"Something wrong?" asked Naruto.
"I've never heard of this one," admitted Marcus. "Foxgirl Kunoichi sounds like something out of Pandaria, maybe Townlong Steppes? But she's a cutey."
The little ninja-suit-wearing foxgirl stamped a foot and glared at him.
"Sorry, little one," said Marcus. "I'm sure you're a right proper force of destruction."
His guess was proven correct as the little creature folded her arms in front of her and looked away, but seemed a little mollified by the statement.
Marcus shifted his gaze towards Naruto. "Where'd you catch this and were there any more?"
Foxgirl Kunoichi"Level 4? I was only gone a couple of minutes," said Kierahl.
Level 4, Humanoid
hp 317
Atk: 38
Spd: 49
PING! Jiraiya the Gallant has invited you to guild Ramen Eaters
Naruto paused. "I don't understand this."
"What?" asked Kierahl, hefting the jar in one hand. "I'm told this fluid works quite well for lubrication purposes as well as has stimulating properties."
"No, not that," said Naruto, eyeing the window because it looked like the young draenei had some strange ideas again. "I just heard a message that Pervy-sensei has invited me to a guild. What's a guild?"
"A guild is usually an Adventurer's Guild, a group of heroes or adventurers who band together in a spirit of mutual cooperation. They can trade the products of their crafts, coordinate attacks on enemy strongholds, or team up to handle quests too big for a single individual to undertake."
Naruto blinked and then stared at the open window.
A head popped up. "So this is the human male you spoke of?"
"Indeed, it is a quest that seems impossible for me to accomplish by myself," said Kierahl solemnly.
"Uh oh." Naruto didn't think this sounded good. At all.
"I've heard of human males in your age grouping," said the elf girl in the window, trying to assure the nervous male. "How you have a learning disability due to excessive hormones that have to be worked off. I can assist you."
Kierahl
Level 5 Draenei Priest
Selraiha"Uhm, don't I still have bodyguards?" asked Naruto, directing his comment with raised voice out the window.
Level 5 Night Elf Monk
"Hmmm? Oh, I already spoke to them," said Selraiha. "They're just keeping an eye out for the Horde. If we explore certain avenues of interpersonal relationships, then that's apparently nothing they'll interfere with."
"YOU BASTARDS!" yelled Naruto past the night elf.
"So, I think I got everything," said the draenei. "Lubricant. Ostrich feather. Nose flute. Kumquat. Pandarian fingertrap. Stamina potion. Towel."
"Lose the kumquat, they make me break out," advised the night elf. "What about the rope?"
"Rope?" asked the draenei, tossing the kumquat into a basin.
"For escaping human males who have panic attacks," said the night elf safely. "My older sister told me about those, they call them 'performance issues' or something."
Kierahl looked around, noticing that for someone who liked to wear orange - there was a definite lack of Naruto in the room at the moment. "Oh. Your older sister sounds very wise."
"Yeah, she really seems to have picked up a lot of stuff working with that dwarf," said Selraiha. "You get the rope, I'll get some help hunting him down."
A lamp waited until they'd both left the room before poofing back into Naruto and hiding under the bed.
"Oh? You found me," said an unfamiliar girl.
"Okay, let's see," said Jiraiya, holding the object up as he sat on one of the benches near the Auction House.
| Steelspark Sword Of The Earthshaker iLevel:278 One-hand Sword 806-1498 dmg Speed:2.60 (442.9 dps) +45 Critical Strike +68 Strength +45 Hit +103 Stamina Durability: 75/75 |
"Uh yeah," said the big paladin. "I've always found the better the 'dps' number - the quicker your opponent goes down. The quicker your opponent goes down - the less hurt you get."
"So, this might make for a good choice for Naruto? He's always charging into fights anyway," mused Jiraiya out loud.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!" yelled Naruto, running and screaming and... clutching his pants?
Jiraiya blinked.
The paladin blinked.
Dekthena scratched her head between the horns.
The druid, in bear form, offered a growling sound that nonetheless managed to convey a "what the heck" level of confusion.
The priestess, Thoradora The Explorer, checked the position of the sun and her calendar. "Is it Saturday already?"
"AAAAAAAAAAAA!" yelled Naruto running past them again.
"After him!" said a group consisting of various girls.
One skidded to a stop in front of Jiraiya's group. "Hey big sis. We is in Hot Pursuit!"
The bear made an exclamation noise, bringing one paw down atop the pad of the other forepaw. The bear then nodded as the night elf ran to catch up with the group.
"You know what's going on? Do I need to rescue Naruto?" asked Jiraiya.
The bear transformed into a night elf woman with really long hair. "No. They're just trying to cheer him up and get him to stop moping around."
"Oh," said Jiraiya, looking at the chase as it went into the bank and then everyone emerged from that inn over there, then zipped over to a entry, followed by a Naruto dropping down off a concealed part of the wall, followed by a girl dropping out of nowhere on top of him, followed by- "Well. Good job. He's at least getting some exercise. What happens if and when they catch him?"
"Chapter 14, Icha Icha Tactics," said the night elf. "Most likely without the guard interrupting."
Jiraiya froze.
"You know," said Dekthena. "I wondered how other races did it without cranial tentacles. I guess you just skip the snorblakd."
Thoradora nodded. "Ne'er saw da need fer no snorblakd."
"That term isn't translating," noted Jiraiya. "When we translated to this reality, the most common language translated as well. That term is one of those few that doesn't seem to do it."
"Tha' because no race withoot tentacles does that," said Thoradora, taking off her Safari Hat in order to mop a bit of sweat off.
"I'd think it would be boring without it," admitted Dekthena.
Jiraiya looked up at the tall, even for draenei who seemed to be his height or a bit larger, horned woman and wondered for the first time if maybe it wasn't all casual flirting on the mage's part. And if so, how did one avoid getting head butted or stabbed with those horns?
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAA!" screamed Naruto as he ran past them again. This time with a draenei girl (holding up a rope), a night elf (holding a large feather), a gnome (holding up something with gears turning and sending out random bursts of steam), and an elf of some kind Jiraiya didn't immediately recognize.
"You know, if this keeps up, he's going to be too exhausted to actually do anything," mused Jiraiya. "Not that I'm saying he should - he's still a bit young and inexperienced."
"I' tha' a blud aelf?" asked Thoradora. "Wha' she doin' thair?"
"Really? At his age? I thought human boys experimented at that age," mused the night elf druid, ignoring the dwarf, though pausing before she took the form of a bear again.
The paladin shuddered, picked up his shield, and made an excuse to wander off.
"I thought he was going to faint or something for a moment there," said Dekthena. "If he turned any redder, he'd have matched the paint job on that goblin's turbo-trike."
"True, and as to Naruto - if he hadn't had a crush on a girl I would have thought he was either asexual or lagging about five years on his development," said Jiraiya. "He's even got a love letter from one girl, and his only concern so far has been to worry about how he can avoid getting killed by her for ignoring her for so long."
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