Chapter 26: Chapter 26: Plans for the Future and a Long Farewell.
Sitting on my bed, countless plans emerged in my brain, from when I first arrived, to meeting Illyrio, to training. I have had my plans change countless times for new events arising, but now that I have my new eyes. Everything has changed. I no longer need to worry about anything going awry because I am enough to handle all future situations that will come.
At the meeting tonight I plan to inform everyone of my plans and goals.
Only when they are on board with what I have envisioned can I leave Essos to them as I work on Westeros.
Looking at my room that has aged with time, memories of my childhood years would playback.
I went through hardships and outsmarting Illyrio in the beginning to rising up step by step, this feeling of regrowing into power from scratch was still thrilling.
Although it came with many ups and downs, and myself being punched by that guard. Speaking of him, he was executed by Illyrio a couple of days later after that incident.
With the influx of people coming to the port over the years, I had heard stories of what happened the day of my birth from travelling merchants of sellswords, they call it the sacking of kings landing.
I just stared coldly into the distant void.
"Lannisters."
What had taken place there and on top of what they most likely had done to my parents of this world, I already deemed this house to not exist in my future. If I leave any of them to live, they will just rise against me like cockroaches.
However I don't want to start a large-scale war unless necessary, so I will slowly play with this house, slowly encroaching and ruining their reliance until they are abandoned by others and killing them would be simple.
If I simply bloodbath their house I would get no support from other lords and houses but only fear, fear can only work while I'm alive, but if I were to have offspring they would rebel the moment I am gone or no longer able to strike fear.
Just like the second ninja war.
Resting my eyes, and clearing my mind I fall into a deep meditative zone, as I wait for Yellow Bug and Illyrio to come back.
A tingly sensation was felt on my cheek, opening my eyes, I was face to face with bright violet eyes, our noses practically touching. Her face started turning bright red and she threw herself back and spoke in a stammer.
"Ma-Ma-Madara I-I was ju-just coming to get you for the meeting." She couldn't control her speaking, until she calmed down and spoke fluently again, acting as if nothing had happened.
"Dany, why were you so close to me," I spoke in a low tone, the words coming out cold and concise....
"I-I... I.. I just wanted to get a closer look, please don't hate me." She spoke timidly, with a hint of grievance and she started to tear at her eyes.
Seeing this I felt a little weird, but I still said,
"Dany I just don't like someone being so close to me unguarded... I have a big trust-related problem from that." I started to explain it to her
"It may have been a distant dream but I was about to reach my goal when suddenly I was stabbed through the back of my heart...
By the one I thought would never betray me." My mood significantly dropped with each passing word.
My Mangekyo had shown itself at this point, as my emotions were high.
"I will never betray you, Madara." She looked at me with serious eyes. "Even if the whole world wants to be against you, I never will." She grabbed my hand and her serious childlike look made me smile.
The small hand grabbing mine calmed my emotions, the Mangekyo dissipating back into my black eyes.
Looking at her smile, I thought this should have been her normal childhood, not one where she was forced to train to even live. Once again my mind steels itself.
'To keep this peace, I need to complete my dream, sometimes I wonder if I had already completed the Infinite Tsukuyomi and this is just a dream of it. Maybe even I wasn't excluded.' But then I remember the atrocities that have happened in this world and this was not the ideal world I would have constructed for myself in that illusion.
I wouldn't even be here in this foreign world, but with my own family from my past world.
My thoughts were cut short of thinking of my past family, by the sound of my new one.
"Madara everyone is waiting for your arrival, let's go!" Daenerys spoke excitedly and even started to jump around my room. The liveliness in her body movements only made me believe what I envision in the future to be correct.
Standing up I follow Daenery's lead.
Uchiha guards are stationed professionally throughout the halls and as I passed by they would bow. I just nodded casually in response.
Just outside the door, I could hear yelling and laughter coming from the study room.
Raising my eyebrows with interest I walked in, and what came to view even baffled me, and I heard Daenerys laughing beside me.
I saw Missandei and Greyworm in the corner talking together holding wine together, Illyrio was smiling and eating imported fruits, and Yellow Bug was just twitching his mouth. Although each one was doing something different, they all had one thing in common. That was just laughing and feeling amused,
Looking at Syrio Forel who was holding Viserys and spanking him, Viserys roared in indignation asking for help and crying in pain. I heard Syrio say.
"Boy, this is the special technique of us Braavos Water Dancing techniques" He speaks in a slow amused voice and even leaves a chuckle before saying.
"Rapid Spanking... this will train your ass to become hard as steel, you never have to worry about sitting on pins and needles again in your life." As he slaps his ass and laughs, so does everyone else.
Hearing Daenerys laughter it seemed to freeze what was happening.
The laughter settled down and everyone sat or stood up straight, Syrio quickly let go of Viserys and acted nonchalant, even started shadow practicing his moves and started speaking nonsense.
"This everyone is the proper technique for water dancing, first we do a side step-" This was only interrupted by them holding in their laughter, yet couldn't, then everyone laughed and it didn't stop for a while.
Viserys who got free, started to crawl towards me and grabbed my leg, his pants still slightly down showing red handslaps on his bare ass.
"Madara! Your cousin was attacked by this fraud." he cried in agony, of course, he was acting, and everyone else could see it too.
Daenerys just held her stomach and was laughing so hard she couldn't breathe and almost fell over, and needed to be caught by Yellow Bug, this only brought more laughter, this joyous atmosphere had finally influenced me, and I let out a loud boastful laugh.
I felt my face go red, and soon this cooled down, as I made my way to the main seat in this room, everyone else also calmed down and sat down in their seats.
I knew what was going to be said next would be important.
So I set the mood with my actions and presence.
Sit upright, open palmed hands on the table, as I eye down everyone, even applying some invisible magical energy pressure to sober anyone up, from either tiredness or drinking.
"I will be leaving Essos for a long time." The first words brought upon several different reactions.
Daenerys was first to stand up and yell "No!" but she quietly sat down in her chair and slumped as no one gave her much attention.
Syrio stood up and asked, "Are you going alone?"
Nodding once, I appreciated Syrio's observation.
Raising my hand to stop others from talking and interrupting me, I coughed a bit to clear my throat;
"Listen to me first, I am going to leave Essos to start my real goals and dreams from there.
I need to be prepared to face a strong enemy at any given time.
The White Walkers in those fairytale books are real, and you saw my power... only if I am contesting him can we have more than enough time to plan and prepare for an all-scale war." I once again take in the disbelief faces of this small council, even Yellow Bug and Grey Worm showed some emotion of being scared.
I don't blame them, fighting the unknown is always terrifying to those who don't understand. I would not call them weak for their thoughts and emotions at this time.
"Can't you just kill that enemy and come back?." Daenerys asked a question while still sulking from my inevitable departure.
"I am not sure... I do have great confidence in myself, but If he is immortal in the end. I worry for you all. I do not want to startle this "Being" until it is time. Maybe I am overthinking it, but I put our safety first. If I can wait and crush him with thunder I don't mind.
So until I understand him better I will not go to great lengths to force his hand. I will keep a proper balance with him...
Enough about this, I have made my decision." My words gave off the authority needed for them to stop questioning. I take a sip of Tea that was placed at my side by Illyrio, before saying.
"I am leaving for Westeros to take part in the tournament that the current ruler Robert Baratheon-"
"USURPOR HE IS A USURPOR!" Viserys shouted with gritted teeth, even I was caught off guard by this. I was about to reprimand until I could see the emotions and pain he felt in his actions.
"Sorry, please continue." Viserys quickly regained composure and just sat silently with his hands covering his face.
"He is hosting a tournament and I am going to participate in it, after winning his tournament I should be knighted and will be allowed to own land, my idea is to get one in the north close to the wall, or I will join the Night Watch." My last words had another reaction from Illyrio
"You must not! if you take the black you will lose all titles and rights." Illyrio this time quickly said.
"Rights and rules only bound those who are weak, I am strong enough to ignore these rules, and like I mentioned before I want to control my own land.
So I will claim beyond the wall as my land. Or control the Night's Watch.
Either outcome, I will then bring the Uchiha Guards, all of them to the new location chosen. So Yellow Bug, you will follow me along afterwards to help defend our new home."
"Yes, Lord Madara." Yellow Bug stood at attention and said in a military salute.
After a brief pause, and another Tea sip later I continue.
"Now with all of what I will be doing out of the way, I will now explain my plan for all the remaining people here."
These words make the surrounding people tense up and listen attentively.
"Everyone else will stay here in Essos." I look at the two Targaryen Siblings.
"You two will continue the Targaryen Uprising... I want you to gather allies and strengths from here and blow the horns and banners to take back what's rightfully yours against the 'usurper'.
Since I will be taking the Uchiha Guards with me, and naming my house Uchiha, I don't want too much connection known from both sides.
You will have to re-recruit the unsullied, you can mention that you disposed of the Uchiha Guards as failed products to hopefully not be blacklisted, you may also need to bring an apology price. Make sure you get back everything and more in interest later when you start.
I want you both to control as much as Essos before attacking Westeros.
At this point, I should hopefully have a significant say in Westeros. We then afterwards merge together. If all my plans work in the end, this will be the ideal peace I want in the world."
Saying all of this in one breath I felt a sense of relief and calmness. I had always been planning behind the scenes in my twilight years when I would have rather fought in the open.
"Lord Madara, what is this goal and dream you keep talking about," Missandei asked me, she showed no timidity when asking.
All eyes stared at me, respectful and hopeful to understand my ambition.
These words made me a little dazed at first...
'My dream... Infinite Tsukuyomi was perfect. The more I had thought it over, the more this dream was perfect. At least in this dream world, everyone will be able to live their ideal life, even if it was false it was perfect.' My past thoughts started to resurface, then I smothered them.
'That dream had lost, and I have no real way of doing it again in this world. My new dream...'
"I want a world where no children have to shed tears of war." the words spilled out of my mouth, the same way Hashirama spoke to me.
My words were not grand of ambition to conquer, but they had hit the soft spots of everyone here;
Yellow Bug and Grey Worm who were forcefully taken and became the unsullied for war felt this goal was perfect for something they would fight for.
Missandei who for almost all her childhood was a slave.
Viserys and Daenerys were already affected by this, on the run constantly until only recently did they get freedom, but even then they had to continuously train to not die in this cruel world.
Syrio and Illyrio both probably had their pasts as they also looked solemn and sad.
"This is a dream I have and a dream I know I can succeed in.
But the problem is that this dream will be accompanied by bloodshed.
Some idiot I knew would tell me to give compassion and they could change.
But I do not want to wait for some ethereal change.
Some may call me a tyrant, but just know my dream has always been for a long peace, hopefully an everlasting one."
After another long pause, I let them take in and understand my words.
"Finally, everyone... when I am gone, if we are to meet or you hear about me, you must act like we don't know each other. This will only better help our goals."
Looking at the subtle reactions of contemplation and even confusion from Dany I can only inwardly shake my head. With time they will understand and I believe when this moment arises they will play their due part perfectly.
"Now some last-minute things for you to work on, and what to follow after I am gone,
Viserys you need to train your swordsmanship, I will personally teach you before I leave,
Daenerys this is Syrio, he will be your Water Dancing teacher and will also become your teacher and protector.
Use him with confidence and I hope for you to learn all his skills during this time, your safety and abilities will be greatly enhanced.
Illyrio you will be the support in the back and a way of retreat for this hardship that may come."
"I hope in the next few years you will stay hidden and train and practice well. This is a life and death battle we are going to be doing, so I hope that when everything starts moving into motion you will all be prepared." Looking at them all, I heavily implied waiting. I also still wanted to give Daenerys a longer childhood.
"Daenerys and Viserys you will have the most important part of this plan as you are the forefront leaders.
Viserys only we know of the canonization, the world doesn't.
To them, you are still the house leader and that will be their downside to information.
But in so you will be the most targeted one to assassinations."
I looked at Dany who looked a little anxious.
"Daenerys you only need to be yourself and people will want to follow you, trust your own judgement, even if it feels different from the rest." Viserys heard this and looked thoughtfully at his sister. While Daenerys was just smiling sweetly.
'Viserys I hope you also know the benefit of Daenerys kindness, she will bring those to follow around her inadvertently... even myself had found her as my family figure. She has a gift as a leader, she just doesn't know it yet. But if I were to tell her about it, she may make a mistake or try too hard, ruining what's good about her.'
"Madara, before the Dothraki attacked, I had wanted to help others, but they didn't listen and then... one wanted to do something to me, even though I had helped him... why?" Daenerys spoke pitifully.
"Daenerys you did well, your kindness is your gift and it's not wrong to think like that, but you must remember that kindness to others may be hurtful to oneself. Just like that person who wanted to harm you, he took your kindness and you were vulnerable to him. You can still be kind but you must be on guard for any potential problems."
"Grey Worm, you will become the new leader of the future unsullied, you will become the commander of war. I hope with your expertise you can lead a formidable army as a sharp sword and vanguard for the siblings.
Missandei, I have been training you as a perfect secretary, and your advice and knowledge will be a big factor in helping the two rule. Viserys and Daenerys you can use Missandei's words as high council and please advise future plans with her. She will be vital to many decisions."
The two looked serious, and both performed a noble salute.
"Everyone, I will see you again in the future, I hope at that time we can sit at a table like this and feast to our new world."
I stood up and left the room, mumbling was heard behind me as I closed the door.
Going to my room to start packing my things, and getting ready to train with Viserys tonight.
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...Later That Night...
Arriving at the training grounds, I saw Viserys already waiting. I saw him pull out his sword, I had noticed it before when he pledged allegiance, but now intuitively I felt something else.
"Visery's... your sword? Where did you get it?" the magical energy was very faint but it had the same as the dragon in his memories.
"Valyria, it was our ancestral home. This sword is Dark Sister and it's a valyrian steel weapon." He replied with some excitement.
"Do you want it?" I could hear the reluctance in his voice.
"No, but I believe I have now pinpointed the location of that dragon who calls himself Cannibal." This was a surprise.
A mount is very much needed, and I will able to control him with my new eyes, especially storing him and appearing with my other eye.
'Kamui' This was my right eye, the same eyes as Obito's. I can open a dimension of my own, here I can store anything and appear anywhere I have seen or been to. At the same time, I can become invulnerable to all attacks for five minutes but during this time I cannot attack either. Doing so will cancel my Kamui.
"Madara, That dragon... Cannibal... I felt him starting to influence me again" Hearing this I felt disdain, this big lizard is still trying to fight back.
"I keep having dreams where I want to abuse my sister and sell her off for an army. This anger starts to reside in my body and I wake up in sweat for the past two weeks..." Viserys says with some pain.
His words also made me feel a slight concern. 'Viserys I hope you don't act on those dreams...'
"This, however, brought me something new, I feel like I can store this anger and then use it for my own... I had already tried using it some time ago before this Dothraki raid and I don't remember much, I only remember the world going blurry and I was just like a bystander.
I woke up and everything around me was smashed and I was severely exhausted and couldn't move until some maids came and pulled me back to my room.
I know you are strong, and I want to test what this is. Please help me." he said with sadness and confusion.
Hearing this, my Sharingan turns on and I see at his heart a cluster of what he claimed "angry magical energy" that was constantly fluctuating.
"There are two solutions here. I can help you remove this, but you may not be able to practice magic again in your life if you ever get that chance. The second is to help make that into your source of power, but it may become uncontrollable when you use it." I wanted to give him a choice.
"I choose to keep it, If I want to protect Dany and this dream of yours, any magic can help. I will just need to practice when to use it."
"Very well, then let's see your ability." I hold out my hand in an upward cupping motion.
I watched as Viserys who was calm and weak, suddenly started visibly steaming, and his eyes turned red. His breathing was heavy and he went to attack me instantly.
The speed was three times as fast as he originally was, dodging his sword swing it hit the ground, and it slashed deeply into it, if it wasn't for Valyrian steel that sword had been made of it, it might have snapped on the impact alone.
His strength has also increased.
I throw a shurikan at his shoulder, if it was normal it would fully pierce his shoulder, but this time only half of it pierced, and then fell. The bloody hole very slowly healed.
Then as he kept attacking me, I noticed he was attacking like a raging animal, he had no consciousness. This ability is double-edged.
I would just dodge around feeling the time of how long he lasted, he fell after counting for seven minutes and 43 seconds.
If he can practice this ability a lot in a controlled environment he may be able to make it into something strong. But his source of power comes from that raging and angry dragon. I hope his will is stronger.
I call over some guards to take him away, and I say my final goodbyes before leaving.
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"YOU USED MY POWER AGAIN HUMAN! I SHALL SLOWLY DEVOUR YOU TO MY WILL AND HURT EVERYONE AROUND YOU!"
The loud shouting had come again, I knew this was Cannibal, He had done this repeatedly and kept trying to impact my mind. To control me.
But I will not fall for his tricks. I will use his power as a real dragon and take back everything myself.
"LISTEN TO ME!"
'No, I won't. I will use your power.
The moment I surrendered to my cousin Madara, I felt a lot better.
You see a big problem was the stress and anxiety I had that I needed to recreate the glory of my house, so you were able to influence me a lot.
Now I am content being a general. I am ready to let my sister Dany take control of the general situation.'
"YOU CAN'T KEEP HIDING YOUR TRUE SELF! I KNOW WHAT YOU WILL DO HUMAN! THE LAST THING YOU WILL SEE IS A GOLDEN CROWN! ACCEPT ME AND SUCH A FUTURE WON'T HAPPEN"
'I don't care about your riddles and dreams.'
Although I don't know what happened after I used this power with Madara, I know I must be safe.
This feeling was still very good.
Madara, I will follow your plan to conquer Essos and then go to Westeros when we are ready.
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The meeting that was held just earlier still kept repeating in my head.
Thinking of everything to get here, from retrieving him from Kings Landing to me even wanting to kill him, our little threats and fights... but I don't regret not killing him.
I had many chances and opportunities to take a different path.
But I fully decided to commit to him.
He had the best claim, and I never thought VIserys would be alive till now. Especially after I had told Viserys the truth of his birth to test Madara's limit.
However soon even I was surprised after he spared him.
This made me realize the saying no eternal enemies or eternal interests was correct.
After accepting a truce I wanted to use this as a way to practice and influence Viserys more, but he seemed to change after one day and only listened to Madara.
I realized I had lost.
I kept thinking of whether to betray and bring back those warlocks, but then today I changed my mind.
When I saw that skeleton 10 meters tall and his ability to burn hundreds instantly to ash, I knew he would not be stopped by any conspiracies,
I knew everything Varys and I had planned would be scraped.
So I pledged my allegiance. Now I am the Govenor of Pentos...
Moving slowly to my desk I light a candle and hold it as I start rummaging through the letters I had saved up.
One was the information of Madara and his abilities growing up, to not look into his eyes when they are red, and that he seems to have inhuman reaction times.
Everything over the years was recorded here. And beside it was the letter to the warlocks.
I breathe in and out fast.
'This letter can be used as a way out...'
Shaking my head. My eyes become firm.
I start to burn all of these letters.
I am now committed to this cause, and dream.
I am sorry Varys and anyone else, but I have won the game.
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After hearing Lord Madara's dream and plan, I couldn't help but appreciate his talent. He truly was worth my allegiance. I did not make a wrong choice.
My wife, If his plan succeeds, you may have not needed to die the way you did.
I will seriously teach Daenerys Targaryen into the most fearsome water dancer, she will be able to deal with any situation when encountering attacks.
I hope to leave Lord Madara a surprise when he meets her again, in fact, I hope she will beat him for me.
Now that would be interesting.
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My room was filled with everything I had kept and bought, but now it felt empty and lonely.
Madara was about to leave for a long time, and I don't know why, but every moment I feel my heart hurting more and more.
My cheeks felt wet, and I went to touch them, I didn't realize when I started to cry.
'Madara, I wish I could have gone with you, but I know I am just a burden right now. When we meet again in the future, I will give you a surprise.' I felt all my sadness start turning into fuel for strength and to surprise Madara.
I clutched the necklace he gave me, before departing.
"If you are ever in desperate danger, break this, and I will appear to save you."
'I really want to break it now to see him, but I know I need to keep it. It's more comforting keeping it, knowing that he is alive and well and can appear when I need him most like the prince charming he always has been to me.'
I hope that when I see him next I can tell him how I truly feel.
With a forceful smile, and tears covering my face, I felt my consciousness slowly drift into a sleep.
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As an unsullied I had no idea what my future would have led me, I only knew to obey the one holding the whip.
Until I heard stories and rumours of someone who took us in as his family and renamed us a new.
"Uchiha Guards."
They were known as defective products and if we had any thoughts we would be punished.
This thought worried me, and when I heard I was following the masters to rebuy them back I was selected to follow.
There I saw him for the first time, and he saved me. The rumours were true, and he trained me into a qualified Anbu, the best of the best.
My battle-hardened eyes had strong conviction.
'I will strictly follow his plan.'
I start to take off my Anbu outfit. I place each piece carefully away.
Then I pulled out my old unsullied gear. and put them on again.
I will now become Grey Worm of the Unsullied. Commander of War for Daenerys and Viserys Targaryen.
We will uproot this broken system of Essos and free my other brothers and sisters of the unsullied.
I will also build this dream for my future... Missandei. I don't know these feelings I have, but I know spending time with you makes me happy.
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I sit here praying, although I don't know if it will do anything, but it's a ceremony I have done ever since being rescued by Madara.
He is the light in my dark world. A God for me.
When I first met him I had thoughts of wanting to get closer, but he never accepted my advances, I had learned these techniques from my old masters, so I was confused as to why it didn't work on him.
Over time I stopped as he seriously was only teaching me knowledge and skills from everything he could think of.
After seeing how Dany reacts to him, Is when I really stopped.
I didn't want to compare with her, and I knew she was better suited.
I will silently cheer her on and Madaras happiness.
In my loss, I felt comfort from Grey Worm... and I feel I may like him.
'I will follow Madara's plan and help the siblings take over Essos, I also have some personal revenge I want from slavers bay.' But like what Madara taught me.
"Never let my emotions cloud my judgment"
I would only do my revenge in private, and not affect the big picture.
I can't wait to see him again though, at that time I will show him my best side a real secretary he called it.
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"We will be all leaving within a year's time. Across the sea to Westeros. We will follow Lord Madara when he creates the house Uchiha that we have been trained for." I say commanding.
I nod with pleasure as I see them uniformly tap the spear hilt to the ground they are holding.
"You are now dismissed," I ordered them to vacate.
Watching them leave, I couldn't help but think that with Lord Madara this cycle of Unsullied will end. No more forcefully being taken away and living a life we have always wanted...
'Mama.'
Thinking of my mom who told me before she passed.
"You will meet someone worthy of you, and you will feel like hardship until then worth it. Be good my child and live freely."
I am ready to lay down my life for Lord Madara.
I leave the unsullied to Grey Worm. I have taught him all I could.
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Looking at the sleeping Daenerys and the movements in the estate, I take one final good look at it.
'I will never forget these memories.'
Walking out of the estate silently I go to the blacksmith shop, the steaming heat blowing into my face.
"You got what I asked for?." I calmly asked the man whose back was turned to me.
"Aye." He gets up and goes to a block cloth, pulling it down was almost a replica of my Gunbai Fan from my old world.
"Made with the metal from your Valyrian Dagger and other metals. It's just as strong as Valyrian steel. You're lucky I happen to know this forging technique."
Grabbing the fan from my memories a smirk couldn't be wiped off my face.
Walking out of the blacksmith shop, I make my way to the harbour and get onto a small fishing boat and sail off. I had looked at maps and relevant sailing knowledge, all memorized. It was enough to take me to the other end of the sea.
Looking at the endless seas... I just started laughing until I shouted.
"Westeros... are you prepared for the rise of my Uchiha Clan!?."