First off, this story is a spoiler for some events that will happen later on in Outcast Clan and its planned sequels. Soooooo.
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This story takes my OC Katsuro from Outcast Clan and sticks him in Fiore. For those of you who don't know Katsuro, he's from a mid-ranked clan of sword users that was almost entirely wiped out during the Kyuubi attack and his mother was an Uchiha giving him the Sharingan. This takes place during the fourth shibobi war, Katsuro is now nineteen years old, with black hair standing at 178cm with navy blue eyes. He and Kakashi were friends for years and he was assigned to help train Sasuke, Naruto and Sakura when they became team 7 for a number of reasons. If you want to know more, read this story or the original outcast clan which only has two short chapters at the moment. I'll get to writing more eventually. Promise.
With that all said, read, enjoy, review.
Katsuro Tsurugi – Point of view
I was standing in a clearing, not too far from a raging battlefield. A familiar man standing across from me.
I was wearing the cloak of the Akatsuki, with a single edged katana at my waist. I abandoned my longer sword after it was destroyed over a year ago.
I smiled. Then waved. And spoke.
"Yo, Kakashi. Been awhile eh? Last time I saw you was when you took out Kakuzu right?"
The man before me narrowed his eyes before speaking in a low tone.
"You're an even bigger fool than Sasuke. I thought you wanted to end war, why did you help start this one?"
I took a few steps back, and leaned on a tree.
"My, my. Aren't we impatient today? Since this will be our last dance, maybe I should tell you…"
I paused for a long moment. Considering whether to tell the truth or a lie.
Kakashi wasn't feeling too patient.
"If you won't tell me, then I'll just end this now so I can join everyone else. "
He drew a kunai when I made my choice.
"For the world to unite. An enemy is needed. An enemy that can threaten the world as a whole…"
Kakashi paused.
"…Akatsuki will be that enemy. Is that enemy. Look around, I see the five great Shinobi nations united. This is the foundation of lasting peace. They will fight together. They will bleed together. They will die together. And together, they will be victorious."
Kakashi shouted his response back at me.
"If you don't want Akatsuki to win then why are you helping them!?"
I gave him a sad smile before responding.
"Because the Akatsuki need to get close. They need to stand right at the edge of victory for this to work. But if they get too close, even the five great nations may not stop them. So I will stand by them; and when the time comes, I'll put a knife in their back. Then when I'm all that remains of that evil, you'll be there to cut me down. It'll be a nice and simple story; the villains got greedy and started killing each other off so the heroes were victorious. And for the first time, there will be true peace. Not that cold war were peace was balanced on a swords' edge."
Kakashi shook his head slowly.
"Is this because of Itachi? He would have never wanted you to do this."
I stood straight at that inquiry. My voice becoming cold as I walked forward.
"No. This plan of mine was not created for Itachi. It was not created for Danzo. I created this plan solely for myself and my dreams. But, for Itachi, for Danzo. For everyone that has fallen to get this far. I won't stop."
I drew the sword at my waist.
Then went flying through a tree from a chakra enhanced punch.
Words cannot describe just how much that hurt.
When I finally managed to stop my momentum I faced the person, no… people that had interrupted.
"Well, gang's all here now."
Standing between me and Kakashi, were Naruto, Sakura and Sasuke.
It didn't take a genius to figure out who had hit me.
"Thanks for not blowing my head off I guess, Sakura. Genjutsu to get close?"
Sakura had fire in her eyes, almost literally.
"No problem, sensei. It was one you taught us."
Of course Naruto being Naruto, he couldn't keep quiet.
"So that's your plan eh? And you call me stupid. I'm going to drag you back to Konoha in one piece whether you like it or not, believe it!"
I sighed.
"Really Naruto, it's rude to eavesdrop on friends y'kno?"
Sasuke snorted. He was probably still upset I poked his eye out with a senbon…
What? I replaced it.
"Last I checked you decided you were our enemy."
"Point. So, where were we?"
There was no more point talking. We all knew that, it was always that way with team seven. The best way to understand each other was with our fists.
I fed chakra straight to my eyes, my eyes responded with a familiar spike of pain as they changed. First to the three tomoe of the Sharingan. Then to the blade-like formations of my Mangekyou Sharingan. My left eye being a chaotic mix of red and black blades while my right was much simpler with an outer ring of black blades circling a shuriken cut into quarters.
The reason why was pretty simple. My left eye had once held Shisui's and now holds Itachi's. Sasuke has Shisui's left now. My right eye holds the one I took from Danzo's corpse… I didn't like having that one. But it was me or 'Madara'.
Sasuke's eyes changed as well. His left being similar to mine.
A moment passed where no-one did anything. We barely breathed.
I already knew what I was going to do.
I made the first move.
Leaping back I created a shadow clone without seals, which then proceeded to throw a volley of Shuriken at my four opponents.
They immediately rushed forward as one.
I ran through hand seals faster than the eye can see.
"Kirigakure no Jutsu" (Hidden Mist Jutsu)
I blanketed the entire field in mist thick enough that it was impossible to see more than a foot ahead, and then used a seal less replacement technique to replace myself with a flying shuriken behind my attackers.
Unfortunately Sakura must have noticed, I heard her feet skid to a halt. Which alerted the other three to the fact I wasn't where I had been. The fact there weren't kunai headed towards me said I wasn't found yet though.
A moment later I heard Kakashi's voice through the fog.
"Kuchiyose no jutsu" (Summoning Jutsu)
Goddamn ninja dogs.
I created another clone and had both rush in from opposite sides. Then started running through hand seals.
A moment later there were a pair of explosions, which brought a smirk to my face.
Exploding shadow clones were good for getting rid of ninja dogs.
It was a half second later I finished with my hand seals. Then raised my hands to my mouth.
Raiton: Gian (Lightning Release: False Darkness)
I fired a large lightning bolt were I thought Kakashi was. I could counter Sasuke's Amaterasu, and I'm better at Tsukuyomi. But I had no defence against Kakashis' Kamui.
Then I heard birds. One thousand birds. Heading my way, right through the lightning bolt.
Damnit.
Throwing myself to the side I narrowly avoided a slightly scorched Kakashi, but ended up locking blades with Sasuke.
Snapping my eyes onto his, I was about to use Tsukuyomi. Except he was using something else.
"Amaterasu!"
Before the first syllable left his lips I was using my counter.
"Narukami!"
Narukami transforms all heat into lightning where the user is focusing. The perfect counter to Amaterasu. When you're not locking blades with the user. I had a technique in my right eye to control lightning, but before I could use it I was forced to close my eyes from the electricity coursing through my body. Sasuke was no better.
But I wasn't given any time to think, before I opened my eyes a familiar cry sounded in the sky.
"Rasengan!"
Without thinking I poured my chakra into my greatest defence.
"Susano'o."
And an electric blue construct of chakra burst into existence around me, seemingly formed from lightning, and shrugged off the deadly orb of Naruto's attack.
It stood towering over the trees, with thick armour over it's body and the helmet of an old fashioned Samurai.
It also blew away the mist. Which could be a problem.
I heard Kakashi behind me.
"Maa, got you now. Sit tight till this is all over."
I looked over to him with wide eyes, to see his Mangekyou ready.
"Kamui."
NO!
Damn it!
I could feel space twisting around me.
I can't afford this!
Nonononononono!
"Damn it Kakashi!"
I didn't have time to say anything else, because then I disappeared.
Sometime later
The next thing I knew, I was laying on something soft. Also thoroughly soaked and freezing. I also had a major headache, but that was a minor point. It was so very tempting to open my eyes, but if I did so it would give away the fact I'm conscious. I wanted to learn more about my situation before that. I could hear the footsteps of at least four people, it sounded like they were walking on stone, three of them were of average height for a teenager while the last appeared to be a child.
I then a heard a voice coming from who I assumed was a child. Strangely enough it sounded like an old man. He already reminds me of the Tsuchikage.
"So, who do we have here?"
I started discreetly paying attention, I'd already established this wasn't a shinobi facility since they would already know my face thanks to the bingo books. A female voice then answered him.
"We don't know Master. Jet found him up on mount Hakabe on the way back from our mission. He looked like he'd been there for a while."
Alright, it seems as though I was transported to a mountain. It doesn't really explain why I can't remember, maybe I hit my head? That would explain the headache. But where is mount Hakabe? I thought I knew all the landmarks around the battlefield and Konoha. I find it difficult to think Kakashi would transport me somewhere else. I wish I knew what exactly Kamui did. I know the fake Madara uses something similar to teleport though.
I was startled out of my thoughts when I felt someone touch the scar on my left eye. Given how much I relied on my eyes lately, it wasn't surprising my first response was to clamp my hand on the offending appendages' wrist while snapping my eyes open. It effectively ended my information gathering.
"Hey! Hands off Levy!"
To my right, there were two very angry looking boys. They looked to be a little younger than me. I hardly spared them a glance though when I realised I was holding onto a girls wrist, maybe a little too tightly. I quickly let go, there was no point making enemies. And I might have felt a little guilty.
"I'm sorry, Levy wasn't it?"
The girl nodded while rubbing her wrist. I honestly hadn't meant to hurt her.
"It's alright, I didn't realise you were awake. Sorry for startling you."
She gave me a smile before continuing.
"Since you're awake, could you tell us your name?"
I took a moment to think about how I should introduce myself, because it would be far too suspicious if I didn't. After a minute I decided to tell them my first name, if that gets a reaction I would call myself a Sarutobi.
"My name is Katsuro." No response. "Katsuro Tsurugi." Still no response.
Either they hadn't heard of me, they were incredibly proficient at hiding their reactions or they were prepared and there were shinobi from the alliance on their way or in the next room.
Thinking of which, what room am I in?
Taking a moment to discreetly look around I noticed scattered supplies and furniture as well as some stairs leading to a door but no windows. Most likely a kind of basement.
I turned my gaze back to the girl as she spoke, realising she had blue hair of all things. I only remember one other person who had blue hair, and she was made of paper.
"Nice to meet you, over there is Jet and Droy." There were a pair of reluctant greetings from them. "How are you feeling?"
There was really no point in lying, other than the headache I was at a hundred percent.
"I'm fine, just a sore head. Would you mind telling me where I am? Last I remember I was quite a ways north, But the name of the region escapes me."
Levy was about to answer, but a little old man interrupted her.
"Seems as though you've traveled a long way without knowing, boy. You're in the town of Magnolia, in the South-East of Fiore."
"Fiore? I'm not familiar with that region. What country is it in? Mister..."
I saw the mans' eyebrow raise.
"Makarov, master of the fairy tail guild. And Fiore is a country, I take it you're not from around here."
Fairy tail? Guild? And I've never heard of a country with a name like that. Well... At least I'm far enough away that no-one will know me. I should be able to get the hawks to reverse summon me back to the battlefield before the day's out. Until then, it would be a good idea to learn a bit about where I am. And maybe stock up on supplies.
"It seems as though I'm not. Neither do I know what a guild is, we have no such thing were I come from."
Makarov nodded in understanding, maybe expecting I wouldn't know from my confusion. I thought I hid it quite well.
"Guilds are places where wizards gather to find work. They accept jobs from all over Fiore to help better the lives of others. But they're also more than that, they are were we find like minded people. Where we find friends and family, and a place to call a wizard, there is nothing more precious than their guild."
Well that answered one question, and created another. Are these people insane, or am I further away than I thought? Wizards are a myth.
"Could you please clarify what you mean by wizard? It's another term I'm not familiar with."
By the raising of both his eyebrows I'm willing to bet that surprised him.
"You come from a pretty weird place kid. I can't think of anywhere that doesn't have wizards. Wizards are people that devote their lives to the study and use of magic."
I'm going to need to see that before I believe it.
"Any more questions, boy?"
I shook my head.
"None that I can think of, thank you for your help."
"Good, I have a few questions of my own. But I'll let you dry of first. That wet cloak has to be uncomfortable."
To be honest, I barely noticed. It might be cold but it didn't feel wet. One benefit of the Akatsuki cloak; it can keep you warm in nearly anything.
"I'll see about getting you a change of clothes. You can stay here until you find your way back home."
He was about to leave but I interrupted him.
"Neither of those things will be necessary. I can dry my cloak off in a few minutes with a little privacy, and I prefer to earn my own stay. You said you were the master of a guild called fairy tail? Would it be possible for me to take a job or two to earn some money?"
He eyed me for a moment before giving me a response.
"Well, it is unusual. But if you can prove you can handle yourself, I might let you take on job requests. You'll be representing fairy tail if you do though..."
I understood what went unsaid. 'If you do, don't screw up'. I nodded in response.
"Understood, how would you like me to prove myself?"
He thought for a moment more, then gave me another answer.
"If you're feeling up to it, you can fight one of our top mages. Erza is here I think."
Well, that was killing two birds with one stone. Proving I could handle myself and seeing what a mage could do.
"Alright, I think I can handle myself."
Makarov chuckled to himself for a moment.
"I hope so boy, Erza doesn't really know how to hold back. I'll give you your privacy, come on up when you're ready. Come on, you three."
I'd almost forgotten about the other three, still they didn't really matter. Wizards, mages or civilians. They didn't have the look of fighters, though that could just mean they were really good at hiding it.
Damn, I'm turning into Jin.
When they left I took off my cloak, hung it up on a wall and used a minor Katon (fire release) jutsu to dry it out. It didn't take more than a few seconds, which gave me time to see what I had on me.
Under my cloak I wore a Sannin Era uniform of Konoha, a gift from Danzo after I became a Jounin. With bandage storage seals on my forearms and left leg. My left leg didn't have anything useful for this, but my forearms contained kunai, shuriken, some ninja wire, explosive tags and my tanto. All in all I was pretty well prepared.
My Katana was lying on a table not far from the bed I was using, so I picked it up after putting my cloak back on and fixed it to a string around my waist.
I was all set.
I also had time to think about what I was doing.
Obviously, I needed to get back to the elemental nations. So after beating this 'Erza' I needed a map. Then I can plan out whether or not I'll need supplies or I can use a reverse summon... Actually, there should still be some of my summons on the battlefield. They should be able to summon me back easy enough.
Finding a clear spot in the room I bit my finger, breaking the skin, and performed the necessary hand seals before slamming my palm to the floor.
"Kuchiyose no jutsu" (Summoning technique)
An eagle the size of a large dog appeared on the ground in front of me.
"It's been a while, Ethon."
The eagle turned an eye towards me.
"Indeed, Katsuro. You never summon me lightly, what is it you wish?"
As blunt as ever. I remember when I first summoned him, the first time I heard an eagle speak. That freaked me out. Later in life I met a talking dog and a talking snake, Ethon doesn't seem so weird now.
"I'm stranded in a foreign land. Could you inform my summons I'll need to be reverse summoned back as soon as possible?"
The Eagle slowly blinked at me. He had an annoying habit of waiting a few seconds before delivering bad news, which made it really annoying because I knew he was going to say something I wouldn't like.
"That would be impossible."
I felt like banging my head against a brick wall.
"Would you mind telling me why it would be impossible?"
"Because the elders are in agreement, it would be foolish to allow you to return."
? The hell?
"You've lost me."
Ethon somehow seemed amused despite the fact he has a beak instead of a mouth.
"It is the Eagle's duty to protect their summoner as it is the summoners duty to protect the Eagle's. It would be a serious transgression to allow our summoner to march to a pointless death."
Ohhhh, they've been speaking to Sasuke. I knew it was a bad idea to let him sign the damn contract.
"Listen, there's not time to argue. I have to get back and..."
"And what? The final battle has already begun. The Jyuubi has been called forth and the allied army surrounds it. You would have to fight through them all to reach your target. Powerful you may be, immortal you are not."
I growled after he finished. This was the fastest way back and it was being denied.
"I have the best weapon to fight Madara if I can..."
"Oh? The Totsuka blade? You really believe you can get close enough to the true Madara Uchiha to use it? Ridiculous. If there's nothing more, I'll be leaving. Await here for judgement of your sins, if you so wish."
The eagle then disappeared in a puff of smoke.
Leaving me practically foaming from the mouth in anger. This was ridiculous! I wasn't even given the chance to try and see things through! If not for the fact I was supposed to be alone and there were doubtlessly people in the other room I would crying out in fury.
It took a few minutes for me to reel in my anger.
It looked like I would indeed be staying here for a while.
Make no mistake, I would do all I could to find a way back.
But...
Everything would be all over by then.
Seeing no reason to delay further I stood and made a final check to ensure I was ready to face a 'mage'.
Finding nothing missing I walked up to the door upstairs, opened it, and walked through.
When I was on the other side of the door, it sounded quite noisy. But the moment I walked through all conversations stopped for a moment as everyone stared at me.
I once more found myself questioning why the Akatsuki chose such a distinctive uniform, before cursing whoever came up with it. I hated being the center of attention. It was a bad place to be for a Shinobi.
Seeing a familiar head of blue hair I realised I'd forgotten something.
"Excuse me. Levy?"
She seemed a little surprised at being singled out.
"Um, do you need something Katsuro?"
I smiled at her, and did my best to look friendly. It was kind of difficult with my cloak covering my mouth and obsidian eyes, but I like to think it worked.
"Sorry, I forgot to thank you and your team for helping me. Also, I hate to impose but would you be able to show me on a map where you found me?"
She considered for a moment before answering.
"I don't think we'd be able to mark it on a map, but we should be able to take you there. Would you mind waiting a few days? The weather isn't too good right now."
I made sure to hide my disappointment. I couldn't really afford a few days, but I might not have a choice.
"I'd appreciate it. I hate to cut this short, but I need to find Makarov, or Erza. But I have no idea what she looks like."
She gave me a pitying look, that made me a little nervous since it was the same one I used to get when I told people I trained with Might Gai.
"If you're sure you want to fight her, she's the only person with red hair in armour. Master Makarov took her into his office a moment ago... Ah, there they are now."
She pointed somewhere behind me, looking in that direction I indeed saw Makarov with a red-haired girl who I'd guess at being around my age wearing an unusual kind of armour. It appeared to be a solid breastplate with a cross on. While there was protection for the shoulders, forearms and hands she wore no armour beneath her waist. She certainly held herself with the air of a seasoned warrior. I would definitely have to take her seriously.
It didn't take Makarov long to notice me and make his way over with Erza in tow.
"Come on then. Let's get this over with."
From the way he said that, he doesn't have much faith in me. Still I followed him outside to a clearing. Unfortunately nearly the entire guild followed as well. Most of them muttering about an idiot that's going to fight Erza. I can't remember the last time someone had such little faith in my abilities, then again they can't be blamed since they don't know.
Thinking of which, I'd rather they don't find out. I'll have to restrict myself to A rank jutsu and lower. It might be a good idea not to use the Sharingan as well.
"Are there any rules I should know about?"
Makarov stepped forward and answered.
"Not really. Just don't kill or seriously injure your opponent... And for gods sake, try not to destroy everything. I'll be the referee for this match."
There were more than a few surprised whispers, which made me think Makarov didn't usually watch this kind of thing. That probably means he's using this to test my skills... Well I knew that anyway, this just confirms it.
Makarov turned to Erza.
"Well then, are you ready Erza?"
She nodded in confirmation.
"Yes Master, I won't lose this challenge."
Makarov then turned to me.
"Are you ready Katsuro?"
"As ready as I'll ever be."
Makarov nodded.
"Then you can begin."
Erza was moving almost immediately, surprising me when she created strange circles in the air which she drew a pair of swords from.
I guess that must be magic.
I responded by sending a half-dozen basic clones at her, the kind that have no physical form.
The clones effectively stopped her in her tracks as she tried to fight them, only to find out they were illusions. It was then that I mixed a few lightning clones in with them. I waited a moment, before I started moving myself.
She was completely off-balance at this point. She had no way of knowing which clones were real and which were actually me. She was still managing to prevent any serious injuries though, which is quite a feat. I was of course keeping my blade sheathed, there was no point to causing her serious injury.
Eventually her sword made contact with something that provided resistance.
Unfortunately it wasn't me.
As soon as her blade pierced the clones side it burst into lightning, paralysing her for just a moment. I only really needed a moment to get a good hit. I did my best to make it a good one.
I virtually flooded my body with chakra, feeling the familiar sensation of moving at an insane speed as I swung my sheathed blade in a horizontal strike.
Kiken tenmetsu ejji (Flashing Hazard Edge)
The effect to those watching was myself disappearing in a burst of leaves before appearing much the same on the other side of Erza. Erza was thrown back a good two meters with a cracked breastplate. My attack also blew through the remaining clones and disrupted my concentration enough for the rest to fade. Leaving only the real me and Erza. Along with everyone observing of course.
Any whispers immediately ceased as Erza stood once more. She seemed to be a bit bruised, but nothing more major. Damn she was resilient. She also didn't seem too happy if the glare was anything to go by.
"Solid electrical thought projections? And high-speed movement? A dangerous skill set. How have you remained anonymous for so long?"
"Well, I'm from a long way away."
"Is that so? You'll have to tell me where sometime. But I'm afraid I won't be losing this fight."
She was then covered in a golden light which completely obscured her body. I prepared myself for an attack, and was taken off guard when she was suddenly wearing a different set of armour and wielding a spear. It appeared to be light blue and gold in colour. From the crowd I heard people whispering about 'Lightning Empress' armour. It didn't sound good for my continued health.
I wasn't about to take any chances, so I made a couple more lightning clones to test my theory. They were quickly dispatched, with the lightning having no effect on Erza.
She wasn't about to stop there though. She spun the blade around over her head before pointing the tip in my direction. The blade then split in half. I didn't need the sharingan to see what came next. In a rush to prepare I channeled lightning nature chakra into my katana.
When the lightning bolt came I was drawing my blade. Erza's bolt of brilliant blue lightning met by softly glowing blade.
My cloak was almost entirely burned off by the attack. My blade screeched in protest. My body burned.
But I weathered the attack with little more than superficial injuries. Cutting the lightning bolt in two.
Heh, I think I'll change its name from high frequency blade to Raikiri no Tsurugi.
The lightning cutter sword.
Sheathing my blade I created a pair of exploding shadow clones.
It's time to heat things up.
The real me threw a barrage of shuriken which appeared in my left hand with a puff of smoke.
One of the clones charged in, trying to get behind Erza.
The real me and the other clone calmly ran through hand seals, as though it was nothing unusual.
"More projections? Are those your best trick?"
She swung to cleave my shadow clone in two, only to have her spear knocked aside and have to defend against a counter attack.
"Sometimes a copy is as good as the original. Not in this case I admit, but it'll do for now."
A moment later I and my clone finished our hand seals. Erza was still busy with the other clone, which wasn't unusual since they had only traded a few blows and the clone had nearly half my remaining chakra.
"Katon: Zukokku" (Fire Release: Searing Migraine) / "Fūton: Daitoppa" (Wind Release: Great Breakthrough)
I admit, the best I can pull off is a B rank fire jutsu and a C rank wind jutsu. Lightning was my specialty. But a wind amplified B rank fire jutsu was still impressive. Even if using both at once cost about the same amount of chakra as an S rank jutsu.
The details don't matter, all that really matters is that I launched a small ball of fire in front of Erza, which then erupted into a miniature firestorm. The wind technique wasn't far behind.
Erza's eyes widened in surprise a moment before it happened.
The crowd behind her noticed shortly after and swiftly moved.
Then the wind hit the fire, and the flames entirely consumed Erza and my clone.
A moment later my clone exploded, launching Erza towards me through the smoke.
My eyes widened in surprise as my clones memories and chakra hit me.
She changed armours!
Then Erza erupted from the smoke, there was no other way to say it. She must have twisted in the air after being hit by the explosion to use the force to her advantage. So much for launching her into a combo attack.
The armour she was no wearing was black, red and orange. Most likely being highly resistant to flames.
Despite knowing that I wasn't expecting her to swing her blade and launch a wall of fire at me.
I was fast enough to just evade it, my clone was fast enough to only just get hit by it.
We were both within a few feet of each other.
You can guess the result.
My own shadow clone exploded, sending me flying towards the crowd, that wisely decided to part ways. I managed to land on my feet, but Erza was quickly on my tail.
I was officially pissed.
I hadn't used even half of my maximum chakra, on account of the fact I was restricting my high level technique usage, but for her to pressure me like this?
I was furious.
Not at her, but at myself. Even using low-level techniques it shouldn't be this difficult.
Erza closed for a straight sword fight, I wasn't going to entertain her.
Channeling as much lightning chakra as could safely put in my blade, I drew it in a single slice. Cutting her blade in two.
I then swiftly sheathed my blade and ran through hand seals as quickly as possible.
"Kirigakure no jutsu!" (Hidden mist jutsu)
I created a thick mist to cover the battlefield. Thick enough that you can only see a foot in front of you.
Then I created two more basic shadow clones. I was going to end this in style.
"Have you resorted to hiding now Katsuro? That's hardly an honourable thing to do."
I mentally snorted, before using a bit of chakra to make my voice impossible to locate. If she wanted to make it easier to find her, then she can go ahead.
"If the battlefield conditions are unfavourable, then a clever warrior changes them. Honour has nothing to do with it."
My clones were likely in position, I just need a moment to finish the hand seals. The three techniques I'm using require a lot.
"Spoken like a true coward. Come out and face me!"
"Hmmph. I don't care about honour. Honour is just a crutch people cling to in order to make war and bloodshed glorious."
I finished my seals. That would mean my clones were finished as well. And Erza is right between the three of us.
"Suiton: Suiryūdan no Jutsu!" (Water Release: Water Dragon Bullet Technique) / "Katon: Karyū Endan!" (Fire Release Fire Dragon Flame Bullet) /
"Raiton: Raitatsu no Jutsu!" (Lightning Release: Lightning Dragon Technique)
This would be my final attack. This is the absolute maximum I'm willing to reveal.
The water from my mist formed into the shape of a dragon as one of my clones breathed out a dragon of flame and I created one of pure lightning. These were my three natures. Major lightning, minor fire and water. As the three rose high above the trees, Erza looked lost. I didn't blame her, from what I'd seen she had a specialty piece of armour for each element. I doubt she could defend against three completely different elements at once.
To her credit, when the dragons descended on her she made an admirable effort to evade them. Watching her was like watching a gymnast. But inevitably she was hit by one, which led to the others colliding. Trapping her in a super-heated cloud of electrified steam. Thankfully she appeared to be wearing her flame resistant armour, so there shouldn't be any permanent damage.
After the attack, my shadow clones disappeared. Having been completely drained of chakra from that attack. I was still running at over half capacity, but if I had needed to rely on a single element I may not have won at all.
At least, that's what I thought before the steam cleared.
She was still standing, barely.
There was no way she could continue fighting.
Are all mages like this?
Even though she was in no state to continue, she leaned on her sword as she limped towards me. Intent on continuing.
"Honour isn't something so worthless."
I barely heard her over the sound of the wind.
"It's an idea that guides people on their path."
It took an immense force of will to remain stationary. It was so tempting to take a step back in the face of that steel will.
"Only trash would discard it so easily."
She stopped right in front of me, before raising her blade to strike.
I almost believed she would be able to cut me down.
But, in her injured state my sword was much faster. Knocking the blade from her hand, then resting it upon her shoulder.
Only then did I speak.
"It seems as though honour alone isn't enough. This is my win."
Almost as soon as I finished speaking, she collapsed forwards. Right into my arms.
I was surprised for a moment. I don't think I had ever seen someone who would fight so hard for something so ridiculous.
Well...
Naruto might.
The field was completely silent for a moment.
Before a rather loud and obnoxious voice broke that stunned silence.
"Hell yeah! That was awesome!"
"Aye!"
That seemed to spark a variety of responses, too wide to judge.
The person responsible was a pink haired boy and... is that a flying cat?
Just when I think I've seen everything.
I lifted Erza over my shoulder, careful not to cause any more damage, before making my way over to Makarov.
"I'll admit, I didn't think you had it in you boy. I'll let you take any jobs from the ground floor. Would you mind helping Erza back?"
I'll admit I didn't want to show quite that much. I'd shown that I could use four of the five elements, three of them up to B rank, as well as two kinds of shadow clone and lightning clones. I wish I'd learned more from that fight... well, I suppose it was interesting enough to make up for it.
Still, after that comment I felt my inner sarcasm welling up.
"It's so nice that you had faith in me, setting me up with one of your best. Don't worry, I would have helped her back even if you hadn't asked. She earned that much."
I now have a good reason to stay in the area around were Kamui transported me. I would see what kind of jobs they have, then get Levy to take me where they found me in a few days. That sounded like as good a plan as any.
Chapter End
Well that's it for the first chapter. If any of you are worried about Katsuro's strength level, he's just a good match up for fairy tail's S class wizards. He'll probably get curb stomped by Gildarts or Makarov and he'll have trouble with Mystogan if they get in a fight.
This is also set a month before canon fairy tail.
I can't think of anything else at the moment. So tell me what you all think.
