It was a grand day in King's Landing as the stage for the Royal Tournament was set to be underway. Up on the royal throne stage, the Master of Coin, Petyr Baelish looked on in greed. 'Soon, my plans will be in place and I will assume command of the Seven Kingdoms' was the traitorous thought that ran through his mind. He soon ordered a servant to place poison in the King's food as it was well known that he did not consume wine.

In the Red Keep, however, Naruto had other ideas. On his orders, Naruto ordered the Master of Coin's legers to be brought to him for their yearly examination. With the help of his Queen to be, the two burned through the midnight oil to go through his coded books. Anko, who had arrived at King's Landing just that morning to become a Dungeon Master and was quickly commissioned into the Kingsguard to become the King's bodyguard, was called into service to help interpret the code.

By the time that the cock crowed to bring the dawn of the Royal Tournament into existence, the code was broken while Baelish slept thinking about his plot to overthrow the king. The kingdom's finances were in the red by 2 million Gold Dragons as Baelish was slowly plotting with someone over at Essos to overthrow the crown, someone with the men necessary to do it.

Calling over the city watch commander, Naruto ordered, "Gather the small council, save the Master of Coin. I want them in the Iron Room yesterday."

As Naruto approached his throne in the Iron Room, the thought of an execution so soon before his upcoming nuptials with Ayame is going to be putting a damper on any celebration. Maybe convince him to take the Black as punishment…

The thought trailed off as his Small council entered the room, some dressed as if they were recovering from an illicit affairs or hangovers. It didn't matter to Naruto at the end. They represented the best that this kingdom had to offer, it was high time that they acted like it.

"Morning Council members," Naruto proclaimed as he sat on the Iron throne, "I bring news that someone in this council is a traitor."

Robert spoke with reservation, "Your grace, how can this accusation stand?"

Naruto simply sidestepped the question with one of his own, "No, the proper question is who else in this room is a traitor with the Master of Coin."

The doors to the Iron Room suddenly open to Petyr Baelish accompanied with some of the city watch. "Ahh, Ser Baelish, how nice of you to join us. Guards, why is this man not in chains like I know Anko has commanded you to do?"

Suddenly, swords were drawn by Baelish's guards, indicating that they were not here for conversation. Naruto's Kingsguard drew theirs in retaliation, but a hand raised by Naruto stopped them from taking any further action. "Okay, if you want to make an enemy of me, Petyr, then by all means, do, but be warned, when you do start a fight with me, then I will finish it and it will not be in your favor. So I ask again, are you sure that you want to make an enemy of the man who killed the Mad King in honorable combat?"

All but a few brave souls left the room. Ser Robert stayed on behalf of the small council to witness that the King's Justice was done. The Kingsguard representative, Anko, also stayed in the room because she wanted to see how deadly Naruto was with a blade.

Naruto dropped to his knee, drawing two kunai that formed the set Kyuubi in his hand, and whispered to an almost silent room, "To the gods, both old and new, allow me, King Naruto, of the House Uzumaki, the First of his name, to dispense Justice in both my name and in yours through honorable combat."

With that, the combat began. The first two city watch fell rather easily to the kunai, though they were sharpened with wind chakra to the point where their heads were severed. The next four were a bit more difficult, but fell in relative short order. Then stood Petyr Baelish and his most trusted right hand, the Mountain of the Lannisters. Seeing as he was bare handed, Naruto put away his kunai and was prepared to fight when suddenly, the Mountain drew his sword and held it at the neck of Baelish, forcing him to his knees.

The Kingsguard quickly surrounded him with their own swords as the Mountain put his away, prepared to face whatever punishment that he would suffer through for his part in the coup attempt.

Naruto thought about what happened for a brief moment and then commanded the entire room to clear out save the Kingsguard and the now immobilized Master of Coin.

"You should have thought about your plot more carefully, Littlefinger," Naruto stated as he resumed his position on the Iron Throne, "You knew that I check the kingdom's finances once a year and you knew that I had contingencies in place if any of my Small Council were to betray me. I didn't think that I would use them on you though. The Spider's information is dead on accurate about your attempts at poison my future Queen at today's tournament."

"Why not you too," Littlefinger asked in puzzlement.

"I am immune to most, if not all poisons, you idiot." Gathering his center, Naruto continued, "You may think that sparing your life is foolhardy, but the fate that you will suffer is worse than death, and no amount of the crown's gold that you sent to your friend in Essos will get you out of it. As of today, by my authority as King of the Seven Kingdoms, you are hereby stripped of your title as Master of Coin. Further, you are hereby stripped of your possessions, save for the clothing that is on your back, and finally you are hereby sentenced to pay back the crown's debts by taking the Black. Until you can properly make the journey to take the Black, You will spend the next three days at the Black Cells. Take him away."

As Littlefinger was dragged from the room, Naruto then turned to the Mountain, "Ser, you have prevented a bloody battle inside my own throne room, and you did the right thing by turning over the traitor. Anything that you desire that is within my power to grant, I shall do so."

The Mountain spoke with a calm voice, "I wish to guard your future bride." A smile crossed Naruto's face as he nodded, seemingly granting the request.

Author Notes and Ramblings

While it may not be obvious in the last few chapters, I did change the makeup of the Small Council for the purposes of this story. This is the makeup of the Small Council as of the start of this chapter:

The Hand of the King: Tyron Lannister
Grand Maester: Pycelle
Master of Coin: Petyr Baelish (now vacant due to his treason)
Master of Whispers: Varys
Master of Laws: Robert Baratheon
Master of Ships: Stannis Baratheon
Lord Commander of the Kingsguard: Ser Barristan Selmy (Anko now attends the council meetings as his representative/Second in Command)
Representative of the Watch: Bronn [Note: Elected position among the City Watch. Does not actually influence policy.]

Also a few more deviations from the TV show/books is the Renly Baratheon doesn't have a formal fief as Robert is the Lord of Storm's End in his stead. However, that doesn't mean that Renly will go without land for long as I have big plans for him soon. And one more thing, yes, I will keep Renly's homosexuality from the TV show in the story.

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