Author's Notes: Well, let's get going!
Well, looks like I've got a small change of plans, don't worry, it's nothing too big, I'll tell you after both events are finished – be warned in advance that Naruto will have to return to Konoha for the second event, though he won't stay long in the village… well that depends too. Jaina and/or Lina and/or Sylvanas might go with him, making all the girls (and guys) in Konoha jealous… and Mei too, but then they get into a catfight, and you get the picture.
And yes, Hakkyou no Yami, I made her out to be too crazy… initially I was suppose to make Naruto dodge that but then… I need to change it a bit actually, you raised a really good point. Trust that the edited bit will be out soon after this releases – I've already sent you a message about that so I can't tell you personally, I'm sorry. And yes, he's the top reviewer, he gets special privileges. Frostius and Oxycoon does too and I'll try to answer each person's questions individually and if not in the author's notes.
Disclaimer: PyroC0ntrol…
*Disclaimer Machine shuts down as Pyro walks out the generator room, it exploding behind him in a spectacular fireball as Pyro dusts his shoulders off*
Pyro: Problem Solved… oh wait does that mean I need to get a lawyer now…? Oh whatever *Readies shotgun* BRING IT!
Chapter 13: Clash of Worlds – Part 2
As Naruto emerged from underground, he was met with glaring light as Malfurion beckoned the group forward, reaching a base after a few minutes.
"You've set up your base right here?" Naruto asked as Tyrande nodded, "The undead bastion which we think you spoke of is there."
Tyrande pointed straight ahead as Naruto looked and promptly froze.
Thousands. No, not nearly that little – the entire plain was packed with the undead from one side to another, and on the far side, as Naruto squinted and activated his Rinnegan –
– Was the Orc army, with Thrall leading. They were attempting to hold back the onslaught, but even at this range Naruto could tell they were having trouble. Naruto turned to the two, "Is there anyway to get there fast?"
"We have rides, but they're picky on who can ride them," Malfurion offered, "Otherwise you'll just have to sneak through, which would be extremely difficult."
"I guess," Naruto said, after a moment, "That I'm sneaking through then."
"Are you crazy?" Tyrande asked, "That is an entire base of undead, far larger in numbers than we have ever seen, and possible you."
"Well, fine, there is another way…" Naruto said as he contacted Jaina, "Jaina-chan?"
"Yes Naruto?"
"Is the seal array almost ready? I think it's been a whole day…"
"Your personal seals are still being copied over and over, but we currently have a little less than hundred arrows with the seal, certified ones at least. The primary summoning array is ready."
"Call everyone over, I found the undead bastion, only we're not attacking it from Thrall's side."
"What? What do you mean?"
"We're going to wreak havoc," Naruto said, "from the other side with the Night Elves. Hope the elves won't care too much."
"I doubt it."
"You have one hour before I start the summoning," Naruto said as there was silence over the crystal connection.
"That should give us enough time to assemble the entire battalion I guess."
"Great," Naruto said as he cut off the flow of chakra, before looking at Malfurion, "Is there any place that will allow me to summon an army?"
"We could clear some trees…" Malfurion suggested, "But…"
"I'll replace them later," Naruto said, "You can use them as the medium for an army of treants, right? You better hurry up though, I need to charge up chakra first, and I'll need to stay stationary."
"Alright," Malfurion said reluctantly as a massive section of the forest disappeared, only to reveal a giant army of treants which began assaulting the undead forces who retaliated with a wall of Ghouls. Naruto sat down in the center, and began to compress and flow his chakra in the right way. Blue wisps of energy, sometimes intersecting with wisps of red, flowed in circles around Naruto, sometimes lashing out, and sometimes simply flowing before whipping in another direction. Tyrande watched, mesmerized at the power, before looking and mentioned to Malfurion, "We need to help support as well I guess."
"Very well," Malfurion said as he turned to Illidan, "Lead a small contingent and attempt a spear attack, Illidan. Do not disappoint me, please – I will believe in you just one more time."
"You will not regret it, brother," Illidan said as he moved along, gathering short ranged fighters as he began drawing directly on the energies of the undead. There was a pregnant pause as the Ghouls slowed suddenly, giving the treants a slight overwhelming advantage, before it balanced out as Malfurion looked over. He's drawing energy directly from the pool in front of him… it is making the undead weaker each passing minute… So Naruto is correct in that regard I guess, I'm sorry I doubted the two of you.
Illidan, once gathered enough energy, sent it directly into his twin blades as a group of huntresses gathered, before Illidan began explaining the situation. Some looked reluctant to listen, but in the end, all of them followed Illidan who warned them to wait until he's in the fray before attacking. I will not disappoint you, brother… and Naruto's trust, even if he is an unknown…
With a loud war cry, Illidan charged in, his demonically charged war blades cutting a bloody path through the entire undead army as he expertly dodged each of the frenzied strikes of the enemy, as dozens of glaives suddenly emerged from the forest, slashing its way through several undead as the huntresses charged forward, taking down row after row of Ghouls and other undead. Meanwhile, Naruto began glowing brighter and brighter as he sensed the seal miles away, before finally, he stood up from his position, and flashed through five hand signs.
"Kuchiyose no Jutsu!" Naruto yelled as his chakra formed the seal which was scribed in Theramore and began to glow. In Theramore, the same seal also began to glow as the troops on top stood nervously, before a strange sensation of nothingness appeared, before they were deposited onto the ground in a heap.
Ricky had just managed to turn the corner before the glow vanished, not able to catch up, "Damnit!"
"Oww…" one of the Archers said as Lina, luckily, floated above them all, looking over the entire battle.
"You know Thrall's on the other side right Naruto?" Lina asked.
"Yeah, but there's simply too many Scourge to move through and get over, but I'm pretty sure he knows of the Night Elves' base here, so we'll just attack here. What did Shikamaru think of?"
"He was expecting the melee attackers from the Orc troops since we told them but I think he'll have to improvise," Lina replied.
"I'll need to find Illidan again…" Naruto muttered as he turned to Tyrande, "Any way to contact Illidan when he's deep in shit?"
"Who's Illidan?" Lina asked.
"I'll tell you later. Kakashi-sensei!" Naruto yelled over as Kakashi moved over only to freeze up looking at the Night Elves who towered over him. He was already considered tall but looking at the Night Elves…
"So… Who's Thrall?"
"Not here, these are Night Elves, who have agreed to help us kill the undead," Naruto said, "This is Tyrande Whisperwind and Malfurion…"
"Stormrage," Malfurion supplied as Naruto gave a nod of thanks, "Malfurion Stormrage, the leaders of the Night Elf Sentinels and Druids. Somewhere in the fray there…"
At that Naruto pointed in the group of undead that was being cut apart, creating a line which everyone could see huntresses moving through, "Is Illidan Stormrage, the only melee leader in this group, and arguably the best to take down the Scourge in just about the entire Night Elf army short of a demigod."
"Only he was killed," Tyrande replied in a low tone as Malfurion held her.
"Killed?" Naruto asked.
"Our demigod, Cenarius, was killed by the Orcs," Tyrande replied as Naruto furrowed his eyebrows, "Do they, by any chance, happen to have red skin rather than the greed?"
"How did you know?" Tyrande asked, surprised.
"Those were corrupted by the Burning Legion," Naruto replied, "Demonic energy was surging through the entire plateau they resided in when we retrieved one of the Orc leaders, and after that we found the culprit and defeated him."
"I see…" Tyrande said as Jaina moved forward, "Ugh, my head is dizzy…"
"The dizziness will pass soon, Jaina-chan. Good to see you," Naruto smiled and turned to Lina, "Good to see you too… wow, when did you learn how to float?"
"I've always knew it, just didn't bother to use it," Lina replied as Naruto nodded, before looking back at Kakashi, "So, what's the new plan then? Rush up and ask them why we're not invited to the party?"
"That could work… provided we don't get killed," Kakashi deadpanned, "Not everyone has the same healing capability as you, you know."
"Fine, fine," Naruto said absentmindedly before seeing Illidan move back with his troops.
"I've cut a small swath through the enemy creeps and managed to disable… something, I'm not sure what it was," Illidan reported, "All I know was that it was emanating huge amounts of energy out, and that once I destroyed it the ranged… enemies, seemed more drained."
"A source of power?" Malfurion asked, "If that is the case, then we will need to find and destroy them all – I doubt that there is only one providing energy to all of them."
"There is one more thing," Illidan said as Malfurion looked over, "What is it?"
"I… encountered someone as well…" Illidan said as he produced the ashes, "I wasn't sure what it was, but it seemed like a Dreadlord."
"So you defeated an enemy leader as well," Malfurion said, slightly surprised. Alright, I'm glad I admitted that I'm wrong about Illidan and trusted Naruto's judgment.
"It doesn't matter, but it's a good thing you arrived Illidan," Naruto said, "My people's army has arrived, but we need close combatants to… let's say block the enemy while we engage at range, but currently we don't have many close combatants, so…"
"I will provide support as you march on?" Illidan stated more than asked as Naruto nodded, "Yeah, can you do it?"
"I guess," Illidan replied as Naruto waved Neji and Sakura over, "We'll be your backup."
Sakura tightened her gloves as Neji began channeling his chakra through his body, "We're ready."
"We'll wait until our group is uhh…" Naruto said, "Back in formation…"
Sakura noticed the change in Naruto immediately. He's more mature… what happened to him?
"Naruto…" Sakura started as Naruto turned to her, "Are you sure this will work?"
"Hopefully, I think…" Naruto said, "But no time for guessing, it's time for action. Jaina-chan, what's your position?"
"I'm leading the Priests to help heal anyone injured," Jaina replied.
"Focus on healing the Night Elves first – they're our first line of defense," Naruto instructed as Jaina nodded, before moving back with her group. Before that, however, she walked over to Naruto, face a bit red, "Is there anything else, Jaina-chan?"
She did something he didn't expect: she tiptoed and lightly kissed him on the cheek, "For luck Naruto," she said quietly, furiously blushing as she ran back. Naruto touched the cheek she kissed as he blushed as well. Unknowingly, Jaina kissed the other cheek, just as Lina kissed Naruto's left when he was unconscious.
"She…" Naruto said quietly as Sakura watched from the sides. What… what is she doing?
"Naruto, can I talk to you for a second?" Sakura asked as Naruto turned, "Sure, what's up?"
"Well…" Sakura said, not sure how to start, "Why?"
"Why? Why what?" Naruto asked, confused, "I don't understand you…"
"Answer this truthfully, not to a friend, not to your teammate, but to your nee-san," Sakura said as she took a deep breath, "Do you have feelings for her?"
"I…" Naruto said, "I'm not sure…"
"Why then? Why would you stay here? I thought you wanted to be Hokage?" Sakura asked.
"I do…" Naruto said, "but…"
"But what?" Sakura asked, "What do you see here and not in Konoha? Are you willing to leave just for here? And-"
"Sakura," Naruto replied coldly as Sakura instantly stopped, "We'll deal with this later – we have a battle to fight right now."
"Oh," Sakura said lamely, "Right… sorry."
"Shikamaru," Naruto called, "Are you done with the formation?"
"Yeah, roughly," Shikamaru said as Naruto grinned, baring his fangs, "Then let's go. Illidan, if you will?"
"My troops are ready as well," Illidan replied as they began to speed off. On their way, Illidan asked, "What was that about? Konoha?"
"It's personal. Konoha is the village I came from," Naruto replied.
"And the Hokage?" Illidan asked.
"Leader of our village," Naruto replied. Just then, a few Night Elf archers appeared.
"Sir, our forces are being decimated!" an archer exclaimed.
"Reinforcements are coming," Illidan said as he beckoned the troops forward even faster as the ninjas leapt into the trees, searching and acquiring targets as they see them. Sakura was the first to engage as she leapt up, with Naruto following with a small scale Shinra Tensei to boost her speed up and she flipped all the way down where she charged chakra to her fist.
"Kyaaaa!" Sakura screamed out as she shattered the ground underneath the undead, and the ground began to crack, before deforming as rocks of various sizes began to sink and/or rise up, before completely shattering form the extreme force still within and sinking to form a crater several meters wide and deep.
"What the hell…? Did she just tear up the ground?" exclaimed Jaina, Lina, and Sylvanas as everyone stared slack jawed at the devastation even as Naruto and Neji leapt over and began to engage in close quarter combat. Naruto flashed around with his wind blades, shearing right through the ranks even as Illidan joined with his war cry and followed up with several slashes, ending with a wide area sweep as he jumped, while Naruto unsheathed his katana for the range it would provide. Neji, on the other hand, blasted several away at once with a simple palm thrust, mystifying the elves.
"What the…?" Sylvanas inquired, "Is it some sort of energy that's allowing this Neji to do such a feat?"
"Yeah… mendoukuse…" Shikamaru drawled even as he looked alert. He watched as Naruto slashed out, and a gigantic blade of wind appeared and sliced its way through, before looking at Sylvanas, "Launch the arrows at those two points. Naruto."
"What is it? Wait… Shikamaru? When did you have the crystal?" Naruto asked.
"Never mind that, we're launching the arrows," Shikamaru replied as there was silence, before a buzzing noise appeared as well as the chirping of birds, "I'm ready."
"Fire," Shikamaru said as Sylvanas also added her own fire to the rain of arrows flying down. Hundreds of arrows descended as time seemingly slowed. As each arrow landed, Naruto formed a hand sign, as three more clones appeared. They then smirked as they all disappeared in a flash of yellow with blue lightning streaks. Later, hordes of undead began dying. Thrall saw the yellow flashes at last.
"Come my warriors! Our aid has arrived, push these vile beasts back!" Thrall roared as he launched several lightning bolts from his hammer as his own troops thundered into the fray with far greater morale, crashing like a tidal wave upon the enemy troops. Ghouls flew every which way as taurens slammed their hammers and fists upon the ground, creating small tremors and holes – just not like those that Sakura were, and still is, producing.
Naruto, on the other hand, was completely dominating his own battlefield as he and his clones cut a swath of destruction around them in a one meter radius due to a combination of wind blades and Chidori Nagashi. Whatever didn't die from the powered strikes of lightning were instantaneously cut down by a close ranged wind blade. Hundreds of Ghouls fell, but to Naruto, it seemed as if for every one that died, several more would replace it. That is, until the second wave of arrows, this time enchanted to be on fire, started, and started to burn the corpses, lighting the ground in a hellish yellow, as if lanterns have been placed around the place, only…
Naruto was a wind user, and as people say, wind strengthens fire, which Naruto placed to good use as he leapt back up and signed.
"Careful guys! Futon: Daitoppa!" Naruto yelled as a fierce gust of wind blew down, instantly turning the hellish flames into an inferno which enveloped the center of the bastion, incinerating all that was within. In seconds, the fire was gone; its fuel exhausted, and close to a third of the undead was gone. There was a sudden pause as the Ghouls simply ceased, which confused many of the troops, before Thrall screamed to his troops, in unison with Illidan, Naruto, and Malfurion as they sensed the demonic energy, "Incoming!"
As they all screamed out, flaming projectiles began to slam into the ground, only to uncurl and form giant Infernal which ravaged across the combined forces. Hundreds of Infernals dropped, and while some were instantly killed off by the forces, a great many remained. From the midst of the chaos, a Lich appeared as Naruto recognized him, "You!"
"Yes, so glad to see you again," the Lich commented, revealed to be Coldreaver, but Naruto immediately responded with a gigantic fireball that threatened to incinerate it had it not managed to teleport away, but Naruto was almost upon him immediately as the Lich held against his attack. When did he get this fast? The Lich wondered as it was forced to dodge yet again but was grazed on the side with a blade, causing a hairline fracture to appear on its skeletal structure. "Foolish boy, do you really think you can still win?"
"You really have no clue do you?" Naruto laughed as he pointed at the arrows, "You're in my territory now Coldreaver."
With that said, Naruto teleported in a flash of yellow light, appearing behind the Lich, Rasengan ready in both hands.
"Sayonara, Lich," Naruto said as he held up his Rasengan, which turned white as small blades protruded out, "Futon: Rasengan!"
The Lich silently screamed as his spinal frame was torn into by the wind powered spinning ball of doom and was launched violently backwards. The Lich managed to float a bit after the attack subsided, and looked at its body. There was a hand sticking inside the ribcage, fire chakra flaring along the sides, as the Lich turned its head around.
"Katon: Hakke Kusho!" Neji called out as the air around his palm suddenly contracted before a flare was launched forward. Because of the ribcage, the flare rebounded through the entire frame, instantly igniting the entire Lich on fire, as it collapsed within itself with a chilling (pun intended) howl. Neji stood up as he faced Naruto, "Skeletons?"
"Don't ask me, the name for that particular enemy is hair bug… literally, it's Lich," Naruto responded as he slashed at an Abomination, tearing through the flesh, "It freaked me out when I first saw it too." Twist, downward slash, follow up with a sweep of the foot with wind chakra, kick up, bash down, repeat. Neji performed a Kaiten and blasted yet another wave of undead out of the way to their deaths, before striking back at dozens with another duo Hakke Kusho fired out to his sides. Sakura, on the other hand, lashed out usually on the ground to impair the movements of the enemy and if possible kill some from the pure shockwave. Soon, Kakashi joined the fray as he appeared next to Naruto, "So, having fun?"
"Yes, Kakashi-sensei, aren't you?" Naruto smirked as he dodged a necromancer blast and retaliated with a ball of air which imploded into another Abomination, spraying guts all over the place.
"Well, considering how much fun you're having, I can't resist coming in can I?" Kakashi replied as he took out several with his improved lightning hound – the chain that connected to Kakashi's hand could now be used to chain and shock enemies while the hound move independently.
"Race you to see how much kill we get!" Naruto exclaimed as he disappeared in another yellow flash before Kakashi could respond.
"But you have the Hiraishin," Kakashi quietly called out, crying anime tears, "That's hardly fair…"
"By the way Kakashi," Naruto said, returning with something in his hands, "If you don't get more kills, I burn this." Kakashi's eyes widened – it was the Icha Icha he brought with him.
"No wait! It's a limited edition signed by Jiraiya himself!" Kakashi yelled as Naruto cackled before disappearing. Kakashi sighed before he launched several techniques in succession in order to keep his book intact, "If this is a persuasion technique… he really knows how to torture people…"
Meanwhile, Yamato began reversing the dead ground by flowing earth natured chakra through as Malfurion watched in fascination, "How will this help again… Malfurion?"
"Your nature will allow the ground to regain power, which will mean that we can not only harness nature easier, but also, since the undead seemed to need the ground to work effectively, by denying them of the advantage… well, you get my idea."
"Hopefully," Yamato replied doubtfully as he began to transfer chakra to the ground, as it slowly recovered its color and life, before small sprouts began to grow as well. On the battlefield, the undead began to sense the growing purified ground, and began to fight harder to preserve what was left, but they began to weaken, and the groups took advantage as storms of arrows, glaives, and assorted magic attacks began to rain down on the troops, and meanwhile the melee attackers hacked away furiously at the enemy, tearing through the center. In the middle laid 5 large structures – one was missing from the hexagonal shape. Naruto turned to Illidan, raising an eyebrow, "You fought all the way here, destroyed a structure, and tore your way back out?"
"The generators were sustaining me," Illidan replied as Naruto shrugged, "Wow, you're good."
"Thanks," Illidan said as he smirked, "You're not bad either for a non Night Elf."
"Don't get egoistical, I can still kick your ass with my eyes closed," Naruto replied.
"I… highly doubt that…" Illidan replied.
"It won't matter. Destroy them, Sakura," Naruto commanded as Sakura nodded before launching a punch or kick at each generator, obliterating it. With each blast, Illidan felt the energy surrounding the place fade and ebb away, and although he was sad that it wouldn't hold, he knew that it was necessary, though he felt a bit drained after losing the energy. Naruto turned to Illidan, as if sensing his thoughts, "Don't dwell on the energy, focus on something else."
"I… can't," Illidan replied, "I have grown used to passively gathering the energies of the demonic and the arcane, it will be hard to actively not gather it, yet I still hunger for it…"
"…" Naruto said nothing as he discreetly let loose a very thin stream of Kyubi's chakra. Illidan suddenly stood straight as he sensed the energy. What the…? Where is this coming from? This is so potent… much more potent than any energy I've ever felt, yet so vile…
Illidan began to actively trace the energy but since there was so little it provided little for Illidan to cover, at least until he found the more concentrated strands and began to follow the signatures. It led to Naruto, or more specifically, a swirl on Naruto's stomach. He decided not to say anything, wanting to confirm what it was before asking, but he wouldn't ask right now. Naruto, meanwhile, noticed Illidan's curiosity, and knew that Illidan realized where the chakra was coming from. Naruto cut off the flow after about half a minute in, before turning to everyone else.
"Ready for round two?" Naruto asked rhetorically as he created more clones and charged at the remaining undead, the rest of the army following behind. As the Scourge lost its main source of energy from the Burning Legion, it quickly lost its ability to fight, and with the two-pronged attack, were quickly slaughtered. Naruto met up with Thrall.
"Apologies, Warchief, but I ran into some complications along the way so I ended up with the Night Elves," Naruto explained as he turned around and took out a file with a Kaze no Yaiba. Thrall returned in kind with a powerful chain lightning that tore through the flesh of another file.
"As long you as have come to aid, I could care less where you come from, Naruto," Thrall replied, "Well… so long as the Night Elves do not needlessly attack us again, I have grown tired of it."
"Haven't we all," a voice sounded close as Naruto whirled around and saw Malfurion attacking alongside his brother, Tyrande leading a band of Sentinels away from the battlefield to search for any stragglers within the forest.
Soon, the entirety of the undead were destroyed as the leaders, along with Naruto and Illidan, gathered, "This is bad, really bad. If the Scourge are gathering like this, there's no telling what is going to happen," Jaina started off.
"I agree, something must be done about it," Thrall added as Tyrande glared at them.
"This would not have happened if your kinsmen had not killed Cenarius," Tyrande replied heatedly.
"We did not kill your Cenarius, the Burning Legion did – they influenced our kinsmen," Thrall shot back.
"Had they not indulge themselves they would have never been captured like that."
"Will you stop with the arguing? It's not going to win the war," Naruto butted in, "First thing's first, introductions – that should leave us at least with the names. I'm Naruto Namikaze, uhh… just a human."
"I am Jaina Proudmoore, leader of the human survivors from Lordaeron," Jaina went off next.
"I am Ranger General Sylvanas Windrunner, leader of the high elven ranger corps and the current army leader," Sylvanas replied.
"I am Warchief Thrall, leader of the Horde," Thrall said.
"I am Malfurion Stormrage, leader of the druids for the Night Elves," Malfurion said before Illidan started as well, "I am Illidan Stormrage… I'm the brother of Malfurion, and… not of particular importance just like Naruto."
When Tyrande didn't speak, both Malfurion and Illidan nudged her slightly. When she looked at them, they sighed, "And this is High Priestess Tyrande Whisperwind, leader of the Night Elf Sentinels."
"You forgot to mention she's your mate," Illidan replied darkly and under his breath but Malfurion heard it, "Look, I'm sorry about it, but-"
"I'm just stating the facts, brother… even if I don't like it, if she's happy, then… I suppose there isn't anything I can do, is there?" Illidan said as a crow flew overhead, croaking, even as the group looked up.
"It's the prophet again," Thrall supplied as Jaina looked at him in surprise, "That was fast, how did you find out that quickly?"
"His signature has always remained the same – I'm a sensor more so than a fighter, which is strange within our clans, yes, but a common trait amongst our clan leader," Thrall replied as the crow landed and transformed, "I see you have greeted each other. That is good, because you're going to need the time to build up enough trust to do this."
"Do what?" Tyrande asked.
"Why, to ally up with each other to defeat the Burning Legion once and for all, of course," Medivh said, even if no one knew his name.
"You expect us, the Night Elves, to team up with… the outsiders?" Tyrande said, outraged, "And who are you to command me?"
"I am the Last Guardian, Priestess," Medivh replied, "I am responsible for the protection of this world. But, that is not the main reason I came here for. There are two reasons; the first, and more immediate, is the Burning Legion, and the second, which could potentially be more dangerous, is the crisis with Sasuke Uchiha, Madara Uchiha, and Arthas Menethil."
"That would be my responsibility, I will handle it myself," Naruto said, "I brought them together, I brought Sasuke and Madara over, my team and I will finish them off ourself."
"Yet, you will need help, won't you?" Medivh replied, "You know how powerful they are, you know how dangerous they are."
"Which is the reason why I don't want anyone to butt in," Naruto shot back.
"Even when they can suppress your most powerful ability?" Medivh asked as Naruto stiffened, "I know about your burden, Naruto. I can easily sense it even if you suppress it like you have always done."
"It is not my most powerful ability. It is simply a tool which is useful in situations, but I do not rely on it like I used to while younger," Naruto replied.
"Just what is this 'burden' anyways?" Malfurion asked as Illidan decided to finally add in, "Is it the energy you were leaking out?"
"…Yes…" Naruto said at last when Sylvanas and Jaina looked at him, unsure if he was going to answer, "That was the energy. Excuse me for not telling you… it's personal. Had it not because you were going into withdrawal rendering you unable to fight, I would never have leaked it through."
"So long as it won't get us killed," Illidan said, "Then it would be fine with me."
"If you could back up his claim Naruto," Malfurion said next, "Then I suppose it would be rude to pry. If, though, at any stage it might endanger us, I will ask and force the answer out of you regardless of the consequences."
"Duly noted," Naruto said as Medivh started again, "Now that it's out of the way, I do believe you realize what I say. This bastion is large, but the next one, the one that would be the main attack, will definitely be larger than this one. The only way is for you to band up, and from what I gathered, you have about a month to prepare before Archimonde attacks."
"Who are you really?" Naruto finally asked.
"I am Medivh, the Last Guardian, and I have come to correct my mistakes," Medivh finally said as he transformed and flew away. Before he was out of range, "Remember my warnings, for if you fail… then we are doomed."
"Well… that was informative," Naruto said blandly, "We don't even know where he's going to attack."
"We do," Tyrande finally spoke up, "Mount Hyjal, the site of the Well of Eternity – the most concentrated source of magic in the world. If it is consumed by Archimonde, then what the Guardian said… will come true."
"We have one month to prepare for this," Jaina said, "We should make the best use of it."
"Jaina-chan, Sylvanas-chan," Naruto said as they turned to look at him, "Both of you and Lina-chan… will be training your abilities further. I'm going to make sure that I can teach something to you. Mark me words," at that point he turned sinister, "That it will be painful."
The two women gulped as nearby, Lina felt as shiver run up her spine while Kakashi looked at saw the discomfort showing, "You felt something bad?"
"Yes," Lina replied, "As if I'm going to be tortured by an insane maniac hell bent on something."
"That," Kakashi said, "Would be an invitation to run away from Naruto. Fast."
"Why?"
"Let's just say Naruto's training methods are… extreme," Kakashi picked his words carefully, "I felt this feeling once as well, then I trained with Naruto. Turned out it was harder than Gai's…"
"Great," Lina said dejectedly, "Just great…"
"Hey, don't worry…" Kakashi reassured her. So long as Naruto doesn't teach village secrets then we'll be fine…
The three members of the Alliance returned as Naruto turned to Kakashi, "Start training in sealing off teleportation with Kamui, Kakashi-sensei – we're going to have to deal with Madara, here, as soon as the Burning Legion is dead. Lina-chan, you're coming with me with them after we returned to Theramore. We have a month before the Burning Legion attacks."
Whew, the battle's finished and the chapter's done. I'm not sure if the battle's satisfactory though, hopefully it is. Next chapter, we'll start the training, and we'll see exactly what Naruto has in plan for the three girls, shall we? Who knows, maybe Jaina will confess next chapter, maybe she won't.