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Chapter 6

Naruto tapped his foot impatiently as he stared daggers at the sealed entrance of the guild. He had been so engrossed in finding Laxus and kicking his ass that he hadn't even noticed Makarov run into an invisible wall.

Flashback

"I will save you guys. Believe it!" the blonde whispered before turning to run out the door.

Naruto ran toward Makarov who was currently standing at the threshold of the guild building. The blonde barely glanced at the short guild master as he passed him and ran right into an invisible wall.

Naruto's face pressed into the invisible barrier with the loud crunching of bone.

"OWWW! What the hell!" the blonde yelled in shock and pain as he backed up away from the door.

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"Makarov, why is Laxus doing this?" Naruto asked the guild master who was currently standing in front next to the entrance watching the results of the fights with anger.

"I fear it's because he feels he can't get out of my shadow and get the recognition he deserves." Makarov said with a sigh before raising a fist to the barrier, "But that doesn't give him the right to pit my children against one another!"

"Old man…." Naruto mumbled softly

"BUT WHY? IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE!" Natsu exclaimed as he ran up to stand on the other side of Makarov. Natsu's entire body was shaking in anger as he rushed at the barrier, only for his face to hit the wall. "I want to fight too!"

Naruto watched the dragon slayer struggling against the barrier as Makarov's arm grew out and slapped him on the back of the head. "Why do you want to fight your friends?"

Natsu turned to the guild master in indignation, "Because it's a tournament to see who's the strongest!"

"IT'S NOT A TOURNAMENT!" the short guild master yelled at the pinkette, "it's nothing more than a trap. If we don't stop the Thunder God Tribe in time, the girls are going to be smashed to pieces. I know everyone is trying to stop that from happening, but they're going about it the wrong way. If we keep fighting amongst ourselves, the girls are as good as dead."

"Come on gramps, you don't seriously think he would hurt them do you? I know he can be a real pain sometimes but he's still one of us! This is obviously a bluff" the pink haired dragon slayer replied with a grin.

"Natsu, are you an idiot?" Naruto asked the dragon slayer quietly.

"Huh what'd you say Naruto?" the dragon slayer said as he turned toward the blonde ninja.

"I asked if you were an idiot. Even if Laxus is bluffing, he's putting these girls' lives in danger in the process. He's turning comrade on comrade and has taken his own as hostages to do so." Naruto clenched his fists as he said this, his anger rising again, "and I just can't stand that! My sensei taught me a very important lesson once, those who break the rules are scum, but those who abandon their friends are worse than scum. Laxus has done both. He has abandoned the rules AND abandoned his friends, he is the worst kind of scum. And once I get out of here I am going to teach him a lesson by breaking every bone in his body."

Naruto was shaking in anger at this point, he could feel his nails and canines starting to grow and took a few calming breathes.

Makarov and Natsu stared at the blonde with open mouths. This is the first time they had seen the blonde get angry since joining the guild and they weren't expecting it.

"Break every bone in my body huh newbie" a voice said from behind the group.

Naruto turned around, a kunai sliding into his hand, and rushed the man only to pass through his body.

"It's a Thought Projection" Happy inputted to the blonde as he turned back around.

"If you're going to break every bone in my body why are you and Natsu sitting inside here? Scared?" the lightning dragon slayer taunted the two.

"Were stuck!" Natsu yelled at the same time that Naruto also yelled "You wish!"

Laxus scoffed at the two and instead turned his attention to his grandfather, Makarov. "How's it feel huh? You think of the guild members as your children right? Must be tough watching your little kiddies tear each other apart. It's too bad Natsu and Erza can't join the game, because you don't have anyone left who's strong enough to take on the Thunder God Tribe." Laxus smirked at the look of anger that was plastered on Makarov's face, "So old man you ready to throw in the towel?"

Naruto yelled in frustration "Hey don't ignore my strength you bastard!"

"Gray is still in the game you know! He's just as strong as Natsu too!" the little blue cat yelled defiantly at the enemy dragon slayer.

Natsu yelled at his flying friend in disapproval, "There's no way he's as strong as me!"

Laxus just scoffed at this, "Gray? You're going to pin your hopes on that loser?"

"I wouldn't underestimate that boy's power if I were you" Makarov replied.

Just then another victor was announced behind the group. Gray had been defeated by Bickslow.

"AHAHAHA and that chump was going to save you?" Laxus laughed before walking closer toward Makarov, "Alright so who is going to beat the Thunder God Tribe now old man?"

Happy replied this time "Gajeel will!"

"I don't think so, he's made it clear that he doesn't wanna play. Which doesn't surprise me, that guy couldn't care less what happens to the guild." Laxus said with an uncaring look on his face.

"What, am I invisible?" the pink haired dragon slayer yelled indignantly.

"You might as well be if you can't get through that barrier." Laxus said before laughing.

Makarov sighed heavily "Enough. It isn't worth their suffering. I surrender. You've had your fun, now stop this." Makarov turned to look at Laxus only to hear laughter.

"What's gotten into you? I thought you were the master of the almighty Fairy Tail guild. You can't just give up at the drop of a hat! But, if you insist on quitting, then by all means hand the guild over to me and take an early retirement."

"Why you gotta play dirty? Why don't you come here and face us? HUH?" Natsu yelled at the projection in anger

Makarov's body shook with unbridled rage as he spoke through clenched teeth, "I should've known! This was your goal all along wasn't it?"

"You've only got an hour and a half old man. Make the announcement over the loud speaker for all of Magnolia to hear or the statues crumble to dust. Which do you prefer more Master you title or your children." Laxus told the murderous guild master with a cocky grin before looking at the other occupants of the room. Seeing Naruto the dragon slayer laughed, "HAH, that little blonde is so scared has frozen in place. Should've known he was all bark"

Laxus then turned and faded from sight.

Makarov and Natsu both turned to see Naruto who was infect standing as still as a statue. Makarov was about to tap the blonde's shoulder when a crunch was heard from behind the counter of the bar.

All occupants of the room other than Naruto turned to see Gajeel stand up, a plate and fork in his mouth.

Makarov gave the blonde behind him a quick glance before turning back to Gajeel, "Gajeel will you fight for the guild?"

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"This energy… it's not normal chakra. It's something else. It's hard to mix with my chakra. If I'm not careful I'm going to turn into a toad." Naruto floated in blackness as he continued to try and harness the energy of the new world.

"It's almost the same… but it's not…it's denser and yet thinner at the same time. This energy, this ethernano, it so fluid, it floats around and in everything. Just mix with my chakra damn it!" Naruto was still floating in the darkness of his mind as he concentrated on the energies he was mixing.

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"He's not moving, not even when I poke him." Natsu said to the group that was standing around Naruto.

"He's not dead though because I can see him breathe." Gajeel inputted from beside the pinkette.

Makarov sighed. "I think I know what he's doing. He told me that he can harness the natural energies around him to increase his abilities. If I had to guess I'd say it's that."

"I wonder if Erza has beat up Laxus yet." Happy said as he floated around the blond ninja.

Just then all the statues of petrified girls glowed a bright white, before fading to normal. In the statues place stood the now un-petrified females.

"Erza vs. Evergreen. Winner Erza. Well Laxus you're all out of hostage's boy. Can't continue with your game now can you!" Makarov exclaimed triumphantly.

"LUCY!" the blue cat cried as he flew into the blonde celestial wizard's large chest.

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"I'm almost there. Just a little more. It's almost right. It almost feels like normal, just a little more"

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Naruto opened his eyes. His pupils had turned to black horizontal rectangles, his eye coloring had changed from a bright blue to a deep orange and he had orange pigmentation around the outside of his eyes.

Naruto looked around and saw that the main hall was empty. Naruto closed his eyes, maybe he could sense where everyone was by their chakra. "I can feel thousands of people around the town but I can't pinpoint who is who."

Naruto looked up. He couldn't tell who was who but there was a large group standing on one of the balconies above him.

Naruto ran to the stairs and headed up.

Naruto threw open the door to see Natsu and the others. He didn't see Makarov though.

"It looks like Lightning Lacrima to me." Levy said as Naruto slid open the door.

Walking up behind the iron dragon slayer Naruto spoke, "Gajeel where is the old man and what's that in the sky"

Gajeel jumped forward slightly before turning around to glare at the blonde. "Where the hell have you been blondie, and what the hell happened to your face?"

"It's my Sage Mode. Now answer my questions." Naruto replied quickly.

Gajeel sneered at the blonde before answering, "The old man's heart is giving him trouble he just collapsed a few minutes ago. And as for the sky, your guess is as good as mine."

"Thank you" Naruto said as he turned to listen as Cana as she explained what was going on.

"They may not look that dangerous but they're filled with lightening magic. This could get ugly, let's just hope he doesn't set them off."

Naruto stepped forward toward Cana, "What would happen if he activated them?"

The group turned to look at the blonde and their eyes widened as they saw his new look.

Cana shook her head before replying, "Magnolia and everyone inside of it would be burned to a crisp."

Bisca stepped forward and reequipped a magical sniper rifle, "I won't let that Happen. Target locked on! Stinger Shot!"

As Bisca said this a fast moving magical bullet shot toward one of the many Lacrima that dotted the sky before blowing it up.

The group cheered only Naruto wasn't cheering as his enhanced sensing ability felt the magic coming. He ran forward and pushed Bisca out of the way of the magic only for it to follow and strike her.

Bisca screamed in pain as her body was electrocuted by the magic. Her body convulsed as she glowed with electricity. The lightning stopped and Bisca collapsed to the ground.

The group rushed over to Bisca as she lay on the ground unconscious.

Naruto gritted his teeth in anger. Here he was, a powerful ninja capable of using Sage Mode and he was stuck in this damned barrier. Naruto briefly wondered if this is how the Kyubi felt but pushed the thought aside for later.

Naruto nodded to himself before taking a few calming breathes, the blonde then walked toward the edge of the balcony and jumped over to land on the roof. He reached his hand out as he felt for the barrier. Finding it he cocked his fist back and punched as hard as he could. Naruto's punch connected with a loud bang, red runes appeared around the point of impact and spread to cover a large area of the barrier before fading back to invisible.

The group behind Naruto watched in shock as the blonde brought his hands together, a perfect clone appeared beside Naruto. Naruto stretched his hand out to the clone, Naruto and his clone then formed a Rasengan. Naruto raised the jutsu up to touch the barrier. The jutsu passed through easily but once Naruto's hand reached the barrier he could no longer push forward.

Naruto sighed and dispelled both jutsu before turning to look at the awestruck mages behind him. He jumped back onto the balcony next to the group as Natsu ran forward. "THAT WAS SO COOL!" the pink haired dragon slayer exclaimed excitedly before catching sight of the downed Bisca and calming down. Natsu looked around at his friends and the town before screaming loudly. He jumped off the balcony and ran at the barrier head first with the same effect as Naruto's punch.

Levy looked at the blonde and then at the still struggling Natsu, "you're not going to break through his enchantment Natsu…. It's a type of script magic so I think I might be able to break the spell."

This got the groups attention quickly.

Naruto looked at Levy sharply, "Are you sure?"

The petite blue haired mage nodded her head, "I just need some time"

Gajeel grinned as Natsu smashed his burning hands together.

Naruto looked up at the floating lightning Lacrima above the city, "Levy, while you're getting rid of this stupid barrier, I'm going to destroy those Lacrima."

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Can any of you guess why Naruto's Rasengan was able to pass through the barrier but his fist couldn't?

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