Author's Note: I know, I'm rushing the story a bit, even if you don't care. Anyone care to suggest which events (completely custom) to appear? I've already decided which canonical event to present, but I want custom ones. So far, none of my battles, and only chapter 4, has any sort of customized sections (the tunnel really isn't that long, its just to make some fluff between Jaina and Naruto which I felt failed, horribly)
My apologies with the grammatical errors, Arch Indar, but the Japanese and some names are not compatible with Microsoft Word (=.=) so I had forget about spell check. Heck, I still have no idea why the name Jaina is listed as wrong. As for subject-verb agreement… I always had problems with that. I've hired a tutor for that (Hey, I'm still in school just taking my IGCSEs!) a few years back but she never fixed that problem, I still think its my fault.
Oxycoon – I've made a very brief introduction about why Sylvanas is there, and yes, she appointed a temporary Ranger General in Quel'Thalas. She was sailing across the sea, no clue about Quel'Thalas… at least until she meets the new banshee (The Drow Ranger in DotA)
Disclaimer: I think… I'll let Sylvanas do this one… just in case.
Sylvanas: Warcraft is owned by Blizzard and Naruto… he's… owned by Kishimoto
Jaina & Lina: Who's Kishimoto? (Lina's hands are full of fire {go fire!} and Jaina has a spear of ice)
Sylvanas:… *Sigh*
Me: Is Sylvanas getting infatuated too…? *Sylvanas blushes while Jaina & Lina launches their attacks. Jaina's ice spear impaled the author) Oof! Anyways… On with the story… while I get the spear out… Next time I am so having Naruto do this…
Chapter 5: Emergence and Suppression
Currently, Thrall, Cairne, Jaina, and Naruto stood by a ritual circle that Jaina had erected quickly, as they prepared for their 'assault' to get Grom Hellscream. Naruto paused as he felt the air charged with mana, but the signature was quite distinctive, the taint felt. Naruto growled as the other three looked at him.
"I sense the feel of demonic energy surrounding this entire area… This will act as a cloak of protection for those troops," Naruto warned as they looked confused. Seeing this, Naruto explained, "Demonic energy, or which I call 'youki' in some instances, is similar to mana in nature, but much more potent. This allows them to cast more powerful spells with less energy, and also, due to the power of the youki, it enables the troops to gain more advanced regeneration abilities. In other words, they don't die from wounds as easily as we will. We need more power, preferably direct fatal wounds, to take down those enemies."
"I see… but how will we get to Hellscream and deplete him of the demon's influence?" Thrall inquired. At this, Jaina held up an orb.
"This is a soul gem, use this to trap him and transport him here, and let us take care of the ritual. From what I've seen, those… Orcs will be definitely after our bases, and we need to support them. Good luck…… gentlemen," Jaina said as she handed Thrall the soul gem and she and Naruto departed. Thrall looked after Naruto.
"How do you think he managed to sense demonic energy?" Thrall asked Cairne, who shrugged.
"There are a lot of mysteries in this world, young warchief, and sometimes, age does not mean power level. He is pure at heart yet wields much power. He… will be a major character in the world to come," Cairne observed as he felt his connection with the world, and as he prayed for the upcoming battle, he and Thrall departed to their own base.
"I cannot believe that parts of our horde had fallen back into the demon's hands, though. It is truly saddening," Thrall said, and Cairne could simply nod, unable to respond as he had never felt such feelings before. There was a sudden commotion.
"Warchief, those of the Warsong clan has started to attack!" A grunt shouted as Thrall geared up. "Then we will fight them until they see reason. Warriors, fight!"
En route to human base
"Naruto?"
"Yes, Jaina-chan?"
"When you spoke of the 'cloak', you also meant that of the Kyubi's didn't you? You can also access his… chakra in a similar manner."
"Yes, but its considerably more tamed yet also more dangerous than this, like a… like a…"
"A paradox? Can you explain that?" Jaina asked.
"Its like this: Kyubi's chakra is always flowing through my system, enhancing my body. His chakra allows me to gain an advanced healing, almost like regeneration. As long as I have felt a certain type of poison, my body's immune system automatically adjusts to combat said poison, and any wounds I sustain, the Kyubi heals at an unnatural speed, and no scar is left behind unless its chakra inflicted. When I form a cloak around my body with his chakra, my regeneration rate increases a hundred-fold; when I faced off against Sasuke, his Chidori managed to pierce my chest, about a couple millimeters off from my heart. It was healed not in a matter of hours or even minutes, but in a matter of seconds," Naruto described, causing Jaina's eyes to widen. Having a demon sometimes prove to be advantageous after all, Jaina thought.
"However, the real threat comes when a tail is formed. The greater the number of tails, the more powerful the cloak is, and its exponential as well. By the first tail, I was powerful enough to generate chakra waves from a simple roar that can uproot trees By the second tail, there was sufficient chakra to suffocate my kage bunshins, by the third tail, I could generate a sonic roar powerful enough to demolish a bridge, and by the fourth tail, things start to change. In essence, by the fourth tail, only those with a Sharingan or of equal strength can defeat me; most, if not all attacks cannot penetrate the cloak. However, it also slightly peels away the skin and regenerating them, shortening my life span, but its minute enough that I don't have to worry right now. In that condition, I can generate enough power to launch a pure chakra ball of destruction. By the fifth tail, I start to lose control, and not even Kyubi can reverse that as he does not control my actions; my instincts do. My life shortens dramatically the instant I lose control of the cloak," Naruto said as Jaina finally realized the situation at hand.
"Essentially, if you're using the Kyubi's energies, you're just about invincible," Jaina stated, but Naruto shook his head, "No, it just makes me really hard to kill. Come on, we need to get back to base. Where is Sylvanas and Lina-chan?"
"They went to look for suitable settlements, both of them are elves, they are naturals at navigating forests and the ocean," Jaina replied as they reached the base. As they entered the base, there was a commotion from the other side as they hurried, and found a small squad of Orcish brutes attacking the base. Unlike normal Orcs, they're mostly a red color, signifying the demonic energies. Naruto jumped in and joined the fight, fighting hand-to-hand against a grunt. Having demonic energy, the grunt was able to push Naruto back, but he sidestepped, and the grunt slid. Just before hitting another grunt, he spun around and nearly impales Naruto again as Naruto jumped and performed an axe kick, sending the grunt's head down, and finished with a Kaze no Yaiba at point blank range. The grunt never stood a chance in front of the attack; it shredded his heart to pieces before he could even scream, and the resulting wind managed to push two more back, whom were then assaulted by sorceresses, who casted slow on them, and finished up when a knight passed by and lopped their heads off. He was subsequently killed by a catapult shot as Naruto dodged and launched a kunai at the enemy, impaling on the catapult and detonating, but it only scratched the surface. Inside, however, the structure weakened, and as it fired, it collapsed on itself. The projectile, on the other hand, sailed through the air and impacted on the already fragile watch tower, bringing it down and killing the two men inside as well as another five men who was buried in the rubble.
Naruto sped off towards the collapsed tower, but stopped as he felt the signatures fade away, and he snarled angrily. Subconsciously, he began pumping Kyubi's chakra in miniscule amounts into his muscles, enhancing them. He also spread out his senses to detect the enemy troops. Quickly he found a small detachment heading towards the base, and he took off, leaving many to try and catch up. He quickly intercepted the enemy units and began to engage. The Kyubi's chakra, rather than just enhance his muscles, also flowed from his punches, and some managed to counteract with the demonic taint of the mana, and while it didn't eradicate the influence, it caused Mannaroth's demonic mana to be converted to Kyubi's, and the result corroded the skin of the Chaos Orcs. However, their strength and speed did not falter, and as they no longer felt pain, they did not stop, but rather kept fighting. Naruto realized too late, that by tapping into Kyubi's chakra after being inactive for too long, that he briefly succumbed to his animal instincts, and they were quickly overpowering him. He formed a Rasengan, and shoved it through the corroded flesh, and the grunt flew backwards dozens of feet and landed, crashing through a tree. Naruto spun and as he did, he removed the shell from the Rasengan, causing an explosion of chakra to swirl around him, knocking many off their feet, and the Kyubi's chakra inside slamming into them. The majority, however, managed to overcome the resistance, and some struck their blades into Naruto, and he held back a grimace at his mistake. The cavalry, however, had arrived, by that time, and their blades tore through the weakened flesh of the chaos grunts as they hacked away. Soon, the enemy died, and left the cavalry victorious without injuries, as the grunts were killed easily, but left a Naruto in slight embarrassment, as he got into trouble. Soon, Jaina came up.
"Naruto! Why did you run off so fast? And why do you look so bad?" Jaina inquired as Naruto looked over himself. Apart from a couple of stab wounds in his stomach and arms, he was fine, the blades only went a couple centimeters in, and would heal in the next minute or so. He looked at his right arm, and noticed bruising, as he had been fighting, before he regained control, in hand to hand combat with Orcs who had been made stronger and more insane. Heh, more insane, that's a weird thought… thought Naruto as he went back with Jaina who insisted that he be healed right away. As he moved, protesting that he would be fine in a few minutes, a footman whispered to another, "Wow, Ms Proudmoore would certainly make a good couple with that guy, they bicker already!" and although it wasn't meant for the knight's ears, he still nodded, deep in thought. Naruto heard it too, and he blushed a light shade of red, but he managed to cover it up with his training. Jaina, on the other hand, sneezed lightly, drawing attention to herself. She blushed slightly at the attention, and replied, "I think someone's talking about me…"
As they got back to base, Naruto asked immediately for some water as well a scrub. When prompt, all Naruto said was, "I got to get this blood off me… it's getting itchy and Jaina-chan's trying to get someone to heal me, and I need to prove to her I'm healed." Of course, Jaina didn't believe in that until he scrubbed the blood off, and showed Jaina that his wounds had all healed, without scars. That was when Jaina finally believed the demon's existence. Before, she still thought, still hoped, that he was only kidding to impress her like some people do back in Lordaeron, but apparently that was not the case this time, and Jaina felt a little guilty. Naruto, oblivious to her thoughts, turned around as he walked away, trying to make sense of it all while trying to sense the Hellscream Orc person thing. The problem, Naruto realized quickly, is that he had no idea of his signature, so they would have to comb through the entire plateau to find the demented Orc. Naruto did not like that one bit. He summoned a few clones again and started having them scour through the entire region. There was a sudden pause as an Orc scout rode up to the camp, unaware of Naruto's clones, up to Jaina.
"Ms Proudmoore, Warchief Thrall has secured a fountain of health, and he requested that when you're ready, to attack from the west of their encampment. He has located Hellscream's location, and is preparing to attack," The scout said as Jaina nodded.
"Where is the fountain, if I may ask? If any of my troops are injured, I may have to send them over to the fountain," Jaina said as the scout described the area in detail, Naruto taking it all in as well. There was a sudden pause as another scout, this time injured, came in.
"Those Chaos Orcs are attacking in large numbers at the base! Ms Proudmoore, do you have any men to spare?" The injured scout said as the first rode back to assist in the battle, as she turned to Naruto, who nodded and ran forward as the scout collapsed. He managed to catch the scout before he fell to the ground, and looked at Jaina, "He needs medical attention, now. He's suffered several broken bones, I bet those Orcs are melee fighters, I'm going now. Send some knights to back me up, some ranged combatants would be nice too."
"Okay Naruto," Jaina said, and as Naruto was about to leap off, she called again, "Naruto!"
"Yeah?"
"Be careful, Naruto," Jaina said, and was about to go forward, but held herself back as Naruto nodded and gave a roguish smile before leaping to the Orc encampment, as Jaina called some Priests over to tend to the scout, and ordered a line of knights to assist the Orc base.
As Naruto reached the Orc base, he saw the numbers of that Chaos Orcs, and he immediately moved to engage. He was able to strike down one of them before he slew a raider, who nodded his thanks as he charged at another, stomping one and slashing through his target. Naruto turned around, and, knowing that he was in close proximity, activated another of his weapon: chakra blades.
The metal grooves on the side of his forearm armor was actually a series of chakra emitters much like the ones Pein use; in fact, it was reverse engineered from his receiver rods, but rather than sending out, it circulates much like how a blade would circulate chakra. The only thing is, it took up quite a bit of chakra, and it was quite expensive, so only those such as Naruto and Kakashi could use them. Had Sasuke been on the same side, he might have had them as well, but as it stood, he never received such an item. Naruto activated the emitters, and with a flash, white-blue chakra emerged, forming a crescent-shaped blade of wind chakra. He proceeded to slash at the enemy, killing each methodically, to the neck or to the chest. He shrugged off a slice to his shoulder as he spun around, his blades flaring, as he lopped off someone's head, but was bashed behind by a tremendous force, and landed, stunned. He looked back and saw a large beast charging at him, its rider sneering, as Naruto rolled over directly over the exposed underbelly. Without wasting a moment, his blade sliced upwards, cleaving a line through the beast. It lumbered about, clearly in pain, before dying as Naruto jumped up, charged his left blade into a spear, and stabbed it through the ride.
Despite the base defenders and his best efforts, the enemy was slowly gaining ground, as they were simply tougher, more bloodthirsty, and simply a higher number. Even with the aide of the knights, things were not going in their favor, until Naruto felt another chakra signature, that of Thralls. From his signature, he deduced that he brought a large number of reinforcements, around 50 to 100, were present, and rallied the knights into a spear formation as they charged. Thrall's reinforcements formed a wedge between the two sides, and soon the Chaos Orcs were split down the center into two smaller groups, and Naruto told his group of knights to split into 2 groups as they mashed with the enemy grunts. As the battle raged on, Naruto managed to find his way towards Thrall, who recognized him.
"You must be someone powerful if you're sent here. Cairne must be right, you hide more than you are," Thrall commented as Naruto dodged a thrown axe and responded with a Kaze no Yaiba to tear through the enemy.
"My mentor once said to keep the element of surprise, always keep something up your sleeve," Naruto retorted as Thrall launched a chain lightning, stunning several more grunts. Naruto, using that chance, threw his hands backwards as Thrall caught it and threw him like a bullet towards the stunned group of units. Naruto proceeded immediately to slaughter them. Naruto looked at Thrall. "Well, that was convenient."
"You didn't meant to do that?"
"Nope, I was intending on jumping over, but you did the job better, thanks," Naruto said as he brought a kunai out of nowhere and threw it, piercing through a grunt intending on killing Thrall. Thrall nodded his thanks as he roared his battle cry and charged back into the battle, his hammer swinging and lightning bolts arcing. Naruto looked back and saw a horde of grunts as Naruto began making hand seals, a clone popping up beside him and forming seals as well.
"Katon: Goukakyou no Jutsu!" "Futon: Daitoppa!" Naruto and his clone yelled as they unleashed the combined attack. The massive, now blue, fireball charged across the clearing into the horde, before detonating and throwing a large number away, definitely dead. The battle was now in their favor, as Thrall met up with Naruto.
"I would… like to speak with Ms Proudmoore please," Thrall asked as Naruto nodded, bringing Thrall over to the human base. Jaina met up with Naruto and Thrall, who explained the situation.
"Ms Proudmoore, I've located Grom, but he's well protected by several guards from the Burning Legion," Thrall said, "Not only that, but our scouts have reported that the entire plateau is entrenched with the Warsong Clan, and that he has several fortifications along the way. In order for me to get close enough to him, I will need an attack powerful enough to force them to either concentrate on one side, allowing me to infiltrate, or an attack so powerful they simply can't block it. Which one will be more convenient?"
Jaina thought for a moment, before turning to a lieutenant, "Lieutenant, approximately how many men do we have right now?"
"Around… 3oo men, ma'am," The lieutenant replied as Naruto finally spoke, "What happens if we could do both?" Both Jaina and Thrall looked at him.
"Are you suggesting using clones?" Jaina asked as Thrall looked over, stunned. This kid can make copies of himself? That's possible but… they die out after a certain amount of time, Thrall thought.
"Not exactly, I've already set a few out to scout, and I bet one of them has the Rinnegan on, hang on," Naruto said as he activated the Rinnegan. Sure enough, 3 of the clones were using it to spy on the enemy fortification, and Naruto transmitted his orders as they began to infiltrate the base undetected. "Done, Jaina-chan, move the majority of the men over to his side, we can launch a massive attack there, I'll bet what I've planned will distract them, then you can move in."
"What did you do?" Thrall asked as Naruto smirked.
"A ninja never reveals his secrets," Naruto said and left it at that, but he also unsealed two tri-pronged kunais. "I'm sure you recognize these, Jaina-chan. If you're in trouble, both of you or either of you, throw it to the ground, and I'll be there in an instant."
Jaina took a kunai, and although happy that Naruto cared, she was also saddened that he thought of her as weaker than some. Thrall, hesitantly, took one.
"Remember, only tough enough situations. I don't have enough of those," Naruto said as Thrall suddenly remembered.
"From your tone, you don't seem to be participating, and instead allowed her to participate. Are you a man or not, letting girls do the fighting," Thrall snarled as Jaina realized that as well. Naruto shook his head.
"My speed is higher than either of yours if you have that kunai with you. That kunai has a teleportation marker that transports me instantly. I'll be staying to protect the base, since I can make clones to bolster the amount of defenses. As for you question of letting Jaina fight, you don't have any idea of her ability, do you? She has an arsenal of wide area techniques and probably has some sort of spell to slow Grom down, maybe even enough for you to deal damage and then seal him. Jaina, take a clone of mine and when you are ready to engage tell him to dispel," Naruto explained as Thrall and Jaina finally understood, although Jaina looked down from the praise, embarrassed. There was a sudden pause when Jaina nodded, before they sensed another taint, coming in from the sky. The sky itself was burning as Thrall understood it.
"Brace yourselves!" Thrall yelled as a meteor crashed down directly onto another structure, another one impacting on the roof of the castle, and another through the barrack. Three golems stood up: the Infernal of the Burning Legion. Naruto, sensing demonic energy, immediately responded with his own as he formed a demonic Rasengan and charged at the first, destroying it as it just stood up. The second one which was deflected off the castle met resistance as the sorceress slowed the movement, but the one inside the barrack took the entire building down, killing those still inside as it stood out. Naruto reversed direction as he leapt over a flaming projectile launched by the death of the first Infernal, and slammed into the second Infernal, knocking it down, as Jaina bound the castle wrecking Infernal down with an ice spear, which expanded and encased it in a block of ice, and Thrall threw his hammer as a coup-de-grace and the momentum destroyed the ice statue. Naruto, on the other hand, dodged a hand, only to be seared by the flames. Naruto fell to the ground, and as he looked, he saw the healing take place, although much slower than usual.
The last Infernal was taken down through a combination of attacks from Naruto, Thrall, and Jaina, and before long a Tauren came up to Thrall.
"Warchief Thrall, Cairne is busy fighting off those Orcs at the fountain, they're trying to retake it with the help of the new Infernal!" the Tauren said as Thrall immediately turned around and rode off, while Jaina prepared to teleport a group of units over. Before she left, Naruto walked up, finally healed, a clone next to him.
"Be careful, alright?" Naruto said as Jaina nodded her thanks at his words, before her group of units teleported away to join the fight, as Naruto leapt over onto a rock side, and began making seals. After finishing the last one, he slammed his hands onto the earth of the spire.
"Doton: Doryuheki!" Naruto shouted as a large wall materialized in front of the base, blocking the entrance. Just to make sure, he began making another set of hand seals, taught to him by Jiraiya as they went on the training trip.
"Doton: Yomi Numa," Naruto shouted again as the entire region directly in front of the wall turned liquid. Satisfied with his work, Naruto jumped off, flipping over until he reached the top of his wall and jumped again higher up until he managed to see the entirety of the plateau. He saw Jaina, Thrall, and Cairne fighting, the group of Infernal trudging through the region, stomping anything flat as they walked by. He saw the hounds and doom guards supporting one side, and on the other, he saw a massive attack force ready to attack the human base. Naruto narrowed his eye as he reactivated his Rinnegan.
A force that size would require considerable forces to take care of, but it was something that the base didn't have as Jaina took most of the troops over. Naruto knew there was only one technique which could stop it, and it would shorten his lifespan, but if he managed to do it, then Jaina would have a much higher chance of victory. Summoning more clones, he had them used as catapults as he leapt and was thrown over the top of the attack force, his hands outstretched. Focusing on the chakra within himself, he powered up one of his most powerful technique, and focused his attention at one particular point: center of the enemy formation, 50 feet off the ground.
"Shinra… Tensei!" Naruto shouted.
Fountain of Health
Jaina teleported her group directly to the location that the scout supplied, and was not disappointed. The fountain was exactly where he had described it to the last detail. Jaina ordered her troops to strike immediately, and with the help of the fountain's energies, they managed to avoid any serious injuries, although some still took heavy damage. She was thankful that Taurens had high tolerance for pain, as they were in front soaking up the damage as her long ranged units took decisive critical shots at the troops, killing the Chaos Orcs. As the fighting went on, Jaina looked up for a bit, and felt a large spike of energy buildup from a little north of the base. She turned, and saw a tiny little dot in the horizon. Squinting her eyes a little, she saw Naruto, hands outstretched, and there was a sudden ripple, a distortion, from his hands. There was a pause as the energy discharged, but soon she felt a small tremor that followed up with a large shockwave, driving her to the ground. The chaos Orcs were affected as well, and the Tauren, which had higher endurance, took advantage, and slaughtered the remnants, as Cairne walked over.
"Young lady, are you alright?" Cairne asked. Never in his life had he felt such a large discharge of energy, nor such a powerful shockwave. He was certain that boy, that Naruto character, was responsible for such a discharge, but for what purpose? He looked at Jaina, who was looking at the speck worryingly, and moved over. "Young one, do you wish to see what has transpired?"
Jaina looked longingly at the site before turning around, before turning back and said, "Whatever happened can wait until later, right now, we need to assault their fortifications and rescue this Grom person."
"Thank you, Ms Proudmoore… I never thought I would ever hear a human speak like that to our clansmen, nor would I have ever heard myself saying thanks to a human," Thrall said as he caught up.
"Likewise, Warchief," Jaina replied as they set off, and as they neared the base, the clone dispelled. Explosions started occurring across the other side of the base almost immediately, and the guards, or what they believe were guards, went over to defend the base, leaving their side open to go in. The three leaders, along with their battalions, rushed forward, and engaged what was left of the defenders. With overwhelming numbers now on their side, they quickly carved a way through in blood, and soon they were engaging the demons of the Burning Legion. Cairne, at the forefront with his legions of Taurens, soaked up the attacks like a sponge as the other troops attacked the demons, killing one after another. Soldiers, Taurens, and Orcs fell, but they remained undeterred as they marched on towards the target. As they reached a gate where the concentration of guards seemed the most plentiful, Cairne turned to the other two leaders.
"Thrall, Jaina, go on, I'll hold the guards with the remaining men," Cairne instructed as they nodded and ran forward alongside their soldiers, but as the soldiers clashed they ran by, as more soldiers provided escort to lead them in as far as they could. As Jaina and Thrall finally bypassed the last of the Doom Guards, they encountered Grom.
"Grom! What have you done to our people?" Thrall exclaimed, "Come back!"
"You fool," Grom said as he laughed, "You have no idea what actually happened. The Burning Legion did not enslave us; the clan leaders and I willingly drank Mannaroth's blood, and we shall dominate!"
"You…" Thrall exclaimed, clearly angered, as Jaina prepared herself to battle, "You led our people to this?"
With a loud battle cry Thrall went into combat against Grom, using his hammer as a melee weapons rather than as a long range lightning launcher. Jaina quickly joined in, firing small but fast bolts of energy to force Grom into defense, but Grom remained powerful, and defeating him will prove to be no easy task. Grom tackled Thrall away as Jaina kept firing her bolts, but Grom charged, ignoring her attacks, and slashed at her waist with his blades. With a cry, she fell down, bleeding. The kunai dropped.
Miles away, Naruto sensed the kunai as well as its surroundings for up to 5 feet. What he sensed angered him, and he activated the seal array on it. There was a sudden yellow flash –
– and as Grom tried to finish Jaina off, a yellow flash brightened the area, and he was thrown off balance by a powerful strike to his abdomen. He looked up, angered at being interrupted from his kill, and he saw Naruto, who glared back with his Rinnegan. Jaina tried to stand up, but failed as she collapsed. Naruto summoned a clone as it carried Jaina, and teleported back to base where he left a spare Hiraishin kunai in case, and stared down at Grom.
"Thrall," Naruto said quietly, as said Orc looked up, "Give me the soul gem, and stay back." Thrall quickly gave him the soul gem as he followed his order, being too injured from the fights to be of any use. He also at the same time tossed Naruto his kunai, which he caught as he bent down and picked the other kunai up. The wind blew, and flapped his jacket around, as Grom charged, and Naruto disappeared. Thrall's eyes widened at the speed, as Naruto implanted a fist into Grom, throwing him directly into the boulders. Grom stood back, unfazed, as he threw his axe, which Naruto blocked with his trench knives that was just unsealed, but Grom was already charging in intending on hand to hand combat, which Naruto gladly obliged. Although Naruto was trained extensively by Kakashi and even Gai at some points, Grom still packed a powerful punch and had much more experience than Naruto did, and Naruto was rapidly losing until Thrall also joined, having recovered from his exhaustion, even if his wounds hadn't healed completely. Together, they managed to stun him just enough for them to retreat and heal their wounds, Naruto by using the Kyubi's powers, and Thrall by drinking the water he took from the fountain. There was a sudden pause before a teleport ring came alive in the middle, and Jaina teleported back in. Naruto looked at her.
"Shouldn't you still be resting even if you're healed?" Naruto asked, concerned. Jaina shrugged, before replying, "The fountain can do a lot, Naruto, and right now, getting him is the biggest of our concerns."
By that time, Grom had recovered and charged once more, picking up his axe along the way. Thrall unleashed a lightning attack in conjunction with Naruto, which blasted him back several meters, as Jaina launched a freezing ray of mana which froze him in an iceberg. There was a sudden rumble, as two more Infernal dropped down. Jaina and Thrall immediately engaged as Naruto pressed his attack forwards against Grom. They clashed blades, as Naruto struggled against Grom's brute strength. With a quick swipe that was taught courtesy of Kakashi, he whirled back to back against Grom, and, thanking the Gods for making Sasuke overconfident and his Rinnegan, he used an attack that Sasuke was well known for in the shinobi world.
"Chidori Nagashi!" Naruto shouted out as his entire body was encased in lightning. At that time, Sasuke did not realize of Naruto's newly acquired Rinnegan, and as Naruto charged in, Rinnegan active, Sasuke used the same technique, which Naruto, able to see chakra as well, saw, and remembered, only to modify it for his own use. Each bolt of his was far lighter than Sasuke's but there were much more, and Grom was hit several dozen times in the span of a single second, and fell back, completely dazed. Using that moment, he activated the soul gem he took from Thrall, looked at Jaina and shouted, "Jaina-chan, get Thrall and yourself back, I've got Grom!"
Jaina nodded as she and Thrall tried to look for a way to escape, but the two Infernal were still strong enough to keep them on their toes, at least until Naruto hit one with a Rasengan, destroying it and causing the other to focus on him. Jaina used that time and teleported Thrall and her away, back to her base, as Naruto jumped back and picked up Grom, and vanished in a flash of yellow light, back to base where a kunai was.
At the base, he quickly found Jaina and Thrall, who was going back to retrieve a couple of shamans to dispel the demonic energy that still lingered in Grom's body. They quickly made their way to the ritual circle as Thrall returned and Grom was let out. Immediately, the Priests activated the circle, trapping and immobilizing Grom, as they each took turn to dispel the energy out. Soon, Grom shrank and his skin returned to its green color. He looked up, sighed, than looked down.
"I… am so sorry, Warchief. I cannot control my urges to drink the blood, the power… was overwhelming," Grom said, depressed as to his inability to control his actions. Thrall snorted.
"Apologize later, brother, we must take down Mannaroth now! Where is he?"
"In the canyon just beyond," Grom said as Thrall moved out. Naruto followed quickly, but was stopped by Jaina. She quickly handed him a small pendant.
"…Just… a good luck charm I had, be careful," Jaina said as Naruto nodded, before sprinting away, Grom following. They made quick work of the Burning Legions that dared to attack them, as they charged forward, intending on taking out this demon. Naruto prepared himself, as he began to draw to Kyubi's chakra in greater amounts than he ever had for the past 3 years. Never had he consciously drew on 4 tails of power before, but he thought he would need it now. He clutched onto the pendant Jaina gave him; it was puzzling why she gave it to him, but Naruto was happy that someone cared.
As they approached the canyon, Thrall slowed as he hopped down his ride, and charged back in. Naruto, not even stopping, leapt up into the canyon walls, ready to deal surprise attacks, as he finally saw the monstrosity known as Mannaroth. Thrall roared as he threw the hammer forward, and hit the demon, but it shrugged the attack off like it was nothing, and proceeded to knock Thrall around. Grom followed suit, but rather than throwing his axe, he leapt up as Mannaroth turned around, and clutched onto its shoulders. Using it as leverage, he leapt again, flipping and sliced his axe into the breast plate of the demon. Mannaroth roared in pain as he grabbed hold of Grom and hurled him away, but the axe had done its job, as it took off the protection, and even managed a slight cut, and when it was torn out with Grom, it tore out flesh as well. Naruto leapt forward, and suddenly the air was saturated with Naruto and Kyubi's combined killer intent, as Mannaroth, bearing the pressure, took several steps back. Naruto landed with a crouch, the cloak already formed. Soon, four tails of power came out, and the entire cloak took a solid shape. Naruto charged forward, meeting Mannaroth, and succeeded in slamming Mannaroth back, and stunned him. Naruto then charged an attack that all demons were known for. A ball of chakra floated up into the air, and as Thrall watched, astonished, Naruto swallowed the ball, and his body expanded. Realizing the situation, Thrall immediately covered his body as Naruto discharged the attack.
"Yonbiko Imari!" Naruto roared out as the beam of energy shot out, and impacted onto Mannaroth, blasting through the body, and annihilating everything behind him for a good mile. Mannaroth, amazingly, was still alive, although badly hurt, but was unprepared for the attack by Grom, as he managed his final war cry as he sank his axe into Mannaroth's neck. Mannaroth's body pulsed, and he exploded in the energy, Grom taking the full brunt of the explosion, and Naruto slightly, and Thrall was protected by Naruto. As the fire died down, Naruto reversed his transformation, as Thrall approached Grom. Seeing Grom's eyes, he sighed in relief. The demon was actually, finally, dead.
"I… have… redeemed myself…" Grom uttered out as Thrall's eyes began to water.
"No, brother… you have saved us all," Thrall said as Grom made the equivalent of an Orc smile as he closed his eyes, and Thrall's cry of anguish tore through the canyon. Naruto simply stood there, watching the scene, before walking up and placing his hand on Thrall's shoulder.
"For what it's worth, he was a tough opponent, and… he only cared for you best… interests in mind. I'm sure there was a reason why he drank the demon's blood, and we'll find out, one way or another," Naruto said as Thrall nodded, and together they trekked back to they combined base camp.
Okay… I failed at this chapter = =… please review and tell me how I did and remember, custom events are welcome, although I retain the final decision to choose which events, and I'll try to explain why other events are not posted. I'll post all the events I've received in my author's page, and I'll say which is chosen, which is not, and why, and so thanks.
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