Welcome everybody, to my first ever fanfiction! I'm the Horseman of War with my guest for the day...Lelouch Lamperouge!

Lelouch: Why am I even here?

Horse: Why to do the disclaimer of course!

Lelouch: Why couldn't you do it? I should be getting ready for my opening scene.

Horse: Oh lulu you didn't get the memo?

Lelouch: What memo...? Why don't I like were this is...whats with the camera?

Horse: (Holding video camera) Well you see Lulu, this is technically the only screen time your getting. You're not going to appear in this fic, only vaguely mentioned from time to time, so just say the disclaimer and lets get on with it.

Lelouch: Fine...Horseman doesn't own anything except the idea and what's written down. (Gets dragged off screen by feminine hands) You said you weren't like kyugan you traitor...!

Horse: I'm not, I'm recording this for blackmail and money...Anyways thanks to Kyugan, for without his stories I wouldn't have came up with this idea. Oh and Kyugan, you'll get the first copy!

Lelouch: (Girly scream)

Milly: You really didn't think you get away from us did you? (whip crack) Now say my name!

Horse: Lets get this show on the road! ROLL CLIP!

The Harbinger Storm of the Kitsune Prince

Namikzae Minato couldn't help but try and contain his grief as he watched dozens of his ninja die with a single swipe of the Kyuubi's tail, the massive fox chuckling darkly as it continued its rampage towards Konoha.

Minato, otherwise known as the Fourth Hokage, and prior to that, the 'Yellow Flash' of Konoha, had managed to figure out why the beast was there, but had no time to tell anyone. The Fox had been sent here to wipe the Uchiha clan off the face of the earth, under the command of one of the former leaders of the clan, Uchiha Madara, who had summoning the fox, disturbing its long slumber and bringing it under his control with some weird, no doubt Sharingan related genjutsu.

But despite all the carnage and hopelessness of the situation, Minato was able to feel a small bit of happiness, in that his wife, Uzumaki Kushina was alive, and had given birth to their firstborn Son. It had been a difficult birth, made all the more difficult on account of the Fox's rampage, but Kushina would survive, despite blood loss.

The Hokage supposed that, in some far more tragic story, his wife could have died in childbirth, or far more likely would have rushed out after the birth to aid him in battle, only to die under the Kyuubi's claws, she was such a fiery woman.

But then that was the deal with life, it could be extremely tragic and ironic or surprisingly normal and uneventful.

He snorted, shaking his head in bemusement as he eyed the giant toad beneath him "Tonight sure is lively, isn't it Gamabunta?"

"HA! I always liked your sense of humor Minato." the Boss Toad cackled as he smirked up at the Hokage atop his head "I know what you're planning my friend. I might not like it, but if that's your decision then I'll stand by it." he turned his glare upon the Fox in the distance "You were the best damn summoner I have ever had." he admitted "It was an honor to know you, Blondie."

Minato chuckled, a few tears trailing down his face at the Toad Boss' sentiments. Gamabunta may have always been grumpy and talked like a Yakuza gangster, but the Boss Toad was a damn good man... uh, toad, who would always back up his comrades when the chips were down.

Shaking his head to clear his eyes, the Hokage cradled his little son Naruto in his arms. Around the little guy's neck was a necklace made of silver with a leaf symbol resting on his chest. A stylized leaf on the front and on the back was carved the name that was deemed safe; Uzumaki Naruto.

He grinned as the boy giggled, looking down into the face so erriely identical to his own with a hint of pride. He had found it amazing when they entered the battlefield and Kyuubi's massive killing intent washed over them. Little Naruto had frozen for a few seconds and then returned to normal, apparently shrugging it off and forgetting the fear, while so many others had quailed before it and been crushed.

It would be a good trait for when the boy started to wield the monster's chakra. Minato only wished he could see his little boy grow up.

Sighing to himself, the Yellow Flash shook his head to dismiss such depressing thoughts, sitting down cross-legged atop Gamabunta's head, placing the cooing Naruto comfortably in his lap as he closed his eyes, beginning a long string of hand seals.

The Kyuubi paused, the Great beast's snout lifting up, nostril's twitching as it sniffed the air. Something was wrong, the Fox loosing an uncertain growl as it turned, glaring at the Boss Toad, catching sight of the blonde man sitting atop the giant summons's head, Crimson eyes widening as it espied the man's hands forming seals.

The Fox immediately knew what was happening, and with a roar of rage charged towards the pair, claws bared and fangs glistening, it's tails waving dangerously behind it. But despite his incredible speed it was too late, the Great beast screaming in pain as his soul was torn out of his body slowly.

He managed a pained leer as he planned his revenge.

"NAMIKAZE MINATO!" the Fox roared out, managing a pained leer as he glared at the blonde Hokage, already planning his revenge "YOU MAY HAVE SEALED MY FATE AND MADE ME MORTAL, BUT I SHALL HAVE MY REVENGE! THE BOY WILL NEVER KNOW HIS MOTHER'S LOVE!"

Minato's eyes widened as he felt the Shinigami shoved its hand in his chest.

"He will leave this universe, Namikaze, and never know love." the Kyuubi vowed, his mocking voice as ominous as distant thunder "He will die alone and cold. Savor your hollow victory while you can human! HAHAHA-!"

The Kyuubi's laughter was cut off sharply, it's body falling to the ground as it's soul was finally ripped from its body and shoved into Naruto's navel, sealed away for the rest of his life by the combined power of the Hokage's sacrifice and the Shinigami's seal. When the boy died, so would he.

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Hell, that was this was, wet soggy hell. Of all the times Saya had to forget her umbrella it was today, just as it had begun to rain like there was no tomorrow.

Deciding to take a shortcut to get to her job at the hospital, and out of the storm faster, Saya decided to cut through an alleyway, only to pause as she heard a distinct sound, the sound of a crying baby. Her predicament forgotten for the moment, she followed the sound deeper into the Alley, finally stumbling upon the baby in question, lying wrapped in a muddy blanket, blood leaking from his cheeks.

"You poor thing..." Saya murmured, scooping the dirty, soaked little bundle up into her arms "How could anyone be so cruel? Leaving a baby out here by itself?"

Decision made, Saya held the wailing, muddy child in her arms as she raced through the alley, arriving at the hospital in record time and heading straight towards the maternity ward unaware that her unexpected, selfless actions, would allow a dark plan to come to fruition. For unknown to Saya, the royal consort, Marianne vi Britannia, had not long ago given birth to her first-born son, who she had yet to name on account of her passing out from the stress of childbirth.

When Saya entered the maternity ward she unknowingly placed the blonde babe next to a dark haired, as yet unnamed prince, only to pause as she noticed something around the blonde child's neck. Reaching out, she lifted the strange pedant up to reveal spiral that resembled a leaf, turning it over to find a name inscribed onto the back.

"Uzumaki Naruto..." she read, looking from the tag down to the slumbering, blonde haired babe "well consider yourself lucky Naruto," she smiled down at the babe "It was certainly lucky that I happened upon you."

So saying, Saya turned on her heel and left the maternity ward, taking the tag with her to fill the proper paperwork, only for the hospital to shake, an explosion to knocking her off her feet as her world turned black

(SCENE BREAK)

When the light returned to Saya, it was the deep, pulsing red of the emergency lights blazing. Taking the time to regain her bearings, Saya noticed the pile of rubble that was once the maternity ward. Realization coming to her, and with it worry for the children, most notably the one she had recently saved, she made way towards what was left of the nursery hoping that she would find survivors.

Upon entering the nursery Saya felt she would be sick. It seemed that most of the rubble had fallen amongst the babies, crushing them as they lay defenseless in their cots. Walking through the room of death that had not moments earlier been filled with young life, she finally found what she'd been hoping for.

The child she had brought in was still alive, though sadly, the one lying in the cot NEXT to him had not been so fortunate. The rubble had fallen in such a way that while it had crushed the his unnamed cot-mate, it had shielded the wailing Naruto from the falling debris.

As she picked up the blonde child, the flashing emergency lights drew Saya's gaze to something that cause her to shudder, namely the Crest of the Royal Family of Britannia adorning the cot Naruto, and the unfortunate prince, had lain.

Even as she rushed away from the maternity ward, the blond babe clutched to her body, Saya could not get the image of that crushed little body out of her head, nor could she banish the image of the Imperial Crest, which made it abundantly clear that a member of the royal family, a baby to be sure, but nonetheless a Prince, had been killed.

As she was escorted out of the ruins of what was once the First Royal Britannian Hospital of Penndragon, Saya came upon a scene that was both heart wrenching as it was unexpected. The royal consort, Marianne vi Britannia (Nee Lamperouge), was pleading with the emergency crews to go and retrieve her son, only to be met with refusal.

"I'm sorry your Majesty," the EM in charge of the evacuation attempts offered, his features sympathetic, as he could understand the woman's feelings, but firm "its to dangerous for us to send anyone inside."

"Please!" Marianne insisted, the normally reserved consort, and former Knight of One, looking on desperately between the unmovable EM crews and the raging blaze that was the Royal Britannian Hospital "Please! My Baby! He's still in there!"

"My lady," Saya called out, stepping forwards hesitantly, sympathy for the distraught consort in her heart as she held up Naruto "I have you son here with me." she lied, praying for forgiveness from the late infant prince "I was at the maternity ward when the explosion occurred, when I came to, I saw the crest and took him with me."

"Thank you-"

"Saya."

"Thank you Saya," Marianne offered, the consort taking the blonde bundle from the younger woman with a relieved expression "you will be handsomely rewarded." she beamed down at her baby, stroking his cheeks with a gentle hand "Now then little one...what should I name you?"

"If it pleases you, my lady," Saya spoke up, her hands clasped before her as she worked up the nerve to speak to the woman she had just lied to.

"Oh?" Marianne wondered, eying the younger woman curiously, only to smile as she cradled 'her' son in her arms "Well, I suppose it only fitting, given that you DID save him." she nodded her head in assent "Pray tell me, what do you suggest?"

"In my people's language there is a name that I believe most fits the way the young prince entered the world," Saya responded, clutching the strange, pedant in her hand "Naruto, in our tongue, it means maelstrom."

"Hmm Prince Naru vi Britannia..." Marianne wondered, rolling the name as if to get the taste of it "Yes I like that sound of that," she decided, smiling down at the baby in her arms "Prince Naru vi Britannian the seventeenth prince of the Holy Britannian Empire."

(Scene Break 10 years later)

"Mother? Mother?" Prince Naruto shouted, the blonde, Seventeenth heir to the throne running down the halls of Aries Villa, coming upon a familiar face in his frantic search "Saya!" he called out "Do you know were mother is?"

"Oh hello prince Naru," Saya greeted, the former nurse, now the Nanny for the vi Britannia children, smiling down at the blonde prince, marveling at how he'd grown "you mother is in the main hall I believe."

"Thank you!" Naruto offered, the young prince shouting at his Nanny over his shoulder as he ran off down the halls. The young prince hummed to himself, turning the corner towards the main hall only for his eyes to widen in alarm as the sound of gunfire, shattering glass and screams sounded ahead.

Picking up speed, Prince Naru slammed both hands into the massive, double doors, forcing them open, only to recoil in horror as he gaped down at the scene before him.

The massive, Grand staircase, with it's marble pillars and stained glass ceiling, was riddled with holes, shards of glass lying everywhere. At the foot of the stairs, his mothers body lay in a pool of blood, clutching his wide-eyed younger sister, Nunnally, to his chest, the empress having apparently shielded the girl from the attack with her own body.

(Scene Break)

Naruto sat in the hospital waiting room, his blue eyes locked onto the doors of the Operating Theater. His sister nunnally was still undergoing emergency surgery, and as things stood right now, there was no news if she would live or not.

As worry and anger grew within him, the latter being the more predominant, the blonde prince found himself joined by his elder half-siblings, Euphemia and Cornelia Li Britannia, the Fourth and Third heirs to the throne respectively.

"Is there any news?" Euphemia asked, the gentle, pink haired princess looking down at her little brother in concern.

"No," Naruto countered, his tone quiet, almost eerily so, as he continued to stare at the doors of the Operating Theater, "She still undergoing surgery..." he elaborated, his hands tightening around one another "it could go either way."

"I swear Naru," Cornelia vowed, the elder of the Li Britannia glaring at the doors behind which little Nunnally's life hang in the balance "I will find whoever did this..." her grip tightened on the hilt of her sword "and I'll bring them to justice."

"Thank you, Cornelia."Naruto offered, the blonde Prince looking up at the tall, teenage captain of his Lady Mother's Guard solemnly, a ghost of his usual smile on his face "but all I want right now is for nunnally to be alright." he admitted, only to look up as the doors opened and the head surgeon walked out.

"Doctor," Naruto greeted, the Blonde heir getting to his feet and gazing up at the man, even as Euphemia flinched at the copious amount of blood adorning the man's form "whats the news? Is my sister going to be alright?"

"Its hard to say right now." The doctor sighed, pulling off his surgeon's mask "She's stabilized for the moment, but her condition could change at any moment." He shook his head at the prince's distraught look "I hate to be the bearer of bad news, my Lord, but even if she does survive, she will never be able to walk again. The damage to her spine is to extensive, there was nothing we could do but remove the bullet fragments."

(Scene Break)

As the young prince stomped his way out of the royal hall of his father's palace, his mind a buzz in anger as his father's, no, that man's words, still ringing in his ears.

'I have no use for the weak or a crippled.'

Banished. To think the man he used to look up to had banished his own children, one who just left the hospital. Naruto had refused to believe it, that is, until he was 'Escorted' onto the plane that would take him and his sister to japan, as political hostages in all but name.

As he took a seat, Naruto noticed a package in the adjoining one, with a small letter attached to it. Opening it, the banished blonde prince ran his blue eyes over the contents.

Dear Naruto,

If you are reading this, then something I have long feared has come to pass, and if so then I believe you should know the truth about yourself.

The truth is that you are not the son of Lady Marianne and Emperor Charles. As you are no doubt aware, on the Night of your birth, there was a bombing at the hospital. What I have never told anyone is that I had found you a few blocks from the hospital, abandoned in an alleyway. The real prince had died in the bombing, he was in the cot right next to you.

When I took you out, I came across her majesty, Lady Marianne, frantically demanding to be let in to search for her son. I couldn't take seeing her in such distress, and so I stepped forward, with you held in my arms. I was able to convince her majesty that you were her son, and as a reward for 'rescuing' you, I was allowed the honor of naming you.

I chose to give you the name that was printed on the pendent I had found around you neck. Within the package is the very pendent. It seams that the fates have a interesting sense of humor, as you now travel to the land that is the other half of you heritage, Japan.

I know what I did was wrong, but you must know that, at the time, it seemed the only thing to do. I hope you can forgive me for this deception, and I hope you can find a place in this world that you can call your own.

Know that I shall always look out for you,

Sincerely

Saya Namikaze

Opening the package that came along with Saya's missive, Naruto took out a strange pedant, holding it up to the light, revealing spiral that resembled a leaf, turning it over to find a name inscribed onto the back: 'Uzumaki Naruto'.

Clutching the pendent to his chest, the blonde former prince whispered a silent 'thank you' to his care taker, wherever she may be, even as the plane took off to the country that would be his sisters, and indeed his own, new home.

(Scene Break)

'Hell, that's what this is...' Naruto muttered, the blonde prince carrying his sister on his back, 'war torn hell...'

The Holy Empire of Britannia had invaded the Nation Japan without warning or Provocation, and the Vi Britannia siblings had been separated from their closest friend, Suzaku Kururugi, the Prime Minister's Son, and were now wandering the wasteland, looking for a place, any place, to call shelter.

As Naruto took a left around a now ruined office building, the blonde came across a limousine sporting the Britannian flag. Cursing at the now hated symbol, the Blonde former Prince turned to run, only to halt when a familiar voice called out, one he hadn't heard since the events following his mother's funeral.

"Prince Naru, is that you?" Reuben Ashford called out, the elderly head of the once prestigious Ashford family, a family that had been particularly loyal to Lady Marianne, gaping at the pair in wonderment from the back seat.

Turning back towards the car, Naruto was about call out to the old man when the bomb that he happened to be standing by, which by luck or design hadn't detonated when it was dropped in the sector, chose that moment to do so, the force of the explosion separating the siblings, throwing them in two different directions.

"Your highness-!" was the last thing naruto heard before darkness claimed him.

Horseman:Well that's the end of the first chapter hope you all like it and I'd like to thank my friend kyugan for beta reading this.(Finishes digitizing film)

Lelouch:Dear god make them stop!

Horseman:Take is like a man you wuss, kyugan the video is in the mail till next time keep on fighting.