Deliora's roar was so devastating the people from the village could hear it. It could be heard from everywhere in the island and even from the water surrounding it.
"Finally! The moment is here!" Zalty cheered.
Naruto grunted at Zalty. 'He's getting on my nerves, I'm going to have to put him under a genjutsu'
"What the heck was that noise, it sounded like some kind of monster growling!" Lucy spoke in horror.
"It was probably just your stomach Lucy!" Happy teased even at the serious moment right now.
"You know, you're not half as funny as you think you are." Lucy said irately.
"So, do you think that sound might have been Deliora?" Erza asked nervously.
"Oh no, you mean...they brought it back to life!?" Lucy shrieked in terror.
"See that purple light!? That's the moon drip!" Happy gasped, pointing over to the purple magic circle and the moonlight dipping through it.
Then, it came again. The ear destroying roar of Deliora.
"Must be..." Erza muttered. 'Naruto...I hope you've gotta plan!'
"Hey! You need to eat somthin!" Happy demanded.
"And you need to shut your trap before I hurt you!" Lucy snapped.
"That may be the demon growling but someone's still preforming the moon drip ceremony up there. Which means they haven't fully revived it yet so that means we have a chance to do something! Come on!" Erza commanded as she began running away.
"Uuh, Deliora's below us!" Lucy said dumbfounded.
"Putting a stop to the ceremony is our only hope! We've gotta hurry!" Erza shouted over.
Zalty chuckled.
Naruto eyed him in annoyance. "And what do you think you're laughing at?"
Naruto leaped over to him, activating his sharingan. The intense red tomato eyes were enough to shut Zalty up as he stared in fear.
"What the..your eyes..." Zalty wasn't able to say no more as he slowly began to fall over unconscious. Naruto fixed his eyes, he noticed the scent he a whiff of wasn't that of a man, but the scent of lady's perfume.
'That's interesting.' Naruto thought, as he got back up to his feet.
Natsu gasped. "What'd you just do Naruto?"
Naruto looked back to Natsu who froze in silence as he stared into the blood red sharingan. "Your...your eyes Naruto...whats...what happened to it!?" Natsu asked in concern.
"This is called the sharingan, I used it to put Zalty under a genjutsu...an illusion. It isn't a powerful genjutsu but it is still enough to knock him out for a good few hours. Because at the moment...I don't want distraction while fighting Deliora." Naruto explained, deactivating his dojutsu.
"Oh..." Natsu replied but realized that Naruto...was nowhere to be seen.
"Hey where'd he go!?"
And just in time, Erza, Lucy and Happy reached the top of the temple. With one powerful swipe, Erza struck down Toby with her sword. Effectively stopping the moon drip.
"So...this guy was doing it all by himself?" Happy said in disbelief.
"Too late! It's over! The ceremony's already been completed." Toby finally said.
Erza grunted in frustration.
Deliora emerged, now fully freed from the ice that encased it.
"No way..." Lucy muttered in absolute terror.
"What is this? Something really terrible is happening!" The village chief Moka said grimly.
"We have to get off the island chief!" A villager panicked, grabbing Moka's arm, attempting to tug him away from Bobo's gravestone.
"I'm staying! You and the others can go! I'm not going to leave this place behind!" Moka said stubbornly, holding onto his son's gravestone desperately.
Gray looked up at Deliora in disbelief. His nightmare has come true. The ice that was Ur has melted and the demon Deliora has been freed again.
Gray bent own, scooping up the water that came from Ur's ice in his hand before letting it drip back down to let it flow along with the ice water that melted from Ur's ice. He gazed in sorrow, his bangs covering his eyes.
"Thank you." He whispered.
"Hey! What're you doin here!?" Natsu questioned.
"Natsu!" Gray said.
"There's only one thing we can do now! We gotta take that thing down!" Natsu resolved.
"Neither one of you...are strong enough. But I am, I will defeat it!" Lyon said as he crawled on the ground.
"Lyon..." Gray muttered.
"I'm going to surpass Ur...finally!" Lyon laughed.
"You can't fight! You can't even get up off the floor!" Natsu cried.
Deliora roared once again as Lyon gazed upon it triumphantly.
"I've waited so long! For this moment!" Lyon said.
'You're looking for the most powerful wizard? Well I'd say Ur's gotta be the strongest around here. She's been holed up in the mountains ever since she lost her daughter a few years back. I swear I've never met another wizard as skilled as she is." A man said.
Lyon looked up in amazement.
'Wow...Ur! You think she'll teach me magic?'
"She was strong, but still not strong enough to kill that demon. I'm going to do the one thing Ur never could!" Lyon vowed.
'It's bad enough yo took that punk in! Now you're teaching him magic too!?' Lyon shouted in dismay.
'He told me he wanted to learn, is that a problem?' Ur asked.
'You don't need him! You've already got me to take the place of your daughter!' Lyon shouted carelessly, in which got him a slap on the cheek
Lyon clutched his cheek as he looked up at Ur who leaned down and looked him sternly in the eye.
'Lyon, let's get this straight. I've never once thought of you as replacement for my daughter. You are who you are, you're my adorable student.'
"Finally! My dream will be...fulfilled!" Lyon stated in pride.
But Gray has had enough of Lyon's nonsense and decided to knock him out cold by striking him hard on his nape and Lyon fell to the ground unconscious.
Gray then got into the stance of the Iced Shell, ready to seal the demon away once again.
"You've caused enough trouble, I'll clean up the mess you've made. I'll seal the demon myself! Iced-Shut the hell up all of you!" A voice cut off.
Gray gasped and looked over in surprise, he stopped what he was doing. Gray and Natsu turned around the see Naruto standing with his arms crossed over his chest beside Lyon.
"Naruto!" Gray and Natsu shouted.
"And where the hell have you been?" Natsu demanded furiously.
"Nowhere, but I finally figured it out, it took me while, but I did it." Naruto replied, walking over beside Gray.
"Go away Naruto! I don't want to accidentally seal you in ice when I'm trying to seal Deliora!" Gray shouted.
"I could tell you the same exact thing!" Naruto glared, walking over to stand beside Gray, brushing against his shoulder and pushing Gray aside so that he was directly facing the demon.
"What're you thinking Naruto! Just let me do this!" Gray shouted in anger, running over to him, attempting to push out of the way in the same fashion Naruto did.
But Naruto easily stood unfazed and flung his arm in a swipe, easily sending Gray flying back and his back hit against the rock hard wall. He groaned, "Naruto...please stop! Let me do this!"
'I understand everything... Deliora was never alive, he was dead all along.' Naruto finalized.
Naruto narrowed his eyes, 'Which means it should be quite easy to kill him.'
Naruto closed his eyes, he held his arm out, flexing his fist and stretching out his fingers. Concentrating, Naruto made sure to only gather a slight amount of chakra to to the sole of his fist.
Finally, Naruto leaped high above the ground and Deliora, he eyed the demon before curling his hands into a fist and charged down at Deliora. Naruto extended his arm back and slammed his fist into the skull of Deliora.
Naruto released his fist and leaped back onto the ground where Deliora began cracking into pieces like a piece of glass on the verge of shattering.
Deliora exploded from everywhere and finally went down to a pile of dust and ashes.
Lyon was dumbfounded, Gray was astonished and Natsu finally realized what Naruto's plan was.
"Impossible!" Lyon shouted in disbelief.
"So...Deliora...was already dead!" Lyon said, realization hitting him hard.
Naruto nodded, "It took me a while, I sensed something off the moment I came down and saw the actual physical demon encased in ice."
Gray's eyes nearly popped out of his eyes as he gaped in utter shock. Natsu grunted in confusion before finally fully understanding the situation.
"So, is that the reason why you wanted to really fight with Deliora. You already had a feeling didn't you." Natsu said, amazement in his voice.
"So Naruto...you knew all along. You certainly are very clever." Gray muttered.
"Sorry for doubting you Naruto." Natsu apologized.
Naruto shrugged, "It's cool."
All while Lyon sobbed in sorrow and disappointment.
The ground rumbled and water leaked out of the temple like multiple waterfalls.
"What's going on!?" Happy wondered.
"I don't know!" Lucy replied.
"For ten years...Ur has gradually depleted the demon's life force. And what we just saw...were nothing but its last dying breaths! My dream is dead, there's no hope now...I will never surpass Ur!" Lyon choked as he punched the ground in fury.
"Wow, your teacher was pretty awesome!" Natsu smiled.
'I freed you from the darkness Gray..I've sealed it away forever!'
Gray broke down into tears.
"You saved my life again! Thank you Ur!" Gray muttered.
Natsu grinned. Naruto walked over to Gray, looked up and smiled.
"Masters are great aren't they?" Naruto said.
Gray looked up at him in surprise. "What do you mean?"
Naruto gave Gray a sad expression, his deep blue eyes full of sorrow, full of pain and smiled.
Naruto placed a hand on Gray's shoulder, "Gray, Ima need you to step back."
Gray lifted a brow. "Why?"
"Just do it." Naruto said firmly.
Gray nodded and stepped back, standing beside Natsu. Gray looked at Naruto in concern and curiosity. 'That look, for some reason...it was full of pain and suffering. And those eyes, it's like they were drained of life. Something tells me this guy has gone through some serious stuff.' Gray thought.
"What's he gonna do?" Natsu asked. Gray shrugged.
"I guess we'll just have to watch and see." Gray said anxiously.
Naruto breathed in a breath and closed his eyes. He stepped onto the water and stayed on top. Much to Gray and Natsu's shock once again.
"Holy hell! He can stand on top of water too!? This guy is too much." Natsu awed. Gray nodded in agreement.
Naruto bit his thumb and a hint of blood splashed out. He preformed a series of hand signs before slamming his palm down onto the water and a series of markings appeared, marking the whole entire body of water in the area. Naruto then clasped his hands together, forming a tiger hand sign.
"Seal of Life!" Naruto hollered. Gray and Natsu gasped as they notice the water began drying up and it begun to slowly form into the figure of a female body.
Gray watched intently, eyeing the body. "No way...don't tell me he's doing what I think he's doing..."
Until finally, the female body formed into master Ur.
Gray immediately teared up and Lyon watched in utter shock. Natsu was completely dazed by what just happened.
"Ur!" Gray shouted, running over to her. Ur looked over and smiled happily as she saw her precious Gray run over to her, ready to embrace her in his arms.
Ur held open her arms, welcoming it. And Gray, not giving a damn that she was completely naked took her into his arms.
"Oh Gray! You're so grown up and big right now!" Ur smiled.
All while Naruto stood up and smiled at the reunion, a small trail of blood leaking from his mouth. Naruto frowned, 'damn, that used up more chakra than I thought'
Natsu noticed the blood that leaked from Naruto mouth, he looked over.
"Hey buddy you alright?" Natsu asked in concern.
Naruto nodded, "I'm fine, it's just my first time using the jutsu. So I'm not quite used to it and the amount of chakra it uses. But I am fine, don't you worry Natsu."
Naruto then struggled to stand up straight, nearly toppling over if it wasn't for Natsu. "Thanks Natsu, I'm fine now."
Naruto wiped the blood from his mouth. He watched the tearful reunion of master and student. Boy does it bring him nostalgia.
Naruto took off the Kusanagi from his back and handed it over to Natsu. "Hold this for me Natsu."
Natsu immediately took it and swung it over his shoulder.
Naruto then took off his large red sage coat, walked over to Ur as she let go of Gray. He then gently placed the coat over her so that she would have something to cover her body up.
Gray smiled at Naruto gratefully. "Thank you...Naruto."
Ur smiled, "What a strange incident, but what and honor to meet such a legendary figure."
"And you. You've done many great things and you've taught your students well." Naruto praised. Ur looked at him admirably.
Lyon...who finally finds the strength to stand himself up walks over to his fellow master and sibling student.
"Ur...I'm...sorry..."Lyon apologized guiltily. Ur sighed, "Oh Lyon, come here."
Lyon quickly lunged at her, embracing her in sobs. "I'm so sorry! I'm so sorry! Never again, I promise."
Naruto chuckled before hearing the upbeat voice of Lucy calling out to them as she waved happily.
"Hey you guys!"
Erza and Happy followed along. Erza sighed in relief when she saw her team and Naruto safe and sound.
Lucy, Erza and Happy both froze and their jaws dropped to the floor when they say Ur.
Naruto looked over and saw the girls speechless.
He laughed and walked over to them.
"Naruto...what's going on? What happened? Is that...Ur?" Erza asked.
"Yeah, I used a special sealing jutsu to bring her back and it turns out Deliora was already dead so it only took one hit in order to kill it." Naruto explained.
"I see." Erza said.
Happy flew over to Natsu, happily cuddling into his arms. Natsu was pretty happy to see him as well. But as soon as he saw Erza, he jumped out of his spot and attempted to run away, but Erza immediately caught him effortlessly.
Gray went over to Lyon and helped him up, looping his arm around his shoulder. Grinning at him happily, glad that his childhood friend was finally coming to his senses.
"Here Naruto, your sword." Natsu said, walking up and handing back the Kusanagi to Naruto.
"Thanks."
Naruto was approached by Gray, Lyon and Ur. He turned over to look at the happy trio as he swung the Kusanagi onto his back.
"Thank you Naruto." Lyon thanked.
"Yeah...thanks Naruto. I don't know how you are here, but I'll tell you something. I sure am glad as hell you are." Gray chuckled.
"No problem. So what's gonna happen, are you gonna join Fairy Tail Ur?" Naruto asked.
Ur shook her head, "No...I'm going to head back to the mountains. Thank you for bringing me back to life. You really are legendary, you aren't called it for nothing."
Naruto chuckled and shook his head in modesty. "You are legendary, sealing the demon away, managing to deplete this demon of it's power and saving your precious students."
Ur titled her head in curiosity. She was no fool, she noticed the deep sorrow and sadness in Naruto's baby blue eyes.
Something must have happened. "Have you had any masters or mentors before?" She asked.
Naruto smiled sadly, "Yes." He simply replied. Gray narrowed his eyes at Naruto, 'So...what happened to them?'
But Gray dared not to ask, he knew not to beat on up unstable rocks. Erza and Lucy also noticed the little conversation between Ur and Naruto and like Gray, wanted to know more about Naruto.
The group finally began walking out back to the surface. But Naruto hand one final thing on his mind.
"Hey." He called. The group looked back at him with curious faces.
"What is it Naruto?" Erza asked, a little nervous crack subtle in her voice.
"You guys go on without me, I still have unfinished business to take care of. Don't worry about me, I'll be fine. I will meet you guys back up there soon." Naruto assured.
Erza looked back at the group and sighed, "Okay. Be careful."
Naruto nodded. And with that, the group went on without him.
-Meanwhile-
Zalty groaned as he opened his eyes, waking up to the horrible ache in his head and the painful bruise that he felt in his hips.
Finally, Zalty's eyes were wide open. He saw himself still underground alone where Deliora was. He also noticed that the demon was no longer there.
Instead, he only found the shattered remnants of Deliora. In rage, he slammed his fist into the ground and screamed in rage.
Very easily and much to Naruto's annoyance, disrupting his peaceful zen mode. Where he sat on top of the water, his legs in criss cross form, his hands pressed together in a meditation form and his eyes closed.
Naruto sighed in dismay and immediately jumped to his feet and looked at the disheveled petite masked man sitting on the ground throwing an immature tantrum.
Seeing that, Naruto couldn't help but chuckle at the stupidity he is seeing. "You know, that's quite the tantrum you're throwing right there!" He teased.
Zalty growled and turned over to see the blond shinobi standing on top of water. "Go to hell."
"I could say the same for you." Naruto said, coldness obvious through his tone of voice.
Zalty grunted. Naruto than began slowly tredding over to the little man.
"And by the way, you can drop the disguise. Don't worry, your secret is safe with me...Miss." Naruto grinned playfully.
Zalty widened his eyes in shock. 'But how!?'
"I don't know what you are talking about. Don't you dare call me a miss, I am a man." Zalty denied stubbornly.
Naruto sighed, "Well, any whoo. I need you to do me a favor."
"Tch, why would I ever help you?" Zalty scoffed. Naruto looked at him with ice cold eyes, his kind baby blue eyes turned to icy blue.
Naruto walked closer over to Zalty and bent down so he was level with Zalty's head and he was face to face with him. His now ice cold eyes staring at him, no sign of kindness was shown.
"Listen to me closely. You will use your powers to revert the now destroyed village back to normal. If you try anything suspicious, I guarantee you will surely regret it. Got that?" Naruto said quietly, his tone deadly.
Naruto's ice cold blue eyes and his deadly tone sent shivers down Zalty's spine. Out of pure fear of him, Zalty nodded. His body trembling.
Naruto than immediately smiled innocently at Zalty and got up and gazed down at him. Naruto walked away, his back turned to Zalty.
"Just to be sure you do exactly as I say, I will be watching you. I definitely do not trust someone like you." Naruto harshly as he looked back with a sting-ray eye.
Zalty only groaned in anger.
"So, who are you really." Naruto asked, his voice softening a little. Zalty sighed with reluctance and decided for some reason only god knows to show him his true form. Or should we say: her.
Zalty than became a drop down gorgeous young woman with long straight black hair and oddly similar features to Ur.
"This, is my true form. My name is Ultear." She said. And to her surprise, Naruto gave her a warm smile.
"You're a beautiful young lady, why hide yourself under a man?" Naruto asked. Ultear smiled at the compliment Naruto gave her.
"That is none of your business." Ultear snapped. Naruto chuckled.
Ur decided to take her leave right away, so Erza decided to give Ur the boat that she and Naruto used to get to Galuna Island.
Gray and Lyon tearfully bid goodbye to their precious master before they parted ways. But their hearts can now rest in ease, knowing that Ur is alive and well.
Erza, Lucy, Natsu and Happy looked on in bitter-sweetness. Ur was alive, but she would once again go back to isolated areas and live out the life she was magically given by Naruto.
Lucy sighed in relief, glad that this mess is now over. "I was really worried for a moment right there! Both Ur and Naruto are amazing!"
Erza perked her head up in realization. "Speaking of Naruto, where is he?" She asked in concern.
"Oh yeah, he said he is staying behind to take care of unfinished business. What do you think he meant? What unfinished business?" Gray wondered.
Erza shrugged. "I don't know."
"Naruto is amazing, you should've seen him. Not only did he defeat Deliora with only a single blow, but he knew all along of Deliora's condition. Naruto was even capable of bringing Ur back to life." Natsu said, still in awe.
'There's still lots to learn about you isn't there?' Erza had in her mind, she smiles. Slightly blushing.
But to their relief, from a distance, they could see sun-kissed blond hair. Instantly, they knew it was Naruto. He waved to the group and smiled.
"Hey Naruto!" Lucy shouted to him. Naruto ran over to meet the group. "Hey guys! So, where is Ur, did she leave already?" He asked.
"Yeah." Erza replied. "I see." Naruto nodded.
Natsu jumped in joy. "We totally finished the S-class quest by ourselves!"
Lucy's eyes sparked in excitement. "You think master Makarov will let us in the second floor now!?" Gray chuckled.
But their joy was quickly washed away whenever Erza sent them a vicious glare. Natsu, Lucy and Happy gaped in panic while Gray only scrunched his eyes in annoyance.
"Oh no! You're still gonna punish us huh!?" Lucy shouted in horror.
"Isn't there something that you all are forgetting? You came to this island to help the villagers. the request was for you to return them to their original form. You still haven't completed your S-class quest yet." Erza pointed out.
"But I don't understand, the curse should be lifted now because Deliora's dead." Lucy said, puzzled.
"Wrong, this curse you keep talking about had nothing to do with the demon. The villagers have been affected by the intense magic energy released by the moon drip spell. In other words, Deliora's death isn't going to change their current situation what so ever." Erza said.
Lucy gasped in fright. "Oh no!"
Naruto and Erza's attention was brought over to Natsu.
"Well than, we better go change them back!" He grinned as he give Happy an excited high-five. "Aye sir!" Happy chirped.
"Yeah, but we don't know how!" Gray voiced in concern. But perking his head up and turning over to look at Lyon, who was sitting on the, still recovering from his wounds.
"Lyon, do you know?" Gray asked in hope.
"To be quite honest, I don't have a clue." Lyon answered bluntly with a serious face.
"You don't know!?" Natsu grunted. "What!" Happy added on.
"They told us the curse started the same time you guys got here!" Lucy inquired.
"When we first arrived three years ago, we were aware that there was a village somewhere on this island. But we had absolutely no reason to communicate with the villagers so we left them alone. And they never came to the temple to see what we were up to see what we were up to." Lyon provided.
"In three years, you've never once met?" Erza said suspiciously. Looking over to Naruto, who was also intrigued by this new information. He too, was attempting to solve the puzzle.
''What are you thinking right now Naruto?" Erza narrowed her eyes.
"I don't understand, the moon drip is so bright, you can practically see anywhere on the island. It's kinda weird that they saw it every night, but they never went to investigate it." Lucy said.
"The villagers weren't transformed by a moon drip, it doesn't effect the human body." Lyon let in. Naruto widened his eyes. 'Hmm, this is getting more and more interesting.'
"What!?" Erza gasped.
"Yeah right! You're just saying that so you and lackeys will be off the hook." Natsu revoked.
"Hold on Natsu, let's hear out Lyon here. He may be right, he may be lying to us. But, there's no harm in learning new, useful information. Actually, the more I learn, the more it makes sense to me. And the more I'm more confident about my theory." Naruto disagreed.
Natsu grunted in frustration. Erza raised a brow in confusion. "Theory?"
Naruto shook his head, "That's not important right now, I can't confirm it right now. Let's just hear out Lyon for now." The group nodded.
"Just think about it, I've been exposed to it longer than they have and my appearance hasn't changed one bit." Lyon stated.
"That's true!" Lucy exclaimed.
Lyon crossed his arms and frowned. "I wouldn't trust them, those villagers are hiding something. But, I'm sure you guild wizards can handle it. Especially since you have the special help of Naruto Uzumaki."
"We're not done with you! You destroyed the village-"
Natsu was cut off when Erza's hand reached over to squeeze Natsu's cheeks, effectively shutting him help. Naruto couldn't help but chuckle.
"That's quite enough Natsu." Erza scolded.
"You really wanna know why we joined Lyon? All because our families were killed by Deliora, and we wanted to get revenge. He convinced us that if we helped him release the demon he would kill it. And it would be gone forever." Toby said sadly.
"There were simply doing what they believed to be right, so there's no need to criticize them for it. Let's go. Erza finally let go of Natsu, walking away.
"Wait, what are we gonna do to lift the curse!?" Natsu shouted.
"I have no idea." Erza simply replied.
"Oh...great. What about you Naruto?" Lucy turned over to her fellow blond. But, to her dismay, Naruto shrugged. She sighed.
Gray than turned back over to peer at his childhood friend. Uncomfortable with Gray looking at him, Lyon gave Gray an unfriendly glare.
"What are you looking at?" He snapped.
"I know you don't wanna hear it, but you really should join a guild. You might make new friends, meet new rivals and maybe even find a new dream to live for." Gray told.
Lyon scoffed, shrugging it off. "Whatever, just..get out of here."
Gray smirked.
Erza than walked over to Naruto, seeing how she noticed him glancing at her as they were hearing Ly. Like, she knew they were thinking exactly the same thing. Erza had no idea why, but ever since spending more and more time with Naruto, she's gained a connection to him. Slowly, he is taking down the wall he's built for himself.
Erza wanted to believe that eventually Naruto would finally open up slowly. He only needed time.
"Are you thinking what I'm thinking right now?" She asked. "Are thinking that the villagers' true forms isn't really human, but they're actually demons." Naruto asked.
"And the real reason why the moon is purple is because of a shield caused by the moon drip, giving the moon a purple look." Erza continued.
"And that the villagers must've lost their memories as well?" Naruto finished. He smirked and looked over to Erza who grinned smugly at him.
He was thinking exactly the same thing as she was. "So is there a plan?" Naruto asked. "I was hoping you'd have one. No worries, I got it." Erza assured. Naruto nodded.
"That's weird, where is everybody?" Happy wondered.
"You sure they came here?" Natsu asked in doubt.
"Yeah, this is their camp! I wonder where they could've gone." Lucy said.
"Hello!" Happy called out, attempting to call out to any stranding villagers.
Naruto's lit up in hope. 'Could the villagers have gone back to the village. Did she really restore the village?'
"You finally made it back! There's something you need to see. Please, follow me to the village." A villager cried in joy as he came running in.
The villagers rejoiced in happiness, glad to see their precious village restored and back to normal.
Naruto smirked, 'She really did it.'
"Whoa! Are you kidding me!?" Lucy gaped in shock.
"Yesterday it was a total mess, but now it looks perfect!" Happy noticed.
"What's going here? The village is back to normal, it's like it went back in time!" Natsu shouted in baffle as he banged his fist against a village hut, still in doubt.
Lucy deadpanned, "Now that it's fixed, you probably shouldn't touch anything. K Natsu?"
Natsu didn't that line very well, he turned over to Lucy in irritation. "Are you saying I destroy everything I touch!?
"Well, kinda." Lucy simply replied.
"Wait, back in time?" Natsu perked. He put a hand under his chin, trying to figure out whether it was really Zalty that fixed the village.
"Was it him? Nah, it couldn't be. Unless he had a change of heart..." Natsu trailed off but turned over and walked over nonchalantly.
"Ahh who cares!" He blew off. "Not me!" Happy beamed.
"What are you talking about? Oh, I forgot about out stuff!" Lucy suddenly realized.
Again, Moka sat in front of Bobo's grave. Still unable to part himself away from it. Lucy saw and approached him slowly.
'Bobo's grave is back. I'm so glad, and I'm sure the chief must be relieved.' Lucy thought in relief.
"You and your wizard friends used magic to restore our village, didn't you?" Moka said, twisting his head around to look at the busty blond.
"Uuh, well sir...that's not-I can't tell you how much I appreciate it. However I must now, when are you wizards finally going to destroy the moon for!? WELL!?" He blurted. Lucy had no words for him.
"Destroying the moon is a simple task sir." Erza assured. Naruto came in beside her and nodded in agreement. "I agree with her."
"What the...did she just say that with a straight face? And am I going crazy or did Naruto just agree to her idea?" Gray said in awe.
"Aye, maybe they both gone crazy." Happy inquired.
"But before I do that, I need to ask you all a few questions. Would you assemble everyone for a meeting?" Erza requested.
"Let me make sure I have my facts straight, the first time the villagers took on these demonic forms was when the moon began to turn purple, is that correct?" Erza said.
"Yes, during the day we're fine. But when the moon comes out, we transform into what we see now." Moka responded.
"And the moon first turned purple three years ago." Erza continued.
"Wow, has it really been that long?" Villager 1 asked in shock. "Yeah." Another replied.
"We've learned that the moon drip ceremony on this island every night for the last three years. And each night it produced a light so brilliant you couldn't possibly have missed it."Erza confirmed.
"Hey Erza watch out!" Naruto shouted in warning, quickly rushing over, just in time to catch Erza's wrist, preventing her from falling.
"Whoa...even Lucy's pitfall trap got Erza! If it wasn't for Naruto, she would've fallen!" Happy said. Natsu and Gray only nodded.
With ease, Naruto pulled Erza up and with the help of him, she slowly hoisted herself up from the pit.
"Are you okay?" Naruto asked, looking into her eyes with big blue eyes. Erza's face dropped hints of a light shaded blush.
"Y-yes. Thank you Naruto." Erza replied, slowly walking away from Naruto.
"So anyway, back to the subject. Didn't you all wonder where the light was coming from?" Erza resumed.
"I don't understand, why won't anyone investigate?" Erza asked.
The villagers began murmuring to each other, sweat drops appeared on their faces.
"Well, we would've looked into it, but according to village lore, our people must never go near that temple." Moka answered with a tremble.
"But who cares about village lore when your own people are dying? You obviously knew there was a problem because you contacted the magic guilds!" Lucy said.
There was a long silence, Erza gazed at the villagers and back to Naruto. He only glanced at her, encouraging her to keep pressing for the truth. Assuming that was his message, Erza continued on.
"Why don't you tell us what's really going?" Erza demanded.
"To be honest, we don't even know that ourselves. Allow me to explain. We've tried to investigate the light many times. We'd take up weapons we never had to use. I trimmed and styled my sideburns, and than we ventured into the jungle towards the temple. But we could never get near it! We'd get close enough that we could see it through the trees, and suddenly, we'd find ourselves back at the village gates." Moka explained.
Lucy gave a look of concern, "But, how's that possible? It doesn't make sense!"
"We got into the temple without problem at all. How weird." Natsu said in suspicion.
Naruto furrowed his brows, 'I don't think the villagers are what they proclaim to be.'
"We didn't say anything to you because we were worried you wouldn't believe us." Villager 1 reasoned.
"We're telling you the truth! We've tried to go back to the temple many times." Villager 2 said.
"But not a single villager was able to get inside!" Villager 3 said in fright.
Erza nodded, finally fully understanding the real problem, she looked over to Naruto, who also seemed to have solved the puzzle.
"I get it now. You do too, don't you Naruto?" She called out. Naruto nodded his head.
Lucy, Gray and Natsu gazed in utter puzzlement.
From afar, Zalty chuckled. "Impressive Titania, Naruto Uzumaki. I should've known it wouldn't have taken you long to figure it out. Tch, that damned Naruto."
Erza began transforming her armor, walking away. "Natsu, Naruto, come with me. I need your help to destroy the moon."
Naruto smirked and Natsu chuckled in triumphant and excitement.
All while Lucy, Gray and Happy gaped in complete utter shock.
Snazzycake101-Hey guys! So...I lowkey procrastinated on my homework to work on this for you guys. I haven't updated in a while, so, this extra long chapter is the reward for you guys' support and patience! I hope you enjoyed it Also, yes bringing Ur back was cool, I honestly wouldn't know how to fit her into the story so I just sent her away. I'll bring her in occasionally though, so don't fret. Erza and Naruto got moments! yayyy! I hope you enjoyed, thank you guys for the support, love and patience! I LOVE YOU GUYS!
DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN NARUTO OR FAIRY TAIL IN ANY WAY SHAPE OR FORM
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