AN: This is written in the style of sporadic Journal updates. Meaning it will be in first person and past tense (should be, at least.)
There is a lot of technical mumbo-jumbo that not even I fully understand (yes, I made it up on the spot, but that doesn't mean it makes a lot of sense to me)
In case this gets good reviews I might do a follow-up.
This is not another, 'X becomes the Dovahkiin' He will meet characters from canon Skyrim-verse, though.
I came up with the idea, planned this out (wrote out the basic plot) and wrote it in less than half a week. And yet I can't write a chapter for Bee&Strawberry that's one third this size. :/
if it says:
… 3 days skipped
that means that exactly 3 days have been skipped, (date was 7th , 3 days are skipped [8th, 9th, 10th] meaning that the next date is the 11th .
However if it says that two weeks have been skipped, that could mean anything between 12 and 16 days.
For months, the tolerance is even bigger, sometimes up to a week or more.
First entry in the fanfic Is just that, the first entry in the journal.
Naruto enters something for each day, even if it is just, 'Ate ramen, trained, went to bed' the days that are skipped are either skipped to remain a mytery or because I couldn't think of anything interesting to put there and needed a timeskip.
[] - these indicate my own notes, mainly translations.
... - these indicate a pause in writing, maybe he had an epiphany while writing and went away to work on something, maybe he had to go to the bathroom really quick
Journal – Uzumaki Naruto
Date – July 30th
Uzumaki Naruto – Genin – Konohagakure no sato – Elemental Nations
Date: July 30th
It's been 3 weeks and 2 days since I left Konoha with Ero-Sennin. So far I've only learned Fuuinjutsu from him but it's getting more and more interesting every time I open the scrolls he gave me.
He mostly just shows me what I should learn and leaves, probably hunting for girls. I could never figure it out really, why does he keep chasing young women when he knows that the only woman who's ever going to care about him is Baa-chan.
If she ever finds this book, I'll just kill myself to save her the trouble.
Anyway, right now I have about... a dozen scrolls on fuuinjutsu and about half-a-dozen on various other techniques. I need more 'variation' as he said...
... 1 day skipped
Date: February 1st
I can't believe what I just heard. Ero-Sennin just gave me all his scrolls on Hiraishin no jutsu!
No... not Ero-Sennin, Jiraiya-sensei; he just bought himself 3 months of me talking to him with respect. He said, and I quote: "The way you look at seals, it reminds me of the Yondaime; I hope you can figure out the jutsu, because I sure as Hell never did..."
He gave me a jutsu. One of the most powerful jutsu in existence. A jutsu which the Yondaime used to destroy an entire army single-handedly.
I have no idea what to do now.
...
I can't sleep, I'll stay up and try to figure out the Hiraishin.
February 2nd
I'm making progress, I think. I know I'm getting somewhere with all of this but I have no idea about the details behind the jutsu itself; sure, the yellow flash and instant movement are the exterior parts, but there isn't anyone in the world left who knows the basics.
I need some sleep.
February 3rd
Jiraiya-sensei keeps ignoring me. I told him that I may have figured it out but he just says that it's a lot more complicated than that; he has no idea about my plan, I prepared the ground and have started drawing the matrix.
I made a single scroll and drew the navigation part of the jutsu on it; first test will be at 20 meters. On the ground I already drew the basic shape of the matrix, a spiral with additional 6 nodes around it, 2 prongs on each of the nodes serving various uses, such as stabilisation and chakra circulation through the seal.
Prongs on the nodes that I named 'East' and 'West' (My imagination seems to have left me when I was naming them) have additional sub-prong attached to each, while the nodes 'North East', 'North West', 'South East' and 'South West' each have only one sub-prong attached in total, on the southern-most and the northern-most prong...
If someone told me 2 months ago that I would not only understand all that but that I would be writing it...
I feel like sighing when I remember that this is actually a simplified explanation.
...
Basically, I'll sit in the centre of the spiral on the ground, activate the seal on the ground with a few dozen hand-signs (no big deal, it just took me 3 hours to memorize the sequence), the seals that are drawn on my body (I still can't believe I tried to draw on my back by myself... Kage Bunshin saved me so much trouble) will react and I'll be transported to the scroll 20 meters ahead. Hopefully in a yellow flash and not a violent explosion.
I'll show Jiraiya-sensei what I can do... I'll even use his lessons 'Always keep all your equipment on you that way, even if you don't care much about your life, you will care about all the valuables enough to at least try and concentrate'.
...
This is it, it's finished, He'll be back very soon, the seals are complete, I can feel the link between the seals on my back and the seals in the scroll.
I know it's not battle-ready, no one would just let you draw a giant seal array on the ground, sketch a 10 ft seal on their body and run through 30 hand-signs... but I have to start somewhere, I'm still convinced that the Yondaime had a seal array hidden on his body. That must have been the key to the Hiraishin.
Now, Uzumaki Naruto Konohas' Genin will close the book.
Uzumaki Naruto Konohas' Orange flash will open it in a few minutes.
(If only I could put in the orange color right away)
Journal: Jiraiya of the Sannin
Date: February 3rd
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I was an idiot to give him the Hiraishin. I was so stupid, my perverseness cost me another student. I tried to stop him, but he had a barrier seal over the array and I couldn't break it in time...
I took the scroll, maybe the jutsu is delayed; no, Minato said that a few minutes a day was the limit travelling at that speed.
...
It's been hours and I'm writing while on a toad. I'm going home, no, I just killed my godson...
I'm afraid that if I try and travel on my own I'll throw up.
If Tsunade doesn't kill me his friends will, if they don't... I'm honestly thinking about giving up on life
...
No! Giving up is not an option! I will not give up on the world, I will not give up on life, I will not give up on Naruto.
There is no body, there is no blood, everything shows that his experiment was at least a partial success, he did not appear at the designated spot but he may still be aliv
...
He's alive! I had an epiphany while riding the toad, I went to Mount Myobokuzan and checked their records, they say that his current status is 'alive'.
After some checking, I can see that the connection between him and the contract is still active, he's alive, and the link is sending feedback that he's alive and kicking.
Now all I have to do is find him and survive Tsunade... Damn, this sounds like one of his pranks.
Journal: Uzumaki Naruto
Date: Unknown
I'm not next to the scroll, I don't even know where the scroll is!
There I go again, I did something rash and I am now lost.
Well, I know where I am, I just don't know where exactly is 'here'.
I'll start at the beginning.
...
The seal array on my back was working fine, it still does actually, I can feel the scroll.
The seal matrix on the ground was perfectly drawn, I'm sure of it.
The navigation seal in the scroll is working as it should, I can feel the scroll...
Ground seal? Check.
Back seal? Check.
Scroll seal? Check.
Hand-signs? Check.
Barrier seal? Check.
A Brain? Nope, no brain here, not at all...
From now on, I have new rules in life.
Rule 1. I am an idiot, there is nothing I can do to change that; Intelligence is meaningless, only experience matters, and I can gain experience.
Rule 2. No more impulsive shit like performing a jutsu before it's ready to be tested...
That's about it, I'll add more rules later.
I remember that the hand-signs were perfectly done. I also remember seeing myself flash in yellow before disappearing from the place where I was seated.
After that, I have no words to explain what happened. Hell, I have no thoughts that could explain it.
The feeling of immense speed... I saw every possible (and impossible) color, when I looked at my body I saw that it looked... broken apart? I have no idea what happened there. Only later did I figure out that I couldn't breathe at that time.
And then I saw myself flash yellow again. It was cold, really, really cold. I don't remember ever being that cold. I felt a pull to my left and looked; I saw the ground and it was getting closer.
Shit.
I should have been able to land properly, I remember seeing a big grey building close-by, it was a mountain, a big one at that, and I was falling towards it.
I need to calm down a bit.
...
So there I was, falling towards the snowy mountain that had a big castle-thing near the top. I could see that I was gonna fall close to the castle
I woke up in a stone room, it was cold, but not as much as outside. I had a broken leg, my left one just below the knee. My right fist had a few broken bones and my right shoulder really hurt, I think it was dislocated but someone set it in place. All my wounds were dressed. The Kyuubi was healing them already but it was working faster than I thought it would. They must have used something to speed it up.
My clothes were shredded, all my supplies were in an open chest near the wall. Whoever helped me also left me all my weapons and scrolls with me.
I found a crutch near the chest and ignored the warm meal on the table, it could be poisoned. I had to ignore it.
It felt awful, to have to think about every action you take and about every possible way it could kill you. I think I finally understand how missing nin feel.
The doors were open and I quietly left the room (armed with a few kunai of course), after a few minutes of wandering the corridors I finally found someone, an old man. He was wearing dark robes and had grey hair with a long beard.
I tried to say hi or something, ask him if he was the one to help me. He pointed to his throat and shook his head. I guessed he was mute and couldn't speak. He signalled me to follow him so I did.
Long story short, there's four of them, and I swear, the only way for me to tell them apart is the beards. I fell from the sky and they helped me, they mentioned something about healing, potions and spells but I didn't completely understand it.
After a few hours of talking, I found out a few things.
They call themselves 'The Greybeards' (I never would have guessed)
The building is called 'High Hrothgar' (I can't really pronounce it)
The mountain is called 'The Throat of the World'.
They've never heard of Konoha or any other Ninja Village.
They've never heard of Ninja.
They've never heard of the Elemental Nations.
I'm guessing I messed up somewhere concerning the range of the jutsu, maybe put a bit too much chakra into it... but that doesn't matter, what does matter is the fact that I'm stuck healing in something that seems like a monastery on the edge of the world with no contact with the elemental nations.
I'm lying in my bed now, resting, Arngeir (that's the name of the only guy who can actually speak) told me that they would discuss stuff with their leader and that I am welcome to stay until I am healed.
It should be about late evening now, I'm going to look at the night sky, maybe I can figure out which way is home.
...
HOLY SHIT! TWO MOONS!
Shit... I messed up a lot...
Date: Unknown+1
I can't remember falling asleep, but waking up was the real nightmare...
Why am I so calm about this? I have no idea where I am and how to get back home.
Damn...
...
I went through everything I knew about space, planets, moons and all that, I'm on a different planet. One with a population very similar to my own which should be impossible.
There is no language barrier, we can understand each other perfectly. That should be impossible. Day seems to last for the same amount of time. I'll have to ask about the months and the number of days in a year... I already have a good idea about the answer.
Damn.
...
Alternate Universe, I remember that from a TV show I saw back home. I have no other explanation, I really messed up.
Rule: 3: don't get depressed over stuff that can't be fixed.
I'm here now, that can't be fixed, I'll have to fix it so that I'm back before... well, as soon as possible.
I'm hungry, hopefully there's something to eat for breakfast.
...
It's late again, my leg and shoulder don't hurt any more, I still have trouble when I try to walk on my own though.
I found out a lot more about this world, I'll put the theory in later.
Basically they use a form of spiritual energy called magicka. Not a combination of spiritual and physical we know as chakra. Their spells are a lot weaker than jutsu but they can use them silently and without any form of hand seals.
And you'll never believe this, they can kill people by shouting. Arngeir showed me... they yell out three words and it's like a jutsu... That's why the others don't talk, their voices are too powerful, they shake the earth when they talk. This new world is really interesting, I'll have to bring souvenirs back to Konoha.
What else? Oh, I asked about the moths and all that... Yup, the calendar is the same, only the names of the days and months are different.
Rule 4: Write down all the stuff you could forget but need to remember.
Morning Star
Sun's Dawn
First Seed
Rain's Hand
Second Seed
Mid Year
Sun's Height
Last Seed
Heartfire (Sometimes Hearthfire)
Frostfall
Sun's Dusk
Evening Star.
There's a pattern to the months but I'll need some more time to remember it.
Morndas
Tirdas
Middas
Turdas
Fredas
Loredas
Sundas
I don't know why I'm trying to remember all this? For what reason? I could just go into the world, yell out my name take names and kick ass...
...
' have to think about every action you take and about every possible way it could kill you.'
That's it, There's no Konoha, there's no home, there's no friends here. I'm alone, again.
I have to at least try to not make enemies.
I guess I should make an inventory out of the stuff I have, check if anything needs repairs or if I lost something.
...
Sure, I lost only one thing, my forehead protector, the only thing tying me to home (aside from the seal on my back, but that's a bit literal). I think I remember losing it in the air, you know, when I was falling from the sky?
It's lunch time, I'll look for it as soon as I eat.
...
I decided to share some stuff about how ninjas work, technically, I'm not supposed to do that so now I'm actually a traitor. I wouldn't mind a jail as long as it's in Konoha...
I'm getting depressed again, I really need to get a hold of myself.
Anyway, I didn't tell them anything specific, they were getting really suspicious of me and my secrecy, I'll be starting training tomorrow morning, if I impress them they might let me stay a bit longer here.
Who am I kidding, they'll let me stay, you know why? Because I'm a kid and they treat me like one. I've seen a lot of horrible stuff, I'm considered an adult since I'm a ninja. There is no such thing here, adults are only those older than 18. I'm 12, short, loud and a mystery to them. Arngeir says they still haven't come to a decision with their leader on me.
Oh, yeah, I found the forehead protector, the cloth is all torn up, the metal is bent and scratched. I can't wear it. I asked for some spare cloth and got some leather. I made it into a belt with the metal of my forehead protector as a buckle.
...
They're back from meeting their leader, after dinner was done we all went to our beds. This kind of life is a bit dull, I want to punch something. I've been reading the materials I got from Jiraiya-sensei since I still don't feel comfortable training.
Date: Last Seed 4th 4E 199
199th year of the 4th Era, 4th Day of the Last Seed. I think that's right.
It's morning and I'm going to go stretch a bit before breakfast, after that I'll ask if I can use the courtyard to train, I'm sure they're eagerly waiting to see how the 'other plane' fights despite all their talk about peace.
They call their planet 'plane' they probably don't know about the planet theory and all that, I could buy a boat and sail around it making a name for myself... knowing my luck, this will turn out to be a flat plane and I'll end up falling off the edge.
...
Thanks to Jiraiya-sensei and his scrolls I know a simple jutsu for every element. I showed them a lot of the stuff I know, I didn't mean to, but I got carried away. They seemed really impressed; as in, slack-jawed kind of impressed.
I showed them a simple small Katon and they were impressed that I used my mouth to spit it out instead of my hands to throw it. I figured it's pretty normal to throw balls of fire around in their world.
I used a simple Raiton jutsu to charge my Kunai and slash at a rock a few times. They said that they were surprised at how I enchanted my dagger so quickly and without the proper components. I filed the information away for later.
Then I used Suiton to turn some of the snow into water and use it as a high pressure cannon to break away a piece of the stone I slashed earlier. They were wide-eyed. Using water magic is something they have never seen done before.
I shocked them further when I used a simple Doton to make a spear of rock appear from the ground. Earth magic is also thought to be either forever lost or a myth.
Guess what? They said the same thing about the Fuuton after I blew away some snow from the ground.
I gave them a bit of time to ask questions and recover from the shock. Explained how everyone ('in the other plane') can use 5 elements and some can combine them.
Now it was my time to be shocked, they demonstrated their own 'jutsu' they are fast. A lot faster than most I've seen. They can use Fire, Ice and Lightning. Yup, they use Ice without a problem. I'll need to get some books or scrolls about that.
They said that they're not mages and that they only know the very basics.
I used tree walking to climb a tree and their shocked faces came back.
I decided to do something less exciting before one of them had a heart attack so I switched to throwing practice, I didn't have a lot of Kunai and Shuriken so I didn't want them to get damaged.
It was probably stupid to show them that much... we'll see what happens.
...
They're back from the top of the mountain, that's where their leader lives. They left to talk to him as soon as I was finished with my training.
They say that he wants to meet me in person. They don't seem to like that, they're being protective of him, maybe he's even older than them? Probably a frail old guy.
...
I just talked to a dragon. Turns out that an ancient dragon is actually the leader of the greybeards. It was a bit hard to follow him talk since he often used words from the dragon language.
He wanted to see something; there was a curved wall there, looked important, he wanted to see if something would happen once I walked close to it. I'm actually kinda happy that nothing happened, I don't really need to worry myself about being 'Dragonborn' as well as a Jinchuuriki.
We talked a lot, I didn't really mind, other than the cold; he's really smart, Paarthurnax (what's with the difficult names) asked me about my past and the past of my world. Now, I never really believed into the Sage of Six paths stuff, but seeing this world and what's possible here, I told him about it.
I said it was a myth of course. The history of my world seems so bland compared to this one, Paarthurnax was really interested in everything I told him.
I guess I should be more excited about meeting a living and breathing dragon. He wasn't really as big as I had imagined dragons would be, Bunta would probably be able to hold him with both hands.
... 2 months skipped
Date: 7th of Frostfall 4E 19
I'm leaving tomorrow, we'll have a big dinner today and tomorrow morning I'll be leaving my friends the greybeards. Two months ago I wouldn't have thought I would call them friends.
To think it started with Einarth sneezing in my direction from across the hallway. I laugh every time I remember that.
I finished packing, and am now sitting on my bed writing this.
Thank god for sealing scrolls, without them I would be dragging a really heavy backpack This way I have all my possessions on my belt and sealed in my sleeves (I saw that from that Mitarashi woman, the crazy snake lady).
I think I've read every single book in the entire High Hrothgar. (I have to remember to bring a copy of 'The Lusty Argonian Maid' for Jiraiya-sensei; a few potions and spells on healing for Baa-chan; I'll have to think about what to get the others.
... 2 days skipped
Date: 10th of Frostfall 4E199
Happy Birthday to me!
According to The Firmament those born under the sign of the Tower (that would be me) have a knack for finding gold and opening locks of all kinds. Hmm... I wonder...
I wonder what everyone else is doing, from all I know time could be passing differently here, I've been here for 2 months now, maybe 20 years have passed already on their side. I can still feel the scroll though.
At least I have cake... well, it's a sweetroll, but I'm calling it a cake dammit!
Date: 11th of Frostfall 4E199
I arrived in Ivarstead today, I hope there are some Khajiit around, I would really like to meet one.
...
Things I miss from Konoha:
A shower,
My spot at the monument,
Ichiraku Ramen,
...
I can't remember anything else.
Date: 12th of Frostfall 4E199
I can't believe myself. For the past few months I was constantly trying not to be too pessimistic and now I'm too optimistic.
Fact: I am not in Konoha.
Fact: I am not close to coming home.
Fact: I want to get home.
Fact: I may never see Konoha again.
Fact: It might take me more than 60 years to get back.
Stop thinking about the souvenirs that you want to bring home and start thinking about survival and actually getting home!
...
On a different note. Today I had my first real talk with Gwilin the Bosmer. His optimism is contagious... I hope not all Bosmer are like this, they're supposed to be the best archers around.
Date: 13th Frostfall 4E199
The guard mistook me for a bandit, just because of my clothes. I should get something more normal but the fur is soooo nice and warm...
...
Temba Wide-Arm told me that if I manage to bring her 5 bear pelts she'll pay me a sum of gold.
I guess I'm hunting today.
...
Note: Bears are really vicious.
I got my gold and what I think was a compliment from Temba, I think it had something to do with my strength and future fertility, I honestly didn't look too much into it.
My fake name serves me well so far, Arngeir suggested me a couple names, I'm using 'Onis' despite the fact that it sounds a lot like 'Oni' [Demon]. He said it sounds both Imperial and Nordish, that gives me enough room to make up a life story if I need to.
... 5 days skipped
Date: 19th of Frostfall 4E199
I have a general direction, Winterhold. As I thought, that's the only place in Skyrim that dabbles in magic extensively; that's my best chance at coming home.
It'll take a while to get there, especially without a horse but I can travel fast using my ninja training.
...
I just met a Khajiit. He seems crazy, not the dangerous kind of crazy, more like the talking nonsense kind of crazy.
He calls himself M'aiq the Liar. Does that mean that he's a liar? If so, is he lying about being a liar and is actually honest? But that would mean that his name is a lie...
I think I'm going crazy.
Date: 20th of Frostfall 4E199
I found a cave. It was well hidden despite the bones and skulls in front of the entrance. From what I've read this is how Falmer mark their territory.
Falmer used to be known as Snow Elves, they were enslaved by the Dwemer and eventually turned blind and beastly. I'm going in.
...
That was interesting... I still can't believe how quiet I was through the whole thing. As it turns out, no one looks at the ceiling while guarding something.
I thought about sneaking through and laying a few traps while looting the place but once I saw the cages... I killed every last one of those monsters.
I found a family of 4 in there, all dead, mutilated and dismembered. The Falmer have these 'pets' that look like giant dog-sized bugs. Chaurus. They feed them human flesh. I dragged the bodies outside and buried them, I didn't know who they were, probably a family of travelling merchants.
The parents obviously tried fighting them off, the son helped, he looks around 20. The girl however, they tried buying her time to run. From now on, I'm killing every damn Falmer I lay my eyes on.
Not just Falmer, I'll be using henge to look like easy prey for bandits and animals. Baa-chans' permanent Henge would help me a lot here. If I could make myself look like a weak and innocent little girl I would probably attract a lot of bandits.
Date: 21st of Frostfall 4E199
I just got into Whiterun and got myself a room at the inn here, I'm running low on money so I'll go and sell all the worthless junk I got from the Falmer cave.
Since it would be strange to see a 12 year old with that kind of loot, I'll make a bunch of clones, henge them into generic looking adventurers and split the loot between them, they'll sell it all in various shops around the city, bringing me the money.
I'll go and tell the guards about the graves of the family.
...
Falmer are at least good for something, I have enough gold to last me for at least a few weeks, and that's after I bought myself a full set of Leather armour and upgraded my armoury a bit.
It took me 2 hours of fiddling to make it wearable, I hate the fact that I'm this short. I thought about spawning a bunch of clones and travelling with them, making it seem like I'm the youngest member of an adventuring group. That way, I won't need armour.
Rule 5: Don't show off your skills, you don't want attention here, not when the Daedra are constantly looking for 'champions' to serve them. I doubt I could take on any of the Daedra.
I don't need enemies, least of all powerful ones.
... skipped 1.5 months.
Date: 1st of Morning Star 4E200
New Year, makes me think of home. Holiday celebrations here are much more lively; if there isn't a borderline riot by the end of the night it's not a holiday. Konoha isn't like that, and what scares me most is the fact that I'm enjoying myself here.
I'm still determined about going back, but I'll miss this place. I made a decision concerning Konoha... I... I don't want the position of the Hokage any more.
There's more than 30 000 people in Konoha, most of them Shinobi, the civilians hate me because of the Kyuubi, they won't change their minds if I... When I come back. I'll only become more suspicious with all these new skills I got here and I don't plan on sharing them with everyone who asks.
I'm not blind, I changed here, this place changed me, for better or for worse, I'm not sure. I don't enjoy killing, that's something that grants me relief during the night. But I do find some enjoyment in protecting the innocents and all that heroic stuff, makes me feel a bit selfish.
I keep thinking about how I got here of all places. Not here, as in 'here in a room in the inn in Dawnstar', I mean here as in Nirn. Maybe it's fate? Neji would kill me if he read that.
Just like Zurin Arctus said:
"Each event is preceded by a Prophecy. But without the hero, there is no Event."
There are no prophecies that are popular right now (aside from the one about the Dovahkiin, but I've already proven that I'm not the Dragonborn). Meaning there is no hero needed to save Nirn, meaning I'm here by accident and me leaving won't cause some prophecy to break and blow up half the continent... what? It's a possibility...
I think I'm going crazy.
Date: 2nd of Morning Star 4E200
Well, that was an interesting conversation.
Apparently, Kyuubi was following me from the cage. Last night he deemed me worthy of being in his presence, Egotistical furrball.
He talked for hours (surprisingly, not as many insults as the last time). I'll just write down the finer points.
If he dies while sealed inside me he does get reformed again, but it hurts as hell and he never wants to do it (it probably happened once or twice already). But since we're in a different Universe, his energies would travel back to the Elemental nations, or at least try. They would get stuck in the Void (that's what I call the space between the universes) And he would never be able to reform.
He gave me a certain way of killing a tailed beast last night, I'm thinking that was his way of offering a truce...
And then there's the fact that he said that he wouldn't try and take over my body if I needed his power, but only if I needed it.
Rule 6: THINK DAMN IT!
I ignored that rule and completely on instinct asked him about his story.
Oh he was reluctant, who wouldn't be in that position; Haggling with merchants had given me some insight into how the mind works, not that the Kyuubi has the same mindset as the regular shopkeeper...
I told him straight up, the chances of finding a way back are slim to none despite my research and various projects I have running. He's the only one who knows the real me and if the day comes when we both die together here, I would like to call him a friend.
I was being honest. There's nothing wrong with people here, but they just don't fit; Or maybe I don't fit...
He told me stories, stories about the Sage of Six Paths (who was a real man... I knew it) stories about the Gold and Silver Brothers.
And then he told me about Uzumaki Mito. She was the wife of the Shodaime, she was a part of a Uzumaki clan (I had no idea I have a clan!) and she was the first Kyuubi Jincuuriki.
And finally, he told me about Uzumaki Kushina and the Yondaime, my mom and dad. I don't know what to think, he could have been lying, but the way he was looking at me... he was waiting for me to decide what to do with my life.
In other news, I hate mead, I'm hungover and I didn't even drink much last night.
Date: 3rd of Morning Star 4E200
I gave him the answer last night. I'll honor my parents, I'll honour my clan and I'll honour the Hokage by serving Konoha to the best of my abilities. If we get back soon enough, and if the people choose me as their Hokage of their own free will, then I might accept the position.
And one day, I will find a nice wife for myself and have a bunch of kids, they'll all be Uzumaki and I'll be their old man. And hopefully, one day, they will be respected across the nations for both their character and their skill.
I realized later that I can have all of that (except the Hokage part) here in Skyrim, nothing is stopping me from gaining reputation and making my own clan here.
Kyuubi smiled (I can't even describe how creepy that looks), the rest of that conversation is between the two of us.
I went through all my stuff later that day, I found Sasukes' forehead protector.
...
Al-right, list of possible sources for help with going back home, organized by the ratio of 'willingness to help' and 'possibility of success'.
The College of Winterhold – they will help, but I have no idea if they can help.
Daedra -Wild card, I doubt they have much mastery over the universe, but it would be worth a try, only with some of the nicer ones though.
Psijic Order – They are said to contact those worthy personally, if they haven't noticed me blowing a hole in their universe, they probably won't notice if I come knocking.
Aedra (Divines) – They would probably have a better chance of helping, But I have no idea how to get to them.
The Emperor? - I heard somewhere that despite all the trouble with the Thalmor, the Emperor is a compassionate man. If I can get close to him, maybe I can make him feel sorry for me and get access to the Elder Scrolls, Arngeir said that they can be used to travel in time, that sort of power might be compatible with my seals. I know they got scattered all across the world, but the emperor probably has a few retrieved already.
I'm rambling, I need sleep, Tomorrow, I move towards Winterhold...
Going to college...
Date 4th of Morning Star 4E200
I suppose it was only a matter of time, my first facial scar. If it was a little to the side I would look just like Iruka-sensei; this way it's under my left eye.
Scars usually have a story to them, something including bravery and sacrifice. Not this one, this one has a lot of stupidity in it. I think I could remove it with a nice healing spell but I won't; this way it will remind me to not underestimate my opponents.
It was a simple bandit steel sword (at least it wasn't iron, those things are so much more dull) If I hadn't jumped away I would have ended up like Kakashi-sensei, but I wouldn't have a Sharingan to implant.
I'm getting angry. Could be because I have to stay the night in a cave that was filled with Frostbite Spiders up to a few hours ago. I never sleep in these caves, there's more than just horse-sized spiders here, there's the palm sized ones, and then there are the finger sized ones... I hate spiders. I take some comfort in the fact that I'm ridding the world of them, well, this world at least.
One good thing came out of this, the group of bandits had a mage, he was a conjuration specialist, I remembered as much as I could about the look of the summons, I have a jutsu in mind, and it's a good one.
Date: 5th of Morning Star 4E200
I should be at the College by the evening. I'm trying to figure out how to approach, I could ask to be admitted as a student, problem being that I don't have any magical talent (not being from this universe and all that) so that's out of the question. I could claim to be a researcher of some sort but I would need to keep a henge up for a long time and have some credentials.
...
I know exactly what to do. Sorry, sensei.
...
I can't believe it worked, I am now writing from my guest room at the college.
The citizens of Winterhold sure looked surprised when a strange man with wooden shoes came through the city, Jiraiya-sensei can boast about himself being famous in more than just one universe.
Anyway, I was using the Henge to get that... distinguished? No... responsible? No... slightly crazy look? Yup.
It worked, the woman at the gates believed me when I presented myself as a traveller from a distant and secretive land, willing to share the secrets of magic.
I was in the Archmages office in moments, with all of the teachers in front of me. I explained the Henge and showed them how I look really, I performed a few jutsu, already knowing what would impress them the most.
I asked to be left alone with the Archmage, he was a Dunmer called Savos Aren. I gave him the short version of the story, basically, I'm from a different universe, I wanna get back, but am not really sure how...
He was really helpful, I already told him that they would not be able to use chakra since it requires physical pathways not spiritual pathways like magicka. He was not really surprised, he still wants to learn though, can't really blame him.
... skipped 1.5 months
Date: 16th of Suns Dawn 4E200
I did it, it works! I was getting further and further along every day, but I finally managed to recreate a magicka source inside myself. If I can improve it a bit I might not need help from higher powers such as Daedra; as much as it pains me to say it, I won't be getting any help from the College, they don't have the knowledge on the subjects of interest.
In other news, it's Hearts' day, and I found a note on my desk, it's a poem by the title of 'Legend of The Lovers' meaning that I have a secret admirer in the college.
The fact that everyone here is at least 10 years older than me doesn't seem to bother my 'admirer'.
I think it's Mirabelle, she's about 15 years older than me, and has quite a good position here, so I have no idea what she sees in me. She could have any other guy here, I'm sure.
It could be a prank, but these guys don't have the sense of humour for it...
There's no point doing anything about it yet.
... skipped 3 months
Date: 20th of Second Seed 4E200
I left the college today, I'm heading to Windhelm. I found a nice deep cave on an island off the coast to rest and renew the seals on my armour.
I'll spend some time there before moving south towards Riften, I need to collect as much as I can on the Daedra.
Before I left, Mirabelle gave me a kiss on the cheek. She hasn't given up on me...
Who knows, if all this doesn't work out and I'm stuck here, she might be someone to spend a life with... not yet though, I'm still too young to think about marriage. I wasn't gonna give her false hopes, I told her that I might be back to say goodbye one last time before I leave.
I'm sure Baa-chan would be proud of me for thinking about a woman's feelings and Jiraiya-sensei would be crying out of shame for the fact that he hadn't managed to turn me into a pervert.
Why am I still calling him a sensei even after it's been more than 3 months? I have no idea...
...
I could buy some new armour... This leather one I have has been enchanted and improved beyond... well, let's just say that it's really strong.
Scaled armour isn't that much better, Elven is too shiny and Glass is too noticeable, I don't want to wear heavy armour since I want to be able to sneak into places without making as much noise as an Akimichi kitchen in the morning.
I'll try and ask a few questions about good armour once I'm in Windhelm.
...2 weeks skipped
Date: 2nd of Mid Year 4E200
Today vas an eventful day, I was using the roofs to move through the city when I saw something suspicious.
Once I got closer I realized that a fat man was leading a girl (about 10-12 years old) through an alley, I caught the word 'candy' and his smile while he was holding her by the shoulder.
She called him 'mister' and I took it as a sign that she didn't know him.
They stopped in a dark corner of an alley and I got ready to jump down. I knocked him out as soon as I was ready.
The girl didn't scream or look scared, instead, she looked surprised. I told her that everything will be al right and that that man was trying to trick her. She asked me for my name.
She seemed too calm about this, and I didn't want to get caught off guard in a deserted alley. I told her my name and quickly left.
Something was off about her. I should have asked her name.
...2 weeks skipped
Date: 17th of Mid Year 4E200
Shit.
As I was leaving the city a courier approached me and handed me a note, it had my name on it.
I didn't look at it at the time; I decided to buy a horse, I have enough to buy 15 more if I want to, so why not?
One of the guards saw me and asked if I was 'The Onis'.
Long story short, rumours are spreading that I am a talented young warrior, must be those bandits I spared once they started begging for mercy.
I assured him that I only have a few tricks up my sleeve that help me survive, nothing more, nothing less...
I made good distance and made camp in the forests close to Kynesgrove, I didn't want to bother with the Inn.
And then I remembered the note.
It has 5 words on it, 'We are coming for you', above it, a black hand print.
I placed the detection array on the 750 meter radius around the camp. My glass dagger is in my boot, ready to be drawn, my custom made, specially ordered, 200 gold a piece ebony kunai are in my sleeves, glass shuriken hidden in small seals around the camp, my bow and sword sealed at my thighs.
I'm ready for them.
...
They're here, only one signature, 700 meters, west.
Another one from the west, they're separating, trying to surround me.
Concentrating chakra into the seals, both nord, one male one female, male is standing back at 200 meters, female is approaching from the north now.
Female is at 100 meters. She isn't moving,
She's good, I only know she's there because of the seals.
...
They have been waiting for an hour now. They're professionals, probably waiting for me to fall asleep.
The seal array control is visible in the centre of the camp, I'll go to it and temporarily increase the range to 2 km.
...
They're alone, I lowered the range just in case I need the chakra. There's a hollowed out tree that I planned to use as a toilet, they won't see me in there, I'll summon a simple clone and replace myself with it there. Hopefully they'll attack the clone and I'll be able to get a jump on them from above, the male is probably a tough guy so I'll summon an Atronach or two to keep him away while I deal with the woman. My horse should be fine, it's on the other side of the camp, sleeping.
This 'Training Trip' just turned to shit.
...
I'm writing on horseback, no, I'm not running away or anything like that, the Dark Brotherhood members are here next to me, I don't feel like writing down all the detail of it, so here's the gist of it.
That girl, from the city that was about to be attacked is a member of the Brotherhood. (I still don't believe it actually)
She recommended me as a member and Astrid, the female assassin and current leader of the Brotherhood came to check me out. They thought they had got me when she tried to drug me in my sleep. Then 'I' poofed out in a cloud of white smoke. I made a Frost Atronach to keep the big guy away while I tried to get rid of Astrid.
She didn't yell for me to stop or something like 'I'm just here to talk', instead she charged at me before I could at her and attacked. She was good, really good at hand to hand so I had to resort to my speciality, surprises.
I felt the Frost Atronach disappear and prepared myself. I summoned a low-level Dremora and jumped away, pretending to run away.
Once I had a good enough head start (only a few seconds, the Dremora was no match for both of them) I unrolled one of the smaller scrolls I had and threw it on the ground; I turned and started doing hand signs.
They were both charging at the same time and they didn't notice the scroll on the ground beneath them.
All I did was yell 'Fuuin' and they fell to the ground, not able to move. I had just battle tested my gravity scroll (and maybe broke my second rule).
Those take a really long time to make by the way.
I was getting ready for interrogation and possibly even torture when she laughed.
She then explained about Babette (the girl from Windhelm) the brotherhood, need for recruits and all that.
I didn't believe her, of course I didn't believe her; I had her at the tip of my dagger but The Kyuubi (who was silent so far) told me that she was telling the truth.
So here I am riding towards Falkreath with Astrid and Arnbjorn (who is her husband actually).
Hopefully, I'm not walking right into a trap.
...skipped 3 days
Date: 21st Mid Year 4E200
It wasn't a trap... Initiation is over with, introduction is over with. Initiation was killing a known paedophile of all things. Someone had wanted him dead and it was a simple contract, Astrid was nearby, observing.
I already gave her the same story I gave the Archmage, (with a bit less technical details) and she accepted the fact that I'll be leaving.
I think she knows I'm a lot more powerful than I seem, she doesn't want her family on my bad side. Her way of saying 'sorry for actually trying to kill you'?
Anyway The Brotherhood is not a big thing right now, they lost a lot of their influence and members over the years.
Astrid is the leader and she has full authority. Everyone loves her.
Arnbjorn is her husband and he's a werewolf. He hates color blue, I smell a prank coming his way.
Babette is a 300 year old vampire, she looks like she's a few years younger than me.
Veezara is one of the assassins, an argonian.
Nazir is a Redguard and handles the contract assignment. I like him, he's really funny.
Gabriella is a Dunmer woman. Her sarcasm is one of the funniest things I've heard in a while. She also has a pet... a Frostbite Spider.
Festus Krex specialises in magic; his grumpiness is a sight to behold. I already made a bit of a connection with him, due to our mutual interest in magic.
Oh, and did I mention the armour? It's perfect! Both tight and loose at the same time, enough room for scrolls, and seals, and the enchantments? Oh, the enchantments...
I think I'm going crazy, again... this might actually be fun.
... skip 2 months
Date: 20th Last Seed
It's been over a year since I got here, I just figured that out.
I should probably visit the Greybeards soon, just to say hi or something...
Experiment number... 45 is a failure, It isn't possible to strengthen the connection between the scroll back home and me (at least not with any of these methods I've tried); doing so would just punch a bigger hole in this universe and leave it unplugged. As long as the connection is there, the universes are safe.
Meaning that I probably will find a way to get back but it will need a sacrifice of an entire universe... ain't happening'.
I guess it's back to the beginning th
...
I AM AN IDIOT!
Back to the beginning! Back to the basics! I can use Kawarimi!
I can't just exchange myself with the scroll, that won't work, I'll just get stuck in the void. But I could
...
I think I have it, a plan. The problem was the fact that I had no way of controlling the other side, Konoha.
Basically I'll make my own version of the scroll that I have lying in Konoha (at least I hope it's in Konoha) and link it into the seals I have on my back. Then I'll send it to Konoha and anchor it there, tightening the connection. That will knock the first scroll out of it's anchor sending it to me. I'll seal the instructions for Jiraiya-sensei into the new scroll.
...skipped 2 days
Date: 23rd Last Seed 4E 200
I'm ready, the scroll is ready, the instructions are ready and sealed. Every damn thing is ready.
The brotherhood will be watching, I couldn't wish for better friends, yes, even Arnbjorn.
...
It worked, I can't believe it worked.
I can feel the connection, it all went just as planned... that's a new thing for me if you haven't figured out so far...
I can't remember when was the last time I laughed this hard. I was just so happy seeing a blue scroll disappear and a red scroll appear. Or I could be going crazy, that's always a possibility.
...1 week skipped
Date: 30th of Last Seed 4E 200
The second exchange is done, they sent me a group picture, everyone was there, some of them different than the last time.
There were a bunch of promotions from what I've seen, including Gaara becoming the Kazekage.
I can't say how proud of him I am.
I sent them Sasukes forehead protector and instructions for grandma to tell all my friends about the Kyuubi. They should know.
I decided to speed up a project I had been working on in the background.
Date: 1st of Heartfire 4E 200
It's so easy to work once your mind is at ease.
I managed to create a camera from a sealing scroll and some seals. The quality of the pictures is quite good, I shared my new invention with my brothers and sisters right away. They love it, there is now a group picture of us hanging in the cave, I have a copy ready to be sent back home...
It isn't my home any more, this place is my home, I have a family here... I have a family back in Konoha too, waiting for me.
I have an idea.
...skipped 1 month
Date: 5th of Frostfall 4E 200
The communication stopped, I can't compromise the connection while Jiraiya is working on the seal. He has all the instructions, I can't help him any further. He should be able to handle it all.
...
Nazir has another contract for me, it's a joint one with Babette, goal is to get kidnapped by a nasty group of bandits and exterminate them while trying to save the hostages.
We don't usually get the ones where we have to save someone because of our reputation.
Date: 6th of Frostfall 4E 200
She noticed that I was being 'calmer' than usual. Meaning that she saw that I wasn't smiling as much; she thought I found another problem with going back and asked what was wrong.
Sure, she said it like she was worried about the mission and not about me. But I know her well enough.
Now, usually I can lie my way out of stuff like this, but not with her, she knows it. She looks innocent, so young and naive, how could I lie to a face like that? And then there's the fact that she's 300 years old and can read me with the same ease I use when reading about fuuinjutsu.
So I told her the truth, I told her that I'm planning on making a two-way gate between the universes so I can get back here in the future.
I think she was happy about that, she's hard to read sometimes...
...
It all went well, we got kidnapped, her being a young girl, and me being henged into Naruko. I couldn't believe myself when I noticed how much I was thinking about the choice between the red skimpy kimono or the blue skimpy kimono. We were only going to walk by their camp and get dragged inside; it's always a lot easier to destroy the enemy from the inside. I had a dozen clones around the camp, ready to help if needed.
I was impressed with how they fixed the walls of the ruined castle.
As soon as we were inside I stopped kicking and screaming and started kicking and breaking bones.
I broke 4 arms 2 legs and 5 necks before they even figured out what was happening, Babette went invisible and started looking for the hostages while the bandits were trying to get me. I didn't even drop the Henge.
Oh, and I finally found out why Jiraiya-sensei doesn't use full-powered Rasengan against people.
I still smell brain matter around me, the bath didn't help me much, just like the steel helmet didn't help the bandit.
Date: 7th of Frostfall 4E 200
I was speaking with Astrid today, as we usually do from time to time. I told her about my time with the Greybeards; she loved the story about Einarth sneezing me into a wall.
I told her how I left them to go forward on my Birthday. She figured it out right away.
I have a parting gift for them ready.
...1 day skipped
Date:9th of Frostfall 4E 200
They were really surprised when I surprised them on my surprise birthday party. As you can tell, today was a surprising day.
It took half an hour of research and ten minutes of work in total (I can make a full storage scroll in less than 30 seconds, a bit more if I'm making it usable with Magicka).
Basically, I gave them all a single wrist seal that holds a single dagger (Ebony Kunai) and an ankle seal that holds 20 lock picks. I also gave each of them a sealing scroll and taught them how to use it with ease.
They had gotten me presents as well, Babette shared some recipes for poisons with me. Astrid told me to keep the armour since I'll always be one of them. Festus shared a few of his personal spell tomes. Gabriella and Veezara pooled together and got me some arrows, a mixture of Ebony and Glass. Nazir gave me a few bottles of his good stuff. Arnbjorn made me a dagger, a steel one, it's the most elegant looking piece of steel weaponry I have ever seen, I'm worried about damaging it, I'll keep it as a memory.
...
I'm leaving tomorrow morning, I'll miss my brothers and sisters, I can't even begin to describe how much.
Date: 10th of Frostfall 4E 200
Well, I'm in a cave, eating a cake that other people would call a sweetroll, sitting on a bedroll and thinking about Konoha. Again.
History sure does have a way of repeating itself.
I was thinking, why do I feel so much more towards the family I have here than the family I have in Konoha?
I came to an answer, I changed a lot.
They know a short, brash and annoying kid with messy blonde hair and a grin that shines more than the fresh snow on a clear day.
I'm not so short any more (I believe in growth spurts now, if only I didn't have to get new boots every once in a while because of them), I don't like bragging any more (another thing that changed) but I'm not brash, I'm calculating. I don't annoy people, I keep to myself and most of the time I'm quiet.
My hair is still a mess but I never did cut it, It's in a loose ponytail now, reaching just below the shoulders. I can't believe how much I look like my dad.
I'm wearing my old Leather Armour, the Shrouded Armour is too noticeable in public.
Back to the topic.
These people know me, they know the real me, I'm not Uzumaki Naruto any more... I'm now just Onis, a semi-famous assassin of the Dark Brotherhood, an apprentice of the Greybeards, Graduate of the College of Winterhold. The so-called Devil of Skyrim.
Am I worried that they won't like the new me? No, I'm certain they won't like the new me. They liked the old me because I was likeable. I'm not likeable now, what does it say about me that my only friends are an isolated bunch of monks, a group of sadistic assassins and a group of mages so eccentric they make Rock Lee and Might Guy look normal (that might be a bit unfair towards the mages...)
...
I don't think I ever wrote down what my plans are now? Even with a journal, there is still too much happening to remember it all.
I did the Math (I hate Math), I triple checked everything, I know of a way to get back, The problem is, I'll need help from 4 Deadra princes (or more).
Yeah, not gonna lie, that might not be as easy as it sounds; and it sure doesn't sound easy...
List of Daedra and comments:
Azura – Probable to help, might ask something in return, a mission?
Boethiah – Represents betrayal, I don't want to make any deals with this one.
Mehrunes Dagon – Represents destruction and chaos, same as above.
Nocturnal – So called 'sister' of Azura, might be able to help, will probably ask for a counter-favor.
Peryite – concerns himself with the order of the lower dimensions, might know more about the dimensions.
Meridia – Wants to kill undead, fairly good for a daedric prince, not sure why she would help me though.
Clavicus Vile – makes deals, often with a lot more gain to him than others.
Malacath – Represents the spurned and the ostracised, has no reason to help me.
Molag Bal – Lord of Domination, would never willingly 'help' a mortal.
Namira – Repulsion, shadow and darkness, might be willing to help for a price.
Vaermina – Prince of dreams and nightmares, might now more about the universe.
Hermaeus Mora – Hidden knowledge, if my theory is correct and the Daedra have no idea about other universes, this one is most likely to help just for the sake of helping.
Jyggalag – Prince of Order and justice, I could argue that I'm not a part of this world and he might see bringing me back to my world as a way of restoring order.
Sheogorath – Madness, I'm staying away from this one.
Hircine – Hunting, has no reason to help me.
Sanguine – Debauchery, has no reason to help.
Mephala – Obfuscation and secrecy, has no reason to help.
So;
Azura,
Nocturnal,
Hermaeus Mora,
Jyggalag.
Those are my best bets.
...skipped 1 month
Date 12th of Suns Dusk 4E 200
I put the seal on a mountain today, I should have figured that Nocturnal would be very well hidden. I had to come up with a Daedra detection jutsu just to find her shrine and then it turned out to be buried deep under a mountain, I checked all the caves around and there isn't one that connects to the shrine itself.
I modified the summon/projection seal and placed it over the entire damn mountain, it will hold for long enough.
...
I think I'll mark the Shrine of Azura next, once I activate the marks, it should summon them all at the same time to my position. I still don't know if they're aware of it though.
...skipped 1 week
Date: 19th of Suns Dusk 4E 200
It turns out they are aware of me using magic on their shrines, but not only that, they are also talking about it between themselves.
I actually met a Daedra today, Sanguine likes to spend time as Sam Guevenne in bars, making people drunk and playing pranks on them.
I figured him out before he could somehow trap me in a prank.
Once the conversation turned serious, he called me out on marking both the shrines of Azura and Nocturnal.
I deflected the question as best as I could.
I need to hurry, Jyggalag has no shrines here, Hermaeus Mora might have one but I'll need to find it first.
...
One week, if I don't find anything in one week, I'll have to risk a bit more with the summoning.
...1 week later
Date: 26th of Suns Dusk 4E 200
I was about to start working on the seal when I got the message.
Someone sent me an invitation.
It was written with Dremora blood, I could recognize the stench.
Now I'm standing in front of a door that looks to be Daedra in origin, a shrine, I haven't heard about this one, but then again, I wasn't interested in any other Daedra than the 4 I need.
I'm going to go in, hopefully I'll be opening this book again.
...
Shit...
I was just ambushed. In Oblivion. By a very angry Mehrunes Dagon.
So I entered the Door, there was a portal to Oblivion there, I didn't know, which plane it was, but I decided to risk it.
And of course, I came out on a small island, surrounded by an ocean of Lava.
I have never been that hot in my life; not even the few times I got hit by a fire spell.
Then I turned around, Dagon was there. He did his speech, 'puny mortal', 'weak bag of flesh' and all other insults thrown in, I knew how to deal with those like him. I had heard that he was the stupidest of the Daedra, so I bowed and acted curtly all the while calling him stuff like 'oh great one' and so on... eventually he picked up on the sarcasm and attacked me by throwing a punch at me.
Him being more than 60 ft tall didn't help him.
I knew that I had only one way of dealing with a Daedra, (two if you count sealing him in the void, but I still don't want to disrupt the natural flow of energies too much).
I guess I'll stop keeping it a secret, I merged with the Kyuubi. Well, more like 'partnered' but still, it was more than enough to handle him.
I switched places with him and suddenly instead of a puny mortal boy Mehrunes Dagon was facing a giant nine-tailed immortal demon fox.
A single Bijuudama was enough to blow Dagon away. I still don't know if he was blown up or just blown away far away.
I studied Oblivion for a little while longer before leaving.
I need to finish all my business in Skyrim before Mehrunes decides to get revenge.
There is a good thing to all this, while I was there, I hunted down some Dremora, I now have 3 full sets of Daedric armour and a whole bunch of weapons, all sealed away.
Date: 27th of Suns Dusk 4E 200
I'm ready to summon them, I made all the arrangements, I'll summon all 4 of them at the same time and reroute them into my mind scape, having Kyuubi behind my back will be a comfort. He doesn't like the plan, he prefers to deal with the demons he knows; those being the other tailed beasts.
I'm mostly worried about Nocturnal, she's the most mysterious of them all.
Jyggalag might be trouble if he decides that killing me would solve the problem (it wouldn't).
No point in postponing it.
...
That went pretty much the way I expected it to, they had already heard about me beating Dagon without any problems so they accepted the deal... well most of them anyway.
Hermaeus Mora had no idea that there are other universes (my theory states that there is an infinite number of them) containing infinite amounts of knowledge. Sharing the hidden knowledge about my universe is all he asks for.
Azura was fair, 'prove that there is good in your heart and I will agree'; I showed her the abuse I got in Konoha and my resolve to protect those who hate me. I can't say I feel the same right now, but I'm not going to kill the entire village because of their ignorance.
Jyggalag was interested only in the natural order so he agreed right away.
Nocturnal... she called my bluff... she asked for something more in return. I'm not allowed to write or talk about it but it will be a pain in the butt.
The plan is as follows,
I will make a 'shrine' for all of them.
I will construct the most elaborate seal I have ever thought of.
I will transfer the link from the seal on my back to the new seal on the ground.
They will use their power to strengthen the seal and send me back.
Simple.
Then the part two.
I construct the same seal on the ground in the Elemental Nations.
I transfer the link from the scroll in the elemental nations to the array on the ground.
Those seals on the ground will be the doors.
I will be the only one who knows how to get from one to another.
To fortify the connection, I'll construct the shrines to each of them in the elemental nations and connect them to the ones in Skyrim.
That way, they'll get some influence on our side... not much, but enough for what they need.
They will guard the shrine on their side and I will guard it on our side.
...
I'll summon them again once I'm done with Nocturnals errand and have everything built.
... skipped 3 months, nothing is written in these three months.
Date 26th of Suns Dawn 4E 201
That took forever.
I wasn't allowed to write a damn thing about it (and still am not allowed) but that took three months!
Only thing I can write is that I now know Vvardenfel pretty good, and it's not nearly as colourful as the stories say...
Right now, I want to go find a place to build the focal point (that's what I'm calling the inter dimensional portal... thingie...).
I'm thinking somewhere north, probably on one of the islands.
I did think of a good seal while I was... indisposed.
It's fairly simple (compared to the stuff I've dealt with, every seal that doesn't have something to do with different dimensions is simple), I draw it and sit in the middle, spawn a horde of clones and concentrate, It creates a sort of a hive mind between us all, I'll have the focal point built and fortified in weeks.
... 1 month skipped
Date: 27th of First Seed 4E 201
I have never been more proud at anything in my life.
This is, I think, the 5th time I wrote that sentence in the last week?
Doesn't matter, the focal point is finished. It took more than three weeks of non-stop Hive Clone work but I did it.
Sitting still for three weeks with no sleep was... tiring? No, I've slept for 4 days after that, it wasn't just tiring.
The main chamber is about a kilometre under the surface of the sea. No-one can enter the chamber unless they have both Chakra and Magicka... That would be me and anyone I 'modify' to be able to go in. Even then there are seals, traps, guards and every possible counter-measure I could think of to protect the doors to the Universe.
The doors themselves are massive, larger than the gates of Konoha (I think, I can't really remember them properly.) surrounded by seals engraved into the ground, walls and the ceiling... it's basically a tall stone arch with nothing inside it.
The array itself is so complex I worry about forgetting parts of it in the future.
Date: 28th of First Seed 4E 201
Instead of summoning the Daedra lords again, I sent them a message that I'm done with building the site where their shrines would be. Maybe they'll come personally to prepare them, although I doubt it.
...
They each sent a bunch of their guards, I was expecting something like this. There are enough living quarters to house at least a thousand people, just in case I need to evacuate a large amount of people from the other side.
I also prepared specialised rooms for the guards before hand. There was however one guard I didn't expect to see. A dunmer woman called Karliah. She said that the guards of Nocturnals shrines are called Nightingales, and since I'll be the one and only guard of the Nocturnals shrine on the other side, I'm supposed to become a nightingale.
She gave me a package and told me that I should open it here and try it on, it's probably some sort of apparel. I actually forgot about it till now.
...
Damn...
Those three months in Vvardenfell? Totally worth it.
Nightingale armour with a sword and a bow to match. This is probably some of the best equipment I have ever had in my hands...
I was planning on travelling back in my Dark Brotherhood clothes but this is so much cooler.
No one will recognize me if I travel in this. And it will take about a month for them to prepare everything here on the Daedra side.
The seal back home was finished a long time ago, I can send them the message about my arrival soon.
... 1 month later
Date: 30th of Rain's Hand 4E 201
Everything is ready.
I'm in my nightingale armour, my weapons at my side. All the scrolls are here, I have at least 40 sets of armour somewhere in there, not to talk about all the valuables I am taking with me.
I think I have about a metric tonne in gold, coins, silverware, gems, pearls and other stuff that can be used as an effective currency. I even have my pocket money from when I started my trip.
As for weapons, enough to arm a platoon. That's not all I'm bringing.
Samples of every single plant and life form I could find, books on everything ranging from Biology to Magical Runes.
I'm bringing the whole of Skyrim with me. Of course, I didn't take anything too rare, unique Daedric artefacts belong here, not with me.
I first went to visit the college. Mirabelle gave me another peck on the cheek (she wasn't aiming for my cheek, but I managed to dodge... never thought I would be dodging kisses from pretty women)
Savos and I discussed more about the inter-dimensional travel, he learned a lot while I was gone but isn't anywhere near jumping to other universes.
I visited the Dark Brotherhood next, they were happy to see me, I told them that we may see each other again.
I visited the Greybeards last, they were surprised by how much I changed but said that they were expecting it, I told them that if they don't drop dead in the next few years I might be back to take them to a beach back in the elemental nations. Einarth almost blew me away when he started laughing at the suggestion of finding him a nice big-breasted woman to settle with...
It's time.
Real-time
Onis stood at the centre of the stone arch/door and took a deep breath, Azura was in front of him, Nocturnal to the left of him, Jyggalag to the right and Hermaeus Mora behind him.
"My name is Naruto, of the Uzumaki clan, of the Uzushiogakure. I am a Genin of Konohagakure and the Sandaime Jinchuuriki of the Kyuubi no Kitsune. I am the son of Uzumaki Kushina and Namikaze Minato, the Yondaime Hokage of Konohagakure. I am going home, thank you for your help, all of you.
He did the seals and disappeared in a bright yellow flash, ironically there were exactly 30 seals done.
It was the 30th of Rains Hand in 4E 201. And in 3 and a half months, on the 17th of Last Seed in 4E 201, Helgen would burn and the journey of the Dragonborn would begin.
Date: April 30th
There was a lot of people in the cave, all gathered for the single reason. Naruto.
Jiraiya had told them that being on his own in a new environment, Naruto probably changed a lot. They didn't care, Naruto was a friend. To some, even more.
The time was approaching, Jiraiya was away from the group monitoring the link via seals Naruto sent him. He had to admit the gaki had improved a lot to be able to do all this.
"One minute, get ready to start." He notified everyone and they knelt at their positions around the circle. Jiraiya would monitor everything while everyone else was acting as a lighthouse and guiding Naruto towards them.
"45 seconds, begin."
They started channelling chakra to the seal, making it glow a light blue color.
Apprehension was on every face in the room.
Tsunade and Shizune were next to each other, channelling their chakra just like everyone else.
The seal required a small amount of chakra, they could probably hold the seal for at least another hour before any of them start getting too exhausted.
"15, everything looks fine here."
Naruto would be there soon, he's coming home.
"5, 4, 3, 2, 1..."
A bright yellow flash above them alerted them to his entrance.
When he appeared, the first thing he saw was brown rock... the part between the universes was actually enjoyable this time. First time he felt like he was rolling down a mountain, this time it felt like a really long slide at the park.
He felt a pull behind him and his eyes widened.
'Shit, not again!'
He turned swiftly and grabbed the edges of his cape, spreading it like a parachute behind him.
'At least it's only a few meters this time...'
When he turned in mid-air, the speed of his actions made the cowl that was covering his hair and shadowing his eyes fall to his back. They could now see his long blonde hair and vibrant blue eyes.
There was no mistaking him, even with the face mask on.
He landed with great elegance while everyone was gaping at him, they couldn't believe it worked.
"Yo, got lost on the road of life, am I late for something?" He asked as he stood up and dusted himself off. You could feel his smile through the room.
He was glomped from behind and felt something very soft press into his back, it took a lot of willpower not to dodge just out of instinct.
"Oi, Baa-chan, the guys are getting a bit envious, especially that white haired pervert." He said before she could say anything, he didn't want her to start crying now.
"You have a lot of explaining to do, Naruto..."
"Not now, Baa-chan, first, I'm going to get myself full of Ramen, then I'm getting my first hot shower in almost two years, and then we'll talk... I'll be in the office in about 3 hours, my apartment is still standing, right?"
"You'll be going to the hospital before debriefing, you need a medical check up." She allowed him out of the embrace, he wasn't surprised that she looked the same as before.
"Ugh, fine... now, before anyone else tries to give me a back massage, let's get rid of this." He dropped an empty scroll on the ground and it glowed
"Fuu: Kahan Fuhenteki: Kai!" [Seal: Affixing Universal Seal: Release!] All of the markings in the room compressed themselves into the scroll which rolled itself up and turned black. Naruto pocketed the scroll,
"Now, since I'm going to go eat something, and I wouldn't like eating by myself I'll need some company... and a guide since I have no idea where we are."
That got a few laughs from the room and they started leading him out, asking too many questions at once for him to be able to answer any of them. He didn't mind.
"Hey, gaki..." he felt a large hand on his shoulder.
"Sensei, if you try and apologize for something, I'll kick you in the nuts... you tried to stop me, I was just too good for you to get to me in time." Jiraiya had trouble deciding between returning the insult or just accepting Narutos reasoning.
To be continued?