Max & Naruto Uzumaki: Beach

A/n: This is a continuation of the ship story with Max and Naruto:

https://dog-story-parodies.fandom.com/wiki/Max\_%26\_Naruto\_Uzumaki:\_Ship

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Max was walking alongside Ariel, panting with a grin on his face and his big pink tongue hanging from his mouth.

The sheepdog couldn't be happier, as before, he only took walks like this on the beach with Eric. But now, with his master having married, this meant he had a mistress who could go on walks with him whenever Eric was busy with whatever it was he was doing during their honeymoon!

Suddenly, his nostrils started sniffing the air and flared as a scent entered his nose. This caused the fur covering his eyes to raise in surprise at how familiar the scent itself was.

Ariel blinked in curiosity at the sheepdog's sudden display, wondering what exactly could've made him stop.

"What is it Max?" Ariel asked as she looked at him.

Just as she was about to place a hand on his shaggy head, Max started barking up a storm, running circles around the red haired young woman before he started charging down the beach, kicking up sand!

"Wh- Max, what's gotten into you?!" Ariel asked as she started running after him, a strange sense of dejavu washing over her.
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Miles down the beach, Naruto Uzumaki was clad in his usual orange jumpsuit, opting to go barefoot this time around while he was training. Salty sweat dripped from his face as he went though the taijutsu kata he was taught by Kakashi, thanks to the heat and the amount of time he had spent on the beach training.

He stopped for a moment, wiping some of the sweat from his bare forehead, thankful he had the foresight to take his headband off of. After taking a swig of water from a bottle he brought with him, he heard barking.

Upon turning around to see what was making that noise, Naruto gasped in surprise as he saw a huge, white and grey furred sheepdog the size of a bear bounding down the dunes towards him. The genin naturally made a run for it, stumbling along the way with the dog right behind him. The dog in question only got more excited at the sight of the boy's running and picked up the pace, showing surprising speed for a dog his size.

"Stop! Heel!" Naruto called out to the dog as he urged himself to run faster, though that did him little good considering how the sheepdog was clearly catching up. Looking ahead, he spotted a large rock, and ran towards it.

He attempted to run around the rock, but the sheepdog intercepted him by running around the other way. With a yelp escaping his lips, Naruto attempted to turn around go around the other side of the rock, only for the dog to intercept him there as well.

With nowhere else to go, Naruto climbed up the rock, hoping that the sheepdog wasn't a particularly good climber. As soon as he had gotten to the top of it, Naruto sat there and looked down at the barking sheepdog until he drew back with a startled expression, thanks to the sheepdog jumping at him.That failed jump, however allowed Naruto to get a closer look at the sheepdog, realizing that he'd seen this sheepdog somewhere before.

"Wait a minute... It can't be..." Naruto muttered as he squinted down at the sheepdog... Only for his eyes to widen as the dog placed his large front paws on the rock, jumping up and planting his tongue on the boy's right cheek. Naruto's eyes closed as a grin formed itself on his face, his nose crinkling from the feeling of the cheek being rolled upwards by the dog's tongue.  As soon as the slobbery tongue slurped off of his cheek, he knew exactly who it was.

"Max!"

Indeed it was the same sheepdog he met on the ship! And of course, Max clambered onto the rock, and after he loomed over the boy while he was sitting there, Max craned his neck down and started licking Naruto's cheek again and again, making it bounce with each successive lick.

"Ack! It's good to see you too boy!" Naruto laughed as he hugged Max around the neck while he sat on the rock, letting the sheepdog give him slobbery, cheek stretching kisses.

All the while, Ariel arrived, watching the cute sight from around the corner with a smile on her face.