The young boy chased his friend across the grassy plain. Behind him the men of the tribe were busy erecting their shelters for the night, large tents of animal hide, stretched over strong wooden frames. The people were happy, the hunters had returned with a large catch, they would eat well tonight.
As the day turned to night the tribe sat around the fire and enjoyed their meal with gusto, pausing for songs and laughter as members of the hunt told long stories of their failures and successes. All were happy and content, the fire was warm the food was good and their gods were watching over them.
From the cliffside, hidden from the light of the fire two figures watched the celebration.
"They are doing well, you were right to choose this location"
"Still, there progressing so slowly. 100 years and they haven't even made a language yet, they've not even discovered their chakra."
The raven haired man turned to his companion.
"So what do you want to do about it?"
"Hmm, it's time to go native"
Sasuke ducked his head to the bowl of porridge in front of him, letting the airborne fish sail right through where his head should have been to meet the wall with a wet slap. Breakfast at the guild was chaotic to say the least, the food was good though, he thought as he took a long swig from the tall glass of refreshing juice infront of him. He had been staying at the guild for two days now, the first had been spent simply sitting in the hall and watching chaos unfold around him, although he had quickly learned his lesson from sitting in the middle, after finding himself in the middle of the third brawl he had picked himself up and moved to the outside edge. This was where he now found himself, sitting on a corner barstool enjoying a hearty breakfast.
Somehow he had found himself surrounded by others of his 'supposed' age group. To his right Mira was fighting with a red haired girl named Erza, it had taken him about an hour to realize that while the kids of the guild created around 60% of the fights, these two were responsible for the other 40%. On his left the masters grandson Laxus and his two friends Freed and Evergreen sat around pestering Cana, who seemed to want nothing more than to sleep if her position head down on the table was anything to go by. That or she wanted them to leave them alone, from what he gathered the trio was looking for a fourth member to join their Thunder Guard squad as Laxus was banned from taking S-class missions without a team despite having gained the rank the previous exams.
"-and of course i could beat you, you couldn't even beat Sasuke! With help!"
Looking back he started paying attention to the girls squabble for the first time after hearing his name mentioned.
"What! That doesn't mean anything, for one we only fought for like 5 seconds, that doesn't count, and we don't even know how strong he is, besides how do you even know about that?"
"Hmm" Erza swept a lock of her ruby hair behind her ear, "I overheard your siblings telling the other kids about it. Though i suppose that is a fair point. How strong are you Sasuke?" Finding the conversation turned on him for the first time he took a minute to consider his answer.
"I'm not really sure, i don't really have a base to compare myself too, how strong was that Asbado guy i beat up?"
"Hahaha, that guy barely counts" Laxus leaned over Sasuke's shoulder to join the conversation, "He was a high B-rank at absolute best, i think even Natsu could beat someone like that"
"Of course!" Dropping from the ceiling where he had been crawling along to attempt a sneak attack on Gray, but abandoning it for the more interesting event, "I could beat up guys like that every day of the week, bet i could beat you to" He was now but inches away from Sasuke and shaking with excitement, he raised his fist in the air, "Fight me! Come on Sasuke let's fight!"
"Aye, Fight him, it's always fun to see Natsu get beat" The funny blue cat rose from Natsu's shoulder. Only to leap in the air and sprout wings of all things as it dodged Natsu's strike.
Sasuke froze as it did, that was not Etherno. The cat, the random creature in front of him had just used Chakra! Yet it was not quite chakra either. There was something off about it, some quality that felt different to the energy he created himself.
What was this? It had been two days and he was no closer to figuring out the felines secrets. For a second he had considered just stealing the creature away to take its secrets by force. The very idea almost drove him to wretch, he couldn't do that, that was experimentation that was malicious that was go-. He calmed, took a breath. No thinking about that, not now.
The comotion around him continued, everyone laughing as Natsu and his cat continued squabbling with each other. Seeing Sasuke refocusing on him Natsu questioned him again, "So will you fight me Sasuke?"
"Sure, why not, it's always good to stretch after eating"
"Whaaa! Why you! Ok now i'm getting fired up. Your going down Sasuke!" Natsu ran outside, pausing briefly in the doorway to check Sasuke still followed. "Come on slow coach I still need to beat Gray after you, i'm on a schedule here"
"What was that you pink bastard!" The ice mage screamed from where he had been enjoying his breakfast shake in peace.
"Gray clothes" Muttered Cana, still fully asleep. She was still right, her comment sending the ice mage running into the back in embarrassment.
Sasuke followed the crowd of people heading out to see the fight. Pushing through the ring forming to stand in the centre across from Natsu who was already grinning and jumping about like a loon.
"Are you ready Sasuke? Cause here i come!"
Wasting no time Natsu sprinted towards the ravenette. Throwing a quick series of punches that Sasuke dodged, stepping to the side as Natsu's momentum taking him spinning past him. Natsu kicked out, bracing both hands on the floor to kick upwards at his taller opponent.
Sasuke grabbed the legs, taking Natsu for a spin before releasing him into the crowd of watchers.
Heh. That would do, he needed to see what power Natsu used, if it was the same as his cats or if he was just normal.
"Damn it!" Natsu screamed as he rose from the pile of bodies he lay in. "You've done it now teme. Fire Dragon's Roar"
Sasuke watched as the flames rushed his way, analysing, looking into the vary makeup of the attack approaching him. Fully satisfied with his result he sighed. Normal. Well it would have been too easy if it was just the owner affecting its pet.
Spinning away he let the fire rush past his side, feeling the heat despite the distance, that had been a strong attack for one his age.
"Not bad, why don't you try mine"
It had been a long time since he used this power set as his mage powers, it could be said his oldest power if not his strongest. There was no need for it but he couldn't stop himself from saying it.
"Katon: Goukakyuu no Jutsu"
He let loose a light fireball, he didn't want to torch the kid after all. Natsu would dodge left, and he would grab him by the neck as he did. He was already moving into position when he noticed something strange, Natsu isn't moving. The pink boy was instead standing in the path of the coming flames and had started to inhale.
Natsu sucked the flames in with a cocky smirk at Sasuke. The crowd roared and cheered and Sasuke rushed towards Natsu as fast as possible, but it was too late.
Natsu began screaming.
Sasuke screamed as he rushed forward, driving his spear up into the flank of the large beast before him. Around him his fellow tribe members celebrated as the beast was brought low. Quickly they descended upon the kill butchering it with speed and efficiency, they would be eating well tonight!
Packaging up their game, they began the long walk back to the camp. Sasuke joined in with their singing, feeling the new familiar feeling of companionship. He and Naruto had come from the great plains, spreading tales with the tribe about the great clan wars happening across them and how they had escaped to find a new home for themselves.
The tribe barely understood the concept of war, they only knew in passing that there were other humans. Still they accepted the pair into their ranks happily, Sasuke joined the huntsman enjoying the thrill of the hunt and teaching new techniques and abilities to his team. Naruto stayed behind in the village, showing them how to create from the resources around them, he also played doctor for the tribe. Even the small amount of first aid he remembered being far superior to the witchcraft the local shaman used.
In fact staying in the village seemed to be going very well for Naruto, Sasuke thought. He had picked himself up a whole host of fangirls, all enraptured by the smart strong man with such foreign looks. Naruto had picked one to be his personal assistant in the medical tent, but Sasuke was sure the girl Iida saw it as much more than that.
They were almost back at the village now and the huntsmen were joined in their song by the rest of the village who ran out to greet their return with songs of praise and celebration. Sasuke laughed and sang along as he deposited his load with the women by the fire, there would be a feast tonight! Turning to the old Mother of the tribe he asked where Naruto was, thanking her he headed off to the healers tent as instructed, eager to tell his friend about the progress he'd made with the hunters.
"Oy Naruto, you in here?" He called from the entrance flap, unwilling to disturb the blonde if he was at work.
"Sasuke? Yeah come on in"
Sasuke stepped through into the tent, inside Naruto was clearing his bed. His clothes were stacked and left in a pile and all the trinkets and medical notes he had made were being packed into bags.
"Naruto? What's happening, you look like your packing?"
"Yeah, I am. This experiment is a bust" Naruto pointed over his shoulder to the second inner door to his surgery area, "Go take a look, no chakra coils, inability to handle chakra within their bodies. This projects a failure we need to start again"
Sasuke walked over to the cloth flap and slowly lifted it up.
On the other side was Naruto's workbench. Lying atop it was Iida, her chest was split down the middle, skin pulled back and clamped to the sides of the table revealing an open cavity where her ribs had each been individually removed. Where there should be the heart, the lungs, all the inner organs was instead a black and ashy mess and singed skin.
"She had no chakra coils" Naruto's voice came from his shoulder but Sasuke didn't even jump at the sound, he was too shocked by what he was seeing.
"And when i tried to introduce chakra to her system, poof, she went up in smoke. I think it's the new natural chakra, as soon as its introduced to internal chakra it starts to react again. And all these humans have the new natural chakra inside them, all living things do now."
He sighed and walked back, picking his now packed bag from the floor. "Yeah we're gonna have to completely restart this whole thing, I'm going back to the lab, see you in a bit." He ducked out of the tent. Leaving Sasuke standing with the grotesque display that was once a human.
He had been concerned before, now he was sure. Naruto was going insane.
The back room of the guild was in chaos. Guild members frantically ran around trying to do whatever they could to help, the nurses on hand were desperately attempting to calm Natsu who was thrashing wildly on the bed as Gildarts held him in place and the master examined him.
Outside in the main hall the majority of the guild were in a silent state of shock. All except Erza who had just come from the medical bay and was now storming towards the bar where Sasuke sat.
"What the hell were you doing!" She shouted at him, grabbing him by the shoulder to make him turn and face her. "Natsu is in their with burns on the inside of his body. Have you not heard of a thing called holding back!"
Sasuke held her stare expression neither sad or angry as he calmly replied, "The attack i used was both weak and slow, it's hardly my fault that he tried to eat fire. He could have easily dodged that attack."
"Umm Sasuke, Natsu is a Dragon slayer, he can eat fire" Mira interrupted from the side, pulling Erza out of his face and giving him some breathing room. "But there's no way he could have known that Erza. We can't blame Sasuke for that, he was telling the truth, that attack was super slow, even Lisanna could have dodged it"
"Yeah which begs the question" Laxus interrupted, butting his way through the crowd now surrounding the argument. "What sort of magic was that? A type of fire a dragon can't stomach? Must be pretty strong, or pretty darkā¦"
Now the whole guild was watching him carefully, Erza looked on the verge of attacking him so she could beat the answers from him, and even Mira was watching him closely.
Sasuke sighed, he wasn't sure how he was going to talk his way out of this one.
"I'm not really sure what to tell, I've never fought a Dragon Slayer before so i have no idea why that happened. I learned my magic from my master. We lived and trained in isolation together and i've only just set out by myself, i've no idea what makes my magic different from normal flame mages" He said, lying through his teeth the entire time.
"Sasuke, Erza, Laxus. Come with me" The master had emerged from the medical room and was walking up towards his office. The named three quickly rose to follow him up the stairs to the upper level.
Makarov ushered them into his office, settling them into the seats around his desk as he sat down behind it. "We have managed to stabilise him", he held a hand out to silence the immediate interruption from Erza as he continued, "We have managed to keep him suspended at his current damage level and he shouldn't get any worse, Gray is helping to cool him from the inside and i've sent for Porlyusica to help. But" and now he turned to Sasuke, looking him dead in the eye with an unreadable expression on his face.
"As of now we can't heal him. I don't know what you did but your flames seem to be breaking down his body from the inside, its acting like no fire I've ever seen"
"That's because it's not fire" Sasuke interrupted, drawing a side look from Laxus and making Erza wheel to face him with rage once more. "I lied when i spoke downstairs. I'm sure you can agree its not wise to reveal the secret to a whole branch of magic to a room containing novices and children." The others nodded in agreement, even Erza conceded the point there.
"The truth is that i use latent elemental power. We all know that normal mages convert Etherno, we bring the toxic oversaturated Etherno in the air into our bodies in a slow process that neutralises the toxic elements and allows us to use it safely" Again all nods, "Well what is use is the pure Etherno" and now he was getting shocked looks.
"Let me explain. I have been cursed with extremely low reserves of magic, any normal school of magic would be impossible for me, what my masters school of discipline does is harness the natural power of Etherno in the atmosphere and bend it to our whims. This would normally have no worse effect on the enemy as the attacks created are of similar power, from what i can guess Natsu is hurting because he tried to digest raw Etherno, it's not the flames that are hurting him. It's the Etherno."
"Why didn't you say that earlier!" Erza screamed, "It's been almost 15 minutes since it happened!"
"You only just said he was a dragon slayer. I thought he was suffering the consequences of trying to eat fire. Which, would have caused the same wounds from how i saw it"
"Now now, settle down children" Makarov stretched a hand over to grab Erza before she could stand and continue the shouting. "Now that we know the cause i think i have a solution" turning around to his bookcase he scanned the shelves for a minute before choosing a large green tome. Opening it on the desk he turned towards the back pages, "Aha, here it is. Fosphora. This is a key component to a potion that soothes and neutralises Etherno poisoning. However it is only found here" he pointed to a map on his wall, finger hovering over a mountain range east of their current position. "Only here can we find the flower, but it's a dangerous unstable climate and the monsters that inhabit it are extremely strong, I'll need all three of you to go together on this. You'll need to work together to succeed."
"Heh please, i could easily solo this gramps. But dont worry i'll babysit the kiddies, Erza needs the S-rank experience after all"
"Yes master, I won't fail you. However i think we can do without Sasuke. He is an unknown to us and i feel he could hinder our team dynamic"
Laxus snorted, "What team dynamic. I've never worked with you either. If you don't want him along just say it, i hate people who shy away from confrontation"
"Fine! Your right, I don't want him along Master. I don't know him and i dont trust he was the one who hurt Natsu in the first place. I won't forgive someone who hurts my friends."
Makarov sighed as he watched Erza, on one hand he was so happy that the quiet little girl had grown to the point where she was fighting to protect her friends. If only she could be slightly more willing to accept people as those friends. "Now Erza. You must give Sasuke a chance. It's quite clear this whole thing is an accident, if anyone's its Natsu's fault for eating the fire in the first place this is probably not the first time a dragon slayers got himself in trouble eating something he shouldn't and it won't be the last. Now why don't you give Sasuke a chance to prove himself to you. I'll let you be in charge of him and if he doesn't follow the mission you have my full support in banning him from returning here seem fair?"
Sasuke had fully blanked out the argument around him. How dare they just assume he would want to rush to help the boy. And how dare that old man talk down to him, he had a good mind to walk away, destroying their precious building as he did. But. He finally had a lead on magic.
Despite all his time searching he had never figured out how N-, how chakra had merged with the new humans, there was one key element missing from his equation that he could not understand. But now he might have answers. The cat with a working internal chakra system, Dragon Slayers, a magic he had never considered before, how did this all work, he needed to know, and that meant staying in this Guild.
"Every minute we spend here arguing is another minute Natsu suffers" Sasuke finally spoke up, silencing the room, "If you truly care for you friend you'll stop wasting time, and come with me"
Laxus grinned as Sasuke walked out, leaping from his chair to follow him. This was an attitude he could get behind.
Erza hesitated for a split second only moving off once receiving a confirming nod from the master.
Sasuke smirked as he left the building with his team. Maybe this could be fun.
A gust tore its way down the icy gully, throwing spindrift and sleet into the air as it went, buffeting the three travellers making their way up the mountain. Sasuke lead the party, behind him Erza had requipped into a heavy winter coat but Laxus seemed to be making it on guts alone having only grabbed a thin jumper before heading out, he wasn't complaining to his credit. They had been searching for hours already but had seen not a glimpse of the elusive plant.
"Were too high up!" Laxus shouted. Just able to make himself heard through the wind. Nothing could survive up on the ridge, we need to find a more sheltered spot lower down"
Sasuke nodded, taking a branch left that would take them on a route behind a sharp edge where they could hopefully duck out of the wind.
It was then as they traversed this thin path around the edge of the Mountain that they were ambushed.
Large and hairy, that was all Sasuke could discern from the creatures that begin dive bombing them as they went along. The first few missed entirely, seemingly plummeting to their deaths as they fell right past them. Then they let their wings unfurl and swooped out of their fall to rise up and up again, ready to dive bomb once more.
His team were already responding. Laxus expelled with a roar, sending glowing streaks of lightning tearing through the sky hitting the creatures in the air and frying them as they hovered. Erza had summoned a massive war hammer and seemed to have began a game of baseball, hitting the falling ones as far as humanly possible, she let out a cheer as she managed to aim one straight into a peak on the other side of the valley, starting a small avalanche as the snow as unsettled from the summit.
Sasuke joined in, unwilling to be shown up by the others, letting loose a quick series of smaller fireballs, each one aimed precisely at one of the airborne does knocking them from the air letting them spiral to the ground, fur and wings burning and smoking.
Within five minutes the enemy had either fled or passed on, Sasuke shared a brief grin with Laxus who was looking far happier after the excuse to fight. "Now thats what im talking about!" The blonde grinned, "Nothing like a fight to keep you warm, they were a bit easy though. Let's look for something more dangerous"
"Idiot. We don't have time for your thrill seeking we need to get back as soon as possible" Erza had already started down the path, having taken the lead while the two boys enjoyed the fight. "Now look over there, i think there's a cavern there, it should be more sheltered there we may be able to find the plant"
Getting to the opening was easier said than done, the path they were on stopped abruptly forcing them to skid down a steep snow patch to a lower level. After that they were able to move swiftly through a rock field that took them directly to the entrance of the cave.
Inside they were finally free from the wind that had plagued them since entering the mountain range, the cavern had a small dusting of snow on the rocky floor, less and less the further from the entrance they went.
"There won't be any plants in here" muttered laxus "It's too dark for anything but mushrooms and moss"
"Keep going" Sasuke instructed "Its widening up ahead, let's see what it is before giving up"
It was the right call, turning the corner they were greeted by a beautiful sight. A large hall like room was filled with towering pillars of ice that dripped down from the ceiling creating an almost mirror like effect that lit up the whole room.
"There must be light from somewhere, find the source and we should find the perfect spot for a flower to grow"
They all spread out and after a few minutes searching Erza called out from the back of the room. "Found it!"
They all met around the wall of the room, higher up in the wall was a thin slitted crack to the outside where light shone through. Nestled in the back of the crack they could just see the leaves of a plant.
"Do you think that's it?" Laxus asked.
"Only one way to find out" Sasuke leapt up in the air. Plucking the flower with pinpoint precision as he drew level with it, leaving its roots and leaves fully undisturbed. "Got it!" he celebrated as he fell back to the ground.
"Nice one, let's get out of this shithole before we freeze to death" Erza nodded in agreement with Laxus and the trio set off out the cave ready to hustle it back to Fairy Tail as quickly as possible.
They were greeted back with cheers as they sprinted through the doors. Ignoring the crowd they headed straight into the back room where they were greeted by a pink haired women sitting over a large pot of thick greenish liquid that bubbled as it cooked over a fire..
"The flower. Now." She demanded, Erza quickly handed it over and it was tossed into the pot almost straight away, "You arrived just in time, I had just finished the preliminary stages if you had been more than another hour it would have spoilt the whole batch."
Sasuke watched as the women continued to tend to her pot. It was strange, either she had the best control he had ever seen or she did not contain any Etherno atall. She was like a null space. Even the air held Etherno, it had presence, she was like a void spot in space. For a second he fought the urge to reach out and touch her, to see if she really existed. Heh. This place was getting more interesting by the second.
He watched as the medic spooned the concoction down Natsu's throat. The boy shivered before finally relaxing into the bed, steam poured from his mouth as the potion neutralised the radioactive elements inside his body.
"He'll be just fine. Give him more potion twice a day, morning and night. Goodbye, don't bother me again." Porlyusica swept from the room the second she was done, "Oh and tell the old coot this is the last freebee, next time i'll start charging him."
She left through the back door, just as Makarov burst in from the main hall. "Your back! Did you get it?"
"Yes Master. The potions already been administered to him, he should be fine."
"Well that's a relief" The diminutive man sunk into a chair by the bed "You kids are going to kill me with all this stress one day"
"Right well if that's that, i have a team to form. So long gramps, see you around Sasuke." Laxus left the room, leaving just Sasuke and Erza with the Master and a now lightly snoring Natsu.
"So Erza, I see Sasuke is back with us. No complaints from you?"
"No, he performed adequately for the mission i suppose. It was far too easy to get a real read on him though. But, for now i will withhold my judgment. You have the chance to earn my friendship" and she too left, leaving Sasuke alone with the Master.
"Well, all's well that ends well, wouldn't you say Sasuke? You handled all this quite well for a boy your age, not many would have the calm and composure you have, why you barely seemed troubled by any of it"
He hadn't been, he cared little if Natsu lived or died. But he wouldn't say that of course. "I was happy to help. I felt slightly guilty about it all, it was at least partially my fault."
"Hmm, your off on your own Mira tells me, just travelling the world after training with your master? You might want to find a place to rest now and again, it can be tiring living on the road your whole life." He jumped up onto the chair so that he could be level with Sasuke "How about it Lad? Continue wandering as much as you like, take missions, travel the world but at any time you can come back to a home. At Fairy Tail all are family. We treat each other with respect and kindness and expect it back in return. So what do you say? Will you join our family?"
Sasuke regarded the hand stretched out to him with interest. Join the guild? Well if it continued like this who knows how many clues would pop up here, it would be good to stick as close as possible, it would make observation so much easier. Plus the bar was pretty good, and it's not like he had anything better to do.
Sasuke reached for the hand and grasped it. Makarov smiled and pulled a stamp from behind his back, "where do you want it?"
Sasuke thought for a second before holding his left forearm up to receive the black stamp.
His left arm, the one he had lost all those years ago.
The one he wouldn't hesitate to get rid of again.
It had been 30 years since Naruto left the tribe. Sasuke had burned Iidas body as quickly as possible, the thought of it still made him sick sometimes. He had managed to convince the tribe that the pair had run off to elope together and would probably return soon, apart from Iidas father who had never been a fan of Naruto, the rest of the tribe took it in stride with a few jokes about young love and some jealousy from the other young girls of the village.
However as days turned to months and soon a year the tribe was convinced something had happened. Fortunately they simply decided the pair must have died to an animal attack or some other natural calamity.
And so Sasuke remained within the tribe, with his help he was able to teach them efficient techniques to create an easy life for themselves. Soon the tribe stopped their wandering, setting up permanent homes where Sasuke taught them to farm. After some time the chief passed away at the relatively old age of 55, in a unanimous choice Sasuke was chosen to lead the tribe. Under Sasuke's rule the tribe continued to prosper in all ways and before long a large settlement of over 300 people had sprung up in their grassy valley, Sasuke was approaching 50 but was still in the peak of his life to the astounding of his people, who tried to take as much responsibility from him as possible to keep him in good health.
Sasuke had taken up some hobbies to occupy his time now that leadership had been taken from him. Currently he was fishing. A wide river meandered between the rolling hills lower down the valley and this was where Sasuke could be found most days. Today was no exception.
Sasuke lay in the bed of soft grass, a wide hat perched over his head as he lightly dozed with a fishing rod held in place by one leg. The sun was shining and the sky was clear of all but the thinnest of white clouds that hung stationary in the calm sky, this was the life.
Sasuke was jolted from his peaceful slumber by a feeling he had not felt in a long time. He sensed chakra.
No. Not Chakra, it was similar, but different on a fundamental level. More importantly, it was coming from the village.
For the first time in over 20 years Sasuke unleashed his power, chakra coursed through his body as he sprang from his resting spot, with leaping bounds he covered the ground before him at an intense pace that set a jet stream in his wake.
Cresting the hill he got his first glimpse of the village. It was under attack! Men fought. Women and children fled. Buildings were being destroyed. But Sasuke barely noticed any of it, he was too transfixed by how the attackers fought.
Gushing flames, piercing winds, one man levitating objects and people alike. All of them radiating a power Sasuke had never felt before. It was like the warped natural chakra that remained to this day, but it wasn't, it felt cleaner, safer yet still wild and free. He spent too long staring and watching before a wailing scream broke him from his trance.
Shaking his head he continued his sprint down, he could figure these powers out later, after he had saved his people.
Sasuke had not fought with chakra for 20 years. He did not need it now. With spear and dagger, fist and foot, he butchered the entire attack party single handedly. Their strange attacks, their unnatural abilities it all fell flat before his might.
In just 10 minutes they were all dead. All but one who Sasuke had pinned down by the neck as he questioned him. "Who are you people? where did you come? What is this power?"
The man spat blood in his face and laughed cruelly. "We are just the beginning weakling. All will die under our might we are the chosen of the god! Our power is mighty as our god intended! We are magicians! All will cower before us!"
"Maybe, but you won't be around to see it" He slit the mans throat and stood to face his people who had returned and were now gathered round him.
For the first time Sasuke didn't know what to tell them. Naruto had succeeded, these attackers were the next stage of humanity, and his people were no longer top of the food chain.
And another chapter done, man i'm on a role, lets see how long this lasts not sure how long i can continue spending half my time at work writing fanfics.
I kinda struggled on this chapter, completely forgot Porlyusica was from Edolas until i googled her name to check how it was spelt. This meant i had to completely redo a huge section of my plan to fit this in, did help me figure out how i will do the Edolas arc though which has actually lead to me having planned out the end game and stuff too.
Which brings me to my next note, i had a couple of PM's on power levels and the like so i'll put this down here. Technically Sasuke can beat pretty much anyone in the Fairy tail cannon, in this AU he is technically god, not much people can do about that. This brings us to a point which plagues writers forever, how to make an immortal/unbeatable character interesting? There are many ways to do this, Shinobi of the high seas puts all its suspense into supporting fights until it reaches a point where the protag is challenged, others such as One punch man go for comedy. I'm choosing to go for mystery and phycology, Sasuke will spend the majority of this fic searching for answers, there will be fights in this fic and he will struggle(to win without revealing his power) but all suspense will come from other characters and Sasuke's journey for answers and his healing psych.
Right now Sasuke is a fun little ball of personality tropes. You can see he switches from fun and easy going too serious to not giving a fuck at any point, safe to say he's fairly messed up. He also does not give a single shit about his guild mates, right now, this is also true in Naruto canon for the most part. Sasuke takes a while to warm up to and trust people and treats any he doesn't care about as little more than fodder, he still has that character trait in this story.
Thanks to everyone who reviewed including my first flame! If everyone who doesn't like my story could flame me that would actually be really helpful.
I will answer a few questions now:
Petem903: Sorry man you'll just have to wait for those answers as they will be the driving force of the fic, hope this gave you some answers though, as to Naruto, mwahahah you'll just have to wait, not sure you'll like the results but you managed to inspire a paticurlaly evil idea in my head
BlankDead: Sasuke revives and heals all his wounds, including his hands so yeah two hands
Hades The Scribe: Oh shit, i may have forgotten to right that bit, it was meant to be right in the second part of the first chap, oops. Basically naruto merged with all the biju over the years as their current jinchuriki died to seal them in a mindscape world he created for them. Then they all sacrifice themselves to give him enough power to burst through the void dimension.
That's all for now, keep them reviews coming there how i feed myself.
