Merman

There was a long moment of silence; Kiba lowered himself so that he could see Naruto's face.

"Hey..." He tried to comfort Naruto but Naruto just turned his face away again.

Kiba looked at him for a long time before turning to Iruka, acting on impulse alone he grabbed the elder merman's arm and dragged him out of the cave. Iruka pulled his arm back.

"Ki-" He started calmly.

"Why did you tell him?! What does this do?! You" He was cut off by Iruka yelling.

"He's out of control Kiba!" Kiba quieted down still pissed off. Iruka calmed down then continued, "He's the Prince; he above all mermen or mermaids should abide by the laws of the sea. The other merfolk already have reason to dislike him."

Kiba went to retort but again Iruka cut him off. "Whether who's fault that is, is not the point. The point is that he should abide by the rules and follow every code to win over the others doubts. And frankly him dragging u us /u into all of this human stuff is very undignified. As a prince he should-"

"Shut up!" Kiba yelled, fisting his hands. "Naruto has learned that no matter what he does it's not going to change the others opinion! Do you honestly think that if he follows all the rules and acts like one of the guard dolphins there opinions will just change?!"

"This was his escape from u everything /u , all those stupid merfolk!" He pointed towards the direction of there village, tearing up slightly. "What's locking him up in some stupid palace going to do?!" Iruka didn't say anything.

"Do you think we'll get to see each other again?!" Again no answer. "Of course not! Because Yodaime has this idea in his head that Naruto is the one to blame! That, as you u just /u said he's to blame for dragging us into this!"

"Well I'm glad he did! I would've never seen that girl if he didn't and I would've never had so much fun in my life!" he threw up his hands smiling like a maniac. "All the thrills the danger, that was fun it was the best." The scariest but the best. He added mentally. "And now the most fun I'll ever have is just watching the palace or just to imagine that girls face."

"Because whoever you want to blame for this, Naruto or me but the thing is I love that human girl."

Iruka's eyes widened "Are you crazy she's a human you're a merman!"

Kiba crossed his arms "I don't care."(1)

They were interrupted when the door to the cave opened up.

[While Iruka and Kiba were fighting lets see what Naruto was doing

Naruto looked up and saw the stream of bubbles slowly rise up and out of the caves small wholes. He was crying but that was obvious. He curled himself up into a tight ball and floated in the middle of the water and continued to cry.

"Oh poor Naruto-kun." Naruto spun out of his ball and turned towards where he heard the mystery voice come from. "I'm sorry Naruto-kun, this must have really hurt you." The figure slithered out of the darkness.

A silver haired merman was floating towards him, he had an eel tail and both his eyes flashed yellow for a moment before turning back to normal. Once he got completely out of the dark Naruto saw that the reason his eyes flashed yellow was because of something he wore over his eyes. (glasses)

"Wh-who are you?" Naruto asked wiping away any remains of his tears.

The merman smiled then swam over Naruto's head ruffling his hair while over him, then he swam over next to Naruto.

"My name is Kabuto, Naruto-kun."

Kabuto explained then wrapped his tail around Naruto's. Naruto blushed from the contact and tried to wiggle his tail out of Kabuto's hold.

"Relax Naruto-kun, I mean you no harm. I was just swimming by when I overheard the King yelling so I stopped and well, let's just say that now I'm aware of your little predicament." He whispered the last word into Naruto's ear, then he swam over Naruto again and then.

"You know Naruto-kun, I know someone who can help you, someone very powerful and well known." Kabuto explained swimming around the cave.

Naruto stared at him; half scared the other half wanting to know more.

"You know of Orochimaru, right Naruto-kun?" Kabuto asked floating right in front of Naruto.

Naruto's back away and gulped audibly. "O-orochimaru the sea snake?"

"Yes, he can make everything better for you, Naruto-kun. All you have to do is follow me." He swam to the door not opening it yet, but standing by it.

Naruto looked around his cave, remembering what just occurred, but he shook his head dismissing those thoughts. He turned to Kabuto.

"No!" He looked back at where he could see pieces of the katana, and sighed sorrowfully. "Just go away."

Kabuto bowed his head; his eyes flashed yellow again thanks to his glasses. He creaked open the door a little.

"Do you think we'll get to see each other again?! Of course not!"

Naruto turned to the door after hearing Kiba's voice.

Kabuto smirked but quickly hid it and closed the door again. After some silence he began.

"Oh Naruto-kun, looks like you lost your freedom, your friend, and..." He picked up what was a piece of the sheath and handed it to Naruto. "Your love."

Naruto examined the piece in his hands, and frowned. Kabuto's eyes again flashed yellow and he smiled wickedly.

"Well I'll be off." Kabuto swam to the door slowly.

"W-wait!" Naruto shouted reaching out his hand.

Kabuto spun around instantly releasing his hold on the makeshift door. "Yeeees?" He drawled out.

Naruto bowed his head, "Co-could you...take me....to Orochimaru?"

Kabuto smiled and wrapped an arm around him. "Of course Naruto-kun." Then they left.

[ok same time again.

The cave's makeshift door opened and Kabuto swam out with Naruto following closely behind.

"Naruto?" Kiba asked swimming over to his friend. "Hey bud..." He looked at the back of Kabuto's head. "Why are you following him?"

Naruto didn't turn his head or answer he just continued swimming. Kiba looked back at Iruka who finally got his tail moving and was swimming up behind them.

"Naruto what do you think you are doing?!" He asked finally catching up to the three.

"Relax Iruka-san." Kabuto interjected turning his head so that he could glance at the merman. "We are merely going to see Orochimaru."

"What?!" Kiba and Iruka yelled, both just floated in place as the other two continued to swim.

"Naruto you-!" Iruka began.

"Why don't you go tell my dad, you're good at that!" Naruto spat back, then swam forward even faster.

Kiba watched the other two swim away for a bit before Iruka yelled and pushed him in the back in order to get him moving.

"Come on!" And they swam after the two.