Bankai777: He'll meet Fuu...kinda. Sakura, no, unfortunately. But something about her may be included (hint-hint, wink-wink, nudge-nudge, whistle-whistle) ahhahah.
I Own Nothing...yet
Tough Competitors! A Past Revealed!
Naruto, Sasuke, Erza, and all the other mages competitng all walked up to the ref who was holding out a box.
"There are 16 numbers in the box. The 16 of you will be separated into two brackets, bracket A and bracket B. For numbers eight and lower you will be bracket A. Numbers nine and higher you will be bracket B. The champions of both brackets will then battle each other for the champion title. Good luck," the ref said, looking at each of them intently.
As such the mages went into a line all drawing numbers from the box. They then stood in a line, conversing with those that they knew. The ref allowed this for a brief moment, allowing them to get comfortable before he walked into the supply room of the arena. He pulled out a whiteboard.
"Say your numbers in order bracket A."
"One," said Naruto, smirking.
Erza smiled. "You would get a lucky number like that."
"Well of course Er-chan, number one means you're the best," he said, a smile on his face.
Sasuke smirked. "We'll see whose number one when you're on the ground defeated by me."
Naruto laughed. "Bring it, Uchiha." He said a smirk on his face.
Erza looked at the two rivals, a smile on her face as she watched them glare at each other, although she could tell that it was just because they were so close.
XxX
Makarov sighed as he saw Sasuke and Naruto go at it. "Fairy Tail…prepare yourselves."
XxX
Sasuke began to spike his magic power, a black aura surrounding him before it shot into the air, forming a looming dark energy above him, which looked eerily like Susanno. Naruto looked at it with a smile before orangish-golden energy surrounded him before shooting into the air. It swirled and morphed before completing on the form of a giant nine-tailed fox…Kurama. Both S-class mages smirked and shot their magic powers high, showing off their strength and challenging the other. It also did good to intimidate the competitors.
Erza sighed as she looked at the two boys. 'I'm not near their level. If I fight either of them…I know I'll lose.'
That's when another, equally powerful magic shot into the air, causing the two men to snap their heads at Yui so fast it was surprising they didn't get whiplash. Yui was covered in a blue aura, forming a giant two-tailed hellcat in the air.
"Calm down boys…or I think I'll turn you into scratching posts," she whispered dangerously. Sasuke growled his muscles flexing. Naruto tensed, preparing to attack, but the ref glared at them heatedly. He coughed, turning attention to him.
"Excuse me but may we move on now? Your demonstration was quite amusing and intimidating but I'd like to continue," the ref said although the crowd booed him. They loved ever second of the tense atmosphere.
"Two," said a man.
"Three," said another.
"Four."
"Five."
"Six."
"Seven."
"Eight."
The ref nodded, finishing writing the names on the board.
"Match one of the A bracket, Naruto Uzumaki-Namikaze of Fairy Tail versus Syu Nageshi of Killer Beast. Match two of the A bracket, Shin Seijin of Cait Shelter versus Aria of Phantom Lord. Match three of the A bracket, Ramsey of Killer Beast versus Ari of Mermaid Heel. Match four of the A bracket, Jura Neekis of Lamia Scale versus Gajeel Redfox of Phantom Lord."
The crowd cheered, going wild over the powerful contenders in that bracket. No one in it was by any means weak, all with legendary tales to tell, yet as S-classes they couldn't be weak. However, only one of them would end up as the champion of that bracket to fight the champion of the B bracket. People were already placing bets too, even for those who hadn't been called yet. The only people that had any votes were Jura Neekis, Shin Seijin, Sasuke Uchiha, Erza Scarlet, Naruto Uzumaki, and Yui Nii though, with Naruto and Sasuke leading the charge.
"B bracket."
"Nine," Sasuke said, smirking. As Naruto was the first in his bracket he was the first in his own bracket. The firsts would battle it out.
"Ten," said a man.
"Eleven," said another, short, man.
"Twelve," said a woman.
"Thirteen."
"Fourteen," Erza said a smile on her face as she glared at Sasuke. He glared right back at her.
"Fifteen," said a man.
"Sixteen," said Yui glaring at both Sasuke and Erza, who glared right back. She smiled, cat-like features showing. "I'll enjoy this," she mumbled, smirking at them. Sasuke tensed and Erza nodded stiffly. "Prepare to fall before my blade." Sasuke's eyes widened as he looked at Erza. She was in Yui's side of the bracket…if Erza wasn't strong enough…she might die. After all, Shukaku didn't pull any punches why would Matatabi, even if it had a friendlier relation with Naruto. It was still supposedly controlled, or at least that's what Naruto thought.
"Match one of bracket B, Sasuke Uchiha of Fairy Tail versus Bacchus Grof of Quatro Cerberus. Match two of bracket B, Ichiya Kotobuki of Blue Pegasaus versus Louise Anderson of Mermaid Heel. Match three, Takeshi of Killer Beast versus Erza Scarlet of Fairy Tail. Match four, Sol of Phantom Lord versus Yui Nii of Jinchuriki."
The crowd again went wild. Each group had an equal amount of outliers that guaranteed tough battles, although with A group they were closer. It would be intense. Sasuke Uchiha, Erza Scarlet, Ichiya Kotobuki, Louise Anderson, and finally Yui Nii…it would be exciting.
"Without further ado, those without a match occurring now go to the waiting room. As for match one of A bracket, Naruto Uzumaki and Syu Nageshi, prepare yourselves."
As the competitors walked off the arena Sasuke paused by Naruto. "Don't lose. Cause I wanna fight you."
"I won't. But the same goes for you. I wanna fight you too. More importantly though, watch out for Erza…she can't beat Yui."
Sasuke frowned. "You know I have no control-"
"Just do something Sasuke," Naruto interrupted. "She means to much to me to die by her hands."
"She won't die Naruto. Then she'd get a severe punishment from the Magic Council and Mito would be in trouble. But I'll do what I can."
Naruto nodded. With that Sasuke left. Makarov, and Mira, however noticed this.
XxX
"Master, don't you think Naruto and Sasuke have been acting awfully strange since yesterday. I think they're hiding something from us," Mira said.
Makarov nodded. "Yeah, I've noticed it Mira. Don't worry though; I think we'll find out why soon enough. That mysterious past of theirs…and what this has to do with today and why they're so cautious around that Yui girl."
XxX
As the arena cleared and the crowd quieted Naruto got a good look at his opponent. He had black hair, black eyes, and wore a black cloak draped over his body.
"Well aren't you the secretive one," Naruto teased.
Syu was quiet. Naruto frowned. "Well if you won't talk, I guess I'll just defeat you." The ref looked at both participants. "Are both participants ready?" Both nodded. "Begin!" The ref jumped away as Naruto disappeared, reappearing before Syu. The man took a step back, his eyes wide and focusing on the swirling ball of magic in Naruto's hand.
"Rasengan!"
"Negate!"
Syu shot a hand outwards towards the blue orb and on contact it shattered into blue particles. Naruto's eyes widened as he did so before spinning in midair landing a powerful kick in his side. Syu flew the the left and landed face-first on the ground as Naruto landed.
"Negation Magic…of course. That sucks," Naruto said before he disappeared again, although this time there was no burst of dust. Just as Syu stood he realized he had lost. The Thunder God Kunai was at his neck.
"Give up." Naruto said. "You knew from the beginning that you couldn't win yet you fought on, fighting a futile battle. That is admirable. Lose the fight with honor," Naruto said, inching the kunai ever so closer to the boy's neck.
Syu nodded. "Ref. I surrender."
The ref nodded and scratched out Syu's name from the bracket list while advancing Naruto's. "Winner of match one of A bracket: Naruto Uzumaki!"
Naruto sheathed his kunai and examined Syu's clothes. When he found what he was looking for he put a hand on it and a white glow appeared before fading. When it was gone so was the marking.
Naruto nodded to Syu who nodded back before walking out of the arena. Syu left and Naruto went back to the competitor's box to see Erza standing before him, a kind smile, with something else behind it, on her face.
"Good job, Naruto."
Naruto smiled. "Of course. I can't afford to lose until I beat you and Sasuke Er-chan."
Erza gave off a sweet, slightly flirtatious laugh before walking off to the balcony. Naruto joined her. "I hope you're ready Naruto," Erza said looking at him.
"Why?"
"'Iron Rock' Jura is in your bracket. He won't be easy to beat."
Naruto smiled and put his arm around her waist. Erza blushed heavily at the contact and almost pushed him off, but found that she liked the feeling. "Don't worry Er-chan. I won't lose. It's you I'm worried about."
She looked at him curiously. "Sasuke wouldn't-"
"It's not Sasuke," Naruto said. "It's Yui. If you fight her…don't dull your blades with magic. You will need every bit of concentration in you to focus on the fight to even come close to winning."
Erza stared at him cuiously. "What's so deadly about her?"
Naruto bit his lip. "Erza…I wasn't going to tell you until a long time from now, but if you're going to fight her you deserve…no…you need to know. But…you wouldn't ever be able to think of me the same way."
Erza looked at Naruto and touched his cheek slightly. "Naruto you can tell me. I know who you are; nothing would make me think badly of you."
Naruto sighed and looked down. "If I tell you do not tell the guild until Sasuke and I am ready okay?"
'So this does include Sasuke,' Erza thought before she nodded. Naruto took a deep breath before telling her everything, his life as a child, his old team, the wave, the exams, Orochimaru, everything. He told her about the Akatsuki, and the war, about the Juubi and Kaguya and Hagoromo. About the marking on his hand, about his clan, about everything, even Sasuke, as he could tell the man was listening in on them, and knew he wanted Erza to know too. He even told her about the events in Fiore up to the Shuukaku incident.
Erza's eyes were wide and she was in tears by the end, although it was from only one eye. "Naruto…all that really happened? I'm…I'm…I-"
Naruto put his arms around her, and she put her head in the crook of his neck. "Its fine Erza…I'm who I am today because of it." However Erza couldn't help but cry for her friend, she couldn't help but cry for the one she cared so much about, the one she had a crush on…and possibly someone she had loved purely since the day they had gone on their first mission together.
"I'm so sorry you had to endure that Naruto…everything you've done now…it all makes sense."
"You didn't explain Mito and the Jinchuriki Naruto," Sasuke said, appearing from the shadows as if he had melted into them. Naruto looked at Sasuke, as did Erza.
"You were hurt too," she mumbled.
"I don't blame you if you are disgusted with me Erza, what I did was wrong."
Erza shook her head. "It's nothing a member of Fairy Tail wouldn't do if the guild was slaughtered or if their family was slaughtered…I don't blame you." Sasuke nodded before looking at Naruto. "Tell her about Shukaku…Matatabi…all the Jinchuriki and Mito."
Naruto nodded and again spilt his life to her, along with Sasuke's. Her eyes widened in realization when it was over, also because Sasuke had left without her noticing.
"So…Yui Nii is really the Matatabi and the woman, Mito, your great-grandaunt is just using her previous hosts name?"
"Yes Erza, that's why I am worried for you," Naruto said.
"I still can't back away Naruto, for the sake of the guild."
"I know," Naruto said. "And last minute training wouldn't prove useful right now. All I can do is hope."
Erza touched his cheek with a smile on her face. "I have to endure it. I'm going to help you get through this and move on to a new better life Naruto…because…" she paused. She couldn't find the words she wanted to say. However, something easier came to mind. She stood up on the tips of her toes, and kissed him, gently, but a kiss nonetheless. Naruto's eyes widened. He was completely shocked. He never would have imagined that Erza would kiss him. Sure he thought she was gorgeous, but she was strong, strong-willed, beautiful, and all-around perfect. He was just an idiot, with a knack for getting lucky, nothing at all worthy of a girl like her. Yet when she kissed him he slowly responded, but before he could do much she broke apart. She blushed after realizing what she just did and mumbled a quick goodbye before rushing off. Naruto touched his lips, his face crimson before his mind finally kicked back into gear.
"Erza," he called out but she had already left.
XxX
"Match two of bracket A over, winner: Shin Seijin." The ref called, scratching out Aria's name. However, as Shin left the stage Aria staid on the ground, an unrecognizable mess of burns, bruises, blood, and twisted body parts. He wasn't dead, he was just badly beaten. Then again that's what happens if you insult someones guild, and Aria had down just that.
"Match three of bracket A: Ramsey versus Ari, begin!"
The two contestants took off, both immediately in each others faces. Ramsey was a tall man, around 6'3'' in height, and had short, spiky brown hair. He had hazel eyes. He wore black shades, dark purple headphones, and a black tank top. He had a midnight-purple long-sleeved coat with purple edging along with black cargo pants. He wore black shoes with purple detailing.
Ari had long, spiky green hair that flowed to her waist. She had brown eyes. She wore a green short-sleeved shirt with skinny jeans. She wore black, combat boots with spikes on them. She had a below-average bust, and wore a string necklace with a ruby around her neck. Lastly, she had a black wristband.
Ari launched another punch, perfectly intent on letting the punch go straight through Ramsey, yet with a blast of sound her punch was sent haywire and she was sent flying.
"Sound Wave Magic," she said, looking at him intently. Ramsey smirked. "Come on…little girl," he said mockingly.
"Are you worried about this fight," she said as her entire body began to rotate, slowly at first before it reached insane speeds.
"No why would I be," Ramsey said, gathering magic in his hands.
"Cause you should be! Tornado!" Ari roared, with the massive amount of speed her rotation was reaching dust and stones flew from the ground, creating a tornado. Ramsey smiled as he was pulled towards it, but held his ground. "Sound Pulse!" he roared, firing off the magic he had in his hands in pressurized waves of sound. It impacted with the tornado and a clash occurred, both pushing against each other. However, the tornado dispersed quickly and the waves shot towards the crowd. Ramsey's eyes widened and he cut the magic immediately but it still flew towards the crowd. However, the tornado appeared again, sending the waves into the air. Ramsey looked down to see Ari to see Ari frowning at him.
"Even if you didn't do that on purpose you should be more careful," she said.
Ramsey's eye twitched. "Funny coming from the girl he created a tornado."
Ari blushed and scratched the back of her head. "Err….I had it under control!"
Ramsey rolled his eyes before he charged, coating his fist in pressurized sound. 'Sound moves fast. If she charges in she won't be able to avoid it,' he thought. Luckily for him Ari did just that, however her entire body was rotating, covering it in dust. It was impossible for him to know where she was.
"Damn," he mumbled before cocking his arm back. "I'll just make it more widespread. Sound Wave!"
He fired off the literal wave of sound, yet Ari plowed through it, a smirk on her hidden face. "Truck!" she roared, slamming through the wave and impacting with Ramsey. "Crusher!" she yelled, spinning and slamming her kick into Ramsey's head. With the added bonus of legs being stronger then hands, along with the fact that the leg was being powered up from the rotating power her magic allowed her, Ramsey was sent flying into the stands, slamming into multiple people before he crashed into the statue and staid there, defeated.
"Winner of match three of bracket A: Ari!"
The crowd cheered as doctors got Ramsey and Ari walked off the stage, glaring at Naruto. Naruto's eyes widened before he smirked. "Looks like someones got a reason for joining this tournament other than being named the strongest S-class mage. Let's see how that reason matches up against mine," he mumbled a smirk on his face.
"Last match of A bracket: Jura Neekis versus Gajeel Redfox!"
Jura was a tall and massive man with a heavily muscular figure. He had a bald head, a pair of oval-shaped black marks just above his black eyes, and had a lack of eyebrows. He wore clothing that was similar to Egyptians, although his thick boots looked like Inuit clothing. His chest was bare, being covered by a series of dark belts crossing it diagonally, and around his neck he donned a short mantle, covered in horizontal blue and white stripes and sported edges decorated by numerous short, yellow strings that hung from it. He had tight-fitting green armbands that almost reached his shoulders, which looked like it was made from a reptile. There was a long loincloth around his waist held up by a simple belt that sported a motif composed of several arcs, with a single spot in each of their concave part and simple decorations reminiscent of Fleur-de-lis above them.
Gajeel was a tall, muscular young man with long, spiky black hair which was usually kept slicked back, revealing his forehead. He had red eyes with slitted dark pupils, and had no visible eyebrows. Most of his body was covered in round studs. The most visible ones were on his face, with three of them above his eyes, three on each side of his nose, and two on his chin, just below his mouth. His ears were adorned by two sets of five earrings each. He sported four studs on each of his forearms, with the right one being covered in scars. His canines were sharper than usual.
"Begin," the ref said. The two nodded and rushed each other, Gajeel transforming his arm into pure iron and shooting at Jura. Jura's eyes widened but he ducked under the attack and clasped his hands together.
"Forgive me, but I cannot reveal much. I have something in store for the teleporter. As such, I'm going all out from the beginning. Iron Rock Fist Smash!"
Three fists of solid, hard, rock appeared from the ground, smashing into Gajeel multiple times, in a flurry before raising high into the air. Gajeel growled and put his hands to his mouth, preparing a spell.
"Iron Drag-"
"Fall!" Jura interrupted slamming the attack down onto Gajeel's head and knocking the boy out on impact.
Jura sighed as he looked at Gajeel before putting his hands back into their clasped position. He bowed slightly to Gajeel before walking away.
"Winner of match four of bracket A: Jura Neekis!" the ref called, scratching out Gajeel's name.
"Would Sasuke Uchiha and Bacchus Groh please come down!" the ref called.
Hey guys it's Kuma Akuma. You may have noticed I didn't put much effort into these fights...well that's because they're really just filler fights to hold up until the main fights, although with Ramsey and Ari I actually could have made their fight a whole chapter. I literally had an entire plot of a fight made for them, and that goes for Gajeel and Jura too. However, this arc will be relatively short, chapter-wise, just very important to the plot, as you can see with the Erza and Naruto moment that was very sentimental, and even Sasuke and Mira will be realizing they care a lot about each other in this arc. I can tell you something right now though...as I really don't care, and I changed my mind about when I was going to do this...NarutoxErza will be beginning very...LIKE VERY...soon. Get ready. Though, that's obvious, they kissed in this chapter after all. Also, yep, Erza knows their past know. I already hinted at the guild learning it in this arc, and I just hinted at it majorly then. Also, Sasuke way to go and ruin the moment. They could kissed earlier (insert annoyed/sad face here.) Well, sorry for not uploading this yesterday, I just didn't really work on it over the break because my mom 'stole' my computer and didn't let me use it, I only got the other ones up because I finished them before she did so. Also, because I didn't have enough OCs. However, I'm back now, and have two homework packets to do...and I haven't started them...and ones due by July...and I don't even know how long it is...ugh. I hate my life. I NEED to start. Procrastination though. It feels so good yet so bad. Now onto OCs.
Ramsey-Jbone49
Syu-Your wonderful me
Ari-Your wonderful me
Louise-Your wonderful me
Takeshi-Your wonderful me
SEE HOW MANY WONDERFUL ME'S THERE ARE GUYS. DANG!
Finally Shin Seijin-Jason-sama (and no that's his name...gosh)
See you guys later and avoid the Earl.
