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Chapter 11

(Mindscape)

Getting to his feet, Naruto looked around. The mental landscape which was once a sewer and later Konoha looked like a war zone. Buildings were ravaged and ransacked. Fires were all over. He shook his head and went to where the Forest of Death was located. The once great training ground was burning and he could hear familiar roars in the distance.

Passing the smashed gates he walked a straight path, which wasn't hard since most of the trees were smashed others were on fire.

It took him what felt like twenty minutes before he reached the center. Where once the tower stood was rubble and sitting in all his glory was the Kyuubi.

Naruto started walking towards the nine-tailed demon lord when he spotted something under the Kyuubi's paw.

"What the hell is a dragon doing in here?"

The Kyuubi looked down and Naruto who could read the foxes face could see the grin.

"Hello brat. Just having a discussion with this oversized geko." The Kyuubi's deep voice rumbled. "It's got delusions that its some jumped up Archdemon."

Naruto sighed. "Kurama, not that its nice to see you again, but I thought you were ripped out of me."

"Feh, like those incompetent losers could undo the work of the Shinigami. If it was your father then maybe." The giant fox said, its nine tails moving behind it. "They managed to cut me off until you drank the tainted blood. Right now my chakra is flooding your system that's why your body is in so much pain."

"So I'll be able to use jutsu's again?" Naruto asked hopefully.

"Yes and no. You can leap around like a monkey and enhance yourself again. But you'll need to use my chakra as they damaged your core." The Kyuubi said with a rough tone of disgust.

"It'll help against the Darkspawn at least." Naruto said.

"Darkspawn? Those wretched creatures are still around?" Kyuubi lifted up its paw. "You might be just a figment in the blood, but when the kit here faces you, you will see what a real demon lord and his jinchuriki can do."

"You know of the archdemons?" Naruto asked.

"Archdemons (snorts) please. They were low-level demons, parasites that found a way to possess dragons. With their powers they made them stronger and larger, but they were weaker than Shukaku."

Naruto was reeling. He had access to the Kyuubi's chakra. "What will I be able to do. And won't your chakra burn me?"

The dragon roared and Kyuubi looked at it annoyed. Leaning down he ripped off its head. "Enough out of you. I'll work on purging the taint this thing leaves. As for my chakra, I'll need month to alter your coils and while there might be a slight discomfort, you'll be able to enhance your speed, strength as well as your healing factor and I think that while you won't be able to use jutsu's, maybe and this a big maybe you might be able to use kitsune magic."

"Kitsune magic? What is that and what can I do with it?" Naruto asked.

"Heh, well you'd be able to use low level flame magic, camouflage, some glamour and of course your tree climbing and water walking."

Naruto sighed. "My shadow clones? The rasengan?" he asked.

"That I don't know. And if you do it'll take training to use my chakra. And you won't be able to summon the toads."

"Why not?" Naruto demanded.

The Kyuubi stretched and yawned. "Because you died back in Konoha. The moment you did your name faded on the contract." Kyuubi leaned down. "For what its worth Naruto, I am sorry. You've had a hard life and its just became harder."

Naruto reached up and touched the giant foxes snout. "Its alright Kurama. We settled those issues when we defeated Akatsuki. At least I'm not going to be totally weak against the Darkspawn. And while I might be a ninja of Konoha, I can be somewhat of a ninja again in the ranks of the Grey Wardens."

Naruto noticed his hands were fading. "Looks like I'm waking up. I'll talk to you later."

Kurama, the Kyuubi no Kitsune, nine tailed demon lord watched as his container faded and let out a sigh. "Now, lets get to work." He heard the roar of another dragon in the distance. With a snarl he let out his own challenging roar and thundered off into the Fade portion of Naruto's mind and soul, eager to battle and show the so called taint what it was up against.

XX

(Ostagar – Old Temple)

Naruto regained consciousness slowly, everything felt muffled like he was underwater and his vision was blurry. When he could see he found Alistair and Duncan hovering over him.

"Gah!" he said. "I must be in hell."

Both senior Warden's chuckled. "It is finished." Duncan said. "Welcome to the Grey Wardens."

"Who else did we lose?" Naruto asked as Alistair helped him sit up and handed him a water flask. Drinking it, he gargled and spit, trying to rid the taste from his mouth.

"Only the dwarf, Faren." Alistair said sadly. "With Jory and Daveth it makes three. In my joining only one of us died, but it was…horrible. I'm glad so many of you made it through." Alistair looked sad and Naruto could tell he had questions.

"How do you feel?" Duncan asked.

"Like I was run over by a giant toad." Naruto said. Alistair looked at him if he was insane.

"Such is what it takes to be a Grey Warden." Duncan said

Naruto looked around and spotted the others still unconscious off to the side. He saw that the bodies of Daveth, Jory and Faren had been removed. Naruto felt bad for the dwarf, he had hopped that none of them would die. Jory brought about his own death.

Alistair looked nervous, "Did you have dreams? I had terrible dreams after my joining." He said babbling in that way Naruto had noticed.

"Such dreams come when you begin to sense the Darkspawn, as we all do. That and many other things can be explained in the months to come."

Naruto tensed and Duncan noticed.

"Naruto, can I ask what happened? I've never seen a reaction like yours during the Joining." Duncan asked. Naruto looked at Alistair.

"Right. I'll check on the others." The former Templar walked away.

"The blood woke up Kyuubi." Natuto said softly.

"Woke him up? I thought he had been taken from you." Duncan said.

"No. They took my chakra and messed up my core. I still carry the Kyuubi." Naruto spoke softly. He was troubled in that he had lost a lot of abilities, but he would gain others. It would take time along with trial and error.

Duncan was thoughtful. "Will it cause trouble?" he asked thinking the last thing they needed was a Bijuu causing havoc during the Blight.

"He's not happy to hear that the Archdemons are still around. Kurama and I came to terms years ago. He'll be helpful. Can't have his prison cell appear to be weak."

Duncan relaxed a bit. "After this battle, I'll send a message to Tsunade."

Naruto shrugged. "It can keep." He looked at the others who were starting to stir.

And Alistair went to each giving them a flask of water and making sure they were awake.

Neria once she was up rushed over to Naruto. "Are you okay? What happened?"

The elf mage fired questions and was checking him over. The others came over before he could answer.

"Well you're alive." Lyna said. She looked a bit better and Naruto remembered that she had been carrying the taint since she joined up. The Joining dealt with the effects she'd been under.

"That or this is hell and you're all sent to tempt me." Naruto said.

Kallian shook her head. "What the hell happened? You were the only one to put on a weird light show."

"Yeah figured the mage would be the one to glow or sparkle." Elissa said kneeling next to her maibari which gave its mistress's hand a lick.

Sereda was staring at him, the dwarf's brow furrowed in thought.

"Just a strange reaction. Duncan said we'll talk about it after the battle." Naruto told them.

Alistair came back and handed each of them a necklace with a clear locket filled with blood.

"Before I forget, there is one last thing to your joining." He told them. "We take some of the blood and put it in a pendant, something to remind us…of those who didn't make it this far." Alistair lowered his chin and Naruto thought of Faren who in a short time had become a friend.

Duncan watched as they each placed the pendant around their necks. "Take some time." He told them. "Elissa, when you are ready, I'd like for you to accompany me to a meeting with the king."

The female Cousland looked surprised. "What kind of meeting?"

"The king is discussing strategy for the upcoming battle, I am not sure why he requested your presence." Duncan looked disturbed by this. "Its at the west end of this ruin. Please attend as soon as you are able."

Duncan turned to leave. "Alistair get them ready and assembled before my tent. I'll pass out assignments after this meeting."

Alistair took a deep breath. "Use this time to go over your weapons and armor. Once the battle begins there'll be no running off to the quartermaster." He looked where Duncan was seen walking. "Meet in front of Duncan's tent." He said and walked away.

Elissa looked troubled.

"We'll get your gear." Kallian said.

"Yeah, go and rub elbows with the king." Sereda said with a teasing grin.

"What did I miss?" Naruto asked.

"When we got here, King Calian greeted us. He was very interested in our Cousland." Lyna said crossing her arms. "I don't know why, I heard he's married."

"Stop." Elissa said. "I've know Calian since we were children and my father took me and my brother to court."

"That wasn't a look of friendship he was giving you salrocka." Sereda said. "That was outright lust."

Elissa waved it off. "Rox, go with Naruto." She instructed her faithful hound and went down the stairs.

Naruto shrugged. "Come on. We need to get ready." As the others filtered out Neria grabbed his forearm. "Do you have a moment?"

Naruto looked at her and nodded.

"What did the demon say to you?" the elf mage asked and Naruto wondered how she knew about his personal demon.

XX

AN: The battle starts next chapter and I've gotten a lot of flack about Naruto having and not having chakra. He's not gonna be over powered. I've had people say how unlikely it is of Duncan knowing about ninja and how Tsunade knew him. Whatever. If you don't like it write it better. I don't want to hear it.

I have a stack of games to play and more are coming. Sleeping Dogs, Lollipop Chainsaw, Transformers FOC are still in my to play pile and Assassins Creed III is in October. Add in I keep playing Dragon Age and you see how I keep falling behind. And I'm an insomniac, there are just not enough hours in the day to do all I want and need to do.

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TTFN ~ ESM

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