Merman

The three mermen stopped swimming and gave themselves some time to let there breathe even out.

"Oh...my...God!" Iruka breathed out, clenching his heart.

Kiba just allowed himself to float there, and Naruto wrapped his arms around himself. After a short silence, Kiba burst into laughter. Naruto and Iruka looked at him confused, then Kiba whipped his head up and did a small flip then swim right in front of Naruto.

"You made out with the dude." Naruto blushed a bight red, as Kiba did a back flip away from him and continued laughing.

"Kiba, that's enough he was just giving CPR, right Naruto?" Iruka swam closer to the two.

"What?!" Kiba pointed at Iruka, "What about you?! Up on the surface you kept yelling about it!"

Iruka turned slightly pale remembering how unprofessional he acted, then shook his head." I was flustered back there, what with seeing our Prince on a u human's /u lips!"

"Yeah whatever, hypocrite." He mumbled out the last part. "So Naruto, did you give him CPR or was it just for fun?" He wiggled his eyebrows and elbowed his friend in the ribs.

"Sh-shut up! It's none of your business." Iruka's jaw dropped slightly, Kiba muffled a laugh.

"You did give him CPR?" Iruka asked, "Naruto?"

"Well..." Naruto fiddled with his hands, Kiba groaned and curled up trying hoping it would help suppress

"Naruto! You can't be serious!" Kiba was in pure agony, he covered his mouth trying so hard.

"You know what I think we should go home now!" Naruto swam as fast as he could grabbing Kiba's wrist and swimming away from a very pissed off Iruka.

Kiba laughed and laughed the whole way, commenting once or twice on how dead Naruto was. Naruto just continued swimming, he new Iruka wouldn't tell his dad. Well at least he hoped Iruka wouldn't.

Naruto and Kiba swam right into Naruto's room once they returned home.

It has to be done. Iruka swam forward then stopped.Then again it really won't change anything. He swam backwards. Yes, yes it will if I don't do this Naruto may be in more trouble then he already is. He inhaled deeply then swam forward.

"Your Highness." He squeezed out, seeing Yodaime polishing his triton.

"Yeah because we're not in enough trouble already." Naruto mocked as Kiba pulled him out of his bedroom window.

"Relax you're going to love this. So shut up and be grateful." Kiba replied still pulling Naruto.

"Why should I be grateful to you?!" Naruto huffed but continued swimming. "You left me in my room right after we got back, leaving me alone there for hours!"

Kiba ignored Naruto's ranting and continued to pull him. After some swimming they arrived at the cave Naruto kept all of his human things in.

"What are we doing here?" Naruto questioned stopping just in front of the make shift door.

"Just come inside." Kiba said exhausted with Naruto's questions.

Naruto groaned but followed in.

"Tada!" Kiba held up the twisted fabric, that he had ripped off Hinata earlier and the katana Naruto had dropped.

Naruto gasped and grabbed the katana away from Kiba, he felt the outer sheath and asked. "Where did you get this?"

"Found it, I was looking for..." He examined the dress. "Uh...this" he stated not knowing what its called. "and I saw that thing and remembered it being giving to that guy you made out with." He nudged Naruto in the ribs again.

Naruto blushed again and held the katana close to his chest, still sheathed. "Sh-shut up!"

Kiba just grinned and began fiddling with Hinata's dress. Naruto looked at the dress again. The looked closer, something clicked and a twinkle filled his eyes.

"Uh Kiba," He started in his innocent tone, then coughed. "Wasn't that girl you were staring at wearing that?"

Kiba paled. "N-no." He stuttered out clutching the dress tighter.

"Yes yes it was! Now Kiba, how would you know that it wasn't on her anymore?" Naruto teased confidently.

Kiba opened his mouth to defend himself but Naruto kept asking and accusing him of all these things so he just blurted out.

"I didn't mean to touch her there! I was in a hurry! She was going to die! I didn't mean anything by it!" he yelled out, the dress swayed to and fro from being shaken around.

Naruto backed up a bit, clutching the katana even more. "What did you do?" Kiba just shut his mouth tight and examined, the oh so interesting sand.

"I..." He mumbled out the rest and Naruto couldn't catch it.

"What?" He asked swimming forward.

Kiba lifted his head teetering it and avoiding eye contact. "I...accidentally...grabbed in-between her breasts." He rushed to finish, then looked at Naruto.

Naruto's jaw was hanging open and the katana was held loose in his left hand. Then he screamed in Kiba's face.

"Oh and you made fun of me! At least I didn't grab a girls boob!"

"I told you I didn't mean to! I had to get the dress off of her or she'd die!" Kiba screamed back.

"So you grabbed her breasts! What does that help?! I mean this compared to making out with a guy! You tell me which is worse?!"

"I didn't mean to grab her there! You on the other hand,intentionally kissed him!"

Naruto went to retort but was interrupted by a blast destroying on of his human collectables. Both Kiba and Naruto watched the pieces then turned with angry faces to see who destroyed it. Both dropped there items once they saw who it was.

"D-dad." Naruto spoke, Kiba just floated in place too scared to move.

We're dead. Kiba thought. Iruka stood off to the right, sort of behind Yodaime, he looked at them guilty then dropped his head down.

Yodaime took in a deep breath lowering his triton a bit. "Naruto, Kiba...I have told you two time after time tostay away from humans and anything related to them." He glared at the two frozen mermen. "Since talking doesn't seem to get through to you, then this will."

He shot at all of the human things some of the tritons power shot right past there faces, scared they swam away to hide. Naruto and Kiba watched all the things they had gathered together throughout the years get destroyed. Kiba stared at the ball of fabric, just as a bolt of the tritons power hit it destroying it instantly.

Naruto saw the devastated look on his friends face then turned just in time to see the katana shatter into pieces. Naruto sported the same face Kiba did as he watched the pieces fall into the sand. Once Yodaime was done he turned towards the two mermen.

"Helping humans!" He yelled, making the two flinch and look at him. "Why would you help those beasts!? They deserve nothing but death!"

But they would've died...she would've died. Kiba retorted in his mind, convincing himself it was the right thing to do.

In truth Kiba was always scared of humans and any human belonging. The surface scared him and if he wasn't such good friends with Naruto he would've never even thought about going up there. (1)

If he hadn't seen that girl, that human girl, if he never met her, he would still be scared of the surface, of humans, and of human possessions. But now like Naruto, he's fascinated by them and he wants to collect more hoping to understand more about them. That's why he stashed the stuff here. He could've studied all the things over like Naruto did every time they came here.

"No more! Naruto you are to stay in your room and you are never to leave the palace! Is that clear?!" Yodaime yelled.

Not having the courage to do anything more he weakly nodded his head, hiding his face. Yodaime exhaled then turned to Iruka.

"You take them home." Iruka nodded and bowed.

Then Yodaime left the cave and the three mermen alone.