Author's Note: Alright, I promised that Naruto and Sasuke would fight in this chapter, so I made this as long as it took to finish the fight scene – the longest chapter I have right now.

As a side note… I think the manga is getting off track again… stupid Kishimoto making another filler like the one with Pein… I want to see Naruto and Sasuke tearing each other's throats out!

Don't worry, Hakkyou no Yami, only Kakashi's team (sent to retrieve Naruto but failed…), Madara, Sasuke (already in), and Mei will be in the world. Madara will die (that's how story ends usually, bad guys die), Kakashi… I'm still deciding on whether he/they will stay alive or not. Probably stay alive and return to say Madara's dead but Naruto won't come back. In any case, I only brought them here to make Naruto's life a bit more difficult by choosing… not that anyone would have to guess to know where he would go (*coughnotkonohacough*)…

Disclaimer:

PyroC0ntrol: Naruto! Get your ass out here!
Naruto: Help me… *held by Jaina and Lina, Sylvanas was a little ways away*
Sylvanas: Okay, I'll help you *fires a couple hundred arrows at Jaina and Lina*
Naruto: OH SHIT! OH SHIT! OH SHIT! *Jaina and Lina each fires fireballs and ice missiles at each other*
All 3 girls: WAR! *author sweatdrops*
Pyro: You're safe now, Naruto, so uhh…
Naruto: Can I just pass out? Fine, I'm owned by that Kishi dude and Warcraft's not mine, ehh, yours I mean… *falls unconscious*

Chapter 9: Encounters

Two days after the battle between Naruto and the Lich, Naruto woke up as he looked around, trying to recall where he was.

"Oh yeah, I was knocked unconscious by that blast… man, that Lich is powerful, I wonder if they're all like that," Naruto said as he shuddered. "Anyways, I should look for that weird signature now, but before I do that…" Naruto muttered to himself as he created a clone which gathered senjutsu chakra again. Naruto walked forward slowly, testing his limbs for any damage, not that there would be any as Kyubi would've healed it ages ago. Once satisfied, he took off for a bit before dispelling his clones, Sage Mode becoming active again, and also serving to tell his other clones what went on. He was keeping all three clones as backup in case he did need to dispel all three through a battle, so it would be wise to use an alternate source of gathering Nature Energy. That said, he still wondered if there were any other way he could gather senjutsu chakra even when moving. He took the splitting of jobs as clones, but he was still trying to think of another way. He absentmindedly touched the necklace that Jaina gave him, before he froze.

"Didn't Jaina say that these could hold chakra…? What if…" Naruto said as he quickly stopped and took off the necklace, looking at the crystal. He shrugged it off as a project for later. What he realized, in fact, was that instead of splitting jobs between his clones, he could potentially use a crystal of sorts that were manufactured here to, rather than store senjutsu chakra, actually gather it, using a combination of his own chakra flowing through and his own mold to gather it. That way, he wouldn't have to dispel clones, and he would not have problems with the clones. In that case, however, he still needed to gather the materials and create them as well, though it wouldn't be much of a problem seeing as the mold could be created by simply creating a seal. That, however, was beside the point, as he had a mission to accomplish, and he took off. Along with jumping off, he sent a message to Jaina, by activating the pendant. He heard vaguely, a voice in his head.

"Naruto?" the small voice asked, as Naruto recognized it as Jaina's.

"Jaina, I found something, or at least, I'm sure I've found something," Naruto said.

"I'm all ears."

"I'm pretty much certain that it's the work of Sasuke – the cuts on the first corpses were too clean, too sharp, to be anyone from this… world. Your swords are much too bulky to manage that sort of damage, and what's more, I've encountered a Lich, skeletal… I would say leaders who serve someone named Ner'Zhul," Naruto reported as silence occurred on the other end.

"Tell me Naruto, was it wearing a dark purple cloak with light green edges around a dark blue surface?" Jaina asked as Naruto paused.

"Yes, how did you know what he's wearing?" Naruto asked.

"We had a report coming in from the advanced forces that the leadership had been changed to a… you called it a Lich right?" Jaina said, before starting again. "The new leader, the Lich, matched your description, or rather, your description matched what ours were given. In any case, is there anything more you want to report?"

"I doubt it, wait, hold on a second," Naruto said as he extended his senses a bit more, trying to sense for the dark taint he felt earlier. He wasn't sure, but it seemed as if there were not one, but two signatures, as well as another one approaching rapidly to that location. It was quite a ways up north, but he was confident that he could make it. Of course, he was curious as to what the other was, but he assumed that it was the Lich, and had he paid attention like this clone should've as well, he would've noticed that it was Madara instead, but he wasn't paying attention. "I've found Sasuke, moving to confront."

"Wait, Naruto!" Jaina tried to call out to him, but Naruto already broke his connection as he sprinted away.

Back at Theramore, in the castle's courtyard, Jaina sighed in frustration as Sylvanas came in, "Whoa Jaina, you look mad… what happened?"

"Naruto's found something, but he's already moving to engage," Jaina said as Sylvanas raised her brow, "I probably should've told him to come back rather than wait for what he had wanted to say instead, and now I'm not sure what to do. Killing those creatures definitely requires other people to help, not just the work of a single individual. The problem is, I doubt Naruto would know that, seeing as how he killed those harpies."

"Harpies?" Sylvanas asked.

"Excursion to find the power that was originally used to take down the Orcs," Jaina replied, "Actually, in that case, this Sasuke might be able to do the same thing as well, but killing all those animals just seemed a bit weird and out of place."

"If you're worried about him, why don't you just, I don't know, tell the advanced forces to support him? If you aren't sure, I can go with a contingent of archers myself," Sylvanas suggested as Jaina went into thought for a moment.

"My duties here aren't that important right now, what's more important is completely finish the construction," Jaina said, before making a decision, "Sylvanas, I want you and Lina to overlook the construction, seeing as how you know this place still better than I do. I will go to the advanced forces and find Naruto myself."

"Okay, Jaina, be careful," Sylvanas said a bit reluctantly. She wondered why Jaina insisted on going herself, though; although the reasons are fair, most of the civilians were situated here. She would've been a better protector and leader than Lina or Sylvanas, so why go herself? In any case, Sylvanas discarded the thought. She had more work to do in that case, when Jaina stood up and began activating her teleport spell, before, in a flash of light, she disappeared. Moments later, Ricky came in.

"Hey, where's Jaina? I sensed her here just now," Ricky asked as Sylvanas turned around.

"She left for the front lines, to your battalion," Sylvanas replied.

"What? Why would she do that in the middle of this? And why couldn't she wait for me…" Ricky said, though he muttered the last bit quietly, as he still needed to return to his battalion. Unfortunately, he could only manage short-ranged teleportation spells, unlike Jaina who could teleport large groups to far distances. Ricky muttered some more as he exited, not knowing that Sylvanas overheard as she held back a snicker, and, remembering what she had said earlier, figured out why she wanted to go personally.

"Sorry, Ricky, but you still don't stand a chance, just like against Arthas," Sylvanas said to herself quietly as she left the courtyard.

With Naruto, again

Naruto's pace was fast, but he knew he won't reach the signature anytime soon, and knowing Sasuke, he'll relocate soon out of paranoia. Naruto knew about that as he relentlessly tried to track down Sasuke during his training trip and the war, but he never had any success. In any case, had he succeeded, he would have never been here. Naruto slowed for a moment, until he was finally walking. Is being here a blessing or a curse, anyways? Naruto wondered to himself, I don't even know what I want anymore… I mean, sure, I still want to be Hokage, but it's the ideals that represent it that I want… I could easily do it here as well… images of him ruling over Theramore appeared in his head, and beside him, in the queen's position, is Jaina…

What the…? Naruto asked himself mentally, Where'd that come from? I don't like her… do I? I've only met her for a couple of months. Naruto was now completely confused, and wished to himself that he never went and thought about it; his life was confusing enough as it was without the problem of Jaina, Mei, and… Lina? Whoa… Where'd that come from too? Please don't turn me into a pervert like Ero-Sennin… Naruto prayed silently in his head, and quickly brushed his thoughts off by running forward again and concentrating on moving from one branch to the next. Soon, though, he felt another tug at his senses as he tuned in on the location. He felt he Orcs gather around somewhere farther north, closer to the forest, as one of them dropped a kunai. He quickly teleported over to check on the grunts and their discoveries.

"Sir, we have found traces of battle in this region, it appeared that some of your kind has been attacked, and… slaughtered by some means, " the grunt said as Naruto examined the bodies. Clean cuts as well, and in addition, there were some burns. There was no doubt about it, Sasuke had definitely trekked through here and attacked the soldiers. He idly noted that there were empty suits of armor…

Wait, empty suits? What's going on? Naruto wondered to himself as he looked over the armor curiously, before reeling back as the stench hit him.

"Ugh, the stench…" Naruto uttered to himself as he covered his nose, and activated his Rinnegan to check for details. There were battle marks, and vague marks that would suggest another fate for the soldiers, one that he didn't like. He remembered the first words regarding the Scourge from Jaina…

"For every men and women they kill, they gain one more warrior to fight us," Jaina had said. Is it possible that those were transformed, or rather, reborn into the undead? He couldn't fathom how Sasuke could do it, but having been apart from a few months already, he didn't know what might have happened with Sasuke. He turned back to the grunts.

"Thanks for you help, tell Thrall that I got this handled, I'm sorry for holding you up," Naruto said as the grunts bowed sluggishly.

"It was no problem, sir," the grunts said as they prepared to leave, but Naruto stopped them for a minute.

"If you could, can you leave me the kunai please? You can take one to Thrall if he needs me but… I sort of need the rest back," Naruto said as the grunts remembered, and gave their kunai back. Naruto counted the numbers. 11, and one more with Thrall, Naruto mentally tallied, before nodding his thanks, and leaping off, as the grunts left.

First thing's first, however: he was running low on supplies as it is, and it was getting dark. Naruto tried to locate where Jaina had said the advanced camp was, and was not disappointed when he found several weak signatures there, but there was a sudden pause as a large one suddenly appeared. It was not too far from where the grunts had ventured, and Naruto smiled slightly, before beginning his dash. The dark taint he felt was only a few miles away from the main camp. He soon reached it, but several arrows suddenly lodged itself near his feet as he quickly dodged. What the hell? Naruto wondered.

At the camp, Jaina had just teleported into the base when it sounded on alert, and all troops began to rush forward to the gate. Curious, and fully preparing for a massive battle, Jaina ran forward as well, and sweatdropped when Naruto appeared, dodging and with dozens of arrows around him.

"Hey, stop with the shooting! I'm on your side!" Naruto shouted as he dodged yet another hail of arrows, before spotting Jaina. "Jaina-chan, tell them to stop!"

It never occurred to Naruto how she got there in the first place when she was suppose to be in Theramore, or, as he called it, 'the new island place'. Jaina sighed before calling over, "Stand down, men, he's with me."

"Yes milady," the guards responded before they stopped shooting, and the soldiers moved back to their original tasks.

"Hi Jaina-chan," Naruto smiled at Jaina, only to receive a glare, "What?"

Jaina sighed, again, "At least you didn't go off on your own, Naruto."

"That's because it was getting dark, actually. If it was still light, then…" Naruto said, but was cut off as he felt some of his other clones dispersed, "That's weird, I don't recall making those clones… doesn't matter, Jaina-chan, do you have food?"

Jaina looked at him oddly as he looked back, "What? I haven't eaten in a whole day… I think. I think that the Lich managed to knock me unconscious for a whole day before I woke up at least. How long did I take to reply since I left?"

"Six days," Jaina replied.

"Okay, I passed out for about 2 days, I took 4 days to get here, almost immediately I found Thrall," Naruto said but was interrupted by Jaina.

"Thrall? What was he doing here?" Jaina asked.

"I was getting to that, but anyways, he was searching for what happened too, except it was under the… let's call it request, of Cairne, the… tauren was it?" Naruto said as Jaina nodded. "But still, food please?"

Jaina giggled as she led him away, "Alright, alright, I'll lead you to the food hall. You really like your stomach."

"Well, what can I say?" Naruto grinned at that as they entered, and Naruto saw the food. Without Jaina noticing, he disappeared to get the food as Jaina turned around.

"Okay Naruto enjoy… Naruto?" Jaina said before stopping, then turned around, expecting the worst. She was partially right, as Naruto stood in front of her, two plates of steaming food – well, one and a half, the other was half gone already. "That was fast…" Jaina commented as she took the plate and found a seat in the mess hall, Naruto sitting beside her. The base commander approached.

"Milady! I didn't expect to see you here today!" the commander exclaimed, "Have you received my message?"

"Yes, Ricky was very helpful, thank you. There are more things that I need to tell you, though, later," Jaina said, all business as the commander nodded, before looking at Naruto, "And you're…?"

"N…Naruto Namikaze, sir. I'm just a friend of Jaina-chan here," Naruto said as the commander looked confused at the ending of the name. Man, it's still hard to pronounce my name like that…

"Its their custom to add suffixes to names, commander, don't worry," Jaina said as the commander nodded and bowed.

"Enjoy your meal then," he said and left. Naruto raised his eyebrow slightly, but paid no attention as he was too busy eating. He managed to eat three plates before Jaina finished her first plate, and placed it away. Jaina went back as Naruto finished his third plate.

"Come on, Naruto, we might as well as get the debriefing over with, and you can tell them about the Lich too," Jaina said as Naruto nodded. Together, they left the mess hall, and approached the briefing hall. The base commander was already there, as was several of the base's top lieutenants. "Good evening, gentlemen."

"Good evening ma'am. Now that everyone's here, can we get this under way?"

"I'll start off then," the base commander said, "By the end of that battle against… chaos orcs, we were ordered to gradually move up towards the edge of Ashenvale forest, to secure a site which we can hopefully monitor situations better. As we moved up, we began to see the carcass of various animals. They were small at first, but they gradually grew larger, until we found the burnt carcasses of several lightning lizards. Had it been any other animal I would just pass it off as mercenaries training, but the hides were burnt, burnt when Lightning Lizards hides were known to be fireproof, with black flames still littering the area. What's more, a couple days later, we were attacked by a single man, who took out an entire squad of my soldiers with nothing more than his blade, which is… different from our own."

"Black flames?" Jaina asked as she looked at Naruto.

Naruto returned her look, before looking forward, "Those flames are different from those that you have ever encounter, commander… and hopefully never encounter again. This person is named Sasuke Uchiha, and his family specializes in… spells associated with fire. What's more, they have an eye technique named Sharingan, which can predict all movements and copy them if necessary. What's more terrifying is the upgraded form of this, the Mangekyou Sharingan, which gives a spell called Amaterasu, black flames which would incinerate everything he targets, and is not extinguishable until the target is gone, or the user wills it. He wields a sword named 'Kusanagi', a chokuto, thin, long guard less sword, which was rumored to be able to cut through anything. If you ever meet him alone, my advice is to run. I've known him since we're young, but he chose the path of corruption rather than protection to gain power. I also believe," here Naruto stopped to gather his breath, "that he is being trained by the undead in the arts of necromancy. I've seen the dead soldiers, and a few of them had noticeable evidence of… whatever it was. Some of your soldiers are now theirs, commander."

"I… find that hard to believe, Naruto," the commander replied, "A fire that can burn everything the user wants… how do we defend against it?"

"It has a very large chakra cost – uh, I mean mana cost, chakra is a term we use in our own village – so you don't have to worry about him actively using it," Naruto replied, "And in addition, come tomorrow, I will track him down myself."

"I'm going with you, Naruto," Jaina said as Naruto turned around.

"No! You don't know how dangerous Sasuke is, and–" Naruto said but was interrupted.

"I need to check a few things too Naruto, just let me do this," Jaina pleaded as Naruto looked on.

"…Fine, but stay out of the fight, trust me, it will get ugly, very, very fast," Naruto warned.

"For your protection, shall I order a few men to help?" the commander asked.

"No need. I will set out in the morning," Naruto said as the commander nodded.

"Good luck then. I doubt there is much more that I can say that will affect you now."

"Thanks," and with that, Naruto left, while Jaina stayed to see what the current situation was, but she looked back sadly at Naruto. Having to fight his best friend… I wonder how he feels right now, but… I need to see if it's really Arthas that's doing this… Jaina thought to herself. Strangely, she no longer felt anything when she thought of Arthas, no traces of the love that she had felt for him when Lordaeron was still standing. Jaina was suddenly jolted out of her thoughts when she heard the commander address her, and hastily responded.

Naruto, as he walked forward, contemplated on exactly what it was that caused her desire to go with him. He felt a small pang of sadness, when he connected the dots together, from the time he spent in the cave and what she had just said. So, she still likes him? Naruto thought unsure of himself as to why he felt like that. After all, it wasn't his business, was it? But why do I feel this way then…?

His thoughts continued until he reached outside, when he remembered something, "that's right, I left my clones out for senjutsu chakra… better recall them…" he said to himself as he flashed through the seals, "Kuchiyose: Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!"

Another thing he also learnt about during the war was how carrying a gigantic scroll would be inconvenient, and proceeded to find a way to summon his clones without actually relying on the scroll. The result was the modified summoning technique that would allow his clones to be summoned, based on the principle of the Hiraishin no Jutsu and the Kuchiyose no Jutsu. Only thing is, he had to modify it extensively so that either it summons only one clone or it summons them all, and in particular only those gathering senjutsu chakra. It took him the better part of two years but he managed to succeed a year before this happened. All 3 clones appeared as he dispelled them, and suddenly felt Sage Mode kick in. "Oops, I forgot about that… hey, what's this?"

Naruto had found the memory of the chakra taint that was dangerously close to his landing site, but shrugged it off, as the clone didn't focus enough on it. What was more curious about it to Naruto, though, was how much it seemed like chakra. No matter how much mana was similar, it had a smoother feel per say compared to the torrent that would be chakra, of course relative to mana. He shrugged it off and decided to think about it later, as he quickly made several clones that went off to train as he exhausted his Sage Mode again from the exertion. That was fast… he wondered idly, unsure how the senjutsu chakra acquired for two days would run out that fast. It was then he decided to check exactly how many clones he made. Oh, that's right…

He was so deep in thought, and so tired, that he never sensed Jaina walk up to him, had it not been for a clone who saw her, then promptly smashed into the tree and dispelled itself. "Hi Jaina-chan," Naruto responded tiredly.

"…One of these days I'm going to surprise you, Naruto," Jaina said determinedly as Naruto chuckled and turned around, only to flick her gently in the forehead, "Dream on, milady, dream on. What's the conclusion?"

"I thought you had a plan?" Jaina asked. Naruto shrugged.

"Your guess is as good as mine. I'm best at improvising on the battlefield. If anything, I only make the plan once I find Sasuke and begin to ask the questions. When I do, get. Out. Of. There," Naruto warned as Jaina narrowed her eyes.

"Just how dangerous is he?" Jaina asked.

"Our levels are comparable, I told you that before I think… or was it Lina-chan or Sylvanas, I forgot, but still, if we fight, probably much of the landscape will be devastated," Naruto replied, "Now though, I think I need to sleep. Now to find a place to sleep…"

"The commander has given us a room in the castle to stay in for the time being until we leave, but um…" Jaina said as she blushed, and Naruto looked on curiously.

"The commander told us there's only one bed in there…" Jaina said quietly, but Naruto still caught it.

"It's alright, we could share the bed… as long as we keep a certain distance I think…" Jaina, in a quieter voice, suggested, and now both of them blushed, and Naruto scratched the back of his head.

"If you don't mind…" Naruto said as they went up to the room, and Jaina opened the door. Naruto's eyes widened.

"Holy shit! Did you really imply that this bed is small?" Naruto exclaimed to Jaina who looked back.

"It's a little small compared to the bed I usually use, why?" Jaina inquired.

"It's huge… exactly how much are you royalty?" Naruto asked as Jaina kept her head down from embarrassment.

"My father's the admiral of the fleet in Lordaeron, and my brothers are all well-known in the royal family. I'm one of the, to quote from other people, 'more talented sorceress taught by Antonidas', and was originally engaged to Arthas, prince of Lordaeron, except some… things happened that caused the engagement to be null," Jaina said.

"Wow… just wow…" Naruto breathed out as Jaina looked back at him.

"Who're you to talk? You're the son of the most powerful leader in your village," Jaina retorted as Naruto shot back.

"And before that I was looked upon as a demon and village pariah. I've only known about my father, heck I've only known about my family 3 years ago, before that I thought my parents abandoned me because I was in their eyes a demon," at that Jaina looked away, guilty.

"Sorry, I didn't mean to make you walk down memory lane," Jaina said quietly. Naruto snorted.

"Nah, it's okay, but can we go to sleep now? I want an early start – we need an early start to catch Sasuke if his speed hasn't diminished," Naruto said as he jumped on one side of the bed, "I claim this side!"

Jaina giggled at his antics as she walked over to bathroom, "Don't peek," she warned as she walked in and changed. As Naruto looked on curiously, he had one thought in his mind.

"Where the heck did she store her nightclothes then?" Naruto wondered out loud, only for Jaina to reply, "You don't want to know."

Moments later, she emerged from the bathroom, wearing a purple silk full body nightgown which hugged her figure. Naruto, at that, blushed even more. Damn you, Ero-Sennin! Naruto cursed the man in his head for making him read all his work during the training trip. Jaina tentatively took the other side of the bed as Naruto went and washed up quickly. When Naruto came back, Jaina was already asleep as Naruto smiled a bit before going into the other side of the bed, quietly uttering, "Sweet dreams, Jaina-chan."

None of them had thought about Naruto using the floor instead. Why Naruto? Because he's the man in this situation. What neither of them expected more, was as the night progressed, they shifted more and more to the center, eventually coming into contact with the other. And that, was the scene that both of them came to find out in the morning.

Naruto felt conscious beginning to come upon him, and he snuggled further into his pillow, and hugged the other one. Wait, pillows? And why is this pillow a little… different? Naruto wondered as he opened his eyes, and had to bit back a yelp of surprise, as he found Jaina snuggled up to him her head in the crook between his arms, neck, and chest, while holding onto his arms. Naruto blushed deeply and tried to extract himself, only to hear a groan from Jaina as she snuggled even deeper into Naruto. Naruto sighed; this was the second time this happened, the first being when Lina had held him as a plushy.

"Mmm… plushy…" Jaina murmured as Naruto sweatdropped. Who knew Naruto was such a good plushy? He discreetly made three clones and had them go gather the things he need, before beginning to gather Nature Energy. By that time, Jaina began to stir, and Naruto was quickly becoming scared and frantic. Come on, let me go… let me go Jaina-chan… Naruto pleaded, but the Gods never responded. Jaina, on the other hand, did, as she opened her eyes to darkness.

I don't remember having a black teddy bear… Jaina thought before she remembered the deal yesterday. Knowing what was going to happen, she looked up at Naruto, who looked down at her. They were still hugging each other.

"Um… Good morning Jaina-chan?" Naruto said as Jaina looked at him, "Can you let go of my arms now?" Jaina quickly let go, noting that she was the one preventing him from leaving.

"Good morning, Naruto… sorry…" Jaina muttered before moving to get off the bed, only to nearly scream as a second Naruto appeared, meditating. "Do you really have to make a clone so early in the morning?"

"Sorry, Jaina-chan, but one, you won't let go, and two, its for something else that will help when I face Sasuke. And speaking of which… where are the other two…" Naruto asked himself as Jaina went into the bathroom to ready herself.

About an hour later, after they had breakfast, agreed on never speaking of this again (though both of them subconsciously strived to remember this if they somehow managed to get together, unknown to either of them), and generally packed to move out. Once they were ready, Naruto made some quick seals again as Jaina watched in curiosity.

"I've made this for a special function, Jaina-chan," Naruto explained as he called out the name of his technique, "Kuchiyose: Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!"In a puff of smoke, the clone in a meditative position appeared, though Jaina noted that it got some orange patches around its eyes.

"Naruto… does you clones like to use make-up?" Jaina asked as Naruto looked at her.

"What?"

"Well, why would it have eyeliner?"

"Oh, right, you'll see," Naruto explained as he dispelled the clone, and gained the features himself as Jaina watched in shock, "It's a different source of chakra where I can essentially do overpowered attacks, as well as sense things using what we call Nature Energy, I'll explain along the way, I've locked on to Sasuke now, and there's two people where he is," Naruto said as he was about to leap off, before remembering that Jaina wasn't a ninja and cannot travel as fast. Of course, there was the option of teleporting, but there was no point in doing that, "Jaina-chan, hop on. We're going to get there as fast as possible."

Jaina looked at him apprehensively, still remembering the cave, and what had happened last time. Jaina shook her head, "No thanks, I don't want to try that again."

Naruto sighed but then smiled deviously as Jaina instantly deducted what he was going to do, and immediately began her teleportation spell to get away from him. Unfortunately, she was too slow.

"Naruto Namikaze! Put me down now!" Jaina screamed as Naruto, yet again, literally swept her off her feet and leapt off towards the signatures.

"Sorry, Jaina-chan, but we really need to get this over with, and not only that, from what I know of Sasuke, it's that he relocates, very, very fast. I want to confront him before evening if that's possible, and I'm pretty sure you want to meet whoever you're going after as fast as possible as well," Naruto explained as he leapt even faster, approaching shunshin-like speeds as Jaina screamed even louder and began to pound of Naruto's chest.

"Slow down! Slow down!" Naruto ignored her as he sped on, the signatures coming closer and closer, before he finally stopped, about two hours into the running. Jaina heaved, before punching Naruto in the chest, "Never. Do. That. Again," Jaina wheezed out as she tried to regain her bearing as well as her breath.

"They're about half an hour's walk away from here," Naruto said as Jaina widened her eyes. She was not expecting a confrontation that soon, not even noon yet.

"Already? Why didn't you just attack them then?" Jaina asked.

"We let them come to us," Naruto said as he sat down and waited patiently. "Sasuke had wanted to kill me for ages, since we're 12. He'll come, I know he sensed me."

True to his words, soon the pair, Arthas and Sasuke, appeared, and Sasuke sneered at Naruto, "So, dobe, ready to meet your death?"

Arthas, on the other hand, fixated his eyes on Jaina, "Ah, Jaina, good to see you again. How's the people faring?" he said casually, as if the whole fiasco was not his fault, and Jaina glared at him, but before she began talking, Naruto spoke to her.

"Sasuke… What have you done?" Naruto asked simply as Sasuke snorted, "Getting stronger while you remain weak, dobe. You don't know exactly how powerful I've become. I could probably take on Madara now that I've become this strong."

"Once again Sasuke… you've become delusional…" Naruto sighed as he stood up. Sasuke narrowed his eyes as he spotted Naruto's Sage Mode.

"Sage Mode already Naruto?" Sasuke said to Naruto. Naruto looked up as his eyes met with Sasuke's. At an unseen command, both their eyes changed to their respective dojutsu.

"I'm not holding back anymore, Sasuke. I'm taking you down once and for all," Naruto replied as he turned to Jaina, "Stay out of this fight, Jaina-chan."

Jaina moved back, as ordered, rather than suggested. Arthas moved as well, wanting to see what happens when they clash. At yet another unknown signal, both shinobi charged at each other, Sasuke with his chokuto out, and Naruto with his katana, as they met in the middle, sparks flashing everywhere, "I should've killed you at the Valley of the End, Naruto!"

"Too bad you didn't, Sasuke. I can never forgive myself for not being able to bring you back to Konoha," Naruto replied quietly as they moved apart, and both began creating seals at a rapid pace, their respective swords still in hand.

"Katon: Karyuu Endan!" Sasuke called out as he breathed a giant fire dragon, as Naruto slammed his hands onto the ground.

"Doton: Doryuu Heki!" Naruto called his own technique out as a giant wall of rock pushed itself up as it blocked the flame. As the flame subsided, Naruto was already over the top of the wall, making another set of seals.

"Futon: Atsugai!" Naruto shouted as he launched several bullets at Sasuke who dodged them all, before jumping up and attempting to hit Naruto with his chokuto, now streaming with electricity. Naruto managed to duck it, and fired a large bolt of air, right at Sasuke's stomach. It hit as Sasuke plummeted to the ground, only to reveal a Kawarimi. Naruto widened his eyes.

Shit! Naruto thought as Sasuke appeared right above him, his sword aimed to pierce Naruto's chest. In the distance, Naruto heard Jaina desperately trying to call out to him, as he did a mid-air summersault and kicked Sasuke's hand away, but Sasuke predicted it with his Sharingan and altered the path, but still achieving what Naruto wanted as the blade whizzed past, millimeters from his face, and Naruto responded with a kick which Sasuke blocked with his forearm, sheathing the blade as well. Sasuke was now underneath Naruto as his momentum proved to be greater than Naruto's. Naruto looked down as two orbs of chakra began spinning, and Sasuke's eyes widened as he hastily formed his two chidori.

"Senpo: Rasenragen!""Chidori!" they screamed in unison as they clashed the technique together, creating a loud explosion which hurled Sasuke down, to impact onto the ground, forming a crater, and Naruto was launched skyward, only to plummet seconds later directly into the ground as well. Both shinobi staggered up, slightly daze, but Sasuke recovered faster, having been slammed into the ground earlier, as he sped towards Naruto, chokuto out again. Naruto only managed to recover enough to just miss the attack, but Sasuke redirected his lightning to surround his body.

"Chidori Nagashi!" Sasuke called out as Naruto was shocked by the current, and thrown back several feet, and Sasuke capitalized on the chance and launched a Death Coil at Naruto, who was hit again and thrown back even more. Jaina was about to set foot down, Naruto's warning be damned, before Arthas stood in her way, "Now, let them battle, I'm sure they've been looking forward for this for a while."

"Why are you doing this Arthas?" Jaina inquired coldly as Arthas looked surprised at her tone.

"Icy, aren't you, Jaina? What happened to the girl I loved?" Arthas slightly mocked.

"Gone, Arthas, just like your old self," Jaina retorted as she launched an ice bolt at the unsuspecting Arthas, but he managed to hold on to the ground with his Frostmourne. Jaina, however, unleashed increasingly more powerful blasts of ice, until it eventually threw him off his feet and into the path of Naruto's attack. Naruto's eyes widened as his Rasengan's path was obstructed by Arthas, but beggars can't be choosers, as Naruto's flying ball of doom flew into him, cracking the armor and sending Arthas flying back. Sasuke's attack, on the other hand, managed to pierce Naruto on the shoulder.

"Have you become so blind as to miss, Naruto? I thought the Rinnegan was supposed to be all-seeing? No, wait, that was the Byakugan, the eyes of Hinata. Your Rinnegan can't even compare to the Byakugan, how will it compare to the Sharingan then?" Sasuke mocked even more as he launched a large hail of shuriken, his eyes never leaving Naruto. Naruto, with difficulty, dodged them all, as Sasuke launched another wave. There was a trick, however; Sasuke suddenly pulled on something with his mouth, and the sunlight glinted on the wires attached. Naruto turned back, eyes widening in shock, and so was Jaina's, as the shurikens did a 180-degree turn and headed for him. What was more deadly, was Sasuke's glint, as his eyes transformed into the Mangekyou Sharingan.

"Feh, to think you were killed so easily, Naruto," Sasuke said as all the shuriken ignited in black flames. Amaterasu… Jaina recalled, as the flaming projectiles flew at Naruto. He closed his eyes, as a pulse of chakra emanated from him. Sasuke's eyes widened as he felt the pulse and jumped back, as Naruto's eyes snapped open, and a wave of air pulsed forward.

"Shinra Tensei," Naruto murmured as all the projectiles flew away from him, the fire dissipating. Sasuke's eyes widened even further, this time in shock.

"What? How did you extinguish Amaterasu?" Sasuke asked angrily as Naruto smiled.

"I'm the number one surprising ninja, remember?" Naruto smirked as he counted down. Three…two…one… there, again! Naruto mentally smirked as he jumped, followed by Sasuke, but Naruto fixed his gaze at Sasuke again, "Shinra Tensei!" Naruto called again as Sasuke was hit by an unknown force and was sent plummeting to the ground. Damnit, what happened to him to suddenly gain the advantage? Sasuke gritted his teeth as he managed to land right side up, only to dodge as Naruto's fist came down. Strangely, although Sasuke had dodged, he was still hit by something, and this continued on until Sasuke took yet another deep breath and formed seals, as Naruto formed a Rasengan to throw.

"Katon: Goukakyou no Jutsu!" "Rasengan!" they called out as the fireball and the Rasengan raced at each other. Then, something began to happen to the two techniques. As the Rasengan reached the fireball, the rotation caused by the spiraling ball of doom also began to rotate the giant fireball, before the rotation actually began sucking the fire in. Both Naruto and Sasuke watched in barely hidden fascination as the fireball was completely sucked in and glowed white. That was when Naruto remembered what the Katon:Rasengan looked like before it blew up, and Sasuke simply knew that compressing a fireball like that would spell disaster. On a hidden cue, they both leapt away, as the Rasengan destabilized, and the ball ripped itself apart, blasting the fire out in a thirty foot radius which was completely incinerated, and glass was seen at the epicenter of the explosion. Sasuke looked at Naruto, who had used up the last of his Senjutsu chakra, and inwardly laughed.

You're out of luck, dobe, thought Sasuke, as he fired off dozens of smaller green bolts at Naruto who dodged them all, before countering with dozens of small bullets of air, before closing in and fighting in a fierce taijutsu match. A high kick was blocked, which was used as a stepping stone for Naruto to reverse his momentum to jump and perform an axe kick which Sasuke blocked again with his forearm, before Sasuke dropped to avoid a second axe kick from Naruto's left foot this time, and kicked upwards. Naruto was hit by the impact from the attack, and as he flew higher, Sasuke also jumped, into the starting position for,

"Shi-shi rendan!" Sasuke shouted out as he performed the devastating combination of kicks and punches that drove Naruto into the ground. As he landed, he smirked at the unmoving body, only for it to burst into smoke, "What?"

Then, a powerful punch landed itself on Sasuke's cheek as it blew him backwards, "How? I knew that it was you who took the shots, Kage Bunshins cannot take that sort of punishment!" Sasuke yelled out, furious. Naruto emerged, bruises forming on his face where Sasuke had struck with his elbow.

"You did hit me, I substituted at the last second," Naruto replied as Sasuke's eyes narrowed.

"So you used yourself as bait to hit me just once? I'm not sure if that's a completely stupid idea or actually smart," Sasuke snorted, "Taking that just to hit once… what kind of idiot does that?"

"And idiot that can tank, teme!" Naruto yelled from the other side as a clone punched Sasuke out of his peripheral vision, before dispelling. Sasuke looked back, and was shocked that Naruto had regained his Sage Mode again, "Damn it, why won't you just die already?"

"If I was to die as easy as you make me believe, do you think I would've survived until now?" Naruto deadpanned before launching himself at Sasuke again. Sasuke kept his distance this time, launching kunai, shuriken, and various other sharp and pointy objects. He needed time to either form seals or to mold the chakra internally, but he was too busy launching his projectiles, so molding internally would have to do. Naruto kept advancing, occasionally flinging back a captured kunai or shuriken at Sasuke, who in turn also flung it back, and some were exchanged that way. At least, that was what happened until Sasuke finished molding his chakra, and with a sweep of his hand, formed hundreds of sharp senbon screeching like birds.

"Chidori Senbon!" Sasuke yelled out before launching them, as Naruto snorted, "That again? You know, you're not the only person who can imitate, no matter how much I suck at it. Chidori Nagashi!"

"Naruto… I swear I will kill you by the end of this day!" Sasuke screamed as he saw the currents neutralizing all the senbon, and as he rushed in, madly this time, he activated Susanoo. Naruto's eyes widened in surprise at the corporeal figure and flipped back to gain some space, only to dodge again as arrows began flying. I guess having Tyrande shooting those arrows at me is a good thing… wow, what kind of thinking is that? Naruto thought, I need to get closer, or I need to use that…

Gathering his thoughts, Naruto gathered more of his chakra into a ball of energy that condensed in his hands, "Chibaku Tensei!" Naruto yelled out as the ball of energy floated, and rocks began to crack, and the ground began to shake and disintegrate. Pieces of the earth began to fly up, one of which still held Sasuke, who couldn't do any massive movements due to Susanoo.

Damn counter… Sasuke thought as he cancelled Susanoo and hurriedly escaped, as he leapt from one rock to another, often sticking to one and running down the surface, before piercing one with a Chidori and hurtling down towards the blond. He was unprepared, however, for a giant rock to suddenly pull itself out of the ground, attracted by the gravity well, and fly up. Sasuke was nicked on the side, which caused him to lose concentration on the Chidori, allowing Naruto to form a Rasengan, which began to have a white disc surrounding it.

"Sasuke, meet your end. Futon: Rasengan!" Naruto yelled as he slammed the wind-powered Rasengan into the stunned Sasuke, tumbling him back. With that, Naruto collapsed, too tired and too hurt to do anything, as Jaina rushed over, "Naruto!"

Arthas, by that time, had recovered, and witnessed the carnage that the two had produced. What destruction…

Naruto groggily looked up at Jaina, as she looked at him concerned, "Did I win, Jaina-chan?"

"Yes, Naruto, he's down," Jaina said as Naruto struggled to his feet, "What are you doing? You're hurt!"

"I'll heal, and if he's down, then I can do this…" Naruto said as he channeled Kyubi's chakra through him, instantly charging him. Arthas suddenly froze as the feeling of dread overcame him. What… what is this? Arthas wondered as he looked at Naruto.

That boy… he's going to be a problem, informed the Lich King, from Frostmourne, Kill him now!

Without any hesitation, Arthas focused the most powerful Death Coil he could as he hurled it at Naruto, before running to attempt to claim his life personally with his runeblade. Jaina had managed to intercept the Death Coil, but was unprepared for Arthas' charge and was thrown aside. Arthas smiled evilly as he brought the blade down, only to hear two words that he recognized from the battle, "Shinra… Tensei!" Naruto managed to just call out as the wave of energy propelled Arthas back. Naruto had finished healing, as he sensed a distortion in the air. "What?" Naruto wondered out loud as he saw the distortion, and he came to the realization of whom he and his clone was sensing exactly.

Sorry if the battle wasn't up to par, but I'm not sure how to write a battle scene like that… heck it's the first time I've written a serious fight scene, I think…

Coming up next, Madara vs Arthas vs Naruto & Jaina, injured… unfortunately I think you know what's going to happen when I put it that way, but Naruto will put up a fight, don't worry.

Now, as for the self-made technique, Kuchiyose: Kage Bunshin no Jutsu: I actually thought the usage of the scroll, although it gave Naruto this powerful feeling, was a bit unwieldy if he ever wants to use Sage Mode, then I thought, 'well, why not use the summoning in its basic?' because they're in the same realm, Naruto can summon his clones, but not the toads. If he could summon the toads, he would've been home a long time ago, but I need him to stay and form an attachment so no summoning giant animals until at least Jaina confesses that she has feelings… at least until I get to the point where they admit it to themselves. Back to the technique anyways, it summons either one, two, or any clone that is gathering senjutsu chakra, I'm not going to explain the handseals, you can just imagine blurs that are Naruto's hands as he performs them, but this simply allows Naruto to summon any set number of Nature chakra gathering clones and telling them to dispel to transfer Nature chakra over. If you have any questions regarding this technique, just tell me and I'll try to reply.

PyroC0ntrol, out, cya next chapter!