Catching a punch, the white haired man threw someone almost identical but with black hair back. His opponent flipped back to his feet, summoning a blue skeletal spirit warrior. Raising its arm, the chakra construct brought its blade down at him, intent on hitting him. Nine black spheres rocketed through the air and struck it at various points, expanding rapidly. Within a second, the entire form was covered from head to toe in the back orbs that had expanded to coat the whole thing. His head turned.

A young, sun blonde haired woman had her hands extended, having just directed the Truthseeker Orbs. Her eyes were golden, with pupils like slits, with blocks intersecting them. Retracting her right, she swept her left hand upwards and the second stage Susanoo was lifted up in the air, away from him. Clenching her fist, she made the orbs contract and begin to crush their grandfather's Susanoo. Several cracking sounds echoed from inside and it shattered. Before the shrinking mass could fit the man within, a new ribcage formed, protecting his body. But that too was crushed.

Six circular holes opened up in the back of the black coating that imprisoned the man. One by one, the younger man formed chakra rods and plunged one into each hole, piercing the man within. With his chakra restricted, the others rushed him as the coating pulled back into shackles that nailed into the ground. The sounds of cutting, fist striking flesh, armor being pierced through and various blows echoed as the white haired Jinchuuriki performed one handed seals.

Snake, Boar, Ram, Hare, Dog, Rat, Bird, Horse, Snake. Lastly, he made his hand flat and at 90° to his wrist. Had he been doing the seal chain two handed, he would have clapped his hands.

"Reaper Death Seal."

Shinigami was called into existence. Upon seeing the fallen body before his summoner, a horrible grin appeared on his face. The other 4 backed a fair distance away from the thoroughly beaten man who was still restrained by the Truthseeker Orbs and the chakra rods in his back.

"You have fulfilled your debt. Be free of the bargain price, you have paid your dues. May your death be honorable." With that, he swooped down, devoured the soul of the barely alive man and was gone.

"Finally, it's over."

A young man responded tiredly to the young woman's relief. "Yes, it is over. After 5 years, we've stopped the destruction of the world. But that's all we promised Naruko, I lost all fondness for this world long ago."

Naruto Flame was on one knee, his eyes strained but with perfect sight, his visual prowess had been forced to the limits by being stomped on repeatedly by Madara's Perfect Susanoo a few minutes ago. He'd summoned his own Imperfect Susanoo in an attempt to counter it, used up most of his chakra, left his eyes exhausted and him unable to use even the new Eternal Mangekyō he possessed. Naruko called back her Truthseeker Orbs that she had gained through awakening Ashura's Six Paths Sage Mode and Naruto's chakra rods disintegrated. Naruto's eyes had changed much from 5 years ago.

In his right eye was the fully matured Sharingan and under his closed left eyelid, was a depowered Rinnegan.

"21 years… the nightmare is finally over. It's time to truly go home, where we really belong."

A chakra apparition appeared. Hagoromo Ōtsutsuki.

"Thank you, young ones, for averting the horrific calamity of the past. Naruto Uchiha Flame, Naruko Uzumaki Flame, Sasuke Uchiha, Itachi Uchiha, Hinata Hyūga, Ryo Teshima. I thank you all for your sacrifice and I mourn the people who have died for this cause: Ryuzaki Teshima, Hiashi Hyūga, Hanabi Hyūga, Yutaka, Han, Roshi, Yagura, Yugito Nii." The last name was said with a sad look at Naruto. "I know the names of everyone who has died to stop the end of the world, and I shall never forget them, because they have been etched into my heart. I only wish it had not been their times to depart this world. Go, may fortune favor you all in your future endeavours, and may fate be kind to you for your blood and tears shed."

"See you around Old Man." Naruto replied, the Sharingan in his right eye warping into Indra's spiral pattern True Mangekyō as the six tomoe, distributed between the first two rings, three on each, at 180° round the pupil to each other, returned to the Rinnegan in his left eye. "I'll get us back to Earthland when I regain enough chakra to open a portal long enough and stable enough for us six to get through. Care to tag along Old Man?"

"Why ever not. I admit, this world you have come to call home intrigues me. I shall attach myself to Kuramos and watch from his eyes." Naruto nodded.

Naruko took his left hand and let him absorb her Six Paths Sage Chakra. To be safe, he set Madara's corpse alight with Amaterasu to destroy his artificial Rinnegan.

Closing his right eye, Naruto focused on a point and it began to twist, space warping to his command. A black rimmed purple portal swirled open and they headed through. On the other side was the cave far out at sea in the land beyond the dragons where Naruto grew up with Atlas, Velena, Glacia, Spine and Catala. The portal closed and they collapsed.

"Well that was exhausting." Ryo commented.

Ryo Teshima was a tall young man in his twenties. He had light ginger hair that was cut short and swept over to the right, deep brown eyes and healthy cream skin. He stood at about 6 foot tall and was a lean, well built person. He wore a simple white shirt with a bear on it, jeans and boots. He had been found with his brother in one of Orochimaru's bases, the only survivors of an attempt to replicate the Shikotsumyaku, the Kaguya Clan's Kekkei Genkai ability to manipulate their bones. An attempt that was successful for the brothers and they showed even greater skill that Kimimaro with it.

Sasuke had come to wear dark blue pants, over which hung a blue cloth that covered him from his stomach to his knees and which he secured with a purple rope belt. He also wore a grey zippered, high-collared, short-sleeved shirt with the Uchiha symbol on the back and dark blue, almost dull black wrist warmers. His sandals came up to mid-shin and were quite open, opening up from the ankle down.

Itachi had swapped his Akatsuki attire out for a dark blue undershirt, black pants, sandals like Sasuke's, a black coat like his Akatsuki one but instead the red cloud pattern, it just had a dark blue edge and lining, various weapons and ninja tools in pouches sewn into the lining. Instead of holsters or a hip pouch, Itachi had storage seals in the sleeves of his coat, at varying heights and of various types. There were also seals to reinforce the coat against damage.

Hinata, as she usually did these days, wore a light lavender, sleeveless kimono-style blouse with vertical lines, tied with a dark purple obi around her waist, a pair of short dark navy shorts with thigh-high stockings and black high-heeled boots.

Over her fitting orange shorts, thigh-high stockings and tall, open toed boots, Naruko wore a black uniform jacket with an orange zipper and buttons on the waist and sleeves, which could be folded up at times. She had a red armband with an Uzumaki crest on her left arm. Her hair had come loose from the two high pigtails she usually kept it in and was free, the hair ties having snapped. Over the years, it had grown longer and lightened to a lighter shade of blonde. Recently, just before they forced Nagato to resurrect Madara, she'd dyed her fringe and left bang neon pink.

(AN: Basically they're wearing their outfits from The Last movie except for Sasuke.)

Naruto, taking into account the full out battle they had been in, had chosen to wear black shinobi pants, wrapped from few inches to the ankle, black shinobi sandals, twin wrappings and shuriken holsters, a long, loose sleeved black high collar top with two small, dark brown belts around his left upper arm, a long black wristband with storage seals on around his left forearm, a dark sash style belt and a black, fitting flak jacket, unlike any of the Hidden Villages styles, with no pouches of any kind, with crimson fire patterns reach around from the sides, almost to the zip. His long, spiky white hair had become just like Madara's, hanging over his left eye, long bangs framing his face and spikes of snowy locks cascading down his back, past his tailbone.

In the place of his Ten Tails arm, there was nothing. It had been obliterated by an encounter with Minato's Sage Art: Wind Style: Rasengan 2 years ago. Now there was just a stump that ended halfway down his upper arm.

"It's been 7 years since I was in this cave, it brings back memories." He confessed to his friends. "This is where it all ended. My training, my childhood."

"How long did you spend here?" Sasuke asked wearily. His Sharingan faded away, as did the Tenseigan Hinata awakened, Naruko's Six Paths Sage Mode and Naruto's Rinnegan and Sharingan. Ryo retracted the bones that had emerged from his skin.

"About 2 years. The first year and a half was spent in the mountains next to some forest in Ishgar."

"You do know they changed the name to Fiore right?" Hinata told him, laying against Sasuke in exhaustion.

"I don't care." Naruto deadpanned. "I grew up calling it Ishgar, and I'm going to call it Ishgar for the rest of my life and in the afterlife too."

Naruko swatted his head. "You're more childish than Tsuki sometimes, you know that?" She laid against his left shoulder.

Naruto just nodded. With a few quick one-handed seals, he summoned a pack of crows to watch over them just before he dropped off. For a whole 31 hours, the group slept, having been locked in battle with Orochimaru, Kabuto, Obito, Akatsuki, Madara, an army of White Zetsu clones and Reanimations for the best of 5 years. If anything could be said, it was that hunting the future-past was hard. When they awoke, Naruto dismissed the flock of crows and let Hinata take a good look at the state his eyes.

"You shouldn't use your eyes for an indefinite amount of time Naruto. You pushed them beyond their limits when Madara pulled his Susanoo, they were going to need recovery anyway but it doesn't help you only got them 6 weeks ago and were still adjusting to them when you strained them." Her analysis didn't break it down enough for him.

"In English?"

Hinata sighed, motioning Naruko to hold up his bangs and fringe so that she could wrap a bandage around his eyes so that he couldn't see with them. Tying it off, she responded gently. "Doctor's orders, I'm forbidding you from even seeing until I say you can because you have over-exerted your eyes nearly to the point of permanent damage. These bandages stay on unless you're changing them."

The shock took a moment to settle in.

"Not that much English."

Pricking her finger with a needle, Hinata drew a seal on Naruto's forehead and put chakra into it. The seal would prevent him activating the Sharingan so that he wouldn't use it out of reflex. With that done, Naruko let go of his hair and he stood up, holding her hand since he had yet to adapt to his condition.

Sasuke summoned four large hawks, each capable of carrying two. The pairs of siblings mounted a hawk each and everyone got atop one of the summoning birds.

"Let's hit the sky, it's about 5 hours to Magnolia at high speed."

…..

Over at Fairy Tail, the Miss Fairy Tail Contest was preparing and the Harvest Festival was getting well underway. All of the guild members were excited to say the least. At long last, a man with with straw blonde hair came up on stage holding a microphone. Throwing his free arm in a wide arc, the newcomer began his announcement.

"Hey everyone, I'm Max and it sure is great to be back! I know you aren't here to listen to me blabber on so I'm gonna get to the main event! It's here at last, the Miss Fairy Tail Contest!" Everyone cheered avidly, especially the men. Wendy and Atsuko were sitting next to Kushina, smiling away.

"And up comes our first contestant, the woman who knows no limits with alcohol, she'll drink you under the table any day if the week, here comes the brunette beauty, Cana Alberona!"

The alcoholic woman strutted onto the stage and struck a pose, waving at the audience. The cheering kicked off again. Once it died down, Max turned to Cana.

"Please, wow us with your magic!"

Cana pulled out a handful of her magic cards and threw them up in the air, letting them swirl around her and in a flash, she was wearing an orange and green bikini. As expected, the crowd went wild. Walking off with a flirtatious wave and a wink, Cana made way for the next contestant. Max looked down at the card in his hand quickly then laid on the words.

"She's new, she's lovely, she's dazzling, it's Juvia Lockser!"

The blue haired former member Phantom Lord's Element Four stood shyly on the stage, blushing as she looked at Gray. Max asked for her magic and in a vortex of water, she too was wearing a bikini.

Among the audience, Kushina sighed exasperatedly. Naruko never wore outfits like that unless it was a family outing to the beach. She had decency. Even then, her eldest daughter had her twin Requip the swimsuit for her, a use of the magic Naruto had discovered by accident, changing clothes while Naruko was holding his hand before bed. While he had changed into his night clothes, his twin had ended up wearing one of his shirts. Not that the girl had complained.

Honestly, she didn't see why this was even a thing. As far as Kushina saw it, this contest caused young women sexualise themselves for the viewing pleasure of others. Bad enough that Fuu was participating, although the Seven Tails Jinchuuriki had agree not to wear anything more revealing than her day clothes.

By the time the redhead mother refocused, Fuu was being announced. "With a stunning combination of lovely skin, amazing hair and exotic eyes, it's our resident flying female, Fuu!"

Fuu skipped merrily down to the front if the stage, waving all the way. Releasing her bug wings, she fluttered them a little while slightly pulling on her lip, bending forwards a bit and blinking innocently. All the boys, minus Natsu and Gray, the Fire Dragon Slayer being too interested in the food he was devouring, the Ice Wizard having good self control, went wild. Fuu had revealed nothing beyond what she usually did and at the same time had the males of the premises jumping out of their seats.

"Amazing! Simply amazing!" Max declared adamantly. "Fuu's not going over any lines and she's got everyone out of their seats! I think we have a star! Please, knock our socks off with your magic Fuu!"

Giggling like a little girl, which she was, Fuu stood back up and turned to the side a little, still finger on lip. "I'll do a bit more than that Maxy. You may to drag some people away though."

Taking a stance akin to ballet, she let her mesmerising plasma trace brilliant lines that followed her palms. Graceful jumps, elegant spins and artistic patterns, Fuu danced with a grace almost unimaginable to the audience. Drawing a plasma letter 'F' in the air behind her, Fuu finished and made a shy bow. While Max launched into a whole new bout of fanboy drama, Fuu looked nervously at Kushina, hoping she hadn't gone too far. A beaming smile was the response she got. She'd done fine.

Waving goodbye as she skipped off, Fuu called out happily,

"Bye guys!"

The last contestant, a fairly new girl by the of Lucy, came up onto the stage. She had blonde hair, brown eyes and her clothing choice, a blue cheerleader's outfit, left little to the imagination, revealing her womanly figure. Judging by what she had seen so far, Kushina believed the girl's magic was Celestial Spirit Magic. Well, that andthe ring of Spirit Keys on a belt around her waist. Max wasted no time in announcing her.

"It's another new girl, but she's got that Fairy Tail fire! Our Celestial Spirit Wizard, Lucy!" He was about to ask for Lucy to display her magic when someone crashed the party.

"Oh good, you can stop this silly contest now and name the winner as me, Evergreen!" The newly announced Evergreen threw her arms wide, as if trying to garner the attention of all the people in the room. Lucy looked to object.

"Sorry, I don't think I know you but I'm trying to perform so please can you wait?"

"How about…" Evergreen lowered her glasses and her eyes glowed a little. Lucy turned to stone and her best friend Alicya gasped. Alicya and Lucy had joined after Natsu got back from blowing up Hargeon by accident. "... No?"

Two more people appeared from out nowhere. The guild members recognised them as Freed and Bickslow.

"The Thunder Legion is back?"

"If they're here, then Laxus is…"

As if on cue, a yellow bolt of lightning struck the stage right next to Lucy and Laxus came out of it. Makarov jumped right out of his seat and all but yelled.

"Laxus! What are you playing at?!"

"Oh I'm not playing old man. I'm just started our grand battle royal." He responded darkly with a cackle of laughter.

The old man looked mortified. "What do you mean Laxus?! What battle royal?!"

"Just the Battle of Fairy Tail, you stupid geezer." Laxus scoffed. "You see, what I really wanna know is who's the strongest in Fairy Tail. So, let's set out the rules. The town is the battlefield, it's a free for all, the only way to end the game is to beat me and all of my Thunder Legion. The girls are the hostages and will crumble to dust after 6 hours. So let's play a game!"

With that, Laxus and the Thunder Legion disappeared and everyone went mad. The people thundered out the door, desperate to save their friends and, for the men, score with the ladies. As everyone rushed to the door, a few collided with a wall of runes.

Those few were Makarov, Kushina, Natsu, Wendy, Gajeel and Atsuko. Everyone else, except Tsukiko who chose to stay inside, rushed out. Needless to say, Natsu was frustrated.

"How come we can't get out?!"

Tsukiko looked at the barrier. Raising her hand, she pointed at the text that had appeared. "The runes are set up so nothing over 80 years old or stone statues can leave. I know no one except the Master is over 80 years old so I think I know what it applies to.

"Mama, you had Kurama in you for a long time and when he was ripped out, he tried to leave enough of his chakra behind to keep you alive. That's what stops you. But Natsu and the others are different. They were given their dragon parents' magic which is a part of them. Dragons are only fully grown after a hundred years so their magic is at least a hundred years old, and since the First Generation Dragon Slayers are directly given their parent's magic, they basically take a part of their parent, who is over 100, inside themselves. That's why they can't get out."

Noticing everyone staring at her, Tsukiko blushed and turned away. "What? Big Brother explained it to me once when he ran into an age barrier which stopped anyone over 40 getting through."

Kushina smiled despite the situation. 'She really is just like you were before you were affected by Ten Tails, right Naruto?' Going to a table and sitting down, she thought about it more. 'She's inquisitive and sharp, just like you, and she has your natural talent with both chakra and magic, she even has similar abilities to you. I know you would be so proud of her. From the first moment, you've been proud of her, loved her, adored her, protected her and taught her from your own mistakes. You formed one of the the strongest bonds you have ever known with Tsuki. And for the sake of that bond, I know you will come home alive, and as soon as you can. War is never pretty, and this is your second one. That changes a person. You will be different when you return, but that bond will always remain the same.'

Tsukiko, however, had more depressed thoughts. She was sat sat on a bench on her own, silently crying. 'I feel so lonely these days. I wish you would come home already, I miss you all. Especially…'

For the first time, her sky blue eyes shifted entirely. Her oval pupil became a circle and her iris inverted, turning red. A single tomoe circled her pupils in each eye. Then Tsukiko saw the magic in the runes. She could read them clearer than ever and every detail was visible. Taking out a kunai, she eyed her reflection. She saw the eyes her big brother had and felt the slight chakra drain it caused. Her Sharingan had activated.

'Especially you two… Big Sister… Big Brother…'

…..

The four hawks halted when Sasuke brought his fist up in the 'stop' motion. His Sharingan activated and he analytically studied what he had sensed. After a few moments, he seemed to have confirmed his suspicions. "Looks like our welcome home party just got a little more interesting guys. There are runes and writing magic all over Magnolia, and I can see the tell-tale signs of Jutsu Shiki at Kardia Cathedral and the Guild Hall."

Naruko closed her eyes for a moment, trying to determine the source. The magic was familiar. Her eyes opened against and she spat the name right out.

"Freed! His signature is literally written all over this! Writer Boy has some answers to spit out before I beat them out of him!"

Naruto sighed. "So Laxus finally got cocky enough to try a takeover of the guild. I knew this was coming someday, but I didn't think he would have waited this long though."

The hawks touched down on the ground and returned home in clouds of smoke after their passengers dismounted. The moment Naruto reached out and put his only hand into the territory of the runes surrounding Magnolia, runes appeared in front of them, writing out a message.

Naruto mentally groaned, able to sense the magic words but not what they said. "Can someone read it out please because I can't see."

Naruko took pity on him and read it out loud for everyone to hear.

"'Welcome to the Battle of Fairy Tail. Laxus has declared a battle royal to find the strongest member of Fairy Tail. The aim of the game is simple. Defeat any guild member who crosses in your path. Only by taking down Laxus and the Thunder Legion will the Battle of Fairy Tail end. Good luck new contestant.' The hell is this crap?!"

'I guess Laxus really is dumbass supreme. I owe you 1000 jewels 'Ko.'

'I'll collect when this is over.'

Sitting down, the group decided to make a plan before they entered what had become Freed's playground. Sasuke started off.

"Well obviously we can't go as a group since these runes are meant to make us fight one another. So the million jewel question, what do we do?"

Everyone thought it over. Naruto gave the answer.

"Simple, we play by Freed's rules, but not in the way he expects. We have to split up and take out the Thunder Legion. So, everyone gets separate objectives. There's four targets, Freed, Bickslow, Evergreen and Laxus. I choose Laxus, so who wants what?"

Hinata spoke first. "I'll go heal people who've already been injured by this stupid game."

Itachi was a little more strategic. "Who has what skills sets, this will help me and Ryo because we are unfamiliar with this world."

"Freed uses writing magics, where he will place an enchantment with 'rules' on a certain area within which the people either must obey the rules, suffer the side effects or rewrite it. He also has some form of magic to do with his eye, Dark Ecriture, which gives him the ability to apply his rules to a person, causing effects on them. Bickslow's style revolves around using his dolls which can fly and shoot magic bolts of varying types. He's overconfident and easily gets cocky. But he has one glaring weakness, he fails at close quarters. His secondary magic, his eye magic, is Seith Magic, where he can take control of souls by looking them in the eye. Evergreen can fly independently and uses Fairy Magic to create needles, explosions and other effects. Her eye magic is Stone Eyes, which turn people to stone if they make eye contact. She's not the best at close range either, so get in close and fast but careful, she's tricky. One tip for them all, never look any of them in the eye." Naruko explained them all in basic terms.

While she was doing this, she had taken a spare hair tie from her pocket and gathered up Naruto's flowing spikes of hair and tied up what usually flowed down his back to keep them out of the way while he was fighting later.

Itachi and Ryo considered the information contained carefully before making their decisions. Ryo spoke first.

"I'll take this Evergreen. With the durability my Shikotsumyaku provides, I'll be able to withstand her attacks long enough for me to use my spine to tie her up and get a knockout blow."

Itachi spoke calmly and with purpose. "I will confront the one called Freed. With my sight and body restored, I'll be able to read his writings and fight according to them."

Sasuke shrugged. "Guess I get Bickslow, I can get in quick and fast enough to debilitate him with Chidori Nagashi or something. What're you doing Naruko?"

"I'm going with Naruto." The blonde replied instantly. "He can't see so I have to guide him and for some weird reason, we count as one person as far as writing magic effects go."

With the assignments decided, the six scattered, simultaneously entering the territory of Magnolia separately.

…..

Makarov noticed the change of contestants in the corner of his sight. Probably the numbers going down again. Wanting to know how many of his children were still in the fight, he look a good look at it. To his shock, the number hadn't gone down from 3 fighters, it had gone up to 9. 6 more members bearing the Fairy Tail crest had entered Magnolia.

"Thank god."

Gajeel looked at him confusedly. "Whadda ya mean Old Man? Who just joined the party?"

Makarov looked at the four Dragon Slayers stuck inside the barrier. A grim smile was on his face. "They are unarguably the strongest in Fairy Tail, the top 5 of our guild, surpassing even Laxus, Mystogan and Gildarts and rivaling, if not surpassing me too. Their team goes by one name, the Blood Dragons.

"Not just that, all but one of them are Fourth Generation Dragon Slayers, the other is a First Generation, the one who created the others.

"The Warrior Healer, the Amber Dragon Slayer, Hinata Hyūga. The Atomic Blade, the Explosion Dragon Slayer, Sasuke Uchiha. The Holy Fire Cat, the Heavenly Flame Dragon Slayer, Yugito Nii. The Cold Princess, the Ice Dragon Slayer, Naruko Flame. Finally, her twin. A First Generation Dragon Slayer but he is greater than all others of the First Generation combined. Blazing Dragon is his title, the Hellfire Dragon Slayer, Naruto Flame. He taught all the Dragon Slayers in Fairy Tail at the mere age of 14. One of them alone could take down Laxus, but together… I feel a great swell of pity for my foolish grandson."

Gajeel was jaw dropped. "Just how strong are they?"

"Alone? Terrifyingly strong. Together? They can be described by one word alone. Cataclysmic."

…..

Finding Evergreen was all too easy. Ryo dropped down behind her as she blew Elfman up with her Fairy Bomb: Gremlin.

"Well hello pretty boy, looking for the true Queen of the Fairies? Because I am right here!"

Calmly, Ryo removed his shirt and tucked it into his belt. He looked down at her neckline instead of her face and spoke shortly. "Save your posturing girl, I don't care for the vain."

Bringing his head down sharply, he made a wide array of bones protrude from his body at defensive angles on his arms, chest and around his neck. Adopting a lecturing tone Kimimaro had often used while training him and his brother, he reiterated a speech he'd heard many times.

"Did you know there 206 bones in the human body? At birth we have 270 but during our childhood and adolescence, many of these bones fuse together and in doing so, they strengthen with the calcium our body consumes and at around age 30, our bones have reached their maximum density. I myself am only 27 and usually I have 206 bones in my body however, whenever I wish it, that number becomes far more negotiable." More bones pierced through his skin, armoring him and revolting Evergreen at the same time.

"This ability I have to control my skeletal structure is called the Shikotsumyaku, which translates to Dead Bone Pulse. It was fused with me as a child and I grew up a changed person. The original wielder of this Bloodline Limit, this Kekkei Genkai, Kimimaro Kaguya, taught me to control it, its uses and side benefits. A holder of an active Shikotsumyaku gene benefits from immense durability which rivals even that of Dragon Slayers, the inability to break a bone from accident since they are denser than the most tempered steel and, most notably, a huge regeneration factor. Due to that factor…"

The top of his spine protruded behind his head and Ryo grasped it, ripping his spine from his body and it was instantly replaced.

"... I am able to survive what would normally be fatal…" Again, he pulled out his spine. Now he had two spine whips. "And that is how I will beat you."

Flying up, Evergreen let loose a hailstorm of her Fairy Machine Gun: Leprechaun. But Ryo simple stood there and took it. From the dust cloud, the spine in his left hand lashed out and wrapped around her ankle, latching onto itself. Wanting to end the fight quickly, Ryo lashed the other whip around her upper body and threw her high in the sky, appearing above her with all the bones slipping back beneath his skin.

"Falling Star Dance!"

Seizing her legs with his arms, his feet crossing and locking Evergreen's chin, Ryo let gravity decide it and brought the member of the Thunder Legion crashing down on her head. A knockout blow. Luckily for her, he had skipped the second stage of the dance and not impaled her from multiple angles. Tying her up with his two spines, he grabbed her and dragged her along.

"Be glad that you're in a no-killing guild, you annoying brat. I could have ended you at least 20 different ways in that sequence."

…..

"Unknown vs Evergreen. The winner is Unknown." Makarov read off the result.

Suddenly the girls that were turned to stone turned back to normal.

…..

Sasuke ran down the streets. A moment before a green magic bolt hit him, the Uchiha leapt high and front flipped, landing on a lamp post with ease. Turning around, he let his Sharingan eyes bore into Bickslow's beneath his helmet.

"That was sloppy Bickslow, even a baby can aim better."

With that, he leapt right at the puppeteer, who jumped aside into the street where Sasuke could see runes in a 10 metre square radius around him. They dictated that any person who was not part of the Thunder Legion could not use magic until they were the last one standing. That was fine, all he needed was chakra. Slamming his palm on the ground, he let a river of lightning run rampant.

"Chidori Stream!"

When Bickslow jumped to avoid it, Sasuke launched a series of fireballs that that homed in on him like missiles. Unable to block with his 'babies', the helmeted man took them to the chest. Following up swiftly, Sasuke slashed Bickslow several times with his sword and let him have it with a nasty kick to the head.

He was walking away when he heard the helmet clatter to the ground. Turning around, Sasuke saw Bickslow's glowing green eyes and knew he'd activated his Seith Magic.

"You're in trouble now Sasuke, one look into these eyes and you're my puppet! You better watch out!"

'Should've known he wouldn't be that easy.'

…..

Itachi raked Magnolia with his Sharingan, looking for a place where runes were strong. Finding a spot, he ran to it and crouched by the runes on the ground. Taking a magic pen from his pocket along with stick of his favorite food, pocky, he set to work rewriting the magic with his own skills in Rune Magic. All the while he was singing a song that always irrated Sasuke to no end.

"To the left… take it back now y'all… one hop this time… right foot, let's stomp… left foot, let's stomp… cha cha real smooth…

"Turn it up… to the left… take it back now y'all… one hop this time… right foot, let's stomp… left foot, let's stomp… cha cha now y'all… now's time to get funky!"

(AN: thumbs up to anyone who recognises the song Itachi is singing, it's one of my favorites)

…..

Laxus heard footsteps. Looking up, he saw two people walking towards the cathedral but as they approached, the second released the first one's hand and remained at the door. He recognised the one walking towards him by his spiky white hair.

"Been a while Naruto."

Looking for eye contact as Naruto raised his lowered head, his sight met bandages around the Jinchuuriki's. He had expected to see the Sharingan but it was clear to him that Naruto could not see. That was why Naruko had been holding his hand. But, even without the Sharingan, Naruto had a cold and powerful surpass he made the motion of looking at him. Habit.

"Laxus… only you would so foolish to attempt a takeover. You know my power has only grown over these years, I would go as far to say it has increased threefold, and yet… you still dared to take my absence as meaning I would not return. I do not need my eyes to see that you have grown arrogant and have long since overstepped your place."

Yellow lightning cracked about Laxus as his temper rose. He stood from the place where he sat and exclaimed angrily. "Who are you to insult me you brat?! I am the strongest in the Guild and I will not stand for your condescending tone!"

Without warning, the magic power he was releasing was absolutely dwarfed by a feeling of catastrophic power. And the source was Naruto.

Orange yellow chakra with a black outer aura engulfed Naruto, looking like of flickering flames. His bangs flew upwards, like horns. Six magatama markings appeared around his neck and a glowing yellow circle and various other lines extending along his body all faded into existence. The pupils of his closed eyes became slitted, the whisker markings on his face became thick black lines on his face and the chakra shroud's shape changed to become a full-length coat. It was his Kurami Chakra Mode.

A phantom image of mountain sized brown female fox snarling appeared behind him, blotting out everything else. It had nine writhing tails, teeth like swords, claws like spears, dull red slitted eyes and a roar like an earthquake.

"No… who are you to raise your fist at me, boy?" Naruto took a single step forward, his foot tapping against the ground. "You, Laxus Dreyar, are but a Second Generation Dragon Slayer, a mere pretender, unworthy of Kaiser and Torno's powers."

Laxus's eyes widened even more.

"Did you really think I was unfamiliar with how a Dragon Lacrima is created? I know full well how it is done. First, the remains of a Dragon and First Generation Dragon Slayer are collected, in your case they were of the Lightning Dragon Kaiser and his student Torno's. Then they take the heartstrings and skull of both and fuse them together using magic from the scales of the dragon. The fused remains are then encased in a spherical Lacrima crystal and left in a magical enhancement chamber to properly fuse for 3 years. Then, it is surgically implanted in a candidate, attached to their magical container. I know because I created the Fourth Generation Dragon Slayers and named them."

Laxus, shrugging off his shock, hurled a bolt of lightning. Igniting his only fist, Naruto batted it aside easily.

"Come… show me what you may be worth… Second Generation."