Before everything, sorry about the late update. I got sidetracked too much by my work and okay, I struggled writing this. And yeah, this chapter is supposed to be action packed but well I'll let you decide on that. It's also my longest chapter ever written, about 11,400 without my rumblings. I hope you like this chapter and yep, Naruto will be using his magic here but not by too much, I think? Theres nothing much for me to say but I hope you like this chapter and I hope I didn't have too much grammatical errors. Oh and please Read and Review and belated Happy Easter.
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Hades252 2 : About Levy and Wendy not feeling disturb on the condition of Bixlow, for one saving Bixlow's life is on top priority. Also, Levy had already an experience on what Naruto can do (She had experienced it first hand) though he was being ordered by that time, it wouldn't be hard to imagine what he could do if his precious people is in danger. Not to mention, she knew that Naruto has the cursed sword that could take over him any moment. About Wendy, she was sent by Makarov for a reason and since Lucy was there to tell them Naruto's condition, you could picture that she was kinda prepared by Makarov. About Happy, haha he is very hard to understand he's a shady character =)) . I hope the chapter answers your questions. Thanks for the update =) .
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Chapter 11: Fighting Festival of Dragons, Demons and Mages
The deafening silence was suddenly broken by a howl of pain. Naruto smirked as he looked at his victim. Naruto's sword was stabbed to one of Fried's legs.
Fried grasped Levantine's blade to take out the sword from his leg but to no avail since Naruto was holding it down.
"I told you, didn't I? I won't kill you until you plead to me for your death. Let's see how good you are at managing the things you always inflict. Pain, fear, suffering..." Naruto said as he moved his sword while still being stabbed on Fried's leg.
Fried felt an unbelievable amount of pain as the sword was being jerked around. He shouted and tried hard to take out the sword.
"I wonder what would happen if I shoot a dark pulse while my sword is embedded on your leg? Do you think it will blow your leg off or will it blow half of your body, I wonder? Shall we give it a try? It will be fun..." Naruto said while smiling evilly.
Fried could only look at Naruto's face with so much fear and that point he started to mentally break down.
"Please don't... I apologize for... Gahh..." Fried's apology was interrupted as Naruto took out the sword from his leg.
Naruto laughed sinisterly as he looked at the cowering form of Fried.
"Didn't you understand what I said? I believe I said that the only way for you to escape this is when you ask me for you death. What happened to that defiant attitude? I never thought that you are so easy to break down. You only have two options, run away or plead for your death. What will it be Fried?" Naruto said as he watched Fried painfully tried to crawl away from him.
"He's going to kill him if you don't do something, Mirajane..." the voice said.
Mira looked around trying to find the source of the voice but to no avail. She looked at Cana and saw that she was cringing at the sight.
"Only you can hear me... and you know where to find me... have you forgotten my voice? Have you forgotten all about me?" the voice said.
Mira suddenly realized who was talking to her and she closed her eyes but when she opened it, she was on a place that was dark as a moonless and starless night. All she knew was that she was standing on top of water. A figure appeared in front of her. The figure formed into a satanic woman.
"Finally you answered my call, Mira." The woman started.
"Zatana..."
"We don't have much time for catching up. We need to merge and stop Levantine from waking up."
"But I don't have the take over magic anymore... I lost it when she died..." Mira was interrupted as she was slapped hard by Zatana making her stumble down to the floor. She looked up and saw the enraged face of the culprit.
"Stop living in the past already, you selfish bitch! Do you really think I would still be here if you really had lost your magic? You never lost your magic; you just lost your will to use it!" Zatana exclaimed.
"But it's my fault that she died..." Mira said teary eyed.
"Yes it is, and it will be for the rest of our life but do you really think your sister will be happy seeing you like this? Do you really think she will be happy knowing that her sister whom she idolize have become just a barmaid that can't even stand up to do what must be done? Do you think she will be happy knowing how a coward you have become?"
Mira just looked at the woman with hesitation.
"Naruto will kill Fried, you and I both know that. You also know that he isn't completely in control. Levantine has almost taken over. You and I both know what kind of a monster Levantine is. Right now the past is repeating in front of you. A family will be killed by another who is being controlled by a monster. Deja vu isn't it?"
Zatana took a deep breath to calm herself and then she looked at Mira with a sad smile.
"Stop ignoring me anymore... Elfman has been doing his best to move on. You're not the only one who felt guilty about that, Elfman and I do too. Take my hand and let's become one again and this time let's save our family from death and sadness... okay?" Zatana said as she extended a hand to Mira.
Mira wiped her tears and then smiled with a determined expression on her face.
"Yes, let's do it and this time..." Mira started.
"The demon Mirajane won't fail!" They said in unison as both of them dissipated into tiny specs of light.
Mira opened her eyes and saw Naruto, who was already pinning down Fried on the ground with a foot on his back. He was about to stab Fried's other leg when Mira shouted.
"Stop it already, Naruto!"
A strong wave of magic flooded the area as she used Satan Soul. She flew towards Naruto at high speed.
Naruto looked at the speeding Mira but before he could react she had already tackled him away.
When they were a little far from the others, Mira let Naruto go. They stood facing each other.
"Demon Mirajane... I don't have anything against you but if you get in my way then I will not hesitate to draw my sword." Naruto said menacingly.
"Don't make me laugh. You think I will back down against you, Levantine?" Mira answered.
Naruto frowned and said.
"I believe you are thoroughly mistaken since I am fully in control." Naruto said.
"Wrong you only believe that you are in full control. I can feel Levantine's presence coming from you and not on the sword. He may not be in full control yet but he is already influencing your mind."
"What gibberish are you saying? I am in full control!"'Naruto shouted angrily.
"The real Naruto won't get agitated by simple explanation like that. Levantine fuels your negative feelings and then gives you tainted magic to make you feel like you could just do everything to satisfy that negative feeling. Unknown to you, Levantine has started to eat your soul and take over your body. We have to stop it before it is too late." Mira stated.
"Real me? What do you know about the real me? Don't say things like you know who I really am! For all you know I could have been a cold blooded assassin who had killed hundreds of lives! Stop your nonsense lest you want to be my next victim!" Naruto shouted angrily.
"I won't let you do things that would ultimately destroy yourself. I will fight you if it is the only thing left for me to do to save you." Mira said as she readied herself to fight.
"Fine by me!" Naruto shouted as he charged towards Mira. While in mid-charge, he swiped his sword into the air and produced a strong dark pulse towards Mira. He knew that she won't be dodging since doing so would probably make the others be hit by his magic.
"I too can do that, Dark pulse!" Mira exclaimed as she also shot out the similar magic as a counterattack.
The two dark pulses collide and produced a strong explosion. Debris and dust shot out from the center of the attack. As the commotion toned down, Naruto and Mirajane stood facing each other.
"I forgot that Zatana was also from Makai." Naruto stated.
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"Static Explosion!" Luxus said as his body was suddenly engulfed by electricity. Natsu and Gray, who were on mid attack towards him, jumps away to prevent themselves from being electrocuted. What they didn't expect though, was for the electricity to go wild and then made a strong explosion that sent them both flying towards the seats of the cathedral.
"Darn it, I didn't expect that…" Gray said through gritted teeth as his body ached all over from the punishment of the battle he had sustained.
"I'd hate to admit this, but where the hell is Naruto when you need him…" Gray said.
"I don't know, lost maybe? Why are you even looking for him, we can do this!" Natsu exclaimed as he stood up.
"Tch, what a time to get lost… but you're right, we have to beat Luxus with or without him…" Gray said as he painfully stood up.
Gray was about to devise a new plan when Natsu suddenly tackled him away from where they were standing.
"What are…" Gray words were forgotten as he saw a fist made of electricity shot down from where they were standing.
"Hahaha, nice dodge there Natsu! It's good that atleast one of you are still able to amuse me." Luxus laughed.
"Bastard!" Natsu said as his fist were engulfed into flames.
"Let's see how you dodge it again, Lightning Dragon's Breakdown Fist!" Luxus said as he punched towards them thereby producing another fist made out of lightning. The large fist raced towards them at incredible speed that they didn't have time to dodge as it collided.
"Haha, how do you like my knock-out punch?" Luxus taunted. As the attack faded, he looked towards them and smirked.
"So, the Ice mage still has something left on his tank." Luxus stated as he looked at the destroyed Ice shield. The shield obviously wasn't able to fully protect them though as both of them were thrown a little back from where they were.
"Don't underestimate me..." Gray said huffing.
"Really now, saying that when you are huffing like fish taken out of water. I'll finish you first, Lightning halberd!" Luxus exclaimed as he fired spear made of electricity.
"Flame dragon soar!" Natsu exclaimed as he produced jet fire on his feet to propel him towards Gray with incredible speed. He tackled Gray to the side just in time to dodge the halberd.
"Oi Gray, I'll distract him for a while. Use that time to recover your energy and think of a new plan. Make it quick though." Natsu said as he started to stand up.
Gray looked surprised for a while but looking at Natsu's serious face told him that just like him, Natsu was getting desperate.
Gray looked around and saw the destroyed cathedral chairs scattered around. Then he saw a group of destroyed chairs. When he was about to look somewhere else, he caught a glimpse of something that spark an idea.
"Hey Natsu, I have a plan." Gray whispered.
"What? That was fast." Natsu said.
"Listen, I want you to taunt Luxus into using any lightning attack." Gray said.
"Well that is easy..." Natsu answered.
"No the tricky part is you have to make sure the attack hits those wooden chairs." Gray said.
"Alright, let's do it." Natsu said as he cracked his knuckles.
"Try to be bait and then when the path of the attack is right, dodge. That's the best way." Gray said a little surprised that Natsu agreed so easily. Gray suddenly whispered to Natsu's ear the plan to which Natsu nodded and snickered.
"Oi you two what are whispering and snickering in there." Luxus said irritated at their antics.
Both looked at him seriously.
"Ice make: Dagger" Gray whispered as he produced a dagger and hid it behind him.
'We only have one chance. Luxus is too good to fall for something twice.' He thought.
"I'm going to beat the crap out of you, Luxus!" Natsu exclaimed as he charged towards Luxus with flaming fist.
"As I have said before, I really hate your head on charge style." Luxus said as he reared back his fist to punch Natsu but on mid-charge Natsu suddenly changed direction by producing fire on one of his foot propelling him sidewards. When he saw that he was in the right position, he stopped the flames and prepared a dragon slayer's signature attack.
"I'm going to fry you with my flaming roar!" Natsu said as he started to place his hand in an all too familiar manner.
"Fool, Lightning dragon's roar!" Luxus exclaimed as he immediately released a dragon roar even before Natsu could fire his.
Natsu smirked as he produced another jet flames in one of his foot that propelled him again sidewards dodging the roar.
"Flames dragon's roar!" Natsu exclaimed as he fired the attack after he dodged.
Gray seeing the attack going to the designated spot, threw the dagger he produced. The dagger sailed towards the intended target.
'Please work." He thought.
Luxus could only look as he saw the flaming roar go towards him and the dagger travelling towards its target. He could only think of one thing.
'I was fooled!' He thought as the roar struck him.
Meanwhile, the dagger was successful and it cut one of the ropes that were holding the altar lamps. The lamps skidded and fell down. The lightning roar struck the falling lamps and it exploded due to the oil inside the lamp. The explosion caught the wooden chair on fire as well as the curtains and other flammable materials around the explosion.
"Free meal!" Natsu said as he was about to start eating the fire.
"No wait, let it spread first." Gray said to which Natsu complied while drooling at the spreading flames.
"You brats!" Luxus shouted angrily.
"Now Natsu!" Gray ordered as Natsu greedily ate the flames.
Sensing that it would spell trouble even for him if Natsu gets a huge power up, Luxus charged towards Natsu.
"Ice make: Geyser" Gray said as Luxus was suddenly encased in ice giving Natsu more time to devour the flames.
"You forgot about me..." Gray said tiredly.
Natsu burped as his stomach was so full. He gave a thumb up on Gray but they were interrupted as the ice covering Luxus exploded into many pieces. Gray was caught into the explosion and was flung away.
"You loser, eat this! Lightning Halberd!" Luxus shouted as he threw a lightning halberd towards the downed Gray.
Natsu though suddenly appeared on the path of the attack and was about to attack.
"Flame dragon's roar!" Natsu exclaimed as he unleashed a roar more than thrice powerful than his previous roar. The lightning easily succumbed to the strength of the roar. The roar continued towards Luxus who had no time to react as the roar raced towards him at high speed.
"Gray rest now, I can take it from here." Natsu said as he engulfed his whole body into flames.
He then gathered it on his hands and then jumped high. He brought his hands together clashing the two flames and then it expanded and became a large ball of flame.
"Eat this bastard! Fire Dragon's Spherical Flame!" He exclaimed as he threw the fireball towards the smoke where Luxus was.
"Lightning Dragon's twin spheres!" Luxus exclaimed as two spheres of lightning shot out from the smoke. The two spheres circle each other at a very fast rate. The two attacks collided and exploded rocking the whole cathedral. Natsu though wasn't fazed as he was currently descending towards Luxus with flaming fists.
"Give it up, you punk!" Luxus shouted as his body was covered with electricity. Natsu threw a flaming punch to which Luxus swatted with his lightning covered hands and then his free hand form into a fist and punched Natsu on the gut.
Natsu though, instead of being thrown away, held Luxus' fist and then encased himself into flames. Luxus winced as he felt his arm got burned but Natsu didn't let up.
"Flame Dragon's Horn!" Natsu exclaimed as he tackled Luxus with his flaming body disregarding the electrocution he feels from the electricity covering Luxus.
"Flame Dragon's Crushing Fangs!" Natsu exclaimed in mid flight as he let Luxus loose and then swipe him with his flaming hands. Luxus was thrown away by the strength of the attack and Natsu used this chance to prepare for a secret art.
"Time to finish this off! Flame Lotus…" He exclaimed as he was suddenly hit by Luxus' lightning twin spheres.
"Gahh!" He shouted as he was electrocuted by the two spheres that seemingly rotated around him.
Luxus slowly stood up and spit out some blood from his mouth as he looked at the currently being electrocuted Natsu.
"Those two spheres didn't dissipate as when they hit your fireball. I just used the explosion as a distraction to hide them underneath the ground making them like a trap. As I thought, you're head on charge style will fall for a trap like that." Luxus said as he called upon a lightning from the sky to replenish his energy but he was surprised when the lightning didn't came. He frowned and then looked up. His eyes widened when he saw the whole ceiling was covered by a dome of ice. He looked at the windows and saw that they were also covered in ice. Essentially, the whole cathedral was inside an Eskimo like structure.
"How'd you like my work?" Gray said before passing out from too much exhaustion.
"Flame Dragon's Brilliant Flames!" Natsu exclaimed as he clasped his hand together and produced an explosion sending the spheres away from him.
"Heh, our plan worked. I'll finish you now, Luxus!" Natsu shouted as he charged towards Luxus with ignited fists. Suddenly he felt something coming towards him from the back and he dodged by jumping up. The two spheres continued its movement but instead of attacking Natsu, they raced towards Luxus waiting mouthing. He greedily ate them to Natsu's surprise.
"Lightning Dragon's Roar!" Luxus exclaimed. The attack hit the surprised Natsu and he was flung towards a wall.
Natsu shakily stood up with wide eyes and could only look at Luxus' healing injuries.
"Impossible… how can a dragon slayer eat his own magic…" was all the words he could say.
Luxus just smirked and then it was his turn to charge towards the stunned Natsu.
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Naruto sidestepped to dodge Mira's kick. He caught her foot with his hand and then swung her around before letting go thus throwing her up in the air. Mira got her bearings back and was able to stop the momentum of the throw but before she could counter, Naruto was already in front of her and his sword on a quick draw motion. He drew his sword quickly to slash Mira but she was able to protect her torso by crossing her armored scaled claws. A loud clang was heard as if metal struck metal.
"The claws and scales that are harder than steel. The claws that were drenched by demon blood for most of your life till you were…" Naruto's speech was cut off as black electricity suddenly built up on Mira's claws and was about to explode. Naruto kicked Mira away from him. The electricity exploded just as he landed on the ground.
"You know what's funny? You kept on saying that Levantine hasn't influence you and yet somehow know things that only a being from Makai only knew. A fish is caught by his own mouth." Mira said as she stared down Naruto below.
Naruto didn't answer but instead he attacked again in a similar manner. He charged towards Mira ready to draw his sword in one swift slashing motion.
"And yet another proof of Levantine's influence…" Mira said as she charged her magic.
"Darkness Stream!" She exclaimed as shadowy hands shoots out towards Naruto and caught him.
Naruto in return tried to dodge but since he was on mid-charge and on air, he couldn't get momentum to push him out of the way. The darkness took hold of him.
"Levantine, you are a monster who only fights on instinct. You would keep on charging again and again with the same intensity, plan and motive. You won't stop doing it until the victim is annihilated. In terms of strength, I won't be able to defeat you but you are still technically sealed and still an idiot of a dragon as ever." Mira said as she flew towards Naruto who was starting to be fully engulfed by the darkness.
"Hang on, Naruto. You'll be freed from his influence when the connection between the two of you is stopped." Mira said as she grasped the sword and was about to pry it out of Naruto's grip when suddenly Naruto smirked and said.
"You fell for my trap, Zatana. Hell's Hurricane!" Naruto exclaimed as Mira was suddenly engulfed in a hurricane of dark energy. She was swirled inside. The force of the hurricane made it impossible for her to move out.
'Fuck, since when did Levantine knew how to plan ahead?' She thought as she tried her best to get out of the hurricane but to no avail.
"As I said, Levantine was never in control." Naruto said as if reading her mind as he appeared in front of her and slashed at her. She was able to protect herself from the slash with one of her claws.
"Demon's Canon." Naruto said as a ball of fast rotating dark energy came out of his sword and launch Mira away.
"So what now, Zatana?" Naruto said as he walked towards the downed Mira.
"If… you are not Levantine… How come you knew about Makai and my name?..." Mira said as she slowly stood up.
Naruto stopped in his tracks and stared at Mira. His face with a frown as he tried to remember but couldn't find any answer.
Mira used this temporary confusion to attack. She flew above the river and then charged her magic.
"Evil Explosion!" She exclaimed as she controlled the river water and then sent it towards the confused Naruto.
Naruto was caught by the attack and swirled inside until the water exploded and he was sent crashing to the ground.
"Fuck it, he just wouldn't let go of that sword." Mira cursed as she saw that the attack wasn't able to separate Naruto from his sword.
She flew quickly towards where Naruto was lying to take his sword but as she was about to grab it, she had to quickly flew back to dodge a swipe from the sword.
"Naruto listen to me, you may not know it but unconsciously you are being controlled by Levantine. He is feeding you negative emotion. He is slowly turning you into someone you aren't. You maybe in control right now but he is slowly eating your soul and mind away. The real you wouldn't do something like this. You value family above all. Think what would Juvia feel when she sees what is happening to you!" Mira exclaimed.
"Stop it… Stop confusing me!" Naruto shouted as he appeared in front of Mira and swiped his sword.
'He is starting to fight purely on instinct. I have to hurry.' Mira thought as she caught Naruto's sword. She grasped the tip of the blade with her scaled hand and tried to yank it away from his grasp but Naruto didn't let go and instead he charged up a dark pulse. Mira sensing the build-up of magic from the sword kicked Naruto in the chest in hopes of making him loose grasp but he didn't and the dark pulse hit her point blank producing an explosion.
"Big Sis!" Elfman shouted as his right fist changed and was about to attack but he felt himself being held back by Cana.
"No Elfman, don't interfere." Cana pleaded.
"But my sister!" Elfman shouted as he tried to struggle out of Cana's hold.
"Trust her. She won't go down that easily. You'll just be on her way." She pleaded.
Elfman stopped struggling out of Cana's hold and settled to just watch the fight. He was ready though, to charge unto the battle if his sister ever needs it.
When the dust cleared Naruto was standing in front of a pile of debris. He smirked and turned his back. He walked towards Fried eager to continue where he left off.
"Now that the nuisance is out of the way, shall we continue where we left off, Fried-san?" Naruto said.
He was halfway towards Fried when he felt a strong energy being gathered from above. When he looked up he saw Mirajane was about to finish gathering dark energy at a single sphere and ready was ready to fire.
"Impossible, I was sure I smelled your fragrance from those piles." Naruto said as he looked at the pile of debris only to see the pink cloth that was previously tied on Mirajane's neck.
"Since when did you become too reliant on your sense of smell, Naruto-san? You're not a dragon slayer and you're certainly not a dragon, Soul Extinction!" Mirajane smirked as she fired a beam of dark energy towards Naruto.
Naruto gripped the handle of his sword and prepared for a counter attack. He was surprised though, as he felt that he couldn't draw his sword. It's as if someone was stopping him from drawing it. His eyes widen when he heard a stern and familiar voice.
"Since when did you draw your sword against your precious people, Naruto?"
He looked towards his side where his sword was. For a moment he thought he saw Valandil looking at him with a stern face. One of Valandil's palm was resting on top of his sword's handle preventing him from drawing it. His face softens into a warm smile.
"You shouldn't hurt those who are precious to you, Naruto…" was the last thing Naruto heard as he felt the dark energy about to hit him. In the back of his mind, he could hear someone taunting and ordering him to dodge the attack but he knew he shouldn't.
"Shut up, Levantine." He mumbled as he let the energy engulf him. He felt the dark aura of Levantine being sucked out of his body but Levantine won't let himself be defeated easily. He feeds on negative emotion and he knew all too well what he needed. Naruto suddenly felt something wrong as he was engulf by the dark energy. Suddenly, the dark energy was gone and he was standing on a shrine inside a forest.
"This is…" was all Naruto could say as he saw someone walking towards the shrine with a dazed look on his eyes.
"Someone is calling me…" The boy said as he entered the shrine.
"No you idiot! Don't listen to the voice! Stop and turn around! Go back to your Master… Go back to VALANDIL!" Naruto shouted as he tried to block the boy's path towards the center of the shrine but the boy only passed through him as if he was a ghost. He turned around and tried to grab unto the boy but again the boy just passed through him like a ghost.
Naruto could only look in horror as his younger self was standing in front of the cursed sword.
"DON'T!" He shouted but he was surprised as he also heard a female's voice shouting the same word.
She had raven hair and was atleast a little older than him. She run passed the ghost Naruto and tackled the young Naruto away from the sword.
"You idiot! What are you thinking? You know what this sword is, right? Do you want your soul to be eaten?" She exclaimed as she shook the boy.
The boy said a name.
A tick mark grew on the girl's forehead as she said.
"I told you, don't call me with that name…" she was cut off by the boy.
"Get out of my way…" the boy said dreadfully as he pushed her away from him. Her eyes widen as she felt her whole body was pushed by a strong and unseen force and she was flung away from him.
The ghost Naruto could only watch in horror as he saw the girl flew towards a wall but before the girl hit the wall, a shadow came and caught her. Her savior lands on the ground with grace as he put her down.
"Valandil-san?" the girl said.
"Stay out of this." Valandil said.
"But… Naru-chan is…" she protested.
"Please, stay out of this. I wouldn't be able to face your Master if something bad happens to you. So please, understand." Valandil said with a stern voice but she knew that he was pleading.
"I understand…" She said with her head down.
"Thank you… You're really such a nice girl." He said as he placed a hand on her shoulder. He then whispered something to her which obviously confused her as she looked at Valandil with a questioning gaze. He then walked away from her and towards the young Naruto.
"Naruto, drop that sword this moment or I will have to do it forcefully."
The young Naruto only looked at him with a crazed look and an evil smirked. In a blink of an eye, he appeared in front of Valandil with sword raised.
The ghost Naruto held his head and screamed as he felt the negative emotions he felt that day came back. He also felt Levantine feeding on it again.
"Someone help me… Master, help me!" Naruto screamed.
"Finally, I found you. You have been overcome again by Levantine's tricks." Naruto heard as a ghostly hand was placed on his shoulder. He looked back and saw the ghostly figure of his Master.
"How?" was all he could say.
"Have you forgotten what I said?" Valandil asked.
Naruto was silent as he looked at Valandil smiling face. Valandil's ghost started to dissipate and everything around him started to turn black.
"Worry not, for I will always look after you." was the words he heard as he succumb to the darkness.
"Naruto… Naruto… are you alright, Naruto?…" he heard a familiar female voice say. He opened his eyes and was face to face with Mirajane who was still in her Satan Soul mode.
"What?" Naruto said bewildered as he sat up.
"It looks like you're back to normal. More importantly… What were you thinking losing yourself to that stupid dragon?" Mirajane said as her fist connected to Naruto's head.
"Ow! What happened? Last thing I know was I was engulfed by your magic." Naruto said as he nursed his head.
"So you were really in control?" She asked with a tick mark on her head.
"I'm not sure. I know what I was doing and I knew that it isn't right but I just couldn't stop. It's like a part of me really wanted what I was doing. I guess you were right, that stupid dragon was controlling me through my negative emotions. He also made me felt strong and gave me knowledge like I could destroy anyone or anything that threatened me but as his control became more prominent, I was starting to only fight on instinct." Naruto answered and then he started to stand up.
"How were you able to know Levantine's true nature? All accounts about this sword only say about it being a sword forged by Zeref. How were you able to know that what the ancient writing said wasn't true and what was that magic? It felt like it separated Levantine's dark energy from me." Naruto asked.
"Let's talk about it some other time and in private. Right now, Luxus comes first." Mirajane said.
Naruto got what she wanted to say and just nodded as they walked towards the others.
"Oi, you sane now?" Cana asked.
"Yeah, sorry for what happened." Naruto answered as he walked towards Fried.
Fried instinctively tried to get away from Naruto in fear.
"First off, I am not going to apologize for hurting you since you deserve it because of what you did to my sister but I do apologize for letting the darkness took over me and going overboard. I just realized that maybe you were feeling just like I do when I was still ordered around by Jose. Sorry…" Naruto said but he was cut off by Fried.
"I don't need pity from anybody!" Fried shouted.
"I'm not showing you pity." Naruto answered.
"Then just finish it. Finish me because if it was me, I would have killed you without a doubt." Fried stated.
"And yet you didn't kill my sister when you had a chance." Naruto said.
"Because I was busy with Cana." Fried answered.
"How hard was it to strike Juvia with your sword while saying the word 'Suffer' to incapacitate Cana?" Naruto asked.
Fried went silent.
"Admit it or not, you considered everyone on Fairy tail including us, as family…" Fried cut off Naruto.
"Shut Up! I only have Luxus and the Raijinshuu as a friend. Everyone else was nothing but nuisance…" Fried's outburst was interrupted as he was attacked by Mira. In an instant, Mira was beside him and was about to bring down her fist to his face and for a moment he thought that it was the end.
But Mira's fist stopped just in front of his face and she transformed back to the Mira everyone loved.
"This scenario is so sad don't you think? Everyone in Fairy tail, we are family and seeing your family fight each other even if you don't deny it. It feels so sad, right?" She said.
"As I said, all I care about is Luxus and Raijinshuu…"
"You say that, but tears flow out of your eyes when I said that everyone on Fairy tail was a family."
Fried touched his cheeks and indeed there were tears streaming down.
"You remember don't you? How everyone smile, cry and fight together. How everyone had always been welcomed and embraced. It's not bad to cling to just a small group. All of us had that tendency but that doesn't mean that you should close yourself from the others because afterall, we are one big happy family." Mira said as she looked unto Fried.
"You see, you only have to reach out your hand and there will always be someone right here to help you. It's when people realize how lonely it is being alone that they start to become kind. The same goes for you, Naruto" Mira said.
"Yeah." Naruto said as he bowed his head willing his tears not to fall.
Fried started to cry openly saying how he really never wanted to do those things.
"Let's all enjoy the harvest festival after all of this is through, okay?" Mira said with a smile.
Suddenly, Elfman felt someone was beside him. He looked at the direction and saw Naruto carrying Juvia.
"Please bring Juvia and Fried to Wendy, she will be able to heal them. If ever Bixlow is still on top of the clock tower, please take him too." Naruto said as Elfman took Juvia from him.
"Thank you." Naruto said as he turned around towards the Cathedral.
"Naruto, I don't have to worry about you when you fight Luxus, right?" Mira said in a concerned tone, fearing that Naruto might lose it again when he fought Luxus.
The response she got was Naruto handing the sheathed Levantine to her. Mira looked at the sword cautiously.
"Do not worry, the scabbard that holds Levantine is special. As long as you don't draw Levantine from it, you will be safe. And even if you draw it, as long as you don't give in to your negative emotions, he won't have a chance to take control. I'm sure you won't have a problem and you have an alter ego to pull you out just in case." Naruto said.
"But how are you supposed to fight Luxus?" Mira asked.
"I don't need that sword to beat Luxus. This time I will be relying on my own abilities and magic. This sword will just hold me back." Naruto said as Mira took the sword.
"I'll also hand you my other weapons. I don't want to accidentally use them and permanently injure Luxus." Naruto said as he handed Mira his other weapons.
"Very well, good luck and bring Luxus back, okay?" Mira said cheerfully.
Naruto nodded as he walked away and then disappeared.
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"Gah!" Natsu exclaimed as his back skidded to the ground via Luxus punch.
"Ha! so with all that loud mouth, this is all you got." Luxus taunted as he watched Natsu stagger to get up.
"Bastard, I don't know how you are able to eat your own magic but that is just disgusting. It's like eating your own vomit but I won't lose to you." Natsu said as he stood up.
"Still with that nonesense, I'll permanently shut up that mouth of yours." Luxus taunted to which Natsu responded with a battle cry and charged towards Luxus.
Luxus smirked as he saw Natsu took the bait. Natsu was always easy to read. Luxus backhanded Natsu but instead of being thrown away, Natsu held unto Luxus' arm and then he used it as a leverage to deliver a roundhouse kick towards Luxus but his eyes widen as Luxus caught his kick.
"Always easy to read, aren't you Natsu? You fell for my trap, Zap!" Luxus said as lightning coursed from Luxus' body towards Natsu, electrocuting Natsu.
"Gahhh!" Natsu screamed as he felt his body convulse from the electrocution but Luxus didn't stop until he felt something cold hit him from above. He looked at the ceiling and saw from the hole that the ice dome had cracks on it. He looked at the windows and indeed the dome was starting to break apart.
"Look Natsu, it looks like the protection Gray made is starting to break. You are out of luck." Luxus said just in time as the dome broke down and then vanished.
"It looks like Gray's magic has expired." Luxus said.
"No, I actually dispelled it as there is someone knocking. It would be a lot of trouble if we got burried in ice." Gray said tiredly.
"Ah, so you are awake, Gray. Very well, it must be another foolish loser. Time to finish you two." Luxus said as he threw Natsu towards Gray and then followed it with a Lightning halberd but he was surprised to see smirks on their faces. Before Luxus could ask why, he saw a blur between his magic and Natsu and he was surprised to see his magic heading straight back to him. He opened his mouth and ate his magic.
"What took you so long?" Natsu asked.
Luxus looked at them and saw Naruto standing in front of him. Natsu and Gray were sitting tiredly on the floor behind him.
"Sorry, I got lost in the road of life but I'm back now." Naruto answered. Natsu and Gray looked at Naruto confused but didn't comment.
"Ah Naruto, glad to see you join us." Luxus said.
"Natsu, Gray good work. Rest for now, I'll take care of him." Naruto said seriously.
"What are you saying? Theres no way I'm..." Natsu's voice died out as he saw the look Naruto was giving them. It wasn't harsh or pleading. It was a look a leader would give his subordinates, a look radiating with confidence and authority. For some reason both Gray and Natsu could only nod, like it was the right thing to do. Naruto nod in thanks and faced Luxus.
"Now, I believe we have something to settle." Naruto said.
"Ha! Foolish brat, so you came afterall. You didn't even bring your sword. Are you so eager to be beaten?" Luxus taunted noticing Naruto's lack of weapon.
"No actually, I believe none uses a sword when they dispose of garbage. Do you?" Naruto answered coolly.
"I'll show you who the garbage is. Let see how you put up against me, an elite S-class dragon slayer!" Luxus shouted angrily.
"Shouldn't it be an elite S-class liar?" Naruto answered.
"What!" Luxus shouted as Naruto has repeatedly hit a nerve.
"All you have said until now was a lie. You said that losers couldn't beat you or your Raijinshuu and yet none of your Raijinshuu stands. And its not like you didn't have any problem battling those so called losers. And to top it all, spouting nonesense like you are a real dragon slayer. Real dragon slayers can't eat their own magic and even if they could, they won't since it is taboo for them. You even have to be in dragon force mode just to execute those attacks, right? So, tell me oh dear Luxus-chan, are you real or fake?" Naruto taunted.
"Brat! Get your sword and fight me!"
"Too much concern for your opponent, Luxus-chan or are you afraid of me defeating you despite handicap?" Naruto answered calmly.
"I've had enough of bantering with you, Lightning Dragon's Twin Spheres!" Luxus said as two spheres shot towards Naruto.
"Dance!" Luxus exclaimed as the two spheres rotate to each other forming an electric field between them. The movement quicken until it was moving too fast and then raced towards Naruto at unimaginable speed. Luxus smirked; he knew that if Naruto manages to dodge this attack, the brats behind him will be hit.
He was surprised though as he saw Naruto smirked. Before he could react, Luxus was struck by the two rotating spheres. Natsu and Gray's eyes bulged in surprise. Luxus was just hit by his own magic and he wasn't even able to react to it.
"~Aiya, Luxus-chan you got too reckless in using your magic. You shouldn't just throw projectile magic magic recklessly." Naruto teased.
"What happened?" Gray asked but nobody answered as Natsu was also struck with awe.
Luxus glared at Naruto while trying hard to process in his brain how the hell did it happened.
"What did you do?" Luxus asked.
"Me? Why ask me? That was your magic, not mine." Naruto answered innocently.
"You did something to it." Luxus said.
"You shouldn't point fingers to others you know? Maybe it was your incompetence in using your magic that's why you misfire or maybe your magic is rebelling against you?" Naruto suggested.
"Don't fuck with me! Lightning Halberd!" Luxus exclaimed as he threw the magic towards Naruto but before he knew it, it was already heading towards him. The halberd though, was slower than the twin spheres so he had time to open his mouth and ate it.
"That was disgusting, and no, I have no intention of fucking you. I don't sway that way, why not asked guildmaster Bob instead?" Naruto teased.
"Shut Up, you brat!" Luxus said as he charged towards Naruto. Naruto knew that he was getting to Luxus' nerves and that it was making Luxus fight recklessly.
'That's right, fight without thinking. You'll be easier to defeat that way.' Naruto thought.
Luxus on the other hand was getting more and more frustrated. It was obvious that he was no match against Naruto when it comes to hand to hand combat. It was popularly known that Naruto was more of a fighter than a mage.
'Luxus is falling to Naruto's trap. There is no way he could defeat Naruto on hand to hand combat especially when he doesn't have a plan. Naruto was built to be a fighter more than to be a mage. Not to mention that Luxus relied more on his Lightning magic rather than his fists but it looks like his back is on the wall since his lightning magic obviously does not work against Naruto. So it was true, Natsu won because Naruto let him…' Gray thought as he watched Naruto toy Luxus.
"~Aiya… Luxus-chan, you're too slow!" Naruto teased as he backhanded Luxus which sent him sailing towards a wall.
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"Just a little more…" Erza said as she continued to multiply the swords that were now floating around her. She was suddenly startled when she heard a voice.
"Hey Everyone! Can you hear me? This is an emergency, look at the sky!" The voice said.
"Warren?" Erza said.
"Quit lying around and get up. Anyone who is fighting, give it a rest. Listen, we have to take out those things floating around in the sky with the magic we have. Not a single one must be left, it is Luxus' magic and it is about to attack the town!" Warren shouted.
"Warren, how do you know?" Erza asked.
"Erza? Thank goodness, I was desperately looking for you." A female voice said.
"Visca?" Erza said.
"Visca and Erza are safe? Then what about the others?" The other mages said.
"My apologize, but my telepathy could not reach the guild." Warren said.
"We're safe. I'm glad, it looks like everyone is okay. The Raijinshuu has been beaten. Only Luxus is left." Mira answered.
Then everyone started to fight verbally through the telepathy.
"Can the infighting stop now? We have a serious problem in here!" Visca shouted which silenced everyone.
"Alright, let's destroy those floating lacrymas now." Alzack said to which everybody agreed.
"Wait, those things are protected with living link magic…" Erza said but her warning fell on deaf ears.
"I see very well, I will handle the 200 in the north. Everyone handle the southern side and don't leave a single one!" She ordered.
"Wait, who is fighting Luxus if all of us are going to handle the lacrymas?" One of the mages asked.
"Gray and Natsu are currently fighting Luxus. Have faith in them!" Erza answered.
"What?" Many asked in fear.
"Oh good grief, Magnolia is doomed." One said.
"Don't worry, Naruto is probably with them by now." Cana said.
"Oh that's a relief." Visca said.
"Eh? Isn't Naruto just as destructive as those two?" Another said to which everybody paled. Yep, Magnolia was doomed afterall.
"Let's worry about that later!" Visca ordered as everyone shouted in agreement.
Everyone attacked the floating lacrymas and successfully destroyed every single one of them. There was a price though as each one of them was struck by the living link magic.
"Seriously, everyone is so reckless…" Erza said.
"Like you are one to talk…" Cana said.
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"Hall of Thunder, out of order." The rune of communication announced.
"It looks like, we losers had beaten you again. So what now, oh great I am the next Fairy tail master?" Naruto taunted as he caught one of Luxus punches and then turned to deliver a roundhouse kick. The kick connected to Luxus' cheek and he was flung next to the announcing runes.
The rune showed the names of the mages who destroyed the lacrymas and how many they destroyed.
"You damn brats, it looks like bargaining wasn't a good idea afterall. I will then just do it through force!" Luxus exclaimed as he called several thunder bolts from the sky. The thunder bolts pierced through the roof and were on their way towards his mouth but before they reached his mouth they suddenly changed direction and shot out through the windows of the cathedral.
"Well, that was a bad miss." Naruto commented.
Luxus was fuming as Naruto once again did something to change the direction of his magic.
"You cheeky brat!" Luxus said as his body was enveloped by lightning and shot out everywhere.
"Better get out of here now, this cathedral won't hold out." Naruto said as he appeared in front of Gray and Natsu. Luxus magic exploded in a ball of lightning and destroyed the whole cathedral.
Everyone saw the explosion from a distance.
"What the hell?" Warren said what was on everybody's mind.
"Yup, Magnolia is screwed." Macau said.
Naruto appeared a little away from the cathedral carrying Gray and Natsu on each shoulder. He put them down and looked at the wreckage. He saw Luxus greedily eating as much thunder bolt he could from the sky.
"So he used that as a distraction so he could eat some lightning, very clever… but very greedy." Naruto said.
"Shouldn't you be worried that he is getting stronger?" Natsu asked uncharacteristically.
"Since when did you become worried of your opponent getting stronger, Natsu? And yeah, I'm not worried. It would be good if he could give me a good fight now." Naruto answered.
"You are not worried because you are the worst enemy he could face doesn't it?" Gray stated.
"What are you saying? I'm just seeking a good fight, that's all." Naruto said.
"You could fool Natsu but not me. For some reason, your magic allows you to redirect anything projectile and since most of Luxus' attacks are projectiles, he is at a disadvantage. The only thing he got is fighting you at close combat… an art you have mastered. So either way, you are at the advantage. You are very scary, you know that?" Gray said.
Naruto only smiled and shook his head.
"You give me too much credit. Stay here you two, the fight will be more dangerous from now on." Naruto said as he walked towards Luxus.
Luxus finished eating lightning and looked at the approaching Naruto.
"Ha! Let's see how you me beat now!" Luxus smirked as he placed his hand in an all too familiar stance.
"Ah… More flashy now I see." Naruto commented as Luxus released a thundering Lightning Dragon Roar.
The roar came rushing towards Naruto but this time instead of it being deflected, Naruto disappeared and then reappeared next to Luxus and delivered a jaw breaking punch to the surprised Luxus. Luxus was flung away by the strength of the punch and crashed to the rubble that was the cathedral.
Instead of taking his time, Luxus stood up abruptly as if not minding the punch he had just received but as he looked forward all he saw was Naruto's leg as he was hit by a kick straight in the face. The kick smashed the back of his head towards the ground. Before Luxus could compose himself, a thunderous punch was heading straight in his chest. The force released by the punch was so strong that it sent a shockwave. The ground of Magnolia shook as if an earthquake was happening.
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"What is happening?" Levy said as she tried hard to steady herself.
"What was that?" Makarov asked as he saw a cloud of dust on a distance. He, Pulyushka, Levy and Wendy roamed the town of Magnolia to search for any injured mages and they bump into Mira's group.
"Master? Are you alright?" Visca asked worried.
"Don't worry about me, I couldn't just stand by and do nothing. I have Pulyushka and Wendy with me, hang in there everyone." Makarov said.
"Naruto-sensei…" Wendy said as she also looked towards the dust cloud while healing Juvia.
"Huh?" Levy asked.
"That is one of his attacks… I think it is called Shockwave Guillotine…" She answered.
"What the hell is that?" Macau asked.
"I'm not sure too… But all I know is he executes it together with a punch and then upon contact a strong shockwave explodes and destroys everything in its path…" Wendy answered.
"Well that confirms it, he really was holding back when he fought Natsu because he never used that on their fight." Lucy deadpanned.
"No… he was weaker and probably couldn't use it when he was still in phantom." Mira explained.
"Huh? What do you mean?" Erza asked.
"Naruto's sword, he left it with me… He said that it would only hold him back and that from now on he would be relying on his own magic. I think he only started training his magic recently." Mira said.
"No, Naruto-nii had that magic even before he got the sword… He told me once that he just lost the will to use it… Something about his Master…" Juvia said weakly who had just woke up.
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As the dust cloud subsided, a crater the size of the cathedral was formed. But at the center of the crater, only Naruto remains with his fist at the very center.
"Missed…" Naruto said indifferently though if you look a closely, you could see a few sweat in his face..
A little away from him Luxus stood a shakily. He was able to dodge the brunt of the attack but the initial hit of the punch was enough to shake him to his core.
'Damn, if I wasn't able to lightning jump at the last minute, this fight might have been finished. I've got to be wary of that punch. Just what the hell is this guy? He deflects my magic like they were nothing and then hits like a goddamn monster.' Luxus thought.
Luxus called for thunder again to heal himself but again the lightning bolts changed direction and hit a tree that was near Natsu and Gray. The tree burst into flames as the bolts hit.
"Yeah! You're really the best, Naruto!" Natsu exclaimed as he let the fire go into full bloom before greedily eating it but Gray has a different look at the situation.
'An insurance… Naruto won't be able to keep this up for much longer that is why he made an insurance that Natsu could fight… I'm not a very good sensor of magic like Master Ur, but before that punch, Naruto's presence was so strong that I could describe him as a giant but now, it was like it was cut by almost half.' Gray thought.
"Aren't we a little greedy, Luxus? Haven't you eaten enough? You might get a stomach ache if you eat too much, not that I care anyway." Naruto said.
"If you didn't care, why not let me eat it then?" Luxus came back.
"I don't care if you have a stomach ache but I'm not stupid enough to let you have another power up." Naruto answered like it was the most obvious thing on Earthland.
"So now you're admitting that you did deflect my magic." Luxus smirked.
"You honestly think that I will still deny something so obvious?" Naruto deadpanned.
"I've had enough of you!" Luxus said as he transformed into lightning and snaked towards Naruto. When he was at his target destination, he transformed back to human with an electrified fist and was about to punch but he was surprised to see himself in front of a wall. Before he could say anything his body was slammed into the wall by a strong kick in the back. The wall broke down and buried Luxus under it.
Naruto stood in front of the rubble taking the opportunity to recover his energy.
'Damn it, I really need to retrain myself using this magic. That punch took too much energy from me. Years ago, I could execute about a couple more of that attack but now, it almost depleted half of my energy. I must finish this before I go dry.' Naruto thought as he prepared to continue his attack on Luxus.
The rubble exploded as Luxus emerged from it.
"Brat!" Luxus shouted.
"Interesting, so when you do that lightning jump of yours, you change yourself into a magic entity that is lightning, then you couldn't change direction. So before using it, you will pick where you want to go and then when it is executed, there is no way for you to control it. Am I right?" Naruto stated.
"What?" Luxus exclaimed surprised that Naruto had already figured out how his magic operates.
"Too bad, I could easily deflect projectile magic, especially when you don't have any control of it." Naruto taunted.
'Come on, take the bait. Deflecting his magic is also taxing my energy. The stronger the magic the harder it is to deflect…' His thoughts were cut off as Luxus shouted in anger.
"Ha! Like I will succumb to your taunts! I can feel it, your magic energy has been depleted by almost half because of that punch you did earlier." Luxus smirked.
"Yeah, it did and yet I didn't have any problem deflecting your magic. Why is that?" Naruto said.
Luxus' smirked was erased and before he could retort he had to use another lightning jump to dodge Naruto's somersault kick but as he transformed back, his eyes widen as he was welcomed by the incoming kick. Luxus blocked it with crossed arms. He skidded a little away. He stood up and smirked.
"It looks like your attacks are getting weaker." Luxus said.
"And it looks like your magic is a lot easier to deflect now." Naruto retorted.
The fight continued or more like a brawl as punches, kicks and occasional lightning magic was thrown or deflected.
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Erza was looking at the sky when she saw something went flying up.
'What's that in the sky?' She thought which was heard by everyone as they were still in telepathy.
Visca looked up and with her sharp eyes she immediately recognized who it was.
"Luxus!" Visca shouted.
"Luxus?" Mira said as she also looked up and then she saw another one flying up heading straight to Luxus.
Arzack who was also looking up saw who it was and a grin was instantly on his face.
"Naruto! It looks like he was the one who sent Luxus up!" Arzak said.
"I know that attack!" Natsu said as he dumped Gray next to Erza. Since he was near Erza, he and Gray are now also inside the telepathy link.
"Natsu? Gray?" Erza said in surprise.
"Naruto said that he would take care of Luxus himself." Natsu answered.
"Well that's a first, Natsu actually taking orders." Cana chimed in via telepathy ready for a retort but she didn't get any.
"One thing is for sure, Luxus will be feeling hell after that combo hits." Natsu said seriously as they watched Naruto perform a lion combo on Luxus.
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Naruto stood in front of the downed Luxus. He didn't want to show or admit it but he was practically exhausted. He practically wasted some energy fighting Bixlow, Fried and Mira. He depleted his energy from deflecting Luxus magic, enhancing the strength of his attacks and practically fighting Luxus.
'Damn it, she better not see me like this or I won't hear the end of it. I can't believe a fake dragon slayer could be this annoying. He is practically as strong, sturdy and resilient as real one, but then again, those things say more on the mage than their magic.' Naruto thought as he hid his exhaustion but the beads of sweat and the slight pant in his breath is a dead giveaway.
"What… is the matter? Tired already?... *pant*…" Luxus said as he staggered to stand up.
"You're one to talk…" Naruto said as he looked at the obviously hurt and exhausted Luxus.
"Ah… But… I can easily call for lightning…" Luxus answered.
"And I can… easily deflect it…" Naruto replied.
"I wonder how long you could call/deflect the lightning" Naruto and Luxus said at the same time.
Luxus charged and threw a left hook to which Naruto dodged by stepping back at the last minute. Luxus couldn't stop his momentum and as he was hunched forward Naruto sidestepped and then delivered an elbow to Luxus' back. But instead of letting Luxus' fall to the ground, Naruto drove his knee up hitting Luxus' gut.
Luxus not one to be defeated easily took hold of Naruto's knee and then with all his strength lift Naruto and then dropped him backwards letting Naruto hit the ground head first but Naruto recovered just in time to kick him upward since Luxus' back was arched backwards from dropping Naruto. Naruto had a momentary lapse as he took his bearings back and then followed by jumping upward but as he reached Luxus' he was met by a strong punch towards his face but he caught it just in time and then he delivered a side kick toward Luxus' left rib. Luxus winced as he felt several ribs cracked from the hit. Naruto used this temporary stun to twist Luxus' arm and put it on Luxus' back then he held him and they started to spin while rapidly dropping to the ground.
As they were about to hit the ground, Luxus gambled by twisting his body away from Naruto making him grit his teeth as he felt his shoulder get dislocated. Naruto was surprised by Luxus' sacrifice of his arm. The momentary lapse was all Luxus needed for an opening and he kicked Naruto as hard as he could that sent Naruto sailing towards a building near Erza. The wall crumbled against Naruto.
Naruto stood up abruptly, he didn't want Luxus to have any chance to eat a lightning but his eyes widen, he was too late. By the time Luxus hit him with a kick, he already called a lightning and that was all the time he needed to recharge some of his magic.
"Hahaha…" Luxus laughed as he stood in front of Erza, Natsu, Gray and Naruto. He was holding his shoulder; obviously the lightning wasn't enough to heal it.
"You lost Naruto! I have eaten a lightning." Luxus said.
"Doesn't matter, it didn't fill even half of your magic. It wasn't even able to heal your shoulder." Naruto answered.
"Who said I needed shoulder or half of my magic just to win? I only needed enough for one more spell. A spell that would not only defeat you but all of you losers." Luxus said.
"Stop it, Luxus!" Everyone within the telepathy heard.
"Master Makarov?" Naruto asked confused.
"Warren can link everybody using telepathy if they are in range." Erza answered.
"I see…" Naruto said.
"Naruto-sensei… Are you alright?" Wendy asked.
"Wendy? Why are you in the battlefield?" Naruto asked worried.
"Don't worry, we are currently with Elfman, Mira and Cana. She has already healed Juvia." Makarov answered.
"Enough chit-chat!" Luxus shouted as the light started to gather at the sky.
"No Luxus, don't use Fairy Law! You're going to hurt everyone!" Erza said.
"Fairy Law, huh? So that's your trump card? Do it then, let's see where that trump card could take you." Naruto taunted.
"Naruto-nii, don't taunt him!" Juvia said.
"Ah, it's good to know you're alright… Don't worry, it's not like Luxus-chan's magic could actually kill anyone." Naruto taunted.
"Let's just see smartass, Fairy Law!" Luxus exclaimed as the whole town of Magnolia was enveloped by light. Everyone except for Naruto and Makarov shielded their eyes from the blinding light while all the time, Luxus was smirking like a madman.
When the light had died out, Luxus was huffing and puffing in exhaustion but his smirk vanished when he saw no one was harmed.
"What?" Luxus shouted.
He looked forward and saw Naruto. Naruto wasn't smirking or taunting but instead he had a warm smile.
"Thank you…" Naruto said.
Everybody was silent not knowing what to say at this moment.
"I had read up about Fairy Law, it's a spell that punishes those who the caster deemed as enemy and protects those he deemed as friends. Even with all the things that you did and said, you really did consider everyone as family, even me and Juvia… And for that, thank you." Naruto said as he bowed in thanks.
Everybody was speechless and silence reigned until Luxus shouted.
"What kind of nonesense are you saying? I'm gonna crush every single one of you!" Luxus shouted in anger.
Naruto walked towards Natsu and patted his shoulder.
"Tap, finish it Natsu…" Naruto said with an eye smile he learned from Kakashi.
"But?" Natsu was cut off as Naruto said.
"You can do it… You were the one who fought him from the start and I know you want to finish it… And since when did you pass up a good fight?"
"Alright! I'll beat you Luxus!" Natsu exclaimed.
'A making of a good leader indeed.' Makarov thought though no one heard it since he blocked Warren's telepathy from hearing his thoughts.
'Ha! I could easily beat Natsu, I still have one shot of calling a lightning.' Luxus thought as Natsu charged at him. He dodged and blocked Natsu's kick and punches with his good arm. When the he found an opening he kicked him away.
At this moment, he focused all his remaining energy to call for the strongest lightning he could muster but even before the lightning could reach half way to its intended target, it was redirected away from Magnolia.
"I believe… you forgot… about me…" Naruto said between huffs as he leaned against a wall.
"Crimson Lotus: Exploding Flame blade!" Natsu exclaimed as he attacked the exhausted Luxus. Then as a finisher, a torrent of spiral blade shaped flames each blade exploded and burned Luxus upon contact.
"Hell yeah! I did it! Luxus is beaten!" Natsu celebrated as he looked at Naruto with a thumb up. Warren gave a sigh of relief as he closed his telepathy and rested.
"Yeah…" Naruto said as he tried to give a thumb up but his sight was blurred.
'Ah damn… I'm losing consciousness' Naruto said as he was falling forward. He was prepared to hit the floor when his face instead landed on something soft.
"Since when did the floor felt like pillows?" Naruto mumbled as darkness took him.
Unknown to him his face just landed on a blushing Levy's bosoms. Everyone looked amused at the predicament Levy was in. After Natsu won against Luxus, Mira's group together with Makarov's group arrived where Erza, Naruto and Gray were. Levy hurried towards Naruto when she saw him falling forward but forgot that she wasn't at full strength and that Naruto was a little heavy for her. She caught Naruto but they both fall to the floor with her back on the floor and Naruto resting on top of her with his head on her chest.
At that moment, Levy wanted to be eaten by the ground but for some reason she doesn't want to let Naruto go.
"Oh my… So forward…" Mira teased with a blush.
"Atleast they could have waited to be alone or in a room." Cana said.
"I wonder if I could use the same tactic with Gray-sama?" Juvia mumbled.
"Ah, a beautiful love…" Erza said with a knowing smile.
On the sidelines, Gray had a smirk, Natsu laughing at Naruto losing consciousness, Wendy blushing from seeing her teacher in that position, Makarov with a perverted face and Polyushka who look like she didn't want to be there.
"Um… A little help… please…" Levy pleaded.
"Oh… I thought you were enjoying it since you have yet to release him from your love hug…" Cana teased.
Levy's face became crimson red and steam got out of her face as she also journeyed to LaLa land.
"I think you've gone overboard, Cana-san." Juvia said and then they all laughed as they watched Naruto sleep peacefully with a comfortable smile and a passed out crimson faced Levy.
"All's well that ends well. Yep, life was good…" Makarov said then he remembered the damage his mages had done and then a cry of an old man was heard around Magnolia.
End of Chapter 11
AN: Well, how was it? was it bad? was it good? was it able to answer some of your questions? ehehhe. Oh and now, I will describe Naruto's powers.
Arc of Force: It isn't gravity (so no, it isn't like bluenote's). What he actually controls are the vectors. Well I'm not sure if there is such thing as the word vector on Earthland so I used force instead. Just as Valandil said, the Arc of force is a magic that lets them control the direction and magnitude. Just like how Naruto changed the direction of Luxus' magic. Of course, this consumes his energy since he was essentially countering the initial vector of an object. In analogy, if you want to redirect an object with 100 pound force towards the opposite direction, you have to exert a little more than that. You could deflect it sideways using lesser energy but still you will use energy. And of course, the growth of exertion is linear. The stronger it is the more energy needed.
Shockwave Guillotine: It's like this, Naruto traps the forces going outside inside forces going inside. So it was like he is compressing it to the point of a needle and he immediately releases it on one direction. Imagine a dam presurrized water being released in one direction.
Well I don't know if my explanation is good but I hope it answers some questions. :D Oh please read and review. So I could improve myself and know how my readers feel. I hope I could update soon but work is really tough but rest assured, I will update. ^_^ .