Hello people to another chapter of Eiyu no Kage! I'm so pumped ever since I posted that last chapter, so let's start the party!
enoix27: Kyuubi shall be considered genderless until said so otherwise.
Nightwolf912: I'm pretty sure I said Archer is Shirou (died and did not regret his ideals), not EMIYA (died and regretted his ideals)
little puppy: Yes, Assassin is from Fate strange/fake.
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Disclaimer: first chapter
Chapter 3: Welcome to Konoha
Naruto charged at Saber with his wooden sword positioned beside him and was parallel to the ground. As soon as Naruto was within striking range, he screeched to a halt, bent his knees, and jumped up and conducted several front flips before making his sword make contact with sword. Saber angled her sword with the point directed to the ground. When Naruto hit the sword, his balance was thrown off and he went slinding and rolling across the ground.
"What was that…?" nNaruto asked Saber.
"That, Master, is a parry. A parry is when you misdirect an oncoming attack to counter. Just with that parry alone, you would have died ninety different ways." Saber's answer terrified Naruto, "In a battle of swords, it only takes one mistake to die. The faster and more skilled a warrior is able to fix his or her mistake, the better the chance of coming out of the clash with only a scratch." Naruto gulped. He remembered Zabuza, a missing-nin, a mercenary for hire with a sword as big as he was. The man was once renowned for his swordsmanship, and Naruto now knew the outcome of what could have happened if he made a mistake during the fight he had against him.
"One mistake… Well it's a good thing I won't be making any!" Naruto declared confidently. Saber narrowed her eyes before closing them. She smiled a bit. Confidence was nice and all, but to back up that confidence, skill is required.
"You already made a mistake with that first strike," Saber commented. Her Master chuckled embarrassingly, "But you didn't know about the consequences of mistakes in a duel of swords so…Hmm…quite the declaration, Master. Can you support your claim?" Saber asked as she took her stance once more.
The Master grinned and stood up, his energy showing as he jumped off the ground just to stand. He took his battle stance as well, similar to Saber's, "Ready, Saber?"
"Don't keep me waiting, Master."
In a burst of speed, Naruto closed the gap. The blonde Master gripped his sword tightly and swung upwards. Saber saw the attack and parried it to her left. After doing that, she stabbed the point of the sword right at where Naruto's sternum should be, "Dead," Saber declared, "You've already made a mistake, Master." Naruto frowned before stepping back several meters and went into position again.
Naruto, showing yet another display of speed, went in a zig-zag path. He was trying to confuse Saber. The blonde servant waited to counter rather than to intercept her Master. At the last juke, Naruto aimed to stab at Saber's right shoulder. The sword master parried once again, forcing Naruto's blade to the gorund. She moved her sword towards Naruto's unguarded neck and stopped there, "Dead."
Naruto jumped back, returning to his position. She always parries… I need to make her block. With the tiny idea sparked in his head, Naruto charged forward. He sprinted as fast as he could and aimed for an aerial, downward stroke. Saber anticipated the telegraphed move and blocked it. With Naruto's weight on his blade, Saber threw her Master over her shoulder.
Now! Naruto, seeing a chance to strike, swung his blade at Saber's unguarded back. As soon as he thought he might land a hit, the intense swing of Saber's sword sends Naruto's sword careening into the ground. Naruto was in a state of shock. How'd she know he would aim for her back? There was no time to think, Naruto needed to act! He pulled back his sword and landed just outside striking range. Naruto twirled his body clockwise, bringing his sword arm up into an overhead, vertical slash that had his weight added to give extra power. His Servant finally blocked by making her sword parallel to the ground. There were no signs of misdirection; Naruto can strike again.
Aim for the legs! Naruto thought to himself. He pulled back his sword and went for a diagonal slash. Saber stabbed her sword into the ground and lifted it up immediately as soon as Naruto's sword hit hers. With both swords poised over each swords/Wo/men, both brought their swords down into a clash. Both blondes reared theirs swords to return into striking position and were about to repeat the clash.
Jump back, then strike! Naruto feinted, resulting in a defenseless Saber. He sprinted towards Saber with his sword positioned at his side to take her head. Saber smiled; her Master baited her into a defenseless attack, and he was reaping the benefits as best as he could. Too bad he won't get close to hitting her. Saber lifted her sword, parrying the oncoming blade. She noticed the look of shock on her Master's face, and she was amused by it. She brought her sword down on Naruto's left collarbone and-
POOF! Naruto turned into a cloud.
"What?" Saber asked, her shock registering in time to meet the wooden blade in front of her. The sword came from behind the cloud, so is Naruto behind there too? She slid her sword on the surface of her Master's sword and reached his abdomen.
POOF! Again! Naruto turns into a cloud that hinders Saber's vision. She hears footsteps to her left and slashes.
POOF! To the right, she slashes.
POOF! The ground cracks, and she jumps back to barely dodge the edge of Naruto's sword. Saber tightened her grip on her sword. She knew a new type of lesson to teach her Master: Honor between Swordsmen. She now took the offensive as she swung her sword down onto her Master. Naruto noticed Saber's charge and blocked it. He couldn't react fast enough when she pulled her sword back to go for his legs, then abdomen, "Dead," she aimed to Naruto's right shoulder, "Dead," stabbed at his stomach, "Dead," she went for his neck, "Dead," and a direct hit to the head, right in the middle, "DEAD!" Her Master fell backwards, unconscious from the final blow. She poked her Master, trying to check if he's faking it.
"I think I went too far…" Saber said to herself.
"YOU THINK?!" The other Servants asked incredulously.
Hours later, the sun peeked over the Horizon. It was time for the Hokage to work. The woman, blonde and looked to be in her thirties with a blue diamond on her forehead, is Tsunade. She is a buxom woman with desirable qualities men would drool over, yet her true age is in her fifties… She wears a white robe and a green jacket over it. She also wears a pair of dark blue pants and black heels. She placed an illusion to make herself look young, but even so, her combat abilities wavered slightly below her prime. She can turn Shinobi to mush mind you, but it would take a bit of effort in her part to turn the poor victim into mush.
Tsunade groaned. As she entered her office, she already saw the terror that was the meter-tall stack of paperwork. However, this meter-tall stack was not alone! Oh no, folks, there was not one, not two, not four, but six meter-tall stacks of paperwork in her office! How'd it come to this?
Procrastination and because she was getting drunk.
She sighed deeply, and looked over the stacks. They were already organized by topic: Economy, Shinobi, Contracts, Trade, Complaints and miscellany, and Naruto. Yes Naruto is sometimes so problematic that he gets his own stack of papers. Tsunade looked over the stack. Judging by the first page of a 75 page essay of why Naruto should be executed for his incompetence and usage of Kyuubi's Chakra, Tsunade wanted to burn it.
Wait…why think this over? Tsunade took Naruto's stack and used a fireball jutsu to burn the stack. With that problem done, she looked at the remains of what should be the ashes of the pile. When the smoke and cinder dissipate, she was terrified to see the intact stack of papers! She panicked and sent another fireball at it. It didn't burn. She did it again, but it was futile! "What's going on?! Why won't this stack burn?!" Tsunade hurried to her desk to see if a message was left on it.
I'm sorry, Tsunade-sama, but you've left me no choice! I've asked Jiraiya-sama for help and placed every stack of paperwork with fire-retardant seals so you can't burn it! You can't shred it either, so don't even think about it! You can't even drown it! You can't run away, Tsunade-sama. Fulfill your duties!
Tsunade slammed on her desk, "DAMN YOU, SHIZUNE!"
The door opened, "Tsunade-sama!" It was Shizune, Tsunade's apprentice. She has short, dark brown hair swept downwards and wears a dark purple robe and black heels.
"Shizune!" Tsunade roared, "You're going to pay for your insolence!"
"No time for that!" Shizune yelled at her Master, "Naruto's gone missing!"
"What?! Send out the Anbu and any available Shinobi! We need to find Naruto immediately," Tsunade ordered with haste. She worried for Naruto. If he's gone missing, then either he woke up and moved, or he was kidnapped.
"Hai, Tsunade-sama!" Shizune saluted before leaving to aid in the search.
Kakashi and Sakura didn't need to look too hard to find Naruto. Sakura had guessed Naruto might have gone to Team Seven's training ground to train his bottom off to get Sasuke back. When they did arrive, they saw Naruto holding a wooden sword and fighting a blonde swordswoman in a white kimono and black hakama pants.
"Dead!" The woman yelled. She pulled her sword away, and Naruto charged at the woman full force.
"Again!" He yelled as he charged. The woman parried upwards and sent the butt of her sword into Naruto's gut. The Shinobi keeled over and kneeled over. Not a second later did he feel a strong gust of wind hit his left cheek. He glanced over to see the wooden blade at his cheek.
"Dead," She declared.
Naruto quickly stood up, "Again!" He clashed against the woman. Sword meeting sword, Naruto seemed desperate to land a hit on a woman.
Naruto swung his sword horizontally, and Saber ducked. Naruto noticed he cut her ahoge, the stray strand on Saber's scalp. Immediately, Archer cringed. The man had experienced the hell Naruto would face, and there was no time to save him. Saber's white kimono turned black, her skin turned pale, and her stare became a glare; this is Saber Alter!
"DEAD!" Saber declared as she slammed the sword to Naruto's gut and launched him up into a tree. Naruto screamed and yelped in pain as he fell from branch to branch until he gave a quick, 'oof' when he landed on the ground. Sakura ran to Naruto's side, worried for his safety. She looked at his injuries. He already sported multiple bruises and cuts on his body. She suspected it's because of the woman.
She turned to the swordswoman and yelled, "Who are you and why are you hurting Naruto?" Kakashi stood next to Sakura, ready to strike if the need arises. He looked her over…
Did her kimono turn white again?
"Agh…darn it, Saber-sensei…you hit too hard," Naruto groaned as he tried to sit properly, "Sakura-chan, don't worry, she's a teacher."
Sakura turned to her teammate, "A teacher? What's she teaching you? The multiple ways your ass can be beaten?" The blonde shinobi chuckled in pain.
"Very funny, Sakura. She's teaching me how to wield a sword."
"When you just woke up? You needed to recover and look at you beating yourself up!"
"Ma'am. May I know your name?" kakashi asked as he ignored his bickering students. The woman bowed to Kakashi.
"I am Saber, Shinobi-san."
"Saber…like a sword?" Kakashi asked with a bit of wonder in his voice.
"Yes."
"My name is Kakashi Hatake and the girl is my student, Sakura Haruno, nice to meet you Saber-san. I'd like for you to come to the Hokage's office, if you don't mind. I think she'd like to have a nice chat with you."
"Of course, Kakashi-san. It's a pleasure to meet you and your student."
When Kakashi, Sakura, a badly beaten Naruto, and a triumphant Saber walked into Tsunade's office. They saw the woman furiously going through paper after paper to get the work over with. She didn't have any time for this stupid paperwork!
"Hokage-sama, we found Naruto." Kakashi said to the Hokage as he, Sakura, Naruto and Saber entered the room. The woman stopped going through her papers and shoved them aside to slam on her desk. Naruto stiffened to brace for the scolding and reprimanding he'd get.
Tsunade sighed deeply before yelled at Naruto, "YOU STUPID KID! YOU WERE IN A COMA FOR A MONTH AND THE FIRST THING YOU DO IS JUST GO SOMEWHERE! WHAT WAS SO IMPORTANT THAT YOU NEEDED TO LEAVE YOUR BED TO LOOK SO BRUISED?!" Naruto recoiled from Tsunade's yell while Saber didn't flinch at the volume.
So…two things: Naruto really was unconscious for a while, and Tsunade was royally pissed off. He wondered how Tsunade would take the news of him having nine warriors of the past staying in his head?
"I wanted to train." Naruto answered. Tsunade sighed. It was difficult handling Naruto sometimes really… "I wanted to get stronger so I can get Sasuke back!" Tsunade sighed again and inspected the stranger.
"And you are?" She asked Saber.
"Saber, Hokage-sama," answered Saber with a bow to accommodate the greeting, "I'm teaching Naruto how to wield a sword, or at least how to fight without getting hit. Obviously, he failed miserably." Naruto looked down to his bruises being healed by Kyuubi, "Though he failed, he has heart. And he was relentless in trying to get a hit on me. He has the heart of a lion, Hokage-sama." Tsunade smiled at the compliment aimed at her godson. Naruto was elated as well.
"So you had fun, I'm guessing, Naruto?"
"Of course!" Naruto answered excitedly, "Even though I got beaten to a pulp, I want to do that again! I plan on surpassing her to get to that hat of yours Baa-chan!" The Hokage smiled as she flared her Chakra.
"Jiraiya, come in here!" Tsunade ordered. In a poof of smoke, out came a spiky, white, long-haired man with a headband with kanji of 'Oil' etched on it. He wore a red, loose vest and dark green, long sleeved short kimono and pants. Underneath is a mesh shirt for protection, and on his back is a large scroll. This is Jiraiya, the Toad Sage.
"You called, Hime?"
"Seal the place up." Tsunade ordered.
"Right away!" Jiraiya complied.
Tsunade leaned onto her desk, elbows resting on it, and her hand intertwined together in front of her mouth, "So Saber-san. Tell me who you really are. It's strange for Naruto to find a master that quickly in such a small timeframe." Naruto stepped forward.
"Baa-chan, if you want to know about her, then you'll need to know about the others." Tsunade's interest peaked as her hands placed themselves on the desk.
"Others?"
"Everyone, come out," Naruto summoned his Servants to the real world. Eight golden pillars of light appeared to show Naruto's Servants kneeling. They stood up once the light faded, "Baa-chan, these people and Saber are my Servants. I'm their Master."
The Shinobi blinked rapidly, trying to comprehend what he said, and not surprisingly, they asked, "What?" in tandem. The blonde jinchuuriki cheekily smiled at the other Shinobis' confusion.
After the meet'n'greet and the backstory for what happened inside Naruto's head, Tsunade, Jiraiya, Kakashi, and Sakura were left gobsmacked and their mouths agape for far too long.
"S-So the Kyuubi gave you full mastery if you master your Servants?" Tsunade asked, still shocked by the news. Jiraiya merely ogled at the female Servants with a perverted stare, his gaze gravitating to the womens' assets. Tsunade tightend her fists, but restrained herself from hitting the perverted man; she needed to be professional in front of the strangers.
"Yup."
"I wouldn't mind 'Mastering' one of those Servants of yours, kid." Jiraiya let out a perverted chuckle. Immediately, Rider shot the floor, making Jiraiya dance, Alter kicked him upside the head, Ruler slammed the flat of her blade to the side of his head, and Assassin twisted his neck. He turned and fell on Tsunade's boobs. Tsunade picked him up and punched him away.
Sadly, Lancer was in the line of fire. He was swept away by Mach 1 bullet Jiraiya and landed to the other side of the Village.
"Ah…Lancer died…" Archer monotonously cried out.
"YOU AREN'T HUMAN!" The Servants and Naruto roared at Tsunade.
"They're fine," Tsunade dismissed the accusation with a wave of her hand, "As for this conversation, this is strictly between us. No one will know about Naruto's servants except us. Saber is only allowed to be seen because she is Naruto's current teacher. Understand?"
"Yes, Baa-chan!"
"Yes, Hokage-sama." Replied the Servants.
"Welcome to Konoha."
Omake: Alter is Hungry~
It was nighttime. Naruto was forced to recuperate after the merciless beating Saber gave. So now, every Servant was back in Naruto's mindscape, minding his or her own business, while Archer was fidgeting as much as Berserker, who's fidgeting became more intense upon seeing Saber's Alter form.
"Archer." Said man stiffened, "Come with me for a moment."
"Why…?" Archer cautiously asked.
"I'm hungry."
"Oh… well okay, let's get you something to eat then."
Something stirred within Saber when Alter was released after a long time. A desire sparked in her that needed to be drenched. She yanked Archer away from the other Servants and went to the more private sectors of the mindscape.
"Woah, woah! Saber? What're you doing?"
"Be quiet, Archer."
"Alter? Stop! Stop pulling my pants!" Archer's yells and shrieks of terror echoed across the sewage walls. Lancer looked terrified and Berserker stiffened at hearing the title, Alter. He too had seen his fair share of nightmares upon discovering Alter.
And so concludes chapter three. How do you like a sneak peek of Naruto's harsh training? Is it good, bad, something else? Obviously, I'm keeping the Servants except Saber secret from the public.
And a moment of silence for Lancer… he's not dead just badly wounded.
So follow, favorite, review, I don't care. I've been working on this the whole day with a party going on downstairs. I'm surprised I got this done!
This is Azure, signing off!