Author's Note: Well, Grom is dead, but seriously? That's to highlight some stuff that will happen later on, and not to mention, I already kept Sylvanas alive, that's already way off, keeping Grom alive would've made it go so far away from the main storyline that I can't keep the canon events from happening in… well the rough order. But now that the Invasion of Kalimdor Arc's over, we can start on the events of Eternity's End (Night Elf Campaign, go night elves! They're the coolest 3). Although… the final battle didn't go as anticipated – I was trying to get Grom killed early actually to prompt Naruto to slip into 4-tailed but if Grom's dead who will speak the famous line 'I am free'?
Disclaimer: Okay Naruto, go ahead.
Naruto (reading from a post-it): Warcraft and all crap that is associated with Warcraft belongs to Blizzard and whoever bought the games, but the copyright belongs solely to Blizzard, and Naruto – hey, my name is on it! – and all associated aspects belongs to Kishimoto… Why do I belong to Kishimoto?
Me: Oops, forgot to write copyright down on that…
Lina: Look, there's Naruto! *glomps Naruto*
Naruto: um… hi? Wait, what are you doing? Stop, STOP! *Lina drags him away to a random room as author sweat-drops*
Me: Okay… that was really weird…
Chapter 6: Rebuilding the Lost
Jaina stared at Naruto, while he just looked at her, curious. Naruto had just gotten back from the battle with Mannaroth, and was now standing inside the medical tent.
"What happened to you?" Jaina asked as she tended to his wounds. Although Naruto didn't sustain any injuries during the fight, Kyubi's chakra, at 4-tail, is still corrosive enough to hurt him, and because its inflicted by Kyubi its own chakra couldn't heal it.
"Ah… Had to go more powerful against Mannaroth, he is a demon after all… although I think I overdid it a bit, half the forest behind him was destroyed in a single attack," Naruto replied as Jaina suddenly remembered something.
"Naruto, what did you do in that valley? We felt the tremor from the fountain," Jaina asked as Naruto frowned, trying to remember what happened. Then he remembered.
"Oh, you know the technique I used to deflect attacks?" Seeing Jaina nod, he continued, "It simply repels anything away, but I can change the power so that I can either push myself in one direction, or level an entire mountain."
"Wow, that's pretty powerful… Wait, isn't there also a attraction technique? Why didn't you use that to capture Grom?"
"The attacks take time between each other based on how much power is expended in the attack. When I unleashed that Shinra Tensei, I used up so much chakra that for a whole hour I couldn't use any gravity techniques at all. What is also dangerous about this is the amount of life I lost. An attack that powerful strains my body, causing me to literally shorten my lifespan, or so my memory tells me," Naruto replied as Jaina frowned this time. Naruto, you're just like Arthas in personality too, favoring destructive techniques over others… makes me wonder if you'll go off on the same path as him, thought Jaina. Her train of thought was interrupted by Naruto
"It's not an attack I like to use, though, because my nindo is to never go back on my promises, and to protect those I love. I will use it to protect, but not to destroy. There was an entire legion of troops about to attack, and I doubt my defenses," at that Naruto pointed at his tall wall that was still not taken down, "could take such a beating. So, the only thing I could do to minimize casualty is to launch that big-ass attack, not that I minded though. I'm still a guy; we're addicted to destruction, large explosions and toys that make them." At that Jaina giggled, and, finally unable to control herself, blew out in laughter. Naruto chuckled lightly, but gasped in pain as his lungs ached at that moment. There was small commotion outside as a footman came into the healing tent.
"Ma'am, General Windrunner has returned and wishes to speak with you," The footman said as he left, Sylvanas and Lina coming in. As they came in, they widened their eyes at Naruto's injuries, while blushing at his tone upper body, which had no clothes on due to healing purposes.
"Wow, Naruto, what happened to you?" Lina asked.
"Ohayo Lina-chan, Sylvanas. As to your question, demented Orcs, demons, crazy rock golems on fire, the usual," Naruto said as he yawned and dropped his head down, nearly instantly asleep, to the amusement of the three women; Jaina did likewise as she drooped and her head rested on Naruto's shoulder, to Sylvanas' amusement. Lina pouted; she wanted to try too. Sylvanas walked out, "Might as well as get out, Lina, they're both tired, let them sleep and we'll give them our report later."
Lina left as well, although not before looking back a little longingly. She did not know what was going on, but she felt a twinge of jealousy at Jaina for her closeness, though she couldn't exactly blame them. She closed the door to the healing ward, and let the two sleep in peace.
A few hours later
Jaina suddenly woke up, startled at realizing that she fell asleep. Naruto, disrupted by her, fell back down, but because he was sitting close to the wall, slammed his head onto the metal rail.
"Shit itaiiii!" Naruto complained as he nursed his head. A few footmen burst in, prepared for intruders, only to find Jaina apologizing profusely to an irate Naruto.
"Next time… please warn me…" Naruto muttered as he rubbed his head, before standing up, finding his clothes and armor. He looked at his battered chest armor, and quietly uttered to himself, "Great… its damaged again and I have to repair it…"
"Ms. Proudmoore, can General Windrunner and Ms Inverse come in now?" a footman asked as Jaina remembered what happened, and replied, "No need, we'll be out in a moment, tell them to meet us outside." The footman bowed and left as Naruto stood up, stretching, before following Jaina out. Outside, they saw Sylvanas and Lina. Naruto waved while yawning, before shaking his head and finally waking up.
"So, is there some place that we could possible rebuild, Sylvanas?" Jaina began as Sylvanas nodded.
"There is, Jaina, and it's a little off the shore, an island that has quite some natural resources, although I'm not quite aware of the indigenous populations yet. Lina can explain that better, she led some troops into the forests and looked. While I was there, I also found a very large and flat plateau with few trees which can make a good foundation of the basis of the city. We're not sure what to call it, but it can serve as the base foundation for us, and I recommend to move the civilians immediately so that any sort of crossfire we may have here is avoided. So far, I don't think anyone else knows of the island… yet," Sylvanas ended as Lina began to speak.
"As for the indigenous species, many of them are amphibious, but most of them are actually aquatic, so we don't really have to worry about clearing any animals while we build on the island, though some of them populate around an unusually powerful source of energy, similar to the Sun Well in fact, though at a much weaker power, and is capable of healing unlike the Sun Well which only provided power for us. At this rate, I don't think we'll even need the Sun Well to function, as this could potentially provide the power that it has granted over us for the past thousand years," Lina stated as Jaina furrowed her eyebrows, then decided.
"Have most of our men bring the civilians over to the island and I want immediate reconstruction. Naruto, leave one of your markers here with the troops that will stay here, so that in any events at least you can be summoned to take control of the situation. I know this will sound weird, but I hope your clones can also do menial work," Jaina said as Naruto nodded and took an unsealed kunai, taking the other 2 and sealing them back in. Sylvanas turned to her troops, which were resting from the excursion, and began to order them to repack and prepare to move out again. Naruto turned back to Jaina.
"Are you sure moving right now would be okay? From what I've gathered many of them are tired, and I mean really tired from fighting the demented Orcs and those Infernal that dropped from the sky. And in any case, just leaving a light detachment might be bad too, because the Infernal, from what I've seen, drops directly with no apparent ending, and many of our defenses have been smashes. It was only through sheer luck that I've thought of making a swamp to trap them, and the heat that they were generating froze the mud causing them to be frozen in the same spot. If we were to leave a detachment, who knows when they will be overrun; its not a matter of if, Jaina-chan; it's a matter of when. I think we should evacuate this continent first, especially with the Night Elves not exactly welcoming. Heck, I don't want to see Tyrande at all right now, and it would be really prone if it happens. I would recommend to move all our forces first, but it's up to you. I should go help now." Naruto left, and at that precise moment, a messenger came in.
"Ma'am, the civilians are ready to move, we have managed to find a shipyard that will provide us with extra ships should there not be enough, and we have selected a battalion to remain here to monitor situation on the mainland. Is there anything else?" The footman asked as Jaina shook her head and shooed the footman off as she turned to Naruto.
"Naruto, get ready to move, I want you as scout," Jaina ordered as Naruto nodded and leapt out, not noticing Jaina trying to shout after him, and forming some clones as he moved. He saw the civilians for the first time as he disappeared in a burst of speed, scouting already for incoming enemies. As he ran forward, he smashed headfirst into a jumping white blur, and fell onto the ground.
"Itai… this is the second time today that I've smashed my head onto something… wait… I have a bad feeling about this…" Naruto said as he looked to his left. There, was the exact same night elf that he saw a week ago, Tyrande Whisperwind.
"You!" they shouted at each other at the same time, "What are you doing here?"
Tyrande responded, as usual, with a hail of arrows. Naruto just managed to dodge them all as he stood back up.
"Crazy woman! What are you trying to do, kill me?"
"Well, what do you expect, outsider?"
"I have a name!"
"I don't care!"
"Crazy bitch!"
"What did you say?" Tyrande said heatedly as she fired another storm of arrows which Naruto dodged, and promptly replied, "I said, Crazy Bitch! Uhh, why are you here anyways?"
"None of your business," Tyrande retorted just as Naruto realized an army of archers looked at him. Tyrande noticed that as well, and blushed. Naruto had just one thought.
"What the heck? All your warriors are women?" Naruto asked out loud. Tyrande snorted.
"Again, none of your business," Tyrande said as she fired more arrows. Naruto dodged until he hit a tree, and just managed to turn and see that an arrow pierced the tree, barely a centimeter above his family jewels. Tyrande turned, "We have more important business to take care of. Sentinels, move out!"
The archers and other troops disappeared back to the forest as Naruto scratched his head. "Well, that was weird," he commented to himself as he went on his way again, this time protecting his crotch more carefully as he summoned a clone to head back to base for reporting.
Back at Base
Jaina shouted after Naruto, "Wait, I'm not done yet!" but he was already too far away and he was upwind. Jaina sighed as Lina came up.
"Whoa, what happened?" Lina asked curiously as Jaina looked beside her. "I haven't finished my instructions with Naruto yet and he already ran off to scout."
Lina laughed a bit as she looked back, "Well, can't blame him for being energetic, right? Most of the troops are finally ready, but what did you want him to do?"
"I want him to scout and report back any problems, but knowing him, without that last bit, he'll just engage the enemy… and, well, probably come back out alive," Jaina admitted as they shared a small giggle. Sylvanas approached, "What's so funny?"
"Nothing much," they replied back as they giggled again. Sylvanas sighed as she went back to her duties, unsure of exactly what happened. A few moments later, Naruto came back.
"Naruto! Did you find out anything?" Jaina asked as Naruto stopped.
"Well, not really, except there's a huge number of Night Elves apparently called sentinels that are… patrolling the forest? I don't know, the leader was firing arrows at me… again," Naruto said as Jaina looked at him curiously, "again?"
"The last time I met the same one, Tyrande Whisperwind, she fired arrows at me as farewell gifts. This time she gave me more arrows as a farewell gift…" Naruto said as Jaina and Lina sweat-dropped. A woman who uses arrows for greeting?, they thought, must be crazy.
A few miles away, the real Naruto sneezed. He looked up, hoping that he wasn't discovered. Thankfully, he wasn't, but he also noticed that some trees began to look dead as he ventured closer. He remember this type of devastation: the type that was the same as the Scourge, the undead's attack. He quickly activated his Rinnegan and summoned another clone, to dispel it to alert the clone back at base. The clone back at base suddenly activated his Rinnegan.
"Jaina-chan, Lina-chan, I found a huge undead base," the clone said urgently as Jaina, Lina, and Sylvanas, who was in hearing range, tensed, and Jaina quickly replied, "Don't engage – actually, you already attacked didn't you?"
Naruto sweat-dropped, "Noooo, why would I do something that stupid…? Scratch that, you're right, that would be fun… if there wasn't more demons."
"Can you find a way around them?" Jaina asked through the clone.
"Yeah, but that would take a very long way around, which… would not be very good for our troops. By myself I could probably avoid detection, but with the number of troops, it seems impossible for them not to notice. Unless something big happens, the instant we try to pass through they will detect us," Naruto replied back as he tried to think of a plan, until Lina talked. "Hi Naruto."
"Oh hi Lina-chan, what's up?" Naruto asked as Lina steadied herself.
"I remember the first time we engaged the Scourge, you used the spell with the clones right? Why don't you make a larger number, and have them attack a part of the base? That way, with their attention away from a particular spot, we can slip through that," Lina suggested as Naruto widened his eyes and hugged Lina, causing her to blush.
"Awesome idea Lina-chan! But… you'll have to move fast, and I mean fast," Naruto cautioned as they nodded and motioned for the soldiers to prepare.
"Lieutenant, I want the civilians ready to move, have the archers protect them and your footmen to provide support and shield. Your armor is heavier than ours, but we can move faster, so it would be a better compromise," Sylvanas ordered as a human lieutenant nodded and motioned for his troops to do as they decided, while Sylvanas' troops prepared themselves having overheard the decision. Soon, everyone was ready to move. Jaina looked at the Naruto clone. "Okay, lead the way," said Jaina as he nodded and moved.
Naruto, on the other side, received his orders, and discreetly began creating as many kage bunshins as he could, and prepared himself for a large assault. He wondered if he should use some of his more destructive techniques, but decided against it. He would use the louder techniques, though. At that, Naruto smiled. Despite being a ninja, he's still male, and all males absolutely love explosions, loud noises, fire, and/or a combination of any of the three, still meaning explosion. He sneaked over as the clones took out their explosive tag-ridden kunai, and prepared to throw. As Naruto watched through the eyes of his clone, he prepared himself while muttering, "How long is this going to take…"
It didn't take too long, however, as he noticed that some troops began to leave the area, and sounds of fighting began to emanate from a location farther down. Out of curiosity, he sent a scout forward to check what was happening. What he got back was quite pleasant.
The night elves he encountered was fighting the Scourge. Well, they would be surprised by a third party soon, as Naruto henged his clones into various night elves he saw, and had them sneak around and launch their kunais. Explosions littered the area as both sides looked confused. In that instant, Naruto sent all his clones out to attack. Night-elf look-alikes charged forward, stunning the Sentinels, but the Scourge wasn't completely fazed, and tried to plow through. Only thing was, Naruto was a well trained ninja, and managed to slash a bloody line through as Naruto emerged, attacking in his full glory.
With Jaina, the clone suddenly spoke, "Jaina-chan, Lina-chan, I've already engaged, the night elves are also attacking, thought I would take the time to help out and distract them more. You might want to move quicker now." With that sentence, everyone began a light jog, even the civilians, although they did so reluctantly as they did not have the stamina to keep up if kept up for a long time, but they also knew the consequences as the soldiers passed the word around. Soon, they reached the dead-looking forests, and Jaina ordered some men forward.
"Try to get away clean, men. We do not need anymore casualties, but we need to get the rest of us across, how long can you delay them?" Jaina asked.
"Long enough, my liege. We'll sacrifice ourselves so you can escape as needed," a footman replied as they all bowed, then ran forward to the undead base as Jaina looked after them.
"Brave men, aren't they, Jaina?" Sylvanas asked Jaina as she absentmindedly nodded, before they started walking again.
Naruto
With Naruto, things began to get heated up as Naruto charged, only to be met face-to-face with a dreadlord.
"So, puny humans decided to attack the undead? I will enjoy making you into yet another servant," the dreadlord said. Orochimaru… Naruto thought and instantly came up with a response.
"Find Sasuke again you pedophile… wait don't that actually, he's mentally scarred enough as it is…" Naruto cried as he slashed forward at the dreadlord with a Kaze no Yaiba, forcing him to dodge.
"Feisty one, aren't you?" the dreadlord cackled as he launched a green skull at Naruto who dodged it with difficulty, but the dreadlord was already upon him, and slammed his wings into Naruto sending him airborne. Naruto flipped, giving him an advantage in height, and his hand cackled with electricity, which escalated into the sound of birds, then into the screech of a hawk.
"Chidori Taka!" Naruto cried as he swung his hand. The blade of electricity changed form, as it turned into a hawk which soared directly at the dreadlord, who just completed his spinning when the hawk of electricity struck and detonated, sending tendrils of electricity coursing throughout his body. The dreadlord dropped, smoke emanating from his body, as Naruto landed, panting. While a powerful technique, Chidori Taka also took up a lot of chakra not only to guide it but to keep its shape while flying. The result was a powerful long ranged attack that had chakra cost almost equal to a Rasenshuriken, but much more precise, yet lacking in power. Naruto sighed as he turned around, preparing to attack the fodders again, when he felt another blast of energy slam into him from behind, draining not just his chakra but also hurting him, though how he did not know. He quickly turned around, and stared in disbelief as the dreadlord stood up. Guess the Taka still needed more work then… Naruto thought as he substituted with a ghoul as the dreadlord fired another green skull, yet instead of killing the ghoul, it enlarged. It then dawned on Naruto; since it was an undead ability, then the spell would heal the undead, but harm those alive. With that in mind, Naruto charged, and was prepared when he fired, substituting with a clone, dispelling it. However, Naruto reached within the guards of the dreadlord, then charged up two Rasengan.
"Rasenragen!" Naruto yelled as he charged both into the stomach of the dreadlord, who screamed silently as the balls of energy tore into his body. The Dreadlord spun away, and Naruto turned back and fought again, but this time, he unleashed his killing intent, though with the opposite effect. Scourge was already undead; the killer intent's effects were minimal, but all the night elves froze, and was prone to slaughter, even as Naruto hurriedly limited his intent, but the damage was done. He saw Tyrande unleashing a storm of arrows, taking down a small horde, before raising her hands to the sky.
"May Elune help us!" she declared as dozens of tiny balls of light struck down on the Scourge. Knowing that he risked an encounter with Tyrande, he still helped. Like it or not, she was an enemy of his enemy, which made her good enough to assist. At that moment though, he received a message from Jaina.
"Naruto, come back, our forces have managed to retreat," Jaina said to his clone, and he tried to disengage, but the dreadlord was back with two spiral burns on his stomach. Naruto growled; he did not have the time.
"Boy, you will pay for what you have done–" the dreadlord began but was cut off.
"Screw you! I'm short on time, so please, please die with the next shot," Naruto shouted as a clone froze him with a Bansho Ten'in, and Naruto, with another clone, charged up an attack – the same attack used against the clone of one Uchiha Itachi.
"Take this! Odama Rasengan!" Naruto and his clone yelled as the technique tore into the dreadlord, utterly disintegrating it and devastating the land behind him. Naruto, satisfied with his work, dispelled all his clones, and leapt away as fast as possible. He was caught, however, by Tyrande.
"What in Elune's name was he doing here?" Tyrande wondered out loud as she took down another, and looked at the devastation he caused, scoffing.
"Then again… he did have to take on a dreadlord… I guess I can look over this, I just hope nature will forgive me, but I will need to have a talk with him later on…" Tyrande muttered as she held her bow lovingly as they went ahead for the Horn of Cenarius which was placed there. A few miles out, Naruto shivered.
"Oh man, why do I have a feeling the next time I see Tyrande it's not going to be pleasant?" Naruto asked himself as he caught up to the rest of the human and elves group and bounded up to Jaina and Lina, unnoticed by either. The clone smirked as it turned around. "Okay, I'm safe, so its time to dispel, bye."
"Hi Jaina-chan, hi Lina-chan!" Naruto shouted the instant the clone dispersed, scaring the two women as they turned around.
"Naruto! Don't scare me like that!" they chastised Naruto as they went towards the harbor, going after boats which will lead the humans to a new island to rebuild.
Well, that's that… well I'm not sure how fast I can update now. I've used up the last of my computer's ability to finish this chapter ( failed or something), but I have a spare computer that has Word on it, so you could expect chapter… 7? By Wednesday or Thursday and Chapter 8 by a few more days, unless something comes up, which will make my chapters unpostable until June 11th which has my final exams – yay!
PyroC0ntrol, out.
P.S. I know, weird and maybe even crappy ending.