Commander Naruto Uzumaki was jammed to the side of the Super Huey helicopter, a knee of his long leg up to his shoulder. His peripheral caught sight of his squad, a formidable sum of soldiers in desert fatigues who went through thick and thin with him.

They were family to him. Some had band together during basic training and Ranger school. They had travelled the world, been piss-drunk together, gotten into nasty bar fights, slept in humid forests, jumped out of planes, bickered at each other's worst habits, some even conspired against one of their brothers' cheating wife. They knew each other better than most brothers and sisters did.

It wasn't the first time Naruto was put in charge for a suicide mission. Two days ago, a mysterious gate appeared in Midtown Manhattan, which led a legion of beasts into the city. They pillaged and slaughtered, attempting to conquer the United States of America. The U.S. Army responded swiftly, laying waste to the enemy with brutal efficiency, but the damage was done.

More than three hundred civilians died.

Three were reported missing.

An hour later, they were deployed from Afghanistan to New York City.

It was why their helicopter landed at the helipad near the mysterious gate. Naruto disembarked from the helicopter and was surprised to be greeted by Rear Admiral John Hannibal. He had never done that before. The tall, grey-haired man in a camouflage fatigue had a cigar jutted from the corner of his mouth, grinning like a Cheshire cat.

"Commander." Hannibal spoke with a Texan drawl.

"What brings you here, sir?" Naruto raised a brow, his duffel bag was hoisted above his shoulder.

"I'm here to brief you your mission, boy."

"I was briefed."

"Not yet." Hannibal put his hand around Naruto's broad shoulder and led him for a walk. "Now listen up. Your official mission is to investigate whatever hellhole lies within that gate. We suspect the three civilians who are reported missing are kidnapped by those monsters."

Naruto nodded.

"But that's just on paper. The higher-ups want to know more."

Naruto blinked, realization dawn on him. "The government wants to set up a coalition to invade what is within?"

"Those beasts wore armours dating back from Julius Caesar's era for Christ's sake! They are not impervious to our bullets, that's for sure." The Rear Admiral took a quick glance at the convoy of trucks towing a mountain of mutilated corpses off the streets and growled. "We can't let those sons of bitches storm into our turf like taking a stroll in the park! What will China or Russia think about us? What would our allies think about us? Go in, gather info about everything, and report back to me. I want full report about the availability of their resources and technology. If possible, I want my troops to be in there in forty eight hours."

Naruto furrowed his brows. "It's gonna be bloody, sir."

Hannibal smirked. "That's why we're sending our best in there. Make them pay in blood."

-Naked Siege-

The Covert Task Force stood before the gate, gripping the steel of their automatic weapons. Their hearts pounded under their flak vest as they waited with a heady mix of hope and dread at what lies beyond the gate. They turned to their Commander, who displayed no hint of fear or anxiety. It was reassuring for them to see the apathy in Naruto's soft blue eyes.

Lieutenant Barney grunted. "I have a bad feeling about this."

Naruto grinned. "You have bad feelings about all of our missions."

At that, SEAL Team Six shared a light guffaw. They needed that to ease the tension. They might be best soldiers amongst Navy SEALs operatives, but that didn't mean they weren't humans.

Chief Petty Officer Hale fingered his weapon anxiously, running through last-minute mental checklists. Some of his comrades were saying prayers, others were preparing rituals for battle. They would occasionally sneak glances at their Commander, who did no prayers or rituals. The man was stiff and collected, causing some to believe that he was incapable of feeling fear.

The engineers were scrambling around the gate, finalising the last-minute touches. When they were given the green light, Naruto led his team into the darkness.

"Eyes on six." Naruto exclaimed. "We don't want no ambush from monsters roaming in Wonderland."

The moment they stepped into the portal, they were welcomed by a mid-afternoon sun from said Wonderland. They put their hands to their eyes to shade from the bright sun. From a distance, there was an ancient port city with an auburn hue. On closer inspection, Naruto noticed something peculiar. "Is it me or is that city burning?"

Barney's binocular came in handy. "Yup. Definitely burning. Those guys in Roman armour are attacking the city… wait."

Naruto raised a brow. "Wait what?"

"They are hunting… girls with bunny ears."

"What?" SEAL Team Six probed collectively.

"What you mean by that?" Hale scratched his temples. "You mean like cosplay?"

"Cosplay? What's that?" Petty Officer Max was the most confused amongst the bunch. He was also a former bodybuilder.

Hale stared at Max as if he grew another head. "Seriously? It's a popular trend in Japan. Cute girls wearing weird, sexy costume. Set up a Facebook account please."

Corporal Lee raised his hands. "Wait! Hold up! Are those girls with bunny ears… are they like rabbits with a human's face or are they humans with rabbit features."

"I just said they are girls with bunny ears." Barney growled. "What part of that do you not understand?"

Naruto rolled his eyes. "Save details for later. Let's move out."

They bolted over the hill and headed towards the fire. As they stepped foot into the western edge of the burning city, set before them was a dreadful reality, a disaster where everything had gone to hell. It was as if a disease had swept across the high stone walls. The paved avenues were crumbling, littered with charred corpses and debris. They could discern round stick huts covered with rags and shacks all over the decrepit city.

"Jesus, this place is a mess." Hale blanched.

Naruto pointed a finger at the pillar of black smoke soaring to the sky. "There. Get ready your gear. We're going in."

They navigated through the labyrinth of irregular dirt streets, ignoring the musky odour of rotten caucus infesting the area. Naruto and his men were girded with extra ammo, stashing magazines and grenades into their vest pockets; Hale even brought along a prototype microgun that could shoot 6000 rounds per minute. On this day, they were the apex predator, death metal warriors, an unstoppable force to be reckoned with, invincible.

Naruto came to a halt behind a building block and squatted behind a hut. "Alright, here's the game plan."

They listened attentively. Naruto snuck a glance at the commotion happening a good seventy feet away from their spot. There were great chorus of blissful decadence and vainglory. Women and children cramped in small cages. "Alright, there's approximately two hundred men out there. They have no idea we're here. Do you understand what I'm saying?" Naruto grinned when his men understood his implication.

"Shock and awe, sir?" Lee asked.

"Shock and awe indeed." Naruto turned to Hale and Max, the powerhouses in the team. "Hale, you'll be flanking from the left. Max go right. Lee cover me. They won't know what hit them."

"Sounds like a plan." Hale flashed his white teeth cheerily at his commander.

"Remember. We're going to end this with brutal efficiency. No screw-ups. They don't seem to be wielding 22nd century weapons, so we're fighting people with sticks and stones." Naruto narrowed his eyes. "Don't underestimate them, are we clear?"

"Crystal, sir." They said in unison.

Jerking his thumb behind his shoulder, Naruto scowled. "The leader is probably the one with the cape. We'll take him down first. That'll confuse them. When Max and Hale rain down righteous anger upon those heathens, they will be in disarray. That is when we strike. Let's end this with minimum casualty, got it?"

"Aye, aye."

"Barney, find a high ground down south and get ready your position. Once I give you the signal, you smoke the leader. Once the leader is down," Naruto looked at Hale and Max, as if reciting their battle script again. "That is your signal to strike."

The lieutenant nodded, gave his M2010 Sniper Rifle a light tap, and dashed for south. Hale and Max went to their designated spot, crouched behind hay and tall wheat. Naruto and Lee remained at their spot, waiting for everybody to be ready. The youngest amongst them was Corporal Lee, a high school drop-out from New Jersey who wanted to find a career in the military. He knew very well his inexperience in the field was the reason why he was always stuck close to Commander Naruto, which he was grateful for.

Commander Naruto was a legend amongst Navy SEALs operatives, worshipped by rangers and soldiers alike. He was a walking mystery. Rumours had it that he was a super soldier born from a petri-dish in Area 51. Others claimed that the higher-ups believe he came from an alternative dimension. One thing was certain. The man was good at his job; he got a friggin' Medal of Honour for cry out loud.

Raising a fist, Naruto prompted his squad to get ready. They were anxious, but excited, especially for a greenhorn like Corporal Lee. Speed was critical. They need to instil the greatest does of fear into their enemies at the shortest amount of time to make their strategy work. When Naruto dropped his fist, a gaping hole was found at the enemy leader's forehead.

That was the signal.

Hale let out a war cry and let out a barrage of bullets from his microgun, sweeping across the field with heart in his throat. Max did his part in a more quiet way, firing his SCAR-H and tearing down the astonished enemy. Naruto saw the domino effect unfolding before him. There were screams, there were panic cries, there were untold chaos, and Naruto made sure the enemy couldn't regain their grasp of reality long enough to retaliate.

Unlike modern warfare, Naruto did not fear that his enemy could respond with gunfire. In honesty, there was no honour in annihilating enemy that had no chance of fighting back, but there were no heroes in war. There was only the mission and victory. Naruto and Lee came out from hiding and made sure anybody wearing those outdated armour fell dead before them.

It was hard to explain battle to people who weren't there. Everything may seem to happen almost in an instance, but seconds seemed to be like hours for Naruto. It was hard to believe that in a mere two minutes the loud snapping blares of gunfire were reduced to dreadful silence.

It was over.

The silence was unnerving; the whimpering cries from the caged slaves didn't help.

Hale and Max were examining the pyramid of blood and gore, making sure those that are dead… stay dead.

Naruto turned to Lee. "Go free the prisoners."

He turned to Hale and Max and bellowed. "Oi! See if you can find survivors. It will be great to interrogate their sorry ass."

Hale gave a thumb-up. "On it boss."

Naruto tried his walkie-talking. "Barney, you there?"

From the midst of buzzing, he could hear his lieutenant's voice. "Enemy are neutralised. There seem to be another capital approximately fifteen to twenty klicks from here."

"Right." Naruto glanced down and saw one of the dead enemy laid beside his boots. His head was broken open like a melon, but he was unfazed by the macabre mess. Lee seemed to be holding up well; the fact that he hadn't threw up was a good sign.

"Boss!" Hale shrieked. "Found a survivor."

"Good. Drag him out and tie him to a chair or something."

Hale was wrong.

Amongst the dead bodies strewn all over the ground, a survivor stood up, albeit groggily with his spear in his grasp.

The survivor didn't even get a chance to move another muscle before Barney pulled the trigger, a bullet plunged into the survivor's stomach and knocked him flat on his back.

The survivor was dead.

Naruto merely walked to a nearby cage and fired at the padlock, earning him yelps from the prisoners. He pulled open the cage and squatted down, offering a hand to the shivering silver-haired woman who was curled into a ball. "It's alright. You're safe now."

The woman was dirty, her hair was dishevelled, and she was shivering in pure fear at the sight of Naruto. He wouldn't blame her for seeing him as a monster incarnate. He had killed enough men in his career to be considered one. Hell, most of the Navy SEALs operative found him scary. The blond softened his gaze and tried again, this time bring an edge to his voice. "Do not be scared. They are all dead. Come out now, please."

"Sir." Lee stood behind his leader. "I don't think they understand us."

Naruto offered a gentle smile at the woman and beckoned her to come out. "It's okay. I won't hurt you."

He gave her time to untangle herself from the shell she was in and crawled her way out of the cage. She raised her hand to shield her eyes from the searing sun and stared quizzically at her blond saviour.

"Do you understand me?"

She blinked.

Naruto heaved a sigh and tried again, this time slowly. "Do… you… understand… me?"

She blinked again.

Naruto pinched the bridge of his nose.

"Y-Yes."

The Commander's eyes widened and he turned sharply at the woman. "You do?"

"A… little."

Naruto grinned and placed a hand on his chest. "I am Commander Naruto Uzumaki. You are?"

"Tyuule… Queen of the Warrior Bunny."

"I see." At that, Naruto put her hand over his shoulder and lifted her gently to a standing position. "Your Majesty, can you explain to us what happen here?"

She nodded and pointed a shaky finger at the dead enemy before them. "They… they were from the Empire. They attacked us. We fought back. They were too strong."

Naruto stroked his stubble, resisting his urge not to glance up and study the woman's twitching bunny ears. "Right. Would you be so kind as to fill us in about what is going on with this world? We would like to know more about your people and this… Empire."

She nodded.

Before Tyuule could speak, she flinched upon the sight of Max strolling towards them.

"Sir, the guy is all tied up and ready for interrogation."

"Set up a perimeter with Hale and Barney. I'll get the man talking."

Max gave his Commander a lax two-finger salute before he went to fulfil his task at hand. Naruto diverted his attention to Lee and said, "There are plenty of food in the crates. The dead men must have scavenged it from these folks. Distribute to them and keep some for ourselves."

The corporal nodded and tended to the crates propped against the wall.

Tyuule could perceived three things just from the enigmatic stranger's interaction with his squad.

The blond was the leader.

The blond was venerated amongst his peers.

The blond was highly dangerous.

She almost jolted when the blond turned to her. "Queen Tyuule, I'm sure -"

"Tyuule." She corrected.

Naruto blinked.

"Call me Tyuule please." She tried her best to hide her flustered cheeks. "You saved us all. I would have given myself to those… wretched men as… as their play thing for the sake of my people if it weren't for you and your crew. Thank you."

"No worries, Tyuule." Naruto smiled. "I need to retrieve some information from the man over there." He jabbed with his thumb behind his shoulder, pointing at a horrified man donned in broken Roman armour. "Please go with Lee. I believe your people are starving and so were you. Please eat up. I might need your help later."

"...Kay."

Naruto wiped the dirt that blemished Tyuule's cheek before he spun around and headed towards the squirming soldier from the Imperial Army. He didn't get to see Tyuule's blush. The Roman soldier saw Naruto heading towards him and he struggled like a cornered mouse. He didn't blame the man who had a gag in his mouth. He was frightened alright, but he hadn't shat himself yet. That was a good thing.

Unsheathing his kunai from his holster, the blond inserted his finger into the ring of his weapon and spun it. "I know you probably don't understand me, which is a good thing… for now. I like it when my enemy knows me at a personal level. It makes talking easy."

He leaned forward and stared into the fearful eyes of the quavering soldier. "Now hear me out. Your people came invading our country, killed our people, and you think there is no consequence for that? We ain't like these cute bunny girls, you feel me?"

Without hesitation, Naruto drove his kunai right into the soldier's femur, earning him a muffled scream. The man was crying and writhing, but the blond was not done yet. He slowly and deliberately inserted the blade into flesh and bone. "I know what's going on in that twisted mind of yours. These bunny girls are trophies, right? You beat them, lock them in a cage, and then pull one out occasionally for a good fuck. I get that."

Naruto twisted the kunai in circles, savouring the terror and agony in the soldier's pleading eyes. He could hear the clash of bone fragments and tore flesh as he dug deeper into his victim's thigh. It was grotesque even for Naruto's men, who had to avert their gaze. They had seen enough horrifying things, things that could make any soldiers traumatised for the rest of their lives, but those things wouldn't even match up to the things their Commander is capable of.

Removing the kunai from the twitching man's leg, Naruto noticed a familiar pungent smell of urine and faeces.

The blond smiled.

He had broken the man.

He didn't just vanquished more than two hundred of the man's comrades, but he had stripped the man off his dignity and self-respect, rendering him a weeping, broken mess. "Sad. I thought you would last longer than just a little stab to the leg."

Naruto let out a whistle, catching Lee's attention. "Can you do me a favour and get Tyuule for me? I need her to help me do some translating work."

"Aye, aye sir." Lee went to fetch Tyuule.

Naruto then turned his attention to the nameless soldier. He didn't say anything, but kept his predatory gaze at the terrified man.

When Tyuule arrived with a large rag wrapped around her rather voluptuous body, she had to suppress her urge from slitting the captured soldier's throat.

The blond smiled at Tyuule. "Can I trust you to do some honest translating work for me?"

There was hidden meaning laced in Naruto's question.

Tyuule caught his implication, evidently from her sudden fidgeting, but she nodded nonetheless.

"Thank you. Now, I will ask him a question and you just have to translate it for him. And then when he responded, you just have to translate it for me. Sounds good?"

She nodded meekly.

"Great. Here we go." Naruto rubbed his hand in excitement and removed the gag from the man's mouth. Much to his chagrin, the man screamed things he couldn't understand at him, so the blond delivered a swift punch across the man's face, breaking his nose in the process. "Okay, first question. Why did he invade us?"

"Umm…" Tyuule was nervous. "Don't you want to know his name first? It makes communicating easier..."

Naruto raised a brow. "Why would I want to know a dead man's name?"

A cold chill went crawling down Tyuule's spine and she swallowed hard.

She translated his questions.

Twenty minutes later, Naruto jammed his kunai right into the poor chap's Adam's apple.

-Naked Siege-

The granite sky was decorated with a violet stream of aurora. Naruto's men surrounded themselves around a bonfire, cracking jokes while cleaning their weapons. Barney threw twigs into the fire and peered up at his Commander, who was watching the night stars like a hawk. "Boss, do you think the Empire is responsible for the kidnapping?"

"They sure are." Naruto responded. "That's why we're going to bring the fight to them."

That caught his crew's attention.

"The city Barney saw is actually part of the Empire's many cities. Apparently, there is a prince stationed there. He was supposed to come marching down tomorrow to retrieve those bunny girls." Naruto caught Tyuule staring at him in his peripheral and gave her a warm smile, who reciprocated with a nervous smile of her own. "Tyuule intends to give herself to the prince in exchange for the safety of her people."

"Selfless." Hale praised. "That's cool."

"Not really. The prince has no intention to keep any prisoners alive."

"Oh." Hale scratched his scalp. "The prince sounds like a giant bag of dicks."

"The prince doesn't know his men are dead. That means we have the advantage over them." Naruto's voice went deep and solemn. "We have less than twelve hours before those douchebags come and burn this place down. We have plenty of time to set up traps to welcome them."

Barney furrowed his brows. "Hold up. You want us to fight the prince and his army? We only have enough ammo to gun down another thousand men before we run out of ammo."

"That's more than enough." Naruto smirked.

Max sighed. "I don't know what to say, sir. Is this even our fight?"

"Our job is to rescue captured American civilians. There is a high possibility that the Empire has them." Naruto reasoned.

"That's not the only mission we have, no?" Barney probed.

Lee dared not ask anything. After all, he was the kid in the bunch. This was adult's talking and he had no place adding his two cent in.

Naruto sharpened his kunai with a rock and met his lieutenant's gaze. "The higher-ups want a full-blown invasion."

It wasn't a big surprise for them. After all, the Empire's army did attack them on American soil. It was an insult to the American government at the highest order. Naruto examined the edge of his kunai and spoke. "I guess higher-ups want to set up camp here. We are the advance party. Our purpose is to make sure the coast is clear for the U.S Army to come and build a base."

"Is it safe to say that the government is anticipating for a large reservoir of oil nearby?" Hale asked. "I mean… this place is rich with resources."

Naruto shrugged. "I won't be surprised. We're soldiers, so we don't need to care about that. Lee?"

Lee's head tilted up. "Y-Yes sir?"

"I got an important job for you."

The corporal had great difficulty swallowing his consternation. "What is it sir?"

"I need you to evacuate all the refugees out of this godforsaken city immediately. Bring them to the gate. Set up a perimeter and a base there. Then you go right into the gate and report everything to Rear Admiral Hannibal."

Lee blinked. "W-Wait. You want me to do all that alone?"

"Yes." Naruto steeled his gaze, but his tone remained firm. "Because the rest of us are going to stay here and buy you time."

It was as if reality had just bitch-slapped Lee into next Sunday. Everything was making sense now. His Commander was making a stand right here to stall the prince's troops from advancing any further.

"Listen," Naruto said. "I understand what you're going through right now. You're scared, but don't think of yourself as a coward. We are soldiers. We gotta do what we gotta do. That's just our job. It's ugly work, but we do it for the sake of the people back home."

Naruto dropped a hand on Lee's shoulder as a way to calm the chap down. "Now I need you to lead these people to safety. If they are caught in the crossfire, trust me, there will be plenty of friendly fire. Plenty of innocent people are going to die for nothing. And it's going to be ugly. You need to bring in reinforcement in less than twelve hours before we get overwhelmed by them. And from what I was told, there are more than ten thousand soldiers coming our way by dawn."

Lee blanched. "S-Sir…"

"Get going, Lee." Max slammed his magazine into his automatic weapon. "Bring the cavalry with you."

"Yeah!" Hale pumped his fist in the air. "Let's show them what freedom smells like."

Barney only snickered.

"Now go." Naruto gave an encouraging pat on Lee's back, ushering him to get going.

Lee would lead the Warrior Bunny to the gate ten minutes later.

He couldn't shake off the ominous feeling smothering his chest.

Not once did Lee look behind his shoulder.

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or Gate series.

When I saw the tragic fate of Tyuule, it just gave me so much inspiration for this story. I have already hinted about Naruto's context. Let's see how this story goes.

Pairing for Naruto is still up to debate.

1.) NarutoXTyuule
2.) NarutoXPina
3.) NarutoXYao
4.) NarutoXRury
5.) NarutoXHarem

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