Dragon Rider

by King Namikaze

Category: How to Train Your Dragon, NarutoGenre: Adventure, HumorLanguage: EnglishCharacters: Astrid, Naruto U.Pairings: Naruto U./AstridStatus: CompletedPublished: 2014-12-25 00:21:08Updated: 2015-06-07 23:50:40Packaged: 2016-04-27 06:37:59Rating: K+Chapters: 4Words: 20,576Publisher: www.fanfiction.netSummary: 5th completed story for my 'Movie Crossovers' Thank totrebeh for being the beta for this story. Merry Christmas and HappyHolidays.

1. Merry Christmas!

Author's Note

Thank you all for being supportive and giving me great ideas fordifferent movie crossovers. As a thank you, I have finished my lateststory, How to Train Your Dragon, and I hope you all enjoy.

**Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! ! ! ! ! ! !**

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Side Note, you will notice that there is more How to Train YourDragon than Naruto in this story. That it because I saw no realreason to change the movie that much. It was a great move and Ididn't want to change it. But, for How To Train Your Dragon 2, I willadd more Naruto elements to it when I start it.

Thank you.

I would also like to thank trebeh for being the beta for thisstory.

2. Dragon Rider

Author's Note- I would like to thank Nick Tanico for he gave me ideas

for this story.

I am actually proud of myself at the fact that I'm doing theseone-shot movie crossovers. To be honest, when I started and was inthe middle of National Treasure I was worried because I wasn't ableto finish it. But I got past that and now doing great with this, sothank you all for your support.

For Naruto's appearance, go to DevientART and look up AssassinsCreed-Shinobi. It should show a guy in white robes with two swords onhis back. Just imagine the robes to be pitch black with the sashesbeing blood red and without the leather armour parts until later on.Also, Naruto will keep a few things in his robes, just roll with itand don't ask questions like how did it fit or something.

jarein. deviantart art /Assassin-s-Creed-Shinobi-253723769 (Take awaythe spaces and it should be the first link. If you do find it,imagine it in black and without the weapons)

Also, when Naruto say's "Toothless", I will start calling the Dragonthat from then on.

I would like to thank trebeh for being the Beta for this story. Thiswas actually the first of my stories to actually have a Beta and itactually helped a lot more than I thought.

Please read, like, and review.

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><p><strong>[Start]<strong>

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><p>It was a dark and windy night as a village on an island sleptpeacefully. The ocean, surrounding the island, had waves crashinginto it, not disturbing the residents of the island or the animals.On the island was a simple village with random animals walkingabout.<p>

_"This is Berk; I know it's not much to look at but it is home toeveryone here. We like it even though it's always freezing and rarelygets any warm days. You could say my village is sturdy, but I wouldsay strong, persistent, and in most cases, idiotic. It's all beenhere for seven generations, but every single building is new. There'snot much to do here, to be honest. You could fish, hunt, or admirethe view from the cliffs"_

The goats were still awake even though it was very early in themorning. Right now, they were eating the grass without a care in theworld.

_"The only problem are the pests"_

One of the goats was suddenly grabbed by a large flyingcreature.

_"Most places have mice or mosquitoes, not us. We have..."_

Hearing screams, a teen no older than seventeen woke up. Sighing, he

went down to the front door of his house and opened it, seeing asight that is quite common. Looking, you could see people runningaround and animals running away from a large creature with wings. Itsaw the teen before spewing fire at him. Without even flinching, theteen shut the door and leaned against it with a bored look as theflames slammed into the door. Because it was made of wood though, theflames began to seep through the door, illuminating everything in theroom including the teen. "Dragons" he said in a bored manner. Thelight revealed the teen to be a young man with spiky blond hair,tanned skin, and three whisker marks on each cheek. His deep blueeyes stared at the flames in slight interest, not bothered by it. Hewas wearing a thin black robe with leather greaves and a blood redsash that went around his waist. Reopening the door, the teen ran outand jogged throughout the village, seeing others attack thedragons.

_"Most people would leave, but not us. We're Vikings. My name isNaruto, and before you ask, it means maelstrom, not fish cakes.Parents believe that hideous names will frighten off gnomes andtrolls. In fact, my parents even tried to name me Hiccup. But it'snot like our Viking demeanour would scare gnomes or trolls."_

An explosion knocked Naruto off his feet, sending him onto his back.A large man suddenly appeared and roared at him. "Morning!" he saidbefore running to a random dragon. Getting up, Naruto continued torun in the direction he was headed in.

Just as he got past the stairs, another Viking picked him up. Thisone was taller and bigger than the others and his presence demandedrespect. "What is he doing out again?" asked the man, pointing toNaruto before looking him in the eye. "What are you doing out? Getinside!" he then threw Naruto away.

_"That's Stoick the Vast. Chief of the tribe. They say that when hewas just a baby, he popped a dragon's head clean off its shoulders.Do I believe it?"_

Stoick looked around and saw a dragon flying away with a goat.Picking a cart up with one hand, he threw it, showing his immensestrength. The cart hit the dragon, making it drop the goat.

_"Yes I do"_

"What have we got?" asked Stoick to one of his men.

"Gronkles, Nadders, Zipplebacks. Oh, and Hoark saw a MonstrousNightmare" the man listed, his muscles tense in case he needed tomove. An explosion went off nearby, causing the man to raise hisshield on instinct.

Stoick listened to the Viking and nodded "Any Night Furies?" The manshook his head. "Good" he said, swiping off a piece of debris thatfell on his shoulder. Massive torches were raised into the air,allowing everyone to see the dragons that were attacking.

Naruto ran until he was finally at the blacksmith's. "Ah! Nice of youto join the party!" greeted another large man who had a braidedmoustache, hammering a sword. "I was starting to think you werecarried off!"

Putting on a leather apron, Naruto began to gather around thescattered, damaged, weapons. Smirking at what his friend said, heanswered "Please, I would beat them before they knew what to do withme."

"They need toothpicks don't they?" the man said in a rhetorical andteasing manner. Naruto just smiled as he began to use the forge tohelp fix the weapons.

_"The meat head with the attitude and interchangeable hands isGobber. I've been his apprentice for as long as I can remember but Ithink of him as more of an Uncle. Although I wouldn't admit it outloud of course"_

As he gave the final fixed weapon back to a Viking, Naruto saw abunch of sixteen-year-olds run past, getting water to stop the firethat was spreading through the village.

_"If you are wondering who the others are, then I'll tell you.They're names are Fishlegs, Snotlout. The twins are Ruffnut andTuffnut. And finally, the other girl is Astrid. I've talked to them afew times, mainly because Snotlout is my cousin so he is family, eventhough he doesn't like me much, but they are all alright"_

The teens all threw their water into the flames, but that didn't makea difference. As soon as Astrid used her water, a dragon blew up thehouse, creating a small explosion that didn't seem to bother thegirl.

_"Even though they are just putting out fires, I'd rather join themso I can at least help more"_

Deciding he could do better outside than in the shop, Naruto tried toleave. Only for Gobber to grab him by his robe's hood and hoist himback into the shop. "Why can't I go out and make my mark?" askedNaruto in annoyance, knowing that this isn't the first time this hashappened.

"Well you've made a lot of marks, just in the wrong places," saidGobber.

Naruto just gave his friend a deadpan stare. "And why can't I go outand help?"

Using his good hand, Gobber started to list the reasons. "You can'tlift a hammer, you can't use an axe, you can't even use one of these"he said, showing an iron ball connected to a short rope. A Vikingfrom outside the shop took it from Gobber's hand threw it at adragon, sending it crashing into the ground.

"I can't see any use for using a hammer or axe. You just swing itaround and hope to smash something." Sighing, Naruto went furtherback until he went to another contraption. "Well, I also made this soit could throw at a long distance." The second he touch it, itactivated and threw an iron ball, hitting a Viking who passed theshop in the head and knocking him unconscious.

"See, right there is what I'm talking about" Gobber sighed "If youever want to get out there to fight dragons, then you need tostop...that" he said, gesturing to all of Naruto.

"Really?" asked Naruto in a questioning tone "You just pointed to allof me"

Gobber smiled, seeing that Naruto knew what he was talking about"Yes, that's it! Stop being all of you!" He then tossed Naruto ablunt sword. "You, sword, now." Naruto just grumbled as he took thesword and began to sharpen it against a grinder.

_"There are many types of dragons out there, too many to name bymemory. But you do remember some, like Gronkles, Nadders, MonstrousNightmares. But there is one that all Vikings fear, one that neverreveals itself. Those that have seen it have never lived to describeit. It is too quick for anyone, and too dangerous. It'scalled..."_

A sound was heard throughout the village, making everyone tense infear. The second they heard it, they ran away.

_"Night Fury"_

An explosion went off, making people shout out. Even Stoick wasterrified but he hid it well as he led his people.

_"No one has ever killed a Night Fury; that's why I'm going to be thefirst"_

Gobber quickly ran to the front of the Forge and changed his hammerto an axe. He looked at Naruto and said, "Stay. Put. There. You knowwhat I mean." He then ran towards the battle, not noticing Naruto hada smirk on his face.

Not long after Gobber left, Naruto was running through the village,avoiding the Vikings that neared him. He was pushing along thecatapult he'd made and was intent on taking down the Night Fury.After a while he finally managed to reach a cliff that gave him theperfect spot to aim from. Setting up the catapult, Naruto waited andstared intently at the sky, waiting for a sign of the dragon. Hewaited for what seemed like hours, cursing slightly as the Night Furywas camouflaged into the night sky. Another sound was heard, showingthat the Night Fury was preparing to attack. Suddenly, the defencetower that Naruto was near, exploded and a shadow of the Night Furyflew by for a split second. By accident, Naruto shot the iron balland net, but it missed and must have frightened the dragon as heheard a loud screech and then a slam. Thanks to the flames, Narutowas able to see a dark dragon, moving under some rubble before flyingoff in an awkward manner. "I hit it?" muttered Naruto with wide eyesbefore grinning, "I hit it! Did anyone see that?!" As if answeringhis question, a dragon that Naruto knew was called a MonstrousNightmare, climbed up the cliff. "Anyone but you!"

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><p>-With Stoick-<p>

As the Viking Chief helped others hold down Nadders, he heard afamiliar dragon's roar. Turning, he saw Naruto running and dodgingthe dragon's swipes with ease. Alarmed, Stoick shouted to his men "DoNOT let them escape!" before running to help Naruto.

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><p>-With Naruto-<p>

"Who would have thought this would happen?!" muttered Naruto inannoyance as he continued to dodge the dragon's fire attacks. He tooka sharp turn, making the dragon try and follow, only for it to slaminto a wall. It quickly recovered and continued to chase after himthough. Looking around, Naruto saw that the only shelter availablewas the last standing giant torch. Naruto turned and saw the dragonwas preparing to attack with a lot of fire, so without wasting anymore time he ran and hid behind the torch just as the dragonattacked. Seeing that it stopped, leaving only the torch on fire,Naruto peered round it, accidentally leaving his back open forattack. The dragon was about to attack from behind until Stoicksuddenly appeared and stopped it in time.

The dragon tried to attack but could not produce and flames, makingit widen its eyes in fear. "You're all out" said Stoick as he beganto repeatedly hit the dragon with his bare hands and strength alone.After a few hits, the dragon flew away, allowing Stoick to turn andlook at Naruto.

_"Oh, and there's one thing you should know..."_

"Hi, Dad" said Naruto with a sigh as he hung his head. He heard amassive crack and cringed when the torch behind him snapped and felldown, rolling throughout the village, unfortunately allowing sometrapped dragons to be freed with goats and sheep. As if gloating, allthe dragons flew by the Vikings with their catch, taunting them totry and attack. Unfortunately everyone ran out of weapons so theycouldn't, and the dragons were flying too high. Everyone looked atStoick wondering what he was going to do, especially when his own soncaused the trapped creatures to escape. Stoick glared at his son, notin hate but in anger. He grabbed Naruto by his robe's hood anddragged him. "I'm sorry!" shouted Naruto, trying to get his father'sattention, but nothing was working. "I know I messed up again, but Ican do better!"

"Enough!" shouted Stoick, tired of his son's excuses and promises.They stopped, with everyone watching. "Every time you step outside,disaster follows. Can you not see I have bigger problems? Wintersalmost here and I have an entire village to feed" he then sighed "Whycan't you follow orders like everyone else?"

"I don't want to be like everyone else," confessed Naruto "I want tobe me. To prove that I can help, without killing dragons."

Stoick just nodded with another sigh "You are many things, Naruto.And a dragon killer is not one of them." Stoick then looked at hisfriend, Gobber "Make sure he gets home, I have to go help everyoneelse rebuild the village." Gobber just nodded as he put a hand onNaruto's shoulder, making them both walk.

The group of teens saw what happened and commented to Naruto as hepassed, although Fishlegs didn't say anything because he was friendswith Naruto. "Quite the performance" said Tuffnut with his twinsister laughing.

Snotlout spoke next, happy that his cousin messed up big time. "I've

never seen anyone mess up that badly! That helped!" he shouted thelast part in sarcasm, making Naruto roll his eyes in annoyance. Helooked at Astrid but she just glared at him, making Naruto sigh as hecontinued walking to his house. Neither he nor Gobber said anythingas they walked. When they reached the house, Naruto just walkedinside as the large man walked away to help the others.

For a minute, Naruto just thought back to everything that happenedand then remembered about the dragon he nearly hit _'It flew off intothe forest quite slowly. And I'm pretty sure I heard a crash, butthat might have been something else'_ He thought before shrugging._'Still worth a look.' _With that last thought, Naruto went to theback of his house and left. But not before grabbing a knife thatcould be hidden in his robes and putting his hood up. Runningstraight into the woods, Naruto searched for what felt like hours,trying to find any proof that a dragon landed here. Looking at hisnotebook that he always kept hidden in his robes, Naruto scoured offanother part of the forest that he was in. Sighing, he closed it. "Iwas wrong" he muttered "Just like every other thing I do and say."Suddenly, he stumbled a little as he tripped over a stone. He managedto get his footing but froze when he saw the trees in front of him;most were destroyed and toppled over onto the ground. There was evena long trench that he followed after a moment. He reached a hill andlooked over, before ducking quickly as he saw a dragon laying on theground. Taking out his knife, Naruto slowly climbed over the edge andapproached the dragon, but looked confused as there were branches ontop of it and he could clearly see some blood, showing that it wasinjured.

Taking a moment to study it, Naruto noticed that it was not a dragonthat he had ever seen before, making him realise that he had actuallyhit the Night Fury. This one had a small body, one that was obviouslybuilt for speed. It was completely black all over and the only colourhe could see was the yellow eyes that were staring at him. Narutodidn't know what to do. On one hand, he could kill the dragon andprove to everyone that he killed one so they would finally accepthim. On the other hand, he just didn't know. He was hesitating andthe hand that was holding the knife was shaking. Both dragon andNaruto stared at each other before the dragon closed its eyes,seeming to accept its fate.

It waited but nothing happened, confusing the Night Fury. Then, itseyes widened when it saw Naruto lift branches off of it and start topull out the larger splinters. It did make a few noises because ofthe pain, but Naruto realised that it was trying to stay still forhim to help. "I did this" it heard Naruto say "So that means I haveto fix this." The second the last splinter was out, the Night Furysuddenly jumped and slammed Naruto into a boulder. The first thingNaruto thought he should do was stay perfectly still and not shakefrom fear. But he ignored that feeling as he stared into the dragon'seyes with his own glare, noticing that it seemed slightly surprised.It then breathed in, looking like it was preparing an attack soNaruto braced himself and almost prayed that he would make out ofthis alive. He was not prepared for it to roar at him though beforejumping and trying to fly away.

Naruto stayed there a few moments longer, processing what justhappened. After a minute, he got up and took his knife that heaccidentally dropped before putting it back into his robes. Once thatwas done, he got up and slowly walked back to the village before

muttering in shock "The hell just happened?"

A while later, Naruto stealthily approached his house. When he wasyounger he realised that he could hide from anyone but his fatherwith ease for some reason. Right now he slowly eased the door open,hoping it didn't make a noise. Looking inside his home, he saw Stoicksitting in front of the fireplace, in deep thought. Trying to usethis to his advantage, Naruto quietly closed the door and tiptoed tothe stairs. He didn't even make it one step as his father said"Naruto" without even looking.

_'How does he do that?!'_ thought Naruto with his right eye twitchingin annoyance and a sweat drop appearing on the back of his head.

"I need you talk to you" said the large man, making Naruto sigh.

"I have to talk to you as well," said Naruto, taking a seat on thesteps he was on.

Both took a deep breath before talking at the same time: "I caught adragon/I think it's time you learn/and let it go/to fight dragons"Naruto and Stoick spoke, respectively. "What?" they both saidagain.

Shaking his head, Stoick said, "You go first, son"

Naruto shook his head. "No, you go first. It's probably moreimportant than what I have to say," he said before thinking _'Notwhat's more important than freeing a Night Fury.'_

"Alright" said Stoick with a sigh, trying to think of the right words"I've talked to Gobber and you will be starting dragon training,first thing in the morning."

Widening his eyes at that, Naruto quickly said, "I should have gonefirst. Dad, you know I don't want to fight dragons."

"But you'll learn" said Stoick with a smile, already imagining hisson killing a dragon in a glorious manner. He then reached over hisside and picked up an axe. "You'll need this" he said, handing it toNaruto, who was not use to the weight "When you carry this axe, youcarry all of us with you. Which means you walk like us, talk like us,and think like us." He then gestured to all of Naruto "None ofthis."

"What is it with people doing that?" muttered Naruto.

"Deal?" asked Stoick in a stern manner. Naruto tried to think of anexcuse but could not come up with one. "Deal?" he said again but inmore of a demanding manner.

Sighing, Naruto realised that he had no choice. "Deal" he said with afrown, which Stoick didn't see.

Satisfied with the answer, Stoick smiled. "Good." He then put on hishelmet and picked up a duffel bag "Train hard, I'll be back.Probably."

"And I'll be here, hopefully" muttered Naruto as Stoick left.

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><p>-The Next Morning-<p>

Because it was winter, everything froze over due to the decrease intemperature. But no one seemed to mind as they were used to it.Gobber and the group of teens stood in front of a cage as he openedit. "Welcome to dragon Training" he said, noticing that everyone hadsome type of weapon with them.

Astrid stepped forward first, excited for the training. "This is it"she said to herself "No turning back."

The cage was built to help train new recruits on how to slay dragonsand protect themselves. There were multiple doors that held differentkinds of dragons, each used for the training.

"I hope I get some serious burns," said Tuffnut with a grin.

His twin had her own words "I hope to get some mauling. Like on myshoulder or lower back."

"Yeah" agreed Astrid with a sigh as she looked around "It's only funif you get a scar out of it."

"What is wrong with you people?" said Naruto, getting everyone'sattention, as they didn't know he was there. He walked forward stillcarrying the axe but with one hand as it stayed on his shoulder."Were not here to get injured."

Before anyone could say anything, Gobber began to speak "Let's getstarted! The recruit that does best will win the honour of killingtheir first dragon in front of the whole village"

"That's clearly going to be me" gloated Snotlout before pointing hismace at Naruto. "But he doesn't want to kill a dragon, so does thatdisqualify him or something?" he asked, getting laughs from thetwins, an unsure look from Fishlegs, and a head shake fromAstrid.

Naruto sighed, already regretting this. Gobber walked up behind himand put a hand on his shoulder. "Don't worry. You're not as strong orbig as the others. That will make you less of a target. They'llprobably see you as sick or insane, and go after the more Viking-liketeens." He then pushed the smaller blond forward, making everyone getin a line. Roars and bellows were heard coming from the massivedoors. "Behind these doors, are just a few of the many species thatyou will have to fight. The Deadly Nadder" he said, indicating to adoor.

Fishlegs, who was practically bouncing with excitement, said, "Speedeight. Armour sixteen."

"The Hideous Zippleback," continued Gobber.

"Plus eleven stealth, times two," said Fishlegs, a littlelouder.

"The Monstrous Nightmare,"

"Firepower fifteen!"

"The Terrible Terror,"

"Attack eight, venom twelve!"

Having enough of Fishlegs, Gobber shouted, "Can you stop that?!"Sighing, he went up to the final door "And...the Gronkle" he put hishand on the lever.

Fishlegs hesitated before whispering to Naruto "Jaw strength, eight",who just nodded actually finding this information useful.

Snotlout saw what Gobber was doing and stepped forward. "Whoa, whoa,what are you doing? Aren't you going to teach us first?!"

Smiling at the reaction that he was hoping for, Gobber spoke "Ibelieve in learning on the job." He then pushed the lever down,making the barricade, which was holding the door shut, move out theway. The doors were suddenly slammed open as a Gronkle flew past it."Today is all about survival." Everyone dove out of the way as theGronkle flew past them. "If you get blasted, you're dead. Quick,what's the first thing you're going to need?"

Astrid shouted out first, with a smirk. "A shield" she stated,knowing it was right.

"Shields, go! Your most important piece of equipment is your shield.If you have to make a choice between a sword and a shield, go for theshield!" shouted Gobber, making everyone run to a shield.Unfortunately Ruffnut and Tuffnut argued over one before the Gronkledestroyed the shield with a fire attack. "Tuffnut, Ruffnut, you'reboth out."

"What?" they both asked in a daze before walking to Gobber.

"Those shields are good for another thing. Noise, make lots of it tothrow off a dragons aim" advised Gobber, making everyone but thetwins start to hit their shield to distract the dragon "All dragonshave a limited number of shots. How many does a Gronklehave?"

"Five?" shouted Snotlout.

"No six!" shouted Fishlegs as he raised his shield in the air, whichcaused the dragon to aim for it.

Gobber laughed, although no one heard it "Correct six! That's one foreach of you! Fishlegs, you're out!"

Astrid kept her eyes on the Gronkle, but Snotlout's constant failedattempt at hitting on her was slightly distracting. "So anyway, I'mmoving into my parent's basement. You should come by sometime toworkout. You look like you work out." Just as he finished hissentence, the Gronkle attacked. Seeing that it was headed her way,Astrid cart wheeled out of the way, making the attack hit Snotlout'sshield.

"Snotlout, you're done!" shouted Gobber, enjoying this.

Astrid landed next to Naruto, who also kept his eyes on the dragon."Lookout!" he shouted as it flew to her side and fired. He moved hisshield in time, knowing that Astrid wouldn't have been able to reactquickly enough. The attack hit his shield, sending him back a bit ashis shield was knocked away. Astrid didn't react but ran away to asafer spot. Naruto jumped out of the way as the Gronkle charged athim and tried to run after his shield. The Gronkle then pushed Narutointo a wall and pinned him there, before charging up its lastattack.

But Gobber used his hooked hand and pulled it away, making it fireits last attack into a wall. "And that's six!" he said as he forcedthe Gronkle back into its pen. "Go back to bed, you overgrownsausage!" Once the doors were shut, he looked at the recruits."That's enough for today, but remember. A dragon will always, always,go for the kill" he said, saying the final part as he looked atNaruto.

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><p>-Back in the Forest-<p>

"So why didn't you?" muttered Naruto as he examined where he foundthe Night Fury. Looking in the direction that the dragon flew off to,Naruto couldn't decide if he should follow it or not. Finally,deciding to throw caution to the wind, Naruto followed and after afew minutes, came across a hidden cove with a pristine clear pool."Beautiful," commented Naruto before looking around "but not thething I'm looking for." Just as he was about to walk away, an objectcaught his eye. Looking, he saw it was a small pile of black scales.Picking one up, he began to inspect it, before jumping slightly whenthe dragon he was looking for, flew right past him. He watched as ittried to climb a wall before falling and flying to the ground, butits landing was off. Naruto then watched as it tried to fly away afew more times but couldn't. Getting out his notebook, he drew thedragon but left out half of the dragon's tail. _'That would explainwhy you're not flying'_ he thought before cursing slightly when hedropped his pencil.

When the pencil hits the ground, its sound echoed all over the cove,getting the dragon's attention. It looked at Naruto, and both staredat each other for a while before the Night Fury seemed to look awayin boredom.

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><p>-Later that Night-<p>

As the day passed, a storm blew into the village, raining heavily onanyone that stood outside. Naruto just walked through the villagewith his hood up, not minding the rain as he walked towards the GreatHall. When he entered the hall, he saw the other recruits talking toeach other and Gobber. He walked up to them, removing his hood."Where did Naruto go wrong?" asked Gobber, whilst Naruto rolled hiseyes.

"He showed up?" said Ruffnut with a grin.

"He didn't get eaten," said Tuffnut with a grin, similar to hissister.

Finally Astrid spoke "He's never where he should be." Naruto didn'tsay anything as he took a plate of food and walked passed theirtable, not even glancing as they moved about so he wouldn't sit nextto them.

Gobber smiled when he heard Astrid's answer "Thank you, Astrid" saidGobber, just as Naruto sat down at the next table. Gobber held a bookin his hand before placing it on the table that the recruits wereeating at. "The Dragon's Manual, everything we know about everydragon we know of." Thunder was then heard as it roared across thesky. "No attacks tonight" said Gobber with a sigh, knowing everyone'sreaction "Study up" he then left the recruits to themselves.

As everyone started to complain, or in Fishlegs' case, gloat aboutknowing the book, Naruto glanced at it from where he sat. _'That bookmight know about Night Furies'_ he thought, before seeing the otherswalk away, only leaving him and Astrid. Getting up, he walked over toher. "Are you going to-"

He was interrupted as Astrid pushed the book his way. "Read it" shesaid before running to catch up with the other recruits.

"Took the words out of my mouth," muttered Naruto as he took thebook. Going back to his seat, he opened it up and began to read. Heread the information on a lot of dragons before finally coming to thepage marked 'Night Fury' Naruto then furrowed his brows as the pagewas blank save for a couple sentences. There wasn't even a picture toshow what they looked like. He then began to read the page:_"Speed,unknown. Size unknown. The unholy offspring of lightning and deathitself. Never engage this dragon. Your only chance, hide and pray itdoes not find you."_ Naruto sat back then in confusion before takingout his notebook and looking at the drawing he drew of the dragon.

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><p>-The Next Day-<p>

For the rest of the night, Naruto thought about what he read and whathe had seen from the Night Fury. Everything he knew of dragons didn'tseem to add up for this particular one, and it was confusing him tono end. Now he was in the Training Grounds, looking at Gobber whilststaying out of the way from the others and the Deadly Nadder thatthey were up against in a maze. "Hey, I was just wondering if therewas any more information on Night Furies. The book was quite vague onthat." Hearing a noise, Naruto turned and saw the Nadder looking athim before attacking with fire. Easily dodging it, Naruto ran arounda corner, staying out of its sight.

"Focus Naruto. You're not even trying," commented Gobber from outsidethe Training Grounds. "Today is all about attack." The Nadder hoppedfrom wall to wall, looking for a target. "The Nadders are quick andlight on their feet. Your job is to be quicker and lighter."

"I'm really beginning to question your teaching methods!" Narutoheard Fishlegs shout, avoiding the Nadder's spike attack.

Acting as if he didn't hear the larger teen, Gobber picked his teethwhilst giving more advice. "Look for its blind spot. Every dragon hasone. Find it, hide in it, and strike." Both Ruffnut and Tuffnut ran

until they had to stop right in front of the Nadder. Thankfully itdidn't see them but that didn't stop the twins from arguing. "Blindspot, yes. Deaf spot, not so much," commented Gobber when he saw theNadder attack the twins.

Everyone ran by and Naruto stopped to ask Gobber another question."Is there any way to sneak up on a Night Fury? Like it's blindspot?"

"No one's ever met one and lived to tell the tale," said Gobber witha sigh "Now get in there!"

"Naruto" Astrid whispered harshly, getting the blonds attention.Looking, he saw her and Snotlout crouching next to a corner, andAstrid telling him to be quiet and get down. Once he was down, Astridlooked round the corner and quickly reared her head back just as thedragon appeared. Thinking quickly, she rolled to the other side,managing to avoid the dragon noticing her with Snotlout followingafter.

Naruto rolled after, but Snotlout threw a small stone at him hopingto impress Astrid. The stone hit Naruto's shield, which caused twothings. One was for the shield to move slightly and cause Naruto tofall on his ass. The other was the noise getting the Nadder'sattention as it roared at Naruto. Quickly moving, the dragon wasforced to jump over a couple of walls to try and catch its prey. Itstopped in front of Astrid and Snotlout and, again, roared. "Watchout babe, I'll take care of this" said Snotlout as he pushed Astridaway and threw his mace at the dragon, but it wasn't even close as itsailed widely past dragon. Snotlout looked embarrassed. "The sun wasin my eyes, Astrid" he said before the dragon attacked. "What do youwant me to do? Block out the sun? I can do that, I just don't havethe time," he said, trying to sound strong and cool as he and theothers ran away. For some reason, the Nadder chased after Astrid asit banged into the walls, knocking them all over.

Naruto was about to ask Gobber another question until he heard bothGobber and Astrid shout "Naruto!" Turning, he saw Astrid jump overthe wall behind him and fall towards him. Acting on pure instinct, hespun round, grabbed Astrid by the waist whilst she was still in theair, and then use his shield to catch her axe. Ruffnut and Tuffnutsaw this so the brother commented, "Love on the battlefield."

"She could do better," said back the sister.

Naruto saw the Nadder follow over the wall so he continued to spinand accidentally made it look like Astrid swung her axe and slam hisshield onto the dragon's head, basically defeating it, before lettinggo of the blond girl. "Well done, Astrid" said Gobber, thinking itwas Astrid who managed the swing.

"Is this some kind of game to you?" asked Astrid to Naruto angrily asthey stood apart from each other, thinking he did all that for fun"Out parents war is about to become ours. Figure out which sideyou're on"

She was about to walk away, until she heard Naruto speak "I alreadyknow which side I'm on. I'm on the side that sheds the least amountof blood." He then walked past her without seeing her shockedlook.

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><p>-Later that day-<p>

Naruto walked through the forest towards the cover where the NightFury was. _"Figure out which side you're on"_ he heard Astrid's voiceresound through his head. He sighed to himself. "The side that shedsthe least amount of blood" muttered Naruto. He didn't know why hesaid that, knowing he should have said that he was against dragons.But something stopped him and made him say what he said. A sound tohis left caught his attention. Looking, he saw a large fish bob outof the water. _'I wonder if dragons eat fish'_ thought Naruto beforeshrugging and taking out a knife.

A half hour later, Naruto was now standing at the entrance to thecove. Looking around from where he was standing, Naruto could not seewhere the Night Fury was, so he threw the fish he was carrying intothe cove. After a few moments, nothing happened. Raising an eyebrow,Naruto slowly walked into the cove, careful of where he was steppingin case it was a twig or something. He stopped at the fish and pickedit up, before hearing a light growl noise behind him. Turning aroundslowly, Naruto saw the Night Fury stalk towards him. As it approachedhim, Naruto noticed that it's slit pupils widened as it saw the fish,but just as it was about to the fish, it's pupils turned back toslits as it backed away, growling. Wondering why, Naruto looked athimself and saw that his hidden dagger was sticking out slightly fromits pocket on his chest. Thinking it was that, Naruto took it outwith two fingers, careful as he watched the dragon, and then tossedit into the water.

The Night Fury watched the dagger go into the water, before lookingback at Naruto with its pupil's back to being wider. It even sat upslightly, reminding Naruto of a dog for some reason. "Come get it,girl?" he said, not sure if the dragon would react or why he evensaid girl. He was surprised though when the dragon growled at him."Boy?" said Naruto before the growling stopped, making Naruto sweatdrop slightly. The Night Fury approached Naruto carefully and openedits mouth to eat the fish. Naruto then furrowed his brow when he sawthat the Night Fury had no teeth "Toothless? I could have sworn youhad teeth before" he muttered, and as if the dragon heard him, herevealed his teeth and snatched the fish straight out of Naruto'shands, "But that sounds like a good name for you though."

Toothless ate the fish in a few bites and he seemed to enjoy it, ifhim fervently licking his lips was any indication. Seeing Naruto, hiseyes turned back into slits and pushed Naruto against a boulder. Bothstared at each other, and Naruto was about to do something, beforeseeing Toothless act like he was choking. Suddenly, the dragonregurgitated a part of the fish and made it land on Naruto's lap.Confused by this, Naruto looked at the fish and then back at thedragon, only to see said dragon looking at him like he was expectingsomething. They continued to stare for a few more seconds untilToothless glanced at the fish and then back at Naruto. Seeing this,Naruto looked at the fish and sigh as he figured what he was supposedto do.

He bit into it, not enjoying it at all. Naruto chewed and sawToothless make a swallowing motion, making him mentally sigh and turngreen slightly. Wanting to finish quickly, Naruto swallowed and then

shivered. "That was not pleasant" he muttered. He looked at Toothlessbefore giving the injured dragon a grin. Seeing the grin, Toothlesstried to mimic that made Naruto widen his eyes in amazement.Unconsciously, Naruto reached out but Toothless saw this and growledas his teeth appeared, before flying to the other side of the cove.Naruto stood and watched as the dragon landed and breathed fire onthe ground before lying down on the scorched ground.

Hearing something tweeting, Toothless looked up with curiosity in hiseyes. He saw a bird on a tree branch right above and followed it withhis eyes before seeing Naruto standing right next to him. The blondquirked an eyebrow when he saw the dragon look bored at him and turnaway. He then saw Toothless' tail and noticed its damaged tip. Hereached out to touch it, but Toothless moved and glared, makingNaruto look apologetic as he walked away.

Later that day, around sunset, Toothless was hanging from a tree likea bat. He looked around, wondering where that pestering human wasuntil he finally saw him. Not that far away, Naruto sat on a smallrock, using a stick to draw two things. One was Toothless, althoughthe drawing was a bit crude. The other drawing was a fox but Narutoseemed to add his hair and whisker marks to it. He didn't stopdrawing as he saw Toothless' shadow appear next to his, distractinghim slightly as he drew nine tails to the fox. He was about tocorrect his mistake until he saw Toothless waddle away. He watched asthe dragon used his teeth to rip a small tree from the ground andbegan to draw, using the bottom of the tree. A few times, Naruto hadto either duck or bend backwards just to avoid getting hit by thetree as Toothless passed by.

Naruto continued to watch in fascination for a few minutes until hesaw Toothless stare at him with happiness and expectancy. Confused,Naruto looked down and walked forward, accidentally stepping on thedrawing, which Toothless growled at. Raising an eyebrow at thataction, Naruto lifted his foot and Toothless stopped and then startedagain as Naruto put his foot back down. Making sure not to step onthe lines, Naruto began to move around and follow the drawing. He didthis until he accidentally backed up against Toothless. Turning, theystared at each other until Naruto raised his hand and waited beforeclosing his eyes. Toothless seemed to debate about something beforeslowly resting his muzzle against his hand. Opening his eyes inshock, Naruto saw Toothless open his own, before flying away to theother side of the cove, leaving an astounded Naruto by himself.

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><p>-The next night-<p>

Naruto spent all of the day, thinking about what happened at thecove. Everything that has happened had done nothing but confuseNaruto. Right now he was sitting on top of a catapult tower with theothers as Gobber was telling stories, but he wasn't listening.Shaking his head, Naruto began to listen to the others, only to rollhis eyes at what Snotlout said, "I swear I'm so angry right now. I'llavenge your beautiful hand and your beautiful foot. I'll chop off thelegs of every dragon I fight, with my face!"

_'God damn moron'_ thought Naruto, accidentally letting out a scoff.Thankfully no one but Astrid heard him, but she decided to ignoreit.

Gobber shook his head at what Snotlout said, "No, it's the wings andthe tail you really want. If it can't fly, it can't get away. Adowned dragon, is a dead dragon."

Naruto widened his eyes when he heard this, instantly thinking ofToothless' tail. _'That's why he can't fly! Without his tail fin,he's as good as dead'_ Narrowing them, Naruto stood up and ran downthe steps with only two people noticing. Gobber was the first butignored so he could continue to eat and then go rest. Astrid lookedto where Naruto sat but grew confused when she saw he wasn't there.Standing up, she went to the stairs and saw Naruto running down withgreat speed.

_'What is he doing?'_ thought Astrid before shaking her head andgoing back to sit down.

Naruto was now in his study room, where pictures of contraptions anddragons were scattered about the room. He took out his notebook andopened it to the page of where he drew Toothless. Smiling, he drew inthe missing tail before running of to where he worked part time, theForge. For the rest of the night, he worked non-stop as he used theforge, hammer, anything to help him build a fake fin for Toothless.It was around five in the morning by the time he finished and Narutosmiled at his work before packing his gear, hoping that his ideawould work.

He walked through the village and into the forest before stopping ata small lake. He stayed there for an hour and fished for countlessfish, all for Toothless. It was around dawn when he arrived at theCove. "Hey Toothless! I hope you're hungry because I broughtbreakfast!" he called as the dragon appeared in front of him.Knocking over the bag of fish he was carrying, all the fish fell outand onto the ground. Naruto smiled when he saw Toothless lick hislips "It's all for you buddy" he said before noticing Toothless snarlat something. Confused, Naruto looked and saw it was an eel beforepicking it up and throwing it away, idly noticing that Toothlessstopped snarling. "Yeah, eel isn't that nice anyway." Toothless thenbegan to eat the fish, which made him happy. Naruto just slowlywalked behind Toothless and stopped right next to the dragon's tail.Setting the fin down, Naruto sat on the tail to make sure it wouldn'tmove as he attached it. It worked, but was annoying because Toothlesskept trying to sway his tail. However, Naruto never noticed that whenhe stood up, Toothless noticed a difference in weight of his tail ashe dropped his wings and had a look of utter disbelief. As Naruto wasdistracted, Toothless spread his wings and suddenly shot forward,accidentally bringing Naruto with him as he flew higher and tried toleave the cove.

Naruto did shout in surprise and he grabbed onto the tail just tostay where he was, but furrowed his brow in confusion when he saw themechanical fin was closed when it should be open. Taking hold of it,not noticing that Toothless was now falling towards the wall to thecove. Grabbing hold of the hand-made fin, Naruto yanked it open andaccidentally forced Toothless to fly straight up into the air beforelevelling out. Moving the fin, up and down, Naruto managed to moveToothless so they would be flying across the cove. "I did it!"shouted Naruto in excitement, happy that his latest invention worked.Toothless, unfortunately, took a sharp turn and actually shot Narutoforward, making him skip across the water. Evening himself out as he

skipped along the water, it looked like Naruto skidded back before hefell to his knees on the shore. But because Naruto wasn't controllingthe fin anymore, Toothless also slammed into the water near theshore.

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><p>-The Next Day-<p>

"Today is all about teamwork," said Gobber from outside the traininggrounds. As soon as one of the doors to a dragon was unblocked, itexploded open, covering the area in smoke. Everyone went into pairs.Naruto with Fishlegs, Astrid with Ruffnut, and Snotlout with Tuffnut.Every single one of them was also carrying a bucket of water each."Now, a wet dragon head can't light its fire. The Hideous Zipplebackis extra tricky. One head breathes gas, and the other head lights it.Your job is to know which is which."

The smoke continued to spread, encircling each pair. As Naruto andFishlegs looked around from where they are, Fishlegs spoke about theZippleback "Razor sharp, serrated teeth that inject venom forpre-digestion. It prefers ambush attacks, crushing victims withits-"

"Hey" spoke Naruto, interrupting Fishlegs "Time and place. This isneither." As the smoke began to clear slightly, Naruto noticed a fewfigures near him and could hear Snotlout talking, before he heardAstrid and Ruffnut shouting. "Dumbass" said Naruto out loud when heheard Tuffnut and Snotlout compare the girls to dragon, and thenlaughed when he saw both guys get hurt by the girls.

After a few seconds, Tuffnut ran past them, shouting "Oh I am hurt! Iam very much hurt!"

"Chances of survival are dwindling into single digits now" commentedFishlegs. A dragon's head appeared from the smoke, acting like asnake, as it seemed to slither through the air. Fishlegs panicked ashe threw his water onto the dragon, only to watch as it opened itsmouth and release a green gas "Wrong head" said Fishlegs as hechuckled nervously. The Zippleback head then released a lot more gas,scaring Fishlegs' as he ran away.

"Fishlegs!" shouted Gobber in concern.

The second Zippleback head appeared in front of Naruto. Knowing thatthis one ignites the gas, Naruto threw his water at the head, onlyfor it to jerk its head back and avoid the water "Well that's notgood" said Naruto as he watched what happened.

"Naruto!" shouted Gobber as he entered the training ground, buteveryone stopped as they saw the Zippleback move away fromNaruto.

Raising his left arm, the sleeve revealed an eel, which the dragonsaw and reeled back in disgust. "Get back in there" ordered Narutowith a fake glare. Once the Zippleback was back in its cave "Verygood" said Naruto, deciding not to put throw the eel into the cave asthe dragon had done as told. Closing the doors, Naruto turned andstopped when he saw everyone stare at him "What?" When no oneanswered, Naruto continued, "Well if everything's done then I shall

leave." With that, Naruto just walked away.

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><p>-Throughout the Week-<p>

Throughout the night, Naruto created a saddle that he would be ableto put on Toothless. The only problem was actually putting it on, asthe dragon seemed to think that they were playing and ran away everytime Naruto came near him. Once the saddle was on, Naruto attached asmall rope to Toothless' fake fin and when they flew, he tugged on itin random directions. Unfortunately he tugged to hard and madeToothless go left and for Naruto to fall off. Getting an idea, Narutocreated a safety line that made sure to keep him on Toothless as theyflew. When they tested it the next day, they crash-landed in a fieldof large grass; thankfully, it was a soft landing. When Naruto foundToothless, after falling form the crash, he saw the Night Furyrolling around on the grass, enjoying the feel of it.

Testing a theory, Naruto took a handful of grass that he calledDragon Nip, and used it as he and the other recruits went off againsta Gronkle. When the dragon came near Naruto, he took out the grassand rubbed it against the dragon's nose, making it turn over. Afteranother successful flight, Naruto began scratching Toothless' neckand then under the jaw, causing the dragon to fall over. Testinganother theory, Naruto did the same thing to a Nadder that he and therecruits were up against. It was a good thing to because Astrid wasrunning towards the dragon with her axe raised and ready tostrike.

Things were also improving at the village because when Naruto satdown at a table to eat, everyone in the hall surrounded him and begantalking to him. The only one that didn't was Astrid as she slammedher drink down angrily.

When he visited Toothless again, Naruto found that the dragon likeschasing a small patch of light that Naruto was reflecting off of apiece of metal. At the next day of training, everyone was now upagainst the Terrible Terror, a very small dragon. It attacked Tuffnutbut Naruto stopped it by using his shield to reflect the light andattract its attention. Using this, Naruto moved the light and causedthe mini dragon to follow it all the way back to its cave.

The next day was a close call to Naruto as he went through the woodstowards the cove. The reason was because of Astrid and she wasthrowing her axe at random trees. When she pulled it out of a tree,she turned and was about to throw it again, but stopped when she sawNaruto walk in the distance. Deciding to follow him, Astrid hidbehind a few trees until she saw her fellow blond walk behind aboulder. Thinking she caught him, she climbed the boulder and lookedover, only to widen her eyes in shock when she saw no trace ofNaruto.

Naruto took Toothless to a high cliff and tied the dragon to a treestump. Once everything was ready, he climbed on Toothless and theybegan practicing their flight and how the fin works exactly.Unfortunately, the rope snapped and sent both Toothless and Narutoflying back. Tumbling on the ground a few times, Toothless stood upand Naruto found that the safety line that kept him attached toToothless was damaged and he could not separate them now.

Knowing that the only way to fix this was to take Toothless to hisworkshop, Naruto waited until night and lead the dragon through thevillage. Thankfully there were only a couple of people about. When hereached the workshop, Naruto quickly entered, followed by Toothlesswho did not fit easily. This caused a lot of noise, and one personheard "Naruto?" knowing that the voice belonged to Astrid, Narutotried to pry the ring off of the saddles hook, but to no avail. "Arein you there?"

Knowing there was nothing else he could do, Naruto jumped through thewindow and quickly closed it behind him. "Astrid, hi Astrid" saidNaruto, trying and failing to act casual.

"I normally don't care what people do, but you're acting weird," saidAstrid before watching Naruto get pulled into the wall behind him"Well, weirder."

"I take offence to that," said Naruto before he felt Toothless moveaway, lifting him higher into the air. "Well I'm not THAT weird"finished Naruto before being pulled through the window. Shocked bythis, Astrid ran to the window and opened it, only to see nothingthere. She never noticed Naruto and Toothless run behind her and flyaway.

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><p>-After the Week-<p>

During the middle of the day, a lone ship entered the village's dock.The ship was damaged and looked like it would sink unless it wasfixed. When all the Vikings left the ship, they all had downcastlooks as they walked. Stoick was the last to leave the ship and hepassed Gobber, who was staring at the ship. "Well, I trust you foundthe dragon's nest at least."

"Not even close" said Stoick and you could hear the frustration inhis voice. Gobber quickly walks up to his to his long-time friend andtook his duffel bag, trying to help. "I trust you had more successthan I did."

Gobber smiled "Well, yes actually." Shocked by this, Stoick stoppedand stared at his friend before other Viking's who stayed in thevillage passed him and congratulated him.

"You...did it?" asked a bewildered Stoick.

"Yep. Your old son is gone and is now new and improved," said Gobberwith pride, believing it was his training. He then scrunched his faceup in confusion. "Although he is gone most of the time. Don't knowwhere he goes. But you can't blame him, I mean a life of a celebrityis very rough. He can't even walk around the village without beingswarmed by fans." He then chuckled "I remember he came to trainingone day with parts of his clothing ripped. I asked what happened andall he said was 'Fan-Girls'." Stoick shivered at that, knowing thehorrors from experience "I don't know how Naruto does it though, hehas this...way with the beasts."

* * *

><p>-With Naruto and Toothless-<p>

Naruto couldn't contain his excitement as he and Toothless wereslowly flying across the sky, but away from the village so as to nothave witnesses. Thankfully they were miles in the air, high above thevillage, so no one would been able to see them. Now clad in his fullleather gear, with a blood red mask that covered the lower part ofhis face, Naruto looked at the sheet that he placed in front of him,to help remember how to manoeuvre Toothless' mechanical fin."Alright, Toothless, let's take this nice and slow" said Naruto as heread the sheet. "Ok, position four" he said as he moved his foot,which moved the fin. Toothless shook his head, not really use toflying this way but knew it was important. They both flew and thenlightly curved left. Naruto looked around, making sure everything wasalright. Seeing that everything was alright, he smirked "Alright, itsgo time" Moving his foot slightly, Toothless went for dive beforelevelling off just above the water.

They flew under a large stone arch, just as intended. "Great" saidNaruto with a smile "It works!" Distracted from looking back,Toothless lightly slammed into a stone pillar. "Sorry" apologisedNaruto before they slammed into another pillar "Damn it!" Annoyed atthis, Toothless used his ears and smacked Naruto across the head."Ow! I said I was sorry!" he shouted back to the dragon. "Positionthree" he muttered as he moved his foot. Toothless moved and theywere both now flying straight up towards the sky. "This is awesome!"shouted Naruto with wide eyes and a large smile. Suddenly, he saw hischeat sheet fly off. "No!" Trying to grab it, his harness came offthe hook just as Toothless slowed down. But because of the momentum,Naruto continued to fly up until Toothless finally sawhim.

Toothless widened his eyes when he saw Naruto in front of him,instead of on the saddle. He then began to thrash around just asNaruto tried to get back to the saddle "Calm down!" shouted Narutoover the wind, hoping that Toothless would had heard, but sadly notas the dragon's tail whipped his face hard enough for a large cut toappear on his forehead. Seeing an opening with his one good eye, nowthat his left eye was covered in blood, Naruto manoeuvred himself sothat he flew close to the saddle. Finally managing to grab hold ofthe saddle, Naruto quickly straightened himself out as he reattachedhis harness. Unfortunately they were still plummeting towards thewater as they span in mid-air, so the air current kept pushing thecheat sheet out of the way as Naruto tried to read it. Seeing that itwas too late for that, Naruto decided to let it go as heinstinctively moved his foot so he could move the fin. It worked asthey straightened themselves out and then manoeuvred them throughoutall the rock pillars and archways that they passed earlier.

After a few close calls, they made it past, and both sighed inrelief. "Thank god that's over" muttered Naruto, not noticed aglimmer of mischievousness appear in Toothless' eyes before thedragon blew fireball ahead of them. "...Damn it" muttered Naruto,when he saw the fire.

A half hour later, both Naruto and Toothless were resting on a beach.With his mask down, Naruto was now cooking a couple of fishes. Youcould clearly see the soot on his face and in his hair. The cut thatwas on his head finally stopped bleeding and Naruto was careful towash it because of the soot. Hearing Toothless make a weird noise,

Naruto look and saw the dragon regurgitate a fish head. Chuckling inan awkward manner, Naruto spoke "No, I'm alright, thanks." Hearinganother noise, Naruto looked ahead and saw several Terrible Terror'sappear and land in front of him. He tensed and he idly noticed thatToothless was growling. Watching, Naruto saw one of the dragonssnatch the fish's head and then fight over it with another. He thensaw a fish move on its own in the pile next to Toothless before saiddragon snatched it away from the tiny dragon.

Winning the small tug of war easily, Toothless ate the fish andactually chuckled at the Terrible Terror's expense. In retaliation,the tiny dragon prepared a fireball but as soon as it opened itsmouth, Toothless blew a small one inside of it, making the gas insideof the dragon ignite and backfire. Smoke coming out of the littleone, the dragon staggered away in a painful daze. Chuckling, Narutograbbed one of his cooked fish and tossed it to the downed dragon "Soyou're not fireproof inside" he said. Happily eating the fish, thetiny Terror cautiously approached Naruto before going under his armand curling up to sleep. "Everything we now about you guy's is wrong"said Naruto in amazement.

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><p>-That Night-<p>

Naruto sat bored at his desk, going over what happened in the pastcouple of weeks. As he was distracted, he never noticed his fathercome into the room until he heard a noise. Turning and seeing hisfather, Naruto literally jumped up and swiped every drawing ofToothless from his desk onto the floor. "Dad!" shouted Naruto, tryingto act casual as he lent against his desk "When did you getback?"

"Not too long ago" said Stoick as he took his helmet off "I camestraight here to see you."

"Me?" asked Naruto in confusion.

"You've been keeping secrets," stated Stoick in a sternmanner.

_'Does he know?'_ thought Naruto in slight panic, as a small amountof sweat dripped from his forehead. _'He can't possibly know! No onebut me knows of Toothless!'_

However, all of Naruto's hopes were dashed with Stoick's nextsentence: "Just how long did you think you could keep it fromme?"

_'HE KNOWS! I AM SO SCREWED!'_ thought Naruto as he tried to come upwith an excuse "I don't know what you're-"

He was interrupted though. "Nothing happens on this island without mehearing about it" He then stepped closer to his son "So, let's talkabout that dragon." If it was possible, Naruto managed to grow evenmore pale the second Stoick mention dragon. As he tried to come upwith an excuse, Stoick just burst out laughing, scaring Naruto, as itwas a loud and booming laugh "I was hoping for this!"

"...What?" asked Naruto dumbly as he was highly confused at what was

happening _'Are we talking about the same thing?'_

"And it will only get better!" continued Stoick in an excited manner"Just wait until you spill a Nadder's guts for the first time! Andmount your first Gronkle on a spear! What a feeling!" shouted Stoickas he clapped Naruto's back, jerking the seventeen year old alittle.

_'I knew it'_ thought Naruto with a slightly relieved but stillworried expression.

"You really had me going there son" Stoick said as he laughed alittle. "All those years of the strangest Viking Berk has ever seen!Odin, it was rough, I almost gave up on you. All the while you wereholding out me! Thor almighty!" Grabbing a stool that was nearby,Stoick sat down on it, his massive frame was still filling the room."With you doing so well, we now have something to talk about" hefinished with a large smile. Unfortunately it was very awkward at thenext moment because neither knew what to say. After a minute ofsilence, Stoick coughed to break it "I, uh, brought you something" hesaid as he showed a Viking helmet "To keep you safe in thering."

Naruto took the helmet and smiled. "Wow" he said "Thank you." He thenput it on his head, still wearing his smile.

"Your mother would have wanted you to have it," said Stoick with agentle smile "It was half her breast plate." At this, Naruto's eyeswidened slightly as he took the helmet off his head. He grimacedslightly but managed to put on a smiled anyway. Stoick then tappedhis own helmet that Naruto noticed was the exact same as the one inhis hands. "Matching set. So as to keep her close." He then stood upand ruffled Naruto's hair. "Wear it proudly. You deserve it afterall, you kept up your end of the bargain." Naruto just smiled at hisfather, although inside he was more worried than ever.

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><p>-The Next Day, Training Grounds-<p>

Naruto was not happy right now. He knew that whoever did the best intoday's training, would be the winner and slay their first dragon. Soas he stayed behind a barrier, he watched as a Gronkle flew about thetraining ground. What didn't help was that nearly everyone in Berkwas here to watch, including Stoick. As he tried to think of ways toget out of this situation, Astrid appeared beside him. She seemedsurprised to see him before settling to a glare as she pushed his axedown. "Stay out of my way" she ordered, which sounded more like athreat "I'm winning this thing."

"Please, by all means" said Naruto, which made Astrid confused beforeshe shook her head and ran off towards the Gronkle, hiding behindbarriers to stay out of the dragon's sight. Naruto just stood andlent against the barrier he was at as he looked towards his fatherwho gave him a nod of encouragement.

Astrid ran from barrier to barrier as she hid from the Gronkle. Asshe hid behind the last barrier, she took a few deep breaths as shetold herself "This time" in a whisper, "This time for sure." Takingone last deep breath, Astrid jumped over her barrier with her axe

raised. She released a battle-cry but stopped and dropped her axe inshock. In front of her stood Naruto with a downed Gronkle at hisfeet. Naruto just looked at the blond girl and shrugged. "No!"shouted Astrid as she started winging her axe about "No! No! Son of aHalftroll eating munge bucket!"

A loud clank was heard by everyone as they all went silent. Everyonelooked and saw Gothi, the village elder, stepped forward. The crowdseemed to light up excitedly and Stoick tried to calm them down."Well" spoke Naruto "I'm leaving" He tried to leave before Gobberused his hook to get the back of Naruto's hood. "Hey, I need to-"

He was interrupted as Astrid, the second Naruto was put back on hisfeet, pointed her axe at Naruto. "What?!" she shouted, extremelyangry "What do you need to do?!"

Stoick then raised his hand, silencing everyone. "The Elder hasdecided" he said as Gobber went between the two teens. Once the Elderwas next to the training grounds cage, Gobber raised his hooked handabove Astrid. The crowd watched with bated breath before the Eldershook her head, drawing gasps from the crowd. Gobber then raised hishand above Naruto, making the Gothi nod with a smile. The crowderupted into cheers. Everyone but two were happy. Astrid was seenglaring at Naruto, and Naruto was frowning, but no one could see itbecause of his mask.

Suddenly, Naruto was hoisted up onto the other recruits shoulders,making the crowd cheer even more. Naruto just started to wave hishand to keep up appearances as he thought about the consequences thatwill no doubt occur.

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><p>-Later that day, in the Cove-<p>

"Toothless!" called Naruto as he was seen with a basket full of fish"Come on! We are leaving!" Toothless was nowhere to be seen as Narutoset his basket down. He was about to open it and give it to Toothlessso that the Night Fury would come out of hiding, until he heard asound that all too familiar to Naruto. It was the sound of a weaponbeing sharpened. Naruto snapped his head up and widened his eyes whenhe saw Astrid sitting on a boulder right in front of him andsharpening her axe "Astrid" he whispered before letting his handhover over his hidden dagger "What are you doing here?" he asked,preparing himself in case there would be a fight.

"I want to know want's going on" she said as she jumped down from theboulder "No one just gets as good as you do, especially you." As shetalked, she walked up to Naruto and then circled aroundhim.

Naruto's right eye was now twitching _'That was really insulting'_ hethought.

"Start talking!" she ordered "Are you training with someone?"

"I always train by myself" he said.

She then grabbed him by one of his shoulder pads "It better notinvolve any of this." As soon as she said that, a rustle was heard

from the other side of the cove. Getting suspicious, Astrid let go ofNaruto and set off to investigate.

Naruto just sighed "Toothless, you might as well come out! She'llfind you eventually!" he shouted, seeing no point in hiding itanymore. Astrid turned to Naruto, tired of him being an idiot as sheraised her axe in a threatening manner.

Naruto just sighed as he heard the dragon growl from where he was.Astrid turned towards the noise and widened her eyes in fear as shesaw a dragon she had never seen before. "Get down!" she shouted,pushing Naruto down to the ground. Toothless saw this and roared ashe ran out from where he was to help his friend.

Astrid quickly got back up and raised her axe when she saw the dragoncharge at her, but Naruto was quick as he got up as well and pickedAstrid up in a bridal carry, and then jumped over the chargingToothless whilst flipping forward. Once he landed back on the ground,he quickly put Astrid back on her feet, not noticing her blushingface, and put his hands up to stop both Toothless and Astrid fromattacking each other. "Stop!" shouted Naruto, making Toothlessactually grind to a halt. The dragon may have stopped, but he stillglared at Astrid whilst giving Naruto a questioning gaze. "She's afriend" said Naruto, earning a snort from the dragon "Well she's sortof a friend." Naruto then turned to the stunned and highly confusedAstrid "You just scared him."

"I scared him?!" screeched Astrid, making Naruto suddenly think of apink haired girl for some reason "Who is 'him'?" asked Astrid aftertaking a deep breath.

"Astrid, Toothless" said Naruto, greeting the girl to the dragon"Toothless, Astrid" he said, introducing the dragon to the girl.Toothless just continued to glare at Astrid before snarling, scaringthe girl some more. Astrid just looked between the two some more withdisgust before running away back towards Berk. Naruto sighed asToothless now looked on with a bored expression. "Great" said Narutowith sarcasm "She's going to tell everyone." Toothless just gruntedbefore walked off. "Hey! Where do you think you're going?" questionedNaruto, going after the dragon.

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><p>-With Astrid-<p>

Astrid continued to race through the forest towards Berk. She hoppedoff a log and was suddenly snatched into the air. She screamed infear as she was brought higher and higher into the air. "Oh greatOdin's Ghost! This is it!" she shouted before screaming and clutchingat what grabbed her. She was then brought to a tree. Once placed onthe highest branch, Astrid looked and saw Naruto and Toothless landon the top branch, bending the tree they were on. "Naruto!" sheshouted in anger, although the panic and fear was easily heard "Getme DOWN from here!"

"Am I allowed to explain?" asked Naruto with an amused expression,already knowing what the answer will be. Astrid couldn't see hisexpression though because his mask was up again but his hood wasdown.

"I am not listening to anything you have to say!" she shouted back atthe dragon Rider.

Naruto rolled his eyes before outstretching his hand to her "Then canI show you? Please?" he asked.

Astrid was about to shout until she heard the tree creak some more.Hesitantly, she looked down before looking back up right away. Aftera moment, she slowly climbed up the branch and towards the duo beforeswatting Naruto's hand away and climbing on the saddle, ignoringToothless growling. Once she was on, she moved a little and balancedherself so that she wouldn't so much as touch Naruto. "Now" she spoke"Get me down!"

Naruto sighed. "Toothless, down gently please" he said beforenoticing a glint of mischievous appear in the dragon's eyes "Ohthat's not good."

"What's not good?" Astrid asked and was suddenly thrown back asToothless shoots off into the air. Screaming, Astrid never realisedthat she wrapped her arms and legs around Naruto as they flew higherand higher.

Now having more difficulty breathing, Naruto shouted to Toothless"The hell are you doing?!" Then Toothless dove down towards the waterthat was miles below them at incredible speeds. Once near the water,Toothless levelled off but still crashed into multiple waves lightlyso that the water's froth would soak them all. Toothless then startedflying upwards before spinning, scaring Astrid even more. "And nowhe's spinning" commented Naruto as Toothless dove back towards thewater whilst still spinning. "You're being such a great help, youuseless reptile."

Being scared out of her mind, Astrid couldn't take anymore as shebegan to scream. "I'm sorry! I'm sorry! Just get me down from thisthing" she finished off quietly as her head was tucked in Naruto'sneck. Toothless heard the apology and quickly levelled off beforegliding softly in the air. He then gently rose into the air beforegoing above the clouds. Astrid slowly opened her eyes and gaspedlightly when she saw that they were high above the clouds.Hesitantly, she raised her hand and touch a cloud, leaving a smalltrail. A smile appeared on her face as she raised both her hands.Rising even more, Toothless rose above the clouds even higher andthey all appeared in a night sky. It just so happened that as theyflew, the Northern Lights appeared. As they flew, Toothless soaredover Berk, making the teens smile when they saw their home lit fromthe village lights, creating a breath taking view. Without realising,Astrid wrapped her arms around Naruto and burrowed her chin into hisshoulder, making them both smile. Toothless then flew past Berk,leaving the village lights behind them. "Alright" spoke Astrid with asmile "I'll admit it. This is pretty cool. It's...amazing." Astridthen smiled down at the dragon they were on and patted his side alittle "He's amazing."

Naruto smiled at the girl behind him, even though she couldn't seethe smile "Yes he is" he said.

After a minute or two, Astrid spoke again "So what now?" sheasked.

Naruto didn't have to ask to know what she was talking about. Heshook his head as a response "I don't know."

"Naruto" spoke Astrid "Your final exam is tomorrow. You know you aregoing to have to kill..." she hesitated as she glanced at Toothlessbefore whispering in Naruto's ear "...Kill a dragon."

"I know" said Naruto with a groan and a sigh "And I can't think ofany way to get out of it without revealing Toothless" he said, notnoticing that Toothless' ear plates were moving about erratically.Suddenly, Toothless dove down into the clouds, frightening Naruto andAstrid a little. "Toothless" spoke Naruto "What's happening?"Toothless then barks at them, making Naruto realise that he wantedthem quiet. Just as he was about to say something, he hears anotherdragon approach to his right. "Get down!" he whispered loudly toAstrid as they both leaned forward to stay more out of sight.Looking, they saw a Monstrous Nightmare appear on theirright.

"What's happening?" asked Astrid, getting more scared by the secondand Naruto couldn't blame her. Suddenly a Zippleback appears to theirleft, effectively boxing them in.

"I don't know" whispered Naruto. "Toothless" he whispered to hisdragon "You have to get us out of here!" Toothless just hissed backat them, trying to keep them quiet. More dragons were heard as theyflew. Looking, both Naruto and Astrid saw hundreds of dragon's flyaround them, all heading in the same direction. Looking more closely,Naruto saw that each dragon was carrying some animals. "I thinkthey're hauling in their kill."

Hearing this, Astrid asked "What does that make us?"

"I'd rather not think about that" spoke back Naruto just as everydragon dove more towards the water. Astrid held on tighter and triedto scream when they flew too close to some stone pillars. Eventuallythey all came across an island with a volcano on it, with lavaflowing on random parts of the mountain. They flew closer and closerto the volcano until they came across a cave in the side of thevolcano which leads to a tunnel that every dragon was using. Not longafter, they appeared in a massive cavern with the bottom beingcovered by smoke so they couldn't see past it, except for the glowingthat made them realise there was lava at the bottom. "What my Dadwouldn't give to find this" muttered Naruto as Toothless flew to theside and landed on a small dark shelf, that was hard to see, tryingto stay hidden.

Both Naruto and Astrid watched as all the hauled food was dropped sothat it would all go to the bottom of the volcano. "They're noteating any of it" pointed out Astrid in a whisper. They watched asthe last of the food was dumped before a Gronkle appeared, floatingover the pit of lava. Even from where they were, Naruto and Astridcould tell the Gronkle was not exactly smart as it regurgitated afishes head. It then scratched its ear before stopping as a massiveroar resounded through the cavern. Suddenly, a massive dragon dove upfrom the cavern's pit and ate the Gronkle, making Naruto and Astridgasp at the sheer size of the dragon.

Every dragon seemed to back away in fear of the dragon as its headstayed above the smoke "We have to get out of here" said Naruto to

Toothless when he saw the massive dragon sniff the air. It was a goodthing too because as soon as Toothless flew away, the gargantuandragon jumped at where they were. All the dragons fled and Toothlessfollowed after, trying to keep his rider and friend safe.

After a while, Toothless landed back in the cove and let both Narutoand Astrid down. "No, no" she said, voicing her theory of what theyjust saw. "It totally makes sense. It's like a giant beehive. Thedragons are the workers and that thing was the queen. It control'sthem." Once she said that, she said something that made Naruto panicslightly "We have to tell your Dad!"

"No!" shouted Naruto, making Astrid jump at the unexpected noise "Wecannot tell anyone about this." Seeing the questioning look, Narutoexplained as he took his mask off. "If we tell them about the nestand how we found out, then they'll kill Toothless and I will not letthat happen." Taking a deep breath to calm himself down, Narutocontinued "We have to think this through carefully."

"Naruto" said Astrid, getting his attention "We just discovered thedragon's Nest - the thing we've been after since Vikings first sailedhere. And you want to keep it a secret? To protect your pet dragon?Are you serious?"

Astrid would have said more if Naruto had not turned around. Shewidened her eyes when she saw his eyes. They were full ofdetermination "Yes" he said with nothing but conviction.

After a few seconds, Astrid sighed "Ok. But what are we going todo?"

Thinking for a moment, Naruto answered "Just give me until tomorrow.I'll figure something out"

They both stayed silent for a moment before Astrid suddenly punchedNaruto in the arm "That was for kidnapping me" she explained asNaruto looked at Toothless, who just scoffed and continued drinkingwater. Looking back at Astrid, his eyes widened when she grabbed hisarm and kissed his cheek, causing them both to blush immensely."T-That...was for everything else" she stuttered before running awayback to Berk.

Naruto stared after Astrid, not knowing what to say as his jaw wasalmost unhinged. Toothless walked up to Naruto and gave him a look."What are you looking at?" asked Naruto once he found his voice.

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><p>-The Next Day, at the Training Grounds-<p>

Almost all of Berk were at the training ground, excited to see theson of Stoick slay a dragon. The entire arena was filled with flagsand banners as everyone cheered when Stoick appeared. "Well!" heshouted over the roaring crowd "I'm glad I can show my face in publicagain!" The crowd laughed along with Stoick before he quieted them."If someone had told me that in a few short weeks, Naruto would gofrom being, well...Naruto, to placing first in the dragon Training, Iwould have tied him to a mast and shipped him off for fear he'd gonemad! And you know it! But here we are! And no one is more surprisedand proud than I am! Today, my boy becomes a VIKING!" He roared the

last word and the crowd cheered.

Down in the training arena, Naruto stood at the gate, not lookingworried in the slightest. "Be careful with that dragon" he heard.Turning, he saw Astrid standing there with a smile ofreassurance.

He chuckled "It's not the dragon I'm worried about" he said, noddingtowards is father.

"What are you going to do?"

Naruto looked at Astrid and smiled, making her unknowingly blushslightly "I'm going to end this" he said whilst putting his mask up.He seemed to hesitate before taking her hand and making her blushmore "If something goes wrong, make sure that they do not findToothless."

"I will" replied Astrid as she squeezed his hand slightly "Justpromise me it won't go wrong."

Noticing that Gobber was coming, Naruto quickly said "Ipromise."

"It's time. Make sure to knock it dead" he said to the boy, notnoticing as the two quickly let go of the other's hand.

Naruto just sighed as he put on the helmet that his father gave him.He entered the ring and the crowd seemed to cheer even more as soonas they saw him "Show 'em how it's done, my man!" shouted Stoick,gaining his son's attention as the two locked eyes. Stoick nodded andNaruto went to where the weapons were. He went there and took ashield and an average sword that was made for someone of his size. "Iwould have gone for the hammer" muttered Stoick to Gobber, who noddedin agreement.

Naruto then went back towards the centre of the arena and stared atthe large bolted door that contained the dragon that he was to slay."I'm ready" The bolt to the door was lifted and the heavy doors burstopen in a blaze of fire as a Monstrous Nightmare jumps out. Itsentire body was covered in flames as it runs around the arena and itswalls. It even blast a fireball through the cage but the crowd easilyavoided the attack as it went flying towards the water. It thenclimbed to the top of the cage, as the flames surrounding its bodydissipated, before looking straight at Naruto. It went to the groundand approached Naruto, who calmly looked back but took steps away incase the dragon attacked. Suddenly, to everyone but Astrid'sconfusion, Naruto let go of his shield and sword, making them clatteron the ground. The dragon continued to advance but Naruto put hishands out to show he would not attack.

"What is he doing?" muttered Stoick, not liking what ishappening.

"It's alright" said Naruto to the dragon before looking straight athis father and took off his helmet. "I'm not one of them" he said ashe threw the helmet to the ground, causing everyone to gasp in shock.He then outstretched his hand towards the dragon, looking between thedragon and his father.

Angered by what has happened, Stoick said "Stop the fight."

"No!" shouted Naruto in a calm way "I need all of you to see this!They are not what we think they are!" What he said next, outragedStoick completely "We don't have to kill them!"

Quickly getting up, Stoick roared "I SAID STOP THE FIGHT!" He thenbanged his hammer against the arena's iron cage, causing a massivenoise to resound inside of it, spooking the Monstrous Nightmare thatwas about to accept Naruto. Its eyes narrowed before snapping atNaruto, who quickly jumped out of the way. It then blasted a streamof fire that Naruto barely avoided "Out of my way!" shouted Stoick ashe pushed past the crowd.

"Naruto!" shouted Astrid before taking an axe off the wall andhoisting the cage up, just enough to allow her through. Naruto ran tothe weapon's rack and was about to grab something before the dragondestroyed it with another burst of flames. Stoick reached the gatesto the arena before throwing it open.

In a desperate attempt to help, Astrid picked up a hammer and threwit at the dragon, hitting its nose. Now, its attention was on Astridas it chased after her. Stoick got to the second gate and lifted itopen just as Astrid reached him. Naruto was about to follow after, atleast until the Nightmare launched another fireball dead ahead ofhim, and blocking his path. Unfortunately, Naruto was not expectingthis and fell down in shock. The Monstrous Nightmare then pounced onhim, trapping him with its claws. The crowd had no idea what to doand neither did Stoick or Astrid. As they waited, a sound caughttheir attention that made them fear for their lives. "Night Fury! Getdown!" someone shouted as everyone ducked down.

Toothless jumped over the crowd and blasted open the arena's cage,creating a massive smoke cloud that blocked everyone's view of thedragon jumped in. No one could see anything but they could hear bothdragon's roar at each other. The smoke soon dissipated to show Narutostanding behind Toothless as he roared at the Nightmare, scaring itinto the wall. Toothless roars one more time and the crowd growshocked and livid when they saw Naruto move in front of the dragonand throw his arms out, protecting it. "Toothless, you need to getout of here!" said Naruto, watching the crowd carefully, knowing thatthis will turn ugly.

"Night Fury!" shouted a Viking before everyone climbed into thearena, one way or another, and started to attack Toothless. "Take italive!" one shouted as Stoick took an axe off the wall next to himand entered the arena himself. He charged at Toothless. "Dad, no!"shouted Naruto in vain as Toothless lunged at the large chief. Theyboth scuffled a little before Toothless prepared to fire an attackbefore Naruto shouted "NO!" which stopped the Night Fury. Toothlesslooked at Naruto before a Viking hit the dragon with a hammer.Another tackled Toothless and held his head to the ground "Don't youdare hurt him!" shouted Naruto as Astrid held Naruto back for hissafety.

Stoick stood up and glared at Toothless and snarled out "Put it withthe others." He then turned his glare onto his son, not believingwhat has happened. He grabbed Naruto by his robe and left, not sayinganything to anyone. After a few minutes, he entered the Great Halland shoved Naruto in front of him before slamming the massive door

shut. "I should have known" he muttered "I should have seen thesigns."

"Dad-" started Naruto before Stoick glared at him again.

"We had a deal!" shouted Stoick in anger

"I know we did! But if you would let me explain-" Naruto was onceagain interrupted.

Stoick spoke in an angry and disbelieving tone "So everything in thering, a trick? A lie?"

Naruto took a deep breath to calm himself "I know I messed up andthat I should have told you. Take this out on me, be mad at me, butplease don't do anything to Toothless" Naruto all butbegged.

Hearing this, Stoick stopped and looked shocked and disbelieving athis son. "That's what you're worried about? The dragon? Not thepeople that you almost killed?!"

"He was protecting me!" shouted Naruto in defiance.

"They've killed hundreds of us!"

Having enough of this, Naruto roared at his father: "And we've killedTHOUSANDS of them! All they do is defend themselves! They are forcedto kill and steal from us because if they don't, then they will beeaten themselves!" he shouted with rage in his voice "There issomething else at their island, Dad, they-"

"Their island?" repeated Stoick as he interrupted his son. Turning,he stomped towards his son "How did you find it?" Naruto didn't sayanything, causing Stoick to punch the wall he was next to. When hisfist made contact with the wall, it caused spider cracks to appear"Where?!"

Naruto didn't even flinch as his father tried to frighten him.Knowing he couldn't win, he answered "Only a dragon can find thenest." Stoick stared at Naruto until an idea appeared on his face."Don't go there" pleaded Naruto "There is a dragon there that youhave never seen before and it will kill you and anyone else you takewith you." Stoick didn't show any signs that he heard Naruto as hewalked towards the doors of the hall. In a desperate attempt to stophim, Naruto grabbed Stoick's arm "Please! I promise you that you willnot win this one!" Still nothing. Tugging even harder, Naruto managedto turn his father slightly as he shouted "WOULD YOU PLEASE LISTEN TOME!"

Having enough of this, Stoick threw Naruto off of him and onto theground. They both stared at each other, Naruto with a stunned andhurt look, and Stoick with a callous look "You've thrown your lot inwith them" spoke Stoick with no emotion "You're not a Viking" Hestopped before looking away from Naruto's gaze "You're not myson"

He then left the hall, not daring to look back at Naruto who had adevastated look.

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><p>-Next Morning-<p>

At the docks, almost every Viking on Berk were setting up the ships."Ready the ships!" ordered Stoick as he entered the largest one. Hewatched as many items were loaded onto the ship. Lastly, Toothlesswas loaded aboard Stoick's ship, chained down to a palette, muzzled,and restrained with a weighty neck ring. Stoick smirked when his gazewent to the dragon before looking off into the horizon. "Set sail!"he ordered all other Vikings, "We head for Helheim's Gate!" Suddenly,he looked towards the cliffs near the docks of Berk, seeing his sonat the top with his hood down but his mask up. Both stared at eachother from a distance before Stoick broke off and glared atToothless. He walked towards the dragon and ordered harshly "Lead ushome, devil." Naruto just stood on top of the hill, not knowing whatto do as he watched each ship sail away from the village.

Naruto stayed on top of the hill for hours on end. He didn't evenrealise how long he was there until he heard someone approach frombehind him. Even then he didn't turn, somehow knowing that it wasAstrid. "It's a mess" she commented, but Naruto didn't reply orbother looking. "You must feel horrible. You've lost everything" shecontinued, but then stopped herself when she saw Naruto's hand make afist and shake lightly.

"Why couldn't I have just killed that dragon when I found him in thewoods" Naruto said after a minute, unclenching his hand and lookingtowards the sky, "It would have been better for everyone."

"Yep" stated Astrid in agreement, seemingly in a nonchalant manner"The rest of us would have done it." She then walked forward andstood next to the teen "So why didn't you?" Naruto just shook hishead as he looked down to the ground. "Why didn't you?" Astrid askedagain.

Naruto still didn't look up "I don't know" he admitted "Icouldn't."

Not satisfied with the answer, Astrid stated "That's not ananswer."

Beginning to get annoyed by the questions, Naruto turned to look atAstrid and threw his mask down "Why is this so important to you allof a sudden?!" he asked loudly.

Astrid held a small smiled that Naruto seemed to miss "Because I wantto remember what you say right now."

Having enough of this, Naruto practically exploded as he shouted "Iwas a coward! I was weak! I wouldn't kill a dragon!"

Hearing this, Astrid stated "You said 'wouldn't' thattime."

"Whatever!" shouted back Naruto, not caring about the difference inwhat he said "I wouldn't! Three hundred years and I'm the firstViking who wouldn't kill a dragon!"

After that, both became silent, neither saying anything. But after a

minute, Astrid said "First one to ride one though." Naruto's eyeswidened at this, never having thought of that. "So…" encouragedAstrid.

"I wouldn't kill him because he looked as frightened as I was"admitted Naruto, in a quiet tone, looking down at the ground again "Ilooked him in the eyes, and I saw myself."

Astrid smiled at that before looking out towards the ocean. "I bethe's really frightened now" she said, drawing Naruto's attention,"What are you going to do about it?"

Naruto thought for a moment before smiling lightly and looking atAstrid. "Probably something stupid" was his answer.

"Good" said Astrid with a nod "But you've done thatalready."

Looking at Astrid, Naruto's eyes shown with determination. "Thensomething impossible" he said without hesitation.

Later that day, Naruto was found in the training grounds, preparingto open up the door to the Monstrous Nightmare. Before he could dothat though, he heard footsteps behind him. Looking, he saw all theother recruits there as Fishlegs spoke "If you're planning on gettingeaten, then I'd definitely go with the Gronkle."

Naruto stared at everyone there as Tuffnut went up to him with aserious look. "You were wise to seek out this world's deadliestweapon" he said. Everyone was silent, as Naruto just gave him adeadpan stare "It's me" finished Tuffnut.

"Yeah, I figured that's what you meant" said Naruto.

He then watched as Snotlout pushed Tuffnut out of the way "I lovethis plan!" he explained, trying to impress Astrid, but it didn'twork.

Ruffnut then pushed the boy out of the way. "You're crazy" she saidwith a sneer before giving Naruto a look whilst speaking in a sultrytone "I like that" she whispered.

Seeing this, Astrid became angry for some reason and quickly pushedthe girl away. "So, what's the plan?" she asked, trying to forgetwhat she just did.

Naruto smiles as his friends began to support him in his time ofneed. "We need to get that door open" he said, pointing to thebarricaded door behind him. The recruit's glances and a couple werehesitant now because they knew that was the Monstrous Nightmare. Butthey shook off their fear and helped Naruto open the door, beforewatching in amazement as the large red dragon slowly came out as itstared at Naruto's palm with calmness.

Out of fear, Snotlout tried to get the spear that was lying next tohim, but Astrid placed her foot over it whilst shaking her head,telling him that was not a good idea. Naruto finally reached theother teens before taking a hold of Snotlout's wrist and bringing itcloser to the Nightmare. "W-Wait! What are you doing?!" he whisperedin a loud tone, not wanting to scare the dragon into killing

him.

Naruto shushed him with a knowing smile. "It's alright" he said,calming Snotlout down a bit.

Putting Snotlout's hand onto the nose of the Nightmare, the dragonsnorted before leaning into it a little bit more, causing Snotlout tochuckle in a really nervous tone but you could easily tell that hewas incredibly amazed by this. Naruto took a step away, catching hisfriends attention. "Where are you going?" asked Snotlout, not surewhat to do.

Naruto ran over to the supply box and took out a pile of rope."You're all going to need this to help hold on." The recruits lookedat each other before hearing a noise. Looking, they all saw all theother dragon's sitting and waiting. Everyone chose their own dragon,and were then tied to their respective dragon. Snotlout, of course,got the Monstrous Nightmare, Fishlegs's got the Gronkle, Ruffnut andTuffnut both got the Zippleback, and Astrid got the Nadder. Onceeveryone was ready, they tried to fly off. Key word being tried.Naruto laughed lightly as he lent against the wall, watching theother recruits struggle to stay on their dragons. The only one thatseemed to be doing the best, was Astrid, unsurprisingly.

It took nearly an entire hour but they eventually managed to get goodenough to stay on the dragon as they flew. Once they were ready,Naruto got on the Nadder with Astrid sitting behind him with her armsaround his waist. They all flew into the skies, with the recruitsshouting their excitement, but both Naruto and Astrid stayed quiet,with Naruto having his mask up. After a while, Astrid leaned closerso Naruto could hear her "What are we going to do about that giantdragon?"

Naruto said nothing as he glanced at the recruits. He knew he had toplan carefully otherwise they would all be dead. "I don't reallyknow" admitted Naruto after a minute of thinking. "I think we shouldat least get everyone away from that dragon, Red Death" he said,giving that monstrous dragon a name that fit. "Then, you and theothers try and distract it as I find Toothless."

Astrid nodded before falling silent. She gently stroked the sides ofthe Nadder they were on, and smiled when she heard the dragon make apurr like noise. "You know, it's a weird" she said, catching Naruto'sattention "Just the other day, I did everything I could so that Icould kill a dragon for Berk and become a Viking. But now I'm ridinga dragon to help save another and all the other Vikings."

Naruto chuckled at that along with Astrid as she laughed along."Yeah, it's is weird to think about. But...it just seems right to me"he said "To fly with a dragon." He then glanced over his shoulder,finally noticing that Astrid was resting her chin on him. "So whatare you going to name her?" he asked, nodding towards the Nadder theywere on.

Surprised by the question, Astrid thought for a moment. She honestlydidn't know what to call the dragon. As she thought about it, theyflew past a cloud that suddenly struck some lightning, makingeveryone look at it in amazement. "A storm" muttered Astrid beforewidening her eyes and smiling "Stormfly" she said "I'll name herStormfly."

The Nadder roared at the name, seemingly liking it. "I think shelikes it" commented Naruto with a smile before it turned into afrown. Looking ahead, everyone saw an island in the distance andcould see some Viking ships on fire. "Were here!" shouted Naruto,making everyone nod. "Listen! There is a massive dragon there and itwill be impossible for us to defeat it! So, I want you to divert itsattention whilst making sure avoid its attacks!"

"Is that it?!" shouted Snotlout, pointing down at the island. Lookingdown, Naruto and everyone saw a giant dragon on the side of themountain, and they could easily tell that it was taller than any ofthe ships there.

"Yeah!" shouted back Naruto "When I say, I want you all to fire atit!" Everyone nodded and prepared as they flew down, gaining speed asthey flew towards the island. When they got close enough, Narutoshouted "NOW!" and the dragons they were riding suddenly blasted fireat the Red Death, making it cancel its own attack that it hadprepared. "Ruffnut, Tuffnut, watch your back! Fishlegs, move!"ordered Naruto, acting as their leader. Looking down at the ground,Naruto noticed his father and Gobber standing next to each other,both gobsmacked at what they are seeing. Circling around the dragon,Naruto shouted "Fishlegs, break it down!"

Nodding, the larger boy let his eyes scan over the Red Death for afew moments. "Heavily armoured skin, and tail made for bashing andcrushing! Stay clear of both" he shouted to the others "Small eyesand large nostrils, means he relies heavily on hearing andsmell!"

Naruto nodded "Alright, Snotlout, Fishlegs, find its blind spot! Makesome noise and confuse it!" The two nodded and flew off. "Ruffnut andTuffnut, find out if it has a shot limit, make it mad!"

"That's my specialty!" shouted Ruffnut with pride.

Naruto ignored the squabbling twins as he and Astrid flew over someof the ships wreckage to find Toothless. Astrid gasped behind him andpointed "There he is!" Looking, he saw Toothless struggling to breakfree from his bindings.

Steering towards a safe spot, Naruto jumped off and said to Astrid"Go and help the others." She nodded and was about to leave beforeNaruto grabbed her hand, causing her to blush lightly for somereason. "Be careful" he said with concern.

"I will" replied Astrid with a smile as she squeezed his hand beforeflying off. Once she flew away, Naruto bounded over a few debris andmanaged to get to Toothless. He hurried as he got the muzzle off ofthe dragon, allowing it to roar out in alarm. "Now let's get youloose" muttered Naruto to Toothless as he began to pull on the heavychains. He tugged on the chains but they would not budge no matterwhat. Glancing up, he saw his friends struggle against the giantdragon as it was right next to the ships now. The Red Death lifted upa foot and slammed it down to the ground, causing the ship thatNaruto and Toothless were to suddenly get thrown deep under water.Because he didn't have time to gasp for air, Naruto struggled evenmore, feeling his strength leave him as his vision became blurry.Just as he was going to tug on the chains one last time, a large hand

appears out of nowhere and grabs Naruto, before swimming up to theshore. Naruto watched in fear as he saw Toothless sink.

Emerging on the shore, Naruto gasped for breath and glanced at theperson who saved him, shocked to see his father diving back into thewater. Naruto watched the water for a moment but nothing happened. Hegot up and ran to the water just as something jumped out and onto theshore. Looking, he saw Toothless and Stoick gasping for air.Toothless then roars and snorts at Naruto, as if telling him to geton. Naruto nodded with a smirk and got onto the saddle whilst hookinghimself in. Stoick grabbed onto him and looked unsure of what to say."Naruto" he began, "I'm...sorry...for everything."

Naruto smiled as he pulled down his mask "I know Dad, I'm sorrytoo."

"You don't have to go up there" pleaded Stoick, not wanting to losehis son again.

Chuckling, Naruto spoke "Were Vikings, it's an occupational hazard."Stoick chuckled at that, completely agreeing.

Smiling in pride for his son, Stoick said "I am proud to call you myson." Naruto nodded before pulling up his mask and hood. He looked atthe Red Death with determination as Toothless shot off into the airat high speeds.

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><p>-With Astrid and Stormfly-<p>

Astrid watched as the twins manage to catch Snotlout, not noticingthat the Red Death was preparing an attack right behind her. Shefinally noticed when, Stormfly cried out and that they were losingcontrol of their flight because the Red Death was breathing in.Everyone watched and knew she wouldn't be able to fight it beforehearing a sound that brought even more fear into their hearts.."Night Fury!" shouted a Viking as they all ducked.

No one expected for a massive attack managing to hit the Red Deathdead on the face, forcing it to cancel its own attack and throwingAstrid and Stormfly away. The Nadder managed to correct itself in theair but was unable to reach Astrid. Getting closer and closer to theground, Astrid prepared for the oncoming pain and possible deathbefore being suddenly jerked forward and having a feeling a warmthsurround her. Daring to open her eyes, Astrid looked and stared whenshe realised it was Naruto who saved her by catching her in a bridalcarry, causing her to blush. "I thought I asked you to be safe" hecheekily said. He then had Toothless do a barrel roll close to theground before lifting Astrid off, as they were upside down, and ontothe ground.

"Go" said Astrid in a breathless voice, putting all of her faith inNaruto, as she stood on the ground.

Flying towards the Red Death, Naruto and Toothless shot past thebehemoth and into the sky "That thing has wings, let's see if it canuse them!" he shouted to Toothless before both dived back andplummeted towards the Red Death, gaining tremendous speed. Usingtheir momentum at the final moment, Toothless unloads a large

fireball and hit the Red Death, causing it to fall over, showing justhow strong Naruto and Toothless's attack was. Flying higher, Narutolooked back but couldn't see anything as the attack caused a largedust cloud to appear and obscure everyone's sight. But after a tensemoment, Naruto's eyes widened when he saw the Red Death begin to flyand emerge from the cloud towards him and Toothless. "Well it canfly. But we have to slow it down somehow" muttered Naruto beforegetting an idea as he looked towards the side of the island that heldmany sea stacks. Flying towards it, Naruto noticed the Red Death wasfollowing with the intent to kill. He and Toothless weaved throughthe rock formations with ease but the giant dragon behind them justsmashed through them all, trying to kill them. Seeing that the planwas working, Naruto looked at Toothless. "Let's disappear" he said,nodding towards the clouds.

Understanding, Toothless flew down a bit to gain speed beforeshooting towards the sky. Naruto held on but listened as his friendsencouraged him. They flew into the clouds, with the Red Death stillfollowing until they were all in the clouds. In the clouds, the RedDeath breathed in before firing off a massive fireball that Narutoand Toothless barely dodged as they flew out of its sight and intosurrounding clouds. After a moment, Toothless flew past and fired atthe dragon's wing, piercing a hole in it but not enough to cause muchdamage. In pure rage, the Red Death blew fire in random directions,not hitting its target. Naruto and Toothless flew upwards, but thistime, the large dragon's attack was headed their way. Naruto leanedToothless away from the attack, but the flames just managed to lickthe fake-sin, burning through the material. Realising that theirflight was going to get a lot more difficult, Naruto looked back andturned around so that he and Toothless were flying down towards theRed Death. "I hope this works" he muttered as they neared the massivedragon. "Is that the best you can do?!" Naruto shouted at the dragon,trying to taunt it. For some reason, the dragon didn't even move atthat but as soon as Toothless makes a couple of snort like sounds,the Red Death roared and charged at them as they all dive towards theground. "The hell did you say it?!" shouted Naruto toToothless.

They flew down towards the ground, with Naruto looking behind tocheck to see how close the Red Death was and the fake-fin'scondition. Looking at it now, half of the fin was disintegrated."Just a little longer" muttered Naruto before glancing back again andsaw the Red Death preparing an attack as the gas used for a dragon'sfire began to emanate from its throat "NOW!" shouted Naruto as hetwisted his foot so that Toothless would turn and fire straight intothe mouth of the great beast. The gas ignited within its throat,burning from the inside. Bursting from the clouds, everyone on theground saw Naruto and Toothless fly away from the Red Death as partof its body randomly exploded from the inside out. Toothless suddenlypulls out of the dive and flew up, past the Red Death as it slammedinto the ground in massive explosion, thankfully it was away fromanyone else. Toothless continued to fly up the Red Death's body,trying to avoid the raging inferno that seemed to chase after them.Glancing back, Naruto smiled seeing that they were flying away fromthe flames, before looking ahead and widening his eyes in shock asthe Red Death's tail was falling towards them. He tried to manoeuvreaway from it but just as he did, the last of the tail shredded away."No" gasped out Naruto just as the giant club like tail clips them,sending Naruto flying off of Toothless. "NO!" he shouted beforehitting his head against the side of the tail and falling

unconscious. Toothless struggled to reach Naruto as the inferno cameever closer to them. Everyone on the ground gasped when they saw thetwo get swallowed into the boiling inferno before it finally crashedinto the ground, creating a massive dust and ash cloud that blockedeveryone's view.

It has been a few minutes since everything stopped. Only one personwas running through the cloud of ash, trying to find his son."Naruto?! Son?!" shouted Stoick in desperation. He suddenly stoppedas something caught his eye. Looking, he saw a silhouette ofsomething and rushed towards it, thinking it was his son. But when hegot there, he only saw an injured and tired Toothless. The cloud ofash slowly dissipates, allowing everyone to see Stoick fall to hisknees. "Naruto" he muttered in despair. Astrid pushed through thecrowd only to freeze and gasp as tears welled up in her eyes. Sheslowly approached Stoick and stood next to him, with Gobber alongwith her. Everyone else made some space around them but each andevery one of them took off their helmets in respect. Toothless openhis eyes and looks straight at Stoick, who looked right back. "I amso sorry" said Stoick to the dragon. Toothless stared at Stoick for afew moments before lifting his wing up to show Naruto, who was stillunconscious and with his hood down. Stoick eyes widened. "Naruto" hewhispered in hope. He picked up his son and listened for a heartbeat.Smiling when he did hear one, he laughed as tears fell from his eyes"He's alive!" he shouted, making people smile in relief. The Vikingsthen roared out in happiness along with the dragons. Stoick leanedclose to Toothless. "Thank you" he said with a genuine smile "Forsaving my son."

Gobber walked up to Stoick and looked at Naruto. "Well, most of him."Stoick looked at Gobber before chuckling along with the man.

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><p>-A week later-<p>

Naruto laid on his bed, still asleep from that day. Most of hisinjuries were healed but there were still a few cuts and some hadleft a few scars. Toothless was whimpering and whining impatiently ashe wanted Naruto to wake up. His ears picked up when Naruto groanedas he opened his eyes slightly. "Oh, hey Toothless" he muttered in agroggy tone as he looked at the Night Fury. In happiness, Toothlessbegan to nudge and push Naruto, causing the blond to chuckle alittle. "Yeah, I'm up. I'm up." He then shot up in pain as Toothlessstood on his crotch. "Why did you-?!" he was cut short as he noticedhis surroundings. He was in his bed, in his house, with Toothlessrunning around the place like an excited dog wanting to go for awalk. "How are you in here?!" shouted Naruto in shock as Toothlessbegan to jump around the ceiling. Naruto moved to stop thehappy-go-lucky dragon before noticing that something was off.Throwing the covers off, he noticed that he was shirtless and ha d afew bandages around his chest. He still wore his pants but his eyeswidened in shock and horror when he noticed what was missing.Memories flashing through his head, Naruto eventually sighed as hemoved over to the side of the bed and set his foot onto the floor asa prosthetic foot, made of wood and iron, followed after. Toothlesswent to the ground and sat next to Naruto, just as the teen stood up.He wobbled and hissed as sharp pains coursed through his left legbefore it eventually settled down. He leaned against Toothless as hegrabbed his robe and threw it around his shoulders and both walked

towards the door. He opened it, only to see a Monstrous Nightmare flyby. Caught off guard, Naruto was about to slam the door shut in asense of deja vu, before noticing that most Viking's were out andabout with other dragons.

On the Monstrous Nightmare was Snotlout and behind him was a bunch ofpeople on dragon's, trying to learn how to ride. "Come on! Here wego!" shouted out the teen as he flew away, followed by theriders-in-training.

Going further outside, Naruto noticed his father waiting for him witha smile. Looking at the overly large man, Naruto commented "I died,didn't I?"

"No" said Stoick with a hearty laugh "But you gave it your bestshot." He then put an arm around his son and looked around. "So, whatdo you think?" he asked, indicating to the transformed village thathad dragons almost everywhere. Naruto just looked around inamazement, not knowing what to say. Some random Viking's noticedNaruto and began to rush over to the Hero of Berk; they asked him abunch of question and Naruto just looked at his father, hoping forsome answers. "Turns out, we just needed a little more of..." Hegestured to all of Naruto "This."

"You just gestured to all of me" said Naruto with a smile.

Stoick smiled back "Exactly."

Gobber hobbled over with a smile before chuckling. "Well, most ofyou" he said, indicating to Naruto's new foot. "That's a bit of myhandiwork. With a little Naruto flare thrown in. What do youthink?"

Naruto lifted the prosthetic up and looked at it. "I might make a fewadjustments" he said, making a few people chuckle.

Astrid then came out from the crowd, gaining Naruto's attentionbefore she punched him in the arm. "That's for scaring me!" was herexcuse.

Naruto just rubbed his arm. "Is this going to happen a lot? BecauseI-" he was interrupted when Astrid suddenly pulled him into a kissthat earned them both a few hoots and hollers from the crowd that hadgathered. Releasing the blond with a blush, Astrid looked at himshyly "-could get used to it" finished Naruto before he pulled Astridinto another kiss that she returned wholeheartedly.

Gobber walked up to Naruto, holding a new saddle and fin forToothless "Welcome home" he said with a smile.

Toothless then bounded through the crowd before landing on top of arandom Viking. "Night Fury!" shouted someone as a joke, earning a fewlaughs.

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><p>-After a few minutes-<p>

Naruto sat on Toothless, everything set up with his new foot fittingperfectly into the mechanism that would allow him to fly. He looked

to his left and saw Astrid on top of Stormfly, ready to fly alongwith him. Without hesitating, they both flew into the sky, having theother recruits following after.

_"This is Berk. It snows nine months of the year, and hails the otherthree. Although the past couple of weeks have been nothing but sunfor some reason. Any food that grows here is tough and tasteless. Thepeople are even more so. The only upsides are the pets. While otherplaces have dogs, or horses, we have..._

_...we have dragons!"_

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><p><strong>[END]<strong>

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><p><span>Author's Note-<span> I know it took me a little longer thanusual but I have been very busy lately with my work andeverything.

Up next is How to Train Your Dragon 2 and that will be up, hopefully,by the end of March, early April. If none of you have noticed, thenmy stories are usually done within three months now.

Another thanks to trebeh for being my Beta.

Merry Christmas and thank you all for reading!

3. Author's Note

Author's Note

Please read!

If you have any movies that you wish for me to make a crossover withNaruto, then please tell me.

The movies cannot be horror and it has to have a character thatNaruto can be paired with. NOT YAOI OR HAREM.

You just have to PM me about it, and hope that I know it, seen it,and that I like it.

I will also do games if you have any ideas for that, same rules applyas with movies.

Thank you.

Also, for the Frozen movie crossover, I am needing a beta to helpbecause I cannot do song-fics. If you are interested please pmme.

Also, it will take me within three months to complete the story soplease be patient.

4. PLEASE READ, IMPORTANT NOTICE

**PLEASE READ AUTHORS NOTE**

Because of the sheer number of requests I have been getting and theridiculous amount of time that I have been delaying, typing, andplanning these stories, I am stopping all requests!

That does not mean I am stopping, I am going to do as much as I canbut you must realise that it will take a few years to complete themall. That is also why I will be removing SOME of the stories planned.I will keep up as much I as can and I will possibly bring a few backIF I CAN!

So please no more requests, what I have will be enough. I will alsobe restarting the poll so you can all decided on what you want.

I am sorry if the story you wanted was removed but please keep inmind that it may return on a later date.

Thank you for all your support, it was truly astonishing of how manyof you wanted these types of stories. I will do my up-most best to dothe best I can for the remaining stories.

Thank you.

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><p>I have already decided on what I will make but I will put a pollup on the movies that I could not decide on. I will keep it up untilI will finish Frozen so take your time and think about it.<p>

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