I don't own Naruto nor do I own Fable. Wish I did but I don't. Anyway on to the story, sorry folks this is an idea I've been tinkering with for a bit. Hope you enjoy. By the way before anyone asks I don't know how to do tarot so if I decribe it wrong, forgive me.
In the hidden village of Konoha a great celebration was occurring. On this day ten years ago the great demon fox had attacked the ninja village only to be stopped by the fourth Hokage who sacrificed his life to destroy the fox. Though that's the story the village tells it is not one hundred percent true, for you see the demon fox was not destroyed.
In truth it was sealed away.
But it was not sealed in something simple like an urn or a cave. No it was sealed inside of a newborn child, that child's name was Naruto Uzumaki and it was due to the fact that the fox was sealed in him that everyone would call him names, glare at him, and basically treat him bad when he was the sole purpose the village was still standing. But our story does not begin with young Naruto, no it begins with an old woman who currently making her way into the village watching the children running around wearing fox masks and playing with fireworks, her seemingly blind eyes simply watching them with a smile.
"It's good to see children in a ninja village being allowed to hold onto their innocence just a little longer. But..I feel one young soul is not happy. Whoever this young one is, they are in a lot of emotional pain." The old woman walked towards where the feelings of pain were coming from, avoiding running children, vendor carts, and such with a grace that belied her age and poor vision.
Naruto couldn't understand it, yeah people were mean to him and give him mean glares but no one ever said anything truly mean to him except today...on his birthday. He could handle being called kyuubi brat, and demon spawn, he attributed that to being born the day the fox attacked the village. But what that drunk had said to him truly hurt deep down and he just pulled his knees closer to his chest and continued crying as he remembered what was said.
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Naruto was just walking down the street happily munching on some dumplings he managed to get, and at a normal price too! Normally he had to pay a lot for food but the man was apparently a merchant from Takigakure, the hidden waterfall village. Naruto was smiling and had his eyes closed as he walked along thinking that maybe today wouldn't be such a bad birthday after all. Until he bumped into a man who dropped his sake bottle.
"Oh sorry about that! I didn't see where I was going." Naruto bowed as he apologized.
"Hey don't worr---YOU! YOU LITTLE SHIT! YOU JUST GOTTA RUIN THE FESTIVAL FOR ME, FOR ALL OF US HERE IN THE VILLAGE!" Naruto didn't understand what he was talking about. He could tell the man was drunk and he began backing up getting ready to run in case things got ugly.
"I'm sorry, I wasn't looking where I was going!"
"LYING DEMON! I BET YOUR PARENTS DIED WHEN THE FOX ATTACKED! I KNOW I WOULND'T WANT TO TAKE CARE OF DEMON SCUM LIKE YOU! GET OUT OF MY SIGHT BEFORE I GET MORE ANGRY!"
Naruto didn't give the man a chance to say anymore, he took off running his face becoming stained with tears as he ran to find a place to hide.
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'Why did he say that to me? My parents...if I had parents would love me. They wouldn't call me demon scum...would they? No, no they wouldn't...parents are supposed to love their child.' Naruto looked out from his hiding place and saw a blonde hair girl in a nice kimono with her parents. Ino was her name if remembered correctly. She was cute but like every other girl she didn't notice him or even say hi to him. If he were Sasuke Uchiha then it would be different. He watched as her father picked her up and put her on his shoulders as she pointed towards the festival and told her parents she wanted dumplings making them both laugh.
'Why can't I have that? Where are my parents? Where is the person to hold me and tell me they love me? I know I didn't just pop out of nowhere so where did you guys go? Why did you leave me?' Dozens of questions ran through his mind as he looked up at the sky, the sun setting turning the blue sky to a collage of black, orange, purple, and blue. It was beautiful to look at and was one of the few things he never got tired of looking at. While he stared absently at the changing sky the old blind woman stopped about ten feet behind him.
'So this is who I felt. Such sadness and pain should not come from a child as young as he, but what's this? That energy coming off of his stomach...could it be? Yes it is, a bijuu so the child is a jinchuuriki. That would explain why he has so much pain and sadness. The life of a container is never easy but I have a feeling this one is destined for greatness.' Before she could continue her thoughts she heard the blonde demon container talk to himself.
"I just wish I had the power to change things." It was at that moment the old woman made her presence known to the boy.
"But you do child, or rather you can." Naruto turned around startled at the unknown voice only to see an old woman standing there. Well she didn't look that old, maybe early forties but her body stance said she could take care of herself very well, but it was her eyes that drew Naruto's attention. They were white, which reminded him of the Hyuuga only her eyes were milky white not the violet hued white which meant she was blind.
"Do my eyes interest you child?" She said in a kind voice, looking at Naruto with a small smile. Naruto blushed at being caught staring but he was surprised she could tell he was staring at her in the first place.
"I'm sorry I didn't mean to stare. Forgive me." He said with a bow hoping he'd be forgiven. She gave a small chuckle and sat down on a nearby crate.
"There is nothing to forgive child, you were merely curious and I cannot blame you for that. After all curiosity leads to knowledge and knowledge is power. Tell me young man what is your name? And you can sit down, I mean you no harm." Naruto just nodded and sat himself down in front of her, her attire was strange, he had never seen anything like it when the merchants from the other countries would come to town. She wore simple flats and had a long skirt with weird symbols on them that he swore glowed for a second. She wore a hooded short sleeve shirt with the hood up and her left arm from her wrist to her elbow was covered by gold bangles. On her right wrist was a bracelet with a large blue stone on it. Her attire was strange but Naruto couldn't help but be fascinated by it.
"My name is Uzumaki Naruto. What's yours?" The blind woman gave him a small smile.
"My name? My name is Theresa Casthania but you may just call me Theresa Naruto-kun." Theresa reached into her pocket and pulled out a stack of strange cards and some chocolate which she gave to Naruto.
"Here you go Naruto-kun." Naruto took the chocolate and sniffed it before deciding it was okay and ate it finding it quite delicious. It was the cards she pulled out though he was more interested in.
"Say Theresa-baa-chan, what kind of cards of those? I've never seen playing cards like that before." Theresa gave another small chuckle as she picked up the stack of cards and began shuffling them.
"Because Naruto-kun these are not playing cards these are special cards that are very powerful, they can not only tell the future but you can use them to summon whatever is on the card. Would you like a demonstration?" Naruto was skeptical but decided it wouldn't hurt to learn his fortune or see if they could summon.
"Sure baa-chan, could you do my fortune first?" Theresa nodded and shuffled the cards again before setting the deck down. Before she could draw the first card though Naruto interrupted her.
"Baa-chan? How do you know what card it will be if your blind? Are you a ninja?" He was expecting her to get mad at him but she surprised him by patting him on the head and messing up his hair.
"Naruto-kun when you become as powerful as me, you don't need to rely on sight. You'll learn that while warriors like the Uchiha and Hyuuga take great pride in their eyes if you remove their eyesight they are just like any other human. I lost my eyesight a long time ago but losing it has helped me to see in ways other than my eyes and see things I would never have seen with my eyes. And to answer your other question, no I'm not a ninja I am more of a seer then anything though I do know how to fight and have studied some shinobi arts." Naruto's mouth hung in awe at hearing that she could see perfectly without her eyes and decided to test her and held up three fingers to which she smiled.
"Three fingers Naruto-kun, now would you like your fortune told or not?" She didn't say it in a mean way at all, in fact she seemed to enjoy that he tested her to see if she was lying about her sight or not.
"Oh yes, please continue baa-chan." Theresa drew five cards and laid the first one down, Naruto saw it was the nine tailed fox on it and below it it said "The King."
"Ah the King, great power will belong to you but at a price that you might not wish to pay. The nine-tailed fox will in a way play a great role in your life." She laid down another one and on it was a strange pinwheel shape that he realized looked like the sharingan.
"The Pinwheel, the Uchiha will also play a great role in your life, whether it be friend or foe will have to be seen." Naruto wondered if this was true since he was going into the academy soon for his third year and Sasuke was going to be in his class this time. Theresa laid down another card and on it was a small child holding a teddy bear, behind him was a weird circle with a four pointed star in the center.
"The Dreamer, a child in pain will look to you for help for you are the only one who can help them as you are the only one who understands them." She placed another down and on it was a snake poised to attack.
"The Serpent, a great foe will cause someone close to you to betray you, for what reason is to be seen." Naruto was in awe, the cards themselves said nothing but the title and she could gather information from just that. Naruto was wondering if it was possible to learn how to use these cards, though he still wanted to see the last card and see if they could summon things. The last card Theresa placed down had the sun peeking over the horizon on it.
"The Dawn, beware of the dawn for with it dangerous times are coming, foes from the past, present, and future will come together to fulfill a dark purpose which only you can stop." Naruto at first was worried by the fortunes but it seemed that he had an awesome destiny where he could actually be the hero, be respected. But first he wanted to see the cards summon!
"Baa-chan, are the cards always right?" She smiled, happy he was curious.
"Most of the time they are Naruto-kun, sometimes they give us warnings that we must interpret for ourselves while sometimes they tell of not our own futures, but someone close to us. You just have to learn to interpret them, now I'll teach you how to read the tarot cards later as I'm sure you wish to see them summon correct?" Naruto's fierce nod made her chuckle as she picked up the card with the snake on it.
"Now Naruto to use the card's power, you must channel chakra into it and say the card's name before you throw it at the ground. Now some cards will summon creatures while some do other things, now watch as I show you the difference between the Serpent and the Dawn." Theresa channeled some chakra into the Serpent card causing it to glow blue for a moment.
"The Serpent!" She threw the card and as it hit the ground it exploded into a cloud of smoke. Naruto watched with excitement as a huge snake the size of a horse slithered out of the smoke.
"COOL!" Theresa could only smile at his innocence.
"Now Naruto-kun to release the card you say release while channeling chakra like you're dispelling a genjutsu. Watch me. Kai!" The snake vanished into a puff of smoke.
"Awesome! But what happens to the card when you release it? Does that destroy the card?" She patted his head again which made him smile, the only person who did that to him was the Hokage.
"No Naruto-kun the card is sent to another holder, when you release the card it goes there so you don't use it again on accident. The card's magic would have to be recharged again but some cards when you use them can only ever be used once due to how powerful they are, those cards when used dissolve. Do you understand?" Naruto nodded, some of it was a little confusing but he got majority of it.
"Now here Naruto-kun, I heard it's your birthday while I was walking so I figured I'd give you a gift. Here is a deck of your own along with two holders. Now I want you to go home and study this deck, make sure you know each and every card that is in it. Tomorrow morning I'll meet you back here and teach you how to use them okay?" Naruto did nothing but leap at her and gave her a hug, his warm smile and heartfelt thank you's warmed her heart, this child deserved some happiness and if she could she'd give it to him. With one last teary thank you Naruto promised he'd come back tomorrow and be a good student. Theresa could only watch as the blonde haired container ran off jumping for joy and nearly hitting several crates and trashcans on his way home. She looked down at her deck and drew one last card and laid it down smiling at what it showed. On the card was a large toad with a man in a long jacket atop the head with his arms crossed. His silhouette was obscured making it impossible to tell who it was but it was the fact she drew this card that made her happy.
"The Sage...my, my, little Naruto-kun you will be full of surprises when you grow up won't you?"
A/N: Well hope you all liked it. If anyone couldn't understand what the cards were referring to here is that translation.
The King: pretty simple, Naruto holds Kyuubi in him and the fox grants him great power but at the expense of his humanity.
The Pinwheel: also simple, refers to Sasuke, Itachi, and Madara
The Dreamer: Kinda ironic on who this refers to. The card refers to Gaara.
The Snake: also simple, everyones favorite hickey giving snake Orochimaru.
The Dawn: The literal translation of Akatsuki.
The Sage: Our favorite knucklehead in the future about to open a can of whoop ass on Pein.
Well I will be working on a good list of cards he'll have, some he'll only have one of as Theresa said they are too powerful to have more than one copy while some whill have dozens of copies. Also Naruto will use cards are shuriken, thanks to EroSlackerMicha's Naruto: Prince of Thieves for that idea. He won't use his special cards as shuriken, also if anyone has an idea for a card put it in and I'll see about putting it in, it can anything, something you found in yu-gi-oh, magic the gathering, actual tarot, or something of your own design, just put the name (make it a simple one word like i did with the first six if possible), what it does, and what the image on the card would be, just nothing overpowered folks, don't need Naruto drawing a card saying The End and it nukes the surrounding area....(writes that down in notes for possible tone down later). Also expect Naruto to be popular with the ladies...though only because of his fortune telling, any pairing is open except for naruhina, love that pairing to death but I want to try for something new, add a little spice to our blonde boys love life. So send me your cards, pairing choices, and feedback folks! Enjoy!