Ninja Tail
In this chapter, the girls are going to join the fight. Why do you ask? Let's just say that things aren't going to turn out so well for Evergreen…
Afterwards, they'll start fighting the other members of the Thunder God Tribe…of course, they're going to have to work their way towards Laxus.
Oh, and Sasuke Uchiha will appear as well…I assure that Naruto will eventually be fighting him…that's what you want, right?
Chapter 52: Feminine Reinforcements
As Konohamaru continued to show Wendy around Konoha, Wendy noticed something that intrigued her.
"Ninja…Academy?" questioned Wendy.
"It's where people go when they want to become ninja…which is virtually everyone in Konoha." answered Konohamaru.
"Are they recruiting?" inquired the wind dragonslayer.
"I believe so." nodded the boy.
Immediately, Wendy went into the Ninja Academy to check it for herself.
A few minutes later, she came out wearing a diploma hat.
"How did you graduate so fast?" inquired Konohamaru.
"I'm not sure about that myself…" answered Wendy.
"Did you show them your wind abilities?" questioned the boy.
"Yes…and my healing abilities too." stated the wind dragonslayer.
"You have healing powers?" asked the young boy.
Wendy nodded.
"Perfect! Now I can start living my life dangerously…" noted Konohamaru.
"You're not going to beat yourself up, are you?" inquired Wendy. She kind of liked Konohamaru to be honest. It would be rather depressing if he turned out to be a masochist. Why did people punch themselves in the face, anyway? She knew she wouldn't try that…though she wouldn't find some friendly tickle torture every once in a while.
"Of course not…but it makes it so much easier to go out on dangerous missions when you have medical backup." answered the Third Hokage's grandson.
"Good point." nodded Wendy. It would be rather nice to have a mage to patch her up every time she got an injury. Fortunately, she already had an enormous dragon for that…she in fact had taught her healing magic so that Wendy didn't have to worry about falling off a cliff or something…so long as it wasn't about a thousand feet tall or so…
"Would you like to go out on a mission? My jonin teacher might let you tag along." questioned Konohamaru.
"I might do that…but I don't want to stay in this world for too long. Carla might miss me." answered the wind dragonslayer.
"Carla?" inquired the genin.
"She's my cat." answered Wendy. Specifically, she was a flying cat known as an Exceed…but she wasn't sure that Konohamaru would understand that.
"That's awfully nice of you…by the way, were you named after a restaurant?" asked Konohamaru.
"Very funny, Konohamaru…though considering who my mother is that might be the case…" noted Wendy. Dragons did have large appetites.
Speaking of which, she would like a juicy hamburger right about now. She was getting a bit hungry from staying in this world so long.
Maybe Fairy Tail would have something to eat?
Immediately, Wendy walked away towards the interdimensional portal.
Meanwhile…
Laxus smirked with satisfaction. So far everything was going to plan. Naraku was going to get to be the leader of the Hyuga clan, and of course he was going to be the guild master of Fairy Tail.
"Well, I don't think we'll need this interdimensional portal anymore…I really don't want any more ninja joining Fairy Tail, after all. What was my grandfather thinking?" inquired the lightning dragonslayer.
Immediately, he began to close the interdimensional portal, causing it to grow smaller and smaller and smaller.
In less than a minute, it was completely gone. Nobody would be getting in and out of Fairy Tail without his say so…unless they were a wise guy and decided to use the front door….which he would know about.
"There! No more ninja in Fairy Tail!" exclaimed Laxus. Now the guild was finally going to live up to its name once again.
Finally things could now go back to the way that they used to be…just the way he liked it.
A few minutes later…
No sooner had Wendy ran off to use the interdimensional portal again, she came back towards him a few minutes later.
"What's the matter?" inquired Konohamaru.
"It's the interdimensional portal! It's closed on me!" exclaimed the wind dragonslayer.
"Oh dear…I'm afraid that already happened to Naruto…I happen to be his apprentice." explained Konohamaru.
"Oh no…" thought the adopted daughter of Grandeeney. Maybe she should have looked before she leaped.
"I'm sure that the interdimensional portal will open eventually again though, don't worry." said Konohamaru.
Wendy let out a sigh of relief. It was rather unfortunate she was now trapped in the world of ninja…but at least she would eventually be able to leave once the interdimensional portal reappeared.
Still, she found it rather odd that the interdimensional portal had suddenly closed. Levy hadn't warned her that the portal was unstable. It in fact had looked pretty stable when she decided to use it…though it was possible that she had thought wrong.
"Wait…did anyone else use it when you came out?" inquired Konohamaru.
"I don't think so…why do you ask?" questioned the wind dragonslayer.
"Hmm…I think someone might have deliberately closed it." answered the preteen boy.
"What? Why would they do that?" asked Wendy. The mages of Fairy Tail seemed rather happy to use it considering that they had apparently used it many times before. Why would they suddenly decide to cut off all ties with the ninja world?
"I don't know…but I'm starting to wonder if something is happening on the other side. Now that I think of it…I do believe Naruto happens to be in the world of magic at the moment…" noted Konohamaru.
"He is?" questioned the blue-haired girl.
"Yeah…I do hope he's doing alright." answered the preteen boy.
"Yeah…if the interdimensional portal ever reopens, I might want to ask him what's going on." suggested the preteen boy.
"I hope Carla's doing alright…" questioned Wendy.
Meanwhile…
As it turned out, Carla was taking a catnap…despite all the fighting going on.
"Zzz…" murmured the Exceed.
Nearby, Evergreen was fighting against Kakashi.
"Do you honestly think that a man such as yourself can defeat me?" inquired Evergreen.
"If you keep talking like that, you almost certainly will be defeated." answered the jonin.
Evergreen simply scoffed.
However, she was having a hard time dealing with Kakashi's dog summons. They literally were dogpiling her. Though she was able to keep them away using her knives, they were awfully persistent.
It was a shame that her stone eye ability wasn't working on Kakashi or his allies…that would make things so much easier.
Immediately, she began to fly up in the air so that the dogs would have a harder time attacking her…which she did.
"Hmm…maybe you should try making a ladder…" suggested Kakashi.
The dogs nodded, and they began to do so.
However, they were having a hard time keeping a balance…especially with Evergreen tossing knives at them.
Perhaps Kakashi needed to try something else.
Fortunately, he had an idea…why didn't he try using his Chidori? Maybe that would do the trick.
Sure enough, this proved to be rather effective. However, Evergreen managed to dodge the technique, albeit barely.
"That was rather close…" thought Evergreen. Maybe Kakashi was right. Maybe she shouldn't underestimate him.
Still, she did hate the thought of losing to a man that wasn't even a magician. Granted, he was immune to her Stone Eyes technique, but still.
Perhaps it was time to use some of her fairy glitter…besides, it was so much fun making art with it…even if said art typically ended up with people being dead.
Immediately, she casted the spell.
However, Kakashi was proving to be too quick. Why wouldn't he hold still?
We now return to Naruto and Choji…
Naruto frantically avoided having Choji step on him…he did not look forward to being a ninja pancake.
Granted, they weren't fighting each other to the death since that was too barbaric for both of their tastes (especially considering how pacifistic they were), but it still wouldn't be fun for Naruto if Choji fell on top of him.
Speaking of which, he was trying to body slam him.
"There's got to be a way for me to stop him…" thought the teenage boy.
Personally, he wondered if there was a way that Naruto could make Choji shrink…since he relied on chakra to keep himself giant he would inevitably start to grow smaller after a while…but he didn't have all the time in the world.
He was going to have to come up with a different plan than that.
Suddenly, he got an idea.
Immediately, he summoned Cancer to help him deal with Choji…and give him a haircut while he was at it. When was the last time he had shaved?
"How may I help you, master?" inquired Cancer.
"I need you to deal with this giant that's trying to flatten me…" answered Naruto, narrowly avoiding Choji stomping on him.
Immediately, Cancer pierced Choji in the gut, causing him to deflate and for him to clutch his stomach.
"Aaugh!" exclaimed Choji. Naruto was so strong…no wonder he was the son of the Fourth Hokage.
Granted, this was in part due to him being Lucy's interdimensional partner, but still.
"Yes!" cheered Naruto.
Unfortunately, Choji had one last food pill to use, so the fight still wasn't over yet…though it was going to be over soon, one way or another.
Immediately, he stuck it into his mouth, causing wings to sprout from his back.
Also, butterflies were beginning to appear.
"I don't think I want to follow those butterflies…" noted the jonin.
Suddenly, Choji began charging chakra in his right hand.
"Uh-oh…" thought Naruto.
At this point, things had really gone downhill for him. It was bad enough that Choji had one of those chakra pills…but three? He might as well pull out a white flag and surrender.
"How am I going to beat him now?" questioned the teenage boy. He was well-aware what had happened to Jirobo when he had tried fighting Choji in this state…it had ended badly.
Was he going to end up lying unconscious in a crater when Choji punched him? He was feeling rather worried.
But he didn't want to give up just yet. It would be a shame if he went down without a fight.
"Bring it!" exclaimed Naruto, pulling out more summoner keys.
Elsewhere in Fairy Tail…
To be honest, Hinata was starting to wonder why her father had considered her to be too weak to become the heiress of the Hyuga clan. She was toppling the bodyguards like dominoes.
Still, they were awfully persistent. It appeared that no matter how many times she knocked them down, more of them showed up. Others simply got back on their feet.
How many traitorous Hyuga ninja were there, anyway? Hinata was starting to wonder if her father was really unpopular.
Still, she wondered if the other members of Fairy Tail were doing alright. Laxus had set up a rather interesting tournament without their permission…
Hopefully Natsu was doing alright at least. Personally she was under the impression that he could take on everyone in Fairy Tail…except for maybe Erza. Erza was basically a medieval Chuck Norris.
Unfortunately, one of the Hyuga members had decided to put a bucket of water on her to put out her fire.
"Darn it!" exclaimed Hinata. It appeared that she wasn't going to use fire against the Hyuga clan traitors for a few minutes.
But at least she was still able to use her Gentle Fist technique. She had gotten surprisingly good at it as of late. Maybe because Natsu had given her superhuman strength?
Unfortunately, it appeared that some of the traitors were going to get reinforcements. What exactly did they have in mind?
Though Hinata did in fact enjoy fighting other ninja nowadays (due to her inheriting some of Natsu's personality), she was worried that she couldn't take on all the Hyuga ninja alone.
There was only so much that a ninja/mage could do, even if she was a fire dragonslayer and a Hyuga kunoichi.
Since Hinata brought Natsu up, let's check on him…and Gray.
Things had gotten rather messy between Natsu and Gray, who showed no sign of letting up their fierce battle. Unfortunately, it had not occurred to them that they could try talking to each other to solve their problems rather than simply solve their problems with violence.
But since they were stuck in a tournament and were being forced to battle each other, it didn't matter that much at the moment. Basically it was dog eat dog…and before you ask, Akamaru was not going to have to resort to cannibalism. He wasn't even present in this arc for some strange reason….
Still, they were probably going to have to go to the Fairy Tail hospital when this was over. They were just getting warmed up…or Natsu was anyway.
"Gray, you're a big fat loser!" exclaimed Natsu.
"Oh really? I assure you that you're morbidly obese!" bellowed Gray.
"Oh yeah? Well, you're ugly!" screeched the fire dragonslayer.
"Please? Juvia thinks I'm handsome!" exclaimed the ice mage.
"Well, she's in the minority!" bellowed Natsu.
"More like the majority!" exclaimed Gray.
At that very moment, Happy showed up.
"Are you going to keep trading insults or are you going to keep fighting?" questioned the Exceed.
"Who are you rooting for, anyway?" questioned Sakura's interdimensional partner.
"Natsu!" exclaimed Happy.
"Darn it!" bellowed Gray.
Natsu smirked in satisfaction. He knew that he could count on Happy.
Immediately, Happy pulled out a flag with Natsu's face on it.
"Where exactly did you get that?" inquired Natsu.
"I found it in your closet!" exclaimed Happy.
"Wait…when was the last time I cleaned my closet?" questioned the fire dragonslayer.
"I was nearly buried alive!" bellowed the Exceed.
Natsu's jaw dropped in shock.
Gray tossed an icicle at Natsu, hoping to hit him in the face…but he simply melted it.
"Why did I have to go up against a fire mage?" questioned the ice mage. He might be at a disadvantage.
Eventually, the battle resulted in a big dust ball of violence. For some strange reason, Natsu and Gray's arms and legs kept sticking out of it.
Curious, Happy decided to take a whiff of the dust…
…and he immediately went crazy.
Immediately, he began to run around Fairy Tail, his mouth foaming and mumbling completely random things such as "I'm A Crazy Monkey!"
Fortunately, the effects would eventually wear off…or unfortunately if you liked Happy going crazy. Gajeel knew he did.
Speaking of Gajeel, he was looking forward to fighting an opponent. However, it appeared that all the other mages were fighting at the moment.
This really stunk, to say the very least.
However, he began to wonder if maybe if everyone else was occupied, maybe he could try fighting Laxus.
However, there was a problem…Laxus was a more powerful mage than he was. If he challenged him, he probably wouldn't win.
Perhaps he could try fighting Evergreen since that was what Kakashi was doing. However, he ran the risk of being turned into stone just like Sakura did.
Why did she have to go and get herself turned to stone, anyway? He would love to duel with her again.
If only Evergreen couldn't turn people to stone just by making eye contact with them. It was so annoying.
Speaking of which, he wondered if Kakashi was going to win. If so, that would be a surprise.
Now that he thought of it, wasn't he Naruto's jonin teacher? If so, he might not want to tell him that he had used Naruto as a punching bag…and had ripped off his shirt and caused his fangirls to go crazy.
To be fair, Hinata had already beaten the pulp out of him for beating up who was practically her brother, so maybe Kakashi would cut him some slack…but he didn't want to risk it.
Shrugging, he decided to go look at the statues to see if they were crumbling yet.
Fortunately, they were not.
Suddenly, he noticed one of the members of the Thunder God Tribe…specifically, it was Bickslow.
Apparently, he was observing the statues.
Shrugging, he decided to punch him in the face.
"Ouch!" exclaimed Bickslow. If he wasn't wearing a mask to protect his eyes, he would probably have a black one.
Gajeel smirked in satisfaction. Perhaps now he would have the opportunity to fight someone and satisfy his love of combat.
Unfortunately, Bickslow decided to cut and run, causing him to frown.
However, he did leave behind something that he could fight…namely a ventriloquist dummy.
"What the-" exclaimed Gajeel.
Immediately, the dummy slapped him in the face.
"Do you know any attractive girls that I can make my slave?" inquired the dummy.
"Pervert…" thought Gajeel.
"You want a fight? Bring it on, Slappy!" bellowed the iron dragonslayer.
Personally he wondered why the author was referencing Goosebumps when he could be referencing the Haunting Hour or Child's Play…but at least now he would finally have something to do.
Now, where was the nearest wood chipper?
Let's check on Lucy and Alzack…
As it turned out, Lucy had a plan to deal with the cowboy. Granted, her loved one wasn't in danger like his was…but Kurama had insisted on her not losing to a Texas ranger…he in fact claimed that she would never live it down.
"He's not exactly Walker…" pointed out Lucy. That was a relief really…if Chuck Norris roundhouse kicked her she would probably be vaporized.
"Who cares?" inquired Kurama.
Immediately, Lucy summoned a tiger, a rhino, a panda bear, and an elephant.
"You do realize that every time you try to summon thing, I shoot it, right?" inquired Alzack.
"Of course I'm aware of that…" noted Lucy. Already, several of her summons had vanished into smoke.
However, she knew what to do this time.
Immediately, she sent all four animals after Alzack.
As before, he shot the animals causing them to disappear.
"What did I tell you?" inquired Alzack.
"About that…I don't think the PETA is going to be happy with you…" answered Lucy.
"The PETA?" asked the cowboy.
"Yeah, the PETA…in case you haven't noticed…you just shot a bunch of endangered animals…" pointed out the blonde.
"I don't get it…what does that mean?" inquired Alzack.
Suddenly, he was swarmed by a mob of angry PETA members. They didn't like it whenever poachers were around.
"Wow…" thought Lucy. They were really beating the stuffing out of him.
"This is perfect!" exclaimed Kurama.
Within a few minutes, Lucy was free to resume the Battle Of Fairy Tail.
"I hope Shikamaru's doing alright…" noted the kunoichi.
Immediately, she went to search for Shikamaru, who was still battling Jet.
Unfortunately, there was an electric barrier preventing her from approaching.
"How do I get past it?" inquired Lucy.
"Maybe you should get a suit of rubber?" asked Kurama.
"Where would I get that on such short notice?" questioned the jinchuriki.
"That is a problem…" noted the nine-tailed fox. Perhaps Lucy should try using a wind jutsu.
Suddenly, Lucy sprouted a tail. Apparently, being worried about Shikamaru was triggering her nine-tailed transformation.
Once again, it made her look a bit more fox-like as well.
As it turned out, Shikamaru had successfully grabbed Jet using his shadow jutsu.
"Not so fast now, are you?" inquired Shikamaru.
Jet growled in frustration.
Shikamaru then attempted to use his shadow strangle on Jet…he wasn't going to strangle him to death, thank goodness…but he was going to knock him out.
"Now I know how Bart Simpson feels!" exclaimed Jet.
"Aye carumba!" bellowed Lucy.
Suddenly, Shikamaru noticed Lucy.
"Lucy, is that you?" inquired Shikamaru.
This unfortunately gave Jet the opportunity to break free…since this had disrupted Shikamaru's concentration.
He then followed by attacking Shikamaru so fast that he could blink an eye and be punch three times in the face.
At this point, something came over Lucy…much like it had done before.
Immediately, she tossed a Rasengan at Jet, breaking the thunder barrier in the process.
It hit him straight on the head, and he was knocked out cold.
This of course allowed Shikamaru to break out from the arena.
"Thanks for the help, Lucy…but I think you could have let us out of here without knocking out Jet…" pointed out Shikamaru.
Lucy sweatdropped. Why didn't she think of that?
She then remembered that using the nine-tailed fox's chakra did make her more impulsive…though she had better control over it than Naruto did.
"I think we should try to bust the others out of these arenas…I think that they could really use our help." noted Lucy.
"Yeah…I in particular think that you should try helping the girls…in case you haven't noticed, they're still petrified." pointed out the shadow ninja.
"You're right…you think Laxus is going to go through with his threats?" inquired Lucy.
"Probably not…but I think we should still try to release them. I'm sure that they would appreciate it." answered Shikamaru.
Lucy nodded.
However, as it turned out, they would not have to lift a finger.
As it turned out, Kakashi had successfully managed to take down Evergreen. Specifically, he had pinned her down using his dogs.
Not even her glitter was able to do the trick against him. She had been outmatched.
But as it turned out, Evergreen had one last trick up her sleeve…well, figuratively. She wasn't actually wearing sleeves. She liked to wear dresses…strapless dresses.
"Fine, you win. But it doesn't matter…unless you surrender to me, you'll never get the girls of Fairy Tail back…" pointed out Evergreen.
"Don't do it…" thought Lucy.
"You think that she'd go out on a date with me?" inquired Kurama.
"If you weren't inside me I'd slap you in the face right about now." pointed out the summoner kunoichi.
Unfortunately, it appeared that Kakashi had decided to surrender. Immediately, he dismissed the dogs, and bowed before Evergreen.
"Noooo…" murmured Shikamaru. Why did Evergreen have to pull a dirty trick like that? It just wasn't fair.
Evergreen laughed in delight. For a moment, she thought that she was going to lose…but it looked like she was going to be the big winner.
However, as it turned out, it appeared that the fight wasn't over yet.
Suddenly, "Kakashi" disappeared into smoke, causing Evergreen's glasses to nearly fall off her face in surprise.
"Where did he go?" inquired Evergreen.
Evergreen's question was answered when Kakashi hit Evergreen with his Lightning Blade. Evergreen screamed as the attack knocked her into unconsciousness.
Kakashi faintly smiled in satisfaction. It had been a long battle, but it looked like he had managed to win. He had dealt a rather big blow to Laxus, it seemed.
However, Bickslow had noticed this as well. He was going to have to tell Laxus what had happened so that he wasn't caught by surprise.
Immediately, he went to alert his boss of the bad situation. He would not be happy to hear the good news…but it had to be done.
Immediately, Kakashi leapt after him, hoping that he would be able to take down another member of the Thunder God Tribe.
"You think he will defeat him too?" inquired Lucy.
"Maybe…" answered Shikamaru. Deep down, he wasn't that sure however. Evergreen was enough of a hassle as she was.
Back where Naruto and Choji are…
Unfortunately for Naruto, it appeared that Choji was now too strong in this state for him to effectively handle. Every time he tried summoning something, Choji simply punched the summon and it burst into yellow smoke.
There was only one thing left for Naruto to do.
"Hey, Choji! There's a food court right behind you!" exclaimed the chunin.
"Where?" asked Choji, looking behind him.
This gave Naruto the opportunity to hit Choji on the head with a shovel.
Sometimes you had to be pragmatic…
Naruto let out a sigh of relief as Choji's wings disappeared. It looked like had won…through being a cheapskate.
Hopefully the rest of his friends were doing alright…and that Choji would wake up soon. How hard he had he whacked him, anyway?
One thing was for sure…Choji was going to be unconscious for a while. He in fact had a rather large bump on his head.
If only Laxus hadn't forced the two of them to fight each other…he would probably be a big help fighting Laxus and his minions.
But as it was, Naruto was going to have to fight in his stead. Besides, he had already used up all of his food pills anyway. He had only brought three…and he had used them all on himself, so he wouldn't be able to share them.
Immediately, Naruto went to search for the other mages. He needed as much help as he could get if he wanted to take down Laxus and defeat Fairy Tail.
Somehow, he thought that he wouldn't be able to pull it off alone.
A few minutes later…
Kakashi pursued Bickslow and discovered that he had gone into Laxus…
…only to discover that it was an ambush. Apparently, he had gotten carried away and had not watched where he was going.
As it turned out, Bickslow had summoned several dolls to protect Laxus from the Fairy Tail mages that wanted to bring him to justice.
Not only that, but Laxus himself was there to greet Kakashi.
"Crap…" thought the jonin. It looked like he was outnumbered.
With nowhere left to run, Kakashi tried tossing a few kunai at Laxus…
…but they bounced off his abs.
"How is that even possible?" questioned the jonin. Personally he thought that it violated the laws of physics.
Laxus immediately zapped Kakashi with a bolt of lightning, followed by Bickslow's dolls opening fire on Kakashi.
This was too much for even a jonin like Kakashi, and he immediately passed out. Bickslow immediately laughed with delight.
"Yes! Take that, you filthy ninja!" exclaimed Laxus. He was rather happy that he had gotten to take out a ninja himself, especially a ninja of Kakashi's caliber.
However, things weren't all good for the lightning dragonslayer.
"There's some bad news…" pointed out Bickslow.
"What?" inquired Laxus.
"Before I lured him here…he managed to take down Evergreen." answered the doll user.
Laxus gasped in shock. How could one of his Thunder God Tribe lose? Personally he was under the impression that they were…unstoppable.
But apparently they weren't as invincible as he thought. In fact, the other members of his tribe might be in trouble. How exactly was Freed was doing?
Fortunately for Laxus, as it turned out, he was alright. He was currently using his magic to make runes.
"Wait a minute…if Evergreen's down…then that means…" said the lightning dragonslayer.
Sure enough, cracks were beginning to appear on the imprisoned Fairy Tail girl statues.
"We're going to have to do something about this immediately!" exclaimed Laxus.
"Sir, yes, sir!" bellowed Bickslow, saluting Laxus with respect.
Immediately, Laxus began to cast a spell so that they could continue the tournament uninterrupted. He left the room and went deeper into the Fairy Tail guild.
Naruto entered the room shortly afterwards…happy to have finally defeated Choji…
…only to discover that Kakashi had been knocked out.
"Nooooo!" exclaimed the ninja. Why did he have to go down? Well, at least he managed to take down one of Laxus's Thunder God Tribe before he went.
Suddenly, he noticed that the girls were breaking free from their concrete prisons…much to his pleasant surprise.
"Thank goodness…" thought Naruto. He was worried that his girlfriend was going to become dust.
The girls immediately began to stretch out their arms. They felt like they were taking a long nap.
"What happened? Did I have a hangover?" questioned Cana.
"Why do I feel like punching a lady with glasses on in the face?" inquired Sakura.
"Is the pageant over?" asked Ino.
"Thank goodness you're alright!" exclaimed Naruto.
"Naruto? What's going on?" questioned the pink-haired girl.
"You got turned to stone…but thankfully you're back now." answered Naruto.
Bisca let out a sigh of relief.
"Wait, where's Erza?" inquired the chunin.
Suddenly, Erza entered the room. Judging from the cake that she had on a plate…she had burst out of her granite prison long before the others had.
"That cake is so delicious…" noted Naruto.
"Erza?! Where have you been!" exclaimed the chunin.
"Hi Naruto…I went to get some cake…" answered Erza.
"Help!" screamed Naruto.
"What's the matter?" inquired the knight.
"We're under attack by Laxus! He's taken all the girls in Fairy Tail hostage and now he's forcing us to participate in a twisted tournament!" exclaimed Naruto.
"A twisted tournament?" questioned Erza. Now that she thought of it, all the other mages seemed to have disappeared…which was rather strange considering that there was a large audience watching them earlier.
Had they all gotten bored of the show and had decided to leave? She was under the impression that all of the Fairy Tail mages had done their bets.
"Wait…if you girls are all free…then that means I don't have to play anymore!" bellowed the chunin.
Immediately, Naruto began to dance. It looked like Fairy Tail had won. They didn't have to participate in the tournament anymore…Laxus was going to have to pack up and go home, it seemed.
However, his victory was short-lived.
"Um…what's that lightning out in the distance?" inquired Juvia.
Curious, Naruto stopped dancing and looked outside.
"Oh no…" noted the chunin. Somehow, he knew that this was Laxus's doing.
As it turned out, he had casted his Thunder Palace spell.
Suddenly, they heard Laxus's voice on an intercom.
"It appears that Evergreen has been defeated and the Ms. Fairy Tail contestants have been freed from their enchantment. However, this does not mean that the tournament is over. If you decide not to play my game, I will destroy Magnolia Town." explained the lightning dragonslayer.
Naruto and the Fairy Tail mages gasped in shock.
"I guess the game isn't over yet…" noted the chunin. Would he really destroy Magnolia if his demands weren't met?
Granted, he was probably bluffing…but they couldn't afford to take that risk. It was bad enough that Laxus managed to acquire hostages from the Fairy Tail guild as it was.
It looked like they were going to have to keep continuing the game.
The sooner they managed to find Laxus, the better…
Unfortunately, it appeared that he had gone into hiding following Evergreen's defeat. They were going to have to look for him.
"Where did he go?" inquired Naruto.
"I guess we're just going to have to hunt him down." noted Erza.
Immediately, the remaining Fairy Tail members went to search for Laxus…
…unfortunately, they were going to have to continue fighting each other in the process.
That was just the way things were going to be.
Suddenly, Sakura noticed that Gajeel was fighting what appeared to be a ventriloquist dummy…who was slapping him in the face.
"Cut that out already!" exclaimed the iron dragonslayer.
Fortunately, Sakura still had the axe that she had used to chop down the door to Lucy's apartment.
Immediately, she used it to chop the evil dummy to pieces.
"I hate ventriloquist dummies…" remarked Sakura.
"I suppose I should thank you…" answered Gajeel.
"You're welcome…I guess." stated the kunoichi.
Suddenly, they found themselves trapped in an arena when lightning surrounded the duo.
Apparently, this was Laxus's magic flaring up again.
"Finally! I was hoping to get to challenge another Fairy Tail mage!" exclaimed Gajeel.
"I bet you were." answered Sakura.
However, as it turned out, Sakura was going to be his opponent.
"You're making me face Gajeel again? Really?" inquired Sakura.
"Are you talking to the author or Laxus?" questioned Gajeel.
"Both, I guess…but mainly Laxus." answered the kunoichi. Would Fairy Tail even be standing when Laxus was through with it? Personally she thought that the lightning dragonslayer had gone off the deep end.
A tournament to decide who gets to keep Fairy Tail? Turning people into stone? Taking Magnolia Town hostage? Really?
If she ever managed to defeat Laxus, she was going to put him in a strait jacket.
And to think that he was Makarov's grandson, too. So much for blood relatives.
"3, 2, 1, fight!" exclaimed Laxus's voice.
Smirking with satisfaction, Gajeel got ready to punch Sakura.
However, she was ready as ever.
This time, she decided to summon some slugs like Tsunade had taught her. This might give her an edge.
Apparently this was the case, since the acid they spat was able to penetrate Gajeel's armor.
"Ugh!" exclaimed the iron dragonslayer. These slugs were kind of grossing him out…who exactly was Sakura's teacher again?
It looks like the female mages have been freed and that they can join the fray…but unfortunately Laxus is not going to give up so easily.
After all, I don't think this arc would be nearly as long if Laxus suddenly decided to fold cards…granted, sometimes it is best to fold cards, but still!
In the next chapter, our heroes are going to take on Bickslow and Freed…of course, once they're done with that, they're going after Laxus himself.
As for Naraku…well, you can probably guess whose going to handle that…let's just say that the female Fairy Tail mages aren't going to be the only reinforcements…
Get the hint?
See you!
