Hey guys! Here is the first chapter of my Naruto + Gate Thus the JSDF Fought There! I had this story in my mind and I saw the lack of good stories in this crossover, so I thought of putting my fare share on the table.
This will have a different beginning then other Gate fanfictions, but I doubt that you the reader would care.
Hope you like it.
Arnus Hill
that Hill, a religious sacred place for the Saderan empire, had just experience a bloodbath.
A week ago, the 2nd battle of Arnus Hill ended up as a disaster.
On one side, were the armies of the Imperial Vassal states. The kingdoms of Elbe, Alguna, Mudwan and nobles off all across the Saderan empire joined together to fight the enemy that was occupying the Hill.
On the other side, was the military of the JSDF also known as the Japanese Self Defense Forces.
Around 300 000 troops fought under the banner of the Allied Kingdoms while only around 10 000 JSDF military personnel were on the defensive. Many imperials thought they would win by their strength of numbers.
But they were wrong.
In a matter of days, over 60 000 men were killed, most of the kings died alongside their countrymen and the allied army fell apart, leaving a power vacuum in the military hierarchy and eventually leading the remaining soldiers to commit desertion and become bandits.
"What kind of nation are we fighting here?" Itami asked as he threw a broken bow away.
"Oi Itami chill out man." Asked his friend and fellow Otaku, Takeo Kurata "Lets finish this patrol and then we go back alright." Kurata smiled.
Itami sighed "Okay…" Itami complied as he was about to turn around but he then saw a flicker of light from a small ridge. The ridge was like half a mile away from them
He quickly grabbed his binoculars and looked through them.
Kurata quickly kneeled down and got into a position to aim at the ridge "What do you see?"
Itami saw 2 men standing there with their horses, first he assumed they were scouts for the enemy but then he saw that they looked…different.
First was their attire clothing, which was entirely different from the normal military outfit of the enemy armies they had faced.
One wore a long blue coat that covered his legs to the knees but he could see that he was wearing a military styled pants, it had short sleeves and it look like he was wearing a…keffiyeh that covered his whole head except his eyes, he wore a belt that was holding something behind his back what he could not see, but was assumed by him as a sword. Lastly he wore black boots.
Then the other guy next to him was the one who held the 2 horses. He wore a ghutrah where you could see his face easily. He also wore an coat but it was open on which Itami could see that he wore an military styled uniform that matched his coat.
Itami was surprised "The hell?"
Kurata turned to Itami "What is it? Itami?"
Itami then saw that both of them spotted Itami and they took off. Not before one of them picked up something Itami would not expect.
One of them was holding a rifle, and to be exact it was an wooden Lee-Enfield British rifle.
Then the 2 unknown scouts took off with their horses
Itami removed his binoculars from his eyes and took a moment to understand what he just saw. He just saw 2 men with old firearms spying over the base. If it meant that this world did contain the weaponry of the 20th century, this could mean problems.
"We need to report back to base, tell them what we just discovered!" Itami said as he quickly began to run back to base.
"Hey wait for me!" Kurata yelled as he began running after Itami.
Sadera, Imperial Palace, Throne Room, March 11th 1400
Emperor Molt was listening to his Minister's Marcus report and it didn't disappointed him. With over 100 000 soldiers of the Allied Kingdoms now dead, wounded or missing and with most of their kings who could've been a potential treat were either dead or missing.
Leaving him as the only absolute ruler.
"All according to plan," Molt stated "Our neighbors can no longer threaten us."
He took a brief pause to think before he gave his next orders.
"Torch all the villages and towns between Arnus Hill and us. Poison the wells and take whatever livestock they may possess and burn all the crops they have. Stop only at the edges of Italica and the formal lands. That should stall the invaders long enough for our armies to be fully rebuild and preventing them from launching an counter attack on us."
"And how about the army? We are in dire need of new men to replace our losses at Arnus." Marcus asked.
"I will order a levy for it, make sure you send it to every part of our empire so we don't fall short on volunteers."
"I see then…but for the scorched earth tactics," Marcus added "Your majesty, I worry that this will cause secession and a severe loss of tax revenues." Marcus spoke his worries out.
"What do you mean Marcus?"
Marcus raised his head "Well there is a problem your majesty, a movement is forming behind Marquis Casel with as goal to replace you as head of the senate."
"And what could they do to stop me huh?" Molt asked.
"Well if they follow the legal procedure and the good amount of people behind them, Marquis Casel and his faction could hold you responsible for the failures for Arnus Hill and recall you on that."
"He could do whatever he wants." The Emperor chuckled "It's only a matter of time when the Inner circle will begin their investigation into him and his entourage. This would be an excellent opportunity to take care of the senate in one full swoop."
Then the sound of doors opening could be heard behind Minister Marcus
"Very well Your Majesty. But I'm not done yet with my report, i-"
"Your Majesty." Exclaimed Princess Pina as she entered the throne room and walking towards her father.
"Pina, my daughter. What can I do for you?"
"I have learned that the Allied Kingdoms armies have met themselves a miserable defeat after facing off against the invaders, who still till this day occupy the Empire's holy land of Arnus Hill for months now. What is your majesty doing in response to this situation." Asked the Princess angrily.
"Obviously we should regather our forces and create a plan to –" A nervous minister Marcus tried to explain.
"Create a plan!?" Pina cuts off the minister from speaking "The enemy is on our doorstep, we must move now!"
"Pina my daughter, you're right." Molt said, cutting of his daughter's rant "However the issue in hand is that unfortunately we know very little about the enemy forces occupying the hill
He took a small pause again and worked out another solution for this situation.
"I know, why don't you and your Order of Rose scout the area for us, see what the situation is from up close." Molt suggested.
"Me?" A surprised Pina asked "With my order?"
"Indeed," the emperor replied with a smug "If your Order can do more than just marching and color guarding…So here's your chance."
A small gasp escaped Pina's mouth at both her father's chance and mockery of her and her order.
She bowed before her father and emperor "Consider the mission done your Majesty."
"Good," Molt began "Now go prepare your Order, don't disappoint me my daughter."
"I won't your majesty." Pina replied with confidence as she walked away towards the door.
Just as she left the throne room, Molt sighed and rubbed his temple slightly "That girl, she tries to prove herself too much urgh…"
The Emperor then stood up from his throne "I say we are done for today-"
"Your Majesty," Minister Marcus interjected "I wasn't done with my report."
Molt raised his eyebrow. He saw that Marcus was being nervous for some reason.
Marcus continued "Our scouts have reported that they spotted our enemies, just outside the outskirts of Arnus Hill."
"So the invaders already sended out scouts? I don't know why you are so nervous about this Marcus. This is what we could've expected from them." Molt pointed out what his minister just said.
"Your Majesty, It weren't the invaders…they recognized them as part of the people of the Western Desert."
It took a moment for Emperor Molt to understand what he just had heard.
Unknown to them, was that Pina was listening on the conversation and she made a small gasp on when she heard minister Marcus mention the Western Desert.
Molt puts his hand under his chin "Are you sure?"
Marcus nodded "They were recognized by their clothing, long blue coats, face coverage and their weaponry."
Molt was thinking for a moment.
Molt slightly clutched his hands "If is what you say is true, that only means one thing," he knew what he was going to confirm, it would cause some concerns in the senate and the ruling class.
"Your majesty, you don't try to say that-"
"He's about to make his move." Molt said "All these years after the failed Desert campaigns, he and his band of rebels are about to come back on the scene," Molt then face palmed "and just at the worst possible time."
Marcus knew how the Emperor didn't want to mention the name of him, but he also knew he couldn't ignore the threat that was 'him'.
So he gave an suggestion "Your Majesty, I suggest we plan a expeditionary force to attack and burn down the villages and towns that are located near the Western Desert borders and, that way we can assure t-"
"Are you out of your mind!" Molt exploded with anger at his minister.
Marcus was shaking in fear "Y-Y-Your Majesty?"
"If we react right now by sending out an expeditionary force, our forces will be stretched thin to much that the invaders could attack our city with ease, also our tactics of intimidating their people doesn't seem to work anymore, he gained many allies after that failed war…"
What he was referring to, was the 'Sand War' and it was still fresh in everyone's minds.
"So what do you prefer we do, Your Majesty?" Marcus asked the Emperor.
Molt took the time to think for what the best option was for this new development.
Then he knew it and said "Let Pina and her order scout the area, also try to keep tabs on the borders of the Western Desert and especially the mountains of Knappnai.
Minister Marcus then tried to convince Molt "But Your Majesty-" But he was then interrupted by the Emperor.
"Trust me Marcus I know what I'm doing, if he finds out about the presence of the invaders on Arnus Hill, he knows that an attack on the Imperial capital would mean a death sentence for his forces, especially if his scouts tell him what happened to the Allied Kingdom's forces."
The emperor stood up "I stand with my decisions, give the orders to our commanders on the field…and Pina."
Marcus bowed "Yes your Majesty."
Outside the throne room
Pina clinched her hands together out of frustration for her father speaking down of her as she just heard what she could run into.
"I will prove myself to you Father even if it means my death for my Empire…" then she thought about the potentiality of the scouts she heard that came from the Western Desert. And she could only think about somebody who she knew came from that part of the lands.
'I hope we don't have to fight….'
Outskirts of Rondel , March 11th 2300
The night fell, meaning people were going to sleep, travelers would stop their tracks to rest.
Except for 2.
The 2 scouts that were spotted by an JSDF patrol, were on their horses as they were hurrying up towards their destination.
"I never expected those people on Arnus Hill to take on the army of the Allied Kingdoms so easily." The man with the ghutrah yelled to his partner so he could understand him.
"Yeah I hear you! But with the weaponry I saw on them, I don't doubt that they are way more advanced than us!" his partner who wore the Keffiyeh replied "That battle must have been way worst then the battle of Al-Basura!"
"You fought in the Sand War?!" his partner asked in surprise.
"Was one of the first to volunteer for the fight against these imperialist pigs, fought from the very beginning to the bitter end of that war!" the Keffiyeh guy replied.
"How was it, I meant the war!" the obvious rookie asked.
The Keffiyeh wearing veteran didn't say for a moment until he spotted a settlement where fire was breathing out smoke.
"There it is!" he pointed out as he ordered his horse to run faster "Come one!" they hurried for the settlement.
5 minutes later
The settlement was a small fire camp which was made of a small group of dozen men who wore similar clothing to of that of the 2 scouts, long blue coats, some wore head coverages like keffiyeh's or they wore none. But they all had similar weapons like the Lee Enfield other design of rifles which were all piled up next to each other.
One of them who was near the fire heard loud stomping and stood up "Something is coming."
The others started grabbing their rifles, but before they could react, the 2 scouts stopped their horses in front of them with their hands up.
"Hold your fire! It's me Kemal." The scout with the keffiyeh said with his hands up.
The men lowered their rifles and got back to the fire, not before they greeted the scouts back for their long mission.
"It's good to see you Kemal. So how are things on Arnus hill?" asked one of the men.
Kemal took a bite from his loaf of bread and chewed on it a few times before swallowing it "It seems that the armies of the Allied Kingdoms….failed, they didn't stood a chance."
The men around the fire nodded, making their suspicions about what happened on Arnus Hill disappear.
"So what now?" asked one of the men.
"Right now all of the Allied kings are either dead or missing. their armies are now in disarray, with no leadership in those ranks the possibility of increasing desertion and bandits will grow without a question." Kemal replied, having experienced this once in the Sand War where bandits tried to attack villages and ransack them.
Kemal turns to his partner and ordered "Write a report about Arnus Hill, tell them what the results were and what is about to happen in the future."
The partner was already writing his report on a small paper and rolled it into a small tube and walks towards the empty cage.
That wasn't supposed to be empty.
He turns to the other "Where's the Pidgeon?"
"You mean this Pidgeon?" came the voice from the dark as it sounded like giggling. The sound of high heels clicking began was being heard.
The men were about to reach their weapons but Kemal ordered them "Wait."
Out of the dark emerged a girl, but not just any girl. It was Rory Mercury: apostle of Emroy, the god of darkness, war, violence, and death and the Pidgeon was resting on her shoulder while she was feeding it.
When they recognized who she was, some of them began to panic.
"Calm down boys! She's not going to hurt us." Kemal tried to calm down the nervous men who thought she was going to take their souls.
Rory giggled and walked towards Kemal before stopping "Hello Kemal, it's been a long time."
Kemal bowed down to her "It has, you holiness." Soon the other men started to bow down to Rory out of fear, which she could sense it.
She walked towards one of the men who was praying to her in fear and she patted her head "Don't worry, I'm not going to kill you."
"Even so your holiness, I fear nothing more than your judgement for the afterlife and for my family wellbeing. Please protect them and clean my conscious for the future." The man replied while giving a prayer to her.
Rory giggled and turns back to Kemal "Your men seem like good people."
Kemal still was bowing to her "Yes they are your holiness." He raised his head and spoke "May I ask why we are blessed with your presence?"
Rory giggled "I heard you mention about Arnus Hill, that there are these 'invaders' who crushed the Allied Kingdoms armies. Is that true?" she asked concerning about the rumors and the massive amount of souls she felt pass away.
"Yes it is, we fear that with the armies their leaders out of the picture, that the remaining soldiers will turn into bandits and attack the innocent common people." Kemal replied.
Rory giggled "Is that so? Well what are you planning to do about it?" she asked.
"We wanted to send a Pidgeon to our leaders, to inform them about the situation." He pointed at the Pidgeon "May we have our Pidgeon back?
Rory giggled again and replied "Sure." The Pidgeon was picked up by Kemal's partner and the message was being strapped unto the bird.
Rory turned to Kemal and asked "You said that bandits were around the area right?"
Kemal nodded "Yes there are, why you want to know?"
Rory giggled and started to walk away "Oh nothing, I think I know I will be doing for today." She started to laugh really loudly.
This made some of Kemal's men their spines shiver.
Kemal could only shake his head, knowing that feeling of fear when meeting a holy person for the first time.
Kemal turns to his partner and saw he had the Pidgeon still in his hands.
"What are you waiting for? Release it." Kemal ordered.
The partner nodded and before he let the Pidgeon go free, he whispered to it saying.
"This will be the beginning of the end…."
He released the Pidgeon as it flew away towards the one location the Pidgeon knew.
The Western Desert.
Alright! What do you think of the first chapter? I know this is just the beginning but I hope it could be something good in the future.
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