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Acknowledgements: I would like to thank OpposingForce for inspiring me to write Naruto fanfics. Dragon Man 180 for 'telling' me that one need not just stick to the storyline. To the many other fanfic authors who have brought laughter and entertainment while I was reading.

The Emperor Kage

Chapter 1: Enter, his royal highness

In the world of Naruto there are feudal lords, daimiyos, kages and hidden village leaders but all these men of power all answer to one man, and he is the emperor. The emperor resides in not a hidden village but a hidden city. This hidden city is made up of not one but five hidden villages. In each of this five hidden villages there is a Kage but these kages still bow before the Emperor who is the greatest kage of them all… and so our story takes place within the palace of the Emperor Kage…

The Emperor Kage, wearing his golden silk robes was walking back and forth. His expression was that of worry and anxiety for behind the door was his wife, the empress, in labour with his sixth child. For the past nine years he had longed for an heir to the throne but all were girls. Not that he was a sexist but it had been tradition that only an heir can be the Emperor Kage. His five daughters were also waiting outside.

Unable to stand the silence, Mai the oldest of the five, screamed at the top of her voice " What's taking the midwives so long?" Mai had blue eyes and red long hair tied into a ponytail at the end and wearing a red kimono with white sakura petals on it.

"Let's just be patient for mum…" replied Shiho. Shiho had shoulder length orange hair with blue eyes and was wearing an orange long sleeves with white pants.

"Yeah. We can't do much for mum but wait…" sighed Yui. Yui had blue eyes (blue eyes seem to run in all the sisters…) with blond hair. She was wearing a blue kimono.

The other two sisters who were twins were just to worried for their mother. Both of them had yet again blue eyes and auburn hair. But the other older of the twins, Mishima had two ponytails while her twin, Emi had her hair reached her back.

After about four (freaking hours) of waiting later, the midwife came out. As soon as she stepped out the emperor and his daughters surrounded the midwife and started bombarding her with questions such as "Is she alright?" , "Is it a boy or girl?" and the list of questions just went on and on. The poor midwife then decided to answer all their questions with one simple phrase " Go in and find out."

The emperor entered and saw his wife holding a bundle covered in cloth. The empress then said in a tired but happy voice, "My lord, heavens have granted you an heir." The baby boy had black hair and brown eyes, a sharp contrast between his mother, siblings and father for everyone in the family had blue eyes and none had black hair. But emperor was unable contain his joy, the emperor let out a shout of joy so loud that even villagers in Konoha could hear it.

Mai saw the sleeping babe before turning to her sisters and saying "Our ototo sure looks weird… he has black hair!"

"Shush! Mai it's not nice to say that just because you have red hair…" the empress retorted.

The other princess giggled at their sister while looking at their newborn brother. And all that happened 8 years ago.

CUT TO PRESENT

POV of the crown prince

Hi all! I am Katsu, the next Emperor Kage. I am currently 8 years old and a ninja academy student. Today I will make a name for myself. No more will anyone call me the crown prince for I want to known as who I am and not what I am in birth. Being a crown prince isn't all fun and games. I had to learn all the techniques in the world the moment I was born. Being place under rigorous training of 18 hours a day was not so fun. Today I'll run to south to Hidden village of leaves, see if those ANBU and reptite guards can catch me.

Normal POV

The academy teacher asked all the students to line up and do a buushin no jutsu. Soon it was Katsu's turn.

"Buushin no jutsu!" Katsu yelled creating about 100 clones. 'Now is my chance!' thought Katsu

"Alright guys! Split up and bail outta here! Hahahaha! Time to run!" the crown prince shouted.

Before the teachers could anything the crown prince and clones are running for the city's gates. With so many clones the crown prince was then able to run out of the hidden city. The anbu and reptilian guards could catch him. The news soon reached the emperor and he wasn't pleased with his son.

"Alert all the nearby hidden villages to be on a look out for him! Restrain, protect and bring him home at all cost!"

Katsu's POV

Hahahaha those anbu and lizard guards were nothing! Though I am worried for my younger sister… well the only younger sister I have for I have 5 onee-chan. If it weren't for them the rigorous training by father could have made me a… well cold person.

I then ran without stopping, somehow strange things happen while I am running to Konoha. When I was hungry, animals such as crows and other animals would come to me and give me food like fruits to eat. Fierce wild animals such as the tigers and wolves did not attack me but rather look after me while I was sleeping. Thanks to the food and protection from the animals I reached Konoha in about 2 weeks. And now was one of my biggest problems… how do I get over the city gates?

Thinking back to my training I remembered a technique used by shinobis to become invisible and to also erase one's scent. Through years of training, I needed few or none of the hand seals to do simple techniques.

"Hidden Camouflage technique!" and instantly I was invisible.

Being invisible has it advantages as well as it's disadvantages. One the disadvantage is that just as the enemy can't see you, you can't either. So one must also know how to move around in this technique.

Placing chakra on my feet I climbed the village tall walls. As soon as the guards moved away I quietly sneaked into the village. When I entered I was amazed by what I saw! Four huge heads of the Hokage! I read about it in history books and only saw it in the photographs but… this was unbelievable! I then found a dark and quiet alley to become visible again.

I then walked on and on until I saw a building with the words 'Konoha Ninja Academy'. I was a little curious about what the ninjas of this class learn so I decided to 'tour' the academy on my own. While walking around I heard laughter coming from the second floor. I ran up and peeked into the room. There I saw a boy with blond hair like my third sister, Yui, standing in front of the class. The teacher with a scar across his face with yelling at the boy but the gave a 'I don't give a shit!' look. But when I saw his eyes, I sensed sadness and loneliness from him.

I then decided to move on to the next floor, there I heard loud 'woos' and 'haas'. Peeking into the class I saw a boy with sliver-purple eyes with veins at the side of his head with a bandage around his forehead. This must be the Byakugan that father told me to research on! Suddenly the boy looked in my direction. I then remembered what I read about Byakugan… Byakugan could see through many things, including walls.

"Sensei, there is a boy behind the door."

The teacher then approached the door and opened it revealing me at the entrance. I gulped before giving a sheepish laugh, "Hmmm I got lost?" before running away and casting the Hidden Camouflage technique.

Sorry all for ending but I'll try my best to update soon! I know I may not be as detailed and good as OpposingForce or Dragon Man 180 or the other great writers but I promise you all that I'll be do my very best! Thanks for lending some of your time to read this fanfic of mine and yes! This is my first attempt on Naruto fanfic.