Arcane: Ticket to Mayhem
Reborn into a new world, but it appears that no matter the life I must have to fight for the right to exist. I was cast out of upper society and down into pits and thralls of abject poverty, hunted by mageseekers for simply existing. After fleeing the realm of Demacia I wound up in a little place called Zaun where I was taken in by Benzo and Vander. They gave me a place to sleep, a roof over my head and a family, and now I owe the old bastards everything and as my mother told me An Uzumaki always pays their debts.
Chapter 1: Welcome to the Playground
It was a bright and sunny day in Demacia not a cloud in the sky. The Kingdom was currently in mourning as one of the Kingdom noble houses was struck with disaster. The youngest son of the current head of the Crownguard family was murdered a few weeks ago and the funeral was today. The entire family were in attendance, all bar one the son of the man who was killed. Forbidden by his own Grandfather no less.
Atop of the Crownguard Manor, sitting upon the roof looking towards the city limits of Demacia a young boy sat, no older than 5 summers and with a blanket covering his head.
"Father, why?" the boy whispered as his features where shadowed by the large blanket covering his form.
The boy's ears twitched at the sound of a latch being undone behind him. Behind the boy a ceiling window opened up behind him and a young woman popped her head trough the opening.
"Young master what on Runeterra are you doing up here."
The boy said nothing, showed no acknowledgement to the new voice.
Sighing softly the young woman climbed up onto the roof and moved to her charge.
"How are you doing young master?"
"Jeanne, I think I hate when it rains." The young boy spoke for the first time.
Jeanne looked to the sky noting that there wasn't a cloud in the sky as she inhaled the sea salted filled air.
"But young master, it is not raining." Jeanne said slightly puzzled as she looked back towards her young charge.
Her eyes softened as she made eye contact and saw the streams of tears going down his face.
"Your wrong, it is raining." the young boy spoke up still sounding deflated.
"Your family is not in the manor young master, you can cry." Jeanne spoke softly understanding what her charge was going through, as she shuffled closer to him and placed her arm around him as a sign of comfort.
"Not crying," the young boy muttered as he leant into his caretaker.
Before more words could be exchanged the wind picked, blowing the blanket off of his head revealing vibrant blood red hair, with bangs framing his face.
'It's a shame his ancestors Vastayan blood awoken in him he would've grown to be so handsome,' Jeanne thought to herself as she noted to the fox like ear appendages coming through his hair on top of his scalp and whisker like marks on his cheeks.
'He has his fathers face but his mother's hair, 'Jeanne thought to herself before a loud slamming door reverberated through the manor, jolting her from thoughts.
"Come along, Young master we must head inside and get you out of the rain, yeah."
The young boy just nodded and followed his caretaker back inside.
"Hey Naru, you got to get up." A voice spoke up.
Familiar lilac and ocean blue coloured eyes flickered open as his ears onto of his head twitched at the noise.
"It's been years since I thought about her." Naruto muttered to himself as he sat up and swung his legs over the side of his bunk, ignoring his morning issue he reached for a glass of water that was off to the side.
The door to his shared room open and a young kid with dark skin and white cut short entered the room.
"Hey Naruto, you up?"
"Yeah I'm up Ekko wassup?"
"Vi and the others left to upper city already."
"Damn it they were supposed to wait for me." Naruto cursed. "Alright fine I'll head off in a sec and catch up. And no, you can't come, you are helping at the shop today." Naruto said as he stretched the stiffness out of his body.
"Awww man but."
"No buts, Now get out so I can change and don't tell old man Ben." Naruto said before trying to find a change of clothes.
A little while later Naruto could be found running along some rooftops on his way to the city of progress where his friends were.
"They better not frag up this score." Naruto muttered to himself as he came up to the bridge that leads into Piltover.
Before he could take another step the ground shook while a loud boom went off which took Naruto off guard the sudden quake and sound made him cringe and slip off of his perch.
"Godsdamnedshit" Naruto cursed as he before taking a breath too calm himself as he tucked himself into rolling position.
'3,2,1, NOW!' He counted down before kicking the wall behind him to attempt to catapult himself through the adjacent window.
The sudden force and change in momentum shot him towards the building just as planned. A wicked smirk plastered on the young kids face.
'I'm gonna make, I'm gonna make it.'
But that smirk soon turned into a look of horror and realisation when he realised one thing.
'I'm not gonna make it' Naruto thought as he shifted his fingernails into sharpened claws and reared his arm back before smashing his arm through the window just as he fell, managing to keep a hold of window ledge.
"Got to work on my timing, I guess," Naruto remarked as he pulled himself up into room through the remains have the shattered windowpane.
Alarms were going off and shouting in the distance, slowly getting closer. Naruto noticed the bridge start to raise and separate. Sprinting over the bridge a familiar flop of pink and blue could be spotted sprinting.
"You lot screwed up my score, I just know it." Naruto muttered to himself as he watched his four friends turn down an alley, while still being chased.
'Yeah I don't think so you, enforcer pricks.' Naruto thought as he backed up a few paces before sprinting and leaping out of the window with a clear destination in mind.
The enforcers currently chasing the four street rats through alley and back streets noticed a shadow pass over them, causing most to look up only to see two black orbs, before nothing but all of the colours appearing.
As Naruto leapt over the enforcers, he reached into his pouch to retrieve two small black orbs and dashed them down in front of the leader of the pack. As soon as they hit the floor, they detonated kicking up a huge rainbow coloured smokescreen.
'Ha an Uzumaki Special right there.' Naruto thought and chuckled as he landed on another rooftop as he ignore the coughing and sputtering and cries of ahh it's in my mouth. Naruto carried on heading back down to the lanes to catch up with his friends.
As Naruto kept on running, he followed the scent of his friends before it led to a sewage pipe.
"Yeah no, I'm taking the long way round for this one." Naruto muttered as he took a sniff. "Even though I'm from the lanes even I can't stomach the shit pipe." The boy continued before moving towards the lower levels the long way around.
Around twenty minutes had passed before Naruto made it to the low levels.
"Alright now if I was Pinky which way would I go," Naruto announced to himself as he kept his hands in his pockets as he leapt from rooftop to rooftop.
'What the?' Naruto thought as his ears twitch a sudden approaching of small feet running towards his location.
Turning his body to the approaching he saw a familiar bluenette with a tail chasing after her.
'Is that?' Naruto thought to himself seeing the younger girl with a bag twice her size sprinting towards the docks with an older kid on her heels.
Naruto began chasing after the duo and as he leapt down from the rooftop, he was on to land in between the bluenette and her attacker as she turned the corner, so she missed what happened next.
The brunette teenage boy came to sudden halt as another wild looking teen dropped down in front of him.
"You don't touch her?" The wild boy muttered.
"What was that brat?" the older boy spoke annoyed some younger kid was getting in his way.
"I said she is off limits ya dig," Naruto snapped.
"Bastard, I don't need to hear this just get out of the way short- stack." The boy charged towards the shorter teen with blood red hair.
'Short- stack.' Those words echoed through Naruto's head.
Naruto just snarled revealing his fang like teeth before launching a vicious uppercut at the older teen as he got in range. The offending fist as soon as it connected with the taller boys jaw it forced the boys head to snap up and back violently, he was hit with such force his feet left the ground slightly.
Naruto unknowingly channelled his natural mana to increase his own strength.
"I'm not short you, dumb bastard, I'm still growing." Naruto snarked to the unconscious teen before turning around and heading around the corner to he heard Powder knock some planks of wood over.
As Naruto turned the corner, he heard a metallic clink before a small orb was thrown at his feet.
"Is that?" Naruto mumbled as he recognised the artwork on small grenade like object.
The boy's eye widened as it exploded but only in a small puff of pink powder.
'Dang I really thought mouser would work this time.'
"Really Powder, a hero comes to save the day and you try and blow him up." Naruto announced as he looked to where the bluenette was sticking out her head, from her hiding spot.
Blushing at being called out snapped Powder out of her on depressing thought about her creations not working again.
"Naruto?! But, when did you? How did you?" Powder questioned as she stepped out from the shadows and walked towards the older boy.
As she walked towards the older boy she took in his attire. Dark green three-quarter length cargo shorts, a black t shirt with various rips and tears on it, a pair of scuffed up boots, topped off with a pair of goggles sewn into some kind green material which was currently being used as a headband. Naruto also had some pouches around his waist where she also spotted his red fur like belt.
"It's ok, your safe." Naruto said as he opened his arms and offered a smile, which Powder smiled as she got closer to him, she gave a hug to the older boy.
"But what about?"
Naruto just smiled as he shifted his body to side to show the piece of garbage chasing her out cold and laid out.
Powder still carrying the loot walked over to the down teen and kicked the unconscious boy in gut, hard.
"Atta girl."
"You say something Naru?"
"Nah don't worry about it." Naruto responded as his ears twitched in the direction of another alley. "Now then how about we go and find the others?"
Back where the teenage brawl commenced the pink haired leader of this little gang had just scared off the blonde wannabe thug before looking around and noticing someone missing.
"Hey where's Powder?"
The other two boys looked around and both shrugged.
"We must of lost track of her in the scrap." The larger of the two said.
"And the loot is gone. She better not of lost it." The smaller of the two muttered.
"Y'all lose something?" A familiar voice called from the shadows of another alley way.
All of the colour drained from the pink haired leaders face as she turned to face the owner of the voice.
"Hey Naruto, what brings you to this part town."
Naruto just exited the alley with Powder moving closely behind him.
"Sup Claggor, what brings me here is a little pink birdy was supposed to wait for me before pulling a job like this topside. Ain't that right Vi?" Naruto finished speaking before looking towards Vi herself.
"Yeah well we didn't need you did we."
"Don't look like that from where I'm standing." Naruto sniped back as his belt unfurled from around his waist revealing it to be a tail the same colour as his hair.
Vi quickly marched towards Naruto which lead to the young Vastayan following suit.
The two met in the middle until they were face to face.
"What do we do?" Claggor whispered to Powder and Mylo.
"Dunno. Let them duke it out?" Mylo whispered back.
Powder was looking between the two, her crush and her sister. She didn't want them to fight, in fact she hated it when they fought. So, she did the one thing she could do to stop them.
Powder just walked over to the two and pulled on sleeves to grab their attention.
"Can we go home now?"
Both Vi and Naruto looked down and their hardened gazes both softened.
"Yeah sis let's get out of here." Vi said softly before glancing over towards Naruto.
Meeting her they both thought the same thing.
'This ain't over.'
The End
Up Next
The Less you know
DMTA (Demacian Mageseeker Threat Assessment)
Name: Naruto Crownguard
Age: 14
Race: Vastayan
Relatives: Rosinante Crownguard (Father/deceased)
Yasaka Uzumaki. (Mother/deceased)
Tianna Crownguard (Aunt)
Eldred Crownguard (Uncle in Law)
Pieter Crownguard (Uncle)
Augatha Crownguard (Aunt-in-Law)
Garen Crownguard (Cousin)
Luxanna Crownguard (Cousin)
Features: Red hair
Hetrochromatic eyes (Blue/Lilac)
Fair skinned.
Abilities: Negative Emotion Sense
Traits: Fox like ears
Fanged teeth
Whisker like marks on cheeks
Location: Current location is unknown after fleeing Demacia after multiple crimes.
Last seen 8 years of age.
Rap sheet: Resisting arrest
Assault
Illegal Magic wielding
Threat: B
Thoughts lemme know
This Naruto is a reincarnation of the shinobi variant.
Naruto is reborn in the Crownguard line i figured why the hell not.
He is a different person different lived experience.
Doesn't have his memories of a shinobi atm but there will be some conflict around that stuff at some point.
The Mageseeker report is very outdated, it has been roughly 6 years since the mageseekers last saw the boy in Demacia. Also, while Naruto can use magic, he hasn't been taught about it and know next to nothing about being Vastayan he just knows he is different.
Yes, he is a fox/kitsune type and yes he will have ninetails at somepoint.
Reborn as a Vastaya I got a feeling it gonna be very interesting with this one.
Also, while it may not feel like from this ending Naruto and Vi are friends just they tend to argue fight a lot.
And lil Powder does have a crush on Naruto.
Fell in love with Arcane ngl.
Next chapter I'm gonna explore the 6 kids' relationship more between Mylo, Claggor, Ekko, Vi, Naruto and Powder.
Lemme know what you think,
Review as it Feeds My Engine of Creation!