| Faux Fox Ears Item Level: ??? Soulbound Head 20 Armor +15 Agility +15 Critical Strike +15 Haste +25 Multistrike +10% Experience "Worn by shrine priestesses of Inari for special missions."
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"Odd enchantment," muttered Tajra, the night elf looking it over. "Okay, well, we're going to try and figure out what class you and Sakura over there are suited for."
"Ah-ano," tried Hinata.
"Okay, you've got some Monk abilities," said Tajra. "We've got a Monk in the Guild. I think she's Windwalker primary and Brewmaster secondary."
"I don't know any of those terms," confessed Sakura.
"Hmmm," said Tajra. "Okay. I'm a Druid. Which is a particularly adaptable job. Each job like 'Druid' or 'Monk' can be further specialized for what role you generally seem suited for. I'm a Guardian Druid, which means that when I shapeshift it is usually into a bear. Bears are good at absorbing large amounts of damage and shrugging it off. It's what I'm good at. In the fights you were around to see, I went in and got the enemy's attention so that others could hit it with the massive attack spells and others could keep me healed up. It's called the 'tank' role and is one of the three effective combat roles."
"So you're part of a team of three?" asked Sakura, remembering that genin were normally part of a team of three from her lessons in the Academy.
"Yes," said Tajra with a nod. "The team of three is usually tank, damage, healer. Other team types exist, but that's the foundation. We also have a secondary skill we can fall back on when we're in other situations, but that's generally something we're not as suited for. Either due to personality, psychological limitations, or just plain preference. Mine is Restoration where I fall back and use healing spells. Secondaries and specializations will have to wait though. First we have to determine where your skills lie. I see the others have arrived, so the Stormshield portal must be working. We'll be testing you to see where you're best suited. Don't be afraid to speak up either - I don't know how long it will take to find a way to send you home but it WILL take some time."
Sasuke cocked his head at the goat-woman. "Why do you want to know?"
"Because your motivation is important," said the draenei mage in her thick accent. "If your motivation is simply to learn, you don't really seem the academic type, but we can arrange mage training for you."
"What 'type' do I seem to you?" asked Sasuke, frowning as he wondered how much to tell the three 'trainers' in front of him.
"Ye don't seem the paladin type," said Thordra, the engineer and priest idly fingering a device that seemed to be all gears and gauges. "Nor priesty - though maybe a Shadow priest would suit ye. Nor do ye seem to be the sort to take up working with machines fer that matter."
Sasuke reached a decision. If these people knew his goals, it might actually help him reach them. "My goal is to destroy a certain man, and then rebuild my clan."
The goat-woman and the short redhead both looked at each other. The third of these trainers leaned forward though. "Who is this person you're hunting? What can you tell us about him?"
Sasuke took a deep breath. "One day, my elder brother killed everyone else in my clan-"
"I dunno, this armor is hard to move around in," said Naruto, shifting around with it.
"So maybe not Paladin after all," mused Thoram. "Still, you're a charge into things sort of fighter."
"Yeah, that sounds right," agreed Naruto.
"So if not armor, then..." Thoram fingered his beard, tugging at one braid. It was a thinking gesture he was trying to break from but it was not that easy to drop after decades of use. "Defintely a tank from attitude. That lets Warrior out too. Guardian Druid maybe, if ye got some nature training? Maybe..."
"Wasn't a 'tank' that big thing on treads with all the guns?" asked Naruto.
"It's that too," said Thoram, before explaining the role of the 'tank' and the whole concept of getting in the enemy's face.
Naruto nodded after the explanation. Made basic sense to him. Sounded like his general approach too. "So what's this 'guardian druid' thing?"
"Ye saw Tajra? The elf lass with the really long hair?" asked Thoram.
"The one that kept turning into a bear and ripping apart orcs?" asked Naruto.
"Tha's the one," agreed Thoram.
"Oh. OH!" said Naruto, catching on. "I wonder if that would work with shadow clones."
Thoram pictured a thousand angry bears charging an opponent. "Well, we can test ye and see if that'll work."
Dekthena looked thoughtful. Thordra looked disgusted. The third of the trainers who'd been assigned looked intrigued.
"Your eldest brother went nuts, killed everyone in your family, challenged you to get stronger and fight him again? Your special eyes let you learn instantly the native magic of your land? Do I have that much right?" asked the small green being.
"Yes, and aren't you a..." Sasuke thought back to an explanation of the two factions and the races that each had.
"Exceedingly handsome fellow?" supplied the little green guy, grinning up at him. "It's the ears, right? My best feature. Use a special wax on the tips to bring out the color."
"Gobble Wing?" tried Sasuke.
Dekthena snorted and then looked absolutely mortified by her slip.
"Goblin, yes, and technically I'm with Steamwheedle and even then I'm kind of a 'free agent'," said the goblin.
"Spy," said Thordra, sneering at the being.
"A customer is a customer," said the goblin. "What? You think all of every race is completely loyal to that race and whatever puffed-up commander takes charge? There's always the occasional one like me that serves a higher cause!"
"In your case, money," said Thordra, actually managing to up the disgust level in her voice.
"Darn tooting, toots," said the goblin, holding out a hand to Sasuke. "Sounds like you'd fit right in with some of the Horde. Hellscream's Balls, that's tame to some of the things I heard about on the Horde side."
"'Tame'?" asked Sasuke, beginning to get angry.
"Yeah," said the goblin. "My mom? Had three kids. Sold two off to be 'engineering test subjects' - I got blown up three times before I was six! Still got a few scars on my backside. Wanna see?"
"No thanks," said all three of the others.
The goblin shrugged, then grinned. "I hear trolls do something similar, except they have litters and then eat most of their own young. As for orcs - they have a whole opera dealing with a situation like yours. Ends tragically, but then have you ever heard of an orc opera that didn't end tragically?"
Tajra blinked before regarding the goblin. "I didn't know orcs HAD operas."
"Go figure," said the goblin. "Lots of speechifying about how one's gonna avenge the other who's gonna get even with someone else who backstabbed some other guy. Now you don't have to sit through it 'cause I just explained 90% or so of their operas. Trust me, ya ain't missing a thing."
"That's not what happened," said Sasuke.
"Meh, I was named after a main character in one, so I knows about such thingies," said the goblin, stabbing his thumb into his chest. "Name's 'Weesell' also 'Weesell the Weasel' by some. Not many. At least not nowadays. Anyway, kiddo, I think you're a shoe-in for Warlock."
"Warlock?" asked Sasuke, still a bit put off by the remarks about That Man.
"Look," said Weesell. "Your big bro has the same eyes you do, right? So he can copy stuff like you can, right? So any of these jutsu things you can learn with them eyes of yours - you whip 'em out on your bro - he learns 'em and zaps you with them. Since he's older and gone rogue like that, most likely he's gonna be one tough cookie right?"
"Yes," said Sasuke, cocking his head as he considered the possibility that Itachi WANTED Sasuke to get stronger and have powerful jutsu to use so that Itachi could then steal those techniques and get stronger. That was... actually plausible.
Weesell held up a hand and flames played along it. "Destruction Warlocks don't do a lot of hand gestures and stuff. We just take the power and force it to do what we want. We deal with creatures that we summon, and those creatures just want to destroy EVERYTHING. Which is fine for them, but lousy for those of us who like the clink of coins in our bank. So we gotta make sure they know who is da boss. We destroy enough stuff that the summons is happy, well as happy as they ever get, and in the meantime reap the benefits of being one of the most destructive and damaging forces to come down the pike."
"Destructive?" asked Sasuke.
"Sadly, the little one speaks true," said Tajra.
"HEY!" protested Weesell.
"Warlocks are well-known for their ability to escalate just about any situation they get into, until things are burned practically to the ground," said Tajra.
"Well, true, I suppose," admitted Weesell.
Sakura considered the options open to her. What role did she feel most comfortable in? There were possibilities here, but after consideration she felt her best opportunity was:
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