Ok, so I promised a rewrite, and here it is. Hope it is to your satisfaction.
Old version posted on the story collection (IT IS UP FOR ADOPTION)
"They say he is the second coming of the Black Dread. Witnesses claim that his fire was as black as his scales, wings so vast that whole towns were swallowed up in their shadow when he passed overhead. They called him; the Dragon of Apocalypse! Claimed his name, was Acnologia; the Heaven's Terror"
Summary: The Doom of Valyria; said to have brought about the end of a era, how will the world fare when not all was ended?
Pairing: Naruto x Daenerys x Arya/Visenya x Shiera
The Lands of the Long Summer. It was probably one of, if not the best place on the Valyrian peninsula to own a summer retreat. The Temperature here was always comfortable, and the scenery was exceptional. From his position, he was able to see the rolling hills and luscious meadows. In the distance, there were a couple mountains, but that only added to the scenery. Far off to the east, he could see The Sea of Sighs. It was practically a massive hot spring that many other Families around here, both Lowborn, and Highborn enjoyed.
The sky was surprisingly clear for once after so many days of rain and thunder. Dragons could be seen flying across the sky, roaring their giddiness of being let out their pens after so long. They never did like the stables.
The domesticated ones at least.
The wild dragon's however, they were a different story.
Currently, a young lad is climbing up the side of a mountain, his destination known to none except himself.
The wild dragons nesting grounds.
While he would have loved hatching a dragon from one of the nests back in the city, he had seen, had observed, tested, and theorized several things between the dragons the people of Valyria bred and raised to ride themselves, and he had noticed how the dragons born in the wild differed.
The wild dragons were bigger, faster, and stronger than the dragons raised by people depending on diet; surprisingly they liked to eat sheep more than most other meats provided to them when they hunted; what hunting he had seen them do anyways. The dragons bred and raised by humans; while big in some cases, were never as powerful as their wild and free counterparts. That was the reason he was currently doing this crazy self-induced quest to claim an egg from one of the wild nests up the valley away from the Freehold, which he was sure his mother was worrying over him right now.
Oh well, he'd deal with that when he got back with his prize.
If he lived.
Be it from escaping a mad mother dragon protecting her clutch, or his own mother giving him a 'punishment' when he got back.
'Shiver'
Not a pleasant thought, but nevertheless it might be true.
ANYWAYS! Back on topic, climbing a mountain in search of eggs. He placed his hands on the edge of the cliff-side and pulled himself up. He huffed in exhaustion when he lay down on his back and rolled onto his side. It wasn't a large ledge by any means, but it was large enough for him to lay on and that was enough for the time being. When he had finally managed to gain his breath the young boy say up and groaned as his back popped in several places before he rolled his shoulders and elicited several more pops from his aching joints from his incredible climb up the side of the several hundred foot cliff.
As he went the climb some more, he noticed that the ledge he had laid on, led to a cave. It was big, impressive actually, with the opening being about twenty feet high and about double the width; he assumed as he was never good at mathematics. He did however know several things about dragons, and one of the things he definitely knew was they tended to inhabit caves throughout the valley, and with a cave opening this big, there was no way it couldn't belong to a dragon.
Hopefully it was devoid of any mothers, maybe even a potential father, gods forbid both being there if there was a nest inside.
Well... here's to hoping he survived another day.
With his mind made up, he ventured inside. He was quiet as a field mouse and stepped lightly as a breeze. Dragons had incredible hearing and an even more powerful sense of smell. Oh sure they had powerful traits like their strength and wings along with long tails, but the hearing and smell was what worried him at the current moment. One wrong move and he was a goner.
Again, if there was both dragons and eggs inside.
Dragons mated for life, and they were extremely protective over the eggs they laid. Anyone or anything they didn't know or remember was an automatic meal if they approached without permission, regardless if they had no ill intentions or not.
And seeing as dragons lived for uncounted centuries and they were whispers/rumors/myths that in some super rare occasions one in every thousand were able to enter into its thousand/millennial year or life, he only hoped that the eggs he found had one that appealed to his judgment and hopes for a powerful partner. Sniffing the air silently he smelled an all too familiar scent, faded yes, but it lingered all over the place. One unique to only one type of animal in the world as they produced it whenever they unleashed it from their jaws.
Brimstone.
He couldn't light a torch or he'd be killed from the explosion unleashed by the chemical compound, which was far more potent than what was found underground by man. He would have to rely on the outside light provided by the sun and his own eyes before it became too dark.
As he ventured deeper into the cave, he noticed that the air became more and more warm the further he went inside the cavern and, surprisingly a bit brighter as well. He came to a stop and felt his eyes widen in shock at something lying before him. It was a wall of lava falling from the ceiling and flowing down a winding river through a possible tunnel, seen as it wasn't pooling or flowing out the cliff he had climbed up recently. However, while the sight was indeed captivating, the true sight for him was the clutch of eggs laying before him. The nest in itself was made of a combination of metals that if he was able to guess by the coloration that he is able to see it is composed by: silver, iron, copper, steel and gold in varying raw amounts that were collected and melted by the mother and father of the clutch to serve as a incubating nest with how rocks and straw can be used but they not maintain the heat as the metals that are used in this nest.
They were big, incredibly so. Easily three times the size of the dragon eggs laid back home.
There was a total of three eggs. All of them were black with small mixtures of colors etched into the scale-like shells that housed the incredible life inside of them. The first egg was a black as the nighttime sky with deep blue swirls mixed in, the black portions of the egg were solid obsidian black that seemingly absorbed all forms of light like a black hole. The second egg was also black like the first and had patches of deep magenta and blue patches mixed in. The final egg was black and had swirls of crimson coiling around with a couple splotches of white splattered around.
The seven year old smiled to himself as he grabbed the first egg he laid his eyes on, and he made his decision.
~12 years later~
A shockwave rattled the earth and blasted through the heavens as one of the 14 mountains exploded violently, soon followed by another. He ran as fast as he could through the plaza, his family wasn't on the peninsula at the moment so hopefully they survived. The hills that split asunder and the black that ate the skies;
The flames that shot so high and hot that even dragons burned;
Would never be the final sights that fell upon their eyes.
A fly upon a wall, the waves the sea wind whipped and churned —
The city of a thousand years, and all that men had learned;
The Doom consumed it all alike, and neither of them turned
He grunted as a large form grabbed him and pulled him along, the young man of Nine and Ten fighting his tormentor until he saw who held him, "Grandfather!" he called out to the now fully grey haired man of 112 and still strong as a ox.
"Not now boy, in here!" he said before he turned around, "Where is your dragon, where is Acnologia?" he demanded.
"I wasn't able to call out to him when you grabbed me, he's still out there.
"Then call him here, now!" the elderly man commanded. He was not only the eldest member of House Uzumaki, but the mot feared member. He had lived through nearly a dozen wars, fought thousands of enemies and was even rumored to have slain several dragons and their riders using his bare hands.
Did he believe those stories?
Yes, yes he did.
The teen nodded to his grandfather and gave a specific whistle that he had trained his dragon to respond to. Unfortunately, it seemed like a mob had taken notice and was making its way towards them. Just as he could make out the faces of members in the mob, a wave of midnight black/blue fire cut across the field in front of them. The ground shuddered, this time from a large sized Dragon landing. Acnologia let out a mighty roar as members of the mob fled in terror.
Most of Acnologia's scales are black, shadowing blue ones that run down his back and neck with a few navy blue scales on the underside of the neck and tail. His wings and frills are blue-black mix, down to the wing-bones which are black. Many of the scales on Acnologia's dorsal side, and most of those along his frills are dark to the point of being almost black, while his neck is striped with bright azure and black frills. His eyes are blue. His wingspan was nearly 180 feet and he was roughly 175 feet long at the young age of ten and two years; which was rather big for a dragon his age. However, the dragon now bore a huge jagged rent down his left side, almost nine feet long, and fresh blood still dripped from the wound, hot and smoking.
His dragon was wounded...
"Acnologia!" he called out in worry as the large dragon turned to his master.
"Inside, now!" his grandfather commanded his House Heir, "You too Acnologia!" he told the dragon as he pat the great beast on its snout, "Take care of him." he pleaded with the massive dragon, "This peninsula is dead as am I and the boys parents. Watch over the chest and make sure nobody touches it, those will be the saviors of both our races. Now hurry, while I still have time to lock the doors!" he commanded as the dragon reared back and roared as a fireball struck him in the neck as another blast from one of the Fourteen Flames shot out, "Now Acnologia!" Ashina of House Uzumaki commanded the dragon in worry.
"Grandfather!" the boy called out to him in worry.
"Don't worry about me boy, you just make sure you survive, rebuild our great house, return the dragons to their glory, and by the gods, marry a woman that can actually fight!" he called as Acnologia curled around his master and the doors shut from the outside. With that done, Ashina snorted, "God's only know you're like me when it comes to your taste in women, better hope she doesn't castrate you when you have kids." he snorted as he began to conjure his spell, and in a flash of light, it was over, "Live for the Freehold, Naruto!" he said as a blast rattled the peninsula and threw the elder off his feet where he crashed into a wall, and remained still forevermore.
A cough racked through his body as Naruto took in a deep breath. One of the first things he felt was a painful ache all over his body. Every muscle felt so incredibly tense. His bones felt stiff, and a twang of pain jolted through them as he went to set himself up. Letting out a loud groan, he took in another deep breath. His lips felt cracked and dry. A series of hoarse coughs wracked through his body. Gods, where was some water when he needed it? He heard Acnologia growl as he sat up, a series of loud cracks and pops heard through the room as he sat up. A small gout of flame lit up the darkness as Acnologia allowed the inside of his mouth to burn softly and push back the darkness surrounding them.
He grabbed a large wineskin filled with water and drank greedily before he turned and softly smiled, "Thank the gods you're safe Acnologia, I was afraid of the worst." Naruto said as he dropped the water and placed a hand on his dragon's snout. The dragon crooning softly at his masters touch, "Let's see that wound, it can't be healthy to have it go untreated for long, but knowing you, you're probably fine. I just want to make sure you are at least fine enough to journey." he said as the dragon turned as his master wished, and opened his burning maw to show his master where he had been hurt.
The wound was bad, but the magic the dragon had been born with had quickly closed the wound and left behind a rich scar that was a sheening grey color, the only imperfection on Acnologia. He had no clue as to what exactly hurt his dragon, but he could easily guess what had caused the scar; one of the larger houses blowing up or even a stray fireball from one of the flames. He ran a hand over the mark and noticed there was no blood, "Well, at least the wound is healed, you'll have a scar though old friend." he said as he turned around, "Let's get out of here, I'm sure it's been a few days or maybe even a week or so and everything has finally calmed down."
But first, he needed to change. There were several crates that had pretty much all the valuables of House Uzumaki stored inside. Everything from precious gems and gold to very rare minerals and even metals. One stack of crates housed several hundred pounds of Valyrian Steel in total; enough to make a suit of armor if he wished or even an entire armory with the metal; he'd figure out what he'd do with the material at a later date. Then he finally reached the crates that had clean-well relatively clean, cloths inside.
He hadn't checked all the crates mind you, but there seemed to be one that Acnologia was being slightly protective over he'd look into when he finished changing.
Naruto took off his tattered shirt as he put on another shirt from a nearby crate. On a nearby table, he spotted a sentimental necklace. His calloused hands grasped the smooth metal links as he brought the green crystal gem in front of his face. He opted not to think about their fate as he put the necklace around his neck and tucked it under his shirt.
Finally finished dressing he walked over to the crate Acnologia was seemingly guarding he snorted as he playfully nudged the dragon and opened the crate and paused as he saw what was inside. There were three eggs. One was Cream colored with gold swirls, the middle was blue mixed with magenta patterns covering the shell and the last one was red with black markings on it.
Well, guess that explains why Acnologia was so protective over the chest now and the redhead turned to the dragon with a raised brow, "Something I should know about Acnologia?" he asked causing the dragon to snort at him as he rolled his eyes. Closing the chest he picked it up and walked over to the door and set it down. Rising up he placed a hand on the wall and with a burst of magic flowed that throughout the room, the massive door opened with a groan. Dust, ash, and soot billowed through the now open door along with a breath of fresh air.
Naruto let out a whistle when the sun's warm rays hit him. Stepping through the massive doorway, he found himself on the familiar stone-paved pathway, though it was much more weathered. That wasn't his main focus at the moment. For as far as he could see, there were crumbling ruins. There were burning embers and the vestiges of destroyed buildings littering the landscape. The once green fields of the Land of the Long Summer were now meadows of ash. Though in some places, vegetation had come back. There were fields of trees and grass that had begun growing over some of the devastated lands.
"The Targaryen's must be laughing at us now, huh, Acnologia?" Naruto commented as his eyes continued to roam over the grim sight before them.
The dragon stepped out with a soft growl as he looked around at the ruins of his once beloved home.
"We can't stay here, there's no telling what might happen if we do." he told the dragon as he walked deeper into the ruins of the building his grandfather shoved him into who knows how long ago. It took him several minutes, but eventually he returned with a saddle in his hands and had the dragon crouch down and threw it over his mounts neck and quickly strapped it together. There were dozens of pouches that could hold who knows only how much in them as they were all spacious, but for the time being he would take large numbers of rations, the eggs, and the Valyrian steel in the crates.
It was a little hard to see through the foliage, but he could see it. What had once been his luxurious private estate had now been reduced to a crumbling ruin. The signs of long-term erosion were everywhere. Farther out in the distance, he even spotted the corpses of some Dragons. Naruto had watched as entire cities turned to dust with the full might of the Freehold. He even participated in some of the pacifying in those cities. Though, to see his own home reduced to rubble was shocking. He could only imagine how the rest of the Valyrian peninsula fared.
It was almost like the damage and destruction the Freehold had wrought upon other Nations had come back around.
Slowly Naruto spun around. His hands were on the hilts of both his swords just in case of a fight, but he paused as he took in the sight of the two massive Dragon skeletons and he paused. The saddles on their back looked worn and torn, but he could spot his House's Sigil. His father's Dragon; Kurnugi and his mother's dragon Selene had grown to be quite massive, it appeared. They made the large hill look small with the size of their skeletons. It felt like something he'd read in a story as a child.
"Well, they got big." he told himself.
Acnologia allowed his master onto his back and walked up the slope where he hopped down and pet the two large dragon's on their snouts tenderly, almost expecting the skeletons to dissolve. Kurnugi's skull alone was longer and taller than the main part of Acnologia's body. He couldn't help but whistle as he gazed at the two dragon skeletons, though Kurnugi was by far the larger of the two. He surmised Kurnugi's ribs to be at least 280 feet long and 115 feet wide at their thickest. If he had to guess, his father's dragon had grown to be roughly 340 or so feet at the time he died, which was impressive as the dragon was already 50 or so years old when his father took Kurnugi as his mount.
Acnologia was going to be much larger when he reached adulthood. When dragons were born they had a hyper-accelerated growth rate that lasted for about twenty or so years before it stopped and they started to grow at a more normal rate.
As he stood between the dragons, he paused as he saw a sight that made him blink, "Well, guess this could help us as well." he pondered aloud as Acnologia peered over his shoulder before nudging the young man causing him to laugh. He silently crouched by a clutch of three Dragon eggs. All three of them varied in color. First one he saw was a royal purple, with gold ripples and swirls all over it. The second egg was emerald green egg with pale pink swirls and ripples. The last egg was a blinding silver with red coils all over it.
"I guess with six dragon's it'll be easier to populate your race back a bit faster if most of them were female, huh bud?" only to cry out as the dragon pushed him and caused him to fall, "What, you know it's true!" he called as the dragon gave a bellowing series of grunts that caused Naruto to deadpan, "Oh, so you find it funny huh?" he said before he shook his head, "Whatever, let's just get a tooth from Kurnugi and Selene and come back for the skulls at a later date. We can't stay here longer, the land is dead and there is no telling what is left in these ruins. And who knows how long we were stuck in that gods damned room." he muttered as he gathered the eggs and placed them in a separate pouch.
Seven Dragons would definitely be a boon to helping him reclaim the glory of the Freehold, but even he couldn't for see that the dragons he had weren't the only one's he'd come into encounter with.
~XxX-two weeks later-XxX~
Acnologia soared through the afternoon sky with wingbeat's of thunder as he pushed himself forward, Naruto reading a book and eating a small pastry he had purchased the day prior. However he shook his head in annoyance, "Why did these free cities have to butcher the beauty of High Valyrian as a language?" he groaned before he dropped the pastry when Acnologia suddenly jerked and began to dive, "Whoa Acnologia! Whoa I say!" he called out, "What's the matter with you?" he demanded as the dragon raced to the ground where he noticed they were nearing a large city and there seemed to be a large army standing out in the front.
"What the-" he didn't finish as Acnologia let out a earsplitting roar that alerted all those below him of his presence, and soon Naruto could understand why he was making such a fuss.
There were large sparks of magic down on the ground. Three were of fire and one of ice. The ones of fire he could recognize as dragons cuz Acnologia had a similar feeling when his energy was used, the ice must have been a human as only a human could be attuned to specific elements. His element was forestry-seer magic which was rare and the last one to hold such gifts was his great grandfather Hashirama on his father's side of the family before he died in battle with his dragon Belserion. Unsurprisingly the men in armor were quick to form their ranks as several men ordered them to form their phalanxes. Acnologia planted his feet firmly and then crashed his wings down with a roar as he gazed down at the humans.
To the surprise of the army and their potential buyer, the ebony and blue marked dragon lowered itself down and they took notice of the large saddle strapped to it, and then a person jumped off, "Well, you sure made a scene for us Acnologia." he said as several of the masters stiffened in slight fear of such a dark name for a dragon.
Acnologia... High Valyrian for Heaven's Terror. And it wasn't a lie to say that they were terrified of the massive dragon when compared to the little bat that Daenerys presented them as a form of currency to purchase her army.
Naruto stepped forward and up to the front lines of the phalanx formation, "Who's in charge here?" he demanded, "Who commands such an army that it caused even my dragon to take notice of you?" he questioned as a squawk filled the air causing Acnologia to growl before to ferally roar causing dozens of men to jump in fright, "Well, am I going to be ignored, or do you want the dragon to do the talking between us?" he questioned. This time Acnologia wasn't stationary and walked forward and growled at the formation and snorted a gout of smoke, "Last warning, or do I have to make it personal?" he demanded.
"Wait, wait, don't do anything you might regret friend!" a loud voice called out causing Naruto to turn and see a man in armor coming around the formation, a young woman with obvious High Valyrian features following him, "Please, stop, we mean no harm to you!" he called out.
Naruto raised a eye, "Who are you? Do you lead these men?" he asked.
"No, Ser Jorah doesn't command them, I-I do." the young woman explained, "W-Where did you get a dragon, how did you hide him for so many years?" she asked as Acnologia leered down and sniffed her and snorted as he rose up and and growled at the formation, pushing them out of the way as he moved forward through their ranks, "W-What's he doing?" the woman asked.
"I believe, he is about to release the young hatchling. If I'm not mistaken, you are a Targaryen from your features." Naruto said as he looked over her, "And if my guess is indeed right, you are paying for this army, not with gold or gem, but with that young female dragonling."
"Drogon's a female?" the young woman asked confused, she always thought that Drogon was a male.
"Yea, you didn't notice how long her frills were or how they laid down when she was agitated or hungry? Only a female dragon can do that at such a young age. Acnologia's frills and any other males would always be upright and shake in times of agitation or hunger." he said blinking.
Suddenly a scream filled the air before dying just as quickly causing the group to turn where they saw the master trying to command the small Drogon being swallowed in one bite by Acnologia as the young hatchling returned to her mother with a happy croon where she quickly pulled the chain off. Naruto snorted, "Well, it seems you have some morale boosting to do ma'am, before me and Acnologia venture off." he said.
Daenerys shook her head, "I would much rather you stay so we can converse about your dragon a while longer, please?' she pleaded.
Naruto sighed but relented slightly. He could understand, and to be honest he wished to know how she came to have her dragons seeing as his was the only one hatched by dragon-fire back in the Freehold of Valyria. Daenerys was quick with her command, and soon, a purge begun and Naruto was admittedly impressed as he watched the hundreds of masters get slaughtered by their own men. He turned to the young Valyrian woman, "What's your name?" he questioned.
"I am Daenerys Stormborn Targaryen, Mother of Dragons, Khaleesi of the Great Grass Sea, The Unburnt, Breaker of Chains, Queen of the Andals and the Rhoynar and the First Men, Protector of the Seven Kingdoms." she answered him.
"Uh... So, Daenerys Targaryen then." Naruto said. He only had basic information regarding the world. After the Doom of Valyria, as they so aptly named it, the Volantene had attempted to rebuild the Freehold during the Century of Blood.
A young Aegon Targaryen had thwarted that with his Dragon, Balerion the Black Dread.
This Aegon Targaryen had piqued his interest the more he read about him. At the time, he had the last three Dragons in all of the known world. With those three alone, he could've reunited the Freehold. Though, he had his eyes set west and unified an entire continent under his rule. Well, most of it, Dorne hadn't been conquered.
That was a feat not even the Freehold managed.
House Targaryen ruled over most of the Seven Kingdoms, excluding Dorne which came under their rule two hundred years later. The Dance of Dragons intrigued him the most. A war between Dragons would be devastating, something they had avoided very narrowly in the Freehold. The Civil war itself had reduced House Targaryen's members dramatically. They had also lost their Dragons. From what he could tell, during their stay in Westeros, the Targaryen's had forgotten their magic entirely.
It would definitely explain these Mad Targaryen's. Without the Valyrian magic, they couldn't purge any of the impurities because of their incest. The Valyrian genetics did their best, but they could only beat back so much of the madness. Following the Dance of Dragons, the Targaryen's found themselves losing more and more power. They even relied on marrying into the other Great Houses of Westeros to gain allies. Though, it appeared not even their fellow Great Houses were of much use in the last couple of years.
Once again, The Seven Kingdoms had a Civil War that pitted the entire continent against each other. Unfortunately, the Targaryen's or what little remained of them and their allies were ousted from Westeros. A new King, this Robert Baratheon, now ruled.
Who would've known that a fat drunkard wouldn't make a good King? The man shifted his entire country into debt with his bad habits. Though he died and left them with a demented son, it appeared.
It was nice to know the world's politics was just as tumultuous as they were four hundred years ago.
The redhead sighed as he shook his head. It was sad, but damn, there was much that needed to be done.
"Uh, I know it's probably unexpected, what with us literally coming into acquaintances today and all, but, I'm a dragonlord much like you, and you have the largest dragon of the current date. Will you please help me regain my families throne which was taken from us. I'll do anything within reason, but please, don't let us lose war we have no idea on how to fight." Daenerys pleaded.
Drogon crooned as she flapped off her mother's shoulders and fluttered over to Naruto and nudged him as Acnologia stomped back over to his master, "Well boy, what say you, you were the one who brought us here, it's up to you." he sad as Drogon leapt off Naruto's should and hovered in front of Acnologia and to his surprise, licked him on the snout and flew back to her mother. Acnologia gave a slight jolt before turning to sneeze a powerful blast of fire and shook himself, "What do you mean you only came to save the hatchling from being made into a tunic?" Naruto demanded.
Acnologia gave a growl before he stomped, "No, we will not burn them." Naruto chastised the dragon as if he was having a full conversation. Acnologia gave a series of grunts as he ruffled his frills, "What, no I won't sleep with the woman, I don't even know her like that!" he said as the dragon gave a series of grunts that could be interpreted as laughter, "You know, you need to work on your sense of humor." the redhead told the dragon.
Daenerys, Selmy, and Jorah all looked at each other in confusion, was he insane, or was this a weird ass fucking hell one sided conversation.
Naruto turned around with a huff, "Acnologia and I will be glad to help. But we want one thing to be clear. We will work with you, but not for you. What the two of us do is solely upon us, we can take your advice, but ultimately ignore it. We will not be puppets for your war if we fight with you." he said before the dragon swatted him with his tail causing him to fall, "What was that for ya overgrown lizard?!" Naruto called out as Acnologia gave a series of annoyed grunts, "Other hatchlings? You mean besides this little female? I mean, I don't know, what do you mean?" he said shrugging as the dragon shook his head again and huffed, "Oh, the other two already hatched, ok that makes sense." he added before turning, "He asked if the other two besides your young Drogon will be coming with us or be bartered off and then stolen back?" he asked.
"No, Drogon was never really being sold off in the first place. She was going to be free to return as soon as I gained the Unsullied army. As for Viserion and Rhaegal, I never intended to sell them off and retake them once I had my army. Wait, you can also tell the gender of a dragon right, think you could help me with discerning her siblings' genders?" Daenerys asked as she snapped her fingers and had a couple Dothraki bring Drogon's siblings to them and then opened the cage to reveal the green and tan dragon and the bronze and gold dragon that were Rhaegal and Viserion.
"Two females and a single male. The green one being the female and the bronze or gold one being the male." the redhead observed as he looked at the two hatchlings.
"Well, that was fast." Jorah noted.
"Not hard when you grow up with them, but, that's a story for another date." he stated, "We should be going, there are things we must discuss and places we must go." he said as Acnologia snorted and lowered himself down.
~XxX-Two weeks Later: Yunkai-XxX~
"So why am I here again?" Daenerys asked as she let out a yawn. It was already getting late when Naruto had asked her to join both him and Acnologia with a detachment of Unsullied while he ruffled through the satchel for three of the eggs.
"I figured you'd want to be here for the hatching of three new Dragons," Naruto said with a grin as he watched the smoldering fire.
If they needed more dragons, he'd hatch the final three dragons from their confinement.
At the very mention of hatching more Dragons, Daenerys snapped out of her stupor as she stared at Naruto with wide eyes. That was why Naruto was building a rather large fire, she finally realized. Though, she was more interested in how he actually planned on hatching the Dragons.
Naruto fetched out three eggs from one of the two locked saddles, of the six full pouches-what was inside the other locked satchel, she could only wonder. The three eggs were beautiful. The three eggs he took out were the royal purple egg with gold ripples and swirls all over it, the emerald green egg with pale pink swirls and ripples and the egg that was a blinding silver with red coils all over it.
He nearly laughed at the gasp from Daenerys, who quickly kneeled beside him to inspect the eggs. He couldn't blame her for being excited.
It wasn't every day that Dragons were brought into the world.
"There was one more thing I wanted to ask you, Daenerys," Naruto said as he turned to look at the woman. At her nod, he continued. "There's a magical ritual that gets rid of any potential... defects in people born from incest." he said, trying to carefully broach the subject.
"Do you intend on performing this ritual on me?" Daenerys asked, the smile on her face long gone as she stared at the red-haired man beside her.
"Only if you wanted to. When we first met, I had felt the madness inside you with my magic," Naruto explained as he set the first egg on the ground and stared into Daenerys' lilac eyes, "I'll only perform it if you want me to, though my main magic lies in forestry magic." he added.
Daenerys turned away from Naruto to stare into the fire as she contemplated on what to do. She'd heard of her Father's madness, of the atrocities he committed. Anyone from the Seven Kingdoms knew of it. She experienced it first hand with her brother, Viserys, or so she believed.
A shiver went down Daenerys' spine at the thought of having that same madness dormant inside her. The mere thought of becoming like her brother filled her with apprehension and fear. He was a cruel and weak man, and she wanted to be nothing like him, "Is it safe?" Daenerys asked, returning her focus onto Naruto, who had been sitting beside her quietly.
"I'll just need a drop of your blood, but yes. It's safe," Naruto said as he nodded. The ritual itself was simple. Naruto would take some Daenerys' blood, drop it into the fire while chanting a spell in High Valyrian before tapping Daenerys' forehead.
"Then do it," Daenerys solemnly said as she held out her hand.
Naruto chuckled as he pricked her finger and gently took the bleeding digit before allowing the blood to drip into the fire before he chanted a series of High Valyrian words and then tapped her forehead as a wash of euphoria washed over Daenerys.
"Now then, time to hatch these new dragons. Acnologia!" he called to the dragon as he placed the eggs into the fire without crying out as the flames licked up his arms. Acnologia growled as he rose up and took three large steps to the flame, "Bring them out." he said as he pushed the Unsullied away and motioned for Daenerys to cover her eyes as Acnologia growled deeply and drew his head back before roaring straight down onto the roiling pyre. The wood was drenched in pigs blood as a way to activate the small charge of blood magic, the fire from Acnologia was heavily laced with magical power and would allow the eggs to hatch without needing a living sacrifice to die to bring the dragons to life.
Seconds later Acnologia stopped releasing the overwhelming flames and stopped back as the flames died down and suddenly a couple of loud croons filled the air and three small dragon hatchlings filled the air as they fluttered about as two males and the solitary female landed on both Naruto and Daenerys respectively, damn, now he was getting excited as well. He was actually contemplating on hatching the final three eggs. Naruto looked to the happily laughing Daenerys, "Daenerys, meet Elecomun-the silver dragonling, Zirconis the green dragonling, and finally Shrykos the purple dragon. Zirconis and Shrykos are male and Elecomun is the female.(1) So we have three females four males counting Acnologia under the banner." Naruto smiled as Zirconis gave a series of chips and belched fire.
When a dragon was hatched without dragon fire they had to be taught how to use their flame, but those who were born from the flame of a dragon were granted knowledge of the dragon who had brought them to life. Memories were transferred to the newborn so as to allow them greater power as they grew. The hatchlings that surrounded the two of them were as big as Drogon was now, and they would be a lot bigger in just a couple months thanks to the hyper accelerated growth. Daenerys looked to Naruto in surprise, "They're so big, is it because of the magic used to birth them?" she asked.
"Hah, if only. No, it actually lays with how they are born. When a dragon is born without dragon fire, a sacrifice is usually given to hatch a individual dragon, but seeing as you have three dragons, I assume you used a single person or animal to birth the three you have with you yes?" he asked and nodded at Daenerys shocked look, "See, that's where you messed up. You used one sacrifice to give life to three dragons, it would have been smarter to have used three sacrifice's for the three of them, then they would have been born at the proper size, but me and Acnologia can fix that easily." Naruto explained.
"How, they are already born!" she exclaimed.
"Tch, I'm a Valyrian Dragonlord, I grew up when there were hundreds of dragons that filled the sky, and was raised with the spells to fixing such mistakes." he said.
"I figured you were a dragonlord and from how fluently you spoke Valyrian and rode your dragon, but this is the first I'm hearing of you knowing magic." Daenerys said.
"Ok, I guess a bit of history is in session. I was born several years before the Doom of Valyria, trained from birth that taking over for my House, the Great House Uzumaki, was my birthright due to me being the sole male heir born in three generations; my grandfather explained that the members of our house had exceptional life force and could live for easily a hundred and fifty years and retain our strength as if we were in our prime. Anyways, I was raised and trained in my specific magic prowess, though iI did take the time to learn other forms of magic. My main Magical ability is a rare form of Forestry Magic, Seer Magic, which allows me to grow and control various forms of tree's and natural plants."
"If I so desired, I could raze all of this continent to the ground with my ability to grow forests on a whim and come out unscathed, but I would be tired admittedly. When we are roughly 5-7 years old, we are granted a dragon egg to hatch and bond with. I however, had been studying the difference between our domesticated dragons and those that had been born wild. I discovered that a Wild Dragon was larger and stronger and decided to take one for myself-which was no easy task mind you, I had to climb a mountain for his egg." he said pointing to the large black dragon.
"Anyways, when I hatched Acnologia, having feigned grabbing his egg from the roost, most my House was surprised by his size, which was about twice the size of these little ones on us," he said petting Elecomun, the small dragon cooing happily from the affection, "right here. So, with Acnologia I began training to be a dragonlord, then twelve years later, the Doom happened and my grandfather shoved the both of us into some type of sealing chamber and cast a spell on us. Originally it was supposed to be me, my mother, and my father with our dragons, but my parents were out on a diplomatic mission with another city when the 14 flames decided to pop off. I don't know how much time passed, but I know it's been several centuries."
"Easily four to five hundred years. I am a stranger in a land not my own, and now I am being brought into a war I should have no business in, but feel I must for the safety of the dragons you command and that I just freed. Speaking of, I found the three dragon eggs beside two dragon corpses, large ones. They were my parents dragons Kurnugi and Selene. Their heads were as large as Acnologia's body. I assume they lived well past the end of the Doom and simply hoped I would come out once it was over and they could live with me, but, they were long dead by the time I was able to come out, these are their children. Dragon's mate for life you know, so if your sole male was to mate with both your females, they wouldn't choose another to love."
"Wow, I guess that explains how you said you were able to cure me of my families madness." Daenerys said softly.
"I know many spells, I just excel at my own personal magic more than others. I have aptitude for several elements and arcane crafts. You, you have a element that reminds me of one of my old loves, she died when we were fifteen. Her name was, Haku. She used Ice magic, much like you might be able to if you were willing to learn." he told her.
"Haku?" Dany asked, feeling intrigued by the name.
"Haku, she as the last member of House Yuki. My lover from before a rebellion ended her life. She was... spirited. Passionate about life, was a healer that only wanted to help others, but she wasn't afraid of a fight I'll tell you that. You have her face admittedly." he aid motioning to his own, "But not her eyes." he said, "Your's show something deeper. A will to do what must be done, and one that knows that she has to do things she won't like doing." he told her.
"You can see all that just by looking at me?" Daenerys asked.
"Partially, but it's how you carry yourself and act when around others." Naruto told her, "When I first met you, you were a nervous child trying to get some products you had no idea on what to do with, though it's only been a few days, you have grown some spine and knowledge. Not to insult you, but you don't know anything about war like your two guards nor I do. I fought to destroy three cities that tried to take the Freehold once. Three dragons against entire armies numbering in the hundreds of thousands. We destroyed the armies within hours, and then the cities within minutes. I'm not exactly proud to admit it, but without the destruction of the three cities, then more news of how to kill a dragon would arise. Massive arrows of Valyrian steel that can bypass a dragons natural resistance was the key, but they were all destroyed along with anyone who had knowledge on how to make them. We couldn't afford to lose another dragon like we lost my Great Grandfather Hashirama."
"He was strong, said to have been one of three of our greatest fighters. I inherited his magical prowess and his sword; Dawnbreaker. It is my hope, that you continue to grow while we fix the problems in these lands before we move onto going to your homeland of Westeros. Then, we can see about getting your throne." he said.
A loud growl from Acnologia drew Naruto's sudden attention, "And what do you want now, ya lazy lizard?" he questioned as the dragon nudged the other locked satchel, "No, we already have more than enough." he said only to stop and jump back as the dragon tried to sweep his feet out from under him, "I said no dammit, N-O, that means it's not going to happen!" he called back.
"What you are debating with your dragon about, it's not like you can hear his thoughts?" Daenerys questioned.
"It's not his thoughts, it's his emotions I sense." Naruto clarified before he looked to the dragon, "And I will not repeat what I said!" he said before the dragon roared at him, "Hey, leave my mother out of this!" he said shook a fist at the reptile, "I don't care if you think more is better, it'll paint a bigger target on us." he stated.
"What exactly does your dragon desire?" Daenerys asked.
"I only hatched three of the dragon eggs I had on me, but I was hoping to let the other three be born after the war was dead and done. But he'd to excited after bringing more dragons into the world. He wants more hatchlings besides the three you have and the three he just brought to life." he sighed.
Daenerys was confused, "So, why don't you want to hatch them?" she asked.
"Because, dragon's tend to make supplies disappear faster than they can be sustained. Seven Dragons, are already going to prove hard to sustain without a proper income. If we had a city population that would willingly sell some of their livestock, it wouldn't be a issue, but we currently don't have a city population to buy large quantities of livestock. Dragon's will eating anything, but they prefer goats and sheep. Acnologia will eat entire herds to sustain himself for a few hours, but a dragon's growth depends on how much they ingest, and sad to say princess, but these three will eat a lot more than a couple cubes of raw meat you hand out." he told her.
"So, what do you propose we do, the Second Sons won't fight for me, the Wise Masters of Yunkai want me enslaved and the dragons dead, we have nowhere we can go, nowhere to run to." she said desperately to the redhead.
"Not exactly. If you free the slaves of Yunkai and continue the path to Mereen, the slaver's bay will provide adequate food to sustain the dragons. If we can gain access to Mereen, we can at least try and hatch the eggs there once we know for sure we can sustain their lives for a long period of time. Dragons will grow throughout their entire lives except the last ten when they are about to die. They can hunt in places we normally cant get too. Acnologia can easily hold his breath for five hours when he dives underwater, I've seen him do it. He can bring up large Kraken's and even whales to help feed not just the growing armies, but the dragons as well. If we can control the way the dragon's hunt, then we can rally larger forces behind you and grow in power." Naruto explained.
"But, wouldn't it be better to simply feed the criminals to the dragons?" Daenerys asked.
"It won't work the way you think. A grown man won't satisfy a dragon the size of Acnologia the same way a whale would. My father's dragon, from the size of the skeleton I saw, could easily eat a herd of mammoths and still eat more. The same with Acnologia, he could eat a couple whales, but he'd still be pretty hungry. In eight years time, his accelerated growth rate will cap off and he'll grow at a normal rate, like these three here. Your dragons need to be REBORN through dragon fire and dragon's blood to repair the unintentional damage you done to them when you helped birth them. It won't kill them, but it certainly will endanger them if done incorrectly."
"You want the dragons you helped bring to life to grow properly, or do you want them to die before it is there time?" Naruto demanded, "By going through a perpetual reincarnation, they'll be bigger, stronger, and healthier than what they were when they were first born. They'll immediately grow to their proper size and strength and you won't have to worry about having to teach them who is friend or foe. Acnologia knows what he can hunt, and what he cannot. If we hadn't come, then more than likely after a tragic death of a young kid would have forced you to chain them up for a limited time before they got loose. With Acnologia here, he can teach them how a dragon should hunt." he explained.
"A dragon with no parents looks to the eldest dragon they can to teach them, Acnologia is much older than the hatchlings and knows his limits of hunting. He will not kill an innocent, they can sense these things, they can survive if he hunts for the lot of them. But we can't afford anymore targets on our back with all the eggs hatched. Seven Dragons is more than enough for right now. Once there is a suitable home for them to live peacefully and grow then it can be done., but this is not the time. We have neither the resources nor manpower to sustain the large number of dragons that you desire. And even now, six dragon hatchlings is pushing it enough with Acnologia eating his own weight in horses."
"Just wait, not for long, but long enough to secure Mereen where the waters are deep and plentiful of fish and other animals for them to hunt. We can't afford to waste meat on feeding ten dragons. Acnologia can go a couple months without food to sustain him, but he'll be more dangerous if it comes to that, so dangerous he might not even listen to me, his father. That is why I am saying wait." he pleaded with the royal woman.
Daenerys sighed but relented, "It's understandable, but I was really hoping for more dragons." she said as she pet Zirconis happily.
"Well, three new dragons along with Acnologia should sate your want for the time being, but for now, how about we fix your dragon's growth problem." he said, "I'm gonna need three large horses; alive, and several tree's; big ones." he explained.
"This should be good," Daenerys muttered as she snapped her fingers so the Unsullied would go gather the required items; not that it'd be hard as there were dozens of large trees in the area and they had plenty of horses they could give up three for the time being.
"Alright boy, I know you don't like the idea, but, we gotta do your leg." he told Acnologia as he brought over a large bowl from inside the saddle. Acnologia snorted a ball of fire at Naruto, "Hey, it needs to be done. The horses are for you to eat, and your regeneration will heal the wound in a few minutes so don't gimme that look." he said as he pulled out his Valyrian Steel Dagger 'Shukaku' named after a great sand beast that was able to destroy Astapor years before he was born in the creatures honor for its power.
Acnologia snorted and backed away and shook his neck, "What, of course you'll be fine, this won't cut your soul out." Naruto said stepped towards the large dragon only to stop as Acnologia walked backwards, "Now you're simply being a big baby about it." Naruto huffed out as the dragon growled at him, "You mean to tell me that you can take on entire armies without batting a eye, but you're afraid of a tiny cut to your leg? I don't believe this, my dragon; the Heaven's Terror is afraid of a little knife." he called out in exasperation.
Oh this was just embarrassing, if his mother ever saw this she'd die of laughter.
~XxX-Elsewhere-XxX~
"Are you sure this is wise, what if she has us killed?" a young woman with striking silver hair and purple eyes questioned.
"Oh stop it, she won't do no such thing. If anything, she might just welcome us with open arms." a dark haired woman stated as she drew out her short sword; Needle.
"But what-" she was stopped as the young woman with the sword in hand smacked her with it, "Stop, it's not going to come to that, alright Shiera. If what the people say about Daenerys Targaryen is true, then the three dragons she has under her command will not hurt us." she stated.
"But what about the other one, the big one that this unknown redhead is said to command freely from Daenerys?" Shiera asked her.
"We can't find out sitting here and sucking on fingers now can we?" the young woman stated.
"Arya-"and Shiera was once again interrupted, "It's Visenya, Shiera, Visenya after our great ancestor. Arya Stark was a young girl who was raised with the belief she was a Bastard born out of wedlock, but was in truth the rightful heiress to the Iron Throne.
The woman before her was the twin sister of Daenerys Targaryen. Well, the secret twin sister. Shipped off by Euron Greyjoy to a distant land to make sure that if Viserys or Daenerys perished that there was at least one heir to claim the throne when all hell broke loose. However, news had reached them that a stranger with red hair and a LARGE dragon appeared and joined Daenerys in her journey, this was a week ago, now they were sailing to Mereen where it was rumored that Daenerys was making a final play to free the last of the slaves in Bravos and Essos before building a large fleet to sail to Westeros and retake her throne.
The only question was, would she welcome them-or kill them?
Alright, that is the start to the new version of this story-now named A Heavenly Terror (very fitting for a dragon named Acnologia) so with that being said LIKE/FAVORITE/FOLLOW to show the story some love and leave a COMMENT/REVIEW to tell me what you think.
1: I liked the idea behind Elecomun the dragon so I decided to bring her back in.
2: I forget where I marked this, but I took the concept of Night Fury's mating for life and decided to make it a thing here for the dragon's.
As you can see, Acnologia and Naruto have a series of comedic moments, respond if you wanna see more and give some idea's on what should happen. Who knows, maybe I'll use the idea's you post for a future scene *Hint-Hint*