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"Demonic Speaking" or Dragon talk… or whatever I really want to phrase in a cool voice of my choosing
'Demonic Thinking'
"Normal Speaking"
'Normal Thinking' or crazy thoughts
Flash Back, Sarcastic reference, or some other importance.
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or Fairytail and any of the characters or products or any of its storyline I don't even own the thoughts I give my own characters so all credit goes to the original owners. But in brighter news Naruto is amazing and so is Fairytail.
Plz don't think about filing a law suit against me =), it's not like I'm making ANY MONEY off of these I do it solely for Fun and the joy of others and because I'm bored, and because I feel like I owe the community after reading so many different amazing fanfictions Though you have those stupid Yaoi's and crazy stories that make no sense and are poorly written. ANYWAY's to all those big Anime companies please don't sue me just enjoy the story
-Chapter 7-
A whistling tune echoed through the dark forest as a figure made its way through the thick tree's and roots.
'Seriously how do these guys get to their base without walking for hours' thought Naruto
'If it weren't for all these damn roots and the crazy amount of foliage I would have just driven through here and been at this supposed dark guild already'.
Recently Naruto had selected a mission to hunt down and destroy the dark guild known as Eisenwald but Naruto was having a hard time tracking them down since Erigor the supposed leader of the guild had a unique ability to travel as it seemed he was making assassinations all across not only Fiore but other countries as well. Because of the wide range of targets it made It hard for Naruto to pin point there exact location but after diving into the darkest taverns in Fiore he got a few tips and was investigating the outskirts of Oshibana town.
Walking for a few more minutes Naruto came across a creepy looking building.
'Yep that's a dark guild if I haven't seen one before' thought Naruto with a sigh. All the dark guilds were so depressing and gloomy that they almost screamed for attention. Seriously the most dangerous dark guild out there is a guild that looks good and well mannered but acts in the shadow's
Naruto shivered. 'It would take me months to hunt down a guild like that and let's not forget about the constant headaches I would get from the council bitching at me wondering why I was taking so long to bring down a single guild. I almost feel bad for them having nothing to do but complain about things all day'
"Never mind that, I should focus on destroying Eisenwald" said Naruto aloud not really caring if anyone in the guild hear him since he knew that the strongest member of Eisenwald was Erigor and he could easily handle that man as he crushed the rest of the guild.
Walking up to the door's Naruto did a quick stretch before putting his foot up and kicking the doors off there hinges
Walking in he put his head down and stayed silent.
A couple of moments passed before Naruto lifted his head and saw that the guild was empty.
'That's a first' thought Naruto ' There's no way they could've known I was coming so they must have all gone somewhere else or abandoned this location'
Following routine Naruto started walking through the empty guild looking for any information on other dark guilds or nefarious plots.
Walking into an office of sorts Naruto noticed the mess of papers. It wasn't that someone had torn through them no more like someone was trying to make a breakthrough of some kind and didn't have time to clean.
Walking over to the desk in the room Naruto picked up a rather evil looking book titled 'Lullaby'
Opening it he began to read the first chapter
During the Time of Zeref there the Dark Wizard created several weapons some Living such as the demons he created to do his bidding while the others were objects such as a sword or even a flute.
Lullaby the Demonic flute of Zeref was created sometime in the middle of his campaign to control the world. In a single battle Zeref killed countless soldiers as he played the melody of Lullaby which has the power harnessed through its masters dark arts to kill all those that listen to its tune. It's said that the person who listens to the tune will bleed from the ears as the clutch their heads in pain. Then there screams will come to an end before they drop to the floor dead where they lay.
As the followers of Zeref and the destroyers of light we must obtain this weapon at all costs and use it for now to lead a new Era for the return of Zeref will come and he will grant immortality to those that follow him and for those that return that which Is rightfully his the gifts of heaven will look like mere play toys.
'Wow these people are crazy' thought Naruto as he threw the book over his shoulder since he already knew that the rest of it was going to be completely worthless.
Grabbing some of the stray notes Naruto started to read through them
Were close to finding Lullaby, When we find it we'll destroy all that dare stand in our way. Perhaps those fools on the council will be first to fall. My blood is practically boiling in excitement
Underneath the writing was various ideas and a lot of discussion about recent kills and assassinations that the writer describes in detail.
'This has to be Erigor most of these Assassinations match the reports of his other killings' thought Naruto as he went off to the next page.
I just read a report that my soldiers have found Lullaby and I'm leaving to go confirm there finding. If what they say is true then I'll bring the entire guild with me so we can begin our campaign of destruction
'Well I guess that's why nobody's here' thought Naruto as he turned his head and spotted a small vault behind a half hung portrait as one of the corners fell leaving it to hand on a single corner and expose the safe. Naruto should have realized it was Erigor's office as the picture was a giant portrait of Erigor standing on the bones of his enemies.
'These people I swear' thought Naruto as he pulled out his sword and cut the door off of the safe.
Inside was a small collections of jewels six in total all of them being pristine diamonds.
Naruto whistled as he held up one of the beautiful gems.
'Damn didn't know assassinations paid in Diamonds' thought Naruto as Erigor had killed six people and the six diamonds is beyond what any single dark wizard could collect normally for two reasons. Dark wizards don't pull a portion their wealth together for the guild like a regular guild does and Dark wizards always betray each other leading to a short life span.
Looking at the crystals Naruto put his hand out as a pad with a piece of paper appeared. Pulling out a pen from his left pocket Naruto wrote down the words.
'I.O.U' before he put the note in the safe and put the six diamonds In his pocket before leaving the office.
'Where to now, I don't know where the Dark Guild went and I don't really want to just go scouring the country side when those idiots will just make themselves public for me to find' thought Naruto before shrugging as he walked off in the direction of Hargeon Town.
Hargeon Town Train Station
"Happy why didn't you get me" asked Natsu
"Sorry Natsu but the train started going and I couldn't grab your hand fast enough" said Happy as he munched on a fish
"But you can fly!"
"I was tired from the ride"
"But you slept all the way while I was sick"
"Natsu stop yelling people will think your weird" said Happy as he finished his fish and gave his stomach a happy pat.
Natsu was about to retort but his stomach growled in hunger
"Ugh I'm so hungry" said Natsu grabbing his stomach
"If you're hungry you should probably buy some food"
"You spent all the money on fish"
"Ohh Natsu look a crowd" said Happy expertly switching the subject as Natsu snapped his head over to a big crowd in the middle of the town square.
With Lucy Heartfilia five minutes before
"One thousand jewels that's all my looks are worth" said Lucy with a face of anger
"Don't worry about it that key was weak you're better off with those celestial gates you have their on your hip" said a voice from the alley she just walked by scaring her as she jumped back and put a hand over her keys just in case if the voice meant to do battle.
"Whoa no need to get violent I was just saying that the Silver Puppy really isn't a good key. If I was in your position I would just stick with Celestial Key's there the strongest out there and you already have two of them which is impressive" said Naruto as he stepped out of the darkness of the alley.
"Who are you" said Lucy relaxing as the man seemed to be no threat even though he was masked and covered in a black coat.
"Just a traveler who came to enjoy some food at one of Hargeon's most famous seaside restaurants" said Naruto as he turned around and walked away.
"Hmm he didn't seem like a bad guy" said Lucy before she spotted a crowd of people gathering around the supposed 'Salamander' one of the top mages in Fairy Tail known around Fiore for his rare fire magic.
In a Restaurant Ten Minutes Later
"So thanks for saving me from that guys Charm Magic earlier" said Lucy as she simply watched Natsu chow down on some food.
Seeing the last piece of meat on the plate Natsu went to grab it but a furry paw beat him to the punch as it snatched the food and shoved it down his face.
"Happy….. why you know I wanted the last piece" whined Natsu
"One must be quick" said Happy as a samurai suit appeared on him
"Hai sensei" said Natsu giving a short bow to Happy
'Are these guys crazy' thought Lucy with a sweatdrop
"Um excuse me" said a soft voice from the side of the table getting Lucy's attention
Turning Lucy saw it was the waitress and almost dreaded the bill to come. Grabbing the bill Lucy gave a small thanks before turning to it
Reading over it she did a double take to make sure the amount was right. The bill read ' O Jewels Owed '
"We got a free meal" asked Lucy turning back to the Waitress
"The owner came in earlier and he said he would pay for your meal and he wanted me to give this gentlemen this" said the Waitress pulling out a red crystal as she pointed to Natsu
Breaking out of his samurai gear Natsu grabbed the crystal with glee before he lit the top on fire "Ohh where did you get this" asked Natsu while salivating
"From the owner of this restaurant" said the waitress before she walked away
Looking around the restaurant Natsu caught a gleam of light from a faraway booth as someone waved their glass back and forth in a calling motion.
Grabbing Happy Natsu ran over and took a seat at the booth leaving Lucy to herself
'Well I should probably go say thanks before I get going' thought Lucy.
Walking over she saw Natsu conversing with someone. Turning the corner she saw the same guy that talked to her from the alley a couple of minutes ago.
"Yo Luigi" said Naruto as Lucy walked over to his table
"It's Lucy" mumbled Lucy before she shook her head "I just came over to say thanks for the meal… even though I didn't eat any of it" said Lucy the last part under her breath
"No problem are you leaving right now?" asked Naruto
"Yeah I've got places to be you know being pretty and all" said Lucy throwing her hair back
"Doubt it" said Happy getting a glare from Lucy
"Well anyways thank you for the meal and I'll be going" said Lucy as she walked away
"She seems nice" said Naruto turning back to Natsu who was eating away at his Cherry flavored crystal.
"You like it" asked Naruto with a smile that was clearly visible underneath his facemask.
"Cherry's ok but that watermelon crystal you sent me last month was out of this world" said Natsu taking a bite out the crystal before reigniting the tip of it.
"Yeah I was messing around with some new flavors and watermelon was a winner. Unfortunately super amazing chocolate fudge brownie doesn't cook right and left me with a rather nasty stomach ache"
"Ohh I wonder what chocolate flames would taste like" said Natsu tapping the bottom of his chin
"Maybe they would taste like chocolate" said Happy taking a bite of a fish Naruto had handed to him
"Anyways it's nice to see you Natsu. What are you doing in Hargeon?" asked Naruto
"We heard that a creature known as Salamander was in town and it sounded a lot like Igneel so we came to investigate"
"Well I can guarantee that Igneel isn't in the city since he would have caused a huge amount of chaos just by standing in the middle of the Street"
"Hmm I guess your right he is pretty big but still I had to come see if he was here" said Natsu before taking a pause. Reaching into his shirt he pulled out a bright red crystal attached to a rather beautiful looking necklace and smiled. "Hey Naruto I know I should be patient with this but are you any closer to figuring out how to get Lisanna back"
Naruto looked down at this and Natsu thought the worse as he clenched the crystal in his hand softly.
"At best I'm a year away from figuring it out" said Naruto getting Natsu to snap his head in his direction
"R-really but in the letter you said you may never figure it out" said Natsu as he got a letter from Naruto about six months telling him not to put his hopes to high and to break it to the Strauss family easily that Lisanna may never be able to return.
"Yeah but I've made some real progress in the past six months…. Look" said Naruto as he held his hand out and a book appeared.
"Woah you created a book" said Natsu before said book clashed with his face
"No you idiot, I studied pocket dimensions and how there not only created but destroyed as well. By doing this I can better understand the process of jumping worlds and create a pillar that has the properties and power to withstand this world's magic" said Naruto holding his fist in front of him
"But it's going to take time, hopefully I can complete it in another year but by that time it may only be a temporary pillar and we'd have about half a day to link Lisanna to it before we got sucked back into our world" said Naruto giving a sigh
"I know this probably isn't what you wanted to hear and I'm sorry"
"Don't be I know you're giving it your all and it's not like I'm doing anything. I just don't want you to over stress yourself when you're the only one doing anything about it" said Natsu gripping the table hard enough to leave small indents where his fingers where
"Relax Natsu, it's my honor to help bring Lisanna back and then maybe you guys will get married for real" said Naruto getting Natsu to blush a crimson red
"W-What are you talking about" he stammered
"Hahahahaha that's for you to question and for me to know" said Naruto as he stood up and faded away into thin air.
Natsu's expression frowned 'Erza's probably going to freak out when she hears about this'
Throwing those thoughts aside Natsu put the rest of the Crystal away in his pocket only to find several more lining his pocket and all of them different flavors.
"Oh bless your soul Naruto" said Natsu as he picked up Happy who had fallen asleep from being so stuffed with food.
Later That Night
"Hmm what to do what to do" said Naruto aloud as he was walking on the higher levels of Hargeon port.
Hearing an explosion he turned his head to see a yacht in the middle of the harbor light up with flames
'What the hell is Natsu doing now' thought Naruto already knowing it was Natsu since no one made his explosions quite like Natsu did plus he could feel his magical energy from here.
'Well I'm sure he can handle it on his own' thought Naruto before he heard the sound of water rushing.
Turning back towards the harbor again his eyes went wide as a wall of water was carrying the boat towards shore
"THAT IDIOT" yelled Naruto before he jumped off of a nearby ledge and shot jets of flame out of his feet propelling him towards the beach at unimaginable speeds.
Landing with a big bang as sand went everywhere Naruto stuck both his hands out as Light shot out across the beach covering the front in a barrier
As the wall of water his the shield though Naruto was being pushed back. His shield barely holding as he fought to protect not only the beach but also several of the houses from being damaged.
Finally after what seemed like minutes but was only a matter of seconds the water retracted into the ocean.
Pulling down the barrier Naruto had to catch his breath. It wasn't everyday that you had to stop a massive wall of water from crashing into a beach and destroying several properties.
Finding a place to rest a cold drink appeared in Naruto's hands
"Thank you Lisanna for getting stuck in Edolas" said Naruto as he took a swig of his drink. If it weren't for Lisanna he would have never studied Pocket Dimensions. Especially how to change their climate like the one he just used was a cold dimension perfect for storing foods and drinks.
Naruto didn't get time to finish his drink as a clash of fire and some weird purple magic caught his attention.
Leaping onto a nearby building he saw Natsu fighting this creepy looking fella but ignored it as he noticed some of Natsu's attacks were heading for some buildings
Intercepting them before they hit the properties Naruto grunted slightly. Natsu certainly wasn't holding any punches back against this guy as he kept sending some powerful attacks his way and Naruto had to keep intercepting those heading towards buildings.
Just when Naruto thought it was over Natsu unleashed a torrent of flame that would have leveled an entire block had Naruto not stepped in and deflected it upwards using his sword to bat away the fire.
Huffing in not only being tired but also in Annoyance he was glad when he noticed that Natsu had defeated the man he was fighting. But Naruto knew something was wrong when Natsu started running in the opposite direction.
Turning around and seeing Rune Knights running towards Natsu, Naruto sighed. 'Better help him out' thought Naruto pointing a finger in the air before a blast of Light shot out of his finger like a firework which then exploded revealing the famous mark of Draigo.
The Rune Knights that were chasing Natsu and Lucy stopped in their tracks when one of them saw the mark floating in the air.
Sighing Naruto disappeared into the night.
With Lucy and Natsu a day later
"Why are we taking so long" asked Lucy
"Well I have a notorious record with the Rune Knights and it's best if I just avoid them all together" said Natsu with an embarrassed grin as Lucy sweatdropped.
"Besides Magnolia is right there" said Natsu pointing ahead.
And true enough Magnolia city came into view from where they were walking. The sight Mesmerized Lucy as she would always remember it as the first time she saw the city.
Walking for a few minutes the two of them entered the guild one of them scared beyond imagining the other with righteous fury in his eyes.
"Hey Natsu welcome back" said one of the guild members only to get kicked in the face much to the shock of Lucy
"You gave me bad intel Igneel wasn't there" said Natsu as he continued to pummel the guy several other guild members joining in the fight.
"Hey there" said a soft voice from behind Lucy getting her to turn her head only to notice that it was 'the' Mirajane Strauss talking to her.
"Y-You're Mirajane the famous Fairytail wizard who does the swimsuit catalogs" said Lucy with stars in her eyes.
"Well yes I am but more importantly I'm guessing your new to the guild" asked Mirajane
"Well I ….." said Lucy only to be interrupted as a loud smash was heard from the middle of the guild
Looking towards the noise Lucy noticed a monster standing with its foot on top of Natsu
She was shivering as the monster started to shrink in size before a small man stood in its place on top of Natsu's back.
"Well then who is this lovely lady" said Makarov as he winked at Lucy
"Master please don't upset me today" said Mirajane
"I-I'm Lucy, and IWOULDREALLYLIKETOJOINFAIRYTAIL" said Lucy so fast that I sounded like one word
Makarov nodded like he understood before he went and grabbed a stamper of sorts. "Where would you like you mark" asked Makarov
"You're just going to let me join….. no special initiation or some dangerous obstacle course" asked Lucy
"Of course not we stopped doing those last month since Natsu started facing everyone who wanted to join and ended up sending people to the infirmary" said Makarov with an innocent smile on his face
Too nervous to question it Lucy put out her hand so he could stamp the back of her hand.
"There we go" said Makarov as he stamped Lucy's hand. Once he put the mark on Lucy he jumped up to the second story of the guild with little grace as he hit the roof of the first floor and fell back to the ground.
Rolling like it was a part of a plan Makarov jumped back up and landed on top of the second floor.
"Now listen here all of you brats" said Makarov addressing the entire guild
Turning around Makarov grabbed a large stack of papers before putting the pile besides him
"Look at all these damage reports… there's not a single one of you not listed in this stack of papers" said Makarov as he cried Anime Tears
"The council have been making my life hell, so much damn paperwork so little time. But you know what I say to the damn council" said Makarov before he threw the stack of papers which combust in mid air only for Natsu to jump up and eat them.
"That… that right there is what I think of the council nothing but a bunch of old coots who can't handle the way we do things" said Makarov as the guild gave a cheer
"NOW in lighter news, we have some reports from reports from the only two people who don't go around destroying buildings" said Makarov throwing Natsu a particular glare making the dragon slayer shrink as he cowered behind a pillar.
Coughing a few times to clear his throat Makarov read the first report.
"For Destroying yadda yadda…." Said Makarov skipping most of the report "We award Draigo and Mystogan with the badge of valor for ridding the lands of several dark guilds. We would also like to award the position of Wizard Saint to Draigo for his outstanding work for the light" said Makarov as he dropped the report most of the guild had their mouths on the floor.
Sighing Makarov just jumped back down grabbed the report and put it in a big pile in the corner of the room along with all the other awards and medals that Draigo had earned throughout the years.
"Well if anyone ever finds Draigo please tell him that he has been blessed with the opportunity to be one of the Wizard Saints" said Makarov
Natsu put his hand up for reasons Makarov couldn't understand
"Yes Natsu" asked Makarov
"I saw Draigo two days ago at Hargeon" said Natsu getting everyone's eyes to go wide especially Mira and Elfman's eyes.
"You did"
"Yeah he paid for my meal and we talked a little bit, didn't say where he was going but he was near Hargeon if anyone needs to find him" said Natsu
"Actually he may be at " said Macao getting everyone's attention
"Yesterday I was saved by a black cloaked figure. I was surrounded by Vulcan's and I was about to pass out from exhaustion but a shadowy figure knocked all the Vulcan out and hoisted me over his shoulder. I woke up the next day only minutes away from the city" said Macao
"Well then anyone going on nearby missions who happens to see Draigo please tell him to collect his awards" said Makarov thinking about why he even had the awards there in the first place. It had been about a year ago when he announced that Draigo had yet again obtained some awards when Erza spoke up about how the guild should hold onto the awards just in case Draigo ever stopped by again. Most of the guild members agreed and now they have a decent pile in the corner of the guild dedicated to awards for Draigo.
"Well children I'm off for the monthly Guild Master meeting so let's give a warm welcoming to our new guild member before I'm off" said Makarov joyously as he popped open a keg and drank it down with Cana doing the same thing right next to him.
It didn't take long before cheerful noises and the sound of joyous laughter filled the air.
Lucy smiled to herself, She could really get use to this guild.
Just on the Edge of Magnolia
"It's good to be home" said Erza to herself as she held a giant horn over her shoulder.
Walking Erza didn't notice Loke in a nearby café as he spit his drink all over the table and started running towards the guild taking heed not to be noticed by Erza
'Must warn guild' thought Loke as he dashed off towards Fairytail
Back at the Guild
"Hahahaha one more round before I go shall we" said Makarov lifting his drink into the air as the rest of the guild cheered
Suddenly the doors flew open
"Run, grab the children and hope she doesn't find you… ERZA'S BACK!" yelled Loke a sort of crazy desperation in his voice
"Ahhh hide the booze, HURRY" yelled Cana as the rest of the guild was in a panic. Natsu was rebuilding some of the tables that got destroyed and gray was fixing some chairs.
"Hurry before" said Natsu as the sound of heavy footsteps filled the guild
"Ohh no, it's too late she's already here. What should we do master" said Cana looking over to find Makarov's drink spilled and the man long gone.
"Jiji…..WHYYYY" whined Natsu cleaning up the masters drink as he cried Anime Tears.
Suddenly the doors of Fairytail opened to reveal the figure of Erza Scarlet holding a giant horn over her shoulder.
Setting the Horn down Erza sighed as she rolled her shoulder to alleviate some of the stress from carrying the horn all day. Looking over the guild she was happy to see that it was in excellent condition and that the chairs and tables weren't broken like they usually are.
"Welcome back" said Mirajane sweetly though she was hoping that Erza wouldn't see the any of the duct tape holding some of the tables and chairs together.
"Oh Hello Mira, Is the Master here" asked Erza
"No he left to his monthly guild master meeting" said Mira kindly
Nodding Erza looked towards Natsu and Gray who both had a hand over the others shoulder in a friendly embrace.
"Natsu, Gray it's good to see you two getting along" said Erza
"Yep, where the best friends ever" said Gray not making much sense
"AYE!" said Natsu
"Enough of that though I need you two to join me on a mission" said Erza getting the attention of those around her.
"You want us to join you….. like a team" asked Gray.
"Yes in fact be ready to leave soon" said Erza as she walked through the guild passing all the stunned members.
Walking near the corner of the guild she stopped to see the new rewards that Naruto had claimed over the last year.
To say she was shocked that he was being asked to join the wizards saints was an understatement.
'Of course he would be asked to join the Wizard Saint's' thought Erza as a lone tear dropped from her eye 'He hasn't done a single bad thing his entire life'
With that final thought Erza walked away to go get the necessary items for her mission
In a Bar in an unknown location
The door blew open and all the thugs and dark mages in the guild stood up wanting to take a piece out of whoever just disturbed there drinking.
Walking inside Naruto casually walked over to the Bar sitting in the corner and turning to face everyone in the bar.
"I'm looking for Eisenwald… you have ten seconds to start talking before I destroy this bar and leave all of you tied up for the Rune Knights" said Naruto
"You come in here like some hotshot blowing open the door and you think that were going to talk because you think you're a badass. Well son you got another thing coming we don't talk we fight" said a random Dark mage only for him to blink and find Naruto in front of him, Naruto's fist lodged deep into his belly.
Doubling over the man felt a pain to the back of his head before he passed out.
Looking over the rest of the bar Naruto shook his head.
"Why must it always be this way" said Naruto dodging a beam of purple magic and engaging the mob of criminals
30 Minutes Later
In a destroyed bar only two people remain conscious one holding the other by the throat as he pinned him to a nearby building.
"W-What are you" asked the man helplessly trying to get out of Naruto's grip
"Beyond you, But anyways I know you know something about Eisenwald I saw your eyes widen when I mentioned it, why do you think I let you live up until now" said Naruto using the fact that the man may or may not have known that the other people unconscious on the floor were still alive or not.
"I don't know anything" said the man defiantly
"Talk or I'll simply kill you and use my magic to pull the memories from your brain before you completely die" said Naruto scaring the mage in his grip with his lies since he didn't have the magic to kill people by pulling killing them. Granted given enough time he could probably pull out whatever memories he needed as long as he kept the man's eyes open
A moment passed and Naruto decided to pull his bluff.
"Very well since you won't talk of you free will" said Naruto tightening his grip on the man as he pulled out his sword
The man started to shake violently but his muscles were tired from engaging Naruto in battle. Feeling the cold touch of metal on his neck the man knew his life was forfeit if he didn't give Naruto the information he wanted
Moving his sword to the side Naruto intended for it to look like he was simply going to cut the man's head of while he held him by his throat.
Just as Naruto was beginning to slash his sword across the man put his hand forward
"I'll talk….. I'll talk" said the man frantically
Naruto smirked ever so slightly
Pulling the man's head forward Naruto slammed the man back into the wall
"Talk" he said with authority as he put his sword away
"North of here about fifty miles a lot of Eisenwald members have gathered. I don't know what their doing but none of the other Dark Guilds are going anywhere near that area and we even have orders from the higher Dark guilds to not interfere with their work" said the man quivering in fear as Naruto's golden eyes seemed to pierce through his soul.
Knowing the man was telling the truth Naruto pulled out a small pellet from thin air before he threw it at the man's face exploding into a cloud of blue powder.
A second later the man dropped to the floor snoozing like a baby.
'Hmm so those magical sleeping pills I bought really do work. Though I doubt they would ever work against a real opponent' thought Naruto kicking a man out of his way as he walked through the rubble.
'Fifty Miles North ehh' thought Naruto as he first shot off his signature Mark into the sky before his light bike materialized before him.
Getting on the bike Naruto pulled out a pair of goggles and strapped them to his face. It helped a lot when you were going through the desert or even a forest to put them on or leaves and sand could get in your eyes and cause you to lose control of your vehicle.
"Let's go" said Naruto as his bike immediately launched him forward as he seemingly turned into a bolt of white light traversing the country.
One Hour Later at Magnolia Station
"Well let's get going" said Erza as Natsu, Gray and Lucy met up at the station
"Wait up Erza" said Natsu
"What Is it Natsu"
"I'll go on this mission with you but when we get back I want to fight you"
"Baka" said Gray
Erza thought it over for a quick second before replying "Very well we'll fight but only after we finish this mission"
"Yes!" screamed Natsu before running onto the train
Walking in they found Natsu who claimed a section of the train for the team.
Sitting down Gray decided to ask the question that should be on everyone's mind
"So what's the mission" asked Gray.
At this time the train started to move and Natsu's head fell back as Nausea started to take over him.
"We're going to stop a dark guild from using the demonic weapon known as Lullaby" said Erza getting everyone's Attention
In the woods 30 Mile West
"Man I've seen some creepy places but this tops the cake" said Naruto as he kept seeing eyes appear in the forest around him only for said eyes to blink and disappear from sight.
"Must be some type of spell to make the area appear haunted"
Walking through the brush Naruto came across a shrine of sorts an in the middle was small building with a single entrance.
Looking around Naruto noticed all the different campsites and plastic bottles and cups littering the floor.
What caught his attention though was the fact that the fire was still smoldering ever so slightly meaning that someone had been here recently.
Pulling out his sword Naruto walked into the small building.
It was rather dark almost unnaturally so and this made Naruto narrow his eyes as the room became easily visible thanks to his Draconic features.
Walking up to the middle of the room where a Stand stood Naruto pondered for a moment.
'The middle markings here…..' thought Naruto as he rubbed his finger against the stand only for the entrance of the building to close as a curtain or runes fell down and before Naruto could think of slashing his way out of the stone walls more runes appeared surrounding the building in the magical letters.
"Whew thanks for helping me out" said a dark mage from the other side of the runes
"Took me all day to break this baby out, and here I was stuck inside because a swap needs to take place between the artifact and someone else" said Kageyama
"What the hell, there's no way you could have been in here I would have seen you" said Naruto walking towards the barrier
"It's hard to see a shadow in a shadow. But I guess you wouldn't really know about that. Anyways thanks for sacrificing yourself you fool" said Kageyama aroggantlly
"Now I can catch up to the rest of my guild and present them with this" said Kageyama pulling out Lullaby.
Naruto smashed his hand against the runes causing the building to shake "If you think these runes will hold me for long then your sorely mistake, You fail to realize that these runes were made to stop only Dark Magic, my light magic is causing the runes to realize there mistake as they unravel themselves"
"And when I get out of here Eisenwald won't last another day, Now Fool I will give you my name for the next time you see me you can cower in fear. My name is Draigo" said Naruto getting Kageyama to take a step back in fear as not only did the name command fear in the underworld of society but it was also a well known ideal among the weaker guilds that if they ever hear that Draigo is after them that they should disperse and immediately join other guilds in order to save their own hides.
But that wasn't the only thing that scared Kageyama. One of the many runes covering the door started to dissolve away a clear sign that the barrier was fading.
Deciding that he should get out of there as fast as he can Kageyama ran into the bushes hoping to catch the next train in the nearby station and get away from the monster that is Draigo.
Naruto smirked. In Kageyama's haste he failed to realize that he gave Naruto a heading to travel in when searching for the fool when he broke through the barrier.
Looking around Naruto decided to let his magic do its work as he looked over the stand in the middle of the room again.
Reading the letters on the stand Naruto couldn't make any sense of it. They were all written in some type of ancient language. But for the life of him Naruto couldn't believe that they were protection runes or some type of final warning.
Sitting down Naruto decided to decipher the words while he had some extra time.
Hours Later with Erza and the group
"Dammit I can't believe we let him get away with Lullaby" said Gray
The day for the team had been quite exhausting. First Natsu let one of the members get away since he couldn't fight his motion sickness and then they had to fight an entire guild worth of people. Now when Natsu had finally defeated Erigor it seemed like it was all over but one of the dark mages who they had brought with them to treat had betrayed there trust and rode off with lullaby. To make things worse he took the Magical car that they paid for.
"We don't have time to complain let's go after him Clover Town isn't that far away" said Erza as she began to run after Kageyama.
"Right" said Natsu and Gray but Lucy groaned as everyone began there trek to Clover Town
On their way Natsu who was tied in the lead with Erza turned his head
"What is it Natsu" said Erza noticing Natsu turn his head around suddenly
"Do you hear that" said Natsu still running
"Hear what?" asked Gray catching up to the group
As if god wanted to answer his question a bright object dashed past them at incredible speeds
Everyone paused as they took a moment for the dust to clear.
"What was that" asked Lucy
"I don't know but it was heading in the same direction that we are so we better hurry" said Erza getting nods from the group as they continued there run.
With Naruto
After finally being released from the shrine Naruto made great haste to track the dark mage who had tricked him unknowingly.
He tracked him to a close by train station which led him to another town and from there he heard reports that Erigor was seen traveling East.
What scared Naruto the most was that east was the general location of Era and if Erigor played Lullaby in Era he could not only destroy the council but also crush a good portion of the rune knight army.
Right now he was going so fast he barely noticed that he passed some people a few seconds ago.
A couple of minutes later Naruto passed by Clover town.
Thinking deeply as he passed by it Naruto had the strangest feeling to stop but decided against it as Erigor could almost be at Era if his ability to travel a high speeds was true.
With Natsu
After running for quite a while they found there guild Master talking to Kageyama
Just as he was about to run in Natsu felt a hand on his shoulder
Looking back he saw this weird looking man with a hat and a spike collar around his neck.
"Just wait a minute here comes the best part" said the man.
Turning back Natsu listened into the conversation
"So what will It be boy, will you forsake yourself and use that weapon to do harm or will you cast aside such thoughts and do something productive with your life other than harming the innocent" said Makarov as he stood firmly before Kageyama
Having second thoughts Kageyama dropped lullaby and fell to his knees.
"Well done" said Makarov before bringing a big fist down on Kageyama knocking him out.
"Master" called out Erza as she, Natsu, and Gray approached the old man
"What are you four doing here" said Makarov noticing Lucy who came into the clearing looking dead tired
"Ohh master" said Erza hugging Makarov against her armor "Your words and actions truly touch my soul"
"Hahaha wow gramps you really knocked this guy out" said Natsu poking Kageyama with his foot.
"Indeed I did" said Makarov who also started to poke at the man with his foot "Well let's get back to the meeting so we can enjoy the rest of the night"
"I've had it with you pathetic humans" called out a dark voice
Turning around the masters were in shock as Lullaby was floating in mid air
"I'll kill you all myself" said the Flute before it started to expand and limbs of wood shot out of the flute the skull previously on the flute mutated to form the head of Lullaby.
When it was over a truly demonic looking tree humanoid stood before everyone towering even over the nearby mountains
"Natsu, Gray. Let's go" said Erza switching armors to her Black Wing Armor much to joy of all the male guild masters
Running up to the beast Erza engaged it from the sky drawing its attention
"Ahh you pests" said Lullaby swinging an arm and barely missing Erza who dodged the massive hand at the last second.
"Ice Make : Lance " called out Gray shooting ice at Lullaby
Natsu using this time to appear at Lullaby's side cried out " Fire Dragon's Iron Fist "
Pulling back Natsu let the flames around his fist enlarge before he let his fist fly only to connect with Lullaby's side pushing the monster back and inflicting a decent amount of damage.
"Natsu gray hold him for a minute" said Erza backing off from the beast and requiping her Heaven's Wheel Armor
"Hey ugly over here" called out Natsu catching Lullaby's attention
"You Dare!"
"Come on just you and me" said Natsu his body igniting with flames
"I'll crush you with one blow" said Lullay pulling back his fist and sending it Natsu's way
As Natsu ran at Lullaby and Lullaby's fist made its way towards Naruto Gray called out
"Ice Make : Floor " freezing the ground underneath Lullaby's foot the demon slipped having no footing and his fist lowered from it's original path clearing the way for Natsu to inflict a big blow.
Gray smirked as Natsu hit the demon in the chest with enough force to lift the upper body of the creature back up leaving a huge hole in the middle of it's chest.
"Ahhh you'll pay for that" said Lullaby but not before felt a stinging sensation in his shoulder
Turning Lullaby's eye's widened to see a barrage of swords coming his way. Crossing his arms to better protect himself did nothing as the swords traveled down on him with the force of gravity increasing their speed and piercing through his wooden body
Minutes before miles away from Clover Town
Feeling a spike in demonic magic's and a reaction in his own wrist Naruto stopped his light bike and turned his head in the direction of clover town
His eye's flaring Golden Naruto could see a demon rise from where he was sitting
'Shit Lullaby isn't just a weapon it's a demon….. I should have known' thought Naruto ' I mean Zeref was known for making Living weapons'
Turning the throttle Naruto did a quick spinout before speeding off in the direction of Lullaby
'What the hell is over there that they would want to target anyways' thought Naruto as he sped off in the direction of Clover town
In the Present with Gray
"Ice Make : Shield " called out Gray blocking the incoming attack from Lullaby and protecting the guild masters
"Amazing look how quickly he made that shield" admired one of the guild masters
"Natsu do it now" said Gray to Natsu who was falling above Lullaby thanks to Happy carrying him up.
"Right… Roar of the Fire Dragon" yelled Naruto blowing a stream of fire down on Lullaby causing the demon to scream in pain as it toppled over.
Still falling Natsu panicked slightly but he was quickly caught by Happy "Thanks Happy"
"AYE!"
Setting Natsu down near the guild master Natsu was treated to a pat on the shoulder thanks to bob the guild master of Blue Pegasus.
"Ohh Macky look at these fine young men you have in your guild" said Bob chasing a now freaked out Natsu
"Natsu" called out Erza running to the pink haired boy along with gray. To her surprise he used her as a shield between himself and master Bob.
"Ohh and look at the beauties you have Makarov" said Bob
"Yes, Yes I truly have the best guild members but only because FAIRY TAIL is number one and you ALL know it" said Makarov with a smirk as the other guild masters gave him both small smiles and looks of jealousy
A loud crashing noise alerted everyone as their heads turned to see Lullaby standing back up
Everyone's eyes widened when they saw the wounds across his body regenerate themselves
"You attack me and actually did some damage for that I will make your death quick" said Lullaby standing tall above the humans
"Now Die!" said Lullaby taking a deep breath
"EVERYONE COVER YOUR EARS" Yelled Makarov he had no choice but to hope that the deadly tunes could be blocked out since he could never transform fast enough to destroy lullaby himself.
Just as Lullaby was going to release his deadly magic a bright light caught his eye as it surrounded the edge of the mountain closest to him.
Turning Lullaby had to cover his eyes as the light almost blinded him
Everyone on the ground watched with some amazement as an intense light from a mountain from their side caught Lullaby's attention and seemingly blinded the creature
Suddenly the light from the top of the magic dispersed as it shot off in the direction of Lullaby, arcing as it descended upon the beast from the sky
Still facing an intense light Lullaby didn't have time to realize that the light was moving closer to him before he lost all the feeling in his left hand.
Naruto landed behind Lullaby with a crack as the earth seemed to break underneath the pressure of his landing.
Pulling out his sword Naruto stabbed it into the earth. Four lines erupted from his blade as it was held in the earth. Each of these lines spread out at ninety degree angles before shooting off covering a good portion of the area. Immediately once the seals stopped moving a square barrier surrounded Lullaby and most of the forest leaving everyone but Naruto and lullaby outside of the barrier
A loud crash filled the area as Lullaby's hand fell followed by its high pitched screaming.
"Master what was that" asked Erza as everyone had only seen a blur of movement before a barrier seemingly appeared between them.
"Look someone's in there" said Natsu pointing to a hooded figure that was too far to see.
"Ahhhh my hand" yelled out Lullaby trying to regenerate the lost limb but was failing to do so as the magic of whatever cut him seemed to have completely burned the edge of his now stump of an arm making it impossible for the wood to grow back.
"My, my to believe that I would have the luck of one of Zeref's demons being a Wood Elemental of sorts" said Naruto loud enough for Lullaby to hear him
Turning around Lullaby noticed Naruto standing on the ground behind him. In pure rage the demon swiped at Naruto. Feeling it connect Lullaby smirked as he looked for the body of the mage who damaged him so.
"Where did he go, did Lullaby kill him in one move" asked Gray looking for the hooded figure
"Look, there on lullaby's arm" said Makarov pointing towards the beast
It was all too easy to hitch a ride on the giants arm as it swung down in an attempt to kill him. 'Foolish' thought Naruto before he pulled his arm back and punch at what was Lullaby's wrist
"Ahhhh" screamed out Lullaby as pulled his arm away instinctively trying to remove the pain. Bad news for Lullaby was that his hand was barely attached to his arm now that a huge burning hole now existed between himself and when he retracted his arm at high speeds he literally snapped his own wrist and sent his hand flying into the barrier only to collide with it and fall down to the ground
Feeling something on his shoulder Lullaby turned to see Naruto running towards his face.
"Die" yelled Lullaby as he tried hitting Naruto with his right arm.
Falling forward Naruto used his hands to push himself up and avoid the arm as it came in sideways as if thought to swat Naruto off. Lullaby never noticed the seal appear on his shoulder as Naruto distracted him by jumping on his head.
"Get off of me" yelled Lullaby throwing both arms at Naruto hoping to hit him as he tried to avoid the first arm.
'Nice…but not good enough' thought Naruto as he dodge the first arm but grabbed onto it and flung himself down onto Lullaby's right shoulder placing another rune. Jumping down Naruto grabbed Lullaby's chest and placed another rune there before the demon could figure out where he went.
Looking up Naruto saw Lullaby's arm coming down on him so he pushed off of the demon's chest.
"THAT'S IT" yelled Lullaby "I've meddled with all of you weakling far too long it's time for me to show you my orchestra"
Taking a deep breath everyone on the sidelines tensed as they covered their ears but Naruto simply raised his hand
Just as Lullaby started to blow out some air a rod of light pierced his chest letting all the air flow out of the open wound instead of his magically enhanced body and before he knew it two more rods pierce his shoulders bringing the demon to his knee's with his upper body parallel to the floor.
"Tsk, tsk little demon thinking that it can fight a DRAGON!" said Naruto now standing mere feet in front of Lullaby's face.
Just as Lullaby was going to go on a rant a bubble of light encased his face but leaving him still clearly visible
"Now you're going to be a test subject for a new attack I've been working on" said Naruto walking away from Lullaby who still heard Naruto even though he himself couldn't be heard.
"I've been dying to let this bad boy off the shelf but if I released it on any normal enemy then I could get in some serious trouble But! You my friend are no ordinary enemy and plus I know you can take the heat" said Naruto smirking at the fear written on Lullaby's face
"Now hold still" laughed Naruto obviously making fun of Lullaby's imprisonment.
Lullaby could feel Naruto building up magical power and knew that his fire magic would destroy him if he didn't get out of his bindings. That however proved to be impossible as the rods latched themselves onto the earth and the other end of the rods latched themselves onto his body with the rods on his shoulders wrapping around his arms and torso to prevent him from flaying around.
As his magic peeked Naruto took a deep breath fire magic clearly visible to Lullaby from his position.
Instead of simply blowing out the blast however Naruto held onto it as if he was compressing it all within his mouth
Rearing his head back Naruto yelled out " FIRE MISSLE " a small and extremely fast projectile was shot out of Naruto's mouth before it hit lullaby in the chest a split second later in a dazzling flash of light only to be replaced by a huge column of flames that completely engulfed the demon
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH" Lullaby's screams where heard for miles at it painfully but quickly broke apart underneath the intense magical blast.
Everyone on the sidelines could only gawk as a huge pillar of fire erupted into the sky engulfing Lullaby along with it. A second later the pillar of fire faded to reveal the mark of Draigo
"D-Draigo" said one of the guild master
"What do you mean Draigo" asked Makarov curious about one of his guildmembers
"Haven't you read the reports on your own member" asked Bob joining the conversation as Erza also joined in having heard someone call out Naruto's alias.
"That's Draigo's mark" said bob pointing to the golden dragon in the air.
Erza's head practically snapped in the direction of Naruto so fast that it broke the sound barrier as she rushed off towards the barrier.
Naruto walked slowly into the ashen remains of Lullaby spotting what he was looking for in the middle of all the ash.
There on the floor was a purple crystal that looked to be flowing with Darkness and corruption
Sighing Naruto put the crystal in his pocket before he looked around.
'I completely decimated the guild master meeting zone didn't I' thought Naruto as he noticed a rather large burnt building nearby 'The council is going to chew my ass out for this'
Walking to his sword Naruto pulled it out of the ground
Just as the barrier was falling Erza was making attempts to enter but was stopped when Natsu grabbed her hand
"Erza don't you could scare him away, plus he doesn't know that you know he is who he is play it out see if you can figure anything out because if we try to subdue him out here he'll be long gone before any of us touch him" said Natsu in a harsh whisper, that was rather intelligent, trying to get his point across.
Finding logic in Natsu's thinking Erza nodded as she took a deep breath to calm herself
"Let's walk behind the master then. It will seem less suspicious" said Erza getting a nod from Natsu as they walked behind Makarov who was making his way towards Naruto.
Giving his sword a quick cleaning Naruto noticed that Makarov had just appeared near the now remains of the Guild Meeting location.
Sighing Naruto decided to get the punishment that was no doubt to come.
Standing up he stiffened when he saw Erza walk behind Makarov along with Gray, Natsu and 'Is that Luigi' thought Naruto quickly before kneeling in front of Makarov getting the man along with several of the other guild masters to raise an eyebrow
"Master I'm sorry for the destruction I've been tracking down the guild known as Eisenwald for quite some time now. I discovered there plans to unleash Lullaby on the world but I failed to stop them from getting their hands on it before I could destroy it or seal it away" said Naruto before taking a pause " I'm fully prepared to pay for the damages and accept any punishment that you deem necessary"
Makarov looked around not entirely sure what to do and his fellow masters didn't help him as they simply shrugged in confusion.
Coughing to clear his throat Makarov began "Well I do believe I saw some rogue rune knights destroy the building so I'm sure the council will pay for the damages" said Makarov smirking along with all his fellow guild master " And as for your punishment I do say that you must slap yourself across the face "
Makarov only meant it as a joke but Naruto pulled up his hand and encased it in a large of magic before slapping himself and sending himself through the remains of the building getting everyone's eyes to bulge out of their sockets
"Wait that was only a joke" said Makarov trying to justify himself
An instant later Naruto appeared in front of Makarov " If that is all then Master I will be going now" said Naruto but was cut off by Bob.
"No why do you always get the best guild members Macky boy. Look at this boy here strong, loyal and incredibly dashing even though he's covering up ninety-nine percent of his body. Though he is a little bit of a drone I'm sure if he were to leave Fairy Tail and join Blue Pegasus that he would be fixed right up" said Bob teasingly but Erza had to stifle a cry of 'No' at the mere thought. It was impossible enough for her to see him while he was in the same guild it would be literally impossible to track him if he was in another guild
"I'm sorry Master Bob but I can't join you as I owe Makarov my life and I made a promise to join Fairy Tail and I doubt that leaving the guild whenever I want was one of the clauses of our agreement" said Naruto as he turned around to leave trying not to put any rush into his step and give away that he was trying to leave that area as soon as possible
"Draigo" called out Erza who steeled her voice to sound as Neutral as possible
Stopping in his footsteps Naruto cursed himself. If only he had walked away sooner he could have avoided any confrontation with her.
Steeling her mind Erza continued on with her plan " Back at the guild we have a pile of rewards that the council keeps sending us if you would return and collect them with us I'm sure everyone would be grateful to have them out of the way" said Erza
Thinking his way out of returning to the guild Naruto quickly replied "Burn them I don't intend on keeping them" said Naruto shocking most of the masters as a reward from the council was no small matter. Hell they practically never said Thank You these days.
Getting over her shock Erza replied " I cannot you got a letter asking to join the wizard saints and you need to personally choose whether to accept or decline"
"A wizard saint" said Naruto in some disbelief and quickly shook his head.
"Like I said just burn it" said Naruto yet again shocking the guild masters and everyone else.
"But-" said Erza only to be cut off by Naruto
"To imply me being a wizard saint one must first imply that I'm a mage" said Naruto as his light bike materialized in front of him and he jumped onto it.
"What do you mean you're not a mage" said Erza barely able to keep her voice neutral at this point.
Naruto turned to everyone with his golden eyes and some of the guild masters flinched back " You all know what I am, I see the fear in your eyes and it's understandable. Who wouldn't be afraid of a Monster and who couldn't hate a monster like me? But don't pity me because being a monster has given me the power to crush my enemies and as long as those I want to protect live… I really could care less about the rest of you" said Naruto before he dashed away on his light bike leaving everyone hanging on his last words.
Two tears ran down Erza's face as she did nothing to try and catch Naruto not that it would matter anyways he was easily three times her max flying speed possibly much faster but it was hard to tell from her angle.
'H-He does care about me on some level' thought Erza 'But he thinks I can't possibly care for him as well don't you….. Naruto'
Looking down Naruto saw some tears splatter against his clothing as he drove off into the night.