AN: So here is the next chapter, ideally I would be updating Limitless or Dead Man Walking, but I am having difficulty putting those updates together in a way I am happy with.
But any way, this chapter, its been cleaned up, rewritten in parts and improved in other areas, meaning that somehow it is over fifty percent larger than it was previously. Though that's important as bits and pieces I have included in this chapter are important, as they are a part of my newly refurbished plot line.
So yeah other than that, thanks for all the support and I hope you continue to enjoy.
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or Fairy Tail.
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(Last Time)
"Can you go punish Eligar the Shini-something for me please?" Naruto sighed, bringing one of his hands to his face.
Upon hearing that the drunk maid gained a large sadistic smile on her face before she reequipped her outfit, replacing her maid outfit with a black, skin tight leather cat suit, a strange glowing blue whip also appearing in her hand as she did so.
"Oh Master you do know how to look after you maid don't you!" Virgo said in a happy voice before she cracked her whip, cutting a nearby table in two as she then leaped at the confused Erigor.
"Hmm note to self, don't give Virgo alcohol again, I think I preferred her as a masochist. Because as a sadist, she's kind of scary!" Naruto muttered as he saw this, his lips once again twitching upwards.
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Chapter 9
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(With Naruto in Clover Town)
"So Naruto, where on Earthland did you get that girl, because, well you do realise that your maid, she is certifiably insane don't you?" Goldmine asked dryly as he absentmindedly watched the beautiful, pink haired, lather clad maid whip the whimpering, Erigor the Shinigami, as he lay on the Clover Town Meeting Hall floor in a foetal positon.
With both Goldmine and the other Guild Masters, all of whom had attended the 'serious' and 'important' Guild Master's conference, all drinking beer and cheering the maid on as they did so. With several of them rather cruelly making bets about whether the murderous Dark Mage would piss himself, the alcohol and pent up distain Dark Wizards fuelling a few of the cheering Guild Masters as they couldn't' help but feel a certain sense of satisfaction in what they were watching.
Not that Virgo was paying them any mind, as she instead pulled her whip back and lashed out again, leaving a thin red line Erigor's bare back and causing him to let out a cry of pain, his previous ideas about murdering all the Guild Masters gone from his mind, as Virgo continued to lay into him, finishing off what had been a very brutal and one sided fight.
One which had started off with her lashing out with her magic whip and catching him around the neck, before she had dragged him from the air and slammed him into the floor boards. With Virgo not even using her 'Earth Magic' to deal with her paltry foe, as the power of her Master, Naruto, burned through her veins, along with close to a dozen tankards of ale and half a bottle of wine.
"Yes Goldmine, I have to say that thought has crossed my mind, but I think I prefer it that way. After all there is nothing more boring than being normal." Naruto replied with a sigh as he ran his hand through his spiky blond hair pushing his fringe out of his eyes as he did so. After which he then cracked a slight smile at Goldmine as he continued. "Besides, I kind of like her. When she is sober she is a masochist and when she is intoxicated she is a sadist, you get the best of both worlds."
"Wow you and Makky real are related aren't you, deep down your both kind of pervy." The Guild Master of Quatro Cerberus replied, his brow furrowing as he eyed Naruto, his mind going back to his time in Fairy Tail as a young man, when Makarov's father Yury had still been a member of the Guild and their Ace,. With the loud and gregarious man being almost the spitting image of Naruto, with a personality to match. Not that Goldmine believed them to be the same person, after all that was impossible, Yury would have been over one hundred, and probably dead.
"Aww thanks Goldmine!" The blonde replied, raising his mug of ale and toasting the tanned and skinny Wizard as he did so, completely oblivious as to what Goldmine was actually thinking.
"Yeah, that wasn't a compliment." Goldmine then deadpanned, pushing away his concerns for the moment, after all Makky vouched for the guy and they were clearly related. Any similarity Naruto had to Yury must all be in his Dreyar genetics.
"Oh come on now Goldie, I like Naru's freaky side it is just so cute." Bob, the Guild Master of Blue Pegasus, interrupted as he threw his large, muscly and hairy arms around Naruto and started rubbing his bristly chin against the blonde's cheek.
"Oh get off of me Bob!" Naruto sighed as he broke free, a pair of glowing purple tendrils bursting form his back and pushing Bob off of him, before depositing him on Goldmine's lap, much to the thin blonde man's irritation.
"Oh Naruto you silly goose you, you know you want a cuddle from little old me." Bob replied with a giggle as he hopped off the grumbling Goldmine's lap and blew a kiss at Fairy Tail's fourth Guild Master.
Pushing down his shiver at Bob's actions, Naruto then turned his attention back onto the ongoing beat down from Virgo. Watching along with the others as the pink haired woman continue to lay into Erigor with her glowing blue and yellow whip.
A slight smile spreading across his face as he did so, after all he couldn't help but be entranced by her. Her blue eyes seemed to gleam with playful delight and her lean sculpted figure looked sinful in her tight black body suit as she laid into the grey haired villain.
It was almost a shame to stop such a beautiful sight, but unfortunately indiscriminate killing was deeply frowned on in Fiore nowadays, both by the King and his Court as well as by the Magical Council. After all they had to cater to the concerns of those people who didn't use magic, both civilians and wealthy nobles, and their concerns over the ways in which it could be abused.
"Alright now Virgo, leave Erigor alone for the moment, I think he has had enough." Naruto eventually shouted out, immediately getting Virgo's attention, and earning himself some booing and jeering from some of the surrounding Guild Masters in response.
Not that Naruto gave a single shit about what a couple of Guild Masters he had never met before thought.
"Aww but Master I was having such a good time, his pain is so delicious and the screams... hmm they make me wet." Virgo replied, a salacious smirk on her lips as she stopped whipping the quivering and crying Erigor, and instead turned to Naruto, a sultry expression spreading across her face as she slowly walked towards him, her hips tantalisingly swaying and sashaying as she moved, absentmindedly coiling up her whip as she did so.
"Wow Virgo, that was vivid," Naruto said with a slight smile on his as he took a step towards his sexy Celestial Spirit maid. "Somehow, I think you and me are going to get along just fine,"
"Hmmm, thank you Master but…" Virgo started as she sexily licked her lips and took another step towards Naruto, before she suddenly spun on her heel and clicked her fingers, using her magic on Erigor as she did so.
A large hole suddenly appearing in the ground beneath the Ace of Eisenwald, with the large hole sucking him underneath the ground, until within moments he was buried up to his neck. With the only part of his body still visible, being his badly bruised face.
Moment later, with that task now done, Virgo looked over her shoulder at Naruto again, before smirking, "but I am not that easy."
"Ooo you tease!" Naruto replied, letting out a short laugh as he maintained eye contact with his pink haired maid, completely ignoring the broken and pitiful moans from Erigor.
After all it was not like he really cared about the Dark Wizard's condition, the man had broken into the Meeting Hall and interrupted the Guild Master conference all so he could kill all of the Guild Masters after all. Only for him to get his arse kicked brutally by Virgo.
In fact it could barely even be called a fight, as she acted before Erigor had a chance to react, lashing out with her whip and plucking him from the air, only to follow this up with an axe kick to slam him into the ground, after which she then relentlessly whipped him into submission. It was sad really, for talking such a big game he certainly didn't last very long in a fight.
"Why of course I am Master," Virgo replied before her form started glowing as her clothes changed from her skin tight, black leather body suit, as she instead reequipped into her standard, black and white, frilly maid outfit. "Now how can I continue to service you Master?"
"And she's back to normal." Naruto said with a roll of his eyes and a slight smile, still amused by the Celestial Spirits eccentricity, it was rather refreshing really, after all it was so very inhuman. "Now that's over whose round is it? I think I am starting to sober up, and I don't like it!"
"Ha! It is your round Naruto so get the beers in!" Goldmine shouted out as the other Guild Masters in the Meeting hall all started cheering, the Quatro Cerberus Guild Master's previous bemusement now fading at the prospect of a free drink.
"Aww shit!" Naruto said as he pulled out a very battered toad themed wallet, his Gamachan 2.0, which at this had a large amount of jewels in it, though knowing these greedy bastards that wouldn't be the case for long. "Ok this round is on me, but no top shelf spirits, or else you're going to bleed me dry, and I'll end up having to sleep in my Guild Hall because I miss my rent payments. And if that happens I'll be pissed!"
"You can punish me if you think it will make you feel better Master?" Virgo, now back in her full masochistic maid persona, said a hopeful, yet also wicked gleam in her eye as she did so. Her lips curving up into a smile as she saw the blonde let out an exaggerated sigh in response.
"Oh for fuck's sake, not this shit again."
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(With Erza in Oshibana)
"Looks like we finally made it out." Erza Scarlet said with a hint of momentary satisfaction, as she stood above a large recently made hole, currently dressed in her 'Digging Armour', which was less armour, and more just an outfit consisting of a pair of denim dungarees, a digger's helmet and a pick axe. "And about time too, I really must find a way to travel through the ground quicker, hmm perhaps new type of armour maybe? One specialising in 'Earth Magic'?" Erza then continued to muse, leaning on her pickaxe absentmindedly as she did so.
The rest of the group, Gray and Lucy just gave Erza deadpan stares in response to her musing, and also her stating of the obvious, given that every member of the group was currently looking back as the wind barrier continued to rage on the outskirts of the building they had just exited, the Oshibana Town Railway Station.
"Hey, where did Natsu go?" Gray suddenly asked, looking away from the odd redhead and looking around for the just as odd, fire breathing Wizard Natsu. Only to not find a single trace of Fairy Tail's resident Dragon Slayer anywhere in the nearby vicinity.
"I don't see Happy either." Lucy added on absentmindedly as she tried to clean some of the dirt and dust from her rather expensive clothes, after all you never know when there might be a camera around and she certainly didn't want her debut on Sorcerer Weekly to be of her covered in mud and grime.
"That probably just means that Natsu went after Erigor. Happy is capable of flying at extremely high speeds, so if ever there was a chance to catch up to Erigor, then following after him with Happy would be the best chance." Erza explained as she re-equipped her armour, losing her workwoman clothes and instead donning her normal outfit, a silver Heart Kreuz breastplate and gantlets, a white blouse and a blue skirt. "Though even with that advantage that idiot may not be able to catch Erigor, it took us a long time to escape the wind barrier, far longer than it should have, he prooably has a massive lead on us."
"It's no use… after all you're right he'll never be able to catch up to Erigor, and neither will any of you. We can't be stopped now… we've won." Kageyama suddenly spoke up from where he was sprawled on the ground, his face and body covered in bandages as he looked up coldly at the surrounding mages. Ignoring the fact that they had patched him up and probably saved his life as he did so, instead just clinging onto his old hatred.
In response to that, the three Fairy Tail Wizards scowled down at the beaten and battered form of the Eisenwald Shadow Wizard.
"Hn, whatever so I guess you'll just tie me up and futilely go on your way." Kageyama continued glibly, ignoring their glares as he did so.
"No." Erza replied bluntly.
"What?!" Kageyama asked twisting his head in her direction in shock before he cringed as the sudden movement caused his injuries to flare up, and a lance of pain to shoot through him.
"You'll be coming with us." Erza replied to him as she grabbed him by the scruff of his neck and started dragging him after her, uncaring of his injuries and squawks of outrages as she walked with single minded determination to where their magic mobile was hopefully still parked.
"Argh get off me you psycho bitch, these bandages aren't just for show you know!" Kage shouted out as the armoured red head continued to drag him, his cursing and shouting interspersed with cries of pain as he did so.
In response to that, Erza merely smiled dangerously at Kageyama's discomfort. Having come to the conclusion that if he were just to be left tied up, that there was a good chance that he would just escape and somehow warn Erigor that they were free and after him, after all they had no easy way of suppressing the man's magic.
No, it would be best to keep an eye on this man, and if Erigor put up any other barriers like the Wind Wall they would be able to force Kageyama to take it down now that he was conscious, after all it wouldn't take her long to persuade him the hard way if she had too.
"Hmm, where is our magic mobile?" Erza suddenly asked as she looked around for where their transport had been, only to be interrupted by the arrival of Gray.
Who, while Erza had been intimidating Kageyama, had been busy discovering that their original transport had been destroyed by Erigor, and so had, had to find a new four-wheeler for them before driving it back to the station.
"Erza, I found a new ride." Gray called out to her from the driver's seat, a smug expression on his face as he gestured for them all to get into the back seat.
"Excellent." She praised before unceremoniously tossing Kageyama in the back, before grabbing Gray and doing the same. "I drive! Now tell me what happened to the old one?"
"Hey I was going to drive!" Gray shouted out in protest, before he saw a dangerous expression that quickly made its way across Erza's face. "Never mind, just go, Erigor must have destroyed the old one before he left so we couldn't follow even if we did escape."
"Very well let's go!" Erza said to Lucy and Gray before starting the four-wheeler, after which she then quickly drove out of town, before deciding to take a more direct route and so steered the vehicle onto the train tracks and started to power on to Clover Town, hopefully before Erigor got there and killed all of the Guild Masters.
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(With Naruto, back in Clover Town)
"So I have to say, this Erigor guy, he was a bit of a disappointment really wasn't he, I mean I was expecting more from someone who came here hoping to kill half the Guild Master's in Fiore." Bob said as he poked at the now unconscious Erigor, who was still buried neck deep in the ground, in the face with his thick, hairy toe.
"Meh, he was only from Eisenwald. That is one of those lesser Dark Guild isn't it, one of the ones that are vassals of the more powerful ones like Grimoire Heart and Tartarus." Naruto replied absentmindedly from where he was sitting and drinking a few feet away, a mug of ale in his hand as he looked over at what Bob was up to, his lips quirking upwards as the hairy old man continued to poke Erigor in the face with his foot, "I mean those types of dark mages are just cannon fodder really, hell even their Ace probably wouldn't be a match for even on of Fairy Tail's B-class Wizards.."
"I know but still, I was expecting so much more." Bob sighed, before he gave up and waltzed over to where Naruto ad Goldmine were sat.
"What were you expect some dramatic speech about friendship, trust and love? Yeah that is Makarov's thing; I gave up giving speeches to my enemy's years ago, after all it so much easier just to kick their arses." Naruto replied to Bob, before he turned to Virgo who was currently serving drinks to some of the other Guild Master's, once again roleplaying as a maid. "Hey Virgo, could you do us a favour and take out the trash? It may be funny having Erigon or whatever his name is stuck there, but we are going to need to clean him up eventually. And unlike these fuckers I am actually hoping to get my part of the damage deposit back."
"Ok Master will do, or maybe I won't. Would you punish me if I didn't?" Virgo replied, tilting her head to one side coyly as she did so.
"No, but if you really want, I will punish you if you do, so you know do it." Naruto replied with a sigh.
"So does that mean you don't want me to do it now, as punishments are usually done if you do something wrong."
"No, I want you to get Erigor, tie him up and put him in a safe place. And if you do that I will punish you as a reward."
"Ok Master, so if I do something right you will treat me as if I did something wrong, as a reward for doing something right?"
"Errrrrr, yeah sure."
"Alright then Master, sounds like fun." Virgo finished leaving Naruto looking bemused and many of the surrounding Guild Masters just looking confused, as she walked up to Erigor and dragged him out of the ground by the scruff of his shirt, which she then used to further drag his unconscious body from the main hall.
As this was done she didn't notice as a carved wooden flute fell from Erigor's unconscious body and landed on the floor, the flute rolling several metres before lying still face up, the strange three eyed skull carved onto it just looking up at the ceiling.
"What the fuck is wrong with you people? You're all insane, the lot of you!"
A thunderous voice sudden bellowed, the sound coming from the inanimate wooden flute, instantly putting all the mages in the room on guard, or at least those who were still conscious, as they all looked around uncomfortably as the vile, and dark voice filled the room. After all it was a very creepy voice, sounding like several different demonic voices talking in tandem.
Staring at the ceiling, more than a few wizards in the building gasped as they saw a gigantic purple magic circle appear in the air above them, the magic circle rapidly rotating above them as purple arcs of electricity began firing from the centre of the circle, shattering the surrounding furniture and tearing the roof off of the Meeting Hall building, leaving it entirely open to the air.
"Damn, well there goes the deposit." Naruto sighed before turning to Virgo who had dropped Erigor once again and was looking at the magical circle with an emotionless expression. "Unless you are any good at carpentry Virgo?"
"Can't say I am Master, I could probably do a roof made of stone or earth though?" Virgo mused, even as she kicked the unconscious Erigor underneath a nearby table so he would have at least a little bit of protection from the falling roof and arcs of purple lightning.
"Hmm, no I don't think it would really match with the rest of the building. But a good idea though we can come back to it later." Naruto replied easily, giving the flute a bland look as he did, even as his eyes narrowed, once again recognising the feeling coming from the artefact.
"W-What the hell is wrong with you people?!" One of the Guild Masters shouted at the casually chatting Naruto and Virgo, before he thrust his finger at the magical circle above them. "Shouldn't you be more bothered about that? After all what the fuck is it?!"
"I believe it is a magical circle." Was Naruto's dry and snarky reply.
"A very good observation Master!"
"Thank you Virgo."
It was as the two of them were talking, that an oppressive weight had quickly begun bearing down on everyone in the room, the malicious intent and ominous power of it making it hard for many to breath. With only Naruto, Virgo, Master Bob, Master Goldmine and a few others looking relatively unbothered by the oppressive power.
"I can't stand it any longer, your inane chatter bores me! I'll devour you all myself, I will rip the souls from your body and remove them from existence!" The voice sounded out again, its words causing the earth to shake, and many of the Guild Masters to flinch back or let out cries of horror.
What followed next was a final explosion, after which pair of enormous wooden legs struck down, clawed feet landing on the ground and tearing the wooden floor asunder, ripping what was left of the building to pieces as the demon emerged in full.
In response to that most of the Guild Master fled, running for the nearby forests as they did so, with some of them looking back in horror as they saw the massive creature looming above them.
The demon, Lullaby, had a gigantic wooden body, with gaping holes all throughout its middle, which twisted and converged into a massively wide wooden chest, which had two long, gnarled, wooden arms protruding out from its shoulders, each arm ending in a hand which had razor sharp claws. To finish off the gruesome image, the monster had a twisted head with three large, cavernous dark eyes, a long tongue idly extending out of its gaping maw as it licked its non-existent lips.
All in all the creature's was truly colossal, as it caused all the wizards on the ground to look up, straining their necks to do so, its body easily towering above the mountains and forests that surrounded the area.
Raising an eyebrow Naruto assessed the demon, once again noting how familiar it was, which of course meant it was likely a creation of that bastard Zeref's. Fortunately it was not the first one he had met, nor would it be the first one he had dealt with, after all he had fought several of them over the years, and this one seemed slightly weaker than the ones he had come across before. "Well that is a big beastie isn't, though it's also an absolute fucking bastard! I mean now we are definitely not getting the deposit back for the building!"
"You should punish it Master."
"Oh, don't worry Virgo I intend to." Naruto replied, cracking his knuckles theatrically as he did so, his eyes once again flashing with purple energy as he gazed up at the colossal demon.
"What the hell is that thing?" One of the Guild Masters, a large burly, bearded man, from a recently formed minor Guild, called Sabre Cats or something, shouted out as he pointed up at the monstrous creature.
In response to the man's question, Goldmine seemed to be the only one of the more experienced Guild Masters willing to answer, as he lowered his sunglasses to get a better look, before he replied. "That must be a demon from the book of Zeref."
Hearing panicked cries, Naruto looked around as many of the Guild Masters fled, not at all comfortable taking on anything to do with Zeref, leaving barely a handful of Guild Master to deal with the demon.
"Humph cowards, ahh well at least this way, they won't be getting under foot all the time. By the way, I hope you two don't mind if I take this one do you?" Naruto asked Bob and Goldmine as he took a step toward the massive creature, which at that moment seemed to be lumbering around scaring people and shouting curses.
As is if heard Naruto's words the demon leaned in and scrutinised its new prey. "So, which of you want to be eaten first? It doesn't really matter as I will eat you all in the end, but I thought I might as well ask!"
"I'll go first." Naruto said glibly, his eyes once again flashing purple, and a feral looking passing across his face momentarily as his facial bones seemed to shift for a moment, before settling.
"Yeah sure go for it?" Goldmine replied oblivious to this as he was behind Naruto, the tall, skinny wizard instead patting Naruto once on the shoulder, before he turned walked off after the other fleeing Guild Masters.
"Good luck sweet prince, may hosts of angels carry you on your way." Came Bob's strange reply as he blew kisses to Naruto before he too left, fluttering away on his small white wings, like some terrifyingly butch butterfly.
"Have fun Master." Was all Virgo said before she created a hole in the ground, which she then jumped into, completely disappearing from sight.
Ignoring this, Naruto instead flared his magic, a cloak of dense, purple lightning appearing around his body as he fixed is now violet eyes on Lullaby, the lightning seeping into his muscles, cells and nerves charging them with lightning as he did so.
With this having the useful effect of increasing his speed, strength, reflexes and durability. Cracking his lightning clad knuckles, Naruto prepared to meet this monstrous being in combat as two tendrils of crackling purple energy erupted from his back, before they twisted around his arm and solidified, creating two arms blades of crackling, hybrid magic/ chakra energy.
Crouching down, even as the earth at his feet began to break apart, Naruto prepared himself to engage Lullaby, the giant demon turning to him as it sensed his energy, before letting out a roar. "COME MONGREL!"
This tense standoff lasted for a few moments, before it was interrupted by the sound of large group of loud voices drawing nearer. Blinking at this in bemusement, Naruto momentarily turned from the demon before him, only for him to then see a large gathering of people, all marching in formation and dressed in matching mail and blue and yellow tabards. With many flags held up showing off the symbol of the Kingdom of Fiore, and a whole forest of spears raised to the heavens as they marched in formation towards Clover Town, with there being nearly five hundred of them in total.
These were the Kingdom's Rune Knights, an 'elite' force of warrior that kept peace in the Kingdom and were dedicated to meting out the Magic Council and the King's justice and policing the many Wizarding Guilds.
"In the name of the King, we'll destroy you demon!"
"This guy isn't anything we can't handle! Men, onward with the attack!"
Letting out a loud cry, the large phalanxes of men began charging at the beast. This however only managed to draw the attention of the wooded demon, who took his hellish eyes off of Naruto and instead raised a brow at the charging army, before it then roared at them. "GET OUT OF HERE, SMALL FRY!"
Inhaling a large amount of air, the massive demon then exhaled and fired out a monstrous beam of pure energy that stuck the peak of a nearby mountain, with said mountain, just behind the oncoming battalion, being completely obliterated by the demon's single powerful blast.
"C-Captain the mountain's gone!" One of the soldiers cried out in shock, as the entire company came to a halt to view what had just happened.
"E-Everyone retreat!" The captain then ordered in response, as all Rune Knights immediately began to run in the opposite direction.
"Yep, that's about right for the Rune Knights." Naruto said dryly, rubbing his lightning enshrouded head with one of his crackling, lightning covered hands, as if he was massaging away a headache.
"SO! ARE YOU MY FIRST COURSE THEN LITTLE WIZARD?!" The demon roared out as it turned its attention away from the fleeing army and instead back onto Naruto, its three eyes fixed on Naruto curiously, sensing the odd power coming from him as it did so. "I WILL FEAST ON YOUR SOUL LITTLE HUMAN!"
"Little human? I take offense to that you fucking tree!" Naruto said in response before he then increased his magical output, dipping into the titanic reserves of magic that lay in his body.
"DON'T UNDERESTIMATE ME!" Lullaby roared before lunged for Naruto, the earth trembling as it moved. The wooden demon aiming a clenched fist, as big as a small house, towards the lightning clad blonde, no doubt hoping to crush Naruto in one move.
Unfortunately though its plan didn't work, as when it slammed its fist down onto the unmoving Naruto, its wooden hand seemed to bounce of upon touching the lightning cloak, as if it had hit a wall. As it pulled its hand back several cracks appeared across the surface, each of the cracks seemed to crackle with purple lightning, a crackle which seemed to spread as the cracks expanded until they covered the entire fist, which then promptly just turned to blackened dust.
"Well that was disappointing." Naruto said as he watched the massive demon flail backwards roaring and holding what remained of its hand as it did so, a hand that seemed to be regenerating before Naruto's very eyes. "Hmm or not, ahh well best get on with it I suppose."
And with that said Naruto launched of the ground, disappearing from sight with a crack as all he left behind him was a crater. Before with another crack Naruto was at eyelevel with the beast, his arms pulled backwards, the two blade like extension crackling with purple lightning, before moments later he lashed out.
His two blades shearing through the beast's rock hard body as Naruto first shredded its eyes and chest, before he then disappeared with another crack of lightning, only to appear directly behind the beast, a swirling orb of highly condensed purple lightning forming between his palms, similar to a Rasengan. One which he then smashed into the creature's back, before disappearing again with another crack of lightning.
"ARGHHH!" Was the demon's response to Naruto's attack as his Rasengan tore through its torso, grinding away at the wood and causing fire to spread across the damaged sections of it body. Even as the Rasengan continued to burrow its way into the beast's chest, right until it destabilised. After all with Naruto no longer controlling or moulding the 'Lightning Magic' it simply erupted out of the condensed ball of power.
The demon in response to this merely raised its arms and roared in pain as its chest seemed to expand for a second as all the 'Lightning Magic' in the Rasengan exploded outwards, which led to parts of the beast's chest starting breaking away or disintegrate, leaving gaping, burning holes behind in its huge wooden body.
"DAMN YOU! YOU'VE DONE IT NOW! NOW HEAR MY MUSIC AND DIE!" Lullaby roared in response, the behemoth raising its arms as it prepared to play its melody.
In response however Naruto just rolled his eyes and gave it a bored look his lightning cloak fading as he decided he would not need it against such a foe, with the oversized flute paling in comparison to the other demons of Zeref he'd met over the years.
Not that Lullaby seemed to notice this as the demon flute instead brought both its newly regenerated hands to its mouth as if to play an actual flute and took a deep breath, inhaling a ridiculous amount of air as it did so, before releasing it. Though instead of its 'music of death', the only thing that could be heard was a high-pitched whistling sound, which made Naruto and all the Guild Masters watching in the background could almost comically sweat drop at the anti-climax.
"Well that was embarrassing" Naruto muttered, before he sent the demon a look of pity. "Performance issues eh? You know I think they have drugs that can help you perform better?"
"RAGHHH!" Was all the response Naruto received as Lullaby tried again, only for it to once again fail.
'He punctured holes, so it wouldn't play its music!' Goldmine mused to himself as he watched the young Naruto Dreyar fight. With this being the first time any of the Guild Masters had witnessed Naruto fight.
They all knew he must have at least been powerful; otherwise Makarov wouldn't have left him in charge. But this, the blonde Guild Master was fighting a demon from the books of Zeref and was toying with it!
'Hmm clever, almost reminds me of how old Yury Dreyar used to fight. Though I don't remember Yury's lightning being purple, then again I never really saw him use it in a fight.' Goldmine continued to muse, once again comparing Naruto Dreyar to Yury in his head, taking into account the attitude, the magical aptitude and the appearance, all of which was almost identical.
"I WON'T NEED MY MUSIC OF DEATH TO KILL YOU!" The beast finally roared as it gave up on trying to play its music, still defiant despite losing its greatest weapon. With that said the wooden demon opened its mouth as it prepared to let loose another magic beam, only this time it would be aimed at Naruto.
Naruto however merely sighed in response. "Not to sound dramatic or edgy or anything, but let's get this shit over with, it's time to end this permanently demon."
It was as he said that, that four bladed, spear tipped chains of purple energy erupted from Naruto's back. The blonde shooting forwards the moment they appeared, not as fast as he had been earlier with his lightning cloak, but still far faster than the average Wizard.
Within moment Naruto was in front of the demon, his chains swinging round and tearing into the creature's colossal body, even as he launched his fist, now crackling with lightning, into the centre of Lullaby's chest.
An action that caused Lullaby's wooden chest to shatter, even as Naruto's chains tore through the joints of his arms and legs, splintering the creatures wooden body, as Naruto ripped, and tore it to pieces, his diminutive size compared to Lullaby meaning very little as the demon flutes remains crashed to the ground, Naruto still standing stoically on its chest.
"Y-you're a monster!" The demon managed to get out as it looked at Naruto in horror, the slightest flicker of realisation appearing in its torn up eyes as it looked up at Naruto, its dark eyes locking with Naruto's glowing violet ones. "W-ait, it's yo-"
"Yeah, well deal with it motherfucker!" Naruto cut it off, not giving it anytime to finish, as he instead forged a lance of purple lightning in his hand, before he slammed it into Lullaby's skull, disintegrating its head within an instant, even as Naruto's lightning once again turned back to its natural colour, his eyes fading back to their standard blue as he did so.
"Capital show!"
"Way to go Master Naruto!"
"Oh Naru you sexy beast you!"
Came the shouts from the assembled Guild Masters as they all converged on Naruto, walking across the burnt and pitted ground as they did so. Grinning as he saw this, Naruto turned to greet them, however before he could respond to the now cheering and celebrating Guild Master he was interrupted again.
"Master Naruto!" Came a shout from behind him as a magic mobile shot into view, driving wildly to and fro as it rapidly made its way to where Naruto and the Guild Masters were.
"Lullaby, Erigor, the Eisenwald Guild..!." Lucy gasped out as she ran up to Naruto and clutched onto the front of his jacket, with Erza and Gray following on closely behind.
"Oh hey, what's up?" Naruto replied, absentmindedly patting Lucy on the head as he did so, as the girl tried to catch her breath and calm down.
"Master Naruto, Erigor the Shinigami is heading in this direction with the Cursed Flute Lullaby. I believe he is going to use it to kill all the Guild Masters." Erza said succinctly as she shoved her way through the crowd until she was standing right in front of Naruto.
"Hmm, yeah that sounds about right. Not to worry though, Lullaby has been destroyed and Erigor defeated. In fact you're a little late to the party?" Naruto replied cheerfully, before he gestured rather obviously around at their surroundings, where the pile of Lullaby's shattered and burnt remains could still be seen.
"What? Well that is good news, I am sorry we are so late Master, Erigor trapped us in Oshibana Train Station and it took us a while to get out. And then we had to try and find that idiot Natsu who had run off." Erza responded head bowed in shame, especially since they hadn't been able to find Natsu, after which she then added. "You may hit me in punishment Master."
"Oh no not another one! I swear you and Virgo could probably get together and take notes!" Naruto cried out.
"You called Master." Virgo said as the pink haired maid seemed to rise up from the ground in front of him, kneeling in a submissive bow. "If she is getting punished, can I?"
"No! Bad Virgo behave."
"But Master she does have a point, punishments must be upheld if your subordinates do wrong." Erza said with a nod of approval at the pink haired maid, ignoring the fact that she had no idea who she was.
"I agree with her Master and I have been a bad, bad girl." Virgo said nodding her head along with Erza.
"Am I going mad!?" Naruto shouted out as the two women wanting punishment converged on him, much to the amusement of the other Guild Masters, and the giggling of Master Bob. "No seriously, I'm genuinely asking?"
"Wait Virgo? As in one of the Celestial Spirits?" Lucy finally interrupted, putting aside her uncomfortableness of the situation, to ask Naruto a question, catching the other blonde's attention as she did so.
Naruto cocked an eyebrow at that, before he nodded. "Yeah, I picked up her Gate Key the other day from some creep called Duke Everlue."
Lucy instantly smiled with excitement as she heard that, before she took a step forwards. "Thank you Master Naruto, I can't believe you would do this for me!"
"Ermm, your welcome? I am not sure what for, but yeah, you're welcome." Naruto replied now, a slightly bemused expression on his face as he eyed Lucy curiously. With Virgo and the other Fairy Tail Wizards all falling silent to watch the ongoing conversation.
"Why for getting the Virgo's key for me of course," Lucy responded with a brilliant smile as she made to get the Golden Gate Key which at that minute was hanging from a chain around Naruto's neck. Assuming as she did that Naruto, who was a known Lightning Wizard among other things, had gotten it for Lucy, the only Celestial Mage in the entire Guild. After all it would only make sense that he would give it her, after all it wouldn't be as useful to him as it would be to her.
"Woah there girl, I think you maybe a little confused. This is my key and Virgo has made a contract with me," Naruto replied frowning now as he took a step back to get away from Lucy's questing hand, not angry so much as he was a bit puzzled by just what the blonde girl was up to.
"What! Don't be silly Master, you're not a Celestial Mage and so the key would be no good to you." Lucy said frowning herself now, and also feeling a little embarrassed as she felt the eyes of the other members of Team Natsu on her, as well as some of the other Guild Masters.
"Correction I wasn't a Celestial Mage, but now I am. I am sorry Lucy, but I am not giving you Virgo's key." Naruto replied gently, trying not to be harsh, but wanting to set this straight now.
"What you can't just become a Celestial Mage, you need to devout your entire life to it. Virgo deserves to be mine as I specialise in that kind of magic." Lucy said now getting even more annoyed and embarrassed as Naruto continued to refuse to hand the key over, as in her mind she could look after Virgo much better than he ever could, plus you couldn't just become a Celestial Mage with a click of your fingers, it took practice and experience.
"I think Virgo can make up her own mind, can't you Virgo?" Naruto said turning to Virgo as he did so, maintaining his pleasant demeanour, even if he was starting to get a little irritated now.
"Yes and I have made a contract with you Master, a contract that won't end until you decide to end it or die." Was her curt response, a light frown crossed her face as she looked at Lucy.
"So yeah, I am sorry Lucy but I am keeping the key." Naruto said with finality, drawing a line under the conversation here and now, and making it clear that this was not a debate.
Lucy flushed red at that, before she looked around and saw there were still people, both friends and strangers watching her.
Seeing this, Lucy went an even brighter red, before she turned on her heels and stormed away, a hint of regret passing through her as she did so.
"Awkward."
"Shut up Gray." Naruto said bluntly as he watches the blonde girl stride off. 'Hmm, this could become troublesome later on.'
"Er, Master forgive me for asking but where exactly is the Meeting Hall?" Erza spoke up trying to break up the tension Lucy's departure caused.
"It's around, I mean some of it is over there, and some of it is over there." Naruto replied, pointing out some of the larger pieces of rubble to the shocked red head as he did so, only to then notice the sudden angry gleam in her brown eyes.
"You mean you destroyed it Master!" Erza stated bluntly as she turned on him with a ferocious scowl on her face.
"Well it wasn't my fault." Naruto said taking a step away from the angry red head his lips curling into a nervous smile as he took a step back from the angry looking woman.
"Oh it was!"
"Yeah I saw him do it!"
"All his fault, you should have seen it!"
All of the other Guild Masters started shouting as they pointed at Naruto, all trying to blame him for the destruction, so they themselves wouldn't be blamed.
"Oh shut you old bastards." Naruto shouted at them.
"Bad Master!"
Sigh.
"Not you too Virgo!"
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AN: So yes more chaos with Virgo, and more fighting and what not. That being said this time around I am hoping to develop my Virgo character a bit more than I feel like I did in my original story. Despite that though final pairings are still undecided as I want to let my story develop naturally, because I don't want my story to feel forced, like other ones I have read, where the pairings were not important to the plot, but were decided early on, which led to it all feeling disconnected as people weren't acting in ways you feel they should, and motivations felt flimsy and insubstantial.
So yeah I'm trying a new thing for me, and am letting the pairings develop naturally as I write my story. So I will see how that works. That being said I have put a list of my favourite Fairy Tail characters on my bio page.
But yeah other than that, this was the chapter, I hope you all enjoyed it and leave a review.Thanks for reading.
Seagate.
