Chapter 3: Tourney at Lannisport.

The Jewel of the Sunset Sea. Lannisport could be seen from miles away, it's towering size and beauty was something not often seen in Westeros. Some would even say it looked out of place, upon the grassy plains, a city of beautiful red and gold accentuated the rising of the sun. Naruto had never seen anything like it, the harbour itself was a thing to be amazed by, stretching across the entire edge of the sea, rows of rocky gates gave way to the incoming horde of ships. Even from a far, he noted the ballista's situated on the rocky cliffs, intent on decimating any ships that came to attack them. Perhaps, it was an added precaution from the sudden Greyjoy attack that had left Lannisport with half of its fleet buried in the depths of the ocean. As they passed the mountainous gates, it became even more evident that Lannisport was a true city, bustling with people from all over the world. Merchants were said to travel from as far as the Yi Ti nation looking to trade valuables with the Lannister's infamous goldsmiths.

To the near west, Casterly Rock overlooked the city in a manner that felt befitting of the title, Shield of Lannisport. The City was built next to the great rock for its gold, Lannisport's surrounding hills were rich with mines of gold. It gave them a unique trading position that forced travellers to come from far and away.

King Robert's fleet docked closer to Casterly Rock. The King's ship was the first to be allowed in the harbour followed closely by the Ardent. Robert steadily hopped off the ship, not waiting any longer to be cooped up in that old hunk of a ship. His party consisted off many different lords from all over westeros and his kingsguard. He hoisted his Warhammer on his shoulder, as he stared at the party that had arrived to greet him. Their presence only brought great distaste to his mouth, all he saw was a sea of blonde and red. The entire Lannister house had come to greet him, his distaste was particularly invoked at seeing the image of the Old Lion. Tywin Lannister bowed regally, "Welcome to Lannisport, your grace. It's a pleasure to host you and your army."

Robert grunted, "Bah, enough of the formalities. Show us to our quarters, I've missed the comforts of good food and wine."

Tywin's lips twitched in anger; he didn't like being ignored in such a manner. "Of course, your grace. Lannisport and the Rock are yours." He gestured for the handmaiden and whispered for her to take Robert to Casterly Rock. "The rest of your men can find lodgings in Lannisport." The King nodded appreciatively, more interested in the handmaiden than he was with the conversation. Tywin had the sudden urge of gaining the same title as his son. The Oaf of a King had already begun to leave with the young woman followed by a sympathetic gaze given to him by Ser Barristan Selmy and his son as they trudged after their king.

Tywin had the other men be escorted to the Seven Cats Inn, a great building found on the crossing between Casterly Rock and Lannisport. It was a fairly busy establishment, it's popularity heralded by its position outside the walls of the busy city. One could find some peace and quiet inside the walls of the Seven Cats. Though he was sure they would find none tonight.

Tywin's gaze settled upon the Ardent. The Lannister men poured out of the great vessel, his brother choosing to be the last of the ship. Though his gaze was rooted firmly on the blonde child that walked alongside Tygett. He frowned, from afar the boy possessed almost all the features of a Lannister.

Tygett said, "Brother…It's good to see you."

Tywin merely nodded, but his eyes were still flickering to and fro the young boy's visage. "Is this the thing that you were talking about in your letter." Tywin asked.

Tygett was about to respond when Naruto interrupted, the boy stepped forwards, "I'm not a thing, my name is Uzumaki Naruto." If looks could kill, Tywin's furious glare would have reduced Naruto to mere smolders, but Naruto stood firm against the lion's fury.

Tygett said, "We must talk in private brother." Tywin was inclined for once to agree with him. Naruto moved to follow them but the old lion would not let this…this commoner step foot on Casterly Rock.

"You…boy, I expect you will find accommodations elsewhere."

Naruto merely held up a bag full of coins, "If anyone is willing to have me, I do have 100 gold dragons." Several men whispered to each other as they eyed the bag with interest, some already plotting on how they could take it from the boy's grasp.

Andros quickly stepped forwards and whispered, "You shouldn't tell people that you have that much money on you."

Naruto asked confused, "Why?" Sometimes, Andros had to stop himself from believing that Naruto wasn't an idiot but had never really lived in Westeros. He was after all, for the lack of a better term, a slave.

Andros whispered, "They'll want to steal it from you." Naruto's gaze shifted; he looked at the men around him who were watching him like hawks. He sighed, perhaps he should have learnt the monetary value of what was in his hands. Tywin however wasn't at all impressed with the showing, though he appeared curious about where all that money had come from. Or the allegiance that Naruto had with the young upstart Lord Brax. There were questions that needed to be asked and Tywin was intent on finding the answers to his questions as soon as possible.

Tywin said, "Come…Let us retire to my study." Kevan Lannister sighed as Tywin all but dragged his brother away from the growing crowd of men. Kevan gave them all instructions to all the different logdings found all throughout the city. Though he knew most of the men would head straight towards the brothel to regale in their victory by enjoying the splendors of flesh. Lord Brax began to take Naruto with him when Kevan called, "Lord Brax. Will you be staying at Casterly Rock?"

Andros shook his head, "I'm afraid not, Ser Kevan. It's my duty to look after Naruto." He wasn't looking forward to staying in an Inn, they would be filled to the brim with soldiers and tonight he was sure they would be filled with whores as well. Kevan gave them a simple look, it would not be proper for a Westerlands Lord to stay at an Inn whilst Northernlords had been offered to stay at the rock.

"Come. The both of you will be given rooms at Casterly Rock." Kevan told them, Naruto seemingly accepted the invitation whereas Andros was slightly wary about Tywin's rage about letting Naruto stay at his ancestral home. "I'll deal with my brother if he should ask." Kevan had always been the most diplomatic of the Lannister brothers, it was his duty to ensure that Tywin's ruthlessness didn't supersede his judgement, which he found it often did. They followed Kevan alongside the Westerlands lords towards the cliffy yet somehow well-made road that led towards the Castle on the edge. Naruto groaned at the constant bombardment of red and gold, it was everywhere, it hung from the Castle's white walls, the castle's carpets were bloody red with golden outlines. Everything was just red and gold.

He whispered to Andros, "Would it kill them to use different colours." Both Andros and Kevan chuckled.

Kevan said, "My brother has never been interested in decorating. What would you change?"

Naruto grinned, "Orange. This place needs some orange." Kevan rose an eyebrow at the horrendous choice of a complementary colour. He shook his head in amusement; he feared the day that Naruto met with Gerion.

Andros sneered, "That's a horrible colour."

"Hey! Take that back." Naruto demanded. The other lords smirked as Naruto shouted, "Orange is the colour of the gods, I tell you."

"Sure, kid. If I didn't know better, you'd colour a whole castle orange."

Naruto folded his arms with a huff, "And what's wrong with that." Andros backtracked as he saw the familiar glint in Naruto's eyes.

"Nothing…I'm sure it will look um lovely." Kevan held in a chuckle. How had the prideful Lord Brax fallen to such a level?

"Explain." Tywin gruffly spoke as soon as Tygett closed the door to his study. "Why have you brought a child to our home. No less an ironborn."

Tygett looked amused, "When was the last time you saw an Ironborn with blonde hair. Or did you forget how ugly those saltborn were." He sighed as his brother looked at him with a stormy expression, "Do you remember that attack on fair island, a few years back." He nodded. "Well, the ironborn had somehow forgone their pride and decided to reave without banners. They took him from fair isle at the age of three." Tywin knew every house in the Westerlands, no matter how small or big, he couldn't recall a single house by the name of Uzumaki. In fact, it didn't sound Westerosi at all. Fair Isle was a trade island, though he was not sure why foreign merchants would opt to go there instead of Lannisport or Seagard. Even if say, he considered that the Uzumaki family were just foreigners looking for a better life, why would they choose fair island.

Tywin inquired, "Have you ever considered that he might be lying."

Tygett smiled, "That kid. Him, a liar? I'm afraid despite his talents, lying or being politically astute is not one of them." It's what he liked about the kid; his bluntness was truly a breath of fresh air.

"Talents?" Tywin wondered what Tygett had seen in the excitable child.

"Ah yes. I couldn't write about it in fear that the letter might be intercepted." Tygett swallowed, he knew it was going to be a tall task to convince his brother about what he had seen at Great Wyk. "He killed over half of my men."

"You dare jest…" Tywin's eyes narrowed in slight anger; he was in no mood for jokes.

Tygett said softly, "I don't. Ask Stannis, Pebbleton was a pure massacre, I'm sure even I wouldn't be standing here if the boy had prior experience to using his…magical abilities." He didn't know what to call

"I expected more than this from you…Gerion, I would understand but I never expected you to be a believer of grumpkins and snarks. Perhaps you took to the boy, but I will not allow a commoner in my house nor do I believe that your wife would."

Tygett growled, his frustration clearly showing, "I implore you to reconsider, to have such a power tied to the Lannister name would be incredibly advantageous."

Tywin looked at his brother with cold, dark eyes, "Then this boy will prove it. If your word is to be believed, he can easily kill grown men."

Tygett didn't like his tone, he felt his brother had already a formulated a plan in his mind, one that would force Naruto to choose between life and death. "How will he prove it to you?"

"There will be a tourney to celebrate King Robert's victory. I expect the boy to participate in the melee, it shouldn't be too difficult for someone of his…temperament to emerge victorious."

"And should he fail."

"He will be among the many foolish children to manipulate their way into the melee and find themselves wholly outmatched. I'm sure the many men wouldn't kill a child, but I cannot speak for the others." In that moment, Tygett saw the familiar face of a monster that he couldn't even describe as someone he knew. He saw the Tywin Lannister that destroyed the great houses of Reyne and Tarbeck, he saw the brother that had asked for the death of not one but two children and a defenceless maiden. Tywin was cruel, but unlike the Mad King whose cruelty was mixed with an unpredictable madness, Tywin's cruelty was derived from a simple premise. House Lannister would never fall. Still, even as Tygett left the room, he gave his brother an angry glare.

"Your mind will be your undoing brother." There a loud bang as soon as he closed his door, Tygett never feared that his brother would do harm unto him. If anything, he feared that one of these days a fate similar to Aerys would befall him. That one day it wouldn't be the other families that rebelled but the Lannisters themselves against him.

Naruto had set himself up in one of the lower rooms in the castle, Casterly Rock despite its deceptively small looking exterior, Naruto found that it was actually really big on the inside. It was one of those moments were you learned not to judge a book by its cover. The castle as its name suggested was built around the rocky cliffs but what was lesser known was that parts of the castle were literally built deep into the cliffs like a sort of underground lair. Naruto wondered whether it would hold, many castles on the iron isles were built on the edges of the sea often on cliffs, which were subject to not just erosion but as Naruto had seen during the siege, a good hit from a catapult had led to a cliff collapsing and with it an entire castle fell to the sea. Though that was a testament to the poor attempt of engineering and not Stannis Baratheon's tactical genius. The bald man scared the living crap out of Naruto.

Tygett briefly knocked at his door, "Seems like you already made yourself at home."

Naruto said sarcastically, "Well you know, If I'd known that I'd be smuggled down to the cellar I would have stayed at an Inn."

Tygett sighed, "If it had been my choice this wouldn't have happened." Naruto saw the flicker of sadness in his eyes. "Lor-My brother has always been the type to not trust anybody that he sees as a threat."

"He sees me as a threat."

Tygett laughed, "Not in anyway that he feels could lead to his death otherwise you would be getting a visit from…the mountain."

"There's a guy called the mountain." Naruto said in wonder, "What's he like."

Tygett wanted to tell him that Gregor Clegane was the type of man that was only alive by virtue of Tywin, a man who pillaged and raped anybody in his way. Truthfully, he wondered whether Naruto would be able to tell the difference between the mountain or any other ironborn, they all followed the same philosophy albeit to different degrees.

Naruto asked, "What did you want to talk about?"

Tygett said, "And what if I just wanted to see how you were doing." Naruto gave him a pointed look to which the Knight merely raised his hand in defeat. "I'm afraid I have some bad news and good news. Which would you like to hear first?"

"Good news."

"Well the good news is that you can stay here." Naruto nodded excitedly even though he felt that there was a big but coming. "But you have to prove to my brother about your abilities."

"H-how?"

"You have to fight at the Tourney." Tygett looked over at Naruto, the boy may have been eight years old, but he had the height of someone in their early teens. It was a bit farfetched but with some heavy armour, Naruto could appear to be just a short stocky man who wanted a shot at infamy.

Tygett thought Naruto would appear angry or even disappointed but never did he expect the boy to grin. "So…What you're telling me is I have to fight in the melee."

"Yes, but how did you know about the melee?"

"I fought in them before. The Masters liked to pit the thralls against each other, the winner would receive….umm, now that I mention they only gave the older boys the present. Something about w-whores." Naruto said plainly, Tygett coughed. "Old man, what's a whore?" He asked confused as to what it was.

"N-nothing, Naruto." Naruto's nose crinkled as he sensed the man's lie but nonetheless kept quiet. Tygett composed himself, "The mainland is a bit different than the Isles. You'll have to find a way in. Will that be too difficult?"

"Hey! You're looking at the Great Wyk's number one Prankstar." Naruto shouted loudly, Tygett winced knowing that there would surely be an audience outside the boy's room soon. "The Tourney is in two days; you might want to go to the city and get yourself some armour and a better sword. I'll have Andros take you." Tygett didn't voice his concern about Naruto getting haggled out of the 100 dragons that he was keeping attached to his hip.

Naruto learnt as the feasts went ahead later that night in Casterly Rock and the city below that he wasn't invited to neither. Though that allowed him to sneak away from the Castle and venture into Lannisport. The City in itself was huge, perhaps larger than all the Isles combined, and it smelt much worse too, Naruto quickly found himself quite lost through the complex maze of streets and alleyways. Behind him, he could hear the roaring of the crowd, the steady drums of music played all around him as bard regaled of King Robert's victory.

Naruto murmured, "Bullshit." None of them knew what it meant to be a part of war, how many man died in those fields, how many women lost their children for the sake of a foolish dream. Balon Greyjoy was a fool, had he been wise, he would have opted to remain in the Iron Isles and try to make it as prosperous as possible. The Isles were barren, Naruto wasn't even sure whether any crop could grow on them yet that didn't have to be the norm. His master or rather mistress, Lady Farwynd and her house had always been considered as queer folk among the ironborn, not just because they weren't fighters but also because the old lady preferred to grow plots of land surrounding Sealskin point. If the ironborn had focused their driven temperament on making their islands prosper, they may have had a part of an even greater legacy, instead they opted to take what never belonged to them in the first place.

A sullen smile appeared on his face, he wondered what happened to the old lady. Mayhap she managed to survive the likely invasion of sealskin point. Lady Farwynd was one of the few people that hadn't been cruel to him growing up, strict perhaps but cruelty was never a part of her personality.

Naruto picked up the sudden smell of the harsh burning of iron and steel. He grinned as despite his better sense decided to cut through an alleyway, never noticing the small footsteps erupting from behind him. A small hand struck from the shadows, inching from the pouch that lay on his thigh. Naruto's senses blared for a moment, instinctively grabbing the hand of a hooded child. He whispered, "What are you doing?" His eyes fell on the hand currently touching his pouch of gold.

"N-nothing…Sir." A soft feminine voice spoke from beneath the hood.

Naruto's other hand quickly moved and ripped her hood down exposing to his shock, a young girl, black hair and deep stormy blue eyes. Naruto could only guess her age was between six and his own. "Where you trying to steal from me?"

The girl whimpered, scared as his hands itched towards his side near his blade. "T-they forced me…They told me if I got your gold, they would help me find my father. Please don't kill me."

Naruto's eyes widened, she thought he was going to kill her. He gently said, "I won't kill you…Who were these people."

"I see ya failed lass, mayhap I never help you find your way home." Naruto narrowed his eyes; the alleyway had been blocked from both sides by a group of 5 men. All dressed in red and gold armour. "What say you boy, I might let you live and leave with the girl if you give us that pouch of yours." The leader was a man of obscene weight, but Naruto was sure that his weight had more muscle than it did fat.

Naruto frowned, "I serve Tygett Lannister. I don't think he would like it very much if you touched his servant."

The far man laughed, "The Lannister's don't care what happens to their slaves. Besides what is lost in Lannisport is often not found." He licked his lips as he saw the fearful expression in both of their eyes.

Naruto whispered to the girl, "What's your name?"

The girl whispered, "Joy…Joy Hill."

He murmured, "Behind me…" The girl snuck behind him and Naruto unsheathed his sword. "I don't want to hurt you."

The men laughed as if he had just told a joke, he realised that these men weren't the same men on the Ardent. Perhaps they had seen him from afar, he knew he should have waited for Andros. "What were you doing to the girl."

The men approached, and the leader smirked, "Let's just say children have always fascinated me." Bastard! Naruto's eyes narrowed in complete anger, and his chakra flared in response. A sickly deathly force rained down upon them, one of the men reached for his blade but Naruto's punch sent him skidding across the floor onto the leader's foot.

The leader grinned, "My day just keeps getting better and better, I think I might keep you boy." Naruto didn't listen, he moved so fast that he was a blur to the three men in front of him. They began to lash with their sword, Naruto ducked safely beneath it and delivered an uppercut onto one of them, reacting poorly as his other two attackers managed to nick him on the arms just as he flipped back.

Joy Hill watched in awe as a boy no older than ten moved with the finesse of a graceful dancer and the speed that was beyond human. But she couldn't stop the dread that was entering her heart, as Naruto was engaging the remaining two men.

The Leader peaked down at her, his grin was as wide as that of the scars that marred his ugly face. "I think you'll fetch a pretty penny yourself girl." She screamed, Naruto barely turned away from his attackers as he saw the leader pick up the girl and visions of what he had seen in Great Wyk returned to him. The onslaught of images disoriented him for a brief moment, the two attackers used it to their advantage and brought their fists down onto him.

He had failed the men and women of Pebbleton.

Naruto had sworn that he would change the world yet he felt powerless to stop what he thought was a young girl's death. His rage built up more and more, a demonic howl erupted deep from within his body.

Death.

That was everyone in the alleyway could feel, as if the Stranger were standing in front of them, in the form of a boy with bared fangs and red fiery eyes charred from hell itself. Naruto shook his two attackers; the men fell to their knees from his presence alone. The Leader smirked, the boy was acting reckless and without rhyme or reason. Perhaps he should teach the boy a lesson about disobeying him.

Naruto marched towards him. "Take another step forward and I'll kill her." The man said. But the boy didn't stop, even as Joy whimpered underneath the leader's blade on her neck.

Naruto grinned bloodthirstily, "Dead."

It happened so sure that Joy wasn't sure if Naruto even moved at all, yet he had to for he appeared behind the leader almost instantly. His hands pierced into the man's chest as if they were blades and she blanched as the leader's body fell ontop of her, blood poured all over her body. She looked back at her once target now survivor and what she was the image of death. Something so scary that it was embedded into her mind.

"P-please somebody help." She screamed.

Naruto heard the words again, for a second time in less than a week, he heard the fear in her shrilled screams. His red eyes turned blue once more, he looked at his bloodied body In shock and at the dead body in front of him.

He killed someone again.

And worse, he didn't even remember what had happened.

Joy screamed, "N-no…Please help me."

Naruto said softly, "I…I won't hurt you, I promise." She looked at his outstretched bloodied hand for a long moment, undulated fear rushed forth in her body.

"Stay away from me, you monster." She screamed.

Naruto looked down in sadness, he didn't want this. He didn't ask for this. This power of his was a curse. It made people fear him. He grabbed his pouch and took 5 dragons out, he held them out to her. "Here…Use it to get some clothes and to find your father."

Joy Hill didn't respond. Naruto began to walk away, his sensitive hearing picked up the briefest of whispers.

"Thank You."

But even the thankful admission wasn't enough to get him out of his self-hating stupor. Naruto heard several quick footsteps and a tug on the back of his tunic. He turned to see Joy, her eyes filled with tears, "D-don't leave please." She begged.

He smiled cheekily, "What? You can't let me go can you."

Joy didn't know if she laughed or groaned at the idiotic reply. Naruto grunted gently as she hit him on the arm. "Shut up idiot."

"So, whose your father." Naruto asked, trying to alleviate the silence that quickly came over them.

Joy's reply made his heart stop, "Gerion Lannister."

"As in Gerion…Brother of Tywin Lannister."

It was Joy's turn to smirk, "Hmm…And I'm going to tell daddy that you covered me in blood." Oh right. He had forgotten how bloodied they both were.

Naruto shrugged, "I could always leave you here." The girl froze clearly, Naruto laughed at her teary expression. "I'm just kidding. Come on, we better get you home."

Halfway back to Casterly Rock, Naruto cursed himself for forgetting to go to the blacksmith. Though ironically, he never actually had to leave the castle walls for it was a known fact that the residents of Casterly Rock very rarely entered the city below.

Casterly Rock

"Halt." The guard stopped Naruto and Joy from entering the castle.

Joy stepped forwards, "I'm here to see my dad." The guards however didn't move or budge, "We have orders to not let you in bastard." They said.

Joy knew that she wasn't liked by the occupants of Casterly Rock, even at the tender age of seven, it was obvious that she was seen as scum when her father wasn't present.

Naruto growled, "Let us through."

"Or what kid?" The guard snickered, "You'll attack us."

"Where do you think all of this blood came from." The boy challenged them; he didn't want to hurt anybody anymore. The guards gulped, a slight chill rippled through them, not sure what to say to that. "Let us through." He said through gritted teeth.

Joy saw a sliver of familiar blonde hair crossing the courtyard, she shouted as loud as her small body would allow. "Father!"

Gerion Lannister turned so fast that Naruto thought his neck would break, his eyes wide with worry and now happiness. "Joy!" The guard moved apart quickly to allow the father to meet his daughter, Naruto growled at the quick gesture realising that they were trying to abolish all blame placed on themselves.

"Where have you been? I've been looking all over."

Joy whimpered, "I-I don't know. I was sleeping in my bed then I wake up t-to…" Naruto shook his head sadly, he began to walk through, but the guards tried to break his way with their spears. Naruto grabbed the wooden shaft before they could react and crushed it in his tiny hands.

He whispered, "Try it…" Gerion glanced from his daughter's bloodied body to the boy standing in front of the guards.

"You must be Uzumaki Naruto." He said.

Naruto nodded. "What did you do with my daughter?" The Lannister stood up, a false assumption grew in his mind.

Naruto raised his hands in quick surrender, "She was being attacked by a group of men…more specifically men dressed like them." He pointed to the guards to his side who gulped.

"And you expect me to believe that you defeated them."

Naruto's grin seemed to accent the blood dripping all over him, "Haven't you heard what I happened in Great Wyk." Gerion's eyes narrowed for a moment, he picked up on the quiver and sadness in the boy's voice. "But just in case…" Naruto threw down a ring on the ground, it belonged to someone that Gerion was very familiar with. It was the infamous sigil of the Captain of the City Watch, Ser Donnel Hill.

"Come in boy." The guards gave some resistance to his decision but Gerion Lannister wasn't one to be refused. He made a single move to his rubied hilted blade, the guards relented and let Naruto into Casterly Rock.

"You saved my daughter, did you." Gerion looked over at Joy and saw her give him a nod, indicating that she also verified Naruto's tale. Still the Knight wasn't quite sure what to make of it, a boy beating up Ser Donnel was impossible, espically in a street fight where that bastard exceled. "What were you doing in the city?"

"I wanted to find a blacksmith."

Gerion raised an eyebrow, "Casterly Rock's armourer is the best blacksmith in the Westerlands."

"Oh." Naruto looked at him with a dumbfounded expression, he had no idea that this castle had an armoury. "I didn't know."

"If you had waited, I'm sure I would have told you." Tygett Lannister and Andros Brax marched over to their charge, looking at him with a furious expression. "I go to your room to bring you some food and I find it deserted."

Andros smirked, "I see that you've been busy."

Gerion growled, "Well it's a good thing that he did leave when he did or I fear Joy wouldn't have seen the sunrise." Tygett looked at the pair, by the extensive amount of blood over them, he could tell that they had been an altercation.

"What happened?"

Tygett had a very good idea when he raised a ring belonging to Donnel Hill. Gerion's eyes took on a bloodthirsty glint, "I think it's high time we talk to brother about boundaries."

Tygett stopped his brother from committing a foolish act, "You can't prove it was him."

"They can."

"And who would believe the word of two children." Andros quickly interjected, "A bastard and a commoner, the lords will laugh at you, Gerion." He never alluded to the fact that whilst Gerion was the most liked Lannister in the Westerlands that none of the Lords actually any of his input seriously. Unlike Tygett or Tywin, he possessed none of their battle and tactical prowess or Kevan Lannister's political manoeuvrability. Gerion was in all sense of the words seen as the weak link in the family albeit an enjoyable one. Naruto didn't like this one bit, already uncomfortable in trying to comprehend all of the bullshit they were spewing about laws and evidence.

Gerion sighed in defeat, he asked Joy to come with him as they headed inside. Naruto stood in front of Tygett and Andros, who were looking at him as if they wanted to hear the full story. Naruto mad an uncharacteristic sigh as he regaled the tale.

Andros hit him upside the head, Naruto groaned in pain, "Idiot. What did I tell you about letting people see your purse?"

Tygett said firmly, "Whilst I am happy that you save my niece, I don't want you recklessly endangering yourself. You will take some men with you whenever you are going to the city." Naruto nodded briefly.

He said softly, "Old man…T-that man was about to kill her so I…" He never needed to finish what he had done, Tygett firmly enveloped the boy in hug, Naruto felt a comfort that he had never felt before.

"You did good." Tygett said.

Andros agreed, "You saved the life of a innocent girl and killed an evil man." That was a win in his book. But Naruto wasn't so sure, he looked at his red hands and muttered, "This power of mine, I can't control it."

"Then learn to control it. There is an old legend from Valyria. Dragons were never meant to be wielded or ridden on yet the first men of Valyria managed to subdue them under their command. Do you know how?" Naruto shook his head. "They kept coming back, no matter how many of them burned or were threatened by the dragons, they just kept coming back. They brought with them meat and used magical rituals to help befriend the creatures. It was said that it took such a long time that those men and women's grandchildren were the ones to finally manage to ride the dragon."

"Have patience, you may not be able to control your gift now but in due time, you will." Naruto nodded, Tygett smacked the boy's head. "Now, go and clean yourself."

As he rushed off, Andros asked, "Are you sure it was wise to keep him alive?"

Tygett smiled briefly, "Sometimes, the greatest of people appear to be the most wounded." Naruto was precious to him, in the short while that he had known him, he felt a special connection with the blonde.

"What's this, I hear about you trying to adopt a boy, Tygett!" A soft voice emerged from behind them. Tygett gulped as he turned to see the sinister sneer from his wife. Lady Darlessa Marbrand looked at her husband with righteous fury.

Andros slowly retreated from the silent pair, giving Tygett a simple sideway glance. Traitor! The Knight found himself turning back to his wife, her hands on her hips. The beautiful brunette's mouth twisted in anger, "Explain yourself."

He wished for a moment that he never brought Naruto back, if only to save himself from the crude remarks that slipped from the usually conserved woman's mouth.

1 day later

The armoury was located behind a maze of statues and the great hall, Naruto had managed to find it with the help of Andros. Andros was getting anxious as well, not for any particular reason besides going home. He missed the comforts of Hornvale which similar to Casterly Rock was situated atop a mountainous region. However unlike Casterly Rock, his ancestral home was relatively peaceful and didn't partake in the political machinations that the Lannister's were notorious for. Of course, they were a great house and his wasn't but still, wasn't it too much to ask for just some peace.

He didn't understand how King Robert could want to see anymore bloodshed after just having seen a war. The Rock had grown even more busy, Knights and Lords were preparing for the upcoming tourney that would be held on the marrow. Though the King Robert said that the honour of participating would only befall those who actually fought in the Greyjoy Rebellion. Of course, all for the sake of glory.

He snorted.

Naruto stepped into the armoury, he scrunched his nose in disgust at the familiar scent of burning. "What can I do for you gentlemen." A skinny yet tall old man walked from the forge to greet his newest customer. "It's been a while, Lord Brax. I hope your blade still serves you well."

Andros grinned, "It's served me very well. Master Loi." Naruto took great notice in the man's features, a short grey beard and long grey hair that reached his mid-back, he felt that was a great fire hazard but having seen the old man's gracefulness in the forge, Naruto didn't even want to question his practice. However, the features that made Naruto most curious were the man's small eyes and tribal mark striped across his arms. In particular, he reminded him of his hand-maiden who Naruto could very well still remember and not for any reason besides what had happened that night at Fair Isle. Still however, her name alluded him.

"But I'm not here for myself, I'm here for him." Andros pointed to Naruto who was currently examining the room filled with all sorts of weapons and armours, some appeared so extravagant and unique that one would assume they were ornaments rather than functional gear. The old man peaked up at the boy for a moment.

"Are you sure?" The blacksmith didn't voice his concerns about the boy's skinny build, but Andros merely nodded.

"He's stronger than he looks."

"And what's your name boy?"

"Naruto. Naruto Uzumaki." Had Naruto possessed keen eyes, he would have seen the old man's eyes widen briefly at the mention of his surname.

Master Loi smiled, "Well let's see what you can wear." Skipping the racks of full plated armour to the more obscure leather and metal mesh. The armour was patterned with small marks akin to a mountain or some sort of triangular shape. Neither of them had ever seen something like it before. "Try it…It used to be mine." The Master said.

Naruto quickly put it on, he felt the armour was sturdy and somewhat stiff but provided him with far more mobility than a plated armour. Master Loi looked over him for a while, gently pushing the armour in certain places to see that there were no holes. "Does it feel good."

"It's perfect." Naruto grinned, hopping around with some excitement. "How much?"

"It's free."

"What?" Naruto questioned in some shock.

"Nobody would have bought that armour anyway, you westerosi are strict on fighting with mesh and plate armour." Andros understood what he meant; blacksmiths often experimented with different styles but no army actually adopted them. Often times, the smithy's greatest works were left untouched and alone at the back of the armoury.

"Thanks…Old man." As the two were leaving, two items caught Naruto's eye, the first was an ornamental mask in the form of a dragon or was it a demon with horns. He couldn't tell. The second was a group of throwing knives. "How much for these two?"

Master Loi saw Naruto approach him with the demon mask and the throwing knives. "10 gold dragons." He said.

"How much if you alter them." Naruto had a sudden idea about the design of the knives, the blacksmith was curious about his idea. "Could you create a ring on the base that could fit around my finger and them bulkier so they can stop a blade."

Andros muttered, "Why don't you just get a dagger."

However Master Loi understood the ingenious design, "So you can fight with them and throw them." Naruto nodded.

"Hmm…I think I can make them." Master Loi surmised. He would need to make them from scratch of course, more than likely with Iron instead of steel but it could work. "When do you need them by."

"Tomorrow."

"Then I better get to work."

"I could help…" Naruto suggested.

"Have you ever worked in a blacksmith." He asked.

Naruto shrugged, "They forced us to smelt metal often, so I guess we have some practice with working metal."

"If you're sure, I'd be glad." Andros felt as if his presence had just been ignored, the boy and old man quickly got to work on smiting whatever idiotic creation Naruto had concocted. Though many smallfolk had all volunteered to be tutored under Master Loi but he never took a single apprentice.

What made Naruto so special?

It was only tomorrow that he would realise the ingenious behind the blades.

The Tourney at Lannisport was to be held on the tourney grounds outside the city walls. The King sat upon a seat in a box above the crowd below him, he sat alongside Ser Barristan and the Lannister Lords. All around him, were the other minor lords across the Westerlands, all coming here to watch their siblings or their children fight. The stands were only half-filled, as the smallfolk slowly filtered into the seats situated around the cylindrical like stadium. Many would opt to come in late as they only enjoyed watching the joust. King Robert's favourite even had always been the melee, to him, there was nothing greater than seeing lords and knights fight till they were bloodied. Though deaths were rare, it was far from a clean affair and that's what he loved about it. It was like war, a man could only trust his blade and his will. Ser Jaime Lannister had opted to only fight in the joust, which meant that betting on anyone individual would be risky.

Something that Robert would often do.

He betted 100 dragons on Ser Jorah Mormont.

As the crowd settled down, King Robert stood up and gave his speech. Tywin had to admit that if there was something that Robert had always been good at was his ability to rally men no matter where he was.

"Let the melee begin." The announcer roared. The large wooden doors containing the riled up men opened and they came flooding in. As per usual, they would wait for the gates to be locked before the fighting would be allowed to begin. Robert's eyes fell upon a silvery glint in the corner of the field.

A dwarf?

A boy?

He couldn't tell, at least from this height. The man was wearing a mask, a demonic mask that covered his whole face and armour that looked as if it had come from the furthest regions of Essos. "I don't remember a boy in battle."

Tywin said, "I'm not sure how he got in…Should I remove him."

The King shook his head, "If he is foolish enough to want to contest, I shall grant him that." Still, he had a feeling that the boy was more than met the eye.

On the field, many men were looking at him with keen and interested eyes. One of them said, "This is no place for a child, you should go home boy."

Naruto grunted but made no response.

"You will die." Another said.

The magister walked in and explained to them the rules of the melee, it was pretty self-explanatory, they would fight until only exactly 4 of them remained. Of which those four would draw to see how fights who until only one of them remained. Naruto didn't mind it, it proved to be much better than what would have more than likely been a conspiracy at the end where 2 or more men fought the strongest candidate.

"Where is your sword boy?" Naruto turned to see another stubby man, much taller than himself but also quiet shorter than the rest of the men on the field.

Naruto grinned, "Right here." He gestured to his slightly longer short sword, he had learnt a lot from sparring with Tygett Lannister so he opted to buy a blade that still remained light for him but was much longer than his regular short blade. "And where's yours."

"Don't have one…my trusty hammer is all I need." He hoisted the gargantuan hunk of anvil like hammer. "I hear ye are just a boy? Don't ya know that you'll end up dead."

Naruto shrugged. "Doesn't faze me one bit."

"I like ya kid." The man grinned, "What's your name?"

"Uzumaki Naruto."

"Rymen Frey." He greeted. "I'd watch out, I hear that some men want to hurt ya for what you did." The Frey looked like he wanted to know what had happened that made Naruto so hated but there talk was cut short when the horn was sounded. All 200 men rushed into battle.

Naruto dodged a mace from his side and drew his trusty daggers that he called, Kunai, before twirling around his finger and stabbing it into the knee of the unsuspecting man. Another man approached from his behind, he reacted by throwing the dagger straight into the man's leg. He dodged, gracefully picking two kunai, one in both hand.

"Come on boy…" His attacker roared; his great sword slashed the air between them. Naruto simply jumped back again.

Whistle

Two kunai slammed straight into his chest. Naruto rolled beneath another man, grabbing the two kunai and ripping them out in time to defend another bladed attack. He grinned maniacally; this was fun…too fun.

Almost everyone's attention was no drawn to the far corner of the field, Naruto was dancing in between three attackers at once.

Ser Barristan said, "I can't say, I've seen anyone fight like that."

Gerion grinned, "He's fighting with daggers…It's very common way to fight in Essos."

The usual boisterous King was silent, his gaze settled firmly onto the boy who had eliminated two of the three men by flipping over them and hurling his two kunai firmly into their backs.

"Still, it must take a lot of strength to break through plated armour." Ser Barristan insisted, "It should be impossible for a child."

"I should have bet on the boy." Robert muttered to himself. Many looked at the monarch in shock, even if the boy was decent at fighting, there was still no way that he would win.

Then the most incredible thing happened, everyone held in a grasp as Naruto was unaware of the hammer that was being spun towards his head. At the last possible second, Naruto threw a kunai straight into guy's chest and as the man's hammer was falling to the ground, he lifted it up with incredible ease and swung at his other incoming attacker, folding his breastplate as if it were made out of paper.

The Crowd roared to life.

Robert himself stood up at the sudden display of viciousness. "Yes, that's it boy…" He shouted. Fifty men remained; Naruto itched for his kunai again realising that he had just ran out. He did another thing that completely silenced everyone once more.

He threw the hammer.

The attacker was lucky enough to have a shield, the hammer impacted the shield and the sheer power of his throw sent the man spiralling into the ground with a shattered forearm and wrist. Stunned silence reigned, even the men in the field seemed to stop what they were doing.

Robert laughed, "Can't say I've ever seen anybody use a hammer that way."

Twyin Lannister was shocked, his brother had come to him with tales of a boy that could beat an entire battalion of men and his proof lay bare in front of him. He felt as if he had made a great folly, he feared that the King's reaction would take this treasure straight out of his arms.

Lady Marbrand said, "By the seven, Tygett. What is that boy?"

Tygett grinned, "Just watch, you haven't seen anything yet." Though after that sudden display of strength and power, Darlessa understood why Tygett wished to adopt him. Still, she wished she could at least see the boy's face.

As Naruto and another man clashed together, a horn was sounded indicating that the first round had reached it's end. Naruto was tired, he had never been so exhausted before, they just kept coming and coming. As the remaining four fighters walked to the middle of the grounds, Naruto took a look at the ugliness in front of him. It was brutal, all around him were scattered weapons from maces to axes, some limbs could be seen among the amalgamation of metal. He counted several dead, a few knocked clean out but still alive.

The remaining four fighters, Naruto ironically knew one of them. Somehow the stubbly man had survived. "I see ya survived, boy." The Frey said. "Can't say that you will after this." They all drew and Naruto found himself ironically facing off against the Frey.

The portly man stood opposite him, his Warhammer at the ready as the horn went off again. Naruto dashed at him with incredible speed, intent on finishing him. The Frey grinned, "Your fast…" Naruto dodged a Warhammer strike before he could even come close. Rymen rejected each of Naruto's advances, sword clashed against his hammer, neither managing to crack each other's defences.

Naruto moved backwards from another attack from his behind, he grunted at traitorious backstabbing motion. Naruto remembered his name from the magister, Ser Jorah Morment had managed to defeat his opponent.

"Oi Rymen…How about we deal with this nuisance and we get back to our fight."

The portly man grinned in kind, "I don't like men who backstab others." Ser Jorah was quickly turned on by two men. Naruto moved so fast that Ser Jorah didn't even see him, the only indication of his presence was the powerful spinning kick that forced him off his feet and straight onto the ground.

Rymen's hammer lay on Jorah's back, "Yield or I'll add ye to my collection of heads." Ser Jorah quickly surrendered, leaving both Rymen and Naruto to stand opposite each other.

Rymen marched forwards and Naruto met him again at the midway of his attack, before they quickly disengaged. "You'll never pierce my armour."

Naruto closed his eyes, he remembered what Tygett had told him about controlling his power. He felt it slowly trickle down. Rymen aimed his hammer down towards Naruto, thinking the boy would try to attack him with his sword. Naruto shifted entering a stance that Tygett had taken against him on the boat. One foot in front the other, he pounced at him with a riposte that pierced straight through the Frey's guard allowing for his blade to meet at his neck. "Guess that's my win."

Rymen chuckeled, "Guess it is, kid." Apparently not at all fazed about his defeat. He lay his hammer down and stepped back. Silence reigned for a long moment; nobody was sure what to do about what had just transpired.

That was until Tywin Lannister stood up with a broad smile, "Winner is Naruto Uzumaki of House Lannister." He had found him, Tywin thought.

At long last, the old lion had found someone worthy enough to call an heir.

A/N: And that's the end of the chapter. It took me a long while to write. I saw all of your reviews and it just motivated for me to write more so keep them coming. So here it is, the third chapter of Heaven's Descent.

I'm sorry if it's taking a while to reach canon but I promise we'll get there sooner rather than later. There are a few clues here about Naruto's other parentage besides the Uzumaki Clan. I'll put the poll up probably tomorrow so keep an eye on that.

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