Author's Notes: Um… anyways… You guys get to see Sasuke a little more this chapter, just to let you know, random bits of him will pop up when I feel like it, because the Lich King isn't the last 'boss' Naruto face, its him
Ugh… can people PLEASE make an effort to review please? I've received several (dozen? I lost count) emails saying that this story is on the favorite list of many people – barely any of them reviewed… :'(
Oh, by the way, I've been having writer's block for the next couple of chapters, and I doubt it will stop until at least I reach the point where the prophet, Malfurion, Tyrande, Thrall, Jaina, and maybe Naruto meet with each other, then attack Archimonde. That part I've planned out already, and sorry, won't spoil the plot. Until that stage, which is maybe a few more chapters away, updates will be slower, once again, sorry~
Wow, many things to tell… Anyways, this chapter will focus more on different places as opposed to purely the Warcraft Universe – Konoha will be featured here.
Disclaimer: Where's Naruto?
Naruto: uhhh… Lina-chan that was uncalled for! *Lina pouts then Jaina kicks her away*
Jaina: Mine now! *drags Naruto away*
Me: Wait, where's my disclaimer? I need Naruto for it!
Jaina: Blizzard owns Warcraft, I own Naruto! Bye Pyro I'll see you next chapter! *Me sweat-drop*
Me: You do know that you're a main character right? *No answer*
Chapter 7: Disappearance, Emergence
Somewhere in the wastelands to the south of Ashenvale forest
Sasuke looked at the creatures coolly, not at all fazed at their sizes; truth to be told, he was getting quite bored of his training routine as set by Arthas, but he knew not to complain if he was to get a blade the same power as the one that Arthas wielded. Death Knight Uchiha Sasuke…, thought Sasuke as he unleashed a spell which disintegrated a Thunder Lizard, before dodging nimbly to the side as another creature charged intent on crushing him, and launched multiple fireballs at the lizard's weakened torso, burning and killing the creature. Sasuke then jumped up, before his eyes turned into a star-like shape, and he sneered.
"All too easy," he said quietly as he unleashed Amaterasu, utterly destroying all the creatures left. He extinguished the fire, and moved on to the next setting. Arthas had promised him a greater challenge, and it was time to see what it was. Whatever it was, he hoped that it could judge his power.
"Ok, Arthas, I've killed off all the creatures, now will you tell me what my challenge is?" Sasuke demanded as Arthas smirked; Sasuke was fast becoming a nice agent of the Scourge, and willingly as well.
"Good then, I want you to kill a Dreadlord. You remember them, no?" Arthas said as Sasuke snorted. Arthas took that as a yes, "His name is Aramachus, and be wary, dreadlords in general are tricksters when fighting. Once you've accomplished the task, I will teach you a new skill."
"And what of my blade?" Sasuke inquired as Arthas laughed, a laugh that chilled to the bone, "You will have to be far more powerful in order to earn that privilege, Sasuke, now go, kill him and bring me news of his death. I will not have agents of the Burning Legion take hold of what is mine."
"Whatever," Sasuke said, as he performed a shunshin and disappearing in a swirl of fire. Arthas stared, "That's useful, I have got to make him teach me that."
Arthas stood up by the rock, and walked over to his ride. Jumping on it, he directed it away, preparing his plans to take down the Burning Legion. With it gone, he could finally take his place as the leader of the Scourge and the undead. He would not have anyone controlling him, and soon, he will have conquered the entirety of the world…
Back with Naruto
Naruto stood up as he wiped the sweat away from his brows, as he looked around. Basic necessities have been set, and there was a small plateau where he and his clones have been working. The general design by the engineers had the entire city broken into 'steps' to accommodate the fact that the island was a gentle sloping hill.
Naruto was currently working on the fourth step, while engineers were finishing up on the design and built of the castle which would be the center of the capital, and also harnessed the full power of the lake of energy which would be located in the gardens of the castle. That was the first step of the city – in fact, the foundation was already built by the time they arrived at the scene. Although Naruto could've done the steps easily with a doton technique, he didn't know any that could do so, and had to rely on hard labor instead. It was fast work, however, with the amount of clones he had employed.
"Need a break?" a voice gave itself away behind Naruto as he looked back. Lina was standing there, holding a small bottle of water out. Naruto smiled and replied, "Thanks, Lina-chan." She sat down beside him, who was greedily drinking the water, before remembering something. "Hey, Lina-chan?"
"What is it, Naruto?" Lina replied.
"I've noticed that most elves have last names relating to the sun, wind, or moon, and well, yours is… Inverse," Naruto said as Lina realized what he was asking.
"Oh… that was because my parents were attacked during their travels. During the bandit raid, my mother ran with me on my father's orders, but she was hit. She managed to get to two human's home and… she asked them to take me in. They are my adopted parents, so I also have the name Inverse," Lina replied as Naruto nodded, "So… what is your real last name?"
"Sunrider. My actual name is Lina Sunrider," Lina replied (A/N: I just made the last name up, don't blame!)
"Sunrider, huh?" Naruto said as he contemplated on the name, before standing up and stretching. "I seriously need to learn a doton jutsu that can do this… anyways, I guess I could take a break. Want to show me the sights?" He offered his hand as Lina looked at it.
She took his hand as a gesture of thanks and stood up, and they walked away, Naruto's clones working diligently still. That was the scene the engineers came across a few minutes later, plotting what to be placed where.
Out, in the forest, Lina led Naruto across the dense forest, before reaching a small peak that was decided to keep. Naruto looked out, and whistled.
"Wow, nice view," Naruto commented as Lina nodded slightly.
"If only the Scourge will never hear of this place; I seriously doubt we can keep this a secret," Lina said as Naruto looked over.
"Who said we need to keep it a secret?" Naruto replied with a small smirk as Lina looked over.
"What do you mean?"
"My village, despite being called Konohagakure, meaning 'Village Hidden in the Leaves', is not actually hidden. We also have no actual natural defenses, so we train our people to be able to defend. I know coastal defense would be hard, but I doubt it's all that different from what we do," Naruto explained as Lina thought for a bit.
"One problem, Naruto: I don't think our people are stealthy enough to mount any surprise defenses that can cripple before they reach the island, and second, we're surrounded by ocean; essentially the enemy can blockade us and can also attack from all sides. Unless we have something like a secret military force that they won't know about so they'll be surprised, we're pretty much hard-pressed," Lina explained as Naruto just smirked. "What?"
Naruto never responded as he looked out again. "You'll see when I'm done with the project. That said; is there any… Rouge? in the forces that you brought?"
"Yes, I think we have a small company, but no more than that; they're usually used for scouting, and it was one of them that found this island," Lina replied.
"I see," Naruto said as he contemplated on this issue, before he was interrupted.
"Naruto… what do you think might have befell… our homeland?" Lina asked, clearly worried. Naruto looked at her.
"You do remember that I… am not from this dimension, exactly, right? If I had to guess from the rumors that circulated, then… truthfully, I think it's… well, you get my point, but hopefully, its just rumors because of the events that happened," Naruto replied as Lina nodded.
"I know, but I just need someone to talk to about this. The other elves are pessimistic about it, the human forces have already lost Lordaeron and I can't really talk with them, Jaina is too busy at times and so is Sylvanas, so I only have you left to talk with," Lina said as tears edged her eyes. Naruto wiped them away gently.
"Don't think too much about it, I'll tell you anything that can be confirmed as soon as possible, okay?" Naruto said, before he noticed a small toad. Normally, he wouldn't really care about wild toads, but one aspect in particular struck him, as he suddenly stood up. Lina looked up, startled.
"That's it!" Naruto exclaimed as he quickly ran off but stopped halfway into his first step. "Umm… right, sorry, Lina-chan, but…"
"What did you figure out this time, Naruto?" Lina asked as Naruto pointed at the toad.
"In my world, we can summon animals to fight with us, sort of like a partner. I summon toads, but I also remembered that they can reverse summon. If I can get it to work, maybe, just maybe…" Naruto trailed off as Lina understood what he was implying. While she was happy for him, having figured out a way home, she was also struck with an unknown feeling that clutched at her heart. She tried to ignore it, yet it stayed behind. Lina forced a small smile.
"Well, I'll leave you to work on that then," Lina said as she left quickly, so that Naruto didn't see another small wave of tears which no one knew why was appearing. Naruto shrugged, and began to mold his chakra. Before he was able to do anything, however, a clone dispelled, informing him of a present situation. Naruto growled. So much for experimenting, but besides, I get time later, Naruto thought as he disappeared in a whirl of wind, picking up Lina along the way, who screamed at the suddenness.
"Naruto! What are you doing?" Lina screamed as Naruto hurtled through the trees.
"Thought you might want a faster route; besides, Jaina-chan needs you for some reason, she's called you, Sylvanas, and a couple other people, but I don't know where she is, and I'm suppose to be there for some assignment or something," Naruto replied as he sped out of the trees and began heading towards the only constructed building – the Keep. Naruto headed inside, found Jaina luckily, and stopped right in front of her. Sylvanas, who was right beside Jaina, sensed Naruto entering, and smirked while waving a bit. Naruto waved back, before commencing with his plan on the as of yet unaware Jaina.
"Hi Jaina-chan"
Jaina screamed in fright. "Naruto! Do you really have to do that each time I want to talk to you?" Jaina exclaimed while massaging her heart as Naruto scratched the back of his head and Sylvanas secretly snickered. "Sorry, Jaina-chan, too fun to resist, anyways, what did you want me to do?"
"I need you to scout the surrounding region to the south of Ashenvale forest. There had been some disturbances in the area, and some of our troops have found corpses of animals lying around. I think it would be better if you were there as well," Jaina said as Naruto nodded.
"Mission time?" Naruto asked.
"As long as it will take or until we recall you, you can leave whenever you want. Our advanced force camp there has left already, however, so you might have to fend for yourself," Jaina said as Naruto nodded. Jaina also pressed something into his left hand, and as he looked, it was a small pendant.
"This is a small beacon that I have that can contact you and let me know where you are at all times. If I need anything or if you found anything, you can just use that to contact me, but its usually for me to pinpoint where you are before I teleport away," Jaina explained as Naruto nodded, before waving bye and leaving, once again, in a swirl of wind. "Jeez, Lina, Sylvanas, you think Naruto will leave through the door anytime soon?"
"Nope" both women replied at the same time as Jaina sighed before talking with them.
Naruto, meanwhile, was heading out to the 'harbor' where they had gone ashore. As there was no formal harbor the ships laid all around in a disorganized array. Naruto quickly found a small boat lying on its side, water seeping in. Naruto pushed it to the shore, and then dumped all the water. After inspecting it for any damage, and satisfied that it was in relatively good conditions, he set out, ignoring the shouts made by the people working at the harbor. One of them sighed.
"Great, now we have to report this to Lady Proudmoore or her escorts… this is really troublesome…" the worker replied. On the way, Naruto began to wonder about his problems, and also wondered about his home. I wonder if the summoning would really work, and I wonder whether the people in Konoha are missing me…
Konohagakure no Sato
In another dimension, Shikamaru sneezed as he looked over the evidence regarding Naruto's sudden disappearance. "Kami, was there nothing except the witness by Kakashi, you, and Sai to go along with what happened?" Shikamaru asked as Sakura nodded.
"Kakashi saw it the clearest though; he still suspects the usage of Kamui no matter how unprobably, and not only that he also heard bits of conversation between Naruto and Sasuke," Sakura replied. "I just hope he gets back before the village erupts into a riot."
The council and the majority of the village were really unhappy that their hero suddenly disappeared, and in particular Tsunade was extremely angry.
"Kakashi, have you managed to trace Naruto yet?" Tsunade asked impatiently as Kakashi stood by wearily. Having known that Naruto disappeared as a result of Kamui, Kakashi immediately tried to see if activating his own technique would yield any results. So far, only Naruto's chakra signature had been found, but his whereabouts in the current was unknown. For all Kakashi knew, he could be in hell or another dimension. Needless to say, his train of thought was on the right track, though no one except Naruto and Sasuke would really know until something finally came out.
"No, Hokage-sama, I can sense his signature more clearly now, but its also fading – as the time taken to search for him becomes longer, his signature fades. Unless I can get a good lock on his signature within the next few days, I'm afraid that… he'll be lost forever in Kamui. I wish I could do more, but I have a limited amount of chakra, even with soldier pills," Kakashi replied as Tsunade gritted her teeth. Naruto, wherever you are, at least tell us. We really should've left one of his kunais here but he had too little as of then, Tsunade thought as she turned back to the window.
"Understood Kakashi, report to the hospital to check up on your chakra system, and when you are ready, keep searching, and let me know the progress," Tsunade ordered as Kakashi nodded and left normally, simply too exhausted to shinshin away or jump away out the window. Tsunade then turned to the toad that came to Konoha just a few hours ago, waiting for its report.
"We can't sense Naruto at all, Tsunade-sama. He's not using Senjutsu chakra, so Fukasaku-sama can't sense him either," the toad replied, "We already gave the key away to Naruto for sealing, so we can't track him through that way either. I'm sorry, but I have exhausted most of my chakra, so I must return now." With that, the toad disappeared.
"Nothing's ever peaceful with Naruto, is it?" Tsunade asked rhetorically under her breath, evidently worried at the man who she considered her son. No one replied; in fact, no one was in the room when she said that.
Outside, Kakashi sighed as he headed into the hospital, and tried to reactivate his Mangekyou Sharingan, only to wince in response as the chakra use stung at him. He hoped that Madara would not have reached the same conclusion as they did, although he would have predicted that by now; he just hoped that Madara wouldn't be the first to find Naruto, or at the very least find him before Konoha could.
Far away, Madara smiled; he had located the Kyubi jinchuriki. Although he was mad that Sasuke did not follow his orders, nonetheless he would still be able to achieve his goal. Madara was naught but a patient man, waiting for 80 plus years; a few more weeks or even a couple of years wouldn't matter too much in the long run.
Right, slightly short, don't really care. Just wanted to finish the chapter because the next ones would start to get more interesting… I hope. Note the writer's block warning I sent in the beginning.