DISCLAIMER: This story is my own, but if any ideas or contents belong to a published group or label, I do NOT own it. Naruto belongs to Masashi Kishimoto and Hamtaro belongs to Ritsuko Kawai. I would not be writing this if I owned them. .

Warnings: It's rated T for a reason

Legend:

"yo" speaking

"Foolish Mortal" Demon talking/spells

"Kai" Inserts, flashbacks, scene changes, etc.

Ham-Ham the Wandering Black Hamster

Book 1: Journeys

Arc: The Meaning of Power, Chapter 12: The Town of Guoy

The odd group of three set up camp after a few hours of walking as it was getting dark out. It wasn't long before Ham-Ham got the fire started that Lilis decided to speak.

"Thanks for helping me, but how can you just decide to help them, those cats are probably just setting us up. Who are you anyways?"

Ham: "My name's Ham-Ham and Leliel wanted me to make sure that you were okay."

Just at that moment, Zanbar who heard the conversation decided to cut in.

Zanbar: "Oh please girl, we Felions' have honor and pride unlike some of your kind."

Lilis: "Girl! You cats are just a bunch of savages! Your kind is ruthless."

And so, for the next thirty minutes, the two bickered about their races and whatnot. Ham-Ham, being the gentle soul that he is, let them bicker, hoping that they would eventually stop. Eventually when he realized that they wouldn't stop, he decided to lay down the law, or in Ham-Ham's case his stick. He shouted,

"Enough!"

Unknowingly, Ham-Ham did the exact same thing Plaguren did with the villagers. Plaguren used his power/flow and sent it out like an aura to induce fear. In this case, Ham-Ham unconsciously used it to assert dominance over the two. He would not realize this fact until much later though. The two that were arguing easily became cowed by the elder's word.

Lilis was the first to recover since Zanbar wasn't use to anyone other than Ferona to assert their will over his. She decided to ask Ham-Ham some questions that were on her mind.

Lilis: "Say Ham-Ham, how do you know Leliel?"

Ham-Ham: "Oh, I helped her out a few times before. Where are you from?"

Lilis: "I'm from the village of Cia, which is south of Elderan. Again, how can you trust those cats?"

Zanbar: "Wrong again girl. We Felion are not just cats, we are one of the most ferocious species of feline there is in the new World."

Ham-Ham decided to respond after Zanbar suddenly cut him off earlier.

Ham: "It's simple; if they were lying then the energy inside their body wouldn't be so calm. People who lie have spikes in their internal energy in their head area, which Ferona didn't have."

Lilis decided to give Ham-Ham the benefit of the doubt since Ham-Ham is an elder. Despite the tension between Zanbar and Lilis, the two managed to make it to the town two days later during the morning. In a denser part of the forest that was hidden from the town, Ham-Ham went up to Zanbar.

Ham: "Since the town is probably up in arms over your kind, you should probably stay in the forest until I come back."

Zanbar: "And what of the girl?"

Ham: "Lilis will be coming with me, but you can grab her any time you want if it makes you feel better."

Zanbar: "Very well."

The two hamsters walked out of the forest and to the entrance of the town. Ham-Ham immediately noticed the guards at the front of the entrance. As the two walked thru the town, they noticed that the inhabitants were quite jumpy, like they expected an attack at any second.

Ham-Ham figured that they might be in the tavern and went to the first one that they saw.

He approached the barkeeper and asked,

"Did two hamsters rent a room here two days ago; their names are Leliel and Rai."

"Ah those two, up stairs and down the hall."

"Thanks."

The two followed the barkeeper's directions and the two friends were reunited. The two female hamsters ran at each other and embraced.

Leliel: "Lilis thank the Hams your safe, I thought that I would never see you again."

Lilis: "And I you Leliel."

After the two were done with their emotional reunion, Leliel turned to Ham-Ham.

Leliel: "Thank you for saving Lilis," as she gave Ham-Ham a slight hug, which caused him to blush slightly.

Rai was the only one to notice Ham-Ham's blush despite Ham-Ham's black fur.

Ham-Ham: "It was nothing, anyway we have bigger issues. The Felion are composed of four tribes and the Northern tribe has become more aggressive of late."

Rai: "Wow, wow, are you sure that the Felion are made up of four tribes? We don't know much about them because of how ferocious they are. Information is hard to come by about the Felion."

Ham: "I'm sure since I talked to the leader of the Western tribe. Back to the point, the Northern tribe is the one attacking this town, which is also causing more Felion hunting quests/missions. The Western tribe doesn't like the hunters, but I doubt the hamsters would listen to them. So we need to find out why the Northern tribe is so aggressive now."

Rai: "I knew I would discover so many things by coming with you, but meh, let's do this then. Where to?"

Ham: "First I need to meet up with Zanbar, we'll go from there. Leliel, I'm assuming that you'll be talking to the Mayor of this town."

Leliel: "Of course, well again, and Ham-Ham, please be safe, okay." (Worried Tone)

Ham: "Will do."

When the group of four left the tavern, just before they split into the two groups, hell broke loose. The town's alert gong sounded just as the group saw a group of Felion attacking the town. Many of the townsmen were disoriented by the sudden attack and were running away in frenzy. Ham-Ham and Rai got into a defensive position around Leliel and Lilis who couldn't defend themselves.

One of the Felion was on top of the tavern and pounced in the middle of the group. At the same time, a Felion rushed at Rai. Unfortunately for the first Felion, Ham-Ham knew where it was going to go thanks to his sensory abilities. He whipped around and brought his stick and flicked his wrist. The stick connected to the Felion's head and was knocked out instantly when Ham-Ham charged some lightening into the tip of his stick. Ham-Ham's lightening temporarily shut the Felion's brain off, so it wasn't getting back up any time soon.

While Rai was fighting the Felion that was attacking him, he noticed something in its eyes. There was a red circle around both of the Felion's eyes. (Like Code Geass)

Rai: "Ham-Ham, there are red circles in both of the Felion's eyes. Are they being controlled?"

Ham: "Hold it off while I check."

Rai: "Okay, but hurry it up, I'm not sure how long I can keep up with its ferocious assault."

Ham-Ham sensed the flow in the Felion's head and found several red strands in its head. The energy that the Felion's possessed showed up as yellow to Ham-Ham, therefore the red color is definitely foreign.

Ham: "Rai you're right, the Felion have foreign energy inside their heads. That means that it's possible that the entire Northern tribe is being mind controlled."

"Black Lightening"

The arc of black lightening from Ham-Ham's stick soared and hit the Felion attacking Rai in the head. By now, the townsmen managed to organize and drive off the group of Felion that attacked the town. The injured Felion, who now also has a black scorch mark like Zanbar, ran away.

Ham-Ham saw a group of hamsters coming this way. Most of them had kitchen knives or pitchforks as weapons, but some of them had swords. One of the slightly bigger hamsters came up to the group and began to talk, but three of the group of four was busy staring at the big G in the middle of the hamster's stomach.

"Eh, Hello?"

Rai: "Oh sorry, but why is there a big G on your stomach?"

Gan: "Ah, so your amazed by my fluffy G are you? (In a buff pose) I am Ganoldo or just Gan if you will and I am the mayor of this town. Our standing tradition is to have a big G made of fur somewhere on the mayor. Now let's slice up that cat next to you."

Townsmen: "Ouse!"

Rai: "Wait!" (Very Loudly)

Gan: "What, Why!"

Rai: "We have reason to believe that the Felion's are being controlled. We th…"

Before Rai could finish, the crowd cut him off by starting to murmur obscenities at him. The murmur stopped when Gan raised his arm.

Gan: "Ha-ha, yeah right, those cats are just wild animals. They don't have any higher intelligence like we do. We lived in peace until they attacked us, so we will give those cats payback in pieces! We'll hunt those cats to extinction!"

Townsmen: "By the Great Hams yeah!"

Inwardly, Rai was starting to get very annoyed by the idiotic minds of these hamsters. They were so reactionary and didn't do any thinking at all. He could only hope for the best now because even he couldn't handle such a crowd. Although Rai was surprised when he saw Leliel come forward to speak since he thought that she was quite shy.

Leliel: "Stop! Can you please just listen to us? Haven't you wondered why the Felion didn't attack you until now?" (Pleading Tone)

Gan: "Listen girl, you might know a lot of stuff about politics and leading a village, but this requires a man's arm for the job. They attacked us first, so we kill them, simple as that." (Sternly)

By the end of Gan's mini lecture, Leliel was almost in tears. When Ham-Ham saw that Gan's words started to cause Leliel to tear up, he had enough. Before the crowd could even get halfway between their original position and to Ham-Ham, he shouted,

Ham: "Enough!"

Again, unknowingly Ham-Ham infused his energy into his aura and stopped the crowd. The frightened crowd looked at Ham-Ham in shock, awe, and perhaps even fright.

Ham: "Gan, apologize to Leliel, your so called lecture hurt her feelings badly."

Gan was still previously cowed by Ham-Ham, merely obeyed,

"I'm sorry Leliel."

Leliel: "*sniff* A-Apology accepted"

Ham: "Now then, do you think that you will listen before you make a big mistake."

Gan: "What big mistake, killing those cats wouldn't matter?"

Townsmen: "We Agree"

Ham: "This will take a while, so get comfortable. (The entire group sits down) We think that the Felion that are attacking the town are being controlled because they have red rings around their eyes. I have met other Felion that can speak and didn't have red rings around their eyes. Also your town is in a lose/lose situation. If you do nothing, then the Felion will tear you apart. On the other hand, if you decide to kill all the Felion for attacking the town, you will doom your town instead."

Gan: "Doom our own town, how?"

Ham: "The Felion have their own hierarchy. They split into four tribes and only the Northern tribe is attacking your town. Should you somehow succeed in killing the Felion's of the Northern tribe, the other three tribes would come and raze this town to the ground."

Gan who was now wide-eyed decided to speak out again, "Then we must send word to the capital, the army will help us wipe out all of the cats from the New World. Come, I'll send out a mes…"

Ham: "Sit down and listen!"

Another wave of Ham-Ham's aura settled down the racist hamster.

Ham: "The Felion are not aggressive creatures although they do enjoy meat. They have more than enough food in the forest and they wouldn't attack us because the Council of Elders would move against them."

Gan: "Okay, so if they are being controlled, who's controlling them?"

Ham: "We don't know who, but it's probably a demon or a rogue elder by my guess."

Ham-Ham's words and explanations, especially the last sentence finally helped the hamsters understand the true gravity of the situation and convince most of them from suffering their own idiodicy.

Gan: "*sigh* very well, we will have to plan some more to better defend the town. Oh, and thank you for enlightening us."

Ham: "Rai, watch Leliel and Lilis for me, I've got to prepare in case I have to fight an elder stronger than me," as he watches Leliel and Lilis following Gan.

Rai: "Will do."

Ham-Ham had to, no needed to prepare in case he had to fight an elder who used the flow the same as him.

HAPPY Thanksgiving everyone!

College really lowers your motivation to write.

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