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Chapter 36.5- And so the Dragons Danced

Without asking him, Toji stepped forward to pick up Azula’s body and place her down where Long Feng had just been. I nodded at him in thanks. At least not having to do it twice made things better. It also brought m some reassurance, the fact that Toji could overcome the influence of the aura that made one recoil at the spirit.

“Assume the position” I ordered again. This time, the spirit covred the girl from head to toe. I nodded at the sight before clearing my throat and beginnin...

Chapter 13.5- Doom Days

“We have an hour until breakfast. Draw your wand, Mr Potter” He said and gestured to prepare the classroom for their clash. Harry Potter was an enigma when it came to his magic. He had always been a powerful wizard. The Patronus he had conjured earlier this year had left no doubt in any’s mind of that. Even the fact that he was practiced enough in the spell to call forth two different corporeal forms was something to be said. While the patronus changes form when its user goes through si...

Chapter 32.6- One Thousand Hands

Shika said the same words as the other two and the conclusion cemented itself in my head. I planned to approach Shika about it in private, but Uzume beat me to the punch.

“How the hell did you three get into anbu?” She asked with a scowl forming on her face. The scowl came easily to her, I mentally noted. It was like she had a face that as made to scowl. It wasn’t an aspersion on her looks or anything like that. She was objectively a beautigful young lady..even when she was scowl...

Chapter 36.4- And so the Dragons Danced

I nodded, pleased that it worked as expected. All the while, Toji watched with a tilted head.

“Have you got him in the right state?” I turned to Amara and asked. She nodded, struck dumb for some reason.

“What? Cat’s got your tongue?” When she didn’t reply, I scwled but turned to the target. Long Feng’s eyes were glassy and empty. Just like he had described that they would need to me for the brainwashing to work. I wanted to ask Toji to handle the next step, but loo...

Chapter 13.4- Doom Days

Still that mindset would serve him well…for a time. Just like it had served Filius until it had become more of a hindrance than a help. Understanding one’s limits would become more useful than self-belief as one went up the ladder, but that was not a question for the present. For the present? He had to get the boy in front of him ready for the U17 tournament in seven months. For good or for ill, after multiple sessions, he had begun to buy into the dream. A 14 year old U17 Champion was un...

Chapter. 32.5- One Thousand Hands

After that flex, kizuru stepped off the metaphorical stage, and Omoikane replaced him by what seemed to be broad consensus. “I can use both fire and earth release really well. I know a few wind release techniques from Uncle Danzo, but nothing groundbreaking. My taijutsu is really good and I can summon a monkey but it costs a lot of chakra and he only really fights when he wants to. My genjutsu is passable but I’m good at detecting them” He said, and I nodded at his words. He was on the ...

Chapter 32.4- One Thousand Hands

Uzume seemed reluctant to go next, so someone else stepped onto the stage.

“I have taijutsu on the level of a Jounin, and I can see up to over 20 kilometers away with my byakugan” Uraume began to a loud appreciative whistle from Izuku. I could support the sentiment. 20 kilometers was a lot. It was also more than most Hyuga could boast so that meant even with the Chunin vest around her shoulders, Uraume was one of the best the clan had to offer- if not the best outright.

“I...

Chapter 13.3- Doom Days

I nodded, silently signaling him to continue with his lesson.

“Different shields are useful for different purposes. For example, the protege shield is the most efficient way to block most spells and with enough power, one could use it to fly far above its broom class. The only issue there is that it becomes much less efficient when you do that. Also add the fact that it is useless at blocking physical objects or extremely dark spells like the unforgivables.”

“No shields can...

Chapter 36.3- And so the Dragons Danced

I saw Toph move to a corner to quietly throw up and made the decision to ask her about what the spirit had felt like to her senses. It must have been something terrible to provoke that kind of reaction from a girl who was otherwise one of the strongest teenagers I had ever had the pleasure of acquaintanceship with.

“Kah the Dreamweaver” I said as an introduction, and the form before me shifted in recognition as it recognised its name. Now, I had its attention. It’s attention, I t...

Chapter 13.2- Doom Days

I nodded and stepped through the hole. He followed suit and the painting swung close behind us. Lighting up my wand, I led the way. This was an interesting secret passage because it seemed like all it did was warp space between two fixed points. Unlike most other passages that ran as part of a network with multiple entrances and exists, this one just had one entrance, and the sole exit was exactly ten steps away. If one went any further than ten steps, they just kept walking and walking for e...

Chapter 36.2- And so the Dragons Danced

“That’s all we’ll do. Believe me you, I would never want something as ridiculous as brainwashing the FireLord’s daughter on my head” I said with a smile while I lived through my teeth. Behind Maki, Toji looked to be having the time of his life as he tried to prevent himself from erupting in hysterical laughter.

“Alright then. I’m going topside. I want no part in all of this” She said as she left without turning around. She hadn’t believed me. What a shame. Not a surpr...

Chapter 32.3- One Thousand Hands

“So what do you want us to do” Shika asked, stepping towards me.

I took out a scroll from one of the pockets on the inside of my armour and took out a series of papers from the seal. “This was the initial plan. Explosive tags on the trees, poisoning the water supply, attacks on their scouts, and genjutsu on their rear guard, things like that. It was supposed to disorient and confuse them to make sure that they were stalled and didn’t get any forward momentum until our forces ge...

Chapter 13.1- Doom Days

When I asked Flitwick for lessons, this is not what I’d expected at all. “You use your body to avoid attacks so that means you need to ensure your boy is capable of moving quickly enough and for long enough periods. You can not rely on your magic as a sole crutch in these matters. If you want to win the U17s this year, you will be going against wizards just shy of their magical maturity. You might be more powerful than anyone your age, but against those outliers, you won’t have a drop o...

Chapter 32.2- One Thousand Hands

Twelve Shinobi: Three Jounin, Two Special-Jounin, and Seven Chunin to delay a force of thousands. This was going to be an interesting mission, no matter what.

“Welcome everyone. Thank you for volunteering. As explained earlier, you will be expected to delay the Suna advance from reaching Konoha’s borders and allow the main force to mobilize with the aim of pushing Suna back into their desert. While few in numbers, I have the utmost faith in your ability as a collective to harness ...

Chapter 36.1- And so the Dragons Danced

I wasn’t a good person. I had no doubts about that. I was selfish, power-hungry, and far too prideful to even be vaguely considered as a good person. So maybe that is why I did not hesitate when I was given the power to do as I wished. Brainwashing. The power to change the memories of others. It was one hell of a trump card to have in the deck. The Dai Li had kept it in reserve but still used in indiscriminately to take and maintain control of the city. After Long Feng had delivered the sec...

Chapter 12- Doom Days: The Half-Goblin's Test (Complete)

He beat me to the punch again, sending two silvery lances of magic at me. I moved my wand away from the spell I’d been about to cast and called forth my intent before batting both spells in opposite directions. They hit the wall and did nothing further. I conjured a massive snake that reared its head up and slammed down at him. A piercing curse left his wand, shooting through the snake and then he vanished it, taking away the chance to use it for further transfigurations. With a heave, I dr...

Chapter 12.5- Doom Days

“You’re good at this”

“Oh Harry. Of course, I am. I am your best friend. No one knows you as well as I do” I smiled even wider at the statement she’d just made. She had to be fooling herself if she thought that was even vaguely true. Anyone who knew Potter so well should have been able to tell that his body had been taken over and that he was only a third of the personality captaining this ship.

“Best friend, huh?” I asked with a self-depreciating chuckle. Acti...

Chapter 35- And so the Dragons Danced (Complete)

The Dai Li fought like police officers. In the show, I’d been so awed at how skilled they appeared. With their signature rock gloves that they used in apprehending targets. Now that I thought about it, they were probably the inspiration that Toph had leaned on in creating her elite Metalbending police force in the Legend of Korra canon. But all that did not matter, because Police officers were police officers- more suited for capturing and chasing criminals than fighting for their lives in ...

Chapter 35.6- And so the Dragons Danced

With that, the meeting came to an end and I ushered the rest of them to begin their journey back to the surface. Using the Lake Laogai base as my headquarters had come with more than a few advantages. First of all. It meant that no one was suspicious of the time I spent here. That would have been a much more difficult thing to achieve if I stayed topside and would have had to sneak down here as needed.

I walked out of the room with toji on my tail and after a few turns and doubl...

Chapter 32.1- One Thousand Hands

It was perhaps a failing of mine that when I had been told of this mission, I had spent all my time thinking about myself, and not the people who would be joining me on this undoubtedly difficult mission. I doubted I’d be getting any one of the Village’s heavy hitters since they would have been placed in charge of the mission instead of me if that were the case. I even doubted I’d be getting many Jounin. The way Hiruzen had phrased it, it had seemed like only those who would find no use...

Chapter 12.4- Doom Days

“I just wanted to talk, Harry. I just wanted to talk to my best friend” She said, and I nodded at her.

“Alright then, Hermione. Let’s talk.” I replied.

“Really? Here?” She asked, gesturing to our immediate surroundings. I gave them a look as well. The charms classroom was on the Third floor. It wasn’t exactly an area of the castle that saw much in the way of foot traffic except for Flitwick’s occasional classes, and considering he had about fourteen of those, t...

Chapter 35.5- And so the Dragons Danced

“They won’t be if you put them through that meat grinder of a castle” General Aki again, easily riposting the point made by the older man. Looking around at the generals, I could already see that it was a nearly even split between those who wanted to take the castle, damning the cost to lives, and those who would rather take a more measured approach to things. I mentally noted who belonged on which camp. It was a line with which I could play them against each other. I was their equal, b...

Chapter 35.4- And so the Dragons Danced

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I wish I could say the taking of Ba Sing Se was some massive battle worthy of a tapestry. It was not. All the things worth anything had happened in that cavern. Kai’s crew had attempted to betray Toji and Maki while they were sneaking into the prison complex holding the Fire Nation Army Azula had brought with her. That proved to be a mistake that hurt the Ba Sing Se defenders more than it hurt my people. Toji was a fighter that was difficult to stop on his worst day. Yesterday ...

The Chase (Original Work)

 They ran. It was like all the world chased them as they ran in the crowd of those fleeing. They must have made quite a sight, he thought to himself. Two grown adult men, identical in every respect; hair cut in the same style, matching hazel eyes, dark skin, and lithe builds. He could not say for sure, but he would be more than willing to bet that they had identical looks of horror on their faces. Their hands were joined as they pulled and dragged at each other to keep pace with the crow...

State of the Union- One Thousand Hands

Arc 1 of this story has finally come to an end, so here is the state of things among the nations:

*Konohagakure*:

Kage: Hiruzen Sarutobi

Special War Powers:

1. Kushina Uzumaki- Jinchuriki of the Eight Tails

2. Sakumo Hatake

3. Tsunade Senju, Orochimaru, and Jiraiya

4. Shorirama Senju, Head of the Uzumaki Clan

Enemies:

1. Iwagakure no Sato

2. Kumogakure no Sato

3. Sunagakure no Sato

4. Kirigakure no Sato<...

Chapter 31- One Thousand Hands (Complete)

A look at the sun’s position once I stepped out of the tower told me that it was just about time for Kushina to be finished at the academy. Sure, I could stop by the hospital to heal the few wounds that had managed to stick to my body, but Grandmother Mito could just as easily handle that when I got home, and shipping out tomorrow meant that I’d be hard pressed for time to spend with the little kid so it was best to get it over and done with as soon as possible. I jumped across the roofto...

Chapter 31.5- One Thousand Hands

“Draw it” She asked, like she needed to. I was going to pull at the string that was calling me to pull at it. It wasn’t a question. I reached out with my fingers, talking hold of the string, and dragging it backwards. It took more strength than I was used to, but that was no problem. When I finally drew it more than two inches backwards, I could see a bolt of plasma form between the string and the bow wood. I looked up at her in shock.

“Raijin no ken in a bow. You’ve tried it...

Chapter 12.3- Doom Days

On leaving Flitwick’s office, I began making my way back to ht eChamber and right before I rattled off ,your usual series of spells to cloak myself, I sighed aloud. It has been going on for so long now that I might as well actually just confront her and be over and done with it. While I’d had a bit of fun with it initially, using her to test my sneaking around skills and even trying a bit of mind arts experimentation which hadn’t given me the ability I used to sense her bow, I still fou...

Chapter 35.3- And so the Dragons Danced

The moment she lost consciousness, I extended my awareness to the rest of the room and was not surprised to note that Toph had dispatched the vast majority of whatever Dai Li agents had escaped my attention. In the middle of all this stood Long Feng and his General. Said General was glaring at the man even as the man seemed to be almost awestruck at the events that had unfolded before him.

I began walking forward, but the woman just raised both her hands and went to her knees. “I am ...

Chapter 31.4- One Thousand Hands

“I knew you would find a few of them useful as you got ready to ship out, but these are not only from your Granduncle” She said then, and then I could see it. More and more of the notes were in a flowing script that did not belong to him. Mito’s handwriting I realised. Not just her writing either. Some things were written in a less practiced hand that I could recognize from the writings I’d been given about the Mokuton. It was Hashirama’s writing. While Mito wrote about seals and th...