Adventreader221: Ahh what a day, can't get any better than this *Leans back and swallows some beer*
Phoenixlord42: Where are you located, where I am it's cloudy as shit.
Adventreader221: I'm in my happy place, everything's better when your at your happy place. Your Happy place looks like something off 22 Jump street where they're tripping off those drug's. Bad day?
Phoenixlord42: You are one insane motherfucker you know that?
Adventreader221: I prefer the term Legally Unstable, that way I get paid for being insane.
Phoenixlord42: Oh that must be nice, well please Enjoy the story.
Adventreader221: At least I will, I don't know about this guy. *Points to Phoenixlord42*
Phoenixlord42: *Throws a bottle at Adventreader221*
"Dragon/Etherious Demon Speech/Spell"
'Dragon/Etherious demon Thought'
"Human/Etherious demon Speech"
'Human/Etherious demon Thought'
After their return to the guild Naruto was once again sitting in his chair with Mira serving him a hot meal that consisted of teriyaki noodles with a barrel of booze on the side. "So how was the mission Naruto?" Mira asked.
He grimaced at her "Yeah I kinda went a little overboard in a fight with a man named Erigor." Naruto said taking a couple of swallows from his booze.
"Oh really now? Do tell." Mira said in a singsong voice.
"Oi what the hell is that supposed to mean? Are you trying to pull a Erza, cuz it's not funny Mira-chan." Naruto told the silver haired beauty.
She raised a brow at the blonde Dragon Slayer "Oh really. Are you not going to say why you overestimated him, Naruto." Mira teased him.
"Nah knowing you you'll use it against me as blackmail or something." Naruto said taking a bite from his meal.
Erza then walked over to the bar and sat beside him "Hey Mira can I get a slice of strawberry cake and a glass of water." she ordered.
Mira nodded and went to get the redhead's snack. "You ready for our spar red?" Naruto asked as Mira came back with Erza's order which she happily ate.
"I said I'd think about it, and I haven't had time to do it blondie." Erza responded.
"Hey don't worry bout me I'm patient unlike Natsu." Naruto told her taking a large swig from the booze and then eating more of his meal.
Erza nodded in agreement "Ain't that the truth." she muttered.
After several minutes of thinking Naruto spoke "You know something red?" Naruto said looking at Erza.
"What?" she asked.
"I think it's time that I prove you wrong." Naruto said suddenly as the redhead raised an eyebrow.
"And what brought this on?" she asked him as he shrugged.
"Your mouthy attitude red. It sure has gotten rather good at talking the talk, but I wonder if you can walk the walk." Naruto told her.
Erza soon cracked a smile at him "Alright you've talked me into it blondie. Let's do this." she said standing up before she walked away.
Naruto grinned at the redhead and stood up to follow her. When he turned he saw Mira smirk at him. "And what does little Mira have on her mind?" Naruto jokes.
She waved her hand at him "Oh nothing, everything is just fine Naruto." she said with a small giggle causing him to shake his head at her.
The two then hear Natsu yell "ALRIGHT I'M ALL FIRED UP! LET'S GET THIS FIGHT STARTED GUYS AND I'M NOT WAITING ANY LONGER! NARUTO! ERZA! HURRY UP, I WANNA FIGHT TOO!" and then a crowd rushes out the door to watch them fight.
"Well I don't know about you, but I'm going to enjoy this fight." Naruto said gulping down the last of his booze and walks calmly out the door.
When he gets outside he see's Cana taking bet's and walks over to her. "Okay which one you want to bet on?" the brunette asked.
"I bet that someone or something is going to interrupt the fight." Naruto said handing her five thousand jewels while she marks down his bet.
"You know for once I actually agree with you." Cana told him.
Naruto just laughed "Yeah it's just something that my gut is telling me Cana." he tells the alcoholic brunette while he scratches the back of his head.
Cana then stands up and yells "Alright the betting is over. Let the fight begin." and Makarov waves the staff he walked with while shouting for them to start. Erza immediately Requips her Sea Empress Armor on to cancel out most of Naruto's abilities as he sling glob's of mud at her before running up to throw punches and kicks at her which are all blocked by the redhead.
The fight is stopped when a magic barrier suddenly appears and stops the two in their place. When everyone turns to see who stopped the fight they see it's a council frog messenger. "This fight is hereby over." the messenger says before it clears its throat and speaks in a louder voice "May I have your complete attention please. I come here on orders from the magic council." the frog messenger says while Natsu runs away screaming he'll never be taken alive.
The messenger just ignores the running pink haired teen as it looks at Naruto who was collecting his money from the brunette. "As a result of the Eisenwald guilds attempted assassination of the guild-masters a few days ago a member of Fairy Tail has been charged with seventeen counts of property damage, seventy eight counts of assault, and one count of attempted murder.-To be fair I was trying to stay alive since he wanted to kill me. I simply returned the favor except I didn't kill him out of kindness- Naruto of Fairy Tail you are hereby placed under arrest." the messenger says reading the charges against him while ignoring the blonde's excuse.
Everyone was shocked to hear that one of their own was getting arrested for such things. Makarov nearly had a heart attack at the possible amount of money the guild owed for the property damages alone. Naruto shrugged his shoulders as he knew this was a possibility of happening and walked over to the messenger and simply said to take him away, and disappeared with the messenger as the magic circle that the messenger place dissolved as well.
Upon arriving at the magic council Naruto has magic cuffs placed on him that stop's his ability to use magic. "Follow me please, and don't try to escape." the guard says to him. Nodding his head Naruto follows the guard through the halls before he is ushered through a set of large door's and is shown a pedestal he was to stand on while the guard exits the chamber. A man then takes a gavel and bangs it down several times to gain order among the council.
"This meeting is now in session." a man says loudly before he clears his throat so he could speak better. "Ladies and gentlemen of the magic council before you stands one Naruto of Fairy Tail." the man says opening up the case he had in front of him. Naruto looks up at the council and notices that out of all of them only a couple appear to be around his age while all the others were around the Master's age. Speaking once again Naruto clears his head to pay attention
"Naruto you stand before us with charges placed upon you due to your involvement with the fight against the dark guild Eisenwald. We have taken the fact that you stopped most of the main member's with one Erigor the Reaper as the main constituent of this plan. However that doesn't mean you're off the hook. Due to the fact you destroyed most of the train station that Eisenwald took over the damage alone has caused you to have been called here to face punishment." he said to him.
Naruto nods his head as he knew that actions always had a consequence. "The charges placed are no less than seventeen counts of property damage, seventy eight counts of assault, and one count of attempted murder. How do you plead young man?" the leader of the council asked him.
Naruto clears his throat, "I know my guild is very, and I do mean very, reckless since every time one of us takes a mission something is either broken or destroyed in the process in which someone gets hurt. I try my damndest to be careful where I choose to fight but when it came to the Eisenwald incident I couldn't afford to hold back or I would have been killed by Erigor. However, that doesn't mean I will take to someone threatening my guild Master lying down." Naruto tells him.
"We didn't ask for your opinion on it, we asked how do you plead." the man said with a growl.
Naruto rolled his eyes at the man, "Oh please save the theatrical bullshit for someone who is actually in trouble old man." he told Org.
"You would do well to remember that you are in the presence of the Magic Council which presides over all guild related labor. It is through the action's you did yesterday that we don't disband your guild anyways." a old woman states.
Naruto snort's, "Ok, say that you do that, then what happens? A bunch of wizard's that are not good at controlling themselves begin to look for work, and when they do they do it the way they know best. And we all know that they only have one way they work, destruction." he says. He clears his throat, "Now I don't mean to be or sound rude, but if you were in the shoes of any one of the Guild Master's and I was a member of Eisenwald who was planning on killing I would be pissed off to all holy hell." he said.
"The young man does indeed prove a point." a old man with a chef's hat say's, "I know I often side with Fairy Tail, but the young lad does bring up some very convincing evidence." the elderly man states.
Naruto nods his head and bows to the man with his hands clasped together as if he were praying. A lovely woman with dark hair smiles, "I agree with Councilmen Yajima. While he did cause a bit of damage, he was doing it for the good of the people. Eisenwald is labeled a Dark Guild for a reason and was ordered to disband if they continued to take the Assassination Job Requests and yet they didn't. I do believe that we are as much to blame as Naruto-kun is." she said sweetly as she winked at him. Oh yeah, extra nookie tonight… if he wasn't in jail.
Org growled in annoyance. While the man did bring up good evidence that he was in the right, he was also supposed to be getting punished for doing damage to government property. However, he also knew if he threw the man in jail he would be labeled a hypocrite for doing so. Banging his gavel down a couple of times he sighed in annoyance, "Naruto D. Newgate, while it is my idea that you should be thrown in jail for doing the things you did during your confrontation with the Eisenwald Guild it is also been brought to light that the council has been… for a lack of better words, lax in their duties. Now as much as I dislike the idea of doing this, I have no other choice but to release you." he said banging the gavel down twice more. Naruto grinned in victory, EXTRA NOOKIE YAY!
Removing the cuff's Naruto nodded his head to the council and went to walk out of the room. However before he could walk out the wall behind him exploded where Natsu came walking through the rubble with his hair dyed blonde where he was wearing a white jacket that belonged to Gray and had a long pole with a butcher knife tied to it. "I am Naruto D. Newgate, I don't know who you idiots are but this guy is a fake. Do you hear me? I am the most powerful person in the world, so you should be looking for me!" he says before be then begins to cause havoc throughout the room.
Naruto gains a blank look and look to the council, "Him you can arrest, he did the most damage as he burned down one of the train stations." he said before walking out leaving a shocked Natsu behind to suffer the night by being thrown in jail.
Natsu stops his rampaging and looks up at the angry council with the exception of the blue haired one and a young voluptuous woman with dark black hair who watch with a humored face. Natsu chuckles as he starts to rub the back of his head like Naruto does when he is embarrassed about something "Eh heh heh heh heh oops my bad." he says nervously.
The councilman just bangs the gavel a couple times before he says "Take him to the holding cells." and the guard does as he is ordered and takes Natsu to a cell for their punishment all the while Naruto gives Natsu a smile and waves at him as he is dragged away to his cell for the night.
Natsu gives the blonde a betrayed look, "WHAT THE HELL NARUTO, I THOUGHT WE WERE FRIENDS!" he cried out.
Naruto shrugged his shoulders, "We are friends Natsu, but sometimes friends do need to let things happen for a reason. Have a nice night in the cell's Natsu." he said before walking away.
"What?" Natsu asked him, only to be dragged away screaming about how life was unfair.
That night Naruto did indeed have his nookie with Ultear, and boy was she a moaner. She would be walking with a limp for a few days that's for sure. If only Mira could've joined in it would have been so much better. When Naruto returned to the guild later that day he see's Mystogan walking out of the guildhall, "Mystogan." Naruto greets him as he passes him.
"Naruto." Mystogan greets as he passes him as they continue to walk their own way.
When he walks into the guild he sees everyone waking up from the sleep spell that as cast. As he walks over to his chair to sit down he hears people complain about how they were put to sleep. "So who is Mystogan again, cause I don't think I've met him before." Lucy says as she stands up.
"He's one of the few S-Rank wizards we have. The thing is every time he comes here to get a job he puts us all to sleep." Gray says.
"Not to mention nobody besides the master has seen his face." Elfman says rubbing his head.
"I have." a voice calls from the second floor gaining their attention while Naruto stays quiet.
"Laxus." Elfman says a little surprised.
"Well what a treat." Wakaba grumbles.
Naruto walks over to her with Kurama in tow "That's the Master's grandson Laxus. He's also a contender for the strongest. But he's kind of a dick to most of us." Naruto tells her before he looks at Laxus.
"You guy's do know that ol Mysty is shy. I don't know why you bother him and his privacy so quit digging your noses where they don't belong." the powerful blonde says to them.
"Hey Laxus when was the last time you were here six months or something like that right?" Naruto asked him.
Laxus lets out a chuckle "Ah my old rival it's been quite a while hasn't it. Last time we fought we couldn't determine a winner to see who was stronger." Laxus said to Naruto.
"Yeah but then again we only used our hand to hand combat and not our magic abilities like usual so there is that." Naruto says nonchalantly. Lucy looks at Naruto in shock. How was he able to stand against such a brute of man.
"LAXUS FIGHT ME!" Natsu screams out to the muscular blond who sighs in annoyance.
"Sorry pipsqueak but I just back and want to take a nap. Why don't you ask your cold hearted boyfriend to fight you." Laxus responds to the pinkette which riles him up.
"That's it your ass is mine." Natsu yells as he charges, but Makarov just smacks him to the floor with a giant fist.
"You know you can't go up to the second floor Natsu so don't even think about it." the old man tells him. The old man then looks at Laxus "Laxus if you want that sleep of your's then now is the best time to get it. Now go and quit antagonizing the other's." he ordered the man. Laxus grunts but does as he was told.
XxX
Later that night Naruto was working out in the lower basement when Mirajane comes running down with a scared look on her face. "Naruto I have terrible news." she said to him.
Naruto's stops his workout and grabs a towel and starts to wipe the sweat from his body. "What is it?" he asked her.
"Natsu, Happy, and Lucy have taken a S-Class Quest. Well technically it was Happy, but they still took it from the second floor." Mira says in a frightened tone.
"Well there isn't anything I can do about it." he says.
"But Naruto if you don't then there's no telling what the Master is going to do. And he already sent Gray after them but he hasn't even come back yet." she says.
"Mira I may be a S-class wizard, but that doesn't mean I'm going to hold their hand for everything. What happens when they return is on them, so you can't blame me for letting their action's bear the consequences for what comes when they return." Naruto tells her as he goes back to doing his workout. Kurama just watches as Mira nods her head and goes back out to tell the Master what she was told.
"That was a little rude don't you think?" Kurama asks him.
Naruto sighs at his friend "I know it was rude but we both know that that even if I went after them they would still get in trouble when they returned. Beside's, I think Natsu is in need of a lesson of knowledge from the old man." Naruto tells him.
"I know it's just I wanted to get some money so I could get some food." Kurama said with a whine. He really wanted some brisket, grilled to perfection so that it would be like cotton candy and dissolve in the mouth. Just thinking about it made his mouth water in hunger for his favorite meal.
Naruto just chuckles at his friends antics. "How about this, when I get done we'll take a A-class quest for a bit of extra cash and I'll buy a big brisket and cook it just for you." Naruto tells his friend.
Kurama has tears in his eyes, "You mean it?" he asked with a happy sob.
Naruto nods his head, "I mean it." he says.
"Will you grill it to the perfection that i like?" he asks with more tears flowing down his cheeks.
"Bud, it will be the best brisket you ever ate." he says.
"ALRIGHT LET'S DO IT!" he says joyfully, "Now work that body and get a sweat going again. I want to see those muscles be twice as large as Laxus' are by the time we leave. You might be 7 feet 9 inches with good muscles and amazing looks, BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN YOU GET TO SLACK OFF!" Kurama yells out.
"You got it boss." Naruto joked as he pushed himself. When he finished his workout a half hour later he took a shower to clean off any sweat he had on his body and went upstairs. "That idiot when he gets back I'm grilling his ass as well as those other two for doing something so stupid." Naruto said as he sat down in his chair at a table.
Macao nodded. "Yeah and from what we just heard Happy was the one who done it." Macao said.
"Doesn't matter anyways. I know Gray is the more responsible of the two so if he didn't willingly tag along with them then he must've been talked into going. Even so Gray knows that a non-S-Class wizard stealing a S-Class quest is against the rules and they could be severely punished or even kicked out for doing something like that. If the Master doesn't kick his retarded ass out of the guild then I'm going to kick his ass until he learns not to do something so retarded. Lucy I won't hurt, but I'm sure Mira will talk some sense into her if Erza doesn't do it for her." Naruto said.
Macao only nods in agreement with the blond "I don't know about you but I sure do hope they survive because if they do come back I'm going to beat them into the ground with a hard training session." Naruto says grabbing a liquor barrel on the table that Mira placed for him.
"Well we can only hope they don't do something that comes back to haunt us." Mira says leaning on the table.
"Yeah we can only hope." Naruto agrees with her.
Three days pass by and still Natsu and the other's don't come back. But it was the evening of the third day they came back. "Hey guys we're back." Natsu shout out.
"Oh look who it is guy's Fairy Tail's resident dumbass." Naruto growls out.
"What did you call me?" Natsu yells at him.
"You heard me Natsu. You're a dumbass. I don't know a simpler way to put it." Naruto says with a growl that scares Lucy. "Let me lay it out in simple terms so you can understand. You have Happy go up to the second floor and steal the quest for Galuna Island and run off into the night with Lucy tagging along. We send Gray out after to stop you from doing something as stupid as you did so you wouldn't die and you talk him into going along with you. Then we send Erza after you guys and then you do the same thing with her." Naruto says as he starts to yell at his friend as his Magic Power begins to flow off his body where it began to shake the building.
"I just wanted to prove we could handle a S-Class quest." Natsu says as he takes a step back from Naruto.
"It doesn't matter Natsu. You're lucky to be alive right now. Did you know that when you stole that request that the Master considered kicking you, Happy and Lucy out of the guild?" Naruto asked as he took a step forward rumbling the ground as Natsu who shook his head no. "Well he certainly did. I don't know about you but I'm pretty sure Lucy doesn't have a place to return to so she can call a place home. You, I know for a fact aren't responsible enough to pay a bill to save your life since I am the one that's been looking after you all this time since you first found the guild." Naruto said.
"I am responsible." Natsu retorts back.
Naruto snorts in contempt "Oh really. If you're responsible to pay bills then tell me this. Who pays the light bill at our Apartment, and it's not Lucy's home but our home where we've lived for nearly seven years so we could see at night?" Naruto asked him.
"You do." he answered.
Naruto nodded his head "Yes that's right. Now can you tell me who pays for the water bill at our home, and once again it's not at Lucy's home but our home for the past nearly seven years so we didn't get thirsty during hot days and we didn't have anything cold to drink come on can you tell me?" Naruto asked him.
"You do." Natsu said.
"Yes again. Now can you tell me who pays for that Communication Lacrima you use to call our friends with?" Naruto asked him.
"You." he responds.
"Hot damn what do you know he has a fucking brain. Now can you tell me who buys the food that keeps the cupboard full so that we can eat every day and not go hungry?" he asked Natsu.
"You." Natsu said.
"Correct. Now can you tell me who goes out and buys the cleaning supplies so the house stays clean?" he asked.
This time Natsu only points at him. "I want a answer not a finger Natsu." Naruto says.
"You." Natsu says quietly.
"Yes. Now can you tell me who buys the toiletries and all the other stuff we need to keep ourselves properly hygened every day so we can work without people saying we stink or our breath smells bad?" Naruto asked.
"You do." Natsu whispered.
"What was that I don't think that I can hear your voice could you speak a bit louder?" Naruto asked cupping his ear.
"You do." Natsu says.
"Ding ding ding ding we have a winner. Now I want you to take whatever you got for a reward from Galuna Island and hand it to Lucy." he says clearly upset, "I want you to remember this Natsu. I don't do this to be mean, I do this so you learn not to reel other people along for something so damned reckless ever again you hear?" Naruto said as Natsu did as he was told.
"You're like a brother to me Natsu and I don't want to see you get removed from the guild for something so stupid." Naruto says.
"I... *sigh* you're right. I was irresponsible to have done that, and there's nothing I can do to change it bro. Good news is that we stopped another demon of Zeref in the process so that's a plus right?" he asked.
"I don't know. All I know is that you're still in trouble." Naruto says.
"Damn it." Natsu whined.
"I think it's best if you go to the Master's office, the three of you, he has something he wants to say to you." Naruto tells them as he walks away.
Sitting in his chair he sighs heavily.
"You know you didn't have to grill him so hard right?" Mira asked him.
"If I don't then he could end up dead. I grill him to protect him. I won't lose another family member even if we aren't really related." Naruto tells her. It was a few minutes later that Natsu and the other's came out of the Master's office.
"So how'd it go?" Mira asked them.
"Well it wasn't good but then again it wasn't bad either." Lucy said.
"Well that's a good thing as it just shows that the Master cares." she said as Lucy nodded in agreement.
"Well I think it's best if we all go home and get some rest. It's been a long evening for some of us and I'm sure we all could use a bit of shut eye." Naruto said as everyone readily agreed. "Natsu I expect to see you at our house tonight for dinner." Naruto said looking at Natsu who nodded. When everyone had left Naruto stood up and walked into the Master's office. Knocking on the door he heard Makarov grant him permission to enter, "Hey gramp's, can i ask you something?" he asked Makarov.
"Technically you just did, but yes you can." he said to Naruto.
"Master did you really have to let them off with only a slap to the wrist like you did?" Naruto asked Makarov.
"Yes my boy. You see the world is a cruel place, but as old as I am one needs to learn to be a little lenient to those who need it. Why don't we go home and call it a night." Makarov said.
Naruto nodded his head and left Makarov's office and went home. When he got home he was actually surprised to see not only Natsu there with Happy but Lucy was with him as well. "I didn't know you guys lived here. It's more well kept than I thought before." Lucy said.
"It's because Naruto likes things neat and well kept." Kurama says flying into the kitchen. Lucy turns to see Naruto nod in agreement before he follows the cat.
"So what did you have to do to get the Master to let us stay in the guild?" Natsu asked from the living room.
"Nothing. When the Master calmed down enough to think straight he decided to give you a punishment to make you learn a lesson. It was thanks to Mira that he didn't go through with it so she's the one you need to thank." Naruto tells him.
"I guess I can do it tomorrow when we go back." Natsu muttered.
"Yeah we owe Mira a lot for that." Lucy said.
"How bout some grub guys?" Naruto asked as he walked out of the kitchen with a large tray of food.
"Yeah let's eat." Natsu yells in agreement.
Setting the tray down Naruto shows that the tray has all assortments of snacks and food. "Well dig in guys I'm sure you'll enjoy." Naruto said.
"Thanks Naruto." Lucy says as Naruto hands Happy a fish which he happily accepts.
"Eh it's alright. So Natsu you want to go through some of the stuff we have in storage I'm sure there are some things we can throw away?" Naruto asked.
"Yea sure I guess we've been holding onto some things we don't need." Natsu said.
"Well hurry up and eat I want the extra space." Naruto says as he walks out of the kitchen. When Lucy and Natsu finished eating Natsu showed the blond where to go.
When they reach the room that held all of their things Lucy was amazed to see some of the things there. Naruto was holding a war hammer in his hands as if thinking about if he wanted to keep it or not. "Whoa you still have that old thing?" Natsu asked in humor.
"Yeah I do. I don't know whether I want to keep it or give it to Erza so she can bash your head in when you step out of line." Naruto said with a curious voice.
"What you can't do that bro. Mirajane gave it to you when you became an S-class wizard. And I don't want Erza to bash my head in." Natsu said shocked that he wanted to do that.
"Yeah but I can't keep holding on to it since I haven't used it in quite some time really." Naruto said.
"Well give it some thought before you do something you regret alright bro." Natsu said mostly for the sake of his head.
"Ain't that the truth." Happy agrees.
"Hey guys what's this?" Lucy asks as she held up an old scrapbook.
"Oh I remember that. That's the old scrapbook that Naruto and Mira made over the years since he joined the guild." Kurama said.
"A scrapbook?" she asked.
"Yep that's one of the few things that I cherish besides my friends." Naruto said.
"Can I take a look at it?" she asked.
"I don't see why not. I think we can spare a moment of cleaning to look at it, right Naruto?" Kurama asked.
"Eh why not." Naruto said setting the large warhammer down before he walked over and sat down. Opening the book the first thing they see is an old picture of when everyone was seven years younger.
"Oh god is this you guys when you were all younger?" Lucy asked as she looked at the picture.
"Yep sure is." Happy said.
"I recognize Gray anywhere." Lucy said pointing to the near naked boy.
"Yeah that's Gray when he first joined maybe a couple of weeks after." Naruto said.
Lucy let out a gasp of shock "Oh my gosh is that Cana?" Lucy asked as she looked at the young brunette wearing a dress.
"Hehe looks like her." Natsu laughed.
"Who is the man standing behind her though?" she asked as she pointed to a man with bright reddish brown hair.
"Oh that's our ace Gildarts Clive. He is our most powerful wizard when he's here." Kurama said to her.
"What's his specialty?" Lucy asked.
"Crash." all the guys answered confusing the woman.
"What's Crash?" she asked.
"It is a very advanced form of magic which gives the user the ability to smash everything they come into contact with. If the user is unfocused in any way, they may destroy objects such as houses unintentionally." Naruto said.
"What seriously? How tough is this guy?" Lucy asked.
"Let's put it this way. Laxus and several others fought him at the same time and he didn't even budge as he brushed off all their attacks." Kurama said as he remembered the trials when Gildarts was here at one point.
"Wow that's amazing." Lucy said.
"Yeah it is just not when used on you." Natsu grumbled.
"Oh what happened?" she asked as Naruto and the two cats snickered.
"He was thrown all the way to Hargeon when he scared Gildarts." Happy snickered.
"Oh really?" she asked as they nodded. She then looked at the photo and saw Wakaba and Macao. "Dear god is that Wakaba and Macao! They look so young in the picture." she said in a bit of awe as she looked at the very much younger duo. "Oh look it's Erza." Lucy said as she pointed to a picture of the younger Erza wearing an old suit of armor. This is where the four of them burst into laughter.
"Oh god I'd remember that old armor anywhere." Natsu said a he pointed at the picture and kept laughing.
"Yeah you would as she was always yelling at you for being so reckless." Happy said laughing as Natsu started to grumble.
"Who is that?" Lucy asked pointing to a girl with white hair wearing a skimpy outfit.
"Oh that's Mira when she was a S-Class." Kurama said.
"Mira was a S-Class?" Lucy asked in shock. The guys just nodded.
"Hard to believe that the sweet and gentle Mira you know used to dress like that and did jobs for the guild isn't it?" Natsu asked.
Lucy just nodded her head "Yeah and she was a bitch to everyone too. She and Erza were actually rivals back then too." Naruto said as Lucy looked at the younger Mira in shock. She then saw Laxus in the back with a smile that made him look a bit more handsome and no scar was present at the time either.
"I take it that's Laxus right there?" Lucy asked as she pointed to the beanpole of a teen.
"Huh I honestly forgot he was in the photo." Kurama said.
"Yeah me too." Happy agreed.
Lucy then notices a young blond who was tall for his age with a white haired girl holding a small orange kitten in the air.
"I recognize you two anywhere, but who is the girl?" Lucy asked.
"Oh that's Lisanna?" Natsu said as he looked at the picture.
"Really... I wondered what she looked like as a teen then if she was this cute as a child." Lucy said.
"Well I'm sure there are a couple of pictures that will show you." Happy said.
"That mess of pink hair has got to be you Natsu, but what's with the blue dragon?" she asked.
"Oh god I still can't believe you had Reedus draw Happy as a dragon." Naruto said with a laugh.
"Yeah that reminds me. How did you guys all meet?" she asked.
"I uh I found Happy and Kurama in the woods before they hatched from their eggs. I don't know why they were in eggs, they just were." Naruto said.
"Really that's weird." Lucy said as she turned the page to show a picture of a sunset. "Oh that's beautiful where was this taken?" Lucy asked.
"Somewhere where you'll never know." Natsu said with a dark tone.
"Alright no need to get all riled up sheesh." Lucy said as she looked at the next photo. It was of Naruto, Mira, Lisanna, and a struggling Kurama as they tried to give him a bath.
"Did you seriously try to give a cat a bath?" she asked.
"Hey baths are awesome. They keep you clean and and and I don't know what else." Kurama said.
Naruto laughed. "Yeah he crawled into a garbage can and was rolling around in it so we cleaned him up. He didn't really like the water when he was little so we had to fight tooth and nail to bath him. Now he baths himself whenever he feels dirty." Naruto said as Lucy turned the page. The first photo showed an older Naruto and Mira holding hands with Kurama holding a large food plushie while Happy held a large fish plushie with a card that said "Happy birthday Kurama and Happy" on them.
"I take it that this was a couple of years later?" Lucy asked as the others nodded their heads.
"Yeah that was during one of the festivals being held." Natsu said as he remembered the day that they came back with the fish plushy. Looking at the next one it showed Naruto and Natsu holding up a large fish with Happy and Kurama biting into it from the top as they tried to eat it.
"Oh I remember that." Happy said looking at the picture.
"Yeah I'm sure you do you little pig." Naruto said.
Lucy turned the page to show Lisanna kissing a blushing Natsu's cheek as he tried to not look at the camera. "Oh my god that is so adorable." Lucy cooed.
"Huh I don't remember that day." Natsu said.
Naruto rolled his eyes, "I do, and I know what caused it to be taken." he said.
"Oh and do tell." Lucy said wanting the juicy details.
"It was the day after Lisanna's birthday and Natsu decided to get her some candy. The dummy didn't know what she liked so he just bought as much as he knew what he liked and hoped she would enjoy." Naruto said.
"Yeah and if I remember correctly that was also after we came back from a high B-Rank job worth eighty thousand jewels and he took all of it." Kurama said causing Naruto to nod.
Turning the page it showed a teenage Naruto and Mira sitting on the ground with a picnic spread out and a stuffed Kurama sleeping on the blanket. "This is the day me and Mira started to date. We had both just gotten back from a S-Rank job I couldn't hold back the urge to ask her out any longer so I asked the Master for some advice. This is what he came up with." Naruto said. Lucy just looked at the younger Mira in admiration.
"She's beautiful." Lucy whispered. The she realized something, "Your dating Mira?!" she exclaimed in shock.
Naruto nodded his head, "I've been dating her in secret for a few years now. She's my angel has looked out for me for a long time now. I remember that when we first started dating and came back to the guild and told everyone that people started to exchange money on lost or won bet's." Naruto said.
"Yeah and didn't the master win the most money out of that betting pool?" Natsu asked while Happy and Kurama just nodded their heads in unison.
Page after page they turned until they saw the last one. It was of Naruto sitting on a bench with Mira in his lap and with Natsu with Lisanna in his lap with a smile on their faces as Kurama and Happy fought over a meal. "This was the last day we saw her. We were just hanging out for a meal when they told they that she, Mira and Elfman were all going on a quest. I was worried as every boyfriend would be, but the feeling I had that day was like no other. And in the end I lost her because I didn't listen to my gut instinct." Natsu said quietly.
"Yeah I remember it too. We all lost a part of ourselves that day. Mira also stopped using magic as she vowed to never go on another job as long as she lived. Well she didn't keep it since Naruto forced her to go with him to Mt. Hakobe to find Macao." Kurama said.
"Yeah but I did need a take over mage and Elfman was on a mission. So Mira was the best choice and I gave her half the money." said Naruto.
"We should get back to work we have a lot of stuff to clean out." Lucy said closing the book and putting it on a box that was meant to stay.
When they had finished cleaning and sorting through the things that would stay or go the guys bid the blond woman goodnight where Naruto told Natsu to walk her home. Natsu asked why of course so Naruto told him it was the gentlemen thing to do. Natsu did as he was told and then didn't come back until a couple hours later.
Two days later
Naruto, Natsu, Lucy, Kurama, Happy, Gray, and Erza had met up and had taken a job to rid a town of a pest which was a bit more complicated than it sounded. When they had returned to Magnolia they saw the stares of the townspeople which made them curious. When they rounded a corner they saw the reason why. The guild was now torn apart due to the fact that massive Iron beams were sticking out of the guildhall.
Erza and the others looked at Naruto. "What are you guys staring at me for?" Naruto asked.
"I don't know why don't you tell us." Lucy said.
"Tell you what? Guys I don't know anything." Naruto said.
"Then tell us why is the guild filled with massive beams of iron." Erza demanded as she pointed to the destroyed building.
"I don't know alright I have been with you guys all day. And I certainly didn't attack the guild with Iron Dragon Slayer Magic. Besides, you all know I can't even use it as the only type of Iron based Magic I use is my 'Heavy Metal' spell which turns my body to iron." Naruto asked.
"He's right. This wasn't his doing." Natsu said as he sniffed the air.
"What do you mean?" Gray asked.
"Naruto's magic has a specific smell to it, and when he uses his magic the smell becomes stronger. Naruto's magic smells like something that you would smell at a fesh farm from when they turned the soil up to plant fresh crop. This iron magic however smells like a barbecue out for blood." Natsu said as they then realized that Naruto had been telling the truth.
When they went inside and didn't see anyone they went down to the basement and saw everyone acting normal. Naruto walked over to Makarov and cleared his throat. "Master what happened?" he asked.
"We were attacked in the middle of the night. Thankfully nobody was here." the old man said.
"Well who did it?" Naruto asked.
"It was our rival guild Phantom Lord that did it." Makarov replied.
"I see. So what are we going to do?" Naruto asked.
"Nothing. This building has been long overdue for a remodel. Now why don't you go and get you a bite to eat my boy." a drunk Makarov said as he took a swig from his mug. Naruto nodded and found a vacant table and his chair was there un damaged. A few seconds later he heard Natsu yelling that they should make Phantom Lord pay for damaging the guild hall but Makarov put those to a end real quick by telling him to shut up.
Later that night Lucy was just getting home from another job that was harder than she had expected. Lucy unlocked the door to her apartment and opened it... to reveal all her friends in her home. Gray was bouncing on the bed with a pleasant smile "Wow Natsu, you were right for once, this thing is super soft." Gray said to the pinkette.
Natsu laughed "I know right that's why I always come here." Natsu said.
Erza sipped from her tea cup and smiled "Lucy has very good tastes in tea. This tastes delicious." the redhead complimented the drink.
Naruto walked out of the kitchen with a bowl of food in his hands, "Yeah but I think she needs to buy some more food. There's only enough food in there to feed one person. What was she thinking doing something like that. She should know better, especially when Natsu is always coming over?" the blonde asked himself as Kurama came up behind him with a bra on his head.
"Lucy's not very smart guys." Happy informed them while he scratched his claws against the freshly cleaned carpet "I mean she can never really plan ahead for anything." the cat said.
"Happy don't be rude." Kurama chastised his friend who only shrugged. They all looked up to see Lucy standing in the doorway with eyes as big as plates.
Happy waved at the blond "Hi Lucy!" with a wave.
Gray nodded "Yo." he said to her.
Kurama looked at her and exclaimed "You're home!" happily.
Erza bowed her head "We are grateful for your hospitality to us Lucy." she said.
Naruto waved as he ate the his meal before he crouched under her door to clean his plate off the remaining food, "You need to buy more chicken." he said eating his meal.
"WHY ARE YOU ALL IN MY HOUSE?! AND WHY IS MY BRA ON YOUR HEAD?!" Lucy yelled angrily while pointing at all the intruders, especially that orange menace Kurama.
"It's soft, like Mira's hair." the cat said as he rubbed his head along the fabric.
"THAT'S NOT AN EXCUSE FLEA BAG!" she yelled out.
Erza interrupted the blonde woman's rant, "The Master wants to make sure we aren't attacked by ourselves so he ordered us to stick together. We're a close group so we decided to stay together until this is all over and resolved." she said.
Lucy's eye twitched "Yeah I get that but why are you in my house?" she asked them.
"You're the newest member so we wanted to protect you. So we all snuck in through the window to prepare for everything." Natsu said.
"Aye." Happy agreed.
Lucy rubbed the bridge of her nose "You know people call that breaking and entering." she said.
Erza had a twinkle in her eye, "We call that camaraderie!" the redhead said drinking her tea.
"Besides doesn't Natsu do it to you all the time. Hell I'm starting to think he has a crush on you." Naruto said. Lucy opened her mouth to comment on that, but noticed in the corner of her eye that everyone was just shaking their heads. So she then shut her mouth and agreed with letting them stay with her.
"Whatever I'm going to go take a shower so don't do anything to wreck the place." Lucy told them as she walked down the hallway to the bathroom. Several minutes later Lucy walked out the bathroom after she finished her shower and was drying her hair. She let out a sigh before looking at her friends, "So is this the first time Phantom has attacked the guild, or is this a common thing between you guys?" she asked.
Erza was sitting on the edge of her bed before she shook her head no, "Well not exactly. You see we've butted heads before, but nothing on this scale has ever happened before." she told Lucy.
Naruto grumbled, "Yeah but it's usually just between which of our guilds deserves to take a job. Other than that this is new to us." he said.
With narrowed eyes, Natsu spat out "Or how they think that they're a guild that can get anything done better than Fairy Tail." angrily.
Gray continued "Or how they've got the seniority over us." he stated.
Kurama sat up in her desk and waved the pieces of paper in his hand "Hey, are you writing a story with Levy or something cause this is good read. How much do you want for it?" he asked her. Lucy immediately snatched the papers back from him and pushed him off of the desk and onto the floor causing him to hit his head with a loud thump "Ow! What the hell?!" Kurama said as he rubbed his head.
"Don't read this it's private you hear me!" She yelled as she opened a drawer and threw the papers inside before locking it shut. She then reached down and snatched her bra off his head, "And stop being a pervert." she said before she turned around and everyone was staring at her questioningly. She blushed and fixed her hair, "Yeah, so about Phantom. Can we do something about them?" she asked.
Erza shook her head, "We shouldn't." Erza crossed her legs and looked at the blonde woman, "The argument can go on for as long as we want but the truth is our guilds are rivals. We're evenly matched in power, and nothing can change that." the redhead admitted.
Natsu scoffed at that, "Yeah they wish." he said.
"It's the truth Natsu, no matter how much you want to say otherwise." Erza said as she narrowed her eyes at him, "If we have quality in our members, then Phantom definitely has the quantity. And besides that, their master holds the same rank as ours does One of the Ten Wizard Saints." she said.
Lucy eyes widened at hearing that. "A Wizard Saint?!" she exclaimed in shock.
"Yep one of the big ten." Naruto said as he nodded his head.
"Yeah they're top tier Mages in Fiore chosen by the Magic Council. Jiji's one of them, just like Master Jose of Phantom." Natsu said.
"Phantom's also got its own best Mages we got to worry about." Gray said while sitting up on the floor, "The Elemental Four. Four strong ass fucking wizards that are basically the S-Class of their guilds." he said.
"W-woah." Lucy spoke nervously "That's sounds bad. Like really really bad." the blonde said.
"Yeah, but that's not the worst part of it all!" Happy said as he flew up in front of her and started waving his paws frantically, "Besides the Elemental Four, they also have a super powerful Mage as their ace! A Dragon Slayer!" Happy yelled out.
"What?!" Lucy yelled before looking down at the pink-haired Mage lying on her floor with a scowl.
Natsu glared at the ceiling, "Phantom's 'Black Steel' Gajeel Redfox. The Iron Dragon Slayer. The only one to use a Metallic Dragon Slayer Magic besides Naruto. He was the one to destroy the guild." the pinkette growled.
"For the last time, the only Iron based magic i use is my 'Heavy Metal' spell. I don't use any other type of metal based power." Naruto grumbled out annoyed.
Lucy was completely overwhelmed by this information. She sat back in her chair and looked at all of them in surprise "There are other Dragon Slayers besides you two?" she asked nervously.
"Well duh." Naruto said as he nodded, "Even if it is a rare form of magic, there is always a possibility of others practicing the same magic we do. Although 'Black Steel' is the only other Dragon Slayer we know about. Other than that we don't know for sure." the blonde said.
"He's right about that." Kurama said.
"See even Kurama agrees." Naruto said.
"Really?" Gray raised an eyebrow before tilting his head,
"Because I've met-like-two others besides you and Natsu." he said causing everyone in the room looked at the Ice-Make Wizard in surprise.
Natsu sat back up with wide eyes while Naruto gaped at him before the two yelled, "What?!" in shock.
"Yeah." Gray nodded his head as he continued, "I've met two more Dragon Slayers, sure they were just kids but they definitely used the same kind of magic and it was pretty cool if I do say so myself. They had the opposing elements of Light and Shadows too." he said.
Natsu jumped over the table and grabbed Gray's shoulders "Do they know where Igneel went?! Can I ask them?" he asked as he started to shake him.
Gray's head flew back and forth before he grabbed his friend/rival's hands, "Natsu! Calm down! I tried asking them that already!" Gray said as Natsu looked hopeful for a few seconds.
"And?" he asked as Gray gave his friend an apologetic look and shook his head. Natsu let go of Gray and hung his head, "Dammit." Natsu said.
Happy came flying over to Natsu's side and patted his friend's head "It's okay Natsu. I'm sure we'll find him one day." Happy said.
"Why aren't you doing the same thing as Natsu is Naruto?" Lucy asked.
Naruto looked to her, "Because I have faith that my father will return. I don't need to know where he is just where he will be." he replied.
"That's Naruto for you always looking forward." Kurama said.
"And you wanna know what the craziest part about it was?" Gray asked as he looked at all of them, "They both had cats like you guys did!" he said.
Everyone in the room just blinked in silence before looking towards Happy or Kurama. Lucy looked at Gray, "Were they like, normal cats or were they-" she started to ask
"Like Happy and Kurama!" Gray interrupted "Yeah. Talking. Walking. Annoying as hell the both of 'em I'll say that much! Hell one of them could even fly like Kurama and Happy can!" he said.
"That...definitely sounds like these two." Lucy said.
"That's amazing." Kurama said as Naruto nodded in agreement.
"Happy..." Natsu looked at the cat "Why didn't you tell me you had missing relatives?" he asked his friend.
"I had no idea there were others like us!" the cat said.
Gray sighed, "The world is bigger and stupider than we can ever imagine. Especially with more cats like them around." he said.
Natsu groaned and rubbed his head "This day sucks more and more each minute! Our guild gets attacked! And Lucy doesn't have enough food to feed us!" he sighed.
"I wasn't buying for a group it was so I could eat for myself idiot!" she said. This caused the group of friends to laugh. Yes this was another normal ordeal with Fairy Tail...
Meanwhile with Team Shadow Gear
Levy was quietly kicking up dust as she walked down the street with Jet and Droy arguing behind her. Her thoughts continued to drift to how her guild, her home, was close to being nothing more than rubble and nails now due to the attack. "Hey Levy!" Jet called out to the blunette. The blue-haired girl was shocked out of her thoughts as Jet's yell reached her ears.
She looked back "What? Sorry, I wasn't listening Jet." she told him.
The fastest member of Shadow Gear snarled his teeth and started his argument again "I said what do you think is gonna happen after the crap Phantom pulled doing this? They gotta pay for doing this in the first place, right? They should be punished! Suspended or something!" he stated.
Droy shook his head "They won't suspend Phantom we all know it. They're one of the oldest guilds in Fiore. They're gonna avoid causing a major stir up and try to handle this matter quietly and under the table." he said and although he looked angry but kept it in control. "They'll probably just foot them the bill and make them pay for the repairs or something." he said.
"That's not good enough!" Jet snarled angrily, "They need to pay for what they've done! We can't just sit here and do nothing guys." he yelled.
"Y'know Jet, it wasn't just your guild it was all of our friends' guild too!" Droy got up in his friend's face with an equal ferocity as the speed user. "Try to think about the rest of the guild before you start shooting off your mouth like that man! Besides this will soon be resolved and there is nothing we can do about it." Droy said.
"Guys stop it please!" Levy begged as she pushed them apart and got between them both. She looked up at her friends with a gloomy tint in her eyes, "We can't argue with each other! That's not gonna help us in any way! So stop!" she told them. Jet and Droy looked down at her and back at each other before stepping away. Levy's arms fell to her sides as she looked down dejectedly before she spoke.
"I know the guild hall was our home. I'm not alright with this either. None of us are. But... we have to grit our teeth and bear it for the guild's sake okay."she said. A small tear ran down her cheek and she whimpered "We have to stick together. Because we're all we have in the end. We're a family." she said. The men of Shadow Gear looked between each other as Levy wiped her eyes with a quick sob.
They tried to console her "Levy..." Jet said quietly "You're right. We shouldn't be fighting. Not now." he said before he smiled. "Because we're Fairy Tail's Team Shadow Gear! The best team in Fairy Tail! And we stick together through until the end no matter what." Droy said happily in agreement.
Levy looked up at her partners as they grinned and nodded confidently. Levy sniffed a little and smiled with slightly swollen red eyes "Right boys" she asked them.
"Yeah we can handle anything thrown at us!" Jet gripped his fist.
"Yeah! Nothing's gonna bring us down we're Fairy Tail which means we're the best!" Droy agreed with a big grin.
Levy looked at both of them and nodded eagerly before throwing her arms up "We're Shadow Gear!" she cheered out. Then two large metal poles shot down from besides her shoulders and slammed the two men directly in the chest. It imbedded them deeply into the concrete and pushed them several meters through the rock and then through the wall enough to crater it.
Levy stood there, staring in horror as her shaggy hair fluttered in the sudden gust of wind. The metal poles pulled back and away from Jet and Droy long enough for them to gasp in pain before they collapsed unconscious. Levy turned around and looked up towards where the attack had occurred from. Standing on top of a building in the light of the moon was a man with wild long hair.
The metal piercings over his body reflected the light from the moon behind him. His burning red eyes pierced the darkness and his sharp white teeth widened in a maniacal grin directed at her. Levy nearly choked on her breath as she shook in fear. And the figure jumped down towards her while laughing madly. When the person landed he looked at her with a gleam in his eyes. "Well, well, well what do you know it's a little fairy just asking for its wings to be plucked off it's back." the man said.
Erza came out of the bathroom with a wall of steam following her. "Alright Naruto your turn." the redhead said.
"Alright thanks red." he told her and ducked under the door and entered the bathroom. With so much steam in the air he couldn't see so he decided to open a window. When he did a familiar scent entered his nostrils. "Huh? This smell it can't be..." he thought as he then squeezed out the window and began running down the road.
Levy bounced off the concrete and gasped in pain as she settled on the rock as she held her arm. She then struggled to lift herself up to her hands and knees while her vision was then constricted into a tunnel. The only sounds running through her ears right now were her breathing and heartbeat. Her eyes wandered and caught glimpses of Jet and Droy lying unconscious, beaten, and bloody along the sidewalk. Even after the initial surprise attack, they continued to lift themselves up and fight against their adversary when they woke up. And they held out for as long as possible.
She was proud of them. But... This man was ruthless like a monster. Levy heard the man speak again "Is this seriously all you Fairy Tail weaklings can do? Fuck me man, whoever thought you guys were equal to us must have been smoking some serious shit for that to happen. If this is all to expect from you then I'm pretty sure I could beat everyone in your guild with my hands tied and blind in one eye." he said to her.
Levy struggled to stand on her feet before flinching and clutching her possibly broken ribs. She took rapid and uneven breaths before she started writing in the air. Her Solid Script activated as she wrote FIRE into the air. The letters immediately changed into the element and spread out towards the attacker until he was engulfed in fire. But when the flames disappeared, it revealed him standing there with shiny metal skin and unmarked by her flame attack. He smirked with a toothy grin and held his arm out until a long metal rod extended from his hand and struck her directly in the chest.
Levy felt a massive wave of pure agony spread throughout her entire body until she let out one last moan of pain and passed out on the street. Her eyes fluttered a few more times until they closed as she fell unconsciousness. The figure walked out of the shadows and stood over his defeated prey. He was a man with long, spiky black hair and metal piercings over his face and arms. He wore a black vest without sleeves to show off his muscular and scared arms to his foes. His teeth had unnaturally sharp canines and his eyes were red like blood.
On his right shoulder was the guild tattoo of Phantom Lord. He was known as the 'Black Steel' Gajeel Redfox, Iron Dragon Slayer of Phantom Lord. Gajeel sighed disappointedly before groaning out "Well, I had my fun..." He walked over and stood over Levy's unconscious form. "Time to send the message I guess." he sighed. He didn't like to necessarily hurt people, but he was under orders from Jose which meant he had no choice in the matter. He moved his foot under her stomach and flipped her over on her back. He bent down and ripped her shirt open to reveal her bra and bare and bruised stomach. He reached into his pocket and pulled out a small container of dark colored body paint.
He took a clump of it on his fingers and started spreading it over the unconscious girl's stomach. After this, he had to put them somewhere Fairy Tail will notice them and get the message where they would then come seek vengeance. He grumbled "Stupid fucking ass plan. What the hell was that idiot Jose thinking when he told me to do this? I can barely draw shit. I know I ain't no artist and if he wanted me to leave a message for them then I could've easily wrecked the rest of their guild hall or-" he trailed off as a familiar scent reached his nose.
Gajeel stopped halfway making their insignia before something caught his attention. There was a strange yet familiar scent that was in the air. Something he was very accustomed to and would never forget. The same smell he noticed when he entered his room when he went to bed... The smell of a dragon. Gajeel's eyes opened up widely as he ducked his head immediately to avoid a kick that was aimed at his skull.
He kept to the pavement and slid away from his attacker before looking back up. The person standing over the unconscious blue-haired girl had his entire fist covered in what appeared to be blue fire, with his eyes peeking out of his blonde hair and glaring at the Phantom Mage. Gajeel realized who it was and smirked "The Earth Shaker, I've been waiting a long time to meet you, ya'know." he said to Naruto.
He received no answer though as Naruto just dashed forward at the black-haired man standing across from him. Gajeel smirked and started to bounce on his feet in excitement as Naruto swung a kick out at his head. Gajeel leaned back while feeling the amount of raw power that came with Naruto's strength from when lashed his foot out and caught said foot before spinning around and tossing him down the street.
Naruto gripped the concrete and then slid along it in time to look back up and see Gajeel ready to smash his head in with a iron club. He blocked Gajeel's heavy strike with his own ironclad arms with a loud *Clang* before trying to sweep his feet out from under him. Gajeel simply jumped over his attack before attempting to knee his face only to be met with Naruto's palm. They pushed off each other and glared at one another before jumping forward with their fists pulled back. Naruto brought his fist down into Gajeel's cheek while the Iron Dragon Slayer dug his fist into the blonde man's gut.
The two then jumped back and Naruto's fist raced out towards Gajeel as he aimed at his face, "Earth Dragons: Hard Fist" the blond called out as he threw a punch at Gajeel.
Gajeel's hand then became covered in hard metal "Iron Dragon's Iron Fist" he called out as he threw a punch at the blond. Their fists impacted and a loud explosion was created as the two powerful attacks negated each other.
Naruto came flying out one side and bounced off the concrete before grunting and finding his footing to stand again. The dust started clearing and Gajeel was standing very far away before he started running in the opposite direction "I know you wanna keep this going my friend, but I was told to leave the moment one of you losers came charging! So I'll see ya later!" Gajeel said and disappeared out of sight.
Naruto looked at Team Shadow Gear before he growled, sending a look back to Gajeel's retreating form, before he shook his head and ran back to his friends' side. He gently lifted her back and shoulders, "Levy! Levy, come on wake up!" he said before he looked at Jet and Droy, "Jet! Droy! Come on dammit!" he roared out.
"Naruto?!" Kurama's voice called out through the night. He looked up to see Kurama, Gray, Natsu, Happy, Erza and Lucy come running down the corner still dressed in their PJs.
They stopped, Lucy covering her mouth in horror as Erza looked at the scene in shock. She narrowed her eyes
"What happened to them?" she asked the blond.
"We need to get them help first!" Naruto said as he looked to Happy, "Happy, Kurama, go get Master! Tell Mira! Tell everyone! Go now!" he ordered the two cats.
Happy flew away "R-right!" the blue cat called out.
Kurama nodded at his friend "Got it man." he said as the two flew away.
Lucy fell to Levy's side and started crying over her, "Levy-chan. Oh god no who could have done something like this to you?" the blond cried. Erza and the others continued to stand there in silence as she gritted her teeth and clenched her fist.
XxX
The next morning. Lucy and Mira were sitting in the hospital room with Levy, Jet, and Droy. Lucy hadn't moved from Levy's side the during the entire night and bags had started to form under her eyes from crying and lack of sleep. A teacup was lowered into her sight and she looked up to see Mira with a sad look on her face. She comforted her "You need to drink something. You'll only be hurting yourself if you don't keep up your strength." Mira said to her.
Lucy looked at the cup and took it before just resting it in her lap. The young blonde's shoulders started to shake before Mira bent over and wrapped her arms around her in a comforting hug. The door to the room then creaked open and got the girls' attention. Master Makarov stood in the doorway silently as he stared at the room. He slowly walked in before jumping up on the side of the bed. He looked down at Levy, and then looked over at Jet and Droy, before back down at Levy. He spoke softly "How are they doing?" he asked.
Mira pulled her arms away from Lucy before fixing her dress, barely able to keep tears from leaving her own eyes. She took a deep breath before she answered her best answer "They...they were all beaten badly. And they'll be unconscious for a while, probably a couple days at least and a week at the most. We think they were ambushed, from what Naruto had told us. It could've been worse but..." Mira started to trail off as her voice started to break and she tried to calm herself down.
Makarov didn't wait any longer before he jumped off the bed and walked out of the room slowly. He silently walked through the hospital before emerging out of its doors and into the daylight. Standing all around the hospital, swarming the street outside the building their friends were healing in, was everyone in Fairy Tail. They were all just standing patiently and looking towards Makarov as the door closed behind him quietly.
He lowered his eyes and spoke loudly "I was fine with them destroying our guild. It was just a building that we could have easily rebuild and fixed up. No matter how hard they tried, they couldn't truly harm our guild just by wrecking a building as that is what it is... a building. But this..." Makarov said. His voice became fueled with an edge of anger like never before "They attack our family. They beat and ridicule them. Because of what? They want to fight? They want to prove they're still the strongest in all of Fiore? Fine. We wanted to avoid this fight, but if they think for one second that it was a smart move to provoke us by hurting our friends, our family, then they've got another thing coming to them. If Phantom wants a war..." Makarov growled out.
Makarov's magic then flared to its highest point as it surrounded him in a golden light as he roared "THEN LET'S TEACH THOSE BASTARDS WHY FUCKING WITH FAIRY TAIL WAS THE WORST DECISION THEY COULD HAVE EVER MADE IN THEIR LIVES!"
The guild members roared in agreement.
There were no more thoughts about negotiations.
There was no mercy.
If Phantom wanted a war with Fairy Tail...
Then they just gotten one.
It was now time to cry havoc and let slip the dogs of war.
Adventreader221: *Stretches muscles* Oh yeah, now we get to the fun part *Laughs evilly*
Phoenixlord42: There is something wrong with you, really.*Smiling evilly scaring many people* but you are right war is coming.
Adventreader221: Hey, I'm supposed to the psychopathic lunatic, you are supposed to be the voice of reason, not the other way around.
Phoenixlord42: Then you have not read what I have done with dealtshadow AND I DID THE EVIL PARTS! *Laughs evilly with the very dark smile making lightning strike in the background*
Adventreader221: *Gives a blank stare* Are you still in that WIFI stuff? I told you to get off of it because you lose your sense of sanity.
Phoenixlord42: NO I WANT MY WIFI, GOTTA HAVE THE WIFI
Adventreader221: I'll wait until you calm down to take back my insanity.
Phoenixlord42: *Hands Adventreader221 a package*
Adventreader221: *Looks at the package* Oh no, you take it *Starts to shove it down Phoenixlord42's throat*
Phoenixlord42: *A target appears on Adventreader221 and Phoenixlord42 pulls out a Mini-gun and the chase BEGINS. Was it mentioned that the Mini-gun has UNLIMITED BULLETS*
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