The Cursed Human
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto and Fairy Tail
"Demon talking/Attack"
"Speech"
'Thoughts'
I would like to thank Holyknight 5 for helping me to further develop Kyuubi's magic abilities. I would also like to thank the other reviewers who reviewed my story. This is probably the longest chapter to date and I hope you all enjoy the fight scenes.
WARNING! The following chapter contains blood, violence and some course language. Enjoy :)
Chapter 4 : Fire and Ice Vs. Wave
Magic energy rippled through the area scaring away all forms of sentient life to the soon to be climatic battle between man and beast. In the center of the now destroyed Rune Knight camp, two beings were gathering their energy for a big battle. On one side, Gray Fullbuster was fighting to protect his nakama Erza. The other fighter, the humanoid fox Kyuubi, was fighting to take away the life of Erza.
Gray raised his power to the very maximum and the area surrounding him started to freeze over from the power he was releasing. Kyuubi grinned and continued to raise his power creating violent winds that threatened to blow their surroundings to dust. Unlike Gray however, who raised his power to its limit, Kyuubi's power continued to rise and quickly surpassed Gray's and did not show any signs of stopping.
Gray cursed under his breath, 'This doesn't look good. When I hit him with my last attack I used it at its maximum. I am gonna have to fight at max power just to hurt it. There is no way that I can beat him on my own.' He quickly glanced at Erza's unconscious form, she was shivering slightly. 'Unfortunately Erza is unconscious. Even if she does wake up, she doesn't seem capable of fighting this thing. Looks like I'll have to hold out until Natsu gets hear.'
Kyuubi grinned with a Cheshire cat like smile, "Are you ready yet? Cause it is now time for this battle to begin." Gray slammed his hands into his fists and prepared to unleash his next attack. "BRING IT YOU SIX TAILED FREAK!" He yelled at Kyuubi as both fighters suddenly charged at one another.
Kyubbi appeared above Gray his hand in a chopping motion, a red energy surrounding it. Gray's hands shone a bright blue and frost escaping between his fingers. Then as one both attacks clashed. "Wave chop" Kyuubi shouted as he brought his hand down. "Ice make: Saucer" a bright blue magic seal appeared and soon emerged a spinning wheel of sharpened ice. Both attacks clashed and shockwave resulted from the impact. Strong winds blew as the two attacks battled for dominance, but Gray's saucer cracked and was blown to pieces as Kyuubi's attack broke through and sent him flying from the small explosion created upon making contact with the earth.
Gray regained his balance in the air and landed on his feet. "Damn it, this guy uses Wave magic, Just like Lyon's comrade Yuka." Kyuubi removed his arm from the earth and glanced at Gray. He licked his sharp teeth which would have scared any normal man. "No… His Wave magic is way stronger than Yuka's."
Kyuubi gestured for Gray to attack him again. Gray charged forward to attack Kyuubi. 'Wave magic nullifies all magic based attacks and only physical attacks can harm the user. He must be incredibly diverse in Wave, so wasting magic energy to counter his own attacks would be pointless. The only option I have is to attack him directly then unleash my attacks on him. But that body of his is resistant to my attacks. It would take the full power of any of my attacks to even hurt him and the time I would get to strike would be short.'
Gray charged towards Kyuubi while dodging his strikes. 'Damn it! I don't have a lot of options open to me right now. Looks like I have to go with my only option. Speed and timing are key elements to winning this battle.'
Kyuubi did not let up in his assault, smirking as a few hits hit his opponent, albeit they were not very deep, simple gashes. "What happened to your previous fervor? Have you realised that it is pointless to stand in my way?"
Kyubi reeled his fist back and struck at Gray. 'NOW' he shouted mentally. Gray twisted his body and avoided the strike and entered Kyuubi's defenses. Gray slammed his fist into his palm and pushed his Ice make abilities to their limit. "Ice make: Scythe" he shouted a large scythe made entirely of Ice slammed into Kyuubi. Kyuubi gasped for air at the hard hit and was sent a yard away from Gray. Gray glanced at his scythe and grinned when he noticed the faint droplets of blood on his scythe's tip. "Well, well, looks like you do bleed after all."
Kyuubi snarled "Do not let one lucky hit; go to your head boy. That one strike will not save you."
"Maybe not, but it gives me more than enough confidence to take your furry hide down." He countered.
Red energy gathered into Kyuubi's fists as he stretched one arm inward and extended fully his palm outward towards his opponent. "Wave: Air bullet" he thrust his fist forward and shot a blast of red wave energy in the form of a fist at Gray. He instinctively struck with his scythe, but it shattered. "Wave: Storm Frenzy" Kyuubi moved his arms so fast they became blurs and a whole barrage of red energy fists flew towards Gray who did his best to dodge or counter them. He slammed his hands in the ground and launched himself in the air by creating a pillar of ice which crumbled under the barrage. "Ice make: Ice Salvo." Kyuubi laughed at Gray's attempt, "You idiot! Do you really think that I will fall for the same attack twice?" His eyes widened when Gray fired numerous missiles, but instead of hitting him, they impacted with the ground around him. The blast created a small smokescreen which Gray disappeared in. 'He missed?' Kyuubi thought incredulously. 'No, he missed on purpose. He took advantage of the fact that his attack wouldn't work against me and turned it into his favor. However it will take more than a smokescreen to stop me.'
Kyuubi tensed and looked around his surroundings using his enhanced senses to find Gray. His ears suddenly twitched and he spun around crossing his arms just in time to block a strike from Gray. A sword of Ice struck him, but shattered from the impact. Kyuubi shot one of his tails forward and grabbed Gray by the throat. Gray gasped for the air as Kyuubi's tail continued to tighten. He looked at the ice mage, wondering why he would attempt such a reckless charge.
Suddenly Gray's appearance began to change. He became more transparent like glass, before his entire body shattered into shards of ice. Kyuubi's eyes widened, "An ice clone! Where the hell is…?"
"Right here ya bastard!" Gray's voice answered behind him. Kyuubi spun around only to come face to face with an ice bazooka and a smirking Gray. "Son of a …" Kyuubi growled, but Gray shut him up. "Ice make: Cannon". Gray's bazooka fired releasing a large blast of freezing energy.
Meanwhile
Erza's body shuddered before her eyes widened. She quickly sat up in a panic and looked at her surroundings. 'Where am I?' she thought. Images flashed through her head before she remembered what happened. 'I remember suffering from a mental breakdown after I saw that creature.' She shuddered, 'I was about to be killed, but Gray showed up and then there was a large noise and…' Erza's head shot up, 'Where is Gray?' she thought in a panic.
Erza reached into her armor and pulled out her necklace. The necklace continued to glow in a bright light. She looked to her right as she saw a bright flash of blue light followed by an explosion. The gem on her necklace pointed towards the direction of the explosion. Erza got up and started to move to help Gray. As she got up she stumbled and hit a wall. She flinched in pain when she moved away from the wall, as some of her hair was ripped out.
'I have to help Gray! I will never forgive myself if something happened to him just because I was careless.'
Gray panted in exhaustion, as he looked at the body of Kyuubi.
"Damn… I missed."
Gripping the tip of his Bazooka were Kyuubi's tails. At the last moment, he redirected the blast with them. The shot missed his head by only a couple of inches. The fur around the left side of his face was covered in melting frost and a large gash with fresh blood leaking down his cheek.
"My turn." He snarled tightening his tails grip on the bazooka and crushing it into pieces. Gray felt the air leave his lungs as Kyuubi delivered a powerful kick into Gray's stomach. Gray felt the air leave his lungs as he was launched straight up into the air and left wide open to Kyuubis's next strike.
"Pyro Wave" he shouted as he spun and rotated his arms, vibrating the molecules in the air to the point of combustion, unleashing a large funnel of fiery wave magic in the form of a red spiral that flew towards Gray. He yelled in pain as the attack collided. The attack literally felt like it was burning away every single fiber of his being apart.
The attack ended, but before he could retaliate, Gray felt something wrap around his waist. He looked down to see one of Kyuubi's tails wrapped around him. Kyuubi then flicked his tail and slammed Gray into the ground. He repeated this three more times, before lifting him up and started whipping him with his five remaining tails.
One strike hit him in the ribs, the next hit went across his face, the next performed an uppercut and Kyuubi continued his relentless assault. Each strike felt like being slashed with a sword. Gray attempted to perform another spell, but Kyuubii was not letting up in his attacks, not leaving a single opening for him to take advantage off. By the time he was done, Gray was covered in slash wounds, blood leaking from his injuries and almost coating his body in blood. Kyuubi released Gray from his hold only to slam a fist directly into Gray's gut, sending him flying.
Kyuubi slowly made his way over to Gray, who was slowly getting up, despite his severe injuries. Gray looked worse for wear, having suffered more than three broken ribs, major blood loss, and multiple lacerations and much more, it was a miracle that he was still alive.
"I am impressed. No one has ever lasted this long against me in my current state. I have to admit that you were a very worthy opponent. Using all of those clever traps to deceive me." Kyuubi chuckled.
"What's so damn funny you bastard?" Gray panted between breaths.
"It's a little ironic don't you think? Kitsune are supposed to be masters of trickery and are known for deceiving humans. Yet, here you are, a simple human whom somehow managed to trick a trickster. Sadly you used every last one of your tricks and now you will pay the price for your courage."
Gray clutched his bleeding side, panting heavily as Kyuubi came closer and closer to him. When he was only a few feet away, Gray started to wheeze uncontrollably. Kyuubi realised that he was laughing.
"Used up all my tricks you say? I don't think so buddy. I still have one trick left up my sleeve."
Kyuubi snorted "What are you…?" as soon as he took the next step, Gray's final trap activated.
A bright light blinded Kyuubi, and a small explosion came from where he was standing. Ice erupted from around his feet and pretty soon his entire body was almost covered in ice, leaving only his head, arms and parts of his tails free.
"What is this?" Kyuubi growled. Gray planted his fist into his palm, "Ice make: mine. See I figured it might come to this, so I planted some of those mines underground when I created that smokescreen earlier." Gray poured every last once of magic power into his next attack. "Time to end this. Ice make: Cold Excalibur!"
A large magnificently crafted blade appeared in Grays hands. It was around the size of a human, with wings on the guard and it brimmed with magic power. Clutching it with both hands Gray charged forward. Before Kyuubi could recover from his surprise and use his magic to free himself, Gray got close enough and he swung his sword, cutting through the ice containing Kyuubi.
Red splashed across his vision before he felt a searing pain across his chest. He looked down to see a large horizontal gash on his chest. Kyuubi clutched the wound and roared in pain as blood flew from the wound.
Meanwhile Gray's sword shattered to pieces and he fell to the ground. 'Damn I am at my limit. At least I made some damage to that freak,'
Suddenly a strong grip wrapped around his entire body, lifting him from the ground. In his current state Gray could only watch in horror as Kyuubi lifted him into the air.
Gray watched in horror as the large wound he inflicted on Kyuubi started to steam and close up before his eyes. "You have got be fucking kidding me." Gray cursed.
"I will admit you are the first person to push me this far. But sadly your best was not enough." He gripped Gray with both his hands and started to crush Gray in his grip.
Gray screamed in agony as he felt his insides begin to rupture. "When I am done with you, I will take care of eliminating your red haired friend."
"RELEASE HIM!" a familiar voice yelled. Kyuubi stopped crushing Gray as he suddenly felt something break against his leg. He turned his head down to his leg to see no one other than Erza Scarlet. She looked worse for wear; she was still shaking in fear. In her hands was a broken sword that she had used in a vain attempt to harm him and her armor was cracked from the damage she took from Kyuubi's last attack.
Kyuubi narrowed his eyes at her, letting Gray go and letting him fall to the ground. He began to slowly move towards Erza, who was backing up away from Kyuubi. "By the time I am done with you. You will have wished you had fled and let me kill that ice bastard."
Erza's back hit a wall, hitting a dead end as Kyuubi finally stopped in front of her. "Any last requests before I kill you?" Realising that her end was imminent, Erza closed her eyes, before opening them again. Kyuubi who had been expecting her to beg for her life was completely taken by surprise when Erza said, "I realise that I will not escape you and that I do not have the spirit to fight you. But please accept my last request…" Erza raised her head, tears dripping down her face, "I beg of you… please you don't hurt any more of my comrades."
Seeing Erza's tears caused Kyuubi to flinch as a torrent of emotions threatened to flood through him. But he quickly pushed them down and glared at Erza, "I find it quite funny that you have the audacity to sacrifice your life to protect your comrades. I was actually expecting you to beg for your own survival... as the cowardly traitor you really are." he said with his eyes narrowing at her. "But very well, I will accept your request and let your comrades live." Kyuubi threw his hand forth with the intent to crush Erza. "NOW DIE TRAITOR!"
Everything appeared to move in slow motion. Erza closed her eyes and waited patiently for her life to be ended. Instead imagine her surprise when she heard Kyuubi screaming in pain. She opened her eyes to see what was happening.
Her eyes widened in surprise when she saw that her necklace was flailing wildly in the wind, shining brightly like a star. She stared in wonder as a barrier of green energy erected itself between herself and Kyuubi's fist. Green electricity sparked on the area where his fist impacted against the barrier, before it burst in a small flash of light, sending both fighters to the ground. Erza's necklace lost its glow and returned to hanging limply around her neck. Kyuubi howled in pain and began nursing his right hand, blackened and burned from the energy released by Erza's necklace.
Kyuubi's hand slowly started to repair itself, albeit at a much slower pace than with the earlier injury inflicted by Gray. Kyuubi's other hand made its way up to his scarred eye. Erza stared in both fear and curiosity at what was happening to Kyuubi. 'W…what is happening?' she asked.
However when Kyuubi lowered his hand, Erza's hands went to her mouth in order to stifle the gasp that escaped her lips.
Kyuubi's eye, once red with a slitted pupil, was now cerulean blue with a round pupil. "E…Erza?" Kyuubi asked, his voice losing its demonic tone, becoming more human. A lone tear escaped from Erza's eye as she recognised the voice. "You… you're…."
But just as quickly as it happened, Kyuubi blinked and his eye returned to normal, the anger in his eyes returning full force. "ENOUGH! I WILL END THIS NOW. If I cannot touch you physically I will simply attack from a distance."
All six of his tails started to wrap themselves around each other, vibrating so much that they glowed before glowing bright red. Red energy surrounded Kyuubi's body before the energy suddenly started to redirect itself towards his tails.
"Six Tailed Backlash Wave" he shouted swinging his tails and unleashing a blast of blazing energy in the form of six spinning, fused arcs of energy making their way towards Erza and decimating everything in their path.
Erza tried to dodge, but flinched as pain raced through her legs. Suddenly she felt a pair of strong arms wrap around her and then the figure jumped away from the attack. Upon making contact with the wall, the blast of wave magic exploded into the sky in the form of a small tower with six energy lines emerging from it, giving it the form of a star in the landscape.
Erza closed her eyes as she felt the searing heart from the attack come in way to close for comfort.
"Gray" she shouted in a panic. "Don't worry about that idiot. He's seen worse days." Erza looked up at her rescuer and was surprised to see her comrade Natsu Dragneel.
"Natsu? How did you know where we were?" she asked.
"When we saw the smoke rising from the camp, Lucy and I figured that you and Gray would definitely be where all the action was. So not wanting to be left out of the good fight, I decided to go ahead of Lucy." He stated, before glaring at Kyuubi. "Looks like you guys got more than you bargained for."
"Natsu" a voice shouted from above. Erza looked to see Happy holding a beaten and unconscious Gray. He quickly flew down and laid Gray gently on the ground. "Gray is really beat up but he needs immediate medical treatment Natsu." Happy told him with a frown.
"I got" he nodded before turning to Erza, "Erza I need you to get out of here along with Gray and Happy. Lucy should be waiting with Loki at the entrance making sure that all the rune knights were on their way out of here."
Erza yelled at Natsu, "And what will you do? Fight him? Natsu you cannot beat him. He's too strong, look what happened to Gray." Natsu smirked a little his eyes never leaving Kyuubi. "I know" he said causing Erza to look at him in shock. Now that she got a good look at Natsu, she saw that he was shaking.
"I can feel that things power and I can honestly say that this guy is about on the same level as Laxus, maybe even more. I don't know why the hell he is attacking all these people… but what I do now is that as a Fairy Tail mage…" He smashed his fist into his palm, flames appearing on various parts of his body out of anger. "There aint no way I am letting that bastard hurt you and get away with what he's done, without delivering a little payback!" Erza stared at Natsu with a pleading look "Natsu…Please just this once I beg of you, do not fight. He is different from those fought before. He will not hesitate to destroy you."
"I told you, I know all that Erza… I can't beat him alone. I'd need at least you and Gray. But with that useless idiot unconscious and you not at 100%, the best I can do is hold him off until Lucy gets here with the magic runner."
"Natsu…" Erza said.
"Happy, get Gray and Erza out safely, I'll try to buy you sometime."
Happy nodded and gently lowered Gray to Erza's good side. "I need some help to carry Grey Erza. Come on."
Erza hesitated, but reluctantly accepted the decision to leave Natsu to fight Kyuubi. She gently helped Happy to ease the unconscious Gray onto her good shoulder. Slowly the two began to walk away until Erza stopped. She turned around and said, "You better come back alive Natsu. I will never forgive you if you die." A grin formed on Natsu's face and despite the situation they were currently in he could not help but release a small chuckle. "You got it Erza." Erza nodded and the two began to quicken their pace away from the impeding battlefield.
Kyuubi however was not so keen on letting her get away. "Do you really think that I will let you get away? I will not let you escape so easily!" he jumped after Erza with the intent to finish his kill, but Natsu suddenly appeared in front of him, his fist extended back. "Fire Dragons Iron Fist" he shouted asflames coated his fist and slammed into the fox demon's face.
After about a second the attack finally registered and Kyuubi's body went flying backwards. He rolled on the ground, before righting himself in mid-air. He stood up and glared and Natsu, who answered him with a glare of his own.
"Where the hell do you think you're going ya long eared bastard? You're fight is with me, not Erza you got that?!"
Kyuubi scoffed at Natsu's remark, "You insolent fool! That girl has everything to do with all this destruction!" He stated while gesturing to the entire camp which was slowly burning to the ground. "Why are you even protecting that woman? She is a weak and cowardly traitor who will not hesitate to cut lose all those around her. Whether they are friends, allies or enemies, she will not hesitate to eliminate anyone who gets in the way of her personal agenda. Even if you were to do everything, even sacrifice you're own freedom for her, she will abandon you to the dogs."
Natsu's hair shadowed his eyes and he simply stood on the spot, the wind blowing his clothes and his scarf. "Is that what you think about Erza? Judging by your tone I'm guessing that the two of you have a history together. But no matter what you say I am not going to let you hurt her."
Kyuubi narrowed his eyes at the son of Igneel, "Why are you and that Ice mage so insistent on protecting that woman? Our business has absolutely nothing to do with you."
Natsu remained still before he gripped his fists, flames bursting all over his body. He looked up at Kyuubi whose eyes widened in surprise when he saw the intensity of Natsu's gaze.
"Let me make one thing absolutely clear… Erza is a Fairy Tail mage and the moment you made her a target and the moment you attacked Gray... IS THE MOMENT THAT IT BECAME MY BUISNESS!" Natsu's flames and magic power began to rise in the form of a large pillar of fire, burning everything around him to ash.
Kyuubi stared at Natsu with an emotionless gaze, but on the inside he was slightly surprised at Natsu's strength. He gazed at the young mage whose form suddenly shifted and for a moment, Kyuubi saw the image of a giant red dragon envelop Natsu.
'This boy… something is different about him.' He thought.
Natsu rushed towards his opponent and delivered a right hook to his abdomen, but Kyuubi reacted and caught Natsu's fist with his palm. Natsu continued his attack and rotated his body to deliver a kick to the side of Kyuubi's head forcing him to use his other hand to block it. Kyuubi let go of Natsu's limbs and then delivered a devastating upward kick that sent Natsu flying into the air. Kyuubi took a deep breath, before releasing a devastating blast of sonic vibrations. "Howling Wave".
Natsu quickly recovered from the kick and dodged out of the way of Kyuubi's attack by releasing a jet of flames from his elbow which allowed him to divert himself and narrowly avoided the attack. Natsu then took a deep breath and retaliated with an attack of his own. "Fire dragon's Roar".
A strong blast of flames flew from Natsu's mouth and made their way towards Kyuubi, who did not even dodge as he allowed the flames to hit him, causing a small explosion.
The smoke cleared and revealed Kyuubi behind a red energy field. Natsu cursed under his breath, 'Damn it this guy has the same type of magic like when I fought Big brow's on Galuna island, the only way I can kick the crap outta him is if I can get in close enough and deliver blows at the last minute.'
Natsu jumped into the air and a magic circle appeared behind him as flames flew from his arms, "Fire Dragons Wing attack", large wings of flames flew from Natsu's arms and he brought his arms down sending the streams of fire straight towards Kyuubi who did nothing to move out of the way and simply allowed Natsu's attack to slam into his barrier.
"You are beginning to bore me. If that is all you are capable off then I feel almost sorry that the blasted wench has associated herself with such weak people." He said in a deadly and irritated tone.
Suddenly Natsu took advantage of his attacks momentum and began to cartwheel his way towards the barrier and gaining momentum. After he got close enough Natsu used the gathered momentum to slam his fist into the barrier. Natsu gritted his teeth as his fist made its way through the barrier and started to rip to pieces from the intense vibrations. "Fire Dragons Flame Elbow"
A jet stream of red flames flew from Natsu's elbow and propelled his fist towards Kyuubi.
"Fire Dragons Iron Rocket Fist" Natsu's fist flew fast towards Kyuubi and collided with his face, causing him to lose focus and deactivating the barrier. Kyuubi was sent flying back and slid through the ground face first. Natsu flinched as he looked down at his fist which was shaking and covered in blood.
Kyuubi got back up and growled at Natsu, "You're insane! Putting your hand through my barrier like that could have ripped your hand to pieces."
Kyuubi's face then formed into a grin as he chuckled, "Though I must admit, you guys are one unpredictable bunch. Ever since I escaped from my prison it has been one disappointing fight after another. I am forced to deal with weak humans, even if my opponents are mages, they are still incredibly weak. Because of this I have been always forced to restrain my powers. Deep in my heart I cannot help, but crave battle and truth is I was beginning to lose interest completely."
Kyuubi pointed a claw to Natsu, "But you are different. You and that Ice mage were the first to have pushed me this far. I do not care if you do it because this is your natural strength or because you do it to protect someone. All I care about right now is that for once in a really long time I can afford myself to cut lose even if it is just a little bit."
Natsu frowned at the six tailed demon, "What do you want a sorry look and maybe some pity? Well fuck off, cause you aint getting any! If your only reason is to do battle without any reason, then you aren't as strong as you claim to be. Any real fighter fights for his own beliefs." He yelled with pride in his voice
Kyuubi's body assumed a battle stance, "Nonetheless I am truly grateful for you to have pushed me this far, so as a reward I am going to take this battle up a notch and showed you a portion of my true power."
Kyuubi raised his arms to either side of his body and clenched his fists. He closed his eyes and took a deep breath before exhaling and remaining absolutely still. At first nothing happened, but then suddenly the ground started to shake and small stones levitated off from the ground .
Natsu never once took his eyes off of Kyuubi, "What is he planning?" Natsu muttered.
Natsu's eyes widened as he saw something streams of blue energy emerge from Kyuubi's body. He was emitting a lot of energy that was rolling off him in waves. The energy was so thick that you could have cut it with a knife.
The energy soon changed color going from blue to crimson red. The energy gathered around his body and focused on his fists which began to glow and vibrate.
He pulled his fist back before slamming it into the ground,"Wave Hammer" Natsu had little time to react as an explosion erupted from the point of impact. Natsu dodged out of the way only to feel a force kick him. His Eardrums nearly burst as he was kicked with the force of a sonic boom right into the ground, a large crater forming. He glanced behind him in time to see Kyuubi with his fists raised again and seeing what happened the first time Natsu jumped out of the way at the moment Kyuubi slammed his Wave Hammer into the ground, creating another explosion. Natsu was caught in the backlash and his body flailed helplessly in the wind.
Kyuubi the grabbed pieces of stone with his hands and tails, the energy that covered his body soon transferred to the pieces of stone which began to vibrate as well. Kyuubi then threw the stones at Natsu.
Reacting quickly Natsu began to run out of the way of the oncoming projectiles. The moment they touched the ground they blew up into even more small explosions.
Natsu jumped, skidded and dodged out of the way of the deadly projectiles. Kyuubi smirked in amusement, using his telepathy to control and redirect the flying missiles towards Nastu, blowing up directly in front of him. Natsu landed on the ground and groaned in pain. Those explosions were beginning to become a pain in his ass.
He did not have time to let his mind wander as he dodged another strike from Kyuubi and tried to jump back, but his arms were caught by one of his tails. Struggling to get out of the tight grip, Natsu was soon assaulted by Kyuubi who began to strike him with his knee over and over again. Natsu gasped for air as blood and spittle flew from his mouth as he could do nothing but to allow Kyuubi to continue to bombard him with one of the toughest parts of his body.
Natsu finally had the decency to block Kyuubi's knee strike with his legs, the impact causing Natsu's body to strain against the limb. Using the knee as a plank, Natsu backflipped away from kyuubi and gripped the tail holding his hands prisoner. Using his inhuman strength, Natsu lifted Kyuubi high into the air and slammed him back down into the earth. Natsu repeated this two more times before he started to spin like a top and slam Kyuubi into whatever was still standing.
Having enough being thrown around, Kyubi began to vibrate the tail that Natsu was holding which then began to vibrate his hands. Natsu yelled in pain as he felt his hands being burned by the vibrating limb.
Natsu jumped back panting, his face bleeding from a broken nose and his entire body was bruised by Kyuubi's strikes. Natsu swore as he snapped his nose back into place and flinched in pain as he stared in amazement at the burn marks on his hands.
"W…wh…what the fuck… was that?" He asked in shock. "I can't be burned by fire."
Kyuubi dusted himself off, the energy on his body disappearing before he returned to normal.
Natsu leveled a glare at him, "How the fact did you burn me when I am immune to fire magic? You lying bastard, what type of magic do you really use?
Kyuubi chuckled, "If you are wondering if I used some type of fire magic, then the answer is no. You see most humans who use Wave magic do not seem to realise its full potential. Wave magic doesn't just nullify magic or send waves of energy that explode on contact. You see everything in this universe vibrates; everything to the smallest molecule and atom. If one can vibrate fast enough then it is possible to create a combustive reaction. Using Wave I can amplify that reaction, so when I vibrated my tail, I vibrated and burned the minuscule parts of your body composition and burned right through it.
Kyuubi raised his clawed hand into the air, "Allow me to show you what else Wave can do. If you put enough force into it, then you can even create SHOCKWAVES" he yelled and slammed it down onto the ground. "Wave: Terra Shock!" he yelled as a powerful shockwave caused the landmass in front of him to burst outward in the form of a river of dirt and stone that enveloped and crushed everything in its path.
'Shit' Natsu cursed. A magic seal appearing below him and his feet burst into flames and he unleashed a stream of fire which shot him skyward and into the air. Natsu's body then reacted on instinct and avoided a punch to his head by Kyuubi. He retaliated by a quick kick to the face, but missed when Kyuubi reactivated his energy and disappeared from sight, only to reappear and deliver a devastating drop kick to Natsu. Ignoring the pain he righted himself at the last minute and landed on all fours, creating a small crater. He then back flipped to avoid a drop kick from Kyuubi, which created an even bigger crater.
Natsu leapt to the side as the ground burst outward and a large tower of vibration wave magic erupted into the sky.
Kyuubi surprised Natsu yet again by bursting from the ground and delivered a devastating uppercut to his chin exploding and sending him flying into the sky. Kyuubi jumped after Natsu appearing under him and was prepared to stab him in his chest.
Natsu quivkly sucked in the oxygen, Kyuubi smirked and activated a red barrier to protect him from the flames. But he was surprised when instead of fire he was bombarded with spit. "Fire Dragons Spit", he yelled. Kyuubi roared in disgust, "What the hell?" he yelled as he tried to wipe the spit from his eyes, which started to burn them.
Taking advantage of the distraction, Natsu twisted his body and avoided Kyuubi's strike to his chest. He raised his leg and brought the fire coated limb down on Kyuubi's head. "Fire Dragons Claw"
The strike sent Kyuubi crashing down to earth, creating another crater. Natsu clapped his hands together and bgan to gather energy in the form of a sphere, "Fire Dragons Brilliant Flame." He launched the giant sphere of flames towards Kyuubi. Kyuubi finished wiping his eyes just in time for the giant ball of flame to impact with his body and envelop him in a fiery explosion. Kyuubi jumped out of the flames, his fur singed in many places and began looking for Natsu who seemingly vanished, 'Where is he?' he mentally shouted, an intense ringing reverberating through his head due to the previous explosion and impairing his hearing. The entire area was covered in fresh smoke so relying on his sense of smell was out of the question.
"EAT THIS ASSHOLE!", Natsu yelled out appearing out of nowhere and slammed both of his fists onto Kyuubi's head, momentarily dazing him. He then back flipped and landed in front of Kyuubi and did a foot sweep causing the demon to lose his balance and fall on his back. Not leaving him any time to react Natsu jumped into the air and ignited his fist "Fire Dragons Iron Fist".
Kyuubi widened his eyes and quickly rolled out of the way of the Natsu's attack, and went into a handstand and began to spin like a top, red energy began to cover his tails.
"Wave: Hell Twister"
A large red twister formed around Kyuubi, knocking all debris and Natsu included back, while firing arcs of red wave energy. Natsu was forced to backflip out of the way of the arcs as they slammed into the ground, small explosions following after. After the last arc was fired Kyuubi stopped spinning and jumped back onto his feet.
Natsu stared at the spot of each explosion; in each spot the earth was completely scorched. He knew that he was invulnerable to fire, but he doubted that even he could withstand a direct hit from one of those strikes. Kyuubi on the outside was panting slightly, but on the inside he loved the fact that he was being pushed so far. It was not close to his full limits, but it was something.
Natsu clutched his aching side, his panting getting worse by the second. 'Shit, this guy is freaking tough, no wonder Gray got his ass kicked so badly. I'm dealing him with everything I got, but he isn't even going full force. What's even worse is that long eared bastard is purposely holding himself back. He could easily beat the crap outta me if he wanted to.'
Natsu gripped his hand and ignored the pain he was feeling, 'I can't forget what it is I am supposed to do and that's buy some time for Erza and Lucy to finish what they have to do. Come on guys hurry the fuck up!'
"Hey long eared bastard!" he yelled at Kyuubi who growled at Natsu's nickname for him. "This next strike is going to end it so get ready to get smashed, cause now…" he slammed his fists together, "…I'M ALL FIRED UP!"
Kyuubi stared at Natsu and sighed, "You keep telling yourself that, but if you are at the end of your rope then why not give it what I got as well?" he said before dropping to all fours. "BRING IT HUMAN!" he yelled.
Natsu took off in a run, fire blazing behind as he got closer and closer to Kyuubi.
Kyuubi roared and began to gather his energy as well. He took a deep breath, gathering and condensing energy. "Wave: Sonic Beam" A large beam of red energy flew out of Kyuubi's throat and began to make its way towards Natsu, who was also preparing his final attack.
He gathered both of his hands together and large streams of fire trailing around him, "Dragon Slayer Secret technique: Crimson Lotus: Exploding Flame Blade!"
Both attacks collided as both fire and energy collided, creating a massive explosion, as two domes of energy of both fire and energy collided, enveloping the two fighters in its deadly embrace.
When the domes dissipated, Natsu and Kyuubi were still standing, but Natsu looked much worse. He had managed to survive thanks to his immunity to fire, but he was still pretty shook up from the blast. Kyuubi on the other hand wrapped himself with his six tails that served to protect him. He unwrapped his tails from his body and began to make his way towards him. Natsu watched as Kyuubi made his way towards him, the wounds on his body already healing.
"You should never have risked your live so haphazardly, no I have no choice, but to end you. " he said with a twinge of regret in his voice, which did not go unnoticed by Natsu. "Why…?" he asked
"What?" Kyuubi stopped walking towards. "Why… Why do you hate Erza so much? Why the hell are you so damn adamant to kill her? Why are you willing to cause so much destruction for her? What did she do to make you so angry?"
Kyuubi was silent for a while, just as Natsu was about to ask him again he answered, "You ask me why I am so angry at her and why I am so hellbent on ending her pathetic life?" he asked with venom in his voice.
His fists were clenched so tightly that blood was leaking despite his incredibly dense fur, "That girl… I trusted her and in the end… She kills one of my closest friends and she left me behind and in the end…" he went silent as he looked at his red furry hands now covered in blood. "I lost my humanity... as well as most of my memories and with each passing day, I lose a little more of what once made me human."
Natsu stared at Kyuubi with a sad look, "Does this mean… that you were also a victim from the tower of Heaven?" At the mentioned of the Tower, Kyuubi went berserk; he reared his head back and roared to the heavens. He looked straight at Natsu and yelled, "ENOUGH TALK I AM GOING TO END…"
Whatever he was about to say was lost as a bright light slammed into him and sent him flying into a wall of debris that miraculously still survived the battle and it all collapsed on top of him.
Natsu stared at the collapsed wall, which had a few of Kyuubi's tails sticking out from under it. "What the …" Natsu asked before he recognised a loud voice calling his name, "NATSU!"
He turned to see Lucy riding on the magic four wheeler with Loki driving and his fist smoking, which meant that he was responsible for the light that slammed into Kyuubi earlier.
Lucy's eyes widened when she saw the state Natsu was in, "Are you okay, Natsu? What happened? Happy arrived with Erza and Gray both injured and when you didn't arrive, I assumed the worst and…"
"Never mind that Lucy, right now we have to get the hell outta here."
Lucy hesitate, but nodded her head. Natsu got onto the vehicule much to his reluctance and they drove away. "Loki we have to get out of here as fast as we can. We have to head back to the guild and get Natsu, Erza and Gray immediate medical attention." Lucy ordered Loki who nodded in agreement, "You got it Lucy". With that the four wheeler jumped into high gear and soon was out of sight as it raced away.
Meanwhile with Kyuubi
He didn't know how long he was out all he did know... was that he was pissed.
The debris bulged a little, before a shockwave burst all the debris away from a know conscious and very angry Kyuubi. He looked around and glared at his surroundings, the entire camp was pretty much destroyed now and nobody was around for miles.
Kyuubi growled before he spotted something out of the corner of his eyes. Wedged between what was once a wall were a few strands of red hair.
Kyuubi's eyes widened in surprise as he picked up the locks of hair. He could not believe his luck. He took a deep sniff of the hair. Picking up on the distinct scent of one Erza Scarlet. He glanced towards the direction that the magic four wheeler went and his eyes gained a predatory look as he took off.
'No matter where you hide… no matter how far you run girl… I will not stop until you are dead by my hands. And anyone that gets in the way of me terminating you… will be destroyed as well!'
As the sun finally set over the town of the horizon, everyone who lived in the vicinity would forever remember that day.
The day when they all heard the roar of a monstrous and powerful beast.
Unknown location
Far away from the deserted battlefield, the mysterious man known as Jiraya stood on top of one of Fiore's many mountains. He was sitting in a meditative position and was in a very deep state of meditation. He had a giant scroll next to him, Which was covered with the kanji for seal. Jiraya's eyes opened up and the birds that were on him scattered and flew away.
"Well at least they did not use me as a toilet." he mumbled. He stood back and cracked his neck and stretched his body, groaning in satisfaction as he popped a few kinks. He then stared in the direction that caught his attention, " A large mass of demonic energy came from that direction, along with two equally powerful magic signatures. Someone has attempted to fight him and judging by their aura they're either dead, dying or in hiding. I really hope it's the latter"
He suddenly blinked, "The demonic energy is moving." he grabbed the giant scroll that was lying beside him and jumped off the mountain's ledge, "Looks like things are going to get very interesting." he says with a small smile.
Chapter end!
Finally, I'm done. I hope you enjoyed the fight scenes; I took me a while to get them just right. Also just to let you know that there is a poll on my profile to finalize the main pairing for the story.
Till next time!
