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A mixture of singing, yells and work were heard in the open channels of Slaver's Bay in the early morning. The wind and current were quite well as it carried a pair of ships towards their destination. One carried the colors of Dorne, with the ever present sigil of House Martell flapping in the wind. As for the the other, which was much larger, didn't have such colors. Though it's former pirate flag was replaced with one from its smaller neighbor.

The Dornishman's wife was as fair as the sun,

and her kisses were warmer than spring.

But the Dornishman's blade was made of black steel,

and its kiss was a terrible thing.

The Dornishman's wife would sing as she bathed,

in a voice that was sweet as a peach.

But the Dornishman's blade had a song of its own,

and a bite sharp and cold as a leech.

As he lay on the ground with the darkness around,

and the taste of his blood on his tongue.

His brothers knelt by him and prayed him a prayer,

and he smiled and he laughed and he sung:

"Brothers, oh brothers, my days here are done,

the Dornishman's taken my life.

But what does it matter, for all men must die,

and I've tasted the Dornishman's wife! "

This was one of many songs Naruto Uzumaki of Konoha heard throughout his boat ride with the Martell crew and it's now two owners: Oberyn Martell and Ellaria Sand. Even though it took a bit for him to realize the meaning of the song, much to his slight displeasure, it was pretty catchy once getting used to it.

Then again he didn't have much form of entertainment outside of his lessons for the past few days.

"Come on, Naruto, you need to keep up with your feet if you want to 'dance' in the battlefield."

"I know that, Oby-san, but do you two have to keep trying to whip or stab my feet if I'm not doing it right?"

"Well where's the fun if you're not doing it right." Came the cheeky remark from the Sand Snake with her whip on hand. "Though it would be such a shame to see such a hot blooded child like yourself die so early on."

"I swear to Kami, Ella-san, if you cut me and lick my blood then we're gonna have a long chat while I'm kicking your ass!"

"Oh?~ So you've dealt with someone like her before, huh?" Oberyn stated as he spun his lance around with a mild-curiosity. "I've never seen you react that way before with her so far into our lessons."

Letting out mocked gasp, his paramour spoke out as she placed a hand over her heart. "How can you be so rude me, Naruto, after all I've done for you so far?" Nothing but the mad twitching of the blonde's eye caused her to laugh while her lover chuckled in response.

After the pirate attack off the coast of one of the Old Valyrian islands a few days ago, Naruto became quite interesting and relieved the couple's boredom. Sure they would've had sex to relieve themselves and doing so for so long can become quite stale. Either one would've read their books or helped the crew out on the ship duties on this extensive trip, which they've done for the past weeks.

But with Naruto here, the couple found something to preoccupy themselves.

Things started out once things calmed down after the failed raid on their original ship. The pirates were offered two choices by the Martell crew for what they've done in the attack: bend the knee to Oberyn and live or would be left onto the Old Valyrian island and try their luck there. The more stubborn ones chose the later in hopes of riches while the rest stayed and now served the Dornes.

Didn't matter on either choice as all of the pirate's gave the Uzumaki their best stink eyes since he was the wildcard of causing them to be in the situation.

Anyways… After things calmed down and repairs were fully taken care of, Oberyn and Ellaria dragged Naruto into their cabin so information could be explained and shared accordingly. Once the couple thanked the blonde for helping them out on the recent attack, Naruto was given the go ahead in explaining on who and what he was… even as he thought it was odd the two should've known what he was to begin with: a shinobi.

Learning his profession, he can be tasked with varying missions that can include the following: doing manual labour, acting as escorts, gathering secret information, retrieving stolen items, carrying out assassinations, etc. It was quite the surprise for the Dornish couple when learning a child his age has such a profession, but they remembered that certain groups in the world would bring in children into their hold; molding them to become whatever the group wants them to be.

Naruto did explain a bit further that where he came from, being Konohagakure in the Land of Fire. And it was the norm with the shinobi/kunoichi living amongst the civilian population. In fact, it's quite the common practice with all of the shinobi villages in the Elemental Nations with the daimyos, lords, merchants, etc. hiring them to do what needs to be done.

Sensing no lie in this matter, the couple swallowed hard on the information given to them.

Of course this was brought up further when Naruto explained what chakra was, in which Oberyn and Ellaria mistook as magic. Given the fact that Naruto jumped outside, landed on the water and walked alongside the boat made the Sand Snake freak out a little. Even more so when the Uzumaki performed the kawarimi/replacement jutsu with a log (on how that happened you can thank the Log Gods above for the odd miracle) and the henge/transformation jutsu to make him appear like several people that they've never come across to even forming into the Dornish' couple themselves.

The only problem Naruto came across in his little showcase was when he tried to summon the Toads. The couple expected to see a talking toad -which was supposedly odd despite what they previously saw from the blonde- only to see nothing but smoke. The young shinobi was curious on what was going on and swore he'll figure out the problem on a later day.

Going over this handful of information, the couple questioned on how Naruto came onto the Old Valyrian island in the first place. Knowing they weren't bad people and were helping him out in the present time, he told them the retrieval mission of his now deceased rouge teammate. It seemed to be an oddly whimsical, murmur's tale on what he described on the mission.

But with the stuff he performed earlier left the two still feeling iffy on accepting such a tale.

Once that was done, the two eventually revealed they really never heard of the Elemental Nations before as they showed the Uzumaki of their world's map and atlas. Even describing on what caused Oberyn to get onto the island in the first place as they saw him as a fallen star and landing on the Old Valyrian territory earlier that day.

By its end, it was hard for Naruto to swallow as the feeling in his chest -which grew during their explanation- confirmed things: he wasn't in his home existence anymore. The whiskered blonde then requested to be left alone to think and digest things over, which the couple understood and gave the shinobi some privacy.

After an hour of self loathing, denial, and meditation; Naruto came into a form of acceptance of where he currently resides. He tried and tried several times on finding out the truth as he scoured the cabin's library and the crew on any information on his homelands, but none were found. Nothing could've been done as he cried and yelled into a pillow for a while that there was no way he could go back home now.

With a heavy heart, Naruto had to find a new purpose in life with his dreams back home now unreachable as they're non-existent in his current one. He could find something similar, but would only go so far with what limitations there could be here.

As Ellaria checked up on him -with Oberyn outside of the door listening- they learned on what had him so troubled. It was understandable -given the blonde's situation- but they told Naruto that he's young and has a lot to experience to gain throughout his life. He doesn't have to figure out his life's purpose now, it would come to him later as he explores his new horizons.

And with that, Naruto asked the two to teach him everything there is about these new lands he's now living in. It wouldn't be right for him to go out there blind without proper knowledge of things. Like going out into the wilderness and not having the right equipment to complete his missions. It would end up really hard to effectively survive out there without his right mind and being ready for almost anything.

"So how much longer till we reach this 'Free City' you keep mentioning?" Asked the whiskered blonde as he kept moving and avoiding the couple's attacks for his 'dancing' training.

During yesterday's session of 'dancing' lessons, Naruto was told where the Martell ship(s) was originally heading off to before he met the crew. He wasn't particularly happy when learning about the main slave cities of Essos yesterday during his geography lesson. Neither the Uzumaki and the Martells' liked the concept of slavery to begin with, but Essos has their own set of rules/traditions that contradict Westeros' system as a whole. And nothing much could be done about it.

"We'll be making port in Meereen in roughly a few hours, Naruto." Replied the Viper as he thrusted his spear, which was parried by Naruto's kunai as he ducked away from the lady snake's leathery weapon. "So be sure you have that scroll of yours with you when we try and find that one blacksmith."

Nodding at this, Naruto kept up with his footwork and movements as he briefly caught glances of his clones either helping around the two ships or learning from the documents and tomes in each respective ship.

One of the first things Naruto had to learn during the trip to Meereen was having to know how to read and write the basic language. Several clones were taught by one of the recovering Martell crew members on how to do so and some good hours later -with the clone's dispelling- Naruto was considered a decent novice on the trait. But the Uzumaki is still practicing how to write in the basic language as it was still a bit slow, along with reading documents out loud.

Though to test himself out, he summoned several clones and had them translate the Icha Icha works and the Gutsy Ninja book. It was a rough process, due to how long they had to write. And by yesterday night, the translations were done as said clones stayed up all night and day to complete their task.

Of course once Ellaria and Oberyn got their hands on the translated Icha Icha books… Well let's just say they thanked the whiskered blonde -and the original writer- for giving them loads of ideas in terms of sex.

...Yeah Naruto wasn't particularly happy on hearing that tidbit since it was even more awkward with his clones' memories having to read the entire kami-damn set.

'Why did I translate that smut?' The Uzumaki sighed in thought as he backflipped several times from the series of strikes from the lance and whip wielders. 'I should've just translated Gutsy Ninja and be done with it… Oh wait, it's because I wanted to just sell those to someone. But no~ I had to fucking read the entire thing for the damn translations!'

It wouldn't for several more minutes for today's 'dancing' lesson to finally end, leaving the blonde teenager in a slightly panting mess. He wanted things to go well here as he didn't rely on his chakra to better his footwork. It will do wonders during confrontations later on whether he fights with a weapon or barehanded. Though it's still quite a ways away for him to do honestly well if he so happens to be low on chakra.

All Naruto can do now after this grueling training session is get himself cleaned up and change into a clean pair of clothing he had in one of his storage scrolls. After all he can't be running around with his shredded up orange/blue jumpsuit now, does he? Once that's done, Naruto will need to see either of the Dornish couple to see what other lessons they have in store for him before making port.

-Few Hours Later, Meereen Port -08/296 AC-

Standing on the deck of the smaller Martell ship, Naruto was now clad in a spare jumpsuit with the jacket unzipped to show a black t-shirt with an orange leaf symbol. Tsunade's necklace was tucked underneath his shirt with the mesh layer underneath for protection. His wild, spiky blonde hair flowed unkempt as his forehead protector was still off since it's in Oberyn's possession in terms of their agreement. He'll get it back once they make it back to Dorne so Naruto can empty the one 'tomes' scroll so Oberyn can do whatever with them.

The shinobi helped the main Martell ship get docked as he jumped down -with a rope on hand- to help secure the ship down. As he did so, the Uzumaki gazed off to the side to see some of the merchants selling their wares for the day. Gazing further away into the distance, Naruto saw the city's landmarks as he remembered details on this place from what Oberyn and Ellaria taught him.

Being the northernmost and greatest of the three great city-states Slaver's Bay -as it was north of Yunkai and Astapor- Meereen was considered the 'pinnacle' of the middle of the Essos continent. The Skahazadhan River flowed through the city with its origins coming from the mountains to help separate the territory from the Red Waste. This also included the Dothraki Sea, with it located beyond the river in the north.

Like with it's Slaver's Bay siblings, Meereen was originally a colony of the old Ghiscari Empire, which was later conquered by the Valyrian Freehold/Empire when it destroyed the Ghiscari Empire some 5,000 years ago. Quite similar to the rest of the 'Free Cities' across Essos -once the Doom of Valyria occurred- the slaving cities slowly went back into their old practices as they reasserted their independence. And from what else the shinobi was told, Meereen is supposedly much bigger than Astapor and Yunkai combined.

Gazing at the pyramids, Naruto saw where the city's wealthiest reside while not looking down to know the poorest live in rundown communities. Even though the place looked beautiful, it was just to hide the horrid things the slave city kept behind their walls.

His little musings ended once he heard the ship's plank hit the ground near him, getting a handful of each of the ship's passengers onto the dock.

"Well… We're finally here, my love."

"That we are, my Viper." Ellaria said with a small smile as the couple stepped foot onto the wooden pathway. "Just wondering, but do you remember where the pleasure house is at?"

"Hmm… Maybe~"

"Oh Kami. Is sex what you two keep thinking about?!" Naruto yelled out as he drew attention from some of the crew members -who quickly went back to work- and the couple themselves. "I mean, seriously! Whenever not teaching me or occasionally helping around the ship, you two keep going at it!"

Oberyn merely chuckled. "Well it's one of the small things that we show each other our greatest affection." This earned a mad eye twitch from the teen. "That and we've been trying to do some of things shown in those books of yours."

"They're not mine! They were written by Ero-Sennin!"

"True, but you did translate them from their native language." Said the prince, adding in more fuel to the fire. "And by that record, you technically wrote them."

Naruto soon growled. "Stop trying to twist things around, Ero-Hebi!"

"But where's the fun in that?" Laughing at the boy's reaction, Oberyn calmed down slightly before speaking to the young companion once more. "Sorry Naruto, but consider that a little lesson for you."

"...For what exactly?"

"Try and unravel what was spoken." The Sand Snake answered, getting the blonde to look at her slightly. "No matter where you are in this world, people twist words around quite often… Manipulating people to their will."

"She's right, Naruto. Many people play this little Game to gain more power and control. Turning anything around and coil themselves around someone to snare them by their throats so their asset won't turn against them quite easily."

"...That doesn't sound great." Was the Uzumaki's response. A slight, uneasy feeling came down his spine as he got what the two meant before looking back at them. "And what about now?" His question made them quite confused on what he just said, getting him to expand his question. "Are you two manipulating me now?"

"Why would you think such things?"

Turning over to the Sand Snake and seeing her confused look, Naruto answered back. "You two have been nice to me ever since a few days ago and I've done a lot on the ships. Training and teaching me to better myself so far in this new world I'm in."

"That we have Naruto… You're implying that we want to manipulate you, aren't you?" Said the Dornish prince, getting a nod from the younger man. Letting out a sigh, he let go of his paramour and walked up to Naruto and looked at him in the eye. "I get what you mean Naruto, but… *Sigh* But I don't want to do that to you."

"And why's that?"

"Because that's not something I'd want to do to you." Was the man's answer, getting him to elaborate further as he saw Naruto's curious look. "We've fought alongside each other in Old Valyria and you've helped save my life when we fought Tommen II himself… I've said before that you've slightly left an impression on me back on the island. But after these past days, you've gotten a better at it.

I admit that you being quite extraordinary would be quite the asset towards my House. Possibly rising our standing among the other main Houses of Westeros… But I've been raised slightly better that I should not manipulate and harm a child. Especially one that I can tell that if provoked, will kick all of our asses and be on your way."

"I'm not a child, I'm thirteen for crying out loud!"

"...With your height, I might've thought otherwise." The Viper jokingly said as he eyed Naruto's small form. "Don't worry, but you'll hit a growth spirt in a year or so… But getting back on things, I see you as a good friend Naruto. One that I honestly want to help you out."

Nothing much was said as Naruto heard the sincere words spoken from the prince, even didn't sense any ill intent coming from the Red Viper. Letting things sink in resulted in giving Oberyn a subtle nod from the blonde teen. With not much else, the shinobi walked past the two so he could help the ships out a little before heading out to explore.

"That is very nice of you to say, beloved." Ellaria said as she wrapped her arm around her 'husband's'.

"Well it's the truth, my dear. And admit it, you've probably felt the same way with him these past few days… Or at least close to it."

The Sand Snake didn't respond right away as she reflected back so far since passing through Old Valyria. She can admit that she was quite skeptical and worried about the Uzumaki traveling with them. With his sudden appearance and abilities would make one question such things and they have the right to do so.

But on Naruto's first night with the couple, he and Oberyn told Ellaria of what exactly happened on the island. Battles were described with much of her imagination to help on how some things were possible. The Valyrian steel scraps, bars, halberd, armor, dagger and crown were shown; making the paramour speechless on seeing so much all in one place. And even talking about the Valyrian smithing journal, the secured tomes and the sealed up corpse of Garin Lannister with Brightroar made an interesting impact.

By the end of all of this, she couldn't help but think of how big of a boom the shinobi will be towards House Martell as a whole. Varying houses throughout Westeros have their own famous assets that makes them well known -one way or another- or some great form of reputation at the current time.

With the Tullys, they have the infamous Blackfish. The Dayne's have their legendary Sword of the Morning whenever a worthy swordsman can properly wield Dawn. The Hightower's used to have the White Bull, the Lord Commander of the Kingsguard during the Mad King's reign. With the Baratheon's there's Robert sitting on the throne with the Lannisters allied by marriage. And speaking of Lannisters; they have the Kingslayer, the Hound and… the Mountain that Rides.

Those were just examples at the top of her head in what made most people first think of said houses at the current time.

House Martell used to have a well known reputation, being their allied relationship with the Targaryen's by marriage of Prince Rhaegar and Princess Elia Nymeros Martell. Said marriage caused Prince Lewyn Martell to become a member of the Kingsguard so he could keep a closer eye on his niece, Elia. But things badly ended with Rhaegar's treachery that started Robert's Rebellions, resulting in Lewyn's death at the Trident with both Elia and her children's death by the Mountain himself during the Sack of King's Landing. To add more insult to injury were being clear signs of rape on Elia's corpse when presented to Robert Baratheon.

It was absolutely humiliating towards House Martell and it would take years to repair that dark part of their history.

Things might change for the better with Naruto Uzumaki and what he currently has in his possession. If he were to join their House in any way shape or form, then their standing could might as well soar into the sky. But that's too soon to tell with what potential he might have.

Though that road of thought came to a halt when the Sand Snake remembered checking up on the young blonde earlier that day. Hearing some of his cries in the one cabin made her remember that Naruto was technically a child, despite him already being a teenager. He is quite capable on his own, given what she's seen so far and heard on their tale on the island. Ellaria saw the pain and sorrow surfacing in his eyes.

And after training and teaching the Uzumaki these past few days, everything about him so far caused her to question if she could care about some stranger they just met. But something about him made the paramour want to trust him. Made the Sand Snake want to help Naruto and in return something grand might happen down the road.

Ellaria soon shook her head of her thoughts before responding back. "You're probably right. But it's still too early to tell right now."

"I agree and we'll see what will happen later on."

"...What do you think would've happened if Naruto first met any of the other main Houses back in Westeros?"

Humming in thought for several moments, the Viper responded. "Thinking the Starks would've treated and raised him like a family member, well a naive one I think. Hells, they're pretty much the most honorable House in the Seven Kingdoms that they'd rather gut themselves than use the poor lad… As for the Tyrells, Tullys and Arryns, they'd be in the same boat in one way or another. With the Greyjoys, I believe their pirate raiding would go up drastically in a horrific manner. Baratheons are a mixed bag with Robert possibly wanting him as a war asset while his brothers… meh~ But with the Lannisters, I think they would've manipulated the hell out of him in my honest opinion."

With that spoken, the two called Naruto out so the three could head into Meereen for some sight seeing and hopefully find that Valyrian steel reforger that's supposed to be here.

-On the Streets-

"You know… You two didn't tell me why you both wanted to come to Meereen in the first place." Stated the blonde with his hands behind his head as he looked around the stands.

"Ah yes, that's right." The prince said in realization. "With everything that happened the past few days, I almost forgot to mention why we came here in the first place."

"And don't tell me it's just to be at those places." Stated the blonde as he heard from some of the Martell crew members on what the couple infamously do on most trips out of Dorne. Spending many hours at the pleasure houses and not much on anything else.

Ellaria giggled at their young companion's expense before elaborating to him. "Well either of us would say that, Naruto. But asides from now finding the reforger, we came here for the pits."

"The pits?"

"The fighting pits, to be more specific." Replied the Viper as they kept navigating through the streets. "Used in the Slaver's Bay cities, they provide the cities citizens and visitors with entertainment. And said entertainment is mostly consisted of gladiators against gladiators, beasts pitted against beasts, and gladiators against beasts."

Hearing this, Naruto thought it was quite odd and decided to voice it. "Why would they do such things, Oby-san?"

"Like I said before Naruto, for entertainment. Years ago, before the Valyrians took over their cities, they used the fighting pits as tribute to the Ghislain gods with blood sacrifices. And during the time of being controlled by the Valyrians, the pits replaced the slaves with both volunteers and the condemned.

Though years later after the Doom, traits of both eras in the pits were brought together to make things much more interesting. Hells, when I came here years ago I took part of the fighting pits so I could become stronger and more skilled. Even got a good amount of money because of it before I returned back to Dorne."

"...And you said slaves were used in the pits, right?"

"Yes I did say that, didn't I?" Oberyn sighed with a shake of his head. "I'm not going to lie to you, Naruto. It's not pretty on what was done in those pits. One of the things that makes me want to vomit if I ever hear the sounds of those other forms of entertainment."

"Would you like me to tell him, darling?" Questioned his paramour as she knows it's a bit of a tough subject to talk about. "I'm fine with telling him."

"Tell me what?"

"I'll tell him, my dear." The prince said as he patted his lover's hand before looking at the shinobi. "With slaves, they would earn fame and glory… and money for their masters as you would clearly understand." Seeing Naruto hesitantly nod in understanding on that implication, Oberyn continued. "What most people don't hear quite often -if you don't live in Essos in general- is that the worst form of entertainment often used would send unarmed slave children, old women, or dwarfs up against wild animals, so they will be torn apart… for it's blood the crowd came to see."

Hearing this moment stopped Naruto in his tracks -with a surprised look on his face- as anger started to boil inside of him. The Dornish couple saw this happen and tried to calm him down, but hesitated as they saw something unusual happen in the Uzumaki's appearance. His blue eyes started to turn into reddened slits, his whisker marks became more pronounced and his canines started to sharpen.

They suddenly didn't know what to do at this moment, before he bursted out like a damn.

"WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH THEM?!" The Uzumaki yelled out as the actions in the marketplace seemed to come to a complete halt. "DOING THAT FOR SOME STUPID FORM OF ENTERTAINMENT?!"

Shaking out of his shock, Oberyn came up to the shinobi and tried to calm him down, but it wasn't working all that well. Yelling out on his displeasure of what's going on made varying people in the surrounding people feel unsettled. Even the unseen pressure that seemed to slowly grow didn't help all that well.

'This is getting out of hand.' Thought the Viper as he felt the pressure building up in the surrounding area. 'I need to snap him out of this or else things might go horribly wrong.' Not having any other option, Oberyn decided to do something quick and somewhat drastic.

*SLAP*

"Will you calm the hell down, Naruto?!" Yelled out the Dornish prince, leaving the stricken Uzumaki speechless on the recent action. Blinking in surprise, Naruto turned his head towards the Martell with widened red slitted eyes.

"What'd you do that for?!"

"Because you were causing a scene and were doing something that I can't quite explain." The Martell gestured to the varying people in the area. Seeing them shivering with fright and on the verge of passing out made Naruto lower his head in shame. "Let's get away from here and keep moving."

Grabbing Naruto's arm, Oberyn motioned Ellaria to follow as they went through several alleyways for any chance to hide away. Given what just happened, with the Dornish couple wondered what Naruto did; that the moment people start coming to their senses, they might hunt Naruto down and do something drastic.

After moving around for several minutes, the group stopped as Ellaria stood off by the alley entrance to keep an eye out on things. "Okay Naruto... Now that we're clear -for the time being- mind telling me what that was about?" Not getting any response from the whiskered blonde, the prince sighed before speaking again. "I would obviously be asking about what you did back there, but I have a feeling this isn't the time nor place to discuss something like that. What I do want to get from you is why you yelled out like that?"

"...Because it's wrong." The Uzumaki muttered loud enough for the couple to hear.

Ellaria then called out from the alley's entrance. "I know it's wrong on what the slavers do with most of the people at the pits and it sickens us, Naruto. But there isn't anything we can do about it."

"She is right, Naruto." Said the Viper. "This is much higher than any of us can do to change this sickening habit the masters of Slaver's Bay have had for generations."

Looking up at them; showing his now blue eyes, regular birthmarks and shortened teeth, Naruto questioned this. "Then why hasn't anyone done anything about it?"

"The Valyrian's did years ago, Naruto, after they took over the lands." Oberyn answered. "But after the Doom, things slowly came back into play for these people… It takes time for proper changes to happen, yet there are those that keep that from happening for their own benefits." Once again, not much was spoken from the blonde shinobi as he looked away, resulting in the prince to release a sigh. "We shouldn't be wandering around too much now from what happened earlier… Unless we change your attire."

This got Naruto snap out of his little thoughts and questionably looked at Oberyn. "What do you mean exactly?"

Ellaria soon answered as she walked back with everything seemed clear for the time being. "What he meant Naruto is your unusual attire stands out way too much. Not that I mind since orange is a favored color to House Martell."

This seemed to peak the Uzumaki's interest greatly. "Really?"

"Yes really." Was her chuckled response, seeing the slightly brightened look on his face. "I take it you really love the color."

"Yeah I do. Orange is the color of the gods after all."

"Oh if that were true." She said while hearing Oberyn giving a hearty laugh. "Anyways going back to your attire, it's way too unique and you'd be spotted if people here are trying to look for you." Ellaria explained, getting Naruto to nod in understanding. "Don't you have any other attires with you, Naruto?"

"Sorry, but I don't… I only have a few outfits sealed up, but like you said they'll end up standing out."

This didn't sit well from the couple as Oberyn rubbed his head slightly. "This complicates things."

"I agree, beloved." Thinking something quickly, she looked around and saw a little shop and moved Naruto towards the door. "How about you stay here until we get back with some clothes for you? And no buts on anything. We don't want you running around and end up causing trouble."

"But I-"

"I hate to say it, Naruto, but she's right." The Viper interrupted Naruto in slight agreement. "Besides, you need something else other than your current sets of attire and we were planning to get you some clothes anyways while we were here in Meereen. So just stay here and we'll be back until you know it."

With that said, the couple made their way out of the alleyway and went to find the marketplace again to get Naruto some clothes to change into. But as they left him at the shop's entrance, Naruto had a slight twitch to his eye. He tried to say something to them, but didn't get the chance to speak his idea.

Releasing a sigh, Naruto rubbed his head. "I was going to suggest I henge myself so it could've been easier to move around better." He muttered to no one in particular before his eyes soon caught onto something interesting. Turning around more, he saw several other objects in the room that made him quite curious on the find: weapons. Not only weapons, but armor as well as his eyes scanned the area. "Hello~ What do we have here?"

Walking up to some of the varied weapons on display, his eyes were taking in their details to see they were of great craftsmanship and smithing. From the axes, swords, hammers, lances and spears, but Naruto didn't see much in terms of throwing weapons. Sure there were knives and daggers, but nothing in the conventional sense of being used as proper throwing weapons like kunai or shuriken.

Going over to some of the armor displayed, his eyes inspected the plating for each of the body parts. Similar to the weapons, the armor pieces were excellently crafted and he didn't have to touch them to see that they were quite durable on the high quality work. Naruto was going to check some of the other forms of armor on display when he heard someone walking into the room.

"Well that was a good order done and over with." The man muttered as he went past the clothed doorway. The man was going to say something else when his eyes landed on the potential customer. "Oh. Hello there, lad."

"...Hello." Naruto weakly said as he eyed the man and there was one thing to really describe his appearance as a whole: he was fucking tall and intimidating looking. Hell the man's imposing figure could scare just about anyone if provoked.

The Uzumaki can already tell that the larger man was a blacksmith -possibly the owner of the shop- with an aura that radiated years of smithing experience in waves. He was a large, bearded old man, at least two heads taller than the norm and well-muscled. His tanned skin was littered with burn scars with mostly seen across his bare chest and some on his arms. His disheveled, white hair was in a ponytail for safety's sake, which gave the impression of a shaggy old alpha-lion. The only things he wore in terms of clothing was a smith's apron, dirty grey pants due to the soot and grime, and heat-insulated boots and gloves.

"Welcome to my humble shop, youngster." The man's calming voice was loud, yet deep with age. His ember like eyes scanned the unusual looking teenager as he wondered if he wanted to purchase anything. "So… Need anything forged? Would you like something of me finished wares? Or possibly sell some arms and armor, if you so like?"

"Actually, yeah I do." Naruto said as he got out of his stupor. "I'd like a few things done actually, but I would want to possibly sell some items I got a few days ago."

"Ah. Okay then lad. Let's see them." The forger soon walked towards the other side of the counter and waited for the blonde Uzumaki to do his thing. "Though I don't mean to offend, but I don't know if you have much on you."

"It's alright, jiji. I have it in my pack."

"Jiji?"

"It means old man where I come from."

The blacksmith nodded as he saw the jumpsuit wearing teen reach into his pack and pulled out a scroll of all things. He didn't know what the child was doing exactly as he unfurled it on the counter to reveal the intricate artwork. It was even odd as the blonde bit his finger and wiped some blood on it. But before the older man knew it, a resounding *poof* soon followed with a plume of smoke. As it dissipated, there laid a variety of knives, daggers and a short sword that each looked worse for wear.

"...Asides from the items in front of me, lad… BUT WHAT IN BLUE BLAZES WAS THAT?!"

"...Oh yeah… Right." Naruto actually forgot that he shouldn't use his chakra all that much in front of public eyes or else he'd be accused for witchcraft from what most people in this world say from what they can't understand. Chakra -unfortunately- can be considered in that category. Since Naruto didn't have an excuse ready, he decided to tell the truth. "See… Uh… What's your name? Sorry but we didn't introduce ourselves yet if we want to do business. Right?"

"...Ah yes, introductions are in order." The intimidating smith nodded before he stood up a little straighter with a smile on his face. "I am Andre and smithing is my trade, young traveler. And what would your name be?"

"My name's Naruto Uzumaki, Andre-jiji and believe it or not, but I'm also a smither as well."

This earned a curious look from Andre before he inspected Naruto a little more with a keener eye. Coming around the counter, he looked all over Naruto to get a little assessment. The shinobi was a little nervous on what the man was doing, but this seemed to settle once the man smiled down on the blonde.

"Ah~ You've got a fine spark inside of you. Don't you lad?"

"...What do you mean, Andre-jiji?"

"A spark of a smither if you ask me, boy." The older man stated with a grin. "Now that I've got a good look of you, I can tell the Smith of the Seven blessed you quite well."

When Andre mentioned the 'Smith', Naruto remembered the little lecture on the boat on what the seven gods were primarily worshipped over in Westeros at this time: the Father, the Mother, the Crone, the Maiden, the Warrior, the Stranger, and the Smith. There were more mentioned, but they were called the Old and Drowned Gods before the Seven took over as the main form of religion. And with the Smith, he was prayed more often by blacksmiths all over Westeros to hopefully make great weapons, armor and crafts.

"Then I'll take that as a compliment."

"Compliments aside… What was that little trick you pulled?"

"...Well… Would you believe me that I had those items sealed in that scroll of mine?"

"...I do." Andre hesitantly said, but not as much as Naruto was left to believe. "You seem like an honest boy and I've seen stranger things throughout my long life."

"...Okay."

Going back around the counter, he went back into business. "So you want to sell these right?"

"Well I was considering selling them, but I don't think I have much in what I have in terms of throwing weapons."

"Throwing weapons?" Pulling out some kunai and shuriken from his pack, Naruto presented them to the older blacksmith so he can inspect them. "Hmm… Interesting craftsmanship."

"Thanks. Made those myself… Anyways I was somewhat hoping I could maybe use your forge so I could use these weapons and smelt them down into my items. I could show you even on how it's done."

Andre thought for a moment before giving the blonde teen a shrug. "Why not. I've got no other orders to make today and I need some entertainment."

Nodding in acceptance, Naruto followed Andre towards the back with his scroll and spare weapons to see a larger than normal smithing room. It was well-ventilated with all of the traditional blacksmithing equipment spread throughout the room. "If you're wondering about the size, Naruto, this place used to be a pleasure house a good number of years back." Andre stated, getting Naruto to look around of the spacious area for the man's workshop. "It was abandoned as the owner moved his business a good number of streets away from here and I think that one got moved as well. Hard to remember most of those things with how changeable this city can be, if you ask me."

"If you were pretty busy, then you could fill this place up more with workers. I mean, a lot of your equipment's really spread out."

"Somewhat the way I like it if you ask me. Wouldn't like things all too cramped and end up making an accidental fire." Andre said, getting Naruto to understand that fact quite well. "Though it does get pretty quiet and lonesome in this empty place." He then sighed. "Hells… For as long as I've been here, it's been flush with a mad and wicked feel to it."

"Then why haven't you moved away from here if it's unsettling you too much?"

"Because, I honestly don't know where else to go to set up shop." Was the older man's answer. "Been to a lot of places in Essos, yet all those other areas weren't feeling right for me. But here, I just grew tired of traveling around after my teacher passed away and left me his things. So I decided to stay here and perform my skills since with them fighting pits, people are always wanting weapons and armor."

"Do what you can, I suppose. Though haven't you considered moving to Westeros?" Questioned the Uzumaki before he elaborated a little more. "You can say I'm new here and the people I'm traveling with wants to take me to Dorne. Heard it's a really nice place and quite respected."

"Maybe, but I've been in Essos my whole life and it'll be an odd change of pace for me this late in my life."

"Can't knock it till you try it."

Shaking his head, Andre let out a low chuckle before ushering Naruto to some of the tools. "So how are you going to start this process out, boy?"

Looking around, Naruto grabbed a sturdy hammer and held it up slightly with a smile. "Before we get started, do you know the tiling technique?"

-One Hour Later-

"I wonder if Naruto will like these."

"He probably will, Ellaria, so stop fussing around on what you think is perfect for him or not."

The Dornish couple were on their way back from the clothing section of the market place with several outfits for their young companion. During this time, the two were on their guard if any people were talking about what happened earlier, but it was quite hard with neither of them not knowing how to properly speak or know Valyrian all that well. All that either can do was pray Naruto would be alright and this little plan turns out well.

Once they made it back to the one alleyway where they last saw Naruto, they tried looking for him. "Are you sure we left him here, beloved?"

"Yes we did, Ellaria. If I was wrong then I would've been wrong on several other things."

"Then how can you be so sure?"

"I distinctly remember that we left Naruto off at a former pleasure house that was running its business." The Viper said as he checked each of the doors.

Giving her prince a smirk, she responded back as she helped out on the search. "Of course you might remember that place."

"Why wouldn't I? I've spent many nights in there where spent my winnings from the fighting pits. So why wouldn't I remember it's location."

She could only roll her eyes and shook her head in amusement as they eventually got to the one shop. "This is probably it. I just hope Naruto didn't wait too long for us." Going through the entrance, they saw the store's front and looked at the many weapons and armor. The couple momentarily forgot what they wanted to do exactly as they slowly inspected each of the merchandise displayed.

"In all my years, I've never seen such craftsmanship before." Muttered the Viper as he carefully lifted up the spear out of it's placement on the wall. Ellaria stepped back to give Oberyn some room as he slowly moved the weapon around before he sped up his swings. "It feels heavy, but definitely helps out on the swings and thrusts for striking power."

"Indeed it is, lad." A loudly, deep voice spoke out, causing Oberyn to stop his actions and look towards the intimidating looking blacksmith. "Welcome to my humble shop, youngster. So… Need anything forged? Would you like something of me finished wares? Or possibly sell some arms and armor if you so like?"

"Uh… Well…" Putting the weapon back in place, Oberyn went to address the shop's owner. *Cough* "We were wondering if you've seen a blonde of thirteen summers in here or not."

"Oh? You mean Naruto?" The blacksmith questioned, getting nods from the couple. "He's actually in the back. I'll take you to him."

Following the older blacksmith, the group walked around the counter and past a wooden door that led towards the workshop. As soon as Andre opened the door, the sounds of work and chatter could be heard, accompanied with accompanied by the sweltering heat of the forge and smelter. Stepping closer, the couple were greeted with the sight of Naruto's shadow clones toiling away on several weapons neither of them have seen before.

"He seemed… to preoccupy himself quite well." Ellaria stated as she briefly glanced at the blonde's copies working the shop.

"Verily, I might say." Andre stated as he smirked at the sight before him. "Never seen such a finer smith. Heh, reminds me of myself in my apprentice years." Wanting to get the boy's attention, he called him out. "Naruto! I believe your friends are here!"

This grabbed the original's attention as he looked up from his spot by the anvil, working on a hot piece of metal. "Oh hey guys!" Naruto yelled out as he briefly waved to them. "Give me a moment. I've gotta put this back in the fire." With that said, the shinobi smith grabbed his work by the tang and shoved it into the forge to keep it hot before making his way towards the entrance.

"You seemed to be having fun."

"You can say that, Oby-san." Naruto wiped his hands off in a spare rag, but still had some soot on his face. "After all, you two did leave me behind."

"Well sorry, Naruto, but we couldn't hide you all that well."

"And yet you forgot on what I could do exactly… I could've been on the rooftops and followed both of you or I could've used my henge technique to change my appearance."

"...Okay you've got a point there, but we forgot in the heat of the moment." Said the prince, only getting the blonde to wave his hand a little.

"It's alright and I don't mind it now." The Uzumaki then chuckled. "After all, if it wasn't for that then I wouldn't be doing this now. Now wouldn't I?"

"Been quite the entertaining guest, he is." Spoke the elder smith, walking towards a stand where the eight kunai and a dozen shuriken made from the ruined weapons Naruto collected from the island. There were even a few interesting looking weapons made from materials Andre had around the forge like a pair of sais and a tanto. "Naruto's been showing me different techniques and weapon that I never seen before. Some of them are still being made right now and we've even been trading notes as it were for comparison's sake. Like telling me a good idea on how to fix broken blades with this 'tile stacking' so I won't be wasting material."

This brightened the Sand Snake quite well. "Really? Then I can't wait to see what weapons you've helped make, Naruto."

"Will do, Ella-san."

"Pleasantries aside," Oberyn started out, gaining the other two males' attention, "we're wondering if you possibly know where the other blacksmiths are in this city."

Feeling slightly offended on what the Dornishman's implying, Andre folded his arms and narrowed his gaze at him. "And why would you want to know that? Aren't I good enough for ye?"

"He doesn't mean to insult you at all, Andre-jiji." The Uzumaki tried to calm the little tension down as he got between the two older men. "It's just that we're trying to find someone that can help us out on this little problem of ours and he's supposed to be in this city."

"And what would that be, boy?"

Scratching his head and nervously chuckled, Naruto answered the elder smith's question. "We recently acquired Valyrian steel and wanted to reforge the material."

"...And where did you so happen to come across the ancient steel?"

"Valyria." Was the response Oberyn and Naruto shared. Wanting to back up their claim, Naruto pulled out the scrolls that contained the metals they found before walking towards the store's lobby to properly present them. Once everyone was in there, Naruto drew his blood and smeared it onto the seals to bring them out into the world after a resulting *poof*.

"Well I'll be damned." Andre said in slight awe as he gazed at the unsealed halberd, armor, bars and scrap metals. "So much Valyrian steel… And you want me to reforge some of it?"

The traveling group whipped their heads towards the elder smither with a surprised look on what he's implying. "Wait… You can work with this?" Naruto asked.

"Why yes I can, Naruto." The smith responded as he chuckled at the group's surprised looks. "It's been a while but I can definitely work with them."

Shaking out of his stupor, the Uzumaki spoke up to the elder smither. "Just the halberd, Andre-jiji. When Oby-san and I got this, it was too damn big for either of us to use properly."

"Ah~ So you want to have this smelted down and properly used, I wager."

"Yup. Oby-san tends to use lances or spears as his main weapon of choice and since this whole thing is all Valyrian steel, you could use the leftovers to create a sword for Ella-san."

Hearing this, Ellaria was shocked and tried to turn down the offer, but Oberyn placed a hand on her shoulder. "We insist, my love. I wanted it to be my gift to you after Naruto and I were discussing things over yesterday." At this, the paramour smiled before capturing his lips to show much she really appreciates it now.

"Hmm… Yes I see what you mean." The giant smither said as he inspected the weapon in question while ignoring the bit of affection going on by the couple. "And do you have any ideas in mind for designs? I could think of a good number of them since I've longed to reforge Valyrian steel again, but with this fine metal procured I would like the commissioner to chose."

Naruto was about to show him his intended designs when a curious thought crossed his mind. "And how long ago was that, Andre-jiji?"

Adopting a thinking pose, the smith racked his mind for how long it's been for him. "If I were to guess, it's been roughly a decade. It was quite the unusual order on reforging some Valyrian steel he procured and wanted it to become an arakh." Naruto looked at the older blacksmith on what an arakh was. Seeing this, Andre pointed towards the side to let Naruto see a curved blade with a two handed grip. "The man said he was trained to fight like a dothraki in the fighting pits and he wanted his weapon to be quite unique."

Nodding in understanding, Naruto pulled out his sketchbook and flipped through the pages so show what he and Oberyn had in mind. At the desired pages, Naruto handed the sketchbook towards the elder blacksmith and inspected it in a critical eye. Andre gave out pleasant hums with what he was seeing and understanding.

"I think these are pretty good there lad, though some adjustments might be needed."

Nodding in understanding, Naruto soon asked the obvious question that snapped the couple's attention towards each other. "How much do we owe you for the reforging then?"

"Hmm… Normally if you resided here in Essos; then I'd charge you in the Meereenese, Volantis or Braavosi currency. But since you belong with these two -who are from Westeros- then I'll charge with their currency in their highest coin being gold dragons." The elder smith stated, getting an odd look from the blonde.

"Uh… Mind showing me what a gold dragon looks like?" Hearing the unusual request, Andre went into his little safe and opened it up before placing a gold dragon coin on the counter. Picking it up, Naruto inspected the coin in detail while the others watched the teenager. Before either of them could speak, Naruto spoke once again. "So I'll ask again: How much do we owe you for the reforging?"

"I'd be charging you one hundred thousand gold dragons for reforging the halberd into the desired weapons." This caused the couple to wince on how steep the price was. If the Martells were to purchase the reforging, then it'll hurt their financials to some degree. "Though since you've been fine company for me today, then I'd give you a discount and lower the price to eighty thousand if you could help me out on this little project. Hells I'll even teach you how to reforge the steel to help sweeten the pot."

"Really? You'd actually do that, Andre-jiji?" Naruto questioned as he thought the idea to possibly reforge the metal on his own could be pretty good if needed. Oberyn did say that the Valyrian reforgers can be hard to convince to teach others the proper way of doing so. But if Naruto can learn it, he could try and experiment on his own to make his unique take with the metal he currently has.

Andre soon chuckled. "Like I said, boy, you've been fine company for this past hour. Besides, I need to teach the knowledge of the craft before I pass on like my teacher before me. Heh, haven't had any apprentices to begin with but you seem quite knowledgeable enough to possibly make things interesting."

"Even though we've only interacted for the past hour?"

"Pretty much… So how will you pay for the order boy? You don't seem to have the money on you and same goes with your two friends." Andre spoke as he eyed the Martell couple. "Unless you have the amount on your ship… or possibly one of them scrolls with that odd magic trick of yours."

Naruto nervously chuckled as he rubbed the back of his head before replying. "Now that you mention it..."

-Evening, Oberyn's and Ellaria's Lodging-

"I've got to say, but today has been quite interesting to say the least." Muttered the Viper as he laid down with his love lying next to him, naked as the day they were born in one of the bedrooms with sheets covering themselves. And it wasn't just them in the bedroom as a pair of figures were underneath the sheets as they were in between the Dornish couple's legs to orally service them.

"Obviously and it hasn't even ended quite yet." Said the paramour as she drew circles on her beloved's chest with her fingers while moaning a little on the girl eating her out down below.

During their stay at Meereen, most of the Martell crew and the couple were staying in the same building so neither of them would lose themselves when trying to find each other if spread out too far. The current lodge's interior ranged from the silkened curtains to the decorative furniture with the Meereenese style did what the lodge could do to distract the attendants from what takes place outside. Most of these lodges are made like so for wealthy travelers for a little extravagance with how beautiful in appearance it was, which is quite typical for any major city.

On their current thoughts, the couple were thinking of what happened earlier at Andre's shop with several revelations brought up. They were quite lucky in finding the Valyrian reforger in this city and had quite the feeling that the finished products of smelting down the halberd will look and work wonderfully.

Though when it came to the pricing, Oberyn was going to ask the elderly smither for a down payment with additional ones later on. The Red Viper was a man of his word and would pay back over a consecutive time.

But to the couple's surprise, Naruto actually had the amount on him… and then some. The Uzumaki forgot to mention of this during the boat ride over to Meereen. So he unsealed the rotted chest and opened it up to reveal the trunk full of golden dragons. From what Naruto explained that before he and Oberyn met, he fought some stone men along the way and they guarded this chest. After taking care of them, he took the gold as his own. The blonde figured that it was collected by many stone men across Valyria for quite some time and hoarded the gold like a greedy dragon.

'But to have that much?' Thought the Viper as he had to steady himself when hearing Naruto that he used clones to count the chest's amount that it was roughly the original reforging price. The Uzumaki paid the whole order in full and kept the rest for himself for a rainy day.

Once leaving the shop, Naruto henged into someone from where he came from. With the scar running across his nose, the dark tanned skin and the high ponytail with the odd looking attire that made the couple think it was for military purposes. It took them awhile to find the building they were supposed to be staying at. And once passing through their lodge's door, the three went on their own forms of rest and freshen up for whatever else will occur for tonight's entertainment.

For Oberyn and Ellaria, it was obvious of them having pleasurable sex in their room -with some rented girls- while Naruto took a nap in his room…. On the other side of the rented out lodge. He did not want to hear them having going at it with their translated copy of Icha Icha works by the nightstand for inspiration. The blonde just wanted to properly rest and that wouldn't happen if he heard the couple's moans and groans.

"Remind me again, but when will the weapons be ready?"

Humming -in both thought and pleasure from his recieved oral service- Oberyn pondered in remembrance on the conversation with Andre. "It's going to be roughly a day and a half -I suppose- to get everything done."

"Really?"

"Yes… Then again you would've remembered. *Chuckles* But I think I might've fucked that piece of memory out of your beautiful head earlier." Was his response before he groped her firm breasts, causing her to moan as she claimed his lips once more.

From what Andre explained on what will occur next would need the help of Naruto's clones to speed up the work process. From carving out the necessary molds on each of the pieces on the commissioned builds first to some other gibberish only fellow blacksmiths would know about. But after the necessary molding, the actual smelting process will begin and it would require the rest of the estimated time for the weapons to properly harden before cleaning up and assembling.

*Knock Knock*

"Yes?! Who is it?!" Spoke out the paramour as she soon fought down a moan as she released her essence into the rented girl's mouth.

"It's me, Ella-san!" Called out the young companion from the other side of the door. "I'm wondering if either of two love birds are decent!"

The lovers rolled their eyes before getting up from the bed to eventually wrap themselves in robes. "We're coming Naruto." She said before looking at their bedmates and gave them a look that they'll continue things again soon. Once at the door, they opened it up to see the freshly cleaned Uzumaki in one of the new sets of clothing the couple gave him before Ellaria spoke. "So what is you need?"

"Just playing messenger apparently." The teen responded in a dull tone before sighing. "Some of the crew said that dinner will be ready soon downstairs and they wanted me to inform you two on that. So both of you should probably freshen up… and not go at it like rabbits in heat in terms of freshening up, before heading on down."

"Of course." Inspecting the whiskered blonde before them, the Sand Snake gave off a pleasant hum. "And I've gotta say, Naruto, but you look quite handsome now."

Naruto's current attire seemed to be a drastic change from his orange/blue jumpsuit to something a little bit darker. From the brown, long-sleeved tunic top with orange stitching and sewn-in designs. The sleeves ended halfway past his elbows to show off wraps around his arms and ending at the wrist, a pair of black pants that ended at the ankles and a pair of boots that were odd for Naruto to wear. The add-ons to the attire were the wraps around his right leg to have his one little pouch tied there and the second pouch attached to his belt.

"Thanks, I guess." Was the blonde's response. "It's gonna be awhile for me to get used to though. Especially with the boots since I'm more used to opened toe footwear."

"True… But you've got to be ready for anything, even for casual wear. And what if someone were trying to stab your feet with them not protected properly." Stated the Viper, getting an eye roll from the younger man.

"Uh-huh. Though once over at Dorne -or at least heading over there- I'll need to make better footwear to suit my tastes."

"Everyone has their own style of clothing, that's for sure."

"So while you two finish getting ready, I'm heading on down and possibly snagging a light snack before the main event." And with that, Naruto walked away from the two as they closed the door to quickly clean themselves up and head down for dinner… after one last foursome romp.

The dinner was a simple affair with most of the crew present while the rest stayed on the ships to properly protect them. Not that it mattered anyways since those people prefer eating that way. Regardless, everyone present were enjoying themselves as they feasted on the cooked lamb and pork with varying fruits.

"...So of course she says that I'm not the best client she ever had, even though I supposedly fucked her long and hard for a few hours." One of the newer crewmembers said, which got a few chuckles out of the others.

"Maybe it's because you have a small cock between your legs and it only took that long to pleasure her."

"Oh shut the fuck up, Marcus!"

"Maybe he's right." Naruto said, gaining several people to look at him from the table as he took a bite out of the meat. "I used to live near a 'pleasure house' and some of the workers were decent neighbors of mine. They sometimes say the same thing that they have to act that they're enjoying themselves in front of clients. Even faking on having an orgasm or two, though they aren't being satisfied at all with such small dicks… Either that or they take too damn long to actually make the girl's climax."

"Naruto's probably right, you know." Ellaria said with a growing smirk as she eyed the one crewmember. "Many times I've heard of this throughout all of the pleasure houses Oberyn and I have visited and it tends to give us some laughs… and some sympathies on those that have to deal with that shit."

This got more chuckles from the other crew members as the one started to fume more before going back into his food.

"Prince Oberyn, are you still planning on fighting in the pits tomorrow?"

Turning towards the one of the crewmembers, Oberyn nodded before speaking. "It's pretty much the main reason why we've come here. I've wanted a good fight in the arena once more and Meereen supplies the best one out of all of Essos."

"Then we'd be placing bets towards you, my prince."

Oberyn chuckled. "I would be insulted if you haven't." Turning over towards the blonde shinobi, the Viper spoke up. "And what of you, Naruto? Will you join with me in the pits?"

Putting down his cup of wine -which was a little hard for him since he was more used to drinking water, juice and soda back home- he spoke. "Are you sure about that, Oby-san?" Was Naruto's unassured answer. "After what I learned earlier today, with the slaves forcibly participating in this." Clicking his tongue, the shinobi shook his head for his answer. "I'm sorry but I'm going to sit this one out."

"But you could possibly have an enjoyable fight down there… Hells we fought well together back in Valyria against those two beings and I'd like to fight the same way again."

"True; but these are slaves we are talking about, Oby-san, Not actual, willing participants." Naruto argued. "If they were willing, then I could join since I dealt with similar fights in the past." He said as he personally referenced his time in the Chunin Exams. "But if the slaves aren't doing this out of their free will then I'm not going to do a thing."

"Even though many of those fighters are convicts, rapists, thieves?"

"I understand that, but most don't even want to do it because their 'masters' are forcing them to do so." Naruto said in a raised voice.

"I know, Naruto, but you need to face that reality isn't perfect." Said the Dornish prince as he rubbed his temples. Thinking things over for several moments while the crewmembers murmured amongst themselves before the Dornish lord spoke back. "I… respect you decision, Naruto, and I was merely suggesting the offer. Though it would be a shame if you weren't down there with me."

"Yeah… Shame."

The rest of the evening went well as conversations went onto other topics while enjoying their meals. Ellaria though kept looking at both her beloved and the blonde Uzumaki as she wanted to do something… say something. Especially since she had this feeling in her stomach that her beloved will need Naruto's help for what's to possibly come.

-Next Day, Great Pit of Daznak -08/296 AC-

Out of all of the fighting pits in Meereen, Daznak was considered the grandest out of all of them all. The stands were packed to the brim as slaves, masters, free people and visitors alike attended the entertainment for today. Though in one particular stand -which is reserved for high esteemed guests of honor or royalty- only had a few guests appeared seating in there.

One can consider this a grand spectacle, even before things started.

'This place isn't that impressive.' Were Naruto's thoughts as he eyed the large form of architecture. 'I think the Konoha stadium's bigger than this place, even has better seating.'