Chapter 16 Dawn Pt. 2

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Naruto disappeared as Erza slashed where Naruto was at. Nothing happened at first, before slashes appeared to cut the unoccupied air a second later.

Naruto appeared above a marker rune he placed over the grassy fields behind Laxus. Laxus quickly tried to act on instinct and slammed his fist in the ground, as Naruto seemed to disappear again.

A oddly-shaped kunai appeared behind slowly falling to the ground, before Naruto appeared with a ball of rotating wind over condensed energy in his right hand.

"Rasengan."

Naruto slammed the condensed energy sphere on his lower back, causing him to crash down on the floor. Naruto quickly activated his implanted Sharingan as he turned to see Erza thrusting her blade forward, only a few inches away from his face. He disappeared, but not before seeing a smirk appear on her beautiful face.

Naruto appeared on a branch a few feet away from Erza, but his eyes widened when he couldn't move. He looked down to see a blade embedded next to his marker. The blade had a rune on it.

"Same ole tricks…" Naruto smirked as the rune began to change before causing the blade to break.

"Only difference is I have magic and you don't have two S class mages protecting that pretty ass of yours." Naruto smirked as he watched the Blue Pegasus base blow up with Jura inside.

"..." Naruto could only stare in confusion as he watched Erza stick out her fist with a deep glare toward him.


"Haha Scarlet-chan looks very cute when she's angry." Naruto said with a smirk as Erza used her sword to keep her injured body from falling.

"Hmmm, I think I may have taken it a little too far." Naruto said as his smirk fell when he noticed Erza's knees shaking. "How about we call it a day! He..he I'll even buy you some of that Strawberry Cheesecake you like so much…"

Naruto was nervous before he watched Erza stick out her fist.

"I'm going to grow stronger, Naruto… and you won't look down at me when you do."


Naruto smiled softly before holding his blade in reverse blade stance. He then ran toward her in impressive speed before launching two kunai. She quickly summoned a short sword and swung as Naruto appeared and disappeared. He appeared crouching down behind her before tossing another three kunai up in the air, after Erza quickly pivot her foot to slash him. He disappeared again before appearing above her. He picked up both of the kunau from the air before tossing both on each side of Erza.

"It's over." Naruto appeared on her right, before appearing on her left calling out his attack.

"Veiled Bla-" Naruto couldn't finish his attack as he looked down to see blood beginning to appear through his shirt.

"Delayed Veiled Blade."

"I won…" Erza couldn't finish as she coughed blood. Her eyes widened before clutching her chest.

"It's still my magic Erza…" Naruto said as he faltered back and fell down a hill. Erza coughed blood herself as she fell forward, cries from her teammates being silenced by the immediate action taken from both sides.

Erza rolled down the hill before hitting her back on a tree. She gritted her teeth from the impact before looking to the side to see a Naruto, leaning on a tree.

"Haaaa…." Naruto pushed himself off the tree as he held his blade high as Erza summoned out a spear to pick herself up.

She stumbled a bit before twirling her spear over head giving up momentum so she can slash a weakened Naruto.

Naruto quickly rolled out of the way before activating his Sharingan. He read all of the following attacks from Erza, before maneuvering past her guard and aiming to strike her. His eyes suddenly blurred before Erza dropped her spear and took down Naruto. She summoned a knife as she tried to pierce his exposed chest. Naruto quickly grabbed her arms, stopping her.

"You're very serious Erza, it's like you really want to kill me…" Naruto joked around as he gritted his teeth as Erza put more strength into trying to stab Naruto.

"Grrr" Erza gritted her teeth as tears swelled in her eyes. She pushed forward, beating Naruto in strength. Tears fell down onto Naruto as the knife was only a few inches from his chest.

"Gah!" Erza pushed the knife down as it went through Naruto, only for Naruto to explode in smoke.

"The ole ninja trick of shadow clone and body switch." Naruto said as he was leaning on a tree with a grin. "I could've also used dad's magic and teleported away."

"20 feet correct?" Erza said with her own smirk.

"Oh yeah true, I usually expose my weaknesses during our pillowtalk" Naruto said with a frown. "Well I'm not as good as dad was, so yup…"

Erza stood up as she summoned out her Nexus Armor.

"You're serious." Naruto said with a somber smile. He was finally going to fight Erza with everything she got. A point he wanted to ensure for her future.

"Naruto I'm sorry." Erza said as Naruto stood there quietly. "I am truly sorry I couldn't protect our daughter. I have lived with that regret all my life, knowing that my weakness caused the death of our daughter and the downfall of the Naruto I knew."

"You knew nothing." Naruto quickly responded. "I destroyed Konoha after I put a sword through the man I considered a grandfather. I watched Konoha burn in black flames and did nothing. I took the sight of my best friend!"

"I knew of the man who cried in his sleep. The man who helped Mirajane cope with the loss of her sister. The man whose love for Fairy Tail was uncontested!" Erza said as Naruto gritted his teeth as he slashed the air three times, causing Erza to quickly jump back. Nothing happened at first before the trees nearby were shredded into pieces. Naruto quickly equip Blind Blade as he rushed toward Erza. She frowned before running back. She quickly stopped and turned left, as the trees that were in front of her were shredded suddenly. It was then as she stepped in mid air before jumping up. She looked down at where Naruto is beforeholding the bladeless sheathe on her palm.

"Silent Piercer!"

The land was getting pulverized by an invisible force, which caused debris to form. Erza quickly changed into her black wing armor as she stayed in the air looking down at the ground. The space cleared to show Naruto smiling as he leaned at a lone tree, standing firmly around trees that have been cut down.

Naruto sighed before teleporting away from the tree, as it was cut in half. He appeared above another cut down tree before his sword at Erza. She deflected it with another summoned sword, before Naruto appeared in front of her. He grabbed the sword from mid air as he went for multiple strikes, which Erza matched all.

Naruto smirked at all this before pulling out a sheet of paper from his jacket. He stuck the sheet on the side of the blade, causing it to shock Erza's grip from the sword. Naruto quickly grabbed the other wrist, before striking Erza with his palm she recoiled before Naruto used her stray hair and pulled her face-first to the floor. She coughed from the impact, before Naruto kicked her hard in her mid-section. Naruto then stabbed her left hand with a sword, keeping her in place.

"Ah!" Erza screamed from the sword going through her left hand, as Naruto placed his foot on the back of her head. He summoned another blade as he stared at his exposed prey.

"You still do not understand what it takes-" Erza disappeared in smokes before Naruto was hit hard by the bottom of sword she summoned. Naruto smiled as blood ran down his lips as he mumbled shadow clones. Erza smiled back before kneeing the the blond hard enough to slouch over. Naruto quickly used his limited teleporting magic to avoid any more close combat from Erza.

'Do you remember when we met?'

Naruto quickly picked up his sword as Erza appeared behind him with her blade pulled back. Naruto blocked her sword, but she kicked the back of his knee. Naruto rolled forward to avoid another fatal blow. He quickly crossed his finger two summon two of themselves, who both tried to attack Erza from each side. She summoned another blade as she parried both clones.

'I was lying to you then.'

Erza swiftly diverted one of the clones swords to stab the other one, causing one to disappear. Before the clone can acknowledge this swift maneuver, Erza had her sword aimed for his neck. The other clone also disappeared as Naruto and Erza both stared at each other. Naruto was still wounded, but he seemed less fatigued than Erza, who was beginning to tire.

'Master set you up… it was a ploy to earn Makarov's trust and allow me to spy on all of you.'

Naruto smiled as another clone appeared from the ground, undercutting her to the air. Naruto summoned another two as each of them kicked Erza higher up in the air. The clones seemed to have the upper hand, as they attempted to kick Erza down hard to the earth. Erza used another sly trick as she switched herself with one of the clones as he disappeared. She then slashed the other two, but the she heard it. She was unable to react as a spiraling orb was slammed onto her back causing her to crash to the floor.

Erza couldn't move. She could only turn her neck to look up at the smiling blond, who looked down at her. She gritted her teeth as she grabbed hold of the ground beneath her, attempting to pick herself up from the ground.

'But in the end… I failed my mission and ended up loving all my time in Fairy Tail.'

Naruto turned away from Erza as he began to walk toward a lone standing tree. He sat by there as he stared at the beaten Erza.

"I know this may have dampered your pride, but I'm not as easy to beat as you once thought. Though you did force me to use some of my old tricks that Konoha taught me, so it shows you improved." Naruto said in a somewhat taunting, yet serious way. "But to make sure you can beat me at my sorta best, you are going to need to work with… them."

On cue with Naruto words, Naruto rolled out of the way as a stray lightning bolt hit the tree he was sitting by. Naruto smiled as he picked himself up as a huge fireball headed towards him. He teleported away as he stared at the three heading towards them.

"Laxi-kun working with the pink haired idiot, what a surprise." Naruto said as Laxus, Natsu and Wendy walked toward Naruto. Wendy quickly ran to Erza to heal her as Natsu and Laxus stared at Naruto with caution.

"I would have thought you both would be busy with the Oracion Seis. My tags tell me that they actually headed toward Nirvana's location as some members stood by to guard the location. Why aren't you all helping your alliance buddies?" Naruto asked as he noticed Laxus smile toward Naruto.

"I have faith in the others to defeat them." Laxus said as he through his jacket to the side. "And I'm here to lend Erza my support."

"See Scarlet-chan, even your guildmates don't believe you can beat me." Naruto said in a taunting way as he notice both Natsu and Laxus walk over to stand by Erza. Natsu being unusually quiet.

"Alone no, but as a whole we will." Laxus said as Erza stood up, ignoring protest from Wendy.

"Guess pride and fairness was thrown out of the question here." Naruto said as he scratched the back of his head. "But I'm game."

End

Well I'm sorta nervous on how it did ended, but I do hope you all did enjoy it. I really wanted to update the chapter already so I decided on a three parter to post soon.

Sleeping Dragon is also close in being updated.

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