Dragonslayer

Chapter 52: Dragon Force

"Fairy Tail"- Regular Speech

'Fairy Tail'- Regular Thoughts

"Fairy Tail"- Flashbacks

"Fairy Tail"- Dragon/Demon/Monster Speech/Names of Spells

'Fairy Tail'- Dragon/Demon/Monster thoughts

Fairy Tail- Stating of the year or a place

Summary: I was told I was alone...in a world where NAKAMA were every person's desire. Then HE found me, he said he saw great potential in my small body and he raised me. Because of him I lived...I learned...and I finally found someone I could call nakama. Even if he didn't call me the same. That is why I will do whatever I can to live up to his name. As the son and dragonslayer of the greatest being I have ever met. Acnologia, the Black Dragon of the Apocalypse.


(Insert Music: Naruto Shippuden- Zetsu Theme)

Extalia, Edolas

The Juubi's massive eye shone brightly, shifting every which way as it took in its surroundings. The brown skinned behemoth raised its right arm and flexed it. Its clawed hand was clenched into a tight fist before it undid the action, almost as if it were experimenting with its motions.

It's massive head turned as it caught wind of the sounds of conflict. Despite the seemingly apocalyptic atmosphere the Juubi brought with its birth, the soldiers of Edolas had still moved to carry out their duty of exterminating the Exceed populace as they had now moved into the heart of the civilian area. The few airships that had managed to remain aloft through the hurricane-like winds adjusted their trajectory and faced the Juubi. Magic seals emerged from the front of the vehicles before they attacked. Streams of fire, ice, wind and lightning all converged upon their target and a massive explosion of magic energy covered the Juubi's face from view.

The smoke cloud dispersed and the ten tailed beast blinked slowly as it registered the airships' locations. The tomoe bearing eye narrowed before it slashed the air with its claws. The heavens themselves could have been ripped apart as a massive whirlwind sliced through the airships like they weren't even there. The engines had been severed and so with the internal combustion mechanisms compromised, they exploded and a wave of fire lit up the stormy skies. Shrapnel and embers fell from above like a meteor storm upon the Exceed homeland. In addition, the Exceed and Edolesian soldiers that were unfortunate enough to be caught within the explosive impacts of the makeshift meteor storm were forever lost to Edolas.

The Juubi roared and the entire island of Extalia quaked once more. The earth cracked and broke apart from the shockwave generated from the sound alone. Every single building within the Exceed homeland was reduced rubble. Even the majestic castle, something which survived the test of time for nearly one hundred years and survived even the brutal onslaught by King Faust's invasion forty years ago, was not safe from damage as large portions of its walls were literally reduced to pieces.

"So...any idea how to fight this thing?" Gajeel asked as he turned to Naruto. The other dragonslayers followed the Iron Dragonslayer's gaze as they looked to Naruto for answers. The blonde was silent for a significant amount of time as his shining eyes continued to marvel at the primordial beast of Edolas. He then swallowed the lump he somehow developed in his throat before shaking his head.

"I...don't know." He replied. "In all my years present in this universe, only a dragon could ever have enough magic to match the amount that this creature has."

"...So we're fucked?" Gajeel asked.

"If you wish to believe that, then so be it, Iron Dragon. However..." Naruto flexed his fingers and the claws of the Apocalypse Dragon cloaked his hands. "...I came here for Kurama and I'm not leaving this world without him."

Naruto's magic energy flared before he pushed off of the ground. The sonic boom that accompanied his rapid ascent caught the attention of the Juubi, its massive red eye zeroing in on the Apocalypse Dragonslayer. The blonde directed a powerful slash that raked across the Juubi's eye, magic made flesh being ripped apart as if it were butter that met a hot knife. However, while the strike did indeed make the Juubi cry out, the roar was most likely to have been out of annoyance rather than pain.

The eye glowed as the tissue knitted itself back together at a rate that almost seemed instantaneous. The ten tailed beast then lashed out with one of its massive limbs which moved faster than Naruto anticipated.

"What the..." He had no time to complete his exclamation as the clawed forehand crashed down on his body. His body felt as if it were being compressed by Acnologia's own limbs. If he weren't in his Drive Mode, Naruto presumed his entire skeleton would have been shattered into bits and pieces from the blow, while whatever was left would have been reduced to a bloody streak on the grounds of Extalia as his rapidly moving form slammed into the earth and carved a trench of dust and dirt.

"Onii-san!" The now partially pink haired pre-teen made her way over to her surrogate brother and helped him into a sitting position. The son of Acnologia shook his head to regain his bearings before giving a nod to Wendy as a sign that he was alright.

"Well...that didn't work." Gajeel quipped.

"Gajeel-san!" Juvia gave a look of disapproval to the Iron Drive user.

"What?! It didn't!"

The daughter of Levia's disproving gaze intensified before shifting to concern as she watched the Apocalypse Dragonslayer climb back to his feet. "Fuujin-san, what are your orders?"

Naruto's mind raced as the Juubi stared at them, as if waiting to see what actions they would try next. Naruto's eyes closed and he took a deep breath to mentally prepare himself as he finished surveying the landscape of the floating island.

"It will take some time to find the opening we need to adhere to the task of trying to defeat this beast, so we'll have to hold our ground." Naruto explained as he held the Juubi's stare. "It can be damaged, but its regeneration speed is far superior to my own and even Sky Dragon's. It's mere presence changing the atmosphere speaks volumes of its power and we need to gain at least some form of information on what the hell this thing is. With these abilities, I am quite ashamed to admit that a concrete plan cannot be laid out as there are too many unknown variables to consider while fighting it. The best plan of action would be to strike as swiftly and as harshly as we can while also aiming to limit its range of movement."

"So otouto, what do you have in mind?" Haku asked before gesturing to the apocalyptic weather status of Edolas. "With this weather and not to mention the lack of actual cover, we have nowhere to hide for a surprise attack if that is what you're going for."

"Juvia suggests to target the legs and immobilize the beast." The daughter of Levia said.

"In that case, I can try and freeze its tails in place to give us the chance to attack." Haku noted.

"Your suggestions are noted." Naruto stated before flaring his magic energy. "Get ready."

(Insert Music: Naruto Shippuden- Martyr)

The other dragonslayers swallowed the lumps in their throats, fear being buried as deeply as it could possibly go as they brought up their fighting spirits. Their magical auras burst into existence and they nodded to the Apocalypse Dragonslayer. The Juubi bared its teeth, a growl that sounded like the beginnings of an earthquake rising up from deep within its throat. The growl escalated in volume and intensity until the Juubi finally unleashed a full-blown, thunderous roar. The shockwave tore the ground apart and parts of the floating island broke off, falling into the cloudy abyss beneath it.

The dragonslayers held their ground and met the Juubi's roars with their own.

The behemoth then began to charge, raising its arm into the air and smashing it down with crater creating force with the intent of crushing the dragonslayers. They had all quickly managed to avoid the surprisingly quick strike before rotating in the air and digging their heels into the ground. They skidded to a a halt a few metres away from their opponent.

"As many a great plan should start off, should we provide a distraction?" Fu asked rhetorically. She had worked long enough with Naruto to know how he would operate and so she turned to Wendy. "So little cousin, wanna give me a hand?"

"I will do what I can!" The blue and pink haired dragonslayer nodded.

"Ile Vernier!" The supplementary spell of Sky Dragonslayer magic came into effect and both its user and Fu felt as if their bodies were lighter than before.

"Furyu no Hayai Tsubasa!" Wind flowed and swirled, taking the shape of two pairs of dragon wings that seemed to sprout forth from Fu's back.

"Let's go!" Fu's and Wendy's leg muscles tensed, coiling like springs before they pushed off. They cratered the earth beneath them, zooming through the air at super sonic speeds. Fu took the initiative to strike as crescents of wind encased her arms.

"Furyu no Shinkuu Renpa!"

"Ile Arms!" Sonic booms echoed throughout the air as Fu slashed the Juubi's body with her Vacuum Serial Blades spell. The high speed blades of wind were augmented in their power and speed due to Wendy's Arms spell. The attacks sliced through skin and tissue like it was made of tissue paper. The daughter of Cyclonus struck from every single possible angle and at what she believed to be various weak points, aiming at the beast's joints, eye and its throat. Her efforts proved to be for naught however as the Wind Drive user could only grit her teeth in annoyance as she saw the Juubi's flesh knit itself back together just as it had when Natuto attacked it.

The Juubi snarled, lashing out with its arms and tails to strike at the insect of a human that dared to attack it. With the spectacular aerial maneuverability brought about from having two pairs of wings, Fu took Wendy in her arms and easily flew around each and every one of the Juubi's attacks.

Naruto observed from afar until he saw the beast's mouth open to try and swallow the two airborne dragonslayers. "Iron Dragon, Nee-chan, attack its jaw muscles now! Slice through them!"

"Tetsuryuken!"

"Hyoryu no Yokugin!"

A light green and ice blue magic seal formed in front of their respective dragonslayers as Gajeel's arm morphed into a sword of black iron and Haku's own limb was covered in ice that took on the shape of a dragon wing. Both weapons were then slammed against the magic seals, lengthening across the battlefield at a rapid pace until they reached the Juubi's face. The sound of the blades of iron and ice slicing through the Juubi's masseter muscles was music to their ears.

"Sky Dragon!" Naruto called out to his surrogate sister. The Sky Drive user nodded as she was spun around and hurled towards the behemoth by the daughter of Cyclonus. Wendy took a deep inhalation of air, condensing it in her lungs and merging it with her magic.

"Tenryu no Hoko!" The swirling vortex of high velocity winds raced down the Juubi's throat. The Juubi's eye widened in shock at the sudden influx of air and its body bloated as more and more wind built up in its body.

"Fire Dragon!"

"Karyu no Hoko!" The son of Igneel needed no further prompting from the Apocalypse Dragonslayer as he unleashed the powerful conflagration from his throat. Wendy quickly brought an end to her own roar to fly out of the way just as Natsu's own roar slammed into the Juubi's face. A powerful fiery explosion occurred upon contact, but the attack's true purpose was revealed as the blue and white flames funneled their way down the Juubi's throat. The behemoth's already bloated body suddenly expanded to even larger proportions as the winds were ignited within its belly. If they weren't fighting for their lives, the dragonslayers would have found the way the Juubi's torso expanded in an almost cartoonish fashion with smoke wafting lazily from its mouth to be very amusing.

"Haku Nee-chan!"

"I'm already on the way, otouto!" True to her word, Haku was quick to spring into action as she was already gliding across Extalia with an ice road she crafted with each step she made. A cloud of frost flowed from her hands before she dragged the tips of her fingers against the ground as she reached the Juubi's location, turning the entire surface into a frozen wasteland beneath the Juubi's body.

"Hyoryu no Shirafune!" Haku swung her arms in an upward motion and the ice responded to her will as she activated the White Sword spell. Numerous spikes and blades of ice spring forth, tearing through the Juubi's underbelly and tails. The Juubi growled, glancing back at the ice which held it in place. The world seemed to tremble once more as the Juubi called upon its primordial powers.

"GAOOOOOOOOOO!" The Juubi raised its head to the skies above and with a boom of thunder, massive bolts of lightning fell from the clouds and struck Extalia. The icy ground was shattered along with Haku's ice weapons, allowing the beast to free itself. Once it regained its mobility, the ten tailed beast then unleashed a powerful burst of magic from its body. A dome of magic energy ripped through Extalia, destroying the remaining pieces of ice that had been stuck in its body while also sending the dragonslayers crashing into various areas of the Exceed kingdom.

With the diminutive opponents now a fair distance away, the Juubi took the opportunity to slam its tails down on the ground. Its tails dug beneath Extalia before bursting forth and wrapping themselves securely around some of the fallen buildings. The Juubi flung the broken pieces of infrastructure at the dragonslayers with terrific force, visible streams of air resistance trailing behind the newly formed projectiles.

"Yoryu no Bakuhatsu!" Roshi was quick to intervene as he slammed his hands down on the ground. A bright orange coloured magic seal appeared in front of the Lava Dragonslayer. A vast area of earth began to turn red and yellow due to the intense heat that was generated. It began to swell, rising at a rapid pace until a massive column of lava burst forth from the depths of the earth. The Lava Dragon's Eruption spell melted the massive pieces of infrastructure before Haku saw her moment to step forward.

"Hyoryu no Hyojinheki." With a burst of magic energy, Haku unleashed a violent burst of cold from her hands as she lay them against the wall of lava. In almost an instant, the lava cooled and became a towering structure of blackened earth. At ten stories tall and fifteen metres across, the wall was quite an impressive structure. It was a shame they would have to use it as a weapon now.

"Gajeel-kun, get it airborne." Haku said as she turned to the red eyed dragonslayer.

"Can do." Gajeel converted his arms into sharp swords before spinning on his heels to build up momentum. "TETSURYUKEN!" The Iron Drive user slashed the ground and the entire length of the massive defensive structure was now cut free from the earth. He then went with the spin of his strike and dug his heels into the ground to stabilize himself before swinging his right leg back.

"Fuujin, it's your turn!" The son of Metalicana called out as he delivered a powerful kick to the underside of the wall and sent it skyward.

The massive wall arched through the air, but it was quickly brought to a halt as Naruto flickered into existence at its current position. Bright blue eyes bathed in ethereal white shone brightly as Naruto dug his fingertips into the dense rock formation. With a roar, Naruto spun rapidly and then hurled the newly formed projectile at the 500 foot behemoth as if it was the Rasenshuriken. However, as the black stone wall neared its target, the Juubi curled its massive hand into a tight fist. It reared its arm back...

BOOM!

But before the beast could deliver the punch to counter the attack, Fu fell from the heavens with a sonic boom. Her form was practically a streak of grey-green as her magic outlined her form and the razor sharp winds encased her legs. She went into a series of front flips just a few moments before to build up momentum. The daughter of the Sky was then revealed to have been latched onto Fu's back, her body glowing with sky blue magic energy.

"Ile Arms!" The timing of the spell was spot on and Fu's body shone with magic as her power increased three-fold.

"FURYU NO RANKYAKU!" With a roar, the mint haired Wind Drive user delivered twin crescent of winds that tore through the Juubi's forearm and continued in their descent to leave massive scars in the earth.

"Yes." The wind and sky users smirked confidently. Time seemed to slow down as they watched the limb fall from the Juubi's body and the lava wall just a second away from smashing into its ugly face. However, Fu's orange eyes widened when a blur of motion was seen on the edge of her periphery and a massive shadow encompassed her form.

"Fuck!" Fu turned around so her back was facing the oncoming attack and in one fluid motion, ripped Wendy from off her back and held the twelve year old tightly against her chest.

"Ile Armour!" Wendy's spell augmented their durability, but to Fu, it felt as if it hadn't helped at all. Even with the already impressive natural durability that came with her Drive Mode, the moment the Juubi's tail smashed into her, she felt her body bend, folding around the rear appendage. She wasn't sure if the sound that met her ears were her bones snapping or the sound of the shockwave that accompanied the blow, but either way, it hurt like hell. The blow then registered with Fu's body and she rocketed through the air, smashing through the lava wall and breaking it apart just as the Juubi's tail strike had continued in its motion to reduce it to rubble.


"Fire Dragon, you've learned to alter the consistency of your flames to make it seem solid, correct?" Naruto asked.

"Yeah, why?"

"You're going to do a Unison Raid with me."

"Wh-What?" Natsu's eyes widened. "Are...Are you sure you want me to be the guy you want to do this with?"

"You are the only one who is able to do this. It won't work as well with the lava element, but note that the timing needs to be right." The son of Acnologia's eyes glowed brightly as he stared into Natsu's dark coloured ones. "Can I trust you to do this, son of Igneel?"

Natsu sweated as he felt the lump form in his throat. Here he was, fighting a giant monstrosity alongside other dragonslayers and now...he was being trusted by one of his greatest enemies to take part in a Unison Raid attack, something which required the utmost cooperation between two or more mages. It was challenging to say the least, downright impossible at the most.

'However...' Natsu gulped, swallowing the lump of doubt that had formed in his throat before grinning toothily, flames erupting forth around his body. "You're speakin' my language, Fuujin-teme. I'm all fired up!"

The blonde nodded before pointing at the Juubi. "Get behind that monster and I'll give you the signal after I catch Wind Dragon and Sky Dragon." Natsu nodded. Blue and white flames burst forth from beneath his feet as he rocketed across the battleground, circling around the Juubi in a wide arc. Naruto watched as the pink haired Fairy Tail mage was then forced to make evasive maneuvers to avoid the strikes from the Juubi's tails.

"Iron Dragon."

"Hmm?" The son of Metalicana looked to the Apocalypse Dragonslayer.

"Start running and get ready to catch them." Gajeel's eyes widened when Naruto pushed off of the ground, cratering it as he launched himself skyward. A jet stream quickly formed behind the blonde haired dragonslayer as he climbed higher into the sky before unleashing a burst of wind based magic to increase his speed. The sound barrier shattered as Naruto appeared before the two wielders of the wind. He quickly caught the two Drive Users in one hand, utilizing their motion to spin and build up momentum.

"Iron Dragon! Catch!" He hurled the two through the air and the Iron Dragonslayer proved to be very good at following his instructions.

"Come on! Come on! Come on! I...GOTCHA!" The Iron Dragonslayer's speed proved to be impressive despite his increased weight as he managed to run into position and hop into the air to catch the two airborne dragonslayers. He clutched the two of them tightly as he fell back to ground zero, the ground cratering beneath his feet as he landed. He gently rested the two of them down as they groaned in pain. "Looks like it was my turn to catch you in midair. Guess we're even now."

"Hehe, I see what you did there. Hehe, ow it hurts to laugh." Fu spoke through gritted teeth as she rose into a sitting position and patted the Iron Dragonslayer on his shoulder. "Thanks for the save. Wendy, you all right?"

"Mhmm. Thank you for protecting me, Fu-san." The Sky Dragonslayer gave her adoptive cousin a small smile as she brushed back a lock of pink hair. "You too, Gajeel-san."

(Insert Music: Naruto Shippuden- A Rondo of Wind and Flame)

The daughter of Grandine directed her cute smile to the son of Metalicana, but she became confused as she found herself looking at a flabbergasted expression on the Iron Dragonslayer's face. "Fu-san, what's wrong with Gajeel-san?" She turned to the mint haired dragonslayer beside her and found that the Wind Dragonslayer was also bearing a similar expression. "Gajeel-san? Fu-san? What's wro-"

Wendy was silenced as the two older dragonslayer mages gripped her by the top of her head and shifted it the direction of Naruto's position in the air. Upon doing so, the Sky Dragonslayer mimicked Gajeel's and Fu's expressions. The other dragonslayers on the ground looked up in awe at the black and blue scaled Apocalypse Drive user, and their eyes widened as they gazed upon the massive, screeching, rotating shuriken in his hands.

"What...What is that?" Wendy whispered.

"I can feel the wind inside that spell." Fu commented. "There's so much of it."

"It's not just wind in there, Fu-chan." Haku said before pointing to the orb of blue and black in its centre. "There's a great deal of pure eternano in its core, and his Dragonslayer Magic is keeping it intact."

"This boy just keeps surprising me." Roshi chuckled.

"ICHI-NIN NO OTOKO UNISON RAID!" His arm reared back as he roared and unleashed the screeching force of magic held in his hand. The attack sped through the air, its very motion unleashing storms of wind blades which tore through anything nearby in a ten kilometre diameter. "SAIKOU FUUTON: RASENSHURIKEN!"

The Juubi roared and struck with its tails to combat the shuriken of wind and energy, however, the one-eyed beast gained what could only be described as a look of surprise as the one-man Unison Raid spell sliced through the rear appendages.

'Not yet.' Naruto thought.

The Rasenshuriken continued on its course and reached the Juubi's neck. The beast's roar was silenced when the slicing winds even continued through its neck, effectively decapitating it. However, Naruto still did not detonate his spell as it flew through the air.

'Not yet.' It was only once its reached a bit beyond the Juubi's hindquarters did he suddenly cry out to the waiting Fire Dragonslayer as jets of blue and white flame kept him aloft. "NOW! FIRE DRAGON, THROW THE RASENSHURIKEN AT THE BODY!"

"DORYAAAAAAAAAAH!" Natsu's body erupted into flames and he stretched his arm out after the Rasenshuriken. The high speed culmination of tearing wind blades was chased after by a massive hand made entirely out of fire. His quick reflexes and mastery over fire proved to be paramount in that moment as the clawed hand of fire grabbed onto the spiraling shuriken. "SUCK ON THIS, BASTARD!"

The son of Igneel threw the dense shuriken of magic down towards the Juubi's body, but just as he threw it, the swirling winds had done just as Natsu had allowed and just as Naruto had hoped they would. Having drawn in a significant amount of Natsu's dragon fire, the screeching weapon shone brighter than it had ever done before as it burned with the flames of Igneel. With an outer coat of dragon fire, an inner layer of wind and a core of literally apocalyptic energy, the newly forged spell crashed down on the Juubi's body. Once it did...Naruto detonated it.

The screeching of the Rasenshuriken increased in pitch and the spiraling shuriken expanded. The newly formed spell from the two most unlikely allies ripped through the monster's body to generate a raging firestorm. The blue and white flames burned flesh while the sharp winds ripped into the magic made body of the Juubi on a microscopic level until a powerful explosion marked the climax of the spell. The area of Extalia burned to ash and a dome of fire, wind and energy tore the land asunder, its resulting shockwave reaching all the way to the opposite end of Extalia.

The light of the explosion then died down and the area where the Juubi was had been reduced to a massive burning crater that was easily twice the size of a mountain and seemed deep enough to have burrowed halfway through Extalia's structure. Blue and white flames burned brightly within the basin as all eyes gazed upon the result of such power being unleashed upon the world.

"Roshi-sensei! Did you see that Roshi-sensei?!" Natsu exclaimed giddily as he flew back down beside the Lava Dragonslayer's side. "Did you see?! Did you see what I did?!"

The son of Volcanus chuckled, nodding as he patted his pupil on the head. "Yes, Yes I did. You did very well."

"I concur." The Apocalypse Dragonslayer planted his feet on the ground as he landed beside Wendy. "Imouto?"

"I'm fine, Onii-san. My healing factor is much faster thanks to Drive Mode." She flexed her right arm and patted her bicep. The Apocalypse Dragonslayer stared at the youngest dragonslayer with a blank look on his face.

"So it seems." The son of Acnologia then turned to meet the Fire Dragonslayer's grinning face. "What? Why are you smiling like an idiot, Fire Dragon?"

"Nothin'." The seventeen year old mage chuckled. "It's just...well...I thought it was kinda cool the way we just teamed up. Didn't think that us enemies working together could make that kind of destruction."

"The Rasenshuriken is the third most powerful spell in my arsenal and is composed primarily of wind. Obviously combining it with dragon fire would increase its destructive capabilities." The son of two Wizard Saints explained. "Though the odds of it working out as well as it did are actually quite surprising."

"Well...a new team-up creating new Unison Raid spell." Roshi laughed lightly as he patted the two younger dragonslayers on their shoulders. "Such a powerful spell is obviously going to require a name...and I've got just the thing! I think it should be called Unison Raid: Kōrin Shippū Shiroi no Ya Zeroshiki/Unison Raid: Nimbus Gale White Arrow Formation: Zero!"

Silence seemed to reign supreme between the seven other dragonslayers. They turned to each other before blinking with a confused tilt of their heads as they looked back at their lava using compatriot with raised eyebrows.

"Huh?" Was the intelligent reply.

"Booooo!" Fu gave a thumbs down. "Too long."

"Fu-chan pretty much says it right there." Haku agreed.

"Juvia agrees with Haku-san and Fu-san."

"Not to mention it doesn't even look like a damn arrow to begin with." Gajeel pointed out.

"Now I'm starting to remember why you told me Volcanus always used to get angry at you whenever you made suggestions to rename the dragonslayer spells he taught you." Natsu said with a look of realization. "It's because you suck at it."

Roshi curled up in a ball and drew small circles with his volcanic temperature digits. "Even my own student. You all are so mean to me. I'm the oldest one here, you should all be calling me Roshi-senpai."

"There there, Roshi-san. If it's any consolation...I do still want to learn from you how to make lightning with Fu-san." Wendy said with a small smile. Roshi's lava coloured eyes brightened as he looked up at the Sky Drive wielder as if she were a divine being sent by the dragons themselves.

"Wendy-chan...you are such a sweet girl." He cried, waterfalls of lava spilling from his eyes like tears.

'...This idiot.' The others thought as they looked at how Wendy was scratching the back of her head nervously while a growing puddle of lava formed between the two dragonslayers. Though their moment of humour was interrupted when Sky Dragonslayer's nose twitched as she felt a shift in the wind. She tilted her head slightly and sniffed the air.

"Cat?" The pink and blue haired pre-teen tilted her head in confusion. The other dragonslayers took note of the feline scent as well, but Natsu's ears twitched as he took in the familiar voice that called out his name.

"NAAAAAATSUUUUUUUUU!"

"Happy?!" The Fire Dragonslayer turned in the direction of the Extalian castle to see a blur of blue zipping through the air towards him. Fairy Tail's resident talking feline crashed into the Fire Drive user, burying his muzzle into the rose haired mage's chest.

"I was so scared Natsu!" Happy cried. "There was an attack on the castle, and there were soldiers and a cat that looked like Ichiya from Blue Pegasus! It was terrifying!"

Natsu blinked in confusion for a moment before gently stroking the Exceed's head. "It's alright, Happy. I'm glad to see you're all right, but..." Natsu's confusion returned as Happy's large black eyes met his dark coloured ones. "...what were you doing at the castle?"

"Oh! That was where Charle-chan and I ended up when we went through Mystogan's portal and got separated from everyone else!"

"Charle-san is with you?!" Wendy asked.

"Aye sir!" Happy raised a paw and nodded in confirmation. "She was right behind me! Did you know her mother was the queen of the Exceed?"

The moment Happy said that, Charle arrived and was shown to be assisting said mother in her flight due to having only one wing. The queen of Extalia had shed her royal cloak as it would have weighed her down during the flight, revealing her to be dressed in a pair of black pants and a pink tunic. The two white furred Exceed landed on the ground before the group of dragonslayers, both panting in exertion from their flight.

"Happy, you idiot! I told you to wait on us and not to rush ahead!" Charle glared at her fellow Exceed causing the male feline to scratch the back of his head in embarrassment.

"He He, sorry Charle-chan. I saw Natsu and I got really excited."

"Hmph. Well, at least you were able to pinpoint where they were."

"CHARLE-SAN!"

"Oof." Charle almost lost the wind from her lung as Wendy's larger form barreled into her. The two females rolled across the ground before coming into a stop with Wendy in a sitting position. The blue and pink haired pre-teen laughed giddily as she hugged her best friend tightly.

"I'm so glad you're alright, Charle-san. I was so worried after we went through the Anima and I couldn't find you." Charle sweatdropped as she watched the Sky Drive user cry a waterfall of tears. The white furred Exceed sighed in exasperation, a smile adorning her face as she raised a paw and patted the young girl on her head.

"It's alright, Wendy. I was worried about you too." The two females looked up at each other with brown eyes meeting brown eyes encircled by a ring of sky blue. It was at that moment the Extalian princess was now face-to-face with her dragonslayer partner and took note of her physical changes. Charle raised an eyebrow as she observed Wendy's new appearance, a moment of silence passing between the two. "Well..." She raised a lock of pink and blue hair. "You look different."

Wendy face-faulted with a sweatdrop. "That's all you can say?"

The female feline shrugged her tiny shoulders. "Well unless you know what to say when your best friend suddenly has partially pink hair and scaly skin, I'm gonna stick with what I said."

"You have a point." Wendy said with a nervous chuckle. "Though, Happy-san said you're a princess? I don't understand."

Charle turned to Shagotte with a blank expression. "It's a...long story."

"And one which we don't have the time for, my daughter." Shagotte said as she looked up at the dragonslayers. "We were able to hide out within the castle's underground chamber, so we were safe before the castle fell. However, we did come out and remained hidden just in time to witness your escalating battle with the Juubi."

"The Juubi?" Fu voiced her confusion. "Is that what that thing is called?"

"Indeed, young dragonslayer." Shagotte nodded. "And while it may have been an unintentional act, you all have my utmost gratitude. Halting the Juubi's advances towards Extalia has spared the remainder of my kingdom from falling into ruin...if only for a few moments." She frowned deeply as she surveyed the fallen architecture. The tattered flag of the Edolesian monarchy billowed in the wind and the fires from both combat and fallen airships burned brightly in contrast to the dark atmosphere of the Juubi's still present storm. Human and Exceed corpses littered the burning, crater filled island. Shagotte's tiny paws clenching into tight fists, tears pooling at the edges of her eyes.

"I held my kingdom for a century, but to think I would lose it so swiftly." She took a shaky breath and wiped away her tears.

"Shagotte-sama." Happy muttered softly as he watched the older Exceed being forced to push down the emotions for the sake of not appearing weak. Such was the task of being a ruler.

"I'm sorry for having you all see me like this, but time is of the essence." Shagotte pointed over to the burning crater. "You have all fought valiantly and your attack to kill the beast was undoubtedly powerful, but the Juubi will not be beaten. Not even by a spell of that calibre."

"You say it like its such an unimpressive attack." Fu muttered with a sweatdrop.

"Make no mistake, dragonslayers. Your attacks are indeed powerful, especially your final attack...but the Juubi is magic given sentience." The dragonslayers all stared at Shagotte in silence, though Fu, Gajeel and Natsu were more expressive in their shock as their eyes widened. The silence was then broken as Naruto's boots crunched the broken earth when he walked towards the diminutive Exceed.

"You say you are the queen of Edolas?" Naruto knelt down to better meet her gaze.

"That is correct." She nodded stiffly. "I am Queen Shagotte. Ruler of Extalia, queen of the Exceed and proxy of the Nine. I was created by the Nine and so I know the secrets of their pasts. They were once the Juubi before their own creator, Hagoromo Otsutsuki and his brother, Hamura, defeated the Juubi and split it apart to create them. Those two were the greatest of mages during the times of ancient Edolas, powerful enough to rival even your Earthland's Merlin. They fought that monster over the course of countless days and nights, and even then, they could not truly defeat it. They had to separate the beast's very magical essence from its physical body before going even further to split that physical body into numerous pieces and sealing them away in the various celestial bodies you see floating within our dimension."

"I'm not going to try and understand everything you said before that, but from what I can gather..." Fu's orange eyes narrowed. "...you're saying that we can't kill it?"

"That is correct, my dear." The female Exceed replied. "I am sorry to say that Edolas may actually meet its end here. As a being made purely of magic energy, it has no need for sustenance. It is an immortal, primordial deity that made Edolas into the magic-less dimension that it is today. If you wish to continue your battle with the Juubi, I cannot stop you, but please...I implore to find a way to shift the battleground elsewhere."

The others all looked around as Shagotte gestured to her fallen kingdom. "I have lost so much already. Within and beyond my castle is where there may be what little survivors left of my Exceed. Please find a way to get the battle off of Extalia so that they may live. Please."

"We'll do it." Gajeel stated with a nod.

"You agreed to that awfully quick." Fu said with a raised eyebrow.

"That's because the Exceed are important lives that must be protected. I cannot call myself a dragonslayer..." He pointed sharply in the direction Shagotte's castle. "If I don't one day get a flying cat of my own damn it!"

"THAT'S YOUR REASON!" Natsu and Fu exclaimed.

"YES!" Gajeel shouted back with just as much conviction. "All of you have cats! Fuujin! The brat! Even Salamander has one!"

"I have one too." Haku said cheekily.

"SEE!" The Iron Drive user exclaimed. "I want a flying cat and I will not have my eventual partner die!"

"Kurogane...you're an idiot." Natsu deadpanned.

"I don't want to hear that from you of all people, Salamander!"

The Fire and Iron Dragonslayers crashed their heads against each other, the metaphorical and literal fires of conflict burning around them...until Naruto smacked them both upside the head.

"Calm yourselves." The Apocalypse Drive user sighed before turning back to Shagotte. "I understand your want to protect your kingdom and your people, Shagotte. We cannot promise the survival of your people, and given the state of the battle so far...even if we do manage to change the stage, you will lose more of Extalia in the process."

"I understand, dragonslayer." Shagotte nodded. "Just...not beyond the castle. I do not care much for the land itself, but if anything beyond there falls then my people are lost and lives are something not even I, as the proxy of the Nine, can fix."

The Apocalypse Dragonslayer was silent at that point.

The dragonslayers then all paused in their shenanigans as their ears twitched. Outside the realm of the storm raging around them, a new sound graced their senses. The sound was dull and heavy, and was accompanied by the sound of the earth shaking. Their eyes all widened as they managed to localize the sound and their heads all slowly turned in the direction of the fire pit created by Natsu and Naruto's Unison Raid attack.

"No." Haku whispered.

"But how? It was destroyed on a microscopic level, even a being of pure energy shouldn't be able to recover so quickly." Naruto's assumption was proved to be oh so very wrong as the ground continued to rumble. The flames of the pit parted slightly as ten mighty tails rose from within like charmed serpents, and the tomoe patterned eye of red glowed in the centre of the shining blue and white flames.

(Insert Music: Boruto the Movie- Hard Battle)

"GROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAR!"

The titanic roar of the Juubi ripped through the atmosphere of Edolas once more. Five hundred feet of towering magic energy and pure primordial, bestial rage climbed out of the fiery crater as if it were a demon from the ninth layer of Hell itself. Lightning fell like arrows, the winds and rain increased in their intensities and Extalia literally began to break apart from the unrestrained power of the ten tailed beast as it once again stood upon the island's surface.

"Wind Dragon."

"What do you need me to do, boss?" Fu asked with a joking tone.

"We need to try get them out of the line of fire." He gestured to the Exceed. "I'm sure Fire Dragon and Sky Dragon would not be too keen on having their Exceed partners die in our battle."

"Good point."

"Now...make a vacuum." Naruto stated. "Unstoppable power of the Nine or not, even Kurama needed to breathe. We'll move on from there."

Fu nodded in acknowledgement and gave a small pat on the head to Wendy as she was finished healing her up as best as she could. The Wind Dragonslayer then formed her wings of wind before taking off through the air and hovered for a moment, cracking her joints in anticipation.

"Well my terrible beasty...if I can't hack at you, then I'll just suffocate you!" Grey-green magic energy outlined Fu's body and the winds bent to her will. Fu raised her arms into the air and violent streams of high speed air currents swirled around the Juubi before condensing.

"Furyu no Shinkuu Kangoku!" Fu clasped her hands together as she summoned forth her Vacuum Prison spell. The winds compressed into a tight sphere that was void of any air and to ensure its incarceration, Fu made the dome of wind shrink in diameter.

The Juubi growled, its massive body surveying its shrinking prison. The lack of air did not bother it, though it felt its body being pushed from various angles and so it raised its forelimbs, crossing them in front of its chest. Its muscles tensed before it lashed out and crashed its claws against the winds and began to push back. Fu's eyes widened as she felt the resistance against her spell.

"No way!" She gritted her teeth, pumping more of her magic into the spell. However, the Juubi's might proved to be far above that of the Wind Dragonslayer's. With a roar, the Juubi widened the vacuum prison through sheer physical might alone before dropping its arms and spinning around rapidly. Its ten tails lashed out like mighty whips, ripping through the prison and even generated a wind storm of its own. Fu quickly took the winds for her own to replenish the magic she had lost from her offensive.

"What do we do now?!" Fu yelled to Naruto.

The blonde gnashed his teeth, glaring at the Juubi with annoyance. High speed regeneration. No need for air. It was practically unstoppable. "No. Even dragons can die, then so can this monstrosity." He muttered to himself before glancing behind him, observing the cowering Exceed trio. He then turned to Natsu. "Fire Dragon, can you do multiple fireballs?"

"Stupid question, Fuujin-teme. Of course I can!" Natsu raised his arms into the air, blue and white flames igniting around his body. Multiple streams of fire then lanced through the air before pooling to form ten massive fireballs. While these were noticeable smaller than the one he had used against Dorma Anim, which would have been placed at the size of a whale, these were still impressive in their size as each one was approximately the size of a elephant. "KARYU NO KOUEN!"

"Wind Dragon! Imouto!"

"TENRYU NO RANYOKU!"

"FUURYU NO KAMIKAZE!"

Wendy's Storm Wing spell summoned forth massive wings of swirling air which she flapped to generate a powerful burst of wind that melded with Fu's own Holy Wind spell. The two waves of wind rushed across the battleground and increased the size and intensity of Natsu's flames. The Juubi adjusted its position slightly, its humanoid body now in a more pronounced all-fours position. Its ten tails arched over its head, converging at a single point in front of its gaping mouth. Suddenly, a burst of magic energy was unleashed from its body. Bubbles of red negative eternano and blue positive eternano then collected in front of its mouth to form a tight violet-black sphere.

"No fucking way. Is that...?" Fu's eyes widened.

"It is." Roshi nodded.

"What is that supposed to mean?! I don't know what it is!" Gajeel exclaimed. "The amount of eternano in that ball is fucking immense! Can we even survive that thing?!"

"With the combined magic of the Nine, I assumed this thing would be able to use the Bijuudama, but I hoped it wouldn't use it at all. That spell is the strongest attack in the Nine's arsenal. Massive amounts of eternano concentrated in a single point that can either be launched as a projectile or a beam. Kurama's largest attack could dwarf a Jupiter Cannon blast and its destructive force could make the Jupiter Cannon look like a firecracker when at full force. This is far larger than any Bijuudama I've seen."

"What will we do then?"

"Like we've been doing throughout this entire battle, there's going to be a change in plans." Naruto replied. "Iron Dragon, make the strongest defensive spell that you can make within the next few seconds! Imouto, support him!" The son of Metalicana was quick on the draw to follow the order as he slammed his hands down on the ground.

"Ile Arms!" Magic energy flared from Gajeel's body as Wendy placed her hands against the older dragonslayer's back. The Iron Drive user had three massive green magic circles forming in front of him and the others.

"Tetsuryu no Rashomon!" The ground then rumbled before multiple massive gates made of black iron rose out from the magic seals, each one beautifully decorated with the image of a dragon's head on its front.

"They will have to do." Naruto muttered as he then took his position in front of Gajeel.

"Oi, what are you doing?!" Gajeel exclaimed.

"Your defenses are obviously well crafted, Iron Dragon, but they will do little against the Bijuudama of this magnitude. It will slow it down, reduce the energy in it as well as its momentum, but once that last gate breaks down I'm going to try and eat as much of it as I can before it detonates! You all need to get out of the way of the explosion in that time because I can assure you, the explosion will be deadly!"

"What?!" The other dragonslayers made their disbelief known to the son of Acnologia. Naruto then walked over to Wendy and took off his golden flame necklace. He knelt down and handed it to his surrogate imouto with a small smile, ruffling her hair.

"You keep that safe for me, okay?"

"Uh huh." She nodded, tears lining her eyes as she gripped the necklace tightly.

"That's my little Sky Dragon." He bent down and kissed the younger dragonslayer on her forehead before climbing back to his feet. "Prepare yourselves!" Naruto announced as the Juubi unleashed the powerful blast.

It ripped through Natsu's oncoming fireballs and even the floating land masses in the near and far distances away from Extalia were not spared from the destructive power of the Tailed Beast Bomb. Massive fiery explosions of energy lit up the stormy atmosphere of Edolas as the ten tailed beast shifted its head to the side until it collided with Gajeel's Rashomon gates. The ground broke apart as the thick slabs of draconian magic crafted iron did their job to hold up against the beam of destruction. However, as the blonde dragonslayer had predicted, it held up for no more than an instant. The second gate held on for a little longer than its predecessor, but it too was speared through. Each and every gate that Gajeel had summoned was quickly being torn through by the massive stream of destruction.

Naruto gritted his teeth in anticipation as its momentum was beginning to slow down somewhat, but he noted that it wasn't enough to make any sort of significant difference. The attack then reached the final gate as it bore a spiderweb of cracks immediately upon having to combat the Juubi's attack.

Naruto then took a strong horse stance as the final Rashomon gate was broken through, turning into molten slag by the intense energy of the Bijuudama. The moment it did though, the energy flowed from its tip and into Naruto's mouth as he took a deep breath in. Magic energy in its purest form was swallowed at a surprisingly fast pace, and it was quite a large amount to try and eat.

Magic continued to be ingested and working overtime was an understatement to what Naruto's body was doing to try and keep up with the output of the Juubi's attack. His lungs and stomach burned, and despite the amount of energy he could consume being described as practically limitless, Naruto felt as if he was actually approaching a limit as what felt like an immeasurable length of time was actually only thirty seconds.

"GROOOOOOOOOOOOOAR!" The bellow of rage ripped through the land once more and that very moment was when Naruto had reached his limit and the Juubi relinquished its control over the concentrated beam of demonic magic energy. Its humanoid jaws snapped shut and the entire beam rippled like a wave as it destabilized. The Bijuudama then shone like a bright orange star before it detonated. The force of the resulting shockwave was so intense that it rippled through the entirety of Extalia itself and the rapidly expanding dome of magic energy reduced everything it came into contact with, to dust. Veins of orange made its way through the cracks in Extalia's structure before bursting forth and caused a large portion of the island, particularly the portion where the dragonslayers had been standing, to burst apart and fall through the clouds.

The explosion then died down, vanishing as quickly as it had come.

"Unbelievable. The amount of power...it's just...unbelievable." Haku commented as she, the other dragonslayers and the three Exceed all watched the result of the Juubi's attack from atop a small hill of rubble, a few fallen Edolesian airships and possibly a number of corpses. In the time Naruto had taken to try and hold back the Bijuudama, they had managed to collect themselves and move out of the way of the attack. However, they were cutting it very close when they were escaping the blast radius of the powerful spell as Happy was blowing on the tip of his tail which had been singed by the searing energy.

"It vapourized it." Shagotte let her tears fall freely this time as she looked at the dense mushroom cloud of fire and dust climbed high into the air. "My Extalia...my beautiful Extalia..." She planted her face into her paws and wept for the state of her nation.

"If it wiped out half of this island with just that..." Roshi gulped audibly.

"Forget the island!" Gajeel exclaimed as he pointed to the empty areas of space before them. "There were islands and I think that was a moon up there! It blew up! A fucking! Moon! How the hell do we handle something that can probably be classified as a planet buster?!"

Natsu clenched his hands into tight fists and gritted he teeth as he watched the monstrosity before them continue to lay waste to the entire dimension.

"Natsu...I'm scared." Happy muttered as he hugged the rose haired dragonslayer.

"Onii-san." Charle gripped Wendy's forearms, saying nothing as she was being held in the Sky Drive user's tight grip. She just didn't have the heart to voice what was on everyone's minds.

Did the Ogonno Fuujin survive?

That question was answered a few moments later as the mushroom cloud was dispersed by the hurricane force winds of the Juubi's storm. With everything behind him having been completely disintegrated by the Bijuudama, the black and blonde haired man stood at the very edge of what remained of Extalia. Red wisps of magic energy lay at his feet showing he had made a last ditch effort to try and shield himself with the Five Point Elemental Seal, but not even a powerful defense that shielded him from all magic attacks was capable of handling the Juubi's full wrath.

'My barrier didn't even last ten seconds. This creature's might...it's terrifying.' Naruto admitted to himself. He glanced to his side as he felt the pain of his broken arm easing its way through the adrenaline. His healing factor would deal with that soon enough. He couldn't help but chuckle as he looked down at his trembling legs as they fought to keep the full weight of his body upright. It was admirable that the son of two Wizard Saints had not completely collapsed, let alone fallen to his knees.

(Insert Music: Zatch Bell- A Hero is Born)

'Guess Kaa-chan's stubborn disposition is genetic.' He looked up at the Juubi with a glare before glancing down at himself. "I've been in this universe for so long, fought so many battles and yet...after all of those things, I've never once had the opportunity to unleash my full power against an opponent. I always hold myself back for the sake of the fight because that is what I raised to do, to never show my enemies Tou-san's magic unless they were worthy of it in my eyes. I was raised as an engine of destruction by the very incarnation of a cataclysm and now I think, no..." Naruto shook his head with a toothy grin stretching across his face. "I know that I finally will have the chance to release my restraints. So come, Juubi! With my own power, I will stand alone and fight you! Let me show you what I can really do!"

Naruto panted heavily, a streak of blood flowing from his forehead, but though he appeared distressed, his eyes did not show it as the phantasmal image of his draconian father roared behind him.

"Tou-san...give me strength." With those words, he took a horse stance and clapped his hands together harshly. "HRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!" His bestial roar rocked Extalia as the pillar of dragonslayer magic increased in size and intensity. His form began to change before the eyes of all that were present. His skin hardened, becoming more durable and dense as they had truly become scales, the blue markings of Acnologia decorating them. His hair no longer bore any remnants of its original colour as the spiky tendrils of black and blue rustled in the winds. His nails became literal claws and talons, and his teeth became true dragon fangs. His upper back began to bulge and grow, ripping apart the remnants of his cloak and shirt until magic and flesh fused to become a pair of outstretched wings with a feathered appearance. The same occurred at his coccyx as a lengthy, serpentine tail sprouted forth swished behind him. His eyes snapped open and his eyes were now a pure, shining white just as it had been when he bore his dragon mentality.

The universe seemed to silence itself as it witnessed the coming of fully realized power. It had taken years of blood, sweat and tears; Acnologia had broken him and built him back up every time until he could summon the fully realized power of a dragon through will alone. With pride and power in his voice, he called out the spell's name.

"DORAGON FOSU!"

And then all hell broke loose.

(Insert Music: Fairy Tail- Released Power)

"GAOOOOOOOOOOOO!" The Juubi unleashed a challenging roar to combat Naruto's own. It called upon the lightning from above to strike at its foe. However, Naruto simply raised his hand and the electrical energy became his, coursing through his body and fueling it. It swiped the air with its monstrous claws and massive tornadoes swirled to life, but the Apocalypse Dragonslayer countered by stretching out his wings and flapping them forcefully.

"Mokushiryu no Habataki!" The Wingbeat of the Apocalypse Dragon generated a storm of black and blue coloured winds with the force of a category five hurricane. The two wind attacks collided and a mighty shockwave of wind ripped across Extalia, forcing a large area of the island to crumble.

With a swipe of its mighty tails, the Juubi destroyed the result of their cataclysmic clash and charged towards Naruto, slashing at the dragonslayer mage with its massive claws. Naruto narrowed his eyes and flapped his wings once more, but this time it was to propel him through the air. He quickly achieved mach speeds, the sound barrier shattering as he flew towards the beast's massive palm.

"Mokushiryu no Kuroi Kiba!" He raised his right arm and black and blue magic energy fashioned itself into the image of a dragon head with its fangs bared. He reared back the striking arm and with a sickening squelch, Naruto ripped through the Juubi's flesh and carried himself through its upper limb. The Juubi roared in pain, and that painful cry only increased in volume as its upper arm expanded and exploded into a mass of magic energy as the Apocalypse Dragonslayer burst out from the beast's shoulder, effectively blowing apart the limb. He then arched through the air, gaining altitude before going into a series of somersaults to build up momentum to then strike with his flesh and blood rear appendage.

"MOKUSHIRYU NO SHIPPO!" Time seemed to slow down until the tail came crashing down upon the Juubi's skull. A visible ripple of force raced down the behemoth's body, a powerful shockwave emerged from the point of contact, and the mighty Ten Tailed Beast came crashing down into the earth of Extalia with crater generating force.


"He's...He's doing it." Fu said with a wide eyed look. Her gaping mouth then shifted, slowly and unintentionally becoming a wide and toothy grin. "He's fighting it!"

"But...But how?" Charle asked. "We watched you all struggle against it. How is it that it's suddenly being torn apart before our very eyes?"

"Doragon Fosu." Haku answered.

"What?" Charle looked up at the Ice Dragonslayer in confusion.

"The ultimate power of a dragonslayer, and the ultimate power within magic in general." Roshi said. "A dragonslayer normally gains this through excessive consumption of their element...but even then, it requires intense focus and concentration to bring it to the surface. Only a fully realized dragonslayer can summon it at will."

"Roshi-sensei, but you're older and more experienced than Fuujin-teme. Surely you would have learned to do it too." Natsu pointed out.

The Lava Dragonslayer shook his head. "I see your point, Natsu...but I haven't used Doragon Fosu in many, many years. I haven't seen the fields of combat since I was in my prime. That was back when Makky and I were still on good terms so that should give you an idea of how long it's been. It's like a muscle, if you don't exercise it then it begins to atrophy over time and calling out Doragon Fosu at will is something I am no longer capable of at this point in time." The son of Volcanus continued to stare in awe at the clash of power between the Juubi and Naruto as the beast slapped Naruto into the ground with its tails, only for the white eyed dragonslayer to quickly fly out of his personal crater and counter with a roar. The beam of energy had slammed into the Juubi's body and sent it skidding backwards, tearing a massive trench across the kingdom before being lost in the light of the resulting explosion that destroyed another portion of Extalia.

"To think I would live to see the day that another dragonslayer could perform the act." Roshi muttered.

"Will it really be enough though?" Juvia asked.

"Trust me, I fought a dragonslayer who used Doragon Fosu not too long ago." Fu replied to Juvia. "If Drive Mode allows us to wipe out mountains, Dragon Force can allow us to wipe out entire civilizations. At least, that's the description Papa Cyclonus told me."

"Damn." Gajeel made a low whistle. "That's some power boost."

"Aye." Happy agreed with a nod.

"Happy." Natsu turned to his Exceed partner. "We're going back in to fight."

"What?!" Happy exclaimed. "Natsu you..."

"Juvia agrees." The blue eyed dragonslayer nodded as she glanced at the three Exceed.. "As long as you are here, we can only do so much to protect you three. This battle is too high scale to try and fight it while also defending you from the backlash of our attacks is something Juvia does not think will be easy to do."

"Charle-san."

"...I understand." Charle grabbed Happy and Shagotte by their paws and summoned her wings. "You guys better look after Wendy for me."

"Of course. Wendy-chan will be fine." Haku smiled as she placed a hand protectively on Wendy's shoulder. Charle looked at the Ice Dragonslayer with a stoic expression before nodding stiffly. She and the other two Exceed then flew off in the direction of one of the distant islands. The dragonslayers watched them until they were nothing but specks in the distance.

"Alright, what's the plan because...!" Natsu's fists burst into flame. "I'm all fired up!"


Naruto gritted his teeth as he was slammed into the ground by the Juubi's tail before being dragged through it. He quickly recovered as he rolled with the momentum and raised his arms and slammed them down, shattering the earth. Fissures spread across the land as a powerful streak of black and blue energy raced towards the Juubi, but the attack was brought to a halt as the beast countered with its fist, unleashing a streak of pure force that generated a massive explosion.

The Juubi reared back its fist before aiming to strike at Naruto, but the ebony scaled dragonslayer quickly jumped over the attack and landed atop the beast's outstretched limb. The moment he did, he had already pushed off and arrived above the ten tailed behemoth's head just as the beast began to charge a Bijuudama.

"Like hell you're going to get away with that again!" Naruto roared before rearing back his claws. "Mokushiryu no Hakai Tsume!" He slammed the spell down and the Juubi's head just as it had prepared to fire, diverting the beast's head downwards. The spheroid of concentrated magic energy was launched, and the attack speared through Extalia once more, digging through its interior before punching through the floating island's base and vanishing through the clouds.

The crimson eye glowed with rage and it snarled as the Apocalypse Dragonslayer, but Naruto was free to strike as he spun around and delivered a powerful roundhouse kick. "Mokushiryu no Jinshinkyaku!" The powerful Seismic Kick crashed against the Juubi's jaw, a powerful shockwave racing out from the point of impact before it was sent skidding backwards. However, the mighty Ten Tails quickly managed to recover and slammed its tails down upon Naruto. The Apocalypse Dragonslayer crashed into the ground, cratering it from the impact.

The Juubi roared and swung its arms, a raging tempest ripping a deep trench in Extalia's ground before it slammed into the ebony haired son of Acnologia. The white eyed dragonslayer was carried skyward from the attack before another roar heralded the Juubi's follow-up strike. Five bolts of lightning fell from above like the divine judgement of the dragons themselves, slamming into Naruto's body with explosive force.

"Electrical energy won't do much good against me, beast." Naruto snarled as he absorbed the voltage into his body, converting it into sustenance. He quickly inhaled, energy collecting within his gaping maw and condensing into an orb of black and blue. He swallowed the tight spheroid of magic, his body bloating slightly before unleashing it full force.

"MOKUSHIRYU NO HOKO!" The Roar of the Apocalypse Dragon rocketed across the battleground, but the Juubi countered with its own burst of magic energy. A weaker form of the Bijuudama, the Imari, clashed with the opposing spell. Black and blue pushed against red and white, both attacks fighting for dominance. The ground ruptured beneath the point of collision before disintegrating into dust as the two spells became unstable and generated a massive explosion. The dome of white heralded the creation of another massive crater upon the floating island of the Exceed.

The two titanic combatants glared at one another through the rain storm. Naruto flapped his wings, the magic of his draconian father cloaking his arms like flames as he prepared to charge once more. However, his ears twitched and both he and the Juubi turned their attention away from each other when the loud of voice of a certain son of Igneel pierced through the stormy atmosphere.

"You're hoggin' all the fun, Fuujin-teme!" Natsu inhaled deeply before unleashing a powerful tongue of blue and white flame at the Juubi's form. "Karyu no Hoko!" The attack struck true, nailing the beast in its face and thus its eye. With dragon fire effectively burning it, the Juubi was now, for those few precious minutes, in a literal blind rampage as it lashed out with its massive tails and claws.

"Hmmm, I assumed you all would remove yourselves from the battlefield once I entered this form." Naruto said as the other dragonslayers landed in front of him.

"I'm doing this more for Son to be honest." Roshi chuckled.

"Juvia and Gajeel-san have Fuujin-san's back for this fight!" Juvia nodded stiffly with a determined expression, while Gajeel merely shrugged his shoulders.

"And you're not going into battle without your cute sisters, neh Wendy-chan?"

"Hai!" The youngest of the dragonslayers nodded in agreement with Haku.

"We all have our own reasons for wanting to stay in this fight. However..." Fu walked up to Naruto and planted a reassuring hand atop his black scaled shoulder. "We're not going to abandon you. Unfathomable power or not, you don't have to do anything alone. Not anymore."

"Fu..." Naruto's eyes widened in shock as he looked at the Wind Dragonslayer's smiling face. He shifted his gaze and looked at his fellow dragonslayers as they grinned at him. "You really are troublesome to me."

"Ha! You know you love me, you bastard." Fu pulled down the skin beneath her eye and stuck out her tongue before laughing. "Now then...let's kick that thing's ass. We promised Shagotte we'd get that thing off of her island, so let's do that."

"You all have a plan in mind already judging from your confidence." It was more of a statement than a question, and Fu nodded in confirmation. Naruto smirked, nodding in satisfaction. "And that's why I trusted you for that mission with Han and Yugito, Wind Dragon. So...if we are going to carry out this plan of action, then you will need to recuperate your magic energy reserves."

"How exactly are we going to do that, otouto?" Haku asked. "Fu and Wendy I could understand, what with the wind from the storm and all. Juvia has the rain too, but there's not exactly a glacier I can feed on."

The seven other dragonslayers watched as Naruto's magic energy outlined his body before it stretched out like arms. The arms of energy touched them on their foreheads. It was for barely even a moment, but the instant Naruto's magic made contact they suddenly felt a surge of power flow through their bodies. Their eyes were wide with amazement as they looked down at themselves, noting the blue and black auras that flickered around their forms like a raging fire. The amount of power which their bodies exhumed was unlike anything they had ever felt before in their lives.

"There's so much power." Wendy commented.

"I feel like..." Natsu clenched and unclenched his fists. "...Like I can do anything."

"Even in Drive Mode, pure physical might allows us to shatter mountains and rip apart the earth." Naruto stated before turning to Fu and planted a hand atop her head. "Now show me what my second in-command can do. I will follow your lead...Fu-taichou."

Fu's eyes widened at the winged dragonslayer, a small blush adorning her face as she took note of the recognition the man held for her in his eyes. However, her eyes narrowed in annoyance when the Juubi's roar ruined her moment.

"Alright guys! ATTACK! HAKU!"

(Insert Music: Naruto Shippuden- Those who are Encouraged)

Haku skated across Extalia towards the Juubi before two long whips of ice coated her arms, almost looking a pair of dragon tails. The Juubi roared and unleashed its own tails at the Ice Dragonslayer.

"HYORYU NO HARABEN!" Haku lashed out with the twin tails of ice that her Tundra Whip spell allowed her to utilize, matching the Juubi's strikes blow for blow. One of the tails went to attack her from the side, but she leaped and cartwheeled in the air before twisting her body and lashing out with one her whips, matching the Juubi's second tail strike with enough force to halt it and generate a shockwave. She landed on the ground and crossed her arms in front of her chest before forcefully uncrossing them to crash her whips against another attack from the ten tailed beast. She moved faster and hit harder than she had ever moved before in her life as with each strike, the brown skinned monstrosity was quickly being covered in an ever growing sheet of ice.

'With otouto's magic, I feel like I can do anything!' She let her giddiness free as she laughed while ducking and countering another attack from her bestial opponent. 'Now let's try something a bit more high scale!'

"Hyoryu no Hyochuugeki!" Haku raised her arms in the air and the very atmosphere experienced a severe drop in temperature to the point that the black and white haired dragonslayer froze over almost the entire battleground. Frozen water particles then collected rapidly until massive icicles the size of the Juubi's own fist encircled it. With a roar, the Ice Drive user then clapped her hands together and the Icicle Crash spell responded, launching themselves through the air and stabbing themselves into the 500 foot behemoth. A powerful explosion of ice and frost then raced across the battlefield and the Juubi released a gurgling roar due to the fact that one of the icicles had speared through its throat.

"And we're not done yet!" Roshi announced as he and Juvia landed on either side of the Juubi. The two dragonslayers took deep inhalations of air, magic collecting within their lungs as their chests became swollen.

"YORYU NO HOKO!"

"SUIRYU NO HOKO!"

The two powerful bursts of raging hot lava and swirling water respectively, crashed against the Juubi, washing over its frozen form. The lava burned its body and the smell of burning flesh permeated the air, however, Juvia's frigid water came into play as the lava was cooled. It solidified into a mass of black volcanic rock that restricted the monster's movements even further, but one noticeable feature of the ten tailed beast's new prison was the fact that a long vein of molten lava ran along its midline.

"Alright boys! Let 'im have it!" Roshi called out as he and Juvia leaped away.

"You got it, sensei!" Natsu turned to Gajeel. "You ready, Kurogane!"

"That shouldn't even be a question, Salamander!" The Iron Drive user grinned widely as his red eyes shone with a manic light. "Gee hee hee!"

The two then shot off from their positions, the ground cratering from the force at which they pushed off.

"Arms! Vernier!" Wendy called out. The bodies of both Iron and Fire Dragonslayers felt lighter and thus their speed increased, the friction their bodies making with the ground causing a streak of orange to mark their path as it turned to magma. They then skidded along the earth, rotating their bodies to build up momentum as they got into position. Their magic energies spiked simultaneously, an aura of blue and white flame encompassing Natsu while Gajeel had an aura of green magic around his body.

"METSURYU OUGI..."

Gajeel slammed his arms together as they morphed into a massive, wicked sword of black iron, while Natsu's flame aura increased in size and intensity.

"GUREN: BAKUENJIN!"

"GOMA: TETSUJINKEN!"

The Crimson Lotus: Exploding Flame Blade and Karma Demon: Iron God Sword merged together to create a powerful burning sword that glowed as if it had just been freshly forged from the furnace. Both Secret Dragonslayer Arts were swung upwards and crashed against the vein of lava on the Juubi's prison. With the power of both Wendy's supplementary spells along with Naruto's magic, the two attacks tore through the obsidian substance and crashed against the Juubi's body. However, the main point of striking the vein of lava came to light as the molten earth had become ignited from the Unison Raid spell the two Fairy Tail mages created. A massive explosion occurred and encompassed the Juubi's form in a storm of fire as the force of the explosion worked to raise Juubi off of the ground, but gravity had no time to act upon the beast as Fu appeared in a swirl of wind beneath it.

"METSURYU OUGI: RYUHA SHIPUUGEKI!" Fu generated a massive burst of swirling winds which ripped the earth as it rose up in the form of a powerful hurricane level wind circulation system. Merging with the flames of the explosion, the rapidly rising fire tornado carried the Juubi high into the air. The beast cleared the air space of Extalia and smashed through two consecutive floating islands, turning them to floating piles of rubble with ease.

"Now!" Fu cried out. Naruto took off through the air with a sonic boom as he flapped his wings. His body was a streak of black and blue as he raced after the Juubi's form. He appeared to the beast's left and spun his body around to deliver a powerful kick to the Juubi's spine.

"Mokushiryu no Zansho!" The Talons of the Apocalypse Dragon punched a massive hole in the Juubi's back before it was sent rocketing straight into another celestial body, that was the size of Earthland's moon. The impact shattered the spherical mass of floating earth, but the Juubi continued through the air of Edolas until a sonic boom occurred once more. Naruto, now on the behemoth's right, reared back his fist as magic energy blazed to life around his claws.

"Mokushiryu no Kohaiha!" The powerful Devastation Wave spell generated a massive wave of black and blue energy that tore through the Juubi's eye and out through the other side of its body. A shockwave echoed throughout the skies of Edolas, and the ten tailed beast once again broke through a moon-sized celestial body and came to a halt upon landing atop another floating island. Part of the island cracked and fell apart as the Juubi rolled across the land mass's surface, ripping up earth and foliage from the friction until it was able to stabilize itself and regain its bearings.

The sound barrier shattered once more as Fu, Wendy and Natsu flew with the other dragonslayers in tow to catch up to the ten tailed beast.

"YES!" Fu whooped. "My plan totally worked! We took the battle off of Extalia! See Haku, told ya it would work!"

"Mhmm."

"Eh?" Fu blinked in confusion as the daughter of Glacia wiped away tears. "What's wrong? Why are you crying?"

"It's nothing. It's just...he really has changed so much over these past few months. He never really fought alongside anyone before when he was younger and now he's grown so much to the point that he's willing to trust others to lead him into battle." The Ice Dragonslayer stared at her little brother figure with a feeling of pride, but the moment was quickly brought to an end when said little brother figure called out to her.

"Haku Nee-chan! Make it slip!"

Haku and Fu looked to see the Juubi climbing back to its feet, its body now regenerating from the consecutive strikes. They then shifted their heads, making eye contact with the Apocalypse Dragonslayer as he pointed to the Juubi's legs. The two women looked up at one another and shrugged.

"My post as 'Fu-taichou' wouldn't have lasted much longer anyway."

"Well, Otouto was never much of a follower to begin with."

The two female dragonslayers laughed lightly before Haku let herself fall from Fu's grip. She reared back her fist as icy magic energy flowed from her body.

"Hyoryu no Hyoketsu!" She slammed onto the ground and crashed her fist against it, cratering it from the force of her landing. An ice blue magic sea sprung to life beneath her and the Juubi. The black and white haired daughter of Glacia unleashed a burst of ice from the magic seal. The Ice Drive augmented attack completely froze over the Juubi's lower limbs as well as the ground beneath it. With its eye still healing from Naruto's attack, its legs frozen and the ground now a relatively friction-less surface, the Juubi's attempt to move with its arms resulted in it slipping. With a roar, the Juubi fell forward with as much grace as a newly born foal trying to walk for the first time.

"Lava Dragon, melt the earth underneath it and drag it down!"

Up in the air, Wendy was holding the red haired son of Volcanus. Despite the howling winds and booming thunder, the shout of the Apocalypse Dragonslayer did not fall on deaf ears. The blue haired dragonslayer gave a nod to the lava user as the veins of lava which flowed across his black scale covered skin seemed to glow. As his magic energy was being channeled, Wendy climbed high into the air before going into a somersault to build up some momentum.

"Go Roshi-san!" With as much strength as her Drive Mode induced form could muster, she threw Roshi.

"Yoryu no..." The Lava Dragonslayer rocketed towards the Juubi's location like a fiery bullet as his arms changed from black to the bright orange-yellow that was commonly seen in lava. "Magumachanba!" Roshi slammed into the ground in front of the Juubi, his arms generating a temperature so intense that the earth melted immediately upon contact and dug through the crust of the unnamed island. Soon after, a wide surface area inclusice of the Juubi's current position took on a violent red glow. The redness intensified as the land beneath the Juubi quickly became molten magma. The Juubi roared in pain and moved to escape, but the lava proved to be very viscous and thus very difficult to maneuver through. The 500 foot tall monster sunk deeper and deeper into the Magma Chamber spell, albeit slowly.

"Solidify the lava!" Naruto ordered.

"Drip Drip Drop." The voice of Juvia acted as a herald for an even more violent rainstorm, steam rising as the heavy rains fell upon the burning land. "Juvia thanks you for holding her for so long, Fu-san, but Juvia will take it from here."

"It's all yours." The mint haired woman gave her fellow female dragonslayer a smirk as she released her grip. Juvia nodded before the Water Drive user's body was converted entirely to water. The rain melded with her own body as she moved swiftly through the air and Juvia reached out with her hydrokinetic abilities to the water on the ground below that formed from Haku's ice having melted from the heat of Roshi's lava, along with the rain water that collected in large puddles from the Juubi's own rain storm. More and more water joined with her body until the liquid body of Juvia had become a very large dragon.

"Juvia will cool the lava, but Juvia also wishes to deal damage!" Blue eyes shone brightly as the water dragon roared violently, setting its eyes upon the lava encased monster below it. The water dragon fell from the heavens before crashing down on the Juubi's neck, its sharp fangs of hard water biting into the ten tails' flesh and forcing the massive behemoth to bend down at a painful angle. This also provided an additional effect of plunging the Juubi's face into the burning magma.

"SUIRYU NO KOBAKU!" Juvia's blue eyes shone as her magic energy flared. True to its name, the Explosive Bite of the Water Dragon had the serpentine water dragon bite down even harder before generating a massive explosion of frigid water that washed over the entire area of lava which Roshi had formed. The freezing waters cooled the lava, solidifying it into a thick, black mass of volcanic rock that bound the Juubi's limbs and tails in place.

Juvia reformed beside Naruto and nodded. "Juvia is done, Fuujin-san."

Naruto then made various hand motions and two massive violet magic seals formed, one above and one below the beast. Naruto held his hands at eye level, making sure the Juubi's body was in the space between his palms. "Seal Magic: Gravity!" Naruto's magic energy emerged from the violet seals in numerous pulses and the Juubi roared as the force of gravity increased one hundred times over. The ground depressed, forcing it even deeper beneath the surface, and a massive cylindrical hole formed.

"YOU! WILL! FALL!" Naruto increased his output and the Juubi was forced down even further until it was practically a part of the island's geology from how deeply it had been embedded in the floating island's stone. "NOW ROAR!"

Those two words acted as a herald for the small band of dragonslayers as they all took deep breaths.

"KARYU NO..."

"TETSURYU NO..."

"SUIRYU NO..."

"TENRYU NO..."

"YORYU NO..."

"HYORYU NO..."

"FURYU NO..."

"MOKUSHIRYU NO..."

The various elements gathered within the open jaws of their respective wielders. Their chests swelled, their magic spiked and then...they unleashed it all.

"HOKOOOOOOOOOOOO!"

Fire, iron, water, sky, lava, ice, wind and energy all descended upon the Juubi. The elements were separate at first, but they twisted around each other to form one massive beam of destructive power. The Juubi's red eye widened as it gazed upon the oncoming attack.

"ROOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAR!"

There was a moment of silence. A moment of calm in the middle of the raging tempest that the Juubi's existence had created, and then there was a flash of white light.

The Juubi's roar was pushed down, the earth beneath it cracking severely as the crater it lay in began to succumb to the pressure of the eight elemental roars. The solidified lava that bound it had shattered, but the force of the attack kept the Juubi subdued, flattening its body out and forcing it down even deeper. The Juubi's roar loud, but the deafening explosion that occurred easily drowned it out. A rapidly expanding pillar of white energy tore through the island's landscape before it punched straight through the depths of the floating land mass. The Juubi roared in agony as the various elements attacked its body. Slicing winds, burning flames, boiling lava, raging waters, shredding iron, freezing ice and intense energy all bombarded the monster, forcing the ten tailed beast further and further down until it finally fell through the island and the clouds beneath it.


Royal Palace, Edolas

If one were to observe a particular floating island from below, they would see a spiderweb of cracks with rays of white light poking through its base. The island then broke apart and it was as if the heavens had dealt judgement as the pillar of white descended all the way down, punching through the clouds.

Erza Uzumaki Namikaze witnessed that very sight, her head's angle adjusting with the descent of the pillar of magic until it finally collided with the landscape of Edolas's floating island. There was a flash of white that mimicked that of a star's...and then the blast occurred. The earth and the heavens shook from the explosive impact, and a massive and mighty dome of white energy expanded outwards from the point of contact with the resulting shockwave tearing through even the capital city of Edolas itself and reaching through to the Royal Palace and beyond.

Erza gritted her teeth and her hair whipped wildly. "What...the hell is this?" She muttered to herself. She gripped onto Caliburn's hilt as tightly as she could, but even then, she was still sent skidding backwards and thus tore another scar in the Royal Palace's gardens. She turned her head to the side to avoid the pieces of debris from getting into her eyes until finally it came to end.

The Titania of Fairy Tail coughed to rid her throat of the dust that had managed to sneak its way down her airways before looking back in the direction of where the pillar of light had fallen. She looked at the massive mushroom cloud in the distance as it climbed high into the storm clouds that suddenly began to spread from Extalia and down to Edolas's territory.

"Wh-What is that?" The daughter of two Wizard Saints asked.

"I don't have any idea either, but judging that it fell down from where Flame Brain was going it's bound to be something troublesome." Erza's ears perked up, her eyes widening as she turned to see the image of one Gray Fullbuster and one Lucy Heartfilia as they were getting off the back of a horse made of ice. She smiled, springing to her feet and embracing the black haired godslayer and blonde Celestial Spirit mage tightly.

"Good to see you're safe, Erza." Lucy smiled.

"You too, Gray, Lucy." She replied before stepping back and gave her younger guild mates a once more. The redhead frowned deeply as she looked Gray over, taking note of the wounds and burns on various parts of his body. Lucy wasn't as heavily damaged, but she expected that since the last she had seen of the blonde, she had stayed out of the battles. Little did she know of her blonde guild mate's part in the fight against the version 2 forms of Edo-Yugito and Edo-Han, but that was a story for another time. "You'll be coming back home with scars."

"Maybe." The Ice Make user shrugged. "That pink haired hag will find some way to get rid of them anyway, so I won't beat up about them too much."

"Is that really a way you should be addressing the guild's only healing mage?" Lucy deadpanned. Gray shrugged before turning back to the red head.

"Besides you're one to talk." He gestured to her own form, clad in blood, bruises and broken armour. "Though I guess I would expect one of the few people to put you in such a state would have to be yourself."

Erza rolled her eyes and lightly punched him in the shoulder. "You idiot."

"Natsu's worse. He would never be able to find you, even with that nose of his."

"That's up for debate." She chuckled before gaining a confused expression. "Actually, now that you brought it up...how did you know to come here to find me?"

"I didn't, but I knew you went to battle your doppelganger here so I just took a chance and hoped you would still be somewhere around here." The black haired mage smirked. "Good to know my luck still hasn't failed me, and as that luck would have it...we picked up a straggler."

Gray gestured behind him where his ice horse had been standing and Erza looked over, her eyes widening as she saw who Gray's riding companion was.

"Jella-I mean...Mystogan!" She quickly corrected herself, making animated motions to express her surprise. "What are you...How are you...When did you...Where have you been?!"

"When we got separated through the Anima, I had actually been trying to locate you all. However, when Dorma Anim the Dragon Knight had been awakened and the members of the Shiroikage had been turned into beasts from the Nine's powers, I needed to act swiftly. I acted as quickly as I could and urged as many people to get to safety. Hopefully, they heeded my warnings and listened to me as the prince of this kingdom. After that, I noticed there was a battle taking place here at the palace. Only a mage of Fairy Tail could cause the amount of destruction to a national landmark, even if it is not a landmark of their own world."

Erza, Lucy, Gray and Mystogan both chuckled at the joking jab made at their guild. "You make a fair point, Mystogan." The red head's expression then became serious once more as she looked at her blue haired nakama. "On a more serious note though, well...I'm not even going to ask you about the prince thing, but the Dragon Knight..."

"It's some giant robotic dragon." Gray explained.

"You saw it too?!" The wielder of Caliburn shouted.

"Not just saw it." Gray scowled. "Natsu and I fought it, but that thing proved pretty strong as it took out those two demonic Shiroikage members without even doing anything. It literally just sucked the magic right out of their bodies and killed them in the process. We tried to tag along when it flew off, but I didn't get a good grip and fell off before it reached that floating island up in the sky. Hopefully Matchstick isn't banged up too bad."

"I pray for Natsu's safety as well." Mystogan nodded in confirmation. He then pointed in the direction of the growing storm, thunder booming and lightning flashing as it began to gain momentum. "However, it appears that something even worse has arrived. Dorma Anim has great power and abilities, but not even it has the ability to generate magically induced storms."

The four mages of Fairy Tail were suddenly distracted from the sight of the slowly dissipating mushroom cloud as the ground behind them had burst apart, revealing a giant hand made of wood. The two S-Class mages were both wide eyed and their mouths agape as another hand accompanied the first. The giant hands of wood then dug their fingers into the dirt and worked to free the mighty wooden titan that lay beneath the depths.

The Mokujin reared its head and Hashirama panted slightly, wiping the sweat from his brow as he finally managed to free himself from the underground laboratory. "That took longer than I thought. Hmm?" The armour clad Exceed blinked owlishly when he suddenly found the tip of a platinum flame encased sword being pointed at his face.

"Who are you? Are you the one who unleashed Dorma Anim?" Erza asked. Hashirama's eyes widened before narrowing dangerously, his wooden giant's eyes glowing in a menacing fashion.

"How do you know about that?"

"From him." Gray tilted his head to the right and Hashirama gained a confused expression as he looked between the two Earthland natives. He then shifted his gaze and his black eyes widened in shock as he found himself staring into the obsidian orbs of the crown prince of Edolas. "O-O-O-Ouji-sama?!"

"OUJI-SAMA?!" The three other Fairy Tail mages turned to Mystogan with wide eyes and slackened jaws, but the blue haired member of Edolesian royalty ignored their reactions as he gave a soft look towards the red armoured Exceed.

"You're...You're alive?!"

"Hashirama, it's been quite a long time hasn't it?" The counterpart of Jellal smiled at the brown and black furred Exceed.

The Mokuton user climbed to his feet and being in his humanoid form, he was able to look down at Mystogan's shorter visage. The anthropomorphic Exceed raised a clawed hand and lightly held the blue haired man's face. Tears formed in his eyes and the synthetically forged Exceed felt as if a lump had formed in his throat. With a toothy smile of both relief and joy, Hashirama rested his forehead against the shorter male's own.

"Ouji-sama, I am so...so very happy to see you! You were but a child when you went missing! We all...the entire kingdom...thought you died! It warms my heart, it truly does...to see that you have been alive all this time and have managed to grow up to look so strong and tall! I'm sure the king would be proud to see what a splendid young man you have become." The tears of joy then became ones of sadness as the red armoured Exceed's thought caught up with his mouth. He gritted his teeth and he stepped away from the S-Class mage, his hands falling away from Mystogan's face as he clenched them into tight fists.

"Hashirama?"

"Ouji-sama...I apologize for my current attitude, but while I am elated to see you..." Hashirama swallowed the lump in his throat. "It's...It's your father. I'm sorry to say this, but he's lost his mind, Ouji-sama. He's no longer the man who was a kind king nor was he the man who practically raised me after my creation."

"I know, Hashirama." Mystogan said as he patted him on the head. "However, it appears that something much worse than Dorma Anim has arrived. We don't know what it is, but if the kingdom has any chance of surviving...we must move quickly to stop it."

Hashirama wiped his eyes and looked in the direction Mystogan pointed in. With a wave of his hand and pulse of magic, the ground beneath the four magic users was no longer scorched earth and upturned soil as it had suddenly been replaced by wood. The wooden surface rose high into the air, becoming a tower that was as tall as one of the castle's towers and thus allowed them to get a better view of the dissipating mushroom cloud beyond the walls.

"The amount of magic energy located at that point...I see what you mean when you say we should move quickly, Ouji-sama." The humanoid Exceed narrowed his eyes, using is vastly superior feline vision to zoom in as he took note of a massive shadowy figure within the cloud. The cloud then dispersed with a swish of ten mighty tails and Hashirama's eyes widened. "No."

"Hashirama?" Mystogan looked at the armour-clad feline beside him. "What is that thing? Do you know what it is?"

All thoughts and words were silenced as the Juubi's thunderous roar echoed across Edolas once more. The shockwave traversed the lands and the gale force winds it generated made the three magic users skid backwards slightly despite the distance between them and the ten tailed beast.

"If man won't kill god...the devil will do it." Hashirama quoted the last words he had heard from King Faust before pointing a finger at the Juubi. "That would be the devil."

"The..." Gray, Lucy and Erza were all confused and fearful as they felt the killing intent and intense pressure of magical energy from the one-eyed monster. "...The devil?"

The Juubi opened its mouth and Hashirama's eyes widened even further as he caught sight of the violet-black orb that began to take shape within its jaws. "And that would be trouble. Ouji-sama, take these two and get to safety!"

"What are you going to do?!" Mystogan asked. "I don't know what that thing is, but I know the Bijuudama when I see it! You don't plan to fight that behemoth do you?!"

"If you plan to fight, we'll help you!" Gray cracked his knuckles. "If that thing has demon powers, we can..."

"No." Hashirama's voice was firm. "Listen, I appreciate your willingness to assist, but that monster out there...that's the Juubi. It is a combination of all the Nine's powers."

The four Fairy Tail mages had their eyes wide at that statement. "What?"

"But Hashirama, if that is the case, what makes you think you can handle it!" Mystogan gripped the armoured Exceed by his bicep tightly. "The Juubi is primordial magic! You'll die!"

"I was bred to be the anti-thesis of the Nine themselves, given the abilities of Mokuton in order to combat them effectively. I may not be sure of what my capabilities are since I will be going up against a combination of the Nine's powers within a single body, but I have to try, not just to protect the kingdom...but now I have to protect you as well, Ouji-sama. If fighting to the death is what it takes for that to be done...then I will gladly give up my life for the sake of your life and the kingdom's."

"No!" Mystogan reached out to stop the armoured Exceed, but his cry fell on deaf ears as the Mokuton user quickly hopped into the air and spread his wings.

"Aera!" The brown and black furred Exceed zoomed through the air, leaving the three Fairy Tail mages behind.

"Damn it." Mystogan gritted his teeth and fell to his knees, clenching his shaking fists tightly. Erza, Lucy and Gray watched their nakama in silence, deep frowns appearing on their faces as they could only observe as the S-Class mage repeatedly released his frustrations out on the wooden surface with his punches.

"Wait." Gray's eyes widened in realization as he turned to Erza. "How are we getting down from up here?"

Erza turned to her guild mate and her face twisted into one that undoubtedly told the ice manipulator 'you cannot be fucking serious?'. Unfortunately, the seventeen year old mage was unable to translate that and stared blankly at the brown eyed S-Class.

"What?"

"You idiot." She sighed.


(Insert Music: Fate/Zero- The Battle is to the Strong)

Outskirts, Edolas

Hashirama had quickly crossed over the walls that separated the Royal Capital from the rest of the surrounding wastelands, but the scientifically created Exceed knew that if he didn't act quickly, the kingdom would most likely end up looking exactly like said wastelands. He quickly flew in an upward arc and crashed down on the ground as he undid his Aera Magic. The moment he came into contact with the cracked earth, he had planted his hands on the ground and unleashed his magic.

"MOKUTON: MOKUJIN!" The Wood Giant spell sprung to life as said giant rose from the bowels of the earth, a wooden dragon wrapped securely around its torso. The glowing yellow eyes of the wooden creation glared at the Juubi, but the Juubi took no heed of it as it just finished charging the powerful spell in its jaws.

"GROAR!" The Tailed Beast Bomb rocketed out of its humanoid jaws, the velocity of the attack actually tearing a trench in the ground several feet beneath it.

"You will not destroy my home!" Hashirama roared. The Mokujin raised its hands and the dragon around its body opened its jaws, orbs of golden yellow magic energy rapidly being charged. The moment they reached maximum input, they were fired. They crashed against the Tailed Beast Bomb, but the larger attack easily overwhelmed Hashirama's feeble attempt at a counter and so it continued on its current path. However, before the attack could even come close to impacting with the Royal Capital, the Mokujin had run forward and thrust its arms forward. The massive spheroid of violet-black collided with its palms, but to the surprise of its creator, the Mokujin was quickly being pushed backwards. Its feet dug massive trenches in the already cracked earth and Hashirama gritted his teeth as he worked to keep his creation intact.

'This spell...' He thought. 'It's way more powerful than anything the Nine had created when we fought in Earthland! Just how strong is this thing?!'

He took note that they were actually growing dangerously close to the Royal Capital and so he had his Wood Giant dig its fingertips into the orb of compressed magic, while also having the dragon snake its way around the orb as bite down on it in an attempt to reduce the amount of magic energy in the attack.

"Mokuton: Mokujoheki!" Behind the Wood Giant, several large arches of wood erupted out of the ground and interlocked with each other. The posterior half of the dome-shaped Wood Locking Wall spell boasted incredible sturdiness as it held back the Wood Giant and the Tailed Beast Bomb from moving back any further. Hashirama quickly spread his wings and the humanoid Exceed took off into the skies while clapping his hands together. With a pulse of magic, Wood Locking Wall's anterior half was forged to trap the Bijuudama inside with the Mokujin.

A few moments later, the sound of the Bijuudama detonating resonated from within the dome-shaped wood prison. The brown wood turned into a glowing red and yellow from the intense heat of the magic-made blast it fought to contain and Hashirama clenched his teeth tightly, his nose dripping with blood from the mental strain it took to hold the defensive structure together. His obsidian orbs widened as he spied a massive crack forming across the wood dome.

"No." He growled out through gritted teeth. "Come on you stupid spell! Stay together!" He gritted his teeth and had sweat pouring from his brow, but despite his best efforts, the artificially created Exceed could not withstand the might of the Juubi's attack. The fear of the dragons was placed in his heart as he watched the wood wall expand in size and begin to blacken from the intense heat. The lengthy cracks branched out like a spiderweb, rays of orange light pouring through as said cracks widened. The explosion tore through its confines and the dome of orange energy and light expanded outwards at a rapid pace, tearing Edolas's outskirts asunder. Hashirama could only watch from above as the blast radius continued to grow, almost with the intent of destroying anything and everything in its path, and the walls of Edolas would not be spared.

"REQUIP: ADAMANTINE ARMOUR!"

"HYOJIN MEIKU: HYOUGA!"

True to the spell's name, a massive glacier crafted entirely of black ice burst forth from the barren earth as if it were called upon by a mighty being. Its length and height was almost as great as the protective walls of Edolas themselves, and its thickness was equivalent to that of an actual glacier's. The Glacier spell's frontal surface then gained a green magic seal and the wall of identically coloured energy stretched out across its entire surface.

The blast wave of the Bijuudama smashed against the two layered defense. The obsidian coloured glacier cracked heavily despite the protective layer of magic over its surface with large portions of it breaking off and smashing to the ground. However, the momentum of the explosion had been slowed down and the blast wave died away. Edolas had been saved from imminent destruction as it lay on the edge of a deep and wide crater.

"Looks like that Flight Armour of yours can move pretty damn fast. We got here just in time." Gray commented as Hashirama flew down towards the glacier and landed atop its surface in front of the Fairy Tail mages.

"I thought I told you two to stay with Ouji-sama!"

"I believe the words you're looking for are 'You're welcome'." Gray grumbled as he folded his arms in front of his chest. Lucy flicked the black haired Ice Make user in the forehead causing the mage to flinch in pain.

"I'm sorry." Hashirama sighed. "I am grateful for you both having done this to protect the kingdom, but this is the responsibility of the warriors of Edolas. You three are outsiders, Earthland natives at that. This does not have to be your concern."

"We know what you said, Hashirama-san, but as mages we cannot stand idly by while innocent lives are threatened." Erza said. "Mysotgan said he did what he could to try and evacuate the citizens of the kingdom, but you can't be sure if they all heeded his warnings. So we will fight with you, whether you like it or not."

"We Earthland folk are stubborn like that." Gray chuckled as he planted his left fist in his right palm. Black frost flowed from his body as his magic spiked. "Now let's get to some fighting. Erza, given the size of that thing...there's only one thing I can think of that would even make us do some sort of damage to it. What do you say?"

Lucy tilted her head cutely, the confusion in her brown eyes being paramount as she looked at her two nakama. "Eh?"

"Right behind you, Gray." Erza smirked as her body shone with the light of her Requip Magic. "Requip: Lightning Empress Armour!"

The armour was a mix of gold and light blue with Erza's appearance resembling that of an armored Hellenic goddess of sort. The breastplate was decorated by golden trimmings, and had thin plates going up to surround Erza's neck; the similarly adorned pauldrons were composed of two plates one over the other, with the top ones each sporting a prominent protrusion. Similar protrusions, although less prominent, were present on the armored gauntlets which covered the entirety of Erza's arms; the greaves, on the other hand, possessed matching protrusions on them, with a particularly large pair adorning the knee guards, but were instead composed of plates attached to simple, thigh-high boots with high heels. Rather than having a waistguard, the armour had a decorated cloth hanging down from the breastplate to cover Erza's groin, sporting a single piece on the top front and three on the back, which were decorated by large spheres with fur-like ornaments hanging from them. To complete her look, Erza's head had a band with two ribbons on it, and her hair was styled in a long braid.

"Hyojin Meiku: Mori!" With a tap of his foot, a lance erupted from the glacier's surface in front of Erza.

"Oh my." Lucy commented. The lance was massive, almost as if it would have been forged for Makarov to use in his titan form as it bore a length of over 15 metres and was as thick as the aforementioned guild master's muscles when in said titan form.

"The lance is made of Ice Godslayer Magic, so it's stronger and tougher than steel. And since its made of ice, it should be able to conduct your lightning well enough for this to work."

"It will. We blew up that old town when we were exterminating those giant monsters a few years back, but it worked. The only reason we stopped using it was because of how much energy it took out of us and because Master banned us from using it." Erza's body was then cloaked in golden voltage as she used her impressive physical strength to lift the lance. "We're far stronger and better at using our magic than we were all those years ago. Plus...it'll be fun."

She dug her heels into the ice and used her armour's ability over electricity to generate a positive current that flowed along her right arm, into the ice spear and back down her left arm as a negative charge. The flow of electrical current moved faster and faster, building up with a resounding humming sound.

"Hashirama-san, please buy us some time. Five minutes at the most." Erza said as she kept her focus on the brown skinned behemoth before them.

"...I'm putting my trust in you two! Don't let me down!" The humanoid Exceed exclaimed as he leaped off of the glacier.

"Mokuton: Shin Susenju!" The ground burst apart as the 400 foot tall Buddha of wood emerged from the depths of Edolas, its one thousand arms ready for battle as its creator landed atop its head. The massive titan of wood then charged across the battlefield towards the Juubi. The beast roared in defiance against the Exceed's charge as it summoned forth bolts of lightning from above. The Buddha unleashed its arms and served to protect both itself and its creator from harm, but those arms were no longer viable as a powerful shockwave of electrical energy sent the wooden giant skidding backwards.

Taking advantage of the momentary pause in its opponent's charge, the Juubi lashed out with its tails and slammed them against the Shin Susenju's side. The dense wood cracked from the force, decorating the battleground with splinters. Hashirama growled from atop the head of his creation before channeling his magic into the buddha's arms. The arms took on a life of their own and they lengthened and twisted, stretching high above the Juubi's body. The palms of the hands all glowed with golden magic energy and the Juubi was soon faced with one thousand orbs of destructive force.

"This is what I had in store for the Nine back on Earthland, Juubi! Let me show you what forcing my hand feels like!" Hashirama roared and unleashed the bombardment of energy blasts at the ten tailed beast. The red eyed behemoth roared and lashed out with its tails and batted aside wave after wave of the orbs. They arced through the skies before forming domes of destruction in the distance as they crashed down in random areas across the battlefield. The Juubi then opened its jaws and fired off the Imari. The skies were alight with the explosive collisions between the spheroids of magic energy and shockwaves generated powerful windstorms that served to break apart the nearby rock formations and mountainous regions of Edolas's wasteland outskirts.

The Juubi continued to try and combat Hashirama's storm of attacks, however, the numbers began to overwhelm the Juubi and soon it was encompassed in the numerous flashes and smoke clouds that came from the detonating energy blasts.

"GROOOOOAR!"

"Impossible." Hashirama could only stare in shock as the one-eyed behemoth had shrugged off his bombardment like it was nothing.

The Juubi was not a primordial beast for style after all.

It charged through the resulting smoke cloud, the earth shaking with each of its steps, before shoulder tackling the Shin Susenju. The wooden titan's chest caved inwards and then massive clawed hands lashed out and tore through numerous amounts of the Shin Susenju's arms. The wooden limbs fell to the ground only to be crushed beneath the literal heels of the Juubi as the beast continued to push back the Mokuton user. The Juubi performed a pair of palm strikes, but the Shin Susenju quickly raised its arms and interlocked its fingers with the Juubi's in an effort to hold back the crimson eyed beast. With a one hundred foot height advantage and a significant difference in physical might, the ground cratered beneath its feet as the Shin Susenju struggled against the Juubi's strength.

"Mokuton: Inukai Takeru no Mikoto!" From the several hundred arms of the Shin Susenju, mighty wooden dragons were forged. Their glowing yellow eyes zeroed in on their target and they roared as they struck forth, biting down on the brown skinned beast's flesh. In addition to that, the wooden reptiles acted to drain the magic energy that fueled the Juubi's body as they feasted from its limbs and throat. The Juubi roared in annoyance, releasing Hashirama and the Shin Susenju from its grasp to tear off the wooden dragons. It reared back its head, stretching the majority of the wooden dragons to their limits such that they were split in half. It then grabbed the ones that attacked its arms and held them by their throats to crash them against one another, reducing them to splinters in its massive hands. It finally opened its maw and unleashed a powerful blast of magic energy. The beam of crimson tore a scar in the earth and incinerated the wood dragons that bit down on its legs before disintegrating them into dust from the resulting explosion.

"Mokuton: Kongouken!" Hashirama caught his bearings and he quickly allowed his buddha's body to detach itself from the wall of hands it had been bound to. With the weight of the several hundred hands no longer attached to it, the Shin Susenju moved with surprising agility. Its fists were alight with golden magic energy as it performed a powerful straight jab. A shockwave raced out from the point of impact against the Juubi's chest, but the beast countered with a swift right hook that nailed the wooden buddha against its cheek. Its head snapped to the left, but Hashirama had his creation spin with the momentum and regain its footing to be able to duck under the swipe from the Ten Tails' tails. With a golden magic coated fist, the Shin Susenju delivered a powerful left hook before bending its body at the knees, the ground cracking as it pushed upward through its knees to perform the strong uppercut that loosened the Juubi's teeth.

"Mokuton: Mokuryumure!" The buddha slammed its hands down on the ground and the Wood Dragon Herd spell activated. The already cracked earth ruptured as twenty massive wooden reptiles sprung forth and snaked their way around the Juubi's limbs, biting down on its arms, tails and throat. The ten tailed beast climbed onto its hind legs and stretched up to the heavens, tearing at the yellow eyed dragons with obvious rage.

"HASHIRAMA! WE'RE READY, SO GET OUT OF THE WAY!" Lucy's voice reached the artificial Exceed's ears and the Mokuton user turned around to see what it was exactly he had been stalling for the two Fairy Tail mages to do. His coal coloured eyes widened as he caught sight of the bright golden glow that cloaked the giant spear of ice Erza had been clutching. The lightning generated had a maximum current of 2.25 million amperes of current and 1 million volts which were utilized to generate a powerful electromagnetic field. Waves of electrical energy pulsated from the obsidian spear of ice as Erza's eyes narrowed at the Juubi, preparing to take aim at her target.

"By the dragons." The armoured Exceed muttered to himself as he gazed upon their weapon. So he did as the brown eyed girl had said. He got the hell out of the way.

"Unison Raid: Railgun!" She took a strong step forward, the ice cracking from her action, and her muscles bulged before she unleashed the burst of lightning to propel the ice spear forward. The sound barrier was immediately shattered five times over as the spear of divine ice rocketed through the air at a speed of approximately mach 6.

The Juubi, for all its power, would never have been able to dodge or block the attack even if it wanted to. The railgun projectile slammed into the Juubi with terrific force. A powerful shockwave of lightning occurred to cause immense pain to the beast. The ground ruptured from the electrical shockwave and a powerful dome of magic energy and lightning exploded outwards and turned a massive area of wasteland into a smoldering crater. The resulting mushroom cloud rose into the air, the sparks of voltage making it almost seem as if it were a thundercloud.

"Do you think we got it?" The Celestial Spirit mage asked. Erza panted as she fell on her hands and knees, gasping for breath.

"I hope so...because...that was all I had left in me."


Unknown Island, Edolas

"We sought to move away from Extalia so that you wouldn't be caught up on the battle." Naruto's eye twitched as he looked at the three Exceed before him and his fellow dragonslayers. "And yet you and the two other Exceed still left Extalia to come here."

"Dragonslayers are powerful, I know that well...but to think you actually accomplished a feat as great as fighting the Juubi with such ease." Naruto's eye twitched even more as Shagotte practically ignored his words. "If it were possible, I may even go so far to say you might be able to kill it. Unfortunately, as I informed all of you earlier, it is an effort in futility to try and kill it."

"Hmmm." Juvia hummed in thought as she took in Shagotte's words. "Shagotte-san...you mentioned those two mages who defeated the Juubi..."

"Hagoromo and Hamura Otsutsuki, yes."

"Well, from your story, Juvia has come to think that even sealed away, the Juubi was still a collective consciousness. So Juvia is curious...how did the Nine come about?" Juvia asked.

"The Nine were crafted when Hagoromo, who had sealed the Juubi's entire magical essence away into his own body, removed the Juubi's magic from his body and split it apart." Shagotte explained. The proxy of the Nine narrowed her eyes as she looked up at the Water Dragonslayer. "What are you trying to get at?"

"Juvia thinks that if the Juubi was split apart once before, then Juvia can assume that it can be done again." The daughter of Levia nodded her head. "Yes. Juvia understands and Juvia believes it can be done."

"You can't be serious?!" Charle and Shagotte shouted. The two Exceed looked at each other, but Charle was the one to continue the dialogue as she looked into the blue eyes of the wielder of water. "Dragonslayer or not, the destructive power of that thing brought an imbalance to an entire parallel world! Were you not listening when she said that it took days to bring it down! You need to be far more powerful than you already are!"

"Not to mention that even if the skill was possible, the act of separating magic energies of such immense proportions requires an immense understanding of magic energy and eternano on a whole! You would literally need to have the ability to control the very essence of magic itself, and as my daughter so eloquently put it, you do need a higher level of power!" Shagotte's eyes widened, her ears twitching as she caught the sound of Acnologia's dragonslayer chuckling. "You find this funny, dragonslayer?! I assure you that this is no laughing matter! The fate of my entire dimension is at stake and yet you choose to laugh?! Have you lost your mind?!"

Naruto's amusement remained present on his face as he rose back to his feet. "I do choose to laugh, though not out insanity. It is rather due to the fact that I perfectly fit the criteria that is necessary to handle the Juubi."

"Fuujin, I know you're strong. Very strong. There is no doubt about that." Roshi said. "However, even you should realize that to fight an immortal being composed of magic is well beyond your capabilities. Not unless your element happens to be..." Roshi paused as something in his mind clicked and his eyes widened. "No. Dragonslayers have had some capabilities of eating elements outside of the one which they use, but I thought you had simply just mastered the craft to an extreme extent."

"Roshi-sensei, what's going on?" The son of Igneel looked at his teacher in confusion alongside the other dragonslayers. "What's the deal with the Fuujin that it's got you lookin' so surprised?"

"Energy." Things clicked together within Shagotte's mind, flabbergasted being written all across her face. "You're no ordinary dragonslayer. You're a Divine Dragonslayer, a child raised by one of the Divine who govern one of the four elements that govern the universe in its entirety."

The others looked at the Doragon Fosu wielder in amazement and shock, though Natsu scratched his head in thought.

"Wait, but your spells are always Apocalypse Dragon attacks. Though it doesn't make sense that Apocalypse would be an actual element now that I think about it..."

"An unofficial title because my dragon parent's power." Naruto answered. "Energy Dragonslayer would be my official title."

There was a period of silence from the younger dragonslayers as the information had to be processed. "Woah."

"Woah indeed." Roshi said. "It actually makes a bit more sense as to why your abilities are so great, even by dragonslayer standards. I'm older than you and thus I've had more experience with being a dragonslayer, but the sheer amounts of raw magic and physical power you possess...it all makes sense now."

"Is...Is a Divine really that strong?" Natsu asked with a nervous chuckle.

"The Divine govern the universe itself. They literally are what makes the worlds go round." Shagotte answered.

"Oh."

"That is correct." Naruto nodded in confirmation to both Roshi's and Shagotte's words. "My dragon parent is one of the four Divine dragons who govern over the universe and controls energy itself."

"So...Onii-san..." Wendy paused.

"Does that mean..." Fu tapped her chin in thought.

"You can..." Gajeel gave Naruto a once over as the gears turned in his mind.

"...Eat the Juubi, Fuujin-san?" Juvia finished the question on all their minds. Their expectant expressions were all quickly replaced with complete and utter disappointment when the son of Acnologia shook his head.

"I can eat energy, but there is a limit to even what I can ingest. To try and literally eat the beast itself is impossible, but that is not our aim. I had originally thought I would be capable of doing this, but Water Dragon's epiphany serves to make my strategy far more worthy of attempting than before." Naruto raised a clawed hand. "I will take hold of the Juubi's very essence and then..." He clenched his hand into a tight fist. "...take it and break it apart to reform Kurama and the others."

"And how exactly will you do that?" Gajeel asked.

"Dragonslayer Magic." Naruto's eyes shone a bit brighter as he spoke those two words. "The magic that allows a mage to be gifted with the ability to shatter dragon scales, break dragon bones and tear through dragon entrails. The dragons are the ultimate beings of the universe and as their children, we are the representation of their very might as we utilize the skills they taught us. The levels of power are at our maximum when we achieve our highest form, when our true potential is unlocked."

"But you've activated Doragon Fosu, Fuujin-san." Juvia frowned as she could not wrap her head around what the Divine Dragonslayer was saying. "You are at the height of what we can do as dragonslayers."

"Yes, that is true Water Dragon. However, what you all witnessed was still a restrained form of what we are capable of as dragonslayers." Naruto clapped his hands together. His white eyes shone brightly, his magic energy spiked and a pillar of black and blue piercing the stormy skies. All eyes then widened as Naruto's body suddenly began to grow and the sound of bones and musculature being rearranged met their ears. "It is time that you witness the power of a fully realized dragonslayer."


Outskirts, Edolas

There was a seemingly awkward silence following the powerful blow as both Fairy Tail mages and Hashirama stared intently at the cloud. The dust settled and the Juubi stood as tall as it always was. It was still for what seemed like an eternity, its red eye wide with what seemed to be shock. It then slowly tilted its head back into position and stared down at Erza, Gray, Hashirama and his wooden buddha. Its crimson eye glowed with rage and its body unleashed a wave of magic energy with a roar.

'No time to dodge! Gotta block!' The black and brown furred Exceed had his buddha raise its arms just as the Juubi spun and lashed out with all ten of its tails. The Shin Susenju flew through the air like a ragdoll before it came crashing down and tore a massive scar in the wastelands of Edolas only to come a halt as he smashed straight into Gray's glacier, making a deep indentation.

"Hashirama-san! Are you alright?! Hashirama-san!" Lucy called out to the red armour wearing Exceed, but her words fell on deaf ears due to the ringing he was hearing. Hashirama groaned as he climbed back to his feet. The world was spinning and he was seeing double, though the sudden concentration of eternano he felt was a very good way to put thing back into focus for him.

He glanced up in time to see the Juubi charging up its Bijuudama. The culmination of positive and negative eternano was far more intimidating when the background was decorated with raging tornadoes and falling lightning bolts that ruined the landscape. Hashirama could only widen his eyes as he said the first two words that came to his mind.

"Oh shit." He raised his hands up in a feeble form of defense as the sphere was unleashed, tearing the ground apart as a projectile of unparalleled destruction. Gray and Erza fired off projectiles of black ice and platinum fire respectively, but not even the spells of an ice goddess and the flames that could kill a dragon were capable of reducing its momentum.

"MOKUSHIRYU NO HAKAI TSUME!" A massive streak of black and blue stretched across the cataclysmic atmosphere at unbelievable speeds, and a resounding sonic boom echoed across Edolas as the streak took on the image of a massive black beast. Its white eyes shone with power as it unleashed a devastating roar, slamming into the Bijuudama and generating a powerful shockwave that rocked the heavens and the earth. Its massive claws dug into the spheroid of energy and its fangs bit into the orb of magic. Streams of eternano flowed into the beast's maw and the Bijuudama steadily shrank in size. The force behind the attack was still present though as the new arrival's heels dug into the ground, forming deep imprints, but the force gradually decreased until finally the Tailed Beast Bomb was at a size small enough for the black and blue scaled beast to easily tear it in two. Both halves of the powerful spell were sent rocketing across the landscape before they detonated. Even at only fifty percent, the spell was capable of generating a yield of over 50 megatons as revealed by how the mountain ranges were literally reduced to nothing and the shockwaves from the bright explosions were still felt from the location of the Royal City.

When the shockwaves died down, Erza, Gray and Hashirama all dropped their arms from their faces, having used them to shield themselves from the blast waves, and looked up at their saviour.

"Impossible." Hashirama gazed in shock at the beast.

"But...But how?" Gray muttered as he fell to his knees.

Erza's brown eyes drank in the sight of the dragon, her ears listening to the sound of its deep breaths and her senses taking in the feeling of power radiating off of its body. The Juubi exhumed power and ferociousness as well, but that power of primal and felt as if it were an unstoppable force of nature. The dragon held an air of authority and commanded respect through its aura of power, something that one would expect to feel when they would stand before a deity, and to the red haired Fairy Tail mage it was something which felt...oddly familiar.

"You have fought well, Titania." The dragon's voice was deep, but seemed as though it were mixed in with that of another. Her brown eyes widened when it clicked within her mind.

"Onii...sama?"

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"Now, Juubi..." Naruto dropped down onto all-fours, the aura of black and blue cloaked his reptilian body as his white eyes shone with power. "GIVE ME BACK KURAMA!"

Naruto dug his claws into the earth and spread his wings out as far as they could go before he charged forth. The ground caved inwards, becoming a massive crater where he had once been standing, and he gave a mighty flap of his wings to increase his speed.

"Mokushiryu no..." He reared back his arm and clenched his claws into a tight fist. Black and blue magic energy flared to life around the limb before morphing into the shape of a dragon's head with its fangs bared. "Kuroi Kiba!"

"HRAAAH!" Naruto let his fist fly as the Juubi raised its forelimbs in an X-shaped manner to block. The blow connected and a powerful shockwave raced out from the point of contact, the ground cracking heavily beneath them. The Juubi skidded backwards slightly, but Naruto was unrelenting in his assault as he followed after the Ten Tails.

"Mokushiryu no Hakai Tsume!" His claws blazed with energy before he slashed against the Juubi's face. The force of the strike had the beast's head snapping to the side before a follow-up slash had it facing the opposite direction.

"Mokushiryu no Shippo!" Naruto then struck out with his tail, stabbing the rear appendage deep into the Juubi's eye before violently ripping it out by shifting it to the so that a massive slash would stretch across the Juubi's face. Once the tail was free, it snaked its way around the Juubi's throat. However, due to the sheer size of the red eyed monster, Naruto's tail never made it around the complete circumference of the Juubi's neck, but he quickly adjusted as he stabbed his tail into its flesh and then flapped his wings to fly downwards. Through sheer physical might, Naruto brought the mighty monster down to ground zero, tearing the earth asunder from its impact.

He wrenched his tail free and spun around, lashing out with his hind legs. "Mokushiryu no Zansho!" The Decapitating Talons spell tore through the Juubi's body, further damaging its fallen form before Naruto stood upon his hind legs and lashed out with a strong upward kick to the Juubi's chin.

"Mokushiryu no Jinshinkyaku!"Powerful shockwaves formed from the two powerful kicks, Naruto's talons tearing through the Juubi's downed form had its upper body rising above ground level before he spun on his heel and performed a straight kick. The strike nailed the Juubi against its mouth, shattering numerous teeth with a resounding shockwave. Time seemed to slow down for the Juubi until the force registered with its body and the titan of magic was sent skidding away to form a massive trench in the earth.

"MOKUSHIRYU NO HOKO!" The powerful beam of ebony and sapphire destruction tore a trench in the earth as Naruto fired it at his opponent. A flash of the two colours of his magic shone like a star as the beam of pure eternano slammed into the Juubi's body and unleashed a cataclysmic explosion. The dome of destruction tore a large area of the Edolesian wasteland asunder with its accompanying shockwave. Massive gashes stretched across the wasteland like tree branches with rays of blue and black poking through as the energy attack even damaged the underlying layers of earth.

The explosion died down, but the Juubi's roar was quick to signal its return to the fight. Naruto roared in defiance before his slammed his claws down on the ground.

"Mokushiryu no Kohaiha!" The streak of energy tore a massive gash in the battlefield, racing straight towards the Juubi, but the Ten Tails countered with an Imari. The two energy attacks clashed and caused a devastating explosion that completely rearranged the cartography of the area. Naruto's white eyes saw through the resulting smoke cloud like it wasn't even there as his opponent began lashing out with its tails. The rear appendages aimed to slam against Naruto's form, but the son of Acnologia quickly dodged the first strike before he broke out into a run. The tails quickly followed after him, creating massive scars in the landscape with each missed opportunity to crush the dragonslayer beneath them. Naruto then hopped into the air and flapped his wings, going into a barrel roll to avoid the latest strike in the series of the Juubi's attacks.

The beast narrowed its crimson eye before opening its mouth. The Imari was quick to come to into existence before it was fired. Naruto gritted his teeth as the attack detonated in the air just as he was about to attempt to absorb the energy. The Doragon Fosu user's world was a swirl of colour as he was sent tumbling through the air. He managed to regain his bearings just as another Imari was launched, and so he flapped his wings and climbed high into the air to avoid the explosion. The Apocalypse Dragonslayer was given no chance to rest though, as the Juubi continued to fire the bursts of demonic magic energy at him in rapid succession.

'It has gained some form of intelligence. It's launching unstable energy attacks that would explode before I even get a chance to absorb them.'

The dark sky was alight with massive crimson explosions. Floating islands and whatever forms of life that lived on those islands were were not spared the wrath and destructive forces of the Juubi as they were effectively annihilated. Naruto's sixth sense for danger forced him to turn around as he saw the remnants of those islands beginning to succumb to gravity; massive pieces of stone, some of which far exceed his own size, beginning to descend like a falling meteor shower.

With a powerful flap of his wings, Naruto flew through the meteor shower until he got above the entirety of the falling stones. He let the Juubi gaze upon his form as he revealed the full length of his wingspan.

"Mokushiryu no Habataki!" His magic energy sprung to life and he flapped his wings. A powerful wave of apocalyptic energy ripped through Edolas's atmosphere and collided with the falling pieces of stone and caused their speed of descent to increase. The island remnants neared the Juubi, but the sentient power of the Nine merely opened its jaws and arched its ten tails over its head.

"GROOOOAR!" The Bijuudama was fired as a destructive beam and the Juubi tilted its head to the side as it destroyed every single piece of island that would have fallen towards it. The powerful explosions dotted the skies and Naruto had to fold his scaled wings over his body due to a very close proximity explosion. The son of Acnologia rolled with the momentum and went into a free fall towards the Juubi.

Imaris were launched once more, but Naruto's aerial maneuverability allowed him to easily avoid the attacks and he even batted one aside as he spun in the air, slapping it with his thick tail. He continued his descent towards the Juubi and held out his claws as magic energy swirled to life and condensed into a massive, tight spheroid of shining blue and black.

"ENERGY MAKE: CHOU ODAMA RASENGAN!" Naruto roared as he brought down his spell. The Juubi raised its tails, arching them over its head to defend, and the mighty orb of rotating magic ground against the Juubi's flesh. The force of the attack ripped through the Juubi's body, cratering the ground beneath its feet while a powerful shockwave raced out across the battleground turned nearby rock formations into dust. The Juubi roared and pushed back against its smaller foe. Naruto snarled as the tails followed after him, going into a series of aerial evasive actions. He performed every trick in the book and then some, but one of the tails managed to clip him on the left wing to knock him off balance. Two more tails then followed after him, twisting around each other in a double helix to wrap themselves around his torso and slam him into the ground with devastating force. The Apocalypse Dragonslayer released a gasp of pain as the force of the slam had him laying within his own personal crater, but as he moved to climb back to his feet, his white eyes widened when the massive shadow of the Juubi's hand encompassed his form.

'Fast!' The Apocalypse Dragonslayer quickly smashed his claws down into the earth to gain an anchor in order to push himself back to his feet. With a roar, Naruto raised his arms skyward and stabbed his tail into the ground, his claws digging into the Juubi's palm as the massive limb smashed down on top of him. The ground ruptured, cratering beneath his talons. His legs shook as he resisted the Juubi's downward force, but he pushed the assaulting limb back with an impressive show of strength. The Juubi's eye widened at that, only for Naruto to suddenly take off between the Juubi's limbs to get behind it. He latched onto several of the Juubi's tails, gripping them tightly.

"HRAAAAAAAAAH!" Naruto's muscles bulged beneath his scales before he used ever once of physical strength he had to lift the Juubi off of the ground. The behemoth's roar of surprise was practically euphoric for the Apocalypse Dragonslayer. The son of Acnologia then swung the beast overhead and earth met sky for the beast until it was sent crashing into the land of Edolas, tearing the earth asunder from its impact.

"I'm not done yet!" Naruto exclaimed as his draconian body was cloaked in a flare of ebony magic that made him appear as if he were a living shadow. "METSURYU OUGI: JAO NO MUGETSU HAKAI!"

Naruto took off and flapped his wings with as much force as he could muster before slamming into the Juubi's body. He dug his claws into the Juubi's eye and the force of his momentum carried both him and his opponent across the battlefield. Boulders, cliffs, mountains; they were removed from existence as they did little to halt the path of destruction Naruto's Secret Dragonslayer Art unleashed. Finally, Naruto raised his opponent high into the air before slamming it down into the ground, much harder then he had done before. The Moonless Sky Annihilation spell generated a massive explosion of black and blue energy that was about the size of two entire mountains. The shockwave that accompanied it, raced out from the point of impact, tearing apart anything and everything it came into contact with. The resulting massive mushroom cloud climbed into the sky, temporarily obscuring the combatants from view.

The Juubi growled as it lay within the massive crater, Naruto's forelimbs embedded into its chest down to the elbow.

"Now!" The Apocalypse Dragonslayer roared as he injected a burst of magic energy into the beast. His eyes shone brilliantly as he called upon his powers over the divine element of energy. He dug into the Juubi's magical body and grabbed hold of its very essence. With a flap of his wings, Naruto flew back into the sky and a massive thread of glowing black and blue magic energy was pulled out from the Juubi's chest. He pulled, the flow of magic energy coming to him with ease and he provided the traction needed to draw out the Juubi's essence for his own.

"Your magic is mi-!" Naruto's eyes widened and he came to a sudden halt in his efforts. The Juubi growled as it planted its hands on the ground, climbing back to its feet. The Apocalypse Dragonslayer felt a powerful amount of resistance coming from the Juubi, and the ten tailed beast roared in defiance. The thread of energy suddenly began to bleed crimson, turning a very dark shadow of violet until the crimson colour completely took over the thread.

"GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!" The scream of pain from the Apocalypse Dragonslayer was like hearing the sound of a tortured soul from the pits of hell itself. The demonic energy was filled with hatred, anger, rage, every single negative emotion that could be found in a dictionary bore down on Naruto's very being. It burned terribly, completely taking over any thought Naruto was thinking and replacing it with pure agony.

With his connection to the Juubi severed, the brown skinned monstrosity returned to a stable stance. It raised two massive tails and slammed them down on the draconian combatant, cratering the earth from his impact. The black and blue scaled dragon was forced deeper into the Edolesian battleground as the Juubi's massive hand came afterwards and crashed down upon him. For all his power and the ultimate skill of dragonfication to increase his size to 150 feet, 250 if he were to stand with just his hind limbs, the Juubi's 500 foot stature still provided a significant advantage against him. He struggled beneath the massive limb that held him in place, but the primordial beast provided the necessary pressure to keep him down.

"GAYAOOOOOO!" The Juubi's monstrous roar rocked the battleground as it charged up a Bijuudama. Naruto quickly moved to absorb the magic energy from the spell, but the Juubi's input far exceeded the rate of Naruto's absorption. It was smaller than what it should have been due to Naruto's efforts, but the orb of violet-black had been completed. Said orb suddenly morphed in shape, turning into a sharp cone. However, the ten tailed beast did not direct the attack at Naruto, instead it turned its head skyward.

"What the..." Naruto whispered. He could only watch as the Juubi fired at Extalia, the physical form of annihilation streaking through the air like a ballistic missile before it collided with the island of the Exceed. His white eyes were wide with shock as he watched the triangular shaped explosion pierce the clouds to reveal a portion of the starry night sky that had been hidden within the cataclysmic atmosphere. The transformed dragonslayer looked back at the Juubi and as shining white meeting evil crimson, the son of two Wizard Saints couldn't help but notice a shine of what seemed to be satisfaction within that tomoe patterned orb.

"Bastard." The ten tailed beast took no heed to the insult as it released a low growl. It charging up another cone-shaped Bijuudama, this one aimed for the Apocalypse Dragonslayer.

"MOKUTON: KONGOUKEN!" The earth exploded as a massive, glowing fist of wood emerged from beneath the Juubi and crashed against its chin. The Bijuudama was fired prematurely and the unstable blast of magic went on to blow a massive hole in one of the floating celestial bodies above. The Juubi then released a roar of surprise as it felt a strong pull on its tails. It turned its head and its crimson eye widened as it spied a familiar thousand handed buddha.

"Oi! Didn't your mother ever tell not to cause the end of the world?!" Hashirama then willed the Shin Susenju to pull harder. The Juubi lost its contact with the ground as it was hurled overhead. Earth met sky for the mighty behemoth of primordial magic before it was thrown through the air.

"What are you doing here?" Naruto growled.

"Saving your life." Hashirama replied as he held out a hand to help Naruto to his feet. The dragon snarled and batted the wooden limb aside with his tail before climbing back onto all-fours.

"What purpose does saving my life have to do with your agenda?"

"Well, other than saving the entirety of my home dimension and everyone in it as well as trying to make up for kind of causing this entire mess since I kidnapped the Nine...your friends told me you can stop the Juubi and split them back into the Nine."

"You did this?! You took the Nine?!" Naruto exclaimed. "And what friends?! I don't have any-" Naruto paused in his dialogue as he saw multiple figures move past him and Hashirama. Roshi was the first to strike as he leaped into the air and crashed his fist down on the ground. The earth turned red hot as a stream of lava moved across the battlefield towards the still airborne Juubi.

"Yoryu no Bakuhatsu!"

The ground turned a brighter shade of crimson mixed with yellow and orange before a geyser of lava encompassed the beast, burning its flesh and eliciting a roar of agony from it.

"KARYU NO HOKO!"

"TENRYU NO HOKO!"

"FURYU NO HOKO!"

The raging firestorm traversed the air, slamming into the Juubi with devastating force and sent it flying back several metres. The ten tailed beast then crashed into the side of a cliff before massive orbs of solid water and spikes of ice swirled to life from the atmosphere.

"SUIRYU NO SUIROU!"

"HYORYU NO HYOCHUUGEKI!"

The orbs of water accumulated around the Juubi, merging with one another to form the dome of water that was the Water Prison spell. It completely enveloped the five hundred foot tall behemoth, bubbles flowing from its maw as the water flowed into its lungs and replaced the air within it. True to its name, the Icicle Crash spell crashed into the water prison, instantly freezing it over and imprisoning the beast inside for however long it would last.

"What the...What are you doing here?!" Naruto snarled. "This is not a fight you all can handle at this stage!"

"Awww, when you say it like that it sounds like you actually care." Fu said as she flew over to the transformed dragonslayer. Note the sarcasm. She then gave her superior a very intense glare. "Besides, I gave you a whole speech about not doing things alone back up there on that island! And what do you do?! You go in alone!"

"Now is not the time for such stupid arguments, Wind Dragon!" Naruto's massive eyes shone with rage, but the orange eyed wielder of the winds did not back down. "I am your leader!"

(Insert Music: One Piece- Luffy's Fierce Attack)

"Then lead me." Naruto's eyes widened at the calm response.

"Wh-What?"

"Lead. You think we can't do it, but if that is what you believe then give us directions. Show your worth as a divine dragonslayer that wields power above all others and allow those of us who want to help you, fight. Roshi, Juvia, myself, Wendy, Haku...hell, even Natsu and Gajeel in their own way, we all want to help the Nine. You may be the only capable of doing what has to be done to separate them from the Juubi, but we're dragonslayers goddammit! Like hell are we gonna let our prides be overshadowed by yours and have us leave a battle unfinished!" Fu stretched out her hand and tapped her fist against the dragon's snout. "We're your nakama now, whether you like it or not."

"Na...kama?" The miniature Acnologia uttered the word almost as if it were completely foreign to him.

"Gee hee hee. That's right, dumbass." Gajeel bore a fanged grin. "We're stayin' in the fight."

"We still have some leftover magic that you lent us." Natsu's blue and white flames sprung to life around his fists. "I'm all fired up to let the rest of it out."

"Plus...we got ourselves a little fan club going on and they can't wait to see their heroes kick ass." Roshi jabbed a thumb at the massive glacier that Gray had formed. The black scaled dragon stared into the distance and caught sight of the small army's worth of Exceed all lined up, their cheers of encouragement from atop the obsidian structures trying very hard to superimpose the winds of the storm. Even Queen Shagotte herself was making an effort.

"They're alive."

"Yeah, we managed to evacuate them after you transformed and went to fight. Good thing too because damn...we'd literally have the Exceed on an endangered species list." Natsu chuckled.

"Now then, Fuu-jin-tai-chou..." Haku spoke each syllable with a cute smile on her face, knowing just how much it would annoy her surrogate otouto. "What's the plan?"

Naruto looked over the small group of Drive Mode users with an indifferent expression. The glow in his eyes seemed to dim slightly as he sighed, dragging a hand down his face. "You stubborn idiots. Fine, I will lead you, but you listen exactly to what I tell you to do. No deviating from them, Fire Dragon, Iron Dragon."

"Oi! Why are you telling us specifically?!" The two Fairy Tail mages exclaimed.

"Because you're the biggest idiots of them all." He replied curtly. He then turned his head to Fu and his eyes shone as he looked to his second in-command. "Wind Dragon, as the one I can trust most on the field of battle...I will pass on this plan of attack to you. Provided that we survive this, you do exactly as instructed, understood?"

Fu nodded her head. "I understand."

"Good. Mokushiryu no Byakugan." Naruto's eyes glowed and the Wind Dragonslayer's pupils suddenly dialted as a suddenly influx of information entered her brain. She groaned, holding her head from the headache that came with the battle plan. "Are you...Are you sure this will work?"

"It's the only thing to do, Wind Dragon." He turned away as the atmosphere suddenly became charged with the primordial magic of the Juubi. Lightning fell from the heavens and cracked the dense ground, while tornadoes shifted haphazardly and gave birth to great trenches. The dome of ice that bound the Juubi shattered as if it were made of glass as its tails stretched outwards. The massive crimson eye glowed with power and the Juubi roared and more and more elemental phenomenon began to occur around it.

"Exceed."

"Hashirama." The Exceed informed the dragonslayer of his name.

"Shield them. The Juubi is going to unleash enough energy to level your entire kingdom at least three times over."

"And what will you do to stop that?"

"Counter it with my own attack."

"Will it be enough?" Hashirama questioned.

"Let it be known to you that to underestimate my might is to underestimate the might of a dragon, Hashirama." He replied before turning back to the Juubi. "Now! Shield!"

"Mokuton: Mokujoheki!" Hashirama sat his 400 foot Buddha down behind the Apocalypse Dragonslayer as he scooped up the other dragonslayers. The Wood Locking Wall spell sprung to life, though there was a small slot which had enough space for its occupants to bear witness to the scene outside.

(Insert Music: Fairy Tail- Dragon King)

Naruto nodded in satisfaction with the defensive structure before he flew up into the air. He tucked in his wings and limbs, closing his eyes in tight focus as he hung in the air like an orb of ebony. Energy was drawn in from all sources. Lightning which fell from above made very sharp turns in the air and the winds shifted in their courses as they all made their way towards Naruto. The amount of energy continued to climb, reaching a level that Naruto had never unveiled to any being other than Kurama and Acnologia. His magic flared to life and the phantasm of Acnologia himself appeared behind the son of two Wizard Saints as the Juubi roared, its own energy input reaching its maximum.

The Juubi then unleashed its roar as the forces of nature were unleashed. A combination of magnitude 10 earthquakes, a literal rainstorm of lightning bolts mixed in with rampaging tornadoes and other wind circulation systems crashed down upon the land of Edolas. It tore the wasteland apart, and despite the amount of distance between itself and the kingdom of Edolas, they all felt the shockwaves from the accumulation of so many magically induced natural phenomena. The land was torn asunder from all the devastation, with the Juubi itself acting as its epicentre. All of these concurrent events then resulted in a cataclysmic explosion that yielded over 1000 megatons of destructive force.

"Vanish to extinction." He uttered before his eyes snapped open. He uncurled himself, stretching out his limbs, wings and tail and unleashed numerous, powerful bursts of magic energy from his body. The bursts of magic energy hung in the air like stars of obsidian and sapphire and were as innumerable as the stars in the void.


The dragonslayers sat with Hashirama in a circle within the palms of the 400 foot tall buddha, listening intently to the instructions Fu had received from Naruto. A hum of thought came from the son of Volcanus after allowing the information to digest.

"And you're sure this plan of his will work?" Roshi asked.

Fu's orange eyes met Roshi's coal coloured ones with unwavering determination. "It's the only thing we've got and since he's literally our only shot at saving Chomei and the rest of the Nine, I say it will be worth it."

"Well...as much as I hate the bastard, he does know what he's doing in a fight." Natsu said. "If the Juubi weren't literally immortal then honestly, I think we killed that thing three times already with his plans. I say we give it a shot."

"I don't really think we have much of a choice in the matter at this point, Salamander." Gajeel piped in. "I mean, it's either that or certain death at the hands of a giant monster thing from another dimension and personally, I like being alive."

Wendy nodded in agreement. "We'll do our parts, Fu-san."

Fu nodded in thanks before turning to Hashirama. "And what about you, Hashirama?"

"I will do what I must for the sake of my kingdom and to right the wrongs of my king." Hashirama replied. "I will aid you in this endeavor."

"What...What is that?" Juvia asked as she looked towards the small rectangle of wood at the head of the wooden Buddha. Hashirama helped them find their answer as he had the buddha raise them up a bit higher to place them in front of the slot. All eyes widened as they gazed upon the Apocalypse Dragonslayer in all his glory.

"Such power." Roshi and Haku commented.

"GO ONII-SAN! GO!" Wendy cheered for her older brother figure.

"So this is what a fully realized dragonslayer can do?" Natsu asked as he turned to Fu. "You seem to have been with him the longest. Did you...Did you know he could do all this?"

"I always imagined what a dragonslayer could do at their maximum from the stories Papa Cyclonus used to tell me." The green haired dragonslayer replied to her fire using counterpart. "But never in all my years would I have ever thought a dragonslayer, divine or not, could perform feats like this. He said his dragon parent raised him with the intent of being the strongest and I always thought that despite his strength, he was just being his usual overconfident, vain and egotistical self..."

"But?" Gajeel ushered for her to continued.

"But..." Fu gulped with a nervous smile on her face. "Now...I can only say that after seeing this...there is no contest. This man...is the strongest dragonslayer in the world."


"METSURYU OUGI: HAKYOU FUHEN EIKOUDAN!" Naruto's eyes shone like miniature dwarf stars and roared like the beast he had become. With a flap of his mighty wings, Naruto unleashed the full force of his spell. The suspended orbs of energy followed the direction of his wings and rained down destruction upon the world of Edolas like a meteor storm.

'Secret Dragonslayer Art: Cataclysmic Eternal Flare Bomb. The most powerful spell in my entire arsenal.' Time slowed down from Naruto's perspective. The transformed dragonslayer looked onwards as his spell moved to collide with the Juubi's ultimate attack, the Tenpenchii. 'I had planned to save this spell for when I would fight alongside Tou-san against the Dragon King, but it seems that the only way to defeat the Juubi is with no holds barred. Gaze upon my true power, Juubi...and die!'

The two attacks collided and a bright flash of white light seemed to encompass all of Edolas, hiding it from view. The world fell into silence as an orb crimson raced out from the point of collision. The crimson then turned into a bright rainbow of colours before turning into a blue mixed with black. The orb of magic energy could no longer remain intact as the colliding energies destabilized. The heavens shook as a powerful explosion of white light ensured, and Edolas itself bore witness to the unbelievable devastation that could only be brought about by the collision between two combatants of this magnitude. Lances of energy stretched out of the explosion's blast radius as if it were forged of lightning. Entire mountains were blasted apart, the earth was once again forced to endure abuse as it was ripped asunder by random energy bursts, roaring fires raged across the landscape as the pure intensity of the energy bursts ignited the flammable elements deep within the earth, and the wind whipped wildly, kicking up a raging dust cloud as a massive shockwave ripped across practically the entirety of Edolas. In the end, a massive vortex stood at the epicentre of all the destruction as the explosion died down, lightning lancing across its circumference.

The world fell into a deafening silence as they could only stare in amazement at the end result.

Hashirama's Wood Locking Wall had endured only so much and had to resort to using the Shin Susenju itself to protect himself and his new comrades in arms. The wooden buddha had been reduced to a hunk of blackened wood and ash, but it had done its job to defend the dragonslayers and its creator from arm.

"By the dragons." Fu whispered.

"Remind me never to fight him again." Natsu said as he turned to Gajeel.

"Only if you do the same for me."

"We have an accord." The two seventeen year olds bumped fists in agreement.

They continued to watch in silence, the sound of rumbling thunder being the only thing they could hear. Though, their ears all twitched as they picked up on the thunder as it was starting to get louder...and had no sort of timing behind it. Usually, thunder followed the strikes of lightning by approximately ten seconds, but these sounds...

"That's not thunder." Haku voiced all their thoughts and they all watched as the black and blue blur that was Naruto, flying through the air and crashing into the ground. He rolled with his momentum, climbing back to his feet and dug his claws into the ground to tear small scars in it until he came to a halt before the small group. The son of Acnologia panted heavily as he had a large tether of black and blue energy connected to his chest, though large streams of crimson bled into the tether every now and then.

"Onii-san!" Wendy cried out with joy at seeing the mighty dragon that was her surrogate brother.

"Fu, have you relayed the plans?!"

"Yeah!" Fu replied.

"Good! Then it is time to act!" Naruto ordered as the ground rumbled. The Juubi charged out of the vortex towards the small group and Naruto immediately spread out his wings. "Seal Magic: Chains!" The golden chains of his mother launched themselves out of his joints and from his wings, their rattling echoing across the battlefield. They quickly snaked their way around the Juubi's limbs before the large spikes at the end impaled themselves through various parts of the Juubi's body and then into the ground to keep the beast in place.

"Seal Magic: Gravity!" The force of gravity increased twenty times over. The Juubi's might proved to be intact however as it did not succumb to the downward forces like the earth beneath its feet did, said earth caving inwards. However, its tails were still proving to be quite troublesome as they refused to remain bound by the chains and resisted the increased gravity.

"Looks like I'm up!" Hashirama shouted as he eyed the tails. He slammed his hands on the ground and massive trees grew out of the desolate and destroyed wasteland. The trees then began to take a more solid shape around the Juubi's tails, looking very much like large torii gates made of redwood. Once the torii gates had been constructed, Hashirama sent a pulse of magic through the wooden constructs and forced them deep to the ground to hold the tails in place.

"Mokuton: Myojinmon!" The Gate of the Great God spell did its job to bind the tails while also acting to drain the Juubi's chakra, though that particular act was an effort in futility due to the near infinite power of the beast. "Alright, it's held in place by my seals!"

(Insert Music: Naruto Shippuden- Friend)

"ENERGY MAKE: CHOU ODAMA RASENGAN!" Naruto roared and energy burst forth of his body, rotating and condensing into the massive orbs of glowing blue eternano. "I'm entrusting a Rasengan to each of you! Use it to push the Juubi back and help me pull out its essence!"

The Drive Mode users all hopped atop Naruto's wings and reached out towards their respect spheres. The moment they touched them, they received the similar cloak of black and blue energy around their bodies from when Naruto initially lent them his magic on Extalia.

"C-C-Can...Can we do this?" Wendy stuttered.

"You can Sky Dragon!" Naruto's booming voice spoke with a fire of determination. "You all can!"

"Well if you put that much faith in us, otouto, how can we say no?" Haku smirked as she held her Rasengan high. The others followed suit and leaped off of Naruto's wings, rearing their arms back as they neared the Juubi. The seven dragonslayers released a battle cry in unison and slammed the massive orbs of eternano against the Juubi's face. The moment, they made contact, Naruto unleashed a pulse of magic from each of the seven spheres, his magic injecting itself into the Juubi and the Rasengans all lengthened and became thinner, turning into threads of Naruto's magic and the Juubi's essence.

"Now grab it!" He cried out.

"HAI!" The Dragonslayers all latched onto the tethers as they fell back to the ground, the magic Naruto had given them resonating with the original tether and the essence of the Juubi. The eight dragonslayers pulled at the Juubi and they all watched as a phantasmal image of the Juubi seemed to be separating from its body. They gritted their teeth as they felt the crimson negative force of the Juubi pulling at their bodies, trying to draw them into the Juubi itself.

"There's...too much." Wendy muttered.

"We've come too far to lose now!" Gajeel roared as he turned to the daughter of Grandine.

"Now stop being pussies and pull like you mean it!" Natsu exclaimed as the literal flames of his determination blazed to life.

"YOU HEARD 'IM! CHARGE!" The familiar voice of Fairy Tail's resident Exceed echoed through the air and Natsu looked up, his eyes bugging out of his head.

"Happy?! What are you doing?!"

"We're helping out, Matchstick."

"Yeah Natsu, as if we'd let you do things without us! We're a team remember?!"

"Gray?! Lucy?!" The Fire Dragonslayer looked to his guildmates as they were dropped off by Happy. The three then all grabbed onto Natsu's tether and began to help pull.


"Charle-san?!" Wendy was caught off-guard as well as her own Exceed partner helped her with her own tether.

"Like I'd let you do something like this by yourself." Charle rolled her eyes as she grabbed onto the Sky Dragonslayer's tether. "You're my partner after all."

"Charle-san..." Wendy grinned and suddenly her grip found new strength.


"Onii-sama!" Erza was rested atop her brother's shoulder by Queen Shagotte herself and the two females looked up at him with determined gazes. "Let us help!"

Naruto glanced away from the Juubi, staring at them with an almost uncomfortable silence. He then nodded and the two females were granted branching tethers of magic energy from the original one connected to Naruto's chest.

Other Exceed, civilians and royal officials alike all dove down and grabbed onto the various tethers and began to flap their wings. The cries of the Exceed were like thunder as they all latched on to the magic energy of the Juubi, their own magic energy signatures resonating with it. The crimson negativity within the tethers was quickly overwhelmed as more and more hands joined onto the tethers to pull until the tethers were half red and half blackish blue. After all that happened and the destruction the battles brought about, the fate of an entire dimension was to be settled by a literal tug-o-war.

"ON MY MARK!" Naruto roared as he dug his claws into the dirt.

"SET!" Their grips tightened and Naruto shifted his quadrupedal body backwards.

"PUUUUUULLLLLL!"

"WOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAH!"

The small army of Exceed and the Earthlandian mages all pulled at the tethers with as much force as they could muster. Despite the Juubi not being able to shift its own body, the willpower it possessed to resist the pull of the tethers was astounding. It roared in defiance, its crimson eye shining as its eternano was being shifted in and out of its body.

The Exceeds' wings flapped as hard as they could and the mages of Earthland dug their heels into the dirt, all of them pulling as hard as they possibly could with as much will and determination as they could muster.

"The Nine are inside that beast and we, as their creations, need to save them!" Shagotte's voice echoed across the battlefield. She looked to her subjects, continuing to pull while doing so. "They gave us life and so we must repay them with our own if we have to! As the Exceed, our magic is the magic of the Nine! We resonate alll with the eternano of the Juubi on a level that not even the dragonslayers who are fighting to free the Nine can! We may be small and lack the strength and magical capabilities of the dragonslayers from Earthland, but even as we are...we can all help! We can be a power that can change the course of this world and save it! NOW MY EXCEED! WITH ALL YOUR STRENGTH, WITH ALL YOUR HEART, FIGHT ON!"

With those words, adrenaline and determination flooded their beings. Not just the Exceed, but even the mages of Earthland were roused by the encouraging, motivational words of the Exceed monarch.

They pulled and they pulled. The Juubi's magic self drew further and further out of its body, and then...with one final tug...there came a bright flash of white. The pulse of magic traversed the land of Edolas and sent them all flying back. They rolled across the ground before friction brought them to a halt.

Naruto panted heavily, his energy spent and thus his control over the dragonification was brought to end, reverting him back to his base form as a human. The blonde dragonslayer lay amongst his fellow dragonslayers and a few scattered Exceed, and they all watched as the white light died away.

Roshi smirked, Fu teared up and Naruto himself couldn't help but react to the scene before him, bearing a wide fanged grin as he looked upon the forms of the Nine. The Exceed, the members of Fairy Tail and the mages of Earthland who had never seen a full grown Bijuu-Exceed all stared in awe at the sight.

Bright blue eyes shifted upwards to stare into the bright crimson ones of his partner.

"I...got you...back." Naruto said. "Mangy fox."

The nine-tailed fox smiled toothily. "For all the crap I had to deal with traveling with you, you deserve having to go through all this shit to get me back."

"Oh fuck you." Naruto smirked as Kurama brought a giant fist towards him, and proceeded to bump his diminutive one against it. "I'm...honestly...glad to have you back."

"It's good to be back, brat."

"Thank you, all of you...for saving us." Gyuki said as he bowed his head slightly. "So to express our gratitude, we will finish up."

"You're tired now." Chomei stated as she watched her mint haired partner try to climb back to her feet. "Rest, and we'll take care of the Juubi's shell."

"I'll take you up on that." Roshi laughed as he lay back on the ground. "I don't think I can move anymore."

"You're just lazy, Roshi." Son muttered as he sweatdropped.

Though, all pleasantries were brought to an end. True to the Nanabi's word, the Juubi, free from its binds, stood tall and strong once more. It was far smaller though, shrinking down to a height of 300 feet due to the loss of the majority of its magical power. The ten tailed beast roared like a manic beast, lacking the control it seemed to have had prior to the Nine's extraction as it began to haphazardly attack the already devastated battlefield with the simple intention of destruction.

"So Onii-sama..." Matatabi's flames seemed to burn a bit bright as she looked upon the Juubi. "...Hagoromo-Jiji's not around for this fight. How will we be beating this thing?"

"It is magic like us. It will not die, no matter what happens to it." Isobu said with a slightly fearful tone.

"Then we seal it, duh." Shukaku stated. "Just like Jiji did with the original Juubi."

"So that means we have to use Hagoromo-Jiji's seal." Saiken stated.

"Kurama, you remember the seal?" Kokuo asked.

"I remember." He nodded to his five tailed brother as he and his siblings continued to stare down the rampaging Juubi. "I made the mistake of holding back, believing in Hagoromo-Jiji's dream for peace with humans." Kurama directed an intense glare at the beast as his magic energy continued to rise as flame like magic energy rose from his body. "That thing is not human. So this time...no holding back."

(Insert Music: Naruto Shippuden- Uchiha Itachi)

Kurama clapped his forepaws together as if in prayer and his magic energy spiked. Crimson flames enveloped his body, but then the flames began to shift in colour and intensity. Kurama's fur became a bright golden yellow with an orange outline. Black circular markings were present on the kitsune's shoulders, stomach and on the front and backs of his paws. Black lines also ran across the posterior side of the kitsune's arms, the anterior side of his legs and there was also a long black line which ran down his back- this line having short horizontal lines running perpendicularly through it to give the appearance of vertebrae somewhat- and branched off to run along the length of his nine tails. Three horizontal black bars ran along each of Kurama's cheeks, giving him the appearance of having thick whiskers tattooed onto his face. His eyes were no longer crimson and instead became a bright orange-yellow with a cross-shaped pupil.

"RIKUDO SENNIN MODO!" Kurama then dropped down onto all-fours and gained a confident smirk as he glanced to his siblings. "Now let's go wild!"

"OSU!" The Nine charged, their massive forms thundering across Edolas towards the Juubi as it moved forward to meet them head on. The Nine then split apart and Shukaku aimed the first strike.

"Matatabi, get in position!"

"You don't need to tell me, Shukaku." Matatabi hissed like the feline she was as she readied her massive paw of blazing blue and black flames.

"Suna no Kaiwan!" The Monstrous Sand Arm spell activated as his magic energy allowed his already massive arm to expand in size. The Ichibi no Tanuki let his punch fly and the powerful punch sent the Juubi rolling backwards towards his older, feline sibling.

"Daibyo Sougeki!" Once the Juubi was within striking range, the Nibi no Bakeneko unleashed the Great Cat Claw spell which generated a powerful explosion of hellfire. The shell of the Juubi was sent flying through the air, only to be greeted with the rapidly rotating form of Isobu.

"Kagenade!" The Sanbi no Kyodaigame had curled himself into a ball, his dark blue coloured magic energy allowing his rotation speed to increase exponentially to perform the Shadow Stroke spell. The Juubi's body was impaled by the spikes and thus it was carried along for the ride as Isobu continued to roll around. The Juubi's flesh was then torn apart by the unintentional trip and the momentum carried the Ten Tail skyward where he was met by the Yonbi no Saru as the red furred gorilla's leg was encased in lava.

"Shakugaikokyaku!" The Scorching Armoured Leg spell slammed into the Juubi with explosive force, a shockwave racing through the air. The shell of the Juubi roared in agony from the burning pain.

"Tsunoori!" Kokuo stampeded across the battleground like a charging bull, his horns alight with white magic energy. The Horn Breaking spell slammed into the Juubi's back and the larger tailed beast practically folded over the Gobi no Umairuka's skull as his horns dug into it. However, the Juubi did not remain attached to Kokuo for long as the force of the skull bashing strike had the brown skinned behemoth rocketing towards Saiken as he breathed out a stream of corrosive acid.

"Chirokyu!" A powerful blast of acid green liquid ate away at the Juubi's flesh while also sending through the air once more only to be knocked skyward by Chomei. The Nanabi no Kabutomushi followed after her opponent, climbing higher to get above it before descending in a curved arc to meet her ascending enemy.

"Gekito Yokaku!" Light green magic energy cloaked her horn, making it shine. Hence the spell's name, Spear Attack Shining Horn. Another shockwave echoed across Edolas as the Juubi was sent reeling from the force of the attack, the wind force incapacitating it and leaving it unable to protect or defend itself.

"Gyuken!" Gyuki was never one for creative naming for his spells, and a name like Ox Fist highlighted that fact. Ebony magical energy, black as ink, cloaked the octopus tailed beast's fist and he crashed it against the Juubi's cheek. The force of the strike made the Juubi's body ripple, its head bending like a crescent moon as it spiraled through the air from the twist Gyuki had placed on the attack.

"Rikudo: Kitsunehanto!" Kurama charged, pouncing like a predator upon his prey. He then raised his arms and channeled magic energy into them to allow them to grow in size. The Fox Hunt spell slammed down on the Juubi's body, sending it crashing down into the ground with destructive force and creating a newly formed crater.

"GATHER YOUR TAILS!" Kurama roared and the other Bijuu-Exceed followed through with the attack.

"UNISON RAID: BIJUU SOSHINGEKI!" The Bijuu-Exceed cried out as magic energy blazed along the length of each respective tail they aimed to attack with. The nine tails slammed down on the fallen body of the Juubi with a pillar of dust and dirt stretched towards the heavens as the Juubi's crater expanded even further and its body was forced down deeper into the Edolesian wasteland. The Juubi released a low growl, fighting to remove itself from the imprint it had created in the earth.

"Quickly, now's our chance!" They placed their respective forehands and paws atop Kurama's own, channeling their magic energy into the golden furred kitsune's. Kurama's eyes glowed with power and an aura of gold and silver, like the sun and the moon, sprung to life around his body. The others then retreated from their positions as Kurama made numerous intricate hand motions as he channeled the magic energy of the Rikudo mage arts into his hands. The golden portion of his aura became a bright circular sun on his right palm, while his left palm channeled the silver half and became a shining crescent moon.

"You will never be resurrected again." Kurama promised as he slammed his palms down in the centre of the Juubi's eye. "RIKUDO: CHIBAKU TENSEI!"

Kurama leaped away as he pulled palms off of the Juubi's eye. The sun and moon symbols had merged together and completely encompassed the Juubi's crimson eye, now replaced by a white sun being held in the embrace of a black crescent moon. Gravitational energy then began to form with the Juubi's shell being the centre point. The earth rumbled before massive chunks of the Edolesian wasteland began to rise up into the air alongside the Juubi. The large pieces of stone then began to slam into the Juubi's body from all angles, even drawing in remnants of the islands that had formed from the earlier conflicts involving the Ten Tailed Beast. After a full minute, the seal had completed its job and what had once been the Juubi had now become a large celestial body made entirely of stone that could rival the moon of Earthland in size as it cast its massive shadow over the crater it had created.

The Nine sighed in relief and Kurama's body reverted back to its original state as he released his hold over the Six Paths Mode. A period of silence filled the dimension of Edolas as all eyes watched the massive moon...and then the cheers occurred. The Exceed all cheered for their creators. Shukaku, in all his vanity, welcomed the praise. The rest of his siblings were either indifferent or very bashful in the cases of Isobu and Gyuki.

The battle was finally over.


The celebrations brought about hugs and kisses between the former residents of the now destroyed island of Extalia, and as things began to quiet down...a certain dimension hopping prince of Edolas had managed to arrive with the Mokuton using Exceed having gone to retrieve him. Hashirama dropped him off in front of the Nine and the blue haired mage slowly made his way in front of the nine-tailed kitsune

"Kurama-sama." The Kyuubi turned his head to acknowledge the blue haired prince of Edolas as said prince brought himself down on one knee. "I would just like to publicly thank the Nine for all that they have done to save the kingdom and the entirety of the world of Edolas. However...most importantly..." He shifted his position and the Nine all watched with indifference as the human planted his palms and head on the ground, bowing deeply to them. "I would like to apologize to you, your siblings and the entirety of Extalia on behalf of my now deceased father, King Faust, for all that he has done to our dimension! I hope that you can find it in your hearts to be merciful towards humanity and..."

"Hold your tongue, boy." Kurama calmly interrupted Mystogan and the prince did as he was told. He was then pulled to his feet as the kitsune's crimson furred tail wrapped itself around his torso. "Your actions are not your father's. King Faust was blinded by his devotion to his people, and by the power that eternano would supply. However, after all that has happened, I am sure you are aware of what is to come next."

"...I do." Mystogan nodded.

"Next?" Natsu asked. "There's something else coming? A new enemy?"

"Not an enemy, Natsu." Mystogan replied to his guild mate. "Mainly the situation which will occur now that the battle is over."

"Oh." Natsu replied. "Soooo...what exactly will happen?"

The Fire Dragonslayer's answer came in the form of the singularity in the fabric of space and time. Looking skyward, all eyes gazed upon the swirling black vortex and suddenly, large streams of gold and white magic energy descended it.

"What the...What's happening?" Natsu looked down at himself, taking note of the sudden transparency that was beginning to occur over his body as well the bodies of his friends. The same thing began to happen to the Exceed, the other dragonslayers and even the Nine themselves. Particles of gold and white were being drawn from their bodies and into the streams before being carried up into the Anima.

"Mystogan?" Erza turned to Jellal's doppelganger with a raised eyebrow, taking note of his seemingly stoic expression. His head was bent low enough that his hair shadowed his eyes somewhat, but the shine of sadness was present to all that gazed into his obsidian orbs. A sad smile adorned his face as he raised his head and looked at his former guild mates, staring them dead in the face.

(Insert Music: Naruto Shippuden- Gentle Hands)

"The Juubi's presence did its job and drained all magic from the atmosphere. When you first arrived here, we had barely any eternano in our atmosphere, but as of now...Edolas is truly a dimension without magic." The blue haired man explained. "As a result, the Law of Opposites which engages in our universe will come into effect. The Anima will soon open and all forms of magic will be taken from Edolas and returned to Earthland. Magic cannot exist where it cannot thrive and as such, a balance of a magic-less dimension will be what exists beside the magic filled one of Earthland."

"But...if that happens..." Lucy looked at the S-Class mage before her with a frown. "You won't be able to come back to our world."

"You won't be able to come back to the guild." Gray specified.

"I'm afraid not, Lucy. The Nine, the Exceed and all of you mages will therefore be locked away from Edolas and magic will never grace this dimension ever again." Mystogan said. "After everything that's happened, I will be honest when I say my times I shared with you all in Earthland were actually some of the best moments I could ever wish for. To have nakama like you all...it was truly a blessing and I will always be proud to have been a part of the guild."

The Exceed had almost finished being taken to Earthland's dimension and soon the members of Fairy Tail were the ones being enveloped in the golden glow of the magic streams. His obsidian eyes then widened when he saw the mages of Fairy Tail all stand before him with a hand raised in the shape of a backwards 'L' as they began to degenerate into particles of light before his eyes.

"You'll always be a part of the guild, Mystogan." Gray stated firmly. "Fairy Tail will see you as family and nothing will change that, no matter how far away you are."

"Gray..."

"Now as a member who is leaving the guild, you must be educated on the three laws they must follow." Natsu raised three fingers, bringing down his ring finger first. "First, you must never, for the rest of your life, reveal any tactics that could be provided as a hindrance to Fairy Tail. Second! You must...ummm...you must..."

"You must not contact any past clients for personal gain." Mystogan said.

"That's right!" The son of Igneel nodded in confirmation before leaving up his index finger. "And third...Though our paths have diverged, you must continue to live out your life with all your might. Got it?"

Mystogan's eyes widened even further, tears beginning to stream down his face. A gentle smile stretched across his face and he gave a stiff nod. "You got it, Natsu."

The mages of Fairy Tail were almost gone from his view and just before they did, he returned the backwards 'L' hand sign. On that note, the Fairy Tail mages vanished and Mystogan bore witness to the other dragonslayers vanishing.

"I'll see you on the other side." Naruto said.

"Just keep Pillow-chan warm for me. I haven't slept on it in a while." Kurama chuckled as Naruto rolled his eyes at him. The moment Naruto had vanished, the Nine all turned back to Mystogan. "Magic will never grace this dimension ever again, Mystogan. As you said."

"What should I do?" The blue haired man asked. "The people will want new leadership. They will need new leadership and even though I'm the royal prince..."

"You'll be fine, Mystogan." Matatabi spoke with a motherly tone as she patted the human on his head with a claw. "You are not your father despite the fear you have that you may turn out like him one day."

"How did you..." The former Fairy Tail mage's eyes widened and the bakeneko gave a wink of her green eye.

"Female intuition." Was the Nibi's reply.

"Become a king worth looking up to. Your father had been like that once, but magic corrupted him. Without magic, your world will undoubtedly change and so as king of this dimension it will be up to you to show them the proper path." Gyuki informed him.

"And it seems that we're next in line to go." Shukaku said as he noticed the golden aura that encompassed the bodies of himself and his siblings. "Listen brat, you'll get along great with the people. You've run alongside the supposed strongest guild in Fiore and you got a hell of a lot of experience dealing with unruly bastards if the rumours about Fairy Tail I've heard are true."

"As crude as he makes his points, Shukaku does make sense." Kurama smirked as he got his expected rise out of his tanuki brother. "You seem to have a good head on your shoulders and learning to rule will undoubtedly be difficult, but you are a better man than your father will ever be. You recognized his flaws and thus you know not to make the same mistakes. It is the job of the new generation to impart new ways of thinking and innovation to bring about progress. You will be the first in the line of Edolesian kings to bring about a dramatic change in the past 40 years, Mystogan."

Kurama then held out a paw and the other Bijuu followed suit, resting their forelimbs atop each others'. "We give our blessing to you, King Mystogan of Edolas. May the odds be ever in your favour."

"Thank you." Mystogan bowed his head and, just to humour the Nine, he bumped his fist against Kurama's palm.

"Yeah, so don't fuck it up." Shukaku spoke with a joking tone just as the Nine were all on the verge of disappearing from their home dimension.

"Shukaku!" The eight Bijuu all turned to their youngest sibling with a glare.

"What?!" The tanuki exclaimed. "I was just joking! Geez, grow a funny bone will ya!"

If it didn't happen in front of his eyes, Mystogan would never have believed it if someone were to tell him the Nine were childishly arguing amongst one another. That was the last scene that Mystogan, and the dimension of Edolas itself, would ever see of the progenitor beings of magic and their creations. Mystogan looked up at the sky where the Juubi's new moon hung, floating along the random patterns of gravitational pulls before turning around and heading towards his kingdom.

He then paused, sweatdropping as he came to realize that the glacier Gray had created was still there.

"First job as king...and I'm going to have to explain why there's a glacier made of black ice outside the capital's walls." He sighed.

Such was the life of a king.


(A/N: And that's the end of the Edolas Arc. Hope you guys enjoyed the fights this chapter and I would like to apologize for the long delay. Medical school does not make finding free time easy, and it really destroys a large amount of motivation to write fanfiction. Next chapters will be a bit of a cool down and exposition, having Naruto explain to the Ino-Shika-Cho trio and Sakura that he is Ogonno Fuujin since Grimoire Heart attacked, he also has to go visit Ayame to check up on her. Impalement through the stomach is a cause for concern after all. So yeah, a nice bit of cool down chapters after all this hectic shit that's happened. Also, after reading FT chapter 539 I changed the name and appearance of Naruto's Cataclysmic Eternal Flare Bomb spell. Acnologia was so OP like it's not even funny. Anyway, yeah so originally, I was gonna make the spell just be Cataclysm and have it be basically something very similar to the Tenpenchii, but gotta hand it to Mashima, he draws explosions really well. And Acnologia's Eternal Flare attack was actually pretty damn cool.

Anyway, that's it for today. Thanks to all you readers for being so patient and remember to review, review, review!)