Naruto: Path of Radiance
A/N: This is a Naruto/Fire Emblem crossover that I've had in mind for a while. Beware that in this story, two of the main Naruto characters will be Laguz and if you want, I could have some of the other Naruto characters be Laguz as well.
"Fire Emblem." Normal speech
'Fire Emblem.' Normal thought
"Fire Emblem." Biju and transformed Laguz speech
'Fire Emblem.' Biju and transformed Laguz thought
Disclaimer: I don't own ANYTHING.
Prologue
Somewhere in the forest was a man with a brown hooded cloak, covering his entire body walking down the road.
He exited the forest, coming out in front of a large wall with a huge open gate and behind the wall was a large village, which was easily the size of a city.
"Konohagakure no Sato." The man read the writing that was above the gate out loud before walking into the village.
The man walked through the streets and noticed a young boy that couldn't be more than 12 or 13 years old with spiky blond hair and bright orange clothes, and he had a Hitai-ate on his forehead with Konoha's insignia on it. But the most distinguishable aspects about him would be his fox-like ears, coming up through his hair, his six whisker marks, three on each cheek and his long yellow fox tail.
As the man and the boy passed each other, there was a moment when their eyes met and after they had gotten a few centimeters away from one another, the man stared back and saw what looked like a red spiral on the boys back.
The boy looked back, wondering who that man was, but when he had turned around, the man was gone.
"Hey, where'd that guy go?" The boy asked himself as he looked around frantically, trying to find out where the man had disappeared of to.
"NARUTO!" The boy, now identified as Naruto turned around to see a girl his age with pink hair and red clothes "Naruto, where have you been? Kakashi-sensei's waiting for us."
"But Sakura-chan…" Naruto started, trying to come up with an excuse, but then he processed what Sakura had just said "Wait. Kakashi-sensei's waiting?"
"Hai, he actually came before us this time, so come on." Sakura said as she grabbed Naruto's tail and started dragging him towards training ground 3. Of course she wondered why the boy that she was currently dragging had a tail, but then again Sasuke-kun had a pair of fiery red wings like those of a certain mythological bird, so she didn't question it.
On the roof of a building was the man watching the scene that happened on the streets below.
'An Uzumaki, huh? And here I thought that they were extinct, but I guess that at least one of them must've survived.' He thought as he looked towards the Hokage tower, remembering what he had come here for.
Training ground 3
"By time dope." Sasuke said as Sakura dragged Naruto into the training field.
Sasuke had raven-black hair that could resemble a duck's butt, black eyes, a dark blue t-skirt with a white and red fan on the back, white wristbands, white shorts and a Hitai-ate with Konoha's insignia on it. But the most noticeable aspect about him would be his large fiery red wings that came out of his back and reached almost down to the ground.
Kakashi had silver hair, a mask over the bottom half of his face, his Hitai-ate was going diagonally over his left eye, leaving only his right eye and a little around it visible and he had a jonin uniform.
"Alright, I've decided to check how far you've progressed in both skill and teamwork, so…" Kakashi said while taking out a couple of bells.
"What, we have to do the bell test again?" Naruto said.
"You probably remember the rules, you've got till midday, come at me with everything you've got and if you're not prepared to kill, you will not get a bell." Kakashi attached the bells to his vest, took out a kunai and said "Begin."
Naruto, Sasuke and Sakura quickly shunshined away and the battle began.
Naruto was hiding on a branch, trying to see if he could pick up the scent of either Sakura-chan or Sasuke. And thanks to his nose, which was better than even that of an Inuzuka, it didn't take long till he found them, and he quickly moved through the trees towards Sakura-chan's position.
"Hey, Sakura-chan." Naruto whispered when he reached her and she quickly turned around.
"Naruto, where'd you come from?" She asked, not having noticed his approach till he was right behind her.
"Nowhere in particular. Anyway I think I've got a plan."
"You've got a plan? Well that's a first." Sakura said, surprised that Naruto of all people could come up with a plan.
"But unfortunately, we'll need Sasuke for the plan to succeed, unless you've somehow learned the Goukakyo and have somehow gotten yourself a Sharingan." Naruto said, obviously not wanting to bring Sasuke in on the plan.
Meanwhile Sasuke was hiding on a branch, waiting for the right moment to strike, preferably after Naruto had made his foolish attempt at attacking the jonin head-on just like last time.
He suddenly felt something approaching and he quickly drew a kunai and turned around to see that it was only Naruto and Sakura.
"What are you two doing here?" Sasuke asked in a whisper.
"I've got a plan that I think might work." Naruto said, surprising Sasuke.
Kakashi had gotten a little of waiting, so he had gotten out his favorite book, Icha-Icha Violence (A/N: The sequel to Icha-Icha Paradise.) and was currently reading when he suddenly sensed movement from…above?
He quickly closed book, put it back into his weapons pouch and dashed out of the way, just as a fire ball came crashing into the ground where he had just been standing. But then he stepped on a wire and suddenly kunai came shooting at him from all different directions.
"Doton: Moguragakure no jutsu." He said as he finished a sequence of hand signs, and he dropped down into the ground.
Sasuke had however seen the hand sign sequence with his Sharingan and quickly flew down and straight into the ground, using the same jutsu.
Suddenly Kakashi was sent up, out of the ground by Sasuke, as Naruto came at him with a spiraling ball of pure chakra in his right hand.
"RASENGAN." Naruto yelled as he slammed the technique into Kakashi's stomach and he was sent spiraling backwards, into a tree and lost consciousness for several seconds.
When he woke up Naruto, Sasuke and Sakura was standing in front of him, with Sakura and Sasuke holding the bells while Naruto was standing between them, giving his signature foxy grin and wiggling his tail.
"I'm impressed, you're teamwork has improved considerably." Kakashi said as he looked up at the two smiling and one smirking teens.
Suddenly an ANBU came and said "Kakashi-senpai, Hokage-sama has summoned you and your team."
Hokage tower
Kakashi and his team walked into the Hokage's office to see Tsunade, sitting at her desk. Her assistant, Shizune is standing next to her, holding the pig Tonton. And in front of the desk was the man from before.
Tsunade had long blond hair in twin-ponytails, grey clothes under a green kimono with the kanji for gamble on the back and a small crystal on her forehead.
Shizune had black hair and a matching black kimono.
"Hey, you're that guy I passed by earlier." Naruto said as he walked in and the man turned around.
"The name's Sephiran, nice to meet you." The man said as he removed his hood, revealing that he had long black hair.
"Hokage-sama, you summoned us." Kakashi said.
"Yes, I have a mission for you." Tsunade said.
"FINALLY, DATTEBAYO." Naruto yelled, not having had a mission since Tsunade had become Hokage.
"Sephiran, here…" Tsunade started, gesturing to their guest "Is trying to get through the desert of death and he would like some escorts."
"The desert of death?" Kakashi asked, wondering why anyone would wanna try crossing such a dangerous desert.
"What's the desert of death? Is it like the forest of death or anything?" Naruto asked.
"The desert of death is a very treacherous desert that lies to the west of the Land of Wind. There isn't anything on the other side of it though; at least I don't think there is." Sakura said as she looked quizzically at Tsunade.
"That will also be your mission, to find out what's on the other side of that desert." Tsunade said.
"Go and get what you need, we'll meet at the gate in one hour." Kakashi said and everyone but him, Tsunade, Shizune and Tonton left the room.
"Be careful, this might be a trap." Tsunade said as soon as the door was closed.
"What makes you so sure?" Kakashi asked.
"That man, Sephiran, he personally requested your team for this mission." Tsunade said.
"You think he's after Naruto?" Kakashi asked.
"That might be a possibility." Tsunade said.
At the gate, 1 hour later
Everyone except for Kakashi was at the gate waiting for the jonin to arrive.
"I knew it wouldn't last." Sakura said, having hoped that he would be on time since he was earlier that day.
"I'm sure he's got a good reason to be late." Sephiran said, having put his hood back up over his head.
After they had waited for an hour, Kakashi finally showed up in puff of smoke.
"YOU'RE LATE!" Naruto and Sakura yelled.
"But you see, there was this black cat that crossed my path so I had to take the long way around the village." Kakashi tried one of his usual excuses, knowing that no one would believe it.
"See? I told you he had a good reason." Sephiran said as Naruto, Sakura and Sasuke looked oddly at him. Was this guy for real?
The desert of death, 5 days later
The group was walking in the normal formation that they used when escorting someone. Kakashi and Sakura in the front, scouting for any bandits or animals that might attack them, Naruto in the back, using his heightened senses to pinpoint any potential threat, Sasuke in the air above the others, patrolling the skies and Sephiran, safely in the middle of the formation.
"Hey, Sephiran-san, why do you wanna cross this desert anyway? Dattebayo." Naruto asked.
"Well, I could say that it's out of pure curiosity, but then I'd be lying." Sephiran started, taking a pause before continuing "Actually to tell the truth, my home is on the other side."
"Your home? But Sakura-chan said that there weren't anything on the other side." Naruto said.
"That's because no one has ever survived this desert before. So it was simply assumed that there weren't anything on the other side." Kakashi said.
"Actually there are a total of 7 countries there." Sephiran said.
"Seven?" Sakura said before Sephiran nodded.
"The Begnion Empire, where I'm from, Daein, Crimea, Gallia, Goldoa, Phoenicis and Kilvas. Collectively known as Tellius."
"Why haven't we heard of those places?" Sakura asked.
"It's because of the desert that separates our two continents. I might be the only one to have ever actually crossed it." Sephiran said.
"Wow, then you must be pretty strong, Dattebayo." Naruto said.
"Well, I do have my moments."
"Guys there's a sandstorm coming towards us." Sasuke said, getting everyone's attention.
"Sasuke can you see any places where we can take shelter from up there?" Kakashi asked.
"None." Sasuke said and Kakashi turned to Naruto who then used his zoom-in vision to try and see if there were anywhere to take shelter and he found it.
"There…" he started as he pointed in the direction that was looking in while deactivating his zoom-in vision "There's a large ruin about 10 miles to the north-west of here."
"That's too far away, isn't there anything closer?" Sakura asked, but Naruto shook his head.
"No, there isn't." Naruto replied.
"In that case it appears that I've got no other choice then to use this." Sephiran said as he brought out some kind of staff from within his cloak "Even though it's only a prototype. Everyone gather around me."
The others gathered around him as he suddenly started chanting something in an unknown language and suddenly, a golden glyph appeared on the sand under them and in the blink of an eye, all five of them vanished. (A/N: Now we know how he got through the desert.)
Begnion Empire, Sienne
In one of the many streets in Sienne, the capital in Begnion a golden glyph suddenly appeared on the ground and Sephiran and Kakashi came out of nowhere before the glyph vanished.
"What just happened?" Kakashi asked.
"It's a Rewarp staff, with it I can instantly bring both myself and anyone I want to wherever I want to go, however it's only a prototype and it's so far the only one of its kind." Sephiran said.
"Then why didn't you just use it to cross the desert in the first place?" Kakashi asked.
"Because I wasn't even sure if it would work, and it apparently didn't work exactly as I had hoped since it appears we got split up." Sephiran said as the staff suddenly cracked.
"What's happening?" Kakashi said just as the staff broke apart and fell down on the ground.
"As I said, it's only a prototype, so it'll be good for about one use before breaking."
The desert of death, ruins
Meanwhile in the same ruins that Naruto had spotted, Sakura suddenly appeared out of nowhere.
"Hello? Anyone?" she looked around, not seeing anyone near her "Kakashi-sensei, Sasuke-kun, Sephiran-san, Naruto?"
She started walking down a long corridor, but she stopped when she heard what sounded like…singing?
She walked towards where the singing was coming from before entering a large room. And there on a chair was a man with white clothes, long blond hair and a pair of majestic-looking white wings.
To the man's right was a wolf with grey fur sitting and to the man's left was a wolf with snow-white fur.
"Beautiful." Sakura whispered as she walked into the room, but the man and the two wolfs heard her and they looked towards her as the man stopped singing.
Sakura got a little nervous when she saw that they were looking at her and she took a step back.
"You don't need to be afraid. I am Rafiel, prince of the Herons and these are my friends…" He gestured to the white wolf "Nailah, queen of the Wolfs…" He gestured to the grey wolf "And her servant Volug."
Phoenicis waters
In the ocean surrounding the island nation of Phoenicis was Sasuke lying, unconscious.
As he was about to sink down into the water, three men came flying over.
One of them had blond, almost brownish hair, a red tunic, a yellow belt, a green scarf, pale green shorts and large brown wings. This was Janaff, the Hawk king's 'eyes'.
The second one had brown hair, a brown sleeve-less tunic with black clothes underneath, a yellow belt and large dark brown wings. This was Ulki, the Hawk kings 'ears'.
The third one had spiky black hair, a red bandana, a green, open trench coat, a black belt, white pants, black boots and large brown wings. This was the Hawk king, Tibarn.
"see? I said that he had red wings." Janaff said as Tibarn picked the unconscious Uchiha up.
"We should get him back to the castle." Tibarn said as he looked over Sasuke's wings and thought 'A Phoenix? But I thought they went extinct a long time ago.'
Crimea
Naruto was looking around wondering where he were, but he was too preoccupied with admiring the scenery that he didn't hear, smell or sense a bandit that was sneaking up behind him and before he knew it everything went black.
Chapter preview
Naruto "Where am I?"
Mist "Those bandits must have gotten you too, but don't worry my brother, Ike-onii-san will save us."
Naruto "Sorry, but I don't have time to wait, Kage Bunshin no jutsu…RASENGEN."
Ike "Next time on Naruto: Path of Radiance: The Greil Mercenaries
Character status
Naruto: Class: genin.
Level: 5
Techniques: Henge, Kawarimi, Oroike, Harem, Kage Bunshin, Uzumaki Naruto rendan, Kuchiyose, Rasengan.
Weapons: kunai, shuriken, claws.
Race: Fox Laguz.
Sasuke: Class: genin.
Level: 5
Techniques: Henge, Kawarimi, Bunshin, Goukakyo, Housenka, Chidori, Moguragakure.
Weapons: kunai, shuriken.
Race: Phoenix Laguz.
Kekkei Genkai: Sharingan.
Sakura: Class: genin.
Level: 1
Techniques: Henge, Kawarimi, Bunshin.
Weapons: kunai, shuriken.
Race: Beorc.
Kakashi: Class: jonin.
Level: 20
Techniques: Henge, Kawarimi, Bunshin, Kage Bunshin, Raikiri, Magen: Narakumi, Doton: Shinju zanshu, Doton: Doryuheki, Doton: Moguragakure, Fuja hoin, Katon: Goukakyo, Genjutsu: Sharingan, Kirigakure, Raiton: Kage Bunshin, Taju Kage Bunshin, Sennen Goroshi, Kage Bunshin, Sairento kiringu, Kuchiyose, Kuchiyose: Doton: Tsuiga, Mizu Bunshin, Suiton: Daibakufu, Suiton: Suijinheki, Suiton: Suiryudan.
Weapons: kunai, shuriken.
Race: Beorc.
Kekkei Genkai: Sharingan.
A/N: I will put up a pairing poll with Naruto, Sasuke and Sakura. Naruto will be paired up with Sakura, Mist, Lethe or Mia. Sasuke will be paired up with Sakura, Leanne, Micaiah or Ena. Sakura will be paired up with Naruto, Sasuke, Rolf or Sothe. Also if you want you can vote for more than just one, for example if you want to you can vote that Naruto will be paired with all four. Also I'm writing seven other stories so there might be a while till my next update.