The Third Age

The next age was a time of great joy for Naruto; he had three grandkids including Arwen whom he visited regularly, and an eternally beautiful wife who he was hopelessly in love with. Life was good.

It was nearly two thousand years after the War when the world started to go to hell again, the great kingdoms of Arnor and Gondor began to wane, and in the north a new threat arrived. After escaping Mordor twenty centuries ago the Witch had lost most of his strength and had slowly been assimilating himself. When his was complete once more he gathered unto himself a kingdom of blood and steel Anagmar.

Anagmar invaded the northern kingdom and for two and a half hundred years Arnor was again at war with the shadow. Though Naruto helped where and when he could Arnor was already a shadow of the nation it was in the time of the Last Alliance when the war started. The Arnorians fought bravely but were pushed back in one bloody battle after another until all that was left of the powerful people was a garrison at Armon-sul comprised of refugees and the royal guard. The horde of Anagmar consisting of orcs and trolls wolves and beasts fell upon the fortress like a wave of darkness, only to be stopped at the gate by the one who by rights should have been leading them.

A massive explosion of blue energy ripped through thousands of the Horde,, and when the dust settled an armored being was before the gate. The Heir clothed in the trappings of war and bearing a great sword (Mihawk's sword from one piece only with a slightly shorter handle and much shorter crossbars.).

"Quit this place Witch, return to the decrepit halls of Anagmar where you belong."

"You have no power over me" the Witch hissed out in an inhuman voice. " You should return to your elven whore while you still can traitor."

With his eyes flashing red with anger Naruto drew forth his mighty sword and charged the Witch.

The two titans did battle before the gate for three days trading blows that echoed like thunder that were heard in Rivendale five days to the east. All who dared approach the two were blown back by an unnatural wind. The Heir was stronger but the witch was crafty and always able to stave off defeat until finally at noon on the final day Naruto cleaved the Witch from its left shoulder to the right hip heavily damaging the greatest of the Nine, reducing the witch to a fraction of his former power never to fully recover for the blade affected not just the armor but also the foul wrath that dwelled within.

As Naruto turned back to the city he did not see his nemesis's last act of spite. Quick as a viper the witch pulled a Morgol Knife and stabbed Naruto in the back of the knee. With its last cowardly act the witch fled from its armor and returned to Anagmar.

"Damn it I should have known he wouldn't die quietly "

One of the Arnorians that had come to help said "Something is strange about that one something tells me he will not fall to the hands of Man."

"I feel it too." Naruto said as he tried and failed to stand. "Shit I can't stand. That wound is sapping my strength like no other in the history of this Earth. That blade must have been cursed."

The best healer in Arnor checked the wound and said grimacing "My lord this is beyond anything I know, I dare not try and heal it for fear of worsening it."

"Take me to Rivendale, to Elrond."

It took Naruto and the Arnorians five days to get to Rivendale. By the fifth day the majority of Naruto's strength was going to stopping the spread of the curse and he had to be brought into town on a litter.

When Celebrain saw her father who had always been able to walk away from every battle of his long life, being brought on a stretcher she panicked and ran to meet him.

"Father what happened."

"What this is nothing I just took my eye off the Witch for a little too long. Hey Elrond" he shouted to his son in law "I need a little help with this knee." With those words Naruto passed out.

It took Elrond three days to heal the wound, but like his nemesis Naruto would never fully recover his full strength. Most of his magic was used to seal off the curse of the wound. However his great physical strength did not wane in the slightest, and none but the oldest Ents could stand before it.

Despite Naruto's best efforts Arnor's waning continued until all that remained was a few tribes of Rangers. For A time Gondor was alone as a Great kingdom of man then the Rohirm came down from the north and made themselves a home.

After Arnor's fall things took a turn for the better with the collapse of Anagmar. Naruto spent the rest of the Age living with his wife and visiting his daughter and grandkids. He met Gandalf and would occasionally smoke with him.

He had a small hand in Bilbo's adventure to the lonely mountain and fought in the battle of the five armies.

He met Aragorn the heir to the Arnorian and Gondorian throne and became as sort of a father figure to the man. He would often encourage him in his relationship with Arwen. "Trust me kid Elrond is nowhere near as scary as a girls father than Finarfin was so you should be fine."

"You're not giving me a stay away from her speech?"

"Nah didn't stop me why would it stop you, but if you hurt her I will kill you."

With that Naruto left a sweating Aragorn.

Naruto spent the next few decades in Lorien with his wife.

Then he got a summons to Rivendale for a Counsil.

Sorry it took so long I had a lot of crap to deal with lately. Oh yeah and Tolkien and Kishimoto still will not sell their stories to me.