Hello people to another crossover! This idea was sparked by a reviewer of mine by the name of Element-Overlord. One day he asked me about a crossover between Naruto and Fate/Stay Night. At first I didn't know what to do for plot until he/she had an idea to make nine servants give their power to Naruto. I fiddled around the idea that the nine servants would correlate with the number of tails he could properly use without going berserk. It progressed further into a full blown idea with his help in providing Heroes to use and my slight bit of research.

Warning, I am not a true Nasuverse fan. I've delved as deep as the animes, and even then my knowledge of the intricate details of the VN's are little to none; I'll try to research as much as I can on the subject, but it wont be as in-depth as some crossovers describe.

So! To clear things up, here are some plot details:

The Holy Grail is gone

This is after the failed retrieval mission

Bashing will be nigh invisible and I'll try to paint characters in a realistic light Ex: No Sasuke the emo, no Sakura the Banshee, no Jiraiya the neglecting Perv, etc. Characters that have been bashed heavily will have a realistic reaction.

Naruto will have a harem (for you people who might ask for pairings)

Naruto will not be godlike, but will be as skilled as his servants that will teach him (Hiraishin jutsu is under debate)

To master a servant, Naruto needs to be able to use his servants' respective Noble Phantasms, and only then will he know his servants' names and stories

With that out of the way, let's start the story!

Disclaimer: I don't own anything except story, which I share with Element-Overlord.

Chapter 1: A Master needs Servants

-Beep-

A sun-kissed, spiky, blonde haired boy lay at a hospital bed unconscious and at death's door. He had a headband, which had a blue cloth and a metal plate at the center in which an engraving of a spiral leaf was there; it was on his chest, where his battered and bruised hands covered by clean bandage wraps held it and covered it. His whiskered face marred with bruises was also covered in bandages. This is Naruto Uzumaki, jinchuuriki of the Kyuubi no Kitsune; he became a sacrificial vessel to hold a Chakra beast of raw power.

-Beep-

Chakra, the manifestation and combination of one's physical and spiritual energies, fuels life for every living being in the world. And for a child, a thirteen-year-old to hold it inside him since birth certainly has its disadvantages. Examples like a nearly impossible control of Chakra inside the body, pariah status, and a continued feeling of imminent death were some of the disadvantages.

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Although he had disadvantages for being a jinchuuriki, he did manage to make some friends, or at least people he could call friends.

Friends who are also hurt or on death's door as well.

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Friend, a word for companionship, camaraderie, and a bond of trust between two individuals. One friend chose to break, to sever, to unbind the bond he'd forged with Naruto; He chose to betray Naruto for power and revenge.

Sasuke Uchiha of the nearly extinct Uchiha clan lusted for revenge because of his brother, who was the cause of the clan's near extinct status. Uchiha were glorified for their special eyes capable of copying ninja techniques, or jutsus and mastery over illusory techniques utilizing the eyes called Sharingan, or the copy-wheel eye. He was a raven-haired boy with bangs going past the length of his chin and the back of his hair spiked upward like a bird.

Traumatized from the event, Sasuke was pampered by the village of Konoha to earn his inheritance, keep his loyalty, and to manipulate him for other reasons unknown. As consequence, Sasuke became spoiled, acting as if he should have everything and anything he wants, and it was spoon-fed to him by villagers. Furthering his desire for power, corruption by the Curse Mark, a seal that made Sasuke drawn to power Orochimaru, a traitor to the village, provided; it led to Sasuke running away to pursue more power.

-Beep-

The Hokage, Tsunade, a Sannin and former teammate of Orochimaru, sent a team of rookies, which included Naruto. The members sent to retrieve Sasuke were Chunin Shikamaru Nara, Genin Kiba Inuzuka, Genin Neji Hyuuga, Genin Chouji Akimichi, and Genin Naruto Uzumaki.

Sasuke did not run away without help. Orochimaru's lackeys, the Sound Four, the elite ninjas of the traitor Sannin aided the Uchiha. The retrieval team whittled down in numbers as each member faced off with one of the Sound Four. Chouji took on a tout, burly man named Jirobo. Neji fought a man with six arms named Kidomaru. Kiba and his dog partner, Akamaru, fought a twin merged together in one body by the names of Sakon and Ukon. Shikamaru was left to fight the last member, a genjutsu, or illusory master by the name of Tayuya.

-Beep-

Naruto reached Sasuke, but then he found out there was one more member standing in his way to get Sasuke back. Kimimaro, a man capable of manipulating his bones as weapons charged at Naruto. A friend of Naruto, Rock Lee, jumped in to intercept and take Naruto's place in order for Naruto to chase Sasuke.

Eventually, Naruto was the only one left to apprehend Sasuke at a waterfall; a monument more like. There Naruto questioned Sasuke's motives. There, Naruto felt Sasuke's despair, hate, and desire to kill his older brother. Sasuke wanted revenge for the death of his clan, for Itachi's betrayal. Naruto fought Sasuke, trying to make him reconsider and tell Sasuke what would happen if he continued with his simple plan of gaining power.

To be branded with the Curse mark is to be a vessel for Orochimaru.

Sasuke did not care about the consequences of his actions; he needed power to kill his brother to paint his dead clan in a better light. Unknowingly, he destroyed that idea by leaving the Village.

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Sasuke fought with the Curse mark activated, boosting his combat capabilities and power. Naruto struggled against Sasuke, but he refused to forfeit or yield because he promised a teammate to bring him back home! As such, Naruto, used Kyuubi's power to even the odds. The dark, corruptive power of the Curse mark against one tail of power from the Chakra beast.

The corruptive power evolved, turning Sasuke into what could be called a monster; his skin became darker, sclera pitch black, a four-pointed star on the bridge of his nose, longer and purplish hair, and wings made out of humongous hands.

Naruto on the other hand was shrouded in a red cloak resembling a fox. He too could be looked at as a monster with his canines enlarged and his whisker marks becoming more defined, while his hair became spikier than before.

The two stared at each other at the foot of their respective statues of Madara Uchiha and Hashirama Senju. The two were aiming to end it in one last attack. Sasuke formed hand signs and move his left hand away from him, revealing black lightning emerging from his left hand. As for Naruto, he willed his Chakra to be a storm, twist, turn, grind into a ball of energy in his right hand. The two leap off their position, aiming to clash at the middle of the waterfall.

-Beep-

"NARUTOOOOOO!"

"SASUKEEEEEEE!"

-Beep-

Sasuke lived and ran away, while Naruto lay on the cold, hard ground, unconscious and badly wounded. A visible hole in his orange jumpsuit suggested he was impaled by something; it would become a scar. His teacher found him and went back to the village with Naruto on his back.

Mission failure...

-Beep-

Kyuubi sat in its cage, annoyed by its warden's incompetence to fight. All he had going for him was his Shadow Clones, Rasengan, and itself as a trump card. Even with its power, its warden lost, and it infuriated the beast to no end! Naruto needed a proper teacher. It did not necessarily mean a shinobi teacher, but a teacher nonetheless. It knew several teachers more than qualified to fit the resume it needed.

Problem was, Naruto had to be branded. And the entity that could brand him was lost forever in the era before Chakra.

"You are in distress, my child?" An old man's voice rang around the empty, sewage halls of Kyuubi's prison. Kyuubi recognized the voice, its father, the one who separated the nine biju from the ten tails, the Shinju.

"Old man... I need help." Kyuubi confessed as it bowed to the spectral form of a wrinkly, old man in long, white robes with a staff in his right hand as he floated on six black balls underneath his crossed legs.

"And what type of assistance do you require?" The old man queried.

"I want him to be branded as a Master." Kyuubi answered, pointing up to clarify his point that his warden needs to be more powerful.

"A master you say? Quite the hefty favor you are asking for, my child. I'm only here as a last resort, and you wish to make your warden stronger?"

"Yes..."

"Quite the influential boy he is, if he's managed to make you care." The old man snickered as he prepared a humongous magical circle. Kyuubi was about to retort, but the old man interrupted, "Do you still have the artifacts?"

"Yes..."

The old man snapped his fingers, "He has been branded."

"That's it?"

"Yes. Now ready the artifacts at the nine circles inside." The old man ordered and the Kyuubi complied, unsealing the artifacts from its palms and placing the artifacts at the specified circles inside the magic circle. "Now to call your warden for a meeting..."

-Beep-

The retrieval team looked over their fallen comrade, still in a coma. All of them were morbid, denying that Naruto could be in front of Death's door, and Naruto wasn't knocking yet. Shikamaru, a lazy boy with his hair tied to resemble a pineapple rubbed the back of his head. He was the least injured, a broken pinky for his troubles. Chouji was in the E.R. as did Kiba, and Neji. Naruto was fine, but in a month-long coma.

"It's been a month now, Naruto. Wake up already." Kiba said as he sighed. The wild boy clenched his fists in anger towards Sasuke; he was at fault, the cause of this misery. Akamaru whimpered inside his master's coat. "What? Are you scared of Sakura? Don't worry, she knew we did our best. She's not blaming anyone. You can wake up." Kiba vainly urged the blonde to wake up. Sakura is Naruto's teammate. She's a lively girl with a heavy punch and a powerful voice. She's also a fangirl of Sasuke's. The day Sasuke left, she begged the unconscious boy to get him home, and when the team returned battered beyond normal, Sakura wanted nothing more than to scream her heart out in despair.

She didn't blame Naruto. She didn't blame anyone. It was just painful to accept that the boy she fell for out of impulse was gone, a traitor to the village, a criminal to the shinobi world.

"Hey guys..." A feminine voice called out from the door. "It's four in the afternoon, and you guys haven't eaten lunch yet. So we decided to bring you some." The owner of the voice was Ino Yamanaka, Shikamaru and Chouji's teammate. She's a platinum blonde girl with a bang covering her right eye and a ponytail. Coming with her was Tenten Yaiba, Neji and Lee's teammate. She's a brown haired girl with hair tied into two buns. After that, Hinata Hyuuga, Neji's cousin and Kiba's teammate. She's a blue, short haired girl with bangs framing her chin. The girls brought in food: barbecue, sushi, dango, salad, and a large bowl of ramen. As soon as the boys saw the bowl, they cringed in anger. Sasuke was the cause of both the despair and Naruto's condition!

The girls looked on, silently cheering for the blonde boy to wake up in order to not see the saddened faces of their friends. Ino, however took it upon herself to try and alleviate some of the stress and moody atmosphere, "C'mon, guys! Eat up! You lazy bastards can't get all cozy in the hospital when there's missions to do! Get your asses moving on the double; our resident prankster won't like it that you guys are being so emotional!"

Reluctantly, the boys grabbed bowls and chopsticks to share the bowl of ramen. One steamy bowl was left at the nightstand beside Naruto. The girls frowned slightly because of the blatant message to wake up. They wanted Naruto to wake up too, but they don't need to be that cliché in doing so.

"Itadakimasu." The boys said together as saying grace. They split their chopsticks and ate their respective bowls of ramen.

-Beep-

"Huh? I'm back here again... Hey, Kyuubi!" Naruto yelled, his voice echoing through the sewers. "What's going on? Why am I back here?" Naruto questioned as he walked to his destination. "What? No back talk? That's disappointing. Hey! Answer me already." Naruto ventured the sewers, making splashes with his footsteps as he eyed the pipes in the hallways. Minutes later, he arrived at the center of the sewer maze, Naruto's destination and Kyuubi's prison. The water receded here; it was only dry ground. In front of the humongous cage was a gigantic circle with what seemed to be a giant sealing justu. Next to the circle was an old man, floating on nothing.

"Took you long enough." Naruto stared at the colossal red, nine tailed fox with proportional, rabbit-length ears. It crossed its arms underneath its chin to show its feeling of boredom.

"Why I wasn't dropped in front of you is a mystery in itself, fuzzball." Naruto retorted. The fox growled, not liking Naruto's nickname for him, "So I'll ask again, why am I here?"

"You're here because I'm tired of your incompetence, brat. I pulled some strings and-"

"YOU pulled some strings?" Interrupted an old man, "Who was it that asked for this particular favor?" The fox sighed in defeat.

"You did."

"That's right. Now then, Naruto Uzumaki, I'm the Sage of the Six Paths, the man that separated the juubi into nine, individual bijus." The man introduced himself as the Sage, the founder of ninjutsu. Naruto eyed the man suspiciously. A ghostly, old man is in his brain...who's to say it's a trick casted by the fox to trick him into releasing the Kyuubi from the seal! "I'm here because you need teachers." Naruto fumbled at the thought.

"Teachers?" Naruto repeated, testing how the word sounded in his mouth, "Really? I was called here to meet teachers? But this is my mind! How are you going to get me teachers?"

The Sage pointed to Naruto's left hand, "With that." Wondering what he's pointing to, Naruto looked at the back of his left hand to see a red tattoo of a small spiral with nine lines spread apart from the spiral. Naruto was baffled. When did that appear on his hand? Naruto tried to wipe the tattoo away because he thought it was paint. It didn't disappear. Naruto tried again, this time, furiously rubbing on the tattoo to try to make it disappear. He tried multiple times after that, and all ended in failure; the boy could not get rid of the mark on his left hand, "Its futile, boy. You can't get rid of the mark. You are now a Master, and as a Master, you need servants."

"Huh? Master? Servant? What are you getting at, old Sage? First it was teachers, now servants? Make up your mind!" Naruto was definitely confused. What was the mark on his hand have to do with his so-called teachers? He would ask more, but the Sage raised a hand to signal to halt of the jinchuuriki's multiple queries.

"All will be answered shortly, but for now, step into the center of the circle and follow my words..." Reluctantly, Naruto followed the Sage's orders and stepped into the center of the circle. Naruto suspiciously eyed the mysterious objects scattered evenly in a circular path. With a deep breath, Naruto recited the incantation.

Let silver and steel be the essence.

Let stone and the archduke of contracts be the foundation.

Let red be the color I pay tribute to.

Let rise a wall against the wind that shall fall.

Let the four cardinal gates close.

Let the three-forked road from the crown reaching unto the Kingdom rotate.

Let it be filled. Again. Again. Again. Again.

Let it be filled fivefold for every turn, simply breaking asunder with every filling.

Let my will create thy body and thy sword create my fate.

If thou dost accede to this will and reason, answer me!

I hereby swear,

I will be all that is good in the eternal world,

I will be the disposer of evil in the eternal world.

Thou clad with the Great Trinity,

Come forth from the circle of restraint,

Guardians of the Heavenly scales!

With the incantation concluded, a drop of Naruto's blood dripped onto the circle. The circle Naruto stood on glowed blinding red. Pain shot up Naruto's left hand. The tattoo was glowing in the same intensity as the light emanating from the circle below him. What was going on?

The glowing stopped and the pain in Naruto's left hand subsided. The blonde clutched his hand tenderly, trying to see if it would continue to be in pain. Thankfully, he only felt his right hand's firm grasp. Naruto looked up from where his gaze set upon; he noticed there's another person here. No...there are nine more people in here!

Naruto looked at the circle underneath each person. Naruto turned to the right and still looked at what was inscribed underneath. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine... The number stopped at nine and he met the first stranger.

The stranger is clad in blue cloth, but covered in intricate armor. There is a breastplate, gauntlets, and thigh armor to go with the what seemed to be a non-restricting skirt. The stranger is a warrior no doubt; a samurai perhaps? No... The stranger looks far more regal than the average samurai. The warrior looked feminine with blonde hair tied in a bun at the back of the stranger's head and bangs slightly longer than the person's chin. The stranger stares at Naruto with calculative, green eyes and a face that held indifference. The warrior unsheathed a sword and stabbed it on the ground.

To the stranger's right, is a definite man with hair as white as his sensei's. He's a giant compared to the blonde that summoned him. He wears a red crop jacket held together by a string by his collarbone. He wears a tight shirt armor that shows his sculpted figure underneath. On his waist is a buckled, red cloth resembling the coat tails of a trench coat draped over his black pants littered with belt straps on the pant legs.

Next to the red-clad man is a man in blue. The man has blue hair slicked upwards like grass, and four strands drape over his forehead while there is a long strand tied up at the back. He wears a deep ultramarine full-body tights. On his shoulders were layered pauldrons. The tights have aesthetic metallic lines over itself, but manages to not hinder wide movement. He smiled as he handled a spear over his shoulders in a hanged manner.

The fourth stranger is no doubt a woman. She's a magenta-haired woman with a scar running across her delicate, yet oddly beautiful face. The next prominent features are her...womanly assets possibly equal to that of Tsunade's in that category. She wears a brown choker, a dark pink captain's vest that does not hide her assets, white pants, and thigh-high, dark brown boots. In her hands is a pair of guns; she must be a pirate, Naruto hypothesized.

The fifth is also a woman, but a kitsune hanyou instead. She has bright pink hair like Sakura, but is tied up into pigtails and tied by a regal purple bow. In front of the bow are distinguishing pair of golden fox ears. She also has defining assets like the previous woman. Her outfit is a purple kimono with black accents and white contrast next to it. It is wrapped in a black obi. The bottom of the kimono drapes between her legs and shows the silky smooth skin at its side. Behind her, a bushy, golden fox tail wagged happily. Her arms have detached sleeves with the same color scheme as the kimono. She looked happy. Naruto saw her fiddling with a floating mirror.

The sixth stranger is also a woman despite her face hidden by a hooded robe. Her golden eyes shine through the shadows cast by her hood. Naruto feels nervous seeing the woman; it's as if he is seeing death in front of him. But that can't be true, right? Naruto hoped not because he did not want to die in his head.

The seventh stranger stands tall, but is fidgeting slightly. The person is covered in full body black, metal armor; another warrior. The warrior's armor looks more chaotic and attune to evil than to the feminine looking swordsman with smooth contour armor at the start. The swordsman's helmet has one horizontal slit to see through and has a long strand of blue hair connected at the back of the helmet. The swordsman also presents his sword in the same manner as the first swordsman did by stabbing it into the ground in front of him.

The eighth stranger is a girl with long, flowing purple hair that split at the middle and a blue bow on the left side of her head. She's the one with an outfit that leaves little to no imagination as her nether region is only covered by a small, metal cup somehow staying on for dear life. She wears a long collared trench coat with gigantic clamps, which hides her flat chest. She doesn't have clothing hiding her nether region, but does sport a pair of metal greaves with spiked kneecaps. She floated and stared at Naruto with slight interest. Naruto debated whether that interest was attraction or a predatory stare. Naruto wondered how she fought.

The last stranger is also a woman. She's blonde with long hair tied in a braid, and her hair near her face is swept down in an almost lioness look. Her head has a visor in the shape of a 'M' and is securely placed on her forehead. Her armor is a pair of gauntlets and armor that covers her abdomen and hips. Her well-endowed breasts are thankfully covered in a purple shirt and a darker purple shroud, which ends at the elbows and ends at the start of the armor covering her abdomen. She wears a long, purple skirt that ends by the ankles and splits slightly to the right to show her elegant, smooth legs wrapped tightly by black stockings and sports a pair of boots with metal coverings. On her left is a leather scabbard with metal tips; the hilt of the sword showed intricate craftsmanship of the highest quality that could only come from Iron country.

Naruto had to admit despite being intimidated (and slightly attracted) by the newcomers, the strangers did look like formidable foes by shinobi standards. Still it begged the question, "Who are you people?"

The first stranger, the feminine-looking warrior stepped forward. The blonde jinchuuriki looked at the warrior with an alerted gaze. She spoke with a heavenly voice only a woman could muster and asked, "Are you our Master?" She knelt, and the other strangers followed. Naruto didn't know how to answer the question. Kyuubi and the Sage did say he'd become a Master, but this is what they meant? His thoughts were interrupted once more with the swordsman's voice speaking once more, "I'll ask again... Are you our Master?"

-Beep-

So…what do you think? I hope I've made you readers enjoy this pilot chapter. This is really just experimental, but if I get a decent amount of favorites, follows, etc. then I might do a continuation.

So follow, favorite, review, I don't care. Review or PM me if you have unanswered questions or complaints with my story. Flames will be ignored because I hate you bastards. (There is a fine line between Criticism and Flame, and I know the difference)

So this is Azure with this new story, signing off!