Reading, Titania and The Hunter

by itzgatt

This is a reading version (rewrite) of Titania and The Hunter. This was done by the permission of Master Attlon. Be sure to check out the original story.

9. Chapter 9

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"Hah~" Erza let out a comforting sigh as she sunk into the steaming hot water of the hot spring they had discovered. It had come as a nice surprise to everyone that there was a hot spring here. While they did have showers in their designated room, a hot spring occasionally did have some merit.

Cana, who was not too far away from her red haired friend also sighed in bliss. "That does feel good."

"It's been so long." Kushina muttered as she stretched out, enjoying the experience very much.

"What, the afterlife is not to your liking?" Tsunade joked and got a dry stare in return from the redhead although the other occupants in the room chuckled quietly at the comment.

Lucy stopped giggling before voicing, "I didn't expect there to be a hot spring in here." The other agreed with the girl as they thought there were only the rooms and the main area where they read about the story. "Hmm, now that I think about it, we read about the girls being in a hot spring and now we're at one." She found it a bit funny as she giggled.

"Speaking of the story," Levy spoke up, gathering the others' attention. "What are your thoughts on it so far?"

"Oh, Juvia loves it so far." She answered eagerly, getting a smile from her fellow blue haired guildmate.

Lisanna nodded in agreement. "Although I wasn't there from the start, it's been great so far." She was really glad to have been reunited with everyone - which was her favorite part but she liked what they were viewing.

Her older sister who wasn't too far from her smiled in joy seeing her younger sister again and seeing her so happy before turning towards Erza, her smile becoming much more teasing. "I'm sure the one who likes it the most will be Erza, no?" She asked innocently.

The S class mage narrowed her eyes on her best friend, fully understanding her intent behind her not so innocent words. "I am enjoying it very much, yes." She smiled as memories of the flashback they viewed came to mind. Although it had been a bit embarrassing to see it, she still liked it.

And even if she knew that it did not end up well for her and her parents later, she still was glad that she could see them being happy, even if it was only for just 1 moment.

While the women continued talking amongst each other about the adventure they were viewing, on the other side of the hot spring, 2 individuals were quietly plotting.

"What are you two whispering for?" They jumped in surprise at the sudden new voice that had gotten close to them without them knowing before they relaxed when they saw it was Naruto.

Gray still scowled at the blonde for the scare before replying. "Natsu came up to me wanting to see what exactly is under Kakashi's mask."

"Oh," Naruto nodded sagely. "Yes, now I get it but you really should just give up already."

Natsu did not understand why he said that as he asked. "Why?"

"Trust me, I've already tried this before." Naruto responded with a chuckle, remembering those fond memories.

Gray crossed his arms, a curious expression on his face as he wanted to ask something but then they heard the door sliding open as they turned to look at Kakashi entering. They nearly fell to the ground comically as they saw the man still had his face covered.

"I told you." Naruto commented, seeing their disappointed gaze before Natsu shook his head, his disappointed expression gone as he pointed at Kakashi and shouted.

"Kakashi, I challenge you to fight to see what's under your mask."

Gray sighed in disappointment. He should have expected this but a small part of hoped that the silver haired jonin would accept it. Even If he knew Natsu would lose, he was still curious to know why the man was hiding his face.

"Ehh," Kakashi muttered surprised at the declaration, "You want to fight just to see what's under my mask?" A quickie nod was the answer the energetic mage gave. "Why don't you just ask me without resorting to a fight?"

Natsu huffed while shaking his head. "That's bo-"

"Alright, show us what's underneath your mask, then." Gray interrupted ignoring the shout he got from his rival.

Kakashi hummed for a second before giving his usual smile. "Sure." Behind the 2 rivals, Naruto shook his head, already knowing what his former teacher was going to do.

The 2 mages watched carefully while some of the others watched from the corner of their eyes while others merely continued relaxing. Kakashi slowly brought up his hand to his face, taking a hold of the cloth before bringing it down, revealing the usual mask he wore.

Gray simply gave the man an annoyed look as Naruto tried to hold in his laughter seeing their reaction. The others who were watching along chuckled to themselves, although they were a bit disappointed too.

"What the hell!" Natsu exclaimed, extremely switching his ire towards his rival. "This is why we should've gone with my idea you idiot!"

"Shut up, your idea was stupid and wouldn't have worked!" Gray retorted instantly, forgetting about Kakashi tricking them in favor of shouting at his rival.

The 2 started butting heads at one another as they devolved into their usual brawl while Makarov watched on with an annoyed look on his face.

"They never rest, do they?" An amused Minato asked the guild master.

"They never do and that's not all." As soon as he uttered those words. Elfman decided to end their brawl in his own manly way but it backfired into a three way brawl causing more damage. Makarov merely sighed tiredly.

He should've seen this coming.

Suffice to say that it was definitely not peaceful on the men's side as it was on the women's side.

It was some time later when they had all gathered back in the main room to continue with what they were brought here for.

Naruto, after having greeted his parents, saw Erza heading towards him. "All of us heard the commotion from the other side." She mentioned as they started heading towards their seats. "How did they start this again?"

"They wanted to know if Kakashi-sensei was hiding something behind his mask." He shook his head. "I even warned them they won't get to see anything but they just started fighting after that."

Erza sighed. "I should have brought them with me to make sure they behaved." She muttered innocently as Naruto almost gawked at what she said. Did she not realize what she was saying?

Before he could reply, their attention was brought to Levy who had eagerly announced that she would like to read the next chapter. Naruto just shook his head, deciding to forget about the comment the girl made.

Chapter 9: The Shot Heard Around The World

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A cloud of dust passed over the desert road. Small bugs and reptiles passed over the dirt path as they heard a rumble closing in. They dispersed as the sounds of a train blasting its whistle was echoed through the empty pass. The train ran over the rails as it headed to the next major city area on its map. And in the opposite direction, a magical 4-wheeler darted down the desert road.

The car moved up and down as it hit dirt clumps and holes in the ground. The two figures inside the vehicle bounced with the movement of the cart as one seemed to take it in stride while the other grew more agitated with every move. But the jokester at the wheel of the car with the SE plug on her arm just chuckled at the fun she was having, her modest chest bounced within her open front black suit.

"Aww, still no fight?" Natsu voiced his disappointment.

Lucy rolled her eyes at him, muttering "Battle maniac."

Naruto was looking at the 4 wheeler they had previously seen before. He had been on trains but those weren't that prominent which he wanted to change but seeing these 4 wheeler cars gave him some other ideas which he kept in mind.

"Ahahahahahaha, this so much fun! I need to do this more often!" She continued to jump with the car as she heard more grunts and unpleasant noises coming from a rough, very baritone voice. As she hit another bump, the voice in the carriage seemed to rage as he slid the view window out and looked at the brown-haired girl.

"For Fuck Sake Marika, Control Yourself!" The man with the shaggy black hair and long sideburns screamed as he found the hilt of the sword on his back blocking him from going out any further. "The Master can't keep taking your abuse just because you get wet from adrenaline! So calm down now!"

Minato rubbed his chin, eyeing the newly introduced people. "They might be other members of that dark guild, Damnation." He theorized getting a few agreements.

"They seem to be heading somewhere…"

"Could it be…?"

Makarov shook his head. "We can't be sure, they could be going somewhere else." Levy nodded in agreement before continuing reading.

"Ahahaha, lighten up Uvo-kun. It's not every day we get to hit a road like this on our route and have such fun." She looked behind her shoulder at the burly man as she sent him a sly grin. "Besides, if we should blame anyone it should be the guy who carries around a sword as large as himself on his back. We can't spend all of our time indulging in your whole compensation fetish because it takes ten minutes to fit in your sword."

"That's it! Pull over! I'm going to teach you a lesson about respect little girl!" He started to comically grab her hair as she shrieked and bit his hand. The car swerved as their tantrum caused Marika to lose her concentration on the road. They were about to had a full out fight in this awkward position before a weary and aged voice grabbed both their attentions.

"Why is it that every group of the bad guys don't get along?" Naruto questioned, crossing his arms, a curious expression on his face.

"Now that you mention it, the akatsuki didn't get along either." Kakashi added.

Erza nodded along sagely. "It is the same with dark guilds." She commented remembering many times she encountered dark guilds who did not get along with their own members.

"It's not just dark guilds but it was the same with Phantom Lord," She looked over to Gajeel. "Though it was mostly involved with Gajeel-kun" Said dragonslayer merely grunted in annoyance at the reminder.

Cana shrugged. "It helps everyone else in defeating them, so it's a good thing." She got no disagreements on that statement.

"Now now you two. There is no need for you to fight while we are traveling. Just calm down and take a deep breathe." As the words left his wrinkled lips, the two enraged soldiers seemed to calm down and resume what they were previously doing. The man with the snow white hair chuckled as he watched the two of them pout in anger. "Better?"

"Yes Matser/Jii-chan." He laughed and resumed looking out the window at the fleeting scenery. His black uniform covered by an old time government coat around his man in question had shoulder length long white hair that he had gained in his advanced age. A small rugged beard that had grown around his chin after a long time of keeping it unkempt. Down his face was a faded scar that began at the top of his forehead straight down the right side of his face until it reached his chin and could be seen going down his collar bone. The scar ran down his eye and made the focal muscle useless and murky.

"That's their leader, huh." Gray commented looking at the man. Him and everyone else could clearly see by the scars the man had that he had gone through a lot.

Erza, seeing her master starting intently at the figure called out in curiosity and slight worriedness. "Master?"

Makarov glanced at his daughter's figure before looking back at the man. "That coat of his," He pointed towards as he continued, "I'm guessing it's the captain that went rogue searching for Hashirama-san."

Tsunade looked at her fellow leader. "Do you recognize him by any chance?"

The old man shook his head. "I've never seen him before and I've seen all the captains of the army." He revealed surprising his guild a bit.

"Another deviation from our world then." Levy commented as she wrote it down before picking the book back up to continue reading.

"Now have two calmed down?" He saw Uvogin nod his head and through the window saw Marika nod hers. He smiled kindly and he chuckled at their behavior. "Good, I don't like to see you youngsters fight amongst yourselves. Marika! If you start to grow tired, warn us okay? Uvogin and I can take up after you."

"You kidding Jii-chan? I could keep this up all across Fiore!" She screamed a triumphant yell as she raised her arms above her head. "There's a reason so many people follow me you know!" The back of her uniform could be clearly seen with a green arrow sewn onto her left sleeve. On her back was the symbol of a flaming fist. General of the 3rd division.

"He picked you because you were so annoying he had to shut you up anyway he could." Uvogin readjusted himself and sat down with the blue arrow shown on his right sleeve. General of the 2nd division.

"So, these 2 are the highest ranking of the guild."

"Which means that the one Naruto stopped from killing those people is on the lower end of the rankings." Kushina commented, unconsciously letting out a sigh of relief even though she had faith her son in the other dimension would prevail.

Naruto gave a mock pained look as he clutched his chest around the heart area. "Ouch!" His mother rolled her eyes at his antics as the others chuckled at them.

"You know I didn't mean it like that. A mother worries about her son no matter what." The blonde jinchuriki just smiled in return hearing his mother say that.

"Now now. No more arguing." His left arm emerged out of the coat and showed a deep red arrow put onto both sleeves. General of the 1st division. "We will never arrive at Mordreau-kun's base if you continue to squabble like this. Now, full speed ahead!"

"Yes sir!" Both companions yelled as Marika sent more magical power into the plug and sent the car speeding twice as fast. Of course, earning more complaining from Uvogin and the chagrin of their Master.

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Tohen looked up at the black cloaked figure of the blond stranger he had met only a moment ago. He was totally shocked at the event happening in front of him. No. No. Shocked is an understatement. Maybe flabbergasted? No that's stupid. Anyway, back to this fight.

"Sweet, I knew the fight wouldn't be skipped." Natsu cheered happily.

"Aye sir!" Happy, the ever supporting friend cheered alongside him.

Cana rolled her eyes, muttering. "No you didn't, you were nearly depressed by not being able to see it." The boy promptly ignored her as others snickered at her comment.

Kakashi looked a bit amused at the dragonslayer. "You really do like fighting a lot, huh."

Gray and Gajeel scoffed as they muttered, "Not even good at it." They both eyed each other before scoffing again as they turned their heads from one another.

All he could say was that he had never seen anything like this. He was told of the horrors of the independent mercenary guild and that most adults were terrified of this group. And that he should run as fast as he could in any direction he could if he met someone from that guild.

But this kid, not much older than him, was challenging a merciless group right before his eyes. He knew the blond boy had seen what those monsters had done and yet he still chose to fight. Where almost every adult and soldier peed themselves and ran screaming, this boy went and challenged them straight to their face. Was this guy brave? Was he stupid?

"The former for sure!" Naruto affirmed, nodding his head sagely.

Tsunade hummed as if she was skeptical while Naruto gave her a look which she promptly ignored, hiding the smirk from him. She wanted to tease him but decided to not do so as he had been teased a lot already.

Was he strong?

"Hey, Tohen right?" The brunette boy suddenly realized that he was being addressed by the blond with the bats in his hands. "I'm going to need you to run as soon as you find an opening. While I fight, you need to grab your friends and family and take off any way you can, okay?"

Kakashi nodded proudly at that even if it wasn't his student in that universe. "Good, they'll hold you back if they stay."

"The kid looks stubborn. I just hope he listens to Naruto." Kushina stated.

"I'm sure he will."

"Wh-what are you talking about? You can't seriously be thinking of fighting these guys, can you?"

"Yep." Tohen would have face faulted if he already wasn't lying down on his side.

"Bu-but you'll die."

"Says who?"

"Sa-says everyone!"

"If everyone tried fighting then maybe it would work?"

"What kind of shitty logic is that?!"

Kushina shook her head at her husband as if to say 'I told you so.'

Naruto groaned in annoyance seeing that. "Why do they never listen?"

Erza just smiled in amusement as she looked at him. "It looks like he is just worried about your counterpart." She replied to his question.

Gajeel tsked in annoyance knowing distractions were simply the worst things during a fight. "Not really helping him there."

"Whatever kid! I'm going to take these guys down and then you will escape while you can." As he said that, all the members of Damnation seemed to burst into laughter except for Cron whose eyes were darkened as he looked at the ground.

"Ah Kid! You can't seriously be thinking you can take us!"

Naruto just widened his stance as he held the spiked weapons in front of him as a guard. "Watch me!"

He dashed forward as his boots lifted up the dirt with every step he took. He jumped in the air and flew straight at the members of the group. He landed in the middle of their group as almost all of the members were shocked at the speed and ferocity of the boy's action. He adjusted himself, aimed the bats at the twin sisters and swung them at their heads.

"Ha!" Natsu punched his palm as he got hyped. "That was a great entrance, Naruto!" The mage sent his blonde friend a thumbs up while the blonde grinned right back at him.

"Yep. Chibi me will show them who they're messing with!"

Lucy though was not as confident as them as she voiced out in worry. "Both of you are way too carefree about this."

Mira hummed to herself remembering a brief show of Naruto's power before as she voiced. "Looks like we will finally see the fruits of Naruto's training."

"Ooh I forgot about that." Mira stated in excitement alongside her sister, both of them eager to see the fruits of Naruto's training.

The girls barely dodged the boy's efforts as he continued his arc and tried to attack Milt and Cron. Milt jumped back and Cron rolled away as they tried to keep their distance from the new boy. The only option allowed for the boy now was to attack the head honcho of the group. As Naruto reached out to hit him even harder, he was met with some surprisingly powerful resistance.

Naruto looked up to see the sleeveless man was blocking his right attack with just the back of his fist. Naruto gritted his teeth before jumping back and diving at the man once again. Naruto started to make a flurry of fierce attacks that continued to impact against the man's hands as he halted the boy's attacks. Every chance he could, the man would try to slip in an attack of his own but was met with the boy blocking his attempt with a bat. The two of them continued this exchange as the other Damnation members all regained their bearings and watched the fight. Before long they all snickered and were preparing to blindside the advancing boy.

Macao grunted in annoyance seeing the boy being in the middle of multiple enemies as he was reminded of his mission. "Going against multiple enemies is always the worst."

"It's never a problem for me but for me because of shadow clones but then chibi me doesn't have that." He was a bit disappointed his counterpart didn't have his signature technique.

"I doubt your counterpart even cares about the numbers he's going against."

No one could deny that knowing how unpredictable the boy was.

Tohen watched the fight in surprise and horror as the strange boy put up a fight against the menacing captain and his group of monsters. Before the boy lost himself in the spectacle, he remembered the mission he had and the importance of the opportunity he was given. He wiped the blood off his chin and stumbled before standing up on his feet. He turned his head to the faces of the stunned children and motioned for them to follow him. They all flinched and seemed to contemplate before nodding their heads and coming out of their hiding spots.

Mira smiled in relief seeing them leave the place. "At least this time they listened." The bartender of Fairy Tail stated as she looked at the jinchuriki.

"Good, less distractions for him now!"

"Now he just needs to get his parents and get to safety hopefully."

The captain parried a blow and sent Naruto stumbling for an instant. In that instant, the twin sisters appeared above him with slasher smiles aimed at the young boy. They kicked down and aimed at the boy as he back stepped and blocked their attacks with the bats. They started to jump over each other, mixing their kicks and punches together to confuse the young fighter. As Miryoku jumped over Naruto, he had to position himself to keep an eye on the descending girl and her attacking sister. But as the women fell, a strange magical sensation covered both her and her sister.

With a smirk, her body suddenly soared straight at the boy, getting an attack on the side of the stunned boy's head as he stumbled. As he tried to get his bearings back, Hanryoku kicked him in the face, sending him back a foot as he steadied himself and glared at the twins by each other's side.

Minato hummed in interest. "They work well in tandem."

Tsunade nodded in agreement. "It could be their magic being the same or maybe just a twins thing?" She theorized, shrugging her shoulders.

While all of the fighters were distracted Tohen appeared by his father's side. He got the man's attention away from the fight as he gestured for them to make a move while they still could. The man was momentarily stunned from the fight to the need for an escape. He got his bearings as he agreed with his son as he issued all the other villagers to follow his lead.

"Perfect, now there should be nothing distracting him anymore." Levy commented happily seeing the people get to safety.

"He can also go all out too now." Kushina chimed in excitedly too, eager to see more of her son's counterpart's powers.

Naruto was desperate as he continued to fight and parry the moves of the strange twin fighters, their weird magic landing a hit on him whenever he was concentrated on one of them. Milt jumped in behind him, gaining the boy's attention as the bespectacled man added his attacks into the flurry. The three members surrounded him in a triangle, cutting him off in all directions as every time he blocked two attacks one of them would slip in and contact.

Mordreau stood off to the side of the battle as he laughed like a maniac with his arms crossed over, Cron at his side still kneeling and absentminded. "Ha! That kid was just a little too cocky! Oh well. I love to see those three use their Magnet and Analysis together! I guess the young learn a little too late, huh Cron?" The older captain looked to his side to see the swordsman was still unresponsive. The captain had instantly understood what that meant as he had seen that look on his face before. "Oh, I should probably step back?" He stepped aside as the golden haired man finally stood back up.

Cana grimaced at the look on the man's face. "He looks like he's about to go psycho." She gave the blonde a sympathetic nod for what his counterpart would have to go through.

Lucy looked worried as she commented, "The other guy hasn't even joined in yet and Naruto is already struggling a bit…"

Gray rolled his eyes at their worried tones. "You guys worry too much, he'll be fine."

Tsunade added, "He's right. We haven't seen Naruto truly go on the offensive either yet with his magic."

The ones who were about to reply to the ice mage's comment promptly fell silent after hearing that knowing it was true.

"He... He took them... My bats... Those were mine... I kill with those..." He lifted his eyes with a cold, murderous glare aimed at the struggling blond boy. Slowly, a magical presence flared around him as his coat tails lifted and hardened. They started to twist around and change, forming imitation appendages. The coat tails made black and silver arms as they separated the coat and reached for the swords on his back. They pulled the swords off and lowered them to the ground, the swords gleaming in the sunlight.

"Okay, that's some weird type of magic." Lisanna stated, looking at the multiple appendages.

"Damn it, where am I?!" A new voice caused them all to look over to see a green haired man in a kimono with 3 swords for a split second who had a confused and lost expression on his face before the man disappeared a second later.

They all blinked in surprise before looking at one another.

"What was that?" No one was able to reply to the question as they all heard a chuckle through the room that sounded more like a whisper. It sounded oddly amusing. They all shrugged in the end, deciding to not question it for now and forget about it and go back to discussing the weird magic for a bit before continuing reading.

"You little fucker. You little fucker!" All the members dispersed as Naruto was left there puzzled. He looked over to where he could sense a magic flare and saw the coated man with four black arms and his normal arms jerking around like he was ready to slice the boy to a pulp. "I'll cut you to pieces you little shit!"

Cron dashed forward and suddenly disarmed Naruto's left hand, taking back his bat from the boy's hand. The man started to swing around and attack Naruto with all five of his weapons at the same time. Naruto struggled but was able to parry all of the strikes with the other bat and his metal arm. As the strikes began to turn stronger, he put more power into his blocking and started to hold even ground with the insane blade user. The blocks caused sparks between metal and cracks in the sides of the blades the soldier was using.

"Huh, you're keeping up pretty easily from what it looks like." Erza complimented.

"I know right. Doesn't even look fazed from it. Go chibi me!" Naruto cheered on happily along with others.

Some others were not so sure, having a bad feeling from all of this.

As the fight continued, Cron felt some stress build on his Limbs when the boy started to match his speed and strikes. Even in this state of danger, he felt exhilarated that this little boy could actually match his ferocity. He watched as the boy's mismatched eyes looked at him with a cold and malevolent glare. The man actually smiled and wished for more, until...

"Move."

Cron instantly knew what that meant as he clicked his tongue in disappointment before jumping out of the way and leaving the blond boy open.

Naruto looked surprised as he watched the multi-armed man jump away before he looked back in front of him. A massive fist impacted straight to his chest as he reacted and tried to protect himself. He was lifted off his feet with wide eyes as he spat out blood. The huge fist stopped and the young Mage flew several meters back as his body skidded on the ground, unmoving. The captain of the Damnation squad pulled his fist back as he stood between all of his subordinates. His Mass magic dispersed from his hand as he looked between all of his men.

The room fell silent looking at what had happened, some having slightly wide eyes in surprise at how easily it looked like the fight had finished while others were simply frozen in shock.

"No way that's how it ends!" Natsu exclaimed, snapping many out of their state as they all nodded, looking at the book to see it was very thick and they were still at the beginning.

Minato narrowed his eyes in thought as he voiced out, "It could be simply getting them to let their guard down." He knew his son would be someone who'd take risks like those knowing there was a high chance it could work.

It did not mean that he or his wife liked it, evident by their still worried expression.

Makarov agreed. "I'm sure it is. Naruto did not use any of his technique's at all. I'm sure he's just doing it to get their guards down."

"Are you all alright?" He watched as the entire team looked over themselves for injuries. The twins and Milt all touched some small bruises on their arms and legs from where the boy had matched their blows. Cron lowered his arms and gazed at the cracked and dull edges of his blade. Mordreau sighed and scratched his neck, "I know you all wanted to play with the kid a little longer but we have work to do." The man looked over to the vest wearing member of his squad.

"Go check him out will ya? He's probably broken but he might still be breathing. See if he's got anything on him worth taking."

"Ugh, yes sir."

"Oh and grab my bat too!"

"Yeah! Yeah!" Milt grumbled as he walked over to the still form of the unmoving boy. He bent down and started to search through the boy's cloak and pockets. He grabbed the boy's limp metal arm and waved it around, seeing that it was fused to the shoulder of the stranger. He raised an eyebrow as he realized that he found nothing on the boy he could take. Just as he was about to return back to the group, he felt a vibration in his vest pocket.

"Oh no!" Lisanna muttered in worry, remembering what exactly that device did.

Makarov sighed. "I had hoped this wouldn't happen."

Natsu, though, looked a bit confused as he asked why they were looking so worried when a second ago they were confident.

"The device, Natsu." Lucy answered before elaborating seeing his expression not change. "The device can sense chakra and that guild Damnation goes after people who have chakra but we still don't know why exactly."

"Oh," The pink haired mage muttered in realization before grimacing. "That's not good."

"Hold on now," Levy's voice caused them to look back at her to see her smirking. "Don't jump to conclusions now." She stated, a bit cryptically before continuing on reading.

"Oh what is it now?" He reached inside and pulled out the device he had used earlier to check the adults for potential. He received some weird readings before he started to fiddle with some settings. When he had finished, he looked at the results with a confused expression. Then his eyes started to widen, before he was actually stuttering and trying to find words. He stumbled to stand up on his feet as he turned and looked toward his teammates, actually losing his agitated attitude and looking at them with excitement.

"Captain! Captain! I found it!"

Mordreau and his team looked towards the brains of their operation as he jumped up and down. "The damn thing found him! We got one of the-"

Just as Milt was about to finish his sentence, he was back-fisted from behind so hard he was sent head first straight into the ground. Damnation looked on in shock as the previously believed dead boy stood behind where Milt once stood, his right fist held out and panting mildly. He looked down at the unconscious man at his feet before looking back up at the group. He lifted his left hand and showed everyone a slim, crushed metal plate on a stick.

"There it is." Tsunade chuckled, knowing her favorite blonde wouldn't go down that easy.

"And now they don't know he has Chakra too." Erza stated as she smiled in satisfaction at what happened.

"I don't think Naruto even knows they are searching for people with Chakra."

"Unless Rob-san told him." The redhead replied to Lucy's comment.

"I got lucky that I put this thing in your way." He looked toward Mordreau as he tossed the ruined weapon to his side. "If I was even a second late I probably wouldn't have gotten back up." He looked down at the vest wearing man and smirked to himself. 'Glad to know my chakra could knock a guy out if I hit him right.' He didn't plan to use his chakra in this fight but he could tell he was going to have a tough battle just from the sparring he had with these guys. Especially the captain, if that last hit told him anything. He laughed and started to message his right hand.

"Does that sting?"

The large middle-aged man lifted up his right hand and saw that his knuckles were bleeding; the spikes from the bat had broken off and were stuck in his fingers. He clicked his tongue and glared at the boy coldly as he started plucking out the metal pieces. Cron at his side had seemed even angrier.

"You little bastard! That was my bat you used!"

"Whatever you freak! If you've got such a boner for weapons make sure your enemy can't take them from you so easily!"

Gajeel snorted in amusement at the quip along with some others.

"Looks like both you and your counterpart love riling your opponents up with comments like that." Kakashi stated in amusement. He had seen it happen a few times himself and knew how much it irked people.

Naruto snickered to himself at that. "It always works, plus their movement becomes more sloppy from that."

They did not disagree with that.

Cron flinched before he actually started to froth at the mouth, barely being held back by the twins holding onto his arms. Mordreau raised his hand in front of him and stopped any advances he could take. "Do you really still think you can fight? We just showed you that we could take you down in a matter of seconds? And you still want to try?"

"Oh, was I really fighting? Or was I just grabbing your attention?" The captain questioned his words before realizing what he said and turning around to see an empty village. He cursed when he realized that the boy was actually toying with them to let the hostages escape. He glared at him while Naruto laughed and stretched out his hands.

"Now that the civilians are gone, the adults get to play, huh?" He Requip his swords into his hands and held them in a defensive stance, showing a devilish smile and gleam in his eyes.

Gajeel smirked in excitement. "Finally going all out then!"

"Get 'em, Naruto!" Everyone cheered on as their excitement came rushing back.

"Let's go!"

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"~Oh, I know a song that gets on everybody's nerves! Everybody's nerves! Everybody's nerves! I know a song that gets on everybody's nerves and this is how it goes~!"

Natsu visibly deflated as some of the others showed slight disappointment too. "Man, why did it have to cut to this when it was getting to the good part."

Gray nodded. "For once, I agree with the flamebrain over here."

"It is somewhat irritating, yes, but I'm sure we'll see what happens in the fight soon." Minato stated, getting them to reluctantly grumble in agreement.

Kushina added, "We might also learn more about the other members."

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh! Shut up! Shut up!" The large man started to bash his head against the view window as he glared at the peppy woman as she sung her irritating vocals. "If you say that god damn verse one more time ill cut you to pieces!"

"Oh yeah, I'd like to see you try~." She continued to sing as she drove through the green area. She looked around at the change in scenery as the desert was lost and switched for the plains they were currently traveling in.

"Damn it woman! Do you think the Master likes to hear you prattle on with these annoying songs? Master tell her to know her place!" He got no reply. "Master?"

"Hmmm hmm hm hm hm hmm hm hmmm hm hmmmm hmmm, hmmmm hm hmmmmm hm hmmmmm- I'm sorry Uvogin what did you say?"

"If I didn't know beforehand that these were members of a dark guild, then I'd just assume they were a couple of eccentric people." Mira stated, finding that a bit creepy to know someone who seems normal could be a cold blooded killer.

"Appearances can be deceiving."

They all agreed to that. Especially the shinobi as they frequently used those methods during missions.

"Master don't hum the song! You'll encourage her!" As the large man started to argue with the elderly man as he just chuckled and waved him off, the vehicle was brought to a sudden stop. The two men looked at each other without saying anything as Uvogin pushed the window and looked outside. "Woman, what did you do?"

"I think we hit a little snag." She unhooked the plug from her arm as she jumped to the ground, looking at the menacing men in front of them. Uvogin exited out of the car and walked over to the woman as she tiredly looked at the gang of bandits. "Okay, who are you?"

"We are the guys who own this mountain, sweetie." The man and woman looked around as dozens of men all came out from behind the trees, leering at them. "And you just trespassed on our territory. So you should probably just leave all you belonging and go. Before my men start to get hungry." They started to close in on the two of them as they all drooled and crept closer. The man and woman did not show fear as Uvogin unhooked his massive sword from his back and the woman cracked her knuckles.

"That is not going to end well for them." Erza frowned, knowing they were in over their head.

The master of the guild agreed with her. "Especially with those high ranking members being the ones they're challenging."

"Not to mention their leader being there."

They could only grimace, knowing that it was going to end up as a massacre.

"Race you?"

"You're on."

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Mordreau watched the scene with a stoic glare. He had fought so many people through his many years of living. He had killed soldiers and bandits, mages and civilians, and everyone in between. People who could match him in strength, others that were so insignificant he could swat them away like flies.

The only man he had ever met that completely outclassed him was the old bastard that converted him into this so-called guild. Even the members of his team couldn't beat him unless they all attacked him at the same time.

Naruto laughed. "Ha, way to go chibi me!"

"Don't celebrate yet," Kushina chided as she shook her head. "The fight isn't even over yet."

"Yes, It also looks like the captain hasn't even joined the fight yet."

"He still has his Chakra to fall back to and if all else fails, there is always Kurama's Chakra." Though Elfman meant to soothe his friend Erza's worries, it did not work out as he intended to as others still shook their heads.

"That didn't go well last time." Elfman gave a sheepish smile at having forgotten that as everyone fell silent again to continue.

But this little kid was actually holding his own against the subordinates of his team. Mind you he was bruised and bleeding a little, and one of his swords was broken leaving only a short stretch of metal on a hilt. He just watched as the blond boy took in as many deep breathes as he could as he readied himself to fight again.

The captain didn't actually advance on the fighting, leaving it for the sadistic twins and the crazed swordsman. But the twins were both panting, blood going down their chins and a black eye for both of them. For Cron, two of his three weapons were broken and one of his extra limbs was cut off. And Mordreau knew what that meant as far as his endurance went. So he just looked on and watched as the fight continued.

"Well, at least he did more damage to them than he got himself." Cana pointed out the positives, getting some agreements.

"He will have to finish this quickly though. Eventually the captain will join the fight." Minato commented, hoping his son's counterpart would figure it out.

Naruto kept his form and breath steady as he looked at the enemies. He kept the broken katana in his left hand and fiddle with the broad sword in his right. He winced when he felt some of his bruised ribs ache when he tried to take a deep breath. He knew that his chakra wouldn't be able to bring much of an advantage in this battle as it did with the other man. So he had to rely on his magic to help him win this battle. But his concern wasn't with the twins or swordsman but with the large captain who just watched as he fought. The whiskered boy knew that the man was going to be more trouble than these three so he had to conserve magic.

So what was he going to do? He didn't he have any help. Didn't have any other means of escape. And was running out of time before he was going to be a fish in a barrel. What did Rob-jichan tell him to do in situations like this? Use his head? Okay, what did he know? The twins came towards each other like magnets when he was between them. The guy could use his magic to make fake limbs and control them like they were his own. So how was he going to...

...

He smirked. Oh, that would work.

"Well," Kakashi started. "There is the famous coming up with plans at the moment."

Naruto grinned. He thrived during situations like those the most.

Erza sighed at that. "I can see why you and Natsu get along so well."

"Hey, what's that supposed to mean!" They both exclaimed, giving her a mock hurt look.

She rolled her eyes in good nature at them with a smile. "Oh, It's nothing." She replied, getting grumbles from them in return.

"Man, what's with you guys. I thought you were intimidating but wow I was wrong." He laughed as loud as he could as he egged the people on as they all looked at him in hate. "I fought lizards that do more damage than you guys."

"I see." Minato stated, his tone sounding as if he discovered something whilst getting some questioning gazes.

Levy, who had read ahead a bit, elaborated a bit. "It's about Naruto's plans. Minato-san figured it out, I think." She looked towards the ex Hokage for confirmation as he nodded to her.

"Don't spoil it. I wanna see it!" Natsu quickly called out as Minato chuckled in amusement.

"Don't let him get to you. He's just trying to anger you-"

"It works!" The twins both ran forward, pulling knives from their cleavage and holding them in between their fingers. Naruto jumped back and started to slash at the women, his sword overpowering their knives and throwing them off their feet. The women started to attack desperately as Naruto continued to toy with them, effortlessly parrying their attacks and dodging their throws. He flashed a grin that just pissed off the girls.

"Leading them on. I see what he's doing." The others started figuring it out.

"Simple but effective."

"That's it! Kill him!" Hanryoku jumped off of Miryoku's back as Naruto watched her arc over him. Miryoku locked his arms in place and kept him close to her chest, facing him as she watched her sister land a few feet back. Hanryoku held out her knives and the twins surged their Magnet magic, causing the light-haired sister to lift up and pull towards the two of them, aiming to skewer the blond Mage in the back.

"What now you brat?!"

Naruto looked to Miryoku and smirked as he moved his hand and cut her in the leg with his blade. She screamed and lost her focus, letting the boy cut her arms with the broken blade. Her grasp was lost as Naruto was let free and she stumbled back. Naruto then Requip his broken sword and grabbed her face with his left hand. He turned around and watched as Hanryoku soared towards them, unable to stop as the boy put her sister's head in the way of her flight.

*Bam*

"Ouch." Many winced at the collision.

"How are they not knocked out by that?" Lucy muttered, a bit awed. "It works instantly when Erza does it to Natsu and Gray."

The 2 mentioned rivals huffed at that as others snickered at their expense causing them to glare in return.

Why was it always them!

Meanwhile Erza just chuckled to herself seeing that.

The sisters' heads collided as their skulls rung and they were both stunned, forgetting their previous pincer tactic in its entirety.

"Miryoku-chan, that hurts."

"Shut up Hanryoku-chan!" The sister then both saw from the corner of their eyes that Naruto had shifted to their side, holding his hand out to keep the two of them in place. He smirked as he twisted and lifted them up before aiming for the ground. Their head contacted with each other and cracked the ground beneath them as they passed out from the pain.

"That makes it just 2 to go." Kushina cheered happily.

Tsunade looked over towards the whiskered Uzumaki, "If you did this from the start, it would've been so much easier."

Naruto rolled his eyes at her. "Chibi me was just overwhelmed at the start." He argued in favor of his counterpart with a huff.

"It's also his first fight." Juvia supplied in favor of the blonde, getting a grin from Naruto.

Naruto lifted his hand off and showed that the girls' eyes had gone white and they were bleeding from their noses. He shook his hand and summoned his Kusanagi back in its broken condition. He looked over to the two remaining members of the group. He smirked as he lifted two fingers off the hilt.

"Two to go."

Cron looked at the cheeky boy with an even glare before he held his blades out in front of him. He walked forward before then running forward with all of his weapons at the ready and the bat grasped in both hands. Both of them started to slash at each other with full power, aiming to cut them to shreds.

Naruto looked on at the man's magic, remembering someone with multiple arms. 'Reminds me of kidomaru.' The Uzumaki mused getting a snort from his tailed friend.

"Both of them are mere nuisances." Naruto chuckled at his friend's annoyance knowing exactly why. The tailed beast was still annoyed that his counterpart couldn't use his Chakra without negative effects.

Kurama was still surprised by what had happened when his friend used his chakra and gained an arm like that.

"I'm going to cut you in half. Then quarters. Then sixteenths and then smaller and smaller. And feed 'em to a pig and watch as it shits you out." The sparks from their exchange covered their eyes as the sound of metal clashing against metal rang out through their ears.

"Sheesh, he really got some screws loose." Lucy shivered at the man's threat.

Gajeel scoffed at that. "All talk."

"He's right, Lucy." Mira commented. "It doesn't look like Naruto is struggling with him at all or even fazed by the threat."

"If anything, he'll make a cheeky comment."

"Okay. That's interesting and all. But let me ask you something?" The final cross ended up in a stalemate, Excalibur holding three of the swords up as his gauntlet arm pushed down the bat and blocked the last sword with his elbow. They both were inches away from each other as Naruto looked at the mad man with a slight smirk on his face. "Your magic can let you make arms and stuff, right?"

The man raised an eyebrow at the question as he slowly nodded his head. "And you can feel and control them like they were your own arms? And when I cut one of them off, your overall strength went way down. And I can speak from personal experience that losing an arm can be a killer. So...what happens when I do this?" He tensed his arms and unlocked them both, leaving the golden-haired man open for a second. He pulled back the sharp broken hilt and swung up; cutting off the fabric of two of his arms and making the man clench his teeth in pain.

Cana winced at that, as did some others. "He's not coming back from that. That's the end of the line for that guy."

"He has to knock him out quickly." Erza stated. Unconsciously, her tone sounded a bit more worried knowing that her crush's counterpart was tired and still had 1 more opponent left.

As the swords dropped to the ground and the fabric fell with them, the man stumbled slightly before grasping the bat as hard as he could. He used most of his magic to form the arms and make them follow his instructions when he wanted them to. So he had to have a sense of feeling to make the arms react how he wanted. So if they were cut, let alone cut off, it hurt like hell.

Cron felt his vision go hazy and unclear as he tried to focus on his enemy. He lifted his head and prepared the last arm on his back to cleave the boy's scalp off. When his eyes grew clearer, he saw the blond boy with his right elbow coming towards him.

His head turned and he spun around once when the elbow impacted his jaw, shattering it on the left side. He stumbled again as the last coat tail fluttered and dropped the sword, returning to its lifeless form. He fell to his knees and his eyes turned to the back of his head, before falling on his face.

Naruto panted heavily as he held himself up on his knees. Some sweat dripped from his chin as he shook his head to focus himself. He looked up to see that the captain of the little squad had left from his position and was walking over to him, taking off his sleeveless uniform as his boots kicked up the dirt. He tossed it to the side and flexed his massive arms as every step he took cracked the ground."

"This next fight will be much tougher, especially since he is tired."

"He still has that other trump card technique." Mira stated, adopting a cute thinking expression as she thought back to it. "What was it again?"

"Flying Gauntlet."

She snapped her fingers. "Yes, that's it."

"It wasn't really a stable technique."

"Chibi me got this." Naruto grumbled with a pout at them. Where was their damn faith! Being unpredictable was one of his biggest traits!

"One last chance kid. You're gonna die either way but I'll give you a choice. I could make this all happen in an instant or it will be slow and excruciating? Your choice."

"Whatever the choice is" aimed the tip of his blade at the man as he cracked his knuckles. "That makes you wish you never met me."

The man actually chuckled at the boy's undeserved confidence. He tensed his legs and smiled at the young man. "Here I come!"

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"Okay, so I cut up about 36 of them." The man said as he walked besides his younger female teammate over the piles of dismembered body parts and unmoving corpses. "You?"

"Ha! 38! I win!" She bragged as she wiped the blood off her knuckles and hands. She jumped over the bodies in victory before doing a little dance that irked her fellow guild mate. "Since I win, you buy the next set of beers when we go into the pub in Seven, got it?" As the two of them were about to reach the car to leave, a stirring and voice alerted them to a survivor in the mess of blood and limbs.

"They should've never challenged them." Erza frowned looking at the dead bodies from the bandits.

Elfman shook his head. "Not showing mercy isn't manly at all."

Clearly the guild members did not like it at all while the Shinobi were not affected by it at all. Having been subjected to worse sights and used to stuff like that.

"Wa-wait! Wait!" The leader of the group, the man who had first threatened the three travelers when they first arrived. The man stumbled out of the pile of his men, covered in blood and holding on tightly to his separated right arm. "Yo-you people! I know you people! You monsters!"

"Monsters is a bit of a harsh term to use. Don't you think Uvo-kun?"

"Don't try to be cute kid it doesn't work for you."

"You!" The man let go of his severally bleeding wound and pointed at the young, brown haired woman. "You are 'Marika the Disassembler'! You killed an entire platoon of Rune Knights with just your bare hands. You put the living pieces of the men on spikes for the entire world to see and laughed as they promised to hang you from the tallest tower in Fiore!"

"Holy shit!"

"That is quite brutal." Minato commented, blinking at that in surprise.

The more squeamish members of the guild shifted at hearing that as they did like not imagining that sort of image.

"Oh yeah, man I had some great times back then. Used to kill for food and live in the trees and shit. But hey, more civilized now. Now, I just do it for fun."

"And you! You're 'War Blade Uvogin'!" He pointed to the large, black-haired swordsman as he yawned in absolute boredom. "You murdered hundreds in the Cabria war on the front lines. Working as a soldier for hire for anyone who paid you enough. You could kill anyone with your swords in an instant."

"Yeah well Acceleration magic will do that when you use it right."

Cana picked up one of the bottles that were near her as she opened it. "I'm glad we don't have to deal with these guys over here." They had already enough to deal with as it is in her opinion.

Mira looked over towards her master, "Have you ever heard of them, Master?" She asked for confirmation since her master knew more than anyone here.

Makarov understood why they were worried as he gave them a smile. "I've never heard of them. I don't think they even exist here at all."

"Pfft, they wouldn't be much against us." Natsu confidently boasted getting cheers from his fellow dragonslayer.

"You two were some of the most wanted criminals in all of Fiore for what you di-*cough**cough*" the bandits coughed out a large amount of blood as he fell to his knees. He looked up at them as if he was trying to tell them something. "Wh-why are you here?"

"Well we joined Damnation because we were asked to. Jii-chan found us wherever we were held up and gave us an offer. Now we owe him everything. Followers, respect, the strength to put the old us to shame."

"Yeah. The Master came up to me while I was searching through a guild I had cut up. Told me that if I followed him, I would have over 200 men loyally following my side and never a dull day to be had. And" Uvo laughed as he hefted his sword off his back again. "He was right. Hey Marika you got more than me so I'll be taking this guy, okay?"

"200?" Some exclaimed in surprise at the amount of followers they had.

"Okay, I can see why exactly they are feared that much." Said Gray as he shook his head at the big number.

Makarov nodded along with them. There were guilds with big numbers but that was quite a lot more than he had expected. 'Never expected that big of a change by just a couple of more people in our world' The man mused in surprise.

"Bu-but don't you see who you are following?!" The man stumbled back as he fell to his rear, trying to escape from the intimidating man with the massive cleaver. "Th-that monster-that Demon!" Uvogin stopped his trek towards the injured man as he and Marika both looked at him. "Do you know who that man is? That so called 'Master' you are following? The things he has done?"

"You really should watch your words man."

"That-that 'thing' that all of you are so keen on following, it's not human!" The man said with a tone of pure hate and disdain as he looked at the two Generals of the army like guild. "Everybody looked up to him; saw him as an idol and hero to the people of the royal city. Before he went crazy and killed all of those innocent people. He destroyed an entire town because he was chasing some kind of shadow. And he escaped the custody of the entire armed forces of the Royal Palace guard and Rune Knights. And he gathered up depraved and crazy people, just like him, and told them to kill because they could."

"Shadow, huh," Tsunade mused. "Looks like not many people know of Grandfather being there."

"I Imagine if they're on the run, they'd like to keep to themselves a lot."

The 5th hokage clicked her tongue in annoyance. She was still dubious as to why her Grandfather was running away instead of facing his problems like he did with Madara.

"Seriously, stop talking!"

"I doubt even if he stops, they'd let him go." Lisanna muttered sadly.

Minato shook his head. "They won't. Those kinds of people never do."

"And now he goes around the country, around the world, killing people! Looking for something that never existed! And you follow that like he is some kind of messiah! He thinks this is justice but he is just some old loon who can't even understand what is happening in the world anymore! You think that is someone you can trust in! You think you can trust the 'Tyrant Devil Alexander Sorrento'!"

"I've never seen or heard about a captain with that name in my life."

That all but confirmed the guild's thoughts of those people not existing in their world. Almost all of them were relieved at that while the others were disappointed by not getting the chance to bring them to justice.

Surprisingly enough, Erza was amongst the 2 battle maniacs that were disappointed, though they knew it was for different reasons.

"It depends on how you gain their trust." A soft, elderly voice said from the inside of the vehicle. The door opened and a pair of combat boots came out of it, following with the form of a man at least over eighty. He closed the door and walked over to them, showing that he was tall, probably 6-feet. He long white hair came down to his shoulders as he came to a stop on front of the injured man. A man who looked at the old elder with so much uncontrolled fear and horror that just the only thing keeping him from soling himself was the situation he was in.

"I come to weary, broken children. Boys and girls. And I tell them that this world has been unkind to them. A world where they have been mistreated and abandoned, a world with no justice in it except the one they can make for themselves. And I tell them they can embrace that justice with their own hands. As long as they can trust me to help them find a new life." He smiled kindly at the injured man as he seemed to try and crawl away as fast as he could with one working arm.

"So he takes advantage of the most vulnerable ones, then." Kushina huffed at the man's twist of words.

"As harsh as it is, they are the easiest to manipulate."

Naruto crossed his arms as he pursed his lips in thought. "This guy is like Danzo lite." He joked, getting some deadpan stares in return. Only some snickering to themselves.

The Uzumaki just sheepishly chuckled to himself at the stares.

"And...about that whole 'shadow' thing...it's just a bit of an unresolved issue I've had for almost half a century now. I just want them to check out anyone they meet and send back word if they have met that certain someone." He walked over to the crying man as he lifted him up by his good arm and dusted him off. "Of course it is still a bit of a sensitive subject and I don't like to be reminded of it." He smiled at the man, which looked grim and evil from the way his voice was so cold and kind, and the scar down his face only worsened it. "But even my old age has softened my anger. So I'll give you until the count of five."

Erza scowled. "As if that's going to change anything."

Lisanna nodded sadly. "The man is too injured, I doubt he'll be able to move 10 meters in that time with those injuries."

Levy focused on the other part mentioned. "What exactly would he even want for him to chase Hashirama-san for nearly half a century?"

"We know it's for Chakra." Erza replied but she didn't know what they wanted to do with that exactly. Naruto had already told her it wouldn't work for them if they tried weaponizing it in some way so she crossed that off.

He turned around and slowly walked back to the 4-wheeler. The bandit took the chance as he ran for dear life, ignoring his limp arm as he ran on the corpses of his followers.

"5..."

The man desperately jumped over everybody in his way and the rough any clear paths.

"4..."

The bandit tripped but then started to claw at the ground as he got back to his feet.

Lucy shook her head. "How can he be so cruel, can't he see that man can't do anything anymore."

The others did not say anything as they could do nothing but watch as the man struggled to stand up while his end was nearing closer.

"3..."

Uvogin holstered his massive sword to his back as Marika out her hands in her pockets, following the old man back to the car.

"2..."

Several rings of silver air started to appear around Sorrento's arms as he stepped over some rubble in his way.

"1..."

The rings gathered around his index finger and more and more appeared as a ringing noises echoed around him. He stood in front of his car and turned around, pointing his finger at the retreating man's back like a gun.

"Sonic Shock."

"What kinda magic is that?!" Lucy asked in interest.

Mira hummed, "Not sure, it looks like something with sound or air, maybe?"

"It certainly looks powerful. He's stronger than I thought he'd be." The others nodded, being a bit surprised to know the man was still going strong at that age. 'Maybe even at Wizard Saint level.' He thought to himself with narrowed eyes.

A loud bang burst out as his hand was sent back. All of the rubbed and clutter between the man and Sorrento was blown away or pushed back as the magic homed in on the dying bandit. It reached the man as a slight scream could be heard before an enormous bang rang out, causing Uvogin and Marika to flinch at the sonic boom. A huge dome of energy exploded out from where the man once stood as all of the plants, trees, bushes and bodies were blasted back. The loud ringing and air pressure continued for several seconds before it went quiet. Nothing standing there was left as a cloud of dust spread over the bodies.

"M-man Jii-chan, your Shock is just a great as I remember."

"Yes, I have to keep in my best shape." Marika was heading for the front before his hand grabbed her shoulder, causing her to look over at his face. "I'll drive."

She stayed silent before slowly nodding her head and joining Uvogin in the back. The old man latched the plug to his arm as he took hold of the wheel. "We'll be there in an hour, so stay focused."

"Him saying that just makes me think they're going to where Naruto is." Erza muttered in worry as she got a bad feeling.

"Knowing he's searching for people with Chakra, I really hope he's not going there."

Though they said that, all of them had a bad feeling about it.

The car took off as they passed through a cloud of red mist. A dust trail was all that was left from where the car once was in the center of a field of grass and bodies.

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Naruto was sent flying through the remains of a broken wall. He rolled several times before lifting his dust covered head and coughing, some blood dropping down to the dirt beneath him. He looked back up to see Mordreau standing above him, already with a smirk on his face and his fist held up high, full of his Mass to crush the kid's head.

He brought his fist down as Naruto dove to his side, narrowly dodging having his body squashed like a bug while his cloak folded on his back. He jumped back to his feet and pulled his swords to his side, jumping up and aiming for the man's face. The captain leaned back, leaving Naruto in midair as he tried to turn around again and get another hit. He was met with a knee strike to the back as the blond boy gasped in pain and clenched his teeth.

They frowned seeing the state he was in.

"This fight doesn't look like it's going well so far."

Gajeel snorted. "No shit!"

Lucy gave the dragonslayer a glare as the man just ignored her.

"Man, why did it have to skip some of the fight?" Natsu whined in disappointment.

He jumped back and started to stab his sword at the man's chest, only to receive some light laughter as he pushed the blade aside with the palm of his hand. Naruto felt anxious and scared as he was toyed with like a little boy being bullied by his older brother. He felt weak and powerless, like all of his effort and training was for nothing when he met this man who was so overwhelming. He felt like...

Like he was back in the dark cage, watching the masked men walk by as he laid there on the ground.

Like that little boy who tried to hide his fear and loneliness as he kept a brave face for all of his friends in the slave cell.

He felt useless. And that terrified him.

The mood dampered slightly more after that.

"Pasts like those tend to leave some bad memories." Juvia muttered sadly again, being reminded of her own past once more whilst drawing more concerned gazes.

"Juvia, are you alright?"

She was silent for a second before shaking her head knowing it was much better now. "Juvia is alright." They wanted to question her further but the girl told Levy to read further before they could.

When his last swing went too far, Mordreau laughed and punched the boy in the chest when he was wide open. Naruto felt his ribs creak as he was sent flying into a harder, sturdier wall. His back impacted and he gasped for air, slowly sliding down the wall as his feet met the ground. The exhausted boy looked up as the barely damaged tower of a man walked in front of him, only a few feet away.

"So...still think you can win?"

"Yeah...*huff**huff* just need to catch my breath." Naruto looked up at the man as he shook his head and put his hands on his hips. "Wha-what's so funny?"

"I used to be like you kid. Thinking I could come from some rich family and save the world. Could solve all of my problems with a can do attitude and some special skills. But the world doesn't work like that. You don't have friends you can rely on. You don't have the strength to win against the strong people. And you don't always come out of impossible situations for the better. That's how the world works." He straightened up as he wiped some dirt from his brow. "Let me tell you about what you are facing. A group of over 600 well trained, extremely coordinated mages that could make you cry in a second. Lead by my General, a fighting crazed she-male who gets her tits off when she kills people. A lump of muscle that has killed so many people he could start a market selling their body parts. And a man who is so powerful he was once considered to join the Ten Wizard Saints. That is Damnation!"

"Wait," Gajeel paused. "Did he just say 600 mages?" He asked in surprise.

"Also, the Wizard Saint part." Cana pointed out, also surprised.

"Why hasn't the council not done anything against them?" Levy asked.

Makarov scoffed, "They won't do anything. They're probably scared to do anything."

Naruto continued to take deep breathes as he looked at the man's feet instead of his face. Just as Mordreau thought he had destroyed the boy's resolve, he started to laugh. "Hehehe, you don't think I understand that? That I really just saw the world from some diamond glass and everything would be good? No. Let me tell you what I know."

He lifted himself up and looked at the man with a strong fire burning in his blue and brown eyes. "I know that there are people like you in this world. Guys who are so damn twisted and demented that they think they can do just about anything to weaker people because they are stronger. That they have privilege and status! I've lived my whole life having to listen to the words of people like you! And I'm not going to anymore!"

"All of us? All over the country? The world? What? Are you going to hunt us down?"

"That's right! I will hunt down every single one of you and make you wish you never joined that fucking Damnation!

"Hell yeah!" Naruto cheered his counterpart on knowing he himself would say the same words.

"Part of me hopes you don't do it since you'll put yourself in danger but I know it's useless to say that." Kushina said, sighing. She had confidence in her son- well her son's counterpart but the boy wasn't powerful enough yet to go against them.

"Heh," Makarov grinned as he looked at the blonde. "You'll have Fairy Tail behind you with that!"

"Of course!"

"I'll gladly beat those guys up too!"

"Their numbers are nothing for us!"

The guild backed their master's declaration as they all shouted words of support with grins on their faces.

He smiled as he continued to look at the stoic male leader. "I have friends I can rely on. I'll gain the strength to win any battle I'm in. And I'll push through and defeat any impossible challenge in my way. First off..." He held Excalibur at arm's length as he pointed it at the man in front of him, "I'm going to cut you with this blade."

Mordreau shook his head and started to crack the knuckles of his right hand. "Okay, let me tell you how this is actually going to happen. I'm going to crush both that sword and your chest with this fist. And then, I'll watch you bleed out as you try to say something through your pierced lungs."

"Well, we'll see." Naruto urged the man to come at him as he started to bounce on his feet. Mordreau ran forward and reeled his fist back, aiming for the boy's chest. Naruto stretched his right arm out and let the tip of Excalibur touch his knuckles. As his arm started to be pushed back from the overwhelming strength, Naruto moved over and put the end of the blade's hilt on the wall. Mordreau had no time to react as the hilt of the blade was reinforced by the wall and the sword was pierced through his fist.

Some shivered from that. "I'm surprised by how he isn't screaming in pain on the ground from that."

"His magical ability, Mass, helps him a lot with it."

Elfman wanted to say he was manly but refrained himself, knowing the man wasn't a good guy and did not want to compliment him.

As Mordreau clenched his teeth in pain, Naruto dove to the left side of the man and cut his face with the broken Kusanagi. He rolled on the ground and jumped back to his feet, looking at the back of the man he had injured. The captain slowly turned around and pulled back his fist, the blade through his forearm and the hilt at his knuckles. He looked over at the boy, a long gash across his face with blood pooling down the lower half.

"You should have just died kid!" He ran forward with the strength of a charging bull as Naruto flipped over the man's charge, cutting a shallow cut through his shoulder. As the man continued to try and grab the agile boy, Naruto stayed on the man's right side and continued to slash at his open side. After a few minutes of close calls, Mordreau was breathing heavily from the loss of blood, buildup of pain and wounds.

"Your smaller frame and agility is really helping you there."

"Only time being short helps!" Naruto muttered, crossing his arms.

The others chuckled at that as some looked over towards Makarov who glared at them.

Minato had an amused smile. "Yes, it certainly does in this instance."

He growled like an beast as he pulled the sword from his right arm, blood spurting out if his open wound like a fountain. He was unable to even use his right arm anymore but pulled the blade as far as he could and threw it at the boy. In retaliation, the boy gathered some Armor and tossed the broken blade at the other one, knocking it off course. But from a blind spot, the larger man came up to him and grabbed his shoulder, locking his right arm underneath and leaving him unable to hit the man.

"What now you little shit?! What do you do now!" Naruto just looked at the man evenly as he seemed to lose his mind at the idea of losing to him. He gathered up some magic into his right hand, enough that it started to glow with a faint white glow. He pointed to the man's chin, pondering a simple question.

"Yep, there's no dodging that for him."

"Isn't that the technique that was unstable?"

"Yes, but the distance is too close and it'll for sure work."

They all grinned knowing the fight was essentially over and that meant that Naruto had won.

Yeah. That was less than a second of space.

"Flying Gauntlet!"

The Damnation squad captain widened his eyes as he saw a ball of magical power close in on his chin. Desperate, he sent a fair amount of his remaining magic towards his chin and increased its durability with his Mass to keep him safe. He felt the impact similar to a brick hit his jaw, making his eyes go blurry and his head reel. The powerful ranged attack ended as he felt the magic blast come to a stop, his chin bruised and slightly bleeding. But nothing else. He actually chuckled, a slight sting going through his skull from the fresh pain. "Nice try kid. But it's o-"

He looked down to see the boy staring directly at his chest. With his left arm, covered in metal, chambered to his side in a fist. And a flare of his magic power building up in his fist. Before the older man could even react for a defense, the boy's fist had already impacted into his stomach.

"HA!"

Mordreau was lifted off his feet as the sounds of a loud thud rang through his ears. His eyes were swimming in his skull as he puked up his lunch and then some blood. His feet met ground again as he tried to take in some deep breathes, only wheezing in return. He lifted his left arm, aiming to crush the boy's head within his grip. But only met with a fading light.

"Heh, he defeated all of them!" Erza stated, impressed as she smiled in relief seeing him win.

"I told you, didn't I?" Naruto pouted at her as she rolled her eyes at his antics. "Where is the faith in chibi me?!"

Mira chuckled. "Well it certainly wasn't easy for him."

"Would have been much easier with my chakra." Kurama muttered as Naruto grinned.

'Ehh, who cares. I'm sure I'll be able to use it later on!'

The man fell onto the boy's shoulder, slowly leaning off his side and landing with a loud thud at the boy's side. Naruto stood there silently, taking in a deep breath before wiping some of his blood off his mouth and from his forehead. He looked up at the darkening sky as silence ran though his ears. He looked over his shoulder at the members of the independent guild he had defeated. Then down at the unconscious form of the man that he had barely won against. He realized that he had defeated all of them and let it wash over him. Before pulling his head back and screaming at the top of his lungs, his arms raised over his head.

"Yeeeeeaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!"

They all smiled at seeing that. They were all happy to see the boy come out on top.

He leaned backwards and landed on his back. He lay in the dirt and took as many breaths as he could as he enjoyed his victory. He looked around at the battlefield of his first fight; all of the homes were reduced to rubble and dirt. Well, he was told that Fairy Tail members always made a mess. At least he fit the criteria.

Makarov's previously smiling and happy face shifted into one of horror. "No…" He whispered knowing what that meant once they saw the damage.

The guild members laughed at his reaction alongside the shinobi. "Oh he's going to fit in just perfectly." Levy stated in amusement.

"It's not funny, damn it!"

They just laughed off the master's whine before the blue haired girl was urged to continue reading.

Naruto sat back up as he winced from all the bruises and damage. His breath felt ragged and his chest was felt bruised from all of the collective hits he had received. But then laughed that at least he came out on top. He hefted himself on his knees and stood back up in the remains of the town and the bodies of his beaten foes.

He looked through the house that Saeko and Tohen had hidden him in. He pushed through some of the broken debris and piled rubble. He arrived at his make-shift sack of rations and food and found that it had been completely crushed. Naruto clicked his tongue and threw the ruined stuff on the ground as he looked towards the road he came in from.

He looked up at the sky as the sun was at least an hour away from setting. He didn't have any food or water, and there was definitely not going to be a cart coming by to take him to the next town any time soon. So he took the last option he had besides waiting.

"Oh, that's going to really tire you out by the end." Tsunade said.

Kushina just shook her head, happy to know he was getting closer to the guild. "But It will be worth it in the end."

They did not deny her statement.

He ran down the road. Towards the next town on his list that lead to Magnolia. Ignoring his aching limbs and bruised ribs, he was running on pure adrenaline. Excited that he had defeated a group of people that no one else thought he could. And now he was on his way to his new home. He smiled and laughed and he cheered as loud as he could. Running down the darkened path to the next stop home.

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"So you were ambushed and defeated by an unknown boy from out of nowhere? And you don't know his name or intentions? All you can identify him with is; Blond hair, Heterochromic eyes, whisker-like scar on his face and a metal prosthetic for his left arm. Great. Fucking perfect!" The brown-haired general of the squad shrieked as she came close to pulling out her hair. From a few feet away was her fellow General and Master, watching her discipline her followers. All of the members sitting in front of her, tending to their wounds and bruises.

"So they were heading towards Naruto." Minato sighed in relief knowing his son's counterpart had already left before they arrived.

Kakashi hummed. "I'm not sure if it was smart to leave them like that there."

"Wh-" Erza stopped when she remembered and sighed. "They're going to discover that he has Chakra."

"Your other self should have destroyed that device."

Naruto shook his head. "Chibi me didn't know that they were hunting people with Chakra." He argued in favor of his counterpart as they fell silent again.

"General. Please. Let us explain-"

"Let me explain it to you Mordreau! You fucked up! All of you lost to a little kid who probably still wets the fucking bed! Ah, I'm never going to live this down!"

The blonde Uzumaki scowled at that while others snickered, causing him to glare at them.

"I won't let you!"

"Fuck you Uvo!"

Mordreau watched as he commanding officer had a heated argument with her fellow general. He tended to the multiple gashes along his right side, making it difficult to breathe. He also twitched every time he did, looking down at the massive black bruise centered on his chest. He looked between all of his team members as they all looked towards him as well, contemplating.

"Um, I-I have-"

"What? Speak up!"

Milt reached into his vest and pulled out the device he used earlier. "I was analyzing the boy we confronted earlier from any signals or statistics he was giving off." All three of the generals looked at him quietly as he fiddled with the device. "And, well, sir..." He looked up towards them as he held the device for them to see.

"I detected a foreign element of power in the child's system. The one you told us to look for in all of the potential people we meet. He was positive." Uvo and Mari looked at him in surprise as Sorrento pushed past them and walked to the younger man, causing him to cower in fear. He grabbed the device out of the man's hand and checked the system settings, making sure the lacrima device he invented was functioning properly.

"They're alive. They're still here. Those shadows. Hashirama's shadows are still in Fiore!" He almost shrieked like a child before calming himself and turning around, grabbing the man's collar and lifting him up. "Which way did he go?"

Lucy shook her head at that. "He looks insane."

"That's because he is probably insane." Cana replied.

"Wh-what are you-"

"Where!"

"I don't know!" He tossed Milt to the side like a useless animal and screamed in frustration. He continued to have his panic attack while Mordreau seemed to finally realize something. That he didn't have to take orders from fools like these. He looked over to Cron as the man nodded and grasped the blade in his hand. The gold colored man jumped up and swung, aiming for Marika's exposed neck as he head flew off her shoulders.

They were surprised by the sudden betrayal and that they lost one of their highest ranking members just like that.

"What the hell!" Natsu exclaimed in surprise.

"It's always the same with groups of villains. They never get along with each other."

Uvo and Sorrento looked over at the members of the 19th Squad as their comrade's head landed in their Master's arms. "That's it old man! We can't follow this crap anymore. From now on, we are taking control of this guild."

Alex looked as all the injured members stood back up, ignoring their wounds. He continued to toss the severed head in his hands as he just looked at them blandly. "I was provoked on my way here by some poor bandits. And now, I find out that the people I have been so obsessed with for decades now have just escaped from between my fingers. You really shouldn't provoke me."

"He's way too calm for having just lost one of his comrades." Erza frowned at the nonchalant look on the leader's face as he tossed that woman's head in his hands.

"Or he simply doesn't care." Tsunade commented as some nodded, knowing the man's insanity.

Minato narrowed his eyes. "The woman's body hasn't even moved from her spot. There is much more to this."

"Sorry old man! But end of the line!" Cron held the sword over his head as he descended towards the old man. But just as he was a few inches from cutting him, he felt a strange sensation pass through his body. The remaining chunks of the man's body fell apart and dispersed as the blood was kept from touching the old man by his second General's sword. Uvo wiped the blood from his blade as he made sure there was nothing left of the man he cut.

"Wha-what the-" he turned to the resident analyst of their team. "Milt! What was that?" The man with glasses used his magic to check his surroundings and the remains of his teammate at their feet.

"Th-that was a sword cut! Uvo cut him to pi-" before he could finish his explanation, a hand pierced his chest and grabbed his heart. As the rest of their team watched in horror as a disembodied hand pulled out the man heart and crushed it in front of him. As he fell on his face dead, a female voice laughed from Sorrento's position. He held the head in front of him and showed the group the still moving head of Marika.

"Hahaha, that's so funny. You guys are a riot! You thought I wouldn't use my Break-Apart magic and dodge that!" Her headless body stood back up and dusted itself off, its right hand missing before it came back and attached to her right arm. Sorrento walked forward and tossed the head back to the body as he glared at Mordreau with anger and hate the younger gentleman had never felt in his whole life.

"Oh this will not end well."

Some of the others were quite surprised by the magic the woman had. "All of them have weird magic." Gray said.

"She reminds me of Hidan." Naruto said, looking at his teacher who nodded in agreement.

'Maybe it's his counterpart in that world.' The Jonin thought to himself.

"This was a bad decision you made today Mordreau. And now, you will be punished."

The Mass man panicked and charged up his fist, ready to break the old man's body apart. When his right fist was coming close, Sorrento lazily threw up his left hand to intercept him. A shockwave occurred and the man's arm was broken and twisted in an inhuman fashion. Ignoring the pain, he tried again with his other fist. This time, Sorrento met him fist to fist and the resulting power struggle was so overwhelming, Mordreau's Humerus physically popped out his shoulder blade. Before he could react, Alex gather some shock waves into his fingers and aimed at the man's knee caps, blowing them apart into a bloody mess.

He was ready to continue, using even his broken body parts to try a beat the man to death. But then, he felt an invisible pressure strike down on him like a waterfall of ice. His breathing stopped and he started to sweat profusely. He felt so cold and so weak compared to this extension of the Master's will that he couldn't even try to fight back. The pressure began to take its toll on the twins as well as they fell to their knees, crying in fear about what was happening. Sorrento kept his cold gaze on the bleeding man as his magical pressure caused the ground and wood to splinter and blood to spurt out of of the former captain's open wounds.

"Oh God." Lucy nearly threw up from the sight. Feeling queasy from it.

"He really is insane." Erza scowled at the man's cruelty hoping her counterpart and Fairy Tail put a stop to him and his guild.

As the captain of the squad fell to the devastated knees, covered in blood and unresponsive to the pain, he watched as a demon walked in front of him, looking down on him like he was an insect. "This is your punishment boy. For betraying my trust and the trust of your family. Learn from your mistakes as you burn in hell fire." A large ball of cascading shock waves and magic pressure appeared in his hand, rumbling as he brought it close to the unmoving man's head. It faded into his skull as Sorrento placed his hand on the top of his head.

"Shocker Bomb"

A large bang was heard as Mordreau's head exploded in a shower of blood and bone. Blood squirted out of his new apeture as the body twitched and fell to his feet. Sorrento just looked towards the ground, uncaring of the blood covering his face. He looked towards the twins as they were so scared they couldn't even move. He shook his head and walked away, deciding to keep them for further questioning.

"So, what now Jii-chan? Should we catch that shadow while we still can?"

"Yes Master, this maybe your only chance to do so?"

Sorrento shook his head and chuckled at their worry for his safe being. "Don't worry. I'll meet up with him when the time comes. I've been blessed with the gift of finding the shadow when the light had faded from other's eyes. Besides" he looked up at the sky. "We could still use him for that other plan we have in stock so there is no rush. Just leave him be and we will find him soon enough."

They narrowed their eyes in thought at that.

"Other plan?"

"I think we'll find out later on."

The two generals shrugged and headed for the car, each of them grabbing one of the twins for questioning as Sorrento continued to look up at the stars, laughing to himself. The gears of fate were moving in his favor after so long. As his time for retribution was close.

Oh, so close.

"And that means they'll be following after you!"

"I'd say let them come, he'll have to go through Fairy Tail to get him!" Makarov exclaimed, knowing everyone would protect their guild member with everything they got!

Naruto sighed inwardly 'Great, there are also lunatics after chibi me!'

Why could it never be simple for him?

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I realise I haven't updated this in a long time. Been busy with my other fics and life in general tbh.

There are also a couple of more concepts I've been working on and refining them to start making chapters so that took even more time from me, but I finally got around to doing this after some time.

I know some of you might think this is abandoned but that's not the case. I rarely if ever abandon one of my fics.

Anyways, tell me what you guys thought in the reviews.

See you next time.