Disclaimer: One time at band camp…I didn't own Naruto or World of Warcraft.
Here is the next installment of The Legend of Uzumaki Naruto.
For those who don't know: This takes place several decades after the actual World of Warcraft game, but it contains almost all the main characters.
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Kira rubbed her temples, muttering softly to herself as she ascended the staircase nearest her room. Kylia was trailing after her, a sympathetic look on her face.
"His Holiness must be a very harsh teacher, my lady, are you sure you are all right?" she asked, watching the young princess mutter to herself. Kira sighed and nodded, saying,
"You know how he gets…though he did seem a bit rough this time." Kylia nodded her agreement, before moving ahead of the other girl in order to hold open the door to her chambers. Kira entered and flopped down on the bed almost instantly, causing Kylia to giggle slightly before taking a seat in a chair next to her mistress's bed. It had certainly been a long day.
Kylia, who had informed her that Benedictus wished her to come to the chapel at once, though he would not say why, had awakened her early in the morning. So she had dragged herself out of bed and had traipsed off through the chilly castle to the chapel, where the old geezer had proceeded to forcibly enter and pillage her mind for nearly five hours. Priests were a special breed of people, and in addition to serving the Light by learning healing techniques and seals, they learned how to manipulate the mind, casting illusions, inducing headaches and even enhancing an emotion to the point where it became too overpowering to properly function. Kira had chosen to serve and train under Benedictus mainly because that was what her mother had chosen. Her mother had been the most powerful Priestess in the kingdom when she was alive. Kira aimed to be the same.
Her mother also happened to be the only woman that Benedictus had ever trusted.
She had of course, yet to find out why.
After the five hours of torturous training, she had eaten a meager brunch while her father had attempted to glean some information on her dealings with Benedictus. Usually, she would tell him as much as she could, but her heart wasn't into it, and with Benedictus' ominous warning, she kept her mouth shut.
She returned to the chapel after brunch and thankfully was able to meditate for about an hour, most of which she spent trying to force down the rather embarrassing memories that Benedictus had unearthed in her mind. After an hour of meditation, Benedictus had made his daily rounds, visiting the Great Cathedral and stopping by the Infirmary. In the Cathedral, Kira had really nothing to do, so she usually just watched Benedictus bark orders or rebuke the younger priests. Occasionally she'd get to speak with one of them, and over the years she had developed a pretty good relationship with most of the novices and younger priests in the Cathedral.
The Infirmary was where Kira really did shine.
The nurses and healers that inhabited it were all on good terms with the young princess, and many of the long-term patients were as well. Unlike the Cathedral, Kira did have things to do in the Infirmary. Under Benedictus' sharp eyes, she would visit each patient, and depending on the severity of the wound or sickness, attempt to heal them. Her healing skills were great, but it was her ability to manipulate the mind that made her a favorite among the patients. Using a series of techniques, she could dull the pain caused by a magically induced wound, help calm the raging emotions that generally accompanied someone who had lost an arm or a leg, or even, to her displeasure, help ease a person's passing as they died of old wounds or sickness.
When Kira had first been in the presence of a dying person, a soldier whose legs and left arm had been ripped off by gnolls and was delirious from gangrene poisoning, she had known exactly what to do. She had calmed the young man's mind and helped him gently drift off, painlessly, and give in to death.
She had cried for hours after, the image of the dead man's face seared into her brain forever.
She had been only 9 years old when that had happened.
Benedictus had later calmed her, explaining that she had done the right thing in helping the man die. People, especially the young, were instinctively afraid of death. Many who were in great pain, like the man she had helped, were afraid of dying, so they did all they could to try and endure the pain, when in actuality they were simply prolonging it.
It was this fear of death, he had said, that has caused the greatest problems in our history.
Now, after almost four years of visiting the Infirmary, helping people pass and healing the sick, Kira was no longer affected so drastically by the people she assisted in dying. She felt a shot of guilt for each one she did, but she also felt a sense of pride in knowing that a soul was at peace because of her.
After healing a number of people, they had returned to the small chapel and Benedictus had returned to raping and pillaging her mind, while she in vain tried to defend and force out the ancient man.
She never even once could.
The training exercise was designed so not only could she get a sense of how to identify if someone is in, or has been in your mind, but how to defend against it and attempt to counter it.
That was what Benedictus said it was supposed to do, but she had an inkling that he secretly enjoyed brining up her most embarrassing memories and simply got carried away in his attempts to train her.
The end of said training sessions usually involved many rather foul swearing on her part, cursing the ancient Archbishop to the seven hells and wishing for something to gouge his eyes out. The Archbishop would always just laugh and tell her the same thing, which only served to further anger her,
"Hoo hoo! You curse like a man! My training must be paying off."
After the session had ended, she had gone to dinner where she had listened to some soldier blabber on about how a small army of gnolls had attacked the southern gate earlier that day, and how some kid had helped drive them off. She normally would have been interested, but she was too tired and her head ached too much for her to really pay attention. She and Kylia had then returned to her room, were she currently was, half-asleep with a pounding headache.
Kira moaned and rolled over to look at her childhood friend and handmaiden.
"Could you turn out the light, Ky'? 'M tired and I have a vague feeling that tomorrow's going to be just as bad," she said. Kylia smiled, and standing up, blew out the lamp next to Kira's bed, before making her way to the door, nearly tripping over a rug as she went.
At the door, she turned into the darkened room towards where she thought the bed was and said,
"Goodnight, my lady, pleasant dreams."
She heard her princess's soft snores in response.
She shouldn't have jinxed it.
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Kira rolled around in her bed, her dreams anything but pleasant.
She saw a glowing spiral of fire, and a small, silvery object in the center of the spiral with a pair of glowing red eyes looming in the background.
She saw a vast forest, with a growing darkness within.
She saw the darkness purged, and the forest
grew once more.
She saw herself, the fiery spiral dancing around her.
She saw a high mountain, and felt a wild fury from within
She saw a great city, bathed in poisonous green light, and heard the sounds of gears and a high-pitched laughter.
She saw a vast plain, and another great city, felt a great pride in her heart.
She saw her father, wreathed in crimson.
She saw a land covered with blood that moved and consumed, and a man with a heart full of dire ambition.
She saw a city, broken in body, but not in spirit.
She saw a building bathed in crimson.
She saw a land bathed in moonlight, where the sun never touched.
She saw a great cavern, and a pair of violet eyes cutting into her soul.
She saw a great city, bathed in fire and blood.
She saw a land of fire.
She saw a great swirling of cherry blossoms.
She saw figure, bathed in crimson light.
She saw a great mountain, atop a darkness threatened to overflow, and below it a great inferno raged.
She saw a figure, enshrouded in darkness, with a snake coiled around it, ready to strike. The snake had eyes golden and terrifying, with a long tongue and fangs that dripped poison. But the figure was cold as ice, and his heart was frozen.
She saw a monstrosity that came from the skies, gushing poison and fear.
She saw a land of ice, and her soul was frozen.
She saw an icy, cold void, a figure in the center. She heard the agonized screams of thousands of people, and grew very afraid.
She saw nine shadows, their backs to a burning dawn.
She saw a mighty black tower, reeking of evil, in a world far away. She saw it's master, shrouded in black, with eyes so mad she could not stand to see them.
She saw nothing more.
Darkness took her.
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Kira awoke, bathed in sweat, gasping for breath.
What was that? She thought, sitting up and wiping some sweat off her face. The dream had been strange, and so vivid and clear that she wondered if it was truly a dream at all.
She looked out the window, and saw the first signs of daylight peeking above the horizon.
She sighed, it's not like I wasn't going to get up soon anyways…she thought. Yawning, she got out of bed and began to dress for the coming day.
A day she would never forget.
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Elsewhere, in an inn not far from the southern gate, Uzumaki Naruto awoke to the sounds of the city. The bustling and constant murmur of voices, the whinnies of horses and the gentle clacking of wheels against the cobbled street all blended in to a surprisingly rhythmic and rather pleasant sound, that Naruto had no qualms awaking to.
'S better than waking up surrounded by monsters, or worse, Ero-sennin's snores'. He got out of bed, yawning, and looked around the brightly lit room. He walked over to the window and glanced out into the street. He saw people walking and talking, merchants yelling out prices or advertising their wares, and a couple of mounted warriors wearing armor that bore the symbol of Stormwind, a golden lion's face, on their tabards. He stood there a few moments, simply taking in the view, before he realized what he had been sent to do.
'Right, gotta find the Princes's. He dug around in his pocket, and brought out the silver pendant that was responsible for him being here.
'That tree spirit said that if I show her this, she'd help me'. He hoped it was right. He had spent too long in this world, and needed to get home if he was ever going to bring back Sasuke. He even, though he would never admit it aloud, missed Ero-sennin's company. The man was a horrible pervert, but he seemed to generally care about Naruto, and he was fun to be around.'Better get going then.'
'I WAS BEGINNING TO THINK THAT YOU WERE SIMPLY GOING TO STAND THERE ALL DAY, BRAT.'
'Shut up, fox.'
He left the room, and hurried downstairs. He paid the woman at the desk, who kindly accepted his money and asked him how he slept. He said well, and with a wave, left the inn, and turned left down the street. He remembered seeing the castle straight ahead of the gates, so he made his way back there and when he spotted the castle looming over the rest of the buildings, started in that direction.
As he walked through the streets, he saw many different shops that served many of the same purposes that shops in Konoha had. He saw a grocer, several bars and restaurants, and various weapons vendors. He also saw strange shops, whose windows contained strange artifacts, and their vendors screaming "Magical objects, authentic!" He was tempted to go over and look around, but decided that it would be best to head for the castle first.
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If he had been with someone else, he would have blushed at his stomach's protest at not being properly fed. Deciding to forgo the rations he had been given back in the village, he decided to find a restaurant on the way.
That hopefully sold ramen.
Whenever he spotted a restaurant, he would stop at the doorway and take a whiff of the interior. Generally he wouldn't be able to distinguish between the smells in such a crowded area, but he was looking for a very special smell, one he had known since he was very little.
None
He didn't even catch a whiff of something remotely like ramen as he walked away from the tenth restaurant. He was getting quite close to the castle, and still he hadn't found anything like ramen.
He was about to give up and simply get something else, when he caught a whiff of something.
Ramen!It was faint, but he quickly honed in on the smell, to find a small, ratty looking shop whose sign said in fading bold letters, "Stormwind Noodles."
Without a moments hesitation he entered the little restaurant and looked around. It was a square room with brown, hardwood floors and walls, with several rickety looking tables and chairs. He saw a door on the far side of the room, which smelled like a bathroom, and another on his right, which smelled like the kitchen. He seated himself at one of the tables, and picked up the menu.
A surprisingly pretty girl, with chestnut brown hair and soft brown eyes walked up to him, smiling.
"What can I get you, little boy?" she asked cheerfully. Naruto bristled a little at the "little boy" remark, but let it pass, not wanting to make an enemy out of the only person who made ramen in the whole city. He looked at the small menu and looked at the choices.
Stormwind Noodles:
Fish Noodles – Our famous noodles with a variety of chopped, fresh fish as well as several unique spices.
Chicken Noodles- Noodles with chicken and a blend of spices to give it a kick.
Prawn Noodles – Noodles with a rare type of prawn from the coast, thrown together with our special spices.
SPECIAL
Kodo Noodles – Noodles with the meat of a kodo added in along with our special spices.
Naruto looked up at the girl, a little confused.
"Um…what's a kodo?" he asked, looking at the girl, slightly embarrassed.
The girl giggled a little and answered him, "Don't look so embarrassed, kodo don't live around here so it's not so uncommon that you haven't heard of them. They are a large species of lizard that live in Kalimdor. My father got a good deal from a goblin trader a couple of days ago, so that's what he made for the special. Would you like to try that?" She smiled again at him, waiting patiently for an answer.
Meanwhile, Naruto was trying to figure out what Kalimdor was, and wondered briefly what a goblin was. He decided it couldn't hurt so he nodded, "Yes, thank you."
She smiled and vanished into a doorway across the room from Naruto's table.
She returned several minutes later, a steaming bowl of noodles in her hands.
"Enjoy!" she said, smiling at him. He grinned and taking up the fork she had given him, began to eat.
He had never tasted something so refreshing, so full of flavor. The taste of the meat was almost like beef, but had a drier texture and had more of a kick to it. It was almost as good as the miso ramen from Ichiraku's.
As he ate, the girl watched him, and after awhile, spoke.
"You're not from around here, are you?" Naruto blinked at the question, and slurping up some noodles, responded,
"Why d'you think that?" She smiled.
"You eat differently than everybody else, you hunch your body over the food, as if its going to get away from you, and you talk different, if only slightly. Where do you come from?" Naruto panicked, his mind racing.
TELL HER TO GO BOTHER SOMEONE ELSE Kyuubi thundered.
No!He responded simply, "Konoha." She frowned a little, a looked thoughtful for a few seconds, before saying,
"Never heard of it."
Naruto relaxed, and watched then decided to ask a question of his own.
"So, have you lived here long?" She nodded, though her face did darken a bit.
"Yes, I have lived here since I was very little, and before that I don't really remember much about where we lived. My father moved me here just after the Alliance fell apart, and my mother died. He made this restaurant all by himself, and I've been working here since I was ten." Naruto smiled a little, and finished his noodles. He politely declined, (even if his stomach was begging for more) another bowl and stood up, fishing out some coppers to pay her.
"It was great! I hope to eat here again!" He meant every word of it too. She smiled, accepting the money and following him out the door, waving a small goodbye. He grinned back at her over his shoulder, and then hurried off in the direction of the castle.
He would definitely go back before he left.
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Naruto reached the castle gates minutes later, and was awed by the size of it. It was made of the same, white stone that the towers on the city gates were made of, and roved with the same blue shingles. The castle towered above him, making him wish that the Hokage's tower was more like this. It was certainly intimidating.
As he attempted to cross the threshold, which led into the castle courtyard, a pair of soldiers wielding spears stopped him.
"Sorry, kid, but nobodies allowed in the castle without an invitation." Naruto frowned up at the two men, and realized that it was rather foolish of him to expect they'd let a total stranger into arguably the most important building in the entire city.
'MY AREN'T WE PERCEPTIVE?'
Shut up!He sighed, and realized it wasn't going to be that easy. He noticed that both soldiers were men, and with a grin, he began to mold his chakra and performed a seal.
"Sexy no jutsu!"
Naruto vanished, and in his place a gorgeous blonde girl with two ponytails stood, clothed in absolutely nothing. He cooed in a high-pitched voice,
"Oh pleeeeeeassseee! I need to get in right away!" S/he folded his arms under his/her breasts, staring at the two guards in his/her best representation of a sexy look.
He blinked, releasing the transformation, as he realized he hadn't had to go that far. Both men lay unconscious on the ground, a trickle of blood dripping from each of their visors.
Too easy…these guys must not get out much. Rolling his eyes, he strode past them, and then, realizing he was in the open, hurried into a small bush near the castle wall.
Knowing that the guards wouldn't be out long, he crept along the base of the castle wall, looking upwards for a window to enter. There were about a dozen to choose from, but he needed one that led into an empty room.
It wouldn't do to enter a room with someone dressing in it.
As he spotted a good one, near the corner of the castle about two stories up, he swore he heard a faint laughter but shook it off as a mere trick of the wind.
He never learns.
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Kira muttered angrily to herself as she stalked up into her room.
Stupid old chauvinistic codger!Benedictus had worked her to the point of near exhaustion that morning, both in learning staff skills and trying to defend her mind from attack. By the end she had been drenched in so much sweat that Benedictus had scent her away to go change and wash, but not before teasingly remarking on how she smelled much more like a man.
She grinned viciously as she planned revenge against the old man, which involved sneaking into his room and filling his undergarments with a powder that was created from grinding up fire ant carapaces and would cause a nasty burning sensation in her teacher's nether regions for several hours afterwards.
Who says pranks were for children.
She had already bathed, and was on her way to change. She entered her room, still grinning at the thought of revenge, and dropped her towel and began to search for something to wear, wishing she knew how Kylia sorted her dresser.
She was just slipping on some panties when she felt a presence enter her room, emanating from the window.
She turned; lightening fast, and her eyes met the surprised and shocked blue ones of a blonde-haired boy, who was crouching on her windowsill.
Both of them froze, staring at each other, as a horrible blush appeared on the boys face, one that she knew matched her own.
The boy spoke first.
"Hehe…you wouldn't happen to be the Princess, would ya'?"
She responded with what she deemed appropriate at the time.
"EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEKKKKKKKKKKKKKK!"
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Naruto thought he had been careful.
Naruto had thought that that particular room would be empty, as there wasn't a direct smell coming from it.
In retrospect, he realized that that was likely because of the breeze, which had carried the scent away from his nostrils.
If anything, what were the chances of someone being in their room at this time of day anyways?
Undressed no less.
Apparently, for Naruto, pretty good.
So he stood there, gazing at probably one of the prettiest girls he had ever seen in his life, who had little more than a pair of panties on.
He wondered if he should be glad, or horrified that he could even think of being glad.
So he said the only thing that had come to his mind at that time.
"Hehe…you wouldn't happen to be the Princess, would ya'?"
Apparently that didn't go over so well, because the next moment he was subjected to the most piercing shriek he had ever heard,
"EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEKKKKKKKKKKKKKK!" Startled, he very nearly fell off his perch on the windowsill, as the girl gathered up some of her bedspread to cover her upper body. Panicking he began waving his hands and saying soothing words like,
"Wait, I'm not a pervert! I just need to see your breas- Ack! I mean Princess! I'm not here to hurt you I swear! Please stop screaming!" When the girl didn't, he leapt off his perch and grabbed the girl covering her mouth quickly, muffling her screams.
Unfortunately, this caused the girl to start flailing around, attempting to get away from the blonde, which caused her to drop the bedspread, revealing her nude chest, and Naruto, in an attempt to stop the girl from flailing, grabbed her around the middle, pinning her arms to her sides.
He also got the unfortunate (for her) position of squeezing her developing chest.
Mollified, he let go instantly, and the girl took this advantage, grabbing Naruto's shoulders, and then forcefully ramming her knee into his groin.
He let loose a high-pitched squeal, and stumbled backwards away from the girl. She suddenly performed a few fast hand seals (strange ones), and held her hand out, palm facing him. It began to glow golden, and she adopted a threatening look.
Which, of course, was totally destroyed by the fact that she was topless.
She spoke,
"Who the hell are you? An assassin? Or just a stupid, perverted boy? Answer me or I'll kill you!" Naruto didn't look at her, instead digging around in her pocket and pulling out the silver pendant. He held it up, and the girl froze. He then said,
"Someone said…that you'd recognize this…he said that you could help me get home…"
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Kira stared at the silvery pendant openly, her eyes wide.
Is that…no it couldn't be…The pendant matched the one that her mother had owned. It was one of the few things she remembered about her mother. She had only been a little girl, barely three or four, when her mother had died on her way back from helping a small town on the border near Ironforge. A band of Scourge had attacked, and despite her power, her mother and her mother's guardian, High Lord Bolvar Fordragon, had been killed in the attack. The pendant had never been recovered.
She forgot her anger and nakedness, her eyes fixed intently on the stone.
That's mine!She said this out loud, and the boy blinked. With his eyes still turned away, he tossed the pendant to her, and she caught it deftly. She held it gently in her hands, gazing at it amazed. It was exactly as she remembered it. Her mother always had let her play with the pendant when she was a baby, and before she had died, had told her it was to be hers one day.
She looked at the boy again, who was staring at the ground, blushing. She wondered briefly why, and then remembered that she had no shirt on.
Blushing an intense shade of red, she quickly pulled on the shirt she had gotten out, and promptly remembered that the boy had barged in and could possibly be dangerous. She watched him warily, and then remembered the boy's words.
"Who said that I would recognize it? Who sent you here? Why do you have my mother's necklace?" The boy looked like he was about to answer, when a loud knock on the door captured both their attentions.
"My lady! Are you alright? We heard you scream!" It was one of the guards that patrolled the floor. The boy looked terrified, and directed a pleading look at her. She frowned, and then decided if she turned him in, she wouldn't get any answers.
She shouted back,
"I'm fine! I just saw a rat! It surprised me…" She shot a look at the boy that said, "You owe me" and then turned back towards the door.
The guard responded,
"Well, if you're okay…" She heard him move away and when his footsteps were out of hearing range she turned back to the boy.
"Talk."
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Naruto nodded.
"This is gonna sound pretty strange…believe me. I found the pendant in a river, a coupla' yards away from me and my teacher's campsite. Thing is, I'm pretty sure it was in an entirely different world." The girl looked at him disbelievingly and so he continued, "I told ya' it would sound crazy…but hear me out. I woke up and I was in a big, way different forest…I then found a village where I stayed for a coupla' days and tried to find out where I was. Ever hear of Fire Country?" he asked, looking hopeful. She shook her head, and Naruto sighed. He continued,
"Thought so…neither had any of them. That's where I'm from…and where I found this pendant. In the village I stayed in, there was this big tree…that protected them from the monsters in the forest. But someone cursed it, and I had ta' go and break the curse, and the spirit in that tree told me that you would recognize this and help me get home…" The once again looked at the girl hopefully.
She just looked stunned. They stood in silence for a few minutes, before she spoke,
"I'm not saying I believe you…but the idea of other worlds isn't too far-fetched…and I have heard of this village that you spent time in. But if what you are saying is true…I still have no idea how to help you get home." Naruto was crestfallen, and slumped back against the wall, looking downcast. The girl winced at the blonde's reaction and a twinge of pity welled up in her, feeling for the boy.
She was about to say that she could ask her teacher, when Benedictus' earlier words came to her.
I feel a great change is coming, one that will involve you, Kira. I am not here to mince words with you, so I will get straight to the point, if anything changes in the near future, such as the arrival of someone or something, do not be afraid, it will be to help.
Could this be the one to help?
Everything, her mind, heart and soul, screamed YES!
Could this short, rather cute-looking ruffian really help her?
She had to find out.
"I know I can't help you…but I think that there are other's who can. But I am not going to tell you yet, because I want something in return first." The boy's head shot in surprise and he grinned at her.
"Anything!" She smiled a little back.
"Sit down…this is going to take some time to explain. If you are really from another world, then you're going to need a history lesson before I can ask you this favor." The boy sat down in the same chair Kylia had occupied the night before, while she took the bed. Crossing her legs, she took a deep breath and spoke.
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" Once, many years ago, this world was not as chaotic and violent as it is now. It was peaceful and according to our ancestor's accounts, one of the strongest countries and kingdoms ever.
This changed with the arrival of The
Scourge, and The Burning Legion.
The Scourge was a race of undead monsters, resurrected by an age-old evil, which called himself the Lich King. The Lich King let loose a vast plague, which took the lives of thousands, maybe even millions. Those that fell victim to the plague came back to live, as mindless servants of the Lich King. He scoured the world, his armies destroying hundreds of towns and killing millions of people.
The Burning Legion was equally as monstrous as the Scourge. It was said to be led by demons, which through the darkest of rituals and techniques had brought an army of otherworldly beings into this realm. The orcs, big green and brutish things were the first of these races, and it is said that the Lich King himself was once an orc.
Nevertheless, our world was besieged by war and it looked as if it would never end. Bravely, the kingdom to the north, Lordaeron fought the Scourge with a seemingly undying spirit. The champions of the light of Lordaeron, Uther Lightbringer and his apprentice, Prince Arthas Menethil, did everything in their power to stop the Scourge from taking control. Arthas however, fell victim to the power of the Lich King, and in a flash, betrayed his human brethren and killed his master Uther, as well as his father, under the orders of the Lich King. He disappeared then, and the kingdom of Lordaeron fell.
Many of the other races of Azeroth began to band together as well, to drive off the Burning Legion, which was eventually broken up with the destruction of the demon Archimonde, and then the Scourge. The orcs, once our greatest enemies, became our allies as we fought these two forces to the best of our abilities.
Unfortunately, the alliance didn't last, and we became enemies of the orcs again. We humans forged an alliance, then, with three other races of Azeroth, the Night Elves (immortal, beautiful and powerful creatures) led by Malfurion Stormrage and Tyrande Whisperwind, the Gnomes (small, intelligent beings) by High Tinker Mekkatorque, and the Dwarves (short, sturdy and hearty warriors) under King Magni Bronzebeard. This became known as the Alliance, and we opposed both the Scourge and the other races of Azeroth…the Horde.
The Horde consisted of the Orcs, under the Warchief Thrall, as well as the Trolls (powerful, cunning creatures with bluish skin and tusks), under the cunning Vol'jin. Also came the Tauren (great, bull-like beings, masters of the earth) under High Chief Cairn Bloodhoof, and finally the rebels of the Scourge, known as the Forsaken, led by the Banshee Queen Sylvanas Windrunner and the Dread Lord Varimathras.
Both sides fought each other with
everything they had, and at the same time tried to deal with the
Scourge and the recovering Burning Legion.
Then the Alliance began to break apart. It started when the Gnomes lost their home and city, Gnomeregan, and they dropped out of the Alliance, focusing all their resources on getting their city back. The Elves went next, when Malfurion Stormrage vanished, and a dark force began to assail them. Finally my father and King Magni got into an argument, my father believing that Magni should relinquish his position as King and allow my father to become the High King of the Alliance. Magni, greatly offended, dropped out, fighting the Scourge with his own forces, and leaving Stormwind to its own. What once was a great alliance were now four separate entities, each too wrapped up in their own affairs to help each other. It was only our luck that the Horde fell apart as well.
The Banshee Queen, Sylvanas Windrunner, left the Horde, intent on destroying a faction that caused her so much trouble, known as the Scarlet Crusade. Shortly thereafter the Tauren left, though we know not why. It is said that their sacred lands were being pillaged, and they needed to focus on it, rather than obeying the word of Thrall. The Horde fell apart completely when Thrall offended Vol'jin, and though they had once been as close as brothers, they became almost enemies, and the Trolls left to regain there homeland, in the jungles of the Stranglethorn Vale.
Two great powers were now eight separate, far weaker ones. Trade between the former Alliance members was tenuous, and even now the Dwarves hold us humans in great contempt, while the Gnomes trade with us merely to gain supplies in order to continue their assault on Gnomeregan. The elves have not left their island of Teldrassil.
The Lich King has been taking advantage of this, and we only grow weaker as his forces swell.
My plan…is not to re-establish the Alliance, but to form a new one. One that includes all the races of Azeroth. It is only by doing this, do I believe that we can destroy the Scourge once and for all."
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"That is my favor. I want you to travel to each of the heads of the races and inform them of my plan." She looked at Naruto, who was still processing the information, before he finally responded.
"You…want me to just ask them? Tell them 'cause you said so, they should band together?" Kira flushed, a little embarrassed and slightly annoyed.
"You think you have a better plan?" She said, scowling. The boy looked thoughtful for a second, and then responded.
"'S not really a better plan, it's just the way of going about the plan that's different. They ain't gonna just band together because you said so, 'cause it sounds like some of them have some really bad blood between them." He looked down a little, an intense look on his face.
"I suppose I could try…but why me? Just a few minutes ago, you thought I was some perverted assassin. Now you're willing to entrust a mission that's so important to me, who you don't even know. Why?"
Kira sighed, and looked down at her hands resting her lap. She new she sounded childish with her request, and she herself was not quite sure why she was so quick to trust this boy. She looked up at him again and spoke confidently,
"To tell you the truth…I don't know. My teacher told me that a great change was coming in the future, and that I should embrace it. I think that you are that change. As for why I am entrusting you with this mission…I guess you could say that I feel that it is right to trust you…and you had my mother's pendant. If it brought you here, then it must be for a reason. That's what I believe. It's stupid, and childish, I know, but, I am willing to put the future of our kingdom and world in your hands."
Naruto blinked, looking a little dazed.
Getting home isn't going to be so easy again…is it? I SUSPECT NOTNaruto looked at her, his eyes glowing with determination.
"That's…a pretty heavy burden. I don't know if I can deal with it…'cause I got my own problems as well. I'm not comfortable with accepting this, unless I know more about you, and if possible, you know more about me. If you know my life story, and you still want me to help, I will. But I want you to promise…that if I do this…that you will help me find a way home. Geeze, I'm saying all this to a girl whose name I don't even know." She giggled at little, and then sat up straight, once again in story telling mode.
"Well, my name is Kira Wrynn, I'm thirteen years old and…"
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When Kira finished, Naruto countered with his own life's story. By the end, Kira was not only shocked by how much this boy had gone through, but how, in the end, he had remained a good person. She felt her respect for the boy rise, which she did admit had been pretty low since he had seen her topless, and she knew that he was the one that would help. It was nearly sundown by the time they had finished, and both were kind of hungry.
Kira promised to sneak in some food for him, and for him to stay put, as apparently the guards downstairs had long since recovered from their Sexy no jutsu-induced unconsciousness and had alerted the rest of the palace to be wary and keep an eye out for him. She left him with a word of warning not to leave her room, as the guards would not enter unless they had permission.
When she left, Naruto leaned back in the chair, his mind churning with the new knowledge he had gained.
Why am I helping her? Don't I have to get home? Or was I really brought here for a reason?
DO NOT LET FATE DECIDE FOR YOU. MAKE YOUR CHOICE, AND PUT YOUR HEART INTO IT. THE HUMANS THAT YOU CONSTANTLY DREAM ABOUT WILL LIKELY UNDERSTAND IF YOU DO THIS.
Are you sure I can do this? This is on such a huge scale, if I fail, then this world is doomed.
THEN DO NOT FAIL. WHERE DID YOUR CONFIDENCE GO? ARE YOU REALLY THE ARROGANT LITTLE BRAT THAT I HAVE BEEN IMPRISONED WITHIN? HE NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT FAILURE, HE DID WHAT HE BELIEVED WAS RIGHT. I KNOW YOU ARE HE, THOUGH YOU HAVE CHANGED SINCE THE FIGHT WITH THAT BOY. I KNOW YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO, SO JUST DO IT.
Naruto blinked, and wondered what had inspired the Kyuubi to try and help him,
Thanks, fox.
SNORE…Naruto sweat dropped at the Kyuubi's guttural snore.
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When Kira returned, half and hour later, carrying a small sack of food, she found the boy perched on her windowsill, grinning.
"Throw me some of that food, and lets get this show on the road!"
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Woo! Another chapter finished in the span of a couple of days!
Your reviews really helped me do this, by the way, so thanks for all the positive reinforcement.
A couple issues to address:
I won't use the word "spell" or "jutsu" to describe things (unless they are spoken by a person) because they are the same thing, so I will just use "technique"
I will not be changing the pairing for Naruto, so it won't be anything else than NaruSakuKira. I happen to like Sakura, especially during the current manga arc. I'll agree with you that Sakura was a little bitchy and useless at first, but she is now currently one of the coolest characters in the manga. I am an avid NaruSaku fan, so I won't be changing it, sorry.
However, I will listen to suggestions for other pairings in the story (including OC and crossover pairings)
I didn't go into detail in describing Kira and Naruto's lives, because you will gradually find out about Kira's life as the fic continues, and you already know (or should know) Naruto's story.
As for the dream sequence, Kudos to anyone who can figure out what some will mean. You won't be able to get all of them, since some are directly related to the story, but some should be pretty obvious to either Naruto fans or World of Warcraft fans.
This has been my longest chapter, and I hope it has given those who don't know about Warcraft and insight into the world, and for those who do some fond memories.
I am not sure if the history is entirely correct, (I have only played World of Warcraft, and some of Warcraft 3) but I have tried my best.
I also would like suggestions on techniques that Naruto will learn.
Naruto will probably attain many techniques from many of the different classes in the game (except Priest) but I would like help as I go along so I don't drastically overpower Naruto. (He will get powerful, but I want it to appear real)
Thanks for the reviews, and I will hopefully get the next chapter out soon!
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