Another chapter xD

So here's my change of a certain scene and believe me, it'll affect the rest of the story in more ways than one

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Chapter 6: The Rise to Revelation

Naruto walked from the castle after changing into new clothes. After all, his tunic and his breeches were covered in dirt and mud. He smirked back to the spar and found that he and Robb had grown to form a tight, warriors bond. He walked back into the courtyard, immediately becoming the subject of gaze for various ladies around the castle. Some were poor smallfolk but others were high born ladies with beautiful bodies. Some had heads of deep black hair and others had heads of light brown hair. He smiled softly at each one as he passed them by, clearly eyeing them up as he walked on.

He had nothing to do now since his spar with Robb was over and simply went on another journey through the castle's courtyard. He saw Baratheon men-at-arms talking with Stark levies and Lannister footmen all in the same group without breaking into fights. He was glad that nothing ridiculous was happening since his spar with Robb. But just before he came to believe he had nothing left to do, there was a small blur of black and brown followed by a small blur of black and brown. His blue Baratheon eyes trailed over following the trail of Bran and his direwolf.

I wonder where he's off to. Naruto smirked.

He stayed quiet and away from Bran's possible peripheral. The boy was quick, but he was clumsy and nowhere near agile. He was a pretty easy target to stalk once Naruto realized his pattern. The blond came to a halt once Bran came to a large wall covered in vines and moss. It was old and ruined, but Naruto noticed various footholds jutting from parts of the wall. It seemed like a serviceable ladder for someone who wanted to climb. But for some reason, Naruto felt that for someone like Bran who climbs all the time, this was child's play.

But Bran climbed anyway. For someone that he assumed was clumsy, Bran was definitely surefooted on the wall, holding on with expert balance and strength, rising higher and higher onto the wall. Bran struggled for a moment to find his next foothold, but in a daring action, the boy jumped up and gripped onto an empty socket in the wall, nearly scaring Naruto from his hiding spot. Bran though pulled his lithe body up and rested his feet against another outcropping of loose stone. Bran didn't stop there though. He turned to his left and jumped, keeping his body against the wall and against all odds, he landed on the next outcropping, keeping his balance from before.

As of now, Naruto assumed that the boy was about eighty feet into the air, nearly to the top of the wall. The higher Bran got, the more terrified Naruto became, watching Bran do these daring jumps and near misses made Naruto's heart race in excitement. For a moment, Naruto felt that he was going to join Bran in his next climb, no matter how high the climb may be. He was deeply impressed with Bran's abilities. The Stark climbed to the top of the wall and wiped his hands on his breeches, seeming to take a deep breath and sighing.

"Wonderful performance, Bran!" Naruto called out, giving the Stark a slow clap as he descended. "I'm madly impressed! I didn't think you were serious about climbing."

"Of course I am!" Bran called back, jogging up to the prince. "You won't tell my Lady Mother, right?"

"Bah! Of course not!" Naruto laughed. "I actually want to join you in your next climb!"

"What?!" Bran asked with wide eyes. "I thought you were afraid of falling!"

"Rubbish." Naruto waved his hand. "I can't let a boy of ten years climb walls better than I!"

"Have you at least climbed a wall before?" Bran asked with a worried expression. "I was planning on warming up on the eastern wall and again on the western wall before going to taller buildings."

"That sounds good to me." Naruto smiled. "Lead the way!"

"This is ridiculous!" Naruto shut his eyes tightly, gripping on to the wall for dear life. "How in seven hells can you climb so easily?!"

"You're barely three feet off the ground, Naruto!" Bran said, a laugh escaping from his lips. "You're terrible at this!"

"You know what!" Naruto glared at the boy. "I'll prove you wrong!"

Naruto channeled a small portion of his powers to his fingers and immediately, he showed a strength that he didn't have before. He pulled his entire body up with just his fingers and continued to move along, getting higher and higher on the eastern wall. Bran was smiling, cheering Naruto's name; softly of course, so as to not bring the attention of his mother. Naruto was about to make it up the side of the wall, but his power ran dry and immediately, his fingers lost their strength. He slipped back, his hands beginning to cramp.

Bran's body ran cold as Naruto began to fall. The blond screamed suddenly and shot his hands against the wall and grabbed onto the first thing he could. his palm rested against a jutting stone and his fingers lazily rested against the stone. At first he thought he was going to pry it from its socket, but the stone stayed its place. Naruto took a deep breath and flashed Bran a reassuring smile and used all the strength he could muster, bringing his entire body up against the wall, almost kissing it.

Following after Bran's example, he brought his legs against the wall as well, raising his feet to rest on the outcropping. Naruto had never been so terrified in his life. He was easily seventy feet off the ground, watching an ant-sized Bran giving him a signal to continue. Naruto's heart raced to speeds unknown as his hand rubbed against the wall, searching for another stone outcropping. He was desperate; sweat was pouring down his face. He shot his hand out in desperation, but his hand slapped back against the stone, causing his balance to disappear. Bran once again froze, this time there was no saving Naruto.

The blond fell from the wall, waving his hands around, begging for someone to catch him. No one came and Bran was too small anyway. Naruto shot his forearms to cover his face as the ground came closing in rather quickly. He expected pain or at least something to dig into his skin, but he felt nothing. All he knew was that everything was as dark as night but it was clearly morning. He opened his eyes and found that he was within the castle, a towel on his head and wrapped in bed furs. Maester Luwin was standing next to him treating his arm wounds with healing herbs.

On the other side of the bed was a sheepish Bran and a distraught Lady Stark. Naruto was surprised that his own Mother hadn't come to see him, but took it anyway. He turned to Lady Catelyn and flashed her a small smile. Bran stepped forward though and kept looking down at his feet trying to avoid Naruto's gaze.

"I'm sorry, Naruto for convincing you to climb." Bran said with a small tone, eyes never coming up to look at the prince.

"Bran, look the prince in the eye and tell him that." Lady Catelyn chided. "Show some respect to the boy you almost got killed."

"Lady Stark, if I may…" Naruto interrupted.

"My Prince." Cat nodded her head.

"I was the one that convinced Bran to let me join in on his climbing exploits." Naruto sighed. "It was interesting to me and no one in the South does things like that. I wanted to give it a try is all."

"Well, you're lucky Naruto." Maester Luwin sighed. "No permanent damage to your body other than a few cuts and bruises on your forearms and elbow. You'll be fine."

"Well, Prince Naruto, I see that you've grown fond among my children." Catelyn said as Maester Luwin pulled Bran away from the room.

"They are the kind of people that I want to be friends with." Naruto smiled. "It also helps that they decided to open up to me."

"You've grown exceptionally close to my eldest, Robb." Catelyn smiled. "Reminding me of how my Lord Husband was with your Lord Father when they were but squires in the Vale. It seems that some friendships transcend generations."

"But, I am begging you, Prince Naruto." Catelyn suddenly changed moods. "Don't even climb with Bran again and if you can stop him, do so. You falling and hurting yourself only solidifies my fears that my son could do the same; surefooted or not."

"I'll do what I can, Lady Stark." Naruto frowned and nodded his head.

"Thank you, Prince Naruto." Catelyn smiled. "Have a good rest."

Naruto sat in silence. He groaned after sitting in his bed for almost three minutes with nothing to do. Thinking back to Maester Luwin, the Maester never once said anything about having to stay in bed. Naruto smirked and jumped the bed, stretched his legs and stretched his bruised arms. He was going to go out into the courtyard again and find Bran to stop him from doing something that both of them would regret in the future. He walked through the halls and immediately checked his feet, sighing in relief when he saw boots wrapped around his feet.

He nodded at the various Stark Levies that stood at each hall and strode through the castle on the search for Bran. Knowing the boy, he decided to run off with his nameless direwolf. He exited the keep and walked through the courtyard once again, passing the various shops on his search for Bran. Naruto smirked when he saw a little black figure clinging to a large and seemingly run down tower on the far side of the castle. Naruto rushed over to the tower with utmost importance, blowing past various people wanting to congratulate him on his battle with Robb.

He slid against the dirt and spotted Bran's direwolf waiting with his tail wagging. The wolf sat with its tongue hanging from its open mouth. Naruto smirked and saw that Bran was barely even a quarter up the tower, clearly having just begun his climb. Naruto bellowed out to the boy, forcing Bran to look at him with wide eyes. The boy frowned and started to climb down, releasing his grip on the wall and fell at least eight feet before slamming his booted feet on the ground below in a graceful fashion.

"Bran, your mother said no more climbing." Naruto warned.

"I guess I'll have to leave then?" Bran frowned.

"Under normal circumstances I would make you go back, but I'm thinking of climbing this tower myself." Naruto smiled. "I watched you climb the wall for a few minutes and I've managed to piece together a basic idea of how to do it. This'll be the last time we climb while I'm here, understood?"

"But-"

"As your prince, I command it, Bran." Naruto said sternly. "I'm trying to do us both a favor. Well, here goes nothing."

"Just remember to keep your feet together and steady, Naruto." Bran advised. "I don't want your injury on my head."

"Oh, it won't be." Naruto gave him a cheeky smile while setting his feet in the right position. "Besides, I was dying to challenge myself to do better than trying to embarrassingly climb a wall and fail. That's just how I like to improve."

Naruto wrapped his hand on the protruding stone and rested his foot against another, fastening his position against the wall with a stiff connection. Her raised his hands up and latched onto another outcropping of stone. Bran jumped slightly when Naruto's left foot lost its placement and slid off of its stone. The prince though, quickly rectified his mistake, bringing his left and right foot together, placing the right side of his feet against the wall. The boy turned around and rested his back on the stone again, already breathing hard.

"There's an open area of loose stone for you to grab on to!" Bran called from below. "You're going to have to jump though, you think you can handle it?"

"Of course I can!" Naruto looked up, tuning his eyes to the target at hand.

Shutting his Baratheon eyes, he bent his knees and shot up towards the air, raising his hands ready to catch on. Bran held his breath and held his hands to his face. Naruto wasn't going to make it! Bran started turning jittery and ran to the tower ready to start climbing as well, until Naruto's voice sounded from above saying he made it. Bran was in disbelief and backed away to see the blond prince dangling from the hole for dear life. Naruto was taking steady breaths this time and began to swing his body softly against the wall and shot his hands up, gripping onto another part of the hole, strengthening his grip. A beaming smile formed on his face and he pulled his rigid body higher and higher, finding the climb easier and easier as he ascended.

Naruto called from the top of the tower. "I'm going to take the stairs down! I'll see you there!"

Bran flashed Naruto a thumbs up and waited against another old wall with his direwolf eagerly waiting Naruto's return. Naruto stepped his foot into the tower and eased his body in, but he was quickly grabbed by the collar of his tunic and a knife was placed at his throat. His eyes were wide with fear.

"Naruto?!"

"U-Uncle Jaime?!" Naruto's face went cold.

"I couldn't tell that it was you talking!" Jaime's face was devoid of color. "What in blazes are you doing up here?!"

Naruto was confused. Why was his uncle up here alone? But after a shuffle was heard in the far side of the tower roost, someone appeared from behind the rubble of the fallen tower roof. His jaw fell loose as the image of his mother came to form in front of him. Her dress was being held by her hands to cover her chest and Jaime was clearly missing some articles of clothing. It didn't take long for Naruto to realize what the two were doing.

"W-What's going on?" Naruto managed to get out.

His voice was long gone and his pulse was nonexistent. Jaime and Cersei looked at him with fearful eyes. Naruto gripped the flora wrapped around the tower window for dear life, already expecting something to happen. Cersei looked to Jaime and Jaime looked to her, neither of them saying a word, clearly contemplating what to do with the situation. Naruto stayed as silent as possible, trying to quell the anger and the disgust writhing within him. Naruto's face dropped when he saw a silver tear fall from Cersei's eyes.

"He saw us, Jaime." Cersei finally said, her voice as hard as steel. "You shouldn't care about him, he's not your child."

"Uncle Jaime…?" Naruto asked with wide eyes.

"I'm sorry."

Before he knew it, Jaime had placed his palm on Naruto's chest and pushed with all his might. Naruto's eyes filled with hurt and betrayal as he descended. The prince swung his arms about, wildly, hoping to all the gods, old and new, that something would appear for him to grab on. He begged and begged, but his life simply flashed in front of him, as the ground readied itself for his arrival. As he fell though, images began to flash in his mind. The tower in front of him faded and the cold lands of the North was replaced with heat and burning lava below.

He saw them, falling with him. The heat had him trying to fly away for safety, but these people called out to him, screaming his name for help. But for some reason he couldn't recognize them. One had a head of silver hair, another had a head of short pink hair and the last, the most familiar one; a head of jet black hair was what he had. They fell together towards the pit of lava and there seemed to be nothing they could do. Gravity was pulling them closer and soon enough, Naruto watched the first two become engulfed in the vast expanse of the ocean of molten rock. The looks of agonizing pain was the last he saw of them before their bodies sank beneath the fiery surface.

"Fuck me." Naruto sighed as the lava rushed to meet him.

Naruto shot from his covers in a dead sweat. His hair was thick, sticking against his skin; his eyes were wide and bloodshot. His breath was ragged and labored. He was warm and wrapped in the loose embrace of bed furs and was rather comfortable. He didn't take in his surroundings yet, but kept trying to contain and control his breaths. His body was shaking and trembling. His body was warm, not melting. He needed to remind himself that. His legs were still in working order as he could feel his toes and he saw his legs move beneath the furs and his arms were rather unscathed despite the bruises and scars already on them.

He looked around, finally realizing that Sansa, Robb, Jon and Bran were sitting in stools, watching with worried eyes. Tommen and Myrcella were at the foot of the bed wiping tears from their faces. Cersei was nowhere to be found but Jaime stood in the doorway watching with worry on his face. Robert was looking at Naruto with a worried look that the Baratheon scion had never seen before. Catelyn and Ned watched the boy with sad eyes and kept to the back of the room.

"What happened, Naruto!" Robert shouted. "Tell us who pushed you from the tower!"

"Tower?" Naruto asked with an estranged look on his face. "I wasn't in a tower…"

"What are you talking about?" Robb asked with a glare.

"Ask Bran!" Naruto threw up his hands in a quick defense, the pain already gone. "Me and Bran were climbing a wall! I lost balance and I fell!"

"But, you climbed the tower Naruto…" Bran said with wide eyes. "We carried your body from the base of the tower to the keep!"

"I don't remember being at any tower, Bran!" Naruto responded with a glare. "I have no idea what you're talking about!"

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