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Chapter 78.1- Doom Days

While I had not expected the portkey, that did not mean that I was anywhere close to being caught with my pants down. The second the portkey began to whirl, I braced myself for it to release me. As expected, the man pretending to be Julian Russo had not released me even as we were being hurled through a hole torn in the very fabric of space-time.

That didn’t matter though, because I had a plan. As the spinning began to slow down, I played hard my natural clumsiness with magical trans...

Chapter 34.1- The Seadragon's Roar

“They sure did manage to step on it this time, didn’t they?” I commented to Laena from where we sat in Igneel’s face.

“Yeah, I wondered why you were being so specific about timelines in your letter when there was so little chance of them being able to understand the timeline perfectly. You did it so they would move as quickly as possible, didn’t you?”

“Indeed. They would spend their time trying too figure out when the letter was sent to figure out how much they h...

Chapter 86- One Thousand Hands

“Have Uraume Hyuga, Shikahime Nara, Uzume Uchiha, Toshiro Takehada, and Inoken Yamanaka brought before me at once,” I ordered the first shinobi I saw upon poking my head outside my tent. The man turned to me, seeming unsure if I was speaking to him, before he noticed that I kept staring at him and my eyes did not move. He took a step backward first. What was that about? And then he knelt. Huh?

“At once, Hokage-sama,” he said and body-flickered away. My eyes tracked his movements...

Chapter 33- The Seadragon's Roar (The Seadragon's Future)

I looked at the piece of parchment that had been circulating around the castle. The new tax policy from the King. It was interesting for a whole bunch of reasons. For one, I felt it was somewhat bold to mess with us while our dragons were within your city. But then again, this was when we were at our technically weakest. If there was open war, or even the possibility of it, all it would take would be locking down the Dragonpit and locking down the castle for us to be essentially cut off at th...

Chapter 67- Doom Days (Offer & Acceptance)

“What if I say no?” I asked instantly. He tilted his head at me.

“I would wonder what I have asked of you to get such an answer.”

“Are we going to keep dancing around it? Telling me about the Stone, making me kill Russo when you so clearly could have done it yourself, and telling me all this now. You want me to be your apprentice,” I said.

“And like I said, I wonder what I would have asked to get such an answer. Because the question I am asking only has one ans...

Chapter 86.6- One Thousand Hands

My desire to explore had died a quick death, so I left the vault. There was nothing to keep my interest there. Not when so little of it was labeled. So I began to walk the village that was once Iwa. A shocking amount of it was still standing, funny enough. Toshiro and co would have their work cut out for them in leveling this place. In the middle, I could see my trench, a scar carved into the land itself. if I were a more shallow man, I would go have statues of the Raikage and I doing the sea...

Chapter 33.6- The Seadragon's Roar

I had skilled sailors, warriors, bureaucrats at my beck and call. I could put them to work. Turn them on the problem of slavery and add the might of two dragons where needed. We would make so much progress that it felt like a crime to turn my back on it. But ending slavery, noble as it would be, was not going to put food on the table for House Velaryon. It would not give us an unassailable position from which to approach the doomsday event coming our way— the dying of the dragons.

An...

Chapter 77.6- Doom Days

So we waited for the event to begin. And when it did, imagine my honest to god surprise when none other than Julian Russo walked up to the stage.

“Ladies and Gentlemen, it is my privilege—“ I tuned out the rest of what he was saying, as I cleared my mind. Once. Twice. He was still there. It couldn’t be an illusion. I turned towards where Flamel and his wife had been sitting to find the old man looking at Russo with the same intensity I was. Whatever this was, they were not in o...

Chapter. 86.5- One Thousand Hands

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“So this is the vault?” Well, that was a bit of an obvious question considering it was a large metal door surrounded by large steel walls and buried into the side of a cliff face.

“Clearly” Uzume scoffed. I noticed some burn marks on the steel.

“You already tried breaching it with force and failed?” I asked, stepping closer.

“I didn’t fail. Uraume said there was a risk of a failsafe destroying everything if we breached”

“Fair enough. ...

Chapter 77.5- Doom Days

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“Good to see you’re still alive” I said to Sirius on walking into the hotel room.

“Told you the Goblins wouldn’t dare attack me once the dueling started” he said.

“Fair enough. They must have been hoping Okonkwo would pull something off.” I said, not adding that in a different tournament without an apprentice of a literally immortal alchemist there, they probably would have found some way to try affecting the outcome. Of course, with the House run...

Chapter 33.5- The Seadragon's Roar

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At least they were not so stubborn as to think that they would not be surrendering, I thought as I sat on Bloodstone’s throne and listened to the messenger that the triarchy had sent with our man. A messenger that was causing some stir, quite frankly, and I could see why. He wore his shackles openly, and his brand was visible for all to see. They had sent a slave to treat with me. It was many things at once.

An insult, that was for sure. A slave? The implication being ...

Chapter 86.4- One Thousand Hands

“I have my boot on your neck, Tsuchikage-dono. I have your arms and legs broken. You are subject to every whim and caprice of mine, and you think I will let up with only a piece of paper to show for it?”

“Iwa will never agree to vassal hood. This is the best deal you can get, Hokage. Take it and begone”

“I believe you, Tsuchikage-dono. For good or for ill, I believe you.” I told her. The triumph that appeared in her eyes made me chuckle.

“I said I believe yo...

Chapter 77.4- Doom Days

“That’s about the bulk of what we will be doing, and as for what I will expect from you, well they are simple enough: loyalty for one. You won’t just be expected to keep my secrets, but actively work towards preventing them from being released to the public. You will also agree to never attempt to make a philosopher’s stone of your own, and you will agree that even after your apprenticeship period is complete, I will be able to call upon you for help when needed. In exchange for suita...

Chapter 33.4- The Seadragon's Roar

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With Mother’s permission and commission, things moved swiftly. For one, it was easy enough to convince her that I had to leave as soon as possible to get ahead of things. Irritated enough with the taxes, she was more than willing. Sadly, she wasn’t irritated enough to have us leave without saying a proper goodbye to court. And so we filed out in the throne room, and did our bowing. Viserys said some tripe about being disappointed to have us leave so soon, while Mother easily ...

Chapter 33.3- The Seadragon's Roar

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“Yes, that would work, but are you ready to abandon all that your ancestors worked for? Driftmark has been home to House Velaryon even from before the doom. You have a legacy there that goes so far back that many struggle to say when it began” Rhaenys said when we approached with the idea.

“Driftmark is our past. We were left one island— not even the greatest of them— when we were naught but a seafaring house. House Velaryon is now the Second Greatest house in ...

Chapter 77.3- Doom Days

I just stared at him until he spoke again.

“I have lived two millennia as I keep telling you. You think in all that time the only thing I have managed to learn is alchemy. I have mastered magical arts you don’t even know exist. Of all my apprentices, it might shock you to find that only a third of them have focused on alchemy. I have trained in all sorts of arts so whatever it is you want to focus on— whether combat, or your fledgling ability in the mind arts— I will be on hand...

Chapter 86.3- One Thousand Hands

“Shall we have it over your son’s as well? Because I can promise you that I will kill him before I kill you. And then after I kill him, I will find your civilians, and then I will slaughter them to the last man. My shinobi can manage that much, I assure you. And if you don’t think they can, you can just look at the trench carved into the middle of what was once a great village and see what I can do when pushed. You don’t want to push me, Tsuchikage-dono”

“What are your terms...

Chapter 86.2- One Thousand Hands

“I think you might be operating under a misconception” Uraume said. She probably didn’t think there was any room for civility.

“Be that as it may, my will be done” I said, and gestured to Inoken to proceed. He whipped out a syringe and stuck it in her neck before tapping her forehead.

I didn’t have my byakugan active, so it was difficult to tell when she would become conscious. I listened for any change in breathing or motion, and heard nothing. Nothing at least until...

Chapter 77.2- Doom Days

“Why didn’t you mention that we had company?” I heard her voice say next, not sounding all that bothered at least.

“I’m so sorry, Mrs Flamel” I said, eyes still covered.

“Oh worry not, my boy. Nothing all that special. You can open your eyes” She said, and I did so, only to see that she was still naked.

“Uhh, you’re still…” I tried to say, while averting my eyes very pointedly.

“I am aware. It’s just a body, boy. Must the British be so p...

Chapter 33.2- The Seadragon's Roar

“In some ways, yes, and in some ways no. Thankfully, father had the bare bones of an agreement of sorts with the King. The crown never wants to be forced to defend the Stepstones when the Pirates come back, or when the Triarchy attacks again, or when Dorne gets another bright idea, so recognising them as full parts of the Seven Kingdoms wouldn’t really work. They’ll be a semi-independent protectorate. So while we are still subject to Westerosi law, and everything we do there will be sub...

Chapter 33.1- The Seadragon's Roar

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I looked at the piece of parchment that had been circulating about the castle. The new tax policy from the King. It was interesting for a whole bunch of reasons. For one, in that I felt it was somewhat bold to mess with us while our dragons were within your city. But then again, this was when we were at our technical weakest. If there was open war, or even the possibility of it, all it would take would be locking down the dragon pit, and locking down the castle for us to be essenti...

Chapter 77.1- Doom Days

“What if I say no?” I asked instantly. He tilted his head at me.

“I would wonder what I have asked you to get such an answer”

“Are we going to keep dancing around it? Telling me about the Stone, making me kill Russo when you so clearly could have done it yourself, telling me all this now. You want me to be your apprentice” I said.

“And like I said, I wonder what I would have asked to get such an answer. Because the question I am asking only has one answer, M...

Chapter 86.1- One Thousand Hands

“Have Uraume Hyuga, Shikahime Nara, Uzume Uchiha, Toshiro Takehada, and Inoken Yamanaka brought before me at once” I ordered the first shinobi I saw on poking my head outside my tent. The man turned to me, seeming like he wasn’t sure I was speaking to him, before he noticed that I kept staring at him and my eyes did not move. He took a step backwards first. What was that about? And then he knelt. Huh?

“At once, Hokage-sama” He said, and body flickered away. My eyes tracked hi...

Chapter 85- One Thousand Hands (Complete)

“Prepare for a march down to Suna,” I said the second the news reached me, because there was no other thing that could be done. Chiyo had done her piece, she had done her worst, and instead of an amusing bug that I believed I could swat dead at any time, she had gone and made an actual problem of herself. She had gotten my attention, and through her, I would show the world that my attention was not something anyone wanted to have. Not something anyone survived having.

“We can’t,...

Chapter 32- The Seadragon's Roar (A rogue funeral)

I watched as Viserys stepped up to the dais. He had decided to give Daemon a Valyrian funeral, despite objections from who seemed to be the High Septon of King’s Landing. I said seemed to be because there was only one true High Septon, the one out of Oldtown. Anyone pretending to anything else was a clown with delusions of grandeur. Still, it was somewhat impressive that he managed to stand his ground on the matter. Even Jaehaerys had received a fusion funeral. He had been anointed in the o...

Chapter 66- Doom Days (The Rule of Two)

“Yeah, it’s kind of moronic that you thought introducing me to the people you were planning to fuck over and betray was anything close to a good idea,” I said, shaking my head at him even as I walked deeper into the room.

“I did not anticipate that Nicholas would tell another his secrets, much less one such as you with such suspect motivations. No one knows what you are or what you believe, and yet Nicholas felt fine giving you the secrets of the Philosopher's Stone. He has prov...

Chapter 85.6- One Thousand Hands

“That was a very different fight. He was stronger than whatever it was Naruto fought. Maybe it was edo tensei not managing to bring him back at full power, or maybe it was Naruto having a stronger element of surprise or he could just be plain stronger thanks to the same butterfly effect shit Chiyo seems to have goin on” I said, shooting down that point. In the wider scheme of things, I had to be at least as strong as Naruto was when he fought Juubito. That was about Stage Two Chakra Cloak...

Chapter 32.6- The Seadragon's Roar

“Will you place them on me, my lord?” She asked, already turning around before I had even gotten the chance to begin answering. But then again what was I going to say? No? Who the fuck do you take me for?

I leaned over her shoulders, fiddling with the present earrings she had on for a second before getting them off. Then I replaced them with the new ones, putting the old ones in the box the new had come in. The old were a gold ensemble, not valueless by any means but clearly lackin...

Chapter 76.6- Doom Days

So this was the philosopher’s stone. It was a deep blood red and looked like a crystal more than anything else. And then there were its jagged edged. Edges through which a liquid of some sort seemed to seep out. I pocketed the thing in my robe, thanking Russo for having an undetectable expansion charm included in the pockets. It was a luxury that he need not have sprung for, but it was proving its use now. I turned to the rest of the chamber, taking note of what runes remained.

The f...

Chapter 85.5- One Thousand Hands

“Damn it, I’m angry at myself. Is that what you want to hear? That I am fucking pised with myself for even bringing her here in the first place. That the last time my cousin and I spoke we were on each other’s throats and I never got to apologise before she died?”

“Is that what you want to hear? That I regret fighting with her over the Hiruzen thing? That I regret not trusting her enough to leave in the village like I had wanted to . Now she is dead. Now my cousin is dead and...