Welcome to chapter 7. This shall feature chapter 11 as well as the opening to chapter 12. If you're wondering what took so long, blame TF2 and life for getting me busy.

Matt: Sounds interesting. Although I might change it up a bit, that's a great idea you've given me. And I'm not sure if I should refer to Naruto's Justus as skills, but okay.

Rikuolin: No, Naruto won't become a full Kitsune. There are two of them already for him to mess with and I have a feeling they're gonna get along rather well.

BlizzardWolf77: Just Naruto being at the final battle will change things up. Garon has no idea what he'll be facing. Well, Iago could tip him off, but I'll get too that when the time comes.

Naruto and Fire Emblem don't belong to me. If they did, Sakura wouldn't be as useless as she was when she was a kid, and Hans wouldn't get a legendary axe in chapter 26 of Conquest. He doesn't deserve it quite frankly.

Enjoy!


What was once a peaceful boat trip to Crykensa turned into a wild invasion, as invisible soldiers riding winged horses and dragons flew onto the boat and violently began attacking left and right. Thankfully, Corrin's army was quick to get on the defensive and began to fight off the soldiers valiantly. Naruto for example was fighting off a dragon rider who was wildly swinging his axe which the blonde dodged with precision.

"Okay, what the heck are these things?" Naruto asked himself out loud as he slammed another Rasengan at the dragon knight, which sent him flying over the edge of the boat into the stormy sea below.

"They're called Wyverns." A familiar voice spooked Naruto a little. He jumped around to see Saizo standing behind him completely drenched. "They're a species from Nohr. You should get used to seeing them as we fight," the ninja stated as he threw a shuriken behind him, without even looking at the Wyvern Rider who was struggling to back onto the boat.

"Okay. What about the horses with wings? I mean, I've seen that girl ride one, but I don't exactly know what they are," Naruto asked, looking through the rain to see Hinoka valiantly fighting off the soldiers with impressive skill and speed.

"...they're called Pegasus. They're from Hoshido. We also have another type of winged fighters called Kinshi Kinghts. Now don't expect me to teach you anything again," Saizo told him bluntly.

"Gee thanks," Naruto mumbled which Saizo heard and he frowned slightly at the disrespect shown before him, which just so happened to be directed at him. "What do you want anyway? Come to rant some more?" the blonde asked, missing Saizo's eye twitching uncontrollably.

"I'll put it simply: You. Stop Standing Around. Fight," the redhead demanded, roughly grabbing Naruto by the collar and throwing him effortlessly into the middle of the fray where it was pure chaos. Granted, Corrin's forces were doing a fine job of repelling the invaders, but the attack had come out of nowhere and some people had very little time to prepare before they could fully adjust themselves and fight properly.

"Eeeekk!" a small voice cried near Naruto. He hurriedly turned around and saw something that got his blood pumping: a small brown haired girl with a discarded Naginata by her side was pinned down by a soldier who seemed to be riding a bird like creature. The blonde shinobi assumed it was one of those Kinshis that Saizo was talking about before.

"Hey! Birdbrain!" Naruto shouted at the soldier while charging up another Rasengan. "Eat this!" he roared and as soon as the ball of chakra made contact with the Kinshi Knight, the soldier was sent flying along with her mount into a Pegasus Knight, sending both crashing into the sea below. Now that he knew that the threat was gone, he turned to the girl who seemed to be breathing massive gulps of air.

"Hey, you alright?" Naruto asked the girl who looked up and could only just nod. "That's good. I've never seen you back the castle though. Who are you?" the blonde asked intrigued.

"O-oh. I'm Mozu. I'm a ratty old farm gal from a village which is gone now... I don't like shown' myself cause I don't think I honestly fit in with all these oddballs and fancy royals," the girl, Mozu said in a very thick country accent.

"Well, I'd like to stay and chat, but we're in the middle of a fight so yeah. We'll talk later okay?" Mozu nodded hesitatingly before picking up her Naginata and returning to the battle. Naruto himself nimbly stepped out of the way of a Wyvern Rider who had the clear intention of impaling him.

Naruto noted how the invader turned transparent as soon as it stopped swinging. "Okay seriously, can't you just tell me what you are? Please?" Naruto tried to question the invader only to receive eerie silence.

"Fine! Looks like I'm gonna have to beat it out of you! Shadow Clone Jutsu!" Naruto shouted irritated, creating a clone of himself which dexterously jumped behind the rider and shoved it, causing it to turn around and swing only for it to be pushed off his mount by the real Naruto.

"Alright, talk! What are you and why can you just turn invisible like that!?" Naruto demanded only to get greeted with silence and an impassive stare as a response yet again. "You asked for it!" Naruto proclaimed, as his clone slammed a Rasengan onto the invader, causing him to vanish in a cloud of purple smoke.

"Well that was a godamn waste of time..." Naruto muttered shaking his head causing drops of rain to drip gently from his hair. He looked into the rainy battlefield of a boat and saw Subaki finish off an invader, and Hana was behind him shooting him an unamused look. Naruto and his clone jumped on the mast above them and listened closely to their conversation.

"Well that was a perfect like always. But we can't rest yet Hana. There are still more of these... things still on our boat," Subaki stated seriously, despite bragging earlierabout how 'perfect' he was.

"Hah! That attitude is going to cost you one day Mr. Perfect! I just know it and so does nearly everyone else!" Hana said rolling her eyes at his declaration. Naruto would have continued listening in if it weren't for the sound of wings rustling behind him.

"Watch out bo-" Naruto spun around, throwing a handful of Shuriken at the Sky Knight, stunning her and giving Naruto enough time to give her a penetrating stab in the neck. But then he noticed that she didn't bleed in the slightest bit, even as her body disappeared in a haze of purple smoke.

"Invisible soldiers that are mute and don't bleed. That's nothing, right Kurama?" Naruto asked his fox friend inside of him, who was just sitting in his cage contemplating life.

"Keh. Yeah sure brat. Just like those White Zetsu," Kurama rumbled with a hint of amusement in his voice, before going back to crouching in his den. At that moment Naruto turned around to see yet another Sky Knight behind him, ready to strike. He dodged by jumping down from the mast.

"How many of these things are there? They just keep on coming!" he mentally asked himself as he looked up and saw the knight ready to strike. "There isn't enough time for me to dodge!" Naruto thought in a panic as the knight was about to shoot, only to get shot down by a familiar looking arrow.

"You're welcome," Takumi said simply, before walking into another section of the battlefield with Oboro and Hinata behind him. The latter turned and waved at Naruto who waved back. But then he heard a plank breaking behind and wheeled around and saw Setsuna's head and a Kinshi Knight with her bow, (or 'Yumi' as Takumi called his,) pointed right at her brain.

"...help?" she asked not caring about her current condition. Naruto looked surprised before regaining his composure and threw shuriken at the knight. The knight craned its head to look at Naruto, but he threw one last handful of shuriken which was enough to kill her. When the Kinshi rider was dealt with, he turned to look at Setsuna whose body was currently underneath the floorboards, but her head was still poking out.

"How'd you get under there?" Naruto asked, bewildered at the sight in front of him.

"The floorboard was loose and I fell through... maybe it was a trap," Setsuna said as Naruto sighed and tried to pull the archer up from the boards, which strangely worked as she slid through the gap with amazing nimbleness.

"Wow... thanks..." she said with a ditzy smile as she dusted herself off and pulled out her Yumi. "Move out of the way," she briskly ordered and Naruto hastily moved his head as Setsuna fired an arrow at an incoming Wyvern Rider, who was rushing towards her with his axe raised.

"Hey, can you take care of yourself? I got to go and fight!" Naruto said hurriedly as he saw even more riders heading towards the boat.

"Yeah I'll be fine... I just have to wait until Lady Hinoka shows up. She saves me whenever I fall in a trap..." Setsuna drawled as Naruto nodded and left. "What a nice boy..." she muttered smiling a rather clumsy smile as she fired at a Kinshi Knight who had missed firing an arrow at her. In return, she fired her own arrow which killed her in a single deadly shot.


Naruto breathed heavily as he rushed through the rainy weather and saw an entire fleet of invaders approaching the stern which was completely unguarded.

Gritting his teeth a bit, Naruto did the only responsible thing he could. "Shadow Clone Jutsu!" Two exact copies of Naruto appeared beside him and followed him to the edge of the boat as the invaders came even closer.

"Alright, time to do this," he whispered to himself as he raised his hand and a massive Rasengan appeared in the form of a shuriken. "Rasenshuriken!" he shouted and threw the chakra star through the wave of invaders, cutting right through their bodies. Although there was no blood or guts, it clearly was a big blow as half of their numbers were wiped out.

At that moment Naruto felt suddenly a bit exhausted. "Oh yeah. I forgot that I only have so much chakra and it takes so much to make one Rasenshuriken! Why couldn't the old man just give me all the chakra I need when he sent me here!?" Naruto complained in his mind, as he remembered that very crucial fact that using a Rasenshurkien while being very powerful, cost a great deal of his chakra, despite having a lot of it.

"Because that wouldn't be fair brat. That, and you'd just go wild with unlimited chakra and I wouldn't get as much play time as I like," Kurama commented with a small smirk inside Naruto's head.

"Oh shut your big mouth fox!" Naruto snapped back as he put a quick end to a Kinshi Knight by sidestepping its arrow and throwing it back at the flier.

"Heh. Sure brat," Kurama chuckled slightly, shaking his head ruefully at his host's antics. No matter if he was in another world or in a war, his host would be the same knucklehead he always was.

Speaking of his host, he was currently fighting against whatever invaders were left, which weren't very many as Corrin's army had taken the majority of them and that Rasenshuriken had taken out the majority of the incoming reinforcements.

He wondered if this was ever going to end when he heard a female voice cry out 'thrilling' behind him. He rushed over to the owner of said voice to see if she was okay.

"Rest in peace," he heard above the rain, as he saw a woman riding a Kinshi looking towards where a small could of purple smoke was.

"Hey! Who are you?" Naruto yelled, getting ready in case the woman made a move on him. The woman turned her Kinshi so that it was looking at Naruto. The blonde finally got a glmpse of her appearance.

She was a middle aged woman with a massive scar shaped like an X scarred across her face. Naruto couldn't help but flinch slightly when he saw it. She also had deep blue hair and bright purple eyes that seemed to have a pinch of madness to them.

"I am Reina. I was a retainer in the service of Lady Mikoto before she passed away. And who might you be?" the now named Reina asked calmly from her Kinshi.

"I'm Naruto! I just joined these guys to help fight in a war!" Naruto introduced himself to Reina who smiled softly.

"It is a pleasure to meet you Naruto. Especially since that we're under better circumstances." Naruto looked confused so the Kinshi Knight elaborated: "What I mean is that we have seized the day. I had the honour of killing the leader of these so called, invisible soldiers. It's such a shame that he didn't bleed or scream out in pain..." Reina added with a menacing smirk.

"Err... what?" Naruto could only ask which seemed to snap Reina out of her trance.

"Oh! You must forgive me, but I do so enjoy seeing enemies suffer. It's a habit of mine that I do so crave. You should have seen the poor souls I smote on the way here. The way that they lay dying in their pool of blood, ah, it's refreshing everytime..." Reina had the same twisted smirk, completely missing Naruto shudder slightly.

"Yeah... that's nice," he said, quickly looking around and saw Corrin talking with Sakura and Takumi. "Hey, I gotta go somewhere. I'll see you around!" he hastily walked off to talk with the prince. Reina noticed this, but this sort of thing often happened with her so she ignored it.

"Farewell. I hope to become acquainted with you as well," she said. She hopped off her Kinshi and stretched her arms.

"Ah. Nothing like a relaxing boat ride to pass the time," she muttered looking up into the dark sky. The rain had stopped, but black clouds were still present in the sky. It was as if the gods were warning the army that an ill event was coming - and sooner than they might think.


After a couple hours drying and resting up the best they could, the boat had finally reached the town of Cyrkensa. To say Naruto was surprised was an understatement. The place was massive and bright! And that giant building at the centre of the town was just as big as the Hidden Leaf Village! Needless to say, he was awed.

"Impressive isn't it?" a voice asked from behind which Naruto recognized to be Corrin's sister, Hinoka. He turned around to see her behind him with a soft smile.

"You bet! I've never seen anything like this before in my life!" Naruto replied looking pleased. "But err... what are we doing here?" he inquired.

Hinoka opened her eyes, relaxation gone."We're not staying around for long. We're just passing through in order to get to a place called Cheve, which is further inland where Ryoma is," Hinoka explained. "But yes, this sight at night never gets old," she added, nodding at the giant building at the centre of the town which loomed above everyone else.

"Huh? Have you been here before?" Naruto asked and the princess closed her eyes as if she was reliving nostalgia from her childhood.

"Yes. It was quite a while ago. We went to see a performance in the opera house for my mother's birthday. It was one of the most amazing things I had ever seen in my entire life," Hinoka sighed dreamily. Naruto couldn't help but smile.

"...hm?" he heard someone bound up to him sounding energetic. The shinobi turned around to see a very peculiar sight. Standing in front him was a man wearing a blue jacket, black pants, a rugged multi coloured scarf around his neck and wearing sandals. But what made him stand out was the fact that he had fox ears on his head and Naurto spotted what seemed to be a fox's tail swishing eagerly.

"Heya guys! My name's Kaden! You're humans from Hoshido, right?" he asked with a big cheesy grin.

"What do you mean by "humans"?" Corrin asked, stepping forward to see what was going. Kaden looked a confused by the question.

"You know,humans! Like you don't have fluffy ears and tails? And you can't transform into other creatures?" he replied, tilting his head a little to the side.

"Well... yes and no," was what Corrin's simple reply was. He didn't exactly know to tell him or anyone else that he could turn into a dragon. They would have to find out the hard way, he realised. Kaden on the other hand, looked miffed at the statement.

"Awww, you're not gonna answer my questions? That's so rude of you!" he pouted slightly upset.

"No, it's... complicated. And as to if we're from Hoshido, also complicated. I'm sorry I can't be more specific right now. But may I ask what exactly are you Kaden?" Corrin responded and Kaden seemed to brighten up at that.

"Corrin, I believe he's a Kitsune. They're a Hoshidan tribe with shape shifting abilities," Azura quickly told him.

"Yep! That's it! I can turn into a fox! Want to see?" Kaden cheered jumping in the air slightly.

"Hey, I gotta ask, do you have nine tailed fox's in your tribe? They're my favourite kind of fox and I really hope to meet one one day!" Naruto asked and Kaden grew even pleased.

"We sure do! I'm gonna become a beautiful Nine-Tails one day! It's gonna be so great!" Kaden said eagerly. It seemed that he was very energetic, like Naruto.

"Excuse me, I hate to interrupt this pleasant conversation. But what exactly are you doing here Kaden? I thought Kitsune don't leave their village for any reason at all," Azura interrupted and Kaden's smile got a mischievous smirk to it.

"Yeah that's true. I'm just a little different I guess. And besides, I'm here to return the favour to somebody," his smirk faded a bit. "If anyone's someone's nice to me, I have to be nice to them! One day, I left my village and saw some humans and they were so excellent to me! I just HAD to find a way to repay them!" Kaden explained in the same cheerful tone. "And then that led me to more humans who were also super nice to me. One favour led to another and well, I wound up here without even knowing how I got here!"

Azura frowned a little. "So you're actually lost?" she asked a bit concerned.

"What? No! Kitsune never get lost!" Kaden cried in protest. He seemed shocked and surprised that someone would even ask that.

"Very well. Let me put this way," Azura closed her eyes briefly. "Do you know how to get home?" Kaden's eyes rose drastically.

"No I don't," he admitted with a short sigh before suddenly getting a determined look in his eye. "But I can't leave anyway! I owe someone here a big favour and I'm gonna repay them no matter what!" Kaden declared with confidence. He then put his hand on his chin as if thinking.

"Maybe you guys can help? To be honest, this problem is more of a human thing anyway. Here, you can talk to my friend about it. Come on out Layla! These humans are nice and won't hurt you!" A shy looking woman came out of a alley with tears streaming down her cheeks.

"Oh um, hello. How can we help you?" Corrin asked nervously as Layla regained her composure and wiped some tears off her face.

She even seemed to shrink slightly. "I don't think you can..." she muttered softly, but Naruto heard her.

"Try us lady! We'll help you out! I mean, we've got some time to chill so tell us why you're all upset like that!" the blonde asked her and she gulped.

"Very well," Layla said grimly. "My mother lives in a village just a few miles from here. She's very old and I'm told she could die any day now. I really want to see her but..." she gulped again, a bit louder than the last one. "I'm a singer. And I have a performance for King Garon tonight," she finished looking dejected.

"Wait what! King Garon is here!?" Takumi exclaimed marching towards her as soon as he heard the king's name.

Layla only nodded meekly. "He visits here often and he always requests a performance from me. But how can I possibly sing at a time like this?" she murmured miserably. Takumi growled and wheeled around to face Azura.

"Azura, can you perfom instead of her?" Takumi asked suddenly, startling the songstress.

"What are suggesting Takumi?" she asked cautiously. The prince was known for being rather hot headed at times which got him into trouble.

"I'm saying that if you can distract Garon with your song, we can sneak up on him and capture him! Then Nohr will have no choice but to surrender and call peace!" he said smiling at his idea.

"Yeah, I'll disguise myself and tell the guy that his old singer is, I don't know, dead or something and Azura will get on the stage!" Naruto piped up. Azura closed her eyes in deep thought.

"I suppose that could work. But if it fails, you do realise the consequences would be catastrophic?" Azura warned with a strict voice.

"Well, that's the best plan we have right now and to be fair, it's better than sitting around doing nothing while that rotter is here enjoying himself," Takumi replied, obviously referring to Garon.

Azura took a deep breath. "...fine. But I am not to blame if something terrible happens in this plan," Azura decided after a minute.

"So it's settled, we're going to the opera house," Corrin said and looked at Kaden. "Do you want to come as well Kaden?" he asked the fox who grinned.

"Sure! I need to repay you guys for helping Layla, but I don't how yet. Maybe if I tag along with you guys, I'll figure it out!"

"You do know that there's a war going on right?" Naruto asked the Kitsune, who didn't appear to care in the slightest.

"I know! I think it's crazy and exciting! And I can turn into a fox with this Beaststone so I know my way around a fight!" Kaden held up a small purple stone from his pocket.

"Alright then. Welcome aboard Kaden," Corrin said with a smile, as Kaden literally "whooped" and jumped off the ground in excitement.

Layla then spoke up. "Thank you so much. This means a lot to me and my mother. There is a back entrance you can use to get behind the curtain on the auditorium King Garon is in. Good luck," she said with a big smile and took off running down the street.

"Let's go, there's not much time until the show starts," Hinoka said and everyone started walking towards the opera house, nervous but determined.


Corrin and his army didn't notice it, but he was being watched from a rooftop.

"Heh, so that's what Lord Corrin intends to do huh? Not if I have anything to say about it!" the small figure muttered with a slight cackle, and rushed off to find his superior. He also had a bone to pick with one of the members of his army who just happened to disguise himself to try and fool Garon. He wasn't going to let that slide in anyway possible.


It was quite a trip to get to the opera house, but they eventually made it. Naruto, Azura, and Kaden went around the back entrance that Layla told them about for support. Currently, they were hiding behind a curtain where behind it, was the King of Nohr himself.

"Do you know what to do Naruto?" Azura asked and Naruto nodded quickly. He had practiced the disguise he was going to use and he transformed into it as soon as he entered the building.

"Yeah, I just gotta tell him that the girl from before died and you're taking her place, then you'll sing which'll let Corrin sneak up him and get the jump on him!" Naruto remembered the plan and Azura nodded. It was at that moment he noticed Kaden staring at him with a very curious look.

Naruto tilted his head slightly. "What? Is there something wrong?" the blonde asked the fox, who shook his head.

"No, it's just that you smell like a fox for some reason. Are you a Kitsune too?" he asked interested and Naruto smirked knowing exactly what he was referring to.

"Nah, I just like foxes! I've grown up with one and well... I've taken to liking to them!" Naruto replied without spilling the beans that the fox he grew up with was still in his body, shaking his head in amusement.

"Woah, you grew up with a Kitsune!? Nobody can ever get on a Kitsune's good side! How'd you do it!?" Kaden asked excitedly.

"No, that's not what I meant," Naruto said as Kaden muttered out a 'oh' and calmed down. "I meant I grew up with a fox as a pet," he corrected and Kaden nodded.

"Watch your mouth brat," Kurama grumbled at being referred to as a 'pet'. Naruto just chuckled while Kaden looked at him curiously.

"But you reek of foxes though. It's as if you adore them or something! Not that I can blame you, foxes and Kitsune are the most beautiful things in the world, just like me! You agree with me right?" Kaden asked and Naruto just nodded. "I knew it! Will you be my best buddy pal? Please?" Kaden asked. Naruto grinned a fox like grin.

"Well alright! Who am I to say no? And the name's Naruto! Naruto Uzamaki!" Naruto introduced himself with a nice guy pose.

"Nice to meet you! I'm Kaden, but you probably know that already!" Kaden said with the biggest grin yet.

Azura suddenly cleared her throat. "Naruto, it is time. Are you ready?" Azura asked him from her spot near the curtain and Naruto walked towards the opening the curtain.

"Ready as I'll ever be," he replied and walked out into the light...


And that's chapter 7 done!

Before you ask, yes, Kaden will be the first to meet Kurama. I mean, they're both of the same race I guess so that'll be something to look forward too.

Anyway, PLEASE REVIEW! If there's one thing I love more than anything, it's your opinion on this story as long as you don't flame or bash it.

See you next time!