Spotify ftw.
Was just listening to music while trying to write the newest Fishy Fate chap(yes,yes, it will be up soonish) when I heard In Flames "Dawn of a New day" and it struck a cord in me (Remembered something about Akatsuki meaning something along Dawn or Dawnbreak) And of course an plot bunny reared its ugly face and I just had to write something, it evolved into this and I have to wonder how the hell the song managed to inspire me to write this.
The premise here is that Naruto gets caught by Akatsuki and well, not everything is as it seems.
Very AU - Crossover with Warcraft series.
Disclaimer: Don't own shit, neither In Flames lyrics, Naruto or Warcraft.
The thoughts from yesterday forgotten
I like the way this new skin feels
Bring me splinters of tomorrow
Collect the parts where I win
Against the grain, Against the Odds
I'll rise and I won't trip again
The dawn of a new day
Never looked as good as this.
Concrete breath and dust filled tears
A one way ride to inner peace
I never thought I'd join the others
Those who used the dice to solve
Against the grain, against the odds
I'll rise and I won't trip again
Dawn of a new day
Never looked as good as this
…
Dawn of a New Day – In Flames
He could feel his host dying, his own essence being extracted forcefully through the seal and by the gods it hurt. After all having your own essence ripped apart and reassembled is never painless, but even through the pain the Kyuubi had finally reached a clear state of mind, the corruption that had been plaguing him since that fateful day was temporarily gone and he could remember his duty, his meaning for existence.
Time was of the essence, he quickly sent out tendrils of his vast spiritual energy, searching for Naruto's soul.
Naruto was twisting in agony inside a large and complex seal array which was forcibly extracting the Kyuubi's soul into a large glowing demonic looking statue.
'FUCK! This shit hurts, why does this crap always happen to me?' Naruto thought as his fingers was desperately clawing themselves bloody against the granite floor. 'You know the answer to that yourself, idiot. I'm the fates whipping boys after all' he thought through clenched teeth he glared at the ominous shadows that was looking down on him from the ten fingers off the large statue's hands.
His eyes was continuously flashing from his natural blue eyes to the kyuubified red and as he focused on one seemingly inconspicuous shadow he could feel the Kyuubi inside off him letting out an angry and defiant roar before he felt something seemingly hook themselves into his consciousness, and drag it down into the darkest pits of hell.
Naruto instantly recognized his mindscape and the Kyuubi's rapidly decaying seal, but what he didn't recognize was the regal looking kyuubi looking down on him, with a calm serene expression and eons of wisdom shining in his now seemingly calm red eyes.
"Wha-" Naruto started before he was abruptly interrupted.
"Boy, listen carefully as I do not have much time to explain" if the calm behavior of the kyuubi was something that spooked Naruto, then the relaxed smooth voice really freaked him out. "Do not be afraid young one, I will not harm you as this will be my last moments in life."
"Right" Naruto drawled out slowly, completely unconvinced. "And why did you pull me here? Beg me to remove the seal?"
"There are many things you need to know young one, but we are out of time and so I can only give you the short summary." The kyuubi gave a sad sigh as he was seemingly lost in the past when he continued "The Biju are forces of Nature, we are the guardians of this earth, entrusted by a higher power."
'Que dramatic pause' Naruto thought while trying to figure out the fox's motives.
"The titans."
"The titans?" he asked slowly "and they are?"
"They are the makers!" The kyuubi proclaimed "The travelers of the universe, the builders of the world and bringers of life. Their vast powers far exceed my own, and countless millennia's ago when they visited this world. Which at the time was only a barren rock, they used their powers and turned it into a living world. The Titans also brought many creatures from around the universe to this planet, you humans are one of them."
And as the Kyuubi spoke, memories seemingly came to life around them and showed large wastelands which slowly grew into mountains and valleys, Naruto could see large humanoid looking creatures. (They where even larger than Gamabunta!) He was enraptured by the story as he could see life being created by the titans, how they made water out of nothing and shaped the world, and the portals where humans filtered through.
"But under the surface of this barren rock there were evil creatures who hated life, wraiths of darkness that had descended on this planet long before the titans arrived."
Suddenly the atmosphere turned cold as darkness swept across the now green lands, and large shadowy creatures that made the Kyuubi look like a kitten surfaced from the depths.
"These wretched creatures declared war on the titans, ravaging the land, but the titans had faced many dangers across the vast emptiness off space and they had yet to meet their match."
Naruto could feel the ripples off power through space and time as the Titans defeated the shadows and cast them back into the depths of the earth.
"The titans shackled them to the core of the planet, damning them to a eternity of torture, for creatures of darkness to be tied up to the smoldering flame of life must be unbearable. To safeguard this new world they created the nine biju's."
Naruto saw the leading titan infuse a small fox with a part of his power, and as the fox shape twisted and bubbled as it exploded outwards in a nova of power.
"I was the first, given a speck of power from Aman'Thul, the high father himself!"
He could hear the pride in the fox's voice as he watched the other biju take shape.
"Time passed and the world evolved, we guarded the world and its life, we became obsolete after a while and so we went to sleep, resting beneath your feet, waiting for the time we would be needed again."
Naruto felt the time speeding up as he blurred through what seemed to be thousands of years. He saw cities being built, large glass towers reaching towards the stars. He watched humanity grow and prosper, saw their struggles and failures, felt their despair as it all came burning down.
"Humanity has many gifts and equally many curses. As their nations grew, their pride and lust for power followed suit, soon wars broke out that laid waste to the continents. It was also this time that you humans discovered the forgotten gates, the portals that leads to the many worlds the titans seeded with life."
In the darkest night a group of men with hoods stood in a circle around a great portal, chanting and to Naruto's horror they brought forth a young female. Which was sacrificed and he could only watch in disgust, as they used her blood to power up the portal.
Sneering the kyuubi continued "Not a very proud moment in your kinds history, the portals where never intended to be used by humans alone, or powered by humans. By sheer luck, or should we say, tragedy for us. The portal actually powered up and connected to a foreign world, by using the blood of an innocent they connected to a different dimension, to the Twisting Nether and the bloodthirsty creatures that lurk there."
A large demonic looking creature steeped out the portal, two large horns from his forehead and leathery wings on his back, its clawed hands flexing slightly at the sight of the humans. It gave a seemingly subservient bow to the hooded men and they congratulated each other while the large creature gave a terrifying smile.
"That is the Nathreizm, also know as Dreadlords" The kyuubi said with revulsion "They are masters of trickery, deceit and guile. They take pride in fiendish destruction and in their eyes malice is the ultimate gift. To torment another creature with physical or moral agony offers them something superior to happiness or contentment. They whispered offers of great powers to man, and your kind listened, they accepted their offers and with that fateful deal struck that day, humankind brought the gaze of the burning legion on their world."
The days changed and the hooded men brought more innocents to the gates, women and children where sacrificed in thousands, and more of the dreadlords and different kinds of demons came through the portal.
"For the promise of power your kind sacrificed the innocent. As this worlds guardians we woke up and where understandably furious to say it mildly."
Naruto saw the Biju as he had never seen them before, fighting both humans and demons, he saw the Kyuubi purge scores of demonic looking dogs and their human masters. A large bull with eight tails impaled a large dreadlord, while the one tailed tanuki – ('Shukaku, Gara' Naruto thought with a pang of sadness at the memory of his friend) made the earth it self rise up and crush the invaders.
"In the end the powers we where granted by the titans crushed the invaders and with the combined effort of the Biju we closed off the portal, before any of the stronger demons could enter. We buried it in a place where it could never be reached again by human hands." The kyuubi paused, while a look of deep sadness in his eyes he looked at Naruto "We thought us victorious and we let our guard down to our eternal shame, for you see, not even the titans are unfaultable. One of their own kind has fallen from grace, the former champion of the pantheon and brother of the highfather, Sargeras. He is the leader and founder of the burning legion. He is now known as The Destroyer, The fallen, The Daemon Lord, The great enemy of all life, the destroyer of worlds, The ravager of worlds."
A huge creature appeared before Naruto and he felt tremendous fear, more than he had ever felt in his life. It was huge, almost beyond comprehension, it was fully clad in a burning suit of molten black armor. Flames danced around its head forming a large mass of hair and a sweeping beard. A pair of horns extended from his forehead and a burning tail sweeps behind leaving a trail of embers in its wake. One of its arms hefts a massive, etched lance that is lined with a series of viciously hooked barbs.
"The portal had been too small for the higher echelons of the burning legion to enter, so they had been creating rituals to enforce their will on the demons and humans that had fallen under their control. In one of the last bastions of the Burning Legion on this world, there was one dreadlord left, through it Sargeras himself cursed us, the curse worked slowly, turning us to bloodthirsty beasts" the Kyuubi finished with a twinge of regret.
Naruto could only look up in awe as his brain processed what he had learned. "You never explained what the Burning Legion was and what its goals is" he asked suspiciously.
"The Burning Legion is a vast innumerable army of demons, infernals, and corrupted races who seek to destroy any trace of order in the universe. In theory they want it to return to how it was before the Titans brought order to the worlds and balanced nature. In practice, the Legion scours all life, down to the last plant and mineral, from the world it invades. The Legion is responsible for the genocide of thousands of races across the universe. Billions, if not trillions of lives has been lost to this scourge."
Naruto could only stare with his mouth open in horror. "Trillions?" he asked in a squeaky voice. "But what does all this have to do with us? The gate is locked away and…oh" something clicked in Naruto's mind, he might not have been the smartest, but he was far from stupid.
"The statue" he said breathlessly "you locked away the portal with your combined power, and so only your combined power can open it again, am I right?" The kyuubi nodded
"You are mostly correct, but they need our power for more than just that, as I was gifted by the Highfather I have one more use for the Burning Legion." The kyuubi said as he stared focusing his powers.
"Oh fuck, don't tell me that it gets worse?" Naruto blurted out and at the Kyuubi's sheepish look he gave an audible groan.
"The chains that keep the creatures locked beneath the earth was forged by the Titans and locked by Aman'Thul himself, and as such the power that I contain could be used to release them once again and-"
"WAIT-HOLD IT" Naruto stood there with his arms crossed in an x, making his body language scream 'the fuck are you smoking?' "You mean to tell me that the almighty titans, oh so wonderful creators of the world and lots of other important stuff. 'Forgot' that small detail when giving you your powers?"
"I do not think they anticipated something like this I'm afraid, they are powerful and wise yes, but as you can see with Sargeras they are not unfaultable." The kyuubi said softly "and as I was going to say, before you so rudely interrupted me." Ignoring the undignified snort from Naruto the kyuubi continued. "If those creatures are ever released, they would join the Burning Legion and our world would most certainly be doomed."
"Oh...Well that's a bummer" Naruto said as he examined the now almost ruined Seal "Wait, where does the shinigami fit in?"
"The Shinigami as you know it is a demigod, it was a once a minor wraith, but instead of declaring war on the Titans he joined them and fought against his brethren." The kyuubi said in disgust "It is a cowardly creature that traded his own kind for power, the Titans gave him some say over life and death before they left. By accepting the Titans gifts, it was forced to obey certain rules or be stripped of its power."
Nodding slowly, Naruto's thoughts went back to the battles he had seen and the history he now was privy to. "When you fought against the demons the first time, there were no ninjas? Where they hiding?" he asked and the Kyuubi could only let out a small groan. 'What I wouldn't give for a smart container' taking a breath the Kyuubi continued his story telling and Naruto couldn't help letting out a small shout of glee as the seal disappeared and memories started playing.
"As I told you, Sargeras cursed us, but we didn't turn into mindless beasts at once. We could feel ourselves changing, the youngest went mad first. As the eldest and most powerful biju I was spared most of the initial madness, but even I was powerless to stop it. I saw how it was changing us and I decided to act."
Memories flashed past as Naruto saw the Biju destroy the land they had once cherished. Until the memories stopped with a monk who had beseeched the Kyuubi for an audience.
"This man came from a poor village that had recently been destroyed by the sanbi, he came to me and asked why we where ravaging the land. He asked what they had done to anger us, and I could only answer truthfully, we where going mad, the corruption changed us to mindless beasts, luckily we where much weaker in this form. He asked if there was anything he could do to help us regain our sanity and I saw an opportunity." The Kyuubi's tails had started weaving arcane symbols in the air and Naruto could feel something rising inside of him. It wasn't the usual bloodthirsty red chakra, but something different, it was calming and very powerful.
"I gifted him with a mastery of the elements, and he became known as the Sage of the Six Paths. With his newly found power he went out in the world and fought the corruption where ever it was found. For as we found out, the Burning Legion was still active on our world, the dreadlord that had been Sargeras tool in cursing us was still on the loose, spreading lies and creating strife wherever it traveled."
Large battles took place and Naruto could only marvel at the Sage's strength.
"The madness took over my body at that time and I was forced to battle the Sage, but as I was weakened he used his Chibaku Tensei and trapped me in a cave in Hi no Kuni, his struggle against the Dreadlord continued through his life, but even he could not defeat old age. He took apprentices and created organizations to fight against the darkness. But when he died it required only a whisper in the right ear from the dreadlord to turn the apprentices against each other."
The earth twisted and shattered as a large man used an unknown doton jutsu to make the earth swallow an entire village. Large dragons of fire burned through the forests as a large wave of water flooded a city.
"This was the start of the era of clan wars, the world changed and as time past your people forgot about the Burning Legion, lost in your own selfish little power games. Time passed and a young member of the Uchiha clan known as Madara wished for more power. At first he wanted the power to protect his clan, but as he gained strength his goals changed. Until one day when he meet the dreadlord, he made a deal with the demon and gave his soul away for power. To bad for him that the dreadlord wasn't interested in keeping his part of the deal, it possessed Madara and has been ever since."
Naruto couldn't say anything, he just stood there stupefied with his mouth bobbing like a fish.
"Later on he woke me up and directed me towards Konoha and the rest is as you know, history." The kyuubi could feel his powers disappearing, but he was finally ready. His tails twitched and as one they focused on one crack in the seal, easily shattering it, removing the obstacle that was keeping him imprisoned. Free at last he quickly snatched Naruto up.
"AHH, I knew it you are just tricking me." Naruto yelled as he tried to wriggle out of the Kyuubi's grasp.
"Stop struggling you foolish boy, this is hard enough with my powers being drained… Ahh, there we go." The kyuubi exclaimed as he impaled Naruto on his tail.
His mouth opened in a silent scream as he felt the strange power flood his entire being, it felt like his body was being changed, memories of places he had never visited flashed before his eyes and when the sensation finally faded he saw a look that he never thought he would ever see on the Kyuubi's face. Regret and worry.
"I am sorry boy, but this is for the world's safety. I am too weak to even think about fighting that demon, you have been karma's bitch your entire life Uzumaki Naruto, I will now give you a new chance, a fresh beginning. To keep the last piece they need for both the portal and chains locked away I will give you the gift of the Highfather, may the makers bless your path young one."
"Wait just a-" Naruto coughed up before he was interrupted by the sensation of being flooded by power again. But this time it was not painless, it felt like his essence was twisted and ripped apart before being reassembled.
The last thing Naruto saw and heard before succumbing to unconsciousness was a small metallic looking human say "oh my"
'Madara' watched the Kyuubi's essence being drawn into the statue and suppressed the urge to cackle manically. Finally his plans would be complete, soon he would use the powers of the guardians to open up the portal and release his master's new servants from their prison and he would be favored above all others! Even that blasted Tichondrius.
Everything was going as planned, when the Kyuubi decided to throw a wrench in the nathrezim's plans, he felt the power (oh what magnificent power, it reminded him of Sargeras himself after all) build itself up and basked the young human in a divine light before the sealing array exploded in a shower of stones, he saw through the dust another pulse of light, an vibrant red color which blinded him momentarily.
When his sight return he could only yell in fury as the container of the kyuubi had disappeared.
- And that's how far I got -
I got some more plans for it, the plot bunny jumped all over my brain after all.
Also I havent really decided how old Naruto should be and when it changes from cannon.
What I couldn't decide is what age should he appear in Azeroth, before the first burning legion invasion? before the orcs? before the third war?
Where's Naruto? - With the metallic looking human I was hinting to the servants that the Titans left behind. So either Ulduman/Uldum/Ulduar or perhaps a undiscovered titan workplace.
The powers he gained from the Kyuubi will have large consequences on his abilities but I would have / or need to plan it out so that he doesnt go completely overpowered from the start.
If someone wants to use parts of this or just borrow the entire intro go ahead. Just remember to send me a message so I can check it out and get a alert on it :3
