Those Who Hunt Fairies (NarutoxMavis)
This story is a work of fiction. All the characters, names and places belong to their respective owners.
Synopsis
All he could think of when trapped in the endless darkness was her. How much he loved her. How much he cherished her. Yet, for all he had sacrificed, she betrayed him and sent him into a fate worse than death. His love turns into hatred. His passion became a burning desire that could not be quenched. He would hunt down all those she replaced him with. He would hunt fairies!
=[Those Who Hunt Fairies]=
The wind brushed against his whiskered face. The sunlight bathed his muscular body. The sky filled his dark blue eyes. Sound of birds chirping filled his sensitive ears. Everything flooded back into his mind, and a single tear ran along the side of his cheek, collected at the bottom of his quivering chin.
"Welcome back to the world of the living," a familiar voice greeted. It came from a small creature sitting on a large rock. Nine of its furry tails swayed along with the gentle breeze similar to blades of grass.
"How long…?" Naruto whimpered and ran his thumb down his face. It removed the tear from existence, for he would shed no more tear. Once was enough for someone such as him.
"The year is X792," Kurama answered. "Almost 100 years from that day, give or take a few years. Sorry it'd taken so long to undo the seal. It was your seal after all. But hey, if I didn't, you would be dreaming for an eternity."
"An eternity," Naruto whispered. "It felt like an eternity; a reoccurring nightmare which I cannot wake up from. For someone like me, it is a fate worse than death."
"And yet she choose the world over you knowing full-well your fate," Kurama snarled. "If it was other way around, you would choose her without a doubt. Actually you did time and time again, and she still betrayed you in the end. I told you before and I will tell you now. There is no one but us.
Naruto snapped at Kurama. His eyes steeled, but dwelling deep within them was regret, pain, sorrow, and most importantly longing. He soon closed them and drawled in the fresh air in the century passed, reenergize his body. He brushed his long blond hair back, and they shredded themselves, shortening to a comfortable length.
"I will never betray you," Kurama continued. "Our fates are forever entwined. We existed for a reason, and if you neglected that reason, we will cease to be. It's a good thing that you still remember."
There was silence between them. Naruto remembered. It was etched into his core, and for the first time since he gained independent, he accepted the task. It was all he had left.
"Where is she?" Naruto asked while looking over his body. Black markings stretched out from his chest, swirling and pulsating along his arms and legs. With a thought, his shadow upon the grassy land erupted upwards, covering his entire body. It formed his attire, colored in orange and red. A matching overcoat manifested afterwards.
"Dead, alive, nowhere, everywhere," Kurama answered. It leaped off the rock and onto an outstretched hand before running up the blond's shoulder and resting there. "But if you try hard enough. I'm sure you can find her – if that is what you desire most."
"What I desire? I wonder about that. Maybe I had one when I first step into this place," Naruto said and examined the lushly surroundings. He took another deep breath of air before frowning deeply.
"I hate this place," Naruto declared. "All of it! It reeks of the things that were denied to me."
"Then destroy it," Kurama suggested. "Destroy all you despised, and when there is nothing left, you will have everything you ever wanted. You will not be denied."
"Yes. I will not be denied, not anymore, not ever," Naruto stated. The wind swirled wildly around him. It condensed into his palm, turning a pitch black sphere. A small smile touched his lips, and he closed his fingers around the destructive sphere, dissipating it.
"No, destroying it is too simple – too easy," he said. "Don't you think so, Kurama?"
Kurama nodded in agreement. And with that, the clearing surrounded by woods returned to being alone once more. The two beings not native to the world – Earth Land – vanished without a trace. There was not even a footprint left.
– Those Who Hunt Fairies –
"Ah! I'm so sorry," a young girl apologized and tried to pick up the wrapping she had dropped. When she did, she looked up at the person she had bumped into. It was a young man draped in fine cloak. She had never seen him in town before, and she had seen many people coming and going.
Naruto towered over the small girl. His blue eyes went to the bundle held in her arms. "Don't worry. It is my fault for not looking where I was going. Do you know a good place where I can eat? I don't have a lot of money on me…"
The young girl nodded and pointed at the restaurant she frequently visited. The owner was a very nice elderly man. He always gave her discounts. "There. Mister can get a full meal for only 500 Jewels."
"Thank you," Naruto responded, "but I only have 400 on me. I guess I will go hungry for another day. It's not like I was ever full to begin with."
Naruto gave the girl a pat on the head and continued his way, passing several people who'd paid him no mind. When he reached a busy intersection, he cocked his head around. "Do you need something?"
The girl looked at him on her approach. She placed a small bun into his hand with a bright smile. He gave her a smile of his own and examined at the meat bun in his palm. He broke the bun into two halves and returned one of the halves to her.
"This will be all I need. Thank you," Naruto said and turned away, not taking notice of her expression. He continued onwards, passing several alleys while taking a few bites out of the meat bun. "Taste horrible."
"Then stop eating," Kurama said within his mind. "Why do you need to eat anyway?"
"To feel something I suppose," Naruto said and forced himself to swallow the generosity. Once he did, he took out a magazine and ran through the pages. "I want her, her, her, hmmm, maybe her, and her, and her. There are so many to choose from."
"Why choose at all? Take them all," Kurama suggested.
"I will, but which one should I take first?" Naruto asked. "I like her hair. It's red like my mother."
"Why do you take in those that resemble your mother?"
"It is so I would never forget," Naruto answered and ripped out a page from the magazine. He drew a few circles upon the picture and tossed it into the air. The picture hovered above him before zooming away overhead. He gave it a smile as the ground under his feet ran away. He weaved through the people as if they were standing still.
The page drifted to the ground as Naruto stood before a Guild, the strongest in Fiore if the news was to be believed. He had traveled across the sea and land to find this place. It was a place he wanted to be. It was a place where everything would start and end.
"Does fairy has tail?" Naruto asked himself and entered the guild hall. Noises within blasted against him, attacking his ears. The guild was rowdy, bringing a warm smile to his face. He admitted that it had been a while since he had been in such a rowdy, comfortable place. It brought back memories.
"Hello, please don't mind them," a white-haired girl greeted.
"Hi there," Naruto responded politely. "Can I have a kiss… I mean an autograph, Mirajane? I'm a big, big fan of your boobs, I mean you."
"Smooth, very smooth," Kurama commented and examined the room. It was a guild hall, but doubled up as a bar. Anyone could order beverages.
"Not at the moment, I'm sorry," Mirajane replied.
"Oh, oh well," Naruto said and looked around the room. He examined each of the faces and found that those he wanted were not present. "Can I join the guild? I always wanted to be in one, but things got in the way. I decided now is a good time."
Mirajane nodded. "Anyone can join Fairy Tail," she said. "But there is a form you need to fill out first. It's nothing difficult. We just want to know you better."
"I want to know you better," Naruto responded and accepted the form. He examined the question for a moment before squiggling stuffs down. "Here. Do I need to see the master?"
"Yes. The master will see you shortly, Naruto-kun," Mirajane said as she checked the form. "You don't have any magic?"
"I don't have any," Naruto said. "I can't use magic normally, but don't worry. I'm really strong. I can beat most people in here before they could even blink."
Naruto declared loudly enough that half of the guild stared at him, shocked. They burst out laughing – louder than they already had – when he grinned at them. "He's just like Natsu! Show us your strength!"
Mirajane smiled. "Welcome to Fairy Tail, and don't worry about them. They just want to see your magic, that's all. And I'm sure you are very strong without it, Naruto-kun."
"I am," Naruto said and turned towards the guild. "Do you want a demonstration?"
"Show us!" Much of the guild called out.
Naruto smiled, and when the smile dropped, the guild became eerily silence. Everyone dropped to their knees, trembling and sweating profusely. Most were trembling in fear. It was as if they saw themselves being torn apart.
"An illusion…" Mirajane uttered as she tried to get up. She was one of the few that managed to remain conscious. "No… it's –?"
"Killing Intent," Naruto said as he leaned over her. "Congratulation, you passed," he said and reached his hand out towards her. Before he could make contact, a gigantic palm smacked him across the room and against the wall.
"Master…" Mirajane panted heavily as Makarov had entered the hall from his room, furious. Her mind was still in a state of shock to do more than that.
Naruto hummed while he pulled himself out from the wall. "That tickles – just kidding. It really hurts."
Makarov was surprise that Naruto could recover so quickly. Aside from the dust on his overcoat, there was no injury whatsoever. Furthermore, Makarov sensed no magic coming from the blond. "Something is odd about him." He looked to the young girl by his side for guidance, but she was in state of shock.
Naruto followed his gaze and frowned. That frown soon turned into a smile. "Hello Mavis. Why are you hiding from me? Do you hate me that much?"
"First?" Makarov asked when Mavis took several steps back. Those that still awake scattered around the hall were surprised at their founder's behavior.
"R…un..! Everyone run! Now!" Mavis shouted, but before everyone could comprehend what she was saying, Naruto was standing before her. No one saw him move, but the flustering of his overcoat told all that he did. He was faster than their eyes could trace, and it wasn't due to magic.
His hand moved along the air and stopped just before her face. "Will you disappear when I touch you, Mavis? But if you do, I will kill everyone in this room. That is a promise, and you know I always keep my promise."
In fear for everyone in the room, Mavis had to stop herself from pulling away and allowed him to touch her face. It was just like how she remembered, but that memory was long buried.
Naruto couldn't see the person he desired, but he could sense her presence. His hand could feel her, yet there was no warmness upon her skin.
"Are you afraid?" Naruto asked. "You never thought that this day would come, did you, Mavis? But then why should you? You live well while I was locked away, forgotten by all."
"No, I did – please, Naruto, don't hurt them," Mavis pleaded. Her hands gripped his wrist, but he jerked his hand away, coldly.
"Have you found out that answer yet, Mavis?" Naruto asked and looked around the room. He counted there were only six people still conscious plus Makarov. Mavis was not counted. "Tell me, do fairies have tail?"
No one answered to an obvious mocking question. They glared at him furiously and shouting angrily. He just knocked out their friends and showed them a vivid imagery of their death.
Naruto shook his head and turned back to Mavis. "I had a lot of time to think about that question in the darkness. Even now, I don't know the answer. Maybe there is no answer, but that was a coward's way of thinking."
"There is no answer," Kurama said. "Fairies do not exist."
Naruto inhaled deeply. He didn't believe so. "If you can tell me the answer then I will leave this place untouched. I will just disappear from this world. I will never bother you again. So what is it, Mavis? Do fairies have tail or do they not? Please answer me…"
"Fairies…" Mavis muttered. She tried to say it, but she was unable to. There was no correct answer to the question she proposed. That was the point of the question. It made others wondered about all the possibilities.
"You don't know either? You gave me a question you don't know answer to," Naruto said. His hand flew out and grabbed her. He pulled her towards his face. "Why? Tell me why?"
"I didn't want to. I didn't want to, Naruto," Mavis sobbed. "I – I –
"I know you didn't. That's precisely why you have betrayed me. You didn't choose! You let other choose it for you! You let them seal me away. You tell them how to seal me away. And you did nothing. In your heart, you choose them over me!"
Shadow erupted from below and swirled around him as his fury exploded. His power of darkness and death caused great pain to all that present. Only Mirajane and Makarov seemed to withstand the eerie aura he radiated.
"Stop… please stop…. Naruto… " Mavis pleaded as her form distorted. She struggled in his hold. "You can kill me… hurt me… torture me, but – but please don't hurt them. Please don't hurt my family! They have… done nothing to you."
"Family – ?" Naruto uttered in shock. He threw her to the ground and clenched his hand tightly, trying to stop it from shaking. He was replaced. Before a tear could escape his eyes, he closed them, locking the anger within.
"They are your family, huh?" Naruto said and opened his eyes slowly. The darkness within were intense, overwhelmingly. "Then you can watch them die, Mavis. I will show you despair you've never imagined. I will show you feel the pain and anguish I felt."
A darkness sphere swirled within his palm as Naruto threw this hand to Makarov. The potent energy ball erupted like a beam. It slammed into Makarov, who immediately raised his hands to defend himself. The blast threw him against the wall and through it. It spiraled onwards, ripping apart everything in its path, and exploded against the side of a mountain, miles away. The flash was dark, turning day into night. And what remained was a crater with black fumes rising into the air.
Makarov was nowhere to be seen, and screams from the town soon erupted.
"Master!" Those awaked shouted in shock. They attacked Naruto afterwards. Fire, water, earth, light beams converged on him from multiple directions.
"Everyone… stop!" Mavis called out. "You can't use magical spells against Naruto!"
Naruto stood there and took the elemental attacks aimed at him. The shadowy mist absorbed them and swelled in size and strength. Their magic only strengthened it.
"Weakling," Kurama snorted. "We don't need them."
Naruto leered at his opponents before the shadowy mist around him pulsed and spat out the elemental blasts that it had absorbed. Those attacks returned to their casters with increased speed and power. The spell slammed into each one, blasting them across the room. They were barely keeping consciousness.
Before Naruto could follow up, his hand jerked to the side and blocked a fist from Mirajane. He gave her a glance and was surprised that her form had changed almost completely. She was stronger and faster in her Satan form.
"Overtake magic?" Naruto questioned and dodged the strikes she unleashed. Each punch ripped apart the floor and walls, destroying the room. After a dozen or so, Naruto caught her fist with his bare hands.
"Why!? Why did you kill master? Why did you kill all those people!?"
"Everything dies," Naruto replied and slammed her into the ground. "Except for me, and that is a curse," he added and threw a punch, aiming to take her life. The ground was erupted under his fist, driving up dust and debris. The guildhall could no longer take any more damage and collapse inwards, burying all inside.
A couple of second later, Naruto flew out of the rubbles and smashed against the ground far from the town.
Mirajane in her Halphas demonic form descended and pummeled him repeatedly against the ground recklessly. And before his shadowy mist could refocus itself and protect him, Mirajane blasted him with a comics beam. Its power was enough to devastate an area, thus formed a massive crater in the ground.
Naruto lay unmoving at its center. His clothes were in tatter. His body was full of bruises and cuts, both minors and majors.
"Why… why didn't you finish me off?" Naruto asked and opened his eyes slowly to see Mirajane floating in the sky. "But with your power, you won't able to kill me," he said as he stood up. His wounds instantly healed.
"She's impressive," Kurama acknowledged. "We can use her."
"Yes," Naruto agreed as the air around him rippled. They swirled inwards, forming spheres. He pointed his finger at Mirajane, and the sphere blasted forwards. She evaded, but they expanded and exploded violently in air, slapping her around. Before she could orientate herself, more and more spheres were blasting at her. Hundreds more were formed within seconds, each with devastating power.
His magic seemed bottomless.
Mirajane tried to deflect those dangerous spheres. But the instant they came in contact with her hands, they exploded rather being redirected in another direction, tearing through her demonic scale armors. It didn't take more than a couple to force her back to her human form. Without the wings provided by her transformation, she fell back on the ground.
"Is that all you have?" Naruto asked as he stood over the panting Mirajane. Shadow wrapped around his body, regenerating the attire and overcoat he had. She didn't notice before, but there was a strange glow around his body.
"Why did you – why?"
"Why? You don't need to know why. You were simply part of something I wanted to destroy, and now you will be part of something greater whether you wanted to or not," Naruto said and kicked her across the air.
Mirajane gasped as she crashed and bounced against the rough ground. Before she could recover from the shock, she screamed when he stomped on her abdomen a couple of times.
"Just pay back for the pummeling you did to me," Naruto said and placed his hand around her face. He held her up as his fingers tightened around her mouth, stopping her from screaming. Her eyes widened when blood erupted behind her.
Mirajane squirmed for a minute before the light in her eyes faded away. She had died.
– Those Who Hunt Fairies –
Erza was in a state of shock. What remained of her guild was a heap of rubble with her friends trying to climb out of it. "Everyone!? Who did this!?"
They looked towards Mavis, who was on the ground, crying profusely. "Please run… everyone, please run. You can't stop him… no one can…"
"First!" Erza called out, but Mavis was unresponsive. She was utterly terrified. Something or someone had frightened her. It was the first time Erza had seen the First in such a state, and after learning of what happened to Makarov from those who were awake at the time, her fury exploded.
"Where is he!?" Erza shouted. "Naruto!?"
"You called?" Naruto asked as he returned into town at a leisure pace. Most people were already fleeing when he did, and since the Magic Council was no longer functioning, there was no one the people could rely upon when mages were fighting each other.
The collateral damage clash between magic caused alone was unfathomable, not to mention loss of life and livelihood.
"Her magic is incredible," Kurama commented as it analyzed Erza Scarlet, "as well as her rage. She wants to cut you up into a million pieces. Although there is some restrain in her mind."
"Cut me into a million pieces? Good, more of me to go around," Naruto said and eyed Mavis. Thanked to Mirajane, he could see her perfectly now. The blond-haired girl looked the same almost a hundred years ago when he first met her and admittedly loved her. He still loved her now. Sadly, love and hate was just two sides of the same coin.
Despite Erza shouting at him, Naruto approached Mavis. She was like back then, in a state of shock and fear and denial. His word reached her then, and it would reach her now. "I'm going to kill each and every one of your so called family until no one is left. Then you will feel how I feel in the darkness, alone."
"Please – please stop, Naruto. It's my fault. It's my fault. I should have chosen you. I wanted to. I wanted to!" Mavis sobbed and gripped his outer coat, tugging it desperately.
Naruto didn't say anything. He pulled himself away from her, but she wouldn't let go. He soon steeled his heart and kicked her away coldly. This caused Erza to attack him. Before she could strike him, a claw blocked her sword. Her eyes widened in shock at the girl who shielded him.
"Mirajane…!? What are you doing!?" Erza shouted as Mirajane emerged from the shadow surrounded Naruto. The white-haired girl was expressionless. Her soul was bounded to his will, and her mind was no longer her own. She would attack and kill her own friend without a second thought.
"I will do what I promised, Mavis," Naruto vowed. "I will hunt down your fairies wherever they are!"
– End –
The story is marked as complete because it just an idea. It also is a smut (NarutoxMavis) – mostly in flash back and epilogue. I will write the rest of it when there is an incentive to do so; probably when someone sponsored it. But who knows. I'm just killing a lot of plot bunnies right now. You can adopt it if you want, but keep it dark if you can.