3.5

The weather seemed to be a bit better as of late with there being an overcast today to cool off the heated air and not having it be so bright. Many prefered this while others didn't, but it couldn't fully matter at this point. The crowd was cheering with anticipation as some Meereenese riders came out onto the field to do a little show before heading inside to get things started.

Soon enough, a man walked onto the field, causing many spectators to rise from their seats and give him a round of applause as he waved back to him. Naruto figured he was the announcer for today's events. From what he was told, whatever happens in the main stadium is roughly planned at the last minute so no one can know what exactly will happen with the fighters. Would it just be fighter against fighter, fighter against beast or beast against beast? Who knows for sure, but it's to at least make everyone curious on what the event holder has in store for everyone's thrill and excitement.

Before long, the announcer raised up his hands to quiet everyone down before speaking in Meereenese Valyrian… which Naruto was left in the dark on what he was saying. What… He didn't expect hearing this language just yet and no one on the Martell crew knew Valyrian all that well, even it's supposed branch language for this city.

"Do you know what he's saying, Ella-san?" Naruto asked the paramour.

"Somewhat. My Valyrian is a little rusty, but he's saying that it's great for everyone here for today's games." The Sand Snake stated before the two saw a pair of fighters walk onto the field. One appeared to be a large man while the other was of average height. "And now he's saying something among the lines of who is better: strength or speed."

"My money would be on strength." One of the crewmembers stated as he got several grunts and nods from some of his colleagues and friends.

"Hells no. Speed's so much better asshole."

"The fuck you say, Terrick."

"You heard what I said."

"Things could go either way." Naruto stated as he saw the two combatants fight it out while the crew members did their own conversations with bets. His statement caused Ellaria to look at him quizzically, to which he noticed and decided to elaborate. "Strength and speed can go either way, but it depends on how it's used exactly. Mostly depends on smarts if you want to add that into the problem."

"How so?" She asked, even though she already knew the answer but she wanted to hear Naruto's opinion on the matter.

"If you're dealing with strength, it depends on how much you exert yourself when dealing swings and blows onto your opponent. Said person would need to try and not tire him/herself out that will eventually leave yourself open to attacks. Overwhelming the opponent with strength alone won't end well if the person just relies on that." The shinobi said as the two saw the strong fighter swinging his sword around while the speeder was jumping or sliding out of the way. "With speed, one needs to be quick witted to come up with things on a moment's notice while quickly evading attacks and defenses. Having to move around quickly to get a layout of the battlefield/opponent to hopefully find a good spot to strike and time things perfectly." This was said just as the two saw the speeder swipe several strikes on the strong man's back before evading a swinging blow.

"Hmm… Seems you favor speed more than strength Naruto." The Sand Snake said as she seemed to caught onto a different tone when getting onto that part of explanations.

"You can say that." He chuckled. "Back home, the 4th Hokage -our village leader- had a technique that made him go all over the battlefield and overwhelm many of his enemies. He was so fast that he was referred to as the Yellow Flash. Even helped back up the title as all anyone could see was a yellow streak of lightning as he slew hundreds of enemies all at once."

"Really?" She was skeptical on such a technique. But after meeting Naruto, Ellaria decided to slowly approach things with an open mind on such odd fantasies.

"Yup… He was my idol when growing up and I wanted to be just like him."

"...He's gone, isn't he?"

The answer wasn't immediate as the two saw the speeder pierce the strong man's throat with his short sword, resulting with a round of applause. Taking a small breath, Naruto looked up into the sky as he replied to her. "Yeah… He's gone. Died on the very night I was born… Not a great way to celebrate the day of my birth… And the one after that and ones that followed."

"I'm sorry to hear of that."

All Naruto could do was sigh. "It's alright and thanks."

As the two saw the announcer walk back onto the field, with several men to carry the dead body off the field, the paramour asked the obvious question to hopefully help the young shinobi. "You want to talk about it more?" Shaking his head no, Ellaria wanted to help a little more. "You can talk to either Oberyn or I when you feel ready. Even what happened yesterday in the marketplace."

"Will do… Well it seems Oby-san is going to have his fun now."

Putting their attention onto the battlefield, Oberyn and five other men were walking into place with their respective weapons on hand as the crowd cheered for excitement once more. The Red Viper had his trusty spear by his side, a few knives and a short sword on his hip while wearing his signature leather armor that he wore on the island, with some fixes and add ons like some metal plating underneath for protection. The other fighters varied in terms of appearance, causing Naruto to ask the Sand Snake on identifying some of them.

Ellaria helped translate the best she could when each of the fighters were introduced. The first was apparently a Dothraki bloodrider for one Khal Drogo, who came by the city for rest and wanted to see some entertainment before passing by. Who -by the way- was in the special stand with the blue tattoos on his body and the varying braids on his head. Once explaining a bit of info that Dothraki don't believe in money, they do believe in glory. Hence why one of the Khal's fighters was attending this match.

Following the bloodrider was a Meereenese champion as he wore a black suit of armor with a lance and shield. The third fighter was a dark skinned axe wielder. The fourth was apparently a convicted thief with dual knives while the last was a fighter from Volantis with his broadsword and shield.

Soon an announcement was made once introductions were finished. The announcer stated that once three warriors remained the next portion of entertainment will begin, causing many to wonder what the event holders were planning. And once the man left the battle area, all of the fighters spreaded out and started off their fights.

Oberyn ran towards the Meereenese champion and soon clashed as both fighters wanted to prove that one of them was the better spear/lance wielder than the other. Both seemed evenly matched as they parried and dodged each of the thrusts and swings their opponent delivered. From what Naruto and Ellaria could tell from their seating, Oberyn was enjoying himself quite well in this fight of his.

The Volantis fighter was up against the Dothraki bloodrider as both were keeping up with each other. The swordsman kept blocking his opponent's arakh while attempting to slash at the horse rider's bare skin. Though one bad move proved to be the swordsman's undoing as the bloodrider got behind him and sliced the Volantis fighter's head right off of his shoulders.

With the last pair of fighters, it seemed to be a repeat of the strong man vs the speeder. The convict kept moving out of the strong man's axe swings as he threw one of his daggers. This was easily deflected before the axe wielder ran at the thief. The convict ended up tripping, which gave the strong man his chance of swinging his bladed weapon down and cleave the thief's head in half with a gory mess in the end.

Back with the lance/spear wielders, the two were still at their fight. Blocking and evading as much as they can, put the Viper was merely playing with his prey. Taking his chance, the prince threw his spear at his opponent, who moved out of the way with how fast the projectile was. This was merely a distraction as Oberyn pulled out his knives and lunged at the Meereenese champion. Said fighter jumped in the air and thrusted his spear, but the Dornish man slid on the ground so he could get under his opponent. And with precision, Oberyn shot his armed hands and jabbed the blades into the man's sides before pulling them out to stab the man's throat.

"This is turning out well." Naruto said as he applauded alongside the paramour and the Martell crewmembers in seeing the Red Viper win his victory.

"That it is."

"Though I do wonder what this next event might be exactly." He said as they saw the announcer walk into the field and spoke again.

"My thoughts exactly… That's odd."

"What?"

"The announcer just said that they're bringing in special beasts now." Stated the Sand Snake as she tried to listen with so many people cheering out at this point. "Something about… crow people?"

Once that was said, they both saw the fighters having similar looks of confusion on their faces while the large gates opened up. Not long after, what appeared to be thinly people came stumbling out as they moved in an odd fashion. Craning their necks towards the side, which soon revealed their bird like heads and features, they soon saw the fighters in the arena before screeching out a sound that seemed to shake everyone's very cores.

"RRRREEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!"

And with that, the new arrivals lunged at the three fighters with hands extended to show blade-like claws. They were surprisingly fast as they swiped their talons at the fighters. Each held their own as they evaded the strikes upon them before killing several along the way. Many of the crow people kept screeching out while attacking the combatants before receiving great pain against themselves.

With the ones now on the ground, they started to convulse until wings sprouted out of their backs. The numbers varied, but it didn't matter as they lunged at the fighters once more. The axe wielder sliced a good number of them before he was overwhelmed and his neck was sliced opened by one of the razor sharp talons. Falling down to the ground -now dead- most of the humanoid crows lunged at the corpse and feasted on the man's flesh, which quickly disturbed not only the remaining fighters but the audience as well.

Not wanting to see anymore of such disgrace towards the dead, Oberyn and the bloodrider rushed towards the horde of crow men with their weapons on hand. Picking some of them off at a time before having to retreat when the bird men retaliated. The Dothraki warrior grabbed the Volantis sword and used it alongside his arakh to fend off the monsters while Oberyn used his short sword and one of the shields. Both fighters held their own from the onslaught, but as things were nearing its end, the bloodrider got overwhelmed and was slaughtered.

By the end of this conflict, Oberyn was met with only a handful of crows before they lunged towards the Dornish prince. Acting quickly, he rolled out of the way and ran towards the axe and used it to fend off the hungry predators. Lopping off one of their heads before cutting in deep into another's chest made Oberyn let go before using his sword to block several strikes. Though a few landed on him, he never gave up the fight as he rolled to the side, grabbed the lance and thrust it into the last remaining crow's chest, ending it's life right then and there.

"Thank the gods that's over."

"Yeah I know." One of the crewmembers said in agreement with his friend. "It was getting fucking intense if you ask me."

"Same here… and probably the rest of us mate."

Over with Ellaria, she had finally released the built up breath in her chest as she was relieved that the fight was finally over. Not just her, but Naruto as well since he wanted to rush in there and help the Dornish prince. He had a feeling Oberyn could handle himself, but if something were to happen he wouldn't hesitate in jumping in and didn't care for the consequences.

Everyone soon saw the announcer enter the field -possibly one last time- as he spoke the answer to mostly everyone's mind during the fight. It was hard to tell for Ellaria to translate with people having varying reactions towards this. By the time the paramour understood, she stood still in shock.

"Did… Did that announcer say that… Oh gods."

"What Ella-san. What's wrong?" Naruto asked as he saw the Dornish woman's widened eyes.

"The announcer just said where they acquired those beasts… They were from Old Valyria."

"...Are you serious?" He questioned with a similar reaction as herself.

"Very."

Before anything else could be done -with the announcer about to declare Oberyn the winner- deafening screams filled some of the stadium, causing many to look towards the source once quieting down. The screams continued as they appeared louder and louder. Soon enough, the source was revealed when a few people ran out of one of the gate entrances with panic across their very beings. Yelling out things in their native tongues before a massive, furred hand shot out of the darkness and grabbed the one closest to the gate before pulling him back in. The scream was heard before it was silenced with a resounding *Crunch*.

'...What the fuck was that?' Was unknowingly the same thought everyone had in the stadium before a deafening, agonizing sound was heard. Many shivered at the sound while others had to cover their ears from the shrilling cry. It wasn't long after when the being walked out of the darkness to reveal it's massive form and caused many to panic once landing their eyes upon the beast.

-Insert Bloodborne OST: Cleric Beast-

The creature was quite massive with hideous horns upon it's dog like face, whose shrieks sounded like cries of agony. Although at first glance, it appeared malnourished with its barely skeletal body with bloodied fur covering sections of its very being. Upon a better eye, Naruto had a truly bad feeling this monster has a form of high agility on top of it's obvious supernatural strength. With how it's built and how long it's body and appendages are.

"RRRREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAA!"

The beast slammed it's massive hand onto the ground as it stalked its way further into the stadium. People were in panic now and many were rushing to find an exit at this point. Though there were still people seated in either watching the incoming slaughter unfold or wanted to keep their religious practice in seeing the prince's death to appease their gods.

As the Valyrian beast stalked closer, Oberyn rushed towards the side so he could possibly escape. But it would not happen as the horned beast rushed in that general direction, cutting the Viper's escape attempt. Not having much of a choice anymore, Oberyn jumped back as the beast slammed it's massive arm down at his previous spot. With the present opening, the Viper swung his spear several times to draw out agonizing screeching from the beast. This soon stopped as the monster swung its massive hand to smack Oberyn several feet away from his previous position on the ground.

Back with the spectators, the Martell entourage were shocked in what they saw and were worried for the prince's condition. Not wanting to see anymore happen, Naruto rose from his seat and started to make his way down when a feminine hand grasped his wrist. Turning back, the Uzumaki saw the pleading look on Ellaria's face as it seemed to give off a mixed message of either 'help save my beloved' or 'stay or else you'll get killed'.

"Don't worry, Ella-san. I'm going to save him and bring him back to you." With that said, Naruto pulled his arm free before he ran down the steps to get closer to the arena.

With the Viper, he landed on the ground hard moments ago and had to quickly get back up so he can get out of the way of the monster's incoming path. Once out of the way, he saw the beast slam into the wall before pulling back to lunge at the Dornish prince. Not wanting that happen, the Viper threw his spear at the beast, which soon imbedded itself into its body, letting out a massive roar of pain.

"RRRREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAA!"

"Yes! How about you feel that, bastard!" Growled out the fighter as he soon ran away to possibly snag another fallen weapon to combat against the Valyrian beast.

The horned monster pulled out the spear and broke the staff in half before stomping its way towards it's prey. With it's speed, it'll reach the fighter soon enough to feast upon his flesh. And with an outreached hand, the monster was about to claim its prize when something slammed and grinded into itself, sending it back several feet.

"Get away from him, asshole!" Naruto yelled out as he landed on the ground with wisps of chakra around his hand as his last attack on the monster worked to some degree. The Rasengan was only charged up to some degree when it slammed against the beast, but it was only enough to send it back with Naruto not wanting to overexert himself too soon right now. "You're fight's with me now, you poor excuse for a dog!"

Quickly unfurling the wraps around his left arm, he placed his fingers onto the first seal and channeled chakra into it to bring out his Kubikiribōchō. With a resounding *poof*, the weapon was on hand just in time to block the massive strike from the beast. Channeling chakra into his arms, Naruto shoved the limb away before swinging his massive sword on the hand several times.

While he was freshening up and resting yesterday, Naruto decided to make seals on his forearms to seal certain weapons inside of them and bring them out on a moment's notice. He didn't want to hassle himself anymore of pulling out his scrolls in the middle of fighting since it'll cost him time needed to effectively fight his opponents. The ones on him were temporary right now since he didn't know when he'll acquire more weaponry and didn't know proper placements for them later on when trying to search for a specified seal if he wore armor.

The beast roared out in pain as the assault continued before it smacked the blonde away with it's mighty hand. Soon more pain came to him as it turned around to see it's original prey slashing and cleaving it's very legs with an axe it acquired. Blood started to seep through the wounds as both combatants went back on their assault. Slamming both hands on the ground, it did a sweeping motion to knock it's two opponents away.

"GAH!" Naruto and Oberyn cried out as they were sent away and tumbled on the ground. Naruto quickly recovered as he pulled out several exploding kunai from his pack, ignited them, and threw them at the beast. Once impacted, they exploded and caused the monster to stumble back with it's agonizing scream.

"Well Oby-san… It seems you got your wish after all."

"True, but I didn't imagine it being in this situation again." The Viper voiced out before they moved out of the way as the Valyrian beast lunged at them with fury in it's dark eyes. The beast kept slamming it's hands onto the battlefield as both combatants were attacking it from both sides of its body. Having enough, the monster spun around in a fast motion and smacked them away. In the process, this caused Naruto to loosen his grip on his Kubikiribōchō and sent it flying across the battlefield.

"Well that's going to fucking suck." Muttered the Uzumaki as he saw how far away his main sword was. Unfurling the wraps on his right arm, he channeled chakra into his hand and placed it onto the now visible seal. "At least I have this one now."

Oberyn tumbled onto the ground and saw Naruto's carving-knife sword landing far away from their position. He cursed out that his young friend didn't have a good weapon on him now, even though Naruto could use a clone to quickly snag it like in previous fights. The Viper cursed more as the monster spotted him and leaped towards him. This caused Oberyn to roll out of the way once more as he got back up and dashed towards the beast to deliver several hits onto the monster's legs.

The Valyrian beast was about to strike its prey down with it's massive paw like hand when a painful sensation emanated from it's back. Wildly shaking, the beast moved about to hopefully rid itself of the 'insect' clinging onto itself. It seemed to be worse as it soon felt a sense of burning across it's spine when the second combatant yelled out.

"Hope you like the burn since there's more where that came from!" Channeling chakra into his Valyrian greatsword, Naruto caused it to go up in flames. The fire traveled through the beast as a fiery pillar shot through it's chest before it consumed the horned monstrosity entirely.

Pulling out his weapon from its back, Naruto kicked away from the burning beast as it fell onto the ground with a mighty *thud* for many to see the burning spectacle in the cloudy day. The stadium's remaining spectators were speechless in what they just saw, even Oberyn was surprised as he saw this. Heading towards Naruto to congratulate him on the win, the Viper saw the sword in the blonde's hand and gained an uneasy feeling as he glanced at it.

"Naruto…"

"Yeah?"

"Isn't that sword…?"

"From the Tommen II fight? Why yes it is." Replied the blonde as he held the powered down greatsword in his right hand with it's crude dagger tucked into his belt.

"Why do you have that?" Questioned the Viper with a narrowed glance. "You saw what it did in our fight against him. Hells I think it's even cursed."

"Not anymore apparently." Replied the shinobi, getting a questioned look in return. "I don't know how to explain it, Oby-san, but it feels calming. Warm even. Not like the harshness Tommen II wielded back on the island. Whatever curse the sword and dagger had, I don't feel any of it's malice."

"Are you sure about that?"

"Yeah, I'm pretty sure." Holding up his greatsword a little, with the dagger now in his left hand, Naruto tilted his head and scrunched his face before it went to normal. "I think I'm going to call you Amaterasu."

"Ama-what?"

"Ah-Ma-Ter-Ah-Su, Oby-san. She's the sun goddess where I come from and like the sun, it's flames are warm."

"...Okay?"

If either of them would've noticed from the burning corpse of the Valyrian beast, they would've noticed the slight twitching of one of it's pawed hands. Fingers moving ever so slightly before they tightly snapped into a fist while the other hand barely started to move. Slamming it's opened paw to the ground caused the two combatants to pause their actions and slowly turned towards the fallen beast with widened eyes.

Mustering a lot of it's strength, the burning beast lifted itself up from the ground with cracking and splintering sounds coming from it's bones as the fire seemingly mended it's very wounds. The fire reignited it's fury once more as burning eyes moved from the Dornish prince towards the one that previously killed him. Bellowing out an agonizing roar, the two combatants (mostly Naruto) was assaulted with the hottest gust of air either of them could ever experience. And with the darkened sky, it helped add onto it's haunting appearance for possibly no one to ever forget.

"RRRREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAA!"

-Insert Bloodborne The Old Hunters OST: Lawrence the First Vicar-

"You said that sword wasn't cursed!"

"It isn't!"

Pointing his finger in an accusing fashion, Oberyn yelled out in a frightened tone. "Then explain how that fucking corpse is still moving for gods sakes!"

Without warning, the charred beast lashed out against the two combatants with a swipe of it's burning claws. Oberyn was able to roll out of the way, but not without having some slash marks across his armored back. The burning sensation alone made him grit his teeth in pain as he tried to endure it.

As for Naruto, he received the most damage as he was sent back several feet away with his tunic top was quickly burnt away. Left with just his mesh shirt and wraps to cover his upper half, Naruto groaned out in pain as he tried to get back up. The beast stomped towards him and swiped at him again with a fiery trail, causing the shinobi to quickly perform the replacement technique so a log can take his place.

Of to the side, Naruto panted out as he saw the beast quickly destroy the piece of lumber before gaining a confused expression on where the fighter went off to. Looking towards his second sword, Naruto quickly created several clones so they'll distract the beast while the original can retrieve his Kubikiribōchō. The clones were good in distracting the beast, but as each of them disbursed, the Uzumaki still felt the painful burning sensations from each of their 'deaths'. Either from being flattened or skewered by its enlarged claws.

Just when he got to his Kubikiribōchō, Oberyn was there to greet him with a pained expression on his face. He had a lance on his back and his Dornish shield strapped to his arm with the one axe held in his free hand. The Viper seemed worse for wear as he was sweating from the heat now and panting from the pain he got from earlier.

"Do you still have those food pills on you?" The prince asked with his hand held out. "I could use one right about now."

Not wanting to reply, Naruto quickly pulled out a pill and tossed it towards the prince before retrieving his Kiri sword. Once biting down on the pill, Naruto summoned a clone and handed the Kubikiribōchō to it so things could be somewhat evened out in the confrontation. Just in time too as the last of those clones dispelled, causing the beast to look around for its prey. Landing it's fiery eyes on the group, it roared out as it made its way towards them before leaping into the air. The humans scattered once it came close to landing and the moment it landed in a loud impact on the stadium's ground, the fighters laid their assault on the beast.

Oberyn would've prefered using his spear (or lance in this case) to fight the beast like before, but the axe seemed the more effective weapon at this time. His eyes caught sight of the burning monstrosity rearing it's fists back before jumping towards the side so he wouldn't get hit. Once he was clear, he continued his slashes across its legs.

Same could be said on both Naruto's as both used their respective swords to keep slashing at the beast. Though they had to jump into the air at different points in time so they could assault it's upper back and head. At one point, the charred beast swatted it's hand at the cloned Naruto and caused it to disperse. The Kubikiribōchō fell down onto the ground with a clatter before the original grabbed ahold of it and sealed it back up into his arm. The original channeled chakra into his greatsword to possibly add in more damage with the fiery coating. Much to his disappointment, the added element wasn't doing much in terms of attack power as the beast's flames and the sword's were just canceling each other out.

It was when Naruto realized that the beast was primarily putting its attention towards him as it's horned head kept shifting around for any sign of him as it seemingly ignored Oberyn's onslaught to some degree. Getting tired of the prince's onslaught, the beast stomped and slammed onto the ground several times to make both fighters lose their balance to some degree. And without warning, the Valyrian beast expanded its chest as it took in a lot of air into its lungs, before the unthinkable happened...

"RRRREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAA!"

"ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING/SHITTING ME?!" The combatants yelled out with widened eyes as they saw the fiery lava spew from it's mouth in various directions. It was hard to believe it was lava, until most of the liquid landed on the dead corpses across the field, causing them to melt.

Needing a bit of a distraction, Oberyn pulled off the lance on his back before he threw it at the beast. It lodged into its neck, causing the monster to let out an agonizing wail so he and Naruto could get in close. As Oberyn had to go through the long way of walking around and jumping over the lava pools, Naruto just leapt into the air and started slashing at the charred beast's upper body once getting onto it's back. Once the prince got close, he swung mighty swings at the monster's lower half before it's blood came into contact with his shield and axe, causing them to quickly burn away.

"Shit!" The Dornish man cursed out as some of the liquid landed onto armor, causing him to try and remove it before he was swatted away. Getting back up from his rough landing, Oberyn tried to get back into the fight when he was held back by something. Turning towards the source, he saw one of Naruto's clones latching onto his arm. "What the hell, Naruto?! Let go!"

"You need to get the hell away from the boss!" Cried out the cloned Uzumaki as kept a firm grip on the prince's arm. "It's me he wants, Oby-san! Not you!"

"Like hell I'm leaving 'you' behind Naruto!"

"I wasn't asking!" Pouring chakra into his arms and legs, the clone picked up Oberyn and ran towards the stadium's wall and over tossed him so he can be safe from harm before disbursing.

Landing on the stone, Oberyn groaned. "Miserable little shit… He's going to get himself killed."

"Oberyn!" Ellaria called out as she latched onto her lover and held him close. He tried to break free from her hold, but she wasn't letting go.

"Ellaria. You need to let go of me!" He yelled out as he tried to pry her off. "I need to help Naruto!"

"You can't, Oberyn!" She yelled out as she just held him tighter. "He's the only one that can stop that beast and if he fails then possibly everyone in this city is dead!"

The Viper tried to speak as his eyes landed on the current confrontation between shinobi vs beast. Naruto seemed to have the upper hand with the continuous onslaught from both his newly named Amaterasu greatsword and exploding kunai. As much as Oberyn hates to admit it, his paramour was right. All that he can do was silently pray to the gods, both old and the new, to give Naruto the strength needed to end the fiery beast.

Back with the fight, Naruto was dashing all over the stadium with a small fiery trial as he kept channeling his chakra into the blade to get in close before stabbing and slashing at the Valyrian beast's legs. He was starting to feel himself tiring out with his greatsword eating much of his power to keep fueling the flames. But the Uzumaki had to endure as he popped in a food pill into his mouth while slashing at the monster's lower half.

Getting tired of the onslaught, the beast kicked Naruto away as he was sent sailing across the stadium grounds. Not wanting to lose sight of the whiskered boy, the horned monster ran after him with great speeds. When getting close, it brought down it's fiery paw down and once it contacted against the wall, it exploded. And any nearby Meereenese caught in the explosion were set ablaze with their haunting screams filling the air.

The Valyrian beast whirled it's head around in order to find it's prey, but he seemed to have disappeared. Yet it seemed to be near as it felt a painful sensation at it's very legs. Whipping it's head down, the monster saw Naruto hack away at it's legs once more. And like before the beast kicked the Uzumaki away.

As the shinobi sailed away again, the horned canine-like creature gave chase. But before it got even close, the boy turned into a plumb of smoke. Before it could react quick enough, Naruto appeared before the beast with a larger Rasengan in his opened palm.

With a yell, the Uzumaki slammed his chakra technique down onto it's back. Harsh grinding and snapping was heard throughout the stadium as the beast roared in agonizing pain once more with the stadium floor cracking all over. And if that wasn't enough, Naruto spun around with his Kiri greatsword slicing right through the beast's lower back and severed it's legs.

The creature gave out it's signature, bellowed roar with the excrusiating pain it now gained. But it wasn't just from it's severed half… but with what was coming out of it's enlarged wound for a more agonizing pain onto itself.

"RRRREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAA!"

"I've heard that shitting yourself real badly leaves a bad burning pain from the ass, but that beast takes the cake." Oberyn muttered as it saw the fiery liquid spew from the beast's bottom half. It continued to flow outwards as the fiery monstrosity was crawling across the stadium in hopes of catching Naruto in its clutches.

The shinobi had to jump back several times as the monster kept slamming and swiping its fiery hands onto the ground. Even the fiery liquid it spewed out wouldn't reach Naruto as he threw several exploding shuriken onto the beast to damage itself more. And before long with the varying attacks onto the beast, it was getting more desperate in hopes of killing the blonde teenager.

"RRRREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAA!"

"Oh will you shut the fuck up already?!" He called out as he jumped into the air and carefully aimed his greatsword. Exerting his arms, he threw the sword at the beast's neck before falling onto it with a powerful slam against the pommel. Digging deeper, the blade went right through and separated it's charred head from its body. And once separated, the entire body combust into flames before turning into ash with the clattering of Naruto's Valyrian greatsword falling onto the dirt.

"Damn… That was intense." Panted out the shinobi, placing his hands on his knees while trying to catch his breath. It wasn't long as he was caught off guard as many of the remaining observers cheered at the spectacle they just witnessed. Falling onto his ass, Naruto owlishly blinked in confusion as he momentarily forgot that other people were present in the stadium. All that he could do now was rest for a moment or two before trying to meet up with the Martell entourage without anyone seeing him.

Unbeknownst to anyone in the stadium, the beast's ashes were slowly drawn towards the Valyrian greatsword as it's embers were slowly consumed by the blade itself. A faint glow emanated from the exotic metal as it ate the tainted ember before releasing a pleasant feeling if one were to hold onto it. A warm, purified feeling to be exact.

-Next Day, Meereen Port -08/296 AC-

"...It's still a pity that you're not staying in this city more than you have to." Andre the blacksmith said in a disappointed tone with several boxes right beside his feet. "It would've been nice to have worked with you more."

After what happened at the stadium yesterday, things were a tad hectic for the Martell entourage. First was collecting the winnings that the total the entire group accumulated was enough to buy 2-3 ships total due to the combined betting pool and the original prize winning Oberyn had throughout his fight. To be fair with the blonde shinobi, Oberyn gave him a pretty good cut of the winnings since he helped save his life once again and fought valiantly against the rampaging Valyrian beast.

Afterwards, it was hard for either Oberyn or Naruto to walk around the city after exiting the fighting pits as the Meereenese tried to interact with them. At first the two were somewhat enjoying it, despite them trying to deal with their respective injuries. But it got too annoying with so many people getting in their faces, primarily Naruto's.

Like for instance, some masters wanted to 'purchase' Naruto so they could earn more profits and earnings in upcoming games. Women tried to get into his pants so they could bred strong children for the future, which got some good laughs from the traveling group as a whole. But it got a little crazy when they heard that some of the Dothraki sought the shinobi out so they could see who was the better fighter.

After that last one, Naruto decided to hightail it out of there and hide out at the lodge where Oberyn, Ellaria and the crew was staying at for the rest of the day.

Back to the present time, the Dornish prince decided it was time to head back home once everyone was fully rested and ready to go. Though the Dornish couple and Uzumaki actually forgot to pick up their commision from Andre, but it didn't matter as he met them in front of the building they were staying at on the trip. Wanting to see them out, the blacksmith traveled with the crew so he can say his goodbyes before handing over their order.

"Same here, Andre-jiji." Naruto responded back with a small smile. "It was good to have my clone's memories of us working together on the weapons in your shop."

"Indeed. Hells, we were barely finishing things up when I heard of what happened at Daznak's fighting pit." The blacksmith said with a small pout. "Wished I could've seen that action since it's been all abuzz in this city as of late."

"No kidding." Muttered the Sand Snake with a shake of her head. "It was a complete nightmare trying to move about with people blocking our way."

"Well what do you expect when they saw possibly one of the best fights they'll ever see." Stated the Viper as several crewmembers nearby nodded in response while loading up the ships with goods. "Do you have the weapons ready for us, Andre?"

A hearty chuckle was then heard. "Trust me. You won't be disappointed in what Naruto and I made from that halberd you both acquired." Andre said as he grabbed one of the first containers. "Now for the Dornish Viper, I present to you your spear."

Hoisting the elongated box to waist level, Andre opened it up to reveal a spear made entirely out of Valyrian steel. Taking it out of its container, Oberyn inspected the weapon as it was a little heavier than he expected it to be as he saw that it was roughly a head taller than him in total length. Along the staff portion of the weapon, a feint wrapping of a metallic snake was shown as it coiled around the weapon. It wasn't too big so it wouldn't bother Oberyn's handling of the weapon when using it.

For the main portion of the weapon, it had a spiked bottom (which was the snake's tail) while having a slight wavy 18 inch bladed snake tongue sticking out of the metallic reptile's opened mouth with a fuller down the middle. In terms of additional decoration added on, there were amber gems imbedded for the snake's eyes. While it did have some leather bindings around certain sections of the pole, it still looked magnificent in terms of design.

"Magnificent." The Red Viper said with awe in his voice while his paramour inspected it as well. Swinging it around in a built up pace, the couple could hear a faint hum of the Valyrian metal singing in the air to quickly tell it was legit. "Both of you have done well on this, that's for sure… So thank you both."

"You're quite welcome, Prince Oberyn. Though you should name your weapon when it seems appropriate." Said the elder blacksmith.

Looking back at his new weapon, an idea crossed his mind. Forming a pleasant smirk, Oberyn voiced it. "I shall name her Viper's Kiss."

Andre nodded as the name did seem to work well with it's new owner to name it in part after his infamous title of the 'Red Viper'. He then nudged Naruto to grab the next container to show off.

"And this one's for you, Ella-san." The Uzumaki said as he opened up the box to reveal the paramour's sword.

It was a two foot long katana with desert snakes skin covering the majority of it's sheaf with some cloth tied to it so it could hang off of one's hip. Looking at the handle, it had a yellow wrapping with the minuki underneath it showed the Martell sigil of the spear piercing the sun. With the tsuba/guard, it contained a pair of snakes trying to eat the other while the pommel was simple with a small snake outline carved into it.

Pulling the sword from it's sheaf, Ellaria also heard the faint hum of the blade as she saw the interesting blade before her of seeing the typical outlook for Valyrian steel with some additions to it, like the darkened portion on the spine (the hamon line). Looking towards the handle, Ellaria saw that on one side had a carved out symbol of a hammer while the other had a spiral symbol on it, indicating that it was both Andre and Naruto who made the weapon.

"It's beautiful." The Sand Snake muttered as she kept inspecting the weapon in her hand. "It's an interesting weapon, that's for sure but I think I can handle using it."

"Understandable, Ella-san. And if you're wondering what it is, it's a katana."

"A katana? Huh… And does it have a name or do I need to think of one like Oberyn?"

"It does have a name actually."

"Which is what exactly?"

"Kusanagi." Blinking in confusion, Naruto elaborated on the name on the folktale from back home of Susanoo -the God of Storms- slaying a giant eight-headed snake and from it's corpse was the sword the katana was named after.

"Not bad." Ellaria said as she nodded her head once enjoying the story. "Not bad at all."

"And what's in the last container, Naruto?"

Turning towards the prince, Naruto spoke up that it was a gift for Oberyn's brother -Prince Doran- and the shinobi wants to present it to the Dornish leader once making it to Oberyn's home. Naruto explained that the halberd had extra material to make one additional weapon and after hearing about the Viper's older brother, the Uzumaki wanted to make something nice for him. Oberyn understood the idea since Naruto might be staying with them for the unseeable future, it would be best to present a gift to the main family member.

Though this left the couple on wondering what the gift was exactly as it was sealed away into one of Naruto's scrolls.

"I've gotta say you two that these works are superb and possibly the best we've ever seen."

"Heh~ that's nothing." Andre said with conviction in his voice towards Ellaria's response. "I'm practically the best Valyrian steel reforger there ever is."

"But I heard the one blacksmith over in Volantis was the best."

This caused Andre to hock a loogie onto the deck with slight disgust in his voice. "That has been? Please… That man sure is good and all, but he pales in comparison to my work. He's only well known since he advertises too often and well enough while the real smither doesn't do as such."

Naruto rolled his eyes at this since he knows the rivalry between most blacksmiths, whether by reputation or skill. It's hard to tell at times, but it's an odd force that drives other people in the craft to push forward and do better in later projects. Naruto had this happen quite often when he tried to catch up to Tenten in terms of crafting better weapons and armor around her family's shop.

"Well I think this is goodbye, Andre the blacksmith. And thank you again for this." Oberyn stated as he placed his weapon back into its case before bowing at the intimidating looking smither with his lover following the same actions before heading towards the ship.

"Well I'll be seeing you later, boy."

"Same here, Andre-jiji." Naruto said with a soft smile. "You know, if you wanted to like I said before, you could maybe come with us to Dorne."

"And why's that?"

Giving the older smither a shrug, Naruto gave his best response. "I don't know. I mean after working with you, I think it would be great to possibly learn more from you than just 'exchanging notes' and learning how to reforge Valyrian steel from you entirely… It's just that I think it would be right to finish teaching me everything you know to fully pass on your craft onto me instead of just a handful of things, Andre-jiji."

"That's quite understandable since I was thinking the same thing. And as much as the offer sounds tempting, I just can't leave right away boy. I've still got a business to run here and I can't just suddenly stop all of a sudden. It takes time for me to slowly transfer my business to somewhere else."

Nodding in understanding, Naruto was about to turn away when Andre handed him an object wrapped in cloth. The blonde didn't see this before with the containers Andre brought over. Possibly had it behind his back the entire time so he could really hide it well. Unwrapping the cloth, Naruto saw an unusual charred looking double-edged sword with it's twisted blade. It had a cruciform guard attached to a two-handed grip with a ring pommel that gave off the impression of an overly designed fire poker.

"What's this for?"

"Something that I thought I'd want to give you Naruto." Andre started out before explaining in detail. "My teacher's teacher's teacher traveled through Old Valyria in his youth and stumbled across this odd sword in this one temple. It was the only thing worth of value at the time, along with acquiring the knowledge on reforging the secretive metal. Once leaving that place, he studied the blade and tried to see if it was of Valyrian steel… which it's not. Just regular steel, but said that it had an odd feeling about it."

"...And why are you giving it to me?"

"For one, it's cluttering up space and I have no use for it." Andre answered, receiving a 'I don't buy it look' from the young man. "Okay it's not just that boy, but it's a bit of a tradition in the teacher/student line of mine. Passing this relic down through blacksmith to blacksmith to keep the line rolling. Hells maybe you could find it's functionality that neither I or my predecessors could figure out, asides from it being a glorified centerpiece. Besides, I doubt I'll find a more worthier blacksmith to pass this along after working with you."

Naruto smiled when hearing this and nodded in thanks before he sealed the odd poker sword into his arm before waving the elder blacksmith goodbye. The shinobi was touched on Andre doing this for him and he promised he'll do what he can to figure the purpose of the sword. Once boarding the smaller Martell ship, Naruto was about to help out the crew members on the tasks when Andre called out to him.

"Be careful out there, Naruto! Don't get yourself killed! It'll be a shame if you did too soon!"

"Don't worry, Andre-jiji!" The blonde stated with a confident grin. "I won't be dying that easily!"

It wasn't long before the two Martell ships left port and slowly made their way around Slaver's Bay so they could head towards the home of House Martell: Sunspear, capital of Dorne.

-End Chapter-

Viper's Kiss: A Valyrian steel spear created from the halberd the giant suited golem wielded with a snake theme to it because of the snake-like beast that possessed the armor in the first place. Can be classified as a heavy spear/lance with how much compacted metal was made into this weapon. Could be quite the deadly weapon in the right hands and Oberyn Martell can make that happen with his deadly, yet elegant fighting style. And holding Viper's Kiss increases both the wielder's strength and speed on top of inheriting the trait of it's originated weapon of breaking pose.

Kusanagi: Based off of the legendary sword Susanoo gained from the corpse of the giant eight headed snake on name alone, Naruto helped create the sword alongside Andre the Smith. A Valyrian steel katana created from Gundyr's halberd. Used for quick offense and defence that could reflect its wielder -Ellaria Sand- due to her motherly nature that once provoked she'd strike without hesitation. Even inherited the trait of it's originated weapon of breaking pose on top of increasing the wielder's speed.

Coiled Sword: Procured from the Valyrian Shrine's bonfire, this ancient and unique sword cannot be used… unless certain requirements are met. But even then, it's main purposes are unknown unless the power inside is awoken. Still… this sword is only bequeathed to those worthy and chosen, which awaits the arrival of ash as a scabbard.