Dear Guest who informed me "one does not simply have a picnic on the Black Gates",

I would like to introduce you to a term I am fond of; I am as find of this term as Dumbledore is Candy.

The term is thus: Bullshit.

The only complicated part is getting up there. I am also shocked that you seem to have missed Naruto's Simple Walk into Mordor(his cave is technically in Mordor, as the edge of the mountains begin the borders).

And to my Dear Leeroy Jenkins reviewer: I work from an iPad mini. You, my friend, managed to glitch my screen with a single review. It made my day.

Also, go to fictionpress and look up my newest work, Seven Days Alive, and then go to YouTube to Twisted Inc's channel to watch the show that spawned it.

(Also, apologies for the filler chap here... SDA is taking up my time and brainpower to take the plot and script while crafting a new world around it...)

V3: I may have lengthened this chapter.

Naruto knew he didn't look smart. He also knew he wasn't the sharpest blade in the sheathe. However, he knew he was strong. His skill in battle was almost unparalleled, rivaling that of a God of War. He was a trickster. His size belied his strength and he was far faster than the swiftest of beings anywhere. However, he was also the host of one of the strongest and most manipulative beings in his world, one he'd been influenced by since before his birth, since his conception.

Naruto was just as much a child of the Kyuubi as he was a son of Kushina and Minato Namikaze, having been conceived and born while his mother was still a Jinchuuriki. He was a fox at heart and he had a penchant for being accidentally manipulative. His ability to talk good into people like Pein was a sign of it

He stared at Erebor in the distance as he and the Company walked, watching for danger around them. A pack of Orcs had been spotted riding with a cloaked man, and Biblo had seen a large brown bear stalking the woods. It was all very unnatural, even by Naruto's standards. Orcs never travelled with humans leading them, and red eyes were especially uncommon in the race. Brown bears were never the size of a Man, usually topping a Dwarf by a half foot, instead.

A hunting horn blared, and the Company froze, the growling of Wargs reaching their ears.

"We meet once more, Uzumaki Naruto," came a voice from the shadows as the Company began to run. Naruto was the only one to stay in his place as he drew Gurthang. Gandalf's staff lit up with a brilliant flare, but it did little to the enemy around them besides blind them for a second; long enough for Naruto to react and for the Company to retreat further.

Gurthang was in his hands, and three Orcs were decapitated before a hand caught the blade, chakra spiraling around it in a drill style. Naruto's eyes widened as he leapt back and gripped his blade in both hands. A red eye opened, glowing in the shadows of the night and sending Naruto into a brief state of panic, the pupil circled by a shuriken-like pattern. A pattern only one person had ever wielded and one Naruto was intimately family with.

"Madara," the younger man spat as his adversary stepped out of the shadows and vanished. A fist suddenly buried itself into Naruto's cheek, Madara's chakra spiking as the blonde was sent flying by the punch. His sword flew out of his hands and embedded itself up to the hilt in a nearby tree.

The younger Shinobi vanished in a burst of speed and a single chain of chakra wrapped around Madara's body. A dark portal, Kamui, opened and Madara vanished into it, cutting the chakra chain in half and forcing it to dissipate. His reappearance was announced by a dagger being buried into Naruto's ribs.

A second later, his enemy vanished into another Kamui before reappearing a moment later and stabbing Naruto in the leg with another dagger.

The blonde pulled both daggers out, allowing the wounds to hiss shut in second, summoning his sword with a chakra chain and swinging it at Madara's head, only for the older man to dodge and snap Naruto's arm at the elbow.

Naruto winced and threw his arm in reverse, the bone taking a few seconds to heal. Madara's head was smashed into by the flat of Gurthang, sending him stumbling a few feet away? Naruto pressed his advantage, only to see something he'd not seen in a while from Madara. Behind the man, five black orbs floated in a circle. Madara had activated his Truth Seeking Balls and the wind blew Madara's hair out of his face. His Rinnegan was glowing as violently as a shade of violet could be, and Naruto knew the battle was going to get a lot harder.

A black lance smashed into Naruto's armor, denting it fiercely and sending him flying back several feet. The battle slowed as Naruto scowled and crawled to his feet, keeping his eyes locked on his oldest somehow-living-again enemy.

'So he's figured out about chakra manipulation being the only thing we have here... Kurama! I think it's time we made sure this bastard died for good,' Naruto said to the being in his mind. The Kyūbi drew himself to his full height as he helped Naruto enter his powered up form. There was a flash of golden light that enveloped Naruto's body.

"I've gotten faster, Uchiha-teme. Don't blink," he said, before he vanished. A loud bang erupted from his last position, and the nearby trees were uprooted as Naruto sprinted towards Madara, his tenant's chakra coalescing around him into a large ball in Naruto's palm. The unstable ball of Kyuubi's chakra was slammed into the enemy nin's jaw, and exploded. The explosion threw Madara away, and Naruto vanished in another sonic boom.

Quickly, Naruto passed his enemy and drew his blade, which erupted into golden flames matching those on his body, and swung it as he stopped. The trees he stopped in front of were utterly destroyed and the sword slid into Madara's body, cutting into him with ruthless efficiency.

A third hand appeared and a massive Rasengan formed that slammed into Madara, who was thrown away from the blade and vanished into a Kamui. Naruto's body returned to normal and he scowled.

"He escaped," the Shinobi said. Kurama snorted and laid back down in Naruto's mindscape.

"The Uchiha are cockroaches. There was no more annoying enemy that Sauron could have brought back. But we were lucky. Your body is much stronger than before, and you're many times faster than you were during the war. Madara underestimated us. He won't make that mistake a third time," Kyuubi said. Eöl frowned in concentration.

'What was that power,' he asked. Naruto blinked.

'Kyuubi and I merge chakra, and essentially combine our power. Since our power is equal, we become absurdly fast and strong,' Naruto explained to his blade's spirit. The dark elf nodded in understanding, and grinned.

Melkor scowled, his mind trying to figure out what this meant for his return. The boy was a variable that had variables of his own. His own power was fighting against him, and the boy commanded most of it.

In the physical world, Naruto sat down and rested his head against the tree Gurthang had almost chopped down. His vision swam and darkened as he felt himself getting dizzy. Separated from the Company and poisoned, Naruto fainted where he sat. Black horses came from the trees and pulled him onto one of their number, binding him in shadowy chains before the rode off, bound for the home of the Necromancer in their travels.

Sauron laughed victoriously as he waved his hand. An Orc bobbed it's head and ran off, commanding the already ready raiding parties for their strike. First, they had Naruto. He was the harder of the two targets to capture. Now, they were aiming for his home. At the advice of Madara, the Dark Lord was aiming for his home and the woman he loved.

Fin.

Mostly filler, but I have other things to work on...

REALLY IMPORTANT INFO!

Go to fictionpress and look up my newest work, Seven Days Alive, and then go to YouTube to Twisted Inc's channel to watch the show that spawned it.

(Also, apologies for the filler chap here... SDA is taking up my time and brainpower to take the plot and script while crafting a new world around it...)

ciao!

V3: Naruto=Madara? Nope. Things are going to be getting crazy starting right now, mates. As of now, I officially take over the story. Wish me luck! Or don't. I also bet you noticed what I did that Vinna didn't do. Gwen plays a bigger role in the story than you people think. And this is the start of her role in the story...