Hello to all my readers I want to express my thanks to all who have taken a interest in this story, I really don't talk much, but me and my co-author thank you for reading our work and if you have any questions in your reviews I'll try to answer them, so thanks to all of you! You guys are awesome!
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"I don't feel so good!" Naruto muttered, with his hand over his mouth and leaning over the railing. "Was this really the only way to get there?" he complained to hunter.
The cheetah laughed at Naruto. "I'd take you have never traveled by air before then?!" Naruto gave hunter something equivalent of a death glare, before outright vomiting. "Unless you want to jump off the ship right now we can start walking across the desert to driftwood." Hunter stated with a hidden smirk. Naruto, while he didn't like this airship thing, he didn't relish the idea of walking days across the shifting sands ever again.
"No...I'm-(gulp) good..." Naruto said, still hanging over the railing.
"Well good then, try to get some sleep while you can Naruto," Hunter said smirking at Naruto before walking away.
"After this I a-am (gulp) never f-flying (gulp)...again!" Naruto tried to exclaim, right before throwing up over the side of the air ship once more. "Fucking airship."
"Hey you damn kid! What the hell are you doing puking all over my ship!" the captain yelled.
"This is going to be a v-v-very l-long ride." Naruto muttered, before feeling the need to puke again, but this time missed the railing and hit the deck with it.
"OH! COME ON!" the captain yelled in distress.
It was indeed going to be a very long ride.
Town of drift wood an hour later.
The manor of Xecler family was brimming into the hours of twilight; several of Driftwoods' noble families had come to attendance, the Galanace dragon clan, the triad of hidden shadows, (a family of thieves) and lastly the Alabaster brick family. It also had abundance from the city's 'rich individuals' as well.
"Why do you think lord Xecler, has called us all here?" a ice dragon of the Galanace dragon clan asked.
"Bah I doubt it's of any real importance!" a mole spat. "Any time that whack-ass ever call us to one of these parties is to show off a cockamamie plan, or some random magic trinket, that isn't magic or doesn't work, quite honestly the only reason I come is to watch him make a fool of himself.
"I hear that!" called a fire dragon. "Do you remember the mind control collars, and the energy transfer orbs, or even the staff that he could use to control another creature and use its power as his own?"
"Yeah, I still remember how hard I laughed at the hours he spent just yelling 'magic' words into the air his face just got so red, I just hope I get a good laugh in this time." the ice dragon said back.
"Hey quite down lord Xecler is here," a nearby attendee hushed them.
Then with the attention of most of the room on him a small mole wearing a very expensive robe and wearing a Chinese emperors hat, and wearing glasses across his beady little eyes, walked in, holding the same gold staff with a golden cobra head on the top, that many there had seen before.
"Families of drift wood!" the mole called out. "For too long the sovereign kings have ruled over us, and I am finally ready to overthrow them!" many beings in the crowd just rolled their eyes at his statement.
"For I have finally obtained the final piece of the puzzle, bring it out you two brutes!" behind him two gorillas slowly rolled out a large chuck of jet black obsidian with two very faint dragon silhouettes showing within the crystal.
"This my friends is going to give me my well dissevered power!" the mole held the gold staff to the skies and began chanting in nearly in a harsh raspy tone that none could understand. The ground began to shake violently the rock walls of the Xecler manor began to sway and crack, the sky turned dark, and the staff began to crackle violently with green energy. It collected in the staff before shooting right into the obsidian before lord Xecler, when it made contact the glass blew apart in an instant, giving no one time to avoid its broken shards, and inhaling the dust that went with it.
As the dust settled there stood two dragons with glowing green eyes and a black mist rolling off their bodies, obstructing their scale color from view. But it was visible that they were two young dragons in their late teens.
At this sight lord Xecler couldn't help but grin that something he was doing was finally working. Then he felt a strange tingling in his hand, lifting up his left hand to his face he found his hand crackling with electricity, the more he concentrated on it the more it grew in power and crackling wicked grin began to cross his face as he slowly turned back to he raised his hand that was surging with energy upon the crowd, and let the full extent of his power be known to driftwood.
All that could be heard on this lone night in driftwood was the laughing of a madman and the surge of lighting he weld upon the residents of driftwood.
Off in the distance from Xecler manor, a silver eagle watched intently as fire rose from the town and lighting burst into the sky, before quickly flying off to the south. While lowly muttering,' the king will need to hear about this.'
The driftwood air harbor the next morning.
"AND STAY OFF!" the captain yelled, while literally tossing Naruto off his ship which the shinobi quite sick from his ride was unable to compose himself and hit the wooden dock face first. Finally glad that the air sick ninja was gone, he found it quite satisfying to throw this customer off, he grinned to himself and turned back to the ship to finish cleaning off the mess Naruto had made.
Hunter who was now exiting the ship just took as passing look at the captain and sighed, he couldn't really blame the ship captain for his actions, but at this same time he also wanted to slug the overzealous boatman. Completely exiting the ship Hunter knelt down next to Naruto.
"Are you alright Naruto?" Hunter questioned the face down shinobi.
Naruto gave the cheetah a wobbly thumbs up with his right hand and pushed himself up with his left hand. "For the mos- (gulp) part I am... fine...just … a little sick right now." he said trying to bring himself up off the ground. "And hungry as well..." he stated once he got up.
The statement its self nearly made the cheetah fall over, not in his most sane state could he comprehend how someone who had been throwing up the entire night and the second it stops, begin thinking about eating all at the same time.
"Fine then Naruto, there's a tavern nearby so let's see if we can find something to eat then." as soon as Hunter finished his sentence, he noticed that Naruto was already far ahead of him, Hunter could only give the moment a questioning look, wondering just what Naruto was really capable of and just what kind of world did he come from.
Pushing these thoughts aside, Hunter quickly ran after the orange ninja. Not long after catching up to him, which to Hunters surprise was a little difficult as Naruto jump up to the roofs, he showed him the way to the tavern with a sign that read The Sleeping Dragon. Inside, much like the last tavern Naruto entered, it was filled a countless number of dragons, moles, and cheetahs. Thought there were no wolfs, in there. Not that Naruto mind that, after there last encounter with a wolf, he didn't really want to meet more.
The first thing Naruto did, once he was inside was run to the counter and scoured the menu looking for some delectable food, as Hunter soon followed.
"Well hello sir and um… kid," said the mole behind the counter, not sure what Naruto was.
'Why do some many people call me a kid?' thought Naruto slightly annoyed to be given that name once more.
"Just some water will be fine with me," said Hunter not all that hungry as he had eaten on the airship.
"I would love to have some ramen," said Naruto, determined to find some ramen in the dragon realms.
"Look kid, I don't have a clue, what this 'ramen' so if you're just going to list off items that don't exist, then please leave," said the mole behind the counter.
"HEY! First of all ramen is a real, and SECONDLY…" Naruto was about to continue his rant when Hunter placed a paw on his shoulder and shook his head, telling the ninja to drop it Naruto did as asked and turned back to the mole said "Just give me whatever."
"Alright then, one water and one whatever, coming write up," said the mole before walking into the back room
Hunter glanced over to Naruto, who was clearly still angry for the lack of ramen in the tavern.
"So is ramen really that delicious?" asked Hunter. "You seem to be quite fond of it."
"Are you kidding? It one of the best tasting noodles in all of the land," said Naruto, slightly drooling, as he imagined the taste of each single noodle as he ate a mouthful of it.
"Well then if they are as tasty as you claim them to be then I will be sure to provide you some if we are successful with our mission," promised Hunter.
Soon after the mole came back with one cup of water, and a sheep's leg, and gave them to Hunter and Naruto. "Is there anything else I can help you guys with?" the mole asked.
"Yes one more thing," said Hunter. "Has anyone seen a large crystal containing two dragons inside, somewhere around town?"
The mole stared at Hunter with a confused look. "You boys sure strange I will give you that. No I haven't heard anything like that at all,"
Hunter sighed, the thought of finding Spyro and Cynder seemed to be slipping from his grasp.
"Alright then, thank you, come Naruto," said Hunter as he started to leave. Naruto hearing his name being called looked up at the feline with a mouthful of food. He handed the mole the plate his food came with and took the sheep's leg with him.
Hunter however didn't make it far when the mole behind the counter said "however, If you are looking for something as strange as that, I've heard that Lord Xecler has been known to have in his possession strange items. Why don't you try looking there?"
A smile crept onto Hunters face as he gained some hope. "Thank you my kind sir. Come Naruto, were off to see Lord Xecler."
"That would be a poor choice, my friends!" a nearby cheetah said. This gained Hunters attention causing him to face the fellow member of his race.
"And why would you say that?" Naruto chimed in.
"Just a warning is all, just a warning..."the cheetah said slowly before returning his attention back to his drink.
"Weirdo," Naruto muttered before turning to leave the tavern followed shortly by hunter.
Outside the tavern
"So any ideas on where to look for this, lord Xecler first?" Naruto asked looking at Hunter hoping the cheetah had some idea, but Hunter only shrugged.
"I can only suggest we just ask around town until we get an answer from someone, on lord Xecler where about," Hunter suggested, causing Naruto to mutter obviously annoyed by his answer.
'Right back to step one it is then huh?' Kyuubi taunted Naruto.
'Stow it fuzball.' Naruto shot back, getting a dark chuckle from the Kyuubi.
"So where should we start then?"
Hunter gazed around the seaside town for only a movement before answer Naruto's question. "The local market is as good as anywhere I guess, not much else for us to go on." Hunter began his way over toward the town market.
"Hopefully it's not another slave market!" Naruto said hoping there wasn't one here like the last town.
Hunter smiled at the young shinobi beside him. "Don't worry Naruto here slavery is highly illegal."
"But why is it so different here then?" Naruto asked. "From the last place we were in?"
"Because this small seaside city here belongs to a nation across the sea called Esricith," Hunter said to Naruto as they entered the market area. "And the laws from Esricith on slavery are so severe that even ownership of a slave usually means death."
"Sounds a little harsh, but I guess everyone has their ways." Naruto thought aloud, before he was quickly ripped away from his thoughts as he saw the most bizarre sight he had seen since he arrived at this world.
"Hunter what is that?!" Naruto slightly exclaimed to Hunter. Hunter gave Naruto a small gaze before looking to where the ninja was pointing his mouth went completely agape over at a nearby market stall, was a shorter than an average mole, holding a golden staff in his hands and two jet black young dragons with him, who he immediately recognized and knew something was very wrong with the two.
"Naruto follow me," Hunter quickly said before making his way onto a nearby roof with Naruto close behind, trying to attain an overlook of the two dragons.
"Wait what's going on Hunter!" Naruto exclaimed not knowing what was distressing the cheetah, but his words went completely unheard by Hunter. Whose eyes were narrowed and centered on the two dragons below them. As Hunter observed them they began to walk off.
"It's them Naruto, Spyro and Cynder!" Hunter said in a low voice.
"Really?" Naruto said getting a better look at the two walking away. "I thought you said Spyro was a purple dragon?" Naruto stated.
"No that's Spyro alright and Cynder as well I think they're begin corrupted, and I think I know who's doing It." Hunter said referring to the mole in-between the two.
"Who is it then?" Naruto asked turning to Hunter, who had drawn his bow and already had an arrow pulled back.
"WHOA MAN WHAT THE HELL!" Naruto yelled at the top of his lungs. Drawing the attention of everyone below them including the mole hunter was targeting. The little mole gazed up at the rooftop they were both on right as hunter released his arrow right at him. The moles eye widened in fear as the arrow quickly neared his being.
Else where
A white dragon narrowed his eyes and barred his teeth letting a low growl seep out; angst and anger were building up within his being, his claws dug into the stone floor under him it began to crack under his force. He could believe out of all the asinine things he had heard in his life this had to be the foulest. The royal guards in the room on both sides began to quiver in fear at the very presence of the current ice dragon king of Esricith
"How dare you even bring such a proposal to me Rak!" Ryuujin roared at the crown prince of Erkientro, Rak was a fire dragon of sixteen years of age, his scales were a dark red, his underbelly was a dull gold, and three black horns sat on his head and on the tip of his tail was a jagged spear point.
"Well what do you propose we do then?" Rak shot back at the king of Esricith. "The five kingdoms lay in disarray all have no acting rulers, expect for you your highness! And the throne in Crestfall sits empty with no heir, and the dragon council and the emperor sit closed off in their little island nation, unwilling to lend a hand to any of us!" he finished with a snarl.
Ryuujin let out a loud growl this time nearly making the prince flinch, the floor finally shattered under his very grip. "I am not going to allow the annexation of Crestfall, by my nation or yours or anyone else's!" he said pointing his tail at Rak. "And I will not allow you to usurp the system that has kept the realms in peace for the last five-hundred- thousand years." One thing that Ryuujin held close to himself was tradition, the old ways, and the history of the realms.
"Where's that peace now!?" Rak exclaimed flaring some smoke from his maw. "Malefor's' followers have killed our parents and now hold the city of Crestfall hostage! It's time for something new; it's time for change to beat back his following forever!"
"And what about what will happen during the change you want Rak?!" Ryuujin retorted back at him. "it's painfully obvious anarchy will sweep the lands, during you proposed plan, I see nothing but collapse, death, and war for hundreds of years to come!" Ryuujin's anger at the prince was starting to show as the floor around him began to freeze by him just being there.
"Now ju-!" Ryuujin was cut off, as a silver eagle, came flying into the room.
"King Ryuujin!" it called to the ice dragon in the room. "I have some very pressing news!"
Ryuujin sigh and asked. "Can it wait?! I am in the middle of an important matter here!"
"I'm afraid not sire, it is rather urgent!" Ryuujin sighed once more and gripped his head with one of his claws as he felt the beginning signs of a bad headache begin to build. "Alright then, Rak we will continue this late-"
"No! There is no later Ryuujin! This has to be done whether you agree or not!" Rak stated to Ryuujin. "The old age passed when Malefor fell, it's time to move on from the old ways. I will take my leave now Ryuujin!" the fire dragon finished, he turned and left with his royal guard following.
"I really hope this news is as urgent as you say it is I am trying to avoid a war here Silverwind." Ryuujin told the eagle.
"I'm afraid that it is, sire. A mole by the name of lord Xecler has been spotted with two young dragons traveling with him," said Silverwind. "We also have no doubt that he has placed them under a spell, and is now using them as his own personal slaves."
Ryuujin let out a stressful sigh. Almost as if someone opened a flood gate inside his head, a tidal wave of pain came pouring in as his headache began. "This day just gets better and better doesn't it," Ryuujin mumbled to himself. He let out one more sigh before saying "are you sure, they are his slave?"
"We are nearly 100 percent positive of it sire. The odds of it begin anything else are slim to none," said Silverwind.
Ryuujin pondered this over for a moment, before saying "continue to keep an eye on lord Xecler. Don't do anything until you are completely positive that he is harvesting slaves, and then report back to me. Understood?"
"Yes my liege," said Silverwind with a bow. He then turned around and flew away.
Now Ryuujin sat alone in his empty throne room. He didn't mind it however as he had a feeling that today was going to be a long day.
Back in driftwood
Xecler closed his eyes fearing that his life was just about to end, when suddenly he heard the arrow, bounce of stone. Opening his eyes slowly, he saw that Spyro had created a small wall of stone to protect him from the projectile. He suddenly felt immense joy as he could feel the power he now had control over.
Hunter grunted, annoyed that not only was there covers blown, but also his arrow was blocked.
"Naruto I need you to keep them distracted, while I try to get another clear shot, alright?"
Naruto nodded, and pulled out a kunai from his back pocket, and charged forwards. As he did he shouted "Shadow clone justu." As the smoked cleared, Xecler saw two of the orange ninja ran towards him.
He glanced at the two dragons at his side. They remained still and stared at Naruto. "Well don't just stand there, go get him!" Xecler shouted. Spyro and Cynder obeyed there master. Cynder flew up, while Spyro continued to charge forwards. As the two group continued there charge, Spyro engulfed himself in flames as he used a comet dash. Just before Spyro hit Naruto, Naruto jumped over Spyro, grabbing his horn in the process. With his forward motion, Spyro's head was pulled backwards, and he was flipped around onto his back.
While this was going on, Cynder was releasing a torment of green globs at him, which he dodged, before Cynder dove down towards him. Just as Cynder swept past him, she released black fire at the ninja. Once again avoiding the attack, Naruto then grabbed the dragoness as she pasted overhead.
Hunter wasn't having much luck as he tried to get a clear shot at Xecler who was hiding behind the earth wall Spyro created. He tried to move to another vantage point, but Xecler would either move so he was out of site, or Naruto, Spyro, or Cynder got in his way. Giving up with trying shooting him from a distance, Hunter put away his bow, and pulled out a knife and ran at Xecler.
Back with Cynder, she had troubles flying with the extra weight on her. Naruto was flailing around, trying to get Cynder back on the ground. Growing annoyed of the ninja that held her, she looked down at him, and let loose an unbearable scream. Naruto grunted, as he felt his ear drums rattle. Suddenly the world around him went black. The next thing he saw was that he was back in the hidden leaf village as it was completely destroyed. As his worst fear continued to play before him in reality, Naruto had let go of Cynder and began to fall.
By the time he snapped out of his trance it was too late, and he hit the ground. Instead of the splat that Cynder had expected, Naruto vanished into smoke. Growling, Cynder quickly dove back towards the ground. Just as she was about to hit the ground herself, she used her shadow ability's and dove inside the ground.
The other Naruto wasn't having much luck with his battle. Whenever Naruto would try to advance closer to Xecler Spyro would get in his way or create some sort of obstacle to stop him. Just as Naruto made his way towards Xecler once again, Spyro fired several ice shards at his feet, freezing them in place. Naruto was just about to try to get his legs unstuck; Cynder jumped out of the ground, and tackled Naruto, sinking her teeth into his shoulder while doing so. Just before Naruto could shack her off of him, Cynder sprayed green goo all over his shoulder.
Naruto grunted in pain as he felt the poison enter his blood steam. Soon he was able to throw Cynder off of him, but instead of running at Xecler again, he just stood there, his body shaking. Naruto tried to get his body to move, but he felt the poison began to shut down his body. Naruto wasn't the only one affected by this, as Naruto hear Kyuubi grunting in pain.
'Damn it fox, can't you do something about this?' Naruto asked in his head.
'No I can't this is magic, and I can't help you when it comes to that,'
Suddenly Naruto felt this strange new force flowing inside of him. It felt odd, but at the same time familiar. This feeling didn't last very long was, Spyro come charging towards him, with another comet dash. Naruto felt even more pain has, he was thrown across the area from Spyro's attack.
Seeing this happen, Hunter changed his course of direction towards Naruto. By now he poison in Naruto's body had taken full effect, and he wasn't able to move. Seeing this Hunter grabbed the fallen ninja and ran off.
Xecler watched as his enemy's ran off, with a large smile on his face. Existed by his victory, he let out a small laugh, which grew louder and louder with each passing moment. Both Spyro and Cynder just watched as they got way. They were ordered to stay close to Xecler at all times, and like the slaves that they were obeyed his command.
'With this power no one can stop me, although I have to be careful as well' Xecler thought.