Final part for their journey back to HQ. Gammatron's characters belong only to Gammatron. Enjoy.
On the Way to HQ Part III
"You're the one who started it," Naruto said.
"No, I'm not. You're the one who went crazy back there just because I made fun of my brother's height, not yours," Ashe said. The two had been arguing for the past two hours over who started the fight.
"If you two don't shut up, I'm going to make you make you regret it," Max said, his eye twitching from having to listen to the same argument for the past two hours.
"I say we break for dinner and rest," Grey said. "It's almost midnight according to this watch you gave me."
"Alright, we'll set up camp for the night under those two trees," Max said. "Come on, everyone. That means that you two stop arguing now or else." The last comment was directed at Ashe and Naruto, who were still arguing. "That's it. Shinobi, I need a roll of duct tape and some rope."
"What for," Shinobi asked, producing the items from his weapon.
"For this," he answered, hitting both Ashe and Naruto on their necks, aiming at a pressure point. "That'll keep them quiet just long enough for me to do this." He picked both up and put Naruto under one tree, Ashe under another. He then tied and taped them to the trees and by the time he was done, they were just coming to.
"How long was I out," Naruto said. He then looked down. "Hey, why the hell am I tied up?"
"Me too," Ashe said.
"Because you two wouldn't shut up," Max said.
"This is all your fault," Naruto said to Ashe.
"Oh, I knew I forgot something," Max said, before Ashe could respond to Naruto.
"Let us go," Ashe said in a hopeful tone.
"Nope. This." He tore off two strips of the tape and proceeded to place one strip each on Naruto's and Ashe's mouths.
"Mph, mpph, mph," Naruto said.
"Ok, I'm not even going to tell you what that was supposed to mean," Max said, seemingly offended.
***
"I found you," a black figure said behind a tree. "If I follow you, I find my revenge on two nuisances in my life."
***
The next morning, they were all back on the road, bags on shoulders and Naruto and Ashe noticeably quieter. "Have you two resolved the fight," Max asked, looking back at them with a menacing shine in his eyes.
"Yes sir," they both said in unison.
"Good. Now, I want to see you shake hands," Max said.
"Why," Ashe asked.
"Would you rather me have you two hug or kiss? Your choice."
They hurriedly shook hands. "There, happy?"
"Yes. Now then, what say we find a way to pass the time?"
"Such as," Sasuke said.
"I dunno. Riddles, I Spy, that kind of stuff." They continued walking after deciding on I Spy. "Ok, I Spy something with orange on it."
"Naruto's outfit," Lan asked.
"No. But that was a pretty good guess," Max said.
***
The black figure following them was currently looking at them like they were idiots. "What the hell is wrong these people," he said to himself.
***
"Hey, what time is it," Lan asked.
Grey took a look at his watch. "It's about 4:00 in the afternoon."
"That means we should be seeing Ground City in just a little bit," Max said. "That's a good thing, cause Will's date is in three hours, which means we need to pick it up just a bit. Come on, everyone. We're gonna go for a half hour jog." And with that, he began to jog as he had said.
"Is he serious," Ashe asked the others.
They all just shrugged, and began to jog after Max.
They continued on that way for ten minutes and Ground City came into view. "There's Ground City. Listen, after we help Will get ready for his date, I'll show you around Ground City, maybe take you to eat at Beamer's. Hell, we'll bring the entire team, excluding Will and Kass of course." They made into Ground City and Max picked up the pace a bit. "Come on guys, just a little farther." They made it to the HQ, where Will was currently freaking out at the moment.
He looked up to see Max, Lan, and Megaman and the group of new members. "It's about time. Dude, I am seriously freaking out here," Will began. Max went up to him and slapped his face. "Thanks, I needed that. Now come on, I need help getting ready. The girls are helping out with Kass, who apparently is freaking out just as much as I am."
"Alright. Lan, you take Ashe to go help the girls and then find us," Max said. "We'll go ahead and help Will."
"Sure thing," Lan said. "Come on, Ashe."
"Quick question," Naruto said to Megaman. "Why are we helping out on a date?"
"Because when Will asked Kass, apparently they both started to freak out after she said yes," Megaman answered. "When Max says we're helping Will to get ready, he means that we're trying to keep him calm and collected before the date."
"Ah. Ok."
"Come on guys. Let's go in before Will really loses it," Max said. They all stared at Will, who was currently beating up a trash can against the wall.
"Are you sure he hasn't lost it already," Kyuubi asked.
"Trust me when I say that you'll know when he's lost it. And we'll just leave it at that."
***
Inside the trash can, the black figure who had been following was currently moaning. "How did he find me already," the black figure asked himself, getting out of the trash can as soon as everyone had gone inside. "Now I will make them pay double what I had originally planned for them."
The journey is over. I'm sure that you have figured out that I'm bringing back an old enemy into next chapter. But I bet you'll never guess. Gammatron's characters belong only to Gammatron. Please Review.