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Chapter 11
The Rescue
Ogrimmar Gates
Author POV
Naruto and the rest of the Knights of the Tempest were getting ready to leave at the gate, each on their respective mounts.
Thrall and his elite guards were standing at the gate, to which Thrall walked up to Naruto.
"Naruto, for your actions in the Arena, as well as the defeat of Onyxia, you have my support in the final battle. You have proven yourself worthy in my and the Orcs eyes." Thrall said to him, acceptance and a bit of respect in his eyes.
"Know that if you do one single act against the Horde, I will call back all of the Horde troops, not having any assistance in you quest." He ended, giving a stern look into his eyes.
"I swear on my name and honor that I will not compromise the Horde. Thank you Warchief, but I must be go-"
Just as he was about to finish, he heard a loud yell of;
"WARCHIEF!"
A line separated in the crowd behind Thrall and a Tauren soldier ran through it.
Panting, he saluted Thrall and said, "My sincerest apologies for interrupting you, Warchief," he started to which Thrall nodded; "Chieftain Cairne has told me to ask you for backup." He said between pants.
"Soldier, why does Cairne need this backup?" Thrall said, more like a command really.
"He said it was extremely important that you send backup, but he didn't say why.
"Lately, my Chieftain has been in a deep depression. No one, except his advisors knows the reason why, but they have not told why he is in this state.
"At first it wasn't bad, but just the last day he delved deeper in his sorrow. The Advisors sent me on a Wyvern to ask you for backup, immediately." He said, calming his pulse and breathing.
After he finished, he turned to one of his Elites and said, "Tell Rehgar Earthfury to meet me in my quarters now!" He ordered, to which the Orc nodded and ran towards the North.
"Naruto come with me. We need a mind like yours for a strategy." Thrall commanded.
Naruto noticed the urge in Thrall's voice so he nodded. Thrall then rode away on his Wolf and he jumped on Bloodclaw and said, "Get to Thrall's chambers now." To which Bloodclaw nodded, hearing the seriousness in his master's voice.
With one mighty flap of his wings, he took to the air, flying over buildings and towards the North.
Thrall's Quarters
Naruto POV
'The only thing that could send a powerful leader into a state of depression is the loss of a family member, or… the capture and interrogation of a family member. In my years, I learned that death could be a better fate than being a captive….' I thought, remembering Orochimaru's testsubjects.
Over the short time that I've been in Ogrimmar, I learned that the Tauren, before joining the Horde, were actually a nomadic race, a group of Tauren that traveled around the Barrens, setting up camps for a few months, then leaving back on the trail.
What I don't understand is that the Tauren, a peaceful and nature-friendly race, joined the Horde, mostly savage and bloodthirsty warriors. All that I read was that Cairne owed Thrall a deep debt, but the records, even the forbidden ones that I read, didn't even say what this 'debt'could be.
I just shrugged my shoulders, and saw Bloodclaw landing near Thrall's chambers. I patted his head and gave him a piece of meat, and when he was done I sealed him away. I walked into Thrall's quarters after the guards gave me the OK and waited.
A few minutes later, Thrall and Rehgar walked in, along with a guard holding a map. We then take our places along the table, me on the left, Rehgar on the right, and Thrall at the front. The guard rolls the map out on the table and walks out, afraid of the room that has three of the strongest warriors he ever saw.
"As you both know, Cairne is in a state of depression. We don't know why, but we know that he needs a strong squad for backup.
"The only problem is that we don't have many powerful warriors on hand… Most of our Warriors are stationed at Warsong Gulch and Arathi Basin, too preoccupied to come to our aid…" Thrall said, deep in thought.
For now, I decided against saying that my group is available. Thrall seems to be looking for only Horde warriors. It's not an act of distrust, just that he prefers warriors only from the Horde to help in this type of situation.
"There is a squad in Thousand Needles." Rehgar pointed out.
"No. They have their hands full dealing with the Centaur and Harpies…" Thrall stated back.
I decided to volunteer my group now, "Warchief, the Knights of the Tempest are available at your call."
Thrall looked straight into my eyes now, I know he trusts me, but this is a complete Horde issue. I only told him that we are available because I went through every squad on the map in Kalimdor, and saw them all busy with their tasks.
We had a staring contest now; he wanted to see if I'd waver under his gaze. Well that just won't happen.
A few more seconds passed by, Thrall and I staring at each other and Rehgar watching on silently.
"Alright Naruto. You're first task from me is to go to Thunder Bluff and find out whatever is wrong with Cairne and fix it." He ordered, to which I saluted and walked out.
"Are you sure that was the right thing to do Thrall? The human is strong but this is something that has nothing to do with him." Rehgar asked.
"Trust me, if I had a strong squad available I would send them. But right now, with Arathi Basin, Warsong Gulch, and all of the other problems the Horde has to deal with, our available forces are slim, just enough to defend our cities and towns. The Knights of the Tempest are the only powerful team available right now, and I trust that they will get the job done." Thrall told him, confident in their abilities.
Ogrimmar Flight Master
After I explained the mission to the team, we all road up, or in my case, flew to the Flight Master.
When we got there the Flight Master said, "Thrall told me to let you guys get a free ride to Thunderbluff. I have three Wyvern's ready, as the 'Killer Fox' over there doesn't need one," He said with a chuckle, ignoring my glare infested with killing intent.
"Killer Fox?" Otiros asked with a glance in my direction.
"It's a nickname I gave to a Naga back in Darkshore. How did that name get here?" I asked the Flight Master expectantly.
"You don't honestly think that each race doesn't care about its HVT's do you?" He said, giving a lazy glance in my direction.
(AN: "HVT's", or "High Value Targets" is a term used in the army for targets that, if captured is awarded a large sum of money. If the HVT is killed then the sum decreases by half. Think like the Bingo Book.)
"I guess then each Race has these HVTs… Do you have a spare list of them?" I asked, Bounty Hunting was always a bit of fun.
"Yeah. We call them the "Blacklists". All of The Horde, Alliance, and Neutral Races have one. I can only give you the Horde Book, as naturally I don't have any way to get an Alliance or Neutral book." He said, and tossed me a book.
"All throughout Kalimdor the Naga have been stalking around, asking about your location. Just as we try to kill them, they vanish, giving us the idea that they are the Elite Naga only found in Outland," he stated, "they really don't like you." He ended with a chuckle.
"They put a 1,000 gold bounty on your head. Be careful, many mercenaries, mainly Rogues, will be coming after you." He ended, looking straight into my eyes.
I nodded in thanks and sealed the Blacklist away.
I then jumped on Bloodclaw and the Knights got on the Wyverns, and we took to the skies, southwest.
While flying I kept seeing Bloodclaw look at the Wyverns with a look of want, but not love-like want, more like a hunger…
I then sighed and said, "You want to eat them don't you." I deadpanned to which Bloodclaw nodded happily.
The Wyvern's turned a new shade of white and slowly started gliding a bit further away from the Dragon.
I just sighed at his actions. He seemed to be getting more and more hungry these days…
Then I understood why he was hungrier. He was getting bored of the meat I was feeding him.
"You want something new to eat huh?" I asked to which he nodded.
"Alright, if the next group of enemies is edible, then you can have at them. Just don't get hurt." I ended sternly, to which Bloodclaw nodded happily and blew a jet of white flames into the air.
Thunderbluff, Mulgore
When we landed in Thunderbluff, and an elite guard walked up to us and said, "Hail travelers. What brings you to Thunderbluff?" He asked, though he seemed uncomfortable that there was Alliance in his camp.
"We are the squad sent to aid Chieftain Cairne; can you take us to him?" I asked to which the guard nodded and walked to the northwest.
While they were walking, I was stealthily observing the surroundings.
Thunderbluff was basically four different platforms: the Market District, The Hunter's Rise, The Elder Rise, and the Spirit Rise. The Market area was entirely condensed of every shop that is needed in a city, the Inn, the Bank, the Auction House, the Class and Profession Trainers, everything that is necessary for a major city. The only way to get into Thunderbluff is two entrances; an elevator in the Southwest and another elevator in the Northeast. Both of them were heavily fortified; extremely strong guards, bunkers with hunters behind them, and there were scouts always patrolling the elevators. Another good defense is that the elevators are completely open, so if any enemy were somehow able to get in they would be dead meat for arrows and spells.
Overall it was a very sturdy and well equipped city.
The guard was leading us to the Spirit Rise, most likely where Cairne was at.
After walking a bit more, all that was left between the Market District and the Spirit Rise was a long bridge.
It looked a little weak, but the Tauren guard, easily weighing over 300 pounds of weight and armor, started walking over it without pause. Krogar then followed, already being sent here by Thrall, and Selena, Otiros, and I walked after, a bit more slowly than the rest.
When the whole group got across the bridge, all of us ignoring the sarcastic 'What took you so long?' from Krogar, we walked in to a large room.
If there was one word to describe the atmosphere in this room, it would be depressed. The very air was thick with sadness and grief and most of it was coming from a large figure in front of them.
It was Chieftain Cairne Bloodhoof, sitting in a chair with a mug of ale in his hand.
I took a sniff and my eyes jolted open and I disappeared in a burst of speed.
A millisecond later, the mug of ale is knocked on the floor and broken into pieces.
"Human! Why did you do that!" Cairne yelled at him, enraged.
"Forgive that bad entrance Chieftain, but that ale you were drinking was poisoned." I stated back, my gaze unwavering.
"You lie!" He yelled back, confused.
I have seen this before, well not the poison, but Cairne's state of mind. Right now Cairne is in a state of deep shock, confusion, and depression, all combining into a temporarily state of manic. The only ways to calm Cairne down would either to dissuade him from attacking me, or knock him out, but that would start a war between the Knights of the Tempest and the Tauren.
"Chieftain, look at the ale." I started, pointing to the spilt beer.
"What about it! There's nothing wrong with it!" He yelled back.
"Actually," He began, "If you look at the ale closely, you'd see tiny specs of white, made to look like bubbles." I said, looking at the 'bubbles' closely.
"These are not bubbles," I started again, "Watch my finger closely." I said and touched one of the bubbles.
Cairne, now a bit calmer studied my pointer finger and saw the skin literally being eaten away.
"As you can see, this poison erodes whatever it touches, therefore however long you have been drinking this ale, the poison has been slowly eating your internal veins, arteries, and organs. It is an extremely slow process but if you do any physical exertion, it will cause the poison to erode much faster, lowering the bit of life you hang on to.
"My suggestion would be to get medical attention quickly to get the poison out of your system, and when you are healed, convict the culprit for attempted murder." I ended, looking at Cairne expectantly.
Cairne nodded, he has been feeling a very small pain in his stomach for a while now. He thought nothing of it, but now that I explained it to him, if no one heals this, then he will die very soon.
"Turok! Get some healers in here NOW!" He yelled, to which the guard outside gave a quick 'Yes Chieftain' and ran out, hearing the whole conversation.
Now completely calm, Cairne said, "Thank you human. Before I go to get healed, who are you, and why are you in Thunderbluff?" He asked, wondering who would just walk into his throne room.
"We are the Knights of the Tempest, and I am Naruto Uzumaki. We were called here by a courier, saying you needed backup quickly, as it was very important." I reported, to which Cairne nodded in recognition.
"The reason I called for backup is because Baine Bloodhoof, my son, has been captured by the Centaurs." He stated, sadness dripping off his tone.
"Do you know where they took him?" I asked, hoping it wouldn't be too hard to find him.
"He has been taken to the Centaur's holy ground.
"He has been taken to Maraudon."
Entrance to Valley of Spears, Desolace
It took a long time to get to the Valley of Spears, as we couldn't use Wyverns to travel, as the Alliance has been shooting them down like clay pigeons at a firing range.
I wanted to punch a hole through the mountains between Mulgore and Desolace, but we needed the element of surprise, so we had to travel to The Barrens, to Thousand Needles, all the way through Feralas, and into Desolace.
It took a very long time, three days actually, but now we're here, and we have a job to do.
I looked at the team and said, "You all understand the mission right?" To which they nodded.
"Selena, get into cover and take all of the archers out silently, we need you to be our sniper in this. Krogar, Otiros, we'll attack them from three different directions. I get front, Krogar gets right and Otiros gets left, and Bloodclaw will get the skies. You all have two minutes to get into position, and when the two minutes pass, I will unseal Bloodclaw, to which he'll gain their attention. Selena, I want those archers' dead or dying when Bloodclaw gets in the air, no exceptions. I don't want to hear one sound coming from you all, we need the element of surprise. On my mark we will get into position. Get ready."
We all readied ourselves and I put three fingers up.
Two…
One…
And when the count went to zero, the group all disappeared into the shadows around us.
I steadily counted in my head, the two minutes seeming to take an eternity.
I pull out the scroll when 10 seconds come.
I open the scroll and wait…
Three…
Two…
One…
And I channeled chakra into the scroll and Bloodclaw came out and took to the skies.
Just as the burst of chakra came out, four Centaur Archers gave a cry and died with an arrow through their skulls.
Then, more and more arrows coming out of all different directions, most likely set up by Selena set off and they all struck true, hitting the Archers' heads or heart.
As Bloodclaw lunges towards the scared Centaur, a loud war cry came out of nowhere and Krogar, Otiros, and I charge at them.
We all barrel into the group, our swords and fists crushing the closest Centaurs.
The Centaurs finally regained their composure and quickly divided into three groups of 30, and they all charged at those who dare intrude on their holy land.
Bloodclaw swooped down from the skies and picked two Centaurs in its claws, threw them up and ate them and gave a happy roar for the new food.
He breathed a jet of white flames into the hordes of Centaur and incinerated some of Otiros' group, to which he gave a grunt of thanks.
Krogar charged a Shadow Bolt in both hands and threw his hands forward, to which the deadly bolts flew through the air, hitting two Centaurs in the heads, and they gave screams of pain and fell to the ground. He ducked under a wild sword swing and grabbed a swinging axe by the handle, tore it out of the Centaur's hands and decapitated him, his head rolling to his brothers. He threw the axe at another and it impaled itself into a Centaur's head, and it died with a silent scream. He looked around and grinned at seeing ten more charging and channeled fire mana into his hand, creating his Fist of Flame.
Otiros, his sword sheathed, glared at the Centaur around him, his gaze unwavering at the many Centaurs around him. The first line of Centaur gave a loud war cry and charged; their axes and swords high in the air. When the first group reached him, they swung their axes in two different directions, horizontally and vertically. He deftly reached out and caught the two axes aimed at him, and ripped them out and plunged them into their heads. When they fell, three more charged at him, completely unfazed by their allies' quick deaths. They all swung their swords at the same time, to which Otiros unsheathed his sword and parried all of the swords and did a complete 180 degree slash, cutting all of them in half. He watched them fall and saw the rest charging, his stony gaze locked onto the Centaur before him.
I took out Sventar, lit it with fire chakra, and I slashed at a group of two and it decapitated them. Not a second later, I instinctively lowered my head, easily dodging an axe that was aimed to decapitate me. I channel lightning chakra in my fist and punch him in the chest, knocking him into another behind him, killing both. Seeing a group of ten coming at me I start doing hand signs and call,
"Wind Style: Multiple Wind Blades!" I stated.
To the Centaurs it seemed like the wind picked up a bit, so they kept running at me, but then they all heard three loud cries and saw three dead Centaurs, their bodies cut in half.
Not a second later, three more had their heads cut off, leaving four left.
They started to wildly swing their axes around like headless chickens, and, deciding to end this now, I took out four kunai, two in each hand, and threw them, all plunging in to their heads.
I watch as their bodies flop to the ground and charge at the masses, my white flaming sword leading the way. I rammed into a Centaur and stabbed my sword through his head, the flames burning everything inside of it. I grab a swinging axe and rip it out of the Centaur's hands, and he jumps back stunned. Using that same axe, I hack through two Centaur and their bodies, cut in half, fall to the ground. I pierce my sword through a charging Centaur's head, and threw the axe at a different Centaur, impaling it right through the eyes and it falls down with a silent cry. I then channel lightning chakra into my foot and kick the impaled Centaur, to which thousands of volts of electricity course through its body. The electric-covered Centaur hits two charging Centaurs and they both get electrocuted to death. I see three more charging, right over the electrocuted bodies, just as they reach the dead bodies, I set off an explosive tag I attached when I kicked it, and it blew the Centaur to pieces.
The Centaur seemed to notice that I was the major threat and all the rest, around twenty of them, charged at me.
When they get about 50 feet away from the group, I crunch my legs and literally disappear.
The Centaurs were completely stunned and were looking around for me.
Out of nowhere, a gale force winds start coming from a figure circling around the Centaurs. It gets faster and faster and the winds get more and more powerful, slashing the Centaurs in the middle. The figure then goes even faster and creates a tornado.
The Centaurs were picked up and thrown about in the wind, being cut millions of times all around their body.
A yellow flash came out of the tornado and stopped next to the group, and he slammed his hands down and said,
"Earth Style: Ultimate Defense: Kyuubi's Wrath!"
The ground shook, a large tremor running through the ground. All of a sudden, huge amounts of rocks and soil shoot out of the ground, and form a giant fox.
But it wasn't any fox; the fox had nine tails waving out of its back. It had razor sharp, glowing teeth, despite it being made out of rocks. Its eyes seemed to glow with an evil hunger, despite it being rock.
Out of nowhere it lunged at the tornado and plowed straight into it, exploding in a large cloud of dust.
I looked up and saw shining lights floating from the sky; it was a beautiful ending to a large battle. There were blues, reds, purples, and silver glows all falling down from the collision between rock and air.
Earth Style: Ultimate Defense: Kyuubi's Wrath is a jutsu similar to Gaara's ultimate defense. It takes the hardest minerals in the ground and brings them up to the surface, creating a figure harder than steel. Instead of pulling it up to be a wall, I decided to make it into an animate figure, and what better else to animate than the Kyuubi himself? It can only be controlled for a few minutes, so it is best to use it at its most while you can. I commanded it to lunge into the tornado, to cancel each other out. As for the light show, once some of the minerals are turned to dust, the remnants fall down with it, creating glowing dust.
(Think in Gaara vs. Kimimaro when Gaara was wrapped around Kimimaro's spine when he was in Cure Seal form. Gaara created mini Shukaku to wrap itself around his spine, and was able to withstand the hardest bone known to man at that time, taking minor damage. He was able to withstand Kimimaro's attack by fusing his sand with the hardest minerals from the soil, similar to what Naruto did, just giving it animation and forming it to be Kyuubi, not Shukaku.)
The group looked on at me with wide eyes, to which I just shrugged and started making my way towards the entrance to Maraudon.
Suddenly, the ground starts to shake, multiple tremors running through the ground. The entrance to Maraudon starts to shake, and the rocks on the top of the entrance start to crumble.
I give a curse and yell, "Come on, come on!" We have to get in before the entrance collapses!"
Just as I get in, the wall collapses behind me, leaving the group outside with me alone.
Just as I was about to get a Rasengan to blow through the wall, I hear tons of clatters on the floor and I curse.
I slowly turn around and I see 50 Centaurs and all five of the Khans.
40 of the Centaurs were armed with swords and axes, but the other 10 were armed with crossbows.
The Khans walk forward and I watch them carefully.
They didn't look like they were going to stop, so I pull out my sword in one fluent motion and say, "Stop right there."
The Khans stopped less than 8 feet away and studied me carefully. One of them snorted in disgust and I narrowed my eyes at him.
The First Khan steps forward and says, "What do you want in our Holy Ground."
I looked at him and the other Khans and say, "A favor from a friend."
The same Khan sneers at me and I look at him calmly and said emotionlessly, "Best keep your friend on a leash; you wouldn't want his head cut off would you."
The Khan growled and stepped forward, but a stern gaze from the First Khan stopped him.
"We don't take kindly to those who insult our kin. I'll ask you again, why did you come to Desolace, kill all of our guards, and tore up out outside grounds for?" He asked with angry eyes.
"You have a prisoner that I want back. You give him to me, I'll leave and you'll never see me again." I said, again emotionlessly.
The First Khan seemed confused for a second but then said, "Ah, you mean the Tauren? We gave him to Princess Theradras, a meal, as she hasn't tasted Tauren in quite a while. We can't give him to you." He said back.
"I see," I started, "Well then I'll just have to kill you." I stated and disappeared.
A second later, two of the Five Khans heads rolled off their shoulders, the First Khan and the Fifth Khan, the leader and the prick.
The Centaurs seemed stunned at my speed and the Khans looked at me, seeing one sword burning white flames, the other cackling with electricity.
I charge into the masses of Centaurs, and hit them head on, decapitating two and stabbing two others in the heart.
They all charge with a war cry, all angered by the two Khans swift defeat.
I duck under two axes, and they hit each other and fall on the ground in pain. I stab two Centaurs in the heart and spin around and throw them off the sword hitting three others and they all fell, either with broken legs or broken necks.
I dodge under a swipe and dodge an axe and it hits another that was aiming to slash my back.
I decapitate three others and slam a Rasengan into the ground, creating a cloud of smoke and dust.
I then disappear into the dust and all that was heard was the dying screams of the Centaurs.
The Centaurs seemed to panic and were looking around and swinging their weapons wildly like headless chickens, all looking for my hidden figure.
I cut another's head off and it flops on the ground. I look through the masses and see the Third Khan scanning the smoke around him calmly.
I stealthily walk behind him and not even noticing, the Khan dies with a sword through his head.
Seeing the smoke finally receding, I jump up to a darkened part of the ceiling and wait for the right moment.
I quietly walk above the Centaur and stop right above the Second Khan.
I then stop channeling chakra in my feet and I free fall straight towards the Khan, and I then stomp on his back, breaking his spine.
I quickly stab my sword into his head, ending his life.
The remaining Centaurs went into Berserk at seeing so many of their kin die and all charge blindly towards me.
I stab the first two in the necks, one being electrocuted from the inside and the others windpipe incinerated.
I throw them off the swords to which it hits the next three, breaking their necks.
I see all of the rest charging and do a few hand signs and silently say, "Fire Style: Fire Dragon Jutsu."
I gather air in my lungs and fuse it with fire chakra and blow it out in a stream of flames. The flames turn into a white fire dragon and it collides with the rest of the charging Centaurs, incinerating them to dust and ashes.
I give a slight cough and see the last Khan running away.
I sigh and sink into the ground, my eyes on the Khan straight ahead of me.
As the Khan was running away, he suddenly gets pulled into the ground by his back legs. With a cry, his whole body gets pulled into the ground and I pop out and calmly say,
"Earth Style: Headhunter Jutsu."
The Khan was struggling to get out, but there was no way for him to pull his whole form out, and watched, fearfully, as I walked towards him.
I crouch down and get close to his face and he looks into my red slit eyes and whimpers in fear.
"Now, I could do this the easy way or the hard way. You tell me where the Tauren is, and you'll get a swift death, and if you don't I will torture you so much that you'll wish that you were never alive." I said darkly.
The Khan didn't budge though and I shrugged my shoulders, looked straight into his eyes and said,
"Ninja Art: 100 Fates"
100 Fates is very simple. It gives the target 100 visions of the most brutal, painful, freakish ways to die, until the target snaps and either goes into insanity or breaks down for the rest of his life.
It is one of the most brutal things to experience and with no way to break it; the Khan will fall into madness, to which I will kill him afterward, to save him from a life of lunacy and misery.
While the Khan was busy living the worst ways to die, I walked over to the rocks that were blocking the group from coming in.
I felt weakness in the rock and felt it extremely hot, and every now and then tiny rocks crumbled off of it.
'Must be Krogar's Fist of Flame…' I thought analyzing the weakness.
With one last look I yelled, "Hey can you guys hear me?"
I heard incoherent mumbling from the other side, to which I channeled chakra in my ears.
I barley heard the voice of Otiros, "…to get Krogar to bash his way in! Can you get us in there?"
Hearing this, I yelled back, "Yeah! Stand back, unless you want debris to be the last thing you see in this life!"
After hearing the 'Alright' from Otiros, I walk back about 10 yards and wait a few seconds, charging a Rasengan in my hand.
I crunch my legs and disappear. Not even a second later the wall gets blown straight through, smoke and dust covering the entrance.
As the dust clears, I see the wide-eyed faces of the group, to which I shrug my shoulders and walk in, the group following in stunned silence.
As I walked in, I saw the last Khan whimpering in the ground, shedding silent tears of misery.
I walked over to the Khan and he looked at me with eyes full of fear, so much so that you could see the pain that he went through, though it didn't faze me at all.
"Now I'll ask my question again. Where is the Tauren?"
He whimpered even more, to which I put my sword to his throat and say emotionlessly, "Talk. If you don't, then you will relive the same visions, only 1,000 of them. Am I clear?" I ended, my voice laced with killing intent.
Krogar looked on at this episode with uncaring eyes. To him, this pathetic Khan was an enemy, but an enemy that had information, therefore his blood will be spared. He only hoped that I would allow him the killing blow.
Otiros looked on with sympathetic eyes, but, like Krogar, this Khan had information that was vital to the current mission. One thing he was taught in Theramore was that not only do you save as many allies as possible, but do whatever it takes to get the job done; therefore, as brutal is this scene may be, he knows it's necessary.
Selena was a different story. She was slightly disturbed at what I put him through. She looked at the Khan with caring eyes and looked towards me with angry eyes, trying to glare daggers into my skull after what I put him through.
I brushed off the glare, it was a pitiful attempt to try and intimidate me. Ignoring the cold stare she was giving me, I say, "One last chance. Tell me where the Tauren is, or you will wish you have never been born."
Just as Selena was about to intervene at what she probably thought was 'madness' the Khan yells out, "Ok! Ok! Please not again!" He cried out, "The Tauren is held within Princess Theradras's lair! At the end of our Holy Ground! Please don't hurt me anymore! Please!"
I could tell that this Centaur was a broken soul so I smoothly cut his head off in one stroke, ending the Khan's misery.
I studied the groups varying reactions.
Krogar's was one of disappointment, either he wanted to kill the Khan or wasn't happy with my method of killing.
Otiros seemed a bit disturbed at what he saw, but he knew it was necessary, so he took it in stride, hoping to think that never happened.
Selena looked at the Khan with pity and turned to me, her eyes glaring at me, a silent message saying 'What the hell is wrong with you?'.
I just looked at her and shrugged my shoulders, the Khan had information, and I needed it.
End of story.
I turn my back and walk further into the depths of Maraudon, the darkness signifying the entrance to what could be a potential maze, and you never know what you might find around the next corner.
I looked to my right and saw what looked like a Centaur, but it stood on two feet and had…purple fur (Lord Vyletoungue). He seemed scared of me, most likely seeing the massacre I made, to which I disappeared and a split-second later, his head fell of his neck and rolled along the floor.
I followed a single path, my instinct guiding me on which direction to go. I walk down the selected path, the group cutting down the small creatures trying to attack us. I turn a corner and come into a large opening and a large…green thing charged at me. I simply jumped away from its sloppy attack, and it met its demise by three arrows lodging themselves into his skull. I got a good look at his body and saw that it had moss and seaweed for its body, the weed falling over its face, showing only its blue eyes (Meshlok the Harvester).
I nod in thanks to her and continue down the path and came to a large opening with knee-deep water in it. I decided to water walk on it, not wanting to get this armor wet. Krogar had no problem, his muscular legs easily making his way through the water.
Otiros and Selena however… they won't be much help in the next fights, the water heavily restricting their movements. We waded, or in my case walked, through the water and we turned a corner, coming face-to-face with three hydras. The Hydras looked at us for a moment, and charged towards their nearest prey, me.
I watched the Hydras get closer and jumped off the water, landing on the first Hydra's head. I snap the first's neck, stab the second's, and ripped the other head off and threw it at the second Hydra. It didn't stop however, it just ran right over it, but just as it touched the neck, it exploded, throwing the charred and dead Hydra into the wall, making a spider web crater in it.
I was about to charge to the next one, but it gave a loud roar that echoed throughout the caverns.
I got there right after the roar and cut its body in half. It was too late however, as there was what sounded like a stampede running through the waters, and, unfortunately, towards our position.
I give a silent curse and prepare a Water Dragon Jutsu, as Krogar started channeling large amounts of fire mana in his hands, Selena readied her bow, and Otiros raised his sword, all ready to attack.
Just as the Water Dragon formed, the Hydras turned the corner and charged with a cry.
I willed the Dragon to charge at the masses, and, holding it together with one seal, plunge the Daichi, covered in lightning chakra, into the Dragon. It crashes into the first wave, ramming and electrocuting most of them.
Krogar throws his hands up into the air and calls, "Rain of Fire!", and out of nowhere large fireballs hailed down on the Hydras from the air above them, many giving roars and hisses of pain as the fireballs struck their bodies.
Selena fired three arrows, all hitting three skulls of one Hydra, to which it falls to the ground with a scream. She took another down before a hydra broke through the line and charged at her. She was reloading, and didn't have enough time to stop the Hydra, but Otiros came out of nowhere and slashed the heads off, and she gave a nod in thanks.
Not a second later, a Hydra reaches out and snatches Otiros with its tail, and Otiros gives a cry of pain at how tight it was holding him.
Just as it was about to eat him, a extremely loud roar echoes throughout the clearing, to which all of the Hydra give a hiss in annoyance and slight fear.
They all retreat and the one holding Otiros was at the front. I give a slight curse and chase after them, Krogar picking up Otiros's dropped sword, and they followed soon after.
We followed them throughout the watery chambers, and come out to a large clearing. I looked to my right and saw Otiros hanging over the edge of a cliff; the Hydra's tail is the only thing holding him up.
Krogar then chucks the sword at him, an illogical attempt to try and get his sword to him in time.
It spins through the air, and miraculously, Otiros catches it in the air.
He slashes at the tail, and it falls off, the Hydra screaming in pain.
He starts to fall down the cliff, but he plunges his sword into the rocky wall, trying to slow his descent. Finally, after many feet of falling, the sword skids to a stop, a large crack in the wall following it.
I curse at this and charge at blinding speeds towards the cliff edge. I slash at the closest Hydra and look down, and what I saw made my eyes widen.
I saw a crocodile, no, a GIANT crocodile snapping at Otiros's feet. It was colored a sky blue, its sharp jaws snapping closer and closer to Otiros's feet.
Without a thought, I jumped over the edge, falling towards the water below.
The crocodile noticed me falling towards him, so it leapt in the air, its jaws wide open, and I channeled a Rasengan in my hand. Just as the crocodile closed his jaws around me, I smashed the Rasengan into its upper mouth, and it roared in extreme pain and agony, a gaping hole in its mouth.
I jumped out of the hole and landed on the cliff wall, watching it dive underwater, giving a last roar as it delved into the dark depths of its home. I looked at the spot where it dived, knowing that a creature of its size and aggressiveness would not retreat after an unfinished battle.
I pulled out the Daichi and covered it in Lightning Chakra, and it started cackling with electricity. I ran down the wall and stopped a few feet before the water, and plunged the Daichi into the water.
Thousands of volts immediately traveled throughout the body of water, and I heard screams and roars of agony from its depths. About ten seconds later, I saw the dead crocodile's body float to the surface, it's black eyes dull and lifeless. I walked over to it and sealed it away, a skinner might pay some good money for this.
I looked over to Otiros, and saw him hanging there, his muscles most likely screaming in agony for having to stay like that for so long. I sighed and jumped over to his position and stood on the wall next to him.
Without a word I picked him up and threw him over my shoulder, grunting at the extra weight. He looked at me in shock, but I ignore him and walk up the wall.
When we got to the top, I put Otiros down, and he stood up on wobbly legs. He looked at me in shock and relief, not able to say any words of thanks in the display I did. I nod at him and walked away, knowing quite well that you don't usually see a single man take down a giant crocodile and walk up a wall with a man over his shoulders very often.
Just as we were about to continue, we heard extremely loud stomping behind us. A giant shadow loomed over us, its darkness blocking out the light from the torches above.
I slowly, very slowly, turn around and see a massive rock figure behind me. It was all gray stone, its arms, legs, its whole body completely made of hard stone.
It looked at us with white, dull eyes, and we looked back with wide, amazed eyes. It then gave a loud roar and swung his fist down at us. We all scattered, the fist creating a crater on impact.
Selena won't be of much use, her arrows won't have a chance of piercing that rock. Otiros may be able to get through the rock, but only cause minor damage to it. Krogar would be more help than the others; his Fist of Flame would slowly melt the rock with enough hits.
It seemed to have some sort of logic, and attacked the most powerful, me.
I pull out six kunai, already equipped with explosive tags, having three in my right hand and three in my left hand. I channel large amounts of wind chakra in each of the kunai, and they became covered in pointed and sharp wind chakra.
I throw the kunai in my right hand first, and they impale it on its right leg, left leg, and chest. I threw the kunai in my left hand, and they impale it on its right arm, left arm, and head. The giant seemed to finally notice about them, but it was too late as I flared my chakra and they all exploded, creating a large plume of smoke and dust.
When the smoke finally settled, all that was left were large shards of rock scattered on the ground.
I walked through it, and the group followed after in a stunned silence.
The creatures around us all shied away from us, and we crossed the rest of the dungeon without conflict. I lead the group towards a large walkway that ended in a room with a large figure, standing in the middle.
'That's a princess…?' We all thought, a large sweat drop forming on the entire group.
The figure ahead of them was very large, and was very ugly. Very, very ugly. It was completely white, and had four arms, two from her shoulders and two from her head. The thing had bracers on its arms, but other than that, no armor, just clothing under it, thank god.
It was Princess Theradras, the mourning mother of the Centaur.
Behind it was a cage, handmade but strong, and it had a Tauren in it.
The Tauren was battered, bloody, and hungry, it looks like he hasn't eaten in days. He looked up at us with relief in his eyes, but you could see the pain and suffering he had to bear through.
Theradras, deciding to forgo formalities, charged at us, lumbering at slow speeds.
Selena moved away towards the right, getting in a good position to snipe, while Krogar, Otiros, and I prepared to fight head on.
Just as she got close, we all charged, Krogar firing a quick Shadow Bolt, to which she grunted in pain but kept charging. Before we met, she casted the Fear curse on Otiros, making him run away, his eyes wide with fright. Not caring that Otiros is cursed, I run towards her and deftly dodge to the right and gave a deep slash to her right leg. To follow up, Krogar smashed his Fist of Flame into her left leg. She hissed in pain and swiped at us, but we both dodged. Out of nowhere Otiros jumps and slices an arm, rendering it useless. I jump and cut a muscle in both arms out of her head, and Krogar crushes her last arm, rendering her useless.
She fell to her knees in pain, and tried to retaliate, but an arrow pierced her head, going straight through, and she died with a silent scream.
I give a nod in recognition for the great teamwork and I sliced off her head and sealed it in a scroll.
Quickly looking up her page in the Blacklist, I read:
Princess Theradras
Status: Alive
Wanted By: Tauren
Alive: 800 Gold
Dead: 400 Gold
Description: Princess Theradras, rumored to have been love with Zaetar (Deceased) the son of Cenarius, it is said that they were in love and their offspring were the Centaur themselves (Unconfirmed)
Distinguishable Features: Over 15 feet in height, four arms (two on shoulders and two on head).
'That's a nice way to get 400 gold.' I thought, looking at the scroll that container her head.
"Well done. Let's head back to Thunderbluff. We have a mission to report and 400 gold to receive." I said, and we began the long trudge back to Mulgore.
And cut!
Wow 8000 words, my longest chapter yet!
About Cairne being poisoned? In Cataclysm, Thrall trained Garrosh Hellscream to be his successor. In Garrosh's reign, rumors said that Garrosh killed Blood Elf babies, and Cairne challenged Garrosh to an honorable duel in the arena in Ogrimmar. Magatha, his advisor, poisoned him that when he would get cut by a weapon, he would be instantly paralyzed, rendering him useless in battle. Garrosh killed Cairne while he was paralyzed, but I decided to save Cairne and not let Garrosh become Warchief.
What can I say, Cairne is too badass to die.
Once again, I'm sorry that I haven't updated, but with school, moving, and many family issues, I'm having trouble fitting writing time in, so I'm very sorry.
New poll!
In Cataclysm, Deathwing goes on a rampage throughout Azeroth, destroying many lands before in it. Naruto will 'encounter' Deathwing and will engage in battle. Which land do you want to save? Whichever place you choose will win the support of that race.
The Barrens (Support of the Orcs)
Thousand Needles (Support of the Tauren)
Darkshore (Support of the Night Elves)
Booty Bay (Support of the Goblins)
Only ONE can be saved, so if The Barrens win the poll, then Darkshore, Thousand Needles, and Booty Bay will be a catastrophic area.
I know I didn't put Stormwind as a choice, but I really don't like the Humans in WoW. All they are, are stuck up brats hiding behind strong guards.
Choose wisely!
Sseasshark signing out.
