A/N: Once more, new armor, you can find the picture on my profile. Next update is during the zombie apocalypse of 2012 (not really). And before I forget:

- Vetis : Demon of Corruption

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto and/or Fairy Tail

Demon's Curse – Chapter 8

"Are you sure?" a feminine voice questioned.

"Yes, it's him…I can feel it…" another one replied, a male. "Watch over him, obey his orders."

Naruto slowly opened his eyes, the sun's rays blinded him for a second making him cover his face with the bed sheets. He finally opened his eyes and blinked while looking at the sheets; he stood up and looked around. He was in a bed, in a large chamber fit for royalty; he was dressed in a pair of black pajamas with golden stripes on them.

The blond looked around not understanding where he was or why he was in such a fancy place, the events from before blacking out replayed through his mind, he knew he couldn't be dead since he heard the girl say that she needed him alive, but if she did capture him why was he in such a place and not a dungeon? His attention was drawn to the door which slowly opened, his eyes narrowed as he saw the girl that attacked him in the desolate town.

She looked towards him with a smile on her face as if she wasn't the one that attacked him before. The girl walked inside, closing the door behind her, Naruto looked around the room with the corner of his eyes trying to spot any weapon. "Oh don't worry. I'm not here to fight." He heard her say as he turned to face her.

"Where am I?" he growled making her giggle, she walked over to the bed and leaned down on it towards the blond.

"Why, in father's castle, where else?" she asked as if the answer should have been something obvious towards the blond. Naruto narrowed his eyes further towards her, if her father was who he thought then he was in deep trouble.

"And who is…your father?" he asked as the girl merely smiled and pushed herself away from the bed. She did not answer his question but instead walked towards one of the wardrobes, opening it. She took out some clothes and walked back towards the bed, laying them down.

"Put these on, I'll wait for you outside." She said as she turned around and began walking away. As she reached the door she stopped for a second. "And don't think of jumping out the window, you might die if you do so." She giggled as she walked out of the room leaving the blond alone.

The first thing Naruto did of course was to jump out of the bed and walk towards the window. He opened it and looked down, his face lost all color as he saw how high he was. The blond closed the window and stepped back, it was one thing to climb walls and it was another to run down them, especially when they were so steep. One wrong step and he would be freefalling face first towards the rocks down below.

Grumbling, the blond decided to play along for now until an opportunity to run appeared. He walked back towards the bed and started changing his attire. Once he was done with that he walked towards the door and opened it, outside stood the girl with a smirk on her face. Most likely she knew that he would check the window and see if there was a way to run.

She pushed away from the wall she was leaning on and motioned for the blond to follow her, he did as he was told. Naruto took his time to inspect his surroundings, the place looked like it had seen better days, unlike the chamber he had been in a few moments ago the hallway looked trashed, spider webs and spiders dangling from rusty armors, portraits ripped in half, the wall cracked in a several spots.

The entire place gave him an eerie feeling; he thought that he could hear voices whispering around him, he thought that he could feel something touching him while he was walking. The voices kept calling for a 'master'; he wondered who they were referring to.

The blond tried to strike up a conversation with the girl that was leading him to who knows where. However, he had no such luck; she kept silent, ignoring his every question. It irked him, at one point he even tried to swipe the knife resting on her hip, he was surprised that she was much faster than him; she caught him before his hand could even reach the dagger. Naruto was surprised however when the girl simply giggled at his attempt to arm himself and told him to leave the games for later as they had something important to do.

He even tried to stop and run away, only to slam into the armored figure he had fought in the village before passing out. The girl told him that the figure would make sure he didn't try to run, Naruto was amazed that he hadn't felt the creature appear behind him until he slammed into it.

Finally, the two reached a pair of massive doors at the end of the hallway. The girl walked forward and pushed the double doors opening them with a loud screech, she motioned for him to follow her inside. Without any other choice the blond followed her inside. There he was greeted by a strange sight. The chamber was a throne room, neatly decorated, everything cleaned and arranged carefully, in the chamber on each side there were a large number of hooded figures, all chatting amongst themselves and at the end of the chamber was the fake viscount.

Naruto stopped and narrowed his eyes; he tensed as he saw the man there. Said man however only grinned as he opened his arms in a friendly manner and walked towards the blond. "There is no need to worry master, I'm not looking for a fight." He told the blond, it took him a second to process what he had just heard, the man called him 'master'.

He did a double take, it was then that he realized that everyone around him was kneeling in front of him and that the fake viscount had stopped midway and bowed towards him as well. The girl who escorted him here was also bowing towards him. Naruto was now confused, he didn't know what was happening anymore. He watched as the man stood up once more and walked forward towards him, passing the girl and patting her on the head.

"You must have questions my lord." He said with a pleasant smile making the blond narrow his eyes, trying to figure out what king of game the man was trying to play. "But first, allow me to introduce myself. "My name is Amdis, and this…" he said looking towards the girl "…is my daughter, Sirena." He said as the girl looked up with a small smile, a pair of fangs pointing out. "And we are you servants, the vampires." He finished as his eyes became slits and his canines elongated.

The blond took a step back in shock as he looked around; all of them started discarding their robes revealing men and women, old and young, all vampires. His mind then clicked as he remembered the man saying that they were his servants. He looked towards him with wide eyes.

"Servants?" he asked not believing, he was still in enemy territory, he had to tread lightly.

The man nodded with a big grin showing off his teeth making the blond shiver slightly. "Yes my lord, we the vampires were created by you centuries ago, to serve you until the end of time." He replied to the blond who raised an eyebrow in confusion.

The man seemed to miss that as he turned towards the gathered monsters and started shouting. "Bow before your master!" he called out as they all started doing just that "Bow before master Zeref! His reincarnation!" he called out as the blond's heart stopped and he froze in place. They believed he was the dark mage Zeref, but why would they believe something like that? His eyes then widened, his powers, they thought that because he had such powers he was the mage's reincarnation.

He was broken out of his thoughts as the man stepped forward once more. "Master, now that you are back we can strike at your slayers, we can show them what happens when they disobey you!" he shouted as everyone began cheering.

"Wait!" he called out drawing their attention "How do you know I am Zeref?" he asked with narrowed eyes, he wanted to test the waters a little, he tried to sound as convincing as possible, that he was indeed the man in question but didn't believe them.

The man grinned as he replied. "We have been following you ever since we encountered you, we felt your power, it called out to us like it used to in the past. That is something we never forget!" he shouted as the rest began agreeing with him.

Naruto grimaced on the inside; his powers were dragging him into something unpleasant once more. "Come master!" Amdis beckoned as he walked towards the throne, the blond follow him slowly.

As they reached the throne Amdis told the blond to sit, to take his rightful place. Hesitantly the blond did as he was told and sat down on the throne, the vampires cheered and called the black mage's name. Naruto grinned as he looked towards them, inside his mind however he was planning a way to get out, once they realize he isn't said mage who knows what will happen to him.

In the back Amdis smirked as three elder vampires approached him. They whispered harshly towards him. "That is not Zeref…" they growled silently "…he might have his power but that is not our creator."

"Relax." Amdis stated with a smirk "We can always turn him into our leader…and if that won't work…there are ways of reviving the real one." He said with an evil glint in his eyes. They will try to convert him to their cause, if he resists they will resort to several sacrifices of their kin and revive the real one, no matter how much they would have to give up.

xXx

Naruto jumped over a fallen armor as he ran down the castles hallway, he glanced behind and saw the large number of vampires chasing him down, slowly gaining up on him. He cursed his luck, the knight jumped over another armor and spun in midair, he threw several knives towards his chasers, only one of them hit its target however.

As he landed on the ground he ran towards the end of the hallway and turned right grabbing the armor that was there and slamming it down, one of his pursuers fell on it, the rest jumped over and continued chasing the blond. Naruto's eyes widened as he dropped on the ground with his back and used the momentum to slide away, as soon as he was out of harms way he jumped back on his feet and continued running only glancing once back towards Amdis who threw the massive axe away and ordered the vampires to chase him down.

Naruto knew this was going to happen sooner or later, they found out he wasn't Zeref's reincarnation and opted to extract his power to revive said mage, he was going to be used as a sacrifice, the host of the dark mage's soul should their ritual succeed. He wasn't going to let that happen. The blond turned left as he came to another end and cursed loudly, for the six months he spent in this forsaken castle he never had a chance to escape, only a week ago when Amdis tried to make the blond slaughter yet another village when he managed to send out a message towards the army as to where he was.

When Amdis realized what was happening he exploded, he captured the blond and tied him, dragging him back to the castle where they immediately started the ritual. Naruto didn't know what happened, the week felt like a blur to him, he remembered a massive rock shattering the wall to the chamber in which he was held and he saw the Royal Army at the bottom attacking the vampires and their undead minions. It was then that he took the chance to escape, only to have the rest of the vampires chasing him.

If that wasn't enough, whatever Amdis did to him in that ritual it was starting to take its tow on him, most likely it failed since he didn't feel any other presence inside him, but he could feel his powers going haywire, just like the explosive lacrima's he had, his powers were becoming unstable and next to impossible to control.

The blond was shaken out of his thoughts as he saw another rock, from the catapults, shattering the walls of the castle. The castle began to shake making the chase end for a second as everyone tried to gain their balance. Naruto saw the door leading to the armory at the end of the hallway, he ran forward jumping over the gap that the catapult had created. He rolled on the ground and got back up on his feet, he dashed forward ad opened the door running inside and slamming it shut behind him.

Naruto then proceeded to block the door with everything he could find in the chamber, he could hear the vampires banging on the door, shattering it slowly. He turned around and inspected the armory, at the very end he saw his two swords, the blond ran over to them and grabbed them, he then started looking around for his armor yet he couldn't see it anywhere.

"Its not here." He heard Sirena's voice, he spun around with his sword unsheathed and pointed towards the source of the voice. The girl smiled as she stepped out of the shadows and walked calmly towards him. "Father threw it away months ago…" she said stopping at the swords tip.

"Give me one good reason why I shouldn't kill you right now." He growled dangerously, despite his threat the girl only smiled as she placed her finger on the blade and pushed the blade down slightly.

"Because I am on your side." She said with a small smile, yet the blond didn't believe her as he glared towards her. Sirena sighed slightly. "If I were with them I would have stopped you from entering the armory…or from barricading the door…or from grabbing a weapon..." she said with a sly smile as the blond lowered his sword, yet remained tense.

"What do you want?" he asked as the girl smiled brightly and walked over to him placing her finger on his chest.

"To follow you of course, master." She replied giggling as the blond raised an eyebrow. "I've heard stories about Zeref from the elder vampires, I heard what he could do and how he was…I know you aren't him…yet, I feel like you are better than him." She said softly, moving towards him. "There are many more that feel the same, that wish to serve you, Naruto, not Zeref."

He raised a skeptical eyebrow at that declaration. "And why is that?"

"Maybe because we never got to know him, or because your power calls out to us, or that you are interesting…" she shrugged as she answered his question. "…even a few of the elders said they like you more than their original master." She said with a grin as the banging intensified on the door.

"How do I know you won't betray me?" he asked with a growl.

She laughed towards him as she turned around and began walking away. "If I wanted to I could have done so by now…" she said winking towards him. The girl stopped in the middle of the chamber, next to a crate. She kicked the crate away revealing a hole in the ground. "If we use this we can reach the underground caverns, from there we can escape before father can even reach said caverns." She said with a smile as the blond walked towards her and looked down the hole.

"And how are you sure they won't just jump down after us?" he asked though the only answer he got was a sly smile from her. He scowled as he looked down and then towards the door, finally he looked at the girl. "You first, I still don't trust you, if it's a trap down there you get to trigger it first." He said as the girl only shrugged and jumped down.

Seconds later the blond heard something snapping, he turned around and saw a curtain falling down on the ground revealing a large number of explosive barrels next to the wall, ready to explode any second. His eyes widened as he turned towards the hole and jumped down, the barrels exploded seconds later.

Naruto fell through the tunnel with the explosions blast racing after him, he looked up, his eyes widening as he saw it catching up. He then looked down, he couldn't see anything, everything was pitch black. Finally, the tunnel ended, a splash was heard, the blast from the explosion temporarily illuminated the area drawing the blond's attention. He swam up and as the light died down he took a deep breath as he reached the water's surface.

Light suddenly broke through the darkness illuminating the area. He saw a hand offering him help, he looked up at the vampire and narrowed his eyes, he grabbed a ledge and got out of the water, Sirena sighed as she stood up and walked away. "You could have warned me." She heard him growl, the girl only giggled.

"You didn't ask." She replied as she began walking away.

"Where are you going?" he inquired as the girl kept walking.

"If you want out follow me, if you want to wait for father…just wait here." She laughed making the blond growl. He followed her nonetheless; he had no other chance of getting out of here. He was surprised that the girl before him wasn't lighting the torches, it seemed like the torches reacted to her presence, each time she got closer to a torch it would lit by itself and then the flame would die out once she was farther away.

The two walked in silence for several minutes until they reached another large chamber in the caverns. A series of torches lit up, the blond unsheathed his sword as he saw several vampires in the chamber with him and the girl. Sirena however only smiled.

"No need to be alarmed, they are the ones I've been telling you about, the ones that wish to follow you." She said, to prove it they bowed towards the blond, yet that alone did not make the blond trust them anymore than he already did, which wasn't very much to begin with.

"Princess…" one of the vampires said, an elderly one as he stepped forward. "…the normal route is blocked off, the knights destroyed it with their machines." He said as the girl frowned at the news.

"Seems like the only way out is through that room." She said to herself.

"But no one has been able to open it in years!" the same vampire called out once more. The girl however ignored him and turned to face the blond.

"It will open now." She said making the blond narrow his eyes as everyone looked towards him. "Come, there is no time to waste, I'm sure father will find some way to reach us, even if he has to dig the ground to reach the caverns." She said walking away towards an unlit hallway.

One of the vampires stepped forward towards the blond and gave him a lit torch; the blond took it and followed the girl, the rest of the vampires behind him. "What is this … room you talk about?" he asked her as they left the large chamber.

The girl did not reply at first, after a few minutes of silence however she told him what it was. "The room used to be Zeref's library, where he kept all his secrets. It only opened for him, you can't break the doors, you can't break the walls…it's like an impenetrable fortress." She told him.

"No one apart from Zeref has ever entered that room." He heard one of the elder vampires say making the blond raise an eyebrow.

"And why would we be able to …" he stopped however as realization hit him, he glared towards the girl, she assumed that if he had a power similar to that of Zeref he could open the door.

The girl grinned towards him as she kept on walking making the blond realize that that was indeed the case. They walked for minutes, with each step they took the blond felt stranger and stranger, he felt his power surging out of his body. Looking around he noticed that everyone was looking at him with the corner of their eyes, they could feel his power surge.

Finally, they came to a stop. By now his power was going completely out of control, he grit his teeth as he thought he would explode. He looked at the door in front of them, it had numerous drawings on it and strange symbols that he had never seen. Instinctively he walked forward and placed his hand on the door, on one of the symbols. Power erupted from his body and shot in the door, the blond howled in pain as he felt like something was stabbing him, like a thousand needles were stabbing him and taking out his blood.

After several seconds of agonizing pain a click resonated through the dark hallway and the door began to open. Naruto felt someone picking him up, he didn't realize that he had fallen on the ground until then. He looked up at Sirena; she was staring with wide eyes in front of her. Light began to flood them making him turned towards the door as well. What he saw left him with his mouth hanging open.

The room before them, it was no room, it was a massive chamber, bigger than anything he had seen before. It was like five throne rooms put together to create it. There were bookshelves everywhere, chairs, tables. Slowly they began walking forward; Naruto managed to get a hold of his senses and walked in front of the group. As they all stepped inside the doors closed behind them, none of them paid any attention to it, they were amazed by the contents of the chamber.

Naruto looked at one of the bookshelves; it was filled with aged old books. He took one out and looked at it, his eyes widened; it was a book about parallel dimensions. He opened it and his eyes widened even further, it seemed like the book had been written by Zeref himself, inside it said about parallel worlds from where Zeref took creatures, from where he took the inspiration to create his own. It even said about the mythological heaven and hell, yet most of it was scribbled out as if Zeref didn't want to write about it or wanted to hide the truth about the two.

He suddenly felt a pull, the blond placed the book back and began walking forward. Sensing his movement the rest of the vampires followed him, thinking that he was heading towards the exit. They walked through the maze of books until they reached what Sirena believed as the center of the chamber. There, on a podium, stood an armor rack. A strange armor like nothing they had ever seen was placed on said rack, it looked like someone had been taking care of it ever since Zeref died, there wasn't a speck of dust on it.

They could feel it however, there was something strange about that armor, it seemed to be radiating a power of its own as well. Naruto however felt the pull coming from the armor; he walked towards it as if in trance, he felt like he needed to take it. A hand suddenly grabbed his snapping him out of his dream-like state, he turned towards Sirena who was looking at him, she seemed troubled.

"Master…" she whispered "…I don't think we should…touch it." She said sparing a glance towards the armor. The blond looked at her and then towards the armor, he looked back at the girl and freed his hand.

"Don't worry." He whispered as he turned around and continued walking towards the armor.

The armor seemed to be a mix of scales –of what kind, the blond had no idea – and plate armor. On the chest piece there was a golden symbol of a dragon's head with four smaller symbols going down towards the side, two on each side. The shoulder pads seemed to have been created from four separate pieces, placed on top of each other, a golden stripe separating each other. The leggings consisted of an undergarment similar to that which samurai's use, only it was made from scales and golden metal. Finally, the helmet was made out of plate, with a T shaped opening in front, a dragon emblem on the front of the helmet, its back end curved slightly upward.

The knight stopped in front of the armor and moved his hand towards it, he touched the material, nothing happened. He moved his hand over the chest piece touching the dragon emblem. The blond gasped in pain as he felt a burning sensation in his chest, his power burst from his body encompassing him and the armor, the vampires covered their eyes as the intense light could hurt their eyes. They heard the blond scream in pain and began to worry, they wondered what was happening.

After a few seconds the light died down and they looked towards the armor rack, they saw the blond standing there, dressed in the armor that once stood on the rack. He was kneeling down and panting, the blond raised his hands up to his face and turned them inspecting the armor. He stood up and looked towards the vampires who looked at him in wonder, they couldn't see the boy's face despite the fact that the opening was large enough; they couldn't even see his eyes. It was like the darkness of the helmet ate the blond's face and his eyes.

Naruto finally walked forward and shook his head, he looked back up and now they could see his face and his eyes. "My lord?" one of the vampires asked "Are you alright?" he inquired.

The blond looked at him in silence. "Yea…" he replied slowly "I'm alright…" he looked towards the armor rack in wonder. "I feel a bit better now." He sighed as he dropped on his knees again clutching his chest in pain, he coughed up blood.

Sirena rushed to his side. "Damn it…" the blond grumbled "…what did your father do to me?" he growled out as the girl helped him on his feet.

"I wish I had an answer to that." She replied regretfully. "Come on, lets find a way out of here." She said as they began walking away once more.

After a few minutes of wondering through the chamber they found another door, like before the blond walked forward and placed his hand on it, the door opened and darkness greeted them. They took their chance and started walking out of the chamber, guiding the blond through the darkness. The doors closed behind them as they all left.

Naruto was glad that he had someone to guide him through the darkness, he couldn't see anything in front of him. A few times he tripped on stones only to have Sirena catch him. Finally, they could see the light at the end of the cavern; they walked towards the light cutting through veins and into a forest. Sirena looked around and grinned as she saw the castle to their right, not very far away though. The sounds of battle could still be heard and the sun was still high in the sky.

The girl looked toward the blond as he moved away from her and sat down on the grass, he seemed to be in pain as he kept clutching his chest.

"It seems like whatever Amdis did to Naruto is affecting his magic stream." One of the vampires stated walking forward.

"Can you help him?" the girl asked, the man however shook his head as he looked towards her.

"Only a mage can help him." He replied as the girl frowned.

"We can't let him go to them, if they have their mages inspect him they might discover his power and you know what will happen then." She said with a glare towards the man. Said man nodded as he looked towards her.

"I know, but it's the only way." He said stepping back.

Sirena sighed as she looked towards the blond, she walked up to him and kneeled down in front of him. Naruto looked up at her panting heavily. "Will you guys be alright?" he asked her making the girl smile slightly.

"Don't worry about us, we have places where we can hide. Do you think you can reach the encampment?" she asked as the blond looked towards the village in the distance and nodded. The girl nodded back and looked at the vampires, she told them to head out and that she would follow them shortly. She turned to face the blond one more time and extended her hand towards him, she opened her palm.

The blond watched as something began to materialize in her hand, in a few seconds the banner of Kimos appeared in her hand. It was damaged, the pole holding the flag was ripped in half and the banner itself had several holes inside it. "Father tried to destroy it…I managed to salvage it however." She said as the blond placed his hand on it.

"Thank you." He replied slowly as he took it from her hands and stood up. He looked at the girl who handed him his swords, he didn't even realize he had dropped them; the blond took them nonetheless and thanked her once more.

"Go…and take care of yourself." She said as she backed away. "We will find you later, master." She finished as she turned around and vanished in the forest.

Naruto chuckled slightly as he turned around and slowly made his way towards the encampment.

xXx

The general of the Fifth Royal battalion surveyed the battlefield with pride; his men were driving back the monsters, the demons. They were slaughtering each and every one of them; he wondered however if the knight that told them about this place was still alive in the castle they were now turning into dust. He had sent a special unit inside to find him yet they came out empty handed.

The man looked to his right as he saw a scout approaching, the man saluted as he began relaying the message. "Sir, our patrols found a knight bearing the standard of Castle Kimos, Fiore." The general raised an eyebrow, 'a knight' was not what he was looking for, he was looking for 'the knight'.

"What do you mean? Isn't he the one that got recruited?" he asked as the scout hesitated for a second.

"We…aren't sure, he is wearing a different armor from the one he wore when he vanished." He said as the general ordered to be taken to see the knight they found. He felt someone appearing next to him and spared a glance in his direction, he saw the councilman from Fiore, he had been sent here three months ago to find the last surviving knight and re-call him as his duty came to an end.

The general didn't know what made the knight so special that the King allowed him to return home after only a year of service, considering he had vanished for three months. But it wasn't his place to question his lord's decisions.

The group walked in silence towards the location where the knight was held, the only sounds that could be heard where those from the battle taking place not far from their location. After a few minutes they reached the makeshift medical part of their encampment, in the middle stood a small detachment of scouts and several field medics that were trying to heal the unknown knight.

"That's him alright." The councilman said as he looked at the knight's face, his helmet was laying on the ground next to him.

"What's wrong with him?" the general asked as one of the medics looked at him.

"We don't know sir, we don't see any wounds and …"

"Why didn't you remove his armor?" the general interrupted the medic who replied immediately.

"We tried sir, but we can't." he replied making the man raise a questioning eyebrow. "It's like the armor is stuck to his body sir." He clarified as the councilman walked forward and kneeled down next to the moaning knight.

"Let me see what I can do." He said as he moved his hand over the knight's body, light surrounded his hands and the knight's body, he stood there for several minutes before he sighed, ending his spell.

"Well?" the general asked impatiently.

"Magic poisoning." The mage replied lowly. "I don't know how to cure that, he needs to be taken back fast."

"He will die on the way though." The medic argued, the mage however shook his head at that.

"No, I can keep him stable throughout the journey."

The general stepped forward. "You said magic poisoning, what is that?" he asked "Is he under their control?"

The mage shook his head at the second question. "No, it seems like our … monsters tried to suck his life out but failed, he won't turn against us but will die if we don't send him back soon." He replied.

"Why back to Fiore? We have mages not far from here that can heal him." The general retorted.

"This type of poisoning can only be healed by certain mages, or better yet, but the magic they left behind in the special chambers in the few selected castles around our lands." The mage said making the general grunt in reply, he knew what the man was saying.

The general grunted once more as he turned towards his knights. "I want the fastest rider to prepare to depart." He ordered only for the mage to interrupt him.

"There is no need for that, I can teleport ourselves to the border of the kingdom and take a train from there." He said making the general suspicious. "One of the benefits of being a councilman, you get your own train." The man said with a smirk as the general rolled his eyes and turned around.

"Fine, do as you wish, I have a battle to finish here." He said walking away, the knights all stood up and followed their leader, leaving the wounded knight and the mage alone.

The mage laughed silently as he drew several runes on the ground, he grabbed the knight's belonging, "Things went better than expected, now for step two." He thought to himself as he and the knight vanished in a blinding light.

xXx

Everything was like a blur for the blond, he remembered hearing Siegrain's voice, he remembered hearing someone calling out his name, someone he knew, but he wasn't sure. Then he could hear a dark voice laughing, saying that the time was nearing, nothing made sense to him. He didn't know how many days had passed since he escaped, he didn't know where he was or where he was heading to.

The blond tried to open his eyes, he could barely open them, the sun was shinning on his face yet he couldn't feel its heat. The boy looked to the side, he saw an armored figure, he could hear someone shouting to move faster. He turned to face the sky once more, yet his eyes were drawn towards a banner, his castle's banner. It wasn't the one he carried with him in battle, this one wasn't damaged. Was he home? Did Siegrain really take him home? He couldn't believe that.

"Hang in there Naruto!" he heard someone shout, he thought he recognized the voice. "You'll be alright!"

Once more the world faded around him, when he woke up he saw the doors of the mage chamber in front of him, the chamber that the few mages which traveled to Kimos used to replenish their powers. He saw the doors open and the knights taking him inside the chamber, a spiral room with pylons sustaining the roof.

"Siegrain said to place him in the middle, hurry!" he heard someone order, that same familiar voice.

"Father?" the blond rasped out, the reply was almost instant.

"Don't worry Naruto, he said this will heal you." The man replied, Naruto felt the knight slowly placing him down on the ground, in a kneeling position. He could then hear them leaving the chamber and shutting the doors behind them, as soon as the doors were shut, all hell broke loose.

xXx

Mirajane sighed as she cleaned the makeshift bar's counter. She looked towards master Makarov and the few Fairy Tail mages that were rebuilding the guild. Two days had passed since the battle with Phantom Lord, everything was slowly returning to normal. She still couldn't believe however that they had lost their guild, that someone went to such great lengths to destroy them.

Then there was Luxus and the things he said, she shook her head trying not to think about that, she only got furious when she thought about that bastard and it only made her want to punch someone or break something, the last thing they needed now is to destroy something.

She began to think about the knight, he had yet to visit them again, another year had passed since she last met him. It made her wonder just how busy he was or if he was trying to avoid her. Mirajane shook her head, they barely knew each other, why would he be interested in coming to see her time and time again? Surely he had more important things to do.

The table cracked under her hand, she blinked for a second and sighed, why was she getting angry? She decided to do something else to take her mind off the blond.

"Mirajane!" she heard Makarov call, she looked towards the guild master and walked towards him.

"Yes master Makarov?" she asked with a smile, maybe he had something for her to do to take her mind off of things.

"I need to head to Onibus for something important, would you like to come with me?" he asked as the girl's eyes widened.

"But what about the guild?" she asked as the small man waved his hand in a dismissal manner.

"Erza will look after it, we will only be gone for a day or two." He said as the girl thought over it for a second, she smiled and nodded happily.

Makarov went to talk to Erza, letting her know that they would be gone for a day, or two, and that she was in charge for the time being. The girl wished them good luck and returned to monitoring the two trouble makers, Natsu and Gray, Mirajane saw Lucy helping them out as well, though she looked like she could use a hand. A small giggle escaped her lips, she wanted to help her but she couldn't for now.

The two made their way to the train station, on the way Makarov told her that they needed to pick up a package from Onibus from Mistgun who was waiting for them there. When she asked why he couldn't come to the guild to deliver the package he didn't reply, opting to stay silent. She wondered what the reason was however, but didn't ask further.

In truth, Makarov had no idea as well, the letter from Mistgun said that there was something important for him to see and that he and Mirajane should head over to Onibus. Sadly, the only train to Onibus would be going through Tatcha as well instead of taking the direct route.

After a few hours the train was getting closer to Tatcha, the closer they got the more unnerving it became. Makarov felt that something was out of place. They heard people gasping and whispering amongst themselves, they were all looking in the same direction. He then heard Mirajane call him.

"Master, something is not right." she pointing out the window of the train, the man looked out and his eyes widened as he saw the castle in the distance burning, at least one of the towers was. Smoke was rising from multiple locations as well.

"You're right." He mumbled as he jumped down from his sit. "Come, we need to see what's going on." He said.

"What about Mistgun?" the girl inquired as the guild master looked towards her.

"Something tells me this is what he wanted me to see." He replied grimly, he had a gut feeling this is why Mistgun wanted him to leave for Onibus with this exact train.

As they reached the station the train started coming to a halt, Makarov noticed several Guardsmen motioning for the train to go, to leave the station. He felt the train moving faster and looked towards Mirajane, they opened the door and jumped out of the train, the Guardsmen ran towards them.

"Are you insane? You could have died!" one of them shouted. Makarov stood up and dusted himself, he looked at them with narrowed eyes; it was then that they recognized who the small man was.

"What's happening to the castle?" he asked as the guardsmen looked at each other and then back at the man.

They hung their heads in shame. "We don't know, we saw it burning and we proceeded with protocol, evacuating civilians and forcing all trains to leave." They replied as Mirajane looked around, the station was empty.

"Mira…" she heard the small man call out. "…lets go, we have to investigate this." He told her as the girl nodded and ran after him.

As they left the train station they noticed that the streets were empty, though they could see people looking out of their homes through the windows and some running inside. Guardsmen were running towards the castle as well, she saw several knights making their way to the castle.

They ran out of the town and up the hill towards the castle, the closer they got the stronger the smell of smoke and the heat of the flames got. As the castle walls came in sight cries of pain reached their ears, the sounds of battle reached Makarov's ears as he enlarged his body slightly, preparing for battle.

Upon reaching the gate they saw it was closed and intact. Makarov enlarged his body further and picked Mirajane up, he turned to face the interior of the castle and his eyes widened in horror. Inside the knight and guardsmen of Kimos were fighting with skeletons, ghouls and even lesser demons.

"Master…" he heard Mirajane call out. "…I feel…something…from the castle." She said in a weak voice.

"What do you feel?" he asked as the girl stared at the castle.

"I'm not sure…it's like a pull, like something is calling out to me." She replied with uncertainty, the man grimaced as he looked down and stepped over the walls and on top of several attackers, squashing them under his feet. He placed Mirajane down and reduced his height to that of an average man.

One of the knights ran towards them. "Thank God you mages arrived." He panted as he bent forward grabbing side.

"What's happening here? How did this happen?" Makarov asked as the man took a deep breath and began telling them what happened.

"We don't know for sure, one moment we were training outside and the next the doors from the castle were flung open and a swarm of undead and demons charged out." He said as he turned around and unsheathed his sword, a skeleton was charging straight towards him. It didn't get to reach him as a massive hand slammed down on top of it shattering it.

The knight sighed in relief as he turned to face the mages once more. "So they're source is from inside the castle?" Makarov couldn't believe that, the man nodded at the question.

"We closed the gates so that they wouldn't get out towards the nearby villages and the town down below."

"But you blocked yourselves from receiving reinforcements!" Mirajane shouted, why would they do something like that?

"We know…" he replied grimly "…but we'd rather fight to the last then have some of them evade us and attack the people we are supposed to protect." He finished.

"Mira…you know about this kind of things right?" Makarov asked as the girl nodded confidently. "Do you know how we can stop them?"

The girl stood silent for several seconds before replying. "She says that we need to find the source of all this and shut it, usually it's a portal or a pentagram. I can close them with her help."

Makarov nodded. "Alright, wait until we're inside them use your magic." He whispered, she realized why he wanted her to use her magic only inside, the knights were fighting demons as well, they might mistake her for one of them and charge towards her.

She saw Makarov talking to the knight and asking him to help them get inside, that they could stop all this. The man was more than eager to agree, he brought up a horn and blew it drawing the attention of the nearby soldiers who finished up their targets as fast as they could and ran towards him.

They formed a circle around the two mages and told them that they would take care of any attackers and that they should conserve their strength. They charged forward breaking through a burning barricade, Mirajane followed Makarov closely as he provided assistance to the knights wherever he could.

The deeper they moved in the castle's courtyard the worse the scenery became, she saw guardsmen impaled on the walls, falling in battle despite Makarov's attempts to save them, the screams of death made her shake in fear and despair, despair that she couldn't do anything to save them, that all she could do is watch them die.

After an agonizing run through the courtyard they reached the doors, the two mages rushed inside as the undead charged forward and collided with the knights who stood behind to cover them. Once inside Mirajane activated her Satan Soul against the defenders, listening to her partner she made her way towards the source of the demons and undead with Makarov close behind her.

It didn't take long for them to reach the source of the invaders, they stopped in front of a large pair of doors, on the doors was a red portal which kept spewing out undead and demons.

"Mira, how do we close this?" Makarov asked, he had never faced something like this in all his career, he had heard tales about mages fighting against this stuff during the war with Zeref, he began to worry that someone managed to recreate the dark mage's power.

"I need to go inside, this isn't the source, only the bridge." She told the guild master.

"No!" he called out drawing her attention. "I can't let you go inside there, who knows what's there." He said as the girl shook her head.

"It's the only way to close it, trust me, I can take care of myself." She said with a reassuring smile. Makarov bit his tongue, he didn't want to let her go by herself but he knew that she was right. With a sigh she nodded towards her and told her that he would be dealing with anything that came out.

Mirajane stepped through the portal, what she found beyond the portal shocked her, it was not what she and her partner expected. She found herself in a large room with multiple floating platforms, underneath the platforms was a dark abyss, no matter how much she looked she couldn't find the source of the invaders.

An explosion suddenly drew her attention upwards. She saw something falling from a platform and landing on another. A figure jumped down from the platform from which the first one fell. The sounds to steel hitting steel soon followed, the girl raised an eyebrow as she flew upwards towards the source of the sound and where the figures landed.

Naruto growled as he parried the demon's sword. The demon in front of him looked like him in appearance, the only thing that set him apart were the horns, the tail and its red color. The demon grinned as it swung its sword towards him once more only to be blocked by the blond again, he moved forward and grabbed the demon's head slamming it on his knee, the demon was thrown back.

The knight charged forward and raised his sword to cut the demon in half, only to have it vanish in thin air and appear behind him, kicking him in the back and sending him flying off another floating rock. The blond slammed on another rock down below, he grunted in pain as his eyes narrowed and he rolled to the side. The demon's sword impaled the ground as it landed with it a few feet away from where the blond used to stand.

He jumped back on his feet just as the demon charged forward, he parried its sword and swung towards the side, the demon parried his attack and slammed its hoof in his chest making the blond gasp for air and move backwards, he ducked under its sword and charged forward grabbing the demon. He lifted it in the air and then slammed it on the ground, finally he lowered his sword down in the demon's head only to have said demon vanish once more.

It appeared behind the blond ready to cut him in half. A dark purple beam shot towards the demon throwing it off the rock, the blond looked towards the source and saw another demon there, he growled towards it.

"Wait!" it called out. "I'm on your side!" she said as the blond's senses started to scream, he spun around and raised his sword blocking the demon's sword once more.

"Stay out of this Lillith if you know what's best for you!" the demon commanded as the girl glared towards it. Without a warning another beam shot towards the demon, this time it jumped out of the way avoiding the attack, it looked towards its attacker and growled. "Should have known only a bitch like you would fall so low as to work with mages." It growled out.

"Lillith said you should shut your mouth Vetis." Mirajane said with a smirk on her lips, the demon howled in rage as it jumped towards the girl taking her by surprise with its great speed. It grabbed the girl by the throat and slammed her on a nearby rock, it then descended towards her slamming down on her body. Mirajane gasped for air as she narrowed her eyes, she grabbed the demon by the feet and threw it off of her, she jumped back on her feet and turned to face it only to have its sword coming down towards her.

The blond suddenly appeared in front of her parrying the attack. "I don't know who you are, but as long as you are his enemy you are my ally." He growled as he kicked the demon and charged forward swinging his sword at its head. The demon only growled as it spun around the blond and moved to strike only to have Mirajane grab it from behind and throw it to the ground once more. Before the blond could strike again however the demon vanished, he cursed under his breath, it was too fast to keep track of it with this sword.

"What do you want from me?" the blond called out, his voice echoing in the dark abyss.

"Your body…master…" it laughed as it appeared behind the blond delivering a powerful kick in his side, the blond was throw off the rock and sent falling towards the abyss. Mirajane suddenly appeared behind him, grabbing him and stopping him in mid fall.

"Try and get me up to the first rock, I need the other sword." He said as he noticed the form that the demon had taken, his fox cloak.

"Do you remember master?" the demon called out as it began jumping from rock to rock "Do you remember your tenant?" it asked as the blond's eyes widened, he began to question himself how the demon knew of the fox. Did it look through his memories?

His eyes suddenly widened as he saw the demon jumping towards them. "Release me!" he shouted, Mirajane startled did as he was told, the blond used that to push her away and have the demon slam into him, sending them both crashing on another rock. The girl was about to race down towards them when she heard the blond shout. "Get my sword! Or we won't win this!" the girl bit her lip as she looked up, the rock in question was high above, she didn't know if she could reach it in time and then the blond once more. Though she knew she had no choice.

The demon grinned towards the blond. It moved forward, Naruto raised his sword to the side and attempted to cut it in half, the demon however jumped over it and appeared behind the blond, it cut his back making him cry in pain. He tried to kick the demon only for it to grab his foot and slam him on the ground.

"I'm amazed the great Kyuubi died at your hands…" the demon scoffed as it grabbed the blond by the head and proceeded to slam his face on the rock. The blond suddenly grabbed the demon with his feet and spun slamming the demon the ground. He jumped up and moved towards the downed demon, he slammed his fist in its face numerous times.

"How the fuck do you know about my past?" he shouted as the demon suddenly grabbed his fist and twisted his arm, the blond growled in pain as he freed himself and jumped away, landing next to his sword.

"Boy…" the demon started with a grin "…I know you ran away from 'home'…" he said with a mock voice as he started moving around the blond. "…I know of your deal with the Death God…" it said once more making the blond growl and tighten his hold on the sword "…you are more home than you can ever possibly imagine…" the demon laughed as it lunged towards him. Naruto spun around and slashed towards the demon only to have in vanish and appear above him. It slammed its fists on the blond's head making his crash on the rock head first.

The demon grabbed him by the collar and threw him away. "To think Kyuubi gifted you with this power…pathetic…" the demon growled as he threw the blond on the ground and kicked him in the chest.

Naruto's hands shot up grabbing its foot. "Just shut up already!" he shouted throwing the demon on the ground and jumping away. "I never asked for this, I wanted to be free!" he called out in anger at the demon.

"Too late for that!" it bellowed as it charged forward, only to have a sword fall in front of it; the demon stopped as a grin appeared on the blond's face.

He raced forward grabbing the sword on the way towards the demon. "The tables have turned bitch!" he shouted as he swung towards the demon which jumped back, its eyes widened as it saw the blond vanish and appear behind it. The demon jumped out of the way as the sword cut the air where it used to stand.

It growled realizing that the sword gave him the boost he needed to catch up with it; it cursed itself for not throwing it into the abyss below when it had the chance. "You think you can just walk out of here like nothing happened?" the demon shouted, yet the blond didn't stop, he charged towards it striking to the right side, the demon jumped out of the way only to have the blond appear in front of it striking it in the chest with his sword.

The demon howled in pain as the blond kicked it away, slashing its chest once more. The demon fell to its knees in front of the blond, moments later Mirajane appeared behind the blond, the demon looked up towards them and growled.

"You are doomed if you kill me!" the demon shouted towards the blond who glared at it.

He moved his sword towards its throat. "Oh? And why is that?" he asked with a grin.

"Do you have any idea what you have been doing while fighting me here?" the demon laughed as the blond raised an eyebrow "You've been summoning your servants, en mass." It grinned as the boy's eyes widened in fright "By now they most likely decimated the entire castle's defenders."

"He is correct." He heard the girl say as his resolve weakened, he moved back a little. "However, not all are dead, master is helping the knights fight back, he is keeping the portal from spawning more." She told the blond who narrowed his eyes at the demon.

"Fool! She lies!" the demon shouted once more "Do you know what will happen now that she knows you carry Zeref's power?" he questioned as Mirajane's eyes widened in horror at the news. The demon seeing that laughed maniacally. "Oops, it seemed like she didn't know, hahaha!" he laughed making the blond grit his teeth in anger. "No wait!" it shouted seeing the blond ready to decapitate it "Listen, if you kill me you will get killed by those mages."

"You think I'm going to let you live?" he questioned in a tone as if he was asking the demon if he thought he was stupid enough to believe it.

"What do you think this bitch will do?" it asked making the girl growl towards it "She will tell the other mages and they will burn you to a crisp, you will be sentenced to death."

"And what would you give him?" Mirajane asked with a scoff making the blond spare a glance towards her.

"Protection, unlike you, you fucking mage." The demon growled, it turned to face the blond once more with a grin "Come, you know I won't betray you." It said.

"Don't listen to it…it lies in all aspects." Mirajane said as the demon laughed at her. "If anything, I promise you I won't say anything." She said slowly, looking towards him, the blond looked in her eyes and saw no deceit, he wasn't convinced however.

"And how can I trust you?" he asked her. The girl smiled as she let her take-over magic vanish revealing who she was.

"Because you saved me and my family, and I still haven't fully repaid your kindness." She said with a small smile making the blond lower his sword a bit. The demon's laughter drew his attention back towards it.

"So touching, makes me want to puke. Listen, I can give you more power than Kyuubi ever could, more recognition! You would be feared for …" it didn't get to finish its sentence as the blond decapitated it, its head fell on the ground and rolled until it fell from the rock into the dark abyss, the body falling on the ground in a pool of blood.

"I don't need power, I don't need recognition…I only want freedom." He whispered as the world around them began to change, Mirajane watched as the rocks floated towards them and started to solidify, the world gaining its normal color. She looked towards the blond and saw him change as well, a strange armor that she had never seen appeared on him.

After several seconds the world from before vanished, replaced with the chamber as it used to be before this whole mess started. Yet the screams could still be heard, she saw the blond cringing as he turned and walked towards the center of the chamber where his second sword lay. He grabbed his sword and sat down, assuming a meditating position. Power erupted from around him, the same power that she felt calling out to her when she was approaching the castle gates.

An eerie voice then resonated through the chamber, or was it through her mind? "Stop!" it commanded, that one word held so much power it sent a shiver down her spine. "Return from where you came, or face my wrath." It ordered.

Silence followed after that, slowly the power started fading away; she saw the blond standing up and sheathing his blades. He walked over to her and bowed his head. "Its over…lets go…" he mumbled, he had to come clean now, there was no way he could hide it anymore, he would just have to accept whatever punishment would be given to him.

They walked towards the door; the blond opened them and walked outside. Makarov smiled as he saw Mirajane and embraced her, the girl smiled towards her guild master; he had been worried for her safety. She looked towards the blond with sad eyes as she saw him facing a large number of knights, all of them saluting him, some cheering for his wellness.

Naruto bowed his head in shame, he looked to the sides and saw numerous corpses, he cringed at the sight. "Naruto!" he heard Ronda call out. The blond looked up at his adoptive father as he embraced the blond, he however did not return the embrace being too ashamed with himself. "I'm sorry I wasn't here, when they attacked they blocked our path keeping us on the second floor."

The blond pushed back and took his helmet off; he looked towards the knights in the back and called out to them. "How many died?" he inquired ignoring his father. The knights looked at each other before an officer stepped forward.

"We aren't sure, but all those that were inside the castle at the first floor died, around thirty men died fighting in the courtyards as well…" he replied as the blond shuddered, he looked up towards his father, his eyes hollow.

"We need to talk." He said as the man smiled, he looked towards the mages and nodded.

"Yes you're right, I need to know how these demons managed to invade our castle." He growled out "I thank you for assisting us, might you know how this all happened?" he asked as Makarov looked towards Mirajane, said girl bit her lip before replying.

"I do…" the blond tensed a little. "…but I cannot say." She finished.

The knight commander narrowed his eyes at her. "And why is that?" he inquired as the girl tried to find the right words.

"Father…" Naruto suddenly said. "I also know how it happened, but we must speak in private…" he told him as he began walking away, most likely to the man's office. "And don't worry about them appearing again, they won't." to that Mirajane nodded as the men cheered, it didn't help the blond that they were cheering his name as if assuming that he had saved them.

xXx

"So, what did you want to discuss Naruto?" the knight commander asked as he took a sit behind his desk, Naruto was sitting in front of his desk, behind him stood the two mages. Mirajane looked at the blond with sad eyes, she saw him struggling to say it. She placed her hand on his shoulder and squeezed it lightly.

"It's my fault." He replied after a long silence. The man raised an eyebrow at that wondering what the blond meant. "I summoned them." He said looked up towards the knight commander whose eyes widened in horror. "I have Zeref's magic flowing through my veins." He finished as the man started trembling, he shook his head as he started to deny all of it.

Makarov looked at Mirajane with wide eyes as well; she nodded towards him letting him know that what the blond said was true. The man couldn't believe his ears and eyes, in front of him stood a mage that wielded the destructive power of Zeref. That was unheard of.

"This can't be true." The commander mumbled as he stood up and walked towards a nearby cabinet, with shaky hands he opened it and grabbed a bottle of gin, he opened it and started drinking from the bottle to calm himself. He then turned towards the blond with wide eyes. "They're controlling you, they are making you say that!" he shouted as he turned towards the mages. "Help him!" he shouted towards them.

Naruto looked at Mirajane and nodded towards her, his lips moved forming silent words. The girl looked down at the ground sadly and began to talk. "Sir…" she said drawing his attention. "I'm afraid that what he said is … true." She told him looking up at the man who dropped the bottle on the ground, the bottle shattering on impact.

"No!" he shouted "You lie!" he called out pointing towards Mirajane who looked away with a sad look in her eyes.

"Father…she might lie…" the blond said looking up at him "…but I cannot." He told him as the man's eyes widened, the blond took a vow, he was respecting that vow.

He sat down in his chair shaking his head, cursing and mumbling incoherent words. The blond suddenly grabbed his swords, with their sheaths and placed them on the table drawing the man's attention. "I know what will happen now…I accept responsibility." He said with a grim voice as he bowed his head.

The knight commander grabbed his head as he began shaking uncontrollably. He was torn between saving his son and doing his duty as a knight commander, he knew that he had to put an end to dark mages, especially to one that harbors such dark power, yet, in front of him stood his own son, he couldn't bring himself to kill his own son. He might not be his own flesh and blood, but he had treated him as such, he had considered him as such.

"There is no need to kill him." A voice suddenly echoed in the room, Mirajane and Makarov held their breath recognizing it, Ronda unsheathed his dagger and threw it towards the source of the voice, the man caught it with ease and stepped forward.

"Who the fuck are you?" the knight commander shouted as he reached for the blond's sword.

"I am the mage that investigated the attack on your village a few years back…" the man replied making Ronda pull away from the sword.

"You … knew…" he said pointing towards Mistgun accusingly. "You knew about my son's power and you said nothing!" he shouted in rage.

The man however kept his calm and only raised his hand to stop him. "No, I had my suspicion, yes, but I wasn't sure." He paused as he looked towards the blond "In the years after that I researched some stuff, the council was … kind enough to allow me in their library, what I discovered is enough to let the boy live." He said as Ronda's heart started beating faster, he knew that he shouldn't be happy about that.

"What do you mean?" Makarov asked raising an eyebrow "He has Zeref's magic, you know what must be done."

The man nodded without breaking a sweat. "Yes I do…but you mistake on one account. This is no Zeref's … full magic." He stated as everyone looked at him questionably "He has only a part of said magic, a fragment, enough for him to learn how to control it and use it for something good, unlike the full magic, this one is not as corrupting." He told everyone, the blond however looked down, he saw the man lying through his teeth at the last part, this was the most corrupting part of Zeref's magic.

"Even so, it's still a part of his magic." Ronda said shakily as Mistgun took out a letter and threw it on the table, the man opened it and read it, his eyes widening at what he was seeing.

"The council is more than willing to let the boy off the hook, he will have to be watched by an expert mage in the arts of demonology." He finished looking towards Mirajane. "You have the choice, if you wish to watch his every step and monitor him then so be it, if not, we will find someone else." Mistgun said as the girl looked towards the blond who kept staring at the floor.

She smiled slightly. "I'll gladly watch over him." She said as the boy's head snapped up, he looked towards her with wide eyes as she smiled gently towards him. The blond felt his heart beat faster, he was being given a second chance, a small smile appeared on his lips.

Ronda smiled as well, however, his smile dropped as he stood up drawing their attention. "Very well, if the council deems that he can leave then so be it. However, consider yourself excommunicated Naruto, you are not allowed to step in this castle or in the town or villages ever again." The boy's eyes widened at the news.

"But…father…" the man raised his hand as his eyes narrowed.

"Don't call me that…" he spat out making the blond shrink, tears began falling out of the man's eyes. "It's hard enough that I have to do this, don't make it any harder." He begged him; the blond lowered his head and nodded slowly.

"I understand…I have but one request." The blond said, the knight commander nodded and Naruto continued. "Don't tell mother, if she asks, just tell her I've unlocked magic and that I needed to leave…don't tell her anything else." He begged. The man nodded as he turned around to face the window.

"Leave, you have ten minutes to walk out of the castle, thirty to leave the town and never return…and take your swords…a reminder." He said as they stood up, the blond grabbing his swords and walked out of the office leaving the man alone to his thoughts.

xXx

The small group was currently walking towards a nearby town to get a train for Magnolia, there was no train Tatcha anymore. The blond was silent the whole trip, his head was covered by the helmet, his face completely shrouded by darkness. One would think that the helmet had erased all his facial features.

As they walked Mirajane discussed with Mistgun and Makarov about the blond in silence, she told the guild master about the blond, she heard him argue with the demon and that all he wished was to be free. She wanted the blond to join their guild, she knew that he would find a family with them and that he would integrate perfectly.

The fact that Mirajane was so keen on having the blond in the guild only made the guild master smile, he trusted her decisions and hearing what the blond told the demon, that he even rejected his offers only reassured him that the blond was a great person. The group came to a half as the town of Tatcha vanished from the horizon, the blond looked back before sighting.

"What's wrong?" Mistgun asked walking next to him.

"I don't know where to go…everything I had was there." He replied in a hollow voice. Mirajane smiled as she walked up towards him.

"What are you talking about?" she asked as he looked towards her. "Didn't you hear what Mistgun said? I need to watch over you." She giggled as she walked in front of him and smiled. "And how else would I watch over you if you weren't part of our guild?" she asked him with a wink.

The blond stood rooted in place as he heard that, he looked towards the guild master of Fairy Tail and saw him nod with a small smile on his face, he then looked back at the girl and smiled. "Thank you." He said as a blue eye shaped color appeared where his eyes would be, a soft stream of blue moving out of the helmet taking the girl by surprise.

"Heh…" she heard Mistgun laugh slightly "…so what those books said about the legendary armor is true…" he said cryptically as he turned around and began walking away.

"Hey! What do you mean?" Mirajane called out, yet the man didn't reply to her, he kept walking, ignoring her all the way.

"Come Naruto, you new home awaits." Makarov said as he placed his hand on the blond's shoulder, said blond nodded as the color started fading from his eyes, making Makarov wonder what Mistgun meant by that as well.

In the distance a person growled in anger as his plan was ruined once more, he turned around and made his way to Era to figure out who knew about the blond and allowed him to elude his grasp.