OVER 10K WORDS!(1/1/15: 15k will be broken this chapter.)
I should breach 20k before chapter ten. Then people will flock more to it :3
The Balrog line grabs the attention, doesn't it?
And also.
You guys are just full of ideas.
Seriously. Naruto can't use elemental jutsu, but I can do something new.
Like his Chakra Chain, which he learned/gained when he and Kushina fought Kurama. He can make nine of them, but isn't too good with them. Not like his mother.
But anyways. You'll like how I make Naruto fight Smaug. You have NO idea how I'm going to do it ^.^
Naruto stood next to Thorin as Elrond and Gandalf conversed over a map in a cave where the moon was shining on a pedestal.
"I am not about to condone a quest as foolish as this. Twelve dwarves, only one of which is a warrior, a hobbit burglar, an old wizard, and a mercenary that lives in Mordor cannot hope to defeat Smaug the Terrible."
"Nor are we asking you to. We merely need your help finding out about anything hidden on this particular map," Gandalf said, a frown miring his face. He handed Elrond a map, and Naruto noticed Thorin tense.
He grabbed the king's shoulder, and leaned down to whisper in his ear.
"You must not act rashly. Elrond can decipher the hidden things on your map than your kin can. Whilst you and yours may know the underground and mountains better than anyone else, the elves are masters of the land and skies. Stay a while after we are finished here. I will get Elrond and Gandalf, and we will all have a much needed talk," Naruto said. The dwarf wrenched his shoulder free and sneered, but nodded.
Naruto frowned as his body churned under his skin, and his chakra began to burn him.
He took a step forward, only to end up eating the stone wall of the room he was staying in.
Naruto blinked, and turned and took another step. His vision blackened for less than a nanosecond, and he was five feet away from his last position.
"Well, this is new."
He sat down, and began to meditate. Almost immediately, he felt his chakra calm, and respond to his will once more.
'So I can teleport. What about my Kage Bunshin,' Naruto asked himself. He pulled half his chakra from his body and made it into a body of it's own.
When he opened his eyes, a perfect copy of him was there. Only, it was inanimate. The copy would not respond to any of his tests.
Naruto sighed, and reabsorbed his chakra. A fist hammered on his door three times,
"Naruto? You've been summoned by Lord Elrond," came the voice of Thorin. Naruto Gandalf had sat him down last night and managed to convince him to not despise all Elven-kind for the actions of one.
So, needless to say, Thorin's rather impressive hatred of elves had been diverted towards one target: Thranduil. Elrond was fine with this, as he knew he would react similar if such a situation were to happen to him. Gandalf had not been pleased he was still broiling with hatred, but he WAS pleased that it was directed at something other than everything related to elves.
Naruto had been happy, as Thorin had previously not been enjoying the merriment the Elves had been engaging in, as they celebrated something.
He stood up, and left his room.
Elrond and Gandalf looked at one another as Naruto stepped into the room.
"You called for me, Lord Elrond, Master Gandalf," he said as he approached them.
"Naruto, would tell us of your more recent times in Mordor," Gandalf said. Naruto sighed and looked at them.
"His Eye is lidded, but He can still Gaze from it. He Watches me, and I cannot escape His Sight so long as I am in His home. The Lord exerts full dominion over His Lands already, and I fear He is at Dol Guldur. His forces have been on our heels, and we have been fortunate enough to be that much faster than they are."
"Then the dark lord is awake," Elrond asked.
Naruto shook his head.
"Not yet. He is waking, but slowly. Were it not for my interference, he would have been far stronger today than he is. He does not wish to rouse suspicion, but he is both shrewd and cunning. In exchange for four years worth of power, he has nullified every kill I and anyone else has made within Mordor. An army of Wraiths, numbering in the thousands."
Elrond and Gandalf looked troubled at this.
"Then we are fortunate to have you here. Lady Galadriel and Lord Saruman are here also. If you could, tell Amon to summon them," Elrond said. Gandalf looked shocked at this.
"There is no need for that, Lord Elrond. We are here," came a new voice.
Naruto turned, and saw a Wizard in all white and an Elven Lady behind him. Behind Naruto, Gandalf stood straighter, and began to comb his beard with his fingers. His three friends were smiling at him, but Gandalf was only managing an embarrassed smile towards the Lady.
"Greetings, Naruto Wraithslayer, wielder of the Faerdagnir. I am Saruman the White, and the Lady is Lady Galadriel of Lorien," Saruman said. Naruto bowed his head.
"Greetings, Master Wizard, Lady of Lorien."
"Good! Now that you all know who one another is, I would like for Naruto to begin his recount of his time in-"
Gandalf would have continued, had a shadow not overtaken the tower. A cold laughter filled the room, and Naruto groaned as he recognized the voice.
"There is no hope for you pesky immortals. You cannot hope to match my power, even as I am now," the voice said. A small orb of fire appeared in the center of the room, appearing as an eye.
"Sauron. You are Awake, then," Naruto said. His voice was hard, and his hand was on the hilt of his blade.
"Oh put your hand down, Heir of Morgoth. I'm not a spirit, and I currently have no physical form for you to cut. Your blade is useless. You will not succeed in your quest."
Gandalf and Saruman stood up as one, staffs glowing dimly at the tip.
"We WILL succeed, Dark Lord, because we are the Light! You were banished once before, and we will banish you once again! Forever, just like your Master," Gandalf said.
"Without your Ring of Power, you will not be able to gain dominion over the lands of Men and Elves," Saruman added.
"Yes. Three Wizards, a few hundred Elves, and MAYBE a thousand men. The forces of Darkness are on my side, numbering in the hundred thousands, and I have something equals you, Heir of Morgoth!"
Naruto narrowed his eyes, as the eyes of his companions turned to him.
"Oh yeah? And what is that," he asked, his jaws clenched shut.
"I have your memories. BASK IN THE FUTILITY OF YOUR TASK!"
The Eye vanished, and everyone stared at Naruto.
"You are not of this world," Galadriel said as she stared into Naruto's mind. The Shinobi directed her to the most important parts of his memories willingly.
"True... But with Sauron in possession of a copy of my memories, that is almost irrelevant. I have many powerful enemies and friends, and Sauron can recreate them to serve him with his power," Naruto said.
"We need to leave now. You said we have only a few weeks to get to Erebor before the door would not open again until next year," Gandalf said.
The others nodded.
"Very well then. We will depart," Saruman said. Naruto and Gandalf nodded, and left.
Naruto was frowning deeply.
His life had just gotten MUCH harder.
Naruto stood at the base of a mountain, behind the Company, as they began to walk the most obvious path up the mountain.
Half way up, a storm began to rage, waylaying them in their path.
"Into this cave," Gandalf shouted from a few feet in front of the Company, and the Company obeyed.
A bolt of lightning hit the cliff face, shaking it. Kili stumbled, and screamed as he fell, and Fili immediately grabbed him. The weight was too much, however, and the second Dwarf began to fall as well...
...Until Bilbo grabbed Fili, and Dwalin grabbed Bilbo. Bofur and Bifur pulled on Dwalin, and Naruto made his way to pull Bifur ahead.
Kili and Fili were pulled up, and the group advanced more. Then Bilbo's foot slipped out from under him on the loose edge of the path, and he fell. A stout arm quickly grabbed his, and Naruto inwardly smiled when he saw the arm belonged to Thorin.
The Dwarven King of Erebor pulled the Hobbit up, and the Company finally joined Gandalf in the cave.
"Why are you even here? You are not a burglar, or even a warrior! You've done naught but complain this entire trip of how much you miss your filthy hole in your quaint little village," Thorin shouted at Bilbo, who flinched, but stood resolute all the same.
"Yes, I miss my home. And if some overgrown, fire breathing lizard took it from me, I'd be angry, and lost, and even more so if my only hope was a king who was too scared to risk his men to help my people. But that's why I'm still here. Because you guys don't have a home, and you miss it something fierce. Enough to throw together a ragtag group of Dwarves to reclaim it, even though nobody else is helping you. I'm still here, and not in my home because I want to help you get your home back," Bilbo said.
Naruto and Gandalf smiled at the entrance of the cave as Thorin growled and laid down in his sleeping roll.
"Have you ever tried Old Toby, Naruto? It is quite good for the nerves," Gandalf said, as he wiped his pipe off on his beard and offered it to him.
Naruto eyed the pipe warily as he took it, and inhaled the burning pipe-weed.
His body almost instantly relaxed, and he sighed in contentment as he passed Gandalf his pipe back. The shinobi's eyes rolled into the back of his head as smoke exited from his nose.
Gandalf chuckled and wiped the pipe off again and took a drag of it.
'First timers,' he thought with an amused chuckle, as Naruto was knocked out by the strong pipe-weed.
Eight pairs of eyes opened in unison, and looked at one another.
"He needs our power," said the first pair. The other eyes moved up and down and up again, a nod.
The floor below opened into a portal to Naruto's body, and the eight eyes poured their power through it and into Naruto.
"Rise, Naruto Wraithslayer, Son of Melkor, heir of Morgoth," a voice said from the darkness. A single red eye opened, revealing the ultimate Doujutsu.
The Rinne Sharingan.
The Eye of the Ten Tailed Demon Wolf.
And cut.!
Yes, I gave Sauron the Mangekyou. He cannot get the Rinne Sharingan, as Naruto is the only way he could, because it needs a Mangekyou and a Rinnegan, which needs a Mangekyou in an Uzumaki's body. However, I'm bringing another Naruto character over, and then Naruto will get the biggest upgrade ever.
It'll be okay. Because next we see the One Ring, and the first actual zombies.
They're Necromancer-type zombies, by the way. The Dead and the Revived and Controlled Kind.
Edit 1/1/15: So. The next update will break the 20k barrier :) I am on a roll!