Author's Notes: Alright, here's the next part of the Frozen Throne Arc! And the final Arc… I never said the final chapter though. Let's go! As compensation for the crappy last chapter, I made this as fast as I possibly can… which is really cutting into my finals this year. Oh well, what's done is done.
Kinglugia: I think my PM isn't working or something, but in reply to your question he'll be coming in from the epilogue and through the sequel.
To everyone else: Yes, there SHOULD be a sequel, depends if I get the time to finish everything. It'll be on things from WoW and should be completely filled with custom content. In fact, the prologue is done. I'm just waiting for this one to finish before posting it on. Anyways…
Chapter 39: A Hell Frozen Over
As soon as Naruto arrived at Sylvanas' location, he was forced to duck under a fiery bolt, even as dozens of them blew apart around him.
Wow, Naruto commented in his head, Crowds… never like them
Naruto immediately took in a deep breath of air, before exhaling beneath him. The snow blew apart in a violent storm, scattering the soft flakes across in a swirling pattern, dousing the fire even as they melted and turned to ice in an instant, the weather still too cold to support liquid water. Turning around, he was met with an arrow to the face, forcing him to duck once more. Said arrow continued on to pierce an Abomination, tearing through its fragile structure.
"Oops. Hi Naruto," Sylvanas said as she giggled, "Sorry, you appeared out of nowhere."
"Its either that or you still like to use me as target practice…" Naruto muttered.
"What can I say, you make a great target to try and hit," Sylvanas replied offhandedly even as she let loose a hail of arrows that pierced through the heads of several ghouls, "So, what brings you here?"
"You pinged the pendant, remember?" Naruto deadpanned as Sylvanas looked down. Indeed, the pendant was glowing.
"Hmm… I don't recall that," Sylvanas said in confusion. And true, she didn't intend for it. She had flared up a bit of her mana to launch the storm of Searing Arrows that had just incinerated a company of ghouls just seconds earlier, before the necromancers returned fire with bolts of flame. Figures, she thought, they were former mages after all… as annoying as it is.
Her thoughts were interrupted as she was scooped up by Naruto, before her viewpoint suddenly blurred, and she had a brief sense of vertigo. Looking down, she saw the area she was in went up in a dark green energy blast… as well as everything within 200 meters of it.
"What's that?" Sylvanas asked curiously.
"I don't think either of us wants to know," Naruto said as he saw the dead began rising from the dark green mist, "And what is it with them and the mists?"
"What is it with you and everything going chaotic?" Sylvanas retorted back with a rhetorical question of her own as he shrugged, before leaping higher again, leaving her standing…
In the middle of a tall rock outcropping. She sighed as she sat down on the ledge.
"Why, of all the places to choose, did he pick this ledge? It's awfully high…" she mumbled. What most people never knew about her was that she had a fear of heights… and Naruto accidentally left her on an outcropping twenty feet into the air. Everything around her as at least ten feet lower.
Meanwhile, Naruto crouched in midair to avoid a blast of frost aimed for his leg, before channeling wind chakra into his right arm, shaped into a drill, that he pushed into a frost wyrm's head, piercing through and exiting behind the frost wyrm, before Naruto used the recently made carcass as a platform to leap onto another, repeating the performance until the next was too far away, and he was forced to descend, even as he flared through seals once more.
"Katon: Karyuu Endan!" Naruto shouted as he sent a jet of flame roaring down, boiling away the water and the surrounding ghouls, additionally providing a cushion of air that somewhat supported him as he fell in a heap of burning bodies – bodies that were flung away almost instantaneously as Naruto stood up once more, the darkening flames illuminating his back making him seem like a devil reincarnated.
That view, additionally, had the effect of discouraging the necromancers from fighting him and attempting to get away. In fact, the image of Naruto, in addition to the carnage he had caused, would make him feared by the cult and given a flee-on-sight order except by the highest order. It did not help that he followed it up with the creation of an army of himself, before charging in recklessly, cutting everything up as he went along regardless of any possible injuries.
Haven't done that in so long… it's good to be reckless once in a while… Naruto grinned as he hacked away at an Abomination, before flipping over the mass of corpses and stabbing his katana down at a ghoul's head, and then decapitating it and launching it like a ball – only a ball with an explosive tag already at the end. The head detonated in a group of ghouls, splattering the remains over the now reddened snow as the fragile units that comprised the majority of the Scourge army was torn apart by the explosive force.
Did I forget something? Naruto wondered as the voice that was nagging him became louder, especially as there was not a storm of arrows going his way, Right, Sylvanas-chan hates heights. With a passion too, something about a Drake when she was younger… better get her down in any case.
Quickly launching a flurry of knives at the enemy, tearing through their formation, Naruto inhaled deeply, before he launched a blazing fireball up into the sky, followed by a blast of air into the fireball, causing it to grow and blow up, sending streaks of fire raining down everywhere, exploding once more when each tendril of energy hit the ground.
Before he had a chance to do anything else, however, a sudden screaming caught his attention as he dodged instinctively. Where he was but a second ago was now occupied by a beam of electricity, connected to the arm of a very familiar shinobi-turned Death Knight.
"What have I told you about getting in the way here, Naruto?" Sasuke asked coldly as his eyes flared, and Naruto was forced to dodge a blast of black fire that erupted from said location. Quickly picking up Sylvanas, he leapt just in time to avoid another blast of the deadly fire, before quickly canceling them out with his Rinnegan.
"Sylvanas-chan, move quickly and take down Arthas before he reaches the Citadel," Naruto instructed to Sylvanas, "I'll hold off Sasuke."
"Are you sure?" Sylvanas asked, but Sasuke laughed.
"They won't be going anywhere," a dark voice said behind them as Sylvanas shot off an arrow that was deflected by a chilly aura, as the icy-blue blade of Frostmourne appeared, "I'm right here. You've held off more of my minions then I expected… and you've delayed my plans for too long… especially you, Sylvanas. I had wanted to conquer Quel'Thalas without much dispute, but you just had to train Fenix and Traxex… especially Fenix."
The two sides glared at each other as they tensed, waiting for the moment to strike. There was but a chilly howl through the area, before the two sides disappeared, as Sylvanas used Wind Walk. Arthas' eyes widened.
"Wind Walk? Shi-" Arthas managed to say before he was hit from behind by a precisely shot arrow that managed to dent the armor, "You bitch!"
"Not a bitch," Sylvanas smirked as she cocked another arrow, "Just annoying as heck for you, fun for me. After all, it's not every day that you get a target as juicy as you, Arthas. I've been waiting for a long time. You've been due for your crimes against the Quel'Dorei a long time ago, Arthas."
"If you manage to get me first," Arthas grinned sinisterly as he vanished just as fast, and Sylvanas was forced to dodge to the side, unleashing a hail of arrow at her former position, but a single swipe by Frostmourne blew the arrows away with a chilly wind as Arthas moved forward, intending on taking down Sylvanas and turning her just like he did Traxex – only this time he would be much more careful and thorough. He would make sure the mistake he allowed in Traxex that allowed her to be freed would not happen with Sylvanas this time – and better yet, he's getting a much more powerful ranger.
Meanwhile, Naruto clashed blades with Sasuke, wind against lightning, as the two energies collided, sending streams of power radiating away from the two, before they separated, respective eyes activated. Without a word, they disappeared again, meeting in the middle as Sasuke brought his blade down, only for Naruto to dodge and return with a swipe at his feet. Immediately responding by jumping, Sasuke glared down as Naruto glared right back into his eyes, obviously unafraid of being caught in Tsukuyomi.
"You know I won't be caught in your genjutsu anymore, Sasuke. Not since Itachi's appearance a year ago," Naruto said calmly as Sasuke nodded.
"He has chosen his side, and I have chosen mine. I will always love him for being my aniki… but you will die, regardless of his support," Sasuke said as he charged forward, a Chidori in his hand. Naruto charged as well with a Rasengan glowing in his right hand.
"This is where you die!" they shouted as the two techniques collided, for the third time since their numerous encounters. Their battlefield was engulfed by white light. All the groups stopped for a minute, watching the spectacle as the light brightened, and a fierce wind blew past, before the ball of light blew apart, revealing the two exchanging rapid strikes back and forth. Neither seemed to have taken any damage at all, even though the buffering winds blew at their armor. Naruto's jacket was partially damaged, and Sasuke's cape was also torn in some places, albeit not as much as Naruto's. Suddenly jumping backwards, Sasuke stabbed his sword onto the ground, the ice instantly cracking and spreading out on the surface even as Naruto flashed through seals himself.
"Come forth, Sapphiron!" Sasuke roared as his chakra levels skyrocketed, and Naruto slammed his hands on the ground.
"Er'ryl!" Naruto yelled in response as a roar resounded, and in a flash of light, Er'ryl was teleported into the battlefield from his previous location, even as the cracked ice disintegrated to allow a gigantic frost wyrm to emerge.
"Finish them off," Sasuke ordered coldly as he leapt on top of the Frost Wyrm even as Naruto and Er'ryl scattered.
"Take him down, lightning strikes to its wings," Naruto instructed even as he slowly controlled the air flow to redirect each individual attack the Frost Wyrm was sending. Blasts of lightning erupted from Er'ryl's mouth, careening towards the much larger opponent. However, despite being larger, it was no less maneuverable as it weaved around in an intricate pattern, dodging nearly all the bolts except for a few that grazed it. Turning back, Naruto launched himself into the air, Er'ryl following after quickly as Naruto formed seals.
"Katon: Ten'in Bakuryu!" Naruto shouted as the dark red sphere appeared once more, though this time he sent the meteors skywards, a barrage of fire that the Frost Wyrm was unable to avoid. Taking the distraction, Naruto managed to teleport himself beneath Er'ryl.
"Shinra Tensei!" Naruto muttered as the force propelled Er'ryl to even greater heights, allowing him to land on Sapphiron. Er'ryl then proceeded to tear out a large chunk off Sapphiron's back, causing it to roar in anguish and try to shake the beast off, to no avail. Sasuke, seeing that, charged forward with a Chidori, only to be countered by a claw made of wind. The two stalemated, power versus affinity advantage, until Er'ryl's control slipped and the wind claw shattered into hundreds of pieces. The Chidori came down on Er'ryl, brushing dangerously close before Er'ryl suddenly disappeared in a cloud of smoke, and Sasuke's Chidori plunged into Sapphiron's back. Pulling it back out, Sasuke shook his head.
"Damn summoning," he muttered as he flipped down, his eyes glowing an even more sinister red, staring right at Naruto, Er'ryl beside him.
Sylvanas vs Arthas
Even as the battle raged between the two former brothers, the human and the elf stared at each other after the first volley of exchange.
"I must admit… you elves have placed quite a fight… but if you had just peacefully surrendered…" Arthas said, "Perhaps I would've let you lived."
"As your slaves in eternal damnation, you mean," Sylvanas spat as she fired another arrow, this time Arthas grabbed by the hilt, before throwing it back at her. Sylvanas growled as she cocked another volley of arrows, launching them in rapid succession. This time, Arthas had to dodge.
"Eternal Damnation? Nothing of that extremity, I assure you. Just a life of eternal torment… especially how you have hindered me for so long in reaching my goal!" Arthas growled as he charged forward, thrusting his arm forward and blasting a skull of green energy at Sylvanas, who was forced to dodge and fire off another volley of arrows, though this time at a different direction. Arthas stopped.
"Have you lost your touch?" Arthas sneered, but stopped as Sylvanas smirked.
"Nope. Watch your back," Sylvanas warned, the smirk still on her face, as the arrows turned mid-flight and moved towards Arthas. There was no time to dodge.
At least, that was what both Sylvanas and Arthas thought. That was why Arthas suddenly summoned several minions from behind him, taking the hits, which promptly detonated.
"Exploding arrows?" Arthas asked, "I thought that was a specialty of Fenix, not you."
Sylvanas did not respond as she dodged the remaining minions, and surged forward a wave of wind that blasted the skeletal warriors into the walls, destroying the troops, though they quickly reformed.
"You bastard," Sylvanas growled as she took note of the armor – most of the armor was from those of the Rangers, more specifically the Archers. However, many were torn in places, notably the lack of armor near the chest region and the waist, "You…"
"We needed something to convince your people it was… best… not to interfere with my plans. Too bad it didn't work," Arthas said offhandedly as Sylvanas narrowed her eyes even more.
"So you raped them all?" Sylvanas shouted as Arthas cocked his head to the side.
"What makes you think I was the one who did it?" Arthas said, "I may command them, and I may have ordered them, but that doesn't mean I actually participated in them."
"You didn't deny it either," Sylvanas pointed out as she cocked a largest volley she ever had into her bow, "Speak… traitor."
"So what if I did?" Arthas asked, "All is fair in war… especially as they would not have survived very long anyways. Their death meant more manpower for my army and their method of dying served to infuriate the enemy, making it worthwhile two-folds."
"Not to those Rangers," Sylvanas retorted, "Have you no soul?"
"I've been fine without one since the death of Mal'Ganis, naïve little elf," Arthas sneered back as he clashed blades with the bow in Sylvanas' hands, "And now you are mine."
"You underestimate me too much Arthas," Sylvanas said as she slipped under his guard and delivered a crushing uppercut with her bow, the sharp edge managing to nick away part of the skin on Arthas' neck, and blood poured out. Arthas stumbled back, clutching at his neck.
"Bitch!" Arthas snarled as he readied Frostmourne, "I had wanted to save you from what happened to them, but so be it. I doubt Naruto would care too much seeing as how he has 3 more."
"You sure know how to make a girl angry, Arthas. Too bad you assumed wrong," Sylvanas shook her head, "He was very opposed to me entering this region, in fact. If it wasn't because Kael needed a Ranger General to lead his Archers, I probably would listen to him too. It took me the whole of the two weeks preparing to convince him."
Before Arthas could reply to that, he was assaulted by several arrows once more, his armor deflecting most while one managed to graze his skin. Quickly healing it, he launched another death bolt at Sylvanas, this time forcing her to retreat back into a pile of snow, which was blasted apart by the projectile. Rolling out of the pile, Sylvanas was just able to avoid the first strike from Frostmourne, but was unable to dodge the second. With the sound of metal piercing flesh, Arthas had impaled Sylvanas, right through the back and out the center of her chest.
"Urk…!" was all Sylvanas could say before Arthas tore the blade out of her, grinning with malice.
"That's what you get for defying me…" Arthas said before he picked her up. As he did, he noticed there was absolutely no resistance despite her being alive. Instead, Sylvanas dove forward, holding onto Arthas.
"What the…" Arthas managed to get out before his head was smothered in.
"You don't think Lina was the only one… to have been… taught the Exploding Clone… did you? I… had enough… mana too… boom," Sylvanas whispered before she suddenly blew up, and the real Sylvanas appeared out of Wind Walk. As the smoke dispersed, Sylvanas narrowed her eyes.
"I know you're not dead, Arthas. Clones give me memory," Sylvanas said, "Just like how your undead minions give you sight and information, so too does my clones. That's why you were never able to enter Theramore Isles."
"Tsk," Arthas replied as he strode out the side, leaning against a boulder. Though he had escaped the primary blast, he was still caught in the blast zone, and his face was visibly covered with soot, "Lucky shot. My turn."
As he charged, however, a blur crashed into his path, forcing him to dodge. Sasuke stood up, revealing himself covered in cuts, before he blew a fireball forward towards Naruto, who leapt into front of Sylvanas, showing that he, too, was covered with bruises and cuts.
"Wow, you're looking spiffy today," Sylvanas remarked as Naruto shrugged.
"Doesn't look like much yet, trust me, it's going to get a whole lot worse," Naruto replied.
"Let me handle Sasuke. He's a ranged type, which means I'll be better at it than you would be, and you can take the punishment and deal it back to Arthas much better than I can," Sylvanas said, "And don't you dare die. Jaina's going to kill both me and Mei if she finds out you're gone. The kid needs a father."
"Kid?" Naruto asked as he turned. Sylvanas gave him a dry look as he looked back, "Okay… finish this first, then talk. I don't need to faint right now knowing I have an unborn… kid… coming… my way. Great. That's a lot of pressure Sylvanas-chan."
"Are you done talking yet?" Arthas asked, irritated, but he was forced to dodge a dozen shuriken heading his way, "Good, I like challenges."
Naruto said nothing more as he rushed towards Arthas, trading blow for blow with their respective blades.
"Impressive… few blades could withstand an impact from Frostmourne… your blade is truly gifted… however, let me show you… what a true legendary blade is!" Arthas yelled as he thrusted forward with his blade, Naruto blocking with his own. On the first hit, however, both let out a powerful ping as they resonated against each other. In fact, the resonance was so powerful that Arthas was forced to drop his blade to prevent permanent tendon injury to his arm. Naruto had to such qualms – the training Kirabi gave him a few years back during lightning manipulation had him artificially vibrating his katana until it broke, then refine it. The vibration on his blade right now was nothing for him, though he was concerned with the frequency of the vibrations.
At this rate the blade's going to… never mind, Naruto thought as his katana snapped from the vibration, the structural integrity broken apart. Sighing, Naruto leapt back just in time to dodge Frostmourne, which stabbed the air he was just occupying.
"Kuso…" Naruto cursed as he flipped back again to dodge Frostmourne, before charging in, heedless of the blade that was still extended, and smashed his head against Arthas' , forcing them both onto the ground, though their armor protected them from the impact. Raising a fist, Arthas brought it down on the more lithe figure on top of him, smashing down with a satisfactory "clink" that threw Naruto off, and left a dent on Naruto's body armor. Shrugging if off in addition to spitting out a mouthful of blood.
"That hurt, you asshole," Naruto growled before he charged in, sending a blast of freezing air from his gauntlet. Arthas dodged, only for the wind to expand and catch him with a graze. Growling, Arthas sent his own blast of sharp air at Naruto, but, still slightly dazed from the punch, he took it head-on, throwing him back as his healing regenerated.
"Hmm… a regeneration like yours…" Arthas said thoughtfully as Naruto stared at him, "If I dissect you and put a bit of you in my army… maybe they will have your regeneration too… Or maybe I absorb you and send my powers out, maybe that will work."
Naruto nearly puked.
"What the hell?" Naruto asked, "You sicko, that's not how you boost your army. You want my regeneration? Try getting it from this!"
As Naruto finished, he began drawing on Kyubi's chakra, and the golden cloak began covering him.
"I sense malice… hatred… and most of all… your master's presence, throughout the battlefield… Tell me, Arthas, how much power have you lost?" Naruto asked as Arthas paled slightly, but his already pale skin did not show it.
"I still have enough to kill you," Arthas declared as suddenly several ghouls appeared beside Naruto and bit down on him, dissipating the cloak. Arthas narrowed his eyes, before he saw the tell-tale sign of the smirk, and hurriedly thrown himself away as the clone blew up in a giant explosion, far bigger than the one Sylvanas produced.
"What is with you people and suicide clones?" Arthas growled as he wiped the soot off himself, before summoning even more ghouls and undead, "Find him. I want him here so I can kill him."
The ghouls and necromancers obeyed him as they moved out, searching. It was not to be, however, as a fist found its way onto Arthas' chin, sending him flying into the air as Naruto burst from the ground right underneath. The Abominations proceeded to attack Naruto, and though they could not hit Naruto, they had accomplished the objective of preventing Naruto from continuing on with his attack in order to deal with the two.
Swearing up a storm, Naruto flashed out the blades by his forearm plating, slashing through the first Abomination before leaping back and allowing said Abomination to collapse into a pile of corpses, before Naruto gathered air into his lungs.
"Katon: Karyuu Endan!" Naruto breathed out as the fire dragon took form and sped towards the second Abomination, lighting it aflame. However, that proved to be a big mistake, as it charged at him far too fast to be a normal Abomination. Dodging the flaming target, Naruto was not prepared when his back slammed into a boulder, and the Abomination suddenly threw out a hook, dragging him back, and bit on him.
A loud, pained scream pierced the air.
Sylvanas vs Sasuke
Even as Sylvanas let loose a hail of arrows, Sasuke let off a storm of shuriken, the two streams of projectiles stopping each other in the air, neither missing their targets. Sylvanas managed to get one shot through, the flaming arrow whistling behind two as it impacted onto Sasuke's armor.
"Ugn…" Sasuke grunted as he tore the arrow off, "Lucky shot… let's see if you can replicate this then."
Sasuke threw his sword right at Sylvanas, shocking her as the sword spun towards her.
"Are you kidding? You're underestimating me too much, Sasuke," Sylvanas said as she leaned back, arching her back to an impressive right angle. It was then that she saw a shadow moving underneath.
What? What is that? IS that… Sylvanas thought as she recalled one of the few training sessions she had with Naruto.
Flashback
"Sylvanas-chan, what you see here is a single shuriken, right?"
"What about it?"
"Watch closely," Naruto said as he threw it. It seemed no different until it clunked onto one of the targets, at which a second one veered out from nowhere, "The Kage Shuriken no Jutsu can be used on any ranged weapon so long as you know the shape. This makes it very dangerous, and which is why I'm telling you this specifically. Jaina-chan nor Lina-chan can deal with this, but you can. With your high affinity to the wind, launch a projectile at a precise angle to intercept the shadowed blade if you can find it, upwards, sending it crashing onto the first blade. The resulting impact will knock both off course. This requires a lot of concentration though, so don't be down if it doesn't get to you at first. Control the projectile carefully now."
Flashback ends
Okay, what weapons do I have? Arrows are too flimsy… Those blades are too thin to deflect them…I need those armor plating… I guess I'll have to use that, Sylvanas thought as she unsheathed a wicked, curved blade. Though small, it did not reflect its weight, as she aimed carefully. She had one and only one chance. Targeting carefully once more, calculating the trajectory, she launched the blade, sending it curving down, before changing into a parabola and twisting up. Sylvanas held her breath…
And exhaled when the projectile scored a hit. As Naruto predicted, the two blades instantly spun out of control. However, the chaotic flight pattern they now exhibited meant that she could not dodge both, and one managed to score a cut on her chin, slashing down and tearing through her cloths. Falling down, she was dimly aware of Sasuke as he moved forward.
"And at last… the restoration of my clan can being once more…" Sasuke chuckled sinisterly as he raised his blade.
"You wouldn't dare…" Sylvanas groaned out despite her injury.
"What? Rape you? Of course not… Naruto is my target. I intend for him to die. And for him to die completely, I must kill all those who are related to him… so you must die," Sasuke said, "In order to restore my clan's glory! The Uchiha clan will have its retribution!"
"…That makes no sense," Sylvanas replied dully as she watched the blade descend…
…only to be intercepted by a glaive that rebounded off. Sasuke looked back.
"Great, more pests," Sasuke drawled out as he stared at Nortrom, who simply raised his glaive, and pointed it at Sasuke, its tip glowing. Wasting no time, Sylvanas lunged from her position despite her injuries, and, coating her hands in a blade of wind like Naruto had instructed, sent an uppercut at Sasuke.
It was quite fortunate that Nortrom had first silenced Sasuke, as now he couldn't channel chakra to evade. The blade struck Sasuke, propelling him back and scoring a large gash in his armor.
"You..." Sasuke growled in anger, "You little wretch…"
And as Sasuke's eyes dimmed, losing power so that said power could be used to heal the injury, Sylvanas could gain a good look at Sasuke's eyes. It was at first with the three tomoe, as she had expected from last time, but it began changing to the Mangekyou Sharingan that Naruto had warned her about, and a fiery, purple figure began sprouting not unlike the red shroud that had covered Naruto – not the demon cloak, the other that she had witnessed over the past year as he practiced.
"Susan'oo…" Sylvanas whispered to herself, knowing its powers firsthand as Naruto sparred against her once while testing the imposing figure's powers. She was not able to even dent the armor of power, and Sasuke…
Naruto had mentioned to her that Sasuke's Susan'oo was even more powerful than his, more refined and far more adept at using its abilities. If she was to face him in battle while Sasuke had Susan'oo, she was to fall back, immediately. She wished Illidan was here – at least his mana break would work – or even better, Fenix, who could combust said power.
"What is that?" Nortrom asked as he skidded to a stop.
"A very big problem," Sylvanas said, "In that form, I think only Fenix could kill him… unless that's demonic energy, then it's a different thing entirely."
"It's not," a voice replied as she turned. It was Kael, "I can sense fel energy to a point, and I know for a fact that Fel Energy is foul… but nowhere near as foul as this. The Light would not penetrate its defenses easily. Only another, equally foul power can destroy it."
"Those powers…" Sylvanas muttered, "Do we have anyone who can use undead spells?"
Before anyone could reply, there was a loud, pain-filled scream that pierced the air. Sylvanas recognized it immediately.
"Naruto!" Sylvanas yelled as Sasuke laughed, a crazy glint in his eyes once more.
"Now you see your inferiority compared with the Uchiha… we will find justice!" Sasuke yelled crazily as he stormed towards the group of High Elves, the shield opening up to form a crossbow, "SHI NEEEE!"
(A/N: The Romanization for "go die" or "die!" in Japanese is Shi Ne)
The crossbow tensed, before firing at such a velocity that the air around it shimmered, and a torrent of waves formed behind it – sonic boom. Sylvanas tensed herself, preparing for the inevitable clash, when…
A blade flashed out and intercepted the missile, disintegrating it.
"Back off, Death Knight. The Paladin is mine. I intend to repay him for my leg," Darkterror growled as he held his blade at the ready, "that means this bitch is also mine."
"Yours? Don't make me laugh. How weak are you in comparison to my powers?" Sasuke laughed maniacally, "If you think you're so powerful, take this in the face! Kirin!"
Without warning a blast of thunder flashed down and plowed into Darkterror, the shield that held him from taking damage doing nearly nothing against the voltage that flashed into his flesh, though the insulation provided by it managed to prevent the wide area destruction. When it was over, Darkterror was still standing, though barely, and his smoking skin curled off into wisps of black smoke.
"You're still standing? You're tougher than I thought… no matter," Sasuke said offhandedly, but was unprepared for the sudden pain that went into his system. Darkterror chuckled.
"Unfortunately for you then human, I can Sunder," Darkterror said, "I've been waiting for anyone foolish enough to target me like that. Leaving me standing is a very bad idea, Death Knight. I can now finish you off. Witness MY power!"
And with that, Darkterror also began transforming.
"What's with our luck today?" Sylvanas asked no one in particular, before a blond blur imploded itself in front of her, "Naruto?"
He was in a bad shape; cuts and bruises littered his body, his armor cracked in several places, but the one injury that caught her attention most was a bite-shaped mark on his shoulder that was bleeding and oozing some sort of green, albeit slowly. A sudden flash of yellow caught her eyes, and she watched as the green mist was chased away to be replaced by a yellowish energy – Kyubi's chakra.
"What is that power…?" Sasuke asked as he dodged the first blast of fel energy from Darkterror, before looking at Naruto, "That's not Kyubi's power… is it?"
Meanwhile, Naruto groaned as he sat up, "Wow, that Abomination hurts like a bitch…"
"What happened?"
"An Abomination bit into me – on second thought, I'm not sure if that thing's an Abomination, or something else. It can launch a nasty hook at me."
"You're right, he's not an Abomination. In fact, he is sentient," Arthas added as he strode in front of him, "Like Pudge?"
"Hell no, his bite hurts," Naruto groaned out as he stood up, "I'm finishing this off once and for all. Sylvanas, get back. This is going to get nasty."
"And where am I suppose to run?" Sylvanas asked as Naruto shrugged.
"As far away as possible. I'm launching a Bijuudama if I can," Naruto replied as the Kyubi's chakra enveloped him, leaving him covered in a yellow shroud. Sasuke looked back.
"So it is Kyubi's chakra…" Sasuke murmured as he deflected the transformed Darkterror's claw, "But I have my own trick. You should be thankful, Naruto. You're the first person I used my seal on."
Without warning, Sasuke disappeared, and suddenly multiple gashes appeared on the body of Darkterror, who grunted as he took the damage. Sasuke appeared a few meters away, and flame marks suddenly began covering his skin once more.
"Cursed Seal… I thought Orochimaru is dead… or is it Kabuto now?" Naruto asked as Darkterror swiped down on him, only for Naruto to disappear in a yellow flash, appearing several meters away, "You're not catching me off-guard anymore, Darkterror. In this form I'm faster than even the Raikage now, even if you don't know who he is."
"It matters not. I am also faster than A when in this form. This would be fun… Uzumaki…" Sasuke grunted out as his skin began tearing apart to reveal a grey substance that covered him, even as the yellow chakra covered Naruto completely, and suddenly morphed, and nine tails erupted from behind Naruto, still glowing yellow, before materializing into solid, red tails. The rest of his body remained yellow, however. The two sides simply looked at each other, before both Naruto and Sasuke disappeared, Arthas and Darkterror blinking away only for the three sides to collide in the center, their blades/tails/wings/claws clashing in a massive melee, sending a wave of power that blew away everything.
Almost 500 meters away, Sylvanas and Nortrom were blown backwards by the insane amount of power that radiated out.
"Silence them!" Sylvanas yelled as Nortrom shook his head.
"It will not work. They are not using spells, but rather pure power. Silencing them means little – they are fighting with pure skills now, and only the Lightwing you mentioned would be able to match their power… or Kingston."
"Well neither of them are here now are they?" Sylvanas deadpanned.
"Not quite," a foreign voice called over as they looked, "We managed to break through the main army… or rather Fenix delayed them with the archers. He'll arrive soon, and I shall join in on the melee. Stand back."
And with that, Horus jumped into the fray, clashing his spear in, "Need any help… commander?"
"And here I thought you did not listen to orders from commanders."
"Competent commanders are hard to find. Good commanders that are willing to save their own troops and stand so firmly in the light, going so far as to tame fel energy, is something that comes only once in several lifetimes. The Light has deemed you worthy, thus I am yours to command"
"Funny how things work in this world," Naruto said as the surge provided by Horus caused the stalemate to detonate, sending each faction back by dozens of feet.
"Reinforcements? Let me rectify this problem," Darkterror drawled out as Athaniar appeared.
"You called, master?"
"It's time to show them our power, Athaniar. Let them know the powers of a true demon hunter… and a tamer of demons," Darkterror said as the two erupted in Fel Energy, the corrupting energy blasting away at everything...
"Show them the power of Darkness. Hold nothing back," Arthas instructed as the duo moved in unision, the ground dying beneath their feet...
"Let's go, Horus! Show them how the Alliance will not be triumphed by the likes of them!" Naruto shouted as the duo also moved, and the aura of power hummed in unison, tripling in brightness and lighting up like a solar flare...
Sorry guys, school hosted a week-long field trip last week and I got back just a while ago… it was SO tiring but so fun. I should be able to get a chapter up before I go on a trip to the States. When I do get there though, I should be able to update even faster, so please hold on.