I'm baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaack and new season of Game of Thrones came out and I am HYPED. Sorry about the wait, I lost my mojo. And tbh I have a LOT of school work at the moment so please be understand that I can not post regularly. I was at one point doing 5 essays a week.
But NOW here we GO
Naruto sat on a rock as he watched as Arya practiced her swordsmanship with Mycah, the son of a butcher that was traveling along with them on the King's Road. He still found it a bit wasteful that his father would bring a butcher and his son with him on a trip to Winterfell and back but he wasn't the king so it wasn't his place to say.
Concentrating on the quick stick fight between the two, it was clear that while Mycah was a bit stronger than Arya in terms of physicality, Arya was by far the better fighter, having trained with him over the years. "You're overextending, Mycah." Naruto warned as he saw the boy swing his stick, that which was easily blocked by Arya, who deflected the swing and knocked it out of his hand. Puting the her 'sword' at his throat, she held him at stick point for a few seconds before she smiled and backed off.
"I guess I win again." Arya said, grinning widely as she looked back at Naruto, who clapped his hands with a warm smile on his face. It made her happy to see him cheer her on like that, of course she never wanted to be a lady but rather maybe a knight or something like that. Her face fell, however, when she heard a second set of clapping. The three of them looked over to see Joffrey and Sansa, walking towards them, coming of a path that lead to the clearing they were using to train.
Shocked by the sudden appearance of the crowned prince, Mycah dropped his stick on the ground and bowed to Joffrey. He and his father had been around long enough to know that messing with the blond was a bad idea if they wanted to keep their lives. He wasn't kind like Naruto could be, he had seen Joffrey's cruel nature from time to time. "So you want to be a knight, butcher's boy?" he asked Mycha, mockingly as he looked at the stick on the ground. "Pick it up." he said as he drew his sword.
"Joffrey enough!" Naruto said, standing up and glaring at his older brother. If he really intended on attacking a defenseless and untrained kid with an actual sword, then he had another thing coming to him. There were a lot of things he had let slide with Joffrey over the years, this wasn't one of them.
"Oh come on brother, I was just teasing the boy." he said, pressing his sword against Mycah's cheek. The butcher's boy was too terrified by the prospect of defending himself against the prince or being cut up by said prince to even move. A drop of blood dripped down his cheek as the blade broke though his skin.
Naruto was about to act to stop his brother when he saw Arya, who was much closer, reacted and hit Joffrey with her stick several times. "Leave him alone!" the young Stark yelled as she batted at the blond royal. Joffrey recoiled while Sansa gasped at the sight of her sister attacking her betrothed. Taking the opportunity, Mycah ran away from the situation, not wanting to be involved any further now that it has escalated to this point.
Things turned for the worse when Joffrey lashed out at Arya with his sword, causing Sansa to look on, conflicted. She didn't what to do now, on one had Arya had stuck Joffrey first, but Arya was her little sister and Joffrey was using a real sword while she had just a stick. A sword that could kill her in one strike if he was good enough or got lucky. Arya's training showed, however, as she managed to avoid the sloppy swing but still though she clumsily fell to the ground.
As Joffrey was going to throw another swing at her, Naruto had already crossed the space between them and caught the sword with his bare hand. A small trail of blood flowed from the point of contact, though the sword didn't cut much farther into his palm. "That's enough, Joffrey, leave. Now." he told his brother. His words carried the threat of untold pains he would inflict on his brother if he dared to even lay a finger on her.
Joffrey grit his teeth, despising being talked down like that by his younger brother. He hated him so much whenever he did so, he was meant to be king yet his brother's words always carried more weight than his because he had the power to back it up. Even the Mountain would dare speak back to him after the thrashing he received from Naruto. "Fine." he spat as he pulled his sword away from the Naruto, whose glare never faltered off his blond brother. Steam began rising out of Naruto's bloodied hand as the wound began to heal and close itself.
Naruto turned around to help Arya up from the ground only for the blond Baratheon to give in to his unstable anger and swing at his brother's unprotected back. Instinctively, Naruto turned around and grabbed Joffrey's sword arm before it could finish the swing. The sounds of bones cracking could be heard throughout the clearing.
"No!" Sansa cried out as she heard Joffrey screamed in agony as the bones in his wrist began to fracture, if not break under his brother's grip. Naruto hadn't bothered to hold back his overwhelming strength as he glared at his older brother. "Let go of him, Naruto!" she yelled at the younger prince, fearful of what he was doing to Joffrey.
The black haired Baratheon looked Sansa with a slight glare. Even after he had attacked her own sister, she still stood by Joffrey. Looking back at Joffrey, who was now crying, begging for him to let go of his arm, he scoffed, "Fine." he said, throwing his brother to the ground. "Raise your sword to me again and I'll take your arm for good, got it Joff?" he threatened in a way that sounded a lot like their father, in fact if he was here he would probably cheer him on, calling him a damn good Baratheon.
Near them, Arya's Direwolf, Nymeria, growled at Joffrey, ready to attack if the blond didn't leave them alone. Arya stood up and patted her pet to keep her calm and stop her from attacking the Prince. "Come on, Naruto, let's go find Mycah. He must be scared." she said softly, not wanting to see her friend fight anymore with his brother. She knew that he was taking it lightly on Joffrey because he was his brother, if anyone else had tried that, they would be a smear on the ground.
"Right." Naruto said as he walked away with Arya and Nymeria in the direction that Mycah ran off in. He couldn't stand the sight of his brother any longer. To think that he was related to that scum made him sick to his stomach. To think that someone like that would be made a king baffled him..
Nymeria growled as she charged at Joffrey when he picked up his sword and turned towards his brother and Arya. "Nymeria stop!" Sansa yelled as she tried to get the direwolf off Joffrey as it bit down on the Prince's other arm. Blood poured down his arm as Nymeria snarled with the arm in her mouth. "Naruto! Arya! Stop her!" Sansa yelled at the two.
"Nymeria!" The reincarnated shinobi called out getting the direwolf's attention. The beast ran to his side- it's maw still covered in blood- before the three walked away. As soon as they were far enough that Naruto was sure Joffrey wouldn't hear, he turned to Arya, "Send Nymeria back for North." he told her, knowing exactly what Joffrey would do. Arya had struck him and her Direwolf had bitten him. When he told their mother, she would be out for blood.
"But he deserved it!" Arya protested, thinking that Naruto would protect her pet. Normally, she would be right, but in this case Nymeria had attacked the crowned prince. An offense that even he would have trouble justifying. Arya was one thing, Nymeria was another, and the look Naruto was giving her told her everything she needed to know. If Nymeria stayed, she would be killed when they got back to the inn. Arya turned to Nymeria, who looked at her with an innocently look despite what was going on "Go on Nymeria, go home." she said to the direwolf which made a whining noise, "Go!" she yelled.
Nymeria stood up and ran off into the forest as Arya started to tear up at the sight of her pet running off into the forest. Naruto put a hand on her shoulder with a sad smile on his face, knowing that it was for the best. It was the best way to keep the direwolf safe for the moment. "Come on, they'll be looking for you as soon as Joffrey or Sansa tell the others what happened. We should give them time to cool off." he said as he lead her away from the area,knowing that the Lannister guards would be looking for them soon.
Night Time
As soon as Naruto and Arya returned, they were brought before the his mother and father by the first guard that had spotted them. Naruto sighed as he looked at Arya, who looked a bit nervous about essentially being on trial. Before they could really begin, Ned bursted in with quite the serious look on his face
Arya quick went to her father and started to apologize over and over again to the Warden of the North, who hugged her. "It's alright Arya." he said rubbing his daughter's back to comfort her before looking at the royal family. "What is the meaning of this?" he demanded as he let go of her. He and his men had been looking for her the entire day. "What wasn't she brought to me at once?" he questioned his long time friend.
"How do you speak to you King in that manner?" Cersei asked Ned.
"Shut your mouth woman." Robert said harshly stopping whatever else his wife and Queen was going to say before it could come out of her mouth. It was late and he didn't have time to hear her ramble on. Turning back to Ned he continued to speak, "I never meant to frighten the girl, Ned." he started but Naruto knew that there was a but coming soon. "But we need to get this business done quickly." he said. It was late and he wanted to rest, this entire situation was bothersome, to say the least.
As Robert stopped talking Cersei continued off, "Your daughter and the butcher's boy attacked my son." he said as Joffrey besides her looked down as if asking for sympathy from the onlookers. "That beast of hers nearly tore his arm off." she accused, motioning to the bandages that Joffrey wore on his arm from where Nymeria bit him.
"That's not true!" Arya yelled out, stepping in front of her father. "She only bit him a little." she whispered causing Robert to look, "He...he was hurting Mycah and attacked Naruto." she accused him.
"Joff told us what happened." Cersei said, believing her eldest son over the word of the young girl. "She and butcher's boy beat him with clubs while she sent her beast at him." she said briefly recounting the story that Joffrey had told her.
"And of course you believed him." Naruto said, glaring at his mother as he placed a hand on Arya's shoulder, signalling to let him take care of it. While it was clear to everyone that his mother favored his elder brother, his father had always leaned to his side. It probably had something to do with the fact that he was the only who inherited any of his traits.
"Don't listen to him, he's just going to lie to protect the girl!" the blond Baratheon yelled out, pointing at his brother with his good hand. "He attacked me as well and nearly broke my arm." he told their father, who looked back at Naruto as if demanding an answer. It was true that Joffrey ha come back with both his arms injured. One with bite marks, clearly from some form of animal, the other had internal damage with finger-like bruises on his flesh.
"I wouldn't have done that if you didn't attack me while my back was turned after I gave you the chance to leave, coward." Naruto refuted, accusing Joffrey to of attempting to strike at his back, which was not only cowardly, but also extremely dishonorable, something that he knew that his father would look down on. His father, despite being a horrible King, was a warrior at heart, even if he had grown old and fat, such actions would look especially bad on Joffrey.
"You attacked your own brother from behind after being beaten by him?" he asked Joffrey, His voice drenched in disappointment. Cersei glared at Naruto for his accusation, though she had to admit she was mildly proud of her dark haired son for using his father's personality to sway him to his side.
"Liar!" Joffrey yelled back.
"It's true!" Arya shouted.
"Enough!" Robert finally said, shutting the two up. He was getting a headache already from everything. He just wanted a strong drink, and maybe a good tavern wench to accompany him to bed now. "He tells me one thing, they tell me another." he said conflicted on what to do. "Seven hell! What am I supposed to make of this?" he questioned. On one side was his favorite son and the daughter of his best friend. On the other was his shit of an heir but also his own damn wife. "Where is your other daughter Ned?" he asked
"In her bed asleep." Ned answered as if it were obvious. It was already late at night, Sansa should have been sleeping by now as far as he knew.
"She's not." the queen said, earning a confused look from Ned as to what she meant by that. "Sansa come here dear." Cersei said as Sansa was lead through the gathered crowd by a guard until the redhead stood in the middle of everyone.
Now all eyes were on Sansa. For once Naruto didn't know what she would do. On one hand she was betrothed to and infatuated with Joffrey, on the other hand Arya was her younger sister. "Go on." Robert said motioning to Sansa to speak. "Tell me what happened, tell it all and tell it true." he commanded wanting the full story. "It's a great crime to like to a king." he warned.
Sansa looked nervous as she looked to the side to Ned before looking back over at Joffrey who had his eyes set on her. Lastly she turned to Naruto, whose cerulean eyes bore into her as if daring her to lie in front of him, knowing he would instantly be able to tell. "I don't know." she said softly as was too conflicted to take a side. "I don't remember, I didn't see." Sansa claimed.
Arya quickly reacted in anger at the lies sprouted by her own sister who wouldn't even come to her aid. "Liar!" she yelled pulling on Sansa's red hair in her fury. "Liar! Liar! Liar!" he yelled as the two sister struggled.
"Hey!" Ned yelled, trying to pull his youngest daughter of his eldest. "Stop it!" he commanded as he finally got Arya off Sansa, who backed away from Arya, who glared at her sister.
Cersei opened her mouth, as if to say something, but Robert cut her off in favor of addressing his second son. He knew Naruto had the power to know if someone was lying to him. A skill that was most useful in King's Landing and had helped him out several times. "Did she tell the truth son?" he asked his only true Baratheon son.
"She lied." Naruto said plainly, causing mutters to spread across the hall.
A sigh escaped Roberts lips as he decided to just end this stupidity. He couldn't rightfully punish his best friend's daughter. Not when even Naruto was siding against his own brother. His son had picked up the North's honor during his years under Ned, his word was almost as good as gold in many ways. He just needed to fight a little to get Cersei off his back. "Then this farce is over. Ned, just see to it that this doesn't happen again." he said getting up from his seat.
"And what of the direwolf?" Cersei asked not liking the conclusion of the trial one bit. In the end, her son was injured and the ones who perpetrated it were getting off without a single punishment. "What about the beast that nearly bit your son's arm off? He will bear those scars for the rest of his life." she questioned.
"Nymeria's gone." Naruto told them. "She was scared off by the guards and ran away into the forest." he told his father. The account was confirmed one of the Lannister guards who told Robert that no one had seen the direwolf since it left with Arya in the morning.
"So be it." Robert said walking away
"We have another wolf." Cersei mentioned
Robert paused and turned around to face his wife, "As you will." he said plainly not caring anymore about the situation. He wasn't going to stand and fight further into the night over a direwolf.
"You can't mean it?" Ned whispered, not wanting to see his daughter's beloved direwolf put down.
"A wolf is no pet Ned, get her a dog." he said before walking away as Sansa and Arya started to put the pieces together, on what they meant and beginning to protest the decision to put Lady down to Cersei and their father.
"You can't do that! Lady is a good girl, she didn't do anything!" Sansa cried out, not wanting her beloved pet to get put down for something that she hadn't done. It wasn't fair.
"This wouldn't have happened if you just told the truth." Naruto said, glaring daggers at Sansa. She had been willing to put her love of Joffrey before even her own family. He didn't know what she saw in his shitstain for a brother, but at the moment he didn't care. If she had just told the truth there wouldn't be any confusion and they would all be asleep by now and Lady's life wouldn't be on the line now.
"Naruto stop him!" Sansa begged not knowing who else to turn to. From the look on his face, Joffrey was more than happy to see the wolf put to rest even if it hurt her. It stuck her heart, but she knew that she couldn't turn to her beloved for this. "Please!" she begged.
The Baratheon stared down at Sansa for a second as everyone seemed to leave. Ned had volunteered to do the job. The direwolf was the symbol of his house. As such he would only allow her a Northern death. But Naruto relented seeing the pleading look in Sansa's eyes, "Wait." He said raising his hand up stopping everyone in their tracks. "I want the direwolf as my pet." he demanded from the redhead. If Lady belonged to him, then no one would touch the prince's pet.
"Yes." Sansa said wanting to save Lady's life even if she had to give her up. It left Lady out of her custody, but alive, was better than just having her dead on the Kingsroad.
The king looked at her before looking at Naruto, who nodded, "Then it lives." he said before leaving the room. Cersei glared at her son and the Starks as Sansa smiled and wiped her tears.
With that Ned lead the two girls back to their rooms for the night while Naruto walked out of the inn, grabbing a tankard of mead as he left the old building. As he did he spotted The Hound with his horse. On it was a small body that Naruto recognized at Mycah.
"Hound!" he yelled as he stormed towards the armored man. The man froze and looked back at young prince, who had a furious look on his face. Normally, he would never allow anyone to speak to him like that, but to a degree even he was nervous about being caught by Naruto. He knew and respected what the blond had done to his brother, but he never wanted that fury placed on him. He didn't know if he would survive. "Is he alive?" Naruto demanded.
"No." Sandor responded honestly, Joffrey had wanted him alive. He wanted to deal the death himself, but the boy ran away so he pursued. In the end, he killed the boy with his sword and put and end to his short life.
Within seconds he found a fist buried into his stomach. His armor crumpled like paper under Naruto's fist. As the Baratheon pulled his fist out, The Hound fell to his knees dry heaving from the blow to his stomach. He had heard tale of the prince's ungodly strength and respected him for what he had done to his brother. But now being on the receiving end...it was horrifying
Naruto leaned down with a dangerous look in his eyes, "If I didn't respect you and know you were only following orders, I would have killed you." he whispered darkly into the Clegane's ear. Despite him being generally nice to everyone, he was known to show his father's rage when pushed. "You will apologize to the butcher for his son." he ordered. "And you will compensate him fully for his lose, and I don't care what my grandfather said." Naruto continued with no room to argue.
How was the chapter? Good? Bad? Please leave your thoughts in the reviews, I actually read them all. Like I know that a lot of people want the solo Arya pairing, which is what I will likely stick to. Sure there are some hot women in Game of Thrones but hey, not everyone likes harems. Also IF I were to do multiple it would be Naru/Arya/Sansa. Daenerys...yes I would like to pair them...I would REALLY like to. But...you'll see...or we'll see lol.
Anyways I would like to give a huge shout out to SSJ4 Kiniza and SSJacen35, these twoactually looked over my chapter and did some betaing, hopefully they did a good job (I'm sure they did)
Anyways see you later peeps and if you celebrate, Happy Easter