Adopting a neutral expression Naruto moved into the room and stood stock still in front of Medivh.
"So what do we need to talk about Bird Man?"
Medivh did a one eighty and took a few steps back before waving his hand in a sort of flourish causing two chairs and and table to appear between the two of them.
"It would be probably be prudent that we should have a seat for it may be a long discussion."
Naruto, not being the least surprised at seeing Medivh conjure furniture seemingly out of nowhere, walked over to the seat nearest him and sat down, Medivh joining him a second later on the other side of the table.
"My old bones are getting too tired for this kind of strenuous activity hehehe." Naruto sighed at that before letting out a bit of a chuckle
"You're not that old yet bird man"
"Oh? Tell me then Naruto how old do you think I am."
Naruto looked a bit puzzled at the seemingly fit slightly older then mid twenties fellow. But Naruto had learned the hard way before that appearances could be decieving and so Naruto thought about it for a few more seconds before answering.
"Well by your well trimmed beard and all I would guess you are 30 something."
Medivh shook his head laughing ruefully at Naruto's guess.
"I may look that young to you but I am technically 72 yeas old."
Eyes bugging out of his head Naruto tried to detect any trace of lie within the sentence. When he couldn't find any trace he just sat there thinking how crazy this was. A man, looking well within his thirties just turned out to be 72 years old. But something strange about how Medivh said it caught his attention.
"What do you mean by technically?" Meanwhile leaning on his hand which was on the table at this point.
"Ahh so you caught that, very perceptive of you Naruto, as you know I am no ordinary man."
Figuring that out earlier in their training considering Medivh could do things Naruto thought noone else could do, he nodded.
"Well to be technical I am a wizard."
"... whats a wizard?"
Naruto expected him to sigh in exasperation but all he did was smile gently at the boy.
"A wizard my boy is an individual that uses their knowledge of otherworldly forces to harness the energies to the casters' will." Naruto tilted his head sideways as if he was confused
"Otherworldly forces?"
"Surely you cannot believe that Chakra is the only type of energy in the cosmos. Remember when I told you that it would take you too long to learn how to use mana?"
Naruto shook his head as the memory of him talking with Medivh before learning how to make his barrier.
"Well chakra is the combination of spiritual and physical energy am I right?"
Naruto's neck started to get sore at nodding so much.
"Well mana in simple terms is the spiritual part of this energy put to use in using the spells where I am from."
"So where you are from they have never used chakra?"Medivh shook his head back and forth.
"No my boy for if they had then certain events would have certainly gone differently."
Naruto suddenly remembered the question he had been dying to ask but had kept forgetting
"Where are you from Medivh?" Now Medivh's eyes seemed to shine a bit at this
"Now that is the question I have been waiting for." putting his hands together in front of his face he leaned forward onto them.
Naruto leaned forward a bit too feeling that this conversation was finally getting to what Medivh was originally going to talk about.
"My dear boy I come from a land far...far... away from here. It is a place very different from the world that you know."
Naruto listened but after hearing that last sentence his brain stopped. Staring blankly at Medivh Naruto sat there for a few more seconds before speaking up.
"Bird Man did I just hear you just say you were from another world?" Medivh let out one of the largest smiles he had seen yet
"Yes I did my dear boy."
Outwardly Naruto was surprisingly neutral given the circumstances though this was probably due to the chaos that was going on in his head at the moment. One side saying he was lying one yelling that he wasn't and it soon turned into a mental image of a bar fight, total chaos.
It wasn't until the end of this mental fight that one last "he wasn't lying" was left standing. Shaking his head to snap himself back to his senses before leaning back onto the table while speaking.
"So why are you telling me this Bird Man?" At this Medivh got up and walked with his back turned to Naruto
"Naruto... what would you do if I offered you a chance to get stronger"
"Well of course I would take it dattebayo!" Nodding Medivh then asked his next question
"What would you do with power if you attained it?"
Resisting the urge to shout out "I would become the next Hokage!" Naruto thought back to the Third's funeral and about all the people who had given their lives to protect their home.
"I... want to be strong enough to protect those precious to me... I want to be able to make sure that if they are ever in trouble I will be able to go to them and save them... " Raising his head Naruto looked Medivh in the eye as Medivh did the same to Naruto.
Neither of them blinked as they silently stared each other down. Suddenly smirking Medivh let out a hearty chuckle lightening the atmosphere considerably.
"A fine answer boy, a fine answer." Naruto smiled too his mood lifting
"So what is this offer you were talking about before?
Suddenly smacking his fist into his palm Medivh seemed to brighten the mood.
"Ah yes that! Naruto how would you like to go on a little trip?"Connecting the dots Naruto's eyes widened before choking out his next statement.
"You don't mean..."
"I do..."
Thoughts flying through his head at an insane speed Naruto remembered that he had been given one week off from missions due to his contribution in defeating Gaara.
"Would I be able to come back in a week? I have missions to do after all"
"I was planning to bring you back by that time anyway so it all works out."
Naruto guessed that Medivh had known he had a week off, though for the life of him couldn't guess at how.
"Wait aren't you going to tell me about your world, it doesn't seem smart to suddenly go off world traveling, that and how are we gonna get there?' Medivh put his arms behind his back before sighing.
"Did I say that I would be going with you?"
"...Well no but since it is your home wouldn't it be smart to come and show me the basics and stuff?"
Leaning back into the chair Medivh himself a bit more comfortable.
"Yes I suppose it would make sense for me to come with you..."
"Then why dont yo..."
"Well since we are arguing logics here let me ask you this. What guarantees my ability to bring you back here once there?"
Naruto's thought process slowed at the sudden hole in his logic.
"So your saying that the only way for me to able to return once I go there is for you to stay here?" Medivh nodded his head as if complimenting a student for getting a right answer on a test.
"That is correct." Naruto still didn't quite get it though
"I still don't get it."
Medivh now fully in his "Lecture Mode" as Naruto started calling it a while ago, got out of his chair and started to pace back and forth in front of Naruto.
"The journey from my world to your world, Naruto, was not the easiest of treks I have made in my life. To be traveling through the cosmos is like being..." Medivh held out his hand and it glowed as something small materialized
"This rock traveling at a snails pace around the elemental nations." the scale medivh was talking about made Naruto's head spin for a second
"Also in order for me to get you to my world I had to leave a 'trail' so to speak for which I could send you. Otherwise without this trail I could end up sending you to a world infested with demons that would want to de-limb you and feast upon your corpse." In the back of his mind Naruto thought he had heard a sneeze but just ignored it.
"Managing all of this and scanning worlds continuously looking for a special someone and keeping your senses on the prowl for any foreign power that would not be too friendly at seeing some random human traveling through the cosmos." Naruto was now managing to see the scope of Medivh's power, for someone to do all of that and still be as he was now he must have been an incredible wizard.
"And also if I were to accompany you back to my world I would not be sure of even my own abilities to find your home ever again." Naruto unconsciously gulped at that.
"Now I will give you the rest of the day to think this over so go on now and make sure you want to do this." Flourishing his cape and facing away from Naruto was the boy's signal to go and collect his thoughts
Walking out of a cave made Naruto squint his eyes to adjust to the light. After adjusting to the light he opened his eyes fully and made his way back to the village.
Walking back into the village Naruto passed the gate guards giving a nod to each of them before they let him pass without trouble. His head lowered watching the ground as he walked throughthe village.
'It would only be for a week... it's not like I'm going to be gone forever."
Looking around the village Naruto watched as civilians and ninja alike were busy at work rebuilding the village from fixing broken apartment buildings to small business shops alike everyone was hard at work to repair what had been damaged. Continuing onward he saw friends of his along the way from Lee lifting heavy construction materials to Chojii using his family's jutsu to assemble buildings.
'To be able to protect those precious to me huh?'
Going around the village occasionally helping out with the rebuilding Naruto went over his choices every second he stayed in the village. Naruto's path took him to Ichiraku Ramen where he walked in and sat down on his stool. He had been there so many times they had a special stool just for him. As he sat down Ayame came from the back and walked up to Naruto.
"Well if it isn't our best customer what would you like today Naruto?"
"Hey Ayame-chan just get me a bowl of miso ramen."
"Only one bowl Naruto? Something must be wrong hehe." she let out a light laugh as she went into the back to start on his ramen.
A few minutes later she set out a bowl of the ramen in front of Naruto which he started to dig into. He started to lavish into it but as he thought about his eventual choice his eating slowed and slowed until it finally stopped altogether with his chopsticks in mid air.
" Well Naruto-kun it seems that somethings bugging you." shaking his head a bit Naruto came back to his senses
"Nah I'm fine Ayame-chan just thinking" Though he could tell she definitely wasn't buying it.
" No, I know you Naruto and there is definitely something wrong." sighing Naruto started to shake his head
"I can't hide anything from you can I Ayame-chan."
"When you have been coming in for your whole life you usually learn a few things about someone." she smiled wholeheartedly at him which caused a light blush but he quickly banished it
"Well you see a 'friend' of mine is going to be going away from the village for a while and he is reluctant to go."
"Why?"
"He doesn't know why, he knows its temporary but it's just...this place is his home... leaving it just doesn't..."
"Hasn't your friend been out of the village before for missions?"
"Yes but that was only one country away and he knew it wasn't far from the village if need be. But the distance were talking about here is huge and I mean huge."
"Since he is coming back in a week I'm assuming he has a way to get there reliably."
"Well getting there is the easy part it is the coming back that he is worried about. From what bird man has told me he can do it reliably but it's the possibility of 'what if' that haunts him."
"Well then if you want to get stronger and this man has a way to get you there and back then the only thing you can do is trust him." Naruto still wasn't convinced all the way.
"Look has he let you down yet?"
"No he has been truthful about everything he said and I even got stronger because of him."
"Then I would say you have to trust him for it to work." Well he wasn't looking ecstatic but at least he looked a bit more relaxed now.
"hmmmm well I guess I'll have to trust him then."
"I see you got your spirits back well I guess I'll see you in a week then."
"Ah shit I told you didn't I..."
"No you told me your friend was going on a trip" Ayame winked at him
"Hey Ayame-chan..." he held out his bowl "could I have some more please?" Ayame smirked at seeing Naruto back to his old self.
"Coming right up Naruto."
Time Skip
After going throughout the village randomly talking to the rookies and villagers Naruto decided he would go through with the trip after all. Hopping from rooftop to rooftop Naruto finally arrived back at his apartment where he quickly packed a backpack with all the essentials, clothes, toothbrush, and of course Ramen. And what else to bring with Ramen but a little pan and portable little gas thing that you can light to heat up the pan. (look it up its real)
Making his way across the village and waiting for the patrol of chunins to pass Naruto hops over the wall leaps into the forest and starts jumping from tree to tree. Not really sure how he remembered the way he just felt that this was the right way. After a few minutes of travel Naruto arrived at the mouth side of the mountain. Calming walking throught the illusion Naruto didn't notice a figure hidden amongst the foliage.
Walking towards the back of the cave and touching the wall the doors opened up and Naruto entered the Chamber where Medivh was waiting for him.
"I'm guessing you have made your decision my boy."
"Yes and I've decided that I want to go and get stronger."
"You do realize that once you go through with this that there is no going back."
"Not for a week anyway."
Medivh didn't respond.
"My boy this is where we part sadly."
"ok so... what do I do"
"You brace yourself and walk into the portal. The first time can make you a bit nauseous."
Gulping Naruto slowly walked toward the portal turned his head and gave a last look to Medivh. To which Medivh nodded. Nodding back Naruto turned back around and walked into the portal.
"What have you learned?"
"Uzumaki has been going to a place to train and as of now we haven't been able to penetrate it." The fire with the hood on nodded
"Don't put too much effort into it for now just continue to watch him."
"Yes sir."
Naruto was on his hands and knees barely holding in the contents of his stomach while breathing heavily trying to clear his head. Right now the world was spinning and every muscle or limb he tried to move only made it spin more. So he just sat there as still as he could and let his body recover.
The trip from Naruto's world to this one had not been a pleasant one to say the least. It felt as though Lee was done swinging Naruto as fast as he could
Sitting there for about ten minutes brought Naruto back enough for him to be able to get up onto his knees and fall back onto his butt. Looking around Naruto now noticed his surroundings. He was in front of a doorway with three arches 2 smaller ones on the side and one bigger one in the middle. The room was like a quarter of a circle with the entrance smack dab in the middle of the outer edge along with 4 random statues of horses or serpents he couldn't really tell. Looking to his left he saw what appeared to be a entrance to a stall but he ignored that for now.
"I see someone has finally made their way back to Karazhan ah a special one at that."jerking his head behind him Naruto looked around the room only to notice there was no one there.
"Where are you?"
"I am right here boy."
In front of Naruto materialized a man with a nice black suit, brown shoots and he was slightly balding. Though probably the only thing that was most wrong with him was the fact the man was transparent. Linking the dots Naruto crawled back a bit in fear.
"Now that is no way to treat your door man is it boy."
"Wait so your a ghost doorman?"
"That is correct there is nothing wrong with that is there?" Naruto was still visibly shaking
"Well I am afraid of ghosts so you understand right?" He shrugged not really caring
"Well no matter anyway the Master sent you here didn't he?"
"Master? Oh you mean Medivh. Yes he sent me here to become stronger by using his teachings. How did you know?"
"Could you hand me that piece of parchment in your pocket please."
Naruto reached in confused not remembering putting anything in his pocket but when he lifted his hand out there was an envelope with a letter inside. He gently handed it to the ghost man and waited for him to read it.
'How the hell did Bird man do that?'
"By the way what is your name and is it regular in this world for ghosts to come back from the grave?"
"I am Berthold and not unless some magic is involved do the dead come back from the dead. For instance when my master died the first time is how I and many many more showed up here."
"Wait he was dead and now he is alive again!?"
"Your the one who has spoken to him you should be able to tell if he is alive." Naruto rolled his eyes at that
Berthold finally managed to get the letter out and started to read it. Eyes off and on changing from the letter to the boy he finally folded the letter and gave it back to the boy.
"Well now it is time for the tour can you stand?" Naruto stood shakily and managed to regain his footing pretty quick.
The tour through the tower was a long and arduous one as Naruto was shown the Stables, the Ballroom, the library, the Gamesman's hall which turned out to be a giant chess board with pieces twice the size he was. The tower went on and on until they stopped in a bedroom. The bed was elevated like a pyaramid with three blocks decreasing in size as they went up finally followed by the bed which was surrounded by four bed posts with red curtains.
"Who's bed is this?"
"That is your bed dear Naruto it used to belong to the master but since he is not here you are allowed to use it."
Naruto couldn't help but be fascinated by how the castle or tower, whatever it was called, could be so dark and off-putting and yet so elegant and inviting at the same time. The walls of most of the rooms in the tower were a dark grayish and they somehow made him think of a prison. But when he had been through the Ballroom the lush vibrant furniture along with all the fancy curtains, tables, and tableware which had been somehow intact made it seem like a palace.
"I would recommend getting a good night sleep tonight for tomorrow I would recommend starting in the library."
Nodding at the doorman Naruto made his way to the bed didn't even bother with his clothes and just hopped into bed letting sleep claim him.
Getting up the next morning Naruto's stomach voiced it's need for nourishment which he quickly attempted to quell. Putting on his clothes Naruto reached for his back pack when he realized he left it in the Gatehouse entrance. Sighing he was about to head there to get it when he realized he could just send a clone. Doing his trademark hand sign Naruto poofed up a clone sent it to the Gatehouse. Since he knew where the Gatehouse was his clone knew too. Meanwhile Naruto was headed to the Library to start somewhere anywhere with his learning.
The library was huge! Bookshelf upon bookshelf of books were all along the walls of the room from subjects ranging from. Naruto walked through the rows of bookshelves until he came across one book that caught his attention.
"Elemental Magic and you huh?"
Thinking back to his lightning he decided to start here since it was near something familiar. Going to a table near one of the bookshelves he opened the book but then his stomach rumbled again. As he was about to go get his Ramen the clone got back into the room and handed Naruto the backpack. Naruto quickly rummaged through it pulling out a pot and portable stove which he started to boil water on. As soon as the water boiled he poured it onto his ramen ate it, and went back to his book. Starting off the first page and reading onward the book's index went on to describe the different elemental spell classes and theories starting off with water then goes to air then Fire then earth so on and so forth. Just as he started training with one of the training exercises for water he noticed his clone sitting at the end of the same table reading a random book about "Your Familiar and You".
'What is with his choice of titles?'
"Oh yea forgot you were out here, ok see ya."
"Hey I was still rea..." 'poof' the clone then disappeared and Naruto went back to reading.
But all of a sudden a trickle of what appeared to be himself reading the book flowed into his mind and he remembered what his clone had read.
"Wait... was that... the clones memory?" Thinking on it now made sense to Naruto about how he got certain details during his fights while all his clones were being dispelled around him.
' Wait if one clone can remember reading that book I wonder what 100 clones would do...' The image was staggering in his head and so he decided to test it one more time. Summoning another clone naruto handed it the book it was reading a while ago.
"Read this." raising its eyebrow the clone shrugged opened the book and started reading. After about a minute Naruto swiped the book and made the clone poof away.
Waiting a few seconds Naruto could feel the same flood of knowledge as before drip into his mind, thinking about what it meant Naruto's eyes widened at the possibilities. Quickly going along the shelves Naruto picked out 3 more books along with the ones he already had. Including a book on the arcane arts, Illusions, and charms. Poofing five more clones Naruto handed each a book and told them to each read a chapter. This would be the last test to make sure none of this was a hoax or random event.
After about 20 minutes all the clones had finished and poofed off at the same time. Unlike the other time though the slow trickle of knowledge now seemed like a stream which made his eyes flutter as his mind struggled to process all the information. A few seconds later he processed all the information and he remembered what each clone had read. Jumping for joy Naruto made ten clones and told five to start reading the books on the table while he told the other five to browse the shelves and grab one they through would help.
Naruto meanwhile was going to work on his taijutsu. Since he didn't feel like reading and one clone could do the same progress he could it didn't seem very efficient to do the same things his clones were while he had the chance to do physical activity. Exploring the castle for a place to practice brought him to a circular room that was past what looked like guest rooms though for some reason when he passed the rooms he felt a dark aura. Shrugging he walks to the center of the room he notices two pools of water in each corner of the room, smiling he walks over to discover it was only about two feet deep.
"Eh, as long as it's water it'll still work."
Beginning his training Naruto began with the usual calisthenics then moved on to his knuckle push-ups on the water. After about an hour of attempting to build up his strength he moved on to practicing the katas of the style starting with the basics then eventually linking them together making it seem more of a dance then a fighting style. Now Naruto had a dilemma, he did not have any trees to punch to build up his resistance on his knuckles. Looking around Naruto stared at the wall.
Sighing not thinking this was one of his brightest ideas he began punching the wall... yea hard to believe so shut it. After his first attempt to punch the wall he noticed he didn't even leave a mark. That and his hand hurt like hell, but still, a grain should have shaken loose at the least but nope... didn't even leave a scratch.
Now seeing it as a way to test himself Naruto attempted to at least crack the wall. This went on for a couple of hours with Naruto constantly smacking the wall. Still no results happening Naruto did feel as though he were making progress so it wasn't a total loss. Deciding to explore the castle more brought him to a door which lead to the outside. Opening the door Naruto was surprised at the dark, dank weather outside. The clouds were gray the air was a bit stale and there were creepy mountains surrounding the castle sized tower. As he walked to the center of the boardwalk Naruto felt the same thing when he walked passed the guest rooms but much stronger he looked around everywhere he could see, but saw nothing. Quickly leaving to get rid of the uncomfortable feeling he went back the way he came. Meanwhile, in the twisting nether, a presence started to stir at sensing the arrival of someone familiar yet different at the same time.
Not seeing the doorman since he had arrived Naruto decided to go say hello. Walking through the ballroom and down the stairs Naruto arrived at the gatehouse where he saw the etheral figure of Berthold standing at the bottom of the stairs.
"Hey Berth how's the doorman business doing for ya?" he turned as if surprised to see Naruto
"Hello Naruto may I ask what you are doing here shouldn't you be reading up on the different arts?"
"Well I managed to find a way to read while not even there so it is all good."
"Such a technique for one your age is definitely impressive. Anyway is there anything I can do for you?"
"Well not really but there is one question I would like to ask, when I have been walking through the tower when I pass certain parts I feel a certain something I can't really explain it. It felt like something was looking or watching me but I checked and there was no one there. What could it be?"
"Ah you have felt the previous presences of the guardians of this tower. Well not all of them were guardians anyway but you get my point."
"Guardians?"
"Yes among them were Moroes the chef, Attumen the huntsman, and Nightbane those only listing off a few."
"Well the first two are pretty easy to guess but who was Nightbane?"
"Who is not the question but mainly what was he. And he was a dragon." Naruto's eyes widened at this
'He had a dragon?! Whats next demons?'
"Oh yea he even had some demons at his disposal if I remember right." Naruto sweat dropped at that.
"So how were they defeated?"
"Well back after the master had disappeared a demon know as Malchezar moved in and claimed the tower for himself, and since then he had summoned a whole bunch of demons and even a harem if you can imagine that." Naruto raised an eyebrow at that
"But then he drew the attention of various factions of Azeroth and soon adventurers swarmed here attempting to defeat him and the guardians. Most were less successful with some of them getting slaughtered altogether. But as they kept coming it soon began taking a toll. One by one they were defeated until the Prince himself was defeated, and since then it has been very vacant here. What you sense is their presence still lingering here because some of the guardians are not truly dead but just one with the twisting nether." Not desiring to learn anything complicated at the moment Naruto just nodded
"Ok Whatever the hell all that meant I'll just say they were powerful enough to leave a mark. Well I'll talk to you later Berthy."
"See you later Naruto, hope you do well with your studies." After that conversation decided to go release the clones and see what they had learned and maybe make some more to go and putthat knowledge to the test.
Going back to the Library Naruto stopped to see that his clones were still reading after all the hours he was training and so he told them to stop and they did. Thinking that it wouldn't be too bad to absorb it all at once proved to be quite nerve racking because as soon as he released them it felt as if a dam had broken loose and started to collide with his brain. Nearly falling over Naruto was his hands and knees as the knowledge was absorbed and consolidated.
About five seconds later Naruto's mind sorted itself out and he was able to stand up again although cold sweat did drip down his face.
"Phew that wasn't a very pleasant experience." But when he attempted to think back on the knowledge he discovered it was as if he had read the books himself. Getting excited Naruto made twenty clones this time around and made half of them continue to read while the other half were to attempt to do the spells with chakra and not mana.
He the original decided to go and spar with his clones that way he could test himself against anything but a brick wall.
After a couple more hours of training Naruto made his way back up to the library where the clones were waiting and braced himself as he prepared to release both of them at different times. Braced, Naruto released the first set of ten clones and felt the same feeling as before except this time he wasn't forced to his knees, but as he got sorted out he dreaded releasing this next group.
"Three, two, one... 'poof''" Naruto immediately felt more of the liquid sensation but this time it wasn't as bad.
"Huh I guess I am getting used to it. Oh well time for dinner." Cooking more Ramen Naruto had his dinner and went to bed. The next few days went by much the same way not much changing except for the occasional change of book or exercise until on the fourth day Naruto had discovered something new he could do with his water training.
" Hey boss could you come here for a second." walking over Naruto watched as the clone set up.
"Ok watch." as Naruto watched the clone held out its palm and pointed to seemingly nowhere. A few seconds later a rat stuck its head around the corner of the book shelve and hopped it's way toward the clone. Stopping right before the clone it then sat like a dog waiting for an order.
"Jump." the rat then jumped 2 feet into the air
"Roll over" the rat then rolled over
Naruto, impressed, began to compliment the clone but it held up its hand
"Wait." the clone then beckoned another clone forward
The clone previously working on water element walked up and as the first Naruto let up the charm the rat realized it was in front of a human began to scamper off, but the water clone got into a stance and held out its hand as if grabbing a ball and tensed. The rat sat straight up not moving a muscle as if he were dead. Naruto was about to ask what was special about that when the clone brought his hand quickly into the air dragging the rat with it. Naruto watched shocked until the clone shot his hand to the right sending the rat flying back around the corner.
"..." shocked for a bit Naruto then asked a question
"So was that telekinesis?" The clone shook its head
"No I was manipulating water if you could believe it."
"Water?"
"As I was doing one of the exercises at trying to sense and grasp the feeling any water in the room a rat scampered across the floor. I wasn't really paying attention to what it was so i attempted to grasp it and I ended up doing this..." Putting his hand to his chin the real Naruto put up a thinking posture
"... Do you think you could do that to me?" The clone went wide eyed at that and nodded it's head unsure.
"Well lets give it a test run."
Walking to the center of the room Naruto stood there while the clone walked to a few feet in front of him.
"Go ahead ."
Getting into the same stance the clone held out both its arms and attempted to do the same thing to Naruto.
"Here goes." Then the clone tensed with both hands.
"...Nothing?"
"Well I could definitely feel something pulling at me but it wasn't enough to move anything."
"Well we will have to change that ." Instead of trying to control the whole of his body the clone now went for just the original Naruto's arm.
"Ok one more time." This time when the clone attempted it Naruto's arm shot straight out to the side as if possessed.
"... Whoa..." His brain going at a rapid pace Naruto shot out an order
"You! I want a clone for the rest of the week to attempt to do this while I work out. I will get more practice in and I will be able to get more of a strength workout while I am at it." the clone nodding still a bit stunned it worked so well never the less continued to do it. The first clone stopped them before they could continue.
"Um how would this help with your workout?"
"Well think about it, with me working out physically and the clone attempting to control my arm or leg will make me struggle against exhaustion AND the jutsu." 'Ahhhh'ing the clone finally got it and went back to doing his exercises.
For the next two days, while Naruto's clones were in the library, he would have at least one clone attempting to manipulate his body while he would progress through his regular workout and Katas. Naruto's knowledge on certain aspects of magic including elemental magical and charms was increasing exponentially daily. Able to do simple charms and spells greatly increased his arsenal. On the Sixth day Naruto had one of the many future life changing events.
Walking out to the Masters Terrace as Berth had called it Naruto stood looking out over the valley preparing to discover what this presence was.
"Ok nothing ventured nothing gained here goes nothing." Naruto expanded his senses looking for the presence he detected almost a week ago. Feeling around Naruto discovered what appeared to be a weakness in the fabric of reality.
Over the past week the clones had also been reading on the history of Azeroth and the many realms it had. Reading these books had also improved his senses, including magic sense, to a whole new level. Probing the weakness eventually caused his senses to enter the twisting nether. The swirling energies of the great beyond almost overwhelmed him until something seemed to grab his senses and wouldn't let go.
Within the twisting nether the presence of before felt the probing of someone until it entered. Quick to act, not letting this chance pass by, the presence latched on and held on for dear life using the link as a way out.
Meanwhile, Naruto attempted to withdraw his senses quickly but trying to felt as if he were dragging Gamabunta out only using a rope. Using his willpower he finally managed to withdraw but it turned out to be to late because as the rift was closing a claw wrenched its way through the hole. The claw was huge it was easily the size of him and it was skeletal. Even more then that it was flaming and he could feel the heat from where he was standing.
Naruto shielding his face from the energies being spewn by the rift looked over his arm to see more of the skeletal creature move out until the top half of the creature revealed itself.
'Nightbane!'
Flapping its flaming skeletal wings nightbane dragged itself out of the rift roaring as he circled the terrace. Naruto, in a rush, ran towards the door in an attempt to get back in the tower proved fruitless as Nightbane immediately landed in front of the door blocking his only retreat.
It's head easilyreached Gamabunta's height which made it a very intimidating sight. The dragon was close enough to where he could feel the heat blistering his skin. Naruto backed up a few feet in an act to gain some distance. Nightbane stared at Naruto in an attempt to figure out who this stranger was. The only reason that he did not destroy the boy where he stood was because he had helped him escape from the horrors of the twisting nether.
Naruto, not sure what to do, just sat there as the dragon seemed to be identifying what Naruto was. But for some reason the dragon never attacked him, it just stood there looking at him with those eyeless sockets. It then looked as if the dragon recognized him for some reason as it then lowered its head to within reach of Naruto. Not really trusting this couple hundred foot tall dragon Naruto expected the dragon to fry him to a crisp but nope the dragon just almost as if expecting Naruto to do something. For the life of himself he couldn't figure what.
"uhh... Nightbane?"
Naruto stuck out his hand in an attempt to touch the dragon, but as soon as he made contact he felt his skin burn but not because of heat but because he felt as if a flame was burning from his hand into his very soul and soon after he passed out.
Later Naruto woke up to discover he was lying down on the terrace facing the cloudy sky. Sitting up Naruto noticed Nightbane sitting on the dome in-between the terrace and the actual tower. As soon as the dragon noticed Naruto was awake he seemed to stare at Naruto's hand. Wondering what he could be looking at Naruto then lifted his hand. Looking at his palm Naruto noticed a glowing rune on his hand.
"This is... your mark?" the dragon nodded surprising Naruto at its ability to understand him.
Remembering back to the book about familiars Naruto now guessed that this dragon was his familiar. Though for the life of him he could not ever remember ever reading about a dragon familiar so he decided to voice the question.
"So are you my familiar now?" the dragon nodded again
"So your not gonna eat me?" Nightbane looked up as if in thought but then laid his head down and went to sleep. Naruto sweat dropped at this.
"Ok so... I guess back to training for me then." Naruto walked back inside still kinda weirded out and excited at the fact he now had a familiar.
For the rest of the day Naruto worked his ass off hoping to get as much read and worked out as possible. The physical training was a bit different for the rest of the day after he got that rune on his hand. He felt much stronger then he had before and the clone practicing on him had even started to expand on controlling his body limbs at a time not just limited to one anymore. Even his other spells had been affected as they were now either more powerful or just easier to do. Needless to say he felt even more exhausted and so he immediately went to bed after dismissing his clones.
Waking up early the next day Naruto got packed up and was walking to the keephouse when he walked past Berthold.
"Well Berthy I guess this is goodbye for now."
"That it is Naruto though I feel it may not be the last."
"Eh you never know do you. Well goodbye until I come back I guess Berthy."
"You too Naruto... you too."
Naruto walked down the last set of steps waved goodbye to Nightbane and...
'Wait a sec...Nightbane?'
Yes taking a look again Naruto noticed Nightbane's head through the front door of the Gatehouse.
"I felt you should at least see him one more time before you go back and since he can't fit in here this was the best I could do." Naruto sweatdropped for what he felt like was the millionth time.
"Yea... well... see you later Berth... and Nightbane." Nightbane nodded his head and Berth waved goodbye
Naruto walked to where he remembered the portal dropped him off before and expected it to just appear back, but nope he just stood there looking like an idiot for 5 minutes.
"See you later Naruto."
" Oh shut it Berthy, he just said be ready on the seventh day that is all and here I am."
"Uh Naruto look behind you."
"Huh?" Looking behind him Naruto noticed a portal similar to the one he took and collected himself
"Ok NOW... here I go."
"See you in the future Naruto." Waving goodbye Naruto turned and walked into the portal
The same sense of nausea hit Naruto as he traversed the cosmos.
After what felt like forever Naruto was finally back on solid ground though a bit wobbily.
"Ah it seems you have returned my pupil." Looking up Naruto saw Medivh standing there with the usual normal smile he had on. Walking forward Medivh grabbed Naruto's hand and looked at it before brushing his other hand over it. The rune that Nightbane had left started glowing faintly then got brighter.
"It seems that you got a familiar my apprentice and quite an impressive one at that."
"Well it was kind of spur of the moment but yes you could call it that."
"I see... Nightbane must have took a liking to you."
"Wait you knew he would become my familiar?!"
"Well of course, that was the plan, why do you think he didn't eat you?" Naruto was now agitated at his sensei and huffed in agitation.
For the next while Naruto told Medivh all about the week including his training and encounters.
"By the way Bird man why were you looking for someone that had a demon in them for them to be your apprentice."
"Because only someone that has been through or is going to go through the experiences that I have been through shall be able to fully resist temptation and rise above all challenges ahead."
"Wait so... you have a demon sealed inside of you?!"
"Not anymore my dear boy though he was definitely the most friendly of Demons. Unlike you though my demon was not sealed within me but it was possessing me."
"The Demon I had in me was the Lord of the Burning Legion Sargeras." Not sure what an unsealed Demon would feel like inside him definitely only left that much more to the imagination.
"What was it like to have him inside of you?"
"Hmmm it is very difficult to describe since the Kyuubi was sealed in you but imagine trying to battle a god for supremacy over your body. That and with Sargeras influencing my development my power grew to astonishing levels unheard of before. Some people even went as far as to consider me a demigod."
"Wow...so after all the events history went on from there?"
"Ah I see you read up on the history of Karazhan and my other apprentice."
"It was definitely a messed up history."
"Of course, but enough about me I'm sure you want to get back to the village soon, after all you do start missions tomorrow."
"Ah your right about that well I guess I should be going now." Turning to leave he was stopped by Medivh
"Oh and Naruto."
"Yea?"
"Be sure to keep up your training on both the ninja arts and the ones we are doing, you shouldn't neglect either one."
"Got it." Turning to leave he was stopped again
"Oh and one more thing."
"sigh yes?"
"Use your abilities only when absolutely necessary or else people may start to ask questions."
"Ok for last time Bird-man hahaha." Naruto then ran out of the cave eager to get back to the village.
"Be careful out there boy."