Naruto of Fairy Tail Ch. II: Red Thread of Fate
Welcome back everyone, I'm glad to see that I've gotten a bunch of positive reviews about the opening chapter so I'll be marching on forward with another installment of this crossover. Now last time Naruto met his "real father" and learned about his actual history along with Erza (and Happy) being kidnapped by the people she once knew as friends and comrades, and the rest of Team Natsu along with Juvia is on their way to go save Erza and bring her back home.
There will be a small time jump so that way we get to the fight everyone really wants to see Jellal v. Natsu! Well let's get right to it!
Naruto was charging towards the South at breakneck speeds since Kurama told him about a lot of negative emotions from where his new friends were and he began barreling towards it. Whether Naruto would admit it to anyone or not, he had deep and strong feelings for the red head mage nicknamed Titania. Her personality had reminded him of another redhead he loved dearly in his other life, his mother Kushina. Now it wasn't love in the weird incestual way it was familial love, but with Erza there was something more, I mean Kushina did say to find a girl like herself.
Anyways Naruto was blowing past mile after mile and wondering why he didn't just do this on his way North to his job. "Because you wanted to take in the sights and see this new country idiot." Kurama huffed out
'SHUT UP ASSHOLE!'
"Just hurry up and run."
Time Skip a few hours
Erza was with Jellal thinking that he had finally broken free of Zeref's control but it was all going according to his plan.
E.R.A.
"Etherion is fully charged and ready to fire." A frog looking being said out loud.
"Fire." Org, an older man with white hair said, with seemingly some regret.
Just like that the Etherion fired upon the Tower of Heaven as a bright light shown for miles giving off immense energy.
Elsewhere
"Hey Naruto, you feel that too don't you? That immense magical energy."
"Yeah, it can't be good, we've got to speed things up old friend!" Naruto yelled as he pumped more chakra to run even faster hoping to make it out into the ocean in time; thankfully they were approaching Akane Resort and Beach.
Once they finally reached the resort Naruto stopped running and turned back to his base form. "Woah, what happened here?" He asked out loud seeing smoke come billowing from the building as there were clear holes all throughout the structure.
Naruto proceeded inside to check and make sure no one was harmed but he found the place to be empty. 'Something's not right. This place is completely empty.'
*Muffled screams and shouts*
"Huh?" Naruto said looking around the game room before his eyes looked down at the floor and saw what looked to be people trapped in playing cards.
"WHAT THE HELL!" Naruto yelled out losing his shit. "HOW DID THESE PEOPLE END UP LIKE THIS KURAMA!?"
Naruto finally calmed himself and picked up the card and the man inside began explaining everything. "What!? There's magic that can do that!?" Naruto said as the man begged him to free them. "Listen mister, I don't know this magic so I can't change you everyone back…" This made everyone go quiet, "…but I can promise you that I'll find whoever did this to you and make them change you guys back okay." Naruto said with pure conviction.
Hearing his declaration everyone began cheering; with this Naruto exited the resort and walked out onto the beach and looked out into the ocean to see something bright in the sky. From what he could see it looked like a tiny square from where he stood, but he knew that in reality it must be huge if he can even make out its shape from this distance.
"I guess that's where we're supposed to be going, that magical energy did come from that direction." Naruto said as Kurama just nodded from within.
Meanwhile
Inside the Tower of Heaven Jellal revealed that this was his plan the whole time, to have the council fire Etherion onto the Tower of Heaven to get the R System to come online and fully functional. While explaining this to Erza a twin of Jellal appeared, "Siegrain! I should have known you two were working together." Erza said
"Now quite my Erza." Jellal said
"You see-" Jellal started, "We're merely-" "One" "And the same." Siegrain finished as his body seemed to merge with Jellal's and a bright light shined.
"What?" Erza gasped out.
"A projection of mine. You see I needed to get a large amount of magical energy to hit the Tower, and what better than getting blasted with Etherion. So I came up with Siegrain and worked my way up to the council and eventually swung them to vote in favor of firing upon this very structure. Now I can finally resurrect Lord Zeref!" Jellal said cackling madly.
"YOU BASTARD!" Erza yelled out as she requipped into her Clear Heart Clothing forgoing any defensive measures for pure offense. Erza was using her Demon Blade Crimson Sakura to attack but she found that no matter what she did Jellal was easily dodging the assault. 'Why can't I hit him!? Has all of my training meant nothing?' Erza kept thinking to herself.
"You're going to need to do better than that if you want to hit me Erza." Jellal taunted as he then began his counterattack. First he started with a left hook to the gut making Erza cough up some blood while hunched over; then an uppercut with his right hand straight to her nose shooting her head up and back followed by a spinning side kick to the gut sent Erza flying into a piece of lacrima. When she made contact she spit up some more blood and slid to her knees as her legs folded underneath her.
Smirking, Jellal walked up to her and grabbed her high ponytail and lifted her up. Erza wanted to scream but she didn't have the energy, in just one combo she got taken down by one of the 10 Wizard Saints. "You're going to need to do a lot better if you think you can stand a chance against me Erza, but I do enjoy seeing your tenacity. Now be a good girl for me a sacrifice yourself so I can bring back Lord Zeref. Bind Snake." He said as a reddish snake tattoo wound itself around Erza's body immobilizing her as she let out a scream feeling it squeeze her. "Your body will be broken down and a new one will be built for Lord Zeref." Jellal said pushing her into the lacrima to begin the process.
"You know, I really did love you Erza." Jellal said softly
Just before Erza was fully submerged into the lacrima Natsu jumped up to the floor they were on and pulled her out to the surprise of the other two wizards. 'Natsu!?' Erza thought
"I've gotcha Erza. Naruto would probably kill me if I let his girl die without doing anything so don't you worry about a thing. Now get up so we can fight." Natsu said
"I…..I can't Natsu…I can't move anymore." Erza said in disappointment.
"Huh?" Natsu said before getting an evil look in his face, "Well then…TIME FOR PAYBACK ERZA!" Natsu said tickling her everywhere. "This for what you did to me all those years." Natsu said getting her a cheer up for a second but it died just as quickly as it came.
"Natsu, you need to get out of here with everyone else. You can't beat him. He's too strong." Erza said as a tear rolled down her cheek as she said the last part.
"Like I said-" Natsu started lifting Erza up to her feet with her right arm slung across his shoulders. "I'll handle it." Natsu said before punching her in the gut so hard she passed out. The pinket set her down before turning to Jellal.
"That was harsh." Jellal said
"She was crying, I had no choice. I don't want to remember Erza crying, I want to remember her like I already do; a strong warrior. When she wakes up I want her to just think that this was all just some bad dream." Natsu said getting fired up and engaging in battle. "Fire Dragon Iron Fist, Talon, Wing Attack." "And one more for the road, Fire Dragon Roar!"
Jellal was surprised that Natsu was this strong, he did underestimate him, but he was still going to kill him in the end. Jellal discarded his cloak and was now ready to fight.
"Heavenly Body Magic Meteor!" Jellal yelled out as he body was covered in a golden light and he began moving with incredible speed that Natsu was having a hard time trying to even come close to landing a hit; his eyes just couldn't keep up with Jellal. So he did what any other normal wizard does, he closed his eyes and resorted to smelling him out. It took a couple seconds but he was starting to move with Jellal and was getting closer to landing a hit.
Jellal merely laughed as he cranked up the speed and began pummeling Natsu into the ground. "If this is all you got then I'm going to kill you right here and now you bug. It's sad that if you're all she had for reinforcement then that means I'll being killing the both of you. You should've left when you had the chance Natsu Dragneel. YOU'LL DIE HERE! THERE ISN'T A WIZARD IN FAIRY TAIL WHO CAN STOP-" A loud crash was heard and pieces of lacrima were falling as a figure covered in a golden light appeared, his pupils were slitted like a fox.
"So you're the one behind all of this." The man said.
The Ocean
The rest of the rescue team was inside a giant ball made of water watching everything happen. They were all hoping Natsu and Erza were safe. Out of nowhere a golden figure shot past them overhead leaving a short golden trail as it headed to the giant lacrima.
"Did you guys see that!?" Lucy exclaimed
"What was it?" Gray asked
"Did you feel it? The amount of anger coming off of it. It was like it was subdued anger but I could feel it." Juvia said shaking
"Well whatever or whoever it is, I hope it's on our side." Gray said looking onwards.
Tower of Heaven
"So you're the one I've been sensing for miles." Naruto said. He looked around and saw Natsu face down and Erza knocked out.
"Seems like you did quite a number on my friends." Naruto said as Natsu began to get up.
"Glad to see you Naruto, how was your job?"
"Stay down Natsu, you're too banged up." Naruto said sternly
"I can still fight!" Natsu snapped back but found Naruto's fist go straight into his back knocking him down again. Naruto picked him up and slung him over his shoulder and walked to the edge.
"What do you think you're doing?" Jellal asked
"I'll be with you in a minute blueberry, just shut up and hang tight for me would ya." Naruto said as he then grabbed Natsu by the collar and waistband before throwing him out all the way to the rescue group.
"There, now we can fight without any restraint." Naruto said popping his knuckles and neck.
"Just a warning-" Jellal started but was met with Naruto's fist covered in golden flames.
"I ALREADY TOLD YOU! JUST SHUT UP!" Naruto yelled as he sent Jellal flying back crashing through the lacrima.
"NOOO! You fool! If you destroy the lacrima my dream will be broken!" Jellal yelled out
"Thanks for the info." Naruto said smirking as he began to try his hand at magic. "Let's see how well I can do this thing. Golden Fire Dragon Iron Fist!" Naruto yelled charging in.
"That won't work. Natsu's already done it." Jellal said smirking not even defending as he let Naruto hit him but was surprised to find the flames much hotter and doing more damage.
"What the hell is this? Why are your flames actually burning?!" Jellal asked in shock as his left cheek had singed.
"My magic is Golden Fire Dragon Slayer Magic. This means my flames are much hotter than Natsu's and they deal more damage, plus it burns much brighter. You could almost say it's a heavenly fire." Naruto said with his right fist covered in flames. "Now are we gonna dance or what!" Naruto yelled out charging at Jellal and swinging downward. Jellal moved out of the way smirking but that was quickly wiped away seeing how strong the punch was as Naruto left a huge crater damaging the Tower.
Naruto then jumped up really quickly but Jellal activated his Meteor again and clasped his fists together and slammed them on Naruto's head sending him crashing down and destroying more of the Tower.
Jellal chased after Naruto navigating through the falling lacrima where they began trading punches and kicks in midair. Each one could feel the raw power the other felt and knew that their defense would eventually wither under such tremendous offense. Jellal ended up using Meteor to jump all the way back to the top where Erza was still knocked out. Naruto followed soon after where Jellal was waiting as he seemed to be hopping around the sky above him.
'What's he up to?' Naruto thought before Jellal called out a spell.
"You won't live through this one scumbag! Heavenly Body Magic Grand Chariot!" Jellal yelled out as a constellation was drawn above Naruto and the stars in it were big, bright, and yellow. Before Naruto could move the stars shot out beams of magic toward him and crashed all around him and smoke was all that remained afterwards.
"About time you laid down dead you damn dog." Jellal said
Naruto slowly raised up from the ground. "Hehe, not bad that one actually hurt me quite a bit; but you're gonna need to do just little bit better than that." Naruto wiped the blood from his lips smirking.
Jellal had horror in his eyes. "How!? You should be on the ground!" Jellal yelled
"And? What's your point?" Naruto asked
Erza off to the side was slowly opening her eyes at this point and saw an exhausted and banged up Jellal along with a bruised and battered Naruto.
"Then I'll finish you with one move!" Jellal yelled out as he crossed his arms above his head and a small black orb began forming and noticed his shadow was seeming to be sucked towards it.
"What the hell is this!?" Naruto yelled out feeling himself be pulled towards it.
"Jellal are you crazy, that spell could kill him!" Erza yelled getting up and standing by pure willpower.
"ERZA JUST LEAVE! I'LL BE OKAY!" Naruto yelled as he began slowly inching towards the black hole.
'Shit, Kurama what the hell can I do?' Naruto asked but no response was given. 'Kurama…Kurama! KURAMA!' Naruto mentally yelled out but never got a response.
"IF YOU WANT TO KILL NARUTO, YOU'LL HAVE TO KILL ME TOO! AND WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN TO YOUR SACRIFICE THEN?" Erza yelled out as Naruto could only watch with wide eyes as the scarlet mage stood in front of him protecting him, even though they hadn't known each other very long she was willing to put her life on the line for him.
"Erza, please just move." Naruto said in defeat.
"I don't need you now at this point Erza. See I already know how to build this Tower so I can do it again in a much shorter time, and there are plenty of wizards as strong as you that I can use as my sacrifice Erza…SO DIE!" Jellal said bringing his arms down and the black hole came rushing towards Erza.
"ERZA!" Naruto yelled out
Erza never moved and closed her eyes bracing for the impact but nothing came. She opened her eyes to see one of her childhood friends standing in front of her.
Simon ended up falling on his back with Erza moving out of the way and seeing him fall the floor and die in front of her eyes. "Simon no!" Erza cried out with tears streaming down her left side of her face.
Jellal laughed out calling Simon an idiot and waste of life. While saying this Naruto was clenching his fists so tight that his own nails began cutting his palms. "You…fucking…bastard. You killed someone who was your friend. He did whatever you wanted him to do and you killed him and laugh at him! I'll murder you." Naruto said as he squatted down and his body caught fire but the flames weren't wild, they were much calmer like they were being controlled. Naruto's canines sharpened along with his nails; and his skin became rough with squares etched into his cheeks. Then with a mighty roar Naruto let the flames take shape into a dragon with its wings spread as he readied himself.
Erza looked on in amazement seeing Naruto reach a new level of power she never knew a dragon slayer could reach.
"This is…this is Dragon Force. A Dragon Slayer's strongest form." Jellal said in shock that Naruto could reach this level of power.
"I'm gonna kill you Jellal!" Naruto said as he charged in with his fist cocked back. Naruto landed a right hook to the jaw, followed by a straight punch to the solar plexus, followed up with an uppercut to the jaw sending Jellal flying upwards. Naruto jumped up with such speed that Erza was having only a little trouble keeping up but she could still keep up with him. Naruto ended up above Jellal and positioned his body parallel to the horizon Naruto spun and slammed his foot into Jellal's stomach sending him crashing down through the entire Tower of Heaven and landing on the ground at sea level. Naruto jumped down and picked up Jellal by his throat with pure anger in his eyes and Jellal could feel fear at feeling the anger radiating off of the Dragon Slayer. Naruto proceeded to slam Jellal into the ground by his throat 5 times before throwing him up in the air where he landed broken and bleeding profusely next to Erza much to her horror.
Naruto then jumped up to the top level and stalked his way over leaking tons of Killer Intent. "I know I said I was gonna kill you, but death would be the easy way out for you and I'm gonna make sure you suffer and beg me for death." Naruto said throwing him up in the air one more time. "Forgive me Erza." Naruto said with one tear streaming down his face. Naruto jumped high into the air and somehow Jellal tried to use the Abyss Break spell but due to his fights with Erza and now Naruto he sustained way too much damage to make a spell and Naruto nailed him straight in his chest. "Golden Fire Dragon Sword Horn!" Naruto yelled as he finally defeated Jellal and Naruto crashed back into the Tower of Heaven as Erza scrambled to him.
"Naruto…NARUTO! Please wake up Naruto!" She yelled out as more tears began forming in her left eye and they came dripping down to his face.
"F-Forgive me…Erza." Naruto breathed out and Erza cried knowing her friend was alive as she hugged him into her chest as he continued to breathe very shallowly.
"Thank you Naruto, thank you for-" Erza started but was interrupted seeing that the lacrima was now turning into bubbles of sort and Erza knew what this meant. 'The Tower's unstable. If this keeps up the place is surely going to blow.' Erza then began the necessary step to prevent it. She was gonna have to give her life and merge with the lacrima to stabilize it.
"Forgive me Naruto. I'm sorry it had to end this way." She said with one last tear streaming down her cheek as she kissed his forehead. "A part of me thought that we could actually have something together but I guess fate had other plans." Erza said getting up and moving to the bubbling lacrima and sticking one hand in it and she felt a burning sensation.
At this point Naruto woke up and saw what she was doing but was confused. "Erza? What's happening?" He asked
"Naruto! Please forgive me but if I don't merge with the lacrima this place is going to explode with us in it." Erza explained
"So you're gonna throw your life away to save mine!?" Naruto yelled out getting to his feet but his knees were wobbling.
"I have to, it's the only way. Tell everyone at Fairy Tail that I love them and I cherished every moment with them and will always be grateful for them. Please take care of everyone Naruto, I have no doubt you can lead them." Erza said with a small smile on her face.
"Fuck that! You can tell them those things yourself cause I ain't letting you die today Erza, once I die then you can die; got it!" Naruto yelled out slowly walking towards her.
"PLEASE DON'T MAKE THIS HARDER THAN IT ALREADY IS!" Erza said calmly showing that she had made her decision and was content with it. Naruto has sadness, pain, and hurt written all over his face and it clearly showed as his shoulders slumped a little.
"Please don't go Erza…if you really believed that we could have something then live on and prove it! If you really want to find your parents like you said…THEN LIVE!" Naruto screamed at the end getting Erza's eyes to widen.
"I'm sorry Naruto. Take care." She said as she let the lacrima take her and she seemed to be floating in some plasma getting further away and seeing Naruto banging on it screaming her name which grew fainter the further she drifted away.
All of a sudden Erza was in a beautiful white dress looking down on a rainy day above a group of people that looked very familiar; it was her guildmates at her grave mourning her death. She saw Naruto towards the front with everyone else crying at losing one of their own.
Natsu then came running up kicking the flowers off her grave screaming that there's no way Erza could be dead and getting up in Naruto's face yelling at him but the blonde was void of emotions with blank eyes. Jet, Elfman and Gray all tackled Natsu and restrained him as he kept screaming out about her not being dead.
As quick as this came to her everything went black then she saw a hand reaching for her with the name Erza reaching her ears.
Next thing Erza knew someone was holding her and she looked up to see the serious face of Naruto and was confused. "Naruto? But how?" She asked
"Like I said, I ain't letting you trade your life for mine or anyone else's for that matter." Naruto said falling to his knees.
"Thank you." She said smiling and letting her forehead touch his.
"Promise me you'll never do something like that again." Naruto asked
"Naruto I-"
"PROMISE ME!" Naruto yelled back and Erza's eyes became soft and compassionate looking at the young blonde man with admiration in her eyes. "I promise." Erza said with her right hand cupping his left cheek.
"ERZA!" Yelled out a group of voices as they ran over and saw Naruto with her. "Holy shit man are you okay?" Natsu asked
"I've been worse, but I definitely need to see a doctor or something, haven't been this banged up in a while." Naruto said chuckling at the end.
"We're glad you're all alright and alive." Lucy said
"Aye sir." Happy added
"I think it's time we go home don't you think?" Erza asked smiling as the group laughed in agreement, "I still need that doctor you know?" Naruto said smiling causing the group to laugh again.
"Let's go home everyone." Erza said as Natsu slung Naruto's arm over his own shoulder and began walking with him and Lucy letting Erza have her arm slung over the blonde's shoulder.
The group first got Naruto to a hospital and got him patched up with some bruising all over his body along with some broken bones which the doctors couldn't identify the cause of them.
Naruto knew though that using Dragon Force to the extent that he did caused his broken forearms and ribs. "The doctor says you should be fully healed in about 2 months, but we can transport you there via a Magic-Mobile." Erza said
"Haha, give me 2 days and I'll be fine." Naruto said as Erza seemed curious but decided it was better not to ask and find out what he meant.
'Kurama, you there bud?' Naruto asked completely forgetting for a while that he wasn't able to contact Kurama for his fight.
'I'm here Naruto, sorry about earlier.'
'What happened? Why couldn't I talk to you?'
'Because your body is going under a transformation that will make you a full wizard and no longer a ninja with chakra. See what I'm getting at?'
*Sadness and Sorrow Starts Playing*
'You mean…'
'Afraid so kit, once the exchange of magic and chakra is done, myself and my siblings will move on into the afterlife and you'll be a fulltime wizard.'
Naruto was devastated hearing the news and didn't know how to react.
*Mindscape*
"Hey Naruto, keep your chin up. No matter what happens I'll always be right here." Kurama said pointing to Naruto's heart.
"I should clarify, WE will be right here." Kurama said as the other Tailed Beasts appeared and all were touching Naruto's heart literally.
"But I don't want you guys to go. If becoming a wizard means I have to lose you guys then I'd rather die, you guys have been with me practically my whole life and now I'm going to lose you after starting a new one with you guys, it just isn't fair. I've lost so many people in my life that I just don't want to lose you 9." Naruto said with tears streaming down his face before wiping them away.
"Kit, we'll always be here for you, if you need to talk with us after we pass you'll know how to." Kurama said but it just didn't make sense to Naruto.
"I love you guys, don't you dare forget that, until you guys pass you better not forget it and you guys are also apart of Fairy Tail too." Naruto said shocking the Tailed Beasts.
"First Konoha and now here, you never cease to amaze me kid." Kurama said smiling. "Hey Kurama, why don't you go ahead and heal the boy's injuries already would ya." Shukaku said laughing
Kurama only smiled as Naruto smiled at them and left his mindscape as a lone tear ran down his cheek.
Erza noticed and mentioned it out loud in front of everyone, "Something wrong Naruto?"
"Nah, everything's perfect." He responded smiling, "I think I'll rest up for a bit, I'll be healed soon, you can bet on that." Naruto said closing his eyes and going to sleep. Erza gave a soft smile looking at the blonde.
*End Music*
Naruto woke up at nighttime a decided to look out on the horizon and noticed the moon was full. Naruto climbed out onto a part of roof that was slanted downward from his window and just sat there looking out around the world.
Erza walked into his room and noticed he wasn't in bed and started to silently freak out until she saw the window open and some blonde hair flowing in the light breeze. "Hey, what're you doin out here?" She asked
"Just thinking about stuff." He said never taking his eyes off the moon.
"It's beautiful isn't it?" Erza asked
"Yeah, it sure is." Naruto replied knowing exactly what she was talking about. "Ya know back home where I used to live, the moon was actually the holding place for the 10 Tails Beast. I know I told you the story but I think I may have left out that detail." Naruto said cracking a small smile.
"I think you may have." Erza replied chuckling a little.
"I'm sorry about earlier Erza, the way I was fighting. I didn't mean for you to see me lose control like that. I just got so angry that I lost it." Naruto said looking down.
"It's okay Naruto, really it's fine. You were protecting me and trying to save everyone which you did. Don't worry too much about it Jellal had to be taken down. You did what was right." Erza said placing a reassuring hand on his back.
"You know now that I'm thinking about it, how did you find me in the lacrima?" She asked after a little bit of silence.
"Your hair." Naruto replied looking at her.
"My…hair?"
"Yeah, I just kinda dove in the lacrima, swam around until I found some red hair. It's almost like your hair was a red thread of fate. Otherwise I wouldn't have found you." Naruto said grinning which made Erza blush and look away a little.
"You should smile more often you know." Naruto said, "It suits you pretty well." This only made Erza blush even more causing Naruto laugh a little.
"So how much longer until you're healed?" The redhead asked
"Well, let's ask Kurama." Naruto said grinning before grabbing her hand.
"Wh-" Erza started before finding herself somewhere completely different. It looked just like an ongoing plane.
"Oi Kurama come out and introduce yourself." Naruto yelled out and Erza looked at him skeptically as he turned around smiling with his hands on the back of his head as a giant orange nine tailed fox appeared.
"What do you want, I was trying to sleep you know." Kurama said rubbing his eyes.
"So, introduce yourself to Erza fluffball." Naruto said as Erza looked on completely confused as to why Naruto was so comfortable talking to a giant multi tailed fox. Granted Naruto had described Kurama before but seeing it was something completely different.
"Hi there, my name is Erza Scarlett." She said introducing herself.
"I know who you are Erza Scarlett. I've been watching you from inside this one." Kurama said gesturing to Naruto with his thumb.
All of a sudden 8 other tailed beasts came out of nowhere and introduced themselves as well which made Erza drop her jaw. "So these 'Tailed Beasts' are the reason why Master Makarov says you could beat Gildarts in a straight up fight without magic?" Erza asked
"Pretty much." Naruto said laying on one of Kurama's paws.
"These creatures are the reason you're so strong." Erza said in amazement looking at them all.
"They're also the reason I'm gonna become a fully fledged wizard and lose all my chakra in exchange." Naruto said which made Erza snap her attention towards him.
"What?" She replied in disbelief.
"I'm currently undergoing a process where my chakra reserves will be swapped with magic reserves, but it comes with a cost." Naruto started
"Their lives." Erza finish
"Correct." Naruto said getting up and walking towards her; "To get my magic powers truly I have to have Kurama and the others sacrifice themselves to do this. The process began once I met my real father on that job I took that sent me to the Waas Forest." Naruto said
"You met your real father!?" Erza exclaimed
"Yeah, kinda crazy actually, he was an awesome golden dragon hidding in a Wyvern body and I was able to damage the Wyvern body enough to release him from it." He continued
"What's his name, and is he somehow related to Igneel?" She asked
"His name's Glaedr and his brother is actually Igneel believe it or not." Naruto said cracking a smile.
"YOU'VE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME!" Erza said with her jaw dropped.
"Nope." Naruto said shaking his head.
"S-s-s-so that means-" "Yup! Natsu and I are cousins haha."
"Wait, but Natsu's dragon disappeared 7 years ago."
"Well, I'm not sure but I think because I just showed up and Glaedr was in a Wyvern body thanks to a witch that helped him, but Glaedr disappeared shortly after talking with him." Naruto said
"I'm so sorry Naruto." Erza said looking down in sadness.
"Don't sweat it. It's not the first life where I lost my parents within a matter of minutes of first being around them." Naruto said
"So basically, once the process finishes you become a full time wizard but lose all your ninja abilities huh." Erza said softly
"Yeah, give and take I guess you could say. I'm not happy about it either but these guy seem peaceful enough so I guess I've got no choice." Naruto said
"I'm sorry you have to go through this Naruto." Erza said once again.
"Like I said it's okay, no come on the real world is waiting on us to get back." Naruto said grinning and grabbing her hand once more and all of a sudden they were back on the slanted roof next to his hospital bedroom.
"Give me one more day to recover and I'll be good to travel." Naruto said getting up and smiling.
Erza didn't really respond, she just kinda looked up at him and something took her over by impulse and she just went up and hugged him.
"Wha-" Naruto started in shock before looking down to see Erza hugging him.
He smiled at the kind gesture knowing she never did this for anyone. "Thank you Erza." Naruto said hugging her back.
"If you tell anyone I hugged you, I'll murder you." She said darkly.
"YES MA'AM!" Naruto said freaking out like Gray and Natsu do when she nearly catches them butting heads.
1 Day Later, Night Time
On the beach Shô, Millianna, and Wally were all getting on a little row boat.
"So where do you think you guys are going?" Naruto said leaning on a nearby tree.
"You're Naruto right?" Millianna asked in shock.
"Yeah, that's me. So wanna answer the question?" Naruto asked back.
"Well, we-" Millianna started before Erza showed up.
"You're leaving?" Erza asked
"Yeah, we want to be able to travel the world as free people. For the first time in our lives we finally don't have someone telling us what to do and we want to be able to do what we want." Shô said with conviction.
Erza gave a soft smile understanding. "Well then if that's the case." Erza started requipping into her Farewell Fairy Tail Armor. "If you're leaving Fairy Tail then there are three rules you must follow." Erza said
"But we never actually joined Fairy Tail!" Wally exclaimed
"Number one: You must never reveal sensitive information about Fairy Tail to others for as long as you live. Number two: You must never use former contacts met through your being in the guild for personal gain; and number three: Though our paths may have diverged, you must continue to live out your life with all your might, you must never consider your own life to be something insignificant, and you must never forget about your friends for as long as you live. Farewell." Erza said as Natsu, Gray, and Lucy began using their magic to have makeshift fireworks go off as the three former slaves waved goodbye from the rowboat with tears flowing.
Naruto walked up to Erza as she stood tall with a proud smile on her face. She turned to look at him and he smiled back, putting a comforting hand on her back before they both looked out to the water and waved to their new/old friends one last time. "You did the right thing Erza. It was a beautiful farewell too." Naruto said as Erza's smile grew even more.
"Thank you for letting me know what they were doing so we could even do this." She replied
"It's no problem at all." Naruto said turning around and walking away with Natsu, Lucy ang Gray. "You guys hungry cause I'm freakin starving, hospital food sucks." Naruto said getting Natsu and Gray hyped to finally get some food before heading out.
Erza stayed for a little longer on the beach before requipping back into her normal Heart Kreuz Armor and wandering around town before finding the restaurant that the boys were tearing up while Lucy looked on comically horrified at Naruto's eating habits since they resembled Natsu's all too much for her liking.
"YOU'RE SUCH A PIG NARUTO!" She blurted out.
"What I'm hungry." Naruto said with a huge turkey drumstick stuffed in his face.
"THAT DOESN'T MEAN YOU HAVE TO STUFF YOUR FACE LIKE A PIG!" She snapped back.
"WELL LET'S SEE YOU EAT HOSPITAL FOOD THROUGH A STRAW THEN!"
"YEAH, LUCY CUT HIM SOME SLACK!" Natsu and Gray added getting her to drop back a little.
Erza could only chuckle softly seeing that her friends at Fairy Tail really are one of a kind, but she'll never forget the friends she first made at the Tower of Heaven.
"Hey, Erza why don't you join us!" Naruto exclaimed seeing her in the doorway. "Alright then." The redhead replied with a smile and joining in on their victory feast, as Happy was given the biggest King Mackerel he's ever seen at a whopping 95 lbs.
"HOLY CRAP CAN YOU EAT THAT!?" Natsu, Gray, Lucy and Naruto all exclaimed in shock.
"I don't know, but I'm gonna try." Happy said looking at the group drooling.
Happy started digging in while the rest of the Fairy Tail members began chanting his name long into the night. For them it was like having a guild party, but a very private one only for them; they danced, sang and drank into the night until they were passed out all over the restaurant.
The Next Morning
The group woke up with a little hangover, except for Lucy since she didn't drink, but the guys looked like hell. "I'm never drinking again." Naruto said trudging along.
"Me too." Natsu added
"Me three." Gray said
It took only a day for them to make it back home in Magnolia, but by then it was already nighttime and everyone was ready to head home and just report in tomorrow on the success of the vacation turned mission they went on.
As Natsu, Happy, Gray, and Lucy turned their own directions to go home Naruto stayed right next to Erza. "Aren't you gonna go home to get some rest?" Erza asked with a cocked eyebrow.
"Yeah, but I figured you'd want some cake. I mean the store does close in like 10 minutes so I figured I could get you some, my treat." Naruto replied grinning like an idiot. Erza realized he said the store is only open for 10 minutes so without a second thought she took off with her wagon of luggage and sprinted in the direction of the cake shop.
"WELL DAMN THAT'S HARSH!" Naruto yelled out spinning around from Erza taking off like a bolt of lightning.
20 Minutes Later
"Sorry I left you back there but I really wanted to get that cake like you said." Erza said blushing in embarrassment.
"It's okay, so where do you wanna eat it?" Naruto asked
"Well you can't come into the Fairy Hills dorm…" Erza started trying to get Naruto to take the hint. She would never admit it to anyone but she really did have a thing for the blonde.
"Well, I guess we could take it to my place and eat it if you want help." Naruto said playing along.
"Well, then let's get going before it gets bad." Erza said with a grin as they walked in comfortable silence. It was a short walk to his place and Naruto let Erza in first to get comfortable.
She was quite pleased with how he arranged everything and found herself on a sofa in front of a coffee table.
"Wanna a drink?" Naruto asked going to the fridge.
"I thought you said you weren't gonna drink ever again." Erza replied coyly.
"Yeah, well I guess you can't really take the shinobi out of me." Naruto said grinning like an idiot and rubbing the back of his head.
"Shinobi?" Erza questioned
"Oh right, Shinobi means ninja back in my other life. Forgot to mention that." Naruto said, "You never answered my question about having a drink ya know." Naruto said
"Fine, I'm game for a couple drinks." Erza said getting comfy on the sofa and she started slicing up the cake while Naruto brought over some beer mugs and 2 plates with 2 forks.
They both cheered their mugs together and began digging in to the cake. "Holy crap this cake is good!" Naruto exclaimed
"Isn't it!" Erza replied with stars in her eyes.
The two traded stories of their adventures letting them relive nostalgic moments and they just had a great time being in each other's company. At first Erza was telling stories, but by the time they got drunk Naruto was retelling all the stories he's already told Erza but to her it was all new.
Eventually Erza and Naruto tried to clean up after themselves but stumbled causing Erza to crash into Naruto and land on top of him. The two were both blushing from me drunk, but the situation didn't help them any. Naruto had his eyes wide open while Erza's held some sort of lust that Naruto knows all too well. Something over came them both as Erza put her left hand on the floor with her right hand cupping Naruto's cheek. Naruto reciprocated the action by using his right hand to cup her cheek while his left hand was placed on the small of her back pulling her closer slowly as the two closed their eyes and locked lips for the first time.
For Erza it was her first time and Naruto could tell so he wasn't too aggressive which was comforting for Erza. Even in her drunken state, Erza could remember some of the things she's read in her dirty novels when it came to things like this. She began grinding her pelvis into Naruto's and Naruto ending up moving his hands to her waist and squeezing a little getting her to release from the kiss slightly to moan out.
Naruto took the moment to roll them over and Erza requipped straight into her Clear Heart Clothing and wrapped her legs behind his back and hooked them guaranteeing her position. Naruto using what strength he had was able to pick her up, but due to drunkenness he ended up slamming her back into a nearby wall and the two proceeded to kiss again.
Using the walls Naruto ended up making it into the bedroom where Erza crashed onto the bed first with Naruto on top while she cupped his face kissing him one last time before the separated but were still very close to each other. "Take me Naruto, I need you, please have me tonight." Erza begged with longing in her eyes. Before either could proceed they ended up just blacking out in bed together.
The next morning found Naruto in bed with Erza cuddled up next to him with her head resting on his right peck with her right leg across his pelvis and her right arm laying on his heart. Naruto meanwhile had his left leg sticking out of the sheets, with his right arm wrapping around her body and holding her tight.
Naruto woke up first feeling some weight on his body and slowly looked down to his chest to see red hair all in his face.
'Red hair, who the fuck?' He thought before realization hit him and he began freaking out. 'Please tell me I didn't sleep with Erza.' He thought as a chibi version of him popped on his shoulder and began talking to him.
"Oh so you don't like the hot, busty red head now. What happened to all of those hard-ons you were getting?"
"Shut up, I still do like Erza, I just mean that right now I'd rather not sleep with her, especially being drunk and new to the guild. If they found out they'd kill me." Naruto snapped back.
"Dude you're still hungover." Chibi said
Naruto just looked at him in confusion. "You're talking to a figment of your imagination idiot." Chibi said before vanishing in a poof of smoke.
"I really must be hung over if I'm seeing chibis of myself." Naruto said before carefully slipping out of bed while placing a pillow in his place and then proceeded into the kitchen.
Naruto then got out some things to use to help make a tea that's supposed to help with hangovers. After finishing two mugs of it he realized his living room area was a mess from last night and decided to clean up. Naruto got really zoned into what he was doing and didn't even notice Erza leaning on the doorway, watching him go to work, with a smile. 'Cooks, cleans, strong, brave and kind to others. What. A. Man.' Titania thought to herself before walking into the kitchen and catching the blonde's attention.
"Is this for me?" She asked gesturing to the cup of tea.
"Oh, yeah. It's supposed to help with hangovers, if you want more just let me know and I'll make some extra okay. Oh and good morning Erza." He said cheerfully
"Thank you, and good morning to you too Naruto." She replied with a smile on her face.
"Once you're done, there's something I'd like to discuss with you okay Naruto." Erza said getting a seat at his dining table.
Naruto quickly finished up and brought Erza a second cup of what he's now naming Hangover Tea. "What's up?" He asked sipping on his own tea.
"Last night. Did we…" Erza said trailing off.
"No…at least I don't think we did. I mean I still had my clothes on when I woke up and you did too so I think it's safe to assume we're good." Naruto said leaning on the back two legs of his chair.
"You know for someone who's lived a lifetime and one of a leader and father, how are you so much like Natsu?" She asked
"Well, in this world I'm not a leader like I was in the other, I'm not a father here and I'm young again." Naruto said getting Erza to cock an eyebrow. "What I mean by that is because I'm young again, I have my former stamina and energy. So I can afford to be a bit reckless like I used to and still come out fairly ok. I know I'm wise cause of my experience but I also want to enjoy what Earthland has to offer and if I still act like my old self with leadership and fatherhood under my belt then I wouldn't get to enjoy my young life again. See what I mean?" Naruto explained getting Erza to see things from his point of view.
"I think I understand where you're coming from. Just don't get too reckless okay." Erza said with a smile.
"No problem Erza." Naruto quickly replied with a grin of his own.
"So what're we gonna do about the guild?" She asked
"What about them?"
"Well, I never went home after the job like everyone else did. They'll probably see that I'm not there in the morning and I assume you're going to go to the guild hall around the same time as me which could bring up some questions about sleeping arrangements from last night." Erza said
"Oh yeah that thing. Well the way I see it is you wanted to share some cake with someone and have a couple a drink and I offered after the other 4 went home. You accepted, we got drunk and you spent the night here. What's the problem?" He asked explaining everything.
"Well, it's just that there's been a rumor going around that you and I are going to be a thing and I don't-" "What am I not your type?" Naruto said cutting her off.
"No you are- I mean I like you but-" She stammered out waving her hands in front of her.
"Hahaha, I'm just teasing you Erza. Lighten up a little eh?" Naruto said laughing his ass off.
"You were joking with me?" She asked
"Yeah. I mean come on. Isn't it a little funny. You're portrayed to me as this super strong figure in Fairy Tail that everyone respects, and you've apparently never shown any strong feelings to anyone until I come along. Some mystery guy who happens to be form this world but somehow got transported to another and ended up back here, not that everyone knows, but still it's kinda comical. You have a thing for the new guy." Naruto said laughing a little causing Erza to blush and retort. "Well what about you admitting your feelings for me this morning in bed when you woke up talking to yourself?" "YOU HEARD THAT!?" Naruto yelled in dread. "Oh yeah, every last bit of it blondie." She said menacingly.
"So what's the plan then Titania?" He asked
"Well, I don't actually know, that's why I wanted to talk to you about it." She said downcast.
"Well, w-w-would you want to be a thing with me?" He stuttered out.
"I mean yeah, but I just don't know." Titania replied not meeting his gaze.
Naruto smiled softly at her before getting up and heading to his master bath. "Take some time a think about it Erza. I don't need an immediate answer. If you're not ready then you're not ready, if you are then you know where to find me, and if you move on then so be it." He said before entering the shower and getting cleaned up leaving Erza alone with her thoughts.
'Am I really ready for something like this?' She thought to herself as she went over it question after question seeing if she was really ready.
Erza ended up leaving to clear her mind and wound up on the beach behind the guild hall.
Naruto got out of the shower to see Erza gone and knew she was really taking time to think this over. "Well, let's see what happens." He said getting dressed in his Shinobi garb minus the headband letting his hair flow freely.
Naruto went into the guild to see things lively as usual and was excited to see what new adventure awaited him.
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