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"Demonic Speaking" or Dragon talk… or whatever I really want to phrase in a cool voice of my choosing
'Demonic Thinking'
"Normal Speaking"
'Normal Thinking' or crazy thoughts
Flash Back, Sarcastic reference, or some other importance.
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or Fairytail and any of the characters or products or any of its storyline I don't even own the thoughts I give my own characters so all credit goes to the original owners. But in brighter news Naruto is amazing and so is Fairytail.
Plz don't think about filing a law suit against me =), it's not like I'm making ANY MONEY off of these I do it solely for Fun and the joy of others and because I'm bored, and because I feel like I owe the community after reading so many different amazing fanfictions. Though you have those stupid Yaoi's and crazy stories that make no sense and are poorly written. ANYWAY's to all those big Anime companies please don't sue me just enjoy the story
-Chapter 10-
"Why are we doing this again" asked Naruto draped in his hood and cloak as everyone prepared for some race that he had yet to garner the meaning of.
"Ahh my boy you must take joy in even the simplest of life's pleasures" said Makarov sitting on a chair he had layed out for himself as he watched several guild members arrive ready for the start of the event. He was glad that Naruto was talking to him if no one else besides Erza
Since last week when Naruto and Erza seemingly patched things up he could be spotted standing in the corner of the guild watching over Erza or by her side as she entered or left the guild.
"But a twenty four hour endurance race, you still have to rebuild the guild and only the first floor of the main hall is done!" exclaimed Naruto
"All water under the bridge my boy"
"That doesn't make sense in this situation" said Naruto before throwing his hands up in the air in exasperation "Nevermind I'll be off preparing for this race you're so intent on me performing in"
Disappearing into the air Makarov couldn't see the smirk of mischievous plans on Naruto's face.
Elsewhere
"Ohh baby I missed you" Naruto before he hugged the object of his affections
Rubbing his hand all over he talked with in a sexy tone "You like that don't you being rubbed down now let me hear you pur" said Naruto before reaching up and grabbing something gently but with a firm grip caressing the object
Twisting his hand slightly he smiled as the engine revved loudly and the wheels to his new Light bike were spinning with intense speed as they rotated on a set of opposite wheels preventing the bike from rushing forward and slamming not just into the wall but inevitably through it.
He would forever remember his old bike but it paled in comparison to his new one. With a much more expanded knowledge on the workings of a lacrima powered vehicle Naruto was able to increase his bikes top speed and at the same time make it suck up just as much magic as the last bike. Though that never seemed to be a problem seeing that the bike can absorb light just as he can since it's shell is coated in what he likes to call Lacrima paint.
Basically you crush the Lacrima's into a very fine powder and mix it in with some black paint which absorbs light best. Next you cover an object with it or in the case the hull of his bike. Placing storage lacrima at key points you can store hours of travel time in the bike by simply letting it absorb the rays of the sun.
"You will be my key as I crush the guild in their own event leaving no doubt that I am the fastest in Fairy Tail….. Where'd that come from" asked Naruto to himself as he looked around before shrugging returning to a counter in the garage of his home.
Grabbing a small new towel and a bottle of polish he began for the third time that day to polish his bike leaving nothing but a new stealthy black.
The only major difference in term of looks between the old bike and this new one was that it was slightly smaller since the last one had been so unnecessarily large being able to seat three people. This new model only sat two people albeit they sat comfortably it wasn't anywhere near the amount of space the last bike had. You could include the fact that it was shinier and looked like a really expensive toy but that really didn't qualify.
With Erza
Already in her running gear which was magically enhanced to help prevent exhaustion and muscle cramps Erza went through some stretching motions making sure that her body wouldn't tighten up and lose her the race.
'No I must win this race…..i am the Titania and to do anything less than perfect would shame me' thought Erza though her true thoughts were of a certain blonde being impressed by her and perhaps kissing her as a reward for her efforts.
Erza blushed at her thoughts but while stretching it simply looked like she was stretching with some serious effort. It had been a week since she had proclaimed her love towards Naruto and she couldn't be happier that she did. Everyday she would wake to the warm feeling of Naruto's magic though he wouldn't be there.
She long suspected that he simply snuck in at night and slept on the floor. She tried staying up one night to catch him sneaking into her room but sleep overtook her somehow.
'I wonder if he picked some up from Mystogan' thought Erza since it was well known throughout Fiore that Mystogan and Draigo where partners especially after they took down a higher level dark guild in the Balam alliance. It was probably one of the reasons why Naruto or Draigo got looked at to become a wizard saint though many of his own personal take downs are legendary as well
She had even heard that he hunted down Dark guild in the desert which had up until his arrival been alluding the Rune Knights for months. Apparently when he showed up he didn't just defeat his opponents he beat them to an inch of their life some would never walk again and one man even lost an arm. It was by far the most violent take down he had throughout his career as Draigo.
'Maybe I should ask him if the rumors are true' thought Erza finishing up her stretches before lightly jogging in place and walking over to the starting line where everyone was gathering.
Walking up to Natsu she heard the Dragon slayer boast about something
"There's no way any of you are going to beat me this year…. Not with my secret weapon" said Natsu with a gleam in his eyes
"Ohh and what is this secret weapon of yours. Surely someone like you couldn't have thought something up" said Gray getting a glare from Natsu
"What'd you say Ice Brains" said Natus butting heads with Gray
"You heard me lizard eyes"
"Enough!" called out Makarov jumping onto a small stand by the start of the race that he had yet again set up for himself so his children wouldn't begin fighting to get a better view of him and probably destroy the starting line in the process
"Now is everyone here" asked Makarov getting people to look left and right
Meanwhile a reporter was taking pictures left and right making sure to capture all of the popular mages of Fairy Tail like Natsu Dragneel and Gray Fullbuster who were still butting heads but keeping silent as they lightly growled at each other.
Looking around Erza failed to spot Naruto In the crowd
"Draigo isn't here" said Erza getting everyone's attention as they realized that Draigo was indeed no there.
It was rather odd to call Naruto by his alias but he had asked her to keep it a secret from the guild and much to her embarrassment he asked right after their heated make out sessions last week. She secretly glared at Mirajane from the corner of her eye the woman in question standing innocently next to the guild master.
Indeed Mira was innocent of most things but Erza only saw foul play as Mirajane had been the one to interrupt her session with Naruto with her knocking…. 'Damn you Mira' thought Erza
"Well I'll give him five minutes to show up but then I'm going to have to disqualify him" said Makarov with a an old man tone about him
"Who are you going to disqualify" said Naruto appearing next to Makarov causing the old man to jump in surprise before landing with dignity ontop one of the racing poles.
Regaining his composure Makarov was about to begin but a flash of light stopped him and a loud impact sound from below caught his attention
Holding the Sorcerer Weekly writer by the throat with his right hand Naruto had the tip of his blade directly in front of his face
"Who are you…. You're not from Tartarus are you" asked Naruto holding his blade closer to the reporter who was shaking not with fear but with excitement but to all those around it looked a lot like fear
"Draigo!" hissed Erza loudly getting him to turn in her direction and drop the reporter when he saw her pissed off look
"I swear I didn't do it, it was Natsu" said Naruto without missing a beat
"WHAT! I haven't done anything" yelled Natsu before being sent rolling thanks to a kick to the face from Erza
"Well that settles that problem" said Erza getting the guild to sweatdrop "BUT why have you attacked the reporter" pointing at the man in question so Naruto knew who she was talking about
Looking down Naruto noticed that the man was writing all of this down and his camera just developed a rather good looking picture of him even if his face was mostly hidden his arms were looking pretty good.
Leaning down Naruto picked up the picture "Damn I look good" said Naruto getting yet another sweatdrop from the guild
"Ok let's just say that Draigo had a panic attack or something and get on with this already" said Makarov jumping down to his stand.
"Now here are the rules….. there will be no use of flying magic as that was petitioned last year" said Makarov getting Happy to deflate.
"Now everyone get ready" said Makarov pointing his finger in the air
Ignoring as Makarov started to count down Naruto walked over to Erza who was looking forward intent on winning the race
She barely held back her surprise when Naruto kissed her on the cheek and caused her to stumble out of her standing jog.
Looking over her shoulder and blushing she saw Naruto stand there completely relaxed "Aren't you going to prepare" she asked
"No unlike some people I really do have a secret weapon for this race" said Naruto smiling as he rolled his eyes in Natsu's direction getting a smile from Erza " A-And if you want y-you could join me" asked Naruto upset with himself for suttering slightly a clear sign of how nervous he was
"Ok" said Erza almost too fast for her liking. She had only really had her eyes on this race to impress Naruto and maybe get some alone time with him which had been lacking since there walks to Fairy Hills and to the guild were always quite and he would usually go off into the corner when they were at the guild.
"Well just wait for everyone to go and then I can pull out the weapon" said Naruto putting his fingers up for emphasis on weapon
"AND GO!" yelled Makarov pointing off into the distance
Rushing off right on the get go Jet one of the more popular mages used his speed magic to begin running so fast in fact that a large dust cloud swept over everyone.
The first to emerge from the dust cloud was Natsu his fist on fire as he used them to propel him similar to how one propels a rocket.
Everyone shortly followed after him several like elfman shouting out how they would win though most left out the part about being a man.
Waving a hand within the dust cloud everything cleared revealing Naruto standing in front of Erza his cloak lifted on one side to prevent any dust from hitting the both of them.
"Well I'm pretty confident that we could probably wait a couple of hours before starting and still win… but let's assure my… I mean our victory" said Naruto backing up some distance from Erza before throwing his hand on the floor
Not even a second later a vehicle started to materialize before Erza one that she barely recognized as Naruto's light bike. She'd seen it once during the Lullaby incident but she didn't get a really good look at it.
"What's this" asked Erza walking up to the vehicle and poking it out of curiosity
"This is the thing that I love second most In this world" said Naruto already a bottle of polish and a clean cloth in his hand as he wiped away the smudge Erza left behind.
"What's the first" asked Erza blushing lightly though she already knew the answer
"That would be gold" said Naruto getting Erza to facefault but she never hit the floor as Naruto picked her up
"I'm just kidding that's the third thing" said Naruto as he allowed Erza to stand up on her own but she had an angry look and she was tapping her foot to the floor.
Waiting a second and noticing that she continued to simply look away from him an angry look plastered on her face Naruto walked up to her with a serious expression
"Please don't do that…. Don't deny me your eyes" said Naruto in a sad tone which genuinely surprised Erza as she looked back at him and she felt her chest warm at the sight of his down expression fading away for a happier one.
"I'm sorry I didn't mean to upset you" said Erza
"It's alright I'm sorry for playing the joke and I want you to know that I do love you more than anything in this world" said Naruto grabbing her hands softly
"I know… but let's get over all the sad stuff and continue on ok" said Erza gripping his hands in a assuring manner.
"Alright then come one we got some catching up to do" proclaimed Naruto before sitting down on his Light bike two helmets materialzing next to him on both sides of the bike.
"Here you go" said Naruto passing Erza one of the helmets
"Thanks" said Erza before getting on the bike blushing slightly at the close contact between her and Naruto before she slipped on the helmet which fit perfectly. Not just well but literally perfect it conformed to her face and head perfectly like it was tailored just for her.
Feeling something lock her legs in place she was surprised to see that she was now locked against the bike or at least her legs where.
"Before you ask just trust me when I say that this thing is fast" said Naruto revving the engine which made a beautiful revving sound.
"Let's go!" yelled Naruto his helmet already on muffling his sounds but Erza heard him perfectly as it was broadcasted through her helmet.
Releasing the brake and turning the throttle Naruto and Erza disappeared on the light bike rushing in the direction of their objective
"Woah would you guess that Draigo and the Titania where so close, this is going to make headlines for sure" said the reporter holding a video camera for credible evidence. So proud was he that he held the camera up in the air like it was a blessing.
Looking to the side Makarov paled as a sword passed over his head and flew by only to impale the camera the man was holding up. Now the camera and the data still had a chance to be recovered had it not been for the sword to glow red and melt the camera it had pinned to the wall.
"Noooooooooo" cried the reporter in hysteria
Back with Everyone else
"If I don't at least come in second then how can I ever consider myself a man" said Elfman his veins showing as he surged ahead of the group though he was still far behind Natsu who had gained a huge lead with his fire boosters.
Taking a step he was surprised when the floor turned into ice causing him to slip and fall as Gray skated by him
"Better luck next year" said Gray before hitting a wall which seemed to appear out of nowhere
"Better watch out for my solid script" said Levy creating a lot of obstacles for everyone to get by such as holes, ice, fire, and her wall which was literally the words W.A.L.L all going a cross with metal in between them to maintain its original purpose of being a wall not just letters.
Not moments later however something flew by them to fast and to bright for them to see and some people even stopped running believing it to be some sort of hallucination
With Naruto
"Ahhh this is crazy you almost hit everyone back there" said Erza screaming into her helmet
"Nonsense…. This is crazy" said Naruto putting his magic into the boost section of the bike to shift as it took on a narrower and much more sleek design before shooting off at an even faster pace if that was even possible at this point.
"Just relax" said Naruto finding it slightly hard to breath as Erza was squeezing the life out of him
"It's going to take us at least an hour to get there so why don't you…. Wait up I'll finish that thought in a second" said Naruto as they caught up to Jet who was smirking confidently as he looked forward not even bothering to see if anyone was able to catch up to him
That's why with great shock did he turn his head when he felt someone tap his shoulder
Seeing draigo on some sort of vehicle Jet was about to say something but Draigo pointed forward making Jet look forward
Seeing that it was a clear path besides a river coming up soon Jet looked confused but before he could look back at Naruto he was pushed making him loose his foot and fly into the river rather hard ending up on the other side of the river bank completely unconscious.
"There now as I was saying just relax your head against my back for now and I'll do the rest" said Naruto acting as if though knocking jet out was part of his plan all along and she would be right in suspecting so.
Doing as she was told Erza felt warm as she pressed her head against the back of Naruto's shoulder since her helmet got too big to put next to his own.
A few minutes passed by as did a lot of different trees and several forests which she couldn't make out since she wasn't really paying attention to them all.
"Naruto" spoke Erza wondering if she could still hear him through the helmet
"Yeah" asked Naruto a second later turning his head and glancing over at Erza though she couldn't see his face or his eyes through his helmet just as he couldn't see her face and eyes
"Is this how you got around Magnolia and the country's so quickly"
"Yeah… took me a lot of time in research and a lot of off hours finding someone to tutor me in more modern Lacrima Engineering but this is the end result" said Naruto looking forward again
"Who taught you?"
"An old man who went by Jack no last name or at least he didn't tell me his last name. Took him three years to teach me all I know and that was only with him giving me books to learn from and testing me on my knowledge both in theory and practical uses before I set off again"
"Where'd you go" asked Erza
"Nowhere in particular just around the country with Mystogan, training and fighting as we worked as independent mages"
"What happened to the old man did he pass away"
"Yeah, I found him after I created my light bike hoping to show him that all his teachings paid off and that I had finally mastered the material. When I entered his house however I found him dead on the floor a small box in his arms" said Naruto his expression sad but he continued on none the less
"I buried him on a nearby mountain that he always talked about climbing but being unable to since he was too old. The box on the floor was surprisingly addressed to me but there was no note attached. Inside was a precious object of his" said Naruto talking slower as to not seem so sad.
"What was it" asked Erza with curiosity
"I'd rather not say" said Naruto getting silence from Erza as she chose not to press the matter.
Back at the guild with the reporter
"And there you have it out in the lead on what appears to be some sort of vehicle is Draigo and Erza though they seem to be very close to each other as Erza holds onto Draigo with a firm girp" said the reporter into the speaker as Makarov and several on goers watch from the Lacrima vision
"Sadly there seems to be no competition for them as they took Jet the now what is to be second fastest person in Fairy Tail, out of the race almost half an hour ago.
"It does seem however that one Natsu Dragneel is in second place his fires keeping him ahead of the competition. Now before we go over the boring stuff let's ask the guild Leader a very important question that seems to be bugging everyone" said the reporter before taking a pause " Master Makarov is it fair for Draigo and Erza to be riding a magical vehicle while the others are left to go on foot?"
"While it may seem fair since it was only with the use of magic that Draigo was able to bring forth the vehicle which I believe to be of his own creation as I have seen it before and it resembles nothing like any ordinary Magical powered vehicle" said Makarov " And as for Erza I can only say that she is using her wits and taking advantage of Draigo by riding along with him"
"For remember as it may be an endurance race you may take any means necessary to assure your victory"
"Alright then for those that don't want to hear about everyone else tune to the next channel but those of you who are still interested stay right where you are" said the reporter fading his voice from loud to low as they went to commercials
Back with Naruto and Erza
Arriving at the mountain with a lot of sun still left Narut casually slowed down before stopping all together.
"I'd rather not rush through the mountain on my bike while you're on it so let's grab one of our scales and be on our way" said Naruto taking off his helmet as he disembarked on his journey up the mountain
"Aren't you forgetting something" said Erza catching his attention as he hadn't notice that she wasn't by his side
Looking back Naruto saw that the locks were still holding Erza in place
Smiling Mischeviously Naruto spoke " Why I don't believe I have now why don't you wait there while I go get you your scale"
Erza gasped in shock. Naruto was pranking her and that would not do. "Naruto unlock me or else" said Erza her face red with embarrassment and anger.
Naruto just hummed loudly as if though he didn't hear her as he walked up the mountain side.
"Naruto!" yelled Erza in fury
'Damn him leaving me like this, I could summon some swords and break the restraints but I don't think he would be very pleased with me if I accidently broke his bike. Not to mention I don't know how this thing works and I could very well hit the magical core of this vehicle and send myself flying from the explosion. I'll just have to wait…. And scheme my revenge' thought Erza a cruel wicked smile adorning her face
Up on the mountain side Naruto shivered as the feeling of dread rushed through him.
Minutes later
Walking down the mountain side Naruto heard some sobbing noises
Rushing towards the sound he was shocked to see it was Erza who was looking down and sniffling
"Erza, What's wrong" asked Naruto releasing the restraints and shooting the lacrima vision ball that had just caught up to them.
The ball exploded in the background as Erza spoke "Y-You left me again and you said you wouldn't leave me" said Erza sniffling
Naruto winced alittle bit 'Way to try and make a joke only for it to completely back fire on you Naruto ' he thought with dull sarcasm.
"I'm sorry Erza. I didn't mean to upset you, what do you want in return for me being an idiot" asked Naruto
"Can we just stay here for a while" asked Erza still looking down at the floor
"Of course we can come on let's find a spot to sit down" said Naruto holding up a hand for Erza to grab which she did as she stood up from the bike
Leading her away Naurto didn't notice that Erza's sobbing stopped and a mischevious smile replaced her sad expression
With the rest of the group
"If only there was a way for me to travel faster" said Lucy
"Don't be so down Lu-chan I'm sure that we can finish in time" said Levy as the two jogged together
"But did you see Draigo pass by us on his vehicle… how is that fair" complained lucy
"Draigo passed by us?" asked Levy with confusion
"You didn't notice because you haven't seen it before but that bright light that flashed by us was actually Draigo using a vehicle I've seen him ride before" said Lucy
"I'm curious to know more but I have to focus more on my breathing can we talk later" asked Levy panting slightly
Lucy nodded as the two pushed themselves to limit hoping to not come in last place and receive whatever punishment that Makarov had created for them.
Back with Naruto
"So you took a mission from Era's S-Ranked job request board and all you did was leave your name" asked Erza
"Well I knew they weren't going to give it to me because I was too young and not officially qualified to take the missions so I just took them" said Naruto laying in some grass next to Erza " And that details the account of when I first got a mission from the council"
"You didn't tell me about the mission" asked Erza noticing that Naruto stiffened just barely
"It was just a minor dark guild giving some rune knights some trouble in a desert" said Naruto as if though it wasn't a big deal.
Recalling the report of the event Erza had to ask " I remember that report from a file I read…. you hurt them pretty badly though you never attacked anyone else with that much aggression, why?" asked Erza
"I was upset and I used them to vent it" said Naruto turning his head away from her making her even more suspicious of his actions
"What got you so angry" asked Erza looking over at Naruto who just remained silent. Pushing the matter she began to speak again hoping to find another answer in her statement
"Don't deny me your eyes" said Erza softly wondering if that would be enough to get Naruto to turn her way.
Suprisingly he did turn towards her his eyes letting loose tears
"What's wrong" asked Erza putting her forehead to his and rubbing his shoulder soothingly
"I was so angry….. and so sad. I used those men as a means to help me forget my own pain. It was after I-I T-thought you hated me when you kicked me on the floor and yelled at me" said Naruto tears now flowing down his face.
Tears flowing down Erza's own eyes Naruto was alittle shocked to see her eye or should he say 'his' eye turn gold just like his do now. He was taken out of his distraction when Erza wrapped her arms around his head
"I don't hate you…. I could never hate you" said Erza losing control as she sobbed into Naruto's shoulder with him doing the same to her.
"We've really done a number to each other haven't we" said Naruto with a humorless laugh as he held onto Erza his arm's going underneath her so she wouldn't have to be worried about being pressed into the ground.
"Just shut up and kiss me" said Erza slamming her lips into his
Naruto just blissfully kissed back
Far Later Almost nearing the end of the race
Opening his eyes Naruto instantly knew something was wrong. He hadn't meant to fall asleep but he felt so tired so he gave into the temptation.
Now he finds himself in a resting position exactly where he was when he went to sleep but there were two problems.
One it wasn't as dark and it was almost mid-day
Second Erza wasn't there
'Well maybe it's' thought Naruto before noticing that there were tread marks where his bike was and they led back to the Guild
"She didn't" said Naruto aloud realizing that Erza had probably drugged him and left him to lose the race while she took his bike
"But how did she know it would work for her… it's only keyed to me and her but there's no way she knew that" said Naruto scratching his head
Looking down he found a note
Naruto if you're reading this note than no doubt you've figured out my devilishly evil plan
WELL Mister, you left me on that bike all alone and now it's time for some revenge….
I've drugged you with a 12 hour sleeping potion. So you have two hours to get back to the guild.
Ohhh and HOW IS THIS FOR PREDICTABLE
"No way" said Naruto aloud before catching some small words on the corner of the note
Turn around
Shrugging Naruto turned the paper around and read the contents on the back
YES WAY
"I should have known she was going to get me back" said Naruto thinking about his options
'Well she has my bike so I better get running' thought Naruto before dropping to the floor so he was on all four.
Light started to build around his hand and feet.
'geesh I haven't done this since I had to travel with Jellal' thought Naruto before bolting off towards Fairy Tail.
With Natsu, Jet, Macao, and Gray sometime later
They were so close to the finish. Whoever crossed the line first would be the winner of the Race.
Their drive to win pushed them to their limits each trying to pass the other and none of them able to do so for long, since as soon as one got ahead the others would push themselves to catch up and then some.
They were so focused on the finish line they never heard the shouting
"watch out!" cried Naruto crashing into the group from behind sending them all tumbling
"Ughh what hit us" said Gray holding his head in agony his eyes went wide as the rest of the guild passed by them all.
"Sorry about that" said Naruto trying to get up but unable too since Gray, Jet, Natsu and Macao were all on top of him in a dogpile
"WELL THEN" said Makarov appearing before the five of them
"You all come in last place" said Makarov
"WHAT!" said Natsu and Naruto at the same time
"Yes and you punishment will be-" said Makarov but was cut off by Erza
"Actually master if I may" said Erza leaning into his ear and whispering some rather evil words
"Oh ho very well, Draigo" said Makarov catching Naruto's attention as he was currently pounding Natsu into the ground in a comedic way.
"Yes master" said Naruto throwing Natsu over the guild and into the water on the other side.
Sweatdropping slightly Makarov continued "Erza will now address you punishment"
It only took those couple of words to get Naruto to start sweating. He knew Erza had a crazy side so there was no telling what she would make him do
"Thank you master, Now Draigo as punishment you must do whatever I say for the next twelve hours" said Erza
'Ok fake your way out of this' thought Naruto before he fainted hitting the ground with a loud thud
"You can't get out of this that easy" said Erza picking up Naruto by the back of his coat so he was back on his feet
"Damn" said Naruto smiling slightly at Erza
"As for the rest of you!" said Makarov taking a dramtic pause "You will do embarrassing photo spreads for Sorcerer Weekly"
A series of disturbing images occurred shortly after as Naruto talked with Erza
"So Erza you know I was only joking when I left you on my Light Bike….. it was all for good fun…. Right" asked Naruto his hood and cape bellowing in the wind
"Hmm" hummed Erza looking over Naruto like a predator does its prey.
"I wish to go get a Drink from the guild and you will carry me there" said Erza
"Are you serious" said Naruto sweatdropping slightly
"You lost the race while I won…. It's only fair that you do what I say" said Erza smirking to herself
"Fine, how do you want me to carry you" asked Naruto sagging his shoulders in defeat
"Let me get on your back" said Erza as Naruto grudgingly kneeled in front of Erza making it easy for her to get on his back.
"Now onwards to the guild" said Erza thrusting a sword forward for dramatic impression.
Later That Day
Sitting in the middle of the guild which was still being reconstructed we find Naruto sitting at a table with a lot of the male members on the other side of the table all in a long line.
Erza had forced him to Arm wrestle everyone in the guild and if he lost he would have to walk around in his boxers for the rest of the day.
Luckily for him she'd only made him take off his coat, since she wanted everyone to see him in the light no longer shrouded by the hood of his cloak.
A lot of the girls got red in the cheeks when he took off his coat and it might also explain why so many people were willing to arm wrestle him since none of the men wanted to be outdone
"Come one who's next" said Erza enjoying herself as she watched Naruto crush all the male guild members in a Arm wrestling match.
Stepping up Elfman stretched his arm out before sitting across the table from Naruto
"If I cannot defeat you than how can I call myself a man" said Elfman before using his magic to transform his arm into a rather muscular lizard arm.
Glancing over at Erza Naruto deadpanned " Is that legal " asked Naruto
Erza just shrugged
"Alright then let's do it" said Naruto locking hands with Elfman. On the table was Makarov as he was judging the event and making sure that no one cheated….. well at least that no one used cheap moves since magic seemed to be legal
"Begin" said Makarov throwing his hand down
As soon as those words left Makarov's mouth Elfman pushed all his strength into bringing Naruto down
Two minutes later sweat was pouring down Elfman's face while Naruto looked at him in a relaxed attitude
"Ahhhh" grunted Elfman trying to push down Naruto's hand
"What can I get you Draigo" asked Mirajane glancing between Naruto and Elfman who was still struggling with the Match while she seemed to have all of Naruto's attention and he was holding back her brother with ease.
"Well can I get a tall glass of water and you don't have to call me Draigo anymore…. Since Erza made me tell everyone my real name" said Naruto with a grumble at the end. Techincally Draigo was his last name though.
Naruto had also made a very strict stipulation that no one was to call him Naruto in public only in private or while in the guild.
"Ok then I'll get you a glass of water Naruto" said Mira with a small giggle before she skipped off to get him some water
"Hmm now what was I doing" said Naruto turning back to Elfman who was red from exertion "Ahh yes"
Slowly Naruto started to push Elfman's arm down watching as the hope from the man's eyes left him.
With a light tap Naruto finished the match
"Ha Pay up Mira" said Erza at the bar as Mira gave her some money.
"Next….. I guess" said Naruto taking a drink from some water that Mira had just left for him.
"This time I'll win for sure" said Natsu sitting across the table from Naruto
"Bring it… Natsu" said Naruto a glint of a challenge in his eyes.
Clapping hands together both of their palms started to glow red, a warm heat radiating from them
"Are you ready" said Makarov looking at Naruto who was focusing solely on Natsu but nodded none the less.
"Ready" repeated Makarov this time looking over at Natsu who nodded slowly as both Natsu and Naruto started to grip the others hand harder
"Begin!" shouted Makarov throwing his arm down before jumping back off the table.
Unlike with Elfman it was visibly clear that Naruto was putting in a great deal of effort. Naruto's as well as Natsu's hand lit aflame one a red orange color the other a golden white color the flames seemed to clash into each other
Grunting Naruto began to speak "Funny how effective Dragon Magic is against other dragons…. It was too easy to beat Elfman with an easy flow of my magic but you're a different story aren't you Natsu" said Naruto his eyes turning gold and the flame covering his hand increasing in size as he began to push Natsu back
"You won't win that easy" said Natsu his own eyes turning into slits before he got the advantage in the fight and his arm started to push Naruto's back
The table beneath them started to creak under the stress that they were both applying to it.
"Sorry Natsu can't let you win this time….. Erza will kill me!" said Naruto his pupils turning to slits before he gripped down on Natsu's hand and proceeded to slam it down on the table breaking it in the process
"Ahhh how do you like me now" said Naruto shouting at the prone form of Natsu who was struggling to get up
A slow clapping sound was heard in the guild bringing everyone's attention to Erza.
"Now that you're warmed up I command you to Fight me Naruto in a battle of the blades" said Erza equipping her sword for dramatic effect
"Ohh shit" said Naruto simply
Outside the guild on the beach
"Come on Erza I don't want to fight you" said Naruto really regretting ever running in that damn race. Sure he could simply not listen to her but he had participated in the race and he would be damned if he went against his word and didn't follow through with the punishment.
"Raise your weapon Naruto….. we go to first blood" said Erza a firm tone in her voice as she got into battle position
Sighing Naruto looked over his shoulder for a quick second to see most of the guild watching from on top of the cliffs
"Fine….." said Naruto his sword appearing before him in a display of light.
'Though I'd rather cut myself than ever think of drawing blood from you' thought Naruto solemnly looking over at Erza
Honestly he had no idea where she was coming from….. She didn't do something without reason… everything was with reason even his match with Natsu was for reason.
'She wanted to see how I matched up against him… While I may be far stronger than Natsu he has the same power coursing through his own body….. he just hasn't gotten there yet… but now she's challenging me to a spar/duel, does she think she needs to prove herself to me?' thought Naruto but was cut off when Erza launched off in his direction
Luckily they started to duel from far apart from each other so he was able to recover his shock and launch in her direction as well
Picking up speed to make up for her Early Launch Naruto was able to meet her in the middle
Clashing blade against blade sending sparks into the air, Naruto took the split second to look straight into Erza's eyes
Or at least he tried but she cast her glance elsewhere leaving him slightly perplexed but not perplexed enough to not dodge a swipe of a second blade that she summoned to her side.
"A little unfair to pull out two blades when your opponent only has one isn't it" said Naruto only to dodge as four blade came shooting his way.
Looking back at Erza he noticed she was in her Heaven Wheel's Armor
"There is no fair play in the real world" said Erza
In response Naruto took a deep breath and closed his eyes to simply wait for her next attack.
Titling his head to the side he felt a blade rush by his head. It wouldn't have beheaded him but it would have cut him and it wasn't quite time for this duel to be over
Opening his eyes to look at Erza he caught her by surprise and it only took that fraction of a second for him to read her intentions
"I see" said Naruto gripping his blade tighter
Erza did the same though she was cursing herself for making eye contact with Naruto
As both Naruto and Erza readied themselves for the clashes to come time seemed to slow down for both of them.
Then like someone pushing the first domino in a row a series of events took place too fast for anyone to see the individual movements but could follow along with the overall act none the less.
Metal clashed against metal as Erza and Naruto dueled it out. Sparks were flying in every witch direction only adding to the moment.
To most of the guild it seemed like they were evenly matched but only the strongest members where able to see the truth.
Naruto was winning his movements were faster and made with more ease than Erza's.
The clashes went on for a couple more minutes neither using magical strikes or empowering there moves. This was truly a duel of the blades.
Erza grit her teeth in frustration as she dodged another slash from Naruto. While she could keep this up for most of the day she had almost no doubt that Naruto could probably go longer than that.
So risking it all Erza maneuvered back hoping to lure Naruto forward where he'll be overextended and shortly vulnerable to strike.
The plan was actually a good one but she failed to realize that the way Naruto fights is not the way she fights which is why she found the tip of Naruto's blade soaring through the air aimed to slice the side of her face. In response to this Erza had to lift bother of her swords to deflect the blade upwards
In that instant Naruto struck appearing directly in front of her grabbing both of her wrists in the process. Once he had control of her wrists he twist them violently forcing her to drop her weapons only for Naruto to grab them in mid air and deflect a kick sent his way by Erza in an attempt to get him to back away.
And just like that Naruto was holding two blades to the back of Erza's neck in easy position to severe her spine.
"Whew close one there….. if you had seen through my move you could have dodge the blade and then been in easy position to cut me" said Naruto grinning happily before he leaned in to whisper something to Erza
"Where having a serious discussion after this is all over" said Naruto his voice nothing but serious getting Erza to simply nod her head.
"Come on Erza let's go have some of that cake I made you" said Naruto walking towards the guild with Erza in toe.
The rest of the guild seemed to walk into the building in the meantime since the action was now over.
Seeing Natsu walk into the guild last as he was yelling at Gray about something, Naruto quickly turned to Erza
"Well it seems like this became over quite fast" said Naruto walking right up to Erza leaving only a foot of space between them.
Erza found the sand beneath her feet simply amazing at this time.
" Yes Natsu has potential… one day….. and not anytime soon, he will be on equal ground as me when it comes to strength it showed today when we armwrestled. His strength built up inside of him and he actually gave me a slight challenge" said Naruto looking sternly at Erza.
"I already kind of figure that out" said Erza with a mumble as she dug her foot into the ground
"Then pray tell me what I have yet to tell you, that you don't already think you know" said Naruto in a puzzle of sorts
Clenching her fist lightly Erza replied with a warning tone "You already know what I'm going to say and I don't want to hear it"
"Ohhh so you don't want to hear how weak you think you are compared to me…. How you're absolutely useless and that you would only get in the way if I ever got in a fight with someone on my level?" asked Naruto in a mocking tone
" What can I ever say that I can help you in!" shouted Erza already saddened enough and was quite hurt by Naruto's mocking tone " I can't even beat you in a sword fight, you just lied to the guild to make it seem like I was close to winning or had a chance" finished Erza tears coming down her cheeks
Grabbing her chin Naruto forced Erza to look him in the eyes as he spoke while noticing that one of her eyes was now gold.
"Erza Scarlet" said Naruto in a much more calm and soothing voice " Do you really believe that I would just have you wait on the side while I fought our enemies… You're so foolish"
Giving a light chuckle Naruto kissed her forehead and wrapped her up in a hug even though she didn't return it still being quite mad about his earlier statements
"Tomorrow I was going to begin your training… while you may be good… scratch that, your excellent with a sword. The only thing you lack is magical power and experience" said Naruto getting Erza to push away from him.
" I don't need training from you I can be strong on my own and I have plenty of Experience with a sword" said Erza looking mad
"That's right because you've had to fight against hordes of Dark mages all by yourself and with no possible back up coming anytime soon. Because you've been in more sword fights where your life hangs by a thread because you've really experienced it all" said Naruto matching her glare
"I will spar with you like this every day. It will be gruesome and it will push you to the brink but it's the fastest way for you to become as strong as you can as fast as you can" said Naruto quickly pulling out his ace in the hole before Erza could make another remark
"I suffered all my life to get to where I am now….. And I would never switch lives with you or anyone if I knew you had to go through all that like I did. So please don't think yourself weaker than me…. I lost so much of myself gaining the power I have now, and I don't want it to go to waste all on me" finished Naruto moving in and giving Erza a hug which she returned .
"I'll only do it if you promise not to sideline me during fights" said Erza getting a nod from Naruto
"Wouldn't dream of it"
"Ohh and one more thing" asked Erza
"What is it"
"Teach me how to use this BLOODY EYE" yelled Erza pointing at her golden eye, she could tell it was transformed since through brief glances she could feel the emotions behind Naruto's thoughts and even his words.
It only left her wondering if that was all they could do.
With a small chuckle Naruto released Erza
"Alright well get to that later….. but first I really did make you a cake. Since I forgot to make you a surprise or do something nice for you a while back I wanted to make it up now" said Naruto before a red blur ran past him
He could only sigh at the love of his life's antics. He could put her favorite cake inside a vault in the middle of the ocean surrounded by miles of sea serpents and she would no doubt retrieve it.
2 Day's Later
"Seriously we should have trained these past two days" said Naruto rubbing Erza's feet. They along with the rest of Team 'Natsu' were staying at a beach side hotel courtesy of Loke.
'If I'm going to join we might want to change the name to 'Team Dragon Prince' or maybe 'Team Naruto the brave' or ' Naruto the just' ' thought Naruto
"What are you talking about you made me run through the sand until I dropped" said Erza with a glare
"Psshhh that was nothing" said Naruto before standing up
"I'm going to go watch the moon for a while don't stay up to late" said Naruto opening the window and preparing to jump out before Erza called back to him
"You know we have this room all to ourselves and this bed is more than large enough to fit two people. You don't have to sleep on the floor or outside" said Erza in a compassionate tone
"Erza your 18 right" asked Naruto suddenly
"Umm yeah" she replied
"And your asking a younger man to join you in bed…. Are you what they call a 'Cougar' " asked Naruto before getting a metal boot to his face.
"I didn't mean it like that you pervert… and technically your even older than I am" said Erza meaning the time skip he had with his father
"Well technically is not always correct" said Naruto with a smirk as he stood up, the imprint of a boot visible on his face.
"Then why do you-" said Erza before she was cut off
"Listen I'll sleep on the bed but only sideways and on the foot of the bed, I just don't trust myself to sleep while holding onto you. I've lashed out in my sleep a couple of times…. Just ask Mystogan he'll tell you all about it" said Naruto smiling before he yet again cut Erza off "Anyway I'll be back later just catch some sleep"
With those words Naruto disappeared into the night
Erza just sat there for a second before looking to the bed. She could imagine Naruto sleeping there letting her hold onto him like a teddy bear to keep her safe.
Sighing from her rather nice but depressing thoughts Erza laid down intent on going to sleep
With Naruto an hour later
The moon was truly one of the most beautiful things in this world. Nobody could stare into the sun without seriously damaging their eyes but then even though it's not a perfect mirror the moon captures the reflection of the sun with great beauty. It often makes people ask themselves how truly wonderful the sun must be to have such a beautiful reflection of light
The sound of a twig breaking caught Naruto's attention. He was sitting over a cliff with his head turned towards the ocean so for a normal person it would have been impossible to hear the twig break since the wind and the sound of the ocean should have dulled and drowned it out. But we have long since known that Naruto Draigo is anything but normal
"Draigo?" asked a cat like girl liking her paw as she walked out of the bushes
"Who's asking" said Naruto not being fooled by her appearance
" I was told to tell you that you will make an excellent sacrifice for Zeref" said the woman licking her paw like what she said was easy to understand
The Zeref/Sacrifice thing threw Naruto off guard….. well so did the woman in a cat outfit but that didn't matter as a rock blacker than midnight itself flew towards his face
It wasn't thrown that fast and Naruto was able to tilt his head out of the way but when it got close to his face he noticed something weird. The light around the rock… It wasn't there the rock was sucking in light… and in the instant that the rock soared by his face he knew two things. Someone was trying to cripple him before a fight by absorbing his light powers away and whoever made the stone was strong….. really strong
With those last thoughts in his mind a blackness engulfed Naruto and a small area of Cliffside.
YO Guy's this is Pattonatom – Just wanted to thank everyone for their views / Reviews on the story and for the incredible amount of likes I've gotten from the community as a whole.
For those that want me to get over the sappy stuff let me just say that the tougher relations between Naruto and Erza are pretty much over… now where going into a direction of Fighting and some badass motherfucking shit.
I will not enclose any details but I hope that these future chapters help setup some more Divergence from the original plot.
And while I have done my utmost best in creating my own material like my fight against Lullaby or my own 24 hour endurance race, I've long since planned from the beginning to add a COMPLETELY Orginal story line in parallel with the Canon story line….. or at least most of it so far.
For those of you who think I will lose myself in some stupid completely boring side story do not fear
EPICNESS AWAITS
At Your Leisure – Pattonatom – Signing Off