Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto, nor do I own the Fate franchise… wish I did though

Surprise! This was actually meant to be my newest story, but the Overlord idea suddenly came up and I suffered a bit of a writer's block on this chapter. And well, I've been a long-time fan of the Fate franchise and a huge spender on the mobile game Fate Grand Order (Japan version).

During the FGO Valentine's Rate-up I managed to pull Semiramis in my final few quartz after many unsuccessful attempts, to the point where I almost gave up hope. However she finally came home, and for that I realised I should offer tribute. This is… my Naruto and Fate crossover!

Prologue: Are you my Master?!

Golden-blond hair was not exactly a common occurrence when it came to the hair colour of the denizens of Konohagakure no Sato, only a small handful of people in its history had such an outstanding shade of blond. Out of that small handful, one of them was their hero the Yondaime Hokage. So for there to be a person with a mop of golden-blond hair sitting on a swing, it would surely be someone eye-catching.

Alas that was not the case in this particular instance, the owner of said hair colour was sitting on a slightly worn-out swing towards the edge of a broad field. There was a large crowd of people gathered in the vicinity, but none of them paid any attention to him and some of the adults even threw him cautious glares.

A pair of dull, ocean-blue eyes gazed out from beneath the spiky bangs that fell over his forehead. In addition to the emotionless look plastered over his face, an aura of sullenness seemed to emit from his small figure. The boy in question was only thirteen years in age, though his frame was somewhat small for someone of that age group.

His name, Uzumaki Naruto.

He watched impassively as the other kids from his class interacted with their parents, whom were either congratulating or consoling their children based on their results.

'Uzumaki Naruto, Bunshin no Jutsu test... fail.'

Those words were not unfamiliar. In fact, it would not be a surprise if it was in fact the hundredth time he had heard that statement. Three of those times would have been during his attempts at passing the final Genin examinations held at the end of each graduating year, he had already been retained for two years and this was his third failure.

'Hokage-jiji, let me join the academy! I know I'm only four…err five! B-but I will work really hard and become a great shinobi! Just like you!'

Words spoken with all the confidence of a young, naïve boy. The Sandaime Hokage, Sarutobi Hiruzen, always had a soft spot for him and thus had allowed the optimistic five year-old to enrol into the shinobi academy a year early.

Uzumaki Naruto was not dumb, which might come as surprise to most of his peers and teachers. Neither was he a slacker, in fact he was the most diligent in his training in his class bar the Uchiha survivor. Yet his grades and practical skills always seemed to be lacking in one aspect or the other, with the Taijutsu portion being his only saving grace and that was only due to his ungodly stamina.

Most of it could be attributed to the fact that he had nobody to turn to for advice, both the written and physical aspects of his studies. The Sandaime was far too busy with his work as the Hokage, only managing to see him about twice a month on average. The academy instructors were impatient and always suddenly developed a short fuse when dealing with him.

At first he had tried to draw their attention using bright colours and a loud and outgoing personality, figuring that he could gain their help once they started paying him some attention. It didn't work, so he dropped the charade a year later and opted to just fade into the background like they so desperately wanted.

Unseen, unheard, unneeded, unwanted.

His body perked up slightly upon hearing the sound of footsteps approaching his position, he broke out of his thoughts to see one of his academy instructors walking towards him.

"Naruto, there you are. Just wanted to let you know that Iruka really wanted to pass you back there but… rules are rules. So I hope you don't think too badly of him…"

The man had white shoulder-length hair with a slight hint of blue to it and green eyes. He wore the standard attire of a Konoha Chunnin, which included the standard issue flak jacket and forehead protector that he wore like a bandanna.

"Mizuki-sensei… no I don't hold any grudges towards Iruka-sensei. It was clearly my own lack of talent that held me back." Naruto replied cordially, a small smile on his face. 'What does he want? He is definitely up to something.'

"Please, don't sell yourself short Naruto. I've been watching you and I think you are just a little less skilled in some areas, but you would definitely make a splendid shinobi!"

Naruto couldn't keep the shock from his face at such a declaration, he quickly masked it as a form of pleasant surprise.

"Really sensei?! Does that mean I will be able to pass the Genin exams next year?"

"Of course! Except why wait to next year? I actually came here to give you a special mission that academy instructors are allowed to give students who they think deserve a second chance!" Mizuki chuckled upon seeing the wide-eyed look from his student.

'Okay, now I know he is definitely up to something.'

"Eh?! What sort of mission is it?"

Believing that the blond was fully hooked onto his words, the smile on the man's face only broadened.

"All you have to do is sneak into the Hokage's office and retrieve a hidden scroll that has been prepared for this test, I will even give you a hint as to where the scroll is hidden. After that, you will have to take the scroll to the location on this map and learn one technique from it before I find you." Mizuki said as he handed a scroll over.

'So that's his plan…' Naruto pretended to have a tough time deciding as he contemplated his options. 'The safest bet is to just inform Hokage-jiji and see what happens from there.'

"Alright Mizuki-sensei, I'm gonna take the test and ace it! Just you wait!"

"I know you can do it, I'll even give you an entire hour before I find you so don't let me down!"

Naruto leapt off the swing and broke into a swift jog in the direction of his home, pretending not to notice the canary-eating smile that had spread across his instructor's face. A little smirk blossomed on his own face at a sudden thought that had sprang up in his mind.

'I haven't pranked anyone in a while…'

Sarutobi Hiruzen was not a happy Hokage, in fact he had been the happiest when he had handed over the hat to his successor Minato. It wasn't that he hated his job as Hokage, he loved his village and firmly believed in the Will of Fire mentality that his predecessors had passed down. What he hated was the amount of paperwork that came with the job, a never-ending flow of documents that seemed to replenish itself at the start of everyday.

"I swear I'm going to be the first Kage to die from overwork…" He grumbled to himself under his breath, before his eyes lit up upon hearing a series of knocks from his office door. 'Anything to get away from more paperwork!'

"Come in!"

The door swung open to reveal the short figure of a boy dressed in a simple black-tee and a pair of burnt orange shorts, he entered before closing the door behind him and walked over to the desk where the Sandaime was seated.

"Ah Naruto-kun, to what do I owe the pleasure of this visit?"

Naruto allowed a small smile to grace his face upon seeing the kind visage of his grandfather figure, though it quickly morphed into a frown.

"Neh Jiji. I got something to tell you but I don't know if it's something other people should hear?"

Seeing the frown and hearing the serious tone of the boy, the Hokage paused for a moment before channelling his chakra into a seal on the underside of his desk. Immediately a faint blue glow could be seen covering the interior of the room.

"What is it Naruto?"

"Mizuki-sensei approached me after I failed the Genin exams, he told me that if I stole some hidden scroll in your office and met up with him afterwards then I could become a Genin."

His words were short, simple and to the point. The Sandaime processed these words before his brow furrowed and he stood up from his seat, he walked out from around his desk before crouching in front of the blond boy.

"Did he tell you what scroll you were supposed to steal?"

"Mmm, he said it was hidden behind the portrait of the Yondaime Hokage in your office."

"And did he tell you how to steal it?"

Naruto reached into his pocket and retrieved the scroll that he had been handed, he passed it over to the Hokage who slowly unfurled it to read.

'The instructions listed here are extremely simplistic yet would get the job done… they even managed to procure a sample of Minato's blood to unlock the seal!?'

The Sandaime stood up suddenly, a dark expression on his face as he rolled the scroll up and sat back down behind his desk.

'The blood sample could only have been collected from the hospital and only a handful of people have the required clearance to enter the blood storage archive. As for the instructions and location of the Forbidden Scroll… also only a handful of people know the location and even less know how to retrieve the scroll from its seal.'

Naruto kept quiet as he saw the expression on the wrinkled visage of the elderly Kage, he took the time to look around the office and his gaze came to rest on the portrait of the Yondaime a few times.

"Naruto, how would you like an actual promotion mission?"

"Eh? EH?!"

It was a testament to the level of shock that had allowed such a display of emotion to cross the blond's face, something that made the older male chuckle.

"I'm serious about it. All you have to do is follow the conditions of this scroll to the letter, but don't worry as I will be having my ANBU shadowing you from a distance."

"So all I have to do is what Mizuki told me to do?"

"Yes, that's all you have to do."

A thoughtful look crossed Naruto's face as he pondered something, his eyes flickered back and forth from the Yondaime's portrait.

"Will I still get the opportunity to learn a technique from the scroll?"

"…I don't see why not. The techniques in that scroll are extremely hard or dangerous to both learn and/or use, so if you do manage to learn one of them then it is yours to utilise however you wish." The Sandaime replied, his tone firm to show his sincerity in that statement.

'He only has an hour before meeting up with Mizuki, I doubt it would be any trouble to allow him to look at the techniques in the scroll. The simplest of them requires at least a few days of study and practice to get the first step down.'

"Seriously?! Thanks Jiji, you're the best! Just watch me, I will get this mission done and even learn an awesome Jutsu!"

Naruto grabbed the scroll off the desk and dashed out the door, his mind already planning the supplies he should prepare. The Sandaime watched him go with an amused smile on his face before it shifted into a stern look as he made a simple gesture, two of his personal ANBU guards phased into existence next to him.

"Kuma, I want you to get me a record of everyone that has access to the blood storage archive of the hospital as well as a copy of the entrance sheet for it as well."

"Hai Hokage-sama." The bear-masked ANBU replied before vanishing with only a gentle gust of wind.

"Neko, I want you to gather a squad of your most trusted operatives and shadow Naruto as he goes about his mission tonight."

"Hai Hokage-sama. What will our orders be if there would be an unexpected threat to the boy?"

"Hmm, only interfere if you feel that he is truly incapable of handling the situation himself."

"I understand."

With that said, the cat-masked ANBU vanished as well. Leaving the Sandaime alone in his office, his gaze coming to rest on the portrait of his successor.

'Now Minato, let's see if your boy can prove he has what it takes to become a shinobi of Konoha.'

Having spent most of his day preparing for his first mission, Naruto let out a sigh of satisfaction as he closed the flap of his pouch. Wiping the sweat from his forehead, he took a look out of his apartment's window and noticed that night had already fallen.

"Hmm night already, guess it's safe for me to start."

Strapping a pair of pouches to his waist, he gave himself a look over in the mirror. Gone was his usual outfit, instead he had on a plain black tee and a pair of dark grey cargo shorts.

From his apartment, he took the scenic route around the village so as to give himself a little more time to prepare. Eventually the Hokage tower came into sight, he took a deep breath and walked through the main doors.

The entire building was empty as everyone had already went home, he silently made his way up the familiar path that lead towards the office. Barely a minute later and he stood outside the wooden door, he gave the handle a test and found that the door had been left unlocked.

'Looks like Hokage-jiji wanted to give me an easier time…not that I couldn't have picked it anyway.'

Making his way into the room, Naruto didn't waste any time as he went straight for the portrait of the Yondaime. Gently lifting the frame up, he removed it from its spot to reveal a blank wall.

'If I didn't have this set of instructions, I would probably have thought Mizuki made a mistake.'

He pressed a fingertip onto the section of the wall that had been hidden by the portrait and pulsed his chakra four times in a row, a complicated Fūinjutsu array appeared on the previously blank surface.

Retrieving a vial of blood from his pouch, he hesitated a moment before pouring a few drops onto the revealed array and quickly took a few steps back. Naruto watched with rapt attention, along with a hint of fascination, as the array came to life as complicated symbols swirled around. A few moments later, the array pulsed with a faint blue glow before releasing a puff of smoke.

Waving the smoke away, Naruto stepped forward to find a large rolled up scroll resting on the floor beside the wall. He flipped the scroll over a few times but had no way of telling if this was the correct scroll, so he just grabbed it and took off with a shrug of his shoulders.

Having already memorised the location on the map, it took him only a few minutes to find the small wooden hut in the middle of the abandoned forested training ground. He gave the door of the hut a few tugs but it was firmly locked tight, he moved to the small open area in front of the hut since he had no other option.

"Let's see what kinds of awesome techniques I can learn from this…"

Naruto undid the binding of the large scroll and completely unfurled it across the ground, his eyes widened upon seeing the dozens of techniques listed on the scroll's surface. He did a brief scan of the listed techniques, one of the first to catch his eyes was a clone technique.

"Kage Bunshin no Jutsu (Shadow Clone technique)… this could definitely come in handy since I can't do the normal illusory clone. Hmm… solid copies?! And the ability to transfer any information the copies learnt back to the creator… right! I'm definitely learning this!"

He was pleasantly surprised to find that the instructions to perform the supposed 'forbidden' clone technique was extremely simple, just a single handseal and to separate a portion of your chakra to form the clone.

'Let's try a single clone first…'

Placing his fingers into a cross-shaped handseal, he used a slightly larger amount of chakra than he uses for the academy clone technique. The blond was once again surprised to find that instead of one clone, there were now four perfectly healthy copies of himself standing in front of him.

The clones looked at each other in surprise as well, before moving around to experiment. After a few minutes, Naruto was confident to say he grasped most of the basic abilities of the shadow clone technique. He also discovered that he had to use his bare minimum output of chakra just to create a single shadow clone.

'That's strange, didn't the scroll say that it was extremely chakra intensive? Does that mean the amount of chakra in my body is more than other people?'

He glanced up at the sky, he still had another thirty minutes before Mizuki was supposed to find him. Naruto hummed to himself as he stared at the unfurled scroll on the ground, he hesitated for a split moment before deciding to search through the scroll again.

'So many powerful techniques but most of them require knowing your chakra nature first…' Naruto sighed sadly before he perked up slightly at seeing a storage seal beneath a paragraph of text.

'Sealed within is an unknown scroll that was discovered by my wife in her clan's archive, she had sensed an enormous amount of power within it and decided to study it in her spare time. Unfortunately she could never unlock the secrets sealed within, she claimed to have failed the test of the scroll and deemed unworthy. I laughed pretty hard at that since it was the first time she had failed at something. Good luck to those who attempt in future!

Senju Hashirama

Despite being slightly taken aback by the aloofness of the Shodaime Hokage of his village, Naruto could not keep his curiosity in check. Something that even the Shodaime's wife failed to learn, it was definitely bound to be a powerful technique.

'Let's see…'

Utilising the basics of opening a standard storage scroll, he channelled a minute amount of chakra into the seal and was rewarded by a poof of smoke. An extremely ancient looking scroll appeared over the seal, the paper was yellowed and slightly wrinkled yet it was not torn in the least.

Picking it up gently, he unfurled the scroll with the expectation of entire paragraphs of text detailing the powerful technique.

"HAH?!"

Instead there were just four characters written in perfect calligraphy upon the surface of the parchment, Eirei no Za (Throne of Heroes). Confusion written all over his face, Naruto flipped the parchment over and around multiple times before scanning through the words again carefully.

'There doesn't seem to be anything else written here… the Shodaime mentioned a test of some sort. Does that mean I need to pass this test to be able to view the technique?'

Yet it still did not make sense to him, what was the test and how was he supposed to pass it if he did not know what to do. After thinking about it further, he decided to try channelling some of his chakra into the scroll to see if it would do anything.

A few seconds passed before he felt the siphoning of his chakra increase and a strange sensation of tugging in his mind, as if something was calling out to his consciousness. The feeling only got stronger as the seconds passed until he suddenly felt a huge tug and his entire vision went black.

...

Darkness.

That was all that surrounded him, he was standing within an empty void. No matter if he looked to his left, his right or behind him, there was only pure inky blackness. Naruto frowned as he tried not to panic, he experimentally took a few steps and found that he could feel the ground beneath him.

'Guess I'll just pick a direction and keep walking.'

Without anything to lose, Naruto forged straight ahead with strides as wide as his underdeveloped legs would allow. As he walked, he realised that although he could feel the ground beneath him but his footsteps made no sound. As a matter of fact, there were no sounds at all in the void.

"Hello?"

Hello… Hello… Hello…?

His voice echoed out into the darkness, yet he received no response. Naruto bit down on his lower lip and forced down the unease that formed in his stomach, not slowing his steps in the slightest.

The blond-haired boy walked and walked, he did not stop for a break and kept on walking. Without a way to tell time, he did not know for how long he trudged forward. Minutes, hours or days. He kept on moving forward, the trademark Uzumaki stubbornness refused to allow him to give up. Strangely, he never tired despite the amount of walking he did.

More time passed as Naruto kept on soldiering onwards, with no end in sight but determined to find one. He endured thirteen years of loneliness, this was nothing.

Finally his perseverance paid off. It started off as a single iota of light, barely discernible in the distance. He did not notice it at first, but it got brighter and larger the more he advanced. Upon spotting this occurrence, Naruto felt insurmountable joy build up inside him as he broke into a run towards the light.

As he got closer, the light turned out to be a pair of gigantic golden doors that were shut firmly. The aura that the doors gave off were on a different level, the sheer power, majesty and awe could not be described by mere words. Upon their surface were elaborate yet beautiful carvings, depicting many different people and beasts.

"…what is this?"

Naruto finally remembered to breathe.

He moved closer to the door to examine it and immediately felt an unexplainable urge to touch its surface. He walked until he was a step away from the golden surface of the door, then proceeded to raise both arms and press his palms softly onto the doors as if pushing them open.

"Ah!?"

A cry of surprise flew from his throat as he felt something invade his mind, an ethereal tendril that was both cold yet warm at the same time. He could feel it brushing through his mind, moving deeper and probing. While the feeling wasn't painful, it definitely was not pleasant either.

He suddenly felt flashes of his past resurge in his mind, images from events that occurred years before. The invasive presence was sifting through all of his memories and by all of them, it meant all of them. Scenes that were familiar, scenes that were unfamiliar, those that have been long forgotten.

'Uzumaki Naruto… fail.'

'Hey it's the dead-last… I heard he is nothing but trouble.'

'Get out of my store! You aren't welcome here!'

'Tsk! Good for nothing demon spawn.'

'Remember to stay away from that boy!'

'Heh, you are nothing and will never amount to anything.'

"S-stop it…" He whispered out, a tear leaking out from the corner of his eye.

And as if the foreign presence heard his plea, the memories shifted to those of a more cheerful time.

'Naruto, do your best!'

'Don't worry kid, this bowl is on the house.'

'Pranking again Naruto-kun? What am I going to do with you…?'

'Are you sure you want to enrol in the shinobi academy?'

Memories rolled like a movie screening of his life, continuously moving back in time. From the time he started the academy, to the time he met the Ichiraku family and even back to the time he had been kicked out of the orphanage and started living in a rental apartment. Memories that he had forgotten, had wanted to forget, resurfaced as the tendril probed even deeper. Until finally it displayed what felt like the last memory, something Naruto had never seen before.

'Naruto… don't be a fussy eater… eat a lot and grow up to be a big boy! Take your bath every day… go to be early and sleep well! Make friends… it doesn't matter how many… just make sure they're real friends… people you can trust… even a few is enough. And study your Ninjutsu… I was never very good at it, maybe you… will be.'

Who was this person? A woman, a red-haired woman. The memory was filled with static, almost nothing was discernible except her voice and the colour of her hair.

'Everyone has things they are good at… and things they are bad at. So… don't feel bad if you can't do it all. Make sure you… listen to your teachers… at the academy. And remember… avoid the three vices of shinobi… don't borrow money if you can help it… save what you earn from missions… don't drink alcohol until you're twenty… and don't overdo it or you'll ruin your body.'

She was obviously talking to him. Her voice was strained, as if struggling to draw breath. Why did her words resonate within his heart, why did they cause such warmth?

'And as for women… well, I'm a woman so I don't know what to say… but there are only men and women in this world… and you'll want a girlfriend someday… just try not to pick a weird one… try to find someone like your mother… and another warning… watch out for a white-haired pervert by the name of Jiraiya… if you meet him, give him a kick in the balls for me… hehe.'

Her words were filled with an unknown emotion, something so raw and powerful that it caused his heart to clench within his chest. He has never met this woman before, yet this was someone from his past? It was obvious, this woman she was…

'…Naruto… you're going to experience a lot of pain and suffering… remember who you are. Find a goal… a dream… and don't stop trying until it comes true! There's so much more… so much more that I want to say… to teach you about… I want to stay with you… I love you…'

She was his mother.

Tears, unbidden, ran down his face at the revelation. His mom loved him, she did not abandon him to this harsh world, and she loved him with all her heart. He sank to his knees, not even acknowledging that the golden doors before him had swung open.

Naruto cried. He let out years' worth of pent-up sorrow and pain. Kneeling in the darkness of the mysterious void, with a golden archway in front of him, he cried where nobody could see him.

Many minutes passed before he managed to recover, standing up and wiping the remaining tears off his face with the back of his hand. The sorrow and anguish had given way to something else, a fire that had been burning within was now a roaring flame.

"Mom… whoever you are… Thank you for loving me. I have a goal… I will become the strongest shinobi, no… the strongest person!" With those words said, Naruto took a step forward and disappeared into the golden glow that shined forth from the entrance of the golden doors.

The blond did not know what to expect as he passed through those doors. A room, a corridor, back in the forest or even more inky blackness. Instead he found himself floating in the middle of a clear blue sky, there were no clouds, no moon and no sun. However floating there right in front of him was a throne.

The throne was simple in design. With the base, armrests and back made out of solid gold and the cushions coloured a deep magenta. It was extremely plain despite the material it was crafted out of, yet one could tell that not all was as it seemed.

"Welcome child of prophecy."

Naruto jumped slightly before glancing around the area, he clearly heard a feminine voice speak to him.

"You are correct child. You will not find me no matter how long you search for I do not possess a physical form."

Pausing in his search as he heard the voice again, it was definitely female in nature.

"Who are you?"

"I don't have a name. You could say that I am the earth. Some have called me Gaia, though I am most used to what my servants address me as so you may call me by Alayashiki."

"Alayashiki? So tell me… Alayashiki… where am I?"

"You are in a space that exists outside of the world. A place that exists outside of time itself. Welcome my chosen one, to the Throne of Heroes."

Naruto felt his eyes widen upon hearing that, he recalled that was what had been scribbled onto the piece of parchment he had opened. This meant that it was not a sham, he had actually succeeded.

"Indeed. You are the first person to pass my test in centuries. You are the chosen one. The one to inherit the powers that have been locked away here."

"Powers? Like powerful Ninjutsu?!" He could feel himself starting salivate at the thought of obtaining a repertoire of powerful techniques.

"Not quite." Before the blond could deflate, Alayashiki continued her explanation. "The powers here are infinitely more powerful than anything your world has seen before… bar certain existences."

Once again before he could question her on what she meant, the disembodied voice spoke.

"Sit upon your throne my chosen. All will become clear once you have established the connection to the Throne."

Without hesitation, he strode forward, turned around and plopped down onto the throne. It seemed to fit him perfectly and was extremely comfortable, like it was designed with him in mind. A strange sensation passed through him, he felt the sky blur around him and was replaced by several floating screens. Each of them depicting different battles, where the participants were displaying destructive and deadly abilities.

A large muscle-bound male, seated atop a majestic steed, sword pointed forwards with a large grin on his face as an army of epic proportions charged pass him.

A petite woman, clad in armour, radiance bursting forth from her frame as she roared out her attack. The army in front of her vanishing in a cascade of pure golden energy.

A large shadow, hidden within the caves on a mountain, a pair of eerie blue eyes piercing through the darkness, the sound of a bell tolling followed by silence.

A pale-skinned man, wielding a lance, watching with an apathetic gaze as the world around him burnt to a cinder by the flames of the sun.

A woman with the extra appendages of a fox, a flame burned within one hand, a miniature blizzard within the other, anger and sorrow reflected in her eyes.

A set of golden armour, a smirk set on his face as he watched a rain of destruction shower down upon his foes from rippling portals as gold as his armour.

A roar of rage, a cloud of black fog and a crimson visor that shined with the light of madness.

A silhouette of a woman, against a backdrop of a burning cross, her broken laughter echoing through the night.

Along with those scenes came a waterfall of knowledge that flowed into his brain, proof of the successful connection to the Throne. Those people, legends of their time and place, were bound to the Throne as Servants, to serve as a deterrence against those who plotted against the world. Naruto closed his eyes as he tried his best to filter the important information out.

"These servants… they are defined by the class that they are summoned in. Saber, Archer, Lancer, Rider, Caster, Assassin and Berserker… there seem to be more but I can't make sense of those yet."

"I did not want to run the risk of overloading you with information, the additional classes will be gradually unlocked as you master this power."

There was truth to what the voice had said, the blond could already feel a slight headache setting in from the information dump. Deciding to focus on the most important topic, he sifted briefly through the available explanations.

"I can summon these Servants… or I can use this 'Install' feature?"

"That is correct. The most basic way of utilising your newfound powers is the ability to summon Servants to do battle for you, the amount will be limited by your chakra capacity. The secondary method as you have mentioned is 'Installation' and it borrows the power of a chosen Servant, allowing you to fight using their abilities and techniques."

He could feel his breath catch in his throat at that, excitement pumping through his body as he imagined himself taking the place of all those legendary figures shown on the screens. Taking a deep breath, he pushed down his anticipation.

"What's the limit of this ability?"

"Though you may gain the abilities of these warriors of legend, your increase in power will be based off your own capabilities. If for example, an 'Installation' were to grant you enhanced strength then it will be a multiple of what your current base strength is. So the weaker your base form is, the weaker your 'Installation' becomes, the same is true vice-versa."

It made sense to him, there was no such thing as a free lunch in this world after all. As he was now, the power of the 'Installation' would not allow him to draw out the full capabilities of the Servant. However if he were to get stronger…

"Understood."

"As expected of my chosen. There will be certain conditions that I will require you to fulfil in exchange for this power but that time has not yet arrived. For now I will send your consciousness back, I expect great things from you…"

Eyes flying wide open, Naruto found himself sprawled out across the ground of the clearing where he had passed out. The sky was still dark and the scroll was still laid out in front of him, the clearing was also still devoid of people other than himself.

'How much time has passed?' The thought passed through his mind as he stood up, brushing the dirt off his clothes.

Deciding to play it safe, Naruto bent down to retrieve the parchment of the Throne only to reel back in shock when it burst into flames. Before he could panic, a sliver of knowledge popped into existence at the forefront of his thoughts.

Once the scroll has served its purpose of finding the Chosen, it need not exist anymore.

Since there was nothing that could be done about it, he could only shrug it off and started to rebind the Forbidden Scroll. Once that was done, the blond grabbed a bottle of water from his pouch and drizzled it over his head and upper body. This gave off an illusion that he was drenched in sweat, making it seem like he would be exhausted from 'learning' from the scroll.

Fortunately he did not have to wait long, the bushes on the far side of the clearing parted to reveal a certain silver-haired academy instructor. The man was being cautious to the point that even a child could tell that something was off, Naruto sighed but still kept up the facade.

"Mizuki-sensei, I did it! Just as you said in your instructions, it was easy to find it. Nobody even noticed as I left the tower, I guess all those times running away from the ANBU really helped hehe."

The statement had its intended effect as he could see the man relax slightly, plastering a fake smile across his face as he sauntered over.

"Good job Naruto! I knew you could do it!" The Chunnin spoke in such a patronising tone, it made the blond want to slap the smile off his face. "Now just hand the scroll back to me and you pass."

"Eh? Don't I have to show you the technique that I learnt from the scroll first?"

'Is this guy an idiot?'

The words that left his mouth was drastically different from what he had muttered within the confines of his own head. He watched, mildly amused, as the man seemed to trip up at those words before recovering.

"Ah it's okay, I believe that an excellent student like you would definitely not lie to me. So you can just hand the scroll over…"

"Wow thanks sensei! Sure, you can have the scroll back." Naruto said as he took a step forward to hand the scroll over before his sixth sense started screaming in the back of his head, leaping back just in time to avoid a fatal cut from a kunai.

"Tch damn brat, should have just taken the hit if you knew what was good for you."

"Mizuki-sensei…?"

"Stop calling me that! I don't want to hear my name being uttered from the lips of a demon! Now hand that scroll over and I will make your death as painless as possible."

The man had lost what little remained of his patience, unsealing a giant shuriken from a storage seal hidden on his body. Seeing the aggressive action, Naruto dropped his act and formed the handseal to one of his newest techniques.

"Kage Bunshin no Jutsu (Shadow Clone technique)!"

Deciding that he had the chakra to spare, the blond overloaded the move without remorse and the clearing was immediately covered in smoke. A few seconds later, Mizuki was doing a fine impression of a fish after noticing he had been surrounded by dozens of clones.

"W-what? You managed to learn the Kage Bunshin, a forbidden technique, in such a short time?! You of all people?!"

"Yes I did. I'm not dumb, you biased people were the ones holding me back. Also the Sandaime already knows about this plan, so how about you just give up?"

"Y-you!" Mizuki hissed out, his entire frame shaking from the contained anger and frustration of being ousted by a child. "I will not be beaten by the likes of you!"

Before Naruto could react, the academy instructor had taken out a vial of strange purple fluid and downed it in a single gulp. The shadow clones moved into a rough taijutsu stance in preparation, watching attentively as the man started screaming his lungs out. A moment later and a sinister chakra burst out across the clearing, taking out multiple groups of unsuspecting clones.

The sound of clothes tearing accompanied the sound of dispelling clones, the source of which was a grotesquely mutating Mizuki. His shirt and vest had been torn to shreds to make place for his new body, a bipedal tiger-like being with orange fur and black stripes.

"Yes! I can feel it flowing through my body! This power… Orochimaru-sama was right!"

Blue eyed narrowed upon hearing the name that left the mutated Chunnin's lips, Orochimaru was one of the most dangerous traitors to escape from Konoha's clutches. An S-ranked missing-nin whose name was up there with the likes of Uchiha Itachi, and someone nobody wanted to mess with.

'His not here, just Mizuki who turned into a really big cat… though that does show who he was working for.'

With a mental command, the remaining shadow clones moved to attack the transformed instructor in groups. Several would charge in from the front to create a distraction, so that a smaller group could flank him and launch a surprise attack.

The plan failed spectacularly. He had failed to take into account the heightened senses that the man had gained through his mutation, being able to hear and smell the movements of his clones. Naruto was not stationary, choosing to move amongst his clones and blend himself in whilst studying his opponent.

'He is fast, but not by much. Probably just a little faster than Sasuke… he packs a punch though.' He mused after watching the man miss a punch, which then connected with a tree trunk and proceeded to snap it in half.

As the battle progressed, so did the frown on his face. The majority of his clones had already been dispelled but the man was nowhere near even slightly winded. He had easily shrugged off all the blows that his clones had landed, his body obviously having gained more durability from the transformation.

'Guess it's time for a test run of my new power.'

Sending the remnants of his clone army to distract the tiger-man, he leapt back and mentally touched the connection he had formed with the Throne.

Connecting to the Throne of Heroes…

Unfamiliar as he was with this new power, he went with whatever felt natural and thought of a particular class.

Servant Lancer: Servants placed within this class are very agile and skilled with long-range melee weapons, such as spears and lances.

Deciding that the description fit with what he needed at the moment, speed and reach to deal with the slower and close-combat orientated opponent.

Materialising…

A sky-blue portal tore open the space in front of him, lightning crackled around its edges and a howling wind blew through the forest. Mizuki, who had just disposed of the last of the shadow clones, sprinted right for the portal in hopes of stopping the technique before it was completed.

He was too slow.

In the silence of the forest, a single step echoed. A flash of crimson was all Mizuki saw before he found himself launched across the clearing. His chest ablaze with agony due to the ominous-looking spear that had punched straight through his chest, impaling him against the trunk of a tree.

"I-impossible…" Mizuki managed to mutter even as his vision started to fade, attempting and failing to remove the spear lodged in his chest. So with the last of his strength, he raised his head to get a glance of the one who had done him in.

Clad in naught but a form-fitting purple body suit that highlighted every aspect of her curvaceous body, stood a woman that could only be described as extremely beautiful. With long, flowing purple hair and ruby-red eyes, she truly was the epitome of beauty even with an expressionless look upon her face.

This was a woman who could easily make any man fall to their knees, Mizuki included, which is if he was not already impaled on a tree.

"Impossible is but a mere word, my death is something I wish for more than anything… however it is not yours to deliver." Her words were said in a regal yet sorrowful manner.

Naruto watched in awe as the light left the eyes of the traitor, the spear vibrating slightly before vanishing in a streak of crimson and reappeared within the grasp of the woman. He swallowed the lump in his throat as the woman turned around and looked down at him, due to the difference in their heights, with a curious gaze.

With the moonlight cascading down, bathing the clearing and its inhabitants in a soft white glow, it was like a scene from a fairy-tale. It was in such a scenario that a boy's destiny started to unravel, with the words spoken from a different time and place.

"I ask of you… are you my master?"

Alright, this chapter took a while to write as I wanted to get the characters right and set the stage for future events to come. I'm sure any fan of the Fate universe would be able to tell who Naruto's first servant is, there is a reason I chose her too.

Though I am curious if anyone would be able to guess all the servants that were described in the scenes within the Throne room. I do believe I gave more than enough hints for each description XD