A sword. Myth says the lands were made when the Gods lifted a coral sword from the ocean and four perfect drops fell back. It is a weapon that has both protected and murdered. It is not an evil thing.

Naruto slashed the things chasing him with the sword in his hands. They all froze as the blade hit them and those that didn't 'die' shattered when his fist followed it.

It is a tool that has often been used for evil purposes. But no one would say that it in itself is evil. Only men are.

A stronger creature then the ones that chased him appeared before Naruto. It wasn't after him like the things, he had just moved too close to it. The rune blade in his hands, Frozenfury, hit the claw of the windigo, knocking it aside. Naruto charged forward, shouldering it and pushing both it and himself to the ground. Naruto rolled forward, standing on it's chest, and stabbed it in the heart. He could feel its life force sucked from it and placed into him.

Anyone could tell you these things. Like any weapon, it only kills when it is used to. But they would all be wrong.

Naruto had backed into a wall. "Looks like today is a good day to die," he said as he growled at the creatures that were sent after him.

A spider like creature began to hiss. "You will come with usss. You will ssserve."

"I serve no one or no thing," Naruto told it, lifting Frozenfury in challenge. His eyes glowed a violent blue. He grimaced as he noticed the windigo began to stand. The undead thing stood and looked at him.

"I exist to serve, master," it said to him

One of the ghost like ones howled a little. "Yesss, you are powerful. Our Lord was correct in changing you. How do you resist him?"

Because there is a sword that is the very embodiment of evil. Made to devour the souls it has slain. It also destroyed the soul of its wielder, a man by the name Arthus. Frostmourn is its name. And the world is not fortunate enough for it to be one of a kind.

"No one controls me," Naruto growled. The blade in his hand was not unlike the original in design. This bastard sword, meant to be held in one hand or both, had the skull of a dragon carved into the hilt instead of some demon. That was the only difference. And it was given much the same power. It tried to destroy the soul of Naruto when it was forced into his hand.

"You have no soul," the Banshee said. "You have no place that will accept you." Her face twisted in surprise as Frozenfury tore through her midsection.

"I had a spare," Naruto growled at her. Her knowledge flowed into him. At one time, she was an elf by the name of Elaine Whisperwind. But most importantly, the knowledge about mana as well. She fell to the ground, but didn't disappear. "Kill them," Naruto told the the undead windigo.

Summoned by a powerful demon by the name of Illidan, the Kyuubi and his container were thrown into the realm of Northrend. When he came to, he was surrounded by creatures of the undead. They took him to the Frozen Thrown, to the Lich King. Where he decided this one would become his newest Death Knight. Had he known before the danger he truly possessed, he would have had Naruto killed and his body destroyed.

When he came to once again, he was in a room where a set of black plate armor waited for him. Naruto knew not what happened, just that it was big. His hair turned white and his black and orange jumpsuit was gone. He dressed in the armor that felt like he had only put on a set of cloths. Grabbing the only weapon he saw, a bastard sword, walked over to what could be called a window. It was just a portal in the ice that made the walls. Seeing his breath mist surprised him as he didn't feel the cold.

Naruto looked at the bodies around him. They were truly dead. He didn't know what was going on. But from what he gathered with each kill, the shit had really hit the fan this time. He had somehow been changed by his sword. It had tried to take his soul but had taken the Kyuubi's instead. He was about to leave again when he heard something moan from the ground. It was the banshee.

Naruto stood over her, ready to plunge Frozenfury into her again. "What... What happened? How did I get free?"

Naruto lowered his sword and knelt by her. "I know not," he said, surprising himself with his language. "But it was probably caused when I hit you with my sword, Frozenfury."

"...Naruto," she said, recalling his name as she began to float again.

"I am," he replied. "You are a banshee, are you not? Able to possess other beings?"

"Yes..."

"I might have use for you, please come with me."

"Why?"

"Why not? Do you prefer here in this frozen waste?"

"...I want to see my home again. If you can do that, I will swear to you."

"Then let us go." Naruto turned as began to run again. He had ran from that place, Ice Crown, because none of this made sense. But with each soul the sword took, Naruto learned just a bit more. "How long can you hold it?"

"Until the body dies after two weeks. The host souls and myself are always fighting for control and it tears the body apart after that."

"I wonder... And if it doesn't have a soul?"

"...I guess I will have come back to life, per say."

"Do you know how long until the next wave gets here?"

"Not long. The power you have as a new death knight is staggering. The Lich King will want it for himself."

"Then we need to find something faster." He looked for anything. He stopped when he smelled something.

"Naruto, we need to..." She stopped when he raised his hand.

"I smell sulfur."

"Demons," Elaine said. "We must hurry by, even at your strength, you are not ready for demons."

"I smell something else...I just don't know what." He began running in the direction of the smell. He came to the crest of a hill and looked over it. There, ahead of him, were some elves. From the memories of the Crypt Fiend, he knew they were Blood Elves, in honor of those that had died when the scourge had first attacked. They were few but their magics powerful.

"Where is the... There it is." They had a demon horse with eight legs being used as a beast of labor. But Naruto could see in its eyes this was not what it was meant for. It was a creature of pride, of speed. This was akin to using a sword to fell a tree. It would do nothing but dull it.

"I am taking that Felsteed," Naruto told Elaine.

"But..." She dropped her jaw as he stood and walked down there.

The elves noticed him and were about ready to charge him but Naruto placed Frozenfury in its sheath on his back and held up his hands. "Wait, I am not here to fight," he said in high elven.

"Then what are you here for," a female ranger demanded.

"The Felsteed. The Scourge are after me and my companion, hoping to make us slaves of their lord."

One of them punched Naruto on the jaw. "You have brought them on us!"

Naruto licked the blood from his lips and turned back to him. "Again." The Blood Elf obligated him. "Again." After this punch, Naruto shook his head. "Pathetic. You should stick to using your magic. Now, if I leave, the scourge will not know you are here. But if I walk, I will not be able to make it far enough."

"That demon is mine," a warlock growled.

"Is that a fact," Naruto asked, moving over to him a little. "Then if I kill you, he will be free. Or mine, it matters not."

"You will be dead before your fingers reach your sword," the Ranger said, notching an arrow and pointing it at him.

Naruto shook his head again. "Who ever said I would need to use my sword?" He crossed his hands and three hundred clones surrounded the six elves. "I suggest you just let me take the horse."

The mage look on horrified until he swallowed and said, "There is no such spell that can make clones so this must be an illusion. Kill him!" Naruto snapped his fingers and the clones ran at them. The ranger was able to avoid the swords but the rest of them never stood a chance. She was grabbed by two of the clones and held in their iron grip.

"Sorry," Naruto told her as his had began to glow a little. He reached to her chest...and then into it. He pulled out her soul and sent it to the afterlife. "Elaine, possess her while her body is still alive." He had the clones search the bodies before he released them.

"R-Right." The banshee dived into the body and after a moment, she opened her eyes again. "It...worked," she said, smiling. "I can't feel her. But I can feel the wind, the biting cold. I can return home."

"First we must get out of this frozen hell," Naruto told her. He looked at the horse which was watching him. After a moment, it lowered its head.

"Demons ally themselves with the strong," Elaine told him as she put the bow on her back. Naruto cut the ropes that bound it and climbed up. He held a hand out to Elaine to help her up. "That is the direction we need to go," she told him, pointing east.

"Then run, Sleiphner," Naruto told then horse.

—oo000oo—

Naruto and Elaine, still astride Sleiphner, stood on a hill over looking the only free port in Northrend. "So, we need to go to Stormwind, Undercity, Darnassas, and Qual'thalas," Naruto said as they rode into town."

"Yes," Elaine said. "The druids of Darnassas will be able to tell you what all has happened to you. The mages of Qual'thalas will be able to find out why you are here. Sylvanas Windrunner is the leader of the Forsaken and knows the most about the Scourge. While the mages library in Stormwind is the biggest source of magic in Azeroth or Kalimdor."

"You," Naruto said, swing down from Sleiphner and talking to a dock worker. "Where do these boats go?"

The man, shaking in fear of the person in front of him said, "Th-The far boat will take you to Darnassas. The one to the right will go to Menethil Harbor. Then Ratchet followed by the Ilse of Qual'thalas. Please don't kill me, sir Death Knight."

"You are in luck, mortal," Naruto said darkly. "I am not in search of blood, just peace." He looked around. "And also something to drink," Naruto told him. "Look, I didn't choose to become this...thing I am. I am looking for a way to reverse it. So stop shaking in your boots and point me to a bar."

He looked Naruto in the eyes and realized he was telling the truth. "There is a tavern right in front of the docks," he told Naruto.

"My thanks." He climbed back up and started Sleiphner in the direction of the bar. He got down ahead of Elaine and helped her down. "Hungry?"

"A little. That is so strange after all this time." They went in and ordered a few drinks and a meal. There was a whole range of creatures here. All of the Alliance and Hoard were present. And while the room was crowded, there was plenty of room around them.

Looking over his shoulder, he noticed none met his gaze. And that as he turned to them, they looked away. "What the hell are you looking at," he asked softly but it was loud enough. All at once, they all turned away. "Pathetic."

"You say that allot, I notice," Elaine said.

He took a bite out of his bread, wishing for some ramen. "I would go into detail why but I am not really sure myself. Tell me about this cursed sword I seem to be bound to."

"That is Frozenfury. I heard that it is the brother of Frostmourn. Its power is just as great as the sword of the Lich King. And it takes the souls of those that die by it and adds its power to its own and you."

Naruto arched an eyebrow. "And that explains why I am so different ever since I picked it up." He reached a hand over his shoulder and grabbed the wrist of the hidden rogue that had been moving behind him. He snapped the bones in it. "I had a demon's soul sealed inside of my own. To protect the village I live in. The most powerful from where I am from." He twisted his hand again, hearing the other bone snap. He ignored the man's pleas as he noticed that the arm he was holding wasn't struggling. He brought it in front of his face and found it belong to a Forsaken.

Tossing it over his shoulder, he continued. "That must mean that when Frozenfury absorbed his soul, I gain his power. I almost feel sorry for the bastard."

"So that is why you haven't fallen under his control. You still have your own soul."

"In one piece," Naruto told her. "I wonder." He turned around and looked at the rogue rolling around on the ground in agony. He stood, put a boot on his chest and grabbed his knife. "Shut up." He moved his boot under his ribcage and kicked him into the air. There, Naruto grabbed him by the jaw, forcing it shut.

Naruto didn't give him a second thought while he slipped the knife under his armor plates and cut his skin. He felt the blood begin to trickle down but soon, the cut had already healed. Nodding to himself, he sheathed the knife in the struggling rogues chest before throwing him out the door. Followed by kicking his hand out to him. "It seems all the strengths I had from him are still there."

"That was our friend," came from behind Naruto, from a guttural voice.

He sighed and faced the orc. He stood over two feet taller than Naruto, despite him being seventeen now and almost six feet. His weapons said he was a warrior. With him was a blood elf paladin. "I pity you for the company you keep," he said to the elf. "It must smell pretty bad at times."

"That maybe true but I cannot allow such a sleight to pass."

"Even though he tried to steal my sword? If I am not mistaken, you are of the holy order of paladins, sworn to uphold the law and light. And while I maybe everything you stand against, I came here with no intent of harm. He tried to rob me and as such, I punished him. He need only apologize and I wound reattach his hand."

"Naruto, maybe we should go," Elaine said, as she stood.

"No, Elaine, we are eating." He turned his back on them...and was spun back around by the orc and was punched. Naruto stumbled back a few feet before looking forward with a glare in his now glowing white eyes. "Outside, pig, and we shall deal with this."

"Just a second," a human said, standing. "Whose side are you on? You are obviously human but you travel with a Blood elf Hunter."

Naruto leveled his gaze on him. "I work for no man, and I am allied to none." He stomped outside and drew Frozenfury. "I am going to enjoy tearing you apart, I think."

The orc grunted. "I think I will be the one enjoying this. Tell me your name so I may carve it into you tombstone."

"My name is Uzumaki Naruto, with Naruto as my given name." He popped his knuckles. "I don't even need Frozenfury to beat you. I will drop you just this one hand."

"No magic," the orc challenged.

"Agreed. You, mage, cast an anti magic field over me." The Draeni nodded before Waving his hands and saying words that slipped from Naruto's mind. He looked focused on grabbing his mana and couldn't reach it. He also noticed that an aura he had around his armor was gone. "It is done. No magic, just muscle."

The orc charged forward, pounding his feet against the ground. Naruto just shook his head at the speed he moved in. "Pathetic." He twisted to the side, tripping him, and brought his fist down on his back. There was a sickening crack as Naruto used the strength given to him by Kyuubi's soul to destroy what was the inside of his chest. Several bones jutted out his side and blood flowed from them as well as his mouth. But, amazingly enough, he tried to force himself back on his feet. "Stay down." When he didn't listen, Naruto kicked one of his hands out from under him. "Paladin, if you use one of your spells, you should be able to save him." Naruto turned and walked back in, finding the whole way clear for him. He sat back down and continued to eat. "So, tell me about yourself, Elaine. What was your life like?"

"Are you joking? You just nearly killed someone with your fist alone in one strike and you want to know what my life was like?"

"Yes."

"...I was actually a ranger general before all this chaos started. A Farstrider is what we were known as. Ah, I could never go back to that though. I am a High Elf, not Blood. I could never bind myself to their desire for magic."

"...I know a few things. Maybe even something that they can do to replace it," Naruto said with a smile.

"It matters not," Elaine told Naruto. "We should go now."

Naruto nodded, scooped the rest of his stew onto a slice of bread and ate it. He paid the inn keeper a few gold before walking outside. He saw the group he had decimated being helped by the paladin. Climbing up on Sleiphner, he rode to onto the docks.

"Wait," came from behind them. They turned and saw someone riding a frost tiger after them. "Wait, Death Knight, might I ask a question of your charge?"

"What do you want of me," she asked the Night Elf Priestess.

"Are you truly a High Elf as you claim?"

"I am. I am not of these... They are my people still and it saddens me. But I do not thirst for magic."

"That is good to hear. But why do you ride a Felsteed? Are you not worried about demonic taint?"

"Did you not hear me with those long ears of your's? I was about born with a demon inside my stomach. That is why the Lich King tried to make me his own in the first place."

"So... All that time without being corrupted?"

"I wouldn't exactly say that. Until now, I needed the energies it gave to survive." He rode onto the deck of the ship to Qual'thalas. "May I ask why you ask?"

"Because I have been looking for a way to release my people's cousins from the grip magic has on them."

"It can't be done," Elaine told her. "Even I was told about it. Though the ones that were not raised to use magic are fine, I do not believe that it can be undone." She sighed. "I bet my mother didn't survive."

"Survive what," the priestess asked.

"The many battles that has taken place in my home." They got off the demon and looked for a place to place her. Before they could though, the Felsteed bit Naruto's hands, something that didn't hurt no little amount with his fangs. Naruto was about to hit him when he saw the horse moving his lips something akin to speaking. Taking off the gauntlet, he saw a rune appear on his hand. The horse then disappeared in a burst of flame.

A Warlock that was on the deck dropped his jaw, literally. The undead picked up his jaw again and put it back in his mouth. "I have never seen a demon willingly give a binding rune to someone before."

Naruto put the gauntlet back on and then looked out at the distant Ice Crown. "...One day, Arthas. One Day, I am going to come back here, and take your head from your shoulders." He turned to the priestess because she was still on the boat. "May I ask why you are still here?"

"You interest me, Pandaren. The Argent Dawn seeks a way to defeat both the Scourge and the Burning Legion. You have sworn to the defeat of the Scourge at least and care little for the petty differences of the Hoard and Alliance."

"...Pandaren?"

"A group of mercenaries from the island of Pandaren. They too say their family name first. They are very powerful and drink some of the most powerful brews there is."

"...I might be from there," Naruto lied. "I'm an orphan so I don't know." He lurched as the ship set sail. He looked back to Northrend and at the undead he knew were watching him leave. "Transient guest are we."

"Excuse me?"

"A poem, pay it no mind. So, what is your name?"

"Eilistraee."

"I am Naruto. This is my friend, Elaine Whisperwind." He heard a cry above him as a undead blue wyrmling flew down and landed on his shoulder. It gave a cry before nuzzling against his cheek. "I can't get rid of them," he said with a sigh. Before scratching the wyrmling's head. Eilistraee looked at it nervously. "Hey, at least she isn't one of her big brothers," Naruto told her. He turned back to the eyes. '...Time has left us behind. Resign ourselves to our downfall. Because for those that are eternal... Transient guest are we.

—oo000oo—

Author's notes. This is my first story in a long time. I missed doing this. Transient Guest are We is what Dracula said about the Vampires before their decline in the book series of Vampire Hunter D.