The Fox Scroll

Disclaimer: I Do Not Own Naruto Or Fairy Tail

A/N: This chapter has been revised as of 2/20/2017

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 smiled, his eyes still closed. "Feels great."

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?"

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!"

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."

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.

"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?"

Naruto opened his eyes and Natsu gawked at his new features. "Whoa! That's so cool!"

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. 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?"

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!"

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."

Lucy and Juvia were walking towards the guild from the train station when there was a sudden tremor.

BOOM!

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.

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!'

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!

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!"

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.

"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..."

"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.

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?"

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..."

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!"

Naruto put his arms behind his head and grinned. "Then I guess I should wear this more often if I you guys think so."

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."

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."

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."

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.

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.

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!

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!?'

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."

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.

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.

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?"

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!

"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..."

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."

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!?'

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."

"Naruto?"

Hearing his name, the blonde turned to find Mirajane and Makarov carrying grocery bags. "Oh, hey Mira-Chan, hey gramps."

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.

"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."

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..." The Strauss sibling said sweetly.

Makarov coughed in his hand, avoiding any eye contact with the barmaid. "The winner gets 500,000 jewels."

"That's a lot of money!" Naruto said and rubbed his chin in thought. 'A beauty contest huh?'

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."

"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?"

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?"

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.

"...It must have been hard for you." Makarov suddenly said.

"Huh?"

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!"

"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!"

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?"

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?"

"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!"

"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.

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."

"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…"

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.

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.

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.

Naruto nodded his head approvingly. "That was a nice use of her card magic."

"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.

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.

Gray sweatdropped at the ninja's commentary remarks. "What are you, an expert?"

"And now for our third contestant, the one and only, Mirajane!"

Elfman, who was sitting in the seat behind Naruto, nudged the blonde's seat. "Nee-Chan's got this in the bag!"

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!?"

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.

"Nee-Chan..." Elfman mustered, mortified by his sister's unexpected performance.

Max quickly recovered and spoke. "Now, for our fourth contestant. Fairy Tail's strongest female mage, Erza Scarlet!"

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."

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.

She hummed confidently. "I've won."

Naruto looked over the outfit with a thoughtful expression. "Huh, not bad."

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!"

"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.

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?"

The male members of the audience all flew back in a trail of blood, minus the surprised Happy and Natsu.

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."

"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.

"That was quite a show you put on, Naruto Uzumaki I believe?" She asked as she walked towards him with swaying hips.

"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.

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."

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.

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."

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.

"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.

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!?"

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."

"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."

"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."

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-"

"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.

"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!?"

"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-"

"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.

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?"

"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."

"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.

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..."

"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.

"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?

"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?"

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."

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...'

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.

"Huh?"

"What was Juvia doing again?"

Naruto ran up to them. "Guys, your okay!"

Lucy blinked. "Naruto? What's going on?"

Lucy gasped. "The Battle of Fairy Tail?"

"That's horrible!"

"Laxus has gone too far!"

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."

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."

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.

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..."

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.

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!?"

"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."

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.

Lucy sweatdropped. "Is that all you think about?"

Happy flew right next to her. "She liiikes him. Are you jealous?"

"Shut it cat!"

"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!"

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.

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.

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.

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!"

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.

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.

Naruto smirked. "Lucy's pretty strong. In fact, she probably would have kicked your ass back then if she had her keys."

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.

"I've got it!" Levi announced happily.

The three turned to see the petite girl walk over to the front door.

"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."

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.

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.

"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?'

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.

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."

A/N: Oh man, you ready for Naruto vs Laxus next chapter? I am!

What did you guys think of the new sage mode design?

The reason I had Naruto trapped in the guild as well as Natsu and Gajeel is simple. Since we found out that the foster parent dragons were inside of the dragon slayers, I would assume that's the reason Natsu and Gajeel were "over eighty". It wasn't Natsu or Gajeel, but the dragons inside them that made them not able to go through the rune. So it would only make sense for Naruto to be affected by this, since Kurama is sealed in him.

Okay, I'm done. Review to tell me what you think I did good or bad. Thank you for reading and I'll see you all in the next chapter of The Fox Scroll!