A Fox Among Cats
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Naruto x Cheetara
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Author's Note
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So yeah I'm back. In all honesty, the reason why I been away, been dealing with major depression and axniety. Been getting over that by meeting newpeople, going out, and even trying to revive my own pause love life. I wanted to start brancing out earlier in his point in the fic which is why some chapters got redacted, but its been so long I don't even know what I want to do anymore at this point so I'm going to go over my old content again and continue from there and hopefully get some new ideas of how I want to branch off the fic. I'll take suggestions for the fourth stone and new races of course, but I think my biggest insipiration will be watching the classic version of this show and adapting some of the og characters into this fic .
Anyway Glad to see everyone who has stuck with me all this time come back as well as new faces.
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Story Start
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It had been a day since the fall of Thundera. Lion-o, Tygra, Cheetara, Snarf, and Naruto stood at the base of the fallen statue. In front of them was a funeral pyre they constructed where the body of the late king Claudus was being burned as per traditional honor. Lion-o held the Sword of Omen in the flames causing the dense metal to glowly a bright red under the intense eat of the flickering flames. After a while, he pulled it out of the flame, and stabbing the sword into the base of the statue, he began to carve the symbol of their fallen nation.
"Rest now to rise again Father." Lion-o spoke in mourning to the spirit of his father.
Tygra then added, "May you find peace in the next life."
In another part of the ruined city, lizards had been looting homes and filling the loot into a machine. While they were busy, Wily Kat and Kit ran to the machine where all the loot was. "Well, what do we have here?" Kat wondered as he opened a chest revealing clothes and various other items inside.
"Ooh new clothes!" Kit said giggling. The two take the chest, and headed away to change.
"We should head for the lizards trail before it grows cold. Mumm-ra's lair is probably past the Sandsea, so we have quite a journey ahead of us." Lion-o suggested as the cheetah Thundercat turned to him.
"Mumm-ra? Jaga told us to find the Book of Omens though. Those were my teacher's last words to us." Cheetara said. Naruto listened to them quietly.
"The book can wait… it has for centuries." Lion-o stubbornly argued.
''But only the book can provide us answers Lion-o.'' Tygra pointed out.
"Answers?'' Lion-o angrily snapped. ''I already know who destroyed our cities and killed our king! What other answers do you need?" Lion-o shouted. "If either of us were on that funeral pyre, father would've already buried that demon! I intend to do him the same justice!" Lion-o growled.
"You're angry Lion-o." Cheetara said calmly.
"I should hope I'm not the only one!" Lion-o angrily retorted as his rage threaten to spill over.
Finally, Naruto could no longer keep silent. ''Its suicide, Lion-o.'' the fox exclaimed as he got in front of the former prince's path.
Lion-o let out a growl. ''Get out of the way Naruto.''
''We're just four individuals. Mumm-ra's a powerful sorcerer with an army and machines. We'll be slaughtered if we go after him as we are now. Please, listen to reason.'' Naruto pleaded. ''Vengeance isn't the answer, or you'll lose everything. ''
Lion-o glared at him. ''Loss? What do you know about loss? You can't even remember who you are let alone remember losing anyone. These aren't your people; this was not your father. For all of you know you could happen upon your family any day now. So don't talk to me about loss.'' Lion-o snapped, and he walked away again, Naruto watching him go. ''We're going after Mumm-ra, and that's an order."
"You are the king." Tygra said bitterly, and he walked after Lion-o. Cheetara followed as well, and Snarf looked at Naruto, who sighed, he walked after them as well. Snarf made a noise and followed them as well.
Naruto, Tygra, Lion-o, and Cheetarah all walked forward wearing capes on their bodies. Lion-o paused to look back at his destroyed home; he gritted his teeth and turned forward again. They walked through the gate and maneuvered through the destroyed bridge. There was a large broken machine lying, and Naruto looked up and noticing the two sneaking figures of two young thunderians. ''Kat? Kit?'' a grin broke out on his face. ''I should have known you two troublemakers would have avoided capture.'' he remarked as they ran over.
"Naruto! Prince Lion-o and Tygra to the rescue! We thought we were the only cats left!'' Kat explained as Lion-o kept on going, completely ignoring them causing the young cats to stop in confusion.
''Maybe we can join you until we get to where we are going?" Kit said walking up to Lion-O. ''Aldar the city of treasure.''
''Never heard of it.'' Lion-o dismissively remarked as Kat shuffled through his pouch and pulled out a scroll.
''Of course not. I carry the only proof.''
"No!" Lion-o said steely.
''Please.'' Kit pleaded.
''But they're just kittens!'' Naruto exclaimed. ''We can't just abandon them.''
"Naruto's right. We can't just leave them here." Tygra said. Lion-o turned to Tygra his teeth bared.
"We're on a mission to avenge father, and you want to play babysitter? They'll have to take care of themselves!" He said, and he continued walking. Kat and Kit looked at each other, and then they ran forward and began to mew at Lion-o. ''I said no!'' he snapped, causing them to stop and look dejected.
''Look, I'll take responsibility.'' Naruto interjected. ''Once we get to another settlement we can drop them off.''
"Fine, but if they start to fall behind you'll have to make a choice. We won't wait for you!" Lion-o said, and he continued, Naruto watched him go, and then he turned to Kat and Kit.
"You two stay close to me okay?'' Because it would be naive to think that Mumm-ra and his army are the only dangerous things out here on this planet.
"You're the best Naruto!" Naruto smiled, and he then walked forward. Kit and Kat smiled and followed Naruto. After a bit of time the duo continued on ahead, being their usual mischievous selves.
''That was really sweet, sticking up for them like that.'' Cheetara stated as she slowed down slightly to match her speed with his.
''I, well I know what its like to not have much of anything and looking for someone for help.'' Naruto remarked. He rubbed the back of his neck and looked away. Would should he say? What was he supposed to say? ''I, I don't ever abandon my friends.'' he confidently added.
''And it shows,'' she replied with a smile. ''Don't ever change.'' she added before continuing on ahead.
Naruto's eyes followed Cheetara's form as his face went flush. Suddenly kisses noises broke him out of his trail of thought. ''Quiet you two!'' Naruto snapped, his face going even redder as the twins broke out in a fit of laughter. The group continued their journey through a canyon and a windy valley before they round themselves in rocky terrain and low on food. The sun was high above with a blazing heat baking the valley.
''We lost the trail Lion-O.'' Tygra stated.
''And were low on supplies.'' Cheetara added, shaking yet another empty bag as nothing but crumbs fell out.
"I don't care! We keep going!" He snarled, and he walked away. Snarf groaned, and then fell forward, tired. Then he perked up at the sight before him, Kit and Kat following his line sight.
"What is that?" Kit asked. Lion-o ran back to look as well. Beyond the small arch was a golden flowing object. They walked through, and Lion-o smirked as he recognized the sight before him.
"Snarf just found the Sandsea. Mumm-ra's lair must be on the other side!" Lion-o said. Tygra looked at the rippling golden waves of sand that moved as if it was water.
"Do you see a way around it?" he asked, as they walked forward. Kit and Kat walked to see the strange sight, and then they gasped.
"I see something better!" Kit said, pointing to a pile of food floating on the sand.
"Food!" Lion-o said. Various chatters of 'yeah' and 'starving' echoed from the group as they started running forward. Naruto was halfway there before a sharp pain and he dropped to one knee.
'I'm starving.' he continued walking about the forest, holding his grumbling stomach. ''Stupid Ero-sennin. Leaving me out here without food.'' he grumbled as he continued his journey through the forest. He needed to find something, anything to eat and that's when he saw it. A small buffet of various foods. He didn't care how it got there or who it belonged too he was starving! ''Food!'' he exclaimed as he dove right for it. The food disappeared in smoke and he was hoisted up, bound and caught in some net. ''Hey! Let me out!" he shouted as some strange creature appeared from behind the tree. This creature dressed in green and red lacked fur or any other features of an animal.
''Lesson number one of shinobi survival Gaki. Suspect everything as a trap, even if it isn't. You never know how prepared your enemy can be or how much time they had to set up who knows how many layer of traps.'' the man with the very long, white hair/fur lectured.
''Just get me out of here Ero-sennin!'' he demanded as he began gnawing on the ropes.
Ero-sennin as he was identified merely scowled. ''Gaki, what have I told you about calling me that?''
Naruto blinked a few times, the memory suddenly leaving as it came. ''Wait! Stop its a trap!"' he shouted to the others who were eating with Gutso. They stopped, hearing the shout but it was too late.
Suddenly, from the north, the sand split as something rose up, and suddenly, Lion-o and the others were in a net. Naruto took off after it, grabbing a kunai as he trailed after the others who crashed onto a boat, Naruto unlucky enough to land on his head, temporarily dazing him. The others saw their captors, the fish people, and the Koi species. In front of them was a white and brown mottled Koi, who smirked while other Koi came near them.
"Quite the catch I say." He said.
"What's all that racket?" A gruff, scratchy voice said, "That better be the Ramlak you spineless jellyfish are carrying on about!" From the stairs leading to the lower deck, another koi came out, this one with pale yellow skin, one eye was closed shut, and he had a red beard fringe. As he walked up, water dripped from his body as he walked a sphere gun in hand. They heard a loud thump, and looked to see a peg leg, he looked at the catch. "Another worthless haul… take what the crew doesn't eat of them and turn it into chum!" The fish said. A large red fish with a chef's hat and coat smiled and began to rub two knives together, chuckling darkly. "Whiskers," Lion-o muttered. The fishes grabbed them and pulled them out of the net. Lion-o and the others lunged at them, but more fishes came with spears and strange devices that had spears loaded in them.
Naruto was able to land on the boat. He dropped down, his kunai trained on the captain. ''Let my friends and I be, before things get messy.''
The captain merely fired the Harpoon gun, causing Naruto to duck as the sphere soared over his head. Two green Koi to rush Naruto who spun and used the back of his closed fist smash against both of their faces causing them to stumble back, overboard the ship.
"I am Lion-o, lord of the Thundercats, and I order you to release us!" Lion-o commanded.
"Ha! The food talks and it has some fight too? I take it that mouth was used to eat the bait for the beast! Well Lion-o, lord of the Thundercats, I am Koineleus Tunar, Captain of this ship, and I order you filleted!" Koineleus said.
"Let's start with the little ones… their meat will be the most deliciously tender!" Said the chef. Kit and Kat gasped, fear in their faces, as the fish advanced, the ship suddenly jerked, and they all staggered. Suddenly, from the side, a large green tentacle snaked out, and grabbing a fish, it swung him high, and then dragged him into the sand sea. The fishes cried out in panic, while the captain looked toward the green tentacle, a grim yet eager expression on his face. "At last! The Ramlak, my wretched Quarry arrives!" From the side, one could see more of the tentacles, the tips studded with red bumps. The tentacles swarmed at them, and a fishman ran forward, the strange spear weapon in hand, and suddenly the spear shot out, a rope attached to it, and it stabbed into a tentacle. Blue liquid came from the wound, a wailing moan was heard, and the tentacle swung up, carrying the fish with it, and then flicking so that the spear came out and the fish fell. Taking advantage of the distraction Naruto went over to the others and used his kunai to cut the ropes.
Fish people were running, but Koineleus stood, and he turned to the cowardly crew, "Come on you filthy maggots! This is the moment we've been waiting for, fight!" He said, grabbing his sword, and pulling it from its scabbard to slash and hack at the tentacles. Cheetara had managed to saw the group out, and they got into themselves up and prepared. No sooner had they done this then the tentacles wrapped around all of them and lifted them up, save Snarf who managed to hide before one got him. Naruto attempted to grab his sword, but the tentacle was blocking his hand. Lion-o however grabbed the Sword of Omens, which extended.
"Thundercats! HOOOOOO!" He shouted, and he slashed the tentacle holding him, and as he fell, he slashed the tentacles off of the kittens. He landed on the ground in front of Koineleus, who stared and then he smirked and turned to his crew.
"The foods got more fight than you!" He said. He then walked to Lion-o, "That's how it's done boy-o, show this cowardly crew how it's done!" A tentacle came at him and he slashed it quickly. Tygra blasted tentacles coming at him, while Cheetara bashed them with her staff. Naruto picked up a hook sword one of the now dead crew members picked up and went about hacking and slicing many tentacles, while Kit and Kat even joined as they bit into a tentacle with their teeth. This combined frontal assault caused the tentacles to retract, and then sink back into the sand, the wailing moan echoing. Koineleus stood at the edge, "Run you coward! You can't escape me forever! I'll follow you straight to the flaming pits of Magmel before I give you up!" He shouted, the tentacles sinking into the sand. Lion-o walked to Koineleus, blue liquid covering him and the others.
"Now, what were we talking about before the interruption?" Lion-o said.
"I believe we were discussing how we'd fillet you! But had I known we'd catch such warriors, I'd of served me first-mate to you on a platter!" Koineleus said, said first-mate looking shocked. "Listen up fishies, these fine fellows are your new ship-mates. Treat them like your own scaly brothers! Give the little ones some food." Koineleus said, and putting a hand on Lion-o's shoulder, he led him away.
"FOOD!" Kit and Kat shouted with glee.
"Welcome to the crew!" The first-mate said with two swab-brushes, walking to Cheetara and Tygra, Cheetara grabbing the brush.
"Why don't I feel good about this… Tygra?" She asked, turning to him only to find him leaning against the side of the deck, retching.
That left Naruto to take the other swab-brush. ''Note to self, never sit next to Tygra on a boat.'' the fox playfully noted. ''But now we're even more off track from finding the Book of Omens.'' he quickly changed gears. He then noticed Cheetara's troubled face. ''Something on your mind?'' he asked.
''Its just...'' she began. ''Jaga once told me if anything happened that I should keep an eye on prince Lion-o. I always wondered what he meant. Now, seeing the prin-King,'' she corrected herself. ''...like this, I can't help but feel like I'm failing him.''
''Hey,'' he softly called out to her. ''Lion-o's grieving right now. You haven't failed Jaga, but it's going to take time. He lost his father, he's going to need us, all of us.'' he assured her.
''You're right,'' she replied, feeling a little better.
While that was going on Lion-o and Koineleus climbed the mast to the crow's nest while Kit and Kat went into the dining area. As Koineleus and Lion-o climbed, Koineleus shouted down to Lion-o.
"Hurry up ya landlubber! How could I be faster than you with twice the years and one less leg?" He said as he scaled the ladder with impressive speed.
"How'd you lose it captain?" Lion-o asked. Koineleus climbed onto the nest and he waited for Lion-o to come up before putting his peg leg on the pole.
"I didn't lose this leg! It was taken by the Ramlak!" Lion-o looked shocked, "So was our oasis home. It was a watery paradise amongst this barren desert… but the creature drunk it dry!" Koineleus said, grabbing a telescope and extending it. "You know what it's like Lion-o to have everything taken from you and replaced with rage…" the captain said. Lion-o looked down.
"A rage that won't go away until the monster that took it from you is no more," Lion-o said somberly. Koineleus looked through the telescope again.
"Aye," He acknowledged.
In the dining area Kit and Kat hungrily devoured the food, while the chef watched them eat quietly. They gobbled up a plate, and then finishing, they held up the empty platter. "More please!" They both said. The chef smiled, grabbing the plates, he filled them with food.
"That's it! Let's put some fat on those hungry bellies." As they ate the food he said, "I prefer my dishes a little spicy… how about some seasoning?" He asked. They nodded and continued to eat. Both so engrossed with the food, neither noticed him sprinkling the seasoning on them.
In the Crow's Nest. ''I'll tell you Lion-o, we would've sunk the Ramlak long ago, if the crew wasn't filled with insubordinates!" Koineleus said.
"What do you do when they question the course you set?" Lion-o asked.
"A crew rarely knows what's best for them. Everything you do is for that sorry lot, and they still go soft on ya! When they do, you'll have to sail on, with or without them!" Koineleus said. Lion-o considered those words, but then a crack of thunder made him turn his head.
"I see it!" Lion-o said. Indeed he did see it, a giant creature, the top had large tendrils that waved around, and near the bottom of the body were the tentacles from before. "There a quarter arc of the sun journey straight ahead!" Koineleus looked through his telescope, a smile forming on his scaly face.
"Good spot lad! Quit flopping around you lazy lobs! The chase is on!" The captain shouted. The ship whirred as it began to follow the Ramlak through the sand sea, and as they followed it, floating rocks and lightning crashed, the first-mate who had been following the Ramlak, turned to the crew.
"Lighting storm just blew in ahead! I advise we sail around it!" He shouted. Koineleus pushed the first-mate aside.
"And lose the Ramlak's trail? Full speed ahead!" Koineleus said.
"But captain! We'll never survive!" The first-mate shouted.
"The only thing not surviving is the Ramlak!" Lion-o shouted as he ran up and jumped onto the helm, "Into the storm we go!" He shouted, and turning the wheel, he steered the ship into the storm. Tygra, and Cheetara ran to Lion-o.
"Lion-o this is madness! What are you doing?" Tygra shouted.
"Not letting anything stand in my way! Not a storm! Not you!'' Lion-o shouted.
Naruto ran up, ''And what good will this do? How are we going to avenge the capital, all the cats that died, if we end up being killed over this?''
''You can run if you wish. This isn't your fight, but I intend to see it through to the end!'' Lion-o replied.
"Faster boy, faster! I can almost taste its foul breath!" Koineleus said.
"Captain! The ship won't last much longer in this storm!" Cheetara said.
"It's time to turn back!" Tygra shouted.
"Ha ha! I see you're as soft as the rest of the chum on this ship! Come on lad! It's you and me!" Koineleus shouted. Lion-o turned to him nodding.
"I'm right beside you captain!" Lion-o said, and with that, the two ran to the front bow of the ship and began to blast and slice through the rocks.
Down below Kit and Kat finished their meal in the kitchen, and the chef had his knife and was sharpening it. "This old chef is tired of cooking… It's his turn to eat!" He said, walking to them. Kit then jumped onto the table and in her hand was a yellow item topped with a pink swirling thing.
"That's why we made this! Looks good huh?" She said.
"What-Guph!" The strange item was stuffed into the chef's mouth, his head tilted back as it turned a pinkish red.
"You said you love that spicy stuff! So we just used a ton of that!" Kat said. Kit giggled as the chef fell back, unable to speak or move from the sheer hotness of the spice overwhelming his mouth.
"Thanks for the food!" Kit yelled as she and Kat ran to a door. As the chef lay there gurgling and grunting.
On the deck the moan of the Ramlak was heard as the creature surfaced, its massive green tentacles flailing about, and its large face tentacles wriggling. "It's surfacing! Now's our chance!" Koineleus said as they looked at the giant purple creature, it whipped a tentacle, slamming into a few of the crew. "Ready lad?" Koineleus asked as he got in the cannon again.
"Always!" Lion-o said, a spear gun in hand, he fired it at a tentacle where it held strong and the gun wrenched out of his grasp. Lion-o ran forward, and drawing the Sword of Omens, he slashed at a tentacle, turning to slash at another as Koineleus peppered the Ramlak with laser blasts. Meanwhile, the crew tried their best to fight, Tygra, Naruto, and Cheetara also pitching in. The Ramlak wrapped its tentacles around the ship, and then it began to crush the ship, the ship beginning to crack and then split!
''Take out its arms! Then we go for the head!'' the captain ordered as he continued to fire.
Lion-o began to notice several of the crew members falling into the hectic and stormy sea of sand."Don't stop lad, its end is nigh!" Koineleus shouted a spear gun in hand.
"The crew! Their gonna drown!" Lion-o shouted.
"Never mind them! We can always get a new crew… we have to finish this now before he submerges again!" Koineleus said.
"Isn't it the crew we're fighting for?" Lion-o demanded.
"Don't tell me you've gone soft like the rest of them?" Koineleus snapped. Lion-o looked at Koineleus, and he finally understood as he looked at the proud, arrogant, and uncaring captain, he understood what he had been doing.
"I guess I have…" Lion-o said, and he jumped into the sand sea, and then he grabbed a piece of wood to float on. Koineleus ran to the railing, staring with pure hate at the Ramlak.
"Come on beast, I spit my last breath at thee!" Koineleus said. The Ramlak groaned, and Koineleus held his spear gun and fired at the Ramlak, the spear traveling up and lodged at the body. "You won't slip away this time!" Koineleus shouted. The Ramlak bellowed, and then it sank into the sand, and as it did, Koineleus was pulled, but he didn't loosen his grip, laughing maniacally as he was pulled into the sand with the Ramlak.
When the fishes and the rest of the cat's made their way to the debris, Lion-o, using a spear gun shot at a large piece of ship debris, and when it latched on, he began to pull. Kit cheered him on. When they reached the debris, the fishes climbing up the wreck, trying to get away from the sand, Lion-o and the other's remained on the wood.
"You steered us into quite the storm Lion-o!" Cheetara commented.
"I lost sight of what's important and for that-"Lion-o began, when suddenly, the groan of the Ramlak was heard, and the creature resurfaced, and it lowered its body, revealing the mouth. The mouth shot purple tendrils, extending down, and snatching Lion-o up. The others went to move, but the tendrils pulled him out of reach!
"Give him back you slimy sack of tentacles!" Kat shouted as the creature drew Lion-o into its mouth. When he was gone, it turned its great body to the survivors, and its tentacles shot forward again. The others could only watch in fear as it advanced on them.
"You lose Ramlak." He said simply. Suddenly, the Ramlak stopped, and then the sound of squelching flesh was heard, and from the Ramlak, electricity shot forward and a white object suddenly pierced through, and then down as it went, water gushed out! Suddenly, from the rip, Lion-o came out, covered in water. The Ramlak deflated as the water exited its great body, which was now ripping apart as the water gushed out, filling into the sand sea, and pushing it away as the water began to rush back in the sheer force and quantity, revealing land. The fishes cheered as the water splashed them, their home recovered.
Sometime later Lion-o stood in front of what remained of the crew in the sand sea, a specially designed gondola floated, Tygra, Cheetara, Snarf, Naruto, Kit and Kat were on, waiting for their leader. "Thanks to you, we have our home back!" The former first-mate said, grabbing Lion-o's hand and shaking it gratefully.
"I'm sorry about your captain." Lion-o said. The first-mate looked at Lion-o.
"It was his own foolish choice that led him to his sandy grave," The first mate said. Lion-o lowered his head slightly.
"We better get moving before the sun sets!" Tygra said. Lion-o turned to them the fierce hate that was once in his eyes now gone.
"So what orders do you have for your crew?" Cheetara asked. Lion-o smiled.
"We head out for the Book of Omens!" He said.
"Aye, aye captain!" Cheetara said.
"And what do we do with these two stowaways?" Tygra asked, pointing to Kit and Kat, who were mewling and purring.
"I'm not babysitting them… it's a good thing they can take care of themselves!" Lion-o said as the kittens broke out in a cheer before he turned to Naruto.
Lion-o looked at him, and then he bowed his head. "I was out of line earlier. I let my anger cloud my better judgment. I shouldn't have said those things I did. They were your people just as much as they were mine. Friends...still?'' Lion-o asked, raising his head to look at Naruto. Naruto merely sighed and shook his head as a grin broke.
''You're lucky I'm a very forgiving person by nature, I think.'' he said as he scratched his cheek. The other's chuckling at Naruto's playful reference to his memory problem. After a few more hours had passed until they finally left the terrain and were on solid land. After today's events they decided to set up camp early so they could rest. ''Give it up kittens. Cheetara won't let anyone see that blade. Even her bestest buddy from childhood.'' he threw in the last part with a bit of hopefulness.
''Nice try.'' Cheetara replied as she placed the dagger back in her personal belongings. It was the last memento she had of her family. The fire had finally began to burn quite nicely as more sticks were added to it.
''Does anyone else feel that?'' Tygra asked.
''Fill what?'' Kit asked as the ground shook slightly,''Whooooooa.'' she cried out as she was almost knocked off her.
''That!'' he pointed out as the ground began to shake even more.
(Sonic The Hedgehog (2006) Music: EVENT - TENSION... SILVER VS. SHADOW)
''EARTHQUAKE!'' The kittens cried out as they grabbed each other. The others jumped to their feet as they tried to stay up right. The ground continued to shake furiously as there fighter was put out by the commotion. Bits of earth began to crumble and crack when suddenly a massive figure emerged, breaking through the earth. Its long and coily body trailed on for nearly a mile as the creature left its hole. It was a black serpent with dark magneta eyes and fangs that was about as big as they are. Its long forked tongue slithered out between its lips as its head dropped slightly, revealing a rather large slash below its left eye matching that of a dagger.
''Aaaah. Sssssso, dinner has arrived earlier.'' the creature spoke as it cocked its mouth slightly to reveal poison dripping from its fang. ''Cats with a side of fox. Its been so long since I had a tasty gathering.''
The kittens quickly fled behind Naruto who armed himself with one of the blades he had taken from that ship. The others armed themselves for battle as well, prepared for the fight of their lives.
Meanwhile in Mumm-ra's layer he was currently torturing the still alive Jaga. A multi-colored sphere reflected colors of blue and green made its shell as an ominous violet glowed rushed over the screaming Jaga. Whispy smoke like fingers drove into the head of Jaga, trying to break the stubborn Cleric. There by Mumm-ra's side was the traitorous Grune who turned to the sorcerer. ''If Jaga knew where the Book of Omens were, Claudus would have never sent Panthro and I to look for it. The Sword of Omens is what's important.''
''Is that so Grune?'' the sorcerer asked with a whispery rasp to his voice. ''If he has nothing to hide, then explain why he so fiercely resists my effort to probe his mind? The Sword of Omens is just a part of a bigger picture. The Book of Omens has a more important use.'' Mumm-ra then raised his hand, preparing to cast another, darker magic. ''Your magic is strong wizard, but you will break.'' soon bluish-violet electricity crackled from the magical shell. ''Where is the book?''
Jaga turned his head. ''You know I'll die before revealing the books location.''
Mumm-ra dropped his hand before picking up a lantern of some kind. The shape of it was some sort of black creature, a gargoyle or some other dark monstrosity with a green sphere with a blue core and black outline around the core, lodged within the confines of its small yet sharped, carved teeth. Suddenly the core began to glow a bright blow and tendrils of violet energy was sucked into its void as Jaga's body was sucked in. Nothing more remained but an ethereal image of Jaga's head with a faint green outline. ''The dark magic in this lantern will force you to show us the location of the Book of Omens!'' the specter remarked as the image of Jaga was replaced by a powerful and bright beam of blue light erupting from the Lantern and pointing from the pyramid to parts unknown.
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The type of amnesia Naruto has.
Retrograde amnesia- Inability to remember events that occurred before the incidence of trauma or the onset of the disease that caused the amnesia.