Kiba could finish his speech, he vomited on the ground, much to the disgust of Havoc.

Ryuji on the other hand started to pee on the bar's wall completely drunk. "Oh God, it feels so good pissing out the shit in my dick" he said as he let out a large burp. Havec saw this and became more enraged.

"OHH GODDAMNIT! Why on earth did I ever come to this village in the first place!? I'm moving back to Konoha!" he said angrily.

But the most disgusting view Huey and co. had was actually Toji Suzuharza trying to take a shit on a garbage can. Everyone was so disgusted. Sarah covered her daughter's eyes with her hands, but she threw up on the ground after seeing Toji. Tom, Robert and Fuu were very uncomfortable with this. Tom said to the gang.

"Hey guys! I've got an idea: How about we turn just around and leave this place and never come back!" Tom said with his raised voice.

"I agree! Just look at all of this! This place looks like a junkyard!" Robert said in disgust.

"Well it's either this place or nothing. So you wanna find a place to sleep or not?" Mugen asked them casually.

"Gee, Mugen, how can you be so calm about this place?" Fuu asked him stunned.

Mugen merely scratched his neck. "Well, what can I say? I grew up in a place like this" he answered her like it was no big deal.

"I could care less about these drunkards and junkies! Let's just find some place to sleep. That's all we need" Huey said silently. Tom, Robert and Fuu knew better than to argue, so they went along with Huey's suggestion.

Inside the tavern called "The Stomping Nuts"

After wandering through the streets of alcohol and tobacco, they finally managed to find a nice tavern. It was not as big as the Freeman's back in Woodcrest, but it was better than nothing. They all sat at a large table. It was enough seats for the company to sit at. As they were tired of all this wandering, a waiter approached them. He was a young boy with short, black hair. His personality was very timidly. His name was Hanataro Yamada. He smiled to the group.

"H-Hello th-there people, c-can I t-take your order?" he asked them all.

"Water, and some chunks of meat if you have" Mugen said.

"O-Okay, but the o-only meat we have here is swine" the timid waiter said. "Would that be okay?" he asked them.

"Did you just say swine? Hot dayum, we'll gladly take it!" Robert said happily thus giving the waiter an answer.

As they waited for their order, Riley couldn't help but to laugh at Hanataro. "Yo, that nigga is way too shy to be a waiter!" he said as he observed the waiter.

"It's not just him. Look at the kid with a lollipop in his mouth" Huey said as he motioned towards another waiter with a ponytail on his brown hair. This waiter was also like Hanataro, very clumsy and timid. His name was Rin Tsubokura and he was addicted to candy. What Huey and the others could see was that he was in conflict with some very customers. The Freemans and the Dubois recognized those customers. He was a black-skinned man with afro-puffs on his head. He wore a white t-shirt and blue lethal jeans. This man was Riley's idol and a former famous rapper: Otis Jenkins aka Thugnificent. Joining him was two of his new additions to his Lethal Interjection Crew: Suigetsu Hozuki, a shinobi from the Hidden Mist Village and Renzo Shima, a very carefree exorcist. They got into an altercation with the clumsy waiter.

"Dayum nigga! What kind of stupid shit is this!? It tastes like an elephant's ass!" Thugnificent barked as he didn't like the food he was served.

"Did you seriously put sugar on this meat?" Suigetsu asked him casually.

"I-I-I'm s-so s-sorry, guys! Instead of salt, I must've accidentally used sugar! I-I'm terribly sorry!" the idiotic waiter said, trying to come up with an excuse. However Thugnificent kept attacking him.

"Nigga, I own this place! So you better keep your eyes peeled! Why are you even a waiter in the first place? Shouldn't you be a housekeeper or something?" he asked irritably. However he noticed the Freemans and Dubios sitting on the edge and he smiled.

"Hey! Riley, Tom and that stupid old motherfucka where have you all been?" he suddenly asked in his cheerful and happy mood. Renzo and Suigetsu became confused. The Freemans and Tom all walked over to his table. Riley was especially glad to see him.

"You know these guys, boss?" Renzo asked him.

"Yeah, Riley here is mah little homie! Ain't that right, little homie?" he asked Riley who just nodded happily. Huey and Robert however was not so necessarily happy to see him. Robert had difficulties with him in the past, but that time is all gone now. "So what's brings you all here then? Are you on vacation or some shit?" Thugnificent asked them, but Huey just said.

"It doesn't really matter right now. We need a place to sleep" he said. But Thuginifcent just interrupted him.

"Don't worry! Mah man Ganju Shiba in the bar will fix your rooms. I will also get Hanataro and Rin to assist him. In the meantime, how about some of ma cool rap? Do you remember Eff Grandad?" he asked them.

But Huey and Robert had enough of his stupid song. "NOOOOOOO!" they said.

But Riley was happy and he wanted it. "HELL YEEEEEAAAAAHHHH!" he said.

10 minutes later

Huey and the others were now sitting in their rooms. They all had three different rooms. In Room 1 slept Sarah, Jazmine and Fuu. In Room 2 slept Jin, Mugen and Tom. The last Room 3 housed the Freeman family. Their bed was actually a bunk bed composing of three different beds. Huey was sitting on the lowest bed. Riley and his grandfather had gone out for a moment. Riley wanted to talk with Thugnificent, while Robert tried to stop his grandson. Huey was then alone for himself in the room. He had actually taken out the pass of his kimono. The young boy observed it for a moment. He was thinking about Kenshin. Was he doing alright? Huey kept thinking about that smiling samurai. Suddenly a knock came on the door and inside came Hanataro and his partner, Ganju Shiba, with pillows for their beds. Ganju was a muscular man with long black hair and dressed in his feudal clothes. He and Hanataro noticed Huey staring on the pass and decided to ask him if he was feeling okay.

"Hey, what's with the long face? Are you sad or something?" Ganju asked him.

Huey tried to deny it. "It's nothing really. I'm just tired that's all" he replied to Ganju.

Hanataro was very curious about that pass and so was Ganju. "What is this piece of paper you keep staring at? Is it a letter?" Hanataro asked. But Huey decides this time not to lie and eyes them both.

"It's the pass of Kenshin Himura. He gave it to me so I could travel to Konoha and ask for help to my people. Ever since he let us escaped, I still think about him" Huey answered.

Hanataro and Ganju awed at him. Huey noticed this and became confused. Did he say something wrong?

"Kenshin Himura? You mean THE Kenshin Himura from the Council of Yuu?" Ganju asked him. Huey merely nodded. "Holy smokes! You must be one lucky guy meeting this councilman. Most of the council's members tend to live in seclusion and they rarely show themselves in public" Ganju said amazed.

"Hey if you are granted access to the meeting chambers, could you say hi for our friend? You see, he is also a member of this council" Hanataro said, catching Huey's attention.

"A friend you say? Who is he?" Huey asked getting little bit interested.

"His name is Ichigo Kurosaki. His is the Substitute Soul Reaper with orange-colored hair. When you first meet him, he might be sort of a dandelion. However as you get to know him better, he will always protect those in need. He sticks out no matter what until the very end. One hell of a guy if you ask me" Ganju answered while he thought about his carrot-topped friend.

Huey despite being himself, smiled a little. He was beginning to find interest in this Ichigo Kurosaki. "Ichigo Kurosaki, huh? I will see what I can do. Based on what you guys tell me, he sounds like a brave fighter" Huey said.

"Yeah, he can also be a good friend" Hanataro remarked. Now Huey wanted to ask something about this village, about why it was completely messed up. Both Ganju and Hanataro didn't exactly know what to say.

"Well, it's impossible to say, but I think since we are now in a civil war, shit stuff happens Hell, it's been a while since someone with a high reputation ever visited Sakigawa" Ganju answered simply while Hanataro nodded. Huey then decided to get some sleep. Both Ganju and Hanataro went out to finish the rest of their work. In just a few seconds, Huey was in his complete sleep.

To be continued…..

Author's note: This is chapter 11. Pretty messed up and stuff. However the nest chapter is going to include some action. It will not be Konoha, but something else. Hope you all enjoyed this one, well except for the alcohol and stuff.