AN: Hello and welcome back to Naruto: Azeroth Chronicles.
The poll is now closed!
The results are:
Alexstrasza: 35
Sylvanas: 33
Selena (Night Elf OC): 22
Blood Elf OC: 15
So I have The Queen of Life and the leader of the Forsaken as the pairing.
I have my work cut out for me.
Before I begin, I'd like to give a big thanks to all who reviewed.
Warcraft/Naruto crossover is not popular, so to everyone who reviewed, thank you, as I wouldn't have gone on with this story without you.
Anyway, on to the chapter.
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or Warcaft or any other games and/or shows which I may relate to.
Chapter 7
Thereamore
Naruto POV
All I could smell was the scent of the ocean salt.
I could hear the splashing of waves and then sound of air passing by my head.
I could only feel the feeling of wanting to throw up, as I was flying on a hippogriff over the sea.
To keep my mind off the idea of hurling my guts out, I remembered how I got into this mess in the first place…
Flashback
I looked around a circular table in a dimly lit room.
To my left were two captains, both female.
To my right were a General and the Arch Druid himself.
At the front of the table was Tyrande, her eyes looking at us, calculating us, to see if we're ready to begin the meeting.
"Alright, we all know why we're here." She started, receiving a series of' 'yes ma'am' from around the table, and my slight grunt.
She then spread out a map of Kalimdor on the table, to which all of us looked at it.
It had lines connecting from some cities in blue, must be some sort of pathways to each.
"We need to find a way to get Naruto and Selena," she said, pointing to each in tandem, "to Theramore."
"The easiest way is to just fly straight over the Barrens ma'am" one of the captains said.
The General than said, "No. They have archers at the Crossroads; they shot down a few of our riders on their way to Theramore."
Then, the other captain pitched in, "Well, we could fly over to Talrend's Point, and then go to Theramore from there."
"No good. It goes right over Ogrimmar. They upped their defenses recently, we lost two Night Elves and their hippogriffs doing that." The Arch Druid said.
Throughout all of this, Naruto was studying the map closely, and then added his two cents, "What about flying to Nijel's Point," he started, tracing a line between Auberdine and Nijel's Point, "Then heading to Feathermoon, avoiding Shadowprey Village," he said, his hand still tracing the lines, "then, to avoid Mojache, we fly to Cenarion Hold, to Gadgetzan, and lastly, heading to Theramore." I ended.
"Your idea is good, but there are two things wrong; the amount of money necessary to for all of that flying, and the toll it takes on your body." The Arch Druid stated.
"I can write a message to the Flight Masters, along with the Darnassus Royal Seal to prevent having to pay the money, but the Arch Druid is right, can you handle the strain of flying so much? You could easily rest a day after getting to the Cenarion Hold." Tyrande asked, all that flying does put a heavy strain on the body.
"With all due respect Lady Tyrande, Sargeras gets stronger and stronger every day, the longer we wait, the stronger he gets." I said, his eyes boring into hers, "You already told me he is stronger than me… giving him more time to prepare and gain strength is a large mistake, and one we would pay dearly for." I ended.
"…Alright Naruto. We will give you one day to prepare. At first light tomorrow, we will give you your message and you will start your quest." Tyrande ended and told that the meeting is over.
Flashback End
'We haven't even started flying to Feathermoon Stronghold, and I already feel the need to empty my stomach." I thought bitterly.
One Hour Later
Auberdine
Author POV
Naruto and Selena landed on the ground, to Naruto's utmost relief,and handed the Flight Master the message.
He gave a nod to them and went to saddle up two more hippogriffs, as well as send the two they traveled on back to Rut'theran Village.
"Liked the ride?" Selena asked, her voice full of mirth.
He just gave a grunt in response; he didn't feel like arguing with her now.
The Flight Master came back with the Hippogriffs and looked at Naruto's condition and said, "Lad, you should go to the inn and get something salty, like crackers. It always helps the ones who get sick from these rides."
Naruto gave a nod at this, and walked away to get a bunch of crackers, he would need them for the flying he would have to do next.
The Flight Master looked a bit miffed that he didn't day thank you, to which Selena said, "Don't worry, that's his way of saying thanks… he had a rough life." She said to which he nodded, a bit calmer now.
When Naruto came back, the Hippogriff he was going to ride on seemed to glare at him.
Naruto raised an eyebrow at that. Did he not like foxes? Most animals he met so far don't have a good relationship with them. A few of animals in Darnassus tried attacking him, the squirrels, the frogs, and a few others as well.
Naruto just grunted at this, he was in for a rougher ride than he thought.
Three Hours Later
Nijel's Point
A wobbly Naruto got off of the Hippogriff, along with a chuckling Selena, to which Naruto glared at her, but it did not affect her at all.
Gathering his balance, Naruto walked over to the Flight Master and handed him the letter to which he looked over thoroughly and handed it back to Naruto, and walked to the stables to get two Hippogriffs ready.
He then walked around, stretching his muscles, after sending a glare, laced with killing intent, at Selena, which shut her up for a few minutes.
"Well the Hippogriffs are ready, come over when you're ready, it seems you need a few minutes kid." The Flight Master said with a chuckle, ignoring the glare sent his way from Naruto.
'After this experience, I will keep flying to the bare minimum, I hate flying.' He thought, and got up, his muscles groaning in protest.
Stretching one last time, he walked back towards the hippogriffs, despite his sore muscles, with a silently laughing Selena behind him.
Ignoring her, he got up on the hippogriff and prepared for another long flight to Cenarion Hold.
One Hour Later
Cenarion Hold
When the hippogriff landed, Naruto stepped off, grateful to be back on ground.
Once again, he walked over to the Flight Master and showed him the letter, to which he looked it over carefully, and nodded, handing Naruto the letter.
Seeing his condition, he sighed and said, "Kid, I'm going to prohibit you using the Hippogriffs for one hour, you need to rest." He said to which Naruto was about to object, but he held his hand up and said, "No buts. I can see in your body language that you need a rest, despite your mind saying no."
"Here, hand the inn keeper this note," he started to which Naruto nodded reluctantly, and looked over to Selena, who looked a bit dizzy as well.
He walked away to a large building, which he thought was the Inn and he gave the inn keeper the note and said, "We need two rooms for an hour, just to rest after a long ride."
"Alright. Go up the stairs and to the right. The first two doors on the left side of the hall are yours." She said with a smile, to which Naruto nodded and walked up the stairs, and he turned in to his room, while Selena walked into hers.
One Hour Later
Cenarion Hold Inn
Naruto woke up with light shining in his eyes, even though his body was screaming in protest.
Doing a few stretches, he walked out and down the stairs and saw Selena waiting at the bottom, her back to the wall next to the stairs.
"Morning sleepy head." She said with a smirk, to which Naruto just grunted and walked to the Flight Master.
Walking around the streets, he saw lots of different types of races.
He saw hulking green figures, with large muscles, and two tusks coming out of the bottom of their mouths. He read about them in their battles against the Alliance.
He also saw Alliance members here, so he deducted that this was neutral territory, where both Alliance and Horde were allowed, as long as there is no fighting between them.
Getting to the Flight Master, he said, "Welcome back, I trust your rest was fitful?" He asked to which Naruto nodded.
"It was. Now where are those hippogriffs?" he asked, hoping to get this dreadful flight over with.
The Flight Master disappeared into the stables, and then brought out two hippogriffs with already saddles on them.
Giving a grunt in thanks, he got on the Hippogriff and it flew away, towards Gadgetzan.
Two Hours Later
Gadgetzan
When they landed at Gadgetzan, he looked around.
He looked forward and saw a small city, made of stone, with small buildings and goblins guarding it.
He studied one of the guards closely.
It was short, it's head reached up to his knees, not including the ears. It had toned muscles, and was green. It looked like a cross between a Gnome and an Orc. It was short and stubby like a Gnome, and green and muscular like an Orc.
He also heard that it was goblins that helped build Deathwing the Destroyer's metal scales and his Dragon Soul, so they must be smart as well.
He shook his head at the weirdness of the world, and turned around, hearing the crunching of sand under footsteps behind him.
He then saw the Flight Master holding two hippogriffs, and Selena walking next to them with a grin in amusement.
He walked over, giving a glare at Selena and showed the Flight Master the letter to which he nodded, and told them to get on, as this would be his last ride until getting to Theramore.
Thank god.
Two Hours Later
Theramore Isle
Naruto POV
'Thank god…' I thought with a sigh, full of relief.
I looked around and saw a large port with boats around it, crew members running around, gathering crates, like headless chickens.
I see many guards in shining silver armor with a gold Anchor on their chest. Must be the symbol for Theramore.
I look to my right and see a huge stone tower, as well as pathways leading to the entrance to Theramore, and many buildings for blacksmiths, stores, and inns.
It has good defenses, only one way in on land, and it is well guarded, and another way is by sea, but there are archers and ballistae situated around the dock, used to shot and pierce any enemy ships coming to the dock.
Handing the Flight Master the note, he read it and says, "Alright lad, Lady Proudmoore is at tha top of the tower. Ye can talk to 'er there." He told me, pointing to the tower.
I gave him a nod of thanks and made my way to the entrance of the tower.
When I get ready to enter, the guards in front block the entrance with their swords and said, "Halt! What is your business with Lady Proudmoore?" It was more of a command than a question.
I slowly reach into my pocket, and they tensed, and I pulled out the letter, to which they read it and said, "Right in you go. Sorry for the hostility, it's just that the guards here are very protective a Lady Proudmoore, ya know?" he said, taking his swords away.
"Yes, I understand your need to protect your city as well as your friends," I stated impassively and walked inside, Selena closely following behind.
Walking up what seemed like endless stairs, we come up to the top, and I see a woman with long blonde hair that cascaded down to her shoulders. She had purple shoulder pads with gold trim, a dark blue chest piece, and a long purple robe that reached to her feet, with purple around the thighs with gold trim, and a lighter purple for the rest. She had a staff that was blue, along with a brightly glowing green crystal at the end of it.
"Lady Proudmoore." I stated with a slight bow, it's best to be nice to the leaders of cities, even more so if they are powerful, such as Jaina.
"Hello traveler, who are you?" She asked, "I told my guards to not let anyone in, as I have studies I have to attend to."
"Pardon my intrusion, but I have an important letter about a… mission per say." I said handing the letter to her.
"Well this is the Darnassus Royal Seal, and you want me to give you a 'Champion' to defeat the threat that is the Burning Legion, despite the fact that many extremely strong people have tried, and failed to achieve?" she said incredulously.
"That's the short version of it, but yes." I said, looking into her eyes.
"You think you have a chance against Sar-" and just as she was about to continue we heard a yell of,
"Tethyr!"
"Shit…" She mumbled, "If you want to gain my trust, and give me the thought that you have a chance against the Burning Legion then defeat that monster at the docks. If you do, I will give you a 'Champion' as well as put a good word in for you for Thrall. Deal?" she said quickly.
"Deal" I said, and ran down the stairs, Selena following.
When we got out we saw a MASSIVE sea monster, harassing the defenders.
It had large white teeth that could easily tear flesh, a large shell for its back, with 6 spikes coming out of its back, with more underwater, it had barnacles on its arms, and constantly firing beams of water at the defenders, killing many, fast.
"Selena." I called, "Put a few shots in his eyes, after that, enjoy the show." I said to which she nodded, looking doubtful that I could kill it, but shrugged her shoulders and shot four arrows into its left eye, to which it screamed and turned its head towards Selena.
I ran at lightning speeds towards it and when I reached the dock I leaped high and it spotted me, firing a beam of mana at me.
I created a clone and had it pull me out of the way, while it dispelled, I landed on its back, near the tail.
I started running up its back, and suddenly, it shot one of its claws at me to which I jumped over, and quickly dodged another swipe from its other claw.
Pulling the Daichi out, I channeled Lightning chakra in it and called out.
Lightning Style: Daichi!
After that call, the blade came alive with electricity running through it, making it glow an eerie blue light, sparks constantly flying off of it.
When I get close to its head, it turns towards me and fires a beam of mana at me, to which I was flipping and dodging the beam, all the while staying on its back.
I then jump on its tallest spike and wait for it to fire a beam at me.
When it does, I wait till the last second, and dodge it, making the beam tear off part of its shell, not hurting it, but annoying it, making his shots wilder and his swipes sloppier.
After it tries to claw me with his right claw, I jump over it and dodge its other in midair, and land on his head.
I then take the electric sword and stab it into its eye, shocking his eyeball on the inside and the out.
It started flailing around, to which I pulled my sword up from the eyeball, cutting his eye and the skin above it.
It jerked his head around wildly, trying to throw me off, to which I just grunted and used chakra to stick to its head.
When he calmed down a tad, I took my sword, and jammed it into his head, shocking him form the inside.
All of this was being watched in stunned silence from the guards, Selena, and Jaina,
Back to the fight, it then gave one huge jerk, to which I had a little trouble staying on, and dove into the water.
I stopped channeling lightning chakra in my blade before we hit the water, so I wouldn't be electrocuted by thousands of volts, along with Tethyr.
I then do a bunch of one-handed seals and call in my mind.
'Ninja Art: Water Breathing Jutsu'
And with that, I could breathe, so I then took my sword, which was harder to use underwater, and plunged it back into his eye numerous times.
It gave a loud cry and swam deeper and deeper into the depths, further and further away from Theramore.
Theramore
At Theramore, the air was thick in suspense and tenseness, everyone was wondering if he could survive being in the water with Tethyr for this long.
Underwater
Back to the fight, I took my sword and plunged it all the way to the hilt in its body, to which it screamed and flailed about wildly.
I then stopped the flow of chakra to my feet, and held on to the sword for dear life.
I then channeled lightning chakra into the blade, to which it shocked Tethyr on the inside, not having any lightning chakra come out.
While I was hanging on to his head, I came up with a theory to defeat Tethyr.
If I were to plunge the sword fully into its body, then it would shock the body on the inside.
Or, the volts would be too powerful and would come out of its body, therefore shocking the water around me as well as myself.
So, I didn't put that much lightning chakra in the sword, just enough to fry his insides, not enough to break the skin.
Thankfully, the theory worked.
Channeling HUGE amounts of chakra in my arms, I then carry Tethyr's corpse up to the surface, it would be good to get a trophy from this fish.
Theramore
Everyone from Theramore was looking over the seas, wondering if they'd the human alive, or the thought they didn't want to consider.
The human's corpse.
Looking far to the East, a guard yelled out, "I see something! It's really big!" he yelled, his voice breaking.
When the guards, Selena, and Jaina ran over to the guard who yelled out, they saw something they were dreading.
They say Tethyr on top of the water.
But… something was off.
Tethyr wasn't upright; it looked like he was lying down on top of the water.
"Um… Lady Proudmoore," one of the guards asked, "Do you know what's going on?"
"To be honest, I don't." she answered truthfully.
One of the guards started to panic and said, "Captain! Tethyr's coming closer!"
Another guard yelled, "But Tethyr isn't upright! Something that big would have fell to the bottom of the sea, not stay on top!"
Selena gasped and said, "I think it's being pulled here!"
"What! You're crazy, nothing can pull something that big!" a guard yelled at her.
"Well how else is it coming in? The tide and wind is heading East. East! There is no other explanation of how it could be coming closer!" she yelled back.
"QUIET!" Jaina yelled. More softly she said, "If you look closer, you'll see a break in the water in front of Tethyr. That man, Naruto has just slain Tethyr! Even more, he is pulling it back to us!"
20 Minutes Later
'Damn this thing is heavy.' I thought with a grunt.
After 20 minutes of pulling back this giant, I finally see shore.
'I can't wait to see the look on their face when they see me carrying this to them.' I thought, inwardly chuckling.
When I finally get my foot on shore, I give a sigh of relief and when I break water, I stop the Water Breathing Jutsu and turn to look at the shocked faces of the people of Theramore.
I was looking impassive on the outside, but on the inside, I was laughing.
Everyone's mouth was hanging open in pure shock and I just said, "You're welcome."
And before I walked away, I tore a fang from his mouth and said, "Every big fish caught should get a trophy. This is mine."
With that I walked away towards the inn, but I chuckled slightly when I heard Jaina say, "How the hell did he do that?"
When I got to the inn, I took a seat on a bench and pulled out a scroll labeled TROPHIES.
I unsealed a brush and ink and wrote Tethyr in Kanji and sealed the fang in along with Pein's Head, Madara's Mask, and Kusangi.
Putting some silver on the inn keeper's desk, I go upstairs and get a random room.
I have to deal with all the 'Thanks' and 'Congratulations' stuff tomorrow.
Oh joy.
The Next Day
Theramore
Author POV
The sun was glaring through Naruto's window early in the morning.
He just waved his hand and a wall of earth blocked the sun form the window.
It is too early to do the crap he has to deal with today.
Two Hours Later
Naruto woke up in the morning, his arms sore, and waved his hand, making the wall of earth chakra recede back into the wood.
Doing his daily workout and stretching his sore muscles, he walked out of his room, armor on, and got ready to deal with all the crap that's going to hit him when he leaves the inn.
Taking a deep breath, he walks down the stairs, and was greeted by a few guards drinking ale and the inn keeper who smiled at him.
He walked over to a secluded table and sat down, and waited for the waitress to come for his order.
She seemed a bit stunned to see him at first, but she remembered that the cook said for him to get a free meal, of anything he chooses.
"Good morning Naruto! The cook told me to give you a free meal, so what would you like?" she asked in a happy tone.
"You know me?" He asked, "And why do I get a free meal?"
"To answer your first question, of course I know you. Heck, everyone knows the person who saved Theramore from Tethyr! And as for your second question, it's the least thing we could do for a hero like you." She said with a smile.
"I see, well I'll just have some bread and milk." He said.
"Alright, it'll be done in a few minutes." She said and walked to the cook.
"He asked for bread and milk, but how about you give him something a bit better hmm?" she said to which he smiled and nodded, getting ready to cook something good for Theramore's hero.
A few minutes later, the waitress came out with a dish of freshly caught and cooked fish, and a dish that was covered by a top.
When she got to his table, she put down the fish, which was meat from Tethyr, something that all of the guards enjoyed immensely, and opened the top to reveal, a big, red, juicy filet underneath, as well as a glass of wine.
"I didn't order for this" he said in surprise.
"Well we couldn't have someone like you eating something as meager as bread and milk. You deserve better than that. Now dig in!" she said happily.
Smelling the wine, he deducted that it was pinot noir, something that was a bit hard to find in Tokyo.
Checking for poison, he found out that there was none and slowly ate a piece of the meat from Tethyr, to which he then started to eat with a bit more hunger, but not too fast, as he wanted to enjoy the taste instead of gobbling it down.
When he was done, he gave a sigh of content, he didn't know he was that hungry for a meal.
Giving a quick and quiet 'Thank you' to the waitress, he walked out of the inn.
When he was young, he was used to being whispered and glared at, but here in Theramore, they were all smiling at him and waving at him.
It felt weird and yet it felt… good.
As he was walking to the tower to talk to Jaina, he saw a sign at the bookstore and it stated,
'The Hero of Theramore' Coming Soon
He just sighed at that. Why do people make such a big deal out of him beating Tethyr? Tethyr wasn't invincible, strong yes, but with time, they would have beaten it easily.
He walked to the tower, where the guards saluted him, respect gleaming in their eyes.
He was a bit surprised at this, but he didn't show it, and walked past the guards.
When he got up the stairs, he saw Jaina along with one other man in the room.
The man was tall, around Naruto's height. He had blonde hair that went down to his shoulders. He had plate armor, all colored gold. The shoulder armor was gold with carvings in it in the shape of vines. His chest armor was gold; it also had carvings in it. His wrists had armor on it, while it left his hand open to hold his sword. His leg armor was gold, and around the kneecap were two gold wings on each side. He had a long blue cape, billowing to his knees, with a gold anchor on the back. His sword was large, it was big enough to be used for two hands, but still could be used with one hand. The top of the pommel had to brass wings coming out of it. Near the beginning of the sword was a carving in it which held sapphires with gold trimming around it and going over it at parts. The sapphires glowed every now and then; it gave off a cold aura. His blade was extremely sharp, but not serrated. It could easily sever heads and bodies.
If Naruto knew one thing about this man, is that he is strong. Not as strong as Naruto, but still very strong. He gave off the aura of an experienced warrior; he looked like a soldier who tries to make all the kills, as swift and easy as possible.
"Naruto, good to see you." Jaina said to him
"You as well, Lady Proudmoore" Naruto said back, impassively.
"This is Otiros Dragonsbane, our best Warrior in Theramore. He and I talked about this quest of yours, and he agreed to join your group on one condition." She said, letting Otiros finish.
"You and I will fight. The one who wins will be the leader of this quest. Agreed?" he asked, putting his hand out.
Shrugging his shoulders he grasped his hand, and they, along with Jaina walked out to a secluded training ground.
"Here are the rules," Jaina, as the referee said, "You may only use the blade, no spells or hand-to-hand combat. First one to take blood or makes their opponent submit wins. Alright?" she said and when both fighters nodded, she yelled "Begin!" and jumped back.
When she called to start, both fighters sped at each other, meeting in the center and smashing Naruto's Wraithfire with Otiros's sword, creating a crater and forceful winds from the clash.
Then they blurred out of vision and all that was heard was the clash of steel around the training ground.
'He's the first one to be able to stay with the speed of Otiros, but we limited his skill set to blades only, so I don't know if Naruto will be at a disadvantage or not.' Jaina thought, all the while you could only hear steel clashing against each other.
After one major clash, both fighters blurred into existence at the same spot they started.
"You know why they call me Otiros 'Dragonsbane', Naruto?" And when Naruto stayed silent he said, "Because I killed a black dragon once."
"If you think your fancy nickname or the fact that you killed a black dragon scares or surprises me, you're wrong. Any great soldier has the chance to kill a dragon with a bit of luck a good timing." He answered and not a second later, he phased out of existence and appeared right in front of Otiros swinging a devastating strike aimed down.
Otiros blocked it, but the strike was so strong that it created a large crater under his feet, as well as jarring his arm painfully.
Seemingly not caring that he may have broken Otiros's arm, he continues with these powerful strokes, each time getting closer and closer to snapping his arm.
When he Otiros was coming in for a horizontal slash, Naruto hit his sword extremely hard, hitting the sword before he even started the slash, and with the angle his arm was in, the sword went flying and Otiros being thrown off balance to which Naruto had more than enough time to give a light slash to his cheek, a small line of blood coming out of it.
"To start, you are a good Warrior. You have lots of strength and speed, despite me not even being close to my real speed this whole time."
"You rely too much on your sword. Once you lost your sword, you were helpless. That's what happens when you rely on only one skill set, if that skill set is disabled, you have little to no defense other than speed and strength.
Slowly but surely, Otiros's eyes were getting progressively wider and wider, as all of the points he said were correct, he just wondered why he didn't notice them before.
"One thing I would suggest is unarmed combat." At Otiros's questioning look, I elaborated, "What I learned from this world is that everyone thinks that once you lose your weapon, you're helpless. Well, if you learn unarmed combat, not only do you have a backup plan, but you also are ready in case you lose your weapon, like what just happened." He concluded.
"Lady Proudmoore, the first blood has been taken, please announce the winner." He said, looking in her direction.
"R-Right. Winner, Naruto Uzumaki." She said, in shock that someone beat Otiros so easily.
"Can you put in a good word with Thrall for our little group?" Naruto asked.
"I can't just call it 'your little group', what name will you travel under?" she asked him.
"Put in a good word for… The Knights of the Tempest. That will be our group."
And cut!
Alright another chapter done.
I decided to give Naruto flight sickness, just because I think it's funny, and because I do get flight sickness every now and then.
Tethyr is a real quest for Theramore, there will be a picture of him in my profile.
Otiros Dragonsbane is my own OC there will also be a picture of him in my profile as well.
Knights of the Tempest literally means Knights of the Furious Storm, as in a storm will be coming at Sargeras's doorstep.
Well, Naruto has one more 'Champion' in his little group.
The next chapter will be in Ogrimmar, let's see how our little group handles being in a Horde city.
Sseasshark signing out.
