The Trickster

Naruto and all related characters belong to Masashi Kishimoto. Thor and all related characters belong to Marvel Comics

Naruto couldn't believe it. He just couldn't believe it. That pervert of a sensei actually threw him over the edge of a cliff!

And not just any cliff either, but a cliff overlooking a gorge so deep that you couldn't even see the bottom, even at noon when the sun was at the highest point in the freaking sky!

"Shit, shit, shit, shit, shit!" Naruto cursed repeatedly as he flailed about through the air. He quickly reached out and tried to grasp at the rocks stretching out from the sides of the gorge, however they were too damp and smooth for him to stick to with chakra, the sudden slip causing him to bounce backward into another spike sticking out of the wall, a sickening crunching sound coming from between his shoulder blades.

In the process of doing so, he had bounced forward and slammed into another one, breaking several ribs in the process. Before he could cry out, his chin suddenly collided with another one, and he felt his teeth rattle from that one. After sliding out into the open air once again, despite the pain in his back, ribs, jaw, and arms, he tried to form the handsigns and pump as much chakra as he could into it. However, his eyes suddenly widened in horror when his body suddenly slammed into a thick stone pillar spanning the length of the gorge, a resounding crack echoing through the air as spider web cracks formed across the stony surface.

"Thank god. At least I stopped." He groaned

A moment later however, the stone pillar began to groan underneath him, the entire structure shuddering as cracks visibly formed at the ends.

"Oh, crap." He groaned as the cracks reached where he landed. The next moment the entire stone structure burst beneath him, stone and debris falling into the abyss below. Then, all he knew was black.

Good news: Naruto finally reached the bottom of the gorge.

Bad news: It felt like he fell onto a brick wall.

Fortunate news or not: He was in so much pain that he didn't even feel it.

For some reason his body healed itself up after every cut, scrape, bump, and bruise, but today, it seemed like whatever force had kept him in once piece had completely failed him. After bouncing around the sides of a gorge that looked like the maw of some beast, and nearly having every bone in his body break, he had finally come to the bottom of the gorge.

At the moment he was laying on his back, floating in a somewhat shallow pool of water, gradually turning red with his blood. His body was slowly healing itself up, but not as completely as it normally would. Sure his skin closed up, but now he bruised. Something that never happened before. Looking up with weary eyes, he saw that the walls of the gorge's bottom were actually quite smooth, instead of the "toothy" walls of the gorge above. The only obstructions to the light grey walls were these strange blue crystals embedded into the stone that gave off a soft glow. When he looked up, he mentally groaned when he saw that there was no sign of the world above, just a black ceiling above.

Letting his arm drop, he found the bottom of the pool of water he lay in. When he looked down, he saw the water flowing slowly towards the other end of the basin. Too injured to even think of climbing up, he decided to drudge forward, letting the water carry him forward.

Surprisingly, the trek down the flow was relatively short. After about 30 minutes, he came upon what appeared to be an old cavern with many runic symbols around the walls. The water also seemed to be getting colder and colder the further he drifted down. The coldness was helping ease what little pain Naruto was able to feel, but it also made him shiver which made his broken bones hurt. Soon he came upon a frost covered room, with an eerie blue glow filling the room. It was so cold he could see his breath, and with his clothes being soaked, it was enough to make him shiver uncontrollably despite his broken body. Eventually he reached the end of the cavern. It was a large room that was colder than anywhere the young boy had been in his life. In the middle of the room was a long golden staff on a stone slab. The end of the staff ended in a long curved silver blade, with a glowing blue gemstone just at the base of the blade, and had two smaller blades just underneath that.

"Reach out. Prove your worth." A voice called out from the spear. Naruto was naturally startled and jumped, but the pain from his broken bones took his mind off the staff. He looked back down at the weapon, and decided that it couldn't hurt to take it.

'At least it'll give me some light.' The blond thought as he went to grab the staff. However as soon as he touched it, he was instantly frozen in a block of ice.

Naruto awoke facedown in water. Panicking, he jerked his head up and took a deep breath of foul smelling air. He was sitting on his hands and knees, with the water surrounding him being only a few inches deep. Naruto coughed and looked around. He was in a dank and filthy sewer, a narrow and circular tunnel, the water came from many of the rusted out pipes bolted to the walls. He got to his feet easily, as all the injuries and pains from his plummet through the canyon were gone. He started walking forward, somehow pulled in that direction. The sounds of battle echoed through the sewer tunnel and Naruto walked faster. The sewer tunnel opened into a massive chamber and what filled it stopped Naruto in his tracks.

At one end of the chamber was an enormous cage with thick bars and a piece of paper sealing the doors shut. Inside the cage, the Kyuubi raged in all its demonic glory. It smashed its body against the cage, clawing and biting at the bars, as it launched its tails like bushy whips through the gaps in the bars. Naruto was so awestruck by the size and ferocity of the beast that he didn't notice what the Fox was fighting until he heard a voice ring out,

"Honestly beast! Dost thou truly think ye can lay e'en a claw on the God of Mischief himself?" Naruto turned and saw a man stand strong against the Nine-Tail's rage. He was the strangest dressed man Naruto had ever seen. He wore knee-high leather boots, dark pants and a long green tunic, which was covered by golden, light, high-collared armor that protected his chest and arms, and a dark green cape flowed down from his shoulders. On his head was a golden helmet with long curved horns on the front with long black hair sticking out the back of the helmet. He also had the same staff that Naruto had tried to pick up. The man then turned to Naruto, revealing a set of bright green eyes, and said,

"I shall be with thee in a moment, but first I must put this annoying canine in it's place!" The man then pointed the staff at the Fox and froze it solid with a blueish-white beam from the tip. The man then turned to Naruto, a mischievous smirk on his face.

"Greetings child. I am Loki, God of Mischief." The man said, his voice smooth and even like that of a trained actor. Naruto had no idea where he was or if this man really was a god, but he answered,

"I'm Naruto. Naruto Uzumaki." Loki eyed the boy carefully.

"If I were to chance a guess, I would say that you are 12 years of age?" Naruto felt a little uncomfortable as the man began to circle him.

"Yes." Naruto said, slightly unnerved by the man's gaze. The blond then instinctively moved his hand to his kunai pouch and pulled one out. This act was not unnoticed by Loki.

"I suspect thou art a warrior, for no farmer nor beggar would draw their blade against a god." Loki said as Naruto froze in fear.

"Are thou respected by thine fellow mortals?" Loki asked, causing Naruto to reply,

"No, because of that damned fox!" Loki saw the hatred in the boy's eyes for the creature he had frozen. Loki was no fool, and saw a potential in the boy.

"Hmm, what wouldst thou say to possessing the power of a god?" The helmed man said as he gave a friendly yet at the same time fiendish smile.

FAST FORWARD 1 MONTH

A lone figure stood atop a tall building, about a mile away from an arena. The figure was dressed in a green long-sleeved cloak that went down to his ankles, a black t-shirt, black pants and sandals. In his right hand was an exotic looking staff with a blue gem that seemed to glow with power. He chuckled as the wind blew through his blond hair and said to himself,

"Time for the world to meet the new God of Mischief!"

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