Prologue
Some might say that being a pirate was criminal, evil even, and anybody who choose too pursue said career was inherited bad.
But than again, if you hadn't a choose, could you really be called bad; because for some this was only way of survival, the only way they knew.
Cling
But than again, some could care less if they carved through any ass-hole bandit, or ugly ass pirate in any way; as long as money was involved.
"No please!" A shouted cried out in the shadow of a ship, a number of body lay infront of him on the deck with a hole in their necks. "I'll give you anything you want, money, women, just spare m-urgggggggg!" a single blade lodged into his throat, it's silver blade covered in a spray of blood.
"Pathetic," A large figure stepped out from the shadow of the ship, the first distinct feature being the rusty golden hair damped down with rich red blood. "Requiescant En Infernum." The man remarked in a heavy tone, sharp light blues glared down at the corpse as he wiped the blood from his sword onto the dead man's clothes.
As the light of the day-time sun came shinning down, the blonde was fully revealed to be dressed in a heavy suit of armour, his already large figure was bulked out even more; the only thing not armoured being his head.
However, unlike what the man's cold aura, the armour was quite... outspoken. Bright orange with dark blue joints, the heavy armour connected in a way that there was no visible skin. Adding the... bright armour, the man had a total of three blades; with one in his hand. His current wielded blade was a standard steel sabre, it's 12 inch extended length being abnormal thing about it.
Swishing around, the man quickly sheathed the blade in his left hip, before striding away from the dead bodies without a stopping to observe them.
"Stop!"
Spinning around, the man was faced with two lightly armoured men, both with a blade drawn. "For the captain!" Before the blonde could reply, the two men charged, ready to slash the man's head off his shoulders.
"Too slow," In flash of movement, a claymore was drawn from the man's back and sliced the head's off the shoulder of the aggressors. "Weak." Sighing, the man spun the blade around; splattering the blood off his sword onto the wooden walls, as he sheathed it. "idiot."
Walking past the two head-less men, the man slowly drew his final blade as he walked up the wooden stairs of the ship, a silver glow flowed from the normal brown sheath, an over five shaku long, 150 centimeter, Bitchu Aoe blade came into view for a mere moment, it's sight being rare for anyone to see.
Three identical thin lines appeared over the whole length of the ship; an amazing feet fare beyond any normal person could, or would, attempt. Like a pealing orange skin, the boat opened up revealing the wooden interior to the world, with the blonde standing in the centre of it.
However, if that show was intimidating, it didn't really seem to prevent the several hundred other ships infront it the shipwreck, with several hundred more archers on the main-land behind the blonde.
Though, the ship-wrecker ignored all of these opponents, for he was to busy tending to the women laying beside him; whom was previously been prisoner on the ship he had destroyed.
"Are you okay, Artoria dear." Swiping around, the tall armoured man knelled down besides his beloved, his bright blue eyes checking over the women's slender physique, checking for any injury; only to find a large gash on the women's side, his eyes widened in anger and fear.
"N-naruto.." A week response meet the blonde knight, soft green eyes looked up as she held a hand onto the soft skin of her husband's hand. "Stop, it's time." Leaning up, the female laid a soft hand onto his cheek, her fingers tracing the three identical scars on his checks. "Thank you for not leaving me, a-after all that happened."
"Never," The now identified Naruto responded instantly, a loving smile etched onto his face as he slowly picked up his wife, placing a kiss on the women's lips. "For ever and ever, my dear Artoria Pendragon." The man didn't even flinch as ten arrows suddenly lodged itself into his back, piercing through the soft fabric over his shoulders.
"And for forever and eternity, Naruto Pendragon." Locking lips with her man, the two stepped from the wooden bottom of the sliced ship, and slowly sank into the water bellow, a calm and eternal end to the legend of Naruto and Artoria Pendragon, their tale forever hidden from time, only the tale of the women that lead Britain from Camelot, and after becoming a feudal lord like her father, became a king with many knights under her, including the esteemed Knights of the Round Table.
But, this tale, as hidden as it was, could only stay hidden for so long, and one day, in the far future, the truth of the two lover will be revealed.
Chapter One
It was a cool morning of spring inside the town of Fuyuki City, most of the occupancy of the town had woken, or waking, but one specific teenager, a blonde haired blue eyed teen huffed out in exhaustion, a deep panting breathed from him.
"That dream again." Standing from his futon, the fairly tall male pushed the thoughts of his night to one side as he glanced to the side, his dull blue eyes locked with the clock; a unusual frown etched onto his face as he noted that it was already late, being almost 3:30 pm, leaving him only 30 minuets to get ready for school.
"What a pain,"
In a quick flash of movement and activity, the man moved in and out of his home, a quaint little four bedroom house, dressing in a classic brown blazer and trousers, and white under top, all coming together to be a bland uniform. "Man, they could atleast add some orange, these clothes are just depressing." Picking up his school bag and books, the teen went to open his door, stopping momently to look at old shaped item leaning against said door. "I should really stop taking you everywhere."
Swiping, the heavy item, a rare, genuine smirk appeared onto as he grabbed the leather wrapped end of the item, gently pulling at it to show the long silver blade attached to it. "Man, you do seem to be attached to my dreams lately!" Swinging the handle around his shoulder, the teen opened to the door and almost got outside, only to gap when he realised he had forgot his bow for his group activity. "Ah balls, I'mma be late!" Rushing back inside, the blonde snatched the long bow before leaping out the house, he was going to get to school in peak time!
Spiriting in high-speed, the teen managed to clear well over 5 metres in less 3 minuets, a speed that would impossible for someone a mere mortal man could muster, however, unlike most, he was a powered by something other than fless and blood.
No, instead, he was a magus, his body and soul was powered by mana, his being far larger than anything seen in centuries! Not that anyone really knew that, except him, he was trained to hide it afterall; even if it was done by himself.
"Naruto, you're late!" Spinning on his heels, the blonde magus smirked as he locked eyes with the teen that once stood behind him, meeting the gaze of the large brown eyes of Ayako Mitsuzuri, his fellow Archery Captain. "What gives?"
"Ah Ayako, how ya been?" Leaning on his left leg, Naruto smirked as he fist bumped with his best friend, smirking as he spun his bow around in a 360 fashion, the head of the bow hitting his shoulder. "Sorry for being late, I had something to do, all that early morning training got me busy." Without flinching, the teen accepted a punch on the arm, smirking as he leant into it.
"Anyway, I have the late night tonight, do you know who I'm tutoring?" Spinning around, Naruto smirk only increase when he saw the red-head behind him. "Ah, look who it is."
"Thank you for this Naruto." Standing before the blonde was one Shirou Emiya, a teenager with Auburn hair and Golden-brown coloured eyes; wearing some casual clothing, consisting of a blue and white long sleeve baseball jersey T-shirt and a blue slim straight pair of jeans. "Sorry for the sudden request though, I know you're busy studying for your finals for college."
"Ara? No problem Shirou!" Snapping his arm forwards, the teen used his natural strength to slap the teen on his shoulder, pushing him forwards quite a sum. "Come on then, we better get going. See ya later, Ayako." Without warning, the two left for the archery range, intent on training not on archery, but on magic.
"So, what is it today, reinforce, or replicate?" Making sure that they were alone, Naruto sent out a bubble of awareness, he wasn't about to let his private lessons to be interrupted. "We've only got 3 hours remember, so choose wisely."
"Maybe we could work on reinforcement today, I still haven't got it done to a t." Setting down infront of the older Magus, the red-head smiled gently; Magus normally acted like enemies, but Naruto has always been there for him, even when his adopted father died. "I got down the last lesson you taught me, I can now reinforce most object to be as hard as steel."
"Good, good." Naruto, whom had settled down in a setted position, nodded in delight, he had spent a long amount of time in training his fellow mage, and to see the progress of his labour was great. "But now, we're going to focus on reinforcing your skin, to do the same."
"Now, let get started!"
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3 hours later
An exhausted Shirou laid face down on the floor, he had used the majority of his mana in the past three hours, his core of his power was far beyond over-used. "M-man, tha-that was harsh."
"HA, yes, I would say." Standing above the teen, Naruto smirked in pride, however his full attention wasn't solely based him, no instead his mind was on focused on the crazy amount of mana being used outside. "Hey Emiya, I need a favour..." Seeing the surprised glance from the teen, the blue eyed teen turned away, laying down a basic barrier down. "Don't move from this spot, I need you to promise me this." Grabbing his sheath that laid against the wall, the blonde slowly drew the blade out, a light glow escaping from it as mana flowed throughout his body.
"W-what's happening, a fight?"
Without answering, the blonde place the final rune on his barrier, a dark orange glow surrounding the room. "I need to stop that mage from making it into here." Spinning around, the sword wielder stepped outside, his mind racing at the possibility of fighting another Magus. "Whoever it is, their mana is almost a large as mine." Walking into the clearing from outside the club, a small frown made it's way onto his face as he greeted meet with the sight of a female with long black hair, tied into two pig tails, running away from a manic wielding a lance.
"Shit, is that Rin?" Applying mana to his feet, Naruto readied himself, he wasn't going to let Sakura's best friends, and by proxie his friend, die at the hands of some pysco. "RIN GET DOWN."
"Who's there?!" the man, who was wielding the Lance, shouted in anger as he spun around, his blood-red eyes locked with Naruto's, his body working in over time to block the single blade coming from his side, his enemy servant wasn't so easy ignore.
"Celeri Cut!"
In a flash of silver, Naruto appeared beside the Lancer, his blade slashing at the man, forcing the blue-haired man to spin his Lance around to block. "Adolebitque" Another flash of silver, the blonde appeared on the other side of the defendant, his blade already slashing forwards, forcing Lancer back several feet.
"Who are you?" The lancer, who retreated several feet, glared at Naruto, his dark eyes trying to figure him out. "Another servant?"
"Naruto, what are you doing here?" Rin, who had been watching the quick exchange with wide eyes, locked onto Naruto's back; why was a higher class mage like Naruto even helping her, surly he knew this was a fight for the fifth holy grail war... unless he didn't. "You need to leave, this is a fight for the holy war, you're not allow to join without a servant."
"Oh?" Without facing Rin, the blonde glared forwards, so his opponent was a servant; a rather weak one at that. "I see, so that's why there was so much mana leaking around, another great war heh." Seemingly relaxing slightly, Naruto allowed his mana to condense inside him, creating a heavy feeling around the area. "But, that still doesn't help me in this situation, seeing as I'm technically a witness, so... lets get this started!"
"libero!"
A massive dome of silver exploded from Naruto, clouding the area in a light glow, similar to that of the moon's. "Behold my release." without warning, the blonde blasted off in a speed so fast several after images appeared around the servant, each one slashing at him. "Deus VULNUS!" Ten images of the blonde flashed in, slashing at the Lancer at such a force it it cratered the man onto his knees, his lance straining from the power. "In my blade, I call thou's name, SON OF SHADOW!" In quick sessions, several slashes appeared on to the servant's arms and legs, Naruto sheer speed and overpowering strength forcing Lancer onto the defensive.
"Shit, a combat Master!" Jumping back several strides, the servant cursed his master, if he was a full strength; he'd show this cocky punk his place. "You're lucky I have a limiter on me boy, or you'd be dead!" Without a second thought, the lance user followed his master's command to retreat, but not before showing off. "You've only faced 10% of my true power, so when we meet again, be sure to be ready!"
Glaring forwards, the man Launched forwards, using this a distraction for his escape. And, just like he expected, the blonde mage dodged to the side, leaving him a perfect sight of the person who had just walked into the area. "Stabbing Fang." In an amazing feet of speed and accuracy, Lancer stabbing through the new arrival, his dark red-eyes picking up the features of the red-head before him. "You were really in the wrong place in the wrong time."
"Shirou!"
In a burst off speed, Lancer was barely able to even skim past the attack, instead he received a nasty slash to the back, which nearly cut through him. "Damn it!" Leaping away, the Lancer used the death of the teen infront of him as a distraction, instantly cloaking himself to hide.
True to Lancer's prediction, Naruto had indeed stopped to check on his best friend, his brother in all but blood!, his mana leaking from his pours as his emotions ran high. "Idiot, why didn't you stay put!" Punching the group with a clenched fist, the blonde glared harshly at the body of his dying first friend.
"Naruto, I'm sorry but..." Rin remarked as she laid her hand onto the blonde's shoulder, it was rare she saw Naruto doing anything but smiling, but than again; his best friend was lying beside him bleeding to death. "I think it;'s best if we..."
"If we what?! Leave him to die!" Shouting in rage, Naruto stood up to his full hight of 6 foot 4, his gaze heavy levelled with the shorter mage. "No, I would rather die myself than leave behind one of my friends." Shaking his head in annoyance, the teen bit his palm, a thick amount of blood streaming from his palm down to his fingers. "And I'll be damned if I'm just going to watch him die." Knelling down, the borderline adult grasped Shirou right palm; drawing a blood symbol onto the palm. "Rin, I need you to step back, I'm going to do something that either really smart, or really, really explosion."
Silence fill the air as Rin stepped back from the two, her eyes never leaving the fully concentrating blonde, her mind racing on the fact that she was going to witnesses a high-level spell; one she had no knowledge of. "This is going to be interesting,"
"By Earth and Air, by Fire and Water." A large red symbol etched itself around both Naruto and Shirou, a dark glow blossomed alive, intertwining to form a pentagram. "So shall you hear my call, powers of birth and rebirth." A red cloud of mist exploded from the runes before it quickly shifted to a silvery glow, matching Naruto's mana colour. "Powers of silence and peace, Heal thou body and mind!" The glowing rune imploded, a wave of silver covered the two before violently exploding, sending Rin flying away; whilst leaving Naruto and Shirou completely untouched.
"Did it work," Tohsaka questioned herself, lifting herself from her ground; seeing as her servant had yet to return from hunting Lancer. "Oh, oh my..."
Standing completely shirtless and panting, was Naruto, his powerful physique showed to the open air, including several hundred glowing lines showing on his body; the overuse of his mana showed through-out his body, leading down from his eyes to every magic circuit of his. "F-finally." Glowing silver eyes looked down at the not-so glowing Shirou, smirking when he saw the rune on his left hand glowing brightly. "Man, that was lucky." Breathing out with a pant, the teen let his mana fade from his body, flowing out from his body into the drawn blood sword on his best-friend's palm. "Damn, that seriously drained me!"
Pulling up the resting red-head, Naruto hefted the teen over his shoulder, fully intent on taking him home, so that he too could rest. "Rin, I don't have to remind you not tell anyone about what happened today, do I?" Without even waiting for the response, the blonde teleported away, his mana, which was fairly low; still allowed him to teleport to the Emiya residence. "D-damn, that was too much."
A loud thud echoed through the room as the blonde dropped his friend, causing his friend to jolt up in shock, his mouth screamed out in shock. "What, where, who!" Spinning around in shock, the red-head cried out in shock, his mind on the fact he had just be stabbed. "Naruto, what the hell happened?" Jumping to his feet, Shirou yelled at his friend, only to flinch back in shock, he had never seen Naruto so... exhausted. "Hey, are you alright?"
"Fine, fine, just tired is all." Lumping onto the sofa, the blonde sighed gently as he patted the side next to him. "Listen, I need you to listen to me next time, because if it wasn't for me, you'd be 8 foot under at this point." Naruto started as Emiya sat next to him, grasping his palm to reveal the red sword rune on it. "This rune is the only thing keeping you alive, it was infused with my mana, to draw on your natural healing."
Pulling his hand back, Shirou frown gently as he pushed his own mana into the rune, causing a light silver to radiate over his hand. "W-wow, that's some powerful stuff." Turning towards his friend, he couldn't help but marvel at the power he had. "Are you okay?"
"No, I overused my mana circuits, I'm going to have to... SHIT!" Pushing his fellow mage away, Naruto barely had time to shield himself as he was kicked through the wall, and into the garden. "Dang, that hurt more than usual." Flicking his wrist, the mage flinched as he felt his arm snap back into place, glaring as he cloaked himself, he hoped that Shirou could distract the assaulter whilst he got his blade, he couldn't rely on his mana bank at the moment. "Damn it,"
Whilst the blonde went to get his blade, Shirou was to busy dodging side to side as a long, familiar, lance swiped at him, his only defence being a single bar he had reinforced; thank god for Naruto's mana mark, it was the only source of power he could use at the moment, seeing as he had used most of his own during the training in the evening.
"Double reinforce," Dodging too the side, Emiya barely had enough time to block a lance strike to the side, slicing open his arm. Unfortunately, the teen wasn't quick enough to block the second strike, this one slicing his side. "D-damn it!" Jumping back, the red-head jumped to the side, smashing past the window and into the garden.
In a jump, of speed similar to that of what Naruto had done, Lancer appeared before Emiya, kicking him hard enough that the red-head slammed next to the doors of his workshop.
"I was kind enough to give you a chance kid, but you blew it." Lance said with a frown, he was really bored by the silly tricks being used against him. Sighing, the man frowned as his opponent got up and ran away, running into the workshop. "Come on kid, man up already."
Panting and wheezing, Emiya ran into his workshop, he had to buy some time for Naruto to back him up! "Shield!" In sheer luck, the teen managed to spin around, pulling his steel pipe out like a sheet, blocking a full on attack from Lancer.
"Checkmate." Dark red-eyes flickered down at the lying form of the mage before him; a small smirk lingering on his brow. "That last move was pretty surprising, kid, but I really don't get it though." Lowering his weapon of choose, the servant frowned, his fight had distracted him enough from the other occupant of the house. "You're fast on your feet, but hopeless at mage-craft. You do have a knack for it though, It could be that you could be that you were meant to be the seventh master, " Readying his blade, a dark aura surrounded him as he glared at the teen. "but even if you were, this is the end for you."
"Screw all this," A dark blue glow surrounded Emiya, a dark glare on his face as he mixed both his, and Naruto's, mana together without thought. "My life was spared, and so I'm not going to let my self be killed that easily," Without the knowledge of the two fighters, a pre-draw old summoning circle in the back of the warehouse took the same glow as the mage's aura. "I have to live, and fulfil all my obligations, and I can't do that if I'm dead!" Unannounced too the two, Naruto rushed into the garden with sword in hand, a white glow surrounding him much like his friend's. "I'm not going to be killed here for no reason, not by a bastard like you, no matter what it cost me!"
A flash of silver and red meet as Emiya spoke, Naruto having arrived in time to block Lancer's blow and kick him back into the garden.
"So we meet again, Lancer!" Flashing forwards in silver, Naruto meet the man head on, his blade connecting with Lance in a flurry of red and silver strikes. "I'm going to get you back for that kick, you asshole!" Skipping side to side, the blonde matched the servant blow for blow, he wasn't going to let this man kill his brother a second time.
"You're quite a powerful mage," Lancer remarked, his cool features taking in the full sight of the blonde. "So tell me, punk, what's your real name," Lowing his blade for a strike, the man allowed his opponent to do the same; honour-bound as he was.
"Naruto, high Magus of Sabre class," Without a second word, the blonde burst to the side, barely dodging the Lance strike aimed for his heart. "And you are the Irish son of light, Cú Chulainn, there is no doubt." A look a surprise briefly flashed on his opponents face, something Naruto took great pride in. "Don't be mistaken, no normal person would know, but than again..." In another flash of silver, the Magus managed to get the Lancer's back, slashing sideways and forcing the man to jump back in defence. "I'm no normal Magus."
"Naruto!" Flickering his gaze to the side for one moment, the blonde barely caught the sight of a blonde haired women standing next to his best friend, before he was abruptly kicked, slamming to the bricked wall next to them. "Ah sorry, are you okay?" Rushing to his spot, Emiya helped the fallen combat mage to his feet, unaware his new servant had engaged Lancer in the blonde's steed. "What the heck is going on anyway, one moment we were training, and now I have this chick calling me master, what the hell!?"
"Did you just say what I think you just said?!" Naruto shouted as he pulled Emiya in close, shaking in annoyance. "Give me your hand!" Without a second's thought, he ripped the teen's hand up, showing a shape of a sword painted red on his right hand. "You're joking me?!"
"Hey, hey, you've got one too!" Slapping the blonde's hand away, Shirou grabbed his fellow Magus's left hand, showing that he had the same tattoo of a sword, only his was blue. "What gives?"
"Gae bolg" Spinning around in surprise, the two Magus managed to witness the body of their servant fly to the floor, cratering in the garden floor.
"Celeri Cut!" In a flash, Naruto appeared between Naruto and the blonde female, his blade raised high to block a overhead spear thrust. "Try this on for size, celeri VULNUS!" A fury of blade trust lashed out at Lancer, each on hit at the same time. Speeding around the man, continued to slashed around at him, striking at him several times faster than sound.
"You will die!" Lancer growled out as he matched Naruto, his anger growing as he was bombarded by commands from his master. "But later!" Spinning around, the man managed to get into the blonde's guard and slammed his knee forwards into the open chest, slamming him through the garden wall, actually forcing him through it. "Damn I really messed up," Leaning his lance against his shoulder, the blue haired man looked upon the women who managed to dodge his noble phantasm. "My master is somewhat of a coward you see, you dodged my spear so he's ordering me to retreat now." Turning around and slowly walking away, Lancer ignored the shocked sound of his enemy; no doubt he was effecting her pride.
"You're running away!" And just like that, the female voiced her anger, her body still not up from it's seat spot; a clear spear wound on her shoulder.
"You're more than welcome to follow," Stopping dead in his stride, Lancer allowed mana to rage back inside his body, he was not going to be taunted so easily."but if you do, you'd better prepare yourself to die." Without even waiting for a response, the Lancer leapt away, he had clear instructions to avoid fighting anymore this evening; including that of Naruto.
"Wait, come back." The blonde haired women, who had still yet to stop the bleeding of her shoulder, stood to her feet and yelled in outrage'; her pride demanding she do so.
"Is she insane!" Emiya, who had forgotten all about Naruto lying on the other side of the fence, spoke to himself in a mixture of confusion and shock; his body moving to meet the women as he spoke. "Hey, are you alright?" As if being next to him help, the servant's armour and wound faded slightly, a light blue glow rebuilding it. "Oh my god, what the hell are you?"
Light green eyes flickered towards her master, the frown on her face lightened slight once she spot the confused glance he sent her way. "As you can see, I am your Sabre Class servant, as such, I could you please call me Sabre."
"Oh," A light blush etched it's way onto Emiya's checks, the whole servant master thing really got to him. "My name is Shirou, Shirou Emiya."
"Emiya?" Breathing out her surprise, Sabre didn't let any emotion appear on her face; the only thing being a slight raise of a brow.
"And the person you were fighting with was N, oh DAMN IT!" Spinning around, much to the startling of Sabre, Emiya rushed towards where a large part of the broken brick wall was, his mind completely opening up to the idea of his best friend.
"Master?" Follow softly behind the red-head, the blonde women frowned in curiously, was the other person fighting Lancer his friend, a fellow mage?
"God dang that hurt," A loud groan echoed out into the garden as a blade, one far to being to handled by any-normal person, was stabbing into the ground, a shadowed body pulling it's way up with it. "I swear Emiya, you really do get me in some seriously messed up situations, I mean, you, a master?!"
For Sabre, the voice of the shadowed man spoke to her, as if she remember it from somewhere, he light green eyes instantly locking with the only thing she could see; what looked to be a exact replica of her previous life's husbands's main sword.
"Ah, as I was saying," Hefting his friend onto his shoulder, Shirou slowly dragged the body of his friend into the open, his brown eyes flickering from his friend to his 'servant', as it was. "This is my best-friend, and all but blood, brother, his name is..."
"Naruto Pendragon" A soft gasp, one that was completely off for someone that had the emotionless face of Sabre, escaped the green eyed Knight's face as a soft look of shock took hold of face.
"I, er, yes, how'd you know that?" Emiya remarked with a shocked face, not many knew of Naruto's name, seeing as the blonde kept it his mission to hide the fact he was given the last name of a legendary hero; for reasons unknown to him.
"Naruto Pendragon," Taking a shaky step forwards, Sabre laid a gentle hand onto her fellow blonde, her mind thinking that the person infront of her was made out of fickle glass. "It's really you!" Lunging forwards, the women used the surprise of the blonde Magus to lock lips with him, forcing some of her soul and Mana into him. "I've found you finally..." A cloud of silver, much like that of Naruto's spells, exploded from the male's mouth and eyes, shocking the two watching, before abruptly fading. "Naruto!?"
"A-Arturia?" In a weak voice, the man, whom wore the face of Naruto, spoke out weekly, his body shaking in exhaust as he lifted his palm up; which Sabre grasped with her's. "I've found you." Without warning, the teen dropped down, his body giving out under-him, his ears and eyes void to the sight and sound of both Sabre and Emiya, a small smile lingering on his brow as he fell; one single word leaving his throat hit the ground.
"Finally..."