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Due to circumstances of me being too lazy, I will not repeat the story with the night elves, only "Naruto spoke his story" type of thing. As for the other

Yeah, yeah, I said that I'll update this after another week, but hey, I found internet connection!

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Chapter 16: The Calm before the Storm

Last time in Chapter 15: Ominous Feelings

"So… you expect me to tell you my story now, right?" Naruto finally said as he stretched and stood up, the cub jumping onto Naruto's head as he absentmindedly scratched it under the chin.

And as Naruto explained his story, his four current companions listened with rapt attention, wonder, and horror.

"So," Naruto said, after he explained his situation to the night elves, "Any questions?"

"So let me get this straight," Tyrande finally said, "You have a nine-tailed demon sealed inside you, who is essentially like what you call a giant battery, and is responsible for most of the problems that just occurred. That demon we just saw was the four-tail, the Yonbi no Saru in your language, and is one of the weaker demons?"

"To wrap it up, yes," Naruto said, "And yes, that's what Madara has under his control, and he has all up to the seven-tail, but I'm not sure which one that is, I never faced it before – in fact, this is the highest tailed tail-beast that I've faced so far."

"This is… extremely disturbing," Malfurion said, "although using the Kyubi might be essential against Archimonde… perhaps it will work."

"No," Naruto said, "If Madara or Sasuke happens to be around, they can not only suppress the chakra if they wish, but Madara can even control me via the chakra. There's only one technique in my arsenal that can do enough damage to Archimonde…"

"And it is?" Illidan asked.

"You'll know it when you see it," Naruto said, "I must get back and report to Jaina-chan now, though, so… I guess it's good bye."

Naruto took the cub from his head and gently placed it down, but it almost immediately jumped back up onto Naruto as Tyrande injected in, "Take him, Naruto."

"What?" Naruto asked, "I thought you said Frostsabers are… well…"

"Yes," Tyrande said, "But they also are extremely loyal to those they trust, like mine." As she said that, she stroked the fur of her own Frostsaber which growled in contentment, baring its large fangs which the cub didn't have yet.

"Well…" Naruto said as he looked at the cub, "If he wants to, then sure."

The cub, after hearing it, simply licked Naruto's face again as Naruto held it close to him, "Well, I'll be off. I'll see you with the others in a month to discuss our strategy."

With that, Naruto took off in a burst of speed, sending faint waves of wind whipping around. The four night elves looked at the disappearing form of Naruto, before Illidan spoke, "He's… interesting, isn't he?"

"Yes," Malfurion said, "But there are more matters I wish to know about, such as you, young lady. Who are you exactly?"

"I… I don't really know my own name, having lost my parents in a wild attack, but… my nickname which my parents love to call me was Pheles," the female said as Malfurion slightly bowed his head.

"I'm sorry for what you have gone through then," Malfurion said, "But can you explain what Naruto meant by Nature Energy?"

"It's… I don't know how to explain it, I have always felt more in tune with nature, and I taught myself the way of the druids in fact," Pheles said, "Rather than saying that though, it's more like the nature taught me their ways, and I took the form of the Frostsaber when I transform rather than a crow, a bear, or any other animal."

"Perhaps it's a sign," Malfurion said thoughtfully as the other two looked at him quizzically while Pheles awaited his final answer, "Perhaps it is a sign that we should stop our… prejudice and start mixing the professions. If she could do that, who knows how many others can? Perhaps some males could hear the voice of Elune just as well as some Priest, and some women could feel nature like Pheles here could."

"It will be difficult, brother," Illidan said, "Even if you do succeed, how will you start it?"

"By using Pheles as an example," Malfurion said, "I hope my teaching abilities are well enough…"

"What do you…" Tyrande began but understood, "You want to teach her fully druidism which you have learnt."

"Partially," Malfurion admitted, "But not only that, I also want to know how this 'Senjutsu' works."

"I will be honored if you would teach me, Shan'do," Pheles said as she knelt. Malfurion, Illidan, and Tyrande laughed as Pheles looked up, confused.

"Get up, young lady," Illidan said, "We were never ones for formality even if Tyrande is the High Priestess of the Moon and Malfurion here is the Archdruid. But onto the more pressing issue with the Burning Legion – what do we do about the corruption in the woods? It is simply far too corrupted… if I were to take in as much as I can, I risk turning into a night elf demon hybrid."

"We'll think of a way," Malfurion assured him, "And we will save the forest."

Naruto

Naruto dashed through the forest, intending on returning as soon as possible, though he quickly found a problem as he neared the water.

"Well," Naruto said at last after a moment of thinking, "Better find the boat then… why I didn't leave a kunai there is a mystery to me…"

As Naruto searched, he found a prickling sensation, though he ignored it at least until it was unbearable, and yet he still hadn't found the boat he came on.

"Oh come on! Where's the freaking boat? I remember hiding it under some bushes, but since Jaina-chan teleported us back I never got back to it," Naruto whined to himself, "And what's with the pricking sensation…?"

As Naruto pulled whatever was bothering him, he saw bits of feather which were darkened with ink, "That's right, that's one of the arrows which snapped when my clones and I… applied… the… seals," Naruto ended lamely as his eyebrow twitched, before he located one of the seals and teleported away. All that was left was a print of his sandals which ended abruptly. With a yellow flash, he stopped in the armory, but then there was a voice outside the door.

"So?" a voice which Naruto recognized as Lina's drifted over, "Sylvanas asked me if I could get a quiver of arrows anyway, since I was along the way. It's not like I actually use a weapon myself."

"Not even a scepter to channel your powers?" a voice which Naruto recognized as Jaina'as drifted over as well, "Oh well, we're here."

The door opened as the two women saw themselves staring down at a surprised Naruto who just stood there, burns and crack marks across his entire armor plating.

"Naruto…?" Jaina asked, "You're back?"

"Well… yeah," Naruto said as he scratched the back of his head, before violently thrown back by the two women who're now hugging him, "You're okay right?"

"Yeah," Naruto said gently as he patted their backs, "By the way, can you get Sakura for me? I need her to fix something."

"Oh sure, but…" Jaina said, "When did you get back and how did no one notice you?"

Naruto took out a quiver of arrows, and took one out. It had the Hiraishin seal on it, "While I left you to your own devices, I sent a couple hundred clones here to mark the arrows. All of them now have the seal on it in case I didn't manage my training, but I did complete it so… well, these seals could still prove to be useful…"

"So you teleported here just now?" Jaina asked as Lina noticed something, "What's that white thing on your head?"

The cub chose, at that moment, to pop out its head as the two women stared in shock and Naruto smiled, "This is why I need Sakura; this little guy's hurt…"

"He's so cute!" Lina cooed as she rushed forward and took the cub away who looked positively startled at being taken like that, "Where did you find him?"

"About to be killed by exploding lava while hidden in snow," Naruto said bluntly as Kakashi came in and saw Naruto.

"Ah…" Kakashi said, "Is this not a good time?"

"Ero-sensei…" Naruto said, "Well, at least you're not a super pervert… I just got back."

"Well…" Kakashi said, "How did you get back so fast?"

Naruto threw one of the arrows at full speed, impaling into the wall right beside Kakashi. Kakashi turned and looked. Printed on the side was a mini seal – the seal of the Hiraishin.

"There is one more thing though," Naruto informed Kakashi who looked at him, "Tell everyone to gather in the courtyard… and give me a soldier pill."

"Okay…" Kakashi said as he threw Naruto a small bag, "Careful with using them."

"Alright," Naruto said as Kakashi left, before he plucked the arrow out of the wall as the two women looked at him, the cub still in Lina's hands, "So, anything new happen?"

"Well…" Jaina started, "For one, the population is curious about what the demon was, Ricky showed up thinking the demon was your fault… as in you directly summoned the demon sort of fault… but that's pretty much it. Which demon was it."

"Yonbi no Saru," Naruto replied, "Tough bastard too… I manage to wound Madara, enough that he would need some time to recover."

"Well, at least that would leave us with only Archimonde," Lina said.

"In any case, shall we head over to the courtyard?" Naruto said as he teasingly held out both his hands. Both women blushed but took them anyways, the Frostsaber cub jumping onto Naruto's shoulders, though growling in pain slightly. Naruto sent some chakra over to the cub, being in such close proximity, and soon the cub calmed down. They approached the courtyard soon, and Naruto took his hands away, much to the disappointment of the two women though they hid it, but watched in fascination as Naruto began massively flaring his chakra out in patterns.

"You know…" Lina started, "Naruto might have more chakra than both of us have mana combined…"

"Agreed… I don't think chakra or mana is supposed to be that visible…" Jaina replied as the rest of the group approached the yard just as Naruto popped a soldier pill into his mouth and the pill took effect. He then threw the bag over at Kakashi, who barely caught it. "Okay, so everyone's here?" Naruto asked as they nodded. "Good, because I'm only showing this once."

Naruto said, "My father first invented the Hiraishin, but he had to use a kunai. However, this technique is also incomplete, a main flaw being the kunai – the seal must be etched onto something in order for the Hiraishin to take effect. In short term, he can only teleport as fast as the kunais can be thrown."

He took a deep breath, "Kakashi, please flip open your Sharingan and tell me what's happening in the air. Neji, you too with your Byakugan"

Kakashi and Neji did as instructed, and was near blinded by the sheer amount of chakra that was floating in the air, "What the…? Naruto, didn't I teach you not to waste chakra?"

"Yes," Naruto said, as without any indication, he teleported over to Kakashi, "However, with the way my chakra is molded…"

Kakashi jumped several feet into the air, knowing that he would've seen Naruto move, and knowing that there was no kunai around them, or anything with the Hiraishin seal. He quickly pieced the puzzle together, as did Shikamaru, "Holy shit… Naruto, you…"

"Yeah," Naruto said, "This is the completed form of the Hiraishin no Jutsu, without seals. The only problem is, I need to mold, then flare my chakra out into the surrounding in order to make it work, but this presents another drawback – you need a shit load of chakra in order to make it work unlike the original, but with me being the sole user, it's not as much of a problem. Although, Kakashi, I need your help in a project I want to do. Sakura, can you heal this little guy?"

Sakura and Kakashi moved forward as the rest, knowing that it was an informal dismissal, left, thinking about what Naruto had just shown them, "Naruto… just how far have you gone from your old self?"

"What do you mean?" Naruto asked curiously.

"Not that I want the old you back, but you changed. So much that it's scary actually…" Sakura said.

"Well… with war and this and that, anything can happen, you remember when you used to be a fan girl," Naruto said as Sakura shuddered.

"Don't remind me," Sakura quickly said, "Brotherly love or not I will pound you back into the ground the next time we spar if you speak of those times again."

"Hai, hai, nee-chan," Naruto said as the three of them laughed, knowing that it was an empty threat – Naruto was simply too fast to let her hit him unless he lets her. Jaina and Lina watched from the sidelines, unsure of what to make of this situation.

"Hmm…"Lina said quietly, "Do you think she's…"

"I… I doubt it," Jaina offered up, each knowing they had feelings for Naruto, just not sure when to reveal to him, or even reveal it to him at all. They shared a look with each other, before they left together, to keep their training up. Meanwhile, Naruto also asked Kakashi to pull up his sleeve.

"Why do you need that?" Kakashi asked.

"I need some place to train… some place quiet and far enough that no one will intrude on me," Naruto said seriously.

"Wait…" Kakashi said slowly. There was only one technique he knew that would require him to leave that far away, "You're going to use that against this Archimonde? You didn't even use it against the Yonbi…"

"The Yonbi was confused and it's sealed away, it won't die even if it took it right in the face. Archimonde, on the other hand, is going for a power source rivaling the Haichibi's, if not the Kyubi's, just not in terms of potency," Naruto replied, "When the time comes to meet up with the others, go with Jaina-chan, Lina-chan, and Sylvanas-chan, and summon me there. When you summon, be sure to use chakra from Kamui as well, you know what I mean."

"Alright… but in case I need you, where will you be?" Kakashi asked.

"Somewhere," was all Naruto said as he stood up, "Kakashi, Mangekyou Sharingan please."

With that, Naruto blazed through the five seals again, "Kuchiyose no Jutsu!"

There was twin clouds of smoke, which surprised Naruto. When it disappeared, not only was Gamakichi there, but there was also a phoenix.

"What?" Naruto exclaimed, "A phoenix?"

At that exclamation as well as surge of power, Jaina and Lina ran back to investigate and saw the legendary animal.

"Beautiful…" was all Lina said as she gazed upon the phoenix. It was primarily golden red in color, and from each different angle the feathers seemed alight with fire, flickering about. Flame-like wisps of energy washed along the entirety of the phoenix, as Naruto gazed upon it, before Gamakichi spoke up.

"Hey bro, meet my friend, Ichigo," Gamakichi said as Naruto snapped back into focus.

"You're friends with a phoenix?" Naruto asked incredulously.

"Yeah, but you summoned me, and since he was so close, he was dragged along," Gamakichi replied as Naruto bowed.

"It is a pleasure to meet a phoenix," Naruto said as the others bowed as well, recognizing the legendary animal.

"It is mine as well," Ichigo replied, "Although, if there is nothing of importance, I shall leave."

"Well…" Naruto said, "Gamakichi you to reverse summon me back, I need to finish up on my training for that."

"Oh…" Gamakichi said, "You're going to use it again?"

"Against the enemy, it's a must…" Naruto admitted as he turned to Kakashi, "Keep this island safe Kakashi-sensei. Sakura, take care of the cub for me, and to the rest, bye!"

Naruto instantly disappeared in a large cloud of smoke, along with the two summons, as they entered the home of the toads. Naruto walked on the familiar path, Gamakichi and Ichigo following. Naruto soon encountered the small hut he was looking for, and entered.

"Oji-san!" Naruto called out as Fukasaku bounded forward.

"Naruto-chan!" Fukasaku exclaimed, "I almost didn't believe it when Gamabunta returned and said you summoned him, but it looks like its true. Where have you been?"

"Away, Fukasaku-jiji," Naruto said, "It's nice to see you too, but I'm here for… well…"

"I see," Fukasaku said as he smiled slightly, "You've always liked to help others, haven't you?"

"That's me, jij," Naruto said, "And there's one more thing I want to tell you…"

"Yes Naruto-chan?"

"There's… someone who can passively gather Senjutsu chakra," Naruto said as Fukasaku's eyes widened, as did Shima's when she entered.

"Are you sure, Naruto-chan?" Shima inquired, "Who is this person?"

"She's not… well, she's not human, she's an elf, a Night Elf," Naruto said.

"You're going to have to explain more carefully, Naruto-chan," Fukasaku said, "Why don't we sit down and talk about this. Kichi, do you and Ichigo wants to stay as well?"

"Sure," Gamakichi said as Ichigo nodded as well. Naruto sat down with them all and recounted his tale, from his encounter with Sasuke, to the finding of the Prophet, to the battle against Sasuke, and finally to the appearance of the Yonbi and his arrival. Of course, he omitted the part about Jaina and Lina saying he's a good plushie, nor did he talk about the fact that he rolled into a hug in the middle of the night with Jaina. That was too embarrassing to tell. At ht ened of the story, Fukasaku was sure he would have a headache coming in soon.

"So…" Fukasaku finally said, but was interrupted by Shima, "You destroyed the jacket?"

Naruto sweatdropped; leave it to Shima to comment on the small things, "Um… can you make me a new one then? A longer one if you could?"

"Well…" Shima placed a thinking pose that fooled no one; everyone, including Ichigo, knew what she would say, "Okay."

"I have heard of this 'Archimonde' before," Ichigo suddenly said as everyone focused on him, "He was, according to my father, a dimensional traveler in what we call the 'Void', but what others called the Twisting Nether. His powers are extremely great, though not on the same scale as Kil'Jaedan or Sargaras. This is one plane they have not travelled through yet, though, because Sargaras never knew of this plane's existence – I doubt any of those 'Titans' ever knew."

"So, is there a way to defeat them?" Naruto asked hopefully.

"That, you will have to ask my father, the boss summon of the Phoenix Contract. I recall him mentioning having fought Archimonde once before to a standstill, though any other information were undisclosed," Ichigo said. Naruto was silent.

"Could you take me to your leader sometime?" Naruto asked as Ichigo nodded, "It could be possible, though we only ever had one summoner, and he died before I was born, and thus, I am not sure what my father will say to your presence. From what I know, though, he would accept you."

"Ichigo," Gamakichi said, "If your clan is about honor and loyalty, then you definitely have a summoner in Naruto, though… whether Fukasaku-sama and Naruto will agree to it is another problem."

"I… will offer this proposition to my father, at the very least into talking with Naruto," Ichigo said as he stretched his wings, "I must go as well, the talk had taken longer than expected, and I must return home soon."

"Okay then, bye Ichigo," Gamakichi said giddily as Ichigo flew away with a burst of flames and wind, though the flames didn't burn through anything. Gamakichi laughed at Naruto's expression and how he was about to use a water technique, "Relax bro, those flames only hurt those who are enemies. You aren't his enemy right now, and you better hope you aren't. They're more loyal than dogs, and if you maliciously hurt one of them, you risk the entire clan on you, and let me tell you, they're amongst the strongest summons in existence – only that we're simply more renown then they are, so we're called the strongest, but in reality, we're not."

"If this Archimonde is as dangerous as Ichigo said, then we must get started immediately," Fukasaku said as he took out a couple of scrolls. Before he started though, Naruto spoke up.

"Jiji, there's another thing I want to show you," Naruto said, before he flared his chakra, and instantly teleported to Fukasaku's side.

"I see you have managed to complete your father's other technique," Fukasaku said, sounding unsurprised at all.

"You don't seem surprised," Naruto concluded.

"Of course, Naruto-chan. You've already surpassed him in using the Rasengan, and you have so many more years to go, who's to say you can't surpass him in his other techniques?" Fukasaku smiled, "Your father's a genius, and through him, you have also inherited his abilities, though you need to make it your own, and you did. But now, we need to get started. Start gathering Nature Energy, we'll practice using it first as warm-up before I help you do anything else."

"Hai sensei," Naruto said as three clones blinked into existence. Fukasaku looked at them, before looking at Naruto who was also gathering Nature Energy. Naruto-chan… It looks like your destiny is arriving sooner than you think it will… even if you don't know it. His thought were interrupted by Naruto, who finished gathering energy as he stood up, his eyes marked with the indication of Sage Mode.

"You said the primary problem with the seal less Hiraishin no Jutsu is the fact that it consumes massive amounts of chakra in order to flare it into the air, correct?" Fukasaku stated, "The first thing I thought of was the usage of Senjutsu chakra. I have already told this many times to you, though for emphasis, I shall do it again… and because I feel like it."

Naruto sweatdropped as Fukasaku continued, "Senjutsu chakra is in the air, always surrounding us. In that theory, if you were to flare out your chakra, it would mingle easily with the Senjutsu chakra, meaning that you, in theory, of course, use much less chakra to achieve the same results. I want you to try it first, though without clones to help spread the energy out, and see what happens."

Naruto did as instructed, and soon felt the flow of energy that exited his body. He looked around with his senses, and noticed something.

"Sensei," Naruto began, "Is it because I have a wind affinity, or just the Senjutsu chakra, because at this moment, I can literally 'see' with my chakra everything that it touches."

"It's more common with those who have wind affinity, though Jiraiya-chan had mentioned it once as well," Fukasaku replied, "Although you were able to discern it so quickly is still an achievement – not many have ever managed it, but if you had, then this opens up a whole new realm of possibilities, though ones that Jiraiya-chan can never do because he has no wind affinity."

"Well, let's get to it then," Naruto said determinedly as several clones popped up and disappeared in whirlwinds to different locations where he had no chakra, in order to practice.

Theramore

"Finally," two voices exclaimed nearly simultaneously as two women walked forward, exhausted, one with a leaf cut in half, and the other smoldering, completely dried. Kakashi looked at the two women, impressed.

"Wow, already? Only Naruto was able to do it so fast," Kakashi commented, "And that's because of the fact that he used Kage Bunshin."

"Don't remind me," Jaina said, "I still want to hit you again."

"Right…" Kakashi said as he chuckled nervously as Lina looked over, confused, "What did he do?"

"Trust me, you don't want to know," Jaina said, "So, what's the next step?"

"Well, for you Jaina, you're going to cut a waterfall as I have said," Kakashi said, ignoring Lina's dumbfounded look, "Lina, you're going to destroy an entire tree."

"Are you serious?" Lina deadpanned.

"Of course not!" Kakashi said smiling behind his mask. Oh, how he loved to mess with their heads, "You're going to create several sparks that can line up and become coherent… but first I need to find a dead fish."

"A dead fish?" Lina inquired.

"Essentially, you're going to use an electrical pulse, just sharp enough and powerful enough to cause the fish to become alive again by jolting its nervous system," Kakashi explained.

"And… you gave Naruto hundreds of dead fish to practice on?" Lina asked, unable to think about the sheer number.

"Heavens no," Kakashi said, "That would be a massive waste. I told him to give a powerful enough zap to manage to hit me, but it has to be light enough and concentrated enough. Needless to say, that was a dark time…"

Kakashi apparently went into an unwanted flashback, "Oh God… it burns… why Naruto… why did you have to hit there at full power? It's not fair…"

"Does Naruto like to torture people?" Lina asked Jaina nervously as Jaina shook her head.

"Not that I know of…" Jaina replied.

"It was a prank…" Kakashi said, "Or rather, revenge when he painted the Hokage Monument a second time to practice his stealth. I gave him two weeks worth of D-ranked missions, and after it was done he zapped me there… I still have trouble-"

"Shut up!" both women shouted frantically, not wanting to know exactly what happened anymore. Sakura came out, listening to what was happening, as the cub saw Lina and cowed a little away, before jumping down and walking forward, prodding Kakashi with a paw. Jaina gently picked it up, to its surprise.

"What happened? Did Kakashi relapse into the time Naruto hit him with lightning?" Sakura asked as the two women nodded. Sakura sighed, "Figures. Kakashi-sensei, there's Icha Icha on sale."

"Where?" Kakashi was almost up immediately, "Wait… We're not even in Konoha…"

"Work every time, same with Naruto and Ramen," Sakura said, "Despite how mature they are, they have little personality quirks… If being a jonin means you need to have them then I rather not be a jonin…"

"Right…" Lina said as she edged away from the two ninja, "So… what about the dead fish?"

"Dead fish?" Sakura asked, "For Raiton or for medical technique?"

"Um…" Lina said as she tried to process, "Raiton, I think, is that lightning manipulation?"

"Yeah," Sakura said, "Follow me, I'll get you a couple of dead fish. Be warned that too much means you fry the fish, and too little does nothing."

"And something about flowing it…" Lina muttered to herself as Kakashi turned and made a giant wall, a giant waterfall, and managed to snatch Yamato out of nowhere to make a wooden bridge.

"Oh, so you know about guiding the lightning rather than controlling? That makes things much easier," Sakura commented as she leapt off, "Wait here, I'll get some fish from the sea."

"Strange…" Kakashi commented suddenly, "I just realized that even if you do use mana, there shouldn't be something this fast done…"

"I'm lost," Jaina said, "What do you mean?"

"I mean, you have a weaker wind affinity actually than many people who have them, but you were able to cut it completely in three days, even if you do have advice," Kakashi explained, "Could it be something about the air or rather, the water? The water seemed charged with something…"

"Oh, right," Jaina nodded sheepishly, "There's a well or sorts here, or rather a lake, which is a focal point of mana and spell power. It might be because we're close enough that my affinity and power increased exponentially. Plus, when we exhaust our mana completely, we don't actually die, just become tired, and it regenerates faster, so I guess we could well… train longer."

"That's convenient," Kakashi said, "Nevertheless, we need to move on. You'll need to cut the waterfall at least in order to proceed."

"That is one big waterfall," Jaina commented as she walked onto the wooden bridge, "Why is it so big anyways?"

"Oh," Kakashi said, "Oops."

"What do you mean, oops?" Jaina asked.

"That's about how big Naruto uses to practice on occasion," Kakashi said, "When he first started, he had close to two hundred clones doing this. Now, he uses up to a whole thousand each on a waterfall about this big."

"You're kidding," Jaina said dryly, "You're expecting me to be able to do this as well as Naruto, who, according to you, have the highest wind affinity you have ever seen."

"Well… you're powered by the well," Kakashi said, "That's a bigger advantage than Kage Bunshin since mana is easier to control from what you and him said."

"Fine," Jaina said as she tried to cut the waterfall, "How do I cut something that's flowing anyways?"

"Well…" Kakashi said, "You don't really cut it, but rather use a blade of wind to stop the flow."

"That sounds hard…" Jaina replied.

"It is."

In a separate dimension realm

"Father," Ichigo said as he flew into a large clearing, where a massive shadow of… light… shadowed the entire area, "I have returned, and with news."

"Yes Ichigo?"

"It concerns the demon known as Archimonde," Ichigo said as the shadow suddenly turned, revealing the boss of the phoenix summons, Hikaru.

"So Archimonde has finally found this plane?" Hikaru sighed, but Ichigo shook his head, "No, father, they have returned against Azeroth and Kalimdor."

"Oh?" Hikaru said, surprised, "You know of that place?"

"A human, Namikaze Naruto, summoned both me and Gamakichi when he required Gamakichi. I still have no idea why I was summoned however," Ichigo said.

"It was said, that if a human was to attempt to summon without a contract, he will be sent to the world which suits his affinity," Hikaru said, "His summoning may indicate that his original affinity… was us, despite not being summoned in almost a millennia. Yet, he already has a contract, we cannot simply force him to do this."

"If his personality is any indication, he would stick with the toads," Ichigo said, "He is loyal to those he considered precious."

"I see… loyalty, honor, and trust," Hikaru said, "Those are the indications at the very least that we look for in our summoners. Do you think he had any of those traits?"

"He has all three, father," Ichigo said.

"It is quite unfortunate then…" Hikaru said, but Ichigo was not done, "However, he did request your presence to help him develop a strategy to defeat the Burning Legion."

"I see," Hikaru said, "Perhaps I will pay a visit. Perhaps the next time you visit, I'll go as well. It has been far too long since anyone has passed our test, and I intend to see if this one will…"

"Yes, father," Ichigo said as he disappeared in a burst of fire. Hikaru remained where he was.

"The one who brings the tidings of doom, will be the one to turn the tide," Hikaru murmured, "The one to summon us… will be the one to restore order, that was the prophecy of the elder phoenix… could this Naruto be…? I must contact my kins there to know more."

With that, Hikaru disappeared in a large twist of fire, as he teleported to another plane.

There is going to be a time skip… well because I don't feel like typing in the entirety of the training, so I'm going to speed up all the way to the main fight, or rather, a couple days before. Yes, Illidan is still going to become a demon, although it's because he sacrificed himself to destroy the skull causing the demonic energy to blast into him. As for Burning Crusade… I'll see what I can do about it I guess…