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[Zim: WE HAVE FINALLY RETURNED!!!
Gnarl: How did Zim get here!?
Jester: I let him in!
Gnarl: FOOL!!!
Zim: How dare you insinuate that ZIM is not welcome company!
Lord Pain: Oh god, why do you torment me so…
Slash: perhaps it's because you're a megalomaniacal Overlord, Sire.
Lord Pain: True…
Gnarl: Enough! Just start the fic before Zim breaks something important!
Zim: HOW DARE YOU SAY THAT ZIM WILL BREAK SOMETHING BELONGING TO THE MIGHTY OVERLORD! Zim only breaks things that belong to filthy dirt humans.
Lord Pain: Either way all of you shut up so the fic can finally start!]
NU: Dark Lord…
Chapter 25: Overlord in Albion…
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"Normal Speech"…
'Normal Thoughts'…
[Radio/Tower Heart In Use]…
"Jutsu In Use"…
"Demon Speech"…
'Demon Thoughts'…
"Inner Spirit Speech"…
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(With Zim…)
The familiar little green Goblin is currently sneaking passed several gates and into Konoha. Looking around a grin crosses over his face. "So many PITIFUL humans." He muses before crouching and moving to a dark alley where he then starts to rub his hands together. "Now all Zim needs to do is to prove himself to the Overlord and Zim shall gain his very own servant!" Zim says to himself with a diabolical laugh before making his way towards the back of the alley.
"But now Zim needs to think of something to do to the humans…" He thinks to himself before scratching his ass as he tries to come up with an idea to torment the humans of the village. "Well… I could always go and scare some babies… no! That's not tormenting! That's just really, really weird!" Zim says to himself as he crosses his arms and frowns in thought.
"Hey… what are you?" A girls voice asks from behind Zim as he continues to try and think of something to do.
"Huh? Oh, Zim is just a Goblin." Zim offers stupidly with a wave without turning around as he continues to focus on some kind of plan.
"Then why are you here?" The same voice asks and Zim blinks before answering.
"Zim was ordered to cause chaos for this Village to prove his worth! And so Zim shall!" Zim then offers before blinking several times. "Wait a minute!" He says then turns to point at a familiar pink haired girl. "Uh, Go away Human, you see nothing, NOTHING!" Zim orders of the girl, Sakura, who then blinks and her eyes widen.
"You're going to cause Chaos around… Wait, I can't LET you do that!" She shouts and Zim lunges at her, knocking her onto her back before glaring down into her face with a frown.
"Listen to Zim Pig Smelly thing!" Zim orders darkly while sitting on Sakura's stomach. "You will go home and forget everything you have seen! Or Zim shall make your every waking moment a horrible Nightmare from which there is no escape!" Zim threatens and the Girl moves quickly to knock him off and into a wall.
"My life is ALREADY a nightmare! I don't need anyone to make it worse!" She shouts at the Goblin as he flips back to his feet and glares at her heatedly. "Wait… cause Chaos…" She then starts to say before pointing at the Goblin accusingly. "It was you!" She shouts making Zim raise a brow and tilt his head.
"Heh?" He questions intelligently and Sakura growls at him.
"You're the reason no one likes me, aren't you! You're the one who changed Naruto into such a jerk!" She shouts and Zim wonders what the hell she's talking about. "Well I won't let you get away with it you snot green goblin! First I'm going to stop you, then I'm going to chain you up, then I'll drag you to the Hokage so I can get some recognition… yeah!" Sakura says while sounding half crazed, a bag of Chips in Zim's hands as he munches on them.
"Are you done yet? Zim has many things to do…" Zim asks then says with an annoyed look on his face, causing Sakura to turn to him with a snarl.
"Quiet you!" She shouts then jumps at him, Zim blinking then shouting as he jumps up, onto her back and kicks off her to land in a crouch as she slams into a trashcan with a groan.
"Ha! Zim would never fall to a weak pathetic Pig Smelly such as yourself!" Zim boasts as he then laughs at her, only for her to turn and glare at him as she lunges at him once more. This time the girl grabs Zim and grins as he struggles in her arms for freedom.
"Ha! Whose weak and pathetic NOW, Zim?" She asks mockingly and Zim growls.
"Release Zim! You, you…" He starts to say only to get distracted. "Hey… why is your head so big?" Zim then asks and Sakura twitches violently.
"MY HEAD'S NOT BIG!!" She shouts at the Goblin angrily and he then kicks her in the stomach, causing her to let him go as he then flips out of her grasp and into a crouch at the end of the alley.
"Ha! Now you know the Power of Zim!" Zim boasts as he then laughs and runs away from Sakura as she slowly sits up and glares towards Zim's retreating figure.
"Mark my words Zim, today marks the day that I hunt you down and stop you!" She then growls out angrily to herself mostly and then looks around, only to slap her face with a groan. "Great, now I'm talking to myself…" She grumbles before slowly getting up and making her way after the annoying goblin…
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(Albion…)
Naruto and Will both appear out of a strange flash of light, Naruto groaning while Will sways from side to side, seemingly dizzy. "I don't like that Transport beam… not one bit…" Naruto grumbles before looking around, finding both he and Will have landed in a snow covered area with old ruins dotting the land, a frozen lake to their far left, a wooden gate baring off a camp to their right, and a path leading to a large forest in the distance behind them.
"What the hell… it's winter here when it's summer in Konoha? Are we on the other side of the damn planet?" Naruto wonders while looking around and then rubs his chin as he walks around, soon coming to a mostly forested area he reaches to one of his two markers and crouches down, planting the little marker into the dirt. Taking a quick step back Naruto and Will both watch as first a round platform rises out of the ground, a familiar Tri-Whirlpool symbol on it, several arches then rising up around the back of it while four Minion Gates then form in front of it.
"Nice, now lets see if my Map-Charm actually works…" Naruto then says while raising his right hand, the red gem glowing as a literal map rises from the gem to show the terrain around the area. "Nice." Naruto whispers while Will looks all around then makes his way through the forest. "Wait, Will where the hell do you think your going?" Naruto demands and Will looks to him before making his way over to some wooden gates. "Hey! Dammit, Will stop!" Naruto shouts at his subordinate who tries to open the gates, only for them to hold firmly.
Rolling his eyes Naruto walks over to the little guy and pulls him away from the doors, ignoring a glare only for both of them to see two people running towards them. "Run away!" A bald man in a cuffed overcoat, leather weaved shirt with a chain around his waist, brown pants, and high class boots shouts towards Naruto as he runs beside of another man identical to him save for his black hair in a low ponytail.
"YEAH, RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!!" The other man shouts as both continue running closer and closer to the two before jumping behind them and cowering like craven dogs.
"Oh this is just SAD…" Naruto grumbles with Will nodding his head in complete agreement with the young Overlord. "Who are you two and what are you running from?" Naruto then demands with a frown and the two men look up before gulping.
"I'm Sam Spade." The bald one says before the other man, probably his twin brother, speaks.
"And I'm Max Spade." The one with the ponytail offers and Naruto blinks, and Will seems to twitch as if he knows what's going on.
"And we're running from… THEM!" Sam starts then shouts while pointing to where they had been running from, Naruto turning only to gawk as several dozen zombies are rushing towards them with swords, and old farming tools in hand…
"Un-Holy Shit! What the fuck were you two doing!?" Naruto demands and Sam and Max hug one another while cowering.
"I don't think that really matters! When we're about to become those Hollow-men's main course!" Max calls out as both grown men start to bawl like children, Naruto and Will both twitching before turning to the "Hollow-men" with frowns. Each of them have shriveled grey skin with numerous wounds still present on them, rags for clothing, coarse white hairs in varying styles, and crooked yellow teeth.
"I'll take the ugly ones…" Naruto mumbles with Will rolling his eyes.
"Which are the ugly ones?" Will absently wonders, though Naruto can hear it as he whistles slightly. Ignoring that Naruto quickly pulls his Dual-Sword from it's sheath and lunges forward, Will forming a Fireball in hand and hurling it at one of the Hollow-men before doing the same. Naruto evades a swing from one of the Hollow-men, and then quickly spins on his heel, slashing into a group of the Zombie like creatures and knocking them to the ground. Nearby, Will form's another Fireball into his hand only to concentrate on it.
"What the hell is he doing?" Naruto wonders before cursing as one of the Hollowmen nearly slices his head from his shoulders. "Whatever your going to do Will, do it fast! I need some damn help over here!" Naruto shouts while splitting the Dual-Sword in two, then throws one of the blades into a Hollow-man before spinning on his heel once more, pulling the Hollow-man along for the ride it slams into the others around it, knocking those he hits to the ground.
At that same moment, Will slam's his hands into the ground, a burst of fire swirling around him and then spreading out before engulfing nearly half of the Hollow-men and destroying them. Will twitched after this however, numerous red orbs of light flying into his body as he then quickly pulls his Cleaver from his back and throws it into one of the Hollow-men, causing it to fly back into another, both now connected by the Cleaver embedded in their sternums.
"Whoa… didn't know Will could make a spell that big…" Naruto muses before grinning as he then holds a hand towards the rest of the Hollow-men. "Burn!" He growls out darkly, a fireball flying from his hand and quickly followed by more as they slam into the Hollow-men, quickly turning them to ash. Laughing to himself as only the two stuck together remain, Naruto holds one of his Dual-Swords then throws the other and spins the chain, the sword spinning and lobbing the heads off the two hollow-men.
"That's it? I thought Zombies were harder to get rid of…" Naruto muses to himself while looking around, seeing that the snow has melted where both he and Will had used their Fire-Based Spells on the numerous Hollow-men.
"You saved us!" Either Sam or Max then shouted before Naruto felt his legs being hugged by the two morons and twitches.
"Thank you! You have no idea how long we've been running!" Max then says while hugging his legs and Naruto twitches more violently.
"GET OFF ME!" He then shouts and both let go of him quickly before looking at him fearfully. "Now then, what the hell happened to make those Zombie things chase you?" Naruto then questions while putting his Dual-Swords up and Will walking over to him with his retrieved Cleaver.
"Well… to tell you the truth, we were exploring this old cave over that way." Sam says while pointing to the east, Naruto and Will following his finger to see where exactly he meant.
"And while we were exploring we found this old Idol." Max then says before gulping as Sam shivers. "Unfortunately, dunderhead here had to read this ancient inscription on it and summon all those Hollow-men!" Max then says while nudging his brother, Sam looking at him incredulously.
"Me! You're the bloody one who said nothing would happen if we just read it!" Sam shouts at his brother and Max looks at him with an annoyed glare.
"Well you're the one who actually LISTENED to me!" Max offers and both start yelling at one another, Naruto and Will looking at each other before the young Overlord whistles loudly to gain their attention.
"Alright, enough of the blame game. Just tell me what I need to do…" Naruto states and both Sam and Max blink for a few moments.
"Well… all you really need to do is find the idol, and destroy it so the Hollow-men will stop being summoned." Sam offers and Naruto twitches slightly.
"And you didn't mention this earlier, why?" He asks with an annoyed growl in his throat and both Sam and Max grin nervously.
"Well… kind of because… er, never mind. Just hurry up and destroy it before the idol summons more Hollow-men!" Max says while making a motion towards the cave and Naruto merely crosses his arms.
"Give me one reason why I should help you two morons?" Naruto then questions and both men look to one another before sighing.
"Well… we can give you this weird thing we found if you do." Sam offers and Naruto rubs his chin for a moment.
"What kind?" He then asks and Max rubs the back of his neck.
"Well, it's this little charm we found in the woods. It's supposed to be like a translator of some kind. At least we think it is, but we're not really all that sure what it does." Max offers and Naruto rubs his chin for a moment in thought, then looks to Will who nods his head as if to say to do it.
"Fine. Will and I will take care of your stupid little Zombie problem…" Naruto grumbles as he and, Will then turn to walk the way of Sam and Max's footsteps. Once they are out of earshot however, Max turns to Sam.
"Think we should have mentioned that both that cave and the Idol are cursed?" Max questions and Sam shrugs his shoulders.
"Maybe… but hopefully he'll survive and not kill us if he finds out." Sam offers with Max nodding his own head in agreement with his twin brother…
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(Dark Tower…)
Tak, Akore, and Ayame are currently sitting in the Servants Quarters. The Servants quarters are amazingly nice considering who they are for, and is comprised of two floors, the lower floor is a Common Room, and the upper floor is the sleeping quarters. The lower room is a large circular room with a fireplace and several couches and chairs strewn about, a window or two and arches along the roof like the ribs of a beast. The sleeping quarters are one long room with numerous beds at either side with dressers and chests to hold the belongings of each individual Servant; a staircase between them resides at the back of each room.
"So how long have you two been servants to this young "Overlord" of yours?" Tak asks while sitting in a chair, the three all being in the Common Room while the other Servants rest.
"I've been here several months, almost a Year if I'm not mistaken…" Ayame muses and Akore frowns while glaring towards the girl.
"I've been here a few months." Akore offers snidely towards the Goblin girl, whom frowns towards the Drow.
"Then what do either of you do around here?" Tak then questions while crossing her arms and Ayame rubs her arms.
"I'm… I'm just a cook…" She admits and Akore snickers, making Tak glare at her with a deeper frown.
"That's an important Job to have, Ayame. The Overlord does need to eat after all…" Tak offers and Ayame smiles weakly towards the green skinned creature.
"I personally train the Dark-Overseer in the Draa-Velve or "Twin Blade" Style of Swordsmanship." Akore boasts with a proud, really more like arrogant, smirk on her face and Tak sneers towards her.
"Really? And here I thought you were nothing but a damn annoying AND useless little Dark-Elf bitch." Tak offers, making Ayame cover her mouth with her hands at a snort as she tries holding back her laughter while Akore glowers towards the now smirking Goblin girl.
"Hold thy tongue you filthy little Goblin!" Akore says with a snarl and both girls glare at one another heatedly.
"Um, shouldn't we at least try and get along?" Ayame asks and gets a look from both Akore AND Tak in response as if asking her "What do you think". "Never mind…" Ayame then allows before blinking to herself. "What are YOU going to be doing for the Overlord the, Tak?" She asks the goblin girl, who blinks and Akore grins darkly.
"Yes you hideous little worm. What can you possibly hope to offer the mighty Dark-Overseer?" She questions snidely with a smug look and Tak sneers towards her once more, easily hating the arrogant little bitch.
"I'm going to do as I'm ordered as a Servant should. But if he ever requires it I can also be an expert tactician and strategist." Tak says flatly before crossing her legs and Akore snorts.
"What can an insignificant and weak willed wretch of a Goblin know about that sort of thing?" Akore questions and before Ayame can do anything the Goblin Girl has lunged at the Drow woman with a roar, both biting scratching and clawing at one another as Ayame starts to rub her temples.
"Why do I have a feeling this is going to be common place around here?" She wonders to herself before giving a sigh and watching the two continue to do eachother bodily harm…
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(Back with Naruto…)
The young Overlord and his young ally slowly walk into a dark cave, both instantly noticing the thick fog floating just over the ground. "I've got a bad feeling about this…" Naruto mutters lowly to himself while pulling his Dual-Sword from his back once more. At his side, Will pulls his cleaver free and Narrows his eyes as if he knows something. Walking further into the cave both Naruto and, Will soon walk into a large part of the cave, filled with fog while an eerie Idol rests on a pedestal at the other side of the room.
"Alright, why hasn't anything attacked us yet?" Naruto wonders to himself as he and, Will both cautiously walk into the fog filled room. As soon as they do however, the Idol on the pedestal starts to glow, before a howling nose flows out of it. "I just had to Jinx it!" Naruto grumbles to himself as the howling rises and numerous Hollow-men start to rise out of the ground, moaning and groaning as they do so. Growling angrily Naruto lunges at the first of the Zombie like freaks and slices its head from its shoulders, while nearby Will forms a Fireball in his hand before throwing that at another Hollow-man.
"Why are these things so weak?" Naruto wonders while dodging a sloppy lunge from one of the Hollow-men then tosses a Fireball of his own into it. Seeming to ignore him entirely, Will focuses his Magic and then slams it onto the ground, the force of the fire spell flowing from him and incinerating the Hollow-men. Cursing Naruto flips backwards out of the way of the flames before glaring at his sorcerer.
"WOULD YOU NOT NEARLY KILL ME NEXT TIME WILL!!" He shouts at the boy who blinks before tilting his head, making Naruto slap his face before muttering under his breath as he walks over to the Idol. However before he can touch it the idol lets another loud wail out and the ground shakes and a new Hollow-man rises, this one wearing thick armor with a pair of wickedly curved swords in his hands. Upon seeing the new Hollow-man Naruto's eyes flare and a chuckle escapes his lips, taking a stance he and Will prepare to charge.
"Finally, a real Challenge!" Naruto shouts as he lunges at the Hollow-man Lieutenant, only for it to block and then shove him back. The Lieutenant then starts to spark as it unleashes a quick lightning spell at them, Will quickly forming a shield to block the spell. "Alright maybe it wasn't a good idea to want a stronger Zombie…" Naruto mutters while an idea comes to him.
"Distract it while I use my fireball spell on him." Naruto orders and Will nods his head, lunging forward on all fours only to jump into a double kick to the Hollow-Man's chest. Chuckling to himself Naruto then forms a Fireball in his hand before throwing it at the Hollow-man's back. The armored Zombie merely lurches forward however, surprising Naruto until he then sees, Will throw another one at the creature, this time at it's chest. Like Naruto's own however this Hollow-man is unaffected as it then swings one of it's swords at Will.
The young Will-user barely rolling out of the way in time to avoid his head being cut off. Growling Naruto then lunges at the Hollow-man, jumping he swings his sword, the Hollow-man moves to block the attack however then shove Naruto away. Once again Will forms a Fireball, however, this time he runs forward before shoving the fireball into the Hollow-man's face, causing it to fly back into a wall where it turned to dust like the other many Hollow-men they had fought.
"Well. Can't say I'm impressed with those Zombie things…" Naruto muses as he then flips to his feet before twisting on his heel and throwing one of his Dual-Swords at the Idol. Cutting it in half. However at that moment he started hearing screams once more and held up his left hand, the yellow gem on his hand starts to glow as a blue beam of energy flies from the destroyed idol and into his hand.
"What the hell?" Naruto wonders before his left hand acts on it's own, snapping his fingers he sees several strange glowing spheres suddenly appear and his eyes widen.
"Master! This is truly a momentous Occasion! You've captured a new Tower Spell!" Gnarl shouts out happily and Naruto blinks before looking at his left hand strangely for a few seconds.
'And that would be exactly what Gnarl?' The young overlord questions and Gnarl sighs for a moment before answering.
"You've captured a Tower-Spell by destroying that Idol, your Overlord-Charm sensed a Magical ability the Tower doesn't have and so it absorbed it for future Overlords, and yourself to use! You have gained the first of our "Mysticism" Spells. They will allow you to shape your Magic and use it in its purest form. The first seems to be a "Summoning" Spell. As you grow stronger I'm sure you'll be able to summon more than a few wisps to help you." Gnarl explains and Naruto looks at the "Wisps" that are currently floating around him, one even landing on his shoulder. Wisps are tiny blue balls of energy with tiny wings, somewhat resembling a Hummingbird.
'Okay… what exactly ARE these wisp things then, Gnarl?' Naruto then question's of the aging Minion Master who yawns for a second before answering.
"A Wisp is a Lost-Soul that has been unable to leave this world, Sire. They are tortured spirits unable and unwilling to leave this world behind." Gnarl explains gravely and Naruto frowns before waving a hand, all but one Wisp vanishing, the one wisp currently staying on his shoulder.
"Great, now we have a tag-a-long…" Naruto mutters as he turns to leave while, Will follows him out of the place, only to stop and grab the head of the Idol. Walking out of the cave and soon returning to Sam and Max, Will shows them the head of the idol and both men sigh in relief.
"Thank goodness, now mum won't kill us for causing trouble again." Sam says lowly with Max nodding his head in agreement.
"Ahem…" Naruto growls out while tapping his foot impatiently and the two blink before grinning nervously.
"Oh right, your reward. Here you are sir. The "Hunters Earring" it's supposed to translate all languages so you can understand them. But we've never actually gotten it to work." Max offers while handing an item to a now twitching violently Naruto. The Earring is simple, being a wolves fang hanging from a thin purple rope for wrapping it around the ear, a thinner piece reaching to a small stone with runes etched into it for placing inside of the ear in order to hear through it.
"Get out of my sights you morons…" Naruto growls out to Sam and Max and both men nod as they go running towards the town beyond the forest. Will however notices a woman with deep red hair, blind nearly white eyes, and tanned skin, in a red/white cloak with gold rings and bracelets walking out of the camp he'd tried to enter and quickly makes his way over to her. Seeing this, Naruto grumbles to himself before sending the Hunters Earring to Gnarl to study, and then walks over to catch up with, Will.
Said boy is standing in front of the now amused woman, moving his arms animatedly and trying to speak to her, she merely tilts her head to one side before kneeling down and patting the boy on the head. Stopping his actions at this, Will looks the woman in the eyes pleadingly and she seems to understand his plight immediately, a strange smile crossing her lips as she reaches a hand out to his shoulder.
"What do we have here? A lost boy in search of someone?" The woman questions with a strange smile on her lips and, Will nod's his head to her quickly. Smiling slightly more widely at this, the woman lifts a hand to her brow and closes her eyes before opening them and turning them back to the young boy. "Both of your Sisters are in Bowerstone my little lad, you can follow me there if you like…" She whispers to Will and he nods his head rapidly to the woman.
"Then let us go there quickly. This story is only just beginning for you, young Hero…" The woman whispers to Will before standing up and walking off towards a nearby city, walking right passed Naruto without even stopping.
"Hey! Who are you lady, and where the hell do you think your taking Will!?" Naruto asks rudely while stomping over to the woman with his arms crossed and an annoyed frown on his face. Turning her head to face him, the woman gives another eerie smile, this time to the young Overlord, before finally answering.
"Just a simple Gypsy taking a boy to see his family in Bowerstone Old-Town… young Overlord." The woman offers simply before saying with a smirk, Naruto's eyes bolting wide open in surprise. "Do not be so surprised that I know what you are. I even know what you seek… or rather I should say, WHO you seek…" The woman then says with her fingers laced together, palms up at her waist.
"Who the hell are you old woman?" Naruto demands with a frown and the woman merely smiles in response.
"Over history I have had many titles young one. The Blind Seeress, The Queen of Thieves, The Mistress of the Dark Tower, and The Left Hand of the Overlord… But my name my young descendant is and always has been one thing…" She says simply with a smirk forming on her lips as Naruto's eyes widen once more… "Theresa." Theresa then says while walking passed a confused yet intrigued Naruto. "Now come. You still have much to learn Naruto, and I have much to teach you." Theresa then says as she makes her way down a long stretch of road, Naruto absently following after her with Will at his side…
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TBC…
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