Sleepless D: More Power comes with more fights, so let's read on. Peace out.
Naruto curses and ran towards Hadvar, Lee and Tenten, Hadvar remains at the door and keeps waiting until Lee smashes through the door, Tenten soon follows and Naruto trips on the step and rolls in. Hadvar runs in the second that Naruto rolled in and helps him up, Naruto looks around, seeing a few Imperials grabbing weapons. "Captain! Looks like we're all that managed to get to the keep safely." Hadvar informs her.
Tenten threw her shield away, grabbing another sword from the rack and grabs a bow and arrows. Lee and Hadvar are confused by her actions while Naruto walks to a chair and sits down, feeling pain all over his body. "Lee, Hadvar, you stay in the keep, everyone else! Are you ready to fight for this keep!?" Tenten yells, the few Imperial guards in there cheer and move towards her. "I'm going out there to make sure everyone gets out! Now let's go!" She yells, running out of the door, Lee wanting to stop her, but Hadvar places his hand on his chest.
"No Lee, listen to your superior commander." Hadvar orders him, making him look disappointed.
"But it's unyouthful to not fight and let a lady fight." Lee complains.
"She's a Captain for a reason, Lee." Hadvar says and looks at Naruto. "Come here; let's see if we can get those bindings off." Hadvar orders Naruto.
He looks up, smiling a little and walks towards him, Hadvar pulls out a blade, making Naruto nervous as he cuts the bindings. "Thanks, I owe you one, believe it." Naruto chuckles nervously, feeling safer in a stone keep, trying to get over the fact that a dragon is attacking the keep, still hoping that it's still all a dream while trying not to break down into a ball and suck his thumb.
"We best keep moving, I'd like to see if anymore of our friends are in here." Lee says, walking towards a chest, reaching in it and picking up a shield and some of his belongings since his name was on the chest.
"You have a look around too; see if there's anything you can use to fight with...I'm going to see if I can find something for these burns." Hadvar says and walks towards his chest to get some equipment.
"I think there's a spare equipment chest over there." Lee points out and nods to the opposite end of the room, showing the chest he mentioned to Naruto.
Naruto nods and walks over, searching through it and putting on the Imperial armour, soon picking up a sword and feeling glad that he's got something to fight with. Naruto looks a bit more and soon finds a key, becoming slightly surprised at this and wondered if he was stealing someone else's equipment now. "So...any idea what this is for?" Naruto asks the two, they look and walk closer to see it.
"Lucky us, that's a key to this fort." Hadvar says, opening his hand and Naruto chucks it to him.
"You best take a few swings with that sword, it's recommended to learn the youthful way to fight." Lee says, a little worried that Naruto doesn't know how to fight.
"I've learnt how to use one of these...or at least the basics..." Naruto whispers the last part. "I'll beat all you guys up!" Naruto chuckles, acting brave with a weapon now, but still scared shitless.
Hadvar chuckles and walks pass them and pull a chain on the wall, opening a gate and quickly walks through, soon having Lee and Naruto soon follow. They walk down a staircase and soon reach another gate, but they heard talking. "You hear that? Stormcloaks." Hadvar says, peeking through the bars. "None I recognise, maybe we can reason with them." He says, pulling another chain and the gate opened.
They walk in cautiously. "Who's there!?" One of them yells, drawing their weapons.
Naruto counts three, surprised that they managed to get in with Ralof and the others without him noticing. "We're just passing through, we mean no harm." Lee says, raising his hands to show he means no harm.
"You tried to kill us less than ten minutes ago! We fight for Skyrim and Ulfric!" Another yell, charging.
Hadvar's eyes widen, recognising the person and blocks the attack with his sword, Lee quickly ran forward and blocks an attack from another Stormcloak with his shield. Naruto feels nervous, but quickly rushes forward and smashes his foot into the Stormcloak that is attacking Hadvar before attacking the third one. Hadvar quickly rushes the man, smashing his sword against the man's side, making him yell in pain, quickly blocks the next attack.
Lee yells and he pushes back harder than the Nord, soon smashing his foot into the Stormcloak's gut, making him cough in pain, leaving an opening. He quickly stabs his sword through the Stormcloak, gut, seeing blood coming from the wound before Lee pulls back and spins around, soon slicing through the man's throat, causing him to collapse and bleed.
Naruto continues to attack the third Stormcloak, making the man stumble backwards, but his anger increases and swings his sword at Naruto, wanting to kill him. However, Naruto caught his arm, stopping his sword before plunging his sword into the Stormcloak's chest, killing him. Naruto then looks to see Hadvar and Lee fighting the last one before Hadvar slicing the last Stormcloak's arm, making him drop his axe.
The Stormcloak yells in pain, glaring at the Imperials and drops his shield before pulling out a knife, charging forward, but Lee moves his sword swiftly, causing the Stormcloak to stumble forward and hit the ground. Hadvar looks in shock and some hint of sadness as he bows his head. "May you go to Sovngarde Gunjar." He tells him.
"You knew him?" Lee asks, looking at the bleeding body.
"Yeah, he used to live in my village before he went to be recruited by the Stormcloaks with Ralof and some others." Hadvar informs him with a sad tone.
"Well...I'm sorry to hear that, but we best get moving, since it looks like the tower goes deeper..." Naruto says in confusion, looking carefully down the bared gate with a lock on it.
Hadvar walks forward and unlocks the gate with the key that Naruto found, soon walking through with Lee and Naruto soon follows. They rush down a flight of stairs and soon reach a large corridor, making them breathe easier since there's no sign of any Stormcloak. They move forward, but the ground and area around them shakes violently, nearly making everyone lose their footing before the roof collapses, soon covering the entire area in smoke.
After a few seconds, the smoke clears and the three are coughing hard, soon seeing the damage and realising that they won't make it through the obvious way. "Damn, that dragon doesn't give up easy." Hadvar says in annoyance.
"That's for sure..." Lee says and sees a doorway to the left. "That's the kitchen...if we're lucky, the other door is still uncovered." Lee says, walking towards the door and opens it, Hadvar nods and Naruto just follows blindly with him.
"What are you doing? We need to get out Helgan. Now!" A voice is heard, Naruto looks around, seeing a small eating area and soon spots two Imperial guards, one standing by and one searching through a few barrels.
"If you think I'm going out there with no potions, then you've got another thing coming." The other Imperial says in a slight panicked tone.
"Who goes there?" Hadvar calls, making the two guards stand ready to fight, but relax when they see him.
"Hadvar, I would've thought you'd be up there fighting." One of the guards says in a worried tone.
"We were told to get to the keep." Hadvar informs them, looking around and seeing the place was missing a few things, but believed that someone either stole them or planned to relocate.
"Fair enough, we heard the yelling and fighting from in here and were about to head out if Cassius stops looking for potions." The Imperial says in an annoyed tone.
"I'll need them to stay safe!" The more panicked Imperial complains.
"No potions will save you of what's going on up there." Hadvar informs them, making them look in confusion.
"Why? I thought we were being attacked by some Stormcloaks since we captured their leader." The least panicked one says in confusion.
"No, we are unyouthfully being attacked by...a Dragon..." Lee informs them.
The two look at each other and soon laugh hard, thinking that Lee was lying. "Nice one, Dragons aren't real, other than the all mighty Akatosh." The less panicked guard says and was about to walk pass them.
Hadvar raises his hand and stops him from moving, making him look at Hadvar. "It's the truth...everyone is fighting for their lives up there and trying to escape." Hadvar informs them.
They start to laugh again, but they both see the seriousness in his face. "A Dragon?" The panicked one asks in fear.
"Yeah, it's tearing up the keep and we're going to go as deep into the keep as we can to at least not be crushed by the roof." Hadvar tells them.
"...Well we're following you." The Imperial guards say at the same time.
"Any youthful help from fellow comrades will be appreciated." Lee says with a smile and thumbs up.
"Shut up Lee, I believe that there's a back way through the keep, pass the Torture chambers." The less panicked one informs them. "It is still filled with prisoners of war...better known as Stormcloaks." The man informs them.
Naruto rubs his neck, unsure whether to be glad on not being tortured or nearly executed. "Well we best move then, grab what could be useful." Hadvar orders the Imperial guards and Naruto. They look around, grabbing potions within barrels and some equipment before heading towards Hadvar who is standing by the second door. "Be careful, there may be Stormcloaks around the keep, we already ran into a band of them a few minutes ago." Hadvar informs the two new followers.
They look surprised, but they grab the hilt of their weapons and ready for whatever comes. Hadvar opens the door and they look around, seeing nothing but the collapsed roof on one side and the same corridor on the other. "Let's move in the name of youth!" Lee yells, hurrying down the corridor.
"...Lee seems to be a weird guy..." Naruto says, gaining a nod from the others.
"He's over energetic..." Hadvar agrees. "But he's one of the best." He says, soon reaching a staircase and everyone stops. "The torture room. Gods, I wish we didn't need these." Hadvar says.
"Yes, it is unyouthful to hurt people for information..." Lee began, but soon hear fighting and yelling, realising people are fighting.
They rush down the stairs to assist if they can, lightning is seen and a Stormcloak falls before them, spasming out of control and starts foaming at the mouth. They ignored them and rush around the corner. They soon see two Imperial uniformed men attacking three other Stormcloaks fighting them. One of them tackles the elderly one of the Imperial guards, pinning him to the floor while the younger Imperial guard dodges one of the Stormcloak's attack and smashes their joint with his mace. The woman screams in pain before being silenced by a mace to the face and focuses on the last Stormcloak who starts to panic.
Hadvar rushes forward with one of the Imperial guards and attacks the Stormcloak. The Stormclaok didn't notice the new comers and was about to stab the elderly man with a knife, but a sword slashes his back, severing his spine and killing him instantly. Naruto, Lee and the other Imperial rushes to the younger one's aid and they corner the last Stormcloak, seeing his panic. "I'm not going back into those cells!" He yells, rushing forward to die fighting, but the younger Imperial steps forward, smashing his fist into the Stormcloak's face, knocking him out.
"No way I'm losing another prisoner, we need the information." He says, rubbing his fist in pain and looks back, seeing the elderly man safe and being picked up. "Good...now help me lock this guy up." He tells the others, grabbing the unconscious Stormcloak while everyone takes a breathe.
Xxx
Several miles away, by a violent river that flows into the sea, a washed up, pale body with black hair lays on the shore, a few arrows sticking out of the body and a little blood running into the water. The remains of the armour he once wore is gone, torn away from the violence of the nature and river. A sudden coughing sound is heard, the body moving slightly to show that they're still alive, but only barely.
A figure in red robes walks out from what little tree line there was, he looks with interest, thinking on what to do. After examining the person a little more, he smiles with slight excitement and decides to help him, believing him to be of use and mutters a spell, summoning a large spectre like wolf and picks the person up. He chuckles, hearing the person groan in pain and puts them on the wolf before walking back to his home.
Xxx
Everyone is taking a breather while Hadvar informs the elderly Torturer and his assistant of what was going on. "A Dragon? Please. Don't make up nonsense. All this ruckus, It's just the Stormcloaks attacking, about half a dozen came through the back and surprise us. And before I knew it, half of them left after freeing my prisoners!" The elderly Torturer complains.
The Assistant thinks for a few seconds. "I did notice a few Stormcloaks rush through here on the opposite end, and after a few seconds, that famous Legionnaire Tactician came through without helping us." The Assistant informs them and points to the opposite side of the room where more cells stood. "I thought there were about half a dozen guards down there that would've prevented this." He then says.
The elderly Torture thinks for a second. "Yeah, I think I saw that boy going through here." He says, soon walking towards the box cells where two Stormcloaks lay unconscious.
"We're going to have to move fast then. If those Stormcloaks get out, then that will put more people in danger." Hadvar says and looks at the two Torturers. "You best come with us. We need to get out of here." Hadvar tells the old man.
"You have no authority over me, boy. None of you boys do. So leave me to my work." He tells them, looking at the Stormcloaks and had a small smile.
"You were just attacked no less than a minute ago and you're staying here while the keep is under attack from a Dragon?" Naruto says in slight disbelieve.
"We have to save every youthful soul there is." Lee says passionately, still wanting to get to the keep's courtyard to help, but figures saving people will help with the cause.
"Forget the old man. I'll come with you." The Assistant informs them, gaining a sigh from Hadvar.
"Very well, hopefully we can make it out of here alive." Hadvar says and starts moving. "Let's go people.
Naruto looks around, picking up a mace with his other hand and spins it, holding the two weapons in each hand and sees everyone moving, leaving the old man and is worried about him. "You sure you don't want to come?" Naruto asks.
"Just go boy. I have some work to do." The Torturer says and picks up a knife, making Naruto shiver slightly by the sight and moves to follow the others.
Xxx
At a town way to the north of Naruto's location, the man that was wounded by the shore lies on a bed within a house that looks like it's trying to make a museum. The man coughs hard, spitting up some water and holds onto his stomach, nearly opening his old wounds. "I wouldn't move around too soon, I just closed up the wounds." A voice comes with slight concern.
The man looks, seeing a red robed Imperial man standing nearby. "What...what's going...on?" The man asks, coughing slightly.
"I found you washed up on the shore a little while ago, I felt a sudden urge to help you. I do not know how, but a voice told me to save you. So I did." The man informs him. "I am Silus Vesuius, future curator of the Mythic Dawn Museum." Silus informs him with a small smile.
The man seems to tense by the mention of the Mythic Dawn. "...I'm Sasuke...Uchiha..." He informs Silus.
Silus raises an eyebrow. "An Uchiha? They had some connection to the Mythic Dawn...like my family." Silus says, laughing a little. "Must be fate." He states.
Sasuke looks at him in confusion. "Fate? I don't believe...in fate..." Sasuke informs Silus. Sasuke then sits up and gritting his teeth in pain.
"I told you not to move around too much." Silus informs Sasuke, walking over to him.
"Shut...up." Sasuke tells him, gritting his teeth even more.
"Look, I may not be a healer, but I know well enough that you won't last at all if you move around. You need rest and healing." Silus informs him.
Sasuke grits his teeth even more, soon realising that he's right and curses under his breath. "...What do...you want...with me?" Sasuke asks the man, knowing that if the Mythic Dawn is involved, they won't help unless there's a purpose.
"Well...I'm a bit of a collector...and my aim of collection is that of the Mythic Dawn. I'm currently hunting the pieces of Mehrunes's Razor." Silus informs Sasuke. "I'm sure you'd be interested in helping since your family were part of-" Silus began, but Sasuke hits the wall with his fist.
"My family weren't...part of the damn...Mythic Dawn!" Sasuke yells, gritting his teeth in pain and anger. "They found one...person from my family...with the group...and they destroyed my...family's reputation...wealth and titles because...of it!" Sasuke yells, glaring at him. "We worked hard...to slowly gain...what we lost...but everyone thinks...we're traitors...we were all part of...the Imperial Legion..." Sasuke says, remembering all the stories his family told him. "Ever since the Oblivion...Crisis, my family has been...ruined and our luck...seemed to vanish." Sasuke says in anger.
He remembers his family history like the palm of his hand. His family gained infamy by having a member discovered with those that tried to ruin the Empire. A decade later, the Uchiha family Commanders and troops stationed and practically ran Black Marsh and Elsweyr were overthrown, further ruining the family reputation. They kept losing more family members and reputation as decades turned to a century. The Great War then occurred and when the Aldmeri Forces attacked the Imperial City, the king fled with the main army and Sasuke's father, the only General ranked member of his family remained behind to defend the city.
When the Imperial City fell, havoc wreaked the streets, he was only a baby then, but he knew that his family were practically scattered into the wind when the Imperial City fell. His father, Fugaku Uchiha was captured and tortured for a year before the Imperial City was retaken. Sasuke was told that the people blamed his father for losing the City for a year, despite the King fleeing the city. He doesn't know what happened to all his remaining family, but his father, mother and brother left with him and lived in a distant village for the next two decades. His brother, Itachi left the village in his late teens and Sasuke did the same. He does know if his brother or parents are even alive.
"...Well that's not what I heard in my family...but then again, that was two centuries ago, so records could've been misread." Silus says and stands up, walking forward and offers his hand in friendship. "Well...I hope we become friends...and maybe you can help me with finding the pieces of Mehrunes's Razor...as payment for saving your life." Silus says with a nervous, yet serious tone.
Sasuke glares at him. "What's important about... Mehrunes's Razor? I haven't...even heard of it." Sasuke tells him.
Silus looks in slight surprise, but figured his family didn't talk much about 'that' part of his history. "Well...there's so much to tell you..." Silus began and started telling him about Mehrunes's Razor.
Xxx
Naruto rushes after the group, they had passed a hole in the wall of a room filled with cages. Naruto breathes a little, getting exhausted from the constant moving in armour when he's not use to wearing heavy clothes. The group soon hears fighting, being again surprised and move faster, soon reaching a large, ruined part of the fort.
They look around, seeing half a dozen Imperials being overpowered by nearly ten Stormcloaks. Hadvar yells a battle cry while the others rush forward, seeing blood on the people's weapons, bodies of both sides scatter the area. Naruto is shocked by this while the Imperial guards rush around, quickly neutralising the Stormcloaks. However, a couple of the Imperials guards were killed before they managed to reach them.
Everyone breathes hard, glad that they survived the attack. "What happened here Hadvar asks in a tired tone.
"We were stationed here to guard this area for an escape route should we ever need one." One of the Imperials guards informs him.
"We didn't think that a large group of Stormcloaks would find the entrance to the exit...someone must've tipped them off about the rear entrance!" Another Imperial guard yells.
Hadvar thinks about it, a little confused but wonders if it's true. He remembers that the exit was like any other cave, and to see this many Stormcloaks, that led to suspicion. "The keep is being attacked by a Dragon, we're heading for the rear exit since General Tullius if abandoning the keep." Hadvar informs them, remembering the General and several people were heading towards the gates.
The Imperial guards look a little sceptical about the Dragon attack. "Are you serious?" One of them asks in confusion.
"Yes, it's the truth." Lee tells them.
The Imperial guards look a little worried now. "Alright, we've got to head out back, there may still be Stormcloaks." One of the Imperial guards informs them, soon walking to the back area.
The Torturer's Assistant stops suddenly, feeling guilty about leaving his master behind to fend for himself. "I better stay back and see to the old man. We may see each other again in the future." The Assistant informs them.
The group looks, remembering the old man and allowed him to stay. One of the Imperial guards stays behind to help as the group moves. The large group move and soon reach a wooden wall with a lever. Naruto is anxious and pulls the lever, causing the wooden wall to lower and show that it is a bridge.
Hadvar sighs in slight relief, knowing that the exit is getting closer and moves forward. Everyone follows and most make it across the bridge in a few second, they look up, seeing a hole to the surface and were a little relaxed by the sight. The walls and the hole which shows the sky above shake rapidly, soon being covered by a shadow for a split second before vanishing.
The walls crack and start falling apart. The Imperial guards yell in shock, soon having the entryway that they came through collapse and a large boulder falls and destroys the bridge while Lee and three Imperial guards were on it. Naruto, Hadvar and the two other Imperial guards widen their eyes in shock, having not expected that.
"Lee!" Hadvar yells, rushing towards the remains of the bridge, looking down and seeing smoke cover the area below.
A minute passes and coughing could be heard. Everyone looks carefully, soon seeing a person stand up, after a few more seconds, another figure stands back up. "Hey! You alright!?" One of the Imperials calls to the people down there.
"Yeah...just about." One of guards yells, looking up and seeing that they fell several feet down from the ruined bridge.
After a few seconds, everyone sees one of the Imperial guards' dead, crushed by a boulder. Lee coughs and looks slightly upset by this. "We won't be able to pull you out without any difficulty." One of the Imperial guards says.
Lee coughs a little more, looking to the side. "Don't worry...my youthful comrades...there's a pathway down here." Lee informs them, picking up a little disorientated Imperial.
"Okay...move fast then." Hadvar tells them.
Naruto looks down the way they need to go and raises an eyebrow. "I'm seeing someone!" Naruto calls to them while Lee walks through the tunnel.
"Who?" One of the Imperials asks, walking forward and looks, seeing a man in a loosely worn Imperial uniform.
Hadvar and the other Imperial guard walks forward, seeing the man and look in surpise. "Shikamaru!" Hadvar yells.
The man looks, sighing heavily and holding onto his left arm which has blood running down it. "Don't be a drag and be yelling." Shikamaru tells him while the men hurry over to him.
"Where were you? The damn keep was under attack by a Dragon!" Hadvar yells, thinking that Shikamaru's tactics could've helped the battle within Helgen.
"I saw the Stormcloaks running here. I followed in order to know what they were doing."Shikamaru informs them, coughing slightly. "Stormcloaks were appearing around the place and I got wounded because one of them spotted me."
"Where are they now?" Naruto asks, curious to what happened to them.
"I don't know. They moved fast, but if I had to guess, they're already out of this place." Shikamaru says, squeezing his wound and gritting his teeth.
"Damn it, let's move, Lee might be in trouble for all we know." Hadvar says and starts moving while one of the Imperial guards takes out a health potion and hands it to Shikamaru.
Xxxxx
Sasuke sits on the bed, looking at the man known as Silus. "So you want me to get those pieces for this insane collection of yours?" Sasuke asks, a little suspicious of the man.
"Yes...I'm willing to pay you for the trouble. And, I had saved your life." Silus tells him, taking out a red book and holds it out to him.
Sasuke just looks at the book. He gets a nagging feeling to refuse, but something inside him is telling him to take the job, getting the feeling that it will benifit him in some way. Sasuke coughs and takes the book. "Very well...don't expect me to get things done right away." Sasuke tells him, gaining a small chuckle from Silus.
"That's why I'm here." Silus says, his hands glowing and starts healing him.
Xxxxx
Naruto's group had moved through the cave, having got back together with Lee. They happened to run into a few wounded spiders and a live bear. Everyone is tired and wants to get out of the cave. Their wishes were soon answered and they reach the fresh air of outside.
They were all about to continue to move, but Shikamaru raises his fist, yelling wait and caused everyone to stop. The wind seems to build and the Dragon that attacked Helgen fly away. Shikamaru and Hadvar hid behind a boulder while the others drew their weapons and tried to hide. Everyone relaxed as it flew away into the distance. "T-The Dragon is r-real!?" One of the Imperials yells in shock.
"Looks like he's gone for good this time. But I don't think we should stick around to see if it comes back" Shikamaru states, breathing nervously.
Naruto breathes harder than before, watching carefully with the other Imperials as the Dragon flies away. The Imperial guards wait carefully, not making a single sound from fear of being detected by the dragon, despite it being only a small spec now.
"...D-Do you t-think it's gone now?" One of the Imperials asks, scared still.
"Yeah, now all we have to do is find a base of operations while we search for survivors." Shikamaru tells them, sighing as he walks down the road, the less stressed amongst the group, yet the most tired looking.
"We can go to Riverwood, I have a relative there and it's close by." Hadvar informs Shikamaru, gaining a nod and knew it'd be the best location to recover, but he is worried since the dragon went in that direction.
"Alright then, follow the path towards the village; I'm going to scout around for any survivors." Shikamaru orders and looks at the sun's place. "I'll come to the village halfway through the afternoon with any survivors I find." He says before moving quickly, running into the forest area.
Naruto rubs his hands together, feeling a little cold with Skyrim's weather. 'This isn't a dream...it's just one damn awful nightmare.' Naruto says to himself, wondering where his two friends are, Sasuke and Sakura, hoping that they're fine.
Sleepless D: Hope you all enjoyed this, it's not that different to the story, but the Sasuke plot is going to be interesting and I wonder what happened to Sakura? :P we'll find out later. Also, to help make this story more interesting, I'm letting the readers make their own character, and, as always with my stories, there would be a slight risk of the person dying at a much later date or even early, hope you all enjoy it and make a character. Peace out.
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