Chapter 9 – The Ladder Wobbles
The morning after he executed Ramsay
It was morning out and Naruto was in the Broken Tower, checking up on current events via Greensight.
Vision
Naruto checked up first on what had happened in Riverrun last night. Jaime had released Edmure back into Riverun, after a clever ploy of bluffing to Edumre that he would launch Edmure's son with Roslyn from a catapult into the castle of Riverrun if he didn't comply. Jaime was bluffing but Edmure could not tell what was what anymore, especially after being imprisoned for two years.
Edmure walked across the moat while Jaime and his army waited outside. The Gates closed and the drawbridge was drawn up, but Jaime was certain he had fooled Edmure enough that he would surrender the castle.
Edmure went up to the soldier that was the 2nd in command after Brynden Tully concerning the defense of Riverrun. Earlier, this same soldier had refused Brynden's orders when he told them not to lower the drawbridge.
"My lord," the soldier said, standing at attention for Lord Edmure.
"Command all the forces inside the castle to lay down their arms and open the gates." Edmure commanded as Brynden came up behind him.
"My lord-" The soldier tried to protest as he had refused Ser Brynden earlier because he figured his Lord Edmure would want to continue fighting, but now it wasn't looking like that.
"You lord has-" Brynden hit Edmure at the base of his neck, knocking him out.
"My lord!?" The soldiers said, stunned at Brynden's actions.
"Did I not fucking warn you!? I warned you all that this was a ploy, and you stupidly didn't listen! I was younger than you, boy, when I fought in the War of the NinePenny Kings. I've fought in 3 war's since then, so I know what I'm doing!" Brynden shouted in anger at the man, as he was personally a little bit offended that this green boy questioned him.
"My nephew has been held captive for two years! He is clearly not in his right state of mind and no order he gives should be taken seriously. The Kingslayer only let him come home, because he probably blackmailed him into doing exactly what he was ordering you to do! You think they'll let any of you live!? The Frey's and Lannister's will kill every last one of you for defying them!" Brynden shouted and saw that the men starting to come around to his way of thinking.
"But, my friends, this is a golden opportunity!" Brynden continued, "The Kingslayer's ploy has failed and he gave up his only remaining hostage! I've already sent word to the Mallister's, Bracken's, Blackwood's, Mooton's, and the Whent's. They'll have a host of 20,000 men assembled and here within a couple fortnight's. We can easily hold out til' then. And when they come, we'll take that Kingslayer in the ass, just as we did 5 years ago!" The men cheered as their loyalty to Brynden was renewed. The same soldier who had refused to heed Brynden earlier had also realized his error, and swore not to make that mistake again, and trust Ser Brynden's experience from now on.
But he had to ask. "What is to be done with Lord Edmure, my lord?"
"Confine him to his chambers. Nobody sees him but me." Brynden ordered and two Tully men picked him up and carried him off to his chambers.
An hour later and the gate still had not lowered, Jaime realized his ploy had failed and he was angry with himself, because they had given up their only valuable hostage.
Vision 1 end
Naruto looked at something else. The Night King.
Vision 2
The Night King was sitting at Hardholme with his army, rubbing the spot where he had been stabbed with a Dragonglass spear. That same spot had not healed.
Worse yet, he had lost his precognition. His ability to see into the future was gone, and now his hated enemy had the advantage. He would need to gather up all of his weapons, including his Ice Spiders and Ice Dragons. It would take another 2 years to do so, since he had to go back to the lands of Always Winter, but he could not afford to take anymore chances.
Vision 2 end
He checked King's Landing and his clones had gotten all the wildfire out, all except the stuff underneath Baelor's sept and the Alchemist's guild. When Cersei blew up the Sept in 3 months, she would end up causing a chain reaction that would blow up the Alchemist's guild and Flea Bottom as well, which ensure no more Wildfire would ever be produced again and that she killed all of the Faith Militant. He still intended to let Cersei blow up the Sept because it would end up killing all the member's of the resurgent Faith Militant. They were not someone he needed to deal with when he came to power. His son Maegor had to become extremely cruel to deal with them. He had no choice, those religious hypocrites nearly undid his young dynasty. But his son's cruelty was too much for Maegor, as that, combined with all the betrayals he suffered, the lack of male heirs, or any sort of comfort after the death of his mother, had driven Maegor to take his own life.
Admittedly, he was sad that the explosions would end up leveling Flea Bottom and killing a total of 300,000 people. As King's Landing had more the 700,000 people living in it right now, about 150,000 being refugee's from the war, more than half the population would die. He did not want to do this, but it would solve all his problems concerning the Faith Militant, the Pyromancer's, and he could point the finger at Cersei, turn the people against her, and they would be so fed up with her that they would open the gates for him gladly.
Ending his vision, he checked on Dorne. He hadn't paid much attention to Dorne, because it mostly didn't concern him. The last time he had checked up on Dorne was in the middle of 298 AC. Doran's eldest son Quentyn had gotten killed in a pirate attack while he had been traveling to Essos to meet Daenerys and marry her in secret. Arianne had also been exiled for probably finding out about Doran's ridiculous plan to marry her to Viserys.
Apparently, his taking over of Jon's body has caused a butterfly effect. Ellaria Sand and the Sand Snakes did not attempt to harm Myrcella, but Jaime did still break into Sunspear to get her back. His interference had somehow made Ellaria and the Sand Snakes remember that Oberyn would never condone harming children. Anyway, Myrcella, Trystane, and Doran still died, but it was because of assassin's, which his vision showed Littlefinger was responsible. Littlefinger had hired Faceless Men to kill them in an attempt to cause more chaos and also weaken the Baratheon/Lannister (although in reality, it was only a Lannister) dynasty in preparation for his own takeover. Now, Arianne Martell was on her way back to take control of Dorne.
He decided to then look for where the last 25% of his power was and he found it. It was inside of Euron Greyojoy. Years ago, he was desperate to get out of the tree, and he tried to possess Euron Greyjoy, but when he tried, he learned just how tightly bound to the weirwood tree he was. The failed possession left Euron insane. His attempt awakened Euron's own magic, and thankfully, he didn't know how to access the part of Naruto's power that was sleeping inside of him. He could have done all kinds of damage if he did. But as Naruto saw more of his vision, he stopped and went still.
For sitting in the captain's quarters was his old Dragonbinder horn.
When Naruto had been Valyrius the Firebringer and was trying to figure out how to control Dragons, his first attempt was the Dragonbinder horn. Because there was no guide to controlling dragons at that point. So, he created the horn, which bound the dragon's to his will. The problem was the slave bond it established with the Dragons was flimsy, and about a year after creating it, he managed to figuring out how Dragon's naturally bonded with their riders. He tried to destroy the horn but found he did not have the power to do it back then, so instead, he buried it underneath a thousand runic seals, and entrusted House Belearys to guard it. Within 3 generation's, House Belearys had forgotten the horn even existed and all dragonriders of the Freehold used the superior bonding method. And even when the Freehold blew up and the seals broke, he figured it did not matter because nobody would get deep enough into the Freehold to find it.
But Euron did. He was able to navigate the ruins of the Freehold and come out it unscathed because Euron had Naruto's magic protecting him from all the bad stuff in the smoking sea.
This was bad. He needed to destroy that horn and kill Euron right. FUCKING! NOW!
Naruto got up out of his seat and apparated away, his form twisting and bending through time and space.
The Silence
Euron was on the deck of his ship, smirking about how he was going to return to the Iron Islands, assassinate his brother and take over the Iron Islands during the Kingsmoot. Then he would use the Dragonbinder to enslave Daenerys's dragons and conquer Westeros.
Then he walked back down to his quarters to find the guards who had been guarding his quarters had been slaughtered. Cautiously, he pulled out his sword and entered to see Naruto holding a bloodstained Dark Sister in one hand and the Dragonbinder horn in the other. The horn he would use to control Daenerys's dragons.
"Who the hell are you? How did you get in here?" Euron demanded. This guy could not possibly be one of his crew members as he would have noticed that. Plus, it had been 2 weeks since he last docked his ship.
"You know, it really is impressive. That you found this deep within the ruins of Valyria," Naruto said as he held it up to examine it, "Did you know that this horn is the only Dragonbinder in existence? There isn't another like it the world." Naruto turned to Euron and said, "Thank you for finding it for me, Crow's Eye."
"Now tell me," Naruto said as his eyes turned completely red, "Did ya miss me?"
Now Euron understood who this was. The man with the red eyes who had thrown him from the tower in his dreams as a boy to awaken his magic and then tried to steal his body, but failed. It had left mental scars on Euron, which was where his fascination with magic and his cruelty came from.
He raised his sword to strike Naruto down, but Naruto flicked his finger, causing the sword to fly out of Euron's hand, while another flicked caused Euron to fly toward Naruto as Naruto gripped Euron's face, holding him there and preventing him from moving. Naruto put the Dragonbinder down and ripped off Euron's eyepatch to reveal the black and red eye, where his power from his failed possession attempt had stored itself.
"I'll be taking that back." Naruto said as his power flowed out of Euron, turning Euron's red eye to a blue one, and a euphoric feeling passing over Naruto as his red aura appeared around him and his full power was restored. Across the entire world, storm's appeared and blanketed the entire planet, great bolt's of lightning lit the sky bright as day as the thunder they produced shook the foundations of many buildings. The sea's raged as wave's crashed against the shores, and the Earth shook, as if were about to split open.
Naruto threw Euron to the ground and held his there telekinectly.
"Don't worry," Naruto said, "Your death will be quick." Naruto rubbed his right fingers together and snapped his fingers. Euron, for several seconds, felt like his entire body was tearing itself apart. And as he screamed out in pain, his entire body combusted into a shower of blood and guts, painting the quarters red with his blood and gore.
"Ah, it's good to be back." Naruto sighed as he relished have his essence be restored to 100%. He looked at the Dragonbinder horn and channeled his power into it, causing it to heat up. The horn glowed white hot, and then melted into a puddle, rendering the only artifact that could bind a dragon into a useless puddle of molten metal.
"Thank the fucking Gods I took care of this now. If he had gotten even one of my dragons under his command, it could have been a disaster." Naruto said outloud.
"Oh, before I forget," Naruto said as he slammed his hand to the floor and called down a lightning strike, apparating away before the bolt of lightning hit. When the lightning bolt hit the ship, it blew the ship up, killing most of the crew. The few that survived the initial blast would soon drown at sea.
Winterfell
He appeared back in the Broken Tower. Without Euron to show up at the Kingsmoot in 6 weeks, since Balon would die by then, Yara would take over, which would leave Daenerys without the Iron Islands support. And since he planned to kill all the Ironborn once he was done retaking the Riverlands, he preferred to keep them all in one place. But first, he had some stuff to take care of here.
Later, he was in the Great Hall, have a dinner meeting with a certain Vale Lord and Lady that he needed on his side for his plan for Littlefinger.
"Lord Yohn, Lady Waynewood, thank you for agreeing to meet with me. Let us dig in." Naruto offered and the 3 had their meal while making smalltalk.
Once they finished their meal, Lady Waynewood decided to cut to heart of the matter. "Why did you really wish to meet with us, Lord Stark?"
Naruto appeared hesitant for a moment before saying, "I will be honest, I have my concerns about Baelish being in my home. I don't feel as though I can trust him."
"What makes you say that, Lord Stark?" Lord Yohn asked, curious where this was coming from.
"I have it on good authority that he betrayed Ned Stark, which as we all know, led to his unjust death." Naruto said, causing Lord Yohn and Lady Waynewood.
"Who told you this?" Lady Waynewood asked and wondered if they could use this to advance their own plans for the Vale and Baelish.
"Someone who was there. Someone who betrayed Ned Stark with Baelish. Janos Slynt, the Commander of the City Watch. He was very eager to regale me with all the details, including how when his men slaughtered the Stark Retinue, Baelish held a knife to Ned's throat and said, 'I did warn you not to trust me.' And then, there is that whole business where Sansa was sold off to the Boltons, to raped and abused that he was responsible for orchestrating." Naruto said with grit teeth and a clenched fist.
"Do you wish ill on Lord Baelish?" Lord Yohn asked and Naruto looked at him.
"That should be obvious. He is responsible for Ned Stark's death." Naruto said.
Lady Waynewood and Lord Yohn looked at each other, now believing that this was the avenue they were looking for, and decided to take a leap of faith.
"We must admit that we did not know that, Lord Stark. We too, along with many of the Vale Lords, wish Baelish gone, but only the two of us know the extent that some of his crimes go." Lord Yohn said.
"Such as?"
"Tell me Lord Stark, do you know how Jon Arryn looked in his youth?" Lady Waynewood began as the Vale Lady and her compatriot moved towards their endgame.
That night
Lemon
It was nighttime now, and Naruto was in the lord's solar, wearing nothing but a pair of pants as he laid on his bed. Next to his him was Val, dressing in nothing but a white nightgown. Currently they were kissing.
They pulled away from the kiss and Naruto, staring lovingly into her eyes, said, "I missed you."
Val smiled down at him as she sat up and undid the braids in his hair while Naruto watched her. "Have you had any problems adjusting to Winterfell?" He asked.
Val shrugged and said, "No."
Naruto 'hmmed' and sighed contently as he tickled her sides, which made her giggle a little bit. "Did you miss me during the month we were separated?" He asked.
Val smiled as she undid the last of her hair braids as she leaned closer to him and he propped himself up on his arms. "I ached with love longing. My belly was empty of laughter." She whispered sultrily to him.
"Is that what you want? Hmm?" Naruto said as they shared a quick kiss, "You want to me to make you laugh?"
Val bit her lip sexily and shook her head, "I don't want to laugh now."
She pushed him on his back and climbed on top of him straddling him. "I want to ride you. Like a bull," She said to him as she kissed him deeply before pulling back. "Like a wild bull." She kissed him deeply and their tongues battled for dominance as she wrapped her arms around his neck, moaning as he squeezed her ass. She grinded her hips against his, helping her lover get hard as they made out.
Naruto's hands went from groping Val's toned ass to undoing his breaches while Val pulled her nightgown up over her head and tossed it onto the floor. They went back to kissing each other before Val broke their make-out session and kissed her way down his neck and all the way to his cock, which was already at full strength and as hard a steel.
She took it in her hands and started stroking it with a firm but gentle grip and she smiled when she saw his eyes roll back and he let out a deep groan from the pleasure she brought to him. She stroked it a few more times before giving the head of his cock a quick lick which sent a shiver of pleasure up the man's spine. She lick it a few more times before engulfing it into her mouth outright till his pubes were tickling her nose. Naruto was moaning in bliss as the blonde deep throated him and to add to the pleasure, she brought one of her hands up to play with his balls.
Soon, Val went from slow and steady to quickly bringing her head up and down on his dick. Val moaned from the taste and scent of his manhood and Naruto almost lost it right then and there from the vibrations of her voice over his cock. Naruto brought one of his hands to the back of her head as if to guide her as she started bobbing her head up and down his cock. Val would stir things up further by switching between sucking him off to stroking his now wet cock in her hands. She felt Naruto twitch in her hand seconds later.
Val brought Naruto's cock into her mouth again and worked the shaft in her hands fast and furiously all the while Naruto was beginning to reach his end. "Val!" he said gritting his teeth. "I'm gonna cum!" he warned. Naruto slammed his eyes shut and blew his load into her mouth. Val moaned from the taste and soon had to work hard in swallowing as quickly as she could so as not to choke. It was tough but she managed to gulp down every last drop so as not to waste it. After she finished drinking his semen she sat back up licking her lips. "Naruto, you taste delicious." she purred looking at him.
Naruto got up and locked lips with the beautiful blonde once again and sat up with her sitting in his lap. After making out with her again for a couple of minutes he parted lips with her and then started kissing her neck.
Val whimpered from the attention he gave her as she got more and more excited as he started kissing a trail down her body. First from her neck to her sternum then down to her breasts. Naruto switched between both her tits, suckling one and massaging the other in one hand while his other hand had two fingers inside her pussy and was fingering her.
Naruto took one of Val's hands and placed it on his cock. Val understood what he wanted and started stroking his big cock to get him hard again. After some time of sucking the right one, he switched to the left breast and slid his right hand down her body to her perfectly shaven pussy and began rubbing it. He pinched her clit with his thumb and index finger, playing with it for a few minutes before inserting two of his fingers into her pussy.
After some time of finger fucking her, he slipped a third finger into her pussy. Val was moaning from the pleasure she was receiving at the hands of her lover and Naruto smirked as he heard her moaning loudly from the waves of pleasure that coursed through her. She could feel her climax fast approaching.
Val smiled went she felt his cock harden up, reaching full mast again and said, "Mm, hard again already?"
"Well, you did say you wanted to ride me," Naruto said with a smirk as he laid on his back, "What are you waiting for, an invitation?"
Val smirked back as lined his cock up with her pussy, Naruto holding her hips to help guide her. Without warning, she slammed herself down on his massive cock, his hardened tool stretching her to her limits. Val had already been close to a climax before they started the main course and the sudden way she had made him enter her was too much. "I'm cumming!" She cried out as her pussy tightened around his cock. Her pussy juices ran down his hard length and her inner walls spasmed with jolts.
"Your so fucking beautiful, Val," Naruto groaned in pleasure loudly as he held onto Val's waist while he started to thrust his cock forth into her wet womanhood that felt so tight on his length. His hands moved to her stomach to make circles around it, before finally moving his hands upward to once again begin to grope the Free Folk Princess's breasts.
Naruto growled huskily as he cupped the breasts and started to caress them while Val placed her hand's on Naruto chest and rode her lover's length in perfect harmony with his own movements, causing his thrusts to penetrate her womanhood deeply. Val moaned loudly and her eyes rolled into the back of her head in pure ecstasy.
Naruto rubbed Val's tits together and he loved how warm and tender they felt in his palms while the Free Woman continued to buck her hips in response to all of this. Val;s hands moved to Naruto's shoulder's and held onto them tightly while digging her nails into his as Naruto's cock crashed into her tightening womanhood that grinded it with each movement of her hips.
Val's pleasure soared higher than ever as Naruto pulled her down to him, his tongue slipping into her mouth as he hungrily made out with her, while he continued to thrust up into her and she slammed her hips down onto his cock.
Naruto and Val moaned loudly as he pounded into her one last time before her walls clamped down onto him as she came again and Naruto reached his own climax, unleashing a wave of hot spunk into her hungry and fertile womb. Val cried out in pleasure as their shared release poured out of her and trailed down Naruto's cock.
Naruto and Val locked lips yet again after taking a few minutes to rest while they continued thrusting their hips into one another and their lovemaking continued long into the night.
End Lemon
The next morning
Naruto was inside the dining hall at the main table with Val and Melisandre. Jon's old emotions were still raw and he felt like he had to say something.
"Back before the war of the 5 Kings began and when we would have feasts, Lady Stark would always make me sit down there," Naruto said pointing to the other side of the room, "Away from her trueborn children. Made me feel like a bit of an outcast in my own family."
"Could have been worse. You at least had a warm castle to sleep in, not a tent in the middle of the tundra," Val said.
"She's right. You at least had a family. You had feasts." Lady Melisandre said.
Naruto smiles at their words.
"Aye, you're right. I was luckier than most." Naruto said.
Ser Davos came in looking very upset. He tosses something to Lady Melisandre and she looks at it in her hands. Naruto and Val looked at it and could see it was a burn wooden stag toy.
"What is that?" Naruto asked.
"Tell him." Ser Davos said. Melisandre was at a loss for words, regret clear in her eyes. "Tell them who it belonged to."
"The Princess Shireen," Melisandre said.
"Tell him what you did to her." Ser Davos demanded. "Tell him!"
Melisandre lip trembled before she found her strength to answer. "We burned her at the stake."
Naruto had known Stannis would burn people at the stake from watching him with his Greensight but he didn't think he would do it to his own daughter. He hadn't bothered to watch it playout because at that point, he was directing all his energy to taking over Jon and escaping the tree. Naruto felt his stomach take a nasty turn from the inside out at the thought of burning one of his own children. He had done a lot of terrible things to get good outcomes. He had created the Freehold and allowed it to become what it did, participated in the genocide of the Rhoynar to prevent them from destroying the Freehold, wiped entire families as Aegon the conqueror, killed his own brother and relatives as Brynden Rivers. Naruto was something far more dangerous than a monster. He was a good man who did terrible things to get even greater outcomes. But he never killed his own children to achieve those ends. Stannis had clearly fallen far if he believed any good could come of burning his only child.
"Why?" Ser Davos demanded.
"The army was trapped. The horses were dying. It was the only way." Lady Melisandre said.
"You burned a little girl alive!" Ser Davos shouted.
"I only do what my Lord commands." Lady Melisandre protested.
"If he commands you to burn children, your Lord is evil." Ser Davos shouted.
"We are standing here because of him. Naruto Targaryen is alive and as his true self because the Lord willed it." Lady Melisandre said.
"I loved that little girl as if she were my own daughter. She was good, she was kind. And you killed her!" Ser Davos shouted.
"So did her father." Lady Melisandre countered. "So did her mother. Yet I don't hear you cursing their names." Ser Davos look like he was going to break down. "I only offered them a way out. They didn't have to take it. The both of them burned their daughter."
"So what? They all died anyway. You told everyone Stannis was the one. You had him believing it, all of them fooled. And you lied." Ser Davos said in a loud voice.
"I didn't lie," Lady Melisandre said. "I was just wrong."
"Aye, you were wrong. How many died because you were 'just' wrong." Ser Davos demanded. Lady Melisandre had no answer. "I ask your leave to execute this woman for murder. She admits to the crime." Ser Davos requested of Naruto.
"Do you have anything to say for yourself?" Naruto asked her.
"I've been ready to die for many years. If the Lord was done with me, so be it, but he's not. You've seen the Night King, Naruto Targaryen. You know the Great War is on the horizon. You know the Army of the dead will be upon us soon. And you know that I can help you win that war."
"Ser Davos," Naruto said after thinking for a minute. "While what she did was hideous, I can't punish her for what she did on Stannis Baratheon's orders. She served a different king, thus she was his to punish. Stannis Baratheon chose to burn his daughter and he paid for his crime by losing his wife, his army, and his life."
"Your Grace, I demand justice." Ser Davos begged in a loud voice. Naruto held up his hand to stop Ser Davos from speaking.
"However, Lady Melisandre, you will that I don't ascribe to burning little girls for no reason. You speak the truth, you have been most helpful and you will be able to help us in surviving the Long Night. And in case I get killed again, I need you to bring me back. So, this is the only warning. If you burn any more innocent people without my leave, you will be banished from Westeros. Understood?" Naruto asked. He liked Melisandre well enough, but now that it had been brought up, he had to lay down the law.
Lady Melisandre nods her head in understanding. She looked a bit sad and her eyes were a bit puffy.
"If you step out of line again, I'll kill you myself." Ser Davos threaten.
"Ser Davos, remove your glove and show me your right hand," Naruto said. The Onion Knight did so.
"Val, please cut his right hand off at the wrist," Naruto said. Val appeared confused at the request.
"What treachery is this?" Ser Davos demands as he uses his left hand to reach for his sword.
"No treachery," Naruto said with a hard look. "I need you to be able to use both hands. Your right hand has been crippled since Stannis cut off your fingers and is currently useless. I'm going to replace it with a new hand." Naruto said.
"How can you do that?" Ser Davos asked still not convinced.
"Allow me to show you," Naruto said as he waves his hand, channeling his magic and a hand made of a molten black metal with the symbol of House Targaryen appeared.
"This little spell is called the Dragon Hand. A spell crafted by the Valyrians whenever one of them lost a hand. This hand is made of fused black dragonstone, harder than steel or diamond. It will function just like a normal hand." Naruto explained.
"Why do you want to remove my hand?" Ser Davos asked.
"I want you to be able to use both hands so that you can fight at your best. You've shown yourself to be loyal to a cause worth fighting for. Consider this your reward for serving me so faithfully when you didn't have to and as incentive to continue to do so." Naruto said.
Ser Davos nods his head and rolls up his sleeves as he holds his arm out. Val unsheathed the sword part of Dragonheart and cuts his hand off cleanly at the wrist. The crippled hand dropped to the floor and Davos held the stump up to lessen the bleeding.
He then holds out his bloody stump for Naruto. Naruto channels his magic and the black hand attaches itself to Ser Davos bleeding wrist and the bleeding stops. Ser Davos flexes his new hand and looks at it. A smile was brought to his face.
"The rest of the Northern Lords will be here in a few days to discuss what's next for the North. I want all 3 of you in attendance." Naruto said. "Now leave me."
"Your grace," said the guard standing outside as they didso, "There are two knights, two sellswords, and a lady Seastar at the gates asking to see you."
'Sellswords?' Naruto wondered as he checked it real quick with his greensight and was confused. 'Oh Shiera, what are you up to?'
"Oh, so they're early. Excellent. Send them in." Naruto ordered and the Stark guard obeyed.
A few minutes later, the guards let in the woman and two knight's. The two sellswords stayed outside.
"Your grace," Shiera Seastar and the Kingsguard knights greeted with a bow.
"Stand up, Lady Seastar, Sers. There is no need for that here with me." Naruto said as he motioned for them to stand up.
"It's been a long time. Hasn't it," Naruto said as he approached Shiera.
"That it has," Shiera said as they stopped several feet from each other, "Awfully confident of you, not wearing any weapons."
"Who says I'm not," Naruto asked rhetorically, before Shiera smiled and enveloped Naruto in a hug which he returned.
"I've missed you," Naruto whispered in her ear.
"70 years was too long to be separated from you, Naruto," She whispered back.
"My only comfort being stuck in that damn weirwood was knowing you were alive and well." Naruto whispered as he asked, "Do they know about me?"
"If you mean you're true identity, then no, I didn't tell them. It isn't my secret to tell." Shiera whispered back as they pulled apart.
"So, you revived them then." Naruto said as Ser Arthur and Ser Gerold removed the cloaks they were wearing and revealed their faces. "Lord Commander Gerold Hightower and Ser Arthur Dayne. I did not realize you two were alive again when I tried to have my Red Witch summon your dead bodies to me so I could revive you."
"We have Lady Seastar to thank for that, your grace," Hightower said, "She revived us 5 years ago and we followed her, waiting for you to come into your true self, not Ned Stark's bastard."
"If only it hadn't included joining the Night's Watch and only being able to leave after I died." Naruto quipped, and both knight's felt anger and shame that they had not been able to protect Rhaeghar's son, whom they had already given their live's for once already.
"The both of us are deeply ashamed of not being here to protect you, Your Grace," Arthur said.
"Come, Ser Arthur. It's no matter, everything worked out in the end," Naruto said as he took his glamour charm off, revealing his true self, confusing the knights, so Naruto explained "When I was resurrected, my father's Targaryen looks became dominant, so I had this made to look like my old self, at least until it was time to reveal myself to the rest of the world."
"In truth, you 3 could not have shown up at a better time. With both of you and Howland Reed to back up the story of my birth, no one will be able to question my legitimacy as Rhaeghar's son." Naruto said before he remembered something and asked Arthur, "Will you be alright, being in the same room as the man who killed you?"
"As long as I'm not standing close to him, I will be fine, Your Grace," Ser Arthur said.
"Just Naruto when in private, Arthur." Naruto said, which brought a sad smile to Arthur and Hightower's face. "Have I upset you?"
"No, You-Naruto. It's just that your father was the same way. He didn't like being addressed formally in private." Arthur said, and Naruto gained a wistful look.
"Part of me wishes I could have known him. Known what it would have been like to have real parents. I hope to maybe hear more about him. And my mother." Naruto said with a knowing look while he played up Jon's honest desire to have known his real parents, and Hightower and Dayne both acknowledged it, promising to tell stories of Rhaeghar and Lyana soon enough.
"Now Shiera, I'm told there are two more people with you," Naruto said with knowing look and she gained a playful look, as if she was about to blow his boots off.
"You two can come in." Shiera called and the two cloaked sellswords came in.
"You can remove your cloaks, my lords," Shiera said, causing Naruto to look at her. He was really confused now.
The two men pulled their hoods down. Both of them were old, the younger one having red hair and green eyes while the elder had gray hair and green eyes, one looking to be about 60 and the 40. The 60 year old stepped forward, his stance confident and Naruto examined him and held his hand out to shake. "Naruto Targaryen, son of Rhaeghar Targaryen", he greeted as the old red head shook his hand.
"My name is Tion Reyne. In my youth, I was called Tion "the Red" Tarbeck." The now-named Tion Reyne said, shocking Naruto.
"As far as Westeros was aware, you're supposed to be dead." Naruto said, and Tion snorted.
"It's easy to make yourself appear dead when you've been crushed underneath a falling castle," Tion said.
"How did you survive?" Naruto wondered.
"My father and mother, Lord Walderan Tarbeck and Lady Elyn Reyne, kept me away from the battle. They didn't want me to get killed, especially when our scouts saw Tywin's host was too big to fight. My mother had me sneak out in disguise with a dozen loyal guards and my sister Rohanne's son, Alastor Tarbeck." Tion said as the 40 year old Alastor stepped forward and shook hands with Naruto. "I stayed close enough to the battle to see Tywin bring down my family's castle with siege engines. And stayed long enough to watch my uncle, Roger Reyne, be routed. After that, my men and I bolted out of the Westerlands. We scarcely made it past House Lefford. Once we made it to King Landing, we booked passage to Essos and moved to Braavos."
"After we made it to Braavos," Alastor continued, "Uncle, used his skills in finance to work for the Iron Bank of Braavos, and we disappeared into the system after hiding our last names, so Tywin wouldn't find us. It's also were he met his wife and mother of his 4 children."
"We don't have to get into that." Tion said to Alastor, "I'm sure Lord Stark isn't necessarily interested in our love lives."
"I might like to hear that story sometime," Naruto said in friendly tone, "But you're correct. That story is better saved for another time. So, you worked for the Iron Bank. Then what?"
"I taught my sons and my nephew everything I could. After my sons and Alastor were old enough, I had them join the Golden Company to get real experience leading an army and fighting battles. After that, they came back and got wives and children of their own, and we began to build our own version of the Golden Company, called the Red Coats." Tion said, causing Naruto to gain a look of recognition.
"I had heard about that company. The only one's who could rival the Golden Company. You have…what, 10,000 men?" Naruto asked.
"14,000." Alastor clarified.
"So, how did Shiera find you?" Naruto asked.
"That is an interesting story. I was in Qarth 4 years ago on a business trip when I happened to be in the city as the same as Daenerys. I was considering approaching her, but she had nothing to offer me, so I declined approaching. As I was preparing to leave, Lady Seastar approached me, somehow knowing who I was. She showed me more than a few things, such as Ser Gerold and Ser Arthur, alive and well, and then what was coming. Let's just say, I saw a valuable ally in her. And when events lined up exactly as she predicted, it only further cemented that belief." Tion said.
"Let cut to the heart of the matter. What do you hope to gain by allying with me? I have a strong suspicion, but I would like to hear it from you." Naruto asked.
"We want revenge on House Lannister. They murdered both our families. Killed not just our idiot uncle and my parents, but also all the women and children when they flooded Castamere." Tion said. "We wish to give them the same treatment. I am disappointed that Tywin is dead, as I wanted to break him as I undid his legacy, but I will settle for his children and brother."
"And we also want what Roger Reyne tried to take when he rebelled. The Westerlands." Alaastor added.
"Believe me, after what Tywin did to both of my half-siblings by Elia, and my cousins by Ned Stark, I will never trust a Lannister. Deliver me the Westerlands, and I will name House Reyne the Warden of the Westerlands when I take the throne. You can have the other Lannister's but Jaime and Cersei are mine to kill. You can even have Casterly Rock, since Castamere is still a ruin, and Lannisport as your new seat." Naruto offered as he held out his hand.
"It will be Reyneport when we are done." Tion agreed as they shook hands, sealing their alliance.
Chapter End
This chapter is too big for one chapter. Seriously, I was at 12,000+ words with the other part thrown in, so I decided to stop this chapter here.
Tion Reyne(Jeremy Irons).
Alastor Tarbeck (Tony Curran)
Can I just also say that Cersei's plot armor is REALLY starting to make me angry, especially after hearing about what happened in S8 EP 4? She has the THICKEST plot armor I have seen from any Game of Thrones character, and considering some of the shit Jon has survived, that's saying something.
Let's just say all that High-Quality Lannister Plot Armor won't be saving the little bitch this time.