Author's Note: Thanks for the encouragement guys, and I know you guys are expecting a big-ass fight between the three forces as well… but like I said before, Naruto is essentially exhausted on chakra, so pretty much all he can do is run for now, but I assure you there will be an even bigger fight between them where Madara dies.

Skelo, I know, and it does raise an even bigger point with me: I actually used the concept where Naruto doesn't necessarily have to pump his Sage chakra into his attacks, like what he sort of did against Pein, I don't know, when he was going taijutsu against Tendo it actually didn't attack like it was suppose to, a pity too, he could've ended the battle much faster.

Disclaimer: PyroC0ntrol is currently unavailable due to…

Pyro: Just… down with the four of you! No kinky stuff until I actually write it!
Naruto, Jaina, Lina, Sylvanas: Yes Master!
Pyro: Good, now what do you have to say to the audience?
The four: Um… Pyro is our master?
Pyro: *facepalm* no… never mind… I don't own Naruto or Warcraft's copyrights… *sobs*

Chapter 10: Connecting the Dots

"Uchiha… Madara…" Naruto said, eyes widening with fear as Jaina looked at him in shock, "Madara? I thought he was in your world?"

"Looks like he found a way here," Naruto said as the man materialized, clapping.

"Bravo, jinchuriki, bravo, I've seen the whole fight, and I must say, I'm impressed with how you defeated Sasuke here, but you're weakened, and now, if you'll just step forward, I do not wish to fight any pointless battles," Madara said as his eyes swirled into existence. Jaina suddenly stood in front of Naruto, "You're not taking him."

"Brave, foolish little girl, do you know exactly what he happens to be, and what you can do?" Madara said ominously.

"If you mean the junchuriki bit I already know, Madara, and what you wish to do. I won't let you succeed anymore than Naruto wish," Jaina bit back as she ended the conversation by firing hundreds of ice shards that appeared out of nowhere. Madara chuckled more as the ice shards approached.

"Attacks such as these won't even tingle me, Jaina," Madara said as he simply let the shards phase through his body. Jaina widened her eyes in shock. "See?"

"But this will! Senpo: Odama Rasengan!" Naruto's voice shouted behind Madara as he snapped behind him in shock, before being hit by the oversized ball of doom. The original Naruto struggled to stand up as Jaina looked at the two, "When did you…?"

"When I was blasted back by Sasuke, I summoned both my clones who were instructed to gather Nature Energy. One of them attacked Sasuke and dispelled, giving me its chakra, and now this one managed to sneak up on Madara. Clones are pretty useful, huh?" Naruto asked rhetorically as he dispelled his last clone, regaining his features and finally fully recharging. "Jaina-chan, even at full power, I have problems even going head-to-head with him. I'll delay him as much as possible, run with the time I gave you."

"No," was Jaina's reply as Naruto turned around, "What? Jaina-chan, no! You don't know the extent-" Naruto began but was cut off by Jaina.

"I may not, but I won't let him get his hands on you!" Jaina said, heatedly as Madara laughed, "So touching, so touching… let me rip it apart like I told Kisame to do with you and Hinata, Naruto!" Madara said as he flashed through five seals, before Naruto nearly laughed at the seals, "Kuchiyose no Jutsu!"

There was the typical lines that spread, then smoke, then out came…

"Nothing?" Madara yelled as Naruto laughed, "Won't work, teme, I've tried. No way to summon the Gedo Mezo and call on the bijuu."

"Well then, I guess I go for plan B…" Madara said as he suddenly disappeared, and Naruto was barely able to dodge the fist aimed at him, before yelling out, "Stay away! Shinra Tensei!"

Madara was pushed back heavily as the ground beneath Naruto groaned and cracked from the pressure of the gravity waves, but Madara instantly recovered and launched a Kamui at Naruto, hoping to such him back into the other world as Naruto jumped back, and Jaina shot a freezing blast at Madara, forcing him to cancel his technique. As all his space-time techniques were derived from the same source, he could only dodge the blast by cancelling his Kamui and using his phasing technique, but Naruto managed to tag him, "Bansho Ten'in!" Naruto yelled as two clones materialized beside him and molded chakra.

"Katon: Rasengan!" the clone yelled as it punched itself at Madara, except Madara phased himself again, causing the hand to go through. At least, that was what Madara thought, as the clone dispersed and he reformed his body. That was when he felt excruciating pain in his abdomen and phased himself immediately, only to see the Rasengan still inside his body destabilizing then blowing up.

"Smart move… but can you do it again?" Madara said as he teleported over to Naruto and landed an uppercut too fast for Naruto to react, but Naruto managed to use Chidori Nagashi and paralyzed Madara, only for him to recover as Naruto flipped end over end and into a tree. Madara chuckled, "Looks like you're out, but I'm not. Amaterasu!"

Naruto screamed in agony as his entire body was lit on fire, and twitched around trying to get it off, to no avail. Madara stopped the fire moments before it would have guaranteed Naruto's death, and moved forward, "Kyubi's capture, successful," he said as he moved forward.

But suddenly an arrow was shot towards him. "What?"

Several dozen archers were in position, with Tyrande up in the center, bow raised and ready to fire, and an unknown male night elf. "Tyrande!" Naruto yelled out in relief as he struggled to stand up, "I'm not sure if I'm glad to see you right now or should I be completely terrified…"

"Tyrande?" inquired the male, "You… know an outlander?"

"I will admit, he is more different than the other ones, Furion…" Tyrande said as the newly named Furion (my ass, everyone knows who the heck he is, one of my favorite characters - Cairne, Malfurion, Jaina) replied, "I sense… nature… within him. Curious…"

"Everyone get away!" Naruto yelled as he summoned the last of his chakra, "Jaina-chan, I'm telling you now, get out of here! Tajuu Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!"

"Not without you!" Jaina replied as thousands of Naruto clones appeared.

"I must say Naruto, your ability to call on your massive reserves are as impressive as ever. However, you cannot defeat me in numbers alone," Madara said as Furion looked on in partial shock, "This boy can make copies of himself…?"

Meanwhile, Naruto was still arguing with Jaina, "Jaina-chan, I'm serious, things are going to get ugly around here, so I need you to get out!" Naruto's clones were flinging themselves at Madara as they argued, only to be hit and dispelled or phased through with no effect. Once or twice, Madara would get caught off-guard, but that was as far as the combat went.

"And I said you're coming with me!"

"I'll catch up, I promise!"

"Just go with me already!" Jaina cried out as Naruto finally had enough. Looking at Tyrande for a second, which the night elf caught, Naruto picked her up and hurled her over to the night elf, who just managed to catch her, "No! Naruto!" Jaina screamed out as Naruto yelled over, "Get out of here!"

Tyrande turned to Furion, "We best get out of here, his abilities are nothing to scoff at… and for him to be this scared means that this outlander is no pushover."

"I agree, my love. Sentinels, move out!" Furion ordered as Tyrande, still holding onto Jaina, Furion, and the night elf army moved. As they left, Naruto breathed a sigh of relief. Madara chuckled, "Noble as always Naruto?"

"I don't want anyone else to get hurt in this, Madara…" Naruto said as even more clones joined the fray, before they all smirked as they each held up the same handsign, "and besides… I'm a master at clones if you remember, even more so than Itachi…" Madara's eye widened as he said a single word as he tried to phase, but it was a little late, "Shit!"

By that time, the Sentinels and Jaina had just got a few hundred meters away before Furion turned back, "I sense a large buildup of energy…"

"No…" Jaina said as tears began to sting at the edge of her eyes, "Not again…"

There was silence for the entire army as Jaina began hugging herself. It was then she felt something, as she pulled it out of a fold in her clothing. It was a three-pronged kunai as her eyes widened. "Hiraishin no Jutsu…" she murmured quietly as finally a rumble came, then came a gigantic explosion which knocked them all off their feet, including Tyrande's Frostsaber. There was a flash of yellow light, and Naruto appeared right beside Jaina, absolutely exhausted. The large ball of rock suspended in the air began to crack and fall, crashing into the ground and creating a tremor.

"Naruto!" Jaina yelled, half happily as she hugged him, "You're okay!" Then, all of a sudden Jaina slapped him, "I said I'm not going to leave you there by yourself, what's your problem?"

"Yes, Jaina-chan, I'm fine. And really, do you want to be caught in that explosion?" Naruto said as he turned to the night elves watching in curiosity, "Thanks for the help, but he's probably only stunned by that explosion. We need to get moving"

"You're kidding, right?" Tyrande asked dryly, expecting a joke, but Naruto hardened his gaze.

"No, Tyrande, he's far more dangerous than you think," Naruto replied as Furion finally said something.

"His signature… it felt vile, dark, and twisted, not to mention his ability to… dodge those attacks…" Furion mentioned as Naruto nodded. "One of his ability is that it allows him to escape any projectiles and attacks. Unless you take him by surprise or lock away his ability to phase, he's untouchable."

"We best get moving then," Furion said as Jaina nodded herself.

"We need to go as well, thank you for your assistance," Jaina said as Tyrande snorted.

"Do not expect it, we're only defending our home," Tyrande replied but was silenced by Furion.

"That's enough Tyrande, we don't need to be that hostile to any of them," Furion said as he turned to the two late-teens, "Farewell."

"Bye," Naruto said as Jaina began to activate her teleport spell. Once she had locked on to the base, she teleported, only to see a mass of destruction, jut not on the scale of the fight between Naruto and Sasuke, but pretty close.

"Oh my God… what happened here?" Jaina whispered as Naruto also widened his eyes, and turned around trying to find any survivors. He, luckily, found a few, bunkered down in the remnants of the barrack.

"What happened here?" Naruto demanded as the soldier looked up.

"We were attacked by the Scourge… we were completely overrun, there were too many of them," the soldier said as he collapsed from blood loss as his comrades rushed to help him. "There's only a minority left of us, and we're all injured. The commander is that way." Another soldier said as it gestured over to a part of the forest as Naruto nodded, before rushing off again, popping a soldier pill in his mouth.

"Naruto wait!" Jaina called out but he was already gone. "Lay out the most injured here, I'll try my best to heal them."

"Yes, ma'am!" the soldier said as they rushed to their stations.

Meanwhile, Naruto leapt over branches, searching for the commander, until he found a large concentration of Scourge facing a single direction. Naruto followed stealthily until he reached the center of attention, which held the injured commander. Naruto wasted no time; despite being injured still, the Kyubi's chakra not having enough time to completely heal him, Naruto formed quick handseals, "Futon: Atsugai!" Naruto yelled as a few compressed balls of air were launched, and they impacted in a rough circle around the commander, destroying ghouls and banshees alike on sight, and Naruto leapt over to the commander, "Are you alright?"

"Yeah… Is Lady Proudmoore fine?" the commander asked back as Naruto nodded, "slight injuries, but otherwise fine. Get back to the base, I'll… handle this," Naruto replied with a small grunt of pain as one of his wounds flared with pain. The commander shook his head.

"No, lad, get back and get everyone out of here. From what I've seen and heard of you, you will be much more able to help Lady Proudmoore and the Alliance in the future than me. Go, I'll hold them off to let you escape," the commander said as Naruto nodded, but before that he created even more clones as he turned to the commander, "These clones are fragile, but they should be able to help you enough. When they die, they die with a bang, so stay away. That's all I can help you then… good luck."

Naruto jumped away as he said that, running dangerously low on chakra, as he tried to call on Kyubi's chakra again, but only a small trickle came to him, but still enough to recharge him. As he ran, he felt one of his clone's dispel, and the information transferred to his head, and spurred on, faster, until he remembered something.

Wow… I'm an idiot aren't I? Naruto mentally berated himself as he stopped and pulled out another scroll holding onto explosive tags. In fact, he had enough tags inside the scroll to wipe out a good part of Konoha, and he used it to his advantage by placing them sporadically in random positions activated by proximity, where once a specific tag was activated all will blow up. What was more devastating about it was the fact that they were set in a forest, where anything could start a fire, never mind an explosive tag. Naruto smirked as his work is done. Damn… the night elves are going to be MAD at me… Naruto thought as he resumed his trek back to base. Jaina was still tending to the wounds, but fell over sitting on the dirt, panting.

"I'm out of mana…" Jaina managed to say to herself before she was held up by someone, and as she turned back to look, she saw a mop of bright blond hair. "Naruto, where's the commander?"

"He's holding off the entirety of the Scourge army… wait another one of my clone's dispelled, things are getting worse. We need to evacuate them now," Naruto said as Jaina replied, "I'm completely out of mana, Naruto. I can't teleport everyone back like this."

"I'll supply you with my chakra then," Naruto said as he cut off the connection with Kyubi's chakra again and held her by her shoulder, and began to pump the last remnants of his chakra in. Jaina felt charged almost instantly as the more potent energy entered her system, and she quickly got to work, ordering those who were lightly wounded to carry the heavily wounded ones, as out of nowhere a teleport ring appeared and Naruto watched, curious. As the light from the ring reached intensity, a beam appeared as if from the sky, and it dissipated to reveal a tired Ricky.

"Jaina! Why did you… what the…? What happened here?" Ricky asked as he surveyed the surrounding and saw the destruction.

"No time, I'm teleporting everyone back!" Jaina shouted as Naruto finally gave out, exhausted from the fights, and fell, barely conscious. Jaina only just managed to catch him, "Naruto! Naruto! Ricky, hold on to him for me."

"Jaina, who is he?" Ricky asked, but Jaina replied simply, "I'll tell you later. Everyone, hold on!"

A gigantic teleport ring appeared around the entire camp site, and with a bright flash of light, everyone disappeared, leaving only the ruins. Far away, in the forest, a ghoul stepped on the last of the explosive tags that Naruto had set, the one which held the trigger. The entire forest erupted in a gigantic fireball.

Theramore, Castle halls

Jaina just managed to teleport the entirety of the survivors before even she gave out and began to collapse, but Naruto, using the last of his energy, managed to leap from Ricky's shoulders over to Jaina and caught her fall, holding her tightly in his arms, before he crashed to the floor and fell finally unconscious from his wounds and pure exhaustion. Lina suddenly came around the corner, exclaiming, "Who was that? Who used a spell that powerful… Naruto! Jaina! What happened to them?"

"Wounded, exhausted, everything you can imagine, probably," Ricky said, a sting in his voice that Lina caught. Oh, right, I don't think he's too happy about Naruto and Jaina in that position… well… Lina thought but didn't want to finish that train of thought as she watched Jaina in jealousy and sadness. "Get them to the medical room. Who else is wounded?" Many others struggled to rise as Lina sighed a bit. Using a bit of her mana, she levitated Naruto and Jaina, while shouting behind her. "Get some stretchers and Priest now! We have wounded here that came back from the mainland and is in need of medical attention!"

"What happened…?" Lina said to herself as she brought the two over to the medical bay and set them down as Priests scrambled to move them. One Priest checked the extent of the wounds on Jaina, before replying to Lina, "Lady Proudmoore is fine, just completely exhausted. She's completely used up her mana supply, and… curious…"

"What is it?" Lina asked.

"There's some sort of mana that is still inside of her, but… its not mana…" the Priest said.

"Does it feel more powerful and wild?" Lina asked as the Priest nodded, "You know this… anomaly, ma'am?"

"Sort of… is there any long term damage done if it remains inside the system?"

"No, the body should be able to filter out the potency but she might feel discomfort at first," the Priest said as he moved over to Naruto, "Whoa… what happened to him?"

"What do you mean?" Lina exclaimed as she moved over as the Priest discarded his burnt armor, "Look, third-degree burns across almost all of his arms, legs, and even parts of his chest and… some sort of shock to his system…"

"High powered electric shocks that entered into his body from there, there, and here," Lina immediately identified as she located the points where Sasuke's Chidori Nagashi had managed to bypass Naruto's armor and struck, "It looks from the same source, but the power behind the attack is enormous… it'd take a couple lightning bolts from me to even do that kind of damage…" Lina continued, "Try not to aggravate his nervous system when you're healing him."

"Yes ma'am. I'm still checking for other injuries," the Priest said as he moved to check. As he injected his mana in, however, he was repulsed by a flare of blue chakra, "Whoa!"

"Wait, hang on!" Lina yelled as he moved by Naruto's side as she tried her own mana. She suddenly felt a large force of power – his chakra, she identified, pulsing back, but she pulsed even more of her mana in, and managed to overcome the power difference.

"Ma'am… is he the one with the unusual mana source?" the Priest said as his eyes were suddenly drawn to the seal that appeared and glowing. "What the…"

Lina turned back down, and saw the seal on his stomach, "Huh? I don't remember this…" Lina murmured as she checked the seal. It was more complex than anything she had ever tried, but she could vaguely see that it was some sort of containment seal, what with the circle of runes and what appeared to be a lock, "Containment? Looks like their seals aren't much different to ours…" Lina said as she continued to examine the seal. She saw several symbols which she deciphered must be from their world. First and foremost, she saw a kanji for nine, 九, but of course she wouldn't know it. Surrounding the seal were various inscriptions that looked more like art than words, but she discarded the thought as he moved and slightly groaned with pain. "Can you try to heal him still?"

"I can try but… I might not have enough mana to completely heal him like this," the Priest said as he began to power up his healing spells, and flooded the spell with twice as much power as it should need. Finally, the healing started, but the Priest noticed something else, "That's strange…"

"What else now?"

"A Priest's healing spell is designed so that the entire wound is healed slowly, one at a time. This, however…" the Priest gestured at Naruto, whose burns were healing at an abnormal pace, "This is like he took my mana, then converted it into his own healing ability, before finally manifesting it over a certain area to heal it more rapidly…"

"What more can you do about it?" Lina asked as the Priest, deep in thought, answered, "I'm not sure, I've never encountered his type of… let's call it symptoms then, so I can't accurately tell. What I do know is that by now, because of my mana acting as a catalyst so that he has more of his own, he is starting to heal himself. Fascinating… truly fascinating…"

"…Right…" Lina said as she moved slowly away from the seemingly psychotic Priest who was still studying Naruto, "If you're sure he's healed, then please move on to the next patient, there's a lot waiting…"

"Oh, my apologies, I'll go right now," the Priest said as he left quickly and Lina sighed as she moved and sat down beside Naruto's bed. She looked at Naruto, "What happened to you, Naruto? Was it with the summoning, or with the mission?" There was no response from Naruto, which was expected, and Lina moved to leave, but before that, with her cheeks slightly red, she kissed Naruto on the left cheek, not knowing why. Then she left quickly, unnoticed by all except one person. Sylvanas stood by the door as Lina neared her, and promptly smashed into her.

"Bold move, Lina, bold move," Sylvanas said with a smirk as Lina reddened even more. "I uh… I got somewhere to go, bye Sylvanas!" Lina quickly said as she left even faster.

I hope you know what you're getting into, Lina, because this is getting really confusing, what with you and Jaina vying for his attention… Never a dull moment with you, huh Naruto? Sylvanas mentally said as she left as well, as it was up to her to continue running the newly christened Theramore., as well as the Alliance army remnants. She hoped that Azeroth's commanders were okay, and hopefully will find them soon.

Arthas, Sasuke, Madara

"Looks like you've been busy without me around, right Sasuke?" Madara said as Sasuke stood his ground, uncertainty in his eyes.

"What I do is none of your business, Madara. I just want the chance to avenge my family, and kill the dobe," Sasuke said.

"You mean our clan, Sasuke," Madara corrected as Arthas waited somewhat patiently.

"Can either one of you explain exactly what is going on? Are you related or something?" Arthas asked.

"I guess you could call it that," Madara chuckled, "but it's none of your business. Good job on training Sasuke though, even if he did fail to kill Naruto in the end. Tch, and I had such high expectations of you, Sasuke, what happened? This world made you dull in ability?"

"I was unprepared for the Rinnegan because I've never actually researched about it, next time I won't underestimate him," Sasuke growled out.

"You're an idiot, Sasuke, for not researching the Rinnegan. Our powers were derived from the Rinnegan, and yet you didn't even think about looking for it. Is that the reason you're here, Sasuke? Because you underestimated the Rinnegan?" Madara said as Sasuke remained silent. "Tell me, how did you lose control of Kamui like that?"

"He used Chibaku Tensei while I activated Kamui. It blocked my vision, and I also tried to escape rocks that were gathering," Sasuke replied.

"You should've stopped the Kamui then. What have I taught you?" Madara asked rhetorically, "It's apparent that you have not completely realized what the Sharingan is capable of, nor are you capable of keeping your emotions in check when going against him. I promise you that you'll have your fight against him… But I forbid you from killing him."

"What?" Sasuke yelled, "The dobe is the reason why-"

"He is still a jinchuriki, Sasuke, or have I taught you nothing at all?" Madara all but yelled out, "He's the last component for the Juubi, and for the Moon Eye Plan to succeed. That was the reason why I kept you away from his activities, or at least until I'm there, and the Haichibi is secured. Neither. Happened." Madara turned to Arthas. "Your name is Menethil Arthas, correct?"

"It's Arthas Menethil," Arthas corrected as Madara waved his hand, "Whatever. Tell me more about this land. I only know that this place is Kalimdor, and there's a place called Azeroth and Lordaeron, but I have no clue as to what they are."

"Go figure, but at least you did your research," Arthas said as he began to recount what he knew, and what had become of the Scourge, essentially using himself for inspiration, proudly too.

"Interesting…" Madara said as he turned around and asked, "So, what's your plan then?"

Arthas smiled a bit. In here, they were under his control, even if temporarily.

One Day Later

Jaina opened her eyes slowly, adjusting to the light, and noticed that she wasn't in the main hallway anymore. In fact, the room smelled of herbs and various other… medications? I must be in the medical bay then, she concluded as a Priest came by and saw her. "Lady Proudmoore! You've woken up! How are you feeling?"

Jaina was tempted to make a response that normal humans would, and that is to say, "I feel like shit," but she was raised to never say thing like that, and instead replied with, "I'm fine, but where's everyone else?"

"Your friend, Naruto, is there, in intensive care, though he's healing himself. He's directly to your right," the Priest said as Jaina assimilated the information, "And what of the troops we brought back?"

"Many have been stabilized, but we still lost some," the Priest said as Jaina registered the information. "I understand… thank you."

"It was no problem, milady," the Priest said as he left the bay, "I'll inform Ms Inverse and General Windrunner immediately."

Soon, Jaina met with Lina and Sylvanas, "So, how long was I out?"

"Only a day actually," Sylvanas said, "Things haven't changed much since you fell unconscious, but try not to access your mana anytime soon, I'd say… well, I don't know actually, Lina could probably provide a better estimation."

"I'd say a week, minimum, and even then, I would suggest you wait for a few more days before doing anything that will use your mana," Lina said, "Unless you can completely fill up your capacity right now, it's best not to be used."

"Alright then I guess…" Jaina said as Sylvanas continued, "We'll just leave you with your rest then, Jaina, bye."

"I'll see you later," Lina said as she left as well, but not after stealing a glance at Naruto, which Jaina also picked up. Jaina looked over at Naruto, and saw him sleeping soundly, his face peaceful, though there was a really faint mark on his left cheek, slightly tinged red. Lina quickly left as she approached the front door, to the place she had led Naruto to. It was her place of thought, and right now, she really needed to think.

Theramore, with a completely lost team

"Kakashi-sensei, you have no idea where you teleported us, don't you? And stop acting so care-free! We don't even know where we are!" Sakura asked as Kakashi let loose a small smile.

"Nope, and why should I act serious right now, but now I have a valid excuse for being lost on the road of life!" Kakashi said happily as Sakura's eyebrow twitched. "Kakashi-sensei…"

"Gomen, gomen, Sakura-chan," Kakashi eye-smiled as he continued on the constructing city, many stealing a glance at their odd way of dressing. "Maybe we should head up to that castle, it's the only building done here aside from the barracks."

"How'd you know about the barracks? Saskura asked, confused.

"Well, try and find the soldiers around here," Kakashi said as Sakura looked around. There were barely any. "They could've been in another region on this place…"

"It doesn't really matter anymore," Kakashi replied as they neared the castle, "Oh look, we're here."

Kakashi looked at the two guards as they stared right back at them, their swords resting in a semi-ready position. "Hi, is there anyone in there that I can talk to?"

"I'm sorry, but neither Lady Proudmoore nor General Windrunner is available," the left guard said as Kakashi finally looked serious, "I understand, thank you. Is it possible to schedule a meeting with them?"

"I will see what I can do, but your chances aren't high. What is your name?"

"Hatake Kakashi," Kakashi then turned to the team, consisting of Sakura, Tenzo, himself, Shikamaru, and Neji, "Looks like we're out of luck for now." He never noticed Lina heading right for him, deep in thought until she bumped into him.

"Oh sorry!" Lina said as she looked at them. Whoa, pointy ears? Sakura thought to herself as she looked at the woman, she's tall too… almost as tall as Naruto, and that's saying something when he's grown a whole foot over the last year. Lina looked at them as she suddenly noticed the headbands. In fact, the headbands were identical to Naruto's.

"Are you from Konoha by any chance?" Lina blurted out as Kakashi widened his eye. "How did you…?"

"Naruto," Lina said as the entire team's eyes widened.

"You know where he is?"

Right, end of chapter… well, it's an interaction chapter more than action, yes the fight wasn't anywhere close to as good as the one before, heck I wanted to make it more one-sided but I doubt Naruto is that easy to beat, so yeah…

And yes, there's a couple of inconsistencies, but I'm not sure where they are. Not to mention the chapter is sort of broken into weird little pieces – this is just not my style of writing. I prefer to write scenes where people kick each other's asses.

And last thing, I received the least amount of reviews the last chapter… care to give me a bit more? Please…?