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Chapter 8
Sventar
Theramore
Naruto POV
'I can't believe I agreed to do this…' I thought with a grunt.
After I saved Tethyr, Jaina has been sending me to do these annoying missions nonstop.
I had to 'lessen' the Defias population, kill spiders and collect their venom, and lots of other menial tasks that just don't seem necessary.
Now she wants me to scout an island to the northeast. It's called Alcaz Island.
She wanted me to scout it while flying through the air, but the Hippogriffs were still shaken up from Tethyr, therefore me not being able to fly. So I had to water walk to the island.
When I got to the island, all of a sudden, a huge, three headed serpent burst out of the water and glared at me.
I remember reading about these in Greek Mythology books when I was in Tokyo. These were Hydras, massive three headed animals, said to destroy traveling ships with ease, and their fangs were drenched with a killing poison.
I thought it was just a bunch of trash, made up from crazy people from their age, but I guess in this world, Hydras are real.
I had to cut my musings short, as two of the heads lunged at me, to which I back flipped away.
Just as I landed, the third head lunged, to which I dodged and grabbed its head and, adding a bit of chakra to my arms, I pick it up, twirl it around a few times, and hurl it at side of the island, into a rocky wall.
I knew it wasn't dead, so I charged in and cut all of its heads off.
When I was about to turn to scout the island, I looked back at the Hydra, and I raised an eyebrow.
In place of its three heads were now six heads, and now the skin turned red, most likely going berserk.
It then dove in the water, and I gave a small curse.
It had a bit of an advantage now; it can attack at any moment, with any of its heads, very fast.
I could go down to fight it underwater, but my movement would be severely limited.
Then, I dodged to the left, and I looked at my previous place, where one of the heads was out of the water, glaring at me.
Then, I was constantly dodging heads coming out of the water at high speeds.
'This is getting annoying.' I thought, grunting at a near miss with one of the heads.
I wait for one of the heads to come out of the water, and when one does, I grab the top and bottom of the mouth, my face cringing at how horrible its breath smelled.
"You need a tic tac." I said, and threw its head out of the water, and its whole body came out with it, to which I yelled,
"Fire Style: Fire Dragon Jutsu!" and I opened my mouth and let out a large Fire Dragon, larger than normal.
The Hydra was not able to move in time and was incinerated in the blast.
My danger sense kicked in, and I dodged a torrent of flames from the sky.
I looked up and saw a large Red Dragon, by its size it was a Drake, the adolescent stage of the Dragon life cycle.
It then came down and lunged at me, to which I jumped up and landed on its head.
It started flailing around, and I got a feeling of déjà vu from Tethyr.
While channeling chakra to my feet, I gather a bit of lightning chakra in my hand and slam it down on the dragon's head.
It gives a cry of pain, and flails about even more wildly, to which I give it a bit of a stronger shock.
I decided not to kill it, instead forcing it to submit, because he may be very useful as a flying mount.
I look at its neck and I see a large collar around it.
It was black with spikes, it seemed to burn him every now and then, and I could see the Dragon give a twinge of pain every now and then.
When I pulled it, the Dragon turned its head and looked at me with sadness in its eyes. I put two and two together, and concluded that this Dragon is being used to scout the island, and if he does not, the collar will burn him.
In other words, this Dragon is a slave to the leader of this Island.
"You are being held under your will right?" I asked, and the Dragon seemed to understand, as it nodded its head.
"If I get this off of you, will you be my companion, as a mount and friend?" I asked him, to which the Dragon nodded, confusion and happiness in its eyes.
I gave a sigh and said, "This may hurt." And I did a few hand signs and called,
"Sealing Art: Fusion" and when I called that, the collar seemed to dissolve, and it entered the Dragon's body, to which the Dragon cried in pain.
When all of it entered his body, the Dragon gave a loud cry of happiness and breathed a large jet of fire.
But it wasn't any normal fire. This fire was completely white; it could easily incinerate anything in its path.
Fusion is something I created for a cure for the Cursed Seal. Well it's not exactly a cure, but it gets rid of the seal. What Fusion does is combines the power of the seal with the person or thing that the seal is on. The seal gave the Dragon a large burn around the neck area if he disobeys, so, as a Dragon naturally breathes fire, it made his fire even better and stronger, an upgrade, so to speak.
"I'm sorry for the pain, but now you are free. Can you help me find something on this island?" I asked, to which it nodded, and flew towards the ruins of a small encampment to which Naga were scattered along it.
"Go ahead, do what you want with them, just clear the path to that building" I told him, pointing to the main building of the ruins.
The Dragon nodded, and dove at the first three Naga and gathered them in his mouth and ate them, giving a slight belch, to which I sweat dropped.
He then took a deep breath, and shot a jet of flame at a group of Naga that incinerated them, along with burning many trees and a few lesser buildings, but still gave a clear path to the main building.
Giving another jet of flame at some Naga, as well as grabbing a few in its talons and throwing them at the rocks at the shore, impaling them, he then takes the last Naga in his mouth and threw him off into the distance.
What used to be a lush island was now a fiery wasteland.
"Alright, that was a bit overkill, but go ahead and land over by the main building." I said with a sweat drop at the damage he did.
He landed lightly near the main building to which I got off and unsealed a large piece of meat and fed it to him.
He ate it gratefully and gave a belch, and looked at me curiously, wondering what's next.
I pulled out a glyph and said, "I'm going to put you in here, but I'll call you out after I'm done."
He nodded, but looked doubtful that he could fit in there, but he trusted me, so he waited.
"You did well, Bloodclaw. I'll see you when I'm done." I said and channeled a bit of chakra to the glyph, sealing him in it.
After a bright flash of light, he disappears into the glyph.
I pocket the glyph and walk in to the building.
I look around and see tables, chairs, and a large bar; this must have been an inn.
Walking to the back, I notice a hidden hatch under the carpet.
I throw the carpet away, and I open the hatch.
Opening it, I see a ladder, leading in to darkness.
Giving a light sigh, I climb down the ladder.
When I get to the bottom, I start to hear a whisper in my head.
Shaking my head, I decide I was just hearing things and looked around.
It was very dark down here; the only light is a dim candle down the hall.
I lightly walk to a small, dark corner and unseal black leather gloves.
They looked like black gloves, but they were fingerless and had a small slot for a hidden blade on the bottom.
I then twitch both hands, and the blades come out with a 'pop'.
I then reach my senses out, and I see that there are many tunnels down here, but I focused on finding something that seemed to be calling my attention.
In each hallway, there seemed to be a Naga patrolling it, even the one I'm in now.
I then sense two very strong Naga guarding a locked door, but the door seems to be imbued with mana, therefore me being not able to see what's in it.
I then mapped a path to that door, and got up and started walking down the hall.
I then hear the slight sound of something slithering on the ground, and hide at the corner between the hallway I'm in, and the hall that the Naga is in.
I hear the slithering noise get closer and closer, and when I hear it come right next to the corner, I turn around the corner and stab one blade in its neck, while my other hand is covering its mouth.
When it dies, I pull it around the corner and put the body in a darkened place, very few candles near it.
Walking down the hall, I then hear two slithering noises, and see their shadows from a candle.
When they get close, I pop out of a darkened corner and stab both of them in their necks, pressing their mouths on my chest so they wouldn't make too much noise.
When they die, I drag their bodies and place them in the corner I was in.
I then see the door and I hear, "Come to me…"
I raise my eyebrow at this; the voice was soft, as if something was blocking it from talking to me.
'It must be something from inside that room.' I concluded.
Seeing that there are two candles on near the door, I use a bit of wind chakra to put the lights out and jump on the ceiling.
The two Naga look a bit stunned and start talking to each other, and they shrug their shoulders and continue watching the halls.
I walk on top the ceiling towards the Naga, and when I'm above them, I aim both blades at the top of their heads, and drop down.
Just when they were going to call the alarm, I plunge both blades in their brain, therefore making them unable to speak, and they fall on the ground dead.
I give a sigh of relief and study the door closely.
There seems nothing off about it, other than the lock on it, so I unseal lock picking tools out and pick the lock.
When I get in, I look around and see a sword in a stone in front of me.
"Come to me… Wield me…" The voice said, calling to me.
I give a silent chuckle at this, I remember many stories in Tokyo about heroes pulling the sword from the stone and saving the world from destruction.
I look at the sword closely.
The pommel was silver with a gold trim and indents to put your fingers. It had a loop at the bottom, and connected to it was a short chain that ended with two bright green leaves somehow holding on. The blade itself was beautiful and deadly in design. It was a clean blade, not serrated, but there were parts of it cut out in designs, the places that were cut out had extremely sharp edges, it could easily tear skin and break bone, but it could also be easily disarmed, as you could catch your enemy's blade in it, therefore losing both his and the opponents blade in it.
With a sigh, I walked up to the blade and gathered chakra in my arms.
I put both hands on the pommel, and pulled up extremely hard, but the sword didn't budge.
"Pull… Keep pulling…" The voice told me, urging me.
"Easier said than done," I said with a grunt
Still pulling hard, the blade started shaking in the rock.
Flame seemed to be coming out of the sword, singing the walls around me.
With a cry I pulled the sword with all of my might, and then I flew back into the wall, the sword in my hand.
"Well done… We will talk once we reach friendly ground." The voice said, it seemed relaxed, like a weight has been lifted off its shoulders now that it was out of the rock.
I gave a grunt and charged up a Rasengan in my hand, and jumped up towards the ceiling, the Rasengan plowing through it like butter.
Just as I got back up to sea level, the ground beneath me started shaking.
'Maybe using a Rasengan to get back up here wasn't a very good idea…' I thought, noticing the ground below me breaking.
I take out the glyph that Bloodclaw is sealed in, and I say, "Bloodclaw, unseal." And with that, Bloodclaw comes out of the glyph.
"Why don't we get off this island eh Bloodclaw?" I asked and he nodded, leaning down for me to get on.
I jump on, locking my feet behind his scales, and we fly away, the island slowly breaking apart, and two minutes later, Alcaz Island disappeared underwater.
Theramore
Author POV
Jaina was worried. Why was she worried? Well;
First, she gets a letter from Thrall saying that he will have the Orc's respect if Naruto wins in the Arena in Ogrimmar, a feat which only the Warchiefs have done, she hears a rumor about very strong Naga at Alcaz Island, she found out that the hippogriffs are shaken up by Tethyr, so they are unable to fly over it to scout it out, so she sends Naruto, who is most likely the strongest soldier available over there to scout it out, and now, what should have been a scouting mission, has taken Naruto six hours to get back. Six Hours! Scouting missions don't take that long.
She sighed. Just as she was about to keep reading some other scouting reports, she hears a yell of,
"Dragon!"
She widens her eyes at this. What does a dragon want with Theramore?
She gives a curse and gets her staff and runs down to the docks, where a group of shaky soldiers were watching the incoming Dragon coming in from the Northeast.
"Archers get in position! Get the ballistae ready! I want all soldiers ready for battle before that Dragon gets here. Move! Move!" She yelled to which the soldiers were running to position.
It was not to be though, as the Dragon moved too fast for the soldiers to get the ballistae ready, and the archers couldn't get to the positions fast enough.
Then, Jaina saw something that was unbelievable. She saw Naruto riding on top of the Dragon.
'W-Where could he of possibly got a Dragon? Could he have found it at Alcaz Island? How did he make something so large commit to his will?' All of these questions and more were running through her head as she saw Naruto get closer and closer on top of the Dragon.
"Lady Proudmoore," a soldier behind her asked, "Should we fire at it? The ballistae are ready to fire."
"No." she told him. "Do not fire! I repeat, do not fire! Naruto is on that Dragon, he is an ally, therefore the Dragon is too!" She yelled, not wanting to shoot at what could be a key in defeating the Burning Legion.
There were sighs full of relief from the soldiers. Nobody wants to fight a Dragon.
About one minute later, the Dragon landed near the bridge to Theramore. Naruto got off the Dragon, and he walked towards the Bridge, Bloodclaw loyally following.
When he got to the gate, he met a group of guards looking in awe and fear at the Dragon.
Jaina walked forward, a slight smirk on her face and said, "You can't stay out of trouble can you?"
"It follows me wherever I go." He replied, "Did you get a word back from Thrall?" He asked.
Becoming serious, she said, "Yes, I heard from him. He says you will gain the Orc's respect and trust if you participate and win in the Arena in Ogrimmar." She told him, whispers rolling through the guards.
"I see." He said, "Lady Proudmoore, I need to speak with you about the events that took place on Alcaz Island. In private."
She nodded and walked away towards the tower, Naruto following after giving Bloodclaw some meat and sealing him away.
When they got to the tower, Jaina said, "Alright, scouting missions do not take six hours. What happened over there? And don't hide anything from me." She said, glaring at him.
He nodded and started, "After you gave me the task to do this, I traveled to Alcaz Island. When I got near shore, a Hydra came out of the water, and started attacking me.
"I cut off all three of its heads, but instead of dying, it grew two more for each head lost, therefore six heads instead of three.
"It went berserk, and dove underwater. As you know, fighting underwater is hard, as the pressure makes it hard to move than it is on top of water.
"While underwater, its heads were constantly attacking from underwater, trying to eat me. At one point, I grabbed one of its heads, and threw it up into the air, and using a… fire spell to incinerate it." He said, ending the battle with the Hydra.
"Throughout all of this, the Dragon you saw was circling the Island, waiting for the right time to strike.
"When I killed the Hydra, he breathed a jet of fire at me, which I dodged. Then he lunged at me, to which I jumped and landed on its head.
"He started flailing wildly, to which I shocked him, enough to hurt him, but not enough to kill him. I shocked him a few more times until he submitted.
"When I looked at the Dragon, I noticed a large collar on his neck. It was burning him. Over more study, I found out that the Dragon, Bloodclaw, was doing this against his will. The thing is, if he would disobey and not keep watch over the Island, the collar would burn him, most likely second degree burns." He stated a bit sadly.
"I used a spell to fuse him with the collar, a painful process, but with good rewards. What Fusion does is that it takes the power of the collar and fuses it with the Dragon, and since the collar gave him second degree burns, when he breathes fire, it is so hot that it is white, not red.
"He was very grateful, and I asked him if he wanted to be my companion and mount, to which he agreed. I allowed him to do what he wants to the Island and its inhabitants, which were very strong Naga, and he went on a massacre, a way to get his revenge on them.
"When he was done, he dropped me off and I sealed him in a glyph.
"After that, I entered the main building, which had a hatch, hidden under the carpet, to which I entered, leading to a series of tunnels that stretch throughout the island.
"I stretched my senses out, trying to find out what was down here. I found many Naga patrolling the tunnels, and I saw a door which was imbued with mana, therefore me not being able to see what's behind it, though with the amount of mana blocking it, it was something of great value." He told her.
Showing her the gloves, as well as the hidden blade on the bottom he said, "I used stealth and assassination skills to get to the door, and kill most of the guards on my way there as well.
"When I picked the lock and entered the door, all I saw was a sword in a stone in front of me, nothing else." I said, showing her the sword.
"I pulled it out of the stone, and escaped, although to get out and not have to face the guards, I blew a hole up to sea level and flew out of there." He said, finishing.
"Also, as I have no style that I could use three swords with, I was wondering, is there a way to combine two swords together?" He asked?
Snapping out of her shock at his story, she regained her composure and said, "Well, I guess it's possible, but I'll need to test it before I can do it with your swords because, when you use the Rune Forge for these kinds of things, if you make a mistake, you'll lose both weapons. Come with me, we'll test it out now." She said, walking down the stairs and to the Blacksmith, Naruto following behind.
"Ah, Lady Proudmoore, how may I be of service?" the blacksmith said respectfully.
"Is the Rune Forge up and running?" She asked.
"Of course it is. Why do you need it?" He asked, wondering why someone would use something so dangerous.
"My friend has three swords of great power, yet he can only use two, so we want to combine two of his three weapons together. Can you give me any spare weapons?" It was more of a command.
"Yes, of course Lady Proudmoore, I'll get a sword and a dagger right now." He says and goes to the back.
Naruto turned to her and said, "People really respect you here."
She nodded and said, "Yes, we fought through many battles, and we are the only Humans to be accepted by Thrall, with me and him leading. When we fight, we are able to rally both forces, despite being races on different factions."
Naruto nodded, and they waited in silence for the smith to come back with the weapons.
Three minutes later, he came back, with an Iron dagger and sword in hand.
"Here you go ma'am. Follow me, the Rune Forge is in the back." He said and she nodded, while Naruto looked on impassively.
When they got into the back, the smith put both weapons in the Forge and back away, letting Lady Proudmoore use the Forge.
She walked to the Rune Forge and started channeling her mana into the Forge in a steady, slow pace.
After a few minutes of this, she stopped, panting a bit a pulled the new blade out.
What she was holding was a totally different sword. It was a Bastard Sword, with a gold pommel and gold Angel Wings coming out, with a sapphire in the middle. The blade was serrated, and was extremely shark on the other side.
Overall, the sword changed from Iron trash to a great sword that can be very useful to the soldiers.
While Jaina was doing this, Naruto was studying the process closely.
She was constantly pouring mana into the Forge at a steady rate, making the weapon the way it is.
Since Chakra is more powerful than mana, it would make the sword even more powerful than with mana.
So he decided to do it himself.
"Lady Proudmoore," he said, to which Jaina turned to him, "Let me do it, you are at your limit in mana capacity. If you do anymore, you will exhaust yourself, therefore you being unable to do your job properly for the next few days."
She wanted to object, but she knew he was right. She used up lots of her mana doing that, and wouldn't be able to do it again, but was very worried for his weapons, as he had never used the Run Forge before.
She had to cut her musings short, as she just then noticed him putting Wraithfire and the sword he got from the Island, and closing it.
The thing with the Rune Forge is, is that once you put something in it, you can't take it out until it's done. He was too bold, and if he messes up, he will lose two of his weapons, having a severe disadvantage against the Burning Legion.
She was going to yell at him, but she didn't, as you needed to fully concentrate on the Rune Forge while you are using it.
She'll yell at him after, if it works or not.
While she was thinking, Naruto was slowly pouring in Fire Chakra, instead of just normal chakra, so it would be the perfect Fire weapon.
Five minutes later, he slowly but surely, stopped pouring his Fire Chakra in it, and opened the Forge and pulled out his new sword, and couldn't help but grin at the new improvement.
The pommel was black, with sharp bones where you hold it, and the bottom of the pommel had a skull with red eyes gleaming in the dark. Before the blade starts, there is a demon head, fire somehow coming out of its mouth, and with spikes all around it, giving off a bit of flame and black smoke. The blade itself was all black, both sides were serrated, one horribly worse than the other and smoking, while the less serrated side was lightly on fire.
He smirked and grabbed the pommel but quickly took his hand away, and he looked at them and saw that they were bleeding. The bones on the pommel are needle sharp, so he had to make sure to use it with his armor on, or channeling earth chakra in his hand.
He channeled a bit of earth chakra in his hand and picked it up and gave it a few experimental swings.
Each time he swings, a slight trail of smoke follows the blade. Already the flame is hot enough to give slight burns; he could just imagine the amount of possibilities when he channeled Fire Chakra in it.
When he walked back to the shop area, he saw the blacksmith and Jaina looking at the sword with awe and fear.
He started thinking about the name and he heard that voice say, "Call me Sventar… it means Killer in Draconic…" He said darkly
"Before you leave to Ogrimmar, come to me in your mindscape, as I have things I want to talk about with my new wielder…" it said.
'Alright. Let me get to a secluded area first.' He said, hoping that the voice heard it.
"Lady Proudmoore. I have to get used to my new weapon. Thank you for letting me use the Rune Forge." He said and with that, he walked out of the smithy.
After walking for a bit, he finds an area where there aren't that many creatures, not that they'll come after him now that there is about four left of each species.
He sits down and focuses on getting to his mindscape, getting a feeling of déjà vu from his days with Kyuubi.
He closes his eyes, and when he opens them, he wakes up in an odd place.
He looks to his left and sees a bit of lush grass, flowers, and trees, but everywhere else, all he could see is signs of battle, dead trees, abandoned houses, fires, and dark sky.
He raises an eyebrow at this.
'This is my mindscape? What a dump.' He thought with a grunt.
He then saw a very large shadow being cast over his head and most of the land in front of him.
He slowly, very slowly, turns around and sees a GIANT dragon hovering just feet away from him. It was a Red Dragon, and was looking at him, calculating him, and then suddenly, opens its mouth a breathes a huge jet of white flames at him, to which he just uses a Substitution with a stick away from the blast.
He then dodges a large claw slamming down on him, and flips away from a lightning fats bite at him.
'This is what he wanted to talk about?' He thought with a sweat drop.
"This is a symbol of what your heart is Naruto." He said surprising me slightly.
"My heart?" he said with a raised eyebrow, and then dodged a claw and another jet of fire.
"The lush area is the happiness in your life." He said, giving a large jet of white flames, to which he narrowly dodges.
"All of this darkness is the sadness in your life." He stated, flying up high and slamming down on the ground, creating craters under him, Naruto dodged this by using a Substitution.
"As a member of the Red Dragonflight, I represent the health and joy of the land, and as my new wielder, this is just depressing." He said with a bit of anger, almost tearing his body in half from a bite.
"As you are most likely the sword I wield, you are an ancestor of the Red Dragonflight, aren't you." Naruto stated, getting a jet of flames in response.
"When I was alive, the land was serene, lush, beautiful, a nirvana. Seeing the land the way it is now, the corruption, the hate, and the amount of damage done to the world, makes my blood boil. Even worse is that the Aspects have done nothing. Nothing! I told Alexstrasza to take care of the world! Not let it destroy itself!" He yelled, trying to swipe at me, which I narrowly dodged, and jumped away from a jet of flames.
Naruto has seen this happen. Right now Sventar is traumatized, finding out that the world he helped create is the way it is, and that Alexstrasza, somehow related to him, is not doing her job in helping the world… He was wondering if he should tell him about Neltharion… He needs to take his anger out on something, and, as this is his mindscape, seeing the condition that it is in has put him into a berserk state.
He sighed. He had a plan, but it may get him killed, but it's the only way to get him to calm down.
"Do you know Malygos, Sventar?" He asked, dodging a ball of flames.
"Little Malygos… Yes I know him. Why?" he asked, stopping his attack.
"One of the Aspects, Neltharion," Sventar growled at this, "Has driven him insane."
"What…? Tell me what happened NOW!"
"Many years ago, Neltharion went mad with power. He created a disk, the Dragon Soul, now the Demon Soul, which had the power to level armies in less than a minute. Its rays disintegrated hundreds of soldiers in one beam.
"All three Aspects, Malygos, Alexstrasza, and Ysera, along with their flights, joined forces against Neltharion to defeat him during a battle between the Burning Legion and the forces of Kalimdor. Malygos attacked first, along with his whole flight, using their mastery over magic to defeat Neltharion at long range.
"It stunned Neltharion, then called Deathwing, but he used the power of the Demon Soul to decimate all of his flight, and throw Malygos into the distance.
"He then defeated the other Flights, along with Alexstrasza and Ysera
"Krasus, also known as Korialstrasz, traveled to Malygos's lair, to see if he had any remaining eggs that had the chance to hatch, as Malygos traveled the road of madness, running away to a hideout where nobody knows.
"I had to dig deep in the archives to find this information. You will be among the very select few who know this. Krasus found a few eggs still alive, barely, but still alive.
"Nozdormu is holding them, waiting for them to hatch. The Blue Dragonflight will most likely never be back up to its full strength, but I can save 'Little Malygos' for you. All I need to know is that if you know any place where he may hide at."
Sventar seemed to think about this and said, "On two conditions." He said to which Naruto raised an eyebrow, "One is that you will defeat Deathwing." Naruto nodded, that was his third thing on the 'to do list' along with Kill Arthas, Kill Illidan, and Defeat the Burning Legion.
"And two is that you will travel to the hideaway where the Aspects live, under my direction, and summon my spirit so I can 'talk' to Alexstrasza." He ended, looking at Naruto expectantly.
"Agreed. You okay?" he asked, hoping that he didn't have to dodge anymore.
"Fine now, but don't leave, we still have some 'training' to do." He said with an evil grin, to which Naruto gulped.
'Shit' and as he thought that, he began dodging jets of fire and deadly talons.
He knew would be sore when he wakes up.
And cut!
Alright, another Chapter done.
I have a picture of his new sword in my profile. I think it's really cool.
If you read the Warcraft: War of the Ancients book series, Krasus does go to Malygos's lair and finds a few eggs still alive, though most are dead, and some may not survive, a few eggs will live and hatch to be Blue Dragons.
For those of you who don't like the 'emotionless' Naruto, if you have been reading closely, you'd see some things he wouldn't even think of doing back in Chapter 2.
For instance, last chapter ended with Naruto saying "I make my own luck" and he flipped him a coin with two heads.
He wouldn't even have thought about doing that in Chapter 2.
I have been stealthily hinting that he is breaking out of his shell, just that some viewers haven't noticed that yet.
He may have not found 'Love' yet but read over the past few chapters, and compare that Naruto to the Naruto in Chapter 2.
Well, that's that.
Sseasshark signing out.
