An old woman lay dying in her bed. She had grey hair with a slight remaining pink hue that lay spread out on her pillow. Her eyes were a pale green. On her forehead was a faded purple rhombus. "So, you came to see a withering crone in her final moments." The woman said in croaked out in a scratchy voice. She then started hacking up a slight amount of blood. The person standing by her beside kneeled besides the bed and took her hand in his own.
"I would come and see you even if you were the ugliest woman in the world." The man before her said with a sad smile on his face. His hand was immediately crushed by the woman. This vanished as soon as it came and the woman was breathing heavily.
"You should have learned to never insult a lady." The woman said with a smile on her face. The man grimaced at this.
"Y-yeah; you're right Sakura." The man said nervously to the woman.
"You were always so dense Naruto." The woman cackled. "So how is Igneel?" The woman asked.
"Oh, he's been a good son. He's grown really big; soon he'll be big as Kurama was." Naruto replied.
"That is good. You really turned out to be a good parent, you might be better at it than having been a ninja." Sakura said with a slight smile on her face, her face turned into a grimace and she once again started hacking up blood.
Naruto's eyes widened at this. "Sakura, are you okay?!" Naruto shouted and stood up from his seat. Sakura grabbed Naruto's hand and dragged him back down into his crouching position .
"Relax…it's my…time. Before I go…I have one thing… to say to you. Don't reject…humanity. Make…new friends but…remember your old ones." Sakura said while pausing after every few words to deeply inhale.
"Sakura, you don't know what it's like to watch them all die. I saw all of our friends die one by one. I don't want to lose my last friend left." Naruto said to Sakura. His bangs hid his eyes from view.
"Goodbye…I'll tell all…the others…about you on…the other…side…" Sakura said before inhaling one last breath while she exhaled deeply. Her eyes slowly closed while her hand became limp within Naruto's grip.
Naruto felt the release of Sakura's grip. "S-sakura…wake up. I-I don't want to be alone." Naruto's shoulders started shaking. "Please wake up…please…" Naruto then let out a slight sob which was shortly after followed by another. He laid his head down over Sakura's bed and cried. His hand was still holding onto Sakura's limp hand. He stayed in this position for the next few hours.
Naruto got up from his position and looked down at how his hand still held Sakura's. With great difficulty he let go of Sakura's hand and placed it across her cheast. He took her other hand and placed it over the hand on her cheast. Naruto turned around, behind him floated multiple black orbs. One of the orbs flew at the door and blasted it open. Naruto walked through the opening and into the moonlit night.
He walked into the woods nearby the house and collapsed onto his knees. "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" Naruto screamed before his form started to shift and grow.
Naruto woke up from his bed. "They just keep getting worse." Naruto said to himself before he jumped out of his bed. He walked over to the chair in his room where his white cloak was thrown on and put it on over his black shirt and grey pants. He looked up to the photos on the shelf in his room then trudged out.
In the hallway, Naruto walked over to the room next to his. Naruto peaked his head inside to see a messy room. There were clothes all over the floor, scorch marks on the walls ceiling and floors, and there were bookshelves containing objects from previous adventures that Natsu went on. In the middle of all of the clutter was a tree that grew from the floor with a hammock attached from both it and the wall. The hammock was empty.
'That's strange; he's usually still asleep by now.' Naruto thought to himself. Naruto walked away from the room and went to a room that was next door to it. Inside was a clean room that was a complete opposite to Natsu's clutter. The room was lined with bookshelves that contained a myriad of books, all of them were different shapes, colors, and genres but three stood out from all the rest, each had the title Icha Icha to them. 'So that's where they went.' Naruto mused to himself. Around the room in glass cases were multiple sets of armors. Each of them came in different styles that were interesting to say the least.
At the end of the room was a bed with clean white sheets. 'She still isn't back yet. Wonder what's taking so long?' Naruto thought as he walked off towards the kitchen.
What surprised Naruto upon entering the kitchen was a note left on the table. Naruto walked over to the table and picked the note up.
Gramps; me, Happy, and if I can convince Lucy will be going out on a mission. I'll see you later.
"Well that clears things up." Naruto went to the fridge and grabbed a bottle of beer, and then he walked out the door.
When he got outside, Naruto walked down the well worn dirt path leading from his house to the town. Naruto passed all the natural life surrounding him. Unknown to others, Naruto felt a massive feeling of peace whenever he walked into environments filled with a rich amount of life.
As Naruto finally reached the sign of Magnolia, he saw a black clad stranger pass him wearing a hood. 'Well that person is certainly wearing odd clothing' Naruto thought to himself. He turned around to see the person's back which chilled him to the core. On it was a red cloud.
Naruto blinked for a moment and the figure was gone. 'What the Hell is happening?' Naruto questioned himself. He started his walking towards the town with a less enthusiastic walk due to most of his attention diverted to figuring out what he just saw.
As Naruto reached the guild hall he raised his right hand which caused both door to open.
The members inside were at the moment quite lively this morning. There were quite a few table filled with member chatting about as well as those who were at the request board and the others who were drinking at the bar. Makarov sat from his perch on the wooden railing of the second floor of the guild.
The minute Naruto came in Makarov could see something wrong. Naruto, who usually was always smiling in the morning, instead had his face marred with a frown. His usual gait which was strong and proud was instead unsteady and uncertain. There were multiple other quirks that Makarov noticed upon Naruto's entrance but he ignored them for the problem at hand, something was wrong.
Naruto as he entered headed straight towards the bar and sat down upon the well worn seat of his stool. Next to him sat Cana who as normal was drinking a giant barrel of booze. After taking a massive chug, Cana set the barrel down next to herself and looked at Naruto.
"How are you doing today, Naruto? You kinda look like shit old man." Cana stated to Naruto. Naruto, hearing this question, lifted his head up and looked at the young woman. He put on a large smile.
"Oh, I'm doing fine Cana. Really there is nothing to worry about." Naruto rubbed the back of his head during this until Mira set a mug of beer onto the counter. He turned away from Cana and began drinking.
"I can tell that's a lie old man. If you were okay you'd be yelling at me for calling you old." Cana replied to Naruto with a serious tone of voice.
Naruto just set his glass down. "You caught me Cana. There has been something on my mind, but you don't need to know." Naruto said back to her.
"You know, you shouldn't bury everything inside you. You do have friends here." Cana replied to Naruto before getting up from her stool and walking away while carrying a massive barrel under her arm.
Naruto got up from his stool in order to leave. When he turned around, there standing before him was Makarov. "Naruto come up to my office." Makarov ordered. Naruto just sighed as he followed the guild master.
Up in the office, Makarov and Naruto sat in chairs divided by a desk between them. Makarov put on a serious face and looked at Naruto.
"Naruto, what happened? I know there is something bothering you especially today." Makarov asked Naruto.
"Makarov, I've never been very forward with my past, but today I'm going to tell you why I'm troubled today." Naruto took a deep breath inward before staring back into Makarov's eyes with is rippled one. "Many years ago there was an organization known as Akatsuki. They had but one goal, and that was to collect nine separate entities known as the Tailed Beasts in order to form a weapon of mass destruction." Naruto sighed but continued with his story. His voice showed anger at this.
"When they went on missions to capture Tailed Beasts it didn't matter who was in the way of their goal, many of my friends died because of them." Naruto grabbed a piece of paper and a pen from Makarov's desk and started drawing.
"Naruto, how were you related to all of this?" Makarov asked.
Naruto put the pen down and looked up from his drawing. "I put the Akatsuki down years ago. During that time I had something that they wanted, they probably still want it now." Naruto replied. Makarov's eyes widened at this.
"Akatsuki members wore a black cloak which would have a red cloud on them. Today as I was walking here, I passed a person who wore a cloak with this symbol." Naruto passed the picture over to Makarov and got up from his seat. "Makarov, I have one request about all of the information I've told you today."
"What is it that you want Naruto?" Makarov asked.
"Don't tell Natsu or Erza. I don't want them to worry."
"Why? If these people hunted you once, they'll do it again. Wouldn't it be better if you had help?" Makarov asked Naruto.
"Makarov, I don't need help against these punks. What I need is to not have the grandkids worrying about me." Naruto said to Makarov. Naruto turned around and started walking out of the office.
"Naruto, just so you know the guild will always be there if you need help." Makarov said dismissing Naruto.
At a cafe, a young woman sat eating a piece of strawberry cake. Next to her was a massive horn with decorations covering it. Next to the horn was a massive trolley of luggage. The woman who sat there wore a breastplate with the Heart Krutz symbol on the front with a matching set of gauntlets. She also wore a blue skirt and black boots. What distinguished her from many other patrons of the establishment was her scarlet hair that went down to her mid back. Her brown eyes were at the moment concentrating on the delicious piece of cake that lay before her.
As she ate her cake, she couldn't help but overhear conversations that were happening around herself. One in particular caught her attention.
"Alright, have you finished with breaking the seal on Lullaby?" A gruff voice asked.
"No not yet but I am close." A smoother voice replied.
"Good, soon we'll teach all of them a lesson they'll never forget. We'll meet you at the train station in two days. Be ready with Lullaby." A nasally voice said. Erza then heard all the men's chairs shift as they were getting up.
'I better look into this. I'm going to need help though; this could be going over my head.' The redhead thought to herself as she took a bite of cake. After she finished eating her cake she got up from her table and placed her money down. She then proceeded to lift the massive horn next to her and grab the rope of her trolley in order to leave. Around her everyone was just staring at her in both awe and fear.
'How the Hell is she lifting that thing?' One of the servers thought as he and another server were playing rock paper scissors in order to decide who would go near the table to clean it.
"Thank you for the cake. It was quite delicious. I may come back here again to have more, one day." Erza stated before she walked away. Behind her the servers were internally crying while the owner was smiling with glee, thoughts of money from the great Titania clouded his head.
Erza on the other hand was mentally deciding who she would pick to go with her on her mission. 'Hmm, Wakaba is out, the smoker would probably cough his lungs out by the time we got there. Elfman… no, just no. Natsu is for certain. Now who could I pair up with him.' Erza pondered this before an idea lit in her head. 'I know; I'll force Gray to come with us. I may have to smash Natsu's head in to get him and Gray to work together but it'll be for the best. Now if only I could ask Natsu on a date…" Erza thought to herself off topic.
Meanwhile with Natsu, Lucy, and Happy
"OH MY GOD, LEAVE ME ALONE YOU PERVY OLD MIDGET!" Lucy screamed at the top of her lungs as she was chased by the corrupt duke Everlue who was a tiny fat man who had brown hair that was combed over, a mustache that was growing from his nose, and a head that all around was shaped like a potato.
The duke was currently chasing Lucy by oddly enough, using magic to apparently swim in the stone that made up the tunnel that by mages were in.
"I won't leave you alone until you tell me the secret of the book!" The man cried out as he chased Lucy.
"I will never tell anything to a horrible man like you." Lucy retorted until Everlue came up from the ground and pinned her wrist to her back.
"You better tell me now or I'll break your arm." Everlue then started pushing Lucy's arm up in order to prove his point. Lucy screamed in pain at this until…
"Take this!" Happy cried out before flying into Everlue's back which knocked him away from Lucy.
"Thanks Happy." Lucy said in gratitude before taking a golden key out of its holster. "Alright I'm gonna make you pay for doing that." Lucy threatened Everlue.
"That book was never yours to begin with! Open gate of the Giant Crab, Cancer!" A golden light then materialized and formed a man in a blue pin striped shirt, black pants, crab legs that sprouted from his back, yellow tinted sunglasses and black hair with red braids running throughout it. In both of his hands he carried a pair of scissors.
"Cancer." The crab man said.
"Awesome, can I eat him?" Happy asked.
"No, now shut up." Lucy replied back.
"So baby, would you like your hair done today?" The crab man asked. Happy just looked shocked at this.
"I don't need styling, I need help." Lucy replied looking embarrassed. "It's that guy, take care of baldy over there!" Lucy commanded while pointing towards Everlue.
"Whatever you say baby." The crab man replied.
"Great, you can style his already almost non existent hair. Nice job Lucy, you should send him back." Happy stated to Lucy.
"I'll send you back, you stupid blue cat." Lucy retorted.
"Scathing." Happy replied.
Meanwhile, duke Everlue was deep in thought. 'What could that secret possibly be?' The duke thought to himself. 'Screw it, kill them now, deal with the penalties later.' The duke concluded to himself. He then pulled out a gold key. "Open gate of the Maiden, Virgo!"
Out from the ground popped a very large and fat maid with purple hair. "Did someone summon me?" She asked in a horrifyingly deep baritone.
"Virgo fetch me that book!" The duke commanded.
"Wait, she's a celestial spirit!" Lucy shouted out in shock. That was until all people in the room saw Natsu on Virgo's shoulder.
"Natsu!" Both Happy and Lucy cried out together.
"What is the meaning of this?" The duke asked Virgo in confusion.
"What are you doing up there?" Lucy asked.
"Well, I saw he get up off the ground so I jumped on her. After that everything went really trippy." Natsu replied.
"So you grabbed her and went to the celestial spirit realm with her. How is that even possible? Humans can't survive there." Lucy shouted out.
"Hell if I know. I just don't want to go back there. It was weird." Natsu rubbed the back of his head.
"Natsu just take care of Virgo already." Lucy said as she sighed to herself.
"Virgo, kill them all!" The duke cried out.
"As you wish master." Was Virgo's reply. Natsu on the other hand punched his fists together which created a magic seal.
"Eat flames, Fire Dragon Roar!" Natsu cried out as his cheeks bulged with fire which he then spewed out at Virgo. Lucy on the other hand wrapped her whip around Everlue and threw him towards Cancer.
Cancer used his scissors to cut off all of Everlue's hair. "How does it look baby?" Cancer asked.
"Nice job crab man." Natsu complimented Cancer.
All around the group, the sound of rumbling was heard by all. "Lucy we need to get out of here!" Natsu cried out as he formed a Rasengan in his hand and creating a tunnel towards the surface.
Outside the mansion, Natsu, Happy, and Lucy all watched as the mansion collapsed upon itself. "Nice job Lucy, you'll definitely fit in at Fairy Tail." Natsu complimented Lucy as he patted her on the back.
"I hope I don't get blamed for this." Lucy said sourly to herself.
Later after dropping the book off to their client who happened to be the author of the books son combined with the fact that Lucy learned that their client didn't have any money, the trio decided to start heading back towards Magnolia.
On their trek home, Lucy was sitting inside her celestial spirit Horologium, who was a spirit that looked like a grandfather clock with arms, legs and a face. "Why don't you do your own walking?" Natsu asked.
"I'm tired. She said." The clock said to Natsu due to the fact that no one could hear her within the clock spirit.
"Yeah well…" Natsu sniffed the air and looked at a bush. He then proceeded to do what any sane man would do, jump at the bush. "Whose there?" Natsu asked mid jump.
"Why do you always have to fight? She asked." The clock spirit asked.
"You can take him Natsu." Happy cheered on.
Out of the bushes popped Natsu and Gray, who was in his underwear. "It's Gray." Happy stated.
"What's he doing there? She asked." The clock spirit said.
"I was trying to find a bathroom." Gray replied.
"Why would you strip down before you found one?" Natsu retorted to Gray.
"Wait," Gray looked down to see himself in just his underwear, "Shit. Every damn time."
Both Gray and Natsu started getting into an argument, much to Lucy's chagrin. "Why are those two fighting?" Lucy asked.
"Oh just sit back and watch Lucy." Happy replied while eating popcorn. Lucy turned to look at Happy but saw the popcorn.
"Where the Hell did you get popcorn?" Lucy asked. "I've been starving since we've been walking."
"It was in a seal the Naruto made. You know if you wanted food, you could have just asked, except if it was fish, then I wouldn't even let you have a bite. Umm fish." Happy started babbling incessantly about fish at this point.
"Why am I surrounded by idiots?" Lucy asked herself.
"So you're on your way back from a job." Lucy stated
"Yeah, I was going through these woods due to a shortcut back to Magnolia." Gray replied now wearing black pants and blue shirt that was covered by a white button up shirt.
"Well how about you go now Gray. We'll see ya later at the guild." Natsu said to Gray while leaning on a rock.
Gray got up off the ground, "Fine I will, and unless you want trouble you should too."
"Why do you say that?" Lucy asked Gray.
"It's because Erza is coming back." Gray replied. Natsu's eyes widened at this.
"Erza is coming back, this is great!" Natsu shouted out. Gray smiled at Natsu.
"Yeah you would be happy with her coming home. Especially with your little crush on that redhead." Gray said to Natsu. Natsu face turned a bright red at this remark.
"Y-you just shut up snowball." Natsu rebutted.
"Wait, Natsu has a crush on the Erza of Fairy Tail?" Lucy asked Gray with a mischievous smile upon her face.
"Oh yeah, the flaming brick here is too scared to even ask her on a date, not that he hasn't tried of course." Gray replied to Lucy enthusiastically.
"I didn't ask her for a date since I had other things to do Gray." Natsu replied to Gray.
"Like what, training that you already did, a mission that didn't exist. Please tell me more." Gray mockingly told Natsu.
"So what is Erza like?" Lucy asked.
"Scary." All three males replied.
Lucy just sat in her spot terrified at the prospect of what the three wizards said. "Isn't there anyone who isn't afraid of her?" Lucy asked.
"The only two men who could probably deal with an enraged Erza without pissing themselves would be the master and Naruto. Even then, they are still terrified of her, especially Naruto." Gray replied back to Lucy.
"Yeah, I'm still terrified of her, even after living with her for years." Natsu said to Lucy.
"Regardless of that you still need to at least try to not act like a pansy around her Nat-" Gray was then cut off as an explosion hit all of them.
Natsu was the first to recover. "Where's Happy?" He asked.
Meanwhile at a campsite near the recently exploded cliff, Happy was tied up to a pole above a fire. "Somebody help me." Happy said unhappily.
"We're finally gonna get some real food." One of the men said.
"Hey, don't be so scared. Soon you'll be in our bellies." A grey skinned man wearing green clothes said.
"Stop shaking, you're gonna be eaten by us anyway." One of the men stated. Happy kept on quivering regardless.
"I'm not shaking because I'm scared; I'm shaking because I need to go to the bathroom. I might not be able to hold it in. If that happens it'll make me taste weird, I'm sure." Happy said in an effort to not be eaten.
The short grey skinned man ignored what happy said. "Shut up. Do it!" The man commanded to his comrade who was completely round, had yellow skin and red hair as well as blue overalls on.
"Meat!" The man said in a high pitched voice unbefitting of his size. The man then took out a large staff. He created a magic seal on the top of the staff which lit the area on fire much to Happy's horror.
"Are you sure you want to do this? I'll taste weird!" Happy said in an effort to stave off the fire on the man's staff.
"Wait right there!" Gray shouted out from atop a cliff. Next to him stood Lucy and an enraged Natsu.
"Happy!" Lucy cried out.
"I'll taste terrible!" Happy shouted out. The grey skinned man frowned at this.
"You're still going on about that?" He asked in an annoyed tone.
"You've got our friend there, bub. I think you should let him go before I get really mad. You may be hungry, but we can't let you eat him." Natsu said while cracking his knuckles.
"You're all wizards, right? From what guild?" Gray asked.
The grey skinned man grinned. "None of your business, you maggots!" He replied. "Get them!" He ordered which his men complied to as they rushed at the trio.
"Gray, let's kick their asses and go home." Natsu said to Gray.
"Don't order me around. I already was thinking that." Gray replied stoically.
"What ever Ice Skater." Was Natsu's response.
Both Natsu and Gray jumped down from the cliff at their opponents. Natsu landed a direct blow to one of the thugs face's while Gray with his hands in his pockets flipped out of the way of his opponent. Gray flipped and smashed the back of his heel upon a thug's head, knocking him out.
"Take this!" The grey man cried out as he smashed his fist into the ground, creating a yellow magic circle. "Sand Bomb!" Sand then spun from outside the magic circle and encased Natsu.
"Oh no, Natsu!" Lucy yelled.
"He can take care of himself; let's deal with these guys for now." Gray said in order to alleviate Lucy's fears.
Gray proceeded to jump off the ground at a pair of identical twins who were wielding knives. Gray punched the knife out of the hand of the first twin that fell at him while kneeing him in the stomach. The second twin fell at Gray. Gray in turn kicked the knife out the twin's hand and lifted his leg above the man's head, and then he dropped it at the back of his neck making smash to the ground.
Lucy on the other hand was busy untying Happy. "They're gonna eat me!" Happy shouted out.
"Shut up you stupid cat!" She was her response to the whining cat. A shadow was casted over her which made her turn in surprise to see the yellow skinned man with his magic staff.
"Meat!" the yellow man screamed. Lucy was about to freak out until Gray jumped in with a dynamic entry and smashed the man in the face, causing him to fall down. Lucy and Happy ran away from this.
"Who's next?" Was Gray's reply. To his surprise, his challenge was accepted by a dark haired man in a purple shirt, black pants with metal knee coverings, and black boots. In his hands was a purple orb which glowed maliciously.
Gray sweatdropped at what happened next. "The stars point to troubles with water and women." The man said to Gray.
"Fortune telling, really?" Gray asked.
"Chicks dig the crystal ball." Was the man's response. Gray rushed at the man and chopped him the side of the neck, knocking him out.
"He doesn't even need to use magic, wow." Lucy said to herself until she saw that Gray was in his underwear. "Gray, your clothes." Lucy stated. Gray looked down at himself and screamed out in surprise.
"What the Hell is that guy?" The grey man thought to himself. Unknown to him his sand sphere was becoming coated in flames until it exploded and shards of super heated glass fell to the ground as Natsu charged at the man with a Rasengan in hand.
"This is for putting me in the ball!" Natsu screamed as he shoved his Rasengan in the man's stomach which launched him at a tree.
Natsu walked over to the others with a smile on his face. "Well that takes care of those guys."
Later after they tied the thugs up to a tree, Natsu and Gray were arguing once again.
"Natsu, your flames were pretty pathetic, I mean you got trapped in a ball of sand. How will you ever live that down?" Gray asked.
"At least I don't take my clothes off in the middle of a battle. You are such a stripper." Natsu replied.
"Flame head." Gray said back.
"Ice Princess." Natsu and Gray were butting heads at this point.
"At least I can talk to girls without shitting myself!"
"That's if anyone can stand your boring personality."
Meanwhile Lucy was questioning the thugs. "Lulla…" The grey skinned man tried to say.
"Huh?" Lucy wondered.
"The lulla… by…" The man said. Both Gray and Natsu stopped fighting after receiving this information.
"Lullaby? What does that mean?" Gray asked. Unseen to the group shadows stretched across the ground until it knocked the entire group off their feet. The grey skinned man looked in absolute terror at what was coming for him.
A hand made of shadow surrounded the thugs who were tied up. It grabbed all of them as well as the tree and pulled it beneath the earth, killing all of the thugs.
"What was that?" Lucy asked.
"Who the fuck is that?" Natsu asked.
"I can't sense them anymore." Gray responded at he rubbed his head. "It's somebody crazy fast though.
"Damn it! I don't get any of this at all!" Natsu exclaimed.
"Lullaby." Lucy said solemnly.
Eventually after that encounter, the group finally made it back to Magnolia and stood before the guild. Natsu in his usual burst of energy kicked the doors open. "We're back!" He shouted. Lucy, Happy, and Gray just stood back.
"Does he always do that?" Lucy whispered to Gray.
"No, it used to be worse." Gray whispered back to her.
"How could it have been worse?" Lucy asked.
"He used to use his Rasengan on the door instead. You wouldn't believe how many splinters people got inside the guild from that stunt." Gray replied.
Natsu on the other hand walked over to Naruto who had a bowl of ramen next to him. "Hey gramps, I'm back from the mission." Natsu said to Naruto as he sat down and grabbed the bowl which he proceeded to eat from.
"How was it?" Naruto asked.
"Oh it was great, I got to fight these two guys who tried to act all tough until I shoved a Rasengan up their asses. Then I fought this really fat maid. Other than that, it was a day well spent." Was Natsu's reply.
Naruto grinned at this. "Hey Mira!" Naruto shouted for the barmaid. Mira soon enough appeared with a grin on her face.
"What would you like Naruto?" She asked.
"Could you get me a piece of strawberry cake?" He asked. Mira's eyes widened at this.
"Right away Naruto." She replied as she went to grab a piece of cake. She came back with a piece of cake on a plate and set in before a stool next to Naruto.
Meanwhile, Lucy was busy looking at the request board. "Dispel magic on a cursed bracelet; save a princess; help ship in a thousand cups of ramen, wait what? There are so many things that I could do." Lucy said to herself.
"If one suits your fancy, just tell me." Mira said to Lucy, breaking her out of thought. "Master right now is off at a regular meeting."
"Regular meeting?" Lucy asked.
"All the guild masters in the area get together and give one another regular reports." Mira then placed a finger on her cheek in a thoughtful pose. "It's different than council meets, though." Mira turned to Reedus who was sitting on a stool at the bar. "Could I borrow a light pen?" She asked. Reedus nodded and handed her one.
Mira then drew in the air many different boxes that stacked on top of one another. "The people who are on top of the magic world are the 10 magic council members who are connected with the government. They bring order to everything of the world of magic. Below them are the Guild Master Leagues that order the guilds. It allows for both communications and unity among the guilds. It's a tough job." Mira finished.
"I never knew guilds were so connected like that." Lucy replied.
"Keeping guild alliances is very important." Mira stated to Lucy. "If we're not careful then," She was cut off as Natsu jumped in front of her.
"Then those dark guys come in!" He said in an evil voice. Lucy felt a shiver go down her spine at this statement. Natsu started laughing. "I totally got ya on that on-" He was unable to finish as Naruto appeared behind Natsu in a puff of smoke and punched him into the ground.
"What did I say about terrifying new members?" Naruto asked.
"Not… to do it… until three months… that they're here." Natsu mumbled while embedded into the floor boards.
"It's true though." Mira said to Lucy. "Those "dark guys" are actually known as dark guilds. They aren't part of the guild league due to illegal activities that they conducted." Mira explained.
"Taking out dark guilds composes most of the missions I do these days." Naruto said to Lucy before he walked back towards his stool. Natsu eventually pulled himself from the ground.
"Pick a job already Lucy." Natsu said to her.
"Who are you to tell me what to choose?" Lucy asked with her hands on her hips.
"Well, we are a team. We also picked the last job so it's your turn now." Was Natsu's response.
"Really?" Lucy said with a smile on her face.
"Yeah. It's composed right now of me, you, Happy, and Gramps." Natsu replied to Lucy with his head being cradled between his hands.
"So why didn't Naruto come with us on our mission?" Lucy asked.
"It's because Gramps only comes on missions that are usually really hard. Otherwise he wants me to do them without his help." Was Natsu's reply.
"But what about how you made me dress up as a maid?" Lucy asked sternly.
"I just needed your help." Was Natsu's reply.
"Okay, but next time tell me before you make me do something I'll regret." Was Lucy's response.
"You should be happy that you're just having to choose one mission right now Lucy. Those missions eventually pile up till there are more than you can stomach." Gray said from a table with Cana sitting across from him drinking a mug.
Cana stopped drinking from her mug for a moment. "Gray, your clothes." She stated. Gray looked down and freaked out.
"Shut up Gray." Natsu ordered. Gray in turn glared at Natsu. He got out of his seat and walked up to Natsu until his forehead was pushing against Natsu's.
"Did you just tell me to shut up, you failed firework!" Gray angrily stated.
"Yeah Frosty the snowman." Natsu replied back while pushing at Gray's forehead with his own. Both of the mages started trading insults back and forth. Happy sat next to Naruto as they watched what would happen next.
"I bet that they're gonna break out into a brawl." Happy said to Naruto. Naruto shook his head at this.
"No you'll see in three, two, and one."
The guild doors slammed open and an out of breath Loki rushed in.
"Everyone, we've got trouble! Erza's back in town!" He shouted. Everyone's eyes widened at this in the guild started rushing to clean up their messes. Natsu and Gray stopped their argument and looked at one another in fear.
"Erza… Natsu mentioned her before as well as a few other things." Lucy said to Mira. Mira unfazed by the recent events was smiling like always.
"I think that we can definitely call her the strongest female in the guild at the moment." Mira stated to Lucy.
Within the guild everyone could hear a loud stomping. "It's Erza." A purple haired girl with glasses named Laki stated.
"That's Erza's footsteps." Wakaba said in fear.
"Wakaba, hide your pipe." Naruto said. Wakaba did the smart thing and put the tobacco out, and then he hid the pipe in his hair.
"Erza's coming back." Macao said in terror.
Lucy watched all of the members of the guild become terrified. "With this type of reaction, Erza must be a really amazing wizard." Lucy said to herself.
Finally a silhouette of a woman carrying something large was seen in the guild entrance. Erza entered the guild and set the horn that she was carrying down onto the ground with a great thump.
"I have returned." Erza said to the guild.
Alright bros. So it's been a while, I know. The reason as to why I've been updating infrequently is because of school and a massive case of depression and laziness. Fortunately I have found my second wind with the ending of the series of Naruto. God bless you Kishimoto.
Other than that, I will try to not be late with my updates. Anything else that needs to be said.
Naruto: Yeah I have one thing.
What is it Naruto?
Naruto: All of you Naru/Saku fans can go suck it. Naru/Hina for the win!
Well then I think that's a wra-
Hinata: Not so fast. You don't think we would let you go so easily?
Umm, that's exactly what I think right now.
Hinata: Naruto, Kurama, sic him.
Wait, please no!
Naruto/Kurama: TAILED BEAST BOMB! OH MY GOD!