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TKFQH
The Attack on the Dogs!
Previously on King of Foxes, Queen of Hares;
Meanwhile, in the various castles in the many lands of the kingdoms, each king and queen were bored out of their skulls. Apparently this whole ruler stuff had more responsibility than any of them had ever predicated. It was all just sitting in the throne while listening to a monotone messenger speak of the issues presented without even giving them time to think about them. Issues like trades, taxes, construction, people's groups and training, it all piles up so much that even sleeping in the most comfortable beds never helped and they never as much as gotten a good amount of sleep with all their nightmares and bed pains.
It was becoming clear that the familiars from inside the royal palace were not joking around, no one came when they asked for help and no one asked of theirs either. It was all because of their behavior in the council of kings. And speaking of which, there was a meeting that same place so the kings have arrived yawning and with droopy eyes with black markings under the eye sockets. It was only Naruto and Hinata who looked the most energized of the bunch.
"Thank you all for coming guys." Naruto said in a cheerful tone that only made their headaches hurt even more.
"Please have pity on us. The last few months were not the easiest." Tenten, the queen of all pandas who are expert famers and users of their own mystic arts, had begged to be spared of his political pains.
"Troublesome. I told everyone why I don't like to be a king." Shikamaru, king of the deer who are among the best trackers and protectors of the scared forests that are surprisingly scare throughout the country.
"Yes, yes you will get used to it. Anyways, we will have to because there is an enemy that had been banished from our country but the years had gained him the time to get the power in order to return and take over our kingdoms again." Anything to get them away from the paperwork and the dusty chairs for these stressed out kings. "Orochimaru of the kingdom of snakes with his general of his forces, Kabuto. The armies includes mutated creatures and rather extraordinary individuals who have given up on their freedom with talks about fame and glory as traitors." Naruto went into detail until he was intercepted verbally by yet another of the cranky kings.
"Why are all of our enemies from back home here? Is it all that hard on our souls?" Neji was the king of the Sparrows who are fierce fighters and skilled hunters that seek only the freedom of the hunt and the property of the skies so his kingdom is at odds with Ino's Falcons and Sasuke's Hawks. And this time, Neji noticed that his enemy was no different from the traitor who attacked the village during an invasion that interrupted the Chunin Exams.
"It will seem that the forces that brought us into this word had an opposite force for the same power but for different reasons as it choses instead of heroes and young ones with potential to be kings but the most despised of traitors and villains to rule their lands with an iron fist and a lust for more power and knowledge for the world's secrets." That will enough to say in one breath but Naruto was a different man altogether, this types of things are nothing to him.
"So how do we fight them if they have such powerful armies?" Kiba had lost his excitement and hadn't felt like himself for the entire time of king's duties. Trying to keep his kingdom of rapid dogs from fighting over game, food, prey and territory as they were like a million clones of himself with their own free minds.
"Why should we be so worried? You had sent him fleeing with his tail behind his legs!" Sakura was in charge of the mice Kingdom who were the best at scholarships and knowledge but also for their high voices for such small bodies; Sakura nearly got deaf after hearing all those conversations for those few months.
"Because the enemy is stronger and smart enough to be done in the same way. You should not underestimate him if he has amassed another army even after being defeat by Naruto-sama." Shino wasn't just the king over mantis but any other type of insect who are the best at identifying targets and never lose them in a chase; on the other hand, they are the best breeders and can raise any race as well as harvest any crop there is possible.
"You can be right my friend. Let's hope we actually can stand up to this new unyouthful menace." Lee was the king of the monkey kingdom which was hard enough trying to keep them in one place because their energetic personalities was too much even for Lee to handle. At least they can protect the jungles and any of the helpless animals that are hunted down by the predators. Of course he had a lower voice for the sake of his own ears but Lee can never stop talking about the 'flames of youth' as it was already far too late to rid of.
"If they do try to come to my kingdom, then we will try to old them out until Naruto and Hinata come to turn the tides." Choji was getting mellowed out and seems to be the first one to gain Naruto's respect back as the blond could tolerate him the best. At least the king of a desert filled with armadillos was honest and chose his words carefully.
"Regardless what we all have to say about this. It is best that we will not disappoint Orochimaru's efforts by becoming even stronger while he was away. If you fall then the others do so at least try to get your kingdoms together so that it won't be that easily for them." Naruto gave out the reminders to his fellow kings who just nodded under the crushing presence that clearly defined the blonde as the King of Kings. Yet despite that, it will take more than Naruto to deal with this threat for sure.
"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU FUCKING SHITTING ME WITH!?" The grand palace shook as if an earthquake was surging through the floors and rocked the foundations; instead it was something much worst. It was Naruto responding to a message from the land of the Dogs that Kiba commands.
"I am not doing such a thing Kiba. This is too serious. Orochimaru's spies and soldiers are near the location of your kingdom and already had wiped out a good amount of your forces that were stationed there. You are really careless of where you put your dogs into position." Naruto all in one breath which was amazing that he didn't even pant afterwards.
"So what do you suggest I do about it!?" Kiba shouted.
"Calm down is one suggestion." Naruto responded calmly but with a hint of malice towards the one thing that made Kiba nearly unbearable; his brashness and tendency to be even more impatient than how Naruto was even before he was modeled into a respectable ruler. "Another suggestion is looking at your positions and your books on warfare…"
"Are you not going to help me!?" Kiba shouted but regretted when Naruto glared at him even harder than before. This time, it took Hinata's comforting hand to calm him down. But the King of Kings still looked conflicted, about something else entirely. "W-what is it?"
"What is it?" Naruto spoke in a tone that showed he was still in internal conflict. "It is the fact that when the shell of the kingdoms were made for us to fill with color and life, there were laws made too. And then there was the Agreement."
"Agreement to what?" Shikamaru asked and Naruto nodded.
"The Agreement that no king or kingdom will ever step over any boundaries and enter any other territory for any reason." Naruto explained and while everyone else reacted to it in their own way,
"Are you saying that you will just prefer to preserve a stupid rule than break it! Rules are there to be broken!" Kiba's brashness and reckless nature came back once again. But this will just get him killed someday.
"I am preserving this 'stupid rule' because it was broken once!" Naruto made that clear, "But this is irrelevant and you need to learn how to combat this breach before you lost your kingdom Kiba. Dismissed." Naruto said and just like that, the King of the Kingdom of Dogs vanished from the throne; as if this 'Kiba' was just a hologram.
If he was then it was prefect for him to be back in his country for this invasion. And yet the other kings were still present. "Just why would this 'Orochimaru' want to attack Kiba's kingdom?" Sakura asked which was kind of ironic since she was among the smartest of the Queens.
"It is obvious Haruno, Orochimaru is both clever and merciless." Naruto said while everyone else scowled at her with him. "He knows that Kiba was thrown into Kinghood unprepared and without any experience. It was a prefect chance for the cruel Snake to get some territory for himself."
"Then why aren't you helping him!? Isn't all this your territory too! You are the King of Kings!" Sakura shouted but her rant was cut very short when the air got uncomfortable again.
"You are still a child Haruno. Even if Orochimaru does take the Dog territory, he won't get anywhere else." Naruto said with a confident tone. 'That is because me and my foxes matched Orochimaru and his snakes before, and we had been getting better for the next conflict. Which may happen sometime soon. All are dismissed."
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After another couple of weeks, things weren't looking good. Not good at all. And Kiba is no different.
"I can't believe it!" Kiba shouted within his private chambers with his bed littered with books, something he doesn't usually read, and a table with a map of his kingdom laid on. "I have gone through these books more times than I can count! I saw what they told me and I acted like they told me to! So why isn't it helping!?"
Then a knock on his door had alerted Kiba to its attention. "Come in." Kiba, at least, wasn't the type to snap at his dogs when he was in a bad mood. That will make him appear to be a cruel and abusive dog owner, one of the many things that Kiba will rather die than to become. And one of his dog did come in with papers. "More bad news?"
{Actually Your Highness, we came with something that could be a miracle that can turn the tide.} One of the dogs said, a lot like the representative back in the main palace. {It seems that we have found out where some of the camps to our enemies. If we destroy them then we can have an edge.}
While the voice of the dog messenger sure was optimistic, Kiba was no longer that sort of a boy ruler. "That is good on paper but I can't afford to be too confident with this kind of snake. Send in a couple of our lookouts so they can easily get away and inform us about those camps. I am not sending an army if they are going to fall into a pitfall."
The dog secretly smiled. He and the others were hoping that this invasion will have a silver-lining. And it did as their ruler is becoming more and more mature and insightful with all the pressure. {At once Your Highness and can I suggest you will get some sleep? We need you at your best for the results.}
Kiba sighed, it was true. He was getting paranoid to the point that he didn't feel comfortable with even a couple of hours of sleep. Kiba wanted to use the time he was given to figure out how to fend off Orochimaru. "Right. But don't leave me out once they come back, we have as little time as possible before we are done."
{Yes your Highness.} The dog bowed and left the master bedroom. Just in time to not see Kiba yell out, knocking the books off his bed while not caring if he teared a few in the progress. Then Kiba managed to relax in his comfortable sheets that oddly didn't smell like doggy kibble or wet dog either. It proves that dogs aren't a very smelly race after all; just misunderstood after skipping a bath or two.
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A few hours later,
"UAWW!" Kiba roared like a bear at the end of its hibernation, feeling like a new man. "Now that was what I really needed!" And just like that, the door got knocked on. "…" Kiba felt the urge to run and open it in anticipation, "I am not even going to guess."
{Please, you Majesty!} Kiba noticed that it was the voice of his various dogs but must be a different on how it addressed him. And the tone was indeed urgent.
"I am coming." Kiba said and opened it to indeed see a dog servant but of a much different breed. But that wasn't relevant so Kiba ignored it. "So what is it?"
{We actually got Intel from some of our scouters! But it wasn't what we had hoped!} The dog said before Kiba made his first silent response, by merely raising his hand in the gesture of 'calm down'. {The camps we spotted were already vandalized, you Majesty.}
Now that got Kiba's attention, "And while you may not know who, has these empty camps been taken over already?"
{…No…And they had been for hours…even before we sought them out…} The dog messenger said and Kiba nodded.
"Then don't wait any longer, see to it that whatever is left of those camps of Orochimaru we can take! This is an opportunity so hurry up and take it!" Kiba shouted and the dog messenger straighten up,
{Yes you Majesty!}
"And I am going to do this not only for my kingdom but ultimately, my redemption. I am going to make up for everything to Naruto and I will do it!" Kiba proclaimed, knowing that he was alone. And yet he didn't care if he heard anyways; somethings will never change about a boy like Kiba, even when he is appointed King overnight.
End of Chapter 5.
*Now this one took like forever because it seems like I needed warfare tactics and how to make such a story if I was going to finish this chapter. Tell me what you think!