Skull: Hey! Skull here with the latest update, sorry about the late update but I kind of lost the damn USB key where I saved it. Hehehe.
Saphira: Okay...well? Where is it?
Skull: Hmm? Oh, Well I still haven't found it, but I found out that I could've just saved it on 'my saved documents' on my fanfiction page, and just copy and paste it on this computer I'm typing this chapter on.
Saphira:...
Eragon:...
Naruto...
Saphira:...Get over here so I can KILL YOU!
Skull: AAAAHHHH!
Naruto: About time! You were taking forever! Anyway, Skull doesn't ownNarutoorEragon.Christopher Paolini and Kishimoto Masashi does.
Eragon: Well, on with the story!
"I'm epic"- Kurama, Dragons, shouts, etc.
"I'm epic"- jutsu (except flashback no jutsu), spells, etc
"I'm epic"-normal talk
I'm epic-thoughts
Old Friends
At long last they arrive at Teirm, which was surrounded by a huge, white wall.
"All right everyone, Eragon, Saphira and myself will try and see if Jeod is still here. We'll get Saphira to contact you on where we are when you're done, alright? Good. Now stay out of trouble and all that." Brom said.
Naruto and Kushina nodded and left.
"Hey Brom? How come Naruto and Kushina aren't coming with us?" Saphira asked.
"Naruto said that he knows some people who could greatly help the Varden" he answered.
"OK"
( Oh yeah, before they came to Teirm Naruto and Eragon had a talk about the Ra'zac and agreed that Eragon needs to get stronger first so he had to go and help the Varden to get training from both the elves and the Varden. Just wanted to get that out there, ya know? Cause I'm lazy :P)
When they get to the gate, the group give their fake names in their best accents and act kinda silly/demented. The guard waves them through.
Eragon and Naruto notices that the city is designed with buildings that get progressively taller as they get closer to the castle. Brom explains that this allows archers to shoot down at invaders without hitting their buddies in front of them.
They notice that the locals look pretty grim, as if they've recently had trouble, too.
Brom says that they better find Jeod, so they duck into a tavern called "The Green Chestnut."
Naruto and Kushina leaves the group then to find some old friends.
0.O.0
With Brom, Eragon and Saphira
Brom leads the three of them to a simple tavern. Inside he ask the barkeep if he knows anyone called Jeod, but the bartender is going to need some moolah to part with that info. In other words, they'd need some money.
"Oi! Ye ass! Ye don't even know who the lad is!" a man who seemed drunk exclaimed. He then turned to them with a grin, "Hi! I'm Martin and I'm drunk! Ahem, anyway if yer lookin' fer Jeod 'e can be found in the west side 'o the town!" He said helpfully. Then he volunteers even more info: apparently, local merchants like Jeod have been losing ships right, left, and centre. They are being sunk by mysterious attacks.
"Are you seriously trusting his info?"Saphira asked.
"Well it's the best we have right now," Brom answered. She reluctantly agreed.
Brom and Eragon thank him for the info, down their beers, and take the story over to the west side!
When they get there, the west side of town is pretty ritzy, and Eragon feels out of place.
0.O.0
With Naruto and Kushina
"You sure about this Sochi-kun?" a red-haired woman asked her spiky, blonde-haired companion as they entered a worn down Tavern/lodging. In front of them was a crowd. They couldn't see what they were looking at but assumed that it was a fight considering the yells and noise.
"Yep. Definitely Kaa-chan." he answered. Kushina discretely blushed at that. What the hell is wrong with me?! I'm not supposed to feel this way about Sochi-kun 'ttebane! Wait, kun? Where did that come from?!
"-an! Kaa-chan! Are you alright?" Naruto yelled waving his hand up and down her face, drawing a some of attention.
"Hmm? Yes! Yes! I'm ok." She said still blushing, and then glaring at the people looking at them. Naruto scrunched his face up near her for a moment then shrugged. "Ok!"
"Ok, now where are they?" he mumbled to himself before looking at the crowd and suddenly facepalming. He then grumbled to himself as he pushed his way to the front of the crowd. Kushina looked at him oddly before shrugging and followed him.
He stops in front of a red-haired woman, about his age wearing clothes that were definitely not from Alagaesia. She was beating up a fat person in brown rags.
Kushina knew instantly that she wasn't from here.
Naruto sighed out loud then said, "Still as rowdy as ever, huh Tayuya?"
0.O.0
With Brom, Eragon and Saphira
Eragon, Saphira and Brom entered a herbalist's shop to ask which house belongs to Jeod. Angela (the herbalist) teases them about how they phrase their questions, but eventually tells them what they want to know.
Angela was trying to prove that toads don't exist, only frogs.
Angela was…odd. Saphira concluded. But she's ok for a human.
They leave the shop and go knock on Jeod's door. At first there's no answer, but then his wife comes to the door. She tries to tell them that Jeod is very busy, but eventually goes to get him. (Doesn't anybody do what they're asked right away in this town?)
Jeod comes to the door. He's an old-looking fellow with a big scar on his head.
"Brom?" he says at once, though shocked to see him.
He's happy, though, but says that they can't talk there. He ducks back into his house and comes out again with a rapier (a long, skinny sword) by his side. He's also got on a fancy hat and cape.
They walk toward the city's citadel, where, Jeod explains, all the business owners are forced to keep their offices. He leads them through the gate and into his designated room in the castle.
At last, they can talk. In a castle.
Jeod and Brom reminisce about the time when they last saw each other. They were separated in some kind of "turmoil" in the city of Gil'ead. Eragon got the feeling that they're leaving out a lot of details since he's sitting there.
Brom explains that he fled to Carvahall and laid low after they were separated.
Then he quickly changes the subject to Eragon's quest to find the Ra'zac. He explains their plan to track the Seithr oil shipments and asks if Jeod can help. Jeod agrees; he'll put them up at his house while he helps them. Then he compliments Eragon and Saphira on inheriting such a unique name.
Brom then asks, "Saphira, Eragon can you and go check on the horses?" Eragon knew that they're being asked to leave so that Brom and Jeod can talk in privacy. They take the hint, though he's not happy about it and Saphira? Couldn't care less. But then realizes that he's got magic on his side.
He whips out a pack of cards and starts to shuffle—ah, we kid. What he really does is use magical super-hearing to eavesdrop on Brom and Jeod's convo.
Jeod is complaining about how the shipments to a place called Tronjheim are not getting through. Maybe there's a traitor in their midst. He suggests that Brom take Eragon to Tronjheim, but Brom says that the dwarves would "tear him apart" Dwarves!
Instead, Brom decides to send word to someone named Ajihad. Plan decided. They get up to leave.
All of this eavesdropping has left many questions in Eragon's mind.
0.O.0
Later
As they headed back to his house, they ran into Naruto, Kushina, a man and two other women with them.
Eragon noted, the man had orange hair, which was pretty rare. Though he had a muscular build, he didn't seem to be clumsy or destructive at all. He wore a plain white shirt, brown leather pants a brown belt. He also wore grey studded sandals. The other thing he had on was a silver pendant and a serene smile on his face. Naruto introduced him as 'Jirobo'. (Bet ya thought it was Ichigo Kurosaki didn't ya?)
One of the women had Kushina's red hair, though she had a cap on. Her clothes seemed to be out of place, but he didn't say anything about it lest he gets beat up for it. She had on a cocky smirk and was holding a plain purple flute. Eragon then made the connection that her clothes might've been from where Naruto came from from some of the pictures he'd seen in his hut in Carvahall. Thus he made the conclusion that she wasn't from here. Naruto said that her name was 'Tayuya'.
The last woman had the strangest hair Eragon had ever seen, but he didn't stare. She had blue hair. Blue! Who the hell has blue hair?! Anyway, her clothes were even weirder. She had a LARGE, black cloak with a picture of a red cloud stitched on the front and back. Her hairstyle was it was rolled into two 'buns'. She had an origami flower, from what Kushina told him, on her hair and a piercing just in the middle, under her lip. Naruto told them that her name was (You obviously know by now...if you don't then I feel bad for you) Konan.
They introduced themselves and vice-versa.
"Erm, Naruto?" Brom asked.
"Yeah?" he answered.
"Who are they?"He said.
"Oh, well they're going to help the Varden" Naruto answered.
"..." Brom looked at him.
"What?" Naruto asked.
"No offence to you or your friends here but, they're children except for Konan and two of them are women!" He said.
They all frowned at that.
"Are you saying that women can't fight?" Konan and Tayuya said in a dangerous voice as the air became colder.
"N-no! Bu-"
"Children?" Jirobo asked coldly. His face were covered by the shadow of his hair, but his eyes could be seen clearly, like a cat, in the dark with an insane glint in them.
Brom suddenly realised that he f***** up, and felt like he stepped in front of an army of dragons that were trying to kill him with nothing to defend him except some tissue.
Naruto then smirked and shook his head at them and everything was back to normal. Hell they were even grinning. Brom, Eragon, Saphira and Joed sweatdropped at the sight.
"I think they're gonna be great Brom! Just trust me!" Naruto said cheerfully. Brom just nodded weakly.
They walk back to Jeod's house and, along the way, he lets them know that things ain't exactly wonderful on the home front. He's got financial troubles, which doesn't make his wife Helen very happy. In fact, instead of eating in, it might be a better idea if they go out for dinner.
Jirobo said that they could 'hangout' at their place instead. Everyone agreed but Brom and Joed 'cause they had some catching up on old times over a yummy meal at a large tavern. Afterward, they head for home, but Saphira wanted to fly for a bit, though she didn't tell Joed. Eragon just said that he and Saphira wanted to walk around for a bit. Jeod warned them both to be inside the city walls before dark, and they part ways.
Eragon high-tails it outside with Saphira. They discuss their plan to track the Ra'zac. Maybe magic can help them search through the records.
It's getting dark. Saphira takes Eragon down to the ground, and they make it back to the city gates just in time. They make their way back to Jeod's and finds him, Naruto and Brom in the study. They discuss their plans to search the shipping records.
Eragon asked if he could help since Naruto taught him how to read before.
Joed points out all the books in his study, and Brom pulls down one called Domia abr Wyrda, or The Dominance of Fate. It details the history of Alagaësia, but has been banned by the Empire.
Jeod is tired, so he heads off to bed and Naruto headed off to where Jirobo and the girls are. Brom, Eragon and Saphira head to their rooms, too, but Eragon has one more question before he hits the sack.
"Hey Brom?"He started.
"Yes?" he answered.
"I wanted to know if I can use magic to call up an image of something that you can't see." He asked.
Brom looks at him and said, "Yes, the practice is possible and is called 'scrying', but only with things that one has seen already. You have to look into a reflective surface." Brom gives him the magic words (I forget them and I'm still trying to find out), but tells him not to use them tonight.
Eragon then said "I want to scry Roran to make sure that the Ra'zac haven't gotten to him." Brom tells him that this is definitely a possibility. Way to cheer things up, Brom!
"But it's unlikely that the Ra'zac will harm Roran, even if they catch him. King Galbatorix likely wants to see if Eragon will join him, so he won't want to kill his cousin and risk turning Eragon against him. So that's the good news." He said.
"But, here's the bad news: if the king ever does get the chance to invite you, Eragon into his service, it will mean that he's close enough to kill you if he refuses."
Brom says that dying for what you believe in is easy—people do it all the time. "The real courage," he says, "is in living and suffering for what you believe"
With that, Brom has delivered yet another pep talk to send Eragon off to bed.
A/N: I'm adding this; JiroboxTrianna
And Naruto's harem poll is closed 'cause I think that's enough for it.
I apologise for any other inconvenience, grammar and spelling errors.
'Till next time,
Ja ne!