This is a Naruto/John Carter Crossover Fan Fiction Story Only.

I was rowing when they were still looking at me with this odd expression on their faces. Honestly this quiet is making me a bit uncomfortable, so I decided to flat out tell them something that I had a feeling would make them laugh, "Look if you don't like the answer then don't ask the question. I am being honest and this boat got so quiet, I can practically hear Woola breathing."

This made both of them begin to laugh, and at least the situation can go back to something more normal, or as normal as they can be. "You have to understand Dotar Sojat, it is not an answer we were expecting, I probably figured you to be in your late twenties, I don't know about the princess, but I think she figured you were the same age I did, or pretty close."

I looked at her and did my best old man impression, "Oh, it's always the same with you youngsters. No respect for your elders, I tell you in my age, we respected those that lived this long, youth these days nothing of respect." This again made them laugh and I got to say I prefer it when they all smiling and laughing.

"For a second there I thought you were really old. Well since you were being honest, how did you live being married?" I looked at Solas and began shaking my head, and realizing she was actually rather young by the way she asked me that, she probably thinks my marriage was something close to heaven, in reality, it is never that way.

"Well let me tell you, it was not always loving and kisses if that is what you are thinking, we did love each other quite a bit, but that doesn't mean we had our own opinion on things, and sometimes those opinion were different from each other, we argued, we fought, and we even screamed at each other, but in the end we had one rule, never go to bed angry. It was more than marital reasons, it was also about survival."

She laughed as I told her this, and Dejah just kept silent for some odd reason. The river was crystal clear and as we traveled we saw a few flags and banners on the river edge. It was not a flag form the Tharks and it didn't take me long to realize this flag is from another horde. I decided to be proactive and told Solas to set the rowboat to the shore and wait for me for at least two days.

If I didn't return she and Dejah would be free to go their separate way. "Woola, I need you to stay here and keep them safe. I know that I can count on you. Don't worry my friend I am perfectly safe and will return." My pet rubbed against my leg and I began to pat him on his head. It was clear Woola was very worried.

As I went further into the territory of the horde, I began to see the remains of other people, gave me the impression that this horde was particularly brutal. As I went further I saw rather large city walls and realized this was much better kept and bigger than the ruins the Tharks called home. The gate was guarded by half a dozen armed and aggressive than any Thark.

I decided that time was of the essence and decided to forgo scouting and go for the speedy frontal assault. I simply didn't have time to waste with Woola and Solas worried about me, Dejah I think would be happier if I didn't make it back at all for some reason, then again she probably still thinks what I can do is something her troops can learn so I might not be correct.

I went towards the gate as fast as I could and demanded to be allowed to meet with their Jeddak, of course, the response was something I would expect. They told me to leave or they would make something equivalent to a fishing line with my guts. I, of course, did not take this as a threat, it was more of an insult. So since they would not open their doors I decided to walk a few dozen yards away and without even caring picked up the biggest boulder I could pull out of the ground.

These idiots need to be taught some manners, but no matter, I will take care of that as soon as I deal with their Jeddak and they are under my command. I will beat some sense and military discipline into their empty skulls.

The look on the guards' faces was priceless as I got ready to toss the boulder through the gate, one of the idiot guards actually stood in front of the gate and I think he was the idiot that dared to threaten me. He must think he can catch the boulder like it is nothing. I put as much strength in my arm as I could and tossed that boulder hard enough to make the same sound that came from a cannonball flying.

I hit the fool and sure enough, it went through the gate and crushed the idiot that tried to block my boulder. I walked over to the remaining guard and I glared at him as I saw the frightened look on his face. "I don't have time for your foolishness. You tell that cowardly good for nothing Jeddak of yours that I Dotar Sojat challenge him for the right to rule. WELL MOVE IT, DELIVER MY MESSAGE OR I AM KILLING YOU NEXT AND GETTING SOMEONE ELSE TO DO IT, AND I MEAN NOW!"

The idiot looked like all the fires of Hell was after him, he took off that fast and I began to slowly follow him. Might as well take some time to get to see more of the territory that soon will be mine. An extremely old female of their horde was trying to pull out a rather big bucket from a well. I could not simply walk by and ignore that. I walked over to her and with one arm I pulled her away from the well, and with the other, I pulled up the large bucket like it was nothing.

"So where are you taking this thing to?" She looked at me with a rather strange smile on her face and told me to follow her. As we walked she began to look at me and I could practically feel a question coming my way.

"Why did you have to kill that guard?" I told her that I had to because he was rude. As I placed the large bucket on the place she pointed, she took hold of my arm and for some reason, she was giving me the impression that she was not letting go till she decided to let my arm go.

"He was not being rude, he was warning you out of mercy, in fact, the one that was rude was not my grandson, but you. He warned you out of the kindness of his hearts, something he never did before because he feared for your safety, and instead, you throw a large rock at him, destroy the gate he was guarding and end up getting him crushed. The Jeddak has been sending scouts to find a worthy challenge for months, he should be here any moment now, and the fact that you killed his son, you will get your wish, you will fight the Jeddak, and may end up wishing you listened to the warnings of my grandson."

She touched a large stone, "Sit down, you will need your strength when you meet my son." I sat down and she began telling me about their city, their customs, and even their traditions. She mixed in some rather strange colored dirt into a glass of water, and gave it to me and took one for herself. It was actually very tasty.

"So the outsider decides to first kill my Eldest son, and then insult my honor, when I look for him he is having a drink with my mother. So I take it, mother, you taught this rude invader the traditions of the horde he invaded." She put down her cup and nodded her head at the large guy that was glaring at me.

"It was all a misunderstanding, he is rather a friendly fellow. For some odd reason he seems eager to unite all the hordes under his rule, I haven't been able to see the reason, even with the tea of memory sharing. It must be a truly important thing for his mind to guard such a secret so tightly. Son stops glaring at him, when he only granted your wish, you wanted a worthy challenge, well here he is. Take him to the door of testing and see if he is what I think, the worthy challenger you wished the goddess for."

He looked at me like I was a bug, and I looked at him like he was a hornless freak of nature, I mean most of his kind have two horns on their faces, but this guy had no horns at all, it was almost like they were broken clean off.

As we managed to push through the crowds we got to a large stone gate, and it looked like it was made from at least a dozen gates of different sizes. "You want to rule this horde, then to earn the right of challenge you must open this. Open all these gates and enter the Arena and you earn the right to challenge my rule, fail and you and your horde will die. So go ahead outsider, let's see how many of these gates can you open before you give up and die!"

He began to laugh until I decided to put as much strength into my two arms as I had done with the boulder, and began to push the large gate and little by little the gates began to open, first five gates, then another five, until all twelves segments of the gate was open and I held the gate open with one arm as I turned around and I found dozens of their horde looking at me with their mouths hanging open.

"Well, I don't have all day, let's go. As we walked into the arena we were presented with a pair of large mallets, I was ready to take both of them for myself and beat their leader into a paste, but the old lady once again told me we each got a single weapon. She tossed them both into the air and as they fell I caught mine before he caught his.

I smacked his mallet so hard it broke into pieces, I then proceeded to begin to try my best to beat him into a paste like I planned, but the idiot may be large but he was not slow one bit. He kept evading my attacks and if anything this was making me angrier as he avoided my attacks, and after what seems to be hours he finally collapsed on the ground.

She took something off her son's arm, an armlet, and she placed it on my right arm. She then said some weird words I could not understand and the armlet began to change size until it felt like the thing was attaching itself to the bones of my arm.

"With the passing of the artifact, we welcome and are ready to follow the lead of our new Jeddak, all raise your voice and praise your new Jeddak, Dotar Sojat. What is the wish for your new horde my Jeddak?"

I looked at her and I remembered she actually shared some of my memories thanks to that weird tea, "The part you did not realize is this, Zodanga is a danger to all the hordes of our people! I am going to each of the other hordes and becoming their Jeddak to unite the hordes, to prepare for our battle against that roaming red man city. You are the strongest of the hordes, but you need to learn how to fight and work as an army. That is my goal for this horde, you shall learn what it means to be a true warrior!"

I looked at her and began touching the hand that was still touching the armlet that still had some of my blood covering it. "I trust that you shall teach them what you learned from seeing my memories. I must leave to challenge the other hordes, and once I am Jeddak of all the green hordes, we will make ready to begin our attacks on the predator city Zodanga!"

She stood in front of me and gave a salute any soldier would be proud of, I got to say that convinced me. As I walked through the streets I could see that my military background was going to help me a great deal with the way this particular horde.

As I walked out of the gate I got a completely different feeling than when I arrived, people instead of telling me to run for my life were telling me that they would follow my instructions and that they would be ready for the call to arms.

As I walked back to the river edge I was expecting Solas and Dejah to be a little concerned for my safety, Solas was staring at my arm with a little bit of a scared look on her face, and the one that welcomed me by running towards me was Woola of all things. Apparently, my pet was actually really happy that I made it back alive.

Solas looked at my arm and began shaking her head, "Dotar Sojat, you were supposed to scout them, in less than three days you are the Jeddak of one of the most brutal hordes that exist. I think this will make matters difficult with the other hordes. Believe it or not, the other two are quite peaceful, one is made up of builders, and the other is actually farmers. So you might have a little challenge if they see that because they will be quite scared of you."

I had to look at her and began to shake my head, "Honestly Solas, if they are peaceful as you say, then you two can come with me, and that would help make them feel less threatened unless of course, Dejah

here starts to swing a blade around. You think I am dangerous, give this lady a sword, and watch out, she is even better at using that blade than I am."

As we got on the boat we began to go towards the next flag and it looked like it was resting on the side of a large ridge, I am guessing these are the builder. "So how are you going to get up there?" I looked at Dejah and simply told her I jump well. I bent down my legs and with a single jump, I was already on top of the ridge and was getting quite the glare from Solas it seems.

As I began to walk on the ridge I realized I was wrong, the people that built the ridge was actually people that used it as a form of irrigation, and I realized it was quite an ingenious form of irrigation. I began to walk alongside the ducts and there were several large ones as I walked I saw more and more green. This was truly something that I could see they were quite proud of.

As I walked towards where the ducts were headed I saw many little dirt huts, and I could even remember they sort of reminded me of the village hidden in the sand. My good friend Gaara was the leader of it, and indeed they were very good in their water management. It is something my friend always took time telling me about. I even managed to learn quite a few things about it, made irrigation easier when I built my little community with my friends.

As I walked to the community center I looked for the biggest member of the horde. "Excuse me, I am here to challenge your Jeddak for the right to rule. Would you please tell me who must I speak with to do that?"

He looked at my arm and began shaking his head. "I see you are the Jeddak of that horde, but sorry to tell you we decided leadership a little different from your horde. I am the current Jeddak of this place, and we determine who is our Jeddak more along wisdom rather than brute strength. What is your name?"

I looked at him and did a traditional Thark gesture of greetings. "I am called Dotar Sojat, I am a Tharks. I challenge this current Horde I lead because I am trying to unite all the hordes into one. You might not realize this but we are in severe danger from the Predator City of Zodanga. I believe that the hordes will need to unite in order to survive the coming turmoil that will come our way."

He began to nod his head, "Yes, we are aware of Zodanga and their conflict with Helium, but we had no idea that someone else has the foresight to realize that our people are next to be attacked, very impressive young Tharks, very impressive indeed. Like I said I am the Jeddak of this horde, and we decide who is our ruler based on intellect. So tell me Dotar Sojat are you ready to hear our trial?"

I did not want to wait too long, Woola at least I know would be worried about me. "Yes, I am ready to face your trial. I, however, must say I am very impressed with your ductwork, but if you don't mind I think I have a few ideas that could make them even better if you are willing to listen."

He told me to follow him into a community meeting building and told me he would be delighted to hear any ideas that made farming easier on his horde, he even decided it would be a great trial to see if I was worthy enough to lead them.