A/N: Consider this a teaser of something to come.

And a happier bit at that!

Here we have a story idea that was never entirely fleshed out due to a concept I already had in place.

MIND YOU, its already happening in a sense; a chap called TM11 is going to do something similar with Sasuke sooner or later, and he has my full endorsement, as I'm actually curious to see what his story will look like!

After all, we have plenty of Servant!Naruto's already.

What's to stop the rest of the gang from getting in on the action?

So, yes, this is Avenger!Naruto being a grumpy little bugger, but not for very long!

Clearly this is a rough draft that never made it into "A Most Unlikely Avenger" but I wanted to share it with you all.

Who knows? This guy might become a Servant someday, if only for the sheer hilarity and hijinks that would ensue from their presence.

MILD Spoilers for A Most Unlikely Caster, but then again I wasn't terribly subtle about the hints that I dropped there, either. Lemme know what ya think!

"Do you...know him?"

"Nope. Never seen him before."

"That hurts, kid! You've been holding out on me!"

~?

Old Friends

"Give up yet, kid?"

Avenger fought down a twitch in his right eye.

Bad enough that half the Servants in Chaldea claimed to know him, but this...this almost put a smile on his face. He'd nearly forgotten what it felt like to smile. He didn't want to smile. He'd wanted nothing more than to scowl and storm off the moment he found himself face to face with the new arrival. Instead he found himself put in a headlock and wrestled into-then through-three separate wall. Which was mildly concerning, given that he was a Servant. Then again, so too was his would-be kidnapper. The newcomer had waltzed right up to him and when Naruto tried to waltz right off, he found himself in this...situation.

"Let go of me already!"

Jiraiya uttered a long, jaw-popping yawn.

"Not a chance!" A toothy grin flashed above him as the man tightened his grip. "C'mon now, smile! You're brooding more than the Uchiha!"

A low growl built in the back of the blond's throat.

His captor gulped. "Too far?"

"Too far."

In a single spectacular move the blond scythed his legs and bolted upright, driving his skull into Assassin's skull. His old mentor reeled, genuinely unprepared for the move, and in that instant he wriggled free and planted a clenched fist in the sage's stomach. The satisfying wheeze did, however, bring a smile to his face as he straightened-

Right before his fellow Servant cold-cocked him right across the jaw and sent him spinning to the deck.

Holy hell, the old man hit harder than he'd expected! Really hard!

Vision swimming, it was all he could do just to prop himself up.

"Right then," a hand closed around his hair and jerked him upright. "I don't know what happened to make you this way, but you and I are going to have a talk-

"Are you now?" a painfully familiar voice intoned as his vision continued to swim. "Might I be allowed to join this conversation as well?"

Oh, no. No, no, no. Where the devil had she been hiding? Was she watching them the whole time? Just waiting for this?

"Stay out of this, Saber. 'S not any of your business." Naruto groaned aloud, to no avail.

"Wait, is that your girlfriend?!" Jiraiya squalled. "C'mon, kid! Introduce me!"

"Ho?" a golden grow rose ponderously. "What was that?"

...nevermind. I'm good."

A/N: Aaaaaand there we have it, folks.

So...in the immortal words of Atlas...Review...Would Ya Kindly?

Fine, fine, a preview for you.

Hope it makes you smile!

(Preview)

"Stop those perverts!"

Jiraiya and Blackbeard were eerily silent.

Then they pelted for the door like a pair of madmen.

"FOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOLS! You'll never take us alive!"

R&R! =D