Storm of the North
As we leave this land, you must ALL be made aware. Each of us has the blood of the God-on-Earth in our veins. Each of us has a possible claim to the throne, even if we are considered a bastard line. It is why we are mocked and looked down upon. And I have no doubt, they shall try to kill each and everyone of us. For that I decree this to my direct descendants: Where ever you may be, find the strongest warrior. No matter the method you use to decide such thing, secure their line for our own. If they have a daughter or son, marry them. If you are able to have their child or give them a child, seduce them, hell, marry them. And when a child is born, teach them our ways and the ways you've learned. And when the child is old enough, send them to the family of the warrior you chose. Have the warrior or the family teach the child their strengths and ways. Then the child shall measure those ways, ours and their parents. They shall discard that which they deem useless and create their own path and the cycle shall begin anew.
Kurama "Flame Hair" of Clan Uzumaki
400 hundred years is a long time. Even longer when you are on the run.
400 years before Robert Baratheons rebellion in Westeros. Before the Targaryen's landed in Westeros and began conquering, there were cities in the far East that dwarfed the cities of the men of the west. Their splendor put all others to shame. Yi Ti, first created by the first emperor, God-on-Earth. The begotten son of the Maiden-Made-of-Light and The Lion of night. He and his hundred wives created the Great Empire of Dawn during the ten thousand years of his reign. And after God-on-Earth rose to the stars, his heirs drove the greatest empire ever built in to the ground.
From the ashes of that empire came the Golden Empire of Yi Ti. The history and rule of the Yi Ti has been tumultuous at best, chaotic at it's worst. The Empire itself is built similar to the current Westeros. Multiple kingdoms reigned by a local family, and the whole Empire is ruled by a single person.
Around 100 BC the Islands of Leng broke free of Yi Ti, and installed their own Empress to rule. During this Clan Uzumaki, a bastard line originally formed by the bastard children of the Emperors, took this as their chance to escape to the west. It took a few years for Yi Ti to remember they had left their bastards on the Leng islands, more specifically the island of Whirlpools. Naturally Emperor's who claim they are descended from gods and are worshiped themselves, don't wish for anyone to upset that rule. So, they sent their assassins to track down the Uzumaki.
And so, began the greatest game of hide and seek the world never know. Except in this game, if you are found, you either kill or be killed. After two hundred years even the assassin's started to wise up to the Uzumaki's methods of madness, after a multitude of failed assassinations and loss of multiple assassins. The Uzumaki would track down great fighters, secure their line and fighting-ways to strengthen their own. So, the Assassin's started doing the same. The assassinations didn't stop, but they became less frequent. The assassins would have children train them to adulthood and then send them to study more, after which the parent would attack the Uzumaki with the plans they'd had years to perfect.
There were nine leaders of the Uzumaki when they escaped. There was a clan of assassins for each leader and their line. Some lines of the Uzumaki had already been lost, but so had some of the assassin clans. The assassins had orders to return upon their success and not before. The problem with these sorts of missions is that while the assassins were bred to fight and always be loyal, even to an empire they'd never even seen, the rulers of the empire didn't have that same breeding. A hundred years ago the first assassin clan returned to Yi Ti victorious. Four hundred years ago they were promised untold riches and positions at court for their sacrifice and service. The emperor at this time promptly had the whole clan put to the blade.
Kushina Uzumaki was the daughter to Mito of Clan Uzumaki and the First Sword of Braavos, who happened to be the best swordsman at the time. She had inherited the blood red hair of her line. After learning all her father had to teach, Kushina had gone to Westeros in order to get the line of the greatest warrior she could find. During her travels she met Lord Rickard Stark and impressed him with her abilities in combat. The man had made her an offer: if she helped protect the Stark family, he would protect her politically and give her a permanent place to stay. She had agreed. She was still young, under twenty years old, and she wasn't in a hurry to have children. For a year that had held true. Then she'd seen him. Annoying and stoic, standing there in his armor, his blonde hair messy, wielding a greatsword with one hand and another smaller blade in the other. A tourney, a small one. But this man. They'd crossed blades in the melee and he'd beaten her.
That night while others celebrated, drank and ate, they sparred under the moonlight. Soon they discarded their blades and clothes and did as youth are known to do. They departed as friends and lovers. Nine months later Naruto of Clan Uzumaki, son to Kushina of Clan Uzumaki came in to this world, blonde hair of his father and all. And the fool of a father was bound by oaths of service.
The assassins had yet to find Kushina or her new son. She was made personal guard to Rickard Starks newborn daughter Lyanna Stark. The years of her influence did not help reign in Lyanna's wolf's blood. Naruto and Lyanna were raised constantly near each other. As Naruto's training began, Lyanna would be there watching as the young boy was taught to control and master his body, cheering the boy on. They did most things together, including lessons in running a household and even suffered out an outbreak of redspots in the same room.
When Naruto was fifteen, a year before the tourney of Harrenhal, Kushina contracted redspots. To children under the age of ten the disease is not dangerous, to adult however the disease is quite deadly. As it was with Kushina. After Kushina's death Naruto used his mourning period in order to build a grand funeral pyre. He cut the trees, he carried them and built the pyre. Only people allowed to help were Lyanna and Rickard Stark and help they did. As he lit the flames with the Stark family watching in silence, he finally cried. He curled in to a ball on the ground and wailed like a baby. Lyanna comforted her friend until the pyre had burnt to the end.
Then the young man stood, walked before Rickard Stark, knelt and asked to take his mother's position as Lyannas personal guard. He was given the position. And guard his best friend he did. With zeal. When she insisted on riding a horse through the woods, there was Naruto right after her. When she wanted to learn to use to sword in secret Naruto showed her the stances of the water-dance he'd learned from his mother. When she wanted to try on armor, Naruto had procured a suit of armor for her. When, at Harrenhal, she insisted on teaching a lesson to uppity squires by herself, he painted a laughing tree on her shield. He also almost killed Rheager Targaryen when the prince found out about the mystery knights true identity, but was stopped by Lyanna. He never could refuse her anything. He felt like killing the prince a second time when he declared Lyanna his queen of love and beauty.
A year later, he had been commanded to other duties by Rickard, when Lyanna was captured. Naruto's opinion was to ride south and tear Rhaegars head from his shoulders and present it to the king. Instead Brandon had ridden south to demand the return of his sister and was captured. Rickard ordered for Naruto to remain at Winterfell and protect Benjen as he rode south.
Then the war began and Naruto could truly put everything he had learned from his mother to use. When he shut his eyes, he saw the Targaryen loyalist's he had butchered during the fights. His mother had told him it was natural and it would lessen as he would come to terms with the things he'd done. When Robert "the Demon of the Trident" Baratheon finally felled prince Rheagear at the Trident, he was busy fighting Barristan the Bold. He came out on top, but it was the most tiring thing he had done and Barrsitan already had been fighting multitude of opponents by then. He hadn't killed Barristan, only wounded the man.
After the battle Ned had commanded Naruto to find Lyanna and bring her back.
He didn't hesitate. He was tired, but he could eat on the road. Through whispers and rumors, he found her at the tower. He also found three Kingsgurads.
Ser Dayne. Blonde hair. It was like a bad joke to him. They clashed. And after a moment Ser Dayne asked if Naruto's mother was Kushina of Clan Uzumaki. The resounding yes, put a stop to things. Neither Ser Dayne nor Naruto wanted to be kinslayer. Naruto pleaded to see his friend in the tower. He even offered to strip his armor and weapons. The Kingsguard had convened for a while, then let him in without his weapons.
What Naruto saw, he was not prepared for. When Lyanna saw Naruto come in she burst out crying, hiding her face. The clearly pregnant woman was a shocking sight. Naruto thought he might find her defiled. She was fine, no bruises or signs of her hurt. Naruto hurried to her side, took her hand thanked his gods and Lyannas gods that she was safe. When she heard him thankful that she was safe, Lyanna turned to Naruto. She explained she was afraid he was disappointed in her. He in turn assured her that she could never disappoint him. He then asked if the child would be named after him. He got a tearful laugh and a slap as his answer. He made sure Lyanna and the baby were safe and told her he would guard her in Rhaegars stead with the Kingsguard. None would hurt them. He insisted she rest and have the wetnurse call them if she needed anything.
Naruto and the Kingsguard all guarded the tower, while having spars during the day. At the night Naruto insisted on sleeping next to Lyannas bed on the floor. Lyanna in turn insisted on holding his hand during the night. Naruto never refused anything to Lyanna. So, with a still a painful shoulder from the awkward position, he sat on the rock gazing in to the distance. Then he spotted them and groaned. Ned was here.
To be continued…?