AN: Welcome back my people! This is the first of the three sample chapters I'm doing to decide which of my two story ideas live, and which DIES! Or at least wouldn't get updated as frequently as the others. It has become too close to call so I decided I would write 3 chapters for both stories and whichever gained the most attention within a certain time period would be the one I continued alongside A Will of Fire, A Heart of A Hero. The time period would end three days after the final third chapter for each story is uploaded here. The winner gets uploaded in tandem with my main Story, A will of Fire, A Heart of A Hero.
For those who asked for a Naruto/Nowi pairing….. I'm a bit iffy on it, I know that she has lived centuries since she is a Manakete, but the fact of the matter is….She looks like a little girl. It makes me…uncomfortable to write that for his pairing. I can be convinced to do it, but it is going to have to be one hell of an argument to convince me.
Speaking of pairings, I've always felt kind of bad about how Cordelia went through unrequited love and Chrom wasn't even available to her marriage options.
Naruto will have a class, maybe a hybrid between Assassin and Tactician. Skills from both classes may be present. I've taken to calling him a 'Tactssassin'.
Because let's face it, Lethality is the most badass skill in the game next to Vengeance.
P.S. I'm man enough to admit that the end of Sword Art Online 2 made me cry a little. The Feelz were real, THE FEELZ WERE REAL DAMNIT!
YUUKI WHYYYYYY!
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Regular text- speech, etc.
Bold: Important, Tomes being used, loud yelling, and Beings of power
Italics: Thoughts, flashbacks, dreams.
Underlined: Serious.
Bold Underlined: Kurama
Disclaimer: Thewackness135 does not own either Naruto or Fire Emblem: Awakening; if I did however, I would have made the ending focus more on reuniting with people if you made THE RIGHT choice.
STORY START!
STORY: Inescapable Fates: Memories of a Shopkeeper.
CH.1: Dreams of Misfortune.
"CHROM NOW!"
A blue haired male of about 22 years of age charged at his companion's voice, roaring in defiance of what the Dark Grimleal Prophet Validar had told the three of them before. He slashed the sword known as Falchion at Validar, only to have the sword intercepted with dark lightning.
"UP THERE!" Came the shout of the future Exalt, a cloaked figure jumping out of the way before retaliating.
"THORON!" A yellow beam of pure thunder raged towards the Grimleal. And as the person fell to the ground, their hood fell off of their head, revealing a woman of around 21 years of age, with spiky snow white hair that fell to her upper chest, wearing a cloak that was primarily black and purple, with golden accents (Basic but with the option 5 hair and option 3 voice).
It was dodged as Validar disappeared in a flash of blue, a mocking laugh signifying his new location, "You fools!" His body was surrounded by arcing blue lightning, and he charged at the Exalt, intending on finishing him off.
A new voice made itself known, "Not today fuckhead! RASENGAN!"
A swirling blue sphere of chakra that raged in every direction found itself between the dark magic infused priest and his target, grinding against it and pushing Validar back with a final burst of energy.
The blue haired man known as Chrom gave a weary smile, "About time you joined in Fishcake."
Chrom grabbed the hand that was offered him, revealing the person who had helped him to be a male that was about a year younger than him standing around 5'9-5'10, with Blond hair that spiked in every direction, with whisker marks on his face, and was wearing a simple tunic colored rustic-Orange that had a leather chest guard, a band on his left arm containing three Kunai, a gauntlet that extended all the way up his right arm which was colored crimson, and finally a black headband with an insignia of what resembled a leaf hanging around his neck.
"Really, even after I save your hide and you still call me that? Show some respect Oh mighty Exalt!" Was the lazy and sarcastic reply from the Whiskered man, "When will you call me Naruto?"
"When we save the world, now DUCK!" Naruto did as he was told and flattened his body to the ground, a wave of PURE DARKNESS filling the space that they had once occupied.
"Shit, where's Robin!"
The woman who had launched the previous Thoron dove next to them, avoiding a blast of dark magic from Validar, "Right here Naruto, Chrom."
Naruto let loose a breath of relief, "Oh thank Na-"
He was blasted back from a lightning charged Validar, who raised his hand, forming a giant sphere of coalesced Dark Magic, "Now you DIE!"
Naruto watched as the sphere was launched at him, "Move Damnit!" He thought, but was unable to do so, his muscles twitching and unresponsive from the electric attack he had suffered. The world slowed as he saw Robin block the Mage's attack with another Thoron.
"Whew, thank you Tactician Lady!"
"Whatever, Let's tip the scales!"
They were both slapped over the head by Chrom, "Enough! This is it! Our Final battle!"
The two faced him, listening to their leaders words, "You two are one of us now, Naruto, Robin, and no 'Destiny' or 'Fate' will ever change that." Chrom turned forward, facing their opponent, "Now let's kill this Dastard and be done with it!"
Naruto punched his right hand into his left, "Now that's something I can get behind!"
Robin sighed, but had a small smile on her face, "Boys and their violence…"
And with that, they charged.
"HAHAHA! WHY DO YOU RESIST?!"
"Because fuck you, that's why!"
Naruto jumped into the air, avoiding yet another wave of darkness, before vanishing from sight, instead a Thoron taking his place. Validar raised his hand, effortlessly batting the magic away, before his vision was filled with Blue and Yellow.
"Haaaaaaaaa!" Dual strikes were heard as Naruto and Chrom struck Validar, Naruto locking blade against Book of Grima, while Chrom had landed a clean blow on Validar's body.
Sensing an opening, Naruto let go of his silver sword and got behind Validar, locking his arms around his torso, "ROBIN, NOW!"
Robin was in front of the Grimleal, wielding a Levin sword, "Goodbye, Father!" She muttered, before slicing Validar diagonally across the chest, electricity exploding from the blade upon impact, the Dark mage's eyes widening as he realized what had transpired.
He was dying.
And so were his ambitions.
Naruto stepped back, letting the body of Validar, purple flame drifting off the fallen Mage's body, breathing deeply.
"Looks like we did it."
Robin approached her two comrades, "Yeah, it's finally over!"
"Damn you! DAMN YOU ALL!"
In a last ditch effort, Validar launched all of his remaining life force, sacrificing it all for one, final burst of dark magic.
"Why is she pushing me away?" Were the Blond shinobi's thoughts, eyes widening when he saw the Giant sphere of devastation approaching.
He watched as he was launched back, reaching his arm out. Robin still in the way, and then she was struck, sent hurling through the air, and landed like a ragdoll as she lay on the ground.
"ROBIN!"
Naruto and Chrom rushed to her side, Chrom reaching her first, and had raised her from the ground, "Hey, you okay?"
After seeing that the disoriented woman muttering yes, Chrom breathed a sigh of relief, "Thank Naga! Because of you we carried the day, let's head back to-"Noticing Robin stumble, he steadied the young woman, "Hey! Robin, are you oka-"
*SHLURK*
He saw as Chrom was stabbed, wanted to move to prevent it, but the damn throbbing! The DAMN THROBBING WOULDN'T STOP! His eyes wouldn't stop seeing Red! He couldn't move, he couldn't save him!
Chrom's eyes widened as he looked at the small Thoron lodged in his body, he stumbled back, looking to Robin, as the young woman's eyes watered and widened at what she had done.
Chrom saw the distress in her eyes, and saw that Naruto was on his knees, gripping his head, a Bloody Red cloak beginning to cover his form, looking at him in despair as his normally Cerulean eyes bled into CRIMSON.
Using the last of his strength, Chrom covered the heavily bleeding wound, and managed to speak "Thi-This is no-not either of you-your faults." He stumbled back, his strength waning, "I beg of you, esca-escape from this place" His eyes desperately pleading to the two people he trusted above all others, "Please", His voice barely a whisper as he began to fall back, "Go…."
Chrom fell to the ground, his face hidden by his hair as he landed in a heap.
The Exalt had passed from this world.
Both Robin and Naruto's vision began to bleed red once more, as mocking laughter from the man they had thought they had slain.
"UHAHAHAH, AHAHAHHAH!"
"YOU CAN'T ESCAPE FATE!"
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"AGAAAHHHHH!"
Naruto lurched upwards from his bed, his arm outstretched in front of him.
He appeared to be 16 years old, younger than the dream version of himself.
"Another nightmare, huh"
He shook his head in frustration, growling slightly, "It's that same damn dream every time!"
He could never really grasp at what had happened during the nightmare, his memory of it fuzzy after he had woken up, the only parts of it he had ever remembered were the names Robin, Chrom, and that taunting voice that been haunting him every night for the past couple of months.
"YOU CAN'T ESCAPE FATE!"
That voice really pissed him off, it reminded him of something, but he couldn't remember, that only made him angrier.
The fact was, he couldn't remember anything about himself.
3 years ago, he had washed up on the river side of the town he currently resided in, the name of which was Southtown, located in the Exalt-ruled Ylisse. He was rescued by a local shopkeeper, a gruff, dark-skinned old man with grey hair and a smithy's build by the name of Lomba. When he came to, he had been asked why he was floating down the river, and where he came from, and naturally he told the old shopkeeper what he knew, which happened to be nothing.
Lomba had called bullshit on him, but due to further questioning, revealed that the young boy was telling the truth. The only thing the boy had remembered were his name, only his first name. The only memory besides that was the image of a bat-like creature launching itself towards him, shouting his name. His only possession in the entire world a roughed up headband with the insignia of a leaf.
He was Naruto, just Naruto.
Lomba offered him a place to stay, stating that he had a spare room in the back of his shop, The Curious Manakete, and Naruto had accepted, working at the shop to work off what he called his 'debt to the old man!' They had quickly discovered he had a talent in bladed weapons such as knives and swords, and kept a wooden dummy outside for him to practice his skills on.
Three years had passed since that day, and he had been working with the Old Man still.
He yawned as he rose out of his bed, donning his signature Orange tunic and plain trousers, before stepping into his armor plated shoes and slipping his headband across his neck. He brushed his teeth and began to splash cold water on his face, preparing for the day's work.
Stepping outside of his room, he closed the door behind him and began to go down the stairs, hearing Old Man Lomba's gruff voice greeting a customer with the usual, and "What can I get you with?"
Naruto raised his hand in an apologetic manner, "Sorry Old Man, not a customer."
"Damnit boy, I thought we had business!"
Naruto's ire was visible as he pointed his finger at the old shopkeeper, "Who the hell comes to a shop at five in the Naga-damned morning?!"
Lomba just waved him off, "Eh, what's it matter anyway."
Naruto stared at the man, amazed of how his mood could change so quickly, before being grabbed by the shoulder and pulled towards the storage room along with the Old Man.
"Naruto my boy, todays your lucky day!"
His eyes widened, "Wait, no way you mean?"
Lomba burst into a loud, guffawing laughter, "Yep! We finally received that shipment o'Tomes we were getting! Go nuts!"
Naruto rushed forward and grabbed two books from the shelf, one red and the other a light green, "Wind and Fire huh?"
Naruto kept grinning, "This'll work!"
Lomba smacked him on the back, "'Course it'll work! You have the strongest magic anyone in Southtown has seen!"
During his first year living in Southtown, Naruto had gotten a hold of a basic wind tome from a passing Mage he had run errands for to help keep the shop up and running.
He had brought it back to Lomba and had asked what it was; the old man had just gained an owlish look as he asked the child if he ever heard of mages and tomes.
Answering no, Naruto had gotten an explanation of the basics of the different types of tomes, and mages. Lomba had led him outside, ushering him to the training dummy.
Lomba told him to look inside himself, and to find what would feel like a river of power inside, focus that power into the tome and shout out the name of the tome.
He had done as instructed, but instead of finding a steady river, he found a raging ocean of power inside, potent and volatile, focused on it and shouted, "WIND!"
Wind normally launches a small blade of wind at the opponent.
This time it had launched dual blades at least the size of an Elwind!
The training dummy was ripped to shreds by the powerful wind spell, cuts and gouges in the ground behind it a testament to his power.
Naruto summed it up as, "Holy Shit".
Lomba instructed him to do the same, and was met with the same Elwind from before, Lomba went inside of the shop, this time handing Naruto a Fire spell, and told him to do the same.
Naruto once again focused on the power inside of him and shouted, "FIRE!"
A great ball of fire at least the size of an Elfire emerged from his outstretched hand, Looking down he noticed that instead of the normal yellow glyphs and circles that tomes normally would emit when a spell was cast, he was instead surrounded by blue and red glyphs, surging at the seams with power.
Naruto returned the tome to the Old Man and looked at his hand. Lomba was stunned, never before had he seen such talent in Magecraft, never!
Every spell he had used, he had seemingly overcharged them to the point where the spell turned into its higher ranked counterpart.
Since then, Lomba had Naruto practice his magic, thinking the young lad to be a prodigy in the Arcane. He had him tested for aptitude in various weapons.
Turns out he sucked at using bows, well what do ya know.
And axes, and lances.
Swords, daggers, and Tomes were apparently his strong points.
Back to the present now.
The Whiskered Amnesiac had been studying the Tomes shipment for the past two hours, making sure everything on the list of products was accounted for, as well as checking to see if the goods had been damaged. He was a part-time Shopkeeper ya'know.
Naruto kept the two Fire and Wind Tomes he had grabbed previously, leaving about 25 more on the shelf for customers. 'I'm heading out Old Man! Huntin' time!"
Naruto was the one of the duo that caught the meat and sold it to various stands around the city, keeping the coin for his rent, and keeping some of his catch for dinner. He had become a rather well-known figure in the settlement of Southtown, and many recognized him as a rather carefree and enjoyable sort of lad, trustworthy and loyal to a fault.
This was shown as he was walking through the main street of town, waving and saying hello to the various people that had done the same greetings to him, kids running up to him and mobbing his legs, asking him what he would bring in today, if he had any candy, "Hey Big Bro, think you can play with us later?"
Naruto shook his head apologetically, chuckling slightly, "No, I'm afraid the Old Man is keeping me on a tight schedule today. Maybe tomorrow, sound good?"
The boy that had spoken for the group nodded, "Yeah!" And with that, the local kids scampered off.
Naruto watched the children run off, witnessing them laugh and having fun. A small, almost melancholic smile made its way to his face, before being replaced by a small grin and chuckle. He decided that he needed to get going, and resumed his journey to the surrounding forest.
He soon found himself at the edge of town, entering the forest that was located to the east of the town, and jumped to reach a branch, easily clearing the distance between him and the branch. Another thing that appeared to be exceptional about him was the fact that he had amazing physical prowess, once again startling his caretaker and friend.
He proceeded to make his way to one of the higher branches, looking down to spot a dear, heck, he'd even take a bear at this point! He was hungry and he wanted meat now!
And so he waited, and waited, and waited, and waited, an-
*SNOOOOOOORE*
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"Ahedsguah!"
Naruto awoke startled, he was supposed to be hunting, not fall asleep, he looked to the sky. "Great, its past midday, maybe 4 hours past midday, shit! Old Man Lomba is gonna kick my ass!"
The Whiskered Blond jumped down from his perch in the tree and began jogging back to Southtown, worrying of how much trouble he was going to be in trouble, it was his time to manage the shop too!
As Naruto resumed his trek after gripping his head in frustration, he noticed something.
The smell of smoke.
"Smoke? Why the hell is there smoke?" He looked to the sky once more and noticed where it was coming from. The direction of Southtown.
"Oh shit, Fire!"
Naruto began to sprint towards the town he called home, hoping he wasn't too late to save his people. He came to the hill that gave a view from the forest, allowing one to see the serene and quiet place that was Southtown.
All he saw from there was now flames.
He saw the local men of the village gathering arms or buckets to either fight the bandits or fight the fire.
As the Amnesiac reached the group, he shouted, "Garland, what the hell is happening!"
Garland was a slim man, his brown hair tied in a loose ponytail. He could barely hold a sword, and yet here he was, a Bronze Sword in his grip, his eyes widened when he saw the boy Lomba had found on the riverside three years prior.
"Naruto, Oh thank Naga! We thought the Plegians got you as well!"
Naruto stiffened as he heard the word.
Plegians, people belonging to the neighboring country of Plegia. Ylisse and Plegia had previously been in a war with one another, each side taking heavy losses, each side bearing a considerable grudge against each other. The war had ended when the current Exalt Emmeryn declared an end to the war, almost immediately after the death of her father.
Ylissians everywhere had brought their animosity on the girl for her father's actions during the war, shifting the blame from father to daughter. Naruto had hated how people thought that just because of the actions of someone else, Emmeryn had people blaming her for something that was out of her control. He had heard she had two siblings, but he was never told what they looked like, or their names.
Slowly, but surely she had gained the respect of her people, even some Plegians had forgiven the Exalt for the sins of her father, but the majority of Plegia still resented Ylisse for the horrors her father had brought upon the people of Plegia.
He had respected her for that. Something inside the Blond resonated with the story, as if it wanted the same thing, it was rather curious and he could never remember why he had this sense of longing.
Naruto snapped back into reality, "Plegians! What in Naga's name are they attacking us for!" It made absolutely no sense! Southtown wasn't a very strategic spot within Ylisse, it wasn't that large, and they didn't have any major importance. Unless, "They want to slaughter us all…."
Garland gave a tired nod, "Aye, they've made no move to take prisoners, only killed those they could catch. They look like a bunch of run of the mill bandits, but I'll bet my last Gold that that Dastard King Gangrel of theirs has something to do with this!"
Naruto motioned for Garland to move, "I'm going to take out as many as I can, thin out the herd Ya'know. You take these men and put out the fires, those who can fight, guard the townspeople and the firefighters! Are you ready?!" He brandished a Bronze Sword above his head.
"AYE!"
Naruto turned and dashed towards the nearest Plegian he could find, which happened to be a common warrior. Naruto dodged the first strike his opponent made, letting the heavy iron axe fall to his right, countering with a slash of his own.
The strike was a hard one, signified by the Plegian's chest plate flying off and landing with a heavy thud. "You messed with the wrong Shopkeeper!" Naruto capitalized on this by kicking his opponent into the air, and pointing his sword up into the air, the Plegian Warrior landing on the blade now imbedded in his chest.
*CRITICAL!*
Naruto stepped to the side, allowing the fallen Plegian to slide off of his blade, swiping his sword to the side afterwards to clean off some of the blood.
He snapped his head to his right, avoiding an iron sword that was wielded by a Plegian Myrmidon, backed by another Warrior and a female Mage. Naruto reached into his pack, now wielding a Wind Tome in his left hand, alongside his Bronze Sword.
The Myrmidon looked shocked, "A Spellsword?! Quick, kill 'im!"
Naruto locked blades with the Myrmidon, his superior strength allowing him to clash blades with a single hand against the speed-type fighter. He held The Wind Tome and pointed his index finger from the same hand at the Mage, deciding to eliminate what he thought was the biggest threat, "WIND!"
At first it was a tiny gust, but upon going several inches past his outstretched finger turned into a raging gale, cutting out gouges in the ground, and eventually the Mage herself, her body torn and ripped apart by the sundering wind blades. Naruto flipped the Tome through the air, catching it in his mouth before punching his opponent in the ribs, forcing the Myrmidon to back away. Naruto himself launching backwards to avoid a strike from the remaining Warrior that would have cut him down if he hadn't broken his sword-lock with the Myrmidon.
He did not escape unscathed.
A sizable gash now marred his body, located on his left arm where the Warrior managed to get him. He could still operate the appendage, but if he didn't get treatment soon he was going to gain one hell of a scar. Once more rushing forward, he saw that a Blonde haired girl whose said hair was in two tails on either side of her head had wondered onto the battlefield, dressed almost like a high ranking Noblewoman, she wielded a staff which signified her as a Cleric.
"Why in Naga's name is there a Cleric ALONE on the battlefield!"
Clerics were healers by definition, and had virtually no combat capabilities unless they had used a master seal and became a War-Cleric, which he highly doubted the frightened girl looked like.
He saw the look on the Myrmidons face, and both raced to be the first to reach her.
Naruto was blocked by the Warrior from earlier, stepping back to avoid a horizontal slash that was meant to bisect him. "OUTTA' MY WAY!" The Whiskered Amnesiac shouted, launching a Wind spell at the ground to create a smoke screen.
When it cleared, Naruto was nowhere to be seen, the Warrior looked around in confusion, until he heard a shout from the air.
Naruto was In midair, the ground a rather sizable distance below him, he pointed his Wind Tome behind his body and shouted, "WIND!" and the massive gale that burst into life sent him at the ground at impossible speeds. The Warrior set up his Iron axe in preparation to block the incoming blow.
Naruto's Bronze Sword shined a golden color for a single second, signifying an ability was being used. He reached his opponent, using all the speed and momentum to add to his strength, "FALLING STAR!"
Naruto swung his sword at his opponents axe, shattering the iron weapon in a single strike, and continued forward until it found its way to cleave into his enemies flesh. The Warrior's eyes widened, and he fell to the ground dead. Naruto picked up the axe left behind, turning his body and launched it towards the Myrmidon, who was just upon the poor Cleric. The axe landed at the Plegian's feet before he continued on his way.
It only made the Myrmidon flinch and slow for a single second, before he raised his sword to cleave into the Cleric.
She had screamed out a name, probably the one she cared about, "CHROM!"
Naruto failed to notice the shout that had answered her, "LISSA!"
A single second was all Naruto needed.
Instead of blade meeting flesh, Iron met Bronze.
The Plegians eyes met with Cerulean, the kid from before crouched below him blocking the fatal blow. He witnessed the Ylissian put his hand forward, glaring daggers at him, the Tome in his hand red this time, finger pointed directly at his head.
"FIRE!"
And the Plegian Myrmidon knew no more.
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A young male that looked to be seventeen clashed and locked blades with yet another Plegian, his blue hair covered with dirt and sweat as he parried a blow, spun around, and slashed down another bandit.
He slammed his sword into the ground after twirling it around, resting on the blade after he finished what seemed to be the last of the Plegians. The sword itself was a gleaming silver with a line of gold going down the middle of the blade, extending from the golden hilt that's handle was wrapped in red leather. It hummed with a yet unlocked power, but was still quite the formidable blade.
Its name was Falchion, Sword of the Royal Family of House Ylisse.
The mentioned young man with blue hair looked to be around 5'8-5'9 in height, he wore a blue tunic with white stripes going diagonally down it, and had one sleeve cut off, showing a muscular arm with a strange Teardrop-like symbol on his shoulder. He also was wearing blue pants and white boots, an armored shoulder-guard on his covered arm that was connected to a cape, which was bearing the same symbol as his uncovered arm.
He turned his head to the sound of sizzling, seeing another bandit fall, "That magic of yours is pretty useful, Ms. Amnesia".
A figure removed its hood, revealing a young woman of around sixteen years of age with spiky snow-white hair that fell to her chest, doe-brown eyes that any guy could get lost in, and a figure that most girls her age would kill for which was hidden by the heavy, baggy black and purple cloak with gold accents (Again, its basic with option 5 hair and option 3 voice)
"For the last time Chrom, my name is Robin."
He nodded, "Indeed it is."
Both craned their heads towards the sound of hooves clapping against stone, as they saw a man riding a huge horse, of which both horse and rider were decked out in full armor. Despite his stature, the rider was not some seasoned, scarred, old veteran knight, but rather a seasoned, young knight who would be described as handsome by the women of the world, unscarred by battle. Oh, and did I mention he had Brown hair?
"Milord, I have cleared out the Plegian bandits in the north side, how faire you?"
Chrom just nodded in the affirmative, "Same here Frederick, but where's my sister?"
Frederick's face scrunched up in confusion, "Milord, I thought Lady Lissa was with you, is she not?"
Both Chrom and Frederick's faces were alert, both looking at their surroundings.
"Crap, Lissa doesn't fight well, if she gets caught she's done, we need to find her now!" Chrom shouted, his face portraying the worry he was feeling. If his little sister was hurt, he would never forgive himself!
"CHROM!"
He turned his head, and saw his baby sister on the ground, a Plegian Myrmidon above her, his sword poised to strike. He sprinted towards his sister, hoping against all odds he would reach her.
The sword started its descent.
He reached out his hand, wishing the sword would just be even a second slower.
He realized he wasn't going to make it.
"LISSA!"
The sword reached his sister and it-
Was intercepted by a simple Bronze Sword.
Chrom saw the Blond stranger crouched below the Plegian, his Bronze Sword blocking the fatal blow from behind his back, he saw the piercing glare the Blond gave the Myrmidon, the utter rage that they had dared attack his home, DARED to attack a defenseless girl, before pointing a Finger at the Plegians head.
In that hand was a red Tome.
Another person who wielded both Steel and Spell.
"FIRE!"
And the Plegian's head and torso were consumed by a raging blaze.
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Naruto watched as the now charred remains of the Plegian fell to the ground, panting as his wounds took their toll on his body. He fell back down to one knee after attempting to stand back up. He had things to do!
"I still have to find the Old Man!"
A grunt of pain escaped his lips as he once more attempted to make it to his feet, succeeding in his endeavor. He stumbled a bit, but otherwise remained on his feet.
He touched his left arm, and his hand came back red.
He also felt a soft touch on his shoulder.
"Hey, you're hurt! Oh Naga I'm sorry."
He turned to see the girl whose life he had just saved, Her Blonde tresses shaking as she apologized to him profusely.
"No need for apologies", Naruto began, "Just doing the right thing." Naruto finished with a smile. "Buuut, if you really want to help, could you patch up my arm?"
Lissa looked to her savior's arm, noticing the crimson liquid that was pooling on the ground underneath. "Yes!"
Not either one of them noticed the slight steaming the wound was giving off.
Lissa chanted under her breath, her staff glowing, and then pressed the tip of it to his open wound. Upon contact, the wound seemed to close in on itself, the steam increasing in volume slightly, Naruto himself feeling reinvigorated afterwards.
"Lissa!"
Said person looked to where she heard the voice, seeing her older brother, Frederick, and the Mysterious Robin approaching, actually more like sprinting to her. "Big Brother!"
Naruto eyed the newcomers, before lowering his Tome and sheathing his blade. He watched as the male with blue hair approached, before he caught and embraced the girl Naruto had saved moments before. Setting the young girl on her feet, the male bowed his head slightly to him, "Thank you, for saving my sister, I don't think I could live with myself if anything happened to her."
Naruto just gave a light smile, "Don't worry about it."
The one on the horse approached with a stern glare, "You will not refer to his majesty Chrom in such a tone."
The blue male looked at the knight, "Frederick! He saved Lissa's life Can't you ever just let people act normal."
Naruto was just confused, "Uhh, did I do something wrong?"
Frederick spoke up, "You referred to Milord Chrom and Lady Lissa with a familiar tone, no respect at all!"
"So you're Chrom?"
Chrom nodded, "Yes"
Naruto folded his arms across his chest, "And that means what exactly?"
Chrom, Lissa, and even Frederick face faulted when the Blond uttered that sentence, he didn't know who they were.
Chrom coughed, "Ahem, I'm Chrom, Chrom of House Ylisse, and she is my sister, Lissa"
He gestured to the aforementioned female, and then waited.
Naruto took a moment to digest the information, were they? Oh Naga help him. "House Ylisse, as in the Royal Family House Ylisse, The descendants of the Hero King Marth, House Ylisse?"
Chrom gained an amused grin, "The one and only."
Naruto's face dropped into a look of surprise, and then fear as he had just referred to a member of the House Ylisse in a tone most disrespectful, "Well….WAIT NANI!?"
The Spell User started to fumble his words around and began to sweat nervously, before his face suddenly lit up in realization, "Wait, so that means I literally saved the princess of the land?"
Lissa grinned as a response.
"Sweet."
Naruto was sooooooo going to brag about this to the Old Man.
Then he locked eyes with the other female of the group.
He felt a wave of nausea before he remembered, HIS DREAM! Chrom and someone else….Rohan….Rowal…..No it was.
"Robin?", "Naruto?"
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Robin witnessed as the Blonde man had used both Sword and Spell to dispatch his opponent, he was good, reaaaly good. He only used a simple Fire spell, and yet it seemed so much more powerful than that!
Robin walked alongside the others, towards the stranger that had saved Lissa's life.
Robin was fairly certain of herself when it came to Tactics, she had devised a plan to route the Plegians from Southtown, and it had been working so far.
Now if only she could remember where this skill came from.
Yes, Robin was an amnesiac; she couldn't remember a lick of her past except tiny bits and pieces of Swordplay, Magecraft, and especially Tactics. Everything from her past, save her skills and her name, was lost to her. Now the only memories she had were of waking up to a girl begging her brother to help her out of that field.
She wondered if she had any siblings as well.
So it was quite the curious sight when she had a sense of familiarity with the Blond, the same feeling she had with Chrom. Wait….HER DREAM! Chrom and someone else….Nathan…Naturan…..No it was
"Naruto?", "Robin?"
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Naruto couldn't believe it, she knew his name!
Maybe she knew him before he washed up, or maybe, maybe!
She beat him to the punch, "How do you know me?"
"What?"
His hopes fell a far distance.
And were shattered across the ground, "What do you me-"
*BOOOOOOM!*
Naruto was interrupted by a loud explosion, coming from the direction of….
"Old Man Lomba!" Naruto ran towards the direction of the shop.
Chrom and the others followed him, ready to fight once again.
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Naruto and co. arrived to see what appeared to be the leader, based off of his giving orders to the other Plegians, as well as him wearing rather ornate armor compared to the rest of his troop.
Beneath his boot was a beaten up Lomba, the shop behind him, however, was left unharmed.
They were just preparing to light it ablaze.
Not on his fucking watch!
"WIND!" A Myrmidon fell, and his companion fell to the sting of the blade a second after, Naruto becoming a virtual bringer of destruction upon those who dared harm the one person who had taken him in when he had no one.
Chrom and the others charged in behind him, Frederick taking down the more heavily armored troops while Chrom covered Lissa as she went around healing the various wounded townspeople left.
Robin herself was trying to catch up to the Enraged Blond, watching on in slight awe of how he seemingly cleaved through his opponents like butter, A slight aura of red encasing his form, only a little red glow, not enough for anyone to notice.
He was essentially a Berserker.
Two stepped up, and two were sliced, diced, or burnt down.
Naruto stopped when he noticed that the leader of the Plegians now held the Old Man in his grip, axe poised to slit his throat, "Oi, Blondie! One more move an' the Grandpa gets 'is blood all over da streets!" The Leader, Garrick, shouted, "Awl'right! Get 'im Lads!"
More bandits rushed towards him. Garrick's Laughter echoed through the street, "Here Sheepy, Sheepy! Come to the Slaughter!"
"Shit! If I move to defend myself he'll kill the Old Man, think, Naga Damnit THINK!"
Naruto saw the body near Garrick.
It was Garland, the man had been slashed across the chest, he had bled out to death, staring out into space, as a madman laughed as he suffered.
Garland had two kids.
Naruto gripped his sword tighter, his rage building, why? WHY WOULD ANY PERSON ENJOY THIS?!
Naruto didn't notice that Robin already had a plan, she aimed her hand towards the dragon statue above Garrick's head, the statue that donned The Curious Manakete for years.
"Thunder!"
The statue fell, striking a glancing blow on Garrick's shoulder, Lomba using this opportunity to escape from his grip. Chrom advanced and sliced down a Mage in Naruto's way, Frederick speared through the remaining Myrmidon.
Naruto Launched himself right at Garrick, shouting as he approached the Plegian rapidly, yelling his rage at this man for hurting, killing, SLAUGHTERING his people. TEARING FAMILIES APART! ENJOYING THEIR SUFFERING LIKE SOME KIND OF FUCKING ANIMAL!
Garrick was the only one who saw the once Blue eyes turn and bleed into bright Crimson, his pupils turning into slits.
Naruto plunged his Bronze Sword into Garrick's stomach, buried it to the hilt and then flung him into the air, pulling out a red tome.
"BURN IN HELL YOU DASTARD!"
"FIRE!"
A blazing inferno engulfed Garrick, reducing his corpse to ashes.
Crimson once again faded into blue.
Panting heavily, Naruto focused and quelled his rage, taking deep breathes and sheathing his sword.
Lomba stared on at the brutal act Naruto had committed, not that the Dastard didn't deserve it, but just because it was Naruto, the gentle, kind boy that everyone knew to be carefree could do such a thing astounded him.
He trained him goooood!
"Atta boy! Show that Dastard what for!"
Naruto stumbled up to Lomba, his face the epitome of dead seriousness, "I'm sooo getting a raise for this, no buts, ifs, or anything Old Man!"
Naruto stood up straight, turning to Lissa and walked up to her, "How is everyone doing?" Lissa gave a tired smile, "Almost everyone was fine, although" her face turned downcast, "A few…..They were too far gone." Tears welled in her eyes, she couldn't save them! They begged and yet, she couldn't sa-
Naruto placed a hand on her shoulder, "You did your best, and you saved many who would have died without your help, that's all we can ask for."
Lissa's tears stopped, and her brother came up beside her, "He's right Lissa, you saved some lives today, be proud."
"Thanks Brother."
Naruto looked around, noticing that most of the fire had already been taken care of, and the remaining ones were under control by the townsfolk, who would soon kill the flames.
He held up Lomba, supporting the Old Man as he walked.
He turned his head, gesturing for the others to come inside, "Come on, we can talk inside, it's better than out here anyway, wouldn't you agree?" Chrom and Robin looked at each other, nodding, as well as Frederick tying up his horse to a nearby post.
"All right, lead the way."
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AN: Hello peeps! This is the first sample chapter of my Naruto/Fire Emblem: Awakening crossover! I was really excited to do this, even though it is an Amnesiac Naruto story. He lost all his memories after his clash with Sasuke, but how did he end up in Ylisse? Why is he having a nightmare that he can never seem to clearly remember, and now he has met the two people he vaguely remembers from it.
I reckon that Tomes harness the inner power of the Mage, and since in here Chakra is more potent and volatile energy than the standard magic power, It overloads the spell with energy and upgrades it to its higher ranked counterpart.
And now for the pairing options.
NarutoXFem!Robin: Enamored Amnesiacs
NarutoXLissa: Blond Hero and Blonde Maiden.
NarutoXCordelia: Red Wings of Fate.
NarutoXOlivia: The Dance That Is Love.
NarutoXCherche: Roaring Lovers.
NarutoXLucina: Fates Defied.
And if someone gives a good enough reason as to why I should do it:
NarutoXNowi: NSFW?
I MIGHT DO A DOUBLE PAIRING FOR NARUTO IN THIS STORY, IF ENOUGH PEOPLE VOTE FOR THAT, IN WHICH CASE, NEW OPENINGS WILL BE MADE IN THE LIST, SUCH AS:
NarutoXFem!RobinXCordelia: Knuckleheaded Airborne Make-Out Tactics!
HAVE A GREAT DAY EVAREYBODAY!
OMAKE: Different World? A Dull-Eyed Menace Meets a Blue-Eyed Knucklehead.
Naruto had seen many crazy things in his life.
He did come from a land where people could control the elements, walk on water, summon gigantic creatures of Ultimate Fucking Destruction. Yes, the Elemental Nations were a freakish place.
This world was so much more so.
People with many abilities, Heck even some animals, were fighting for Kami knows what reason, paying him no heed whatsoever. He even saw A humanoid Fox and bird light themselves on fire to attack their opponents!
The strangest part about the place he had ended up after his fight with Sasuke, was the fact that when a fighter was defeated, their loss was signified by them exploding into a huge beam of light parallel to where they were launched off.
Naruto cringed as another burst of light went off.
That thing…..It wasn't human!
It threw people around like ragdolls, launching them behind its back with an unseen force! It threw around fire, trapping its victims before it mercilessly made them into that burst of light with a wooden cylinder of some sort.
It made it rain FUCKING METEORS for Kami's sake!
The only person besides that beast was a man in a tight blue outfit and a red helmet.
He valiantly tried to avenge the defeat of the others, but it was all for naught, as the creature hit him with a bolt of lightning.
The man actually managed to shrug it off, before jumping into the air, and screaming,
"Falcon….."
"PAAAAWNCH!"
Surrounding the man's fist and body was a great bird made of flame, the force of the blow creating a shockwave and blowing Naruto's hair even from the distance he was at.
The smoke cleared, revealing the man panting.
And the beast was unharmed.
Naruto heard the man utter a single sentence, "Spot dodge…."
He too was launched behind the creature, a massive boom echoing and signifying the man's defeat.
The beast turned to him, and began walking towards Naruto.
It came closer
And closer.
And when it reached him, it uttered a single word.
"Okaaay"
Naruto stared in confusion, "What?"
"Okaaay", The black-eyed boy with the red cap and striped shirt nodded as he repeated the word.
The boy pointed to behind Naruto as a shadow began to cover both of their forms.
Naruto looked behind him, "What in Kami's fucking name it that?!"
It was a massive white gloved hand, descending from the heavens, before it began hovering in place and it's fingers began to move.
Naruto felt a hand on his shoulder, noticing the beas….kid was nodding and charged up his hands with a green energy, as if telling him it was time to fight.
Naruto looked at the boy with a curved brow, "We have to fight this thing?"
A single nod was his response.
"Well, then let's get to it!"
The two prepared themselves for the battle with the massive hand as a disembodied voice made itself known.
"3, 2, 1, GOOOOO!"
Naruto and the boy charged the massive gloved hand.
"RASENGAN!/PK PULSE!"
OMAKE END!
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P.S. SMASH IS LOVE, SMASH IS LIFE!the same feeling she had with Chrom. Wlas