Ninja Tail 20
In this chapter...the Element 4 are going to show up...and of course, Lucy's friends are going to battle them. They're not going to let them take her without a fight.
And of course, Juvia will become smitten with Gray. Heh heh.
Meanwhile, Phantom Lord will prepare to attack the Fairy Tail guild...with the Jupiter Cannon! Yikes!
Chapter 20: The Element 4
Erza immediately went to visit Naruto's house. Much to her surprise, she found that he was writing his will.
"Hey there, Naruto!" exclaimed the knight.
Naruto immediately shrieked.
"Please don't hurt me! I haven't finished writing my will y-oh it's you. Thank goodness..." said the genin, letting out a sigh of relief.
"Why are you writing your will?" inquired Erza.
"In just a few moments from now, Sakura's going to kill me..." answered Naruto.
"Really? How come?" inquired the magic knight.
"You remember what I told you? Back when we were at the jungle?" asked the genin.
"You mean that mission where we ended up in a quicksand pit together? I got sunk up to my chest and you got sunk up to your shoulders...and yet we began to enjoy it after a while...if I recall correctly." questioned Erza.
"Yes...that was the one. And yes, that actually happened." nodded Naruto.
Curious, Erza noticed that his cheeks turned red when she asked that.
"Oh, that's right. You mentioned during that mission that if you ever looked at Sakura in her underwear, she'd sentence you to a terrible death, am I right?" inquired the knight.
"Yes...I've gone and done it now. I saw Sakura in her underwear...goodbye, Erza! I love you!" exclaimed Naruto.
"Don't worry about it. I'll make sure she doesn't hurt you." answered Erza.
"Wait, you will?" inquired the genin.
"Of course I will! You're my little buddy." exclaimed the knight.
"Thanks...I guess you're my big buddy. Heh heh." nodded Naruto.
"I'll go lock the door to your house so she can't get in..." said Erza.
"Thank you!" exclaimed the genin.
As she did so, she decided to take a quick look at Naruto's unfinished will.
"He actually included me in there...how sweet..." thought the knight.
Immediately, she locked the door to the house so that Sakura couldn't get inside.
"Right...that should keep her busy." thought Erza.
Suddenly, a fire axe began to cut through it.
"What the-" murmured the knight.
"Here's Sakura!" exclaimed Sakura.
"Oh no...not only is she going to kill Naruto...but she's going to reference The Shining first!" exclaimed Erza.
"All work and no play makes Sakura a very dull girl!" bellowed the kunoichi as she cut down the door to Lucy's apartment.
Immediately, Erza decided it was time for Plan B.
She stood in front of the door to Lucy's room so that she could protect him from Sakura.
Sure enough, she began to run towards the door.
"Not so fast, Sakura! If you want to kill Naruto, you're going to have to go through me first!" exclaimed Erza.
What she said next surprised her.
"Kill Naruto? What are you talking about?" inquired Sakura.
"Huh? You're not here to kill Naruto?" asked Erza.
"Of course not!" exclaimed the pink-haired kunoichi.
"Then why did you cut down the door to his house?" questioned the knight.
"His landlady insulted my mother." said Sakura.
"OK..." answered Erza.
Immediately, Sakura opened the door to Naruto's room, causing him to scream like a girl.
"Oh my gosh! Sakura, don't kill me! I'll do anything!" bellowed the genin.
"I'm not here to kill you, Naruto." said Sakura.
"Wait, what?" inquired Naruto.
"I'm actually here to apologize..." spoke the kunoichi.
"Really? You are?" asked the genin.
"I feel like I've been a bit too hard on you lately..." answered Sakura.
"Well, you did punch me in the stomach after I said that Mei Terumi was the hottest girl alive..." said Naruto.
"Yes, I know..." nodded the kunoichi.
"I appreciate the apology...so consider yourself forgiven!" exclaimed the genin.
Sakura let out a sigh of relief.
Suddenly, he noticed that Sakura was wearing a sarashi that went from her shoulders to her stomach rather than the shirt she was wearing earlier.
"Er, what happened to your shirt? Did you take it off again?" inquired Naruto.
"Yes and no...I didn't feel like wearing a shirt anymore, so I decided to wear this..." answered Sakura.
"Oh. That's funny, Gray mentioned to me earlier that he didn't like wearing shirts..." said Naruto.
"Hinata said I was his interdimensional partner now, or whatever that was..." spoke Sakura.
"That explains why you were able to freeze me solid..." answered the genin.
"Yes, I know. I promise you that I'll never threaten your life again...sound good?" inquired the kunoichi.
"That's a relief. And...yes." nodded Naruto.
Sakura immediately began to smile.
"By the way, I happen to have a guild mark on my backside now...according to Hinata, Gray had the guild mark in the exact same position, only on his left pectoral..." said the kunoichi.
"That's a relief...I wouldn't want it to be on your-"
"That's enough talk for today." answered Sakura.
Naruto left Lucy's room along with his partner.
As they did so, Naruto noticed that the door to Lucy's apartment had been knocked down.
"What happened to the door?" asked the genin.
"Oh, that...I cut it down with an axe." explained Sakura.
"How come?" inquired Naruto.
"The landlady was mean to me..." said the kunoichi.
"I see..." nodded the genin.
Deciding that Naruto and Sakura had made peace, Erza decided it was time to head back to the guild.
Sure enough, the duo began to follow her.
Meanwhile...
Gajeel woke up after his beating from Hinata. Much to his surprise, he found himself in a plastic prison.
"Huh...I guess they were smart enough not to put me in a metal prison..." answered the iron dragonslayer.
At that very moment, Makarov approached him. He had a death glare in his eyes.
Oddly, he seemed younger than Master Jose described him. Then again, he told his guildmates never to mention his name.
"Um, hi?" asked Gajeel nervously.
"What you did to my guild was unforgivable..." said Makarov.
Gajeel gulped. He was in big trouble.
"...but since I'm having the best day of my life, I'm willing to give you a second chance." answered the guildmaster.
"Wait, what?" inquired the iron dragonslayer.
"Just promise never to attack my guild again and we'll let you out of here..." said Makarov.
"OK, I promise. I will never do something like that again. I swear on my deathbed." answered Gajeel.
"You swear to Mavis Vermillion?" inquired the guildmaster.
"Yes, I swear!" exclaimed Gajeel.
Makarov immediately released him from his cell.
Much to his surprise, Gajeel then asked if he could join his guild.
"Huh? You want to join our guild?" inquired the guildmaster.
"Well, you see..." answered Gajeel.
On his way back to the Phantom Lord guild, Gajeel noticed that there was a rather young-looking Exceed standing outside.
This particular Exceed happened to be white.
"Aren't you a cute little guy?" inquired Gajeel.
"I sure am!" nodded the Exceed.
"How would you like to be my cat?" asked the iron dragonslayer.
"I'd love to!" cheered the white Exceed.
However, at that very moment, Master Jose stepped by.
Immediately, he picked up the Exceed by the tail.
"Perfect! Not only did you devastate Fairy Tail, you also caught me some lunch!" exclaimed the guildmaster.
He went back to the guild so that he could make a meal out of the poor Exceed.
"Nooooo!" bellowed Gajeel.
"So, you want revenge on Master Jose too, then?" asked Makarov.
"Yes, I do." nodded Gajeel.
"Alright then...mind you, the other guildmates might be more hesistant to accept you than I am...you kind of made them angry at you..." warned the guildmaster.
"I can live with that." answered the iron dragonslayer.
Immediately, Makarov escorted Gajeel out of the dungeon.
A few minutes later...
"Makarov! You're alive! Thank goodness...but since when were you so young?" inquired Levy.
"I found a friend that managed to make me younger..." answered Makarov.
"I see." nodded the letter mage.
Suddenly, she noticed that Gajeel was standing next to him.
"Wait, isn't that-"
"Yes, I know. He's agreed not to hurt us again and he wants revenge on Master Jose like the rest of us...so we let him join us as a recruit." explained Makarov.
"That's awfully nice..." nodded Levy, recognizing the guild mark on his left shoulder.
However, at that very moment, she noticed that everyone else in the guild had fled from him.
"Where did they go?" inquired Gajeel.
"It appears that they're terrified of him..." answered Makarov.
"Yeah...I'm bit wary of him myself...though admittedly he's kind of cute." spoke Levy.
"He looks rather scary if you ask me..." noted Makarov.
"Beauty is in the eye of the beholder." said the letter mage.
At that very moment, Naruto and Sakura returned from Lucy's apartment. Erza had decided to use the ladies' room on the way there.
"Makarov! Good to see you're back...I was starting to get worr-"
Suddenly, he noticed Gajeel standing next to Makarov.
"Aah! Don't hurt me!" screamed Naruto.
Immediately, he began to hide behind a table.
"Did he beat you up?" asked Sakura.
"Yes, he did." nodded the genin.
"I feel a sense of deja vu..." answered the kunoichi.
"Don't worry, Naruto. He's on our side now. He's not going to hurt you any more...at least, not unless you provoke him." said Makarov.
Naruto let out a sigh of relief.
Suddenly, Gajeel noticed that there was a copy of the Sorceror Magazine on the table.
"Wow, look at all those attractive girls..." said the iron dragonslayer.
Sakura was not amused. Immediately, she punched Gajeel in the face.
"What was that for?!" exclaimed the dragonslayer.
"You'll have to forgive Sakura...she always does that whenever someone's being a pervert..." said Naruto.
"Huh? Alright then...I'll give her a taste of her own medicine. See how much she likes it." answered Gajeel.
"What?" asked the genin.
Immediately, he punched Sakura in the face in return.
Naturally, this made her angry at him.
"Alright, you asked for this!" exclaimed the kunoichi.
The two began to fight.
"We might want to leave now..." said the genin.
Levy and Makarov nodded, deciding to head elsewhere for the time being.
Gajeel and Sakura both tried to land blow after blow on each other, but they seemed to be rather equally matched.
The former decided to turn the tables by covering himself with some iron scales.
"Ha! Let's see you try to punch me now!" exclaimed Gajeel.
However, much to his surprise, Sakura was able to crack the armor on his face with a single punch.
"How did you get so strong?!" bellowed Gajeel as she began to shatter his armor.
"Years of practice...and a hair-trigger temper." answered Sakura.
Suffice to say, the armor did not last long, and he was once more vulnerable to attack.
And to make matters worse, he did not have metal to eat, so no free powerups for him.
Immediately, Gajeel began to turn his arm into a sword that he could cut up Sakura. Surely she couldn't win a swordfight with her bare hands, right?
However, much to his surprise, Sakura once again had the means to counter this. In this case, she had some ice weapons of her own.
"I'm actually starting to like my new ice powers..." thought the kunoichi.
They kept at this for a while, countering sword with sword, club with club, mace with mace, and so on until they both became exhausted.
"Right then...let's finish this, shall we?" inquired Gajeel as he took a deep breath.
Realizing that he was launching a desperate attack, Sakura countered with a desperate attack on her own.
Once again, Gajeel found himself being sent flying.
However, this time, his opponent got sent flying as well.
This time, his battle with a girl had ended with a stalemate, as they both passed out on the floor.
Erza came by a few minutes later.
"Alright, I've finished my business and-what have we here?" inquired the knight.
Shrugging, she decided to take both Sakura and Gajeel to the infirmary, where they woke up from their scuffle.
"I'm sorry I beat you up...I can get angry like that sometimes..." answered the kunoichi.
"Are you kidding? That was the best fight I've had in ages! Let's fight again, shall we?" exclaimed Gajeel.
Sakura sweatdropped.
Meanwhile...
Master Jose moaned in pain after Sakura had kicked him in the groin. Why did she have to be so strong?
Fortunately, Boze and Sue decided to check on him.
"Master! Are you alright?" inquired Boze.
"You look hurt pretty bad..." answered Sue.
At that very moment, Master Jose began to breathe rather heavily.
"Is something the matter?" asked Sue.
"I'm going to wipe Fairy Tail off the face of the earth!" screamed Master Jose.
"Wait, what?!" exclaimed Boze.
"They're all going to die!" bellowed the leader of Phantom Lord.
"Sheesh." answered Sue.
"Activate the Jupiter Cannon!" exclaimed Master Jose.
"Yes, of course!" nodded Boze, looking rather panic-stricken.
Immediately, the Jupiter Cannon emerged from the Phantom Lord guild base.
Suddenly, Sue remembered something important.
"Wait a minute...if we do this, Gajeel's going to get vaporized too! Fairy Tail took him prisoner!" exclaimed the mage.
"What?!" bellowed Master Jose. That actually hadn't occurred to him.
Immediately, he found himself in a rather difficult situation. Should he fire at the Fairy Tail guild base and wipe them off the face of the earth along with Gajeel? Or should he spare Fairy Tail and hope that they return Gajeel to him?
After much deliberation, he eventually made a decision.
"Fire the Jupiter Cannon!" exclaimed Master Jose.
"But what about-"
"His sacrifice will not be in vain!" bellowed the guildmaster.
Sue sighed.
"Yes, Master Jose..." answered the mage.
Immediately, the Jupiter Cannon began to gather magic energy.
"So long, Fairy Tail!" exclaimed Master Jose.
Meanwhile...
Lucy Heartfilia was having a nice day. She was playing shogi with Shikamaru once again, and she had beaten him two out of three times.
"Well, you won your bet, Lucy. Here is your ryo." said Shikamaru.
"Hooray!" cheered the summoner mage.
However, at that very moment, the Element 4 began to approach her.
"We've finally found her..." thought Totomaru.
"Can I help you?" asked Lucy.
Suddenly, Juvia stuffed Lucy inside a barrel, much to her surprise.
"Let me out of here!" screamed the summoner mage.
"Vhere did you get zat barrel, Juvia?" inquired Monsieur Sol.
"I found it when we went to investigate our surroundings earlier...it seemed useful." spoke Juvia.
Shikamaru gasped in shock. That was the exact same barrel the Sound Four had used to contain Sasuke when they went to deliver him to Orochimaru!
"Off to deliver her to her father we go. He'll be happy to see here again...it moves me to tears..." answered Aria.
At that very moment, Lucy began to cry. Apparently, she wasn't looking forward to seeing her father again, as Shikamaru noted.
Immediately, they began to leap their way back towards Phantom Lord's interdimensional portal. How they were doing so, they weren't quite sure...but it was rather useful.
"I must come up with a plan to save Lucy immediately!" he exclaimed.
Immediately, he went to look for his friends. He clearly didn't have much time.
Thankfully, Natsu and Gray was nearby, along with his best friend Choji, who was eating some buffalo wings.
"I need your help! Lucy's being kidnapped!" screamed Shikamaru.
Choji nearly choked on the buffalo wing he was eating.
"What?!" exclaimed Natsu.
"Who did this to her?" inquired Gray.
"Well, one of them had a monocle...one of them had black and white hair...one of them had blue hair and was wearing a hat, and one of them was wearing a blindfold..." answered Shikamaru.
"She must have been captured by the Element 4!" exclaimed Natsu.
"The Element 4?" inquired the Nara clan member.
"They're a group of mages that work for Master Jose...Makarov told me about them once...one of them happens to be a fire mage like my friend Natsu, oddly enough." answered Gray.
"So that's who abducted Lucy." answered Shikamaru.
"Let's get going!" exclaimed Choji.
Immediately, the four began to pursuit Lucy.
A few minutes later...
"Well well well. It looks like you're going to see your abusive father again...I have to say I'm looking forward to it." answered Kurama.
"I'm certainly not." noted Lucy.
"I have to admit, I'm rather curious to what your world is like..." said the nine-tailed fox.
"You better not try to destroy Fiore." answered the summoner mage.
"It's in my nature." said the nine-tailed fox.
"Hmph." answered Lucy.
Immediately, she began to wonder how she was going to get herself out of this mess. Shikamaru had seen her being kidnapped, sure...but would he be able to reach her in time?
Curious, she remembered what Jiraiya had taught her, and decided to summon a toad.
In this case, he ended up summoning Gabakichi.
"Hmm...it appears that my summons are more effective when I'm in mortal peril..." noted Lucy.
"Can I help you?" asked Gabakichi.
"Yes, you can. I'm in a bad situation here...four people are abducting me and I need to get out of this barrel!" exclaimed Lucy.
"You do realize that you can just lift the lid off the barrel, right?" inquired the toad.
Lucy sweatdropped.
"Well, I still need a diversion so that I can escape." answered the summoner mage.
"Alright then..." nodded the toad.
Immediately, he burst through the barrel and began to attack the Element 4.
"Get him off me!" bellowed Totomaru.
"Vhat is zat thing?" inquired Monsieur Sol.
"Juvia thinks that it's some sort of toad...but Juvia's never seen one this big!" exclaimed Juvia.
"Calm down. We'll deal with this shortly..." answered Aria.
"I'm afraid ve might have something bigger to deal vith..." answered Monsieur Sol.
"What?" inquired Totomaru.
As it turned out, Lucy was escaping...ironically enough by leaping like a toad.
"This isn't good...if she escapes from us Master Jose is going to kill us all...literally." answered Aria.
"We have to stop her!" exclaimed Totomaru.
Immediately, the Element 4 began to chase after Lucy.
And to make matters worse, they were slowly catching up to her. As it turned out, Gabakichi had been sent back home by his father, ironically enough.
"Was my escape attempt futile?" inquired Lucy.
Suddenly, the Element 4 stopped completely, much to their surprise.
"What in Fiore?" inquired Totomaru.
"We've been paralyzed!" exclaimed Juvia.
Aria began to cry.
"Who did zis to us?" inquired Monsieur Sol.
Curious, Lucy looked down, and discovered that Shikamaru had latched onto their shadows.
"Shikamaru! Thank the Celestial Spirit King you're here!" exclaimed Lucy.
"That's a disappointment. I was hoping that they would bring you back to Fiore..." answered Kurama.
Shikamaru, Natsu, Gray, and Choji appeared a few seconds later.
"Are you OK, Lucy?" inquired Shikamaru.
"Yes I am. Thank you for trying to save me..." answered Lucy.
"Let's flee for the hills and get Tsunade, shall we? My shadow jutsu isn't going to last forever." said Shikamaru.
"Yes, of course!" nodded the kunoichi.
However, at that very moment, Juvia suddenly thought of something.
"If we're bound by our shadows...what if I tried shapeshifting?" inquired the water mage.
Immediately, she began to do so...
...and broke free of the shadow technique.
"That actually worked. How about that." answered Juvia.
She began to creep up towards Shikamaru.
"Wait, wasn't there four of them?" inquired Lucy.
"Huh?" asked Shikamaru.
"The one with the blue hat and the umbrella! Why is she missing!?" exclaimed the summoner mage.
"That's odd. Where did she g-"
Lucy and Shikamaru's questions were answered when suddenly Juvia dropped a waterfall on top of Shikamaru.
"Gah!" exclaimed the shadow ninja.
Naturally, this was enough to dispel the jutsu.
Taking advantage of the situation, Monsieur Sol then trapped the five inside a giant earth dome.
"I'm not quite sure how I did zat...but it vas a blessing...so..." answered the French mage.
"You think we can recapture Lucy with this?" asked Aria.
"They vill eventually pass out, I suppose." nodded Monsieur Sol.
"Alright then. We'll wait for you at the interdimensional portal." answered Totomaru.
"Deja vu..." murmured Shikamaru.
Immediately, the other Element 4 went back to the interdimensional portal.
"How are we going to get out of here?" inquired Gray.
Natsu tried punching through the earth dome with his fists...
...only for the damage to the dome to quickly become undone.
"This dome can repair itself!" exclaimed the fire mage.
And to make matters worse...they were starting to hallucinate.
At that very moment, an illusion of Shikamaru appeared in front of Choji.
"Huh?" inquired Choji.
"You're fat and useless, Choji! I wish I never met you!" bellowed Shikamaru.
Choji began to cry.
"What's the matter, Choji?" inquired the shadow ninja.
"You just said that I was fat and useless!" exclaimed the Akimichi clan member.
"What? No I didn't! I would never say that to you!" bellowed Shikamaru.
Curious, Choji looked at the other three, and discovered that they seemed rather confused. By the looks of it, Shikamaru was telling the truth.
Suddenly, an illusion of Natsu appeared in front of Lucy.
"Huh?" inquired the summoner mage.
"Why do you make me rescue you all the time, Lucy?! You're not even worth the effort! I wish you never joined Fairy Tail!" exclaimed the illusionary version of Natsu.
Lucy began to bawl.
"Lucy, what's the matter?" inquired Shikamaru.
"I think we're starting to hallucinate..." answered the summoner mage.
Monsieur Sol laughed in delight. Apparently, the illusionary magic that he had casted on the earth dome was starting to take effect.
"This isn't good..." spoke Natsu.
At that very moment, an illusionary version of Lucy appeared in front of Shikamaru.
"Huh?" inquired the shadow ninja.
"You are such a slacker! You disgust me!" bellowed Lucy.
Immediately, she slapped Shikamaru in the face, causing him to whimper.
"You were right, Lucy. We really are hallucinating..." answered the shadow ninja.
"We're going to pass out if we keep seeing mirages like this!" bellowed Lucy.
Sure enough, they were starting to feel rather light-headed.
At that very moment, an illusionary version of Ur appeared in front of Gray.
"Here comes another one." said the ice mage.
"You let me die, Gray! How could you?! You were like a son to me!" exclaimed Ur.
Gray began to sniffle.
"There's got to be a way out of here somewhere..." answered Lucy.
"But the dome is reparing itself! We can't just tunnel through it!" exclaimed Natsu.
Sure enough, he was beginning to hallucinate as well.
In this case, it was an illusionary version of Happy.
"You took my tuna! You fiend!" bellowed the Exceed.
"Nooooo!" bellowed Natsu.
Curious, Shikamaru remembered that the earth dome technique had a weak spot that he could use.
"There's got to be a way out of here..." thought the boy.
Immediately, he decided to check where Monsieur Sol was.
"Hey! Is there someone there?" inquired Shikamaru.
"You should know zat by now." answered the earth mage.
"Can you let us out of here?" asked the shadow ninja.
"I suppose I could do zat...if you let me have ze fraulein." spoke Monsieur Sol.
Lucy began to whimper. Was he going to backstab her?
"No deal." answered Shikamaru.
Lucy let out a sigh of relief. It was good to see Shikamaru cared about her. She was really starting to love him.
"Zen I hope you enjoy my cage of torment." said Monsieur Sol.
At that very moment, Shikamaru knew where to attack.
"Try hitting the side over there." suggested the shadow ninja, pointing to the opposite side of where Monsieur Sol was maintaining the dome.
Choji nodded, and used his body expansion jutsu to transform himself into a wrecking ball.
This worked surprisingly well. Immediately, they were able to break out of their prison, much to Monsieur Sol's surprise.
"Vhat?! You escaped?! Zat's impossible!" bellowed the earth mage.
"Your earth dome wasn't so invincible, after all. Besides, you're not the one who invented that technique." answered Shikamaru.
"Alright zen...it's time for another deal." said Monsieur Sol.
Immediately, he created an enormous boulder and lifted it above his head, much to the fivesome's shock.
"You return ze fraulein to us, and I don't use zis boulder to make you into French pancakes!" exclaimed the earth mage.
"What do we do?" inquired Natsu.
Fortunately, it was Choji's turn to shine once again. He immediately smashed the boulder to pieces.
"You think you can handle this guy? I don't believe that you have your chakra pills this time...then again, those do slowly poison your body..." answered Shikamaru.
"I'll be fine! You go on ahead and save Lucy! You should be able to get reinforcements if things get too tough..." said Choji.
"Yes, of course!" nodded Shikamaru.
Immediately, the other members of the retrieval squad (Lucy included) began to head back towards Konoha.
"Vell, vill you look at zat...I seem to be up against a fat boy. Someone has been eating their McDonalds." answered Monsieur Sol.
"Don't call me fat!" bellowed Choji.
"Hmm...you're in denial, non?" inquired the earth mage.
Immediately, Choji began to attack the mage by inflating himself like a balloon, and then charging straight towards Monsieur Sol.
Thankfully, due to the super strength he inherited from Jirobo, he was able to hold him back.
"OK...somezing tells me that I need some help to capture ze fraulein here...he's holding me off pretty darn vell." answered the earth mage.
A few minutes later...
"Monsieur Sol has been taking a while...should we go check on him?" inquired Juvia.
"Ladies first." answered Totomaru.
Juvia immediately went to look for Monsieur Sol.
Sure enough, he found the earth mage fighting Choji.
"Do you need help?" asked Juvia.
"I'm fine! Go get ze fraulein!" bellowed Monsieur Sol.
"I guess it's up to Juvia now." answered the water mage.
Immediately, she went to pursue Lucy.
"How far is it back to Konoha? They managed to take me quite a distance..." noted Lucy.
"We should be back in about twenty minutes..." explained Shikamaru.
Suddenly, she noticed something rather startling.
"Huh? Is something the matter?" inquired the shadow ninja.
"There's an enormous tidal wave heading right towards us!" exclaimed Lucy.
"What?!" bellowed Natsu.
Immediately, the foursome were hit by the tidal wave, knocking them off their feet.
"I think Monsieur Sol might not be our only threat here..." answered Gray.
"Drip drop, drip drop." said Juvia.
"It looks we're going to have send someone else here...any volunteers?" asked Shikamaru.
Immediately, Juvia lunged towards Lucy.
However, Gray intercepted her...
...and they were both sent tumbling down a cliff.
"Are they going to be OK?" inquired Natsu.
"I think so...it wasn't a very steep slope. Funny, for a moment there I thought I was going to be the one facing her...I keep having to face female opponents." answered Shikamaru.
"I guess this isn't going to be the case this time..." said Lucy.
Shrugging, Shikamaru, Natsu, and Lucy began to continue their journey back towards Konoha.
A few minutes later...
"Hmm...Monsieur Sol still isn't back yet..." noted Totomaru.
"You think Juvia is going to run into complications as well?" inquired Aria.
"I suppose she could, why?" asked the fire mage.
"Then I suggest you go help her and Monsieur Sol." answered the air mage.
Totomaru nodded, and began to search for them.
Sure enough, he found Juvia (along with Gray) at the bottom of a cliff.
"Wake up!" bellowed the fire mage.
Juvia and Gray both woke up from their nap. Immediately, they began to fight.
"I guess it's up to me now..." answered Totomaru.
Curious, he began to look for something in his bag that he could use to fight Lucy's friends.
However, instead of his trademark katana...he instead found a mysterious flute.
Curious, he began to play it, and immediately, three demons appeared.
Oddly enough, one of them was red, one of them was yellow, and one of them was blue...similar to his rainbow magic.
"Can you help me capture Lucy?" inquired Totomaru.
"Of course we can!" exclaimed the red demon.
"Sir, yes, sir!" bellowed the yellow demon.
"Let's go." said the blue demon.
Immediately, the trio went to search for Lucy.
"I guess I might as well go with them." said Totomaru.
Unsurprisingly, the trio of demons began to attack the trio, each of them attacking using rainbow magic of their same color.
"Ouch! Hot hot hot!" exclaimed Lucy.
For a moment, Shikamaru began to wonder if she was referring to herself. He was actually inclined to agree.
Of course, he could also say the same for Natsu, since he was a fire mage.
At that very moment, Totomaru lunged towards them with his sword.
However, Shikamaru decided to hold him off with his shadow jutsu.
"Keep going!" exclaimed the shadow ninja.
"Goodbye Shikamaru...I hope that you can defeat him..." said Lucy, looking a bit sad.
"Don't worry about me! Worry about yourself! I assembled a rescue team, didn't I?" inquired Shikamaru.
Lucy nodded, and she left along with Natsu.
Meanwhile...
"You know, considering that I sent all my teammates after Lucy...I'm starting to wonder if I should enter the fray myself." thought Aria.
Immediately, he began to cry. He was already starting to miss his teammates.
However, after a few moments of this, he came to a decision.
"You know what! I'm going after Lucy myself! I'm the leader of this team, aren't I? If there's anyone that can do this...it's me!" exclaimed the air mage with ambition.
He transformed into his vapor form, and began to chase after Lucy.
On the way there, he noticed that his teammates were fighting against her friends.
"I guess this was a good decision..." thought Aria.
Immediately, he noticed that Lucy was going to cross the border to Konoha soon, and realized what had to be done.
Suddenly, he began to attack the duo with a tornado.
"Whoa!" exclaimed Natsu.
"I guess there's still one left..." answered Lucy.
"Give us back the girl...or I'm going to cry. Please?" asked Aria.
"Sorry, but we're going to have to politely turn down your demands. Konoha is her home...or at least it is for the time being..." said Natsu.
"Yes! Let me go!" exclaimed Lucy.
"Very well. I didn't want to resort to this...but I have no choice." answered Aria.
Immediately, he began to shoot spider webbing at the duo, tying up Natsu and Lucy.
"I had to admit, this was a bit of a surprise when I first used it...but I have to admit, it's rather useful." answered Aria.
Fortunately, Natsu was able to free himself along with Lucy thanks to his fire magic, though he had to be careful not to burn the latter in the process.
"Lucy, you go on ahead! I'll hold him off! You should be able to head back home now...there's nobody else to attack us!" exclaimed the fire mage.
"Right, of course!" nodded the summoner mage.
Immediately, she left to go get some help. Hopefully, her teammates would be able to hold off the Element 4 until then.
Meanwhile...
"I'm feeling a strange sense of deja vu..." answered Sakon as he left the McDonalds.
"Me too..." nodded Kidomaru.
"What's going on back at the world of ninja?" questioned Tayuya.
Jirobo shrugged.
"Anyways...if we're going to capture that little brat, we're going to need to summon Kimimaro. We can't take on those miserable friends of his alone." explained Tayuya.
"You're right...last time we tried that, we got locked away...we might not be as lucky this time..." nodded Kidomaru.
"When I catch him, I'm going to punch him in his face." answered Jirobo.
"Sounds delightful." nodded Sakon.
Immediately, they began to stand in their respective positions.
Shortly afterwards, a mandala began to appear, along with some candles.
Gradually, the candles began to light up.
"How long is this going to take?" asked Ukon, emerging from his brother's body.
"Only a few minutes...though it might be a bit longer." explained Sakon.
"Finally! Now we can get out of here! This place is creeping me out!" exclaimed Tayuya.
"I actually agree on you on that...for once." nodded Jirobo.
"Want to play a game until then?" inquired Kidomaru.
The other members of the Sound Four shrugged.
Immediately, Kidomaru pulled out a dartboard and began to toss kunai at it. Naturally, he was the best shot, though Tayuya wasn't a far second.
"I love this game...though personally I'd rather toss a kunai at someone's skull..." answered Kidomaru.
"I'd rather just stab them with it." explained Tayuya.
At the police station...
The police chief let out a sigh of relief. He was rather worried that he wouldn't be able to catch the killer...but by the looks of it he didn't have anything to worry about anymore.
"Looks like a job well done...sheesh, so many people are dead...I don't think this town is going to be quite the same again..." answered the police chief.
Hopefully someone would be able to undo the damage Chiyoye did, though admittedly that was going to take a while.
Suddenly, he began to hear moaning noises coming from the prison.
"Huh?" inquired the police chief.
Curious, he began to investigate the prison. As he did so, he began to feel rather nervous.
He had to admit, it was a long way down towards the prison cells.
Curious, he looked at the prisoners...
...and gasped in surprise.
Every single one of them had become a zombie!
"What happened here?! What happened to the prisoners?! And where are the guards?!" exclaimed the police chief.
"I happened." answered Chiyoye.
"What?! You did this?!" bellowed the chief.
"Did you really think that it was going to be that easy to lock me away? I assure you...you're going to need a much higher security cell than that." answered the necromanceress.
"Good lord...I need to get some backup! Anyone! Please...help me!" shouted the police chief.
"Backup? I'm afraid your backup is now my backup, actually. I actually didn't stop with your prisoners..." said Chiyoye.
"What?!" bellowed the man.
Immediately, several skeletonized police officers joined Chiyoye's side. They began to release the zombies from their cells using their keys.
The police chief could not believe what was happening. His worst nightmares had come true...and then some.
"Right then...now that you're all free...tear him limb from limb!" exclaimed the necromanceress.
Immediately, the zombies and skeletons surrounded the police chief and began to tear and devour him.
His screams could be heard well outside the police station.
"Well, I think I'm just about done now...there might be a few survivors here and there...but I can always come back later to check." said Chiyoye.
Suffice to say, she was feeling a lot stronger than before. Draining the life from so many people had gone a long way.
Rather than simply teleport out of the city, she decided to go on a walk so that she could admire the consequences of her actions.
She was looking forward to it.
Well, it looks like Gajeel's part of Fairy Tail now...and of course, the Element 4 are trying to capture Lucy.
Also, Chiyoye just murdered the police chief...do you feel sorry for him? I know I do...believe it or not, he wasn't a dirty cop. If anything he was just trying to do his job...
In the next chapter...well, things are going to get intense once again. I hope you're ready for it!
Have a nice day!