The Power of an Ace
Sasuke, Erza, and Mira were watching Freed's tort-training of Naruto. While Naruto definitely not bad at it, if anything he was doing exceptionally well, but Freed wanted complete perfection.
"Try it again," Freed ordered.
Naruto growled at his slave-driver. "Dark Ecriture: Wings."
Naruto swung his pointer finger in a horizontal line across his chest. The runes created by it slammed into Naruto's chest creating a small amount of smoke. Naruto jumped into the air before smiling down at Freed. On his back dark purple Magical wings sprouted from his back.
Freed smiled at the completion of the spell. Naruto had been struggling with that spell for the majority of the day, and only now was he able to master it. He had improved every time he casted it, but to take around three hours to complete a spell, it was a little absurd.
Freed couldn't complain though, as of that spell Naruto had learned everything Freed had to teach him, except for two spells which he would never teach Naruto, and one he thought he wasn't ready for. Now all he had to do was master them and how to use them.
It had been a week since Naruto and Sasuke joined Fairy Tail, and many things had changed. For one thing, Natsu and Gray had progressed to the class of A-class mages, and strong ones at that. In fact, it was time for Natsu and Grays training right now.
Naruto nodded at Freed, who smiled at Naruto and nodded back at him.
"Your training with me is complete."
Naruto nodded at Freed before bowing to him, a grateful smile on his face.
"Thank you Freed. I can't believe I finally get to follow in my parents footsteps…kinda."
"It's my honor Naruto. There is no greater reward for me than helping you live up to your parent's legacy."
Nauto smiled before walking into the guild building.
Freed, Erza, Sasuke, and Mira followed. While Freed sat down at a nearby table Natsu and Gray walked over to Naruto and Sasuke.
"You to ready," they asked.
Natsu and Gray smiled before looking at Naruto and Sasuke.
"If you mean for the hellish training you're giving us, and the fact that we're getting stronger because of it, strong enough to defeat Macao, finally, and nearly hurt you guys then yeah," was Gray's response.
Naruto smiled, as did Sasuke, however Naruto's came off as more fox-like, more trickster-like.
"We went easy on you guys, if you really think you're good enough to beat us then…YOUR ENTIRE TRAINING SESSION WILL BE FIGHTING US!"
Natsu smiled before running outside, as did Naruto. Gray walked after them, followed by a walking Sasuke. The display actually made Erza and Mira nearly bang their heads on a table. Naruto and Natsu were almost exactly alike, while Gray and Sasuke were calmer and more collected than the other two, although they were just as competitive. However, if there was one thing that made them all act like children was when they argued. Naruto and Sasuke's arguments were a lot worse than Gray and Natsu's, as only Makarov could hold them back. Erza could stop one, and Mira would have been able to if it weren't for that, but Makarov was the only person that hold them both back.
Makarov followed them outside, followed by Erza and Mira. The training sessions were always…fun tor-training to watch. Natsu had already stepped up to Naruto, ready to swing his fire-enhanced fist for all he was worth, until a blaring voice came over all of Magnolia.
"Magnolia will now move into Gildarts Shift. Residents, please move to the designated areas!"
"SHIT! EVERYONE INSIDE THE GUILD HALL," Makarov roared.
Naruto and Sasuke, while confused, started to feel the ground begin to shake. They saw Erza, Mira, Gray, and Natsu running inside followed by Makarov. They decided following them wouldn't be a bad idea, and chased after them.
While they couldn't see exactly what was happening, they felt the entire town change. When Makarov said it was okay, they looked outside the guild doors, and were greeted with a massive road leading towards the beginning of town. All the other buildings had been moved to accommodate one figure that was walking towards the town.
"That's Gildarts," Natsu cheered.
"Who is he," was the question Naruto asked.
"The most powerful mage in Fairy Tail excluding the old man. He's our ace!"
'To have an entire city change it's format to accommodate you…what type of monster is he,' Sasuke thought.
'I want to fight him,' was Naruto's sole thought.
The ace of Fairy Tail walked up to the building…from the side. While Naruto and Sasuke were confused Makarov just sighed.
"We should really have several doors for him, he keeps destroying the wall."
Makarov was proven right as the wall seemed to lean inwards toward the guild hall, before returning outside, only with a white glow surrounding it, and, as soon as it reached its original position, exploded into tiny smaller block-like versions of the wall. While the wall was only the man's size, it was still quite large, and left a large hole in the wall.
It was one of the many things Makarov hated about Gildarts' Magic.
Gildarts was a tall, muscular man with shoulder-length orange hair, which was slicked back, and had a stubbly beard. His body was extremely muscular. He had a black Fairy Tail stamp on his back. He wore a long, black, high-collared and tattered cloak with shoulder plates; around his waist was a simple belt. He also wore loose-fitting dark pants.
'This is the guy huh. What do you think of him Kurama.'
"This guy…would destroy you without breaking a sweat. Unless you used my power, you wouldn't even be able to be near his level, at least not yet. HOWEVER! I cannot accept that! You are Naruto Uzumaki Namikaze! Also the host of the Kurama, formerly known as the Kyuubi no Yoko, you have to be the strongest! Prepare your mind and body, for you are about to undergo a boot camp, every single time you sleep. Also, invite your emo friend; he will get a Kurama favor, meaning he must do something for me in return, he won't like that."
'Sasuke isn't emo….'
'Whatever.'
Gildarts looked around, before smiling.
"I'm back."
"It's nice to have you back Gildarts," was heard from the side of him.
He turned seeing the two most powerful, even if one no longer fought, females of Fairy Tail, Mira and Erza. He smiled at seeing them.
"While I am not stronger than you Gildarts, must you insist on destroying the wall, every…single…time," Erza said in an all too sweet voice.
Gildarts paled. That voice was the one voice that all males were scared of. Whenever a female you knew took that voice, it was best to run, you wouldn't make it, but run. Hiding didn't help; it was as if female rage had a tracking system tied into it.
"Sorry, mistress Erza," he quickly stated.
The redhead seemed sated for now, although she still stalked away from him, a frown on her attractive features. She went and sat down next to Makarov, who greeted him next.
"Hello Gildarts."
"Hey Master, how are things?"
"Good, although I do wonder why you are here."
"I'm here to stay a while, at least before going on another job."
Makarov nodded, before a familiar roar was heard.
"FIGHT ME!"
"Idiot," Elfman said.
"I have to agree," said Cana.
Natsu's flaming fist was easily dodged, before an even faster and stronger normal punch was sent straight at him. Natsu moved out of the way, as such guaranteeing he felt no pain, but the force of the punch still sent him flying.
'He dodged it!? Impressive!'
"Natsu actually dodged this time, he must have gotten better."
"Actually, one of our newest members has been training him," Elfman said.
Gildarts looked confused at this. New members, he hadn't heard of them even existing. He looked around, only seeing familiar faces. That was until he spotted sun kissed blonde hair, and dark raven hair.
"I'm assuming you two are the new members?"
"Yep, I'm Naruto Namikaze."
"Sasuke Uchiha."
Gildarts nodded.
"Which one of you trained Natsu?"
"That would be me."
Gildarts looked at Naruto.
"Follow me outside please."
With that the man walked away, followed by a confused Naruto. Sasuke, Mira, Makarov, Freed, and Erza all followed curious as to what would happen. Gray also followed, although he had an idea of what Gildarts would do, but he knew Gildarts would be impressed, if only because Naruto and Sasuke were only A-class. They gave Erza a run for her money when they spared, although they had never won.
If only he knew he true extent of Naruto's power.
Elfman and Cana followed soon after them; however the rest of the guild stayed back, except for a blonde mage.
XxX
Gildarts stood in the center of the field, being watched by Naruto who stood at its edge. The air surrounding them was tense, filled with worry, but not for Gildarts. They rarely had to worry about Gildarts getting hurt; he was an S-class mage, nearing SS-class. He would be the second person who was still alive in Fairy Tail to achieve that rank. The first was Master.
"If you can make me take a step back, you win okay?"
Naruto nodded at Gildarts before dropping into a fighting stance.
"Crap. Naruto is gonna go all out."
"Don't underestimate Gildarts," Cana said.
Sasuke looked at her. He wouldn't he was their guilds ace after all, but he doubted he could be as strong as the Magic Makarov released.
His thoughts were interrupted as Naruto charged forward, fist coated with black winds. He swung it towards Gildarts head, a killing blow. It was smart actually. From what Kurama had told him Naruto couldn't afford to hold back, or else he'd be killed, or defeated without putting up much of a fight. Neither seemed like good options to him.
Gildarts blocked the punch, with one hand.
'Impossible! Even if it is one of my weakest attacks, to block it so easily shouldn't be humanely possible unless you were Makarov. This guy, who is he!?'
Gildarts smiled at this, before he brought his other hand up, striking Naruto with an uppercut. Naruto was sent high into the air, but he shifted, quickly regaining all sense of clarity.
"Energy-Make: Fox Claw!"
Ten Magic energy claws sprang from Naruto's nails, all with a pointed tip. He threw them towards Gildarts, however as they came near him they exploded, courtesy to his Disassembly Magic shooting its net-like pattern through the claws and making them explode in small square shapes of Magic.
Naruto growled before his body was overtaken in a golden glow. He swiped his hand towards Gildarts, and as he did so the ground underneath the man exploded, forcing him to fall into a small crater.
He smiled.
"Does that count as a step?"
"Not really, just a fall," was his response.
Naruto frowned.
"You and Sasuke just love to kill my fun," he said before shooting towards Gildarts.
The man readied himself before throwing a punch towards that was coated in Crash Magic, towards Naruto. While Naruto was still far away, the ground in front of him was torn apart, sending debris flying toward him. He shot threw it easily, however he was not expecting Gildarts to see him coming.
Gildarts blocked Naruto's speed-enhanced punch before hitting him in the stomach, sending him sprawling onto the ground. Naruto growled before jumping backwards, hands at his sides.
"Heavenly Arrows!"
Several beams of golden light shot from the golden Magic formula that floated in the air. However, another wave of Disassembly Magic made short work of them.
'Damn it! Everything I throw at him is either negated or overpowered, my best bet would be you if this was a life or death situation, and even then it would not be an easy fight. I'd have to fully use your power to beat this guy, full Tailed Beast Mode. Your cloak would only be enough for me to fight on par with him!'
Kurama only grunted. The stupid brat, of course he knew that, he was the one that owned the damn Magic, but of course Naruto happened to forget that, or he did it to annoy him, but in this situation he assumed the former.
Gildarts smiled.
"If this is what you can do I'm impressed, you're not half bad."
"Please, I'm just getting started. Dark Ecriture: Pain!"
'One won't be enough.'
Naruto drew his Ray Kunai, or as he had dubbed them, the Thunder God Kunai, before slashing the air multiple times. From them trailed runes that turned into a bright purple light before rushing towards Gildarts in little beams.
Gildarts smiled, before raising one hand. The net-like pattern of Disassembly Magic appeared again, negating Naruto's attack.
'DAMN IT! He has amazing offensive power thanks to his Crash Magic and because of his damn Disassembly Magic I can't get near him. What do I do?'
Naruto rushed forward, intending on doing the most risky move he had left in his arsenal. It was a difficult stunt to pull off, even Freed hadn't tried it because of its dangers, but he had no choice. He would pull this off, and get the victory.
The golden glow that surrounded Naruto faded away, surprising Sasuke.
"Why is he canceling Meteor? Especially when it's the only reason he's still in this fight."
"I agree, it wasn't wise," Mirajane said.
Erza nodded her head.
"If he thinks he can hit Gildarts without it then he is severely underestimating him."
Freed was also confused. He never taught Naruto to be so foolhardy, although that may be programmed into the boys DNA. Still, to cancel out the one thing that kept him alive in this fight, what was he thinking? Freed thought over all the spells Naruto knew, at least the ones he had knowledge of. He was stumped, he couldn't think of one technique that would allow him to hit Gildarts.
However, the more he thought about it the clearer it became.
"THAT IDIOT!"
Sasuke looked at Freed a confused look on his face.
"Yes, we all know he is one but why are you just now realizing that?"
Freed hit Sasuke on the head, hard.
"Shut up! He's going to use it, in the exact way I told him NOT to use it! That idiot is going to get himself killed!"
Erza and Mira looked confused before Makarov realized it.
"You don't mean…"
Makarov dragged off the sentence as Freed nodded.
'That teen is crazy.'
Gildarts too was confused, but unlike them he didn't have time to think on it. Even without Meteor activated Naruto was fast, faster than a normal mage. He appeared in front of Gildarts hand open and cocked backwards.
Gildarts, however, was faster and sent his punch straight into Naruto's cheek, sending the blonde flying, or so he thought. Naruto exploded into runes. They swarmed Gildarts before reforming behind him.
"Surprise asshole, Rasengan!"
The ball of ethernano slammed into Gildarts back, sending him stumbling forward.
He had taken a step.
"Impossible," Erza hissed.
Sasuke was dumbfounded. "I can't believe it."
"That, that worked," Mirajane said, shocked.
"Impressive," Cana said.
"That's beyond impressive, that's what a true man should act like!"
"I can't believe it," Gray said, mimicking his teacher.
Makarov was just as surprised with the outcome. "While in a real fight Gildarts wouldn't have lost, however he took a step forward, meaning-"
He was cut off by Freed.
"He won, even if it was foolhardy and ridiculous, Naruto…beat…Gildarts."
"A newbie, an A-class mage, beat the ace, how embarrassing."
XxX
Gildarts was also shocked. A newbie beat him, one who was an A-class mage. While he knew it wasn't impossible, and the fight had proven to him that this teen wasn't your ordinary A-class, it was still impressive.
"THIS FIGHT ISN'T OVER YET! RASENSHURIKEN!"
Naruto appeared in thin air, the spiraling, black, wind-shuriken in hand. He brought it down, towards Gildarts, however an extreme blast of Crash Magic forced the spell to dissipate and Naruto to be sent flying.
Naruto stood, looking at Gildarts, however all the confidence had left his eyes when he saw what he was looking at. He wasn't looking at a man, now he was looking at some sort of half demon.
Gildarts was releasing an abundance of Magic force, more than he felt Makarov release, although he knew the guild master's probably exceeded this. It looked like a thick, white, potent aura surrounding him, causing the tattered cloak to flap wildly under its power. It was white in color.
XxX
Natsu stumbled back into the guild hall to be immediately brought to his knees as was everyone in the building.
'Whose incredible Magic is this?'
That was the last thought he got off before he fainted, due to Gildarts massive Magic, being blown through a building, landing on a hard rock, and falling through tree branches. Today was just not his day.
XxX
The people inside the guild hall weren't the only ones to be brought to their knees. Erza, Mira, Sasuke, Cana, Elfman, Freed, and Gray were immediately brought down, unable to stand against the imposing force. The blonde teen behind them was struggling to stand, but managed it barely. Makarov was the only one who seemed to be unaffected.
Naruto was also affected. He couldn't stand. The second the Magic was released he was forced to his knees, unable to move. Even Kurama was impressed. This guy was stronger than some Kages, he had to admit it, and he could probably defeat that blonde hag, the perverted white haired man, and that overconfident Raikage.
"You have fought well, however you don't have the power to keep this up. Surrender."
Even the man's voice was changed by the force of the Magic, incredible. Naruto again tried to stand, but found he couldn't, the force was to overpowering. He kneeled.
"I-I give up."
The Magic instantly vanished, allowing people to stand again.
"You're incredible," Naruto said, looking at Gildarts with awe.
"No you're just weak," came a response from a tall, blonde mage.
The mage was very muscular, and as previously said, tall. He had blue eyes, with slicked back, blonde hair, with numerous spiky strands pointing backwards, thought some fell down on his forehead. He had a lightning bolt-shaped scar on his right hair, possessing a single, prominent eyelash jutting outwards. He wore a Sound Pod model of Magic headphones, with a slight noise coming from it signifying that it was playing a song. His black Fairy Tail stamp was located on the left side of his chest, and was surrounded by a large, additional design, which extends up to his left shoulder and covered part of the corresponding upper back.
He wore an orange tunic with spots reminiscent of a leopard's on the shoulders and sides, with dark-lined sleeves reaching down below his elbows, and fur on the lower edges. He wore a bright red cape, tied on the front with a garish knot, which bore a large lighter Fairy Tail symbol on the back, and loose, baggy dark pants tucked inside light metal greaves. Around his waist was a simple belt to which he attached the device linked to his Magic headphones. He also had a small chain tied around his right wrist.
"Who the hell are you?"
"Laxus Dreyar."
Naruto was exceedingly surprised at that. This asshole was Makarov's son, it didn't make sense. How does that nice old man have some jerk like him as a son? Maybe his mother had bad genes or was an asshole by nature.
"You're the old mans son!?"
"Grandson."
That helped. Maybe the father was an asshole, although it was still hard to picture anyone who was related to Makarov as evil.
"Anyways, you weak runt, I came to send a message to all Fairy Tail members. Eventually I will become the master, and when I do, all the weaklings are out!"
He then turned to Naruto, a sneer on his face.
"That includes you."
He then walked away.
Makarov frowned at his grandson's actions but did nothing. It was hard. He considered the guild a family to him, but having his own grandson disrespect that, it tore him up inside. The boy acted exactly like his father. He just hoped he wouldn't make the same mistake.
Hey guys it's Kuma Akuma. I'm rewriting this damn author's note, not because the last one was bad, but mainly because I accidentally pressed the back button, so I had to fix this entire thing. Anger is a beautiful thing. Also, there's a problem I'm encountering. I have to upload a doc. then re-upload it for it to upload it correctly, and then I have to fix all the tab mistakes and stuff. It's annoying, REALLY ANNOYING! I may just stop pressing tab in my docs from here on out. If anyone knows ANYTHING about it, PLEASE PM me.
So, Gildarts meets female fury...KICK HIS ASS ERZA, I mean *cough* moving on. Yes, defeat Jiraya, Tsunade, and A may have been and exaggeration, but I felt the need to include it, for dramatic effect. That may have failed though. Anyways, Natsu is able to dodge one of Gildarts punches. Finally, I mean come on, canon Natsu needs to take a TFS Piccolo lesson of good old fashion DODGE! He rarely does it anyway.
And, again, just now, I nearly had another anger strike. Why you may ask? BECAUSE I NEARLY PRESSED THE BACK BUTTON AGAIN! My life sucks. Anyway, Naruto beat Gildarts. Sure, the exact same way Natsu did, but how else was I supposed to show it, actually BEATING him. No...no...no...no, that would involve Kurama, and I already have it planned how that stuff will go down...hehehe.
So, I was watching HXH, or HunterxHunter for all you non-fans, or non-even-knowing-said-anime-existed people, today. Need I say that Killua is freaking awesome. Look at him, he destroys Youpi (did I spell that right?). And this is one of the King's guards mind you, yeah Killua is freaking awesome. If only I had Godspeed in real life...the things I would do.
Nearly back-buttoned...again. It's annoying, I have to stay sharp when I do this, or I'll have to upload it, AGAIN! Now, for those of you expecting Laxus to be Sasuke's friend, you were just proven wrong. Why? BECAUSE LAXUS IS AN ASSHOLE (a bad ass asshole.) If I seem excited, or hyper it's because I have given up soda temporarily, without it, I just don't function right. The 13th chapter marks the beginning of the next arc, so look out for that. See you guys later, and avoid the Earl.