The Emperor of the Elemental Nations and His Brides
cordially invite you to the Marriage of:
His Imperial Majesty Naruto Uzumaki Namikaze
And
Damiyo Koyuki Kazahana of Spring District
Priestess Shion of Demon District
Temari Sabaku of Suna District
and Xing Cai of the Northern Alliance
Date: June 23rd
Time: 2:00pm
Place: Imperial Palace in Edo-sei
RSVP via messenger bird.
The marriage of Naruto couldn't wait any sooner. His imperial majesty was currently roaming the wedding hall where the ceremony will take place in a mere 2 hours. He had always had a superstition about him, and thus made his brides sleep in other rooms of the palace before the wedding. Then the news struck out of the Northern Alliance that both Liu Bei and Liu Chan had both been assassinated by Wei troops as they were getting ready to attend the service. Politically, this put Xing Cai as head of Shu's land in the Northern Alliance, land that is dangerously being in jeopardy of being taken by Wei if the latest intelligence reports are accurate.
He has ordered his cabinet to assemble within the day after tomorrow with ideas to deal with the Wei threat, but for now, he has ordered the HAWK and SNAKE, the Emperor's eyes and ears, to keep tabs on the situation.
He was dressed in his formal kimono, white with tiger prints. The kimono has been with him as a birthday present from his finances in a bid to get rid of his orange wardrobe. They succeeded in their task as he bought more of the kimonos. He was glad that he bought them now rather than the orange monstrosity that he was forced to wear for the first fifteen years of his life.
The heads of states was being escorted to the hall. First was the Fire Damiyo by lot of being the country of the emperor's origin. The now sickly man, due to his captivity by Madara and Obito Uchia, was in a contraption called a wheelchair, a now widespread invention from Spring. Doctors didn't give the middle aged man long to live.
Next to be escorted was the Northern Alliance heads Sun Quan and Cao Pi, of Wu and Wei respectively. While Naruto himself had no problems with Wu, Cao Pi had two men from HAWK and SNAKE watching his every move, intercepting documents that he wrote, the whole nine yards. This was done to protect Shu's last remaining legitmate heir, and his bride.
The next to be escorted in turn are the rest of the Elemental country damiyos starting with the five former great nations, Wind, Earth, Water, and Lighting. The move that Naruto made regarding those former Ninja villages is that they have become a conscription base for his ground forces by maintaining the status quo as Ninja Schools, and establishing new Samurai schools in the "minor" districts. This bolstered his forces by 200%. Though, to Naruto, that may not seem to be enough.
The last of the important people were his cabinet, starting with the Prime Minister, the Ministers of the Interior and Exterior, and the Lords of the Capital and the Perimeter. His Commander in Chief, official title, The Commander of the Five Posts, motioned to his seat, as did the head commanders of the Samurai forces, Ninja forces, Special forces, and the Navy right behind him, official titles, Commanders of the North, South, Left and Right respectively. Finally, his bodyguard detail, The Tiger Escort, assumed their positions with the commander, Garra the Best Man, assuming his place on his left.
The various lords and the ladies that went with them were mingling with each other when the trumpet sounded announcing the first bride. "My Lords and Ladies, May I present Lady Koyuki Kazahana of Spring," the doorman announced. The music was a festive Spring district tune that was composed by her father for her daughter after a dream he had. In time, it became Spring's National Anthem before the Elemental Countries united under Emperor Naruto. The fledgling young woman of 20 was very happy to be his first bride.
She assumed her rightful place at Naruto's right as the doorman announced the next bride, "My Lords and Ladies, May I present Lady Temari Sabaku of Suna." At Garra's smile, he knew that Naruto spoke wisely when he ultimately selected Temari as a fourth bride. Politically speaking, he knew that there was a marriage agreement between Suna and Konoha, and Tsunade had to get Naruto out of there fast before the agreement could be enforced. It was the worst mistake in his young life. As he knew the 21 year old from her frequent visits to the palace as Suna's representative, he found a lot of things in common with the woman. As Koyuki and Shion found out about Temari and the agreement, they blew off a lot of steam before breaking in a new mattress with just the women so that they can get to know each other.
He was shaken by the doorman again, "My Lords and Ladies, May I present Xing Cai of the Northern Alliance." He didn't know what was going through Naruto's mind as he agreed to this power share with the Northern Alliance. Sure, Shu screwed Earth country out of valuable water and resources, but with the recent assassinations, and the upcoming council to deal with the problem, he got a lot of it back, if he played the cards right. Cards that have to be played in the bedroom.
The doorman entered once more, "My Lords and Ladies, May I present Priestess Shion of Demon." She glided down the hall as the ceremony officially got underway.
"Dearly beloved," The priest said. Suddenly, everyone felt weak and nearly collapsed. Only Naruto, who was talking with the Kyuubi remained standing while Cao Pi, who remained seated, was inert.
"So this is why you attacked my potential in-laws. To get at me," Naruto spoke with authority.
"Not so, my imperial highness," Cao Pi replied. "I came for the Kyuubi Stone which my men are currently finding."
"The Kyuubi stone doesn't exist. Why try to search for something that doesn't exist?"
"Let me tell you a story about the legend of the barrier. You see when Madara was a boy, he found nine stones that radiated power. He brought them to the Sage of Six Paths, he immediately threw them out, but when he did, a portion of the Juubi went with it. And so the legend goes that if you unite the nine stones that make up the barrier around the continent, well, something will happen like your advantage of using Chakara. Making you much easier to destroy. Then Wu will fall and I will rule this world."
A solider bearing the other eight stones walked to and bowed before his lord. "Sir," the solider said in surprise, "the stones are reacting to something in this room."
"Impossible," Cao Pi responded, "That can not happen unless." He thought about it for a moment, "The Kyuubi stone broke and imbued its essence in someone in this room. No one leaves this room."
Naruto spoke getting back into the conversation, "Whatever happened happened already." A look on Cao Pi's face urged him to continue, "The stone you seek shattered two years ago. You are too late."
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Author's Notes and Statistics
And the transition to the modern world is complete. The problem with my predecessors is that they lack vision when they see a storyline. They see a story, and go, "Ohh a story, I like to try", and often times discontinue the story or cut it short because they have no guidance from the original author as to where to go next. It gets boring quick.
As to why I am doing an Emperor Naruto fiction? Because I saw two fics, one written by Snafu and the other by VFSNAKE that, aside from minor differences between them and the original work, I felt was too close to ChrisM2011's version, a version that, aside from being the original, is the version that I held in high regard.
Am I saying that you shouldn't go out and support their work? Absolutely not. In fact, I have both stories on my C2, Hail to the Emperor Naruto. All I am saying is that they lacked the vision to improve on the original, and that is the fatal flaw that many fan fiction writers have today.
Statistics
The Statistics are going to be a bit different this time around. With the site openly displaying the favorites and alerts stat, I will no longer keep public track of them on my stories.
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