Re-Reunited (The Crowd Say Bo Selecta) (Naruto/FGO)

[Nitramy]

I hope so, this looked like an interesting fic and I really hope it does not turn into yet another Fate Wank

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If you know your Dragon Blade Chronicles, you already have a pretty good idea as to what will happen in that mission.

Spoiler

you thought Demon in Pain and Demon from Below were bad? think again.

 

[Nitramy]

Note: Shirou, Rin, and Sakura are unavailable due to their Mount Koryu mission (Dragon Blade Chronicles). Because of that, Sitonai/Illyasviel is our spotlight character for this snippet.

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Snow // Rain

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"It was just as you said, Orochimaru," Sitonai declared as her vessel's abilities allowed her to detect the many shinobi following them on their trip to Rain Country.

The organization known as Akatsuki had made themselves and their aim known, and Otogakure had to take a stand of some sort.

Thankfully, things developed just as Orochimaru had hypothesized. With the great Hidden Villages assembling for a summit in Iron, that left the minor villages scrambling to find some sort of way to deal with the functional declaration of war Akatsuki made upon them.

Quick to capitalize on their imminent internal instability, Sitonai swept in and promised the minor villages that Otogakure would get their answers from the missing-nin organization.

It would also prove to very fortuitous to both Sitonai and her fellow reincarnates, as they were too busy in Mount Koryu, preventing that disaster from happening. It meant that the former Illyasviel von Einzbern had to step up... and also coordinate whatever information she'd find to both Shirou and the others, as well as the Tailed Beasts.

The Sarutobi had found one of their targets already. It was only a matter of time before Sitonai would find the ringleader.

And as the Otogakure group made their way to Rain, the previous falling rain had begun to crystalize into snowflakes, proof of the coming winter... and of Sitonai's power.

***

"We come in peace," Sitonai declared to the Akatsuki contingent meeting them at the gates. "I have come only to share information that you and yours will need in the future, in exchange for some insight on how minor ninja villages will continue through your eponymous 'dawn of a new age, and end of the old one'... your speech writer is inspired, I might add."

To Sitonai's surprise, the spokesperson for the Akatsuki stepped forward.

"What could you offer that we do not already have?" Yahiko asked curiously.

Illya tried to find any hostility in the man's voice or chakra, but found none.

"Your wayward member hiding in the grass, for one," Sitonai replied, and that answer got a reaction out of him. "That thing is but one of the pests gnawing at the tree of this world who we aim to eliminate. Your world has no crystallized wishes to guard against those who would aim to prune this world for their own."

Despite the warning, Yahiko smiled.

"You think I don't have contingency measures for that?" he asked, and revealed a very familiar, though very different, cross tattoo on the back of his hand. "Lancer, please show yourself."

A woman in armor made her presence known, and instead of recoiling in fright, the de facto leader of Otogakure just nodded.

"No wonder onii-chan couldn't summon you," she thought aloud, her eyes growing nostalgic. "You were here long before he was reincarnated..."

One blink later, and she was back to business.

"I'm already tracking those who would prune this world, Master of Lancer," Sitonai said confidently. "Unfortunately, I am in league with the village that caused you to start this organization in the first place."

"That is a shame."

"I am not going to ask you to let go of your justice," the Alter Ego declared. "But I will ask that you defer it, at least until we are sure the White Titan's children have all been scoured from this world."

Lancer strutted up to her, still on the horse.

"How do you know these things?"

"You might not know it, but you have driven them away before, on another world. Even now, instead of outright conquest, they are rooted in our world, seeking to gather their power until our very bodies become the vessel for their revival," Sitonai told Lancer enigmatically. "I would like to think of that as a bigger threat than some Hokage wannabe starting a shitty black ops group and dick-fencing with Hanzo the Salamander."

Yahiko tried desperately to keep a straight face, but couldn't.

"I have never heard of it described that way," he admitted after he had gotten over his laughing fit. He knew now that this Sitonai was, though an ally of Konoha, not their enemy. "What's this I hear about Konoha cleaning up their back yard?"

"They're getting to that point. I might even ask the Hokage for Shimura Danzo's corpse as proof that they want to mend fences with you and yours, but that is for future dealings. We have a clear and present danger working in this world now, and your declaration accelerated their timetable."

"How do we stop them?"

"Look to scientific advancement, particularly the miraculous ones. Servants can also sense them, especially those who have fought against the White Titan."

Yahiko made a face.

"Did I play into their plans?"

Sitonai shook her head.

"No, but this isn't the first time a plotter thought himself the mastermind but ended up another worm on the hook. At least now, you know where you stand. Your aim is noble... but it will take more than nobility to bring this way of the world down, even after we are sure that the Titan's spawn are no longer a threat to this world."

"Then, can we count on your support?"

"For now, you have it."

***

Dire Tidings

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It was during Naruto's training that he was called into the seal and presented a letter from the little girl leading Otogakure.

Once out of the seal, Naruto opened the letter, and was immediately floored.

Give my regards to you and your team, Uzumaki Naruto.

This is just a small note from me to tell you that things are going well.

To wit, despite Akatsuki's declaration of war, no combat has taken place yet.

Your prioritizing training is good; Chiyo-neesan also gives her greetings.

Godfather or not, Jiraiya needs to know some developments about my meeting with the red clouds.

Now, though, other concerns have more priority than that; but I am sure you will give everything their due balance.

There is also something you need to contact your senpai about.

Is their team still in Mount Koryu? I heard Muramasa-kun was acquainted with Tatsuhiro Akari's bodyguard.

Another thing you need to know is that you have been making waves here thanks to your editing.

One shouldn't let their success get to their head, though.

Of course, you should also look after yourself, your health, and your teammates', too.

Him? Do you refer to your teammate Uchiha Sasuke? I hear he is also training like you, as well.

Running laps in the village perimeter, I hear, is a good way of exercise and being visible to the civilians.

Around here, shinobi visibility is limited; minor vilages simply don't have the same privileges as, like, Konoha.

COMMIT THIS LETTER TO MEMORY, DELIVER THE MESSAGE TO JIRAIYA, AND BURN IT ONCE YOU DO.

Sitonai

***

Uzumaki Naruto only had two words to say once he was done reading Sitonai's ominous letter.

"Ah, shit."

Deep within the seal, the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox just laughed.

***

 

[Durin]

another Naruto power shown to be working with a Servant.
is there anyone worth mentioning that is not heavily influenced by the Fate cast or retconned to be from a Fate source?

EDIT: Just to expand on this, my main issue with this fic as a whole is that it feels like FGO coming and playing around in Naruto, but Naruto as a setting is not really effecting the FGO side at all.

From what I can remember there has not been a single fight in which a Naruto character beat a Fate character, but the reverse is not true.
There has not been a single conversation in which a Fate characters plans have been notably changed by a Naruto character, but the reverse is not true.
There has not been a single time in which a Fate character had their understanding of the world changed by the Naruto setting, but the reverse is not true.

Basically when it gets down to it, the Naruto side of the cross feels more like scenery then anything else, with even the Otsutsuki being rewritten to be a Fate threat.

 

[Nitramy]

Snippet inspired by Boruto Chapter 79.

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To Fly to the Heavens

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"Are you sure it's okay to just let them go like that?" Hyuuga Iroha asked as Team 13's off-village debrief unofficially began. "They might start trouble again in the future."

"Not to our knowledge, sir," Shirou replied. "What happened with the supposed 'Genryuu' was that they were apparently elemental aspects of a greater dragon: the legendary dragon, Albion."

"What of that dragon, then? Is it a threat to Konoha?"

The three Konoha-nin shook their heads.

"If any, we have acquired an off-the-books ally against whatever threats Sound has scrounged up. Besides…" Shirou trailed off, closing his eyes for a moment, "I have a feeling it won't be the last we'll see of the Tatsushiro siblings and their bodyguard."

"So… we'll mark the Mount Koryu mission as a success?"

"Not a conventional success, but a success nonetheless. As Uzumaki Naruto is wont to do, the best outcome is to turn an enemy into an ally."

"That's quite the statement you've made."

"Of course. Being the Hokage's granddaughter has its perks."

They continued talking about mundane things until Sakura turned her head to see a woman with blue hair pass them by in the streets of Tanzaku Gai.

Before anyone could do anything, Hyuuga Iroha immediately heard Team 13's voices inside his head.

Evacuate this area immediately.

***

Sarutobi Rin snapped her fingers, and immediately, the seal matrices around the town activated, causing a line of distorted space-time to manifest and expand, creating a large and empty area containing Shirou, Rin and Sakura… with the woman they spotted.

"Now this… this is new," the woman said nonchalantly. "I suppose you are the strike team sent after me?"

They said nothing.

"Or you're wondering why I'm here," she said. "We already know what you're planning. You cannot stop us."

Her eyes changed shape, but as soon as they did, her mouth fell open.

What strangeness was this, when the three before her were voids of nothing, blind spots before her vision of divinity?

The three voids were slowly but surely making their way to her.

"So… so that's why I was called back… that's why the order was rescinded…" she thought out loud before going into a combat stance. Her eyes returned to normal, and that was when she realized she wasn't facing opponents her associates were aware of, something completely beyond their understanding…

"…sought to forge the ultimate blade. Not a sword that cuts through flesh, bone, or the living…"

"…O lightning of the underworld, gather and become my spear…"

"Let all traces of life and soul be melted. Install!"

It was at this moment that she knew.

She fucked around.

And now she was about to find out.

***

Life in Tanzaku Gai resumed as if nothing was wrong, several minutes after the emergency evacuation protocols were called upon (as is standard for when S-Rank ninja would have to fight in populated areas).

However, for ten minutes, it seemed that nothing was going on, except for the strange line that appeared in the town's main road that looked very much out of place.

It was around the time when several shinobi assigned to the town decided to investigate the anomaly that it dispelled, three Konoha ninja leaping out of the disturbance just before it vanished into thin air.

A woman's severed head followed suit, and as soon as it hit the ground, a disheveled and furious Sarutobi Rin channeled what little combat-ready chakra she had, and stomped onto the severed head, reducing it into a disgusting pile of flesh, blood and metal.

"AND STAY FUCKING DEAD! PIECE OF SHIT!" she roared in vicious triumph, her blue eyes briefly glowing red before her posture slackened.

"Uh, nee-san," Kurama Sakura commented, "nearly every ninja in Tanzaku Gai just saw what you did."

She sighed.

"Who fucking cares, I am so fucking tired of this subterfuge. Give me an evil ninja's ass to kick any time over this."

She stomped her way out of the carnage, leaving her two teammates to calm down everyone else based on what just happened.

Right now, Rin did not care… but she did care enough that she didn't mention that they were able to do this thanks to Otogakure's own information network.

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Butterfly Effect

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"This one's on the house," the girl with the horned headband said as she poured out the last bottle for the man to drink. "Here's to the future: cheers!"

The man toasted and chugged down the drink, not noticing the sadistic smile the girl was wearing.

It only took several minutes for the mickey to take effect, and by then, the man was already sleeping into the bar.

The woman with the headband laughed daintily before paying her tab and disappearing into the darkness outside, pulling off the headband to reveal that the horns really were a part of her anatomy…

***

Several hours later, at one of Orochimaru's former bases…

"Are you successful?"

"But of course, Master. Taking candy from a baby is easier than what I just did. Though… Master… why would you not lethally poison this person?"

"Because if I did, they'd find another one. This way, they'll stay on him as much as they can, and find out too late that they've wasted all their resources on someone whose swimmers don't swim any longer."

"How underhanded… say, I heard from our common friend that there is one less problem in this world."

"They found and disposed of her? Good… though that means with a piece so powerful taken out of the board this early, they're going to immediately understand that something is up. Well, it's time for me to take on the next phase of the plan… these ninja are so predictable."

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Disturbing New Developments

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Two figures were at the bath house and covertly appreciating the eye candy when an ANBU stepped up to them.

"Sir, the Hokage would like a word with the both of you," the ANBU said.

"He'll / I'll be there in five," the two figures replied simultaneously.

"The Hokage will be here if you are not at her office in five," the ANBU added, and then disappeared.

"Is it just me, or do Uchiha always become bigger dicks when they put the mask on?" the man asked as he began to scrawl the last bits of writing onto his notebook.

"Don't ask me, Sennin-dono, I'm just here to draw," the girl in the kimono replied. "And we should get going. Your Hokage will be cross if we don't get there in time."

"Yeah, yeah."

One transformation into spirit form and shunshin later, the bathhouse was empty.

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"What is it this time, hime?" Jiraiya the Toad Sage asked as he entered the Hokage's office. "You're the one who told me to lie low for the next two weeks to iron out all the details of my next book as well as the illustrators with Oei-chan here, right?"

"That's right," the Hokage replied. "You won't believe what our informants in Sound managed to get. Remember when Sitonai warned you of an impersonator wandering around the Elemental Countries?"

Jiraiya nodded, and Tsunade tossed a sheaf of pictures at the Foreigner-class Servant and her Master.

"What in the Sage's name… that's me!"

"Those pictures were taken two days ago, while you were in town."

"That's Sennin-dono for sure, but his facial expressions are completely different," Oei noted. "What kind of advancement would allow for someone to create a perfect copy of another person?"

"The kind that makes people think that that eye-robbing warhawk had a good point for us to hoard our technology," Tsunade said, gritting her teeth. "For now, Jiraiya, I need you here in-village and lying as low as possible, at least until this problem has solved itself."

"What do you – oh, right, you're going to throw Team 13 at it."

"As I speak, Team 13 has had the most success in fulfilling Otogakure's hit list. We still have several targets who Sitonai has designated as ultra-high-priority, but it's only a matter of time before they get drawn out and taken care of."

She sighed.

"It's these types of problems that require the ninja world to unite… but a united ninja world attracts parasites like these people… still, whatever Oto's leader called the 'Titan's spawn'… colors me curious.

"Ah, I am not the one you should be talking to about that, Hokage-dono," Oei responded. "Maybe those who have been living since the time of who you call the Sage could ease your curiosity."

"The question becomes, will that person of interest be willing to do so? All the more, since we put him in a person-shaped cage for generations…" Tsunade thought out loud.

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a/n: who knew that people die if they are killed, especially when hit with Tsumukari Muramasa, Kur Kigal Irkalla and Sarasvati Meltout at once

also yes, Rin is the surrogate of everyone who just read Boruto 79 LUL

 

[Nitramy]

A: Yes, to a certain extent.

It is a Fate wank in the sense that I want to use the Masters, Servants, Pseudo-Servants and Demi-Servants to avert the events of Boruto entirely by preemptively removing their movers and shakers off the board before they even start doing anything.

Because Boruto (the series, not the character) a shit.

Canon events will more or less proceed in a less 'destructive' (i.e. named characters getting killed off) way, though... but I've already thrown monkey wrenches here and there.

The final conflict will most likely have something to do with the Akatsuki's declaration of war against the ninja way of life... or Zetsu gets creative in his attempt to summon one of the White Titan's children: Sefar's descendant, Kaguya Otsutsuki.

 

[Durin]

ah
I think I will bow out here then
its well written, but I have found that this type of fusion sort of enrages me

 

[Nitramy]

ah
I think I will bow out here then
its well written, but I have found that this type of fusion sort of enrages me

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I'll try not to mutilate the Naruto plot and characters any further.

Boruto, though? They're fair game.

 

[Durin]

I'll try not to mutilate the Naruto plot and characters any further.

Boruto, though? They're fair game.

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it was less mutilating the plot and characters that I found annoying
and more making the entire setting run on Nasu rules and making all the Naruto characters play second fiddle to imported Nasu characters

 

[Nitramy]

making the entire setting run on Nasu rules and making all the Naruto characters play second fiddle to imported Nasu characters

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That's kind of hard to avoid when the theoretical basis of the crossover is "The Otsutsuki are descendants of one of the Velber", but I'll see what I can do about letting the Naruto characters shine on their own (I have been doing bits and pieces of this with Tsunade's statesmanship. Also, Illyasviel hasn't been doing anything combat-wise and has been playing from the shadows against the descendants of the Otsutsuki).

This also means that the world of Naruto isn't Earth; rather one of the worlds targeted for destruction by the Velber's descendants (they didn't count on treachery within their ranks, though).

 

[Durin]

That's kind of hard to avoid when the theoretical basis of the crossover is "The Otsutsuki are descendants of one of the Velber", but I'll see what I can do about letting the Naruto characters shine on their own (I have been doing bits and pieces of this with Tsunade's statesmanship. Also, Illyasviel hasn't been doing anything combat-wise and has been playing from the shadows against the descendants of the Otsutsuki).

This also means that the world of Naruto isn't Earth; rather one of the worlds targeted for destruction by the Velber's descendants (they didn't count on treachery within their ranks, though).

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my suggestion is show that the Fate characters assumptions about how the world works being wrong at some point, probably due to assuming that some tings about how Earth works are fundamental laws of reality rather then how earth in particular works, and it having consequences.
and showing that the Naruto big names can go toe to toe with a servant if it gets down to it.

otherwise its "Fate characters show these ignorant savages the Truth"
or "Fate characters beats up these weaklings using their superior magic system"
which is already 90% of Fate crossovers and got boring by the second time

 

[Nitramy]

Unfortunately, given the nature of the Throne of Heroes (where Servants are given the information they need for the task at hand), this is difficult to do, if not impossible.

HOWEVER, I think I can somewhat accommodate you by having the Fate cast "tone down" their presence in the world when the clear and present danger of the Otsutsuki have been taken care of (because the other reveal here is that the Fate characters' purpose in this world is to sever its link to the Velber's descendants). Once the Naruto world is no longer in threat of pruning, we'll see the Servants gradually adapt to their new world and return to the Throne once their Masters have passed on.

(And yes, I DID write in the 'Velber's descendants' as a way to shit on the last part of Naruto and the entirety of Boruto [the manga, not the characters], and what better way to do it than with an outside-context problem)

 

[Durin]

yeah I don't think I will be able to continue then

 

[Nitramy]

That reminds me, omegalul at the Illya's Castle SSR being the Fateverse Kasshin Koji

At least I now have an in-universe reason why Illyasviel/Sitonai wants Kara wiped out of existence, not just them being Sefar's descendants. To her, it's personal.