This is as I promised the continuation from the first chapter. I am warning you now. This chapter was beta'd, but not by my usual meticulous and overly detailed friend Eva-Saiyajin. Its quality is not up to what I really want, so when I do get into contact with Eva-chan I will redo or revise this and repost it.
But don't let my complaining stop you and enjoy.
-Fangking2
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Ch2
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"Natsu! Master!" shout Erza as she was helpless to help her friends trapped within the barrier.
"Erza! We can worry about them later. We should focus on this guy first." Said Grey as he got into his Ice-Make pose. In front of them several meters away was their old enemy. Even today he is their most powerful enemy up to date beside the Black Dragon of Calamity.
Lord Hades… former 2ndFairy Tail Master and the former guild master of the Dark Guild, Grimoire Heart.
The man looked just as he was last time they fought. His clothing consists of his dark shirt, pants and armored boots. He lacked his cape and robe, but he kept his eye-patch just the same. His appearance was same…There was no sign of him being older than 7 years ago. His white hair were still tied up in a pony tail, his white beard was still love and well kept. His eyes…now this eyes were different.
They lack the life it once held him[B1] . The keen intelligence, the glow of a scholar, the burning ambition, the very shine of life he once held was missing. Truly with death, one loses all attachment in life…or it was supposed to.
"Ho…Titania…The Ice-Make boy…I see few other Fairy Tail mages from that time are here as well…" he then looked at the purple flame barrier by the side, covering half the battle field.
"I see Naruto-sama decided to spare his son from my hand…and took the top fighters with him so that they can help Makarov to stay alive."
"What do you mean?" questioned Erza as remaining Fairy Tail mages in the field got into fighting stance and surrounded the undead.
Despite being surrounded Hades was completely relaxed.
"I mean exactly that…If Makarov fought me, he would have died…So Naruto-sama decided to seal him and few strong kids like the Dragon Slayers and Makarov's grandson to insure that I don't kill him. If they are stuck with him, he can at least teach them how to survive against him. At least long enough time for you kids to somehow get pass me and get to Ivan."
"Which will not happen." Said Ivan as he walked behind Hades to use the dead as his shield. "The whole point of summoning you two old men was to defend me so that I can get out of here safely. With two of you at my calling, there are no mage in this stadium can beat me. No army will be strong enough to stop grandfather."
"Do you think we will let you get away? Asked Mirajane as she hovers in air. Currently the ones surrounding the two villains were Era, Grey, Mira, Raijunshu, Lucy, Juvia, and Cana.
"It's not the matter of 'if', but 'when'. People who were summoned by Edo Tensei feel no pain, hunger, or wariness. They are immortal by all mean with limitless magic to sustain our spells. The barrier Ivan cast can't be broken from the outside, so there will be no reinforcement from the outsiders." Then Hades' was covered with his sickly purple aura of power.
"I am personally insulted to be used like by Ivan of all people, but even if I don't want to, my body is programmed to get rid of Fairy Tail mages. Regardless of my will, my body will cast the necessary spells to attack." Said Hades as his arm slowly raised up and a magic circle appeared.
"This is my Demon Light spell. It's a simple magic, but with my power, this spell will be an equivalent to an anti ship magic cannon." Explained Hades as he fired a thick, powerful black beam from his finger tip.
The following explosions nearly deafen anyone who was nearby.
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"Those Fairy Tail guys gotten into some serious trouble." Said Lyon Vastia as he glared at the barrier that surrounded the field with distain. He and several other mages from different guild has been trying to pierce the barrier since it has been erected, but so far not even a scratch as been formed.
His latest attempt to ram his Ice-Make Dragon failed spectacularly as the ice dragon was repelled by the barrier and shattered into pieces.
"It's like them to get into trouble, but this incidence is nothing to scoff at." Replied the current Wizard Saint and the Lama Scale's Number One mage Jura. He too contributed to the barrier's destruction, but all his attempt to destroy it failed. It was as if the barrier was rejuvenated by the magic put into its destruction.
No matter how hard or sharp the rock he sent out, all were blocked and pacified.
"Jura-san! Lyon-san!"
The two turned to see a young girl with long blue hair. It was Wendy of Fairy Tail.
"Wendy-chan."
"Wendy-kun. I am glad to see you are okay. I guess you were not among those who were stuck behind the barrier."
"I was in the infirmary looking after Elfman-san. There are many others who managed to escape the barrier, but most of us here are not a direct fighters or particularly powerful like the S-Class Mages. So those who are still around are going around to coordinate a strategy to undo that barrier…but…."
"So far no result huh…" said Lyon as he watched Blue Pegasus Members doing their own things with Cuatro Puppies to drop the barrier.
"Warren-san is coordinating any other Fairy Tail mages through telepathy, but those inside can't be connected. Levy-san is trying to undo the barrier with her knowledge of Runes, but it's very slow. Apparently it's not Rune magic that's holding them in. It's something older, more advance."
"Barrier style magic that is older than Rune…Just what could it be?" wondered Jura.
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From the other side a squad of Rune Knights led by Lahar and Doranbolt spread around to maintain order and evacuating the civilians. A group of Rune barrier specialists gathered to defuse the barrier, but they too were baffled by the unusually barrier.
"Damn it…That Master Ivan…What a thing to do…" said Doranbolt of the Council [B2] as he failed to teleport inside the barrier. Whatever it is, it is even able to stopeven his rare magic.
"As long as we are stuck here, we can't do a thing." Said Lahar as he readjusted his glasses.
"I know that! I know that already!"
"Clam down Doranbolt…I know how you feel, but we need to calmly solve this problem…Those Fairy Tail folks will not kick the bucket by something like this…right?" said Lahar with a comforting smile. Doranbolt stared in silence and slowly nodded with a firm look.
"Alright…Lets first try our best to find the weakness to this barrier. The layout of its energy pattern will be step one."
"Alright."
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"Ice-Make Arrows!" came from Grey as he fired off his ice arrows from Hades' blind side.
"Demon Light: Scattered Fangs" said Hades as he fired off dozens of smaller Demon lights at once to shot down each and every arrows.
"Evil Spark!"
Fairy Machine Gun!"
"Go my babies! Babylon Formation!"
"Card Magic: Lightening!"
"Hmph! Silly tricks." Said Hades as he casted a shield spell to block the long ranged attacks from the front, left side, and back.
"Then how about this!" shout Erza as she slipped out of the smoke and aimed her lightening lance from her Lightening Empress Armor set while donning her Black Wing Armor to thrust her lance at her peak speed.
"Hahhh!" she shout as she jabbed the lance at the Undead's unprotected right side, where the man was blind, but that too failed thanks to a sudden appearance of purple and black magic chains that wrapped around her weapon and arms.
"You think I would fall for such simple trick? The weakness to my blind eye is an old weakness that I overcame when I was alive. You will never get a drop on me like that." Said Hades as he tossed the Queen of Fairy with his chain and knocked her into Mira who was in mid-air.
"Why you! Ice-make Lance!" called out Gray as he fired off multiple ice lance to impale the old man from where he stands.
"Humph!"
With ease, Hades twisted his magic chains to wrap around his own body loosely and whipped around with swiftness to make a make-shift cutting barrier. The whipping chains make short work of Grey's ice attacks.
"Useless."
"Not yet!" said Grey as he formed his magic circles again. "Ice make: Ice Cannon!"
"A mere projectile can't harm an Edo Tensei! Even if you miraculously hit me with your attacks, I will recover in no time! You need to restrain me or at least constantly attack my limbs so that I can't move!"
Grey fired his ice cannon with gusto which was blocked by the whirlwind of chains. The dense block of ice used as a cannon shell would normally break through most adversaries and shields, but the chain magic of the former Nidaime of Fairy Tail is no joke.
"At this rate…I might really kill Makarov's children…Under Ivan's order…" seethed the old man, but he was powerless to do anything.
At that moment a small wooden doll appeared flew behind him and fired a densely concentrated magic blast. Seeing it coming miles away the old man commanded his chains to block once more.
"I said this already these kind of attacks are-" But this time the chains were slower than before because they were covered with frost. It was due to ice Cannon's affect to freeze on contact as well as shattering target by impact. The cannon ball was blocked, but the chains was frozen in return. Due to the frost, the frozen chains were slow in reacting to danger and Hades was hit several times by the beam attacks cast by the Dolls commanded by Bickslow.
"HAHAHAH! Go my babies!"
The dolls cheered as they rapidly bombarded the old man at the rare open opportunity.
The smoke of the explosion was thick and black, but this time for sure the blow was delivered.
"Did we do it? Questioned Bickslow as Grey walked next to him.
"Do knows…But I don't think that stubborn old geezer will drop like this…"
And true to his words the stubborn old geezer stepped out of the smoke with worse to wear, but healing all the same. The missing bits were restored as the dusts gathered and cracks were sealed as if he was never hurt to begin with.
"Heeehheee…It seems the summoning could use some more work. Grandfather aside, I was hoping to bring you back to same level as you once held before your death…But as expected. You too are imperfect." Commented Ivan as he watched in safe distance.
Edo Tensei is a work of a genius period.(Thank you-Tobirama) It can bring back the dead with all their memory prior to their death. When done right it can retain all their skills and techniques without failure. The undead are strong as they were alive, limitless power, unfeeling, pain no longer hinders them, and they can reform from any damage. Even when the caster is dead the summoning can continue to exist on their own power.
Truly this technique is nearly without flaw.
However if there is a major flaw for Ivan is that this technique is a chakra based jutsu. Not magic.
He is a descendent of the Uzumaki clan, but he lacks Chakra network. He studied every scrolls and books he could get his hands on from his grandfather's hidden bases, hideouts, and even in his past residence…Where his grandmother passed away.
He spent many years in his research to understand the forbidden technique not even his infamous grandfather used and tried to unveil the secret of the Rebirth magic. Countless hours of lost sleep, days and weeks of lack of proper meal, years of failure and loss of resources…But ultimately he is an Uzumaki in blood. He never give up and stubbornly strive through and after all those years…result bear fruit.
Ivan managed to replace the cost of chakra with magic, but he had to alter and pretty much remake the sealing ritual for the Impure World Summoning to fit the magic energy. He was successful in summoning the dead with their memory and soul intact, but he failed to make the body strong enough to use all their skills.
For example, Hades' body is incomplete and weak. The false body covering the sacrifice to form Hades was weaker compare to Hades' original body. The inferior body resulted that the reaction, reflex, and movement in general is slower and duller.
But hey, even if he can't move fast enough, he can at least tank everything and still recover in a few moment.
"…I lack the Grimore Heart and my Demonic Right eyes…I can't cast Grimore Law or any of my more higher demonic magic spells…I am also weaker than I was before. The enhancement on this body is not up to my standard Ivan…"
"I am terribly sorry, but even after seven years I couldn't find all your resources to make up for your strength. I really did try, but most of your hidden bases with your researches were destroyed by your own fail-safe traps or completely useless by the time I got there."
"I guess my caution was spot on…I would be displeased if you gotten anymore of my research."
"Now don't be like that…After all we are both enemies of Fairy Tail…use this opportunity to destroy them why don't you."
"I refuse to serve another's bidding like a dog…By the time this is over. Prepare yourself Ivan." Warned the old man.
"I truly doubt that. I am after all the one in control. This Edo Tensei is truly the most powerful forbidden technique of all. Dozens of Dark guild and Cults tried to learn the Art of Revival, but it was all here to begin with…in my grandfather's hidden base.
"Shishou's forbidden jutsus…How did you of all people found it? Not even Makarov knew about them."
"I simply searched with every resource I got. My grandfather's research papers and records that were hidden in the private library of the Guild Master was priceless. I recalled every story that my father had on grandfather to retrace his steps over the years. I dismantled my grandparent's last known residence, dug up my grandmother's grave for clues, I located every hidden compartment in any building or place that was associated with him, I located and interrogated all of his former contacts, agents, associates, enemy, friends, and even the old man next door to my grandparent's place, that happened to drink with him every Sunday at a bar…the man was 91 years old, but I held nothing back to get what I wanted and it was glorious…I searched high land and deep water. I traveled every land on the map and then some. I finally unearthed many base, safe houses, storehouses, armories, and more. Many of them were abandoned, booby trapped, and outright decoys. However the good ones…the places that were still functioning were maintained by grandfather's sealings and those seals will always welcome the blood of Uzumakis…And there I found it…the true library of the Second Sage." Rambled Ivan as he franticly recalled his struggle and tale.
Ivan was about to continue, but he had to block a sparking dark blast from Mira. The paper charms formed a round shield to take the hit and he fired off a small horde of them charms to chase the demon girl away. But the Demon of Fairy Tail was persistent as she closed the gap between them and prepared another magic blast.
"If you are taken out this fight is over!"
"Maybe Mira-kun. But can you do it?" Ivan then summoned his Shikigamis[B3] to overwhelm the Demon Take-over user.
"Something like this!" shout Mira as she pierced through the Shikigami[B4] horde just fine and about to shove her fist into the traitor's guts. "I got you!" roared Mira as she was only a step away.
"I am sorry to do this." Said another voice by Mira's side which startled her for the lack of presence. Hades grabbed Mira by her hair and tossed her away roughly uprooting some of her silver white hair.
"OUCH!"
"MIRA!" shout Erza as she dashed in with her Speed Cheetah Armor to slash at the undead, but the Undead easily allowed her to slice him, but in return punched her away. Erza flipped back and Mira got next to her in an instant.
"This Edo Tensei is truly a difficult magic…The Dead feels no pain and are uncaring about damage…With a single mistake we will be killed…"
"So how do you want to do this? Asked Mira as she charged up her hands with Evil Spark.
"…I'll do something about Hades…You go after Ivan, but don't kill him…He still needs to undo this spell."
"Okay then…GO!" With that the two dashed off with Erza clashing with Hades and Mira up above to rain hell on Ivan.
"Oh no you don't! Shikigami-chan!" said Ivan as he make a shield of his familiar papers.
"EVIL SPARK!" roared Mira as her devastating attack smashed into Ivan's Shikigami barrier. The paper shields folded against the opposing force and slowly peeled away to reveal Ivan.
"Curse you…"
"I got you! GREY! CANA! SUPPORT!"
"ICE-MAKE: LANCE+ ARROWS!"
"Card Magic: Lightening up on the Tower!"
The two powerful attacks plus Evil Spark seem to be the checkmate for Ivan…But…
"Kuchiyose: Rashomon!" shout Ivan as he slammed down his bloody hand. From that moment an explosion of white smoke revealed a humongous metal gate with horned and demon face on the front. The gate took the attacks head on and held its ground. By the end of the attack there were scratches, but no dents.
"Baka…Did you really think I am defenseless without my undead puppets in front of me? I was a S-Class mage before I was kicked out of the guild you know…This kind of crap are nothing!" he then got into another series of hand seal.
"Kuchiyose:Kagakuri Butai!(Summoning: Puppet Stage)"
In front of Ivan several puppets with red cloth or black cloth appeared. They were all very life-like, but mean looking. They all however had an identical make somewhere in shape of…sand dune?
"These are puppets once used by deadly puppeteers from Grandfather's generation…Each puppets here are all deadly weapons that Grandfather gathered so its secret will not be misused…After all they are all Human-puppets…But I am a Shikigami user…Summoning tools to serve me is my specialty."
He then waved his hands as the puppets responded to his calling. "I am not puppeteer like Grandfather's old friends…But I am pretty good at…Doll MAGIC!" shout Ivan as he used identical magic as Bickslow. To control the puppets.
The puppets activated or pulled out a weapon from some part of his body or rope. The moved as a unit and launched into the air to engage the mage below. Their teeth chattering like eerily laughter as they fired off blade projectiles from some part of their body.
From below Evergreen unleashed a barrage of her Fairy Bullet magic to repel the revolting, but life like doll, but these dolls were tougher than her attack and are fast as well.
She took into air and continued attacking, her attacks while not strong enough to break them in one go, but was enough to slow their advance.
"Hey Bickslow…Can't you do something?" asked Evergreen as she looked at the puppets with distain. But Bickslow seems to be conflicted by appearance of the puppets.
"Those shapes, those details, how artistic curves, the movements…How could I not have known about such puppets…" lamented the Doll user as his little doll gathered around him to cheer him up.
""Hey! Can't you I don't know…Take control of his doll?"
"…Impossible…His control of the Dolls are too strong…And he is controlling over dozen of them at once…Ivan may be a bastard of a father to Laxus, but he is a good puppet user…" said Bickslow in serious voice. It was his no nonsense voice that is rare as he was not sticking his tongue out like an idiot.
"That bad huh…" said Evergeen as she noticed how serious her teammate was.
'…Hurry up. Freed…'
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"Okay…Let's see what we have here…" Said Naruto as he survey the small gathering of Fairy Tail mages he isolated with him in the 4 point fire prison.
"My little Maki who is still very little, my great grandson that is a Lightning Dragon Slayer, a fire brat and an iron brat…Papa got his work cut out for him."
"You shouldn't underestimate the new generation father. They are all made of tougher stuff then you can imagine." Said Makarov as he took stance against his father.
"I look forward to it Maki. However I can't imagine you kids are able to beat me…So I'll help you kids out as much as this Edo Tensei allows me to." Said Naruto as he fold his arms across his chest to not get into a fighting stance.
"Listen well! I will explain my father's fighting style and weakness. First of all…"
"Now, now Maki. Papa can explain about himself just fine." Cut in Naruto as he waved off Makarov.
He then picked up a kunai knife from a hidden location by his sleeve and held it in front of him. He then channeled his wind chakra into the blade and watched it glow with uneasy green light as the wind chakra enhanced its edge.
"Papa's element affinity is wind. That means I am strong against Lightening user and weak against fire. For basic formation Laxus-chan should be in the rear and let the pink haired kid to take vanguard. The Iron boy can support the Pinky, while Maki can act as the guard for the team. "
"Yoshi! That means I'll fight the super old man."
"Don't think you can take all the fun you dumbass."
"So my lightening can't affect you huh…We'll see about that…" said Laxus as he narrowed his eyes at the jab at his ability.
"Wait! There is more to this than that!" warned Makarov as he stopped the loose cannons from dashing off.
"Maki is right. Laxus-chan, you don't need to feel upset at all. Lightening attacks can be nullified by wind, but that is only if I counter it with wind to begin with. If you hit me when I cannot block or react, then the lightening will affect me like it would for anyone else. Also Pinky! Don't get ahead of yourself. I did tell you previously that my long-time rival was a fire and lightening user right? So that means I got tons of experience against fire users. Instead of getting close, use wide range attacks to pin me down and chip away my defense. That's the only chance you kids got."
"Hmph! Just watch old man's old man. Fairy Tail is strong, stronger than ever. We are going to beat you up and then save our friends from Hades. I promise." Declared Natsu as he creaked his fists.
"Gihihi…I wasn't much of a help during the Grimore Heart incident…But this time around I will make sure to punch that one eyed bastard for the attack 7 years ago." Said Gajeel as his hands morph into a pike and a saw tooth sword.
"Huh? It seems you kids are missing a very important point." Said Naruto with a sigh and a shake of his head.
"What are you talking about old, old man!? It's for real! You even told us how to beat you up! So we are going to beat you up for sure. We have been training like crazy for this tournament and us right now are far different from us from few weeks ago." Said Natsu with sure confidence.
"Wait Natsu…"
"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" laughed Naruto as he broke all fighting form and laugh with his heart content.
"Oh man…This is too ironic…Oh kami above…This kid is too much…it's like I am in a time slip…" muttered Naruto as he looked at the Fairy Tail mages again.
"Good confidence Dragon-boy. Papa approve. A man should be confident, but you know…Purehito-chan over there is not your biggest problem. Papa is your biggest problem. Papa is the strongest, thus when Papa plays bad guy, Papa is the big bad final boss. No questions." He then pointed toward the kids surrounding resurrected Hades, outside the barrier.
"You kids are not saving anyone…It's those kids out there saving you lots. So until they beat up the caster…its babysitting time with PAPA!" shout Naruto as he ran toward them with reckless abandonment. One reacted first was Natsu as he too dashed forward not listening to Makarov's warning for him to stop.
"Karyuu no Teken!"
"Crappy form kid, but hey, I was a brawler when I was your age too. Don't get hit now. PAPA'S! ATSUI(hot)-LOVE PUNCH!"
The clash from the two picked up roar of wind and dust, causing the earth to tremble and creak by sheer force of the pressure. Natsu let off a fierce combination of punches and kicks that were faster than what he could have done months ago. Clearly he was on a complete different level from Natsu the world knew. However Naruto was parrying and blocking the blows with practiced ease.
"Good! Good! Nice combo! Don't drop that guard or papa will hit you! Duck! And dodge left!...(POW)…Don't really dodge to the left when your enemy tell you too you idiot! As much as I want to help, Papa's body is really trying to kill you!"
"Don't call me idiot!"
"I will call you whatever I want! Papa KICK!" and with that Natsu was sent flying toward his group and was caught by Makarov's huge hand before he could hit the purple fire barrier.
"Seriously kid? I am saying my attacks out loud for god sake." Complained Naruto as he surveyed his forced enemy with his dead eyes.
"Don't act so reckless Natsu…This barrier is fire based barrier technique that can burn anyone who touches it with cursed purple flame. It is being used not only to separate us from our allies, but to limit me from using full Titan mode. When my strength halved and him being near invincible, we can't recklessly attack to leave ourselves vulnerable.
"Don't worry Gramps. There is no fire I can't eat."
"Idiot. Not all of us have your resistance with fire." Growled Gajeel as he got ready and so did Laxus."
"He caged us to prevent our escape or reinforcement…But that also means he is stuck with us here. The barrier is covering a lot of ground and air, but it is still limited to a certain size."
"So? What about it?" asked Natsu.
"That means that the room he has to maneuver is limited to outside of the boundary of our longest range attack and the most wide spread ones…Let's see how well he dodge long ranged bombardment from three Dragon Slayers." Said Laxus as he gathered his lightening magic.
"Raging Rampage! Raining Bolts!" he roared as he blasted several lighting blast in a sphere form like cannon blast at the dead shinobi."
"Tetsuryu no Houko!" roared Gajeel as he blasted out his dragon roar attack to mix with the multiple lighting attacks to enhance his metal shards with lightening magic.
"Oh? Element combo?" said Naruto as smiled at the incoming hail of metal and sparks. Like a boss, the dead guy took the attacks with no resistanceand stood there as the metal shards cut open his side, his arms, legs, face, and chest. One of the shards nailed it on where his heart should be and that caused the undead to take a step back by the impact.
"He…"trailed off Gajeel.
"Didn't dodge it…" finished Laxus.
"Movement areas are limited huh…That's absolutely right kids…We are fighting in an open field with no other structure within the barrier. There are no trees to climb, boulders to hide, and no river separating us. In an open ground like this Papa's prized high speed 3 dimension maneuverability is rather limited."
Naruto took a step forward as his body put itself back together. He rolled his shoulder as a big chunk of his arm and back were put together again.
"But Papa is too old you know…Jumping around like you kids are too much effort…And since Papa can't be killed like you kids. Why should I bother with dodging?"
He then pulled out a fist full of kunais.[B5]
"Now is papa's turn…The battle field is limited and no the sky is definitely not the limit…The purple ceilings that burns are the limit."
"Be careful all of you. My father is not known to be predictable. He will use most unlikely method to fight us."
"Like what gramps?"
"Something like…"
"Something like this kids. KageBunshin no Jutsu." And with that one Naruto, became couple of dozen, each sporting a confident grin on their face.
"I am an army and army is I. There is never a time that I am alone, for I am many and yet one."
"AH! That magic again. The Clone Magic." Exclaimed Natsu."
"Don't let your guard down. Those KageBunshins are father's signature technique…They are not only solid, but they can transfer what he learned when being destroyed, and they possess the same skill set as my father. There was once when he attacked several high profile dark guilds all around the country at the same time, because he couldn't make it in time for my birthday party. He finished off dozens of A to S rank criminals with a battalion worth of Clones, super charged with demon and sage power in less than an hour and still had time to buy me a gift…" explained Makarov as he gathered the light energy around his hands.
"Oh right! That was little Maki's 7th birthday…Wow you aged a lot since then huh Maki…" teased Naruto as he pulled out a kunai from his pouch.
"Meaningless father. All things in life age. It's like how the leaves to change their color in the face of season and how the sun rise from the east and set toward west. Age is but a part of life."
"True, how very true my little Maki. Such is fact of life...Change is needed and change can't be stopped…But your height didn't change much. Hell, you got shorter because you got so damned weren't much when you hit puberty either."
"Grrr…..Father, why must you always make fun of my-"
"Bored now. Watching out for the raining kunais kids."
"Raining what?" said Laxus as he looked up to see a dark cloud of something heading down toward them.
"Kunais! Stop them!" shout Makarov as he fired his Light Blast in rapid, tracer form as he shot down the dangerously sharp knives off the air.
"The three other Slayers responded with their own elements to ward off the attack. Gajeel especially had easier time since he covered himself in Iron Dragon's Chain mill. The Iron Dragon Slayer took on the full blunt of the raining metal with ease. The kunais sparked around him as they uselessly bounced off of him.
"Hah! Attacks like this-" he was cut off as some kunais that landed behind and around him had a paper tags attached to the handle. The tags was lit immediately and exploded in furious explosion getting all the Fairy Tail mages.
The rising dusts and smell of the explosive screw up the Slayer's sense of smell and sight. From within the dust cloud Gajeel kept his guard up for anything.
"A smoke screen…how original." He sneered as his battle sense went full alert for any sights of movement or ill intent. The murky cloud of dust messed with his sight, the sound of the explosion deafen his ears, and finally the smoke of the explosion screwed up his smell.
However Gajeel was a veteran mage with long history of combat under his belt. He shock off the dizzy sight with sheer focus. He sharpened his 6th sense to make up for lack of smell and hearing. He tapped into his dragonic instinct to detect danger. By normal mean, there are not many beings that can get a drop on him now. Same said for other Fairy Tail Dragon Slayers. Less to be said about the Master the better.
The Iron Dragon Slayer saw a movement from the left corner of his eyes and reacted just in time to avoid a slash from the unknown. He then ducked a kick from behind which he retaliated with his Iron Sword Arm, resulting a soft puff.
"A clone huh…"
Gajeel then heard the sound of metal cutting into air as he swirled around to grab some projectiles in mid-air toward his back. He smirked as he popped on of them in his mouth.
"Hah! Tooth pick like this isn't going to cut it. Not on my iron skin." He said as he chow down on the kunai.
"Hmmm…It's pretty good…Good quality metal with many hours of refinement and tempering…It has slight hint of red soil and yet it taste like the high quality iron sands from the East…It's a craftsman that is rare these day…" complemented Gajeel as he ate his mid-battle snack.
"Thanks. Those are made in Land of Lightening before it was destroyed. A rare piece of craftsmanship." Said a voice behind his ear.
Gajeel was so startled from the lack of foot step and presence that he wildly lashed out at the voice. His iron fist hit something into a puff of smoke, but he was more worried about a shuriken that was perfectly timed with his spin and was aiming right for his vulnerable eyes.
"Che!" Gajeel closed his right eye in a blink as he narrowly blocked the spinning ninja star with his iron eyelid.
"Nice try, but no dice!"
"Not true." Said a voice from his back toward his right side.
Gajeel was not quick enough this time as a blue ball of spiraling chakra smashed his back and slammed his metal face to the floor. HARD!
"Ah damn it. Should have warned you earlier…RASENGAN!"
"GAHHHHHHHHHHH!"screamed Gajeel as the blue ball of menace grinded at his armor skin as it drilled him deeper toward the ground.
"Wow kid. You are tough aren't ya. Not many can survive my Rasengan you know…" Naruto whistled as the kid tried to get back up, but clearly shaken as his arms and legs trembled by the pain of the Spiral Sphere.
"…Fuck you…You damned corpse…I-I am the Iron Dragon Slayer…My skin is hard as steel…You…You can't even dent me…I am the possessor of Ultimate Shield…"
"Ultimate Shield huh…You know I faced two guys before you who once claimed the same thing…One of them was an old ruler of the Kumogakure no Sato. A real tough old guy, he pretty much made the original Lightening Armor technique that Laxus boy over there uses…The Sandaime Raikage…He had such a resistant body that he could tank anyone, even the old Gyuki. Before his death, he managed to hold off an army of 10,000 on his own for three day with his old body. Now that is an iron body."
The undead stepped down on Gajeel's back to stop him from crawling away.
"Second guy was my old buddy Gaara, the Godaime Kazekage…The one and only master of the desert and the sands. He once covered an entire army of 40,000 strong with his sand shield to protect them from an anti-army jutsu. The Sand walls refused to fall even when it was hit by with an attack that can wipe out an entire city."
He then looked down at Gajeel with a chilling look in his eyes. His playful blue eyes were now cold and deep as an abyss.
"And you know what kid….the funny thing is…I beat them both…So…You think your shield is strong enough for Papa's love?" he asked with an evil grin.
Gajeel gulped. "…Shit."
"Well. It will be very mean of me to test it out, so why don't we stop and…."
Suddenly Naruto's fist clinched hard and a seal less jutsu in his inventory of thousands of jutsu was activated against his will.
"And there goes that plan. God damn it…"Naruto raised his fist up.
"Hey, hey, hey! Someone get this kid out of my way!…PAPA's IRON FIST FILLED WITH LOVE+ Douton: Kajugan no Jutsu(Heavy Weight technique)" said Naruto as his fist of love gotten heavy like an boulder.
"Ah shit…" growled Gajeelas he still couldn't move due to the damage from Rasengan.
"Karyu no Saiga!(Fire Dragon's Crushing Claw!)"
"Rairyu no Hotengeki!(Lighting Dragon's Heavenly Halberd)."
The two pong attack from the side pierced into Naruto's side as the undead man's grin gotten wider. The man spun around in time to swing his super heavy fist to backhand Natsu in the face and knocked him into Laxus.
"A sneak attack? But that's not nice at all!"
"You were the one who taught me…Nice guy finishes last…FATHER!" shout the Sandaime of the Fairy Tail as he appeared from his father's blind side. He then enlarged his fist as much as he can without going full titan mode.
"That kind of light punch again Maki? No hip means no power son."
"Releasing Booster Seal! Right elbow!" shout Maki as a magic seal appeared behind his enlarged fists's elbow and released a boost of stored magic like a rocket booster, increasing the force and the speed of the punch.
"That will do."
"PAPA NO AI NO KOBUSHI GAESHI! MAKI MODO!(Papa's Fist of Love Return. Maki Mode) shout the old man as he smashed his undead father away like a bullet and watched as he slammed into the purple barrier of his own creation, back first. The purple barrier was merciless as it burns away his fake flesh.
"AHHH! Papa is on FIRE!"
"Not yet you are not! Karyu no…"
"Rairyu no…
""HOUKO!"" the two Slayers roared as the two volatile element roars engulfed the dead with all its might, setting him on fire for real.
"AHHHH!" he screamed within the inferno creaking with lightening.
"Ohhoooooooooooo!"
"HAhhhhhaaaaaaaaa!"
The two Slayers let out as they continued to feed their attack as the fire and lightening rain on the man without end…
"You little….brats…Not bad….But…One mistake…." Said Naruto as his false skins burnt away, his muscles and flesh made of dust and magic crumbled before the raging heat of the fire and lightening dragons. Naruto's jaw still moved even as the muscles burnt away and only black charred mandible remained. One of his eyes was boiled off and the side of head was void of flesh and only charred temporal lobe of the skull remained.
"You kids forget…I mentioned it once…I mentioned it twice…but like all of Mavis'children…Like all of Maki's little friends…You don't listen to Papa's lecture until the sky starts to fall…" The Edo Tensei Shinobi raised his left hand which was now missing most of his flesh as the fire of the dragon of flame was eating away his unnatural constitution.
The boney hand then gathered chakra into its palm and formed a familiar sphere of chakra.
"Papa fucked up the last 'Strongest' Raiton and Katon user and that bastard was stronger than both of you combined…." He groaned out as his added the Futon Chakra into the Rasengan, turning it into wind nature jutsu…in a sea of fire…
"ka-boom…"
And Ka-Boom it was as the Wind Chakra was ate away by the dragon fire and exploded like a Napalm, engulfing the entire barrier like inside of an oven. Natsu was one thing…but other four including Naruto was not fire-proof.
So to those inside the barrier…The world went to hell.
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"MASTER!"
"AYE! NATSU!"
"GAJEEL! HANG ON!"
"LAXUS!"
Shouted the Fairy Tail mages who witness the events within the purple barrier. The inferno before them was a complete different level of power.
"Damn it…Levi how much longer?" asked the two male members of Shadow Gear, but the only female of that team didn't reply.
"Okay Levi try the Luna Eclipse formula for that part and I'll try the Suabek formula here." Said Freed as he and Levi has been trying to undo the barrier keeping the Mages outside of Fairy Tail out of the field.
"Okay…No! It didn't work! This is the 9th time it failed!"
"Calm down Levi. Then I'll try to change the sequence here with this and…damn not this one either…"
As you can see breaking the Uzumaki-clan's prized barrier is far more difficult than they thought.
From outside the Shishienjin no jutsu(Four Violet Flame Battle Encampment) Erza was hold down by raining metal projectile consists of needles, knives, and spikes. Normally she would tank through these level of opposition, but not this time because of certain problem…Poison that is…
Each weapons fired by the large group of puppets were all poisoned with various kind. Even a single scratch can be fatal.
"Teh…Using poisons…"
"HAHAHAHAHA! Don't tell me it is unfair Titania-chan. It's all in the name of winning." Mocked the Master of the Raven Tail as he commanded the puppets to line up in order and fire with not break in between.
"Your curl!" She roared, but she couldn't move away from her spot as it was her shield was the only thing between the hail of poisoned weapons and her armorless teammates.
"Evil Sparks!" in the air, mirajane fired off her signature attack once more, but Ivan's puppets had all kind of tricks added on to. Hidden weapons for one and magic generated shield for two. A green barrier pooped from one of puppets arm as it intercepted the Demon of Fairy Tail's attack with ease.
"Useless! Useless I tell ya! My defense is perfect!" shout Ivan on top of his Rashomon summoning. It was difficult to break through his puppets to begin with, but that Rashomon is another problem. It was not a simple defense wall, but it was armed too teeth with hidden weapons and spikes.
"Let Juvia handle this!" shout the water mage as she faced off against the Raven Master.
"Oh? You think you can beat me?"
"Juvia is a water woman. Physical attacks like blades are useless and I can separate the poisons entering my body with ease!" she declared as her form became transparent as she shift into her trademark magic the 'Water-Body'.
"Humm…Certainly that is a troubling power…But. Did you not realize that I have been planning for Anti-Fairy Tail strategy for years? You Miss Lockser was a tricky customer, but have no fear…I got plan to deal with you." Ivan fired off a horde of paper charms at the blue haired girl. They were sharp as knives.
"Useless!"
"You sure?" Juvia's eyes widen when she heard a chain of explosion behind her as the Shikigamisthat passed her were also Explosion tags. The person shaped paper descended toward her friends below and explode with no mercy.
"You!" Juiva screamed as she used her waters blast to wet the Shikigami's to make the explosive ones into dud. The wet paper charms fell to the floor with a splat and pat.
"Yes, do cover all the papers with water. We don't want them to blow up on your friends now do we?" taunted Ivan as he formed a hand seal once more.
This time, a large swarm of paper charms surrounded Juvia like an army of angry bees as she was isolated into a cocoon of paper.
"Water Slicer!" she called out, but her water blade attacks wasn't able to pierce through the paper swarms to make enough of an opening.
"No getting away this time my dear. Kami Bakuhatsu!" said Ivan as the Cocoon glowed.
"Sierra!" declared Juvia as she summoned larger body of water to turn her water body into more longer and more malleable form to squeeze through the small gaping hole in the paper cocoon to escape.
Juvia then angled around to target the Raven's Master.
"I have you now! This is for GRAY-SAMA!" she declared as it seems nothing can reach the water woman.
"Hmph! I played around too much." Said Ivan as the he was engulfed by the water woman and was submerged into her body. But then he turned into flock of paper, floating within her.
"A fake double?"
"Kami-Bunshin, my dear and this one is more special than the previous ones…" Said the real Ivan, standing in the middle of Puppet guards.
"You will not escape Juiva's wrath!"
"Oh but I did…observe." He made ahand seal.
"KATSU!"
This time there was no explosion to speak of, but the paper tags within Juvia, for some strange reason glowed yellow as the kanji for 'Rai' was drawn on them.
-Biri~Biri-
Juvia's world became pain as powerful electric shock flow through her body. The tags were still submerged within her and she was in no condition to separate them from her. Thus she felt each and every discharge from the lightening storage tags until they ran out of juice.
"KYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA! AGHHHHHH!"
Juvia was knocked out as she fell apart to the ground. Her water body was all swelled and transparent, but that soon ended as her flesh and blood replaced the element. The blood of Hozuki in her is strong, but not strong enough to protect her in default stage when she is unconscious.
"JUVIAAAAAAA!" screamed Grey and Lyon(Outside the barrier)
"That's one fairy with her wings clipped…Next is…" Ivan said as he looked at Mira.
"Kami-Shurikens!" he declared as he fired off paper folded ninja stars at the Demon of Fairy Tail. Mira fend off the attacks just fine, but then she was surrounded by a similar horde of shikigami as Juvia did.
"This trick again…"
"No worry. There is no need for lightening tag for you…But…"
The tags blow up and yellow sticky slimes fell off like rain covering Mira with slime.
"Yuck…This is…"
"Fast acting glue solution…for your pretty wing Mira-chan." Said Ivan as Mira's wings gotten stuck by hardening glue. Mira fell from grace like how the devil she pretends to be are and hit the ground with a bang.
"Mira are you alright?" asked Cana as she disengaged from Hades to help her friend.
"Yeah…I only fell, but…"
"Now you are stuck to the ground like your friends…No more flyers among you…right?" asked Ivan with a sick smile as he took out three large scroll from his sleeves underneath the gold armor. From there he smeared some blood and buff!...Came an armada of Shikigamis, thrice the size of the previous attacks.
"Just to let you know…I made enough explosive tags…for three full minutes. And these ones are all high quality than the previous ones…They are all made for breaking down a fortress from within or from outside. Its firepower is more potent than some illegal firearms in black market. So bye…Fairy Tail." Said Ivan as the human puppets flew back to Ivan to avoid the incoming attacks and Hades simply crossed his arms, uncaring of the destruction he will be part of.
"That Ivan…He is really outdone himself…Truly…He has blood of 'He Who Ends War with Single Massive Crater.'
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"Ah…Not bad Maki…Not bad at all." Naruto was all pale and pasty, but his flesh was being restored as he slowly got up with no sign of exhaustion or pain. In front of him was alight based barrier with 5 Holy Pillars, rune of protection, seal of 5 element, and Fire Sealing Formula scroll in front of him.
"Not only was my attack completely negated, but you also saved your kids. Good job. Good barrier."
"It's all thanks to your training." Said Maki as he lowered the barrier. His forehead was drenched with sweat and his limbs felt like lead. The spell he used just now was a S-Rank level barrier spell consists of 10 different branches of magical discipline compressed into a 9 layer worth of magical wall with spell impact absorbing and magic radiation protection added to it. It is not a spell anyone can whip out and it takes out large chunk of the caster's stamina and power.
While he still retained his massive magic reserve he had when he was young upstart, his age did effect his stamina and battle endurance. He hate to admit it, but there is no way to oppose old age. With his old age, his fighting style was more 'One hit KO' style. Using either full Titan form or Fairy Law to avoid prolonged battle is Makarov's way of battle.
However he can't use Full Titan with in the barrier to his full length and his father knows all the secret to Fairy Law and is able to cancel it…For the first time since Hades and the terrible Black Dragon, Makarov was in an uphill battle.
"Thanks gramps…If it wasn't for your shield. Everyone but Natus would have been seriously injured." Said Laxus kneeing next to his grandfather as he was panted from exhaustion. The lightening Dragon Slayer's injury were minor compared to what it could have been, but he is more tired from high level battling and the intense pressure rolling off of the undead.
"Fighting father requires all your focus and endurance to keep up…He can weave out a jutsu at any time he wants. His speed is not like my Great Grandfather Minato, but he is without doubt fastest man here."
"Ah…You praise me too much Maki. Your Grandson has Raiton no Yaori right? Then he can be faster than me." With that suddenly Naruto's body was covered with lightening armor. "Ara…Old man A's jutsu was activated? Maki! Harden that shield!"
"HAI!"
In a flash Naruto was upon their barrier with his right hand above his head.
"RaigyakuSuie! Chop!(Lateral Bolt of Pain! Chop!)" shouted the Undead as he rammed his chop into the barrier. The barrier showed signs of fragility, but it held strong, minus few creaks.
"That's…"
"That Laxus is the predecessor to your Lightening Armor spell. It was this jutsu where the magic version was made and improved upon." Explained Makarov.
"Oh? Are you tell me that magic version of it, is stronger than the treasure techniques of Raikages?" questioned Naruto.
"Show him Laxus."
"OH!"
With that shout of gusto Laxus vanished in his lightening body and appeared behind Naruto in a flash. Naruto spun around in time to engage his great grandson in melee contest.
He parried the lightening fists, elbows, and legs with practiced ease. The undead returned few blows as well, but they either missed or was negated by the fact Laxus's body was a real lightening and Naruto's body was simply covered by lightening chakra.
"Hmmm…Certainly it is special how it turns your whole body into lightening, but the risk and power require for it is rather high huh…Also…"
"As long as I channel he right amount of Raiton charka and release it on impact, I can tune with your lightening to touch you. It means I can still hit you as long as I know what I am doing."
"Damn you!" Laxus did a combo of punch and low kick, but Naruto blocked the punch and stopped the low kick before it even begun by sweeping the scared blond off his feet.
"Yelling at me is not going to help. Try to scramble the tempo of your armor to random. It will help to make it harder for me to pinpoint your rhythm to nail ya."
"Take this!"
"Oh yeah I forgot to tell you."
Naruto ducked a straight punch and blocked a knee. He then head butt his grandson and socked the kid in the cheek. One, two, three punch and kick! With that simple combo Naruto knocked Laxus back went in offensive. "Compared to Bee and his brother Raikage A…Your physical strength to carry the kill blow behind your attacks are lacking!" shout Naruto as he hammered smash Laxus down to the ground. He then kicked the kid, who was down on the dirt with a straight rising kick to roll him off the ground.
"See ya kid. You can't block this next one." Said Naruto as he held out his index finger to imitate another one of Raikage's jutsu.
"Oh no you don't! Karyu no Bakuenjin!(Fire Dragon's Explosing Flame Sword)!" roared Natsu as he unleashed his finisher move to intercept Naruto from chasing downed Laxus. Naruto spun around to face the Bakuenjin and jabbed his index finger cover in lightening armor to slice the attack into two.
"Nani!" exclaimed Natsu as he watched his attack got split in two with a single finger."
"Wow…if I was alive I will be so pissed about this…' muttered Naruto as his finger was missing, but being repaired.
"Karyu no Teken!"
"Wow!" exclaimed Naruto as he dodged the fire punch from Natsu.
"Come here gramps' gramp! Lets fight!"
"What a troublesome kid…Since I used Raikage's jutsu…Why not this one. Suiton: Suijinchu(Water release: Water Pillar!) He shout as he spat out a wide blast of water to overwhelm Natsu.
"What the!?" shout Natsu as he burst up into air by using his foot like rocket booster to avoid the small tidal wave.
"Suiton:Suiryudan!" Naruto said as he switched off his Suijinchu with the Water Dragon Bullet."
"WOW! He can use Water Dragon attacks?!"
"Natsu! Don't stop to stare!"
"Oh right! Karyu no Hokou!" the two opposing element clashed as they fought for dominance.
"I can't use Gaara's jutsu to save my life even after years of mastering the jutsus of other Gokages…But!" Naruto enhanced his leg with tons of chakra and stomped on the ground. At the same time he perfectly timed the release of chakra from his foot like Tsunade did for her super strength. The impact caused the ground underneath them to creak, break, and turn to bits of everything.
"For my next trick will be for my buddy Gaara! Douton: SunaOdori(Earth Release: Sand Dance)." With that Naruto slammed his hands on the ground to cause the broken and loosen ground to shift and dance about, breaking the Dragon Slayer's foot hold even more.
"Huh?" Natsu let out as the ground fell apart on him and slide him off the surface he was standing on.
"HEY KID LOOK UP! OODAMA RASENGAN!" roared Naruto as he seems to have teleported above Natau to bring down the hammer on him.
But suddenly.
"Tetsuryukon!" shout Gajeel from out of nowhere as he swung his Iron Dragon's Club like a baseball batter to a perfect pitch…by the ball in question is Naruto, not the huge ass Rasengan.
With a satisfying crush of bones and everything, Naruto was sent away once more and hit the barrier which burnt him…again…
"Gajeel!"
"Heh, serve him you. You let your guard down Natsu."
"Shut up, I had him where I wanted."
"Sure you did and Laxus is a cheerful guy with big smile."
As they argued Makarov picked up Laxus who was sporting a bad bruise on his head by the hammer blow.
'This can't go on…We can't beat father as long as he is an Edo Tensei Summoning.'
"Gramps…" groan out Laxus. "How much longer can we last…"
"…Few more minute at best. Even if father is unwilling that blasted Edo Tensei will act according to the situation to achieve its goal…He might start pulling out his S-class Jutsu soon…"
"You mean the things so far were no S-class?"
"…They were all A++ at best…he was playing with us after all…"
"…Damn that old man for summoning this old guy…Worse father ever…" cursed Laxus as he spat out some blood from his mouth.
"I am sorry Laxus…I am sorry to drag you into this."
"Don't worry about it. We will first-"
Suddenly Naruto stood up from the ground and looked toward the mages. His body was stiff like the man was trying to resist himself from move, but failing. Soon Naruto's grin faded as it was scowling with distaste. He then lift his hands up in a prayer and gathered his chakras to his palm to perform a jutsu he learned in respect to a dead comrade.
"Shit…No more playing around huh…" said Naruto as he held up a transparent sphere in his hand and it was glowing white in the center. The Edo Tensei program decided that all the trick so far didn't have enough kick to it, so it was going straight for the money maker.
"Oh Maki…Serious…You got to watch out…Seriously…whatever you do, don't try to block what I am about to do and dodge at all cost…There is no blocking this one."
"That…That's…" muttered Makarov in horror.
"It took Papa three decades…THREE FUCK'N DECADES! To learn this on his own…It took all those years and billions of Kagebunshins to change my chakra nature to learn this…But man…Now I wish I didn't…BUT FUCK! THIS IS A KICK ASS JUTSU! MAKI! DODGE!"
"Natsu! Gajeel! Laxus! Move it!' Makarov screamed at the top of his lung.
"Jinton:GenkaiHakurei no jutsu!(Dust Release: Atomic Dismantling jutsu.)" declared Naruto as he fired his attack. The attack was white and flashy….and it pierced through the Shishienjin no jutsu (Four Violet Flame Battle Encampment jutsu) and the Repelling Uzumaki Barrier casted on the stadium…And it broke through the stadium as a whole…and everything in between them was turned into fine powder…
"HAHHHHH!" roared Naruto as he spun his attack 360 degree….slicing through the whole building and let it fall on itself before the might of the Sandaime Tsuchikage's most powerful jutsu.
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This is it for this time. I wish I sent this through Eva-Saiyajin, my usual beta, but I couldn't reach him. When I can reach him I will repost this again. But for now I like to thank Thunder Blader and Hakuryukou for their effort to help me.
Please review and if you have any question again review or PM me.
Merry Christmas everone.