Wrath of the Elemental Storm: Part 9

Wolf: So I'm starting this out with an apology. Sorry to all my readers for the huge amount of flashback in the last chapter. Didn't realize how much of a bad idea that was, but I'm still pretty green in the gills on fanfic writing so I've still got a lot to learn.

Iruka: So where's everyone at?

Wolf: Sleeping. They did pretty well with their first boss. Course there were 7 of them fighting the damn thing at one time so…

Iruka: Seven? What about you?

Wolf: *Deadpan stare* I can kill the eye of Cthulhu, single handedly, in a matter of 10 seconds or less.

Iruka: So, now what?

Wolf: Now, we go for the next boss.

Iruka: Already? They just killed the last one.

Wolf: Yup, but this one is gonna be a pain to get to tho.

Iruka: How so?

Wolf: Well, the next boss we're going for is called 'Eater of Worlds'. It's basically a giant worm.

Marcus Phoenix: THEY'RE SINKING CITIES WITH A GIANT WORM!

Wolf: Quite right Marcus. But this thing has a special ability. If you destroy one section, the worm then splits at the destroyed section and becomes 2 worms, albeit much shorter ones. But to summon the boss the first time, you have to go to an area of the map called the 'Corruption'. Once there, you have to traverse down naturally shaped holes in the ground, find giant purple orbs called 'Shadow orbs', destroy three of them, and you inadvertently summon the beast.

Iruka: *whistles* Sounds fun.

Wolf: Oh, and the corruption area of the map spawn all kinds of monsters that are a hassle at early on armor and such. But enough exposition. IT'S STORY TIME! Iruka, if you please.

Iruka: I'd be honored. *ahem* TeFlyingWolf does not own Naruto or elder scrolls.

Wolf: If I did, I'd be a lot richer than I currently am.


Naruto leaned against the snowy rock face, his breath coming out as white wisps in the wintery mountain air. He shook his head, clearing his thoughts of memories of the past. What the hell was that? I've heard of reliving the past, but hell. That felt like I was there all over again.

Naruto took a deep breath, allowing the cold air to clear his head. He continued his walk through the freshly dropped snow, the crunch amplified by the silence that permeated the air. Naruto walked around the rock face, and saw part of the mountain was shaped different. It took his mind a second to adjust from the cold, but he soon realized that wasn't part of the mountain.

The stone walls were carved from the same rock that made up the mountain. The bricks had been worn smooth by years of wind and snow, but stood as strong as ever. The monastery stood on the edge of a cliff, one which Naruto did not want to see how high up he was. Sure he could soften the fall if he fell, but even shinobi had their limits.

Naruto took the last few steps needed, ascended the stairs, and knocked on the right most door. When no one answered, he placed a nearly frozen hand on the door and pushed in. Snowflakes rushed inside the building ahead of Naruto, just as eager to steal what warmth they could. The door shut with a resounding thud, echoing throughout the stone building. Warmth encompassed Naruto, shutting away the mountains icy sting.

The main room was barely larger than the Hokage's office, comprised of the same stone that made up for the entire monastery. But the most surprising feature, was that the room was warm. Not run around in your shorts warm, but warmer than one would think a monastery built on the peak of an icy mountain would be. Torches and candles were lit everywhere around the room, lighting up the aesthetics, and brightening the otherwise dreary room.

"Hello?" Naruto called out to the empty room. Or so he thought.

"We've been expecting you." Naruto's head whipped around the room, trying to find the location of the voice. It wasn't until they stepped into the light, that Naruto found the source. The man wore dark robes, covering all of his body, except for his hands and face. The man looked aged, as if he had been alive longer than he needed to be, but kept living on for some unknown reason. His long greying beard covered his neck, only showing the man's eyes. Well, that explains why their called the 'Greybeards'.

The mountains chill still gripped his throat for a little while longer, but Naruto asked, "W-who are you?"

"I am Master Arngeir, and I speak for the Greybeards. Welcome to High Hrothgar Naruto Uzumaki."

Arngeir began to show Naruto around the monastery, but Naruto's curiosity grew with each passing second. "So why did you call me here?"

"We heard your thu'um from the valley when you slew that dragon a few days hence. If you truly have the gift of thu'ums, then we must start your training at once."

Confusion overwhelmed Naruto, "Thu'ums?"

"Yes. In the common tongue, it means 'shout'. But before we start your training, we must sample your thu'um." Master Arngeir turned to Naruto and motioned his readiness. Naruto scratched the back of his head, at a loss for what he was to do next. Remember that day, a hidden voice spoke at the corners of his mind. Naruto took a deep calming breath, allowing his mind to concentrate. He inhaled once more and let loose a shout.

"FUS!" His voice echoed all around, but nothing else happened. Slightly embarrassed, Naruto let a nervous chuckle out. Arngeir stood still as he had been, still waiting.

"Eh he he. Let me try that again." Inhaling once again, Naruto tried to remember the feeling he had that day. What was the feeling he had right after he had killed the dragon? It was my throat. My throat was hurting and then…

Naruto began to feel the power again. It reminded him of the natural energy for his sage mode but… he couldn't quite put a finger on what it was, but the power felt… purer. Like drinking pure sake rather than sake heavily watered down. It was when the power reached Naruto's head that he heard it. Ok, now let it go. You've got the power you need, so shout.

"FUS!" Naruto watched as the wind picked Arngeir off the ground for a moment. Arngeir stumbled backwards for a moment before righting himself.

"Impressive. It seems you are further along in your understanding of The Voice than I had originally thought. Come with me." Arngeir lead them back into the main hall, only now several more monks had come to see the new talent.

"Now we shall see if you are willing, and are able to learn new words of power, Master Einarth?" One of the monks moved towards the center of the room, and whispered a word. The end result was a series of scratch like marks upon the stony floor, which glowed like the embers of a fire. Naruto stared at the words, captured by the strange, other worldly glow. Knowledge flowed into his head, knowledge of the scratch marks, and what they meant.

"Balance? Why would you teach me the word for balance?" All the monks gathered gasped. "What, did I say something offensive?"

"No, it is just… we have met men who are dragon born before, but they could only learn the word in order to use them for a Thu'um. Never before has one been able to read the word as if it were written in the common tongue." Naruto simply shrugged in response.

"Well, I'm not from around here. So things are bound to be different."

"Regardless of such, we will still train you in the way of the voice." Arngeir nodded his agreement to the monk who spoke.

"Indeed we must, and we shall start immediately." And so they did.


Naruto sat in a familiar position, outside the walls of high Hrothgar. He had completed what training the grey beards could teach him, within a day. Kinda makes it easy to learn a language you have no idea about when you can read said language as if it were your own. The frosty winds blew at Naruto's face, but left barely any effect upon the blond, for he was training himself in how to use the natural energy of the world.

He sat as still as the stone of the mountain, focusing on gathering as much natural energy as possible. But as he had come to expect, it felt different. The energy of his world, when he gathered it for his toad sage mode, had been warm and humid, like a hot summer's day, this energy was like a cool falls night. The energy had a crispness to it, cooling off Naruto and allowing him to concentrate even further. Man, this is definitely going to get some getting used to.

Once he felt the energy coalesce within his body, Naruto opened his eyes and stood up. He could feel the energy flowing throughout his body, alongside his own chakra. Looks like I was right. Sage mode still works. Naruto formed his hands in a familiar T shape, and a second Naruto appeared in front of him.

The clone had the tell-tale marks near his eyes of the sage mode, but they were different. Instead of the usual orange markings near his eyes, they were a cool blue color, like some kind of frost had formed on his face. But that wasn't the strangest difference. It was his eyes.

Normally, his circular pupil would have become rectangular in nature, where as his iris would become a golden color. But now, they were different. His iris had now become a cobalt blue rather than their normal gold. The pupil had stayed the same circular shape, but had added a vertical slit on his iris, as well as a smaller horizontal slit, barely reaching half way to the sides of the pupil. The end result was a cross shaped pupil that reminded him of what his eyes looked like when Kyuubi had helped him out while his sage mode had been active.

"Ok, now that's different." Naruto dispersed the clone, and stood atop the snow covered ground, thinking about what to do. He had trained all day yesterday on the different shouts the grey beards had taught him. The whirlwind sprint had been all but useless to Naruto, seeing as how he already knew kawarimi, shunshin, and hiraishin no jutsu. Unrelenting force however, was something akin to the fuuton: diatoppa, but without the hand seals.

Let's see what happens when I use it with Sage mode on. Naruto looked around and found the boulder from the previous day. Naruto had tried the full combination it, but the rock barely budged. It slid on the ground, leaving a ten foot gash in the snow, but nothing else. He inhaled deeply, aimed at the rock once more, and let everything out.

"Fus Ro DAH!" This time the rock slid like it was greased up, and flew off the mountain, plummeting down. Naruto ran to the cliff, using chakra to make him stop suddenly, and looked over the edge. He saw the boulder spinning through the air, until it came to a thunderous crashing halt on top of a sabre cat. Naruto couldn't help but wince at the impact. Damn. He's not going to be in the sequel.

Naruto walked back to where the boulder had sat not long ago. Wow. Sage mode shouts are bad ass. Not only did it move at least 25 feet, it kept going as well. And to think I barely put any energy into that. Would hate to be on the receiving end of that regardless.

Naruto turned to his left, seeing the strange wind was still there. He ascended the stairs up towards the blizzard like wall, and stuck out his hand. The wind and ice seemed to focus on his hand, stealing what warmth it had. He pulled his hand back, wincing at the pain. Geez, whatever this is, it definitely does not want anyone getting past it.

"You cannot get past that wall." Naruto let out an exasperated sigh.

"I kind of figured. So how do I open it? With a shout?" He turned around and saw all four grey beards standing at the base of the stairs, next to the fire pit.

"Yes. And seeing as how fast you have advanced at learning the way of the voice, I have conversed with the other grey beards and we have made a decision about you." Naruto tensed up, not sure what was about to happen. "We have decided that you must meet our master, Paarthurnax."

"Neh?" Arngeir ignored Naruto's confusion and continued.

"You are unlike any Dragon born ever seen in Skyrim. So seeing how fast you learned everything, we found it is only fitting that our master be the one to train you from now on." Arngeir whispered the words out, just like he had with unrelenting force. Naruto looked at the ground and instantly knew the words and how they worked. A shout that turns the weather to become like the perfect summer day? Oh hell I am SO using this for a date when I get back.

He bowed in respect to their decision, "Thank you. I may not know how hard of a decision this was, but I'm grateful." Naruto turned to the icy gale and allowed the shout to form in his mind. "Lok Vah KOOR!" The icy gale immediately died down and Naruto looked back once more. The four monks stared at the blond, their hoods masking their true expressions. Naruto smiled and gave a light wave before walking through the arch.


Naruto scaled the stony pathway upwards, using the shout every now and again, due to fog building along the path. Gotta watch my step. One false step and I get a free ride to becoming a gravity pancake. Naruto looked out onto the valley as he ascended, amazed at the view.

Naruto continued his ascension until it was late in the day. He ran into a few ghost like snakes made from ice, but easily destroyed them with a few slashes from his blade. He slipped a few times in the snow, but easily maintained his footing enough so he wouldn't slide off the mountain face.

He soon came to what he could only assume was the top of the mountain, or "The throat of the world" as people called it. The rocks around the crevice were sharp and icy, making climbing nearly impossible. Naruto spotted a crevice in the rock face, large enough for a man to pass without hassle, but saw a familiar gust of blizzard wind flowing through it.

"Just can't make it easy, huh?" He let out a sigh and shouted at the wind, watching it die down and allowing him access to the top without further hassle. "It's about time."

Naruto walked the path, and soon came to a clearing of sorts. It was a semi flat area with rocks and boulders scattered throughout, freshly fallen snow dusted the rock faces and mounded in other places. This is where their master is? There's nothing here! No building to retreat into, no fire to warm yourself, and barely any cover from the… wait, what's that noise? A familiar noise began to assault Naruto's ears, like the flapping of large sheets on a windy day.

"Oh, no. Not NOW!" Naruto unsheathed his blades and scanned the skies. He soon saw what he was looking for. The shadow of a large creature with wings appeared, soon accompanied with the loud roar Naruto had only heard once. A dragon has to attack me now?! I was just about to meet Paarthurnax too! Well, I suppose I have no choice.

The dragon swooped around the mountain once, and then landed on one of the flatter parts of the clearing. Naruto gripped his swords tightly, but hesitated. Why isn't it attacking? It could have roasted me with its fire breath, made a pass at me and try to rip me to shreds with its claws, but I landed and isn't showing any hostility. Why?

The dragon swung its head towards Naruto and slowly crawled its way towards him. Then it did something Naruto wasn't expecting at all. It spoke.

"Drem Yol Lok. Greetings, wunduniik. I am Paarthurnax." Its loud booming voice sounded like someone had turned the bass of a stereo up all the way. Naruto stood there, slightly dumb founded. THIS is Paarthurnax? The leader of the Grey beards is a Dragon?! Naruto sheathed his swords, realizing he wouldn't need them. But he still couldn't believe it.

"Wait, wait, wait a minute. YOU'RE Paarthurnax? THE LEADER OF THE GREY BEARDS, Paarthurnax." The dragon nodded his agreement. To which Naruto… busted up laughing. He didn't care how clod the snow was as he literally rolled around on the ground, laughing hysterically at the irony of it all. OF COURSE HE IS! It all makes sense! Who else could teach a human how to speak the tongue of dragons but A DRAGON!

Once Naruto wiped the tears away from his eyes and regained some semblance of composure, he talked to Paarthurnax once more. "I'm sorry about that, but the irony of the situation got the better of me."

"It is understandable, young one. But I must ask, who are you? What brings you to my strunmah… my mountain?"

"Well, the Grey beards allowed me up here because I've learned everything they could teach me… in one day." If a dragon could show surprise, shock, or awe, it would have been what Paarthurnax looked like right then. His head lurched back for a moment, before he brought his head closer to Naruto, eyes narrowed upon him.

"How many shouts have you learned?"

"Three. Unrelenting force, Clear skies, and Whirlwind sprint. Tho the latter is pretty much useless to me because I know of several different techniques that are pretty much better than it." Now it was time for Paarthurnax to burst into laugh. His deep voice boomed out like rolling thunder.

"You are an interesting one lad. But we are two of the dov, meeting for the first time. There are formalities to observe. By long tradition the elder speaks first." The dragon drew its head back and let loose a long gout of flame, scorching a nearby rock face. When he was done, there was glowing dragon script etched into its surface. Naruto approached the wall with confidence. After all, if Paarthurnax had wanted to kill Naruto, he would have aimed the flame at him and not the rock.

The knowledge of the word entered Naruto's mind, "Yol? Oh, the word of power for fire!" Naruto turned back to Paarthurnax, who was once again, surprised and speechless.

"You… understand Dova? No Dovahkiin before you has been able to read it as you have. Who are you, wunduniik {traveler}?" Naruto smirked, glad he could still surprise people.

"I have been called many names. The Orange Lightning of Konoha. The Living God of Assassins. But I still like going by my real name, Naruto Uzumaki Namikaze."

"Nau-Ru-Toor? Interesting name lad. Never before have I heard such a name." Naruto scratched the back of his head in response.

"Yeah, I'm not exactly from around here. But anyway, can you train me on the way of the voice?"

"Indeed I can. But to teach you all of the words of the dova, would take a lifetime, even for one as talented as yourself." Naruto let out a sad sigh. Well, I have no idea how much time I have here so I might as well. He was about to say something when Paarthurnax let out a loud shout right at Naruto.

"Laas tinvaak ONIKAAN!" Naruto felt wind pass thru him, but he didn't feel any actual wind hit him. Knowledge flooded his mind, brimming on the verge of overload. He gripped the sides of his head as the pain wracked his brain. This wasn't anything like his training with his kage bunshin. He had once created 100 clones to train on different subjects. The pain from their knowledge flooding his mind was like a paper cut in comparison to this.

Naruto felt like his head was splitting open. He could almost imagine his skin peeling back, his skull splitting open like the rind of an orange. Naruto let out the loudest scream he had ever uttered, one that would've left his throat hoarse for weeks if he hadn't had a ridiculous healing factor.

Naruto grit his teeth, trying to block out the pain, but instead, the knowledge flowing through his head began to translate into thoughts, images, words… things that Naruto began to understand. Soon, the pain began to ebb, and Naruto began to take in his surroundings.

He was laying on his back, staring at the impressive light show that flowed through the night sky. He tried to move, only to inhale sharply as the pain returned.

"Do not try to move. I just used a shout upon your mind, one that will permanently change your life." Paarthurnax's head came into view, looking down upon Naruto. Naruto tried to talk, but found his voice lost. "You're voice is gone as well. Do not fear, I mean you no harm for the shout I used was not one to hurt you."

Understanding flowed into his head, translation of what the shout meant. Let's see, Laas means life, Tinvaak means speech, and Onikaan means wisdom. So he pretty much just transferred his entire knowledge of dragon speech… to me. Wow, talk about a priceless gift. Naruto's eye lids began to feel heavy, his limbs grew cold, and soon sleep took him.


When Naruto awoke next, it was to a damp cloth on his forehead, and warmth spreading throughout his body. His eyes fluttered open and a familiar stone roof came in to focus. Wait, I'm in High Hrothgar? How the hell did I get back down?

"You're awake." A feminine voice called out from Naruto's side. He tried to move his neck to see their face, but his neck might as well have been made out of the same stone the room was formed from. He heard the muffled sound of footsteps approach his bedside, and the figure soon came into view.

Maria, Naruto had tried to say, but his voice was lost. Maria smiled softly and reached towards his forehead, switching out the wet cloth for a cooler substitute. She reached towards his neck with her hands, both glowing with a golden energy. Naruto was confused what she was doing, until a warmth permeated every pore of his neck. "It's a spell I picked up. It's called healing hands. Pretty useful for when…" Her voice dropped out, but Naruto knew what she was going to say next. For when you were with the Iron Daggers.

"The Grey Beards found you lying outside, unconscious and shivering. They took good enough care of you until their messenger came and got me. I rushed right away and arrived only yesterday." Naruto stared at the ceiling once more. Maria's head moved out of view, and the sound of wood scraping against the stone floor gave the idea that she had sat down. Silence coated the room, broken by a solitary question.

"Why did you do it?" Naruto turned his neck, surprised how well the spell worked. Maria sat in a chair, hands scrunching up part of the dress.

"Save you from the Dragon's attack? Or not giving you over to the authorities?" Maria didn't dare look at Naruto, her bangs covering her eyes.

"I attacked you. I had an arrow aimed for your head and you just save me from burning to death and then you save me from a life of imprisonment. Why?" Naruto rolled his head back to its original position and smirked.

"I don't know." Maria stared at the blond, completely confused. "I know it sounds weird and doesn't make any sense, but I just had this gut feeling about you. Like you weren't doing it because you wanted to." He turned to Maria and saw tears flowing down her face. "Maria? Are you ok?"

Maria vaulted forward and embraced Naruto, confusing the blond. "They had threatened me. I was in a convoy they attacked, killing all the men and saving the women for their 'fun'. I only escaped that fate due to offering myself up to help them." Her tears began to soak into Naruto's shirt. The blond took pity on her, and with a great effort, hugged her back.

"It's ok. You did what you had to do to survive." They stayed like that until the next morning.


He and Maria had traveled back together, the morning after Naruto was healed enough for travel. It only took them half a day of travel to get back to Whiterun. Well, it would've been a full day's travel, but Naruto had thrown a rock down the mountain with a hiraishin seal on it, skipping most of the travel time. Tho Maria was not really happy when he had picked her up bridal style, leapt off the cliff to allow him a clear shot at the rock, and then used the jutsu to warp to the valley below.

But regardless, they had made it back safely, but Maria was a tad bit paler. The duo had no problem getting in, but the second they walked in, well…

"NARUTO!" A female voice called out. Naruto only had a moment to draw his blade and block a strike that was aimed at his head. The wielder of said sword, grinning manically, was none other than Aela. "Feel like dueling me?" She asked with wild abandon. He was about to reply, but Maria beat him to it.

"We just got back from High Hrothgar… and you want to duel him?" Aela nodded her ascent, eager for the fight. Naruto let out a heavy sigh.

"Alright Aela, but go back to Jorrvaskr and I'll be there once I put my travel gear away." Aela grin widened and she walked away. Naruto turned to Maria, giving her a tired smile. "Looks like my nap is just going to have to wait."

"It's ok. You've got the stamina." Once she walked away, Naruto stood there flabbergasted. He shook his head as he followed behind her.

"There's a joke in there but I'm leaving it alone."


Naruto stood in his room once more, rolling his sore shoulders. His duel with Aela had been interesting, especially after he had to resort to releasing his training seals to half strength. Geez Paarthurnax, what did that shout of yours do to me?

Aela had started the duel like she had previously, coming at Naruto fast and furiously. Striking him with everything she had, not relenting at all. They had barely started their duel when Naruto felt his movements becoming resistant. It was at that point that Naruto had released the seals to half strength, just to keep up with her. Their duel had lasted not much longer than their first, but it had been harder to win for Naruto.

By the end of the day, Naruto was exhausted. He barely had enough energy to get home, strip down to the bare essentials, and collapse into bed. This whole thing has felt like one never ending day. First Paarthurnax uses a shout on me, giving me knowledge on Dragon speech. Then having to travel home the slow way, with no hiraishin seals. And finally having to duel Aela. Dear kami, if I don't sleep like a corpse, I'll be shocked.

Naruto crawled under the covers with what energy he had left and shut his eyes. He hoped he could get a decent amount of sleep, silently promising anyone who interrupted it, would pay dearly.


Naruto's eyes shot open when he felt it. There was a small amount of ki permeating the air, something that was strange within Whiterun. Sure people could be grumpy, angry, or any form of negative emotions. But within his whole time there, Naruto had never once, sensed anyone giving off killing intent.

But this Ki was different. Normally, Ki flowed through the air like a gas bomb going off, spreading evenly throughout the air. This Ki felt like an arrow, aimed right at Naruto. Regardless of how it felt, Naruto had to find where it was coming from, and deal with it.

Naruto sat up in his bed, still feeling the soreness from earlier. He stretched a bit, seeing how sore his muscles were. Thankfully, things seemed to be a lot better than they were earlier. Naruto got out of bed slowly, making sure not to make any noise, and grabbed some clothes. He dawned a basic sleeveless shirt and pants as quick as he could, grabbed one of his ebony blades, and made his way downstairs.

He made his way downstairs just in time to see the front door lock fidgeting. He leapt into the shadows, and enveloped himself in a basic genjutsu, allowing himself to become visually invisible. He then shrunk his presence down to the size of a marble, making it virtually impossible to sense where he was. Whoever is coming in, is gonna get a rude awakening.

The door slid open with a silence that was deafening. Had Naruto not seen the door open, he wouldn't have believed someone could enter that quietly. Note to self, figure out how they do that. A dark clad figure entered, and slid the door shut once more. Once the door was shut, Naruto got a good look at the perpetrator.

They were dressed in all black, covering all but their eyes. From what skin he could see, Naruto noticed their skin was a grayish hue, holding no color what so ever. From the tight outfit, he could make out lithe but strong muscles underneath, as well as the safe assumption that whomever they were, was a man of some form. That, or a flat chested, heavily masculine woman.

Their steps made no noise as they walked across the wooden floor, probably a bonus from their cloth like boots. The shadowy figure slowly and silently slid a knife out from somewhere on their body as they approached the stairs. Naruto made kage bunshin in certain shadowy parts of the room, making sure to mask their presence while also arming them with duplicates of his sword.

When the figure was half way across the room, Naruto struck. He and his clones all rushed from the shadows in the blink of an eye, all making sure to have their blades surrounding the neck of the assumed assassin. The blades were located in such a way, that if the darkly clad figure were to try anything funny, Naruto could easily dispose of him in an instant.

"Who are you, and what are you doing in my house?" Naruto asked bluntly. The assassin looked around at all the kage bunshin, eyes wide in disbelief. Naruto could tell what was going through his mind right then. The assassin was trying to figure out, how the hell Naruto had made clones of himself, hidden said clones within the room to the point that he hadn't noticed a single thing out of place, AND how they had appeared out of nowhere and now had their six blades at his throat and neck.

"Trust me, it'll be easier to just answer my questions, rather than figure out how I did all of it. And don't try to run, I could kill you a hundred times over before you even got near the door." The assassin's breath stayed stead, a sign of his training. To his credit, the assassin didn't say anything… at first.

"An assassin does not need explain his method to his target." Naruto had to resist the urge to face palm. What kind of moron tells his target he's there to kill him?

"Ok, mind telling me who sent you?" Again, the assassin held his tongue. "Look, I'm tired as hell, I've got more sore muscles in my body than I thought possible, PLUS you just tried to kill me, and I emphasize TRY." The assassin went stiff at the mention of him failing, obviously upset he had been outwitted. "So I'll cut you a deal. You tell me who sent you, and I'll let you go." The assassin stared at Naruto, completely baffled at his generosity. Hey, it wasn't every day that the man you tried to kill let you go just from a simple piece of information.

"He's from the Dark Brotherhood. They're a league of assassins." Lydia called from the stairs. Naruto glanced over for an instant, before focusing on the dark figure once more.

"League of assassin's, huh? Sounds like my kind of people. Do they have a creed?" In another universe, a white hooded figure sneezed.

"It's just rumors, but I've heard they had something called 'The Five Tenants'." It was at this point that the assassin made his move. He somehow got out of the six swords surrounding his neck, only for all six to pierce different parts of his body. One went through his left bicep, one through the right forearm, another came close to the groin on the left side, and the last three were stabbed in different places through his chest.

Naruto's clones stepped back, and the original ripped off the hood and mask, revealing his would be killer. His ash colored skin wasn't just make up like Naruto had assumed, it was his natural skin color. His defined features and angular facial structure were the first give away that the man before him, wasn't a normal human. His dark ebony hair was like the nights sky, void of any color other than black. His pointy ears were one of the most notable features he had, one that Naruto hadn't seen before.

"Dunmer. You're a dark elf. Why on earth would the Dark Brotherhood send a dark elf after you?" Lydia questioned. Naruto didn't bother replying as he gripped the front of the assassin's shirt and lifted him to his feet.

"It doesn't matter. What does matter is that these people have just made a huge mistake. They just pissed off the wrong man, and they are going to pay for that. Dearly." The dark elf began to chuckle, a trickle of blood coming from the corner of his mouth.

"We're going to pay dearly? Oh, I think you have that wrong. You see, we've heard about you, Naruto Uzumaki, through whispers in the night. And it seems like you already have enemies. Ones who would see you die." At this, Naruto grabbed the elf's head, and snapped his neck in one motion. The lifeless corpse dropped to the ground, like a sack of potatoes and sticks. Naruto turned to Lydia, fully expecting her to be shocked and disgusted with him, but was shocked himself when she wasn't.

"I shall inform the guards, my thane." She went to the door, only to turn back and say, "Get some rest, I shall see to the disposal of the body." Naruto nodded to her, and both members went their separate ways. As the wooded boards creaked under Naruto's ascension, thoughts flowed through his mind, racing like the rapids of some wild river.

I have enemies? Who? I've only been in Skyrim for barely a week and I've already have people who want to kill me? Geez, talk about stirring things up. Naruto walked into his room once more, shut the door, and collapsed onto the bed once more. He checked his training seals once more, just to make sure they were still active. After all, it wouldn't be fun if he were to toss and turn in his sleep and accidentally punch a hole in the wall, now would it?

As the darkness of sleep was about to take him, one thought went through his mind. Well, looks like things are starting to get interesting around here. A smirk crossed his features and sleep came quickly soon after.


TeFlyingWolf: And that's the end of that!

Iruka: Wait, you're going to end it there?

Wolf: Yup! Gotta have a cliff hanger after all! Why else would the readers come back?

Iruka: Cause they want to see if you learn from your mistakes and NOT fuck up like last chapter?

Wolf: Ouch, but good point. Again, sorry about last chapter folks. But I do have a bit of good news. I'm gonna start writing longer chapters.

Iruka: Like you have chapters that are 5k worth of words, rather than 4.5k?

Wolf: ALRIGHT! I get it. I have a lot to learn! No, but I'm going to try, And I mean TRY, to hit 10K a chapter.

Iruka: with or without Author notes?

Wolf: WITHOUT. I'm going to keep a better track of how much the A/N at the beginning is from now on so I hit AT LEAST 10K worth of ACTUAL STORY. Sorry to everyone who's been upset about that. I never noticed how short the chapters were until I looked at the website itself and saw the difference. Makes a hell of a difference when you copy and paste form Word to the site itself.

Iruka: So, you gonna wake the fellas up?

Wolf: Nah, I'll wake em up next time. They're gonna need their rest. TIL NEXT TIME FOLKS!

Note: If you know of anything (AND I MEAN ANYTHING) that's a major problem that I NEED to avoid, please tell me. I would hate to lose readers because of something like last chapter happening again.