Rider of Tohsaka Chapter 2 War Begins

Here I am again with a new chapter for my Rider of Tohsaka tale, where last time we had Naruto-kun, or Rider, be summoned in place of the usual Archer and come face to face with the Saber servant… who just so happened to be our favorite displace EMIYA.

Since I'm sorta going by the show episodes, then you guys should have a good idea of what comes next. Have fun reading!

Please review once you are done, it'd make my day.

I don't own Naruto, nor do I own Fate Stay Night.

Homurahara High School, Nighttime

"So you mean to tell me that you've already encountered the Saber class servant?" Rin asked as she took a drink of the soda she had gotten earlier while looking over the city from the rooftop of the school.

Her servant had reported back from scouting a short while after her lunch period had ended and had surprised her with his meeting of an enemy servant already, along with the servant's master, who sounded suspiciously like her long lost sister who had been worrying her because Sakura hadn't been seen since school let out a week ago when the Makiri mansion went up in an explosion of flames that Rin could see from her bedroom window.

"Yep," Rider said as he savored the carbonated liquid in his mouth after having expressed an interest in the drink his master was holding when he first appeared. "He was a tall man with a deep tan and white hair that would make him seem like an old man if his face wasn't so young and he was wearing a red coat over black armor. I believe I saw his main weapons, because he summoned a pair of blades that had an inverted color scheme to each other into his hands when he went to cut me down."

"What did they look like?" She asked as she turned her pigtailed head towards him, wondering if she could place the identity of her little sister's servant through the identity of his weapons.

"They were short, curved swords without much of a guard for the handles," Rider said as he walked forward while draining the rest of his Dr. Pepper, wondering when humanity had made something that tasted as good as sake, yet didn't make the drinker incoherent… not that he could get drunk anyways… stupid Jinchuuriki status coupled with Uzumaki regeneration stopping his many attempts. "The blade of the one in his left hand was completely black, while the other was bone white and they had the symbols for the yin/yang where the blade met the hilt."

His master's face simply adopted an adorable look of confusion since she had never heard of such blades before sighing as she thought of the research she was going to have to do to look them up and how pissed she was going to be if that wasn't even Saber's noble phantasm when it came time for him and Rider to clash.

Rin sighed then as she turned to look back over at a complex magical seal that was positioned in the middle of the roof; the thing she had originally came up here to look at after feeling the horrible aura it gave off. Rider took note of her attention and turned his gaze to look at the strange Fuinjutsu in disgust, having already figured out what it was to be used for.

"For now, we should just deal with this and move on to see if we can find any servants to fight," the pig-tail clad master said as she knelt down next to the nasty piece of work, sweeping a lock of hair out of her face. "I'll start getting rid of it then."

"Aww that seems like a waste…" A voice said out from above them, making Rin freeze and they both turned to look at a man wearing a torn blue cloak with a fur-lined hood covering his head and a black undershirt that revealed his collarbone and formed over his abs like flowing water. Around his waist was a strange blue and white kilt that was held up by an armor link belt and in his hands resting over his shoulders was a staff that resembled a shepherds crook.

The man was currently squatting on top of the water tower watching their interactions with crimson red eyes that peered out from beneath the shadow of his hood.

"Are you the one that put this here!?" Rin demanded as she stood up to glare at the man that was clearly of the Caster class from his robes and staff.

"Nope," came her answer as the man stared down at the carnivorous magic circle with disinterest. "Stooping to dirty tricks is the role of the master, isn't that right buddy?"

Naruto smirked as he caught the last part directed at him, both of them already knowing what the other was. "Yeah, hate to admit it Rin-chan, but it's true."

He then patted his master on the head, getting a scowl from the girl in the process that he thought was positively adorable, "Though I don't think the little lady here would do something so callous as to use children as fuel; especially when she is more than capable of supplying me with Prana on her own."

Caster gave a laugh at the blond's words as he threw his head back, "So true, my own master prefers to not dabble in that kind of thing either, though in her words, adults and criminals like a certain priest we plan on killing are fair game."

"So are we going to fight, my fellow servant?" Naruto asked with a twitch of his lips towards the cowl covered man while Rin pondered what the blue man meant by a priest, thinking of only one in the city at the current time that could piss somebody off so much… "Or are we going to save this for another night? Personally I would like to face all of the servants at the same time in a free for all too really get the blood flowing."

The Caster class servant laughed loud and hard at the proclamation of the man standing before him, while Rider's own master stared at her servant in disbelief and elsewhere a certain man with long black hair stared at the sky from the window of his classroom in the Clocktower as he paused in his teaching when words similar to what his own servant said over a decade ago were spoken once again.

"Oh, I like you," Caster said before he stood up from his squatting position and held his staff out like a spear behind his back, making Naruto's eyebrow rise a bit. "How about we have a nice spar to warm up for that fight then?"

Rin squawked as her Rider grinned at the challenge before he pulled his katana from his back and took a stance to stand ready for the enemy servant to attack, "Sure why not."

The silence between the two was palpable until suddenly the Caster's arm became a blur alongside her servant's own and Rin jumped in shock as a clash erupted from over to her left where when she turned to look, saw what looked like rune covered knives cutting into three talismans written in a language she barely recognized as something from the western side of Europe.

"That was impressive buddy…" Caster said as he looked down at his opponent, "Agile, fast and powerful… just like a hero should be… unlike that red clad fellow that ran away from me earlier when I was about to blow him up…"

Then the Caster jumped.

A normal human wouldn't have been able to see the magician's movement; even Rin could barely follow the man with her reinforced eyes. A normal human would've been unable to defend themselves against his coming attack in the form of a large sweep with his staff coming at their right. A normal human would've been dead before he had a chance to figure out what exactly was going on.

But for a Heroic Spirit, a Heroic Spirit would be able to stay calm and send his own strike right back…

And Caster found that out as his staff was blocked by the forgotten hero that he was trying to kill. Using his spiral sword, Rider quickly parried the staff that his opponent used, and with a quick application of strength, forced the blue-clad man to take a couple of steps backward.

Grinning cheekily as he swung his staff weapon several times to try and find an opening in the blond's guard, each strike was blocked by a flurry of movement before their weapons clashed once again and with a roar from the blond that startled his master into backing away a step, Naruto's eyes turned a deep crimson to match Caster, startling his enemy while he immediately threw him through the air and into the fence surrounding the roof.

"… Oh you've gotta be kidding me…" Caster said as instead of crashing into the fence like Rider intended, the man kicked off the links and into the air, then he charged once more by kicking off the air from a glowing rune appearing in the air beneath his feet, and he narrowly blocked the swung blade that would've inflicted a grave wound on his person and instead carved a large gap into the roof. "You're a scary person, teme~!"

Naruto simply smirked and moved closer to him while Rin remained in her place, awestruck by the battle between the legendary figures that resided in the Heroes Throne, having never seen anything of the like even in her father's spectral recordings of magi fights.

Now if only she could think of a way that would explain the damage to the school building that the teachers would undoubtedly find come morning…

In order to evade another strike sent his way by the blond, Caster threw several stones that he had collected from the destroyed roof that had different runes on them while sending out a sweep from his staff. However the man's adversary simply dodged through a very narrow gap between the incoming runes before slamming his blade against Caster's staff, making sure to keep adding a hefty amount of force to his attacks and the magician found himself being pushed away according to the attack's trajectory, and the only thing that kept him from being fully thrown away by the force shown by Rider's superhuman strength was his solid footing, he had even planted his foot down so powerfully after the last swing of Rider's sword that the floor of the roof beneath him was destroyed by his attempt to not be overpowered by the other man's attack, making Rin groan in her head at the sight of more damage to the building.

'This guy is strong…' Caster thought as he finally scored a hit with his staff, only slightly put out when he found that Rider only moved back three feet from his attack, despite the force he had put into it. 'And he seems to be quite knowledgeable about runes from what I could see from the drawings on those knives he threw earlier, though I'm not all that familiar with the type he uses.'

The two combatants went silent as they began to evaluate each other.

From the magician's point of view, the man before him was a powerful opponent that was merely testing the waters like he was doing himself, not wanting to reveal his real strength yet, probably saving it until the grand finale that he was hoping for. With the strength to match each of his swings which as many a man learned in his time was not an easy task, the Caster servant wondered if the man before him could match up his Gae Bolg, the spear that was given by his teacher, the fearsome Red Witch of Alba, the warrior-queen Scathach, who was well-renowned for her prowess in combat and ability to slay even gods…

Also, the only person to beat him in life without resorting to cheap tactics like forcing him to break his numerous Geass'…

*Cough* Medb, whore queen of Connacht *Cough*

It was enough to throw away his initial judgment of his fellow heroic spirit.

Naruto sighed before he took a deep breath and took a step back to fall into a relaxed stance, "Tell me, my friend… by what name should I call you?"

The heroic Caster raised an eyebrow at the inquiry, his crimson eyes twinkling and the edges of his mouth turned upwards in amusement, "… Just call me Caster for now, there's no knowing what sort of manner of cowardly masters and their servants are spying on our battle."

"Good idea," Rider said as he returned his fellow hero's smile. "While normally my teachings in the art of the shinobi would have me following the same, it's not like the people of this time have heard my legend, my name is Naruto. Naruto Uzumaki-Namikaze, the Rokudaime Hokage of Konohagakure."

The golden haired man then swung his blade diagonally to catch his opponent off guard while his master gapped at him for revealing his identity to an enemy and his other hand threw several of the small knives at the Caster from the side, which ended up blocked with his staff before Caster deflected the blade of Naruto's sword using the bottom of his staff's shaft, afterwards, his battle woven instincts picked up another attack coming from his left, and the blue haired mystic managed to deflect a punch from the tall blond.

A punch that was quickly replaced by a kick that sent him skidding back.

When the servant regained his bearings, Caster moved his crimson sight to where his adversary was standing…

Only to see that there was nothing there…

Until he was forced to dodge a swirling orb of blue energy that nearly caved in his skull that the Rider servant was holding while he fell from the sky above him. Coming to a stop, Caster jumped towards the still airborne Hokage, his staff ready to smash into the blonde's head.

Unfortunately for Caster, Naruto had plenty of experience in mid-air combat…

Which showed when he used his blade block Caster's staff once again before throwing more knives at the man; while at the same time, delivering a sidekick using his sword as a grounded pike that sent the blue haired man flying through the fence situated around the roof that he managed to stay on by grabbing the edge and leaping back up.

Caster was immediately caught by surprise when Naruto twirled mid-air to add the momentum of his next attack, a slash from his blade that had become covered in an ethereal glow and before the magician could even try to brace himself to take the attack… He ended up embedded into the floor of the school's ground level as a result of the massive strength coming from the strike, sending him through the already damaged roof and through the last four floors.

One room in particular making Rin pale as she recognized the decorations of the Tiger of Fuyuki…

Unfortunately for Caster and the remaining sanity of Rin, the girl's servant didn't stop there.

As he was plummeting down towards the downed Caster, Naruto pointed his sword downward, idly hoping that the momentum of the fall would augment the force of the attack and impale the other man's heart on the blade.

But the blue haired magician dodged the attack by rolling to the side and lashed out with a kick that caught Naruto in the side and launched him through the walls to the outside where he ended up in what seemed like a baseball field.

The clashing of weapons caused a great reverberation of sounds that echoed throughout Homurahara Academy as the two titanic forces collided. The air itself felt as if it were embracing the battle as it flew around chaotically as the two in-human beings clashed multiple times.

'Master, do I have permission to use my Noble Phantasm?' The long-lost spirit of Ireland asked over his mental link with a certain redhead currently hiding out in the hypnotized Fuyuki police station.

'…' Was the silence over the link as his master observed the fight through Caster's eyes. 'Do it Caster… the bastard doesn't even look tired in the slightest and we still need to compete against the other servants! Besides, I think I sense the Berserker we encountered earlier approaching. Just summon part of it though, I doubt the girl thought ahead enough given your abrupt entrance to put up a bounded field, we don't need non-magicals seeing a giant wooden man.'

The magician grinned while sending a silent affirmative to his master before he jumped twelve steps back so that the blade of the proclaimed Hokage wouldn't be able to reach him, "Woo. I haven't had a work out like that in such a long time Buddy; you're the first guy in this war that's forced me to use my Noble Phantasm."

Rider stopped his blade mid-swing and raised an eyebrow at the sense of dread crawling up from his spine as the staff that Caster was holding lit itself on fire before the magician slammed the butt of the weapon into the ground.

"Burn them completely, giant of the forest. Wicker Man!"

Even as he is moving, Naruto can tell that it is too late as the name of the other man's Noble Phantasm is shouted out, the mystery behind the words managing to halt his movement for a single second…

And it cost the ancient servant as he is grabbed by a massive arm of burning wood with his designation escaping Rin's lips in shock before he is slammed into the ground thrice, before being thrown through the walls of the school building.

Caster sighed as he moved to evade the blond that had been thrown right past him at the speed of a bullet train by the Wicker Man's arm, before he swirled his staff and dismissed the ancient weapon of the Druids back to its pocket dimension.

Turning away from the battlefield in order to return to his master, not really wanting to get caught up in another fight with Berserker after facing the powerful Rider, he spoke over his shoulder to the pile of rubble the other servant had disappeared into, "Don't know if you survived or not, but I hope we meet again buddy."

Turning to Rin, he gave a small lecherous smirk while giving her a once over before reigning himself in and motioned with his head in the direction a loud quaking was coming from. "You might want to get ninja boy treated and get out of here before Berserker arriv-"

Whatever he was going to say was interrupted when Rider appeared in front of him with tears in his clothes and his wounds regenerating while his eyes glowed crimson and a glowing orb of energy similar to the one he used earlier forming in his hand, this time the color of flames, "I'm not done yet! Ryurengan!"

And the moment it connected with Caster's barely raised staff, it created a massive explosion of bright, golden fire that had the head of a dragon forming on the outside of the orb, silently roaring through its explosive power.

The technique managed to throw the blue haired servant through several dozen walls and away from the school grounds and the only thing that kept him from being utterly burned alive was the staff in his hands and the glowing runes on his clothes that he had used to block most of the blast, even though the opposing master and servant could see several cuts and burns littering his person.

"Ugh," Caster grunted out as he stood up from his crouching position and groaned slightly at the pain flaring through his body. "That was a nice hit, teme…"

Naruto grunted as they stared at each other before the other man's wounds from the attack vanished in a glow of blue light, most likely healing magic from his far away master.

Cracking his neck to remove a crick, Caster turned to look to his right and grimaced before turning back to Rin and Rider, "I guess I gotta go now, I wasn't kidding about Berserker coming this way. It seems our fight drew the attention of his little snow fairy of a master. Until next time buddy, Ta~!"

With that he astrielized and Naruto sighed as he stood down before looking at his shaken up master.

"You ready to go Master?" The golden titan asked as he poked his slightly out of it master in the forehead, getting the Tohsaka magus to let out a startled noise and grabbed the slowly turning red spot. "I don't think I want to fight Berserker just yet if Caster-san is unsure. Besides, we need to get you ready for school tomorrow."

At that moment, just as his words were said, Rin's horrified attention was drawn back to the school as the front gate fell down with a loud crash from the damage done to it by Caster's body when he went flying through it.

"Ah. Uh, ah…"

Naruto chuckled at her expression and his statement before picking her up in a princess carry and leapt away from the site of his battle with the other servant, with his still out of it master mumbling scenarios that would come in handy for explaining the school's damage.

Neither of them noticing a certain redhead staring at what had been their battle site in awe before beginning to run back home, where he would be confronted by a certain Caster, who did remember the feeling of being watched.

Unknowingly leading the summoning of the last servant…

Hello to all ya'll, sorry for the lateness of this chapter, but this is just the beginning of the surge that is to come through. In this chapter, we had the confrontation with Lancer/Caster on the roof of Homurahara Academy, just like in the original Fate/Stay Night, just with a new character and Lancer's class change.

I hope you all enjoyed this chap, if I do the next one then it will include the introduction to Saber and this story's Archer.

That's all for now, have fun reading.

Iskander Mandoraekon signing off, Ja Ne.