~~Authors Note~~

I was going to get this story going some more before I put it up, but I wanted to see the reaction of this story and what you guys think of it. I get distracted easily and am a people pleaser, so I spent the last month trying to think of the right prompt to start off a new story, and trying to find one you guys would like. So naturally, I've been in an endless circle of "no, this story might be better." With that in mind, I decided to publish this idea because I finished the first chapter and need to do it before I change my mind.

I decided to label my authors notes because I know some people skim and try to only get important things and skip the author's rambles, so I decided to help.

Excuse 1: Been a while since I've done a story, so give me a bit to get some traction. Also, the last time I posted a story was when I was ten, years ago now, so hopefully it will be better.

Excuse 2: I always suck at intros…. so it might drag on in detail a bit, to introduce setting and characters. I won't explain everything down to the last hair, but I feel I still drag on a bit too long. Be sure to review and tell me. (Intros and endings…. mendōkusai)

Phew: Thank god for name generators, especially that LOTR has its own name generators. I am horrible at naming things, let alone people.

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto nor do I own Lord of the Rings/Hobbit, and elvish names are from Googling "lotr elf name generator." All of those belong to their respective creators.

Chapter 1

"So Gandalf is making his move, forcing the dark forces to reveal themselves, risky move. Unless of course, he does not see the power vacuum that is going to happen when Smaug's no longer at the mountain? Mordor will definitely try to take advantage of it." A blond man said looking at a report on his desk. The person that gave him the report just nodded.

"Well this will certainly be interesting, a team should be dispatched to shadow. Usual rules when in the west, don't enter elvish or dwarfish settlements, don't interfere unless they know they can get away with, and never get spotted. Most of our resources are still being focused here in the east and south, I'll start diverting some, but as we are right now, they won't have any backup if they get caught" The blond reasoned.

"I'll make sure to tell them Naruto" the elf responded.

Naruto smiled at the first person to find him, Arahaelben found him unconscious in the forest of the Eastlands where the Dark Elves reside. It took him forever to learn the languages used in Middle-Earth, let alone in the Eastlands where many languages ended up being used. He still had not found a way back, or exactly how he was sent to this place at all, but he's hero complex kept kicking in, and this land sorely needs peace.

After mentioning his dream to be the leader of his village, a little of his history and battle prowess (especially in the Fourth Great Shinobi War), and how much he wanted to do something with all the hate and evil he kept finding, the dark elves offered something. They offered that if they trained him, they could be his shinobi against the evil, and as a plus, they get to show up the western elves in skill.

They made sure he didn't have complete control, but they recognized he knew how to use their training and skill the best in battle. He may have been the loudest of his village, but he was from a world of shinobi and still knew more than anybody in Middle-Earth in this field.

So he adjusted, tried to think of tactics that Shikamaru would use, tried to be as sneaky as Sasuke, tried to be as a good as a teacher as both his sensei, tried to have as good spy network as Ero-Sensei, and any other skill that he could remember to try and help this land find peace.

So he had an underground base as refuge and barracks in the Eastern lands, anyone that wanted just live in peace could live here while those who wanted to fight for it were trained and dispatched. Besides this base, there were many he created throughout the years in middle earth. So with a combination of men and elves, they began their mission.

He turned to the map behind him and rearranged some colored spots according to new reports coming in. So far everything was stable, nothing too serious besides the usual Easterlings restlessness for battle, but sabotage from his group and the blue twin mages that stayed in the east keeps them at bay.

They could spare a few units from here to head west, they needed to get a better standing there before things got too out of hand, and while making sure Mordor in the south did not make too much damage.

They just needed to act quickly, one thing he noticed in Middle-Earth is that things moved slowly, especially when traveling, and this wizard just sped things up by trying to rid Smog residing in Lonely Mountain, very risky move indeed.

He looked to the closest hideout they had next to the mountain, it was south of Dale, a small one considering there is only one settlement belonging to men in that area, and races in the west resented each other so it was harder to work without suspicion.

With all this in his mind he mumbled "mendōkusai" and after a few moments, he paused, and just had to laugh. "When did I start acting like Shikamaru?"

He turned to leave, deciding that it would be best for him to be at the base near the unfolding events and set everything up while support came in. He would have to finish everything up here then and make sure everyone knew to send any reports for him to the Dale base.

He arrived at the coup for the message birds (gladly they moved at what he was used to, so he didn't have to adjust to that change of pace, everything was sooo slow at civilian speed) and smiled at Duvaineth "Anything come in for me?"

"What came for you was already sent, so there must be another reason that you're here, or you got bored Esgalwathon?" she replied.

It took forever to figure out what that name meant, the elves gave it to him after he started training the first group. It mains Hiding Shadow, they say it fits because that's what he does. He didn't notice at first but must have been a byproduct of Akatsuki and the war. And it was close enough to Hokage or Fire Shadow, so he really didn't mind.

"You know well enough when I get bored, Easterling's settlements start spontaneously turning orange, no I was hoping if you didn't mind telling the outposts to send anything for me to the Dale hideout. I have business there I need to see to."

She gave him a knowing look "I can handle that, sounds like you're getting your giving yourself a big workload again, you have people to help you for a reason you know."

He slumped a little and sighed "I know, but people here can't do what I can, it's both a curse and a blessing. Thank you for doing this, I will try to delegate what I can, but the almighty wise wizards here love to rush things. I'm off to call a meeting, need to finalize things before I head off."

After he assembled everyone for an impromptu meeting with the people he entrusted to lead things here if he left, and dealt with things he didn't need to involve himself in. It was structured a lot like Konoha, he had his department heads and they had their division heads, the wonders of delegation.

Once they coordinated reports, organized their men and resources, and made sure everything was prepared, Naruto said his farewells to them, probably his closest friends in this realm. He returned to his room to see a clone of himself pack the last set of clothing in a scroll with a poof and smoke. The cloned to salute then it did the same thing, disappearing in a poof and smoke.

He walked to the bed and inspected the scroll, making sure he had food, clothes, water, and anything else he might need. He always kept a scroll like this on him, but that was to survive on, this one had more supplies.

He sat on the bed and sighed. He pulled out a picture from his black jacket. He inspected the back to make sure the preservation seal was still intact before he turned it around. It was his picture of Team 7, one of the last pieces he had from home.

While staring the photo he figured being Hokage was definitely not as hard as the previous Hokages made it sound. Here he had to do paperwork, do strategies, move troops, and assist in any way he could. Whereas Hokage they just sat behind the desk, pretend to do the paperwork, and when no one was looking read a book that would make an innocent minded person blush harder than Hinata when Naruto would talk to her or drink more sake than the local bar could even supply.

No, he would love to go back home and become Hokage, but people here now needed him, with that thought he got up and left the HQ, heading west towards Dale and the Lonely Mountain using chakra to augment his speed. They needed to sabotage what they could of any evil forces that were moving, even small things could turn the tide of the war.

~~Authors Note~~

Done: Well, that's the Introduction. Chapter 1, now the last sentence I really wanted to put "…even small things could turn the tide of the war, similar to how Naruto was for The Fourth Great Shinobi War." But I don't think Naruto would appreciate a joke at his height.

Rambles 1: Otherwise this idea for this story came to me when I was perusing the Lord of the Rings and Naruto crossovers, and noticed the lack of good guy Naruto going into Middle-Earth, which is surprising because one of the main concepts of Naruto is that he endures, and stays good (which is why Kurama gets angry/annoyed with him at first, but then this is why he likes him later).

Rambles 2: Originally I was going to stick with Lord of the Rings, but I wanted to introduce Naruto earlier in Middle-Earth, also get resources reasonably for the wars to come, and Uzumaki longevity lets me go earlier. This might end up being posted on the Hobbit x Naruto listings, then a sequel will be posted in LOTR x Naruto, that is if this is any good. Let's hope.

Important! Moving on, hoped you guys liked it, and please review, I will probably be living off of your responses. They will both make me a better writer and hopefully make you guys happier.