WHAT IS WEAKNESS?
Porlyusica's Hutt, X766
It was a lovely...
"GAHHHHHHH!"
It was a lovely...
"KAMI, SON OF A BITCH! THIS HURTS!"
So much for an introduction, for it matters not. For today, was a great day as the miracle of birth was happening on a midday. In the treehouse belonging to Fairy Tail's medicinal advisor. One member of the guild was finding herself in a series of great pain.
"You can do it Mordred! You've handled S class missions on our own! Now deliver this child!" Porlyusica shouted.
Mordred gritted her teeth, "Like you know anything about pushing babies, old bag!" she yelled before giving into some excruciating pain.
Porlyusica sighed and took a deep breath, "I may have never experienced the miracle of giving birth. However I do have experience granting love to a child that deserved it." she said.
Mordred gasped for air, "I know... just... just... please help me with HIM! DAMN IT SIEG! GET OUT OF ME ALREADY!" she yelled.
A minute later Makarov came rushing in, "Is the baby here!?" he asked frantically.
"GAH! NO! OLD MAN, JUST RIP SIEG OUT OF THERE ALREADY!" Mordred yelled as the contractions were getting worse.
"I would, but seeing as Junior isn't necessarily human. I think he might already have some development difficulties." Makarov said knowing that Mordred and her child's father are homunculi.
"OLD MAN! DON'T YOU DARE CALL MY BABY A MONSTER! AHHH!" Mordred yelled as the contractions were the absolute worse for her right now.
Makarov sighed as all he could do was comfort his surrogate daughter as Porlyusica helped deliver the child. Eventually, Mordred's painful screams were tuned out by a weaker voice crying above her.
"BWAHHH! BWAHHH!"
Mordred stopped as she felt tears running down her cheeks, "Old woman, is that...?" she asked nervously.
Porlyusica smiled as she wiped the infant's face, "Congratulations Mordred, it's a boy." she said with pride in her voice.
"Give him here!" Mordred pleaded.
Porlyusica did as she was told and handed Mordred her brand new baby boy. Upon gazing on her child for the first time, Mordred couldn't help but to cry tears of joy as she was able to produce life. Mordred promised herself that she would give her child nothing but love as she always wanted.
"And now to make it official." Porlyusica said as she pulled out a certificate to have notarized later.
Mordred smiled, "His name, Siegfried... Naruto." she said.
"What was that?" Makarov asked in confusion.
"Siegfried Naruto, Sieg wanted him named after the swordsman. I don't have a last name, but my baby deserves better." Mordred answered as she gazed once more at her child who started to open his eyes. "I don't know why, but I feel like Junior's life won't be much easier. So I want him named after the strongest man from the Nations." she added.
Makarov and Porlyusica smiled, "Alright then, Siegfried Naruto it is. Named after two legends, so he better shape up with Laxus if either one of them want to be guild master." Makarov said.
"Hey old man, if you really mean that. Then I want Sieg here to have his stamp now." Mordred told him.
"Oh?" Makarov asked.
Mordred lifted her baby up and showed his back, "Right here on the shoulder. Like Laxus, I want him to carry the weight guild on his shoulders." she said.
"I can understand that. I should pick up Laxus first so he can meet his new little brother." Makarov said as Mordred nodded.
Mordred soon noticed that her baby's eyes were wide open and gazing around, "Hi little Siegfried, I'm your mama and I love you dearly. Say hi to grandma and grandpa." she said as both elders smiled at the sight of the infant.
Modern day
Siegfried stirred awake and paid close attention to his surroundings, "How long was I out Kurama?" he asked as he tried looking for the fox only to see it in deep slumber.
"Kill all humans. Kill all humans." Kurama muttered in his sleep. "Hey sexy vixen, you wanna kill all humans?" he asked in his sleep.
"He seems happy." Siegfried muttered as he pulled out some binoculars and looked around for his target.
Upon a large rock formation, Siegfried stood tall as he looked to see various dead sea life and destroyed military vessels leading up to a menacing tower. The Tower of Heaven as it's called. From his intel, he was told that some dark mages used it as an attempt to resurrect the dark mage, Zeref. However there were rumors of it being run by slaves ranging from small children to the elderly that one day started a revolution.
However the notes end there, but rumor has it that someone is still there and trying to resurrect Zeref. Siegfried would rather not risk it, as stupid and superstitious as it sounded. The Elemental Nations had a forbidden technique where you could resurrect someone who was formerly deceased and use them as a puppet to combat your enemies. It was rather large threat that was utilized during their last shinobi world war.
While many would say that magic is absurd and even a myth outside of Ishgar. Its safe to say that it wouldn't be far behind spiritual energy like chakra in terms of interacting with the dead. The last thing this world needed was another rampaging psychopath with the ability to end the world.
"Kurama wake up. Mission time." Siegfried said as the fox groaned and stood up. "I'm heading out for the tower in a couple minutes and I need you to keep an eye on the seal and the lacrima." he said.
Kurama groaned again, "You think you need that?" he asked.
"No, but you never know if I end up letting my emotions get the best of me." Siegfried answered as he grabbed his gear and equipped into his crystal armor.
"Hey kit, why do you only wear a helmet when you use your mother's tribute armor?" Kurama asked.
Siegfried turned to look at him, "Never thought about it at first and I don't really have some that match or fit properly. Whereas my helmet is a replica of the original thing." he said as Kurama rolled his eyes.
"You are trying to hard to be like your mate kit." Kurama said as Siegfried got on his rowboat.
"Whoever you're talking about, I think you're mistaken. I don't have a mate." Siegfried said as he started rowing. "Keep an eye on those things while I'm gone!" he said referring to the seal and lacrima.
'Kit, I can never tell what's going on in your head. Especially since I can barely tell your thoughts apart from the damn sword.' Kurama thought before berating himself. "Guh! Stupid gaki!" he yelled before going back to sleep.
Meanwhile Siegfried had already shrouded himself in a large dome of water. Using this complex technique, he was able to get past through the unnatural defenses that the caused the military ships to get destroyed. However that didn't mean his guard was down as he couldn't exactly be sure what caused the marine animals to die.
At the tower's shoreline
Arriving at the shore, Siegfried quickly activated a transparency jutsu to remain invisible to any eyes that could have noticed his dome of water. There was no telling how strong the dark mages were, even if they were trying to do something as absurd as raising the dead. Then again, something small and ridiculous can become great and powerful within a matter of time.
'I need to look underneath the underneath.' Siegfried thought as he made his way inside.
Several hours later, with Team Natsu
It was a mess, while Lucy was at the blackjack table with Erza. Some strange man claiming to be sibling appeared and shocked Erza. Meanwhile Natsu was attacked by a strangely shaped man, who Natsu refers to as "block head", and shot him. Then there was Gray, who found Juvia from Phantom Lord, who was attacked by a strangely dressed man who shot lasers through his eye.
During this fiasco, Lucy was restrained by some feline woman as Lucy's supposed sibling had trapped the casino guests in some playing cards. That's when all four attackers appeared and kidnapped Erza, which revealed to Lucy that her teammate had a secret past. However nothing was revealed to the newest member of the guild as Erza was shot in the back and taken prisoner.
After reuniting, the remaining Fairy Tail members and Juvia had decided to follow Erza's kidnappers. Luckily Natsu was able to find them, however with all good days there are bad days. While Natsu had a nose that put even the most well bred and trained dogs to shame, he still had his motion sickness and Erza's kidnappers were escaping by boat.
"Why couldn't we chase someone on foot?" they all thought at the time.
However, while making their way across the ocean, they noticed the dark aura surrounding the tower of heaven. With Juvia's help, they managed to sneak in undetected as well as finding a secret underwater passage to use in order to enter the tower undetected. Of course, Juvia continued to provide assistance when entering as she was the only that could breathe and manipulate water.
Also she sort of revealed that she had a big infatuation with Gray and think Lucy is trying to steal him away. While the lovely water mage could do worse, she could also do better but not by a whole lot depending on where she looks.
Upon submerging, the group soon found themselves with a great surprise.
"Ah guys, what's that smell?" Natsu asked as he rubbed his eyes and tried to look around.
Gray stood up and narrowed his eyes, "Blood." he said in a low voice which made Juvia and Lucy squirm.
All around them were a massive pile of bodies. Almost as if someone or something was here before them. Lucy was ready to belch as Juvia was covering her eyes and whimpering in fear while Gray sighed. Almost like he was trying to be like some badass movie star or something.
"Oh no wait, it's worse." Natsu said bluntly.
"What's worse than blood!? Did you smell all the dead bodies!?" Lucy asked.
Natsu shook his head, "No they aren't dead, they're knocked out." he said making everyone blink twice. "I don't think most of these guys were even fighting. I think something either hit all at the same time or all got too tired and took a nap. Yoohoo? You sleepy?" Natsu asked one of the guards that was knocked out cold.
"GRAY!" Lucy yelled as she hit the ice mage over the head. "WHY DID YOU SCARE US LIKE THAT!?" she demanded.
"As annoyed as I am! I would prefer it if you stopped hurting Gray-sama's poor head Lucy!" Juvia yelled as Gray rubbed the lump on his head.
"I-I-I don't know! I thought it sounded cool, but let me be real here. I was also pretty scared." Gray said in his own defense which was enough for Juvia but not Lucy.
"HAHAHA! You were freaking out over nothing! Except, I think I smell some weird gas or something. Maybe someone broke in first." Natsu said as he tried to figure it out. "I don't think it was recent either. The stuff is strong, but it's almost gone." he added.
"Well whatever, so some ninja or secret agent broke in. We need to save Erza, Happy and get out." Gray said as they all carefully made their way around the unconscious security.
"Do you think they get paid by the hour?" Natsu asked.
"Natsu that doesn't matter right now." Lucy said.
"Hai." Natsu replied.
After a couple minutes of roaming around. The group made their way into a new room where there were was a lot of food ready for them. Before Lucy even had the chance to advertise caution, Natsu and Gray started digging into the food like there was no tomorrow. At least it gave her time to change into an outfit that Virgo made for her.
However, just as things seemed calm. A couple of guards had appeared and charged at them. However before they prepared to fight back, Erza had appeared and knocked them out fairly quickly. Just as Erza was about to say something, they were all bombarded by various shuriken and kunai including a giant spiked ball that almost took out someone's head.
"What the hell was that?" Natsu asked as he carefully put down a drumstick that was pierced with a kunai.
"What are you all doing he-" Erza was cut off by large heavy sword that almost cut her from behind.
Then a large armored figure had appeared, "What are you all doing here?" they asked.
Everyone looked to see Siegfried wearing his crystal armor, "NARUTO!?" they all asked.
"What are you doing here?" asked a surprised Erza.
Siegfried pulled out his badge that beared the royal emblem, "I have my assignment from his majesty, King Toma E. Fiore." he said shocking them.
"Wha... nevermind that. We're here to save Erza after she was kidnapped back at the resort." Lucy said.
"And they also took Happy!" Natsu said as he began to run into the tower. Sadly Siegfried wouldn't let the dragon slayer pass as he grabbed Natsu and tossed him back, "Hey what the hell Naruto!? I'm trying to save Happy!" he yelled in annoyance.
"I have my duty Natsu. I'll find Happy and send him back with proper packaging." Siegfried said.
"Happy's not some shopping product, he's my friend!" Natsu exclaimed.
"That doesn't matter, you aren't authorized to be here. This is an S class level threat and I can't take any risks with you all coming along." Siegfried responded.
Gray scoffed as he approached Naruto, "Listen Naruto, I don't care how tough you think you've gotten even if you managed to land a solid hit on Laxus." he said as he tried getting past Siegfried only to be kneed in the gut and sent flying back.
"Gray-sama!" Juvia cried out as she ran to the ice mage's side. "Naruto-sama, why are you so cruel?" she asked.
Siegfried ignored his acquaintance and walked away towards the entryway up to the tower. That's when Erza grabbed his shoulder and tried to stop him.
"Naruto, I understand what you are doing, but this is personal. So I'm coming with you." Erza said as she recompossed herself.
Siegfried scoffed, "And I have my duty, you need to leave." he said as he brushed her hand away.
"That wasn't a request." Erza said in a serious tone as if she dared him to challenge her.
"That interesting, it almost sounds as if you had some authority to order me around." Siegfried said replied as he continued to walk away.
Erza requipped one of her swords and pointed it at Siegfried, "I think you should understand that I do." she said threateningly.
Siegfried equipped into his Tribute Armor before disappearing in a swirl of leaves, "Aw great, we lost him." Natsu whined.
Erza stayed in place for a few seconds thinking it was a trick. She was correct to believe that as the moment, she believed she was in the clear. Erza had felt cold hard steel behind her as she felt her hand being twisted. Gasping in shock, Erza realized that Siegfried had appeared behind her and was applying enough pressure to make her drop the sword.
Natsu and Gray jumped in thinking their former comrade was turning violent. Only to be surrounded by two clones that restrained them and had paralysis seals placed on their bodies. Which left Juvia and Lucy, with the latter being knocked out and the former being trapped with the mokuton and finally having a paralysis seal on her along with one to negate her ability to transform into water.
As for the real Siegfried, after many years of pent up mixed emotions. He decided to speak his thoughts to Erza.
"Erza Scarlet, I do not care what vendetta you hold against this Jellal Fernandes person. I do not care if this hurts your pride as Fairy Tail's Titania. I do not care for whatever orders you have. I am not a Fairy Tail mage anymore and you did a good job proving that I don't deserve to be." he says coldly as he refers to the incident. "I am agent of his majesty, his sword and shield and harbinger. You may have been taken against your will but seeing as you got free by yourself. You are free to leave right now." he said before tossing her aside and walking deeper into tower.
Erza Scarlet is as strong as she is prideful, but how can you measure her strength now that her pride has been broken? While she wouldn't be shocked at the idea of someone standing up to her, she did come to terms that there are moments when she does take it too far. However even then, Erza hasn't fixed her personal issues.
It was Siegfried's final words that completely shattered her.
As he walked, he stopped once more and turned back to her, "You have many armors and swords. No matter how hard you hit or how durable they are. Your heart is too weak and fragile. I can see it deep within your soul, while you are willing to work with others. I can still see that you hide behind the armor as if it will protect you forever. But beware this, when the time comes, you better find something other than strongest steel to protect your fragile heart." he said before slamming his hands down and creating a giant barrier of wood.
There were two ways Erza would have reacted had you spoken to her like that over six years ago. One, she would beat you senseless and say demeaning things or point out your own flaws. Two, she would shatter right in front of you and give into your words. Her teammates already had a good idea of what would happen, but were shocked by the opposite of their expectations to happen.
Erza immediately collapsed on her back and let her tears fall, "I'm sorry... I'm so sorry..." she muttered over and over again.
Meanwhile everyone was trying to do their best to break out of their paralysis. Things looked rather grim for them as they couldn't move. Then there was Erza who was just an emotional mess and continued to sob and mutter on the floor. When all hope seemed lost, Simon had appeared and took a good look at the state of everyone.
Apparently while he had no experience in fuinjutsu of the elemental nations. Simon had some skills in rune magic and was just barely able to remove the seals before helping Erza out of her mental breakdown. Afterwards, he explained that he purposely spared Gray and Juvia as way of following him before revealing Jellal's plan to resurrect Zeref as well as the fact that he's gone insane.
For some reason that last part should have felt obvious.
So after managing to destroy the wood wall. The group managed to find Cho lying the ground while clutching his head.
"Cho!" Erza called out as she ran to him.
"I'm not a bad man. I'm not a bad man. I'm sorry!" Sho muttered as he started rolling to his side.
"What's wrong with him?" Lucy asked as Sho continued to roll around as if he were in pain.
"Sho snap out of it!" Erza begged as she lifted him and started shaking him.
Meanwhile Simon was taking a good look at him, "He's in some sort of mental state like catatonia. Like there's an ongoing vision or illusion that's binding him." he explained.
That's when the thought past Juvia's mind, "Wait! Naruto-sama wasn't here too long ago! I remember he has a technique he can do with his eyes!" she said.
Erza gave her a serious look that scared her, "What is it!? What is Naruto's ability!?" she demanded.
"Naruto-sama can trap his target in another world. He said for 72 hours he is in control of my mind when he used it. So he showed me his pain so he could relate to me! It was one of the reasons I surrendered and wanted to join Fairy Tail!" Juvia explained.
"Wait, what kind of pain? Was it before or after he left?" Gray asked as it peaked his interest.
Juvia gave a nervous look, "Sorry Gray-sama, Naruto-sama told me to promise him to not tell anyone." she said hoping they could understand Naruto's need for privacy.
"Um guys, now isn't the time go back to the past. We need to worry about the present." Lucy said as she was hoping to snap Erza's kidnapper out of his weird mental state.
"AHHH!" too late, Sho snapped out of it.
"Sho are you alright?" Erza asked only to be bombarded with a tearful hug.
"Erza... that guy... he made me see it! I'm my own monster!" Cho exclaimed as the mucus started to leak from his nose.
"What do you mean Cho? What did Naruto show you!?" Erza asked.
Sho started to sniffle, "I told him what I told you! That we would make the world suffer for making us suffer! But it wasn't the world that we were torturing! We were the monster! Jellal, Wally, Millianna and me! We were behind the masks and torturing ourselves! He even made me watch you suffer! We're the monsters Erza! You only got away before you became one too!" he yelled rapidly before crying onto her chest.
Everyone was shocked and confused at the confession. Was Siegfried intentionally hoping to damage Cho's mind or was there more to the ability that Juvia wasn't aware of? For Erza, Siegfried couldn't have known that she had a past relationship with the other children of the tower. But for some reason, with the words he said to her earlier and Sho claiming he saw himself torturing her.
Erza felt as if Siegfried's stoic behavior was a mask or a facade in order to hide his hatred. Natsu and Gray were wondering the same thing about them.
Gray was thinking back to the time he had left Ur in hopes of killing Deliora by himself. It ended in Ur's death, Lyon going insane and almost unleashing it in hopes of defeating it himself just to fuel his pride. While Lyon snapped out of it, the two almost never had any real issues involving fights or arguments until Ur's death. Thinking about it, Siegfried was pretty much a saint as a kid and just wanted to make friends his own age.
'There's no telling how he feels about the rest of us.' Gray thought.
Natsu was in a similar manner, unlike Erza and some of the other girls like Levy and Cana, he sided with Mirajane and just saw Siegfried as a spoiled child that deserved to be kicked out. Then the nightmares came, all he saw was Siegfried alone and scared somewhere dark and cold. Even worse, things became graphic and images of a little kid being maimed were stuck in Natsu's mind. The night before he regretted it, he saw Igneel in a dream of his.
Naturally Natsu was happy to see his father figure again. However Igneel was far from happy. That night, Igneel told Natsu that for a boy who had lost everything deserved friendship from someone who was grateful to still have people in his life. Natsu didn't understand it back then, but he had a good idea of what Igneel meant. A good example of it was Mirajane's remorse when she returned from that S class quest... without Lisanna.
While the guild was shell shocked that one of their kindest and gentlest guild members of the current generation had passed away. Then the current generation remembered that this isn't the first time that they remembered losing a guild member. While Mirajane was that cold hearted bitch and rival of Erza that everyone knew, it was Lisanna's death that tipped her over.
For some reason, even with her new personality, Mira pretends like she's still the same person despite having lost her power. Now Mira the meanest and scariest person, Erza's rival was just Mira the kind barmaid and poster girl of Fairy Tail. Eventually like Natsu, Mira also regretted pushing Siegfried away. Maybe there was a secret Mira was hiding whenever she denied the fact that she's a different person than how she was two years ago.
'Maybe we can still talk to him.' Natsu thought as he didn't want things to end badly.
After calming Cho down, Simon suggested to grab Millianna and Wally before either Siegfried maims them or Jellal gets rid of them for good. However Erza and the rest of the Fairy Tail (and Juvia), wanted to confront Jellal and Siegfried before either one hurts each other.
With Siegfried, a while later
Siegfried sighed as he made his way across a japanese themed hallway, "Don't you think you were a bit harsh on them?" Naruto asked.
Siegfried sighed again, "There are some things that are best handled alone." he replied.
"Sometimes I wonder why I bother arguing with myself. If you grow a duckbutt, I'm going to leave you faster than you can draw your dad's sword." Naruto said with a sigh of his own.
Siegfried rolled his eyes, "Everything will settle down with time." he said.
"Yeah, maybe we can take our minds or mind? Which is it? Whatever, maybe we can get distracted with that person heading towards you." Naruto said as Siegfried also sensed a familiar signature.
'Must be a dark guild member that I wasn't able to finish off.' Siegfried thought as he pulled out Balmung.
Looking ahead, Siegfried saw many cherry petals falling from the ceiling which revealed a pink haired woman wearing a white kimono that revealed some cleavage and a pair of sandals that were several inches high. Meanwhile Naruto was thinking if the woman had foot pain since he had a similar issue when Jiraiya tried to convince him to wear wooden sandals. He also wondered why his modern incarnation preferred wearing suits since they were very bad for fighting and exercise as well as taking too long to put on.
'This is not a good time to be thinking about fashion.' Siegfried thought.
Naruto snorted, "Well now is not a good time for you to be scowling behind that helmet." he said as Siegfried made the same face from when he met Virgo.
"Well well, if isn't the Azure Knight. Come to grace me with your wild style of fighting or have you improved?" the woman asked.
"Ikaruga of Trinity Raven, are you involved with tower or are you tasked as a mercenary once more?" Siegfried asked as he put Balmung away.
"A lady never tells, however this time I am not alone." Ikaruga said as a man with an owl's head and a Gene Simmon's impersonator had appeared.
"YAHHH! TIME FOR THE REMATCH OF THE CENTURY TIN MAN!" the pale man said.
"Hoo, prepare yourself knight. For this time, you will fall before the hands of justice." the owl man proclaimed.
Siegfried rolled his eyes as he changed his outfit, "I have a mission that needs to be complete. I prefer to avoid wasting time and energy." he said.
Siegfried's appearance was soon replaced by a black set of robes with a white haori with the kanji for spirit on the back. His greaves were replaced with tabi and straw sandals, his hair was held by an accessory called a kenseikan with a scarf wrapped around his neck and a plain sword in his hand.
"I will defeat you with no armor and using only Asauchi." Siegfried said as he gave them a blank look despite the fact that he wanted to scowl at the sight of Ikaruga's pink hair.
Ikaruga gave a light glare, "Do you intend to mock me by using something that pathetic in our duel? Even with our superior numbers?" she asked.
"Boss, what the hell is a At-Sushi?" the pale man asked.
"That Taka, is a plain sword. It's used for training purposes to teach people how to wield a blade. They have no special properties outside of remaining strong in regular battles where no magic or other forms of energy are used in combat. It can shatter with enough might or with the proper magic." Ikaruga explained as Taka nodded.
"Well then, let us see his weak blade face my might fists!" the owl proclaimed as he flew into the air with his jetpack and aimed to hit Siegfried with a punch.
Taka yelled in excitement, "Yeah let's take him Fukuru! I have some new jams to try out!" he yelled as he jumped up and started playing his electric guitar as loudly as possible.
Siegfried stood there with a blank face as Fukuru was about to hit him, "Coward, you dare not defend yourself?" he asked before going through him. "What trickery is this? I was able to hit him before." he said before hearing a loud squelching noise.
Ikaruga turned to see several blades piercing Taka, "Hey... ain't rock stars supposed to get shot... and not stabbed?" he asked before coughing and falling on his face.
"You are thinking of rap artists." said multiple voices.
"Where are you?" Ikaruga asked as she felt a bit suspicious about the idea of Taka being defeated so easily.
(Naruto OST - Predicament)
Suddenly Taka started to move as the swords moved out of his bloody body and slithered like snakes. Soon the swords stood up again and changed into multiple copies of Siegfried. However they all had a different appearance as they all had pale faces with black sclera and yellow slitted eyes.
"For the knight may be one, but we are all the knight." the copies said as they opened their mouths wide and drew their asauchi blades.
Fukuru quickly landed beside Ikaruga and began to punch them out, "No matter how many evil doers there are. Justice will prevail!" he exclaimed as one of them latched onto his arm and bit down on him.
"What do you do when there is an evil you cannot defeat by just means? Do you stain your hands with evil to destroy evil? Or do you remain steadfastly just and righteous even if it means surrendering to evil?" the copies asked as they started to populate.
Fukuru shook his head as he continued to attack the various Siegfried avatars, "None, for justice is a greater power that will rise above all and will side with those with a greater heart." he said in denial.
"Haha, so lame." Ikaruga and Fukuru turned to see Taka trying to stand.
"Taka, if you can fight then help us." Ikaruga order as she decapitated three avatars.
Taka stood up with his hair covering his face, "Hahaha... hahahaha... kukukukuku! Silly Ikaruga, do not act as if you have any say over this situation." he said in a dark voice.
"Taka I am your leader and you will do as I say." Ikaruga said sternly as she took a cut to the side before dealing a kick to the avatar.
Taka continued to laugh as he removed the hair of his face, "Taka? No, Hebi is more like it." he said as he revealed a face change.
Taka's face had gone through a complete metamorphosis. His hair shrunken to his upper hack, his face no longer had paint but rather some strange purple markings around his eyes as well as yellow slitted eyes. Before they said anything, Taka had opened his mouth wide and revealed a sword of his own and took it out.
(Naruto OST - Orochimaru Theme, Organ version)
"Who are you?" Ikaruga asked.
"What have you done to our comrade you scoundrel?" Fukuru demanded to know.
"Taka" continued to laugh, "Comrades come and go, but I am permanent and immortal. As I said, I am a hebi, but I am most well known by the name, Orochimaru." he said before striking at Ikaruga who suddenly felt as if the world around her became drastically heavy.
'What is this? Why do I feel as if I will collapse if I am not careful? Is this fear? Just, who am I fighting?' Ikaruga thought while Fukuru continued to fight the avatars.
"Kukuku, I see my legend hasn't strayed far from the elemental nations." Orochimaru said as he continued to engage Ikaruga in a sword battle before kicking her away.
"I do not care for titles or infamy. You will fall before me hebi." Ikaruga said as she flew into the air like a graceful flower and made a light strike towards Orochimaru.
The pale man grinned as he blocked the attack and quickly slashed at her, "And they call me arrogant." he said sarcastically.
Ikaruga suddenly coughed up blood and fell hard onto the floor, 'Impossible... his blade did not shatter.' she thought as she continued to cough blood.
"You are wondering why my blade did not break? Simple, the sword of the kusanagi is invincible and will not shatter upon the will of my foes." Orochimaru said as he turned to the sight of Fukuru drowning in the pile of avatars.
"Justice... will... prevail." Fukuru said as the avatars continued to pile on top of them until they all stabbed the bottom with their swords.
"If you consider murdering whoever you want, whenever you want to be justice. Then I hate to see see what you consider a saint doing a good deed." the voice said before they lifted Ikaruga up to her knees and held her arms back.
"What.. are you?" Ikaruga asked as she was soon filled with fear.
"Kukuku, that's up to you to understand." Orochimaru said as he put his blade at her face as it turned into a snake before it escaped his grip and tried to bite down on her face.
In the real world
"NO!" Ikaruga yelled before noticing her predicament.
Looking around, she noticed that she and her teammates were chained up and placed on a boat. Looking to the side she saw two Siegfrieds talking to each other.
"Just lead them to the corner, Kurama will keep them in a stasis seal until the military arrives." the original said as the clone nodded and took off on the boat.
Leaving a confused and trapped Ikaruga.
With the rest, at the top of the tower
After saving happy and reuniting with Millianna and Wally. The Fairy Tail group and Simon made their way to the top of the tower to finally confront Jellal. However from there, he gave them a typical villain speech and revealed his plan to resurrect Zeref by using Erza as a sacrifice. Right after, he revealed that he was spying on the council using a thought projection that looked just like him with the alias, Siegfrain.
Along with that, he convinced the council through his thought projection to shoot at the tower with the etherion cannon. Proving that Jellal had lost his sanity at this point, Erza managed to convince most of the group to evacuate the tower and to wait for her there. However Simon and Natsu stayed with her to fight Jellal who they assumed was under some sort of influence.
Sadly Jellal proved to be a very difficult opponent and dispatched Simon and Natsu easily while keeping Erza on her toes. Proving his strength, Jellal had managed to either destroy a good portion of her armors or exploit some weaknesses in them which left Erza with having to rely on her Japanese Cloth outfit. For some reason, she could hear Siegfried's words in her ear.
Once again belittling her and telling her that her heart is weak.
Eventually Erza got the upper hand and managed to hold down Jellal long enough for Etherion to hit the tower. That's when the worst thing happened, the whole tower became a lacrima used to power the R-system. Jellal recovered from being pinned down and kicked Erza away which gave Natsu a chance to strike Jellal while he was down. However once again, Jellal was able to get the drop on Natsu by pushing him back and preparing a dangerous amount of heavenly body magic on him.
However Erza attempted to stop it by using herself as a human shield.
"You have to stop now Jellal! You need me for your sacrifice!" Erza said threateningly.
Jellal laughed at the petty threat, "I don't need you anymore Erza. I can resurrect Lord Zeref with anyone now." he said as he refused to pull back his attack.
Just as Jellal released his attack, Simon had also jumped in front of Erza to become a human shield. Before anyone got too excited, the whole attack was interrupted by a giant skeleton hand that popped out. Simon, Erza and Natsu all fell back as the arm had crawled into the room with them. As for Jellal, he was sent flying back as the attack's impact forced him to fly away.
Erza was the first to come to her senses as she remembered the skeleton, "Naruto!" she called out.
Everyone watched in awe as Naruto appeared in his Susanoo. By the time he reached a good spot, he powered down and revealed his normal eyes.
"I thought I told you to leave the tower." Siegfried said coldly.
"Naruto I..." Erza was cut off by Jellal's laughter.
"Azure Knight, the self proclaimed war dog of the King of Fiore. They say you were an average knight until you claimed the demonic sword, Soul Edge, and slaughtered many people. Regardless of whoever was innocent or a criminal." Jellal said as Siegfried turned to him and gave him a blank face. (Think Akame's blank face)
"And you must be my stalker." Siegfried replied.
(Naruto OST - Fooling Mode)
Jellal nodded and continued to laugh, "Exactly I'm... I-I-I am not your stalker! Do not act high and might to the point you would assume that I am a fan of yours!" he yelled.
"Not even that man from the magazine company knows this much and he's been keeping track of my trail." Siegfried said while maintaining his blank face.
Natsu and the others sweat dropped as this conversation continued on, "Weren't you guys going to fight or something? If so, move out of the way Naruto! I called dibs!" Natsu exclaimed.
"Go home Natsu, come back when you reach this height." Siegfried said as he made a gesture symbolizing someone that was taller than him.
Natsu growled as his whole body was embalmed in fire, "That's it I'm fired up!" he said as he grabbed a lacrima crystal from the ground and prepared to chew on it.
Only for Siegfried to toss a kunai at his hand and make him drop it, "Natsu you dummy, don't eat food off the floor." he said.
"Natsu!" Erza yelled out as she noticed him trying to do something stupid like eat etherion.
(End of Song)
"Enough of this! Meteor!" Jellal called out as he was surrounded by yellow energy.
As Jellal aimed for Siegfried, the blond quickly used kawarimi with a loose pillar of etherion. Jellal quickly came to his senses as saw several kunai heading towards him. The dark mage still had keen agility and blocked them the pillar of etherion.
"Foolish, you believe you could defeat me with a few fancy kitchen knives?" Jellal asked before noticing the red sealing tags that were lit on fire before exploding.
"Woah!" Natsu said as he watched Jellal fly back.
"You two need to leave." Siegfried said as he summoned a black sword.
"Naruto, Jellal needs our help!" Erza said as if she could sway his priorities.
Siegfried slammed his sword into the ground and switched into black armor, "You make it sound like he's sick." he said.
"Well he could be. Jellal wasn't like this before. Something inside him must have snapped, but there could be a way to bring him back." Erza said as she met him face to face.
"Last time I checked, talking things out don't always work out." Siegfried replied as he extended his weapon and started marching up to Jellal who was pulling himself out of a wall.
"Then we can at least restrain him. Naruto let us help you!" Erza said as she jumped in front of him.
Siegfried brushed her aside, "This man is an S-class threat and is beyond reasoning Erza. I'm not settling down and talking things through words." he said as he aimed his sword at Jellal who was already coming to his senses and preparing another attack.
"Naruto just..." Erza couldn't finish her words as she found Siegfried's armored fist connecting with her abdomen.
Before Natsu could respond, Siegfried tossed his kunai in a backwards fashion and hit Natsu in the abdomen with the ring side of the kunai. Having applied some pressure into the throw, Siegfried was able to knock Natsu onto his knees. Looking back, Siegfried lifted up his arms and blocked jellal's flurry of punches before being kicked into a pillar.
"How does it feel to hurt your nakama Naruto-san? From the sound of things, you two were very close in the past." Jellal said as Siegfried slowly stood up.
"I'm no one's nakama." Siegfried replied before trying to punch Jellal who grabbed the fist.
"You better be faster than that." Jellal taunted.
Siegfried nodded as he landed a sloppy punch for Jellal to catch. Further blinding the blue haired mage with arrogance as he didn't noticed the kick that hit his leg before being leg sweeped onto the ground. Jellal attempted to stand up quickly only to end up taking a sword strike to his shoulder. Jellal gripped his shoulder in pain as he jumped away and avoided a few more slashes.
"Was that fast enough?" Siegfried taunted back. Jellal sneered as he flew at Siegfried, "Or how about this?" he asked as lightning started to charge up from his fingertips.
"What the?" Jellal's surprise was another mistake that costed him and in the form of being struck by lightning strike.
Natsu and Erza were watching in shock and awe at the fight. While it was mainly the act of surprise, Siegfried had come far from being the weak child he was. Now he was able to keep up with a dark mage with the ability to enhance his speed and strength. That was just before Siegfried had turned off his weight seals and started to move a lot faster.
All before both were trading blows and knocking each other back and forth. While the armor was strong, Siegfried didn't only utilize his armor for defense. He used it as a chance to scale his enemies strength and find a pattern to avoid being attacked. In rare cases, he would use this strategy to remove his armor when in small spaces to use more speed when dropping his heavy armor. To summarize, it was a way to determine if the fight will be won by either speed or defense.
Back to the main fight, as Jellal landed a powerful punch to Siegfried's helmet. The Azure Knight proceeded to spin 360 degrees before kicking him in the head and making him crash across the room. Siegfried took his chance to catch his breath for a moment before noticing Simon standing up.
"Hey you, aren't you with this Jellal person?" Siegfried asked as he turned to Simon.
Simon nodded, "I was his friend, but I turned against him to protect my other friends and Erza." he answered honestly.
Siegfried accepted the answer, "Then do me a favor and grab those two. This tower is unstable and I can tell that with enough force, this tower will collapse. That is unless the sacrifice that Jellal needs doesn't appear, it will still collapse." he said as he can sense some instability within the tower.
"No one will escape under my watch. We will all fall together if it means the resurrection of Lord Zeref!" Jellal exclaimed as he continued to fly at Siegfried.
Siegfried quickly stabbed his sword into the ground as a sphere of chakra appeared in his hand, "Grab them and go! I'll cover you!" he said as he took another punch only to slam the technique into Jellal's abdomen.
Simon nodded again as he lifted Erza and Natsu over his shoulders, "Come on you two." he said without looking back.
"Simon... we have to stop... Naruto will..." Erza tried to say in between gasps.
"Called dibs..." Natsu said in between gasps.
Simon sweat dropped at the mixed messages, "I'm afraid I can't do that. Naruto-san is correct and there is no doubt Jellal will not stop until we are all dead if it means reaching his goals.
"You can't... mean that... can you?" Erza tried to ask.
"Erza, that man is the Azure Knight. I recognize him from many news articles and a magazine. Do you know who he really is?" Simon asked.
Back to the fight
(Naruto OST - Avenger)
Siegfried found himself sliding against the floor as rubbed the dents in his cuirass. Looking up, Siegfried noticed Jellal coming down and rolled away to avoid a devastating punch. Which might have a chance only decreasing the amount of time until the tower collapses.
'The sooner the whole tower collapses, the better.' Siegfried thought as he recovered his sword.
"Why do you challenge fate? You dare think you could defeat Lord Zeref's herald?" Jellal asked arrogantly before preparing his next magic attack.
"Those with a strong will can change fate." Siegfried replied as he prepared for the next attack.
"Jiu Leixing!" Jellal called out as several swords made of lightning appeared and quickly launched themselves like projectiles.
Siegfried formed several hand seals before slamming them onto the ground, "Wind Style: Air Dome!" he said as a powerful dome of wind covered his body and countered the swords. Siegfried removed his helmet and continued making hand seals, "Wind Style: Air Bullet!" he called out.
"Fire Wall!" Jellal called out as he created a wall of flames to suppress the air bullet. "Jiu Leixing!" he called out as fired more lightning sword projectiles at Siegfried.
Making a few more hand seals, Siegfried combined his wind with his sword, "Wind Style: Crescent Strike!" he said as he swung his sword several times to generate several crescent moons made from wind.
Both attacks collided once more as Siegfried ran towards Jellal who was also dashing at him, "Meteor!" he called out again.
That's when both applied a great amount of magic into their fists before crashing into each other. The applied magic generated enough force make the two of them slide back shortly after making impact. Jellal started to laugh as if this fight was all a game to him.
"I see why the king himself chose you to be his shield and sword. There is no doubt behind the reasoning that various guilds wish to recruit you. Especially the magic council who want you to become a saint just to control under their thumb." Jellal explained as he massaged his aching wrist.
Siegfried popped the bones in his neck before putting his helmet back on, "Those with power can either inspire or create envy and jealousy. Regardless, everyone wants to be stronger or at least have power. They will commit anything to justify the means of gaining such power." he said.
"Speaking of which, you haven't shown me all your power." Jellal taunted. "Show me your powerful eyes. Better yet, show me the cursed sword. I want to see the source of your strength." Jellal said as Siegfried narrowed his eyes and kept his guard up.
Back with Simon
As Simon continued to make his way to the docks. He was still thinking about the intense fight happening at the top of the tower.
"Simon, what did you mean about me not knowing about Naruto?" Erza asked after recovering her breathe.
Simon sighed, "Erza, the Azure Knight is a loyal warrior and an agent that only responds to the King of Fiore." he said.
Natsu snickered, "Oh so now he thinks he so cool because he works for the king and not our little guild." he said.
"It's serious business Natsu-san. King Toma, is not really one to be considered a coward but knows that his word can only do so much. So he believed in the event of a coup or a destruction within the wizarding system. He wanted a guardian force to handle difficult missions to prevent catastrophe. The Azure Knight was already well known just before he arrived in Fiore." Simon explained.
"But that's impossible, Naruto was born in Fiore!" Erza stated.
"Rumor has it that he was exploring some nearby countries. Including the continent known as the Elemental Nations where he was supposedly trained." Simon replied.
Suddenly stars appeared in Natsu's eyes, "Wait are you telling me that Naruto trained with real life ninjas!?" he asked excitedly.
"Nothing is confirmed, but those are the rumors. Anyways as I said, Naruto-san isn't only a knight for the King." Simon said before taking a brief pause. "Naruto-san, is a legal hitman." he said as they went wide eyed.
"No... no... no... Simon don't you dare lie to me! Naruto is not a murderer!" Erza yelled.
Natsu remained silent, 'No way, Naruto is strong and all now, but... he'd never kill anyone. Not even jiji would go that far.' he thought.
"It's the truth Erza. Jellal was one of the many in the council that pushed for him to be restrained due to the many massacred dark guilds." Simon said as the two were reminded of Jellal's alter ego, Siegrain.
(End of Song)
Back to the main fight
Siegfried landed on his back before standing right back up and blocking Jellal's punches before kicking him into the air followed by an uppercut and aslam into the ground. Taking a few deep breaths, he heard Jellal chuckling as pushed Siegfried away with a lot of force.
Siegfried went through a couple more hand seals before channeling lightning into his arm, "Chidori!" he yelled out as he ran at Jellal with full force.
Jellal jumped out of the way and watched as Siegfried crashed his lightning coated hand into the wall, "Shiny, is it true that you can control all the elements?" he asked. Siegfried pulled his arm out and ignored the lacrima shards embedded into his gauntlet, "Because it seems that we're equally matched if you don't count my speed and your sword. Although it would be more fair if I had a sword of my own." he said.
"Fair doesn't exist. There's only winning and losing." Siegfried replied as he channeled wind chakra into his sword.
"That makes sense, although I doubt you are much fun in training spars." Jellal said as he had yet to exhaust his heavenly body magic.
Siegfried slashed at Jellal, unleashing his wind technique that Jellal was able to dodge before landing a punch into Naruto's helmet. The applied force was enough to dent the helmet and scrape Siegfried's cheek from the inside. Not letting up, Jellal continued his barrage of attacks until they crashed into one floor below and getting bashed into another wall.
Siegfried gasped as some blood came out his mouth, 'I'm too sloppy. Too eager to finish, but too cautious.' he thought.
"Why do you bother fighting? From what I've heard, you claim to have little to no purpose." Jellal asked as he walked up to Siegfried and used his enhanced strength to lift him up by the helmet.
"Because I have nothing left to fear. My only purpose is to prevent further destruction." Siegfried answered.
"Like a real saint? A hero like Fukuru preaches to be?" Jellal asked.
"I'm no hero, I'm just a smaller monster that's putting the bigger ones in their place." Siegfried replied as Jellal punched him in the stomach and started to crack the armor.
"Then your strength will be enough to resurrect Lord Zeref!" Jellal said before attempting to punch him again.
Only for Siegfried to catch the punch, "I will fall... but not today." Siegfried said as he grabbed the armor holding up his helmet before standing up.
Jellal started to hear his wrist bones being crushed, "What is this? What is this power!? Did you suddenly gain a new level of strength!?" Jellal asked before being headbutted into the floor.
"No, I achieved this through hard work." Siegfried replied as he started to develop a glowing green aura. "Gate of Life: Open." he said.
Jellal staggered as he tried to stand up, "Hard work?" he asked.
"Gate of Pain: Open." he said as the aura started to glow brighter.
"Tell me! What is this power!?" Jellal demanded as he felt as if this magic was on par with his heavenly body magic and slowly attempting to surpass it.
"Gate of Limit: Open." Siegfried said as his energy started to spread like a wildfire.
"What is this magic!?" Jellal asked.
"It is not magic. This is the power of breaking one's own limit." Siegfried replied as tossed off his helmet.
Jellal's eyes widened as he gazed upon Siegfried's new form. His skin was dark red, his hair color started to darken and his pupils disappeared.
(Naruto OST - Raising Fighting Spirit)
"Now, let me show you my limit!" Siegfried said as he took a step forward only to disappear. Jellal looked around quickly before trying to flee, "I have you now!" Siegfried yelled as he grabbed Jellal's foot and slammed him into the ground before jumping into the air and landing on his spine.
"GAH!" Jellal cried out in pain before being lifted up and kicked into the air.
"Front Lotus!" Siegfried yelled out as he grabbed Jellal and quickly slammed him down into the floor on his head. "Reverse Lotus!" he called out as he started to repay his foe for all those punches and started to crash through several floors.
Jellal had a difficult time breathing as he was lifted up one more time before being kicked into the air several times before being grabbed by the throat and tossed through one more floor. Jellal was too shocked to move, how could someone gain this much power within a short amount of time. Even so, if the dark mage had known about the negative side of using the eight gates. It wouldn't matter as he was already too injured to counter it.
Attempting to change fate, Jellal used his remaining strength to run at Siegfried with the intent to end the fight already. However Siegfried remained strong and pushed away the pain as he blocked and parried Jellal's strikes before landing several bone shattering strikes to his arms and chest.
"Impossible... what... what are you? Y-Y-You c-can't... be human..." Jellal said before having his legs sweeped and taking a palm strike to his chest.
Siegfried snapped his fingers and arms as he walked towards the man, "I'm not and I've accepted that. However if being less than human means bringing the world closer to peace. Then call me the devil!" he yelled as he summoned Soul Calibur to his side.
"No! It can't... end... like this!" Jellal cried out as Siegfried stabbed his sword into Jellal's chest.
"It will." Siegfried said as he drove the sword deep into Jellal's chest before pulling it out.
(End of Song)
Siegfried sighed as he fell on his knees and stopped using his gates. After reverting to his original form, he looked down at Jellal's body and noticed his eyes slowly closing. All while wondering what was going on Jellal's mind. Was this man responsible for Erza's childhood?
"Whatever." Siegfried said as he managed to climb to top and see if there was anything left to do before leaving the tower.
"Hey Sieg, do you think you did the right thing?" Naruto asked.
"We've been over this. I have my own code and you have yours." Siegfried spoke out loud.
"No I meant about Erza-chan. Don't you think you were hard on her?" Naruto asked.
Siegfried sighed, "I'll buy her a whole cake and let her hit me. She'll get over it." he said before grunting in pain. "Damn, I must have torn a muscle. This armor is crap compared to Incursio." he said to himself.
"I hope you're right Sieg." Naruto replied.
"Of course, Incursio is a way better armor than Grand Chariot." Siegfried stated.
"I meant about Erza! Eesh, and you call me a dense idiot!" Naruto said in an annoyed tone.
Siegfried started to pant as getting to the top became more difficult, "This is getting more difficult." he said as his mind started to wander as he continued to make his way up the tower.
Flashback, childhood
(Fairy Tail OST - Main Theme Piano version)
Little Siegfried started to jog across the road after doing some lengthy delivery mission, "Oh man, granny and grandpa are gonna be worried! I should have asked Macao or Wakaba to come. I wish Gildarts was here, he's more slow but he's strong enough to watch over me." he said as the sun started to set. "I wish big brother came, but he's too busy with his team. I shouldn't bother him." he said as he thought about Laxus.
After running for a while, Siegfried stopped by a tree and sat down. All while hoping to catch his breath and continue running back to the guild. As he started to regain his strength, he heard some footsteps.
"Is someone there?" Siegfried asked as a little girl with red hair that was wearing nothing but rags appeared. Siegfried stared at the girl and noticed the bandage over her eyes, but said nothing, "Who are you?" he asked her.
The girl looked at her toes before answering, "It's rude to not introduce yourself first." she said.
"Ok, I'm Siegfried Naruto!" Siegfried said happily.
"You trust a stranger so easily?" the girl asked.
"Hey I introduced myself, so now you have to do the same." Siegfried pointed out.
The girl sighed, "Erza, Erza Scarlet." she said.
"Nice to meet you Erza Erza Scarlet!" Siegfried said.
"It's just Erza Scarlet! You don't need to say it twice!" Erza said angrily.
Siegfried cowered at her voice being raised, "Y-you don't have to be mad. J-Just say you first name once." he said.
Erza sighed, "I'm sorry, I'm just tired and hungry. I'm hoping to find the guild with this symbol." she said as she held up a drawing of the Fairy Tail guild mark.
"Hey that's Fairy Tail! I'm with them!" Siegfried said as he revealed the mark on his shoulder. "You can follow me after I catch my breath." he said as he continued panting.
"Really? Can you do that?" Erza asked.
Siegfried nodded, "Yeah, I bet you're going to like it." he said before hearing her stomach rumble. Looking at her face, he noticed Erza blushing, "It's ok, I was hoping to eat this since Ms. Isara made it for me, but I can give it a to a new friend." he said as he pulled out something from his bag.
"What is it?" Erza asked with interest.
"It's a strawberry cheesecake. Ms. Isara is the barmaid at the guild and she makes lots of yummy snacks. You want it?" Siegfried aske as Erza hesitated for a moment before nodding.
"Do I have to repay you?" Erza asked.
Siegfried took a moment to think, "Sure, just one small favor." he said.
"What?" Erza asked as she intended to honor the deal.
"You have to be my new friend!" Siegfried said.
"Very well, I will honor the deal when we arrive." Erza said as Siegfried gave her a fork.
"Ok, I hope you like the cake." Siegfried said with a bright smile.
End of flashback
Siegfried shook his head as he made it to the top, "No time for that." he said as he noticed the destruction. "Looks like I didn't need to bother coming back. The whole thing is a mess. I better... better get... out." he said in between grunts as he dragged himself off to the edge. "Come on Siegfried, you can do this. Just jump and use a little... bit of wind..." he said to himself before dragging himself and jumping out of the tower.
As Siegfried free falled, he noticed the whole tower starting to collapse before bits and pieces to started to explode. Unfortunately, luck was against him in the end. He had exhausted himself and used up too much chakra at once. Causing him issues and an inability to use his ninjutsu to slow down his crash.
"I can... still do this..." Siegfried muttered as he tried to apply some chakra into his outer body.
(Fairy Tail OST - Shukumei)
"Promise to come back safe ok?"
"Levy." Siegfried said.
SQUELCH
Siegfried gasped as he looked to his side to see a lacrima shard embedded into his body.
"You know your mother could have been my successor. Maybe you can have the title if you work for it.
"Grandpa."
SQUELCH
Another shard.
"Siegfried, one of these days you will give me a heart attack. But I'm happy to know that you did the right thing despite being harmed.
"Granny."
SQUELCH
"Please... kami have mercy... they're all I have left." Siegfried said as tears fell from his eyes. "This is it isn't it? My weakness? Am I not allowed to be loved? Is this my curse?" he asked before feeling more shards penetrating his body. "Why me? Why am I so weak?" he asked before darkness consumed him
(End of Song)
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"Please don't die!"
Siegfried opened his eyes wide to find someone looking over him. They had short pink hair, one yellow and one blue eye, a large horn sticking out of their forehead and a bright beautiful smile.
"Sieg?" the woman asked.
"Franny." Siegfried said with a smile. "Was I out for too long?" he asked
Franny smiled as she kissed his forehead, "No, you sleep. More handsome when sleepy." she answered.
"Well then I get to wake up to the sight of a beautiful woman again." Siegfried told her as she blushed.
Franny then chose to lie down beside him, "Good night." she said as she cuddled up to him.
"Good night love." Siegfried said as he fell into asleep.
Unaware of what would wait before him once he awakens.
TO BE CONTINUED...
Omake Ending #1 - How the Tower of Heaven should have really ended
While many would say that magic is absurd and even a myth outside of Ishgar. Its safe to say that it wouldn't be far behind spiritual energy like chakra in terms of interacting with the dead. The last thing this world needed was another rampaging psychopath with the ability to end the world.
"Kurama wake up. Mission time." Siegfried said as the fox groaned and stood up. "I'm heading out for the tower in a couple minutes and I need you to keep an eye on the seal and the lacrima." he said.
"Hey kit, why don't I just blow up the tower?" Kurama asked as Siegfried stared at him with confusion. "I know I'm not at 100% since the Uchiha suddenly decided that he wanted half of my power to conquer the world or some shit. But I'm at 75%, so I can blow that thing to hell." he explained.
"Don't listen to him Sieg, just go in there. Kick some ass and everything else will be fine. Who knows, maybe that tower will be a tourist spot like Madara's body that Sasuke and I decided to leave behind assuming nobody would take it and use it for malicious deeds." Naruto said.
Siegfried rolled his eyes, "Send it to hell Kurama." he said as the fox grinned.
Meanwhile with Erza
"No! I refuse to go back!" Erza cried out as she tried to break her restraints.
"There's no turning back now big sister. We're heading back and Jellal..." Cho was interrupted by the sound of an explosion.
KABOOM!
"JELLAL!" everyone minus Erza yelled as they watched the Tower of Heaven get blown up.
Suddenly Kurama appeared over them as Siegfried landed on their boat, "Sorry for being forward, but I suggest you civilians turn back. This is a government affair and... Erza why are you tied up?" he asked.
"Uh..." Erza was too confused about what was going on to answer.
A few minutes later
After beating up Cho, Wally and Millianna, Siegfried was approached by Simon who revealed that he was hoping to stop Jellal's plans as well as explain what Jellal was planning. The only news for the Azure Knight was that Jellal was secretly attending council meetings under the alias, Siegrain. At least Fiore is better off with one less corrupt council member.
Also Erza was still a stuttering mess around Siegfried for some reason. Nonetheless they ran into Team Natsu and explained that everything was fine now. So... a happy ending? Who knows, Siegfried did his job with Kurama's help and everything was fine now. Yup, no conflict or worries whatsoever.
Remember kids, work smart not hard.
END OF OMAKE
OMAKE FUNNY ENDING #1 - How Jellal should have been defeated
Jellal laughed as Siegfried stood there in defiance, "Meteor!" he called out.
"Dai Haremu no jutsu." Siegfried said as he created several clones that were engulfed in smoke.
"What was that move that Naruto called out?" Lucy asked as Jellal started to grow closer.
"I think he said... Great Harem Jutsu?" Simon asked with a raised brow.
All the women just looked at him as if he were an idiot. However by the time the smoke had cleaered and Jellal was close to hitting his target. The biggest surprise hit him first.
"Jellal-kun!" Jellal stopped right away as he realized he was surrounded by an army Erza's that were naked and partially covered by the smoke.
"WHAT!?" everyone asked.
"AHHHHH! AN ARMY OF ERZA'S!" Natsu screamed as his worst fear came to life.
Suddenly Erza had a tint of pink on her cheeks. Then her face turned redder than her hair. Then suddenly she became enraged and raised her fist as she reached levels of anger that would make Kushina Uzumaki and Sakura Haruno feel envious.
"NARUTO!" Erza yelled out.
Meanwhile Gray's brain was trying to reboot as he was horrified by the sight of the naked copies of his sister figure. Sadly Juvia thought Gray was frozen and in a comatose state from staring at the naked Erza's. Leaving the rain woman to believe that her beloved Gray had fallen in love with Erza which made her cry.
Lastly Jellal was just frozen before being launched into the air by a powerful nosebleed. Then crashing back down as he had hearts in his eyes.
"Forget resurrecting Lord Zeref! I have an army of Erza's!" Jellal said as he leered at their naked form.
"Oh Jellal-kun, can you do us a favor?" one of them asked.
"Anything Scarlet-hime!" Jellal said.
"Do us a favor and go to hell!" the Erza yelled as they got angry and proceeded to pound their fists into his skull.
"THIS ISN'T HOW A HAREM IS SUPPOSED TO WORK!" Jellal yelled as he was in the mercy of the army of Erza's.
END OF OMAKE