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Another chapter. Hey guys, we're here. The story will start to grow darker from here on out
I'm a little hurt by the lack of reviews last chapter. Come on, I introduced a lot of new plots
for the future of this fanfiction.

I digress...

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Chapter 18: The Lion's Charge

Naruto had no idea where he was. Everything around him; the walls, the ceiling, the floor; everything was made of metal. He'd never seen so much in one place. What bothered him though was the ankle high water drenching his feet. Strange since he thought that he'd grown out of that habit of leaving places without boots. The boy sloshed his feet through the liquid, bringing about strange ripple designs but nonetheless, he headed through the dark metallic cavern. Everywhere, large ominous halls of never ending darkness went on for ages. For some strange reason, the boy knew where he was going. He'd see different halls that seemed like perfect exits, but his legs would continue walking. He was alone, wherever here is. This place was speaking bad vibes to him, filling his gut with uncertainty.

Suddenly, the metal echoed, shaking and reverberating a deep rumble. His eyes scanned the tunnel around him, watching water drip from the various metal pipes protruding from the ceiling and walls. The ground was beginning to twist and turn until before he knew it, he was kneeling in front of the largest cage he'd ever seen in his life. Metal bars shot up towards the ceiling, easily reaching at least two hundred feet into the air. Within the cage none of the light from the dimly lit torches could reach. The darkness was all consuming within the cage almost as if something was calling to the blond boy to enter. Naruto was about to turn around and run away but the waters rushed together, spiraling around his body and carrying him to the cage itself. The boy tried to fight back against the powerful currents to no avail.

He screamed and threw his arms around in a vain attempt to escape. Suddenly, his face was rammed against the gate key, dragging his skin along the cold metal. He gritted his teeth as the pressure of rushing water began to take its toll. He clenched his fists and tried to push off the gate, but the waters were just too strong. He fought back against the power, but he felt himself slipping and beginning to go with the flow. The water suddenly stopped letting him fall to the floor below, splashing against the metallic surface. The waters rippled around in waves, sloshing about. For some reason, Naruto felt that the water was beginning to rise, almost to neck level. He smirked when the water finally stopped rising.

"Naruto."

Holy shit. Naruto's eyes widened, staring into the dark chasm that is the cage. The metal began to shake and the surface quaked. The waters rippled and waved, slowly drifting Naruto away from the cage. The voice was deep and enchanting while at the same time filled with malice and hatred. The direction of the waves suddenly changed direction, pushing him forward, pulling him towards the source of the voice. He came closer to the cage and shot his arms out, gripping onto the metal bars for dear life. The waves were heavy and pressed upon him without mercy. Water forced its way up his nose and down his throat. He choked and writhed beneath the rushing waves. Suddenly, a hand wrapped around his leg and began to pull him. If it were not for the water, Naruto would have squealed.

"Damn it, Naruto!"

The waters drenched the metal bars and soon enough, the boy shot back and the rushing rapids of water subsided. He fell to his back, splashing against the water, this time feeling absurdly dry. His hair wasn't wet and his clothes weren't wet. Whatever this meant, Naruto didn't get it. His sapphire blue eyes trailed in the darkness looking for the one who pulled him away. He hobbled to his feet stepping into the ankle deep water. It was a lot darker than he originally thought it to be and easily a thousand times more terrifying. Every step he took was amplified, and the sounds bounced around him almost as if it were a cruel trick to make him lose his sanity. Whatever the reason, it's working. After ten steps into the cage, the light had completely disappeared and the bars of the cage were all but gone. A deep cold washed over his body but he trekked on, pushing through the water covered floor.

Where he was going, the prince had no idea, but his legs were moving on their own once again. He was moving deeper into the darkness, but with each step, he could feel the air growing darker and heavier yet at the same time, cooler and more like ice. It was cold and heavy, two contradicting feelings, but that's what they were nonetheless. Wherever he was, Naruto was hoping it wasn't too far off from King's Landing. Of course it would have to be anywhere but King's Landing. He'd never seen metal constructs such as these walls and caverns in King's Landing before so it was safe to assume otherwise. Not only, this was must have been some sort of metal sewer of some sort. Definitely not King's Landing. The blond thought back to when he followed Arya through the wine cellar and out through the large stone cave.

It was in fact a stone sewage pipe that dumped all the shit and grime from the city and palace into the Blackwater Bay. He sighed and continued walking against his will, dragging his feet through the waters which were growing thicker and harder to move through. Naruto pushed onward though, feeling his feet get bogged down by the water below. For the most part, at least his breeches were rolled up to protect them from getting wet. Suddenly, his nose began to burn with the all too familiar stench of shit and piss. His hands shot to his nose to save his sense of smell to no avail. He groaned and dropped into the water, his blue eyes trailing down to see large chunks of brown shit floating around along with yellow piss marks. The boy shot away but was suddenly grabbed by someone and thrown against the metal walls.

The impact echoed in all directions, a massive indent formed thanks to his hard back. The boy was about to start shouting questions and nearly began to demand things from whoever it was that saved his skin. The person though pressed a hand on his forehead, channeling power to his fingertips and soon enough, Naruto's nose no longer burned and the shit and piss were gone, leaving nothing but the calm waters that he and the man were standing on. Naruto's eyes widened with surprise. Standing?! His blue orbs shot down to the waters below watching the water ripple perfectly around him, each second, the ripple would get larger and larger, spreading out in all directions. He was standing on water!

"Naruto." The silhouette said with a sigh leaving his lips. "Katon: Gokakyū no Jutsu!"

Suddenly, flames shot from the silhouette's mouth, spreading in all directions, igniting the water as if it were oil. Naruto backed away, his feet splashing lightly against the surface of the water. The boy pressed his hands against the metal wall to get away from the man, but once the fires showered the chasm with light, it came to reveal none other than Sasuke. Naruto released a sigh of relief and nodded at the man in front of him.

"Hello, Sasuke. What can I do for you?" Naruto asked with a small smile. The boy turned on his heel and soon enough began to walk towards the deeper end of the tunnel.

"No." Sasuke grabbed Naruto's collar and pulled him back. "Listen to me Naruto. You're not ready yet. You're not ready to handle what's down there. Not yet at least."

"Again with the cryptic speech." Naruto growled.

"Why is it that every time you show up, you're always telling me to stop?"

"Because I know what's happening to your body." Sasuke replied with a glare. "I know that the things down this tunnel are going to mess your head up if you see them too early. Your mind is too pure, too innocent to deal with what you'll see down there. Hatred and pain; two things you need to learn before you journey any further."

"W-What are you trying to say?" Naruto asked with wide eyes.

"Haven't you wondered why it's so damned dark in here?" Sasuke asked. When Naruto gave him a small nod of uncertainty, the man nodded back. "The night is dark and full of terrors."

"That doesn't tell me anything, Sasuke." Naruto frowned. "It doesn't tell me anything at all."

"Like I said before, you're too pure." Sasuke replied. "Anyway, you need to wake up. The wolves are in danger."

"Wait, this is all a dream?!" Naruto's jaw dropped to the floor. "I'm asleep-?!"

"Damn it, Naruto!" Sasuke roared and slapped the boy across the face. "The wolves need you!"

The images began to warp. His heart began to pound, beating heavily and the metal walls began to dent and tear. Whoever was smashing the walls was doing a damned good job. Sasuke cracked and soon enough, exploded into a million different shards. the walls collapsed crushing Naruto in between. The waters disappeared as did the fire, leaving him in nothing but the purest night. The banging grew louder and the thuds echoed in his chest, reverberating in his bones. He roared out, trying to stop the walls from crushing his body, but just before all went black, he could have sworn he saw a large dark-skinned man wearing black-tinted glasses.

"GAH!" Naruto shot up, realizing that what Sasuke had said, was indeed true. His blue eyes scanned the area around him finding his room to be just the way he'd left it. Save for a few tankards and empty chalices left about on the floor and the wine stains, everything was the same. But the pounding was still there. He charged from his bed, wearing nothing but breeches and his wine stained tunic. He ran a hand through his blond locks of hair and pulled the door open to reveal none other than his mother standing with a distraught look on her face. Massive bags were beneath her eyes and small dark tear-stains trailed from her eyes and down her cheeks. Her blond hair was out of its normal braids. Next to her was Bran dressed in his Stark armor with Summer dressed in his own armor as well.

"Get dressed." Cersei pressed Naruto's sword into his chest and Bran immediately went ahead and began to strap his armor to his chest, arms and waist. "Your father has died, Naruto. And Joffrey is to be King."

Bran and Naruto froze for a moment, but the Stark of the two immediately went along to continue what he was tasked to do. The Baratheon though, kept his eyes planted on his mother, waiting for her to break and tell him what was really going on. In the recesses of her mind, Cersei knew that Ned was going to come forward with the real plan and not only disgrace her family, but disgrace her children. Nothing that she could possibly say would probably beat back the evidence that Ned placed before her. Her son was destined to be King, but after what she was told by her former employees, he wasn't any longer. In fact, most of King's Landing despised him in less than a fortnight. How, Cersei had no idea. Bribing the heralds throughout the various streets of King's Landing was probably the best choice of action to slander Naruto's birthright. Oh well, Cersei thought, there was nothing she could do now, especially since Joffrey knew the truth.

He knew the truth, every bit of truth. Of all the people that her old spy network could have fallen under work for, it just had to be Joffrey. She would have rather had her spy network fall under Lord Varys, hells, even Littlefinger. Nonetheless, she knew everything was doomed the moment Jaime attacked Lord Stark. Attacking him was probably the stupidest thing Jaime's ever done and most undoubtedly, the most reckless. Lord Stark wouldn't have done half the things he did if House Lannister hadn't provoked him first. Not only, the Vale blamed Tyrion for the death of Jon Arryn. In fact, none of the Lannisters actually killed him, it was rather that one well-endowed kitchen wench, Cersei mused. If only Jaime didn't care so much for Tyrion, she felt that maybe something good could have come out of all of this gods-awful shitty mess.

Turning her thoughts back to the situation at hand, knowing that Lord Stark was not about to recognize any of her children as the rightful heirs, the Stark was definitely going to leave that statement to the air and with no proof save for her word, a hated prince's words and a dead king's words, there was little to no proof that Naruto was indeed supposed to be the rightful heir to the throne. That is, if people don't agree that Naruto is among her incest-born children. Cersei highly doubted that they'd think otherwise of Naruto. Smallfolk were easily swayed and once they were stricken with enough proof, it'll be a long time before their minds are changed. She shook her head and looked to see her son already dressed in his armor and his sword at his side. The shield strapped to his back was hidden by his yellow cloak. The three walked through the halls, an awkward silence befalling them and the soft low-toned growls coming from Summer.

Naruto trailed his eyes left and right. Gold Cloaks were running about, along with Lannister men-at-arms with their red and gold colored plate armor and their ornate helmets. They rushed through the halls, not once looking in their direction. Naruto was just as confused, but Cersei pulled him and Bran to her. Her green eyes shimmering with pain and fear. She placed a small kiss on Naruto's forehead and hugged him as tightly as she could. She even grabbed Bran in for a hug just as tight. Summer barred his teeth when the sound of ringing chainmail began to echo through the halls. Kingsguard knights were heading in the same direction as the Lannister men. What in blazes was going on?! Cersei didn't say a single word but held Bran close and whispered something into his hear. Bran's eyes widened suddenly, but the boy nodded anyway and took off with Summer at his heels. Cersei turned back around and motioned for Naruto to follow along.

The air was turbulent. Even the slightest turn in any direction felt as if the entire Keep would go up in flames. It wouldn't stop there though; the entire continent of Westeros would be engulfed in the flames to come. His mother knew it and Naruto had a good idea that even Bran knew it, given his reaction to whatever it was that his mother said. Mother and son headed down the halls, clacking their boots and shoes against the stone tiles and down the stone steps that swiveled around until they finally reached the final floor of the Keep. Naruto's breath shook as his eyes took a glance to notice Stark men running about, swords at their sides and spears wielded. His blue eyes watched them run about, bringing supplies left and right while others sharpened their swords. A few more of the pious members knelt and prayed. But out of all the Stark men, Ned Stark wasn't among them.

It was no matter, Naruto had a more terrifying matter to attend to. If what his mother had said is true, then that meant Joffrey was sitting on the Iron Throne. If Joffrey of all the gods awful people, was sitting on the Iron Throne, that meant the Starks were in danger. Naruto froze in his steps. This is what Sasuke meant. The wolves were indeed in trouble. Naruto followed quickly after his mother and soon enough, the large valiant doors that protected the Throne Room came to view. Gold Cloaks waited at the sides of the door, all of them sweat-faced and nervous about something. The doors sung open to reveal countless Lannister men-at-arms waiting at the foot of the Iron Throne with Kingsguard waiting as well. Gold Cloaks stood in lines parallel to each other, bordering the pathway to the Iron Throne. Joffrey sat alone on the Iron Throne, a pompous look on his face with the crown situated on his golden head at an uneven angle. He looked ridiculous in Naruto's eyes.

Joffrey didn't even bat an eye at Naruto and simply looked to his mother. The Queen and the prince walked up the steps and took their places at his side with Naruto standing as far back as he could. The farther, the happier Joffrey was. The king didn't even have to say his command, Naruto already knew Joffrey well enough to do it anyway. Something was different about his older brother, almost as if he was filled with a new kind of hatred, a new kind of anger. This time, his anger and malice was pointed towards him and his mother. Naruto was sure that if his father was still alive, his anger would be at the man as well. Tommen and Myrcella were nowhere to be seen, probably locked away in his mother's solar to be kept safe from Joffrey's reach. Naruto was glad that his mother had thought of that beforehand. Why she brought him along, Naruto didn't know.

Joffrey was silent and rested his chin against his fist, green eyes scanning the Throne Room as a whole. Men stood everywhere, but Joffrey wasn't entirely too sure where their loyalties lied. Thanks to a few well-advised bribes here and there, Joffrey felt that a few alliances were secured. The rest were yet to be seen. He pressed his cheek into his jeweled fist eyes still staring at each and every person. His eyes landed on the more nervous ones. Sweat was pouring down their faces almost as if they were holding in the piss of a lifetime. They looked like stuck pigs. Joffrey had half a mind to laugh, but he was sure that someone would break if he ever did that. He smirked, everything was falling into place. His mother was under his thumb and she brought his wretched brother to the Throne Room. If his mother would play her part once things went to shit, Joffrey knew that he'd be able to finally break his brother in the end.

There was only so much someone can take before finally submitting. For him, Joffrey knew that it was finding out that he was nothing but a disgusting product of incest, wrought by his mother and her own twin brother. But to add insult to injury, she began to care for Naruto ten times more after he fell from that stupid tower in that northern shit-pile they call a castle. Joffrey took his chance at that time to send an assassin to kill his own brother and secure his place as the heir to the throne, but that of course didn't turn out as well as he'd originally planned. Nevertheless, Joffrey was hoping this plan of his wouldn't fail as badly. Not with the information he's been given. Joffrey leaned back in his seat, locking his fingers together gaining a dark thinking gaze.

Naruto always eats massive portions of food in the mornings and after every single fight. He eats even more if he uses his powers. That was a weakness that Joffrey was planning to exploit since learning of it from Kathryn and Mayra together. Food was Naruto's obsession and that was the source of his energy and power. Joffrey felt like laughing at how simple it was to force Naruto to do his bidding. Of all the things, food. Joffrey half expected his weakness to be cunts or wine, after all, those seemed to be Robert Baratheon's weaknesses. Like father, like son, Joffrey thought darkly. Oh wait, I'm not a real Baratheon. Those are weaknesses for fools and Baratheons. I'll keep this name though, for the sake of not getting my own head lobbed off.

Now all I have to do is wait.

The doors suddenly burst open to reveal the entirety of Lord Starks host, all fifty Stark levies. Cersei was a bit surprised at the sight. Lord Janos Slynt was standing side by side with the Starks along with the rest of the Gold Cloaks. Cersei narrowed her eyes at this sight. Something wasn't right with this scene. Lord Stark limped with a rolled paper and immediately, Cersei knew what it meant. That was the last will of King Robert, the only piece of paper that could kill the realm or save the realm. Lord Stark hobbled forward, leaning his weight into the cane before taking his next steps. Cersei gave the Lannister footmen behind them a look and the men immediately walked forward leaving Naruto alone behind the Throne. Cersei wasn't about to let her counter-action be for naught. She trusted Bran and Summer but with the way things were progressing ahead of her thought time-frame, she was going to have to send her son.

She bit her lower lip, betrayals were going to have to be made and hearts were going to be broken by sundown. She just wanted to make sure that she didn't have to see any of it. Betrayal. She hated the word, she spat at it and thought of all the times she's already done it. Her whole life was nothing but betrayal stacked upon betrayal and now, this was the biggest betrayal of them all; the betrayal of the realm. Call her selfish, but she wanted to save the lives of her children and this was basically the only way. She had to do anything she can to protect them. Tears were already forming in her eyes, a sudden fear began to crawl its way up and down her spine like a starving spider in search of a meal. Her blonde locks were beginning to stick to her white skin, growing thicker with each passing second. Damn it lord stark! Why are you taking so fucking long to get to the Throne?!

Cersei was shaking now, cold feeling pinching her skin while in other places, digging into her skin. Even with her elongated silk sleeves the cold hated her. She stood in her seat, trying her best to keep her face from dropping and revealing anything too soon. Her eyes trailed down from the struggling look on Ned's face and down to the rolled paper on his waist. He limped forward, hobbled forward, struggled forward but he wasn't getting closer to the Throne any faster than his original speed. Cersei knew that this was the gods retribution for all of her mistakes in life. The pressure was undoubtedly going to destroy her, explode her in all directions. She shut her eyes and ran a hand against her forehead and rubbed her eyes. She needed to give Naruto the command to flee and get the Stark kids. She needed them safe along with their direwolves. If anyone on the Royal Family knew anything about Joffrey, it was that he hated the direwolves.

She took a deep breath and sighed in momentary relief. Ned finally came to a halt and rested his weight on the ball-handle of the cane. She watched him meddle with his balance but not once did he reach over for the paper at his waist. She was losing her patience; she needed to know what was on that paper. Just as she was about to order Ser Barristan Selmy to take the letter, Ned beat her to the punch. He immediately went on to talk about honor and how Ser Barristan had a lot of it, so on and so forth, all she cared about was what was in the letter. Ser Barristan took the paper saying it had the seal of the King and immediately tore the seal and began to read the lines up and down the sheet of paper all the while reading the contents out loud for the entire Throne Room to hear. Protector of the Realm, Cersei didn't have a problem with. She knew all about how Ned was tasked to write all of this down, but what irked her to no end, what nearly caused her to blow up, was the fact that the damned Stark believed her children, all of her children to be base born products of incest.

All the bloody paper said was until my rightful heir comes of age. Cersei overcome with anger and rage among other emotions like disappointment, ordered Ser Barristan to hand her the will. She read over the words over and over and she could have sworn that she saw the Stark smirk in victory. She gritted her teeth, this paper was supposed to solidify Naruto's seat on the throne, but in fact, all it did was throw the line of succession out of the window for practically anyone to claim it; and someone already has. This paper was nothing to her now and it held no significant value to anything pertaining to her only trueborn son. Giving Ned Stark a glare, she tore the sheet of paper ten ways to next week and tossed the pieces in all directions, letting the soft breeze flow in and blow them about. She clapped her hands together, trying her best to calm her glare.

"Was that supposed to be your shield, Lord Stark?" Cersei asked. It was supposed to be mine too, you bloody fool!

"Kill him!" Joffrey roared. "Kill him now!"

"Men of the Watch!" Ned cried.

Suddenly, the Gold Cloaks barred their spears at the Lannisters and the Kingsguard. Swords were drawn and spears were poised. The Throne Room was about to become a bloodbath. Cersei began to shake her head in disgust; none of this would have happened if Ned wasn't so honorable. The fool doomed the Seven Kingdoms in more ways than one. Ned was sweating harder now and his hands were shaking. The Stark levies drew their weapons and strapped their shields. Her green eyes trailed over to see the Hound already drawing his blade. His dog head helmet seemed rather intimidating. His shield strapped to his left arm always ready since he lost his left hand. Cersei's heart began to race. Ned had just ordered Lord Janos Slynt, the Lord Commander of the City Watch to seize her and her children and put them into custody, or should she say house arrest. She knew Janos better than that. She was still the one paying for his salary. She was the bloody one that gave him the position of Lord Commander.

"Lord Janos." Joffrey smirked and leaned into his seat. "Begin."

Cersei's eyes widened and her jaw dropped. Janos was taking orders from Joffrey?! The Men of the Watch lunged their spears forward into the Stark men, digging the spearheads through their backs and out their chests. Soon enough, the Hound and the Lannister footmen shot forward as well, swords drawn and shields strapped at the ready. Joffrey was excited and even stood from his seat ready to get the best view of the show. Starks took down a few Lannisters and Gold Cloaks, but there were simply too many for just fifty men to handle on their own. Suddenly, just before Ned Stark to could escape, Littlefinger shot forward and wrapped his arms around Ned's neck, Cersei was sure the man betrayed the Stark ten times over in his duration of being Hand of the King. Cersei growled and clenched her fists. The carnage was continuing and Joffrey even took a few steps down to get a ground view of the fighting.

Cersei took this as the perfect moment. She walked towards her second and trueborn son and grabbed him close. He had tears in his eyes and fear wrought across his features. She could feel his heart racing through his breastplate but placed her hand on his cheek and gave him another soft kiss on his forehead. Her green eyes looked anywhere but his sapphire blues. She shuddered and hugged her son as tightly as she could, uncertain of the events to come after her betrayal. She pushed him away and immediately ordered the boy to get the Stark children and their direwolves from the city with the most fearful voice she could muster. Naruto of course, nodded his head and moved silently through the fight before escaping through the main doors. She was glad that he was smaller than most. These men were battling it out as hard as they could, slicing and roaring out at each other. Before long, all that remained was Ned Stark, unconscious on the floor thanks to Lord Baelish. Cersei wasn't going to enjoy this.

"Where's my brother?" Joffrey asked with a glare.

"Naruto-?!" Cersei turned around then back to Joffrey with a bewildered look on her face. "I…I don't know…"

"Guards!" Joffrey roared. "My brother has become a traitor and has most likely run off to find the Stark children. Find him and put him in the dungeons with the Wolf he so dearly loves."

Naruto ran as hard and as fast as he could. This was beyond anything he could have imagined. Now he understood why his mother had acted so strangely today, but none of this was explaining why Bran of all the people could be so calm under the information. He turned the corner, sliding his boots against the polished granite tiles only to come to meet three Gold Cloaks with another giving orders. Naruto listened closely and the only words he got out of their conversation was Naruto, traitor and imprison. His eyes widened in fear when the Gold Cloaks turned their heads to face him, swords already drawn. Down the hall, Naruto found five Stark levies already cut to shreds, their chests mauled open and their throats sliced clean. They laid in puddles of blood and Naruto came to realize that the red stains on the Gold Cloaks wasn't their blood, it was Northman blood.

The four of them shot forward for Naruto, but the boy reacted quickly, bringing his round steel shield up to block the first attack. These men were undisciplined in fighting against a boy trained to fight like knights do. The first attack had all of the man's weight into it and was easily manipulated. Naruto leaned into his shield and forced his weight towards the left causing the Gold Cloak to lose his balance. The second came along lunging forward, but Naruto caught the man's sword in his armpit and twisted his body. The sword came free form the watchman's hands. The prince shot around, sword still clenched and bashed the edge of the shield into the Gold Cloak's throat. The two backed away, stumbling while one fell dead within seconds. Naruto took the arming sword of the Gold Cloak and immediately dropped into a position.

The first rushed him once again, but Naruto spun on his heel and dug his blade through the man's chest, plunging his sword through the man's heart. The man fell limp on Naruto just as the remaining two charged at him. Naruto growled and pushed the dead man off of his body and weaved in between the different sword strikes and lunges. He blocked with his shield and even bashed with his shield. The two Gold Cloaks were making sure to not let Naruto draw his sword or even escape for that matter. Naruto shook his head and jumped in between the two men just as they lunged forward. Naruto dug the edge of his shielding into the serjeant's side. Naruto tore through the man's chainmail all the while drawing out the man's dagger. Naruto turned to face his next opponent with speed unmatched by any man or animal and stabbed the man's chest repeatedly, before turning around and hurling the dagger into the final Gold Cloak.

"Fucking hell…I need to hurry!" Naruto cried.

He drew his sword and rushed through the halls, gasping at how many dead there already were. Stark levies that were stationed to protect Ned's daughters were dead along with the Northmen and women that came south with them. Dead Lannister footmen and dead Gold Cloaks lay throughout the courtyard of the Tower of the Hand along with at least twenty dead Stark Levies. Naruto took a deep breath and rushed forward as fast as his feet could take him only to see four Lannisters cut down Septa Mordane. Filled with an untamable rage, Naruto shot forward and dug his blade into the first Lannister he laid eyes on. His roar of pain caught the attention of the other three which was something that Naruto was hoping for. The boy kicked the dead Lannister from his sword and immediately sliced through the throat of another, before clashing his blade and blocking the last with his shield.

The two men struggled against Naruto's strength. Suddenly, the boy's eyes darkened into a purple hue and the power directed to his arms. Naruto shot his shield arm back, blowing all the men in all directions. They dented the stone walls and fell to the ground unconscious and fortunately, not dead. Naruto hobbled forward trying to rein in his powers. If he used too much of it, he was definitely going to pay the consequences if he fails. He turned into the tower of the hand and immediately found seven Lannister footmen charging down the hallway. The boy rushed forward powers rising and eyes darkening to a deep navy blue. He swung down on the first Lannister serjeant he laid eyes on, splitting the man in two. Naruto quickly spun on his heels and dug his blade through another.

He wasn't in the playing mood. These men were threatening the lives of the direwolves, Sansa, Bran and Arya. They already imprisoned their father and Naruto wasn't about to let them take the children to Joffrey. He pulled his sword from the dead Lannister and swung once more for the Lannisters clashing his sword with theirs and blocking their attacks any time they decided to make a move with his perfect shield. Naruto jumped at the first chance and lunged forward, slicing the throat from one of the Lannister men, showering the boy in the man's blood. Naruto stepped forward, almost like the dances he'd do with Sansa and swung over-shoulder, digging the sword through the next Lannister's neck and down to his gut, drenching Naruto in more blood. He pulled the sword free, but the remaining Lannisters took off down the halls, leaving their weapons behind.

Naruto breathed heavily, having not had breakfast yet and using his powers so soon and so much was already taking its toll. He turned around, eyes still navy blue. His face was painted red along with his armor. His shield had large blobs of blood forming long lines and his sword was sticky with it. He stepped over dead Lannisters and dead Gold Cloaks before finally reaching the door he was hoping to find. He pressed with all his might, but the door wouldn't budge. He could hear the sound of chainmail and scale armor shivering together. That could only mean that even Kingsguard were sent. He roared and punched the door open with all of the strength he could build, revealing boxes and chairs pressed against the door in a vain attempt to bar it down.

The prince filed into the room and pushed the door shut, leaning all of his weight against it. For once, he took notice of how he looked and felt. The blood no longer warm was thick and cold. His armor was drenched in it and his face was no different. He had half a mind to think his hair was sticky because of sweat, but he knew that wasn't the truth. His hair was stuck to his skin because of blood. The blood of his enemies. Naruto's eyes began to glow a menacing vermilion. His powers were heading to a level that he couldn't control. He took slow breaths trying to calm the raging storm of energy within his body. This power was going to be the death of him.

"Sansa! Arya!" Naruto heard Bran's voice. "It's Naruto, he's here!"

Suddenly, Bran arrived blood stains on his armor and a bloodied sword in hand. Sansa arrived as well, a bloodied knife and tear stained cheeks and Arya finally came about, a skinny bladed sword almost as thin as a needle came around, blood on her as well. Naruto sighed softly looking at the dark bags beneath their eyes. They'd taken their first kills today. Sansa looked the most affected out of the whole ordeal. Blood was on her hands and the boy could easily see that she was still shaking from the confrontation. Naruto pushed that thought away on a side-note for later reference. Bran rushed forward and immediately pulled Naruto in to reveal the plan that his mother had set in place. Naruto looked to Bran with wide eyes, but complied anyway.

Summer, Lady and Nymeria were dressed in their battle armors, teeth and maws already bloodied. Naruto took a deep breath and headed into the hallway, only to be immediately clashed with two raging Stark levies. Their blades were pressed against Naruto's neck, but Bran stopped them before they could do any real damage. They lowered their weapons and bowed their heads to the children. They took up positions in the hallway, swords drawn and ready. Naruto whisked the Starks down the hall and called upon the levies to follow up as rear guard. Naruto felt that they were actually going to make it! His feet carried him and his muscles were already about to give out though. His eyes were no longer glowing vermilion, but instead glowering with malice as they darkened to blood-red.

They burst through the doors and charged through the courtyard to see eight Lannister footmen standing around with dead Star levies at their feet. The men joked about killing the men saying they were shitty fighters but smelled even worse and so on and so forth. But the Lannisters turned their heads to face the small group and immediately drew their bloodied swords again. The serjeant of the group roared, capture the traitors and the eight men shot forward. Naruto glared but the direwolves shot ahead of him. They jumped and sunk their teeth into the men, leaving the perfect opening for Naruto and Bran to do what they were trained to do. Just as Naruto rushed into the fray, an arrow lodged into his right shoulder. He roared out in pain, but continued to fight anyway. He swung wildly thanks to the arrow.

Sansa and Arya watched with fear plastered on their faces. Not only were they terrified for Naruto's well being but they were terrified for Bran's. The direwolves were holding their own, tearing through the men like butter. The Stark levies were still fighting strong, but they were sporting a few arrows in their legs and backs. Bran though was uninjured almost as if the archers were aiming specifically for Naruto and the footmen. Bran pulled his blade form the final Lannister footman and immediately took positions with Summer, Lady and Nymeria. The Levies and Naruto were wounded, all three sporting at least five arrows in their bodies. Naruto had one in his chest, but he was still standing as straight as he can. Trying to be defiant to the last breath.

Cersei appeared and wrapped her hands around Sansa and Arya. She gave them both teary frowns as she stared at the carnage in front of her. Sansa was about to ask Cersei why she wasn't doing anything to protect her own son, but Cersei simply gave her a glare. The tears cascaded down the Queen's face, thankfully, no one but the Stark girls were present to see her look as weak as this. Arya did her best to support the Queen but the girl was simply too short. A bellowing roar scared the three of them and they each brought their eyes up to see Naruto cutting through the Lannister reinforcements all the while getting cut and impaled with arrows. Why he kept fighting like that, Cersei couldn't understand. Of course she wouldn't understand, the woman thought. Her son was an enigma that she hated and couldn't stomach for most of his life. She bit her lower lip trying to stop the cry from escaping.

The world around him was changing, slowly revealing too many colors and he found himself in a canyon surrounded by beings of pale white skin and hair as green as grass. Naruto dodged their attacks and their blades and their knives. But for some reason, he kept finding himself getting hit from behind. He ducked under a slash from a blade and swung for the man's legs, removing them in one fell swoop. He turned on his heels to see a girl with flowing blue hair and lavender eyes, akin to the horned woman he saw yesterday. The girl shot forward, power and energy shooting from her open palm. One by one, she dug her hands into the various white beings, sending them back in all directions.

He nodded his head and jumped forward, digging his blade into the face of another. When he pulled his blade from the being's face, his neck was suddenly drenched in what felt like blood. His cheeks were no different. His eyes stung with pain, but it was no matter. He needed to keep fighting. But just as he was about to swing, a great, unbelievable pain radiated throughout his body. The colors and the canyon disappeared, warped and changed before his very eyes. The trees disappeared and the bodies of men and women vanished. The soil itself hardened and turned to stone tiles. The beings turned into Lannister soldiers and what looked like an arm lodged into his side changed form to reveal a spear, trickling with blood. Naruto's blood-red eyes dulled to black, to navy blue, to purple and finally back to his normal sapphire blue. His breaths were ragged and his stomach was burning and churning.

His fingers loosened and the sword fell from his grip, clanging against the stone tiles of the courtyard. All around, Lannister footmen arrived, surrounding the fight. Cersei came about and took Bran and the direwolves away, placing them under her protection. Even Joffrey can't touch them now. But she couldn't save her son. As badly as she wanted to, she couldn't. Especially since Joffrey's specific order was to have Naruto arrested and thrown into the dungeons with Lord Stark for treason. The King had no hold over the Stark children or their direwolves. Cersei made sure of that. She locked her green eyes with her son's sapphire blues and she knew her heart was no more. A red tear trickled from Naruto's left eye. His hand wrapped around the spear and snapped the wood in two. Naruto roared once again, his eyes returning to their blood-red color.

He shot his foot up, crushing Lannister's helm into his cheek. Naruto didn't need a weapon now. He sped forward to the Lannister that stuck him with a pike and dug his fist through the man's armor, puncturing the man as if he were butter. Naruto pulled out, revealing nothing but a massive hole in place of where the man's heart should have been. The boy lifted the broken pike and twirled the shaft in his hands, bashing the men surrounding him left and right, knocking them out with single hits. He turned the pike shaft around and pointed the metal claw at the end towards a Lannister lieutenant and shoved the staff into the man's open mouth, exiting through his helmet. Naruto's eyes were bleeding at this point. No longer did he have pupils or irides; his entire eye was nothing but a deep blood red.

But just as the power began to grow and the ground began to shake, Joffrey rushed forward and bashed the steel pommel of his sword against the nape of Naruto's neck. Naruto fell to the ground, but Joffrey didn't let up and continued to bash the pommel unto Naruto's neck and soon enough his head. Over and over until the boy was no longer moving or fighting back. Joffrey kicked the prince onto his back and checked his face to see if Naruto was still breathing. Naruto was but it was labored and low. Joff smirked and reached for the piece of pike still protruding from Naruto's side. He wrapped his hand around the shattered wood and twisted the spearhead, reveling in the squishing blood and organs within. But he removed the spearhead. Naruto was more use to him alive than dead.

"Take him to the dungeons." Joffrey smiled. "Lock this monster up with the Stark."

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