Sun and Stars
Year 279 AC Somewhere in Dorne
Naruto
Day and night two complete opposites, this world and his own shared the same relationship or so he thought.
Naruto Uzumaki had just been rejected...again. Child of Prophecy and Saviour of the Elemental Nations, you'd think someone who shares these titles would have some type of luck in their love life but time and time again he proves himself to be truly unpredictable.
"Don't forget the fact you were rejected for a better looking guy both times."
Naruto could only reply with a groan. As much as he appreciated Kurama's companionship he really hated him sometimes.
"Please don't remind me it's hard enough knowing Elia might've just left me for a potential psycho."
"Well look at the bright side, you now know she has a good judge of character"
Kurama grinned inside Naruto's mindscape, "This was going to be good," he thought.
"How was I supposed to find that out from this situation?" Naruto questioned.
"Well," Kurama paused for dramatic effect. "She did leave an actual psycho for a potential one"
At Kurama's words Naruto couldn't help but let out a hoarse chuckle he knew the bijuu was patting himself on the back after that one, "Well you do have a point there."
"Of course I do but don't you think your departure was a little too sudden? I mean your girlfriend Ashara or whatever her name was bawling her eyes out when news of you leaving Dorne broke out, right?"
Naruto shook his head in response, "How many times do I have to tell you she's not my girlfriend, and I've been meaning to go to beyond The Wall ever since we've come to this world.
"I also wouldn't be even be allowed to stay here anymore, Doran despises me enough as it is. Without his sister here my departure was inevitable."
"Remind why we have to go the that frozen wasteland again?"
"Remember when we were first teleported here after our battle with Kaguya? Well long story short I used Sage Mode to scope the area out and I found the nature energy in this world to be alike to that of our own."
"The only problem was that when I tried to detect the energy past that giant wall of ice I couldn't, The Wall is what most likely blocked me."
"And please don't complain we aren't actually going to The Wall, I have a clone doing the investigation work."
"Ok, so if you have a clone beyond The Wall where exactly are we going?"
With a grin that only signaled trouble Naruto simply said, "That my friend is a secret."
Kurama couldn't help but facepalm and curse his luck, out of all the people in the world to be stuck with it had to be this ramen-loving imbecile.
Year 279 AC King's Landing
"I should have known this is what you were going to, you could have just left her alone and went out to find another girl, but no you have to chase her like a lovesick puppy. Just wake me up when this nightmare ends," groaning about blonde idiots Kurama cut their mental link.
Dressed in a bright orange costume associated most with fools Naruto Uzumaki a walking weapon of mass destruction, living sage, goddess slayer was auditioning for the position of king's fool.
According to the herald, King Aerys II was looking for someone to quote on quote "entertain him" what this meant Naruto had no idea.
What he did know was that this was his chance to make sure Elia was safe in this shit-stain of a city. If not for the fact that Elia was one of his precious people than he at the very least he owed it to Loreza to watch over her daughter
It was the least he could do for the woman who took him in all those years ago.
Year 275 AC Sunspear
"Mother? Mother where are you!?" shouted a Dornish girl
"Elia?" A voice responded.
"Yes mother, I'm here where are you?" Elia turned the corner.
"Stay there child do not come any closer. I need you to call the…"
"But mother!" Elia gasped at the sight.
Her mother was doing her best to curb the bleeding of a blond teen.
"Quicky now Elia, go and call the maester," urged her mother.
But mother this man, who is he?" Elia a questioned, clearly confused at the situation she had found her mother in.
"Questions later my child, hush and listen to your mother,"
Still confused, Elia left to call the maester lest she face the wrath of her lady mother, Loreza Martell although a woman was still the ruling princess of Dorne and had the temperament of a viper when provoked.
"Fox!" shouted the herald of the auditions.
Naruto, inwardly sighed, he had wanted to audition using a different name but Kurama had suggested Fox would be the best and easiest alias to use.
Donning his fox mask Naruto walked up the stage, apparently he was one of the three to make it past the initial screening. Surprisingly enough there were only two other individuals who had auditioned for the role, yet the audience was filling up the area.
"I guess these people don't want to be the king's fool. I wonder why," Naruto pondered.
Naruto looked to his side, the other two participants looked to be nothing special, one looked to be a priest of R'hllor, a religion from the East that had a certain fetish for the color red he much preferred orange, but who was he to judge. The second looked to be a plump boy with no special features other than the crest of Rosby on his clothes.
Once everyone seem settled, the herald motioned for a lanky servant boy to call someone. Minutes of waiting and in walked a member of the Kingsguard.
Based off this man's appearance, he doubted this was Elia's uncle, no this man was larger than life. Based on the countless hours of education that Loreza insisted he sit through this man could only be one person. Ser Gerold Hightower of the Kingsguard more specifically the Lord Commander of said Kingsguard.
More commonly known as the White Bull this man had the same physical characteristics of his late sensei Jiraiya, yet he appeared to lack the hair and charisma his sensei had in abundance, moreso when women were thrown into the equation.
If the Lord Commander was present for this event than there was definitely some importance to this position. Curious, Naruto used his negative emotion sensing and was perplexed at what he found, the only emotion he could feel from the White Bull was pity. What for he had no idea.
With the entrance of the legendary knight the stage was cleared and the audition was set to begin at any second. Naruto could easily sense the fear rolling off the Rosby boy due to the white knight's presence and mentally grinned. "This was going to be a piece of cake."
A loud booming voice echoed throughout the area interrupting Naruto's thoughts, one of you three men will have the honor to serve as the king's fool the pay will be large and the glory earned will be of that only heard in songs. King Aerys himself specifically tasked me with finding an individual who is, "Good with fire." Naruto noticed the slight wince the Lord Commander made as he said those words, storing that information for later he continued to listen.
"My task for you three individuals is to impress me by displaying your prowess with fire."
The knight's words prompted a maniacal grin to appear on the blonde ninja's face, thankfully the fox mask was covering this, Naruto glanced at his competition, the Rosby boy was now visibly sweating while the Red Priest maintained the same monotonous face.
"Essosi, you are up first," stated Ser Gerold.
At the lord commander's words he gave a brusque nod and made to move up, there was absolute silence as the audience waited for the foreigner's words.
"People of King's Landing I ask that you repent now and accept R'hllor! For it is foreseen that a Death is coming for everyone and everything...a darkness that will swallow the dawn. The sun and stars shall be the deciders in the coming war. Repent and accept R'hllor for the night is dark and full of terrors."
At the man's words the crowd grew agitated, many were firm believers in the Faith of the Seven and the man's words were only sparking anger and disgust.
It seems that Naruto wasn't the only one to sense this as the Lord Commander motioned for the gold cloaks to remove the priest. Lest the small folk start a riot in the city. As they moved to apprehend the priest, he furiously started reciting a phrase in what could only be considered a bastardized form of Valyrian.
What followed next only caused hysteria, the priest spontaneously combusted into flames, and sent the audience into uproar and panic. Shouts of, "Heresy, witchcraft, and bloody murder were widespread and a riot was bound to break out at any moment.
Naruto attempted to exit the area as to avoid getting caught in the havoc, but was surprised when Ser Gerold himself motioned for him to follow. Seeing no issue he decided to respond with a nod of acceptance.
"Due to the unfortunate circumstances regarding the priest and the sudden disappearance of the Rosby boy you…?"
"My name would be fox," answered Naruto.
"Yes, fox you have earned the honor of serving as King Aerys' personal fool. A maid will show you to your quarters and someone will inform you when your first meeting with his grace will be."
Again, Naruto sensed the pity emanating from the wizened knight, but chose not to speak of it, "Of course, I understand thank you milord."
Taking stock of his new quarters for the foreseeable future the blonde sighed in relief this was the equivalent to the rooms he had held in Dorne, the only problem was the lack of orange, a simple problem to fix.
Finally settled into his new room Naruto decided the best thing he could do was get some rest, a god in power he might be, yet according to Ashara, "It never hurt anyone to get some beauty sleep." Lying in bed he couldn't help but let his thoughts drift to better times.
Yea 278 AC Water Gardens
"Naruto!? Why is my hair orange!?" shouted Oberyn Martell Red Viper and Prince of Dorne.
"That's because orange is my favorite color kid add onto the fact that I can't go a week without getting a good prank in, these are things you should've figured out by now, it's been what three years? It seems your sister was right, you can only think with your cock." remarked Naruto with a grin.
At Naruto's words Oberyn was red-faced and fuming, demonstrating his hot-headedness he charged the blonde while shouting, "Just because you're three years older than me doesn't mean...oomph, what the absolute fuck was that?!"
Rubbing the sudden bump on his head Oberyn looked up only to see the blazing black eyes of his older sister Elia Martell, who was accompanied by her friend Ashara Dayne.
"Oberyn, how many times do I have to tell you before you can understand?" growled out Elia.
"But it wasn't my fault he's the one that dyed my hair," stammered out Oberyn in fear.
"I don't care who started the bloody fight! "What I do care about is your hot-headedness it will get you killed, would you want to let mother know that you died because you rushed headfirst into a battle?"
At the mention of their mother, Oberyn grew silent and lowered his head, her passing was still so recent and the cries of Dorne for their princess still echoed to this very day.
"I understand sister it won't happen again," whispered Oberyn.
Elia lifted her brother's chin only to see him on the verge of tears, out of the three of them Oberyn was hit the hardest by the loss of their mother, him being the youngest child, the loss of a mother was something difficult for him to handle.
"Doran wants to see you now Oberyn," At his sister's words he wiped his eyes and silently made his exit.
Elia scanned the garden only to find no sign of the blonde instigator. "Ashara have you seen Naruto? Looking for the violet eyed beauty she was nowhere to be found, "Ashara?"
Elia's calls were met by giggles, moving towards the sounds of the noise Elia's face turned red with embarrassment. Ashara her dear friend, a sister in all but blood was seated on a certain ninja's lap, quite erotically she might add. Said ninja also happened to be hand feeding her blood oranges.
"Hmmm, did you happen to be in need of something princess me and Ashara are quite occupied at the moment, isn't that right my dear star?"
Catching on quickly Ashara was quick to respond, "Of course Ser Whiskers, we were just getting started with the foreplay before we were so rudely interrupted, although I would not be averse to the idea of the princess joining us, what do you think my dear Ser?"
"Alas," Naruto sighed dramatically, "Such a decision rests in the hands of the princess."
Both pairs of eyes turned to Elia and couldn't help but start laughing, the princess of Dorne was all but fuming in red rage, full of jealousy and embarrassment Elia walked off in a silent rage, she would get them back if not now then later.
"Do you think we went to far this time?" stated Naruto.
Slowly removing herself from Naruto's lap and taking a seat on another chair Ashara scoffed, "I highly doubt it, Elia is a drama queen and you know how she is when she spots you around other women. Anyone with two eyes can see just how possessive Elia is towards you.
"I know, but it's not like I could do anything about those feelings, Doran would never approve of such things, he sees me as freak of nature...a weapon for Dorne's use." Naruto cringed at the thought, he would not be regarded as such a thing ever again.
"You and I both know that you could easily change his mind on the subject. Elia's mother would never deny you such a request, you've done so much for this kingdom and for her family."
"I wouldn't take away his free will the circumstances do not permit it Ashara. And please you don't need to worry.
How about this, just you and me go out riding? We need to kill time and wait for Elia to cool off or think of a way to get revenge, and I know you've been itching to go out."
A warmth welled up in Ashara's heart at the blonde's suggestion, "I understand, let us go then it has been quite some time since we've taken the sand steeds out hasn't it?"
"Yes it has, I'll get the horses," replied Naruto as he moved to the stables.
Watching the blonde walk away Ashara couldn't help but sigh, If Elia was content to be sold off like cattle she would move in. The blonde meant too much to her, she would not allow Elia to throw him away or break his heart regardless of her own feelings on the subject. This Ashara inwardly vowed.
Naruto awoke to the sound of knocking on the door, donning his mask he was greeted with the sight of another white knight. This particular knight appeared to be even more rigid than the Lord Commander.
"Fox, his majesty requests your presence," stated the unknown white knight.
Attempting to lighten the dour mood the blonde replied, "Where's the enthusian jeez? Are all you white knights this strict because if you are we are definitely going to have some problems."
Naruto was met with no response and signed in defeat, the white knight walked out the room and simply gestured for the blonde to follow. Seeing no reason to cause a fuss he acquiesced to the knight's request and followed him.
While walking through the Red Keep Naruto couldn't help but open his mouth in wonder. It was simply astonishing, there would be no other words to describe this awe-inspiring castle. The books and texts did no justice to describe the sheer magnificence and intricacy of the keep.
Sadly he would need to set aside time to explore the Red Keep later, judging from the large dragon designed door this was the entrance to the throne room, they had finally reached their destination.
"Wait here, a herald shall announce your entrance and then you shall enter, you will greet the king and kneel, after that you shall follow his commands until dismissed," relayed the Kingsguard.
Nodding his head Naruto waited with baited breath, he really hoped this would work. If things went sour here he could always henge into a cook or maid but there would be too many unnecessary issues.
"Fox! The king's newest fool," Walking into the throne room the first thing Naruto detected was distinct smell of burnt flesh, the dragon skulls and the fear radiating off of every individual in the throne room, he winced at the feeling, but powered on through.
As Naruto walked towards what looked like a really uncomfortable chair, he couldn't help but notice the fact that these people shared the same face Ser Gerold had when gazing upon him...pity.
Naruto's first impression of the king would be of disgust. With gnarled overgrown fingernails, pasty white skin covered with scabs, and unkempt hair this man looked like he was a walking corpse. Moving his eyes to the person located the right of the king he felt the air leave his lungs as he gazed upon the woman who could only be the queen.
Rhaella Targaryen; Queen of the Seven Kingdoms, silvery gold hair, pale skin, and violet eyes, this woman's beauty could only be described as ethereal.
At the sight of the fox-masked individual, the queen smiled, a smile that sent butterflies racing throughout his heart and a wide smile to appear on his face.
Kneeling before the king Naruto introduced himself, "Your grace."
"What exactly are you supposed to be?" spat out the king.
"A fox, your majesty and your ever faithful fool," quickly replied Naruto.
"Are you a spy? How dare you wear that mask in front of me?" accused Aerys venom dripping from every word.
"My apologies your grace, but it is necessary for my act," a still kneeling Naruto said.
Aerys' mood seemed to take a one hundred and eighty degree turn at the mention of Naruto's act.
"Yes, yes your act, entertain me with some flames would you Fox."
"Of course your grace," replied Naruto
"Wait!" screeched Aerys.
Surprised by the noise Naruto answered, "Your grace!?"
Aerys' lecherous grin sent chills running through his back. "Introduce yourself to your queen, you wouldn't dare forget such a thing would you, after all you will be in her service too?"
"Of course your grace." Naruto turned to look at the queen, her violet eyes boring into his, "My queen," Naruto bowed his head, "I am at your service." Rhaella replied with a smile and signaled for Naruto to continue.
Looking into her eyes that radiated only warmth and love Naruto couldn't help but ponder the likeness this woman shared to his own mother.
Naruto decided that simply using fire release on a piece of paper while floating in midair would be sufficient for a first act.
With a loud shout Naruto began his act,"Behold a piece of paper!" The court snickered at the sight of the orange-clad fool glorifying paper, yet Aerys' death glare silenced anyone up who dared interrupt his fool.
"Now watch as it disappears," dropping the piece of paper it floated back and forth in the air before simply bursting into flames leaving only a tiny pile of ash.
The court stared in awe at the sight, many refusing to believe what they had just seen. Yet the silence was only temporary.
"Again," whispered the king all too eagerly.
"Excuse me your grace?" Naruto replied quite confused.
At the ninja's words Aerys gripped the handles of the throne causing blood to spill from his hands, "Are you daft boy, I said again!"
Deciding that listening to the king would be the best course of action Naruto went to repeat the demonstration.
As the paper combusted into flames for a second time the king started laughing maniacally it was a sound that caused him to wince with disgust, "Again."
This process repeated itself with Naruto dropping the paper in midair before lighting it on fire, each and every time resulting in a bout of laughter from the king that could only be described as insane. Once Naruto had made it known he had no more paper the king called for a servant to bring in more.
As he replayed the act Naruto was quick to notice the court's silence as they watched the events unfold, the queen simply sat there with a blank face a witness to her husband's insanity.
There were simply no words to could describe the difference between hearing of the King's insanity and witnessing it first hand. Watching the king cackle psychotically, It would be too little too late before Naruto understood the true ramifications of his little demonstration.
The court's eerie silence as they watched a madman's descent to insanity.
The inaction of the Kingsguard as they watched their king burn innocents alive.
Rhaella's pleas for aid as the king violently raped her.
He was simply too late.
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