Marmaduke and Naruto 2 - A Dane Sized Outing

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This is a continuation of this story:

https://slobber-central.fandom.com/wiki/Marmaduke_and_Naruto_1_-_Delux_Dane_Delight

Tootronny gets credit as a co-writer for this story.

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It’d been at least a couple of days since Naruto Uzumaki gotten a dog. He didn’t exactly ask to even get one, but his new pet had somehow managed to worm his way into the blonde’s heart. Heck, one could say it was a surprise that was nearly as big as the actual dog himself!

Speaking of surprises, Naruto had just gotten out of bed this morning, blinking as he saw that his dog was nowhere to be seen near his bed, his bedroom door just barely open. He walked over, opening the door wider and poking his head out to see if he found any sign of his dog.

He looked to the side for a moment as he stepped out of his room, though he soon felt a warm breath blowing against the back of his neck, the sound of panting completely audible to him. Naruto turned around, grinning as he saw Marmaduke towering over him.

* SLLLLUUUURRRRP!*

Naruto‘s eye was forced to close as Marmaduke's strong tongue dragged up the side of his face. The blonde's grin faltered a bit at the force of the strong tongue as the Great Dane lifted the boy off his feet. Marmaduke's tongue flicked off, dropping the blond who landed on his feet.

"Gross!" Naruto said with a hint of laughter in his voice as he wiped his face with the sleeve of his shirt. Unfortunately, however, this was undone when Marmaduke's tongue quickly swung down again. The lick that ensued wasn't as forceful or firm as the first since it was more of a quick swipe, but it was still strong enough to at least lift the skin of the boy's cheek upward and partially cover the lower part of his eye.

The third lick then landed at a certain angle on the boy's cheek, actually sending him pirouetting a short distance away. Just as Naruto had gathered his bearings and kept from falling, the huge Great Dane trotted forward and started pushing Naruto backwards by forcibly stretching each of his whiskered cheeks up to a small but noticeable degree, not giving them a chance to stop bouncing.

Naruto laughed as he pressed his hands against Marmaduke's chest while forced to walk backwards into the kitchen, enduring licks to his cheeks all the while.

"No! No, no licking!" Naruto said while giggling, right before receiving a lick from chin to forehead that lifted his cheeks and nose upward, even slicking his blonde hair somewhat when it flicked off of his forehead. That particular lick was of course enough to push him into a chair next to the kitchen table.

Marmaduke simply laid both front paws on Naruto's lap, effectively pinning down the boy so he couldn't get up from the chair.

"Come on, knock it off!" Naruto protested as the Great Dane's tongue rolled his cheek up constantly. Marmaduke soon pushed his snout forward into Naruto's face and licked him from chin to forhead, messing up his hair repeatedly. Naruto was forced to close his eyes and keep his mouth shut as the rough tongue dragged over his face again and again. Thankfully, Marmaduke stopped before the preteen fell too unconsciousness.

Marmaduke let out a deep bark as he dropped to the floor, that would have alarmed any other ninja but Naruto knew that the beast was just hungry.

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In seconds, the dog food Naruto had poured into Marmaduke's bowl was gone. Naruto was dumfounded at the fact that Marmaduke ate faster than him! Then Marmaduke grabbed his leash in his jaws and dropped it at Naruto's feet.

The blond was no stranger to walking dogs, as he had walked dogs from the Inuzuka clan and Kakashi's dogs. But dreadful memories about the bigger ninken, especially Bull, came into his mind.

"I am so going to regret this." Naruto said with dread as he attached the leash to Marmaduke's collar. No sooner had Naruto unlocked the front door, Naruto was yanked out of his apartment.

Naruto landed face first in the dirt, the Great Dane dragging him with the boy's hand still on the leash. It took a couple of minutes before Naruto was able to get back to his feet, now using both hands to hold onto the leash. Unfortunately for Naruto, this did nothing to slow Marmaduke's casual walking. After all, as sweet natured as Great Danes like Marmaduke were, a dog that towered over you and was overwhelmingly stronger meant that Naruto had better luck trying to teach a fish how to fly.

Thankfully, the dog eventually slowed down by his own accord, now interested in taking in his surroundings. Naruto panted with his hands on his knees, relieved that the behemoth was no longer dragging him around. He saw that Marmaduke was now sniffing the ground. He approached and started patting the Great Dane's side.

"You gotta slow down, boy."

He tried this with Bull but only got the giant bulldog slavering his face in response. Maybe since Marmaduke was his now the blonde's responsibility maybe he would listen.

Marmaduke craned his head down and gave the boy's face a giant lick that lifted him on to the tip of his toes. When it flicked off, Naruto dropped with a deadpan expression on his soaked face.

"You're lucky, you're adorable." Naruto groaned. Marmaduke dropped with his tail wagging energetically, with his paws spread, back in the air, and his tongue lolling excitedly.

Fearing, the dog was about to pounce at him. He took out a tennis ball and chucked it as far as he could. What Naruto didn‘t know, however, was that in spite of their size, Great Danes (at least the average ones) were amongst one of the fasted breeds of dogs there was.

Thanks to his strength to size ratio and his longer legs, Marmaduke was even faster than that, allowing him to bring the ball back before Naruto was able to sigh with relief.

Marmaduke casually dropped the wet tennis ball into Naruto’s hand, barking happily as Naruto rolled his eyes and simply picked up the leash again. The two of them walked to the park located in Konoha, with the boy and dog simply tossing the ball back and forth.

As they strolled through, however, Marmaduke decided to then take a break from the impromptu game of hot potato by simply licking Naruto’s right cheek while the two were walking, the skin of it repeatedly rolling up and bouncing as a result.

Naruto then smirked and wrapped his arms around the big dog's neck in an attempt to wrestle him to the ground. This amused Marmaduke as he was not moved by the boy strength at all but decided to let his owner have this.

He fell on to his sides with his tongue hanging out.

Naruto smiled and started rubbing Marmaduke's belly with both hands, which made the dog's tail wag and his left leg kicking in happiness.

He looked around to find nobody around before he leaned down and started cooing at his dog. "You are such a good boy, yes you are!"

After a while, Naruto rested curled up against the enormous canine with a comforted smile on his face.