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Chapter 4: Ships assassin…
A new day came for Naruto; currently he was at the moon well in Darnassus with other druids meditating. Zagark had to leave for some business, he didn't say what so he left Naruto to do what he wants. The boy wanted only one thing, to learn some more Druid spells. When he asked other druids for help they told him to meditate first and then start.
So here he was mediating with five more druids, they said they will teach him how to shape shift into an animal but for that he needed to meditate, he needed to clear his mind of other things because shape shifting was a dangerous magic if the user wasn't calm and concentrated.
Naruto listened to everything around him, birds singing, people walking, the wind blowing. He could even hear the trees giving a certain sound of peace and tranquility. He could also hear the spirits singing while meditating. The druids told him that there are spirits in Darnassus that protect the city, they usually being called wisps and could be seen as blue glowing orbs.
Naruto opened his eyes and looked around; slowly the druids opened their eyes and nodded to each other. They turned to Naruto and motioned for him to follow them. Naruto stood up and followed the druid where they where talking him, he followed them on another stone path and he reached a small garden. The druids turned to him.
"Now that you have your mind clear we can start." said a druid
Naruto nodded. "What am I suppose to do?" he asked
"First you need to imagine the animal you wish to turn into, usually these animals are bears, panthers, cheetah, seals, and crows." said another druid
"Now watch closely, this is the bear shape shift." said the first druid
Naruto looked closely, the druid closed his eyes and green lines started to surround him, then the druids body started to change, it became more massive, and he grew claws and paws and dropped on them. His face shifted and resembled a bear's face, his ears where still long and on the left front paw the druid had the design of a bears paw. The bear opened his eyes and looked at Naruto.
"This is the bear form." he said in a powerful voice.
Naruto nodded and the druid turned back to his original form. He looked at the druid next to him, a woman. She smiled at him and opened her mouth to talk.
"I will show you how to transform into a panther." she said
Naruto watched as the green lines appeared around the druid, she started to grow fur and her hands turned to paws, she grew a tail and whiskers. She dropped on all four and a white mark for a panthers paw appeared on her front left paw. She opened her eyes and looked at the boy.
"Simple as that." she said
Naruto nodded. "Alright and what about the other?" he asked
"You need to ask Zagark for the crow shape shift since he is best suited. The cheetah form is like this." said another druid
He was then surrounded by green lines like the other two before him. He grew and tail and whiskers and even fur. The fur unlike the druid before him which was black this one was yellow with black spots. His hands changed to paws and he dropped on them, strangely there was no design on the druid like with the other two.
"And this is the cheetah." said the druid "It's good for running fast and making quick getaways." said the druid shifting back to his form
"And what are the other two good for?" asked Naruto
"The bear is good for brutal force and scaring your enemies." said the first druid
"And the panther is good for stealth and fast killing." said the female
Naruto nodded. "And if I want to change in other animals, can that be possible?" he asked
"It can but no one ever tried in years because they seem to get stuck in them." said the druid that had changed in a tiger
"But I can try right?"
"On your own risk, but be warned if you get stuck in that form you need to seek the Cenarion Expedition in Outland to transform you back to your original form." explained the female
Naruto nodded and closed his eyes. He tried to imagine an animal he would want to shift, the image of an animal passed in his mind and stayed locked. Green lines appeared around him as he started to grow red fur, nine red tails, his hands changed to paws and he dropped on them, he grew whiskers and two fox ears. When he opened his eyes and saw the shocked looks on the druids faces.
"What?" asked Naruto "Did I do something wrong?"
The female shook her head. "No, it's just that we never saw a druid shift in a fox, let alone one with nine tails."
Naruto's eyes widened and walked to a pond, true he was a fox now, when he looked to see how tall he is he realized he was reaching the druids waist.
Naruto growled. "Damn fox, he must have something to do with this." he said
"What? I did nothing you just thought of that form, I was quiet. Now take your words back kit." the fox scowled.
"What fox?" asked a druid
Naruto looked at the druid and gave a grin showing his canines. "Oh nothing, its something I came across in my travels."
"Smooth." said Kyuubi sarcastically.
The druids seemed to buy it and dropped the question, but they came with a new one. "Umm…what kind of fox has nine tails?" asked one druid
"Umm…no idea." said Naruto "It just passed through my head like that." he said
The druids nodded. "Well then try to shift back to your original form; hopefully you aren't stuck in this one."
Naruto imagined himself as he used to be before he shifted and in a puff of smoke he was replaced with his original form. The druids smiled.
"Well it seems you did it." said one of them
"From here on all you need to do is be careful." said the female
Naruto nodded happily. "Hey can you teach me some spells?" he asked
The druids looked between each other before they smiled and nodded.
"We will teach you Moonfire." said a druid
"What does it do?" asked Naruto happily
"The spell burns the enemy with arcane damage, it is called Moonfire because there is a dark blue light that drops from the sky on your target." explained the druid
Naruto nodded and listened to the instructions carefully and paid close attention to the examples he was given on training dummies.
---With Zagark---
Zagark was in front of some big tent in Teldrassil's port. He talked to one of the guards explaining his reason to be there and the guard walked into the tent to call his superior. After waiting just a few second the guard came out. A male with white helmet that covered his entire head, he had white plate armor on his chest, over it was a tabard with the design of a lion's head. The tabard was blue and the lion's head was gold in color. The guard had plate boots and leggings, both white, similar shoulder pads and gloves.
Behind the guard a man with black hair and black eyes came out. The man had similar armor as the guard except the helmet and had the same tabard as the guard. But strapped to his waist was a sword with a golden handle. On his back was a shield tower shield with blue lines on the border and a golden lion head in the middle. Zagark saluted the captain and the captain returned the salute.
"Tell me druid what do you wish to tell me?" he asked
"I have been asked by Princess Finia Wrynn to help in the escort." the druid said
The captain nodded. "Yes she said that she wants to be accompanied by a druid."
"Did she say why?" asked Zagark interested
The captain shook his head. "She just believes that a druid will be suited for this kind of mission due to your abilities."
"Ah I understand." said Zagark "Also anything I should know about the trip to Stormwind?"
"Yes…" said the captain "We are going to take a direct boat from here to Menethil, the sea trip will last at least three days." he explained "After that we make our way to Ironforge following the trade route because it's the safest at the time."
"Are you sure about that?" asked Zagark
"Yes, there hasn't been an attack in over half a year, it is more than safe." said the captain "All we need to do is be careful when we pass through Dun Algaz, we have heard reports of Blackrock orc sightings. After we pass Dun Algaz and we are in Loch Modan we are safe and the trip should go uneventful."
Zagark nodded. "Alright, and we depart tomorrow?" he asked
The captain shook his head. "We depart in six hours."
"What?" yelled Zagark "But that doesn't give me enough time to prepare."
"I'm afraid we cannot help it, we need to leave before the storms at sea start again." explained the captain
Zagark sighed. "Alright then I guess we leave in six hours, I will be here with my companions." he said
The captain nodded. The two saluted each other and Zagark turned back to walk to the capital and find Naruto and Silveneah.
An hour later Zagark arrived at the very spot he left Naruto. He found him there panting on the ground, he walked up to him.
"What have you been up to?" asked Zagark
Naruto turned to him and grinned. "The druids here taught me how to shapeshift and to use Moonfire." explained Naruto
"And you know those?" the druid asked raising an eyebrow
Naruto nodded. "Yeah let me show you." he closed his eyes and this time he disappeared in a puff of smoke, when the smoke cleared Zagark looked down with wide eyes. Instead on Naruto now stood a small fox with one tail, the fox had flaming red fur and a black tip on the end of it's tail. The fox opened its eyes and looked at Zagark grinning.
"So what do you think?" it asked in a small voice
Zagark smiled under his mask. "You are the first ever to shift in a fox." he said
The fox jumped up and down. "Really?"
"Yes." said Zagark "That is why I should give you a name."
"A name?" asked Naruto
"Yes, I am also called Zagark "Swiftmend" Windrunner." he explained
The fox raised an eyebrow. "Swiftmend?" he asked
"Yes, you see I am not a combat druid, I am a healing druid and every time I healed someone that someone never died, it's because I am fast at healing and I gained the nickname "Swiftmend"." explained Zagark
"Cool." said Naruto "So what will my nickname be?"
"Well since your talent unlike other druids is to change to change to a fox…" said Zagark pondering
"How about Byakko?" asked a voice in Naruto's head
"Byakko?"
"Yes, Byakko is a spirit fox, it would suit you. You have the spirit of a fox sealed inside you and you can shift in a fox…Byakko." explained Kyuubi
"I got a name." said Naruto
"Oh? What did you think of?" the druid asked
"Byakko or spirit fox." Naruto said grinning
Zagark nodded. "Seems good, considering everything related to you." then the druid looked at the sky and back at Naruto "By the way we leave in five hours, the time changed."
"You mean the mission?" asked Naruto and the druid nodded
"Yes, I'm going to go and find Silveneah, if you have some unfinished business here I suggest you finish it fast and meet as at the port in four and a half hours." said Zagark
Naruto changed back in a puff of smoke to his human form and looked at Zagark. "Alright you go ahead; I will meet you in the port."
The druid nodded and took a small container out from his pocket. Naruto looked at the container, it had some sort of glyphs on it that where glowing.
"What is that?" asked Naruto
"Item container, you can put up to ten items inside of it no matter the size." said the druid
Naruto's eyes went wide. "You mean you can put a mace inside? How does that work?" he asked
"Yes any size because these glyphs." he said moving his hand in front of the glowing glyphs. "Make the items smaller while inside. To bring them out of the container you call their name."
"And why are you showing it to me?" asked Naruto
Zagark grinned. "I told you I will give you something." he put his hand on the container and said "'Ziggler' out, 'The Black Knight' out." he said. The container started glowing purple and then a long sword, as long as a katana whose blade was glowing black appeared in front of Zagark. After it a kunai of some sort only a little longer appeared next to the sword. The blade started like any other blade but it had two pointy shapes on each side near the handle, two on each side.
Naruto walked to the floating weapons and took them in his hands, strangely the weapons weren't heavy. Zagark took out two sheaths, one for the sword which was going to be strapped on the boy back and a smaller one for the dagger which was going to be strapped around Naruto's waist.
Naruto sheathed the weapons and put them in the right positions, he felt energy moving through his body, he felt like he was getting stronger and more flexible. The druid smiled at the boy and patted him on the head.
"Hope you like them." he said and then he turned around to leave.
Naruto nodded absent mindedly and silently thanks Jiraiya for taking his to a friend of his to teach Naruto Kenjutsu. Naruto then remembered he had to pick up the clothes, or armor that the guy Razor bought him yesterday.
He started running through the capital trying to remember where the shop is, when he did it only took him half an hour to reach it. When he walked inside the man smiled at Naruto.
"So your back, I have your armor ready." the shopkeeper said as he motioned to Naruto to follow him.
Naruto did as he was told and walked in a room behind the counter. The man walked to a chest and took a key out, he opened the chest and stepped away. "You can change here." he said as he walked out of the room. Naruto approached the chest and took an item out. He took out a black mask; the mask was made to cover his head except for his eyes. Naruto smirked and put the mask on, he looked in a window and liked what he saw, it made him look a little more dangerous.
The next thing Naruto took out looked like a chest piece. It was made out of some sort of strong leather, the item was colored black with grey lines on its side, and it had green sleeves that reached to his wrist. Naruto took his sword and dagger off and put them near the chest. He took his jacket off and put the armor on, it seemed to fit him nicely and he felt more flexible.
The next item he took out where shoulder pads. The shoulder pads where colored gray and ended with black tips. Naruto put them on his shoulder and secured them with a leather belt that came from under the pads.
After that he took out a pair of gloves. The gloves looked like they where made out of chains, the gloves where black and on them there was the design of a white skull, the boy not waiting put them on his hands and tested them. They were flexible which was good and he seemed to be able to move his finger much more freely.
The next item he took out where a pair of pants. They didn't look too much, they where black and seemed to have chains attached from the waist to the knees. The strange thing was that when he shook the pants the chains didn't make any noise. Not waiting anymore he took his own pants off and put the new ones on. They fitted perfectly.
The last two items he grabbed from the chest where a belt and a pair of boots. The belt was of a normal design, colored black and had pockets. He strapped it around his waist to hold the pants and chest item. The boots where also black, he took his own boots off and put the new ones on and jumped on his feet. With this new armor he seemed lighter, faster, and more agile. He couldn't explain why and didn't care that much. He took the sword and put it on his back; he took the dagger and strapped it back around his waist.
The last thing he did before walking out the room was to take the shuriken and kunai holster of his old pants and strap them on his new one. After that he took the old jacket and pants in his hands and walked out the room.
The shop keeper looked and Naruto and whistled. "That man knew right, they suit you good." he said
"Thanks." responded Naruto
"How do you feel?" he asked
"More agile, I don't know how though." explained Naruto studying his new clothes again
The man smiled. "That is rogue armor, all rogue armors make you more agile." he then saw the clothes in Naruto's hands. "If you want I can take those clothes and give you some money for them."
Naruto looked at the clothes in his hands and nodded. He handed them to the shop keeper that inspected them and then he took out a small bag. He took out five silver coins from it and gave them to Naruto. The blonde boy thanked the shop keeper and left, or more like he ran out to test this new feeling. As he was running he couldn't help but feel he was much faster and he could more much more easily. After running a little he turned and ran to the restaurant he ate yesterday.
As he walked inside everyone turned and looked at him, Naruto could feel some where looking with respect, other with fear and some where indifferent. He didn't know why some people where looking at him with fear but he shrugged it and walked to the counter. He took a seat at one of the stools and put his hand at his face and lowered the bottom of the mask to reveal his mouth. (Like Kakashi does when he eats)
The same elf from yesterday came, when she first saw Naruto she thought he was just another one of those rogues, and then she said the whisker marks and recognized the boy. She smiled at him and waited for the boys order. Naruto placed the same order like yesterday and the woman nodded happily and left to work on his order.
Naruto used this time to look around and try to spot the man that bough him the armor. He couldn't see him, not even the one that started trouble yesterday. He shrugged and turned his attention back to the woman he just came back with his order. Unknown to him in one of the dark corners of the restaurant the person he was looking for smirked when he saw Naruto.
After finishing his meal Naruto paid and left the restaurant heading towards the port of Teldrassil.
---With Zagark---
Zagark was walking through the city trying to find his female companion, he didn't know where her sister lived so he hoped that she would just appear from around a corner. Luckily his hopes came to as he saw his companion crossing a bridge followed by another person that had cyan hair (light blue).
Zagark walked towards the two and greeted them. "Hello Silveneah, who is this?" he asked
The woman smiled. "This is my sister Seyah and her companion Sevin." Silveneah said as she pointed to the cyan haired girl and then at the panther.
Zagark nodded and smiled at Seyah. "It's nice to see you, a hunter I presume?"
The girl nodded. "And you are the druid Zagark that my sister talks about?"
"That would be me." said Zagark
"Zagark." said Silveneah getting his attention. "My sister has been recruited by the Alliance and she is leaving to Menethil Harbor."
Zagark looked at the girl and nodded. "She can come with us, we are also going there."
"Why is that?" asked the woman
"I have been assigned a mission to guard Princess Finia Wrynn on her way back to Stormwind." explained the druid
"The Princess is here?" asked Silveneah
"Yes, she came here a year ago to take lessons." answered Seyah
"Yes and I was assigned as a guard, you can also come and the boy is already coming with us." said Zagark
"Alright then when do we leave?" asked Silveneah
"In two hours, with a direct boat to Menethil Harbor." answered the druid
"Two hours?" asked the woman
"Yes it seems that the captain of the royal escort doesn't want to be caught in a storm so he moved the departure day forward." responded the druid
"Hmm…well I am all ready, the armor is already on me, I got everything I need here." said Seyah
"What about our felines?" asked Silveneah
"Already handled that." said Zagark giving Silveneah a container that had white markings on it and where glowing. "You know what that is right?"
The woman nodded. "Yes it's one of those containers but that doesn't explain where White Lightning is."
"Your cat is in that container resting." said the druid
"What?!?" yelled Silveneah "Why did you put my cat in this container?"
"Simple." explained the druid "It helps and it is easier, when you need White Lightning you just put you're had on the container and say his name and he will pop in front of you."
"I know how that works, I want to know why she is in this container."
"Like I said it saves time and space. We don't know if they allow the on the boat so this is a much more easy method." explained Zagark "Also my friend is inside one of them." he said showing a similar container. "And don't be afraid I talked to them before putting them in and they agreed."
Silveneah frowned. "Very well, then shall we go?"
"Yes, Naruto will be at the port when we arrive." said Zagark
"Who is Naruto?" asked Seyah
"He is my companion, he tagged along with me from Winterspring." said Zagark "He is very special."
"Special?" she asked
"Yes, you see he has Druid and Mage powers and he is a Rogue." Zagark explained
"Wow." said the girl "I never heard or saw anything like that."
Zagark nodded. "Come on lets go, we need to meet with the captain."
"Do you know how many escorts the Princess has?" asked Silveneah
"No, we are about to find out I guess." said the druid smiling.
---Two hours later---
Naruto just exited the portal and was now facing the see. He looked to try and spot Zagark and he saw someone that looked just like him standing in front of about ten or fifteen men that wore the same armor. Next to the said person was a woman that looked like Silveneah and another Night Elf girl with a bow on her back and two long swords strapped to her waist. Naruto assumed that he needed to go there; he started walking down the road.
"Good luck in your adventures traveler." said a feminine voice.
Naruto turned and saw one of the guards smiling at him. Naruto also gave a smile under his mask; his eyes turned to a 'U' letting people know he was smiling. "Thank you." responded Naruto and he dashed towards the docks.
Naruto jumped on a building and looked on the docks, there was only one boat much bigger than the one they used to get here. He saw the group of people walking towards the boat and recognized Zagark as being one of them. Naruto jumped and landed on the beginning of the docks and started running towards the group.
Zagark sensed someone coming and turned around, he saw a boy with black mask, and black armor running towards them. He tensed thinking it was an assassin but relaxed when he saw that the person was smiling at him with his eyes turned to a 'U'. The druid gave his own smile and waved at him.
Naruto stopped in front of the group and rubbed the back of his head. "Sorry I'm late." he said
A man with black hair and black eyes walked up to Zagark and Naruto. "Who are you?" he asked pointing to Naruto
The blonde boy turned and inspected the man; he assumed he must be the captain of the escort team. "Naruto Uzumaki." said Naruto bowing
"He is my last companion." said Zagark
The man raised an eyebrow. "A rogue…is he skilled?" he asked
The druid nodded. "He is one of the best I have seen."
The man nodded and turned around and walked towards the boat. A few minutes later everyone was boarded. Naruto followed Zagark down to the sleeping quarters; the druid showed him where he will sleep during the trip and then showed him the cantina. On the way back to their room the captain appeared again.
"I need one of you to guard the Princess a few hours." he said
"I'll do it." offered Naruto
The captain nodded and motioned for Zagark and Naruto to follow him. A few minutes later they where in front of a door guarded by two guards, said guards saluted the captain and the captain did a move of his hand and the guards left. He turned to Naruto and Zagark after that.
"Now no one enters, no one." he said sternly "Also when she exits her room you follow her everywhere and make sure she is safe."
Naruto nodded. "No problem, how long am I suppose to stay on guard?" he asked
"A few hours, then you will be relieved." said the captain
Naruto nodded and saluted in the same manner as the guards before him did. The captain returned the salute and walked away leaving Zagark and Naruto alone. The druid turned to Naruto and lowered at his level to whisper to him.
"Promise me you won't use your ninja skills, the Ninjutsu what you talked about." he said
"Why is that?" asked Naruto is a whisper
"They had never seen things like that and might suspect you work for the Burning Legion and they will attack you." explained the druid "It is best they don't know about your true powers yet."
Naruto nodded. "Alright I won't use any Ninjutsu." he said "But I am allowed to use what I learned from the druids' right?"
Zagark nodded. "Yes they already know you can use spells."
Naruto nodded, Zagark waved to him and left leaving the boy alone. Naruto leaned on the wall near the door and closed his eyes listening to everything around him. He could hear the sea outside and the boats movement, he could hear a faint blow of the wind and he could also hear breathing inside the room.
Naruto opened his eyes and looked around, he didn't see anything. He unsheathed his swords and studied its blade. He was fascinated of the sheer power the blade was giving. The dark glow made it look demonic in a way. He could have sworn he could hear the sword whisper, or at least someone whisper demanding blood. He at first thought it was Kyuubi but recently the fox started behaving, Zagark explained that they had lifted Kyuubi's curse and rage and he returned to his old self. But now Naruto was wondering who was demanding blood, who was whispering to him.
Naruto sighed and sheathed his sword; he then unsheathed his dagger and studied it. The blade again was giving power but it didn't glow in any kind of color. He wondered how he could use the dagger, he figured it isn't used like a kunai that you throw it at your target. He flipped in the air and caught it. It wasn't heavy and easy to maneuver. He shrugged and placed the dagger back in its sheath.
He suddenly heard something and tensed, he looked down the hallway but he didn't see anything, he looked everywhere, even the ceiling but there was nothing. He decided to ask to fox if he knew anything.
"Hey Kyuubi." said Naruto
"Yes kit?" came the response
"Do you feel anything?" he asked
"No, you must be paranoid or something there is nothing here. All I can hear is what is happening outside and inside the room you are guarding."explained the fox
"And what is happening?"
"Well there is one person in the room that seems to be sleeping or something. Outside there are about thirty or so people working, even the druid and those two female elf's." said Kyuubi
Naruto nodded and leaned back on the wall and closed his eyes. He listened carefully, he couldn't shake the feeling that he was watched; he could help but think that something might happen soon.
He heard someone opening the door he was guarding and he opened his eyes. He looked at the door and saw a girl coming out. It was the princess, Naruto's eyes widened for a second when he looked at her. She wore a white dress that showed her figure really good, he hair was tied in a ponytail. It was lucky that Naruto's face was covered because she couldn't see the drool coming from his mouth.
"Nice figure." said Kyuubi whistling "She has a nice body."
Naruto shook his head and silenced Kyuubi, he looked at the girl, and she looked back at him. She saw his blue eyes and smiled.
"Naruto?" she asked smiling
Naruto nodded. "How can I help you princess?" he asked
the girl frowned and then smiled. She put her hand on Naruto's check making him blush, but again she couldn't see as his face was covered. "Don't call me like that, everyone does, call me by my name." she said
"Umm…" said Naruto "I don't think the captain would like that." he said seriously
"You can call me by my name in private, I just hate to be called princess constantly." she said
Naruto nodded. "Ok…then how can I help you Finia?" he asked
"Well first are you the one guarding my door?" she asked
"Yes, why is that?"
"Just wanted to know." she responded sincerely "Now second I know that you must follow me everywhere I go is that right?" she asked
Naruto nodded again. "The captain said not to drop you out of my sight."
"Ok." she said closing the door behind her. "Come on, let's go to the cantina, I want to eat something." she said
Naruto nodded. The girl took the lead and Naruto was walking behind her. As they where walking Naruto once again felt like someone was watching him and the girl. He glanced behind him but he didn't see anything.
"Kyuubi?"
"I know what you are going to say, keep your eyes peeled, there is something ominous here." said the fox
Naruto nodded and continued walking while inspecting everything around him. A few minutes later they entered the cantina. Inside where three long tables with ten seats on each side, twenty per table, the girl walked pass the tables to a Dwarf with the same armor as the guards and same helmet. Naruto suspected the Dwarf to be one of the guards.
The Dwarf heard someone coming and turned around; he saw the girl and saluted her. She waved her hand telling him to stand down which he did.
"How can I her ya?" the dwarf asked
"Do you know where the cook is?" Finia asked "I'm a little hungry."
The dwarf nodded. "I be right back." he said walking towards a door and disappearing behind it. A few minutes later he came out with a tray with a lot of food. He walked up to Naruto and gave it to him.
"Thank you." said Finia
"Ne problem." the dwarf said
Finia turned around to leave and was closely followed by Naruto, when they exited the cantina she turned to Naruto and took the tray in her hands. Naruto raised an eyebrow which was seen by the girl.
"I can handle this." she said "You don't need to serve me, no one needs. I don't know why they have to do all those things." she said with a frown
"It looks to me like you don't like being a princess that much."
The girl shook her head. "Not always, I travel a lot and don't have time for friends, the worst part is that I have an arranged marriage and I don't know with whom."
"What's so bad about that?" asked Naruto
"I don't want to marry someone I don't know, especially someone that is just after power, the power he will gain through marriage." she said walking away
Naruto followed her closely behind. "But is it necessary for you to marry?" he asked
The girl nodded. "It's the only way I will become Stormwind's queen." she explained
"But is it necessary to marry someone you don't know? To follow the arranged marriage?"
"Not always." she said shaking her head "Father said that if I find someone I like and is suitable to become my husband then I won't have to go through an arranged marriage."
"And you didn't find anyone so far?" asked Naruto
"No…" she said "All those that wanted to be with me wanted for power." she sighed. "I guess there isn't any honest person out there that would want to marry me just for to be with me and not for my power."
Naruto nodded. "I know what you mean, or at least kind of."
The girl smiled at him. "Thank you for the conversation." she said "I enjoyed talking to you; we should do it more often."
"Yeah." said Naruto scratching the back of his head.
Again a few minutes later they arrived back at the girl's room. The girl was about to enter her room when Naruto grabbed her hand. She looked at him questionable. Naruto brought a finger to his lips telling her to be quiet.
Naruto let go of her hand, he turned to the door and grabbed the knob. He brought his hand to his swords hilt getting ready for anything.
"Do you feel it?" asked Naruto
"Yes…death…it's the smell of death." said Kyuubi
Naruto opened the door slowly and walked inside the room looking at Finia with the corner of his eye to be sure she was safe. As he entered her room he saw all her things, the room was luxurious, and he even saw a staff with a strange blue crystal on one end lying on the bed. He then looked at the wall above the bed and his eyes widened.
On the wall there was writing, Naruto approached the wall and put his fingers on the writing, it was written in blood.
He ran outside the room. "Captain!" he yelled
"What's wrong?" asked Finia. She wanted to enter her room but was stopped by Naruto who shook his head.
After a few seconds the captain came running with five guards and Zagark. He saw the girl was out of her room and Naruto holding her arm.
"What happened?" he asked glaring at him thinking he was doing something to the princess.
Naruto let go of Finia's arm and pointed to her room. The captain raised an eyebrow and walked inside. He spotted the writing. 'I'm watching her.'
The captain swore and came back outside. "Damn it, we just left the port and we have a assassin on board."
Finia's eyes widened and the guards tensed. "We need to find him fast." said the captain "Go and alert everyone." he said to the guards that saluted and ran away.
"What do we do now?" asked Zagark
The captain turned to him. "We can't let the princess stay in this room anymore, the assassin might have a way to enter now." he said
The druid nodded and brought his hand to his chin. He closed his eyes and started thinking. "We could move her somewhere else, in another room."
"I know but where?" asked the captain "No where is safe, especially cause the assassins are usually rogues." as he said that both he and the druid turned to look at Naruto
The blonde tensed. "I didn't do anything, I was with her the whole time." he said
"Not that." said the captain "Did you by any chance sense anything?" he asked "Rogues always sense other rogues."
Naruto thought for a second before he nodded. "Yes, I did sense something but I didn't see anything."
The captain nodded. "Then it's clear, we have a rogue assassin on board."
"Then we need to be even more careful." said the druid "But the main priority is to move the princess from her current room to another."
The captain nodded. "But there still is one thing." he said
"That being?" asked the druid raising an eyebrow
"If the assassin wanted to kill the princess why did he write that in blood on the wall to let everyone know he is here?" the captain asked
"Simple." said Zagark "That is one of the assassins that like to play with your fear. He lets everyone know he is present and still kills. He takes down numbers till he is stopped."
Suddenly they heard a scream and something metallic hitting the floor at the next level of the sleeping quarters.
"Shit." said the captain "The assassin, lets go." he said
"Wait my staff." said Finia
"Here it is." the druid said coming out of the room and holding her staff. She let the tray down on the ground and took her staff.
The group ran down the hall with the captain in front, he was followed by Zagark, behind the druid was the princess and behind her Naruto who was tensing more and more as he could feel even more and more danger as they walked. The smell of death made Naruto tense a lot; he wondered why no one smelled it.
As they arrived at the second level the found two guards lying on the ground in a pool of their own blood. On the wall near them there was writing in blood. 'Two down' could be read.
The captain swore even more and punched the wall. "Damn it! We lost two men, this is not good, and we have a pro here."
"Can't we turn back?" asked Naruto
"I'm afraid we can't, we are already too far from Darnassus and if the assassin sees that we are turning around he will go directly for the princess." said the captain
"Wait doesn't that mean that…" started Naruto to say but was interrupted but the druid
"Yes, that means that when we get closer to Menethil he will strike more and more and will try to approach the princess for the kill." he said
"That leaves me only one choice." said the captain "We need to move the princess in the same room with you druid since you can handle most of the stuff."
The druid nodded. "Yes it is true I can handle a lot of things but the fact is that I cannot face a rogue alone, especially one as 'talented' as this one." said Zagark inspecting the dead bodies.
"Then what do we do?" asked the captain
"I could look after her." said Naruto gaining everyone's attention
The captain laughed mockingling. "You?" he asked "You can't do anything."
Naruto gritted his teeth. "Don't underestimate me." he said growling
"I think it's a good idea." said Zagark
"As do I." supported Finia
"But your highness, I can't just let you with this punk!" he exclaimed "Who knows what he could do? Or can't do…"
The princess waved her hand to stop him. "I trust in his abilities, I know he is capable."
"But…"
Finia shook her head. "It is my decision." she turned to Naruto "Show me your room." she said
Naruto looked at Zagark. "I will move out." the druid said "I know you can handle it, don't hold anything back anymore." he said
"Are you sure?" asked Naruto
"Yes, this is far to dangerous to be taken lightly." responded the druid with a nod
Naruto turned to the princess and motioned for her to follow him. The descended one level and walked down the hallway, after a few seconds they came to a door. Naruto opened the door and walked inside followed by Finia. He closed the door and took a chair placing it with the back at the wall near the door. He sat in the chair and looked at the girl.
Finia looked around the room; it was a simple cabin for travelers. She placed her staff on a bed and turned to look at Naruto who was sitting on a chair near the door. She saw he was looking at her and she looked out the window for a second before turning back to look at Naruto.
"What did Zagark mean by not holding anything back?" she asked
"I have special talents." said Naruto "So special no one ever saw them."
The girl raised an eyebrow. "How come?" she asked
Naruto sighed. "I cannot tell you now; I don't trust just anyone with something like this."
The girl nodded and looked at the ground. "I'm sorry, but if you want to know I am on your side, I just want to keep my talents a secret." said Naruto
The girl looked at him and smiled. "I know that." she then sat on the bed and sighed.
"What's wrong?" asked Naruto
"I'm a little afraid, I never faced a rogue before." she answered.
"Ah…" said Naruto "Don't worry I won't let anything happen."
The girl looked at him and smiled. "I know, that is why I said I trust you and your skills."
Naruto gave a grin under his mask. There was a knock at the door, Naruto sat up and brought his hand to the swords hilt, and he opened the door and saw Zagark there with two tray of food. Naruto stepped aside and the druid entered the cabin. The blonde boy closed the door behind him.
Zagark placed the trays on the table and turned to Naruto. "I thought you two might be hungry." he said
"Thank you." said Finia bowing her head
"There is no need to bow to me, I am but a mere druid." he said as he took his stuff from the second bed.
"Where will you be?" asked Naruto the druid
"In the shadows." he answered
Naruto raised an eyebrow. "What do you mean by that?"
The druid turned to him and grinned. "I packed my stuff not to take them away but for them to be packet seeing as I won't need them anymore." He took a container out of his pocket. "I'm going to change." he said as he walked out the room
Finia looked at Naruto. "What did he mean by that?" she asked
Naruto shrugged. "I have no idea."
A few second later the druid walked back in, but he looked different. Now he wore dark red cowl that covered his entire face, he wore leather shoulder guards that had the design of a claw on them, their ending tips where bent upwards and the shoulder guards where colored black. On his chest he wore leather armor with two pockets on its chest and two chains strapped from the chest to the belt. He wore the same belt, his boots where now black, he wore black pants and gloves. On his back was a staff whose top ending looked like bat wings with a green diamond between them.
The girl immediately recognized what he wore. "That is feral armor." she said
The druid nodded. "That it is."
"What is feral armor?" asked Naruto
"Feral armors are sued by druids that fight shapeshifted. "Explained the druid." he then was surrounded by green lines, he disappeared in a puff of smoke and when the smoke cleared instead of the druid stood a panther the same one that the druids showed Naruto and the same one that fought the three undead in Ashenvale.
"Zagark?" asked Naruto
The cat nodded. "Yes. Oh and what I meant by I will be in the shadows, I meant I will walk the hallways in my cat form."
"But what if you encounter the rogue?" asked Naruto
"I will give a loud roar." said the cat that walked out the room. As soon as it was out it seemed to fade from existence
Naruto looked around wondering where he disappeared, he looked down the corridor but the druid was nowhere.
"I suggest you close the door and keep an eye open for anything strange." said a voice that resembled Zagark's
Naruto nodded and walked back inside the room and closed the door locking it. He took his seat back and sighed. He felt someone in front of him and he raised his head, he saw Finia in front of him holding a tray and smiling.
"You should eat." she said
Naruto nodded and brought his mask down and took the tray from her thanking her. She walked back to the table where her tray was and they started eating, when they where done Naruto brought his mask back on his face and the girl lay down on the bed watching the ceiling.
Naruto sighed as he knew this will be hard.
"You should shift in your fox form, the small one." said Kyuubi
"Why should I do that?" asked Naruto
"If the assassin only sees her he will come out and we can grab him, he doesn't know you can shift in a fox so use it to your advantage."
"Yeah but we are going to take a big risk by doing that." said Naruto "The assassin might hit her before I can react."
He felt Kyuubi shake his head. "Trust me, it will be much safer."
"But…"
"NO listen, he need to bring him out before he kills too many, tell the girl you will shift and wait for the right moment." said Kyuubi
Naruto frowned; he looked at the girl who was still lying on the bed. He got up and walked to her, she turned her head to look at him. Naruto then lowered his head to whisper to her.
"I am going to shift into an animal." he said
"Why?" asked the girl
"So we can draw the assassin out, don't worry you won't be hit, I promise that." he said smiling. The girl didn't know why but felt like he was saying the truth, she nodded and Naruto took a step back. He closed his eyes and he was enveloped in a puff of smoke, when it cleared in the same spot where he stood, there was a small one tailed fox with flaming red fur.
"Oh, your so cute." said Finia as she took the fox in her arms
"Thank you." said Naruto blushing; only that it wasn't seen since he had red fur.
"But there is one thing I don't understand." she said looking in the foxes eyes "How come you can shift like a druid?"
Naruto sighed which looked cute to the girl. "Well Zagark says I am a combination of Rogue, Mage and Druid."
The girl's eyes went wide. "How come?" she asked.
"Don't know, it's just as I am, this is one of my special talents that I want to keep safe." he said "promise you won't tell anyone? Please."
The girl nodded. "Don't worry; your secret is safe with me."
Naruto nodded and jumped down from her arms on the floor, he walked to the chair and jumped on the chair and saw while waving his tail and looking at the girl. The girl giggled at the sighed and then lay down on the bed.
After a few hours the girl fell asleep and Naruto was still looking over her, he thanked Kyuubi for putting a jutsu on him. The fox placed a jutsu that will keep Naruto awake for a week. To Naruto it seemed like the fox was becoming more of a friend and he was more and more helpful, he didn't realize though that the fox will now become his greatest ally to what has to come.
A/N: This is the next chapter, a little short but what can I say. I hope you like the new look for Naruto. As for the druids change of armor, he has two sets, one for fighting and one for healing like any other healer would have. You will see who the assassin next chapter, till then you need to think who it could be.