“How are things going?” I asked. Fighting the Raikage had taken my full attention. The landscape of the battlefield was all but unknown to me. If I turned my attention away from him for a second, he would take my head off and go kill everyone else.
“Too early to say. Hasn’t even been a minute yet” She said.
“Fighting him makes every second feel like hours”
“I can imagine. It’s a nightmare keeping up with how quickly you change locations.”
“Why...
2025-09-04 17:13:42 +0000 UTC
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“Laena” I whispered in her ear.
“Good” She said and then we kept dancing. The moment slipped, and I wondered if I had imagined it— the heat, the tension.
“Tell me what the issue is, Laena”
“How old is Igneel?” She asked instead.
“You know exactly how old Igneel is. He hatched in my crib” I said instead, not much appreciating the distraction.
“Septon Barth says it could take a dragon up to fifty years for their scales to fully harden...
2025-09-04 17:12:30 +0000 UTC
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“Oh hey Sirius. How’ve you been?” Harry turned to him and Sirius was struck by the resemblance again. It was like staring at James from all those years ago.
“So-so. Got bored and heard you laughing so I came to find out what’s so funny”
“Oh nothing in particular. Just a game they’re playing.”
“A game?”
“You were born in Barcelona, but moved to Madrid not even after you’d turned a day old” The girl suddenly said.
The boy groaned, f...
2025-09-04 17:10:31 +0000 UTC
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“How could I say no to a face like that?” I asked, taking her hand and allowing her lead me to the dance floor. The height difference between the two of us was less noticeable with me in my boots and her in what passed for noble lady footwear in this one. The dreadful thing known as heels were yet to be invented so the extra padding on my soles gave me a boost that meant I didn’t spend all of it staring at her chest— would it have been such a bad thing if I did? (Bad boy, Laenor).
2025-09-04 16:56:48 +0000 UTC
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The flattery was a dead giveaway. People didn’t just pay compliments for no reason. Julian Russo wanted something, and Sirius had a bad feeling about it.
“Thank you”
“One would wonder though. So young. So young and yet so skilled. It almost gives one reason to suspect something untoward”
“Is there anything you want to say more directly Russo?” Because surely this man could not be suggesting just what Sirius thought he was suggesting. If he was, Sirius would ...
2025-09-04 06:10:35 +0000 UTC
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They formed so close together that it was almost impossible to tell which formed first. Of course, I knew it was the one in my left hand.. May chakra control in that part of my body was just slightly better. They announced themselves with a whirring sound that got louder as they grew bigger and bigger.
“Cho Odama Rasenchuriken” I decreed to both gods and man as I tossed the first one— the one in my left, and then a second later the right. Aiming both straight ahead. The first tor...
2025-09-04 05:30:06 +0000 UTC
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It was something I wondered if Naruto had been able to do. His sage mode seemed to be either on or off, but then that could have just been a simplification for the manga and internally, there could have been all sorts of things going on. There was also the chance that Naruto had just been maxing it out, not really seeing the use for a watered down version of sage mode in the same way I did.
Sage mode— the full version of it I could access— where I had my chakra and nature energy in...
2025-09-03 06:19:26 +0000 UTC
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For one, Harry laughed a lot more than Reggie ever did. Speaking of Harry’s laughter, he heard the sound again and turned to the side, finding him standing next to the boy that had been his opponent in the Quarter finals— Angel Cerulean or something like that. It had been a good duel, but Sirius’ prediction that nobody here would be able to push Harry all that far was holding true. Harry was just one of those wizards. The kind that existed once in a generation and came to receive the sa...
2025-09-03 06:18:34 +0000 UTC
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“They’re in the village” Uraume said as we reached the bottom of Iwa’s mountain.
“Still in combat?” I asked
“Yes. Some duo— a woman and a man are holding off the Raikage now but his people are securing the rest of the village.” She said.
“Good. We’ll be right in time to fuck them in the arse”
“Language” She scolded and Uzume barked a harsh laugh.
I turned to them. The army I’d brought here. It was time.
“Kumo is inside I...
2025-09-03 06:17:31 +0000 UTC
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EARLY 109 AC
Pate offered me a glass of wine. I looked at it, looked at him, and then looked over at mother who nodded in my direction. I accepted it happily enough, taking a healthy sip and enjoying the way it sang as it passed my throat. I had been an enthusiastic enjoyer of the liquid pleasures in my past life, and this one seemed to offer its own array of alcohol. Maybe when I finished doing the other one thousand things on my mind, I could look into making my own alcohol. Of cours...
2025-09-03 06:16:17 +0000 UTC
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XXXX- SIRIUS BLACK
He tossed his attention from side to side, trying to find his cheeky little godson in this massive hall. Well, little was not a good word for Harry anymore. Somehow he was almost Sirius’ height and he wasn’t even Seventeen yet. He couldn’t have gotten those genes from James— James had always been the smallest of them all. Well, apart from the rat, but who cared about the rat. He found a familiar nest of black hair and just about heard the laughter that escape...
2025-09-03 06:15:12 +0000 UTC
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The round of sixteen ended with a duel for the ages. Fire versus transfiguration. The transfiguration master that had managed to beat his fellow in the previous round had been knocked out himself after being faced with one of those who I felt likely to meet me in the finals. The Chinese girl remained in the running as well, but considering how much difficulty she had had in her round of 32 match—she had easily had the closest match of those of us remaining—it was doubtful that she would b...
2025-09-03 06:14:00 +0000 UTC
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'We need names for these islands,' I thought to myself, not for the first time, as I struggled to relate to the others just where exactly I had come in contact with the Jordayne fleet.
“And you let them go? You couldn’t think that they were tricking you for a second?” Daemon scoffed from his position at the table. This had turned into a nightly council of we Dragonriders where we gave updates about anything interesting we experienced while on our patrols.
“Oh, I’m almost...
2025-09-03 05:35:53 +0000 UTC
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“And you think that the Prince will just somehow fail to notice my port receiving such preferential treatment? You think he’d be slow to put two and two together in that situation? Besides, like I said, there’s no alliance to tell you about and there’s nothing to say” Icarus said, keeping his poker face stable. The offer was tempting. Letting the Prince get burned in the war to come would be sweet revenge for what he’d done, but Icarus had not come this far by being careless.
...
2025-09-03 05:29:52 +0000 UTC
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How quickly can a group of shinobi move across a country? The answer was very fucking quickly. We made camp a few miles outside Iwa and slept the night away, resting and recovering our chakra for the long march to Iwa. Well, not really a long march. It was a straight shot, the journey from Kusa to Iwa. So after the night passed, we packed up, cleared our tracks as best we could, and shot off like bullets.
The army being made of mostly chunin forced me to maintain what was essentially a ...
2025-09-03 05:03:08 +0000 UTC
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“So, shall we get started, good man?” He asked when he took the seat in the tent offered to him. To his shock, the only one in the room was Laenor Velaryon himself. Well, the only one apart from the silent specter that stood by the young Lord’s side.
“Meet Ser Ben Celtigar, my sworn shield” The young Lord said.
“Now, would you like some wine?” He offered.
“Poisoned?” Icarus asked.
“Why would I bother poisoning you? You’re already ful...
2025-09-02 06:43:19 +0000 UTC
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The Raikage stood still for a second, and the Monk thought he had seen an opening and moved to strike,. Cee was not worried. He knew what that look meant. The lightning that surrounded the Raikage spiked, becoming more erratic until it stabilized as he increased the output. If Cee’s senses were correct— and they always were— this was the edge of the first level of the Lightning Cloak, not hitting the second level or even the Sage enhanced third level. The Monk moved to attack still, and...
2025-09-02 06:42:32 +0000 UTC
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“I see how far it goes, Scrimmy, but what can I do when you won’t give me leave to investigate this properly.”
“Don’t start that with me today, Mad-eye. I know you’re keen to believe any conspiracy theory that comes your way but use some logic, man. The assertion that you-know-who is back has little logical basis. And you’d be calling it silly if it was anyone other than Dumbledore peddling this. We heard the animated corpse back in Surrey just as surely as you did and it...
2025-09-02 06:26:54 +0000 UTC
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XXXXX- ICARUS JORDAYNE
“You know, part of me expected this” He said to the Dragonrider as he came to a stop right in front of his ship just as he had all those weeks ago, The difference now was that instead of confronting him alone, the dragon rider had come with an escort of ships.
“I don’t see why you shouldn’t have” Laenor Velaryon replied atop his grey dragon who snorted at their words like it could somehow understand what they were saying.
“So has House ...
2025-09-02 06:26:10 +0000 UTC
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Perhaps it was cruel, altering the intent of the spell so that it wrapped him in with the rats that were presently biting down on his skin. It did mean that he yielded faster than I’d ever seen anyone do so in this tournament. He didn’t even spend a second considering it. I vanished the ropes and rats once I heard the words I was quickly becoming accustomed to— “Winner: Potter”. It felt good to win.
I walked towards my opponent, expecting to see some disenchantment on his face...
2025-09-02 05:40:18 +0000 UTC
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Five shinobi still surrounded him, but just as he had made little headway in dealing with them, they were yet to manage to land a clear hit. Not like Cee thought much would happen if they did. The Raikage’s durability was unquestioned. The Monk, his golden aura around him, struck next. He attempted a straight punch at the Raikage that he blocked with his forearm. The ground around them shattered from the force of the blocked hit. The Raikage did not even flinch, striking out with a knife ha...
2025-09-02 05:03:53 +0000 UTC
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The answer was redirection. He waited for my next duo of spells and deflected them with uncanny aim. One smashing Simba straight through the head— the blasting curse taking all of his upper body in one blow. The second, missed Mufasa by a hair’s breadth. Serrano had been stung by one of my hornets right as he had deflected it. There was no expression on his face as his hand lashed out to his neck with a sharp slap.
He deflected both my next spells in Mufasa’s direction. The stunn...
2025-09-01 06:12:50 +0000 UTC
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“Precisely. Good to see you have a good grasp of the plan. Now let’s get going”
“If Iwa had a jinchuriki wouldn’t they be at war already? Somewhere in the camp waiting to unleash their demon on the unsuspecting Kumoc folks”
“Chiyo’s intelligence tells us the Jinchuriki is on life support after a confrontation with Shorirama Senju of Konoha. Barely clinging to life as she undoubtedly is, I doubt she’s in anything close to a combat ready state” Hayate parried bef...
2025-09-01 06:10:59 +0000 UTC
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“You’ve been thinking about this for a while, Laenor.” Mother said, and it was difficult to tell whether she thought that was a good thing or not.
“Yes, Mother. It has been on my mind”
“And while you thought and did act towards bringing those thoughts into fruition, did you stop to consider that it would be people fighting your wars. On both sides, men will die.”
“All men came to the Stepstones with the understanding that they could die here” I defended....
2025-09-01 06:06:51 +0000 UTC
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“Gain in what way?” Mother asked, shushing whatever Daemon had been about to impulsively add to the conversation. It was shocking just how easily she could manage his impulses. I was about to speak but then Pate, the former pirate, came in with more wine. I hadn’t been completely convinced as to his addition to the household but mother seemed certain of his loyalty, and there was the fact that we did not have so many options that we could turn down help. Besides, it was not like I could...
2025-09-01 06:04:58 +0000 UTC
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A cutter to the left, a stunner to the right, a full body bind right back to sender as I took a step back to give myself even more distance. He matched it with a step closer as I knew he would. Serrano was the type to watch out for weakness like a hawk and he never failed to take advantage of it. He upped the ante, sending even more spells my way. Variety wasn’t the goal here. He sent six bludgeoneers in a row, sending them off in a good approximation of the gatling gun approach Alvarez had...
2025-09-01 05:27:56 +0000 UTC
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“Contact” Uraume whispered behind me. I nodded. The was our chosen signal for when Iwa finally got into her range. Somehow, she had the farthest seeing Byakugan of anyone in her clan even if she wasn’t the oldest or the most experienced. There was something to be said of how I had been placed in a class filled to the brim with outliers and geniuses. That would be something to think about later on though, as both Uzume and Uraume stepped forward to brief me on what was going on.
X...
2025-09-01 04:54:59 +0000 UTC
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“Potter vs Serrano” The screen flashed out, knocking me solidly out of my thoughts. It was almost like the second I thought I knew who I would be facing in the finals, the fates decided to see me fight them right then and there. It meant more entertaining duels both for me and the audience. It also meant that shit kept ramping up. I knew Serrano would give me a good duel. He was too good not to. I also knew that I could not afford more than a few seconds of sloppiness. Beating Serrano wou...
2025-08-31 18:00:10 +0000 UTC
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‘Thank you. I’ll stop suggesting stupid shit like that’ I said. Kurama had agreed to ally with me to take Madara out, not to fight my battles for me, and definitely not to cement my place as kage. He was fine enough with letting use his chakra when I fought— probably because he could see it as me training to get better and better at using it so I didn’t fuck up hen I finally faced Madara, but even that to some extent went against the spirit, if not the letter of our deal.
Mada...
2025-08-31 17:37:08 +0000 UTC
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How quickly can a group of shinobi move across a country? The answer was very fucking quickly. We made camp a few miles outside iwa and slept the night away, resting and recovering our chakra for the long march to Iwa. Well, not really long march it was a straight shot, the journey from Kusa to Iwa. So after the night passed, we packed up, cleared our tracks best we could and shot off like bullets.
The army being made of mostly chunin forced me to maintain what was essentially a jogging...
2025-08-30 06:49:09 +0000 UTC
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