Hello everyone and welcome to my new Naruto cross over, The Prince of Death, formerly known as 'The Lich King Reborn.' This, obviously, means that it won the next Naruto fic poll the first time, I say first as I have reposted it with even more options so please check it out as it will be up and put on the cycle with the other polls I have.

A Couple of things to start off with, 1) Naruto will be like his surrogate father. He will be a butcher to his enemies as his father was, but he will not slaughter those who are not in his way or that don't deserve his wrath (this will be explained later in the chapter). He will care for people that gain his trust, which will be a gauntlet in and of itself, and will protect them with a fury that would make Kyubi beam with pride upon seeing it.

2) He will possess Death Knight and Necromancer powers while also being able to command undead with his mere presence. Which means that YES, he will have a Runeblade and YES it will steal souls from his victims and empower him.

3) This will take place during a different time/version of WoW as Naruto being there would change things. So if some things are different then you believe would occur/have actually occurred, I apologize but we have no idea what Naruto, disregarding being raised by Arthas all together, would do and change if he were there.

4) This chapter, the next, and maybe one more will be in Warcraft, but the rest will be in Naruto's realm. This is centered on him, his training, and his conquests, not him ensuring his Father's. So I will touch subjects and the campaign Arthas is leading while Naruto is being trained by him, but this will NOT be a story where half of the story is about Arthas's conquests and then the other half is going back to Naruto's.

5) Pairings are undecided, though a character from Warcraft, though I doubt many of you know her, that will serve Naruto is likely but will not be the only one paired with him, so feel free to give opinions on that. HOWEVER, check the bottom for the guidelines on giving your opinions on who should be paired with Naruto as I would prefer options that work with this type of Naruto.

Anyway, that should be it for items. There will be a slightly long A/N at the bottom so you may have to search slightly to find the guidelines.

Also some inspiration for this fic goes to VFSNAKE and his Fics, "Naruto of the Force" and "Kitsune Sith Lord." If you haven't checked them out or just haven't checked out VFSNAKE at all, then I highly recommend you do. Just a heads up, he tends to lean towards the pairings of Naruto and Hinata or Naruto, Hinata, and one or more others. Also yes, both fics I mentioned are Star Wars, but I am focusing on the two versions/mindsets/attitudes of Naruto he used/created in those two rather than the actual subject and abilities Naruto held.

Next, this fic will have some time skips here and there for the first two chapters as I would prefer not to have to cram 15+ years of Naruto's Azeroth life, in detail that I could stand behind, in here as the majority is his training under Arthas and a few individuals before going into the war. Also, if I do something that is not canon, then oh well. I left canon the moment I made it so Naruto was being taken by Arthas so canon is dead as far as this story goes.

Lastly, this is set four years after Kyubi attacked Konoha and 10 years since Arthas awakened. But this timeline will be different then how the game progressed, since the creators want the bad guy to lose, and I am changing it up a little besides Naruto being around would change things drastically.

Now that that's settled, let's start the show shall we?

Disclaimer: You know the drill; I don't own Naruto or anything but a few ideas, attacks, and characters. If I owned Naruto, he would have been at Kakashi's and Itachi's level when he was 6.

(Authors Notes)

"Speech"

"Thoughts"

'Conversation thoughts'

"Demon, Undead, Lich King, Dragons, Naruto's Pissed off/Demonic Knight voice"

"Above's thoughts"

'Above's conversation thoughts'

Chapter 1: The King Finds an Heir

You believe you know all about the Lich King and his successor, but you don't know anything at all. Here is the real tale about a King's need and a boy's rise to power.

Elemental Nations: Fire Country: Konohagakure: 4 Years since the Kyubi attack: Night Time

It had been four years since Minato Namikaze sealed the beast known as Kyubi into his newborn son, Naruto. It has been four years of peace for the village and everyone is content and happy. Except one person that is. You see the villagers never honored the request to see his son as a hero and to protect him while the Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, never really cared as he didn't feel he could assert his position without risking it being lost and if that meant allowing the public to get their ten pounds of flesh, literally in some instances, from the boy then he would allow it so long as they didn't actually kill him. Of course, this was kept from people who would have stopped it; Namely the Clan Heads, friends of the boy's parents, and the boy's godparents, the former using their clans to protect the boy and make many unhappy, the middle striking down anyone who tried to harm the boy, and the latter either taking the boy away or staying to crush anyone who tried to harm him.

Hiruzen now stood on a building watching Naruto run for his life, again, from a mob, again, while waiting for them to catch him, beat him for a good while, and then he would swoop in and save him so Naruto would feel indebted and loyal to him and he could ensure Naruto stayed in the village, again. Seeing them corner him in an alley, Hiruzen left the area to gather a few Anbu to 'control' the situation. You see, Hiruzen, never believing in the teachings of his predecessors or their families' views on Jinchuriki, couldn't allow the people who would defend Naruto to do so because the boy HAD to be loyal to Konoha and protect it as it would deter anyone from trying to go to war with them since Naruto held the strongest of the Tailed Beasts. Jinchuriki were weapons and Naruto was going to be one for Konoha no matter what had to be done to ensure it occurred. The rest of the world could burn and its people suffering eternal torment for all he could care, as long as Konoha was the strongest and stood above everything else.

If he only knew that some of that would occur to people in the future and the man/entity that would be the catalyst was approaching as the current attack was happening or that he was about to lose that which he desired to keep and his views would unleash a wrath upon him that he could never have fathomed.

In the nearby shadows and darkness

A man outfitted in grey plate armor, a tri horned helmet, black cape, a pale blue glowing sword underneath said cape, and all of said armor and sword were covered in skulls, stood in the shadows watching the mob attack while three figures stood beside him. One was a man outfitted in black plate armor with twin swords strapped to his side and pale skin from what was shown, another was a skeleton with sharpened teeth and elongated canines that was wearing long flowing robes and a headdress while he gave off a chilling feeling, and the last was a woman who was dark skinned, white haired, and had blood red eyes, pointed ears, and light metal armor that accentuated her body's curves with a hooded cloak covering most of her form.

The first was Arthas Menethil, the Death Knight turned Lich King, the man was Falric Malwyn, Arthas's most trusted captain when they were human and now Arthas's most trusted Death Knight and Commanding General of the Death Knight order, the skeleton was the wizard turned Necromancer turned Lich known as Kel'Thuzad who was Arthas's Majordomo (Advisor, trusted confidant, etc. etc.), and the last was Vereesa Windrunner, younger sister to Sylvanas Windrunner (not OC) and Shadow Hunter in service to Arthas of her own freewill after she aided in the destruction of Quel'Thalas by showing Arthas the way into her people's home and then was killed by her own people before Arthas resurrected her.

Now, you might be wondering why these beings were here, well the answer is they felt the power of Kyubi during the attack four years ago from their realm and spent time and energy to find a way to this realm. Now they were here and were bearing witness to the holder of the being they were searching for, "These fools harm that which they could use to claim more land for themselves. I will never understand mortals, even if I was one at one point and time." Arthas spoke as he saw the boy fight back, only to be harmed worse.

The others nodded, "They are hopeless, my king, they are not ignorant because no one has taught them better, they are ignorant because they choose to be. What are your orders?" Kel'Thuzad spoke as he saw the boy actually held high potential as seen from the multitude of wounds Kel'Thuzad could see him being inflicted with and he was still struggling.

Arthas stood there a moment, "Kill them, but spare the boy. Kel, prepare the gate to return home, we'll be taking the boy with us." They nodded and Falric charged forward before cutting down members of the mob while Vereesa shot them with her bow and Arthas calmly walked forward before leaping over and standing in front of the boy, "You will not harm this boy." Arthas stated while Falric stopped his attack for his King to keep their attention while Vereesa held her bow still until the fools made a foolish move.

The mob froze at the sight of the man in front of them, "Hey! Get out of the way so we can kill that demon!" Shouted a random villager while the crowd gave shouts of confirmation and Naruto hid behind his savior.

The response they thought they would get was him moving once he realized this boy was a Jinchuriki/demon and then aiding them in attacking. The response they got was a dark and chilling laughter, "You fools, the boy isn't a demon. He merely is the prison for it and I cannot allow you to harm him as he could be of use to me." In a swift motion he drew his sword and cut ten in half while their souls were absorbed by his blade, Frostmourne. As if on cue, Falric cleaved through another dozen and 6 more were dead with black arrows, which then rose up as skeletons outfitted in armor with a large shield and sword that began attacking the mob as well. The mob charged Arthas but he simply raised his sword and cut through another five before his sword pulsed and the corpses, that didn't change into Dark Minions (the skeletons), reformed and started attacking the mob as well.

Within moments, the mob was dead or turned into Dark Minions to serve Arthas as his soldiers. Arthas then turned towards Naruto who was looking at Arthas with both awe and fear, "Do not fear me boy." "That comes later."He spoke and then added mentally, "If I planned to harm you, then I would have allowed that mob to continue with attacking you."

Naruto seemed relieved at that and bowed before smiling, "Thank you Mr…" Naruto spoke before stopping as he had no idea how to address the man before him.

Arthas smiled at the boy from behind his helmet, "Arthas Menethil, I am also known as the Lich King and leader of the Undead Scourge in another world called Azeroth, which lies beyond the true boundaries of this world." He stated while seeing Naruto's eyes widen.

"Wow, it's an honor to meet you, your majesty. Oh, I'm Naruto Uzumaki, sir." Naruto said while bowing again having seen other people do the same when the Daimyo came to the village at times.

Arthas chuckled, "You are very respectful young man. I feel that I must ask; do you know why they attack you?" Arthas stated as he wanted to know how much the boy knew, especially since two of the souls that he just took were knowledgeable about Naruto. Both were privy to information on what was sealed into the boy exactly, who the boy's parents were, and what he was entitled to for his lineage as well as what happened to his families on both sides. One man held this information because he had some… dealings, so to speak, with a pink haired, which Arthas found strange, member of the Civilian Council, which Arthas found ludicrous as civilians had no right to have a say in military affairs, on an almost weekly basis and another man that was apparently part of a 'shutdown' military program of this village. The man's job was to ensure the boy didn't die if Hiruzen wasn't fast enough to stop the situation.

Naruto nodded and looked down, "Yes, they hate me for having the Nine Tailed Demon Fox sealed inside me." Arthas raised an eyebrow at the fact that apparently this world's demons were animals in appearance as the demons of his world were classified as monstrosities, but Naruto took it as Arthas asking how he knew what was sealed inside him, "With the constant beatings and close brushes with death that I have experienced, it is only natural that I met it since it has kept me alive. Well, it did before stating that if I didn't become stronger to become a worthy host, then it was not going to help me much more than necessary for it to survive."

[Using it for the Fox for the time being, because 1) Naruto doesn't know it has gender let alone what it is as they are at the whole 'I'll help keep you alive but nothing more' phase right now and 2) if you want Kyubi paired with Naruto then I will make it a female and if not then it will be male. The only other time I see a female Kyubi working when not paired with Naruto is when she takes on a mothering role or in the case of one story I read, she ACTUALLY IS/WAS his mother].

Arthas nodded at the reasoning, both for knowing of the fox and its willingness to help, if he himself were somehow sealed into a being then he would not tolerate a weak host as that would be an insult to his power and title, "Then I may have an offer for you boy." He saw he had Naruto's attention, "I require a successor, and while I am unlikely to die and am still able to have heirs, I feel you have great potential and I have lived long by planning out every scenario possible and there must always be a Lich King. However, I require only strong heirs so if this Demon of yours will train you in this world's arts and forms of combat, then I shall train you in ours and make you into a force that is worthy of both of us. Also, you may turn down the Throne should you wish and I will grant a request should it be in my power to do so. So child, what say you and your tenant?"

Naruto's eyes beamed in excitement before they glazed over and then changed back, "The Fox said it agrees." Arthas saw he was holding something back and motioned for him to speak, "But it also says that if you try to take its power or try to enslave us in any way, then it will show you why it is the strongest of the Tailed Demons." Naruto finished nervously as this man could strike him down or rescind the offer to train him if he felt insulted.

However, he was shocked when Arthas laughed, "I would expect nothing less from a Demon Lord. But no, even I could not control or harness such power without assuming a large risk. So your tenant has nothing to fear of me. Now come along and remember that no matter what you see or sense, nothing will harm you while I am around." "Except during your training, of course." Arthas stated and then added mentally as he was already planning out how to train the boy and was sure the Demon was doing the same, "Falric." The other man Naruto saw came up and stood at attention, "You and Vereesa take young Naruto back to Kel and cross over as soon as he is done. I sense some people coming to stop us and I will keep them from doing so."

Falric nodded and motioned the boy, who would more than likely be his commander one day if he proved himself, to follow him while the Dark Minions took up positions around him while the woman took the front beside Falric, though Naruto blushed at her beauty and her outfit, which for some reason got her to smile, but not in any form of amusement. As they left, Arthas stood in the center of the street outside the alley with Frostmourne grasped in his hands, point down, in front of him while breaking his control over the corpses, as they were just limited ones not true Undead, this caused them to explode in blood and gore. All of which, missed Arthas entirely.

Less than a minute later, Hiruzen and 6 Anbu jumped down in front of him, notably a Dolphin, Dog, Weasel, and Cat masked Anbu, the other two were just cannon fodder, "What have you done with Naruto Uzumaki?" Hiruzen demanded while suppressing his shutter at the feeling of death the figure before him gave off along with the blade he held, while the Anbu were doing the same.

This feeling only increased as the person chuckled darkly, "I don't know a boy by that name, I do know a boy named Naruto Uzumaki Namikaze, son of Minato 'Yellow Flash' Namikaze also known as the Fourth Hokage and Kushina 'Red Death' Uzumaki the Crown Princess of Whirlpool and the former container of the Kyubi no Kitsune, which is now imprisoned inside Naruto." As he finished speaking, he saw Hiruzen and the four specifically identified members of Anbu stiffen before the four directed Killing Intent at Hiruzen, "Yes I know who and what he is. And I can honestly say that I am disgusted that you would betray him and his family like that, especially since you allowed his mother's murderer to go free and even lied to his grandparents about him, which in turn means you betrayed them and your predecessor since his grandmother's grandmother was your teacher's sister in law and was also the first container of the Kyubi."

This got further shocked looks and the four Anbu were now directing even more Killing Intent at Hiruzen with rage evident in their stances, "Then there is the fact that you willingly allow him to be beaten into submission and nearly killed on a DAILY basis to force him to be this village's lapdog and slave and keep the competent and caring soldiers from getting to him before he has been dealt what you consider appropriate levels of damage. However, that will change now that I have taken him under my wing and am making him my heir."

Arthas finished stating while feeling the four getting angrier at Hiruzen, who was ready to have a heart attack at the prospect of losing the Kyubi, "You will not take Naruto, his place is here!" Hiruzen rushed forward only for Arthas to backhand him, with speed that shouldn't be possible with the armor Arthas wore, and send him flying into a wall.

Arthas simply rolled his neck, "You have allowed time to crush you, old man. I, on the other hand, can and have transcended time and kept my body in shape. Your current form is too pathetic to be a threat to me." Arthas stated while feeling the Anbu were hesitant since he basically just treated the leader of their village, aka the strongest person in the village, like an Anbu would treat a civilian attacker that had no training… and was blind… and deaf… and only had two fingers holding the weapon they were attacking with… while only using one leg to move, "The boy is already gone and is beyond your reach. Even his Demon is willing to go along with this to have a host that is worthy of containing it… or did you assume he was so foolish that all those near death experiences wouldn't have forced him to meet the very thing keeping him alive throughout the pain he was enduring. You are a sad and path…"

He was stopped as the two no named Anbu struck out at him and in a swift motion he bisected one and blasted the other with a putrid green skull. The second one dropped screaming as his body withered away into nothing, Arthas then pivoted and backhanded Dolphin, before spinning and kicking Dog in the chest. He then turned his blade and slammed the side of it into Cat, before he swatted away a fireball from Weasel, and then moved forward and buried his fist into Weasel's gut forcing him to hunch over and then get sent flying backwards from the hit. Arthas merely retook his starting position as he looked at them trying to get back up, "You mortals are all fools; I may have been one of you in the past but no longer. You are not even worth my time, but be warned should you continue to test my patience, not even your gods will interfere to save you."

He paused for a minute before sighing, "More insects to deal with." He stated as more Anbu came into the clearing with weapons brandished. He simply raised his blade again and the Anbu he bisected and some of the mob corpses rose while being extremely pale, "Deal with them until I am gone." He commanded while adding the mental command of, "Do not kill or cripple the old one or the four injured. The old one will be dealt with in time and the four actually did their job when they were not being conspired against."

As he finished giving orders, he turned and started walking away. Of course, Hiruzen and the others tried to stop him, but met heavy resistance from the corpses as no matter how much damage they did to them, the corpses just attacked again. Meanwhile, Arthas walked to where Kel'Thuzad held the portal, "Are we done here my King?" Asked the Lich as he saw his King and friend approach him, and the gate he maintained, with a purpose showing in his steps.

Arthas stayed silent a moment before a cruel smile made its way to his face, "WE are done here, but I feel my new heir has only just begun to deal with this village." Arthas stated cryptically as he turned just before entering the portal to see the Hokage there with his robes gone and showing his samurai type armor that was dented and he himself was scraped and beat up, "Begin praying my heir never returns here. For if he does, it will be the end of you and no one, not even your gods or soldiers will help you." Arthas stated while going through the portal with Kel'Thuzad, the latter of which had frozen the Hokage from the feet to his waist… literally, before the portal closed behind them.

Azeroth: Northrend: Icecrown Citadel: At that moment

Arthas exited the portal to find Naruto sitting cross-legged on the floor of his Citadel. He turned to Falric who simply bowed, "He stated the demon inside wanted to talk and he should get comfortable."

Arthas nodded and was about to reply when they felt a surge of Demonic energy come from Naruto and saw his body filling out more as muscles seemed to grow on him while his fingers were claws and his whisker marks got more defined. Naruto opened his eyes to show they were red and slitted before they returned to normal along with his whisker marks and fingers, "I'm sorry if I have disrupted something your majesty, but Kyubi was telling me that my body was damaged from the trauma I had suffered and did a small jumpstart to get my body back into shape to train while it works on finishing the procedures to heal me completely."

Arthas nodded while being intrigued, "Interesting, can it jumpstart you again? And what level of effectiveness are you at right now?" He asked as he wanted the boy to be ready to train immediately and Arthas planned to be a better king and instructor than his own father ever was. Especially since Naruto's potential with his lineage alone was staggering and then add the Demon Fox, the training he would receive, and whatever Arthas could add to the mix and Naruto could rival him during his Death Knight days before Naruto even turned 20.

Naruto's eyes glazed for a second before stating, "Yes, but it would take some time as my body can't handle it yet. Also my effectiveness is at 80% according to Kyubi. It says that in a few years' time it should be able to jumpstart me again and fully restore my body to the point where there would be no trace of what I had gone through."

Arthas nodded and motioned for Naruto to follow him before walking over to a large ledge that overlooked a frozen landscape with large black gates blocking the ways into the land in the distance, "This is my kingdom Naruto and there are those who wish to take it from me and then kill me. They think that I am my predecessor and hate me for my path of destruction that I caused while in the service to my predecessor. However, it was necessary as it was done to allow this realm's people a chance to destroy an army that sought to enslave and consume this world before moving to others. While in the service to my predecessor, I was controlled to the point that I was only able to be myself in combat or when I held conversations with my fellow Scourge commanders, but even then I had limited control and had to hide my feelings on different subjects so the former Lich King would not be aware of it. I made many enemies that way and many more as they either want me dead to destroy my undead minions or to take my place and then conquer the world. I desire this world as it is in turmoil and many beings in it do just deserve to die and the so called heroes of this world are too busy either focusing on me, flaunting their power and wealth, or using their power to get something they want, to pay attention to the people that are suffering. I also desire a realm beyond an open portal, called Outland, in order to do what my enemies were unable to do and destroy the remnants of the enemy I spoke of before. I do not want all races dead, but I do want obedience and loyalty." Arthas stated before he then explained to Naruto that his forces were losing for five years of war until five years ago when he destroyed his predecessor and assumed total control.

How he then began coordinating attacks and such that pushed his enemies away from his main stronghold and this was continuing, "Now young one, I hope to turn you into a destructive force that can aid me in crushing the rest of the invaders before expanding to claim this world and its races as my soldiers. If it is not possible in my lifetime, then I want you to do so as my Heir which is why I wish to tell you about your parents and give you a new name in addition to your own that will be used when you are leading while your true name will be for those close to you."

Naruto's eyes widened and before he could ask questions, Arthas raised his hand, "I will not tell you now. You need more control because from what I was able gleam from one of the ninjas of your world is that when you get into any emotional level you can't handle, then you release your demon's power which could prove dangerous to myself and my allies as our power originated from a Demon's and we do not wish to risk it. However, as I know you are a curious lad, if you are able to discern who your father was on your own, without your Demon's help, then I will reveal everything I know. Is that agreeable?"

At Naruto's nod, Arthas grinned and replied, "Marvelous, then, from this point on, you will be known to any servants of yours as Ammon Menethil, The Prince of Death, and we will begin your training immediately." With that Arthas led him back into the Citadel.

6 years later

In the last six years, Naruto had excelled and grown from the scared child that Arthas had saved into a warrior prodigy and had been a great boon to the Scourge as they continued to push back the invaders of Northrend. All of Icecrown was now free again and the Storm Peaks were getting there. This was partially accomplished by Naruto sneaking into Alliance, Horde, and the Neutral faction's camps whether normal or under a Henge to poison the supplies or sabotage the armories. What shocked the actual intelligent Undead commanders was how easily they had come to care for the boy and not just because he was the future leader if Arthas fell. Arthas was even at the point that he actually cared for Naruto as a son and began planning on getting him mother figures as he had his eye on some women that he truly cared for and could be powerful queens to rule beside him and aid Naruto in growing as well.

One such person was his first love Jaina Proudmoore, who he turned when he himself snuck into Theramore and showed that he still had the same feelings and loyalty that he always did while there was no trace of Ner'zhul left. She joined him and then he converted her to a new mage version of a Death Knight called a Shadowmancer. She was essentially a mage combined with a necromancer but with the powers of a Voidwalker and had powers over darkness and shadows. Needless to say, Arthas aided in her training before having her train more soldiers in the arts.

Now, you all might be going, 'WHAT THE HELL DO YOU MEAN LOVE?! HE CARVED HIS HEART OUT TO GET RID OF THAT LOVE BECAUSE HE THOUGHT IT WAS A WEAKNESS!' And NORMALLY you would be correct, however it was Ner'zhul's influence that wanted him to do it as he feared Arthas may break free from his control and influence if Jaina ever confronted him. For this reason, and the fact that Ner'zhul couldn't lead effectively besides brute force and sheer numbers, Arthas and his Death Knight side obliterated Ner'zhul's soul and then fused together to lead the Scourge to greatness. So Arthas still kept his love of Jaina and one other, while his Death Knight Side held love for two specific women also and their combined mind wanted another specific woman.

One such woman happened to be none other than Sylvanas Windrunner, whom he convinced when he showed that her younger sister had actually willingly joined Arthas and was not killed by him like Sylvanas had been led to believe by the former king of her people. You see, Sylvanas had known her people were becoming corrupt and were even planning on breaking their alliance with the Humans and such to expand their borders while thinking that they were invincible with the Sunwell's power at their command. Then Arthas attacked and the only reason she had fought back instead of fleeing with the good Elves, as she felt the Sunwell was more of a curse than an asset, was because she was told that Arthas had butchered her sisters, which was now known to be a lie as Vereesa had joined him willingly and Alleria (her older sister that is not an OC) had apparently been killed near Silvermoon while Arthas was still fighting at the first Elf Gate. Arthas then found her corpse and felt the rage of her spirit and turned her into a banshee that happened to be Sylvanas's right hand woman.

Of course, now you're all wondering 'Well how the heck does that possibly translate to either of them having feelings for the other?' Well, Arthas was intimate with her throughout her service between him converting her and Illidan attacking the Frozen Throne, but had NEVER actually ORDERED her to be with him or to enjoy their time and the only reason she would have denied it was because of her hatred for him. Now that the reason for her hatred was gone, and the fact that she had met him a few times in his younger years (Arthas stated in the game that he had been to Quel'Thalas before), she was willing to attempt a relationship and she became the second queen two years after Naruto had been saved by Arthas and both she and Jaina took a shine to the boy rather quickly and aided in his training and schooling.

Now, since Sylvanas was no longer keeping Arthas's control from reaching her soldiers and Naruto/Kyubi had actually been able to restore his control to what it was before Illidan attacked the Frozen Throne, Arthas retook control of the Forsaken. He immediately began restructuring them to be more effective while also ordering the Forsaken to remain like they were still the Horde's allies until he was ready to strike. The shocking part was that most of those who could have resisted and even freed themselves and others from Arthas' control; didn't and seemed to be content to serve Arthas again.

Back to Naruto, he had grown in the past six years and had not changed much as Arthas decided to wait until his body was at its peak before he would give Naruto powers of the Undead. Arthas had told him of his birth parents, his heritage, and the crimes of Konoha had committed, a year ago and the results were surprising as power had exploded from Naruto in a fury. However, the truly shocking thing was it was NOT demonic in nature and Kyubi even confirmed that the power was all Naruto. Apparently, Naruto's Chakra Network had given him a massive amount of Mana when he came to this world and he could utilize both Chakra and Mana without one affecting the other. They were also pleasantly surprised to find that combining the two forces created attacks that were on par with an Archmage's power as Chakra was wild, a force of nature, and untamed while Mana was controlled, flowing, and directed.

Here and now though, Naruto was now able to get the jumpstart from Kyubi and was currently standing in an open fjord with his torso bare and him standing in a meditative pose. While they would deny it to anyone, those gathered, the four rescuers, the other commanders, and the queens, were all worried about this as he was informed that if he and Kyubi were not careful, then he could potentially die. Naruto opened an eye and smiled at his 'family' while the look in his eye promised that he was not going to die. They had already discussed this with him and he simply stated that 'he was the Prince of Death dammit! He wasn't going to let anything bring him down, let alone a power up from a demon.' The others stood away in the fjord and saw him become enshrouded by a dark red sphere of power, "Incredible, such power and this demon is restrained!? This one could rival Archimonde in power alone and then adding in this regeneration factor that Naruto has and it could lead the Legion with little trouble." Was the thought of those gathered there before they saw the sphere slowly start to fade away and reveal a new Naruto.

He stood there with the body of an 18 year old that looked to be built for combat and rigorous training while standing at 6' 5", his whisker marks were more defined, his fingers were claws, and he had shoulder length blood red hair, slitted crimson eyes with the slits being cerulean, lengthened canines, and, most shocking of all, blood red fox ears on his head and a same color tail swishing behind him. Luckily, the power also gave him some clothes as he stood in a pair of red ninja pants and combat boots. While everyone was shocked, most being Kyubi as it had no idea what form Naruto would take afterwards and Vereesa who was blushing up a storm at the sight of Naruto, Naruto simply grinned at them, "Sorry about that."

His voice was deeper now and it served to only increase Vereesa's blush, "Kyubi said that my body was still malnourished and damaged from the first four years and would have taken a few years to restore perfectly so it had to jumpstart my body even harder and even offered to age me to what I would be at 18 to allow myself to take more punishment in training and learn faster. I'm still mentally a 10 year old, but can process like an 18 year old and will age normally once I hit 18. For now though, I will stay like this until that time." Noticing his father looking at him strangely, Naruto turned and saw the tail, "Oh that. Yeah, Kyubi said that I would more than likely have demon blood running through my veins from the sealing and the healing four years ago and that its power would awaken my dormant side this time around. So basically, I'm now a half breed of a human and Demon with powers of both and in addition I can access Demon techniques to be even stronger."

Arthas was both shocked and happy, "This is good news my son. Now that your body is prepared, I can gift you with the powers of a Death Knight and Kel can begin training you in Necromancy." Naruto smiled and nodded as he walked forward and stood before his father while Arthas's power flowed through his hands, "This will hurt, my son."

Naruto nodded and Arthas thrust his hands into Naruto's chest, who screamed out in pain as more power exploded from him and actually forced Arthas back several feet. When Arthas regained his senses, he saw a pillar of white, crimson, purple, and cerulean energy swirling where Naruto stood before the colors combined into black and started condensing into a figure before they saw the brand new Naruto. His body was the same as before except now his hair, ears, and tail were white; his eyes were the same form but black instead of crimson and the slitted pupils were crimson with cerulean magatama in a ring around his slitted pupil with purple rings going throughout his eyes.

He held, what Arthas knew as, a Katana but it was double-edged, curved slightly less than usual, serrated on the back edge, at the base of the blade were dual demonic fox skulls with the canines being elongated into blades beside the main blade on both sides(along the flat sides similar to a Sai's [not the person] but two blades on each side and they aren't curved), a handguard came from the base of the fox skulls to the hilt that resembled 9 intertwined tails, and the hilt was the Uzumaki spiral (google a Templar sword and replace the end piece with an Uzumaki swirl inside a kunai ring). The entire sword was black, the serrated edges were white, the fox skull and handguard were crimson, the spiral was cerulean, and the actual handle was purple and grooved to fit Naruto's hand while the entire sword gave off a black glow to it while a black sheath, with a Kyubi, Dragon, Scorpion, and Tiger were on there in Crimson, Cerulean, Purple, and White respectfully, was on his left side attached to him by a belt.

On that note, the boy/man now wore a thin metal armor across his body except his head: his hands were in metal cestuses, his feet were in boots, the belt seemed to be in the style of his home world as it was attached to several pockets/pouches, his legs and chest were in padded plate, a cloak with the hood pulled down was attached to his shoulders, and the whole armor was silver colored with human skull designs on them and accents of black, crimson, purple, and white with each color being the Uzumaki swirl emblazoned on each piece, the mark of the Demons which was a burning demonic skull, which in this case was a fox's skull as Naruto was now part fox demon, a purple ripple pattern in the eyes of the skulls, and the Scourge Emblem respectively. The cloak was also designed with black flames along the bottom of the cloak, a crimson imprint of Kyubi growling viciously while guarding a silver Uzumaki swirl, and white magatama surrounding Kyubi with a rippling purple pattern in the eyes of the Kyubi. All in all, both he and the blade stood as a threat to anyone who stood against them and Arthas and Kyubi couldn't be happier. Kyubi especially since it knew the meaning of the ripple pattern and knew it made the right choice to aid the boy.

Naruto gazed at the blade knowing it was tradition for Death Knights to name their blade/blades and one name echoed out to him, "Death's Embrace."

As he spoke those words, the sword hummed in his hand and the glow intensified as the sword seemed to accept the name. Naruto's eyes then barely glazed over for a moment before he looked towards his father and mothers, "Kyubi informs me that I basically have three forms. One is my Human Form; the next is either my Demon or Death Knight Form, and then this one that I am in, which you could technically call my hybrid form which is both options for form two being active at once. Each one will increase my power by a factor of two and that will only increase as I train more and it does not drain me to be in this state, but for now I think I will remain in my human form to allow my enemies the mistake of underestimating me." He decreased his power slightly and his eyes remained black with the slits going cerulean, his hair stayed white, the whisker marks diminished, and his tail, claws, and ears vanished. All and all he appeared like a white haired teenager with black eyes. He then decreased it further and appeared as a cerulean blue eyed, shoulder length blond haired teenager with whisker marks. As for Death's Embrace, its glow diminished slightly when he reverted from his demon side, and the glow faded to a low aura when he reverted back to his human side before he sheathed the blade.

Arthas smiled at his son with pride as did Jaina and Sylvanas, though the latter also smirked at her younger sister still blushing at the blonde and actually wasn't opposed to it should they get together as she knew Naruto would treat her sister well. Arthas walked forward and patted his son on the head, though they were close in height now, "I am proud of you my son. Once your training has been complete, we will begin to force our enemies from our borders before we then begin marching on their homes and claim these lands."

Naruto nodded, "I won't fail you father. Anyone who stands in my way will be converted or killed and converted. Let all who live tremble before the might of the Scourge." He stated with a tone that told everyone that he planned to kill every mortal on this planet if he had to.

Arthas smiled with pride before leading them back to the citadel to continue Naruto's training. And then? Hehe, then the march of Scourge would begin anew and the world will either submit or die and submit afterwards, "Beware all who stand before the Scourge. Death rules these lands and it now comes for you!" Arthas thought as he already had a proper test for his son when he was ready.

Done! Hope you enjoyed my take on how the war would go so far, though I didn't give you much but that will be made up for later. Next time will, hopefully, be the end of the wars for Azeroth and Naruto's decision on his future. Not that long this time, but it was just the starter chapter. The war will begin in earnest and Naruto will have major battles in the next chapter and gain some new family as well before he returns to his home world.

Please note: When Naruto is ready, he will not have Undead serving him in the traditional sense. He will have resurrected allies, but they will be closer to the Edo Tensei then walking Corpses. That little bit of magic will be saved for when he does that during combat as he will take every advantage he can get. The way I see it, Death Knight + Necromancer + Mana + Chakra + Demon Chakra + Souls willing to return and serve = better form of necromancy than seen in Warcraft when not in the middle of combat.

Also a shout out to METALHELLSPWN who has some interesting challenges up. I have an interest in one, but I have 120+ stories on my 'to write' list so I can't do it for now/the foreseeable future. Check them out and see if any are for you, an author you know, or if you have a suggestion on what you think may make another author want to do it.

Also he had three specific ideas that he wanted people to check out and since he has helped me out, I am helping him out as well, First: "A Brütal legend overlord crossover where Eddie is next overlord but decides to keep his little campaign of conquering on the sidelines while he helps Lars with his battle against the demons. Now backstory, Lars's father was the previous overlord but he walked away from the title saying "it's not for me" but maintains the minions to ensure they stay together when Eddie gets the gauntlet Lars pledges to serve Eddie but he prefers working side-by-side with Lars instead. Will follow canon storyline with some extensions here and there, Eddie will have Lars and Gnarl around him to help minimize the workload Eddie deals with, Brütal world will be at least twice as large if not 3x as large as the original, the minions appearances will be as big as the headbangers for general size, will use different weapons depending on class (clubs or other weapons for browns, razorfire bows for reds, knives similar to Ophelia's for greens, and bass guitars similar to the thunderhogs for the blues), Eddie will have at least a third of the total bouncers for his own army."

Second: "A command and conquer/fallout crossover where the commanders of the Allied Military Command get sent to the world of fallout during an accident involving a chronosphere without a limiter after the event occurs the Commander (your character) takes control of the situation and assigns each of the other commander's jobs that best suited them: Giles for airborne recon, Warren for ground based ops and patrols, Lisette basically becomes the new Eva in being a communications liaison and cyber warfare specialist via hacking restricted areas, robots, terminals, security systems, etc. while the commanders forces protect and patrol the area around there location. They will appear by helping the CO in charge of the HELIOS 1 solar power plant after saving them from a massive legion attack, they agree to help the NCR in taking Hoover Dam and offer their forces to stabilize the territory in exchange they require resources money, materials, manpower, etc. they will help courier six in his quest for revenge when they come across Big MT. They will establish control of the area and put the scientists there to work that will ACTUALLY help the world not their own selfish desires."

Third: A Devil May Cry reincarnation story that has been barely used. Naruto: Second Coming of the Prince of Darkness, where he's the reincarnation of Mundus. Naruto is in the forest of death and gets separated from his 'teammates' and winds up in Mundus's throne room where upon meeting him, enrages Mundus because his reincarnation is so weak. He immediately infuses a third of his power with Naruto while using the Kyubi as a catalyst to jump start the process of powering him up, making Naruto's physical abilities on par with Dante's in a sense he is a high speed type of fighter when the situation calls for it, his skill surpasses Virgil's when he faces stronger enemies (which are ANBU level and above) but overall he's two steps down from Sparda's level of power. After the process(which he absorbs the Kyubi during the procedure), Mundus tells him to prove that he isn't weak so that he can earn more of his power(second third would be just before the VotE fight, final third before the three year training trip which he does in the demon realm). Harem style: older women (Mei Terumi, Anko Miterashi, Tsume Inuzuka and Hana Inuzuka, Tsunami, people like that [though I am a major Naru/Mei fan, never Naru/Hina it's overused and barely makes sense. Would you date your stalker?])

The note about the pairings for Naruto was his wording not mine. So if you're interested; review this story and I will let him know, PM him (which he would prefer), or let another author you know take a look and see if they're interested.

Now, as promised, the guidelines for the pairings: 1) Please state valid arguments for them being paired with Naruto, while following the other guidelines, and not just that, "She is hot" "She needs to be with Naruto" "She didn't get enough screen time so Naruto can resurrect her now" or any of that, please give REAL reasons as it helps provide some depth to their relationship.

2) Please keep in mind that this is basically a DARK Naruto fic. He isn't going to let very many people escape his wrath as he begins his own agenda and conquest of the nations, but he won't destroy those who are surrendering, unless they already earned his wrath, that won't betray him and won't betray those who ally with him. So give opinions with people that would either help with that or can at least support it.

3) Do NOT say Tsunade, Tsume, or anyone that is loyal to a fault/caring towards Konoha/the world at large or a Fangirl. I personally have nothing against either of the two women mentioned, nor the others that fall into the third item, but it will not work for this fic and frankly I think there are too many Sakura and Naruto stories at times and she is still stuck in the Uchiha phase especially since I don't even have Naruto there, and Ino is too loyal to the village/her family is. Older women are fine as Naruto will technically be older than others would normally think as I am having Azeroth time be different than Elemental Countries time. Meaning he may be gone 9+ years in his world but in Azeroth he was there 16+ years.

4) Please do not ask for me to expand this into a massive Harem. I would prefer to keep it from 2-5 and no more.

Here are some examples that would work are: Haku, Tayuya (will not be Uzumaki, but it wouldn't surprise me if she actually was), Kin, Guren (Crystal user from Shippuden), Yakumo Kurama, Yugito, Fu, Kyubi (if picked give a name for her and I will pick the one I like most), Matatabi (two tails same thing with Kyubi's name), Yugao, Anko, Mikoto, Vereesa, and Hinata. IF you have issue with those listed read the next few lines instead of just leaving the fic.

Now, the reasons that the mentioned will work: Haku, could become a tool to Naruto and will serve dutifully (doesn't mean I will kill off Zabuza), Tayuya would probably love to beat the crap out of anyone that looked at her wrong… oh wait, she already does so she would just get someone backing her up and giving her more people to beat on, Kin would like to not be weak and crush Orochimaru, Guren never really had a job she didn't want to take from Orochimaru so she may be open to a new master to keep her safe, also for the last three, they freaken kept serving Orochimaru despite knowing they could be the next experiment on the table so they probably enjoyed some form of their work. Yakumo, I mean really, she has a monster dark side that loved torturing people, the Jinchuriki and Biju would love to crush any and everyone who dared to try and control/harm them.

Yugao would be PISSED if it was discovered that not only did the Village condone Kushina's (who was her sensei for this fic) death, but also covered it up as well. Plus she probably took on Kushina's ruthlessness in battle as well as maybe an Uzumaki's sense of Loyalty. Anko would want payback for all the crap the village put her through and she does LOVE her job in the Torture and Interrogation department. Mikoto, if she found out that the village had ORDERED he son to destroy his clan instead of trying to reason with them, then she would be ticked off at the village and would have a sore spot towards certain villages if I made it where she was almost kidnapped and she was Kushina's best friend when the latter was almost kidnapped, but I will make a slight change to who did the kidnapping if that route is taken. Plus, I get the feeling that Fugaku wouldn't have made it exactly… pleasant during sometimes she was married and heck I could make it so she snapped and helped Itachi, but still pissed that the village ordered him to do it. Vereesa is fully corrupted, not controlled, is serving Naruto, and would not mind being intimate with him as under his command she had freewill.

Now the most controversial one: For those of you who are screaming "NOOOOOOOO" for Hinata, I get it. However, this is fiction and if Naruto was not around anymore and she continually got beaten down by her clan with no real shining light for her, especially having to be around Kiba, Sasuke, and the latter's fangirls on a daily basis when in the academy, then she could have turned into a woman that would have made Sylvanas look tame in her hatred and vindictiveness towards anyone who managed to piss her off, so it is not OUT of the realm of possibility, but I do realize it isn't exactly glaringly obvious either.

Also, IF, and I do mean IF, you can give me enough valid arguments, enough being an amount needed to convince me, on any of the women that fell under the categories or the women that I mentioned as a NO, besides Tsunade and Tsume, then I will consider it.

Anyway, I have said my peace. Also I have a series of polls, not for this fic, at least not yet, on a 2-3 day circulation on my profile.

NOTE: I am NOT taking requests for Arthas as I have chosen for him already. At least for this fic.

Well, that should be it. Later everyone, please review or pm me with your opinions.