Chapter 2 is out now, hope you all enjoy it.
~XxX-Desert En Route to Meereen-XxX~
Naruto clasped his hands together and surged his magic, the ground shaking heavily before a surge of nature blasted up out of the earth and raced forth. A loud roar filled the air before a dark fire blasted out and roasted the newly grown forest. Naruto, not stopping his offense, slid a foot out and raised a thick wall of rock to intercept the fire. With that done, he drew upon water based magic and sent it racing ahead where it slammed into the dragon's side and immediately putting his fire out as he gave a surprised roar, "If you didn't try to burn me, I wouldn't have done that." Naruto declared as he lowered the smoldering rock wall and looked at Acnologia, "Learn to fight by the rules we set up and I won't back down on my end of he deal."
Acnologia growled and huffed out a puff of smoke, clearly irritated he was unable to breath his flame until he fully dried off. Regular water and sea water wouldn't do jack shit to his fire, but magically enhanced water was like a smother to his heart-fire and left him vulnerable; something the dragon hated being exposed to. Loud squawks filled the air before a green and purple pair fluttered down while trying to rip a meal out from the others grasp, "Oh joy, here we go again." he said as a silver blur flew past and snatched it away causing the two males to cry out angrily and give chase.
However, that chase ended when a darker form snatched it away. Drogon was older than all of the dragons-despite being born at the same time as Viserion and Rhaegal, she was bigger. The three young dragons hatched by Daenerys had been reborn as Naruto had promised; after a bit of a argument between Naruto and Acnologia that lasted quite some time. Now the three elder hatchlings were at the proper size for their age, having immediately turned to the proper size of a young dragon being nearly four months old. Though, the ones hatched with dragon fire-that being Zirconis, Elecomun, and Shrykos-were quickly growing in speed and size. They'd be roughly the same size in a couple months if he was right.
They had escaped Qarth after killing that one pompous ass who tried taking all six of the newborn hatchlings to enhance his magic and those who felt that they deserved their power and hat guy named Xaro or whatever his name declared himself the King of Qarth and shit. He was admittedly a bit smug about having trapped the man and his co-conspirator Dothraki lover inside the so called filled vault which in all truth was a empty room. He had Acnologia melt the doors together and then Naruto himself crushed the key to the vault in his hand, they were more than likely already dead if not starving by now.
He would also admit, that the House of the Undying was also a good parlor trick, the visions he had seen within were certainly something to discern, Daenerys had stayed out of the building as he hunted for the young dragons, and he was admittedly proud to know that they had all been in one spot before he had allowed the so called 'wizards' to capture him before he snapped his fingers and ordered all the young hatchlings to kill them and destroy the building, it was glorious to hear his enemies plead for mercy when they were no longer in control, but no quarter was given by him nor the young dragon's that night, and he had the distinct privilege of showing Daenerys the true power of a Dragon, Acnologia's fire was shown to be strong enough to demolish the building, literally ripping the large stone monument apart and leaving the message he wasn't one to be fucked with.
Now they were about a weeks journey from Meereen, and Daenerys had started her lessons in controlling her magic. He had given her basic lessons on advanced control before he taught her that by learning to control the essence of magic within her, her spells would be far deadlier and powerful. Drogon was also getting a little to close to Acnologia, the much larger dragon still was largely uncomfortable with the young dragon showing him such affection, but she was a cute little she-dragon if he had to admit it to himself.
Currently, while the remaining Khalisar was resting and the Unsullied were guarding them, he was doing his own training a bit further away from the encampment, showing just how strong he could be when just sparring. Even the Dothraki had called him the 'Great Khal' whenever they seen his power. He accepted the name, never really caring for the Dothraki moniker given, but it was respectful he teach those willing to learn better swordsmanship. He admitted he also learned how to ride a horse and even use a Bow while riding them rather than depend on his magic, he had become rather reliant upon it but was glad to have a fallback skill to rely on.
He was also glad to admit, the Dothroki earned their feared reputation as the most deadly of warriors on horseback, one such Dothraki even explained that bows and swords could be more lethal than any magic, and that only by thinking with the heart rather than the mind made the warrior greater. He sadly died a few days ago when trying to help fight against Xaro's attempted coup.
Naruto huffed as he soon ran out of magical power and decided to call it a night.
XxX
Daenerys and her group worked on shifting the city of Qarth and installing a new council to take control over running the city. Then after gathering all the supplies they could get, taking the Yunkish and Second Sons assault catapults, and organizing a caravan of all the free slaves who would be accompanying Daenerys, they moved from Yunkai to the city of Meereen. They had traveled for about a week and decided to stop to rest the horses and regain their strength as they kept pushing towards Meereen. They all ate food and drank water, tended to the horses and made sure that everyone was doing fine. Daenerys decided to enjoy some quiet time with her dragons…and Naruto.
After he went on a suicide mission into Yunkai to ensure that Daenerys won and freed the slaves, Daenerys kept him close. She finally admitted it to herself, she had fallen for Naruto. He wasn't like Drogo, Naruto was kind, brave, strong, a bit of a goof ball which helped to keep her smiling, and he was incredibly loyal in keeping his friends and allies safe, but there was something else. She could tell that he was hiding something,…nothing horrible like he massacred a whole city or anything like that…but he was hiding something.
Even though Daenerys didn't know everything about him, she felt calm and happy next to him. Whenever he looked at her, she always had a smile on her face,…he seemed to know what to do to make her smile. And he was very good with her dragons, they took a liking to him. Not just Drogon, but Viserion and Rhaegal as well, there seemed to be something about him that calmed them down and turned them like loyal dogs. She seemed to trust him, there was something about Naruto that washed away her feelings of suspicion but she wondered what he was hiding. Zirconis, Elecomun and Shrykos were good as well, but they obeyed Naruto to a tee, hardly ever listening to her unless she was truly commanding them.
Right now, Daenerys and Naruto were sitting on a rock overlooking the ocean, enjoying the sea breeze and cool air as Drogon laid his head on Daenerys' lap. Drogon, Viserion and Rhaegal had all grown much larger in the past week after eating so much and flying around. They were becoming fiercer in their actions and attitudes, but Naruto explained it was natural. Much like humans had a rebellious stage of life in their teenage years, Dragons grew extremely fast and underwent this stage of life in the first few years of life and was quite adamant on how hard it was to rein in Acnologia when he underwent his teenage growth. Daenerys pet Drogon on the head as she watched Viserion and Rhaegal fly in the distance, one of whom seemed to be carrying something. Naruto was sitting on the ground next to Daenerys, sharpening his sword as he enjoyed the calm wind of the ocean.
Drogon shifted and moved as she got comfortable as Daenerys soothed her and pet the dragon on her head. Then Drogon let loose a loud burp of gas and hit Naruto right in the face as Naruto clenched his nose. "Ugh, Drogon!" Naruto said as Daenerys chuckled and Drogon seemed to smirk at Naruto. Viserion and Rhaegal flew closer and dropped the corpse of a sheep on the ground in front of Daenerys and Drogon. It had been eaten partially as the smell of fresh food caught Drogon's attention. Viserion and Rhaegal landed and began to fight over the sheep as Drogon also made a fight for the sheep and the three flew away, fighting over their lunch as Daenerys and Naruto chuckled.
Drogon and her siblings were close as actual human siblings, and needless to say he could also sense the young black dragon's admiration for Acnologia's much larger power showing. Speaking of, he now had a large enough supply of food to constantly feed the dragon's he should probably birth the final three dragons. But therein lay the problem, Jorah's emotions were getting greedier by the day. It was subtle, but he could almost taste his thirst for gold. He would need to hash out some things before something bad happened to the man. He respected his duty to Daenerys, that much he was honest about, his loyalty to the Last Targaryen Princess was unwavering, but his sheer lust for coin was what had him on edge.
He had Acnologia with the young dragonet's constantly to ensure that they were protected, and Acnologia slept extremely lightly with no true need to have the rest, his sheer magical potency had left him with so much energy he rarely needed rest. So that was one problem taken care of, making sure Drogon and her siblings and Zirconis and his ilk were left untouched, but the three untouched eggs were in still very much dangerous waters if left alone for much longer. Decisions decisions, so much to do and so little to prepare in. Ugh, this was annoying, why couldn't the Doom wait for a hundred thousand years to wipe out civilization?
He was drawn from his thoughts when a coo filled the air and Naruto turned to see Elecomun flapping her wings in front of him, a dead deer in her claws, "Nice, very nice. Now stop playing with your food." he told her and pointed away from him. Of all the young dragons he was around; Elecomun was the most mischievous of them. Zirconis had a very sick sense of humor and was always leaving... surprises around for him or Jorah to step in while Shrykos was the gluttonous one-always eating something he fancied. Drogon was the rowdiest and had the meanest temper if one of the other females tried playing with Acnologia.
Easily jealous of her female counterparts. Viserion was the laziest one, he loved lounging out in the sun and enjoying its warmth. Viserion wasn't picky nor mischievous enough to be a problem which he was grateful for. Rhaegal, oh sweet little Rhaegal. She was the kindest one and was usually the one to make sure the others didn't make a problem for him or Daenerys. That wasn't to say she didn't cause any trouble cause she did get out of hand from time to time, like the time Zirconis set her on fire by burping on her; young dragons had hard times controlling when they released their fire and it just so happened the emerald colored dragon pissed off the wrong she dragon.
If Drogon's jealousy was bad, then Rhaegal's temper was worse than a hundred Drogon's being jealous. Needless to say, it took Drogon, Viserion, Shrykos and Elecomun all together to save the poor green dragon; Zirconis avoided her for weeks after that incident, literally turning and flying as fast as his tiny wings could carry him any time he seen or heard her, he once hid in a jar all day from being so scared, Zirconis looked like he was still a bit jumpy if he was honest.
"You know, we'll have to figure out a steady way to feed them. Six young dragons and Acnologia who is the eldest of the group." Naruto said.
"Really?" Daenerys asked as she looked at him.
"Oh yes. We can't have Drogon fly around, torching farms and stealing livestock for lunch. That may come back to bite us in the future." Naruto said as Daenerys nodded.
"We'll think of something." Daenerys said as Jorah walked over to the two.
"Khaleesi, its time to move on." Jorah said as she nodded and they moved back to the group and got on their horses and the company of the Mother of Dragons moved forward to Meereen. Naruto volunteered to ride Acnologia ahead while Jorah would ride with some of her Dothraki to scout the area as Jorah agreed it was a good idea. They would ride ahead a few leagues to make sure there weren't any surprises waiting for them.
After riding for a few leagues, Naruto had Acnologia land as Jorah and his group caught up and rested for a bit to let the others catch up. Naruto and his group rested their horses as Daenerys and the company caught up as her Unsullied marched in formation and the Second Sons helped her freed slaves with carts of food and moving the war catapults. Naruto then had two Dothraki riders scout ahead as the army had caught up while Naruto looked around the land and took note of what grew.
Daenerys and Missandei were near the edge of the road, overlooking the water of Slaver's bay and could see the glimpse of Meereen in the distance.
"Have you ever been to Meereen?" Daenerys asked.
"Several times your grace, with Master Kraznys." Missandei said.
"And?" Daenerys asked.
"They say a thousand slaves died building the great pyramid of Meereen." Missandei said.
"And now an army of former slaves are marching toward its gates. You think the great masters are worried?" Daenerys asked.
"If they're smart your grace, they should be terrified." Missandei replied as Naruto walked over to the two.
"What is it, Naruto?" Daenerys asked.
"Nothing, just something I'd like to talk to you about…in private." Naruto said as Daenerys nodded to Missandei who left them alone.
"Yes?" Daenerys asked as Naruto pulled out a beautiful flower.
"A Dusk Rose." Naruto showed her as she scoffed, thinking it was his attempts at flattery.
"If that's your attempt at being romantic, you failed miserably." Daenerys said as she walked back to her horse as Naruto followed and showed her a white flower.
"And this one is called, Lady's Lace." Naruto said. "This is not flattery but strategy. More lessons on being a successful ruler."
"Flowers?" Daenerys asked.
"No, knowledge. You have to know a land to rule it. Not just it's people, but it's plants, its lands, its rivers, its roads, and their culture. By making an effort to show that you respect the land and the culture of the people who live on said land, you make for a better ruler." Naruto said as Daenerys looked at him.
"Dusk rose, is particularly useful in tea as it eases fever. If you truly want them to follow you, you have to become a part of their world. Knowledge." Naruto said as he then pulled out a red flower. "Harpy's Gold. Can't make tea from this one. Beautiful, but poisonous."
Naruto then put the flowers together and handed them to Daenerys. "Learn the land, learn the people. It's a lesson my grandfather harped on me before he died." Naruto said as he nodded and walked back to his horse as Daenerys looked at the flowers and smirked at Naruto. Her smirk quickly left when she and Naruto heard the shouts of one of her Dothraki who came racing back to tell Naruto something. Naruto then looked at Daenerys with a somber look as she, Missandei, Grey Worm, and Jorah followed the Dothraki to what he had to show them…a slave child, killed and nailed to a wooden post as a warning.
"There's one on every mile marker from here to Meereen." Jorah said.
"How many miles are there between here and Meereen?" Daenerys asked.
"163, your grace." Jorah said.
"I'll tell the men to ride ahead and bury them. You don't need to see this." Naruto said.
"You will do no such thing. I will see each and every one of their faces. Remove her collar before you bury her." Daenerys said as she now had 163 more reasons to take Meereen.
XxX
Several days later, Daenerys and her small army had finally arrived at the outskirts of the city of Meereen. She and her group rode with her Dothraki army and her followers to the large gates of the city of Meereen. Her army stood in formation, ready to fight as Jorah and Naruto stood by her side. Acnologia stood next to his master; tall and proud as the younger six dragons stayed near the rear of the large formation. The great masters, slave owners and elites had gathered on the city walls walkways to see, and their slaves were in attendance as well.
Daenerys, Jorah, and Missandei got off their horses as they stood before the great gates of Meereen, while all the masters looked down at Daenerys in hate. Then the gates to the city opened and one rider rode out, suited up in armor made up of human bones; the skull cracked and broken and now used as a helmet for the champion.
"Are they attacking?" Daenerys asked.
"A single rider. A champion of Meereen. They want you to send your own champion against them." Jorah told her.
The masters cheered for their champion as he stopped his horse until he was about twice the distance of a joust fight away from Daenerys. He then got off his horse and seemed to be doing something while speaking in Valyrian.
"What is he doing?" Daenerys asked.
"I think he is…" Jorah said as the champion took his cock out and began to piss at Daenerys from afar as an insult. Daenerys just looked at the man with lack of interest while the masters laughed their asses off.
"He says that we are an army of men without man parts, he claims you are no woman at all but a man who…hides his cock in his own asshole." Missandei said with disgust as she translated.
However, a small pulsating of energy entered Naruto's senses causing him to stiffen as Acnologia himself begun to growl in anger, the large dragon now baring his sword-like teeth in the direction of Meereen. Daenerys easily saw both their actions as she turned in worry to both Naruto and Acnologia, "Naruto, what's wrong, you and Acnologia are acting strange." she questioned in worry.
"That skull... he would dare defile him in such a way. They have no right, not after what they did to him!" Naruto's eyes blazed with the fury of his fallen people, his deceased family.
HOW DARE THEY DEFILE HIM IN SUCH A MANNER!
"W-What is it?" Jorah asked, now coming to a conclusion that Naruto was sorely pissed about something in front of him.
"Remember how I said my grandfather Hashirama and his dragon perished?" he questioned getting nods from the small group who knew of it, "I never fully explained how he died. However, the simple version is this, the city of Meereen was the sole city to ever have been attacked with the full fury of 10,000 Dragonrider's for killing a dragon and its rider; neither were recovered. Belserion was the dragon that perished to Meereen using ballistics weapons and my Great-Grandfather Hashirama survived the fall, but was tortured and killed by the slavers. We never got to give him or his dragon a proper burial. And yet they disgrace the Great Conqueror Hashirama, my ancestor's body like this and in front of me no less." he snarled.
~XxX-Play Peyton Parrish: Curse of Evil-XxX~
The redhead was beyond infuriated, "They aim the very weapons they used to kill him, rip him from this world with his dragon, at us!" he growled as he walked to his dragon and jumped on, "Fly Acnologia!" he snarled in his native tongue and the Dragon roared as he jumped into the air with a snarl and rose up into the skies, ignoring both Daenerys, and Jorah's plea's for him to come back. The master's and soldier's of Meereen continued to aim the Ballistics's at the dragon. However, to their confusion, the dragon dive at them like they initially thought, the large crossbow-like weapons unable to follow Acnologia's ascension into the sky above.
Higher and higher the black dragon flew until he was no larger than a small fly in the skies above, the defenses and masters of Meereen unable to track him in the sunlight. Even Daenerys and her group were incapable of spotting him, until they saw a growing silhouette diving down at them from the east, over the bay where a massive fleet of slavers were moving out to gather more prey, several holding the very ballistic weapons that down Belserion centuries ago-now used as weapons against those who tried to deter them from capturing and selling slaves.
Eighty ships in total, sixty ballistics, one dragon. The ships never saw the attack coming until cries of battle filled the air, several massive bolts firing blindly into the air missing their target before Acnologia reached the surface of the sea and and leveled out as he unleashed incredibly powerful flames upon his victims, cries of panic filled the air as ships exploded to ebony and blue flame, ripped in half from a single attack as Acnologia roared his fury, a massive shockwave of water blasting into the air from him flying past at the same time he blasted the water with his flames.
In a single pass, Naruto and Acnologia had ripped eighteen ships apart and turned them to ash in the water. One of the sailors was ordering the men to try and aim at the massive reptile, "Bring it around! Turn it around!" as several slaves tried to turn it towards the dragon, "No! Back, turn it back!" he said pushing it the other way as Acnologia made another swift passing, ripping dozens more ships to pieces and burning the crews without remorse. Acnologia turned around once more, but the massive bolt had gotten him in sight, "FIRE!" the man commanded, the large steel arrow flying through the air and missing entirely as the dragon snarled in response.
Acnologia then trained his eyes on those who dared attack him and his master and roared in defiance as he charged at the ship who attacked him, and unleashed a massive pillar of fire. The water burst into the air as it was struck dozens of feet away by the dragon's dark fire before the ship who fired upon him was ripped apart followed by dozens more in the ensuing rampage of the Heaven's Terror of Valyria. The captain cried out as his ship exploded and he was engulfed in the fire but otherwise ignored upon him perishing to Acnologia's attack.
Acnologia swooped through the air, and destroyed five more of the remaining ships with weaponry, shooting out a pillar of fire at a final enemy as he now charged at the defenses of Meereen itself as they turned their gazes upon the dragon. Smoke from the smoldering ships filled the air, showing that Acnologia had finished his initial assault upon the slaver's bay and now turned his eyes on the city. Daenerys along with her group and the Masters all watched in a mix of horrified looks mixed with dumbfounded awe as Acnologia tore apart a fleet of nearly a hundred ships on his own and now charged the city.
Daenerys was awed at Acnologia's power, but now that he charged the city, she was horrified that both Naruto and Acnologia would hurt the people who were innocent, a snarl from Acnologia filling the air as he soared at immense speeds at the wall of massive steel arrows as they took aim at the black dragon who made a easy target. Soldier's clamored to take aim at the dragon, the massive weapons being pushed down to take aim, cries of 'Fire!' sounded, only to miss as Acnologia gave a thunderous flap of his wings-slamming his wings into and through the water as he rose up, the bolts hitting the water as they missed and were quickly reloaded.
The guards rushed to reload and take aim at the dragon and his master, only to be unable to attack as Acnologia roared fire and ripped them apart before they could attack. The cries of the dead and dying filled the air before Acnologia soared past them and moved on with his assault. The sheer amount of power from the flames being unleashed upon the cities defenses were unlike anything ever before seen by the modern era, Acnologia's fire was powerful; so strong that it was able to demolish the city buildings, the stone walls were ripped apart in showers of stone and steel as the Ballistic assault weapons were torn through like paper in the wind as Acnologia raced past them, none of the defensive machines were able to attack as they were incapable of aiming inwards.
The soldiers manning the walls cried out, wails of agony filled the air as the flames melted their armor to their skin and cooking their blood inside their bodies and turning them to ash as he assaulted them relentlessly. For Daenerys, it was like she was watching her ancestor Aegon the Conqueror rip Harrenhal apart with Balerion the Dread. Stone burned crimson from the heat as it melted, men died to the flames, and nothing hindered the dragonlord from tearing the city apart. Loud explosions filled the air, and suddenly a wall behind the Master's and their champions exploded outwards in a gout of stone and flame, tearing the formations of the soldier's apart as it threw the men through the air with no remorse.
Acnologia soon followed as the flames died down and roared loudly as he came through the opening in the wall he he created as the Dothraki cried out in excitement, and charged into the city to claim it for their Khaleesi, having no desire to hurt the innocent, but rip apart those who would harm her to shreds. The Unsullied took it as their own signal to attack as well, and ignored her plea's to stop as they gave chase to the horse-lord's and followed them through the breach as their enemies wailed in pain and panic while their ranks fell apart and scattered to the winds.
Acnologia snarled as he soared above, ripping the upper sections of the city walls apart with fire and rage, their massive weapons nothing to the dragon as he attacked relentlessly as explosions of stone filled the air as he literally tore their walls apart. As they unleashed their assault on Daenerys' enemies, the Dothroki freed every slave they saw and turned their sights onto the masters as they armed them, quickly turning the tide of battle as the newfound freedom was placed upon them and quickly seized it for themselves, no longer needing the catapults filled with collars of the former slaves of Yunkai to tell them to take it and kill their masters.
For every slave that fell, eight masters died in return, and even as Acnologia turned to assault the final line of the cities defenses and tore into them, the morale behind the slaves and attacking enemies of Meereen never died down. With the cities defenses mowed down like wheat in a field, Naruto turned his sights to the cowardly soldiers of Meereen who dared to try and flee him and snarled, "Dracarys!" and Acnologia roared with fury, a massive pillar of fire of pure ebony fire that was thirty feet wide fell from the sky as he attacked he soldiers trying to escape the fighting to try and live another day.
The sheer intensity of the dragon's fire was so much, that even from hundreds of meter's away, Daenerys, Jorah, Missendei, and dozens of others who did not participate in the assault cried out from the sheer heat they felt from Acnologia's rage. With his assault finished, Acnologia turned his sights to the massive castle that all the master's called their home and roared as he charged inwards, feeding off of his master's anger to rip them apart, the citizens crying out in panic as Acnologia soared down and above them and passed overhead, believing he would kill them all in his assault.
Acnologia roared loudly, causing an entire road filled with people to stop running and cry out in horror as the massive dragon landed on a house, snarling in the air as his frills shook in anger and sorrow from his master's own emotions filtering through him. However, the tolls of bells being rung filled the air; signalling the Master's to get to safety-the only reason they were ever built in the first place was to save their greedy lives and not the citizens who they deemed worthless if not less than dirt beneath their feet. Naruto would not have it, would not dare let them escape to the safety of their underground bunkers or whatever they had to survive.
Naruto was breathing heavily; the rage and anger filling him more than ever before as he leaned down and grabbed Acnologia's harness, "YAH!" he shouted out enraged as Acnologia rose to his hind legs and roared out and leapt up into the sky once again with such powerful wing beats that it knocked the people beneath him to the ground. Seeing this, Daenerys felt her heart skip a beat as she watched the large dragon and the man she had fallen for charged towards the inner reaches of the city. She didn't want this, and if this kind of power came at the price of her rage, she would never take it up.
Acnologia's shadow covered massive numbers of blocks, a shadow of dread filling the air as terror filled the people as Acnologia continued to snarl in anger as he raced towards the massive fortress as the people fled away from the dragon and his master; the black dragon swooping in from overhead as the people cried out in terror louder than ever before. However, Naruto nor Acnologia set their sights upon those they sensed were innocent, and continued to race at the massive structure they sensed the most greed and selfishness in-that being the fear to survive and plunder from the innocent from the Master's of Meereen.
Within moments, they had reached the structure, Acnologia unleashing a massive roar of fire that ripped through the structure and filled the air with stone and glass as it fell to the earth and struck with the force of a meteor as tons upon tons of stone landed and crushed the greedy soldiers who captured and enslaved people for mere pockets of gold. Inside, a massive chandelier made of gold and crystal fell to the ground and nearly impaled one such master as he looked at it in shock from how close he came to nearly dying. This was destruction beyond his own comprehension, just how was such a thing possible?
However, if he thought the dragon was done; he had thought wrong. Acnologia turned his sights at the towers and roared loudly as he unleashed a black pillar upon the stone and ripped it apart, soaring past as entire sections of wall collapsed inward and fell. Circling from top to bottom, Acnologia's flames ripped the structure to piece's-several towers collapsing and falling to the ground and sliding down a cliff and into the sea below as people cried out in terror and fled as fast as they could from the dragon's assault. When the great structure had been all but leveled from the single fell swoop, Naruto snarled as he turned to the still ringing bells as they tolled but stopped as a feeling he hadn't felt entered his senses.
Despair.
Sheer unadulterated terror.
Horror of the dragon he rode above them burning them and crushing them with stone he tore down with Acnologia's flames.
Terror of being burned for doing nothing but trying to survive in the greedy city of slaver's.
Acnologia crooned as he turned his gaze to his master and Naruto sniffled as he wiped his face, some wet dust coming off as he took notice of the soot that covered him. He could tell he was also crying, tears streaming down his cheeks as he remembered what else caused him to lose himself to such despair.
~XxX-400-500 years ago-XxX~
Naruto flew through the air, several other Dragons following him, one being that of his beloved Haku. He was tall, broad-shouldered and powerful in appearance, with purple eyes and short-cut crimson hair. During any Conquest he participated in; he typically wore a shirt of black scales into battle and wielded Hades, a bastard sword made of Valyrian steel.(1) Acnologia was about eight or so now and was as large as a dragon in its early twenties.
Haku, his beloved and sweet Haku, flew next to him on her own Dragon; Zabuza (Valyrian for Demon's Heir) with a pleasant look on her features. possessed the classical Valyrian features of her house: long, ebony hair, which she often braided or bound up in rings, and dark chocolate colored eyes. She was dressed in light armor with her families sigil emblazoned upon her tunic. A white wolf with red eyes, howling at a golden moon on a black field. However, Haku was also extremely kindhearted, graceful, playful, curious, impulsive, and given to flights of fancy, with a mischievous aspect to her personality. She loved music, dancing, and poetry. In fact, Haku loved flying even more than being on the ground with her betrothed.(2)
The group of dragonlord's were tasked with... pacifying the city of Meereen for being able to kill his great-grandfather Hashirama and his dragon Belserion, and did not wish for the information to spread, which was already rumored to have happened so they would do the same for any other city who had done it.
Sad to say, it went terrible. Several dozen Dragon's had died before any real damage could be done, Haku had been one of them. Her and her dragon had been hit when she and Zabuza took six bolts to try and save him, he had watched her fall to the earth and crush a wall. The amount of debris alone would have ensured there was no survivor, but an explosion was the cinch and he had ignored everyone calling for a retreat as he landed and dug her out of the rubble, thankful she wasn't buried deep. Her final words, whispered in her beloved's ears about them being together once again in the future rang in his heart as she kissed him one last time before she died in his embrace.
His rage alone filled his heart, and he set his magic upon those he called enemy, and within hours, he alone had destroyed all of Meereen before he and Acnologia turned the ruins of the city to ash. When that was done, he took the initiative and flew into the night to destroy the last cities who obtained knowledge of how to kill a dragon, repeating the same tactic that allowed him to crush the first city he conquered alone before he returned covered in blood and soot.
~XxX-Present-XxX~
Shaking his head he urged Acnologia into the air and away from the battlefield. He needed to be alone, had to regain his senses in solitude before he did something he'd regret. With no reason or words as to why, he roused Acnologia into the skies so he could return home where he felt most safe. While Acnologia made travel fast, he wasn't subtle. His wing beat's were like a hurricane, clapping thunder through the air as he raced across the skies to familiar lands. Several cities he remembered destroying in his younger years would witness the black dragon soaring over them, rumors and tales of how the Black Dread had returned quickly spread.
However, those from Westeros had also heard tale of another dragon; one that put terror into the hearts who performed nefarious deeds and was sent to punish them as it had Meereen mere days before; the Terror of the Heavens who answered to a man with hair as crimson as blood and a fury of a thousand men.
~XxX-Valyrian Ruins; Yuki Estate-XxX~
Acnologia beat his wings as he reached the ground, his rider soon slipping off his saddle and falling to his knees, heavy gasps and tears falling from his face as he wailed into the air from agony. Three days. Three days of nonstop flight and he stayed awake from the sheer intensity of the emotions that had run through his very being. He collapsed to his hands and hurled, but nothing came out. He hadn't eaten in days, hadn't drank in just as long. Acnologia, seeing the despair his master was in was also able to sense the mans pain, and he too was unable to restrain his sorrow as he reared his head back and gave a high pitched wail.
The dragon's screech could be heard for miles as he cried out with his master, the beast rising to his hindquarters and spread his wings out broadly, his frills frantically waving about as he cried with his master; sharing in his sorrow. However, the two time travelers (of sorts) had no knowledge of the current era. Those who had been afflicted with the disease called Grey-scale came to Valyria to either die or abandon themselves to the curse now roamed the ruins of the former empire, and it just so happened that hundreds were in the area as the duo came back to the place they called home.
Within moments, Acnologia turned his gaze upon those who would dare harm his master and roared a large gout of flame, turning the stone men to ash, Naruto himself snarling his sorrow as he cut through swaths of these cursed men and women. Hours... so many hours of fighting and killing, he was tired, Acnologia weary, he was low on magic and physical energy, but they had managed to send the cursed people a message; stay away from the dragon and his master.
As he leaned back against his dragon's scales in exhaustion, Naruto looked at Acnologia and smiled softly, the pain and sorrow of what had transpired slowly returning; not as bad though, and he nodded to Acnologia in thanks. He was so glad to have the dragon with him and knew he would remain no matter what.
They shared hearts after all.
And within minutes, Naruto passed out, sleeping against his dragon.
~XxX-Years ago-XxX
Haku laughed as her beloved grabbed her and pulled her into his embrace, "No, Don't you dare Naruto!" she squealed as the redhead laughed at her and begun to relentlessly tickle her as he grabbed her sides and wiggled his fingers as she bucked and wiggled in his arms.
"Come on love, you should know you shouldn't tease me like that!" he laughed back as she fell to the ground and tried to push his tickling hands away while laughing.
"Stop, you know my sides are my most ticklish spots!" she laughed out.
"Nope, not until you answer me." he grinned as he continued his tickle assault.
"Fine, fine I give, I'll answer you!" she squealed out causing him to stop.
"Well, yes or no?" he asked her.
Haku inhaled deeply and sent a awfully fake glare at him, "If I say yes, you won't tickle me anymore?" she asked.
"It'd be a start." he told her.
"You know I'll kick your ass if you do." she told him.
"I know, but I still wanna hear you say it." he said lowering himself down on her and pressing his lips to her own.
Pushing him away softly she smiled at him, "As if I could ever tell you no." she told him.
"Well, besides that one time that mother nearly caught us in the room." Naruto grinned cheekily.
"Yes, besides the time Lady Kushina nearly caught us in the room." Haku giggled lightly as she kissed the redhead again.
"I finished the song." he told her as he pulled away from her lips, softly as he brushed her hair from her eyes, "You want me to sing it to you?" he asked her.
"I love when you sing to me, but you always had a terrible voice." she snickered.
"Please, you know as well as I do that I have an amazing singing voice. You have one of the best voices for a woman, but I am still in the top numbers of best singers for the men." he told her.
"Oh sod off on that, there is no competition between you and the others." Haku snorted out but then turned serious, "But you weren't lying when you said you finished the song were you?" she asked him.
Naruto shook his head, "I'd never lie to you beloved." he told her softly.
Haku smiled, "Sing it to me my love." she whispered to him.
"For you my dear, anything." he told her as he climbed up off her and pulled her to her feet soon after.
~XxX-Play: Peyton Parrish; Fall Into Me-XxX~
My heart is high of clouds
The presence of your love
For drawn to you as tight as wind
I'll stand by you through it all
The stillness of my heart
Every breathe I take is all for you
Naruto wrapped his arms around the love of his life and begun to sway to the music in his head as he sung to her, the young woman blushing as he sung very emotional lyrics to her. She would never admit it aloud, but her beloved did have a incredibly sexy voice.
I will give, my heart, to you
Fall into me
With every part of you
Share this world, the seas, the stars, eternity
My Lady~
Fall into me
With every part of you
Share this world, the seas, the stars, eternity
I will give, my heart, to you
Haku leaned into his embrace, her eyes closing as she inhaled his scent, the sound of his heartbeat thrumming in her ears as he sung so sweetly; gently into her ears. Her heart fluttered as he told her just how much they meant to one another. This was true love at its finest and even she would be willing to be a little stab happy on the one to interrupt their moment of solitude.
She walks in beauty's light
Her lips of softness
Gracefully beautiful as she
Her soul of fruitful bliss
A heart of magnificence
The wake of pure emotion
I will give, my heart, to you
Naruto spun Haku around as she laughed happily as they begun to dance with one another. The young woman's hair blew through the air as a gentle breeze kicked up as she was pulled into a reverse embrace by her lover and hopefully future husband as he smiled while hugging her from behind; his eyes closed as he held her close and sung deeply and fully from the heart.
Fall into me
With every part of you
Share this world, the seas, the stars, eternity
My Lady~
Fall into me
With every part of you
Share this world, the seas, the stars, eternity
I will give, my heart, to you
Naruto spun her back around and grabbed onto her hips and continued to sway from side to side. By now the redhead had opened his eyes and stared happily into her own darker eyes as he sung to her, spinning with her in his arms as he swept her up into his arms before placing her back on the ground.
Fall into me
With every part of you
Share this world, the seas, the stars, eternity
My Lady~
Fall into me
With every part of you
Share this world, the seas, the stars, eternity
I will give, my heart, to you
With that, Naruto's song came to a end, and Haku smiled softly as she leaned up to plant her lips to the redheads own. Nothing could have ruined the moment between them; not even the gods themselves.
XxX
As he slept and dreamed of the moment that had brought him so much happiness, Naruto smiled softly in his sleep; a small tear rolled down his cheek as he remembered the bittersweet memory of the last peaceful moment he shared with his beautiful snowflake.
~XxX-King's Landing-XxX~
Tywin Lannister wasn't a joking kind of person, he did things as they were supposed to be done and left them at that, so when spies came back reporting that Daenerys Targaryen had MORE dragons and a experienced Dragonlord into her ranks, he decided to take the business to the 'king' and his mother, the spy included. Now the man was on the ground prostrating himself to the self proclaimed boy-king blubbering in terror, "Tell them, as you told me, what it is you discovered." he commanded the blubbering spy, "Because if I have to, then by my father and his father before you won't like the results." he told the man.
Tywin Lannister was not a man who held back on his threats either; and he never made little ones either, those were usually promises he went through with. The blubbering spy looked to the Queen and her boy, "T-Th-The Dragon Queen... she has more dragon's, a-a-and anther Dragonlord under her command, h-he has power, powers u-unlike anything Westeros has ever seen." he blubbered out.
"Quit the blubbering." Cersei said rolling her eyes.
"If, and I do mean if, this so called Dragonlord has these powers that we need to worry about, why haven't we heard of him?" Joffery questioned in boredom.
"H-H-He joined Daenerys Targaryen just after she had originally sold her largest dragon for her Unsullied army, but-but it didn't last, i-it ate the master in moments. T-This dragonlord... His dragon is huge, bigger than even the Black Dread is said to have been, even that monster would give great caution when around the beast." the spy blubbered causing the three Lannister's to stiffen.
"You failed to mention that to me beforehand, why tell me this now?" Tywin snarled.
"B-Because, it-it's rumored h-he was the one who hatched the new dragons under Daenerys Targaryen's name, his own Dragon burned the eggs and bathed the land in dragon fire to give them life. I-I was under the assumption Blood magic was needed to hatch them like Daenerys did with her dragons, but he only bathed the wood in pigs blood and lit it, an-and then he sat the eggs into the fire without harm to himself, and then he had the dragon burn the eggs to give them life." the man said.
"Ok, so who exactly is this Seven damned dragonlord?" Cersei questioned as she placed a hand on her forehead and tried to rid herself of the headache forming.
One problem after another.
"H-He calls himself, N-Naruto of House Uzumaki my Queen." he told her.
Tywin glared at the spy, "That's impossible, the House went extinct four hundred and eighty years ago when the Doom destroyed all of Valyria." he commented.
"I-It's true my lord! H-He has the red hair, and the sigil of the House of Longevity is on his back as well as the dragon's saddle." the spy said pulling out a slip of cloth and handed it to Tywin.
"A red spiral, only House Uzumaki could truly wear such a menacing sigil." Tywin muttered.
"Ok, what's so special about this sigil, it's a swirl." Cersei said as she took the cloth.
"It's not a ordinary sigil, the swirl is unlike any other House emblem. The sigil declares that change happens whether we want it or not. The House Uzumaki Motto was: Nothing is True, Everything is Permitted and was quite literal about it. A truly terrifying play on words if there ever was one. That and only members of House Uzumaki could ever don them on their garbs, how'd you come to acquire this?" he questioned as he tossed the parchment away.
"I-I snuck into the Dragonlord's possessions while he and his dragon left after razing the Port of Meereen and then a fortress mere moments after destroying the cities defenses, and I cut it off the shirt. I burnt the shirt in a fire to hide my being there My Lord." the spy said.
"And what of his dragon?" Joffery questioned, "What do the people say of his dragon?" he demanded.
"T-They call it The Terror of Meereen. I-I can p-personally claim that his fire was as black as his scales, wings so vast that whole sections of city blocks were swallowed up in the beasts shadow when he passed overhead. A-After both the beast a-and its master left, people started to call him; the Dragon of Apocalypse! I even overheard his dragon's name, Acnologia; the Valyrian term meaning Heaven's Terror!" the spy said shivering as he recalled the size of the monstrous reptile.
"How big is it, in feet, I didn't ask for rumors." Joffery demanded.
Well, he did, but that wasn't what he meant.
"I-I don't understand Your Grace? T-The Dragon is fairly large, easily the size of a tower of the Red Keep." he said.
"The towers are easily several hundred feet in height." Tywin said. If they wanted exact measurements they would have to have to see the beast personally; something the spy wasn't to keen of doing after witnessing such an assault on a city with the power that Meereen once held at its disposal.
"An-And his wingspan?" Joffery questioned.
"J-Just as wide as the beast is long." the spy shuddered.
"What about the beasts head?" Cersei questioned.
"Large enough to swallow entire mammoths in a single bite."
"What age is this dragon, I want to confirm a theory of mine." Tywin stated.
"No more than twenty, it is young, very young, not even fifty years of age. I managed to confirm this while overhearing him discuss the dragon's growth with the young Targaryen woman." the spy commented.
"Balerion was just over three hundred years old by the time he died at his age and size, something tells me that the Dragonlord's used some crafty magic to make him bigger than the most feared beast of the Targaryen Dynasty." Tywin commented.
"N-No my lord, not even close." the spy said shuddering.
This drew all eyes to the spy, "What was that?" Cersei demanded.
"T-The Uzumaki, h-he explained it. Said that there were two kinds of Dragon's born in Valyria." he told them, "Th-There were the dragon's born and raised as mounts for the various houses, they lived no more than a couple hundred years, b-b-but the wild ones, th-they lived to be six to eight hundred years old. They were bigger, stronger, and they grew faster than those born and raised in captivity." he told them, "The boy told Daenerys how he climbed a mountain in the far reaches of Valyria into a active volcano tube to find the dragon's egg and hid it, and then hatched it before binding it to him. And then he explained how the Doom came about as the Targaryen ancestor foresaw and was ushered into some type of magic storeroom and sealed away with magic." he told the Lannister's.
"Of course there were wild dragon's, the Houses and Lords of Valyria weren't able to control all of the beasts, there were bound to be a few wild ones among them." Joffery rolled his eyes. Even he wasn't dumb enough to think the Houses of Valyria controlled all them lizards.
Cersei shook her head and blinked a couple times, "So, you mean to tell me, that the strongest dragon of the Targaryen family, the last creature that we know of to see the Freehold back in it's glory, was a domesticated creature?" she questioned incredulously," But somehow, this Naruto Uzumaki has one born and raised from the wild?" Cersei asked starting to get infuriated over the matter of such a creature not belonging to her.
"N-No, wild it may be in origin, but it was raised in domestication, but taken out to hunt to keep the wild instincts it was born with as strong as possible, th-that's what the boy told her before they took Yunkai and then claimed Meereen before I managed to steal the sigil and flee to you My Lady." the spy stated.
"Return to the Dothraki Horde you were a part of, and keep observing this woman. I need to know if she plans to sail across the sea to our shores, we need to find a way to combat her and her dragons." Joffery sighed out.
"She won't be able to fight us with one full adult dragon and six baby dragons, she is of no importance." Cersei snorted.
"And yet the Targaryen dynasty only needed one dragon to burn down Harrenhal in the dead of night." Tywin commented, "If this Acnologia is as big as he is depicted, he's going to be much bigger than any other dragon we have seen. If he alone comes here, then no army will be able to match him. He won't need one, the dragon would be more than enough to rip apart any army made, and it's a well known fact that dragon scales are nigh impenetrable from ordinary weapons, the only reason Dorne killed one was due to a extremely lucky shot from a ballistics arrow the size of a wagon which hit the beasts eye, and it was the only one ever downed by human hands as the rest died in battle during the Dance of Dragon's with the Black Dread being the sole exception due both his size and power to die of old age." Tywin told them.
"W-Well, not exactly My Lord. W-While the Dragonlord has agreed to fight for the Mother of dragons, he doesn't follow her every lead. He made it q-quite clear if she tried to order him to kill a innocent or even burn a village or the like he would kill her and take her dragons and find a suitable place to settle down and raise them before reuniting the freehold and returning it to its former glory." the spy spoke up, "A-And, if what I overheard the night before I-I left were true, then it happened before the Conquest of Aegon the Conqueror as well. A man by the name of Hashirama and his own dragon died in a similar fashion as well before the Valyrian's waged war against them and destroyed the city months before Doom occurred." he told them.
"So their relationship is a mutual agreement, he wins her the Iron throne, she helps him build a army to unite the freehold lands." Joffery stated, "My mother is right, they won't be a problem for quite a while. We need to focus our efforts on freeing my Uncle Jaime from the Northern lands." he stated.
"Well, this also gives us some time to prepare as well." Tywin agreed before looking to the spy, "Tell me exactly how he managed to rip apart the defenses of Meereen and that fleet." he ordered the spy, "Any and every detail you recall, I want it all so we can mount a defense against this Naruto of House Uzumaki." he said.
~XxX-Meereen-XxX~
Two young women walked with cloaks over themselves, approaching Meereen with a sense of purpose. Shiera and Arya had finally arrived after sneaking away from Dorne which had housed Shiera for a couple years, Euron being loyal to the late queen for a time before she learned he was willing to use her (Shiera) to make a play for the Iron throne by marrying her when she reached the legal age, and who knew what would happen if Euron was King of the Seven Kingdoms? She took the quickest ship she could get a hold of and fled to Dorne, which was where Shiera had met Arya who had been on the run when word of Rheagal having a heir broke out.
Now, here they were, and soon the world would change. But even as far as they were from the city, they could see the smoke, smell the fire, and clearly see the destruction from what Acnologia unleashed. They could only wonder how it came to be; but could easily guess what had done it. They were cautious to say it aloud though. They could only hope it didn't happen when they were around if it came down to it again.
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1: Naruto is dressed similarly to Aegon the Conqueror from his Wikia page.
2: Haku has characteristics of both Visenya and Rhaenys Targaryen but is her own person. I think you may find it funny to know some things that I may reveal in the future if you join the discord.
3: I used some of the destruction from when Dany destroyed King's Landing. Naruto's emotions of sensing the lingering magic energy from Hashirama will be explained later, as well as how Acnologia and Naruto sharing a heart, but for now hat will remain a mystery until I reveal it.