Reading The Fox Scroll Chapter 10 "Festival Gone Sour"
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or Fairy Tail. I have the permission SpiritSage124 to a reading of their story.
Naruto is owned by Masashi Kishimoto and Fairy Tail is owned by Hiro Mashima respectively.
AN: The later update times are mostly due to having trouble coordinating times with my Beta. I might consider just reading it over myself and using the beta system for huge changes. Also people PLEASE read my profile for update info I basically update it whenever there is news!
Glad for the most part people didn't mind skipping the Juvia/Lucy job! Also I hope people liked the direction I did chooing FS Lucy outfit! (I thought it was appropriate)
Also I don't mind trying to keep this rate of updates (2 per week) BUT donot expect any more and if o can only manage one per week please by cool ok?
Forgot again…
Fave part of chapter 8-Erza blushing when Naruto called her beautiful.
Fave part of chapter 9-by far was my adding Lucy dress and the reactions-loads of fun!
"Who wants to read next?" Mavis asked cheerfully as the guild grumbled about missing the exact details of the other Lucy and Juvia's first job
"I will Shodai-sama!" Macao said excitedly although his smile dropped when people gave him a questioning look. "Look I can't say I am that excited to read about a kid we don't know but I want something to do!" He admitted as the guild gave him a look.
Fukasaku sat still as he watched his subordinate focus, a smile slowly raising on his face. "I think ya finally got it… How does it feel to have remastered Sage Mode?"
"Naruto-sama!" Juvia said with a smile.
Naruto smiled, his eyes still closed. "Feels great."
"It better be so as my other deserves a match! He is going to et all fired up!" Natsu shouted excitedly getting a tired but amused sigh from Lucy.
The toad noticed the color around Naruto's eyes was now a brighter tinge of orange than usual. 'That's odd...'
When the ninja opened his eyes, he raised an eyebrow when the old sage gasped. "Huh? What's wrong?"
"Y-yer eyes..." Fukasaku stammered.
"My eyes...?" The blonde repeated.
Fukasaku blinked a few times. Naruto's eyes were colored dark red with a golden aura outlining the irises. What shocked him the most was the vertical slits over his toad-like pupils, making a cross. "Yer eyes are different than before..." He stroked his beard a few times in thought. "Maybe because of the magic?"
"Wow Naruto-san eyes look even nicer then usual!" Wendy said in a haze. When she everyone looked strangely at her she blushed. "I mean Naruto-san blue eyes look very cool but… I mean!" Wendy rambled as she realized how it sounded.
Both Cana and Lucy stored this away wore identical smiles for teasing matter. Mira was surprised but happy that Wendy was seeing boys in a different way. Carla was about to tell Wendy to stay away but remembered Mavis warning so she just fumed. Fs Juvia looked uncertain of the face that an alternate version of Wendy may already be getting a schoolgirl crush on the way too popular Naruto.
Naruto grew excited. "Really!? What do they look like? Are they cool!?"
Chuckling at the blonde's childish behavior, Fukasaku pulled out a scroll. "Ya can look in a mirror later, here."
Releasing the natural energy and changing back to normal, Naruto took the scroll. "What's this?"
"We made ya a new sage cloak to replace the one ya lost during yer fight with Pain."
Quickly opening the scroll and channeling some chakra into it, a familiar red cloak appeared in a puff of smoke. "Sweet, thanks!"
"That red cloak is rather fetching." Mira noted getting surprised looks from people. "I am just saying that it works for Narutos look." Mira said calmly as some guy members groaned in jealously.
Fukasaku watched with pride as Naruto put the cloak on over his normal attire. "What will ya do now that ya remastered Sage Mode?"
After looking at his new cloak with a fond smile, Naruto rubbed his chin and thought about it. "I don't really know. I suppose I should start finding a way back to Konoha. This place is great and, I've made a lot of friends here..." He said before frowning. "But I can't help but feel a little homesick."
FS Juvia looked sadly at Naruto's thought but secretly thought "You can have both Naruto-sama." Other members looked unsure but sympathetic to Naruto's predicament.
Fukasaku nodded understandingly. "Do what ya think is best fer yerself. The toads will always be just a summon away."
Naruto grinned. "Of course!"
"Naruto! Fight me!" Natsu yelled as he ran up to the two sages.
"You tell him other me!" Natsu shouted excitedly that his other finally got a fight! Lucy, Erza and Wendy sighed knowing that the dragon slayer was getting bored.
"50 jewels on Naruto!" happy declared getting a betrayed look from his best friend.
"what the hell Happy?" Natsu asked indignantly.
"Well Naruto seems about as strong as Erza and you can't beat her so…." Happy said rationally making Natsu growled which only got louder when most of the guild agreed.
"Natsu?" A smirk made its way onto the shinobi's face. "Okay then, I wanted to test how powerful Sage Mode is now." He said and cracked his knuckles.
Raising a flaming fist, Natsu roared and charged straight at Naruto. He growled in anger when the blonde didn't so much as move and even closed his eyes. "What the?" Skidding to a stop, Natsu sniffed the air. "What's that smell? What are you doing?"
This got a raised outfit from a lot of members while FS Juvia got excited at her Naruto-sama getting a chance to test his magic enhanced Sage Mode for the first time.
Naruto opened his eyes and Natsu gawked at his new features. "Whoa! That's so cool!"
Lucy secretly thought this new look was kinda cute but would not say out loud knowing the guild would take it the wrong way based on how they reacted to her other actions.
The sage grinned. "What does it look lik-" He was cut off when Natsu closed the distance between them.
"You let your guard down! Take this! Fire Dragon's Iron Fist!" He yelled and rammed his fist into the blonde's stomach.
"Natsu! Its suppose to be a friendly spar!" Lucy lectured while Natsu shrugged.
"Hey if Naruto was stupid enough to be bragging in the middle of fight he deserves a punch!" Natsu justified while Happy nodded along.
Most of the other members just sighed used to Natsus tactics although were surprised that neither Mavis or FS Juvia seemed upset. Rather they had smirks on their faces.
He smirked when a gust of wind picked up from the impact, but it became a frown when he saw the blonde didn't seem to be phased by it. "Huh?"
"What?! Did my other hold back or something!" Natsu asked shocked since even Erza and Laxus would at least feel the blow from a sneak attack. The rest of the guild was also shocked that Naruto was completely unfazed from an unguarded attack from Natsu's fire dragon slayer magic.
They looked at the still smirking FS Juvia and Mavis and thought "Did they expect this?"
Naruto raised a hand and flicked Natsu in the forehead.
Twack!
"Ack!" Natsu yelped in pain as he was forced to the ground. Quickly jumping to his feet, the mage stomped a foot in frustration. "What was that!? I hit you as hard as I could!"
"Ouch. Well at least your other wasn't holding back." Lucy stated wincing as she tried to comfort the fuming Natsu.
Laxus raised an excited eyebrow seeing how powerful Naruto was with a simple finger flick and wondered if his other would fight him.
FS Juvia started cheering manically so the guild inched away from the love crazed water mage.
Fukasaku nodded in approval. "That's more than enough proof to say that ya did it right. With this, I can leave without worry."
Naruto waved goodbye. "See ya Pa, thanks again for the help."
The toad nodded again disappeared in a puff of smoke.
Naruto then looked down at Natsu and grinned evilly, causing the boy to sweat. "Now then, it's my turn."
Natsu started sweating fearing for his other as if a finger flick could knock him back what would a punch do. The guild was also not optimistic about other Natsus chances especially with FS continuing to cheer.
"There's a line break." Macao declared as he murmured about lucky blondes getting all the powers and girls. FS Juvia luckily didn't hear the latter.
Lucy and Juvia were walking towards the guild from the train station when there was a sudden tremor.
BOOM!
Makarov started sweating realizing that another powerhouse in the guild meant more collateral damage. Some members like Erza and Gray were eager to see the damage and the normally for it Natsu was less eager knowing his other was in the center of it.
The girls, and everyone around them, looked around in confusion.
"What was that?"
"An earthquake?"
"Must have been the mages at Fairy Tail." Someone suggested.
Some members like Natsu and Gray were pleased at the reputation some members like Erza and Makarov were less pleased at how destructive people thought their guild was.
Mavis seemed pleased making Lucy sweat drop that the first master was happy for such a questionable reputation for her guild.
At the mentioning of Fairy Tail, everyone went back to their own business.
The two girls looked at each other and nodded, both thinking the same thing.
'Naruto/Naruto-Sama!'
Lucy looked at FS Juvia who gave her a friendly wave making her a little shocked. It looked like despite being 'rivals in love' other Lucy and FS Juvia were close friends.
Natsu looked at the devastation around him in complete awe. Naruto had punched the ground next to him and everything around him was completely desecrated. They were standing in a crater that was easily bigger than the guild itself!
The entire guild jaws dropped while Mavis looked proud and FS Juvia looked happy as can be. The guild could not believe the amount of damage done in one punch! Hell the only person in their entire guild capable of doing similar level of damage was Gildarts himself and it was mostly due to his destructive nature of his magic. Makarov hoped his other would never let Naruto fight inside the guild for the guilds sake. Natsu started getting fired up hearing about the pure destruction while secretly pleased his other was not hit.
Naruto whistled at his work. Sage Mode was definitely back to normal! No, it was even better now! He felt like he could even take on Tsunade in terms of strength! "Good thing I didn't hit you, that would have sucked!"
"Tsunade? You mean that super hot chick that has super jugs?" Wakakba said perversely with both Makarov and Macao joining along to most female wizards disgust.
"That is scary that Naruto is comparing that kind of damage to something this Tsunade lady can do…" Lucy whimpered while Wendy nodded along. Erza looked impressed and wondered if her other would ever get to meet this super strong Lady in the story.
Natsu jumped up on his feet. "Naruto, were you always this strong!?" He asked excitedly, his desire to fight Naruto for real only growing stronger.
"Are you stupid! He will pulverize you with that kind of damage!" Lucy shouted to the notably excited Natsu.
"My other has the right idea to fight somebody that strong makes my very blood boil!" Natsu declared happily while Happy tried to be supportive but was not too happy either.
"Of course!" The ninja said with a playful smirk, before he looked at the destruction around them and sweatdropped. "Though, not this powerful... I really need to learn how to control this soon..."
"Hmpth. You better Naruto! The guild does not need that level of destructives in a simple fight." Erza lectured while Lucy secretly thought no member of their team besides her and Wendy had a right to talk about restraint.
"Naruto!"
Lucy and Juvia ran up to them.
"What the happened here… and what's with your eyes!?"
Naruto struck his late master's sage pose. "Pretty cool huh? This is the power of Sage Mode!"
"Naruto-Sama is so cool!" Juvia squealed and danced around him.
"He is so dreamy!" FS Juvia squealed with Mira smirking at that the drama presented. Erza and Lucy looked Naruto and both noted it fit him very well.
The guys pouted as they saw Naruto getting attention from some of the female members of the guild without even being there.
Natsu looked at the ninja's new red attire, as if noticing it for the first time. "Hey, where'd you get that?"
"Oh this? Pa gave it to me right before you showed up." Naruto said and turned around to show off the "Sage" symbol on the back. "Pretty cool huh? This shows that I'm an official sage of Mount Myōboku." He noticed Lucy was staring at him. "...What?"
The guild looked at red-faced Lucy. "Please other me don't say anything embarrassing. He's just a friend, right?" Lucy silently prayed on behalf of her other.
Lucy blinked and blushed, realizing she was staring. "N-no, it's nothing." Seeing the strange look from Naruto, the cold glare from Juvia, and the amused look from Natsu, she reddened even further. "Okay fine! I just thought you looked kinda cool wearing that..."
"Aw even Natsu over there can see it! You are totally going to hook up with Naruto!" Cana said with a smirk making most of the guild grin at the red-faced Lucy.
Fs Juvia sighed as Mira smile grew bigger realizing her initial intuition about other Lucy and Naruto may start to develop. She loved the drama and honestly hoped that they could have some happiness.
Naruto scratched his cheek. "Heh, you really think so?"
Juvia pouted and raised her hand, jealous that her rival managed to get such a reaction out of him. "Juvia thinks so too!"
Lucy pouted as FS Juvia rolled her eyes as the guild teased her about her others reactions.
Naruto put his arms behind his head and grinned. "Then I guess I should wear this more often if I you guys think so."
"he really does look pretty goodin it." Cana noted getting a nod from Mira and jealous growl from certain male members of Fairy Tail.
Unknowing to them, a man in a coat watched in the distance with a smirk on his face. "Naruto Uzumaki... You might actually be worth something after all."
"This must be other Laxus." Freed said quietly knowing his leader was quite different before he was exiled from Fairy Tail. Both Evergreen and Bickslow also looked sad as Laxus looked down.
Lucy walked out of the bathroom with her hair in a towel, having just finished taking a bath. "Ah, nothing beats a bath after a long day."
"Looking good Lucy!" Cana teased as some of the guys gave Lucy good whistling while Lucy pouted. Its not her fault it just felt nicer after a shower.
Naruto burst out laughing, gaining her attention. He was sitting on the couch in his pajamas reading a magazine.
Lucy blinked. For as long as she'd known the ninja, he just didn't seem to be the reading type. "Wow, you're actually reading. I'm surprised."
FS Juvia had to admit reading was not Naruto's personal style so she let that comment go.
Naruto lowered the magazine just enough to show his eyes giving her dull look.
Sitting down on the couch next to her roommate, Lucy took a closer look at what he was reading. "Sorcerer Magazine? Let me see, am I in it!?" She asked excitedly and leaned over to get a better look, and into Naruto's personal bubble.
Lucy had a very bad feeling as she suspected her other had the same unfortunate luck into getting into questionable situations.
Naruto pushed her away. "Hey, you're too close!"
Lucy pushed on. "Come on, let me see!" Her hand slipped off the couch. "Wah!"
Lucy fell and grabbed onto Naruto in an attempt to catch herself, but only caused him to fall on top of her.
Lucy face turned so red it literally looked like steam was coming out her hair while members started gossiping happily at other Lucy maybe getting her first boyfriend.
FS Juvia frowned at it appears that Lucy got to 3nd base with Naruto while bypassing 1st base!
Cana fake cried and said "My little girl Lucy is growing up! So proud your other may et a boorfriend before you do Lucy!" while Mira smirked and the guild laughed.
The door opened and Natsu with Happy on his shoulder walked in. "Hey guys what's-" They slapped their hands to their mouths when they saw Lucy laying on the ground, and Naruto on top of her.
The blondes both looked up and blushed furiously.
"...Sorry to have bothered you!"
"Aye!"
Slam!
"This day could not get any worst…." Lucy mumbled as her other was exposed to an embarrassing moment with Naruto and it wasn't even suppose to be romantic. Natsu laughed that his other ran off.
There was an awkward silence in the room, the only thing that could be heard was fading laughter.
Naruto jumped off of Lucy and spun around. "S-sorry!"
Lucy slowly got up. "I-it's fine..." She held a hand to her chest. 'Why is my heart beating so fast!?'
"Its love Lucy. Of was with anybody else you would have just gotten mad." Mira said soothingly while Lucy kept denying much to the guilds amusement.
Naruto picked up the magazine sat back on the couch. "There was an article about me in here. They're calling me "Fairy Tail's One Man Army". Pretty weird huh? If you want to know what I was laughing at earlier, I was reading the article about Natsu, there's some pretty funny stuff in here."
FS Juvia looked murderous as those rumours above Naruto's love life was too close to reality. If only it showed Naruto and Juvia-chan love then it would be ok. Natsu didn't like the magazine much either due to Jason describing him as nothing but a destructive loving freak.
Most of the older make members loved the magazine due the bikini spreads on very attractive female wizards including their own gorgeous model Mira. Mira liked the magazine as it was steady pay.
Finally calming herself, Lucy got up and sat next to him again. "Really? Like what?"
Moving the magazine over to show her, Naruto pointed to the page he was referring to. "See? Natsu punched that Jason guy in the face! Isn't that hilarious?" He burst out laughing again, dropping the magazine onto the ground.
As Lucy looked at Natsu in disappointment he only said "He deserved it."
Picking it back up, Lucy flipped through the pages in hope of finding something about her. 'Come on! There should be at least one thing about me in here!' Finally finding something, she became petrified.
"Oh No… what could it be about?" Lucy thought nervously.
There was a picture of when Naruto had picked her up bridal style and ran out of the guild. Underneath it was a short paragraph titled: "Fairy Tail's newest couple?"
"No No No!" Lucy shouted as the picture made them look somewhat intimate. Erza and Mira smirked while the rest of the guild laughed at her expression.
She gulped and began to read what it said, a growing blush making its way onto her face.
Hello viewers, Jason here again to spread the latest gossip regarding Fiore's greatest guild, Fairy Tail! As you can see in the picture above, that is Fairy Tail's Naruto Uzumaki affectionately carrying another member out of the guild. Could there be love in the air? Stay tuned as I find out more of the details!
Oddly enough both FS Juvia and Lucy wanted to kill Jason while Cana laughed heartedly. Mavis seemed happy that this article however indirectly helped develop Lucy future feelings for Naruto.
"Ehhhh!?" Lucy shrieked.
Naruto stopped laughing and wiped a stray tear out of his eye. "Huh? Did you find anything about yourself?"
Lucy hid the magazine behind her back. "Uh, nope! Nothing at all!" She laughed nervously as the ninja stared at her.
Naruto narrowed his eyes suspiciously. "Is that so..."
Cana and Mira eagerly looked hoping for more drama while everyone leaned away from these overly excited girls.
Smiling weakly, Lucy nodded meekly.
To her relief, Naruto shrugged and began to stretch stretched. "If you say so. I think I'm gonna go to sleep, I'm starting to get tired."
"Pshh. Naruto is just too dense!" Cana pouted while Lucy sighed in relief.
"Wait why I am relieved? Its not like my other and Naruto are a thing or anything…" Lucy thought to herself.
Lucy stretched and yawned as well. "Yeah, me too. Goodnight." She said as she turned off the light.
"Goodnight."
…
Lucy's eyes shot open. 'How can I sleep after reading that!?'
"Well your other can dream up all of the possibilities." Cana said suggestively while both Lucy and FS Juvia groaned much to amusement pf the guild.
"Another line break." Macao declared indicting another time skip.
The Next Day...
Naruto yawned as he made his way towards the guild, occasionally waving to passing townsfolk. People were really starting to recognize him recently. "I never did finish that magazine, I guess Lucy really liked it."
"sigh. Naruto would not have seen my other's bikini spread either." Mira sighed dramatically.
This comment sent the entire guild into a frenzy. When she saw what her innocent comment did she sighed. "Look everyone don't pretend to be innocent EVERYONE has seen me in it at LEAST once ok? And I don't take it weirdly at this point. And I am sure at least one point he will get curious as I am a bikini model ok?" Mira said calmly getting most members to calm down. Certain men actually cried in relief that it appeared Mira did not have special feelings for Naruto.
"Naruto?"
Hearing his name, the blonde turned to find Mirajane and Makarov carrying grocery bags. "Oh, hey Mira-Chan, hey gramps."
Mira smiled brightly at the suffix getting FS Juvia to narrow her eyes in suspicion.
Makarov faltered in his steps. "Why can't you all just call me by my title? Kids have no respect these days."
The teens laughed at the grumbling old man.
Makarov glared at Gray and Natsu who shrugged non-chalently while Mira was happy her other was comfortable around Naruto. He really was becoming part of their family.
"What's up with the bags?" Naruto asked and made a gesture to what they were holding.
Mirajane smiled cheerfully. "These are supplies for the upcoming Harvest Festival next week."
Naruto tilted his head. "What's that?"
Her eyes widened slightly. "Oh yeah, you're still pretty new to Magnolia around you? The Harvest Festival is an annual event here in Magnolia Town that is hosted by our guild. There is also the Miss Fairy Tail contest and to finish it off there's the Fantasia Parade."
Lucy pouted as she remembered her second place which sadly had no reward money while Erza smiled proudly for her first-place ranking despite not actually needing the money. The guild looked at Mira like she betrayed them by using her transformation magic in such an unappealing manner. Mira just smiled and shrugged figuring they saw enough of her body in her normal bikini spreads.
Levey tried to cheer Lucy up by declaring "Hey lu-chan just think of this way you beat out me, Cana, Bisca in the contest.
This made Lucy smile while Juvia looked mad she lost out to Lucy but she thought to herself that Gray didn't appear to be enchanted with Lucy so she was still wining.
The blonde raised an eyebrow. "Miss Fairy Tail?"
"It's a beauty contest among the females of Fairy Tail." The wizard saint explained with a sly expression.
"Master." Mira said dangerously. Macao laughed and when people looked at him he read on.
"Master..." The Strauss sibling said sweetly.
This got a laugh from the guild while Mira smiled seeing her other in step with her. Lissanna thought how strange the Edolias version of Mira was exactly as sweet as Mira she knew now along with the book Mira.
Makarov coughed in his hand, avoiding any eye contact with the barmaid. "The winner gets 500,000 jewels."
"Yeah that money is donated by perverts who wants to see us in skimpy costumes." Lucy said with a huff crossing her arms under her ample chest in indignation making Makarov cough.
"Wendy since you weren't there who do you think would win the contest?" Cana asked as Wendy missed Levy comment to Lucy.
"Um…." Wendy thought as all the females looked at her intently. Honestly she thought every Fairy Tail female wizard was very pretty in different ways but if she was 100% honest it would be a close tie between Erza, Mira and Lucy. Luckily before she had to make a decision Macao decided to read on.
"That's a lot of money!" Naruto said and rubbed his chin in thought. 'A beauty contest huh?'
This got a weird look from the guild especially when they saw FS Juvia eyes glow in anticipation and Mavis holding back a laugh.
When they reached the guild, Makarov handed Mirajane his bags. "Mira-Chan, could you put these away for me please? It seems my old age really is catching up to me..." He complained, rubbing his back to emphasize his statement.
She giggled. "No worries master, I'll take care of it."
This got a smile towards the sweet motherly Mira who smiled back.
"Thank you." He waited until she was out of hearing range before closing his eyes and speaking. "So, when are you going to tell everyone about your... complications?"
FS Juvia and Mira frowned and looked at the guild daring them to say something. Nobody especially Mira and her siblings had anything bad to say. Even Carla realized that Naruto appeared to be a decent person despite what was inside of him.
Naruto leaned against the door and crossed his arms. "I don't know... Maybe after the festival, just to be safe."
The old man opened an eye and looked up at the blonde and chuckled. "To be safe of what? After all you've been through with us, you still think they'd reject you?"
Some members like Erza and Lucy looked a bit hurt that Naruto still did not trust them. FS Juvia smiled bitterly having heard the reason from Naruto Kohona friends while Mavis frowned as she knew somehow.
Natsu looked annoyed that despite how nice Naruto was he couldn't tell them something like that as he was sure nobody in the guild would think any different of him because of it. Gray kept quiet as he wasn't sure how his other would react as he over reacted in his mind when he found out. Makarov looked thoughtful as he agreed with his other but looking at the faces of FS Juvia and Mavis he suspected the detail was more then a lack of trust.
The teen frown but didn't say anything. He had been through a lot with these people. But deep down, he WAS still afraid of being rejected. How could he not? The first twelve years of his life was filled with loneliness, all because people were afraid of the demon sealed inside of him. Naruto had made so many new friends here at Fairy Tail, and he was afraid of losing them.
Mira actually had tears running down her face as she faced similar circumstances but she always had her siblings through everything while Naruto appeared to be alone. Lissanna and Elfman instantly ran up to hug their older sibling in a tight hug. Lissanna and Elfman respect for Naruto grew immensely knowing that somebody like Mira shared her experience. FS Juvia and Mavis were not surprised as they knew how close a past their Mira had to Naruto and could tell this Mira had the same. Elfman even said quietly "Naruto-san is a…. hero." Surprising everyone on his lack of use of 'man'.
Fs Juvia looked both sad for Naruto and mad at his village while Mavis looked similarly. Lucy hugged a whimpering Wendy as she tried to hold back tears for her teammate sad past. Natsu and Gray growled as they could see such a cool guy Naruto should not have to be alone. Erza looked down realizing that this may be the reason why everyone could trust him in the other world. He expericned pain as well and he could emphasize with anyone.
Carla looked down as she started to realize her hasty words about Naruto having a demon inside of him were unfair especially as it appeared to make people fear him for something out of his control.
Ost of the rest of the guild were speechless as they admitted that the knowledge of him having a demon inside of him scared them abit when they first read about it but it no way justified having the poor guy childhood full of loneliness for fear.
"...It must have been hard for you." Makarov suddenly said.
"Huh?"
After the guild regained their composure they looked at Makarov who merely stated "My other probably means he was lonely and having to carry such a burden is even harder." This got nods as the guild wondered if Naruto really was as happy as he seemed or if it was a mask.
The old man skipped over to the bar and hopped up onto the counter. "Mira-Chan, can I get a drink? I'm thirsty!" He whined childishly.
"Yes master!" She turned over to Naruto and smiled. "The usual?"
Naruto chuckled to himself before walking over to the bar. "You know it!"
This got a grin from the guild again as Mira smiled realizing that Naruto really did consider them family.
"Theres another line skip." Macao said.
"Welcome to the Miss Fairy Tail Contest!" Max spoke through a microphone to the huge crowd in front of him. "Now, for what all of you all been waiting for… Let the contest begin!"
The crown cheered.
Sand flew around the announcer. "I, Max Arose the sand mage, will be your host!"
Everyone looked at Max who shrugged and admitted he liked looking at the girls as much as commenting. This got sweat drops for his honesty.
Naruto was sitting with Gray, Natsu, and Happy in the reserved seats for the guild members. "That guy really likes to talk."
"Yeah, to think he'd want to stand in front of all these people willingly." Gray said before looking at Naruto slyly. "So, who are you going to vote for?"
This got interested looks especially from FS Juvia. Lucy secretly wanted her alternate roommate to vote for her. She refused to admit it was out of jealously but it should be out of loyalty.
Naruto raised an eyebrow. "What do mean? I thought everyone gets to vote? Why are you asking me? Besides, the contest hasn't even started yet."
Gray sent the blonde a flat look. "Dude, seriously?"
"He means Lucy or Juvia." Cana said singsong making Erza frown as she was proud of her looks. Juvia scoffed at the notion of anyone but Gray voting for her while FS Juvia looked competitively as Lucy who looked back shockingly equally as hard.
"What's the point of this contest? They're not even going to fight…" Natsu mumbled to himself. "A real Miss Fairy Tail contest should be a tournament, where the girls would duke it out to find out who the strongest is!"
Everyone looked drily at Natsu who pouted and then at Erza who looked intrigued at the idea. She realised it would not be fair or fun if she won all the time, Plus was she happy with the current system where she could show off some more exotic requips.
"Wouldn't Erza win it every time then?" Gray asked and Natsu opened his mouth to argue with his rival, but closed it when he couldn't think of anything.
Erza was Erza.
Erza smiled triumphantly while Lucy pouted as even in just beauty she had them beat. Although Lucy noted Mira likely lost despite being a fan favourite due to wasting her turn on silly transformation magic not actually cute or sexy outfits.
Naruto laughed. "It's because men are perverts, and I have little reason to doubt they're all here to see the girls who will most likely be wearing revealing outfits."
"Well said Naruto." Lucy said as she looked at all the guys who looked away and whistled making most of the girls to glare at the guys close to them.
"What are you talking about, there are girls in the crowd too…" Natsu said and looked back, only to sweatdrop when he saw that the crowd was in fact dominated by men who were shouting and screaming for the contest to start. In fact, he could hardly see any girls in the crowd. "Huh…"
"Yup everyone here is a closet pervert." Lucy declared getting nods from every girl and 'heys' from every guy.
Naruto nodded his head sagely. "See what I mean?"
"So he says, but he's just as clueless in another way." Happy said while shaking his head, and the three boys shared a laugh when Naruto bristled with anger.
The guild shared a laugh as Happy words were true while FS Juvia silently agreed as Naruto typically mistook romantic gestures as friendly ones even obvious ones.
Their attention was brought back to the stage when Max announced the first woman. "May I introduce you to our first contestant, miss Cana Alberona!" The crowd roared as the brunette walked onto the stage and posed.
"Get a good look boys!" Cana said flirtingly while she winked. Gildarts dropped at how vulgar his "little girl" was acting while the guild was used to the brunette tactics.
She took out a deck of cards and they started to float around. Everyone watched as the cards covered her form. They then came off to reveal Cana now wearing a swimsuit.
Wendy looked jealous as Cana gave her a smirk. Lucy sighed as she knew Wendy was still growing up and should not concern with how she looked now.
Naruto nodded his head approvingly. "That was a nice use of her card magic."
"Naruto-sama! You should only compliment Juvia-chan!" FS Juvia whined as Cana burst out laughter.
"The second contestant! Miss Juvia Lockser!" Max announced as Juvia walked onto the stage.
"Watch me, Naruto-Sama!" She said as her body turned into water. The liquid went up to her neck and came back down to reveal her wearing a blue polka dotted swimsuit.
The guild looked as FS Juvia suddenly became nervous. She hoped she Naruto did like her outfit back then as it was a few years ago for her.
Naruto gave her a thumbs up. "The water goes well with your swimsuit, nice Juvia!" He said and the girl blushed, which caused some of the men in the crowd to glare at him with jealousy.
"Pretty boy." Some of the men mumbled as FS Juvia beamed happily. Juvia looked conflicted seeing her other so passionate about another man while she felt the same feelings for Gray.
Gray sweatdropped at the ninja's commentary remarks. "What are you, an expert?"
FS Juvia glared at Gray who looked surprised at the hostility while Juvia glared back at FS Juvia.
Lucy whispered to Erza and Wendy "wow they really are the same." Who both nodded in agreement.
"And now for our third contestant, the one and only, Mirajane!"
Wakaba and Macao gave whimpering looks at Mira who only smiled back innocently.
Elfman, who was sitting in the seat behind Naruto, nudged the blonde's seat. "Nee-Chan's got this in the bag!"
Mira smiled as the men in the guild moaned in displeasure as they remmebred what happened at the festival. Lisanna and Wendy looked confused as the heard about Mira's repuatation as the worlds most famous model.
Mirajane waved to the crowd cheerfully as she made her way onto the stage. "Hello everyone! Today I'm going to be showing you my transformation magic! First I'll perform..." Her face transformed into a familiar cat. "The face of Happy!"
"Ehhhh!?"
"Eh?!" Wendy and Lissana shouted together as every man in the guild dropped their head in disappointment.
Naruto and Happy both fell onto the floor laughing their heads off. "Oh man... That's great Mira-Chan!" Their sides began to hurt when she turned her face into Gajeel's.
"Well Naruto liked it!" Mira pouted as she saw how annyed the guys were. Did they expect her to take the contest seriously? She modelled every week for Sorcer Weekly for gosh sake it was fun to relax once in a while.
"Nee-Chan..." Elfman mustered, mortified by his sister's unexpected performance.
"And that is why Mira lost the contest." Lucy told Wendy who now understood how Mira could have lost the contest.
Max quickly recovered and spoke. "Now, for our fourth contestant. Fairy Tail's strongest female mage, Erza Scarlet!"
"Woah Erza!" the guild shouted in excitement as Erza smirked and stared at Mira. Who smiled but if you looked closely she rolled her eyes at the implied challenge.
The audience roared as Erza marched onto the stage.
"There she is!"
"It's Erza!"
After finishing his laughter, Naruto sat back onto his seat and raised an eyebrow. "Erza? I wonder what she's gonna do."
"If other me is the same as me I think you will pleasantly pleased Naruto." Erza said with a smirk and wink making some of the members jealous of the familiarity the female members were showing to Naruto. FS Juvia could see the stare and could only sigh at the immaturity of the alternate guild.
The red head smirked. "Now I'll show you..." Her body began to glow in a golden light, indicating her Requip magic. "... My Requip that I've been reserving for this." The light faded, revealing her now wearing a cute black skirt dress with a bow on her hair.
Most of the male members had slight blushes and Makarov could hear saying "so Loli. So good…" while Erza smiled confident in her other's win like her own. Wendy looked astonished and jealous despite Erza wearing goth Lolita style dress but she was still so beautiful. She could understand now why Mira and Erza were for the most part considered Fairy Tail and possibly Fiores two most sought put mages. Lucy pouted as she assumed Erza's other would win like the Erza she knew. Lissanna sighed as she guessed since her big sister took the contest as a joke that Erza would likely win.
She hummed confidently. "I've won."
Naruto looked over the outfit with a thoughtful expression. "Huh, not bad."
Erza looked abit annoyed at the light comment although she didn't know why it bothered her while FS Juvia studied her carefully.
The ice mage sent him a deadpanned look. "Seriously... what are you going on about?"
Max pulled out the next card with the name of the next contestant. "And now... Er..." He hesitated and glanced at Makarov, who gave him a short nod. "...I present to you... Naruto Uzumaki! Our fifth contestant!"
"Nani?!" the entire guild besides Mavis and FS Juvia screamed at once. Mavis smirked while FS Juvia had hearts in her eyes as the guild tired to process this radical change from their timeline.
"It cant be…" Makarov murmured to himself.
"He's a guy what can he do for the contest?" Gray asked making most members regain their composure realizing the truth of the statement.
"Huh!?
"Isn't that a guy?"
Gray staggered in his seat and whirled his head to look at the blonde next to him. Naruto grinned at him and put up a peace sign before bursting into a cloud of smoke. He was then seen walking onto the stage next to Max.
Gray looked relived his other self was just as shell shocked but he could not understand why FS Juvia would look so eager.
Laughing internally at all the strange looks he was getting, the shinobi smirked and made a hand seal.
"Henge!"
A plume of smoke covered Naruto's form and dispersed to reveal a naked, busty woman with long blonde hair held in twin pig-tails. The only thing blocking their eyes from seeing her modesty was a slightly see-through trail of smoke twirling around her body.
The woman pursed her full lips seductively. "Vote. For. Me?"
There was a moment of silence and then at the same time nearly every male member besides Natsu and Laxus and Freed flew back with a small nose bleed and stupid grin on their face.
"Too powerful." Makarov said as he drooled happily seeing such an image. Shockingly even Gajeel flew back much to Levy annoyance as she started hitting him and calling him a pervert.
Lucy looked shocked that almost every male member was falling for such a tactic. Even FS Juvia passed out happily on Mavis lap! Who stroked the water mage hair and smiled amused. Natsu looked blankly along with Happy as they male members slowly got their composure back. Cana seemed too shock to hit her father for once and noted how bold Naruto was as even she probably wouldn't go full nude in the middle of the guild.
Carla tried to protect Wendy innocence by placing her paws over her eyes but it was too late as Wendy had saw enough and started stuttering nonsense. Erza looked highly impressed and was thinking of introducing such a technique due its effectiveness.
Mira raised an eyebrow and said "My my. Naruto sure is quite a guy." Elfman was once again getting hit by Evergreen for gawking.
FS Juvia could be heard saying in a daze "Naruto-sama is the greatest."
The male members of the audience all flew back in a trail of blood, minus the surprised Happy and Natsu.
"Yup no matter which world everyone is here is pervert!" Lucy moaned as the guys finally got back into a sitting position.
Turning back to normal, Naruto snickered. "Ha! Works every time!" He then walked to the back of the stage and passed a surprised Lucy. "Good luck out there."
"Wait don't tell me they might actually vote for him?!" Lucy thought worriedly. She could understand losing to Erza or Mira(if she tried) but not a transformed guy!
"How? What? Eh!?" She sputtered.
Naruto just laughed and kept walking. Wiping a stray tear from his eye, he suddenly felt a sense of danger. Turning around, he found a woman with light brown hair in a green dress staring at him.
Everyone turned to look at Evergreen who looked uncomfortable even with her boyfriend arm around her. She looked at the rest of the guilt-ridden thunder Legion members who looked down even as the members around them trued to tell them it was ok.
"That was quite a show you put on, Naruto Uzumaki I believe?" She asked as she walked towards him with swaying hips.
Elfman instantly got defensive as Evergreen rolled her eyes at his jealously. Lissanna smiled happily for her older brother being in such a committed relationship.
"Who are you?" Naruto asked defensively.
The woman put her hands up in mock defense. "Oh my, is that how people greet their comrades these days?"
Seeing the Fairy Tail mark on her chest, Naruto lowered his guard. "Sorry, I still don't know all the members yet. But you shouldn't sneak up on people like that." Something felt off about this woman, but he just could put his finger on it.
"Naruto… You shouldn't drop your guard like that." Erza could not help but lecture worried about someone she could honestly say was a comrade at this point.
She giggled and continued her advance towards the blonde. "Coming from the ninja, my name is Evergreen." Stopping right in front of him she gave him a once over. "You know, you're not bad, for a kid."
FS Juvia stirred and starting twitching at the word 'kid' making everyone a bit nervous. Evergreen had a bad feeling about what would happen next.
Naruto fumed. "I'm not a kid! I'll have you know I just turned seventeen last week-" He was cut short when the lady took off her glasses, and the last thing he saw before blacking out was Evergreen's shining eyes.
"Oops?" Evergreen said nervously as the guild looked wide eyed at her.
"Die!" FS Juvia screamed murderously as an incredibly fast-moving wave of water flowed towards Evergreen. Before anyone could react it was stopped in mid air a mere half a foot from impacting into Evergreen face. Evergreen went extremely pale and swore she saw her life flash before her eyes. She quickly went into Elfman warm embrace as he glared at FS Juvia. She guild was shocked the water wave stopped until they saw Mavis stand up with one hand raised and a stern expression on her face. She snapped her fingers and this time a magic cuff enchanted onto FS Juvia right wrist stopping all her magic.
FS Juvia seemed to realize her actions especially when Mavis looked her in the eyes and said "Juvia! I realize you are worried about Naruto but that is enough now! No More! I will not tolerate any more violence again. You will keep that cuff until I remove it. Naruto has forgiven everyone and that is the attitude Fairy Tail wizards should have!"
Naruto awoke in a familiar sewer. "Huh?"
"How pathetic... To fall for such a simple trap." The Kyuubi stared down at his host and sent him a pitiful look. "If it weren't for me, you would have died a long time ago."
Naruto waved a lazy hand. "Nice to see you to, and in my defense, I wasn't expecting to be attacked by someone else in the guild." He crossed his arms. "So? Why'd you call me here? You've been awfully chatty since I came to this world, are you finally going to tell me something?"
The fox grunted. "I'll talk when I want to talk, not that it would do you any good."
"Hmph. Grumpy fox." Mavis said good naturedly making the guild sigh in relief as it appeared she was her better mood again.
A tick mark grew on the teen's forehead. "Fine then!" He turned to leave. "If you're not going to say anything, then there's a girl with glasses outside that needs to be questioned."
An unnoticed grin formed on the Kyuubi's mouth, though it quickly disappeared when he spoke. "Use some of my chakra, just a small burst and that woman's spell should be broken."
Now it was Naruto's turn to grunt. "Hmph, I could break out of it without your power." He turned around waved a hand. "Later, fur ball."
With a small burst of the nine-tailed fox's chakra, Naruto burst out of the stone covering his body.
"That's new. I don't anyone actually broke out themselves. My artificial eye merely reduced it effects." Erza noted as she looked at Evergreen who nodded.
"Where's that Evergreen lady!?" He yelled angrily. Looking around, he noticed the bar was mostly empty, except for Makarov and Natsu. The dragon slayer was trying to run out of the guild but seemed to be stopped by an invisible wall.
"Stupid invisible walls." Natsu grumbled as Gajeel nodded along and Freed looked sheepish.
Makarov turned and saw that Naruto had broken out. "Naruto! Thank goodness, we might still have a chance!"
The ninja walked over to the old man. "Hey, what's going on here?"
The master gave him a brief explanation on what their current situation was. At the mentioning of the girls being petrified in stone the same way he was, Naruto whirled around and looked at the stage.
There, lined up one by one, were the other participants of the Miss Fairy Tail contest.
Naruto ran up to the statues. "What happened to them!?"
"Naruto-sama is so worried!" FS Juvia cooed as she couldn't hear anything while in stone. Mira, Erza and Lucy had small smiles as well.
Makarov sighed. "The same thing that happened to you. Evergreen."
Naruto looked at the surprised expression on Lucy's face and frowned. "How do we get them out?"
Stroking his beard in thought, the wizard saint pointed out the door. "I suppose if you defeat her, the spell will be broken. How did you get out anyway?"
"Um... I used some of the fox's power." The whiskered teen answered nervously. "I don't think I'd be able to use it to get them out, at least without hurting them."
"Please don't." Lucy pleaded as Mavis shook her head to her relief. Mavis knew at this point even ninjas using Kurama chakra would be dangerous let alone mages.
"I see..." Makarov said solemnly.
Hearing Natsu's rage-filled screams, Naruto pointed over at him. "Why can't he get out?"
Makarov shook his head. "Because of Freed's runes, people over the age of eighty can't leave the guild."
"Hey why couldn't we get out?!" Gajeel raged along with Natsu. Mavis suspected it was a result of them going through eclipse or hosting the dragons inside themselves but she wasn't 100% sure so she didn't speak out. Freed was stumped as well as he and Laxus did not expect the runes would react that way. They only intended to keep Makarov trapped inside the guild hall nobody else.
"Eh!?" Naruto looked at Natsu incredulously. "Natsu's over eighty years old!?"
Natsu spun his head. "Like hell I am! Stupid runes, let me out! I wanna fight too!"
Glancing at the frozen girls one last time, the shinobi turned to leave. "I'm heading out. First, I'll find Evergreen and make her undo her spell, then I'll take care of Laxus."
"Good luck Naruto!" Natsu yelled hoping someone could teach the Thunder legion a lesson.
Makarov nodded thankfully. "The guild is in your hands, good luck."
"Right!" Naruto kicked off the ground and dashed through the entrance. Or at least that's what he planned to do but smacked his face into an invisible wall.
"...Eh?"
Natsu stared at him blankly. "Your over eight-"
"Come on! Not him too!" Natsu whined while Lucy was worried that they would need to rely on the girls again to knock out the Thunder Legion besides Laxus.
"Of course not!" Naruto fumed.
Makarov stared at the two in disbelief. "Why can't you brats get out!?"
"We don't know!" They both yelled.
They all stopped yelling at each other when a chunk of metal flew over the bar. Gajeel got up from behind the counter, munching on a metal snack.
"Still a weird snack." Pantherlilly stated as Gajeel started crying much to levy emeberassment.
"Gajeel!"
The master gained a hopeful look. "Would you help us out?"
Gajeel stared at them for a couple seconds before jumping over the bar. "I wanted to fight that guy anyways."
The iron dragon slayer made his way to the door to leave, but was also stopped by the barrier, causing the others to face-fault.
Letters formed in the air in front of them, causing Makarov to gasp. "Only three members remain!?"
"Well at least Naruto is stuck along your others right?" Mavis tried to say cheerfully but the guild looked dead pan at her.
"Damn it! Why can't I get out!?" Naruto yelled and punched the invisible wall. "Wait, can't I just break this wall? If I hit it hard enough while in Sage Mode, then maybe it'll-"
"Please don't!" Makarov pleaded as he read about the impact and knew it would destroy the guild along with the runes. Natsu actually pouted as he wouldn't mind seeing more of Naruto power in the new Sage Mode.
"The power required to break quality runes is tremendous. Considering these are runes made by Fried, a mage who excels in rune magic, you would destroy the guild in the process." Makarov said and Naruto sucked his teeth.
"That is a wise and accurate assessment Master." Freed said respectfully making Makarov smile.
Natsu growled and stormed towards the back of the bar. "I guess there's no other option than to revive Erza!"
"Wait! How do you plan to do that!?"
The fire wielder stopped and turned back. "If I burn it, the stone will come off, right?"
"Natsu!" Erza growled making the dragon slayer whimper like a scared puppy.
"No!"
Makarov watched in horror as Natsu and Naruto fought over the burning statue that was Erza. They both stopped when they dropped it and the face cracked a bit.
Natsu lost all the color in his face. "Ah! It cracked! I'm sorry Erza!"
Gajeel snickered. "Well that sucks."
"Gajeel!" Erza growled as she turned her attention to the iron dragon slayer making the fire dragon slayer relax. Gajeel tried to act tough but he was still sweating.
"You fools!" The master yelled.
The statue cracked a little more and Naruto flinched. 'This can't be good...'
When they all thought Erza would shatter, the stone broke off her like a shell.
The red head looked around the room, then narrowed her gaze upon Natsu. "I feel hot, was that you Natsu?" The teen didn't have a chance to defend himself when she sent the dragon slayer flying.
"Why did you hit me Erza? I freed you!" Natsu whined.
"You touched my stone chest you pervert!" Erza screamed crossing her arms under her chest to stress her point.
"Even mad Erza-san still looks so pretty." Wemndy said dreamily.
"Not now Wendy." Lucy sighed although she secretly agreed.
Naruto sighed in relief as Natsu sailed above him. "Glad to see you're okay, Erza."
Makarov had a confused look, most likely trying to figure out how Erza broke free. "What happened?"
Erza brought a hand to her face. "Maybe because of my right eye..."
Everyone gave Erza concerned looks about her eye which she waved off. She had accepted it was part of who she was and it actually saved her life a few times.
"Your eye? What's wrong with it?" Naruto asked.
"I lost my right eye during a battle at the tower of Heaven when I was little, this is an artificial." She explained.
Lucy gave Erza a quick hug which as she was surprised by but still appreciated the gesture getting a smile from the rest of the guild members.
"Oh." Naruto didn't want to ask anything more about her past, as it was a touchy subject. Though, he had to wonder. Since illusions didn't work on that eye, did that mean it would be immune to genjutsu?
Levy looked eagerly at Mavis who shrugged her shoulders. She personally beloved that since Genjutsu affected chakra pathways mages couldn't be affected but there was never a chance to prove that theory.
"So, do you know what's going on?" Makarov asked.
Erza nodded. "Yes, I could hear everything." She then turned to Naruto. "I'm curious though... What was that fox you were talking about with the master earlier?"
"Erza. Is it really the time to ask about that?" Mira said with a frown. Erza shrugged but admitted it could be addressed later.
Naruto laughed nervously. "It's a part of the complications..." Seeing her hard stare, he sighed. "Don't worry, I'm going to tell you all after this is over."
Nodding in acceptance, Erza noticed some new words at the entrance. "It seems there are now four members remaining."
The number then changed to five. "Huh?"
Erza smirked. "It seems that man has joined as well."
"Mystogan." The guild said while Gildarts seemed childishly annoyed he was busy on a job. He would've come back quicker if he knew all these interesting adventures happened without him there.
Naruto raised an eyebrow. "Wait, who?"
She didn't answer and took off running.
Naruto fumed. "Hey! Wait a second!"
Makarov smiled and cheered internally. 'With Erza revived and Mystogan back, we now have a chance!' He looked over at the raging ninja and the two dragon slayers. 'If only these three could get out there...'
Levy seemed pleased that she would be getting some action later since she could rewrite Freed Rune magic.
Some Time Later...
Naruto sat at one of the tables, poking a sleeping Happy to pass the time. He suddenly slammed his fist on the table, waking the sleeping cat. "I can't believe the only thing we can do is wait!"
Makarov sighed. "We're just going to have to believe in Erza and Mystogan."
Crack!
They all turned to see the stone crumbling off the girls.
"Wooh Erza in the other world is just as kickass as ours!" Makarov cheered as Erza smiled sofltly glad her other was able to save her comrades.
"Huh?"
"What was Juvia doing again?"
Naruto ran up to them. "Guys, your okay!"
Lucy blinked. "Naruto? What's going on?"
FS Juvia seemed annoyed that Lucy talked Naruto first making everyone sweat drop.
Lucy gasped. "The Battle of Fairy Tail?"
"That's horrible!"
"Laxus has gone too far!"
"You don't need to say anything. I went too far. I deserved my punishment." Laxus said quietly as everyone looked at him sympathetically knowing how much he regret his actions.
Naruto nodded. "Now that you're all free, the game is over." He turned over to Makarov. "Laxus isn't getting out of this scot-free, I hope?"
The old man shook his head. "He will be getting a severe punishment, don't you worry."
A bunch of screens showing a skull with a lightning bolt across it started popping up all around the guild. "Do you hear me, gramps? And everyone else from the guild."
Laxus looked at the screen with a black face knowing he thought these things back then.
Naruto clenched his fists. "Laxus!"
"In order to keep the game going, since we lost one of the rules, I decided to make up a new one. I've activated the Thunder Palace."
Wendy and Lissanna looked confused at that spell while everyone started clenching their fists.
Makarov's eyes widened. "The Thunder Palace!?"
"You have only one hour to defeat us, or will you retire, master? Hahahaha!" The screens disappeared.
Veins bulged on the old man's head as his anger grew. "What are you thinking Laxus!? Do you plan to hurt innocent people!? NGHH!" He held his chest in pain.
"Old man!" Naruto ran to his side.
"Master.." Mira said worriedly making Makarov smile at her concern.
Mirajane ran up the stairs. "This is bad, he needs his medicine!" A few moments later she came back with a troubled face. "Everyone! Look outside!"
While everyone ran outside, Naruto picked up Makarov and followed the barmaid to the clinic room. Placing him down onto one of the beds, Mirajane treated the old man.
"Is he going to be okay?" Naruto asked.
Mirajane shook her head, tears forming in her eyes. "I don't know, he was still recovering from the battle with Phantom..."
"Even without using Fairy law my other body must still be recovering from having all his magic stolen and put back inside of him." Makarov said wisely while Mavis nodded at that answer.
There was a sudden sound of thunder that was followed by screams.
"I better see if they're okay." Naruto said and turned to leave but was stopped when Mirajane pulled on his sleeve. He turned back to look at her.
"Please... Stop Laxus..." She pleaded with tears streaming down her face.
"Mira-san." Lucy said as her and everyone heart throbbed seeing other Mira's crying. Mira herself was bit shocked that her other truly trusted Naruto but she felt confident that Naruto would not fail them.
The shinobi nodded and left, leaving the weeping barmaid alone with Makarov.
Once Naruto got to the balcony, he noticed Bisca was injured and ran over to her. "What happened!?"
Alzack quickly looked concerned at his wife while Asuka despite not knowing what was going on hugged her mother tightly. Bisca smiled happily at her family while the rest of the guild gave them their moment alone.
"She shot down one the lighting lacrima, then was struck by lightning. They must have a magic life link on them." Cana explained.
Looking up into the sky, Naruto was baffled to see dozens upon dozens of crystals floating around the town. "So, this is the Palace of Thunder. What's gonna happen if the time runs out?"
Levy had a grim expression on her face. "The entire city would suffer countless lightning strikes."
Both Wendy and Lissanna looked horrified while everyone else looked grimly.
"Our home and town gone in one burst." Wendy cried at the thought as Erza quickly hugged the younger girl to calm her down. Laxus felt bad about the pain especially having to read and experience it from his guild mates point of view.
Naruto sucked his teeth. "And if we try to attack them, we'll only hurt ourselves. What the hell are you thinking Laxus?"
"In the meantime, we have to go out there and stop them." Cana said and ran off, she was followed by Juvia and Lucy.
"Juvia will help!"
"I'll try and get the citizens to evacuate." Lucy said as she followed the other two girls.
"You guys be careful!" Naruto called out.
"Ah! Naruto-Sama is worried about Juvia!" The water mage sighed dreamily.
FS Juvia had the same expression as the book making Juvia sweat drop at her counterpart seemingly one-track mind. Juvia in the meanwhile kept snugging against the uninterested Gray.
Lucy sweatdropped. "Is that all you think about?"
Lucy had similar thoughts to her counterpart.
Happy flew right next to her. "She liiikes him. Are you jealous?"
"Shut it cat!"
Gray teased "That means yes right?" much to Lucy annoyance especially as the guild once again started laughing.
"Guys, be serious! Let's go!" Cana said and the three nodded.
"Right!"
Naruto pounded his fist on the wall in frustration. "Why can't I get out of here!?"
"Naruto."
The blonde turned to see Levy smiling at him. "I think I can help!"
"You can do it Levy-chan!" Lucy cheered as Levy smiled at her best friend.
"You know it Lu-chan!" Levy replied back making everyone smile at their friendship.
Naruto arched an eyebrow. "Really? How?"
"You guys are all trapped in here because of an enchantment, right? I might be able get you out." She said.
A bright smile came to Naruto's face. "Sweet! Then let's not waste any more time!"
"Lucy watch out!" Happy yelled as he tackled the surprised mage out of the way from an explosion.
"Kyah! What was that!?" Lucy screamed as the cat flew her to safety.
"It's Bickslow!"
A tall man was standing on top of one of the nearby buildings. "Are you the newbie I've been hearing so much about?" He asked as they landed.
"Again sorry." Bickslow apologized while Lucy waved off.
Lucy looked up at. "I don't think I wanna know what you've been hearing..."
"You and that Uzumaki guy are a really popular subject, are you guys...?" He raised a pinky and wiggled it.
"Even the Thunder Legion thinks other me and Naruto are a couple?!" Lucy shouted in frustration while FS Juvia rolled her eyes at the rumours.
The Celestial Spirit mage flushed furiously. "N-no! Those are just stupid rumors!"
The tall man sneered. "Then what's that outfit supposed to be? Trying to impress him?"
Lucy stomped her foot. "Again, no! This was supposed to be for the Miss Fairy Tail Contest, until you guys ruined it! Now I'll have to ask Naruto to pay for my half of the rent again..." She mumbled.
"Guys it was just a cheerleader outfit ok?" Lucy sighed as they gave her a look like they didn't believe her.
Bickslow cackled like a mad man as little objects started floating around his form. "I'll take care of that Naruto guy after I'm finished with you. Get 'er babies!"
"Then I will kill your other Bickslow-san" FS Juvia said calmly making Bickslow step back in fear despite the magic cuff.
Some Time Later at the Guild...
Naruto sat next to Levi as she deciphered Freed's runes, though he didn't understand a thing she was doing. "So, runes are a lot like fuinjutsu huh? Too bad I suck at it... The most I can do is use a basic sealing scroll." He also knew how to use the key to the seal on his gut, but that was just tightening and loosening it. Though he liked to think he could be good at his if he dedicated himself to learning it.
Levy pouted as it sounded like the perfect kind of jutsu in her mind but she knew people had theur own strengths.
Levi hummed absentmindedly as she continued to work. Their attention was drawn to the front door when some new words appeared.
Lucy Vs. Bickslow
Winner: Lucy
Naruto pumped a fist. "Way to go, Lucy!"
"That's Lu-Chan for you, I have to my best too!" Levi said and went back to work.
"That girl could actually fight?" Gajeel asked. He just couldn't believe it.
Lucy glared at Gajeel who shrugged but looked uncomfortable when Levy joined in,
Naruto smirked. "Lucy's pretty strong. In fact, she probably would have kicked your ass back then if she had her keys."
Lucy looked surprised as she doubted that but thought it was oddly nice that her others roommate had such faith in her. Gajeel ground his teeth in annoyance. FS Juvia seemed shocked as she didn't know about this.
The iron dragon slayer growled. "Huh? You calling me weak!? You wanna fight?"
The blonde got up and sent him a challenging glare. "Sure thing, I'll beat your ass again anytime."
Natsu, feeling left out, joined the fray. "I wanna fight too!" He declared.
"Of course you do." Lucy sighed as Gajeel and Natsu stared challengingly at each other,
"I've got it!" Levi announced happily.
The three turned to see the petite girl walk over to the front door.
Levy pouted as it said 'petite'. "Just because I am not busty like Lu-chan, or Mira or Erza doesn't make me that petite." She thought sourly.
"You solved it?"
She stopped right outside. "Yup! You guys ready to enter the battle of Fairy Tail?"
Naruto, Natsu, and Gajeel all cracked their knuckles. "Yeah!"
Levi nodded and did her magic. They walked to the door and, to their delight, passed right through with no problems.
"Alright! Thanks Levi, you're awesome!" Naruto said and was about to run off when she called out.
"Wait, Freed probably still has traps laid out throughout the city." She warned. "So you should all split up and stay apart. If you guys end up having to fight each other, it won't end well."
"You're the best Levy-chan!" Lucy cheered.
"You know it Lu-chan!" lecy smiled back.
Both Natsu and Gajeel quickly thanked her as well making her pleased.
Naruto and the two dragon slayers all looked at each other before nodding.
"Okay, let's go!"
Naruto ran along the rooftops, hopping from building to building. 'Okay, where are you Laxus...' He stopped abruptly when a sudden wave of energy hit him. It felt demonic, but familiar at the same time. 'Better go check it out.' He thought as he jumped in the direction he felt the evil energy came from.
Everyone looked at Mira while she stared at Freed.
Coming to a stop on a bridge, he saw a fallen Elfman, Juvia, and Cana.
"Guys!" Naruto ran over and checked each one of them for injuries. They all seemed okay, just unconscious.
His attention was caught by a bright light followed by an explosion. "Mira...Chan?"
Mirajane's appearance had drastically changed. Her hair was now floating straight up in a wild fashion, and her ears were long and pointy. Her arms were covered in scaly gauntlets, complete with sharp claws. Instead of her usual dress, she was wearing a one-piece suit that reveal most of her belly. Crack-like lines ran along parts of her skin. All and all, she straight-up looked like a demon.
Lissanna smiled as realised that Mira had accepted her demon powers at this point making her very happy.
"That's Nee-Chan's... Satan Soul." Elfman grumbled, now awake, and Naruto helped him up. "I never thought I would see it again, that power..."
Naruto watched in astonishment as Mirajane pummeled her foe, who also looked demonic himself.
Seeing the blonde's bewildered expression, Elfman explained. "Satan Soul is a magic that allows the user to take over the form, power, and abilities of a demon."
The ninja's eyes widened. 'A demon?'
"Naruto…" Mira said quietly thinking their situations were oddly similar.
They continued to watch the seemingly one sided match until Mirajane ended up on top of the green haired man, ready to finish him off with a fist reared back.
Naruto was about to interfere but was stopped by Elfman. "What are you-" He stopped when the man shook his head and just watched. Doing the same, Naruto watched as the white-haired beauty reverted back to her normal self.
Mira looked thoughtful as she realised that her and Naruto were basically kindred spirits in certain aspects. She wondered if her other would make the connection later in the book. Mavis looked interestedly at the model as she knew that the person who could relate to Naruto the most in terms of his burned was Mira.
Cana had long since woken up and walked over to the two boys, leaning onto Naruto's shoulder when she couldn't walk anymore. "There's just no stopping that girl, is there?"
"That was the last of them right? Now all that's left is Laxus himself." Naruto slammed a fist into his hand. "Time to teach that guy a lesson." He then walked over to Juvia, who was still unconscious. "But first..." He said as he picked the girl up. "We should get you guys back to the guild."
"Finally done!" Macao declared as he stretched and gave the book back to Mavis.
"Mavis thought to herself. 'Maybe it is time to bring somebody else over son but who?'
AN2: Guys I know I shouldn't ask people this but honestly reviews are the ONLY way I can see if you like a chapter or not. I don't keep track but it does help motivate to keep writing. I read them all but typically only respond to ones that I feel need to be said. (there is only a certain number of 'thanks for the review' I can give you know?)
When do you want FS Lucy to come in? (FS Juvia is staying but Virgo may retire as I don't know how much I can get out of her), She is next so yeah…. Afterwards other characters can come in but she is next.
I read it over a few times for edits but SpiritSage124 is super busy rght now so normal formal beta.