Well here is a treat for all you lovely readers, I decided to type and post this all in one day.
Also, I have posted a poll on my page regarding whether Alexstrasza should be included in the pairing.
Also, I would like to clarify the Spider-man vs Iron Man challenge I posted in the last chapter.
What I meant was Spider-man in his standard suit vs Iron-man, although thank you Oniele for point out the already existing Spidey vs Iron-Man story, now if only I knew the title.
But anyway, on with the show! -hits a button that immediately causes the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers theme to start playing. –
Ooops, wrong button. -presses a button with a green arrow on it-
Naruto sighed to himself as he remembered the little progress he had made over the course of the rest of the week, so far, he had gotten a blood elf family to allow him to train their youngest son. However, every troll family he had been to that night had turned him down, many of them understandably worrying about their children's safety. Sighing he was about to just head home when he heard something, like somebody getting thrown against some trash cans, a sound he was admittedly all too familiar with from his you, coming from an alleyway just ahead of him. Walking into the alleyway he saw a small, for their species anyway, troll child who couldn't possibly be any older than thirteen, wearing ratty clothes, red mohawk, one of his teeth looked like it been broken off, and he had blood seeping from his lip. Of course, what Naruto took notice of was the three, strong looking boys surrounding him.
"Get out of here you freak," the apparent leader shouted, "we don't want your kind around here."
The other two boys cheered in agreement, meanwhile the troll child got up and raised his fists as if he were going to fight back.
"Come on ya cowards," the troll child demanded.
"You just don't know when to give up do you," the leader asked sarcastically, as punched the troll child in the face. Only for the troll child to get back up and ball his hands into fists.
"Ah can do dis all day," the troll child stated, just as one of the other human children reared back to punch the troll child he felt his arm not wanting to budge. It was then, as he turned to tell off whoever was stopping him from carrying out, what he considered, judgement on a lesser being, that he saw who it was exactly holding him back.
"Uzumaki-sama," the boy called out, bowing his head deeply in respect with the other two following suit.
"What's going on here," Naruto asked with a sharp tone to his voice, the tone warning them to tell him the truth.
"We were just getting rid of an unwanted nuisance," the leader of the group stated. The troll child glared at the three kids.
"Perhaps you would like to do the honors Uzumaki-sama of ridding us of this pest," one of the other boys offered glee in his voice. At that the troll child looked scared, thinking that maybe one of the village's advocates of tolerance would be two-faced.
"You three," Naruto said to the three bullies, who were grinning thinking that he was going to commend them, "leave now."
The three boys looked up at him in shock while the troll child looked in surprise, expecting a lot but not that.
"But Uzumaki-sama," the leader said, "we must get rid of the leeches and trash that dare sully Konoha."
When the leader said that the look on Naruto's face darkened to a scowl, bad memories from his childhood starting to surface.
"That child is just as much a part of this village as any of you," Naruto declared, his glare intensifying and killing intent starting to slowly seep out, "and you should be treating him as you would any human member of Konoha's population."
The bullies looked at him in shock, as if he was suggesting that the sky was polka dotted and that they were breathing water.
"I ought to punish the three of you such actions," Naruto stated, "but for now go to your homes and pray to the Kami that they forgive you for what has happened here, and trust me right now I am being generous."
The boys looked between each other, almost as if they were wondering what they were supposed to do now.
"Now," Naruto shouted, causing all of them to scurry away like rats. Before he turned and looked at the troll child who was standing there evaluating him in the exact same way.
"You got a place to stay tonight kid," Naruto asked.
"What's it to ya," the troll child asked, distrust lacing his voice.
"Call me a concerned citizen," Naruto answered, "so you got a place to stay?"
"I might," the troll child stated.
"I meant other than a dumpster or a cardboard box," Naruto stated, looking at the troll child with sympathy. The troll child scoffed and looked down and to the right.
"You got anybody you can stay with," Naruto asked, looking at the child who still refused to meet his eye.
"If I did do you honestly think I would be on the street," the troll asked, the challenge in his voice.
"That settles it then," Naruto stated, his mind made up.
"Settles what," The troll child asked, anger starting to seep into his voice, with him thinking that Naruto was just going to abandon him.
"You're staying with me," Naruto answered, a fox like grin almost splitting his face in half.
"Why would I do that," the troll child asked, the edge in his voice growing sharper.
"Well for one thing it beats sleeping out on the streets," Naruto answered, "and second, we street rats should look out for each other, and you start training with me in a few days."
"Training for what," the troll child asked, perplexed.
"Your new potential new profession of course," Naruto answered with a smirk, "by the way kid you got a name."
"Zin'Jin," the troll child, identified as Zin'Jin, answered, "only thing my parents gave me."
"Trust me kid they might have given you more than that," Naruto stated, "of course I am only speaking from my own experience on the matter."
With Sylvanas…
Now there were many words that were used to describe Sylvanas Windrunner, on both the flattering and the markedly unflattering end of the spectrum, but tongue tied was not one of them. So, when Naruto came home with a troll child with a broken fang he called Zin'Jin and declared that he was living with them for the foreseeable future, she found herself at a loss for words. Granted she was aware of his kind and giving nature, however the practical side of her saw another mouth to feed. However, she could not find it in her to get onto him for some reason.
"You can have my room kid," Naruto stated to Zin'Jin, "it's the second door on the right."
"But where ya gonna sleep," Zin'Jin asked in confusion.
"He can sleep with me," Sylvanas blurted out before she had time to think about it.
"You sure," Naruto asked, surprise and confusion written all over his face at her proposal.
"Yes," Sylvanas answered, trying to sound confident.
"I can sleep on the couch," Naruto offered, Zin'Jin's eyes just kept darting back and forth between the two of them in curiosity.
"You two together," Zin'Jin asked, studying both of them with an eagle eye.
"No," Naruto answered, not seeing the somewhat hurt look in Sylvanas's eyes, "we're just friends."
"Yeah," Sylvanas stated, trying to ignore the broken feeling in her chest, "we're just friends."
"Then what's da problem," Zin'Jin asked, scrunching his nose.
"It's impolite for people who are not couples to share a bed," Naruto explained with some hesitation.
"Whatever," Zin'Jin stated before wandering to Naruto's room to sleep. Meanwhile, Naruto and Sylvanas looked at each other nervously.
"So, I'll sleep on the couch," Naruto offered.
"No, it's alright you can sleep in my bed," Sylvanas stated.
"But then where will you sleep," Naruto asked, "cause I refuse to let a lady sleep on the couch."
"You forget I don't need sleep remember," Sylvanas answered, feeling a warm sensation starting in her chest and working its way to her limbs.
"Are you sure," Naruto asked, concern written on his face.
"Yes," Sylvanas answered, and honestly, she planned on using the night to decipher the new sensations that she was feeling.
"Alright then," Naruto stated, looking at her with some concern.
"Good night," Sylvanas stated, offering a small smile.
"Good night," Naruto replied, walking to Sylvanas's room with a small frown on his face, and the strange part was that he didn't know why.
In Kalimdor…
Thrall, Varian, Malfurion, Alexstrasza, Ysera, Tyrande, Velen, and Vereesa were in the port town that Thrall had suggested, overseeing the preparations for the voyage. But they had been asking for too much in expecting the members of the Horde and Alliance to get along, after all you can't expect many years of hostilities to just melt away in the span of a single year. Thrall sighed as he walked down the streets with Varian walking next to him, hoping that it would send a message to the people in the town that it was possible for the two to get along. Needless to say, it was still a sight to see humans, orcs, night elves, blood elves, pandarians, trolls, taurens, and small numbers of goblins, dwarves, gnomes, and worgens in one place without them trying to outright trying to kill each other.
It was just as they passed a tavern that a human man, in full plate armor with brown hair, went sailing out the door and landed in the middle of the street. Shortly afterwards a bloody and angry human man, also dressed in plate armor, stormed out and grabbed the man in the street by the arm holes in his armor.
"If you ever insult my friend like that again then a bit of bleeding is going to be the least of your concerns," the human that was evidently bleeding shouted, before roughly shoving the other human into the ground. Shortly afterwards an exasperated female orc hunter in leather armor walked out and put a hand on the standing human's shoulder.
"John it's fine," the female orc said to the human, now known as John, to calm him down.
"But Setina he shouldn't be allowed to get away with the things he said to you," John replied, looking at the female orc called Setina with concern.
"You two," Varian called, pointing to John and the armored man lying on the ground, "come here."
"You as well hunter," Thrall stated and the three of them walked over to their respective leaders, after the armored one got up of course.
"Now first off what are your names," Varian stated, looking at the humans while Thrall looked at Setina.
"John Galloway your lordship," John answered.
"Tristen Smithers my lord," the armored man, now identified as Tristen, answered.
"And yours," Thrall demanded, eyeing Setina.
"Setina Raptorgouger great warchief," Setina answered, bowing in respect.
"Now can someone please explain to me what happened," Varian stated, eyeing all three of them in turn.
"Well sir," John started, while pointing to the tavern the three of them had just vacated, "I was sitting in that tavern over there, when I spotted Setina and decided to have a drink with her."
"That still doesn't explain why one of my men threw another one out the door," Varian stated, glaring at the two of them.
"Well you see sir," John replied, "a while back I had been on a scouting mission and had a been trapped when the building I was in collapsed on me, Setina over there pulled me out and nursed me back to health. During that time, we become friends, then as we were drinking and telling jokes, Tristen over there mad a comment that upset her so I asked him nicely to apologize. When he refused the second time and called her a derogatory name that's when I swung."
"Is that true," Thrall asked Setina.
"Aye warchief," Setina answered, "every word of it."
"That still doesn't explain how you got that cut on your head or how he ended up in the street," Varian stated, glaring harder at the two.
"Well my lord," Tristen stated, "after he swung at me for what I said about that heathen, I pulled out a dagger to defend myself. Next thing I know that barbarian punched me in the face and then he hurled me out the door."
Varian and Thrall looked at Setina in confirmation and she just silently nodded her head.
"Normally I would look the other way and let the two of you sort it out," Varian stated, looking between John and Tristen, "but I cannot tolerate this kind of behavior. Therefore, the both of you shall be on extra duty rotations for the remainder of our time here."
"But my lord," Tristen started to protest, only for a glare from Varian to halt any protests he might have made.
"This is not open for discussion or debate," Varian stated.
"You will report to your overseer in the morning huntress," Thrall stated, giving Setina a soft glare, "I have worked too long and too hard to achieve what little peace we have with the humans for you to jeopardize it. Therefore, you will also be put on an extra duty shift for the remainder of the time we're here. So that hopefully in future you will know to let the humans sort out their own problems."
"As you command warchief," Setina replied, looking at the ground.
"Now leave," Varian ordered, causing Tristen to stomp away in a huff and John to walk a short distance away.
"You may go," Thrall stated, and then Setina walked off and joined John for the last bit of time they would have together for a while.
"Well Thrall," Varian said with a smile and a chuckle, "looks like there's hope yet.
"It certainly looks that way doesn't it," Thrall asked with a smile on his face as he and Varian continued their walk-through town.
So, what do you all think?
Surprised that I put out another chapter so soon?
Well anyway I would like to post another challenge while I am thinking on it, Spider-man x Wasp, can someone please do this I don't see too many fanfics dealing in this pairing.
Any who I hope you all enjoyed!
-spray paints Death's mask from Darksiders on the screen-
And remember, the Apocalypse will be televised!