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TKFQH
Why The Fox Is The King Of All
Previously on King of Foxes, Queen of Hares;
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.
"Is everything and everyone ready?" Kiba said, dressed in the king's robes that were given to him, despite how much they itch. And beside him was Akamaru who has grown in the past few months since they both woke up in this strange world; now the white puppy can reach Kiba's waist on four legs and half past the torso sitting down.
{Yes your Majesty} One of his dog servants answered and Kiba nodded.
"Good. You all know what to do and when to do it. Because of that, we will show that snake that he can't take our land. No matter how hard he tried, that warlord will fall to us!" Kiba announced and the dogs cheered before heading off to their assignments. And all Kiba has to do is to keep a close eye on the movements of both his dogs and the snake army. A king must be able to be alert when things go downhill and be quick enough to act.
Meanwhile, at the opposite border of the Dog's territory, another army was waiting for Kiba and his own. And they all looked like snakes with their scaly skin and cruel, sneaky and devilish eyes. But their leader made them all look handsome, even the one by his side.
"So Naruto-kun has finally decided to let his lower Kings to fight us, eh?" The snake leader said with a cunning and smug grin. It was like this development was no treat to them. "Well we saw see if the King of Dogs is anything like the King of Foxes. Ready Kabuto?" He then turned to his right hand who nodded,
"Yes, Warlord Orochimaru."
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A lot later,
"That was a nice comeback, your country is now whole again." Naruto said, finally seen outside the palace that is in the center of all the kingdoms. He was in a tent with Kiba who looked at least satisfied but not completely happy.
"I still couldn't get at that snake jerk before he went up and ran like a coward!" Kiba ranted and while his dogs flinched at the sheer volume of their king's voice, Naruto looked no different.
"There is always a shiver lining Kiba." Naruto said and directed his and everyone's attention to the captive in the tent, bounded with wire and mouth gagged; Kabuto, right hand man of Orochimaru himself. "At least there are some spoils of battle and victory and it's all yours. You did capture him."
And for the first time in a while, Kiba finally smiled. Smiled because Naruto's words were true. Kiba did deserve any spoils and trophies from the confrontation. Naruto only provided the back-up so no matter what happened, the snakes will fail to take the territory of the dogs.
"But it was you that caused it to happen." Kiba said, "Without you…I don't think I would have won that battle." Naruto said nothing as both kings decided to take a trip down memory lane. Back to when the dogs were fighting the ground troops of the snakes to a standstill until Orochimaru joined to make it a one-sided battle; but not before Naruto came with an army of his own to turn the tide.
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Flashback Begins!
"Tsūga (Passing Fang)!" Kiba shouted and tunneled his way through at least five snake troops while Akamaru was doing the same. The rest of the dogs were not doing as greatly as every dog is either tearing at an enemy troop or the reverse. "Akamaru!" Kiba saw that a good portion of his troops were being surrounded by several snakes. After calling for his partner, they went for a teamwork technique called, "Gatsūga (Fang Passing Fang)!"
With both king and partner using the same Tsūga technique, they destroyed the enclosing circle of enemy soldiers and used the leftover energy within the technique to try at more flesh snake meat. And yet, that was only giving the army of dogs a few more moments with barely any advantage in numbers.
"Your majesty! We are losing soldiers in both flanks! The snakes are too powerful!" One of the dogs shouted out to Kiba once the pair had finally ran out of steam in their Gatsūga technique.
"Dammit! And here I thought that we actually had something to use against the snakes after some of their camps were wiped off the map!" Kiba cursed, he could see the situation perfectly.
"You liked it little Kiba~?" Now that was a voice that was like a rattlesnake's tail, magnified to unbearable volume. "I figured that when we moved on from camp to camp, you will jump at the chance to use some useless tents that were as dry as a bone."
"Orochimaru!" Kiba shouted, it wasn't hard to know who is mocking the chosen king of dogs. "You bastard! You rotten, sniveling jerk!"
"Name-calling? You can do better than that." Orochimaru said calmly in his mocking tone. "I expected more of the kings under Naruto-kun. He never fell for something as silly as this trap of mine. Now look around you." Kiba turned his head slightly into both directions and saw that his dogs were either getting beaten down or captured, with ease. It felt like salt in fresh wounds.
"I will show you better, Snake jerk!" Kiba charged reckless at the snake with fistfuls of kunai to throw, only to be deflected with ease. "Take this!" Kiba then went for a right hook to the face only for Orochimaru to bend to impossible angles to avoid it. "Gotcha!"
Orochimaru raised his eyebrow only to smirk when Kiba broke his balance by attacking the former's legs, where the snake was putting all his strength to maintain his posture. That caused the snake warlord to be suspended in midair for a moment that was enough for a king like Kiba. It was when the dog king landed a sick left strike, right into Orochimaru's stomach. It was a considerable punch since the ground facing the warlord's back had cracked in a way to resemble a spider web.
"Nice quick thinking but…" Orochimaru said before he exposed Kiba's nonexistent guard and landed a right kick to the dog king's side. "You still haven't learned everything there is to war." And Orochimaru then beat down on Kiba with speeds that were obviously hidden by the warlord holding back.
"Arrgh! Akamaru!" Kiba tried to shout to his partner who moved in for a Tsūga technique. But Orochimaru didn't even flinch. Only moving to land a right hook where it hurts the most to the larger than average white dog; the very tip of the spinning drill of an attack.
"You call this a drill when the tip is blunt? It is like trying to stage a silent assassination with a hammer. There is truly no real damage done little Kiba." Orochimaru mocked their attempts with sadist remarks and Akamaru was knocked out for sure but with blood showing on his forehead. "Now it is time for bad dogs like you to be put down!"
Kiba, beaten down and forced to see his partner defeated easily, could do nothing but brace for the pain that is soon to come. "Kiba might be a bad dog." When nothing happened, the dog king opened one of his eyes to see a certain blonde grasping Orochimaru's arm with enough strength to render it immovable for the snake warlord. "But since he is my bad dog, I get to decide to put him down. And decided, not to!"
Naruto then kicked Orochimaru away from Kiba, only for the snake warlord to land on his feet like a cat. "Naruto."
"Get your head in check Kiba, this is war after all." Naruto said, not even looking at the defeated king. "I know that you are not dying and you can still fight. So handle someone second to the snake for a change. I will take over."
Kiba could have protested due to his egotistic and prideful attitude but he left all that ages ago, waking up in this strange world as a king of dogs. "Fine. And who will that be?"
"Me." Kiba turned while the Fox King and Snake Warlord didn't budge. All there was to see was the right-hand general of the snakes, crouching like a tiger on a nearby boulder. "The name is Kabuto and I will have fun beating you down, Dog King." Kabuto said in a mocking tone that was too much like Orochimaru for Kiba's taste.
"I was beaten, not killed or defeated. I can still fight." Kiba said with a confident tone, rather than his once arrogant one.
"We shall see!" Kabuto then charged from his spot at Kiba, short blades in both hands. But it evident that Kabuto was holding back by slashing with only the blade in his right hand, only for it to be blocked by yet another kunai.
"You know, this reminds me when I thought that all I needed was s single punch when I fought Naruto back in our home world. Looks like the situation is reversed!" Kiba shouted, truly feeling the adrenaline rush as his body responded like a trapped rat; with the speed, strength and lack of mercy.
"I must admit that I did underestimate you Dog King." Kabuto said with a few cuts and bruises and yet he was standing with the posture of a fully healthy man. "But now I know not to hold back anymore!" Kabuto shouted, once again charging at Kiba who looked no different than his aftermath with Orochimaru; meaning that he had gotten any new injuries.
"We shall see!" Kiba parroted a certain snake's right hand and did what he meant to start to do years ago. It was long overdue for Kiba to learn that a good defense is also a good offense. No wonder Kiba actually felt like he was having fun, dodging and blocking Kabuto's attack; even if Orochimaru's right hand said that he was not holding back anymore.
Of course, fun things come to end in some way. And that was when both Kiba and Kabuto felt like they were lifted from the ground and flung a few meters away. Both of them turned to see something truly scary and brutal. It was Naruto and he was covered in fire!
"It is always nice to let loose once in a while, eh Orochimaru?" Naruto said, facing the snake warlord who was just a bundle of sweat and flesh in a field covered by scorching flames. "Now to really bring the heat!"
Orochimaru found himself barely able to match Naruto now, receiving burns and beatings. Any hit in will just cause another burn to the respective fist and any hit received will cause yet another burn mark. "Here comes the flame of oven, the one that you fell from the frying pan! Kitsune no Itameru Aki (Falling From the Fox's Stir Fry)!"
Orochimaru was soon engulfed in fire, from head to toe, as he screamed in burning pain. But what made everyone's day was that Orochimaru's body was suddenly lifted off the ground, along with his army of snakes! And they all went aflame just like him. There wasn't even embers of the snakes left.
"Warlord Orochimaru!" Kabuto shouted in horror. He never saw something like this in his life. Then again, he never even seen his ruler fight Naruto before; it all happened before Kabuto was even in the Snake army. Of course, this lowering his guard is what Kiba needed; to secure Kabuto by knocking him out.
Dogs and Foxes: 1. Snakes: 0.
Flashback Ends!
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"I don't usually take flattery but sometimes, I have nightmares late at night that my skills have finally been left to rust." Naruto said with a modest tone, fitting the scenario of a farmer called to be a king instead. It shows that even though Orochimaru was stopped and his army was nearly annihilated, the snake still got away for another attack.
"Will this still make up for what I did my lord?" Kiba asked, with a slight nervousness to his choice of words towards Naruto. And after seeing the blonde take out the rest of the army of snakes with ease, forcing Orochimaru to flee without Kabuto to save himself, anyone could be like that.
"It is a start but if you are determined, then you will have to work harder because you are dealing with a lifetime of suffering and ignorance." Naruto said with a serious tone that Kiba nodded. "And don't think that Orochimaru is just going to hide in his hole, waiting for his tail to grow back. He has connections and generals everywhere in my lands. And you were just a test to see how one of my kings handles one of his proxies. He will be back, where and when I am not looking."
Naruto said all that while leaving with his escorts and bodyguards, leaving Kiba in the tent to think. Think about how this will affect any future days, now that Naruto has fought Orochimaru for the latest and maybe the last time. Just how are the others going to handle such a warmonger like Orochimaru?
End of Chapter 6
*I wanted to make this chapter since this month marks two years since I posted this story! I really wanted it to be updated at least within the same week as the publication date. Hope it is good enough!*