I figured it was time to reward y'all for waiting. This was getting a little long anyways. And all you who have been asking about Akatsuki, here yah go! The group coughItachiandKisamecough make their first appearance!! :D
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or Kingdom Hearts. I just like the idea of putting them together.
A Ninja and a Keybearer
Chapter 9: Into the Deep Jungle
Their mission in Wonderland was over. It was time to head back to Traverse Town. Leon could probably answer some of their questions. He had mentioned something about keyholes, but not enough for them to understand enough. Was that click they heard one of the keyhole… or was it something else?
After Shikamaru stared at their strange form of transportation everyone piled back onto the gummi ship. Naruto had never seen his friend's eyes so get that large and was laughing his butt off… until Donald whacked him on the head with his mage staff.
Sora was the last one to get onboard. He stopped right in the doorway and took one more look at the strange world. He couldn't save Alice. He had promised to set her free, but he hadn't even done that. What did the heartless want her for anyways? "Come on, Sora!" someone (most likely Naruto) shouted at him. The door closed behind him and the gummi ship flew off into space.
The ride back was mostly uneventful. Shikamaru slept most of the time and Naruto and Donald were having their hourly fight. Goofy was flying the ship and Sora was sitting in his chair, depressed.
"Hey, Sora," Goofy said, looking over at his spiky haired friend. "Smile!" He gave a big grin, trying to cheer Sora up.
"GOOFY!! KEEP YOUR EYES FORWARD!!" the duck mage yelled.
"Gwarsh! Sorry, Donald," the knight said sincerely.
Sora sighed and looked back out the window and was utterly surprised by what he saw. "Hey look! There's a world down there!" Everyone rushed to the window and stared at the world they were passing by. It was covered in a dense forest, like a jungle. Vines looped around the world and huge waterfall was centered in the middle of it. At the top, an old tree house stood tall and proud.
Donald looked at the world and then at the person breathing on his neck. It was Goofy. The duck was fixing to yell at his friend about personal space when he noticed something. The driver's seat was empty. "Gwaaa!!" he yelled, rushing to stop the gummi ship before it ran into something.
"Hey Donald!" Goofy called over to his friend, completely oblivious to the death glare he was receiving. "Maybe the king's down there!"
The duck snorted. "In a backwater place like that? No way. Let's move on. We got to get to Traverse Town anyways."
"Hold on!" Sora shouted. "Riku and Kairi might be down there!"
"Yeah! And Sasuke-teme and Sakura-chan!"
"Let's just check it out," the keybearer suggested.
"Forget it! We're on an important mission." Donald reminded him.
"I am too!" Naruto retorted.
"Just land," Sora ordered.
"No!"
"Come on."
"Aw, phooey."
Shikamaru yawned and opened his eyes. "You guys sure are loud," he muttered.
"We're landing." Sora got up and walked over to the control pad.
As soon as he reached for a button, Donald yelled, "Don't touch that!" Too late. The gummi ship was spinning out of control and heading towards the strange world. Fast. "Noooo!!"
The tent was dark. Clayton could only see the outline of his visitors. Professor Porter, the financier of the voyage, and his daughter were currently out in the jungle studying some plant or other. It had been Clayton's suggestion. After all, he didn't want them to meet his two new… "friends".
Although he couldn't see them, Clayton was practically peeing in his pants when they looked at him. There was a big bulk on the taller one's back. From what he could see Clayton would have said it was a sword, but that was silly. Swords weren't made that big… were they?
But it was the shorter one that really scared him. The man's eyes had almost a glowing effect on his shadowed face, giving Clayton a great view of blood red irises with three marks circling the pupil.
"So all I have to do is capture a small loud mouthed blonde and you lead me to the gorillas, correct?" he asked.
The smaller man nodded. "So do we have a deal?"
The hunter grinned and held out his hand. The man looked at it like it was in insult before looking back up at Clayton's face. "Good," he muttered before walking out of the tent without a second glance. The taller man followed his companion, but before he closed the tent flap after him, he turned around and smiled at the hunter. Clayton held his breath when he saw that smile. The pale blue skin and yellow eyes resembled that of a shark, completed with the teeth of that grin. Long and sharp.
"You got off lucky," he said, before walking out fully.
He was falling. Fast. The roof of the tree house was rushing toward him. He instinctively brought his arms to his face to block the incoming pain. It was barely enough.
Sora crashed through the ceiling of the tree house and onto the floor. Sitting up slowly, he clutched his head and groaned in pain. "That hurt." A thought suddenly crossed his mind. Where was he? Sora looked around. It was old and dirty. Vines crawled through the cracks, making their way towards the light. All in all, it looked like no one had lived here for years.
"Donald? Goofy? Naruto? Shikamaru?" Sora called out, hysteria creeping into his voice. "Where are you?"
Something squeaked on the ledge above him, but the keybearer paid no mind to it. It was probably just the wind, but it made him uneasy anyways. A rumbling noise sounded, again, above him. 'It's just thunder,' told himself. Sora looked outside to perfectly clear day. Not a cloud in the sky. Now he was really scared.
Suddenly a roar sounded and Sora turned to see what it really was… and screamed at the sight. A leopard jumped from the ledge and launched itself at the brunette. Sora yelled in fear and surprise, and quickly took out the keyblade. Jumping up, the keyblade master met the leopard head on and tried to push it back. Claws raked across the keyblade, making a horrible, ear piercing, screeching noise. The big cat jumped backwards and growled before standing on its hind legs and pushing Sora. The keybearer fell back hard on the ground, grunting. Looking back up, he was sure it was the end. As the leopard stalked in, ready for the kill, the brunette raised the keyblade weakly as a last futile attempt of defense, although he knew it would not be enough to stop the animal.
Sora closed his eyes, ready for the blow as the leopard pounced towards him, and at the last minute thought he heard two distinct battle cries. One of them was a blood curdling yell, the other sounded more like a word. "Gatsuuga!"
Meanwhile, a not so happy blonde was laying on a tree branch. Naruto had fallen before anyone else, seeing as he was the one leaning closest to the door. It wasn't until a few branches and vines later did his descending stop.
Naruto woke up to pain. Gritting his teeth, the blonde took in his surroundings. The wide branch he was currently sprawled across was so high off the ground couldn't see the ground. Naruto quickly sat up and stared down. "That'd be a nasty fall," he muttered, rubbing the back of his head. Already, the aches throughout his body had become bearable.
A grunt sounded behind him. The shinobi froze. Whatever it was, it sounded big. 'Wait a minute!' Naruto thought to himself, trying to gather whatever courage there was in him. 'I'm the great Uzumaki Naruto! What am I scared for?' With his new found confidence, the blonde turned around to face his visitor only to find himself staring at a hairy leg. Looking up the leg, Naruto saw a face he would have preferred to live with seeing.
Glaring down at him was the single biggest gorilla (not to mention real) Naruto had ever seen. Another gorilla, a female by the look and size of it stared at him with wide frightened eyes. Naruto glanced back up at the large silverback and saw the bared fangs. That's when he ran.
There was no way that overgrown monkey was going to get him. And his plan was going perfectly… until his foot got caught in a vine and tripped him. Naruto hung upside down under the branch contemplating what to do next. Those thoughts and plans were interrupted when the gorilla pulled him up and grabbed him. Naruto had no clue where they were going and didn't necessarily want to go, but such things were not in his fortune to wish for at the moment; the fact that the gorilla's iron grip was around his waist, preventing him from running away again, proved that.
"This is just great," Naruto muttered as he was taken further into the thick jungle.
There was a drilling noise followed by a snarl from the leopard. Sora peeked an eye open and saw something he wouldn't believe had it been told by anyone else. Two gray whirlwinds were following the leopard around, occasionally running into it and pushing it to the ground. The cat glanced at Sora and back at the flying tornadoes, considering its chances. It thought it had a pretty good chance.
The leopard ducked under one of its gray attackers and jumped over the other, making a mad dash towards Sora. The keybearer raised his arms defensively, but found to need to when a man stepped in front of him and raised a spear, catching the leopard's teeth on the handle. The man was squatting like an ape, and had on nothing but a loin cloth. His long brown hair flew wildly as he fought for control with the big cat.
The leopard took one last glance at Sora, back to the two whirlwinds who starting its way again and back to the man with the spear. It decided the spiky haired boy wasn't worth it. The big cat jumped away from the man and out the window.
As soon as it did, the man lowered the spear and looked at Sora, but the keybearer wasn't looking at him. What had caught his interest was the fact that the two whirlwinds had stopped. It had turned out to be a boy and a small white puppy. The boy had on a gray jacket with fur lining the hood and cuffs. Truthfully, he looked like an Eskimo. He had slanted, animal-like eyes, red triangles going down both cheeks, and a feral grin as he picked up his dog.
"Good boy, Akamaru!" he said. The puppy barked in reply. The boy turned back to Sora and grinned at him. "We really saved your butt. Be thankful."
The keybearer glowered at him and was about to say something back, but the man spoke first. "Sabor, danger," he said to Sora.
"Um… thank you," he said to the man.
"Thank- you," he repeated, as if putting it to memory.
"Huh?" Sora asked, confused. "Uh, well, what is this place?"
"This place, this place," the man repeated again.
"This is the tree house," the boy called over to them. "But this is the jungle of Africa, I'm told. The 'deep jungle'."
"Okaaaay," Sora muttered. The boy glared at him. "Where did the others go?"
"Others?" the rude boy asked before the man could say anything. "There are no others!"
"Look," Sora started to explain. "I got separated from my friends. Have you seen them?" he asked slowly, so the ape-man would understand. He just stared at Sora questionably.
"I told you already!" the boy said, agitated now. "You're alone."
Sora ignored him. "Friends…" he said, exaggerating each syllable while holding his clenched hands to his chest.
The man imitated his stance and repeated him, "Friends!"
"Right! My friends!" Sora said, talking in an excited blur. "There's four of 'em! The loud one is Dona-" The keybearer stopped short. Why did he want to find him? Last time he checked, they weren't on speaking terms.
"Hmm?" the man seemed to question.
"Dona?" The boy asked. He was now beside the two and the puppy was resting in his jacket, his head peeking out over the zipper. "Who's that?"
"You know what? Never mind," Sora said, his tone indicating he didn't feel like talking about it. "I'm looking for my friends, Riku and Kairi."
"Look for Riku, friends?" the man asked.
"Right," Sora said, looking over his shoulder. He thought he had seen something.
"Kairi, friends?" the man said. As soon as he said her name, Kairi stood in the corner, looking straight at Sora.
"Uhh… Right," he said again and went back to looking at Kairi. What was she doing here? The boy gave him a look that suggested he was a lunatic. Couldn't he see her?
"What are you doing?" the dog boy asked.
At that moment, Kairi turned and walked out the door. "Friends, here," the ape man told him.
That caught Sora attention. He looked away from Kairi for a moment. "Really?!" he and the boy asked at the same time.
The man grunted something that sounded like an animal noise.
Sora looked at the boy questionably, but received a shrug. "Huh?" he asked. The man repeated the grunting noise, staring at him, trying to get some unknown message across.
"Friends here," he told Sora.
"Not sure I understand but… show me!"
"You'll never get a straight answer from him. He speaks animal most of the time," the dog boy informed the keybearer.
"Take me to Riku and Kairi!" Sora pleaded.
"Tarzan!" the man grunted, gesturing to himself.
"And I'm… Sora," the keybearer told him.
The dog boy looked at them both. "Well, as long as we're making introductions, I'm Inuzuka Kiba and this is Akamaru," he said, gesturing to the little white dog in his jacket. Akamaru barked.
"Tarzan go!" the man, Tarzan, told him, getting excited.
Sora grinned. "Tarzan go, Sora go go!"
"Dude…" Kiba said, closing his eyes and pinching his nose. "Do you have any idea of what you just said?"
"What?" Sora asked.
"Never mind. Let's just get to Jane."
Goofy looked around from the rock he was sitting on. Donald was behind him, laying down. The two were in the middle of a bamboo thicket.
"Gwarsh!" Goofy said. "Where are we?" The birds answered him. "I sure hope Sora and the others are okay." The dog looked down at the ground, frowning with worry.
Donald sat up, an angry expression on his normally cranky face. "Aw! Who needs Sora? We can find the king without him!"
"But what about Naruto? And Shikamaru?" Goofy asked, sniffing.
Jiminy Cricket hopped out of his pocket. "I'm sure we'll run into them again! Don't worry, Goof."
"Okay, Jiminy."
Donald crossed his arms and glared at the ground. But instead of the dirt and grass of the jungle floor, the duck saw something else. It looked like bluish gray hair. "Huh?" Leaning down a bit closer, the head looked up at him. It was a gorilla. "Ahhhhh!!" the two yelled at the same time.
A sudden rustling in the bushes scared the gorilla away when Goofy and Donald looked in the direction of the noise. The gorilla paused for a moment to look back at the pair and dropped an orange cube before running off again.
Donald looked back at the retreating ape, but something sparkling on the ground caught his eye. "Ha!" he quacked.
"Donald," Goofy said, fear tinting his voice. The duck looked back at the noise. Whoever was making all the racket was coming closer. The two gulped, hoping it wasn't some wild animal.
What stepped out though wasn't what they were expecting. "Well, isn't this a surprise!" a voice called out in an English accent. A small, plump little man climbed out of the foliage and walked up to Donald and Goofy. "My, my, my! What species do you think they are, Clayton?"
"I have no idea, Professor," a deeper voice answered him. A tall man in a safari outfit walked out. In his hands, a rifle sparkled in the sun.
"Species?" Goofy asked.
The Professor gasped. "They're civilized!" Quickly he held out his hand. "I am Professor Porter, how do you do?"
"Uh… Good. I'm Donald and this is Goofy," the duck said, taking the strange man's hand in greeting.
"Oh! Jane must see this! Please, come with us!"
Tarzan opened the flap to the tent and held it briefly for Sora and Kiba before turning back. "Jane," he grunted out.
There was what looked like a camera in the middle of the tent, and, bent over the object, was a young woman.
"Tarzan!" she replied happily, in a distinct English accent, as she turned to look at her companions. "Oh! Who's this?" she asked upon seeing Sora.
"Just some random dude we picked up at the tree house," Kiba said, shrugging it off.
Sora glared at the dog boy then turned back to Jane. "Hi there. I'm-"
"Oh!" Jane interrupted him, leaning forward. "You speak English!" Sora turned to Tarzan in confusion who just turned back and stared at him. "So, then, obviously, you're not related to Tarzan… Are you here to study the gorillas? Or are you just passing by like Kiba?"
Sora was fixing to answer her when someone behind him spoke first. "Highly doubtful."
Just then, Clayton walked in, carrying his gun. Behind him, Professor Porter practically danced through, saying in an excited babble, "Jane, oh, Jane dear! You must see what we found!!"
As soon as the words left his mouth, Goofy and Donald walked in. "Sora!" Goofy yelled in relief. All three ran at each other.
"Goofy! Donald!" Sora yelled. But as soon as the duck and the keybearer's eyes met, the happiness stopped. "Hmph!" both grunted, crosses their arms over their chests and looking away. Goofy frowned. This wasn't how he had pictured their reunion.
"A circus of clowns!" Clayton growled, rolling his eyes. "Not much use for hunting gorillas." And with that he headed out of the entrance.
"Oh my!" the professor frowned. "That's not what we're here for at all."
"Mr. Clayton!" Jane said, displeasure obvious in both her face and tone. "We're studying them, not hunting them! This is research." She sighed when it was obvious that the hunter wasn't listening.
"There, there dearest," Porter said, patting his daughter's shoulders. "It's alright. I'm sure Mr. Clayton knows perfectly well what we're doing here. I'm sure he means no harm!"
Jane sighed again before turning to her guests. "Well, the more the merrier. Do make yourselves at home."
Sora was still glaring at the tent wall before saying, "Well anyway…"
"I'm staying!" Donald and Sora said at the exact same time. "Huh!" They said again, glaring.
"Sora!" Goofy butted in before a fight could ensue. "Look what we found. Look at this." The knight chuckled as he opened his hands, revealing a reddish orange cube.
"What's that?" the keybearer asked.
"A gummi block used for ships like ours," Donald told him.
"So that means…"
Goofy grinned. "The King could be here, so we've got to work together!"
At that exact moment, another figure walked through the tent flap. "There you guys are. I've been looking for you. What a drag."
"Shikamaru?" Kiba said suddenly.
"Oh! You're back!" Jane said smiling and then explained. "He found the camp while Tarzan and Kiba were out."
"Nice to meet you, old boy!" the professor exclaimed, holding out his hand.
"So you're here too, Kiba? I was wondering if Naruto and I were the only ones," the lazy shinobi said after exchanging a handshake with Porter, then sat in one of the chairs.
"Naruto?" Goofy and Kiba asked.
"Oh no," Donald muttered.
Sora tapped his chin. "Oh yeah. Where is he? I didn't see him, did any of you?"
Everyone shook his head. No one had seen the blonde.
"Another friend of yours I presume," Jane said.
"Yeah. He's short, blonde, and loud." Sora informed her.
Both of the English researchers shook their head no.
Donald sighed. "We'll have to search for Naruto and the King together… For now!" he added, directing it toward Sora.
"Fine," the keybearer said curtly. "I'll let you tag along… For now!"
Outside of the tent, an eavesdropper grinned. So the little blonde brat was here. Wouldn't his employers be happy? Right away, he set off to get the proper equipment.
Tarzan, who had been quietly listening, suddenly spoke up. "Family maybe know."
Jane's face brightened up instantly. "You're right, Tarzan! They might know!"
"Who?" Shikamaru asked lazily.
"Tarzan grew up with gorillas," Kiba told his friend.
"Yes," Jane nodded. "He's speaking English quite well, but he's still learning."
Sora thought of the unintelligible word Tarzan had grunted out. It had sounded like an animal noise. "So he was speaking gorilla back there…? When he mentioned my friends."
"Ah, that's right. You're looking for you friend. Are there more?" Jane asked.
Sora nodded. "Riku… and Kairi. He said they were here! Then he said one word I didn't understand."
Professor Porter looked expectantly at his daughter. "Why don't we try the slide show?"
"That's a great idea, Daddy! We'll show Tarzan some slides and see if they match the word!"
"You think it will work?" Kiba asked.
"Anything could work, old boy!" Porter said in his excited manner, punching the shinobi's arm lightly.
Jane placed the first slide in the projection. A black and white photo of a castle shone onto the tarp screen across the room. Sora, who had been about to say something, paused as he took in the picture.
Kiba noticed the gesture. "What's wrong, Sora?" he asked.
"What?" the keybearer asked, snapping out of his sudden trance and coming back to the real world. "Um… Nothing."
Shikamaru gave a look that told he could see right through him. Sora sighed and explained. "This place… it just looks familiar. But how? I've never been off my island until now."
The others just shrugged it off and turned back to the projection. The rest of the slides hadn't been near as interesting. After the castle, it had been an old man squatting down to a child, then a gorilla, a ship sailing on the ocean, two men fencing, and last, a man presenting a lady with a bouquet of flowers.
Jane turned off the slide show and faced her friend. "Well, Tarzan?"
"Where are my friends, Riku and Kairi?" Sora asked.
Tarzan looked at the keybearer then looked down and shook his head. He didn't know. Sora was confused. Tarzan had told him they were here. "But, I thought –"
"That leaves just one place," someone said from the entrance. Everyone looked up to see Clayton walking in. "Young man, we've been in this jungle for some time now," he continued. "But have yet to encounter anyone but Inuzuka… and he came across us." Sora blinked. What was this leading to? "I'd wager they're with the gorillas," Clayton said offhandedly. "But Tarzan refuses to take us to them."
"Really, Mr. Clayton," Jane said pointedly. "Tarzan wouldn't hide-"
"Then take us there," the hunter interrupted, speaking to the ape man. Tarzan glared at him. Clayton continued anyways. "Take us to the gorillas. Go-ril-las."
Tarzan turned and kept eye contact with Sora. Concern showed on his face. Concern for his family and friends. He didn't know what to do. Sora stared back, pleading with his eyes. Finally, Tarzan nodded. He'd help this boy find his family.
"Really?" Professor Porter was ecstatic. This was what he was here for. To study the gorillas before the boat came back, but he wouldn't dare go against Tarzan's will. This was his home and Porter knew he wouldn't like it if someone came in uninvited and messed with his daughter. "You'll really do this for us?"
"Tarzan…" Jane started, a little concerned, "are you sure?" Clayton had always pressed him for information on where the gorillas were, and she didn't want Tarzan giving away anything unless he wanted to.
Tarzan nodded again. "Tarzan go see Kerchak."
"Kerchak?"
"He must be the leader," Clayton pointed out. "Perfect! I'll go along as an escort. After all, the jungle is a dangerous place." The hunter flashed a grin. This was just what he needed. Even if he didn't find that brat for those strangers, then he'd still have the gorillas… as long as their little ape cooperated.
"There's no need for that," Porter said. "After all, Tarzan knows this place like the back of his hand! I don't think he'd need you, Clayton."
The hunter frowned. This was a bit of a set back. "But- I- I mean-"
"We'll go with him," Sora said.
"Yeah!" Donald quacked. "It's our friends after all. We still need to find Naruto."
"I'll come too! I haven't seen the kid in forever! Plus Akamaru needs a walk," Kiba spoke up. The little puppy in his jacket barked in agreement.
"I'll stay here," Shikamaru said, yawning. "You all do whatever makes you happy." And with that said, the lazy ninja stretched out and started dozing on the couch.
"Is that all right, Tarzan?" Professor Porter asked.
Tarzan nodded in agreement. He could live that.
It hadn't taken very long to reach the point where Tarzan was going to talk to Kerchak. Sora, Donald, and Goofy had swung through the treetops on vines, following Tarzan's example. Kiba on the other hand thought it was funny that they didn't just jump through the trees.
"What are you doing?" Goofy had asked when Kiba had taken Akamaru out of his jacket instead of grabbing onto another vine.
"Giving Akamaru a walk," the Inuzuka stated simply. The little dog barked happily. "Just go ahead," Kiba told them, when they paused. So none of them expected to see Kiba jumping from branch to branch like an animal, howling out his enjoyment. But what surprised them most of all was the little white dog jumping right beside him, and actually spinning in circles before touching the next branch.
"How's he doin' that?" Goofy asked.
"He's friends with Naruto, remember?" Sora replied. "And he can do… different stuff, too."
The conversation was lost when the group saw Tarzan standing awkwardly on two legs looking up in the trees. Taking a closer look, Sora saw what he was staring at. Two gorillas stood on the branch above them, one female, one male. The silverback male glared down at them, as if he expected the boys to attack at any given moment.
Everyone, except for Tarzan, jumped when the silverback roared. "Tarzan! What is the meaning of this! Why are they here?"
"Kerchak, I-"
"No! I have been lenient enough by looking away while you go and play with you little humans, but this is outrageous! I will not allow them to come this close to the nesting grounds!"
"Kerchak, please listen to me!" Tarzan called up to his leader. The gorilla growled softly. "I know the nesting grounds are secret," the jungle man told him hurredly, "but I trust them. You see, I want to help them because…." Until that moment, Tarzan hadn't been able to look at Kerchak, but now he stared him straight in the eyes. "Because… well, they need us."
The female looked at the silverback. "Kerchak, I don't think they mean any harm. If Tarzan trusts them, then they can't be bad. You know he hasn't done anything that would cause us to be in danger. That boy we found might be one of their friends. He's been very lonely. We can return him and-"
Kerchak snorted. "Enough, Kala." The female gorilla, Kala, looked down and spoke no more. "I won't hear anymore of this."
"Kerchak!" Tarzan grunted.
The gorilla simply stared at him. He turned his head away and growled out, "I'll let the boy go soon." Kerchak abruptly turned and headed in the direction of the tree house.
"Kerchak…?" Tarzan asked, question his leader's sudden behavior.
Kala looked at her son. "Something's wrong," she said quietly, before hurrying after her mate. Tarzan turned to stare after his family, worried.
"So, uh… did anybody get that?" Sora asked.
"No!" Donald said crossly. Goofy shook his head.
"Hey! I found it!" Kiba suddenly shouted.
Sora, Donald, and Goofy rushed over to the dog shinobi. "What!" they all asked.
"Naruto's sent!! It's faint but it's still here. He's got to be close by. Well, Tarzan?"
Tarzan looked briefly at his new friends. "Yes," he replied, speaking in English now. He turned back to the direction. Yes. He could sense it now. Something was wrong.
"Come," he said quickly, heading after Kala and Kerchak.
"Is he going to the tree house?" Goofy asked.
Donald muttered. "He seemed pretty distracted."
"Who cares?" Kiba growled out, starting to run after Tarzan. "He knows where Naruto is!" Akamaru barked.
"Wait for us!" Sora called after him.
There it was; a young, female gorilla just moseying about. He was lucky to have started looking at the tree house. The Porters and the ape boy didn't even know he was here. At least he had found this one by his self.
Clayton took a quiet step forward and slowly raised his rifle. The gorilla watched a model of the globe as it spun it around; oblivious to the danger she was in. Clayton's finger inched toward the trigger. His aim was perfect and soon he'd have a stuffed gorilla to add to his collection back home in England.
He was suddenly startled by two shouts heading for either side of him. "Yeeeaaaaahhh!!" "Watch out!!" Clayton accidentally pulled the trigger when two forces slammed into him, but by that time, the gorilla had heard and ran up to the level above.
Clayton was less aware of the two masses pinning him down as he was of the huge silverback that had just shown up beside the small one. He shivered when he met the cold, hate filled glare.
"What's the big idea!?" Donald yelled.
"You idiot! You almost killed her!" the other figure on him yelled. Everyone turned when they heard the loud, rough voice. Everyone's faces brightened when they saw the spiky blonde sitting with his arms crossed glaring at Clayton with bright blue eyes.
"Hey there, kid," Kiba said, smirking. "Should have known that listening for you would be better than smelling for you."
Naruto looked up and acted like he'd seen them for the first time. "Hey!! Sora, Donald, Goofy! Oh… Hi, Dog Breath." Sora snickered and Kiba glared at him.
Everyone turned when Tarzan stalked by, heading for Kerchak. The silverback glared at him. "This is how you protect our family?" he snarled, turning to leave.
"Wait, Kerchak. Please!" Tarzan shouted.
"Your friends will never see our nesting grounds," he said before heading out the door.
"Tarzan, I'm sorry, I-" the young gorilla started.
"No. It's not your fault, Terk. Go home. You don't want to get yourself in trouble."
Terk frowned, guilt filling her face. She looked up quickly and met Donald and Naruto in the eyes and nodded before following her leader out the door.
When they were gone, Tarzan turned back and glared pure hatred at Clayton. "You," he growled. "You almost killed Terk!"
Clayton, intimidated by the obviously much stronger man, started babbling. "You don't understand! I was only trying to…" He frowned, flustered. "Ah! A snake slithered by, you see!"
"Liar," Naruto muttered.
"It's true! I saved that poor gorilla's life."
Tarzan looked away and shook his. He wasn't sure what to believe anymore.
Yay!! I did it!! I added Professor Porter in there because, truthfully, I missed him when he wasn't in the game. He's so funny! I tried to get his personality right. I haven't seen that movie for awhile. And did you like how I gave the gorillas actual speaking parts? Eh, eh? Anyone ever wonder why they just stand there and stare at Tarzan when he's talking to them? Oh, I'm adding a little of Sakura into the next chapter, because we haven't seen her in awhile and I want to write her kicking the crap out of someone.
And now, I have two guest stars sitting back stage. Please give it up for Itachi and Kisame!! Yaaaay!! They walk out and take a seat
So, how did you like showing up in this story? Go on, tell the truth! :D
Itachi: ... It sucked.
Kisame: I didn't get to kill anyone. :'(
:D ...?? D: WHAT!!
Kisame: You didn't even write our names! How do you expect people to know it's us?!
Well, duh!! Shark face, large sword, tall wierd red eyes, scary, short, can make people wet their pants... . coughClaytoncough
Clayton (off screen): Hey! I resent that!
Itachi: What he means is, we want a bigger part.
You do have a bigger part. You're like Organazation 13... with an offscreen plot...
Itachi: ...
Kisame: O.O That's it. We're leaving. C'mon Itachi.
Itachi: Wait. I think we should thank her real quick. Evil Grin
Kisame: WHAT!!
Itachi glares at him
Kisame: Ooooohhh!! Okay!
Uh oh... WAIT!! I still have to do the preview for the next chapter!!
Itachi: Okay, but hurry up.
Clayton has found his bartering tool: a certain little loud blonde. But it doesn't seem like Naruto wants to be taken away from his friends again, especially when his new "comrades", the gorillas, are in trouble. Meanwhile, Sakura is learning more and more about the different worlds and the Heartless from her kidnapper and more and more about her new friends, Hayner, Pence, and Olette. But what happens when all of it is taken away with the arrival of a silver haired teen and a certain Uchiha? Who will win when good clashes against evil? Find out NEXT TIME!
I am holding a contest.. sort of. I want YOU to name the next chapter! Tell me your ideas and which ever one I think is the best, the chapter will be dedicated to him or her! See yah then! ;) Runs away
Kisame: Is she done yet?
Itachi: ... Crap.
Kisame: What?
Itachi glares at him
Kisame:Oh... DANGIT!!
Itachi: Sigh C'mon. Let's go find her.
Kisame: You bet we will. And when we do, she's gonna pay double!!
